Xu Suicha started the topic and asked, "I'm willing to admit defeat, what do you want me to do?"
"Grandpa's birthday next week, come with me home." Zhou Jingze let go, lowered his neck, and looked at her.
Xu Sui was stunned, remembering that he was going to take her back to see her grandfather in college, but she broke up with her. After saying this, Zhou Jingze also realized something, and the two fell silent in unison.
"You mean pretending to be your girlfriend? Yes." Xu Sui nodded. What was originally ambiguous and entangled became clear and well-defined because of what she said.
Zhou Jingze's eyelids twitched, he obviously didn't mean that, but only in this way, Xu Sui would go home with him. In this case, he also admitted.
The man bit his back molars and said, "Yes, pretending."
"You remember to buy a gift." Xu Sui reminded with a tug on the corner of his mouth.
After returning home at night, Xu Sui was lying on the bed, Liang Shuang forwarded a piece of news, and said: [Sui Sui, this one-one is you, the plane that Zhou Jingze is driving is a tease, even I am a little moved.]
Xu Sui followed the link and clicked in, only to find out that during the day Zhou Jingze used an airplane to write his confession in the sky.
Because the pilot is so handsome, netizens began to pick up his information, but unfortunately, his identity and background could not be found out at all, only the airlines he worked for before.
As for the name he wrote on the plane, Yiyi, it was just a nickname or nickname, let alone anyone else.
Xu Sui clicked on the comments under this video, and they all licked the screen on Zhou Jingze's appearance: [This kind of handsome appearance, still has single eyelids, I have a feeling, I think I can find him for the endorsement of the live-action CS competitive game that just came out.]
[From today onwards, I have changed my husband, please call me Mrs. Zhou from now on.]
[Really, where can I meet him by chance in Jingbei City?]
The lamp beside the bed was emitting a warm light. Xu Sui was lying on the bed, staring at Liang Shuang's words "Even I am a little bit moved" in a daze.
Zhou Jingze is like this. Like the turbulent wind, the blazing sun, liking someone, vigorously, blatantly wanting to let the whole world know.
The time for agreeing to accompany Zhou Jingze to his grandfather's house came soon. Zhou Jing was waiting downstairs at her house half an hour in advance, with his slender hands resting on the steering wheel, he was reaching for the cigarette in the center console, he glanced casually, and his eyes stopped.
Xu Sui came from afar. She was wearing an off-white embroidered waist skirt today, and a lake blue coat over it. Her hair was tied into a ball head, revealing a smooth and full forehead. , apricot eyes full, lips light red.
He looks very much like Xu Sui in college.
Quiet and quiet, people can't help but take a second look.
The man's Adam's apple rolled slowly, looking at her: "Very beautiful."
Xu Sui didn't know his mood change, just took it as an ordinary compliment, and replied politely: "Thank you."
The car drove forward slowly all the way, and drove into an old urban area, and the sight suddenly opened up. Two days of tall plane trees were planted on both sides of the road, covering the sky and the sun, and the sun fell from the gaps in the leaves above the head, and the mottled trees all over the place film.
Zhou Jingze drove left and stopped at the gate, took out the access control card from his wallet, leaned over and handed it over, and the guard swiped the card to let him go. The car moves forward slowly.
Looking through the car window, Xu Sui found that there was a family building inside, with a wide area and shaded by trees. A group of young people were playing football on the football field, and there was a burst of cheers from time to time.
After parking the car, Xu Sui was still looking here and there, feeling a little strange, with his eyes rolling around, someone took her hand, the broad palm was firmly pressed against her palm.
Xu Sui subconsciously wanted to make money, but Zhou Jingze reminded her: "I'm going in soon."
"Why, I haven't seen a family home before." Zhou Jingze led her forward, smiling.
"You haven't seen it before. My dad used to be a fireman, and my mom was a teacher. I grew up in two family homes."
She just hadn't seen the family courtyard of aeronautical engineers, walking in it, she could see old-fashioned aircraft models standing there everywhere.
There were two wintersweet plants at the door of Grandpa Zhou’s house, the petals of which were protruding from the branches. He led Xu Sui in, and there were already many guests inside.
As soon as people entered, Xu Sui received scrutinizing eyes from all directions, and couldn't help feeling a little nervous. Zhou Jingze held her wrist tightly and said:
"It's okay, these are relatives at home and some students of my grandfather."
Zhou Jingze led the people to a pair of elderly people, handed over the gift, and smiled: "Grandpa, happy birthday, this is Xu Sui."
The old man turned his eyes to her, Xu Sui hesitated for a long time, and finally said with a smile: "Grandpa, happy birthday."
The old man is 76 years old, his hair is gray, but his body is still strong. When he heard the word "Grandpa", he immediately smiled, waved his hands and said:
"Okay, you are one by one, I am happy to see this kid finally brought his girlfriend home."
Xu Sui was puzzled in his heart, how did the old man know her nickname and even know her. As soon as the old man opened his mouth, Seventh Auntie surrounded him, pulling Xu Suimong to ask questions, very enthusiastic.
"If you're such a fool, you can still find a girlfriend."
"Where are you from, girl? How old are you this year?"
"I haven't seen any girl brought home by Jingze. You are the first one. Are you planning to get married?"
Surrounded by the crowd, Xu Sui was dragged by the elders to ask you one sentence at a time. She was a little overwhelmed by the excessive enthusiasm.
Besides, she was not Zhou Jingze's real girlfriend.
Just when she didn't know what to do, a lazy and laughing voice came in. Zhou Jingze held her hand tightly and said:
"Elders, if you continue to ask, you will scare people away, what should I do?"
"Uncle, you're called dog food!" A milky voice came out from the crowd.
Everyone was amused by the child, Xu Sui twitched the corners of his lips when he saw Zhou Jingze lowered his head, his heart suffocated.
Zhou Jingze was drinking tea with the old man, chatting with relatives on his mother's side, and when he occasionally mentioned his recent situation, he passed it lightly.
Xu Sui was sitting in the living room watching cartoons with the child. The little girl was named Guoguo. She was a bit skinny, but her mouth was very sweet.
Guoguo was fascinated by watching cartoons. She jumped up on the sofa at the critical moment. She was holding a glass of juice in her hand. She staggered and didn't pay attention. On the white skirt, wet dripping down.
The child panicked at the moment, and the nanny just brought the fruit, so she hurriedly put down the fruit plate and handed it to her, saying, "My little ancestor, look at the good deeds you have done."
Zhou Jingze heard the sound from here, walked over, saw that Xu Sui's skirt was all stained with fruit, and asked:
"what happened?"
The little girl shivered because of Zhou Jingze's approach, and said with tears in her eyes, "I'm sorry, auntie."
Zhou Jingze frowned, and wanted to say something more. Xu Sui looked up at him, his eyes stopped, and he touched the little girl's head with his other hand, with a gentle voice:
"It's okay, but you have to sit down when watching TV in the future."
"Hmm." The little girl sniffed.
Xu Sui lowered his head and continued to wipe her skirt, but it was useless. The nanny said, "Miss Xu, why don't you go upstairs and change. Her aunt's clothes before she went abroad are still new."
"Go ahead, I'll call you when we have dinner later."
Xu Sui nodded, followed the nanny to the second floor and entered a second bedroom. The nanny opened the cloakroom and smiled: "Miss Xu, the clothes on this floor are all new, you change first, I'll go out first, call me if you need anything."
"Thank you." Xu Sui said.
Seeing that it was almost time for dinner, Zhou Jingze glanced at the time, he hadn't come down yet, so he planned to go upstairs and ask Xu Sui to go downstairs for dinner.
The young grandfather put his hands in his pockets and walked upstairs slowly to the second room on the left on the second floor.
Zhou Jingze stood still at the door, bent his fingers and tapped on the square, making a dun du sound.
Xu Sui was still changing clothes inside. Most of the clothes in the cloakroom were brighter in color. She finally picked out a simple one, but found that this dress was too difficult to wear.
She thought it was Mama Zhang, the nanny, and said, "Come in, the door is open."
With a "click", the door was opened. Xu Sui was still struggling with the skirt on her body. She was wearing a corset with cross straps today, and the black velvet skirt outside was tied with buckles. The underwear straps were entangled with the skirt. Can't solve it.
"Aunt Zhang, can you help me solve it?" Xu Sui's voice was a little helpless.
Zhou Jingze leaned against the door, staring at the woman's back with his dark eyes, his breathing gradually burning hot.
At 11:30 in the morning, a large area of light flooded in and cast on her back, creating a transparent texture of suet jade, pure and lustful.
She is too thin, the two butterfly bones on the back are protruding, and the ridge in the middle extends all the way down, blocked by the black velvet skirt, which is alluring and full of reverie.
Xu Sui was wearing a black velvet dress with the back zipper half-zipped and the belt pulled backhand so that the sleeves slipped loosely and half hung on his arms. His round and white shoulders were dazzling.
She stepped on the carpet with bare feet, her legs were slender, the black velvet was shaking, she looked holy and wanted to be violated.
Zhou Jingze felt his throat go dry. She is his addiction.
There is a reaction at a glance.
Xu Sui found a silence behind him, and was about to turn around when a familiar smell of tobacco wafted over.
Zhou Jingze's hands pinched her shoulder straps, and his fingertips touched the skin of her back from time to time, which was cold and biting. These obvious sensory stimulation made her heart tremble.
"Why are you?" Xu Sui frowned.
She wanted to turn around and push Zhou Jingze away, but suddenly remembered the tattoo on her ribs, and subconsciously blocked it with her hands.
"Get out!" Xu Sui said.
Zhou Jingze was chewing a mint candy in his mouth, pressed the tip of his tongue against the candy and twirled around in his mouth, paused with his hand that was unfastening the string of his skirt, raised his eyes, and then tightened it, Xu Sui fell back, and his back immediately stuck to it. his chest.
"What's wrong with not closing the door when changing clothes? If someone else came in," Zhou Jingze paused, lowered his voice, leaned over, and the heat brushed against her ear, "Aren't you in need of cleaning up?"
When he leaned over like this, Xu Sui's ear was itchy and numb, so she turned to hide for a while.
Wanted to push him out but was afraid that the tattoo would be seen by him.
For five full minutes, Xu Sui felt like a fish on a chopping board being held up by Zhou Jingze. He was too close, and his movements were unhurried. She felt that every inch of his breath was swimming on her back. She couldn't help but Shrunk a bit.
Xu Sui was unable to move as if a dense electric current was passing through him.
Finally, the strap came out, and Zhou Jingze raised his hand to zip up the skirt on her back.
Xu Suishu breathed a sigh of relief, she was finally safe, and she immediately put on her shoes.
The young master was leaning on the armrest of the sofa, with his eyelids half closed, and a smile on his lips, as if he was waiting to be thanked.
When Xu Sui got his freedom, the first thing he did when he turned around was to go straight to Zhou Jingze.
The man looked up, his eyes met, Xu Sui smiled at him.
Zhou Jingze was stunned, his heart skipped a beat, Xu Sui stomped on him hard before he could react, and then ran away in a hurry.
"hiss."
Zhou Jingze looked at her back and followed her at a slow pace.
He found that after being separated for many years, Xu Sui was no longer that soft and well-behaved kitten, but a cat that showed its small fangs and bit people from time to time.
The two went downstairs one after the other, Zhou Jingze followed behind.
Just when it was time for dinner, Zhou Jingze's grandfather and grandmother warmly brought food for her, fearing that Xu Sui would feel embarrassed when he sat down at the table.
Xu Sui was so embarrassing, he hurriedly dissuaded him: "Grandpa, today is your birthday, so don't pick up food for me. If I want to eat, I can pick it up. If not, I can ask him to pick it up for me."
After she finished speaking, she gently pushed his arm, Zhou Jingze looked at the phone, looked away, and said, "Yeah, don't worry about it, I'm not here."
The old man finally put down his chopsticks, and a group of people turned their attention to Grandpa Zhou Jingze. The toasts were toasted, and the children congratulated him, wishing him a happy seventy-sixth birthday.
During the dinner, Zhou Jingze received a text message from an unfamiliar number, and he clicked on it: [Hi, I'm Bai Jiajia, do you still remember me? The one we both like to watch the football game. I happen to have a ticket for the Manchester United game recently. Do you want to go together?]
Zhou Jingze stared at the message and thought for a long time before he remembered who this person was. He raised his eyebrows and typed a message in the dialog box to reply:
[I forgot to mention that the person who likes Manchester United is Xu Sui. If you don't mind, you can sell me two tickets, and I will take her to see it.]
After the message was sent, Bai Jiajia didn't send another message until after dinner.
After the meal, some people left one after another, while relatives stayed and made a mahjong table.
In the afternoon, Zhou Jingze was instructed by his grandfather to go to the back garden to repair the garden frame that was bitten by the dog a few days ago. A group of children followed Zhou Jingze to the garden excitedly with toy little irons.
Only grandpa and Xu Sui were left in the living room, and grandma also went to play mahjong with them.
After three o'clock in the afternoon, the weather was fine, the room was brightly lit, and the sun slanted in, making people feel warm.
"Yiyi, where is your home?" Grandpa asked with a smile while leaning on a crutch.
"Li Ying, in Jiangsu and Zhejiang." Xu Sui replied.
"The south, that's a good place." The old man said.
"Who else is in the family? What do you do?"
Xu Sui lowered his eyelashes and twitched the corners of his mouth: "Father is a firefighter. He died in an accident when he was on a mission in junior high school. Mom is a teacher and there is a grandma at home."
Hearing this, the old man felt sorry for the child, and comforted him: "My good boy, if you don't dislike me as an old man, you can often come over for dinner. Grandpa teaches you how to play chess, and your grandma can arrange flowers. Let her teach you."
"Okay." Xu Sui curled his lips.
There was a tinge of warmth in her heart, she felt that Zhou Jingze's family were very good people.
"Look at my brain, how about playing chess with me?" The old man knocked on the ground with his cane, "I just went upstairs to get my glasses."
"I'll help you." Xu Sui stood up.
Xu Sui carefully helped Grandpa Zhou Jingze upstairs, and helped him all the way into the study. The old man rummaged around and only found a pair of glasses. He said, "Son, I'll look for it here first. You help grandpa go to Jingze's room to see if there is chess. He usually uses it to play. At the end The one inside."
"Okay." Xu Sui nodded.
Xu Sui walked out, walked to the innermost room on the balcony, put his hand on the handle of the doorknob, unscrewed the door and walked in.
Zhou Jingze's room is exactly the same as his own style, with cool tones, but he also enjoys it. The sheets are heather gray, and an in-flight magazine is thrown beside the bed.
A soft sofa, a carpet, a projector hanging on the wall, and a row of model airplanes on the low cabinet. There is also a brown cello in the corner.
Xu Sui walked over and looked for chess seriously, but he couldn't find it.
With a casual glance, a chess game is placed in the corner of the sofa.
Xu Sui has always been careful when doing things. She sat down, opened the chessboard, and checked if there were any missing pieces. After searching for a while, she found two pieces stuck in the gap beside the sofa.
She raised her hand to get the piece, but another piece fell with a thud and got stuck in a deeper gap.
Xu Sui had no choice but to bend down, put his cheek against the sofa, and struggled to reach into the gap to grab it.
After groping for a while, Xu Sui finally grabbed the chess piece and got up slowly, but accidentally bumped into the map stuck on the wall of the sofa.
With a "clang", the magnet fell down. Xu Sui picked up the magnet and stuck it back, and found that there were several city marks marked in red and blue on the map.
The city circled in blue is the starting point, and the city circled in red is the end point, connected by a line in the middle.
And there are countless red lines on it.
Xu Sui found that these starting cities all point to three destinations, namely Hong Kong, Beijing North, and Nanjiang.
Nanjiang is the city where she studied in graduate school. An uncertain guess slowly emerged in her heart. Xu Sui couldn't express her emotions, but felt her breathing was heavy. She was staring at the map above.
A voice came from the door and asked, "Yi Yi, have you found the chess set?"
"I found it," Xu Sui turned his head, his voice a little hoarse, "Grandpa, do you know what it is?"
Grandpa walked in with a cane. He sat on the sofa and took a look, then smiled and said, "To be honest, I don't know too well. My child, you are not curious, why did I recognize you at a glance?"
"Why?" Xu Sui felt a little uncomfortable in his throat.
The afternoon sun was very good. Grandpa Zhou Jingze was sitting there talking to Xu Sui. His word order was a bit confused, but Xu Sui still caught some key words.
"I remember when he was in college, he suddenly said one day that he wanted to take a girl home for me to see." Grandpa recalled, and said, "He said, Grandpa, that girl is named Yiyi, she is very good and kind. I really like her."
Zhou Jingze leaned against the door, without the aura of Meng Lang on his body, lowered his dark eyelashes, and spoke seriously, smiling unconsciously when thinking of Xu Sui:
"With her, I first started thinking about the future."
The old man thought he could see Xu Sui anytime, but on his grandson's birthday, Zhou Jingze didn't come home all night, and he didn't even have a bite of the dishes and longevity noodles on the dinner table.
He seems to have forgotten his own birthday.
"When you broke up, this kid seemed crazy. He has always been self-disciplined and well-behaved, but he has been drinking heavily for several days, shutting himself in the room and not going to class. Dare to approach his room." Grandpa paused and sighed, "At that time, he looked like a jerk, if I left him alone, no one would care about him."
"Later, he was finally willing to come out. When he was in a better mood, he would play chess with me and accompany me to plant trees in the garden. I saw that he was almost in good condition. Ken was eating normally. He would go out and pick up the leftovers. , I thought this matter was over, but I never thought that one day—"
On an ordinary afternoon, Zhou Jingze brought the cat and Demu to grandpa’s house for dinner. After the meal, he took them to bask in the sun. 1017 was originally basking at his feet on its belly. Suddenly, it caught a glimpse of a butterfly flying, so it jumped I went to play on the flower stand, and it disappeared after a while.
Grandpa held the weeding scissors and bent down to look for the cat for a while, but couldn't find it. Seeing Zhou Jingze sitting on the bench in a daze, he asked, "Where's the cat?"
Zhou Jingze was sitting on a bench in the yard, the weeds under his feet were spreading, and the red rusty chair was about to be submerged. He raised his eyes and looked straight ahead, his dark eyelashes were a little wet, his eyes were red, and his voice was hoarse:
"Grandpa, I lost her."
When he was a child, Zhou Jingze was locked in the basement and was beaten and abused by his father, crying all the time. Later, after he found that crying could not solve the problem, he never cried again.
This was the first time the old man saw Zhou Jingze's eyes reddened.
Grandpa looked at the girl in front of him, and continued to say: "I didn't know later, he went to the United States for training, graduated, and flew all over the world. But he often came back, and asked him why he kept coming back, and he said it was an airplane. Turning a corner, I drilled into the room as soon as I came back, and now it seems that I am tinkering with this map."
Xu Sui followed Grandpa Zhou Jingze's gesture and looked at the map again. Her hands were clenched into fists quietly, and the corners of her skirt were about to be deformed by her, but she still couldn't hold back. Tears fell on the ground drop by drop, blurring her vision.
On the map, over the years, countless blue dots have led to the three cities, marking several round trips.
Los Angeles-Hong Kong, the distance is about 11,600 kilometers, and it takes 16 hours.
Zurich-Nanjiang, a distance of 9002 kilometers, takes 10 hours.
Berlin-Beijing North, 8984 kilometers away, 8984 kilometers away, 18 hours.
…
These voyages pass through Europe, the Caspian Sea, the Middle East, Asia, but all lead to the same place.
Hong Kong is his destination, Jingbei City is his destination, and Nanjiang is also his destination.
Wherever Xu Sui is, that is his destination.
Xu Sui stood there alone and cried quietly, her eyes and nose were red. Grandpa didn't blame her, but said: "This child in my family has suffered a lot since he was a child, which may lead to some flaws in his personality and he can't express himself. I don’t know how to love, so you should take care of him more.”
…
Later, when Xu Sui was playing chess with her grandfather, her mood gradually recovered. Before going downstairs, she went to the bathroom to wash her face, and looked at herself in the mirror when she looked better before going out.
Zhou Jingze came back from the back garden carrying a toolbox, followed by two children. Guoguo walked in with a happy face, and threw herself into the arms of the old man. She turned her head to show everyone the little flowers on her ears, and her tone was a little proud: "The little flowers my uncle gave me, he said because I am beautiful."
Xu Sui laughed, the kid was afraid of him in the morning, but in just a short while, Zhou Jingze won the hearts of little girls.
Zhou Jingze finished washing his hands, waited for Xu Sui to pack up, and held her shoulders to take her away. Grandma suddenly called Xu Sui to stop, and handed over a brocade box with a gentle tone:
"Yiyi, I am very happy to meet your grandma. When we met for the first time, grandma didn't have any gifts for you. This is left by my mother before. It's not something valuable,"
Xu Sui opened the brocade box and saw that it was a very fine and emerald green jade bracelet. This is not a worthless thing, she was startled, and hurriedly pushed it back, saying: "It's too expensive, I can't take it."
"You child, take it!"
Xu Sui felt that the two elderly people were really nice, and how disappointed he would be if he found out that she was not Zhou Jingze's girlfriend. Thinking of this, she still waved her hands, but when she raised her eyes, she couldn't say the words of rejection when she met the expectant eyes of the two old men.
She finally accepted the gift.
Zhou Jingze drove Xu Sui home, and along the way, he found that something was wrong with her, she was distraught, and she didn't know what she was thinking.
"Unhappy?" Zhou Jingze raised his hand and pinched her face.
Xu Sui patted his hand away and said, "No."
Zhou Jingze turned his head to look at her while turning the steering wheel, and found that her eyes were swollen and her brows were frowned.
With a low voice: "Crying?"
"No, I stayed up late the night before." Xu Sui explained with lowered eyelashes.
Zhou Jingze pondered for a while, and he could see that she was unhappy. He glanced at the time and said softly, "Then do you want to eat something?"
"I'm not hungry," Xu Sui shook his head, hesitated for a while, took out the brocade box from his bag and handed it to him, took a breath, "You can return the bracelet to grandma sometime..."
The car was moving forward slowly, and suddenly there was a sharp brake sound, and Xu Sui slammed forward uncontrollably. Zhou Jingze turned the steering wheel, and the car pulled over and stopped.
There was a moment of silence in the car, Zhou Jingze spoke in a dead silence, and asked in a deep voice, "Why?"
"It's too precious, and it's the first time we met..." Xu Sui's voice was a little hoarse.
Zhou Jingze's jaw line was tense, with a sharp arc, and his eyes were fixed on her: "I said, if I like it, they will like it too."
The atmosphere was deadlocked, Xu Sui only felt that her voice was too dry, she had a lot to say, but she didn't know where to start.
Zhou Jingze felt an indescribable sense of powerlessness in his heart. He was so irritated that he wanted to pick up the cigarette on the center console, and then gave up when he thought of something.
Finally, he pushed down the car window, and a large amount of wind poured in. At sunset, the dusk showed a thick yellowish color. After a while, he looked straight ahead. The wind was so loud that his voice was cut into pieces, and his tone was slow:
"If you don't want it, throw it away.