28. Chapter XXVIII
"Aki, you ......"
Yuan Lu and Qiao Zhengqi were both startled by this sudden voice.
Aunt Liu's voice came from the corridor at the top of the staircase, "...... Why is the door open? β
Yuan Lu fled out from between Qiao Zhengqi's arms in a panic, and Qiao Zhengqi straightened up slightly and slowly withdrew the hand that was originally on the desk.
Qiao Zhengqi put his hand β‘β‘ his pants pocket, and walked to the door pretending to be serious, and his face couldn't see the ambiguity of having just experienced a near crash.
Yuan Lu was not so calm, the whole person was so panicked that he blocked his throat in one breath, looked at Qiao Zhengqi who was casual with some annoyance, and scolded in his heart: It's really a good sheepskin, obviously just now it was so domineering and ambiguous against her ears, looking like she was going to eat her, but now her face is calm and she can't see any clues at all, and she has a good official tone.
"Huh? Herons are also there? Aunt Liu walked to the door, Qiao Zhengqi blocked her at the door, she glanced inside, and saw that Yuan Lu was also there, and felt a little strange.
Yuan Lu picked up the clothes basket on the floor half-stiffly, sighed secretly, turned around, and smiled: "Yes, I'm doing hygiene, I haven't cleaned my house for many days, I have time to clean up today, why are you back, Aunt Liu?" β
Aunt Liu was a little bit by her, and then remembered the purpose of her coming back today, picked up the red bag in her hand and said: "Last night, my little daughter-in-law cut a fat boy of eight pounds and six taels, and I rolled a few red eggs in the morning and sent them to you. β
Yuan Lu walked to the door with the basket in his arms, and deliberately bumped into Qiao Zhengqi's sleeve when his shoulder rubbed his sleeve, which was a small revenge for him who had imprisoned her so much just now.
Qiao Zhengqi was hit by her, although the strength was not enough to shake him in the slightest, he shrugged his shoulders a little helplessly, and took the initiative to get out of the way for her.
Yuan Lu looked at the dozen or so red eggs in the bag, and said with a smile: "This is the third time to eat Aunt Liu's Hug Sun Red Eggs, Aunt Zhang called me two days ago and said that she has eaten your red eggs in the past few years, and her family has not taken out a half of them, and this year's red eggs are fortunately not here, otherwise she would be embarrassed to eat them." β
Aunt Liu chirped: "She will be polite, and she will also care about this for festive things?" He said this, but he was still very proud in his heart, and a few laugh lines at the end of his eyes never disappeared from the moment he entered the door.
"Are you two still used to eating these days? When I came, I bought some vegetables and put them in the refrigerator, some of them are cooked foods that are easy to spoil after a long time, so you have to eat them in the next two days. β
Yuan Lu glanced at Qiao Zhengqi and said, "Brother, I'll go down with Aunt Liu first." β
The call of "brother" was unprecedentedly cordial, full of a certain "warm" greeting.
Yuan Lu threw the words behind and went downstairs without looking back.
Aunt Liu took the clothes basket in her arms, asked her to carry the red eggs, and asked, "Are you and your brother getting along well these days?" Don't be afraid of your brother, I and your Aunt Zhang have watched him grow up since childhood, he is just too smart and outstanding to be respected, and the rest of his temperament is still very easy to contact, you have to communicate with him more. β
The original heron was noncommittal.
She wasn't afraid of him now, but she was afraid of what he did.
Aunt Liu took the clothes to the laundry room on the first floor, and when Yuan Lu went down the stairs to the second floor, she went back to her room, found a red envelope with the word "good luck" from the drawer, wrapped a red envelope and took it to Aunt Liu.
When she went downstairs, Aunt Liu had already washed her shirt on the counter in the laundry room.
Yuan Lu saw that her hands were full of foaming water, so she stuffed the red envelope directly into her coat pocket and said, "Lishi red envelope, for the baby, suppress the shock." β
Aunt Liu hurriedly shook off the foam on her hand, printed her wet hands on the bib, reached into the pocket of her clothes and took the red envelope: "How can this work, you are still a child, Auntie can't take you." β
The weight of this red envelope was not light, and Aunt Liu was even more prevaricated.
Yuan Lu said: "This is for my baby, not for you, you will keep my heart for the baby." In previous years, my parents were in charge of these, but this year they are not there, and I have to help with it. β
Aunt Liu looked at her embarrassedly: "You kid is careful, you don't talk much, but you keep everything in mind, alas, I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing." β
Yuan Lu pushed the red envelope she pushed back into her pocket, pursed her lips and smiled: "Of course it's a good thing, watch more and remember more, and only be thoughtful when you start doing things." β
Aunt Liu glanced at her and knew that she couldn't excuse her because of her character, so she said: "Then I'll keep it for the baby, and then invite you and Aqi to eat when the baby is full moon. β
Yuan Lu nodded, and was just about to go out of the laundry room when she heard Aunt Liu whispering behind her back: "It's weird, why do the stains on Aqi's shirts look like blood marks?" β
Yuan Lu's face didn't feel hot, and he quickly quickened his pace and walked out of the laundry room.
Qiao Zhengqi was injured on the night of the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and she did not mention it to anyone. Originally, several aunts disagreed with them to go to the hospital in their Chinese New Year's Eve, tabooing the doorway here, but Qiao Zhengqi had an accident on the night of thirty, and if the family knew about it, they would definitely have to speak for a while, and then it would reach the old lady's ears, and the old lady would have to blame herself.
Originally, the old lady's body couldn't withstand a little wind now, if she knew that she and Qiao Zhengqi almost had an accident that night, the old lady's hanging half life would be completely gone.
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Yuan Lu picked six red eggs from Aunt Liu and put them in the pot to heat them, the red eggs were boiling in the boiling water, Yuan Lu looked at the red eggs that were moving up and down in the pot and remembered that in the countryside before, who in the village would add Ding Ding to the next day to the neighbors and neighbors to make a profit in the red eggs, at that time he was still young, every time he ate red eggs, it was like eating honey, and he could eat an egg out of the majestic happiness of the Manchu and Han people.
Later, when she arrived at Qiao's house, although there were many relatives, there were few times when she added Ding, and several cousins were about the same age as Qiao Zhengqi, and all of them were still old and unmarried.
Aunt Liu washed her clothes and helped Yuan Lu fry a few dishes, Yuan Lu salivated and helped Aunt Liu set up dishes and chopsticks.
Aunt Liu took off the bib on her body and said, "Auntie is gone, you can go to the supermarket to buy the dishes in the refrigerator after eating, if you don't like to cook, go out to eat some and eat less spicy, and Aunt Zhang and I will be back at sixteen." β
Yuan Lu sent her to the door, and the two chatted a few more words at the door, and when Yuan Lu returned to the house, Qiao Zhengqi also came down from upstairs.
When the two met again, neither of them spoke, and their four eyes were facing each other from afar.
She said, "Let's eat." β
She didn't know what happened just now, and as usual, she did all the etiquette she should have.
Qiao Zhengqi pulled out the chair on the dining table, sat down, and looked at Yuan Lu, who was about to bury his head in the bowl, and didn't know what to do with her.
The meal was eaten quietly, and only the sound of chopsticks plucking the dishes could be heard.
The original meal with good color and taste was enjoyable, and the original heron ate like pins and needles.
As soon as Yuan Lu finished eating the rice in the bowl, he lowered his head and took the dishes and chopsticks to the cooking table to wash.
She washed all the shabu-shabu and bowls in the kitchen, and even washed all the stew pots and casseroles that she didn't usually use, but she didn't come out of the kitchen.
She occupied the position of the sink, and Qiao Zhengqi was a little amused by her behavior in the kitchen, and asked, "You are going to sleep here at night?" β
Yuan Lu didn't speak, still buried his head and washed the pot.
Qiao Zhengqi cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks on the dining table and brought them to the edge of the counter, but she kept occupying the position in front of the sink, so he had to walk behind her and pass the dishes and chopsticks through the gap on her waist.
Sensing that he was standing behind him, Yuan Lu was vigilant this time, and immediately jumped up and asked, "What are you going to do?" β
Qiao Zhengqi was so angry and amused by her jumping reaction that she reached out and threw the chopsticks into the sink, provoking her to say, "What do you say I'm going to do?" β
Yuan Lu looked at him, his eyes kept blinking: "You, you, you......"
Qiao Zhengqi snorted and said, "Okay, it's going to break if you wash your hands again, you stop, let's have a good talk." β
Yuan Lu swallowed his saliva and whispered: "...... I don't think we have anything to talk about. β
Qiao Zhengqi's eyes gave a warning signal, and Yuan Lu immediately changed his words in admittance: "Wait until I finish these bowls." β
Hara Lun washed the last few dishes and timidly emerged from the kitchen.
Qiao Zhengqi pointed to the sofa opposite him and motioned for her to sit down.
"Are you afraid of me?" He asked.
As soon as Yuan Lu sat down, she leaned on the back of the sofa and immediately stood up.
Qiao Zhengqi put his hand on the back of the sofa, stared at Yuan Lu opposite in a posture of overlooking, and said with certainty: "You are afraid of me." β
Yuan Lu's tongue was slightly knotted: "What are you afraid of......"
Qiao Zhengqi laughed: "Then look into my eyes." β
Yuan Lu's wandering eyes slowly retracted, and he slowly raised his head to look at Qiao Zhengqi.
"Have you figured out the answer you're going to give me?"
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"True or False, True or False."
Yuan Lu sank into the sofa and half-bit her lip.
His questions are both blunt and cruel, and it is not her intention to choose which one of them she chooses.
If she chooses yes, she is afraid of the monstrous waves she will face in the future, she doesn't know what the people of the Qiao family will think of her, raising a white-eyed wolf who has not been familiar for seven years?
If she chooses non, she does have some special feelings for Qiao Zhengqi, the feeling that engraved in her heart will make her heart ache, and she experienced a thorough heart at the moment when Qiao Zhengqi hugged her regardless of Qiqi. Until now, she still hasn't figured out what kind of emotion this is, and she doesn't know what role to position him in life.
He asked her to do a question of right and wrong, either right or wrong, but she only wanted to do the half-right and half-wrong in the middle, just like her identity in Qiao's family and other people's mouths of "half-green, half-white and half-hanging".
Qiao Zhengqi looked at the trace of pain on her face, and suddenly felt a little unbearable to force her, but if he didn't force her, how could he get out of this puzzle that had plagued him for seven years? How do you know if he is worried or if he is really destined?
"Can I not choose?" Hara raised her chin slightly, staring fearlessly into his eyes.
Qiao Zhengqi suddenly felt a little hot, reached out and unbuttoned the second button on the collar of his shirt, and asked, "Why don't you choose?" β
His action of unbuttoning his shirt was very sultry, and Yuan Lu took his little irritability into his eyes and said, "Because I didn't think about it." β
He was silent for a long time.
"Do you like it?"
He asked her if she liked the code he had made for her, and she knew he was asking that.
Hara Lu nodded honestly.
A satisfied smile appeared on Qiao Zhengqi's lips: "Then wait for me 'there'." β
"Where?"
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He's talking about the lyrics to the backgroundmusic, "Say You'll Be the Reforme".
He got up from the couch and began to walk towards her.
He said, "Yuan Lu, if you don't come to me, I'll walk towards you." β