You are my proper foothold

During the Chinese New Year, restaurants of all sizes like to use festive reasons such as New Year’s Eve dinners, family gatherings, and friends’ gatherings as gimmicks, and launch various set menus to attract customers, taking the opportunity to earn several times more money than usual.

There is such a restaurant next to the Four Seasons Mansion where Hui Xiaoyou and Jiang Xin lived, with a five-star standard, and the large display screen outside has all kinds of set menus of various sizes and functions, and the prices are extremely high. The business is still booming, and the parking space display standing at the door flashes red, with the words "full" all over it.

Jiang Xin is now standing in front of this restaurant with Hui Xiaoyou, but when he was about to move forward, Hui Xiaoyou firmly held him down.

"You want to eat here?" Hui Xiaoyou glanced at the price list and then fell back on Jiang Xin's face, "Aren't you out of your mind?"

Jiang Xin nodded, "That's right, aren't you starving to death, this place is the closest, so of course you came here."

Hui Xiaoyou almost wanted to say "You prodigal daughter-in-law", but he stopped it in time when he felt something was wrong, and changed his way of saying: "Mr. Why don’t we come to this kind of place for extravagance if we just eat together? I see that although most of the small restaurants around here are closed, isn’t there a KFC one street down the street, let’s go there.”

Jiang Xin laughed out of temper when she heard that, "Senior brother, I usually don't like extravagance, but today is Chinese New Year, we should eat something good to celebrate."

"You don't have to come here to celebrate!" Hui Xiaoyou subconsciously rubbed his stomach as he said it, feeling that it had changed from intermittent convulsions to continuous convulsions in just a short while.

"Brother," Jiang Xin hugged him worriedly, frowned and said, "Okay, don't argue, just eat here, I've already booked the seats and ordered the dishes, you can eat right after you sit down After eating, you will be strong again."

"...When did you book the seat?" Hui Xiaoyou slightly arched his back and looked up at him, but Jiang Xin couldn't stand it anymore, and walked in with his arms around him and replied: "I made a reservation by phone this morning, luckily our people No, they only have two small private rooms left unbooked, and I got one."

Hui Xiaoyou didn't answer the conversation for a moment. At this time, the two of them were led by a waiter to the door of the reserved private room. Hurry up, don't you have to wait too long for the white fungus and pumpkin soup? Come up first when it's ready."

"Okay sir." The waiter nodded and went to the back kitchen to explain.Another waiter poured hot water for them after they were seated, arranged the tableware, and then closed the door and went out.

In this private room, there is a small square table that can just sit two people. It looks like it is specially prepared for couples. Even the decoration on the wall is very careful. The pink color and the suggestive hanging pictures , the slightly dim light and the heart-shaped ceiling light all show an ambiguous atmosphere.

Jiang Xin was originally sitting opposite Hui Xiaoyou, but seeing the waiter go out now, he temporarily moved the chair over, sat next to Hui Xiaoyou and helped him pour part of the cup of hot water into the bowl, gently Shaking lightly, he said, "It's still a little hot. When I let it cool down, drink some water first."

Hui Xiaoyou leaned back on the chair weakly. He didn't feel as hungry as when he was at home just now, but his stomach ached so he didn't have much energy. Slowly drawing circles on the back of his hand, his eyes wandered back and forth in the entire private room, "Jiang Xin, don't you think the atmosphere here is a bit weird..."

"It's ready to drink." Jiang Xin handed the bowl to him, looked at it herself, and couldn't help laughing: "It's quite romantic."

"Are you blind, is this romantic?" Hui Xiaoyou rolled his eyes, "With this style of decoration, coupled with the name 'Four Seasons Mansion' next to us, it's a one-night stand with one-stop service... By the way, it's still a five-star Is it? How can you be so indiscreet!"

"Brother, I think you are too sensitive, at least I personally like the name 'Four Seasons Mansion'." Jiang Xin lowered her head and smiled, drying the remaining water in the cup.

Hui Xiaoyou made a speechless expression, curled his lips and said, "Just as long as you are happy."

After he finished speaking, he drank the two glasses of water that Jiang Xin gave him to dry, and his stomach seemed to feel better immediately, only then did Hui Xiaoyou remember that he seemed to have never drank water since last night— —If you drink it while rinsing your mouth it doesn't count.

But thinking of last night, Hui Xiaoyou shifted his gaze to Jiang Xin again.

"Last night...why did you call me when you stayed up so late?" Hui Xiaoyou asked.

Jiang Xin turned her head around when she heard that, "You know it's so late, you came back drinking alone like that, of course I have to make sure you're home safely."

"How could it be unsafe..." Hui Xiaoyou was a little guilty when he said this, because of his "amnesia", he thought it was miraculous that he could come back without missing arms or legs.

"By the way," he thought of another key question, and asked Jiang Xin tentatively, "Did I say anything when I called you yesterday?"

"You don't remember what you said?" Jiang Xin's eyes contained some inexplicable scrutiny.

Hui Xiaoyou felt a little stressed when he looked at him like this, thinking that he wouldn't say something he shouldn't have said... If there is something that is not suitable for him to hear, wouldn't it be...

"Hiss..." Affected by the tension in my heart, my stomach suddenly hurt more.

"Senior brother!" Jiang Xin directly put the chairs of the two together, hugged Hui Xiaoyou and let him lean into her arms, gently massaged him with her hands, and said distressedly: "I'm just joking, you didn't say anything, Even if I say it, I can't hear it."

Hui Xiaoyou felt relieved: "Huh... that's okay..."

Jiang Xin: "I just heard you say that you don't want to stay in the hotel anymore. Senior brother, did you spend the night in the hotel on New Year's Eve? Why did you live there?"

Hui Xiaoyou: "...Hey, what are you doing? Not only does my stomach hurt...but I'm also hungry...Can't you please talk about these hurtful topics later?"

"...Sorry, I won't say anything." Jiang Xin's eyes darkened slightly, but her voice softened a lot, and she did not mention this matter again.

And when the waiter brother came in to serve the food, what he saw was this "beautiful" picture - two big men hugging each other, one of them seems to be gently stroking the other's stomach with his hand .

The little brother's hands probably shook a bit, as if feeling hot eyes, he quickly dropped the bowl, reported the name of the dish, and went out.

Today is not the first time that Hui Xiaoyou has been misunderstood. By this time, "a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water", so he just leaned on Jiang Xin and waited for him to "make up for his mistakes" by pouring himself a small bowl of that rock sugar, white fungus and pumpkin soup. Just after swallowing a small half of the bowl, Jiang Xin held down his hand, looked at him with a particularly bad temper and said, "Drink slowly."

"Old lady..." Hui Xiaoyou muttered something in a low voice, but still slowed down, taking the spoon that Jiang Xin had stuffed into his mouth and feeding it into his mouth one by one.

Jiang Xin moved the chair back again, and sat across from him quietly watching him eat.

"Does your stomach feel better?" Jiang Xin asked after waiting for Hui Xiaoyou to finish a bowl.

Hui Xiaoyou rubbed his stomach to feel it, then nodded: "I'm alive..."

Jiang Xin sighed, "Brother, try not to be like this in the future, and eat on time when the time comes. Diet rules are really important."

"I understand the truth, but—" Hui Xiaoyou put on the air of "someone who has come here", and said to Jiang Xin earnestly: "When you reach my age, you will find that it is too difficult to discipline yourself! When you’re not hungry, you can’t hold on to it, but you can’t endure it when you’re not hungry... Life is short, and you should follow your inner calling. Don’t be too particular about this kind of thing, or you will be tired ah!"

Jiang Xin: "Your point of view is wrong—"

"Stop! I'm your senior brother, how can you question me." Hui Xiaoyou raised his chin and looked convinced.

Jiang Xin was helpless, he could neither lose his temper nor show shame towards him, knowing that he was making unreasonable words, but he still couldn't refute them confidently, just because he was one level behind in "seniority", some words could only be regarded as wrong speaking.

There was no other way, Jiang Xin had no choice but to compromise for the time being, thinking that Yan Xiao had these "bad" habits and could only subtly correct them by herself.

However, Hui Xiaoyou seemed to have seen through his thoughts at this moment, and suddenly put his elbows on the edge of the table, straightened his neck, and stared at him closely, saying word by word: "I will accompany you after dinner later." I'll go get some snacks."

Jiang Xin smiled helplessly, bit her lower lip and said, "Whoever did the evil will end up, I feel so sad."

"That's what you deserve." Hui Xiaoyou blinked his eyes and turned his head to look out the window. He didn't know why he felt a little sexy when he saw Jiang Xin biting his lip just now...

No wonder I couldn't control the kiss back then...

...Hello wait!Yan Xiaoyou, you are not a beast, accept it.

The activities in his brain were about to go out of order, Hui Xiaoyou immediately forced himself to put away those weird thoughts after realizing it, and looked at his junior with a pair of upright and serious eyes, "Now you can say Well, why did you come back early?"

Having been pre-empted, Jiang Xin smiled secretly in her heart.

"Brother, if I don't come back, you may not have eaten until now." He teased.

"Be upright." Hui Yue tapped his fingers on the table, "Are you really rushing back because I'm back?"

Hearing that he asked so directly, Jiang Xin said straightly: "I don't feel relieved that you are here alone."

Although it was the expected answer, Hui Xiaoyou was still taken aback.

"Please, I'm an adult now..." He waited a while before saying, with two long eyelashes hanging down, "I've been taking care of myself for five years abroad, isn't it fine? Don't treat me as a minor .”

"It doesn't matter whether you are an adult or not, you should be worried or not." Jiang Xin said seriously.

Hui Xiaoyou didn't know how to answer the question, so he thought for a while and asked, "But it's Chinese New Year, what will your mother and sister do if you leave? How about this, you guys will be on the seventh day of the holiday, and there are still four more days left. Go back tomorrow, stay at home and spend more time with them."

"What do you do when I go back? Do you live on snacks and takeaways every day?" Jiang Xin smiled slightly and shook her head, "Don't worry, my mother and sister are busy visiting relatives and friends every day, so it doesn't matter if I'm around or not." , and my sister thinks that I always take care of her when I am at home, and she is happier when I am not here."

"That's just what I said, after the Chinese New Year, the family must still look forward to being reunited." Hui Xiaoyou sighed calmly, "Jiang Xin, you still——what are you doing?"

Jiang Xin suddenly put her hand on the top of Hui Yue's head, rubbed his somewhat fluffy hair, smiled softly and said, "Senior brother, I want to spend the New Year with you this year. This is my New Year's wish, you can fulfill it ?"

Hui Xiaoyou was slightly taken aback, "You've already said that...Of course you can..."

"Thank you, senior brother." Jiang Xin looked at him softly, making Yan Xiaoyou's heart tremble inexplicably.

The one who should say thank you is actually him.