After saving Bai Yueguang's substitute

【Today's love temperature: 25℃】

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In the evening, Mrs. Wang had something to do and didn't come back to cook, so I simply took Xu Zhinian to eat outside.

I asked him what he wanted to eat.

His eyes lit up, and he said, "I know there's a restaurant over there on Wendong Road, it's delicious!"

I glanced at him and didn't rush to answer.

He couldn't help but leaned over and looked at me with pleading eyes.

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……

A few seconds later, I was defeated and said to Uncle Yang, "Let's go to Wendong Road."

"Yeah!" Xu Zhinian cheered.

If it weren't for sitting in the car, I think he could jump straight up.

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As for?

Not just going out for a meal.

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Wendong Road is on the side of the old city, and the road is relatively narrow. Uncle Yang finally found a parking space.

After getting off the car, Xu Zhinian took us around a few turns on the old street familiarly.

"Let me tell you, the fish with milk and pickled vegetables is delicious, and the price is also affordable. A large bowl is only a few dozen yuan. I often came here when I was in college."

His tone was unusually brisk.

I didn't have much interest at first, but he made me look forward to it.

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Unexpectedly, when I got to the place, I found that the store had already closed.

"This store closed last year." The owner of the milk tea shop next door poked his head out from the counter.

Xu Zhinian was stunned: "It closed last year?"

"Yes, the boss seems to have gone back to his hometown." Said the owner of the milk tea shop.

"Is that so..." Xu Zhinian lowered his head, a little disappointed.

The owner of the milk tea shop asked him: "Do you want to buy a cup of milk tea from me?"

Xu Zhinian shook his head, just about to refuse.

I walked over and said to the owner of the milk tea shop, "I'll buy a cup."

The owner of the milk tea shop became enthusiastic immediately: "Okay, I'll make it for you right away."

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"I just realized now...it's been three years." Xu Zhinian said, "Many places have changed."

I said: "This store must have chosen to close because it was losing money."

Xu Zhinian asked: "Ah? Why?"

"You just said that such a big bowl of pickled fish with milk only sells for a few dozen yuan, and the cost can't be recovered. Maybe he can make some money when he goes back to his hometown."

Xu Zhinian: "..."

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It took him a while to realize: "You are comforting me."

I said, "No."

Xu Zhinian's expression was not convinced.

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The milk tea was ready in no time.

I paid the money and stuffed the milk tea into Xu Zhinian's hand.

Xu Zhinian was puzzled: "You want me to hold it for you first?"

I glanced at him: "I bought it for you."

Xu Zhinian looked down at the milk tea in his hand in a daze: "For me?"

I nodded, "Yeah."

Xu Zhinian asked: "Aren't you going to drink?"

I said, "I'm not thirsty."

After a pause, I added another sentence: "This is to comfort you."

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I found that Xu Zhinian is really easy to coax.

After drinking a cup of milk tea, he immediately felt happy.

"I remembered that there was a barbecue restaurant on the way we came just now, which I used to go to often, and that restaurant is still open!"

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Ugh.

When I was pulled back by him, I couldn't help thinking.

I'm afraid he is a fool.

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The barbecue shop that Xu Zhinian mentioned is actually a roadside stall with a barbecue grill at the door and a few tables, chairs and benches next to it.

Also set up a shop called "Open-air BBQ".

When we arrived, the boss was grilling kebabs on the stand.

Xu Zhinian said that he wanted to learn the boss's grilling skills, so he ran over to see it.

After a while, the wind picked up and the smoke was blown over.

He was choked, coughed twice, and ran back pitifully, with a little fog in his eyes.

"The tears were almost choked out." He cried.

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I looked at his teary face and thought very beastly.

The way he cried.

It seems to look better.

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Generally, I would not come to such small shops on the street.

I have a slight cleanliness and feel unhygienic.

But Xu Zhinian took a few skewers of meat and handed them to me: "Try it, it's delicious."

I hesitated for a few seconds before taking it, and took two bites slowly.

You can't help but give him face.

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When I entered the barbecue, I couldn't help squinting my eyes.

It does bake well.

The meat is fresh and tender, the fire is just right, and the taste is very authentic.

No wonder Xu Zhinian still remembered three years later.

I couldn't hold back for a while, and ate two more skewers.

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It's not all my fault.

Who told Xu Zhinian to always pass me the skewers next to me.

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The consequence of eating too much barbecue is that I start to have a stomachache at night.

Sister-in-law Wang brought me stomach medicine while muttering: "How can you eat more of such a greasy thing as barbecue, Xiao Jiang? You have had a bad stomach since you were a child. You used to forget to eat when you were busy with work. The stomach problems for so many years have been cured." not good……"

I was read one head and two big: "I know Mrs. Wang, I will pay attention to it in the future."

"I say that every time, and I haven't seen you really listen to it." Wang's sister-in-law watched me take the medicine before she felt relieved.

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Xu Zhinian felt guilty.

After Mrs. Wang left, he stared blankly at my stomach.

That expression of bitterness and hatred made me think that I didn't have a stomach problem.

Instead, she became a pregnant woman who was pregnant in October.

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"I'm sorry, I didn't know you had a stomach problem." Xu Zhinian said in a low voice.

I said, "I don't blame you, and I didn't tell you."

Xu Zhinian asked: "How do you feel now? Does your stomach still hurt?"

I said honestly, "It still hurts a little."

"Then..." Xu Zhinian looked up at me, "Shall I rub it for you?"

I:"?"

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His eyes were clear, his expression was ignorant, and there was no other abnormality at all.

Seeing me looking at him, he scratched his head and said, "When I was a child, I had stomach pains, and it was my grandma who rubbed me twice, and the pain soon disappeared."

"No need, I suddenly feel less uncomfortable. It should be because the medicine just now has worked." I quickly rejected him.

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When I gave him the medicine, he turned his back to me and couldn't see anything.

Now let him rub my stomach a few times, we face each other, in case...

I mean just in case, although I don't think I can be so vulnerable to stimulation, but there is always a case in case.

In case I have any physical reaction, I really can't hide it.

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And Xu Zhinian, who knew nothing about it, asked curiously: "What medicine did you take just now, did it take effect so quickly? I also want to prepare a few boxes."

I see his eyes are more complicated.

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I think Xu Zhinian is really stupid.

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Under my complicated gaze, Xu Zhinian stood up slowly.

I thought he was going upstairs to the room, but he was going in the direction of the kitchen.

I subconsciously asked: "Are you hungry?"

"No." He turned his head and said, "I remember that there are red dates and lotus seeds in the kitchen. I'll cook you a bowl of porridge with red dates and lotus seeds. It's very good for your stomach."

I said, "It's so late, don't bother."

"It's not troublesome." Xu Zhinian said, "And it's because I took you to a barbecue... I always feel sorry for not doing something."

I had to let him go.

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I don't know if it is a psychological effect, but after drinking the porridge he cooked, my stomach feels much more comfortable.

When I went to bed at night, I didn't take sleeping pills, but I rarely slept well.

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I was woken up the next day.

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There was chatter downstairs, as if a woman was talking to Mrs. Wang.

I went downstairs and saw that it was my cousin Jiang Shengsheng.

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"Brother! Dear brother! Dear cousin! Please show me kindness and take me in!"

As soon as Jiang Shengsheng saw me, she wanted to jump up and hug my thigh.

After I stopped her with a murderous gaze, she sat down on the sofa instead.

I rubbed my head with a headache.

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"You don't stay at home, what are you doing here?"

Jiang Shengsheng immediately began to complain to me: "Brother, you don't know, my mother didn't know who she listened to recently, and she insisted on introducing someone to go on a blind date with me! As soon as I got home, she took a bunch of photos and asked me how I am. Does that look good? I’m only 23! I just graduated from university! It’s still a budding flower! Is she so anxious to find someone for me because she’s afraid I won’t be able to get married?!”

I said, "Your mother is quite right to be afraid."

Jiang Shengsheng: "?"

Jiang Shengsheng: "Brother, what did you say?"

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I said, "I said you were too loud."

Jiang Shengsheng refused to let go: "Don't change the subject, you just said that I can't get married!"

I said, "I didn't say that, you said it."

Jiang Shengsheng: "That's what you mean."

Me: "Okay that's what I mean, why do you have me repeating that?"

Jiang Shengsheng: "?"

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Jiang Shengsheng: "I'm only 23!"

I said, "I'm 23 and I haven't had a relationship yet."

Jiang Shengsheng: "Do you have the nerve to talk about me!"

Jiang Shengsheng: "I don't have a boyfriend, it's as if you have one."

I:"……"

I have nothing to say.

I really haven't.

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Jiang Shengsheng continued: "Brother, you are 28 this year."

Jiang Shengsheng: "Do you know what it is called in the novel you are putting in now?"

I said hesitantly, "Overlord?"

"No." Jiang Shengsheng said, "Now people like you are called wealthy old men."

I:"?"

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I can understand both wealthy and men.

What does old mean?

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I said, "I'm not old."

Jiang Shengsheng said: "You are 28."

I said, "How can 28 be called old?"

Jiang Shengsheng said: "You don't know. Recently, campus novels are popular. They all meet each other in junior high school, fall in love in high school, and get a certificate directly after graduating from university. You are already an old man in novels like this."

I snorted coldly: "You can't find anyone to get a certificate even after you graduate from college."

Jiang Shengsheng: "..."

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In the end Jiang Shengsheng was defeated.

"Brother, we are all one family, why should we hurt each other!"

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When Xu Zhinian got up and went downstairs, Jiang Shengsheng and I were in the period when we ended our hurting each other and shook hands to make peace.

"Mr. Jiang, is your stomach feeling better? Do you want me to make you another bowl of porridge..."

Before he finished speaking, he was taken aback when he saw Jiang Shengsheng: "...Is there a guest?"

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Seeing Xu Zhinian, Jiang Shengsheng was also taken aback for a moment.

Then her eyes lit up suddenly, and she jumped up excitedly.

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Jiang Shengsheng: "Brother! Have you finally brought me a sister-in-law home!"

Text / Christine Eleven