Goldberg Variations

"Teacher Hou!" Seeing Hou Xuesong going downstairs, Ponytail stood up in surprise, "Are you off work too?"

Hou Xuesong immediately showed a warm smile, and nodded to the little girl at the front desk: "Well, are you still off work?"

"Leave right away."

Hou Xuesong nodded and said with a smile: "You young girls are prone to danger, be careful on the road, and hurry home before it gets dark."

Ponytail starry eyes: "I will pay attention to safety, goodbye, Mr. Hou!"

"Yeah." Hou Xuesong nodded, then turned to Hong Qian who was about to leave, "You seem to know that Gu Kai just now?"

Hong Qian smiled and said, "I've seen it a few times. He runs a jewelry store. I went to his store to buy a necklace yesterday."

Hou Xuesong: "Is he familiar with Pei Wen? I don't think I've seen him much before."

"I don't know about that either," Hong Qian said, "I've seen him not much more than you. They seem to be classmates in junior high school, right? I don't know anything else, but they seem to have a pretty good relationship."

"What's the matter, Mr. Hou, what's the problem?"

Hou Xuesong smiled and shook his head: "It's nothing, I'm just surprised that Pei Wen suddenly has a new friend, so just ask."

Hong Qian smiled and said, "I'm also quite surprised, but it's a good thing that Pei Wen has new friends."

Hong Qian knew that there was a conflict between Hou Xuesong and Pei Wen, but she didn't know what it was, so she didn't want to say more, so she left with an excuse after chatting for a few words.

After watching a few people go out with ponytail, he looked at Hou Xuesong's back and sighed: Mr. Hou is still so gentle.

On the other side, Pei Wen got into Gu Kai's car, sat in the co-pilot, and after fastening his seat belt, he asked:

"You said you came to me for something, what's the matter?"

Gu Kai looked ahead and drove the car, and smiled: "It's okay, it's just an excuse. If I said I came to pick you up, wouldn't it make your colleagues think too much?"

Pei Wen was slightly taken aback, realizing that Gu Kai was respecting his feelings, afraid that he would be discussed by his colleagues, so he couldn't help but smiled: "Thank you."

"However, there is indeed something."

Taking a quick glance at Pei Wen through the rearview mirror, Gu Kai collected himself, he was very calm on the surface, but actually his heart was pounding with nervousness.

He exhaled lightly, organized the language and said:

"Last night, didn't I say that I would help you overcome your psychological barrier?"

"I asked my friends about it. Well, they said that they can expose you to fearful situations step by step and adapt slowly. Since you resist physical contact, you can start with ordinary physical contact with close people. , step by step to ease the fear."

"so……"

Pei Wen waited for a while, but didn't wait for the follow-up, and asked, "So?"

Gu Kai cleared his throat, trying to make his suggestion look more serious, instead of trying to take advantage of Pei Wen:

"So, you can try to start with contact with me, such as shaking hands, hugging, and then contacting other people, maybe it will gradually get better."

Pei Wen thought for two seconds: "I think it's okay."

Gu Kai: "Then..."

Pei Wen turned to look at Gu Kai, thought for a while, stretched out his hand, and hesitantly landed on Gu Kai's right hand holding the steering wheel.

Because he was mentally prepared, he didn't withdraw his hand in horror like before, and forced his hand to stay there.

After feeling it, Pei Wen found that although the instinctive disgust still couldn't be eliminated, at least it wasn't as scary as he imagined.

When Pei Wen's palm was pressed against the back of his hand, Gu Kai felt a cool and soft touch, and his heart throbbed uncontrollably.

He turned his palm over and held Pei Wen's hand in his palm instead.

Pei Wen reflexively wanted to pull it back, but was held tightly by Gu Kai, without success.

It is said that it is overcoming the psychological shadow, but this method really makes Pei Wen feel a little embarrassed.

He lowered his eyelids, pursed his lips and said with a smile, "That...won't it bother you to drive?"

Gu Kai shook his head: "No."

In the traffic conditions of the evening rush hour, the left hand is enough to stop and go.

As for the right hand, it can be used to hold Pei Wen.

Gu Kai lowered his right hand from the steering wheel.

Looking from the back to the front, both of them looked forward, and the back of the chair exposed their shoulders.

Looking out from the front windshield, the night is gradually covering the streets of Jiangzhou, the taillights of cars next to each other are shining red, and the skyscrapers in the distance are shining brightly.

Looking down, the hands of the two people hang down between the driver's seat and the co-pilot's seat, and they are always held together.

As if to hide his unease, Pei Wen looked out the window at night. The car window was opened a gap, and the evening wind came in, blowing Pei Wen's hair.

I don't know whose palms were sweating, making the palms of the two of them become slippery.

Gu Kai reached out to turn on the stereo, and played "Gothenburg Variations".

He didn't turn up the volume too much, and the soft piano sound flowed in the quiet and narrow compartment.

The outside world is still noisy, the sound of car horns, pedestrians talking and laughing, and the music of shopping malls are mixed together.

But the inside of the carriage seemed extremely quiet. Apart from the sound of music, Gu Kai could hear Pei Wen's breathing, and even his own heartbeat, "thumping".

"Do you feel okay?" Gu Kai broke the silence.

Pei Wen considered it carefully and said, "It's kind of disgusting."

Gu Kai: "..."

Sure enough, he was the only one who felt charming.

Pei Wen laughed: "Sorry, I'm not targeting you, it's my own problem."

Gu Kai was a little depressed: "But I was injured."

Pei Winton felt guilty: "...I'm sorry."

Gu Kai: "So do you have to compensate me for something?"

Pei Wen asked, "How to compensate?"

Gu Kai: "Before you clearly promised to cook for me, but since you returned to the troupe, I have never had the opportunity. Would you like to come to my place for dinner tonight? I have a lot of food in the refrigerator."

This was something he had thought about a long time ago, so he specially bought a bunch of vegetables in advance and filled the refrigerator.

Pei Wen nodded happily: "Okay."

Just like that, Pei Wen was kidnapped to Gu Kai's house again.

Pei Wen is the chef, and Gu Kai is helping him.There were only two people, so Pei Wen only made one meat, one vegetable and one soup, exactly three dishes.

At around seven o'clock in the evening, as soon as the two of them put the dishes on the table, Bach came over smelling the aroma.

"Meow~"

Bach walked to the table, looked up, and then, with a light leap of his fat-looking body, he jumped onto the table.

"Bach, what are you doing?" Gu Kai tried to drive Bach away.

Bach glanced at him with his green eyes, then jumped in front of Pei Wen, avoided Gu Kai's hand, and called out to Pei Wen coquettishly:

"Meow~"

Pei Wen looked at Gu Kai helplessly, and asked, "What is he going to do?"

Gu Kai: "Who knows?"

At this moment, Bach turned his head to sniff the dishes on the table. He seemed attracted by Pei Wen's dishes and even wanted to try them.

Gu Kai immediately frowned, pulled Bach up, and said seriously:

"You can't eat this!"