Time and Him, Just Right
Text/Jiang Mutong
Chapter 1
Summer is coming to an end, which also means that the entire summer vacation is about to end.
Lin Xi was sitting in her small shop at home. An old fan half a person's height beside her made a buzzing sound. Gusts of cool wind blew on her face, blowing her soft black hair tied behind her head up into the air.
In her hand, she was holding a high school mathematics textbook, which she had borrowed from her teacher before the summer vacation.
There was also an exercise book next to it. Although the corners of the book were flat, it was obvious that it had been read many times.
After a while, the transparent curtain at the door was lifted, and the little girl in a pink top and white cropped pants walked straight to the cashier and lay down on the glass counter.
"Lin Xi, you are revising again. Every time I come here, you are reading. You are too serious."
The little girl's name is Zhang Han. She and Lin Xi are from the same village, and they are the only ones in the village who go to the same school.
However, when Lin Xi enrolled in the school, the school not only did not charge her any money, but also rewarded her with 100,000 yuan. Zhang Han paid money to enter the school.
Because when Lin Xi took the high school entrance exam, he was the top scorer in the entire city.
Lin Xi glanced at her and was about to speak.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Han changed the subject and started to say, "By the way, did you know that many people came to the village committee today?"
Village committee? Lin Xi looked at the person in front of her. That wasn't something that only adults would care about. When did Zhang Han start to worry about these things
She shook her head lightly, indicating that she didn't know.
Zhang Han originally came here to gossip with her.
At this time, he couldn't wait to say: "I heard that the people who came today are from our village, and later they made a fortune outside and wanted to come back to invest in our village."
Seeing that Lin Xi was not very interested, Zhang Han said exaggeratedly: "The car they drove over was a Bentley."
Bentley, Lin Xi knows this.
The school she attends is a private school in the city. Although the teaching quality is certainly not comparable to the best high schools in the city, it is still pretty good. Many students whose families are rich but cannot get into the best high schools will spend money to send their children to this high school.
When the school is on vacation, some parents drive this car to pick up their children.
As for Lin Xi, as the top scorer in the high school entrance examination, she was bought by the school as a living signboard.
Well, just for that one hundred thousand dollars, she gave up the best high school and chose this school.
"That's great." Lin Xi picked up the pen next to her, wrote a few words on her notes, and replied casually.
Zhang Han knew that she was always quiet and didn't talk much.
She didn't care and was about to continue talking, but when she thought about the next question, her face suddenly became hot.
She stammered, "Then you didn't see that..."
She hesitated for a long time but didn't say anything, which made Lin Xi look at her.
At this time, the plastic curtain at the door was lifted up again.
Lin Xi turned her head and saw a tall and thin figure walking in. Zhang Han, who was lying on the cashier counter with her back to the door, also looked over. Unexpectedly, when she saw this, she suddenly screamed.
The tall young man who came in was wearing a white shirt and light blue jeans. The white shirt he was wearing was really that kind of glowing white, but what was even whiter than the shirt was his cheeks. I don't know how this guy's skin was born, it was as white and tender as if it had never been exposed to the sun.
The boy's facial features were delicate and three-dimensional, with deep black eyes and a high nose bridge. Especially his lips, which must have been made without any makeup, were a pink color, giving the impression of red lips and white teeth.
There was no expression on his face, and his eyes looked a little lazy and arrogant.
There is a youthful dignity everywhere.
He walked to the counter, slowly stretched out a hand, and tapped the glass twice.
He said, "Please, a bottle of iced mineral water."
He spoke in a slow and leisurely tone, with a sense of laziness and casualness.
This voice was the most beautiful that Lin Xi had ever heard.
Lin Xi nodded and turned to get him some mineral water. When she opened the freezer, she suddenly remembered a sentence: God will open a window for everyone.
The gift God gave this person must be a panoramic sunroof.
When she brought the iced mineral water over, she saw the boy in front of her, raised his eyes slightly, and casually glanced at the mineral water in her hand.
Her store only has a freezer for ice cream, but no refrigerator specifically for drinks.
If you put drinks in it, they will be frozen like stone eggs.
Lin Xi looked at him and asked calmly, "Do you want more?"
There was a hint of amusement in the boy's eyes, and then he nodded.
Lin Xi: “One dollar.”
The boy took out a thin wallet from his pocket and handed over a piece of paper. Lin Xi took it and looked at his fingers as she lowered her eyes. Hmm, a slender, white hand with distinct joints.
Still looks good.
From the time the change was given until the boy left, the store was exceptionally quiet except for the sound of the fan.
After the people left, Lin Xi looked at Zhang Han who had been lying there, and then she noticed that her cheeks were so red that they looked like blood was about to drip out.
She thought Zhang Han was hot, and said seriously: "Stand inside so you can get some air from the fan."
Unexpectedly, Zhang Han patted his chest in an exaggerated manner and exhaled suddenly. She asked in surprise: "Lin Xi, how can you be so calm?"
Lin Xi: “…”
Zhang Han bit his lower lip, looked at her, and stretched out his hand to fan his face.
She fanned herself and said, "Actually, I saw him on the way here just now."
The young man stood at the gate of the village committee. He was tall and slender, causing Zhang Han to stare at him for a long time.
Lin Xi looked at her, so what
Zhang Han stuck out his tongue, "Don't you think this person is particularly good-looking?"
Well, it looks really good.
She added: "I feel like I can't breathe just by him standing next to me, and you can still be so calm."
Lin Xi didn't expect that she was talking about this, and immediately smiled.
When a girl of this age sees a good-looking boy, she will inevitably have wild fantasies, and scenes from idol dramas will pop into her mind, naturally with blushing shyness. Lin Xi has never been very interested in these girlish feelings, so she couldn't discuss them with Zhang Han, so she could only listen to her quietly.
She lowered her head and picked up the exercise book. She had no idea how to solve the last big question, but just now, she suddenly had an idea. So she took a pen and wrote on it carefully.
Outside, the cicadas were still chirping, and because we were in the village, everything was green. A breeze wrapped in the heat wave blew past, but the surroundings were still stuffy.
Zhang Han held his cheek and continued, "I think he is more handsome than the school hunk in our school. He is tall and thin, with delicate features and fair skin."
She glanced down at her exposed arms.
Then he glanced at Lin Xi again and said enviously, "Lin Xi, you are also so white. I really envy you guys."
Lin Xi was indeed born with fair skin, the kind that was moist and pink.
Obviously, we are all people who were bred in the same place. Zhang Han looked at his yellow and black skin and felt like crying but had no tears.
After a while, Lin Xi's parents came back. When Jiang Ying saw Zhang Han, she lowered her head and walked inside.
Lin Xi glanced at her mother and felt a little strange.
Although her store is not the only one in the village, it is the one with the best business.
It all depends on Jiang Ying's enthusiastic and cheerful personality. If she saw Zhang Han at ordinary times, Jiang Ying would definitely take the initiative to greet her.
However, Lin Yaohua, who was usually taciturn, reluctantly greeted Zhang Han when he saw him.
Zhang Han saw that something was not right with them, and she didn't buy anything, so she felt embarrassed to stay any longer. So she said a few words to Lin Xi, said goodbye and went home.
As soon as Zhang Han left, Lin Yaohua asked Lin Xi to go back to the backyard to rest.
Her family's store is connected to her own yard, with business in the front and living in the back.
Lin Xi glanced at him and said softly, "Dad, I'm not tired. You can go to sleep for a while. I'll just look after the store."
"It's okay. Dad isn't tired either. You've been reading for so long, take a break. We don't mind this for a while."
Lin Xi was sensible since she was young. When other children were studying, their parents would whip them from behind. But in the Lin family, it was the parents who advised the children to rest more.
Just as the two finished talking, they heard a rooster crowing in the background.
Lin Yaohua hurried back, and Lin Xi thought about it and followed him to take a look.
As soon as they arrived in the yard, they saw Jiang Ying holding a big rooster in her hand, with its bright red crown erected.
Lin Yaohua quickly asked, "Why are you catching chickens at this time?"
Jiang Ying: "Kill a chicken. Oh, and go to the village committee and ask them if they can stay at our house for dinner tonight. They've come from such a long distance, and it would be wrong for us not to treat them to a meal."
Jiang Ying came in with her head lowered just now, and only now did Lin Xi realize that her eyes were red.
Did mom cry
Lin Xi felt even more puzzled. Jiang Ying was a strong-willed person, and she had never seen her mother cry since she was a child.
Lin Yaohua said helplessly: "Didn't they say they were leaving in the afternoon?"
Unexpectedly, Jiang Ying waved the big rooster in her hand and said, "Just ask if I told you to. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"
Jiang Ying has always had the final say in the Lin family, and Lin Yaohua has always listened to her.
He didn't say much at this moment and turned to leave.
After he left, Jiang Ying glanced at her little daughter and said softly, "Lin Xi, Mommy needs to cook. Please help look after the store first."
It was just before three in the afternoon.
But after hearing this, Lin Xi nodded obediently.
About ten minutes later, the door curtain was lifted again. Lin Yaohua came back, but there was someone following him.
Lin Xi looked up and saw someone following in from behind.
The woman in the white dress looked to be in her early thirties. She was really beautiful. Her long hair was elegantly tied behind her head and she wore a pair of pearl earrings on her ears. As she walked, the pearls swayed in the air.
She is a dazzling beauty.
The person following the woman was actually the boy who came to buy mineral water before.
"Is this Lin Xi?" The beautiful lady spoke softly, and even her voice was so pleasant.
Lin Yaohua seemed a little embarrassed. He has never been good at interpersonal relationships.
Instead, the beauty said to Lin Xi gently: "My name is Wen Xuan, you can call me Aunt Wen."
"This is my son, Ji Junxing." The beauty pulled the boy next to her again, smiling gently and kindly. She looked at Lin Xi and said with a smile, "You are also seventeen years old this year, the same age as this boy."
Lin Xi didn't expect that she looked so young, but actually had such a big son.
The boy mentioned by his mother looked towards Lin Xi, his lips slightly raised. His overly handsome face had a dull expression, but he still spoke calmly and politely, "Hello."
It turned out that this was the rich man Zhang Han was talking about, who came to the village to invest.
But Lin Xi didn’t know why her mother invited them to her home for dinner.
Because there were customers coming, Lin Yaohua asked Lin Xi to lead them to the backyard, while he closed the shop in the front.
When we got in, Jiang Ying had already bled the chicken, and there was a lot of chicken blood on the ground.
The young man who entered was provoked and his eyebrows and eyes were raised.
Fortunately, he did not show any disgust, just a slightly surprised look.
The Lin family's living room has a typical farmhouse decoration, with no sofa and an octagonal table in the middle of the room.
Lin Yaohua busied himself moving stools around and asked them to sit down.
While pouring water for them, Lin Xi asked Lin Yaohua curiously, "Dad, why did they come to our house?"
Lin Yaohua was stunned for a moment, and his hand paused as he was pouring hot water.
After a while, he whispered, "Your brother's heart was donated to his child."