armyinform Chapter 480 You are invincible
Chapter 480 You are invincible
A weekend after the Spring Festival.
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month has not yet passed, but the streets are still filled with a strong festive atmosphere.
The little red lanterns hanging on the lamp posts, the New Year banners put up by the merchants, and the congratulations and good fortune that can be heard everywhere from the hot men.
It’s almost lunchtime.
There are more and more pedestrians on the street, young couples walking hand in hand, happy families, and a few good friends playing and frolicking.
Deng Rui stood in a corner of the street, facing the sun, with a backpack on his back, staring in a daze at the crowded pedestrian bridge in the distance.
Perhaps it was out of interest, or perhaps he was born with a talent for civil engineering, but every time Deng Rui came across a bridge, his brain would work autonomously to analyze it from the aspects of mechanics, structure, and materials.
Since he is still a rookie with little experience and incomplete professional knowledge, in most cases, Deng Rui can only analyze one or two of them.
However, it is precisely because of this sense of unknown that Deng Rui has a stronger desire to explore.
Suddenly, a slender hand reached out stealthily from behind, gently patted Deng Rui's right shoulder, and then retracted like lightning.
Deng Rui subconsciously turned his head to the right and looked back, but saw nothing.
Then, someone patted my left shoulder as well.
Deng Rui knew someone was playing a prank on him, so he simply turned around.
"Happy New Year!" Wang Linghua stood two meters away with her hands behind her back, her mouth corners raised, her eyebrows smiling, and she greeted as if nothing had happened.
Deng Rui stared at Wang Linghua's hair in a daze, and it took him a while to come back to his senses.
"Happy New Year."
Wang Linghua noticed Deng Rui's gaze, fiddled with it a few times, and said with a smile: "Why, you can't recognize me after changing my hairstyle?"
"No, I recognized it, and it just felt quite novel."
After not seeing her for more than a month, Deng Rui was really surprised to see such a big change in Wang Linghua.
In the past, Wang Linghua had long hair in a ponytail, a smooth and round forehead, and a full student-like appearance. She looked youthful and beautiful.
Wang Linghua now has a short haircut with thin bangs covering both sides of her temples. She looks less student-like and more refined and dashing.
Wang Linghua took a step forward, shortening the distance between them. She narrowed her eyes slightly and asked, "So which do you think looks better, the previous ponytail or the current short hair?"
coming!
Here comes the fatal question!
Deng Rui quickly thought about it, sorted out his words, and replied carefully: "For people with good foundation, hairstyle will only add points to their original foundation."
The arc of Wang Linghua's mouth unconsciously deepened a little, and she asked again: "Can I think that you are praising my beauty?"
Deng Rui nodded cautiously.
Anyway, I have already praised Wang Linghua for her beauty, so I won’t feel embarrassed to praise her again.
"There is no first in literature, and no second in martial arts. There must be a certain level of beauty, right?"
Deng Rui frowned and said seriously, "Comrade Wang Linghua, please don't ask questions that are not conducive to unity."
Wang Linghua rolled her eyes speechlessly and said, "Why don't you tell me what problem is conducive to unity?"
Deng Rui pondered for a moment and said, "Why did you change your hairstyle? Do you want to change your image and forget about someone buried deep in your heart?"
"You're definitely a jerk!"
“Please don’t run away from the problem.”
Wang Linghua resisted the urge to kick Deng Rui and walked up to him, and the two stood side by side.
"You're overthinking it. I changed my hairstyle for no particular reason. It was just a whim. I just wanted to have something new."
"I do not believe."
"That's the truth, believe it or not."
"You've let him go?"
"Get lost!" Wang Linghua couldn't help it and kicked Deng Rui. "Why are you bringing up such a topic?"
Deng Rui quickly dodged to the side, and his calf accidentally hit something, making a noise.
Deng Rui turned his head and saw that what he encountered was a small cart filled with colorful flowers. The person pushing the cart was an old lady with gray hair and a hunched body.
"I'm sorry, old man, I hope I didn't hit you? Are you hurt anywhere? Do I need to take you to the hospital?" Deng Rui asked anxiously.
There is no time to be impatient. In today's era, the elderly are the absolute answer, and their strength is far greater than that of children and boxers.
If something happens to him, he won’t be able to solve the problem without some family background, not to mention that Deng Rui himself has no family background.
The old lady did not reply, but looked at Wang Linghua quietly for a while, took a red rose from the bouquet in the cart and handed it to Deng Rui.
"Handsome boy, your girlfriend is so pretty, don't make her angry! Losing temper all the time is not good for your health! Come, buy her a little red flower to make her happy!"
It's very pure and authentic Cantonese, but unfortunately it lacks some modal particles and lacks flavor.
Deng Rui hesitated for a while, took out his phone, switched the language module to Cantonese, and asked, "How much is one?"
Frankly speaking, Deng Rui didn't want to buy it. After all, he and Wang Linghua were just ordinary friends, not lovers. However, he had bumped into her before, and he would feel bad if he didn't help her out with her business.
The old lady raised a finger, but perhaps because she was too old, she couldn't straighten her finger.
"One dollar?"
"In the age of IKEA, where are there flowers that cost one dollar? You can pick more than this many by the roadside! Ten dollars a flower."
"Ten dollars a flower!?"
You old tail, you might as well go and grab it!
Deng Rui really wanted to curse. Although it was his first time buying flowers, it didn’t mean he knew nothing about the price of flowers.
A rose costs no more than ten dollars in a flower shop.
But considering that it is better to have less trouble than more and he was in the wrong first, Deng Rui accepted it with a pinch of his nose, scanned the code and paid for the roses.
Wang Linghua remained out of the matter and watched the whole process as a spectator.
To be honest, it's rare to hear Deng Rui speak Cantonese, and it's quite interesting.
After the old lady left, Deng Rui looked at the rose in his hand and his heart seemed to bleed.
Ten dollars!
I used the money for a day’s breakfast to buy a tattered flower!
It would be fine if Wang Linghua was really my girlfriend, but she is not, and I don’t know what to do with this flower.
As if she saw Deng Rui's predicament, Wang Linghua couldn't help but smile and extended her right hand.
"Bring it here!"
Deng Rui glanced at Wang Linghua's open palm. Compared with boys, girls' hands are indeed smaller and more delicate.
"What do you mean? I don't remember the tradition of giving New Year's money to friends in Yuesheng."
"What are you thinking about? I'm talking about flowers!" Wang Linghua raised her chin and said, "Bring the flowers here!"
"No!" Deng Rui put the rose behind his back, like a child whose toy was asked for. "I paid for the flowers, why should I give them to you? If you wanted flowers, why didn't you buy them yourself?"
"You don't buy flowers to give to others?"
"Yeah, take it home to my mom. Any problem?"
Wang Linghua had no rebuttal, so she gave Deng Rui a thumbs up and said, "You are invincible!"
Deng Rui took off one shoulder strap of his backpack, unzipped it, and put the rose in diagonally.
Although storing flowers in a backpack can easily cause damage during activities, there is no better way at the moment.
Wang Linghua looked at Deng Rui with calm eyes, her mind active.
They spent three years in high school and were in the same class for three years. Judging from the time they had known each other, they should be very familiar with each other.
In fact, the two had very little contact in class. The total communication in a school year did not exceed ten sentences, and they would not even nod when they met on the street.
In Wang Linghua's original impression, Deng Rui was a gentle and serious person, a wooden man whose mind was always occupied with studying.
But after two more in-depth contacts, Wang Linghua found out that she was wrong. It was true that Deng Rui had a gentle temperament and was devoted to learning, but it was only half true that he was a serious person.
When it comes to how to cause trouble for others, Deng Rui is very good at it.
"Deng Rui."
"Ok?"
"How is your singing skill?"
"I'm not bragging." Deng Rui put his schoolbag on his back again, and puffed out his chest to look very confident. "After Sam Hui, Jacky Cheung, and Eason Chan, it's my turn now."
"Is it true?" Wang Linghua looked doubtful.
"Do you still need to ask? It must be fake!" Deng Rui looked at Wang Linghua as if he was looking at a fool. "If I had this level, I would have debuted and revived the music scene long ago. Why would I have to study so hard?"
Wang Linghua scored twice and kicked him again.
Deng Rui dodged it easily with a quick move.
"So, how good are you at singing?"
"It's just a normal person's level, not too good, not too bad."
"very good."
Wang Ling was a little more relaxed. It was her first time going to a KTV, and although she couldn't show it on the surface, she was actually very nervous inside, afraid of being laughed at for singing out of tune.
Now there are people who are at the same level as me, so even if I am laughed at, I am not the only one being laughed at.
"Have you ever been to KTV before?" Wang Linghua asked again.
"Have you ever been there?" Deng Rui asked instead of answering.
Wang Linghua shook her head and said, "No, the law does not allow it for people under the age of 18."
"I am not the same?"
"makes sense."
The two chatted for about five minutes before Lu You and Tang Wan finally arrived.
"Sorry to have kept you waiting! There are too many people here and it's hard to find a parking space." Tang Wan explained apologetically.
"It's okay, I just arrived not long ago." Wang Linghua waved her hand, signaling Tang Wan not to worry.
"Here!" Tang Wan presented a thermos bag to Wang Linghua and said, "I'll treat you to some milk tea as an apology!"
"You are too polite!"
That being said, there is no reason to refuse free milk tea.
Wang Linghua took the thermal bag with a smile, opened the seal, took out the cup and handed it to Deng Rui.
I have to say, drinking a cup of sweet hot milk tea in the winter is really comfortable.
Deng Rui, who always only drinks boiled water and rarely drinks beverages, couldn't help but take a big sip.
The water level in the cup dropped by a quarter in an instant.
Deng Rui chewed the soft brown sugar pearls and asked, "What are the plans next?"
Lu You retracted his gaze from the food street not far away and said, "Let's go eat first and fill our stomachs before singing."
"now go?"
"Look at you guys. If you're hungry, go now. If you're not hungry, walk around for a while before going."
"No need to wait for Li Yu and the others?"
Tang Wan interrupted, "He is still at Nian Nian's house. He said he came over with Nian Nian after dinner."
"You're only a freshman and you're already meeting the parents? Isn't that a little too fast?"
Wang Linghua's pupils dilated and her mind was in a trance.
There are indeed differences between people. Some are still single in their freshman year, while others have already met their parents and are heading straight to get married.
Deng Rui drank his milk tea silently without any reaction. His current life plan would not allow him to fall in love for at least five years, so he was not in a hurry.
"Is it fast? I think it's too slow!"
Tang Wan didn't think much of it. She had been living in Lu You's house for quite some time, so meeting the parents was nothing.
Lu You looked around at the three people present and asked, "Have you decided what to eat tonight?"
"You guys discuss it, I can do anything." Deng Rui responded first.
Tang Wan quickly winked at Wang Linghua.
Wang Linghua understood and replied, "I'll listen to Wanwan."
Tang Wan cracked her lips into a brilliant smile and said, "I know there's a beef hotpot restaurant nearby that has a very good reputation. I'll take you there."
(End of this chapter)