As soon as Jinxiu turned on her phone, she received a call from Xu Jingyan.
"Xiuxiu, did you just get off the plane?"
Jinxiu responded to Xu Jingyan while pushing the suitcase: "Yes."
Xu Jingyan raised her voice immediately, "Come over for dinner, I'll wait for you!"
Jinxiu looked at the location of the exit: "I'll just eat something when I go back, I'm a little tired."
"There's always food to eat, and we'll go back together after we're done."
Jinxiu is a wedding planner. She stayed in City A for more than a month before and after the wedding, and finally returned to Lin City. Although Jinxiu didn't want to go, Xu Jingyan agreed.
It's exactly six o'clock in the taxi to the restaurant, which is the peak meal time. Fortunately, the location is conspicuous, and people are not difficult to find.
Jinxiu saw that Xu Jingyan was sitting opposite Zhou Yun, she didn't know what Xu Jingyan was talking about, her face was full of happiness, and she kept gesticulating with her hands. Zhou Yun leaned against the back of the chair, holding the cup in one hand and sipping on the rim of the cup, while lightly tapping the table with the other hand.
As Jinxiu approached, Zhou Yun immediately stood up, and his original casual expression immediately came alive: "Xiuxiu, you are here."
Jinxiu bit her lower lip and nodded at him, at the same time she glanced at Xu Jingyan indistinctly.
Xu Jingyan pretended not to see Jinxiu's dissatisfaction, invited Jinxiu to sit next to her, ordered the menu and asked her what to eat.
Zhou Yun graciously poured lemonade for Jinxiu, and also introduced some special dishes of this restaurant, Jinxiu only thanked her lukewarmly.
After finishing all this, Zhou Yun deliberately found a topic: "The wedding planned this time was very successful. I saw it on Weibo. It's very beautiful."
Jinxiu nodded slightly, "I also want to thank senior brother for the thread."
Zhou Yun smiled: "It's because you did a good job, you should be able to have a big vacation this time, right?"
Jinxiu said, "Two days off, there is still a lot of work to do after that."
Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Xu Jingyan hurried out to change the subject: "The dishes are all served, let's chat while eating."
Next, Zhou Yun and Xu Jingyan were basically talking, and Jinxiu only occasionally echoed a few words.
After eating, Zhou Yun wanted to send them back after paying the bill, but Jinxiu refused.
Jinxiu and Xu Jingyan live together in Xinlanyuan.
It stands to reason that their wages cannot afford to live in such a good house. But the boss, Mo Ni, likes Jinxiu. It would be a waste to leave the house empty anyway. It would be better to have a trustworthy person to look after the house, so he rented it to the two of them cheaply.
In the taxi, Jinxiu closed her eyes and turned sideways towards the window.
Xu Jingyan tugged at Jinxiu's hand, but she gently shook it off. After repeating this several times, Xu Jingyan simply put her arms around her and shook her hand, "Xiuxiu? Are you angry?"
Jinxiu didn't even open her eyes, but she didn't shake her off either.
"Baby, I apologize to you, I was wrong. I don't want to promise my brother to come, but he has asked me several times."
Xu Jingyan glanced at Jinxiu, and saw that there was no sign of anger on her face, so she continued: "I used to be a direct brother, but now I'm my boss, so I won't be too stiff!"
"You know it's impossible for me and him." Jinxiu sighed softly.
"Why?" Xu Jingyan looked at Jinxiu, "Senior brother is handsome and elegant, his family conditions are so good, and he likes you so much, are you not tempted at all?"
"I thought I was obvious enough." Jin Xiu emphasized helplessly.
Xu Jingyan leaned on Jinxiu's shoulders and tried to shrink her 172cm tall man into Jinxiu's 161cm small body like a small bird: "Senior brother has been chasing you for five years since he was a sophomore. You are really cruel. You have a chance. Don't you give it to him?"
Jinxiu opened her eyes and looked at Xu Jingyan: "If I give him some hope and then refuse, wouldn't it be more cruel?"
"Then he has no chance at all?"
Jinxiu pursed the corner of her mouth slightly, and smiled: "Jingyan, you know, I have a boyfriend."
With you, how can I see others
Xu Jingyan looked up at Jinxiu, then lowered her head and continued to lean on Jinxiu's shoulder.
Yes, boyfriend.
This silly girl.
"However, we have known each other for six years, but we have never contacted you in these six years. He is your boyfriend, are you still his girlfriend?" Xu Jingyan said indignantly.
Jinxiu told herself in her heart that it was seven years and eight months, more than 2,700 days of waiting and longing.
He said to her, you must wait for me.
So she waited.
For so many years, it has never wavered.
She listened to everything he said and believed it.
Jinxiu looks sweet and cute, her eyes are crooked when she smiles, like two little crescents. There are two deep small dimples on the cheeks, which look like an elf smiling at you.
This kind of appearance is especially attractive to boys, which is commonly known as the standard first love face.
I remember when I was in college, my roommates didn’t know how many love letters they helped hand over, and how many invitation calls they answered.
Jinxiu just said: "I have a boyfriend, just reject it for me next time."
The roommates were very curious. They didn't see Jinxiu with anyone or talk on the phone with anyone. Who could it be? Is it from our school
Jinxiu shook her head, it's not from our school.
Xu Jingyan and Jinxiu lived together for four years, and rented under the same roof for two years after graduation. Not to mention that they have never seen each other, not even a photo.
No one knows who his boyfriend is.
Over the years, I have seen how many senior brothers and sisters pursue Jinxiu in various ways, but none of them can impress her.
That's why it was said in the dormitory before that the boyfriend should be just an excuse, existing to keep off the peach blossoms.
What else can Xu Jingyan say, this girl is too stupid.
* *
Not surprisingly, Jinxiu had another dream that night.
For so many years, Jinxiu would dream repeatedly almost every day of Xiangyang, the boy she had been looking for for more than seven years but had no news of.
In the dream, she returned to the year when she was eighteen years old, the surroundings were pitch black, and she was walking alone on the mountain road.
Jinxiu walks this section of the road several times almost every day. This is the only way to get to and from school, but she still feels a little scared when she is alone in the field so late. In particular, the chorus of cicadas mixed with some unknown bugs surrounds the ears in stereo.
When she came home from school, her adoptive mother asked her to pick up vegetables and leaves in the field to feed the pigs, but who knew that the rain delayed the time, and it was dark when I went home.
People in the countryside go to bed early at night, the field is not close to the village, the surroundings are pitch black and there is no light, and there are a few dogs barking from time to time. Jinxiu couldn't help trembling in her heart, afraid that a dog or a ghost would suddenly pounce on her.
That kind of fear is like a thread getting into the ear and pulling the nerves of the brain all the time, coming in and going out, sometimes loosening and sometimes tightening, tormenting people.
Jinxiu's calf was slightly weak, and she sang to strengthen herself, but her singing voice was broken.
While humming a song, she walked forward step by step. The more she wanted to go faster, the more her feet became uncontrollable, but she dared not stop even more.
While Jinxiu encouraged herself in her heart, she looked at the road under her feet. When can I go home and when can I get out of this predicament.
The silk thread kept pulling, and the symphony continued to sound like magic.
"beautiful!"
The clear youthful voice sounded, the thread disappeared, and the symphony stopped.
Jinxiu could only vaguely see a thin but tall figure through the night.
Jinxiu quickened her pace and threw herself at Xiang Yang who was running fast.
"Xiangyang!" The voice was full of surprise and a little crying.
Xiang Yang ran a few steps and hugged her tightly, patted her on the back: "It's okay, I'm here."
Xiangyang walked forward holding Jinxiu's hand. The same night, the same mountain road, because Xiangyang was by her side, Jinxiu was no longer afraid, no longer hesitated, and there was an inexplicable sense of peace in her heart.
Ever since she was sensible, Jinxiu often had to help her family with farm work during school holidays.
She is just a foster daughter. At that time, the adoptive parents had no children, and my biological parents had too many daughters, so they sent her away. The adoptive parents were fine with her at first, but everything changed when they had a child of their own when she was ten years old.
There have been situations like tonight when I went home in the dark, but I cried and went home by myself, and my adoptive parents didn't ask a question when I got home. This was the first time someone came to take me home.
It was also from then on that whenever she thought of Xiangyang, Jinxiu felt that she was surrounded by a thick protective shield, and nothing would scare her.
Even after so many years, she tried all kinds of methods but couldn't find Xiangyang, even if it was just because Xiangyang said to wait for me, it was enough to make Jinxiu feel that her armor was extremely hard.