Volume 1 Chapter 32 Cheers to Us
"Xu Jingmo."
"Um?"
"It's a pleasure to have dinner with you. I'm satisfied." Du Ruo looked at the table full of delicious food in front of him and gave him a thumbs up.
I heard him introduce that this is called Zhizi barbecue, which is also a specialty of North City. The one Xu Jingmo invited us to eat is very different from the one Ji Yunbai invited us to eat.
Xu Jingmo was wearing gloves while peeling garlic crayfish. Hearing this, he curled his lips and said casually, "As long as you like it."
Du Ruo asked curiously, "Hey, you didn't even go to the restaurant at noon, how did you know I'm not used to having a belly full and even specially ordered milk tea for me?"
"After all, we've been friends for more than ten years. How could I not know your taste?" Xu Jingmo looked calm as if it was a matter of course.
She likes to eat pure meat, sweet and sour food, and desserts. She only likes shrimps for seafood. There is nothing she absolutely won’t eat, but she doesn’t like leeks, celery, and broccoli. She can eat ginger but doesn’t like things with a strong ginger taste. She doesn’t like foods with particularly strong flavors, such as fatty intestines, dirty things, etc…
All I can say is that it’s a good thing that her eating habits have never changed, so he can still find ways to please her.
Du Ruo swallowed a mouthful of roasted lamb with satisfaction and replied, "So you are so considerate? Why didn't I notice it when I was a kid? I didn't even know what you liked to eat."
Xu Jingmo said in a half-complaining and half-joking tone: "How dare you say that? You are not qualified to be my friend. I can still remember it so clearly even though we have met for so many years. Do you think you are special? Look at you, you don't care about me at all. Do you think I am your best friend? I am the only one. I won't bother with you. Why don't you try someone else? I am such a good person. You have to cherish me."
One should be grateful to the person who has helped him. Du Ruo had come to visit him suddenly and had been staying at his house for the past few days, asking Tai Cen to accompany him for meals and play, all because of their childhood friendship. After hearing what Tai Cen said, Du Ruo felt a little embarrassed.
Xu Jingmo's arrangements were indeed very good, and every aspect met her expectations. If she put herself in his shoes, she really didn't know if she could make the same arrangements for him if he went abroad to visit her.
Du Ruo suddenly felt guilty. He really didn't know how to make friends and wasn't qualified to be a friend. He looked at Xu Jingmo and asked seriously, "Then tell me. I'll keep it in mind now."
Xu Jingmo raised his eyes and glanced at her. He naturally placed the freshly peeled lobster meat in front of her and chuckled, "Do you know why we have been friends for so long?"
"Why?"
Xu Jingmo: "We have similar personalities and habits."
Du Ruo looked puzzled and a little confused.
Xu Jingmo said in detail: "I like everything you like, and I don't like anything you don't like. The only difference is that I don't like sweets as much as you do, and I can eat spicier food than you. Our tastes overlap by more than 90%. Oh, there is one difference, I particularly hate bitter things, including coffee."
Du Ruo has lived abroad for many years, and his eating habits and living habits are different from those of foreigners.
After returning to China, she met several new friends in a short period of time. Ji Yunbai and Wen Fei had different tastes from her. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart again. Not everyone is Xu Jingmo, and not everyone can get along with her so well.
"Okay, I'll remember this. It's hard to find a true friend. Don't worry, I will definitely cherish you." She raised her drink glass to clink with him.
Hearing her serious tone, Xu Jingmo's heart trembled. He tried his best to control himself and not let his blood rush up, his face flush, and his ears get hot, which would expose himself.
He immediately regretted taking advantage of her verbally. He knew that the 'cherish' she said was not the same as what he wanted, but she responded so straightforwardly and simply that he couldn't help but let his imagination run wild. It felt like he was shooting himself in the foot.
He took off his disposable gloves, picked up the drink cup and was about to clink glasses with her, when he saw Du Ruo suddenly widen her eyes and tilt her head to look at him, asking in a puzzled tone, "Why are your ears so red all of a sudden?"
Xu Jingmo swallowed nervously, "It's the heat." He raised his glass and clinked it with hers, changing the subject. He seemed to be giving up. He saw it all, so he continued to take advantage of her and responded to her words, "It's hard to find a bosom friend, it's hard to find a soulmate. Meeting you in my life is enough. Cheers to us."
Du Ruo chuckled, "Why are you being so literary? Cheers to us." She clinked her glass with his.
The two drinks looked like two glasses of liquor, both of which were downed in one gulp.
Xu Jingmo smiled faintly and curled his lips. He could take advantage of her silence and use the advantage to satisfy himself.
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After dinner, Xu Jingmo invited Du Ruo to listen to a crosstalk show. It was a very popular crosstalk show, and the tickets were usually sold out on the day of pre-sale. He spent a lot of money to find someone to perform the show temporarily. Fortunately, Du Ruo liked it very much and laughed a lot throughout the whole show. It was worth all the trouble.
Ever since she suddenly asked him to tell her jokes, she started smiling more often and more obviously. This miraculous change made his mind come alive. He hadn't seen her smile so relaxedly for many years, ever since she came back from the junior class when she was a child.
Du Ruo was concentrating on watching the crosstalk performers on the stage, smiling with his eyes squinting, while casually eating melon seeds from the snack plate.
Xu Jingmo passed the pile of melon seeds peeled from a tissue to where she could reach. Du Ruo felt something strange and turned to look at him with a questioning look. Xu Jingmo moved closer and whispered, "You eat it. I don't eat melon seeds because my hands are busy."
Du Ruo said "Oh" softly, but when she turned her head back to the stage, she subconsciously glanced at Xu Jingmo's hand.
She had night blindness and could not see clearly in the dim environment, but they were in the front row at the moment and the lights on the stage were strong, so she could still clearly see Xu Jingmo's slender fingers with distinct joints, short and shiny nails, and an inconspicuous little mole at the joint of his left index finger.
The second half of the crosstalk was even more climaxing with laughter, but Du Ruo somehow couldn't keep up with the rhythm. All he could think about was how Xu Jingmo could peel open the melon seed shells with such short nails...
And that mole, it looks good for some reason, it’s strange, what’s so good about a mole…
The crosstalk ended at 22:00. On the way back, Xu Jingmo took the initiative to inform: "I have to stay at home tonight. The school dormitory will be closed at 22:00. I can't go back."
Du Ruo said nonchalantly, "Well, it just so happens that you don't have classes tomorrow morning, so you can sleep better at home."
Xu Jingmo: "I have to get up early tomorrow. I have something to do. You come with me."
Du Ruo asked: "What's the matter?"
Xu Jingmo: "I'm not feeling well, so I made an appointment with a Chinese doctor."
Du Ruo asked concernedly, "Your fever has come back? It's not healed yet?"
Xu Jingmo: "It hasn't recurred, I just feel uncomfortable, I can't explain why, the test results are fine, I'm going to see a Chinese doctor."
Du Ruo understood, "Okay, I'll go with you tomorrow."
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