The atmosphere in the hot pot restaurant has always been relatively hot, and the screen has no way to stop the excitement and excitement coming from the hall. Groups of people gathered together, and from time to time they erupted in bursts of cheers, as if completely undisturbed by the cold weather outside.

The lively atmosphere is like a pot of boiling water, and you just want to sit next to it and listen to the gurgling sound coming from the pot with anticipation.

With the heat and warmth, everyone couldn't help but cheer along, even Xie Yiyi and Chen Su, who rarely spoke loudly, couldn't help but laugh when they heard what Qin Yueyue and Lin Fang were talking about. The temperature inside was rising, and everyone had taken off their thick puffer jackets, leaving only thin T-shirts or sweaters, but the flush still began to spread from the neck, and the back of the ears turned red.

Looking up, almost everyone was laughing hard, and the sound of laughter and heckling was like a wave, wave after wave.

But except for Lin Xiao.

"When I didn't come back at noon, did you eat some luxurious lunch on my back? Huang Lu turned his head sideways and smiled at Lin Xiao, as if he had made a joke unintentionally.

"What?" Lin Xiao moved his gaze away from Qin Yueyue, who was "speaking", and raised his eyebrows suspiciously.

Lin Xiao still looked the same as usual, when he was concentrating on listening to people, there would be a shallow smile on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were full of seriousness. But Huang Lu still noticed it quite keenly, and there was only a blank look in her eyes at this time.

"What's wrong?" Lin Xiao thought that his words just now were covered by the cheers that sounded outside, and took the initiative to turn sideways in the direction of Huang Lu, repeating the words again.

"I ask you if you carried me on my back at noon. Huang Lu picked up a piece of hairy belly and put it into the spicy and hot red pot, then turned his head unhurriedly, and glanced at the plate in front of Lin Xiao that was almost as clean as if it had not been moved, and said, "I see that you don't have an appetite to eat, I remember that you like spicy food." ”

"Huh?" Lin Xiao's mind was not here at all at the moment, so he was easily taken away, followed Huang Lu's line of sight and glanced into the bowl, and said, "I like spicy food, but I don't have a very appetite now." ”

Huang Lu didn't say a word, and looked at the hairy belly in his pot with great concentration.

Lin Xiao thought for a while and added: "The hot pot is very fragrant and delicious, I don't know what's going on." ”

"Hmm. Huang Lu nodded and didn't continue, as if all the attention was given to the hairy belly in front of him. After Lin Xiao finished speaking, he felt a little embarrassed and didn't continue. For a while, the sight was a little inexplicably flustered, and finally the sight fell on the pot unconsciously.

In this typical Chongqing hot pot they came, red peppers kept tumbling in the red soup, and the hairy belly that Huang Lu was holding with chopsticks was also looming.

Eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one

The crispy belly only needs to be scalded for fifteen seconds, Lin Xiao watched Huang Lu's chopsticks sway up and down, and couldn't help but count silently in his heart.

Huang Lu obviously noticed her abnormality, so he suddenly asked this. But Lin Xiao didn't want to answer, didn't want to face it, and didn't even want to remind himself of that comment.

But the more you don't want to, the clearer the negative emotions behind that comment become, and even follow you.

"Eat. ”

Huang Lu's chopsticks with his hairy belly didn't mean to turn at all, and fell straight into Lin Xiao's bowl.

Raising his eyes, it was Huang Lu's smiling eyes.

Huang Lu often laughs, but most of the time he is sneering or sneering in a weird way, and the number of times he laughs sincerely is pitiful. But it seems that after the two of them went shopping together last time, Huang Lu laughed more often.

His facial features are quite sharp, and there is a world of difference between them and the delicacy of those models, but when put together, there is an indescribable rough beauty, especially when he frowns and looks impatient. But like now, Huang Lu, whose corners of his eyes and eyebrows were stained with a smile, still made Lin Xiao unconsciously stunned.

"I see you've been hungry for a while," Huang Lu snapped his fingers, and his voice was filled with endless smugness and joy as if he had discovered some little secret: "Since just now, you haven't taken your eyes off this hairy belly, let you eat, let you eat." ”

This was said quite righteously, as if Lin Xiao was really gluttonous.

"You ......" Before Lin Xiao could say what he wanted to say, the corners of his mouth began to rise uncontrollably. He looked at each other with a smile and shook his head, but still picked up the chopsticks again and ate the hairy belly seriously.

The crispy touch mixed with the rich aroma of chili oil instantly exploded in the mouth and spread around.

This shop is really good, no wonder Huang Lu, a person who pays such attention to rituals, would actually set the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner here. Lin Xiao thought about it unconsciously, and suddenly realized that this was almost a bite of food in the real sense that she had eaten tonight.

"Yo yo yo-" Qin Yueyue, who has always been watching and listening to all directions, always paying attention to everyone's movements, Qin Yueyue, who has a keen sense of gossip and smell, noticed the interaction between Lin Xiao and Huang Lu, and immediately shouted loudly.

Everyone's eyes immediately fell on the two of them. The sight was full of excited teasing.

"Ten yuan at a time," Huang Lu still looked like he was still in the same good place, unhurriedly took another piece of hairy belly and put it into the pot, raised his eyes to look at everyone, and said, "Or?"

"Cut-" Everyone cut disdainfully, but they tacitly didn't coax anymore, and the irritability in Lin Xiao's heart dissipated so quietly.

The people of Vantes are good at this, and when they coax, they are more active than anyone else, but they also know how to get to the point, and they will not make people feel embarrassed to get off the stage, but will laugh unconsciously.

Lin Xiao glanced in Huang Lu's direction, and Huang Lu raised his eyebrows at her.

"Make up the money next time. Huang Lu suddenly said softly.

His voice was extremely soft, if it weren't for the fact that the two of them were sitting relatively close, Lin Xiao would not have been able to hear it accurately in the noise. Lin Xiao turned his head sideways, Huang Lu's gaze did not move to this side, his right hand rested on the back of the chair, leaning back slightly, as if he was listening carefully to what Xu Yuanhang said.

The sentence just now was as light as Lin Xiao's illusion, and as light as a secret between the two that was not known to others.

Almost instantly, the flush silently climbed up the neck and then spread wildly behind the ears. Lin Xiaomeng took a sip of water, as if he was spicy by the hairy belly just now.

Huang Lu still maintained his side-sitting posture unchanged, as if he heard something interesting, and curled the corners of his mouth silently.

In addition to being Fantes's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, this meal was also a farewell party for Zhao Qingran. Tomorrow, the other party will go back to the New Year in advance, and after that, the people of Fantes will also have holidays one after another to usher in the Spring Festival.

The lively scene seems to last only one night.

Obviously, he was used to living alone before, and during the time he got along with Zhao Qingran, most of the time, the two of them did their own things, and they rarely even commuted together. But when he thought that the other party would leave tomorrow and he would be the only one left in the house again, Lin Xiao felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

That comment brought her from a short period of joy and comfort to reality again.

"Then I'll send them back one by one, and you and Lin Xiao will go back and continue the live broadcast?" As soon as Xu Yuanhang walked out of the door, he was immediately blown in the face by the wind and snow, and the last few words involuntarily brought a little trill.

"Well, drive carefully. Huang Lu nodded, turned his head to look at Lin Fang, and said, "Brother Fang's taxi is almost here, after you get in the car, Lin Xiao and I will go again, and you will also say it in the group when you get home." ”

It's not early, Huang Lu and Lin Xiao have to go back to the studio to continue the live broadcast. Xu Yuanhang was responsible for sending the others back, there were not so many people in the car, so Lin Fang was close to home, and it was much more convenient to take a taxi back directly.

"Okay. As soon as Lin Fang's words fell, he saw that the taxi in front of him had arrived, and he hurriedly said goodbye to everyone briefly, and immediately trotted in the direction of the car.

"Be careful, the ground is slippery. Lin Xiao shouted worriedly, and Lin Fang waved his hand to signal that it was okay.

Huang Lu took a picture of the license plate number, and after watching him get into the car, he turned to look at Lin Xiao, and raised his chin in the direction of parking: "Then let's go over too." ”

Lin Xiao nodded and didn't say anything.

"Sure enough, it's an unscrupulous boss!" Xu Yuanhang's voice came from the side of the road, and his voice was full of heartache: "Let's broadcast it early today, it's weird cold!" After speaking, without waiting for Huang Lu and Lin Xiao to react, they quickly rolled up the car window, and it seemed that it would be too late to hear Huang Lu's refusal and scolding.

"Qin Yueyue, this fool's infectious power is too strong. Huang Lu looked at the ruts left by the other party when he left, and said half scolding and half laughing.

Lin Xiaoyi remembered the sentence that Huang Lu had often said since he entered Fantes, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Don't let people play with fools every day, you say this about Qin Yueyue, does she know?"

"What if you know?" Huang Lu's back was straight, and when his chin was slightly raised, his expression was very arrogant: "I am an evil capitalist, in order to be able to pay my salary on time every month, she can bear it." ”

Lin Xiao snorted and laughed.

There are a lot of snowy days in Jiangnan this year, almost since New Year's Day, it has been falling intermittently, and it has reached a small peak in the past two days.

When I came to eat, I didn't think the snow was heavy, but now that only a few hours have passed, there is already a thick layer on the outside. Huang Lu parked a little far in the past, and the two of them happened to cross a road covered with snow.

"You're in a bad mood today, is something going on?" the two walked forward for a while, and Huang Lu suddenly asked out loud.

I didn't expect him to ask so directly, Lin Xiao was stunned, and subconsciously wanted to deny it, but opened his mouth but still didn't say anything.

"Whatever it is, you can tell me. Obviously, his voice was so soft that it seemed like a soft whispering between the two, but Huang Lu's tone revealed a kind of confidence and certainty that belonged to him.

It seems that he is not just a listener, but also solves all the confusions and problems for Lin Xiao.

Huang Lu turned his head sideways, noticed that Lin Xiao was struggling step by step, and specially turned around and stood in place waiting for her. Lin Xiao smiled gratefully, and then, Huang Lu stretched out his hand towards her.

At that moment, Lin Xiao had countless words in his heart that were about to come out.