Travel Together

Xu Zhiyi's ears burned when he looked at her, and she turned away hurriedly, "Hurry up and buy it, it might be sold out if you're late!"

Song Chengrui followed behind her and whispered, "It's not that fast."

The fried chicken shop is located at the corner of the alley. The chicken nuggets in the frying pan are sizzling with oil, golden and crispy, making people drool.

Xu Zhiyi stared at the chicken carcasses sprinkled with chili powder and cumin powder, and swallowed quietly.

It smells so good.

After waiting for a while, the boss packed the fried chicken in a bag and handed it to Song Chengrui, reminding him to be careful because it was hot.

Song Chengrui smiled and took a bamboo stick, picked up a piece and handed it to Xu Zhiyi, "Try it quickly."

Xu Zhiyi couldn't wait any longer and reached out to take it, but Song Chengrui refused her attempt and signaled her to eat it as it was.

Xu Zhiyi lowered his chin, feeling a little embarrassed, "This..."

"Hurry, hurry, it's about to fall off."

After Song Chengrui finished speaking, the chicken nugget was shaking on the bamboo skewer.

Xu Zhiyi quickly took a bite and put it in his mouth, slurping it from time to time. It was a little hot.

Crispy and spicy, with a very refreshing taste.

"tasty!"

Xu Zhiyi gave Song Chengrui a thumbs-up with satisfaction, "It's delicious!"

"I'm hungry too." After saying that, Song Chengrui used the bamboo stick to poke a chicken nugget for himself.

Xu Zhiyi stopped his arm and said, "I've used this before."

Song Chengrui took a quick bite and said, "I don't mind."

Xu Zhiyi: “…”

Song Chengrui picked up the bag, counted the change, and stuffed it into Xu Zhiyi's pocket.

Xu Zhiyi looked up in surprise, and seeing that he had no scruples at all, she reminded him: "Song Chengrui, this is my pocket, not yours."

Song Chengrui blinked and looked at her innocently, "Yeah, what's the matter?"

Xu Zhiyi took out the change, counted her own, and stuffed the rest back into his hand. "Keep your money yourself. I'm afraid I'll lose it."

Song Chengrui pushed her back and said, "It's okay, I don't blame you."

Xu Zhiyi: “…”

Seeing Xu Zhiyi indifferent, Song Chengrui urged her, "Eat quickly, the fried chicken will get cold soon."

Xu Zhiyi had no choice but to explain it to him in person, then stuffed it back into his pocket and emphasized again and again, "Don't blame me if you lost it. Blame yourself if you have to."

Song Chengrui followed beside him and nodded with a smile, "Okay, okay, my lady, you have repeated it many times. I guess you are thirsty. Let's go buy some milk tea!"

Xu Zhi rolled his eyes at him again in anger and quickened his pace on the spot.

Song Chengrui caught up in a few steps. Seeing Xu Zhi's angry look, he asked, "Are you really angry?"

Xu Zhiyi ignored him and slowed down his pace.

"The milk tea shop isn't far away, just in front."

Looking in the direction Song Chengrui pointed, a small shop in warm yellow tones appeared in front of me. A wooden wind chime hung at the door, and new products on sale were placed next to it.

"It seems like they're doing some activities."

After Song Chengrui finished speaking, Xu Zhiyi still ignored him.

Song Chengrui immediately became anxious, "Oh, I was wrong, my lady, please talk to me~"

Xu Zhiyi still ignored him.

Unexpectedly, the next second, he ran directly in front of Xu Zhiyi, deliberately blocked her way, and walked backwards, just to let Xu Zhiyi look at him.

This made Xu Zhiyi extremely embarrassed. She stopped and lowered her voice. "What are you doing!"

Song Chengrui was aggrieved. "Who told you to ignore me? If you ignore me, I will always be like this."

"You're crazy!"

"Yes, you drove me crazy!"

Xu Zhiyi had no choice but to sigh, "Okay, I'm not angry, hurry up, I'm thirsty!"

"Okay! Miss is thirsty, let's go drink a pot of it!"

Xu Zhiyi was amused by Song Chengrui's tone. She covered her face and laughed, "Don't call me Miss!"

But Song Chengrui didn't listen and kept calling her over, "Hurry up, Miss, we're waiting for you!"

Xu Zhiyi wished he could dig a hole and crawl into it right there.

Song Chengrui is really not afraid of losing face at all.

When the two pushed the door open, the wind chimes rustled, attracting a lot of people's attention.

The store has heating on and light music playing. It is obvious that it is not the milk tea shop in front of the school.

Xu Zhiyi hesitated for a moment and was about to speak to Song Chengrui, only to see that Song Chengrui had already found a seat and was waiting for her to sit down together.

Xu Zhiyi once again admired his speed.

After the two sat down, Xu Zhiyi said quietly, "I feel like we were too hasty. This restaurant is not cheap at all."

Song Chengrui pointed to the promotional price and said, "It's okay. Just buy this new product at the door. The price is okay. Or you can order anything else you like in the store. I'll pay for it. Don't worry."

Xu Zhiyi looked at the advertisement on the electronic screen and nodded, "Okay, then let's go with the new product, less sugar, warm."

Song Chengrui explained his request to the clerk, "Two cups of the same kind, thank you."

After getting the pick-up number, Song Chengrui sat back in his seat and waited, "When it's ready, tell me and we'll deliver it."

Xu Zhiyi was a little surprised, "So thoughtful."

"Yeah, it's much better than the school gate."

"I can never queue up at the school gate because there are too many people."

Song Chengrui looked at her and said, "Next time you want to drink, I'll buy it for you."

Xu Zhiyi avoided looking at him, "No."

"Why not?"

"Anyway, don't."

Xu Zhiyi was hiding, but Song Chengrui came closer to look at her, "You today..."

Xu Zhiyi was startled, leaned back, and quickly covered her face, feeling a little nervous.

"I...what's wrong with me today? Is there something on my face?"

“Extraordinarily beautiful!”

Xu Zhiyi raised her head and saw Song Chengrui raised his eyebrows proudly, seeming a little excited.

"Be serious!" Xu Zhiyi just finished speaking, then realized that there were other people in the store and deliberately lowered his voice, "This is outside!"

"Can you please be more careful?"

Song Chengrui looked innocent, staring at Xu Zhiyi with a silly smile, "What are you paying attention to? I haven't broken any laws."

"What do you mean by paying attention? You're asking even though you already know the answer."

Song Chengrui continued to ask, "I don't understand, can you explain it to me?"

Xu Zhiyi stretched out his fist, already making a clear threat, "You want to try this, right?"

At this moment, the waiter came over with milk tea and asked them what they needed. The two shook their heads at the same time, and then the waiter left quickly.

Song Chengrui first inserted the straw, but did not drink it. Instead, he pushed the cup in front of Xu Zhiyi.

"Try it now, how does it taste?"

Xu Zhiyi took a sip and found it to be a refreshing jasmine milk tea. The aroma of tea and the flavor of milk blended perfectly, leaving a long-lasting aftertaste.

"Mm, delicious."

Song Chengrui inserted his own straw and took a big sip, feeling very satisfied. "Wow, not bad!"

He leaned back and his eyes fell on Xu Zhiyi, "It seems that we have come to the right place."

The music in the store was soothing and the environment was elegant and quiet. Both of them relaxed at this moment and no one spoke again.

Xu Zhiyi was bored and turned the cup back and forth to look at the ingredient list and advertising slogan on it. In the gaps, she couldn't help but secretly observe Song Chengrui's every move.

Unexpectedly, the other party was also watching her closely, and their eyes met in mid-air.

Xu Zhiyi was stunned. The other party sat up straight and came over. "If you don't eat the fried chicken now, it will get cold~"

After being reminded by Song Chengrui, Xu Zhiyi remembered that he still had a bag of fried chicken left.

She quickly opened the paper bag beside her. Water was now dripping from it. The fried chicken was not as crispy as when it was first taken out of the pan, and it looked a little wilted.

She picked up a bamboo stick, poked a piece lightly, and was about to eat it.

"Can I have this piece?"

Song Chengrui pushed the milk tea in front of him aside, stretched his neck, and stared at the bamboo stick in Xu Zhiyi's hand.

Xu Zhiyi nodded and was about to hand him the bamboo stick, but Song Chengrui snorted twice, "That's not what I meant..."

Xu Zhiyi at this moment: “……?”

The meaning was obvious, but Xu Zhiyi was stunned. It would have been fine if it was just a bamboo stick she had used, but Song Chengrui was going too far.

"It's getting cold, give it to me quickly--"

Song Chengrui urged her to hurry up, but a cunning glint flashed in his eyes.

Xu Zhiyi's hand remained in mid-air, and Song Chengrui deliberately dragged out his voice, "I... am... so... hungry..."

Xu Zhiyi didn't know what happened to him, but he somehow stuffed the chicken nuggets into the other person's mouth.

Song Chengrui took a contented bite and nodded repeatedly, "Delicious, delicious! So delicious!"

After doing this once, Xu Zhiyi actually felt a sense of excitement in his heart, as if he had completed a ritual in some sense and had achieved a great victory.

After this little episode, the two did not stay in the milk tea shop for too long and returned towards the handicraft shop.

At this moment, the old man had already made the hairpin. After Xu Zhiyi confirmed it, he packed it completely in new plastic packaging.

"Thank you, boss! I wish your business will be prosperous!"

"Okay, okay."

When Song Chengrui was paying, Xu Zhiyi stopped him, "Isn't it 20? Why did you pay double?"

Song Chengrui's eyes flashed with a hint of nervousness, and he quickly changed the subject.

"The outer packaging is quite expensive, and there are also material costs. Okay, it's almost dark, we should hurry home, otherwise it will be too cold at night."

Xu Zhiyi glanced at the handbag in his hand with half belief and half doubt, and was a little shocked.

"A bag, is it so expensive?"

On the way back, Xu Zhiyi felt that time passed extremely quickly and soon arrived at the entrance of the community.

The two were walking side by side, and when Xu Zhiyi was about to enter the gate, she was suddenly stopped by Song Chengrui.

"Xu Zhiyi."

Xu Zhiyi turned his head.

"I forgot to take your things."

At this moment, Song Chengrui was holding a handbag in his hand.

Xu Zhiyi took two steps back, a little confused, "Huh? What did you forget to take?"

Song Chengrui said calmly, "Stretch out your hand."

Xu Zhiyi obediently stretched out her hand, and saw Song Chengrui slowly placed his hand on her palm.

At this moment, her heart was beating like a drum, and the blood in her body began to boil in an instant.