Splendid in bag

Smoking is always a good excuse for men.

"I'm going out for a cigarette."

In this way, the time dedicated to burning a cigarette can be stolen from boring social situations.

Lewis regretted that he didn't smoke.

However, he soon discovered that you don't need to know how to smoke to use this excuse at all.

Usually, he says "I'm going out for a cigarette" and people stop asking.

Of course, sometimes the other party will say, "I'm also addicted to smoking, let's go together."

Of course this would be a little embarrassing.

But Lewis could also say, "I'm going to use a restroom on the way."

It will be easy for you to understand: "Then I will go by myself."

Although quite a few people would say "I'm also addicted to smoking, let's go together", few people would say "I'm also addicted to urination, let's go together".

At this time, some people will inevitably say, why not just say that you want to go to the bathroom from the beginning?

Of course it's because... not elegant enough.

Just like socialites don't say "I'm going to the bathroom" but say "I'm going to touch up my makeup".

It's a tone-deaf rhetoric.

Many people complained in private that Lewis is a person who "loves pretending to be compared".In fact, Lewis also had to admit this.

I like to pretend.

Style matters!

Like an elegant gentleman, you can't show annoyed or impatient look.

Lewis was never seen annoyed or impatient.

"I'm going to smoke a cigarette." That's how Lewis lied "very gracefully".

Uncle Qi probably didn't think there was any problem, so he nodded.

Hughes felt that something was wrong, so he followed, and saw Lewis sitting on a stone stool that was obviously dirty in white trousers.

Hughes said, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

Lewis shook his head and replied with a smile, "It's just a little stuffy inside."

"I see." Hughes blinked playfully, "Is it because of girls?"

Lewis' expression suddenly became cramped.

Also a little flustered.

Hughes said again: "Don't you like Du Xiangxuan?"

Lewis' panic disappeared immediately.

"No," Lewis shook his head slowly, "it has nothing to do with her."

Lewis looked frank and calm, Hughes believed him, and said, "I thought you didn't like her?"

"I don't dislike her." Lewis said what was in his heart, "I think she is very good."

Hughes was silent.

Lewis added: "I just don't like women."

However, Hughes smiled again and said, "Yes... this is something that can't be helped."

"Yes." Lewis looked at his face in the waves, with a bit of sadness, while Hughes' figure was quite romantic in the reflection of the green water.

Hughes sat on the stone bench with his hands propped behind him, his body leaned back slightly, looking lazy and natural.

Lewis looked at Hughes and suddenly said, "What about you?"

"What?" Hughes didn't understand.

Lewis said, "Do you like Xue Caiying?"

"I don't dislike her." Hughes replied, "I just don't like women."

He imitated Lewis's tone of speech, which was somewhat similar.

Lewis felt a little embarrassed, but Hughes laughed heartily.

Lewis lowered his head, picked a leaf of Nantianzhu casually, and kept it in the palm of his hand.

He belatedly realized that he had randomly picked the plants in the garden, and he was a little annoyed.

"What are you thinking?" Hughes asked.

Lewis gathered the leaves of South Tianzhu tightly, like a thief who broke into a jewelry store for the first time, keeping small pearls in his hands, lest others would notice his "crime".

"I..." Lewis said, "I was thinking, since you don't like women, why did you go on a blind date with her?"

Hughes said: "It's strange, why do you use the word 'blind date'? Neither Uncle Qi nor anyone mentioned this word to me. They all said 'introduction'. Can't gay people meet straight people? ?”

"You are lying." Lewis said, "The so-called 'introduction', everyone knows what's going on. Otherwise, why did Uncle Qi go to such lengths to invite her here? How could she wear a bikini to soak in the hot spring in your yard? ?”

Hughes was taken aback, his mouth half-opened: "Do you still know about her soaking in hot springs?"

Lewis blushed for a moment, as if it was a ripe fruit from South Tianzhu.

"Hmm... It's too rude to say..." Lewis quickly recovered his voice, "I passed by your door this morning and saw her just coming out. That was the first time I met her formally. The scene was a bit Awkward."

Lewis' cheeks were hot and he knew he was blushing, which is why he said this.

Such a rhetoric can easily explain the reason for blushing.

"Oh." Hughes smiled, "This is the first time you've met her, but it's not the first time you've seen a woman wearing a bikini, right? What's there to be shy about?"

Lewis had no choice but to answer: "Just considering her status..."

"Honestly," Hughes' eyes were sharp, "Do you not like her?"

Lewis had a hard time admitting to such things.

He is willing to admit that he likes others, he is willing to say that he likes Du Xiangxuan, Yang Olive, Shao Dangui, and the bottle of mineral water he drank in the morning, but it is very difficult for him to admit that he doesn't like something, or even hate something.

Because it seems very impolite and ungentlemanly.

If it wasn't for the other party's heinous crime, why bother to bluntly hate it?

Lewis is a hypocrite.

He knows it himself.

But since he has become a "hypocrite" and refuses to be a "true villain", he is naturally unwilling to expose his mask easily.

Lewis then used his "idiomatic language" and said, "This...you can't say that..."

"You can't say that" means "yes, but I'm embarrassed to admit it" in this adult world.

Example: Am I ugly? "—"You can't say that either! "

Another example: "Aren't you willing to pay the bill?" - "You can't say that!"

——Probably that's what it means.

Hughes understood what Lewis meant, and nodded with a smile: "That's really rare."

"Rare?" Lewis didn't understand.

Hughes said, "It's rare that you have someone you don't like."

Lewis didn't know what to say, so he had to say, "You can't say that."

Hughes suddenly reached out and took Lewis's hand.

Lewis appeared to have been electrocuted.

Brother's hand, so it feels like this...?

Rough and warm.

With his hand, Hughes broke Lewis's tightly packed palm, took out the crumpled Nan Tianzhu leaf, and threw it into the trash can.

"Go and wash your hands," Hughes said.

"Well, I'm going to wash my hands first." Lewis left in a hurry like a thief who had been caught, and hurried to "destroy the evidence".

Hughes stood up and turned back to the Pavilion, only to see Uncle Qi also walking towards him.

"What a coincidence, nephew." Uncle Qi smiled and put his hand on Hughes' shoulder, "What's the matter? Do you really not like Xue Caiying?"

Uncle Qi spoke very directly.

Hughes also answered directly: "Xiao Yi said just now that he doesn't like Xue Caiying."

"Oh." Seventh Uncle showed a regretful expression on his face, "Then there is no other way. I can fully understand that I would not marry someone my brother doesn't like."