sinking in his peril

"What would I like?" Tao Zi's voice sounded outside, very happy, "Sang Xinrou, this will make me suspect that you are chasing me."

Sang Xinrou blushed, opened her mouth, didn't know what to say, she could only smirk, watching Tao Zi and Ouyang Qing walk in together, she had to admit that Tao Zi was really handsome, and it was normal to attract her attention .

"Okay, brother, don't joke around happily, treat you to dinner, you have to be grateful, and guess wildly." Bai Xiyao said with a smile, "Even if Xinrou likes you, it is your blessing." , don't be dissatisfied."

"Okay, okay," Taozi said with a smile, "I'm happy today, I don't care about everything, I just eat happily, by the way, Xi Yao, do you know what we found last night?"

Bai Xiyao smiled, "I'm not interested, why don't you talk to me with those things, I don't feel at ease when you smile like that."

Tao Zi stared at Bai Xiyao, grinning, "As expected of my sister, you know what I think, so I won't beat around the bush anymore, let's just say, we found a picture below, It seems to be an image of a woman, but I dare not take it off easily, so I would like to ask you to go over and help us draw the image. I think you have the most feeling for the item there, and you are most likely to express it realistically. Listen Ouyang Qing said, you have completely drawn the pattern of the lantern, and you must help me with this favor."

"No." Bai Xiyao said simply.

"Xiyao, help me." Taozi said with a smile, "It's just a painting, you don't need to do anything else, we also want to invite experts to do it, but Professor Ouyang said, you are the most suitable candidate, please help me Well, even if you don't look at my face, you have to show Ouyang Qing face, it's just a picture, it's really just a picture."

"Why do you want to give you face." Bai Xiyao looked at Taozi and said inexplicably, "I am not your colleague, why do you have to involve me? I will not give you face, and I will not give Ouyang Qing's face." Don’t give it, in my heart, you are the same, if one doesn’t give it, the other will definitely not give it.”

"It's different," Tao Zi refused to give up, and said cheerfully, "I'm your brother, and he's your boyfriend. You can value sex over friends."

"Let me solemnly declare that you are my brother. Yes, Ouyang Qing is not my boyfriend. He is a friend like you. In my eyes, he is just like you." Bai Xiyao said calmly, but her hands slightly moved. Trembling, so to speak, is it enough to understand?
Taozi looked at Bai Xiyao in surprise, and then at Ouyang Qing, short-circuited for a while, "Haven't you guys been dating all the time? Professor Ouyang asked me today how your relationship is going? Why did you suddenly become an older brother?"

Without looking at Ouyang Qing, Bai Xiyao said flatly, "It's always been like this, otherwise what do you think of us, don't use your thoughts to guess my thoughts, okay?"

Ouyang Qing felt flustered, lowered his head, not knowing what to say and what to cook, Tao Zi glanced at him, and suddenly remembered Xu Zhizhi's words, could it be that Bai Xiyao really dated Sima?Why haven't I heard her mention it before? Didn't she also say——

"Come on, let's eat." The little old man just appeared at this time, with a smile on his face, and the delicious taste of the dishes he served distracted everyone's attention for a short time. He seemed to glance at Bai Xiyao without doubt, But nothing was said.

The feeling at the dinner table was a bit strange, Taozi didn't speak, Ouyang Qing didn't speak, and the stock market needs love to dig treasures quietly drinking tea, Sang Xinrou looked at these three people, and sat there blankly.

"Come on, let's eat." It was Bai Xiyao who broke the awkward situation, "The food here is really good, and Xinrou even bought wine from Yinxiang Restaurant, don't disappoint Xinrou's good intentions, you guys Who drinks?"

Tao Zi glanced at Ouyang Qing, poured a glass for herself, poured a glass for Ouyang Qing, and finally poured a glass for Sang Xinrou.Sang Xinrou was sitting, not knowing what to say or what to do, she picked up the wine glass and took a sip, and looked up to see Ouyang Qing also took a sip of wine.Staring at Bai Xiyao, Bai Xiyao drank her tea quietly without looking up at anyone.

"Xiyao, what's going on?" Sang Xinrou pulled Bai Xiyao to the back with the excuse of washing her hands, and asked while washing her hands, "Why did you suddenly reject Ouyang Qing like this?"

"I want to make it clear. I don't want to misunderstand. I don't like him, and I don't want him to like me. I can't promise him. If we drag it on, there will only be one result, that is, we will hurt each other." Bai Xiyao said quickly, with an expression on her face Not happy.

"But you have been getting along well." Sang Xinrou said softly.

"That's because we were just ordinary friends before, and I didn't feel any pressure, but now that everyone is matching us up, I feel pressured, and I don't want to associate with him anymore." Bai Xiyao shook off the water on her hand, lowered her head, Said softly, "Before everything happens, it may be good to explain things clearly. Long-term pain is worse than short-term pain, isn't it?"

"Are you in love with someone else?" Sang Xinrou asked carefully.

"No." Bai Xiyao said immediately, paused, and said, "You go first, I'll go there later, I'll be alone for a while."

Sang Xinrou nodded, and went back to the front by herself.

Bai Xiyao sat down on a stool, put her hand on her chin, and sighed, not knowing what to do next?How to face Ouyang Qing?I also have my own fault. If I had made it clear at the beginning, maybe there would not be the current situation. It is because of my repeated connivance that I am here today. If I talk about it, can the problem be solved?
"What are you in a daze for?" The little old man cut in, looking at Bai Xiyao with a smile on his face, "Come on, peel some peanuts for me, and I'll add fried peanuts later, they are fragrant and crunchy Yes, it must be delicious, I guess someone must be drunk today, right? Let’s ignore them, let’s peel the peanuts first, I just bought them yesterday, they are delicious.”

Bai Xiyao mechanically took over the baskets containing peanuts and peeled them one by one. Yes, someone will definitely get drunk today, at least Ouyang Qing will drink too much!
"Have you met Sima?" The little old man asked seemingly unintentionally. He didn't necessarily ask Bai Xiyao to answer, and slowly said to himself, "Have you fallen in love with him? He is a good man, and he is very affectionate." Guy, but if you like him, you have to be mentally prepared. It's easy to fall in love with him, but it's harder than heaven to make him fall in love with you. He's a good guy, alas, girl, that's a peanut shell, Don't put it on the plate, it's still in the trash can, by the way, you can't wait to eat fried peanut shells, right? Feel sorry for Ouyang Qing, don't you? There's nothing to be sorry about. If you like it, you like it. If you don't like it, you don't like it. You You can't live your whole life because of sympathy, people have their own lives to live, and no one can live for others. Girl, you threw the peanut kernels as peanut shells again, okay, it's almost done, these are enough, go to the front Let's see, it's not good if you don't show up, let's be generous, anyway, it's been said, let him go."

Bai Xiyao forced a smile, stood up, washed her hands, and went back to the front, surprised, did not see Ouyang Qing, did he leave in anger?She was a little surprised, looked at Taozi and Sang Xinrou, and asked in puzzlement: "Did Ouyang Qing go away in anger? Wouldn't he be so childish?"

Tao Zi smiled and said: "So I was still concerned, no, he went to get things in the car, just now Professor Ouyang called, he went to find some things in the car, he will be back in a while, what's going on, what's the matter Propose to break up? Have you really dated Sima?"

"Break up?" Bai Xiyao said helplessly, "I said before that we are just ordinary friends, not boyfriend and girlfriend. You must think this way, so that we don't even have ordinary friends. Is this interesting?"

Tao Zi was stunned for a moment, looked outside, and said with a smile: "Xi Yao, let me tell you in advance, maybe the more you reject Ouyang Qing, the more you care about you, people, what you can't get is the best, you can Be mentally prepared."