Wen Qiao's voice was soft, a tone that she only used when she was talking to Fu Nanli. "It's so late, go home and go to bed early."
"The car will turn to Shuying Road in a while, and I will give you a red envelope."
Wen Qiao lay on the bed, swinging her legs gently, "It's so late, no need, or you can send one on your phone."
The car stopped in front of a convenience store on the street. Fu Nanli walked in and made a crisp welcome. Fu Nanli stood in front of the shelf and pressed the camera to the rear position. "What style do you like?"
"Are you really going to come?"
The man said nothing, picking and choosing among the red envelopes on the shelf with his slender fingers.
He wanted to see her, hug her, feel some human touch, and comfort his heart.
"Which one do you like?"
Wen Qiao looked carefully at the two red envelopes in his hands: "The one with the Chinese zodiac is quite cute."
Fu Nanli put down another bag and said, "This is it."
Wen Qiao watched him walk to the cashier with the red envelope. In this electronic age, he was still very traditional and paid with cash. A red bill clamped between his fingers looked much better than others.
Before he could switch the camera, he saw that the cashier girl seemed to blush.
Wen Qiao coughed lightly and said, "Buy me another bag of candy, peach flavored, the new flavor from the convenience store."
Fu Nanli's voice was gentle and affectionate: "Do you still like to eat candy at this age?"
"No matter how old I am, I am still your little baby."
This is Wen Qiao's way of declaring sovereignty. Just saying it makes me feel goosebumps all over my body.
The cashier girl no longer dared to secretly look at Fu Nanli, because it turned out that the handsome guy had a girlfriend.
Fu Nanli picked up a bag of peach-flavored candy next to the cash register and showed it to her: "Is this it?"
"Um."
Fu Nanli put the candy next to the red envelope and said, "Let's settle it together."
The cashier took the bill politely: "The total is thirty-two yuan, sixty-eight yuan change."
Fu Nanli slowly put the banknotes into his wallet, picked up the red envelope and candy, and went out.
The cashier held her face in her hands and said to her male colleague who was tidying up the shelves, "What a handsome man."
"It's a pity that he already has a girlfriend."
The cashier lamented, "All the good men are already taken, oh."
At the Wen family's house, Wen Qiao took out a red velvet box from the drawer. Inside was a very small and exquisite jade artifact, carved with his zodiac sign and tied with a short red string.
A few days ago, my mother went to Longhua Temple to burn incense and fulfill her vows because my uncle had returned. Since she had nothing to do, she went with him.
I bought this blessed jade piece from the temple and was planning to give it to him tomorrow. Now that he's here, I'll give it to him tonight.
A moment later, his text message came: "At the back door, come out."
Added another one [Wear something thicker, it’s cold outside]
Wen Qiao wore a long black down jacket that reached down to his ankles, wrapped himself up like a silkworm pupa, then tiptoed out of the door and closed the wooden door behind him.
It was the last day of the lunar calendar. The weather was very good. The black sky was dotted with cold stars. Wen Qiao put his hands in the pockets of his down jacket, looked around, but did not see Fu Nanli.
She called his name softly and took small steps forward.
At the corner of the blue brick wall, a long hand stretched out, and Wen Qiao was dragged into its arms by the huge force.
Under the cold moonlight, Fu Nanli looked at the person in his arms, as if he was looking at her with a pair of innocent fox eyes.
"Why didn't you call?"
(End of this chapter)