Watching the man put the shredded mustard on a plate, Xu Xizhou's eyes brightened, his head unconsciously leaned over, and suddenly something hit his head hard.

"The noodles are going to be mushy." Zhuang Jingchun said word by word.

"Fuck me, can you do it lightly?" Xu Xizhou retracted his neck angrily, rubbing his head with one hand, and stirring the noodles in the pot with chopsticks with the other.

Under warm yellow light.

Xu Xizhou ate the last noodle in the bowl, wiped his mouth with a tissue, and finally couldn't help but look at Zhuang Jingchun, who was facing him.

"Why... why did you suddenly return to China?"

Zhuang Jingchun ate the noodles for a while, and there was a trace of emotion in her eyes, but it disappeared quickly, "My mother asked me to come back, she doesn't worry about you."

Xu Xizhou seemed a little flattered, and was about to say something when Zhuang Jingchun had finished eating the noodles, put down his chopsticks, and glanced at him.

"do the washing up."

"Understood, Master Zhuang, you can just sit."

It was a great gift for Zhuang Jingchun to be able to cook noodles for him, so he had to do the dirty work of washing dishes.

After washing the dishes, Xu Xizhou watched TV for a while, then couldn't sit still and knocked on Zhuang Jingchun's door.

Zhuang Jingchun had just finished taking a shower, wearing a dark blue bathrobe with water vapor all over her body, standing at the door a little sleepy.

"what?"

Xu Xizhou blinked, and mysteriously took out a rectangular box from behind him.

Zhuang Jingchun caught a glimpse of the fireworks pattern above, and suddenly showed a speechless expression.

"How old are you, and you still play such childish things."

"No, why is it naive to set off fireworks? Men are teenagers until they die, haven't you heard of it? Don't you like this kind of thing? I have a lot of tricks here, there are fireworks and silver flowers, thunder explosions, and fairies—"

With a bang, the solid wooden door slammed shut before his eyes.

Xu Xizhou touched his nose, begged for no fun, turned around and went downstairs with the fireworks in his arms.

He guessed that Zhuang Jingchun would reject him, but he was not disappointed, and went to the yard alone with the pile of fireworks boxes.

He took out a lighter, lit two fireworks on the open space, and then squatted on the steps, watching the colorful fireworks bloom in the air.

Zhuang Jingchun sat in front of the window, and when she lowered her eyes, she saw the figure in the yard.

The boy was sitting on the steps, his face was a little lonely. He clearly looked at the fireworks blooming in the sky, but his eyes were like a night sky with dim stars, empty and confused.

He was suddenly a little upset, he didn't want to go deep into the source of his troubles, raised his hand and closed the curtain.

The next day, Xu Xizhou fell asleep and was woken up by Yuan Mu's phone call.

"Going to Forest Park? Okay."

"What, you want to bring your family?" Hearing the words behind Yuan Mu, Xu Xizhou was no longer sleepy at all, and sat up from the bed with a bony expression on his face.

"Don't say it, he will definitely not agree. I asked him to come down to watch the fireworks yesterday and he refused, thinking I was naive."

On the other side, Yuan Mu was unwilling to give up, so he persuaded him gently, "You think about it, it's still the beginning of the first month, and he came all the way back to China, which shows that he still cares about you. Maybe he'll be soft-hearted and agree."

Xu Xizhou looked like a ghost, "You act like a spoiled child? You might as well stab me to death, at least I can walk in peace."

"It's a new year, don't say bad words. Anyway, my room is already booked, you can figure it out for yourself."

"No, you—"

Before Xu Xizhou could finish speaking, he simply hung up the phone.

All day long, Xu Xizhou didn't find a chance to talk to Zhuang Jingchun. He was bored and installed a simulator in his room. The latter was jet lag and slept until the afternoon.

In the evening, housekeeping came to the door and made a sumptuous dinner. During the banquet, watching Zhuang Jingchun drinking soup in a good mood, Xu Xizhou felt that his chance had come.

He first coughed twice, and after attracting Zhuang Jingchun's attention, he pretended to be casual, "I heard Yuan Mu say that the scenery of the forest park in Xishan is very good, and there are hot springs in it."

Zhuang Jingchun put a piece of fish in his mouth and looked up at him.

"Want to go play?"

Xu Xizhou nodded quickly.

"How many laps did you run on the simulator today?"

"Five laps, there are ten fastest laps." Finally, he stepped on the clutch and his feet were sore.

Zhuang Jingchun was quite satisfied with this data and pondered for a few seconds, "I will ask Secretary Zhou to book a hotel tomorrow."

Xu Xizhou didn't expect Zhuang Jingchun to agree so quickly, with a smile on his face, he said with a smile, "No need, Yuan Mu has already ordered."

Only then did Zhuang Jingchun realize that he seemed to have been tricked by him, and frowned slightly.

"You mean, is there anyone else going?"

Xu Xizhou carefully observed his expression, "Yeah, Yuan Mu and his husband will go, and he wants us to go too. If you really don't want to—"

"when?"

"Ah? You promised?!"

Xu Xizhou looked at him expectantly.

"Anyway, if you are idle, you are idle. Go out and get some fresh air."

Zhuang Jingchun tried her best to ignore the boy's shimmering black eyes, and her tone was flat.

"You prepare things yourself, I don't care."

"Don't worry, wrap it on me."

After dinner, Xu Xizhou couldn't wait to take Zhuang Jingchun to a nearby supermarket and bought a shopping cart full of snacks. Zhuang Jingchun laughed at him for being like a primary school student on a spring outing, but Xu Xizhou was not annoyed, and threw two cans of oranges into the shopping cart.

The next day, they left early in the morning. Zhuang Jingchun was driving, and Xu Xizhou was wrapped in a blanket, lying on the back seat to catch up on sleep. When they woke up, they just arrived at the gate of Forest Park.

"I drooled out of my sleep."

Zhuang Jingchun parked the car and glanced back in disgust.

"Don't slander me, okay, there's no" Xu Xizhou wiped the corner of his mouth subconsciously, but his fingers were wet.