Chapter 19: like

The matter of Cong You came to an end.
Maybe Zhou Yizhi said to him in a very serious tone that day that he already has someone he likes, making him feel that there is no hope for continuing to chase.
And Miss Zhou is not short of money. Even if Cong You is to make romance with the Ferris wheel, Hot Wheels, it is nothing new to her.
In other words, if she doesn't like Cong You at all, Cong You has nothing to do.
For this matter, Cong You was very frustrated for a while. He began to walk around Zhou Yizhi wittily in school, and it became a situation similar to that of his previous life. He probably told the group of friends around him, his friends never appeared in front of Zhou Yizhi again.
In addition, Cong You feels that Zhou Yizhi has changed a lot. He always thought that after Zhou Yizhi knew of his bet on the forum, even if he was not so sad, he would at least have the anger of being trampled on his self-esteem, and he might rush to him. Slap yourself.
But Zhou Yizhi didn't expect it.
At dinner that day, the Zhou Yizhi he saw seemed to be much more mature and calm than the girl he had chased for more than a month, and there were more things he couldn't understand in the eyes of beautiful and beautiful things.
Cong You is still a sixteen or seventeen-year-old Maotou boy, and for the time being, he doesn't know how to describe the changes in Zhou Yizhi.
He just regretted it. It would be great if he didn't take Zhou Yizhi's bet at the beginning, if he chased her seriously at the beginning, maybe there would be another ending.
When he first made a bet to chase Zhou Yizhi, he didn't understand Zhou Yizhi at all. He only knew that she always looked frosty and unattainable. The boys all teased that she was a white swan and a luxury product. Energetic, just zoom in and make the white swan bend its waist.
But later I gradually approached Zhou Yizhi, and even after going to her house several times, I found out that Zhou Yizhi's large and luxurious beautiful villa actually only lived in Zhou Yizhi, the housekeeper and Aunt He. It was empty and reminded him of the flashy cold castle. .
I don't know why, Cong You didn't subconsciously tell these things to his friends. He also joked that
Sister Zhou’s house is very beautiful.
Someone asked him whether he had met her parents after chasing Zhou Yizhi for so long. Cong You also changed the subject,
Sister Zhou hasn’t let go, but with my charm , Eight/nine is not far from ten."
Perhaps he knew it subconsciously at the time, saying this would hurt Zhou Yizhi's self-esteem the most.
It's just that the matter has ended, there is no other ending.
Cong You's passionate pursuit is like a short autumn, which quickly turns over.
After school that day, Zhou Yizhi took Xue Xi to the bakery again. She and Xue Xi both wore school uniforms. They looked like ordinary blue and white uniforms at school, but once the two went out alone, watch It looks like a couple's outfit.
Zhou Yizhi was a little happy secretly, learning his brother to pull his zipper to the top.
At the same cake shop, Zhou Yizhi was much more proficient this time, and he did not ask his brother to help him at all.
Just beating the eggs and squeezing the cream all by yourself.
She was in a rush, with some powder on her face, her sleeves rolled up high, and all her slender fingers covered with flour, but she did it very hard. But she was not sure about her ability. The flour floated upwards and got into the tip of her nose. Zhou Yizhi was choked on her nose. He turned around and ran to the corner, coughing so much tears came out: "Cough cough cough...cough cough. "
Xue Xi hurriedly washed his hands, walked over and patted her on the back, then took a tissue and handed it to her, reluctantly said: "You are not good at doing this, let me help you, when you give it away, you only said that you did it. That's it."
He knew that Zhou Yizhi was not for Cong You, but he knew that Zhou Yizhi was learning to open his heart to make new friends recently, and had already mined with a few girls in the class. He thought Zhou Yizhi made these little cakes because he wanted to take them to school and distribute them to the girls. of.
Zhou Yizhi wiped away the coughed tears with a tissue, and said to Xue Xi: "Don't look at me! Cough cough...cough...you turn your back."
Xue Xi chuckled slightly, turned his back, and continued to pat her back gently with his backhand.
Only then was Zhou Yizhi facing the wall, venting a few breaths with his nose in an unimaginative way, trying to spray out the flour he had sucked in.
What a shame, she thought to herself blushing. After her breathing was finally smooth, Zhou Yizhi turned around. There were tears from the corners of her eyes and the wet flour on her face. She said to Xue Xi: "Brother, do your own. Leave me alone, what are you doing, don't help me."
She continued to walk towards the workbench, Xue Xi walked up to her, looked at the sky, and said: "But if you do it yourself, it will probably be dark after you finish it."
"It's dark, it's dark, and nothing happened today." Zhou Yizhi squeezed Xue Xi away with his shoulder, and said to him again: "I'll do it myself, don't help me."
Xue Xi couldn't help but glanced at her, it seemed a bit strange why she had to insist on making a complete cake by herself. But seeing that she was so focused on doing this, he moved a step aside and moved the dry flour that would easily choke on her.
Xue Xi was right. When Zhou Yizhi finished making a cake, his naivety was already dark.
It's already past eight o'clock in the evening.
And what makes Zhou Yizhi ashamed is that this cake is not very well done. When it is taken out of the oven, it is already crooked, like the Leaning Tower of Pisa that has been kicked, waiting until she tremblingly put the cream After squeezing it up, there were a few invisible flowers lying on the leaning tower sluggishly. The large and small flowers were evenly distributed, and they looked like big pie.
Zhou Yizhi couldn't bear to look directly at him, staring at the cake he had made, with an urge to start all over again.
She couldn't help but glanced at her brother. He started work behind her, but he was almost finished.
He has dark eyes.
The slender finger bones gripped the inverted triangle for squeezing the cream, and squeezed out one beautiful flower after another along the edge of the cake. The outer circle is orange-yellow like a sunset. When it reaches the inside, it is decorated with some carved chocolates, which looks no different from the cakes on the shelves of the cake shop.
After he was done, Xue Xi turned on the faucet, washed his hands, and then turned his head to see Zhou Yizhi.
His eyes fell on the cake in front of her.
Xue Xi:...
Zhou Yizhi:...
Zhou Yizhi's face flushed immediately, and she covered her cake with both hands, and said fiercely, "No look!"
Xue Xitwisted at the beginning, but still couldn't hide some uncontrollable smiles in his eyes. He said in a low voice, "Don't look."
Zhou Yiyi wanted to find a hole in the hole, but couldn't help but quietly look at the cake made by his brother. Even the last time, he only came for the second time, but how could he make a cake that can be displayed on the shelf? ? She asked: "Have you ever made a cake before?"
After Xue Xi came to Zhou's house, neither the housekeeper nor Zhou Yizhi ever asked about his old things. This is the first time Zhou Yizhi has advanced.
Xue Xi walked to the faucet, opened the faucet to rinse the cream on his hands, squeezed out some hand sanitizer, and continued to wash his hands.
Zhou Yizhi's attention couldn't help falling to his slender fingers.
It seemed that there had been silence for a long time. Xue Xi just glanced at Zhou Yi and said calmly: "Well, I worked in a cake shop during the winter vacation last year. The weather was cold during the winter vacation. This kind of cake can be stored for three or four days and is relatively popular, so I work. There are a lot of orders for a day."
That's why he can be so skilled and squeeze the perfect cake flower in a short time.
Zhou Yizhi looked up at him. The tall young man looked calm, but Zhou Yizhi's heart was sour for no reason. She didn't ask at all in the previous life because she didn't care. In this life, she had just reunited with him, and she didn't ask until now because she didn't dare to mention it for fear of hurting his young self-esteem.
Now that I think about it, although his tone is downplaying, in the past three years, after the family broke down, he must have suffered a lot, but he never said this, it looks like those are basically trivial, he can do it with one hand. Therefore, those who know the changes in his family will not show pity or sympathy for him even if he knows that he is difficult.
He may not even want to see this from other people's faces.
In the last life, he may have been the heaviest straw on his brother's fate.
Fortunately, I am back now.
Zhou Yizhi suppressed the slight sourness in his nasal cavity, did not continue the topic, but asked Xue Xi: "Do you think I can see this cake? Will the person receiving the gift be unhappy?"
Xue Xi looked at the cake in front of her. It was indeed awkward and unsightly. Even after taking it out of the oven, it broke a small piece, but her fingers were still stained with flour, and her slender fingers were flushed red by the cold from the tap water.
He walked over and turned the faucet to the right. After the water was hot, he shook Zhou Yizhi's hand and rinsed under the faucet. He wiped some hand sanitizer on the back of her hand and motioned her to wash her hand.
"No." Xue Xi looked at Zhou Yizhi and said: "The friend who receives your cake will definitely be very happy."
He is too jealous, how dare that person dislike the cake she made?
Zhou Yizhi felt a little embarrassed when he heard this, so he curled his lips slightly and carefully washed his hands. Today is my brother's birthday. She took him to make the cake. Doesn't he understand that it was made for him?
"The friend who received the cake", he actually called himself that way, it made people blush subtly.
He also pretended not to know, and wanted to make a cake for himself.
Fortunately, I persisted. I made the whole cake by myself from beginning to end.
Zhou Yizhi thought with joy. After washing her hands, she asked the young lady in the cake shop to help herself wrap the cake.
Xue Xi's was done beautifully, and she packed it up and took it home together.
The two of them returned to the car with freshly baked cakes. Zhou Yizhi didn't speak when he got in the car and secretly texted. She asked Aunt He if she was ready to let her prepare it. Aunt He was typing slowly. After a while, a text message came: It's done, miss.
Zhou Yizhi got a little excited, tried not to show himself, and pretended to look calmly at the night scene outside.
But after a while, she couldn't help but glance at her brother with her left light.
She felt that she was texting so obvious that her brother should have guessed that he was helping her prepare a birthday surprise. At this time, he should be trying to calm his expression and pretend not to know.
However, he never expected that the teenager next to him was holding his schoolbag and closed his eyes lightly, as if he was a little tired and fell asleep.
Zhou Yizhi:...
?
what happened? Is he not excited? How can you still sleep? !
But Zhou Yizhi didn't have the heart to disturb him. Instead, he looked at him with a smile for a while. The neon lights passing by outside the car window gleamed on his handsome face, falling on his straight nose and thin lips. The color comes, and occasionally a few shadows fly over, making his handsome face half bright and half dark.
Zhou Yizhi couldn't help raising his hand, and bored the shadow of his hand on his face.
But soon, the car stopped not far from the villa.
Xue Xi opened his eyes and looked at Zhou Yizhi.
Zhou Yizhi quickly withdrew his hand with a guilty conscience.
The two got out of the car together, Xue Xi carrying their schoolbags and their cakes, walking behind Zhou Yizhi, after entering the white fence courtyard gate, the two walking on the cobblestone path.
Xue Xi was originally hanging his head slightly, but suddenly he felt that the lights on the ground seemed to be different from usual. The warm yellow street lights in the yard were still on, but there were more oval and round colorful lights on the cobblestones. The light is like oil paint.
He raised his head subconsciously, and he stopped immediately.
There are many balloons hanging at the door of the villa. From the floor-to-ceiling windows, there seem to be many balloons flying in the villa, which looks like--
A small birthday celebration.
Xue Xi was a little stunned, and then looked down at the cake in his hand again, as if he was aware of something, his breathing was slightly condensed, and he raised his eyes to look at Zhou Yizhi.
Zhou Yizhi, who was walking in front of him, had not yet stepped onto the steps. She seemed to hear his footsteps stop, so she went up a step, stood on the step and turned around to look at him.
There was a smile in her eyes.