Fortunately, everyone was eating downstairs at this time, and no one found out about Lu Rulan's troubles. Lu Rulan washed her underwear and secretly dried it in her room, cleaned up her messy mood a little, and went downstairs to eat.

As usual, Haichen sat next to Lu Rulan during dinner. In full view, this guy didn't make any special moves.

On the contrary, it was Lu Rulan, who was bubbling in Haichen's head as soon as he saw it. I didn't feel the rice in my nostrils, half a spoonful of soup was spilled on the table, and a scrambled egg shook like Parkinson's.

Finally finished dinner, and Su He was in charge of washing the dishes; Du Yunfei went to be in charge of radio broadcasting; Duan Whale began to spot check Duan Xingze's homework; Lu Rulan was afraid of being entangled by Haichen, so she dragged Lin Youqing outside for a walk. In the blink of an eye, it's time to watch a movie at nine o'clock in the evening.

Lu Rulan coaxed again.

He was supposed to choose the film today, but he said that he was unwell with a cold, so he escaped ten minutes before the opening. Haichen didn't expect this, obviously hesitated, but decided to follow upstairs as well.

Su He had been observing the movements of the two of them all day, and at this time he couldn't hold it back, he actually had to follow, but fortunately he was stopped by Du Yunfei.

"What are you going to do?"

"Does that need to be said? I think that Haichen kid must have done something to Xiaolan. Didn't you see Xiaolan's dejected appearance just now...... No, I have to go and see, I can't let the surname Hai mess around! ”

As he spoke, he continued to go up.

Du Yunfei simply stopped in front of him: "Don't be so selfish. ”

"Am I selfish?" Su He stretched out his hand and pointed at himself, "I care about my brother!" Is this also selfish? If you want to have a son or a daughter, you must be more nervous than I am. ”

"Will I have it?" Du Yunfei actually asked him, "How many will you give me?" ”

"I'm sorry, I can't give birth."

Su He raised his eyebrows, as if he didn't expect Du Yunfei to say such things, but he still insisted on his main point: "...... Anyway, I insist that Haichen shouldn't be with Xiaolan. Xiaolan was originally a straight man, why did he change his original orientation? ”

"Nobody is going to change him. If your brother likes women, then no matter what Haichen does, he will not be tempted. And if Haichen can impress him, it means that he has a good impression of Haichen in the first place. Gender orientation is only a social attribute, not a natural one. As you can see, Foguang Island is not a society, maybe you should also give Xiaolan a chance to let him face himself. ”

"It's not about looking at yourself. The real face should be to let him have other choices, such as a girl worthy of him. Instead of letting him fall in love with someone who is good to him under the drawbridge effect. ”

"You think it's the drawbridge effect?"

Du Yunfei's eyes lit up: "What about between us?" Do you need a third person to let you choose? ”

“…… I've said so many words, why do you just grab those four words! Su He was also a little anxious, "I'm afraid of you!" Let's just talk about things, don't talk about anything else?! ”

Du Yunfei also consciously lost his words, and eased his tone: "You will be afraid that you are the only one left in the end, and your brother is not alone now?" In all fairness, what do you think of Haichen as a person, and how do you treat your brother? Don't ruin the future of two people because of your momentary prejudices. ”

As he continued to say this, Su He immediately stopped squeaking, but a pair of eyes were still staring at the floor, obviously knowing that he was wrong, but he was not convinced.

Du Yunfei saw that he didn't take the initiative to find the bottom of the steps, so he took the initiative to come over and pull his arm. After dragging twice without moving, the third time was a little annoyed, Su He walked up by himself and returned to the living room to sit down. Duan Whale and Lin Youqing vaguely heard some of the disputes between him and Du Yunfei, and it was inconvenient to interject, so they could only start playing the video quickly.

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Of course, Lu Rulan didn't know that there was an argument downstairs because of herself. When he returned to the room, he had nothing to do, so he simply lay down on the bed and began to play with the handheld.

The game had just started when there was a knock on the door in the hallway.

"Xiaolan, it's me, can I come in?"

Who else but Haichen.

Lu Rulan sat up tremblingly, and saw the underwear hanging at the end of the bed at first glance.

"Don't-!"

He screamed and quickly pulled down his underwear, and couldn't find a proper hiding place for the time being, so he simply crumpled it into a ball and clutched it in the palm of his hand, and then prepared to open the door.

However, Haichen rushed to the front and said, "Forget it, I won't come in." Anyway, it's only a few words, and I'll leave after I'm done. ”

Lu Rulan's fingers stopped on the doorknob, and her heart hung in the air.

I only heard Haichen clear his throat and smile bitterly.

"Looks ...... My confession seems to have caused you a lot of pressure. Sorry for making you uncomfortable. I agreed that I would chase you seriously today, so let's end here. ”

End, what does that mean?

Lu Rulan's heart struck suddenly, and then she heard Haichen continue.

"Anyway, I still have something for you. I found it this morning while fishing, and I was going to make something stupid out of it, but then I thought it would be better to leave it at that. I left it at your door, I hope you'll like it. ”

After saying that, Haichen seemed to have put something on the ground at the door. Then he said "good night" and walked away.

Waiting for the footsteps to disappear into the other room, Lu Rulan opened the door.

There was a small cardboard box at the door, which was so light that it was almost the same as an empty one in your hand. Lu Rulan opened the lid of the box and saw several layers of napkins inside. On the top of the paper was a special-shaped pearl the size of a small fingernail.

Lu Rulan reacted suddenly, this is what Haichen bit when he ate oysters this morning. At that time, he quietly hid the pearl, what did he want to make?

He had missed the perfect time to ask for answers. Now I can only look at the pearls in the box and the wet panties in my hands in a daze, and I am once again in chaos and helplessness.

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That night, Lu Rulan had three or four more messy dreams, each of which was related to Haichen. Such a long and torturous night has finally passed. When she woke up the next morning, Lu Rulan found that she really had a cold. His throat hurt like a cactus, and it was so hot that it could spew fire.

After grinding on the bed for a while, she couldn't stand it, so Lu Rulan climbed down and walked next door to knock on the door of her brother and Dr. Du's room, wanting to ask for some medicine.

Su He and Du Yunfei deserve to be on the morning shift this week, and they are having breakfast downstairs at this hour. Lu Rulan turned around and wanted to go downstairs, but happened to meet Haichen who had just gotten up.

"Early."

In order to avoid embarrassment, Lu Rulan took the initiative to say hello, and as soon as her voice came out, she found that it was hoarse and unpleasant.

Haichen also heard it: "Cold? ”

"Hmm."

Lu Rulan nodded, and then waited for Haichen to come over and help find medicine as usual.

But Haichen walked towards the staircase.

"Then you drink more water and rest more, I'll go down to eat first."

It wasn't until his back disappeared at the bottom of the stairs that Lu Rulan suddenly came back to his senses. It was as if something had been taken away from my heart, and suddenly it became empty.

After grinding upstairs for a while, it wasn't until Su He came up to find someone that Lu Rulan followed downstairs.

After discovering his symptoms, Du Yunfei took out a plate of cold medicine, and Su He also gave him a pair of special dishes and chopsticks, and asked him to eat alone in the corner to prevent infection.

knew that such an isolation was necessary, but Lu Rulan still couldn't help but feel uncomfortable. Especially when he saw Haichen sitting at the big table eating breakfast, without glancing at this side, the feeling of being ignored was indescribable.

Finally finished breakfast, and everyone went back upstairs to rest. Lu Rulan didn't want to be isolated in disguise anymore, so she took the initiative to say that sweating a little was beneficial to her condition.

According to the plan, his and Haichen's job this morning was to turn the compost and continue to harvest the biodiesel, which was a simple physical job.

On the way to the compost pond, Haichen didn't say a word and walked ahead on his own. Lu Rulan's head was as heavy as a scale, and his fluttering steps couldn't keep up with him, and he slowly fell behind.

Finally, they arrived at the edge of the compost pond converted from the old gas station, and the two of them picked up shovels and prepared to turn the compost. The moment the tarp was lifted, a hot and humid smell of fermented forage came to the face.

On a normal basis, this little bit of flavor doesn't seem to be a big deal. But Lu Rulan, who already had a headache and brain fever, suddenly covered her mouth and retched.

Haichen's voice floated over painlessly: "No, don't be strong." ”

"Who said I can't!"

When her vision became clear again, Lu Rulan barely regained her balance, jumped into the compost pool first, and began to swing the shovel vigorously with full breath.

Half of the dead leaves and bird droppings were shoveled by him and flew all over the sky. Haichen didn't jump down, just stood by the pool and watched, and then quietly turned and walked away.

Until the sweat on his forehead slid down and blurred his eyes, Lu Rulan finally stopped and gasped. Looking around, he suddenly noticed that Haichen was gone, and immediately climbed up from the compost pond, looking left and right.

He was the only one near the gas station.

Lu Rulan's feet involuntarily began to move, looking for the tall back that had always been by her side.

Finally, at the old composting pond converted from the car wash, he noticed Haichen's movements, so he pretended to be casual and walked over and jumped into the pool.

Haichen looked at him helplessly: "Why are you here?" ”

"You're too slow, I'm done with all the work over there."

"You can say what you are." Haichen was speechless, "Then this place will be handed over to you, I'll go somewhere else." ”

As he spoke, he threw the shovel to the ground, jumped out of the pool with both hands, and turned around to go away.

“……”

Lu Rulan wanted to stop him, but she couldn't wipe her face, and suddenly asked loudly in a hurry: "Are you afraid that I will infect you with a cold?" ”

"Huh?" Haichen really stopped, "Why do you think so?" ”

"Then why are you avoiding me?"

"How can I hide from you? Wouldn't it be more reasonable to do everything in sharding? ”

"But I'm sick!"

"When you're sick, go and rest! Who is holding on to it, and must come along? Besides, didn't it make you drink more water? ”

"Aren't you talking nonsense?!"

“…… What exactly do you want? Haichen held his forehead with one hand, "Is it reasonable to be reasonable?"

In fact, I don't know what I'm talking about-Lu Rulan thought so in her heart, but as soon as the words came out, they became: "You say I'm unreasonable?!" ”

Haichen was speechless, his mouth opened and closed several times, and in the end he didn't say a word, picked up the shovel and turned to leave.

Lu Rulan's head was a mess, and she didn't know what to do or what not to do, so she simply followed her instincts and climbed out of the compost pond to chase Haichen.

"Bastard, don't go!"

Haichen stopped and turned his head to look, and happened to see Lu Rulan crawling out of the compost pool like a ghost, and before he could stand firmly, his feet slipped, and he actually fell back into the pool with green onions.

Now it's a big deal. Haichen ran back to the edge of the pool in two or three steps, and saw that Lu Rulan's whole body was trapped in the soft compost, and the more he struggled, the deeper he sank. He quickly jumped down and rescued the man.

The frightened Lu Rulan was covered in rotten leaves and bird droppings, and her whole body was petrified and sluggish.

Haichen really thought it was funny, but he was afraid that he would be annoyed and angry, so he simply took him into his arms and patted him gently.

"Alright, alright...... It's okay. ”

Lu Rulan leaned softly on Haichen like this, and it took a while for her to come to her senses.

There was rot all over the body, and there was a faint smell of bird droppings. But he didn't realize it, and first reached out to touch his jacket pocket, and was immediately shocked.

“…… Gone! ”

Haichen asked, "What's missing?" ”

Lu Rulan opened her mouth to answer, but after thinking about it, she pushed him away: "It's none of your business!" ”

Haichen didn't take him seriously, let go of his hand, and let Lu Rulan pounce on the compost again, watching him pick up all kinds of leaves like a madman, anxiously looking for something.

After four or five minutes like this, Lu Rulan still found nothing. Haichen stretched out his hand in front of him.

"What are you looking for?"

His palm slowly spread out, and what appeared in the palm of his hand was a special-shaped pearl.

Lu Rulan didn't speak, and her expression was enough to explain it.

He raised his eyes to look at Haichen, then looked down at the pearl, and reached out to take it, but Haichen closed his palm.

"This one is mine. Yours is still there. Haichen pointed to the compost: "You threw it away." ”

"No, I didn't mean to lose it!" Lu Rulan turned around and was about to look for it in the compost again.

"Don't go, that's no different than looking for a needle in a haystack."

Haichen hugged him by the waist, and then carried him up and walked in the direction of the sea without saying a word.

"What are you going to do?!"

Lu Rulan screamed urgently, but in exchange for a slap on the buttocks.

"Take you to the shower."