Mr. Bamboo Horse

Seeing that he was really dizzy, Song Chuyi didn't want to ask him to take her backstage anymore, so she accompanied him outside and brought him a bottle of water.

Zheng Zhuoyuan got better after sitting for a while, Song Chuyi wanted to contact Xu Jingchi, and when she called, she heard a busy prompt, and Zheng Zhuoyuan's cell phone rang at this moment, with the word 'Jingchi' on the screen.

"Where did you go? I heard from Lin Qing that you were not feeling well?" Xu Jingchi's tone was a little anxious, Zheng Zhuoyuan explained: "I was just disturbed by the sound of music, Chu Yi and I were outside the north gate."

"Chu Yi is here too?" "Yes, she wants to surprise you."

Zheng Zhuoyuan smiled, seeing Song Chuyi staring at him, he handed over the phone.

Song Chuyi picked it up, and before he could say congratulations, he heard the person on the other end of the phone say: "It's windy today, you already have a bit of a cold, you'd better come in."

Now is the season of early autumn.

Although Binluo is located in the south, it can still be hot during the day, but it is cooler in the morning and evening.

Zheng Zhuoyuan has been so busy recently that he didn't have a good rest, and he had some symptoms of a cold last night.

"Jing Chi, I'm Chu Yi."

Song Chuyi reminded with a smile.

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, and when he spoke again, Xu Jingchi's tone was not as casual as before.

"Why did you come here suddenly?" "I wanted to surprise you, but now you are the one who surprised me."

Song Chuyi said happily: "I recorded your scene, and I will pass it on to Mrs. Huo, she must be very happy."

"Well, I want to thank you and Mr. Huo very much.

You help me ask her which day she is free, and I will treat you to dinner. "

"You paid a lot of teacher Huo's tuition, so don't be so polite."

Song Chuyi's smile was as bright as a flower, and at the end he added: "But you can't spare the meal that invited me."

Xu Jingchi agreed without saying a word, and asked her to bring Zheng Zhuoyuan in for a chat.

After hanging up, Song Chuyi returned the phone to Zheng Zhuoyuan. As soon as the two stepped through the door, they heard the emcee on stage introducing contestant No. 55.

When returning to the position just now, Xu Jingchi was already sitting there waiting for them, and Chen Shulun on the stage also started to perform.

Compared with Xu Jingchi's brisk love song, Chen Shulun's song is quite difficult. Rap ​​alone takes up more than half of it, and dancing is also required.

Zheng Zhuoyuan sat down beside Xu Jingchi, and Xu Jingchi said with a smile: "You were not there just now, you are not in the mood at all, and you almost forgot to take the microphone before going on stage."

The scene was still quite noisy, so Xu Jingchi talked in Zheng Zhuoyuan's ear.

The hot air between talking and laughing brushed against his ears, besides the itching, there was also a woody aroma with the cool tone of sea water wafting over.

Zheng Zhuoyuan had never smelled such a good smell, so he was half a beat behind before looking at the people on the stage.

Chen Shulun's articulation is clear, and his expression is also in place.

He also chose love songs, perhaps because the lyrics were unrequited love, and the way he looked at Zheng Zhuoyuan was also a bit complicated.

Not as restrained as usual, but conveying the unspeakable emotions through his eyes.

Zheng Zhuoyuan only looked at him once, then had to look away, but didn't know where to look.

Xu Jingchi beside him also noticed, stretched out his hand to embrace him, and looked at the people in the stands like a demonstration.

Although the few girls headed by Lin Qing didn't like Chen Shulun very much, there were others who did.

After all, Chen Shulun is good-looking, talkative and active.

Those girls whom he sweetly called senior sister actively waved their light sticks to cheer him up, and some of the boys whistled for him. Even Song Chuyi beside Zheng Zhuoyuan was staring at the stage, not noticing the two people beside him. little action.

Zheng Zhuoyuan's arm was pressed against Xu Jingchi's chest, next to his eyes were Xu Jingchi's lips with lipstick, and the smell of perfume from the man's neck slowly entered his body with his breath.

For some reason, the heart rate that made him feel short of breath just now reappeared.

He clutched his chest and frowned uncomfortably.

Fortunately, there were not a few lines left in Chen Shulun's song. After he finished singing, he pushed Xu Jingchi: "I'll go out to get some air."

Xu Jingchi let go of him, and found that his cheeks were flushed, so he touched his forehead with the back of his hand: "Do you have a fever? I'd better take you to the school doctor."

"No, I guess I've been listening here for a long time, and the air is not good."

Zheng Zhuoyuan refused.

Xu Jingchi wanted to go out with him to breathe, but he thought that Song Chuyi was still here, so he asked Xu Jingchi to accompany Song Chuyi.

His appearance was fine, so Xu Jingchi didn't insist.

There are three more players behind Chen Shulun, and then there is the overall scoring link, and the top ten will be selected in about half an hour.

Zheng Zhuoyuan stayed outside for a while before returning to the backstage control room. The review team had already calculated the scores of each contestant and ranked them.

As soon as Lin Qing saw him, he couldn't wait to announce the good news: "Just saw the scores, both Jingchi and Chen Shulun were selected, but Jingchi's ranking is one place higher than Chen Shulun's."

Zheng Zhuoyuan also laughed after hearing this. Everyone is happy with the result.

After confirming the process of presenting flowers with the master of ceremonies, he went to the dressing room to change into the black dress he brought, and stood on the steps to wait.

Since this round was just an audition, and the Minister of Literature and Art was summarizing the event in the live broadcast room, he, the Propaganda Minister, was in charge of sending flowers.

After the ten selected contestants came to the stage one by one, he heard the master of ceremonies call his name, followed by applause from the audience.

Lin Qing also changed into a red short cheongsam for welcoming guests. Her ball hair set off her cute temperament, and she stood beside Zheng Zhuoyuan with her mouth bent and smiling all the time.

Zheng Zhuoyuan asked her why she was laughing, she shook her head and said nothing.

After taking the stage, Lin Qing followed behind, and when the master of ceremonies finished reading the name of a winner, he took out a bouquet of flowers from the mobile flower basket behind him and handed it to Zheng Zhuoyuan.

Xu Jingchi and Chen Shulun were ranked in the middle, and they stood side by side. The master of ceremonies read Chen Shulun's first, and Lin Qing handed Zheng Zhuoyuan a bouquet of perfume lilies. Pick up the red roses dotted with gypsophila.

Zheng Zhuoyuan was stunned for a moment, but remembering that it was on the awarding platform, he handed it to Xu Jingchi without hesitation, and said "Congratulations."

Before he had time to see Xu Jingchi's reaction, he took another step forward, but Lin Qing winked at Xu Jingchi complacently, then looked at Chen Shulun who had a stinky face, and then followed.

After stepping down, Zheng Zhuoyuan was called away by Liu Shengsheng before asking Lin Qing what happened.

When they came back after dealing with the matter, the people on the scene had almost left, only the staff of the student union and the cleaning staff invited by the external relations department were busy.

He returned to the lounge of the Propaganda Department, and as soon as he reached the door, he heard loud laughter inside.

When I opened the door, everyone was there, discussing the celebration with Xu Jingchi and Chen Shulun.

Seeing him coming, Lin Qing jumped up, took his arm and asked, "Minister, doesn't your house have a yard, why don't you wait until we go to your barbecue to celebrate?" Lin Qing has a good relationship Wang Luo also came over and said, "Yes, Minister, today is the weekend, and we have a lot of people, and now we have no place to book many places."

Zheng Zhuoyuan has never called his college classmates to his house, and he doesn't know where this group of people heard that his house is big.

However, since everyone was looking at him, and the preparations for this audition were really hard, he also wanted to reward everyone, so he agreed.

Lin Qing pulled Wang Luo, called a few female classmates, and everyone began to discuss what to buy when they went to the supermarket.

Chen Shulun hadn't said a word when everyone was discussing the celebration banquet just now, but now he was talking about what he wanted to eat, and he was still sitting on the sofa in silence.

Zheng Zhuoyuan glanced at him, hesitating whether to say something, when Xu Jingchi came over and said, "Should I call Aunt Su?" "Yes."

He took out his mobile phone, thought about it and said: "But Aunt Su can't do it alone, I'd better go to the Home Economics Center to hire a temporary helper."

Lin Qing heard what he said, and interjected: "Don't bother, we can do all these things, just let your aunt rest."

Wang Luo also told Zheng Zhuoyuan not to worry about these things, just let them take care of it.

After hearing this, Zheng Zhuoyuan agreed, and transferred 5000 yuan to Lin Qing through WeChat, telling them to buy whatever they wanted.

There are [-] people in the Propaganda Department, except for Yang Shantong and two boys who couldn't go, everyone else is ok.

Lin Qing cheerfully led a large team to buy, leaving only Xu Jingchi, Chen Shulun and three other boys cleaning up.

Chen Shulun kept silent. When Lin Qing counted the heads before, he didn't say no. He only said that he was tired and wanted to take a rest when Lin Qing asked him to carry things.

He really worked hard today, and Lin Qing couldn't say anything more.

When he finished packing and went out, Xu Jingchi said to Chen Shulun: "You know where Zhuo Yuan's home is, you can take the three of them to a taxi.

Zhuo Yuan came by my car, and there were not enough seats. "

Chen Shulun was already full of anger, but when he saw Zheng Zhuoyuan next to Xu Jingchi, he remembered that he had no reason to get angry, so he agreed and took the three boys away first.

When getting into the car, Zheng Zhuoyuan said: "Just now Lin Qing asked him if he wanted to go, I thought he would definitely refuse."

Xu Jingchi started the car and replied while reversing: "He is not the kind of character who gives up easily. This matter can only be settled with time."

Looking at the dead leaves rustled by the autumn wind outside the window, Zheng Zhuoyuan just wanted to sigh.

After Xu Jingchi backed up the car, seeing his listless look, he asked him if he was tired.

He was indeed tired. Today's audition only lasted for more than three hours, and there were quite a few things that he needed to deal with and keep an eye on.

Xu Jingchi let him sleep on the road and woke him up when he got home.

Zheng Zhuoyuan lowered the seat, originally just wanted to squint for a while, but unexpectedly fell asleep.

When I woke up, I found that the car was parked on the side of the road, and there was no one in the driver's seat.

He looked around and saw that this area was near the elementary school they used to study in, and they hadn't been here for many years, and there was the largest local farmers' market in front of it.

He called Xu Jingchi.

It was very noisy as soon as it was picked up over there, Xu Jingchi said twice at the top of his voice to ask him to wait for a few minutes.

After hanging up, he opened WeChat to see that there were more than a dozen new messages in the group of the Propaganda Department, all of which were Lin Qingfa's photos of the supermarket. He took pictures of the things he chose, and four trolleys were already loaded.

Lin Qing also sent a voice to ask him if he was short of barbecue tools and whether he should buy them from the supermarket.

He sent back a message, saying that the family had them all, and asked them to just buy food.

Not long after, Xu Jingchi came back, put the big bag in his hand into the trunk, and asked him to bring the hand sanitizer on the door after sitting on it.

He squeezed a little into Xu Jingchi's hand, and then he heard Xu Jingchi complain: "The business here is really good for ten years. Buying a chicken is like fighting. I was almost pushed down by an aunt."

Thinking of that scene, Zheng Zhuoyuan couldn't help laughing.

Xu Jingchi was not angry either, and asked him if he wanted to drink something after fastening his seat belt.

He happened to be thirsty and wanted a soda.

Xu Jingchi took a few turns and stopped at the intersection of an alley. This time he was not asked to wait in the car, but asked him to go with him.

The alley in front of us has undergone landscaping and is not the same as it was back then.

However, he recognized it right away. Turning left at the end of the alley is the back door of the school.

At that time, they were studying in public primary schools. Although they belonged to the district's key points, the school would not interfere with the students' after-school time. The various gourmet shops in this alley became a small world for short-term relaxation after school.

Zheng Zhuoyuan studied environmental design, so logically speaking, he would not want to see that kind of dilapidated and unhygienic place.

But looking at the quaint alleys in front of him, he missed the old appearance full of fireworks as soon as school was over.

Walking beside him, Xu Jingchi saw him stretch out his right hand and touch all the way along the stone bricks on the wall, so he knew what he was thinking, and said: "Times have changed, the current landscape planning is done well, but there is no more That's how it felt."

Zheng Zhuoyuan turned around: "So you brought me here to see its changes?" "Of course not."

Xu Jingchi raised his eyebrows and smiled, pointing forward: "You will know when you arrive."

This alley is only 400 meters long, and soon came to the end, Zheng Zhuoyuan looked to the left, and his steps stopped immediately.

There is a small shop at the corner, and the style of the store still maintains the feeling of ten years ago, selling some snacks with memories of the years.

Although the freezer at the door had been changed, the ice cream inside was still the same brand they used to eat when they were young.

Xu Jingchi walked over first, and said to the owner of the store, "Here are two bottles of iceberg."

No one in the store responded, but soon a pair of hands handed out two bottles of soda with the lids opened.

Xu Jingchi returned to Zheng Zhuoyuan's side, and handed him a bottle of orange soda: "See if it tastes the same as back then?" Zheng Zhuoyuan took it, obviously didn't take a sip, but smiled contentedly and rolled his eyes: "The bottles are exactly the same , the taste will not change."

Xu Jingchi drank half of the bottle in one go, watched him take a couple of sips slowly like tasting red wine, and asked him if he wanted to eat fried sausage?The combination of fried sausage and iceberg soda in this store used to be the most popular combination, and they were also very keen on it, eating it once a day or two.

This time Zheng Zhuoyuan followed Xu Jingchi into the store, and found that the boss was no longer the old grandfather, but a middle-aged man in his 30s.

Xu Jingchi ordered two sausages. Seeing that the boss's sausage frying machine was smoke-free, Zheng Zhuoyuan lamented the time in his heart, and then turned his head to look at the various stickers that covered the entire wall.

Different from the categories they sold when they were studying, now they are all anime characters and traffic stars.

Zheng Zhuoyuan took a few glances and then turned to the next shelf, looking at the stationery that was much more delicate than before.

He now buys stationery online, and he also buys some of the most basic styles. He did not expect that the stationery for elementary school students now is as good as the other.

Xu Jingchi was also watching beside him, and seeing him pick it up and put it down again, he asked him if he wanted to buy some back.

He said that these are for girls, and just as he was about to say that he would not need them if he bought them, he glanced at a few old notebooks in the corner of the lower shelf.

He squatted down to look at these notebooks, apparently no one cared about them for a long time, even if the boss cleaned the surface, the cover was slightly yellowish.

This is the notebook he used most often when he was studying, and now he can see the same type of notebook in supermarkets.

But the few books in front of him are from this store, and they have a sense of obsolete, so he suddenly wants to buy them back.

He stacked these books together and asked the boss how much?The boss didn't expect that there were still people who wanted these few ballast copies, so he said ten yuan.

After Zheng Zhuoyuan transferred the money, he heard Xu Jingchi whispering from the side, "Do you feel that you have gained a lot?" He laughed again until his eyes were bent, and happily patted Xu Jingchi's shoulder: "Wait until I reward you while the barbecue is over." Big chicken legs."

Xu Jingchi was infected by his smile, but he still didn't forget to complain about him: "Come on, with your cooking skills that can only cook instant noodles, which time I didn't serve you at the barbecue? Chicken legs? I haven't even tasted chicken skin .”

He was in a good mood, so he said that he must roast a chicken leg later.

Xu Jingchi shrugged his shoulders. The fried sausages were ready at this time, and they each finished eating outside the door before leaving.

With such an episode, Zheng Zhuoyuan felt relaxed.

When I got home, I saw Lin Qing and the others just arrived, moving food into the yard.

There is a sink in the corner of the yard. Aunt Su took a few girls over to wash out some fresh food that needs to be processed immediately, and the rest started to lay the barbecue grill and make various preparations.

Xu Jingchi parked the car, and just returned to the yard when he heard his cell phone ring. It was a WeChat message from Song Chuyi asking him to have dinner tomorrow.

Song Chuyi left when they were discussing the celebration banquet just now, she didn't know the others well, and she had no reason to attend.

Xu Jingchi replied "Yes", and when he looked up, he saw Zheng Zhuoyuan bringing a few men and women into the house.

He followed to see if there was anything he could do to help, and almost bumped into Chen Shulun when he reached the door.

Chen Shulun glanced at him coldly, and went in without saying a word.

Today Chen Shulun hit a wall repeatedly, and Xu Jingchi didn't want to hit him again. After entering the door, he found that those people were all talking at the door of the bathroom on the first floor.

The bathroom on the first floor is for guests, even if it is big enough, you can only enter one at a time.

Lin Qing and the others had five people to use, and it was inconvenient to mix men and women, so Lin Qing asked Zheng Zhuoyuan if there was any restroom.

The restrooms on the second floor are in every bedroom. Zheng Zhuoyuan hesitated for a while, but Xu Jingchi saw it and said, "Go to my room."

After he finished speaking, he walked towards the stairs, Lin Qing turned his head and told the three boys that they used the first floor, and he and the girl followed Xu Jingchi up.

Xu Jingchi's cell phone rang when he was walking up the stairs. Since it was an unfamiliar number, he picked it up and said to Lin Qing, "The one on the left is."

Lin Qing gestured ok, and when he reached the corridor on the second floor, he opened the room on the right without thinking.

The girl following Lin Qing hesitated for a moment, and reminded her, "This room is on the right, right?" Lin Qing has a problem with indiscriminate left and right, and it's usually not serious, so not many people know about it.

After listening to the reminder, she withdrew and went to drive the one opposite.

In the past two days, Aunt Su moved Xu Jingchi's things to Zheng Zhuoyuan's room one after another. When they went out in the morning, Aunt Su did a big cleaning of that room, so Xu Jingchi's room was empty, and there was no bed sheet on the bed.

"Is it this one? How could this be Xu Jingchi's bedroom?" Lin Qing asked suspiciously.

The girl also became uncertain, but because she was in a hurry to go to the toilet, she said, "Then let's go back to the room just now, maybe Senior Xu made a mistake."

Lin Qing nodded, and the two returned to the opposite room.

When the girls went to the room first, Lin Qing looked around the layout of the room.

Looking at the furnishings should be Zheng Zhuoyuan's preference, but there are some incongruities.

For example, there are two pairs of slippers next to the bed, and two electric toothbrushes are also placed on the sink in the bathroom.

Lin Qing had been knocking on Xu Jingchi and Zheng Zhuoyuan's melons, and now he saw these evidences that he did not live alone, and suddenly became excited.

But she just looked at it and didn't touch anything in the room.

Zheng Zhuoyuan took the bag out from the kitchen, and when he heard Xu Jingchi talking on the phone on the stairs, he asked Lin Qing where they were?Xu Jingchi compared the upstairs with his fingers, and Zheng Zhuoyuan didn't know what he was thinking of, so he immediately went upstairs as soon as his expression changed.

Xu Jingchi didn't realize what was wrong with him, so he followed up to look, only to find that Zheng Zhuoyuan's door was open.

Zheng Zhuoyuan's heart was in his throat, and when he went in, Lin Qing was standing in front of the mirror next to the cloakroom, arranging his bangs.

Xu Jingchi also saw this scene, so he hung up the phone and asked, "How did you get into this room? Didn't I mean the left side?" Lin Qing explained: "That room is empty, there is nothing, we thought you were wrong gone."

Although nothing in the room showed signs of being moved, Zheng Zhuoyuan did not dare to relax.

After all, that thing is inside, no matter how well it is hidden, he still has a guilty conscience.

Xu Jingchi saw his nervous appearance and reacted.

But before he could open his mouth, Lin Qing came over and asked curiously, "Minister, is this your room?" Zheng Zhuoyuan bit the bullet and said "Yes", Lin Qing pointed to the bed and said, "Then why are there two pairs of slippers? There are two electric toothbrushes in the bathroom?" Zheng Zhuoyuan wanted to explain, but he didn't know what to say about Xu Jingchi moving here to sleep with him for a month.

But Xu Jingchi made a rescue again: "This is his habit."

This explanation is a bit far-fetched, but fortunately the door of the bathroom opened at this time, the girl came out and saw them stunned for a moment, nodded and went out.

Xu Jingchi took Lin Qing to the opposite room to use the bathroom. When he came back, he found Zheng Zhuoyuan standing in the cloakroom in a daze.

He locked the door and walked to Zheng Zhuoyuan's side: "Don't be nervous, it's impossible for her to find out in such a short time."

Zheng Zhuoyuan lowered his head and didn't answer. Xu Jingchi blamed himself for his uneasy appearance, so he stroked his back again and said, "This time it's my fault, I'm careless, don't be angry."

Zheng Zhuoyuan shook his head, he knew it was an accident, so he wouldn't blame Xu Jingchi.

After he calmed down, Xu Jingchi went downstairs with him.

The yard is already buzzing.

Some ready-to-eat cooked food was placed on the plate, the cleaned seafood was placed on the table next to the grill, and some of the cured meat, which accounted for the majority, had begun to grill.

There are several brightly colored picnic mats spread out on the lawn, with various snacks piled in the middle.

The students in the Propaganda Department lived together in twos and threes, either sitting and chatting, or standing busy.

The afterglow of the setting sun poured down, embellishing the brilliance and joy on every face vividly.

Seeing this scene, Zheng Zhuoyuan's expression softened a lot.

Xu Jingchi wanted to make him happier, so he said, "Don't forget my big chicken drumsticks. If you don't roast them, you won't be allowed to sleep tonight."

Zheng Zhuoyuan turned his face, looked at Xu Jingchi's pretending seriousness, and couldn't help but want to tease this person: "Anyway, I'm going to stay up late tonight to write a report, so let's not bake it."

After he finished speaking, he raised the corners of his mouth triumphantly, the pupils of his eyes were illuminated by the pale golden light, and the outline of Xu Jingchi clearly appeared in them.

Although he turned back only for a split second, Xu Jingchi could clearly see the vividness and beauty of that moment.

"minister."

Someone called him out of the blue, and he was dragged down the stairs to the picnic mat to talk.

Xu Jingchi looked at his back, and any thoughts in his mind were interrupted before they had time to form, because Lin Qing also came to call him.

It is very easy for them to be happy at this age. Gathering together to eat, drink and have fun can dispel most of their worries. If they drink a little wine, they will really be carefree.

Lin Qing and the others bought beer in the supermarket, and just now they found that there were many rare foreign wines in the wine cabinet in the living room, so they all became excited and asked Zheng Zhuoyuan to try it.

The foreign wine in the wine cabinet belonged to Zheng Zhuoyuan's father, and he left it here because it was not easy to bring with him when he immigrated.

Normally, Zheng Zhuoyuan didn't drink too much, so he agreed with them to take it, but asked them to mix it with the drink, otherwise it would be easy to get drunk if the alcohol was too high.

Mixing foreign wine with drinks is quite wasteful, but for those who are not used to drinking foreign wine, the taste will be much better, and soon no one will touch those boxes of beer, except Chen Shulun.

He has been very silent today, and after sending that WeChat message before coming on stage, he never spoke to Zheng Zhuoyuan again.

When everyone was eating, drinking and chatting, he sat alone in the shadow of a corner of the yard, with six empty beer bottles at his feet.

Zheng Zhuoyuan didn't see him eating, so he wanted to persuade him.

He was stopped by Xu Jingchi just two steps away, and then a plate containing honey chicken wings was stuffed into his hand.

Xu Jingchi wiped his hands and said, "You eat yours.

There are some things that he needs to realize by himself in order to grow. You will only make him feel hopeful again in the past. "

Zheng Zhuoyuan explained: "I just want to persuade him to eat something, he will get drunk easily if he drinks like this."

"I know."

Xu Jingchi glanced at the dejected figure: "More than one person tried to persuade him just now, it was useless."

Xu Jingchi threw the crumpled wet tissue into a large trash can not far away, and said, "I'll go over and tell him."

Zheng Zhuoyuan stood where he was, worried that the two of them would quarrel.

In the end, I don't know what Xu Jingchi said, Chen Shulun looked over to his side, and then reluctantly walked towards the picnic mat.

Although his expression was still stinky, he obediently sat down and took something to eat.

Xu Jingchi walked back to him briskly, and heard him ask himself what he said in surprise.

"secret."

Xu Jingchi made a fool of himself, and then saw that he was still holding the plate, so he reminded him: "If you don't eat any more, I'll bring it to Aunt Su, and my big chicken leg, do you really want to take it away?" Zheng Zhuoyuan He looked at the man helplessly.

Sometimes I feel that Xu Jingchi's work is very reliable, and sometimes he is naive.

So he picked up a piece with a fork and put it in his mouth, biting the chicken wings as Xu Jingchi's meat: "Roast, wait until I bake two for you."

Only then did Xu Jingchi smile with satisfaction, but he still laughed too early.

Although Zheng Zhuoyuan really baked it after eating, Zheng Zhuoyuan didn't know how to do this. Even with Lin Qing's guidance, the baked products still didn't look good.

But Zheng Zhuoyuan was still very satisfied, he put the chicken legs on a white porcelain plate and brought it to Xu Jingchi.

Xu Jingchi was drinking happily with some girls, when Zheng Zhuoyuan came over, he saw Tan Ying who was sitting next to him holding a shrimp skewer and talking to him for some reason.

Xu Jingchi shook his head, and turned around when he heard himself calling him.

"This is the big chicken leg you roasted for me?" Looking at the dry, shrunken and obviously burnt chicken leg on the plate, Xu Jingchi wanted to ask him if this was edible?Before she could say anything, she heard Tan Ying laughing next to her, and complained: "Minister, why did you bring over the chicken legs that have been roasted like this? It looks so unpalatable. Could it be that they are not cooked yet?" Halfway through, everyone was more or less drunk and talking more casually.

Tan Ying smiled, and the others also laughed.

Fortunately, Zheng Zhuoyuan was not hit, he was quite confident in the finished product he made for the first time.

"It's my first time making it. It doesn't look good, but it tastes good."

He handed it to Xu Jingchi: "Eat."

He had also drank a few glasses of wine just now, compared to his fair face in the setting sun, his cheeks were flushed now, and he looked at Xu Jingchi expectantly.

Xu Jingchi was already partial to him, but when he saw it like this, he immediately turned to Tan Ying and said, "That's right, it's unpalatable even if you haven't eaten it, it's not that you are told to eat it."

He didn't pick up the fork that Zheng Zhuoyuan handed over, and directly picked up the bone at the tail of the chicken leg and put it in his mouth. Just as he was about to compliment a few words, his tongue was numb by a bitter salty taste, and he almost spat it out.

Zheng Zhuoyuan was still waiting for him to say it was delicious, and Tan Ying and the others were also curious to see his reaction.

Enduring the saltiness that he had never eaten in his life, Xu Jingchi insisted on swallowing the meat on the chicken leg, and then gave Zheng Zhuoyuan a thumbs up: "It's delicious."

Zheng Zhuoyuan laughed immediately, but Tan Ying didn't believe that such an ugly thing would be delicious, she leaned over and said she wanted to try it, Xu Jingchi immediately stuffed another chicken leg into her mouth.

Seeing that he was eating in such a hurry, Tan Ying muttered a few words but had nothing to say.

Zheng Zhuoyuan didn't expect her roasted chicken legs to be so delicious, but seeing that he was choking a bit from eating, she handed him a glass of wine to drink.

Xu Jingchi maintained a never-ending smile, and wanted to say no when Zheng Zhuoyuan asked him if he still wanted to eat, but since Tan Ying and the others were all present, he could only smile and say casually, and then watched Zheng Zhuoyuan excitedly go over and start baking again something else.

This time Xu Jingchi couldn't take it anymore, fearing that he would make a more terrible smell, so he found an excuse to go to the bathroom, but actually dragged him to the kitchen to vomit his bitterness.

His eagerness to try was extinguished at once, and he felt guilty when he saw Xu Jingchi gulping down the water, so he said, "Why do you want to eat it if it's unpalatable? Just spit it out."

"How can I do that, so many people were watching just now, I have to give you face."

Xu Jingchi explained.

Zheng Zhuoyuan poured him another glass of water, and muttered, "I thought it was really delicious, forget it, I'll continue cooking instant noodles from now on."

"Don't, just try twice more.

No one knows how to cook at first. "

"Don't do it, no one will eat it anyway."

Zheng Zhuoyuan pouted, seeing him so disappointed, Xu Jingchi wanted to say I'm eating, but Aunt Su came in at this moment and asked why they were staying here.

After such an interruption, two more girls came in to get water.

The two of them had no choice but to go out first, and when they got outside, they heard Lin Qing and the others discussing today's game, and the topic of chatting turned to Xu Jingchi, and asked him if he was so good, did he learn it before?Xu Jingchi talked about the supplementary vocal music during this period, and when he learned that Zheng Zhuoyuan's house still had a big audio-visual room, everyone said they wanted to sing K.

The night has fallen, and the autumn wind is blowing in the yard. It is really cool to stay outside.

Zheng Zhuoyuan took them to the audio-visual room on the first floor, and after turning on the equipment, everyone scrambled for the microphone and started singing.

Zheng Zhuoyuan looked around, but didn't see Chen Shulun, so he went back to the yard to look for it.

But I heard from a boy that Chen Shulun was busy and had already left.

Zheng Zhuoyuan took out his mobile phone to check, but Chen Shulun didn't send any message to him.

In fact, as long as he thinks about what happened today, he can understand why Chen Shulun left without saying a word.

Seeing the empty yard after the carnival and the messy yard scattered everywhere, he suddenly lost the mood to laugh with them again.

So he walked to the table, opened the bottle of Louis XIII, which was still half left, and drank it.

The spicy wine poured down his throat, quickly dispelling the coolness brought by the night wind.

Zheng Zhuoyuan leaned against the edge of the table, looked at the soft light on the courtyard wall, and then looked up at the moon in the sky.

Tonight's moon is quite round, with some not-so-bright stars dotted around, reminding him that there was someone standing here with him to see the stars not long ago.

That was Chen Shulun, who he had just met not long ago.

In fact, Chen Shulun has many advantages.

And the reason why he was able to chat so happily with Chen Shulun was because they shared similar interests in reading and other aspects besides environmental design.

If you are interested, there is a topic, so he is very happy to meet such a like-minded friend.

I just didn't expect it to turn out like this.

Thinking that he didn't know what to say to Chen Shulun now, he felt very uncomfortable, and couldn't help pouring himself wine.

It wasn't until Xu Jingchi came out to look for him that he found him leaning on the picnic mat with his back to him, with his right arm pressing down on the box containing ice cubes.

"Zhuo Yuan, why are you sitting here?" Xu Jingchi called him as he walked, and when he saw that he didn't respond, he went to the front to have a look. It turned out that he had fallen asleep with his arms on his pillow, and his breath was still filled with the strong smell of alcohol.

Just now Xu Jingchi was dragged by Tan Ying and the others to sing and drink, I don't know how long he has been out.

But his face was cold when he touched it, and he was afraid that his cold would get worse, so he carried him back to the room directly.

Zheng Zhuoyuan was so drunk that his whole body was limp.

Xu Jingchi put him on the bed, took off his shoes and covered the quilt, and warmed his face and hands with a hot towel before turning off the light and leaving.

When going downstairs, Xu Jingchi checked the time, and it was already 09:30, so he went back to the audio-visual room to tell everyone that it was almost time.

Knowing that Zheng Zhuoyuan was so drunk that he fell asleep, everyone also spontaneously dispersed.

Aunt Su went back after helping them prepare the barbecue, so after sending everyone away, the house suddenly became quiet.

Xu Jingchi also drank a lot, and quarreled with them all night. Now that he was sleepy, he went back to the room and lay down next to Zheng Zhuoyuan to sleep.

He fell asleep quickly, and slept more dishonestly than usual after drinking, and when he turned over, he actually rolled himself onto the ground.

But because the carpet was thick enough, he didn't wake up, so he slept until midnight, and was finally woken up by a moan.

He rubbed the aching forehead, propped himself up on the ground and sat up, waited for his brain to calm down before looking along the source of the sound, and then he was dazed.

Zheng Zhuoyuan woke up a few minutes ago.

Louis XIII's degree is not low, and he hasn't touched much alcohol for more than a year. Even if he didn't drink a few glasses, he couldn't hold back the turbulent stamina. After falling asleep, he began to dream.

The picture of the dream was very vague, and he only knew that he was lying on the bed dripping with sweat, being tossed and turned over and over by a pair of invisible hands.

He didn't know whose hands belonged to them, but they knew exactly what he wanted, and they breathed into his ears and called him by his nickname.

"Round round..."

Zheng Zhuoyuan tried hard to open his eyes, trying to see clearly the figure behind those hands, but no matter how hard he tried, he could only see a mass of deep darkness.It wasn't until the hands stopped caressing, and the palms pressed against his swollen desire with strength, that he was awakened abruptly.

There was no light in the room, only the night from the floor-to-ceiling windows came in.He opened his dim eyes, and when his consciousness gradually became clear, he saw the environment he was in. There was no one else in the room, so he reached down and frowned uncomfortably when he touched his legs.

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