gray manor

The way back was full of laughter and laughter. After Yi Lai informed, he went to deal with other affairs. The three of them drove to a bustling neighborhood for lunch.Siren and Xin Xi kept giggling, their mouths couldn't close together, and the result was a huge increase in appetite. When eating, three people ordered the amount for five people, and they even ate all the basic vegetables of the salmon salad. .

After dinner, Xin proposed to go shopping on the beach to digest food, and maybe he could buy some fresh seafood for dinner.So the three of them drove with the sea breeze and the waves, and they didn't think of their way home until the sun was about to set and the whole world turned into bright gold.

When we arrived at the manor, the sky had already been dyed a magnificent pink-purple, and the beautiful sunset was about to end.

Pin nestled on the sofa in the lounge on the second floor, playing the games they often played. He didn't look back when he heard a few people talking and laughing.

"Hey! Pin! Guess what good things happened to us today?!" Xin Xi jumped up behind him, leaning his upper body forward on the back of the sofa. To each other's big face.

"You might as well just say it straight." The young Pin has no patience for guessing riddles, and is a typical example of lack of curiosity.

"We will probably be able to resume work soon!" Xin Xi said concisely and straight to the point.

"Oh? Then congratulations." Pin seemed to realize something, silently raised the corner of his mouth.

It seems that his uncle's work efficiency is very fast. Sure enough, a fool who falls in love will be emotionally occupied.

Xin Xi couldn't help poking the dimple on his cheek, and said with a smirk, "Then we're going to move out in the future, won't you feel lonely living alone?"

The stern teenager glanced at her and wrote lightly: "I was alone before you moved in, and your coming and going didn't change anything for me."

I had already guessed that he would say that, and Xin Xi was not surprised. Nunuzui said, "Okay. We bought some fresh ingredients. I'm going to make seafood risotto to celebrate later. Do you want to eat it?"

Pin nodded in agreement.

The trio with East Asian ancestry has no fear of cooking Spanish specialties. Of course, Xin is basically doing the cooking, and the other two just watch from the sidelines most of the time, playing the role of chatting with them.

After some pots and pans collided, the ingredients and rice were stewed together in the pot, waiting for the final moment of feasting.

When passing by the organic fruit market in the afternoon, Zhao Xi bought some strawberries. She washed and cut some of them and added jam, rum and soda to make iced drinks.Several people chatted and drank while watching Pin's game live, completely ignoring the feelings of a young man under the age of 20 who could not drink alcohol.

He put down the handle, turned his head and said, "Can you adults restrain your desire to lose your mind?"

"That's not much, it's far from losing your mind. 'A small amount of alcohol is a good medicine for pleasure', haven't you heard this sentence, kid?" The siren didn't care, and even teased Pin happily.

"That's right." Xin Xi agreed.

Zhao Xi silently nodded in agreement.

Pin looked contemptuous, and said: "I can only think that you are out of your mind if you can say such a thing." He turned his head and picked up the handle to continue crushing the opponent, and wrote lightly: "By the way, tomorrow is Monday."

on Monday?

What happened to Monday?

Can't drink on Monday?

Monday...Monday! ? !

"Oh!" Xin Xifan came to his senses, "Tomorrow we are going to see Nash's exhibition!"

And to meet her ex-boyfriend, Fan Che.

"It's a preview, and there's a reception. There's a media session at noon, and a social session in the evening." Pin continued to add, and at the same time pressed the execution button again.

This game is not challenging for him at all, and he doesn't know why Xin plays this boring game with so much interest, Pin is hesitant to start another game, pushing the handle joystick to circle around.

It sounds like tomorrow's occasion is more formal, so they really can't drink too much today, at least not Xin Xi.She is not very suitable for drinking, because she is particularly prone to edema after drinking.If someone knew in advance that he was going to meet his ex-boyfriend, no one would want to be swollen into a pig's head!

The wine glass that was originally held in his hand was immediately put down by Xin Xi and pushed away like a snake.

"You know such details, so you're going too?" Siren was unmoved, but he was very interested in the information revealed in the words and deeds of the socially anxious teenager.

Pin's white hair has grown back a lot, and the dark blue dyed hair has faded a lot compared to yesterday, and has turned into cobalt blue. The metabolism of the brain-working teenager is really jaw-dropping.He turned off the game, leaned his head back on the sofa, and said in a calm tone: "Ivan came this afternoon and brought a dress."

"Cough cough cough..." Siren choked his throat with a sip of wine, and said in disbelief, "Oh my god, so you really want to go!?"

Why bother with yourself?Don’t you hacker Pin claim to be socially phobic? !

"I told him that if I want to go, I have to stay with Xin." The boy didn't answer the siren directly, but just threw down the controller and the ambiguous answer awkwardly, and returned before everyone got up. room, leaving no room for questioning or rebuttal.

The three looked at each other, Xin Xi was puzzled and asked, "So did he agree or refuse?"

"Have you agreed?" Siren guessed.

"I also think I agree." Zhao Xi further agreed,

"Then does he still have dinner?" Xin Xi asked again.

"Put a copy at the door of his room, eat it or not." Siren said firmly.

Zhao Xi nodded, feeling that this is not a problem.

It didn't take long for the aroma of the meal to overflow, Xin Xi gave Pin a priority, and added a few more clams and squid rings on top of that, Zhao Xi also washed a plate of strawberries and put them on the dinner plate for him as a meal For dessert, Siren quietly poured a little wine on the strawberries while the two were not paying attention.He is really a naive elementary school classmate who is playing tricks, completely ignoring the unexpected consequences that are about to happen.

After doing all the above, the three of them sat together to settle their own dinner, tidy up the kitchen, and play a few more games to end this almost [-]% lucky day.

Early the next morning, Gray Manor was in a state of chaos.

Siren and Xin Xi knocked on Pin's door after a morning run, but there was no answer. The two broke in and found him lying on the bed with a hangover, and he didn't even have time to cover him with the quilt.

It turned out that Pin was exposed to alcohol for the first time without any precautions last night, and he couldn't get used to the dizzying feeling at all, so his brain produced too much discomfort, which finally caused his whole body to go black and straight. Crash.

"I just sprinkled a little rum, I swear." The Siren honestly confessed before Xin Xi questioned him. He really didn't expect Pin to look fierce and powerful, and he even blended with less than five milliliters. No amount of rum can handle it.

"You just don't think things are lively enough, so you're adding to the chaos here." Xin Xi thought about how he should pack up to go to the exhibition all morning, and his brain was about to explode. .

"One Fan Che is enough to annoy me, and this one, Siren, I really owe you in my previous life, don't I..." Xin Xi muttered this sentence in Chinese. I understand, but I also know that it is not a good word.

He looked worriedly at the unconscious blue-haired skeleton in front of him, and couldn't help frowning, if he let Pin know that he spilled the wine, he would never have a good life in the future.

The Sirens had no choice but to pin their hopes on Xin Xi, but before he could ask Xiao Xin, Lan's head moved lightly, and Yoyo woke up.

Pin lay on the bed, groaning and hugging his drowsy head, feeling the bursting pain. He hadn't experienced this kind of severe brain frustration since he was born, and now he finally realized it—so books and the Internet say that alcohol It's a chemical that makes people vulnerable, honestly don't lie to him.

Ethanol is harmful!

The young man who had just tasted the taste of an adult is now extremely helpless, he almost took his brain out of the cranial cavity, pulled out the contacts of each neuron and reorganized it.

Seeing that Pin woke up suddenly, Xin kept his composure, and before he regained his attention, he quickly motioned for the siren to take away the "crime tool" dinner plate and the instigator of the whole incident—himself.

"Are you awake? How do you feel?" After confirming that the siren had walked out of the room, Xin Xi spoke with the utmost gentleness, as kind as a loving old mother.

Lantou shook his head slowly, even at the frequency of shaking his head back and forth every five seconds, he seemed to be able to hear the cracking sound of the waves hitting the rock.It was so uncomfortable.

The pitiful energy shown by Pin made Xin Xi's sense of guilt soar.She couldn't stop beating the siren thousands of times in her heart - he was really guilty!

"It's like this when you encounter alcohol for the first time, and you'll be fine once you get used to it." Xin Xi still maintained a pure smile, although her eyes were full of guilt.

Even if Pin is still in a dizzy hangover state, he can still catch the unease on her face.

"You can start explaining now." The young man went straight to the point. After all, Xin Xi appeared here with a friendly face, there must be a ghost among them.

Xin Xi received the expected signal, and immediately began to act, guilt burst out like a fake show: "I added some strawberry wine to your fruit yesterday, but I promise it's only a little bit, I didn't expect you to You are so sensitive to alcohol. I’m sorry... I just wanted to let you have a taste of wine, but I didn’t expect your first experience to be so bad. In our China, the wine culture is prosperous, even if you are not an adult, as long as you are under the supervision of your parents Next, you can also drink in moderation."

Xin took advantage of her god-given loli face again and began to admit her mistakes and act like a baby. Her big eyes were full of regret and guilt, and she looked at Pin with concern, as if she had made the most unforgivable mistake in the world.

"Nothing..."

Who can refuse such an apology! ?Anyway, his boy Pin couldn't.

Seeing that his plan was about to succeed, Xin Xi continued to work hard, and continued to speak softly: "Then let me get you a glass of water?"

"Yeah." Pin nodded, and now he fully accepted her apology.

So Zhaoxi exits the room silently, leaving Pin alone to sort out the discomfort of the hangover.Siren waited outside the door and eavesdropped on the movement inside, and saw Xin Xi rolled his eyes and posed to him as soon as he came out, "I've already solved it, but if there is another time, no one can save you " impatient expression.He was relieved immediately, and tacitly retreated to his room, leaving Xin Xi to deal with the aftermath.

As long as you give them a look, you can exchange information, which is probably the best proof that these two people have cooperated for many years.They were opposites of each other, and no matter what level of trouble, each other's name was the best backup plan.

only……

Alas, lied again.

It only took less than 10 minutes for Pin to return to normal. He breathed out the last breath of disturbing gas under Xin Xi's concerned eyes, and his "sinister" eagle eyes became clear again.

"Is it better?" Xin Xi sat beside his bed, continuing to radiate maternal love.

Pin nodded.

"Okay, then I'll go back to my room first. Oh, I haven't decided what to wear yet, it's really annoying." Xin Xi stood up and was about to leave, but he complained unconsciously.

"Wait." Pin quickly grabbed her wrist to hold her back.

"Do me a favor," the boy said awkwardly, "Dye my hair."

"What?" Xin Xi was frightened by his sudden behavior and didn't react for a while.

"Can you dye my hair? It's faded."

Pin used a more polite way of asking, and although she still spoke in a softer voice, this time Xin could hear clearly, and she readily agreed without hesitation.Dye your hair, it's just a little help.

Just do it.

Pin took her to the bathroom, took out the hair dye and conditioner from the drawer, mixed it according to a certain ratio, and stuffed it for Xin Xi, while he lay down on the chair beside him.

He wanted to beckon the AI ​​robotic arm to help him apply a hair mask to protect his scalp, but he withdrew his hand after glancing at Xin who was studying the hair dye with great interest.

"You can take this hair mask and apply it on my head before applying that." Pin pulled out a can of hair mask from the side and handed it to her.

"Okay." Xin Xi agreed.

She opened the jar, took out some of the goo, and applied it gently and carefully to his hair roots and scalp. Pin's white hair actually has a bit of gray on closer inspection, but it's not the exhausted gray of old people, but a faint silvery luster faintly revealed under the white base.

His hair is healthy and strong at the same time, so he originally wanted to remind Xin Xi: You don't have to be so careful, I'm not that fragile.But it felt good to be cared for like this, so he didn't speak in the end.

After taking care of the scalp, Xin Xi was going to apply the ointment on him, but Pin and she asked her to just apply it on the new hair that grew out, and Xin Xi obeyed obediently.

"So who dyed it for you before?" With the experience of applying hair mask, Xin felt a lot easier when applying hair dye cream. She put on her gloves and scooped up a spoonful of blue dye cream, and began to chat with Pin calmly stand up.

"Artificial intelligence." Pin opened his eyes as wide as possible, trying hard to meet Xin Xi's eyes: "I will take the control panel and operate the holographic projection to create my own head, and the remote control machine will dye it for me."

Xin Xi imagined the feeling of cold metal touching his scalp, and couldn't help shivering, and said, "Wouldn't that be uncomfortable? After all, mechanical metal is very hard and has no temperature."

Pin was silent for a while and then said: "Actually, it's okay. As long as the environment is something I can control, the comfort index doesn't matter."

The dye has been half applied, Xin Xi gently rubbed the white strands of his hair, her tone gradually became gentle, she naturally said frankly: "So does this mean that I am in your comfort zone?"

Pin didn't answer.

He let his incomplete sensibility after being drunk is already the lowest bottom line. Two days ago, he was still saying to himself in his heart, how can someone who will never give his brain to another person admit that he is a duplicity A child who still has emotional expectations.

"Okay, it's fine if you don't say it." Xin Xi shrugged and stopped pressing him.

But she knew it all.

After helping Pin dye her hair, it was already past breakfast time, and Zhaoxi was ordered by the siren to come in and ask them if they had something to eat, avocado egg ham sandwich, the kind with yellow mustard.

"Oh oh oh oh! My favorite flavor!" Xin Xi took off his gloves, his eyes were shining, of course not the usual innocent looking ones, but the greed emanating from a hungry wolf after seeing its prey green light.

Pin wore a bright cobalt blue head and walked at the end of the breakfast line. Although the roots of the re-dyed hair were still blue, in order to match the old color, he gave up the usual dark blue and adjusted the ratio of the dye cream .But he didn't expect that because of this new move, he looked very unrealistic, like a boy who just walked out of a color cartoon, with deep and three-dimensional facial features, and clear and unique hair color.

The Siren was spreading sauce on the last piece of bread. When he looked up and saw Pin, his expression immediately became indescribable, and he asked inexplicably, "What are you... going to do?"

COSPLAY? JUMP Weekly is serializing a new color manga?

Pin didn't give him any look, just sat down and picked up the sandwich and ate it.

Seeing that he ignored her, the siren changed to someone else to express her bewilderment.But Xin Xi didn't intend to talk to him. She grabbed the food and ate it whole. Her mouth stuffed with ham, eggs and avocado groaned and choked out a few words. The siren managed to spell them into a complete sentence, roughly meaning That is——you should say a few words less, and don't make him anxious.

She chewed it for a long time and then said after swallowing - besides, I think his hair color is also very good-looking, Pin is so handsome, what's wrong with dyeing it with an arrogant color?The more eye-catching, the more worthy of his collagen-filled face!

Okay, she still thinks she is quite reasonable.

The siren raised his eyebrows and stopped rebutting, but his opposing views remained unchanged in his heart.

After dinner, it was almost twelve o'clock, so Xin Xi hurried back to his room to prepare clothes. Last night, Zhaozhao and Zhaozhao picked together until midnight, but they still couldn't choose a result. However, they narrowed down the scope, and now there are only three sets of clothes left to enter. The final competition: one is another new dress that Zhaozhao brought her, a plain white cotton short-sleeved dress with delicate lace prints and a dignified cheongsam collar; The black Shantung silk dress that Xie specially chose for her when she was shopping, the chest-length style with thin shoulder straps, Xin always kept it in the box for emergencies; the third is a large green cotton skirt The woven dress looks gentle and smart because of the layers of cake pleats on the skirt and the design of small flying sleeves on the shoulder straps.

Xin Xi laid them out in rows on the bed, and once again fell into infinite entanglements.

"What? Still can't choose?"

Zhao Xi walked in.

She simply put on light makeup, changed into a dark green long backless dress, tied her long hair behind her head seemingly casually and inserted a silver hairpin inlaid with emeralds, her slender neck It is embellished with a thin silk necklace of the same color and material as the long skirt. The whole person is tall and elegant, with black hair and black pupils showing an oriental charm, which is extremely beautiful.

Seeing that she was ready, Xin Xi collapsed on the bed in desperation and said coquettishly, "Will I make it if I don't go? I feel so annoyed at the thought of going there now..."

"No." Zhaoxi walked to her side and said seriously: "Since you agreed, you have to go, there is no reason to change your mind temporarily."

Xin Xi turned his back to her, buried his face in the quilt, and continued to moan: "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I can't even choose clothes. I don’t want to go, and I don’t want to change clothes!”

"If you can't choose clothes, I'll strip you naked and take you there, so that you agreed so quickly at the time, it's too late to regret it now." Zhaoxi said this like an emotionless robot, revealing Thick indifference.

Xin Xi's body froze obviously when he heard her say that he was going to strip himself naked, but then he continued to hide his head and escape from reality, beating the bed with his small fist weakly for the last struggle.

But in the end, it was just incompetence and rage. Zhaozhao has always done what she said, and she is not incapable of doing things like stripping her naked and publicly executing her. , so... She can't fight anymore no matter what she retreats, so she can only lose her temper by playing tricks.

"If you really can't choose, let's let boys participate and vote together?" Zhaoxi softened her tone and gave another suggestion, although she didn't have expectations for the aesthetics of those two.

Xin Xi raised his head and looked at the electronic clock beside the bed. The time passed by, but it was too late to worry about it.No matter what method it is, try it first, anyway, she won't be able to choose this matter by herself.

"Okay." Xin Xi gave up thinking on her own, and planned to hand over the matter to her three cobbler think tanks.

So Siren and Pin came to ask questions. One of them was tying a bow tie and the other was scratching his hair. When they came, they were in a hurry, thinking that something important had happened.As a result, as soon as I entered the room, I saw Zhaoxi was fully dressed, leaning on the table behind her with one hand, and explaining lazily: "Xin needs some advice from the men, she is going to change clothes, you wait wait."

The two men who were not neatly dressed understood. Anyway, it was relatively simple for them to clean up and they were not in a hurry. They sat on the sofa and waited for Ms. Xin to change clothes and come out.

"Then let me find out first, the final object of her show is for...?" Ex-boyfriend?

At the end of the siren's sentence, he implicitly used a protracted tone, fearing that it would be too straightforward, and Bai Xinxi would mind if he heard it.

"Yes." Zhaoxi understood and nodded in agreement.

"Her ultimate goal is...?"

Pin imitated everything and said implicitly.

"It's mainly for beauty." Zhao Xi smiled lightly, "It can also be understood that you need to choose clothes that will make her look more confident."

"Understood." The two said in unison, not sure if they really understood.

The follow-up selection work went very smoothly. The two men somehow agreed with Xin Xi's style, and it didn't take long for them to vote for the clothes.Zhaoxi, who was the final check-in, also seemed very satisfied, and happily let the two go, and then helped Xin Xi solve the two problems of makeup and hairstyle.

Xin Tiantian felt that she was extremely nervous, and the stress response spread from her fingers to her elbows, all of which were itching deeply.