This Beta is too salty

Gu Xin's birthday is on Sunday, and today is already Friday.

Jiang Chen was still troubled about what birthday gift to buy for Gu Xin, he would definitely not get any good advice if he asked Wei Meng, and he might as well think for himself if he asked Jiang Yibo.

Seeing that Gu Xin's birthday was getting closer and closer, he felt more anxious, because Gu Xin didn't lack for anything, so he had fewer choices.

Best friend's birthday can't be perfunctory.

In the middle of the last self-study class on Friday, Jiang Chen rarely packed his schoolbag early and slipped away.

The self-study class in their class is different from other classes. Other classes are occupied by teachers of various subjects, but in their class, teachers compete for Gu Xin. Whoever wins will get Gu Xin. Today's self-study class, Gu Xin I was called away by the math teacher because of the math competition on the weekend. I guess I have to tell some of their students who participated in the competition.

Jiang Chen bowed his head and sent Gu Xin a message that he would leave first, and then slipped out of the school.

When Gu Xin came back, he found that Jiang Chen's seat was empty and no one was there.

He looked at his phone and realized that Jiang Chen had gone home early.

Jiang Yibo was even more curious than him: "Why did Jiang Chen leave early?"

Gu Xin shook his head: "I don't know, maybe there is something wrong at home."

Ever since Gu Xin and Jiang Chen "reconciled", Jiang Yibai hasn't gone out to eat with Gu Xin for a long time.

Jiang Yibo said: "A bunch of relatives came to my house today, and I don't want to deal with it. Why don't we go out to eat together at night?"

His family background is not bad, but it is not the same as Gu Xin. Most of Gu Xin's relatives are abroad, while Jiang Yibai is a big native-born family, and there are many troubles at home.

Gu Xin's parents will not be at home for dinner tonight, and Jiang Chen will go back early, so he agrees.

Jiang Yibo also wanted to buy a new mobile phone, so the two took the subway directly to the largest shopping mall nearby.

When the two were still in No. [-] Middle School, they seldom went home for dinner. They often went back after eating here, and they could also exchange studies. Jiang Yibo's grades were actually not bad, otherwise he wouldn't be able to enter Experiment No. [-] Middle School. I felt that the pressure from No. [-] Middle School was too great, and I didn't want to stay in No. [-] Middle School to go to high school, so I went to No. [-] Middle School.

They entered a mutton hot pot restaurant, hot pot and winter are the best match.

The two chatted about what had happened in No. [-] Middle School recently, and mentioned their former classmates, and the meal was over.

It was still early, and Gu Xin accompanied Jiang Yibo to buy a new mobile phone.

Their purpose is very clear, just pass a traffic light from the building where they eat mutton hot pot.

The process of choosing a mobile phone was not difficult. Jiang Yibo was interested in the new model that just came out. He tried the new phone and bought it without any major problems.

Gu Xin is also looking at the new functions of the computer. He originally wanted to buy a new computer, but considering that he will occasionally play games with Jiang Chen, this brand of computer is not suitable for playing games, and the memory will not be enough, so he gave up. .

Jiang Yibo was waiting for the clerk to print the invoice, and when he looked around, he saw a familiar person passing by outside the glass door.

He found Gu Xin pointing at the passing figure outside the window, and asked him, "Do you think that is Jiang Chen?"

Gu Xin went in and out with Jiang Chen, and he could clearly see how many hairs there were on his face, not to mention his back, just by looking at his figure, he knew it was him.

The moment he recognized Jiang Chen, Gu Xin was also slightly taken aback: "Well, it's him."

Jiang Chen did not tell him where he was going when he left school early, neither did he say he was going home, nor did he say he was going out with his friends.

Jiang Yibo didn't know what they said in private, and said, "The friend next to him dyed the grandma's gray quite nicely."

Gu Xin watched the two gradually walk away, and finally disappeared into the crowd.

Before Jiang Chen and Grandma Hui disappeared, he saw that Grandma Hui put his hand on Jiang Chen's shoulder, and the two crossed the road together very intimately.

Jiang Chen left early tonight because of this person?

Who is he?

Is it a classmate from Nineteen Middle School?

Is it his friend in the nineteenth middle school?

Why didn't you mention it to him?

Numerous doubts have flashed through Gu Xin's mind, he is completely out of the mood for shopping now, and his mind is full of thinking that Jiang Chen still has a lot of things to hide from him.

After the clerk opened the phone, Jiang Yibo held his new mobile phone: "Do you want to drink something before going home?"

Gu Xin shook his head in a low mood: "No, I want to go home first, and I have to prepare for the exam tomorrow."

Jiang Yibo: "Aren't you going home tomorrow night?"

Gu Xin: "I will stay there for one night in advance."

Jiang Yibo: "Then how do you spend your birthday? Didn't your parents say to accompany you?"

The two walked and talked.

Gu Xin: "They gave me pocket money, maybe we will have a meal together on my birthday." This is the case every year, sometimes we have an appointment to eat, but parents are busier than each other, and they will let him go. Sometimes he didn't really look forward to spending his birthday with them.

Jiang Yibo: "Why don't we invite our classmates at work to have a small party on Sunday night. The suite where my uncle usually lives is empty, so we can live there."

Gu Xin is not someone who likes to be lively: "It's okay, it's all a formality, it's just a birthday."

Sunday is Gu Xin's 16th birthday. Although he is a minor, he can get an ID card.

Jiang Yibo handed him the gift he had just quietly bought: "Here, I already guessed that you don't want to hold a party, so I gave it to you in advance."

This is the latest watch that he secretly packed with the clerk when Gu Xin was visiting.

Gu Xin was not polite to him either, they gave each other gifts at relatively similar prices, so they didn't really care about it.

"I happen to be short of a sports watch, thank you." Gu Xin used another one before. When he was hit by someone at the school sports meeting last time, the screen was broken, so he didn't wear it anymore. It wouldn't be worthwhile to repair it. , it would be better to buy it again, but I have been busy and have no time to come out, Jiang Yibai has solved his problem now.

"Why are you being polite to me?" Jiang Yibo patted him on the shoulder, "By the way, our classmates from No. [-] Middle School want to get together before Christmas, will you go?"

Gu Xin's reputation in No. 1 Middle School is not lower than that in No. [-] Middle School. He is the No. [-] among the group of top students who are trying to win. Others are top students, but he is a god of learning.

"No, I can think about it at another time. I might go abroad to spend Christmas with my grandparents." The day before Christmas is Jiang Chen's birthday, he doesn't want to go out, and the time has already been arranged.

"I almost forgot, so I told them that I'm not going anymore, and it's not interesting to have a party with them. I must be comparing who has better grades and who has worse grades. I'm not as cute as my classmates in No. [-] Middle School." I like the atmosphere of Sanzhong.

In No. [-] Middle School, the friends we make are based on grades and rankings. Those with poor academic performance will often be forced to accept cold violence and be isolated. He doesn’t like that kind of environment. There are not a few people who transfer to another school because of this kind of thing, and every year in the high school, a student jumps off the building, and the school has a strong negative sentiment.

In fact, both of them were very happy in the third middle school.

Gu Xin nodded in agreement, but he didn't comment if there were too many.

"Okay, then I'll go first, let's chat on WeChat." Gu Xin was still thinking about what Jiang Chen was going to do with that grandma tonight.

The two separated at the subway station. Gu Xin opened the dialog box with Jiang Chen when he got on the train, and he didn't type a word after typing for a long time.

He wanted to ask Grandma Hui who it was, it should be an Alpha, right?It seems that the relationship with Jiang Chen is very good. If the relationship is not good, Jiang Chen will not go out with the other party alone.

He also wanted to ask Jiang Chen what he was doing tonight, he wanted to know everything.

Even though they were tired of being together almost every day, Jiang Chen never mentioned the matter of going to Nineteen Middle School with him. It would be a lie if he said he didn't care.

Gu Xin didn't know how he got home.

When he got home, Papa Gu came back and was opening the wine cabinet to pour himself a glass of wine.

Papa Gu said, "Are you back?"

Gu Xin's mood was not high at all: "Yes."

Now Gu Xin can control his emotions in front of outsiders, but at home he is happy when he wants to be happy, and unhappy when he is not happy.

"Who upset you? Would you like some?" Father Gu took the initiative to take an extra goblet and pour him some wine.

"My mother can let me drink?" Every time Gu Xin drinks, his father brings him.

"She hasn't come back, so she won't know." Papa Gu smiled. He looked like he was in his early thirties, and he was well maintained.

Half of Gu Xin's good looks come from him, and now Gu Xin is like a replica of Gu's father.

As fathers, Dad Gu and Dad Jiang play different roles. Dad Jiang is a Buddhist father, while Dad Gu puts himself in the position of Gu Xin's friend, as a friend who can talk with each other.

"Okay." Gu Xin's capacity for alcohol is not bad. After putting down his schoolbag, he sat on the bar counter and sipped foreign wine.

Gu's father's face was full of gossip: "Don't tell me?" After a tiring day, hearing about his son's affairs at school is also a kind of spiritual purification.

Gu Xin knowingly asked, "What did you say?"

Dad Gu: "Of course it's because you're in a bad mood?"

Gu Xin: "I'm not in a bad mood."

Gu's father: "You have a stubborn mouth, it's written all over your face." Gu's father pointed to his face, "If you look at it, you have something on your mind. The person you like has been pried?"

"I don't like it." Gu Xin paused, he wasn't sure if discussing puppy love with his dad was a topic between father and son, "Why do you all like to talk about this kind of topic?"

"At your age, no one has a crush yet, and dad has been there too, but don't tell your mom." Gu dad made a shush gesture.

Gu Xin was rather curious: "Dad, tell me about your high school life, did you have a crush back then?"

Gu's father deserves to be in business: "Yeah?"

Gu Xin looked away: "I'll just say it casually." He really just said it casually.

Papa Gu didn't ask, it's normal for children of this age to have their own little secrets, what parents need to do is to guide them correctly.

He said: "I was very popular back then. Although my grades were not as good as yours now, many people liked me. At that time, there was a cute Omega in my class. I liked him very much. Unfortunately, I was a step late. When she confessed to the other party, she had already been chased away."

Gu Xin: "What about my mother? When did you meet?"

Dad Gu: "After graduating from university, we have known each other for three or four years before we got together. We didn't know each other well in the first few years, but after getting in touch, we found that our three views are very suitable. I proposed to her, and she agreed. Yes, we're married."

Gu Xin seldom asked his parents about these emotional matters in the past, but he didn't have any troubles when he learned these new information from his father today.

Gu Xin: "Dad, I want to ask you something."

Papa Gu: "You ask."

Gu Xin: "Does it mean that no matter who I like, you will support me?"

Papa Gu: "Why do you ask that?"

Gu Xin: "Just chat with you casually."

Dad Gu: "That's right. It doesn't mean that we will immediately support whoever you like. If you suddenly like someone who is 20 years older than you, then we still have to think about it. It also depends on the character of the other person. This is very important." Important. Of course, the most important thing is that you like it.”

Gu Xin is indeed a child who has many questions in front of his father: "Then how can I judge whether I like someone or not? I mean the kind of love that wants to fall in love."

Papa Gu held his chin, thought for a while and said, "When you are possessive of the other party, you will be unhappy when you see the other party with others, or have a throbbing feeling for him. This should mean that you like it. As an Alpha, if you feel that way about him, then you must like it."

As simple as Gu Xin, he didn't get the meaning of the old driver for a while: "What do you think?"

Papa Gu said, "It's because you want to mark him."

Gu Xin: "..."

Just as he was about to ask some in-depth questions, the door of the house opened, and Gu's mother came back. Gu's father immediately put down his wine glass and went to greet her.

Papa Gu: "Are you back?"

"I'm exhausted." Gu's mother saw two wine glasses as soon as she entered the door, and immediately gave Gu's father a look, "Xinxin is only 16 years old, you can't drink too much, as a father, you don't pay attention at all, and you still take the lead."

Gu Xin immediately moved into the room: "I only had two sips."

Papa Gu laughed: "I didn't drink much."

Gu Xin didn't want to hear their loving quarrel: "I'm going back to my room, the math competition the day after tomorrow, and I will go to the examination room to stay overnight tomorrow afternoon."

Gu Ma: "Okay, the three of us will go out to celebrate our birthday together the night after tomorrow, and we will come back after the exam. Be careful."

Gu Xin: "I know."

Who knows if the two of them will be able to live together the day after tomorrow, and the matter of releasing pigeons is not once or twice.

After returning home, Gu Xin took a shower and went to bed, but he still didn't send Jiang Chen a message, but when he checked Moments, he saw Jiang Chen posting in Moments.

[Study-weary duo. ]

What he sent was a group photo with Grandma Hui, both of them made world-weary expressions with drooping eyelids, and Grandma Hui only showed a profile.

But from the profile, it can also be seen that grandma's gray is not bad.

Jiang Chen's circle of friends attracted many students from No. [-] Middle School to leave messages.

Yang Xiu: You are limited to hand over this brother's WeChat within 3 minutes!

Lin Berry: So handsome.

Wei Meng: Damn, you're with Brother Ka, why didn't you call me?I haven't seen Brother Ka for a long time!

Gu Xin wanted to like it, but he didn't do it. He really couldn't do it. He and Jiang Chen had never taken such a strange photo before, so he was a little envious and jealous.

He now realizes more clearly that the four years of separation are really irretrievable.

Jiang Chen has a new friend, and he doesn't even remember his birthday.

It was the first time that Gu Xin fell asleep with his head covered without touching a single page of the book, feeling very annoyed.

The next day, Gu Xin went out early in the morning. He went to see the exam venue in advance, and then checked in. The hotel was handled by the school. In order not to affect the performance of their candidates, the school was quite generous. Queen room.

And Jiang Chen was still sleeping. He went out with his friends last night and didn't come back until nearly ten o'clock. He slept until two o'clock in the afternoon. When he sent a message to Gu Xin, Gu Xin had just finished checking in.

He sent a voice message to Gu Xin: "Xin Bao, are you not at home?"

Gu Xin was sitting on the bed in the hotel in a daze, when he received Jiang Chen's message, he felt better unexpectedly.

He returned the voice: "No, tomorrow's math competition, I will stay one night in advance near the examination room."

Jiang Chen directly sent him a video call, and Gu Xin thought for a second before answering.

Jiang Chen saw Gu Xin's handsome face that was not very emotional, and said, "Why didn't you tell me yesterday?"

Gu Xin said, "Didn't you leave early after school last night?"

Jiang Chen: "You can send me a message."

Gu Xin: "Just one night, and I will go back after the exam tomorrow morning."

Jiang Chen: "Okay, where do you live, send me a location."

Gu Xin sent the location. Even if he did, Jiang Chen probably wouldn't come out given his personality of not going out much on weekends. After all, it would take two hours to get here by subway, and the location of the examination room is quite far away.

Jiang Chen: "Won't you go anywhere later?"

Gu Xin: "Looking at the questions in the hotel, you should not go out."

Jiang Chen: "Okay, I just woke up, let's find something to eat first."

Gu Xin: "Yes."

After the video call between the two of them hung up, Gu Xin felt lost for a while, and Jiang Chen really didn't think about his birthday tomorrow.

Forget it, let's hint him after the exam tomorrow. After all, he will forget the homework assigned that day, so don't expect him to remember his birthday.

Still a little lost.

Jiang Chen hastily ate something to fill his stomach, and then told his mother that he would accompany Gu Xin to take the exam tonight, stay in a hotel at night, and come back tomorrow.

When Jiang Ma heard the word Gu Xin in the reason, she didn't stop him, reminding him to pay attention to safety when going out.

Jiang Chen packed a backpack and went out.

The winter at the end of November is getting colder, and you can feel the cold wind when you go out, so down jackets have become a necessity.

After he got on the subway, he started to feel a little sleepy. He touched his backpack and forgot to bring his medicine.

Forget it, anyway, Gu Xin can help him. One bite of Alpha can last for seven or eight hours. It doesn’t seem like a big problem if he bites at most. He takes medicine on time every day now, and it won’t happen again anytime. It's a matter of falling asleep.

Jiang Chen wanted to give Gu Xin a surprise, he didn't contact Gu Xin on the subway, he was afraid that if he chatted too much and accidentally exposed his purpose.

He and Wei Meng were bragging on WeChat.

They actually have groups in the [-]th High School, but they are all blocked by Jiang Chen, and they don't usually read the chat messages much.

Wei Meng: Why didn't we hear from Brother Ka after we graduated, how did you find him?

Jiang Chen: Look for him on WeChat, if not, I'll reply.

Wei Meng: We are such a strong trio, why do we only call you and not me.

Jiang Chen: I asked him out, and I asked him for help with something.

Wei Meng: Why can't you ask me?

Jiang Chen: Because it’s useless to ask you, I can’t help you.

Wei Meng: Hee hee hee~~[The strong man wipes his tears with a pink handkerchief]

Jiang Chen: By the way, I remember that your primary school was in Nancheng. Is there anything delicious there?

Wei Meng: I don’t remember, but there is a nice roast duck restaurant over there, you can try it.

Wei Meng: No, what are you doing in Nancheng?

Jiang Chen: Find someone to play with.

Wei Meng: You are so lazy and you can run so far to find someone to play with?I do not believe!

Jiang Chen: Bet on breakfast for a week.

Wei Meng: Just bet!

They chatted about something related to Brother Ka, and Jiang Chen changed two more subways before arriving at the hotel address Gu Xin gave him.

Gu Xin had just finished reading the competition questions he brought, and he was in a bad mood, always distracted, just finished reading and then forgot, and repeated several times before getting into the mood.

Just as he straightened up, his cell phone rang.

He still answered in seconds, and Jiang Chen would only call the phone when he was in a hurry: "What's wrong?"

Jiang Chen: "Which room are you in?"

Gu Xin blurted out: "[-]."

Jiang Chen entered the elevator and pressed the tenth floor: "Tenth floor."

Gu Xin's heart soared after falling to the bottom of the valley, and immediately jumped out of bed to look for shoes to wear: "What did you say?"

The signal in the elevator was not good, Gu Xin couldn't hear what Jiang Chen was saying, and then hung up the phone.

No, it wouldn't be what he thought, would it?

Gu Xin was a little apprehensive.

Xue Shen, who has always been calm in situations, is not calm at all now.

Where are his slippers?

Oh, on the other side.

Just as I found my shoes, the doorbell rang.

Gu Xin opened the door and saw Jiang Chen standing at the door wearing his previous black peaked cap. He stared fixedly at Jiang Chen, his voice trembling slightly: "Why are you here?"

Jiang Chen giggled, and threw himself directly at Gu Xin: "I didn't expect that, my brother will spend the night with you!"

He buried his face on his shoulder and rubbed it. Gu Xin's sweater was soft and comfortable, and smelled good!

Gu Xin took a step back due to inertia, and hugged Jiang Chen firmly.

His gloom and unhappiness from last night to now were swept away in the first second of Jiang Chen's appearance.

Gu Xin pressed the back of Jiang Chen's head, and retorted with a light smile, "I am the elder brother."