Contention

The other party has been speechless during this period of time, and has rarely responded to messages, let alone actively called.

Lu Yuexi quickly picked it up and walked to the corner of the entrance: "Hello."

"Hello." Zou Feiniao's nasal voice was very heavy, and his voice changed. "I haven't talked to you for a long time. Are you busy?"

"No, what's the matter with you?" It was very quiet there, and nothing unusual could be heard, except that Zou Feiniao's voice just now sounded strange, "Are you sick?"

"Well, I had a fever and gastroenteritis a while ago."

After a guess, Lu Yuexi took a deep breath: "What about now? Are you feeling better?"

"I just came out of the hospital and rested in the dormitory. After taking medicine, I'm much better."

There was the sound of fabric rubbing, very lightly, probably Zou Feiniao turned over.

Lu Yuexi imagined the other party's lazy and tired appearance, and felt soft in his heart, and sighed: "Is it not good to eat? You are like this when you are busy."

"...Well, I haven't been sick for a long time. It's good to get sick once in a while, just to increase your resistance." Zou Feiniao laughed, "I haven't chatted with you much during this time, sorry."

"You just dare not tell me that you are sick, for fear that I will scold you." Lu Yuexi had no choice but to tease her softly, "Call me if you miss me now, why, why don't I go and see you?"

"That's not necessary, it's too far away."

"It's just a flight..." Lu Yuexi was talking when he suddenly heard movement behind him.

Turning around, she saw Ye Huai standing by the dining table looking at herself.

After looking at each other for a while, she said, "Long time no see."

"..." Lu Yuexi didn't expect that she would greet him, feeling a little complicated, nodded, and replied, "Well, long time no see."

"Ye Huai, the chicken soup is still simmering." He's mother suddenly said, "Did you put that pack of wolfberry?"

Ye Huai let out a "hmm".

"I'll go take a look."

"I'll go as well."

The two went into the kitchen again.

Lu Yuexi licked his dry lips.She didn't forget that she was still talking on the phone with Zou Feiniao, and when she regained her senses, she smiled at the person on the other end of the call, "We're having dinner at a friend's house."

"...Oh." There was a moment of silence, and then Zou Feiniao's voice was still very hoarse, "Do you know me?"

"you do not know."

"Then you should be busy." Zou Feiniao coughed twice, sounding very uncomfortable, "I'll go get a glass of water."

Lu Yue cherished hearing her state, no matter how he thought about it, he was not at ease.In a foreign country, the medical system is different, and getting sick is very troublesome.

In particular, Zou Feiniao values ​​work more than his own body, and if he doesn't keep fit, he will stay sick and study all night.

While telling the other party to take good care of her body, she was already thinking about her recent itinerary.

After hanging up the phone, the dishes on the table were almost ready.The pot of chicken soup simmered with codonopsis and wolfberry is in the middle, rich and mellow.

In Lu Yuexi's view, the atmosphere was a bit delicate, but the rest were quite at ease.Mother He chatted with her one after another, talking about her recent situation, and occasionally asking her about her recent situation.

Lu Yuexi didn't dare to answer more, lest people would recognize his true identity.She only said that her family opened a factory and she helped start a small business.

After lunch, Ye Huai packed up the dishes and went to the kitchen to clean up.Before leaving, she winked at Lu Yuexi, who hesitated for a moment, and followed in.

"...You, don't you tell them who you are?" As soon as the faucet was turned on, there was a splashing sound of water, and the bowls and chopsticks collided. The name 'Fei-Bird'?"

Lu Yuexi kept looking out of the kitchen door, a little embarrassed.But she didn't show it, she just sighed: "Having said that, do you think they can still laugh at me?"

Ye Huai remembered that nightmare high school life, and fell silent.

"They've worked hard, forget it."

Ye Huai nodded, poured detergent on the dishcloth, made foam, and wiped the dishes one by one, skillfully.Lu Yuexi looked at her in the kitchen with ease, without looking at anything she wanted to pick up, so she must have come here often.

"You..." The words came out, but I didn't know what to say.

Now their relationship is really hard to say.To say they are strangers involves too much in the past, and to say they are friends is a bit ambiguous.

Lu Yuexi felt uncomfortable after staying for a long time.What's more, now her heart is full of the weak Zou Feiniao who is thousands of miles away. Just now he congratulated his mother with a mouthful of "Little Zou", Lu Yuexi just wanted to laugh out of embarrassment.

While deep in thought, Ye Huai opened his mouth again and asked, "What's the matter with the ring on your hand?"

"Uh," Lu Yuexi raised his hand, "That's it, I'm engaged."

"man?"

"No, woman."

Ye Huai paused slightly, then turned to look at her.

Those eyes were difficult to describe, sad and sarcastic, deep and cool, like burning ashes, with a smoldering fire in the depths.

She had no relatives, and her dependent lover died of illness, so she never even saw her for the last time.However, the person who disturbed his uneasy life in the past is happy and happy, and now he has achieved what he once wanted to do most.

Lu Yuexi looked at her quietly, only the sound of water flowing, and the slow silence.

"...It really doesn't make sense." Ye Huai murmured suddenly, then lowered her head to wash her bowl, her eyes drooping slightly, looking more and more gloomy.

Lu Yuexi stood at the door frame, his eyes fell on the two old people watching TV in the living room, and he didn't move for a while.

There was no heat in the room, and the kitchen window was open.As soon as the wind blew, her frozen thoughts became clearer.

"Ye Huai." She cleared her throat and opened her mouth, "He Ying gave me a painting before she was alive. If you want it, I'll get it for you."

"painting?"

"Well, she drew it."

Ye Huai smiled lightly: "Forget it. What she gave you is for you."

"Okay." Lu Yuexi gathered his coat, he had no interest in staying any longer, "I'm leaving."

After going out to say hello to the He family's parents, Mother He enthusiastically sent her downstairs and said, "Come and play when you have time. It's boring to stay at home with your Uncle He."

Lu Yuexi smiled: "Isn't there Ye Huai here?"

"She..." Mother He stopped, paused for a moment, sighed and lowered her voice, "It was so unpleasant during that time, I always feel that she will blame us."

"She's not such a person. If she really has resentment, she won't come to take care of you."

"...I'm very grateful to her, and I'm going to give her something, but..." Mother He confided her heart in front of Lu Yuexi, shaking her head, "It's really hard to get close to someone who has a grudge in his heart."

"..." Lu Yuexi looked at the old woman in front of him, speechless for a while.She thought that the other party would treat Ye Huai as a half-daughter, but she still had a lump in her heart.

But this is someone else's business and has nothing to do with her.

Lu Yuexi only smiled, and said no more: "My car is parked in front, so there is no need to send it off." After thinking about it, he left a polite excuse, "I'll come to visit another day when I'm free."

Because he was thinking about Zou Feiniao's body, Lu Yuexi was a little careless in his work during this time.

Sure enough, as she expected, although she hadn't recovered yet, after the video request was connected, the girl on the phone screen was still wearing glasses, sitting in front of the computer and typing away.

Lu Yuexi didn't want to scold her, so he asked softly, "How are you feeling?"

Zou Feiniao looked at the phone camera occasionally while typing, and pursed his pale lips lightly: "It's still burning."

"Where's the stomach?"

"...I still have to take medicine." Zou Feiniao coughed lightly as he said, "It's okay, I can already eat. I'm not very busy, but the instructor is in a hurry to get this data... Today I It's been a day off."

Lu Yuexi stared at her blankly for a long while, thinking that it's useless to be angry, and she can't walk through the screen to drag her to rest.

He finally nodded and changed the subject.

But Zou Feiniao was obviously absent-minded because he was sorting out the data.Lu Yuexi couldn't bear to disturb her, so he hung up after saying a few words in a hurry.

She thought for a while, dialed the inside line to call Assistant Wen, and said in a serious voice: "Wen Xin, I remember you came back from studying in Australia?"

Assistant Wen's expression was equally serious: "Yes."

"Have you ever been to New Zealand?"

"I've been there a few times." Assistant Wen hesitated and asked, "Are you going to send me there to investigate some project?"

"No." Lu Yuexi rubbed the tip of his nose. The other party was so serious that she became inactive, "It's just... I'm going to New Zealand to visit someone, and I may have to stay... for about a week. Please help me arrange the itinerary and come with me by the way. Go ahead and take a vacation."

Assistant Wen: "..."

The two countries are far apart, and even the seasons are different.

When Lu Yuexi got on the plane, he was still wearing a tea-white coat with a shawl collar. When he got off the plane, the coat had already been stored in the suitcase. Inside was a thin shirt and a pair of nude-colored suit pants.

In order to show her temperament, she specially chose dark high heels, which is very conspicuous in the crowd.Assistant Wen followed behind her, pulling the suitcase tirelessly.

After taking a taxi to the booked hotel, Lu Yuexi ordered Assistant Wen to deal with matters such as route arrangement and car rental.

However, in order to be a personalized boss, Assistant Wen's food and clothing expenses for the past few days are the same as hers. Except for doing some things for herself when necessary, the other party can arrange the rest of the time by herself.

After all, Lu Yuexi also needs to have some space with Zou Feiniao.

Lu Yuexi did not notify Zou Feiniao of this trip in advance.It wasn't until the next morning after arriving in Auckland, when the assistant Wen rented a car and took her to the University of Auckland, that she called him on the way.

It's not clear, but after deliberately chatting for a long time, Lu Yuexi finally asked reservedly: "Guess where I am?"

Zou Feiniao had already noticed it, and said with a faint smile, "I don't guess. I've already changed my clothes and am about to go downstairs. When will you arrive?"

"……Um?"

"Now it's [-]:[-] here, and it should be around six o'clock in your place." She said slowly, but her tone was firm, "I don't believe you are free to call me at six o'clock in the morning."

Lu Yuexi: "..."