Rebirth 2010, the best

Chapter 149 Very soft
"In fact, there is only one solution to this problem, that is, Lao Lu, you can really make yourself very powerful in a very short period of time. But... do you think this is possible?"

"..."

"It's not that I'm arrogant or trying to hit you. But... think about it. If no one else mentions it, let's talk about my family. Four generations of my family have worked hard to get to where we are today. Before liberation, my family has been a prominent family here. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, we provided medicines, guns, and all kinds of things we urgently needed, and even underground intelligence bases. We spent all our wealth to support them. It can be said that we paid with our lives to expand after liberation. For this kind of accumulation, let's talk about something more objective. Why do you think a person can catch up with others by relying on his own efforts for more than ten years? Do you think it's realistic?"

"..."

"But... this is the only way you can go, really. And this way has nothing to do with how much money you have... Actually, it has nothing to do with how rich you are. No matter how rich you are, how rich can you be? Ma Yun, you have money, right? But do you think it will be useful?"

"..."

"To put it bluntly, if Sister Li really wants to get married, it's called marrying down. Of course, this is a feudal saying. But the truth is there, but the problem also arises. Let's not talk about anything else. Suppose you are working now. Okay, at the age of 20, you are promoted to deputy section chief, at the age of 22, you are promoted to full section chief... Then what? No one supports you. At the age of 22, let alone full section chief, it's hard for others to remember you. Even if someone supports you, you can be promoted to deputy director at the age of 28... But the question is why do they support you? So this kind of thing is very contradictory."

"..."

“It’s quite difficult.”

"..."

Along the way, except for the beginning when Master Xu wanted to take him to "die together", the car actually drove quite slowly at other times.

The two of them were chatting all the time.

He talked and Lu Yao listened.

Lu Yao also understood what he said.

Then he suddenly laughed:

"what."

"…What are you laughing at?"

"Have you forgotten what my major is?"

"Uh……"

Master Xu was stunned.

But Lu Yao shook his head again:

"Okay, I understand what you mean... Let's go, Sister Chu and Sister Li are waiting for us."

As he spoke, he folded his arms across his chest and muttered to himself:
"I've been a little slack lately."

"..."

Xu Ruochen's mouth twitched.

But he understood what Lu Yao meant.

It’s just… even though I understood it, I didn’t really realize what Lu Yao meant by this sentence.

……

"Chujie...thank you."

Hearing Lu Yao's words, Xu Ruochu shook his head:

"From now on, you two just need to stay hidden as much as possible. You don't have to worry about me."

"...Well, then we'll go."

"it is good."

Lu Yao nodded and got into the car.

In the passenger seat, Hu Li waved to the brother and sister, and the car drove away.

After the car left, Xu Ruochen glanced at his sister and said:

"Sister, you have to tell the truth to our father. Otherwise... he will definitely think too much."

Xu Ruochu turned his head and glanced at him, then asked:

"Tell me the truth, what about your sister Li?"

"But……"

"I just promised your sister Li that I would keep it a secret for her for a while."

"..."

Looking at her speechless brother, she suddenly raised the corners of her mouth and showed a charming smile:

"Okay, I'll take care of this matter. Don't worry~"

"..."

……

"Baby."

"Ok?"

"Shall we... chat?"

Hearing this, Lu Yao turned his head and looked at her.

At this moment, the royal sister had taken off her boots and was squatting on the passenger seat with her legs hugged, her eyes full of anxiety.

After thinking for a while, he said:
"On the way back, Brother Xiaochen told me... Actually, there's no need to talk. Do you believe me?"

"Uh……"

"Do you believe that I love you?"

"I believe!"

Hu Li nodded vigorously, with great determination.

Seeing this, Lu Yao retracted his gaze and said with a smile:

"Then give me some time. I know that in your eyes... our future may be bumpy. But... please believe me, okay?"

As he spoke, he hooked the royal sister's hand, put it to his lips and kissed it gently, holding the steering wheel with one hand and said:
"Don't think about the future you see now, it's just fake. We create our own future. Trust me, OK?"

Maybe it was the stubble on her boyfriend’s chin, or maybe it was the firm tone he spoke at that moment.

For some reason, Hu Li got goose bumps.

Her mouth formed a W shape.

It seems aggrieved.

But she nodded firmly:

"Ok!"

She believes it.

……

"...Son, are you living with that little girl?"

"No ah."

Lu Yao shook his head slightly, picked up his suitcase, and put on his shoes:

"I'm going back to school... Dad, I'm leaving."

"……it is good."

Lu Yuanshan and his wife stood together, watching their son wave his hand and leave the door. It was not until the door closed that Lu Yuanshan patted his wife on the shoulder and said:
"Believe Yaoyao, he's grown up now, we don't need to worry about that anymore."

"……Ugh."

Ms. Chen let out a long sigh.

……

"Why are you back?"

"It's boring to stay at home."

Lu Yao smiled and handed the fragrant plastic bag to Liu Mingze:

"Here, the fried skewers outside my house are delicious."

"OK... I thought you were going to stay at home and relax for a few more days."

"I'm afraid you'll be alone."

Lu Yao said this as he turned on the computer.

Liu Mingze has been helping to look after his computer these days, and he is still mining on it.

When the screen lit up, he immediately turned off the mining software, saved all the bitcoins in a USB flash drive, pulled it out, and threw it into a drawer.

Then I opened the EDA software directly.

"Gaba, gaba."

The crackling sound from the finger joints indicates that the warm-up phase has begun.

Lu Yao poured himself a full glass of water.

Then they turned over the "Open" sign that had been closed for a long time.

It’s almost 1am.

Liu Mingze yawned, turned off the game and prepared to go to bed.

Before going to bed, he glanced at Lu Yao's screen.

Lu Yao had been wearing headphones and working on the mountain of code for more than two hours.

Tsk.

He was a little emotional.

I thought that Master Lu was going to start performing rituals again.

While thinking about it, he got into bed, pulled the curtains that blocked out the light, crawled into the quilt, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.

After waking up until morning, around ten o'clock, he opened his eyes blearily, got out of bed, and prepared to go to the bathroom.

But I found out... Lu Yao was still sitting there.

Only the clothes on his body were changed.

"... Lao Lu, you didn't sleep?"

"..."

Lu Yao turned a deaf ear to it.

He was not surprised and just walked out.

At about 12 noon, after eating with his soon-to-be girlfriend in the cafeteria, he came back with a bag of fried noodles. Looking at Lu Yao, who seemed to have not moved at all, he placed the fried noodles next to him:
"Here. The Cantonese style congee pot in the cafeteria was closed at noon, so I bought you some fried noodles."

"okay."

Lu Yao responded.

Then, Liu Mingze took a look at Lu Yao's empty cup, helped to fill it with water, and then walked out the door.

He is going shopping in the afternoon.

When I came back from shopping at night, I saw Lu Yao sleeping soundly on the bed.

As for the table...the fried noodles were untouched, but the water cup was empty.

"…What stimulated this?"

Liu Mingze was speechless.

Then, around 12 o'clock in the evening, when he was about to go to bed, Lu Yao woke up.

Wake up, change shoes, and put on clothes.

"What are you going for?"

"To the gym. You coming?"

"...Brother, it's almost 1 a.m.."

"Hmm... When did you buy this fried noodles?"

"……night."

"Okay, you don't want to eat it? I ate it."

"..."

Thinking that Lao Lu was even more weird than before, he rolled his eyes and complained in the group:
"Lao Lu is really crazy."

Xu Ruochen:
"?"

"He came back at midnight last night, and then he started working on the design code on the computer. He was like a madman..."

After Liu Mingze repeated Lu Yao's status in several messages, he received a reply of "." from Mr. Xu.

Time flies and the New Year's Day holiday is over.

The 305 group of four reunited. Yu Kun's girlfriend wanted to treat everyone to a meal, but only three of the four showed up.

Lu Yao didn't go there at all.

Not only did he cancel the dinner, but even the recording was delayed.

He just took out three songs.

One song is "Chasing Dreams with a Childlike Heart", one is "Guo Yuanchao", and one is "Missed Youth".

Then he left a sentence:

"You guys do it first."

Xu Ruochen thought to himself, what are we going to do?

After much persuasion, he was coaxed to come to Xinsuo.

After absent-mindedly recording three demos of songs into the microphone, he sat down on a chair in the dormitory and never got up again.

During this period, even if Hu Li wanted to find him, he could only do so through Xu Ruochen.

It was from Xu Ruochen that she learned about her boyfriend's movements.

Every day it’s “working”, “still working”, “he ate a few bites of the meal you bought and went to work”, “he’s working, I asked him to reply your message”, “I don’t know, I’m in class”, “I’m in the dormitory, he’s still working”, “I don’t know what he’s busy with, it seems to be the RF chip thing?”, “he’s working”…

In the end, even Hu Li was speechless.

But the problem is that ever since she was "caught" by her aunt, she has been extremely careful in everything.

She even bought a new cell phone and used Xu Ruochu's ID card to create a new number. She could only contact her boyfriend through this phone every day.

During this period, she came to school several times and even became familiar with the dormitory manager.

The only thing I didn’t invite was my boyfriend.

Although Lu Yao was happy when he saw her, he would refuse directly when she asked if she could go to his house in the evening, or have dinner or watch a movie.

If there are friends who knew Lu Yao in his previous life here, they will know from his behavior that he has entered the familiar state of turning a deaf ear to what is happening outside.

At least, he couldn't get away from it until the model was finalized.

Of course, there are exceptions.

January 1, noon.

"Hey. Chujie, go ahead."

"Well, are you free tonight?"

"You said."

"Tonight, stepmother wants to treat you to a meal. In the name of my boyfriend. Hu Li and I have already told you that you have to come over."

"it is good."

"Well, I'll pick you up at 6pm."

"it is good."

"Um……"

"..."

Night, 6 o'clock.

Xu Ruochen answered the phone:

"Hey, sis, what are you doing?"

"Where's Lu Yao? Why can't I contact him?"

"……what?"

Xu Ruochen glanced at Lu Yao who was sleeping soundly and said:
"He's sleeping."

"……sleep?"

"Yes. He was probably tired. He stayed up from about 3 a.m. yesterday to almost 4 p.m., and he just lay down after I finished my class."

"...Wake him up. My stepmother wants to treat him to dinner tonight."

“Huh? …What!?”

Xu Ruochen was stunned:
"Little Mom invited him? Why?"

"..."

Xu Ruochu didn't say anything.

But Xu Ruochen understood, and then he was completely speechless:

"No, isn't this fake?"

"...You know, I know, stepmother knows? Tell him to wake up, I'm almost at the gate of your school."

"..."

So, ten minutes later, Lu Yao looked at Mr. Xu blankly:
"When?"

"…What do you mean by when? My sister is at the school gate right now! When did you say when?"

"what?"

Lu Yao, who felt like he had just completed the architecture of a set of logic gates and whose mind was full of solutions to the messy points in the simulated data before going to bed, looked confused.

But Xu Ruochen forced him to go to the bathroom even though he was dizzy.

After drinking two handfuls of cold water, Lu Yao finally sobered up a little.

But the problem is that he really didn't know when he agreed to this dinner with Chu Jie.

But... now that things have come to this, there is nothing we can do.

He put on his coat hastily and walked downstairs with Xu Ruochen.

"I'm really impressed... Holy shit! Are you okay?"

Xu Ruochen instinctively grabbed the handrail of the stairs and at the same time supported Lu Yao who fell on his back.

"…It's okay, my legs are a little weak right now."

Lu Yao's face was also a little pale.

dizzy.

"...How long have you not eaten?"

"Uh...I don't quite remember."

"..."

Looking at his innocent and arrogant behavior, Xu Ruochen was overwhelmed with admiration.

I wondered what I was busy with. Why has it been like this for almost two weeks?
But in the final analysis, he was still worried, so he supported Lu Yao, who was walking cautiously, and the two of them went downstairs together and rode on the electric bike.

When I soon arrived at the door, I saw a new Audi Q7 parked on the side of the road with its hazard lights on.

He walked straight over, and Xiao Min quickly got out of the car and opened the back door.

Xu Ruochu looked at Lu Yao with messy hair and asked his brother with a frown:
"Why is it like this?"

Xu Ruochen rolled his eyes directly:

"He's lucky to be able to get up. He almost fell down the stairs just now."

"…Chujie."

Lu Yao said hello and got into the car.

Xu Ruochen had no intention of following and waved his hand:
"I'm leaving, Lu Yao, wake up."

"OK."

Lu Yao waved his hand and closed the car door.

"Chujie, where are we going?"

"Let's go to a private restaurant owned by a friend. Listen carefully, when stepmother asks how we met, just tell her normally."

"Ah."

"How did we get together? You just said we got together naturally. You confessed your feelings."

"Um……"

"She probably won't ask anything else, but you have to remember everything you need to remember. Don't make any mistakes. Otherwise, it will be very troublesome later, understand?"

"..."

"do you know?"

"..."

"Lu Yao?"

"..."

As the car turned a corner, Lu Yao, who had fallen asleep, fell directly onto Xu Ruochu's shoulder.

Xu Ruochu's eyes widened instantly.

He instinctively shrunk his shoulders.

Without any support, Lu Yao lay directly in her arms.

Then... he fell down her arms and landed on her legs.

"..."

Xu Ruochu's breathing suddenly became disordered.

I instinctively wanted to push him away.

But after pushing him twice, I found that... his head was heavy and there was no sign of waking up.

Her face turned red unconsciously.

At this moment, she suddenly noticed that Xiao Min was looking at her through the rearview mirror.

She was a little nervous for some reason and tried hard:

"Lu Yao, hey, wake up."

Lu Yao actually straightened his back.

Then he leaned to the other side, pressed against the glass and fell asleep again.

At this time, the car passed a speed bump that is very common on roads near universities.

Xu Ruochu heard two "dong dong" sounds.

She turned her head and looked at Lu Yao, who still had no intention of waking up. She frowned and said unhappily:
"Can't you drive slower?"

"Uh... Sorry, Mr. Xu, I'm not familiar with the road conditions here."

Xiao Min immediately stopped thinking about it.

Holding the steering wheel with both hands, I drove attentively.

Soon, the second speed bump came.

Even though she drove carefully, Xu Ruochu still heard two more "dong dong" sounds.

She turned her head again and looked at Lu Yao speechlessly.

I don’t know what he was thinking, but the blush on his face gradually moved closer to his ears.

Then, she pursed her lips, forcibly pulled Lu Yao up, and tilted him towards her, until... Lu Yao lay on her legs again.

This time, she didn't push it.

Instead, he maintained a somewhat stiff posture.

His face became redder.

The traffic in Shanghai is actually very congested during peak hours at night.

Her stiff body softened little by little over time.

Finally, unconsciously, she put her hand on Lu Yao's head and stroked it gently.

The texture of his hair… not too hard, but not too soft either.

It feels very good.

She just stroked it, feeling the temperature on her legs growing hotter and hotter.

His face also turned red.

(End of this chapter)