After rebirth, they all moved into my house.

I had an exam last Friday, and I spent the past week setting up the environment and building a system. I have a defense this Wednesday, so I really can't spare the time to update more, even if it's just one more chapter. I feel powerless to update. I'll feel relieved after the defense this Wednesday, and I can update more. I will make up for the updates I owe!

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48. Off-site help

Do you like it?

On the way back, Lu Yuan was actually thinking about this question the whole time.

Giving birthday gifts to girls has always been a difficult problem. Gu Jiuyi is his superior, and she is quite nice to him. She even gave him two pairs of AJ1s. So what gift to give him in return has become the key.

After returning to Gu Jiuyi's house, Lu Yuan first prepared a guest room for Ye Yuhan and Xu Ruolin respectively, and let them live in Gu Jiuyi's house.

Instead of staying in a hotel, it is better to stay directly at Gu Jiuyi's house. Anyway, when we were in Yunhai, we all stayed at Lu Yuan's house, so there is no difference.

After tidying up the room, Lu Yuan prepared to take a shower.

Oh yes, there is one thing I forgot to mention.

He took out his cell phone and sent a VX message to senior Chu Yuejin.

"Senior, are you coming to pick up Xu Ruolin tomorrow?"

Within a few seconds, Chu Yuejin replied, "What's wrong? Why are you asking this suddenly?"

"Actually, it's like this. A close friend of Xu Ruolin and I has a birthday tomorrow, and we're going to Yunyang Villa on the 3rd, so you don't have to come visit her tomorrow."

"...A good friend? Male or female?"

"A woman."

"Are you the only three going to Yunyang Villa on the 3rd?"

"No, there's another girl. We're all acquaintances. Don't worry, Senior. If the material for the literature club's monthly magazine isn't necessarily found in the capital, we can also go to Yunyang Villa to get it."

Because senior Chu Yuejin told him that Xu Ruolin came to Beijing to look for materials. If she came and found that Xu Ruolin was not there, it would be very embarrassing, so she notified him in advance.

"Is there anyone I know?" asked senior Chu Yuejin.

"Why are you asking this, senpai?"

"Just curiosity."

Lu Yuan thought for a moment and then asked, "Does the student council president count?"

Chu Yuejin was stunned. How could Ye Yuhan be among them?

"Do I know your friend?"

"I don't think she knows me. She's in the same class as us."

"Okay, I understand. I won't bother you guys tomorrow. Have fun."

"Um."

After chatting with senior Chu Yuejin on WeChat, Lu Yuan lay on the sofa for a while.

He rubbed his temples, pondering one of life's difficult questions.

Looking at the notification bar floating across the phone screen, some clues seemed to emerge...

Lu Yuan suddenly had an idea. He thought, maybe he could send it and ask someone for help!

Who should I contact? A classmate from middle school, a former teammate, or a friend I knew from the past?

How do you ask this? Do you use 'I have a friend'?

No, it will be exposed in seconds.

So who can help...

Wait, there seems to be someone who can actually help.

Lu Yuan switched to QQ and contacted Teacher Lin Yuxi.

"Boss, are you there?"

Teacher Lin Yuxi is a writer of romance novels. Although the genre is ancient, the essence remains the same. You can't go wrong by asking Teacher Lin Yuxi.

"What's wrong?" Teacher Lin Yuxi replied immediately.

"I want to give a birthday present to a girl I'm very close to. What do you think?"

"Real life or fiction?"

"Realistic."

Lu Yuan felt a little embarrassed, thinking that Teacher Lin Yuxi was indeed worthy of being so rigorous.

But it is true that if he thought it was from a novel and let himself go, and then found out it was from the real world, it would be embarrassing.

"Can you tell me about your relationship with that girl?"

Lin Yuxi frowned slightly. In real life, it would be difficult to help.

However, as girls, we should be able to guess what gift the other person will give to make that girl happy.

Anyway, he should be coming to me for advice, so it shouldn't be a big problem to give me some suggestions.

"She's my private tutor. She comes from a well-off family and is a real grown-up. She's very kind to me and I feel like we're just close friends."

Lu Yuan originally wanted to say "a young lady", but after thinking about it, he added the word "super".

Lin Yuxi was stunned. A super young lady?

"Can I ask how she treats you well?"

"When I was teaching her, she would make milk tea for me. Her family runs a restaurant, and she has a lot of high-quality ingredients. She gave them to me for free, just so that I could cook for her." Lu Yuan thought about it and typed so much content to teacher Lin Yuxi. He didn't tell her that Gu Jiuyi gave him the obsidian and red panda this afternoon. Those two pairs of shoes were really expensive.

"Are you just teacher and student?"

Lin Yuxi paused, wondering if they were really just good friends?

If it were in her novel, this would clearly be the prelude to love!

"yes."

If they are not teacher and student, what else could the relationship be?

The eldest lady and her personal chef?

It seems to be true.

"Well, tell me what your budget is?" Lin Yuxi licked her lips, sat up seriously, and started taking notes with a tablet and a capacitive pen in her hand.

This is a rare material and worth recording.

"No more than four or five thousand will be fine." Lu Yuan said casually.

To be honest, considering how much Gu Jiuyi spent on him last month and today, he didn't care about the money when giving Gu Jiuyi a birthday gift. It was also not a problem for him to spend most of what he earned. He could earn it back later anyway, so he could just consider it a long-term investment.

"Is this your savings or is your family financial situation similar to hers and you don't care about these four or five thousand?"

"This is part of my current savings. As for my family... it's a long way off."

"Is that so? I see."

Lin Yuxi sighed slightly.

It's not like she hasn't experienced receiving gifts from others. The boys who confessed to her saved up their pocket money for weeks or even months and gave it to her, but she didn't like it and didn't fancy it, so she didn't accept it.

To be honest, I have no feelings for those boys, and I think it is childish for them to do this, as if they are saying that if they give their all, I will fall in love with them.

Unlike food, roadside stalls may have really delicious food, but those exquisite gifts are different. It depends on the vision of the person receiving the gifts. For people who have grown up in a good family, ordinary gifts are really not worth looking at.

Unless the person giving the gift is someone you like, or the gift is the right one that makes her happy.

"Listen, if the other person is a young lady, don't give her things that can be bought anywhere on the street, unless you know she has something particularly fond of. For example, regarding Hanfu, some girls really like Hanfu and can definitely afford some expensive Hanfu. However, Hanfu, like shoes, can be hyped up. Some particularly expensive Hanfu are sold in the hands of scalpers, and you can't buy them without buying from scalpers. If the girl you like likes the Hanfu that the scalper has, buy it for her. She will definitely be happy. That's the principle."

Lu Yuan thought about it and he understood this principle: it is better to give the right gift than an expensive one; that is the real surprise.

"But the problem is that she seems to have everything she needs. Even if she wants something in particular, I probably can't afford it." Lu Yuan replied.

"I know, that's why I didn't tell you to get her anything particularly expensive. If you have the chance to give her a gift again in the future, you can do as I just said. But right now, you can give her a unique gift."

Lin Yuxi put herself in the girl's shoes. To be honest, if there was a boy like that by her side, she certainly wouldn't care how good the birthday gift was. She just wanted a surprise.

An unexpected surprise.

49. Men are all pigs

"Is it unique?" Lu Yuan asked after thinking for a while.

"Yes, and it has to be a critical hit."

"Critical hit?"

"Yeah, just like when you're playing a game and the boss gets hit by one of your slashes and takes a critical hit, your teammates yell '666' for you. It's the same with giving a girl a gift; it's a surprise that she never expected."

"Boss, your analogy is really apt."

"Anyway, aside from something special, say "No!" to everything like single pieces of clothing, shoes, makeup, and jewelry. They're boring, old-fashioned, and uninteresting. And remember, it's single pieces, understand?"

“Why a single piece?”

"Those who understand will understand."

"..."

Lu Yuan was just about to send a message saying "I understand you m, Riddler, get out of Chongguo", but he deleted it word by word, saying it's not nice to curse people.

It was just that sentence just now, 'boring, old-fashioned, and uninteresting.' He seemed to have heard someone say this somewhere before. It was familiar, but he couldn't remember where.

However, although Teacher Lin Yuxi gave him the answer, he felt that the problem was more complicated. It couldn't be clothes, jewelry, shoes, or cosmetics. If it was too expensive, the other party might not like it. If it was too cheap, the other party might not appreciate it. It also had to be unique and be able to have a critical hit effect.

It’s just a gift, why does it feel more difficult than the final math question in the college entrance examination?

Oh no, he got full marks in math.

It should be described as the final question in physics.

Wow, man, that's pretty scary.

"In short, one thing is most important." Teacher Lin Yuxi sent another message to Lu Yuan, and Lu Yuan came back to his senses.

"Please speak, boss." Lu Yuan listened attentively.

Lin Yuxi smiled like an old mother in front of the screen. Out of consideration for the younger generation, she thought that after fooling people for so long, they had probably become lame. Now it’s not her fault if she doesn’t get it.

"Romance, it must be romantic!"

Lu Yuan was stunned. Romantic? What the hell?

Before he could ask back, Lin Yuxi continued, "If you can't think of a gift, then DIY it. DIY is romantic enough. But don't DIY something ugly. If your skills are not good enough, you might as well just buy it."

Lu Yuan nodded slightly and said that this was possible.

Gu Jiuyi likes dolls very much. There are several dolls in her room, the villa in Yunhai, and the bedroom at home. She likes to hold them while sleeping.

But his knitting ability is zero. Even if his knitting ability is maxed out, one day is not enough.

Okay, one more option eliminated.

But the problem is complicated again.

"That's it. After saying so much, you understand what to give, right?" Lin Yuxi couldn't help but feel complacent. She felt that she had explained it so clearly, eliminating so many options that would lead to failure. Even a pig would know what to give, right?

As a senior, I can only help so much. Come on, juniors!

however……

Lu Yuan: ???

Are you kidding me? No, you did offer a lot of advice, and you hit the nail on the head, but you only eliminated the wrong answers. You didn't ask me to give you anything.

Clothes are not allowed to be given as gifts, cosmetics are not allowed to be given as gifts, I can’t afford the expensive ones, I don’t like the cheap ones, DIY items are ruled out, so what else can I give as gifts?

Is he going to give Gu Jiuyi a punch?

After that punch, Gu Jiuyi should have cried for a long time, right? The surprise was definitely enough to make her cry with joy.

Surprise, surprise, what a surprise.

Grass!

Lu Yuan tapped the screen quickly: "I understand, thank you for your guidance."