After dinner, Chi Nuan took a shower and returned to the room early, lay on the bed, opened the chat interface with Gu Ningzi, and looked at the photo repeatedly.
There was still a feeling of rapid heartbeat, Chi Nuan was stuffy on the sheets, and covered her head with the quilt.
Chi Qingchuan knocked on the door outside: "Nuan Nuan, come out to eat watermelon."
Chi Nuan responded, and when she opened the door, she suddenly realized a question: who took pictures of Gu Ningzi
She thought about this question, and the watermelon was also absent-minded. Xu Dan posted several photos of grand dresses in the group, asking them which one to wear on the premiere
Chi Nuan couldn't pick out the good or the bad, so he had to say, "Which one do you like?"
Du Min: "It seems like you are walking the red carpet."
Zhao Jingjing: "We just went to see a movie."
Chi Nuan: "…"
Xu Dan: "..."
Xu Dan: "Break up [goodbye] [goodbye] [goodbye]"
Chi Nuan had just read the information when Xu Dan's phone call came in: "Is it wrong to go to see the idol dressed up?"
Chi Nuan: "...No."
Xu Dan was recognized, and immediately said a big pass. Chi Nuan went back to the room and chatted with her for a while, when a new call sounded in the receiver.
She removed the phone, it was Gu Ningzi.
"Xu Dan, wait a minute, I'll answer the call first, and I'll tell you later." Chi Nuan said and switched to Gu Ningzi's call.
"Gu Ningzi?"
At that end, Gu Ningzi sighed: "Chi Nuan."
"I want to talk to you." Gu Ningzi whispered into Chi Nuan's ears.
Chi Nuan stared at the patterns on the sheets, and before she could sort out her mood at the moment, a series of cracking sounds rang out in her ears, and she stunned: "...What's wrong with you?"
A few seconds passed.
"...I dropped all the dishes you cleaned last time."
"If your hand slips, you can't hold it steady..."
Gu Ningzi's voice was slow and soft, and her breath was very unstable. Chi Nuan finally heard the clue and didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "... Gu Ningzi, have you been drinking?"
Gu Ningzi: "Well, I drank a little."
Chi Nuan: "Is there anyone else beside you?"
Gu Ningzi: "No."
Chi Nuan imagined Gu Ningzi standing among the broken pieces of porcelain on the ground, her heart tightening: "Then why don't you leave the kitchen now? Don't pick up the pieces, it will cut your hand."
Gu Ningzi: "I'm fine, I just drank a little. It's really only a little... I'm a little dizzy."
Chi Nuan warmly persuaded her: "Let's get out of there, clean up when you wake up, and walk around the debris, okay?"
Gu Ningzi hesitated for a while and said, "Okay."
Chi Nuan listened to Gu Ningzi's aggravating breath, and after a long period of silence—
"I'm in the room, um, already lying down."
Unbelievably good.
Chi Nuan turned off the light and lay down on his bed. A gentle voice sounded in the small room: "Gu Ningzi, can you tell me, who did you drink with?"
"Secretary Su."
"That's the archery photo that Secretary Su took for you?"
"Yes."
Gu Ningzi's answer calmed Chi Nuan's inexplicable anxiety about the unknown, but her heart was ironed, but her face was sultry - Gu Ningzi was drunk, but she was sober but deliberately lied to her with ulterior motives.
Gu Ningzi couldn't think of this. Following the "archery photos" mentioned, she asked Chi Nuan, "Do I look good?"
The same question, asked by Gu Ningzi, produced a completely different effect than when Yue Yun asked. Chi Nuan's heart trembled, she covered her eyes: "Well."
Getting a positive answer, Gu Ningzi laughed and said, "Chi Nuan, I'm dizzy..."
With a coquettish tone in her tone, Gu Ningzi tonight is very different from the past, cute and foul.
Chi Nuan: "If you feel dizzy, then go to bed earlier..."
Gu Ningzi: "But I still want to hear your voice."
Gu Ningzi: "Ah, what the hell am I talking about..."
Gu Ningzi: "Chi Nuan, can I pick you up?"
His face continued to get hot, and the water in his body continued to evaporate with Gu Ningzi's words, Chi Nuan's mouth was dry: "... Pick me up? Now?"
Gu Ningzi's voice sounded full of anticipation: "Can you do it now?"
Chi Nuan didn't answer directly, but instead asked her, "Where are you going to pick me up?"
"...No, I've been drinking, I can't drive now..." Expecting to be replaced by disappointment and regret, Gu Ningzi muttered reproachfully: "I shouldn't drink..."
Chi Nuan reminded her, "You don't have a driver's license yet..."
Gu Ningzi's thoughts were carried away by Chi Nuan: "Hey?... Yes, it was the first time you got into my car, were you afraid?"
Chi Nuan said, "I'm afraid."
Gu Ningzi whispered: "Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you."
Chi Nuan got up and pulled out the remote control, and lowered the temperature of the air conditioner by two degrees.
Gu Ningzi: "What about you now? Are you still afraid?"
Chi Nuan bit her lips and said softly, "Don't be afraid."
Gu Ningzi smiled: "I thought at that time..."
Chi Nuan: "What do you think?"
Gu Ningzi: "I miss you being fun and likable."
…
The room was pitch black, and Chi Nuan waited for the heat on his face to subside before turning on the phone again.
The call with Gu Ningzi lasted nearly an hour. Finally, Gu Ningzi's mobile phone ran out of power and automatically shut down, and the chat was forced to be interrupted.
Chi Nuan clicked on the photo of Gu Ningzi saved in the album.
What magic was cast on him to keep his heartbeat out of the normal frequency tonight
Chi Nuan didn't dare to look at it again, so she exited the album and scanned the information that Xu Dan had bombed one after another:
"It's not over yet?"
"Half an hour passed..."
"HELLO? This friend?"
"Friend, honestly, where did you know someone who could talk to you for so long?"
"?"
"still there??"
“… [bye] [bye] [bye]”
Chi Nuan: "…"
…
The next day, the group discussed the matter of meeting up and going to L city tomorrow. Xu Dan mentioned the dress to be worn again, and suddenly the topic changed, and he asked Chi Nuan: "Who were you on the phone with last night? Then! What! Long time!"
In fact, it can be said that it is Gu Ningzi, and the phone calls between classmates are normal, but the atmosphere last night was like a dazzling dream, so special, as if the mention of a word would make her The taste has changed, and it is no longer attractive.
Chi Nuan: "It's nothing..."
Xu Dan: "Oh, this makes people suspicious, my friend, it's so mysterious [smiling]"
Du Min: "I seem to smell the breath of gossip [with glasses]"
Xue Min: "[question]"
Zhao Jingjing: "[question]"
Gu Ningzi: "Me."
Chi Nuan's pupils contracted violently, and her heart skipped half a beat.
Xu Dan didn't understand the meaning of Gu Ningzi's "I", and only regarded it as the opening remarks she was going to talk about: "Ah! Come pick us up at school around one o'clock in the afternoon, what do you say?"
Gu Ningzi: "I'll go by myself, don't worry about me."
Xue Min: "[OK]"
…
Chi Nuan finished brunch and went back to the room to open the closet. Thinking of Xu Dan's theory that "you have to dress up to see an idol", after hesitating for a long time, she took out the silk cheongsam that Yue Yun bought for her last year.
At that time, Yue Yun and Chi Qingchuan had not known each other for a long time, and when they knew that he had a younger sister, they gave him a cheongsam as a gift.
Chi Nuan only tried it on once. This cheongsam didn't fit her too well last year. If she took it out and tried it again this year, it just fit.
Chi Nuan changed her clothes, split her hair into strands, put two bags on the upper sides of her head, and decorated them with ribbons of the same color as the cheongsam.
All the clothes to be used for the night were packed in advance. She carried the bag and went out. Chi Qingchuan went to work, and she told Yue Yun to go back to school.
Seeing her make-up, Yue Yun said "Huh", "Come and see."
Chi Nuan obediently walked up to her.
The hairstyle is innocent, the cheongsam fits her curves, and the pretty girl is casually sexy, very attractive. Yue Yun held her forehead and said lazily, "Are you in love?"
Chi Nuan was inexplicably asked by her: "... ah?"
Yue Yun: "I heard you calling someone late in your room."
Chi Nuan said, "I didn't talk about it."
"Oh." Yue Yun waved her hands perfunctorily, indicating that she didn't want to communicate any more: "Okay."
Chi Nuan walked out of the house and approached the gate of the community under the scorching sun, when a big black car overtook her, the wheels ran over the road, and it stopped in front of her.
The window of the driver's seat was lowered, and the woman sitting on it turned to look at Chi Nuan.
She was wearing sunglasses that covered half of her face, and Chi Nuan didn't recognize who it was.
At this time, the rear door opened, and Gu Ningzi, in white clothes and black trousers, got out of the car: "Chi Nuan."
Chi Nuan took a step and looked at her in surprise: "Gu Ningzi? Why are you here?"
My mind finally turned around, who wasn't Secretary Su in the driver's seat
Gu Ningzi said, "Get in the car first."
Without her speaking, Chi Nuan walked over involuntarily. Gu Ningzi took her luggage and put it in the trunk. Chi Nuan took the umbrella and got into the car.
The air-conditioning took away the excess heat on her skin, Chi Nuan looked at Secretary Su in front of him, and at Gu Ningzi next to him, all the surprise was written on her face: "Are you here to pick me up!? "
Secretary Su glanced at her in the rearview mirror, smiled, and drove the car out of the community.
Gu Ningzi took a box of cherries from the co-pilot and handed it to Chi Nuan: "I'm afraid you'll be hungry on the road, and there will be cake."
At the same time, a thin blanket covered Chi Nuan's legs.
Chi Nuan's cheongsam had slits on the side. It was fine when standing, but it was too short when sitting down. The blanket just helped her cover it.
Chi Nuan stared at Gu Ningzi with bright eyes.
Gu Ningzi raised her hand and stroked her group's small bag.
Both laughed.
The light at the intersection jumped red, and the car slowly slowed down and stopped.
Chi Nuan opened the lid of the box, took out a cherries, and gave it to Gu Ningzi first: "Do you want to eat?"
Gu Ningzi lowered her head and took it away familiarly.
Chi Nuan retracted her hand, rubbing her fingertips lightly on her palm.
Secretary Su's sunglasses slipped down, watching them from the rearview mirror intentionally or unintentionally. Chi Nuan noticed her gaze, and immediately picked one up and reached out to her: "Do you want to eat?"
Secretary Su met Gu Ningzi's cold gaze: "...You're welcome, you guys eat."
The two people in the back seat ate some fruit, and Chi Nuan pointed out the car window: "Gu Ningzi, look, I used to be in elementary school."
Gu Ningzi followed the direction she pointed, and the inscription of XX Elementary School flashed by.
"At that time, my brother came to pick me up from school every day, and he would buy me popsicles when it was hot. When it was cold, he would just roast sweet potatoes and fry chestnuts and cover them in my clothes. When I ate them, they were still warm."
Gu Ningzi imagined the young Chi Nuan, who was led by Chi Qingchuan and walked past the school gate, smiled and said, "That's great."
The phone rang during the conversation, and Xu Dan asked everyone in the group how long it would take to get to school. She was so excited that she left the house very early and was now blowing the air conditioner in the milk tea shop opposite the school.
Du Min: "Don't tell us you're sitting in a milk tea shop in a grand dress... [laughs and tears]"
Zhao Jingjing: "The picture is too beautiful [laugh and cry] [laugh and cry] [laugh and cry]"
Xu Dan: "I'm so pissed off by you!"
Xue Min: "Then I'll go over now."
Du Min: "[Smiling] I have about half an hour left."
Zhao Jingjing: "Similar to Minmin."
Gu Ningzi: "Chi Nuan and I go directly to L City."
"… "
Chi Nuan recalled that yesterday, Gu Ningzi did say that she went to L City by herself, so don't worry about her words.
Xu Dan: "..."
Du Min: "..."
Zhao Jingjing: "..."
Xu Dan: "Damn it! Nuan Nuan, you're so boring! It's a shame I still think of you, and I want to be the first to show you the dress I'm wearing today!"
Chi Nuan bowed her head apologetically and typed: "Actually, I just found out..."
Xue Min: "[Mysterious smile]"
Xue Min: "In this case, you can go directly to the cinema, and the hotel you booked is upstairs."
Gu Ningzi: "[ok]"