After playing for two days, Ding Xi returned to school.
She carried her luggage and walked upstairs. When she arrived at the door of the dormitory, a slight sweat broke out on her forehead, her cheeks were red and white, she opened the door and continued to push the luggage in.
"Hey, you're back?" Xu Miaomiao was applying powder on her face when she caught a glimpse of Ding Xi, who was smiling, and said, "It seems like you've had a good couple of days."
"I'm very happy." Ding Xi bought them specialties, a small box of pastries for each person, walked over and placed them on their table, unable to stop smiling.
Xu Miaomiao closed the powder cake with a complicated expression: "I guess everything I gave you is useless."
She doesn't like to supervise her. Everyone has their own journey in life, and no one can arrange it for anyone, so she hasn't contacted Ding Xi in the past two days.
There are some things she can't stop.
Ding Xi opened his suitcase and started packing, but didn't answer the question immediately.
Xu Miaomiao pursed her lips and looked at her back, "It's okay, just be happy. Live in the moment, being happy is the most important thing."
"Stop talking, I'm so embarrassed." Speaking of this, Ding Xi recalled that her cheeks and neck turned red again, and the tips of her ears also turned red, and the feeling of embarrassment came back.
Fortunately, Ji Huai didn't take it seriously, otherwise he wouldn't be able to see anyone.
"It's not going well? Isn't it good for Ji Huai?" Xu Miaomiao raised her eyebrows, turned her chair around and sat down, asking questions, and then smiled again, "Are you still not good? Are you crying and howling?"
"Miaomiao, what are you talking about?!" Ding Xi's face turned red, redder than a ripe apple, and he wanted to shut her up quickly.
Ding Xi's innocent and ignorant look is really rare. Xu Miaomiao sometimes likes to tease her. She suppressed her laughter and spoke more openly, "Everyone is like this when they first go through menstruation. Just ask Ji Huai a few times and you will get used to it." , this thing needs to be explored, everything needs to be learned..."
"We don't have one!" Ding Xi almost stopped covering his ears. When he saw another roommate coming back, he hurriedly interrupted, his eyes still flickering.
"Ouch." Xu Miaomiao laughed so hard that she didn't believe it at all, "Really?"
Ding Xi denied: "No."
When Xu Miaomiao saw that roommate went to the bathroom, he reached out and tapped her forehead. Although his words were small, he was absolutely sure, "Just pretend, you have learned to lie to me now. Ji Huai will let you go with such a good opportunity? No." Will he be able to sleep at night if he succeeds?"
Spending money and energy, if it doesn't turn out well, Ji Huai may be so angry that he will lose a few years of his life. What this kind of person fears most is suffering a loss.
"You are not allowed to say that about him." Ding Xi said in a protective tone, like an angry bun.
Xu Miaomiao didn't care at all, she just felt that Ding Xi had lied to her. The roommate also went out to get takeout, and she was going to press him for more questions.
During this period, Ji Huai called Ding Xi to confirm that she had arrived in the dormitory. The two chatted for a few words, and Ding Xi asked him to catch up on his sleep before hanging up the phone.
"Catch up on sleep?" Xu Miaomiao said in a meaningful tone, "Ji Huai's tone sounds really tiring. Are you too troublesome?"
Ding Xi suddenly remembered what Ji Huai said this morning, "I didn't sleep well all night, you are really annoying. I must open two rooms next time."
He was so sleepy that he felt listless when he woke up, so he fell asleep for a while on the high-speed train.
Last night they hugged each other and watched a movie. She got sleepy halfway through the movie and didn't go back to her bed. She fell asleep in his arms and she slept quite comfortably.
Ding Xi was in the wrong in this matter, because most of the reasons for Ji Huai's lack of rest came from her.
Seeing that Xu Miaomiao kept thinking wrong, she simply explained.
"I don't believe it." Xu Miaomiao shook her head after hearing this, "How is it possible? It doesn't make sense."
Ding Xi thought it was nothing. He put the dirty clothes in the rack and prepared to wash them in the automatic washing machine in the corridor. He stood up and said, "If you don't believe it, I can't help it."
Xu Miaomiao also stood up, crossed her hands on her chest, and stared at her several times with her beautiful eyes, "Are you really on your period?"
Got an amulet
Ding Xi: “…”
Xu Miaomiao looked at her several times and knew that she would not lie. Finally, she gave up the struggle and put her hand on her chin, lowering her head with a puzzled look on her face. "I really can't figure it out. It's really magical."
When she saw Ding Xi continuing to place her skin care products, she didn't feel anything wrong or surprised at all. She didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.
"What's so magical?" Ding Xi answered her casually.
Xu Miaomiao shook her head again and began to question her guess, "I have never seen or heard of such a thing. You are amazing, and Ji Huai is amazing too."
After finishing her words, she saw Ding Xi looking at her with half-knowledge. She sighed heavily, picked up her bag, stared at her high heels and walked out, "Forget it, I won't say it anymore. It's because I have a dirty mind."
Ding Xi: "?"
Xu Miaomiao frowned as she walked out, unable to figure it out.
It doesn't matter if Ding Xi is a blank slate, Ji Huai cannot be that scumbag.
What went wrong? Is it possible that she really has a problem with her thinking
Mid-month.
When Xu Miaomiao came back, she saw Ding Xi lying on the desk with a gift box in front of her, thinking deeply and looking a little worried.
"What's wrong? Ji Huai ignored you?" She put the Malatang she bought on the table and threw the bag aside.
Apart from this, what else could make her worry
"My Ji Huai is at work, I can't disturb him all the time." Ding Xi put the small gift box aside again, and when she talked about Ji Huai, her tone of voice rose two degrees.
"It's the weekend soon. If you want to meet him, make an appointment to meet him. Let's cuddle, kiss and hug him. If that doesn't work, let's go to a room and watch a movie together." Xu Miaomiao said while eating spicy hotpot.
Can the two of them really cover themselves with quilts and just chat? She still finds it strange now.
"My mom's birthday is this weekend." Ding Xi sat up straight.
Hearing this, Xu Miaomiao also slowed down her eating movements, "Are you going to celebrate her birthday?"
"My dad has already married another family, and my mom is alone. I don't care about her much, and my grandparents are no longer here. I must spend her birthday with her." Ding Xi bought a necklace and asked her to look after it. It doesn’t look good, “I’ll order another cake then and go see her.”
"It's not bad, she's pretty. But, you think she's lonely. Maybe she's living a carefree life. She hasn't cared about you in these years. She wasn't very enthusiastic about the past few birthdays. You still have to move on. Minato?" Xu Miaomiao seemed to understand her behavior, but she couldn't quite understand it.
Logically speaking, Ding's mother has not remarried and has only one daughter, so she should be given snacks. However, the other party has never taken the initiative to care about Ding Xi, let alone take the initiative to call.
Her whole family sent her to college, but Ding Xi only had an elderly grandma who sent her to her. She also asked them to get along well with Ding Xi. From that time on, she noticed him and felt that there might be something wrong with her native family.
It was sympathy at first, but feelings developed later, and since she was one year older than Ding Xi, he treated her as his younger sister.
"No matter what, she is still my mother." Ding Xi always used this reason to convince herself, explaining, "Maybe it's because we haven't been together since childhood, so we get along a little awkwardly, but as long as I go, she will cook for me. . ”
The other party will also prepare her favorite dishes. Although she always cooks the same dishes, she will still be reminded to pay attention to her health and study hard.
"You can't go there more than a few times a year. If she missed you, she would have called and asked you to come over." Xu Miaomiao didn't know how to comment on this matter.
"My mother is not good at expressing herself and is busy at work..."
Xu Miaomiao listened to her excuses and did not refute.
She felt that Ding Xi might as well go find Ji Huai. At least he would come back with a smile on his face. I went to Ding's mother's place and was depressed for several days when I came back.
Ji Huai originally made an appointment with Ding Xi to watch a movie over the weekend, but she declined, saying she was going to celebrate Ding's mother's birthday.
"Do you need me to accompany you? I also want to see my aunt, morning and evening." He asked.
"No need." Ding Xi thought of Ding's mother's temper, worried that she would stop the two of them, and worried that Ji Huai would overthink it and comfort him, "I haven't told my mother yet, but I will tell her this time, and I will take care of him next time." You go, otherwise it will be too sudden and she may not be prepared."
She didn't tell Ji Huai that she came from a divorced family, nor did she tell him that her parents didn't care about her.
When she thought about it, she felt that she was inferior to others, and she couldn't speak in front of him.
"Praise me more when you say it." Ji Huai seemed not to notice anything, but smiled and warned.
"Okay, I will definitely praise you. You are very good." The corners of her mouth raised again, and she spoke sincerely.
She met someone she liked very much, and Ji Huai was also very kind to her. She wanted to tell Mother Ding the news and wanted her to be happy for her. She was filled with joy when she went there, and she also wanted to get advice and blessings from her elders.
In her eyes, although Mother Ding would not take the initiative to care about her and had no deep feelings for her, she would still hope for her well-being. After all, she was living a bad life and the other party was more or less concerned.
Ding's mother works as a professor at Master T College. She and Ding's mother got divorced due to personality differences. She lived alone all year round and rarely had contact with the Ding family. When Ding's grandma passed away, she didn't even come to see her.
Even when her grandmother passed away, Ding's mother did not inform her, but she took the initiative to mourn on her own.
Ding's mother could not be said to be bad or good towards her, and her feelings were always weak. When she accidentally learned that she was sick, she just gave her a casual warning.
But Ding Xi still remembers her telling stories to him when she was a child, taking her to early education classes, and teaching her carefully and gently...
The memories of her childhood have been with her for so many years. She has always felt that Mother Ding loved her, but she didn't express it. How can any parent not love their children
She doesn't want to be a child without a mother, she has a mother.
With random thoughts, she came to the door of Ding's mother's house, adjusted her mood, and reached out to press the doorbell.
I waited for a long time with the cake in hand, but no one paid attention.
She pressed it again.
The other party doesn't have much social life and is usually at home on weekends. Could it be that he went out
"Here we come." A voice came from inside, and his tone seemed to be a little irritated and anxious.
Ding Xi instinctively felt a little embarrassed.
"Buzzing..."
"Reached?"
Ji Huai sent her a message, and Ding Xi's confused heart was soothed. Before she could reply to him, the door in front of her was opened.
Mother Ding was wearing a purple jacquard patterned cheongsam with three-quarter sleeves, and was still wearing earrings. She seemed to be getting ready to go out. When she opened the door and saw her, a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes, and then she became calm again. She turned around and spoke calmly. , "Are you here? Come in first."
She looks a bit like Ding's mother. She had a beautiful face when she was young, and she had an elegant temperament in a cheongsam.
But after not seeing her for a long time, Ding Xi felt that she was much older. She had dyed her hair, but the roots of her hair were a little whiter, and she had lost a lot of weight. Her cheongsam looked a little empty, and the fine lines at the corners of her eyes had deepened several times.
"Mom, how are you doing recently?" Ding Xi put the cake on the table with a worried tone.
"Isn't that the case all the time?" Mother Ding put on her earrings, looked in the mirror, put on her wedge shoes, and took out a handmade bag.
"That's good, today..."
"You came at a bad time. I don't have time to greet you now. I have to go out for something important. Will you wait for me at my house or come back later?" Mother Ding was busy with her own affairs and interrupted her. If so, there is no trace of emotion in his expression.
"How long do we have to wait?" Ding Xi still had a glimmer of hope in her heart. She hoped to have a good meal and chat.
Even if the other party only treats him as an elder.
"I don't know about this, maybe in the evening. How about this, can you come another day?" Mother Ding glanced at the cake on the table, and seemed to have a slight change in mood, "I also brought a cake, so I can't remember it. Thank you."
Her tone was polite, distant, and polite. That thank you is just an outlet of sexual inertia, which makes it seem more distant.
Ding Xi stood stiffly on the spot. The phone in her hand vibrated twice more. Then she reluctantly regained her emotions and forced a smile. "Okay, if you're busy, I'll come back another day. The cake is made of ice cream. It..."
"I'm going out right now. I'll be there soon." Mother Ding answered the phone and said to the other end, urging her at the same time.
Ding Xi didn't dare to stay any longer, so she put down the gift and hurried out without saying anything.
Mother Ding followed her out, closed the door neatly, and walked out faster and faster, looking for the car keys along the way, "How are you going back? Where do you need me to send you?"
"No, I came here by subway. The subway station is right outside my door. You can go ahead." Ding Xi waved her hand and quickly refused.
"Okay, be careful on the road." Mother Ding found the car keys and said this without looking back.
"Mom." Mother Ding looked at her back and found that the other person's waist was not as straight as before. She couldn't help shouting. The other person was too anxious and didn't pay attention to her at all. She didn't even pause in her steps. After a pause, she lowered her eyes and whispered, "Happy birthday."
I heard that the other party had a difficult delivery when giving birth to her, and she also suffered a lot during confinement. Why don't you love her
Mother Ding quickly disappeared from her sight, and she shuffled out. Her heart felt like a big stone was pressing down, pressing, pressing, and pressing.
She couldn't breathe, she was so sad.
"Buzzing..."
The phone vibrated again.
Ding Xi took it out and saw that it was all about Ji Huai.
"Not here yet?"
"?"
"Did you go to pick up the cake? Be careful when picking it up. If it's too difficult to pick up, ask them to send it over."
…
When she saw his news, she couldn't control her emotions and called him.
Ji Huai didn't go to work today, so he answered the call quickly, and a clear voice came from the other end, "Are you home?"
Ding Xi originally wanted to control her emotions and shift the conversation with him, but his words made her eyes turn red and she choked, "I don't have a home..."
After her grandmother passed away, she had no home.
"Where are you?" A voice came from Ji Huai's end. He did not continue to ask, "Just stand there, I will go find you now."
He didn't know much about the Ding family. He only knew that Ding's mother and Ding's father were divorced, and he didn't seem to have a deep relationship with Ding Xi.
She never told him, but later she found out that it was because Ding's mother failed in her investment and owed a huge loan, so he found out when he called her.
He owed tens of millions, and at that time he knew that Mother Ding could not repay it at all. He was afraid of getting into trouble, so he quickly withdrew. He was not sure what would happen next.
"I'm going back to the dormitory." Ding Xi wiped away tears, unwilling to tell him these things.
She is worse off than a divorced family. She has parents, but she is still an orphan. Will anyone accept such a family? Wouldn't he mind such a family
"Didn't you say you want to go to a movie? I haven't eaten yet. You go with me to dinner, and I go to the movie with you, okay?" He heard that she was not feeling well, but he didn't ask further, and instead changed the subject.
Ding Xi couldn't refuse him, so she wiped her tears again and tried her best to adjust her emotions, "... um."
Twenty minutes later, she saw Ji Huai at the intersection of T University bus station.
The other party didn't show anything unusual, and he pretended not to notice her red eyes. He smiled and pretended to be relaxed and said, "Let's go. There is a square nearby. I'm hungry."
Ding Xi was held by him, feeling mixed in her heart.
He should be worried about her, otherwise he wouldn't take a taxi here. He usually takes the bus.
As she approached the square, she summoned up her courage and said to him, "I don't have a home."
"Huh?" Ji Huai took her to his side and said with a smile, "I am also wandering alone and have no home. When we get married, won't we have a home?"
Ding Xi's voice was choked with sobs, her eyes began to swell again, her lips moved several times, but in the end she couldn't tell her family situation.
"What to eat?" Ji Huai asked her after looking around.
Ding Xi shook his head.
She has no appetite, just eat what he likes.
Ji Huai: "How about beef hot pot?"
She was saying a few days ago that this hot pot is good and there are also chain stores here.
Ding Xi: "Yeah."
Ji Huai pulled her inside. When he sat down, he poured tea and said, "May Day is coming, have you made up your mind? Do you want to go home with me?"
She had always wanted to go back with him for a visit, but now that something like this happened, she was afraid that the Ji family would look down on her and her family, thinking that she was an uncared-for child. After thinking about it for a while, she decided to tell the truth. "My parents divorced, my father got married, and my mother didn't care about me. I grew up with my grandma. After my grandma passed away, I had no family."
Her former classmates didn't know about her family background. They once said in public that they didn't like children from single-parent families. In the future, their partners will not consider such families either, thinking that there is something wrong with them.
The other party also said that her parents taught her that she should stay away from such people, and her family would not agree if she fell in love.
Ji Huai seemed stunned and raised his eyebrows, "Didn't you say you were going to celebrate your aunt's birthday? She didn't pay attention to you on your birthday either?"
"She has something to do." Ding Xi didn't follow his focus and answered instinctively.
"How can you be so busy? Haven't you even opened the cake? Don't you even have time for a meal?" Ji Huai was puzzled while suppressing his displeasure.
Ding Xi didn't feel aggrieved at first, but after what he said, she couldn't bear it any longer, her eyes filled with tears again, she kept sucking in air, and her shoulders trembled.
As soon as she cried, Ji Huai quickly stopped and didn't say another word, let alone talk about it.
The meal lasted for a long time. Ding Xi was originally sitting opposite him. Later, Ji Huai came to her side and sat with her. When he was boiling beef, he put it in her bowl and asked tentatively, "How about first?" Don’t go to my house?”
Ding Xi's eating hand paused, holding the chopsticks two points stronger, and his fingertips turned slightly white.
Will their family members dislike it
She regretted telling him, what should she do now
"I'll take you to the tourist attractions in the city first. If you feel better, I'll take you back if you want to go. If you don't want to go, we'll come back." He said his plan while boiling the beef.
"What if your family doesn't agree?" She asked out of concern.
"What does their disapproval have to do with me? I'm not taking you to the interview. I'm just taking you back to meet you. If you feel uncomfortable, just tell me and I'll take you away at any time." Ji Huai didn't hesitate at all. When he spoke, his tone was casual, as if it was meant to be.
This is true.
Ji's family had little or no influence on his decision. He is very strong and unkind, and Ji's family can't offer him any kindness. Most of them just want to show off his power to satisfy his psychological needs.
"...Okay." She believed him.
Seeing her promise, Ji Huai looked serious, "I have to talk to you about some things. I'm afraid you will have to bear with me when the time comes. My parents are not well-educated, and they often speak without thinking. I have the limitations of my thinking, and I have lived in a mountain village for most of my life, so I can't change it. My eldest sister... is not enlightened in her thinking. She has been staying at home for two years. She has been saying that she is not suitable for changing jobs. She has many problems and her personality is not talkative. Without a door, her self-positioning is unclear, her heart is as high as the sky, and her life is as thin as paper. I am not sure she can get married."
"My second sister is even more clueless. She wants to marry a man who has been married for three years. He has two children. She gave birth to a pair of twin daughters, and now she is trying to have a son. Her life is going very fast, and she doesn't know when she will get divorced. , hold the child and return to her parents’ home.”
"Ever since I passed the exam, my whole family has felt more confident. I haven't seen much of the world, my thoughts are constrained, and I feel like the world is around me. I look down on others to a certain extent, and I will definitely say some unpleasant things."
…
Ji Huai never said anything about his family background in detail. He only knew that it might not be very good. When Ding Xi heard what he said, he was confused and didn't know what expression to put on.
"Are you... scared?" He asked cautiously and with uncertainty.
"No, I'm not afraid." Ding Xi denied. It’s not that she dislikes it, it’s just that she doesn’t know how to contact him. The amount of information is too much, and contact is about to happen, so she panics.
"Especially my sister, you don't need to pay attention to me, I will protect you." Ji Huai promised, "Since I dare to take you back, I will naturally protect you. If you don't want to answer, you don't have to answer. There is no need to be embarrassed. "
"Yes." With his assurance, Ding Xi felt confident.
Ji Huai's voice sounded again:
"You are not familiar with this place, and I am the only one around you. I will take care of anything. Now that I have come out, for the sake of the whole family, no one will let me go back, and there is no place for me in my hometown. I will settle in the capital, and I will be there in the future. I have no plans to go back. According to the development, my second sister will probably get divorced, and the children will have to be brought back. After all, there are already two on the other side, and they probably won’t want them. The eldest sister is still unknown, and she will probably have to go home. "
"My parents probably don't have the courage to come out and live in the capital. At that time, they may plan to take in my second sister's child to raise, so that they can provide for them in the old age, and at the same time let me provide financial support. They are not bad in nature, but there is no danger in being lazy and easy to eat. I feel like I'm just muddle along, my income and savings have been concealed, I won't provide much, and it will basically have no impact. What will cost money may be expenses caused by illness or major accidents in the future."
"The concept in small places is very patriarchal. I admit that I am a beneficiary, but it is not that the whole family can support it. They just need a boy to save their face, and I happen to be able to read. I climbed out step by step on my own, so I I have no obsession with the gender of the child. It’s up to you whether to have a child or not, and how many to have. I’ll raise whatever you want, and I have no objection to Dink.”
…
He said a lot, but Ding Xi was still a little stunned, and then slowly digested it. At first she was still struggling with whether she would be disliked because of her family background, but now she was led astray by him. His expression seemed more complicated and entangled, but very sincere, and he was a little nervous waiting for her response.