Chapter 201 I blush for you

Early in the morning on Saturday, Wang Xiaokai began to dress up in the dormitory. He sprayed perfume and applied hair oil, and made a big back hair like Chow Yun-fat. He exuded a strong smell of sex all over his body. However, when looking in the mirror, Wang Xiaokai felt quite good about himself. He felt that the only flaw was that his nose hair was a little long.

His nose hair was indeed very long and always stuck out of his nostrils. He usually didn't take care of it, but there was a party today and it would be unsightly in front of beautiful women. So Wang Xiaokai excitedly started looking for a pair of scissors to cut his nose hair. However, in such a big dormitory, or even in the entire corridor, he couldn't find a suitable tool to clean his nose hair. Later, he found a fruit knife and carefully cleaned his nose hair.

He didn't want the girls to see that he was having an affair in such an important occasion.

At this time, Zhang Yun got up and saw Wang Xiaokai's showy appearance. He said, "Hey, he's quite handsome. What? Are you going on a blind date? Do you still remember Lin Yueying?"

Wang Xiaokai crossed his legs and lit a Furong Wang cigarette that Zhang Yunqi threw over to him: "Boss Zhang, don't think you can talk nonsense just because you are my boss. I am not at the point of hanging myself on a tree yet."

Zhang Yunqi laughed: "So you still want to live among the beauties?"

Wang Xiaokai looked up with his nose in the air: "What's the matter? Only the county officials are allowed to set fires, but the people are not allowed to light lamps?"

"You light the lights and start the fire. I'm not going to keep you company anymore. I'm going to make a phone call." After chatting for a few words, Zhang Yunqi saw Tian Zhuangzhuang and Yang Wei, the two pigs, just coming out of bed to wash up. He remembered something and turned to the dormitory gatehouse to make a phone call to Wang Guibing.

Wang Guibing happened to be at home and answered the phone.

Zhang Yunqi asked him about the recent situation of the Longjingyuan Cannery.

Wang Guibing briefly explained, and finally said, "Now the employees and suppliers are making trouble every day, and Li Jilin is begging me to talk to you every day. Boss, how do you want to deal with it?"

Zhang Yunqi thought for a moment and said, "Let's wait and see. When the time comes, we'll take over the entire canning factory."

Wang Guibing was stunned for a moment. "Not contracting for management?"

Zhang Yunqi said: "Now that it has come to this, is it still interesting to contract?"

"But if we acquire the company...what about the funding?"

"we'll talk about it then."

After hanging up the phone, when Zhang Yunqi returned to the dormitory, the three golden flowers had already finished dressing up and left the dormitory together to have breakfast.

Zhang Yunqi invited them to a rice dumpling restaurant. Wang Xiaokai hooked his arm around Zhang Yunqi's shoulder and said, "Boss Zhang, why is it that every time I ask you to treat me, besides the fish noodles from your restaurant, you always order the rice dumplings from here?"

Zhang Yunqi pushed Wang Xiaokai's arm away: "It's delicious."

After eating the rice dumplings, everyone split up as agreed before. Zhang Yunqi and Wang Xiaokai were responsible for buying birthday cakes and flowers.

Zhang Yunqi handled the matter in a rough manner. He took a taxi directly to Ximen Street to find a cake shop and a flower shop. He bought the biggest, most expensive and best-looking cake, and got a bouquet of 16 yellow carnations as flowers, symbolizing friendship and Li Yufei's age.

Wang Xiaokai even asked the boss to pack it in a paper box, so that no one could tell what was inside. He said he wanted to give people a surprise and not let them know in advance. Zhang Yunqi felt that this was a bit of a cover-up. Li Yufei was such a smart girl, but she was inexplicably dragged to the party on her birthday. Everyone was carrying two boxes. How could they not guess what was going on?
But it doesn't matter, it's a happy thing after all. Whether Li Yufei can see it or not is not the key point. The key point is whether Li Yufei can be happy? She herself doesn't want to celebrate her birthday, of course there is a reason. The cannery is in a difficult situation, and Li Jilin's life is not easy. It is normal for Li Yufei, as a daughter, not to be in the mood to celebrate her birthday.

Zhang Yunqi was absolutely right.

Xiao Xuemei took a lot of effort to get Li Yufei out, with the reason being to accompany her to go ice skating in the new department store.

When Zhang Yunqi and his group arrived at the gate of No. 156 Middle School carrying cakes and flowers wrapped in paper boxes, everyone had arrived, a total of twenty people, most of whom were from Class , but there were also students from other classes. They were all contacted privately by Xiao Xuemei. This shows that Li Yufei is very popular in the school.

Li Yufei was wearing a purple velvet pleated long skirt and a pair of shiny black leather boots. A pink Hello Kitty hairpin dangled from the end of her long, soft, straight hair. She looked like a well-behaved lady as always, with a hint of tranquility in her pride. However, her expression always made people feel a little absent-minded, and she was not as well-behaved and lively as before.

Zhang Yunqi and Li Yufei greeted each other.

Li Yufei, who was not in a good mood, was a little surprised by his appearance: "It's rare that you will go out and play with us."

Zhang Yunqi said, "Xiao Xuemei said she wanted to go roller skating. I haven't been there yet and I don't know how to do it. I want to learn."

Li Yufei subconsciously wanted to say, "Then I'll teach you how to skate," but seeing so many people around, she held back and said, "Skating is easy. You can learn it quickly if you put in some effort."

Zhang Yunqi smiled and said yes.

While chatting, the two of them, under the organization of Xiao Xuemei, went to a nearby bus station with everyone else and got on the crowded No. 12 bus. The carriage staggered across Guiyuan Road and arrived at Yuxian Street Station, vomiting a group of people out.

Yuxian Street is located in the south of the city, not far from the Longjingyuan Cannery. It is the oldest street in Jiangchuan and the starting point of the Hunan-Guangdong Ancient Road. Since the establishment of Jiangchuan County in the Qin Dynasty, it has experienced more than 2200 years of vicissitudes. However, such a heavy historical origin has not been properly protected. The streets are dirty and messy. Of course, it can also be said to be full of fireworks. There are vegetable stalls, fruit stalls, meat and cooked food, and even clothes, hats and shoes. Some of them sell things like sauce-colored pork elbows. The glass cabinets have the words "state-owned" written on them, which makes people feel relieved. When the girls see the stalls of small handicrafts and small headdresses, they can't help but stop and take a look. If it's the coastal area, the stall owners will take the initiative to attract business, but here, every stall owner is like an uncle, looking at you with a squint, whether you want to buy or not, and taking the opportunity to ridicule you if you dare to bargain.

In short, these old men are as arrogant as Saddam, and the salty and sweet taste of Jiangchuan people is best reflected in them. To be honest, Zhang Yunqi has a lot of feelings for this street, as if he has returned to a street he visited when he was a child, but has never actually been there.

After a short stay at Yuxian Street, the group walked through and arrived at Yunhai Road, and went straight to the new department store. The new department store is the favorite shopping and leisure place for young people in Jiangchuan. The third floor and above are the dining and entertainment areas with complete facilities, among which the roller skating rink, dance hall and bowling alley are the favorites of young people.

Dance halls and bowling alleys are not very suitable for high school students, mainly because they are ridiculously expensive. Roller skating is a very popular sport among students and they can afford it. In addition to the tense and boring studies, it was a very fashionable thing for classmates and friends to get together to roller skate in that era. So Xiao Xuemei thought it would be nice to bring Li Yufei here to have fun and relax while celebrating her birthday.

The roller skating rink had just opened and there were not many people there.

Xiao Xuemei pushed Li Yufei and asked her and everyone else to go in and ask the waiter for roller skates. The waiter would count the number of people and settle the bill.

When Li Yufei entered the door, she turned her head to look at Zhang Yunqi who was at the front desk, hesitated for a moment, and then went in.

Zhang Yunqi was buying tickets at the front desk. He thought that since they were going to celebrate Li Yufei's birthday, it would be inconvenient to run the roller skating rink with so many people, so he said to the boss, "I have more than 20 people here. We want to book the rink. Don't let anyone in later."

The boss glanced at Zhang Yunqi and said, "Seal the place? It's very expensive here."

Zhang Yunqi took out three old man heads from his pocket and placed them on the counter: "Is that enough?"

The boss glanced at the money on the counter and immediately said, "Enough! But wait a minute, boss, there are still four roller skaters in the place. I'll give them some extra money to get them out and clear the place immediately."

Zhang Yunqi waved his hand and said, "Forget it. It doesn't matter if there are a few more people. It's just that a classmate of mine is going to have a birthday later, so I'll have to trouble you to cooperate. It's just a simple surprise. For the specific arrangements, a female classmate of mine will come to discuss with you later."

The boss said: "No problem, I guarantee you will be satisfied."

After the discussion, Zhang Yunqi turned around and came to the entrance of the roller skating rink. Xiao Xuemei was the only one left at the entrance, carrying the two paper boxes. He said to her, "The tickets have been bought. Go over and talk to the boss here to decide how to handle the birthday matter. I'm going to go in and skate first."

Xiao Xuemei immediately asked, "How much did the ticket cost? Write it down for me first, and I'll pay you back when we share the cost."

"Let's talk about this later. Go and arrange your birthday arrangements first." Zhang Yunqi waved his hand and went into the inner room of the roller skating rink.

The inner room was a hall covering an area of ​​400 square meters. The windows on all four walls were sealed with thick black cloth. Colorful lights were dancing in the sky, casting wandering spots of light on people's faces. The disco music echoing in the empty hall was something Zhang Yunqi hadn't heard for many years. Although it felt old and he couldn't remember the name of the song, it was particularly familiar and made him feel as if he were in another world.

When he was in technical secondary school, he was quite good at roller skating. He could do backstrokes, splits and all kinds of fancy moves with ease. But that was a glorious history almost 20 years ago after all. It is very unfamiliar to him now. As an old hand, he sat in the roller skating rink of the 1990s, listening to the local disco music, smelling the stench of toilet water, tobacco and sweaty feet, watching the young people riding a pair of four-wheel roller skates to skate around, being cool, showing off their skills, flirting with girls and bumping into each other. He could only "feel nostalgic" in his memory and relive the almost fanatical youth imprint of that era.

More than 20 male and female students have already entered the skating rink. Wang Xiaokai and Yang Wei are veterans who have been skating at the rink for many years. They are very good at skating. They chase and play freely in the rink, showing some difficult moves at the right time, or holding hands to change into different formations. Amid the exclamations and admiring eyes of other students, the vanity unique to that age group seems to be greatly satisfied. The skating rink was a popular place for hooking up in those days. Boys liked to hold girls' hands while skating. Wang Xiaokai was very brave. After skating for a while, he began to approach Yu Qingqing, then accelerated. When he passed her, he naturally held the girl's hand and skated backwards. Yu Qingqing did not resist, and her face, which looked like a red apple, was smiling.

In such a place, it seems that all physical intimacy becomes reasonable, implicitly matching the shyness of premature love, and young bodies splashing with youthful hormones.

Being young is damn good. Zhang Yunqi put on his roller skates, but he could barely stand steadily. His skills from more than 20 years ago were almost gone. He was just a complete rookie. He tied his shoelaces and slowly slid into the field holding the railing. In fact, except for the few veterans, most of the people in the field were novices who couldn't skate. Like Zhang Yunqi, they staggered and held the railings at the side of the field, looking at the crowd whizzing around the center of the field, envious and admiring, drooling at the beautiful women, and feeling the pain of being mocked by their butts.

There is no doubt that Li Yufei is the focus of the whole game.

The girl's tall and graceful figure attracted the attention of most people. She was wearing a purple velvet pleated long skirt. When she slid, the lines of her slender calves were soft and light, like a purple swallowtail butterfly. However, no boy had the courage to hold her hand. Zhang Yunqi, who was shivering by the railing, also admired the girl out of boredom.

This girl was a mark in his youth in his previous life. This is a bit cliché, but there is no way around it. It is easy for people to be obsessed with beautiful things. Even if they know they can never get them, they will keep thinking about them in their hearts.

Of course, it's quite funny to say it. When he was a poor boy from a farming family and went to the city to visit his relatives for the first time, he was really shocked when he met Li Yufei in the cannery. He had never seen such a beautiful girl in his life. She was as beautiful as a porcelain doll. However, he never spoke to her. Maybe it was because of the inferiority complex of a child from a poor family. Every time he met her, he just looked at her from a distance and didn't have the courage to approach.

Thinking about these stupid things that happened in the past, Zhang Yunqi lit a lonely cigarette. While smoking, he found that every time Li Yufei passed by him, she would look back at him, as if she wanted to say something to him.

Zhang Yunqi didn't know what she wanted to say. Anyway, it wasn't about the cannery, nor was it about smoking being harmful to health. But after coming out to play, Zhang Yunqi clearly felt that her mood seemed to have brightened up a lot.

That's good.

"What are you standing there for? Can't you skate?"

At this time, a girl slid in front of Zhang Yunqi. She was wearing a white hoodie, black tights, and a ponytail. She looked playful and cute. She was a classmate of Class 156, named Lin Xueqing. They were also in a small circle. They would chat and talk nonsense together during breaks every day and had a good relationship.

Zhang Yunqi smiled and said, "I skated before a long time ago, but I'm not very good at it."

Lin Xueqing smiled: "Then I'll take you, do you want to?"

Zhang Yunqi nodded: "Sure."

Lin Xueqing was very calm and straightforward. She took Zhang Yunqi's hand and said, "Slowly loosen your grip on the railing, don't exert any force on your body, and keep your balance."

Zhang Yunqi understood all these, he was just unfamiliar with them. But he always felt that it was inappropriate to be held by a girl's hand. He was not being hypocritical. He had no feelings for Lin Xueqing. It was precisely because he had no feelings that he felt that it was inappropriate. He was not a virgin like Wang Xiaokai. He had been tired of touching girls' hands in his whole life and had no interest in them. However, a little girl took the initiative to teach him how to skate, so he could not be an ungrateful person.

After Zhang Yunqi let go of the railing, Lin Xueqing pulled him together and the two of them skated slowly along the railing on the rink, one in front and one behind.

Lin Xueqing loved chatting. While giving him some tips on roller skating, she also talked about things at school. "By the way, there's a question I've always wanted to ask you. Why did you stand up for Sister Hua that day?"

Zhang Yunqi smiled: "Why not?"

"Most people would think it's unnecessary to offend classmates for something like this, right?"

“If most people think something, does that mean it’s right?”

"You're quite different."

"That's because you haven't discovered my honest, kind, helpful side."

"It seems that the biggest difference between you and others is that you are shameless."

Zhang Yunqi smiled.

Lin Xueqing also laughed, her laughter was like a silver bell, especially crisp: "Come on, shameless, I will take you to slide backwards."

Lin Xueqing turned her body around and held Zhang Yunqi's hand with one hand. Suddenly, she began to slide backwards as lightly as a butterfly, causing the animals lying on the railings on the sidelines to scream strangely.

Li Yufei also saw this scene.

She didn't know why, but when she saw Lin Xueqing holding Zhang Yunqi's hand, talking about something while skating, laughing happily from time to time, with a slightly flushed face, Li Yufei felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, as if a bone was stuck. She remembered what she didn't say to Zhang Yunqi when they gathered at No. 1 Middle School in the city, and she felt inexplicably a little annoyed.

Lin Xueqing didn't expect this.

She took Zhang Yunqi skating for a while, and was surprised to find that this guy had actually learned it and was able to skate on his own: "I didn't expect you to be so talented."

Zhang Yunqi just hadn't skated for many years. After practicing, he found the feeling of skating. He leaned on the railing and said with a smile: "Master is still a good teacher. Would you like to buy a drink?"

Lin Xueqing swung her ponytail and smiled brightly: "With so many classmates, it's not appropriate to invite only one of me, right?"

Zhang Yunqi said, "Then please all."

Lin Xueqing nodded and said yes.

Zhang Yunqi skated out and asked the waiter to bring drinks to the door and distribute them to everyone. He also picked up a few bottles and skated back. When passing by the rest area in the roller skating rink, Zhang Yunqi saw Li Yufei sitting on a bench to rest, so he handed her a bottle of juice she usually liked to drink and asked, "Yufei, do you want some juice?"

"No, thank you."

Li Yufei looked up at Zhang Yunqi, his mind still on the scene just now, when Lin Xueqing was holding his hand with a red face and a smile, and he suddenly felt angry and blurted out, "By the way, do you want to buy a drink for a girl when you see her?"

When some people around heard this, they looked over and looked at each other in confusion. Wang Xiaokai and Xiao Xuemei were not present. Lin Xueqing, who was not far away, was stunned. Tian Zhuangzhuang, who happened to pass by, also heard this. He didn't react and fell to the ground with his butt. Then, with his eyes wide open, he raised his head at a 30-degree angle and looked at the two people who were looking at each other, and the hand holding the drink bottle hanging in the air.

The atmosphere seemed to have frozen, with only the disco making noise in the empty venue.

Facing Zhang Yunqi's gaze, Li Yufei didn't know why, but this proud and quiet girl didn't avoid him after all. She pursed her lips tightly, as if she was angry. After a few seconds, Zhang Yunqi withdrew his gaze and the drink in his hand, and said "Oh".

Li Yufei clenched her fingers unconsciously. Zhang Yunqi's calm response made her heart, like a sponge soaked in water, suddenly surge with an indescribable complex emotion.

But at this moment, all the colorful lights flying in the sky suddenly went out, the exciting and noisy disco came to an abrupt end, and the empty roller skating rink fell into darkness. Before many people could react, a cheerful song sounded: "Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you..."

Then, in the darkness and amid the music, a little light came from the entrance of the roller skating rink.

It was a light made up of sixteen candles.

It was like a meteor dotted on the night sky, moving towards the girl in the center of the field...

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5500 words, it took a lot of work.

If there is no update tomorrow, there will be one the day after tomorrow!
Thank you all for your company along the way.

(End of this chapter)