Although he felt that he was being cheated by Pei Chen, Qin Kaixin still couldn't help but change his clothes in the room.

Solemn, sexy, cute ...... She tried on almost all the clothes in the closet, but none of them were pleasing to the eye.

After trying on the last dress, Qin Kaixin lay on his back on the bed full of clothes, looked at the ceiling and asked Cang Tian speechlessly: Why am I fighting so hard?

That's it, get out of the way!

She struggled to get up from the bed, took the most ordinary sweatshirt and put it on her body, and the purple sweatsuit was permed with a big English word - Fighting

That's right, she's there to fight!

Fight the evil force Pei Chen to the end!

At six o'clock in the evening, Qin Kaixin, who was wearing a combat uniform, oh no, it was a sportswear, rang the doorbell on the other side.

Don't be nervous, it's just a meal, it's not a big deal.

She hypnotized herself like this, the door suddenly opened, Pei Chen stood at the door wearing a light gray apron, led her in, and asked, "What do you want to drink?" ”

Qin Kaixin stood crampedly: "Just warm water." ”

"Okay." Pei Chen responded, and quickly poured a glass of water for her, the clean glass was faintly blue, and when she handed it to her, the fingers of the two touched together, and Qin Kaixin quickly took it in his hand, feeling more and more uncomfortable.

"You sit down for a while." Pei Chen went to the dining table and helped her drag away the chair.

Qin Kaixin sat down and whispered, "Thank you." ”

"There are two more dishes, which will be ready soon." After he finished speaking, he went into the kitchen.

Qin Kaixin looked at the surrounding arrangements boredly.

The chopsticks were ready, the same clean ivory bone china bowl, padded with a linen-colored tablecloth, and a slender vase with a champagne rose on the table.

Although this community has been built for some years, and Pei Chen has not decorated it much, just these simple designs are enough to make this house very different from the past, giving people a simple and elegant beauty, which is completely in line with the aesthetics of Virgo.

Gradually, Qin Kaixin's heart also quieted down, and he was not as nervous as when he came in.

There was the sound of a range hood in the kitchen, she stretched her neck and looked over curiously, and saw Pei Chen's slender back busy in front of the stove through the frosted glass sliding door, and she didn't know what she was cooking, but she was doing it very seriously, every movement was unhurried, elegant and calm.

In an instant, Qin Kaixin suddenly felt a little in a trance, as if the two of them had never been separated, and they had always been as close as they were when they were students, and they talked about everything.

Then she suddenly came to her senses again, and she couldn't help but feel a little sad in her heart, when the smell of food wafted out of the crack in the door, stimulating her sense of smell.

As a foodie, the little sadness in her heart disappeared without a trace in an instant, closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and carefully distinguished the fragrance of this gluttonous person.

There is a beef flavor, braised one, and a garlic fragrance, is it steamed prawns with garlic vermicelli?

Qin Kaixin's mind instantly appeared one by one prawns, cut open the back, neatly arranged on the plate, covered with chopped green onions and minced garlic, and covered with thin Longyou vermicelli below, covered with light soy sauce and broth, steamed in the steamer until the shrimp meat shrank, turning into a transparent pink, the vermicelli soaked in the deliciousness of the shrimp and the fragrance of garlic, and then a spoonful of hot oil was poured on it, making a noise......

When Pei Chen walked out with the dishes, he saw Qin Kaixin sitting at the table with his face in his hands, his eyes narrowed, his mouth smashed, and he smiled intoxicated.

His heart softened, and he didn't even want to walk over, for fear of breaking this beautiful picture.

Gollum......

The stomach rang out uncontrollably, Qin Kaixin opened his eyes, rubbed his stomach, the prawns in his mind had not yet dispersed, and the corner of his eye was aimed at someone standing at the kitchen door.

Yes!

She reflexively covered her face, her facial features were almost wrinkled together, and she felt even more humiliating when she thought about it, so she raised her head stiffly, and called out with a stiff smile: "Senior." ”

Pei Chen had already walked in front of her, and what she was holding in her hand was really a plate of steamed prawns with garlic vermicelli, exactly the same as she imagined.

In an instant, Qin Kaixin's eyes were attracted, his eyes were watery and shiny, and he was about to burst out of love, and his face or something was suddenly thrown out of the clouds.

"It's almost ready to eat." Pei Chen put the shrimp on the table and looked at her with a smile.

Qin Kaixin swallowed his saliva, pretending to be calm: "You take your time, in fact, I'm not hungry ......."

Gollum......

As soon as the words came out, her stomach rang again, and she suddenly blushed and explained: "This shrimp looks so delicious, I look hungry when I look at it, hehe......"

"You eat first, I'll go and serve the beef." Pei Chen turned around and entered the kitchen again, and after a while, a pot of fragrant braised beef brisket was brought out.

The large pieces of beef brisket have been stewed until crispy, the gravy seeps into the sliced potatoes and carrots, the thick broth wraps around the meat and sparkles, and a handful of green green onions pushes the flavor of the brisket to the extreme.

In addition, Pei Chen also burned fried shrimp with asparagus, seaweed egg drop soup, three dishes and one soup on the table, steaming hot and fragrant.

Qin Kaixin felt that he was about to lose his mind, and his eyes were full of meat! Meat! Meat!

But the remnants of reason told her to be reserved, and she must be reserved!

Whew, it's delicious!

When Qin Kaixin put the first shrimp in his mouth, his reason had already disappeared without a trace, and he almost burst into tears and said, "It's really delicious!" ”

"Then eat more." Pei Chen smiled and said, he didn't eat much, almost all of them were watching her eat, of course, this was already a delicacy in the world for him.

Qin Kaixin was a little embarrassed, stuffed a piece of beef into his mouth, and said while eating: "You eat it too, it's really delicious, it's very crispy, how long have you stewed it?" ”

"More than three hours."

More than three hours? It was almost not long after they separated that they started to stew, Qin Kaixin thought back to their chance encounter at the elevator in the afternoon, when he seemed to be going out, so he wouldn't come back specifically to cook for her, right?

The more he thought about it, the more wrong it became, Qin Kaixin couldn't help but say, "Senior, you're so busy, and you're so embarrassed to let you cook by yourself." ”

"Nothing." He smiled, "If you like it." ”

Is it good if she likes it?

It's already dark, lonely men and widows, living in the same room, saying such things can't help but make people have some ambiguous associations.

Qin Kaixin silently peeled the shrimp shell in the bowl, and finally began to think about a very important question, how to ask Pei Chen clearly.

When a person has something on his mind, there will naturally be fewer topics between the two.

But there is nothing wrong with this table full of deliciousness, Qin Kaixin, who didn't need to speak, peeled the shrimp shell more seriously, peeled it, ate it, ate the shrimp and ate the brisket, and after eating the brisket, he mixed the remaining gravy into the rice...... In short, it tastes so good that you can't stop at all.

"Do you want more?" Pei Chen asked her with a smile, "There is still a brisket in the pot." ”

"No...... Don't! Qin Kaixin shook his head, "I've already eaten a lot, if I continue to eat, my stomach will explode!" ”

Pei Chen didn't speak, and the smile on his face became stronger.

"I've never eaten that much before, and you're so delicious!" Qin Kaixin explained with a red face, wiped his mouth with a tissue, and wiped his lips red.

Pei Chen didn't mind, and said with a smile: "There are quite a lot, will you take some back later?" ”

Qin Kaixin's eyes lit up, and he immediately shook his head: "How embarrassing is this, eat and take......"

"If you like it, you can come back often."

“……”

First "just like it", then "like to come often", will the next sentence simply invite her to stay?

Qin Kaixin finally couldn't help it, and mustered up the courage to shout: "Senior! ”

"What?" Pei Chen looked at her, separated by a narrow dining table, giving people the illusion that she was close at hand.

"I'm going to wash the dishes." She hurriedly stood up and walked to the kitchen with her bowl in hand.

Pei Chen naturally refused, and said, "Let me come." ”

"It's okay, last time in my shop, didn't you also wash the dishes? When it's my turn to be a guest, it's no exception. Qin Kaixin said this, completely forgetting that he had received two hundred and five cake money from others.

"Let's be together, then." Pei Chen picked up the bowl in front of him and said it very naturally.

Alas???

Alas!!!

Qin Kaixin froze in place, watching Pei Chen walk into the kitchen, and then took the bowl in his hand and followed him awkwardly.

The hot water was already boiling, Pei Chen rolled up his sleeves and washed for a while, the water droplets splashed, he seemed to think of something, straightened up and looked at Qin Kaixin.

Got it! Got it!

She had already accepted her fate, took the apron hanging next to her, and helped Pei Chen tie it.

"Thank you." He bent down and continued to wash the dishes.

Qin Kaixin was also embarrassed to be idle, so he brought the pots and pans he had used before to him. The light in the kitchen was very bright, and when she approached him, she could clearly see his every move when washing the dishes, and his slender fingers, blistered in the water, looked more and more clean and white.

Even washing the dishes is so beautiful!

Qin Kaixin wanted to leave in shame, but heard Pei Chen shout: "Xiao Xin." ”

"What?" She turned around and saw Pei Chen looking at a rag hanging on the wall, and without waiting for him to speak, she immediately handed it to him knowingly.

Such a tacit understanding can't help but remind people of some old things.

That year, in the school sports meeting, Pei Chen's face turned pale after running five thousand meters, and he didn't say a word, and a group of people handed water and towels to him, only Qin Kaixin noticed that he was tiptoeing, as if he was injured.

Later, she learned that he had been stomped on by the athlete from the next class in the chaos, and when he took off his shoes, the skin on his feet was torn, and his socks were covered in blood. However, in this way, he still finished the whole course and ran the first place, if Qin Kaixin hadn't found out in time, he might have to wait for all his classmates to leave, and then go to the infirmary silently by himself.

His forbearance and persistence have not changed until now, and the tacit understanding between them has been preserved until now.

"Pei Chen." She finally spoke, "Can I ask you a question?" ”

He stopped what he was doing and looked at her, "Ask." ”

"Did you suddenly drop out of school that year because I confessed to you?" After she asked, she didn't dare to look at him, staring at the faucet, watching the water flow out.

"It's not."

Answering crisply, she breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Why is that?" ”

"Something happened to my family." His hand holding the bowl remained motionless, the water still pounding against his hand.

"What's the matter?" She looked up and asked him.

Pei Chen's eyes flashed.

Don't want to say it? Unspeakable? Qin Kaixin quickly understood the meaning of this look, and said in a low voice: "I just ask casually, you don't want to say ......"

"My dad, it's gone." He spoke, his voice faint.

Qin Kaixin's heart seemed to be shaken severely, and he looked at him incredulously: "What did you say?" ”

"The car accident didn't work on the spot, I rushed over overnight, I wanted to bring the body back, but my mother didn't want to be cremated, so I was buried there." He spoke, his expression calm.

How so? She had only met Pei Chen's father once, and he drove him home, very hearty, very friendly, and a little past her, although it was only a short ten minutes away, but the relationship between him and his son was like a brother, which left a deep impression on Qin Kaixin.

Such an enlightened father, if he says no, it will be gone, and even she can't accept it now, let alone Pei Chen, who experienced this incident firsthand.

"After my dad left, my mom wasn't in good health, so I stayed in the UK to stay with her." Pei Chen paused when he said this, "Actually, I called your home." ”

Qin Kaixin was stunned and almost blurted out: "When?" She was sure that he hadn't heard from him since he left, and she had never answered any phone calls.

"A week after arriving in the UK, a girl picked it up." Pei Chen paused, and decided not to tell her what Xie Peipei said back then, "Maybe you left the wrong number." ”

After he finished speaking, he continued to wash the dishes, the sound of running water rattling in the quiet kitchen.

So did you miss it like that? Qin Kaixin's head went blank for a while, and he felt unreal.

In fact, in that case, it is normal for him to leave without an explanation, but I really didn't expect the truth to be like this, and the closest relatives are suddenly gone......

How hard he was hit that she couldn't even imagine? As for her, in the final analysis, it was just a confession, he didn't accept it, and of course he didn't need to explain anything to her.

"I didn't know something like that happened to you......" She looked down, feeling a little breathless.

"Life and death are fate, I have already figured it out." Pei Chen dried the washed dishes with a rag and folded them one by one.

"But......" Qin Kaixin wanted to say something, and the stack of washed plates was brought to her.

"Can you help me put it away?" He asked.

Qin Kaixin hurriedly took it, opened the cupboard and put it on one by one, thinking about what he said just now, and when she finished putting the last one, she finally couldn't help it.

"I'm sorry!" She turned.

Pei Chen looked at her.

"I was actually quite angry that you didn't say goodbye at that time, and I thought ......" she gritted her teeth, "I thought I confessed to you, and you didn't accept it before leaving." ”

"I didn't expect you to think so." He said, "It's really my fault if I don't say goodbye, I'm sorry for this sentence, I should have said it to you." ”

"No, it's not something you can control when you encounter that kind of thing, it's that I think too much and misunderstand you......"

"Xiao Xin!" He interrupted her, his hand on her forehead, fingertips running between her hair.

Qin Kaixin's whole body froze and looked at him fixedly.

"You're not wrong, it's me who is wrong." He stared at her, his black and white eyes shining with an indescribable light.

"I ......"

"Actually, I've always liked you."

She didn't know what to say anymore, at that moment, everything around her was still, the water droplets no longer fell, the air froze in the air, and even her breathing stopped.

But she could hear her own heartbeat clearly, beating powerfully in a silent space: plop, plop, plop......

"Do you still accept this late answer?" He asked.

Time flashed back to that sunny afternoon, she looked at him seriously, and asked loudly, "Senior, do you like me?" ”

"Actually, I've always liked you."

If he had said this at the time, would Yiqiē become completely different from what he is now, they would be together, and then they would have been forced to separate, because of the distance and estrangement, and finally broke up peacefully.

If you don't miss me, I don't blame you, and when you recall the past, you will only sigh, or laugh at it.

However, every qiē in this world has a reincarnation of cause and effect, and he didn't answer that sentence seven years ago, and now he answers it again, is it still valid?

"After you left, I had a bad time." Qin Kaixin said, "There are rumors that you were scared away by me, and I'm not sure if what they said is true, for a while my temper became very irritable, I didn't like to talk, I always offended people, and I overate all day long." ”

She was silent for a while, and continued before Pei Chen was about to speak: "I transferred to another school and went to another school, but my grades were still a mess, and I didn't do well in the college entrance examination, so I repeated my studies for a year. At that time, I really hated you to death, and I felt that everything I suffered was caused by you. But now that I think about it, in fact, I am the most wrong one, liking a person should not be the whole of life, in addition to love, there are many things worth cherishing, but I don't. ”

Pei Chen nodded: "Everyone will miss something, thinking that it is easy to get and lost, but it is difficult to get it back, if I can do it again, I will definitely tell you what I have in my heart." ”

"If I could do it all over again, I think I'd still confess to you."

Pei Chen's eyes lit up.

"However, I will no longer regard you as the whole of my life, that year, if I can study hard, not give up on myself, have a good relationship with my classmates, and strive for the college entrance examination together, now looking back, it should be the best time in my life."

"I'm sorry ......"

"Don't say that, you didn't feel sorry for me, but I was sorry for myself, I can forgive anyone, but I can't forgive myself at that time."

"Pei Chen." She raised her head and looked at him seriously, "No matter how much I comfort myself, I still can't get over that hurdle, I'm sorry!" ”

Pei Chen's eyes dimmed.

"I'm going back, thank you for dinner today." She said goodbye to him and walked slowly to the door.

"Xiao Xin!" Pei Chen chased after her and stopped her from behind, "Then let me ask you now, I really like you, I've always liked you, can you give me a chance?" ”

Her steps froze in place, her body trembling.

"I just need one chance, and if you don't think it's suitable, you can bring it up at any time."

"......" she still didn't answer, but she could tell she was struggling.

"You don't have to answer me now, I'm willing to wait for your answer, seven years, seventy years, as long as I'm alive, I'm willing to wait."

Qin Kaixin's tears suddenly fell, without warning, he couldn't stop, his back was to him, and he sobbed one after another.

"Xiao Xin!" He walked over.

"Don't come here!" She held out a hand to stop him, "I'm wearing makeup, can you bring me that towel?" ”

The towels were quickly brought over and soaked in warm water, soft and warm.

She wiped off the makeup, then raised her head to face him, her eyes and nose were red from crying, her eyes were still a little confused, she handed him back the towel and asked, "Can you help me change it." ”

"Okay." He took the towel in his hand and turned to change it.

"Wait a minute!" She stopped him and whispered, "I thought about it, I can give you a chance, but ......"

Pei Chen turned his head, his eyes were shining, like flowers all over the mountains, and suddenly they all bloomed.

Qin Kaixin was a little embarrassed by him, turned his head to look at the kitchen, and said, "That, I want to bring all the beef back." ”