chapter 36

Jiang Weicheng had a great time on his twenty-fifth birthday.

Huo Xichen went to the supermarket early in the morning to buy a variety of vegetables, fish, meat, seafood and fruits. Two large bags were filled with them, almost filling her double-door refrigerator.

After Jiang Weicheng came to S City, she rarely cooked for herself. She usually only had breakfast in the apartment and spent her evenings at various dinner parties.

The kitchen in the apartment is very beautiful. To the north of the living room, there is an open island-style extended bar, and a variety of built-in high-end cooking equipment: oven, electric steamer, and dishwasher.

I don't know if it was because Su Tao was here these two days, or because today was Jiang Weicheng's birthday, but he behaved very well. After sorting the things he bought one by one, he went straight to work in the kitchen.

He still doesn't know how to cook, and he doesn't know how to cook many complicated dishes, especially the preparation of seafood and meat.

He bought sea crabs, which were still alive. Because Jiang Weicheng likes seafood, the main dishes he prepared today were spicy fried sea crabs, steamed scallops, abalone and razor clams with garlic vermicelli and stir-fried octopus.

He has studied these dishes in the past two days, and they are not difficult.

Unfortunately, the first step was to deal with the sea crabs.

Jiang Weicheng and Su Tao were pruning the flowers that Su Tao had bought, when they heard waves of obviously suppressed wails coming from the kitchen.

"Oh, why are you climbing so fast..."

"It would be too cruel if I go..."

"Give me some face, I'll give you a bath first..."

"Wow! It hurts!"

"Orange orange orange orange..."

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The two laughed and listened for a while, but Jiang Weicheng couldn't hold it back in the end.

Su Tao looked at the man who put down his scissors and hurried past, the smile on his lips fell.

She has experience, and the two of them have just been together. At this time, Jiang Weicheng cannot listen to anything from the outside world.

Young boys are always passionate. They are like fire. They are straightforward, cute, handsome, and sincere...and they have endless energy and are willing to tell you all the love words in the world.

Once they like someone and decide to pursue them no matter what, there are very few women who can't help but fall in love with them.

It was not easy for Jiang Weicheng to insist on relenting from last autumn to this summer. She was considered sensible, but it was obvious that Huo Xichen's own conditions were too good for even her to resist.

In the past two days, she had listened to Jiang Weicheng intermittently about what happened between the two of them. His attachment, persistence, hard work, sincerity... were all the reasons that made her heart move.

She did say that she didn't want to fall in love for the time being and just wanted to focus on her career, but...she was reluctant to let it go.

Since he is so reluctant, why make both of them sad? Anyway, even if she doesn't nod, he will get tired of being around her.

Su Tao just listened quietly, and finally patted her friend's hand.

She didn't want to say anything for the moment, because she knew that whenever she spoke, it would always be negative.

She wanted to say that when she met Cong Mu, he was still a college student. Like Huo Xichen now, he liked her, was persistent and sincere, and did a lot of stupid things to pursue her.

And she was moved by his seemingly silly but actually sincere things, and began to soften her heart.

Once a woman starts to soften her heart, she is not far away from having a heartbeat.

She didn't want Jiang Weicheng to be like her, soft-hearted and moved, fall in love with her, and then give her all, only to find that she might just be a part of the other person's growth experience.

But now that they have just started, it would be too disappointing for her to say this, and Jiang Weicheng is different from her, she is smarter and more determined, and she sincerely hopes that the other party will have a different result.

In the kitchen, Huo Xichen firmly stated that he could handle it and would not let Jiang Weicheng get his hands on it: "Today is your birthday, you don't have to do anything, I will handle it!"

"Then why did you call me miserably just now?" She looked at the water stains all over his body and took out an apron from the drawer on the side. "Come and wear it, otherwise by the time you finish cooking today, your new clothes will be all over your body."

It’s over.”

"You help me put it on." He stood in front of her, opened his hands and looked down at her.

He has long imagined such a scene. In the little nest of love between two people, he cooks her favorite dishes, and she stays with him, handing him something from time to time, and he will also

During a busy break, he lowered his head and secretly kissed her.

As for her, she would be stunned for a moment, then she would smile softly, her beautiful brown eyes would be shining brightly, then she would stand up on tiptoes and hook her arms around his neck, giving him a more passionate kiss...

Huo Xichen was a little embarrassed by his imagination. Not only did he laugh to himself, but there was also a dusting of pink on his cheeks.

He was about to lower his head and move closer to turn his imagination into reality, but Jiang Weicheng suddenly asked: "How much seafood did you buy? Dungeness crab, abalone, scallops, razor clams, no, these are razor clams, and octopus, nine

Shrimp, shrimp, why do you need to buy two kinds of shrimp?"

She said and went to open the refrigerator again, "This is a steak? I'm quite good at buying it. I think this part of the steak tastes the best - and of course the price is the best. It's four yuan! Do you think the three of us have it?"

Eight stomachs? Especially these seafoods are all alive. If you can’t finish them today, they will be wasted tomorrow.”

She knew that he made some money as a model, but 80% of the bracelet should be removed, and the rest should be enough for tuition, and he might have to work again for living expenses.

She doesn't want him to spend money randomly just because he wants to make her happy.

She shook her head and closed the refrigerator, then turned to look at him: "How much did you spend?"

Sure enough, there is a gap between imagination and reality.

Huo Xichen sighed inwardly, and leaned over to kiss her on the lips: "You are right. But today is your birthday, and I don't have the money to take you to a particularly high-end restaurant, and I don't have the ability to help you.

I’m holding a birthday party, so I thought about buying all your favorite foods and cooking them for you myself.”

Although she had clearly said the word girlfriend, he always felt that it was unreal. She was so good and could be any good, but now he was not worthy of her at all.

If you don't even have this sincerity, how can you have the nerve to say that you are her boyfriend.

The high-end restaurants and birthday parties Huo Xichen mentioned reminded her of one of her past birthdays. That was probably the most boring and uninteresting birthday of all her birthdays.

She looked at the young man in front of her who was wearing an apron and had slightly messy hair. He was obviously not very skilled but tried hard to do a good job for her. She hooked her hands around his neck and gave him a slightly passionate kiss.

Huo Xichen was extremely happy. Because Jiang Weicheng had been staying with Su Tao these two days, even if he came, he rarely had the chance to be alone with her. This pair of fresh-faced, energetic, strong-willed (emphasis added) boys who had just turned positive came here.

I mean, it's really a huge torture.

Although this text was short, it was profound, and since she took the initiative, it was simply awesome.

After that, Huo Xi was busy in the kitchen, handling the seafood in an orderly manner, washing and preparing vegetables, and finally finished the birthday seafood meal by herself.

meal.

While the three of them were toasting, Su Tao's cell phone rang.

The call was from Mu, and this was not the first time. He called Jiang Weicheng two more times that night, but she didn't answer. In the end, he roughly understood that Su Tao should have contacted her.

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After that, Cong Mu stopped calling Jiang Weicheng and started calling Su Tao and also sent messages.

Jiang Weicheng found that although Su Tao didn't answer the phone or reply to messages, she never delayed or blackmailed the other party, so she thought that this time she was still the same as before, just in a cold war, and she would go back sooner or later.

Until this time, she answered the phone.

"Don't call me again, we're done." She broke up with Cong Mu on the phone.

After that, in order not to disturb Jiang Weicheng and the others, she left the dining table and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, telling him clearly about the white eyes and rejection she had received from Yu Miao.

She is just an ordinary person, not an artist. She has tried very hard, trying to adapt, accepting, and treating everything as reasonable.

However, he can no longer commit to marriage, cannot disclose her existence, and even has to act as another person's boyfriend in front of the public...

During the more than half a year that she followed him around, she had no life of her own and was like a humble appendage.

"If you don't like to be with me or watch my work, then we can return to the previous model... Taotao, we have gone through so many difficulties. Don't you think it's a pity that you want to break up now?

I will not stay in the entertainment industry forever, and there are no popular artists in this industry. As long as I make enough money, I will quit. Then we can travel around the world together, and we will be happy every day... You just need to

Wait a minute, you have walked with me through the most difficult life, and now I finally have a career. Don’t you think it’s a pity that you want to give up now?”

Su Tao listened quietly. He said these words more than once. The first time she heard them, she was very moved.

It is really hard not to be touched by a man who can say that he would give up his career for you and also say that making money is for the future of both of them.

However, since the first time he said these words, his net worth has increased more than ten times, and the notifications he has received have also increased more than ten times.

So, where does the so-called "making enough money" end?

She didn't want to believe him anymore, but she knew that to make him give up, there had to be a reason that was more like a reason than "tired" or "don't want to wait any longer."

And this reason is Yu Miao. Obviously, Yu Miao must be more than just a job to him.

She told Congmu clearly that she couldn't bear it, she didn't want to wait any longer, she just wanted to break up.

"Okay, since you must break up, let's break up officially." Cong Mu hung up the phone.

Su Tao slowly squatted on the floor against the floor-to-ceiling window. After a while, she leaned there and started crying.

Jiang Weicheng came over at some point and patted her back gently. Su Tao looked up and tried to smile: "He and I are officially over, but I can't leave with a smile like you did. I'm not free and easy.

, I feel so uncomfortable, I even want to call him again and say that as long as he still loves me, I am willing to endure anything and wait... But it doesn't work, it really doesn't work..."

"It will be fine. It will get better slowly... I will stay with you."

At this time, Jiang Weicheng thought this was the end of Su Tao and Cong Mu, but later he realized that this was just the beginning.

The origin of the matter is a few photos and animations. The protagonists are Cong Mu and Su Tao. I don’t know when they were taken.
To be continued...