Chapter 268 The lovers above AUO are still young
"So... this is why you come to my place for free food and drinks?"
Yiluo hung a sign saying "temporarily closed" at the door of the store and pulled down the curtains of the floor-to-ceiling windows, covering the entire cafe.
Inside, there was only one "fully armed" guest sitting there, wearing a hat, a mask, and a gray-green scarf.
Iroh frowned, walked towards him, and kicked him in the hind leg.
"Ouch!" Eli gasped after being kicked unexpectedly, and the force didn't lessen at all. He cried out in pain, "Brother! Why did you kick me?"
"Sit up straight." Yiluo said in a bad tone, "You have no manners when standing and no manners when sitting. Is this how you act as a major general?"
Eli: “…”
A speechless incident!
"This isn't the legion..." He had been used to being scolded by his brother since he was a child. He subconsciously straightened his back and muttered unexpectedly, "Does being a major general mean I have to always pay attention to my image?"
"Or else?" Yiluo glanced at his good-for-nothing brother indifferently, and even the big dog at his feet growled in discrimination.
Eli: “…Tsk.”
A dog takes advantage of his master's power.
"Tell me, how did you fall out of love?"
Ilo sat down opposite Eli and watched him intermittently poke the small cake in the paper cup with his fork.
As the eldest brother, although he has been away from home for many years, he still knows everything about his younger brother.
And Eli couldn't hide anything.
There was a time when his younger brother never came home, lying that he was staying with a friend. But this so-called friend was not a close childhood friend or brother...
Because of this, his family misunderstood him - they thought Eli had a girlfriend.
It was not until later, when he returned home in a depressed mood, that they realized that nothing had happened to their youngest son. Even if he really liked a girl, he didn't get the date.
"You're 25 and still haven't had a girlfriend. How can you say you're heartbroken?" Yiluo mocked mercilessly.
The next second, he saw that the little cub seemed to have been touched in a sore spot, and his eyes slightly widened, looking like a woolly mouse pretending to be stupid.
"Don't act pathetic." Yiluo pursed his lips and scolded her on other aspects of her feelings. "Also, don't always imitate your idol. Elvis is 28 and still single. Do you want to wait until 28 too?"
This sentence made Eli startled for a moment, and he subconsciously retorted, "The Marshal is in love..."
"Oh?" Yiluo tapped the table lightly with his finger.
I got some more information out of the kid's mouth.
Eli's eyes widened and he fell silent, obviously knowing that he had said something he shouldn't have said again.
"Kid, why are you so nervous?" Yiluo scoffed lightly, his face indifferent, completely losing the image of a gentle and kind big brother in front of the guests. "Let's talk about your broken heart."
He raised his eyelids and glanced at his good-for-nothing brother with some disgust.
Objectively speaking, the genes of their Ricardo family are excellent.
Eli inherited his mother's sweet gray-green eyes, while he has the same blue eyes as his father.
As for his facial features, although not perfect, he can always be described as "handsome".
Iroh was thoughtful.
Having run a shop on the street next to the Federal Military Academy for several years, he has come across all kinds of young customers, including girls around eighteen or nineteen years old, and girls around the same age as Eli.
It can be said that the fact that Yiluo's dog cafe, which is described as Buddhist and non-competitive, has been able to continue to operate for several years is definitely due to the efforts of these female customers.
The two brothers look, if not 80% or 90% similar, at least 70% or 80% similar.
Even if the kid's chasing skills are terrible, with his looks, he shouldn't be disliked enough to... come to him to complain, right?
Seeing Yiluo's face becoming more and more gloomy, Eli was startled and waved his hand to stop his brother's weird imagination.
"No, I didn't chase her."
At this point, the young major general was a little embarrassed to speak. With his eyelashes drooping, he said gloomily, "There's no chance to pursue her... She has a boyfriend."
Yiluo: “…”
Well, it’s really not the girl’s fault.
Thinking about it, Yiluo frowned and said thoughtfully, "Do you like it so much?"
Eli was always doted on in the family. After all, he was the youngest, and his cheerful nature was like the sun, shining brightly 365 days a year. Even the most demanding elders couldn't bring themselves to say a harsh word to him.
Eli paused slightly, lost in thought.
Perhaps it was because, from childhood to adulthood, Yiluo had scolded him far more often than his parents had. He was more willing to open up to his brother and more likely to calm down under his brother's harsh words.
"You like it that much?"
His brother's words pulled Eli into his memories.
His first meeting with that person could even be described as hilarious.
At first, when he received the task, he thought that the other party was the black-hearted boss who imprisoned the Marshal in a pet shop and made him do hard labor.
But the moment I saw her, all the negative suspicions in my heart disappeared without a trace.
The sun was shining brightly that day, even too bright, causing the woman to break out in tiny beads of sweat. But beauty, no matter how you look at it, is always so stunning that it's hard to look away. The warm sunlight only accentuated the woman's bright eyes, white teeth, and fair skin, and her cheeks glowed a faint red in the light...
He will always remember that heart-poundingly beautiful scene.
The girl's voice was the most beautiful and gentle that Eli had ever heard. Like the gentle spring breeze, like the first sip of a sweet iced drink on a summer day, it softened even his bones in that scorching sun.
When the other party waved at him in the form of a velvet mouse, his eyebrows curved and he started to speak.
Perhaps this is Eli's most heart-warming moment.
The first words he remembered her saying were...
I found you.
Eli pulled himself out of his memories and noticed his brother looking at him with great interest. He realized belatedly that he hadn't realized when his smile had spread all the way to his ears.
"Ahem." He touched the tip of his nose a little embarrassedly.
This action made Iroh raise an eyebrow.
He didn't know when, where, or from whom the kid learned this little trick.
"It's not that I like her so much that I have to have her..." Eli admitted.
This is indeed something that has to be acknowledged.
Unlike Marshal Elvis, he didn't have as many experiences in common with Tong Wanwan. Most of the time, he put himself in the position of a "pet". Even if he had a good impression of her, he only dared to secretly compete for her favor through the pet to win her smile.
Compared to sadness and pain, he was at most just lost and sad.
He knew that he could not compare to Marshal Elvis in any aspect, and he had no reason to like that man so deeply.
To put it more clearly, he was first attracted by her appearance, and then through their daily interactions, he really fell in love with her as a person.
If you change someone, change to an ordinary appearance...
Perhaps, as he is a beauty lover, he won't feel moved.
After a deep analysis in his heart, Eli pursed his lips. He didn't even need Yi Luo to feed him any inspirational quotes. He had already comforted himself.
Probably more than friends but less than lovers.
His love... is admiration, amazement, cautious approach, and the feeling of a timid little animal protecting a small flower. As long as he sees the other person's healing smile, he will feel that life is so damn beautiful.
If such a gentle and lovely person can always be within your sight, even if we are just friends forever, it would be a happy thing enough.
(End of this chapter)
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