Chapter 420: Nineteenth Birthday (Part II)
Had dinner.
The two worked together to clean up the dining room and kitchen, and were about to sit on the sofa.
Zhao Huijuan made a video call and directly asked Tang Wan to escape back to the room.
It's not that Lu You can't listen to the conversation between mother and daughter, it's just that Tang Wan wants to have a quiet chat environment.
Lu You walked out of the balcony and leaned on the handrail to look up at the sky.
The clear night sky, the full moon is like a disk, and the clear glow creates a pure field.
A lot of thoughts were running in Lu You's mind.
There are memories of the past and plans for the future, and Tang Wan's figure runs through it.
A few minutes later.
Lu You gathered his divergent mind, shook his head, and sighed: "Alas, I feel like I'm about to become a love brain!" β
Walking back to the living room, Tang Wan still didn't come out.
Thinking of the big moon he saw just now, Lu You suddenly had an idea.
First go to the guest room to find a mat, spread it out on the balcony, and then put a small table, and then put fruits, moon cakes, and melon seeds.
A small moon viewing party for only two people is complete.
But before Lu You could start enjoying it, his mobile phone rang too.
As expected, the caller was Shen Yuyin, and it was also a video call.
One thing to say, Lu You really doesn't want to answer, and he has an innate resistance to video calls with his parents.
It's not that I hate my parents, I just don't like to play videos.
But after thinking about it again, Lu You finally pressed the answer button.
Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival and birthday, if the mother wants to see her son and won't let her, it is true.
The phone was connected, and there was a brief pause, and what appeared on the screen was Shen Yuyin's young face as always.
Lu You sat on the sofa, leaned on the tissue box, and stood up the phone.
"Hey, Mom."
[Eh, son! γ
Shen Yuyin waved his hand at the camera, and the smile on his face was very bright.
[Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! γ
"You too, Happy Mid-Autumn Festival."
[Have you had dinner?] γ
Lu You held his chin in one hand and said speechlessly: "I sent you all the photos of dinner, and you still asked me if I ate it?" β
γIs seafood claypot delicious?γ γ
"I make it myself, and it's hard to think about it."
[Too!] γ
Shen Yuyin fiddled with the bangs in front of his forehead a few times.
[With your craftsmanship, even if it is a lump of defense, you can make a whole flower. γ
Lu You let out a long breath, his forehead ached faintly, and he said helplessly: "Please figure it out, what I know is cooking, not spelling." β
[It's been almost a month since you arrived at school, are you used to living in the dormitory? γ
"It's okay, after all, the four-person dormitory, no matter how good it is, it's not much better."
[How's the relationship with your roommates?] Have you ever met someone who is very strange? I saw some college students complaining on the Internet, saying that they lived in the same dormitory with people who did not agree with their three views, and basically had a small quarrel for three days and a big trouble for seven days. γ
Lu You recalled the scenes of his life with Zhang Zhichuang in the past few weeks.
Everyone comes from different provinces, and the differences in living habits are unavoidable, and there have been one or two small frictions, such as Lu You and Bi Yangde's morning exercise.
Since Bi Yangde sleeps on the top bunk, the movement of climbing out of bed will inevitably affect Gong Qing who sleeps on the bottom bunk.
Once or twice Gong Qing could bear it, but four or five times he couldn't bear it, so he raised the matter directly in the dormitory.
After some friendly discussion between the four of them, the matter was resolved smoothly.
Zhang Zhichuang and Gong Qing swapped beds, the morning exercise group slept on one side, and the lazy sleep group slept on the other, and they were all happy.
"My roommates are all very nice, don't snore, don't grind their teeth, don't smoke, stay up late, love to be neat, emotionally stable, and understand people."
[I was afraid that you would be bullied for your stuffy character, but I was relieved to have your words. γ
Lu You chuckled and asked rhetorically, "Do I look like someone who won't resist?" β
[Who knows?] What if you're pretending to be strong? γ
Lu You didn't want to waste his tongue, and replied: "In short, my college life is on the right track, and every day is beautiful and fulfilling, so you don't have to worry." β
[Hey, look at what you said!] If you're not my son, I'm too lazy to worry about you! γ
"Are you okay? It's okay, I'm hanging. β
As he spoke, Lu You stretched out his right hand and made a gesture to hang up the call.
[What are you anxious about, you don't want a birthday present? ] γ
Lu You withdrew his hand and asked rhetorically, "What gift?" β
Shen Yuyin changed his sitting posture, and his expression seemed to be a little cramped.
Do you have anything you particularly want? γ
As soon as he heard this, Lu You immediately understood.
She wasn't prepared at all.
"No, I don't have much material need."
In other words, the Lu family's excellent material conditions have met most of Lu You's needs.
[Then are you short of money?] γ
"Are you questioning your husband's earning power?"
Shen Yuyin's face sank, and his voice was a little colder.
[You'd better build a staircase for your mother, otherwise you won't have a good juice to eat.] γ
Lu You: ......
The threat from my mother, I really can't help it.
"Then you can send a red envelope casually, which means something."
[How much do you want?] γ
"It's okay, I don't care."
[This is what you said, don't say that I am perfunctory to you when the time comes. γ
"Aren't you perfunctory?"
[If I say no, I don't count. γ
Lu You was silent.
Everyone is blatantly willful, and he has no choice but to obey.
confronts a woman who has the ability to control the family's economic power, except for a complete defeat, there is no other end.
[By the way, is my daughter-in-law next to me? Let her appear in the camera too! γ
Lu You glanced at the dark corridor and said, "No, she went back to her room and called Aunt Zhao." β
[It's a pity, I haven't seen her for a few weeks, I miss her. γ
"Hang up, remember to send red envelopes."
[Take care of my daughter-in-law, if you lose someone's house, see if I can cure you or not! γ
"You say?"
γWhat kind of state do you ......γ
Seeing that Shen Yuyin was about to attack again, Lu You decisively turned off the video call.
The world fell silent in an instant.
I didn't hear it, it didn't happen.
Lu You came to the balcony again, patted his butt and sat on the mat.
The cool autumn breeze blew by, blowing Lu You's hair and bringing the green plants on both sides of the balcony.
If it is in the south, at this time today, not to mention the autumn wind, at least two floor fans must be placed behind it, adjusted to the maximum wind power, in order to barely make people sit still.
Lu You took a snowy mooncake, tore open the package, and didn't need to cut it, just took a bite.
The frozen glutinous rice has a slightly hard but soft skin, and the purple potato filling inside is soft and smooth, with moderate sweetness.
With a full score of ten points, Lu You can give a nine points in his heart, and the one point deducted is because of frozen teeth.
"Why didn't you wait for me to start eating?"
Lu You turned his head and a smile appeared on his face.
"Finished calling?"
Tang Wan threw off her slippers and stepped on the mat, bent down and put aside the two gift boxes she was holding, and replied, "Well, it's over." β
Lu You's gaze lingered briefly on Tang Wan's fair-skinned instep for a moment, and asked, "What did you talk to Auntie?" β
"What else can we talk about, come and go just a few questions?"
Tang Wan sat down next to Lu You, snatched half of the snowy mooncake from his hand, and threw it into his mouth unceremoniously.
"Well, it's delicious!"
"Do you want to open a double yellow and white lotus paste?"
"Don't worry, go through the birthday process first."
Tang Wan handed the smaller cuboid gift box to Lu You and said, "Na, this year's birthday gift, I hope you like it." β
Lu You took the gift box, and the heavy feeling made him wonder.
"It's a bit heavy-handed! What's inside? β
"I won't tell you, open it and see for yourself."
"It's all mysterious!"
Tearing off the outer layer of wrapping paper, a pure black felt storage bag with a big eye logo printed on the upper right corner of the front appeared in Lu You's hand.
Lu You raised his eyebrows, at this point, if he couldn't guess what the gift was, he simply threw his brain into the dung pit.
"How did you come up with the idea of giving me a keyboard?"
"There is no particular reason, the gifts I gave you in the past were all I thought were good, and this year I want to change the direction and send you what interests you."
Lu You lowered his head slightly, and his lips were separated from Tang Wan's forehead.
"Thank you, I love the gift."
"You didn't even open it and said you liked it?"
"As long as you send it, I like it."
Tang Wan listened to this very useful, but the keyboard was not bought and given, and a lot of thought was spent inside, and Lu You didn't look at which line.
"I'm glad you can trust me, but I suggest you take the keyboard out and take a look, or my hard work will be in vain."
"Could it be that you've done some modifications?"
Tang Wan didn't explain, just said, "I'll know when you open it." β
Lu You didn't grind anymore, lifted the seal of the storage bag, and took out the keyboard inside.
As Lu You guessed, the keyboard has indeed been modified.
The keycaps are not the original monotonous pure black, pure white plus characters, but turned into a whole to form a black and white ink painting.
With white as the background, different shades of black cast mountains, water and people.
A man and a woman, separated from each other on the left and right, across the river.
From the outline of the characters, it is not difficult for Lu You to see that the man is himself, and the woman is Tang Wan.
As for the characters that were supposed to appear on the front of the keycaps, they were moved to the side, which is commonly known as the side-engraved keycaps.
Lu You stroked the keyboard, and the rich emotion rolled in his eyes.
Joy, love, relief, etc., it is difficult to describe.
"You got someone to order the keycaps, right?"
"Uh-huh~ specially asked someone to design it according to the two of us."
Tang Wan lay half of her body on Lu You's back, and said, "You can try it twice by clicking the spacebar or the enter key." β
Lu You lightly put the keyboard on the table, and pressed the space bar twice with the index finger of his right hand.
Click-click.
The sound is not crisp, but slightly dull, but clean and clean, without unnecessary noise.
Lu You was completely shocked and said in disbelief: "You even changed the inside?" β
"Of course!"
Tang Wan put on a small expression and said, "I have installed all the shafts, satellite shafts, under-shaft pads, sound-absorbing cotton, and positioning plates." β
Lu You put his right hand on Tang Wan's cheek and said softly, "It took a lot of time, right?" β
Tang Wan rubbed Lu You's palm like a kitten, and replied: "It's only four or five days, and it's not very time-consuming to get it every day at noon and night." β
Lu You accumulated a lot of words in his heart, thought about it again and again, and finally didn't say it.
There is still a long time in the future, which is enough for Lu You to turn thousands of words into practical actions and accompany Tang Wan.
"Thank you, the gift is very good to my heart, I will use it well."
"I look forward to you using it to knock out a paper that proves the Fields Medal, so that I can also be regarded as contributing to your life ideals."
Lu You pinched Tang Wan's face and said with a smile: "You are a radish in the vegetable market when you think the Fields Medal, you can take it?" It's hard to be good! β
"How do you know if you don't try?"
Tang Wan got down from Lu You and said, "Don't talk about it, let's eat cake!" β
Lu You put the keyboard back into the bag, and Tang Wan brought the cake to the table.
The cake is not big, and Lu You visually weighs two pounds, but it is not solved by them at one time.
On the periphery of the surface of the cake, there is a circle of white cream lace, and the inside is densely filled with mangoes, dragon fruits, kiwi fruits and other fruits, which Tang Wan loves to eat at a glance.
Tang Wan took out two more digital candles and inserted them in the middle of the cake, lit them with a lighter, and said with a smile: "Husband, you can make a wish!" β
"Don't you have a birthday song?"
"If you really want to hear it, it's not like I can't show my singing voice."
"Forget it, I still won't listen."
Tang Wan's singing level, as long as there is a little, it will not be nothing
Lu You closed his eyes and meditated in his heart for ten seconds, then reopened his eyes and blew into the candle.
The faint flame flickered a few times before it was extinguished, leaving only two slender streaks of green smoke floating upward.
Bang Bang Bang β
Tang Wan clapped her palms vigorously and said excitedly: "Congratulations, classmate Lu You, you have taken a solid step on the road to adulthood!"
May you be happy every day in the future, have a carefree life, get everything you want, and be sure to give more pocket money to your girlfriend! β
"Hmm, I seem to hear something wrong?"
"What's the matter, it's that you think too much."
Tang Wan couldn't help but stuff a plastic knife into Lu You's hand, and urged: "Birthday star, don't rub it off, cut the cake quickly!" β
The cake is divided into sixteen equal portions.
Lu You took out two of them, one for Tang Wan and one for himself.
Tang Wan's share, Lu You also deliberately shoveled a lot of fruits.
Tang Wan held a fork in her hand and ate the cake one bite after another, with a satisfied face.
Just the right amount of sweets can always bring people a full sense of well-being.
Under Tang Wan's gobbling attack, a cake was quickly eaten by her.
Immediately afterwards, Tang Wan shoveled a second one.
"Then again, husband, what wish did you make just now?"
Lu You stretched out his fingers to wipe a little cream from the tip of Tang Wan's nose, and replied, "You want to know?" β
Tang Wan's eyes rolled, and she pretended not to care: "I don't particularly want to, it's up to you whether you say it or not." β
Lu You saw through at a glance that Tang Wan was trying to capture her, and didn't bother with her, he ate the cake unhurriedly, and said, "My wish is very simple, it can be summed up in four words." β
"What four words?"
"The world is happy."
Tang Wan was stunned for a moment, these four words were really beyond her expectations.
"Why did you come up with the idea of making this wish?"
Lu You put down the empty paper tray and replied: "If you are good, you will help the world, and if you are poor, you will be good alone." My current life is already very good, and I naturally hope that other people who are still suffering can live a good life. β
Tang Wan looked at Lu You quietly.
At a certain moment, the clouds dispersed, the moonlight poured down, and Lu You's body seemed to be plated with a layer of holy brilliance
After a long time, Tang Wan came back to her senses and said with a serious face: "Lu You, you are a good person. β
"What do you mean?"
"Literally."
Lu You waved his hand and said disapprerovingly: "I'm not a good person. A good person is willing to sacrifice himself for the sake of others, I am not a bad person at most, and a good person is far from being called a good person. β
Tang Wan curled the corners of her mouth, dipped her hand in a little cream and smeared it on Lu You's face, and said, "I don't care, I said you are you!" β
Lu You's face straightened and said expressionlessly: "Do you know what I hate the most? Someone made my face. β
Tang Wan put the paper plate aside, grabbed Lu You's arm and said coquettishly: "Don't be angry~"
"Why don't you clean it up for me?"
Tang Wan blinked, got up slightly and sat in Lu You's arms, wrapped her hands around his neck, and leaned her soft body forward.
Lu You only felt a noticeable feeling of warmth and wetness on his cheeks.
It's like going to a pet store in the early years, picking up a puppy that was just two or three months old, and being licked in the face.
After a while, the warmth and wetness disappear.
Instead, Tang Wan's eyes were radiant and full of affection.
"Husband, are you having a good birthday today?"
"It's okay, it's the best birthday I've ever had since I can remember."
Tang Wan's eyes lit up and said, "Then can I ask for a reward?" β
"Yes, what do you want?"
"I don't want to come to my aunt for ten months."
Obviously, Lu You will not agree to such an unreasonable request.
"Is it possible to delay delivery by three years?"
"Pay the deposit tonight?"
"No problem."
After speaking, the lips of the two were pressed together.
In the distant sky, the bright moon pulled through the surrounding clouds, covering his blushing face. (End of chapter)