Embroidered Pillows and Paper Tigers

"Aren't you going to the dance studio today?"

Shen Yan didn't say a word along the way, so Li Shi'an had no choice but to speak first.

"I don't want to go." Shen Yan said coldly.

Li Shi'an started another topic: "That's just right, I don't know how to answer a question, why don't you go back and explain it to me?"

Shen Yan didn't say yes or no, he was silent for a long time before asking: "What's the relationship between you and Tang Xia?"

Li Shi'an smiled guiltyly: "What does it matter? I don't know where I got into Miss Tang's eyes. Anyway, she has been..." He wanted to use the word "stalker", but I think it's inappropriate to use this term for girls, and Tangdoudou has been out of action for almost a year, so I can only say, "That's what you see."

Under the street lamp, Li Shi'an was shrouded in soft light, Shen Yan only felt that he was shining, but also felt that Tang Xia was very hateful, he must be interested in Li Shi'an.It's better not to participate in this coming-of-age ceremony.

So he said, "Accompany me to dance practice on Saturday night."

Saturday is Tang Doudou's coming-of-age ceremony, and Li Shi'an knew why he was awkward: "Don't worry, she will really come to my house. How will I explain to my dad then?"

Shen Yan suddenly looked at Li Shi'an with a silent condemnation in his eyes.

Li Shi'an's love debt is a bit wronged: "You can't blame me, didn't she invite you too? Let's go together, wait for half an hour and leave."

Shen Yan didn't say yes or no, he was still angry that Tang Xia had plans for Li Shi'an in his first year of high school, and he only found out now.

Li Shi'an took him as his acquiescence, and got off the donkey along the slope and said, "Since we are going, what should we give?" After asking, he did not forget to cover up, "After all, I have no experience."

Shen Yan rolled his eyes and turned to the side.

Li Shi'an was also used to Shen Yan's virtue, and said to himself, "Actually, I have to ask Lao Xie about this."

Shen Yan turned his head in doubt when he heard the words - Lao Xie has a lot of experience in giving gifts to girls?

He turned around and fell into Li Shi'an's trap, which proved that he also cared about what to give.

Li Shi'an quickly explained: "His sister is studying abroad, and by the way, she is engaged in purchasing services. Many girls in our class and other classes ask him to bring things. Tomorrow, I will ask him what girls buy on weekdays. I will go to the counter to pick out two things to express my feelings. become."

Shen Yan was silent for a while. After much deliberation, he still felt that it might be better to go with Li Shi'an. He didn't want a girl to go to Li Shi'an's house and be misunderstood by Li Qishan.

Later, when Li Shian asked Lao Xie, he realized that girls usually buy perfumes and light-colored lipsticks. He and Shen Yan have no way to understand these two things, and they are very ambiguous when they are given as gifts. , In the end, he chose the least misunderstood thing-a branded fountain pen at an appropriate price.

On Saturday afternoon, Li Shi'an and Shen Yan made an appointment with Lao Xie and Zhu He to go to Tang Doudou's house. The four of them met in the city. Everyone was wearing black suits and white shirts, but Zhu He was wearing a well-washed shirt. white jacket.

On weekdays, everyone casually chatted and joked, and Shen Yan was often the one who couldn't fit into the group, but Zhu He suddenly discovered that he was actually the one who couldn't fit into the group.

Because of the natural kindness, Jelly Doudou once gave Zhu He a pair of shoes, but Zhu He didn’t return those shoes for some reason, this time he prepared the most thoughtful gift in return, but he didn’t have any when he went to the party Decent clothes, all he had was a jacket, inside which was poverty and faux pas.

The more he walked, the more he couldn't move, and suddenly said: "You...you can help me bring the gift to Tang Xia, I won't go."

The three people walking in front turned their heads together, Li Shi'an and Lao Xie came back and set Zhu He up: "Want to run before the battle? No way!"

Then dragged into a taxi.

Today, Lao Xie hugged a Hello Kitty puppet, which was recommended by his sister, and said that it would be a good gift for a classmate. Lao Xie's self-confidence was inflated, and he complained about the gift from Li Shi'an all the way, saying that it was a gift from an elder to a junior.

Li Shi'an was dissatisfied: "I don't want her to like it. Giving gifts is to express my heart. I will give what I am happy to give."

Old Xie: "I've learned a lot. It's the first time I've heard of it. Shouldn't you give someone else's favorite? Can you tell me what you expressed?"

Li Shi'an: "Let her study hard and make progress every day."

Old Xie: "..."

Zhu He: "..."

Shen Yan couldn't help showing a smile in the co-pilot, a bouquet of hyacinths in his hand exuded a faint fragrance.

The presents of the three people were all clear at a glance, but Zhu He was holding a box in his hand, which was wrapped three layers inside and three layers outside. Lao Xie rushed to see it. opened.

A box is full of small Shiba Inu stamped with wool felt, some wearing rabbit hats, some wearing fox hats, and some wearing frog hats. Eighteen of them make up a set, which is very delicate, which shows its intention.

Lao Xie was a little surprised: "Don't tell me you poked it yourself?"

Zhu He blushed, very embarrassed.

Li Shi'an often saw girls in his class poking this thing after class, saying it was to relieve stress. He scratched his head and said, "It seems that I am the least distracted."

Old Xie said with a smile: "That's right, you have nothing to fear."

Li Shi'an ignored him, and looked at Shen Yan with trepidation, but fortunately, Shen Yan didn't know what he was thinking, and he didn't seem to hear this.He picked up a little Shiba Inu from Zhu He's box and thought it was cute: "I heard from Qian Xiaoyu and the others that there are more than 200 finished products of that kind, and yours is also very good."

"Two hundred???" Lao Xie seemed to have discovered a way to make a fortune, "Old Zhu, how long did it take you to poke these eighteen?"

When Tang Doudou received the invitation, there were only a few days left to prepare the presents. Zhu He stayed up all night to do these. Calculating the approximate time, he said, "Three days."

Excited, Lao Xie held Zhu He's hand: "Three days?! Why don't we discuss it..."

During the fun, Tang Doudou's house arrived. When everyone got off the car at the door, they had a thorough experience of what is called "trench and inhumanity". .

When the door was opened, Lao Xie winked and grabbed Li Shi'an's shoulder with one hand and said, "Old Li, why don't you think about it again?"

Li Shi'an: "?"

Lao Xie earnestly said: "How many billions do you have to give up!"

Li Shi'an gave him a blow: "Shut up, you!"

Looking back, he saw Shen Yan's expression getting worse and worse, so he had no choice but to push people into the door.

I guess I don't want to irritate these poor scholars too much. Only students came to Tang Doudou's house today, not even Tang Doudou's parents were at home.Tang Doudou was the protagonist this day, having a barbecue with everyone on the lawn, busy arranging all kinds of food and drinks, so busy that he didn't notice Li Shi'an and the others coming, but Li Shi'an and his party were enjoying themselves.

When Lao Xie saw that there was a barbecue on the lawn, he had already gone for a walk. Zhu He didn’t fit anywhere. He couldn’t stay in the resplendent house, and when he went out, he would look out of place among the students in formal attire. .

When Li Shian was with Tang Doudou, everyone would always make fun of him, so he didn’t go out, stayed in the room, comforted Zhu He and said, “It’s okay, we’ll leave after a while.” After speaking, he took off his suit jacket .

Shen Yan naturally followed Li Shi'an, boredly feeling the decadent smell coming from Tang Doudou's house.

Everyone barbecued on the lawn, sang birthday songs, and made wishes. Tang Doudou was surrounded like a princess, and there was a lot of noise outside.

Someone asked: "What wish did Doudou make?"

Someone else chimed in: "It must be to marry Li Shi'an as soon as possible."

Only then did someone realize: "Oh, why didn't Li Shi'an come?"

"Come here!" Old Xie's voice sounded, "It's in the house."

"Call him out!" Some people fear that the world will not be chaotic.

"New wife, hide in the house!"

"The bride is afraid of meeting guests!"

The more he said it, the worse it sounded, and Lao Xie also followed suit: "Hey, Shi'an, I told you to come out, why are you hiding?"

Li Shi'an couldn't bear it anymore and went out, Shen Yan also followed.

The girls in the class didn't expect that a weird guy like Shen Yan who never interacted with others would also come. Seeing him in formal attire, it was as if he had just stepped out of a story, and they rushed to come up to him.

Several girls entangled one after another, Shen Yan was dragged to the huge French window outside the house, and distanced himself from Li Shi'an.

Tang Doudou was dressed like a princess today. When she saw Li Shian coming, she ran over to pull him and said, "Why don't you come out to have a barbecue? What are you doing hiding in the house?"

"Nothing," Li Shi'an said, not forgetting to joke after speaking, "I have never experienced a mansion, I want to experience more."

Tang Doudou actually smiled shyly upon hearing this.

She used to always annoy Li Shi'an. Except for her long hair, she behaved like a tomboy. She never talked to Li Shi'an like a normal girl. Today's behavior made Li Shi'an a little embarrassed, especially when he saw Qian Xiaoyu Keep cheering Tang Doudou by the side.

Sure enough, the next moment he heard Tang Doudou say: "Well, I want you to come today. In fact, I have a few words to tell you."

Li Shi'an's heart skipped a beat, feeling that something was wrong, Tang Doudou looked like he was going to confess his love, so he quickly stopped him: "That, Doudou..."

Since Tang Doudou has been harassing Li Shi'an since he was in high school, now they stand together and often attract the attention of the audience, especially today Tang Doudou is the protagonist, and the students around him have already seen the matter in their eyes, and started booing without losing the opportunity : "Confession! Confession! Confession!"

Li Shi'an: "No... Doudou, today is your birthday, the birthday is the main thing, if you have anything to do, let's talk about it another day?"

Someone yelled: "Li Shi'an, when don't you say anything today? Do you need your mother's approval to fall in love?"

"That's right, Doudou has turned eighteen and doesn't need the consent of his family. Isn't Li Shi'an still underage? Of course, the mother has the final say on underage!"

"Could you two shut up!" Li Shi'an yelled at the two people who were booing in the crowd, and then controlled his tone and said to Tang Doudou: "Let's talk about it another day."

After finishing speaking, he thought it would be the best policy to leave, so he turned to look for Shen Yan, Tang Doudou's righteous voice came from behind him: "Why do you have to say it another day, I like you and it's not something to be ashamed of."

A woman is a woman.

Li Shi'an received Shen Yan's already dissatisfied gaze, and felt that his luck might be bad today, Tang Doudou is too good at choosing a date, is it because he is sure that he will not refute her as a birthday star?

Seeing that Li Shi'an got angry, the people around him stopped booing, and everyone watched the excitement quietly. Li Shi'an had to find an excuse: "We are all students, let's talk about it after graduation."

Suddenly there was a loud noise in the crowd, the sound of a glass bottle smashing on the grill.

Following the prestige, Yu Qiao stood up from the barbecue grill, looked at Li Shi'an with a hostile expression, and said, "What do you mean waiting for graduation? Would you like to tell me now? Is it interesting to drag other girls?"

Li Shi'an looked at Yu Qiao and said coldly, "What's none of your business?"

Yu Qiao: "I just can't understand a coward like you!"

As soon as Yu Qiao finished speaking, he was punched in the face by someone and staggered. The crowd screamed, and then saw two people wrestling together, you punched each other, things were scattered all over the ground , Fortunately, there are a lot of people here today, and there are not a few tall boys. Everyone worked together to pull people away.

"Why the hell did you hit me!" Yu Qiao fell to the ground, spitting blood from his mouth, and asked Shen Yan through gritted teeth.

Shen Yan shook his sore wrist, and was dragged back by a group of boys: "Your mouth is cheap! You don't dare to tell the person you like, but if you insist on pulling Li Shi'an, who the hell is a coward!"

After Shen Yan finished speaking, there was complete silence in all directions.

Yu Qiao didn't expect that his own intentions were something that everyone could see, let alone that he would be exposed by Shen Yan on the spot like this. Between anger and humiliation, he saw Tang Doudou in the crowd with red eyes, I don't know if it was because of Li Shi'an's words, or because of this farce.

As soon as he caught Yu Qiao's gaze, Tang Doudou turned around and ran into the house, upstairs, and several girls hurriedly chased after her to comfort her.

A good birthday party was messed up, Li Shi'an felt sorry for seeing the mess everywhere, he never thought that Shen Yan would do something like this, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

Tang Doudou ran back to the upstairs room in a fit of anger. He was a boy, and it was not appropriate to go to comfort him at this time, so he had to go back to the room and took back his coat, ready to leave.

Zhu He stayed in the house and didn't go out, but he saw what happened outside just now. When he saw Li Shi'an coming in, he got up from the sofa, but Li Shi'an didn't call him, and left alone.