[Rat cat] Mirror City

Bai Yutang got up earlier than usual on the Saturday that he had an appointment with Zhan Zhao.He hasn't dreamed recently, and his life is as peaceful as before.But Bai Yutang still felt something in his heart, but this time it wasn't the reason why Bai Yutang got up early this time.

Min Soo-soo always prepares breakfast at home. Generally speaking, when Min Soo-soo prepares breakfast, none of the five men in the family get up, so this time she saw Bai Yutang sitting on the sofa in the living room staring at the phone in a daze. Min Soo-soo I almost thought I was dreaming, so I planned to go back to my room and sleep again before getting up.

However, Bai Yutang didn't care about Min Xiuxiu's gaze at all, instead he was immersed in his own world.Min Xiuxiu looked at the ceiling and compared the importance of making breakfast with chatting with Bai Yutang. Anyway, it's normal for the fifth brother to be a little abnormal these days.

Cover the pot and cook the porridge slowly over low heat. After tidying up the dirty countertop, Min Xiuxiu sat on the sofa opposite Bai Yutang, propped his chin and looked at Bai Yutang, wondering how long it would take Only Bai Yutang noticed her.

Originally, Min Xiuxiu calculated that it would take about 5 minutes, but it turned out that Bai Yutang noticed her only after about ten seconds.But this did not give Min Soo-soo the slightest comfort.

The reason is that Bai Yutang just glanced at her when he raised his eyes, and when he saw her, Bai Yutang was startled, really scared!

It was the kind of person who almost jumped up from the sofa when he trembled, but an ordinary person would jump up, and he was Bai Yutang, so just the trembling of his fingers represented the degree of surprise of Bai Yutang.

Is she that scary?Min Soo-soo's face immediately turned dark.

Bai Yutang realized this immediately, and quickly said, "Sister-in-law, good morning!"

"Morning." Min Xiuxiu crossed his arms and glanced back and forth between Bai Yutang and the phone, until the calm expression on Bai Yutang's face was almost lost before he said, "What's the matter today? Sitting here early in the morning staring at the phone, Positive? Could it be that he is dating someone?"

"Yeah." Bai Yutang's first reaction was to nod, but he realized something was wrong when he saw Min Xiuxiu's gossiping expression. He and Zhan Zhao had an appointment, but that wasn't a date, right?So he immediately shook his head again, "No."

"What is it..." Min Xiuxiu looked at Bai Yutang amusedly, and at a glance, he knew that Bai Yutang would not date any little girls. After thinking about it, he was alone, "A date with Zhan Zhao?"

Seeing that Bai Yutang stopped talking, Min Xiuxiu knew that he was completely right, but the relationship between Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang was really good.

Bai Yutang wiped his nose lightly, and explained: "I want to buy a few books, so I made an appointment with him to help me choose."

"Did you not make an appointment? I see that you have been looking at your phone all the time." Min Xiuxiu asked curiously. According to Bai Yutang's habits, he would never make such a low-level mistake.

"It's not easy to make an appointment." Bai Yutang shrugged. "Last night, he received a call saying that there was a small problem in the research room, so he would go to the school before going to the book fair. Call up."

It turned out to be like this.Min Xiuxiu nodded, then stared at Bai Yutang closely.

This kind of gaze made Bai Yutang feel uncomfortable all over, he hastily surrendered, "I know it's too much for me to wake up so early just to wait for a phone call..."

Min Xiuxiu couldn't bear Bai Yutang's expression anymore, "No...haha...Although it's really funny to say this, but I don't think it's because of this, but..."

Really couldn't help laughing, Min Soo-soo covered her stomach and laid down on the back of the sofa to hold back her laughter, until Bai Yutang's bored gaze forced her to be serious.

"Sister-in-law, what's the matter?" Bai Yutang knew that Min Xiuxiu meant something, and he had already looked at himself up and down, but he still couldn't see anything wrong with him that could make Min Xiuxiu smile like that.

Min Soo-soo pointed at Bai Yutang's white suit, "Old Wu, you guys are going to visit the book market, do you really plan to wear such a conspicuous suit inside?"

Bai Yutang frowned and looked at his clothes, unwilling to admit that something was wrong with his clothes, "But I don't have any suits of other colors..."

"Stupid!" Min Xiuxiu patted Bai Yutang bitterly, "Who would go to the bookstore in a formal suit? Every minute, the people inside would watch."

Bai Yutang hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to follow Min Xiuxiu's advice.In fact, it's not that he hasn't thought about this problem, but he's used to wearing formal clothes, and he doesn't know how Zhan Zhao will react if he changes to other clothes.

As a result, Zhan Zhao dealt with the problem quite quickly, Bai Yutang received a call from Zhan Zhao not long after he changed his clothes.So today Bai Yutang ate breakfast early and left instead.

The four of Lu Fang and the others got up early according to their usual habits, but they saw that there were already two sets of bowls and chopsticks in the restaurant. Min Xiuxiu had already finished eating, and was in a daze there, while the person in the other seat had long since disappeared.

What's the matter?The four brothers looked at each other in blank dismay, and finally decided to serve a bowl of porridge first. After all, it is easy to do things when you are full.Then they sent the third child, Xu Qing, as a representative.

Xu Qing is also straight-hearted, "Sister-in-law, where is fifth child, why are you in a daze?"

Come on... two problems are condensed into one sentence and all are solved.The other three brothers held their wrists and raised their foreheads, why did the third brother ask.Xu Qing was also confused, did he say something wrong?

Min Xiuxiu sighed faintly, "Ah... I can only count on Zhan Zhao for this date, the fifth child... is not in tune." After finishing speaking, Min Xiuxiu glanced at the other four people, "I want more food ?"

Lu Fang and the others didn't quite understand the first half of the sentence, but they understood the latter sentence, so the four of them ate in tacit understanding, and then handed the bowl to Min Xiuxiu at the same time, "Sister-in-law/wife add more food!"

Min Soo-soo gave these four big men a direct look. Their family is all the same, they are all fools. I really don't understand how they found someone to spend the rest of their lives with.

Just as she was angrily adding more food to the bowl, Min Xiuxiu suddenly realized a problem... Lu Fang was also stupid back then, why did she marry him!

Min Xiuxiu was beating his chest and feet for a while, while Bai Yutang had already driven to the gate of the university, and Zhan Zhao was already waiting for him.When Bai Yutang arrived, Zhan Zhao was standing under the tree, looking up, not knowing what he was doing.

Seeing Bai Yutang sitting in the driver's seat and looking at himself with a smile, Zhan Zhao returned the smile generously and sat in the passenger seat.There were very few people at the university on the weekend, and I didn't know where they all went.

But anyway, I won't go to the book fair.This is what Zhan Zhao answered when Bai Yutang asked.

On the way, Bai Yutang focused on driving, but the calm expression of Zhan Zhao looking up at the tree just now kept lingering in his mind, "What were you looking at just now? I mean when I came, you kept looking up at the tree."

"Count the bugs." Zhan Zhao gave Bai Yutang an answer without pausing, Bai Yutang almost choked, and rolled his eyes at him, but Bai Yutang saw Zhan Zhao looking at him with a smile.

"Still making trouble?" Bai Yutang thought for a long time and could only say these two words, with helplessness, but not unhappy.Zhan Zhao also nodded with a smile, and then said: "Just look up at those leaves, and look at the sky through their gaps, and you will feel warm and peaceful in your heart. Once you relax, time will pass."

After Zhan Zhao finished speaking, he stretched, rubbed himself on the seat, and naturally joked with Bai Yutang about his work, "It's so tiring to come back early in the morning to deal with problems."

Bai Yutang raised the corners of his mouth and didn't reply, he knew that Zhan Zhao was just joking.Although he only knew Zhan Zhao for a few days, Bai Yutang basically recognized Zhan Zhao's character, he was very casual, but serious and responsible.

Zhan Zhao had seen Bai Yutang's enthusiasm for this job before, otherwise Zhan Zhao wouldn't have stayed in the research room to work without sleeping and eating, and he would probably have hooked up with Bai Yutang.Outside of work, Zhan Zhao is a casual person, easy to get along with.

So when Zhan Zhao complained, Bai Yutang knew that he would listen to him, that was enough, and occasionally he could choke him, for example, now Bai Wuye said, "Come on, call me last night and say this When things happened, Assistant Zhan, you clearly had a high fighting spirit."

Bai Yutang had never been so mean-spirited before, but seeing the angrily expression on Zhan Zhao's face, Bai Yutang expressed that he was very happy and could try it occasionally.

After a while, Bai Yutang found that Zhan Zhao was sizing him up, and it was the kind of sizing that scanned his whole body. Bai Yutang finally couldn't help it, "What's wrong?"

"No, I just saw that you changed your clothes today..." Zhan Zhao's tone was drawn out, which made Bai Yutang's heart skip a beat. Is it a matter of clothes again?

He just changed his outfit after being told by his sister-in-law that he couldn't wear a formal suit this morning. Shouldn't he?Bai Yutang felt a little dizzy.

Seeing Bai Yutang's bewildered look, Zhan Zhao quickly waved his hands, "No, it's rare to see that you're not wearing formal clothes. When I saw you at your house before, you seemed to be wearing formal clothes. Later, when you came to school, you came and went, went I thought you only had formal clothes in your closet, and you planned to wear a suit to the book market today."

Bai Yutang almost told Zhan Zhao that he planned to go in formal attire today, and he decided to repay his sister-in-law after returning home. Sure enough, she was the only one with the most common sense in the family.

"Is it strange to go to the book market in formal clothes?" Bai Yutang asked innocently, just when he encountered a red light, Bai Yutang stopped the car and looked at Zhan Zhao, with a daze in his eyes that he didn't realize.

Zhan Zhao was taken aback when he saw it, and then realized the reason why Bai Yutang asked, "So you really planned it this way? Most people don't know how to go to the bookstore. They just want to feel more at ease. Everyone will be curious."

Seeing that Bai Yutang was a little depressed, Zhan Zhao quickly patted him on the shoulder to comfort him, "It's all right, even if you wear it, and I'm walking next to you, I won't dislike it...ah no, I won't find you strange."

"Sure enough, this is a strange thing." Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao spent all the time discussing common sense on the rest of the road. In fact, it was Zhan Zhao who supplemented Bai Yutang's leisure after leaving work. The common sense of life, in Zhan Zhao’s words, is to know how to enjoy life.

Bai Yutang originally wanted to refute that he knew life very well, but before he could say it, Zhan Zhao completely knocked him back with "Then where is your common sense in life?", and he had no choice but to raise his hand and surrender.

The two entered the book fair talking and laughing.This is Bai Yutang's first visit, originally he thought that the book market would be very lively and bustling, but this idea was still laughed at by Zhan Zhao.

In fact, there are not many people in the book market, and the aroma of paper and ink can be smelled lightly when walking on the road.The atmosphere in the book fair is very peaceful. Everyone looks down and picks out books. People who pass by can discuss issues and discuss books even if they don’t know each other. Everyone’s voice is very soft.

Just such a book, a piece of paper, and a word, everything passed so quietly and peacefully.Infected by this atmosphere, Bai Yutang felt that he had completely integrated into this environment.

After all, Bai Yutang had never visited a book market before, so he was immediately overwhelmed by curiosity.Zhan Zhao didn't stop him, but just followed Bai Yutang, watching Bai Yutang's expression with interest when he flipped through the book.

Bai Yutang's reading speed is the same as Zhan Zhao's, fast and precise, sometimes Bai Yutang frowned when he saw something he didn't understand, and looked at Zhan Zhao after thinking hard to no avail.

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang in surprise, because Bai Yutang's comprehension ability was really good, and most of the time when he didn't understand, he was stuck in a very small place, so instead of asking, he directly pointed to the words above. With a single word, he looked up at Zhan Zhao.

Bai Yutang bent over when he was reading, and Zhan Zhao looked down at Bai Yutang asking for help... It was really a big contrast with his previous appearance, Zhan Zhao burst out laughing, feeling Bai Yutang's impatience After complaining, he lowered his head and explained to Bai Yutang.

Then Bai Yutang lowered his head and continued to read, reading with gusto.Zhan Zhao doesn't bother him either, it's rare to have a chance to relax, so how can he not let Bai Yutang do what he wants to do, the two of them are free today.

So Zhan Zhao also picked out a book he was interested in, and stood beside Bai Yutang to read it, and when Bai Yutang got addicted to it, the two of them would move on to the next one.The book market is like this. Everyone just reads books like this and buys a book or two. No one complains about standing up and reading books for nothing. The books here are not so much for sale as for everyone to read together, just for fun.

The whole morning, Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao walked back and forth between different bookstores, fully satisfying Bai Yutang's curiosity, when the two of them sat down in a teahouse, Bai Yutang's eyes were shining, very happy.

"It's really nice here." Seeing Zhan Zhao looking at him, Bai Yutang suddenly realized his gaffe in the morning, coughed awkwardly, and could only barely say these words.

Zhan Zhao didn't expose him, "That's right, this book market is quite casual. Usually, everyone comes out to set up bookstores on weekends, and then let everyone have a look and talk. I like this kind of atmosphere very much, and everyone is very relaxed."

While waiting for the dishes to be served, Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang, "I saw you did a lot of reading this morning, are you interested in buying a few back?"

"I have this urge, but let's forget about it today." Bai Yutang shook his head, "Although I have searched a lot, but I don't know much about the contents. I haven't finished the task yet."

As he said that, Bai Yutang sighed, exchanged a glance with Zhan Zhao, and remembered that the two of them were curiously wandering around the book market like children one morning, and they smiled tacitly.

"Thank you for remembering the main purpose of bringing you here today." Zhan Zhao said this deliberately.

Bai Yutang took a sip of tea naturally, "Yes, yes, it's not easy to catch up with Mr. Zhan's blank period, so you will always be a good person and continue to guide my interests?"

"Now remember that I have more experience than you, do you want to worship me as a teacher?" Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows, his expression was completely "meaning".

Bai Yutang was also unambiguous, and immediately took the cup of tea that Zhan Zhao brought to his mouth, and without knowing what to think, he handed over his own cup of tea, "Teacher's tea."

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang with an aggrieved face, and it took him a long time to hold back a sentence: "This is your teacup."

"Ah."

"You took a sip."

"Yes."

"You took my teacup."

"correct."

"I just took a sip."

"So, do you want to drink the teacher's tea?" Bai Yutang directly raised his eyebrows.

"..." Zhan Zhao stared at Bai Yutang, then took the teacup and drank it down. As if he accepted this unlucky apprentice, Bai Yutang also drank Zhan Zhao's cup of tea in one gulp.

If Min Soo-soo were here, he would definitely roll his eyes and call out "Li Cheng", but fortunately, the two of them are happy at this table now.

After a while, the food came up.Bai Yutang felt that Zhan Zhao really had a relationship with water and liked water very much. The previous farmyard was also by the water, and this time the teahouse was also by the water.

The two of them picked a place by the window, looked up, and saw the calm water, with willow trees fluttering along the shore with the breeze, with the gentleness of the weak willows supporting the wind, and the indomitable tenacity of the willows.Tens of thousands of hanging green silks rippled in the water by the wind, rippling back in circles, and the cool wind returned with the moisture of the water.

It is such a peaceful state again, everything becomes poetic and picturesque, even the dishes on the table follow the ink fragrance of the book market, the aura of the river and willow, light and simple, all brought into the state at this time.

"I finally understand why you like coming here so much." Bai Yutang tilted his head to look at Zhan Zhao, and Zhan Zhao also tilted his head to look at Bai Yutang, expecting Bai Yutang to say something.

"I was thinking about how you were so noisy before, how did you fool my brothers into saying that you are gentle and calm, so it turns out that you, a cat, came here to cultivate yourself and then go out to deceive others." Bai Yutang deliberately teased him.

Sure enough, Zhan Zhao's expression suddenly changed from "I'm so happy he understands me" to "Why did I bring this guy here".Bai Yutang just laughed, and then brought some food to Zhan Zhao, "Eat, take me to buy books this afternoon."

Seeing that Zhan Zhao hadn't moved yet, Bai Yutang said again, "Zhan Kitten?" Then he made a gesture to pick up the food in Zhan Zhao's bowl, Zhan Zhao immediately reacted and ate it sullenly, with a face of "If you grab me, I'll bite it!" You" food protection emoji.

Bai Yutang got excited, deliberately took away the piece of meat that Zhan Zhao was looking for, and ate it with Zhan Zhao's expression on his face.Sure enough, he was right, Zhan Zhao's previous peacefulness was cultivated here, and he lost his shape when he encountered food.