On Sunday, Song Zhou was picked up by the driver as usual. As soon as he walked in, he was pulled into the room by Xi Ning. Although he was dissatisfied, Xiao Congyi was helpless.
He still has important things to do today. Lin Mian’s birthday is approaching. He has to choose gifts and make preparations in advance, and leave the house early.
When Song Zhou came, Xi Ning kept looking at him. Yesterday he took away the remaining bottle of catalyst, Xi Ning guessed he would use it.
It's just that he watched for a long time, and Song Zhou didn't seem to have any special changes.
"Is it better today?" Song Zhou peeled off the tea egg and held it in his hand to feed Xi Ning.
After knowing that Xi Ning could eat the food he fed, Song Zhou stopped cooking at Xiao's house. It was okay to cook it once or twice before, and it would inevitably make people feel weird if he did it once or twice.
It was not that he had not guessed the authenticity of Xi Ning's strange disease, but it was not important.
Xi Ning swallowed the tea eggs and nodded: "It's all right now."
Dr. Li called and asked a few words last night, for fear of what happened to him.
Xi Ning answered the physical condition one by one, and finally hesitated to ask if he could have close contact with other people's pheromones, the one with a high degree of matching.
Dr. Li was silent on the phone for a long time, and finally said: "Yes, but don't go too far. Although you are an adult, you still have to pay attention to your sense of measure..."
Xi Ning answered repeatedly, and the phone hung up quickly.
As for his estrus period, it was scheduled for one week later, by then the short-term inhibitor aging had just passed.
This was also Dr. Li's suggestion. Xi Ning herself was rather awkward with this, and wished to delay it for as long as possible, but couldn't stand the urging of Xiao Congyi and Butler Lin. After all, his physique couldn't use inhibitors too many times.
But when he is in estrus, he has to stay at home for several days, so what should he do if he eats? Let Song Zhou come with him? Will Xiao Congyi agree
Xi Ning hadn't mentioned this matter to Song Zhou yet, and he was going to think of a solution at that time.
Before he asked for leave, there was just another monthly exam. The head teacher also approved his leave form, and only told him that he could not study at home.
Recently, Xi Ning's scores in all subjects have made some progress, and he is no longer arguing against Lin Mian as before. The influence and attitude of the head teacher on him have improved a bit.
Xi Ning asked the system before that there is a big gap between him and the original character. If ooc, will it cause any impact when he completes the task and leaves the world
The system queried for a long time and said: "I didn't find any instructions on what to do after I can't ooc or complete the task, the host doesn't need to worry."
Xi Ning was relieved a lot when he heard the words. The small world derived from the novel was not so logical. Since there was no requirement, he didn't care.
A few days later, Lin Mian's birthday arrived.
This is his nineteenth birthday. When he was a child, he followed his parents in the countryside. When he was a student, he was older than his classmates, and he was only a dozen days younger than Xiao Congyi.
Xiao Congyi knew that Lin Mian would not take the initiative to do this, and was afraid of spending money. He secretly prepared a lot without telling him that his birthday had been advanced. He notified some of his best friends, and he also asked Xi Ning to help. Invite classmates who have made friends with Lin Mian.
But the classmate who invited Lin Mian could never use the name of Xiao Congyi. Xi Ning could do this for him, but gradually, Lin Mian knew that "she" was about to celebrate his birthday.
At first he thought it was someone who was making a joke on him deliberately, but after hearing Xi Ning's explanation, he knew that it was Xiao Congyi.
Xi Ning was afraid that he would think too much, and specifically said: "My brother will also have to go ahead, so he will be together. If you mind, I... If you mind, you can talk to him."
The implication is that it's okay for your relationship to spend a birthday together, right? If you're not happy, it's your two business, I'm just a help.
Lin Mian couldn't talk to him any more, and left with great anxiety.
On this birthday, Xiao Congyi also asked Xi Ning to go with him, saying that the relationship between Xi Ning and Lin Mian had improved, and that Xi Ning's presence as a familiar face would also make Lin Mian feel more secure.
Xi Ning hesitated. It didn't matter whether he went or not. The key was that Song Zhou obviously didn't like him getting close to Lin Mian. If he went to Song Zhou, he would probably be unhappy.
So he took an opportunity to ask Song Zhou: "My brother and... Lin Mian’s birthday, would you like to go with me?"
"What am I going to do?" Song Zhou lowered his head and turned his pen, "Whose birthday is it? Your brother and Lin Mian are so coincidentally the same day?"
Xi Ning lay his head sideways on the desk, his eyes stopped on Song Zhou's profile: "The difference between the two is only a dozen days, but it is mainly for Lin Mian."
Song Zhou really said, "Then you don't go."
"It's not so good, my brother will also spend time together," Xi Ning leaned closer, whispered, "and he also asked me."
Although Xi Ning is not so exaggerated, Xiao Congyi really hopes that Xi Ning can come.
Xi Ning quietly reached out to hook Song Zhou's cuffs, and tugged: "Come with me? I can't eat anything, so I will leave after dinner."
Song Zhou did not squint, held Xi Ning's fingertips with his backhand, and continued to write on the notebook with his other hand.
It is the time of self-study class, the head teacher is not in the classroom, they are in the last row again, no one noticed here.
Xi Ning waited quietly until Song Zhou put down the pen after finishing the question, and squeezed Xi Ning's hand: "Okay."
The specific time was set after the end of get out of class the day after tomorrow. Xiao Congyi worried that Lin Mian would not go, and waited at the door of a class before the get out of class bell rang.
But Lin Mian seemed to be in a good mood, and he didn't show any unwilling expressions. It was his birthday after all, and some people thought that he was always happy.
On the way there, the system suddenly said: "Host, there is a plot point that will advance, and it will most likely happen tonight."
Xi Ning and Song Zhou rode in a car and opened their eyes when they heard this: "What plot point?"
"Xiao Congyi's... his fiancee has returned to China, and there is a high probability that he will come to Xiao Congyi tonight."
"Tonight?" Xi Ning sat up straight, "Why haven't I heard you say it before?"
The system explained that Xiao Congyi and his fiancée are baby relatives. They have been studying abroad for several years. In the original plot, they came back with Xiao's father. They should have appeared in the later stage. As a result, Xiao Congyi did not reassure Xiao's father recently. Xi Ning still got sick twice in three days, so Father Xiao came back early.
Speaking of this, Xi Ning remembered that Xiao Congyi had indeed mentioned to him that Father Xiao was coming back some time ago, but he did not expect that he not only came back quietly, but also brought others.
Today is Lin Mian's birthday, but that fiancee can never find a place for them to eat, right? He believed that Xiao Congyi would take care of it.
And most importantly, the system did not send out task reminders, proving that the plot line will not shift.
"What are you thinking about?"
Song Zhou noticed that Xi Ning was sitting in a daze, and asked softly.
Xi Ning regained consciousness, lowered his head and said in a low voice, "I'm thinking about what to eat at night."
With so many people in the crowd, he couldn't let Song Zhou feed him. Although the relationship between the two of them had been guessed by a class of students, it was just a guess.
Song Zhou also learned that he lowered his head and tilted over a little bit, so as not to let the driver in front see them talking: "Then... Go to my house?"
Xi Ning raised his eyes in surprise. Song Zhou took the initiative to invite Xi Ning to his house for the first time.
"There are still meat and vegetables at home," Song Zhou half-dipped his eyes, his eyelashes cast a small shadow under his eyes, his voice was very soft, "I can make it for you."
Xi Ning immediately agreed: "Okay, this is what you said."
Anyway, there is a driver to pick him up, and it won't be troublesome to wait for him to go back to Song Zhou's house for dinner.
Xiao Congyi ordered a box in a Chinese restaurant, not far from the school. They arrived soon, and followed the waiter's instructions to go upstairs.
When everyone came one after another, there were a total of more than 20 people in the box, divided into two tables, Xi Ning took Song Zhou and sat down in the corner.
When Song Zhou came in, Xiao Congyi looked at him a few more times, but didn't say much.
A classmate was very curious when they saw two birthday cakes on the coffee table. They thought that Lin Mian was already with Xiao Congyi. They tried a few words with the birthday greetings. Lin Mian didn’t know if he didn’t understand the meaning or didn’t want to answer. Smiling shyly.
Sitting in the corner, Xi Ning couldn't control them. They had already started eating at this table. Song Zhou would occasionally quietly pick up some vegetables for him so that he would lick his stomach first.
Halfway through the meal, someone turned off the lights in the box and started singing birthday songs.
The atmosphere was pushed to the highest point tonight, and Xi Ning received the system's prompt at this time.
At the same time, the door of the box was suddenly opened, and a girl with long black curly hair and light makeup came in behind the waiter.
With a "pop", the light was turned on, and the girl was surprised: "Are you celebrating your birthday?"
She apologized, saying that she was embarrassed and didn't mean to disturb, while accurately finding Xiao Congyi's face in the crowd, she waved at him, and smiled sweetly: "Brother Yi!"
Xi Ning was watching a play and almost laughed when he heard this sentence.
Xiao Congyi's fiancée is quite powerful, and she actually found her. Most of the calls to Xiao Congyi didn't get through, so she directly asked the driver of the Xiao family.
The scene was a bit embarrassing for a while, Xiao Congyi grudgingly smiled and introduced to everyone: "This is a friend of mine, who just came back from abroad..."
The girl blinked at him: "Is Brother Yi being shy? But friends are friends."
Xi Ning turned his head to look at Lin Mian, his face was starting to look bad as expected.
But in this situation, really nothing will happen...
At this moment, the system sent a task value reward.
[The plot line is slightly shifted, but the protagonist’s combined probability of attack and receiving has increased by 70%, and the reward task value is 15 points. ]
Xi Ning was stunned and wanted to bow on the spot to thank this sister.
The people around were a little embarrassed, and vaguely guessed a little, especially Xiao Congyi's friends, who all smiled to make ends meet, they couldn't drive this young lady out, they could only greet her to sit down and eat together.
The girl was not polite, and sat down generously on the vacant seat beside Xiao Congyi.
Song Zhou has almost eaten, he doesn't care about what is happening now, put down his bowl and chopsticks and said in a low voice, "Let's go now? Go home and cook for you."