Chapter 65 Holding Hands
"You can never have too many gifts when giving your girlfriend." When the stall owner heard Chen Mo's words, he smiled and agreed.

The stall is called "Woodcarving Study Room". The owner, Yuan Zhujun, is a young girl in her twenties who dresses in a sweet style but has the shrewdness and foresight of a business person.

What is the best business to do? Of course, it is the business of women and children.

When visiting this kind of handmade art stall, people who come with their girlfriends or children tend to be more willing to buy and are easier to talk to, and are obviously the easiest customers to close deals with.

So when she heard the couple holding hands in front of her flirting, Yuan Zhujun knew that business was coming.

"Beauty, your boyfriend gave you a lucky cat, so you give your boyfriend an Ultraman."

"He accompanies you in romance, and you accompany him in innocence, how sweet."

Yuan Zhujun spoke to Xu Hongdou enthusiastically, and it was obvious that she knew very well whose wishes were most important in this situation.

Chen Mo, who was listening nearby, also thought it was a good idea and said to Xu Hongdou with a smile, "This is fine. How about using it as a token of love?"

When Yuan Zhujun heard what Chen Mo said, her smile became even wider. It turned out that they were a couple who had just fallen in love. This meant that this deal was a sure thing.

Xu Hongdou rolled her beautiful eyes at Chen Mo.

Wow, they just held hands and now they are giving each other a token of love. Are they going straight to the Civil Affairs Bureau after leaving the market?
This is the first date, and you just want to get it right the first time, right?
"No, there are enough lucky cats at home." Xu Hongdou ignored Chen Mo, but shook her head and said to Yuan Zhujun with a smile.

Yuan Zhujun kept smiling, but looked at Chen Mo expectantly.

Handsome guy, it’s time to pay the bill and show your boyfriend power!
Chen Mo shook his head helplessly and said, "I don't have enough pocket money. She has the final say in our family."

Yuan Zhujun blinked and her smile froze.

Did I miscalculate? This cooked duck is about to fly away?!
A handsome man of 1.8 meters, yet he is not even married yet, he is controlled so strictly by a woman? Is he a hopeless person?!
This beauty has already firmly grasped the man's wallet before getting married. She is so skilled! !

"Beautiful ladies are well trained," Yuan Zhujun said with a dry laugh.

Xu Hongdou could only respond with an awkward but polite smile.

Chen Mo was also maintaining an unnatural smile, because at this moment his palm was being pinched by Xu Hongdou's fingers.

However, Chen Mo did not let go of the jade hand. Instead, he took the opportunity to interlock the fingers of Xu Hongdou and held her fingers tightly.

Xu Hongdou's hands were slender and green as jade, but obviously not as thick and broad as Chen Mo's.

So Xu Hongdou instantly felt her hand being completely and tightly wrapped by a warm force, preventing her from escaping.

Xu Hongdou leaned slightly towards Chen Mo, with a smile on her face, her lips barely moving, and she looked like she was just looking at the other displays on the stall.

But Chen Mo suddenly heard a "gritting teeth" warning:

"Don't push yourself too far."

The sound was very small, probably only Chen Mo could hear it.

But Chen Mo pretended not to hear anything, and even held Xu Hongdou's hand in his palm provocatively, smiling brightly.

I don’t know when it started, but Xu Hongdou no longer emphasized to others that they were just ordinary friends. Even now, she would save “face” for Chen Mo in front of outsiders.

Chen Mo could feel these subtle changes, so he dared to be so "unbridled".

This may also be an intuitive talent of men in relationships, which enables them to keenly perceive the right time to "attack".

Feeling Chen Mo's provocative action, Xu Hongdou raised her eyebrows and was about to say something when she heard Yuan Zhujun's introduction.

"If you don't want a lucky cat, you can look at other ones. I also have the twelve zodiac series, vegetables and flowers, cartoon characters, and koi, water sloths, and capybara."

Seeing that Xu Hongdou did not move away and was interested in looking at other things, Yuan Zhujun began to introduce them enthusiastically.

Yuan Zhujun even noticed Xu Hongdou's raised eyebrows, and thought that Xu Hongdou liked something she saw, so she mentioned each one to observe which one Xu Hongdou liked.

Little did he know that this was just Xu Hongdou's reaction to someone's small movement of his hand.

"What is Capybara?" Xu Hongdou asked when she heard an unfamiliar term.

"This is the Capybara." Yuan Zhujun picked up a wooden sculpture that was round, cute, and looked a bit like a guinea pig.

"Is this called Capybara?" Xu Hongdou took it and looked at it carefully.

"Yes, it's actually capybara. Capybara is its literal English translation, and it sounds cuter."

"It represents a mental state of our contemporary young people," Yuan Zhujun introduced.

"What mental state?" Xu Hongdou asked curiously.

"Capibara has a gentle personality, stable emotions, likes quietness, and likes to be in a daze when he has nothing to do."

"If you want to eat it, it can lie down for you to gnaw on."

"It gives people a feeling of 'if you die, you're dead; if you're not dead, you're alive'," Yuan Zhujun said with a smile.

Xu Hongdou listened to Yuan Zhujun's words and couldn't help but say happily: "What it means is: Living is good, and dying is also okay?"

"Hehe, yes, that's what I mean." Yuan Zhujun nodded.

"And Capybara also loves Jenga. Let me show you a video."

Yuan Junzhu took out her mobile phone to share, and it was obvious that she also liked capybaras.

Capybara is the largest rodent in the world, weighing more than 100 kilograms. Because it has no tail, it is also called the tailless rat.

Capybara is a bit like a pig in water, cute and docile, a social butterfly in the animal world.

Because the poop produced by capybaras is soft, sweet and very popular, many friends like it, so everyone likes to be around it.

No reason, just want to have something hot.

Even Capibala’s slogan when he was constipated was for world peace!
But Capibala actually felt very aggrieved.

I treat you as brothers, but you are greedy for my shit and piss?
I can’t even start producing and selling my own products!
Yes, it wants to eat this shit itself.

Because capybaras have a short digestive tract and are unable to fully digest and absorb nutrients from food, their feces contain beneficial bacteria and a large amount of protein and other nutrients.

So eating feces helps them better break down the cellulose in the grass.

Therefore, capybaras' eating requires an "extracorporeal circulation", that is, digestion, defecation, and eating feces. This eating process usually repeats three times.

"It's so funny." Xu Hongdou couldn't help laughing when watching the video that Yuan Zhujun showed her.

"Really? Capybara is very cute." Yuan Zhujun said happily.

Share the things you like with others. If they like them too, you will feel a sense of joy of being recognized.

"Then I'll buy this." Xu Hongdou said, holding a Capybara.

"Okay, I'll pack it for you." Yuan Zhujun said with a smile.

Sharing makes people happy, but making money is even more satisfying.

"I want this one too." Xu Hongdou pointed at the Ultraman that Chen Mo had just taken.

"Okay." Yuan Zhujun was stunned for a moment, then quickly nodded with a smile.

Haha, the duck is back again.

Chen Mo was a little surprised when he saw Xu Hongdou's action. He could not help but gently shook the hand that he was holding with Xu Hongdou, with a happy smile in his eyes.

Xu Hongdou noticed Chen Mo's gaze, but ignored it, pretending not to see it, but her ears were quietly stained with a light pink. Seeing Xu Hongdou pretending not to see it, Chen Mo couldn't help but shake the hand they were holding again.

Xu Hongdou raised their clasped palms, then patted the back of Chen Mo's hand with her other hand and glared at Chen Mo.

"You have ADHD."

"I have manual degeneration. I don't know why, but when I hold your hand I suddenly want to play the guitar." Chen Mo said, trying to hold back a smile.

"Don't hold my hand if you move again." Xu Hongdou said with some embarrassment.

Xu Hongdou knew that Chen Mo was probably trying to sing some corny love song to tease her.

“That won’t do. What if I lose you? Then no one will buy me Ultraman.” Chen Mo immediately shook his head.

"Who said I bought it for you? What if I like it myself?" Xu Hongdou snorted.

"You like it too? Then tell me, what is this called?" Chen Mo picked up an Ultraman at random and asked.

"Just call him Ultraman, what else can he be called?" said Xu Hongdou.

"From what you said, I know you don't believe in light." Chen Mo sighed.

"What light?" Xu Hongdou wondered.

"See, you don't even know the faith of light." Chen Mo said.

"Handsome guy, just believe it. Your girlfriend bought it for you." Yuan Zhujun had already packed the two wood sculptures.

"Actually, I didn't believe it at first, but since she gave it to me, I believed it." Chen Mo looked at Xu Hongdou and smiled gently.

Xu Hongdou asked about the price, scanned the code to pay, and added: "It's not a gift for him."

Seeing Xu Hongdou paying, Yuan Zhujun handed the bag to Chen Mo.

Because each of them only had one hand, and the other hand was holding each other's.

So in response to what Xu Hongdou said, the only words left in Yuan Zhujun's mind were "hehe".

At least you should let go of your hand before you say that!
Do you know that you two have never let go of each other's hands since you came to my stall?
You still say it's not a gift? Do you think I'm blind?

Yuan Zhujun feels that it is really difficult to do business these days. Every time she sells something, she is fed with dog food.

Noticing Yuan Zhujun's expression, Chen Mo explained to her seriously:
"She'll probably deduct it from my pocket money for next month."

Yuan Zhujun was speechless. You two think you don’t have to pay for your sweetness to death, right?
"Thank you for your patronage." Yuan Zhujun replied with a smile.

"Thank you, boss. Goodbye."

Both sides said goodbye briefly.

Yuan Zhujun looked at the backs of Chen Mo and Xu Hongdou and suddenly felt like falling in love.

The wooden head with the spinning tops in front seems to be growing well. Why don't we go take a look at it when we close the stall? Yuan Zhujun couldn't help thinking.

Chen Mo and Xu Hongdou continued to stroll around.

"Hey, tokens of love have to be given to each other. It doesn't seem right for you to buy both." Chen Mo said, lifting the bag in his hand.

"Who gave you a token of love? Are we engaged?" Xu Hongdou said.

"So you're taking advantage of me for nothing, and you're holding my hand for nothing?" Chen Mo said shamelessly.

Hearing Chen Mo's words of taking advantage of the situation, Xu Hongdou couldn't stand it anymore and was about to pull her hand out immediately.

"I've got a hold of it, how could I let go?" Chen Mo said confidently.

Seeing that she couldn't pull her hand out, Xu Hongdou pulled Chen Mo's hand to her mouth, rolled up her sleeves, and started biting it.

"Fuck~~ I was wrong, I was wrong. I'm sorry. I was wrong."

The moment Chen Mo felt the pain, he let go of Xu Hongdou's hand, but now it was Xu Hongdou who held Chen Mo's hand tightly.

"I was really wrong. Let's talk it over nicely. It's wrong for a gentleman to use his mouth, and it's also wrong for a gentleman to use his body. Anyway, let's talk it over nicely," Chen Mo begged for mercy.

"Hmph~~" Xu Hongdou snorted coldly.

This time Xu Hongdou was really rude. She took a big bite and then rubbed her lips with her thumb, just like the heroine in a fighting scene in a movie. She was indescribably cool.

If there weren't so many people around, it would have been perfect if he had spit out some blood foam at this time.

"Hiss~~" Chen Mo raised his arm and saw two rows of obvious teeth marks and a red lip mark.

"You're so cruel! What kind of token of love do you need? You've just left a mark on me." Chen Mo couldn't help but say.

"How about letting you get carried away, talk nonsense, and be shameless again?" Xu Hongdou said, raising her chin slightly.

"I am not a clean person anymore. You have to be responsible for me." Chen Mo said without hesitation.

Xu Hongdou immediately grabbed Chen Mo's hand and pretended to take another bite.

"You're still coming?!" Chen Mo immediately put his hands behind his back.

"What kind of person are you? Why do you bite people easily?"

"You're born in the Year of the Rabbit. I'll bite you when I get angry. So what?" Xu Hongdou said bluntly.

"I can't afford to offend you. I can't afford to offend you." Chen Mo shook his head.

The playfulness between the two inevitably attracted the attention of others, but seeing that they were a handsome man and a beautiful woman, most of them smiled knowingly.

People are always tolerant of beautiful things.

"It's all your fault. Let's go." Xu Hongdou said in a low voice, feeling a little uncomfortable with the gazes of others.

"Why blame me? It was you who bit me, okay?" Chen Mo also cried out in a low voice.

"It's all your fault. If you hadn't said such shameless words, would I have bitten you?" Xu Hongdou said with glaring eyes.

"Okay, blame me, blame me. Let's move on. Don't stop here. The longer we stop, the more people will look at us."

As Chen Mo said this, he was about to hold Xu Hongdou's hand.

"Go by yourself." Xu Hongdou slapped Chen Mo's big pig's hoof away.

"You'll get lost later." Chen Mo said.

"Call the police if you get lost." Xu Hongdou walked forward by herself.

Chen Mo quickly followed, and said with a sad tone of reminiscence:
"There was once a delicate hand that was tightly held in my hand, but I did not know how to cherish it. It was not until I lost it that I regretted it. This is the most painful thing in the world."

"If God could give me another chance, I would like to tell you."

Chen Mo turned his head, looked at Xu Hongdou, and said seriously:
"Can you let me hold your hand again?"

"No." Xu Hongdou replied.

To Chen Mo, the two short words uttered by Xu Hongdou sounded like the cold wind in the cold winter of December, which made people feel cold.

When a girl doesn't want to cooperate with you, you will realize that it's not because your routines and skills are so brilliant, but that she is willing to play dumb.

(End of this chapter)