"Welcome to Tanzhou."
Li Shi stepped forward and handed over the still warm milk tea with a smile.
"Thanks."
Chen Qiuye took the milk tea and said thank you.
"You're welcome. Did you have a smooth trip?"
Although the two chatted on WeChat for more than two months, they only had one video call in the meantime. Most of the time they chatted by text. In reality, they were still familiar strangers. Especially when they had just met, both parties subconsciously became polite.
Chen Qiuye adjusted quickly. She smiled brightly and said, "Li Shi, we finally meet. Do you want to honor your words?"
A cold person usually doesn't smile much, but when he smiles suddenly, he is like a snow lotus blooming, which is beautiful and overwhelming.
Li Shi had been on guard against her asking this question, so he took a half-step forward with a smile and stretched out his hands: "It's not good to hit a woman. I am a civilized person and cannot use violence. How about we hug each other and turn the hostility into friendship."
Chen Qiuye was stunned for two seconds, and the smile on his face became even wider. He stepped forward and hugged Li Shi: "Okay."
This simple hug seemed more like a courtesy to others, but it immediately eliminated the strangeness between the two, and the conversation became as relaxed and casual as chatting on WeChat.
After chatting for a while at the exit, the two came to the parking lot and got in the car. Li Shi suddenly remembered something and asked Chen Qiuye, who was looking sideways at him in the passenger seat: "I forgot to ask you, can you?" How many days will you stay in Tanzhou?"
Chen Qiuye looked at Li Shi's profile and replied: "I can only stay for one day. I have to rush back to Yangcheng tomorrow night. I have a very important job the day after tomorrow."
But I was thinking in my heart, although the boy in front of me is good-looking, he is not terribly handsome. Why is he so pleasing to my eyes? It was so comfortable to chat with him that I couldn't help but come to Tanzhou. It was really strange.
When Li Shi heard that she could only stay for one day, he immediately said: "Then we must hurry up tomorrow. Can you tell me, is there any place you particularly want to visit in Tanzhou?"
Chen Qiuye did not look back, watching him drive the car out of the high-speed rail station skillfully and naturally, and said: "Yes, time is limited, so I won't go to places like the pedestrian street. We will talk about it next time. Let's go to the Nanhu Provincial Museum first. I want to see the famous Madam Xin Zhui. There’s also the spa you mentioned, why don’t you take me to experience it?”
Hearing this, Li Shi couldn't help but turn his head and glance at the co-pilot, and he happened to meet her eyes. He couldn't help but said: "Don't keep looking at me, it will affect my driving."
Chen Qiuye smiled and asked, "What's wrong?"
Li Shi's face was expressionless: "It's easy to get nervous when being stared at by a beautiful woman."
Although Chen Qiuye had a premonition of the answer, he still couldn't help but smile and laugh.
Laotanzhou BBQ Shop is located near the rental house where Li Shi used to live. Although this shop is called "BBQ Shop", the barbecue is only okay, but their crayfish, Li Shi thinks it is very delicious.
The store was already full when the two arrived, so they had to sit down at the extra table outside. The landlady immediately came over with menus.
The proprietress, a fat woman in her forties, with a warm smile on her face, asked: "Handsome and beautiful, what would you like to eat?"
Li Shi didn't need to look at the menu and said directly: "Two skewers of chicken wings for the barbecue, two skewers of squid, one hand of beef, one hand of pork belly... plus sizzling leeks and cured pork ribs, a large portion of konjac crayfish, and two more A bottle of iced tea.”
Chen Qiuye said: "Last time you told me that eating late night snacks without drinking beer would make you feel half the worse. Come on, have some beer. I'll drive later."
Li Shi thought that he would have to drive later, and while chatting, Chen Qiuye mentioned that he didn't drink beer, so he didn't order it. He didn't expect that she would say that, and thought to himself, this young lady who looks cold on the outside but is naughty on the inside is pretty cool. considerate.
So he said to the landlady: "Then a bottle of iced tea and a bottle of beer."
After ordering the meal, the two of them sat and chatted, continuing to discuss the topic they had not finished talking about in the car before - which museums in each province are worth visiting. They chatted back and forth, and finally agreed that each museum seemed to have its own The heritage and unique collections are worth a visit.
When the food was being served, the proprietress of the barbecue restaurant came over specially: "Handsome man, I'll give you an ice cream and fruit plate as a courtesy. I hope you can come here often in the future."
Li Shi said thank you, and Chen Qiuye also said it with a smile.
The landlady couldn't help but look at her a few more times, muttering to herself, this girl is really good-looking and has a good temperament.
The two chatted while eating, and even used the official account to book tickets to visit the Provincial Museum tomorrow.
Maybe it’s because they’ve been chatting on WeChat for more than two months, or maybe they just hit it off, and the auras are relatively compatible. Although it’s only the second time they’ve met, they get along very naturally, like they’ve been friends for many years, and time passes without you noticing. An hour passed and we were almost done eating.
Li Shi stood up to check out when his cell phone rang. It was his mother Zhou Xiaocui.
He signaled to Chen Qiuye opposite him, then sat down to answer the call.
"Shitou, haven't you fallen asleep yet?"
"No, Mom, what's wrong?"
"I want to ask how your last blind date went. Your sixth grandma came again in the afternoon and said that if it doesn't work, I will introduce you to another one. This time..."
When Li Shi heard this, he suddenly felt dizzy. After communicating with his mother for a while, he told her that he did not need a blind date. Then he saw Chen Qiuye standing up and walking into the store. He thought she was going to the bathroom, so he didn't think much about it.
I chatted with my mother for a while and said that I would go back in a few days to pick her up and come to Tanzhou to see the new house.
After hanging up the phone, Li Shi called up the study panel and took a look at the physical attributes on it: 17.9.
Seeing that Chen Qiuye hadn't come out yet, he stood up and looked into the store, and found her standing in front of the cashier, scanning the payment code on it with her mobile phone.
Just as he was about to walk over, a tall, thin and handsome boy stood out among the people eating late-night snacks at a table in the store. He might be a college student from a nearby business school. He walked straight to Chen Qiuye and started a conversation on WeChat.
Chen Qiuye had no expression on his face and didn't even look at him. He said very polite words in an indifferent tone: "Sorry, I never add strangers' WeChat messages."
The boy was a little embarrassed after being rejected, but he didn't mess around. After returning to their seats, the voices at that table suddenly became much louder, probably because they were laughed at by his companions.
Li Shi walked over and said, "Why did you buy the order? You promised me to come."
When Chen Qiuye saw Li Shi coming, she immediately raised her eyebrows and smiled at him: "What does this have to do with it? By the way, I just heard that you were being urged by your family to go on a blind date? Is that right?"
Her teasing tone was too obvious.
Li Shi said speechlessly: "My mother is always worried that I won't be able to marry a wife. By the way, you are one year older than me. Didn't your family allow you to go on a blind date?"
Chen Qiuye was suddenly silent for two seconds and said sadly: "My parents passed away several years ago."
…
At around 11 o'clock in the evening, Chen Qiuye was sent to Huatian Hotel, and the car was left there. Li Shi took a taxi back to his residence.
He had to get up early tomorrow, so he didn't do the post-production of the photos he took today. He took a shower, lay on the bed, remembered the photos he posted online yesterday, and logged in to several platform accounts on his phone.
The data on the three platforms didn't change much, but when he clicked on the comment area of station b, a new comment inside immediately made him sit up from the bed!
