Not enough greed

The watch: "The time is almost up."

Zhou Zheng glanced at the watch in his hand, almost an hour had passed since the party started - the cocktail party was coming to an end.

Sure enough, not long after, a waiter led everyone into the inner hall.Because it was a buffet, the seats in the inner hall were not arranged in advance. Everyone gathered in twos and threes in front of the stage. Mr. Xie stood on the stage holding his grandson. Xie Yun smiled and stood behind Mr. Xie holding her husband's hand. Abnormal affection.

Zhou Zheng and Su Chen found an inconspicuous place to stand, and listened to Mr. Xie talking politely. Su Chen was very bored, so he began to secretly look at the food on the table, secretly planning to eat later what food to choose.Zhou Zheng glanced down at him inadvertently, and knew that the little guy had lost his mind again. He listened calmly to Mr. Xie's last sentence, then bent slightly to Su Chen's ear, and suggested softly: "This The Xie family invited the cook from Wangxiang Building last time, and I heard that Zuiyu cooks very well, do you want to give it a try?"

"Ah?" Su Chen turned her head subconsciously, feeling Zhou Zheng's warm breath hit her side face, and immediately took a step back, her face also turned red.He turned his head and looked around in embarrassment, and found that someone around had already taken the plate and started to eat, and then realized that the speech was over.Seeing that he was very embarrassed, Zhou Zheng stopped teasing him, and lightly patted him on the back to signal him to go to dinner. Su Chen lowered his head slightly and followed Zhou Zheng to get food, the blush on his face only slightly faded , his cheeks were still burning hot, and the temperature couldn't drop no matter what.

The food at the banquet was not to Su Chen's liking. He walked around the long table, and in the end he only took a small amount of seafood on the plate, as well as the drunken fish mentioned by Zhou Zheng; After eating at home, I didn't have a strong appetite, so I only took some fruits and snacks - the latter was prepared for Su Chen.After taking the food, the two found an empty table and sat down. Before they had time to start eating, they saw Mu Qingyun leading his sister over.

"There shouldn't be anyone next to you, right?" Mu Qingyun said, walked to the seat on Su Chen's left, sat down without waiting for Zhou Zheng's answer.

Zhou Zheng glanced at him, looked at Su Chen's expression, and after making sure that the child was not upset, he nodded to Mu Ziyan who was not seated next to him: "No one."

Mu Ziyan got permission, and then put down the plate in her hand and sat down.

After Zhou Zheng said those two words, he ignored the brothers and sisters, and stared at Su Chen's meal dutifully. When Su Chen saw Mu Ziyan sitting next to Zhou Zheng, he rolled his eyes and called out obediently. Voice: "Sister Mu, hello!"

Mu Ziyan's hand paused a little, a little flattered.Su Chen's attitude towards her in the past can be said to be extremely bad. She thinks she is kind and gentle enough to this child, and has never done anything to hurt him, but Su Chen always loses her temper whenever she sees her, as angry as little lion.

Of course, Mu Ziyan knew Su Chen's position in Zhou Zheng's heart, so no matter how bad Su Chen's attitude towards her was, she gritted her teeth and endured it, but today this little ancestor seemed to be a different person. Not only did she not lose her temper, she actually greeted herself obediently!

But no matter how surprised, Mu Ziyan didn't show the slightest bit on her face, she just made her expression more kind, and her tone of voice became more gentle: "Good evening, Xiaochen! The clothes you are wearing today The clothes look great!"

The clothes Su Chen is wearing today are the same as the one Zhou Zheng is wearing. They are both cut and sewn from the same piece of fabric by the designer. The neckline and cuffs of the clothes are ingeniously imprinted with dark lines. It makes the whole dress look noble and majestic; the only difference between the two clothes is the neckline decoration, Zhou Zheng wears a tie at the neckline, which makes him look calm and introverted, while Su Chen wears a bow tie at the neckline, making him He looks a little lively, adding a bit of youthful vitality.

Su Chen liked this suit very much, but Mu Ziyan's praise made him not very happy. He didn't like this woman who wanted to rob Zhou Zheng from him at all, but he couldn't announce it loudly like he did when he was a child. : "A Zheng is mine!"

However, in the face of an opponent like Mu Ziyan, Su Chen can always think of a way to ruin the opponent's plan completely. For headaches, hunger, sleepiness, and thirst, Su Chen just finds an excuse to be "uncomfortable". He would drop what he was doing and come over to circle around him, forgetting all the purple and red smoke.

Although this method is naive, it has been tried and tested. As long as Su Chen is the most important person in Zhou Zheng's heart, Su Chen himself will be the biggest bargaining chip.

But today, Su Chen didn't intend to play cards according to common sense. Zhou Zheng raised his eyebrows when he heard him greet Mu Ziyan, and was just about to kindly remind Mu Qingyun to let him take his sister away quickly, when something happened.

"Yeah—" With a soft cry, Mu Ziyan, who was sitting next to Zhou Zheng, suddenly stood up, and Zhou Zheng quickly stood up and glanced at her, only to find the glass of orange juice in her hand Somehow it spilled out, soaking a large area of ​​her evening dress.

"Are you okay?" Zhou Zheng pulled a few pieces of paper from the table and handed them to Mu Ziyan. Mu Qingyun also stood up from his seat, and took the paper to help his sister wipe off the juice on her hands.

"What's going on?" Mu Qingyun frowned and asked while cleaning up the mess.

Mu Ziyan shook her head, and replied in a daze: "Just now, my hand suddenly went numb, so I couldn't hold it steady..."

Zhou Zheng glanced at Su Chen, then handed some papers to Mu Ziyan, and suggested: "Otherwise, I should ask Mr. Xie for a room? Ms. Mu probably needs a change of clothes."

Mu Qingyun nodded, beckoned for a waiter, and left with Mu Ziyan after greeting Zhou Zheng. Zhou Zheng watched them walk away before sitting back in his seat. Chen's slightly lowered head turned into helplessness.He stared at Su Chen for a while, and finally said nothing, just sighed, turned around and brought some drunken fish for Su Chen.

When returning home at night, Su Chen sat in the car and asked Zhou Zheng in a daze, "Don't you like me like that..."

Zhou Zheng let him lean in his arms, and gently massaged his temples: "Next time you don't want them to sit next to you, just tell me, you don't have to do it like today."

Su Chen pursed her lips and complained aggrievedly: "I told you that I don't like her...but she always clings to you..."

Looking at the drunk child, Zhou Zheng felt amused in his heart, and couldn't help stretching out his hand to pinch his nose: "Stick to me? Who else can stick to me except you?"

Not breathing well, Su Chen shook his head uncomfortably, Zhou Zheng let go of his hand and adjusted his posture so that the child could lean more comfortably.Su Chen was probably also sleepy, she rubbed against his arms with her eyes closed, hummed twice, and soon fell asleep.

Zhou Zheng held his arms tightly, and could only sigh helplessly: "You..."

☆, like

When the two returned home, Su Chen was already sound asleep in Zhou Zheng's arms. After Zhou Zheng entered the door, he whispered to the maid to prepare Su Chen's pajamas, and carried Su Chen straight into the bathroom.

Probably due to drunkenness, Su Chen was already sweating a little, her red face was slightly wrinkled, and she didn't seem to be sleeping very comfortably.Zhou Zheng carefully placed him on the low couch in the bathroom, untied his coat, pulled up his sleeves to test the water temperature, and when he felt that the temperature was right, he turned on the faucet to pour water into the bathtub, and then turned to take care of Su Chen.

Su Chen fell into a deep sleep and showed no signs of waking up. Zhou Zheng lightly helped him take off his clothes and trousers. Seeing that the bathtub was almost filled with water, he carried Su Chen into it.The water temperature in the bathtub was a bit high, Su Chen snorted comfortably as soon as he dipped in, and his brows gradually relaxed. Zhou Zheng supported his back with his left hand to prevent him from slipping down, and took a towel with his right hand to help him scrub his body.

The 16-year-old Su Chen is almost 1.7 meters tall. He has a small frame, so he looks thinner, but Zhou Zheng has finally grown some flesh on his body, and his figure is not so thin.Zhou Zheng wiped some shower gel on him, and when he looked up, he saw his slightly immature handsome face, recalling the moment when he was just brought home, he sighed in his heart that time flies, and opened the fluffy face. He turned his head, drained all the water in the bathtub, and began to help Su Chen wash off the foam on his body.

"Hmm..." With the movement of the towel, the foam on Su Chen's body was gradually washed away, and his body began to tremble slightly. Zhou Zheng looked up at him, and saw that his face was flushed, and his brows were restored. Wrinkled and looking uncomfortable.

Zhou Zheng put down the towel and touched his forehead with his hands, only to feel that the place where he touched it was a little hot, and his heart suddenly became anxious, so he quickly carried the child out of the bathtub and put him on the low couch next to him.Bath towels were already laid out on the low couch, and Zhou Zheng quickly wrapped Su Chen in the bath towels to avoid catching a cold. Just as he was about to have someone call the doctor, he felt the child rub against his arm and murmured: "Ah Zheng... uncomfortable..."

Zhou Zheng froze for a moment, then moved his eyes down, and saw that a small tent had been set up somewhere under the other party. Zhou Zheng lifted the bath towel there a little, and saw the upright tent under Su Chen. He spoke, as if greeting him, and trembled slightly.

This is not the first time Zhou Zheng has encountered such a thing.As a 16-year-old teenager, it is completely normal for Su Chen to have this kind of reaction. Zhou Zheng gave him a physiology class before, so that he would not be in a situation like this next time. Relieve, endure uncomfortably.

Su Chen was already a little drunk today, and it is very common to have reactions after drinking...Zhou Zheng looked at Su Chen who was still squirming slightly on the couch, but in the end he couldn't bear to let him suffer like this , after trying hard in his heart to build his mind, he stretched out his hand to hold his place and stroked it gently. It didn't take long for Su Chen to tremble slightly and let it out in his hand.

Zhou Zheng washed his hands, wiped Su Chen's body clean with a towel, took the pajamas prepared by the maid on the low couch and helped him put them on, and then returned to the room with the child who had fallen asleep again.

When Su Chen woke up the next day, it was almost noon, and he moved closer to his side in a daze, but he didn't feel Zhou Zheng's body temperature. When he opened his eyes, he saw that the other side of the bed was empty.He felt a little strange, turned his head to look at the alarm clock by the bed, and found that it was almost twelve o'clock, and suddenly panicked.

Today is not the weekend, Su Chen naturally has to go to school.He has a very regular schedule on weekdays, so he wakes up at seven o'clock almost every morning. Sometimes Su Chen gets up late occasionally, and Zhou Zheng will wake him up at around 07:30, so the alarm clock next to the bed is always on. Not useful, just put it there to tell the time.

However, Zhou Zheng didn't wake him up today, which has never happened before.Su Chen recalled the dream she had last night, and couldn't help but feel uneasy: Could it be that she said something in her sleep that she shouldn't have said?Thinking of this, his subordinates sped up their movements a little more, and after changing his clothes, he hurried out with his slippers on.

"Master Su Chen, you're awake." Seeing him coming out of the room, the maid greeted him with a smile.

Su Chen hurriedly asked, "Where is Ah Zheng?"

The maid replied: "Mr. Zhou went to work early in the morning, and the breakfast he ordered for you is still warming up in the kitchen. Do you want to use it now?"

Su Chen glanced at the sumptuous lunch on the table, and shook his head: "Ah Zheng..." He was halfway through speaking, remembering that Zhou Zheng probably wouldn't explain the reason to the maid, so he stopped asking.

"Forget it..." he said, turning his head back to the room to wash up, thinking to himself: Anyway, Ah Zheng shouldn't look very angry, otherwise he wouldn't have ordered the maid to prepare breakfast for him...

He spit out the foam in his mouth, took a sip of water, and thought wildly in his mind, and somehow his thoughts flew back to last night's dream.The person in the dream was still Zhou Zheng, but this time it was no longer just a simple kiss. Zhou Zheng's palm was very big and warm, and just touching his body made him tremble slightly; Zhou Zheng's movements were always Very gentle, as if treating Su Chen as a fragile porcelain doll, for fear of breaking him with force; Zhou Zheng has several thin calluses on the pulp of his right finger...

Recalling the scene in the dream, Su Chen only felt that his face was on fire, so he quickly stopped his thoughts, took a towel soaked in cold water and applied it to his face, and it took a while before he felt the temperature gradually drop.He took off the towel, scrubbed it, wrung it dry, and wiped off the water on his face. The door of the room was suddenly opened. Hearing the sound of footsteps, Su Chen turned around and saw Zhou Zheng standing at the door of the bathroom looking at him : "Just woke up?"

Seeing that Zhou Zheng still had a gentle smile on his face as usual, Su Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and nodded in embarrassment: "Why didn't you call me today, you have to go to class..."

Zhou Zheng rubbed the top of his hair, and then took a comb to help him comb his hair: "Seeing that you slept so soundly, I really can't bear to wake you up. I asked you to take leave from the school, but next time I will add wine You still have to eat less food—" he said, laughing narrowly: "Just a few pieces of drunken fish, you slept all morning, huh? It was the same as last time, I just ate a bowl of rice balls... "

Su Chen obediently listened to Zhou Zheng's babble, and nodded obediently.His drinking capacity is indeed very small, almost to the point of drunkenness, not to mention serious white wine and red wine, even a small piece of liqueur chocolate can make him drunk for a long time.Since discovering his physique, food that smells like alcohol has rarely appeared on the table at home, but Zhou Zheng said that if Su Chen wanted to eat, he would not refuse to let him eat - he was the drunk fish last night Recommended by Su Chen, about half of what Su Chen ate was taken by Zhou Zheng for him.

Zhou Zheng was like this, no matter what he said, in fact he was very fond of him in his heart, as long as it was what Su Chen wanted, Zhou Zheng would deliver it to him one by one.

Zhou Zheng would not refuse any of his requests, and would never lose his temper at him.

His tenderness was all given to him alone.

Su Chen lowered his head to feel Zhou Zheng's movements, and felt peaceful in his heart: how could he not like such a man?

Zhou Zheng helped him comb his hair. Looking at his handsome appearance, his heart moved, and he asked with a smile, "Xiao Chen is so handsome, there must be many girls in the class who like it?"

Su Chen's body froze for a moment, and there was a battle between heaven and man in his mind for a moment, then he shook his head: "No..."

Zhou Zheng looked at him with his head down, thinking that he was shy: "Really? I don't object to your falling in love. It's normal for a child of this age to be attracted to the opposite sex, but if you have a girl you like, you must You have to tell me, don’t hide it, you know? I won’t beat a mandarin duck..."

He talked a lot like an enlightened parent, but Su Chen only felt uncomfortable when he heard it. He didn't have the courage to yell out his heart to Zhou Zheng, and he didn't even dare to express his emotions. He lowered his head secretly sad.

Fortunately, Zhou Zheng didn't talk for too long, he put down his comb and pulled Su Chen downstairs: "Are you hungry?"

As soon as the words fell, Su Chen's stomach let out a very appropriate growl, which made Zhou Zheng couldn't help laughing.He asked the maid to bring over the bowl of millet porridge that had been hot all the time, and put it in front of Su Chen: "Eat the bowl of porridge first, or your stomach will feel uncomfortable."

Su Chen took a bowl of porridge and sipped porridge, feeling Zhou Zheng's care and love for her, and her mood gradually improved again.

It is because of this kind of tenderness that even though he knows that this secret love will not have any good results, he is willing to accept it.

They finished their lunch together, Su Chen didn't take a nap today, the two of them leaned on the sofa and watched TV together, after the show was over, Zhou Zheng saw the time was up, and drove Su Chen to school.

Su Chen arrived in the classroom, and within a minute of sitting in his seat, he saw Yuan Chong rushing in in a hurry, and asked anxiously, "Why did you ask for leave this morning? Are you feeling unwell?"

Su Chen replied in a low voice: "No, I slept through it."

Yuan Chong's eyes widened and he looked at him in disbelief: "Damn, isn't it?!" His voice was so loud that many students in the class turned their heads to look at him. The feeling is that you have slept? Uncle Zhou took half a day off for you? Damn...I really wasn't born by my father, why didn't I encounter such a good thing..."

Su Chen was used to his complaints, so she didn't bother to pay attention to him. She took out her textbook and planned to study what the teacher said in the morning, but before finishing a page, the head teacher came in and said, "Everyone, be quiet!"

The noisy classroom quickly quieted down, and the students all returned to their seats. Only then did everyone see the boy following the teacher.The head teacher stood on the podium and introduced to everyone: "This is a new transfer student from our class..."

Su Chen squinted at the new classmate standing on the stage, feeling familiar.Standing on the stage, the boy introduced himself shyly, "Hi everyone, my name is Xue Qian."

Hearing this name, Su Chen finally remembered: This new classmate was the boy who tried to talk to him at the banquet last night, who didn't know what relationship he had with Xue Yuanyuan.

☆、Xue Qian

Xue Qian's seat was arranged in front of Su Chen. After he sat down, he only had time to say hello to his deskmate before starting class. Although the students in the class were curious about this new student, they could only sit down in a proper manner. Sit in your seat and wait until get out of class is over.

However, Yuan Chong is not such a well-behaved person. After sitting peacefully in his seat for 10 minutes, he couldn't bear it anymore. He poked Su Chen's arm lightly and asked in a low voice, "Xiaochen, are you in our class?" This newly transferred classmate..."

Su Chen tilted his head to look at him, Yuan Chong opened his mouth, but he didn't know what he wanted to say, so he could only give up, staring at the back of the new classmate's head in a daze; Listen carefully to the teacher's lectures, and occasionally take notes.

Yuan Chong managed to get through this class, and as soon as the bell rang, he couldn't wait to chat with Xue Qian: "Your name is Xue Qian?"

Hearing this, Xue Qian turned around, nodded with a smile, and greeted Su Chen: "Young Master Su, we meet again."

Before Su Chen could answer, Yuan Chong beside him laughed unceremoniously: "Hahahahaha Young Master Su, this title is too funny hahahaha..."

Seeing Xue Qian's embarrassment so much that he wanted to get into the ground, Su Chen was a little funny, and waited for Yuan Chong to finish laughing before saying, "Just call me Su Chen."

There was already a big circle around their seats at this time, the classmates who had come to watch the fun, everyone laughed when they heard what Su Chen said, and Xue Qian's face immediately turned redder.Seeing Xue Qian's embarrassment, Yuan Chong felt a little sorry, so he tried to help him out: "Hey, your surname is also Xue, do you know Xue Yuanyuan?"

Immediately, a boy beside him mocked: "Hey, Yuan Chong, how much do you miss our super flower? There are so many people surnamed Xue in the world!"

Unexpectedly, Xue Qian nodded his head. The boys in the class who had a crush on Xue Yuanyuan for a long time immediately surrounded him and asked:

"Do you know Xue Yuanyuan?"

"Are you her brother?"

"Is there anyone she likes?"

"Tell me her contact information?"

……

Yuan Chong, who was pushed outside, looked at these enthusiastic big men, and muttered unhappily: "What, obviously I asked first..."

Surrounded by a group of boys, Xue Qian could only feel the noise in his ears. He couldn't hear a single question asked by the boys, so he could only explain in vain: "Xue Yuanyuan is my cousin, but I don't know her well... "

His voice was quickly drowned out by other people's questions, and the big guys kept asking questions with unabated enthusiasm, which made Xue Qian's head hurt. In the end, Yuan Chong yelled: "All of you! Let it all go!"

Su Chen added a sentence from the side: "Class is about to start, everyone should go back to your seats first, the next class will be the teacher's class."

Shitai is the nickname given to the math teacher by the students in the class. This teacher is very strict and likes to use the big weapon of "please parents". Even the naughtiest boys in the class can only be obedient when they see her share.

As soon as the words came out, the group of boys did not continue to ask any more questions, but let out a miserable cry, and returned to their seats to take out their math books.Xue Qian breathed a sigh of relief, and sincerely said to Su Chen and Yuan Chong, "Thank you so much just now..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the boy sitting next to him suddenly said, "Tsk, weak chicken."

His voice was not loud, but the other three people could hear him clearly. Xue Qian's face turned pale almost instantly. Seeing his pitiful appearance, Yuan Chong cursed at the boy with some annoyance: "Xu Lin What's your nerve again?!"

The boy named Xu Lin glanced at him indifferently, ignored him, turned around and changed his posture, lay down on the table, and went back to sleep.

Seeing him like this, Yuan Chong could only stare at him angrily, then turned his head to comfort Xue Qian: "Don't talk to him."

Xue Qian nodded with a pale face: "Thank you."

As soon as the class bell rang, the teacher entered the classroom very punctually. The students in the class all put their textbooks on the table and sat upright when they saw her. He took out a tattered math book and put it on the desk.When the teacher is in class, she still likes to pick people up to answer questions as always. Seeing her scanning the classroom with familiar eyes, everyone quickly lowered their heads and prayed secretly.

"Huh? A new classmate here?"

Xue Qian froze for a moment, then stood up quickly: "Hi, teacher."

The teacher nodded: "Then it's up to you to tell everyone the way of thinking about this question."

The person who answered the question must come down, and the stagnant atmosphere in the classroom suddenly disappeared. Everyone was grateful and at the same time mourned silently for this boy who had just arrived.

However, what was unexpected was that although Xue Qian looked timid and weak, his grades seemed to be good. Although he stumbled, his thinking was very clear. After listening to him, the teacher asked a few more questions, and he also They all answered one by one, and finally the teacher nodded with satisfaction: "What's your name?"

"Xue Qian."

"Xue Qian, um, not bad." The teacher lowered her head and wrote a few words in the textbook, and waved him to sit down.

Yuan Chong pulled a piece of paper and wrote a few words with a pen and handed it over. When Su Chen saw it, there were a few big characters written on it: This kid seems to have good grades!

Su Chen wrote "um" on the margin of the note, and then gave the note to Yuan Chong.Not long after, Yuan Chong wrote another line: Speaking of which, did you know him a long time ago?

Su Chen turned the note over and wrote on the back: I saw it once before.

The two of them passed it back and forth a few times like this, and soon the small note was densely filled. Su Chen struggled to find the last small blank space, and changed the red pen to use extremely small fonts. Write down the seven words "Stop talking, listen to the class carefully", and end this "note exchange".

After school in the afternoon, Zhou Zheng came to pick Su Chen home, and asked a few things about the school as usual. When Su Chen said that there were new classmates, he was surprised: "Is there anyone transferring at this time?"

"Well," Su Chen replied, "It's Xue Qian."

Zhou Zheng turned the name around in his mind, and quickly figured out the identity of the other party: "It's that cousin of the Xue family. Last night's banquet was attended by his father instead of Xue Zhenghuang, and he should have gone with him. "

"I saw him last night."

"Although he said he is a cousin of the Xue family, but I heard that he is not close to the Xue family. His father is a married man. Xue Zhengxuan doesn't think highly of his brother-in-law," Zhou Zheng said, stepping on the brakes, stopping the car at the intersection and waiting for the red herring. Deng, "But his father doesn't care much about Xue's opinion. After his mother died, he and his father moved out."

"His mother died?" Su Chen asked in surprise.

"Well, I've been dead for several years. Back then, Xue Zhengming held a grand funeral for this younger sister, but you were still young at that time, so I didn't take you there."

"Oh," Su Chen nodded thoughtfully, and the two quickly ended the topic and chatted about other things.

The next morning, when Su Chen arrived in the classroom, Xue Qian was already sitting in his seat. When Su Chen greeted him, he quickly turned around: "Su, Su Chen, good morning."

Su Chen couldn't help but ask, "Why did you transfer here at this time?"

Xue Qian replied confusedly: "I don't know either. Dad told me to turn around, so..."

Su Chen asked again: "Then which school did you study in high school?"

This time Xue Qian answered very quickly: "Twelve High School."

No. 31 Middle School is one of the worst high schools in the city. The so-called worst high school means that no matter who they are, as long as they have money, they can go to school.Su Chen had heard about the deeds of the students in this high school. Group fights were nothing. The most serious case was the case four years ago. A student in the school injured [-] teachers and students with a knife, which shocked the whole country.Later, because of this incident, the Twelfth High School was ordered to be completely rectified by the higher authorities. Later, there were not so many sensational incidents. However, most parents still blacklisted this high school. It is not a last resort. Will send their children there.

After hearing Xue Qian's answer, Su Chen nodded clearly, took out the book from his school bag and began to read it seriously, Xue Qian stopped talking for a long time, but finally didn't bother him, and turned around to continue reading.

Afterwards, the relationship between Su Chen and Xue Qian gradually improved inexplicably. Xue Qian never understood what this Young Master Su liked about him, and could only lament his good luck in his heart.Yuan Chong originally defended Xue Qian very much, but now that the relationship between Xue Qian and Su Chen had improved, the three of them took it for granted that they played together, and it seemed like an iron triangle.

Zhou Zheng was naturally happy that Su Chen had made a new friend, and seeing that Su Chen liked this new friend, he suggested, "Since we are friends, let's invite him to your birthday party next week. "

So the next day, Yuan Chong and Xue Qian received two invitations from Su Chen. Yuan Chong took the one with his name on it, looked at it, put it in his textbook, and commented: "This year's competition It was nice last year."

Su Chen ignored him, and handed over Xue Qian's card: "Here, yours, come and play when you have time!"

Yuan Chong saw that Xue Qian was hesitant to accept it, so he rudely pulled the invitation card and stuffed it into his hand: "Take it quickly, this thing is not easy to get. Xiaochen's birthday party will always have a lot of delicious food. Yes, you can’t eat it normally, if you don’t go, you will lose a lot!”

Seeing that Xue Qian had accepted the invitation, Su Chen turned to Yuan Chong and asked, "Speaking of which, is there anything you particularly want to eat this year? I'll let the cook at home make it."

Yuan Chong's eyes lit up, and he blurted out: "Drunk shrimp! Last year's drunk shrimp tasted so delicious, I've been craving it for a long time..."

Su Chen shook her head and smiled like a fox: "I don't think so, Ah Zheng won't let me eat anything that smells like alcohol recently."

"That's it," Yuan Chong sighed in disappointment, and then immediately cheered up again, "Then Qinglian Crisp, I ate it when I went to your house last time, and the taste was excellent!"

Su Chen kept his request in mind, and asked Xue Qian: "What about you?" Seeing that Xue Qian was about to shake his head again, Su Chen added: "Anything is fine, you are welcome, just say it."

Xue Qian thought for a while, then said uncertainly: "Sauced pig's feet?"

Seeing that he finally opened his mouth, Su Chen quickly nodded and said, "OK!" Then he changed the subject, and the three of them continued to chat.

☆, birthday

As the Zhou family's only large-scale banquet in a year, Su Chen's birthday dinner is always grand.Over the years, as the head of the family, Zhou Zheng has never mentioned his birthday, but he has worked hard for this adopted child and has done everything himself. Everyone in the circle understands the importance of Su Chen to Zhou Zheng, so this banquet also became the focus of everyone's attention.

This year, Su Chen's birthday party came as scheduled. Although less than a hundred exquisitely crafted invitations were sent out, except for Su Chen's friends, the rest of the people who received the invitations were all well-known figures in the circle.In the eyes of these people, this banquet has long ceased to be a simple birthday banquet, and has become an occasion where everyone gathers and discusses some important business every year. Although this violates Zhou Zheng's original intention of holding this banquet, it is also a no-brainer. way things.

Su Chen actually doesn't attach much importance to this birthday banquet. Compared with the banquet, what he looks forward to is the bowl of noodles that Zhou Zheng cooks for him every year on his birthday, and a happy birthday. But since Zhou Zheng insists on having a banquet, Su Chen Naturally, he would not refuse the other party's kindness.He seriously discussed matters related to the banquet with Zhou Zhengyi for several days. From the banquet process to the style of the invitation, everything was in detail, which made Su Chen, who has never been very busy, very busy. Finally, it was the day before his birthday. , everything related to the banquet had been prepared long ago, and Su Chen was finally able to relax.

On the morning of his birthday, Su Chen lazily opened his eyes under the quilt, and Zhou Zheng next to him had already woken up, Su Chen stretched his hand over, and the quilt next to him was already completely cold.Su Chen squinted, hugged Zhou Zheng's pillow and rubbed it, stretched comfortably, and then slowly got up from the bed.

After changing her clothes, Su Chen was not in a hurry to wash up, but took the gift that Zhou Zheng put on the bedside to look at.Su Chen had been looking forward to this gift for a long time, but now that he got it, he was not in a hurry to unwrap it. He first picked it up and looked at the packaging carefully, and then carefully opened the wrapping paper after finding the hidden interface. Gift box inside.

There is a small jade carving in the gift box. Although the carving is not very good, every sharp edge and corner on the jade carving has been carefully polished off. It will not hurt your hands when you hold it, and it is warm and moist. It is very comfortable .Su Chen rubbed the little jade figure in his hand for a long time, then reluctantly put the little figure back into the box, then picked up the card in the box and opened it. On the card, Zhou Zheng wrote "Happy Birthday" and various blessings.The inscription on the card also draws a pair of villains holding hands in clumsy handwriting. This was requested by Su Chen when he was ten years old. Later, Zhou Zheng would draw such a pair of villains on Su Chen's birthday card every year. , it has been seven years now.

Su Chen looked at the villain on the card and smirked for a while, then put the card back into the box, picked up the wrapping paper that was just removed to restore the gift to its original shape, and then put the gift into the glass cabinet next to the hanger.This cabinet is divided into four floors. It was specially bought by Zhou Zheng to display gifts for Su Chen. Su Chen chooses the ones he likes from the gifts he receives every year and puts them in. The rest will be sent to the utility room after inspection. .After so many years, this glass cabinet has been filled with various gifts little by little. The gifts on the lower three floors are already a bit crowded, and only the top floor has less than ten pieces scattered here and there. The gift seemed a little empty.

Su Chen closed the cabinet door, glanced at the "new members" added to the top floor of the cabinet with satisfaction, finished washing quickly, and went downstairs in a very good mood.

Along the way, the servants at home saw him and sent him birthday greetings one after another. Su Chen replied one by one, trotting to the kitchen with eyes full of smiles, and happily shouted: "Ah Zheng!"

In the kitchen, Zhou Zheng is finishing the last process of longevity noodles: sprinkle chopped green onion.He was holding the edge of the bowl with one hand, and slowly sprinkled chopped green onions into the bowl with the other, with careful movements and focused eyes, as if he was doing a very important experiment.The apron on his body hadn't been taken off yet, and he was not wearing a usual suit. The feeling of home in the kitchen weakened his strength and made him look gentle.

Hearing Su Chen's voice, Zhou Zheng turned to look at him: "Xiaochen? Good morning."

"Good morning!" Su Chen walked quickly to his side and hugged him, Zhou Zheng raised his hand and let Su Chen hug his waist, feeling his fluffy head rub against his neck