Contention

To Lu Yuexi's satisfaction, Zou Feiniao didn't run around today, but obediently read a book in his room.

When she knocked on the door and entered, the girl was gently resting her chin against the tip of the fountain pen, frowning in thought.

Hearing the movement, Zou Feiniao put down his pen and turned around, calling out:

"Sister Yue Xi."

Lu Yuexi leaned against the door frame in an improper posture, and said with a smile:

"Hey, let's do the questions. What kind of questions look like you are frowning, so it's difficult?"

Zou Feiniao shook his head and explained honestly:

"It's not that I can't write it, it's that I think there is something wrong with the title."

Lu Yuexi was too lazy to listen to what she said about the topic, so he just said "um".After working for a long time, she only felt dry mouth. After thinking about it, she said:

"Can you make hangover soup?"

Zou Feiniao was taken aback: "I know a little bit, what's the matter?"

Lu Yuexi rubbed the bridge of his nose, his voice was slightly vague:

"I drank a lot of alcohol and got a headache."

Zou Feiniao obediently went downstairs to make soup for her.The materials in the refrigerator were limited, so she searched for a long time and only found two packs of mung beans and brown sugar, as well as a bag of oranges.

And Lu Yuexi followed lazily, without any intention of helping.

Zou Feiniao took out an orange, peeled the skin and tore off the string, then stuffed it into her hand:

"Eat it will feel better."

Lu Yuexi held the orange, just looked at her and smiled, but didn't move.

Zou Feiniao felt strange, thinking that she was too drunk to respond slowly, so she ignored it, turned around and started cooking soup.

Mung beans need to be soaked for a while, so use boiling water a little faster.Zou Feiniao was busy in front, while Lu Yuexi swallowed the whole orange leisurely, looking at her back with a dazed expression.

"Not a bird." This was the first time she only called her by her first name, which was a bit unfamiliar. "You cook at home?"

"No, most of them are made by my mother."

Aunt Fang...

Lu Yuexi squinted her eyes, and suddenly remembered her father's phone call today, feeling a little pity.

It is estimated that these two elders will not be able to make it, and Zou Feiniao will not be able to be her younger sister. It is a bit regrettable to think about it.

Zou Feiniao was stirring the half-soft mung beans in the pot with chopsticks, her movements were careful and meticulous. No matter what she did, a person like her always gave people a feeling of being engrossed.

Lu Yuexi smiled, and suddenly wanted to chat with this child:

"Do you think your mother and my father can do it?"

She asked this question for no other purpose than to see Zou Feiniao's attitude towards his mother's remarriage.

She thought the other party would be silent in embarrassment, but Zou Feiniao only paused for a moment, and then answered very simply:

"No."

This time it was Lu Yuexi's turn to be stunned:

"Why, don't you miss your mother..."

"No." Zou Feiniao looked back at her and sighed, "I won't interfere with what Mommy wants to do. But she made it clear about her and Uncle Lu that they won't have any results." .”

"Ok?"

"I'm not very clear, but she thinks so." Zou Feiniao frowned, as if seeing a difficult problem, "Maybe she thinks they are only suitable for the current state."

Lu Yuexi found it strange, she thought that a conservative and peaceful woman like Aunt Fang yearned for marriage.

"Uh, doesn't she like my dad?"

Zou Feiniao nodded: "I like it."

"Then why..." Lu Yuexi said, and Zou Feiniao looked at each other, like two children who have seen their parents' bewildering behavior, puzzled and puzzled, "Did she say anything else to you?"

"Mom rarely mentions about her and Uncle Lu. In fact, I think I shouldn't ask too much."

Lu Yuexi thought about her father's stinky and long romantic history, and suddenly understood something, sighed faintly, and said with a wry smile:

"You're right. As children, we really don't need to worry about adults' affairs."

The hangover soup was ready in no time.Lu Yuexi sat on the sofa with a small bowl and sipped slowly. Zou Feiniao wanted to go upstairs to study, but she felt bored, so she dragged someone to stay and chat with her.

The words just now opened the door, so naturally there is more to say.

Lu Yuexi glanced at the slightly cramped girl beside him, and asked casually:

"So have you ever liked someone?"

Zou Feiniao shook his head.

"Then how did you find out that you like women?"

Mentioning this, Zou Feiniao blushed, coughed lightly, and was speechless for a long time.

Lu Yue took a sip of the brown sugar-flavored mung bean soup in the bowl, and raised his eyebrows slightly:

"Is it related to your sister Jiang?"

"...No, I just discovered it all of a sudden." Mentioning this, Zou Feiniao was visibly nervous, and didn't look at her, just explaining to himself, "There was no process, and I found that I prefer the feeling of getting along with girls. Children are beautiful."

"It's beautiful?" Lu Yuexi sneered, "Then what if you find it's not beautiful and you don't like it?"

Zou Feiniao glanced at her, as if puzzled by her sudden silence. After a moment of silence, he said:

"No. I know what I really like, and that's just a euphemism."

After hearing her words, Lu Yuexi didn't say anything for a while, but only looked at a certain corner of the living room with an unpredictable expression.

After a long time, she leaned back on the sofa, and her expression became contented again. She raised her eyebrows and said jokingly:

"Aren't you wondering what the woman I like is like?"

Zou Feiniao touched the tip of her nose, it seems that she is really not good at these topics:

"Should be a very good person."

Lu Yuexi stared at her face intently, and said lightly:

"Well, a great beauty. The flowers of Gaoling are beyond reach."

She took two more mouthfuls of the soup in her hand, smashed it twice, and suddenly felt dull:

"Go get me a bottle of wine from the liquor cabinet."

Zou Feiniao was a little surprised:

"But you are drinking hangover soup."

Lu Yuexi smiled:

"Life, isn't it just poison/medicine with one hand and antidote with the other, isn't it interesting to mix and drink?"

Zou Feiniao didn't understand. He frowned at her for a while, then shook his head:

"Absurd."

But she was always obedient, and obediently went to the wine cabinet to grab a bottle of red wine.

Lu Yuexi looked at the name above and said with a smile:

"I'm very knowledgeable. I picked out the most expensive bottle. Then go to the kitchen and get me a cup."

Zou Feiniao worked hard, took the glass back and poured her half a glass, but still struggled when handing it over:

"Drinking too much alcohol is bad for your health, so drink less."

Lu Yuexi raised his head and looked at the girl who was slightly bent over. Seeing her earnest expression and extravagant appearance, he was a little stunned for a while.She moved back, put down the bowl, took the wine, and said hoarsely:

"Fei Niao, sit next to me."

After she sat down, she turned her head to look at her again, smiled sweetly, and asked:

"Ever learned how to taste wine?"

Zou Feiniao frowned reflexively: "I don't drink."

"You'll have to try some later."

Zou Feiniao still frowned, his lips pursed.Lu Yuexi amused her, and felt like he was bullying a child:

"Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore, I'll drink it myself."

Only then did Zou Feiniao relax his expression, and looked at her slowly tasting wine with somewhat curious and probing eyes.

Lu Yuexi actually holds a good amount of alcohol, but for some reason today, after drinking half a glass, his mind suddenly became a little swayed.

She put down the empty glass, as if she felt that the room was too quiet and empty, so she turned on the TV.

But her mouth was not idle, and she still chatted with Zou Feiniao.

After chatting for a long time, the girl also relaxed a lot, no longer tensed up, but leaned on the sofa like her.

Lu Yuexi wanted to get close to her, so he chatted with her about his diving experience in England.

"...After putting on the equipment and going into the water, I can often see schools of fish swimming past my head. There are many fishes. It feels dark, so I usually stay in shallow water..."

Zou Feiniao listened carefully and couldn't help asking:

"Then have you ever encountered any special fish?"

"It seems..." Lu Yuexi recalled that she had dived quite a lot, otherwise it would not be enough to satisfy the girl's curiosity. "I met a whale shark once, it was not big, but I was scared at that time. My The coach told me not to move around so as not to scare it."

Zou Feiniao smiled, with a familiar and friendly tone as if referring to an old friend:

"It's very docile and won't take the initiative to attack people."

"You understand quite well." Lu Yuexi glanced at her sideways, "You like small animals in the sea so much?"

"Uh... I read popular science, but I don't know much."

Lu Yuexi felt that she was being modest.Among the stack of books on the girl's desk, there are more than a dozen books about marine knowledge. She also said that she wants to learn "marine science" in the future, so she must have learned a lot in private.

When mentioning this matter, she suddenly remembered what she had promised Zou Feiniao, and said thoughtfully:

"When you're on vacation, let's go diving, but you're still quite tired. You need to exercise."

As she spoke, she glanced at the waist of the girl beside her.

"But having said that, you have such a good figure..." Lu Yuexi teasingly pinched her waist, feeling the flexible waistline and delicate texture, "Have you practiced dancing?"

Zou Feiniao pursed his lips:

"No."

"What did you practice?"

Zou Feiniao turned to look at her, his dark eyes sparkled:

"Taekwondo, judo, and martial arts."

"..."

Lu Yuexi silently took her hand back and coughed lightly:

"Very good, do you usually run at school?"

"Have."

Lu Yuexi poured himself another glass of wine: "Then you don't have to worry about your physical strength."

"Yeah." Zou Feiniao responded, watching her movements, couldn't help sighing, "Sister Yuexi, don't drink."

"One last glass." In order to prove his words, Lu Yuexi put the wine bottle far away, "You don't understand, when you are depressed, it will always be better to drink some wine."

Zou Feiniao turned his head to look at her, quite confused:

"Are you depressed?"

Lu Yuexi looked at her face as clean and pure as ice and snow, and silently swallowed all the wine in his throat.

With mixed feelings for a while, she didn't know how to tell the child, she pondered for a moment, and said it in a joking tone:

"When you have someone you like, you will be as troubled as I am."

"Oh, so it's because of the person you like." Zou Feiniao pouted lightly, looking a little helpless, "I thought it was because of work."

Lu Yuexi glanced at her, with a half-smile:

"Do you want to hear me talk about work more?"

"No, I just think there is life besides love. Compared with love, those are the things we should worry about."

Hearing her words, Lu Yuexi laughed to himself for a while.Zou Feiniao seemed to feel that he was being laughed at, turned to look at her, and said very seriously:

"I was serious."

Lu Yuexi nodded, but his tone was still slightly smiling:

"Well, I believe it. But you still have too little experience. When you experience more, your perception will be different."

Zou Feiniao wanted to say something else, but Lu Yuexi had lost the patience to talk about love with the children. She patted the girl on the shoulder lightly, and let her go upstairs to study with a gentle but uncompromising gesture of an elder.

Zou Feiniao was a little unhappy, and left a sentence before leaving:

"In any case, love is just the seasoning of life, and I don't think it's necessary to take it too seriously."

Lu Yuexi raised his eyebrows and didn't respond. He just listened to her footsteps and left, then narrowed his eyes, slowly drank all the scarlet and mellow wine in the glass, leaned his head on the sofa and stared at the ceiling in a daze.

She didn't think Zou Feiniao was ridiculous, on the contrary, she was pleased with her cognition and firmness.

Lu Yuexi's eyes were heavy. Through the ceiling, she seemed to be looking at the stubborn, crazy and domineering self back then.

Back then, she tried all means, spent almost all her time and energy, and almost forced He Ying to drop out of school, but in the end she got nothing. Instead, she spent seven years alone in a foreign country, spying on the person who did not belong to her in the dark all day long.

But in the blink of an eye, it seems that nothing has changed. She can even predict the end of her eagerness to try this time, and it is probably a waste of effort.

Just thinking about it like this made her feel tired and bored.

In front of the girl's invulnerability and innocence, just now I really looked too embarrassed.