Xia Zhen tidied up her clothes again, the fashionista turned into the conservative one, and then came to the activity room with Pei Chengan.
The activity room is very large, just like a small indoor gymnasium. There were seven or eight people playing badminton and table tennis inside, and when they saw Pei Chengan appearing with Xia Zhen, they became enthusiastic, stopped exercising, and got to know each other with Xia Zhen.
They were all friendly, which made Xia Zhen feel more at ease.
"How about we play volleyball together." Someone suggested.
Volleyball is a team sport, and it will be more harmonious if everyone plays together. Pei Chengan asked Xia Zhen beside him, "Can you fight?"
Xia Zhen looked up at him confidently, "Yes." She used to like playing volleyball quite a bit, although she wasn't very good at it, but it was passable.
"Hey! Call Lu Mengqi to play together, didn't she just move here today?" someone said. There are a lot of bachelors in the research institute, and there are not many women among the colleagues. After a lot of effort, a single beautiful woman came, and of course they wanted to get in touch with them more.
A few days ago, Xia Zhen had thoughts about Lu Mengqi in her heart, but in the past two days, she let go a lot. However, the meeting with her earlier made Xia Zhen feel relieved, and even felt that she was trying to trap herself before. What matters is not how many people like Pei Chengan, but who Pei Chengan likes in his heart.
What he likes now is himself, although he is not sure whether he will always like him, but he can't give up eating because of choking, right, just grab what is in front of him.
Pei Chengan's colleague immediately called Lu Mengqi. At first, Lu Mengqi seemed to refuse, but after her colleague said that both Pei Chengan and Xia Zhen were there, she agreed.
In such a situation, Xia Zhen's feeling was quite subtle, and she couldn't help but look up at Pei Chengan.
Feeling her gaze, Pei Chengan turned to look back at her. "What's wrong?"
Xia Zhen smiled, "I want to be on your team."
"Of course I have to be on your team, otherwise the strength will not be balanced." Pei Chengan smiled and told the truth. Xia Zhen immediately understood what he meant, her fighting spirit was aroused, and she said, "I won't let you underestimate me!"
Pei Chengan took Xia Zhen to do some warm-up exercises, and Lu Mengqi came after a while. She was wearing a sky blue vest and trousers sportswear, and the close-fitting fabric bag outlined her perfect curves. Xia Zhen saw the eyes of all the men present, except Pei Chengan, of course.
Although Lu Mengqi is more eye-catching than Xia Zhen now, Xia Zhen is not jealous. Pei Chengan's clothes are very comfortable to wear, and there is no need to worry about being exposed.
When assigning the players, everyone tacitly put Xia Zhen and Pei Chengan in the first team, while Lu Mengqi was in the other team.
The first ball was served by Lu Mengqi, she served it beautifully, and with her always confident appearance, Xia Zhen knew that her skills must be good. Next, Xia Zhen truly experienced it.
I don't know if it was intentional or not, most of Lu Mengqi's balls were directed at Xia Zhen's. Xia Zhen didn't catch it very well at first, but after she got used to it, she got better and better.
Lu Mengqi played very hard. At first, everyone was playing casually to relax and relax, but later they all became serious and desperate.
Xia Zhen couldn't help thinking: Could she be venting? Think about it in another way, in fact, she can understand.
After playing for half an hour, the accident happened.
When Lu Mengqi jumped to the ground, she let out a cry of pain, and then fell to the ground. Everyone gathered around.
Lu Mengqi sat on the ground, holding her ankles with her hands, frowning slightly, the sweat on her forehead glistening, even though the sweat came out due to exercise, it seemed even more pitiful to me at this moment.
Xia Zhen couldn't help sighing, if she was a man, she would be moved by him.
All the men present were men who loved sports, and they all knew about the injuries caused by this kind of sports. Several men squatted beside Lu Mengqi, asked her how she was feeling, and asked her to try to move to confirm the extent of the injury.
"I'm fine." Lu Mengqi said to everyone with a gentle voice and a comforting smile, and looked up at Pei Chengan and Xia Zhen who were standing outside.
As the only female compatriot, Xia Zhen left Pei Chengan and walked to her side. "Help you up." She moved her ankle just now, but it wasn't sprained. They judged it to be a ligament strain.
"No, I can do it myself." As Lu Mengqi said, she wanted to stand up from the ground. It's just that her feet still seemed to be hurting, and when she exerted her strength, she let out an "oops", and someone immediately supported her. Of course, it wasn't Xia Zhen who helped her. She didn't appreciate Xia Zhen helping her just now, and there were so many people around her waiting to show off, there was no shortage of Xia Zhen.
"I'll take you back, and you need to apply cold compresses immediately." A male colleague said, and the others agreed.
Lu Mengqi was injured, although it wasn't serious, but the playing activity was over. It doesn't matter if it's over, originally playing together was a relaxed and happy thing, but because Lu Mengqi was too serious, Xia Zhen felt that she was not interested.
"I'll carry you back," said the man just now. Xia Zhen could tell that he liked Lu Mengqi.
He squatted down in front of Lu Mengqi, waiting for Lu Mengqi to climb up. But Lu Mengqi refused, "I can walk by myself." While speaking, her eyes turned to Pei Chengan again.
Xia Zhen was right next to her, and she could see every expression in her eyes. She didn't care at first, but her boyfriend was always being stared at, and it was in front of her, so she couldn't help feeling depressed.
Even if you can't restrain the liking in your heart, you can always restrain yourself a little!
It's better to go back to Pei Chengan and show the right of belonging.
Pei Chengan has been standing in the outer circle, only said earlier that Lu Mengqi must have a ligament strain, and then he didn't say anything. At this time, Xia Zhen came back to him, and he smiled at her.
Standing beside him, feeling his vague aura, the haze in Xia Zhen's heart was swept away. There are so many people who care about Lu Mengqi, and the two of them don't need to get involved.
She looked sideways at him, the only thought in her mind was to abduct him. Xia Zhen couldn't help laughing as she imagined herself dragging him away.
At this moment, a strand of hair from the corner of her forehead fell down and stuck to her face. After half an hour of strenuous exercise, Xia Zhen was also sweating profusely. In fact, she looks better than Lu Mengqi, and she looks very charming when she smiles.
At this moment, Pei Chengan felt that she was very charming, but Xia Zhen was disturbed by that lock of hair, she frowned and raised her hand to put it away. Halfway up the hand, there was a warm touch on the face.
It was Pei Chengan who brushed her hair back.
Xia Zhen was stunned for a moment, but when she saw the smile in his eyes, her heartbeat suddenly became violent again.
However, her throbbing was soon disturbed by a fiery gaze.
"Senior brother, I'll go back first." Lu Mengqi said suddenly.
"Yeah." Pei Chengan nodded, but didn't smile, with a polite and distant appearance. Xia Zhen felt that he was more profound, mysterious and attractive like this, but she didn't want him to treat her like this. Finding that Pei Chengan is gentle and considerate only when he treats himself, Xia Zhenjue's sense of happiness is almost bursting.
In the end, the only person who sent Lu Mengqi back was the man who was interested in her just now, and everyone saw his love, so they agreed to fulfill him tacitly. Xia Zhen and Pei Chengan stayed and chatted for a while, and returned after a while.
It's getting late, it's almost time for Xia Zhen to go home.
Her clothes and bag were still at Pei Chengan's residence, and the two of them went back together.
For some reason, Xia Zhen was a little excited and a little nervous because she was going back to the place where he lived, and the scene of the two embracing each other kept reappearing in her mind. In fact, she felt a little regretful. She felt that hugs should be matched with kisses.
She secretly scolded herself for not being ashamed, Pei Chengan should take the initiative in this kind of thing.
"Is it hot? Why don't you walk slowly." Pei Chengan said suddenly.
"It's not hot." Xia Zhen replied truthfully. It's just early summer, it's hot during the day, and the temperature at night is still very pleasant. It was really hot after exercising before, but it recovered after stopping for more than ten minutes. Now on the way back to the apartment building, the evening breeze is blowing, cool and comfortable.
"Then why is your face so red?" Pei Chengan looked at her face with a serious expression, feeling that it was abnormally red.
Xia Zhen suddenly understood, and hastily raised her hands to her cheeks, trying to cool them down. This is because she imagined the picture of kissing him because her head was hot just now... Hey, she doesn't want to admit that she is a pervert!
"Maybe my mother misses me." She held her face in both hands, and found an excuse that was often used by adults to deceive people when she was a child.
"Really?" Pei Chengan's voice was full of smiles.
This obviously means not believing it! Xia Zhen became angry from embarrassment, stared at her and said, "It must be!"
Pei Chengan couldn't help laughing. Originally, he really had no idea, but now seeing her reaction, he immediately started guessing. But he didn't continue to argue with Xia Zhen, "Well, I'll take you home later."
"Just take me to a taxi. You've been very tired recently, so go to bed early." Xia Zhen didn't mean that she wanted him to send her the car but said no, she really just didn't want him to drive for an hour to see her off Going home, although he doesn't have to drive back, it's still good to have an hour of rest.
"I am not tired."
"You have dark circles under your eyes."
"Then are you tired?"
"Not tired." Xia Zhen was categorical. She was a night owl. Even though she was too busy with work to go to bed at 11 in the evening and fell asleep quickly, she was still very energetic at such hours.
"Your dark circles are also coming out."
Xia Zhen: "..." Did he mean to give it away
"I want to send you off."
Xia Zhen pursed her lips.
"Don't deprive me of an extra hour of good time with you."
The corners of Xia Zhen's mouth curled up.