Dry mouth, cold sweat.
These eight words are enough to describe Wen Xingyao's inner anxiety at this moment.
Messy thoughts popped up uncontrollably one after another, including but not limited to "Why did Bai Li suddenly ask this?", "What kind of friendship can they have?", "Could it be that Bai Li already knows that I have a good impression of him?", and "What kind of answer will Bai Li give him in the end?"
Based on the current situation and Bai Li's reaction, Wen Xingyao felt that things were not yet out of control, and the decision was thrown back to him by Bai Li.
If he chooses to "pretend nothing happened", nothing will really happen. But if he bravely faces his heart and reveals his true emotions according to the current situation, things are likely to develop in the direction he hopes.
Wen Xingyao swallowed hard, his throat seemed to be on fire, but his originally disordered heartbeat strangely returned to its original calm, beating "bang, bang, bang", one after another, as if telling its owner: I'm fine, I can do it, dear, be brave and go for it!
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If I miss today, there may not be such a perfect atmosphere for confession.
Wen Xingyao also made the decision in just a few breaths. His pair of dark golden eyes grasped Bai Li's wandering gaze in a rather domineering manner. One of his hands grabbed Bai Li's hand, which was slightly smaller than his own, and held it in his palm.
"I..." He stuttered slightly, his voice trembling without him noticing. Then he took a deep breath and said what he had prepared countless times in his mind, "Bai Li, I like you. I hope we can date with the purpose of getting married. Can we be together?"
After hearing what Wen Xingyao said, Bai Li's smile froze, and his perfect expression seemed to be broken. He originally thought that according to Wen Xingyao's personality, he would at most just say something like "I like you", but now...
"Dating for the purpose of marriage", how come the tone suddenly became so romantic? How should he answer this? He felt that the pressure suddenly increased.
At first, Bai Li was smug about his initiative, but after Wen Xingyao finished speaking, he felt that he had still lost. In terms of thinking about the future, how could he compare to Wen Xingyao who was thinking about getting married in the future before they were even together?
In such a formal occasion, this can't just be an empty talk, right?
This was not just Wen Xingyao's words, but a confession that he had carefully considered and felt could best express his feelings. He had seen such a sentence in the history book of Ancient Blue Star: Dating without the purpose of marriage is hooliganism.
He really likes Bai Li, and he has imagined the scene of the two of them being together and living together in his dreams at midnight. If you want to be together and fall in love with someone, you must be 100% sincere, so that the other person can choose him without any scruples.
In short, Wen Xingyao has already identified Bai Li.
"Is it okay?" Seeing that Bai Li had not spoken, the tiny light of light gold in his eyes fluctuated, and Wen Xingyao asked.
You have to go into the pit you dug yourself. Bai Li felt a little regretful. Why did he deliberately "tease" others at this time? Couldn't he just follow the normal process?
"Uh." Bai Li finally spoke under Wen Xingyao's earnest gaze, "What you said about 'getting married' is too far-fetched. Let's try to be together first, and we can talk about the future later, okay?"
After finishing speaking, Bai Li quickly realized that there was something wrong with the answer, and he immediately said "Ahhh" silently in his mind. What kind of scumbag's words were these? Why did he feel like the man had put on his pants and didn't recognize him?
Fortunately, Wen Xingyao didn't mind. After getting the answer he wanted, a satisfied smile suddenly appeared on his face. That smile that came from the heart made people ignore his ordinary face in the game. Bai Li thought dizzily that if Wen Xingyao used his real face at this time, he might be stunned.
"Do you think confessing in the game is not formal enough? I can tell you again after I log off." Wen Xingyao's smiling voice sounded in his ears. Bai Li looked at him doubtfully, and then realized that he had actually said what he was thinking.
With a "bang", Ci Bai's face flushed red, and her hand was quickly pulled back from Wen Xingyao's hand. Bai Li shook his head like an antique electric fan that had short-circuited, and said hurriedly: "No, no, no, no, just this once is enough, I don't mind!"
"Well, well, I won't talk about it after we log off." Wen Xingyao stood closer to Bai Li, "You said we should give it a try, so don't go back on your word."
What a terrible line! Bai Li only felt that he was a scumbag at this moment, while Wen Xingyao was a simple person who had not experienced much of the world. He met him when he was just beginning to fall in love, and from then on, his heart fell on him. Sometimes he would worry about gains and losses and wanted to get his verbal promise...
Bai Li: “…” I can’t think about it anymore. The more I think about it, the more I feel like a scumbag.
Even though he had no intention of dumping Wen Xingyao.
Oh, if I had known this earlier, I would have just nodded in agreement.
"Don't worry, I won't regret it." Bai Li thought for a moment and put his hand back into Wen Xingyao's hand, "Let's go, boyfriend, let's go see how the little ones are having fun."
In order to talk about this, the two of them unknowingly walked to the left side of the house, while the four cubs, including the panda cub, were resting and playing under the vine rack on the right side of the house.
When we got under the vines, we found four little cubs dozing off together after playing. The lion cub and the panda cub slept with their furry heads close together in the cat bowl that Wen Xingyao had taken out. Their watery bodies just filled up the depression in the bowl. The three colors of black, white, and orange looked quite harmonious.
The golden koi spit out a huge bubble, and then it hid in the bubble and floated in the air. Under the gentle breeze, it swayed slowly, as if it was sleeping in a cradle.
The macaw can fly. If it didn't have other colors besides green on its body, the two of them would not have been able to find it hiding in the corner of the shelf at a glance.
Although they were dozing off, the four little ones were still very alert. When they heard the footsteps, they quickly opened their eyes, blinked their sleepy eyes sleepily, and then staggered towards the two people.
The hands that were held together naturally separated, but without the previous abruptness and unnaturalness.
Bai Li and Wen Xingyao both thought that after they were officially together, their relationship would be very different from before, but after an afternoon and half a night, it seemed that there was not much difference. It was only the subtle moments of eye contact, or the occasional reaction when their bodies accidentally touched, that made them feel that their relationship had really changed.
"Should we tell Tang Ying about this?" Bai Li asked.
Tang Ying came all the way to pick up Wen Xingyao, and now he is temporarily staying in the guest room of Bai Li's house. He is also Wen Xingyao's adjutant, so it feels necessary for him to tell him about their current relationship.
Tang Ying played a role in his success in getting out of being single. If it weren't for the conversation between the two, Wen Xingyao wouldn't have realized his different feelings for Bai Li so quickly. Wen Xingyao thought, how could Tang Ying be considered the matchmaker between him and Bai Li?
"Let's find a chance to tell him tomorrow," Wen Xingyao said. At the same time, his tone was full of pride. Tang Ying was one year older than him, but he was the first one to get married. This felt good.
"Well, okay, let's talk about it tomorrow." Bai Li nodded and agreed with Wen Xingyao's decision. "It's getting late, let's go offline and rest first, and continue playing tomorrow."
Bai Li's biological clock has always been well maintained. He can get rest even when lying in the game cabin. He also prefers to sleep in bed so that his brain can rest as well.
The two said goodbye to each other, logged off and went to sleep. They had a good night's sleep, with a faint smile on their lips even in their dreams.
After waking up, Bai Li looked at the ceiling above his head. The memories of yesterday slowly came back to him, and he remembered that he was no longer alone. Oh no, he was no longer single.
After washing up and opening the door, Bai Li looked into the next room. He heard no noise coming from inside. After going downstairs, he found someone busy in the kitchen.
Tang Ying was sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed, making "tsk tsk tsk" sounds. When he saw Bai Li coming down, he greeted him enthusiastically, "Bai Li, you're up. Look at Wen Xingyao. I don't know what's wrong with this kid so early in the morning. He actually got up at four or five and ran to the kitchen to work. You'd better be careful. He might have eaten up all the natural food in the kitchen."
Wen Xingyao's retort came from the kitchen: "When have I ever wasted food? Aren't you the one who enjoys eating more than anyone else at the dinner table? If you have the guts, then don't eat the food I cook."
Tang Ying shut up. Whoever can cook is the boss. Face is nothing compared to delicious food. If Wen Xingyao didn't mind, he would even praise Wen Xingyao's cooking skills to the sky, without repeating a single word.
Bai Li quickly glanced in the direction of the kitchen and more or less guessed the reason why Wen Xingyao behaved like this. He smiled and said, "Maybe it's because something good happened."
"Hmm? What good news could it be?" Tang Ying's attention was diverted, and he began to speculate irresponsibly, "Could it be that his 'Genetic Collapse Syndrome' is completely cured? Or has the industry under his name made him a lot of money again, so he can continue to happily spend money? It can't be that he is in a relationship with someone, hahahaha, this is absolutely impossible, even if I am single, he can't be single, we are destined to be bachelors forever!"
"Ahem!" Bai Li was drinking from a cup of warm water, and when he heard Tang Ying's wild laughter, he almost choked. After trying to calm himself down, he couldn't help but look at Tang Ying with a "sympathetic" look.
When Tang Ying said this, he probably wouldn't have thought that what he thought was the most impossible thing was actually the truth. Wen Xingyao was indeed no longer single, and the person he was with was standing in front of him and chatting with him.
Would it be too cruel to tell him the truth now?
Bai Li took another sip of water silently, thinking that it would be better to wait until Tang Ying calmed down a little, and preferably forgot what he had said, and then let Wen Xingyao tell him.
The kitchen door was not closed tightly, and Wen Xingyao also heard what Tang Ying said. The wild laughter made the corners of his mouth twitch a few times, and the expression on his face instantly became "sinister". He planned to tell Tang Ying about his relationship with Bai Li during breakfast, so that he could face the reality quickly, because he was the only single dog in the house now.
Before long, Wen Xingyao had used up all the food that Bai Li had stored in the kitchen. The entire table was filled with fragrant, steaming food. While Wen Xingyao invited Bai Li and Tang Ying in, he began to pack the extra food, which Bai Li would then store in his space button. It would last for a long time.
Tang Ying followed Bai Li and peeked around. He saw a few baskets of familiar dumplings, which he had eaten in the game two days ago. So he smiled and planned to ask Wen Xingyao to keep the dumplings for breakfast.
But Wen Xingyao seemed to have eyes on the back of his head. Before Tang Ying could say anything, he reached out to the pile of steamed dumplings, passing over the other dishes in front of him. Holding the take-out box in one hand, he quickly picked up the dumplings above the steamer with the other hand. In the blink of an eye, all the steamed dumplings were packed into several take-out boxes and covered the boxes tightly.
Tang Ying: "???"
"Aren't you going to eat these dumplings this morning?" Tang Ying couldn't help but ask, without taking his eyes away from the take-out boxes.
He recognized the styles of those boxes. They were new products on Taotao.com, with functions of permanent constant temperature, locking in freshness, preventing food from spoiling, and intelligent reminder. The packaging boxes were powerful, of good quality, and good-looking. Even though they were disposable, the price was not low.
But because the interstellar people don't love the food in the real world and even dislike its taste, such take-away boxes are useless in their eyes and they won't buy them at all. Taotao's sales volume is probably only in the double digits, but in Bai Li's kitchen, there are dozens of them.
Could it be that those two digits were swiped by the person in front of me?
"Well, I won't eat it." Wen Xingyao seemed not to notice Tang Ying's desire, and explained very seriously, "Bai Li likes to eat this soup dumplings, so leave these for him. I prepared white porridge and poached eggs for you, and you can eat them with soy sauce later."
Although Baili's white porridge and poached eggs taste good, but...
Seeing Wen Xingyao taking a box from the take-away boxes and putting it aside, and then finding rice vinegar, hot sauce and a small dish to carefully prepare a bowl of dipping sauce, Tang Ying felt a little uneasy.
This difference in treatment is too obvious!
He felt that he couldn't just give up struggling like that, so he rubbed his face and put on his signature sly smile, and said shamelessly: "But you made a lot, so what's the problem with giving me a few? I also like to eat xiaolongbao, why do you only think about Bai Li's favorite? Eat it, it tastes best when it's freshly made and eaten while hot, just give me a few, you shouldn't mind, Bai Li?"
Bai Li smiled and shook his head.
"Look! Bai Li doesn't mind, so just take out one more box! I'll eat it with white porridge then!" Tang Ying had a big smile on her face, feeling that she had won the "war".
Only children do multiple-choice questions, of course adults want them all!
Wen Xingyao couldn't bear to look at this shameless look. He said "hmm" unhappily and took another takeaway box full of dumplings.
While Tang Ying was negotiating with the two, Wen Xingyao did not stop packing. When he reluctantly agreed to Tang Ying's request, he packed up all the other food that was not ready to be eaten immediately. He signaled Bai Li to put away the boxes, took out a large tray, put two bowls of porridge on it, put the plate with the poached eggs on it, took the two boxes of steamed dumplings and a stack of dipping sauce, and walked towards the restaurant.
The full bowl of food was all they were going to eat in the morning.
Tang Ying was looking at Wen Xingyao's back, feeling moved, when he saw Wen Xingyao pause, turn around and say to him:
"The tray won't fit. Remember to get yourself a bowl of porridge. Also, the dipping sauce seems a little small. You can make a dish of your favorite later."
"Oh, and I forgot to heat up the goat milk for the black fox cub. Please heat it up for me before you come out. It looks like he will be coming down to find Bai Li soon."
Tang Ying's heart choked, and he felt that all the emotion he had just felt wasted. In that large tray, apart from a poached egg and a few steamed dumplings, there was nothing else for him to eat. He couldn't even dip the sauce in it QAQ!
Maybe his position in this family is not as good as Zhu Moling's childhood. The other party has ready-made hot goat milk to drink, but he is the one who gives him hot goat milk. Tang Ying thought sourly in his heart.
But as I said before, face is nothing compared to delicious food. In order to eat delicious dumplings, you have to make the dipping sauce yourself, woooo!
When Tang Ying came out of the kitchen with a smaller tray, the dining table had already been set. The fox cub, who had just come downstairs, circled around Bai Li's feet for a few times, then jumped onto Bai Li's knees, and with Bai Li's help, squatted at the other end of the long table, waiting for his breakfast.
Wen Xingyao was sitting opposite Bai Li, facing the kitchen door. When he saw Tang Ying coming out, he looked at her with a look that seemed to be condemning her: "Why are you so slow and clumsy?"
Tang Ying, Tang Ying felt that she was only one steamed bun away from exploding with anger. She began to wonder if the way she woke up was wrong. Otherwise, why did Wen Xingyao look at him as if his nose was not a nose and his eyes were not eyes from the beginning? What was wrong? ?
After Bai Li settled the fox cub, he ran over to help Tang Ying put the tray on the dining table. Tang Ying came to his senses and dodged before Bai Li could get the tray, saying, "No, no, it's only a few steps away, I can do it myself. Bai Li, go back and sit down. Given my relationship with Xingyao, don't treat me as a guest."
I don't know what touched Wen Xingyao's heart with these words. His eyes softened as he looked at Tang Ying, with a bit of satisfaction. I didn't expect that Adjutant Tang was also a smart person who could speak.
"Okay then, I won't help you carry it. Just put these things on the table and we'll get ready for breakfast." Bai Li responded and walked back to his seat.
Smelling the faint aroma of rice, as well as the mixed smell of vinegar and hot sauce, Tang Ying also felt his mouth begin to drool, and his movements became a little anxious. Within a minute, he put the things he brought out in the right place:
In front of each person was a bowl of porridge and a poached egg, and in front of the fox cub was a large bowl of hot goat milk. In addition, there were two take-away boxes of 20 dumplings in total. In between Wen Xingyao and Bai Li was the dipping sauce prepared by Wen Xingyao, while in front of Tang Ying was the one he prepared himself.
After staring at the two stacks of dipping sauce for a few seconds, Tang Ying felt that the one he prepared was not as good as Wen Xingyao's, and the color was not as bright as that one. He was a little eager to share the latter's with the three of them.
But before making this somewhat self-willed request, I still have to say some polite words to set the stage. So, Tang Ying thought for a moment and asked with a smile, "Xingyao, what good day is today? You've been busy in the kitchen since early in the morning. I can hardly equate you now with you back then."
Yes, that's right. First, say some nice words to soften Wen Xingyao's attitude, and praise him at the same time. It's like a sugar-coated bullet, which makes people confused. This way, it will be convenient for you to make a small request and get the other party's permission.
Tang Ying calculated shrewdly and felt that he was really smart. In front of Bai Li and Zhu Moling, Wen Xingyao was likely to fall into his trap. Soon, he would be able to get another serving of xiaolongbao dipping sauce.
Tang Ying, who was so pleased with himself, didn't notice that when he said this, Bai Li and Wen Xingyao didn't pick up the chopsticks in front of them like him, but looked at him seriously. After he finished speaking, Bai Li looked at Wen Xingyao again, with urging in his eyes, and Wen Xingyao nodded gently, returning Bai Li's eyes to calm down.
Tang Ying finally felt the strange atmosphere at the table. Just as he was about to say something, he heard Xingyao speak.
"You're right. We do have good news to tell you. Just last night, Bai Li and I got together. I did so many things this morning for this reason." Wen Xingyao finished his announcement and continued, "Tang Ying, you can be considered a witness to both of us. Let's celebrate together later."
Tang Ying couldn't really hear what Wen Xingyao said next. At this moment, Wen Xingyao's voice echoed in his mind, and the words "together" were flashing across the screen like a faucet that had lost control, washing away his consciousness.
He only felt his head buzzing and heard the sound of something breaking.
These two people are actually together? Under his nose, when he was completely unaware, they are together? ?
Tang Ying felt that he would not be able to enjoy the meal in front of him.
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