Hearing the unconcealable pause and surprise in Jessica's tone, Xia Butterfly was a little strange, and turned around and asked, "Is there anything wrong with this?" ”

Jessica shrugged: "No problem, just agree, your boyfriend is really good." ”

"Why do you say that all of a sudden?" Xia Kitedie blinked.

"Huh?" Jessica wondered, "Didn't your boyfriend tell you how much it costs to rent an apartment in that place where you live?" ”

Xia Kitese subconsciously tightened the shopping cart and shook her head: "He didn't mention it." How much? ”

"It's hard to say, but the location, the 2B2B apartment, will cost at least $3,000."

“……”

The summer kite-butterfly froze in place.

During that time, the U.S. dollar exchange rate Xia Kitedie always remembered very well, it was 6 □□ in early February, and the overall decline in February was slightly down, but it did not fall below 6.8. The monthly rent of 3,000 US dollars, converted into RMB, is 20,000 per month. It was a number she hadn't thought about and couldn't afford.

No wonder You Lie didn't tell her at the time, and no wonder that the software development project in his hand seemed to be never finished, endless.

It was also from that time on, even after returning to China for a long, long time, Xia Butterfly always habitually refreshed the dollar exchange rate before going to bed.

She will also convert every translation fee into US dollars before she reacts.

Then she remembered that she no longer had the apartment with him.

When I was young, I was always powerless.

And every powerlessness at that time will leave a corresponding trace in your future life according to the degree of sadness and regret it makes you.

Later, Xia Kites learned that it is called compensatory psychology, which is an individual adaptation mechanism in psychology, but she thinks this is very strange.

Obviously, the mind is the organ that should be understood.

The time you want to make up for, the person in that time, he will never come back.

……

You Lie's birthday dinner that day, Xia Butterfly prepared for a long time, and deliberately turned off the light in the living room, waiting to surprise You Lie - although it was a bit simple.

Xia Kitese heard about it when she was in high school, because almost every birthday of You Lie was around the first lunar month, so most of them were spent at her grandfather's house.

I also know that there will probably be a magnificent birthday banquet hall, a dazzling array of gifts, an endless stream of guests and waiters, staggered, full of congratulatory messages, and very lively.

Those summer kites couldn't give it to him.

In case the eldest young master will show it later, and he is not so surprised by the "surprise", she will definitely forgive him.

With this in mind, Xia Butterfly waited at the entrance.

When the door lock rang, the light in the corridor threw You Lie's slender figure into the room, he seemed to be stunned, and said: "Xia Iris? ”

Xia Butterfly held her breath, sensing a hint of tiredness in his voice.

It was probably tiring to drive so far back from school.

Maybe she should go over to him tonight.

The girl was still holding her breath, waiting for the person in front of the door to come in, but she heard the sound of the key being clenched by him, and the light block of the door shrank—

You Lie seemed to be planning to leave.

“… I'm in, I'm in! ”

The first time she prepared a surprise, she almost smashed it, and Xia Kites hurriedly pounced out and pulled the door of the house.

At the door, You Lie, who frowned and took out his mobile phone to make a call, was stunned, and then let go, he sighed and took the girl into his arms, a little depressed and cold and low.

"Deliberately? You want to scare me to death, don't you. ”

"I didn't—"

"Do you know that the security here is not as good as in China," You Lie pinched the little girl's neck in a low and slightly tired voice, half-warningly, "even if Los Angeles is the center of California and has a higher level of urbanization, it is still unsafe, especially ......at night."

Xia Kites was a little confused, and the phrase "Happy Birthday" was held in her chest, so that she didn't know how to answer, and she wanted to find a place to insert it.

Then she heard You Lie sigh softly as if he had let go of the last trace of tension and half-buried it at the side of her neck.

"This apartment is already the lowest crime area I've ever found near your school. Don't run around after class in the future, just go home by yourself and call me if you have something, okay? ”

“……”

Xia Butterfly was stunned by You Lie's voice.

She blinked, and a mist fell under her eyelashes.

After not listening to the voice of the girl in his arms for a long time, You Lie was a little strange, and while he brought the person back to the apartment, he opened the entrance and opened it: "Why don't you speak?" ”

The light came dazzlingly.

Xia Kites stared at him stubbornly, not even letting go of the faint tiredness in his eyes and the thin black color under his eyelids, and then she asked, "Do you remember, what day is today?" ”

This time, it was You Lie who was stunned.

There is always a reason why the eldest young master is arrogant, even if he has never remembered the hard work all day today, even if the fatigue makes his thinking a little sluggish, but his reaction still finds the correct answer in two or three seconds.

So You Lie came back to his senses and laughed dumbly: "Ah, birthday." ”

He sighed regretfully, "I should have gone to school early tonight to pick you up and go out with you—"

The words are not finished.

Thump.

A little fox threw itself into his arms with great recklessness.

The martyrs were stunned.

Xia Butterfly rarely showed her emotions, for example, at this moment, she put her arms through his unbuttoned coat, hugged his waist tightly outside his sweater, buried her whole face in his chest, and her long hair hanging down her shoulders trembled imperceptibly.

Even if you don't notice it, the feeling of gradual wetness in front of your chest is enough for You Lie to notice the problem.

You Lie was a little flustered.

"Fox...? What to cry about suddenly? Did something happen at school today? You and me—"

The words are not finished.

Through the thin sweater, the little fox who was crying so much that he didn't make a sound pinched him the side of his waist.

You Lie couldn't help but cut off.

Xia Butterfly's intention not to allow him to speak was obvious, and You Lie could only endure a slight eagerness, he picked up the girl in front of him, took her directly into the room, and finally rested it on the sofa.

After putting down the person, You Lie stepped back slightly.

In front of the little fox whose eyes were red from crying, and who was still holding his face and pretending not to cry, he couldn't help but feel a little distressed and wanted to laugh: "What's the matter, tell your boyfriend about it." ”

You Lie bent his knees and crouched down in front of Xia Iris's legs, so that he could look up at her, and she could meet him as soon as she lowered her eyes.

Xia Butterfly gasped.

"It's okay, because you forgot because you're angry."

When she took out the birthday gift and handed it to You Lie, in front of his surprised and excited eyes, Xia Butterfly was even more uncomfortable, she endured the sourness on the tip of her nose, and flattened her tone: "I'm afraid that you will not be satisfied with the gifts and surprises I prepared for you." ”

"Am I crazy? This is the first time you've given me a gift. You Lie's eyebrows couldn't be suppressed, and the familiar unruly smile like a young master made people unable to take their eyes off.

He pressed her against the couch and kissed her happily for a few moments, so excited that he lost his mind. The scarf never left between the two of them, and at last he had to coax Xia Butterfly to put it on for him—in this hot room with the heater on.

Then You Lie found that after putting on the scarf, the little fox's eyes turned even redder when he saw it.

He smiled slowly: "What the hell is going on." ”

"Are you renting such an expensive apartment just because you're worried about my safety on the way to and from class?" Xia Butterfly tried to hold back her voice so that he could not hear her emotions.

"Who told you anything?"

You Lie paused, a little helpless: "Also, what do you mean by just." Your safety is already the most important issue. ”

Xia Kite stared at him.

You Lie lowered his tone, sat down on the sofa beside her, and picked up the little fox: "Don't think so much, you came here because of me, of course I have to take care of your life." ”

"But so, you're very tired," Xia Butterfly bit her lower lip and took a deep breath before suppressing the sour emotions that came up again, "I'm afraid you don't think the surprise is enough, but you even forgot your birthday......"

Obviously, he has had the best in China.

"Little fox."

Xia Butterfly heard You Lie's slightly warning voice.

She looked up.

Then he was bitten by You Lie at the corner of his lip, which hurt a little, but he carefully controlled the strength and did not break.

You Lie turned around and said, "Don't think nonsense. ”

"I didn't."

"You're trying to lie to me again, aren't you?"

“……”

Xia Irose was silent for a while, sat up from his arms, and turned to face him: "Let's change apartments." ”

You Lie didn't raise his eyes: "Okay." ”

Without waiting for Xia Yuandie to speak, You Lie continued lazily: "The family trust fund left to me by my mother will be able to be used after I get my undergraduate diploma - or if you can't wait, I will go back to China first to sell the house given by my grandfather and come over to buy a new one." ”

Xia Kitedie made him choke up and couldn't answer.

After a while, she sighed softly: "Is it just a one-bedroom apartment, or is it here, isn't the security not the same?" ”

"Don't think about it."

You Lie's eyes flickered, and a little dangerous emotion pressed into a line under his eyes: "Little fox, have you become more and more at ease with me recently?" ”

He leaned on the sofa and approached her, deliberately bewitching and scaring her: "Aren't you afraid that you will live in a room, be moved in the middle of the night, and pluck out the fox fur and put in the pot?" ”

"Don't be afraid."

Xia Butterfly raised her face, and in You Lie's paused eyes, she did not retreat but advanced.

The fair-skinned slender ankle was wearing wavy light coffee-colored woolen stockings, and the tips of the girl's socks poked into his slender legs, and he could almost feel the muscles under the trousers as if they were gathering momentum.

The girl propped back on the couch tilted her head, her eyes harmless and sly.