"I'm going to visit grandpa tomorrow." Jiang Se is going to do an internship in the capital with the Department of Archaeology. It is said that the route is already being worked out and the destination has been decided. She will be away for nearly four months and will not be back until the New Year. She will not be able to visit Feng Zhongliang for a long time, so she wants to say goodbye to him before leaving.
"Oh." Pei Yi licked the corner of his mouth and asked shamelessly:
"Then call me 'husband' and I'll hang up and let you go to sleep."
"..." Jiang Se was so sleepy because of what he said that she could hear her heart beating wildly. She turned up the air conditioner to cover her face and was silent for a long time until Pei Yi urged her:
"Thunder?"
"I'm going to go to bed."
She kept arranging the quilt and pillows, making a busy sound:
"I'm a little sleepy."
The voice she deliberately made sounded guilty. Pei Yi had no heart to embarrass her, so he had to settle for the next best thing:
"Then kiss me."
"How can I kiss you from so far away?"
Jiang Se hooked the hair that fell on his face, his face was a little hot, he was still begging on the phone:
"Take a picture of the kiss and send it to me."
"I don't want it!" She refused immediately, so Pei Yi had to try another approach:
"Then kiss me through the phone."
She refused again and again, and there was a pitiful tone in his voice:
"Just for a moment. I missed you."
He counted on his fingers:
"I just returned to school yesterday, and I've thought about you many times, while eating, before going to bed..."
Pei Yi was still chattering, Jiang Se kissed the receiver gently across the phone, but Pei Yi didn't see it at this time, he felt a little regretful:
"If you don't kiss me, I'll kiss you!"
There was a kissing sound coming from the microphone. Jiang Se raised the corner of his mouth and urged him:
"Alright, alright, go to sleep!"
Finally, she asked him if his arm was feeling better. Although his arm was not seriously injured, the bruise was still there. When he heard that she cared about him, he generously kissed the microphone several times:
"It's okay, it's just a superficial wound."
He said two more words before saying good night:
"If you're sleepy, go to sleep. I want to hear you hang up the phone."
She responded, and after hanging up the call, Pei Yi held the phone and smiled foolishly.
The busy tone on the phone beeped several times and finally disconnected automatically. After making sure that he could no longer hear Jiang Se's voice, he took the phone away from his ear.
When Jiang Se was about to turn off his phone, the sound of a short message alert rang out. Pei Yi's account was still lit in the avatar of the contacts on the Internet. He sent a photo, a selfie with his lips pouting. The dormitory was dimly lit. He was wearing a vest, revealing his strong and well-proportioned arms and shoulders: If you don't take a photo, kiss me; I take a photo and kiss you. The prophet once said, 'If the mountains don't come to me, I will come to the mountains.' It really makes sense.
His hair was cut very short, and his face had been carved into firm edges and corners in the military academy. There was a smile in his slender eyebrows and eyes, and he did this childish action without seeming to be embarrassed at all.
Jiang Se reached out to touch the face in his photo, then put the phone screen against his cheek. Finally, he smiled and said to him, "Got it," before turning off the phone and going to sleep.
The next morning, Jiang Se went to see Feng Zhongliang and told him that he was going to do an internship and would not return to the capital for about half a year at the latest. Although he acted nonchalant, when Jiang Se was leaving, he said coldly:
"When you go out, be careful about your safety. I've asked Xiao Liu to check on this archaeological and tomb-chamber stuff. If you find any unsafe places, come back immediately."
He muttered:
"As a girl, she always refuses to listen to adults. She either wants to join the entertainment industry and become a celebrity or go to a tomb and deal with a bunch of bones and antiques. If you really like to study, I have some at home. You can just take a few back and have a look."
Jiang Se pursed her lips and smiled, listening to him finish reading, and finally Feng Zhongliang said:
"When you are out and about and have some free time, give me a call!"
Jiang Se nodded, and Feng Zhongliang watched her car leave. After thinking for a while, he knocked his cane on the ground with a clang: "Xiao Liu, Xiao Liu! Let me have a look at the calendar!"
It was only the beginning of October. Feng Zhongliang was flipping through the desk calendar and remembered that Jiang Se had said that it would take at least three or four months for him to return from this trip. Even if he went out in October, it would be at least after New Year's Day when he returned three or four months later.
He sighed and threw the calendar away. Xiao Liu squatted down to pick it up. It was obvious that the old man was in a bad mood.
"Miss Jiang said before she left that she would come back to see you as soon as she finished her internship and asked you to take good care of yourself. After she returns to the capital, she said that her movie will be released next year and she will take you to see it then."
"Who cares whether she comes to see me or not?" Feng Zhongliang frowned, looking serious: "Who wants to watch a movie?" Although his expression was still stern, his tone was lowered, and he was no longer as tough as before.
After a long pause, he felt that it was really ridiculous to lose his temper like this, and couldn't help laughing twice:
"You said, if my granddaughter hadn't changed and was still the same as before, would she be like this little girl..."
When Feng Zhongliang mentioned Jiang Se, although he was smiling, there was a gleam in his eyes.
In the afternoon, Jiang Se made an appointment with Luo Ao to meet, and she arrived first.
The meeting between the two was just a contact for contract renewal, not a formal signing, so it was held in a cafe in Sheung Wan, the capital, and not in the company.
When Luo Ao came over, before he entered the coffee shop, he saw Jiang Se sitting by the window through the transparent floor-to-ceiling glass of the coffee shop from far away on the other side of the street.
She was leaning on the sofa, holding a book, reading it intently.
The October sun was not as scorching as before. There were not many people in the cafe in the afternoon. She sat there holding a book, feeling leisurely and contented, without any sense of being a star, just like every other customer sitting in the cafe.
Luo Ao is Century Galaxy's Luo Yin's confidant, and now he also holds real power in Century Galaxy. The feedback from Xia Chaoqun is that Cesare originally intended to give the role in the next play to Jiang Se, but because of the news, it is likely to fail.
But at this moment, Jiang Se did not look decadent at all. She wore a light pink silk top and black and pink plaid waisted cropped trousers, which made her slender waist look like a willow.
She sat sideways with her long legs together, her hair dishevelled, looking very relaxed.
It was as if Cesare had given up on her and missing out on the role in The Lost City hadn't affected her much.
Tao Cen booked a flight to Italy last night. The news from her side showed that she had met with Cesare and had a great chance of getting the role in "The Lost City". (To be continued)