Chapter 52 Chapter 52 "Pretend."
"Okay, sit here." Uncle Guan stopped teasing the two children and said, "I'll make you two two glasses of sparkling water later."
"Don't worry about us. I'll come and help you later."
Chen Xiyu pulled Liang Qi to the corner where she usually stayed.
As expected, after the two sat down, Liang Qi cast a scrutinizing look at Shen Xiyu.
"Tell the truth about what you said." Liang Qi crossed his arms and looked down at her condescendingly.
"I said you're handsome." Shen Xiyu came forward and acted naughty.
Liang Qi's expression clearly showed disbelief, but he didn't ask any further questions.
"Is the boss your relative?" Liang Qi changed the subject and chatted with her.
"No." Shen Xiyu's expression was a little proud. "He's my friend regardless of age difference."
"Uncle Guan is such a kind person. I was broke for a while, and he always helped me out." Chen Xiyu rested his chin on his hand, watching the busy figures at the bar. "But ever since I met him, he's been the kind of person who seems to have no joy or sorrow. I've always envied people like that."
"If you can break away from the compulsory Chinese language textbooks and not be happy with things or sad with yourself, that's a really cool and detached attitude."
Liang Qi leaned on the cushion with his arms across Shen Xiyu's back.
"I think this kind of people have experienced too much joy and sorrow, so they are indifferent to both sadness and joy," Liang Qi said.
"Do you think being calm is a good thing or a bad thing?"
"I can't figure it out." Liang Qi wrapped his fingers around her hair and fiddled with it again and again.
Shen Xiyu turned around.
"But I think I would be very sad if one day you didn't feel happy or sad when facing me."
Liang Qi laughed out loud, "I think so too."
"So from now on, if we have a fight, we have to argue, not resort to the cold shoulder."
"Aren't you the one who likes the cold war?" Liang Qi still had one hand twirling around her hair without letting it go.
"I don't have any."
"You have it."
Shen Xiyu knew he was in the wrong, so he made a guilty excuse and stopped arguing with him.
Liang Qi can now master what Shen Xiyu is thinking from her little expressions.
The smile on his face grew even wider, and he was gently patted by Shen Xiyu.
"Does this count as you taking me to meet your parents?" Liang Qi suddenly asked.
Looking at Liang Qi's expression, Shen Xiyu couldn't tell for a moment whether he was joking or asking seriously.
She herself had never thought about this question, but apart from Chen Ningzhou, she had never brought anyone to see Uncle Guan.
Shen Xiyu couldn't deny that she wanted Guan Shu to review Liang Qi's work, but...
The girl's brain suddenly stopped working.
"I went to help Uncle Guan."
Liang Qi watched the girl's back as she ran towards the bar. When she got inside, she didn't dare to look up and meet his gaze.
The minute hand moves in circles. The later it gets in the evening, the more crowded the place becomes.
Liang Qi watched Shen Xiyu's figure moving around the bar and the guest tables. He didn't know when she had put on a small blue apron.
Liang Qi recognized at a glance that it was the same style that Shen Xiyu had in his own kitchen. It was obvious that it was Shen Xiyu's aesthetic style.
It seems that she used to come here quite often.
Seeing that she couldn't take care of herself for the time being, Liang Qi took out his cell phone, leaned in the corner of the sofa, and looked at the new files that Doudou and the others had sent in the group.
Shen Xiyu was indeed busy and forgot. There were a lot of people in the store today, and Uncle Guan had to take another day off during the winter vacation.
She had originally planned to come to the bar to make a glass of sparkling water for herself and Liang Qi, and to lend a hand to Uncle Guan, but before she knew it, almost an hour had passed.
Uncle Guan stopped her from going to take orders and said, "Go and take a rest. Your boyfriend must have been waiting for you for a long time."
Shen Xiyu did not comment on Guan Shu's teasing tone, but subconsciously turned his head to look at Liang Qi who was sitting in the corner.
The light from the phone hit his face.
His surroundings were pitch black, with only his facial features clearly visible in the light.
No matter how many times he watched it, Shen Xiyu would sometimes sigh.
Liang Qi was indeed born with a good appearance. Sometimes when arguing with him, Shen Xiyu would be speechless when he saw this face, and his attack power would automatically drop by 50%.
The beauty of the world can make you lose your mind. It can really make you lose your mind.
Seeing her standing there in a daze, Uncle Guan stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers in front of Shen Xiyu.
"Don't be stunned. Look at you. Come over. Give me the wine and I'll serve it. There aren't many people in the store right now."
Shen Xiyu stuffed the tray into his hands, "Then you have to work hard, uncle."
After saying that, he went over there.
"There's some sparkling water on the table for you." Uncle Guan called her from behind, "Bring it here."
Shen Xiyu hadn't even walked up to Liang Qi yet.
Then I saw a beautiful woman with light-colored wavy hair walk to the corner where Liang Qi was sitting.
Liang Qi felt the approaching figure and thought it was Shen Xiyu, so he subconsciously reached out, but the sudden smell of perfume made him realize that something was wrong.
Liang Qi retracted his arm that was stretched in the air and slowly raised his head.
In front of me was a woman I didn't recognize.
"Handsome guy, are you alone?" The woman took the opportunity to sit next to Liang Qi.
Shen Xiyu's brows twitched unconsciously, and he turned around and sat back at the bar.
When Guan Shu came back from delivering the wine, he saw Shen Xiyu sitting back down again, and he glanced knowingly at Liang Qi who was being approached in the corner.
"Not going over?" Uncle Guan put the tray on the table. He had some free time and caught up with a good show, so he started chatting with Shen Xiyu.
"I don't like that kind of scene." Shen Xiyu picked up one of the glasses of sparkling water and brought it to his mouth. "He will take care of it. I'll go over there to give him face."
Shen Xiyu noticed Liang Qi looking at him.
She smiled and raised her glass to him from afar.
The woman followed Liang Qi's gaze and looked at Shen Xiyu.
"That's your girlfriend?"
Liang Qi's tone was cold, with a hint of impatience between his brows.
"Um."
"What? I thought you were pretending." The woman played with her hair, her eyes still fixed on Liang Qi, with no intention of leaving.
"I'm going over there."
Shen Xiyu jumped off the stool.
Uncle Guan was left watching the show with his lips pursed.
"Sister, we are minors and cannot drink." Shen Xiyu smiled and sat sideways between the two of them.
The woman moved away a little, picked up the wine glass and stood up.
Her eyes turned to Shen Xiyu.
"You're very beautiful, but your boyfriend needs to be careful."
Shen Xiyu's smile widened, and there was a sense of innocence in his tone, "I don't want anything that can run away."
The woman shrugged. "Young."
After saying that, he turned around and returned to his table.
"You've been watching the show for so long." Liang Qi raised his hand and placed it on Shen Xiyu's lower back.
Shen Xiyu half leaned in his arms.
"This situation is very embarrassing."
Liang Qi twirled her hair a little and played with it, "Then why did you come here anyway?"
"Come here to protect you." Shen Xiyu looked at him with sparkling eyes.
"Don't you want someone who can't escape?" Liang Qi teased her about what she had just said.
"Have a drink."
A joking voice sounded, interrupting the conversation between the two.
Shen Xiyu turned around and saw Uncle Guan who came to bring sparkling water to the two of them.
"Why did you deliver it to us personally?" Shen Xiyu was about to raise his hand to take it.
Liang Qi stood up first, took it with both hands and placed it on the table in the middle.
Shen Xiyu leaned back into his seat.
"Pack."
"What did you say?" Uncle Guan noticed that she was mumbling to herself.
Liang Qi also looked at her, but they were so close that Shen Xiyu couldn't tell whether he heard what she said.
"I'm praising you two." Shen Xiyu looked up and smiled like a flower.
Uncle Guan ignored her and said, "Please get off the bar. I'm going out to smoke a cigarette."
"I know that no reward is given without merit."
"That's good to know."
He is a heavy smoker, but he has set a rule in the store that prohibits smoking. It's okay when he is busy, but he can't help running outside when he is free.
"You stay here, I'll go sit at the bar and come to accompany you later." After Uncle Guan left, Shen Xiyu said to Liang Qi.
Liang Qi grabbed Shen Xiyu who was standing up and about to leave.
"Let me accompany you. Considering how busy you are, I probably won't be able to say more than a few words to you all night."
After a struggle, the two of them sat at the bar and stared at each other.
Staring blankly at a certain spot, Shen Xiyu couldn't help but yawn.
"Are you sleepy?"
"No, I'm just a little tired." Shen Xiyu looked at the time on his watch. It was already one o'clock.
"Are you sleepy?" Shen Xiyu half-lay on the table with his head propped up.
"fine."
"That's right." Shen Xiyu poured himself a glass of boiled water. "I got up at four last night to drink water and saw you still busy downstairs."
Liang Qi held the cup she put down and drank the rest of the water.
"You're so resilient."
Liang Qi thought she had already fallen asleep by then, "Why don't you come down to find me when you wake up?"
"I was so sleepy at that time." Speaking of being sleepy, she couldn't help but yawning.
Liang Qi smiled, "Didn't you say you had trouble sleeping before?"
"That's you, isn't it?"
The boy pinched the soft flesh of her cheek, "Pretend."
Shen Xiyu was pinched and hurt, so she slapped his wrist. Liang Qi didn't let go, but pinched her face with one hand.
The flesh on Shen Xiyu's face wrinkled together and he was forced to pout.
"Get out of here."
"You're so funny like this." Liang Qi laughed unrestrainedly.
Shen Xiyu also stretched out her arm to touch his face, but Liang Qi tilted his head back and she couldn't reach it.
"Just laugh, laugh, your eyes are so small. If you laugh any more, they will disappear." She took the lead in launching a verbal attack.
"It's enough to hold you."
“…”
Shen Xiyu didn't want to say anything anymore.
"It's a bit cold." Liang Qi let her go, looked around awkwardly, and rubbed his arms. "What do you think?"
Shen Xiyu laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten his back.
"What romance novels have you been obsessed with?"
Liang Qi's face turned slightly red, "Stop laughing." He covered Shen Xiyu's mouth.
Shen Xiyu didn't want to annoy him anymore. If he really didn't say anything in the future, then why would she laugh?
She restrained her smile and patted Liang Qi.
"Actually, I'm very touched. Really." Shen Xiyu blinked his eyes, looking so innocent and naive.
"You might as well not say it."
"You two are quite interesting." Uncle Guan, who accidentally witnessed the whole process, came over and poured himself half a glass of wine.
"Uncle, you're a peeping tom." Although Shen Xiyu was talking to Uncle Guan, he was secretly observing Liang Qi's expression.
"I think it's dirty." Although Uncle Guan said this, he still had a faint smile on his face. "What do you want to eat tonight?"
“Snail noodle hotpot!”
"Well, the house will stink again tomorrow." He put down his wine glass. "Go clean up those tables. I'm going to prepare the dishes."
"receive."
"Shall I go and help?" Liang Qi asked Shen Xiyu in a low voice.
"No need, just work for me." Shen Xiyu jumped off the stool.
She knew that although Uncle Guan seemed talkative, he actually didn't like being with strangers. Both of them were introverted and it would be awkward for them to be alone together.
"I thought you would be embarrassed."
"What are you sorry about?"
"Uncle Guan heard it." Shen Xiyu instructed him, "Kick that trash can over there for me."
"It's not that precious." Liang Qi wiped the wine stains off the table.
"Young Master is very efficient in his work."
"Who shouted that?" Liang Qi bent down and took the broom.
"Qin Yiyan."
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