Chapter 60
The New Year atmosphere is getting stronger and stronger, and it’s only a week until New Year’s Eve.
At noon, Xia Ruirui had just finished brushing her teeth when Shen Yuqing urged her to go out, saying that she needed to buy things for the New Year.
She didn't want to go out, so she sat lazily on the sofa, chewing the dried mango in her mouth lazily: "What do I need to buy for the New Year?"
Shen Yuqing didn't even blink: "Spring Festival couplets, blessing characters, ingredients for the New Year's Eve dinner, festive clothes..."
Xia Ruirui was instantly overwhelmed by what he said. Before he could list them one by one, she interrupted him: "I'll go, I'll go."
She agreed somewhat reluctantly, but Shen Yuqing was somewhat satisfied.
When he was in high school, he discovered the trump card to deal with Xia Ruirui's laziness - nagging.
When he saw someone compromise, he stopped nagging.
In fact, he can buy Spring Festival couplets and blessing characters online, or he can drive to buy them himself.
But he always celebrated the New Year alone in previous years and didn't like these gimmicks.
When I am with Xia Ruirui, I always want to spend the trivial time with her.
He wanted to choose Spring Festival couplets with her, go shopping with her, and cook with her.
He could even foresee the scene after their marriage: he would urge the lazy Xia Ruirui behind him, and then experience the worldly life with her.
After lunch in the afternoon, the two went to the commercial street near the community to shop.
Before they even entered the store, Xia Ruirui was attracted by the stationery store next door and couldn't move.
He knew that she had this quirk since high school. Whenever she came across a nice stationery store, she would go in and buy something.
Although she is no longer at the age where she needs stationery, she still buys a few pens from time to time.
Last time they went to the supermarket to buy groceries, and when they came back they passed by a nice cultural and creative store. She went in and bought a notebook that she thought was nice, and lingered for half an hour before coming out.
Although Shen Yuqing was a little helpless, he did not stop her, but only told her to come over to pick out the Spring Festival couplets after she finished shopping.
She just responded to him without even looking at him. Her eyes were fixed on the stationery in the store, and she walked in with big strides.
“…” Shen Yuqing was a little helpless, but didn’t say anything.
He picked out several blessing characters and window stickers in the store, but when he came to the section selling Spring Festival couplets, he hesitated.
There are two kinds of Spring Festival couplets in the store. One is cartoon-style, with the upper line reading "eat well, sleep well and have a good body", and the other is "dragon brings good luck" and "wish everything goes well in career".
If Shen Yuqing were to choose, he would definitely choose the second one who was quite decent, but...
He was sure that if Xia Ruirui were to choose, she would definitely choose the one who ate well and slept well.
He was not the type of person who would get entangled, but he was a little confused when he saw these two Spring Festival couplets.
He was just about to buy both and let someone choose for themselves, but he felt someone approaching him from behind.
The next second, someone covered his eyes from behind, and then there was a clipping sound that could only be made by pinching the throat.
"Guess who I am?"
“…”
As early as when Xia Ruirui came over, he smelled the scent of shower gel on her body.
The corners of his lips couldn't help but rise, and his heart couldn't help but beat: "You are Xia Ruirui."
"Pfft——" As if she felt that she was a little childish, Xia Ruirui took her hand away.
But Shen Yuqing took advantage of the situation and pulled her forward, interlocking their fingers.
Before he asked her which one she wanted to choose, she saw the Spring Festival couplet before him.
"This Spring Festival couplet is quite festive. Eat well, sleep well and stay healthy."
really.
Shen Yuqing suppressed his laughter, took the couplets from her hand, and went to the cashier to pay.
The two of them each carried a bag and walked towards Xia Ruirui's house.
Since they were just out to buy some vegetables and Spring Festival couplets, they didn't drive here but chose to walk back.
Xia Ruirui only needed to hold the notebooks she bought. She originally saw Shen Yuqing carrying a lot of bags and wanted to share some of the burden with him, but he didn't let her carry it at all.
He was carrying things, and she was standing beside him, skipping and jumping, and sometimes even walking backwards on a whim.
The two of them happened to be passing through an underground tunnel. Xia Ruirui didn't notice there was someone behind her and almost bumped into someone.
The man coming from the opposite side had his head down and looked dusty and dirty. He seemed to be a homeless person and reeked of alcohol.
Seeing that she was about to hit him, he shrank back and took a step back.
Although homeless people are not very common in Beiyi, you can occasionally see poor people begging for a living in underground passages or street corners.
Therefore, the two of them didn't care. Shen Yuqing switched all the things to his right hand and pulled Xia Ruirui to his right side with his left hand.
"Xia Ruirui, be careful."
After he helped her steady herself, he began to talk to her in a low voice. Xia Ruirui curled her lips and turned around to apologize to the homeless man she almost bumped into.
"I'm sorry."
Since they didn't bump into each other, neither of them took it too seriously and just smiled apologetically at the homeless man.
The two men continued to walk forward, but the homeless man behind them stiffened. After a while, he raised his head and stared at the backs of the two men as they left, speechless for a long time.
Because he hadn't taken a shower in a long time, his body exuded a sour and smelly smell, and even his hair and cheeks were dirty.
He wore a hat that no one else wanted, revealing only a pair of eyes, which he stared at the two men's backs with a sinister look...
*
At the other end of the tunnel, Shen Yuqing noticed someone staring at him, stopped and looked back, but saw nothing.
Xia Ruirui noticed his abnormality and stopped as well: "What's wrong?"
Shen Yuqing frowned, but when he looked at her, his eyebrows relaxed: "Nothing, I just felt like someone was watching us."
"It's New Year's Day, who's going to look after us?" Xia Ruirui said with a wicked smile, "Could it be that our eldest master can't carry it anymore and is taking this opportunity to rest?"
“…”
The residential area was just ahead, and the two continued walking forward.
Behind them, a dark shadow was hiding not far from the tunnel exit, staring at them, and his fists were gradually clenched.
He only dared to show his eyes, following them at a distance, and secretly noted the neighborhood they entered...
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