Splendid in bag

In order to make himself look more "proper", Lewis turned his face and smiled: "Just kidding, give it to me.

Liu Xiusi was surprised by the sudden change of Liu Xiusi's attitude, but he was still happy that Lewis was willing to accept the gift.

The two returned to the villa together, but Liu Xiusi went to find Sister Lianzi first, as if it was for the garden, while Lewis ran back to his bedroom.

Bedrooms are cleaned every day, and today is no exception.The bed was neatly folded, and the teddy bear sat on the edge of the pillow, opening its furry arms, as if welcoming Lewis back.

"I'm back." Lewis touched the soft ears of the bear doll, and put the white peony tea pot on the table.

Lewis put down the tea pot and stayed there for a long time before realizing that it was getting late, so he went to take a shower.He didn't hear the rustling of water until he left the display case, so he couldn't help wondering if the bathroom was occupied.

So, he walked step by step to the bathroom door.

The bathroom, like the rest of the floor, has no concrete walls.The shower room is surrounded by a frosted glass, and the frosted glass is pasted with winding jasmine window grilles, which looks like a painting from a distance.

The sound of running water that Lewis heard just now came from this shower room, and it was obvious that Liu Xius was using it.

Lewis stood outside the glass wall, and couldn't really see what was going on inside. After all, the glass was frosted and had patterned window stickers - which is also a good way to maintain privacy without walls .However, although he couldn't see clearly, the hazy shadow was still visible.

What flickered was the light and shadow sprinkled by the water; what moved was Liu Xiusi's body.

Through such a hazy obstacle, he could still judge Liu Xiusi's state.Liu Xiusi should be holding his head up, his face facing the water from the shower, and the water should have covered his deep-lined face by now.So, he saw Liu Xiusi reached out his hand to brush his hair, the wet hair still showed a deep color through the glass.

Lewis' ears warmed up again.

He immediately realized that his body had an unexpected reaction.

This frightened Lewis, he immediately turned around and ran away.

Like it's not someone in the shower, but a tiger in a cage.

Lewis seemed to be afraid of something, slipped away, and hurried back to his room.

Fleeing back into the bedroom, a heart in Lewis's chest was still beating wildly.

"Huh—" Lewis panted and sat down on the edge of the bed.

"what happened……"

Lewis' body was hot uncontrollably. He turned his head and saw the teddy bear on the bed still with its arms outstretched towards him.

However, he remembered Liu Xiusi, who was still a teenager, standing on the porch with the bear in his arms.

Thinking of this scene and the look in Liu Xiusi's eyes when he said "he will be lonely", Lewis' heart beat faster, and he felt that he might go into shock in the next second...

knock --

Someone tapped on the oak panels of the display case.

Lewis immediately jumped up like a frightened rabbit: "Who?"

"It's me." Sister Lianzi's voice came through, "What's the matter, young master?"

"No, it's nothing, you come in." Lewis took two deep breaths, trying to make his voice calm and natural.He was also afraid that he was blushing now and looked strange, so he turned his face away from Sister Lianzi, picked up the kettle and poured water, so as to conceal his real intention of turning his back on others.

When Sister Lianzi entered the bedroom, she didn't think it was strange when she saw Lewis' back—although Lewis seldom pointed his back at others knowing that someone entered the room.She said: "Master, didn't you say you wanted to see crabapple a few days ago? The young master ordered that when the crabapple blooms in the garden, I will put a bottle here for you. I picked a bunch today and let you go." Decorate the room."

When Lewis heard this, he turned around curiously, and he saw that Sister Lianzi was holding a small Morandi-colored ceramic vase in her hand. Inside the vase was a pink crabapple plant. The branches and leaves looked carefully pruned. , Elegant without losing the atmosphere, it is really beautiful.

"Awesome." Lewis took it with a smile, and put the vase by the window, "Sister Lianzi's flower arrangement skills are getting better and better."

"This is inserted by the young master, how can I compare?" Sister Lianzi said with a smile.

When Lewis heard Liu Xiusi's name, his heart moved slightly, and he said, "Don't lie. My brother never liked these living things, let alone serving flowers and plants. How could he arrange flowers? He asked a gardener to do it. Yes, come to fool me again?"

"Why not?" Sister Lianzi said, "Aren't those aristocratic schools you study taught? Is it a compulsory course?"

Lewis said: "This course is compulsory in girls' schools."

However, since Sister Lianzi said that Liu Xiusi inserted it, then Lewis should not be too persistent, so as not to embarrass Sister Lianzi and Liu Xiusi.So Lewis smiled again and said, "Okay, then thank brother for me."

"You live with him, thank him yourself." Sister Lianzi was also quite blunt. Seeing that the flowers had been delivered, she was about to leave, but when she saw an unfamiliar teapot on the table, she asked with a smile, "This thing is exquisite! Why is it so beautiful?"

Lewis then said, "Sister Lianzi can take it if she likes it."

"Then I won't be polite!" Sister Lianzi would never be polite with Lewis and Brother Liu Xiusi, she agreed and took it away.

She walked away with the tea pot, and Lewis told her not to close the door.Sister Lianzi agreed, and naturally left without closing the door, went down the stairs, and went back to her bedroom to rest.

Lewis left the door open in order to listen to the movement outside, so that he could judge when Liu Xius had finished taking a shower before he could go to take a shower.

"I said earlier that the bathroom should be separated..." Lewis muttered, "It's so inconvenient to share the bathroom."

"What are you talking to yourself?" Liu Xiusi asked him standing by the door.

Lewis raised his eyes and saw Liu Xius, so he was naturally startled.

However, Liu Xiusi had just taken a shower, and his hair was still slightly damp. Because of the dampness, the color of the ends of the hair was particularly dark, with a ebony color.

"How did you get here?" Lewis asked.

"Let me see if Sister Lianzi remembers to send you flowers." Liu Xiusi pointed to the flowers on the window sill, "It seems that she remembers."

Lewis laughed and said, "She said you put the flowers in?"

"She taught me to insert it." Liu Xiusi replied.

Lewis didn't expect Liu Xiusi to answer so honestly, but said, "Well, it doesn't look like her style."

"Yes, she seems to want to add some leaves to set off. I said no, such a fragrant crabapple doesn't need any set off, it is enough to move people's hearts." Liu Xiusi looked at Lewis with a smile and said.

Lewis nodded and smiled, "Isn't it?"

Liu Xiusi knocked on the display cabinet and said, "Then I'll leave at ease, you go to bed early." After speaking, Liu Xiusi left.

Seeing Liu Xiusi go, Lewis stood up and walked out.But he paused at the place where Liu Xius had just stood, and he smelled a trace of the fragrance of shower gel with body temperature, which seemed to be there, maybe it was left by Liu Xius just now, or maybe...or maybe Just an inappropriate hallucination of Lewis.

Lewis shook his head and walked to the bathroom.

The bathroom had just been used, steaming and smelling warm.

Surrounded by the moist and fragrant smell, Lewis was uneasy and felt that he shouldn't have come immediately after his brother had taken a bath.

The warm smell he smelled at the bedroom door reappeared in the bathroom, and it was even stronger.

Lewis turned on the shower, and the hot water dripped down, but it couldn't wash away the residual smell.

Probably because they used the same bottle of shower gel, the smell became stronger.

Lewis' body was hot, his back was leaning against the glass wall, and water was pouring all over his body. He felt as if he was trapped by the smell—but it was more like being trapped by Liu Xius.

After taking a shower, Lewis seemed to be exhausted. He went back to the bedroom, rolled on the bed, and fell asleep as soon as he said he was going to sleep.

Didn't sleep very well.

The dream was messy, with many figures.One by one, walking around Lewis, they all have scents, some smell like gardenia, some smell like jasmine, some smell like tuberose, some smell like tobacco, and some smell like coffee, whiskey...

He suddenly opened his eyes, woke up from the dream, but muttered in his mouth: Isn't that brother...

Startled by his own words, he sat up abruptly.

The moonlight entered the house, bright and white, shining on the vase of flowers in the window.

Lewis suddenly remembered a sentence he had read in the book:

"At four o'clock in the morning, I saw that the crabapple flowers were still awake."

He didn't know why he thought of such a sentence. When Kawabata Yasunari wrote this sentence, his mentality must be different from his.

Kawabata Yasunari is very calm and happy, but he is very hasty and melancholy.

If something is missing.

What is it?

Lewis knew what was affecting his mood.

But Lewis didn't share the incident with anyone.

Lewis understood very well what the meeting between Liu Xiusi and Miss Bai and Mrs. Bai meant.This is no ordinary dinner, this is what it represents.

He didn't want to tell others casually, because it was big news.

But I never thought that the next day, the whole world would know the news.

Yes, the matter was in the newspapers.

The gossip magazine took pictures last night of Liu Xiusi being arm-armed by Mrs. Bai and Miss Bai, with Uncle Qi standing behind him.This scene is not hard to remind people that Liu Xiusi and Bai Qiqi's good things are getting closer, and the parents of the two parties have also met.

"Meet the parents? That's really a good thing, isn't it?"

"Yeah, I didn't expect that..."

"What did you not expect? This is a marriage between a talented man and a beautiful woman."

"Even so, isn't Liu Xiusi's relationship with the Liu family embarrassing now?"

"What do you care about him? In terms of human relations, there is an elder like Uncle Qi to support the scene. And this is all false, now that Liu Xiusi has real power, of course he is chosen..."

—— These whispers and discussions, Lewis has heard a lot of them all the way in the "Proud Eagle" building.

Normally, when Lewis heard such gossip, he would only go in his left ear and out his right ear, and dump it all into the trash can.But now, all these stupid words have poured into his heart.

This is……

Concern is messed up!

Lewis walked to the president's office floor of the "Proud Eagle" building, but he didn't see Mary, so he grabbed another female secretary he knew well and asked, "Mary isn't here today?"

The female secretary nodded and said, "Yes, Director Liu."

Lewis was not used to being called "Dong Liu" out of the blue.

Last time, Liu Xiusi criticized Mary for being "not big or small", maybe he could be called Lewis, but he had to be called Liu Dong.This incident was seen by several colleagues.If those few colleagues talk about it, everyone in the president's office will know about it. Now everyone knows to call him Mr. Lewis Liu, otherwise it's "not big or small".

The female secretary looked at "Dong Liu" and continued to explain: "It's like this. There is something wrong with the construction outside today. The boss took a few people out to inspect."

"Oh, that's how it is..." Lewis nodded, and then said, "The brother is also outside?"

"Yes, what do you need from him?" said the female secretary, "Why don't you call him?"

"No, no need. He's busy, don't disturb him." Lewis said hastily, "I'll wait for him."

The female secretary said again: "Then let me make tea for you?"

"I can entertain myself, you don't have to worry about me, go do it yourself."

Lewis seemed bored here alone, and it was not good to sit in the office, so he thought of the garden on the roof, and took the elevator to the roof.

The garden is still the same--very old--as it was at the old house.

Lewis sat on the wicker chair by the swimming pool, watching the clouds drifting by in the sky, feeling dazed.

Under the afternoon sun, Lewis was infected by the lazy atmosphere and fell asleep in the fragrance of white flowers.

The fragrance of the flowers was overwhelming, and Lewis smelled him again in his dream.

It's him……

In the shimmering light of the swimming pool, there are sweet eyes like honey.

It was night when Lewis awoke from the trance.

He opened his eyes, but he was still sleepy, and he didn't know where he was for a while.Looking at the familiar scenery around him, he thought he was in the old house in his dream... He became dazed and wandered in the garden as if sleepwalking.He didn't know what he was looking for, he just turned left and right, it still looks the same here, green plants, white flowers...

But he suddenly stood in the corner of the garden, his eyes locked on one thing.

In the depths of the garden stood a graceful flower, a bourbon rose with bright red streaks, covered in glass.

"It's..."

It was the "scratched beauty's face" that Lewis gave to Liu Xiusi at that time. Liu Xiusi made it into an eternal flower and placed it in the most secret corner of the garden-you can only see it when you peel off the layers of emerald green of a flower.This eternal flower is in such a vibrant garden, but never sees the sun.

It is night now, and the moonlight is shining gently on this "Scratched Beauty's Face".It turned out to be a delicate rose, but because of the bright red markings, it seemed to be dripping with blood.It's hidden here so that people can't see through it.

Lewis remembered the sentence again: Woke up at four o'clock in the morning and saw that the crabapple flowers were still awake.

He looked at his watch.

He stayed awake at ten o'clock at night and saw his heart wake up.