I'm The Hard Rice King

Chapter 323 Lao Zhao returns to Beijing

"Uncle and aunt are back?"

"Well, how was the stroll at the beach?"

"It's okay, it's just a little cold."

At 5:30 in the afternoon, after Li Peifeng and the other three returned home, Li Qiyuan and Yu Huizhi also drove back after completing their supervision.

Comrade Lao Li bought a bunch of vegetables and started cooking for dinner, and asked his filial son Li Peifeng to help.

Now the six members of the family have to wait for meals. With four more mouths, not only the daily food expenses are extremely high, but also the difficulty of cooking has increased. This makes Li Qiyuan very worried.

In particular, the three girls have an unusual relationship with their sons. Strictly speaking, each of them is a daughter-in-law. Naturally, the meals cannot be made simply, each meal must be sumptuous.

Not counting pickles, at least six dishes for six people, right?

Six dishes are not difficult. The key is that the three women in the family have different tastes. Some like sour food, some like spicy food, some have light tastes, some don't like meat, some don't like vegetables, and some don't like vegetables. Can't put ginger in the dish...

"Hurry up and don't celebrate the New Year here, otherwise I will have to make at least four kinds of fillings to make dumplings!"

Another sumptuous dinner was served. Chef Li Qiyuan listened to the girls' compliments while eating. He looked happy on the surface, but was numb inside.

But thankfully, the atmosphere at the dinner was pretty good, and there was no open and secret fighting like before.

After the meal, they all helped clear away the dishes and went back to their respective rooms after finishing their work, without any other troubles. Li Peifeng originally wanted to work in the attic, but unexpectedly the couple also followed suit.

"Mom, Dad, is something wrong?"

"Come into the house and talk."

Li Qiyuan and Yu Huizhi sat down in the small bedroom in the attic respectively, forming a double-sided interrogation of their sons.

"We had a good chat yesterday, right? I think they didn't argue much today."

"Well, we had a good chat."

"What do you think? Who will you choose?"

"……I do not know either."

Yu Huizhi's expression changed: "I think you haven't thought about it carefully at all, and you still plan to delay it, right?"

Li Peifeng kept laughing: "That's impossible, absolutely impossible. I will definitely make the right choice after careful consideration."

Li Qiyuan said solemnly: "If you want to make the right choice too much, it will make the choice difficult. You have to use liking instead of being right. This may be the best choice."

"Yeah, right, right."

Yu Huizhi glanced at Li Qiyuan, and said slowly: "This is what your father and I meant. We have no opinion on who you will choose in the end, as long as you like it."

“…I actually like multiple choice the most.”

"If you talk nonsense again, I'll go downstairs to get the rolling pin."

Li Peifeng kept silent, thinking that I had already hidden the rolling pin!

Next, his parents took turns enlightening him for a while, instilling a good meal of chicken soup for the soul, but Li went in one ear and out the other, and didn't listen to a word.

Li Peifeng was a little impatient after listening for a long time because his parents were rarely verbose.

"Actually, you told me something clearly when I went to college in the capital. Regarding my own life, all I can do is 'choose the path that I think is best.' On the other hand, how do others evaluate you? It’s someone else’s problem, I can’t control it, and I don’t have to deal with it, because they can’t be responsible for my life.”

"So you're going to go your own way, right?"

"I think you are out of your mind, Li Peifeng. Regardless of whether we agree or not, do you know what the consequences will be if their parents find out about this?"

"Those who cannot take orders from themselves must take orders from others. From "Thus Spoke Zarathustra", this sentence means that only by not seeking affirmation from outside oneself can one truly become one's own master..."

The meaning of the words is correct, there is great wisdom and great philosophy!

But Li Qiyuan and Yu Huizhi didn't agree, and they changed their countenance suddenly, and launched a more severe discipline on Li Xiaozi.

But this time Li Peifeng learned his lesson, no longer refute, just kept silent.

Seeing that he was not getting enough food and salt, the second elder could only go downstairs and go back to his own room after talking for a while.

"Think about it for yourself!"

"If you don't understand this matter on the 7th... don't stay in this house!"

Otherwise, I plan to fly to Shanghai for the annual meeting on the 7th. What a weak threat!

Li Peifeng sat calmly for a moment, then stood up and went to the window, taking off the black cloth covering the easel, revealing the unfinished starry night picture.

"This surging emotion, this endless sense of loneliness and sudden confusion are my greatest inspiration!"

Li Peifeng took out his paintbrush and sketched out what was in his mind little by little, staying up all night.

When encountering difficulties, there is another way besides messing things up.

"It is precisely because I have the ability to overcome that this test will come!"

…

"Uncle and aunt, I'm leaving now."

"It seems like there's a little snow outside. Qingge, please drive slowly and be careful along the way."

"OK."

At 12 noon on January 3, Zhao Qingge started back to Beijing after lunch. Li Peifeng sent her downstairs and wanted to drive her to the highway intersection. Zhao refused and just turned on the car heater. , chatted with him in the car.

"I have a holiday on the 6th, and I will come to Ningyuan City that night to listen to the decision you made on the 7th, so there is no need to send it away."

"Um."

Li Peifeng didn't get out of the car and took Zhao Qingge's hand, but she didn't start the car either.

Amidst the whirring sound of the warm air in the car, the two looked at each other in silence for a while. Lao Zhao turned his face and looked forward, and said softly: "No matter who you choose that day, I can accept it. You don't have to care too much about my feelings. , I accept that things are counterproductive. Besides, my feelings for you are not particularly pure. I am not sure yet whether it can be called a relationship between a man and a woman. Maybe it would be a good idea to end this relationship with you as soon as possible. result, so don’t feel pressured, understand?”

Talk back? Are you playing hard to get with me?

Li Peifeng was about to speak, but then closed his mouth and nodded: "I understand."

Zhao Qingge pursed his lips and said hesitantly: "But if you really decide to be with me officially that day, I will also try to fulfill my duties as a...mate, instead of still treating you like a student. This I want to make one point clear to you."

A partner’s responsibilities?

Li Peifeng felt a little moved in his heart and said tentatively: "So, I can be with you then?"

Zhao Qingge didn't answer, but just squeezed the hand Li Peifeng was holding, and then closed his eyes slightly.

Okay, let me taste the saltiness first.

Li Peifeng turned sideways, put his left elbow on the armrest box and stuck his head over it.

This was the first time that Zhao Qingge was so proactive and enthusiastic, which caught Li Peifeng off guard.

They kissed for a long time, until both of them felt some warmth from the warm wind, they slowly let go, but Li Peifeng still held her hand and said in a complicated tone: "If that day, I haven't thought about it yet, What choice do you have, what do you think we should do?”

"You have to make a choice!"

Zhao Qingge's face changed slightly, and after blurting out his words, he broke away from Li Peifeng's hand. The car seemed to have become twice as cold.

Li Peifeng was not surprised and continued to test: "Then if I don't choose to be with you in the end, but choose one or two of them, will you really accept it as calmly as I just said?"

"acceptable!!"

Zhao Qingge suddenly increased the volume, and the sudden and unexpected energy shocked Li Peifeng even if he was mentally prepared.

"Do you have anything else to say? If you have nothing to say, get out of the car. I'm leaving!"

Zhao Qingge's face was gloomy and frightening, and his tone was somewhat harsh. The temperature in the car dropped two degrees again.

Li Peifeng helplessly put his hand on the inner door switch and prepared to leave, but he was worried that the other party would inevitably have problems driving while he was angry, so he did not open the door.

After thinking for a while, Li Peifeng wondered: "You just said that you are not sure whether your feelings for me are love. Since you are not sure, wouldn't I delay you if I were with you?"

"I……"

Zhao Qingge was speechless for a moment, then gritted his teeth and pursed his lips tightly, refusing to say anything.

"Ahem, so are you unsure, or are you too embarrassed to express your feelings frankly?"

Li Peifeng hesitated and said: "If you are more clear, maybe I can be more clear. Otherwise, if you think so, I really don't know what choice to make."

He wants the general, and he wants Zhao Qingge to be more frank, instead of still being so duplicitous. If the other party can really admit that their relationship is not false, then he probably...

In short, after staying up all night last night and thinking deeply during the painting, Li Peifeng believed that if he had to choose one of the four girls, he would have to consider more than just appearance. For example, a soul that can communicate has the same likes and dislikes, vision and pattern. So looking at it this way, among the women around him, Zhao Qingge is the one who is most compatible with him.

Secondly, the gap in identity and age between the two is obvious. Zhao Qingge has given up so much and mustered up the courage to run for him. He also took him to meet his parents. Li Peifeng felt that it would be wrong for him to let him down. People.

But Li Peifeng wanted a clear answer from Zhao Qingge, a reason enough to convince him not to choose someone else, but after waiting for about two minutes, he waited for Xu Manying's WeChat message asking him, "Why don't you go upstairs?" and did not wait for Zhao Qingge's reply. answer.

My question may still be a bit too high for the current primary school student Zhao Duoduo!

"Think about it carefully."

Li Peifeng was a little disappointed and wanted to open the car door, but heard a 'click' sound and the car door was locked.

Undoubtedly, it was Zhao Qingge in the driver's seat who pressed the main switch. Her left index finger had just withdrawn from the button. When she saw Li Peifeng looking at her, she quickly put her left hand down and looked ahead as if nothing had happened.

"...So, can you clarify?"

Zhao Qingge held the steering wheel and remained silent. After a while, Li Peifeng asked another question, which made Zhao Duoduo very angry and said stiffly: "If you don't choose me, you will be postponed!"

"I have applied to graduate early..."

"That's also Yanbi! That's Yanbi!"

Zhao Qingge gripped the steering wheel tightly, his fingers turned white, and his lips trembled with anger: "I will definitely delay you anyway!"

Inducement can no longer be replaced by threats.

Li Peifeng coughed dryly and decided to forgive Professor Zhao's rudeness. After all, Yanbi was the only romance she could give to her beloved disciple.

"But this answer is not what I want. I want to know whether you love me or not."

Li Peifeng had a complete showdown: "To love or not to love? There are only these two choices. Before I make a choice, you should also choose between them!"

"do not love!"

Li Peifeng's eyes widened and his tone raised: "Are you sure?"

Zhao Qingge was impatient: "I don't know!"

Li Peifeng affirmed: "As long as you tell me, I will know who to choose on the 7th."

Zhao Qingge's expression softened slightly, but he was still reluctant: "Can't you guess people's thoughts? Why don't you know what I'm thinking?"

"I have to say it out in the end so that I can be more sure!"

"..."

Li Peifeng thought for a moment: "How about this? You don't need to tell me, just write the answer on the palm of my hand...here."

After speaking, Li Peifeng reached out and handed it to Zhao Qingge.

No need to speak, just write?

Zhao Qingge frowned slightly and seemed to reluctantly accept it. He looked at the hand in front of him, slowly took it and put it in his own hand. He extended his index finger with his right hand as if to write, but the distance was still far away. She took it back again and turned around. He looked at Li Peifeng seriously: "If I write it, you will know how to choose?"

"Yes!" Li Peifeng nodded firmly, and then added: "But it is best to have three words, the first word is the subject, the second word is the predicate, and the three words are the object."

Contains subject and object, three words...

Zhao Qingge's expression changed: "I don't know what you are talking about!"

"Then let me tell you again!"

After Li Peifeng finished speaking, his tone slowed down and he stared at Zhao Qingge. The melancholy in his eyes was bottomless, as if he had eaten too much raw fish by the Visakha River. His lips were slightly open, but his tone was as gentle as flowing quietly at night. of streams;

"I~love~you~"

Some people regard these three words as a promise more important than life, as if once spoken, they must marry the other person and have children forever until they die. If they change their hearts in the future, they will be burdened with inner demons and feel guilty for the rest of their lives. Maybe this This is the reason why Zhao Qingge is ashamed to say it.

But Li Peifeng believes that it is just telling his feelings at this moment. Life is impermanent. Maybe the two people will be separated tomorrow due to some accident, but it does not affect his sincere desire to be with her today. At this moment, this There is no falsehood in these three words.

"..."

[Speaking so easily, so skillfully, so...this villain is so shameless! ! ! ! ! 】

It may be because the air conditioner is getting hotter and hotter. Zhao Qingge's ears were burned red, and the redness continued from the ears, neck, and back. The eyes watching Li Peifeng changed from the shock at the beginning to a strange light. , dodged for a moment, dodged again, looked out the car window, pretending to be nonchalant, and said quietly: "I didn't hear you, please say it again."

"It's no fun if you play like this!!"

Li Peifeng was a little anxious: "I have said it all, I have confessed it, and you still..."

Zhao Qingge pursed his lips and said, "I really didn't hear you. Please say it again."

"Stop talking! Don't say good things twice. If you can't write, I'll get off now!"

"……Shut up!"

Zhao Qingge glanced at him, scolded lightly, grabbed Li Peifeng's hand with a little force, pulled the hand into his arms, and put it on his lap. Just as he stretched out his hand as if to write, he seemed to feel that something was wrong. , took out a pair of gold-rimmed glasses from the glasses case above the driver's seat and put them on.

Then, Zhao Duoduo looked very serious, like a primary school student taking a final exam, nervous and uneasy, or like a professor writing an article at his desk, rigorous and meticulous, making a pencil with his finger, in front of Li Peifeng In front of him, with the other party witnessing it with his own eyes, he slowly wrote those three words on the palm of his hand.

"I love you."

It was very itchy. When Zhao Qingge was writing, Li Peifeng wanted to twitch his hand a little bit, but that was absolutely impossible. He endured it abruptly. When the other party finished writing, he seemed to feel a warm current from the palm of his hand to himself. His left arm, body, right arm, limbs and mind, like fire, a virus, infected, a part of Zhao Qingge exists and grows in his body...

"I'm done."

Zhao Qingge's sitting posture was a little reserved, and his eyes seemed to be expecting something.

Li Peifeng couldn't help but laugh: "It's not written in black and white. I didn't see it and I didn't feel it. Why don't you just say it!"

Zhao Qingge immediately frowned, as if he had returned to his true nature as a strict teacher: "That's your own problem, I wrote it anyway!"

"Don't tell me?"

Li Peifeng didn't wait for a response and kissed him again, this time more wildly. He didn't let go until Zhao Qingge was about to suffocate and subconsciously wanted to push him.

Li pursed his lips unsatisfactorily. The vibrating cell phone in his trouser pocket made him realize that he had stayed so long that some people upstairs were dissatisfied, and he might come down to find him...

"Then I'm leaving? Please drive slowly."

Zhao Qingge didn't say anything. He gasped and glared at him. He pressed the switch and it unlocked successfully with a click.

"See you on the sixth!"

Li Peifeng waved his hand and opened the door without taking a moment.

But the moment the car door opened, Zhao Qingge pulled his clothes sideways, fixed his eyes on him, and said in a low voice: "Number Seven, you... Otherwise, I will not only delay you, but also..."

It will take a long time, and I haven't said what I need.

Li Peifeng saw the uneasiness and fear hidden deep in Zhao Duoduo's pretended to be strong eyes, and felt the anxiety and expectation in her heart.

Li's heart relented, and after struggling countless times in just half a second, he finally nodded fiercely: "Well, I choose you, you just come when the time comes!"

Zhao Qingge's eyes lit up, but he was not sure: "Are you serious?"

"real!"

Like the phrase "I love you", at least at this moment, Li Peifeng sincerely.

"Then we agreed, goodbye!"

The next moment, Zhao Qingge drove away with a smile that could not be concealed.

After the BMW walked away, Li Peifeng turned around and went upstairs. As soon as he got to the elevator, he regretted it a bit!

While sitting in the elevator, Li Peifeng thought that he could only be with Zhao Duoduo in the future and keep a distance from the other three, and then thought about the violent reaction of Wu Wenyue and Xu Manying after he announced his choice, and the gradual distance. Overlord Huang Tianxuan...

He completely regrets it!

"Damn it, when can I fix my stinking problem with painting cakes?"

"The guide had eaten before leaving, and I couldn't help but draw a cake to satisfy her hunger on the way... This tenderness... I'm crying to death!"

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