Chapter 1568 Living Together for Three Years

Zhou Chen and Li Xiaoyue stayed in Hong Kong for more than ten days. Zhou Chen took her to many famous tourist attractions in Hong Kong, ate many local snacks, and stayed at the Peninsula Hotel for one night. Then Li Xiaoyue thought it was too expensive and took Zhou Chen away the next day.

Before coming, Li Xiaoyue said that she would control her consumption, but when she really came, she wanted everything she saw and liked everything she saw, and she couldn't control it at all.

Of course, most of the things Li Xiaoyue bought were paid by herself, but some were bought by Zhou Chen.

After being together for a long time, she no longer stopped Zhou Chen from buying things for her like she did at the beginning, because she said that Zhou Chen always agreed, but he still bought it when he should. Gradually, she got used to it and no longer deliberately cared about it.

In Zhou Chen's words, if the two of them were still so caring after being together for so long, it would affect their relationship, and everything should go with the flow.

"Xiaoyue, what do you think of this? Will Yueyue like it?"

"It's cute. I think she will like it. But didn't you say that we can't bring too many things when we go back? It's very troublesome to check."

"We didn't buy any contraband. We can just send it by express when the time comes. It saves time and effort."

Although Hong Kong has not developed very fast in recent years, it is still one of the world's financial centers and one of the top first-tier cities. It is known as the 'Pearl of the Orient', 'Food Paradise' and 'Shopping Paradise'.

After staying in Hong Kong for more than ten days, Li Xiaoyue really experienced the food paradise and shopping paradise. These days, her mouth has hardly stopped eating, so much so that she started to get angry and two pimples appeared on her fair face.

As for shopping, let alone, she just wanted to visit those cheap mass markets, but Zhou Chen dragged her to many high-end shopping brand flagship stores, which really broadened her horizons. Of course, the price figures of those luxury goods also made her stunned.

Fortunately, she had a clear understanding of herself and never pursued these things. Even if Zhou Chen wanted to buy her something, she was indifferent and firmly disagreed.

The most expensive thing on her body was the bag she carried, which cost more than 8,000 yuan and was bought by Zhou Chen. Not long after that, she also spent a month's salary to buy Zhou Chen a watch worth several thousand yuan.

She really had no feelings for these luxury goods. To put it in a tacky way, she felt that these were all external things and were not as important as the food in her mouth.

Zhou Chen bought gifts for Na Wei, Shen Lin, and Yue Yue, and also bought gifts for Shen Lei and Xie Meilan.

No matter what happens in the future, they are still relatives after all, in the same city, and they meet every now and then. Since they have brought them, it is not a big deal to bring two more.

The things they bought were directly transported by express delivery by Zhou Chen, and he and Li Xiaoyue traveled light. They were looking forward to it when they came, had fun when they played, and had a great time when they left.

This trip to Hong Kong can be said to be worthwhile.

After Zhou Chen and Li Xiaoyue returned to Beijing, they immediately went home and had a good rest for a day. Zhou Chen was fine these days, but Li Xiaoyue had been quite excited. She was happy and tired from eating, drinking and having fun during the day, and she was also happy and tired at night. After sitting on the plane for several hours, how could she not be tired?

Zhou Chen did not torment Li Xiaoyue that night, but just held her to sleep. Li Xiaoyue slept for more than ten hours before she opened her eyes in a daze.

As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Zhou Chen lying next to her playing with his mobile phone, and a happy smile suddenly appeared on her face.

"Na Jun, hug me."

Zhou Chen smiled slightly, hugged her and was about to kiss her, but Li Xiaoyue shook her head: "I haven't brushed my teeth yet."

Zhou Chen still pecked her and smiled: "I don't mind."

Li Xiaoyue moved her body and hugged Zhou Chen, making her body closer. During the movement, the quilt slipped off, revealing her white and smooth neck and shoulders.

"I dreamed, I think I dreamed a lot, but I just can't remember it. The only thing I remember is that you were in my dream. We seemed to go to school together in the classroom. You sat behind me and bullied me."

Zhou Chen smiled evilly and whispered in Li Xiaoyue's ear: "I not only bully you in my dreams, but even in reality, I will bully you every night."

Li Xiaoyue bit Zhou Chen lightly in shame and anger: "You said these as soon as you woke up, I'll bite you to death."

Zhou Chen's play made Li Xiaoyue blush and twist her body uncomfortably.

"Hate."

"There are more hateful things."

Zhou Chen turned over and started to bully Li Xiaoyue with a smirk. Li Xiaoyue tried her best to "resist", but in the end, the power gap was too big, so she could only slowly give in.

In the kitchen, Zhou Chen held the pot in one hand and swung the spatula in the other, humming a song while cooking.

While Li Xiaoyue was bathing and changing clothes, he personally went to the kitchen and cooked a table of dishes for Li Xiaoyue.

When Li Xiaoyue came out, she saw a table full of delicious food. She was wearing shorts and off-shoulder pajamas. She jumped lightly and was hugged by Zhou Chen and kissed passionately.

"I love you so much. You spoil me like this. I can't bear to leave you in the future."

Zhou Chen slapped her butt hard, with a fierce look on his face.

"You still dare to think about leaving me? You are so brave. Let me tell you this. There is no separation between you and me in life, only in death. Do you hear me clearly?"

Li Xiaoyue pressed Zhou Chen's mouth with her slender fingers and said anxiously: "Don't talk nonsense, say such unlucky words about life and death, I will be with you forever."

Zhou Chen knew that although Li Xiaoyue usually looked very free and easy, her parents' death in a car accident made her view life and death a little different from ordinary people. In the past, she was free and free and could live however she wanted, but now they are together , so naturally she was single and had different changes in her heart.

After being gentle for a while, Zhou Chen put her on the chair and started feeding her.

"Na Juan, you cook better than me, I want to learn from you."

Li Xiaoyue tasted the dishes cooked by Zhou Chen, with a very satisfied expression on her face. In the past, she would simply cook something by herself or order takeout, but now someone can cook for her and eat with her, which is really satisfying. She was particularly touched and satisfied. The place with Zhou Chen really felt like home.

"I will teach you step by step. If you don't want to do it, I will cook it for you. Who makes you my most beloved Xiaoyue baby?"

"Alas!"

Li Xiaoyue pretended to tremble exaggeratedly: "It's so numb, goosebumps are coming out."

"Really? Let me touch it and see."

"Oh, where are you going? I'm eating, don't make trouble."

Amid the noisy laughter, a delicious lunch was finished.

After lunch, Li Xiaoyue took out a notebook and calculator and calculated the accounts there.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm settling the accounts. This time I went to Xiangjiang, all the money was spent on air tickets and hotels, and I didn't make any contribution."

Zhou Chen sat down next to her, put his arm around her waist, and said softly: "Who said you didn't make a contribution? You have to play with me during the day and serve me at night. It's very tiring."

"roll!"

Li Xiaoyue laughed and cursed, and then continued to settle accounts.

"I brought a total of 20,000 yuan this time, and ended up with 3,000 yuan left. But in fact, our expenses this time, including air tickets and hotels, were more than 100,000 yuan, which was really too much."

"If it exceeds the standard, then exceed the standard. The main thing is to have fun. Aren't you happy?"

"I'm happy, of course I'm happy, but no matter how happy I am, I can't spend it like this. I know you have money, but if you keep using it like this, you won't be able to sustain it for long. I have to find a job tomorrow and I'll be able to get paid almost once before the end of the year. ; And my shared house expired years ago and the rent needs to be renewed. "

Zhou Chen said: "Why should I renew the rent? It's such a waste of money. Anyway, we live here most of the time. You don't want to rent a house in the future. You might as well live here with me. Otherwise, you won't be with me at night." I didn’t sleep well.”

Li Xiaoyue was very moved because Zhou Chen was telling the truth. Ever since their relationship broke through, they had been inseparable and she almost always lived here with Zhou Chen.

"It's OK to live here, but you can't live here for free. I pay the rent."

Zhou Chen said: "What kind of rent do you have to pay? You live here. You clean the place here, you often cook for me, and you have to sleep with me at night. This is all your contribution. How can the mere rent be worth it?" ”

Li Xiaoyue picked up the notebook and patted Zhou Chen: "I'll pay you for sleeping with you. I even said you slept with me. Who among us will suffer the loss? Who can say for sure?"

"Oh, you've made some progress."

"Don't be poor with me, I'm going to have a serious talk with you."

Zhou Chen straightened his expression and said, "Okay, you can say it, but don't talk about the rent."

Li Xiaoyue took the pen, clicked on the notebook, and said slowly: "I listen to you, I won't rent a house anymore, I will live with you, but after all, we are not married yet, we are just boyfriend and girlfriend, sometimes we still have to settle the matter …”

"If you say that, then I have something to say. We can take the household registration book and ID card tomorrow and go directly to register and get the certificate."

Zhou Chen's words confused Li Xiaoyue: "What did you say?"

"Register and get the certificate."

It took Li Xiaoyue a long time to react. The expression on his face was very complicated, ranging from moved to panic, but mostly at a loss.

"Registering to receive a certificate is not a trivial matter. We should discuss it later and talk about the immediate matter first."

After finally suppressing the excitement in his heart, Li Xiaoyue brought up the topic again.

Finally, at Zhou Chen's request, there was no rent, but she would have to pay for whatever the family needed to buy in the future, such as buying food, cooking, and other things. She would also be responsible for the housework in the future, etc.

Zhou Chen didn't object and just followed what she said. Having been in love and marriage countless times, he knew very well that no matter what he said before living together, if they really lived together, it would be impossible to do what he said before living together. Do.

There are only two situations after living together. One is that they become more and more careless, and finally the relationship becomes weaker and weaker, and then they separate.

Another way is to integrate more and more into each other's lives, accommodate each other, and slowly, slowly, we become a family. Even if there may be some minor frictions, basically there will no longer be those hurt feelings. calculating against each other.

In the evening, Zhou Chen took Li Xiaoyue to Na Wei's house and gave all the gifts he brought back to Na Wei and Shen Lin.

Seeing that Zhou Chen bought gifts for them, as well as Shen Lei and Xie Meilan, they were all very grateful. Na Wei took Zhou Chen to talk for a while, mainly asking Zhou Chen about his future plans. And the Chinese New Year is coming soon. Are you planning to go back to celebrate the Chinese New Year this year?

In the past two years, Na Juan did not go back to his hometown to celebrate the New Year due to work reasons, but this year the situation is different, because Zhou Chen quit his job and did not find a new job, so he will definitely have time to go back during the New Year.

Zhou Chen has never thought about this issue. Although he has become Na Juan, to be honest, he really has no feelings for the mother in his hometown.

He did not give Na Wei a definite answer, but planned to go back and ask Li Xiaoyue.

Li Xiaoyue is also alone now. He wants to ask Li Xiaoyue what her plans are for the New Year before making any plans.

I went back and asked Li Xiaoyue and found out that she was going back to her hometown to visit her parents' graves during the Chinese New Year and to see the situation in her hometown.

He originally planned to invite Li Xiaoyue to go back to his hometown with him to celebrate the New Year, but after hearing Li Xiaoyue's plan, he stopped talking. He also knew Li Xiaoyue's situation. He rarely went home, probably only once or twice a year. This year The change was a bit big, and she definitely wanted to go back and 'talk' to her parents.

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Time flies by very quickly. In the blink of an eye, more than two years have passed and 2023 has arrived.

More than two years was a long time, and a lot of things happened, but to Zhou Chen and the others, nothing too big happened.

In Xishuangbanna, Zhou Chen and Li Xiaoyue wore local clothes and shuttled among the crowd, with light steps and smiles, and they were very happy.

"Eat this, it's delicious." Li Xiaoyue put the kebabs she bought to Zhou Chen's mouth.

Zhou Chen took a bite and said, "Well, it's really delicious. I heard that there will be a bonfire party at the place where we stay at night. Let's go to it together at night."

Li Xiaoyue nodded crazily: "Okay, okay, I want to go, I want to go see it."

It has been almost three years since the two of them fell in love. They have been in a deep relationship for three years. Every year they travel together, sometimes for seven or eight days, sometimes for a month. They have always been together and have never been apart. .

It was Li Xiaoyue's decision to come to Xishuangbanna this time. She overcame the past and chose to come to Xishuangbanna with Zhou Chen. She also brought photos of her parents to complete the agreement she had not completed with her parents back then.

The two have been playing here for almost half a month. It is really a good place because it has a tropical rainforest climate. There is no scorching heat in summer and no severe cold in winter. It is warm and pleasant all year round, making it very suitable for vacation travel.

Moreover, as an autonomous prefecture, this place has many places suitable for sightseeing. It is one of the hot tourist cities in the country and the area with the most complete preserved tropical ecosystem in the country. It is known as the 'Plant Kingdom', 'Animal Kingdom', 'Biological Gene Bank', and 'Plant Kingdom'. It is known as "an emerald in the crown of the kingdom" and is also the only tropical rainforest nature reserve in the country.