☆, Chapter 71: We need to work harder
Lu Congxu stopped and turned to look at her.
Wen Mianyu also stopped and touched her face, "What are you looking at? Is there something on my face?"
"Nothing, let's go." Lu Congxu sighed.
Wen Mianyu followed in confusion, "Where are we going? What on earth are you doing here?"
Lu Congxu actually came out to look for Wen Mianyu, but when he knew that she was going to pick up Ye Qianan, he just wanted to avoid her.
He didn't expect Wen Mianyu to chase him, and couldn't find a suitable excuse for a moment. He saw a breakfast stall on the side of the road and said casually, "Have breakfast."
Wen Mianyu didn't suspect anything and said, "You think the breakfast prepared by the crew is not to your liking? I haven't had breakfast either, so let's eat together. What do you want to eat?"
"All good." Lu Congxu actually had no appetite at all.
"Then let's have some oil-tea fried dough twists. I haven't had them for a long time. I remember you used to like them too." Wen Mianyu pulled him into a small shop on the street.
This small shop has been open for many years. When Wen Mianyu was a child, Wen Yuxian often brought her here, and later she brought Lu Congxu here.
Over the years, Wen Mianyu would come to try it every time she returned to the island. The proprietress would always give her two extra fried dough twists and ask for a few autographs.
There had always been a photo of her and the proprietress hanging on the wall of the shop. However, when she entered this time, Wen Mianyu found that the photo was gone. She was about to ask the proprietress about it, but suddenly she thought of her own death and swallowed her words back silently.
The proprietress was still the same enthusiastic proprietress as before, but she no longer recognized the current Wen Mianyu. Instead, she was as warm and welcoming to Lu Congxu as ever, "Mr. Lu, it's been a long time since you've been here."
"Long time no see, Aunt Zhang." Lu Congxu greeted politely.
"I heard you were filming on the island, so I figured you'd come over to eat fried dough twists. And today, you finally showed up." The proprietress glanced at Wen Mianyu and said with a smile, "This little girl is pretty. Is she your friend?"
"Yes." Lu Congxu nodded slightly and walked to the table by the window. "Aunt Zhang, please serve two servings as usual."
"Okay." The proprietress agreed and went to the kitchen.
Wen Mianyu pulled out a chair with a lonely look and sat down by the window.
The inconvenience of changing her identity is that her former acquaintances no longer recognize her.
After her grandfather passed away, the people she missed most were the elders on the island who had watched her grow up, but now she couldn't recognize any of them.
Come to think of it, Lu Congxu still hasn't recognized her yet.
"The steamed cakes are sold out, and only the oil-tea fried dough twists are left. I added some fried dough twists and two trays of buns for you. You can add more if it's not enough." The proprietress came out from the kitchen with a tray, came to the table, and placed the breakfast items on the table one by one.
Smelling the familiar fragrance, Wen Mianyu's eyes lit up and said, "This is enough, thank you Aunt Zhang."
"The little girl is so sweet." The proprietress smiled, put the soup spoon into the two people's bowls, and asked Lu Congxu, "I heard Qian'an has also returned to the island. Is he going to film your drama too?"
"Well, he played a cameo role in the movie." Lu Congxu replied.
"Oh, Lian Qian'an can act now. You kids are really promising," the proprietress said proudly. "You used to play with Mianyu, and later you all became big stars. Now you can act in your grandfather's plays together. It's a pity that Mianyu is so young..."
When the sad thing was accidentally mentioned, the boss lady's expression became gloomy.
Lu Congxu remained silent and did not respond.
When the news of Wen Mianyu's death came out, he couldn't even comfort himself, so naturally he couldn't say anything dignified to comfort others.
"Okay, let's not talk about these unpleasant things." The proprietress wiped her eyes, "You and Qian'an are acting together this time. It's a rare opportunity. You should spend some quality time together."
"Yeah." Lu Congxu responded lightly.
"Then you guys eat, I'll go get busy." The proprietress put away the tray and went back to the kitchen.
Wen Mianyu held her chin with both hands, looking a little amused, "Aunt Zhang thought you and Ye Qianan had a good relationship."
Lu Congxu's eyebrows moved slightly, and he looked at her, "Do you think he and I have a bad relationship?"
"It's not like we're close, is it? We're just ordinary friends." Wen Mianyu reached out and took the chopsticks, broke them apart, and handed him a pair. "Just an acquaintance, is that right?"
Although the three of them were called childhood sweethearts by the media, in fact, only she and Lu Congxu were close. Ye Qianan and Lu Congxu had little interaction when they were on the island, and they were even more like strangers after leaving the island.
Lu Congxu was originally a cold person, and it was Wen Mianyu who pestered him to become his friend. Ye Qianan was a hypocritical person, and Lu Congxu must have seen the clues long ago. It was impossible for the two of them to be close friends.
"You and he are not the same kind of people, so you are not suitable to be friends." Wen Mianyu stirred the bowl with a spoon.
"Then who do you think is better, me or Ye Qianan?" Lu Congxu suddenly asked.
Wen Mianyu raised her head and was stunned. "What is there to compare this to?"
"We really shouldn't compare." A trace of regret flashed across Lu Congxu's face, as if he had said something without thinking.
Wen Mianyu held the spoon and said, "There's no comparison! You're all different!"
"Well, it's different." Lu Congxu smiled self-deprecatingly, lowered his head, and concentrated on stirring the oil tea in the bowl.
The man pinched the handle of the spoon with his slender fingertips and stirred the bowl forwards a few times, then backwards a few times, turning it back and forth as if there was gold to be scooped out of it.
Wen Mianyu couldn't bear it anymore and knocked on the table, "If you stir it any more, it will break!"
Lu Congxu subconsciously raised his eyes, then lowered them again, and replied softly, "Yeah."
Wen Mianyu felt that something was wrong with him and leaned forward. "Are you feeling sick in the stomach?"
"No." Lu Congxu shook his head, "I'm just not hungry."
"You...you come out to have breakfast if you're not hungry?" Wen Mianyu was helpless.
"Yeah." Lu Congxu responded again, thought about it and put down the spoon, "I don't want to eat anymore."
Wen Mianyu opened her mouth dumbly, "You haven't eaten a single bite."
"I don't want to eat anymore." Lu Congxu sat up straight.
"You..." Wen Mianyu wanted to say something.
Lu Congxu took the phone from the side and said, "Eat slowly, don't worry about me."
Wen Mianyu looked at him, and her doubts deepened, but she was confused and had no idea what to do.
She found that since they met again after her rebirth, Lu Congxu had always been a little moody.
At first, Lu Congxu didn't believe her identity and was understandably cold towards her.
Recently she thought Lu Congxu was about to believe her, but he was still like this, which was really strange.
Lu Mianyu had never seen Lu Congxu like this before. The man was always calm and aloof, as if nothing could cause any ripples in his heart.
So is that why you still don't believe her?
That's right. After all, rebirth is such a bizarre thing that she couldn't believe it easily.
It seems I need to work harder, Wen Mianyu thought to himself.
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