"Just in time for the Christmas break." The brisket was soft and delicious, Xu Linyue nodded and praised, "Dad's craftsmanship is good." ”

Tao Ting smiled and slapped his arm: "What dad, my dad." ”

"They didn't have to stay that long, they were in a mess." Xu Linyue sandwiched a piece of beef brisket and fed it to Tao Ting.

Tao Ting opened her mouth and bit it, asking, "What's wrong?" ”

"Strike." "Earlier this month, a sociologist published an article about the invisible ceiling of female employees in the workplace, and beauty companies like Citrus must be the first to bear the brunt. ”

Tao Ting asked: "Does it have an impact on China?" ”

"The scale of this strike is quite large, and a high-level meeting was held to decide to draft a new workplace equality regulation, and pacification measures are also being made, which is expected to be issued soon, and will be implemented in China at that time."

Tao Ting nodded, but she always felt a little weird in her heart.

Xu Linyue was very face-saving, and ate all the pots of beef brisket, and there were only two potatoes left.

Tao Ting picked up her mobile phone and said that she wanted to take a picture for Tao Zejun to see.

"Your dad doesn't think I'm a rice bucket, does he?"

Tao Ting laughed: "No, it's a blessing to be able to eat, okay?" ”

The suitcase was still at the door of the house, Xu Linyue opened it on the ground, took out a glass jar from it, and said to Tao Ting, "A gift for you." ”

Tao Ting took the glass jar, tied a bow with a ribbon at the mouth of the bottle, she looked at the colorful little biscuits in it and smiled and bent her eyes, and asked, "I bought it at the Christmas market?" You've come all the way to bring it back, huh? ”

Xu Linyue raised his eyebrows: "How do you know?" ”

Tao Ting's smile froze and she blinked: "Huh? ”

Xu Linyue asked her, "How do you know that I bought it at the Christmas market?" ”

"I guess." Tao Ting held the glass jar and lowered her head.

"Oh, I didn't tell you yet." Xu Linyue was not suspicious, "I bought a piece from each of the stall owners, and there was sugar in it, so I took you to go shopping." ”

Tao Ting closed her eyes and took a deep breath, raised her head and said, "Okay, I'll confess to you." ”

She suddenly had an expression of doing something wrong, and Xu Linyue was a little panicked: "What's wrong?" ”

"I know your Weibo." Tao Ting put the glass jar on the table and put her hands together against her chin, "Do you remember?" At that time, I helped you register an account, and I went back and followed it. ”

Xu Linyue stood expressionless and did not react.

Tao Ting sped up her voice and continued: "You later emptied your account, probably because you treated me as a zombie fan and ignored me. ”

Xu Linyue asked aloud: "You've been watching all along?" ”

"It's not always, it's been more in the past two years, I'm ...... I'm sorry. Tao Ting sincerely admitted her mistake, she knew that Xu Linyue later used that account as a secret garden to confide in her heart, and she should have politely taken it off a long time ago, "but I thought I would never see you again, and I occasionally wonder how you are doing." ”

Xu Linyue still didn't speak, as if he was stunned.

No matter how you explain it, it was like quibbling, Tao Ting lowered her head: "Okay, I'm just peeping into your privacy, you scold me." ”

"Why should I scold you?" Xu Linyue stepped forward and held her cheek to make her look up and look at herself.

Weibo is a public platform that can be seen by anyone, not to mention that he has not posted any unsightly content.

He just didn't think that anyone would care about his emotions all these years, wonder about his current situation, and read his boring nonsense carefully.

"So you come to the lake on the day of the annual meeting, and you know I'm there."

"Yes." Tao Ting bit her lower lip, thinking that he felt that he was deliberately looking for an opportunity to get closer, and hurriedly explained, "Vincent has been looking for you, and I am worried that you have just passed." ”

Xu Linyue smiled dumbly and said, "It turns out that I am Cinderella." ”

Chapter 60

Tao Ting didn't understand, and felt a little funny: "Why are you Cinderella?" ”

After midnight all magic vanished, except for the crystal slipper that remained on the steps, which was picked up by the prince.

The story of Cinderella has always been interpreted and adapted by later generations, whether it is true or false, in such a fairy tale, kindness and love are the original intention.

"Thank you for finding me." Xu Linyue looked into her eyes and said.

Forget that it was a few years ago, and everyone around him was the same boring in his eyes. He drank and laughed with them, and he could guess their next sentence by saying the previous sentence, and their reactions, states, and tones were so identical.

He said he was tired, and they said, "Are you still tired?" Look at how I'm doing. ”

He said he was annoying, and they said, "What is there for you to be annoyed?" If you don't want to do it, go home and be a young master. ”

After a long time, Xu Linyue didn't tell the truth anymore, it was boring, he was only allowed to live proudly, happily, and easily.

Many people showed affection to him, many people approached him, many people had eyes on him, but none of them wanted to ring the doorbell and ask him, "What are you unhappy about?" ”。

He is Cinderella, who is still down-and-out in fine clothes, and she is the brave and sincere prince.

Tao Ting breathed a sigh of relief: "I thought you would be angry. ”

"How can I give up." Xu Linyue paused, and then said, "I'm a little embarrassed, you don't think I'm hypocritical, do you?"

Tao Ting smiled and shook her head: "No, it's very cute, really." ”

When he returned to the bedroom after washing, it was almost four o'clock in the morning, and he felt that the room was dry, Xu Linyue opened the humidifier, glanced at the medicine box on the bedside table, and asked Tao Ting: "What do you eat?" ”

"Oh, well, I got a little cold when I came back from the mountains, and I'm almost getting better." Tao Ting lifted the quilt and lay on the bed.

"No wonder I heard you speak a little nasal." Xu Linyue turned off the light, "Why are you always sick?" The constitution is so poor. ”

Tao Ting wrapped herself in a high quilt: "You are almost disabled, and you are embarrassed to say me? ”

Xu Linyue was speechless, the cold and fever were indeed not worth mentioning compared to his experience, and he was not qualified to educate others by taking care of his body.

When he got home, the strawberry bear naturally had to move to the living room sofa and sleep.

Tao Ting leaned sideways, Xu Linyue stretched out his arm and took her into his arms, hearing her ask, "Why?" ”

"What, why?"

"Why do you like those extreme sports?" Tao Ting has long wanted to ask, she is a person who can't even try roller coasters, so she has always been curious, "Don't tell me because you think sports cars are handsome." ”

Xu Linyue laughed softly: "Isn't it normal for our gentlemen to have a little bad habit during the rebellious period?" ”

Tao Ting didn't believe this, so she looked up at him and said, "You are not the kind of second ancestor, so why?" Can you tell me? ”

Xu Linyue was silent for a long time before answering her: "For most of your life, you won't realize that you are alive. ”

Only when the sound of the engine pierces the sky, and the exhaust blows down the grass and trees on the side of the road, and kicks up the dust, will you feel every breath, every heartbeat, and feel that life is burning, and time passes minute by minute.

When driving at high speeds, your fingertips go numb all the way to your back, and you will feel dizzy, suffocated, and your brain will go blank.

It's only at the moment of your experience that you realize how powerful the human heart is when it beats.

Xu Linyue didn't know if Tao Ting could understand this practice of using death to stimulate the desire to survive.

He put his fingertips on the side of Tao Ting's neck and told her: "This is it, the pulse is agitated and agitated, like someone is choking your neck." ”

Tao Ting's eyelashes trembled lightly and asked, "Won't it be painful?" ”

"It's better than numbness."

Tao Ting lowered her eyes and was silent.

Xu Linyue put down his hand and said, "Go to sleep." ”

"Do you still want that thrill for the rest of your life?" After a while, Tao Ting spoke softly in the dark.

Xu Linyue closed his eyes and said sleepily: "I don't know, once in a while." ”

Tao Ting let go of him and got into the quilt.

After a few seconds, realizing what she was doing, Xu Linyue inhaled sharply, opened his eyes and asked, "What are you doing?" ”

"So what?" She knelt there like a cat, looked up and asked.

Xu Linyue didn't have time to think, his upper body was tense and his head was raised, and his breathing was heavy.

Tao Ting asked again: "Are you alive?" ”

Not only was he alive, his heart was beating violently, and the blood in his whole body was about to boil.

Xu Linyue blocked his eyes with his arm, reached out and touched the switch of the floor lamp, and the dim light illuminated a corner of the bedroom.

He didn't dare to look at it, he was already going crazy.

The sound of squirming tortured the will, and the body was wrapped in warmth, Xu Linyue lay on his back on the bed, and his self-control collapsed across the board.

He made a reason and said, "I'm too tired today." ”

Tao Ting wiped the corners of her mouth, pulled her hair behind her ears, and looked at him with a sly smile.

Xu Linyue let out a long sigh and asked in a hoarse voice, "Where did you learn it?" It's so seductive. ”

"Don't ask." Tao Ting rolled over and got out of bed, her mouth was filled with a fishy bitter taste, and she wanted to rinse her mouth again, "You don't want to hear it." ”

Xu Linyue laughed and said helplessly: "Okay." ”

When Tao Ting came back, the person on the bed had already fallen asleep with his eyes closed, and he was probably really tired and paralyzed.

She lay down beside Xu Linyue, kissed him on the forehead, and whispered, "Don't be numb, don't be in pain. ”

- I'll make you happy.

After the New Year, Tao Ting and Zhou Yao both moved out of Yunhuayuan, and they were roommates when they were in graduate school.

Looking at the rental house that was gradually emptied, the two people divided the things they bought together little by little, and in the end they didn't dare to look at each other, for fear that they would not be able to hold back their emotions when they saw each other.

"Ouch, what are you doing?" Zhou Yao said angrily, "It's not that we don't see each other again, they are still in the same district." ”

Obviously, she snorted first, but Tao Ting deliberately asked in an impatient tone, "Do you want to?" Do you want an oven or not? ”

Zhou Yao pouted and said, "Yes, you can even bake egg tarts." ”

"Then you take it." Tao Ting pulled the plug and moved the oven into the storage box in front of her.

"Wait until Mr. Xu comes to pick you up?" Zhou Yao asked.

"Hmm." Tao Zejun wanted to buy her a house two years earlier, but at that time, Tao Ting felt that it was good to share a house with Zhou Yao. The new house is not big, seventy or eighty square meters is enough for her to live alone, the place is Tao Zejun has taken a fancy to it early in the morning, and after deciding, he and Tao Ting will sign a contract to pay the down payment. The idea of her parents is that no matter whether she gets married or not, she will always have a place of her own.

Before the soft decoration was completed, Tao Ting did not rent a house again, and planned to go back to her parents' house for a few months, although she still stayed with Xu Linyue most of the time.