When she woke up the next day and pulled herself out of the quilt, Xu Shiqi still had a lot of questions in her mind. All her cleverness would disappear in front of that girl. From the beginning, she wondered if she really needed to lie to change her current situation, to what situation could a lie change, to why the girl suddenly thought of asking her to lie, and finally to why she seemed to be so experienced that she could make a lie come true.
She thought too much and her head hurt. She got dressed almost in a daze, then went to wash her face and brush her teeth. Even when she heard someone say good morning to her, she just nodded randomly.
When she realized that the person who said good morning was the one who kept her awake all night, she glared at the refreshed person and wanted to grit her teeth.
But the girl tilted her head and asked with concern: "What's wrong? Is it because you didn't sleep well because you are used to your bed?"
After hearing this, Xu Shiqi did not get angry but laughed: "I am not a delicate young lady. I can sleep on the sofa."
Wen Jialuo touched his nose and said in a depressed tone, "How come you still remember that? Can I forgive you for being wrong?"
"Hmph." Xu Shiqi snorted coldly and stomped downstairs. But the person behind her added a hateful sentence, "Well, what's the matter with the dark circles under your eyes?" She was so angry that she wanted to grab the person and bite him.
What made Xu Shiqi a little ashamed was that she was the last person to get up in this old house. She had some animal instinct in winter, that is, hibernation. All her senses seemed to be dull and she could easily fall asleep. Moreover, she had the habit of sleeping late, and did not think that leaving the warm bed shivering in the cold wind was something worthy of encouragement, even if it was to exercise. People should follow the laws of nature, harvest in autumn and store in winter, it is so easy to hide in the quilt.
But she didn't dare to explain these reasons. The old lady had already gotten up and was sitting on the sofa downstairs reading the newspaper. She had even eaten breakfast.
The person who accompanied her to have breakfast was Wen Jialuo. It was said that she had already eaten once, but this time she actually picked up the chopsticks again. Fortunately, she seemed to realize that there was something wrong with her eating, and she just ate a small piece of cake and stopped eating.
It was already past eight when they left the house. The weather was gloomy today, so the old lady did not leave the house. Sure enough, a young nanny came. She was a little younger than them, with a local accent, but she spoke Mandarin well and loved to laugh, which made the old lady happy.
When they went to say goodbye to the old lady before leaving, the old lady happily took Xu Shiqi's hand, once again emphasized that she really hoped that she could keep the habit, and asked her granddaughter to drive carefully.
"Go back to the store?" Wen Jialuo asked after getting in the car. Seeing Xu Shiqi nod, he continued, "Your store can't continue to operate without you?"
Xu Shiqi glared at her and said, "Of course not, but my parents are busy around the store every day, so I can help lighten their burden a little bit."
Wen Jialuo said calmly: "Aren't you afraid that your mother will bring up the blind date again as soon as she sees you?"
"I can't never see my mother again in my life." Xu Shiqi sighed and rubbed his brow. She stole a glance at the girl. The expression with black wings spread out last night, which seemed to tempt her to lie, was gone. It was like day and night had two faces, and now they didn't look so strange.
"Are you thinking about what I said?" Wen Jialuo glanced at her.
Xu Shiqi quickly retracted his gaze and turned to look outside the car. Before he could think of how to answer her, he shouted, "Hey, where are you driving?"
This is obviously not the way back to the store, okay
"I'm not going to work, so of course I have to pack up some things and bring them back. I won't be going there before the New Year." Wen Jialuo said as if it was a matter of course.
"Then take me to the store first, and you go back to clean up." Xu Shiqi was so angry that she wanted to strangle her.
"I asked you just now," Wen Jialuo paused, "You said yourself that your store can continue to operate without you. Besides, it will only delay the business for one day." As she said that, she turned the steering wheel and slowly drove out of the city.
Xu Shiqi was annoyed. It seemed that when she was abducted for the first time, she should have told the other party that she had the right to personal freedom, so that she would not have to follow the girl passively every time. Now, the result of inadvertent indulgence is that she has to be locked in the same small space with this person who she wanted to stay away from. The close distance cannot be ignored, but there is also a long distance that cannot be faced.
She was annoyed all the way, and Xu Shiqi had no say in the direction of the car. She fastened her seat belt and looked at the scenery along the way until a dark yellow earth slope appeared in the distance. She got up from the seat and vaguely remembered that it should be the abandoned artificial lake that she had visited when she first went out with the girl.
The memory of that night was not far away but a little vague. At that time, she didn't know that she and the girl would have so many interactions later, so she didn't take it to heart. But now thinking about it, everything the girl said that night, everything she didn't believe at first, including the bitter tone, was so unreal.
"The harm now is to avoid another greater harm."
Xu Shiqi suddenly woke up, and the fog that had troubled her all night gradually revealed its true face. But this suspicion shocked her greatly, she couldn't believe that she and the girl had the same secret, and it was about to surface. Because she couldn't believe it, she froze and didn't move, even her breathing stopped.
The struggle in the girl's eyes that night when they slept together also appeared in Xu Shiqi's eyes. She was afraid that she would guess wrong again, but she couldn't help the surging desire to explore. While she was hesitating, the car had already driven onto the highway and turned a corner. The dirt slope was about to disappear from sight. Xu Shiqi panicked, she suddenly reached out and grabbed the girl's right arm, calling her name.
"Ven Jialuo!"
The car made a slight serpentine motion and whizzed past with a short warning blast.
Wen Jialuo shook off her hand and gave her a stern look: "What are you doing? Sit still! Don't move!"
Xu Shiqi was pushed back into her seat - she had forgotten that she was still in the car.
Apparently, the girl's stern eyes made her sober up quickly. Her heart was beating like a drum, and she clenched her hands tightly, gritted her teeth and shouted in her heart, "What do you want to ask?"
If the answer is no, then that’s fine. But if it is, then… what can you do
Didn’t we agree to take in all the scenery along the way? How could you want to brake and stop halfway
Xu Shiqi took a deep breath, slowly adjusted her off-track emotions, and gradually calmed down. Yes, she didn't want any temptation to disrupt her established life steps, even if it was the girl next to her. No, it should be said, especially the girl next to her.
What price did you pay to turn a lie into a maxim? Isn't it telling me how determined you are? It seems that we all have a cold distrust of the world, and I am not lacking in determination. So yes, we should not laugh at others when we are only 50 steps away. You actually have the same mentality as me, but you just chose a different path.
Just different paths.
No matter how his expression changed, Xu Shiqi knew that he didn't need to worry about being noticed by Wen Jialuo. After riding in Wen Jialuo's car for a long time, he also found that although she drove very fast, her greatest advantage was undoubtedly her concentration. Sometimes she would not even notice when he spoke to her. After stopping her from suddenly reaching out, the girl kept driving silently and attentively until the car got off the highway and entered the city and stopped at a red light. Only then did she turn her head and look at her: "What happened to you just now?"
Xu Shiqi smiled, apologetically: "I suddenly remembered something urgent just now. Sorry to bother you while you're driving."
Wen Jialuo was about to speak when she saw the light was green and she started on the road again. She didn't speak until the car stopped in front of a shopping mall. She found a parking space and parked the car. Then she suddenly asked, "Do you know who was my driving sparring partner when I was learning to drive?"
Xu Shiqi shook her head, thinking that if she learned at a driving school, there would be instructors there. However, given her family's situation, she probably didn't need to learn to drive there.
"My grandma was my sparring partner." Wen Jialuo sat in the car and did not come out. She smiled slightly, and it was not obvious that she was the one who scolded the person just now. "My grandma said that I would not be distracted. She also said that if a car accident occurs while driving, the driver will instinctively turn the steering wheel to the side that is beneficial to him. If there is a more important person sitting in the passenger seat, he will drive more carefully." She turned to Xu Shiqi, her eyes moved slightly, but she quickly lowered her eyelashes to cover them, loosened the seat belt, and whispered, "Get out of the car."
Xu Shiqi's palms were full of sweat, and she got off the car with an uneasy heart. When she looked at the girl again, there was no hint in her eyes, as if the ripples in the girl's eyes before she lowered her eyes were just the sequelae of suspicion on the road.
Looking at the mall in front of him, Xu Shiqi asked doubtfully: "Aren't we going home to pack up our things?"
"Since I won't be coming here again, I thought I might as well buy some things and take them back." Wen Jialuo came over and said, "Come in."
Xu Shiqi had no choice but to follow her. This journey just now made her experience another ups and downs in her heart, but it was obviously much better than last time. Besides, the mall was warm as spring, and she didn't feel cold at all.
After entering the mall, I realized that the girl was just wandering around aimlessly. She looked at every floor carefully, even the home appliances. She stopped when she passed by a jewelry counter and asked about jade-related items. It seemed that she wanted to buy a jade bracelet for her grandmother. After looking at several counters, she finally chose one. When she took out her card to swipe, she suddenly pointed to a jade Buddha's hand pendant on the counter, and took it out and gestured to the person next to her.
"What are you doing?" Xu Shiqi frowned slightly and avoided him.
Wen Jialuo did not answer, but nodded with satisfaction and handed the pendant back to the lady at the counter: "I want this one too."
Xu Shiqi turned away to look at something else. She actually had her eyes on a jade ring with a Pixiu, and thought it would look really cool on her father's thumb, so she decided to buy it.
"I like that one." Wen Jialuo suddenly came over and pointed at a Buddha ring next to the Pixiu. Xu Shiqi looked down and saw that it seemed to be the smiling Maitreya Buddha. She glanced at the girl. If she liked it, wouldn't she buy it? Her card had limited funds, and buying a Pixiu was already very tight. Wasn't she very generous when she took out the card just now
In the end, Xu Shiqi bought the Pixiu, but when she left the counter, the girl walked very fast as if there was a fire behind her.
Then they went to play games again. The girl was very skilled and had a cold expression when she shot the opponent in the machine with a gun. Xu Shiqi, who was playing the dance machine with her, cried out that she couldn't stand it and hated the innocent high heels again. She looked back and saw that there were boys and girls around 17 or 18 years old, so she hurriedly pulled the girl away.
"I'm so tired." Xu Shiqi took off his coat, panting and looking around, "Let's go sit somewhere."
Wen Jialuo looked up and saw the advertisement board of the upstairs cinema with the popular movies posted on it: "Let's go."
Before she could recover from her shock, Xu Shiqi was dragged upstairs to buy tickets, popcorn and drinks. She waited in line to check her ticket until she was finally seated in the theater. She breathed a sigh of relief and then thought depressedly, why did I want to watch a movie with her...
It was already dark and the movie had already started. Wen Jialuo pushed the popcorn over to her, but Xu Shiqi pushed it back: "Thank you, I don't want to eat it." This kind of popcorn is very hot and eating too much is not good for her throat. She cherishes her voice very much.
Unexpectedly, Wen Jialuo didn't eat it either and just put it aside.
Xu Shiqi leaned on her elbows and stared at the screen. The plot was slow and the music was too beautiful, making her eyelids want to droop. Thinking about how she didn't sleep well last night and how tired she was just now, she couldn't help but want to shrink into the darkness and never come out again.
As a result, Xu Shiqi fell asleep in a daze. When she woke up, she was stimulated by the light. As soon as she opened her eyes, she found that her neck was crooked and very sore. She rubbed it hard, then turned around and saw the girl moving her shoulders.
"Awake?" Wen Jialuo stared at her, "You can really sleep well."
Xu Shiqi was embarrassed. Could it be that he had been resting his head on that
"Come on, I'm hungry!" Wen Jialuo stood up and went out first.
Seeing the angry girl, Xu Shiqi couldn't help but secretly stick out her tongue. It must be because her head was too heavy, and her shoulder must be numb. When she stood up, Xu Shiqi picked up the popcorn and unopened drinks thrown on the ground. She didn't know what the movie was about, it should be a love movie, the air seemed to be filled with the smell of love.
When she walked out of the theater, she saw a thin figure standing at the corner among the couples coming and going. As if she had noticed her gaze, the girl turned around and gave her an impatient, urging look.
Xu Shiqi couldn't move her eyes away, but she tried desperately to move her eyes away. She moved slowly. The distance between her and the girl was not far, but it seemed so far that she could never reach it.
We are definitely not each other's destiny, but we have both decided what kind of life we want to live...
They went downstairs to eat the late lunch. Xu Shiqi strictly watched Wen Jialuo and did not allow him to ask for spicy food, cold food, or this or that. By the time they finished eating, it was already past four in the afternoon.
After dinner, Wen Jialuo seemed to be in a better mood and insisted on dragging Xu Shiqi to go shopping in the surrounding shopping malls. Xu Shiqi didn't expect that the girl who looked a little cold would go shopping so hard. For the sake of her poor feet, she hurriedly shook her head and dragged the girl to the parking lot.
"If you can't walk, I'll buy you a pair of shoes to change into." Wen Jialuo said this after he understood.
"No, I'm just tired and want to go back." Xu Shiqi said hurriedly.
Wen Jialuo looked at her: "Didn't you just take a nap..." Seeing that Xu Shiqi was indeed tired, she could only curl her lips and said, "Forget it, let's go back."
Wen Jialuo went back to her residence to pack her clothes. She was very fast. In fact, she had enough clothes at home, but she still came over. Finally, she closed the doors and windows, went downstairs, threw her bag behind the car, and the two of them set off again.
Seeing that she had been driving for almost a whole day, Xu Shiqi was afraid that she would be tired, so he flipped through the CDs and played some music. He remembered that they used to chat in the car, but now they had less and less to talk about.
I don't know why Xu Shiqi's eyes slowly began to close again while listening to the soothing music, but she still vaguely thought that people who had slept during the day were about to fall asleep again, and would the driver be even more worried. Thinking of this, she sat up suddenly again, tried hard to open her eyes, and then struggled between the fight between her eyes and her reason...
Wen Jialuo finally realized that the person next to him was painfully wandering between sleep and wakefulness, and couldn't help but laugh: "You go to sleep, I'm used to driving like this, I'll call you when we get home."
“Okay then…” Xu Shiqi felt relieved after hearing that, and he relaxed and slumped down in the chair.
"Why didn't I feel that you could sleep so well before?"
The girl's muttering seemed to be far away, because the surroundings suddenly became very quiet. Xu Shiqi wanted to wake up, but she couldn't open her eyes. It seemed that something brushed her face, with the softness of spring willow branches, and her tongue curled slightly, licking the taste of green.
What is so beautiful in this cold winter...