Goldberg Variations

"Pfft!"

"Pfft!"

Pei Wen heard his heart beating rapidly in his chest and made a sound, he was even worried that Gu Kai would notice it.

Gu Kai's eyes and tone made Pei Wen suspicious of what he was implying, but at the same time worried that he might be thinking too much.

Not daring to keep looking at Gu Kai, Pei Wen looked away and looked down at the dancing blue flames on the stove.

"I……"

His voice showed that he was tense, and his fingers curled up involuntarily on the edge of the counter.

Gu Kai rarely showed a bit of aggressiveness, staring into Pei Wen's eyes, and asked:

"Can't you say that too?"

Pei Wen quickly glanced back at the man, then looked away again, feeling the heat spread from the tips of his ears to his cheeks.

He lowered his head in embarrassment: "No, I can't say anything."

Gu Kai remained silent, as if waiting for his answer.

Pei Wen's mind was in such a mess that he could hardly think.

What type does he like?

Pei Wen hadn't thought about this question for a long time.To be honest, since the failure of the first relationship, Pei Wen has not considered this matter in the past few years.

But the answer doesn't need any hesitation, Pei Wen considered a little, and answered Gu Kai's gaze earnestly: "Respect."

"I like people who respect me."

"Because," without waiting for Gu Kai to continue asking, Pei Wen continued on his own, "You should have met my mother when you were in middle school, what impression do you have of her?"

Gu Kai thought about it for a while, didn't see much, couldn't remember what he looked like, but he still had an impression: "Capable, very aura."

Top students like Pei Wen have always been the object of attention of teachers and classmates.At parent-teacher meetings, his parents also tended to get more attention than other parents.

However, Pei Wen's parents seemed to be very busy with work, so they seldom came to the parent-teacher meeting. Usually, it was his elder brother who attended instead of his parents.But as far as Gu Kai knew, Pei Wen was the only child, and that elder brother should not be his own.

The few times Pei Wen's mother appeared at school, she was basically wearing a suit or a shirt, with short hair, a capable and shrewd demeanor, and a very strong image of a big woman at first sight.

Gu Kai used to wonder how such a woman could raise such a gentle and refined child as Pei Wen.

Pei Wen pursed her lips and nodded, and said: "She has a strong desire to control, and she likes to let others do things according to her will, no matter what it is. She never asks other people's opinions, and she doesn't care what others think."

"I do not like this."

"So I hope my partner is someone who can respect my will and ideas."

After the conversation in the piano room this morning, this was the second time Pei Wen talked about his family to Gu Kai.

Gu Kai nodded thoughtfully, looked at Pei Wen's drooping eyelashes, and smiled gently: "Okay, I see."

knew?Pei Wen's heart skipped a beat again.

What does Gu Kai's words... mean?

This means, does he want to pursue him?

Pei Wen guessed uncertainly, and couldn't help but look up at Gu Kai again.

"Actually..." Pei Wen hesitated to speak.

"What's mushy?" Yu Shuangshuang suddenly shouted from outside the door.

Pei Wen woke up suddenly, and lifted the lid of the pot at hand, only to see that the water in the pot had boiled dry, and the pork ribs were all stuck to the bottom of the pot, making a sizzling sound under the high temperature, and a burning smell hit his face.

"Sorry!" Pei Wen hurriedly started to save the ribs, ignoring the time to talk to Gu Kai.

Gu Kai was about to hear the key point, but was interrupted. He couldn't help wondering if Yu Shuangshuang was fighting against him, why did he always spoil his good things?

Forget it, things take time, Gu Kai comforted himself like this.

Fortunately, because it was discovered in time, the ribs in the pot were only slightly mushy.

Pei Wen originally planned to redo it, but Gu Kai thought it would be troublesome to make meals for four people, and he didn't want Pei Wen to do it again, saying that it would just be eaten, at most the taste would be slightly affected, so it shouldn't be wasted.

After the master said so, Pei Wen didn't insist anymore.

"I didn't expect you to cherish food so much." Pei Wen changed the subject with a smile.

"It's all influenced by my grandparents."

"When I was young, my grandma often said how hard life was for their generation. They were starving all year round and couldn't eat. They taught us to cherish food, and I developed such a habit." Gu Kai said, "Sometimes I can't finish eating If the dishes go bad, she is reluctant to throw them away."

Pei Wen frowned: "Isn't it bad for your health to eat perishable things?"

"That's right," Gu Kai said, "We secretly threw it away for her, and she would scold us when she found out."

Pei Wen couldn't help laughing: "The old man is indeed stubborn."

Gu Kai nodded in agreement, wanting to continue the previous topic, turned his eyes around Pei Wen who was busy cooking, and said tentatively:

"Just now……"

Pei Wen hurriedly said, "Let's talk about it later, I'll cook first, so as not to be like just now."

Gu Kai nodded regretfully: "Okay."

Hearing this, Pei Wen's uneasy heart finally settled down, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

After finishing lunch, Yu Shuangshuang kept chattering non-stop during the meal, Shi Yangming echoed her earnestly, and the two of them chatted like four of them.

Gu Kai's attention was all on Pei Wen, scratching his heart to know what was behind Pei Wen's "actually".

Pei Wen always pretended nothing happened, and did not respond to Gu Kai's gaze.

He originally planned to slip away after dinner, but he didn't know how to face Gu Kai, but Yu Shuangshuang happily pressed him and Shi Yangming who wanted to slip away, and said that there were just four of them, and they could make a mahjong table, so let's play. two laps.

So the three big men sat down honestly and played mahjong with the only girl.

However, Pei Wen and Shi Yangming were both good at it, and Pei Wen was absent-minded, while Shi Yangming was out of his mind, so the mahjong table became the main battlefield for Gu Kai and Yu Shuangshuang.

In order to "retaliate" Yu Shuangshuang for ruining his good deeds twice today, Gu Kai went all out and chased Yu Shuangshuang fiercely.

But he himself didn't want to win, so he kept feeding cards to Pei Wen to let Pei Wen win.

Thus, Pei Wen, who wasn't thinking about the poker table at all, found that he won one after another for no reason, and soon won half a month's salary from him.

Pei Wen looked blankly at Yu Shuangshuang, then at Gu Kai, and vaguely noticed something.

Even as dull as Shi Yangming, he was aware of the unusual meaning on the poker table.

Yu Shuangshuang, who was targeted, lost the most. At first, she tried to resist, but later found that she still lost more than she won.

As soon as she turned her head around, she knew what Gu Kai meant. Didn't she just blame her for disturbing their two people's world? As for killing them all like this?

Yu Shuangshuang thought: If you are not benevolent, don't blame me for being unrighteous.

The corners of her lips curled up, and while playing cards, she said casually: "Gu Kai, you don't have to go to work today?"

Gu Kai: "Did you forget? My store is under renovation."

"Oh, decoration," Yu Shuangshuang said, "then that little shop assistant of yours hasn't seen you for a week, hasn't he contacted you?"

Gu Kai tightened his fingers holding the mahjong, and looked up at Yu Shuangshuang.

Yu Shuangshuang winked at him quietly to show provocation.

Pei Wen looked at Gu Kai suspiciously, and asked, "Which clerk?"

"It's He Yu," Yu Shuangshuang said, "Don't you know, that handsome guy with curly hair."

Yu Shuangshuang didn't make it very clear, but Pei Wen understood what she meant—that boy named Wen Heyu likes Gu Kai?

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