Chapter 62 Chapter 62 When others give gifts, they always bring pink...
There's nothing new about celebrating the New Year in the city. It's nothing more than watching the Spring Festival Gala and setting off firecrackers in the evening.
Chen Lu was making dumplings with Liang Lin and Ji Huan. Ji Maili was circling the table. Ji Huan said, "Chen Lu, stop making dumplings. Take him away! I'm almost vomiting from all the circling."
Chen Lu smiled and asked Ji Maili, "Do you want to pack it together?"
Ji Maili took out a piece of chocolate from his pocket and quietly handed it to Chen Lu, "Wrap it with chocolate filling for me."
Ji Huan glared at him. "What the hell? How can you eat that?"
Ji Maili said, "I won't let you eat."
Ji Huan glared at him: "What if the dumplings burst while cooking and spill chocolate? Will you let us eat them?"
Liang Lin said, "I've prepared a few coins. Put them in."
Ji Maili wasn't interested. "Coins bounce."
Ji Huan scoffed at him, "Can't you bite it slower? If you knew there was a coin inside, why didn't you just swallow it?"
Ji Maili jumped up and down, "Mom, look at her!"
Chen Lu wiped his hands and pulled Ji Maili, "I'll play games with you."
Ji Maili had already prepared the game console. As soon as he sat down, Shen Lu's phone rang. It was Tao Dacheng calling.
Chen Lu was halfway through the call when he asked Ji Maili, "Tao Dacheng said someone was setting off fireworks by the river tonight. Do you want to go with them?"
Ji Maili: "Sure, it's more lively with more people."
Shen Lu looked at him for a moment, wanting to say something but holding back. He then asked into the phone, "What time is it?"
Tao Dacheng: "Eight o'clock."
After playing a few games, Ji Maili found it boring and stopped playing. "My fingers are sore from pressing them."
Shen Lu: "Shall I give the young master a massage?"
Ji Maili glanced towards the kitchen, and when he saw that they couldn't see this side, he handed his hand to Chen Lu, "Rub it well, there will be a reward if you serve well."
Shen Lu was tickled by his unconscious alertness. He rubbed Ji Maili's fingertips and asked, "What's the reward?"
Ji Maili leaned lazily on the sofa, "What do you want?"
Shen Lu glanced at him.
Ji Maili didn't know how he understood this look, and suddenly he felt a burning sensation on the fingertips that were pinched by Chen Lu.
Shen Lu smiled and said, "Then write a paper."
Ji Maili: “…”
After dinner in the evening, as soon as it got dark, Tao Sijie bombarded Ji Maili with messages, sending him many photos of fireworks. Ji Maili was not to be outdone, so he also sent her the fireworks that Chen Lu bought.
Ji Maili scattered the fireworks all over the floor and sat there playing with his phone. Ji Huan was stopped and couldn't move forward. "What the hell, who are you texting?"
Shen Lu was cleaning up nearby, "My classmate's sister."
Ji Huan seemed to have caught something: "I said he was in trouble, but he actually chatted with the girl."
Shen Lu smiled and said, "Well, she is indeed a little girl. She is only in the second grade this year."
"Second grade?" Ji Huan immediately changed his tone: "I told you, he doesn't look like someone who can attract girls."
"Not really." Shen Lu said, "Many girls in school like him, and some even send him love letters."
Ji Huan said regretfully, "That's really a waste. I guess he can't even understand it."
Ji Maili and Tao Sijie competed in fireworks, and in the end Ji Maili won. He raised his head and refuted Ji Huan, saying with a hint of meaning: "That's called keeping oneself clean. I'm not like some people who casually accept love letters from little girls."
Some people heard Ji Maili's accusation and laughed with their heads down.
Ji Huan glanced at Chen Lu and asked, "Are those people he mentioned you?"
Shen Lu: "I didn't watch it either."
Ji Huan shook his head: "You two really are good friends."
When Ji Maili was leaving the house, he realized belatedly that Chen Lu probably didn't buy so many fireworks to set off with others. Thinking of the look Chen Lu gave him when he agreed to set off fireworks with Tao Dacheng and the others, Ji Maili finally understood what he meant.
In the corridor, Ji Maili grabbed Shen Lu's clothes, and Shen Lu turned around: "What's wrong?"
Ji Maili asked him, "Didn't you plan to release it with them before?"
Shen Lu looked at him helplessly, "What do you think?"
Ji Maili admitted that he was a little slow, and he said: "Then why did you ask me just now? Wouldn't it be fine if you just refused directly?"
Chen Lu: "I'm afraid you'll find it boring to be alone with me."
Ji Maili frowned: "No way."
Ji Maili looked at Shen Lu, and the two looked at each other for two seconds, each raising their brows.
Shen Lu laughed, "Not good, right?"
Ji Maili chuckled evilly.
Shen Lu looked at the time and said, "Go to my house to get the car and take you somewhere else."
Everyone in the city went to the river to set off fireworks. No one came to the dam upstream. It was dark. Chen Lu and Ji Maili arranged the fireworks in a row in the dark. Chen Lu lit a cigarette and said, "Light it up later."
Ji Maili pulled Shen Lu's clothes and took a step back. Shen Lu was squatting on the ground and was almost pulled down by him.
Shen Lu propped his hands on the ground and turned back, "What are you doing?"
Ji Maili said timidly, "It's too dark."
Chen Lu handed him the phone, and Ji Maili used the flashlights of his two phones to illuminate Chen Lu. The moment the fuse was lit, Chen Lu carried Ji Maili in his arms and ran back. Ji Maili felt like he was almost being carried away by him.
With a bang, fireworks exploded in the sky. Ji Maili looked up and exclaimed, "Wow."
Shen Lu took the phone from him and took a picture of him. Ji Maili looked at the camera and shouted, "Why are you taking pictures of me?"
Chen Lu: "To commemorate the first time I set off fireworks for you."
Ji Maili: "It's not the first time, I also let it go when I was a kid."
Chen Lu: "Does the fairy wand count?"
"Why not?" Ji Maili didn't care. "Forget it, if you said it was the first time, then it's the first time."
Chen Lu posted the photo of Ji Maili looking up at the sky on his Moments, and was quickly caught by Tao Dacheng, who had stood him up. He bombarded him with comments, and even Tao Sijie whimpered in the comments, saying that they were not trustworthy.
Chen Lu looked at Ji Maili and smiled. Credit is not something that should be kept at a time like this.
Tao Dacheng has never been a person with good judgment. Together with Tao Sijie, the brother and sister who were stood up followed Chen Lu's circle of friends and found their way to the dam, and also brought Lin Shifei and Bianyuan with them.
When they arrived, Chen Lu and Ji Maili's fireworks had not yet finished.
Tao Sijie ran over with a fairy wand and pointed at them: "Robbery!"
Ji Maili was stunned when he saw Tao Sijie rushing over: "Why are you here?"
Lin Shifei was old and afraid of the cold, so he wrapped himself up like a ball. "Tao Dacheng said you stood them up, and that even if he got beaten, he wouldn't let you two have some time together today."
Shen Lu pointed to the box of fireworks that was about to be empty: "Sorry, our world of two is almost over."
Tao Sijie rummaged through the box and pulled out a Gatling gun: "There's more."
Among them, only Tao Sijie was not afraid of the cold. The little girl ran around in the cold wind.
Lin Shifei was freezing cold: "Let's go back soon." He asked Chen Lu: "How did you two get here?"
Ji Maili pointed to the motorcycle parked not far away: "I came here by bike."
Lin Shifei gave them a thumbs up: "How fucking romantic, riding a motorcycle in such a cold weather."
Tao Sijie held up a fairy wand and ran around Ji Maili and Shen Lu, shouting as she ran: "How romantic, how romantic!"
Ji Maili held Tao Sijie's head and said, "Do you have a motor under your feet? You don't feel tired even if you keep running."
Tao Sijie: "I'm young and full of energy."
Tao Sijie was dragged into the distant car by Tao Dacheng. Tao Sijie clung to the car window and said, "Brother Mai Mai, are you really not going to ride with us? Your car is so cold."
Ji Maili imitated Tao Sijie: "I am young and can withstand cold."
Tao Sijie sighed and retracted her head: "Young people, you don't understand health preservation at all."
It was really cold that night. After Lin Shifei and the others left, Ji Maili immediately hunched his neck and urged Chen Lu: "Hurry up, hurry up, let's go quickly too. I'm freezing to death."
Shen Lu laughed at him: "Didn't you just say you were young?"
Ji Maili hid behind Shen Lu to shield himself from the wind: "Nonsense, if I hadn't said this, would I have left you to take the bus?"
Chen Lu took off the scarf from his neck and put it on Ji Maili. Ji Maili's hands were frozen and he couldn't take them out. He looked at the scarf around his neck and jumped on the spot. "You wear it. It's windy when you ride in front of me. I won't be cold when I sit in the back."
It would be strange if it wasn’t cold.
Shen Lu tied the scarf around him and said, "Wear it, don't catch a cold."
Shen Lu put on his helmet, pulled his collar to his chin, and got on the motorcycle. After Ji Maili got on, he took off his scarf and tied it around Shen Lu's neck. He put his arms around his waist and put his hands in the pockets of Shen Lu's down jacket. "You won't be cold this way."
Ji Maili leaned on Shen Lu's back, holding him tightly with both hands. Shen Lu couldn't look back because he was wearing a helmet, "Mai Mai."
Ji Maili raised his head and asked, "Huh?"
Shen Lu: "Nothing, let's go."
On the road, Shen Lu drove the motorcycle very fast. Ji Maili lowered his head and pressed his face against his back, hiding himself tightly, but his hands were fumbling in Shen Lu's pockets dishonestly.
Shen Lu grabbed his hand through his clothes, and Ji Maili raised his head: "What?"
Shen Lu: "Don't move."
Ji Maili shouted, "You have so many things to do!"
Shen Lu tilted his head and said, "Fuck you, if a woman touches your stomach, can you bear it?"
Ji Maili: "I'm not a woman."
Chen Lu freed one hand, put it in his pocket and pinched Ji Maili's warm hand. Although Chen Lu's hand was as cold as ice, it made Ji Maili feel warm in his heart.
He found that he really liked Shen Lu.
The two of them went home wrapped in the cold wind. Liang Lin saw that they came back so late and hurried over. "You two are really... You had to go out in such a cold weather. You must be freezing. Come in and warm up. I'll cook dumplings soon."
Shen Lu's hands were frozen, and he struggled for a long time to unzip his jacket. Just as he took off his coat, Ji Maili suddenly stood on tiptoe and hung his whole body on his shoulders. "It's almost twelve o'clock. I wish you a happy new year, Brother Lu Lu. I hope your grades will not drop in the new year, and all your wishes will come true. Good luck!"
Chen Lu smiled at him and said, "I also wish you a happy new year, classmate Mai Maizi. May your grades improve in the new year. Don't fight, be happy, and may good luck always be with you."
Ji Maili sneered, "Do you know how to say auspicious words? You should wish me to win every fight in the new year!"
"Goodbye." Shen Lu took out a red envelope from his down jacket pocket and gave it to him: "Be safe and healthy."
Ji Maili was stunned for a moment, "There are also red envelopes?"
Liang Lin looked at the red envelope in Ji Maili's hand and said to him, "What kind of red envelope is this kid giving to his peers?"
Ji Maili squeezed the contents of the red envelope, which was hard. He asked Chen Lu, "What is it?"
Shen Lu raised his chin: "Open it and take a look."
Ji Maili opened the red envelope and found a bar of chocolate inside.
Liang Lin didn't care when she saw that the red envelope didn't contain money.
Ji Maili took out the chocolate from the red envelope and glanced at Chen Lu, "What is this?"
Shen Lu: "What do you think?"
Ever since Chen Lu knew the meaning of giving chocolates, Ji Maili couldn't bear to see Chen Lu giving him chocolates. The main reason was that the chocolates Chen Lu gave him were too poor. He confessed his love every few days. Who could stand that?
Every time Chen Lu gave him chocolate, Ji Maili never accepted his offer, but this time he whispered, "Other people always send chocolates with pink stationery, what about yours?"
Shen Lu looked at him, "You want it?"
Ji Maili shook his head embarrassedly: "Forget it."
Shen Lu said, "If you want me to write it to you right away."
Ji Maili's heart began to itch, and he really wanted to do something. What should he do?
Ji Maili was embarrassed to say it.
"Let's not do that," Ji Maili said, his heart meaningless, "I'm dizzy."
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