Chapter 172 Nian Nian's Unknown Help
The next day, Shi Nianzhu slept until ten o'clock in the morning.
When I got up, apart from a few wrinkles on the bed sheet, there was no one beside me.
His first reaction was where Jiang Duan had gone. He sat on the bed with his mind blank for a long time. After a night's sleep, his rusty brain finally came to his senses and realized that Jiang Duan should have gone to school for the morning class.
After taking his time to wash up, the subconscious need to find food made him go into the kitchen.
The keep-warm button on one of the pots was on. He lifted the lid and the fragrant aroma of rice rushed into the air.
"It smells so good." Shi Nianzhu sniffed it, filled a bowl of steaming rice porridge and took it out. When passing by the refrigerator, he caught a glimpse of a square sticky note stuck on the refrigerator door.
"Huh?" He noticed it, but didn't rush to look. He first put the bowl of porridge in his hand on the dining table, then returned to the refrigerator and twisted the sticky note off with two fingers.
"I've warmed up the porridge in the pot. Let's eat it first. My get out of class is over at ten o'clock. I'll go back and bring you some special roast duck."
Shi Nianzhu looked at the time and it was already half past ten. Doesn’t that mean he can eat roast duck right away?
Shi Nianzhu, who was easily satisfied, sat back at the dining table happily and drank porridge happily.
When he was halfway through drinking the porridge, he heard a noise at the entrance. Shi Nianzhu put down his spoon, stood up, and went to greet the person excitedly.
"Brother Duan!" Shi Nianzhu looked at the person coming and her voice, which was as sweet as honey, immediately changed. "Chu Qingyu? Why are you here?"
Before Chu Qingyu could explain the reason, Jiang Duan came back with the packed roast duck.
He said to Chu Qingyu rudely, "Come in after you've changed your shoes. Don't block the door."
This time, the protagonist arrived. Shi Nianzhu was happy again, and said stickily, "Brother Duan, you are finally back. I have been waiting for the roast duck. I am so hungry."
"Didn't I tell you to drink the porridge first?" Jiang Duan changed his shoes and handed the roast duck hanging on his arm to Shi Nianzhu. "Hurry up and open it and eat it. It won't taste good if it gets cold."
Shi Nianzhu took it and said, "I'll eat with you."
Chu Qingyu, who had walked into the house in a cowardly manner, crossed his arms and looked at the two of them: "What are you doing? You kicked me out in here, and now the two of you are flirting with each other. Don't you two start talking while I'm not paying attention?"
Before Shi Nianzhu could say anything, Jiang Duan fixed Chu Qingyu with calm eyes and said in a stern voice, "Don't talk nonsense."
"Okay, okay, I'll shut up, okay?" Chu Qingyu knew that Jiang Duan was really angry, and thinking that he would need his help in a while, he begged for mercy honestly.
Shi Nianzhu tightened her grip on the handbag, and her excited mood subsided.
"Don't stand there, go eat." Jiang Duan touched the back of his head.
Shi Nianzhu was comforted by the familiar physical contact, and his mood miraculously improved a little. He didn't care about the strangeness just now, and returned to the dining table to eat the fragrant roast duck. If it was too greasy, he would drink some porridge to relieve the greasiness.
Jiang Duan sat opposite him, watching him eat patiently. Seeing Shi Nianzhu's constantly puffing cheeks and the occasional greasy expression, his expression became softer.
Chu Qingyu, who was watching from the side, felt his teeth ache and secretly curled his lips, "You look hungry, can I eat something? I didn't have time to eat this morning."
"Sure, I can't finish the whole one by myself." Shi Nianzhu pushed the roast duck in front of him.
"Our Nian Nian is so considerate of my brother." Chu Qingyu happily pinched a duck leg and ate it. "Let's go to a barbecue restaurant for lunch. I know a really good one. Brother will treat us!"
"Okay, okay. I'm sure I won't make any mistakes if I follow your recommendations."
After making a lunch appointment, Chu Qingyu finished his duck leg and, unwilling to give up, began to persuade Jiang Duan again: "Just come to the dinner party tonight. Just think of it as adding bricks and tiles to my love life. I've already spread the word. How can we have a party without you, the team leader, joining us? Please."
"I won't go even if you tell me a hundred times." Jiang Duan saw that Shi Nianzhu had finished eating and handed her a piece of paper, "Wipe your hands."
Shi Nianzhu wiped the oil off her fingers, her eyes shifting between Jiang Duan and Chu Qingyu, a look of hesitation on her face. "What are you talking about?"
"We participated in a competition before and our group won first prize. I wanted to have a dinner together to celebrate, but Jiang Duan, as the team leader, refused to allow it." Chu Qingyu wiped his hands with a tissue in annoyance.
"Brother Duan, since you're the team leader, wouldn't it be a shame if you didn't go? You should go. I can find a well-reviewed restaurant to have dinner by myself."
"Don't listen to his nonsense." Jiang Duan exposed Chu Qingyu's past. "This dinner wasn't necessary in the first place. He wanted to pursue a classmate in the group, but there was no reason to invite someone out and force this gathering."
"Oh, Dad, you are my real dad, okay? Just go. Just one meal. I promise I won't bother you in the future." Chu Qingyu was so sincere that he almost knelt down to beg him.
"No, I want to stay at home with Nian Nian." Jiang Duan refused firmly.
Chu Qingyu had no choice but to ask someone else: "Niannian, can you bear to let me live out my life in loneliness? Without this party, it would be difficult for me to have contact with that classmate again. Please help me persuade him."
"Hmm..." Shi Nianzhu looked at Jiang Duan hesitantly, "Brother Duan, this... um..."
Jiang Duan knew what he was thinking as soon as he saw his expression, and said helplessly: "You want to go?"
Nian Nian answered honestly: "A little bit."
"Why?" Jiang Duan said, "Parties are boring."
"I'm curious." Shi Nianzhu said softly, "I want to see what the girl Chu Qingyu likes looks like, and..."
Jiang Duan frowned: "What else? What else?"
"I haven't had a drink since I became an adult. You college students must drink at your party, so I want to try it." Shi Nianzhu said weakly, "But I don't think it's appropriate for me to go to your group's party."
"Alas." Jiang Duan couldn't help but sigh, and finally relaxed after holding his tongue for hours. "If it's suitable, I'll take you there. It's just for fun."
"Are you really taking me there?"
"Um."
"Great, then I'll wash my hands and match my clothes for tonight in advance. Don't be too casual." Shi Nianzhu was very excited. He pulled out a chair and dragged his suitcase to the cloakroom to tinker with it.
Chu Qingyu remained silent. When Nian Zhu slammed the cloakroom door shut, he glared at Jiang Duan with a hint of fear: "Are you really going to take Nian Nian with you?"
"You're not happy if I don't go, and you're not happy if I go. Are you mentally ill?" Jiang Duan was speechless.
"No, of course I'd be happy for you to go," he added urgently after receiving Jiang Duan's sharp gaze. "It's not that I wouldn't be happy for Nian Nian to go. I just wanted to remind you, do you still remember Chen Yasheng from our group?"
"Remember."
"Did you know that he is gay? He likes the sweet-heart type of boys who are young, cute and young!" Chu Qingyu shouted in a low voice.
"You're stupid. You're always trying to get close to him by bringing Nian Nian with you."
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