In the distance, there was the faint sound of waves.
The rising tides are like Qi Nian's heart at this moment, being swept up by the wind.
Qi Nian looked at his outstretched hand in disbelief, and his surprised eyes swept back and forth on his face and hands a few times, and then he seemed to be convinced that he agreed...
She pulled her lips, wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, and hurriedly rubbed her hand on her trousers to dry the water droplets, for fear that he would regret it, so she held him firmly.
It was not until he held his warm fingers that Qi Nian finally felt a real sense of holding hands.
It was a hand completely different from a girl's. The fingers with well-defined knuckles were slender and powerful, and when she grabbed it in the palm of her hand, all the tactile sensations on the fingertips seemed to be sharpened.
The lines on every part of his fingers, the slightly rougher pulp, was much warmer than hers.
Qi Nian lowered his head, unable to control the accelerating heartbeat in his chest, so he could only give psychological hints over and over again - calm down, calm down!
However…
thumping—
Qi Nian licked his lips dryly.
thumping—
She couldn't help but quietly rubbed his distinct phalanx with the pulp of her thumb.
thumping—
When he was only a few meters away from the tent, Qi Nian's hand held by Ji Yanxin squeezed slightly, causing him to stop.
The latter turned to look at her for no apparent reason, her clear eyes filled with night, deep and cool.
"That..." Qi Nian's face was hot from his eyes, but he still mustered up the courage to say, "You asked me before, when did you start liking you..."
Ji Yanxin raised his eyebrows.
Qi Nian was a little nervous, and the feeling of sweat in her palm made her timidly let go.
She lowered her head, her voice stumbling: "I liked you from the beginning... very early, in the parking lot of the terminal building.
"You might think love at first sight is ridiculous... but that's how it happened."
This sentence speaks fluently.
Qi Nian let out a sigh of relief, not even having the guts to look him in the eye, "I'm pursuing you very seriously."
At the end, her voice became smaller and smaller.
Until he couldn't bear the rapid heartbeat, he took a deep breath and ran away...
Qibao trotted behind Qi Nian for no apparent reason, and when she saw her swiftly crawling into the tent, she was about to slump into the tent's windshield.
As soon as he lay on the ground, he was blocked by Qi Nian, only one head poked into the tent. Seeing Qi Nian neatly turn over and hide in, he tilted his head and made a soft "woo" sound.
Ji Yanxin looked at Qi Nian who had fled once again with an inexplicable expression. The bonfire not far away reflected bright fire in his eyes, making his eyes that seemed to be stained with ink more and more unfathomable.
He frowned slightly.
this person...
Do you have to leave people where you are every time you confess your confession, but just slip away
He stood for a moment, seeming to sigh lightly, and then seem to be laughing. He lowered his head, walked outside the tent, lightened his strength, and gently kicked Qibao with only his tail exposed, "Let's go."
Qibao, whose tail was stepped on, immediately crawls and emerges.
The soft fur on the ears was tangled.
But it still looked at him stupidly, wagging its tail happily.
This stupid look is so similar to the people inside.
Qi Nian pricked up his ears and listened to the sound of his footsteps walking away. In the tent next door, after the sound of the zipper being opened repeated several times, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and took a careful breath.
When I relaxed, I realized that there was a lot of wetness on my back, and it was cool and cold at the moment.
She got up, bit the flashlight he just handed her, flipped through a pack of tissues in the faint light, scribbled off the sweat, lay down on the sleeping bag and panted.
A few words... but she was so tired that she felt dizzy.
I don't know how much he listened to this time
Thinking so wildly, I don't even know when I fell asleep.
When he became conscious again, it was already early morning.
The fire of the bonfire has weakened, and only a small cluster of flames is reflected on the tent.
At night in the mountains, the temperature difference is large, and it is even colder in the early morning.
Qi Nian forgot to get into the sleeping bag and was woken up by the cold.
Relying on her instinct, she stumbled into the sleeping bag, and the warm touch surrounded her. Qi Nian only had time to sigh contentedly, and then fell asleep again.
I don't know when, the noise outside made Ji Qiu unable to sleep.
She woke up rubbing her sore eyes. When she was tired in the early morning, she closed her eyes lazily and pushed Qi Nian gently, "Sister Qi, is it dawn, why is it so noisy?"
Qi Nianfu's consciousness at the shallowest level seemed to be trapped in a cage, floating up and down, and was brought into a bizarre world.
Ji Qiu's push didn't wake her up, but made her nervous in such an unstable environment.
Ji Qiu put his elbows on the sleeping pad, sat up halfway, listened for a while, and muttered, "Is there someone arguing outside?"
There was more than one voice, like many people, arguing about something.
Ji Qiu was agitated, and suddenly sobered up. She leaned closer to Qi Nian, and as a result... heard a very small sobbing sound.
Ji Qiu hurriedly lowered his head to look. In the darkness, he couldn't see anything.
Only Qi Nian's sobbing voice became clearer and clearer. When her mind exploded, her first thought was—what did her cousin do to her
But as soon as she came back to her senses, she shook her head and called out to Qi Nian in a low voice in fear: "Sister Qi, Sister Qi? Did you have a nightmare?"
Qi Nian still didn't wake up.
Ji Qiu was timid. The only light source in the tent was the reflection of the fire from the bonfire outside. He was so frightened at the moment that he was so scared that he cried, "Cousin... Cousin!"
As soon as he whimpered, a slightly hoarse voice came from outside the tent: "What's the matter?"
The voice seemed to be just waking up, with a bit of laziness in it.
After receiving a response, Ji Qiu wiped away tears and was still a little frightened, "Sister Qi is crying, I can't wake her up."
She looked outside the tent in bewilderment, "I'm scared."
Ji Yanxin was also awakened by the noise outside.
In this kind of environment, he couldn't let his guard down, he just slept lightly.
Not long after falling asleep, there was a quarrel among the group of campers.
He originally planned to come out to see the situation, but when he passed by Qi Nian and Ji Qiu's tent, he heard crying.
Ji Yanxin stood up straight, looked from a distance at the camp that would continue to quarrel for a while, and squeezed his eyebrows to relieve the tiredness of lack of sleep.
"It's not convenient for me to come in?" The words fell and he explained, "I'll come and see her."
Although the clothes are wrinkled, they can be dressed neatly without any inconvenience.
So, Ji Qiu only thought for a few seconds, then sat up and opened the curtain.
Ji Yanxin was standing outside the tent, wearing a coat and holding a flashlight in his hand.
Qibao sat sleepily at his feet and yawned lazily.
Ji Qiu exposed his head, and was forced back by the cold air in the mountains, which was so cold that he fought several cold wars.
Ji Yanxin leaned forward, parted the curtain with one hand, reached halfway into his body, and flashed a flashlight on the top of the tent, the bright light immediately illuminated the entire tent.
He tilted his head to look at Ji Qiu, his eyes were red, he had just woken up, and he had cried, looking like a poor stray cat.
"There's a group of campers arguing outside." He explained briefly, looking away at Qi Nian, "Scared."
Ji Qiu sniffed, "I couldn't sleep because of the noise outside, I thought it was dawn, and pushed Sister Qi..."
She didn't say anything after that.
Because Ji Qiu found out that Ji Yanxin's last sentence was not asking her, but telling her with certainty - Qi Nian was frightened.
She pursed her lips and followed Ji Yanxin's gaze.
Probably because of the nightmare, Qi Nian's brows were wrinkled, and he looked very unstable. Even his fingers gripping the sleeping bag were pinched so hard that the knuckles were bluish white.
Her complexion was pale and greasy, but her face was morbidly crimson, and there were shallow tears around her eyelids, sliding down her temples.
"Nightmare." Ji Yanxin stretched out his hand, trying to loosen her fingers that were clutching the sleeping bag.
Just reached halfway, remembered something, turned his head to look at Ji Qiu, who was staring at him, and commanded without any emotion: "Turn your head."
Ji Qiu let out an "ah", doubting his ears.
"I said," he repeated, "turn your head."
Now, Ji Qiu understood...
But after I understood it, the little heart beat restlessly a few times, excited and looking forward to it.
She bit her lip secretly, turned her head obediently, and glanced at the two of them out of the corner of her eyes...
Ji Yanxin didn't notice.
His eyes fell on Qi Nian's bitten white lips for a long time, he raised his hand, his fingers stained with the night were slightly cool, and he pinched her chin.
Immediately, lean over.
Ji Qiu's heartbeat was about to break, and his eyes were round.
To kiss, to kiss, to kiss!
Ahhh!
However…
Ji Yanxin just flicked his fingers, forcing Qi Nian to let go of his bitten lips.
hula-
Ji Qiuman's enthusiasm was like a balloon with a hole in it, and withered a few times.
The next second, as if she had been beaten with blood, a wolf-like green light appeared in her eyes...
Hold hands, hold hands, hold hands!
Ah ah ah!
Qibao made a "woo" inexplicably, and turned his head to look.
Ji Yanxin's fingers pressed against her knuckles, exerting a slight force, he remembered something, he held her hand for a while, and raised his eyes to look at her.
But in the blink of an eye, he packed up the strangeness and let go of her hand.
"Qi Nian." He called her in a low voice.
She moved her fingers up and pressed it between her eyebrows, gently relaxing.
"wake up."
The deliberately lowered voice had a bit of charm, and Ji Qiu's heart was surging. Before it was too late to feel sorry for Qi Nian that she had missed such a beautiful moment, Ji Yanxin was stunned for a moment, and his glinting eyes stared at him "with affection".
Ji Qiu finally couldn't help turning his head quietly.
Qi Nian opened his eyes and looked directly at Ji Yanxin.
The feeling that made her heart palpitations in the dream was still there, but she suddenly calmed down, watched Ji Yanxin quietly for a while, closed her eyes reluctantly, and fell asleep again.
Ji Qiu almost thumped the table...
Not a dream! Wake up now! Great opportunity!
The cry in her heart has not stopped, Ji Yanxin has raised his eyes to look at her, and asked with a half-smile, "What did you see?"
Ji Qiu's hair exploded and shook his head wisely, "I didn't see anything."
Ji Yanxin propped himself up and sat casually at the entrance of the tent.
He couldn't sleep peacefully all night, and his face looked a little tired.
"Ji Qiu," he called.
Ji Qiu rolled his eyes and looked at him.
"That little thought of you..." He paused, looking at her for a moment, "put it away."
Ji Qiu didn't dare to breathe, and asked carefully, "What are you thinking?"
Ji Yanxin glanced at Qi Nian who was sleeping, his slightly hoarse voice filled with faint powerlessness: "I don't care if you find it fun or curious.
"If I like it, I don't need anyone to push me forward."
Ji Qiu was stunned, "Don't you like Sister Qi?"
"Is there any reason why I have to like her?" Ji Yanxin asked rhetorically.
After the words fell, he felt that it was too cold and thin, so he pursed his lips and eased his tone: "In short, these things are not allowed to be more concerned in the future."
Ji Qiu was a little wronged by his training. Although Ji Yanxin didn't accuse her of anything wrong, she just felt like a fire in her heart, and she couldn't help it.
Still wanting to say something to refute, Ji Yanxin has already turned around and stepped out of the tent, "I'll be watching outside in the second half of the night, sleep in peace."
Ji Qiu was speechless.
She stared at the tent opening, her face puffed out with anger.
Without noticing at all, the person who was supposed to be sleeping slowly opened his eyes.
Ji Yanxin sat back in front of the bonfire. In the early morning, the top of Dongli Mountain was filled with layers of white fog, and the temperature was so low that even sitting in front of the fire, you could feel the night wind.
He picked up a branch and picked it from the fire with only a cluster of flames. The soot overflowed, and the flames suddenly grew stronger and rose slowly.
Qibao was lying at Ji Yanxin's feet originally, and seemed to sense that he was in a bad mood, so he silently squatted in front of him and licked the back of his hand.
"It's okay." Ji Yanxin touched its head and said to himself, "The last time, the last time..."
Qibao tilted his head.
Can not understand.
On the way down the mountain, the silence was even more oppressive than when it came.
The wipers on the windshield swept back and forth, and when I sat in the car, I could hear the pounding rain outside.
On a rainy day, it was the winding road of Dongli Mountain again. Shao Zui didn't dare to be distracted and focused on the road conditions.
Ji Qiu didn't see the sunrise that Ji Qiu was thinking about. As soon as he got out of the tent in the early morning, it was the mountain peak covered by clouds and mist.
After having a hastily breakfast, I packed up the tent and prepared to go back. Not long after we set off, it started to rain heavily.
She peeled off the oranges and cleaned them very cleanly before stuffing them into her mouth. Ren Zaidong still had some sour orange juice spread between her lips and teeth, so sour that she couldn't help squinting.
Shao Zui took time to glance at her, "Eat less."
Ji Qiu was sulking, and since this morning has been ignoring Ji Yanxin, and even Shao Zui was innocently involved. He shook his head and looked out the window, "Don't worry about it."
Shao Zui frowned, not knowing her in general.
On the flat ground, the rain lessened.
Only then can Shao Zui occasionally glance in the rearview mirror at the silent two people and one dog in the back seat.
Ji Yanxin stayed up all night last night and didn't sleep his eyes, his face was extremely ugly. He leaned on the back seat and closed his eyes for a while to rest before his face was better.
"Qi Nian." After driving on the viaduct, Shao Zui looked at the rearview mirror and called to her, "Send you home first."
Qi Nian just woke up from a big dream and looked out the window.
I probably hadn't slept well, my eyes were a little red, and I couldn't keep my spirits up, "Just find a place to put me down..."
The carriage was silent.
Ji Yanxin, who had been resting with his eyes closed, opened his eyes, propped up the seat and sat upright, the coat that he casually put on the body fell to the ground because of his movements, he picked it up without haste, "Go ahead, I will turn the corner ahead of time. tell you."
Shao Zui gave him a strange look, but said nothing.
The rest of the way, there was only Ji Yanxin's voice guiding the way.
He didn't sleep well, and he was in a bad mood, and the air pressure around him had dropped to freezing point.
Without saying a few words, he covered his lips and coughed a few times, and when he spoke again, his voice was hoarse: "The road ahead comes to the end, turn left."
Shao Zui looked back in surprise, "Did you catch a cold, why did you cough?"
Ji Yanxin didn't speak, he had a severe headache, his whole body seemed to be soaked in water, but the temperature on his body was scorching hot.
Even breathing was a lot heavier.
The rain outside the window continued, swept up by the wind and smashed against the car window.
The mineral water in Qi Nian's hand has been held all the way, and the temperature of the palm of his hand will warm the water. He tried to hand it to him several times, but the impulse just rushed into his heart and it shattered to the ground, and then put it together again. not coming back.
Qi Nian heard what he said last night.
With such a serious tone, it would be impossible for her to continue to take it seriously.
She originally thought that he would at least treat herself differently after being infiltrated for so long... But after turning around, she realized that she was just being affectionate, and he still stood where he was, without taking a step.
She was sad, but wanted to maintain that little self-esteem.
All I can do is pretend that I didn't hear anything, that nothing happened.
As long as you get out of the car, you can't see him.
She comforted herself softly, and didn't even notice when the car stopped. It was only when Qibao licked her hand that she suddenly came back to her senses.
Looking up, the car has stopped at the gate of the community.
Qi Nian was stunned for a moment, and when he opened the car door, he remembered to say goodbye first: "Then I'll leave first, see you all."
Ji Qiu quickly stopped her: "Sister Qi, take your umbrella with you." She unbuckled her seat belt, leaned on the back of the chair and handed her the umbrella.
Qi Nian glanced at Ji Yanxin subconsciously, just in line with his.
Slightly bright and warm, like a distant mountain.
She hurriedly took the umbrella, forgot to say "thank you", took a few steps back, and closed the car door.
The last step on the puddle, the splash of water wet her trouser legs, a mess.
Qi Nian held up an umbrella and walked around from the back of the car. He was about to cross the road when he lowered his head, only to find that he was still holding the bottle of water in his hand.
In the sound of rain all over the world, she heard her own heartbeat, which was faster than ever.
Almost uncontrollably, she turned around and opened the car door on Ji Yanxin's side. When the umbrella tilted down, the raindrops rolled down the ribs and landed on the back of his hand.
Ji Yanxin raised his eyebrows, raised his hand indifferently to sweep away the raindrops, and looked up at her.
Such quiet eyes made Qi Nian calm down.
Almost arrogantly, he stuffed the mineral water in his hand into his palm, "Mr. Ji, the teacher of my major class has assigned the thesis homework..."
Qi Nian paused and said cruelly, "I shouldn't be able to go to the laboratory for a while."
Ji Yanxin's breath sank, avoiding her gaze and staring at the bottle of water.
After a long while, he nodded and spit out a word in a hoarse voice: "Okay."
The rain gradually stopped until evening.
Qi Nian didn't want to move under the covers, so he stared blankly at the gloomy sky outside the window.
Only occasionally, when there are birds passing by in the sky, her eyeballs will follow the small black shadow.
Qi's mother didn't see Qi Nian come out even after cooking, thinking that when she came back in the morning, she was half-soaked with an umbrella, and finally realized something was wrong.
By the time she entered the house and pulled Qi Nian out of the bed, her eyes were swollen from crying.
Qi's mother was startled, "Didn't you go camping in Dongli Mountain? You were happy when you left, why did you end up like this when you came back?"
Qi Nian shook his head, hugged Qi's mother's waist, and buried his head in her arms, "My new comic is going to be a hole..."
Qi's mother suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out to be frightened...
She patted Qi Nian's back, "Okay, how old are you, and you are as casual as a three-year-old child. Get up to eat first, and you continue to cry after eating."
Qi Nian was too sad.
The male god can't catch up.
"Beauty should be repaired" is also going to be pitted, how can it be nothing...
huh huh...
Thinking that Qi Nian should be home by now, Liu Xia ate the oranges that Li Yue had peeled and called Qi Nian.
After a few beeps, it was connected.
She bit the orange petals, and her voice was indistinct: "I will go to Z city tomorrow afternoon, will you come and pick me up?"
Qi Nian took out another tissue and blew his nose, "No."
The thick nasal voice made Liu Xia frown, "What's wrong? Was rejected by Teacher Ji in a fancy way?"
Qi Nian was struck by a knowing heart and fell to the ground immediately.
Otherwise, how can I say that they are good friends from childhood to adulthood, and they are just like watching things happen with their own eyes across such a long distance. Guess it right.
Liu Xia didn't hear Qi Nian's answer for a long time, her heart throbbed, she bit her tongue and grinned in pain, "Don't stop talking... I really guessed it right?"
Liu Xia hissed and gasped, and Li Yue stuck his head out of the kitchen to see her with a pained look on her face, and came over with the cut dragon fruit, "What's the matter?"
Liu Xia pointed to his tongue, and the pain was so painful that his tears rolled.
Knowing that she bit her tongue, Li Yue smiled and looked closer, and unexpectedly heard the other end of the phone, Qi Nian cried out of breath, "Xia Xia, what should I do... The male god rejected me. , the comics will be pitted. I called Zhou Xinxin in the afternoon, and she said that the contract was signed and sent out."
Li Yue raised his eyebrows in surprise.
Qi Nian was still crying, "Don't you say she wants to go to the Legal Department, why is she so fast when she has nothing to do!"
Liu Xia managed to sort out the whole thing in her messy narration: "Mr. Ji rejected you, your pit can't go on, and as a result, the contract of the contracted entity was signed and sent out, and the dust settled. You lost your wife and lost your army, right?"
Listening to the increasingly miserable cry on the other end, Liu Xia sighed, "You are stupid, you can't make up the pit? If the male god is lost, it will be lost. I'll introduce you to a dozen or so, you can pick it up tomorrow."
Qi Nian cried even more piercingly.
Liu Xia felt distressed, but said viciously: "Okay, shut up for me, isn't it just a Ji Yanxin, I'll help you chase! I'll help you find a way!"
The world suddenly quieted down...
After a long while, Qi Nian choked and confirmed, "Are you serious?"
Liu Xia rolled his eyes, but the corners of his lips curled up, "Look at your potential."
On the way back, Shao Zui frequently glanced at Ji Yanxin in the back seat from the rearview mirror.
Just looking at Ji Yanxin, he couldn't be calm, raised his eyes and asked, "What do you want to say?"
Shao Zui was waiting for his words, and asked bluntly, "You are so familiar with Qi Nian's family... How many times have you been here?"
Really nutritious question.
Ji Yanxin continued to play with the mineral water in his hand and replied, "I don't remember."
Shao Zui: "…"
Seems to be many times...
Not long after.
Shao Zui coughed lightly and reminded him: "You have been staring at the water Qi Nian gave you all the way... Do you want to drink it?"