Looking back carefully, it seems that Tao Zhi and Jiang Qihuai didn't eat together too often even from high school.
Except when she ran to his house, there was also Li Shuangjiang organizing everyone to have dinner together.
It seems that there are really few times when two people go out to eat alone.
Not to mention that he came here on his own initiative, almost every time he was alone with each other, Tao Zhi couldn't bear to watch him eat alone, so he condescended and offered to accompany him.
So until he got in the car, Tao Zhi was still immersed in the joy of waiting once in ten years, "My No. 3821 kindly invites the princess to have a meal".
Some words, just once in a lifetime, can only be uttered under special circumstances, and are worth recording with a recording pen for a lifetime of recollection.
It's a pity that I didn't have a recorder on me just now.
Tao Zhi sighed regretfully, turned his head to look at the man in the driver's seat.
Although she is not familiar with cars, she still knows the most basic signs of several brands.
Tao Zhi glanced at the circles in the center of his steering wheel, and suddenly felt a little emotional: "Jiang Qihuai, you are so rich now, you have a car."
She spoke in a very straightforward tone.
Jiang Qihuai couldn't hold back the corner of his lower lip when she was blunt and undisguised by her words: "It's assigned by the company."
Tao Zhi nodded, and continued to say with emotion: "The last time I took your car, I was still riding a bicycle. I didn't expect that this is the second time that I can have a tent."
Jiang Qihuai: "..."
Tao Zhi suddenly missed the green onion at that time, and she continued to recall: "You rode very fast, and then you didn't remind me when you were going downhill."
Jiang Qihuai hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't help but said, "I reminded you."
Tao Zhi didn't expect him to argue: "You call it a reminder, and if you remind me later, it will be too late."
"Then don't look at yourself."
"What am I looking at? Have you ever watched a youth literary film? The heroine doesn't care about the road, we only care about the beauty." Tao Zhi looked at him expressionlessly, "You are making trouble now. Throw it to me?"
While waiting for the traffic light, Jiang Qihuai put his wrist on the steering wheel, and he turned to look at her: "No."
Tao Zhi looked at him with a serious expression, and suddenly felt a little childish.
As soon as the matter was brought up again, those memories that Tao Zhi thought he had forgotten were obviously far away, and the memories that had been dusted and dusted in the depths of his mind were once again connected in a row like old film.
They are spread out in front of the eyes one by one, and even the once dark and faded pictures are connected to the present across a long time axis, and slowly become vivid again.
In the not-so-warm autumn, under the shade of the trees on the university campus in the early morning, the wheels of the bicycle rustled over the golden leaves all over the ground, and the boy's school uniform jacket was blown up by the wind behind him. The smell of clean washing powder and a very special smell Yes, his smell hits the tip of the nose against the wind.
That day, she confessed to the boy she liked seriously for the first time.
She didn't know if Jiang Qihuai was thinking the same thing as her, but his expression became silent almost at the same time when he looked at her.
The fingertips of his hand resting on the steering wheel slightly lifted.
The traffic lights at the intersection flickered and slowly turned green, and the crisp sound of car horns from behind broke the silence in the car.
The two people seemed to be awakened from the illusion at the same time, Tao Zhi blinked and turned his head away.
Jiang Qihuai hung his raised fingers in the air, paused for a second, then put on the steering wheel again, and started the car slowly.
The restaurant chosen by Jiang Qihuai is not too far from Tao Zhi's studio.
There is a large art park on this side. The next few streets are basically full of gallery wood carvings and various weird art exhibitions, and further ahead is the National Art Museum, which belongs to the trendy area.
Jiang Qihuai chose a Spanish restaurant, the rich and colorful decoration style exuded a warm and exotic style everywhere, and it was incompatible with someone with a cold face from the inside to the outside.
They sat down to order, Tao Zhi secretly glanced at him several times.
Jiang Qihuai was stared at by her several times, and raised his eyes from the menu: "What's wrong."
"It's nothing," Tao Zhi said seriously, "I just didn't expect you to like Spanish food."
"I don't choose, I just think you will like it." Jiang Qihuai looked down at the menu again, and said flatly, "I drove by once before, so I wanted to bring you here."
"Oh." Tao Zhi blinked, then looked away, the corners of his lips curled up uncontrollably.
Tao Zhi really likes the Spanish customs and culture, and the food is very suitable for her appetite. Jiang Qihuai chose this restaurant to taste very authentic. After the meal, Tao Zhi dug into the ice cream in the glass and enjoyed the dessert after the meal.
After eating dessert, Jiang Qihuai sent Tao Zhi back to the studio.
It was already late for them to eat, and it was nearly three o'clock when they returned to the studio. Tao Zhi originally wanted to say, or just go out to play today.
But she held back reservedly.
The car stopped at the door of the studio, Tao Zhi got out of the car, she walked around the front of the car, she didn't turn around to look, she walked forward slowly step by step with her head sullen.
Walking all the way to the fast door, in the car behind him, Jiang Qihuai suddenly called her: "Zhizhi."
Tao Zhi stopped walking, she adjusted her expression, then put on a straight face, pretending to turn her head: "What are you doing?"
Jiang Qihuai rolled the car window to the bottom, put his arm on the edge of the car window, looked at her and asked, "When is the next number 3821 in line?"
Tao Zhi paused for a moment, as if trying to think about how to answer his question, then she raised her chin pretending to be cold: "You continue to wait for the notice."
Jiang Qihuai stared at her for a few seconds, then suddenly lowered his eyes, he licked the corner of his lower lip, and suddenly laughed.
Tao Zhi was a little uncomfortable: "What are you laughing at?"
"It's nothing." Jiang Qihuai stopped laughing and raised his head again, with a slight curve on his lips, "Then I'll wait for the notice."
Tao Zhi waved his hand at him, and then said stiffly, "Goodbye."
She turned around, swayed with her hands behind her back, and swayed into the room like an uncle.
Standing at the door, Tao Zhi vaguely heard the sound of the car restarting and driving away outside. She waited for a while for the outside to become completely quiet before she turned her head.
Jiang Qihuai's chariot was no longer at the door, Tao Zhi pursed his lips, almost jumped around happily, and then couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips.
She turned around with her hands behind her back and walked back and forth. Xu Suinian just happened to pass by with a coffee cup in her hand. Tao Zhi quickly raised her hand, poked the corner of her lips with her fingertips, and then pulled it down like a cover.
In the next few days, Tao Zhi still didn't take the initiative to send a message to Jiang Qihuai.
It's just that Jiang Qihuai didn't send it to her again, and asked her when she could face the saint.
Tao Zhi didn't say anything, just sent Lin Suyan a WeChat message calmly, asking if his old classmate's work and life were going well recently, whether he was happy or not.
She sent a WeChat message in the afternoon, and Lin Suyan replied very late at night: [I just saw that the wallet is very happy, but other things are not happy. Recently, I am so busy every day that I wish I could grow three heads and six arms.]
Tao Zhi was lying on the sofa with a facial mask on. After seeing this WeChat message, he threw his phone on the sofa and reluctantly accepted the reason.
Fine.
Lin Suyan is so busy, Jiang Qihuai is probably also busy.
When she lifted off the mask, the phone vibrated again, and Tao Zhi opened the screen with her little finger that wasn't stained with the mask liquid, and the interface was still on the dialog box with Lin Suyan just now.
[Lin Suyan]: My boss was busy and sick, and he had a fever of almost 40 degrees, took antipyretics and worked at home.
Tao Zhi:?
She tore off the entire mask sheet on her face with a "swish", then got up from the sofa, took out a tissue to wipe her hands, and typed to confirm: [? ? Forty degrees? ? Your boss? your boss? Didn't this go to the hospital?]
Lin Suyan: [Yeah, I didn't go. I took a leave of absence today and worked at home. I just sent me new customer information.]
When Fu Xiling walked into the living room with the computer in his arms, he saw Tao Zhi standing in front of the sofa with an unwashed mask all over his face, looking at her with a troubled expression.
Fu Xiling was stunned: "What's wrong?"
"Lingling, Jiang Qihuai is sick," Tao Zhi said sadly, "very serious."
Fu Xiling: "..."
"Ah," Fu Xiling said following her will, "Then do you want to take a look?"
"Is this appropriate?" Tao Zhi frowned and said seriously, "He's just my ex-boyfriend."
Fu Xiling and Tao Zhi have been friends for many years. Regarding her thoughts and character, Fu Xiling is not bad at all, at least they are close to each other. She nodded and said: "Although it's just your ex-boyfriend, but Anyway, we are all old classmates, and Xueshen lives alone now, and he has no one to take care of him when he is sick, so it is very pitiful, I think it is okay to go and see."
Tao Zhi was convinced by her perfect logic.
She pondered for two seconds, and said seriously: "I think what you said makes sense."
While talking, Tao Zhi quickly rushed into the bathroom to wash off the mask, and when he came out, he only left one sentence: "I'm going to change clothes."
"..."
Fu Xiling sighed.
In order not to look too deliberate, Tao Zhi dressed very low-key.
The beige cashmere dress was paired with a dark coat. She had just taken a shower, and she didn't care whether her face looked good without makeup. She went straight to the underground parking lot and took out her car keys, and put Jiang Qihuai's Address import navigation.
It was nearly nine o'clock in the evening, and the section of road below the Second Ring Elevated Road was completely blocked.
More than half an hour later, Tao Zhi snaked around the crowded traffic and passed the second ring road, parked the car in the underground toll parking lot of the community, and then stood at the door of Jiang Qihuai's house according to the address An Sesel gave her last time .
This building of his house is a small high-rise building with a small total number of floors. There are two floors and three households. The entrance door and the entrance door are opened in different directions. There is a soft partition in the middle, which provides excellent privacy.
Tao Zhi sighed.
No matter how many years have passed, no matter how old she is, she is still the one who will do it just because she wants to, regardless of impulsiveness.
I came because I wanted to see you.
It seems that he has not changed from himself a few years ago.
Tao Zhi stood in front of the combination lock, lowered his head and sighed, then leaned over and rang the doorbell.
After waiting for a while, she heard the elevator make a soft "ding dong", then slowly opened, and someone came out, probably Jiang Qihuai's neighbor on the same floor.
She stood inside, tried her best to shrink into the corner, raised her hand and pressed the doorbell again, frowning.
Why didn't this man open the door
Passed out in there
Tao Zhi was a little anxious, she raised her eyes, put her fingertips against the door to the cat's eyes, half-closed one eye and kept looking in, but all she could see was darkness.
The footsteps of Jiang Qihuai's neighbor who just got off the elevator stopped, probably because she thought that she was acting sneaky and not a good person.
Tao Zhi turned around and raised his eyes. Just as he was about to speak, he saw the neighbor leaning sideways on the soft partition next to him, looking at her with downcast eyes, and raised his eyebrows a little lazily: "Here you come to steal something?"
"..."
Tao Zhi opened his mouth, put his fingertips on the door and pointed in: "Are you not at home?"
Jiang Qihuai straightened up and walked over: "Why am I at home?"
"Aren't you sick and working from home?"
"Huh?" Jiang Qihuai raised his hand to press the combination lock, and entered the password one by one. After pressing the last number, he turned his head and said calmly, "Is there still your little spy in my office?"
Tao Zhi's heart skipped a beat, she choked, then looked away guiltily.
The door opened with two beeps, Jiang Qihuai opened the door, and stepped aside: "Come in."
Seeing that he didn't dwell on the last question, Tao Zhi heaved a sigh of relief and entered the door.
His new home is very different from the previous one.
The decoration style is simple and bright, the open kitchen is very large, and the dining table is no longer crowded with the door, and it hardly fits. The living room is spacious. There is no TV on the wall in front of the sofa and coffee table. There are only two rows of large bookshelves against the wall. Next to the bookshelves, there is still a small lazy sofa for one person in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, and a small square wooden table beside the bookshelves. There is a chess set on it.
Before the end of the game, the rook on the board directly killed the Chu River and the Han border, and the cannon was erected in the middle across the bank, and the black chess was checked.
Tao Zhi stood in front of the table with downcast eyes, in a daze, and seemed to see an old man with white hair sitting on the small single sofa in front of the window sill. The old man was wearing reading glasses, holding a book in his hand, and smiled. His eyes were bent, and he said to her with ease: "Think about it, come here, I'm going to jump."
She lowered her eyes in a hurry, raised her hand and rubbed the tip of her sore nose, looked away from the chessboard, and turned around.
Jiang Qihuai had already taken off his coat, he walked to the kitchen, opened the refrigerator door and took out something, then washed his hands by the sink, the fabric of the shirt on his body vaguely outlined the shape and outline of bones and texture with the movement.
Where does it look like it has a fever of 40 degrees
Tao Zhi took out his mobile phone from his pocket and sent Lin Suyan a WeChat message: [Didn't you say that your boss has a fever of 40 degrees and is working at home?]
[Lin Suyan]: Yes.
Tao Zhi tilted his head, looked up and down at Jiang Qihuai again: [He looks fine.]
[Lin Suyan]:
[Tao Zhi]:
[Lin Suyan]: Who are you talking about
[Tao Zhi]: I said your director.
[Lin Suyan]:
[Lin Suyan]: I said our team leader.
Tao Zhi: "..."
How many bosses are you! The master of finance who is also a sea turtle, why are you so young?
[Lin Suyan]: But you, why do you know our director? Didn't you say Quasimodo before? Say someone weighs 200 catties
Tao Zhi entered his avatar with a peaceful face, ticked it to block this person's conversation, then logged out of WeChat and locked the phone screen.
After she finished this series, Jiang Qihuai just came out of the kitchen with a plate of freshly washed strawberries in his hand.
Tao Zhi was stunned for a moment, and lowered his head.
In the glass fruit bowl, the strawberries were plump and bright red, and the leaves at the end were still picked clean. Tao Zhi watched the water drop rolling down the bright red tips and into the plate, and muttered softly: "Why do you always have strawberries at home?" of."
"It just so happens," Jiang Qihuai put the plate on the coffee table, turned his head, "Have you had dinner yet?"
Tao Zhi nodded honestly: "Didn't you eat?"
"Well, I just got off work," Jiang Qihuai folded into the kitchen again, took out a strip of dried noodles from the refrigerator, brought out a few tomatoes and eggs, and planned to cook some egg noodles for a simple meal.
Tao Zhi obediently sat in front of the sofa and ate two strawberries, and couldn't sit still anymore. She bit the strawberry butt and ran to the kitchen, leaning her head to look into the pot in front of him.
Even though it was just simple egg noodles, without any meaty taste, Tao Zhi still smelled a fragrance on the tip of his nose.
She bit the strawberry, pointed to the boiling soup pot, and commanded him in a vague voice: "No. 3821, I want to eat some too, so cook me a bowl too."
Jiang Qihuai turned his head sideways.
The girl's face approached very close. She has no makeup today, her white and clean beautiful face is as delicate as a peeled boiled egg, her eyes are dark and her eyelashes are distinct.
She was half biting a strawberry in her mouth, the light red juice overflowed and dyed her soft lips red, and the tip of the unswallowed strawberry quietly showed its head between her lips and teeth.
Jiang Qihuai's eyes fell on the tip of the strawberry and stopped for a moment, his sharp Adam's apple rolled uncontrollably.
He hastily lowered his eyes and looked away: "Be honest and wait outside."
Tao Zhi was kicked out of the kitchen by him, his lips curled up inexplicably, and he didn't know why he was being dishonest.
She swallowed the strawberry and wandered into the living room.
The area of his house doesn't look that big, but fortunately, the layout is very good and the decoration is comfortable. The first room on the right hand side of the hallway at the other end of the living room is the bedroom.
The bedroom door was not closed, and the lamp beside the bed was also on. Tao Zhi didn't go in, but stood at the door trying to close the bedroom door for him, and glanced in casually when he put his hand on the doorknob.
It was still a very simple room, without the desk, it looked cleaner than in high school, with no decorations on the dark walls, only a photo hanging by the bedside.
When Tao Zhi saw the photo, he paused.
She put her fingers on the doorknob and froze in place.
It was a very small, very ordinary sunset seaside, which was exhibited when she participated in a private photography auction exhibition in China for the first time.
Because it was so common, no one cared about it at the time.
But no matter how ordinary, no matter how many years have passed, Tao Zhi can recognize him at a glance because he is his own child.
In the photo, the sky is so red that it looks like someone squeezed a bottle of tomato sauce into the sky, and the waves rolled up the fine sand and rushed to the beach. On the beach below the edge of the photo, a slender and white foot poked into the camera, with fine sticky skin on the foot. Sand playfully stepped into the thin water.
That's her foot.
And this photo should now be in the hands of the only person who was willing to buy her photo at the auction that year.