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"Really." Lin Xu is especially sincere. With empty pockets and debts to pay, he has to get through this year no matter what. He can't stand moving around frequently. But he didn't expect Bai Jiachen to have an innocent face but be not easily fooled. So he changed the subject: "Can you stop the car first?"
Bai Jiachen frowned.
"I want to eat something."
At this moment, Song Yi, who had been silent all along, suddenly perked up: "Brother, you haven't had lunch, have you? Let me tell you, there's a place selling delicious grilled skewers in the alley ahead. Let's go together."
Bai Jiachen generously took they to the barbecue restaurant that Song Yi mentioned. Without looking at the menu, they ordered the food. It seems like they are regular customers, as the landlady greeted them with a smile and warmly served three bowls of mung bean soup.
Lin Xu sat with his chin in his hand, legs stretched out, and lifted the plastic curtain, letting the cold wind pass over his mouth and nose. He had been cooped up on the bus for too long today, and the smell of cumin made his stomach surge.
"Brother, eat it while it's hot."
Song Yi pushed the sizzling grilled meat in front of him, looking at him with a wet and expectant eye contact like a little dog. Lin Xu felt uncomfortable being looked at, so he picked up some baking powder with his chopsticks and took two skewers of meat.
"Xiao Yi, you can eat by yourself."
Bai Jiachen tied her hair with a rubber band and ordered another seafood vermicelli casserole for Lin Xu, specifically instructing them not to add pepper.
Lin Xu said "Thank you" and pushed the plate back to Song Yi.
After finishing half a bowl of noodles, Lin Xu felt better.
Across from them, Bai Jiachen and Song Yi were still locked in a fierce battle with the skewers, their matching red lips stained with the colors of flame and blue gold, with a pile of skewers resembling a small mountain.
Bai Jiachen felt it wasn't enough and cheerfully ordered thirty more crispy bone skewers. Lin Xu was shocked and wanted to remind the pregnant woman that eating barbecue is unsanitary, as there might be recycled cooking oil in it. However, seeing her rare eating habits, he gave up on persuading her.
The innocent young man Song Yi chewed on a skewer of meat and asked, "Brother, I feel like I've seen you somewhere before."
"I probably just have a common face," Lin Xu replied casually, focusing on picking and eating the noodles.
"It's impossible. Brother, you're so handsome. I don't believe it, ask her—"
Song Yi excitedly pointing at Bai Jiachen: "We have a thick book at home—"
He exaggeratedly waved his arms and said, "All the guys in there are drawn, but none of them look as good as you."
Bai Jiachen narrowed his eyes and chuckled twice, while Song Yi suddenly shrugged and showed a pained expression.
Lin Xu slowly takes out tissues from the box, while Bai Jiachen goes out to pay the bill.
When he comes back, the plates are cleared, and the two wipe their mouths clean. Lin Xu is immersed in the sunset, fingers holding a bamboo chopstick, teaching Song Yi how to twirl the chopsticks. Song Yi looks like he has never seen the world, calling out "brother" in a chaotic manner.
Bai Jiachen paused for a moment, picked up the remaining one-third of his orange juice, and looked solemnly at Lin Xu. Song Yi obediently stood up as well.
Under the gaze of the two, Lin Xu slowly lifted his drink.
Three pairs of eyes met in the air.
"Um... I won't say anything unnecessary."
Bai Jiachen smiled and said, "Welcome to Leshui."
Half an hour later, Bai Jiachen put they down at the entrance of a wide alley, and Song Yi helped Lin Xu carry the bag of daily necessities they had just bought at the supermarket, saying that the end of this place was his home and also where Lin Xu would live and work in the future.
Stepping on the stone pavement, feeling the unfamiliar solidity and vibration underfoot, Lin Xu's heart suddenly calmed. Taking out the phone, inserting the new SIM card, the contact list was clean with zero contacts, as if forcibly resetting one's own life.
He finally, completely, left Hangzhou from body to heart.
Just as the teacher said, life has its ups and downs, and things don't always go as planned, although it's rare to see someone like him who has fallen all the way to the bottom.
But what else can he do?
After all, Go is not his destiny.
Everyone has their own destiny.
Lin Xu thought to himself, a relieved smile appearing on his face. His smile infected the young man next to him, and Song Yi also started to smile foolishly. "Brother, we're here. This is my home."
"Yidao Go Classroom."
Following Song Yi's finger, Lin Xu saw these six graceful calligraphy characters.
He suspected that he had made a mistake, lowered his head, then raised it again, and his imposing manner remained unchanged.
"Your family doesn't own a supermarket?" Lin Xu suddenly felt dizzy again.
"My family runs a Go (Chinese chess) classroom," Song Yi said strangely, "My dad is the coach."
"Your mom... no, the one who picked me up today, is her last name Bai?"
"My last name is Bai, and my sister is named Bai Jiachen."
Song Yi looked at Lin Xu with a completely indescribable complex expression in her innocent big eyes, slowly dialing a number on her phone.
A few seconds later, a strong and energetic female voice came through the microphone, with a local accent that carried the flavor of the area.
" sister Bai, this is Lin Xu."
Lin Xu only said one sentence, and the painting style across from him suddenly changed, almost leaving him breathless.
" sister Bai, please listen to my explanation."
Lin Xu bowed his head and leaned against the utility pole: "I really didn't lie. I did get into a white Passat at the time. Yes, that woman happened to have the last name Bai. I mistook her for you, my bad for not asking clearly..."
"Even if the cars are the same, does that mean the last names are the same too? And she happens to have a family business, also picking up people at there. Are you filming a movie here?"
Sister Bai gasped and scolded sharply, "I'm just asking why you turned off your phone. Do you know how many times I called you? What shameful thing are you doing that you have to turn off your phone? Speak up, why don't you say anything..."
Lin Xu couldn't respond to this. Instead, he turned to Sister Bai's husband and said, "You scoundrel, my pregnant wife drove to pick you up, and you dare to treat her like a monkey. You, a man, spend all day playing chess in your room, dreaming of becoming a world champion, and causing our family to fall apart. You are the scum of society, a disgrace. Your parents must have been unlucky for eight generations to raise a thing like you. My wife is going to get sick from anger this time. I won't let you off the hook."
At the other end of the alley, Bai Jiachen got out of the car and walked over in her black Martin ankle boots, playing her Moe Moe Chicken Battle mobile game. The rosy sunset glow illuminated the two solemn faces, and Bai Jiachen thought they were being robbed, nearly dropping her phone in fright.
"What's wrong with you guys?"
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