Goldberg Variations

"But I don't know how to decorate." Pei Wen said.

Gu Kai: "It's okay, you can just say whatever you want. Anyway, you don't have any arrangements for the afternoon, do you?"

Pei Wen hesitated, thinking that Gu Kai had helped him so much, and he should repay Gu Kai, so he agreed.

Pei Wen nodded, and Gu Kai went to shake Yu Shuangshuang on the sofa.

"Don't be paralyzed, go back to your own home and catch up on sleep."

Yu Shuangshuang lay on the sofa and said, "Hey, hey, why are you in such a hurry, your store is right there, and you won't run away."

Gu Kai has reason and evidence: "How can the sofa sleep as comfortably as your bed?"

"That's right..." Yu Shuangshuang was persuaded, sat up slowly, and yawned loudly, "Then take a taxi yourself, don't ask me to take you there."

"Take a taxi, take a taxi, get up quickly." Gu Kai tugged her again.

"All right, all right, hurry up to reincarnate..." Yu Shuangshuang touched the soft sofa affectionately, and said affectionately, "I'm leaving, I'll sleep with you next time."

Gu Kai rolled his eyes: "..."

Yu Shuangshuang drove the car away, and the two of them really could only take a taxi.

Gu Kai didn't drive here today.

Pei Wen didn't have a car, not because of anything else, he was poor.

As a drama actor, he was poor.

Although his income is not very low compared to most people, Jiangzhou's consumption is too high. After a year of hard work, he can't save much money. The down payment for the house has emptied Pei Wen's savings for several years. .

Entering the ICU this time emptied his savings after paying the down payment, and now Pei Wen was destitute.

In addition, the car is not so necessary for him, so he didn't buy it.

But it is too difficult to take a taxi in Jiangzhou.

The two stood on the side of the road and called Didi for half an hour, but they didn't get a car.As for the empty taxis passing by, there was none.

So I had to take the subway.

After buying tickets, checking tickets, and finding that there were still vacant seats on the subway, the two sat down side by side, and Gu Kai smiled and said:

"Fortunately, it's not the rush hour. There are not many people taking the subway, otherwise they would be squeezed into cakes. I have seen the evening rush hour in Jiangzhou."

Pei Wen was a little absent-minded, and just said "hmm" when he heard the words, and then turned his face to look at the fast-moving advertisement outside the window.

Gu Kai didn't know what's so interesting about the advertisement.

But since entering the subway station, Pei Wen has been very silent.

It was obvious that he didn't like such a noisy environment.

In fact, there were only a dozen or so people sitting in this carriage in twos and threes.

Several gray-haired old ladies were chatting and laughing, young students were looking down at their mobile phones, and there was a young couple who were very close and whispering.

There is a huge roar when the subway is running, mixed with the old people's talking and laughing, it is a bit noisy.

If I knew it earlier, I would have driven out, Gu Kai thought to himself, and turned his face to look out the window.

But what he saw was not the advertisement, but Pei Wen's reflection on the window glass.

Because of the lighting problem, the reflection was blurry, and only a rough outline could be seen, like a false phantom.

Although Pei Wen was sitting next to Gu Kai, Gu Kai still felt that Pei Wen was far away from him.

Arriving at the next station, the speed of the subway dropped suddenly, Pei Wen's body fell towards Gu Kai due to inertia, and his shoulder rested on Gu Kai's.

The subway stopped at the station. After the door opened, the young couple went down, and several middle school students and a man in his thirties walked up.

The big man was angrily talking to someone on the phone:

"Damn... let me see that kid again, I have to kill him!"

He came up cursing, swept his eyes in the carriage, walked to the empty seat beside Pei Wen, and sat down.

The strong smell of cigarettes and alcohol came over instantly, even Gu Kai, who was a smoker, felt a little choking.

Looking at Pei Wen again, he really leaned towards him, frowned slightly, and tried to stay away from that man as much as possible.

The big man sat on two seats, Pei Wen moved closer to Gu Kai, and his body also fell to this side.

Gu Kai leaned close to Pei Wen's ear and asked in a low voice, "Do you want to change places with you?"

Pei Wen was taken aback and glanced at him.

"No need." Pei Wen smiled, and whispered, "If you come here instead, won't that bother you?"

Because he was afraid of being heard by that man, Pei Wen leaned close when he spoke, and his tone was soft, which reminded Gu Kai of the couple who were whispering just now.

So he also whispered in the same tone: "I have rhinitis, so I can't smell it."

Pei Wen was stunned: "Really?"

"Of course it's to tease you." Gu Kai smiled, "But I also smoke, so it doesn't matter."

Pei Wen was stunned again: "Do you smoke?"

Gu Kai: "Occasionally smoke, not much."

Pei Wen was surprised: "I didn't find any."

Gu Kai said: "The ward is a non-smoking area, so naturally you can't find it."

Pei Wen sniffed Gu Kai's body: "But you don't smell of smoke at all."

"I didn't smoke today, of course it doesn't smell."

"And it smells good."

Gu Kai tilted his head: "Huh?"

Pei Wen pursed his lips and smiled, and two dimples appeared on his cheeks: "I mean, your scent is very good."

The spicy pepper and cinnamon are refreshing, and there is also the soft woody smell of cypress. Pei Wen carefully distinguishes the taste.

Gu Kai's heart skipped a beat.

"The smell of perfume," he replied.

Pei Wen smiled and said, "I know, I just want to praise you for your taste. However, the perfume you used in the hospital that day smells better."

"When?"

Pei Wen: "The day Shi Yangming came to see me in the hospital."

He accidentally bumped into Gu Kai's arms that day, and for the first time smelled the quiet and warm woody fragrance of Gu Kai's body at close range, until now, that smell is still lingering on the tip of his nose.

Gu Kai thought about it for a while, and silently kept this point in his heart.

Change to that perfume tomorrow.

Well, stock up on a few more bottles.

Gu Kai's store opened in Jiangzhou New District, which is the most prosperous area in Jiangzhou. Corresponding to the prosperity here is its high land rent.

Gu Kai still borrowed money from his parents to buy the store.

After walking a few steps from the subway exit, I heard Gu Kai say, "Here we are."

Stopping at the door of the store, Pei Wen raised his head and saw a few big shiny characters.

"Seven, Chong, Zhu, Treasure," Pei Wen read out each word and looked at Gu Kai, "What do you mean?"

"It's not interesting, I took it blindly." Gu Kai pushed open the door and said with a smile, "Come in and have a look."

"Why are your pearls so flawed?"

Before entering the door, a woman's high-decibel voice came from the store.

Pei Wen followed behind Gu Kai, looking forward with his head.

It was a woman in a long black dress, standing in front of the display case and expressing her dissatisfaction.

Wan Ying explained with a smile: "Ma'am, most of the pearls look like this, this is no longer a flaw..."

"I don't want you to tell me." The woman pointed to another boy in the store, "I want him to come and tell me."

The boy who was named was Wen Heyu, who smiled when he heard this, and said as he approached:

"Sister, she is the most experienced jewelry appraiser in our store, and I am still a newcomer, so I let her receive you."

One sentence praised two people, and the female customer who was praised was even more determined when she saw the sweet-mouthed male clerk: "You are the one to come."

Wan Ying could only smile apologetically, and put her arms around Wen Heyu's shoulders: "Then please give this lady a good introduction."

"give it to me!"

Wan Ying made room for Wen and Yu, but from the corner of her eye she suddenly caught a glimpse of someone entering the store.

"Welcome light..." Before I finished speaking, I realized that the person who came was very familiar, "Boss?"

"Yeah." Gu Kai nodded at her, turned his head and said softly to Pei Wen, "I'll receive the guests, please wait a moment."

Pei Wen smiled and said, "It's okay, you are busy with your work."

The female guest turned her head when she heard the voice, her eyes lit up when she saw Gu Kai, and her smile became more sincere:

"Are you the owner of this store?"