Chapter 175: Mint Flavor
Pei Xu left the country the next day.
Because of the taping of the program, he has accumulated a pile of business and personal matters to deal with.
He's not the only one, other guests are busy too, including Wen Nuo, who just opened his new store and had so many fans come to see him that he couldn't bear to wait for them, so he made a trip to the new store, only for the crowds to paralyze the local traffic, and scared Wen Nuo so much that he didn't dare to go out any more.
And he was one of the least popular of the red and blue guests this season.
"I can't imagine what it would be like to be recognized when you go out, so be careful if you're going out!" Wen Nuo said to Di Xingchen with a palpitating heart.
Di Xingchen holds his days at home practicing dance, and during his breaks he watches Red and Blue Signal over and over again.
Watching it now, and watching it during the recording, was a completely different experience. He noticed a lot of little details that he hadn't noticed before.
In fact, in the first half of the journey, he has always been an outsider mentality, because he feels that he is an outsider, a lot of deep feelings have been ignored by him, for example, when he lived with Yan Zhi, he watched the program and realized that Yan Zhi had such a deep gaze, woke up early for fear of waking up his careful, tucked in the corner of the blanket for him, cooked breakfast for him, playing games while secretly watching him, in order to make an ice flower for him, accidentally cut his own hand. Yan Zhi has been so affectionate, waking up early for fear of waking him up, tucking him in, making breakfast for him, watching him secretly while playing games, and in order to make him an ice flower, he accidentally cut his hand.
Even Lin Qingning, had looked at him behind his back with seeming concentration and affection.
They've done a lot of things for him that he hasn't seen, and it's all been edited out by the show and amplified infinitely.
It's just a shame that he hadn't gotten the hang of it by then. The moment of his awakening coincided with Pei Xu's rise to power. The image of Pei Xu walking towards him after winning the tournament was even more emotional for Di Xingchen than it was then.
The Spring Festival is just around the corner, and Zhai's father is on vacation. Di Xingchen is now so hot and popular that he is sure to be questioned by all sorts of people when he visits his relatives. In addition, Di Xingchen has been staying at home and is not convenient to go out, so one day, Zhai's father went to Wen's house to visit him and heard that Wen Nuo and his family were planning to go out for a trip in the Spring Festival.
Said he was going abroad for a week.
Zhai's father came back and talked to Di Xingchen and the two of them immediately, and finally discussed, the two families of six people traveled abroad together.
Red and Blue Signal is not only a hit in China, it's also blowing red and blue throughout Southeast Asia, and in order to play it more casually, the two of them have traveled particularly far this time, directly to the Nordic side.
Now no one would finally recognize them, they didn't have to wear masks when they went out, and they could just go anywhere.
On New Year's Eve, Wen Nuo sends photos of their tourist attractions to a WeChat group of eight of them.
In the past few days since the recording of the program ended, perhaps everyone was quite busy, and this WeChat group of eight of them had been very quiet.
As soon as he posted the photo, Hu Ying was the first to appear.
"Holy shit, what are you two doing, eloping?"
Wen Nuo smiles, "Want to join us?"
Hu Ying asked, "Has Drag gone? I don't want to see him."
Wen Nuo replies, "No!"
Pei Xu sends: "......"
Lin Qingning : "Wow, running that far."
Tuan Yihua: "You guys should definitely hit up their spa town, it's really a wasted trip if you don't go there."
Their group was slowly buzzing with activity, but the other two Lan Fang guests still didn't pop up until New Year's Eve, when Huo Cheng popped up and sent out a series of red envelopes.
Everyone was busy grabbing the red envelopes, a slip of "Thank you Huo", a neatly organized team, Yan Zhi also received the red envelopes, sent a "Thank you Huo", and then also sent N red envelopes in a row.
"The money for everyone's dinner is here." Hu Ying Fa.
Because of the opening of the new store, Wen's father and Wen's mother had to go to help, and they had to go to work after the New Year, so the family went back to the country on the third day of the New Year.
Zhai's father felt that it was not easy for him to come out, so he planned to stay for two more days.
As a result, just after the Winchesters left, Pei Xu came.
Said he was in the neighborhood to see his grandmother and was close enough to stop by.
"How close is the neighborhood?" Jai's mom asked.
"Probably two small countries apart." Di Xingchen said.
"It's so intentional and not afraid to go far." Zhai's mother said with a smile.
Pei Xu arrived the next morning. They hadn't seen each other for four or five days, and although they had contacted each other every day, Di Xingchen was a little embarrassed to see them again. Zhai's father said, "We stayed at a hotel introduced to us by a friend. The location is okay, but it's a bit old."
"This side is close to both the old city and the town of Harlan." Pei Xu said.
Papa Zhai immediately said, "Yes, we just like its location, it's convenient to go anywhere."
Zhai's father said he was going to help Pei Xu carry a bag, and Di Xingchen took the initiative to carry Pei Xu's bag in his hand: "I'll do it."
The hotel they were staying in was a three-story old building with no elevator, so they had to go up the rotating staircase next to it. Zhai's father walked in front of him, telling Pei Xu about the sights in the neighborhood as he walked, and Pei Xu responded, suddenly turning her head toward Di Xingchen with a smile on her lips.
For a couple like them who were just in a relationship, four or five days without seeing each other really counted as a long time, and their eyes were as hot as their hearts.
Di Xingchen takes a few quick steps and moves in front of Pei Xu.
Papa Zhai noticed his quickened pace and even glanced back.
Pei Xu's room was a bit far from the two rooms they were staying in, at the other end of the corridor. The layout of the room was the same as Di Xingchen's. The carpet and wallpaper were old, but the view from the window was very nice. The carpet and wallpaper were old, but the view from the window was very nice, with the bell tower and the church in the distance, and the snow-capped mountains even further away, which was as beautiful as an oil painting.
"Everything else was fine, it was just a little cold." Di Xingchen said.
They came out of the room as father and son, and Zhai's father said to Di Xingchen, "I don't think he's ever even stayed in such a bad hotel."
Pei Xu changed her clothes and accompanied them to Harlan's Town.
The small town of Harun, nestled within a valley, is known as the most beautiful town in Northern Europe, and almost all of the buildings in the town were built in the 18th century. Papa Zhai took his friend's advice to go there on foot.
It is said that there are beautiful views all along the road and that learning to hike like a foreigner is the best part of traveling to Harun!
The country they live in officially speaks French, Italian and German, and very few people understand English. Zhai's father and mother know no foreign languages at all, just a few basic sentences, Di Xingchen English can barely cope, but when they get to the French-speaking part of the country, they also basically rely on simple English and gestures to communicate.
But Pei Xu is too good.
He switches freely between French and English and is super fluent.
Di Xingchen watched in awe as Pei Xu spoke fluently in French to the locals, a tongue-twister he hadn't thought could sound so silky smooth. He glanced back at his father and mother, whose eyes could no longer be described as satisfied.
Simply stunning.
Di Xingchen thinks he must have been influenced by his parents.
He felt his love swell another layer, he twisted his head to look at Pei Xu, Pei Xu dressed casually, punching bag, sneakers, baseball cap, but the temperament is outstanding.
The scum of the school really has a natural admiration for the school bully. He felt that half of his love for Pei Xu came from the fact that Pei Xu had the brain of a school bully.
He didn't understand a lot of what the locals were saying, but he did understand Pei Xu's last words.
"Merci beaucoup." French for thank you very much.
He looks to Pei Xu, who says to the family of three, "He says to go straight down this road and turn behind the bakery and that's the way to Harlan. Go."
"It's a good thing Xiao Pei is here." Zhai's mom said.
"You see how important it is to learn a foreign language well." Zhai's father said to Di Xingchen.
"I'm a scumbag, he's a famous school bully." Di Xingchen said.
The hotel they stayed at was five or six kilometers away from the town of Harun, and because it was mostly uphill, it was particularly tiring. At first, Di Xingchen and Pei Xu each carried a bag, but halfway up the mountain he was gasping for breath, and Pei Xu said, "Give me your bag."
"I'll do it." Papa Zhai said, panting from behind.
Pei Xu has sat on her shoulder, "It's fine, I'm not tired."
Papa and Mama Zhai never thought that Pei Xu, a young man from a rich family, would be so hardworking.
And he is strong, not to mention her and Zhai's father, they are a bit old, and usually do not exercise much, naturally their physical strength can not keep up with the young people, but Di Xingchen, but often practicing dance people, physical strength is very good.
But Pei Xu is in better shape than Di Xingchen!
Even after carrying two bags on his back for such a long distance, his forehead was only thinly sweaty. When he arrived at Harun Town, he ran to buy drinks for them. Zhai's mother looked at his back and thought to herself, "Is there a better son-in-law candidate than Pei Xu in this world?
That should be a no-go.
Pei Xu also bought an English pamphlet, which is mainly used to introduce the attractions of Harlan Town. Di Xingchen took a look at it and it was all in English and French.
Pei Xu looks at the writing on it as he introduces it to them, and Di Xingchen reaches out and removes a bag from his shoulder, slinging it over his shoulder.
They spent the afternoon in town and rented a car on the way back.
Papa Zhai said, "I can't walk anymore, I really can't."
The sun is setting, the night is coming, and there is a mist under the twilight sky, which is very quiet. Pei Xu drove the car, Di Xingchen sat on the passenger side, suddenly picked up the camera and took a picture of Pei Xu.
Pei Xu smiled.
Zhai's mom was watching from the back, and she thought the scene was sweeter than Red and Blue Signals.
Being so tired, the couple went back to the hotel and rested, not even bothering to go to the dinner reservation for the evening.
"You two go ahead, we're not used to eating their western food either." Zhai's mom said.
Just after nightfall, Di Xingchen had just finished his bath when he heard someone knocking on his door.
When he opened the door, he saw Pei Xu changed his clothes and stood at the door.
"Just wait a minute, I haven't changed yet."
Pei Xu came in, closed the door, and surveyed Di Xingchen's room, only to see that Di Xingchen had unzipped his bathrobe right in front of him.
The room was lit only by a small light, with richly colored wallpaper, a richly styled carpet, a strong aroma, and Di Xingchen's body as white as a piece of lamb's fat jade.
Wooden house sound insulation is not very good, next door came Zhai's father's cough, everything is dim and charming, Ni, old and colorful.
Di Xingchen seems to be intentional, but also does not seem to be intentional, he freezes a little shivering, quickly put on the clothes, wearing wearing a look back, Pei Xu quietly standing in the room, staring at him.
Di Xingchen went nuts and put on his down jacket, "Let's go."
They went to the door and Di Xingchen reached out and turned off the lights in the room.
His cheeks were still flushed a bit, not sure if it was from the hot water or shyness. But his heart was admittedly not instinctive, and his thoughts of the past few days had been intensified by today's trip, and he could GET Pei Xu's charms more and more every day.
He wears a white down jacket with a furry grayish-yellow collar, like wolf fur. Pei Xu suddenly pauses in the doorway, and he looks up at Pei Xu with oily eyes and bright red lips.
The sound of Papa Zhai's voice came faintly from next door again.
Papa Zhai is loud.
Pei Xu just walked out.
But that one pause of his made Di Xingchen's entire body sweat.
The restaurant was ordered by Pei Xu, it was more upscale, and it was a bit far from where they lived, in another neighborhood, so they had to drive there. Di Xingchen sat on the passenger side and reached for the seatbelt.
Pei Xu asked, "On purpose?"
"What?"
"Just getting dressed."
Di Xingchen pursed her lips and her ears went red.
Pei Xu suddenly lifts her chin and tugs down on his turtleneck sweater, as if feeling a little hot, then reaches down and unbuckles his seatbelt.
"You ......"
Before Di Xingchen could finish his sentence, Pei Xu directly grabbed him and dragged him over.
Di Xingchen then mounts Pei Xu.
When I sat on it, Di Xingchen boiled over and turned red in the face.
"I'm your boyfriend now, know what boyfriend means?" Pei Xu said reaching out her hand and touching his ear, "It means that what I could and couldn't do before, I can do now. So if you tease your boyfriend, you have to take the consequences."
Di Xingchen suddenly felt itchy and scrunched his neck, Pei Xu kissed him.
In a moment of uncontrollable emotion, he embraced Pei Xu's neck, and Pei Xu's body shook.
It's over. He forgot that Pei Xu is sensitive both physically and mentally.
He hurriedly spread his hands.
Who knew that Pei Xu seemed to be suddenly ignited by him, and held him down with a big hand on the back of his neck.
Zhai's father came out of the restroom, holding his waist and said, "It's really old, a few years ago I climbed to the top of the mountain in one breath without any trouble, you can't walk, I even carried you."
"A few years earlier, this was more than ten years ago." Zhai's mother said with a smile.
Papa Zhai asked, "Do you drink water?"
He then poured a cup of water for Zhai's mother as well and handed it to her, while he himself sat down on the bed with the hot tea, "Still they are young people, look at that Pei Xu, he doesn't even see tiredness."
"If Star hadn't strained herself a bit practicing dance the day before, her strength wouldn't be any worse than Pei Xu's." Zhai mother said.
Di Xingchen doesn't forget to train the basics every day when he's traveling. Yesterday he used a chair to press his leg and accidentally strained it, which is why he looked so weak today when he went to Harlan's Town.
Di Xingchen lies on Pei Xu's shoulder in a daze, her eyes and lips red.
Pei Xu gently strokes his hair.
Di Xingchen took a moment to straighten up.
"Had enough?" Pei Xu asked.
Di Xingchen froze for a moment, and Pei Xu hugged and kissed him again.
A car drove past them, there was little nightlife for the residents on this side of town, and there were few pedestrians in the town at night.
Pei Xu suddenly pulled down his collar and planted a strawberry on his collarbone.
The next morning, Zhai's father and mother got up early.
After getting up, they went next door to tell Di Xingchen to get up.
Di Xingchen is already up.
"Buy new clothes?" Zhai's mom asked.
She packed Di Xingchen's bags, and she knew all the clothes to bring.
This black turtleneck sweater was obviously not in Di Xingchen's luggage.
"Bought it yesterday." Di Xingchen said scratching her neck.
"How much?" Zhai's mom asked.
She was concerned about the prices over here.
Di Xingchen casually stated a price.
Zhai's mom said, "It's not really expensive. "
As soon as her words left her mouth, she saw Pei Xu come in.
"Good morning uncle and aunt." Pei Xu said with a smile.
"Good morning." Papa Zhai said with a smile.
Pei Xu smiled at Di Xingchen : "Good morning."
Di Xingchen tugged at his collar, "Morning."
His ears went red when he finished speaking.
"How was the restaurant you went to yesterday?" Zhai's mom asked Pei Xu, "Was it good?"
"It's delicious." Pei Xu said, "Xing Chen also said that he must take his aunt and uncle to try it today."
"Yeah." Zhai's mom said with a smile.
The four of them went downstairs in one piece for breakfast.
Zhai's father and mother were walking in front of them, and Pei Xu and Di Xingchen were walking behind them. Pei Xu turned his head towards Di Xingchen to look at, outside the morning light is shining, gold shaking, Pei Xu to talk to Di Xingchen, Di Xingchen pulled down the turtleneck to give Pei Xu a look at his masterpiece.
Pei Xu smiled without saying anything, her ears slightly red, and took his hand as she walked.
Di Xingchen smelled his minty scent.
It's minty.
Pei Xu is minty.
His lips and teeth were also minty.
It was amazing how he loved the mint flavor so much now, his heart skipped a beat when he smelled this aroma and saw the rising sun.
Published at: 10/20/2024 07:00