Re-engraving the Spring - Chapter 27
“What?”
Chi Qiu didn’t react for a moment, and when he realized what Lu Ming meant by that, his face was red and he was quite embarrassed.
“No no, Yanchen is a reasonable person.” Chi Qiu lied with his eyes open.
At this moment, Ji Yanchen, who was driving the car, sneezed. Ji Feining in the back seat hid away with a disgusted face and lowered the car windows.
Ji Yanchen raised his voice: “Someone scolded me!”
Ji Feining felt that Ji Yanchen had no self-awareness: “Could someone praise you?”
Ji Yanchen thought for a moment, it was so true.
After hearing this, Lu Ming nodded in agreement. He had no interest in Ji Yanchen; he had read the information only because Ji Yanchen was Chi Qiu’s childhood friend. He needed to know it in advance.
He and Chi Qiu entered the house and Aunt Zhang was cleaning up. Seeing them come in, she asked, “What would Mr. Lu and sir like to eat for lunch? I’ll go prepare it now.”
Chi Qiu was the first to ask, “Is there any scallion fish?”
He was thinking about it, but unfortunately Aunt Zhang didn’t buy fish today.
Chi Qiu lamented, “The last scallion fish was delicious. Let’s make it tomorrow.”
Aunt Zhang was happy to be praised for her cooking skills. She untied the apron she was wearing: “It’s not a problem, it’s still early. I’ll go out and buy it. Sir wants to eat today, I’ll make it for him today!”
Aunt Zhang was an omnipotent live-in nanny, and there was a car at home just for her to go out and buy things.
It was just that at this point in time, there were not many fresh sea bass in the market she always went to, and as for other fish, there might be many bones. She was afraid that Chi Qiu would be waiting for nothing, so she first explained the situation: “If there is no market in the west, it will take some time to go to another market to buy it. The ones in the supermarket are small, but I’ll check them out.”
Lu Ming found it troublesome. He glanced at the time, and it was already ten thirty. Counting the time for Aunt Zhang’s return trip and in case she had to go to other markets to buy fish, plus the cooking time, they would have to eat at one or two o’clock.
In Lu Ming’s opinion, it was too much of a waste of time.
“Aunt Zhang, I’ll take Chi Qiu out to eat.” Lu Ming found the number of a restaurant in his phone, and made a reservation. After making sure there was one last private room left, he said to Chi Qiu, “I know a restaurant with fish scallion that tastes good.”
He asked Chi Qiu, “Want to go?”
To be honest, Chi Qiu hadn’t gone out to eat with Lu Ming alone after the wedding. He nodded his head almost without hesitation and said joyfully, “Yes! I’ll go change.” He was in such a hurry that he almost tripped and fell.
Fortunately, Lu Ming’s eyesight was quick and his hands were quick. He held him: “Be careful.”
“I’m walking fast.” Chi Qiu laughed, with a happy face, “Lu Ming, can you help me pick out my clothes?”
“Can.”
The two walked to the bedroom. Lu Ming helped Chi Qiu pick a light-colored loose-fitting shirt, with a pair of white slacks. He also took out a thinner light-colored woolen cardigan, trying to choose as much comfort as possible.
Chi Qiu was not idle either. He touched the side where Lu Ming’s clothes were hanging in the wardrobe and wanted to help Lu Ming pick out his clothes. He mentioned a set of light colored casual clothes. He still remembered the texture of the clothes, also remembered Aunt Zhang had casually said a sentence: “When Mr. Lu wears this set of clothes, he looks handsome and quite different from usual.”
Chi Qiu’s mind was moved by the empty thoughts alone and said excitedly, “Lu Ming, do you want to wear this set of clothes?”
Not sure if it was a coincidence or not, but this set of clothes that Chi Qiu took and the one that Lu Ming chose for him, when they were put together, looked a bit like a couple’s shirt.
Lu Ming blandly said, “I wear a suit.”
The restaurant they were going to was more upscale and they might meet someone from work.
Chi Qiu wilted. He honestly hung his clothes back up and regretted it in his heart.
Then, Chi Qiu reached out and took the clothes and pants Lu Ming had picked out for him. He was about to change but was caught off guard when he heard Lu Ming say, “Can you help me pick out a suit?”
Chi Qiu’s cloudy face turned to sunny and instantly came to life.
Lu Ming saw him being lost and happy all at once. Suddenly somehow, the tone was much lighter as he asked, “So happy to go out to dinner together?” Even picking out clothes could have so many expressions.
Chi Qiu nodded embarrassedly and replied bluntly, “I haven’t gone out to eat with you in a long time. I…am a little too happy?” He tried to restrain himself, but failed.
But he was just so happy, there was no way to restrain it.
Lu Ming didn’t answer.
Chi Qiu was used to Lu Ming’s reticence, he reached out to touch the suit in the other closet. The same texture made it impossible for him to choose properly, so he turned to Lu Ming: “Can you pick a light-colored one? It’s about the same color as my suit.”
Lu Ming said, “I don’t have any light-colored suits.”
“…Then this one.” Chi Qiu relied on his intuition and pointed to a dark colored suit.
Lu Ming brought it up, smoothly: “If you need it, I can buy a light-colored suit.”
Chi Qiu was stunned; this reply from Lu Ming made him not know how to reply.
After a while, he said, “No, I don’t have that need.”
The two changed their clothes.
Lu Ming moved quickly. After changing, he saw Chi Qiu still looking for buttons one by one.
He walked over: “Do you need help?”
“I can do it myself.” Chi Qiu quickened his movements. He ‘looked straight ahead’ and said in a warm voice, “I am a little slow. You wait for me for a while.”
He was in a hurry and made a mistake.
Lu Ming didn’t ask any more. He directly unbuttoned the wrong button, and rebuttoned the correct one. Lu Ming’s movements were quick, and within a few seconds he helped Chi Qiu button the remaining buttons.
The gentle fingertips separated by the shirt, conveying the temperature close to Chi Qiu’s heart.
Chi Qiu swallowed his saliva.
He was itchy in his heart. His thoughts moved a little and he asked Lu Ming with an expectant face, “We are like this, does it count as a date?”
Lu Ming replied: “Count.”
“Then, do you want to go out after dinner? I know that there is a shopping mall that is less crowded. My mother occasionally took me there. I happened to have something to buy.” Chi Qiu said without leaking, “Of course, if you are tired, we’ll be back early. I can ask Xiao Yan to accompany me to buy things afterwards.”
“What do you want to buy?” Lu Ming rarely saw Chi Qiu made a special trip to buy something somewhere in person.
Chi Qiu said thoughtfully: “Didn’t you say that you get a headache if you don’t sleep well at night? My mom too. Xiao Xia bought her a sleeping aid aromatherapy before, the effect was very good.” He took every single thing that Lu Ming did, to heart.
“If we go to the store, we can also try other sleep aromatherapy and see which one you like.”
Lu Ming helped him straighten his collar and accepted his kindness: “Good, it’s good to go out together for a stroll.”
Chi Qiu showed a nice smile and was in a good mood.
Lu Ming looked at his smiling face, always feeling a sense of deja vu. And in the bottom of his eyes, for some reason, suddenly a scene flashed quickly——the garden courtyard ten years ago.
In just a few seconds, Lu Ming felt a strong emotion, full of reluctance and nostalgia.
Suddenly, he involuntarily stretched out his hand, and gently stroked Chi Qiu’s cheek, shocking Chi Qiu.
Lu Ming rarely took the initiative to touch his face.
Chi Qiu was flattered and covered the back of Lu Ming’s hand with his palm: “What’s the matter?”
Only the blurred scene passed in a flash but it did not bring any change. Lu Ming regained his composure and said, “Nothing, Chi Qiu, we can go out for dinner more often in the future.” He put away his hand, “If you like.”
“Really?” Chi Qiu’s voice was excited, he could hardly believe his ears.
Recently Lu Ming not only came home often, but also took the initiative to spend time at home with him and take him out on dates. Chi Qiu was touched, and was even more certain in his heart that Lu Ming’s apathy was not a big problem. As long as he persisted, Lu Ming could definitely be completely cured in time.
He excitedly went up to hug Lu Ming and rested his head on his shoulder.
Lu Ming hugged him back by inertia, smelling the faint fragrance of Chi Qiu’s body shower gel. Lu Ming replied, “I promised you something, I won’t go back on it.”
Chi Qiu relied on Lu Ming’s body temperature. He raised his head, hoping that Lu Ming would kiss him, and Lu Ming lowered his head to kiss him. Chi Qiu was intoxicated in the kisses and embrace given by Lu Ming, and the atmosphere gradually became ambiguous.
Chi Qiu panted slightly, his voice was full of sweetness and shyness. He buried his head in Lu Ming’s arms, his heart was beating faster.
His voice was so small that he could hardly hear him: “Lu Ming, to, tonight, do you want to ‘table’?”1he really said ‘桌’ (zhuo) here. What he actually wanted to say is in the next chapter lol
Chi Qiu’s heart made a loud ‘thump’. It was over, a nervous slip of the tongue.
