Zhan Xi looked at the words on Luo Jingyu's phone, tears rolled down his eyes, and he was completely stunned.
The hell mode really lives up to its name.
She had never been in a relationship and was not even 24 years old, so how could she have thought so far ahead? Not to mention getting married and having children, she hadn't even thought about what it would be like when her mother found out.
The only thing Zhan Xi figured out was that the result of breaking up a pair of mandarin ducks was not determined by how fierce the stick was, but by whether the pair could stick together. The pair hadn't even been together yet, so how could she know if they could stick together? Now that Yang had mustered up the courage to try, Yuan gave her another blow - he would inherit the disease!
Zhanxi remembered what Ji Hongzhe said, that Xiaoyu's parents, grandparents, and sister were all deaf. Zhanxi also wondered if there was a genetic history in their family, but how could she understand such things about biology, genetics, and medicine by just searching on the Internet
She lowered her head to look at her phone. Luo Jingyu could hardly see her face. Her heart felt as if a gust of wind and sand had swept through it, bleak and desolate.
He thought of Chang Ting's reaction during the blind date. The girl's face changed, she became embarrassed, hesitant, and awkward, and finally fell silent and left in a hurry.
At that time, he was quite calm and thought it was normal.
Since he realized that he had a deafness gene, Luo Jingyu had no vision for love and marriage. His choice of love and marriage was already very narrow. It was difficult to find a girl who loved him. The girl had to reach a consensus with him and agree not to have children. The most difficult thing was that the girl had to be hearing-impaired.
Luo Jingyu is a deaf person. From childhood to adulthood, he has seen hearing-impaired people, and 99% of his marriage partners are hearing-impaired people. His parents also educated him in this way. Deaf people have a common language and can communicate with sign language without any obstacles. The small family formed together will be more stable.
Luo Xiaomei is already an outlier, and Luo Jingyu doesn't think she can be as lucky as her sister.
Falling in love with Zhanxi was an accident in his life. He had never known before that the feeling of liking someone could be so sweet and yet so bitter.
He thought everything was over, she should understand now, right
There will be no future for him and her, they are basically two parallel lines. If it weren't for making that pot of hot flowers, they would never have met each other in this life, and they would never have said hello if they met in the elevator.
Huanhuan was destined to have a smooth and happy life, and meeting him was not worth it.
Thinking of this, Luo Jingyu's mood calmed down again.
There is nothing to regret, it's just that everything has returned to the starting point. Thanks to Huanhuan, he felt what it meant to be moved, and even performed beyond his level. She seemed to be attracted to him too.
Silly girl, you were so smart, why did you become so stupid
Fortunately, it's all over.
Zhan Xi finally raised his head, sniffed at Luo Jingyu, and wiped away his tears with the back of his hand to prevent them from falling.
She didn't want to cry. In fact, she had already got the answer. Xiaoyu liked her, she was sure.
But Xiaoyu also rejected her, just like on the night of his birthday. The two of them had some conflicts and each had their own difficulties. The common point should be that they both felt that they were thinking about each other.
The incident happened suddenly, and Zhan Xi didn't know how to answer Luo Jingyu's question for a moment.
What he asked was "Children are deaf! Are you willing?" She felt that no matter how she answered, it was wrong.
It’s definitely not okay to say “yes”, and it’s not her real intention to say “no” either!
—Just because I don’t want my child to be deaf doesn’t mean I don’t want to be with you!
But to Luo Jingyu, her silence meant "unwilling" in capital letters.
He was very tired, both physically and mentally, and no longer wanted to argue with Zhan Xi about this fruitless issue.
He put away his phone, looked at her deeply, slowly raised his hand and ruffled her hair, then finally turned around and strode away.
Zhan Xi looked at his back and did not chase him. Before she could figure out how to answer his question, she thought it would be good for the two of them to calm down. Just like she took more than ten days to figure out what to do, Xiaoyu also needed some time to think.
At least, Xiaoyu now knows her feelings. Judging from his reaction, he really didn't know it before.
Why is it called "a big fish"? It should be called "a stupid fish"!
—
The next day, Zhan Xi found Ji Hongzhe's business card, called him, and said straight to the point: "Ji Hongzhe, I want to ask you for help with something. Do you know where I can learn sign language systematically one-on-one for a fee?"
"Huh?" Ji Hongzhe was stunned for a few seconds before he reacted, "You want to learn sign language? Why?"
"Don't worry about it." Zhan Xi said, "Where can I learn to chat with Xiaoyu like you without any obstacles?"
Ji Hongzhe smiled and said, "How about... I teach you?"
"No! I'm not kidding you!" Zhan Xi refused. "I hope the teacher is a female one, who can hear and talk, so I can learn faster. I will pay, and I will have lessons once a week."
Ji Hongzhe was silent for a while and asked, "Zhan Xi, are you serious? For Luo Jingyu?"
Zhan Xi agreed.
"To be honest, I really don't know where to find it." Ji Hongzhe said, "I learned it from my parents at the same time as I learned to speak, and it's almost like my mother tongue. I don't recognize the teachers in the school for the blind and deaf. The people I know who can sign language are all deaf. Even if they can hear like me, no one has the time to teach you. Besides, it's very difficult for you to learn to my level of naturalness, just like learning a foreign language."
Zhan Xi was very frustrated: "Why can't I learn sign language even though I want to spend money on it?"
Ji Hongzhe thought for a moment and said, "Why don't you go to the Disabled Persons' Federation and ask? ... Hey! I remembered someone! Xiaoyu's sister Luo Xiaomei, she is a Chinese teacher at the school for the blind and deaf. I have her WeChat. Some teachers at the school for the blind and deaf have good hearing. How about I ask her?"
"Okay, you can ask for me." Zhan Xi said with a groan, "It's just... can you please not tell her... who I am, and that I, I know Xiaoyu, I'm just... embarrassed."
Ji Hongzhe laughed wildly on the phone, and after he finished laughing he said, "I understand, I understand. If Luo Xiaomei knew that you did this for her brother, she would really laugh to death."
Zhan Xi: “…”
"Hey, seriously." Ji Hongzhe asked, "Have you really thought it through? With Luo Jingyu? Can you handle your mother?"
Zhan Xi sighed and did not answer. Instead, he asked him, "Ji Hongzhe, let me ask you, is Xiaoyu's deafness definitely hereditary?"
"That's not necessarily true." Ji Hongzhe said, "I heard from my mother that Xiaoyu's grandmother had several brothers and sisters, and it seemed that half of them were hearing and half were deaf. And most of the children born in this generation were hearing, but there were also deaf ones, such as Xiaoyu's father. I don't know about Xiaoyu's generation, and my mother doesn't know either. Xiaoyu's family is very unlucky. They gave birth to two deaf children, one boy and one girl, and there is no pattern to it."
Zhan Xi asked again: "Even if this is hereditary, can it be avoided?"
"This is beyond my knowledge." Ji Hongzhe said, "You should consult a doctor. It has something to do with genes. Isn't his sister married? She is also in her early thirties. I don't dare to ask her. Isn't that courting death?"
Zhan Xi said hurriedly: "Don't ask, don't ask, I just said it casually."
Ji Hongzhe laughed again: "You two are amazing. The last time I saw him, he said that he had nothing to do with you. It's only been a month, and you're already talking about having a baby?"
Zhan Xi: “…”
She said depressedly: "Thank you, I'll wait for your news, bye!"
—
After a bad birthday and a bad Valentine's Day, Luo Jingyu completely calmed down and devoted herself to her work.
He didn't even cook anymore, he ordered takeout every day and ate very simply. He sent a WeChat message to his parents saying that he was too busy recently, working from morning till night, making more than 30 hair accessories a day, and would not go home for dinner for the time being.
He didn't tell them that his hands were bruised and painful, for fear that they would worry.
In fact, when Fang Xu sent a group message asking the girls to choose between two themes for Hanfu, Luo Jingyu hoped that the girls would choose Chunlan. However, of the two samples he made, the pink peony was indeed more beautiful, so after deciding on the peony, he was mentally prepared - for the next half month, he would have to forget about his left hand.
There is a very special step in making peonies using hot stamping flowers.
A peony consists of three parts: large petals, small petals and the center. The center has six petals, and the large and small petals have twelve petals each. After each petal is dyed and dried, it needs to be folded in half, wrapped with a piece of gauze, and then pressed on the table with the piece of meat under the left thumb, and then the gauze is pulled hard with the right hand, and the gauze texture will remain on the petals, forming a very natural and realistic fold.
This action is very harmful to the left hand. It is okay if you do it less often, but if you do it too much, the place where the gauze is rubbed will definitely be broken and bleed.
But this is how peony is made. Many flower makers have tried various ways to avoid getting hurt: for example, putting on a Band-Aid, but that is very troublesome as the pattern of the Band-Aid will be printed on the petals; for example, wearing medical rubber gloves, but they cannot press down the wrinkles; and if the piece of flesh is too painful, they press it with other parts of their hands, such as the back of the hand or the fingers, which ends up causing the friction and tearing.
So, after working with dozens or hundreds of peonies, my entire left hand was unsightly, with skin wounds all over. Fortunately, they were just skin wounds and would not leave scars after healing.
Working like a machine every day, Luo Jingyu rarely has time to think about other things.
Surprisingly, he thought Zhan Xi would give up and completely cut off ties with him, but the girl did not do as he wished. From time to time, she would send him WeChat messages, talking to herself about the little things in her work and life, and sometimes even send him photos, most of which were cute pictures of gifts.
Luo Jingyu seldom replied. He really didn’t have time to chat. Sometimes he would see messages that were sent by Zhanxi several hours ago.
The sentence he responded most often was: I'm working, no need to chat.
But before going to bed every day, I would download all the photos she sent me and review the messages she sent me, so that I could sleep peacefully.
Zhanxi had no idea about the work content of the Flower Festival. He only knew that Xiaoyu was very cold, worked every day and never chatted.
She didn't want to put pressure on him, nor would she bother him all the time. She maintained the rhythm of sending three or four WeChat messages a day, just like a breeze blowing across the lake, stirring up tiny ripples in the lake of his heart. After the wind passed, the lake was as calm as before.
On weekends, Luo Xiaomei was entrusted by her mother to bring ingredients to Qingque Jiayuan to improve her brother's meals.
After entering the house, Luo Xiaomei saw the brand new living room and asked Luo Jingyu in surprise using sign language: "How did you come up with this idea to decorate the house? This cat climbing frame is so cute! Where's your cat? Show me the little white cat!"
Luo Jingyu: “…”
Ahhh! It’s so annoying!
Luo Xiaomei cooked six dishes for her brother. Luo Jingyu hadn't had a proper meal for a long time, so he ate very happily while sitting at the table. Luo Xiaomei sat opposite him, looked at her brother's hair, and said in sign language: "Xiaoyu, how long have you not had your hair cut? Your hair is too long."
Luo Jingyu touched her hair. She hadn't had her hair cut for more than two months because she was too busy to go out. Now her hair had become very fluffy again. When she got up, it was a ball of fur.
Luo Xiaomei: I'll go get your hair cut with you later, and buy you some fruit. You can bring it back. Haven't you been out for a long time? It's a good opportunity to go out for a walk.
Luo Jingyu thought about it and nodded in agreement.
When Luo Xiaomei saw his scarred left hand, she felt distressed and asked: What happened to your hand
Luo Jingyu looked at her left hand and answered casually: It’s okay, I’m used to it.
His eyes fell on Luo Xiaomei's left hand. There was a wedding ring on her ring finger. Luo Jingyu stared at it for a while and asked her sister using sign language: Sister, let me ask you a question, why did you agree to be with your brother-in-law
Luo Xiaomei also encountered the same difficulties that Luo Jingyu encountered in choosing a spouse. Everyone has genetic genes. Why is Luo Xiaomei willing to accept Gao Yuan? Does Gao Yuan's family not mind this? Or, because Gao Yuan is a disabled person, his family thinks that he can find a girl with all limbs to support his life, and they are already satisfied
Luo Xiaomei was stunned for a moment, then gestured with a smile: It was your brother-in-law who pursued me, for more than half a year, have you forgotten
Luo Jingyu: I remember, I mean, did he know from the beginning that our deafness was hereditary
Luo Xiaomei nodded: Of course, I told him at the beginning.
Luo Jingyu: Doesn’t he mind? Doesn’t he plan to have children
Luo Xiaomei thought for a moment and answered Luo Jingyu: The process was like this. He pursued me first, but I didn't agree. I told him that deafness might be hereditary in our family and having children would be risky. But he said that he liked me as a person and hadn't thought about having children yet. If two people get along well, they will get married. If they don't get along well, then there is no point in talking about children. Later, our relationship was pretty good, so we agreed not to have children after marriage. His legs were not good, and I always felt that we would owe the child, even if the child was healthy.
However, we have been married for three years now, and our relationship is getting better and better. Our family has a stable income, and we have a house and a car, so we have the idea of having a child. This idea has only come up in the past two years. I didn't dare to think about it before. I have to go see a doctor and listen to what the doctor says.
Luo Jingyu did not ask any more questions, thinking that his sister's experience was not comparable to his. His sister and Gao Yuan were both college students, his sister was deaf, and Gao Yuan was disabled. In a sense, they were a good match and could help each other in life.
It's not like that with him and Huanhuan. They are not compatible in any way. He has little education, but Huanhuan is smart, healthy and beautiful.
Luo Xiaomei observed her brother's lonely expression and waved at him. Luo Jingyu looked up at her and asked: Xiaoyu, are you in love
Luo Jingyu hurriedly shook her head to deny it.
Luo Xiaomei was suspicious. Before the New Year, Luo Jingyu would laugh secretly at her phone every time she came home. The fact that she took four pickled ducks for two consecutive weekends is still being told as a joke by her mother. At that time, he really looked like a sweet girl.
The situation changed again during the Chinese New Year. Luo Jingyu became depressed and lost. She sat in the corner without moving during the New Year's Eve dinner. She didn't play with her phone, but just stared blankly.
He went back to his parents' home for dinner on the Lantern Festival, and he still looked half dead. Yan Yajuan asked Luo Xiaomei privately, "Is Xiaoyu heartbroken?" Luo Xiaomei said she didn't know and didn't dare to ask.
Now, Luo Jingyu came to ask her about her relationship with Gao Yuan again. Luo Xiaomei felt that the matter was very clear and her brother must have encountered emotional troubles.
Silly boy, how can you chase a girl when you can’t even hide your feelings
Luo Xiaomei wanted to enlighten Luo Jingyu: Xiaoyu, listen to me, you are not young anymore. If you meet a girl you like, you can take the initiative to pursue her. Although you can't hear, you also have many advantages. You are a good man worthy of girls' love. Don't always think that deafness is hereditary, and don't sentence yourself to death from the beginning. Don't say that there may be a way to solve this problem medically. Even if there is no way, you can't reject love because you can't have children. The reason for love and marriage is because you love each other and want to live with each other, not to have children. If you keep worrying about heredity, you may miss the right girl.
Luo Jingyu understood what was going on. She raised her hands and hesitated for a long time before she gritted her teeth and asked a question: Sister, what if that girl is a healthy person
Luo Xiaomei had never expected this. Her brother had few friends since he was a child, and even fewer hearing friends. He and Xiaozhe were not even close, so how could he fall in love with a hearing girl? How much courage did he have
Luo Xiaomei replied: It is indeed a little difficult, but it is not impossible. No one can predict love. I never thought of finding a hearing partner before. Now I feel very sweet with your brother-in-law. As long as you have no problem communicating with her, your deafness is not an obstacle. Does she know sign language
Luo Jingyu shook her head dejectedly.
Luo Xiaomei: A few days ago, Xiaozhe came to me and said that a friend of his wanted to learn sign language. She was a healthy girl, just to chat with the boy she liked without any obstacles. I introduced Teacher Zhou to him. You see, there are girls like this. And your brother-in-law, I met you when I was learning sign language, and now his sign language level is no worse than Xiaozhe's. Practicing more and chatting more is the key. As long as the girl you like cares about you, this is not a problem at all.
Luo Jingyu didn't know that Ji Hongzhe and Zhan Xi had a past relationship, so naturally he couldn't guess that they would contact each other again. He just envied the boy that Xiaozhe's friend liked. There was a girl who was willing to learn sign language just for him. That person was so happy.
He raised his hand to gesture to Luo Xiaomei: "It's actually OK for me to chat with her. Although she doesn't know sign language, we always have a lot of fun chatting. The biggest problem between her and me is that she is too perfect. I'm afraid that she will be laughed at if she is with me. I don't want her to be hurt because of me."
Luo Xiaomei looked at her brother tenderly and comforted him: "I know you are thinking about her, but Xiaoyu, you have to try many things before you know them. If you don't talk about love, how can you know whether you love each other or not? If you really can't talk about it anymore, then break up. I think that you are the only one who can hurt her. If you are good enough, she won't be hurt."
Luo Jingyu thought carefully about her sister's words.
After lunch, Luo Xiaomei prepared dinner for her brother, told him to heat it up and eat it in the evening, and then asked him to go outside to get a haircut.
When Luo Jingyu went out, she wanted to wear a mask, but Luo Xiaomei stopped her: "Don't wear it!" The handsome young man acted like he was not worthy of being seen.
Luo Jingyu didn't insist.
The two took the elevator downstairs, and when they reached the eighth floor, the elevator stopped. Luo Jingyu looked up and saw the floor, her heart almost stopped beating. Her first reaction was to pull up her hood, and her second reaction was to touch her face. It was over, she didn't wear a mask! So she could only pray: It's not her, it's not her, it's not her...
Luo Xiaomei looked at him suspiciously.
The elevator door opened and a beautiful young girl stood at the door. When she saw them, her eyes widened, then she smiled and walked into the elevator.
Luo Xiaomei also smiled at her and moved closer to Luo Jingyu. The girl standing on the other side turned her head after a while and looked over, her eyes moving around both of them. When she met Luo Xiaomei's gaze, she seemed to be startled and turned her head back, her cheeks flushed.
Luo Xiaomei: “?”
She looked at Luo Jingyu again and found that her tall and strong brother was wearing a hood and was almost hiding in the corner like a mushroom.
Luo Xiaomei: “…”
The elevator reached the first floor and the door opened. Luo Jingyu was the first to go out, followed by Luo Xiaomei, and finally the young girl.
Xiaoyu was walking so fast! Luo Xiaomei was almost unable to catch up. She realized something was wrong and looked back. The young girl was indeed walking very fast, jogging after them.
Seeing her turn around, the girl was startled again. She pretended to comb her hair and adjust her clothes, and she didn't know where to look.
Luo Xiaomei had a strange guess in her mind and decided to test it out.
She walked to Luo Jingyu, put her arm around his, and rested her head on his shoulder intimately.
Luo Jingyu: “?”
—Why is my sister suddenly acting so coquettish
Luo Xiaomei felt that this was not enough, so she reached out and pulled down her brother's hood and ruffled his fluffy hair.
Luo Jingyu: “???”
He didn't hide either. At this moment, Luo Xiaomei suddenly turned around and was very satisfied to see that the girl was standing there in amazement, watching them leave.
It was not until they walked out of the gate that Luo Jingyu returned to normal. Luo Xiaomei asked him excitedly: "Xiaoyu, who was that girl just now? It must be her, right? It must be her! She is so beautiful!"
Luo Jingyu glared at her and refused to answer with a red face.
—
On Sunday, the provincial exam came as scheduled. This time, Zhan Xi prepared more thoroughly than for the national exam, and he felt that he did well. As for the specific results, we will have to wait and see.
After leaving the examination room, she took the subway home and thought about the scene she saw yesterday.
Who is that girl? She looks so gentle. She and Xiaoyu came down from the 15th floor together. Are they visiting his house? The two of them went out together, arm in arm, very intimate. Xiaoyu didn't even wear a mask! The girl also leaned her head on his shoulder, rubbed his hair, and finally gave her a provocative look.
Did she know who she was? Did Xiaoyu tell her
They didn't look like ordinary friends. No ordinary friends would walk arm in arm. Xiaoyu didn't push her away, but her eyes were avoiding her.
Did he go on a blind date during the Chinese New Year? From his birthday to now, more than a month has passed, and Zhan Xi has met him three times in total, once at his birthday party, once on Valentine's Day, and the last time was yesterday.
If Xiaoyu really had a blind date, she would have been in contact with the other party for more than half a month, and it would take about the same time to settle down in a relationship now.
Is it true? No wonder he has been so cold recently and doesn't even reply to her messages.
Ah... Men are so fickle. It's only been a few days and he has already brought another girl home.
—
Ever since they met in the elevator, Zhan Xi never sent another WeChat message to Luo Jingyu.
Luo Jingyu was busy every day and didn't notice it at first. It was only when she checked WeChat before going to bed for two consecutive days that she realized something was wrong.
Huanhuan...ignore him
He waited for another two days, but still received no news from her.
She finally... "backed down"
Luo Jingyu discovered that he was not as at ease as she had imagined.
He sat at the workbench applying hand cream.
His left hand hurts so much. The broken skin has scabs and then rubbed, rubbed and scabbed again. There are wounds all over his hand. Actually, he shouldn’t apply hand cream, but he just wants to apply it. It can moisturize it, and it seems to make it less painful.
If I take a picture of this hand and post it on WeChat Moments now, what would Huanhuan say when he sees it
There is no need to say anything, Huanhuan has already ignored him.
After finishing work late at night, Luo Jingyu did not go back to her room to sleep immediately. Instead, she lay on the sofa, staring at the whale lamp in a daze.
Huanhuan is really amazing. She actually found a whale lamp. Has she never seen this lamp in person? If she has seen it, will she say that this lamp is beautiful
No, Huanhuan has ignored him.
Luo Jingyu suffers from insomnia.
He thought about many things while using the shoulder and neck massager before going to bed.
Huanhuan said she has an exam at the end of the month. Has she finished it yet? Did she do well
Has Huanhuan's company's annual meeting been held? Was she successful in dancing
Liou is already three months old. When can he eat dried fish and canned cat food
Has Huanhuan been eating well recently? When I saw her that day, she seemed to be thinner.
I want to give her a flower-embossed jewellery. Should I continue making it
He hadn’t made Tom Yum Goong soup or curry chicken for her yet, and he hadn’t treated her to the promised steak yet. He still owed her a meal, so that day’s KFC didn’t count!
Huanhuan said that Mrs. Wu wanted to make a peony bonsai and wait until he finished the Flower Festival. Is Mrs. Wu willing to wait? Will Huanhuan still help him contact the other party
When they met Huanhuan in the elevator that day, they didn't say hello. Was it because of this? He pretended not to see her, so she ignored him
Huan Huan really ignored him...
—
Qiantang is about to bid farewell to the cold and dry winter. The temperature is rising day by day. Spring is approaching and the rain is gradually increasing.
On the last day of February, Zhanxi Company’s annual meeting was held in a star-rated hotel.
The weather forecast said it would rain that night. Zhan Xi had thought of bringing an umbrella, but when he went out with his performance costume in his hand, he forgot about it in the panic. He thought it was okay, at worst he could just take a taxi back.
The annual meeting was a grand one, with more than 700 people from the entire company attending, including workers. The dinner was wonderful, with endless programs, raffles, and games. Zhan Xi was not in the mood and just wanted to finish the dance quickly.
After putting on her stage makeup, she took a few photos with Yuan Sichen and Qian Yun, and picked one that she liked and posted it on her Moments.
Egg pudding:
The monster is me! [grin]
Picture: Three girls wearing heavy makeup.jpg
After it was posted, it received many likes and comments. Among a bunch of messages, Zhan Xi actually saw one posted by Luo Jingyu.
What a Big Fish: It’s raining, do you have an umbrella
It’s simply… a miracle of Qingque Jiayuan!!
How long has it been since Xiaoyu took the initiative to send her a message
Egg Pudding replied to A Big Fish: I forgot to bring it, it’s okay, I’ll take a taxi back.
Mrs. Wu: Teacher Luo, go pick her up!
Dong Cheng: [Like]
Zhan Xi thought, you are the demons and monsters!
When they went on stage, Zhan Xiru was full of confidence just as Teacher Qiu had said. The three of them really practiced very hard and did not want to embarrass HR.
Zhan Xi's performance costume was a bright red PU leather top with black hot pants underneath, revealing a pair of long and thin legs, and 6-cm-high leather boots on his feet. It was a little exaggerated, but that's how it is at annual meetings.
She had her hair tied up in a high ponytail, with glitter on her cheeks, a row of rhinestones, bright red lips, and heavy eye makeup that her mother couldn't recognize her. When Lin Yan saw her, he was stunned for a long time before saying, "Pretty... pretty."
Zhan Xi: “…”
The prelude finally sounded. Zhan Xi stood in the C position, closed his eyes, and looked at the crowded round tables below. The person he thought of was Luo Jingyu.
Every time she practiced dancing after Valentine's Day, she thought of him.
This is the last time I dance this dance. I feel reluctant to say goodbye to the young girl in the song. I hope she and that boy can be together happily and not end up in a mess like I have.
The three girls danced very well, in unison and enthusiastically. Everyone was very serious, and even the expressions on their faces were playful and cute.
Applause and screams came one after another. Wenqin stood in the audience and recorded the whole dance with her mobile phone. At the end of the dance, Zhanxi froze, panting, and like the center of the group dance in a talent show, she winked at the audience. The male colleagues in the front row screamed, and Lin Yan blushed slightly.
I thought I could eat peacefully after the dance, and Zhan Xi was too lazy to remove her makeup. But after eating a few bites, Wen Qin called me up and asked me to take the HR team to toast the bosses.
Zhan Xi had never encountered such a lively scene before. He was inexplicably poured with red wine and drank it inexplicably. After toasting the CEO, Wenqin went to toast the marketing department, technical department, finance department, planning department... The HRs were very good at talking and speaking. After several rounds, Zhan Xi actually drank several glasses of red wine and felt a little drunk.
"Sister Sichen, I can't drink anymore. I feel dizzy." She said to Yuan Sichen.
"Oh, you are so honest. You drank everything I asked you to drink." Yuan Sichen was also convinced. "Don't drink, don't drink. Just pretend."
The annual meeting finally ended after 10 o'clock. Zhan Xi was lucky enough to win a third prize, which was a juicer. She walked out of the hotel with her colleagues holding the gift box, only to find that it was raining heavily and there was no way for her to get out.
The colleagues who were driving were picking up people to go home according to the route. Lin Yan squeezed next to Zhan Xi and said, "Let me take you there. We are going the same direction and there is an empty seat."
Zhan Xi was confused, and Lin Yan said, "Let's go, it's raining too hard, and they are all waiting."
There were already three colleagues sitting in his car, all in the back seat. Zhan Xi could only sit in the front passenger seat. When he got in the car, he heard several colleagues in the back seat laughing quietly.
Lin Yan was as calm as usual. He asked Zhan Xi to fasten his seat belt and started the car.
On the way, the colleagues in the back row kept praising Zhan Xi for her good dancing skills and her beauty and good figure. Xiao Ma asked her with a smile: "Does Xiao Zhan Xi have a boyfriend?"
Another older sister said, "I don't think so. If there was, they would have come to pick him up long ago in such heavy rain!"
Xiao Ma said: "If you don't have any, consider our Lin Yan, he is definitely a good man!"
Except for Lin Yan, they were all drunk. They were so drunk that they said these words blatantly without fear of getting Zhan Xi angry.
Zhan Xi felt dizzy and didn't say anything. Lin Yan stopped him and said, "Xiao Ma, you are drunk. Don't talk nonsense."
Xiao Ma chuckled and Zhan Xi closed his eyes tiredly.
Lin Yan sent them home one by one. Zhan Xi lived the farthest away, so she was the only one left in the car. Lin Yan said, "They were just joking, don't be angry."
Zhan Xi smiled: "I'm not angry."
When the car arrived at Qingque Jiayuan, Zhan Xi thanked him and prepared to get off, but Lin Yan said, "Don't get off yet, wait a minute."
He got out of the car in the rain, took out an umbrella from the trunk, opened it, and opened the passenger door before Zhan Xi got out of the car.
Lin Yan held the umbrella over their heads. They stood very close to each other. He asked, "Do you want me to take you in?"
Zhan Xi said: "No, it's very late. Thank you for sending me back. You can go home quickly."
"Then you hold the umbrella." Lin Yan pushed the umbrella handle forward, "I won't need it later, the car will go directly to the basement."
"Okay, thank you." Zhan Xi took the umbrella and stepped back, and Lin Yan got in the car and left.
Zhan Xi walked into the community holding a gift box in his left hand and a bag and an umbrella in his right hand.
It was raining heavily. If she didn't have an umbrella, she would be soaked to the skin from the gate of the community to the building where she lived. Zhan Xi felt heavy-headed and her steps were unsteady. She knew she had drunk too much. She thought about taking a shower when she got home. She had an appointment with her sign language teacher for the first class tomorrow and couldn't sleep in.
As she walked, she suddenly had a strange feeling in her heart, as if... someone was watching her.
Ahead was the main road with dim street lights. The rain was heavy and it didn't look like there was anyone there. She looked around but didn't find anything unusual, but the feeling was still there.
Zhan Xi's heart skipped a beat as he remembered Xiaoyu's message: It's raining, do you have an umbrella
Zhan Xi suddenly turned around and looked in the direction he came from. That was the direction of the community gate. More than 20 meters away, in the shadow next to the security room, there was indeed a slender black figure standing!
"Little Fish!" she murmured and walked towards that direction.
The person in the shadow moved, and suddenly ran away, heading out of the community.
Zhan Xi was stunned and shouted, "Xiao Yu!"
Why did he run away, she wondered? Was he here to pick her up? Was he worried that she would get wet? Was he here to bring her an umbrella
Why was he running?! Was it because she saw him? Or because she had an umbrella? Why was he running
Zhan Xi chased after her immediately, but she had too many things in her hands and forgot that she was wearing those 6-centimeter high shoes, and even forgot that she had drunk several glasses of red wine!
After running more than ten meters and before she reached the security room, she stepped on a protruding stone, twisted her ankle, and with a scream of "Ouch", she fell onto the muddy main road.
The bag fell, the juicer gift box also fell, the umbrella fell out, and the rain instantly poured down on her.
Zhan Xi didn't have time to be sad. He quickly got up, picked up his things one by one, and finally ran to the gate of the community with an umbrella in hand. But there was no sign of that person.
Only then did she feel the pain in her legs. She looked down and saw that her stockings were torn, her knee was broken, her ankle was sprained, and her clothes were in a terrible state.
Zhan Xi felt wronged, thinking that this person was crazy! Why was he running away? He was not a thief! He was just giving her an umbrella!
She even fell down. She's such a grown-up, but she hasn't fallen down in years!
The security guard saw her and called out, "Little sister, what happened to you? Did you fall?"
After seeing her face, he shouted "Oh!" again, and his tone changed, "Did you just finish singing?"
Zhan Xi looked at him, opened his mouth, and started to cry.
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Luo Jingyu didn't know why she was running.
He just wanted to... give her an umbrella.
Finally, someone sent her back. He was a tall young man wearing glasses and looked very gentle.
Luo Jingyu found that she had seen him twice, once on Christmas Eve downstairs at Zhanxi Company, and the second time was at Mrs. Chi Jiang's birthday party. That time, when Huanhuan was signing to him, the man was watching them not far away.
And now, the man was holding an umbrella, Zhan Xi was standing under his umbrella, and the two were talking face to face.
The rain was so heavy, but Luo Jingyu could not hear any sound. He was suddenly glad that he was hiding in a dark corner, and neither Huanhuan nor the man saw him.
Later, the man drove away, Huanhuan went home with an umbrella, Luo Jingyu still did not move, his eyes followed her back. He thought, it's good that she has an umbrella, so she won't get wet, otherwise she will easily catch a cold.
He didn't know why Zhan Xi suddenly turned around. When she walked towards him, Luo Jingyu was like a thief caught red-handed. Shame overwhelmed him. His only thought was to run away immediately, run far away, and not be caught by her!
He had been caught by her several times! In the night market, in the elevator, in the banquet hall, outside the KFC... He never ran away! He must run away this time! If he was caught again, he was afraid that he would never be able to run away again.
Luo Jingyu walked outside the community with an umbrella for ten minutes before slowly walking back home.
He took the elevator to the fifteenth floor, and the voice-activated lights in the corridor dimly lit up. He took the key as he walked, and when he reached the door of the emergency passage, the door suddenly opened, and a man walked out of the stairwell.
Luo Jingyu slowly turned her head to look at her, her hand holding the key frozen in mid-air, neither moving up nor down.
How did she get into this state?!
The beautiful off-white woolen coat that he had seen her wear was now completely covered in black mud on the front, from the hem to the pockets to the sleeves. It was not only dirty, but also wet.
Her hair was also wet, her ponytail was tied into a wisp, and her hair was scattered around her cheeks.
Her face was even more terrifying, like a color palette. Her stage makeup was not waterproof, and her false eyelashes had fallen off long ago. Her originally delicate eye makeup was now smudged into two black blobs, sandwiched with bright blue eyeshadow, smudged blush and black mud spots. Glitter and rhinestones were still stubbornly stuck to her cheeks, sparkling, making it even more weird at this moment.
Her lips were pale, almost bloodless, and trembling slightly. When she looked at him, her eyes were full of resentment. If Luo Jingyu didn't know who she was, if it were someone else, they would have been scared to death.
Zhan Xi looked up at him and asked through gritted teeth: "Why are you running?"
Luo Jingyu: “…”
"I asked you why you were running?!" she shouted angrily. Luo Jingyu couldn't hear her, but she could tell from her expression and mouth shape that she was shouting very loudly.
He lowered his head and tried to hide his left hand behind his back.
He held two folding umbrellas in his left hand, one was used and the other was still tied up. But Zhan Xi had already seen it, his eyes went from his left hand back to his face, his eyes were wide open, and in the two circles of black, the two eyes looked even bigger.
Luo Jingyu didn't know what to do. Although he was caught so many times, his experience points did not increase, but became even more embarrassed.
At this moment, Zhan Xi suddenly swung her bag at him, hitting him hard. She shouted as she hit him, "Why are you running? Why are you running? What's there to run for?! Am I a devil? Am I a monster? Why are you running? Are you feeling guilty? Why are you running?! If you have the guts to run, don't come back!"
He didn't move, and was willing to be hit by her, again and again, but it didn't hurt. He couldn't see what she was saying, but he saw her shouting, shouting non-stop, and she started crying...
The moment she saw her tears flowing from those two black eyes, a wall in Luo Jingyu's heart collapsed.
He dropped the umbrella and keys in his hand and clasped her waving wrists with both hands. She seemed to be still not satisfied with being restrained by him, and kicked his calf with her leg, which was quite painful. He frowned and realized that he might have made a sound.
Yes, his calf was kicked and hurt, and he couldn't help but shout.
Zhan Xi heard it, it was still the same vague voice in his throat, a young man's voice, a strange voice, it was Xiaoyu's voice...
Luo Jingyu looked at her in horror, wondering if his voice was weird and would scare her? He wondered why he was always so embarrassed? He was always so embarrassed!
However, she now seemed to be even more embarrassed than him, as if she had rolled in the mud.
She cried very sadly, but she couldn't bear to hit or kick him anymore. She just cried and asked repeatedly: "Why are you running? Why are you running? Are you a thief? Am I that scary? If you can run so fast, why don't you run a marathon? I don't understand why you want to run..."
He held her wrist, looked down at her colorful face, watched her grinning mouth open and close, watched her red nose tip, watched her tears rolling down... He couldn't hold it in any longer, couldn't hold it in any longer! He closed his eyes, and suddenly used his arms to hold her tightly in his arms.
He knew he was done for, he was caught by her again.