Xie Luyu pulled up his mask. A big man, leaning against the corner with his back bent, looked a little pitiful. I don't know how long he stood there before he moved. His body was a little stiff, and he talked to himself.
"It's good to be social. Who doesn't have a few friends?"
But his voice became smaller and smaller, and even he himself lacked confidence.
The light in the Japanese restaurant was soft and a little dim. Gu Qingchi was still the same as usual, but he also seemed a little softer in this environment.
The two people seemed to be talking very harmoniously. The man over there leaned forward and said something in Gu Qingchi's ear, and then Gu Qingchi showed a faint smile on his face.
Xie Luyu clenched the flowers in his hand.
"It's a good thing. I have friends now. They should be my peers. People of the same age have a common language."
Xie Luyu kept his eyes on the two of them. He stood there for a while after he finished speaking, and when he stood up to leave, his eyes were still looking over there, and he almost kicked over the trash can with his foot.
He lowered his head and cursed at the trash can, not knowing whether he was cursing himself or the trash can.
"You are blind!"
After walking a few hundred meters, he turned around and came back, tucked something under his arm, and quietly entered the Japanese restaurant.
The receptionist at the front desk was very enthusiastic. Seeing Xie Luyu holding flowers in his hands, I thought he was a couple who wanted to reserve a table. The environment of this restaurant is very suitable for romance and dating, and couples come in waves.
"Welcome, sir, do you want to make a reservation?"
Xie Luyu placed the flowers and a beautifully packaged umbrella on the front desk. The umbrella had not been unpacked yet and was placed in a box. It looked more like a handicraft than a tool to shelter from the rain.
"No, I'm here to deliver something to the particularly good-looking guy at the table over there. Please give these things to that gentleman after they finish their meal."
Xie Luyu didn't mention their physical features. Both of them were good-looking, but Gu Qingchi was particularly good-looking. The receptionist had been secretly looking at him, and as soon as Xie Luyu mentioned it, she knew who he was.
The receptionist at the front desk seemed a little surprised, but the request was not difficult so he agreed.
"Okay, no problem."
Xie Luyu bent down slightly.
"Excuse me, but one more thing, can you please not say that I sent it? Just say that it was given as a gift from your store as part of an event."
The front desk was a little hesitant this time, as this was the first time someone had made such a request.
"Well, it's OK."
Xie Luyu took out his wallet, took out a few banknotes and put them on the table.
"Please be sure to send him there. He forgot to bring an umbrella and got caught in the rain and caught a cold."
Xie Luyu put it down and left. The front desk clerk called him several times but failed to stop him.
The receptionist hesitated for a moment, took the money, put the things away, and kept the matter in mind.
Gu Qingchi was confused. He couldn't figure out what was going on. His memories of high school were already very vague, and when he tried hard to recall, he could only remember a few fragments.
After those long and blank two years, his brain seemed to have emptied everything, and the only thing left behind was the empty time with nowhere to spend it.
He walked alone, leaving many burdens behind him along the way.
So when he stepped into the bustling world, he was still alone.
Now he realized that he was different, but he could never get back what he had thrown away, so he made a despicable attempt to steal some things from other people's full luggage.
Cheng Ke saw that Gu Qingchi was concerned about high school matters, so he described them in great detail.
But his life rarely intersects with Gu Qingchi, even though he has always been watching Gu Qingchi.
From his perspective, Gu Qingchi is very outstanding. Gu Qingchi always keeps his back straight. He is also a cadre of the Student Union and takes time every day to conduct routine discipline inspections.
The student union system of private high schools is modeled after that of foreign countries. Unlike some high schools which are just for show, their student unions have great power. They can not only discipline students but even decide the direction of the school's development.
Therefore, the selection criteria for student union members are very strict. Not only a certain number of votes are required, but also grades must meet the requirements to be eligible for selection.
Those who can enter the student union are all elites who excel in all aspects.
And such an outstanding person like Gu Qingchi was pursued by everyone's eyes. He seemed to be very approachable and was so friendly to everyone.
But in reality, no one could walk beside Gu Qingchi. He always carried a notebook alone, with a brooch representing the Student Union on his chest, and walked past the windows of each class during class time.
Every time he passed a class, the people in the class would turn their eyes, which were originally looking at the blackboard seriously, to Gu Qingchi and follow his footsteps.
Cheng Ke was also one of those people. At that time, he had just entered this high school. Naturally, he had heard about what his classmates were talking about everywhere. There were even posts about Gu Qingchi on the school forum.
Students in the school have been posting posts for many years, and there are already many posts, each of which is hot and is more than ten pages long.
Cheng Ke initially thought it was ridiculous. No matter how mysterious or outstanding he was, he was just a student. Later, his eyes began to follow him inexplicably.
But unlike other students, Cheng Ke’s pursuit was not limited to visuals. He followed Gu Qingchi’s footsteps and joined the student union, and later joined the basketball club.
Before high school, Cheng Ke had never played basketball. He was always a quiet child in the eyes of adults, and the sport he had played the most was violin strings. But now, he took the initiative to learn competitive sports that he had never played before.
It doesn't matter, as long as you can take a step forward.
Later, Cheng Ke became the main force of the basketball club.
Cheng Ke tried his best to make his story as objective as possible. He did not add his own personal impressions, but just talked about the experiences they had together in high school.
Cheng Ke said a lot, and Gu Qingchi slowly calmed down.
He still didn't understand what was going on, but he found his own shadow in those stories, and that was enough.
His life still belongs to him, even if it is terrible, Gu Qingchi is still Gu Qingchi.
As long as he knew this, no matter how chaotic the situation was, Gu Qingchi would have the confidence to move forward, because in this way he would be qualified to end it on his own initiative, and at most it would be an absurd ending.
Like a cat letting down its guard, he relaxed in the warm room.
Xie Luyu only bought one umbrella. It started raining when he left the Japanese restaurant. It wasn't heavy, and Xie Luyu didn't bother to take shelter from the rain. He strode back and returned home dripping wet.
Candles are placed on the cabinet, cakes are hidden in the kitchen, a new tablecloth is spread on the table, and semi-finished dishes are waiting to be put into the pot.
"It's just that I'm going out to meet a friend. What's the matter? If it doesn't work this time, let's do it another day."
He laughed himself after he said that.
"Thank you Lu Yu, thank you Lu Yu, you are just deceiving yourself."
Xie Luyu was too lazy to start cooking again, so he tidied things up again, putting things that could be put back in the refrigerator and throwing away things that couldn't be put away. In the end, he was too lazy to sort things out, so he just threw away everything regardless of what it was.
By the time I finished cleaning, the trash can was full.
Little Lihua had no cat food for today and only had a full bowl of cat food. She felt like she was back to the time before liberation and was meowing angrily at her cat bowl.
Xie Luyu was unmoved. He turned off the fire, opened the lid and took a look, planning to pour it out later.
"Eat it, ancestor, that's all. Please bear with me today. I'm really not in the mood. I'll make it up to you tomorrow."
I don’t know if the little cat understood or not. After calling for a while, he realized that the situation was irreversible, so he got angry for a while, then turned around and started eating happily.
Xie Luyu stood there for a while, but finally couldn't help it. He rolled up his sleeves and cleaned up, then took the garbage bag and planned to throw it away.
Just after changing his shoes at the door, the door opened and Xie Luyu raised his eyes.
It was Gu Qingchi. The two of them met at the door.
Xie Luyu looked at his watch. He had only been back for more than ten minutes. The two of them arrived at the same time, but he clearly saw that the dishes had not been served yet. It was not normal for him to come back at this time.
Xie Luyu was surprised and happy.
"Why are you back so early?"
"Yeah, it's okay."
Gu Qingchi casually placed an umbrella on the shoe cabinet at the door. There were still a lot of water stains on the umbrella, which spread out on the cabinet.
It looks like it's raining heavily outside.
Xie Luyu glanced at the umbrella on the cabinet. It was common sense that wooden cabinets should not be exposed to water, but Gu Qingchi didn't care and didn't want to be so disciplined.
Just like clothes are always thrown all over the floor, even if it takes more energy to clean up the next day.
He always seemed like this, too lazy to look at anything around him, everything was so casual and lazy.
No matter how comfortable he is in life, it is never neat and orderly, but fortunately he has never had many things, so it is okay for him to live a casual life.
Although Xie Luyu knew that as long as he was told it once, he would remember it, apologize obediently, and would not refute or make excuses, and then you would never see him make the same mistake again.
But Gu Qingchi didn't change, nor did he think he was wrong. He apologized only because that was not his place, or rather, you reminded him that this was not his place.
Where you can't see, he still does his own thing.
Just like a cat that rolls on your grass every day.
One day you tell it that the grass is not clean and ask it not to roll on it.
The reason you no longer see it rolling around there is not because it has changed its bad habit, but because it has run to someone else's lawn.
A cat is very cautious when expanding its new territory. It takes tentative steps little by little, testing its owner's bottom line, little by little filling the place with its familiar scent, and little by little bringing it into its comfort zone.
But it's very easy to leave.
So Xie Luyu didn't say anything. He knew that as soon as he opened his mouth, his cat would immediately abandon this place without mercy and run back to its own territory.
Xie Luyu can pack umbrellas, clothes and other things. It’s not a big deal.
Xie Luyu didn't want to change anything about Gu Qingchi.
He spent so much time trying to lure a wandering cat to stop, not because he wanted to put a collar on it and turn it into a well-behaved pet cat.
It just needs to live a carefree and happy life.
The garbage bag was somewhat transparent. Gu Qingchi took a look and hesitated.
"Fish?"
Xie Luyu lifted the garbage bag up.
"Ah, yes, it's a little bit bad. There are some good ones in the refrigerator. Do you want to eat it? I'll make you some."
"Yeah, I want to eat some ribs."
Gu Qingchi's taste is very Chinese and he is very used to thick and red sauces. The food in that Japanese restaurant is very authentic, but a little too light for him. Plus, he was not in the mood, so he didn't eat much.
He walked for a while, drank some sake, and ate some sashimi which looked good but tasted tasteless, and now he was a little hungry.
Xie Luyu put the garbage bag in the corner and put Gu Qingchi's slippers under his feet.
When Gu Qingchi was alone, he would usually just take off his shoes and step on the floor barefoot.
Gu Qingchi stood there, with no intention of bending down to take off his shoes, and subconsciously lifted his feet. Xie Luyu was stunned for a moment, then naturally went to take off his shoes.
The two somewhat cold feet were stuffed into soft cotton slippers. Just as Xie Luyu was about to stand up, Gu Qingchi stepped back a little, not knowing what he bumped into.
There was a small explosion above the door with a bang, and sequins and ribbons fell down.
Gu Qingchi and Xie Luyu were covered in it.
Then, a cheerful Happy Birthday song came from somewhere, and it was very clear in the quiet living room.
Xie Luyu sang it several times and recorded it.
Xie Luyu reacted, stood up and was about to turn it off.
One step too late.
The song has been sung, and the last sentence is one.
"I give you today as your birthday. Happy birthday. Xiao Gu, be happy every day."
Gu Qingchi looked up, a little hesitant, and looked at Xie Luyu for confirmation.
"My birthday?"
Then he looked into the living room.
Xie Luyu was a little embarrassed as he was holding a bag of garbage in his hand.
He had planned for so long and had imagined all kinds of situations, but he never expected it to be like this. Gu Qingchi should be surrounded by gifts, with a table full of delicious food.
It's not like it is now, it shouldn't be like this, there's nothing on the table, the living room hasn't been cleaned up, even Xiao Lihua's cat food is placed on the cabinet, this is not perfect at all.
But the recording has already started playing for the second time.
Gu Qingchi looked around the room carefully, with no smile on his face.
That’s right, this is too stupid, Xie Luyu wanted to fool him, he thought, shrugged his shoulders, and told Gu Qingchi lightly that it was just a joke.
Before Xie Luyu could speak, Gu Qingchi turned his head away.
"Where's the birthday cake? I should have a birthday cake."
Xie Luyu was unable to utter a word. In the awful house, surrounded by sequins and ribbons all over the floor, he answered.
"It's in the kitchen. I'll get it."
When Xie Luyu came out, he saw Gu Qingchi sitting at the dining table. When he heard Xie Luyu coming out, he looked up.
Xie Luyu suddenly realized that Gu Qingchi didn't really not care, he was looking forward to it.
Gu Qingchi was very much looking forward to this birthday which only had a cake and some ridiculous ribbons and sequins.
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