Seven years after my death, the male protagonist of the substitute novel was criticized

Chapter 114 A Souvenir of a Certain Day

The fuzz of the small tomato poked his palm. Pei Yizhou pinched it gently, touched the cardboard with his name on it, looked at it again and again, and finally put it on the center console.

The car he was driving was all black from the interior to the exterior, without any eye-catching features. Now there was a twisted tomato placed there, and its eye-catching bright red color attracted all eyes.

It's a bit weird. It doesn't match Pei Yizhou and this car very well.

Lin Lu wondered if it was inappropriate to put it there, but Pei Yizhou turned around, held her hand, pulled it over, leaned over and kissed her on the lips.

"Why did you suddenly think of giving me a gift?" he asked gently.

Lin Lu touched the corner of his lips, still feeling a little embarrassed.

"I met Mr. Ling today and found a small fish brooch on his clothes. It should be a souvenir his sister bought when she traveled abroad. Then I thought, do we have any souvenirs between us? Whether it's brother and sister or something else, is there anything that can witness some memorable moments? It seems not."

There were many special moments between them.

The day they lived together as siblings; the day they kissed accidentally; the day their relationship took a turn for the worse; the day they became boyfriend and girlfriend; the day she traveled back in time; the day she regained her memory...

She poked the tomato and continued, "Life is long. After a while, every day feels the same. Looking back, I can only vaguely say, 'X or X seemed to have happened on a certain day ten years ago.' If there is something to prove it, at least I can say, 'Ten years ago, when I gave you a tomato, X happened.' I hope there will be something that can make one day different."

Her tone was very normal - Lin Lu was not a person who liked to be sentimental. Even if some of her words were inherently sentimental, when she said them they were no different from ordinary chatting.

But Pei Yizhou was moved by what she said - thinking along the lines of what she said, they would be together for the rest of their lives, and decades later when they were old, when they talked about the past, they would still have a row of souvenirs they had collected to commemorate every special day of theirs.

He was almost drowned in such happiness.

He suddenly could not express any embellished love, and could only kiss her forehead and lips again with devout love.

"I like it very much. What do you want to eat tonight? Is there anything you want to buy? Or should we go out and pick out a gift you like? Things bought with money cannot compare to your thoughts, but I also want to give you a gift before the last minute today. I don't know how to do handicrafts, and I don't have any hobbies. You know, I..."

Lin Lu covered his mouth skillfully.

"Okay, now the first step is to calm down and drive home. To be safe, take three deep breaths."

She used to say that Pei Yizhou was a black hole who craved love without regard for the consequences, and no amount of love could fill him.

But sometimes it's just the opposite, when you give him a little gift, he seems to be overflowing with happiness, even though it's obviously nothing at all.

Pei Yizhou kissed her palm, smiling and taking a deep breath.

"Okay." He reported.

Lin Lu pointed forward: "Go home——"

Home. A word that makes people feel happy.

It is a shelter from wind and rain, the warm light, the heat of food, and the clicking sound of slippers.

Although the meal was prepared by Pei Yizhou and the lighting was designed by him, and only the shuffling sound of slippers came from Lin Lu, he still felt happy.

So much so that when Xu Jiayan called, he almost didn't want to answer.

Lin Lu was drinking orange wine at the dining table - the kind with an alcohol content that was incredibly low, which Pei Yizhou had specially made for her alone.

Seeing him listening to the phone ringing for a long time without answering, I reminded him: "Hurry up and answer it. This sound makes me nervous."

Pei Yizhou had no choice but to answer the phone, and he was very displeased with the person who disturbed his happy family atmosphere.

"What happened in the company again?"

"Ah? When did something go wrong at the company?" Xu Jiayan was confused by his question, and then he understood immediately, "You are living a happy life and the company doesn't want to care about you, right? Be careful that the performance will decline and you won't even be able to pay for Lulu's car." Pei Yizhou's tone became more serious: "So what happened?"

"Ten samples of the third-generation automatic search and rescue robot have been produced. They need to undergo the first field test in Antarctica in about three months. Will you be there?"

Pei Yizhou frowned suddenly: "I won't go."

For him, Antarctica is a sad place.

When he didn't know whether Lin Lu was alive or dead, he was able to control his emotions and fly over again and again, just to dig out the body and bring it home.

Now that Lin Lu is back, he doesn't dare to revisit the old place.

The panic after losing and regaining it is even greater than before.

Xu Jiayan also understood, but the boss was not present at such an important moment, and it would not look good if it was reported in the industry.

"Can you go by yourself and leave Lulu at home? You've been there so many times, there won't be any accidents. Lulu can take a nap at home, and you can go home when she wakes up."

Pei Yizhou still refused.

"I have to pick her up from get off work and cook."

Xu Jiayan: "...Are you a nanny? A nanny can have two days off a month. Hai City is so big, what will happen if you give those drivers and restaurants a chance to make money?"

Pei Yizhou lowered his voice so that Lin Lu could not hear: "She likes the food I cook."

In fact, Lin Lu doesn’t like cooking. If there is no food in front of her, there is a 98% chance that she will go out to eat.

What should I do if after a few meals he starts to like eating out and no longer likes the food he cooks?
Like, what if she spends a lot of time outside every day socializing with others, likes the partying feeling, and no longer likes being with him?
You have to start preventing small things.

Xu Jiayan's speechlessness was clearly revealed in the three seconds of silence: "...I'm too lazy to talk to a neurotic love-brained person like you."

Then the call was hung up.

Pei Yizhou did not comment on Xu Jiayan's evaluation. When he heard the busy tone of the phone being hung up, he suddenly thought of something. He did not return to Lin Lu immediately, but was distracted while holding the phone.

Seeing that he didn't call anymore, Lin Lu asked, "Who is it? Is there something wrong with the company?"

"Xu Jiayan," Pei Yizhou put down his phone and walked back, his expression normal, "I reported on the robot laboratory."

Lin Lu nodded as if he understood, and continued to drink the orange wine.

"Drink less, we still have to go out and buy gifts." Pei Yizhou stood beside her and scraped her lips with his curved index finger.

Shopping is a pleasurable thing, and Lin Lu is very enthusiastic about it.

Especially buying gold.

She was dazzled by the selection at the counter, her pupils almost turned into the shape of money. She exclaimed "wow" when she saw the big ones, "amazing" when she saw the beautiful ones, and "hero" when she saw the exquisite ones.

Pei Yizhou let her choose, and while her attention was all on the counter, he walked to the corner and asked the clerk to bring out another jewelry box.

A row of rings sparkled like money under the bright lights in the store.

Pei Yizhou looked at them one by one and was dissatisfied with all of them.

Glancing at Lin Lu's back as she was excitedly picking out gold, his eyes softened. After thinking for a moment, he asked in a low voice, "Can you teach customers to make it themselves? Money is not a problem."

(End of this chapter)