Rebirth 2010, the best

Chapter 193 Lemon Mint
The wind that belonged to the pancake finally blew to the two of them.

But.

The wind is merciless.

After all, she didn't hear the answer she wanted to hear from Lu Yao.

But...what does it matter?

The genes she inherited from her mother made her never a person who particularly liked to get to the bottom of things.

Besides, the wind has already started blowing.

At this moment, in the Arc'teryx outdoor store, Xu Ruochu looked at the pairs of outdoor shoes in front of him and asked bluntly:
"Do you have couple's edition?"

The shopping guide nodded:
“These shoes are available in women’s sizes.”

"Okay, let's try it out. His is a size 43, and mine is a size 37 and a half."

"Okay, wait a minute."

Xu Ruochu was communicating with the shopping guide, while Lu Yao, who was already carrying a dozen shopping bags, sat aside to rest.

He is a little tired.

It comes from mental fatigue.

Xu Ruochu also knew this, so she came to buy the last item, a pair of couple shoes.

She learned the concept of "couple style" from Hu Li.

Thinking of this, her eyes dimmed slightly.

But all the emotions in my heart were immediately dispelled by "reason", and I returned to a mysterious state of carefreeness.

What the future holds.

do not know.

I only have eyes for him now.

after……

What can be done?

So what?
I do not care.

……

A dozen shopping bags certainly couldn't fill the trunk of a Mercedes, but they were definitely enough to satisfy her.

When the two came out, night had already fallen.

Xu Ruochu inadvertently glanced at Lu Yao who was driving.

The taillights of the car in front, which was heading towards the exit, were lit up by the brakes. The red halo shone on Lu Yao's face, making his profile slightly distorted.

There was a hint of regret in her eyes after she was eager to try.

She was very happy on this shopping trip.

But there are always regrets in everything.

Her only regret was that pair of glasses.

Just now, in the storefront called Puyi, she saw Lu Yao wearing glasses for the first time.

It was at that moment that she finally understood why Hu Li said that Lu Yao looked the most handsome when wearing glasses.

indeed.

Not only herself, she even saw the amazement in the eyes of the two female shopping guides.

But... he didn't buy it.

He pulled himself out of the eyewear store.

Xu Ruochu didn't ask him why he didn't buy it, as it obviously suited him...but for some reason, she had a hunch.

The reason why he doesn't wear glasses may be related to Hu Li.

Although she didn't know the details, she didn't force it.

He is Lu Yao, and I am not Hu Li.

No matter how suitable the glasses are, they cannot embellish the him in my heart.

Even if I think about it afterwards, I will always be full of regrets.

Thinking of this, she retracted her eyes and said with a smile:
"Let's go, barbecue!"

Lu Yao glanced at her, smiled and nodded:

"Ah."

The Mercedes followed the car in front and finally got out of the basement. Xu Ruochu rolled down the window.

Although the car was running with a weak heater, it was not circulating internally. This inevitably added a hint of exhaust gas to the car, and she needed to take a breath.

As soon as the car window was rolled down, a gust of wind blew on my face.

You know what, it’s quite cold.

It was a sunny day when we went there, but now it's windy.

Xu Ruochu raised half of the car window, looked outside and suddenly said:

"Are you afraid of this weather?"

"?"

Lu Yao was stunned and asked in confusion:
"This kind of weather?"

"Correct."

The lady nodded, leaned back in her chair, pointed outside and said:

"It's half dark, but the wind suddenly picks up. I don't know if it's going to rain... Are you scared?"

"No feeling. You don't like this weather?"

"Yeah, it's annoying... It's a childhood trauma. Did I tell you that my dad was a sailor?"

"No."

"He did. When I was five or six, he was a seaman for a year."

"Do you remember what happened at that time?"

"I definitely don't remember most of it, but I definitely remember this childhood trauma very clearly. That year, my dad hardly ever came home. He was always traveling around the world on a ship. It was from that time that my mom started to particularly hate windy weather. Because... you know, when this kind of wind blows on land, the wind on the sea must be several levels stronger than on land."

"Are you worried about Uncle Xu?"

"Well... in fact, logically speaking, I didn't have any concept of worry at that time. But... at night, as a child, I would be particularly scared. I would hang on my mother and not get down, because there were only two of us at home."

"At that time... Auntie should have been pregnant with Brother Xiaochen, right?"

"Yeah, but the month is still very young. The reason why my dad resigned was actually because of Xiaochen. But at that time, I didn't have the concept of having a little brother. Just imagine, such a big house, just me and my mom. You know, fear... is contagious."

"…I can't imagine it, but I can probably understand how my aunt feels. Because every time I see snow or rain somewhere, my mother gets scared."

Hearing Lu Yao's words, Xu Ruochu nodded:
"Yes, the principle is the same. So, in fact, it was from that time that I began to particularly hate windy weather. Especially when it is windy at night... I am not afraid of you laughing at me, I am still afraid of it now."

"Shall we close the window?"

"Uh……"

Xu Ruochu was stunned for a moment, then he realized that he was so busy talking that he didn't even raise the window.

So I quickly raised the window.

All of a sudden, the atmosphere inside the Mercedes-Benz became quiet.

So she turned on the radio.

She doesn't drive this car often, and she doesn't want to listen to music at the moment, she just doesn't want it to be too quiet.

Soon, the sound of Yanjing Traffic Broadcasting sounded. She adjusted the volume to make it lower and continued:
"I remember asking my dad at the time. I said, Dad, can you not leave... Anyway, that's what I meant. And my dad's answer was very interesting. Thinking about it now, it's quite interesting... He said, baby, the final destination of a sailor must be the sea."

"..."

Lu Yao's mouth twitched.

Good guy.

This FLAG is upright.

"Ha~"

Even Xu Ruochu couldn't help laughing out loud:

"Now that I think about it, my dad was also a chuunibyou. Is that the term? Chuunibyou? Is it appropriate to use it here?"

“…You can sum it up like this.”

Lu Yao answered with a helpless smile and asked:

"Auntie didn't react at that time?"

"She didn't hear it. If she heard it, what good would it do? ... Hehe, but every time I talked to him about this, he denied it, saying that he had forgotten it, that it was impossible, and that he would never say such things. But think about it, how could I remember something that traumatized my childhood wrong? So I just thought he was just being stubborn."

"See through but don't say it."

"Yes..."

She leaned back in her chair, her posture gradually becoming more relaxed:
"But actually, every time we talked about this over the past few years, I found that my dad has become much more open-minded."

"Has your tone changed?"

"I guess so. Every time we talked about his time as a sailor, he admitted that he would be afraid when encountering stormy weather. But at that time, their captain told them not to be afraid, think about it, there must be a lighthouse in the distance guiding us home..."

"Well, that's quite romantic."

"I think so too. The captain is quite good at speaking... and according to my father, the lighthouse in his heart is us. When he thinks of us waiting for him to come home, he is no longer afraid."

"Uncle really feels sorry for you."

"Of course. How could I not be nice to you?"

"..."

Lu Yao's mouth twitched.

Subconsciously asked:

"How does he...look at me?"

"If possible, he hopes to never see you again."

"..."

Lu Yao thought to himself, how could a 36.5cm tall mouth like yours say such cold and heartless words?

But Xu Ruochu looked at his expression and suddenly laughed out loud:

"Haha. Anyway, I guess he doesn't have a very good impression of you."

"..."

Lu Yao was even more speechless.

Tentatively asked:

"So... when you went back that day, did you talk about me?"

"No. My stepmother did praise you, but my dad didn't respond at all. And from what I know about him... he probably hates you."

"..."

Fine.

Lu Yao twitched the corner of his mouth and didn't want to continue the conversation with her.

Xu Ruochu didn't know why, but laughed even more happily:

"In fact, things like love and hate are very strange, aren't they? When Xiaochen said that he had become friends with you, the national top scorer, my dad even told him to learn more from you and that you must be very good...hahahaha."

"..."

She laughed more and more happily, but Lu Yao became more and more speechless.

Finally, I just turned up the volume of the radio.

Love as much as you like.

……

After eating a barbecue meal, Xu Ruochu's biggest feeling was:

"Luckily I didn't wear my new clothes today."

When Lu Yao asked why, she gave a sentence that began to add ambiguity to the night:

"Because I bought these as a couple with you, I don't want to throw them away. But the smell is not very pleasant."

Lu Yao thought to himself that the meat smelled so good.

Didn’t you see those two stray dogs circling around us just now?

At around 9 o'clock in the evening, Mercedes returned to the courtyard.

Lu Yao took a nap in the cinema and was in good spirits, but Xu Ruochu fell asleep on the way back.

He stopped the car and patted her arm:
"Chujie, we're here."

"...?"

Xu Ruochu opened his eyes blankly and looked at him, but did not get out of the car.

He was not allowed to get off the car.

Instead, she grabbed his arm, stretched his arm across the entire center console, and held him in her arms.

"Lu Yao."

Her face was pressed against Lu Yao's arm, and she uttered a voice that was almost like a murmur:

"I'm tired."

"Then go back to the house and rest."

He didn't pull his arm away, but just spoke in a gentle voice.

"Ah."

The queen responded with her face buried in her arms.

Released his arm.

"Let's go... I need to take a shower. I smell bad."

"it is good."

So the car door opened.

She got out of the car.

In the cold wind, she wrapped her coat tightly around her, but did not leave in a hurry. Instead, she waited for Lu Yao to come to her side and hugged his arm again.

"It's so cold."

"Then let's go quickly." "...I'm a little scared."

Hearing her words, Lu Yao raised his head and glanced at the dark "living room of the big house".

He took her directly inside.

He quickly walked through the big house, the corridor, and finally arrived at the small living room.

After turning on the light, he walked to the bedroom where Xu Ruochu lived, went in, and found the switch on the wall.

With a "click", the light came on.

When he turned his head, he saw the woman staring at him with burning eyes.

This time, Lu Yao instinctively got a little scared, and quickly stepped aside and said:
"Okay, Chujie, go take a shower. I'll go too."

"……Um."

Xu Ruochu nodded, without any other movement, he walked directly into the house and closed the bedroom door.

Lu Yao then breathed a sigh of relief. He first took all the clothes from the car, then went back to his bedroom and took a shower.

He takes a quick shower, no more than ten minutes.

After washing away his tiredness, he thought for a while, walked out of the house again, took out the clothes he bought today, especially the outdoor clothes for himself and her, cut off the tags, and went to the laundry room next door.

Unfortunately, the washing machines here are not the kind that can be washed and dried in one.

Just wash it first and then throw it in the dryer.

With a "click", he walked out, watching the door close, the sound of water pumping, and the drum starting to turn.

After walking around the small living room, he began to tinker with the stove again.

At the same time, he filled a pot of water and put it on.

The food at night was a bit greasy.

I didn't feel it much when I was eating it, but now there is a barbecue smell coming out of my stomach.

He planned to drink some tea to relieve his greasy feeling.

Although the small living room is not big, it has everything.

Tea cakes, teapots and other items are all matched.

He took out a small piece of Pu'er tea that was who knows how old it was, put it on the table, then picked up the remote control and turned on the TV.

Soon, a crackling sound was heard in my ears.

It was the symphony of burning wood.

He turned the channel to TV5. Just then he saw a volleyball match between Fujian Province and Liaoning Province.

But it’s not live.

In the past, he might have sneered at volleyball, but perhaps because of the senior, he started to watch it a little.

As I was watching, my cell phone dinged.

He picked it up and looked at it, a hint of confusion appeared in his eyes.

Sent from my girlfriend.

"Have you slept?"

"No. I'm watching TV."

"Hehe, you little scoundrel with no conscience."

"?"

"You ignored me all day! Is Yanjing so fun!?"

"Call and talk?"

"No, my grandma and I are in the park. What did you do today?"

"I went to work on the taxi navigation. I had mutton hotpot for lunch, and went shopping with Sister Chu in the afternoon."

"Shopping? Xiaochu shopping?"

"Yes, we are going to the Great Wall tomorrow. We bought two pairs of outdoor shoes."

He chose to tell the truth.

Because only in this way, your girlfriend won’t think too much.

As for why I was afraid that she would think too much...

Lu Yao didn’t know either.

I just feel a little guilty.

At this moment, there was a sudden "click" sound. Lu Yao looked up and saw Xu Ruochu, who was wearing a set of plain pajamas, walking out.

She stood at the door with her hair loose. After looking at Lu Yao, she suddenly turned around and went back into the house.

?

Lu Yao was stunned.

At this time, Hu Li sent a message:

"Wait, grandma needs to go to the bathroom."

"OK."

As soon as he finished sending the text message, he saw Xu Ruochu again.

only……

This time she had an extra blanket in her hands.

As she walked out, she asked:
"Who are you talking to?"

"...Sister Li."

Xu Ruochu paused.

Then he returned to normal, nodded, and walked to Lu Yao.

Lu Yao subconsciously wanted to make room for her, but his shoulders were pinned down and he was prevented from getting up.

then……

She just sat on the sofa with the blanket.

After shaking off the blanket, he lay down on his side.

She lay directly on Lu Yao's legs.

"..."

“I’ve wanted to do this for a long time.”

Suddenly, she spoke.

"Uh……"

For a moment, Lu Yao didn't know what to say.

But he really needed some movement to ease the embarrassment at this moment. After thinking for a while, he quickly asked:
"Aren't you sleepy?"

"Can you sleep after taking a bath?"

As she spoke, she raised her hand while watching TV:

"hand."

After waiting for two seconds and seeing that Lu Yao didn't move, she twisted her position, accurately grabbed Lu Yao's arm, and put it in front of her face.

It was like... Lu Yao put his hand on her.

So, she looked relieved, lay on Lu Yao's legs and continued watching TV.

There was no exchange, no communication.

But it made Lu Yao more uncomfortable.

At this time...

"Ding."

"Sister Xiaoli?"

Hearing her words, Lu Yao glanced at the name of the text message and responded:

"Ah."

Because she was holding her right hand, Lu Yao was not very convenient to type with his left hand, so he tentatively withdrew his right hand.

Xu Ruochu didn't stop him.

"I just took grandma to the bathroom. We are getting ready to go home now. I'll drive there."

"OK."

After Lu Yao replied, he put down his phone.

Xu Ruochu raised his hand:

"hand."

When she felt the warmth of Lu Yao's palm with her open five fingers, a smile appeared on her face.

"Lu Yao."

Suddenly, she called out his name.

"Ok?"

"In a moment...if I fall asleep, carry me to my room. Don't call me, okay?"

"……Um."

Following his agreement, Xu Ruochu rubbed against his legs, as if looking for a comfortable position.

Finally, he let out a long sigh of relief.

"Hoo... Good night, boyfriend."

"..."

"Good night, boyfriend."

she said again.

"……Good night."

"Goodnight, boyfriend!"

She suddenly raised her tone.

"Good night, girlfriend."

"Hey……"

A low laugh, almost inaudible.

Finally, the room fell completely silent.

But from time to time, I could still hear the wind whistling outside.

About ten minutes passed.

Lu Yao tentatively pulled his hand away.

Seeing that she didn't respond, he thought for a moment, stood up, and gently picked her up.

To be honest, she is very light.

It doesn't take any effort at all.

But as soon as Lu Yao picked her up, her hands had already hooked around Lu Yao's neck.

But his eyes were still closed.

"..."

Lu Yao said nothing, walked into her bedroom and put her down.

But she didn't let go of Lu Yao's neck.

The two of them maintained this hugging posture.

Lu Yao felt a little hot.

But it's okay, I can bear it.

He just patted Xu Ruochu's arm gently:
"Good night, Sister Chu."

"..."

Xu Ruochu pretended to be deaf.

There's no intention of letting go.

So, Lu Yao changed his statement:

"Good night, girlfriend."

"..."

The arm hesitated.

But at this time... the wind started to blow outside again.

The arm that was originally hesitant began to exert force in the next second.

Pull Lu Yao completely onto the bed.

Then, in the next second, the fragrant body slipped into his arms.

"..."

"..."

Speechless, speechless.

Lu Yao thought about it and began to pat her back gently.

one more time.

After a long while, he quietly got out of bed and breathed a sigh of relief:

"call……"

But before he could catch his breath, someone suddenly pulled him from behind.

Immediately afterwards...

It tastes like mint lemon...

The first idea that popped into his mind.

(End of this chapter)