Before going to bed, I told my mother not to be angry about this matter again, and not to cause trouble to the Zhang and Chen families again. My mother only replied to me: "Don't worry, Mom knows what to do."
My mother has always wanted to be strong, and even more important. I know that if she finds out about this, she will never be able to calm down in the future. But this is no longer my decision.
Lying on my bed at night, I thought I would toss and turn, but unexpectedly I felt surprisingly comfortable and fell asleep quickly.
Faintly, I heard the cell phone ringing next to my pillow. I opened my eyes drowsily, because half of the curtains were not blocked, and there was a bright white light coming from outside. I looked at the screen of my mobile phone, which showed a series of numbers without names, and the caller ID read: Night City.
The two words "Night City" made me wake up instantly. One second it seemed like a dream, but the next second he was sitting up from bed.
Holding the phone, I didn't answer it right away. The screen stayed on, showing "Waiting to be connected."
I opened the answer button and put the phone to my ear: "Hello?"
The person on the phone only replied with one word: "Hello."
It was a man, and I couldn’t tell who it was for a moment.
With some anxiety and surprise in my heart, I asked aloud: "Are you..."
"Come downstairs and pick me up." The man said four words. This voice... was extremely familiar. I paused for three to five seconds, then suddenly glared and said, "Ji Guanxin?!"
"Why are you so surprised? What the hell?"
It's not a ghost, it's just that I haven't seen Ji Guanxin for a long time, starting from... the night before I went to the United States. For such a long time, Ji Guanxin did not take the initiative to contact me. I was also troubled and did not take the initiative to contact him.
When I was surprised, I asked aloud: "How did you know my new number?"
Ji Guanxin said: "Go downstairs, I'll tell you when I go downstairs."
"What stairs are you going down? Where are you going?"
"I'm downstairs in your house. If you don't believe me, just lean on the window and take a look."
I was so stupid that I got up from bed and lay down by the window to watch. It's a pity that on the third floor of my house, the windows on both sides of my house are blocked by the platform, so I can't see anything.
I pretended to be calm and replied: "Come on, can you still believe what you say?"
Ji Guanxin said: "Look, is it snowing heavily outside? Come out and pick me up quickly, I'm freezing to death."
I looked at half of the windows without curtains. Because the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor was huge, there was a layer of water mist on the glass. I stretched out my hand to wipe it, and then I saw heavy snow falling outside.
Snowing…
Holding the phone, I became suspicious and said tentatively: "Do you think it will snow in the winter in the north? Let me tell you, it didn't snow here today. Are you kidding me..."
Ji Guanxin said: "Liang Zijin, do you have to let me go directly to the third floor?"
Depend on!
As soon as I heard this, I was startled. I sat up from my bed and asked extremely seriously: "Ji Guanxin, where are you?"
Ji Guanxin said: "It's on the second floor platform. What room is the window I'm facing in your house? Can't you see me?"
While he was talking, I had already gotten off my bed, walked out of the bedroom and headed straight to the kitchen in my cotton slippers.
The only place where you can see the second floor platform is the kitchen balcony.
There was no heating inside the balcony. As soon as I opened the door, there was a burst of white air. Through the window, I saw a white figure standing in the middle of the platform, waving to me with a mobile phone.
Damn it!
"Ji Guanxin, when did you come?"
The white breath coming out of my mouth almost blurred my vision. Ji Guanxin's voice came from the mobile phone. He said: "Hurry downstairs and pick me up."
I hung up the phone and looked at the screen. It was only half past six in the morning.
I was wearing a thin cotton pajamas and walked out of the kitchen to the entrance. When I walked to the master bedroom, I saw that my parents were still sleeping. I picked up my dad's police uniform coat from the hanger, wrapped it around me, and then went downstairs with my snow boots on.
A long time later, I still remember the scene I saw when I came downstairs today. Ji Guanxin is wearing a mid-length white cashmere coat. The snow-white color almost blends into the color of the snow between heaven and earth. The coat was open, and he was wearing a light color underneath, which looked so dazzling in the mid-winter morning sun.
At the end of the day, people still look good.
I struggled to push open the outer security door and stood at the door, watching large flakes of snow falling on his head and body...
We were less than ten meters apart and looked at each other. He first gave me a big smile and then opened his arms.
I don’t know why, but I miss him inexplicably. So I spread my legs and ran towards him. When I was two steps closer to him, my foot slipped and I bumped into him.
Ji Guanxin took a step back when I hit him. I was also in so much pain that I felt like the bridge of my nose was about to break.
Before I could regain my senses, Ji Guanxin had already put his arms around my waist, picked me up on the spot, and then spun me around vigorously.
My legs flew out, and I instinctively hugged Ji Guanxin's neck, too scared to open my eyes.
"Ji Guanxin, stop turning around, I'm afraid."
I held on to the collar of his coat, and Ji Guanxin turned me around a dozen times before he put me down.
In the first few seconds when my feet touched the ground, I was still spinning and couldn't tell the difference between east, west and north, so I didn't open my eyes and kept my arms around his neck as before.
Ji Guanxin's voice came from in front of me. He said, "So reluctant to let go? Then you didn't call me for such a long time. I took issue with you."
I closed my eyes, frowned and replied, "Then you didn't contact me either."
Ji Guanxin said: "I have something to do when I go out."
I said, "What could have happened to you? You might have gone off somewhere to run wild."
After ten seconds, I slowly opened my eyes. What catches the eye is the white snow-covered scenery of the north, and Ji Guanxin in front of him. He was wearing a cashmere coat as white as snow, which almost blinded me in the sunlight.
I retracted my arm and took a step back, maintaining a normal talking distance from him.
Ji Guanxin suddenly narrowed his big single eyelids, stared at my face, and asked, "Are you crying?"
Last night I hugged my mother and cried. After crying, I went to bed. My eyes were probably very swollen.
I touched my eyes in embarrassment and replied casually: "I didn't sleep well."
Ji Guanxin immediately said: "Do you think I'm stupid?"
I curled my lips and said, "I cried while watching the TV series, okay?"
Ji Guanxin also curled his lips and replied: "You haven't seen me for so long. Do you miss me?"
If it were in the past, I would definitely say I don’t want to.
But now...
"Think about it." I looked at Ji Guanxin, raised the corners of my lips, and smiled.
Ji Guanxin was also laughing, and he asked me: "Where did I miss you?"
I tilted my head, stretched out my right index finger and poked my temple, and replied in a deliberately cute way: "Think about it here."
Ji Guanxin looked disgusted and said, "We are already twenty-four, so let's stop being cute, okay?"
I immediately lowered my face, straightened my head, and replied coldly: "You came to Liangcheng from Night City on purpose to find trouble with me, right?"
Ji Guanxin said: "Who told you that I came from Night City?"
I asked: "Then where are you from?"
Ji Guanxin immediately replied: "I won't tell you."
I rolled my eyes and almost said yes.
The two of us stood face to face on the second floor platform. It must have snowed all night last night, and the entire platform was covered with thick white. The only footprints on the stairs were Ji Guanxin's, and the only row of footprints behind me were mine.
We seemed to be the first couple to meet on the platform in this mid-winter morning.
After standing for a while, I came to my senses. My calves under my coat were numb from the cold. Seeing me jumping up and down and gasping for air, Ji Guanxin lowered his head and glanced at my pants, then frowned and said, "You don't know how to wear some pants when you come out? You'll freeze to death."
I said, "Who told you to come so suddenly? I was in a hurry to come down and pick you up."
Ji Guanxin said: "Is there anyone at home? Isn't it a little early for me to go up and visit?"
I hurriedly said: "Stop it, my parents are still sleeping, and it's so early in the morning, so you're not annoying me."
Ji Guanxin said: "My car is down there, come down quickly and tell me."
Ji Guanxin turned around and walked towards the stairs. I followed behind him, holding my coat tightly.
Coming down from the second floor platform, I saw a silver-white sports car parked at the intersection. The brand is in the familiar shape of angel wings, with "—Aston Martin" written in English.
What surprised me was that the license plate was from Winter City.
I asked out loud: "Is this your car?"
Ji Guanxin took out the key from his pocket and opened the car door with a beep. He turned to look at me and said, "Is it mine or yours?"
I said: "Why is it the license plate of Winter City?"
Ji Guanxin replied casually: "I just asked them to transport it here after I bought it. I flew here from Dongcheng and drove here."
Ji Guanxin got into the driver's seat, and I walked around the front of the car and got into the passenger seat.
It was very warm inside the car, and Ji Guanxin turned on the air conditioner again. I was very interested in his new car, and I couldn't help but ask: "You already have so many cars, why do you want to buy one?"
Ji Guanxin said: "Instead of transporting the car from Night City, it is better to just buy one. It is more convenient."
With an expression of envy and jealousy blurred on my face, I said "tsk tsk" twice, and then said, "How much is it?"
"More than five hundred, I don't know, my mother bought it for me."
The more than five hundred he said was more than five million!
I really want to scold him, or feel a little bad, why don't I have such a mother
Ji Guanxin turned on the heater and air conditioner to the maximum, turned his head and asked me: "Is it still cold?"
I shook my head: "It's okay, it's not cold anymore."
Ji Guanxin reached back and took out a bag from behind and put it on my lap. I looked down and saw that it was full of my favorite snacks.
I smiled and said, "Ah, so considerate?"
Ji Guanxin raised the corners of his lips and replied with a proud look on his face: "Then, who am I?"
I took out a bag of blueberry-flavored sandwich bread and ate it. When Ji Guanxin saw me stuffing the entire bun into my mouth, he glanced at me and said, "You have such an appetite so early in the morning?"
I replied vaguely: "I'm hungry."
Ji Guanxin suddenly reached out and pinched my bulging cheeks, frowned and said, "I wonder why you have lost weight?"
I turned my head to hide, and his fingers slipped from my face. I tried hard to swallow what was in my mouth and said aloud: "I see you have lost weight."
Ji Guanxin said: "I think what you want."