Li Peiyuan got up early the next morning and got up at six o'clock. It was still drizzling outside, and the light in the house was dim. Because it's an old house, it's a little cold and cold.

He didn't turn on the light, but went to the kitchen after a simple wash, opened the refrigerator and saw a box of fresh shrimp bought from the supermarket, so he took it out. After processing, the porridge began to boil.

He originally planned to go out to buy soy milk fritters after boiling porridge, but just as he was about to go out, Yan Xu opened the door and came out of the guest room.

Probably thinking that he hadn't gotten up yet, she gently closed the door. When she turned around and saw Li Peiyuan coming out of the kitchen, she couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then said, "You got up so early." ”

She got up so early, obviously planning to leave early.

Li Peiyuan raised his wrist to look at the time and said, "It's still early, I went out to buy soy milk fritters, and after breakfast, I will send you to the company by the way to work." ”

In fact, the two are not on the way.

Yan Xu just wanted to say that there was no need to be so troublesome, but before the words could be spoken, Li Peiyuan took an umbrella from the door and went out.

Soon there was a creak of the door opening outside, and Yan Xu stood in the living room for a while, and went to the kitchen to look at the porridge boiling.

There was a breakfast seller in the alley outside, and Li Pei came back with breakfast not long after. It was not convenient for him to hold an umbrella in his hand and carry things, so he heard the sound of the door opening and came out of the kitchen, reaching out to take the warm soy milk and fritters in his hand.

Soy milk and fritters are packed in bags, and when you go to pick them up, your hands will inevitably touch each other. Although he had just come back from outside, Li Peiyuan's fingers were warm.

But it was just a momentary touch, and Yan Xu quickly took over the thing.

Li Peiyuan was as usual and said thank you.

Perhaps because the two of them had 'tribulation' together last night, this breakfast cake was not as stiff as before.

At breakfast, Li Peiyuan probably remembered what happened last night and asked, "Have you ever learned sanda before?"

Yan Xu nodded and mumbled.

Li Peiyuan remembered the small courtyard again, where she seemed to be the only one. And she locked the door when she left. Before that incident, he and her had little to do with each other, and even if they met occasionally, they were just polite greetings.

The only thing he remembered was that she was as quiet and taciturn as her peers.

He wanted to ask something, but he didn't ask. After a while, he asked, "When did you come to Yucheng?"

Although Yan Xu didn't expect him to ask these questions, he still replied, "It's been a few years." After a slight pause, she continued: "Mr. Cheng has been sponsoring me to go to school here. ”

Her character is stubborn and does not want to be favored in vain. She came to Yucheng on her own initiative. She wanted to help Cheng Wei and do what she could.

In fact, although her hand was good, Cheng Wei didn't let her do anything. She insisted on helping, but all he arranged for her was trivial. Even when she came to Zhou He's side later, she took the initiative to ask for it.

Although Li Peiyuan hadn't asked, he had guessed something when he saw that she was young and followed Cheng Wei's side. Then he nodded.

The two of them didn't speak again.

After breakfast, Li Peiyuan went back to his room to change his clothes. The two went out very early, and Yan Xu did not go directly to the company, but went back to the dormitory first, planning to change clothes.

It wasn't far away, and the car stopped at the bottom of the dormitory building not long after.

Yan Xu thanked Li Pei from afar, and then opened the car door and got out of the car.

She got out of the car, and Li Peiyuan actually opened the car door and got out of the car. She couldn't help but be stunned, Li Peiyuan had already arrived behind, opened the trunk, took out a large bag of snacks from it, handed it to her, and said, "Take it back and eat it." ”

His tone was gentle, and he paused slightly, and then said, "If there is anything going on in life...... Just call me. Go up. ”

Yan Xu's mind was filled with paste, and he didn't even know how he got into the hall. When he turned around, Li Peiyuan outside had already started the car and was turning around.

She looked down at the large bag of snacks in her hand, stood for a moment, and then entered the elevator and went upstairs.

In the dormitory, the roommate has already gone to work, and the room is quiet. She put down the snacks, sat on the bed for a while, and saw that it was almost time to go to work, so she changed her clothes and hurriedly ran downstairs.

In the following time, as long as she is free, Li Peiyuan will take her out to eat from time to time. Almost every time, she was given a bag of snacks or some gadgets.

But this is not a date, Li Peiyuan is very considerate, and no matter what is arranged, he is thoughtful. He is also very gentle with her. But none of these involve the love between men and women.

In other words, he treats her like a child. Although he had never expressed it in words, this was the feeling he gave her.

It was awkward for the two to stay together at first, but after eating several meals together, they slowly became familiar with each other. She slowly knew that Li Peiyuan was actually not as cold and difficult to approach as she had seen before.

In fact, even with his subordinates, he is very amiable in private. Moreover, he is very good at putting himself in the shoes of others, and often arranges everything quietly. It's never embarrassing.

But he was alone.

He rarely has friends other than his colleagues. Even when the phone rings, nine times out of ten, it will be a business affair.

Although he is very considerate, he will hardly be cold when he is with people. But Yan Xu found that he actually didn't like to talk, and when he was alone, he often smoked a cigarette in a trance, as if he had a lot on his mind.

It's just that his emotions have never been exposed, let alone noticed.

This Friday, Yan Xu was about to get off work when his mobile phone rang. She took out her mobile phone, and the call was from Li Peiyuan.

Although they meet from time to time these days, she is still polite, and when she picks up the phone, she calls Mr. Li.

Li Peiyuan sighed on the other end of the phone and asked, "Are you free after work today?"

He had invited her to several meals, and it was reasonable for her to return the invitation. Then he said, "It's free." ”

Li Peiyuan nodded on the other end of the phone and said, "I'll get off work now, and I'll be downstairs in your company later, you wait for me." ”

Yan Xu said yes and put the packed bag back. I was going to figure him out when he was coming over and then go downstairs.

Li Peiyuan came faster than Yan Xu expected, she went to make a cup of coffee and drank it, and just after reading the information for a while, Li Peiyuan's phone called.

She picked up her bag and went downstairs.

His car was parked on the side of the inconspicuous road next to the company, and as she walked over, he got out of the car and opened the door for her.

In the past, when he got in the car, he would ask her what she wanted to eat. This time he didn't, after getting in the car, he called, I don't know who it was for, and asked the other party to wait a while, he should be there in half an hour.

Although Yan Xu was puzzled in his heart, he didn't ask anything. The car did not go to the city center, but to the south side of the city. At this time, it is the rush hour after work, and there are stops and stops along the way.

The time had been calculated in advance, and Li Peiyuan was not impatient. Half an hour later, his car was parked in a marked parking space on the side of the road.

The neighborhood is a bit deserted and not lively. I didn't see a restaurant or anything like that.

Just as Yan Xu was wondering, a young man came over. Seeing Li Peiyuan, a smile appeared on his face, and he said, "You are Mr. Li, right?"

Li Peiyuan nodded and said, "I'm sorry to keep you waiting." ”

"You're welcome. The young man said and greeted Yan Xu again, and then said, "Please come with me." ”

Although he said hello, Yan Xu was completely confused by the second monk, and he didn't know what Li Peiyuan was going to do.

The young man led the way, and in a short time he entered a hall. At this time, it was already off work, and the hall was a little deserted.

When the two of them sat down, the young man poured two glasses of water, then took out a book of materials, pushed it in front of Li Peiyuan, and said: "Look at it, the area selected now is the most convenient and the best environment, the apartment type is large and small, and the balcony is given by us." ”

Li Peiyuan nodded, and after asking a few questions, he pushed the information in front of Yan Xu, and said, "I think Type B is more practical, how about you take a look?"

His tone was as gentle as usual.

Yan Xu thought at first that he was going to buy a house himself, but when he pushed the information in front of him, he knew that he was going to buy it for her.

Her face turned pale, and she subconsciously pursed her lips.

Li Peiyuan naturally noticed her changes, and said softly: "It's not very convenient to live in the dormitory, it's not far from your company, and there is a subway outside the door, and it will be there in a few minutes." Commuting will be convenient. ”

Yan Xu didn't speak, but pursed his lips tightly.

The sales consultant sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere, and he couldn't figure out what was going on for a while. But knowing that this Mr. Li had some backgrounds, he said with a very eye-catching look: "Mr. Li, you look at it first, I'll go to the bathroom." ”

He said and quickly left.

Waiting for his back to disappear, Li Peiyuan sighed in a low voice and said, "Don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything else......"

In fact, his explanation is quite far-fetched.

He bought her a house, obviously because of that time.

Before he finished speaking, Yan Xu raised his head and looked at him, and said seriously: "I always thought that Mr. Li and I are friends now. After a slight pause, she added, "Are you trying to make it up to me?"

A faint self-deprecation appeared on her lips, and she said, "I didn't expect me to be quite valuable." ”

She said no more, got up and walked outside.

Li Peiyuan stretched out his hand and pressed his eyebrows, and chased out.

Yan Xu's footsteps were very fast, and when Li Peiyuan chased her, she had already reached the side of the road. He didn't care about people coming and going, so he reached out and grabbed her hand, and said, "Yanxu, listen to me, I didn't mean that......"

Yan Xu didn't break away from his hand, raised a pair of clear eyes to look at her, and smiled self-deprecatingly, "Then what do you mean by buying a house for no reason?"

Li Peiyuan did mean to compensate her, but he couldn't say it under her clear eyes. Finally, he sighed low and said, "If you don't want it, then don't buy it, it's my fault, don't be angry." ”

There was some helplessness in his tone.

The two of them came out in such a hurry, and they didn't say hello to the sales. Li Peiyuan let go of the wrist holding Yan Xu and said, "Just wait for me here, I'll go back to say hello, and we'll go to dinner when we come back." ”

It was not completely dark, and the street lights on both sides of the road were already on.

He couldn't help but let people wait for so long, and quickly went back to the sales department after speaking.

Li Peiyuan came back quickly, but he came back in four or five minutes. Seeing that Yan Xu was in a daze, he said let's go, and took her to the car.

Yan Xu didn't speak, got into the car and fastened his seat belt, he sighed lowly, and said, "Don't be angry, it's my fault." Whatever you want to eat, I'll send you back after eating. ”

Yan Xu didn't speak, and only after a while did he say that he could eat anything.

Li Peiyuan nodded and started the car.

It was as if he had returned to the beginning, and for the rest of the year, Yan Xu had not spoken. I don't eat much when I eat.

It's not good to talk in the restaurant, and when he got into the car after paying for the food, Li Peiyuan stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, and said, "Yanxu, I plan to buy you a house, but I think it's not convenient to live in the dormitory for a long time." I'm not ......."

He couldn't think of the right words for a moment, and he didn't know what to say.

The car was quiet for a while, and after a while, Yan Xu said, "Mr. Li, I don't need compensation. I don't think it's anyone's fault. You know a lot, and I have benefited a lot from chatting with you. I also unilaterally treat you as a friend. I'm sorry if during this time, you misunderstood something and made you burdened. Thank you for taking care during this time. ”

Although she said it softly, Li Peiyuan knew what she meant.

He sighed low again, and said, "Why are you so strong-tempered, didn't I say I was wrong?" After a slight pause, he continued, "I didn't think of you as a friend." ”

Yan Xu's pursed lips loosened slightly.

Li Peiyuan raised his hand, originally wanting to pat her on the head, but finally took it back, thought about it for a while, and said, "How about I ask you to drink to make amends?"

He apologized and admitted his mistake with practical actions.

Yan Xu couldn't help laughing and said, "Okay." That's what you said, I'll only order the most expensive one tonight. ”

Her eyebrows were crooked.

Li Peiyuan also laughed, said hello, and started the car.

In order to make it easier for her to go back to the dormitory later, Li Peiyuan drove the car to a place not far from her dormitory, stopped, and took her to the bar.

She doesn't come to this kind of place very often, saying that she only orders the most expensive wines, but in fact she doesn't know much about these wines. In the end, it was Li Pei who was far away.

He was used to drinking spirits, and he ordered himself spirits. The words were given a milder wine.

The wine was not too enjoyable, and after drinking a glass, the girl next to me asked for a glass of colorful wine, and asked for a glass herself.

This mixed wine has a lot of stamina, Li Peiyuan stopped, "Be careful of getting drunk." ”

Yan Xu waved his hand and said, "You underestimate me, but how can you get drunk with just a glass of wine?"

She's confident.

It was originally rare to come over once, although Li Peiyuan was helpless, he didn't stop her again. Let her call for wine. If she gets drunk, just send her back to the dormitory when the time comes.

Yan Xu was in a lot of interest and excited tonight. As they drank, they sat down at the bar and talked to the bartender about the taste of the various liquors.

She was a young girl with beautiful eyebrows, and the bartender was willing to show off, telling her every time she mixed a drink. She listened with great interest, and when she met something she liked, she would ask the bartender to mix a glass.

Li Peiyuan realized that she had the potential to be an alcoholic.

Although she has the potential to be an alcoholic, her alcohol consumption is not very good, and after drinking the fourth glass, the whole person is completely red-faced. He also speaks with a big tongue, and he can't speak clearly.

Li Peiyuan didn't wait for someone with bad intentions to sit next to her, so he got up and went to the bar, and then took her out of the bar.

Before getting into the car, she muttered that she could still drink, saying that Li Peiyuan's words didn't count. Obviously, she said that she was going to have a treat, but she took her away without having any fun.

If you drink it any more, it will become a puddle of mud. Li Peiyuan was afraid that she would make trouble, so he had to say that he would come over to drink next time. She just gave up.

Yan Xu had a good drink, didn't vomit along the way, and didn't keep talking like a chatterbox. Curled up quietly in the passenger seat, like a kitten.

She was a little drunk, and although she was quiet, her brain didn't work very well. Li Peiyuan asked a few words, but she couldn't answer a single sentence.

I finally asked clearly and took her upstairs, only to knock on the door to find that her roommate was not there. He had to hold her and dig out the key from her bag to open the door.

By the time the door was opened and the person was put on the bed, Li Peiyuan was already sweating. Yan Xu didn't get much better, her body was hot after drinking, and dense sweat broke out on her forehead.

Li Peiyuan hesitated a little and went to the bathroom. I don't know which towel he is, but after he took the warm water, he took the wet wipes and wiped the sweat off her forehead little by little.

She slept with her clothes closed, and he hesitated, but finally did not undress for her. After wiping his forehead, he took a glass of warm water and put it at the head of the bed, then gently turned off the light and left.

Yan Xu has a good physique, although he was drunk and unconscious the first day, but he still looks like a person who has nothing to do the next day. There was no post-hangover headache.

When Li Peiyuan called her to ask if she had gotten up, she had already gone to the company to work overtime.

With the beginning of this drinking, Yan Xu and Li Peiyuan seemed to have become brothers, and they didn't make an appointment to eat this time, but made an appointment to meet at a bar.

She didn't want to trouble Li Peiyuan, although she liked wine, she was very self-controlled, and she never got drunk again. As soon as you feel like you're going to get drunk, you immediately stop drinking.

She's not a bad drinker, she just likes to drink. Li Peiyuan also has no psychological burden, and occasionally gets good wine, and he will call her to share it with him. For a while, it really felt like a friend.

Time flies, months pass. Soon it was the Mid-Autumn Festival.

knew that Yan Xu had no place to go to the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Peiyuan called her and said that he asked her to go to her home for the festival. It's just that he has to work overtime that day, and he will ask his aunt to buy good vegetables and put them in the refrigerator, and then he will trouble her to cook.

Yan Xu responded very happily, and didn't let him ask his aunt to buy vegetables again, saying that it was a holiday that day, and she would go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables when the time came.

Li Peiyuan didn't have any objections and agreed.

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Peiyuan was still a little busy. It wasn't until the evening that he dragged his tired body back to the small courtyard.

He still remembers that he made an appointment with Yan Xu to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, and when he was about to get home, he parked his car on the side of the road, bought some fruits and drinks and brought them back.

When I went back, the lights in the house were already on, and the car was parked in the yard, and when I got out of the car, I smelled the fragrance wafting from the kitchen.

Li Peiyuan carried his things into the house, and when he heard footsteps, Yan Xu poked his head out of the kitchen, and said with a smile: "I'm back, wash my hands first, and I'll eat in a while." ”

Several dishes have been set up on the table, steamed crab, braised pork, Sixi meatballs, pine nut corn kernels, stir-fried choy sum, chicken soup skimmed with oil foam, and fried dried fish.

Li Peiyuan washed his hands and came out, and Yan Xu brought out the last spicy crayfish.

Both of them have no alcohol these days, and on such days, wine is indispensable. The drink that Li Peiyuan brought back was thrown aside.

The meals were all hearty, and after drinking some wine, the tiredness in my body was dispelled a little.

Li Peiyuan usually drinks in moderation, but probably because he was in a good mood tonight, he drank a little too much unconsciously.

The room was a little stuffy, and the two of them were originally sitting at the dining table to eat. But while eating, Yan Xu changed the wine table to the outside.

Before the dish was served, only a small pot of spicy crayfish was served.

She seems to like shrimp very much, and the action of peeling it is very neat.

Li Peiyuan didn't like to eat much, and watched her eat while drinking.

Yan Xu talked a little more tonight than usual, and from time to time he talked about some whimsical questions.

Although her alcohol consumption is much worse than Li Pei's, but because she drinks while eating shrimp, Li Peiyuan drinks more than twice as much wine as her, and when she is not drunk, he is a little drunk.

It is not obvious that he is drunk, and on the surface he looks the same as usual. It's just a little sluggish. He was no longer as strict as usual, curled up on one knee, leaning his back against the pillar of the house, still drinking from time to time.

The courtyard was dimly lit, and his shadow fell on the inky black side of him. The figure looked inexplicably lonely in the light.