ebookland Chapter 686 Pretending to be an ostrich
Chapter 686 Pretending to be an ostrich
Chapter 686 Playing the Ostrich
Lu Chihuan sat in the cafe, bored, looking at his communicator.
Zhishu and his friends have been looking for a suitable base on this small planet these past two days, but they seemed unable to make up their minds for the moment, so he sent all the photos he had taken in the past two days to their private group.
then.
He tagged Lu Chihuan, Yun Qing and Fan Xing again, "Huanhuan, if you have time now, why don't you give me some suggestions? Which place here is more suitable for settling down?"
Lu Chihuan held his chin and clicked on the photo.
have to say.
The places in the photos all look pretty good. They are basically quiet and peaceful places suitable for living. No wonder Zhishu is so conflicted and unable to make up his mind for a long time.
He entered these places into the map of the small planet.
Then, combined with the important factors that affect the living experience such as infrastructure, transportation, pedestrian flow, etc. near these places, their advantages and disadvantages will be carefully analyzed in the opened document.
In the end, I had written about two thousand words without realizing it.
Look at it this way.
It can also be considered a small essay.
He sent this short essay to the small group and asked Zhishu to take a careful look at it.
After doing all this.
Lu Chihuan realized that his neck was sore from maintaining the same posture for too long. He raised his hand and rubbed the back of his neck. After drinking a sip of slightly bitter coffee to refresh himself, he glanced at the time displayed on the communicator.
The time he had agreed with the fan on the forum was almost here.
do not know either……
What does this fan look like.
Although Lu Chihuan is not the kind of person who cares much about appearance, this is the first time he is sitting here and meeting his friends on Starnet.
Therefore, while he was nervous and uneasy at this moment, he unconsciously lowered his eyes, trying to piece together the other person's appearance from his daily conversations and messages with the other party.
The other party seems to be busy.
I don't visit the forum very often.
But basically every time he updated a post on the forum, the other party would appear out of nowhere and give him a large reward to show his support.
The main theme is one——
More money, less talk.
When he chatted with him about current affairs on weekdays, he could always give some insightful ideas and suggestions, so Lu Chihuan guessed that he should at least be a high-ranking official in the Star Pirates.
Tsk.
I just don't know which pirate group the other party belongs to. It would be great if I could recruit him to be his brother's deputy.
After all, due to the Zerg invasion and the Zerg nest incident, the Ghost Pirates had a large backlog of unfinished business. Lu Minghe and Chi Hu worked non-stop for several days before they finished all the business.
In Lu Chihuan's opinion.
That's because there is too little talent available.
If he could find a few more capable people to help Lu Minghe share the burden, he might not be so tired during this period.
Think of this.
Lu Chihuan made up his mind again.
After his fans arrive, he will choose an appropriate time to speak and persuade them to switch to the Ghost Pirates.
of course.
All of this was just Lu Chihuan's guess. It didn't matter if he guessed wrong. After all, the main purpose of his meeting with fans this time was to give an explanation for this friendship that developed by accident before leaving.
Therefore, even if this fan of yours might be a ball of slime.
He would definitely not show any inappropriate or unbelievable expression. Lu Chihuan believed that he could handle it.
He took a sip of his coffee.
At the same time, the wind chimes hanging on the cafe made a crisp and cheerful sound, as if a new customer had come in.
Lu Chihuan looked up subconsciously.
However, after seeing who entered the cafe, his face froze and he almost spit out the coffee in his mouth.
Because I was too excited.
So much so that he couldn't help but cough a few times when he swallowed the coffee, and his originally fair cheeks turned red.
Wait a moment.
Why was his brother in this coffee shop? Wasn't he going to meet his online crush?
Is it possible?
The other party also arranged the meeting place here?
Lu Chihuan felt a little confused. He blinked his pair of dark and bright almond-shaped eyes a few times. When his gaze fell on the clothes worn by Lu Minghe, his expression changed drastically again.
Lu Minghe changed his clothes.
The two pieces I wore this morning were not what I wore.
But the point is not here. The point is that the clothes he was wearing were exactly the same as the clothes the fan on the forum was wearing when he planned to meet him, from head to toe.
This can't be called a coincidence.
The same place, the same clothes, and even the same members of the pirate group.
The evidence is before us.
Although Lu Chihuan didn't want to admit it in his heart, he didn't understand why his brother called this meeting a meeting with his online love interest.
But he had to face the unchangeable fact before him.
That is--
Lu Minghe is the fan who had a great conversation with me on the forum.
All of a sudden, emotions such as disbelief, shame, and embarrassment surged towards Lu Chihuan like a tide. He buried his head in his folded arms and screamed silently for a moment.
Then he sat there and smoothed the hair on his forehead.
His look was helpless and nervous, as if he didn't know how to face or deal with the rather embarrassing situation.
Is it possible?
Should he stretch out his hand and say hello to Lu Minghe right now, and then say directly that he is the so-called online love partner he wants to meet?
That would just embarrass them all.
Think of this.
Lu Chihuan bit his lower lip, because he was now in the corner of the coffee shop, and the green plants blocked his figure, so Lu Minghe had not noticed him yet.
Anyway, Lu Minghe didn’t see him…
It would be better to just run away.
When this thought popped up in Lu Chihuan's mind, his eyes lit up.
As the saying goes, escape is shameful but useful.
It would be better to just consider it as if I had stood Lu Minghe up, and then put an imperfect end to their friendship.
After making up your mind.
He hastily put the baseball cap on the table on his head, then tidied up the things he had placed on the table, and was about to stand up and leave the cafe.
However, what a coincidence...
Lu Minghe seemed to have noticed him sitting in the corner, and now he strode towards him.
then.
Lu Chihuan sat back in his seat again.
It’s over.
Can't run away.
He covered his cheeks with his hands.
Then he lowered his head again, staring at his toes through the gaps between his fingers, like an ostrich burying its head in the sand trying to play dead. It seemed that as long as he didn't raise his head...
Nothing will happen.
The entire coffee shop was relatively quiet, so he could clearly hear Lu Minghe's footsteps slowly approaching him.
The sound of the heel hitting the ground was obviously very light, but in Lu Chihuan's ears it seemed to be magnified countless times.
At this moment it is like the beat of a drum.
It beat his heart again and again, so much so that the places where the blood flowed began to feel numb and his fingertips became a little stiff.
"Hello."
Lu Minghe stood in front of him.
His eyes fell on the young man in front of him who wanted to curl himself up into a ball, and his eyes instantly became dark and deep.
He was too familiar with Lu Chihuan.
Therefore, just by seeing his exposed white wrists and soft earlobes, he easily identified who the person in front of him was.
In this regard.
Lu Minghe was not surprised.
Because he had already guessed this possibility before, although he quickly denied this guess due to the other party's intentional or unintentional misleading, but now that he saw the person in person, the shock he suffered was not as great as the first time.
In contrast……
Instead, there is a sense of calm as if the dust has settled.
He bent his bony fingers and tapped the table lightly. When he looked at Lu Chihuan who was still pretending to be a coward, a barely perceptible smile flashed in his steady and calm eyes.
He knew that the netizen Lu Chihuan was waiting to meet was him, but he still said jokingly:
"Excuse me--"
"Are you waiting here for a netizen named Crane?"
There was a hint of mischief in the voice.
After hearing this, Lu Chihuan bit his back teeth slightly.
At this moment, he wanted to raise his head and glare at Lu Minghe fiercely, but in the end he didn't have the courage, so he just answered in a muffled voice, "No, you recognized the wrong person."
He hasn't figured it out yet...
How to face Lu Minghe?
After all, the good friend with whom you can talk about anything on the forum is actually your brother. No one can accept this quickly.
When I think about how I tried to infiltrate the Ghost Pirates.
He once pretended to be Jiu Gao, the leader of the Ghost Pirates, in front of Clan... and was also a fanatical fan of his brother. Now he couldn't help but want to find a piece of tofu to hit his head with.
This is totally black history.
However, Lu Minghe did not allow Lu Chihuan to escape from him. He reached out and held Lu Chihuan's cheek, then smiled and carefully traced his face with his eyes, and then he spoke:
"Is it."
"I don't think I made a mistake. You are the person I want to meet."
Lu Chihuan was forced to raise his head.
His soft, black hair was loosely pressed under his baseball cap.
Her entire cheeks were flushed red, and her exposed eyes were a little watery because of anger and embarrassment. Her long and thick eyelashes were wet, and she looked like a fierce kitten who might stretch out her claws to scratch people at any time.
In order to prevent Lu Minghe from bringing up the past, Lu Chihuan took the initiative to turn the tables and started to accuse, "Aren't you here to meet your online lover?"
"I don't remember ever having a relationship with you."
When he thought about how he had wished Lu Minghe a successful online romance under Chi Hu's instigation, he wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into.
And after hearing Lu Chihuan's question.
Lu Minghe was obviously stunned.
A barely perceptible trace of guilt flashed across his usually calm and composed face.
But he quickly put the blame on Chi Hu, and now looked at Lu Chi Huan with a calm look, and then said:
"This was Chi Hu's idea."
"At the time, we thought that the you on the forum was an undercover agent hiding in the Ghost Pirates. We didn't intend to involve the real you, so we lied about this matter."
"sorry."
Lu Minghe was not the kind of male chauvinist parent who refused to admit his mistakes, so he apologized quite seriously now.
Honestly.
After recognizing Huanhuan in the coffee shop, he immediately thought of the so-called online romance he had used as an excuse, so while he felt embarrassed, he inevitably had some complex emotions that he couldn't even distinguish.
But he hid it well.
Therefore, Lu Chihuan didn't notice any clues.
When Lu Chihuan heard Lu Minghe's apology, he felt embarrassed to hold on to the matter any longer. He pursed his lips and muttered a few words, "I thought you really wanted to bring me a sister-in-law, but I didn't expect you were just bluffing..."
He was happy for nothing.
But yes.
Judging from his brother's expression, work is probably the most important thing in his life.
Lu Minghe frowned.
He raised his hand and pinched Lu Chihuan's cheek, with a little more force in his hand.
There was a hint of hidden dissatisfaction in that action, but Lu Chihuan couldn't figure out what Lu Minghe was discontented about.
"Are you tired of me?"
"Didn't you lie to me yesterday? You said you were going to visit a friend's house, but you ended up meeting an online friend at a coffee shop..."
Lu Chihuan immediately touched the tip of his nose.
Then he looked up at the ceiling of the cafe, as if something there attracted his attention. After a moment, he hummed and whispered to himself:
"I was just worried that you wouldn't let me go. It turns out that my guess was quite accurate and I didn't wrongly accuse you."
As soon as he said this.
Seeing that Lu Minghe's face seemed to be getting worse, he shrank his head and quickly made up for it in a low voice.
"What?"
"You lied to me once, and I lied to you once, so we should be even now. I think after these two things..."
"It's better not to mention it again."
Lu Minghe was naturally happy to let this go. After all, he couldn't help but angrily scold the playboy Alpha who kidnapped Huanhuan yesterday. He didn't expect that the boomerang would hit him today.
hiss.
Fortunately, Huanhuan hasn't thought about this yet, otherwise he would have lost all the face he would have suffered in his life today.
at this time.
He and Lu Chihuan looked at each other, and tacitly agreed not to mention the previous lie. However, because they were out of topics for a while, they just stared at each other.
The atmosphere fell into an awkward silence.
Finally, it was Lu Minghe who broke the silence. His voice sounded low and magnetic. "If it was someone else instead of me who came today, what would you do?"
Lu Chihuan unconsciously followed Lu Minghe's thoughts and thought for a moment.
"Should be giving gifts first."
"If we get along well, we can have a meal at a nearby restaurant and then visit some nearby attractions."
This was his original plan.
But as the saying goes, plans cannot keep up with changes, so it should not be used now.
The thought of this.
Lu Chihuan still has a little regret.
He held his cheek and pursed his lips, but the next moment he saw Lu Minghe nodded thoughtfully, and the other party stretched out his bony hand in front of him, as if indicating something.
"What."
Lu Chihuan didn't understand.
Because he didn't understand what Lu Minghe meant, he tilted his head like a curious cat, and then tentatively placed his hand on Lu Minghe's palm.
The voice sounded crisp, with a hint of confusion and ignorance.
"Do you want to hold hands?"
Lu Minghe chuckled dully.
He subconsciously turned his head to hide the smile on the corner of his lips.
After adjusting his facial expression, he slowly explained, "This means... asking for a gift."
Only then did Lu Chihuan realize that he had misunderstood.
It turned out that Lu Minghe wanted the gift he had picked out in the gift shop yesterday.
His cheeks flushed.
At this moment, he was feeling extremely annoyed and at the same time, he was trying to pull his hand back in a hurry.
however.
His hand was quickly grasped by Lu Minghe's palm, and his slender five fingers were clasped tightly, making it almost impossible for him to escape easily.
Lu Minghe slowly continued the second half of the sentence, with a hint of mischief and amusement in his eyes, "No need to take it back."
"Actually, this gift—"
"It's more to my liking."