Early on the third day, Jun Luoyu prepared to go to Chunxiang Kiln to pick up the goods with a nervous mood.
Don't panic. When I was leaving that day, Ying'er's eyes and expressions were wrong!
"This old Si Ji won't give me any extra work...probably not..."
Jun Luoyu knocked on the door of Chunxiang Kiln and begged the old Si Ji not to cause trouble.
"Who is it! So early in the morning..."
The door of Chunxiang Kiln slowly opened, and Ying'er's little face that clearly said she was not awake slipped out through the crack in the door.
"Hey, it turns out it's this little brother. He came to pick up the goods so early~ Wait a moment."
Ying'er turned around and entered the house, and soon took out a packaged box with "Happy Birthday" written on it.
"No, your vase. Don't open it without permission. My sister carefully packed it. Once it is opened, there is no way to restore it~"
Ying'er gave Jun Luoyu the box with an aunty smile on her face.
"...Sorry to trouble you..."
Jun Luoyu looked at the face with "making trouble" written all over it, and took the box with complicated emotions.
"It's okay, it's okay~ Sister, at my age, I know everything~ Take it and give it to your little girlfriend~"
"No! I told you no!!"
Jun Luoyu's retort had no effect at all. Instead, it seemed as if something had been confirmed, making Lao Siji's aunt laugh even harder.
With an autistic mood, Jun Luoyu returned home with the box and began to debate whether to open it and take a look.
He is now extremely sure that the black driver Si Ji is definitely causing trouble!
There is a 50% chance that something was painted during the glaze painting, and a 50% chance that there was some small piece of paper stuck in the box. As for the chance of nothing happening, you can tell by the smiling face of my aunt that it is absolutely zero.
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"There is no ribbon on the outer packaging, it is a sticker that is directly glued. The seal is glued very firmly. As she said, it will never be restored as long as it is opened, and it will even damage the box itself. If it is repackaged, it will most likely be damaged again.
If you make fun of it once, what should you do? To tear it down or not to tear it down? This is a question."
Jun Luoyu kept checking the box, and after confirming that it could not be opened without damage, he began to calculate the gains and losses.
"If you don't open it, you can't confirm the specific situation; if you open it, you need to replace the gift after confirming the situation. There is currently no backup plan. Judging from the expression and language of the old Si Ji, it is very likely that there is a matchmaker involved in the matter.
Category content. In horizontal comparison, if you continue to give away ordinary trinkets, the most serious consequences will be that Hutao will think that there is nothing new; if you give away this vase, which is very likely to have some ambiguity, the consequences will be the most serious.
You may get beaten, and you may even not be able to be friends in the future."
Jun Luoyu weighed it carefully and finally decided to go out and buy Hutao a necklace or something to deal with it.
If there is nothing new, then there is nothing new. Anyway, I am a straight man, Hutao, and it’s not like I don’t know that if I really give this vase away, I may be in big trouble!
"Hey, let's go look for the plum blossom pendant..."
Jun Luoyu reluctantly put the box in the cabinet and went out to pick out the pendant.
"If I had known this, why would I have thought so much... I followed Xingqiu to Qingce Village after exhausting myself, but in the end it was of no use. I felt so tired..."
Two days have passed like this. Jun Luoyu, who lives in the abandoned house, has not left the house since he picked up the pendant. He did not even fight in the abyss battlefield immediately.
Under the illumination of the light, the Palace of Purity at night looks even more eerie and terrifying than during the day. At this time, a figure is constantly wandering at the door of the Hall of Purity.
"Huh, calm down, calm down, isn't it the first time in my life that I went to a girl's house to celebrate her birthday? Why are you panicking? Although there is a high chance that I won't be able to run away today, I am also a good social person when I go out, and I can't act well.
Look presentable, don’t panic, keep a calm mind, be calm, calm!”
Jun Luoyu wore a set of clothes that were completely the same as usual (this guy had no formal clothes at all) and kept cheering himself up.
"No, md, I can't calm down at all. Why don't I run away first and give her the gift tomorrow? Well, that's right, it's okay. That's it. I've decided to run away first and give it to her tomorrow!"
Jun Luoyu struggled for two minutes, but in the end his fear of society defeated his idea of staying to celebrate Hutao's birthday. After a fierce inner battle, he finally decided to run away.
But his idea was doomed to fail, because Hu Tao and Xiang Ling, who rushed to the Palace of Purity first, were very familiar with this salted fish. The two of them had been hiding in the corner watching this salted fish for a long time.
Just as Jun Luoyu turned around to run away, his hands were firmly grasped.
"Stop!"*2
The two girls who successfully caught a salted fish began to drag Jun Luoyu in. Xiangling, who held Jun Luoyu's left hand, said:
"Don't run, you've already come this far, just go in! There's nothing that can eat people in there!"
Hutao also pulled it again and again and said:
"That's it! People are here and they still want to run! Come in! Don't worry, I know you don't want to deal with others. I didn't invite many people this time, just Xiangling, me, Mr. Zhongli! And Mr. Zhongli just can't sleep.
Just sitting there drinking tea! I have already held a birthday party during the day, and this time it will be just us!"
After Hutao finished speaking, she looked at Xiangling and worked together.
"Come in!"
When Jun Luoyu heard that there weren't many people around, he gave away all his strength. Hu Tao and Xiang Ling also exerted their strength together. Jun Luoyu lost his footing and was dragged into the Hall of Rebirth by the two girls like a sack.
That look looks like a kidnapping!
After dragging Jun Luoyu into the door, the two girls closed the door with their backhands, completely giving up on Jun Luoyu's idea of running away.
"Look, it's just Mr. Zhongli and me and Xiangling, there's no one else."
Hutao pinched her waist with one hand and pointed at the old man Zhongli who was drinking tea with the other hand.
Jun Luoyu took a look and saw that there was really no one else except Zhongli. He understood that this birthday party could be said to be organized by Hutao just for him.
Jun Luoyu has always had an outsider mentality since he time traveled. In addition, because of his career, his parents in this life rarely stay with him to give him the warmth of family, so that when he gets along with everyone, he is like a kind of outsider.
The mentality of doing tasks is even more serious after the death of parents in this life. It is not an exaggeration to say that the relatives are indifferent and callous.
Even Xiangling and Hutao are the same, but they are slightly closer than others.
Compared with Master Mao's care, which is hard to detect, just like his elders, this special birthday party made Jun Luoyu intuitively feel for the first time that he was not an outsider in Liyue, he had someone in Liyue.
He has a family (even though he is the only one), friends, and people who care about him. He was born in Liyue, so he is from Liyue!
Jun Luoyu wanted to cry, but Hutao and Xiangling took it for granted, and Zhongli's calm expression did not show any surprise, just as it should be. Everything was so natural that Jun Luoyu couldn't cry no matter what.
, I just want to laugh happily.
"Well, I'm sorry, I've caused you trouble again."
The nervousness on Jun Luoyu's face completely faded, and he showed the smile he should have when celebrating a friend's birthday. He took out the small gift box with the pendant and handed it to Hutao,
"No, birthday gift."
"Thank you!"
Hutao happily took the box, but when she looked at Jun Luoyu, she was startled by his expression.
"Hey, are you okay? What's wrong with you? When you first came in, you looked normal and nervous. Why are you smiling so happily all of a sudden? Is it the sequelae of the previous incident?"
After saying that, she called out Xiangling,
"Xiang Ling, look, there's something wrong with Jun Luoyu's expression, right? I've known him for three years, and he's never had such a relaxed expression! You've known him longer, have you ever seen this kind of expression?
Expression? If you have any questions, please send them to Bubulu for a quick look!"
Hearing this, Xiangling also looked at Jun Luoyu's smile and said with a worried look:
"No, I have known him for at least seven years, and I have never seen him smile like this! Are you okay? Why don't you really go to Bubulu and have a look?"
Jun Luoyu's smile gradually disappeared and he looked at the two girls speechlessly.
"What can happen to me? I'm usually like this. Can you be more mature like me? I'm so surprised. Do you want to eat or not? It's going to be cold after a while!"
"Well, this expression is quite normal. I don't see it often. There should be nothing wrong with it."
Xiangling looked at the speechless Jun Luoyu, the worry on her face disappeared, and her smile returned.
Hutao also breathed a sigh of relief and patted his ordinary-looking chest.
"It's okay, let's go and eat!"
Seeing the farce of the three children, Mr. Zhongli had no disturbance in his heart and continued to drink tea.
Just kidding, what scene have I not seen in thousands of years, the dignified Emperor Yanwang?
The three of them sat together and happily finished the special birthday banquet. Then Hutao took the small box and began to ask Jun Luoyu:
"Jun Luoyu, are you sure this is your birthday gift to me? During the day, I heard Xingqiu say that you are going to give me a piece of porcelain made by yourself? Is there such a small porcelain?"
Jun Luoyu was stunned, "You shouldn't. I didn't tell that scammer that I was going to send walnuts. How did he know?
"Huh? How did Xingqiu know that I knew you?"
"During the day, he asked me if I knew a person named Jun Luoyu, and I said yes."
Jun Luoyu is even more confused. How did he know? This is unscientific? You can't just guess!
In fact, Xingqiu was really just guessing. He just guessed that the female friend Jun Luoyu mentioned had the same birthday as Hu Tao, so it might be Hu Tao, so he asked in passing, and he guessed correctly!
"Hey, don't be stunned, is that right?"
Seeing that Jun Luoyu was stunned and didn't reply, Hu Tao began to urge.
Jun Luoyu came to his senses and quickly started to fool Hutao:
"Ah, yes, I originally planned to send a vase, but due to some technical reasons, the vase could not be sent out, and there was no time to make another one, so I chose this pendant for you. Look, this pendant
How beautiful!”
Hutao looked at the box that had not been completely opened in her hand, and realized that Jun Luoyu was deliberately changing the subject, hoping that she would ignore the vase.
But Hutao's personality is similar to Xingqiu's, she is a very curious baby, and she doesn't want to let Jun Luoyu go just like that.
So she put down the small box in her hand and began to act coquettishly towards Jun Luoyu.
"I want that vase that you made by yourself~ Can you give me that vase~"
Although Hu Tao was not very good at acting coquettishly, Jun Luoyu, who had been single until now, had never seen such a scene before, so he couldn't bear it, so he urgently asked Xiangling for help:
"Don't make trouble, Hutao. I just made the shape of that vase, and I didn't do the glaze or anything else! Xiangling, Xiangling! Take care of her quickly!"
But Xiangling was also curious about what the vase made by Jun Luoyu looked like. Coupled with the basic principle that watching the excitement is not too big a deal, Xiangling seemed not to hear it. She stood up, picked up the plate and ran to the kitchen.
Seeing that Xiang Ling was unreliable, Jun Luoyu turned to an old man drinking tea for help, but Zhongli still drank tea calmly, as if he had heard and seen nothing.
Seeing that none of the "reinforcements" were reliable, Jun Luoyu could only try to appease Hu Tao and see if he could be fooled.
"I'm not lying to you, Hutao. That vase can't be seen because of the glaze. It's true! Look at this necklace... Oh, I haven't taken it apart yet. I swear, this necklace must be very suitable for you!"
"I don't! I want that vase!"
Hutao was determined and insisted on seeing the vase no matter what.
Jun Luoyu had no choice but to compromise under Hu Tao's toughness:
"Okay, you have to have a vase, right? Just wait, I'll go back and get it for you, don't regret it! Also, you'd better let Mr. Zhongli go back to the room to sleep first. It's up to you whether you want to or not."
When Hutao saw that she had succeeded in "acting like a baby", she couldn't help but say "yeah".
"I promise you won't regret it! Go get it quickly, Xiangling and I are waiting for you!"
After saying that, Hutao looked at Zhongli:
"Mr. Zhongli, look, why don't you step aside first?"
"Based on common sense, that vase may indeed cause some inconvenience, but since you insist on seeing it, Master, I will go back to my room to rest first."
Mr. Zhongli was unequivocal. He packed up the tea sets and walked away, leaving only a handsome figure behind.
Seeing how cooperative everyone was, Jun Luoyu could only turn around and go home to get the vase.
"Xingqiu, just wait for me! I'm not done with you!!!"