small whirlpool

Lianliman Street is full of barbecue restaurants. For Lianli people, eating barbecue is just like three meals a day.

There are not a few people in nearby towns who come to Lianli for barbecue on weekends.

Zhang Sujin also opened a barbecue stall before, and the glamorous proprietress was always picked on by diners who drank until late at night.

That's how Xu Xiangchen's reputation as a bully in Lianli came about.A skinny guy of thirteen or fourteen years old, so thin that he seemed to fall apart when he picked it up, but it was also because he underestimated him. Don't panic if it's broken.

Han Xiao had seen Xu Xiangchen fight, and his eyes were fierce. Seeing him, who was a good boy at the time, shivered, he never dared to approach Xu Xiangchen in the three years of junior high school.

Although there are no tourists during the Chinese New Year, people who went out to work have returned, and the streets are very lively. At eleven o'clock in the evening, Lianli's nightlife has just begun. "The air in Lianli is better, it smells like barbecue!" Han Xiao said with emotion as he pulled Maza over and sat down.

"Old Du, add another pot of sheep and scorpions!" Zhou Yingxiang greeted, and then asked, "Anything else to eat?"

The barbecue stall was filled with smoke, and the owner's echo was particularly loud: "Okay! Han Xiao is back too? Didn't your mother go to Nanli to buy a big house?"

Han Xiao also yelled, "There's no Lianli anywhere, Nanli doesn't have Lao Du's barbecue to eat!"

Old Du laughed: "Hey, you can talk!"

The barbecue stalls were bustling with people chatting amidst the sound of firecrackers and fireworks.

Migrant workers talk about how embarrassing their foreman and employers are, white-collar workers brag about how good this year's performance is, and bosses talk about what big news they plan to make next year.

No matter what your status is, when you arrive at the barbecue stand, it's not just a little Mazha, a sip of meat and a sip of wine.

"Shu, I heard from my dad that you have to sneer at the old house and say, "You idiot. "

"...Who the hell is it? I saw Ashu post that and talked about it before, are you in a relationship?"

"What does it look like, take a look!"

"Isn't it beautiful?"

Zhou Yingxiang became the spokesperson, and he rushed to talk: "I can't describe it, the word beautiful is too superficial, isn't it Ah Shu?"

Xu Xiangchen took a sip of the yellow top drink and remained silent.

"Really? Prettier than Chen Mengyao?"

Zhou Yingxiang: "Incomparable!"

"Damn, it's so amazing, take a look!"

Han Xiao didn't bother to talk about it, and continued: "My dad said, Sheng Mingfeng has very solid political achievements, no background, but he works hard, has ideas, ability, and communication. He has served in more powerful counties and districts, and he has done a lot. Mingtang, after going around and returning to Nanli, he became the top leader. At this age, it is estimated that he can be promoted again, and he might be transferred to Dongzhou for one or two terms."

"Dongzhou is a sub-provincial city, did it work well and turned into an ancient town?" Han Xiao's father worked for the government in Lianli. He was a director. His mother was the principal of Lianli Central Primary School. , Han Xiao really walked sideways when he was a child.

Xu Xiangchen nodded: "There is such a thing."

"Then your old house is worth a lot? Are you selling it?"

"do not know."

He didn't live in the old house since he was born, and he didn't have any feelings, it all depends on his sister.

Han Xiao: "Hey, speaking of this ancient town, who is it? Her father proposed to build it. If it is really done, Lianli will have great development!"

A few brothers who went to school in Lianli did not understand and asked, "Who is it?"

"Whose father?"

Zhou Yingxiang said triumphantly like an insider: "You brother Shu is the goddess's father!"

"Who? Isn't it Chen Mengyao?"

Zhou Yingxiang understood Hou Junqi's feelings at that time. If he went up, he was a character that ordinary people could only meet through news broadcasts. "

"So strong..." Zhou Yingxiang murmured, "Brother Shu, why don't you still be Chen Mengyao?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Han Xiao slapped the back of his head with a palm.

Xu Xiangchen also raised his eyes impatiently.

"No, no, I'll just chat nonsense, nonsense..." Zhou Yingxiang shut up.

A group of people were wondering where this goddess is, when Xu Xiangchen's cell phone rang, it wasn't an incoming call, it was the sound of a voice call.

Xu Xiangchen was also quite surprised, and made a gesture: "Don't make noise."

Then click answer.

The lips of the people next to him said: Who is it?

Han Xiao: Goddess!
Several people pricked up their ears to listen.

Xu Xiangchen didn't open it publicly, they couldn't hear what the other party said, they could only hear Xu Xiangchen's words.What's wrong? "

He opened his mouth with three words, with a light ending, which was unbelievably gentle, ordinary and sticky.

Zhou Yingxiang rubbed his arms.God, how could Brother Shu have such a style of painting.

"No, it's outside, um, a few friends meet, it's okay, don't hang up, you take a picture for me, I'll take a look, um, ok, very good, whatever, I'll pick you up tomorrow, huh? Okay then It’s just a bookstore, okay, don’t worry, don’t… just say a few more words… okay…”

Now several people looked at each other in blank dismay, and everyone rubbed their arms together.

How can someone be like this, disgusting people to death without saying any love words?
Xu Xiangchen finally hung up the phone. A group of people were about to gossip, but he interrupted him again. Xu Xiangchen called the boss: "Old Du, do you have a pen and paper?"

"Have!"

After a while, it was delivered, the pen and paper for ordering.Xu Xiangchen didn't pick anything, just looked at his phone, writing and drawing on paper.

When everyone saw it, they were speechless.

He was solving a mathematical proof problem, which looked not easy, and he wrote it for about 5 minutes.

A group of people just waited and whispered occasionally, and then saw that he had finally finished writing, took a photo and sent it out.

Then he looked at the crowd as if nothing happened: "Why, eat, drink?"

"full,"

"Reading changes destiny, knowledge makes marriage, I understand."

"I regret it, I also want to study hard for the attached high school and give lectures to the goddess."

Han Xiao sneered: "Hehe, do you think you will have a goddess to ask you questions after passing the attached high school?"

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

They were whispering just now, and a few people almost understood the situation, and asked, "Ashu, your girlfriend is really, what kind of secretary's daughter?"

Xu Xiangchen said lightly: "Not a girlfriend yet."

"what?"

In this state, no, who would believe it?

"A child with this status, will he be like us, struggling with the college entrance examination? I thought they all went abroad by going abroad?"

"I feel the same way, if you don't go now, you will go in the future, right?"

"Ashu, you're going to Heyan to study in university, it's hard for others to pass the exam, isn't it?"

"Does this mean destined to be in a long-distance relationship?"

Han Xiao said: "There are many universities in Heyan, not just Heqinghaiyan. Although the scores are not low, but Chen Muyu's grades are not bad, right?"

"The question is not about grades, it's about whether people want to go or not?"

"..." The gathering was early in the morning, and Xu Xiangchen came home at two o'clock. Surprisingly, Zhang Sujin was still awake.

"Sister? What are you doing?"

"Wait for you."

Xu Xiangchen threw the key aside, "Why are you waiting for me, why don't you call me?"

"It's rare for you to come back to see your friends. You'll be back in Nanli tomorrow. It's good to get together more, so I won't urge you to spoil the fun."

"Anything to say?" Xu Xiangchen sat down by the sofa.

Zhang Sujin hesitated to speak: "Tomorrow's dinner..."

"Well, what's the matter, has there been a change?"

Tomorrow, Zhang Sujin's boyfriend arranged for the two families to meet, and it was decided at the thirtieth year.

Zhang Sujin said: "Nothing has changed. I will tell you about their family in advance so that you don't get used to it."

Xu Xiangchen: "Why, there is an evil mother-in-law in his family?"

Zhang Sujin: "No, both of his parents have passed away. His family conditions are pretty good, and I was worried about this before, so I haven't been sure about it. He has a nephew, you know..."

"It's the one who took care of me in our shop before, your classmate, Lu Nize."

From the Lu family?
That's more than just a good condition.

Xu Xiangchen's demeanor did not change, but raised his eyebrows slightly.

"You didn't have a good relationship with them before, but tomorrow you..."

Before Zhang Sujin finished speaking, Xu Xiangchen laughed: "Sister, what are you worried about? On a good day, I won't do anything to him. Come to think of it, it would be nice to have more nephews?"

Zhang Sujin: ...

There is always an ominous premonition.
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Chen Muyu went to bed early, although it was already midnight, but compared to two or three o'clock on weekdays, it was considered early.She will get up early tomorrow, and move all the study tasks that were originally scheduled for the afternoon to the morning.

Because at three o'clock in the afternoon, she and Xu Xiangchen made an appointment to meet at a bookstore.

When setting the alarm clock, Chen Muyu hesitated.

Starting at six?

Ok……

What if he asked her to have dinner outside?
Then complete part of the night's tasks.

In the end, she set the alarm clock for five o'clock and unconsciously fell asleep with her mouth curled up.

In the afternoon of the next day, she didn't take a lunch break and stood in front of the closet in trouble.

Nanli has a warm spring, and the temperature during Chinese New Year is as close to 28°C. It really does not give winter a chance.

what is she wearing

In fact, she has a lot of clothes, most of which are sportswear, and they are all suits throughout the year, so you don't need to match them when you bring them out.But... she doesn't want to wear tracksuits today.

"Sister? Mom said you're going out to play with Sister Zhizhi, why don't you take me?" Wu Qiuxuan suddenly lay on the door of Chen Muyu's room, excitedly.

Chen Muyu's eyes dodged: "Well, we are going to the bookstore, it will be very boring."

"It's better than being at home!"

"You," Chen Muyu picked out a cotton skirt casually, "you also start school tomorrow, and you still have a lot of homework to do, right?

"

Wu Qiuxuan pursed her mouth: "Then I just took it to the bookstore to do it, a change of environment! I'm going to lose my mind now!"

Chen Muyu is not good at lying, so he didn't know what to say now, so he pretended to be angry and said: "No, you can play with your girlfriends by yourself, how about playing with your sister all day long?"

Wu Qiuxuan was a little confused, and glanced at Chen Muyu's skirt on the bed, "Sister? Do you want to wear a skirt?"

"Well... I don't know what to wear yet..." Chen Muyu wondered, probably still felt dissatisfied, opened the closet again, looked at the clothes and thought.

Wu Qiuxuan looked playful, and walked in, "Going out to play with sister Zhizhi, what kind of dress should I wear? It's just going to the bookstore, what should I think about wearing?"

Chen Muyu panicked, what happened to Ah Xuan, did she see something?
"You won't, are you going to see Brother Xu Xiangchen?"

Hearing this, Chen Muyu closed the closet all at once, "What are you talking about, Wu Qiuxuan!"

"Hehehe, it seems so, then I won't go, your sister is still very sensible!" Wu Qiuxuan left the room with a smile, and whispered before closing the door, "Sister, don't tie your hair up, wear a beautiful hairpin Bar!"

Chen Muyu changed her skirt and stood in front of the mirror, looking at the crystal hairpin on her long black hair, hesitated.

Could it be... too deliberate?

She took off the hairpin, put it in her bag, and went out.Between riding a bicycle and taking a taxi, Chen Muyu still chose to ride a bicycle. If he still wanted to go somewhere, he also had a means of transportation. Taking a taxi was quite expensive, and he was so frugal.

To that end, she went back home and got another helmet.

Wu Qiuxuan watched her sister go out twice, feeling: one is beautiful, the other is handsome, and for a while, she didn't know whether to envy her sister or brother Xu Xiangchen.

Chen Muyu kept in mind Tao Zhizhi's principle of "you must not be early for the first date", and calculated the time to go out, but I don't know if it was too fast, and it was only 45:[-] when she arrived.

So she turned around again, retreated to a place one intersection away from Yifang Bookstore, pulled over and stopped, swiped her phone, and waited for the time to pass.

Unknowingly, he clicked into his dialog again, and the chat stayed on the voice she called him last night.

It was he who said that he would not give him voice calls at any time when he was doing the questions.

So last night, she called.

Unexpectedly, there was a lot of noise over there. He was having a party with friends, and she felt embarrassed when she thought of so many people waiting for him.

But he still solved the problem for her.

In full view, does that count as blatant favoritism?

The corners of Chen Muyu's mouth raised unconsciously, and after all, he hadn't seen each other for a week.The weather is warm, what will he wear today?

He said that there is a dinner at home at noon today, so he should also dress up a little, right?
Don't look like she's being too deliberate?
The time was coming, Chen Muyu rode his bicycle to the store, and pushed open the door of a bookstore.

He hasn't arrived yet.

Was the dinner delayed?

Chen Muyu chose a sunny place by the window to sit down, ordered a glass of water first, and ordered others when he came.

At a quarter past three, he was still nowhere to be seen. Chen Muyu had nothing to do, so he swiped his cell phone again. Do you want to ask?It's only a quarter of an hour, and if he really has something to do, it seems that she is very anxious.

So give up.

The phone screen went black, and an unhappy face was reflected on it.

Chen Muyu bent the corner of his mouth to give himself a smile, thinking, took out the hairpin from the bag again, and put it on.

At 03:30, he still didn't come.

Chen Muyu opened his chat box countless times, gritted his teeth, and sent a line: "Where have you been?"

Almost immediately, the chat box displayed: The other party is typing.

But 2 minutes later, Chen Muyu still did not receive any news.

Ok?
Is he busy and it's not convenient to send a message?
Just thinking about it, the phone vibrated - [Song Jiang invites you to make a voice call...]
Chen Muyu quickly picked it up. "Hey, do you have..."

"Chen Muyu, you go back first." Nanli is surprisingly hot today.

Xu Xiangchen put on a black shirt over a black T, Zhang Sujin was very dissatisfied: "Are you going to the funeral?"

Xu Xiangchen realized that it was really not suitable, he just thought that every time he wore black, Chen Muyu would always look at it a few more times.

But today is a special day, so Xu Xiangchen changed into a white T-shirt and a blue shirt and came out again. The cuffs were pushed casually and rolled up to the forearm. It was clean and refreshing, but it was too casual.