to deceive

I just plan to go back to City G on the morning of the [-]th..." Just as Hou Shujian was about to say sorry, Jiang Xiaoran said happily, "That's just in time for the concert on the night of the [-]th. "

Hou Shujian was dazed while holding the phone.

Then what are you asking about No. [-], Mr. Jiang? ?

Just when the queue reached Hou Shujian, he hurriedly said, "It's time for me to pay, I'll hang up first, bye" and hung up the phone without answering what Jiang Xiaoran said just now.

Why doesn't Jiang Xiaoran give up...Hou Shujian pinched the bridge of his nose, and suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.

Hou Shujian was so selfish that he didn't want to be a bad person and say no, but wanted Jiang Xiaoran to give up voluntarily.However, after less than a month of communication, Hou Shujian could see that Jiang Xiaoran didn't know what to give up at all.Hou Shujian couldn't enjoy the process of being pursued by Jiang Xiaoran, nor could he take the other party's undisguised kindness for granted, because Hou Shujian never thought that he would agree.

Since you won't agree no matter what, why waste the other party's feelings?

Hou Shujian sighed, he will definitely meet Jiang Xiaoran in a while.He looked at the rows of chocolates next to the cash register, and felt that this kind of thing should not be handed out casually. He moved his eyes up and saw the lollipops inserted in a fancy way.

I don't know what flavor Jiang Xiaoran likes to eat... As for Jiang Xiaoran's favorite food, Hou Shujian is familiar with it, but Hou Shujian really doesn't know the lollipop.

Then do what you like.Seeing that the cashier was about to sweep away the products, Hou Shujian pulled out two grape-flavored lollipops and put them on the cashier counter.

Holding the groceries in hand, Hou Shujian put the lollipop in his pocket.Standing on the escalator, he began to spurn himself expressionlessly again: If you don't want to give people hope, then don't do such a thing, do you want to be a scumbag? Hou Shujian.Thinking of this, Hou Shujian took out the two lollipops from his pocket, put them in the plastic bag he was carrying, and buried them deep.

Just two steps away from the first floor, Hou Shujian saw Jiang Xiaoran not far away.The other party obviously also saw him quickly, and immediately walked towards him with a smile.

Hou Shujian walked up to Jiang Xiaoran, and the other party handed him a cone with a smile. Hou Shujian said thank you and received it, suddenly feeling inexplicably embarrassed.

...The cones are all pink now, Hou Shujian, who doesn't pay much attention to KFC news, thought of it.

Jiang Xiaoran smiled and said, "Peach blossom flavor is just half the price of the second one. Mr. Hou shouldn't dislike cold drinks. I've seen you eat ice cream before."

"I really like cold things." Hou Shujian took a sip of the tip of the ice cream and found that it was as sweet as he wanted.

"Shall we find a place to sit and chat? I see that you have a lot of things, Mr. Hou..."

"No, I have to go home and make dinner, so I won't sit down." Saying that, Hou Shujian turned sideways and prepared to leave.

Jiang Xiaoran hurriedly said: "Then I will say a few words," he said, taking out a ticket from his pocket, "Mr. Hou, this ticket is for you—" Hou Shujian had already made a gesture of rejection, Jiang Xiaoran stubbornly refused to take back the tickets, "If you don't have time, you don't have to go, but at least give yourself a chance to go."

Hou Shujian looked down at the ticket handed to him, and took it silently.

After receiving this ticket, you can no longer escape, and some things must be said.When the right time comes, Hou Shujian will probably use the lie of "straight man" to completely reject Jiang Xiaoran.

The corners of Jiang Xiaoran's mouth were curved gently, his eyes seemed to be falling stars, he stared at Hou Shujian and said, "If Mr. Hou went to listen, then I have something to tell you after the concert; if not..." Jiang Xiaoran's smile remained unchanged, "Then I'll tell Mr. Hou later."

"Well. I might have something to tell you too." Hou Shujian looked at Jiang Xiaoran without blinking or avoiding, "Then, I'll go first."

"I hope to see you at the concert."

Hou Shujian walked a few steps, suddenly thought of something, and turned back.Jiang Xiaoran didn't leave immediately, but looked at Hou Shujian's back, so he stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong?"

Hou Shujian handed him the cone, "Help me get it." He said and put the plastic bag on the ground, lowered his head and tried to dig it out inside.Jiang Xiaoran held a cone in one hand and looked at Hou Shujian as he searched for it.

"I found it." Hou Shujian took out a lollipop, took the cone in Jiang Xiaoran's hand, and passed the lollipop over, "I don't know what flavor you like, so I bought grapes."

After finishing speaking, Hou Shujian ignored Jiang Xiaoran with a happy face, turned around and left.

Now that he has made up his mind to refuse, it doesn't matter if he treats him better now.Hou Shujian licked the ice cream that had started to melt, and tasted a bit of bitterness.

eleven

When I told my family that I was going to the concert tomorrow night, Hou Shujian got a few surprised looks, maybe because his usual image of a house is deeply rooted in people's hearts, Hou Shujian didn't explain much, and went upstairs after dinner.

After closing the door, Hou Shujian didn't turn on the light, just sat on the bed thinking about the outline of his new essay.Thinking about it, his thoughts became chaotic, and he forced himself to think about how the plot of the article would develop, but in the end it ended in failure.Hou Shujian simply lay down and played with his mobile phone, thinking that he would be distracted when he was thinking about business, and he would not be thinking about fishing, right?

After opening Weibo and scrolling through the homepage for a while, Hou Shujian saw a picture of a lollipop, grape flavored.Jiang Xiaoran didn't add any words, but simply sent this photo. Hou Shujian didn't know how to react, sighed, and quickly pulled down to pull the photo out of sight.

... He doesn't want to see anything related to Jiang Xiaoran now. After all, he can't see it and he keeps thinking about it, and after seeing it, he can't concentrate on thinking about other things.

Hou Shujian's Weibo account doesn't follow many people, mainly authors, and there are not many fans. After all, this is just a vest for him to scribble. It would be nice if a few people saw it.

Hou Shujian saw Ye Xifeng's Weibo. After leaving G City, he should have gone to other places. He posted a Weibo saying that he would write about his travel notes on the [-]th when he returned from leave.Hou Shujian casually gave him a thumbs-up, then scrolled through Weibo, and occasionally his fingers would stay on the screen for a long while without moving, and when he recovered, he looked dazed.

A sense of powerlessness as the situation was out of control suddenly overwhelmed him.

He paid too much attention to Jiang Xiaoran, and Jiang Xiaoran distracted him too much.

But fortunately, this state will end soon, Hou Shujian thought with relief and pain.

After this time, find a new piano teacher for An Chen.

Hou Shujian woke up very early the next day, and Hou Anchen, who had a surprisingly accurate biological clock beside him, hadn't woken up yet.There is a guest room at home, but no one has lived in it for too long, Hou Shujian was too lazy to clean it up, so he asked Hou Anchen to make do with himself for a few nights.Hou Anchen fell into a deep sleep, Hou Shujian got up quietly, Hou Anchen lay on the bed without moving, breathing evenly.When Hou Shujian went downstairs, the family was still awake, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart how early he got up today...

Since you got up so early, don't waste it, go out and buy it early.Hou Shujian put on the earphones and wanted to listen to songs on the road, but when he thought of how many songs composed by Jiang Xiaoran were stored in his mobile phone, Hou Shujian got tired and took off the earphones and put them at home.

In summer, it dawned early, and when Hou Shujian went out of the community to wander around, and finally saw soy milk and fried dough sticks in a hidden corner, it was completely dawn.Fearing that they would look for food by themselves after getting up, Hou Shujian called Hou Chisu.

I don't know if the rest of the family are awake, but he is not afraid of waking Hou Chisu up anyway.

As expected, Hou Chisu didn't wake up, and the voice was fluttering when he answered the phone.

"Brother, is anyone at home awake?"

"……have it."

"Then tell them not to make breakfast, I'll go out and buy it."

"..."

"Don't sleep, you! Go and say something before you come back to sleep, ah."

After a while, Hou's mother's voice came from the phone: "What's the use of calling him? He can get up so early? I don't think you need to buy his breakfast. He probably won't wake up until noon."

Hou Shujian said helplessly, "Isn't it because you and Dad didn't wake up?"

"Okay, come back quickly, the only thing missing at home is your second brother, and everyone else is waiting for dinner."

After breakfast, Hou Shujian actually started to feel anxious inside. The evidence is that he sat in front of the computer for two hours but only typed out [-] words, and the coding was still the pitfalls that he usually writes most smoothly.

After tapping the keyboard a few times with his fingers, Hou Shujian was thinking about what to write next when the door of the study opened.Hou Chisu leaned in holding a deep-fried dough stick, "Why did you get up so early today? Are you looking forward to this concert so much?"

Hou Shujian looked up, "What does it have to do with the concert?"

"You have been like this since you were a child. You don't show anything on your face. In fact, whenever something happens, you are no less excited than others. You can get up half an hour earlier than me when you go out for a picnic."

Hou Shujian said: "It's because I went to bed too early last night."

"Okay, don't explain, whose concert is tonight? I don't remember any celebrities you particularly like..." Hou Chisu took a bite of the fritters, and took out his phone with the other hand to check directly. "Hey, the name is really unique, Shen Hai Band. The scale is not particularly large... Let me see if the tickets are sold out..."

Hou Shujian remained calm, silently hoping that all the tickets were sold out.

"How about I go and see if there are scalpers?"

If you tell Hou Chisu directly that you are listening with a friend, the other party will definitely ask, and if you know it is Jiang Xiaoran, it may be counterproductive... Hou Shujian thought for a while and asked, "Are you free tomorrow morning?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"An Chen and I go back to City G, can you give us a ride if it's convenient?" Hou Shujian