Volume 1 Chapter 4 One sentence can make him familiar
Du Ruo took the plate and ate quietly. Xu Jingmo watched her eat quietly beside her, and no one said a word.
Shi Rui couldn't sit still and took the initiative to ask: "Second brother, can you introduce it to me?"
Xu Jingmo was frugal with words: "Du Ruo."
Du Ruo raised his eyes and took a look.
He then introduced Du Ruo, "My roommates are Meng Senyang, Shi Rui, and Chu Cong."
Du Ruo nodded, took a bite of the pineapple and sweet and sour pork, ate it calmly, and asked, "Aren't you the boss?"
Meng Senyang replied, "I am the boss."
Xu Jingmo knew what Du Ruo meant. He was the eldest in the family and also the eldest among his friends. How come he became the second brother now?
He explained: "We have dormitories arranged by age."
They were introduced in detail again: the eldest brother Meng Senyang was 19 years old, the third brother Shi Rui was 18 years old, and the fourth brother Chu Cong was 18 years old.
Thinking back to when school started last September, their dormitory had a literary and physical fight because of this ranking. Shi Rui couldn't help but laugh and joked, "Originally, Xu Jingmo was second in age, so we should have called him Lao Er. But this guy didn't want to do it, thinking it sounded bad, so he didn't want to be called Lao Er or Xiao Er. Later, when we had a competition, he was one against three, and in the end he could only be called Er Ge. No. 2 is the ranking, and Ge is the status."
Meng Senyang and Chu Cong couldn't help but laugh out loud. Who could have thought that their dormitory had been fighting for a whole day because of this title, and Xu Jingmo unilaterally knocked them out.
But the friendship between boys is very simple. They don't know each other without fighting. Even when they later learned that Xu Jingmo was the prince of the Xu family, the three of them didn't have any thoughts. They only knew that he was still the roommate who could play and fight with them in private.
Seeing Shi Rui endlessly recounting the secondary stories of their dormitory, Xu Jingmo couldn't help but glance at him and interrupted, "Don't you also think the term mistress is unpleasant?"
Shi Rui was so annoyed by him that he blushed and blinked madly. Can you please give him some face? Doesn’t he want to chat with the fairy?
However, when his eyes fell on Du Ruo, he saw that she was still eating quietly. She didn't even smile when she heard their nonsense conversation. He thought, this little fairy is so cold. She doesn't even smile when we tease her like that.
There were still two classes in the afternoon. Xu Jingmo took a day off due to sickness, so the other three had to leave on time.
After they left, the two remained silent.
Du Ruo ate his meal slowly and leisurely, and before he knew it, he had finished the whole plate of food.
She put down her chopsticks and started drinking the taro milk tea again.
Xu Jingmo asked: "Is it delicious?"
Du Ruo: “Not bad.”
Xu Jingmo said with a hint of sarcasm, "This is the first time I've seen someone finish all the food in the third canteen."
Du Ruo turned her head and glanced at him, then said truthfully, "It tastes better than what we eat at school."
Xu Jingmo smiled and said, "Those who know you know that you just came back from studying abroad, and those who don't know would think you just came back from Ninggu Pagoda." Not picky at all.
Du Ruo looked to the side in confusion, "Where is Ninggu Pagoda?"
Xu Jingmo choked, forgetting that she had no chance of knowing the joke, and casually explained, "It's an extremely cold place."
Du Ruo nodded slightly, "Oh, I haven't been there."
Xu Jingmo laughed out loud. Only she could tickle his funny bone so seriously.
Du Ruo quickly finished another cup of taro milk tea. The milk tea here was delicious. She had never tried it before. She only drank coffee all year round.
She placed the empty cup in front of Xu Jingmo, looked at him and said, "Another one."
Xu Jingmo glanced at the two empty cups of milk tea on the table and refused, saying, "No, it's not good to drink too much."
"oh."
Xu Jingmo thought she would force it, and even expected to see her act coquettishly. But when she said "oh" lightly, without asking, fighting or making a fuss, and looked nonchalant, he was not surprised at all. Of course, she was Du Ruo... Seeing her act coquettishly was almost like seeing a ghost...
With a sigh, he softened his tone and said, "I'll buy it for you tomorrow."
Before Du Ruo could answer, he suddenly felt a little uneasy. He didn't know why she came here, and whether he could see her tomorrow.
Then Du Ruo said casually, "Okay."
"Okay" means we can see each other tomorrow. Xu Jingmo suppressed the upward curve of his lips and asked her, "Did you come to see me on purpose?"
"Um."
"Why did you suddenly come back to see me? What happened?"
"Take a vacation, relax, and play with you."
Xu Jingmo suddenly felt an indescribable sense of joy and accomplishment.
It's not easy, it's not easy, what does it mean to wait for the clouds to clear and see the moon? After so many years, she actually took the initiative to come to him to play during her vacation!
He pretended to be calm and continued to ask: "Ah, do uncle and aunt know?"
Du Ruo: “I don’t know.” Then he reminded: “You are not allowed to let them know.”
Xu Jingmo raised his eyebrows, "Why?"
Du Ruo said casually, "I won't stay long. I just came to visit you. Don't you know them? Let them know that I'm back home. They can either fly over or let me stay at home for a few days. Please."
Xu Jingmo's bright mood, which had just been as bright as the sun, was instantly covered by dark clouds.
Not for long...
How long is how long...
He didn't dare to ask.
He fiddled with the empty milk tea cup on the table, was silent for a few seconds, and then said, "You want me to cover for you? Is there any benefit?"
Du Ruo turned her head to look at him, and Xu Jingmo also looked back at her quietly. After so many years, he had already mastered the skill of not blushing when she looked at him. He did not dodge or avoid her. The two of them looked at each other for a few seconds. Du Ruo looked away first, rummaged through her bag, took out a black card and placed it in front of him.
“Benefits.”
“…”
Xu Jingmo looked at the black card with unlimited credit limit in front of him and laughed angrily.
"How generous." He pushed it back and said calmly, "I'm not short of money."
Du Ruo felt that after not seeing him for two years, he had become so different that it would be a shame to help him.
She was too lazy to think, so she asked directly: "What benefit do you want?"
Xu Jingmo stared at her. It is said that girls change a lot when they grow up, but Du Ruo has not changed at all. No, she has become more beautiful and more dazzling than when she was a child.
Just looking at him from such a close distance makes me unable to control my heart. I want to hug him, kiss him, and I wish he could be his.
The greed in his heart popped up from time to time, but in reality, he didn't even dare to hold her hand.
After a moment of silence, he slowly spoke, trying to keep a light tone, "Don't be stern in front of me in the future, smile more."
There was a hint of confusion in Du Ruo's eyes.
What kind of a request is this?
Xu Jingmo raised the corners of his lips and said affirmatively: "If you agree to this request, I will keep it a secret for you and also treat you well."
Du Ruo stared at him, very confused.
It wasn't the first day he knew her, so he should have known her personality for a long time. Even her parents' evaluation of her was too cold.
It’s not that she doesn’t laugh, cry or get angry, but as she gets older, she rarely encounters things that cause her emotions to fluctuate drastically.
In her eyes, most things are boring, uninteresting and insignificant, and most people are unqualified and unworthy in her eyes.
She said matter-of-factly, “I don’t fake smile.”
Xu Jingmo knew her current personality, but he also knew how cute she was when she was a child.
I neutralized it and changed the way I put it: "Then share anything you feel happy about with me as soon as possible. Don't hide it from me anyway."
Give him a chance to be the first to get the upper hand, let him get closer to her, and closer.
Du Ruo reacted for a few seconds, felt that this request was not difficult, and nodded in agreement.
Xu Jingmo smiled and said, "Let's go, I'll arrange something for you."
As soon as the two of them stood up, Du Ruo suddenly called him.
"Xu Jingmo."
"Um?"
"I'm very happy now that you agreed to take me out to play."
Xu Jingmo suddenly felt like a boiling kettle, his heart bubbling and boiling, about to explode.
He turned away and dared not look at her.
It's over. It's over. He's finished.
What kind of secret skill is this that he has practiced for many years? He can master it with just one sentence.
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