Chapter 17. Pei Xi struggled; he wanted to go straight...
Pei Qi was torn; should he speak directly or...?
If I say it directly, Dr. Guan will probably get angry.
If I don't say it directly, I might get even angrier if I'm found out.
Okay then, he chooses to stay out of the spotlight!
Seven: [I haven't seen a few classmates in a long time, and we arranged to meet up today since I'm back.]
He was relieved that the two were communicating via text, not by phone.
Otherwise, he would definitely stutter.
G: [Okay.]
G: [Don't come back too late.]
G: [I want to go to bed early.]
Seven: [Okay. / [OK gesture]]
After sending the message to Dr. Guan, he changed his clothes and headed to the subway station.
The restaurant that Pei's mother booked wasn't far from here, but it might also be because Dr. Guan's apartment was in a good location, so it wouldn't be too far to go anywhere in the city.
We arrived at the restaurant at exactly six o'clock.
The other party, on the contrary, arrived late.
However, Pei Xixi didn't care, she just wanted to explain things to them face to face.
After the explanation was made, the other party was inevitably a little unhappy, since it was a wasted trip.
After apologizing, Pei Qi hurriedly left the private room.
After all that running around, he was a little hungry.
I randomly picked a noodle shop nearby and sat down to eat.
I'd barely taken a couple of slurps when my phone vibrated twice.
I couldn't help but feel a little scared that it might be Jiang Shulin's message.
Thankfully, it wasn't.
It belongs to Dr. Guan.
G: [Where should we eat?]
Seven: [Gonglin Road.]
He sat on a small plastic table by the roadside, facing the road sign.
G: [Have you finished eating?]
Seven: [Soon.]
G: [I'm done too.]
G: [I'll pick you up on my way.]
G: [We'll arrive in about ten minutes.]
Well, there's absolutely no room for refusal.
Seven: [Okay.]
After more than ten minutes, Pei Xi stood under the road sign and saw the Panamera coming towards her.
Pei Qi got into the car and quickly fastened his seatbelt.
"Here, take this." The man handed him a packet of medicine.
Pei Xi took the bag: "What's this?"
“You don’t have night blindness.” Guan Yue didn’t turn his head, looking calmly ahead, and lightly pressed the accelerator. “This contains fish oil and vitamin A. Both of these are quite effective. I asked my colleague in the ophthalmology department, but you should still go see a doctor when you have time. I can’t be sure whether it’s acquired or caused by a vitamin deficiency.”
"Thank you." Pei Qi was already feeling guilty, and now she was truly ashamed.
He went out without telling Dr. Guan, but Dr. Guan was concerned about his night blindness.
He deserved to die.
After mentally preparing herself for several seconds, Pei Xi chose to confess.
"I...I have something I want to say to Dr. Guan."
Guan Yue: "Okay, go ahead."
"Actually, I didn't go out to eat with my classmates just now." Pei Qi bit her lower lip hard. "I went to meet the blind date that my mother introduced me to."
Guan Yue paused on the steering wheel, then stepped on the brake to gradually reduce the car's speed.
"What did you say?"
"Dr. Guan, go ahead and scold me."
The little capybara drooped its head and spoke in a soft voice.
The man parked the car on the side of the road, turned off the engine, and finally spoke: "Didn't you tell me that the blind date was a misunderstanding?"
Finally, Guan Yue added a question with a strong rhetorical tone: "Are you kidding me?"
"No," the young man denied decisively.
He really wasn't lying.
only......
“I didn’t tell my mom I was married, so she insisted I go.” Pei Qi realized there was a hint of shirking responsibility in her words, so she added, “But I know this…this is all my fault.”
Guan Yue turned his eyes away, casting a slightly cold glance at him.
"So, how did the blind date go? Are you satisfied?"
Pei Xi didn't know what was wrong with her nose; she suddenly smelled vinegar.
It tastes just like the Shanxi aged vinegar he ate at the cafeteria when he went to Shanxi for further studies.
"I just made it clear to him face to face that there was no... no blind date. We're married, so of course I wouldn't actually go on a blind date with someone else," the capybara explained with some difficulty.
"You know we're married." Guan Yue's tone was calm, and his eyes, fixed on Pei Xi, seemed to hold the stillness of a tranquil lake.
It's about to sweep across and surge.
The capybara's voice was full of apology: "I'm sorry."
"Why didn't you tell your family? Am I really that embarrassing?"
Guan Yue had wanted to ask this question last night.
“Of course not.” Pei Qi gripped the slightly prickly seatbelt in front of her, her eyes meeting Guan Yue’s gaze for the first time so directly. “I’m not very close to my parents, Dr. Guan should know that.”
Guan Yue: "Mm."
"So my marriage is my own decision. I don't want them to be too involved, but if I suddenly tell them, they will definitely ask to meet, have a wedding or something, and they will get angry. I'm just making decisions on my own." The capybara's eyes were sincere. "It might also affect Dr. Guan. Isn't Dr. Guan also afraid of being disturbed? My parents are the kind of people who don't know their limits. I'm worried that they will keep bothering you."
Guan Yue's tone softened: "Is this your concern?"
The little capybara beside her pursed its lips, and suddenly its dimples appeared, but the dimples seemed to be filled with bitterness: "Not all of it."
"Actually, there's another reason: I don't really want to see them." He doesn't know when it started, but he's become increasingly reluctant to spend the Spring Festival in the South. Since starting university, he's only been back once.
"I'm sorry, Dr. Guan, I didn't explain my complicated family relationships to you before we got our marriage certificate."
Pei Xi still spoke with a smile on her lips.
But Guan Yue wanted him to stop laughing.
"Unfasten your seatbelt."
“?” Pei Xi was taken aback.
Dr. Guan probably wants him to get off the bus.
Even he admitted it.
The young man obediently did as he was told and unbuckled his seatbelt.
The next moment, the young man was pulled into an embrace.
A scent of cedar wafted over.
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