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Lu Xiangyang didn't know that this pen was given to Gu An by Zhou Xi himself before he went abroad.

At that time, Zhou Xi was just a first-year college student working a cheap summer job, and faced various expensive fees for sending him abroad.When Gu An drove him to the international airport, it happened to be dusk, and the setting sun hung low in the empty sky like a bright salted duck egg.

"Safe trip." Gu An patted his shoulder, "Report when we arrive."

"Ah."

Zhou Xi is different from other children. He has already escaped from the childishness of a teenager after he has experienced the world, and has grown up like a fledgling.

He stood tall and straight under the setting sun, with firm eyes, and the shadow behind him was as long as a cornflower.

"Heh." Gu An suddenly smiled, and loosened his hands to support a heavy suitcase, "You have grown so tall."

Gu An has been in the same school as Zhou Xi since kindergarten, and has been in the same frame for no reason until high school, so he took advantage of it and became Zhou Xi's good senior for many years.

At that time, Aunt Xu was still working as an executive in Sunflower Kindergarten, and she was often too busy to get off work when encountering routine inspections.Gu An's family is kind-hearted, and they dragged Zhou Xi home for dinner whenever they had the opportunity.

After going back and forth, the Gu family gradually acquiesced in this elementary school boy who was often brought over for a meal—especially Gu's father. He felt that Zhou Xi, who was calm and proper, was not much better than his idle son.

Aunt Xu didn't dare to come this time to see off Aunt Xu, and Zhou Xi didn't let her come either.He has been with Aunt Xu for so many years, and he never sees Aunt Xu crying.

"Gu An." Zhou Xi took out a long box from his schoolbag, "I thought you were going to study medicine... I'll give you this."

It was an old-fashioned fountain pen with a golden shell, and the nib was plated with 24k gold—it felt very heavy, with a retro texture, and the lines were smooth and beautiful.

Zhou Xi saved for a long time before buying it. He is not very good at choosing gifts. He chose it simply because he thought it would suit Gu An.

Gu An opened it and took a look, then whistled happily.

"Okay." He laughed, "The raised younger brother knows how to be filial to his older brother."

Before Zhou Xi could speak, a light and empty soda can was thrown from behind. It was impartial and hit him on the shoulder, falling between him and Gu An.

"Ouch—" the person who made the shot yelled strangely, "At the airport, you and I were talking about each other, Zhou Xi, are you disgusting?"

Zhou Xi didn't move.He knew this artificial voice without looking back.

This is his classmate, Guo Pan, who is powerful in his family and has good grades.I heard that his father donated a building of their high school.

In other words, he is a school bully with the attributes of a school bully, and no one can afford it.

However, Zhou Xi's grades can always catch up with him, and Guo Pan has always been worried about it.But Yuanjia Road is narrow, and the two not only passed a test score, but also each took a quota for going abroad.

Zhou Xi has always been a loner in his work and life, and there is nothing he can find fault with.The only thing Guo Pan can spread rumors to smear is Zhou Xi's not-so-optimistic life experience.

Guo Pan dragged his luggage and yelled at him: "Unlucky, the classmates say that your life is evil, and Kede's family is broken up, and even his biological parents don't want you."

Zhou Xi frowned slightly, and he glanced at Gu An.

Gu An also stood still, carefully put the pen into his pocket, and said lightly to Zhou Xi, "Why didn't you introduce this classmate to me before."

Only Zhou Xi knew that something was wrong.He grabbed Gu An's hand: "Don't."

The less Gu An talks, the more angry he is.

Seeing that he didn't refute, Guo Pan reached out to hold him, and answered with a squeeze of his throat: "Don't think I don't know, you went to the United States because you are a gay man, you'd better go far away, if you get sick, you will die." Stay outside, don't come back and be a scourge, we can't accommodate you in this small place!"

Gu An gently pulled Zhou Xi's hand away: "Excuse me."

He picked up the cans on the ground and seemed to be approaching the trash can.When passing by Guo Pan, he leaned over with a smile.

"Hello, classmate."

Guo Pan seemed to know in his heart that he would not dare to fight at the airport, so he raised his head to face him confidently.

Guo Pan gritted his lips and said, "What are you doing?"

"You know—" Gu An looked down at him with a smile, and flipped the can in his hand deftly, "What am I doing?"

After all, it is a little bit of experience.Guo Pan still has a small follower to support him at school, so he will be left alone at the airport, a bare-bones commander.

"Look." Gu An straightened the Coke can and showed it to him, "I'm a doctor. If this is the head, I can cut it down from here. Have you ever seen a scalpel? It's thin and thin. , Gouging out the flesh and cutting the skin is very easy to use. From the chest cavity to here... is the heart."

When Guo Pan heard the hair stand on end, he felt that the finger was not scratched on the aluminum can, but a knife sliding in his chest.

"If you want." Gu An stretched out a finger gently, "I can cut open the heart to show you how clean it is, there are blood vessels, nerves, contracted and beating heart muscles, it's fresh, it's fun."

Gu An slowly tightened his hands, and the cans deflated little by little from his hands, making a frightening rattling sound.

Not to mention Guo Pan, Zhou Xi trembled when he heard it not far away.

Gu An pretended to be enlightened again and said: "Oh, it's too late now. But maybe you will meet you in the hospital when you come back to this small place. If there is a chance, big brother will take care of you more?"

Zhou Xi: "..."

Guo Pan screamed in fright, dragged his luggage and ran away.

Only then did Gu An feel at ease and throw the soda can into the trash can.

Zhou Xi's head was full of black lines: "It's too perverted."

You can't provoke Dr. Gu if you provoke anyone.

"Hey. Look at me, I didn't prepare a safety talisman or anything for you." Gu An said, "I'll give you this, keep it close to your body."

He took the watch off his wrist.When Zhou Xi took it, the metal was still warm.

The plain silver dial has Gu An's name engraved on the back.

"How can this be done—" Zhou Xi gritted his teeth, "Uncle specially gave it to you..."

"I say yes, just wear it." Gu An waved his hand, "Old man Gu is a watchmaker himself, so I don't need this watch."

"No matter where you are, just be yourself." Before leaving, Gu An told him, "Call me if you need anything."

Zhou Xi didn't mention these things to Boss Lu one by one.He only talked about the origin of the pen and watch, and there was an episode in which Guo Pan was scared away by Gu An.

"So that's where your watch came from." After hearing this, Lu Xiangyang pouted like a child, "That guy named Guo Pan, why did he bully you..."

Zhou Xi's words came to his lips, but he couldn't get out of them in the end.

"Bullying is bullying." Zhou Xibi said lightly, "School violence."

A small pot of pumpkin porridge was boiling by Lu Xiangyang's hand, and it was bubbling and bubbling.The sweet aroma of pumpkin overflows from the heat, making it warm and comfortable.

Zhou Xi's sense of smell is not very effective today because of a cold, but he can still vaguely smell the unique fragrance of pumpkin.

He poked his head curiously.

A golden slice in the pot.The pumpkin seems to have been pounded into a puree, and it blends perfectly with the rice soup, giving off an attractive luster.

"Golden?" Zhou Xi asked in surprise, "How could it be smashed into such pieces?"

"Chop it up and boil it." Lu Xiangyang stirred the hot porridge complacently. "If you have a food processor, just put it in and smash it. But it doesn't matter—my knife is super fast."

Zhou Xi understood the subtext—Lu Xiangyang meant that there was no cooking machine in his store.

"Buy one?" Zhou Xi only felt hungry.He sniffed, and emphasized that there is no silver 300 taels here, "I just looked around a while ago, and the cooking machine only costs three or four hundred taels."

When he was looking for a food printer, Zhou Xi spent a few days trying to supplement his knowledge of food industry equipment. He went to Wu Sen's to drink coffee, and inquired about egg beaters, milk frothers, cooking machines, and even commercial coffee machines. , still fresh in my memory.

Lu Xiangyang didn't notice it either, and he continued naturally: "It's not too expensive, but the frequency of use is low... Anyway, I can do it myself, so it doesn't matter."

"jingle--"

Someone opened the door and came in.

"Damn it, it smells so good, and you're secretly cooking a small stove again." Sister Qingqing stared at Lu Xiangyang resentfully with a look of resentment on her face that she was doomed to lose weight tonight. .”

Lu Xiangyang raised his hand as a sign of surrender: "This is sick meal, Sister Qingqing."

"That's right, is Mr. Zhou feeling better?" Qingqing waved her hand to Zhou Xi, "Xiao Lu, let me tell you a piece of good news."

Lu Xiangyang turned off the stove and the roaring hood so that he could hear clearly: "What?"

Qingqing shook her phone mysteriously: "The list of prizes for the Mid-Autumn Festival party is out."

The author says:

Today I ate fried eggs with salted asparagus.

Fry the blanched asparagus until slightly golden, sprinkle some salt and pour the egg liquid on top!Perfect!

Speaking of which, before frying eggs, I like to add some black pepper and sea salt to the egg mixture. The fried eggs are very fragrant.

If you want to increase the tenderness, add fresh milk or water-the Hong Kong-style smooth egg rice is also very delicious!

PS: Dr. Gu cut it open and it turned out to be black.