Chapter 38: Meet the Stone Pot Fish
He Cheng, who was sitting sluggishly next to the antique computer, stood up suddenly, threw his mobile phone on the bed, and then rummaged through the torn suitcase next to the bed in a panic, and the clothes were scattered on the ground. Finally, he took out a beautiful gift carton from his suitcase and placed it on the bed with trembling hands.
"Do you like the gift I gave you?"
"Guess how many hearts are in there? Each one of them represents my love for you! ”
"I can't guess that you can't count! Stupid uncle! ”
"Yes, plus the biggest red heart, a total of 520, hehe, it means that the girl will always love her uncle!"
"Uncle, you must not have discovered that there is a secret in every heart, hmm! I won't tell you, see for yourself"
The girl's voice echoed in He Cheng's ears.
He Cheng opened the box carefully, then trembled his hands, took out a small "heart" folded with colored paper at random, and carefully opened it, and the handwriting on it was already a little light.
"The 27th, uncle doesn't like to eat cooked carrots! I like to eat raw! ”
"The 105th, the uncle's beard is quite manly, but it's a little prickly, hehe!"
"The 203rd, the first time I saw my uncle angry, hehe, but I'm not scared at all, in fact, it's quite cute when my uncle is angry!"
"No. 3, uncle doesn't like to wear jeans, he likes to be casual!"
"The 32nd, the uncle said he liked me, hehe, a little nervous!"
"The 76th, my uncle went to the movies with me for the first time today, but he fell asleep halfway through it, probably tired!"
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He Cheng opened these "hearts" one by one with tears in his eyes, each one either recorded what He Cheng liked, or recorded what He Cheng didn't like, and some of the interesting things he experienced with the girl, and the girl recorded them in this way.
He Cheng opened one, read it, folded it back according to the original seal, and then opened the next one. He never opened a big red heart in the box, and he didn't dare to open it again, because the creases on the "heart" were already a little damaged. He doesn't know how many times he's read "Big Red Heart", and this is the only one that doesn't have the word "uncle" on it, and it reads "He Cheng and Yu Qian will always be together!" ”
He Cheng opened it while crying, and remembered what Qingqing said to him at that time, "Uncle, when you see this gift, you should know very well how much she loves you!" You must not let Qian Yatou be sad, you must love her forever! She told He Cheng that the girl said that she would fold 520 hearts for him, and in order to help her, these sisters secretly folded a lot of "hearts" of the same size and put them in the box, and I don't know how the girl knew, she was very angry, and then took all the "hearts" apart and looked at them, and picked out all the words
He Cheng squatted on the side of the bed and read the "hearts", crying for a while, laughing for a while, sad for a while and happy for a while, as if his nerves were abnormal.
"Later, I finally learned how to love, but it's a pity for you" When He Cheng dismantled a small "heart" in half, the phone rang. He didn't want to answer it, but his phone kept ringing.
He Cheng dismantled half of the "heart", carefully folded it, then took the phone, answered it without looking at it, and said in a choked tone: "Hey! Who is it? ”
"I'm Yu Mengying, what's wrong with you? You okay? Xiaoying's concerned voice came from the phone, and He Cheng's voice could be heard by anyone who had just cried.
"Ahh He Cheng was very surprised, he didn't expect it to be her at all, and when he reacted, he immediately explained, "Oh, my throat is a little uncomfortable, maybe I smoked too much, I'm fine, thank you!" ”
"I know that smoking is not good, but I still want to smoke, you boys are always like that. If your throat is uncomfortable, smoke less! Xiaoying's gentle voice came from the mobile phone, and at this moment He Cheng had an illusion: Now the person on the other side of the phone is a girl!
The girl once said exactly the same thing to her, when the girl asked He Cheng to quit smoking, but he didn't quit, just never smoked in front of her. It's not that He Chengyang disobeys, it's that he can't quit at all, and he hasn't promised to quit, but he just doesn't want the girl to smoke second-hand smoke with him.
"Well, thank you for your concern, Xiaoying, I'm smoking a lot less now!" He Cheng deliberately reminded himself that the other end of the phone was not a girl.
"By the way, did you call me for something?"
"No, I'm really sorry today, the hotel held a wedding, the catering department was too busy, our housekeeping department went over to help, I was too busy so I just saw the message you sent me, sorry thank you, thank you for your concern"
He Cheng felt a complete trust from these words, and the average girl who just met would not explain why she didn't reply to the message so unabashedly, let alone explain to a stranger.
He Cheng thought that it would take a long time for Xiaoying to slowly become familiar with himself before he would reply to his message, but he didn't expect her to call now, which made him a little unsure of what to say.
"Ugh! It's okay, friends care about each other" He Cheng swallowed halfway through speaking, and then asked weakly, "Am I your friend now?" ”
"Yes, of course!" Xiaoying replied crisply.
"Thank you! By the way, are you off work? ”
"Hmmm! You're off work, you're on the bus, what are you doing? ”
"Uh, I'm in my diary!"
"Hehe, you still have the habit of writing a diary! Are you hungry? ”
"I'm not hungry! Are you hungry? ”
"Yes! I'm a little hungry, the two newlyweds who got married today are too enthusiastic, I have to toast our waiter wine, it's hard to be warm, I can't drink, so I didn't eat anything at night, and now I'm still a little dizzy! But they are really good, talented and beautiful, hehe, I believe they will be able to grow old together! ”
"How much did you drink? You okay? He Cheng said with concern.
"Hehe, just a glass of red wine, it's fine. Where are you? I treat you to food! ”
"I live in Lily Villa" He Cheng was picked up by Xiaoying in the middle of his words, "Ah, you also live in Lily Villa?" Me too, hehe, I invite you to eat, what do you like to eat? ”
"Anything, but I'll invite you!" He Cheng said it categorically.
"Hehe, okay, you invite me this time, I'll invite you next time!" Xiaoying spoke enthusiastically, in the tone of an old friend.
He Cheng and Xiaoying agreed to meet at the 532 bus stop of Lily Villa, and the specific food will be decided later, there are many snack bars nearby, with all kinds of characteristics.
He Cheng carefully put away the girl's "gift", then shaved his beard in front of the mirror, washed his face with cold water, and went out neatly.
Walking to Site 532, He Cheng found himself a little nervous, like he had been dating for the first time, he hadn't felt this way for a long time.
Soon, a 532 stopped, Xiaoying got off the car, saw He Cheng not far from the platform at a glance, smiled at He Cheng and nodded, his face was slightly red, and he didn't know if he was a little embarrassed to see He Cheng because of drinking red wine.
"Hello!"
"Hello!" Although the two of them laughed, they were still a little restrained.
Then the two of them walked side by side on the snack street of the night market, and in order to break the embarrassing situation, He Cheng asked, "You just live in Lily, right?" ”
"No! I've been living here for almost a year! ”
"And which apartment do you live in?"
"I live in the lotus apartment over there!" Xiaoying said as she pointed in the direction of the lotus apartment.
"Ahh He Cheng was shocked inexplicably, although the apartment building he lived in did not have a name, it was less than 500 meters away from the Lotus Apartment. "No, then why have I never seen you!" He Cheng is very sure that as long as he meets Xiaoying, even if it is the back, he will definitely have a deep impression, but he is not impressed at all.
"I've never seen you before!" Xiaoying was also a little surprised.
He Cheng thought for a while and said: "It's normal if you haven't seen it, there are so many people living here, how can you see them all!" "He Cheng has lived in Lily for so long, and the number of times he has taken 532 to the supermarket is only a handful, and even if he goes, he usually sleeps until noon when he rests, and it is impossible to meet Xiaoying who goes to work, and He Cheng has a complete idea of the direction of work every day and the direction of Xiaoying, so he didn't think much about this problem.
It wasn't until he discovered a big secret that it all unraveled.
"Hey, by the way, what about your flower protector?" He Cheng suddenly noticed a problem.
Xiaoying paused for a moment, and then replied with a smile, "Hehe, you're talking about Xiaofeng, he went to a party with his colleagues tonight, and I didn't go because I was a little uncomfortable drinking." ”
"Oh, what do you want to eat?"
"You choose, I don't care, as long as I can fill my stomach!" Xiaoying was smiling all the time.
"Can you eat spicy?"
"It's no problem to be slightly spicy!"
"That's good, I'll take you to a store!"
After He Cheng finished speaking, he walked towards a stone pot fish shop that he often went to, the owner of this shop is from Chongqing, and most of the dishes in it are mainly Sichuan cuisine, but it also contains the more distinctive flavors of Hunan and Guangdong.
When He Cheng's footsteps stopped at "Meet the Stone Pot Fish", Xiaoying turned his head and said to him with a smile: "Hehe, there is a soul in my heart!" When He Cheng asked her if she ate spicy food, her first thought was to come here.
"You've been here to eat?" Because although the food in this store tastes good, it is a bit remote, so almost all the people who come here to eat are regular customers.
"Hehe, it's coming! I'm bringing my girlfriend today! Your girlfriend is so beautiful! The proprietress greeted He Cheng warmly, she hadn't looked at Xiaoying carefully.
"Yikes! Hehe, it's you, girl, why didn't you come together before? Judging from the expressions of He Cheng and Xiaoying, no one could tell that they had only known each other for a day!
"Huh!" He Cheng and Xiaoying glanced at each other with a smile at the same time and did not answer, neither of them explained, nor did they have any embarrassment.