In the reading room, Xu Tingsheng pretended to move the stool, but Lu Zhixin stretched out her arm nervously and said, "You, you... don't come over."
Accidentally, under the table, the feet of two people touched together. Because they were thinking about strange things, both of them shook suddenly, and the feeling of electric shock and paralysis traveled all over their bodies.
Lu Zhixin looked up at Xu Tingsheng cautiously.
Xu Tingsheng said: "Why are you peeking at others? Why don't you study hard?"
The voice was a little louder, and was heard by the couple on the other table. The two people visibly shook their bodies, and quickly flicked their hands away, retracted them, and put them on the table, showing embarrassment.
After a while, the two packed up their things and left.
After the episode, Xu Tingsheng got up and went to the bookshelf to change books. Every time he took down a book, he leaned on the bookshelf and flipped through it casually, so as not to look bad and had to go back and forth. On the bookshelf has been forgotten to go back.
After Lu Zhixin studied carefully and went in, she was actually quite focused. When she looked up again and found that there were not many people left around her, Xu Tingsheng had disappeared.
When she finally found Xu Tingsheng among the bookshelves, he was already out of breath, and his expression was extremely panicked and tense, even with a hint of pain.
Xu Tingsheng looked at her and said, "Where did you go to find me?"
"The whole building." Lu Zhixin said out of breath.
"Why don't you find the nearest place first?"
"Maybe because... I always feel in my heart that you will suddenly... leave me and leave. Go far."
Xu Tingsheng thought: "It's over, are you going to talk about the future with me? It's not time to be responsible, right? Why does it feel like my wife is talking to a husband who is suspected of cheating?"
He said, "Here, are you going to kick me away from Soho Hucheng?"
Lu Zhixin looked at him, took a breath and said, "Are you afraid? I'm going to make you stand up. In fact, there are many people in the company who talk about this, and most of the companies and media we have cooperated with know that I don't know you. .”
"One day you really need to do this, tell me," Xu Tingsheng said with a smile, "By the way, I bought your villa for you, and all the related things are under the coffee table in the living room. I planned to wait for you I gave it to you on your birthday, now that you think about it, it’s also a good New Year’s gift.”
Lu Zhixin looked at Xu Tingsheng blankly.
"It's not expensive, it's just a few million. It's good to be your year-end bonus. This year, you have worked hard." Xu Tingsheng said, "Because of that contract, I knew that your family might encounter difficulties. Someone checked and found out that you sold the house, and for a moment of tenderness...then bought it back."
Lu Zhixin said, "Yes."
The cleaning lady knocked on the dustpan with a broom and shouted, "Are you going? Go out and talk about love, I'm going to lock the door."
The two left the reading room in a hurry with embarrassment.
From the library to the dormitory area, you have to pass through a small garden area with water, bridges, and small pavilions. Lu Zhixin also lived in the dormitory during this period. She changed departments, but the dormitory did not move. She still lives in the dormitory of the English department. inside.
This year, ever since she moved into a riverside residence and applied for it, Lu Zhixin seldom went back to live there. In addition, she and Xu Tingsheng had a lot of couples recently, so when talking in the dormitory, roommates and girlfriends always focused on this matter.
They asked about the two of them. They didn't ask about Xu Tingsheng's legendary career, but they cared about Xu Tingsheng's privacy, such as his hobbies and living habits, and whether he had any eccentricities.
This... Lu Zhixin really knew, but she couldn't say it.
The more extensive ones, the ones who were in love, even asked Lu Zhixin how Xu Tingsheng was doing in that respect.
Women's vanity is always inevitable, Lu Zhixin did not tell the true state of the two of them, and acquiesced to some things with a noncommittal attitude. Occasionally, he would share interesting stories about Xu Tingsheng, for example, the dishes he cooked were delicious, and that time, he washed all his clothes.
Lu Zhixin found herself becoming more and more addicted to this feeling of having Xu Tingsheng.
When passing by the small pavilion, Lu Zhixin said in a very small voice, "Sit down."
The two of them sat down, and Lu Zhixin said with some emotion, "It's been a year, Xu Tingsheng, I've been dependent on you for a year. I thought it was time for me to give you a scarf, and it was time to trick you into giving me roses to confess my love. I'll give you an idea to buy a training school, you said you mind... "
Xu Tingsheng smiled and said, "Actually, I'm not that handsome."
Lu Zhixin laughed, and then said: "It's just that I'm a little short, so I don't dare to buy high heels anymore."
"Are you too tall? It's a crime for a girl to be 1.7 meters tall," Xu Tingsheng said, "Besides, little girl, what kind of high heels are you wearing?"
"Did you know? Xu Tingsheng, I like you to call me a little girl the most."
Lu Zhixin put her feet back on the bench, sat sideways, leaning against Xu Tingsheng, and said:
"Actually, this year, you have changed a lot. You have become more confident, and... more courageous. From when I thought I was helping you and giving you pointers, to realizing that I have actually started to follow you and rely on you without knowing it. You. There's a fetish about you in the company, you know? I seem to be infected, too."
Xu Tingsheng thought for a while, and said as if reading a book: "In fact, all my conceit comes from my low self-esteem, all my heroism comes from my inner weakness, and all my confidence and plausibility come from my heart full of doubts and fears. …”
"Um?"
"A passage from a book. You don't need to understand it."
In fact, these words may indeed only be understood by Xu Tingsheng, who has lived in two different lives and walked on two completely different paths. For example, his "ruthlessness" in the Ding Sen incident actually came from his "weakness" and fear. It was a hysterical and desperate counterattack by a former weak person who was threatened with his life.
A warrior who is not afraid of death and takes up arms against giants, the reason for fighting... is that he is afraid of death.
"Okay", Lu Zhixin said, "It's been a year, everyone thought I was your girlfriend, only I know, I'm just a little more than your staff. Xu Tingsheng, you wronged me. I'm wronged to death."
The biggest injustice is that if you really put all the people around you in front of you, Lu Zhixin helped Xu Tingsheng the most and gave the most, but what she got was actually very little, especially in terms of feelings.
Without waiting for Xu Tingsheng to answer, Lu Zhixin said, "Sing me a song, reincarnation, Xu Tingsheng."
Xu Tingsheng turned his head: "When did you know?"
"It's very early, I may be one of the first few people to know, before I gave you the scarf, I knew. At that time, I also knew that you were building a mutual sincerity platform... So, I mean, I want to be right Do you understand what you confessed, Xu Tingsheng."
Lu Zhixin was confessing to Xu Tingsheng that she had chosen him for utilitarian purposes, but when Xu Tingsheng asked her, she said it was a secret.
The secret is revealed.
"Are you angry? Do you hate me more?" Lu Zhixin asked.
"Which song do you want to hear?" Xu Tingsheng said.
Lu Zhixin knew that she had made the right bet, and said happily, "Well...you knit sweaters for idiots..."
"... You didn't knit the scarf for me because of this, did you?"
"I hadn't really heard of this song at the time."
It was already very late when Xu Tingsheng finished humming the song.
"You take me downstairs to the dormitory." Lu Zhixin said.
Xu Tingsheng sent Lu Zhixin downstairs to the bedroom.
After saying goodbye, Lu Zhixin grabbed him and said, "There's more..."
"what else?"
"The roommates said that you haven't invited them to dinner. They have boyfriends, and they have invited all of our dormitory to dinner. They want to go to the river bank house for dinner tomorrow night, is that okay?"
the next day.
Xu Tingsheng cooked a large table of dishes.
Listening to her roommates praising Xu Tingsheng, even though they were trying their best to find fault with him, Lu Zhixin was very happy. She drank a lot of wine that night...
one Year.
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After the final exam was over, Xu Tingsheng set off for Shenghai directly. He would stay there for about ten days and had a lot of things to do.
When he was packing his luggage at the river bank residence, he ran over, took a piece of dog food and threw it into the suitcase, then rubbed his head against Xu Tingsheng.
The rare closeness made Xu Tingsheng's heart melt.
This afternoon, Xu Tingsheng went to see little Xiang Ning, told her that he was going home, told her about the cute things Dongdong did, and gave her the braided bracelet he brought back from France.
Wearing jewelry is not allowed in school, Xiao Xiang Ning put it on, looked at it, took it off and put it in her pocket, and said in a daze, "Then what you said you were going to do before, have you done it?"
Xu Tingsheng didn't know how to respond.
"What about what I want you to do? Will you do it?" Xiao Xiang Ning looked into his eyes and said.
Xiang Ning mentioned two things before, one of which was that she told Xu Tingsheng not to like Xiang Ning again, in Xu Tingsheng's view, it was just interesting, there was nothing he could do, and there was no need to do it.
Another thing, Xiao Xiang Ning said: "Can you make Mom and Dad like you again?"
Xu Tingsheng told her, "Soon, I'm working hard."
…
Before leaving, Xu Tingsheng, as the boss of Hucheng, terminated the contract with the project team that had been handed over to him before, and then brought eleven members of the team to Shenghai.
Regarding this matter, Tang Yufei thought about asking Lu Zhixin, but during this period of time, Lu Zhixin was as happy as a butterfly, she thought about it, and gave up.
Huang Yaming stayed in Yanzhou to continue preparing for his and Tan Yao's bar, and the design team introduced by Tianyi was already in place.
He might not go back until about thirty or so.
As for Tan Yao, many people don't know that he is actually homeless at all.
Xu Tingsheng asked him, "How did you spend the past years?"
Tan Yao said with a wry smile: "Sometimes I would go back to the orphanage, and most of the time I would find a place to work with food and housing included. During the Chinese New Year, the wages of the employers are usually higher, and I happen to make some money.
New Year's Eve is the worst, all the shops are closed, and I can't get girls. I had no choice but to hold the instant noodles for the New Year's Eve dinner, and then, I went to the street to watch the fireworks alone. "
"When the time comes, come to Libei with Huang Yaming. This year, go to my house to celebrate the New Year." Xu Tingsheng said.
"I'll think about it." Tan Yao said.
Fu Cheng took the blood-stained sweater and went to Hunan, Teacher Fang's hometown, again.
"I think, maybe she will go back to her hometown to celebrate the New Year during the holidays. When she gets married, she always has to take the groom back to see it? Don't worry, I won't disturb her. If that's the case, I will take a look at it from a distance." He said.
On the train home, Song Ni sent the same message to Xu Tingsheng, Huang Yaming, Fu Cheng, Apple, and Teacher Fang's old number that had been canceled.
"That eleven, there were six people. This time I'm the only one. The people next to me are playing cards, and I want to play too..."