Chapter 17 The moonlight is beautiful tonight "I have no choice but to fall in love with you...

Li Xi had selfish motives in making this cake.

Tomorrow is his birthday, and he is celebrating his own birthday as Li Xi. But he couldn't get through, and Li Mo couldn't come and celebrate with him. Tomorrow is just an ordinary day for him now, and he can only make a cake today to celebrate for himself.

He still remembered that on his birthday last year, in addition to his sister, his best friend among the trainees and his roommate Fang Chenyu also prepared a cake and gifts for him. Li Xi really wanted to know how Fang Chenyu was doing now, but he was no longer in a position to care. Two months before the accident, Fang Chenyu told him that he would soon leave the company.

"Leaving? Going to another company? Or..."

Fang Chenyu shook his head and said with a wry smile, "This line of work is not suitable for me. In fact, I already knew that I would not have the opportunity to debut."

"Get ready to go home and inherit the family business." Fang Chenyu joked. His family did not approve of this dream which seemed like a fantasy to his parents. There was a restaurant at home and they had long asked him to go back to help, but Fang Chenyu was unwilling to do so.

"I really don't have any talent, so I can't say I have any regrets. But you..." Fang Chenyu looked at him and said firmly: "Xiao, you will debut, and you will definitely be a big hit, I believe it."

At that time, Fang Chenyu missed his last chance to participate in a talent show, and he was not even eligible to debut in the company's new boy group. Every year a large number of trainees give up, and only a few can succeed. Li Xi pursed her lips, feeling reluctant but helpless, and patted his shoulder, "Let's keep in touch in the future."

"Yeah." Fang Chenyu hugged him and said with a smile: "Of course! When you become famous, I will be the former roommate of a big star. Don't forget me."

Maybe Fang Chenyu has returned home to help out in the family restaurant, or found another job.

Li Xi placed the last strawberry in place, smiled at the camera, and said, "It's done. This is very simple, you can make it at home, whatever flavor you want."

There were still some strawberries left, so Li Xi shared them with others. Of course, the first one went to Tang Ruining, since he bought them.

Tang Ruining's steak was also fried. He carefully watched the instructional video on how to fry a steak, but he had no experience and knew that he still didn't get the heat right. Li Xi brought the strawberries to him, looked at the steak and said, "It smells so good."

Tang Ruining stuffed a strawberry into his mouth, feeling sorry for the steak, "Yeah, but it wasn't fried very well."

After everyone finished, the winner was Wu Xingye, who received the most votes with an omelette rice that was perfect in appearance and taste.

"Poor students have more stationery." Yuan Zhiyan looked at the simple omelette rice, and the hodgepodge he had been fiddling with for a long time, not sure whether it was Chinese or Western food, and concluded very self-awarely.

They will stay here at night. There are three floors in total and there are plenty of rooms. This place is far away from the city, the environment is quiet and the air is fresh. They plan to have a barbecue in the yard in the evening.

There were still some of the miscellaneous ingredients Yuan Zhiyan bought left, so the program crew went to buy some meat. The grill was set up and the fire was lit. The beef and pork belly were roasting with a sizzling sound and the aroma filled the air. Everyone who hadn't eaten properly all day was hungry and couldn't wait to eat a round.

While the others were still eating, Li Xi went to the grill to grill the second round. He took a pot, filled it with water and put it on the grill, wanting to cook some noodles as a staple food, and also cut some vegetables and put them in.

"Are there any eggs?" he asked.

Tang Ruining went to the refrigerator and took a few eggs. "Cook noodles?"

"Yes, we have to cook it in two pots because there are too many people." Li Xi took the eggs and cracked two into the pot.

Tang Ruining brought him the things and did not leave. He stood behind him, wanting to see if there was anything he could do to help.

Li Xi wanted to turn around to look for the bowl, but when she turned around, she bumped into Tang Ruining and stepped on his foot.

"Sorry..." Li Xi said, and tried to step back, but was stopped by Tang Ruining, who was afraid that he would hit the grill behind him.

"Be careful." Tang Ruining put her arms around his waist. The apron was tied very tightly. Tang Ruining's hand covered his lower back and moved up a little.

Li Xi raised her head and smiled at him: "I didn't know you didn't leave."

"...Yeah." As they were too close, Tang Ruining let go of him and took a few steps back to make room.

The two of them served the noodles, and Li Xi prepared the second pot. Rong Xiao came over and said, "Let me cook. You guys go eat first."

Li Xi held the noodles and realized belatedly that both cake and longevity noodles were available. He picked up the egg and couldn't help laughing.

The noodles cooked by Rong Xiao were served, and Yuan Zhiyan took a bite. "Hey, noodles are still delicious when cooked by Brother Lan."

"Why, do you dislike me?"

"I'm not disgusted, I'm just telling the truth. Look at this egg, Brother Lan cooked it to just the right degree of runny, tender and delicious. Brother Rong, look at your egg, it's overcooked, and the noodles are too soft." Yuan Zhiyan used chopsticks to pick up the egg and showed it to Rong Xiao.

Li Xi smiled: "You have food to eat, but you are still picky."

Rong Xiao didn't look at the egg that Yuan Zhiyan opened, "That's right, cook it yourself."

"Pointing out your shortcomings is to help you improve!" Yuan Zhiyan said confidently, "I can't improve. I'm too bad."

Tang Ruining didn't say anything, nor did he eat the one cooked by Rong Xiao. He just ate the one cooked by Li Xi in silence.

Yuan Zhiyan pointed at Tang Ruining and said to Rong Xiao, "Look at Brother Ruining, he's so picky, he won't eat a single bite of what you cook."

"Yuan Zhiyan, I didn't realize before that you are really good at stirring up trouble!" Rong Xiao joked, "You have someone backing you up now, right?"

"Yeah." Yuan Zhiyan tilted his neck, leaned on Li Xi's shoulder, and smiled mischievously.

"Do you want to eat more? I'll go cook some more." Li Xi asked.

“Eat, eat, eat!”

Li Xi got up and went back to cooking noodles. Tang Ruining put down the bowl and said, "Don't make it a habit to order people around."

Yuan Zhiyan sat up straight and muttered in a wronged tone, "I didn't use you..."

After dinner, Li Wei, Tang Ruining and Rong Xiao sat in the yard and chatted. Tang Ruining bought some extra red wine, so the three of them shared it equally.

Rong Xiao took a sip, frowned and swallowed it, "I'm still not used to drinking red wine."

"I think beer tastes better too," Li Xi said, "and goes well with barbecue."

"Hey, you don't remember. When we invited you to eat barbecue before, you complained that the barbecue was not clean." Rong Xiao smiled and sank into memories. "It wasn't that long ago, but now that I think about it, it seems like a long time ago."

"Really?" Li Xi shook the wine glass in his hand and thought, indeed, it was not that long ago, as if it was a thing of the previous life.

Rong Xiao asked him: "You still don't remember anything about the past?"

Li Wei shook his head, "No."

"I'm not afraid to tell you directly now. It's best if you don't remember me." Rong Xiao smiled, "I now treat you as a new person. I can't connect you with the old Jiang Yilan at all."

"Right, Ruining?" Rong Xiao looked at the person who had been silent.

Tang Ruining swallowed the wine in his mouth and responded softly, "Yeah."

There was singing coming from the living room, it was the voices of Wu Xingye and Yuan Zhiyan. The TV in the living room is connected to a microphone, so it can be used for family KTV singing. Yuan Zhiyan first sang two of To5's own songs happily, and then found a duet song to sing with Wu Xingye.

The door was open, and people in the yard could hear their singing clearly. Yuan Zhiyan didn't mind that he couldn't reach the high notes, and insisted on singing until his voice broke. Li Xi had just taken a sip of red wine, and was almost spit out by his hoarse howl. She covered her mouth and swallowed it, and couldn't help laughing: "Xingye is really amazing, he didn't let it lead him astray at all."

After a difficult duet love song between a man and a woman ended, Yuan Zhiyan was finally tired and lay down on the sofa to listen to Wu Xingye sing.

"The stars are so clear tonight." Rong Xiao raised his head and looked at the sky and said.

"Yes." Li Xi leaned back on the recliner, and what came into his sight were tiny, bright stars. His heart was at peace, and he murmured, "Tomorrow will also be a nice, sunny day."

Wu Xingye ordered several songs by veteran singers, the first one being "As Wish" by Faye Wong.

"And I will love the world you love/I wish for the smile you wish for/I am holding your hand/Please take me to tomorrow..."

"It sounds nice. Xingye is very suitable for singing this kind of song." Li Xi closed her eyes and hummed a few lines along.

“You sing very well, too.”

After opening his eyes, Li Xi turned his head and smiled at Tang Ruining: "Thank you."

His cheeks were slightly red from the alcohol, but his eyes were bright and a little moist. Tang Ruining turned around, raised the glass to his mouth, but found that there was no wine in the glass.

My throat swallowed involuntarily, even though there was no wine.

When the song ended, Yuan Zhiyan cheered and clapped vigorously. Li Xi also raised his hands and clapped, shouting "Encore!"

"Thank you to the audience outside the venue!" Yuan Zhiyan said loudly.

Then the next familiar prelude began, and Li Xi closed his eyes and enjoyed it again.

The style of this song is completely different from the previous one. Wu Xingye changed his singing voice and performed it with ease.

"I'm afraid I'll fall in love with you/I don't dare get too close to you"

Tang Ruining tilted his head, Jiang Yilan closed his eyes, half-lying with a relaxed expression, his arms clasped together, his fingers tapping his arms to the beat.

“I’m afraid I don’t have anything to give you/Loving you also requires a lot of courage”

Jiang Yilan moved his lips and lip-shaped silently. When he uttered the last word "qi", the corners of his mouth curved up as if he was smiling.

"I'm just afraid that I will fall in love with you/maybe one day I won't be able to help myself"

Jiang Yilan maintained a relaxed smile as if he had heard a good song. He tilted his head, and his bangs brushed across his eyelids. He raised his hand to tidy them up, then stared at the starry sky in a daze for a while.

"I have no choice but to fall in love with you/I have no choice but to fall in love with you"

At the end of the song, Jiang Yilan turned his head to look at the person next to him, and their eyes met. Tang Ruining stared at him in a daze. He wanted to look away but it seemed as if his sight was pulled away and he couldn't move it away at all.

Yuan Zhiyan used an exceptionally loud voice to cover Wu Xingye's last words: "I had no choice but to fall in love with you~~"