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When Pu Xiangnan carried the sixth express box into the door, even the steady Su Rina couldn't help but look sideways.

She looked at the succulent bonsai that had been placed all over the floor, and at the express box in Pu Xiangnan's hand, "Xiao Xiao, how much did you buy?"

"Not much, not much, this is the last one." Pu Xiangnan smiled and took out the paper knife, and began to unpack the express box, "I bought these, and the balcony is not enough."

"You still want to fill the balcony?" Xie Wennan asked in surprise.

Pu Xiangnan stuck out his tongue and stopped talking.

But after a while, she started humming an unknown little song again.Xie Wennan went over to help, and listened intently for a while before she heard what she was singing, "One step up, two steps down, three steps up to a high base, five steps up and six steps over the threshold..."

I forgot the latter estimate, so I repeated this sentence over and over again.

She reached out and bumped Pu Xiangnan, "What are you singing?"

Only then did Pu Xiangnan realize that he was humming a song, and subconsciously wanted to scratch his head, but when he raised his hand, it was covered with mud, so he had to give up, "It's Huagu Opera. My mother-in-law liked to listen to it when she was still alive, and she always followed it when she was young."

"It's pretty fun, is there anything else?"

"I almost forgot..." Pu Xiangnan thought for a while, then hummed again, "...there is fresh fish boiled with clams, there is chicken offal fried with chestnuts, there is chicken with ginger, and there is three delicacies lotus seed soup, There is beef stir-fried noodles, and bacon stir-fried winter bamboo shoots... I don’t remember later.”

In fact, I can remember these because I was greedy when I was a child.

I have been talking about it a lot, and my grandmother will cook these dishes for her occasionally.The rock sugar lotus seed soup she stewed is Pu Xiangnan's deepest memory of summer in his childhood, especially the lotus seed soup that was put in the well.

Thinking of this, Pu Xiangnan licked his lips, "I really want to drink lotus seed soup."

After she finished speaking, she raised her head, only to realize that Xie Wennan had been staring at herself, and couldn't help but look down at herself, "What do you see me doing?"

"Xiao Xiao, are you in a good mood?" Xie Wennan asked.

It seems that it has been a long time since I saw her so relaxed and happy.Xie Wennan always felt that for more than two months, Pu Xiangnan and Lu Yanbei were normal except for not talking to each other, only now did they realize that this was not the case at all.

Pu Xiangnan was a little surprised by this question, but still couldn't help laughing, "Yes."

"Because you made up with Sa Sa?"

"Really." Pu Xiangnan finished the last pot of succulents, held them in his hands and stood up, "There are so many beautiful things in life, isn't it worth being happy about?"

Xie Wennan also laughed, "It makes sense."

A dozen bonsai are placed on the windowsill, like a small landscape, it is really pleasing to the eye, especially the succulents are so beautiful.So after finishing it, Xie Wennan first took a picture of Jiugongge with his mobile phone, and sent it to his circle of friends to pretend to be aggressive.

Pu Xiangnan also took a picture and sent it to Lu Yanbei.

Lu Yanbei seemed to be very busy these two days, and disappeared after class.Pu Xiangnan guessed that it was a matter of her family, so she didn't ask too much.

Lu Yanbei, who could say it, would definitely say that those things were already very unpleasant, and asking questions would only make Lu Yanbei's mood worse, so Pu Xiangnan pretended not to know.

When she confessed her love last time, she just acted on impulse, but she didn't think about anything clearly.But with the precipitation of this period of time, her thoughts have also changed a lot.Since she promised to wait for Lu Yanbei, she will wait patiently and won't disturb her pace again.

So the only thing she can do is to disturb Lu Yanbei with her little things, to remind her that there are still people waiting for her.

……

Lu Yanbei was really busy, she didn't even see this news immediately.

Right now, she is talking to someone in the lounge of a golf course in the suburbs of Beijing.

Talk was not going well.Of the five people in the lounge, she was the youngest and a girl. No matter how stable her demeanor was, she still couldn't catch the eyes of these businessmen.The contempt and neglect in the other party's tone and demeanor had no hidden meaning at all.

Lu Yanbei was calm on the surface, but in fact he was a little irritable in his heart.

Especially when everyone else was used to smoking to refresh themselves when talking about things, the whole lounge was full of smoke, making people very uncomfortable.

Halfway through, she had to make excuses and come out to take a breath.

After washing her face in the bathroom, she didn't go back in a hurry, but went into another lounge.Luo Yuwen was typing on his notebook, when he heard the movement, he raised his head, saw her and asked, "How do you feel?"

"It's not good, it's terrible." Lu Yanbei let out a long breath, "They are all thousand-year-old foxes, and they all want to share the biggest piece of meat."

"Your division and transformation are not useful?" Luo Yuwen frowned.

Because such a situation was anticipated in advance, Lu Yanbei purposely recruited a few more people in order to leverage their strength and let them check and balance each other.

Lu Yanbei laughed at himself, "It's easy to use. But they plan to get rid of me first, and then fight among themselves."

"Then what should we do now?" Luo Yuwen didn't understand business matters, but he also knew that the situation might not be very good, so he couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

Although it was Lu Yanbei's matter, as a psychiatrist, she would inevitably get involved.Along the way, she saw Lu Yanbei struggling to get over with her own eyes, and knew how difficult it was for her, so she couldn't help worrying.After working hard for so long, she will soon see the light of day. She is definitely not willing to fail here.

"Let's spend it." Lu Yanbei narrowed his eyes, "Fortunately, there is still a little time."

As she spoke, she took out her mobile phone and saw the WeChat message from Pu Xiangnan. She visibly relaxed and leaned on the sofa to type and reply.

Silly: What do you want to eat tonight?

Cutie: How about eating fish?

Silly: You have the final say.

It was obviously not a nutritious conversation, but Lu Yanbei still had a faint smile on his face.Luo Yuwen watched from the sidelines, sighing and happy at the same time.Lu Yanbei often laughs, but as she said, it's all fake, or it's just a kind of politeness, not from the heart.But it's different now.

After discussing the menu for the evening, Lu Yanbei clicked into Moments and found that Pu Xiangnan also posted a post about wanting to drink lotus seed soup, and described the whole method in detail in words. His mouth was full of saliva, and the comments below were all drooling .

She turned to Luo Yuwen, "Where can I buy lotus seed soup? The kind that is stewed with fresh lotus seeds."

"There are a lot of lotus seed soups, but I don't know about stewed fresh lotus seeds." Luo Yuwen said, "But I know that fresh lotus seeds are sold in the vegetable market, and I usually buy them as fruits."

Lu Yanbei's expression changed, "Send me the address."

"Are you going?" Luo Yuwen reminded her while holding her mobile phone, "It's not easy for me to go to your school. It's a big detour. And there are no sales at five or six o'clock. You may not be able to make it in time now. "

"In time." Lu Yanbei looked at his watch and stood up, "Wait a minute, I'll be back soon."

But when she turned around and walked to the door, she turned around again and said, "Go downstairs and drive the car out now, and I'll be down right away."

"Are you sure?" Luo Yuwen was taken aback, "You don't want to talk about things over there?"

"If we can't talk about any results today, it's time to let them go." Lu Yanbei had already made up his mind.In fact, in this cooperation, the initiative is on her side.It's just that she is young and easy to bully, so the conditions of those people are more harsh and excessive than the other. In this case, it may not be a bad thing to be cold.

As soon as the door of the lounge was opened, choking smoke rushed out.Lu Yanbei frowned and strode into the room, ignoring everyone's surprised gazes, first turned on the ventilation fan, then walked over and opened all the windows to the maximum.

Hot air poured in from the window, and the smoke in the room suddenly faded a lot.

But people who have been in the air-conditioned room for a long time will feel very uncomfortable when they are blown by the wind.A middle-aged man looked at Lu Yanbei disapprovingly, "Niece, what do you mean?"

Lu Yanbei did not explain, turned around to look at them, and said to himself, "I don't think you guys are in a hurry. If so, let's go here first. Besides, I personally hate the smell of cigarettes, and I don't want to Second-hand smoke. Next time we meet, I hope the environment will not be so smoky—if there is a next time.”

"What's this called?" The middle-aged man said with a bad face, "If you act like this, eldest niece, you will not be authentic."

"Yes," another person said, "to be honest, who here is so busy that they don't have time to eat? But when you make a phone call, all the uncles and uncles come here without saying a word. Why, what are you doing now? Are you going to pick someone up?"

"Hey, hey, what's this for?" A chubby middle-aged man stood up, with a smile on his face all the time, looking very friendly, at this time he quickly persuaded, "We are all a family, let's do it together." For the elders, it is right to help the younger generation, why mention these things? But, my eldest niece..."

"Uncle He," upon hearing that he wanted to smooth things over, Lu Yanbei simply interrupted him, "It's not that I don't give face to you uncles, it's just that this share is left to me by my mother. I don't want to be cheap. Yes, it doesn't mean that you can handle me. Since I haven't seen your sincerity, there is no need to continue this cooperation."

After she finished speaking, she walked out of the lounge quickly, regardless of other people's persuasion.

There was a loud "crash" sound behind him, probably someone dropped something in the lounge, Lu Yanbei smiled, and left without looking back.

She knew that she would not be able to keep the little shares left by her mother.Although there was a commotion when he was an adult and Lu Chenghua was not allowed to take away the shares, judging from his recent movements, he probably couldn't bear it for long.Naturally, Lu Yanbei couldn't sit still and secretly contacted several other major shareholders of the company, intending to cheat Lu Chenghua.

It's just that it's not easy to hide this matter from Lu Chenghua's eyes and ears. Lu Yanbei used Luo Yuwen as a cover, and it took him a long time to get online.

It turned out that these people had their own plans, and seeing that she was young and inexperienced, they actually wanted to join forces to swallow this benefit.

If not...

"Ding—" the elevator reached the first floor, Lu Yanbei shook his head, suppressed all disturbing thoughts, and walked out quickly, just in time to see Luo Yuwen's car parked at the door.

She was lucky, and when she arrived at the vegetable market, there were only two lotus pods left on the stall.

After Lu Yanbei paid the money, his mood improved completely.Because she had to cook lotus seed soup, and because she smelled of cigarettes all over her body, she went back to the community to take a shower and change a set of clothes before going back to school.

When we arrived downstairs in the dormitory, it was already dark.

"I'm sorry, I was delayed by something on the way, and I'm late." Seeing that Pu Xiangnan was already waiting here, Lu Yanbei rushed to meet him, "I kept you waiting."

"I didn't come down until I received your message. I didn't wait for a few minutes." Pu Xiangnan said.

"I mean dinner." Lu Yanbei rubbed the top of her hair, "Are you hungry?" In fact, Pu Xiangnan could have eaten first, but Lu Yanbei can only relax completely recently when he and Pu Xiangnan have dinner After a while, she mentioned it once, and after Pu Xiangnan objected, she didn't say anything more.

Fortunately, the fish head with chopped peppers in the cafeteria is well done, and the crucian carp tofu soup is also tender and smooth, plus a plate of shredded green peppers and potatoes, this meal is very satisfying.

After coming out of the cafeteria, the two of them were not in a hurry to go back to the dormitory.The weather was fine today, and there were quite a few people wandering around the school while it was cool at night. The two walked around and found a place on the grass behind the library to sit down and watch the stars.

But Pu Xiangnan changed his posture continuously from the moment he sat down, and it was uncomfortable no matter how he sat.

She was wearing a short skirt, and when she sat down, she could only put her legs on one side, which was fine, and the grass blades were still very prickly, and the burrs made her very uncomfortable.And I don't know if it's an illusion, it seems that there are mosquitoes and flies hidden in the grass, watching and ready to bite her at any time.

When Lu Yanbei saw it, he quickly stretched out his hand to pull him up, and said jokingly, "Forget it, let's go back."

"What a pity?" Pu Xiangnan held her hand, but didn't get up in a hurry, but looked up at the galaxy in the sky, and said with some regret.

"Then what should we do?" Lu Yanbei straightened his long legs, "You sit on me?"

"Forget it, forget it!" Pu Xiangnan jumped up quickly, and said without words, "Let's go, go back. You can also watch the stars on the balcony, why do you have to be here?"

That's what they said, but both of them knew that the dormitory was really inconvenient.Roommates hang clothes, make phone calls, take things, come and go, it is impossible not to disturb.And two people watching the stars on the balcony will inevitably make people feel strange.

So after walking a few steps forward, Lu Yanbei took the opportunity to ask, "Do you want to go to my side? The balcony on my side has a good orientation, and it's convenient to watch the stars."

Pu Xiangnan glanced at the time, it was getting dark late in summer, it was already past seven o'clock when Lu Yanbei came back, now it will be 08:30, but counting, there are still two and a half hours before the entrance of the dormitory at eleven o'clock Hours are long enough.

"Then... go?"

Lu Yanbei didn't make any fuss. The balcony of her apartment was large and well-oriented, and there was no shelter on the opposite side, so the view was quite good.Lu Yanbei brought out the folding table, called Pu Xiangnan to sit down, and laid out the snacks he bought downstairs. Finally, he went into the kitchen and brought out the freshly stewed lotus seed soup.

"It's freshly cooked. I haven't had time to put it in the refrigerator. It's still a little hot. Let it dry before drinking." She put the beautiful white porcelain bowl in front of Pu Xiangnan.

"Fresh lotus seeds?" Pu Xiangnan took a sip and nodded, "It's delicious."

"It was stewed according to your recipe." Lu Yanbei laughed.

Pu Xiangnan was a little embarrassed, "You saw my circle of friends." He explained, "When I was chatting with Nannan today, I suddenly mentioned it, and I wanted to drink it all at once. In fact, it was because of the sudden enthusiasm , not really for drinking lotus seed soup..."

"Yeah. But wouldn't it be better if you could drink it?" Lu Yanbei sat down opposite her, and said with a smile, "I don't have anything else you want. For such a trivial matter, I will do it if I can."

Pu Xiangnan nodded, looked at her with twinkling eyes, and did not speak.

The surrounding environment seemed to be quiet all of a sudden, the two looked at each other for a moment, the atmosphere was just right, Lu Yanbei wanted to say something, but Pu Xiangnan's cell phone rang suddenly.

It's Ye Youlan's call.

When Pu Xiangnan just left home and came to Beijing, not only was she not used to it, but she was also not used to having one person missing in her family. She had to make a phone call almost every day.This semester is gradually reduced, but there are always two or three games a week.

But there are actually only a few topics that can be talked about, so after the pleasantries, the topic turned to the last express delivery after a while, Ye Youlan tried again, "What do you think of the boy who delivered things to you last time?"

"How about what?" Pu Xiangnan was a little impatient.

"What's your attitude?" Ye Youlan dissatisfied, "They said they are very satisfied with you and can contact you again. But they said they wanted to ask you out several times, but you didn't agree. What's the matter?"

Pu Xiangnan was about to go crazy, an unreasonable anger rushed straight to Tian Linggai from the bottom of his heart, "Is there something wrong with him? I have to report this kind of thing to my family? Is this only three years old and still not weaned?"

She had already thought badly about the contact with the person introduced by her family, but she didn't expect that it was ten times worse than she thought.

Everything has to be reported to the family. What is the difference between this and public execution?

If you really fall in love and make progress, do you have to write a report?Holding hands today, kissing today, going to bed today? ! !

"Pu Xiangnan!" Her blunt words obviously angered Ms. Ye Youlan, "How did you say that?"

Pu Xiangnan silently recited "Don't try to reason with your mother" several times in his heart, took a deep breath, and temporarily suppressed the anger, "Then let me say it formally, I don't think there is any need for further contact. I I'm only eighteen, not 38, and I haven't reached the point where I can't get married, so there's no need to be so eager to find someone for me! If you think I'm an eyesore, then I'll stay in Beijing and not go back, okay?"

"You child..." Ye Youlan said something else, but Pu Xiangnan didn't want to hear it, so he hung up directly.

Probably because of his bad expression, when he returned to the balcony, Lu Yanbei looked over with a worried look.

"It's okay." Pu Xiangnan sat down, "My mother's phone call. It's just about the boy from the Polytechnic University last time. It's really annoying."

"Your parents are probably afraid that you won't be used to being alone in Beijing, so you can rest assured that someone will take care of you." Lu Yanbei tried to interpret this behavior from the perspective of parents, "It's also understandable."

Pu Xiangnan looked at her sideways, and said intentionally, "Sister Sa Sa is so understanding, who knocked the jealous jar last time?"

"It's me." Lu Yanbei didn't deny it, "Of course I would be jealous if you contacted others for the purpose of dating. But after all, it was your parents. Did you lose your temper with her just now? Turn around and calm down. You might regret it again.”

"No." Pu Xiangnan said angrily, "It's always been like this. I don't listen to what they say. If you don't follow what they say, you are ignorant and inconsiderate of your family. But who ever asked me what I thought ?”

"Let me ask." Lu Yanbei held her hand, "If you don't want to, just say it, but quarreling and losing your temper are not advisable. You are justified, but if you do this, they will only think that you are making trouble for no reason." ,Right?"

Pu Xiangnan snorted unhappily, but picked up the phone again.

It is impossible to give in to my mother, but it is still possible to send a letter to my father and ask him to coax his wife.

After sending the WeChat message, Pu Xiangnan couldn't help but want to laugh again, "Sometimes I think it's my dad who is miserable. I remember there was a TV called "Double-sided Tape" before? This word is too appropriate, it is completely my dad's. A portrayal of life. When I was young, I was the bond between my mother and my grandma, and now I am the bond between my mother and me. It’s too miserable.”

"I advise you to be kind." Lu Yanbei deliberately teased her, "It's your father now, maybe it will be you in the future."

Pu Xiangnan didn't react, "What's wrong with me?"

"If we are really together, your parents will definitely not like me, and then you will have to trouble us to be double-sided tape." Lu Yanbei said.

"Shut up if you don't know how to speak!" Pu Xiangnan blushed and glared at her bluffing.

Lu Yanbei quickly raised his hands in surrender, and zipped his mouth by the way.

Pu Xiangnan thought for a while, and couldn't help but say, "Otherwise—"

"What else?" Lu Yanbei asked.

"It's nothing." Pu Xiangnan lowered his head and sipped the lotus seed soup, ending the topic.

In fact, she wanted to say, or else I would come out to my family.But after thinking about it carefully, I felt that this was my fault, and it was inappropriate to tell Lu Yanbei.Especially now that the relationship between the two has not been determined, it is even more inappropriate.

If they want to be together, Lu Yanbei's family situation is complicated, so it is estimated that there will be no resistance. On the contrary, there is a big problem on his side.

And these should not be faced by Lu Yanbei.

The author has something to say: Liuqian, make up for yesterday's update.

感谢在2020-02-0723:55:22~2020-02-0923:40:09期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

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Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!