On this rather special day.
Lu Yibei and Ji Qingqian did not have any special activities.
As before, there was a meal—and because of the holiday, the number of people at i77 was unimaginable.
They changed restaurants several times before finally managing to avoid long queues.
Then, as usual, we strolled hand in hand through the streets.
Ordinary, but...
Just as his girlfriend wished.
hapiness.
Lu Yibei thought of a rather unpleasant lyric.
"As long as you love the right person, every day is Valentine's Day."
The problem is that this lyric, which he now wholeheartedly agrees with, actually comes from the song "Happy Breakup," which is truly outrageous...
"...Hey, scratch it to win a prize."
Ji Qingqian pointed to the lottery counter not far away.
Everyone has the desire to get rich.
Therefore, a large number of people gathered.
The most popular type is the scratch-off lottery ticket, which can be purchased and opened instantly.
Twenty yuan.
Lu Yibei had never been particularly interested in activities where you lost money if you didn't win, and your life if you did—according to the law of conservation of luck, if you won the lottery, you might get blown away to the second dimension by a dump truck one day. However, his little girlfriend's eyes sparkled like little stars.
Two.
He told the clerk, then turned back and said, "One for each person, no more than that."
It's just for fun, so it doesn't really matter.
His usually aloof girlfriend nodded vigorously, like a primary school student—even though she had enough money to buy it herself, she unexpectedly listened to his opinion in this situation.
Lu Yibei smiled.
Using "obedient" to describe her would be a somewhat derogatory term for the female knight-errant.
It should be described as "compatible".
His girlfriend is intentionally developing the same lifestyle habits as him.
And so it was with him—just like he would never have spent that money to buy lottery tickets.
They took the coins from the teller, then found an empty table and placed the cardboard-like scratch cards on it.
Ji Qingqian wondered hopefully, "What if I win the lottery?"
Lu Yibei looked at the promotional slogan on the scratch card.
— "Amazing! You could win up to 800,000!"
Well, it seems like it won't have any impact on the heroine's life.
As it turned out, it indeed had no impact whatsoever.
Ji Qingqian scraped out 40 pieces.
Then Lu Yibei…
"...It's actually zero."
Ji Qingqian's dark eyebrows curved as she watched her boyfriend scratch off the last number and say "zero." This girl, whose thinking was never quite right, chuckled softly twice and repeated, "Um... it's zero."
Lu Yibei glared at her, and she calmed down a bit, but a slightly disdainful smile remained.
Lu Yibei used his girlfriend's card to redeem the prize:
"Even though we didn't win, on the bright side, we still wasted time!"
"You didn't win the lottery."
Ji Qingqian emphasized casually that after redeeming the prize, she immediately grabbed her boyfriend's arm and said, "I'm the MVP. You'd be missing out if it weren't for me~ Hurry up and thank Sister Qingqian!"
Lu Yibei laughed: "Yes, it's a good thing you're here, I've made a fortune."
Ji Qingqian was taken aback. She thought to herself, "That's not right, there's nothing..."
She was thinking, "If I go out forty and come back forty, how can I make a profit?"
But when she saw the gentleness and love in her boyfriend's eyes as he spoke, she instantly understood.
I'm not talking about the lottery, but about its very existence.
"Hmph."
Ji Qingqian hugged her boyfriend tightly, saying, "We're the same, aren't we?"
Many small shops are catering to the Christmas atmosphere by selling red and green trinkets.
The heroine Qingqian was quite interested in this.
Even though she has a strong backbone, she still upholds the traditional Chinese virtue of shopping.
I'll try what I can, and if I can't try it, I'll just take a look. I won't buy it easily.
She put a red Santa hat with a snowball on top on Lu Yibei's head, and then put something white that looked like a beard but was actually a scarf around his neck.
"Christmas Da Bei".
Ji Qingqian was quite satisfied with her boyfriend's somewhat stiff and strange outfit.
Then, she took out a grayish-brown headdress with a hint of orange from the shelf and put it on her head.
“…No, you should bring this, Abei,” she said.
"Why?"
"Because it's a deer, from your clan."
Ji Qingqian's words were reasonable and well-founded, but her bright eyes suddenly flickered, as if she had thought of something. She suddenly leaned close to her boyfriend's ear and whispered, "So, for Christmas, Ah Bei wants to ride..."
Snap!
Lu Yibei grabbed his girlfriend's cheek:
"...Shut up!"
…
Li Si, who declined many invitations to dinner and parties, stayed at school on Christmas Eve.
He looked at his phone; it was a message from Xia Li.
[Xia Li: Come to the student council office, I left the gift over there!]
[Li Si: Merry Christmas Eve]
[Li Si: Where are you?]
Li Si has retrieved the cake that he had entrusted to someone to keep in the refrigerator from the cafeteria.
…That girl just left the gift there?
If I can't see her, I won't be able to give her a return gift...
However, this was Xia Li's last message.
She never replied to him again.
Li Si: ...
He pondered for a moment, then gave a wry smile.
I should head to the student council office first; who knows what that girl is up to.
And even if you don't want to say where you are, you could at least reply with a "Merry Christmas Eve"...
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