The salty life in Life of Pi

Chapter 42 The Heart-Stealing Female Thief

But even the best moments have to end. At this time, the tour guide came over, saw the location where the two took photos, and praised them.

“You’re really good at taking photos. I found this place for you.”

At this time, the two had separated, Wu Xianyu stood behind Lin Miaomiao, and Lin Miaomiao squatted in front of him, so as not to appear very intimate.

At this time, the tour guide was also talking to the students behind him about borrowing scenery. Lin Miaomiao listened for a while and found that it was almost the same as what Wu Xianyu said.

After taking the photo, Wu Xianyu brought Lin Miaomiao to Jiashi Pavilion and pointed at the square window.

“Use the window as a frame and take pictures of the scenery inside.”

“This is a great place to take photos.”

Lin Miaomiao's hands kept moving and her face was full of joy. It was unclear whether she was happy about the scenery or the intimate contact just now.

At this time, Wu Xianyu reached out to Lin Miaomiao.
"Give me your phone, then stand outside the window and I'll take a picture of you."

"it is good"

Trusting Wu Xianyu unconditionally, Lin Miaomiao trotted to the window, stood next to a rockery, bared her teeth and made a scissors gesture. Seeing Wu Xianyu put down his phone, Lin Miaomiao trotted over again.
"how is it going"

"Look for yourself. I'll tell you why you should take a photo here. You are on the left, and the rockery is on the right. The combination of people and rockery makes you a fairy. At this moment, you are the fairy in the painting."

"Wow wow wow, salted fish, you...you..."

After listening to Wu Xianyu's explanation, Lin Miaomiao became excited. She looked up at his lips and felt an urge in her heart, but she held back after looking at the people around her.

Holding Wu Xianyu's hand, Lin Miaomiao was very excited.

"Hurry, hurry, go to the next place"

"Not urgent"

Wu Xianyu did not run after Lin Miaomiao, but pulled her back

“Haven’t you had enough of the fast pace of life in the steel city? We finally came to this little world, so we should walk slowly. If we take a step forward, we will find landscape gardens, and if we take a step back, we will find the world. So, we should take our time to explore the gardens.”

Looking at Wu Xianyu with a smile on his face, Lin Miaomiao always felt that if this man wore ancient costume, he would look exactly like an idle prince in ancient times.

“Then I am the princess.”

Muttering to herself, Lin Miaomiao decided not to leave and slowly looked at the scenery around her.

After walking for a while, Lin Miaomiao wiped her face and looked up at the sky.

"It's raining?"

"It's raining, so take shelter quickly."

Wu Xianyu looked at Lin Miaomiao who was standing still and couldn't help but remind her.

"People say that when you're looking for a partner, you just need to run home when it rains, but you can't even hide from the rain."

Following Wu Xianyu to a pavilion, it was still just a small raindrop. Lin Miaomiao looked up at the plaque on the pavilion.
"The lotus wind is everywhere?"

"Yes, the Lotus Pavilion. Look at the willow trees around it."

Lin Miaomiao turned around and looked around
"Five, five willow trees, five willows? Tao Yuanming?"

"clever"

Wu Xianyu sat in the pavilion and praised Lin Miaomiao.

"This is a tribute to Mr. Wu Liu, Tao Yuanming"

Turn your head and look in another direction

"Picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, leisurely seeing the southern mountain, the one opposite is the Xianshan Tower"

"Haha, this poem by Tao Yuanming is probably your dream life."

"Great, you still understand me"

The rain gradually got heavier, and several more students and tourists took shelter inside.

Lin Miaomiao lay on the bench, looking at the rain outside, feeling a little lost.

“A good view, blocked by the rain”

“This is what Gangnam is like”

As Wu Xianyu was talking, he took out his guitar, tuned it, and started singing.

"Circle, circle, circle, circle

every day every day me
look deeply at your face
Angry Tenderness"

Listening to the lyrics, Lin Miaomiao looked at the circles made by the raindrops falling into the pool, and suddenly she had a concrete understanding of the song.

When the song ended, the rain reached its heaviest and the sound drowned out the singing, so Wu Xianyu had to stop and put away his guitar.

Looking at the rainy scene, Wu Xianyu couldn't help but sigh
"This weather is perfect for reading novels in bed, and I don't have to play white noise."

At this time, two young girls among the tourists came over and stood in front of Wu Xianyu, holding their mobile phones.
"Handsome guy, can you add me your contact information?"

Wu Xianyu glanced at the two of them and said
"Sister, I am still a minor, please let me go."

The onlookers suddenly burst into laughter, and Lin Miaomiao behind Wu Xianyu also relaxed and laughed out loud.

The two girls blushed and hid to the other side of the pavilion.

When the rain stopped, the two girls ran out of the pavilion immediately.

The garden looked even more lively and bright after the rain. They wandered around in the garden for a whole morning until they were so hungry that they came out.

Wu Xianyu saw fans for sale and bought a folding fan. Lin Miaomiao also bought one when she saw the fan. Wu Xianyu looked at the round fan Lin Miaomiao picked and couldn't help but say something mean.

"Miao Miao, shouldn't a man like you use a folding fan like me? Why are you using a round fan that women use?"

Lin Miaomiao couldn't stand it at all. She turned her fan half a circle, put it away, and chased Wu Xianyu to beat him, saying
"I'll let you talk dirty, I'll let you talk dirty, I'm a girl, how can I become a man?"

The clerk behind her looked at Lin Miaomiao's skillful movements and felt that there was nothing wrong with what Wu Xianyu said.

After playing for a while, Lin Miaomiao started to drag Wu Xianyu to find somewhere delicious. They saw an old Suzhou noodle restaurant, Lin Miaomiao walked in, and Wu Xianyu was very dissatisfied.

“Where are the good restaurants near the tourist spots? They are all scams for outsiders.”

"Then you take me to eat the authentic ones?"

“Not enough time”

"That's fine, as long as I can fill my stomach."

Lin Miaomiao ordered noodles and was furious with Wu Xianyu. This noodle shop, which was closest to the Humble Administrator's Garden, also attracted many students from the Elite Middle School. At first glance, it looked similar to a cafeteria.

After dinner, the two looked at the messages on their phones. In the class group, there was a message from the monitor.

Monitor: [Location] This is the lunch location designated by the school. Just show them your student ID card. It's a buffet style meal. After lunch, everyone has free time in the afternoon. I recommend the museum and Lion Grove near the Humble Administrator's Garden. The school will have a group dinner at 8pm. Wait for further notice.

"Tsk, if I had known it was a buffet I wouldn't have rushed to eat."

Lin Miaomiao felt bad that she had to miss a buffet meal, and her brows were furrowed.

"We've already eaten, there's no point in talking about it anymore. What are you going to do this afternoon? Should we go to the museum and the Lion Grove?"

"Since we are here, let's take a look."

Hearing Lin Miaomiao's agreement, Wu Xianyu flicked his folding fan and walked out of the noodle shop first.

"Little Miaozi, follow me"

"Miao you big head ghost"

. . . . . .

Finally, the two appeared in a donkey meat hotpot restaurant. Lin Miaomiao was eating donkey meat hotpot with a bowl of donkey offal noodles in front of her.
"Xianyu, sometimes I really doubt whether you have lived here, but the time doesn't add up at all. How did you find this kind of small shop? Your friend told you so much about it in detail?"

"Yes, my friend feels that the happiest four years were spent here. Although he can no longer eat chili peppers because of the food he ate here for four years, he still doesn't regret it."

Wu Xianyu took a sip of the soup to swallow the hot bread in his mouth and burped with satisfaction. This Hejian donkey meat hot bread was introduced to him by a fellow villager he met in college. Of course, he also told his fellow junior fellow villager about it before graduation. He didn't know whether this custom has been passed down.

Lin Miaomiao was not so obsessed with this issue. After finishing their meal, they took a taxi directly to the place booked by the school.

Elite High School is an elite school with about 30 students in each class. There are ten classes in the first year of high school. It is quite easy to find a restaurant that can accommodate more than 300 people at the same time.

But Wu Xianyu did not expect that the school would directly arrange an InterContinental Hotel near Jinji Lake. The front desk checked the two's student ID cards and let them in. When they walked into the hall, dozens of round tables were already prepared. Some people had already arrived and were sitting in their respective areas according to their classes.

“This is the gap in educational resources.”

Sighing silently in his heart, Wu Xianyu had been to a hotel of similar level once in his previous life, to attend a classmate's wedding, which was at Zijin Mountain in Jinling.

Looking ahead, it seemed that there would be performances in the evening. Soon, a large group arrived on buses. Soon, the hall became lively, and countless young voices echoed in the hall.

Jiang Tianhao sat on the other side of Wu Xianyu, looking exhausted. He poured himself a glass of water and complained to Wu Xianyu.

"Hey, Xianyu, you guys came pretty early. I'm so tired from walking so much today."

"We didn't visit the garden much in the afternoon, and later went to eat. We just arrived."

The hotel had already started serving appetizers. Wu Xianyu took a look at the familiar local dishes and felt fortunate that he had eaten something in advance.

Lin Miaomiao may have many shortcomings, but she has always been very tolerant when it comes to food.

Wu Xianyu watched her pick up a piece of fish skin with chopsticks and waited until she put it into her mouth before speaking.

"What does it taste like to you?"

"It tastes like fish skin, not fishy, ​​but that's it. Yeah, a little sweet."

Sure enough, Wu Xianyu guessed it. God knows how shocked he was when he found out that the first pickled fish he ate in Gusu contained rice noodles and the soup was sweet.

Wu Xianyu only tasted the following dishes briefly. Lin Miaomiao knew that they came after dinner, so she was not surprised that Wu Xianyu didn't eat anything.

Watching the performance on the stage, it looked like students from a nearby university. Wu Xianyu thought it was quite entertaining. Not only were there singers, but there were also crosstalk performers. Lin Miaomiao was so amused that she choked several times.

Finally, there was a women's group dance. When five female college students in cheongsam appeared, Jiang Tianhao's eyes lit up.
“Is this what a college student is? It feels like life has hope again.”

Wu Xianyu and several people at the same table cast strange looks at each other. Wu Xianyu even wondered if some strange switch had been turned on for Jiang Tianhao.

The performance was very conservative, but very Jiangnan-style. In the end, the school leaders came on stage to grab students in advance.

"Good evening, everyone. I am a teacher from Soochow University. The performers just now are all your seniors. If you are interested, you can apply to our school in three years. Maybe we can become fellow students."

The rest was just some self-praise. Wu Xianyu was not interested in it. He had been in college at the East Campus for four years, so how could he not know what the situation was like?

After dinner, everyone got on the bus back to the hotel. Today is the last night and we will go back to school tomorrow afternoon.

The next day, everyone took their luggage and took a car to Tiger Hill. It was still a tourist attraction, but Wu Xianyu didn't want to waste his energy anymore. He just sat near Xiyuan Temple and picked up a cat to pet.

Listening to the cat's purring and the early spring sun shining on his face, Wu Xianyu felt like he was about to fall asleep.

Lin Miaomiao, who was petting another cat not far away, looked at Wu Xianyu, who was sitting under the railing in a pure white round-neck top, black casual suit pants, a gray button-down jacket, and white sneakers. Wu Xianyu was shining in the sun, with a glowing white face, amber pupils, translucent eyelashes, and eyes with thin silver frames. Together with the orange cat in his arms, he looked like a young president returning home to pet his cat. Lin Miaomiao couldn't help blushing and her heartbeat. She quietly took out her mobile phone to record this moment.

But Wu Xianyu's reaction was very quick and he still felt Lin Miaomiao's movement. He turned around lazily and saw the camera. Lin Miaomiao's hand trembled and a photo was taken.

Wu Xianyu, who noticed Lin Miaomiao's little action, didn't say anything, but just leaned against the wall and said lazily
"Portrait fee 200, thank you for your patronage"

“Keep the accounts first and settle them together at the end”

Now that she was discovered, Lin Miaomiao stopped pretending and, under the pretext of taking pictures of cats, frantically looked for shots for Wu Xianyu.

I don't know how Lin Miaomiao did it. She squatted with one leg and stretched the other one far away, with her upper body tilted, looking for the camera on her mobile phone. Looking at Lin Miaomiao like this, Wu Xianyu couldn't help but took out his mobile phone and pointed it at Lin Miaomiao.

Seeing a mobile phone appear in her camera, Lin Miaomiao felt a little unhappy. She put down her phone, pouted, raised her head slightly, and was about to ask Wu Xianyu to put his phone away. But before she could open her mouth, Wu Xianyu pressed the shutter. The sound of his phone taking pictures was not turned off, so Lin Miaomiao heard it clearly.

When she realized she was being photographed, the expression on Lin Miaomiao's face changed from being unhappy at Wu Xianyu's non-cooperation in the beginning, to being surprised at finding out she was being photographed, and then to being panicked at realizing her current pose was not very pretty. Wu Xianyu took all the photos without missing a single one.

Luckily, everyone else had dispersed and there weren't many people here, otherwise the interaction between these two wouldn't have seemed so innocent.

Looking at the photos she took, Lin Miaomiao was wearing a red knitted cardigan with a white long-sleeved shirt inside, and dark blue jeans. She didn't choose tight ones, but her protruding hips made the pants look tight. She was wearing a white baseball cap on her head.

Looking at the photo of Lin Miaomiao's cute look with eyes wide open in surprise, and her panic, Wu Xianyu couldn't help but smile.

When Lin Miaomiao saw his expression, she thought someone had taken an ugly photo of her, so she hurried over and snatched Wu Xianyu's phone. Wu Xianyu did not stand up because he was concerned about the cat in his arms.

Lin Miaomiao looked at her cute appearance in the picture and couldn't help but smile. She shyly returned the phone to Wu Xianyu and pretended that nothing had happened.

“Nice shot”

Just as he was about to leave, Wu Xianyu reached out and grabbed Lin Miaomiao's hand.

"You want to run away after you grab the things?"

"Didn't I return the phone to you?"

“I’m not talking about cell phones.”

"what is that"

"."

Although Wu Xianyu didn't say anything, Lin Miaomiao suddenly felt as if she knew what she had stolen.

(End of this chapter)