Rebirth 07: Start adding points from elementary school students

Chapter 516 Birthday Gift
It was the first time that Wei Yunzhi blushed and sweated in winter.

She felt like she was steaming.

My heart was already in turmoil.

Perhaps Li Yan saw her confusion, so he didn't say anything else, but walked naturally to the main road, "We'll be at the restaurant in no time, let's find a good restaurant for lunch, and if you have plans in the afternoon, just go for a walk as you planned."

“…I don’t have any plans.”

Li Yan was not surprised. He pretended not to hear anything and continued, "The place to eat is in Baijiang New Town, a very good private restaurant."

"Walk over there?" the girl asked.

"Yes, go over there."

Then, we have time to chat along the way.

At this time, a group of people in the auction house realized it later.

"How can the photo just now be enlarged so much?!"

"Yeah, it feels like a microscope!"

"That's Li Yan, maybe it's Jiaolong Phone 2?"

"Is the second generation so powerful right after it comes out?"

"He can even handle the photolithography machine, so upgrading a mobile phone is nothing."

"Then we can be considered as witnessing history? There is no decent information about the Jiaolong II on the Internet, right?"

"The first generation has not been able to rival it until now, and I thought there would be no second generation."

"Do you all use Jiaolong phones? Let me see..."

The venue has basically nothing to do with the auction.

"Yan, how come you know so much about identifying cultural relics?"

The boy and girl were walking along the busy street. People coming and going cast their eyes over from time to time, but they basically just glanced at them briefly. It was obvious that they were only attracted by the figures of this handsome man and beautiful woman.

Everyone has a love for beauty.

Li Yan put his hands in his pockets and walked more relaxed than ever before. "I read all kinds of books and I can remember them after reading them. To say that my research is very in-depth, it is not. The identification of Macang clay and Jiajing blue and white porcelain comes from page 387 of "History of Chinese Ceramics"; the characteristics of Ming Dynasty lathe marks come from page 05 of the 216 edition of "Ancient Chinese Jade Crafts"; the Xiuyan jade and Tianhe sand phenomenon is mentioned in a paper by Professor Wang Lin, and the wooden clamp indentation is from the first draft of the cultural relics science and technology research sent by President Ren of the Chinese Cultural Heritage Research Institute."

Incredible...

Wei Yunzhi himself is a smart person and is considered a top student in the eyes of others, so he can feel the outrageousness of Li Yan even more.

How much does this brain store? It's not enough to store it, the retrieval speed is also amazing.

It's completely a humanoid computer. No, it's even more advanced than a computer.

"Then, Luocheng Dingyang County Annals... You can't possibly read all the county annals in China, right?"

"That's not the case," Li Yan said with a smile, "but when I was researching ancient tombs, I also went through the historical data of several famous ancient cities."

"After reading it once, does it mean that you can remember the illustrations of a certain story in a county annals, and instantly match them when you see the real thing?"

"Correct."

The beautiful girl took a long breath and then exhaled gently.

She had a lot of things on her mind, but she finally walked quietly to a restaurant called "Xi Ju Xuan".

The store is not very big, and it is not located in a shopping mall, but it is a rare "roadside restaurant" in Baijiang New City.

"Hello, Boss Xu." As soon as Li Yan entered the room, she greeted the bald chef who was waiting behind the door.

"Mr. Li, Master Li, welcome! Come on, let's go to the private room and have a seat."

"This is Master Xu. He studied under Mr. Shi, a famous chef from Hong Kong Island. After returning to the mainland, he visited many famous chefs. He is a genius himself. He has been honing his cooking skills for 28 years and has a very unique understanding of food."

Li Yan introduced to Wei Yunzhi.

"No, no, Master Li, you are too polite. You are also my teacher. What do you want to eat today?"

"You arrange."

"I'll cook for you myself, wait a minute, wait a minute!"

Master Xu left in a hurry.

Wei Yunzhi then opened the menu and exclaimed, "It's so expensive?"

"It's justified for its high price. The craftsmanship is really worth the money." Li Yan said, "Master Xu really loves the catering industry."

"He said you were his teacher?"

"It was just a polite remark. We just exchanged some words. It was my first time eating here and I was amazed. So I gave him some suggestions."

Soon the first dish was served, stir-fried lionhead fish.

Lionhead fish is not big. After removing the head and tail, one fish can produce two pieces of meat. A dish will use more than three pounds of lionhead fish.

"The whole dish requires speed. The ingredients, vegetables and fish fillets all need to be cooked quickly. It is very difficult to control the heat. It is difficult for me to make sure that the food is cooked to the same standard every time."

Master Xu is a chef, a tour guide, and a waiter.

"Phoenix Dances in the Sky, cuttlefish slices wrapped around shrimp balls, with Jinhua ham and radish inside, deep-fried and coated with my family's secret sauce. Mr. Li suggested this sauce..."

"A thousand and one beautiful things, it's actually a modified version of the stir-fried chicken, with more dried squid, large dried shrimps, braised rice noodles, and sea cucumbers stewed in more than 40 spices, chopped and dried in sauce..."

“Smoked chicken with 100-year-old tangerine peel…”

"Dry-fried big eagle pomfret, carefully selected, this raw material costs more than a thousand, I'll give you the best piece..."

Wei Yunzhi's eyes never narrowed and she kept nodding while eating.

Every step is stunning.

"The Fire Eye Wings, the ones used are the Golden Hook Wings, and the hams are all..."

"Eh?" Li Yan suddenly frowned when she saw this dish. "Old Xu, I don't like shark fin."

"It's a rare occasion for you to come, so I'll treat this dish as a gift to you. Try it and give me your opinion."

Unable to refuse the kind offer, Li Yan served two small bowls and frowned at Master Xu's expectant look.

"What's wrong, Master Li?"

"You added white peppercorns when making the soup, right? Did you fry it?"

“It’s overcooked.”

"When you add the soup to the pot to dip the wings, you don't need to add the pepper."

Master Xu suddenly realized, and Wei Yunzhi felt as if a light bulb had lit up on his head.

"No wonder, no wonder, Master Li is Master Li. I will go and study it right away. You guys eat first. You guys eat first."

After saying that, Master Xu ran away with a smile.

"Is it delicious?" Li Yan asked.

"It's delicious! It's really special!" Wei Yunzhi nodded, "But today is your birthday, and I didn't bring you here..."

"I'm very happy to have you accompany me." Li Yan said.

All of a sudden, the delicious meal became bland and Wei Yunzhi's heart was beating fast.

She is very confused now.

After dinner, the two of them wandered around Baijiang New City, going in and out of various luxury stores several times. Li Yan asked many times "Do you like it?" but Wei Yunzhi just shook his head.

So the two decided to ride their bikes to the Linjiang Museum.

In the face of Li Yan's terrifying knowledge, the tour guide didn't dare to speak.

Wei Yunzhi thus had the most fulfilling museum experience in his life.

Tired of walking, the two sat down directly in the cafe.

Eyes are the windows to the soul. Li Yan looked at Wei Yunzhi's crystal clear eyes which seemed to be covered by a layer of mist, and knew that the girl was full of worries at the moment.

"A little dessert?"

"Ah... I don't really want to."

“Ever tried coffee with fried eggs?”

"Ah?" Wei Yunzhi's puzzled face is truly a famous painting worth savoring over and over again.

Li Yan opened the lunch box that the little beauty had been holding without saying a word, picked up the knife and fork, and instantly cut the completely cold fried egg into two halves, and put it into his mouth before Wei Yunzhi could stop him.

"I've loved cold, slightly burnt fried eggs since I was a kid."

The girl's expression was very complicated. She wanted to say something but stopped herself several times. Her eyes became more and more moist, and she even looked like she was about to cry.

"Do you want it?" Li Yan asked.

"Give me."

Then the girl found that the cold and slightly burnt fried egg didn’t seem so bad.

"Hurry, have some coffee."

Wei Yunzhi did as he was told, and the scene of him frowning was the most beautiful moment so far.

"Strange, isn't it?"

"It's so weird... The protein mixed with coffee makes me feel an inexplicable sour taste in my mouth, and it's still... it's still coming back."

"It's another brand new experience." Li Yan said, "Every new experience is worth remembering and is more precious than many other things."

The girl fell silent again, she didn't dare to look into Li Yan's eyes.

I had clearly thought it through today and decided to go all out, but why am I still afraid to even look him in the eye?
How can we keep a good distance and express our feelings at the same time?
It's also funny. They clearly want to "give it all up", but they are restrained by "keeping a distance".

Seeing that Wei Yunzhi was lost in thought again, Li Yan tapped her coffee cup gently with a spoon.

"what's for dinner?"

Only half of the girl's brain was working now, and she could only shake her head blankly.

"Let's go to the most expensive restaurant in Linjiang."

At eight o'clock in the evening, two young men in windbreakers left the magnificent restaurant.

They stood at the door of the hall, looked at each other, and laughed together.

"I didn't expect that they didn't recognize you. The card was clearly given to you by their manager himself." Li Yan sighed, "Can changing your hairstyle have such a big effect?"

"Put it on. Every waiter looks at our windbreakers with confusion."

"Did you feel good when you took out the Supreme Black Card?"

"Fortunately, this... is too vulgar, not as exciting as the auction." Wei Yunzhi said, "Besides, the restaurant at noon was so good, this one is piling up the ingredients, and it makes me... a little sick."

"I saw you frowning when you were eating that truffle foie gras ice cream."

Wei Yunzhi covered her stomach and said, "That thing should be called gold foil truffle ice cream. It's terrible. They are not prepared to deal with your 100,000 meal plan."

"The key is that I banned the wild yellow croaker."

"But it's also a brand new experience." The little beauty said, "This store has been... famous for a long time."

As they were talking, the two had already reached the riverside.

It was not the first time that they had walked along the Baijiang River. They had once spent an unforgettable Lantern Festival there.

The Baijiang River was coated with golden light by the twilight at dusk, and now it is illuminated by the bright lights.

"Would you like to try a night yacht cruise?" Li Yan pointed to a small cruise ship with colorful lights on. The foam stirred up by the propeller at the stern looked like liquid pearls under the searchlight.

Baijiang Night Cruise is an activity that has become a popular attraction in New Taipei City.

“…There are a lot of people.”

"Then I'll charter one."

“…There is still someone else.”

"I'll drive."

"…Do you have any ID?"

"No, but don't worry, no one cares about this."

"I... would rather walk."

"Then let's go."

After all, it was mid-December, and the night breeze on the river was still quite powerful.

Wei Yunzhi wrapped her clothes tightly, but couldn't help but grabbing the cold iron fence on the roadside with her hands. She needed this cold and hard touch to suppress the restless emotions and thoughts in her chest.

Two pairs of identical sneakers stepped on the cobblestone road at different frequencies. The neon lights in the distance cast tiny spots of light on the water. Wei Yunzhi silently counted the steps, in sync with the rhythm of the swaying light spots.

It's like a countdown to today.

Every time it lights up, it reminds her that she has not yet found her birthday present.

Li Yan walked half a step ahead, with his hands in his pockets, looking relaxed and happy, possessing a strong aura like the master of this city.

Li Yan looked like this two or three years ago, why does she look so extra tall and straight today?

Wei Yunzhi looked at Li Yan's back, and the images of Li Yan at different times kept overlapping in his mind until they gradually became blurred.

Li Yan's eighteenth birthday was about to pass. I accompanied him for the whole day, received a jade hairpin from the Ming Dynasty, ate a very delicious private meal, and experienced how boring a dinner that cost 100,000 yuan was...

But she hasn't given the birthday present yet.

Wei Yunzhi was indeed prepared. There was an encrypted note on the mobile phone in her pocket, which recorded Wei Yunzhi's 12 wonderful ideas since December 15 last year.

They are all birthday gifts for Li Yan.

Some of the more common ones:

20. Handmade leather notebook with his initials in gold (good for business)
21. Perfume (vulgar and boring)
22. Homemade Starry Night Lantern (Too Girly)
23. High-end custom-made coats (he has no shortage of them)
Some are weird:

15. Collect all the newspaper pages that have reported on him (Is this a bit perverted?)

In fact, the little beauty has already achieved this achievement unintentionally, but collecting texts does look much better than collecting photos.

16. December 12 sunrise images for all time zones around the world (would that be a bit boring?)
Some are a bit sci-fi:

10. Generate a genetically modified blue rose that carries his DNA sequence (cannot be done)
11. A jar of lightning (a bottle that can store lightning cannot be made)
12. "Collection of Papers on the Riemann Hypothesis" (The answer is at infinity, and the meaning is inexplicable)

There are also some people who can really understand Wei Yunzhi's thoughts:

2. Handmade chocolate hearts (too direct)

3. The blue skirt worn in the cultural performance (abnormal)
4. Photo albums from childhood to adulthood (too intimate)

5. Couple bracelets (too direct and too intimate)
……

The girl's dilemma is vividly expressed in these 27 options.

Yes, ever since she and Li Yan became "good friends", they have been regarded as a bound couple in the eyes of many people.

But some things are strange. Before the relationship is clear, there is room for intimacy. But when it comes to really facing it, people always hesitate.

Once some words are spoken, there is no room for further discussion.

Wei Yunzhi's somewhat messy mind suddenly popped up what Ouyang Wantang said to her. That was after the news that Li Yan had gotten the photolithography machine came out:
"Li Yan has the whole world in her eyes. She can still tolerate petty love and affection now, but I'm afraid she won't be able to tolerate it in the future."

Of course the girl knew it. When she saw Li Yan fall down due to overdrawn, she understood that Li Yan had sacrificed himself to an extremely grand proposition and that he had a mission belonging to all mankind.

Such a person should not be owned by anyone.

Including Wei Yunzhi himself.

After silently counting to the 180th step, Wei Yunzhi finally spoke: "Yan, what do you need?"

Li Yan's reaction showed that he was fully aware of the girl's dilemma.

"Do you want to talk about birthday presents?"

"Yes." Wei Yunzhi slowed down and looked at the cross-river bridge in the distance. "Do you know what the most difficult birthday gift is?"

"What is it?"

“It’s for the person who already has everything.”

He has countless wealth, an absolutely full inner world, courage that stands out from the crowd, and unrivaled talent in the world.

More importantly, this person also has beliefs that are difficult for ordinary people to understand.

In Wei Yunzhi's eyes, he was perfect.

Such pretentious words sounded just like the lines in a romance drama, and Wei Yunzhi wanted to bite her tongue after she said them.

“The most important thing about a gift is not its value or its rarity, but the thought that goes into it.”

But fate is the most fickle thing. This man who is so powerful that he does not seem like a human is completely different from the unromantic image portrayed in literary works. He is clearly running on a very great road, but he is able to enter the world.

When Li Yan said this, her eyes were directly looking at Wei Yunzhi, and the girl had to adjust her breathing to keep her sanity.

“What if the heart brings burden?”

"What burden?"

After responding subconsciously, Li Yan realized that the burden Wei Yunzhi was talking about was not "his" burden, but "her" burden.

Wei Yunzhi's face turned red and his breathing became rapid.

The cables of the distant cross-river bridge looked like harp strings. She suddenly longed for God's hands to pluck these metal wires and play the notes that were stuck in her throat.

Suddenly, a silver fish jumped out of the river. Its scales flashed brightly under the strong light of the searchlight, which instantly grabbed the little beauty's attention. It even stimulated her eyes to the point of soreness. Some impulse was about to break through the barrier of rationality.

"Actually, I have prepared 27 gifts for you. Some of them I can make happen, and some are just an idea."

Li Yan listened quietly.

"But I never knew which of these things was the best. You have so many hobbies and you don't lack anything... But I think that among these 27 gifts, there is still the most precious one."

"What is it?"

"Yes..." The girl's breathing was already very rapid, "It was me... I searched all 32 cities..."

This is item 27, a set of out-of-print stamps with the theme "The Future".

Unexpectedly, the least intimate item eventually became Wei Yunzhi's safe, locking up all her unspeakable thoughts.

"I want your first item."

The girl was stunned. As soon as she closed the safe, Li Yan took out the key.

Her hands in her pockets were sweating and she was holding the phone tightly.

The first item in the encrypted note contains only one word.

1. Me.

How can you say this?

From the moment the girl met Li Yan today, her mind was filled with the scene of herself saying "I give myself to you".

If I could have said it, why wait until now, why make myself look like I would be seen through?

Seeing that Wei Yunzhi was completely out of service, Li Yan suddenly hugged her gently.

This attracted the attention of passers-by.

He said softly to Wei Yunzhi, "Yunzhi, there are some things that don't need to be said forcefully."

The girl collapsed all over and started crying.

"Is the weight of your soul equal to mine?"

Li Yan suddenly asked a strange question, and grabbed Wei Yunzhi's shoulders and looked at her.

The girl saw the vast stars in his eyes, but her own gaze gradually became firm.

“Equal.”

"Then..." Li Yan drank the drink in the glass bottle in one gulp, then handed the bottle to Wei Yunzhi with the mouth facing the direction of the wind, "Put the cap on it."

Wei Yunzhi still had tears on her face, and she frowned and asked, "What... is this for?"

"Jiang Feng on December 12th, this is the gift, give it to me."

The girl wiped her tears and said, "This is nothing."

Li Yan took the bottle away and said, "I'll give you a day to think about it. The day after tomorrow, we'll still be at this place. I'll give you an extremely grand birthday present."

(End of this chapter)