You and I, Both So Silly (Revised)

After the food started being served, Bai Hui watched as a man and a woman finished eating and left. The man walked away from the cashier with a nonchalant expression, and no cashier or waiter said to him, "Sir, we'd like to settle the bill here." The woman walked to the cashier, and the cashier said, "Your husband is a regular customer here. We have a VIP discount card that we can give you. Would you like it?"

The woman nodded, took the discount card, registered her phone number, and then picked up her parking ticket before leaving.

Today, Bai Hui wanted to study some behaviors of men and women in love. According to her observations, when the boy and girl are not yet together, the man likes to rush to pay the bill. However, when the relationship becomes close enough, or even when the man's money is managed by the woman, they often forget to take the initiative to pay the bill.

This is especially true for couples. Bai Hui remembers that when her parents went shopping, her father often didn't have a single penny on him. Even now that mobile payments are popular, it's as if he didn't even bring his phone with him.

"Thank you for bringing me here, so this meal is on me today," Bai Hui said to Liu Chang'an was eating lamb testicles.

"No need, I still need to pack some more." Liu Chang'an was still quite particular.

"I know you're taking it back for Dongdong's mom and the others. Last time Zhu Juntang and I ate rice noodles at your restaurant, Dongdong's mom didn't charge us," Bai Hui insisted.

"Alright then." Liu Chang'an was a straightforward person and never argued with others about insisting on paying the bill or treating.

Watching people rush to pay the bill is quite awkward. Real, close friends would never do that... They're clearly proving their relationship isn't great, yet they're saying things like they're being affectionate and that their relationship is extraordinary. What's the point?

Therefore, Liu Chang'an would readily agree to treat others and pay the bill.

As for whether he was truly willing, Liu Chang'an had no interest in trying to guess what others were thinking.

"Then just come downstairs and wait for me," Bai Hui said, her cheeks slightly flushed. Her heart was pounding. What was she thinking?!

After finishing her meal, Bai Hui rubbed her stomach and said with some difficulty, "Sigh, I'm a little full. You can go down now."

Liu Chang'an nodded, picked up the takeout box, and went downstairs.

Watching Liu Chang'an go downstairs, Bai Hui chewed a mint gum, lazily got up, walked to the cashier to pay, and rummaged through her bag like the other customers before looking at the cashier with some anticipation.

"Don't have cash? You can pay by scanning the QR code." The cashier, somewhat puzzled by Bai Hui's look, pointed to the QR code.

This idiot! How did he talk to that woman just now, and how is he talking to Bai Hui now? Bai Hui is furious.

Bai Hui wanted to say something, but felt it would be a bit pretentious. The cashier was too naive to understand, and didn't know how to say anything that Bai Hui wanted to explain but didn't want to explain. So she took the cash to pay and a parking ticket and went downstairs.

Leaving the shop, Bai Hui glared resentfully at the barbecue restaurant's sign. Unless Liu Chang'an invited her again, she would never come to this stupid place again!

"Did you eat something bad?" Liu Chang'an saw Bai Hui frowning as she looked at the shop's sign and assumed she was looking for trouble.

Unless you got food poisoning here, there's no reason to cause trouble for them.

"No."

Bai Hui snapped out of her daze, then remembered her important business. Her brows relaxed, and she lazily rubbed her lower abdomen before pouting.

"Let's go then." Liu Chang'an knew the general direction of Bai Hui's house, which wasn't far from this area. Once, Zhong Qing got drunk and asked Bai Hui to come and take care of him, and Bai Hui arrived very quickly.

"I've been thinking about it, and I have classes in the first two periods tomorrow morning. If I go home, I'll have to get up early again tomorrow," Bai Hui said reluctantly.

Liu Chang'an nodded in agreement.

"I think I'll stay at my cousin's place. I can go to school with An Nuan tomorrow." Bai Hui felt this reason was more than sufficient. Mentioning An Nuan further proved that her idea was innocent and pure, and had nothing to do with him.

What else could Liu Chang'an say? Taking her back was originally a simple task—just turning a corner and walking to the other end of the building—but it ended up taking him to the riverside for a barbecue before turning back.

"Hesitant mouth."

Liu Chang'an walked to the roadside to try and flag down a car.

Bai Hui tugged at his sleeve.

"Hmm?" Liu Chang'an thought she was going home again; it's quite common for women's ideas to change in an instant.

"I've eaten too much." Bai Hui straightened her back, making herself look even more stuffed, and hummed a few times. "I want to walk back."

Walking any distance was a trivial matter for Liu Chang'an; Liu Chang'an merely glanced at Bai Hui's high heels.

"Girls can walk around in high heels all day without any problem compared to you men in sneakers," Bai Hui said, indicating that she had no issue with it.

"Let's go then." Liu Chang'an saw that she was quite enthusiastic.

He actually agreed, turned around and walked towards the sidewalk. Bai Hui quickly followed him with light steps. It was so late and so far, and he actually followed her back. Liu Chang'an was really being silly now.

"Liu Chang'an, you're so silly." Bai Hui followed behind Liu Chang'an and said softly, like the murmur of a river breeze.

"I'm clever and brave," Liu Chang'an said nonchalantly. His will was very firm, unlike Zhou Dongdong's... After being told a few times that she was a stupid child, Zhou Dongdong would waver when she insisted on being clever and brave, and even realize that she was actually a stupid child.

Bai Hui chuckled. "Clever and brave..." Although it's clearly a compliment, it sounded a little silly.

"I have a question for you... In our senior year of high school, we were deskmates... You had just moved from behind to sit next to me, Miao Yingying initially said that Old Huang was being too biased, not caring whether your presence would affect me, since it was the final sprint of our senior year... Turns out it really did affect me a bit, I was always getting annoyed by you..."

"So, what exactly do you want to ask me?" Liu Chang'an asked. "Are you trying to reminisce about past hardships? Or are you writing a memoir, an autobiography? Should we start from the first year of high school and start from there?"

Bai Hui was actually feeling a bit nostalgic, but now she was annoyed by him again. How could this guy have no patience at all! Girls just love to recount their past stories on nights like this, with soft footsteps.

"I just want to ask you, once you drew a Cygnus on the table and wrote the word 'white' next to it, what did it mean?" Bai Hui asked with a hint of anticipation, even though she felt that this guy was unlikely to satisfy her.

"What do you think?" Liu Chang'an laughed. Women really know how to bring up old grievances. It's been so long, and she still hasn't let go of such a small thing and keeps bringing it up.

Bai Hui hesitated for a moment, but decided to be a little thick-skinned and not be afraid of the feeling of being presumptuous for the time being.

"Bai Hui, or White Cygnus?" Bai Hui asked softly.

"Idiot."

"What?"

"Back then, you three really looked pretty idiotic," Liu Chang'an said honestly, then laughed and looked at Bai Hui, who seemed to look the same as she did back then, but with an added touch of cuteness.

"You... you... I'm not done with you yet!" Bai Hui had finally managed to let go of her reserve and was hoping for something, perhaps some warm memories of their time as deskmates, but this person was completely uncooperative!

Bai Hui was following behind Liu Chang'an when she remembered how An Nuan and Liu Chang'an used to play around. An Nuan would often pounce on Liu Chang'an like a monkey, hug his neck, and pin Liu Chang'an down on the desk, the grass, the chair, and all sorts of other places.

Bai Hui jumped up in anger. She was determined to teach Liu Chang'an a lesson today. A young girl's pride and self-esteem had been offended, and she absolutely had to retaliate!

Bai Hui lunged forward menacingly, but Liu Chang'an nimbly dodged her.

"Ah!"

Bai Hui was surprised that Liu Chang'an could dodge so quickly at such close range. She had clearly seen An Nuan deal with Liu Chang'an like this before at school, and it seemed like she could lock onto Liu Chang'an with a special move!

Liu Chang'an was standing next to a slope by the river. Bai Hui missed her target, lost her footing, screamed, and fell down the slope.

Oh no, I'm going to get soaked!

Bai Hui was terrified. Seeing the churning river illuminated by the streetlights, was she about to be utterly humiliated in front of Liu Chang'an once again?

The next moment, Bai Hui found her full belly being embraced by a large hand; Liu Chang'an was holding her.

Bai Hui turned around with lingering fear, her eyes, adorned with colored contact lenses, gleaming in the darkness. She breathed a sigh of relief, Liu Chang'an's face so close to hers. Her heart pounded, whether from nervousness or shyness, and a faint blush crept onto her cheeks in the night.

"How rude! I saved you, and you still blow air in my face." Liu Chang'an pulled her up and helped her stand upright.

"I... I didn't... I hate it!" Bai Hui secretly felt relieved. Luckily, she had chewed mint gum after eating the barbecue, so she shouldn't have a taste of barbecue... But even if it tasted like barbecue, wasn't barbecue still the sweet taste of a beautiful girl?

"Every time we get close to the water, you want to fall in and have some fun?" Liu Chang'an frowned slightly. "Have you ever thought that if you fall in, I'll have to find a place to put the barbecue before I can rescue you? And what if someone takes the barbecue while I'm rescuing you?"

"You... you... you..." Bai Hui was so angry that she was speechless, and could only stammer, not knowing what to say.

"Look, who's the silly one here?" Liu Chang'an laughed, patting Bai Hui on the head. "Let's go."

Bai Hui touched her head and pouted as she followed behind Liu Chang'an. Liu Chang'an turned around and glanced at her. Perhaps it was because the night was so beautiful, but Bai Hui looked exceptionally cute tonight.

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