In fact, since Zhou Boss was very strong enough to solve Gu Qingqing's anti-theft door lock with an iron hammer - Gu Qingqing called it a professional lock-picking tool - and successfully "entered the house", Gu Qingqing understood that for a certain man, this iron door was nothing at all.

So, Gu Qingqing simply put another door key and put it with Zhou Xuanmo, just to prevent the accidental scene of forgetting to carry the key one day.

This is also the reason why Gu Qingqing obviously went to eat food stalls with her colleagues outside before, but Zhou Xuanmo was able to get a pot of rock sugar pear juice at her home.

So Gu Qingqing was very used to seeing an extra man in the house as soon as she opened the door when she came back.

Sometimes Gu Qingqing herself is also confused, obviously the two have not been dating for a year, but they have a feeling of a long-term old husband and wife.

For example, this morning, as soon as Gu Qingqing opened his eyes, he fixed on the sound of tinkling pots and pans in the kitchen. In a dazed sleep, she even waited for the slightly swollen eye bubbles and a non-mainstream messy hairstyle comparable to a bird's nest, and floated to the kitchen half-asleep, pinching a slice of tomato and putting it in her mouth.

"Did I say you washed your hands?" Zhou Xuanmo frowned, "Also, don't always walk barefoot on the ground, I've said it many times!" ”

"Well, I'll wash it later, anyway, 'it's not clean, and I'm not sick after eating'." Despite saying this, Gu Qingqing obediently put on her slippers and turned on the faucet.

The touch of the cold water touching her skin made her whole person feel a lot more energetic, and Gu Qingqing raised her voice: "I didn't even notice it when you entered the house today—and I seem to have become more and more accustomed to your presence around me." ”

"Isn't that great, it means that we are becoming more and more like a family."

"Family...... Ah......h

"What's wrong?" Zhou Xuanmo turned his head slightly, watching Gu Qingqing begin to consciously bring herself into the role of "laying hands", neatly washing vegetables, cutting vegetables a little clumsy but still neatly, and putting the chopped tomatoes and spinach leaves in a bowl and serving them to him.

Gu Qingqing didn't raise her head, but from Zhou Xuanmo's point of view, she could still see the corners of her lips raised slightly: "I always feel that 'family' is a very warm and reassuring word." ”

"It's not the word that reassures you, it's me who said it, right?"

"Hmph, there's a big cow flying in the sky, you must have blown it underneath, right?"

"What are you talking about, you dead woman?!"

“……”

“……”

The two frolicked for a long time, and Gu Qingqing focused on Zhou Xuanmo's dishes - "Huh? You came here so early today to eat lasagna? ”

"I've already eaten breakfast, and I've cooked you a wide noodle."

"Give it to me? Relieved? Gu Qingqing looked at Zhou Xuanmo as if he was looking at an alien, "Don't you often say that I'm a coarse nerve?" Do people like me need to be more 'relieved'? "No matter how you look at it, it's the type that needs to be a little more "careful", right?

Unexpectedly, after Zhou Xuanmo heard this, he also saw the same expression as an alien: "You shouldn't have forgotten what day it was, right?" ”

"Today? Today...... Today is June 30th...... We first met in December, and our official relationship was established in April...... Party Founding Day...... But that's tomorrow...... Could it be that today is the anniversary of a great man? ”

Zhou Xuanmo: "............" In fact, he didn't know what expression Lu Dao used to face the heartless woman in front of him.

He really doubted that Gu Qingqing was really only twenty-three years old instead of thirty-three or forty-three, and he was surrounding the family and ignoring his mother?! How can there be a young girl in this world who doesn't remember her birthday - obviously since she was a child, those female classmates and female colleagues even wanted to tell the world a few days or even a month in advance.

After being speechless for a long time, Zhou Xuanmo still sighed, scratched Gu Qingqing's nose and said: "Today is your twenty-third birthday, so you have to eat a heart-wide noodles - by the way, you have to eat an egg to roll your luck, and I will put a poached egg for you later." ”

Gu Qingqing's expression was stunned, and she was really stunned.

Zhou Xuanmo looked at her stupid look, and couldn't help laughing: "Do you remember it now?" ”

When he turned around, he saw that Gu Qingqing was still standing there stunned, so he laughed and said, "Hurry up and prepare for dinner, I still have a bunch of arrangements today......

Halfway through the words, Zhou Xuanmo stopped-because Gu Qingqing's expression was very strange. That expression didn't look like a surprise or surprise at someone who had forgotten his birthday. More precisely, there is surprise, but that surprise is a mixture of nostalgia, sadness, and a little bit of ...... Suffering?

In short, that's definitely not the look that a normal young girl should have when she mentions the topic of "birthday".

The warm touch on her hand brought Gu Qingqing back from her chaotic thoughts, and almost at the same time, she fell into Zhou Xuanmo's quiet but implied gentle and concerned eyes.

Sighing slightly, Gu Qingqing pinched Zhou Xuanmo's earlobe—a signature action she made when she was coquettish to Zhou Xuanmo—and whispered, "I'm sorry for worrying you, I'm fine." ”

Zhou Xuanmo expressed his disbelief, he carefully poured the noodles on the broken flower disk, turned around and asked, "But your expression doesn't look like 'it's okay'?" ”

"I'm just ......" Gu Qingqing pursed her lips, "I'm just...... It's just the first time I've had a birthday in as long as I can remember. When I was very young, I was looking forward to my birthday with new clothes to wear, good things to eat, sweet cream cakes and colorful candles. ”

Gu Qingqing's voice was full of sighs: "But then I found that every time it was my birthday, or even just the days when my birthday was approaching, my mother would always be in a very low mood, and even always burst into tears. After a year or two, I gradually became afraid to mention the 'birthday' in front of my mother. ”

Then, many years have passed, although the date of birth will always be indicated on the ID card, but under the avoidance of intentional or unintentional, Gu Qingqing gradually forgot that today - the last day of June - is the birthday he should be looking forward to the most.

"I was just too surprised", Gu Qingqing looked up at Zhou Xuanmo, "You were the first to mention my birthday, and you were also the first person to make a 'relieved face' for me." ”