"… Huo, Jinyu… classmate?"
At this moment, Jiang Qingzhou's mind flashed with the image of thousands of alpacas galloping and roaring.
What? Why did Huo Jinyu appear in Lianhua Town, downstairs of the Jiang family's grocery store? Why
His eyes involuntarily turned to the familiar figure standing under the street light at the intersection not far away, with one hand on the car door. An invisible row of black lines had already slid down Jiang Qingzhou's forehead.
Step by step, step by step.
Jiang Qingzhou walked towards Huo Jinyu, his curiosity reaching its peak. Without thinking too much, he asked directly: "Mr. Huo, why are you here? Didn't you say you were going to send me a package? Uh... where's the package?"
Could it be in the car? Jiang Qingzhou looked at the orange car again.
taxi.
The young master actually took a taxi. This must be the first time in his life.
"Express delivery..." Huo Jinyu said casually, "Maybe it's still on the way."
"..." Jiang Qingzhou was speechless for a second. Today he had witnessed the highest level of lying with open eyes. "You clearly didn't say that on the phone just now. You said, 'I sent the express to you. Come down and get it.'"
Jiang Qingzhou smiled and repeated what Huo Jinyu had just said on the phone: "My phone recorded it. Do you want to listen to what you said again, Mr. Huo?"
Jiang Qingzhou was surprised.
"You heard wrong." Huo Jinyu said without panic, and glanced at Jiang Qingzhou from the corner of his eye... He spoke venomously about the phone in his hand, "Your broken phone has a bad signal and the system is prone to short circuits... And you're recording? Ha! Don't record it."
Jiang Qingzhou's upper eyelid twitched slightly, and the smile at the corner of his lips became a little stiff. The last time he used his old cell phone with no signal and a system short circuit to fool Huo Jinyu, he still remembered it vividly.
Today Huo Jinyu brought up old issues again, probably remembering the last time he tricked her into becoming "lame".
A flashback of memories was inevitable. Jiang Qingzhou felt a little guilty and subconsciously hid his phone behind his back.
Then he told himself to forget it, it didn't matter whether the express was delivered or on the way. Instead, he was more curious about why Huo Jinyu came to his hometown at this time.
Jiang Qingzhou thought about the call he received at noon and tried to guess: "Mr. Huo, you came to Nanning City... Are you passing by my place?"
After thinking about it, he could imagine that Huo Jinyu would appear here, and this was the only explanation that fits. It couldn't be that Huo Jinyu came here on purpose.
Huo Jinyu seemed not to have heard the question Jiang Qingzhou asked, and only said, "I'm thirsty."
Jiang Qingzhou walked a little closer, his nostrils slightly flaring, he could smell the clear scent of alcohol coming from Huo Jinyu: "Have you been drinking?"
The thought of drowning his sorrows in alcohol flashed through his mind, and Jiang Qingzhou then turned his attention back to Huo Jinyu.
Under the pale yellow street lights, Huo Jinyu had an expressionless handsome face, and his whole body seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, and under that layer of frost there seemed to be a layer of magma.
Frost and magma, one cold and one hot, do not mix, so the air pressure around Huo Jinyu fluctuates and is extremely unstable.
It feels like... a mouthful of magma on the verge of eruption. If not handled properly, it may cause a large-scale explosion.
"—Hey! I said..."
The half-open window of the taxi driver's seat was rolled down all the way, and the young driver stuck his head out of the window and said in one breath.
“… Can you please stop posing in front of my car door? Look around here, it’s dark now. The handsome guys and pretty girls have gone home to sleep. No one can see you showing off here.
Hurry up and ask your friend to pay for the taxi fare. I have to hurry to pick up the next passenger and I don’t have time to watch you guys hanging around and talking nonsense.”
At first, Jiang Qingzhou almost laughed out loud when he heard the taxi driver's first words. Then he blinked twice quickly when he heard the taxi driver asking him to pay Huo Jinyu for the taxi fare.
Suddenly he understood why Huo Jinyu called him down.
"How much is the fare?"
"eighty."
"How much!?" Jiang Qingzhou suddenly raised his voice.
"This is the price during the National Day holiday." The driver said with a smile, and then pushed the QR code in front of Jiang Qingzhou, urging him, "Hurry up, you've delayed me for several minutes, and it's affecting my next order. He just used my phone to make a call, and I didn't even include the phone bill, so it's already a discount. - If you don't want to pay your friend, I'll have to call the police."
Jiang Qingzhou scanned the code and paid 80 yuan. After receiving the money, the taxi driver stepped on the accelerator and drove away.
Jiang Qingzhou walked around Huo Jinyu, who had his hands in his pockets, and suddenly stopped, staring at Huo Jinyu's right eyebrow. He hadn't noticed it before, but there was a small bruise there, and a bright red scratch near the ear.
Jiang Qingzhou's heart skipped a beat, his eyelids twitched wildly, and he blurted out, "Are you going to fight Ye Tianyu again?"
Huo Jinyu: “…”
"How many times do I have to tell you that Ye Tianyu's martial arts skills are very high! Whether it's a one-on-one fight or a group fight, he's usually the one who gets beaten in the end..."
"-No."
Huo Jinyu suddenly spoke.
"... it will all be you, really! What can I say to make you believe..."
Jiang Qingzhou's voice was suddenly interrupted, and he paused for a few seconds before realizing that Huo Jinyu seemed to have just replied to him with "No"
"… Didn't the wound on your face come from a fight with Ye Tianyu?" Jiang Qingzhou asked suspiciously, "How did you get it?"
"What's wrong with you? You keep talking about that poor guy all day long. I'm tired of hearing him even if you don't get tired of him."
Huo Jinyu spoke angrily, and Jiang Qingzhou was choked and speechless.
"I already told you I'm thirsty, do you want to kill me with thirst!?"
The young master is furious online.
Jiang Qingzhou raised his hands in surrender, immediately turned around and went back to the store to get a bottle of mineral water. After unscrewing the cap, he turned around and handed it to Huo Jinyu who had followed him into the store.
Gudong—Gudong—
Huo Jinyu drank a bottle of mineral water in one gulp.
It seems that the young master is really thirsty.
Jiang Qingzhou waited until the young master finished drinking the water and his temper calmed down before he pointed at the bruises and scratches on Huo Jinyu's face and asked in a low voice: "Now I know how you got this injury, right?"
"I'm hungry."
Jiang Qingzhou: “…” Sometimes she was thirsty, sometimes she was hungry, and she avoided answering his questions again and again. Huo Jinyu didn’t want him to know how she got the injury.
All right! Just don't go looking for trouble with the male lead. As long as you don't fight with him and get him injured, it's fine.
Jiang Qingzhou lowered his head to glance at the time and said to Huo Jinyu, "There is a restaurant across the street. It should be open yet. I'll go order two dishes for you."
After a pause, Jiang Qingzhou asked again: "Did you bring your ID card?"
Huo Jinyu shook his head.
He didn't bring his cell phone or his ID card, so in the short day he was away, Huo Jinyu did something so "earth-shattering and weeping" that he turned himself into a fugitive prince in distress.
"You don't have an ID card. If you want to stay in a hotel tonight..." It feels a bit risky.
Jiang Qingzhou suddenly sighed as he spoke. Nowadays, real-name authentication is basically required for hotel check-in. Huo Jinyu did not have an ID card, so he could only stay in a small hotel.
The young master was a wealthy man and didn't even know the habits of staying in a hotel in a small town.
"I can sleep with you."
Jiang Qingzhou was upset. Hearing what he said, he would just make do with it. He wanted to take half of his bed without asking him what he thought. Did he agree? Did he promise
"—Brother? Brother... why did it take you so long to pick up a package..."
The sound of footsteps made Jiang Qingzhou swallow back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
Jiang Yueying ran down from the second floor and glanced at a stranger who appeared at the counter of the convenience store. She thought he was a customer and didn't pay much attention to him.
He ran straight to the shelf selling condiments, took out a bag of rock sugar, and shouted in the direction of Jiang Qingzhou: "Brother, hurry up and close the door and go upstairs to rest."
Jiang Qingzhou replied: "Yueying, I need to go out for a while."
"Huh?" Jiang Yueying suddenly stopped walking upstairs and turned around to ask, "Brother, it's late at night, what are you doing outside?"
Jiang Qingzhou hesitated and said, "Uh... my classmate is here, help him book some wine and a hotel."
Classmate? The classmate of the little brother
Jiang Yueying trotted to the counter and this time looked directly at the classmate her brother mentioned. She covered her lips and exclaimed "Wow" in surprise.
He is so tall, a head taller than her brother, and handsome. He is really tall, handsome and cool, a really handsome guy!
As expected, those who were classmates of her brother and were admitted to the University of Tokyo were all handsome men with both ability and good looks.
“—No.”
Huo Jinyu replied slowly and lazily with two words.
Jiang Qingzhou had a headache in a second, and he began to rub his forehead out of habit. He explained: "My bed is small and can't accommodate two people."
"I don't mind." Huo Jinyu didn't feel embarrassed at all. He threw the empty mineral water bottle in his hand casually, and the light bottle was thrown directly into the trash can next to him.
I mind - I almost blurted it out, but luckily I caught myself.
Jiang Qingzhou was silent for two seconds, and suddenly smiled at Huo Jinyu, a smile that was particularly sunny, warm and loving: "Student Huo, why don't you go to my room first and take a look, and then decide whether you want to live with me?"
He just didn't believe that the young master, who was used to living in a mansion, would be willing to live in his small room.
Jiang Qingzhou stood at the stairs, smiled cheerfully at Huo Jinyu, and made an inviting gesture: "Please!"
Huo Jinyu stopped at the staircase that was unknown in length and only about one meter wide, confirming that this was the staircase leading upstairs...
It's a road. It's so narrow that if a fat person goes upstairs, will he get stuck at the entrance of the corridor
You also need to call 110 for emergency help.
And that wall was gray and cracked. No matter how Huo Jinyu looked at it, it looked like a dangerous building that could collapse at any time.
Jiang Qingzhou was always paying attention, so he naturally noticed the subtle expressions on Huo Jinyu's face. In just a few seconds, several complex and varied expressions flashed across his face.
Sure enough! Before he even went up, the expression on Huo Jinyu's face did not disappoint him.
Similarly, the eldest young master's mouth did not disappoint him.
Huo Jinyu stood still for half a minute before uttering a shocking sentence: "This house is so dilapidated, it won't collapse in the middle of the night!"
It’s a very short sentence, less than 20 words, but its lethality is unquestionable.
The smile slowly froze, and Jiang Qingzhou was speechless.