Wen Ye was sitting in a state-owned hotel, feeling uneasy, with his head slightly lowered, his eyes always fixed on the tips of his toes.
This is her first time entering a state-owned hotel.
She has only been working as a private substitute teacher for a year.
The salary of a private substitute teacher is very low, and her stepmother is acrimonious in many ways, forcing her to hand over all her salary. She only has two yuan per month for expenses.
Going out to a restaurant is just a luxury.
"Here, eat this braised pork." Xu Erlong pushed the braised pork in front of her.
The braised pork is red and shiny in color, the meat is tender and tender, and the sweet but not greasy braised pork is placed in front of you, and the tempting smell penetrates your nostrils.
No matter how reserved Wen Ye was, he couldn't bear it anymore.
Under Xu Erlong's eager eyes, she carefully picked up a piece of braised pork.
The fat and thin braised pork trembles slightly between the chopsticks.
As the wonderful taste spread between his lips and teeth, Wen Ye thought to himself:
I must make up for the two brothers and sisters, otherwise, I will be sorry for this piece of braised pork.
Xu Erlong watched Wen Ye eat braised pork.
She ate very delicately and gracefully, her pink cheeks bulging like a little squirrel, and her lips became fuller due to the saturation of meat juice.
"Wen Ye, what do you think of me?" Xu Erlong asked softly.
"You are a very good person." Wen Ye raised his head slightly.
"What's a good idea?"
"Well, he is very enthusiastic, very generous, and very optimistic... and he is very good at taking care of others." Wen Ye said softly how good Xu Erlong was.
Seeing Xu Erlong's handsome face right in front of him, with sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, his bright eyes kept looking at her. There was deep affection in his eyes, and Wen Ye's heart couldn't help but beat wildly.
They are all young girls and boys aged 17 or 18, and they can confirm each other's feelings with just one glance.
"Wen Ye, I like you. If you don't object, I want to have a relationship with you." Xu Erlong said his heart urgently.
In the last life, he didn't express it so straightforwardly. He said to Wen Ye under the influence of alcohol: "After all these years, you haven't gotten married, and I haven't gotten married either. Why don't we make do with each other?"
What he got was Wen Ye's faint smile: "I feel like it's good to be like this, the best partner in business, the best friend in life, watching each other, helping each other, and not having to worry about all kinds of mundane things."
This was a gentle rejection, and Xu Erlong stopped pursuing her.
Both of us have been hurt and have been through it for most of our lives. Stalking each other is not the best way.
But in this life, everything is different. Everyone is still like a blank sheet of paper, without experiencing too much sadness or many vicissitudes of life.
He should have a good relationship with Wen Ye.
I don’t seek to be spectacular, but I seek to have no regrets in this life.
"I..." Wen Ye's face turned even redder, and the tips of his ears were as red as if they were bleeding.
"I like you." Xu Erlong emphasized again: "I will not give up easily again. Even if you refuse, I will not give up easily."
Wen Ye looked around shyly and said in a voice like a mosquito: "I...I didn't say I disagreed..."
You didn’t say you disagree, does that mean you agree?
Xu Erlong was overjoyed.
What I asked for in my previous life was not granted, but in this life, I didn't expect that it would be so easy.
Sure enough, the mentality is different, the experiences are different, and the ideas are also different.
"Then I'll pick a day and ask a matchmaker to come to propose marriage." Xu Erlong hit the snake and followed it with a stick.
Only when a matchmaker comes to propose marriage can it prove that the woman is valued.
If possible, he would like to get married after proposing marriage.
"Isn't this too fast..." Wen Ye bit his lower lip lightly.
Don’t you need to be with someone for a while first?
"Not happy." Xu Erlong replied: "Seize the day and night."
"Using idioms indiscriminately." Wen Ye glared at him.
"Yes, Teacher Wen is right to criticize." Xu Erlong chuckled.
Wen Ye then laughed, with a girl's unique shyness in her smile.
Both Xu Erlong and Wen Ye find it much easier to decide on a romantic partner.
Seeing Xu Erlong pay more than ten yuan at the checkout, Wen Ye felt heartbroken and a little embarrassed.
"I am your partner now, and it is only natural that I invite you to a restaurant for dinner." Xu Erlong leaned into Wen Ye's ear and whispered.
Wen Ye gently pinched the corner of his clothes and stammered: "Then I...I will get my salary paid next month, and I will invite you back..."
"Don't worry, after we get married, you will be in charge of the family finances. You have the final say as to how many restaurants you want to arrange for me to go out to." Xu Erlong said.
He could see Wen Ye's embarrassment and knew that she didn't have much money.
Such a beautiful girl doesn't even have any decent clothes, and the clothes she wears when she goes out have a few patches.
Fortunately, she is naturally beautiful, and her coarse clothes do not hide her national beauty.
After dinner, Xu Erlong took Wen Ye to watch a movie.
It’s really unreasonable to not watch movies when you’re dating someone.
Wen Ye acquiesced to the proposal.
Xu Erlong didn't remember what the movie was about.
He held Wen Ye's hand.
In the dark, he could not clearly see the expression on Wen Ye's face.
All I know is that her hands are delicate and delicate, and every finger is so round.
However, the palm of my hand is rough, and there are many wounds especially on the tiger's mouth of my left hand.
It was the result of long-term farm work in the countryside. The wounds at the tiger's mouth were all scars accidentally left by pigweed.
He felt distressed.
He wished he could marry her into his family tomorrow, so that he could pamper her and protect her, and she would no longer have to suffer so much.
Wen Ye's heart also beat fast and urgently.
Her little face was facing the movie screen upright, and her big eyes were staring straight ahead, like a primary school student who was listening carefully.
But inside, I was sweet and confused.
Unexpectedly, the relationship with Xu Erlong would progress so quickly.
When Xu Erlong confessed his love to her, she was thinking whether she should be more reserved like other girls and say go back and think about it.
But Xu Erlong said that he would never give up, which made her lose all thought of struggling and agreed immediately.
At this moment, she was thinking in panic, if she agreed so easily, would Xu Erlong despise her?
He has a bad reputation. In the village, everyone is pointing fingers. After hearing these gossips, will Xu Erlong think of himself that way?
Thinking of this, Wen Ye's originally sweet heart became bitter.
Xu Erlong held Wen Ye's hand, his small hands were warm and soft.
But then, he noticed a slight tremor.
"What's wrong?" He tilted his head slightly, leaned into her ear, and whispered to her in a low voice.
Wen Ye's voice revealed a trace of panic: "I...my reputation is not good...will you dislike it..."
When she asked this question, her heart dropped.
"No." Xu Erlong tucked her hair behind her ears: "Wen Ye, I don't mind those things, I only care about you."
In the darkness, Wen Ye shed tears.
Hot tears fell on Xu Erlong's palm.
Unexpectedly, such a sentence actually made Wen Ye break his guard.
This is a girl who is overwhelmed by the world.
She is obviously pure and innocent, but because of her mother's misdeeds, she has been burdened with all kinds of stigma since she was a child.
And because she grew up to be as beautiful as a flower, people deliberately discredited her.