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The two toothbrushes in the mug were wet, as was the toothbrush inserted beside it. Han Li glanced into the living room through the partition window and saw that Pei Yanyu's family was already preparing for breakfast.

"What's wrong?" Pei Yanyu came out of the living room and asked strangely.

Han Li handed him the toothbrush and toothpaste and said, "The toothpaste is gone."

Pei Yanyu blinked in surprise. After unscrewing the cap of the toothpaste, he squeezed the whole flat deformed tube towards the outlet for a while, and then pushed it up along the bottom of the hole.

"Okay." He took the toothbrush and squeezed a piece of toothpaste onto the toothbrush, "Brush your teeth."

Han Li hesitated and looked at Pei Yanyu for a while before taking the toothbrush.

Before walking into the bathroom, Han Li turned his head and saw Pei Yanyu re-screw the cap of the toothpaste, which clearly meant that he could continue to use it.

This situation reminded Han Li of the time before he went to college. At that time, Han Xiaolian was still alive, but the money at home was not much.Because there is no financial source, Han Li can only count on Han Xiaolian to kindly save the one and a half coins he squandered for him every week.

During that time, even if it was a tube of toothpaste, Han Li squeezed it like Pei Yanyu did. He even cut open the tube of toothpaste and scraped the last bit of it with a toothbrush.

Until college, Han Li also lived such a life for a period of time.

It wasn't until later, when he heard his classmates discussing behind his back that he used a tube of imported toothpaste to the fullest, laughing at his poverty and vanity, that Han Li decided that he would no longer live in such a poor life.

But now the person he loves the most is living like this, and he can tell that Pei Yanyu is not at all embarrassed by such a behavior.Thinking of Pei Yanyu asking how much he needed to support him, and then pitifully saying that he was too poor, Han Li laughed unconsciously while brushing his teeth, and accidentally choked his throat with toothpaste foam.

The temperature dropped a few degrees as the weather forecast said, and not only that, but there was also a drizzle in the sky.

Such weather made people too lazy to go out, but Pei Yanyu told his parents during breakfast that there was no toothpaste at home, and he planned to go out to buy with Han Li, and take Han Li around by the way.

"Where are you going to play?" Wei Liuqin asked.

Before Pei Yanyu could answer, Han Li answered, "I'm not going anywhere. After shopping with Pei Yanyu, I have to go home. A friend got married in two days and held a wedding banquet. I have to go back to attend."

Pei Yanyu hadn't heard Han Li talk about this before, so he looked at him in astonishment.

After looking at him, Pei Yanyu knew that he was lying, and immediately didn't know how to arrange the next step.

At this moment, Han Li suddenly asked him again: "Aren't you going? Lai Chengchun and Zhong Yunque's wedding."

Pei Yanyu had no idea who the two people he was talking about were. He pretended to be suddenly enlightened when he heard Han Li's question, and asked, "Are they hosting a banquet next week?"

Han Li was at a loss for words, and corrected, "This weekend."

"Having a wedding banquet on the weekend?" Wei Liuqin was extremely surprised and asked in confusion, "Is that a good day?"

"Probably, I specially invited the master to count the auspicious days." Han Li looked at Pei Yanyu and asked again, "Are you really going?"

The two of them talked nonsense with their eyes open like this, they just wanted to leave home early.Although Pei Yanyu really wanted to get out of the sight of his parents and be with Han Li, he was away all year round, so he should have stayed at home to spend more time with his parents during the holidays.

Facing the multiple-choice questions that Han Li suddenly threw to him, Pei Yanyu was extremely embarrassed.He hesitated for a moment, and continued to lie to Pei Que and Wei Liuqin: "They are the seniors and sisters in the school. They usually have a good relationship with me, so they sent me an invitation."

Pei Que frowned and asked, "You got married while you were still studying?"

"They are all PhD students and will go abroad after graduating this year. They want to get married before going abroad, and take this opportunity to say goodbye to their relatives and friends," Han Li said.

Unexpectedly, the story compiled by Han Li formed its own system, Pei Yanyu couldn't laugh or cry in his heart, but on the face he nodded with what he said.

When the husband and wife heard that there was such a reason, they immediately showed a clear expression.

Pei Que said to his son: "In this case, you can go."

"The daughter of the tenth old Zhang family married a foreign old man a few years ago, and when the old man returned to the United States, didn't she follow him?" When talking about going abroad, Wei Liuqin naturally mentioned the foreign news closest to him, " I heard that I got divorced not long after I arrived in the United States, and now I am taking my daughter to sing and serve dishes in New York restaurants! Tsk tsk, I got a green card!"

Pei Que said disdainfully: "Pei Yanyu's classmate only went out after studying well, how is he like that kind of person?"

Wei Liuqin said blankly: "Is it really that good to go abroad? Why do everyone want to go out these days?"

"Huh, how good can it be? Every day is either a war or a strike, and you can't even live a stable life." Pei Que sneered.

Until the end of breakfast, Wei Liuqin was listening to her husband talking about the problems abroad, as if there were always problems abroad.

Pei Yanyu grew up in this family, and he has long been used to Pei Que talking about the vastness of the world in this small two-bedroom house, and Wei Liuqin will always listen obediently, but at this time Han Li is sitting beside him eating in silence, and from time to time Listening to the discussion of the two elders, they seemed to be really interested. This situation made Pei Yanyu feel a little uncomfortable.

Fortunately, after breakfast, Pei Yanyu was able to go out with Han Li.

After going out, Pei Yanyu felt a lot lighter physically and mentally.

As soon as the two of them walked out of the gate of the community and came to the empty road, Han Li took his hand and walked all the way until they reached the intersection with more and more pedestrians.

"Who are Lai Chengchun and Zhong Yunque?" Pei Yanyu asked curiously.

Han Li suppressed a smile and said, "Lai Chengchun was my classmate in college, and Zhong Yunque was his younger brother. They have the last names of mother and father respectively."

A pair of brothers were born by him as a couple who were going to get married. Pei Yanyu couldn't help but laugh, but it was rare for him to hear Han Li take the initiative to mention the past, so he couldn't help asking: "Then what about them now?"

"I don't know, I haven't contacted for a long time." Those people and things seemed to have stopped in the year when Han Li left school, and they couldn't go back. It was more like a matter of the previous life.

Pei Yanyu was taken aback for a moment, but he thought that if it was him, he might not know how to get in touch with his former friends after going through so many things.He remembered Han Li lying in front of his parents again, and blamed him, "Why did you tell me the time so early? You didn't tell me in advance. I almost didn't know how to answer the conversation. I never had a vacation that was never over." Just leave the house."

"You're so smart, why do you need to ventilate in advance?" Han Li smiled and caught a glimpse of Pei Yanyu's embarrassed expression, "I want to leave with you early. Do you really like them?"

Pei Yanyu's heart was blocked by the question, and after a while, he said helplessly, "You know, some people can't be treated by liking or disliking."

These words seemed to be a newborn branch in Han Li's heart. The moment it was unearthed, the skin burst and it hurt a little.Han Li was silent for a long time, really not knowing how to answer.He knew, he did know.

At the corner of the street, the small supermarket that Pei Yanyu was looking for was not open.

He was about to continue walking when Han Li grabbed his arm again.Pei Yanyu looked back suspiciously, only to see Han Li covering the umbrella in his hand.

The gloomy sky reflected Han Li's fair face through the dark blue grid umbrella. Seeing that the ribs of the umbrella were about to touch the tops of their heads, Pei Yanyu naturally reached out to caress his face, welcoming his gentle kiss after he got close.

When the umbrella was raised again, the temperature left on the lips of this kiss was still warm.

Pei Yanyu saw Han Li's eyes as if he was looking at every part of his face, as if he wanted to see him carefully.He smiled at Han Li and asked questions with his eyes.

Han Li's eyes became much deeper, as if after contemplating to no avail, he smiled and shook his head.

The grocery stores and small supermarkets on the street were closed because of the Chinese New Year, and neither of them expected to come to the supermarket in the big shopping mall to buy toothpaste.

After entering the supermarket, they went straight to the sales area of ​​daily necessities. Pei Yanyu saw that there were two popular brands of toothpaste on sale, and was comparing which of the two activities was more affordable. When he turned around, he saw that Han Li was selling On the shelf of the goods was a tube of imported toothpaste.

"This is too expensive." Pei Yanyu saw him walking over with toothpaste, while he held a bundle of family clothes in his hand, "Put it back, and look at these two." It's available at convenience stores around the world, and he knows it costs three times as much as the ones he owns.

Han Li grew up, as long as he was not outside, he always used this brand of toothpaste in his hand.He said: "This works well."

Pei Yanyu did see this toothpaste next to the sink at Han Li's home before, and he used it himself, but in his eyes, it was not much different from the domestic toothpaste except that it was more expensive.

Thinking that the price of one tube of imported toothpaste can buy three tubes of family-packed domestic toothpaste, Pei Yanyu insisted: "I'd better buy this, it's for my parents. They're not used to things that are all in foreign languages. Besides, I I don’t think there is any difference in the effect. I have used this toothpaste since I was a child, and my teeth have always been good without a single cavity.”

"Really?" Han Li looked at him suspiciously, and suddenly reached out to him.

Pei Yanyu was so startled that he immediately covered his mouth to prevent him from prying his mouth open in the supermarket, and stared at him fiercely.

Han Li rolled his eyes at him and said, "Okay."

There may not seem to be many customers in the supermarket, but when it comes to checkout, you can see a long queue in front of the cash register with only two channels.

Han Li walked out of the supermarket through the non-shopping aisle. Taking advantage of Pei Yanyu queuing up to check out, he went to the bathroom.

Unexpectedly, when he walked out of the bathroom, he still saw Pei Yanyu in the queue, as if he had never moved forward a bit.

Bored, Han Li walked to the rest area beside him. Seeing that the seats were covered with muddy water and the table was stained with vegetable leaves, he could only lean against the locker and continue to wait while eating candy.

"Senior Qiu?!" Suddenly a girl shouted from the side, which startled Han Li.

He looked up at that person strangely, but was surprised to find that the other person was staring at him, and couldn't help being even more inexplicable.

The girl ran up to him excitedly and said, "Senior Qiu, are you back for the New Year?"

Han Li looked at her strangely, and said, "You've got the wrong person."

The girl was taken aback, blinked her eyes twice, and asked, "Senior Qiu, don't you remember me? I used to be a student in the state middle school, two years younger than you. My name is Yang Keran, and I'm also in the student union!"

"I'm sorry, you really misunderstood the person." The more positive the girl's attitude was, the more indifferent Han Li became.

The girl stared at him carefully for a while, then suddenly covered her mouth in fright, bowed her head repeatedly in a gesture of embarrassment, and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I recognized the wrong person. Because you look so much like my senior, I I haven't seen him for several years, so I admit my mistake. I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

Han Li didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said indifferently, "It's okay."

"It's so similar. However, I'm really a bit face-blind." She stuck out her tongue embarrassingly, and said awkwardly, "Then I'll go first."

Unless they look exactly the same, how could it be possible to say that they are the same person after being corrected by others?Han Li couldn't help sneering when she saw her walking away with a gray face.

After a while, Pei Yanyu came to look for Han Li after paying the bill, and met him who was laughing at someone again, and asked curiously, "What happened?"

"It's nothing, a girl just insisted that I look like her senior." Han Li shrugged indifferently.

Hearing this, Pei Yanyu's heart stopped.He hid his apprehension and surprise in his heart, and asked amusedly, "Really? It's not because you are good-looking, so you want to strike up a conversation with you, right?"

"That's not necessarily true." Han Li said with a smile, "But she's good at striking up conversations, and she has a good routine. She said she's a school girl from the same school, and she's from the student union. She even reported her name."

Pei Yanyu then asked casually, "What's your name?"

"Yang Keran?" Han Li couldn't remember clearly.

This was the school flower in their school back then.Pei Yanyu was shocked, secretly glad that he wasn't there just now, otherwise Yang Keran would have recognized him, and he really didn't know how to explain it in front of Han Li.

Pei Yanyu walked with lingering fear, and decided that Han Li must leave the area as soon as possible.This place is small, and Pei Yanyu's home is near the former school, so they may meet someone who knows Du Weiqiu at any time.

"By the way." Walking to the empty aisle, Han Li suddenly grabbed Pei Yanyu, squeezed his chin and said, "Open your mouth." Seeing Pei Yanyu glaring at him, he said, "Open your mouth."

Pei Yanyu knew what he wanted to do, and reluctantly opened his mouth: "Ah—"

"You really don't have tooth decay. Your teeth are so white." After speaking, Han Li suddenly leaned over and put the unfinished fruit candy into Pei Yanyu's mouth.