Why did I suddenly think of telling him the story of the two fruit trees?

Without waiting for his response, Shen You began to tell the story.

"Once upon a time there was an apple tree. It sprouted from a core and took root. From a small sapling it grew into a tall tree. It finally produced large, sweet fruits, but it found that people seemed to like the cherry tree next to it more. The cherry tree produced more fruits every time and sold them at a much higher price. The apple tree, which was ignored, felt very disappointed. It felt that it was too mediocre. It hoped that it could become a cherry tree. Then, people would like it too, right?"

Xie Chenxiao's eyelashes trembled slightly.

"So the farmer did as it wished and chopped off its waist with an axe. Every chop made it very painful, but it was willing to do it. It thought that by cutting off the original branches, leaves and fruits, it could grow again and become a cherry tree."

Shen You raised the corners of his lips and said with a smile: "Of course, anyone with common sense knows that an apple tree cannot grow cherries, so even if it paid the price of pain, it could not become a cherry tree."

The boy pursed his lips slightly and narrowed his eyes: "What do you want to say?"

Shen You blinked: "Don't worry, the story isn't over yet!"

She said seriously: "The apple tree was full of apples again, and it slowly accepted the fact that it would always be an apple tree. Later, it gradually discovered that not everyone likes cherries. For some people, apples will never be replaced."

When Xie Chenxiao first heard that she was going to tell the story of the apple tree and the cherry tree, he felt confused. Perhaps she made up a story to change the subject in order to avoid answering his question.

But when he heard the end, he seemed to have heard Shen You's answer.

Irreplaceable.

When he heard these four words, the boy's heart trembled unexpectedly.

The fingers hanging by his side curled up unconsciously. After a while, he came back to his senses and said in a hoarse voice: "Then you...when did the apple tree..."

His voice stopped abruptly.

Oops, the language system was in chaos and he didn't know how to describe the problem for a moment.

Shen You laughed out loud, and looked at him with curved eyebrows: "Are you going to ask me how I came up with this story?"

Xie Chenxiao nodded slightly.

"When I was a kid, I felt that those ballet dancers on TV were so graceful, and I envied them so much. So for a while I wanted to learn ballet, but after trying it I found that I didn't have the talent, so I gave up the idea. The hard experience of learning dance inspired me, and that's when I thought of this story."

"You were quite conscious when you were little," Xie Chenxiao laughed. He then imagined how pitiful little Shen You looked when he was looking forward to learning ballet but was rejected. He couldn't help but frowned, "Did your dancing teacher say you had no talent?"

"No," Shen You shook his head, "I made this judgment for myself."

Xie Chenxiao was silent for a moment, "...How long have you been learning?"

Shen You made a "three" gesture.

Xie Chenxiao raised his eyebrows: "Three months?"

Shen You smiled: "Three days."

"……?"

Seeing the speechless expression in the boy's silence, Shen You grinned and said confidently, "It's really too tiring! You don't know, my feet were so sore every day! The teacher said that learning to dance is a matter of ten years of hard work for one minute on stage. There is no way to learn it quickly. You have to endure hardships. I persisted for three days and gave up decisively."

As he spoke, Shen You couldn't help but look sad as he recalled those three difficult days.

He looked away and asked softly, "Won't you regret it?"

Since you wanted it so much at that time, it would be a bit regretful if you gave up just like that, right?

"No, I know myself well," Shen You blinked, his eyes sincere, "When I was a kid, I was only interested in a few things after a while. After I gave up ballet, I became interested in painting, but when I first started to lay the foundation, it was too boring to keep drawing straight lines and circles, so I gave up again."

Facing his indescribable expression, Shen You smiled refreshingly: "Nothing is difficult in the world as long as you are willing to give up."

“…”

This is the first time I see someone say giving up when faced with difficulties is as common as eating and drinking.

Shen You suddenly said, "I want to drink milk tea!"

Xie Chenxiao:?

Is the topic jumping so fast? Their eyes met, and Shen You blinked, "Why are you still standing there? I've talked to you for so long, I'm thirsty, can't you go buy me a cup of milk tea to quench my thirst?"

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As she spoke, she pointed to a queue at a milk tea shop on the street where there were estimated to be more than a dozen people queuing up, but her eyes were already searching everywhere, intending to find a shady place to wait for him while he was queuing up to buy milk tea.

The girl's tone was coquettish, and it seemed that she was ordering people to do things with confidence, but it sounded more like she was acting like a spoiled child. Xie Chenxiao didn't have any temper at all. He went to the queue and asked, "Okay, okay, what do you want to drink?"

"Let's order their best-selling drink," Shen You rolled his eyes, "I want two... no, three cups! I want three cups of different flavors!"

Xie Chenxiao couldn't help laughing, "Are you the reincarnation of a water buffalo?"

Damn it! He actually laughed at her!

Shen You glared at him angrily, "If you don't want to buy it, forget it!"

"Buy, buy, buy," Xie Chenxiao's lips curled up, his eyebrows and eyes were filled with smiles, and he teased, "Who said that Miss Shen You is an irreplaceable apple tree? Fruit trees need to be watered more, otherwise they will wither."

Shen You: “…”

[Aaaaaaaaah, damn it! He actually laughed at me!! I will never comfort him again!!!] - The line in front of the milk tea shop looked very long at first glance, but the staff moved quickly and the food was served quickly, and soon it was Xie Chenxiao's turn.

After buying the milk tea, when I walked to the stall selling puppies that I had just seen, the man who wanted to buy a Border Collie puppy was still there.

"Can you make it cheaper? I see your dogs have dull eyes and are of average appearance. They are not worth the price you offer!"

The boss looked at him in disbelief: "Average appearance? How can you lie like that? This is a black and white Border Collie, with a seven-white three-way large collar and ear structure that meets the standards. It's so beautiful!"

Obviously, the man wanted to buy the Border Collie that he had originally liked, but didn't want to spend so much money, so he deliberately downplayed the conditions of the puppy in order to lower the price.

The little Border Collie that was disliked by the man quietly huddled in the corner, looking timidly at the two new guests with a pair of wet eyes, but because of the lesson of being disliked before, it did not approach them rashly.

Shen You gave it a friendly smile and waved at it. It was obviously stunned, as if it was doubting whether she was greeting it.

ps: I didn't expect that there are so many people who love male protagonists when reading romance novels. Let me make it clear that the author is the heroine's mother and I forbid comments like "the heroine is not worthy of him". If you see any comments, I will delete them and block them. Please vote~