Chapter 72 Chapter 72: Awkward

On Saturday afternoon, He Ru brought a large bouquet of flowers and a hardcover watercolor art painting, and came to Bai Guo's house according to the address.Jiang Gu went to the laboratory, and Bai Guo was the only one in their house cleaning up.He Ru is the first guest at their house. When Bai Guo saw He Ru, he welcomed her in happily, and said, "Jiang Gu has gone to the laboratory. As soon as I asked him to help, he immediately found something to do and ran away. I didn't expect that I would meet such a person." !" Then, impatiently, she led He Ru around the rooms.

Their new home has two floors, the downstairs is the living room, the kitchen, and a small terrace with some flowers and plants.The living room is connected to the kitchen, so it looks very spacious.Upstairs are two bedrooms and a study room, all of which are exquisitely furnished, and it looks like it was made by Bai Guo.Hanging in the study were two landscape and Chinese paintings, which were written by Jiang Gu himself, and a hanging scroll in running script, inscribed with excerpts from the Diamond Sutra. He Ru looked at the painting and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Jiang Gu to be able to do this. And the painting looks really charming."

Bai Guo said proudly: "Jiang Gu's father is a famous painter in Qiantang Academy of Painting. Jiang Gu has been influenced by his ears and eyes since he was a child, and he also learned a few strokes of graffiti. These two paintings and the one written by his father are the ones he brought with him when he went abroad. The one who came here usually hides like a lifeline, saying that he is so vulgar now that he can no longer draw such interesting things. He is just lazy, he is not specialized in what he does, he is just superficial, he can only brag, there is no cure gone." He Ru said with a smile: "If that's the case, he doesn't even bother to get married. I hope he can be more specific in his relationship."

Bai Guo knew that she was joking about the fact that Jiang Gu was angry with him in the past and didn't want to get married, so she smiled and didn't care. The hardwood furniture in the living room are all imitated from ancient Chinese styles, and it really looks like an antique charm.He Ru praised a few words.Bai Guo said: "Now that I finally have my own home, I feel more at ease. After finishing this step, it's time to get down to business." He Ru unconsciously said with emotion: "I envy you from the bottom of my heart, as you have arranged everything step by step so well, Jiang Gu should be content."

Bai Guo smiled and said, "Aren't you guys going too soon?" Knowing that she was referring to the matter between her and Liu Dong, He Ru smiled and stopped talking. He Ru proposed to help Ginkgo prepare dishes.Bai Guo smiled and said: "You are a guest today, why am I really willing to let you do it?! I prepared the dishes early in the morning, and they are all Shanghai-style cold dishes. It won't taste good after a while, so don't scold me for that." gone." He Ru said with a smile: "That's right, you, Housewife, were supposed to show off today, so I won't do it for you."

While the two were talking, Jiang Gu came back.He was followed by the cheerful Stacy, carrying a big gift bag in her hand, she looked surprised as soon as she entered the door, and gave a wow sound. Jiang Gu first introduced Bai Guo to Stacy, and Stacy opened her eyes wide and said to Bai Guo, "Guo, you are more beautiful than what I saw in the photo. In Chinese, Jiang is really lucky!" Both Bai Guo and He Ru were amused by her words. Stacy stared at He Ru again and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this lady is Wu's girlfriend Di! You look as good as Guo. Wu is really a 'witness not revealing'!"

Bai Guo laughed and said, "You mean 'real people don't show their faces'?" Stacy smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I got it wrong. I mean, you're beautiful!" He Ru was a little embarrassed, and thought to himself: It turns out that even the foreigners in their laboratory knew about Wu Xiaotian and Chen Qiudi.Bai Guo hurriedly smiled and explained to Stacy: "Stacy, you may have misunderstood, Miss He Ru is my friend, she is not Wu Xiaotian's girlfriend. Her boyfriend hasn't come yet." Jiang Gu whispered to Stacy on the side: "She is Wu Xiaotian's ex-girlfriend."

After Stacy understood, she quickly apologized to He Ru.Bai Guo glared at Jiang Gu and said, "What nonsense are you talking about!" He Ru smiled lightly and said, "It's not a secret, it's not a big deal." Then Jiang Gu introduced Stacy, Stacy opened the gift bag, took out a big bottle of champagne, a box of hardcover cakes, put them on the table, and said to Bai Guo with a smile in Chinese: "Congratulations on a happy wedding!" Jiang Gu hastily corrected her: "Wrong, wrong, it's a housewarming. It means moving to a new house, not getting married." He Ru laughed and said to Jiang Gu, "I'll congratulate you in advance, there's nothing wrong with that. .”

Jiang Gu shook his head and said, "It's just these two sentences, after giving her a whole morning, it's still a mess in the end!" Stacy looked around and said, "Jiang, what about those two Chinese paintings you painted? I want to see them." Jiang Gu said: "It's upstairs, I'll take you to see it." He went upstairs with Stacy. Bai Guo looked at Jiang Gu and said, "What's ugly? Just like your painting, you're not afraid of being embarrassing." She said to He Ru: "Don't pay attention to what Stacy said just now, the foreigner speaks quickly. But today Liu Dongqi is really serious, why didn't he talk to you? How about coming together?"

Next came Liu Dongqi, holding a long dark blue cardboard box.Bai Guo invited him in and said, "We are talking about you, where have you been?" Liu Dongqi glanced at He Ru, smiled and said, "What are you talking about?" Bai Guo said: "Tell me, are you becoming careless, and you are willing to let He Ru come here alone, what if she gets lost?" Liu Dongqi smiled and said, "She is no longer a child, so she naturally knows how to protect herself." After hearing this, He Ru understood in his heart that he was referring to the phone call she had made to him when he was at her house that night, so he hummed and said, "If only I were really a child! There is an adult protecting me, so I feel a little more secure."

Liu Dongqi was startled for a moment, unable to speak. Bai Guo said: "Okay, what's the matter with you two today? We got into a fight as soon as we met. Could it be that there was something awkward?" Liu Dongqi smiled and said, "It's nothing, why is she blaming me for not picking her up earlier." Bai Guo said: "That's your fault. Well, you're not a kid anymore, don't play tricks. ——What do you want to drink?" Liu Dongqi ordered beer, and He Ru ordered a glass of red grapes.While Bai Guo went to the kitchen to fetch wine, Liu Dongqi whispered to He Ru, "What's the matter? Are you still angry with me? I've called you several times, why are you ignoring me?" He Ru said coldly: "Why am I angry at you? You didn't do anything wrong. I'm angry at myself. I'm such an old man that I can't look at things calmly. It's really wasted thirty years of my life." year!"