For this birthday lunch, Yu Rui obviously made full preparations in advance.
Crystal clear green and white broccoli stir-fried shrimp, yellow and yellow powdered pine nut corn with a sweet and waxy appearance, thickly re-laid fish head with chopped peppers that attracts the index finger, and shiny mushrooms and rapeseed - served on four plates. The main dish in the white plate was served with three bowls of rice, and Yu Li, who was talking to Xie Li at the table, opened his eyes wide.
After returning to her senses, she moved the stool to be next to Xie Li's ear, and hooked her fingers, "Brother Xie Li, let me tell you."
Feeling Yu Rui glanced over there, Xie Li looked back with a half-smile but at the same time leaned towards Yu Li very obediently, "Well, I'm listening."
Yu Li was good at covering her mouth and said "quietly", "Usually there are only two of us at home, and my brother has never cooked so many dishes before. This is the first time."
"Oh? First time?" Xie Li raised his eyes and looked at Yu Rui, "Then I'm really honored, squad leader."
"… "
Yu Rui was silent and looked helplessly at his "little traitor". Yu Li was warned by her brother's gaze, and slowly lowered her head and dragged the chair back to its original position, not forgetting to make several eye contact with Xie Li.
Xie Li divided the bowls and chopsticks and sat down by himself.
"Little pear, wash your hands."
"Oh, good." Yu Li jumped off the stool and ran to the bathroom.
Yu Rui's eyes fell on Xie Li.
Xie Li shrugged innocently, "I've already washed it." He paused, and the corners of his mouth curled up, "Many times."
Yu Rui: "..."
Yu Rui was so angry that he gritted his teeth slightly, but there was nothing he could do about this person, so he could only endure it by himself.
Xie Li smiled and picked up the bowls and chopsticks, "However, the meal at noon today is indeed too rich, which makes me a little flattered, squad leader."
Yu Rui's eyes swayed a little uncomfortably, "...My birthday and when I first saw Xiaoli, you gave gifts, and you helped a lot before, so it's nothing to cook a meal."
"Well, if a meal is nothing, can you make it for me after that?"
Yu Rui looked up at Xie Li expressionlessly.
Reading the meaning of "you're dreaming" in Yu Rui's eyes, Xie Li smiled even more happily, "You can make conditions, any price, I'll give you everything."
"..." Yu Rui was silent for a few seconds, the corners of his lips lifted slightly, and his smile was cold and mocking, "Give me everything? You're not afraid of the wind blowing your tongue."
"You do not believe?"
"Why should I believe it?" Yu Rui asked calmly, "Although you are two years older than me, you are still only 18 this year. You are only 18 years old, and things in the next two years may not be accurate. How dare you say the price. Do you want to give me such a life-long word?"
"… "
After Yu Rui finished speaking, the restaurant was quiet. Yu Rui frowned slightly before Xie Li responded.
He knew that he was being a little serious - obviously he was the least of the people who would take it seriously. But when he heard Xie Li say that, he just couldn't hold back, and he even forgot about the time and the occasion...
"turn out to be."
"..." A low laugh suddenly sounded in Yu Rui's ear. Yu Rui, who was still annoyed, raised his head blankly. He saw Xie Li lowered his eyes, and an uncontrollable happy smile overflowed from his voice—
"It turns out that the squad leader has already thought that his life is so long?"
Yu Rui choked for a few seconds, and it was rare to have a feeling of utter suffocation: "You, what nonsense are you talking about."
Xie Li smiled, "I'm not talking nonsense, it's you who said it yourself."
"I'm just saying that it's too much for you to talk like this at your age!" Yu Rui explained.
"… "
Xie Li still looked at him and smiled.
When Yu Rui couldn't hold back those playful eyes and wanted to give up arguing, he suddenly heard Xie Li ask—
"If only I could take responsibility for my words."
"?" Yu Rui raised his head.
The laziness in Xie Li's smile faded, and the rare seriousness stained his eyebrows. He stared at Yu Rui for a moment, "The bet you said the other day, I bet. What happened, we'll see at that time. Bar."
Xie Li paused and narrowed his eyes.
"But I want to remind you of one thing, monitor. How could you possibly have such an easy option to stay out of trouble when you provoke a patient? - If I win, I will definitely take the 'reward' that I should get by then. back."
"… "
Under Xie Li's aggressive gaze, Yu Rui subconsciously avoided his eyes.
—
In the evening, Xie Li came out to buy himself a birthday cake.
Although it was said to be for him, it was completely according to the preferences of a little girl of Yu Li's age. In a hurry, he found a cake shop near Yu Rui's house to make it in a hurry, and then walked back with the cake.
Along the way, Xie Li took the birthday wishes call from Lin Yihuan and the three of them by the way, and after explaining what "emphasis on sex over friends" in the most perfunctory manner, he walked to Yu Rui's house in a happy mood.
Until another phone rang.
Xie Li originally thought it was Lin Yihuan and the other three, but was frowning impatiently, but saw "Yu Li" on the caller ID.
Xie Li's footsteps stopped abruptly.
- Yuli knew that he came out to buy cakes, and would not rush him for no reason. At this time, there is a sudden call, and it is more likely that something is wrong.
The smile on Xie Li's face suddenly turned cold.
He immediately answered the phone, "Xiao Li?"
"Thanks... Brother Xie Li..." Yu Li's voice was trembling and soft across the phone, "Can you come back quickly? That person is back... He hit brother again... "
"!"
Xie Li's hand holding the cake ribbon suddenly clenched into a fist.
He understood who "that person" was almost at the first moment, and the word "again" made his heart full of rage in an instant, and his eyes were splitting.
"I'll be here."
Every word seemed to be squeezed out of the bones, with a creaking sound of clenching his teeth.
The cake was thrown on the ground, and Xie Li ran forward.
When Xie Li rushed to the door, the outer door of Yu Rui's house was wide open, and the man's drunken cursing could be heard intermittently from inside.
Other than that, there is no other sound.
Xie Li stopped and ran all the way so fast that his chest heaved violently. Those dark eyes were full of gloomy and extremely violent emotions, like the black clouds that weighed down when the mountain rain was approaching.
He pushed open the door and walked in.