Contention

Zou Feiniao replied in a low voice: "The surname is Zou, Feiniao. You mean no..."

"Does that mean 'not a bird'?"

"...You can understand it that way."

Lu Min narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Good name, your parents chose this name with expectations."

Then Yun Yi was introduced. He was a little absent-minded today and didn't say much. When he was mentioned, he just smiled.

Lu Yuexi still looked at Zou Feiniao's trousers, and asked, "Do you want to change in my room? I have something you can wear."

Seeing Zou Feiniao shaking her head, she didn't insist, but went to help her take off the bag.The girl stepped back, not letting her touch her, and took off her bag by herself and put it on the side of the sofa.

Lu Yuexi let out a "tsk" and frowned, but Lu Min watched it with great interest. In order to prevent his niece from becoming angry, he took the initiative to say:

"It's time, let's eat, the food is almost cold."

Lu Min and Yun Yi came here suddenly. I heard that it was because of the typhoon that there was no place to play, so they came here to sit and sit.

Lu Yuexi didn't consider their tastes at all.Lu Min was fine, he didn't pick anything, but Yun Yi was particularly fond of spicy food, and the table was so green that he moved his chopsticks before putting it down. Seeing this, Lu Min got up and went to the kitchen to add more food for him.

Zou Feiniao just lowered her head to eat, the whole table was prepared for her, she didn't taste a few mouthfuls at all, and she didn't even look at the crab pot in the middle.

After a meal, Lu Yuexi could only see the top of her forehead.

When Lu Min came out of the kitchen with a plate of chicken nuggets in red oil, Zou Feiniao put down his chopsticks and wiped his mouth: "I'm full."

Lu Yuexi frowned: "You only eat half a bowl of rice."

Zou Feiniao said sincerely, "I'm really full, thank you sister Yuexi."

Yun Yi heard her voice and looked up at the two of them.

Lu Yuexi's expression was not hesitant, but there were so many people that she couldn't get angry: "Okay, then go to my room and sit, I have something to show you."

"I should go back."

"There's a typhoon blowing outside."

"Uncle Chen will take me back."

Lu Yuexi said coolly: "Uncle Chen is tired, and he is eating too. After eating, he will take a nap. You can go back later."

"...What about the other drivers?"

"It's not a bird." Lu Yuexi called, with a deep voice, "I said, there is something in the room for you to see."

Lu Min didn't show any face, tilted his head and laughed out loud.Zou Feiniao no longer refused, and waited quietly for Lu Yuexi to finish his meal, and went upstairs with her.

The light in the bedroom was not turned on, and the curtains were drawn on one side and lowered on the other, covering half of the skylight. The room was groggy, like another world.

The moment the door was pushed in, the white bird suddenly sang. It stood on the perch and tilted its head to look at the person coming.

A log frame was specially set up in the room to hang the birdcage, which was one person tall, and Zou Feiniao noticed it as soon as he entered the door.

She paused, came face to face with the bird, and asked, "Is this what you showed me?"

"You don't like it?"

"Why should I like it?"

Lu Yuexi smiled and closed the door casually.The windows were open for ventilation, so it was inevitable that some rain would drift in and wet the floor under the window sill.But she walked over and took the birdcage indifferently, and handed it to Zou Feiniao:

"Teasing it, it's very sticky."

Zou Feiniao pursed his lower lip, took the birdcage anyway, held the copper neck hook with his right hand, and supported the bottom of the cage with his left hand.

The little white bird raised its head to look at her in the cage, one person and one bird, their eyes were all jet black, which complemented each other perfectly.

Lu Yuexi made a smile at this scene.She used to think that the word "bird" was a good choice. This child is gentle and thin, isn't he just like a bird in a cage, smart and well-behaved?

She walked up to Zou Feiniao, hugged her from behind, and sighed softly: "I've already said that I was not good in the past. Now that I have thought it through, why are you bothering? Ye Huai and I have already It's impossible, so don't make trouble with me, okay?"

Zou Feiniao didn't say anything, only frowned.Her left hand touched an uneven spot, and there seemed to be something engraved on the bottom of the cage. She looked up and took a closer look, and there were three big characters engraved in Song Kai squares:

"Lu is a bird."

Seeing this, Lu Yuexi explained: "This is the name I gave it."

The original birdcage was too simple, and she always felt that something was missing.A while ago, I asked the master to customize a carved sandalwood birdcage, and engraved the name on the bottom, and now it finally feels like a private property.

I thought that the other party would be shy after understanding the deep meaning. After all, she used to blush easily in front of her.

Unexpectedly, after Zou Feiniao carefully rubbed the three words with his hands several times, he actually smiled, his words were indifferent, but ironic but bitter:

"Those who can be locked in a cage voluntarily should be called this name."

Lu Yuexi was taken aback.

Zou Feiniao opened the cage door without waiting for her to speak again. She shook the cage casually, and "Lu Shiniao" flapped its wings and flew around the bedroom.

However, it didn't take long for it to stay on Lu Yuexi's shoulder obediently, combing its feathers silently.

Zou Feiniao watched all this quietly, his eyes were a little subtle.

"...I was just playing with it, why are you still angry looking at it?" Lu Yuexi helplessly touched the little muffin bird on his shoulder, to comfort it, "I don't like everything now, do I?"

Zou Feiniao remained silent, Lu Yuexi gently caught the bird, put it back in the cage and locked it, and hung the cage back on the log frame.

Looking back, I saw that the other party was lost in thought, as if in a trance.A few strands of hair hang down from the forehead, lying on the cold and sharp eyebrows.Like rose thorns, dangerous and sharp, but also fragrant and beautiful.

With a thought, she walked over and lowered her head, wanting to kiss her.

Zou Feiniao tilted his head, and the kiss mixed with flattery fell on his neck.

The eyes under the lens were dark and deep, without much emotion, she glanced at Lu Yuexi coldly, the intention of avoiding it was obvious.

Lu Yuexi was a little irritable, and frowned and asked, "What will happen before you can come back?"

"Come back for what?"

Lu Yuexi: "It's like before."

"What was it like before?" Zou Feiniao smiled and asked, "Wearing in uniform, you treat it as if your sweetheart slept with you?"

"..." This was the first time she spoke so bluntly. Lu Yuexi didn't know what to say for a while. After a long time, she sighed and said softly, "I'm sorry, I did something wrong at that time."

"You don't need to apologize, because it doesn't make any sense." Zou Feiniao glanced lightly at the birdcage, his tone was not taunting or angry, but flat and scary, "What you need is an obedient and well-behaved pet bird, it's a pity, I don't know how to flatter, and I have let down your kindness to me."

"Not a bird..."

Zou Feiniao gently pushed her away: "You call me 'Feiniao', but you don't know why my father named me 'Feiniao'. Your uncle understands the meaning of these two words, you just ignored it on purpose. .”

Soaring for thousands of miles, the world is determined by itself, how can a young couple with a great temperament be a bird in a cage?

Lu Yuexi looked at her quietly, and it was only today that she suddenly realized that the other party was different, that stoic and arrogant soul, that uncompromising principle, everything was far beyond this skin.

After a long silence, she took a light breath and said with emotion: "I understand, I just feel..."

She stretched out her hand, as if she wanted to touch her, but when she was about to touch her, she put it down, her tone was frivolous, half serious and half joking:

"Such a good thing, maybe you have to hold it in the palm of your hand and look at it firmly to feel satisfied."

"...I'm leaving." Zou Feiniao looked down at the wristwatch, but didn't say anything to the words she meant.Lu Yuexi didn't respond, nor did he try to persuade him to stay, it was a tacit consent.

Zou Feiniao walked over and opened the door, as if remembering something, he said again: "Let's not contact you in the future, I'm very busy and I don't have time to deal with you."

In the obscure space, her shadow was elongated by the light in the corridor, forming an ink-like outline on the floor.

Lu Yuexi looked at the silhouette leisurely, and smiled: "You are busy with your work, and I am chasing mine, what effort do you need to deal with?"

At the end of the summer vacation, the debate club organized a school-level competition after school started, not limited to club members, all students in the school could participate.

There are many topics, and Zou Feiniao was not very interested at first, but when she saw a topic about extreme environmentalists, she thought about it and signed up with the president.

After collecting materials and documents for several days in a row, except for meals, she spent most of her time in the library.Hao Yushuang felt sorry for her, and when she went back to the dormitory at night, she even left her a serving of warm crystal dumplings.

With such meticulous preparation, she naturally performed well on the day of the competition.Moreover, the school sponsored a lot of money for this competition this year, and it was held in a very impressive manner.

Zou Feiniao actually doesn't talk much in the debate field, but his sentences are sharp and incisive, and the other party's brain freezes when he often refute, and he can't speak for a while, and what's more, he is so angry that he has no demeanor at all. But nothing to say.

After standing for two hours, I finally passed the preliminary round.

Zou Feiniao came backstage and took off the suit he wore for the competition, put it on his hand, and was about to go outside the venue.Hao Yushuang squeezed over from the crowd and leaned over to her side, with a look of admiration on her face:

"Feiniao, Feiniao, you are too powerful, where did you read those materials? And that book on the concept of rights, can you tell me the name? I'll go back and have a look."

"It's "The View of Animal Rights." Zou Feiniao smiled lightly, "It's nothing serious. These views have been raised by everyone, and I just integrated them."

A few steps out of the venue, I suddenly heard someone calling "little classmate" again.Of course Zou Feiniao didn't pay much attention to it, but Hao Yushuang followed the prestige, stopped suddenly, and was taken aback:

"Feibiao, it seems that someone is calling you."

"Ok?"

"Is that the judge teacher from just now?"

Zou Feiniao paused, looked back, and met the eyes of a woman behind him, the latter smiled, and she frowned:

"Not the judges."

"Who is that? It's strange."

There was an old man standing beside the woman, elegant and calm.They do know this old man, a highly qualified professor in the department, surnamed Liu, who only takes doctoral students.

Seeing them, the woman said: "It means you, can you come over?"

Zou Feiniao hesitated for a moment, but passed.Hao Yushuang followed behind, looked around for a while, and said embarrassingly:

"May I ask what you are looking for us for?"

"It's nothing, just getting to know each other." The woman smiled slightly and looked at Zou Feiniao with gentle eyes, "Is your name Zou Feiniao right? The match just now was very exciting. .”

"Really?" Zou Feiniao didn't feel much joy of being praised, and just nodded, "Thank you."

"Your point of view is very novel. There are not many students who can seriously study this issue, but you think comprehensively." The woman said, suddenly paused, and then smiled, "If Lao Zhao sees it, I will definitely have a good relationship with you." Discuss."

Professor Liu then sighed: "Isn't it? Cai Zhe also came out of the debating club back then. She looked similar to this girl during the competition. She really is a hero from a young man."

Zou Feiniao felt that these words were inexplicable, so he had no choice but to not respond.

After Professor Liu finished speaking, the woman was silent for a moment, then raised her eyes again, and looked at Zou Feiniao: "I have met you once before, it is really fate, you have spoken on stage twice, how should I say it?" , I feel very relieved."

Zou Feiniao asked, "Where is it? Have I seen you?"

"It's boring to say it clearly, little classmate, when I see you for the third time, can I talk to you again?"

"..."

"Hey, it's windy." Professor Liu felt the sudden autumn wind, sighed, then turned his head and said to the woman, "Ah Wen is still waiting for us at Linyou Hotel, why don't you go there first?"

The women nodded, and Professor Liu said to them in a gentle voice: "Just to get to know you, don't be nervous, then go and eat, you are very tired after working all morning."

Hao Yushuang nodded blankly, but still didn't react.Zou Feiniao watched the two leave with deep eyes. The woman walked calmly, with a calm demeanor of sophistication.

As the wind blows, the clothes flutter, and the pair of emerald earrings shake slightly, as transparent and bright as water droplets, under the light, they are imprinted in the eyes of others.

As autumn came, Lu Yuexi looked forward to the Mid-Autumn Festival.Since Auntie Fang got well and was discharged from the hospital last time, Zou Feiniao slipped back to Xiamen like a fish, and Lu Yuexi didn't even have time to see her off.

During the two full months of summer vacation, she came back only once. I don't know if it was because she was too busy with the internship, or if she was deliberately avoiding her.

But she didn't go to Xiamen again, the main company had too many things to do and couldn't leave.At the end of August, she went on a business trip to Beijing for a week. After returning, she began to count the calendar every day.

After autumn, there was little rain in Oucheng, and "Lu Shiniao" was put back in the back garden.

When Lu Yuexi came back from a business trip, it seemed to be rusty. It stood under the tree with rice in its hands. It also hesitated for a long time before flying down, as if it had some scruples, it pecked for a while and then flew back to its nest on the tree.

Lu Yuexi didn't think about it so much, and occasionally made time to feed it, but as things got more and more involved, she gradually forgot about the little white bird in the garden.

She was invited to attend a business party held by a certain business partner. She was chatting with others when a middle-aged man suddenly came over and called her "Boss Lu" with a smile.

Lu Yuexi looked, it was the person who said last time that he wanted to cooperate with her in the ecological park.

She thought that the other party wanted to bring up the old matter again, so she couldn't help being a little more cautious, so she just nodded, but she didn't expect that he really just came to say hello, and after toasting each other, she left.

Usually, he finds other partners, or he has the start-up capital, or he sees the disadvantages of the project and gives up voluntarily.

But judging by his eager attitude, it doesn't look like the business has lost his mind, so most likely he has found a partner and has funds, so he no longer insists on trying to persuade her.

This day, Lu Yuexi returned to the company after talking about the project, and ran into her father head-on, followed by a huge group of people.

She snorted and said, "Where is the Supreme Emperor going on tour in his humble clothes?"

Lu Heng explained: "Go out and inspect."

Lu Yuexi glanced leisurely into the crowd, and happened to meet Yun Yi's eyes.He smiled slightly and turned away, as if he was embarrassed to look at her.

He was dressed formally today, with a suit and leather shoes, which made him look more mature.

Lu Yuexi raised his eyebrows, and couldn't help but look at Lu Heng with meaningful eyes.

Lu Heng smiled and said, "It's all from my family."

After saying that, he led everyone towards the gate.

Lu Yuexi looked at it deeply, and said softly to the assistant Wen beside him: "Keep an eye on it."