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It is a bit congested, but at least you won’t be blown by the wind.
After leaving the community, Wu An took the initiative to call a car and sat in the back of the car with Li Yuhua. If it were normal, the two of them would probably sit on each side, sitting upright, doing their own things.
Today, there is no need to be restrained.
Li Yuhua squeezed closer to Wu An, took out her cell phone and started sharing some gossip about the class.
The happy chuckles caused the young driver in front to frequently look at them through the rearview mirror.
The two people who are so close to each other make people extremely jealous.
——I don’t know why it makes people so jealous. It’s not like he hasn’t helped couples who are in love before.
So why is this pairing so annoying?
The short two-kilometer drive was so anxious.
After finally reaching the destination, the driver was finally relieved.
#48 Drink the soy milk first
We soon arrived at the door of the snail noodle shop. There were a lot of people in the shop today, and the line stretched outside the shop.
The shop is in a small alley. The owner and his wife rented a street-facing shop on the first floor of an old neighborhood to open the shop.
The store is not big. After accommodating the kitchen and the tables for displaying the braised food, there are only three tables left, which are enough for a dozen people to sit down and eat noodles.
In the past, these dozen seats would have been more than enough.
But recently, the number of customers in the store has suddenly increased, and the small store space is not enough. So the boss and his wife used the common way of eating noodles in Nancheng.
——On the side streets, round high stools are placed as temporary tables, and a low stool is added to form a single seat for eating noodles on the roadside. These "single seats" are placed along the wall of the alley for more than ten meters, and diners sit on the low stools and enjoy their meals, which looks very appetizing.
Wu An and Li Yuhua came to the back of the line. The lady boss who came out to collect the bowls saw them and showed a look of delight:
"Hey, classmate Wu and classmate Li, you are here! Come on, come inside and sit down."
She smiled happily, and welcomed them both in while holding a basin of dishes and chopsticks.
Wu An and Li Yuhua looked at each other, and walked into the store amid everyone's envious eyes.
The people in the front line expressed dissatisfaction, "Who are they? How can they enter the store and cut in line?"
"That's it."
Some people complained, but there were also people who spoke up for them:
"Them, oh! They are the two people who uploaded the love life of Xiao Wu and Xiao Li. You also came here after watching their vlog, right?"
"It's normal for someone to be invited in after helping the boss promote his products!"
Some people showed envious looks, and when everyone heard that it was "Xiao Wu and Xiao Li", they all leaned over to look at them.
"Ah, it really is them."
"Xiao Wu is more handsome than in the video!"
"The real Xiao Li is really beautiful!"
“They look like a perfect match!”
"Ah, I'm so jealous!"
Wu An and Li Yuhua heard the diners' discussions and greeted them. Wu An saw this and waved back at them.
Then, led by the proprietress, they were welcomed into the back room.
I discovered this small shop during the National Day. The owner happens to be from Liucheng, so the snail noodles he brought to Beijing are also very authentic in taste.
In fact, when Wu An and Li Yuhua first discovered this store, their business was not very good. They could only sell seventy or eighty bowls of noodles from morning to night.
The price is twice as high as in the South City - also due to financial constraints.
At the end of the month, after deducting costs and rent, utilities, the money earned was not much more than running a store in South City, which is just enough to support the family.
The couple said: If their children were not studying in Beijing, there would be no need for them to come here to open a shop.
At first, Wu An and Li Yuhua were unaware of the couple’s difficulties. It was only after they visited some restaurants in Beijing that they felt that this snail noodle restaurant had the flavor of their hometown, so they came to eat there several times.
Every time I come here, I feel that the store is a little deserted. It just so happened that some time ago, they set up a new media account called "Xiao Wu and Xiao Li's Love Days" - it was created to attract traffic to the video of them playing basketball. Using this account, they made a Vlog for this snail noodle shop.
Their Vlog is not only about the two of them showing their affection from different angles, but they also chat with the boss. The synchronous sound of the chat with the boss was included in the video, emphasizing that the boss is from Liucheng and used to make authentic snail noodles in Liucheng. He came to Beijing to open a store in order to be with his children.
They only have a few hundred thousand fans, which is not a lot, and they only plan to do a small job.
However, I didn't expect that because the store's snail noodles were advertised as authentic and the scene of them slurping noodles looked delicious, it attracted many diners in the following days. Then word spread, and this snail noodle store became packed recently.
It seemed that this snail noodle shop would not go bankrupt. The boss and his wife were very grateful to them and wanted to give them some compensation, but Wu An and Li Yuhua were the type of people who did good deeds without leaving their names, and they did not plan to use their accounts to make a profit, so they did not take the boss's money.
The boss couple felt bad for them, so since they didn't want to pay, they promised them that the noodles would be free and they could add any side dishes they wanted. If there were no seats outside, they could sit inside.
The room behind the snail noodle shop is the home of the boss and his wife. It has their dining table. When it is not in use, it becomes the private room for Wu An and Li Yuhua.
Wu An and Li Yuhua did not reject the boss lady's enthusiasm and followed her into the store. The boss lady quickly asked her husband to order two bowls of noodles for them first, and they could add any side dishes they wanted.
Wu An and Li Yuhua randomly selected some braised dishes and then filled up the soup. The proprietress took the initiative to bring it into the house for them.
"Eat slowly! I've got to get busy now!" She called out to them, and then went to work in a hurry.
In the past, when it was not mealtime, I could still chat with the boss lady, but now it is breakfast time, so there is obviously no chance to chat.
Wu An and Li Yuhua did not disturb them. They opened their disposable chopsticks and buried their heads in slurping the noodles.
Eating a bowl of hot and spicy snail noodles in Beijing in winter will spread a feeling of happiness throughout your body.
Wu An and Li Yuhua hardly spoke a word. They just focused on slurping the noodles and soon finished them.
At this time, a bottle of soy milk should be brought to calm the heat, so Wu An stood up and said, "I'll go get the soy milk."
Li Yuhua nodded, then called Wu An: "Wu An, just take one bottle. I don't drink that much. I'll drink with you!"
After saying that, he squinted and smiled.
Wu An was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Oh, oh!"
Two people drinking a bottle of soy milk, is this... considered an indirect kiss?
If this situation happened in the past, they would have to avoid it as gentlemen, but now that they are dating, there should be no such taboo, right?
Wu An returned to the store, took out a bottle of soy milk from the freezer, shook it in front of the boss, and told them that he wanted to take a bottle away. The busy boss nodded and kindly told him where the straw was.
Wu An came to the straw rack and picked up two straws, but after hesitating for a while, he finally took only one and returned to the house.
He unscrewed the bottle cap, inserted the straw into the bottle, and subconsciously put it to his mouth.
But he immediately sensed something was wrong and quickly handed the bottle to Li Yuhua.
This made Li Yuhua stunned for a moment, "Ah, you don't want to drink?"
Wu An: "You drink first."
Then he emphasized, "When it comes to love, isn't it always the girls who get priority?"
It seemed that what Wu An said made sense. Li Yuhua smiled sweetly, took the bottle, took two small sips, showed a refreshed expression, and then handed the bottle back.
Wu An took the soy milk back, and his hands moved a little slowly.
He saw a faint lipstick mark on the straw - a symbol of the contact between Li Yuhua's lips and the straw.
Does using the same straw count as indirect kissing?
Wu An swallowed, held the straw tightly, and took a deep sip of the soy milk in the bottle.
The cold mixture of soy milk and milk enters your mouth, bringing a refreshing feeling.
It’s still the familiar taste, but today’s soy milk seems to taste better.
#49 How come they show affection even in class?
After eating the noodles, I returned to school leisurely.
Of course they took a taxi on the way back. Just like when they came, the two of them sat in the back seat. Li Yuhua used Wu An as a cushion like a cat, lying on his shoulder, chatting on her phone.
Wu An was a little uncomfortable with the feeling of Li Yuhua leaning on him when he took a taxi before, but he was used to it when he took a taxi back now. They just watched their own videos until they got to school.
Naturally, Li Yuhua had to be sent to the classroom first, but because she had to take care of Wu An's need not to be late, Li Yuhua arrived at the classroom much earlier. When she arrived at the classroom door, the class that had used the classroom before had just finished class.
Originally, Wu An wanted to send Li Yuhua to the classroom door and leave, but he still held Li Yuhua's hand and put it in the pocket of his down jacket.
"?Why aren't you going to class yet?" Li Yuhua asked.
"It's not too early to wait." Wu An changed his posture and leaned against the wall, took out his mobile phone and checked the time.
Li Yuhua also looked at the time and saw that there were still twenty minutes before class started.
There seemed to be plenty of time, but the teaching building of the Academy of Fine Arts was quite a distance away from Wu An's School of Computer Science. It might not even take 20 minutes to walk there. He asked worriedly, "Will 20 minutes be enough?"
Wu An: "I'll grab a shared bike later, no problem."
Li Yuhua looked up at him and said, "Aren't you cold riding a bicycle?"
Wu An: “Not bad.”
Li Yuhua puffed out one side of her cheek: "What's okay?"
She wanted to pull her hand out of Wu An's down jacket pocket, but Wu An held it and prevented her from moving.
Wu An pretended nothing happened: "It's cold, but it won't be cold after I exercise."
Li Yuhua couldn't pull her hands away, so she simply stopped struggling and pursed her lips: "Exercise? You mean racing? Then why don't you just go slowly and safely?"
Wu An continued to pretend to be expressionless: "I think my standing here can save you some trouble, so stand here first."
Wu An's meaning needs to be understood in a roundabout way. Li Yuhua thought carefully for two seconds and understood what Wu An wanted to express.
He snorted and laughed: "You don't think someone will hit on me while I'm waiting for class here alone?"
Wu An lowered his head and looked at her: "I think."
"Hmm?!" Li Yuhua twisted her neck as if to stretch her meridians, then smiled sweetly: "Okay then!"
It is indeed possible that someone will approach you to chat you up, but today's college students are civilized people and very few of them would be persistent.
Since Wu An is worried, then let's just do as he says.