"Ah, you two, slow down." the boss nodded quickly and hurriedly walked into the kitchen. However, his eyes were through the delivery port and never separated from Li Qing.

"Found again." Li Qing smiled helplessly, pushed the noodle bowl towards Xue Yuexin, and then handed her a pair of chopsticks, "eat first."

Reaching out her jade hand to pick up the chopsticks, Xue Yuexin stared at the bowl of delicious Sanxian noodles in front of her. Her beautiful eyes lit up slightly: "tonight's meal... Is really impressive, which is in line with the personality of Master Li."

"Ha ha." Li Qing grinned, "don't you know? I've always been stingy. It's very economical for such a young girl to eat."

Xue Yuexin giggled and reached for the chili oil at the table: "you're welcome."

Her white jade hand just touched the seasoning jar. Li Qing suddenly stretched out her palm and pressed her hand.

"Rou'er, like me, doesn't eat chili." Li Qing stared at Xue Yuexin and shook her head gently.

The complexion was slightly stiff, and Xue Yuexin gently pulled at the corner of her lips: "this... Ah, it's just the opposite of me."

She drew back her hand, lowered her head and ate noodles in a graceful manner.

Li Qing stared at her for a while and drew out a pair of chopsticks. Both of them lowered their heads and ate silently. No one spoke.

"I used to..." Xue Yuexin stared at the noodles in the bowl and suddenly said, "I often worked in such places."

Li Qing didn't make a sound. Xue Yuexin continued: "at that time, my family was very poor. I wanted to live and sing. I simply dropped out of school, worked three jobs a day, and went to the bar to sell at night. Sometimes think about it. Such a hard day has come. No matter what happens in the future, there is nothing to be afraid of."

"You should be proud of yourself." Li Qing stopped her chopsticks and stared at Xue Yuexin's soft hair falling in front of her forehead.

"I don't feel proud. Poverty is not shameful, but it's not glorious. But now I'm grateful to myself. I even don't eat for two days and drink cold water. It's so bitter and tired. I've persisted and haven't sold my soul. So I'm sensitive, but I don't feel inferior." Xue Yuexin raised her head and looked at Li Qing with red eyes. There was a layer of water mist in her eyes, "Li Qing, is this the truth you want? Are you particularly satisfied now that a bowl of three fresh noodles can open a girl covered in armor to you?"

Li Qing looked at Xue Yuexin for a moment, slightly staggered his eyes, lowered his head and only ate noodles. He said vaguely, "eat all, and drink the soup."

Xue Yuexin raised her head, blinked and stopped talking. At the age of 13, when her mother abandoned her with another man, Xue Yuexin warned herself never to shed even a drop of tears, let alone face Li Qing today.

However, Xue Yuexin at the moment would never have thought that she would cry and break her heart when she remembered today's events in a foreign country several years later. It was not until that moment that Xue Yuexin really understood that Li Qing's apparent arrogance was just caused by the difficult loneliness in his soul.

Both of them are wandering lonely souls in this world. They should have met each other and helped each other, but they just don't think about it. They think they can forget the Jianghu in this life.

There was a noise outside the door. The school had a self-study in the evening. Students in school uniforms poured out of the school gate and blocked the streets.

Li Qing lowered her head and glanced at her watch. At eight o'clock in the evening, she was still the same as before. She couldn't help smiling at the corners of her mouth.

"Boss, three bowls of noodles."

The students in twos and threes walked into the shop, sat down around the table and greeted the boss with a smile: "good business?"

"Not bad." the boss who was stretching the noodles glanced at Li Qing and smiled.

"We have to go quickly." Li Qing looked at Xue Yuexin, who was eating slowly opposite, and hurried nervously.

Xue Yuexin muttered in a low voice: "I haven't finished eating."

Li Qing looked around in the narrow store for a week: "hurry up, we're too eye-catching."

As more and more students poured into the store, they gradually paid more attention to Li Qing and Xue Yuexin,

Finally, someone exclaimed, "Xue Yuexin!"

"This... This is Li Qing! It used to be from our school!"

"Ah, I met an idol!"

The noise in the noodle shop, which had just focused on exams and homework, suddenly dissipated and became cold and quiet. The needles could be heard. Everyone couldn't help moving and focused on Li Qing and them.

Xue Yuexin had half a mouthful of noodle soup in her small mouth, lowered her head, lifted her eyelids, blinked her big eyes, and made a grunt sound in her mouth.

Li Qing held his forehead with one hand and looked a little embarrassed.

A female student tore open her schoolbag, took out an album from it, rushed to Xue Yuexin in a few steps, and her little face turned red: "are you... Are you Xue Yuexin?"

Xue Yuexin raised her head to look at the beautiful schoolgirl, swallowed the noodle soup in her mouth and gave a gentle hum.

"Great! It's really you!" the girl student was so excited that her eyes were glowing. "I'm your fan. I like you very much."

"Thank you."

"Will you sign my name?" the girl student said and handed over the album with the signature pen.

"Yes." Xue Yuexin smiled, took the album, signed her name on it, paused and added a sentence.

Study hard.

Very seriously wrote down the date, and Xue Yuexin handed the album back.

"Thank you, thank you." the female student turned and looked at Li Qing, "are you... Li Qing?"

"Ah, yes." Li Qing scratched his head.

The female student asked cautiously, "Li Xuechang, would you also sign for me?"

"My signature too?" Li Qing looked surprised and immediately took over the album and signed his own name. For a moment, he drew a little snowman next to his name.

"Thank you, thank you, I'm really... So happy!" the female student bowed, then held the album in her arms and rushed out of the noodle shop with her head down.

"Xue Yuexin and Li Qing are inside! Xue Yuexin and Li Qing are inside!"

"True or false?"

"It's time to sign?"

"I want it too, and I want to sign it!"

“...”

A group of high school students outside blew up completely. Li Qing glanced at the sea of people pouring out of the door, and his eyelids jumped fiercely: "go, let's go quickly."

Xue Yuexin signed for several fans again. She turned her head and turned her eyes at Li Qing: "didn't you say you should drink the noodle soup too? I didn't finish it."

"Oh, what are you talking about?" Li Qing grabbed the bowl in front of Xue Yuexin, raised her neck and dried the noodle soup. Then she wiped her mouth with her hand. In Xue Yuexin's dull eyes, she pulled up her jade wrist and ran out.

Li Qing absolutely can't imagine such a report in the port newspaper the next day.

"Xue Yuexin and Li Qing have a secret date at the gate of high school. They behave sweetly. They eat a bowl of noodles together..."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, give way." Li Qing protected Xue Yuexin around her, and walked all the way out without lifting her head. "Please give way, thank you."

"Sign your name."

"Idol sign before you go..."

“...”

Xue Yuexin kept a consistent elegant smile and stopped from time to time to sign for her fans. These fans are still not satisfied with their signatures after taking the little songs. They often take the opportunity to take Li Qing with them.

The two people walked and stopped. They finally squeezed out the crowd and got into the car. Li Qing quickly started the car and left here.

After staying around, they finally calmed down. They both collapsed in their seats and breathed a long sigh of relief.

"It's not easy." Li Qing wiped the sweat on his forehead. "You stars are surrounded by fans all day. You're really tired."

"Just get used to it. It's still very happy to be liked." Xue Yuexin sipped her mouth and immediately giggled. "You just looked like that, very funny..."

Li Qing couldn't help laughing: "it's terrible to be famous. I used to walk in the street and never was named."

"You are different from me, and you don't rely on others. You like to make a living." Xue Yuexin said softly, "so there's nothing to worry about."

Li Qing stared at Xue Yuexin's delicate face for a while, then started the car again: "it's very late. I'll take you back to rest."

Thirty minutes later, the car stopped outside Yidong building again.

Xue Yuexin opened the door, turned her head and smiled, "I'm very happy tonight, thank you."

"Someone is secretly taking pictures outside." Li Qing suddenly pointed to a sneaky figure on the corner of the street, "don't worry? How about I help you deal with it?"

"It doesn't matter." Xue Yuexin shook her head with a smile. "There are many such people, and they can't be handled cleanly."

She paused slightly and said slowly, "stars and paparazzi are more like mutually beneficial symbiosis."

"For hype?" Li Qing's mouth rose slightly. "Is this good for you?"

Xue Yuexin glanced out of the window: "you finally said what you want to ask. How long have you been bored in your heart? Do you think I'm powerful?"

"I used to think so, but now it's just the opposite." a soft smile appeared on Li Qing's cheek. "I just want to know what's good for you to have a relationship with me?"

Xue Yuexin hesitated for a long time, twisted her delicate body and stared at Li Qing: "do you want me to make it clear? The truth is often very unpleasant."

"All ears." Li Qing rubbed his temples.

"It's not easy to do this business, especially for people without identity and background like me. You see, I'm very popular now. In fact, it all depends on the heavy money packaging of the company. If one day they step on me against the boss's will, they step on me like an ant. So I say, I'm different from you. I rely on others' likes."

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