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Yan Ke returned to the apartment with the invitation letter, told Ling Lu that there was a meeting on the weekend, and his father was going to speak, and asked him if he would go.When Ling Lu saw the invitation letter, he thought it was from Yan Li, and he was immediately flattered.Once I heard that there are credits, I happily agreed.

But Yan Ke didn't go, which made Ling Lu a little timid.After thinking about it, he just went to listen to the lectures and see the academic annual meeting, and he didn't have to speak on stage. What's there to be afraid of?

The meeting will last all day, with lunch at noon and coffee breaks along the way.Yan Ke sent Ling Lu to the venue and went back.It was the first time for Ling Lu to participate in such a large-scale academic conference, and he was nervous and excited.It seemed that there were some important figures coming and going around, Ling Lu couldn't help showing a little timidity, entered the venue and found a seat at the back and sat down silently.

The meeting starts on time.Ling Lu looked at the meeting schedule, Yan Li's speech was the third session, around ten o'clock.After his speech, there will be a coffee break, where tea and refreshments will be provided for everyone to take a break.Ling Lu planned to say hello to Uncle Yan during the tea break, and began to listen to the lecture with peace of mind.

This academic conference is at the national level, and many experts from other provinces are present. The content of the discussion is also advancing with the times, and it is a complex and delicate subject such as cardiovascular disease, so it is a bit difficult for Linglu.Ling Lu started to feel drowsy when he listened, and finally waited for Yan Li to speak, he suddenly woke up and listened with 12 points of energy.

Yan Li's speech was very level and simple, even a layman like Ling Lu could understand it clearly.It was finally the tea break, Yan Li walked towards the audience, and the people around got up one after another, going to drink tea and rest outside the venue.

Ling Lu went against the crowd and came to Yan Li, and shouted happily: "Uncle Yan!"

When Yan Li saw him, he first smiled, then as if remembering something, the smile on his face became stiff, and then disappeared quickly.

"Oh, Hello."

Ling Lu didn't notice his subtle attitude, and still smiled and said: "You speak really well! I couldn't understand the speeches of the two previous experts, but I understood yours and learned a lot!"

"Well, it's good." Yan Li finished speaking briefly, and then he was silent.

Ling Lu was taken aback for a moment, not knowing what to say at this moment.I had to smile awkwardly: "Well, do you have something else to do? I won't bother you..."

This time Yan Li didn't even say a word, just sighed, nodded and left.

Ling Lu was surprised by Yan Li's indifferent attitude, when he turned around, he saw Yu Cheng walking towards him.

"Brother, I brought you something to eat." He approached Yan Li casually, Yan Li took the tea and snacks he handed over, and thanked him with a smile.

Seeing the huge contrast between his attitudes before and after, Ling Lu's mood plummeted.Ling Lu doesn't understand what's wrong with Yan Li, he was so kind and kind to him when he came to the apartment two days ago as a guest, why does it seem like he doesn't know him today?

At this time, Yu Cheng suddenly glanced over here and greeted him with a smile.

Ling Lu reluctantly agreed, and suddenly his heart tightened—could it be Yu Cheng who said something to Uncle Yan?

Is it...

Ling Lu suddenly panicked, he hurried to catch up and hold Yu Cheng: "Yu Cheng! I have something to tell you!"

Both Yu Cheng and Yan Li stopped and turned their heads to look at him.Yu Cheng asked, "What's the matter?"

Ling Lu felt guilty when Yan Li saw it, so he couldn't speak, so he could only say: "...it's a private matter, let's go to the side and talk about it."

"Okay. Brother, let me go away." Yu Cheng looked at Yan Li.Yan Li sighed again, as if he had expected it a long time ago, and nodded in agreement.

The two came to a secluded corner.Ling Lu immediately asked: "Did you say something to Uncle Yan?"

"What do you mean?"

Ling Lu gritted his teeth: "We... our past."

He himself felt disgusted when he said this, as if he had had an affair with Yu Cheng.

Yu Cheng firmly denied: "No."

Seeing that he didn't believe it, Yu Cheng said again: "Speaking out this matter will do me more harm than good, why should I say it?"

Ling Lu said angrily: "Then why is he so indifferent to me! You must have done something good!"

Yu Cheng sneered, and mocked: "You don't even look at what occasion this is. So many important people present are acquaintances of senior brother, you just ran up so recklessly and called so intimately, if others ask, senior brother How should I explain it?"

Ling Lu was puzzled: "There's nothing hard to explain, I'm his son's student."

"That's what makes people more misunderstood. Now that the whole world knows that Yan Ke is gay, and you have such a face, what do others think when they see it? Where do you let senior brother put his face?"

Ling Lu was taken aback, speechless.

Yu Cheng sighed suddenly, and his attitude softened: "Actually, I wanted to remind you a long time ago to be more careful in the hospital. Ake... After all, you have been in the news, and you are attracting attention. Every move of the two of you is being watched. Everyone in the courtyard saw it. You don’t know it yet, the fact that you lived with him has been spreading madly in the courtyard for a long time, rumors and rumors are flying everywhere, but everyone just doesn’t talk about it in front of you..."

Ling Lu panicked: "How did they know? I never told anyone, and it's impossible for my roommate to..."

Yu Cheng said helplessly: "Do you need to say more? You take his car to work every day, do you think everyone else is blind?"

Ling Lu opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything after all.

Yu Cheng sighed: "I entrusted him to you because you are still sensible. I thought you could take this into consideration, but I didn't expect you to be too naive. You only care about your own convenience, and you don't care about Ake at all." Think about it. Those rumors are full of embellishments, and there are all kinds of ugly things, in case Ake finds out..." He sighed heavily.

Ling Lu was completely flustered, his thoughts were completely guided by Yu Cheng, his mind was full of how uncomfortable it would be for Yan Ke to know, he was so stupid that he never thought about him.

Yu Cheng looked at the time and said, "The tea break is over, and I should go back too. Think about it carefully, and don't do this kind of thing again in the future."

After Yu Cheng finished speaking, he left, leaving Ling Lu alone in the same place, in a state of disarray.

He didn't know how to listen to the following lectures.In the evening, Ling Lu suddenly received a message from Yan Ke, asking him how long it would take to finish, and was going to go out to pick him up.

Ling Lu hurriedly told him not to go out, and just come back by car.

Yan Ke replied: "It's okay, it's not far anyway. Still waiting for you at the place where you got off in the morning?"

Ling Lu insisted: "No need, the bus here is very convenient, I can just come back by myself."

Yan Ke had no choice but to agree.

When Ling Lu returned to the apartment, he smelled a sweet milky fragrance as soon as he entered the door, it smelled very delicious.Yan Ke was sitting in front of the oven, and when he heard the sound of him opening the door, he turned around with a smile: "Xiaolu, I'm making egg tarts, and they will be ready soon. They smell so delicious!"

"Really! Super delicious." Ling Lu suddenly forgot all the unhappiness of today, and came over in surprise, "Mr. Yan, why did you think of making egg tarts?"

"Suddenly I wanted to eat, so I searched for recipes on the Internet and found that the ingredients are available at home, so I wanted to make it." Yan Ke looked at the golden egg tart in the oven with a smile, full of sense of accomplishment, "I thought the egg tart was delicious. It’s complicated, but I didn’t expect it to be quite easy to do.”

"Huh? Is it very simple?"

"Yes, it is a bit troublesome to make the meringue. You have to wrap the butter into the dough, flatten it with a rolling pin, then wrap it in the butter, and repeat it several times. This is the mille-feuille. After the meringue is ready, the egg tart The egg wash in the middle is very simple, just mix the egg yolk and milk, and add some sugar."

Ling Lu imagined for a while: "It doesn't sound that simple..."

Yan Ke smiled and said, "Fortunately, it doesn't take too much time. It only takes 15 minutes to bake..." Before he finished speaking, the oven rang.

Ling Lu's eyes lit up: "Is this baked?"

"Yes. It's ready to be released."

Yan Ke came over with heat-resistant gloves, Ling Lu hurriedly said: "I'll do it." Then he grabbed the gloves and opened the oven door.A gust of hot air rushed out, causing Ling Lu to take two steps back.

"Be careful, it's very hot..." Yan Ke stared at him worriedly, until he put the baking tray firmly on the table, then smiled and said, "Why does it seem to be fragrant when it's not baked? But the color is good tempting."

"Yes!" Ling Lu pointed to the burnt yellow core in the middle of the egg tart, and said happily, "It's the same as the one sold outside!"

Yan Ke said: "This is called a beauty point, but it is actually burnt sugar."

Ling Lu admired: "Wow, you even know this."

Yan Ke was a little embarrassed: "It's in the recipe."

Ling Lu chuckled, and cast his salivating eyes on the egg tart: "Can I have a taste?"

Before Yan Ke could speak, the sound of a key turning suddenly came from the door.The two looked at the door in unison, and when they saw that it was Zhang Xingduan, they immediately looked at each other in blank dismay.

Yan Ke was surprised: "...you asked him to come?"

Ling Lu was more surprised than him: "Why would I call him, I thought it was you..."

Zhang Xingduan curled his lips helplessly: "Sorry, I did it myself."

Yan Ke was inexplicably guilty: "Why are you here?"

"Aren't you sick, come and see you."

"I'm fine, I'm back to work."

"That's right, you have the flu. If you don't get better, I won't come here." Zhang Xingduan saw the egg tart on the baking tray, and said pleasantly, "Hey, who made this egg tart, it's so delicious. I'll try it. "Just reach out and take it.

Ling Lu was dissatisfied: "It's a coincidence that you came, we haven't tasted it yet."

Yan Ke only said one word: "hot".As soon as the words fell, Zhang Xingduan was already screaming from the heat.

Ling Lu burst out laughing.Yan Ke looked at him and smiled.

The egg tarts were too hot for anyone to eat, so they had to be kept aside to cool for a while as dessert after dinner.Ling Lu went to the kitchen to cook, Zhang Xingduan was not polite, he sat on the sofa and waited for dinner.Yan Ke sat down beside him, and said hesitantly, "You came here today just to see me?"

"Well. I was busy a few days ago, so I didn't have time to come here. Are you okay?" Zhang Xingduan reached out to touch his cheek.

Yan Ke dodged and whispered: "Don't do this. I don't want Xiaolu to know our relationship."

Zhang Xingduan nodded readily: "OK."

Yan Ke thought for a while, and then said: "Let's keep a little distance from now on, just like ordinary friends."

Zhang Xingduan showed a playful smile: "Why?"

Yan Ke seemed a little embarrassed to speak, hesitated for a moment, and said, "I don't know if it's because of the medicine or because of depression. Recently, I've been a little... frigid. I probably won't look for you in the future, so you also ..." He seemed to feel that his thoughts were a little ridiculous, and shook his head, "But I guess you haven't been idle during this time. Anyway, that's it. You can understand what I mean. By the way, thank you. You really It helped me a lot, but I'm actually quite heartless, and I've been losing my temper with you all the time. Thank you for not blaming me."

Zhang Xingduan was a little surprised.What surprised him was not what Yan Ke said, but his expression when he said it.Calm, soft, not at all like a depressed person.It's not like he used to be, the irritable cat who scratches people at every turn, and only retracts its paws in front of Yu Cheng.

Is it the medicine or the deer that caused him this change?

"Okay." Zhang Xingduan stretched out his hands and smiled softly, "Come on, hug me, we will be ordinary friends from now on."

Yan Ke smiled and hugged him briefly.

Ling Lu didn't treat Zhang Xingduan as a guest at all, so he fried two of Yan Ke's favorite dishes and it was over.Zhang Xingduan wasn't even full, so he had to wait for dessert.

The egg tart was still warm.At this time, when you eat it, the core in the middle is sweet and soft, and the meringue on the outside is crispy and fragrant.After Ling Lu took a bite, he was so happy that he went to heaven.

"Delicious! Super delicious!" Ling Lu was intoxicated, and praised from the bottom of his heart, "Mr. Yan! You can change your career to sell egg tarts!"

"It's not so exaggerated." Yan Ke said modestly, "It's the recipe, I just follow it."

"Then you are also talented, this is your first time doing it!"

Zhang Xingduan also said: "It's not bad. The sweetness and taste are just right."

Yan Ke was overjoyed by the praise, so he tasted one himself, and it was so sweet to his heart.

After eating dessert, Ling Lu washed the dishes and tidied up, and Yan Ke went to the study to sort out the materials.Zhang Xingduan walked up to Ling Lu, and asked with a smile, "How's the progress?"

"It's okay..." Ling Lu was a little uneasy.

Zhang Xingduan stretched out his hand, wanting to pinch his face.Ling Lu immediately dodged, glared at him and said, "Don't touch me!" After finishing speaking, he seemed to feel that he had gone too far, so he softened his tone and whispered, "I don't want Teacher Yan to know us..."

Zhang Xingduan felt that this conversation seemed familiar, and said amusedly, "What are we?"

Ling Lu said angrily: "Anyway, we will keep our distance from now on! Just like...just like passers-by!"

Zhang Xingduan held back for two seconds, but couldn't hold back.

"Pfft hahahahaha!"

Ling Lu asked in shock: "What are you laughing at?" He was afraid that Yan Ke would hear him, and wished he could cover Zhang Xingduan's mouth with a rag.

Zhang Xingduan suppressed a smile: "It's nothing, it's just...the egg tarts are so delicious, hahahahaha..."

Ling Lu felt that there was something wrong with his mind and didn't want to talk to him.Zhang Xingduan finally laughed enough, and asked: "Is there something on your mind? Seeing that you are always absent-minded when eating."

Ling Lu hesitated for a moment, told him what happened today, and said that he wanted to return the car keys to Yan Ke.

"Actually, what Yu Cheng said was right. I was too naive to do things without thinking about the consequences...or I'd better move back to the dormitory." Ling Lu was sad and blamed himself, so wronged that he was about to cry.

Zhang Xingduan listened with a dazed expression, and couldn't help but said, "Ling Lu, are you stupid?"

"what?"

"Yu Cheng pointed east and you went east? Didn't you still call him a big bad wolf, and you actually listened to him like this?"

Ling Lu's IQ was questioned, and he was instinctively unhappy, and argued: "But what he said is very reasonable! I'm going out with Teacher Yan now, so people will be misunderstood!"

Zhang Xingduan said helplessly: "What is a misunderstanding... What do you think they misunderstood?"

"Mr. Yan and I misunderstood..." Ling Lu was very embarrassed, "...are in a relationship."

"Aren't you kidding yourself?"

"……what?"

Zhang Xingduan was going crazy: "Are you really stupid or just pretending to be stupid? Don't you want to chase Yan Ke? Now that the public opinion is on your side, it's Yu Cheng who should be hurt, okay?"

"But the fact is not like this..." Ling Lu looked sad.

"You can't expect public opinion to be the truth." Zhang Xingduan frowned, "Or are you cowardly and dare not admit that you are gay?"

Ling Lu was startled, and hurriedly said: "Of course not! I don't care what they say, I just don't want them to gossip about Teacher Yan!"

"Don't gossip, you idiot." Zhang Xingduan was almost pissed off by him, "The fact that Yan Ke is gay has been on the headlines of Weibo! What's wrong with him dating a man? If he finds A woman is the news, okay?"

Ling Lu was taken aback.

After a while, I suddenly realized: "That's right..."

"And now his parents have accepted you." Zhang Xingduan hated iron for not being strong, "It's just the right time, place and people. What are you struggling with?"

"But today..."

"It must be Yu Cheng who did it, so don't think about it." Zhang Xingduan sighed, "Although he won't say bad things about you, but... Actually, I can't guess what he said to Yan Li, but According to what you said, it is definitely not his natural reaction for Yan Li to have such an abnormal attitude. Yan Li has a bad temper, and he usually speaks to his face when he is upset. Didn’t you see that Yan Ke was scolded bloody by him every now and then? If he If I really have a problem with you, I will definitely let you go on the spot."

Ling Lu couldn't help but nodded: "It makes sense..."

Zhang Xingduan said helplessly: "Everything you listen to makes sense, can you use your own brains. The great opportunity was almost handed over to others."

Ling Lu lowered his head, and whispered while washing the dishes: "I also think I'm too stupid. When I heard him say that Teacher Yan would be hurt, I panicked...I'm stupid..."

Seeing his aggrieved and self-blame appearance, Zhang Xingduan suddenly softened his heart.Then he comforted: "It's not all your fault, the main reason is that Yu Cheng is too skilled, you can't play with him."

Ling Lu sighed.

Zhang Xingduan pinched his pink face and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I will help you."

Ling Lu nodded gratefully, then suddenly came back to his senses, slapped his hand away, and said angrily, "Don't touch me! Keep your distance!"

Zhang Xingduan remembered that Yan Ke had also told him to "keep his distance", and couldn't help but hahahaha again.

These two are so cute.

When will you receive your certificate?

The author has something to say: Xiaolu: Father-in-law, what's wrong with you, why are you so indifferent to me!

Father Yan: QAQ hum! [Turn head]