SD Chapter 24: Red

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As Tao Xue's pregnancy progressed, she left most of the nail salon business to others and lived a leisurely life.

Her life track is very simple. She occasionally goes to the store to take a look, and other times she cooks different dishes at home alone.

Sometimes, if the food is overcooked or cooked too poorly, Tao Xue cannot bear to waste it, so she will send a portion of the food to Tao Mingzhuo in the evening.

Anyway, she always knew her brother and knew that he could show off everything.

I just don’t know why, but Tao Mingzhuo has been saying that he has something to do almost every night for a while, and he is always away from home. He just asks her to put the vegetables in the refrigerator every time.

Tao Xue had a spare key to Tao Mingzhuo's house. She didn't ask directly, but she deliberately chose a later time one night to go there, only to find that he was still not at home.

This kid... isn't he secretly in love? Tao Xue thought hesitantly.

Today, Tao Xue's sweet and sour pork ribs were a bit overcooked, and ended up being sweet and sour pork ribs. She took two bites by herself, but she couldn't swallow it, so she returned to Tao Mingzhuo's house with the plate.

She didn't expect to meet Tao Mingzhuo at first, but as soon as she opened the door with the plate in hand, she found that the lights in the room were on.

Tao Xue was stunned for a moment and said, "Oh, what a rare visitor."

Tao Mingzhuo sighed, took the plate from her hand, and then turned around and continued busy with the matter at hand, having no time to pay attention to her strange mood.

Tao Xue took a closer look and found that he was packing his luggage: "What, do you want to go on a business trip? Do you need to travel for your job?"

Tao Mingzhuo said: "No, a... colleague who is very familiar to me is sick, I will go to him Take care of him at home for a few days."

Tao Xue said "Oh" and thought it was reasonable, so she opened the refrigerator and put the ribs in without asking any more questions.

After closing the refrigerator door, Tao Xue stared at Tao Mingzhuo's packed luggage for a while, and suddenly felt something was wrong.

Tao Xue knew Tao Mingzhuo's living habits. He was a young man with strong energy and blood. The four seasons changed in spring, summer, autumn and winter. He basically hung out at home wearing a T-shirt.

But this time, Tao Mingzhuo pretended to put a set of cotton pajamas on the top of his luggage.

Tao Xue had sharp eyes and pulled out a thick hardcover book from the gap in the luggage: "What is this?"

Tao Mingzhuo's expression suddenly became unnatural, he coughed, and snatched the book back from Tao Xue's hand. : "Read some books occasionally to improve...improve your self-cultivation."

Tao Xue: "Are you kidding me?"

Tao Xue realized that things were definitely not as simple as she thought. She stared at Tao Mingzhuo's slightly red face. She asked keenly, "Is this colleague of yours a boy or a girl?"

Tao Xue knew Tao Mingzhuo very well. Every time a girl confessed her love to him since he was a child, Tao Mingzhuo's face would be several times redder than that of the girl he confessed to. .

After returning home, I tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. The next day, I solemnly told others not to like me and to study hard. Every time, I scared the girls.

As soon as Tao Xue saw his shy and weird state, she knew that it was definitely related to emotional matters.

However, Tao Mingzhuo said: "A man."

Tao Xue: "Really?"

Tao Mingzhuo acted even more unnaturally, but still said: "Really."

He looked down at his phone and said, "I Let's go now."

"And sister, don't run around alone all the time." Tao Mingzhuo said, "Ask my brother-in-law to pick you up. I think he always says he's busy, but he just opens the circle of friends. I saw him drinking outside..."

Tao Xue hit him on the shoulder and said, "Oh, he wants to socialize, please leave me alone, get out of here."

Tao Mingzhuo waved to her helplessly.

Tao Xue always felt that something was wrong, so she stared out the window for a while.

At first she thought Tao Mingzhuo had taken an online taxi, but she saw him carrying his luggage and getting into a black luxury car. A driver even got out and opened the door for him.

The driver looked familiar. Tao Xue was stunned, looked at the license plate again, and immediately opened her eyes.

She murmured: "Isn't this... Sister Li's car?"

Tao Mingzhuo felt like a primary school student suffering from spring outing syndrome.

I wasn't expecting it. Tao Mingzhuo told himself, I have never lived in a big house, so I feel a little excited.

On the way to Jing Ci's house, Tao Mingzhuo received a WeChat message from him.

First is a string of numbers.

Jing Ci: "This is the password for the door." Jing

Ci: "Sorry, I have a meeting coming up soon and I can't entertain you. When you arrive, enter the password first, okay?"

Tao Mingzhuo replied: "Okay. ."

He hesitated for a moment, feeling that he seemed a little cold when he replied with one word, but he didn't know what to reply, so he finally added an emoticon.

Tao Mingzhuo: [Little frog applauds]

After a while, Jing Ci also replied with an emoticon package of the same series.

Jing Ci: [The little frog nods]

Tao Mingzhuo stared at that emoticon for a long time.

In fact, it is an ordinary series of emoticon packs. Tao Mingzhuo and Yang Kening often use it in their work groups. But for some reason, when Jing Ci personally sent this emoticon pack, Tao Mingzhuo felt inexplicably. ...It seems a little cuter.

After getting out of the car, Tao Mingzhuo took a deep breath and adjusted the expression on his face.

He stood in front of the door, adjusted to a nonchalant and calm look, and then entered the password that Jing Ci had just given him.

When the door opened, Tao Mingzhuo found Jing Ci sitting on the sofa in the hall.

Jing Ci was wearing loose home clothes, placed her computer on the armrest of the sofa, and was chatting with the person on the other side of the screen.

The chatting style was very relaxed, and the words were spoken in English so fast that Tao Mingzhuo could not hear clearly.

It seems that there is no need to show your face in this meeting, because Jing Ci's sitting posture is very casual. He is barefoot and curled up on the sofa. His whole state looks lazy and slightly tired.

Jing Ci's feet were very white. Tao Mingzhuo stared at them subconsciously for a while before looking away stiffly.

Hearing the noise coming from the door, Jing Ci raised his eyes and met Tao Mingzhuo's gaze.

He first bent his eyes at Tao Mingzhuo, then pointed at his computer screen, and at the same time gestured with his mouth that it would be over in a moment.

Tao Mingzhuo nodded, pointed at Dr. Wen who was milling around him at the door, and said that he would go and feed Dr. Wen first.

Jing Ci lowered his head and chatted with the partner on the other side of the screen for a while, and then felt a little thirsty.

So he got off the ground with the computer in one hand and went to the kitchen to pour himself a glass of water.

While drinking water, Jing Ci noticed from the corner of her eye that Tao Mingzhuo also walked into the kitchen.

Tao Mingzhuo bent down beside him, as if he had put down something, then he picked up the dog bowl next to him and walked out of the kitchen as if nothing had happened.

Jing Ci was startled, put down the water glass, lowered his head, and found a pair of cotton mops.

After drinking the water and wearing the pair of cotton slippers, Jing Ci returned to the living room.

For some reason, in just ten minutes, Jing Ci felt that Tao Mingzhuo and Doctor Wen passed by him many times as if nothing had happened.

Jing Ci vaguely guessed something. He smiled and shook his head, ending the meeting early.

Then he raised his eyes and met Tao Mingzhuo, who was secretly looking at him.

Jing Ci said: "I'm sorry, the study room at home is being renovated right now, so I can only hold meetings in the living room. I wonder if it disturbed you?"

Tao Mingzhuo seemed a little embarrassed when he was caught peeping: "No, no, no. Will it?"

Jing Ci smiled and said nothing. Tao Mingzhuo pursed his lips, walked up to him hesitantly, and asked, "What shall we eat tonight?"

Jing Ci said, "Ah." Sorry, I don't usually cook much. Let's order takeout tonight, and I'll order some ingredients tomorrow."

As soon as he finished speaking, Tao Mingzhuo's stomach coincidentally growled.

Tao Mingzhuo nodded, covering his stomach in embarrassment, and at the same time asked doubtfully: "But aren't you hungry? It's already half past eight in the evening."

Tao Mingzhuo seemed to be startled when he saw Jing Ci . .

"I didn't go out all day and didn't consume much energy, so I didn't get hungry very quickly." Jing Ci raised his head and finally gave this explanation.

Tao Mingzhuo: "...That's it."

Jing Ci started ordering takeout on her mobile phone. Tao Mingzhuo was really hungry, and he thought Jing Ci must be hungry too, so he went to the kitchen very casually.

Jing Ci's home uses a luxurious double-door refrigerator, but it is surprisingly empty inside, with no smell of human fireworks at all.

In the end, Tao Mingzhuo only found two tomatoes that were barely enough to fill his stomach.

Tao Mingzhuo felt a little strange, but he didn't think much about it. He just thought that Jing Ci might be the same dark cuisine maker as Tao Xue, and he was also the kind of takeaway party that has been around for thousands of years.

He returned to the living room and handed one of the washed tomatoes to Jing Ci.

Jing Ci took it and said "thank you" to him at the same time.

The tomatoes were not big, so Tao Mingzhuo killed half of them in one bite.

Tao Mingzhuo felt Jing Ci look at his face for a while, then lowered his head, and while ordering takeout on his mobile phone, he also started to eat the tomatoes in his hand.

These two tomatoes must have been there for a while, and they were both in a ripe state. Tao Mingzhuo saw Jing Ci take a small bite, and a lot of juice flowed out and flowed down his wrist.

Tao Mingzhuo was stunned for a moment, then quickly turned around to help him get the tissues on the table.

When he turned his head again, Tao Mingzhuo was stunned.

He saw Jing Ci looking down at his mobile phone while bringing his wrist to his mouth, casually licking away the juice on his wrist with the tip of his tongue.

Jing Ci's movements seemed very careless, but Tao Mingzhuo's eyes widened slightly.

Inexplicably, Tao Mingzhuo felt his cheeks feel faintly hot again. He lowered his head in a panic and stuffed the remaining tomatoes into his mouth in one breath.

After Jing Ci finished ordering the takeout, she raised her head to look at Tao Mingzhuo, only to find that he was looking at her erratically, his face and ears turning unnaturally red.

Jing Ci blinked slightly.

In fact, Jing Ci's judgment ability has always been very good, but Tao Mingzhuo is special because he is so arrogant.

The words were so harsh that Jing Ci felt that even he might not be able to see his own heart clearly, which was why Jing Ci had not come to a conclusion for a long time.

Before coming to this conclusion, even though he knew that he actually had some different feelings for Tao Mingzhuo, Jing Ci still chose to be cautious and not take any action.

But after these few days of getting along, Jing Ci felt that she had a vague answer in her heart.

However, in order to draw the most accurate conclusion, he still needs to determine one very important point.

"The takeout order is finished." Jing Ci said to Tao Mingzhuo.

Then he smiled softly at Tao Mingzhuo and asked, "Speaking of which, you haven't answered my previous question yet. How are you and your sweetheart getting along these days?"

Tao Mingzhuo I almost didn't swallow the last bite of tomatoes in my mouth.

He... sure enough is still very troubled by this issue. Tao Mingzhuo looked at Jing Ci's face and thought worriedly.

This so-called "sweetheart" was originally his excuse to use Jing Ci, so at this moment Tao Mingzhuo could only continue to rack his brains and use lies to make up for the lies: "We got along, but... But he said that he was temporarily I don't really want to fall in love, so..."

"So... I can't develop it," he said.

Jing Ci nodded thoughtfully.

With a faint smile on his face, he continued to ask: "Is that so, so you didn't contact him these days during the long vacation?"

Tao Mingzhuo didn't expect that Jing Ci would continue to ask, so he could only hold on Scalp continued to make up random things: "No, I can't push him too hard. I'm afraid it will be counterproductive, so..."

Before Tao Mingzhuo finished speaking, he suddenly realized something was wrong.

Tao Mingzhuo told Jing Ci before that he wanted to have lunch with his "sweetheart" in the cafeteria, but the only two people who often ate with him were Yang Kening and Xu Yi.

Jing Ci just asked whether the two of them had interacted with each other during the holidays, and he answered no, which meant that he had taken the initiative to help Jing Ci exclude Yang Kening as an option.

In addition, there was no way his sweetheart could be Xu Yi... Tao Mingzhuo raised his eyes and looked at Jing Ci, whose expression was as usual, and felt that his scalp was starting to tingle -

he was being tricked by Jing Ci invisibly.

Tao Mingzhuo took a deep breath, knowing that he had to change the topic now, so he said stiffly: "Ahem... Speaking of which, why did you choose dark green tiles for the floor of your kitchen?"

No. Knowing why, Tao Mingzhuo felt that the smile in Jing Ci's eyes seemed to be getting stronger.

This made Tao Mingzhuo feel like he had been completely seen through. He turned away in a panic, not daring to meet Jing Ci's eyes.

However, Jing Ci didn't say anything, just smiled softly, and continued following his words: "My mother chose it. She said dark colors, and it won't be obvious if the floor is dirty."

" Oh oh." Tao Mingzhuo was afraid that more flaws would be revealed, so he started to find new topics randomly, "Speaking of which, what is your favorite color? I am blue, but I also like orange. I like it..."

Jing Ci thought for a while and said, "It should be red."

Tao Mingzhuo started to talk at his peak level: "Oh, is it red... Is it the orange-red color of tomatoes, or is it red? Other shades of red?"

Jing Ci raised her eyes and looked at him, then smiled and said, "No."

Tao Mingzhuo was stunned for a moment: "Ah, that's——"

He didn't finish the second half of his sentence because Jing Ci's cell phone placed on the table suddenly vibrated.

Tao Mingzhuo saw Jing Ci's slightly apologetic look, lowered his eyelashes, glanced at the screen, and said, "The takeout has arrived, I'll go get it."

Tao Mingzhuo: "Oh, okay."

Tao Mingzhuo Zhuo stood there blankly, watching Jing Ci take a few steps towards the door.

As if he suddenly remembered something, Tao Mingzhuo saw Jing Ci's steps suddenly stagnant, and then he turned around and walked back to Tao Mingzhuo.

Jing Ci raised her hand and tapped Tao Mingzhuo's cheek lightly with her fingers.

"By the way," he looked at Tao Mingzhuo with a smile and said, "it's this kind of red."

The author has something to say:

There are many reds in the world: vermilion, orange, and Xiao Tao's blush.

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