Chapter 143

After a tough night, Dunzi woke up the next day with blue eyes, which scared Feng Xiuhui.

"Son, what did you do last night? Didn't you sleep?"

Dunzi endured the headache and woke up a little after brushing his teeth and washing his face. "I didn't sleep much. It's okay, Mom."

He toiled all night and slept for two hours in the early morning. All he saw was Lu Qing when he opened his eyes or closed them. Thinking back on the past, he thought to himself that he was blind and couldn't see this.

"Then why are you up so early? Go back to sleep."

"No, I'm busy."

Feng Xiuhui watched her son rush out and asked, "What's the matter?"

"I'll find a daughter-in-law for you." Dunzi comforted his mother and went straight to Lu Qing's residence.

"Dunzi, our Qingqing has gone home. She left on the early morning train. If you have anything to do, go back to the capital to look for her."

Clank, as if a basin of cold water had poured over the stool, chilling it to the core.

"Okay, thanks, Auntie. I understand."

Dunzi looked at his watch and smiled helplessly. It’s only a little after eight o’clock. He’s running really fast.

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After the Spring Festival, many young people on the island left for school or work.

Shuangshuang was the last one to leave.

Brother Chenchen returned to the army early, and sister Qingqing left in a hurry, saying that she had something urgent to tell her. Her mother told her something.

As for Brother Dunzi, he had originally said that he would stay at home longer, but now he hurried to the capital.

Shuangshuang guessed that it was related to Sister Qingqing. After all, they heard some noise that day, but they didn't dare to ask.

The two of them walked away one after the other. Who would believe them if they said there was no cat litter?

The last two to leave were on the thirteenth day of the lunar year. Their family put them on the train, and they returned to the capital with clanging sounds.

The capital is much colder than my hometown. As soon as I got off the train, the cold wind wrapped in heavy snow blew over the sky, like a sharp blade being drawn from its sheath, scratching my face and making it hurt.

With most of their faces hidden in their scarves, they got off the bus carrying their suitcases and saw the man looking around on the platform.

Among the people coming and going, he is the most eye-catching.

Nowadays, many people wear more fashionable clothes than they did more than ten years ago, and even fashionable down jackets have appeared. However, Wu Xiangchen is still wearing the most old-fashioned military coat, with an upright posture, becoming the most eye-catching person in the crowd.

The old lady next to him was carrying two large packages, and the small package in her hands kept falling down. He bent down to pick it up and put it on.

"Thank you, boy... Hey, you're still a soldier!"

"Slow down."

He watched the old lady leave, then turned around and saw an elf-like girl appear behind him.

Both of them were wearing the most fashionable down jackets bought by their mother. The white down jackets were light and comfortable, and paired with the red scarf around her neck, they looked as if white was tinged with red.

"It's so cold!" After staying at home for more than a month, she almost forgot the severe cold in the north. She sighed as soon as she saw him, and the words she uttered froze in the air.

"Why don't you put on more clothes?" Wu Xiangchen took the luggage from her hand and looked at the little girl. He didn't feel cold at all, but warm all over. He touched her hand and found it was quite warm. "Put on your gloves and put them in your pocket. Do you have a hat? If you don't have one, go out and buy one."

"All of them." After a while, Shuangshuang was fully armed to resist the severe cold. Finally, she put on woolen gloves, put her right hand into her own pocket, and groped her left hand into the pocket of the man's military coat next to her. Because of the height difference between the two, she almost stuffed half of her arm in.

Wu Xiangchen felt the right side of his military coat sink noticeably, and he just raised the corner of his mouth.

After returning to school and putting away their luggage, they both officially started their junior year life.

The two were having a meal outside the school. When they saw the beef noodles came with a large handful of cilantro because they forgot to ask for it, they both put it all into brother Chenchen's bowl without any hesitation.

"You're not going to eat any at all?" Wu Xiangchen was not surprised that Shuangshuang picked out the coriander. He was only surprised at how careful she was. Her eyes seemed to be patrolling a ship, not missing a single bit of coriander residue.

"I won't let any fish slip through the net." Shuangshuang was satisfied when she saw that there was no cilantro in her bowl.

There is nothing more comfortable in winter than eating a bowl of steaming hot noodles, and you can even drink up the soup.

“Ha~”

Putting down the bowl of noodles that was bigger than their faces, Shuangshuang sighed, "Noodles are still delicious."

"If I have a chance, I'll cook noodles for you. It's no worse than this." Wu Xiangchen said suddenly.

"Really?" Shuangshuang hasn't had the chance to try his cooking skills yet. One of them lives in school and the other is in the army, so they don't have many opportunities to see each other, let alone cook.

"You'll know if you try it."

"Then let's go to Brother Dunzi's place and you cook!" Shuangshuang thought this was a good idea. Brother Dunzi had rented an apartment since he had been developing in the capital for a long time. It was quite spacious and Shuangshuang had been there twice.

"Him?" Wu Xiangchen decided not to cause trouble for his good brother for the time being. "He is busy. Don't bother him recently."

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Dunzi has indeed been very busy recently. After returning to the capital from the island, he went to the People's Hospital several times. It turned out that Lu Qing, as a doctor, was really busy. When he saw that he was very businesslike, he went home very quickly after work, like a rabbit hiding from a big bad wolf.

Boom boom boom.

I knocked on Lu Qing's door again. Dunzi came prepared today.

I waited for a long time but the door didn't open. Just as I was about to raise my hand to knock again, the iron gate opened.

"Why are you here?"

Look, my mental quality is not as good as hers, and I remain calm.

Dunzi has not forgotten what happened between them, especially the two kisses, but Lu Qing acted as if nothing had happened.

"My mother sent me some food and asked me to share it with you. I gave it to Shuangshuang and Chenchen. As for you, my mother also specifically told me to deliver it to you."

Dunzi was holding a bag of dried fish, a bag of dried scallops and a bottle of shrimp sauce.

The things were indeed sent by Feng Xiuhui, but Dunzi's original words were - "Mom, I'm courting your daughter-in-law, I need your help, please make me some food and send it to me."

Her son was so determined that the girl would bloom, so why would Feng Xiuhui hesitate? Although she didn't know who the girl was, she believed in her son's judgment.

Hearing that it was Aunt Xiuhui's kindness, Lu Qing was speechless and stretched out his hand to take it, "Thank Aunt Xiuhui for me."

Dunzi didn't let go. Lu Qing looked up at him. When she met his eyes, her face became hot. A lot of messy memories flooded into her mind. She was just pretending to be calm.

"My stuff has been delivered, why don't you treat me to a meal?" Dunzi discussed with her in a gentle tone, knowing that Lu Qing would rather eat soft food than hard food. "I've been eating out every day these days, and my stomach is upset again."

The two of them did not mention the two times they crossed the line again. Lu Qing just wanted to forget everything, but when he saw his wet eyes, like a big dog wagging its tail, his heart softened and he let go.

It was Lu Qing who invited them to dinner, so Dunzi shamelessly helped in the kitchen, washing vegetables and cooking, and finally stared at Lu Qing, who was wearing an apron, while he was cooking.

I really couldn't bear the burning gaze from behind, as if it was about to penetrate my thick sweater and into my skin.

Lu Qing turned around and said, "You can get out now."

"It's okay, I'm here to help you."

Dunzi watched Lu Qing cooking in an orderly manner, adding various seasonings into the pot one by one, and putting the delicious dishes on a plate. He immediately reached out and brought them to the table.

This was his second time eating at Lu Qing's house. The first time was when he had a bowl of porridge here because he had a stomachache.

"I still remember how delicious the porridge tasted."

Speaking of porridge, Lu Qing naturally thought of what happened that day and just ate the food in silence without saying a word.

"One time, we went to get some goods. It was a very sunny day. I was wearing a short-sleeved shirt. After a busy day, I took it off. A little girl on the street, probably about four or five years old, pointed at my arm and said to her mother, 'Mom, this uncle's hand has changed color.' I looked and saw that the part where I was wearing the short-sleeved shirt was still white, but the lower part of my arm was dark and yellow from the sun. Hahahaha, one hand was two different colors."

"Later, there was another time when I was forced to drink. I don't know how many bottles I drank. If it wasn't for getting a business license, I wouldn't have wanted to drink with him. As a result, on the way back, I got the wrong place. I thought, where do I live? I saw a tree and thought it was my house, so I sat down against it and slept soundly, hahaha."

During the meal, Dunzi showed off his talkativeness and talked about interesting things in his business. As he was talking, he found that Lu Qing didn't laugh at all today.

He stopped talking and tilted his head to look at her. "What's wrong? You weren't so hard to make me laugh before."

Lu Qing put down his chopsticks and answered seriously, "You should drink less in the future. Also, don't work too hard. You are doing well now. Don't let your age easily wear you out."

Regardless of anything else, regardless of their relationship, she just hoped so.

Dunzi's heart warmed up. For the first time, he felt that such a sentence had great power. "Okay, I'll take note. I'll listen to you."

When Lu Qing heard the words "I'll listen to you", he felt his ears burning.

But he was very sober, "Dunzi, let's talk."

"Okay." Dunzi came here for this purpose. He finally made up his mind and he had a lot to say. "I..."

"Let me talk first." Lu Qing tried to look him in the eye, thinking back to when he was a kid, what happened when he graduated from college, and recently... "Let's just pretend nothing happened, and we can still be friends if we meet again in the future..."

"Impossible." Dunzi was furious after hearing half of the sentence. How could this be so unpleasant to hear? "How can we just pretend it never happened?"

"We are even now, aren't we?" Lu Qing recalled that passionate and powerful kiss, his heart was in turmoil. He tried to suppress his emotions, "I cherish you as a friend."

"I don't want to be your friend." Dunzi leaned back in his chair and said in a domineering and powerful tone, "I want to be your boyfriend."

The word "boyfriend" seemed to burn Lu Qing's heart, "Stop making trouble. If you don't like me, why do you want to be my boyfriend?"

"Lu Qing, do you think I'm just being friendly? I've been looking for you whenever I'm free lately. What do you think I'm doing?"

"Isn't everything because I kissed you that night? Maybe you feel sorry for me, or you feel you got hurt and want to get it back?" Lu Qing turned his face away, "I do like you, but you don't need to force yourself to be with me. We can still be friends in the future, and say hello when we meet. I will also have my own life and family. You don't need to force yourself to do this because of that accident."

Dunzi thought that Lu Qing liked him and he also liked Lu Qing, so it was natural for them to get together. However, looking at Lu Qing who turned away, he was in a dilemma.

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"Why?" Dunzi was depressed. He grabbed a bottle of Coke and drank it quickly, complaining to his good brother, "She likes me, and I like her too. Why doesn't she agree to me?"

It was the first time that Wu Xiangchen saw his brother so depressed. After all, he had been through this before. He pondered for a while, "She thinks you are compromising or agreeing reluctantly. Think about it yourself, did you say or do anything before that caused misunderstanding?"

"No." Dunzi rarely interacted with women, so he really couldn't guess what Lu Qing was thinking. "She likes me, but she doesn't believe that I like her? Where can I go to seek justice?"

"Then make her sure that you like her, and that you're not pretending or forcing it." Wu Xiangchen looked at Dunzi's pitiful appearance and encouraged him, "If it really doesn't work, just forget it. Let her go on a blind date and get married, and you find someone else."

"Get lost, Wu Xiangchen, why are you talking so harshly?" Dunzi glared at him and suddenly realized that he was confused. "I am so stupid. You are a 27-year-old who hangs out with men every day. Not to mention falling in love, you probably haven't even held a woman's hand at your age. I came to you to ask about my relationship problems. Is there something wrong with my brain?!"

Wu Xiangchen picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea slowly, but smiled without saying a word.

Oh.