Han Chen took Bai Jinxi to a fusion restaurant by the river.
The style of the restaurant is very fashionable and comfortable. The red-brown wooden windows separate the private room from the hall, and there are lotus-shaped white lamps overhead. Outside the window, is the Yangtze River.
When Jin Xi sat down opposite him, she thought: It seems that he still really likes these old-fashioned things.
The waiter brought the menu, Han Chen took it, turned his head down, and asked, "What would you like to eat?"
Jin Xi replies, "I haven't been here yet, you order it."
"Um."
Jin Xi rests her chin with one hand and looks around, and finally her eyes fall on him again.
Jin Xi most often eats with Xu Sibai and Zhou Xiaozhuan. There is no need to compare Xiaozhuan. Compared with Xu Sibai, she found that Han Chen's style was really different.
Every time Xu Sibai ordered, he was gentle and courteous, and the waiter was embarrassed to speak loudly to this gentle scholar.
And what about Han Chen
The jacket was taken off and placed on the sofa. The buttons at the neck of the polo shirt are unbuttoned. One hand rested casually on the arm of the sofa, the other hand flipped through the menu, the car keys were thrown on the table, and there was not much expression on his face.
He really looks like a son-in-law... But he is a criminal policeman.
After ordering a few dishes, he suddenly raised his head and asked the waiter, "Is there any iced melon juice and blood swallows today?"
The waiter smiled and replied, "Yes."
"Give her an example."
The waiter stepped back, and Jin Xi was stunned.
She didn't quite understand why Han Chen wanted to give her some bird's nest. It's not about the money, it's just weird, doesn't she look like she needs to make up for it
"Why order bird's nest?" she asked. "It's so expensive. How much is your salary?" She was telling the truth. Anyway, it was his money, so there was no need to order such a luxurious thing.
He tilted his head and lit a cigarette, leaned back, and replied, "Well, please have this meal. Next, I will eat instant noodles for a week."
Bai Jin Xi doesn't know the truth of what he said, so she softly "hums". But in my heart, I felt a little reluctant.
I don't even know what to hate.
He took two puffs of cigarettes and looked at her: "When did you arrive?"
Bai Jin Xi recalled and replied, "Last Sunday."
He breathed out lightly white smoke, and said nothing. When Bai Jin Xi reacted, he must have thought that she sent him a text message that day.
The two didn't speak for a while.
Han Chen took a sip of tea and asked, "You will also participate in the training and selection tomorrow?"
Bai Jin Xi is a little puzzled: "Of course." Isn't this nonsense, tomorrow is the last day.
Under the light, his eyes looked extraordinarily dark, making her a little hard to see through.
She turned the teacup and said, "Have you found the person you were looking for last time?"
He drank his tea slowly: "No."
"Oh."
After a while, he asked again, "How are the training sessions these days?"
When it comes to training courses, Bai Jin Xi still has a lot to gain, so he started talking to him about one of the courses. And he listened quietly, always watching her. The dark eyes made Bai Jin Xi's heartbeat a little unsteady.
Finally, when it comes to academic performance, she is very proud: "Xiao Zhuan and I are the first and second places in the training class. He is first and I second."
"Zhou Xiaozhuan?" He repeated in a low voice, obviously a little surprised.
Jin Xi nodded, "Yeah. You don't know. He's a scholar. Nothing else is good, he's the best in exams, he's the king of exams. I'm second only to him."
He glanced at her, his eyes were a little deep, he seemed to be smiling, but he didn't.
At this time, the waiter served the food. Jin Xi picks up the chopsticks and picks up another, and another...
It's all super delicious...
She glanced up at him.
No wonder he is so picky and has a very bad taste.
Han Chen also picked up the chopsticks and started eating. When he eats, he looks different from usual. The gesture of holding chopsticks is very beautiful, and he eats more slowly. And he only ate what he liked, a plate of moonlight on a lotus pond. Just watching him repeatedly add lotus root and then add lotus root, the mushrooms, broccoli, and fungus did not stick at all; and for the two spicy dishes, he didn't even stretch out his chopsticks.
Somehow, Jin Xi's mood is slowly rising while the two of them are eating in such a quiet manner.
—
After dinner, the two walked out of the restaurant. It was already dark, and the lights on both sides of the Yangtze River were bright. Jin Xi rubs her stomach and proposes, "Let's go and eliminate food."
"Hmm." He draped his jacket over his shoulders and walked beside her.
On the bank of the river, there is a weedy tidal flat, and a road was stepped on in the middle. The two walked along this road slowly. The wind from the river was blowing slowly, and there were children running by playfully, but no one spoke for a while.
Jin Xi has seen the Yangtze River during the day. It is open and turbid, like the surface of the sea. But at this moment, walking by the riverside, it is a different scene: the river is dark and surging, and as the ship passes by, it constantly beats the shore. The ebb and flow of the ebb and flow in the dark night, hearing it in my ears, makes my heart seem empty.
"Go and have a look," she suggested.
Han Chen has no objection.
Standing on the edge of the river, with my feet in the sand, the wind was even stronger. Jin Xi looked at the waves that were pushed gently in the distance, she just liked it, she opened her hands to her mouth, and shouted "Ah—" a few times.
Turning his head, Han Chen lowered his head and lit a cigarette. The firelight illuminated his face, and he was smiling.
An indescribable emotion spreads in Bai Jin Xi's heart instantly. She turned her head to look at Jiang Shui, not letting this emotion leak out on her face.
As soon as she thought about it, and with a bit of playfulness, she opened her mouth again and shouted, "Han... bastard... egg... nah..." The ending sound was long, with a trembling color scheme, it didn't seem like she was shouting The name of the person is like the shout of the old man who walks the streets and alleys selling stinky tofu every day in the old city. She was instantly blessed, and continued to shout out a very symmetrical next sentence: "stinky... bean... rot... hey..."
"Cough cough..." Han Chen actually choked on the smoke and grabbed her hand, "I really know how to shout."
Bai Jin Xi turned her head to look at him and smiled, and was instantly stunned. Under the moonlight, his face was blurred. A pair of eyes dimly reflected lights, as obscure as the Jiang Qiushui behind her.
He was still holding her fingers, and Jin Xi's heartbeat "thump, thump" quickened.
"Let's go." He let go of her hand, raised his hand and took a breath as he turned around, then walked forward alone.
Bai Jin Xi: "...Oh." She followed.
—
It was past nine o'clock when Han Chen drove her downstairs to the hotel.
There are people going in and out of the hotel all the time. Jin Xi is afraid of meeting someone she knows, so she doesn't dare to stay any longer, so she jumps out of the car: "Then I'm leaving, goodbye."
He put one hand on the steering wheel: "Well, bye."
Bai Jin Xi took two steps, then turned back and looked at him with a polite smile: "When are you going to Jiangcheng again? Remember to contact me, I'll treat you to dinner." She will be leaving by train the day after tomorrow.
Through the car glass, Han Chen looked at her and smiled slowly: "Okay."
Jin Xi couldn't look directly into his eyes, turned around and walked into the hotel.
—
As soon as he took out his door card and swiped the door, the door next door opened immediately, and Zhou Xiaozhuan jumped out, staring at her excitedly. Jin Xi ignored him, pushed the door into the room, and lay down on the bed.
Xiao Zhuan leaned over and stared at her face silently.
Bai Jin Xi closed her eyes and asked, "Have you asked me for a leave?"
"Please, please." He asked tentatively, "Did I read it wrong, it was Han who drove you back just now..."
Jin Xi opens her eyes and smiles at him. Then he got up and pushed him out of the door: "Why are you running into a woman's room in the middle of the night, do you know how to avoid suspicion!"
"I rely on the boss, you have changed..." Amidst Xiao Zhuan's protest, Jin Xi closed the door without hesitation.
After taking a bath, I lay back on the bed, and when I looked up, I saw a bright moon outside the window.
The same moon as on the beach.
She looked up at the time, Han Chen should have driven home by now.
My heart seemed to be gently scratched by a small hand, it was a little itchy and a little messy, I took out the phone and turned to his number.
Shall I text him
But suddenly the scene just now flashed in my mind-
He turned his head away and let go of her hand.
It was like a ghost, and he remembered how many days ago, the night when the two of them rode back to the police station, he was standing downstairs smoking alone.
There was also last week's video conference, but he was the only one who didn't look back and left.
…
There was a sudden pain in my heart. She stared at the phone screen for a long time, then sighed softly and threw the phone aside.
—
When Han Chen returned home, the room was silent as usual.
It was past ten o'clock when I came out of the shower. Went to the sofa and sat down, lit a cigarette, and picked up the phone.
Both text messages were sent by Xin Jia. He just clicked delete.
Then the latest text message was sent by Jin Xi, and it was the same one when he first arrived in Lan City last Sunday.
He looked at her name with a cigarette in his mouth, rested his long fingers on the keyboard, tried to type several times, was silent for a long time, and finally threw the phone back on the table.
In the long night, he leaned into the sofa and put his hand on his forehead, blocking his eyes. Just thinking about it, he smiled again.