Unknowingly, Tao Li had been living in Ai Xin's house for almost a week, and even if Ai Xin didn't open his mouth to catch up with him, Tao Li could clearly find that Ai Xin's patience with him was gradually decreasing.

After all, at first, she relied on the compassion that deceived Ai Xin, and her compassion was beyond Tao Li's expectations, and at first he thought that he would be kicked out the next day.

The two of them sat quietly on the sofa, Ai Xin was lying on the side holding her mobile phone and watching the variety show, this scene seemed to be the same as when Tao Li came here on the first day.

"That's right. ”

Tao Li looked at the calendar on his phone and suddenly opened his mouth. Ai Xin put down her phone, sat up, and looked at him suspiciously.

"It's almost the New Year. ”

He leaned back on the couch and seemed to mention it casually.

"Oh. ”

Ai Xin nodded, not at all interested in the topic.

"I'm going to ...... Go home. ”

Ai Xin turned his head sideways and glanced at him, as if he thought he was talking nonsense: "You should have gone home a long time ago." ”

“...... You're still as ugly as ever. ”

"Why does it sound good?"

Ai Xin tilted his head and looked at him as he should be.

"Okay...... I'll be home tomorrow anyway. By the way, I remember you said you weren't a local, so are you going home?"

"Does it have anything to do with you?"

Ai Xin responded without hesitation, and when he saw the expression on Tao Li's face, he restrained a little more, and his tone was a little gentler.

"No, I don't go back. ”

"Oh, your parents came to celebrate the New Year with you?"

Tao Li's biggest advantage is that he is thick-skinned, once the other party gives him a good face, he will immediately think that this is a show of goodwill, and he can't see the reluctant expression on Ai Xin's face at all.

Ai Xin didn't seem to be too lazy to pay attention to him, and directly lay on the sofa and continued to play the variety show on his mobile phone, making his voice louder, reminding Tao Li that it was time to shut up.

Tao Li pursed his lips, also leaned on the sofa with his mobile phone, and began to plan where he would go in the evening after going home for a meal tomorrow.

It wasn't until it was almost dinner time in the evening that Tao Li's stomach growled that Ai Xin turned over on the sofa and looked at him with a rare smile.

"Hungry?"

"Hmm. ”

Tao Li touched his stomach and nodded a little aggrieved.

"Going out to eat?" or ......"

"Let's order takeout. ”

For some reason, Tao Li suddenly cherished the time the two of them spent together, compared to the previous mood of seeming to love Ai Xin, he was now more curious about her and wanted to find out. He didn't want to spend his precious time on driving and waiting for meals, but he wanted the two of them to stay quietly and talk about topics that they wouldn't normally talk about.

"Good. ”

Ai Xin didn't seem to want to go out either, so she quickly agreed, and flipped through it with her phone.

"Nanjing's big brand stalls?"

"Hmm...... I want to eat something a little stronger. ”

"That's a lot. ”

Ai Xin smiled and continued to swipe the phone screen, looking at the recommended takeout near her home.

"Grilled skewers, or Sichuan cuisine, I think there are ...... roasted brain flowers."

"This is good, this is good, it's better to have some draught beer. ”

"Hmm. ”

Ai Xin nodded, and seemed to be very satisfied with this arrangement, ordered some food, ordered takeaway from the supermarket, and asked for a few dozen beers. Although Tao Li was just as happy, what he thought in his heart was completely different.

I don't know if Ai Xin added the dispatch fee, or if the business of this store is not very hot, Tao Li hasn't finished a game yet, and the takeaway has been delivered. He hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to give up his teammates who were fighting side by side, closed the game and sat in front of the coffee table, obediently waiting for Ai Xin to take the food out of the takeout bag.

"I said, are you too lazy to eat and make a little bit?" Ai Xin looked at him unhappily as he put the food on the plate, "I have hardly seen you do anything this week." ”

"I want to ask you. Tao Li also looked at her unhappily, "Living in such a good house, can't my aunt afford to hire one?"

"I invited an older one, who thought that there was too little work at home, and said that he was not at ease with the money, so he left. Then a young man came, talking too much, just washing the dishes and talking to me for twenty minutes about how dish soap pollutes the environment, so thoughtful, I let her go. ”

"So, you're admitting that you're in trouble now?"

The corners of Tao Li's mouth turned up, and he looked at her with a treacherous look.

"You're going to leave tomorrow, aren't you? Actually, you can leave now, I won't stop you. ”

Ai Xin poured the beer into the draft beer cup, rolled her eyes, and sat cross-legged in front of the coffee table.

"I find that your ability to roll your eyes now is really perfect, and your expression is much richer than when I first met you. ”

Listening to Tao Li's words, Ai Xin suddenly looked up at him in surprise, stared at him for a few seconds, and then lowered his head and took a sip of beer.

"What, am I wrong?"

Tao Li looked at her eyes, obviously wanting to say something but holding back, which made him very unaccustomed.

"No, I'm just surprised that you can use idioms. ”

“...... I look so uncultured?"

"It's not that it's uneducated, it's just that it's not so cultured. ”

"......" Tao Li looked at her hatefully, and after a while, he squeezed out a sentence from his throat, "If you were educated, you wouldn't go to the same university with me." ”

"Makes sense. ”

Ai Xin nodded, took the beer and drank it by himself, he didn't have the slightest desire to compete with Tao Li, which made him feel extremely bored.

"I've always had a question. ”

Tao Li took a sip of beer and looked at Ai Xin curiously.

"Asked. ”

"Although you are good-looking and look quite rich, I still can't figure out why you don't like me?"

"I don't like you?"

Ai Xin seemed a little confused by the word and looked at him with a frown.

"yes, you can tell I like you, right?"

"I didn't see it before, but now I ...... I guess I can see it. ”

"Okay. Tao Li was accustomed to her blunt words that were completely indifferent to other people's feelings, nodded and looked at her seriously, waiting for her answer.

"Why do you think that if you don't like it, you must not like it?" Ai Xin tilted his head, a little curious about his thoughts, "There are many reasons why I don't like a person, not to mention that I don't know your conditions at all, even if your conditions are the best in the world, I may not like you, right?"

"That's true, but I always feel that you don't like anyone else except me. ”

Tao Li recalled for a moment, and in his memory, Ai Xin almost never gave anyone a good look.

"Who said that?" Ai Xin put down the cup in his hand and thought for a moment, "I have someone I like very much." ”

"Huh?"

This made Tao Li not expect that a person like Ai Xin, who either couldn't hit a fart with three poles, or was a poisonous tongue who wanted to die, would actually say that he had someone he liked. But she doesn't look like she's in love at all, could it be that she was rejected by the person she likes?

"What?" Ai Xin raised an eyebrow at him, "I have someone I like, is it weird?"

"Not really, I just didn't expect it. ”

"Hush. Ai Xin pursed her lips, "I'm not the kind of person who will write on my face what I think in my heart." ”

Tao Li glared at her and almost scolded, the disdain on Ai Xin's face was about to jump out and fly to his face, and he usually showed his disgust, impatience, and hatred unabashedly, and he was embarrassed to say that he was not this kind of person?

"You look suspicious?"

Ai Xin blinked and raised an eyebrow to look at him.

"Don't dare, don't dare. ”

Tao Li shook his head with a smirk, took a sip of the beer in his cup, and ate the dish seriously.

After three rounds of drinking, Tao Li's face was obviously a little red, and his emotions were also excited, and he kept clinking glasses with Ai Xin with his glass. Although Ai Xin drank every cup, it seemed that all he drank was boiled water, not only did his face not change at all, but the whole person still looked cold.

"I said you, you really seem to be a little withdrawn. Tao Li held his glass and looked at her with a smile, "You should learn more from me, be more cheerful, and make more friends." ”

"Oh?" Ai Xin laughed, "Then why are you so many friends still in the house of someone you've only known for a week?"

It's not ...... Tao Li almost told the truth directly, although I don't know if Ai Xin had already seen it and didn't debunk himself, but lying is such a thing, Tao Li has high requirements for himself, and he still has to start and finish well.

"No way, they're all friends of wine and meat. ”

Ai Xin nodded, as if thinking about something, and after a few seconds, he looked at Tao Li seriously.

"Are you happy then?"

"Happy?" Tao Li was stunned for a moment, feeling that this question was a bit stupid and hypocritical, but he still answered honestly, "I think I'm quite happy." ”

"Why?"

"What's the reason for this?" Tao Li put down the cup and looked at her with open hands, "I can't get what I want, I don't need to worry about anything in life, I have a lot of friends, and there are many girls who like me, why am I not happy?"

"Is that fun......

Ai Xin thought about his words, and for a while, he lowered his head in some disappointment, and whispered: "Then why, can't I be happy......

"I think you're just thinking too much, of course you're so withdrawn and unhappy, learn from me, go out more and make friends, the world is immediately different. After Tao Li finished speaking, he picked up the cup and looked at her with a big grin, "Come on, cheers!"

"Hmm. ”

Ai Xin responded, also raised his cup, touched it with Tao Li, and drank it all.

Tao Li didn't know when he was drunk, and when he woke up, he was still sleeping on the sofa, and he was covered with a blanket very perfunctory, although it only covered his stomach, but he thought it was also a sign that Ai Xin cared about him.

After getting up, his head still hurt a little, Tao Li glanced at the coffee table, full of last night's mess. However, in the middle of a pile of dishes, Ai Xin seemed to have left a note for herself.

"I don't have to clean up, I have something to go out, and I close the door when I leave. ”

All right...... It seems that the concern just now is completely my own delusion. Tao Li stood up and stretched, washed up a little, and then picked up his coat and went out. Since Ai Xin said that he didn't need to clean up, he didn't have the energy to do these things that the servants did on weekdays.

Tao Li drove all the way home, had a simple meal, and went out with his fox friends and dog friends who had already made an appointment.

After drinking wine for two days in a row, Tao Li felt that his body was about to be hollowed out, so he rested at home for two days, looking out of the floor-to-ceiling window boredly.

Although it is already winter, the garden at home is still well maintained in spring, so that people can't see the change of seasons at all.

He once complained that winter should be like winter, that everything should wither, and that there are no leaves on the branches to look like winter.

But Li Jingyi doesn't think so, she has never suffered any hardships or grievances in her life, even if she is in her forties, she still maintains the spirit of a girl, and always feels that the garden should be full of flowers and leaves, and it looks vibrant.

Since his mother said so, Tao Li has nothing to refute, anyway, in this family, his opinion has never been important.

He was lying in bed, bored, and a little tired of going out to drink.

Every time I go to a bar, as long as someone introduces me, or sees the car I drive and dress, the girl at the table will be enthusiastic about me.

Even if he was a little indifferent at the beginning, which aroused Tao Li's interest, but within a few days of chasing the other party, he would disarm and surrender, and in Tao Li's opinion, the initial indifference was just a desire to capture and attract his own attention.

To put it mildly, Tao Li feels that ordinary girls are too unchallenging, let alone their family background, just with this handsome face, most girls have no resistance.

He looked at the ceiling, but Ai Xin's pale and stubborn face suddenly appeared in front of him.

In all fairness, Ai Xin's appearance can only be regarded as a midstream level among the girls he has dated in his previous years, not even in the middle and upper levels. She is a little chubby, her nose is not very straight, she is very typical of Asian appearance, but she is better than her big and bright eyes, coupled with the playful tiger teeth when she laughs and the two sweet pear vortices on the side of her mouth, which always makes Tao Ling's mind ripple.

Tao Li felt that his thoughts were ridiculous, Ai Xin didn't even give himself a chance, but he silently scored Ai Xin's appearance here, which can be regarded as bursting with self-confidence.

I don't know, what is Ai Xin doing now......

Although the last time he drank, he added Ai Xin's WeChat with a dead face, but the two of them haven't said a word these days.

He couldn't find a topic to cut to, and he didn't want to appear too enthusiastic, but it was impossible for Ai Xin to take the initiative to send him a message.

Tao Li tried to look through Ai Xin's circle of friends to see if there were any common topics, but the content of her circle of friends was pitiful, only two or three words that he couldn't understand at all, and some very ordinary photos of sharing life, and he couldn't find even a trace of his interests.

Moreover, Tao Li can conclude that even if the topic she provoked is something that Ai Xin is interested in, with her character, she will not reply to herself with a few words.

Thinking like this, Tao Li couldn't help but click into her circle of friends again, and when she refreshed it, a new text actually appeared.

"But I can't stay any longer.

The sea, which beckons all things to return, is also calling me, and I must board the boat. ”

...... It was again that Tao Li couldn't understand at all, but this time he learned smartly, and quickly took a screenshot and sent it to several friend groups.

"Brothers, 100,000 urgent, who knows what this passage means?"

Tao Li has always been a very popular presence in the circle of friends, even if it is not for his background, his generosity and humor have also made many people follow, as soon as the news was sent, there was a response below.

"What the hell!"

"I don't understand......"

"What's this, Tao Da Shao's new target?"

Tao Li looked at their replies and couldn't help but sigh deeply. Sure enough, people like myself who have no culture are surrounded by people who have no culture......

When Tao Li was disappointed, a person in the group who didn't talk much suddenly replied, if I remember correctly, it should be the biggest friend, although it is the same art school, but the other party seems to be one of the majors that need more cultural heritage.

"This, I seem to have seen it, is a piece of prose, I'll check it for you. ”

When Tao Li saw his reply, his eyes couldn't help but light up, it's okay...... I also have one or two friends who have "read books".

"I found that it was a collection of Gibran's essays, and the title of this one should be "The Arrival of the Ship". ”

However, even after finding the author and the original work, Tao Li still held the mobile phone with a blank expression, Gibran ...... Who is it?

Tao Li seems to be born with an allergy to things like "literature and art", and the time for sitting down and concentrating on reading books from childhood to adulthood has never exceeded ten minutes, except for the few books that must be read in class, basically he has not taken the initiative to read any, prose, and poetry collections, but because of this reason, he now has a good impression of Ai Xin.

"Tao Dashao can, this time I found a literary girl?"

"yes, I've never heard of this person, Chinese?"

"Okay, the big pottery has changed its taste? From semi-permanent to small fresh, the span is a bit big!"

Tao Li looked at the rich second generation in the group who were also uneducated and joking, and suddenly felt that they were superficial, and he didn't even bother to reply, holding his mobile phone and thinking about it, completely forgetting that he was a superficial person like them on weekdays.

Even if he knew the meaning of this circle of friends, he still couldn't use this as a starting point to chat with Ai Xin, after all, his old bottom would probably be exposed if he didn't talk about two sentences.

Sighing, Tao Li finally put down his phone and decided to go directly to Ai Xin's house tomorrow.

Based on his observation this week, although the conditions in Ai Xin's home are not necessarily comparable to his own, they should not be too bad, and living in such luxury alone is mostly compensation from his parents' perennial absence. In addition, Ai Xin looks like an otaku girl and rarely seems to go out, so he deduces that Ai Xin should also be at home during the Spring Festival, watching his boring movies and variety shows.

With such thoughts, Tao Li was suddenly full of expectations for tomorrow, got up from the bed, went to the restaurant to hastily eat a few bites of food, and drove out of the door, planning to buy a new outfit for tomorrow's "date", which made Ai Xin's eyes shine.

Tao Li thinks that although he doesn't have many advantages, optimism is a big characteristic of him, probably because he has been dressed and fed since he was a child, and he has never been worried about anything in life, which makes him can't help but think about everything in a good direction.

Although Ai Xin still doesn't like him yet, this is mainly because Ai Xin hasn't seen where he excels, in other words, he hasn't been able to show his best side to Ai Xin. As long as he is willing to work hard and take the time, so that Ai Xin has a full understanding of himself, he has a great confidence that he can impress Ai Xin.

After a turn in the mall, Tao Li already had several more valuable bags in his hand, he looked at the floor signs and thought about it, ran to the first floor again, bought some inexpensive but specially designed small jewelry, and bought a box of well-matched immortal flowers and music boxes, and then got into the car with a large bag and rushed all the way home.

When I got home, my father Tao Shengyang seemed to have just come back, sitting in the restaurant drinking tea and waiting for dinner. As soon as he saw Tao Li, he sneered at the various brand-name paper bags in his hand and let out a cold snort.

"I don't make money all day long, but I don't spend less. ”

"Who said that?" Tao Li put the paper bag on the ground, straightened his waist and looked at Tao Shengyang, "I want to make a lot of money sooner or later." ”

"Morning and evening?" Tao Shengyang sneered, "I'm afraid it's only late, not early." ”

"Oh, don't talk about your son, he's very sensible. ”

Li Jingyi sat on the side, already accustomed to the-for-tat confrontation between father and son, skillfully persuading.

"That's it, what do you think I'm going out for, I'm looking for your daughter-in-law, it's all going to give her tomorrow, and it's not me spending my own money, what are you talking about. ”

Tao Li lifted the paper bag again, pursed his lips, and prepared to go upstairs with his things.

"Daughter-in-law, heh, are the three sects and nine streams you know in the bar also worthy of entering the Tao family's door?"

Tao Shengyang put down the financial magazine in his hand and looked at Tao Li indifferently.

Tao Li didn't bother to argue with his father anymore, so he went upstairs directly with his things, and after a while, Tao Li's unconvinced shout suddenly came from upstairs.

"People have read Gibran!"