Roses under the sun twenty-four people gathering

  "Of course it's fine, I'm the one who brought them together anyway."

  "It's great if you like it, by the way, I haven't had a good chance to get to know your brother yet, let's all get together when we have time?"

  "Alright, I'll arrange a time for it. Is your bar still the same as before?"

  "Yes, maybe one day I'll quit like you too, haha."

  "Lingxiu Ge said you won't get into trouble, so since he's a good brother, help him out and keep an eye on him. This is also your dream, isn't it? Wait until he comes around and things will go back to normal. Don't let everyone's feelings get hurt now."

  "Wow! Lian Shu-ge is really impressive, I used to tell you things but you wouldn't listen, now he just says a few words and you change your attitude, geez, I'm your boyfriend, after all."

  "Oh, I used to think he was just a bad guy, but don't tell him that, okay? Still, you guys should be careful, or else you'll be done for if something happens."

  "Don't worry, nothing will happen. Who is Leng Xiuge anyway? The police station people have come to our place for fun before, he's very familiar with the director and often comes here."

  "I told you, now the world has changed, China is being corrupted by people like them, they're not even afraid of being reported."

  "Others have their own superiors to answer to, and even if they're reported, it won't bring them down. Don't worry about these things unnecessarily, isn't that just how society is? We can't manage everything."

  "It doesn't matter, let's just live our lives well."

  "Ou Zhen, why don't you stay tonight?"

  "I said finding a girlfriend like me for you isn't being unfair to you, is it?"

  "What's going on here?"

  "If it were someone else, they would have moved in with you a long time ago. Would I still need to ask you to spend the night with me?"

  "But I just like this about you, Oulian is always one of a kind."

  "Alright, I'll let you off this time because I love you so much."

  "When did Ou Zhen learn to be so glib?"

  "What's wrong with this? This is called having a good sense of humor!"

  "Okay, everything is fine, I like everything, as long as it's yours."

  Yuan Bin, thank you for always being so serious and loving me. Even if we can't be together every day, we still love each other very much, don't we? You are such a perfect man in my heart. Luckily, we are together now and will be forever. There will come a day when we get married, you cook meals for me with your own hands, and then we'll have kids. The boy will be as handsome as you, and the girl will be as beautiful as me. But I think their brains will all take after mine, not that you're stupid, but because I'm too smart!

  Ou Zhen, what are you doing now? Shouldn't you be studying hard to get into university? Have you forgotten the expectations of your classmates and teachers? Didn't you always want to study abroad? Weren't you determined to earn a PhD with your own intelligence? Don't give up, no matter what temptations you're facing now. You're just working part-time to pay tuition fees, nobody can hold you back. Always stick to the dreams you had at the beginning, don't give up, no matter how happy you are now.

  Yuan Bin, will you also support me and wait for me? How many years do I have to wait? Will you already have someone else you like by then? And what about me? Will I change my heart too? If I say I won't, are you brave enough to make a promise with me together? Foolish Ou Lian has never been in love before, this is your first time, they all say that the first love is the most unforgettable, now I believe it. I hope you will also be the last one, have you discovered that I don't know how to please my boyfriend? Because I think if you love me, I don't need to try so hard, but now it seems like I really don't need to, you are very tolerant of this girl who doesn't know how to love, she is really grateful to you, and will use her lifetime of love to thank you.

  "I said that even Boss Gao would personally cook in the kitchen."

  "Lin Chang? How did you end up coming over? Something's up?"

  "Just feel strange, what's going on with your face?"

  "There's a noodle shop on East Street that makes delicious noodles, so I learned how to make them myself."

  "It's indeed leisurely and carefree, but it's good."

  "Want some?"

  "Alright, is Lian Shu still thinking about that woman?"

  "What's up? Who is it?"

  "Don't think I don't know, it's obviously Ou Lian, who can't tell?"

  "There's nothing going on between us, she's Yuan Bin's girlfriend, don't spout nonsense."

  "Yes, a friend's wife is not to be trifled with. However, I've never seen you take an interest in women before. That Oulian is indeed beautiful, haha, a rare sight."

  "So, everyone has a heart that loves beauty, I just appreciate it."

  "I think it's because of longing, otherwise why do you always run to other people's shops? Don't say it's just because you like eating that kind of noodle, have you not eaten any good things with your husband?"

  "You don't know, every time I go there, Oulian makes it for me, so it's the most delicious thing under the sky."

  "How corny! I've never seen you like this before."

  "Yes, this feeling is really the first time I've had it, and I'm afraid it won't happen again in the future."

  "So are you going to wait for her all your life? Or watch her marry Yuan Bin?"

  "I will bless them as long as I can see her happiness."

  "Alright, you can continue being your lovesick self, are you done yet? I'm still a bit hungry."

  "You're just here for free food, aren't you?"

  "Not for the first time, hurry up and let me taste how delicious this love noodle is."

  "You just know poverty."

  What's love? If that can be considered love, then is that really love? No, how can I have romantic feelings for Oulian, it's just admiration. Guo Lengxiu, you can't fall deeper into this, or you'll only get hurt more and more, why torture yourself like that?! Oulian, do you think if I had continued to run the bar instead of Yuanbin going abroad to start a business, would the outcome have been different? Would it have been us together in the end? I've thought about countless possibilities, if everything could start from scratch, how great would that be. Unfortunately, once something is missed, it can never come back. Maybe I missed you. Haha, Guo Lengxiu, are you always thinking about other people's wives like this? And that person is still your best friend, how can you be so shameless and beastly?! Guo Lengxiu, you're crazy, for that girl Oulian, you've really gone completely mad!

  "What's there to see? It's not like we've never seen it before."

  "I said you've all arrived, what's there to complain about? We should be arriving soon, Yuan Bin will bring Xiao together with us."

  "What a hassle, I said I didn't want to see him but he still dragged me over here."

  "After all, you're also a relative of mine here. Last time it ended up like that, you should apologize to him."

  "I apologize? I'm telling you: no way!"

  "How can you still be biased against him? He's really good to me, I know you're afraid that I'll get cheated, but we're genuinely in love, bro, thanks for caring about me."

  "Cut, this is what I should do, right? Anyway, I won't apologize, even if he's not wrong, I still won't apologize."

  "Alright then, he probably won't pursue those matters either. But you're not allowed to show him your attitude, or else see how I'll deal with you later."

  "Alas, a daughter who has married out is indeed like spilled water. She's really someone else's person now. What am I, her brother, supposed to be? Alas, how sad!"

  "Oh, Ou Jingxuan, I think you really want to die."

  "Stop hitting, stop hitting, it's getting more and more violent."

  "I wasn't a lady to begin with, and besides, I'm going to use violence on you."

  "I wonder how famous you were back then, a genius with full marks in all subjects, it's really sensational news. You say we're dragon and phoenix twins, so why can't I inherit some of your intelligence?"

  "How was I supposed to know? You've got a genetic mutation or something."

  "You're the one who's always getting good grades, how is it possible that you got a perfect score in every subject? How did you study?"

  "I don't know, I didn't try very hard, I don't know either."

  "It's really annoying people like you who can easily get first place with such ease, contemptible."

  "Besides, I despise you."

  "Ou Zhen, don't give up, don't forget your initial dreams and pursuits."

  "I know, next year I'll definitely go to university with you, let's work hard together, I won't give up."

  "Hmm, with this sentence alone, it's clear that Oulian is indeed a good one."

  I'll wait for you, maybe when we're in university together there's still a chance to turn things around. Now I don't care about anything else as long as you're with me in university. I dare not hope for another opportunity, I just want to be with you.

  "Ah? They've finally arrived - Yuan Bin, Xiao Xiao, over here—"