Xu Shiqi, who was laughing at Wen Jialuo turning down a blind date because of the word "noisy", was obviously laughing too early. In the evening, her mother Wang Yuan brought back some ridiculous news.
Because she wanted to keep her daughter by her side for a long time, Wang Yuan, who lived nearby, was eager to find someone to marry her. After an afternoon of hard work, she and several friends carefully selected several suitable blind date candidates. When Xu Shiqi saw her mother put several photos on the counter, she was stunned and lost in thought for a moment, thinking of Kong Yiji, who spent nine coins in Lu Xun's works...
"He just got discharged from the army not long ago and is now a formal civil servant. His salary..." Wang Yuan was talking about the photo non-stop. Halfway through, she noticed that her daughter was lost in thought. She angrily slapped the back of her hand with the photo, "Xu Shiqi!"
The corners of the photo were still a bit sharp, leaving a shallow scratch on the back of Xu Shiqi's hand. Xu Shiqi sighed and looked at his angry mother with grievance: "Mom, you haven't sold your daughter yet, you can't be so cruel!"
Wang Yuan stamped her feet and said, "If you have the guts, go and get a boyfriend back. Then I won't be so tired."
Xu Shiqi hurriedly let her in behind the counter, poured her some water, and fanned herself with her hand: "I'm not too old to get married yet, so why would you rush into this?"
"When you're too old to get married, it'll be useless to worry." Wang Yuan glared at her. "You should choose a husband early, otherwise the good ones will be snatched up by others. The remaining ones will either be younger than you or have problems, and you will be even more unhappy then."
After listening to her mother's "early marriage" theory, Xu Shiqi almost coughed with laughter. Except for the issue of her lifelong event, her mother was always calm, so much so that Xu Shiqi couldn't help but wonder if the passion beneath her calmness was waiting here.
Helplessly, Xu Shiqi slowly collected the photos on the counter and stuffed them into his bag: "I'll look at these photos first, and I'll let you know when I find one that I like."
Wang Yuan didn't want to push her too far, so she pointed at her and said, "You better be serious."
Xu Shiqi was busy leaning against her and acting like a spoiled child. Although her daughter was in her twenties, in her mother's eyes, she was always the little girl who was held in the palm of her hand and cared for. Especially Xu Shiqi's voice was so gentle that after a few more words, Wang Yuan was happy again, and she completely forgot who had made her angry and anxious just now.
In this way, Xu Shiqi managed to temporarily deal with this matter.
But she could only delay for a day or two, and after a week, she had to face her mother's urging again. Finally, she picked a photo from those photos and asked her mother to make specific arrangements. When the day came, she took a bus to the neighboring city and borrowed a public phone to call her mother's cell phone.
"Mom, a friend of mine had some emergency, so I came here to help. I may not be able to return for three to five days. Please postpone the blind date for me."
Wang Yuan looked at the number in her phone and found that it was no longer local. Plus, her daughter's voice sounded anxious, so she believed it for a moment.
How could she know that Xu Shiqi had deliberately gone somewhere else to turn down the blind date? She just knew that her daughter had never had a boyfriend, so the "premature love" problem that she had been worried about had never happened. In her eyes, her daughter was a person who matured early physically but late mentally, so she wanted to be strict on this issue.
It's just that there are some things she has never thought about, never thought about it before or since, such as why her daughter tried so hard to avoid blind dates again and again...
After hanging up the phone, Xu Shiqi really had nowhere to go for a while. Since he had said he would not go back for three or five days, he had to find a hotel to stay in first.
After resting in the hotel for a while, Xu Shiqiu went out to eat in the evening. Although it sounds a bit embarrassing to escape here to avoid blind dates, Xu Shiqiu's principle and bottom line is to treat himself well. Above this, everything is easy to talk about.
Now that I have escaped here, it would be unreasonable if I don’t reward myself.
Before eating, Xu Shiqi went to the supermarket. She never used the things in the hotel and brought everything with her. She was in a hurry this time and was afraid that her mother would find out something, so she only dared to pick up a few clothes and put them in her bag.
While in the supermarket, she wandered into the snack section. At first, she didn't want to buy anything in particular, but just passed the time by looking at the dazzling array of things. Then she remembered that when Baohua got married, the melon seeds used to entertain guests at the banquet were very delicious. After she brought some home, her mother couldn't stop eating them. She didn't know if there were any here. If she brought some home and tried to please her mother, it should be easier to get through.
Melon seeds are a good snack to kill time. I don't remember who said that they are also a good thing for practicing tongue dexterity. However, Xu Shiqi only needs the former function.
I heard that the melon seeds are the seeds of a plant in the Cucurbitaceae family, so they are also called hanging melon seeds. They look gray on the outside, but the kernel inside is very thick. It takes skill to crack them. Your mouth is full of oil, crispy and sweet. However, if you eat too much, it may be too greasy and it is easy to gain weight.
When she thought of the word "fat", Xu Shiqi's mind flashed through the extremely thin figure of Baohua's cousin. It was said that this melon seed was her favorite, but how could she still be so thin after eating it? Xu Shiqi only thought about this and continued to look for this kind of melon seeds. When she finally found it out of boredom and slowly, she saw a girl standing in front of her. For a moment, she thought she was dazzled.
The girl was wearing a white sportswear that was not made of cotton, so she didn't look as thin as she had been before. She was selecting melon seeds with great concentration, and seemed to be looking at the date on the package.
Even though she was wearing a hat, Xu Shiqi recognized her at a glance.
Wen Jialuo? Why is she here
While Xu Shiqi was still thinking about this, Wen Jialuo had already picked up a few bags of melon seeds and turned around to pass by her. Before Xu Shiqi could react, she had already gone to pay.
Xu Shiqi didn't even buy the melon seeds for a moment, but turned around and followed her.
As for why she had such a deep impression of this girl, it was all thanks to Wen Baohua.
That day, after the two sisters left, Tian Baohua had some free time, so Xu Shiqi called her. Baohua seemed to be troubled by something on the other end of the phone, and her voice was muffled. After hearing Xu Shiqi's curious questioning, she asked the question in her heart, Seventeen, do you believe that secretly loving someone will be a lifelong thing
Hearing this question, Xu Shiqi narrowed his eyes and did not answer. This was obviously not a question that could be solved by a yes or no. Fortunately, Baohua did not really want her to answer, but just saw a contest between Jialuo and her aunt, and was troubled, so she told Xu Shiqi about Jialuo's affairs on the phone.
After Baohua finished speaking, Xu Shiqi did not have the same doubts as her. There are thousands of kinds of love in this world, and the destination is nothing more than happiness or misfortune. If I get it, I am lucky, if I don't, it's my fate. It seems that the girl thinks so. Maybe her thinness is really like what she thought that day, a reason to reject everything.
Speaking of which, it is somewhat similar to myself, but also completely different.
Now, she came here to avoid a blind date, and unexpectedly ran into Wen Jialuo. Xu Shiqi couldn't help but feel how wonderful the encounters between people were. If she wasn't curious, she might not have paid so much attention just now. If she hadn't come to look for those melon seeds, maybe the two of them wouldn't have run into each other in such a big supermarket.
The reasons seemed too far-fetched. She just had another reason to be curious. What was Wen Jialuo doing here
Could it be that the guy she had a crush on was in this neighboring city, so she went all the way to where she was studying to look for the boy she had a crush on but ended up finding nothing
Because she was too idle and bored, Xu Shiqi started to do something she had never done before: she was following Wen Jialuo.
The girl in front seemed to have no purpose at all, crossing from one street to another, holding a bag in her hand, and then constantly taking out melon seeds from her shirt pocket to crack. Xu Shiqi couldn't hear the sound of cracking melon seeds, but the fragrance seemed to float all the way to her nose and into her stomach. Well, actually she was hungry.
When passing a corner, Xu Shiqi just glanced at the restaurant on the street, and then turned around to find that the person following her was gone. She was stunned and hesitated at the street corner. Just when she decided to go to the restaurant for dinner, someone suddenly patted her shoulder from behind. She turned around and saw the person she was following looking at her expressionlessly.
"You are..." Wen Jialuo suddenly frowned, as if he remembered something.
"I'm Wen Baohua's classmate." Xu Shiqi answered immediately. It was really embarrassing to be discovered by others. In order to clear herself from any ill intentions, she took out her cell phone and said, "If you don't believe me, you can call her..."
"I know you." Wen Jialuo didn't answer the phone. She recognized the woman as soon as she spoke. After all, she had never forgotten this voice.
"... Really?" Xu Shiqi smiled, "I saw you by accident, sorry..."
She didn't say what she was embarrassed about, and Wen Jialuo didn't need to ask. The children of the Wen family were captured by their grandfather and sent to the army. After a little training, they would not hurt anyone, but they always had some ability to protect themselves. It was necessary to increase their vigilance, so she found someone following her. But she didn't expect that this person was her cousin's classmate.
The two people who didn't really know each other just stood at the street corner. Finally, Xu Shiqi said, "Do you work in this city?"
Then she saw Wen Jialuo actually nodded.
"Are you here to play?" Wen Jialuo also asked her, "Is my cousin here?"
"She didn't." Xu Shiqi shook his head, and then the conversation fell silent again.
Wen Jialuo originally wanted to leave, but the woman's voice could make people feel soothing in the traffic, so she changed her mind temporarily. When she saw Xu Shiqi turned his head to look at the restaurant on the street, she said, "Have you had dinner?"
Xu Shiqi shook her head and said, "I was so busy following you that I didn't have time to pay attention to you" - of course she didn't say this out loud.
"I'll treat you." Wen Jialuo pointed to the street.
When Xu Shiqi sat opposite Wen Jialuo, she wanted to laugh. How did it turn out like this
But what cannot be denied is that it is a happy thing to have another person accompany her at the table where she thought she was eating alone, even though the person sitting opposite her is only her classmate's cousin.
However, it would be better if we didn’t have to answer this question next.
"Do you already know something about me?"
Xu Shiqi was stunned by the question, not sure whether the expressionless girl was annoyed or angry. Maybe she didn't like others to know her own affairs...
If the relationship was just "classmate of my cousin", Wen Jialuo didn't think that this woman would follow him out of curiosity. It must be that she knew something about him, which aroused her curiosity. After all, in the eyes of others, what happened to him was just like what was written in a novel. Who can say it's not true
Wen Jialuo actually doesn’t mind others knowing at all. It’s okay if the whole world knows, as long as they don’t bother her.
After thinking about it, Xu Shiqi, who was originally bored, decided to join in: "Yes, Baohua told me." She paused and asked in a low voice, "Do you know how I feel?"
No matter who heard about her, or how they felt, it didn't matter at all - Wen Jialuo had long since built a wall in her heart that was cut off from the world. But this person's voice was very appealing, like a gentle teasing in her heart, causing her to casually ask, "What?"
Xu Shiqi answered slowly: "Secret love is also a kind of love, just like some love, it is like a pearl, which needs to stay in the dark shell to be polished to perfection."
Wen Jialuo was stunned. This person was reciting a poem, and she was stunned. She didn't know whether it was the sound of the poem or the content of the poem.
"You desire this kind of perfection, so are you willing to spend your whole life on it?" Xu Shiqi finally showed her true feelings on her face. She raised her lips slightly and looked at Wen Jialuo with a bit of sarcasm, "Is it really worth it to waste your life for her, to burn and squander your life wantonly, just for something so empty and ethereal?"
Wen Jialuo's face turned pale instantly. In front of her extremely thin body, no one could be so cruel as to provoke her like this. She stared fiercely at this woman, whose name she still didn't know: "Why do you say that to me!"
Xu Shiqi paused for a moment before he said softly, "Because there are three words called 'can't love', and three words called... 'can't love'."
"You are just at the stage where you can stop loving. As long as you are not bound by yourself, you can stop loving. But some loves... even if you let go of your restraints, you still feel that it is not possible and cannot survive in this world. You haven't even tasted anything yet, but you gave up first." Xu Shiqi shook his head, "What a pity!"
After Xu Shiqi finished speaking, Wen Jialuo did not speak again until all the dishes were served and she started eating. It seemed that her words really touched Wen Jialuo's heart and made her completely silent. However, Xu Shiqi did not think that her words could bring her back to life, so she ate her meal quietly. Anyway, the girl opposite was said to have no desire to eat.