On the day of He Tianran's birthday, Guo Huai planned to have a side stove with the three of them, which was to celebrate his birthday.

"Dabian stove" is the name of the Cantonese-speaking region, which actually means to eat hot pot.

In this cold winter in the port city, this is indeed the first choice for friends to have a meal.

It may be that He Tianran has been with Wen Liang for a long time in the past two years, and when he goes out to ask a friend to hear the words "eat hot pot", every time he subtly eats Chongqing hot pot, which makes his taste of eating gradually heavier, but when it comes to the eating habits he has developed since childhood, He Tianran still prefers the Cantonese hot pot that can drink a mouthful of soup base.

Guo Huaiding's shop is not very easy to find, the address is on the side of a road on the branch road of the college, the name is "Xingyun Dabian Stove", the store is a hall, there is no private room, if you pass by here during the day, it is estimated that you will not notice.

Before He Tianran came, he wanted to see the ratings on the food app, but he didn't expect that there was no information about this store.

Since the three of them were all a day's class, when He Tianran arrived, it was already evening, and at this moment, looking in from the plastic transparent door curtains hanging at the door of the store, the store was already overcrowded, the casseroles on each table were gurgling hot, the sound of pushing cups and changing lamps was endless, and some seats had been placed on the sidewalk.

There seem to be very few student customers in this store, most of them are middle-aged, and most of the words spoken in their mouths are Cantonese, which is normal, this kind of old restaurant with simple decoration, poor environment, neither Internet celebrity, nor publicity, can know that here, not gourmets, can only be nearby locals.

On a winter night, in a small restaurant on the street, a table randomly erected on the side of the road, a charcoal stove and a casserole the size of half a basin, and the bursts of white smoke rising are not only fragrant, but also a kind of fireworks that can resist the cold.

He Tianran still likes this strong market atmosphere, seeing this scene, he is already mouthful, looking around, he finally found Guo Huai who arrived in advance in a corner of the street.

He walked up and found that Guo Huai at this time seemed to be talking to the waiter aunt in the store.

"Auntie, there really isn't a private room here? And what about the hall? Is there a place in the lobby? ”

Guo Huai looked a little anxious, as if he didn't expect business here to be so good.

"Oh, I don't have a private room, you can't eat, you can't eat."

It is estimated that there are too many guests to be busy now, and this aunt's temper is not very good, so she replied in Cantonese, Guo Huai looked dazed, he could roughly understand the meaning of the first few words, but he obviously didn't understand the last few words.

He Tianran stepped forward and said:

"Auntie, let's just sit down, we shouldn't be at the table."

Guo Huai found that today's birthday star had arrived, and he was embarrassed by today's scene.

The waiter's aunt turned her head to look at him and asked:

"Do you want to baa the bottom of the pot?"

"Maw chicken."

Aunt quickly set up a table next to her, and moved a few plastic chairs, He Tianran said that they still have a friend, and they will order the side dishes later, put the bottom of the pot first, and the aunt nodded and left by herself.

He Tianran looked at Guo Huai, who was still stunned, and said with a smile:

"Sit down, President, this is the place you are looking for, why are you so restrained?"

With that, he sat down first.

Guo Huai scratched his head, this was the first time he met after kicking He Tianran in the hotel last time, and it was his birthday, originally he wanted to arrange it better this time, but he didn't expect that now He Tianran would just sit on the side of the road and eat hot pot, and it was still in this cold winter......

"Natural...... Why don't we change places, I don't know the lobby is full at this point. ”

Guo Huai proposed embarrassedly.

"What's the change, I've ordered the bottom of the pot, what about fish maw chicken, big supplement, you sit in the hall, maybe you are still hot and panicked while eating, and you will sweat when you are ready, now it is just right here, and others still use a carbon stove, it will not be cold."

He Tianran doesn't mind this, you can't eat it on the side stove, and it's lively here, he really likes it.

Just looking at Guo Huai's expression, he guessed:

"Are you afraid that Ai Qing and others will come, a girl, it's not suitable to sit on the side of the street, right?"

Guo Huai nodded, paused for a while, and shook his head again, for the sake of it:

"I'm a little apprehensive when you say that...... But...... This is the place she recommends......"

"Ah...... What am I talking about, no wonder, it's good here, it's a toss, Ai Qing's recommendation can't be wrong. ”

He Tianran suddenly realized that he felt that something was wrong, this place was not a place that Guo Huai could find, even if he wanted to do what he liked, it could not be this kind of small street restaurant full of regional color, and only a local girl like Cao Aiqing would pay attention to this kind of place.

Guo Huai struggled in his heart for a while, and finally sat down, wiping the greasy table with a napkin.

Speaking of which, Guo Huai is the one with the worst family environment among the three, but now he has become the most exquisite person.

He Tianran knew that this was by no means a matter of frugality and luxury after Guo Huai became the president of the student union, but that he wanted to arrange today's dinner too much, which caused the whole person to be a little nervous.

The waiter brought a piece of beer, and then brought another edamame peanuts, the former was ordered by He Tianran just now, and the latter was regularly delivered by this store, and the bottom of the pot had to be boiled for a while.

He Tianran opened two bottles of wine casually and asked:

"Why don't you see Ai Qing? I thought she would come with you because I was late from class. ”

Guo Huai separated the plastic wine glasses that were put together, took the wine bottle, poured the wine and said:

"No, she seems to have bought you a cake."

"That's right...... Come on, let's have a drink first. ”

He Tianran raised his wine glass, and the two of them drank it down.

"Happy birthday, natural, I ...... before"

As soon as Guo Huai's congratulatory speech came out, He Tianran waved his hand in time and said with a big grin:

"Thank you, don't do it, I know what you're going to say, it's okay, Ai Qing hasn't come yet, just talk about these weird and crooked things between my two men, just drink."

Guo Huai had always been afraid that He Tianran would have a pimple about the previous misunderstanding of him, and seeing him laughing like this, his mood suddenly relaxed a lot, so he smiled:

"It's not that I said that you are natural, you are too unparticular about the rich second generation."

"How?"

He Tianran squeezed a few edamame and threw them into his mouth.

The yellow soup was down, and Guo Huai gradually let go:

"The second generation of other rich families have a party on their birthdays, and those who are extravagant fly to places like Sanya, for fear that it will not be lively, you are good, and a hot pot on the street will be served."

"Hey, what about me, isn't this giving you the face of the student president, how you arrange the little brother, I'll do the same."

Guo Huai was beaten like this, and suddenly said: "Okay, I'll arrange the second game today, and I will definitely let you have a good time today." ”

After speaking, this buddy was about to book a place with his mobile phone, and He Tianran hurriedly held down his hand and said:

"It's very pleasant here, they all said don't do it, Lao Guo, why are you a little bit up? You weren't like this before, you made an appointment for the second time, what should you do if you let Ai Qing do it? We're done eating, can she come or not? I really don't mind that, it's good to have a birthday, eat with friends, and have a chat. ”

"Then we'll ...... Going to sing and sing? ”

"Say it again, oops."

He Tianran brought another glass of wine, and Guo Huai drank it, which suppressed the desire to consume.

Lao Guo is already a figure who has become the student president, some thimbles continue to be numb, and the kung fu of observing words and colors is still available, just in this conversation just now, He Tianran has mentioned Cao Aiqing several times, if Guo Huai can't detect it anymore, then he, the student president, is in vain, and he threw out a stubble:

"Naturally, Ai Qing doesn't seem to be in school recently, do you know why?"

He Tianran shook his head: "I didn't pay attention, you know?" ”

"I think I heard that their teacher arranged a design job for her in private, and she's been busy with this recently."

He Tianran smiled: "Don't you know, and ask me." ”

Guo Huai saw that the other party didn't care, so he simply said directly: "But that's with a graduate student, that is, with that Senior Shen, this is what a classmate from the School of Architecture in our student union told me." ”

"This shows that Ai Qing has studied hard, has been valued by teachers, and is doing the same subject as a graduate student, which is a good thing."

He Tianran's answer was tepid, and the waiter served the bottom of the boiled pot to the table.

In the smoke, Guo Huai looked left and right, but did not see the girl's figure, so he mustered up the courage to ask:

"Naturally, what is the situation between you and Ai Qing now, I know something through the internal situation of the student union, Sun Qianzhi usually has no intersection with Ai Qing at all, what happened to your brother and you that time...... I can probably understand that now that you have helped Ai Qing settle things, there will be no progress in the relationship between the two of you? ”

He Tianran was patient, scooped chicken soup into the bowl, and said without hurry:

"Didn't I make it clear to you last time, I won't chase her anymore, and now my friend is in trouble, I can't help my friend once? What's the matter, you helped Ai Qing before, not because they were friends with each other, but because you wanted to chase others, and others didn't love you, so you wouldn't help? ”

Guo Huai was anxious by this sentence: "Help! Not natural...... You, are you really not in a hurry to see her getting closer and closer to Senior Shen now? ”

He Tianran raised his eyes and teased: "It seems that you are more anxious than me." ”

"I'm ......" Guo Huai sighed and said melancholy: "Alas, I won't tell you, last time in the hotel where your brother asked me, I had already confessed to Ai Qing, and as a result, you should be able to imagine that these things that have happened in the past two months have made me gradually understand that the gap between me and Ai Qing can be filled not only by hard work......"

He Tianran listened quietly, blowing chicken soup in his mouth, and when the other party finished speaking, he put the chicken soup in front of Guo Huai and comforted:

"Lao Guo, you can't say what the gap is, it's just that everyone's way of living is different, looking for this kind of thing, it is better to match each other's frequency, just like Ai Qing is the literary channel at dusk, and you are the financial news at noon, the wind and horses are not related, and it seems nondescript to get together, but this does not mean that you are not good, you also have your own audience."

"So, last time you punched, it kind of knocked me awake......"

He Tianran is still very pleased that Guo Huai can understand this truth during his college years and avoid the tragedy of their respective futures.

In this era where men and women can live self-sufficiency by virtue of their abilities, it is long out of place to say that they would rather tear down a temple than destroy a marriage.

"We must not touch one? Lao Guo, your kick is not light! ”

He Tianran joked, Guo Huai was stunned for a moment, and then looked at each other for a moment, and the two of them laughed and toasted each other.

"Why is this pulling and pulling on me, naturally I tell you, I don't regret confessing to Ai Qing, at least I said it, and the breath in my chest smoothed you know?! You said you, we said it was good, chasing Ai Qing by their own ability, but I didn't expect you to give up halfway, just this point, I am better than you, you know! ”

"What's the matter, you were rejected by Ai Qing, and you were unhappy, so you put this aside to play with me, and stimulated me to confess, and when you are rejected, you will join you, right? You confessed, you cow beep, buddy, I won't accompany you, as long as I don't confess, then I won't be rejected, this is the truth, do you understand brother! ”

It's really feng shui in turns, He Tianran really didn't expect that he would be preached by Guo Huai one day, but this contrast is quite interesting.

Unconsciously, the wine was drunk, and the emotions of the two also rose, Guo Huai complained:

"No, naturally, you said that we have known Ai Qing since high school, at least for almost six years, right! So how long has Senior Shen known her? Less than a year! It's been less than a year! You said that the frequency between me and Ai Qing is not right, and you deserve to be rejected, but your frequency is right, you have to rush up! Why did you retract halfway through! I really think you two can do it, but you can't be cheaper than an outsider! “

He Tianren laughed, and while panting, he said:

"What is a cheap outsider, Lao Guo, it's not right for you to say that, love comes and it doesn't matter what comes first and then comes."

"But for love, you must be selfish!"

Guo Huai unconsciously threw out a wise saying, and he continued:

"No matter how you say it, you have to have a summary of the crush in the past few years, otherwise it will be quite aggrieved, I originally planned to wait until next year, and I will reveal my heart to Ai Qing again when I graduate, but these things happened to give me a better opportunity, I didn't waste time and delayed again and again, and it also made me see myself clearly in advance, and I have no regrets.

Naturally, I don't have much communication with Senior Shen, so I don't dare to make a conclusion about him, but naturally, we have come all the way with Ai Qing, so even if you confess to get the number and queue up, you have to be the first to do it, right? If you are with Ai Qing, as a friend of the two of you, I am in a better mood, but if it is her and Senior Shen, then I am really a little depressed......"

Guo Huai said and drank a cup by himself, it seems that the rejection really made him grow a lot, although these statements are still a little naïve and even a little familiar in He Tianran's opinion, but maybe this kind of thinking is more in line with the mentality that contemporary college students and young people should have?

Guo Huai saw that He Tianran was silent, thinking that there was an opportunity, anyway, today's day was good, he took advantage of the victory to pursue, and added:

"Naturally, you know, Ai Qing is not at school these days, I said a few days ago that I wanted to celebrate your birthday with you, and people came ......back on purpose."

As he was talking, he suddenly heard a familiar pleasant voice in his ear—

"What are you two talking about? I seem to hear my name. ”

He Tianran and Guo Huai followed the prestige, only to see a girl pass through the smoke on the side of the street and enter the field of vision of the two.

She stood in the hustle and bustle, beautiful and gentle, like a female bodhisattva who had entered the mortal world, contaminated with a little fireworks.