silent garden

When Fei Tianlan returned home, Xia Qi was not in the kitchen as he expected.He is in the garden.In the two rows where soil samples had been taken previously, the gardenias had actually been pulled.The saplings are all tied together and placed in bundles in a wide-mouthed clay pot.He was holding a serious agricultural shovel, digging loose soil in a dignified manner.

The home was originally an ordinary home, and the garden was originally an ordinary garden.

But seeing Xia Qi in it and working with him, Fei Tianlan suddenly felt that wonderful changes had taken place in this home and this garden.With some kind of indescribable warmth.He lay on the steering wheel and looked at Xia Qi from a distance. For a while, he didn't think about anything at all, just enjoying the moment of relaxation.

He can't remember if he's ever felt this way, but he's sure he'll miss this precious moment for the rest of his life.So he stretched it as long as possible.His gaze was deep, and Xia Qi's figure was reflected in his eyes and imprinted in his mind.Or, go deeper.

He didn't know, he didn't think about it.

At that time, there were too many things that he didn't have time to arrange into the scope of thinking.

Xia Qi finally turned around, looked in through the glass of the front window of the car, and met Fei Tianlan's gaze.The latter smiled into his gaze, opened the door and got out of the car towards him.

"Do you really want to re-plan the garden for me?" He seemed in a good mood, and the bare land seemed worth looking forward to in his eyes.

Xia Qi breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, and answered carefully: "I bought several kinds of flower seeds. Some will bloom in autumn, grow in winter, and break ground in spring. These two rows are not enough. Wait for the three-color flower seeds next to them. The pansy period is over, I'll plan over there again."

"Okay." Fei Tianlan let him do it, "Do as you like, and I'll pay you for the project when it's done."

Xia Qi laughed softly, and scraped off the picture on the shovel with his foot.

Fei Tianlan asked enthusiastically, "What's for dinner tonight?"

"Ah..." Xia Qi raised his head, showing a terrible and confused expression. He probably didn't expect Fei Tianlan to take the initiative to ask for food, "There is nothing left. I don't know that you came back so early and haven't done anything yet."

After hearing this, Fei Tianlan was not discouraged: "Then if I don't come back, what will you eat?"

"casual."

"Whatever?" Fei Tianlan lowered his eyes and stared at him.

Xia Qi calmly said "Yeah", walked towards the house with the shovel after scraping the soil, and said, "It's embarrassing to cook by yourself, and if you cook too well, you won't be able to finish it, so it's best to eat some noodles and dumplings." Appropriate and convenient."

"So, you only cook carefully when you prepare my portion?" Fei Tianlan followed behind.

"You can say that."

After hearing this, Fei Tianlan was a little excited.He took a step forward, hugged Xia Qi's shoulders, and exaggeratedly said "I'm so touched".Then he lowered his head and leaned close to Xia Qi's ear to tease, "You are a fairy, a precious snail girl".

Today Xia Qi seems to be very tolerant, he didn't hide from him, nor pushed him away.He was able to withstand teasing quite well, and he was not uncomfortable when he bit his ear like this.All in all, accepted.It may be that he is usually resisted by being poked and prodded, or he is used to watching this person manipulate, but the current contrast makes Fei Tianlan feel like he is being favored.

"Then I'll invite you out for a big meal!" He said sincerely.

After thinking for three seconds, Xia Qi agreed.Put down the shovel, change a pair of shoes, and say that you can go out.During this time, Fei Tianlan quickly picked a restaurant he was familiar with, and made a phone call to make an appointment.Looking back at Xia Qi.

T-shirts, loose and casual cropped pants, sneakers.The typical well-behaved college student's attire is nothing special.But look good.Standing there, people will look at it for a while.

Fei Tianlan just looked at it for a while, then rubbed his hair, and instructed: "This restaurant should be more formal."

"I don't have that kind of clothes..."

"I have." Fei Tianlan pulled him into his room, took 2 minutes to pick out a whole set from the closet and put it on the bed, raised his chin, "Put it on."

Xia Qi hesitated for a while, then went back to her room with her clothes in her arms.After a while, change your clothes and come over.

The silky black shirt was custom-made according to Fei Tianlan's figure a few years ago. It was still a little too big, but it seemed to fit in the tight-fitting trousers.The clothes outline broad shoulders and thin waist, and together with those beautiful legs, they form a slightly slender male figure.

Fei Tianlan looked back.So lovely.

However, there is still something.

He turned around and took out a bow tie from the bottom drawer of the closet, put his hands around Xia Qi's neck and put it on him, and straightened it: "This is perfect, look in the mirror."

Xia Qi kept his head down when he was wearing a bow tie, and carefully raised his face when he was pushed in front of the mirror.His gaze swept across the mirror, his eyes wandered, he briefly glanced at himself, then at Fei Tianlan.He was dressed for a banquet, Fei Tianlan was dressed for work, and the two of them stood together without any sense of disobedience.

"Well, it's really perfect." Fei Tianlan clicked his tongue in admiration, and finally set off.

The restaurant is in the center of Pinggang City, and the buildings are very tall.So a dozen or so buildings clustered there created the most expensive and unattainable area in a city.The first to fourth floors of these buildings are mostly shopping malls, which are distributed with brand stores, public restaurants, movie theaters and the like.Up there are high-end office buildings.

But only those with the highest spending power know that the top two floors are also restaurants.Very expensive and elegant.Fei Tianlan took Xia Qi to the one at the top.

The door is not gorgeous, but it shows an extremely high-level simplicity and quietness.As soon as I got close, it seemed inappropriate to even breathe loudly.People will automatically conform themselves to the reserved rules of the ancient nobles on TV. Even if they make mistakes, it is more timely than "being yourself".

Xia Qi knew that it was not cheap for Fei Tianlan to invite him, but he didn't expect it to be so meticulous.It's like receiving someone important.He straightened his back and followed Fei Tianlan, taking a seat under the guidance of the waiter.

Appetizers were already placed on the table, which turned out to be very Chinese-style sweet and sour radish, white fungus and lotus seed soup.

Fei Tianlan said, "Let's serve the food, and the wine too."

The waiter nodded in response, then retreated silently.Seeing Xia Qi's reserved look, Fei Tianlan leaned closer with a smile, and said softly, "It's okay, don't pretend to be forceful. This restaurant serves Hangzhou cuisine, not a western restaurant. They use chopsticks."

Xia Qi: "..."

Seeing him speechless after being molested, Fei Tianlan seemed very happy.Before the food is served, introduce this restaurant to him intimately.It is said that the owner of this restaurant is from Zhejiang, and he came all the way to Pinggang to open a restaurant, boldly serving innovative Western-style Hangzhou dishes, and the positioning and marketing are so good that it is hard to find one.

Pointing to the outside of the glass curtain wall, "Look, the night view of Pinggang City is unobstructed."

Pinggang City is not completely dark yet.The last afterglow of the sun is a deep blue, bordered by a line of deep orange on the farthest edge of the sky.The houses and streets below this building have been lit up, reflecting the last nightfall.It is indeed beautiful.It's a bit dazzling.

"Why did you bring me here?" Xia Qi asked a little silly.

But Fei Tianlan probably didn't notice, he spread his hands and said, "This is the only one of my options!"

"……"All right.Xia Qi looked away.

A sommelier came pushing a small food cart with an ice bucket and a bottle of white wine in it.When they came to their table, the sommelier smiled at Fei Tianlan and nodded his approval.After picking up the wine, he reported the price of the wine and the name of the manor to the guests, gave a brief introduction, and then confirmed the label to Fei Tianlan.

Fei Tianlan nodded before the sommelier opened the wine.

Xia Qi was very interested in this set of wine serving etiquette, and looked at this restaurant a little distractedly.

Every booth in the hall is designed to be extremely private. In fact, looking at it, there is nothing but a high-end style and a taste of money.Looking out of the corner of the eye, he saw a rather familiar figure.

It looks familiar because I paid special attention to it when we met last time—Chen Zhixin, the girl who naturally sat next to Fei Tianlan, and Lin Ge tried his best to persuade Fei Tianlan to "take it".

At this time, Chen Zhixin walked into the restaurant side by side with a man, and there was a waiter leading the way a little ahead of them.The girl was very sensitive to the gaze staring at her, so she tilted her head to catch Xia Qi's gaze.Then he found Fei Tianlan with a surprised expression on his face.

"Tianlan!" The high-heeled shoes strode over, and the address was very familiar.

Hearing the sound, Fei Tianlan turned his head away, with a look of surprise on his face, and even stood up immediately.

But this courtesy was not directed at Chen Zhixin, but at the man beside her.He only greeted Chen Zhixin in a regular and polite way, but he said to the man solemnly, while extending his hand, he said, "Mr. Zhou, I didn't expect to meet you here."

The other party shook hands with him, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I didn't go to your place last night. I should have been on the plane when you sent the message. After I got off, I didn't read all the messages carefully, and I missed them. .”

"It's okay, it's okay, it's just a party with my brothers. It's a little bit of a loss for you not to come, so—" Fei Tianlan smiled very warmly and brightly, but he was not too polite, "I will ask you to make up for it alone another day, you You need to read the information!"

The man let go of the hand he was holding, and immediately patted Fei Tianlan on the shoulder, saying, "Of course!"

The two exchanged a few words of pleasantries, and Chen Zhixin was left alone.But also smiling, elegant and generous.When they finished chatting and were about to continue to their seats, they blinked at Fei Tianlan, revealing just the right amount of coquettishness and intimacy.

"Tianlan has time, so remember to play with me!"

Fei Tianlan looked at her with gentle and indulgent eyes, with a moderate attitude: "How can we miss our little princess at the beginning? I'm afraid you won't appreciate it!"

"I hate it!" Chen Zhixin coquettishly closed her eyes, and left with the man beside her.

Fei Tianlan watched him off for a while, then sat down again.As if he had experienced such a burdensome communication just now, he raised his hand and loosened his tie while letting out a soft sigh.

The sommelier has already quietly left, and now only Xia Qi is in front of him, and he speaks without defense and thoughtfulness.

"They actually got together... No wonder Zhou Huaiqiong came to my birthday party by herself, and it turned out to be aimed at the little princess." After saying this, before Xia Qi could speak, he took the initiative to explain, "This girl is in our The second most popular in the circle, the first is Dandan. Recently, Lin Ge is going to be engaged to Dandan, and this woman has become the most sought-after object."

"Oh." Xia Qi responded lightly, and then asked, "Is that Zhou Huaiqiong my classmate's brother?"

"Yeah, I was just about to tell you. That's the second son of the Zhou family. Like me, he just took over as the boss of the nuclear power company—oh, no. It's not the same. I've already been resigned." Fei Tianlan shrugged.

"My brother will surprise him." Thinking of Zhou Huailuo's words, Xia Qi felt hesitant, not sure whether to tell Fei Tianlan what Zhou Huailuo said now.

To Fei Tianlan, no matter how he looked at that news, knowing it was only useful and harmless.He didn't understand the twists and turns of the Pinggang shopping mall, but he just felt that it was a bit too cheap to give away useful information for nothing.

"Do you want to ask him out alone?" After thinking for a while, he asked.

"Yes." Fei Tianlan paid no heed to his worries, "I had a party last night, and he didn't come, and he didn't even reply to the message. But he went to my birthday before, so I thought he was weird, I want to make an appointment alone, first to express my gratitude, and second to find out. But looking at it now, he came to my birthday to get close to Chen Zhixin."

"Not necessarily." Xia Qi frowned, looking at Fei Tianlan with a serious expression, "He knows something."

"What's the matter?" Fei Tianlan was puzzled and surprised.

Xia Qi hasn't figured out the motive and logic behind the offer being sent to him, but he feels that Fei Tianlan needs the news.After a pause, he gave Zhou Huailuo everything he said - except for the sentence that told him to calm down.

After hearing this, Fei Tianlan's face changed again and again, and his brows were furrowed.The two were relatively silent, and the silence lasted for half a minute.

Xia Qi thought, the atmosphere of this meal was ruined, if I had known it was over, I couldn't be in a hurry for a meal... He put down his chopsticks in a bit of disappointment.

At this moment, Fei Tianlan regained his smile, raised his wine glass and shook it, and said, "Don't worry about that, let's have a good meal first, today is the day I specially treat you to a big meal, and nothing can spoil your mood."

Xia Qi was taken aback, more panicked than when he first entered the restaurant, clumsily holding the stem of the cup and clinking glasses with the other side.

My heart beat a little faster, and I was very happy.I am so happy that I am a little too humble and cautious.

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