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“Aren’t you going to eat it?”
“Is it not eating at all?” Ji Qingzhou was curious.
“That’s not true, just don’t want to eat so much.”
Ji Qingzhou understood that, like his mother, he could eat less, but he couldn’t finish the whole meal. He collected the fruit, and planned to go back to carve a flower for Chu Cheng and let him eat a little bit, which was considered a good thing for Christmas Eve.
After eating, the two of them planned to go home. Chu Cheng looked at the crowd outside the car and teased him, “Don’t you want to go for a walk? Feel the festive atmosphere.”
Ji Qingzhou shook his head, “Going for a walk at this time, I won’t be able to move.”
Chu Cheng chuckled, “All right, then let’s go home.”
“Yeah.” Ji Qingzhou nodded, “Go home.”
The road on Christmas Eve was a bit crowded, and it took the two of them some time to finally return home. Chu Cheng said, “I’m going to take a shower” and went into the bathroom. Ji Qingzhou took this time to go to the kitchen to wash the apples and carved a peony flower for him on a small delicate plate.
Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.
When Chu Cheng came out of the shower, Ji Qingzhou handed the plate to him, Chu Cheng looked at the flower in the plate in surprise, “You carved it?”
Ji Qingzhou nodded, “Eat, it’s Christmas Eve, eat a little.”
Chu Cheng looked at the intricately carved flowers on the plate, a little reluctant to eat. But apples couldn’t be kept for a long time, it would oxidize and change color, Ji Qingzhou was afraid of oxidation and constantly pushed him, Chu Cheng had no way and just ate it, as he lamented, “It’s quite a pity.”
“There’s no pity, if you like it I’ll get it for you next time.”
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He thought of many possibilities, but he never expected to see a clear glass bottle after unwrapping the gift box, containing less than half a jar of paper stars already folded, with a UV pen diagonally inserted in the middle.
Chu Cheng was puzzled and looked at Ji Qingzhou, “Are you treating me like a little girl?”
Or the kind of girl who’s in elementary school? Middle school girls didn’t like these stars anymore, okay!
Ji Qingzhou sat down beside him and explained to him, “I folded these stars, I competed with Luo Yuxin and folded the stars while answering the questions, then I won. This ultraviolet pen is a trophy I found at the first level when we played Secret Room Escape.” He looked at Chu Cheng and said in his heart, I wore it there, “When I entered this industry and acted in my first drama, you were with me, so recording my first variety show, I also don’t want you to be absent, I’m giving these to you, so that the entire beginning of my entertainment career is related to you.”
Ji Qingzhou’s voice was soft, he said, “Don’t look at them as they are worthless, but these are the evidence that I have won over others, I won over Luo Yuxin, twice, I am very happy and proud, at the same time, I also feel very lucky. So I hope that in the future, when you meet people you hate and opponents who don’t take you seriously, you can also be lucky enough to win against them.”
He turned to Chu Cheng and said sincerely and frankly, “Chu Cheng, I’m giving this to you in the hope that you can always have smooth sailing without any worries or setbacks, and that even if you encounter something that is not as good as you want, you can quickly find a way to crack it. You’re fine, so I hope you’re well, and Merry Christmas, this Christmas, I’m happy.”
Chu Cheng looked at him, unable to speak for a moment.
He thought that Ji Qingzhou had just watched too many idol dramas so he chose to give him this kind of stuff that only girls liked, but he didn’t expect that this bottle was not only filled with his folded stars, but also full of his blessings.
He gave him the trophy of his first recording of the variety show.
He gave him his joy and good luck after his first victory over Luo Yuxin.
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He gave him his most pious blessings.
Chu Cheng felt for a moment that the Porsche he had bought with his own hands seemed a little out of reach.
Ji Qingzhou wasn’t a qualified lover, would bargain with him to discuss the gradual progress, would secretly hide his heart that wanted to cross the boundary; but Ji Qingzhou was also the most qualified lover, would remember his every word, would tenderly send everything he had to his side.
He hated Fang Yaoxuan, he didn’t like Luo Yuxin, and he was even complaining about why Luo Yuxin was also in this variety before recording it. But now, he won over Luo Yuxin, he no longer felt uncomfortable by Luo Yuxin’s presence in this variety show, he took his own growth steps, and smartly and proudly defeated Luo Yuxin in a place he couldn’t see, without his company.
Then, he picked up the shaking stardust, put those stardust dots in a clear glass bottle, and gave them to him without reservation.
He gave him his growth, his pride, his happiness, and his blessings, sincerely and plainly.
Chu Cheng looked at the glass bottle in front of him and smiled gently.
Ji Qingzhou asked him, “Would you like to take it?”
Chu Cheng nodded, he turned his head to look at the person beside him, leaned over and kissed his forehead, whispering, “I like it very much, and I also feel it’s very precious, thank you.”
Ji Qingzhou had thought that it would be good that he didn’t mind, but he didn’t think he would say he liked it very much, he unstantly smiled and his eyes curved and he said, “Then I have one more freebie.”
“There’s still a freebie?” Chu Cheng felt that he had a really worthwhile Christmas, but he was even able to receive one gift, “What gift?”
Ji Qingzhou took a glance at the simple glass bottle on the table and honestly said, “This gift, it’s a bit too plain, I hesitated halfway through, and thought I’d forget about it and give you something else, but I couldn’t bear to give it up. So I thought, if you accept it then and don’t show any dislike, then I’ll give you a good person card. So, you now have four cards.”
Chu Cheng gave a laugh, “Then I profited, four cards, and it’s not far from gathering them all.”
Ji Qingzhou nodded, “There are only three left.”
He finished giving Chu Cheng his Christmas gift, and after talking, he went to take a shower.
Chu Cheng looked at the bottle in front of him and thought about the car parked in the garage, feeling that it wasn’t worthy of Ji Qingzhou’s heart.
As far as he was concerned, that car was just a random car that he had chosen after listening to Shao Yong’s suggestion, and he wasn’t even as good as Yu Anyi, who knew to let Ji Qingzhou choose which piece of jade he really liked, but he didn’t even ask a single question and just picked a car as a formality, thinking that it would be enough for this Christmas present.
It was true that his gift was more expensive than Ji Qingzhou’s, but it had no heart at all. He could give cars to many people, he could give a Porsche today, a Lamborghini tomorrow, he could give it to Ji Qingzhou, he could give it to others, no blessing, no thought, just a tool.
Such a gift was not what the current Chu Cheng wanted to give.
Ji Qingzhou gave him his growth, courage, luck, and blessings, and he also wanted to respond to Ji Qingzhou with some tenderness and blessings. Even if in the future, their contract ended and they went their separate ways, he still hoped that in the life he was no longer involved in, Ji Qingzhou coud have his own world, with his own love and happiness.
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Chu Cheng looked at the glass bottle on the table, looking at the bottle only a small half filled with stars, suddenly had an idea.
He reached out and picked up the bottle on the table, gently shook it, and slowly smiled.
The next morning, Chu Cheng went to work normally, and Ji Qingzhou, who was rarely without work, went to the hospital again to talk with Wang Fang. The hospital nurse gave her an apple, Ji Qingzhou saw that she couldn’t eat, washed it and handed it to her, “An apple a day, keeps the doctor away.”
He somehow thought of the phrase he had read in an English book before. FUQzJl
Wang Fang took it with a smile. “If you eat apples and not get sick. I am definitely willing to eat apples every day.”
“The apple seller would be very happy.” Ji Qingzhou said. 1YHdKA
Wang Fang looked at him, but slowly lowered her eyes. She looked at the apple in her hand and let out a sigh. She felt a little sad.
Chu Cheng looked at the dazzling star papers before him, and stood in front of the counter for a long time before finally choosing one, and was somewhat embarrassed to go to the cashier to settle accounts. Lm9CFA
He hadn’t done this since he graduated from primary school, so it was a bit strange. He closed the door of the office, looked at the stars in front of the paper, and tried to fold it again according to his memories. It turned out to be quite good and proper. Chu Cheng was very satisfied and began to fold it quickly.