Chapter 5 You Will Love Me three
I led Xu Yun to the barbecue restaurant on the basement floor with ease, called the waiter over, and ordered two servings of roasted pork belly, two servings of cumin lamb legs, and two servings of spicy shrimps in one go, and then sat down as if waiting to eat.
Xu Yun smiled and expressed her dissatisfaction: "We agreed that you would treat me to a meal, why don't you let me order?"
"Uh..." Of course I couldn't tell him that I had completely forgotten about his existence because I was so busy with the delicious food, so I had to make an excuse, "People like you don't usually eat barbecue, so you naturally don't know what to order, so I took the initiative to order for you."
"Oh!" He looked amused, "Why don't people like me usually eat barbecue?"
"Barbecue, with all the smoke and fire, is so down-to-earth." I couldn't help but laugh myself, "It's not suitable for people like you who don't care about worldly things."
"That's not necessarily true." He tilted his head and looked at me with a serious look on his face.
By chance, the pork belly came up, and he volunteered to roll up his sleeves and grill the pork belly. I was stunned to see how skillfully he grilled the meat and wrapped the lettuce.
Although I have seen countless people grilling pork belly, I have never seen a handsome guy grilling pork belly. Who says down-to-earth guys are not handsome? It's just grilling meat, and it looks pleasing to the eye.
I just stared at him without blinking until he handed me the wrapped pork belly. I was so nervous that I didn't know whether to open my mouth or take it with my hands. I could only stare at him.
I don't know if he was pretending not to notice my embarrassment, but he stretched out his long arm and put the pork belly to my mouth: "I wrapped it with great difficulty, and it's about to fall apart as soon as I put it down. Open your mouth quickly." He frowned slightly and looked at me with a smile.
I opened my mouth like an obedient baby and took the pork belly from his hand , chewing it mechanically. Suddenly, I felt that it was really embarrassing to have someone feed food to my mouth.
Xu Yun, however, acted as if nothing had happened and kept asking me, "How does it taste? Is it okay?"
I was relieved and couldn't help but nod and praise him: "Xu Yun, you are such a surprise! Tell me, do you have any secrets that I don't know?"
"Really?" The smile on Xu Yun's lips suddenly disappeared bit by bit. He stared at me, "So, Hexue, what about you? Do you have any secrets that I don't know?"
He stared at me without blinking, as if he had seen through me.
I was extremely flustered, but I still had to pretend to be ignorant: "Me? What secret?"
"For example, who is that person you like that you never talked about before?" Xu Yun folded her arms across her chest, leaned back in her chair, and looked at me with a leisurely smile.
"Um..." I gave a perfunctory laugh, trying to get away with it.
But he didn't give me a chance: "Don't say it was me."
Of course I wouldn't be stupid enough to say that the person was him, that would be too fake, Xu Yun is not someone who can be fooled so easily. He was determined to get to the bottom of it, so I had no choice but to cooperate with him and talk about those past events that were once beautiful but ended in vain.
"That person!" I squinted my eyes, thinking of that distant and beautiful time, " It can't be you. When I was a child, my parents were busy with work and often not at home. Sometimes they even forgot my birthday. Probably starting from the first year of junior high school, I would receive a gift by express delivery on every birthday, two peony flowers, a greeting card, and most importantly, a bowl of steaming longevity noodles. How should I put it? This gift is not expensive, but it makes me feel that I am no longer alone. Unfortunately, he never left his name and contact information. So, there was such a person, but I actually don’t know who he is."
Xu Yun looked at me blankly, as if she was fascinated by what she was listening to.
I deliberately moved closer to him, looked at him intently, and joked, "It can't be you, right?"
He suddenly came to his senses, but did not answer me. He asked thoughtfully: "How do you know it must be a boy? Maybe, maybe it's a girl."
"I just know it." I nodded firmly, "He must be a kind and excellent boy."
"Hey, aren't you afraid that I'll be unhappy if you say that?" Xu Yun frowned.
"Are you angry?" I laughed.
"It seems a little bit." He touched his nose uncomfortably. "So the shirt is for that person?"
"No way!" I murmured with my head down in sadness, "That person, later on, I don't know why, suddenly disappeared. I didn't receive a gift from him on my birthday last year, and I didn't receive a gift from him on my birthday this year either."
As I said this, I suddenly felt that the barbecue that was still fragrant a moment ago had lost its flavor. I lowered my head and remained silent. Xu Yun opposite me was concentrating on grilling the meat without saying a word. The atmosphere became a little awkward for a moment, but I didn't want to explain anything more.
After a long time, Xu Yun put all the grilled meat on the plate in front of me, looked down at my face, and chuckled: "Hey, it's not right for you to do this. It's not right for you to miss other boys in front of me. My heart is also very fragile." He held his heart with his hands, and his face showed an extremely hurt expression.
I couldn't help .
When he saw me smiling, the corners of his mouth curved up as well: "Okay, I'll give you peony flowers, greeting cards, and longevity noodles on your birthdays in the future."
I didn't comment: "What about you? Have you ever liked someone before?"
As if he was startled by my sudden question, Xu Yun fell silent. He lowered his head and fiddled with the food on the plate. After a long while, he raised his head, thought for a moment, and said firmly, "No!"
"How is that possible!" I exclaimed, but in my heart I felt a little happy for He Xue.
Hexue, you see, although this person didn't like you at first, he never liked anyone else.
"No!" He shook his head, his voice low and hoarse, as if he was trapped in some painful memories, "Like or dislike, if such a statement will hurt some people, then I would rather never like someone. I only love myself."
"Then what is Lian Mengsha?" I smiled and wanted to expose his lie.
But he raised his head and looked at me with sparkling eyes: "Mengsha is the daughter of my father's friend, so she is also my friend, that's all."
I stared at him, trying to find a hint of flaw in his expression, but he spoke at a steady pace, and I knew he was not lying.
"You know what? You have such a charming face, but you have never liked any girl. This is really unacceptable. It's really... too much, you know?" I suddenly became excited and even felt a gnashing hatred towards the person in front of me.
I thought, irrationally, that since he had never had a crush on anyone, why would it be so difficult for him to say "I like you" to a girl who had been in love with him for a long time? Even if it was fake!
If that were the case, He Xue would not have ended up like this.
But unfortunately, this person is stubborn and indifferent.
"Then what about Song Hexue?" I narrowed my eyes and stared at him, deliberately not saying "I", but replacing it with the three words "Song Hexue".
"You?" He was startled when he heard that, and reached for the water cup on the table, trying to hide the panic that was obvious on his face, "Hexue, are you always so direct?"
"Yes!" I stared into his eyes, not giving him any chance to dodge. "You were the one who took the initiative to ask me to be your girlfriend, and you were also the one who said that you had never liked anyone. So, Xu Yun, what kind of existence is Song Hexue in your heart?"
I used a double entendre to force him into a corner.
"Hexue..." He whispered in pain, but his clear eyes never avoided my sight, "You are different from them."
"Is it just different?" I sneered, stood up to pay the bill, leaving Xu Yun in a daze.
