Chapter 45: I Love You Much
"Senior sister, what are you eating?" Lu Mingfei looked up and asked.
Nono sat across from him, wearing the red dress he had given her that day.
"Beef? Or pork?" Nono flipped through the menu, "How about some vegetable salad?"
Lu Mingfei didn't speak, but stared at her for a few seconds, and suddenly noticed some bright spots under her eyes, which were the makeup she hadn't had time to remove.
Did my sister wear makeup yesterday? Lu Mingfei thought about it, as if he hadn't noticed it at all.
He continued to stare at Nono, the girl's long dark red hair was always a little naturally curly, casually draped behind her head, and there was a strand of curly hair in her ear.
"Why don't you speak?" Nono gave him a strange look.
"Oh, I'm wondering, sister, are the strands of hair in your ears always curly?"
"Well, no way." "Straightening doesn't work, and then I'm too lazy to take care of it."
"Actually, it's pretty too."
"You didn't ask me to straighten it before." Nono pouted, "What else do you say, it will look better if you straighten it."
"Senior sister is beautiful." Lu Mingfei smiled.
"Don't be poor, come and see what to eat." Nono handed him the menu.
Lu Mingfei pretended to flip through a few pages, but in fact, he didn't know what to eat, so he had to casually point to a seemingly okay dish on the menu and show it to Nuo Nuo, "It's better to have a tomahawk steak."
"Okay, then Tomahawk Steak." Nono switched to English and said to the waiter who had been waiting for a long time next to him that it was the same waiter from last year.
"Two copies, yes?" The waiter bowed slightly.
"Yes."
"How familiar do you need to be?"
"Medium-rare." Nono thought for a moment.
"Do you need anything to drink?" The waiter asked.
"What do you drink?" Nono turned the pencil in his hand and sketched on the menu.
"I can do it all." Lu Mingfei replied.
"Don't say anything random." Nono tapped him on the head with a pencil, "Didn't I teach you before? Eating with women is the most taboo and casual."
"Oh......" Lu Mingfei scratched his head, "Let's beer."
"Two dozen beers." Nono said to the waiter.
"Okay, wait a minute." The waiter stepped back.
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"Why haven't you come up yet?" Nono was a little impatient, and half an hour had passed, and the shadow of the dish had not been seen.
"Maybe it's like a Michelin-starred restaurant." Lu Mingfei didn't know what to say, "Try your best to give guests the best dining experience."
"Annoying."
"Senior sister, there is a magazine here, you can pass the time." Lu Mingfei went to the shelf and took a magazine and handed it to her, and he also took a copy by the way.
So the two of them began to read in silence, and several times Lu Mingfei raised his head to look out from the top of the magazine, watching his senior sister curled up in the corner of the sofa seat, quietly turning the pages.
Like a cat.
The soft strands of fine hair around her ears tickled him as if they were itching in his ears.
Lu Mingfei opened his mouth and wanted to say Senior Sister, have you ever thought I was still quite impressive...... It's really stupid to ask this, Lu Mingfei thought that he was originally an elm head, how could He De be worthy of the label of "impressing", so forget it, so he repeatedly dismissed this idea.
"Give me your book." Nuo Nuo stretched out her hand, she saw it quickly, Lu Mingfei was still looking at it in a daze, she had already turned it over and looked at it a few times.
"Oh." Lu Mingfei honestly gave her his own book, and the two exchanged it.
"Still bored." Nuno finished Lu Mingfei's magazine angrily and threw it on the table.
"Senior sister, are you unhappy?" Lu Mingfei suddenly realized something.
"Yes! Yes! I'm just not happy!" Nono tugged at him by the collar and pulled him in front of him, "Do you know why?"
"First
Madam Sheng, your food is ready, please enjoy." The waiter suddenly appeared between the two of them, ignoring the electric sparks rubbing in the air, and placed two plates of steaks on the table.
"Uh...... Masters...... Why don't you eat first?" Lu Mingfei said weakly, thinking that this waiter is worthy of being a subordinate of the little devil, and he saved his brother's life at a critical moment!
"Okay, but you can't escape me today." Nuno pursed his lips and let go of Lu Mingfei's collar.
"Can this gentleman come with me?" The waiter respectfully asked Nono, "Borrow your boyfriend for a while."
"What for?" Nono glared.
"I don't think the beer is a good match for the taste of this restaurant, so I want him to choose a dessert that will dominate the dessert."
"Okay." Nuno raised his chin at Lu Mingfei, "He said to let you choose wine with him."
Lu Mingfei hurriedly stood up and pulled the waiter, "Let's go!"
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"I need that thing now." In front of the dazzling wine cabinet, Lu Mingfei was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, "What is it?"
"Put an important sentence on the withered flowers of the cheesecake?" The waiter smiled.
"Uh-huh!" Lu Mingfei nodded.
"Yes," the waiter asked, "what do you want to write?"
"I don't know." Lu Mingfei was distressed, "Why don't you help me think about it."
"It's better to think about this kind of thing yourself." The waiter still smiled, "Otherwise, the lady won't feel your sincerity."
"Besides, didn't you her off in some way? I think it's good to ask for forgiveness with this little surprise."
"Oh......" Lu Mingfei pressed his fingers to his temples and muttered, "Think about it, think about it......
"You can start with the shared experiences you and she have." The waiter kindly reminded.
"There it is!" Lu Mingfei's eyes lit up.
"That night in October 2009, I accompanied you to see the bouquets scattered in the gap between the wind and time, and the wisps of the fragrance of the flowers remained in the depths of the diary many years later."
"That's it!"
"It's poetic." The waiter agreed, "It is worthy of the young master, and I believe that the lady will be satisfied."
"That must." Lu Mingfei snorted smugly in his nostrils, "Don't look at who I am."
"By the way, what is the name of the young master?"
"You are the boss's brother, but the boss has not abdicated yet, so you are the young master." The waiter said respectfully.
"Dizzy." Lu Mingfei helplessly supported his forehead, "This title is too grassy, it makes me think I am acting in an urban dragon king drama."
"Besides, I'm that kid's brother, and no matter how the young master's name is, it won't fall on my head, right?"
"That's what the boss commanded." The waiter said he couldn't help it.
"Lu Mingze, this damn stinky boy!" Lu Mingfei said viciously, "When he comes up one day, I will assign him to be caught and spanked!"
"Okay, I'm sure you can discipline your boss." The waiter made a gesture of please, "Go and coax her, don't keep your girl waiting."
"Wait for my victorious return!" Lu Mingfei puffed up his chest and walked towards the red back in a grand manner.
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"Senior sister, I'm back." Lu Mingfei sat down beside her.
"Why don't you sit across from me?" Nono still had a cold face.
"Because I want to be closer to you." Lu Mingfei smiled and squeezed her side again.
"Who wants to be near you?" Nono reached out and nudged him, "Tell me why I'm angry?"
"I can......'t guess," Lu Mingfei said, "Senior sister, can you give me some hints?"
"Today."
"What's today?"
"Who did you talk to today?"
"Forehead......" Lu Mingfei scratched his eyebrows and looked at the ceiling, "I chatted with my senior brother for a while in the morning, and then ......."
"And then?" Nono said playfully.
"Then I met Senior Ye Sheng, I haven't seen him for a long time, I ate a mint candy roll with him......" Lu Mingfei tried to fool around.
"What did you talk to him about?" Nono did not back down, pressing step by step.
"Talked about some emotional issues."
"Squeeze toothpaste, huh?" Nuno narrowed his eyes, a dangerous smile on the corner of his mouth, "Be lenient in confession, strict in resisting."
"It's just that I'm stupid!" Lu Mingfei suddenly shouted as if he was resigned to his fate, "I can't see your feelings for me, senior sister! I'm so sorry!"
"Hmm." Nono held his chin in his hand, and his little foot under the table hooked his high heels and dangled, "Do you know what I have in mind?"
"Senior sister, how do you know......" Lu Mingfei asked with a shrug of his neck.
"I have to thank you for that." A golden glint flashed in Nono's eyes, "Don't divert the subject."
"I'm a stupid person with a stupid mouth and a stupid brain......" Lu Mingfei whispered.
"Well, go on." Nono changed his hand to support his chin.
"So it must make you feel uncomfortable, senior sister."
"Hmm." Nono said, "I feel very bad about having such a boyfriend."
"I want to say ......" Lu Mingfei opened his mouth, "Actually, I really love you, I'm afraid that you won't be enthusiastic about me one day, so I'll ......."
"What's that called?" Nono tilted his head to look at him, his dark red hair like water, "Then don't I love you anymore?"
"I can feel that you love me, it's just ......" Lu Mingfei lowered his head and looked at his toes.
"Okay, blame me for not making it clear." Nono suddenly pinched his chin and straightened his head, "Look at me."
Lu Mingfei looked at her eyes obediently.
"I love you." Nono said word by word, "Got it? I've never loved anyone before, but I met you later."
"Does enthusiasm work? This thing is not a in my heart." Nono raised his face and said haughtily, "I love you enough."
"I know......" Lu Mingfei was very moved, "I just have some, and I have gained and lost......
"There's nothing to gain or lose." Nuno picked up a knife and fork to cut the steak instead, and said in a relaxed tone, "I will never fall in love with anyone else in my life except you, if you die one day, I will die with you."
"Senior sister......" Lu Mingfei was very moved again.
"The cake you want." The waiter brought a silver plate to the table.
"When did I order the cake?" Nono frowned.
"This gentleman ordered it." The waiter stretched out his hand to signal Lu Mingfei's idea, "He wants to surprise you, and when you open the lid, you can see the gift he prepared for you."
"Hmm." Nono nodded.
"Two, if you don't need anything else, then I'll step back first." The waiter smiled, and secretly made an "OK" gesture to Lu Mingfei before leaving.
"Senior sister, let's take a look." He said.
"God is mysterious." Nono grunted, and she slowly lifted the lid from the plate.
First, a burst of white mist suddenly poured out, like the effect of using liquid nitrogen, until the lid was completely removed, and after the white mist dissipated, she saw a small poem on the cake decorated with withered flowers, with beautiful handwriting.
"The seeds of the flower are scattered in the sky,
Blooming in the dark,
Purple sun-like dandelions,
Falling cyan hanging basket,
Red and gold intertwined roses,
White dahlia......
That night in October 2009, I accompanied you to see the bouquet scattered in the gap between wind and time,
Many years later, the scent of flowers remained in the depths of the diary."
"It's ......," Nono froze.
「StarsandFloers.」
Lu Mingfei took her hand, "The night we watched the stars together on the top of the mountain."
"Senior sister, do you know?" He whispered, "I still remember it
On that 18-year-old night, my world was black."
"A lot of noisy voices and a lot of messy figures, but there is no light, but when you push open the door and walk in, you have long hair scattered over your head, so those noisy voices and messy figures are gone, I can only see you, and only you are left."
"Now that I think about it, it wasn't the light that changed the life of a decrepit boy, but the fire that melted my whole world."
"What kind of emotional exchange is it today...... Nono said with a smile, but tears flowed uncontrollably.
"Damn it, I'm crying with all my makeup." She kept wiping away tears with her fingertips.
"Senior sister, I just want you to know that you are the most important and indispensable part of my life." Lu Mingfei put his arm around the girl's shoulder, "I may be stupid sometimes, sometimes I'll be elm-headed, sometimes I'll suffer from gains and losses, and sometimes I'll accidentally make you uncomfortable......
"But I love you forever."
"Why are you suddenly so slapped......" Nuo Nuo found that he couldn't wipe his tears clean, so he simply didn't wipe them, and leaned on Lu Mingfei's arms like a cat.
"I'm a very selfish person, very willful, very playful, indifferent to everything, crazy all day long." She counted on her fingers, "Sometimes you don't feel enthusiastic."
"Even so, are you still willing to love me?" She raised her face and asked Lu Mingfei, and the silver four-leaf clover earrings flashed with dazzling light.
"Till death." Lu Mingfei said, and then kissed the girl's lips.
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Lu Mingfei wiped her mouth with a napkin and stood up, and Nuno picked up her bag from the chair next to her.
"Senior sister, do you have any time? Let's go out and get some air." Lu Mingfei asked.
"Okay." Nono said, walking a little staggeringly, and she drank half a bottle of whiskey alone, "I'm fine tonight, and I've put all my study tasks until tomorrow in order to eat with you."
"Don't drink so much next time." Lu Mingfei draped a coat over the girl's shoulders, "Is it cold?"
"Hot." Nono reached for his coat, "What kind of gentlemanly demeanor do you commit in the summer?"
Walking out of Lu Mingfei's unfamous Michelin restaurant, it was dark outside, and there was a dim street lamp overhead, and the leaves chopped up the light and spilled it sparsely.
The two of them staggered down the sidewalks of the streets of Chicago, with leafy streets on one side and broken glass windows on the other.