Chapter 727: I Got the Sugar, Carry Her All the Way (Three Updates in One)
Lou Mingshen pointed at the surveillance camera and asked Hou Hao to check someone.
The latter took a closer look and saw that it was a man with a tall and straight figure. He stood out among the crowd like a crane among chickens and could be spotted at a glance.
"Yes. Then Mr. Lou, you..."
"You go ahead, I'll stay a while."
When Hou Hao left, he couldn't help but look back. He saw Lou Ming squatting in front of the display cabinet, stroking the combination lock absentmindedly, as if he was looking at something else through it.
He didn't dare to stay any longer and went to do his work quickly.
…
After leaving the hotel, you can reach the town at the foot of the mountain in just over ten minutes' walk.
This town was built because of Laurel Villa, so it is also called "Laurel Town".
The bluestone-paved streets are clean and tidy, with shops lining both sides, selling specialty snacks, handicrafts, as well as cafes, restaurants, dessert shops, and so on.
The prosperity of the city and the simplicity of the mountains and forests are integrated here.
There was a group of people gathered in front, and Jiang Fuyue was a little curious.
Xie Dingyuan took her hand and said, "Just go over and take a look, and you'll know."
It turned out to be a man selling candied haws.
Xie Dingyuan bought a bunch and handed it to her: "Want to try it?"
Jiang Fuyue felt a little embarrassed because there were children all around, but she didn't expect Xie Dingyuan to just peel off the soft film on the outside and put it into her hand.
Now, there is no way to refuse.
Jiang Fuyue took a bite and said, "So sweet..."
"Really?" The man looked at her and smiled.
The next second, his mouth was stuffed with food.
Jiang Fuyue: "You try it too."
Xie Dingyuan: “…”
Finally, the two of them shared a skewer and walked to the next shop.
"Mom, mom, look at that uncle and sister, they still want to eat candied haws even though they are so old!"
“Eating candied haws is not limited to any age.”
"Then I can continue to eat it when I grow up, right?"
"Yes, as long as you listen to your teacher in kindergarten."
"Yes! I can! But why do they eat one skewer for two people? The teacher said that it is unhygienic for you to take a bite and I to take a bite. It is easy to get sick if you don't pay attention to hygiene."
"Uh...because they are a couple."
"What is a couple?"
"Couples are like this... you can take a bite and I can take a bite."
"Then I want to be a couple with Sister Feifei, so we can share delicious food together!"
"That... is fine."
"Then can Sister Feifei and I kiss on the lips?"
"W-what?!"
"I saw my uncle kiss my sister, um... one, two, three kisses! He also said it was so sweet."
“…”
"Mom, cover my eyes. I can't see."
…
After eating, Jiang Fuyue threw away the bamboo stick.
Xie Dingyuan handed her a tissue to wipe her hands.
The two walked around and stopped in front of an art gallery.
"Personalized portraits, one hundred yuan each, ready to be picked up immediately." A young man sat in front of the door with a billboard at his feet, shouting to attract customers.
Seeing Xie Dingyuan and Jiang Fuyue, his eyes lit up, "Handsome guy, beautiful girl, do you want to draw?"
Xie Dingyuan took a look at the works displayed behind him and thought they were pretty good.
"How long will it take?"
"Don't worry, it'll be quick! It'll be done in half an hour!"
He looked at Jiang Fuyue with an inquiring look: Do you want to draw?
The girl nodded.
The two went into the store.
The guy said: "There are chairs here and a coffee shop over there, you can pose as you like."
As he spoke, he pointed out other couple portraits to the two of them.
Some are hugging each other, some are touching each other's faces and about to kiss, some are hugged from behind, and there is the classic pose of Titanic, etc.
Jiang Fuyue didn't choose any of them.
She and Xie Dingyuan sat on the bench: "Let's draw."
Young man: “?” That’s it?
But when the sunlight shines through the glass window and softly falls on the two of them, even though they don't strike any poses, there is an indescribable sense of atmosphere and tension in the picture.
In an instant, there were only two words in the young man's mind -
Perfect match!
He wrote quickly, his eyes focused.
After sitting for five minutes, Jiang Fuyue started playing with his cell phone.
Xie Dingyuan asked her, "What would you like to drink?"
"Not thirsty."
As he said this, he put an earphone into his ear.
Soothing music came and the man paused.
Jiang Fuyue put on the other one.
On a midsummer afternoon, men and women leaned close together, sharing the same music.
The sky was blue, the sun was shining, and the wind blew gently, rolling up the veil and ringing the wind chimes.
Ding-dong-
Half an hour later, the young man stopped writing, took the paper off the drawing board and handed it to the two people.
"How is it? Are you satisfied?"
In the painting, a woman is leaning on a man's shoulder, and the man is slightly lowering his head. They are both wearing the same pair of headphones. The sunlight shines in from the window, giving them a light golden hue.
Xie Dingyuan: "Not bad."
Jiang Fuyue: "Very good."
The young man grinned and said, "I'm not bragging, this is the most satisfying work I've ever painted."
The sweetness that was about to overflow from the paper made even a perpetual bachelor like him feel moved.
Xie Dingyuan paid the money and gave him an extra hundred yuan, left his address, and asked him to frame the painting and send it to him.
The young man quickly agreed.
The two left.
The young man looked at the painting, examining it from left to right, and the more he looked at it, the better it seemed to him.
He couldn't help but take out his cell phone and take a picture as a souvenir.
While looking for the right angle, he muttered quietly, "Does he look like a celebrity? The more I look at him, the more familiar he looks..."
Just at this time, a classmate from the Academy of Fine Arts sent him a WeChat message asking him how his business was going today. He sent the photo with the intention of showing off.
But I didn't forget to protect the privacy of the guests, so I chose a blurry photo, but it was enough to see the overall composition and content of the picture.
It’s just that the faces of the two protagonists are not that clear.
Young man: [First order today, not bad, right?]
Classmate: [Are you sure she's not a model? Even the blurry image quality can't hide her beauty and handsomeness. How did you end up running into her?]
Young man: [Are you jealous?]
Classmate: [Go away]
The young man put away his phone contentedly and started framing.
Over there, my classmates were also setting up stalls, but on the next street.
Just then his girlfriend brought him food. "You go and eat, I'll watch. Oh, can you lend me your phone? My phone is out of battery."
When my girlfriend got the phone, she began to check the text messages and chat records with ease, and finally even the photo album.
Suddenly, she paused. "Fanfan! When did you draw the latest stick figure in your album?"
"Oh, that one, I didn't draw it. It was commissioned by He Kai. I thought it was good, so I saved it."
"Oh my god! This looks so much like Old Xie and Sister Yue!"
"who?"
"That's the couple I'm into! Yuanyue CP!"
"Didn't you use to be into those 'Langlang nails'? Is there anything else to make you laugh? A full moon? Who is this celebrity?"
"It's not a full moon, it's a deep moon, the abyss! This time I'm going for a different taste. It's not a star, nor a singer."
"Hmm? Who's that?"
"Hehe... two geniuses among geniuses, the kind with off-the-charts IQs."
"That's not like you."
The girlfriend snorted softly: "This is my perfect match. All those celebrity couples should step aside."
As he said that, he quickly sent the photo to his mobile phone.
"...You don't mind, huh?"
"Can you be a little more sincere before asking after you send it?"
"No! I stole the picture!"
"Wait...isn't your phone dead?"
Well!
"I just recharged it!"
“…”Forget it, I can’t win the argument, I can’t afford to offend, so I’ll just give in.
The girl clicked on the original picture to save it, and the picture appeared in the album. She looked at it again and again, her eyes fascinated, and a smile on her lips.
How can I keep such a good thing to myself?
She clicked on a group chat called "Yuanyue Saccharin Processing Factory"—
[picture]
[Girls! Highly sweet warning! Come out and eat like crazy!]
[Oh my god! Finally, another bonus! Is @渊月大旗永不倒a professional artist?]
[I'm not, but my boyfriend is. But this was drawn by his classmate.]
[OMG! Our Yuanyue army has already had male compatriots join? ]
[Actually, this is a portrait of a couple that my boyfriend's classmate drew for them, but it really looks like Lao Xie and Yue Jie]
So this was drawn based on a real person?! How could there be a couple so similar? One is fine, but both are. The probability is practically zero. I have a wild guess!
I have one, too.
[+1]
[So, my crush is finally coming true?! Holy crap!]
[Although the image quality is a bit blurry and not particularly clear, I have already determined in my heart that they are together! No one can persuade me, I won't listen, I won't listen, I won't listen...]
[Yes, I also believe they are together, Amen~]
[The way Old Xie looks at Sister Yue in the painting is so doting! ]
[My peripheral vision is locked on Sister Yue. This is no joke.]
[kswl! kswl! Please get married right here!]
[Wait, I'll move the Civil Affairs Bureau over here]
While eating, the boy saw his girlfriend screaming on her cell phone like a groundhog, with helplessness in his eyes.
…
At the end of the long street is a riverbank, and further ahead is a small river.
On the stone tablet next to it was written in red: Qingwu River.
On the shore, many adults and children were playing with sand or picking up pebbles.
Jiang Fuyue also wants to go down.
"Slow down..." Xie Dingyuan couldn't help but frowning when he saw her trembling as she lifted the hem of her skirt.
I might as well roll down first, then reach out and pick her up.
Jiang Fuyue was not that weak originally, but she happened to be wearing a long skirt today, which reached her ankles. It was fine for normal walking, but it would be inconvenient if it flipped up and down like this.
"Let's go to the river?"
Xie Dingyuan always responded to her requests, so naturally he would not refuse.
The river water was clear, reflecting the two people's appearance.
Jiang Fuyue smiled at the water, and Xie Dingyuan also smiled.
To match her skirt, Jiang Fuyue wore a pair of high-heeled sandals. She stepped on the gravel on the shore, one foot deep and one foot shallow, which was a bit strenuous.
Suddenly, the man walked in front of her and squatted down.
"What are you doing?"
Xie Dingyuan patted his back and said, "Come up."
Jiang Fuyue pursed her lips, hesitated for only half a second, then moved closer and put her arms around the man's neck.
Then, Xie Dingyuan exerted a little force and easily carried her on his back.
He even deliberately weighed it and said, "It's too light."
Jiang Fuyue: "I have a standard body shape."
"It would be better if it had some more flesh."
"What's good about it?" It's obvious that having meat means being fat.
He pondered for a moment: "...It feels good."
Jiang Fuyue: “…”
A child not far away saw them, turned around and tugged at the adult's sleeve, "I want to be carried! Carry me!"
"Just play by yourself, why should I recite it?"
"You need to carry it on your back!"
"Look at the other kids, who's carrying you? Be good and listen."
"Over there—uncle carries sister on his back!"
The parent looked over and saw, uh!
"They are adults. Adults can carry them, but children cannot."
"Why?"
"...Why so many whys?! Shut up! Play by yourself!"
"...Wuuuu! Wuuuu!" Feeling aggrieved.
The two sides were not far away, and Jiang Fuyue heard everything the mother said when she scolded the child. She couldn't help but burst out laughing: "It's all your fault. You made the child cry."
"Why are you blaming me? If you have to blame someone, blame us."
"I won't take the blame for this."
Xie Dingyuan: "You are cheating."
Jiang Fuyue snorted softly: "It's obviously you who want to carry me, so put me down now."
The man was silent for a moment: "...Don't let go."
"The child is still crying."
"Let his parents coax him, it's none of our business."
“…” When Professor Xie gets angry, no one can compare to him.
After walking for a distance, the gravel on the shore gradually becomes less and is covered with a layer of fine soft sand.
Jiang Fuyue signaled Xie Dingyuan to put her down, then walked to the river, took off her sandals, and went into the water.
The river water has warmed up under the sunlight. It feels warm on the surface, but only when you step into the deep end do you feel the coolness.
Xie Dingyuan stood by and watched, occasionally extending his hand for her to use, but he also reminded her: "Go slowly, the stones can easily scratch your feet."
When Jiang Fuyue finished playing and came ashore, the hem of her skirt was already wet.
Even after wrung out the water, it is still moist.
"Let's go back." Xie Dingyuan offered his warm back again.
Jiang Fuyue readily followed suit, stuck close to him, and asked him to carry it on his back.
It would take more than ten minutes to walk back to the hotel. Jiang Fuyue was worried that he would be tired, so she suggested, "Let's go outside and get a taxi?"
The man didn't say anything.
Jiang Fuyue thought he didn't hear it, so she said it again.
Who knew——
"Who are you looking down on?"
He felt that he was being tricked by having to take a taxi just for these few steps.
Jiang Fuyue: “…”
Oh, man!
In this way, Xie Dingyuan carried her all the way back to the hotel without resting, complaining of being tired, or even taking a deep breath.
I don’t know if he really has good physical strength or if he is just holding on.
After entering the hotel, Xie Dingyuan carried her straight back to the room.
Little did he know that this scene was being seen by someone.
Lou Mingshen withdrew his gaze, turned around and walked in the opposite direction.
Hou Hao looked confused——
Weren't you going to the restaurant? Why aren't you going again?
"Oh, by the way, I found the person you asked me to check. It's definitely the one from the Xie family."
Hou Hao never expected that his small temple would welcome such a great god.
Lou Mingshen looked unsurprised when he heard this.
Obviously, the result has been guessed.
Lou Mingshen had recognized him when they passed each other in the restaurant, but he was not sure, so he asked Hou Hao to check.
"I didn't expect Professor Xie to have a girlfriend, and they even went on vacation together. If netizens knew about this, they would be going crazy, and it would be trending on the search engines in minutes."
Lou Mingshen: "...haven't you found the thief yet?"
Hou Hao's smile froze. It would have been fine if he hadn't mentioned it, but the mention of it made him break out in a cold sweat. He had to carefully consider his words and speak carefully. "...I've called the police, and they're still investigating. I've already sent someone to secretly search the hotel, and I've also sent a message to the lady who cleans the rooms to see if they can find any clues."
Lou Mingshen was still not satisfied with this.
His face is dark all day long.
But I just can’t find it, no matter how anxious I am.
"Add more manpower and make sure to find him!"
On the one hand, he wanted to recover the lost inscriptions and photos, and on the other hand, he also wanted to ask the other party in person how they cracked the password.
Moreover, what was the purpose of stealing those two things?
…
At night, the moonlight is dim and the cicadas are chirping.
Jiang Fuyue sat on the swing in the yard and called home -
"Sister!" It was Jiang Xiaodi who answered. "Where are you? Have you had dinner?"
"Outside. I've already eaten."
Jiang Fuyue showed some concern for his studies, and Jiang Xiaodi listed everything he had learned during this period one by one, as if he were presenting a treasure:
"My guitar teacher said I can now play a song independently without looking at the musical notation."
"My drum teacher said I have a good sense of music and good rhythm."
"The math teacher is a bit harsh, but he's very good at explaining problems. I can understand them after just one try."
"Uncle Wu has been a bit busy lately, so I go to cram school by myself and then take the bus back."
Jiang Fuyue only praised him a few words, but the little brother Jiang on the other end was so happy.
I guess his face is red again.
Then the phone was handed to Han Yunru. "Yueyue, are you used to living in the capital? The climate there is bad and the air is dry. You should be more careful and remember to wear a mask when you go out."
"good."
When it was Jiang Da's turn, he said the same thing he always did: "Yueyue, are you short of money?"
“…”
"Dad transferred money to you?"
"No, I still have money to spend for now."
"Then remember to call me if you need money!"
"Yeah, okay."
After receiving the care from his parents and younger brother, Jiang Fuyue turned around and called the Han family.
"Is that Yueyue?!" The old man answered the phone with an excited voice.
She called out "Grandpa".
"Hey! Did you have fun?"
Jiang Fuyue came out this time to discuss graduation trip.
They all assumed that she was with classmates or friends, and knowing that she had her own opinions, they didn't ask any further questions.
So, they just let Xie Dingyuan secretly take the little princess away from home right under their noses.
In the near future, when the four men of the Han family learned everything, they were filled with regret!
Han Qishan: "...Be careful and go home early."
Jiang Fuyue: "Okay."
The call ended.
Suddenly, a big warm hand pressed against her back, and with a little force, the swing began to swing.
Jiang Fuyue turned around and saw Xie Dingyuan standing behind her. She didn't know how long he had been there.
"Don't look at me, sit tight and hold on tight."
Jiang Fuyue really turned around and stopped looking at him.
Xie Dingyuan increased his strength, the swing swung higher and higher, and the smile on the girl's face became wider and wider.
Moonlight, garden, swing, one sitting, one pushing.
Jiang Fuyue only felt the sound of the wind brushing past his ears, and the scenery in front of him moved forward in an instant, and then suddenly moved backward.
“That’s high enough…”
Xie Dingyuan reduced his strength, and the swing gradually slowed down and finally stopped.
Jiang Fuyue landed on the ground, stood up, and motioned for him to sit down.
Every pore of the man was rejecting: "I'll just forget it, okay?"
"Are you afraid of heights?"
Xie Dingyuan shook his head.
"Easily dizzy?"
"……No."
"Then why don't you sit down?"
"Hey! Isn't this something girls like?"
What would it look like for a grown man like him to sit on it?
I still have a heavy idol burden.
Jiang Fuyue: "There's no one else here, no one will know."
Xie Dingyuan: “…” Still don’t want to.
"Then let's go together?"
He then reluctantly agreed.
The swing is made of thick wooden boards, and its length and width are just enough to accommodate two people.
Xie Dingyuan was nearly 1.9 meters tall, with broad shoulders and long legs, which instantly made the entire swing set look two sizes smaller.
Jiang Fuyue leaned her head on his shoulder, and the swing swayed slowly and gently, with a small arc.
The two of them snuggled together quietly, the wind blowing silently.
Everything seems quiet and beautiful.
Suddenly, "A-choo——"
Jiang Fuyue rubbed her nose.
The next second, Xie Dingyuan took off his coat and put it on her shoulders.
A familiar smell hit her face and warmth surrounded her.
"Aren't you cold?" Jiang Fuyue turned to look at him.
The man, wearing a thin short-sleeved shirt, shook his head and said, "It's not cold."
Having said that, Jiang Fuyue still gave half of her clothes to him. The two of them squeezed together, with her upper body almost completely pressed against the man's arms.
The heat rushed over her, reddening her cheeks and making Xie Dingyuan's ears red, making it difficult for him to control himself.
As soon as Jiang Fuyue looked up, she saw the man's Adam's apple rolling up and down.
She touched it as if possessed.
Xie Dingyuan's body trembled violently: "You——"
Jiang Fuyue blinked with an innocent look on her face. What happened to her?
The next second, the man stood up and said, "It's getting late, I'll go in and wash up first!"
After saying that, he fled in panic.
Jiang Fuyue didn't stay any longer and stood up and walked inside.
The man stopped and turned back, a bulging vein visible on his forehead, as if he was trying hard to endure something: "Why...are you following me?"
The tone is hoarse.
Jiang Fuyue: “?”
"I'm not following you. I also want to go back to my room. We're going the same way..."
Three updates combined into one, 6,000 words.
(End of this chapter)
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