love gene defect

In December, the project at hand of Ji Zhaoyuan was coming to an end, and he was so busy that he almost lived in the laboratory, leaving only glue running, sequencing and data processing in his life.At the same time, Chu Jiuge also ushered in his second exam, and his condition was much better than the previous one, at least he was not nervous.

He consciously reads, washes, and sleeps alone, and habitually says goodnight to the half-empty bed beside him after turning off the lights.

On the day of the exam, he performed fairly well, but before the results came out, Ji Zhaoyuan reminded him to start preparing the application materials.

Chu Jiuge said: "I plan to find a one-stop intermediary that will cover everything from recommendation letters, personal statements, and resumes."

Ji Zhaoyuan disagreed: "Why don't you write it yourself?"

"Everyone does this in China," Chu Jiuge wrinkled his nose. "The agency has a teacher who writes documents. Although the writing may be a bit the same, it must be more professional than mine, and the chance of successful application will be higher."

Ji Zhaoyuan thought for a while, then asked in a low voice, "But this is your own business."

Chu Jiuge was stunned for a moment, he looked up at Ji Zhaoyuan, "I..."

"No one knows you better than you," Ji Zhaoyuan said, "No one cares more than you."

"I've never written it before, I..." Chu Jiuge pursed his lips, looked up at him, and then suddenly smiled, "Then I'll try."

Ji Zhaoyuan frowned slightly, and soon helped him sort out a lot of UCLA's cultural introduction and personal statement writing materials.Ji Zhaoyuan is always like this, he doesn't want to choose any shortcut, so even the helping hand he extends is harsh.Chu Jiuge had no choice but to settle down and start filling out the application materials.

Before Christmas, Chu Jiuge finally sent out his first application. After temporarily letting go of this worry, they booked a plane ticket back to China from Los Angeles on the 26th, and rushed back to Orange County at noon on the 24th to spend Christmas Eve with Ji Zhaoyuan’s family. .

Chu Jiuge was standing on the ladder, and Ji Zhaoyuan was helping him underneath. Ji Xigua picked out the biggest and most beautiful star from a pile of decorations and handed it to him, asking him to help hang it on the top of the Christmas tree.

Ji Xigua hopped on the ground with a shiny shard on her head: "It's off the mark!"

Chu Jiuge moved to the middle again, "Is that so?"

"It's still crooked!" Ji Xigua shook his head and sighed, "Shuai Jiujiu, why are you so stupid!"

Chu Jiuge's arm was broken, he turned to Ji Zhaoyuan's direction, "What do you think of this position, baby?"

Ji Zhaoyuan looked carefully, nodded and said, "Yes."

"No!" Ji Xigua shouted with rounded eyes, "The little point of the star must point upwards!"

"Your brother said yes." Chu Jiuge didn't care, patted the gold powder on his hands, jumped off the ladder and kissed Ji Zhaoyuan, "Guabao, you are too short, so you look crooked no matter how you look at it, understand?"

Ji Xigua quietly tiptoed to look at the height difference between Ji Zhaoyuan and Ji Zhaoyuan through the floor-to-ceiling windows, and found that she was really too short.She puffed up her cheeks and let out a "wow", and hugged Love to play with her beloved little Charlie.

Ji Zhaoyuan and Chu Jiuge spent the whole afternoon cleaning and hanging ribbons in the living room, while Ji Watermelon, Ji Yang and his stepfather were in the kitchen preparing turkey for dinner.

This was Chu Jiuge's first time celebrating a traditional Western-style Christmas Eve. Ji Yang gave him a turkey leg, "Xiao Jiu, come and have a taste."

Chu Jiuge picked up his dinner plate, "Thank you, Auntie."

Ji Yang noticed the ring on his hand, turned his head to look at Ji Zhaoyuan's fingers, his eyes darkened slightly.She thumped in her heart, originally thought that Ji Xigua was just talking nonsense, but unexpectedly...

She smiled, invited everyone to toast together, and then pretended to be unintentional and asked, "Is your ring custom-made?"

Chu Jiuge thought that Ji Zhaoyuan must have informed his family about the marriage a long time ago, so he didn't think much, and turned his ring with a smile, "Ji Zhaoyuan designed it. Auntie, look," he said, pinching his own finger , "There are raised carvings inside that can make a small indentation in the skin."

Ji Zhaoyuan looked up at him, put down the knife and fork, and stretched out his hand to lean against him.

"Very creative." Ji Yang nodded, then squeezed the cup tightly in his hand, lowering his eyes to hide his dark emotions.

After dinner, Little Charlie knocked on the door of Ji's house with a present in his arms. Ji Xigua raised his chin and let out a "hum", but kept his eyes on the door.

Ji Yang stopped Chu Jiuge, and said with a smile: "It's not a day or two since these two little things are awkward, so ignore them."

The stepfather nodded aside, then moved a retro record player to the living room, and asked Chu Jiuge and the others to dance together.

Chu Jiuge raised his eyebrows, and stretched out a hand to Ji Zhaoyuan with a ruffian smile, "Baby?"

Ji Zhaoyuan took off his glasses, held his hand, and led him to the soft carpet in the living room.

Christmas Eve divides the world by family.The sky outside the house seems to have been unintentionally sprinkled with colored ink, and the eternal black and Etum blue slowly blend together, revealing a trace of tenderness in the silence.The flowers, plants and trees were all quiet, and they waited with the sparrows for Santa Claus to distribute gifts to the children in his elk sleigh.

But inside the house is another world.Fires were burning in every household, and on the Persian blankets woven with cotton and linen were pairs of feet that were facing each other, moving left and right to the soothing and beautiful music.

Chu Jiuge couldn't dance, so he had to follow Ji Zhaoyuan's pace and move randomly, stepping on each other's feet from time to time, and then smiled at each other, saying "I love you" without even saying sorry.

Ji Xigua was still sitting on the sofa angrily, while Charlie was wearing a special princely suit and stood in front of her with a cold face.

During the interval of the dance music, Chu Jiuge suddenly heard Ji Xigua say: "I am the old witch who fed poisoned apples to Snow White, please ignore me, go find your Snow White!"

"Children are so fun!" He couldn't help laughing and fell into Ji Zhaoyuan's arms, "Do you think Charlie, a little piece of wood, can coax our Guabao well?"

Ji Zhaoyuan supported him, thought about it seriously, and then said: "Yes."

Chu Jiuge was so curious that he stopped dancing and leaned against the corner with Ji Zhaoyuan to secretly listen to the two children chatting.

Charlie put the gift in Ji Xigua's arms, "Don't be angry."

Ji Xigua subconsciously wanted to throw away the gift, but after falling to the ground, she picked it up distressedly, and now she felt even more humiliated.She turned her head, staring at the ceiling but not Charlie, "But I still want to play the old hag."

Charlie leaned over on tiptoe, and put his face into her field of vision, "I'm not a prince, I'm a king."

Ji Xigua was taken aback, she didn't understand the brain circuit of the wooden pile at all, "Huh?"

"Did you forget that the old hag was Snow White's stepmother," said Charlie, "and was the King's favorite."

Ji Xigua sniffed and finally smiled.She held out her hand to Charlie, and the cuties of childhood sweethearts danced their childish "Little Star Dance" together again.

As the night darkened, the shadows of the trees swayed in the night wind, like excited fans waiting to pick up the plane at the airport, welcoming the arrival of Santa Claus.Charlie's parents also came over, said "Merry Christmas" to Ji Yang and his wife, and left with sleepy little Charlie in their arms.

Ji Xigua, the little devil, was unexpectedly in good spirits. She screamed and ran upstairs and then slid down the banister, but refused to wash and sleep.The stepfather stood aside and had a headache, and he couldn't catch her after chasing her twice.

Ji Yang said angrily: "Ji Xigua, if you don't sleep, what is waiting for you tomorrow is an empty sock!"

"I'm going to sleep now!" Ji Xigua rolled over from the armrest and went back to the room obediently.Within two seconds, she ran out angrily again, "Mom, you forgot to hang socks on my bed!"

"You didn't hang up?" Ji Yang turned to look at Ji Zhaoyuan and Chu Jiuge. She gave them the full authority to assign tasks today.

Ji Zhaoyuan has long passed the age of believing in Santa Claus, he didn't think of it, and naturally Chu Jiuge couldn't think of it either.Chu Jiuge pinched Ji Xigua's face, "Go brush your teeth and wash your face first, and I'll make a sock on the bedside for you right away."

"I seem to have put my socks in the attic," Ji Yang said, "Weller, take the key and look for it. It's probably stuffed in Ji Xigua's witch costume."

Ji Zhaoyuan nodded, Chu Jiuge followed him and planned to go together, but was caught by Ji Yang.

Ji Yang said, "Xiao Jiu stay and pack up with me."

"Okay." Chu Jiuge secretly patted Ji Zhaoyuan's butt, then squatted down and tidied up the messy gift boxes under the Christmas tree with Ji Yang.

Ji Yang glanced at the ring on his hand again, and suddenly asked, "Are you going to introduce Ji Zhaoyuan to your family when you return to China this time?"

"Yes," Chu Jiuge smiled and blinked, "I want to take this as a Christmas present for him."

"Xiao Jiu," Ji Yang sighed as if he couldn't bear it, she removed the boxes piled between the two of them, and looked at him seriously, "I hope you can leave yourself a way out."