Chapter 3
 

This morning breakfast of course, it was Bei Er Duo who paid it. After they were finished, they be apart, there was no any feeling of reluctance to part.

In any case they completed their responsibilities, didn’t need to invest any real situation. Bei Er Duo thought that this was quite good.

During the way home, in Bei Er Duo’s mind appeared Zhang Yi Lu’s annoying face. She also remembered Ye Shu Wei’s act on the dumpling restaurant, She was a bit disbelief that he unexpectedly would give her the cold face and shoulder. He also corresponded her, helped her build a kind of “we are in the happiest relationship” it was indescribable, she was quite thankful for him.

He also couldn’t be regarded as someone with low EQ, he could easily recognized that Zhang Yi Lu as her mortal enemy.

At home, Bei Er Duo posted the photo to the Wei Bo, and added an easy four words: “Going for morning workout.”

When she was in the middle of waiting for the public responded, she was a bit nervous as she didn’t know how would they respond. She went to the kitchen to make the tea, then brought it out to the room and sat down. She looked at the comment.

It was not even ten minutes, there was a hundred comment.

“This is you and your man?!” Someone asked.

“With a glance, it could be known it is you and Ye Shu Wei. His tall figure is really amazing.” Another one tried to confirm.

“Wow, in the morning you both are so refined. Hope you guys are happy.” There was someone who was envy.

“Isn’t it the park for the elderly? My grandma and grandpa always go there to exercise. Before when I went back from buying a soy milk, I passed by here. Who knows you guys were there before?! Too retro….” Someone was surprised.

“No real face, too poor.” Someone disliked it.

“Morning sunshine, that early is it showing that you guys already living together? Digging deeper.” Someone looked for details.

“Couldn’t you show off your man’s face? You couldn’t be too stingy. Meow Meow….” Someone was requesting.

“What are Ye Shu Wei doing now? Is he cleaning the bowl with brush in the kitchen?” Someone had fantasy.

……

Bei Er Duo didn’t dare to scrutinize, she closed the webpage. In any case, she already told Tang Li, she posted the photo. Tang Li said that he could ignored the comments. Everyone could see your mood today from the photo no need Bei Er Duo said anything more.

She played a song, and drank her tea.

Then she just realized this matter, today it looked like the first date of her life….

She was almost twenty five years old, she never been in a relationship. She even never have a kiss with anyone. Tang Li laughed at her, said that she is a strange woman. She also somewhat doubted herself. How could she never be in relationship when she was already at this age?

Regarding this matter, there were books to answer the question. It said because your predestined relationship hadn’t reached it’s time. The sarcastic book would sneer at you, and berated you to look for the reason within yourself. Her mama, Xu Zhen Fen, expressed it because she didn’t put effort on it.

But effort needed motivation, until today she never feels any kind of motivation.

These twenty years, today is the first time she went out with a guy alone and it with unreal reason. If it was not for Tang Li, she wouldn’t have a chance to have a chance to eat breakfast face-to-face with a man. O Right, it was her who paid for it.

Thinking about this, she was somewhat curious. Was it also the first time for Ye Shu Wei to have a dinner alone with a woman?

If he ever has a dinner out with a woman, today it should be him who pay and not her?

O, maybe, it because he was uninterested to her. For guard against her to take something seriously, he did that kind of attitude to show her that she is not her type?

Today the sun was shining so brightly let people to be happy, it is suitable to do any kind of things.

Bei Er Duo washed her sheets and clothes, there was a sweet scent around the balcony. She mopped the flower, brushed her bathtub, stood on the stool to clean the window. She cleaned every corner of her house.

After she was done, she took a shower. The time she got ready to prepare the dinner, she heard the ringtone of her phone.

It was Zhang Yi Lu.

“Don’t you feel strange, my friend’s boyfriend is working at the animal’s disease prevention research institute. He is Ye Shu Wei’s workmate. He never met you, moreover, last month Ye Shu Wei chatted his status to them, expressed that all along he is a single man.”

Bei Er Duo was speechless, she didn’t expect that Zhang Yi Lu would be this be hard on her that she especially looked for someone to check on her.

“Bei Er Duo, don’t you pretend. Ye Shu Wei couldn’t possibly be your boyfriend. A person with good sense could see out.

“Why?” Bei Er Duo said it calmly.

After several seconds, Zhang Yi Lu said an extremely scornful words: “You are nowhere compatible for him, paranoia.”

Bei Er Duo was angry, responded: “I don’t need to explain our relationship to outsider. Moreover, I am not obligated to explain it to you.”

“Hehe, are you afraid of being found out? I don’t know why would Ye Shu Wei go along to act with you. Yet since you say that he definitely is your boyfriend, then just be like this. Their research department would have gathering next Friday, they could be a relative. If you could appear there, then it would a bit more convincing.”

“Okay, I will go.” Bei Er Duo responded.

“Okay, I will wait to see whether you would come or not.”

After finish, Bei Er Duo was still full of anger, in her heart she just had a thinking: “I want to go!”

But, wait….. gathering of research department, bringing relative. Didn’t it simply enter the real life of Ye Shu Wei? Would he agree?

But if she didn’t go, then she exposed it out. She was afraid that Zhang Yi Lu’s talkative mouth would say it out loud. As the condition now, Zhang Yi Lu didn’t know about their show. If she knew it, she definitely would create the public opinion expertly, and added the fire to the flame. At that time she would tired the Tang Li out.

Bei Er Duo thought about it, then sent the message to Ye Shu Wei, to describe the matter. Then she asked politely: “Could you bring me there?”

Ye Shu Wei responded to the text as low as in the past. He just replied after two hours: “Whatever.”

Bei Er Duo asked again: “So you agree?”

“It would be very boring gathering. If you want to join, then you pay the cost by yourself.”

“…..”

Didn’t if he have any least of gentleman style.

She was full of unspoken criticism, yet she replied politely: “Okay, then that day I will contact you again. Oh right, do you have any request or advice what should I wear that day? What do you think about the dressing style like today.

After all, it was a gathering with fellow workers, couldn’t embarrassed  the “boyfriend”’s face.

Ye Shu Wei replied unhurriedly: “What did you wear today?”

“……”

In a split second, Bei Er Duo felt Ye Shu Wei definitely was doing it in purpose, to scornfully, ignored her for happy feeling.

This morning they just met, how could he didn’t remember her clothes today of thin red cardigan, blue jeans, and black flat shoes?

“I wore a red thin cardigan, blue jeans, and black flat shoes. What do you think?” She asked.

“You could decide it by your own.” He said.

Bei Er Duo clutched her phone, looked at the screen to reply. Then asked after a while: “What color do you like?”

He replied: “Blue

 

It was raining for a whole day on Wednesday and Thursday, the temperature fell rapidly. This Friday is the cloudy day.

Bei Er Duo dressed up simply, around five-fifty she rushed over to the Han Si Wei hotel. Ye Shu Wei were waiting for her at the doorway.

He waited until her to approach, he judged her style today. She wore a graceful blue jacket, a delicate necklace, and black casual pants. Beside, wearing a pair of white flat, she also brought a blue color bag.

“I come.” Be Er Duo smiled a bit embarrassed, her eyes signaled him a bit “Is it okay for me to wear something like this? Do you want to examine your girlfriend for a while?”

Ye Shu Wei’s response made her felt a bit disappointed, he said: “Let’s get in.”

Inside the elevator, Bei Er Duo took the initiative to ask: “Do you think I’m beautiful when I wear this?”

Ye Shu Wei’s gaze fell on the screen, he just said calmly: “It’s okay, fifty five points.”

“….” Bei Er Duo glared at him, “I feel I could get eighty five points.”

“Really?” He looked at her again: “Point out how could you match all this blue colors?”

“Don’t you like blue?” She was stunned.

“What is the relation of my favorite color with the color that suit for you to wear?”

“So actually you are playing with me, I didn’t expect that you are scheming me.” She was surprised.

Ye Shu Wei’s eyes turned cold like the ocean, Bei Er Duo felt the temperature inside of the elevator turned to be scary cold.

After a while, he said: “You think that I would be this boring? Purposely let the girlfriend to dress up embarrassingly and degrade my own taste?”

When he finished, the elevator stopped at third floor and opened. Ye Shu Wei went out first, and went for few steps and remembered something. He stopped and turned over, he extended his hand.

“A?”

“Now I need your hand.”

Bei Er Duo responded, and gave her hand out.

He held her hand calmly and pulled her close. He said: “You stay beside me, don’t you leave my line of vision. If not if the secret happen, you just take responsibility on your own.”

“Em, anything else?”

“Except eating, don’t you do anything else.”

“….”

Is he mean that let her to talk less nonsense?

Ye Shu Wei took Bei Er Duo to enter the self-service dinner hall. They went to the small corridor, and crossed over a small wood bridge, and bypassed a little bar and arrived at the their department dining area. 

Ye Shu Wei brought her to their seat, then let her hand go. He simply introduced her: “She is the relative that I bring.”

Bei Er Duo immediately was surrounded by several people. Her heart was unable to help but to feel a bit nervous. 

After about three seconds, she faced a square face and composed man. That man said: “I always guess that Ye Shu Wei’s preferred type would be someone like Sis Yu. I didn’t expect that it is completely wrong guess. He likes the cute one.

Everyone was laughing loudly.

“I am He Yang, and I was in the same laboratory with Ye Shu Wei.” He Yang stood up and extended his hand: “Nice to meet you.”

Bei Er Duo smiled, and shook his hand.

Beside He Yang, there was his girlfriend, Zhen Zhi Ling with oval face. She wore a purple dress, she had a supple and graceful figure. She stood up and shook Bei Er Duo’s hand: “I am He Yang’s relative, Zhen Zhi Ling.”

Just like that, she shook everyone’s hand.

In the department, there was more man than woman. There was also a lot of nerd who didn’t have a girlfriend. Except He Yang, there is someone called Gao Xian Yin, he brought his awl face girlfriend; Most of the female employees have already married.

After sitting down, the interrogation started.

He Yang smiled and asked: “Your name sound very interesting, could you tell us how did your parent think about it?”

Bei Er Duo said: “It was my Papa’s doing. The time my Ma was pregnant with me, she liked to eat cat’s ear (some kind of cookies). If she couldn’t eat it, she would cry. So my Pa joked around and gave me a nickname called “Xiao Er Duo”, then they never changed it.”

It is the reality, the mature Madame Xu Zhen Fen knew it clearly. She was very picky, the most favorite thing for her during pregnancy was cat’s ear.

“Between you and Ye Shu Wei. Who pursue who?” He Yang asked.

 

Bei Er Duo looked at Ye Shu Wei. He just sat down calmly and handsomely. He showed his reluctance to help.

“To answer this question, you also need to look at his face?” Zhen Zhi Ling noticed details, and immediately mock her.

Bei Er Duo retreated her gaze, and answered seriously: “It is love at first sight for both of us.”

“O?” Zhen Zhi Ling expressed her interest: “Tell us in detail.”

Bei Er Duo looked at Ye Shu Wei again.

Ye Shu Wei took his glass and drank the tea.

Bei Er Duo coughed, and explained: “We know each other from library. That time we just like in the romantic movie, decreed by fate. We chose a same book, my eyes faced his eyes. We felt the electric motion on ourself. He said deeply: “Could you give me this book to me?” I was blushing and my heart was beating so fast. I said with low voice: “No, unless you treat me a coffee.”

“Since you were so initiative, you should have a high level of courage.” He Yang knocked his fist, “But, then how could you know it was also a first sight for him?”

“Yes.” Bei Er Duo nodded: “He said it to me afterwards. That time when he looked at me, it felt like he saw the super bright light. Just in the short minute, he started to fantasy crazily about his future with me.”

Ye Shu Wei frowned slightly, and put down his glass.

“I didn’t expect that Ye Shu Wei to be like that as he usually be the introvert one.” The other big sister called Zhou, made fun of him, “All along I always thought that he just like to work. Before he is thirty five, he wouldn’t think about those thing.”

“This kind of thing could make you to be caught off guard.” Ye Shu Wei said.

Big sister Zhou picked a duck’s neck and placed it on her husband’s plate. She asked again: “Then what do you like from Er Duo?”

Ye Shu Wei considered it for a while, and said with profound mystery: “It is very difficult to say specifically.”

“That is the genuine love!” Big sister Zhou said: “If you like someone, it is like that. You wouldn’t able to say what do you like about her. yet you just like her. You can be happy by just look at her.

Be Er Duo: “He He..”

Her awkward laughter seemed to be infected the people sat down on the other table. Some soft voice came over: “But you already be together for six months, how could there is no bit activity? Even Ye Shu Wei pretended to be single in front of everyone, it is not sincere.”

Bei Er Duo turned her head, and her gaze fell on the awl face of Huo Xiao Tong, who was Gao Xian Yin’s girlfriend. If she didn’t remember wrongly, before when she shook her hand, she muttered a suspicious word “You are really Ye Shu Wei’s girlfriend?”

Her tone is very nice, but it doesn’t sincere.

Bei Er Duo didn’t know how to answer.

Ye Shu Wei helped her to answer, and said: “When you have something better thing, you become more reluctant to let other people know.”

“You are afraid she would be lust after by someone?” Zhen Zhi Ling’s eyes brighten.

“Precisely, it just a kind of feeling to completely possessive feeling.” Ye Shu Wei corrected.

“Then today you bring her to here, is it because you already be mentally prepared?”

Ye Shu Wei didn’t say anything as if he agreed to it silently.

Bei Er Duo was blushing, what is his meaning? Is real or fake? After a second, she was sober. What are you worry about? Of course it fake, who did tell you that your style is bad.

“Oh right, Bei Er Duo, how tall are you?” Huo Xiao Tong asked.

“One meter sixty.”

“Your height difference is quite big. That way it is not convenient right to do those thing?” Huo Xiao Tong laughed for a while, “You understand my point right?”

Didn’t wait until Bei Er Duo answered, Ye Shu Wei said: “So far there is no inconvenient, we are very compatible for each other.

He Yang who was drinking wine, sprayed out the wine, and blurted out: “For example?”

Ye Shu Wei said: “If I’m tired, she could sit herself down on me.”

Everyone: “……”

Bei Er Duo immediately explained hurriedly and long: “He meant, last time we went to Jay Chou’s concerts. We sat at the back, we couldn’t see it. He was tired to carry me up. So I just simply sat down on his thigh to wath.”

Ye Shu Wei looked at her face to face, and there was some playfulness on his eyes: “Em, but I don’t mean this.”