The next day.
Ji Huai and Jiang Jie went to visit Ji's father's grave. She didn't see Ji's father many times and didn't know much about him. When the other party died of illness, she visited him several times.
It's not too cold today, and the sun is shining a little. Jiang Jie looked down the mountain: "Isn't Mom coming?"
"Follow her." Ji Huai said without any extra expression, "People are dead, why do you care about these forms?"
She sighed slowly and squatted next to him: "You don't care about these formalities, why are you here all the time?"
"The duty of a child." Ji Huai stretched out his hand to wipe Ji's father's tombstone, looking at the photo on it, his thin lips parted slightly, "It's only of this use."
When Ji's father was sick, he ran back and forth to see and take care of him, but there was a limit to what he could do. The doctor formulated the best treatment plan, and there were nurses to take care of her, but Yuan Hongjun often didn't show up.
The other party faced cold machines most of the time. Even if he used the best medicine, the effect was very poor, and he died in a hurry.
Jiang Jie immediately understood what he didn't say and knelt down next to him: "You said that when we get old, if I get sick, will you throw me in the hospital alone?"
"No." He answered without thinking.
With a little smile on her face, she said: "How about you exercise well in the future? This way your body will be better and you will be less likely to get sick."
Ji Huai looked sideways at her.
"I'm doing this for your own good." Her eyes were serious, "I care about you."
He chuckled and looked away, then said slowly: "You are afraid that I will leave you alone."
Jiang Jie was told that she was thoughtful, but she was also very candid: "According to the average life expectancy of men, men are shorter than women. Shouldn't I be worried?"
"Yeah." Ji Huai responded lightly.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"Promise you." He looked at her and stood up again, "Let's go down the mountain."
Hearing this, Jiang Jie's eyebrows curved and she stretched out her hand toward him.
Ji Huai leaned forward, took her hand and pulled her up.
"Let's go." She put her other hand on his arm and snuggled against him.
After sweeping the tomb, what needs to be done has been done, and the remaining time is divided between the two of them.
In the past, when celebrating the New Year at Ji's house, most of the four people would stare at each other. Even though it was a Chinese New Year, it didn't feel like a New Year at all. They might as well be at home in a hotel.
Red lanterns were hung in the hotel lobby and corridors, and the restaurant was full of atmosphere and more lively.
On New Year's Eve, the hotel waiter also brought dumplings.
When Ji Huai came out of the shower, Jiang Jie said, "We have some dumplings to eat, dumplings sent by the hotel, and some snacks."
"You eat first, don't wait for me." He walked to the side to get the hair dryer.
"I'm not hungry yet." She walked towards him and stood outside the bathroom and asked him, "Shall we go out for a walk later?"
"Aren't you feeling cold?" Ji Huai was drying his hair and turned down the wind so as not to hear her.
Jiang Jie: "Leng also wants to go. The square is very lively and full of people. Let's go to New Year's Eve together."
"It's not that you don't like crowded places..."
"What are we doing in the hotel on New Year's Eve? I want to go out for a walk. I like lively places now. Do you want to go?" She interrupted him, turned around and walked towards the table, and then said, "You Forget it if you don’t go with me, I can go by myself and you can work from home.”
"..." He turned off the hair dryer, stopped blowing his hair, and looked at her back, "I'll go."
Jiang Jie sat down, with a hint of curvature at the corner of her mouth.
The two ate some dumplings and pastries and prepared to change clothes and go out.
Ji Huai reminded her: "Wear more clothes, it's cold outside."
"Yes." Jiang Jie opened the wardrobe to choose clothes, then looked sideways at Ji Huai, "Which coat are you wearing? This one?"
She took out a camel woolen coat.
"Anything is fine." He didn't choose, he just found a sweater and hat for her and let her wear it.
"I'm wearing boots, these don't match." And she picked up a hat, which didn't match well.
"Put it on." Ji Huai walked up to her with the hat and began to put it on her. Knowing that she loved to be beautiful, he then said, "Go to the mall and see if there is anything you like."
"If not, don't I have to wear it like this all the time? It doesn't look like I'm fashionable at all." Even though Jiang Jie said this, she didn't take it off.
His eyes fell on her, he glanced at her hat several times, and said, "It looks good, I won't lie to you."
When Ji Huai praised someone seriously, he seemed particularly convincing. She pursed her lips and smiled: "I believe you."
She took her bag, held his hand and went out.
It was very lively inside and outside the mall, with festive music playing.
The two of them have been loners since childhood, and they often go out to play with each other.
The crowd was crowded, and Jiang Jie's sense of direction was much worse than Ji Huai's. At the end, he held her in his arms and walked forward, weaving in and out of the crowd.
She originally just came here to relieve her boredom, but now she finds it interesting. She will stop and observe when she sees something interesting and interesting. Ji Huai stays by her side quietly.
The two of them arrived at the trinket store, and she took a fancy to a hat. She got up and took a closer look, and was very interested: "There are actually couples' styles."
Ji Huai stared at the hat in her hand and said nothing.
He doesn't like wearing hats, especially such "fashionable" hats.
"Try it." She said, suddenly turned around, stood on tiptoes and was about to put it on his head. Ji Huai reacted faster and raised his hand to stop, "You can just try, I don't have to."
"Couple." She emphasized, reaching out to pull his hand away, and trying to divert his attention, "Don't do this, everyone will look over in a while, how embarrassing is it?"
He has a low-key temperament. After being told this, his movements became smaller, but he still refused to let her wear it.
Jiang Jie: "Let me see, let me see how it looks on you. If it looks good, I will buy it myself. You just try it on."
"There is a mirror." Ji Huai raised his chin slightly and looked over there. Suddenly, she pulled away his hand and put the hat on him as quickly as possible. The movement was so fierce that she couldn't stop for a moment and fell towards him, "Hey~~"
Ji Huai's expression changed and he quickly supported her with both hands.
She leaned into his arms, and before she could stand still, she just helped him put his hat on straightly, with a slightly triumphant smile on her face: "It looks good."
Ji Huai: "..."
"You look smaller, and you look younger." She raised her head slightly to look at him, and said with a deliberate smile, "You look like you are twenty-three now, as old as me, like a freshly graduated college student."
“…”
This was so outrageous that Ji Huai couldn't help but laugh.
Jiang Jie leaned close to his ear and spoke in a soft voice: "Don't keep a straight face. The more you live, the more mature you will become. It's the New Year, so smile, ten years are less."
He looked down at her, but before he spoke, a girl in front of him pushed her boyfriend to turn around, and said excitedly in a low voice: "Let's go, don't go there, someone is kissing."
Two people "kissing": "..."
Jiang Jie quickly distanced herself from him, looked down at the hat in her hand, took it over and stood in front of the mirror and put it on.
Not to mention, black is versatile.
She looked at the mirror and then at Ji Huai beside her. He had no expression on his face, and with the hat on his head, he looked a little cold and cute.
Jiang Jie turned around and suppressed a smile, took out her mobile phone from her bag, and reached out to pull him to stand beside her: "Besides wedding photos, we haven't taken any other photos, right? Let's take one."
He was not used to facing the camera, his hands dropped to his sides in confusion, and he didn't know where to put his eyes.
"Smile." She turned on the camera and said to him.
Ji Huai looked at the camera, his movements stiff.
"Ji Huai." Jiang Jie looked into the camera, and he looked over. She spoke slowly, "This year is a special year. Leave it as a souvenir. There will be many years to come."
His expression began to soften, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he looked at her in the mirror.
Jiang Jie didn't take pictures, she videotaped it. She looked at him in the camera, the corners of her mouth raised, and she was very satisfied and ended the filming. She took the hat, took his hand and walked to the counter: "Let's go, just buy these two hats."
After coming out of the jewelry store, the two held hands and walked forward.
Not far away was a stall selling candied haws. Jiang Jie looked at it several times. Just as she was about to walk over, her hand was held by Ji Huai, who wanted to take her to the other side.
She stopped.
He raised his eyebrows, pretending not to know and asked with his eyes.
Jiang Jie took his hand again and pulled him towards the other end: "Buy me a bunch."
Ji Huai was dragged and resisted a little, but he didn't struggle completely. The two of them soon came to the stall and she chose a bunch.
He took out his mobile phone and scanned the QR code to pay.
She took the candied haws, opened the package, and tasted one herself.
The candied haws were wrapped in sugar and had hawthorn inside. It was so sour that she squinted her eyes and wrinkled her whole face. Ji Huai looked at her like this and frowned slightly. He seemed to find it a bit funny and kept looking at her.
"I know you're afraid of sourness, so I don't intend to torture you." She ate one, then tore open the remaining packaging, preparing to eat the second one.
Ji Huai said nothing, put his hand on her wrist, picked up the candied haws, and ate the second one.
Jiang Jie was stunned for a moment and kept looking at her.
"Eat less." After he finished speaking, he pulled her and continued downstairs.
She smiled, walked to him at a faster pace, and was observing his reaction. She also encouraged, "You have to bite it open, it will be so sore after a while."
"Um."
I don't know if it was because the food he ate was not sour, but Ji Huai's expression remained as usual, with no major changes.
There were many people on the first floor, so he put his arm around her shoulders and she walked out while staying in his arms.
The street was also very lively, and the two of them were holding hands.
Jiang Jie felt that it was warmer in his pocket, so she took her hand away and put it in his pocket.
Seeing this, Ji Huai grabbed her hand and tried to pull it out.
"What are you doing?" She scolded with wide eyes, then put her hand deeper inside, and prepared to put her other hand in his other pocket.
Her behavior was a bit childish. Ji Huai looked at her standing in front of him and chuckled: "How can you leave like this?"
Jiang Jie also realized that her behavior was inappropriate. Looking at Ji Huai's eyebrows, she didn't take her hand out. She stretched her hand in and then stepped back: "This way?"
She didn't take two steps, her left foot stumbled over her right foot, her body began to lose balance, and she subconsciously grabbed his clothes.
Jiang Jie said nothing on the way back from the hotel. When she arrived at the hotel door, she turned to look at Ji Huai behind her. The faint smile on his lips never disappeared.
Just now, she wanted to be naughty, but she almost made a fool of herself. She pulled his clothes, and he followed her forward. She thought he was going to press on her.
Fortunately, he turned around and held her steady.
She was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she didn't move for a while, holding on to his clothes.
She looked completely different from the one she had just now.
Feeling embarrassed, she turned around and walked forward on her own, with him following her all the time.
Jiang Jie walked into the elevator and looked at him as he kept walking. Although he didn't smile, looking at his expression, he might be laughing at her in his heart.
He walked slowly and the elevator door was about to close. She quickly pressed the door button and stood aside waiting for him.
After Ji Huai came in, she took back her hand and put it in her pocket. She also had a pocket!
Neither of them spoke. After reaching the floor, the elevator opened the door. She took the lead and walked forward, followed closely by Ji Huai. When he reached her side, he put his arm around her shoulders and walked forward with her.
When he opened the door with the door card, he didn't take off his hand and kept holding her in his arms. Although he didn't speak, his behavior showed that he was showing kindness.
As soon as the door closed, Jiang Jie turned to look at him, raised her hands and put her arms around his waist.
She actually wanted to hug him like this and shrink into his coat, but she didn't expect that her feet wouldn't obey her before she started.
Ji Huai lowered his head and put his chin on top of her head: "I'm not laughing at you."
Jiang Jie raised her head, looked at his face and said, "Smile now." Before he could react, she let go, put her hand on his face, and lifted the corners of his mouth with her thumb, "Okay. , you’re laughing at me.”
"..." Ji Huai chuckled softly this time and raised the corners of his mouth.
"Look, Professor Ji lied," she said.
"Yeah." He was sincere, looking at her pink lips that opened and closed, and covered them.
She turned her hand around, hooked his neck, took a step back, and pressed her back against the wardrobe.
Ji Huai's hands got under her clothes and kept moving, caressing her skin like a familiar road, and led her back to the bed.
He spoke little, even less in bed. Jiang Jie closed her eyes and bit her lower lip, her rapid breathing could be heard in her ears, and sweat dripped down his cheeks.
zero point.
The sound of fireworks and firecrackers could be heard faintly in the distance, and it was snowing lightly outside.
The commotion in the room subsided, and the two of them were honest with each other and nestled on the quilt. Ji Huai hugged her and put his big hand on the back of her head, stroking her gently every now and then. Jiang Jie leaned on his shoulder and looked at his side. Face.
Feeling her gaze, Ji Huai also turned his head and looked at her with his bright and dark eyes.
She suddenly said: "Tell me, are you in love with me?"
The relationship between the two has been developing by leaps and bounds recently. He always seems to be flirting with her, not knowing whether it is intentional or not, and pretending that nothing happened.
Just boring.
Ji Huai didn't expect that she would ask such a straightforward question. His Adam's apple moved up and down and he looked away.
Jiang Jie's pupils shrank: "!!!"
He actually didn't deny it.
"Are you in love with Rijiu?" Jiang Jie smiled and confirmed again, "Are you really in love with me?"
Ji Huai looked at her again: "Will you marry someone you don't like?"
"Aren't we just..." She stopped talking at the end of her sentence.
When I got married, I didn't think much about it. I just thought that this person is compatible, comfortable to be with, a perfect match, and evenly matched. How great.
"You only get married when you have a good feeling. It's normal to have feelings." He pulled up the quilt covering the two of them.
But she felt curious: "You actually fell in love with me. What does it feel like to love someone?"
"Do you want to study?" Ji Huai asked her.
Jiang Jie: "It's incredible. Of course, it's normal to fall in love with me, and I love myself very much."
"Ha." Ji Huai was laughed at by her. He stretched out his hand to lift her chin, turned around and kissed her again. This time, he didn't stop for a brief taste, but pried open her teeth and lingered with her.
He kissed her gently and gently placed her hand on top of her head.
Jiang Jie felt a little dizzy and her head felt dizzy. She only remembered what Professor Ji said in her ear.
He said that objective analysis will take away attention, and thinking about it from time to time will disturb the mind.
"Do you want me more, or your academics more?" she asked intermittently, and said seriously, "Love makes people dizzy and is not conducive to self-development and improvement."
"Love love love..."
Ji Huai didn't let her talk about the nonsense that followed. He hugged her and fell in love with her again.
Jiang Jie asked him again: "Why don't you ask me if I love you?"
"unimportant."
"Why isn't it important anymore?"
"As time goes by, love grows."
…
Professor Ji was Professor Ji, and he said things like tigers and wolves without changing his expression. She felt that even thinking about it was an offense to him.
The two stayed in the hotel for another two days.
It was so cold that I didn’t even go out. I ate three meals a day in the hotel restaurant. No matter how delicious the food was, I got tired of it after eating so many meals.
She wanted to go back to city A. Ji Huai booked a flight ticket temporarily and packed her things to check out.
For the first time, Jiang Jie felt that she was very cheeky. After Ji Huai admitted that he loved her, their relationship no longer respected politeness. They behaved more intimately than before, occasionally joking, and the atmosphere became more ambiguous.
Ji Huai pushed the two luggage downstairs. She reached out and grabbed his clothes and followed behind.
He went to check out, and she sat on the sofa in the hotel, waiting for him to call a car.
Before going to the airport, they had to eat. Tired of eating in the hotel, he took her to a restaurant with local characteristics as a tourist trip.
Ji Huai came over and said, "They have a special car to pick you up from the restaurant. It takes ten minutes."
"Yeah." She patted the seat next to her and asked him to sit down and wait.
He sat down and she tilted her head, leaning on his shoulder.
Before getting into the car and leaving, Jiang Jie accidentally glanced and noticed that there was a figure from the back who looked very similar to Yuan Hongjun. He seemed to be menacing. She was still confused: "Is that mom? Take a look."
Ji Huai looked over and couldn't see it anymore.
"Am I wrong?" She turned sideways again, and the other party was no longer in sight.
"Let's go." Ji Huai didn't pay much attention.
Jiang Jie thought that she had really seen it wrong, so she didn't worry about it. After the two returned home, they continued to live a plain and warm life.
Ji Huai was reading information on the sofa. She held a book and sat down cross-legged, leaning on him. The relationship between the two has been like this during this period.
We often stick together. I used to feel more comfortable together, but now I feel very comfortable staying together.
As soon as Ji Huai put his arm around her, his cell phone rang.
He took the phone over and put it to his ear to answer.
Jiang Jie was close enough to hear the content of the call. After she heard clearly, she was so surprised that she sat up directly.