Chapter 143

Li Pu and Bai Gaoxing were lying in bed affectionately before receiving the news that their parents were coming back for the New Year.

It was still morning, and outside the window was heavy snow. The curtains were half-closed, casting faint shadows into the house.

For this couple, one is an actor and the other is a college student, it is too ideal to meet every week. One is busy with announcements and the other is busy with exams. The more the second half of the year goes on, the less they can see each other. It was not until the winter vacation that Li Pu finally had time to hug his little parrot after finally getting some time off from work.

Although they have not yet been legally married, the two have already implemented the meaning of this sentence.

Hug, kiss, and then can't wait to do something more intimate.

The human-shaped Dabai still has a pair of dark and clear eyes, the look in his eyes is enough to soften people's hearts, and he has retained the habits when he was a parrot - he would rub against him, lean on him, and stare at him closely.

Having slept too late yesterday, Li Pu raised his hand and stroked the boy's soft fur, "Close your eyes and go to sleep."

Bai Gaoxing turned over, propped up his arms, and looked down at Li Pu, "I'm not sleepy, I want to see you more."

Those eyes were filled with smiles and sparkles that made it impossible to look away.

Li Piao's attention was focused elsewhere - the kiss marks that spread from the neck to the chest were particularly glaring on the boy's snow-white skin. Only Li Piao knew how much more there were on the boy's back, all the way down to a secret place.

But what attracted his attention more was the pale scar on the inside of the boy's arm.

This was only discovered today. After tracing the cause, the two remembered that it was because of a knife wound on a variety show.

Li Pu's eyes moved slightly, and he pulled the person under him, but did not take another step forward. Instead, he reached out and stroked the mark.

"Don't do anything so dangerous again."

"I know. You've already told me once." Bai Gaoxing pinched Li Pu's arm.

"Yes? When?"

Bai Gaoxing remembered it clearly, "It was in the variety show."

He was surprised that Li Pu would speak like this to a parrot, as if he thought he could understand.

Seeing Li Pu's thoughtful expression, Bai Gaoxing found it funny and cute, so he raised his arms, held his face and rubbed it, "It will disappear after a while, it just disappears slowly."

Li Pu curled the corners of his lips and slowly leaned over, their noses about to touch...

"Buzz——" The cell phone on the bedside table rang.

Li Pu reached out and took it, looking at it with a look of surprise.

Bai Gaoxing curiously poked his head out, "Who is it?"

Caller ID: Mom.

Li Pu answered the phone and heard a woman's joyful voice on the other end: "Son, I'm almost downstairs! Come get your things!"

After the call was disconnected, Li Pu and Bai Gaoxing looked at each other, and then Bai Gaoxing was the first to get out from under Li Pu and began to put on his clothes in a hurry.

Li Pu's speed was also much faster than usual. Bai Gaoxing spread the quilt while opening the curtains. When he was done, he was ready to run to the living room: "I'll go clean it up! No, should I go out and hide first? No, I should..."

Seeing Bai Gaoxing's flustered appearance, Li Pu pulled him back with a smile, "Don't be nervous, they are just here to celebrate the New Year."

I didn't expect it to be so sudden!

Bai Gaoxing's mind was a little blank. He had known for a long time that Li Pu's parents were usually very busy and they rarely saw each other. He was still wondering during the Chinese New Year this year whether they would not come back again, but the result was just the opposite.

"Then...how do you introduce me to your uncle and aunt?"

Li Pu looked at Bai Gaoxing, and the smile in his eyes deepened a little, "They knew it a long time ago."

Bai Gaoxing: ???

…

Before opening the door to welcome Li Pu's mother, Li Pu quickly buttoned Bai Gaoxing's shirt to the top button, covering the kiss mark which was a little higher.

"I'm back!"

As soon as she entered the room, she gave me a bear hug, then stood on tiptoe to kiss me on the cheek to express her love, but even in high heels, it was not enough, so she had to give up.

Bai Gaoxing watched in amazement at Li Pho's mother's series of smooth movements and Li Pho's calm expression as he tried to refuse. From the previous video call, he could tell that Li Pho's mother was an extrovert with maximum affinity, but he didn't expect that she could be so enthusiastic in real life!

Looking at Le Pho's rather helpless yet accustomed expression, he had probably guessed the way the mother and son got along, and couldn't help wondering whether Le Pho's character was cultivated in the opposite way.

Before he could figure out what was going on, the next second, Bai Gaoxing saw Li Pu's mother turn her head and look at him.

Target locked.

Bai Gaoxing was stunned and began to panic. He watched helplessly as Li Pu's mother walked towards him with a smile and gave him a hug.

"Xiaobai, I've wanted to meet you for a long time, but I never had the time. Today I finally get to meet you. I hope you don't think I don't care about you." Li Pu's mother looked at Bai Gaoxing with such love that Bai Gaoxing felt embarrassed.

Just as I was about to say no, I heard the next sentence: "Mom brought you a gift, see if you like it?"

Bai Gaoxing was stunned.

Mom Mom Mom… The words echoed in his mind, and he looked at Li Pu in surprise, not knowing what to express with his eyes.

Li Pu coughed and said, "Mom, we haven't got the marriage certificate yet."

It should be said that his mother knew him very well. After he told her that he was with Xiaobai, she responded very predictably: You must be planning to get married, right?

The answer is of course yes.

But he also hadn't thought about—or forgotten to mention—the fact that they weren't married yet.

Hearing this, Li Pu's mother was stunned for a moment, then she regained her friendly and perfect smile, took out the gift, turned to Li Pu and said, "Go get something for your father!"

Bai Gaoxing quickly said he would go too.

When going downstairs, Li Pu's mother finally found a chance to avoid Bai Gaoxing and pulled her son aside, "Why haven't you got the marriage certificate yet? Don't you like him very much? I know that the entertainment industry is more concerned about public opinion, but this kind of responsibility is not something you can't bear... Don't you want to be responsible for him?"

"No." Li Pu said helplessly, "He is not old enough yet."

Li Pu's mother suddenly stopped in her tracks.

"What did you say?" She grabbed Li Pu's sleeve with a very serious expression, "Your father and I don't ask anything of you, we just hope that you will be a law-abiding person..."

A familiar scene.

Le Pho began to doubt how he was perceived by those close to him.

But he was very experienced, and said calmly: "Mom, Xiaobai is an adult now, and he will be old enough to get married soon."

Li Pu's mother breathed a sigh of relief, "Oh~ That's good."

Finally, after finishing everything, the four of them sat down.

If Bai Gaoxing felt that the clingy side of Li Pho came from Li Pho's mother when he saw her, then after seeing Li Pho's father, he understood who Li Pho's calm and cold side came from.

I have to say, the way Le Pho’s father shook the newspaper while sitting on the sofa was exactly the same as how Le Pho felt when he was reading the script!

...But where did this newspaper come from?

Li Pu's father is the type who has a dignified aura, as if the domineering president in the novel has grown old. Bai Gaoxing looks at him with a mixture of friendliness and nervousness.

This tension disappeared after Li Pu's mother fed Li Pu's father some fruit. After all, Li Pu's father became gentle when he saw Li Pu's mother and even said "Thank you, wife~"

Li Phao and Li Phao's father prepared the New Year's Eve dinner together. Bai Gaoxing was dragged by Li Phao's mother to chat in the living room.

It seems that cooking is also a tradition?

Bai Gaoxing glanced towards the kitchen. Li Pu's mother looked at him with a smile and said, "I thought Li Pu would be alone for the rest of his life. He has been very independent since he was young. His father and I can't make decisions for him... I didn't expect..."

She felt a little emotional, and eventually all these emotions turned into a desire to express themselves. Li Pu's mother took something out of her pocket and stuffed it into Bai Gaoxing's hand.

Bai Gaoxing looked closely. Bank card?

He quickly refused, "No, no, no, Auntie, I can't--"

"You're not auntie anymore." Li Pu's mother smiled even more brightly. "You called me that last year, and it was very nice. Why should we be polite to each other as a family?"

Bai Gaoxing's cheeks turned slightly red. He was deeply impressed by the wrong name he called at that time, and he might never forget it for the rest of his life.

Originally he thought that his wish of having another home would never come true, but the reality was just the opposite... He couldn't describe his feelings at the moment, sadness and emotion were stirring in his heart at the same time, almost making him cry.

The New Year's Eve dinner lasted quite a long time. The four of us made the house more lively. They never got tired of listening to the casual family talk. Bai Gaoxing was just listening at first, but later he was dragged into the conversation and almost said he was bald-lipped several times.

Especially in this kind of problem——

"Son, where is your parrot?"

Bai Gaoxing: “Ah…”

Li Pu said calmly: "I have a recent announcement, so I'll leave it to my assistant to take care of it."

"How did you and Xiao Bai get to know each other?"

Bai Gaoxing: “Hmm…”

Li Pu: "He is Peter's cousin, whom I met by chance."

Just as they came in a hurry, Li Pu's parents also left in a hurry.

"I have some things to do at the company. I will go back with your father and won't stay any longer."

Li Pu's mother went downstairs first, and Bai Gaoxing followed to see her off. Li Pu's father followed behind, talking to Li Pu about topics between father and son, and went downstairs slowly.

After seeing the two elders off to the car, Bai Gaoxing suddenly felt something familiar stuffed in his hand again. This time it was given to him by Li Pu's father.

Looking at the car disappearing into a cloud of dust, he raised his hand and saw two bank cards clearly in the moonlight.

I deeply felt the love of Li Pu's parents.

…

The following winter vacation was also spent happily.

Bai Gaoxing and Li Pho went on short trips to various places, going skiing, skating, and viewing ice sculptures - their figures were photographed by tourists who recognized them, sparking discussions among netizens on the Weibo forum.

"Teacher Li and Teacher Xiaobai have a very good relationship~"

"Really? Jiang University students testified that I saw Teacher Li pick up Xiao Bai on the day of the holiday."

"Aren't you used to it yet? Didn't they feed their children hand to mouth in Country M?"

"Oh, you can't say that. It was Mr. Li who had his hand injured at the time! Although they can be seen together every time they take photos on the set, and other actors also post group photos with them standing together..."

“…”

"Seriously, are they together?"

“…”

“…”

"No! Xiao Baibai, you are still young, and mommy doesn't allow you to have a love relationship!"

"I raise my hands in approval! Please get married! I'm ka-ka-ka-ka-ka-ka!"

"Teacher Li is excellent in all aspects, so he is one step ahead of his peers in marriage and love?"

"Yo yo yo look at this [hug shoulders][hug waist][sweet eye contact]~"

The popularity of the CP of Li Po×Xiao Bai is at its peak, even surpassing that of Li Po×Da Bai at one point.

At first, passers-by who were watching the excitement thought that the two groups would fight, but after digging deeper, they found that the two groups actually had a lot of overlap!

A whole great harmony.

As the winter vacation draws to a close, netizens have become accustomed to Li Pho bringing Bai Gaoxing, so much so that when Li Pho sent people to school at the beginning of the semester, it did not cause much of a stir.

——Yes, Bai Gaoxing was already known by alumni during the last semester. It took less than two months for the curiosity among classmates to spread to the college and then to the school.

Then the innocent and lovely college students adapted to the situation, and Bai Gaoxing successfully got a peaceful campus environment.

However, knowing a lot of people also has its troubles, like constantly saying hello when taking a detour and getting exhausted from dry mouth.

New semester, new look.

The dormitory atmosphere is also new.

Just a few days into the new semester, the situation in the dormitory was completely different from the beginning of the previous semester.

When I walked in, Yan Ming was not there. It was obvious that he was working part-time to earn money for his studies. Yang Juan was wearing headphones and playing games live. Wang Xue was changing into his new clothes with a wicked smile on his face.

I don’t know if it was a coincidence in another world, but after just two weeks of cover-up, his dear roommates gradually revealed their true nature and work——

Yang Juan is a game anchor; Wang Xue is a cross-dressing anchor, and a cross-dressing anchor at that.

I didn’t see that, Wang Xue!

It strangely matches the characteristics of the roommate in the previous world.

And the behavior too.

One week into the new semester, Yang Juan extended a sincere invitation to him: "Would you like to play a two-player game together? It's quite fun."

Bai Gaoxing subconsciously asked, "Is it live streaming?"

"Of course."

"Forget it then." Bai Gaoxing shook his head quickly.

Yang Juan regarded his refusal as a sign of incompatibility, so he asked, "Abai, have you never done a live broadcast?"

Haven't I ever broadcast live?

Bai Gaoxing silently repeated this sentence, thinking, 'How is that possible? I have more than a hundred works! I am very experienced!'

But all he could say was, “Haha, yeah.”

As soon as the next semester started, many people began to prepare for this year's exams.

Inspired by the academic master Yan Ming, the entire dormitory often goes to the library together in the evening to borrow materials and read books.

This Friday, after Bai Gaoxing and his roommates went downstairs, they saw a familiar figure at the intersection leading to the library.

"That's..." Yang Juan quickly noticed Bai Gaoxing's gaze and squinted to take a look.

"Teacher Li?" Wang Xue asked in disbelief.

Why did Li Pu come to school at this time? Wouldn't he go back tomorrow? Bai Gaoxing was still wondering when he saw Li Pu coming over.

After explaining that they wanted to "borrow" the boy, his roommates expressed their understanding.

Of course it’s work! Work is important.

Bai Gaoxing had no choice but to say hello to everyone and gradually walked away with Li Pho.

Wang Xue, who still had doubts in her mind, turned around and patted the shoulders of two people on the left and right.

"Look...are they holding hands?"

…

The two have gone far away.

Bai Gaoxing was curious: "Why did you come here tonight?"

Li Pu looked at him, his dark eyes revealing deep meaning, "Your birthday is coming soon."

Birthday……

Bai Gaoxing's ears became dry. He would not forget that his twentieth birthday was the day they had agreed to register.

"Isn't that next week?" he asked awkwardly. "It's too early now."

"Not early."

Li Pu answered, then stood still with a smile on his face, "I have already made an appointment with the designer, we will go there tomorrow."

Bai Gaoxing hadn't reacted until he heard the next sentence -

"What kind of wedding ring do you like?"