Lu Xiao returned home with a dazed face.
After Ye Cheng put the nameplate on for him, she went in without looking back.
He touched the sign suspiciously, feeling that Monk Zhang Er was confused.
After arriving home, Jiang Jin sent him a message: [Brother Xiao, how are you doing, are you satisfied with today's arrangement?]
It's okay if he doesn't say anything, but Lu Xiao wants to beat him whenever he says it.
He settled the score after autumn and said: [Satisfied fart, who told you to put flowers in the Ferris wheel?]
Jiang Jin: [But I saw you holding hands up there, huh? Ok?]
After a day of Jiang Yirong's ideological education and secret observation, he found that Lu Xiao's attitude towards Ye Cheng was indeed different.
Tan Xiaoqi didn't lie to him, she seemed to be...really.
Jiang Jin grew up in a studio, and he has met many crooked friends, so his reaction to this kind of thing is very normal.
There was a moment of silence over there, and said: [By the way, I have a question for you.]
Jiang Jin: [loved [poor.jpg]]
Suspect X: [Shut up.]
Suspect X: [If a person gives you his nameplate, what does that mean?]
Lu Xiao vaguely remembered that in his first year of high school, someone had left a nameplate on his seat.
At that time, he thought that someone dropped it, so he threw the podium and went to the lost and found.
Jiang Jin's reaction was huge: [Fuck me, brother Cheng gave you his nameplate?]
Suspect X: [How do you know it's him?]
Jiang Jin: [Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! ! !]
Jiang Jin: [Ahhh! !]
Suspect X: […]
Suspect X: [What are you screaming?]
Jiang Jin: [[Big Cry.jpg] Woohoo, Brother Xiao, I am cheering for you and joyful for you.]
Suspect X: [? ? ?]
Jiang Jin: [Didn't you notice that I still wear Rongrong's nameplate today.]
Lu Xiao saw it, but he thought it was Jiang Jin's own, and wondered if this was a new trend, casual clothes with nameplates.
Suspect X: [Wow, so?]
Jiang Jin: [so this means "I like you", giving someone a nameplate = expressing love to someone.]
Jiang Jin: [He likes you too, Brother Xiao.]
Lu Xiao read this line of words ten times.
They are all Chinese characters, but he finds them extremely puzzling.
Until the moment I understood it, my whole head buzzed.
—He meant that Ye Cheng gave him the nameplate, and Ye Cheng also likes him!
He blinked, and pink bubbles popped out quickly, rushing from his chest all the way to his throat, submerging his whole body.
My heart was pounding like fireworks, I just wanted to jump up and shout a few times, my chest was heaving up and down.
After five minutes, he typed with trembling fingers: [Really? Could it be a misunderstanding?]
Jiang Jin was very sure: [It’s not a misunderstanding. I asked Rongrong just now when you were in love. She said that Brother Cheng asked her about the nameplate today.]
"I... Fuck!" Lu Xiao threw away her phone, threw herself on the bed, and rolled around on the pillow a few times.
He buried his hot face in the pillow and ruffled the sheets.
Woohoo, ah, shit, Ye Cheng really likes him!
Wooooooooow, ahhh!
He didn't know how long it took before he sat up from the bed.
My mouth was already aching from laughing, and a few tears came from the corners of my eyes, and I was going crazy.
Lu Xiao wiped her face and retrieved her phone from under the bed.
Jiang Jin sent him several messages.
[Don't worry, he must have known it before giving it to you.]
[Rongrong said that he was not in the right mood today, maybe after struggling for a while, he decided to give you the nameplate.]
[How are you, Brother Xiao.]
[Have you talked to him yet?]
Lu Xiao took a few deep breaths, inhaled the air deep into her lungs, and then exhaled slowly.
He suppressed his excitement to the point of exploding, and typed: [I didn't look for him.]
Suspect X: [Would it be too insincere to say this kind of thing on WeChat, I want to ask him face to face.]
Jiang Jin: [It's hard not to support, I also think it's best to ask in person.]
He sent another obscene and smirking emoji, jokingly said: [The feeling of being confessed by the number one in the grade, isn't it exhilarating?]
Lu Xiao was not as expected, and even a little serious.
Suspect X: [This is not a confession, it should be me who confessed to him.]
Jiang Jin: [Huh?]
Suspect X: [I don't need to do this kind of thing.]
After Lu Xiao sent this message, her face was already red.
How can you let Ye Cheng do this kind of confession.
He should be the first to speak, and he must seriously confess to Ye Cheng.
Jiang Jin sent a sobbing emoji: [Pinch Mom, Brother Xiao, are you really a solo mother? Why are you better than me? ?]
[If I were Brother Cheng, I would have been moved to tears, okay?]
Lu Xiao turned off her phone, went to the study to get a small notebook, and began to write down what she wanted to say in her confession.
He tried to write clearly and beautifully, because this is a very important thing for him.
I wrote it once and was not satisfied, so I crossed out and rewritten it.
After a while, a lot of waste paper was piled up on the table.
This is the first time he has fallen in love with someone, and the first time he has the urge to write a love letter to someone.
It was the first time that I felt favored by the person I liked, and it turned out to be such a happy feeling.
Ye Cheng has contracted too many firsts for him, and also contracted his heartbeat from summer to winter.
Today's Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day are very close, and it will be New Year's Eve in two days.
Meng Li had already promised him that they would go to Ye Cheng's house for a New Year's Eve dinner together on New Year's Eve.
When the New Year's bell is coming, it's perfect to express your love.
He bit his pen and thought hard. Although his brain cells were quite sufficient, he still laughed out loud from time to time.
In his seventeen years of life, he has never been so happy as he is now.
If you wait until New Year's Eve, will you be so happy that you want to die
Thinking of this, he couldn't continue writing, and rested his chin on his arm in a daze.
In his mind, he couldn't help but imagine what kind of reaction Ye Cheng would have when he finished reading this sentence affectionately. Will you be shy, or will you tell him something
Then what to do? Can I kiss him, or hug him
What would his lips taste like, would they be as soft as in a dream
Still a bit of orange blossom aroma, with a touch of sweetness.
Lu Xiao didn't fall asleep all night, tossing and turning on the bed.
He imagined New Year's Eve so many times, he couldn't control himself at all.
Ye Cheng was also unable to sleep.
After eating the longevity noodles made by Gao Qiulan, Ye Cheng began to help her prepare the ingredients for the New Year's Eve dinner.
Gao Qiulan asked him to look at the pot of boiling lard, and he stood in the kitchen swiping his phone while looking at the fire.
After clicking on WeChat repeatedly, James' profile picture was about to be smashed by him.
But Lu Xiao didn't look for him all night, not even saying hello good night.
Ye Cheng couldn't help frowning and thought, he probably doesn't know the meaning of the nameplate, right
Thinking about it this way, combined with Lu Xiao's IQ, it seems that it is really possible... this idiot.
He started to regret it a little bit, if he had known earlier, he wouldn't have hinted in such a cryptic way, damn it.
Accustomed to the tacit understanding of adults, sometimes he still speaks a little obliquely. This is a habit that is hard to get rid of.
"Xiao Cheng, is the lard ready?" Gao Qiulan shouted outside.
Ye Cheng put away her phone, glanced at the pot, and said, "It's almost there."
Gao Qiulan walked in wearing an apron: "Tomorrow you go out with me to buy some blessing couplets or something, and make your home festive. Aren't Xiao Lu and his mother coming the day after tomorrow?"
Ye Cheng rolled her eyes and said, "Grandma, remember to wrap him a big red envelope."
He secretly thought, this kind of meeting gift for the "granddaughter-in-law" is indispensable.
Gao Qiulan replied: "It must be big, I'm ready."
She thought for a while and asked him: "How much do you think Auntie Meng will give you? We can't be compared with others."
Ye Cheng thought it was amused: "It is estimated that I will give you ten thousand, there is no need to be introverted, grandma."
"That's not okay, how about I give Zhang Shiwan's card directly?" Gao Qiulan was very serious.
Ye Cheng couldn't help laughing: "If you want to, it's not impossible."
"That's the way to do it." Gao Qiulan said full of fighting spirit, "It can't be less than hers."
The next day, the grandfather and grandson got up early and took a taxi to the market to buy.
Ye Cheng received a message from Lu Xiao on the road, and quickly opened it to read, but it wasn't about the nameplate.
Suspect X: [You can check the results of the exam.]
Suspect X: [I got three A's in the exam, Mr. Squad Leader.]
Judging from his nonchalant tone, it may be that he really doesn't know what the nameplate symbolizes.
The corners of Ye Cheng's mouth turned up slightly, forget it, let's tell him when we meet tomorrow.
He and Lu Xiao both had an almost traditional sense of ritual about confessing their love.
This has been the case since a long time ago, they never talk about their feelings on WeChat. If there is a problem, it is solved face to face.
After all, in many cases, if there are some conflicts, one shot is enough, and if it doesn't work, then more shots are needed.
The two have the same understanding of this.
He praised: [It's so good, it's made great progress.]
Suspect X: [Really.]
This time Lu Xiao was not proud and did not ask for a reward - because he was embarrassed by the praise.
Ye Cheng praised him in the past, and Ye Cheng praised him now, which have completely different meanings.
In the past, he would feel that Ye Cheng was encouraging him. To put it bluntly, he wanted him to get better and better, purely for the purpose of tutoring him in his studies.
But now, he couldn't help substituting the prerequisite "Ye Cheng likes him".
So when he praises himself, it should be because he really wants to praise himself. I like him, the kind who has a filter for him.
The more she thought about it, the more Lu Xiao wanted to go crazy.
He typed a few lines, deleted them, retyped a few lines, and deleted them again.
The hands are clasped into a fist.
Ye Cheng just stared at the screen, and finally saw him send a message: [See you the day after tomorrow.]
Below is a cute and coquettish piggy emoji, this is the first time Lu Xiao sent him this kind of emoji.
In fact, Lu Xiao didn't want to post emojis at first, but Ku Gai never bothered to act like a baby.
But he looked at the chat records and felt that his reply seemed too indifferent.
He didn't want Ye Cheng to be unhappy because of these things, not even a little bit.
So, he conveniently added a coquettish expression.
Ye Cheng's heart was so soft that she typed: [See you the day after tomorrow [Little Love]]
"Xiao Cheng, what are you laughing at?" Gao Qiulan sat in the passenger seat and looked back at him.
"It's nothing, I just saw some interesting news." Ye Cheng suppressed her smile and turned off the screen pretending to be calm.
Lu Xiao looked at the little love heart on the screen, let out a roar of "Aww", and rolled over on the bed with the phone clasped to her heart.
He rolled around for a while, then started looking at the chat records again.
It's just a few lines of words, and the dialogue is boring to death, but he just feels that he can never get tired of it.
Especially the little heart at the end, woo woo, so red, so small, so beautiful.
There was a knock on the door, and Mrs. Wang called out, "Xiaoxiao, come down for dinner."
"Here we come." Lu Xiao shouted angrily, got up and ran downstairs.
His steps were fast and heavy, and Mrs. Wang couldn't help but look at him twice.
Meng Li was sitting at the table watching dramas and drinking porridge, when he saw him coming down, he said to him: "After dinner later, help mom pick some winter dates from the yard, and bring them there tomorrow."
"Mom, don't bring too many things, it seems that our family is very pompous."
Lu Xiao is worried all the time now that she will have a bad impression in Ye Cheng's heart.
This looks like an exaggerated upstart.
Meng Li retorted: "That can't be done, I have prepared a car full of New Year's goods."
Lu Xiao was helpless: "If you really want to give something away, you might as well give Ye Cheng a red envelope."
When it comes to red envelopes, he thinks of the customs in Nandu.
When the mother-in-law meets her "daughter-in-law" for the first time, as usual, she will seal a big red envelope.
He suggested secretly and selfishly: "Pack a big one."
"It must be a big deal," Meng Li said naturally, "but his grandma will probably give it to you too. How much do you think she will give?"
Lu Xiao didn't know very well, so she guessed blindly, "Ten thousand?"
Meng Li nodded: "Then I'll give you 50,000."
"Pfft, cough cough." Lu Xiao choked on the porridge, and said amusedly, "It's all about comparison. If someone gives you 50,000, don't you want to give 100,000?"
Meng Li said, "Well, I'll prepare two cards."
The two discussed countermeasures while eating, and finally decided to do it all at once.
So Meng Li directly stuffed a 100,000 card into the red envelope, and happily went to pick the winter dates.
On New Year's Eve, Meng Li really dragged a cart of New Year's goods to Ye Cheng's house.
Gao Qiulan stood at the door, watching the driver move boxes of presents inside, she felt embarrassed.
She has never met a junior who used this posture to "pay New Year's greetings".
"Auntie, happy new year, Gong Xi Fa Cai." Meng Li said with a smile without her worries.
She was wearing a red coat, and she looked much better than before, and she was a little fatter.
Lu Xiao was much taller than her, standing behind her in a black suit with pockets in it, which stood out very much.
"Grandma, happy new year." He said.
He changed his hairstyle a little today, and he looks more handsome than usual.
Gao Qiulan smiled from ear to ear: "Hey, happy new year."
Ye Qiaoqiao was fighting with a little boy when she heard a voice running towards her and said, "Brother Xiao, you are here."
She looked at Meng Li and called "Auntie".
Meng Li smiled and said, "Is this your granddaughter, she looks so cute."
Lu Xiao thought to herself, stop talking nonsense with your eyes open, how cute are you.
He poked his head around, but didn't see Ye Cheng.
I don't know where to go.
"This is Qiaoqiao, and that one is Xiaoyu, who lives next door." Gao Qiulan introduced, "The three of them also came over for dinner, so it should be more lively."
Meng Li hurriedly said: "Lu Xiao, go and get the red envelopes from the car, I will also wrap one for the two children."
"No need." Gao Qiulan quickly dissuaded her.
Lu Xiao went back to the car and took the red envelope. Gao Qiulan and Meng Li pushed it back and forth, but finally let the children accept it.
After everyone entered the room, Lu Xiao asked Ye Qiaoqiao, "Where's your brother?"
"I went to buy vinegar, there is no more vinegar at home." Ye Qiaoqiao said.
Everyone sat down and chatted. Not long after, Ma Yao from the next door came with his wife.
During this period of time, his family has been helping to take care of Ye Qiaoqiao. Gao Qiulan specially called them to have a New Year's Eve dinner in order to thank her.
Lu Xiao sat next to Meng Li on the armrest of the sofa, looking at the newly furnished living room.
There is a fortune tree near the entrance, with a few small red envelopes hanging on it, which are for the children to take by themselves.
The glass windows are pasted with blessing characters, and the coffee table is full of nuts and snacks. It looks more year-old than his home.
About twenty minutes later, the entrance door rang.
Lu Xiao looked over immediately, and clenched her hands on her knees involuntarily.
"Xiaocheng is back." Gao Qiulan said.
The door was pushed open, and Ye Cheng walked in with a plastic bag in his body.
He put on a white down jacket with an astronaut pendant on his back, and a blue sweater layered inside, his hair was a little messy from the wind.
His cheeks were so red from the cold, it was so good that people couldn't help but want to hug them.
Lu Xiao sat on the armrest and turned to look at him in a distorted posture.
For the past two days, he has been thinking about this person while eating and sleeping. When he actually saw him, he almost stopped breathing.
Meng Li got up and walked over and said, "Xiao Cheng, Happy New Year. Come, Auntie will give you a red envelope."
Ye Cheng's eyes just fell on Lu Xiao, and within a second, Meng Li walked towards him.
"Auntie, you are too polite," he said.
Gao Qiulan also followed.
Ye Qiaoqiao held her chin and said slowly, "Brother Xiao, aren't you tired of looking at it like this?"
Lu Xiao came back to her senses and moved her neck.
Damn, it's really sour.
The three of them had a tug-of-war at the entrance, and Meng Li's red envelope was finally delivered successfully.
Not to be outdone, Gao Qiulan gave Lu Xiao the red envelope she had prepared.
When she sat down again, Meng Li was pulled to another sofa by her.
The elders were chatting, and Ye Qiaoqiao and Xiaoyu were playing flying chess.
Ye Cheng walked to Lu Xiao's side, the two of them looked at each other, and shifted their eyes unnaturally.
"Happy New Year," he whispered.
Lu Xiao felt a burst of uncontrollable shyness, and even curled her fingers together.
"You too, Happy New Year." He murmured.
Ye Cheng tightened her hands holding the plastic bag, and said, "I'm going to cook first. I promised you last time that I will cook you a dish after the exam."
Lu Xiao raised her head immediately: "You want to cook?"
"Well, sweet and sour pork."
He ran out to buy vinegar just to make this dish.
Lu Xiao's ears turned red: "How do you know I like sweet and sour pork?"
Ye Cheng said, "Auntie said so."
Halfway through the conversation, Meng Li and Gao Qiulan looked over and smiled as if they had sensed it.
Lu Xiao's palms were sweating for no reason.
He stood up and said, "I'll go and help you. In the past two days, I have learned how to chop vegetables from Mrs. Wang."
Ye Cheng thought to himself, what a coincidence, my grandma taught me too.
But still nodded and said: "Okay."
After entering the kitchen, Lu Xiao consciously washed her hands and cut the meat, and carefully changed the knife for the tenderloin.
This level of proficiency can be seen many times.
He noticed that Ye Cheng was wearing the watch he gave him, and carefully took it off and put it aside when washing his hands.
I couldn't help feeling happier.
While adjusting the sauce, Ye Cheng asked, "Do you have anything to do tonight? If you don't have anything to do, you can stay and watch the night together."
It's fashionable to cook dumplings at twelve o'clock in the middle of the night in Nandu, and Gao Qiulan has already prepared dumplings.
"I'm fine, let's see my mother." Lu Xiao said.
What he thought was, is that little note in the right pocket? How can I take it out and read it so that it doesn't look so deliberate
Ye Cheng heats up the oil, throws the sliced meat into the frying pan.
Lu Xiao watched from the side, and said with emotion: "You cook better than me, and the oil didn't even splash out."
"That's because you didn't see me a few days ago." Ye Cheng said casually, and then realized that he had slipped the tongue.
Lu Xiao grasped the point: "Have you been preparing this dish for several days?"
Ye Cheng didn't want to answer: "Pass me the salt."
"Tell me, how many times have you done it?" Lu Xiao held the salt in her hand and refused to let go.
Ye Cheng took a breath and admitted, "Five times."
Lu Xiao stopped talking, bowed her head and laughed.
Ye Cheng snatched the salt from him, and the only silence in the kitchen was the sound of oil sizzling.
After a long time, Lu Xiao smiled and said, "I will do it for you next time."
"Let's talk about it." Ye Cheng replied vaguely, his face flushed red from the smoke.
When it was almost six o'clock, the New Year's Eve dinner began.
Gao Qiulan cooked a few Sichuan dishes by herself, and ordered some dishes from the hotel, which filled a table.
Originally, according to Lu Xiao's plan, he planned to ask Ye Cheng out after dinner.
He hid a bouquet of night lights in the car, and a commemorative photo album he spent all night making, which contained the memories of the two from their acquaintance to the present.
But the plan couldn't keep up with the changes. He never expected that Ma Yao was a boxer.
Since there were only three men in total, both Ye Cheng and Lu Xiao had a few drinks with them, but Ma Yao couldn't control himself as soon as he got up.
It took more than two hours to eat this meal, and it was dark after eating.
Ma Yao was dragged by his wife's ears and carried home for education, while Xiaoyu didn't want to go home, so he clamored to watch cartoons with Ye Qiaoqiao.
Meng Li also drank some wine and was lying on the sofa leaning against Gao Qiulan.
"Ninny, you have to be careful, you know?" Gao Qiulan comforted her softly with her arms around her.
Meng Li had a sore nose. Except for her deceased mother, no one has called her "Ni Nai" for a long time.
Sichuan doesn't call her Nannan, but Gao Qiulan calls her that because she is from the southern capital.
Ye Cheng cooked several boxes of dumplings and packed them in thermal bags.
He carried the bag to the living room and said, "Grandma, I'm going to deliver some dumplings to the nurses and doctors."
Gao Qiulan instructed: "Be careful on the road, and come back quickly when you deliver it."
Ye Cheng responded, looked at Lu Xiao who was sitting next to her, and raised her eyebrows at him.
His expression was subtle, but Lu Xiao caught it instantly.
He stood up staggeringly and said, "I'll go with him, and let the smell of alcohol out by the way."
"Go." Meng Li said.
The two opened the door and walked out.
When passing by Meng Li's car, Lu Xiao stopped.
"What's wrong?" Ye Cheng asked.
Lu Xiao walked forward, "It's okay."
It's better to go to the hospital first and talk about it when you come back.
At the dinner table just now, Lu Xiao drank several more than him, and her walking posture looked crooked.
Ye Cheng was afraid that he would spill the dumplings, so she stretched out her hand and said, "Are you a little drunk, let me carry it."
Lu Xiao avoided his hand lightly, and embraced his shoulders, "No, just support me."
His arm was on Ye Cheng's shoulder, and it was a bit heavy to be honest.
But Ye Cheng didn't shake off, and let him surround herself with a domineering posture without moving.
Not only did his obedience not bring Lu Xiao satisfaction, but it made his breathing a little heavier.
I don't know why, but Ye Cheng's non-resistance caused a tyrannical impulse to arise in him.
The more obedient he is, the more he wants to be cruel to him.
Lu Xiao gradually put most of her weight on him, she couldn't walk well, and occasionally rubbed her chin against his hair.
In fact, he wasn't drunk, he was only half drunk and seven percent acting.
There are almost no people on the street, and everyone is celebrating the New Year at home.
There are lights and festoons on the side of the road, the street lights are dim and bright, spreading the warm light from the soles of the feet to the sky.
Lu Xiao hummed in his ear: "I'm a little dizzy."
"Go back and make honey water for you." Ye Cheng tried to support him and said.
I didn't think he was drunk and wanted to follow me, and I didn't think he was causing trouble.
"Sweet and sour pork is delicious, can you make it for me next time?"
"can."
It's not "seeing your performance" or "considering", but "can".
Lu Xiao really wanted to rely on him and never get up again.
He felt that he was going to love Ye Cheng to death.
When he arrived at the hospital, Ye Cheng asked him to wait at the gate of the outpatient clinic, and went upstairs to deliver the dumplings.
Ten minutes later, Ye Cheng walked to the gate and saw him sitting on the steps of the flower bed with his back to her.
Standing up to be 1.85 meters tall boy, when he sat down, he still looked childish.
Especially when you hug your legs and tilt your head to look at the night sky.
The corners of Ye Cheng's mouth raised slightly, ready to scare him from behind.
As soon as he got closer, he heard Lu Xiao talking to himself in a slightly drunken and hoarse voice.
"Moon, moon, do you think Ye Cheng will promise me?"
Ye Cheng stopped, staring blankly at his back.
There was a time when Lu Xiao quarreled with him, and he happened to be flying abroad on a business trip, and the two had no contact for three whole days.
On the night of returning home, he didn't see Lu Xiao coming to pick him up, and he felt even more depressed.
When he got home, he found empty wine bottles all over the living room.
He walked to the terrace and saw Lu Xiao sitting on the ground with her legs crossed, her voice was nasal.
"Moon Moon, do you think Ah Cheng will forgive me? Will he not want me?"
Lu Xiao looked up at the moon like a big dog falling into the water, and asked drunkenly.
In an instant, Ye Cheng felt that something was broken in his heart.
The turbulent enthusiasm welled up in his eyes, he hadn't felt this way for a long time, and the uncontrollable emotions grew wildly in his heart.
Like an unstoppable vine, it gradually filled his entire chest.
He turned around and walked right in front of Lu Xiao.
Lu Xiao obviously didn't expect him to appear behind her, and said stumblingly, "You... why did you come out so soon?"
Ye Cheng's eyes were slightly red, and her voice was a little hoarse when she spoke: "What are you asking the moon?"
"Ah?" Lu Xiao's first reaction - he heard it.
He raised his head in a panic, damn it, the plan was disrupted again.
There are a lot of surprises prepared in the car, as well as the confession in the pocket that I didn't have time to read.
Ye Cheng's Adam's apple twitched, as if trying to endure something.
He said softly: "For this kind of thing, you might as well ask me."
After that, he bent down and held Lu Xiao's face with both hands.
Lu Xiao was completely stunned, completely unaware of what happened.
When he came back to his senses, Ye Cheng lowered his head and kissed his lips.