The two of us walked home after our walk. On the way, I received another call from an unknown number, indicating that the location was Night City.
Since I lost the call, many of the people in the phone book are no longer there. I don’t know who called. After a moment of hesitation, I got through.
"Hello?"
"Zijin, I am Zhang Danqing. Please stop talking. Is Guan Xin next to you?"
I casually glanced at Ji Guanxin, who was standing on my left, and he was looking sideways at me.
I didn't know why Zhang Danqing called me suddenly, so I said 'hmm' and replied calmly: "What's wrong?"
Zhang Danqing lowered his voice slightly and told me: "Zijin, the 7th is Guan Xin's birthday. I'm afraid you don't know, so I'll tell you in advance."
I'm really surprised. Number 7, isn't that tomorrow
After a pause, I replied aloud: "Okay, I understand."
Zhang Danqing chuckled softly on the other end of the phone: "Guan Xin is by your side, so I won't gossip about you two. We'll see you tomorrow, bye."
After that, Zhang Danqing hung up the phone without waiting for me to reply.
I was more surprised than surprised. Ji Guanxin’s birthday is tomorrow. Why didn’t he tell me
"Whose phone number?" Before I could ask Ji Guanxin, Ji Guanxin turned his head and asked me.
"Oh." I replied subconsciously: "A friend."
Ji Guanxin asked again: "What friend?"
"Geez, why are you gossiping like that?"
"I see you look like you are a thief. Who called you?" Ji Guanxin's handsome face looked suspicious.
I raised my chin and raised my voice: "What are you doing? Checking the post? Can't I have a few friends of my own?"
Ji Guanxin said: "Male or female?"
"female."
"real or fake?"
"Fake!"
I rolled my eyes at Ji Guanxin and then pulled him towards my aunt's house.
Ji Guanxin knew who I was, and I didn't even hide the phone call from Luo Xiangdong from him, let alone someone else's, so even though he kept talking about it, he didn't really take it into his heart.
When we got home, my mother and my aunt were already lying on the kang, and Ji Guanxin's folding bed had been made.
After everyone said hello, Ji Guanxin and I washed our faces and brushed our teeth as usual and got ready for bed.
While Ji Guanxin took off all his clothes and was about to wipe off his clothes with a hot towel, I ducked out of the outhouse, then quietly opened the door and ran out.
Using the light, I ran all the way for more than ten minutes before I arrived at a small shop at the head of the village, which was also the only small shop nearby.
It's almost nine o'clock in the evening. Country people go to bed early and the small shop has been closed long ago. But I saw a light inside, which means the shop owner must not be asleep yet.
I ran over panting and reached out to knock on the door.
After taking about five or six shots, a man's voice came from inside: "Who is it?"
"Boss, I'm going to buy something."
"We're closed."
"Boss, it's my family's birthday today. Please open the door for me. I'll leave after I finish shopping."
After I said this for five seconds, the door was opened from the inside. The male boss was standing at the door wearing autumn clothes and long trousers with a coat wrapped around him.
I quickly stepped in to prevent too much cold air from entering the house.
Ji Guanxin and I come to this small store every day. In fact, there are not many snacks here, and they are incomparable to supermarkets in the city. In Ji Guanxin's words: "I feel uncomfortable if I don't spend money for a day."
So we came here every day to buy some snacks. Those snacks were piled on the table at my aunt’s house, and almost no one touched them.
The male boss recognized me and greeted me with a smile: "Whose birthday is it this middle of the night?"
I stamped my feet, because there was snow on my shoes, and while rubbing my hands, I replied, "My boyfriend."
The male boss smiled and said, "I heard that your boyfriend is from Night City? No one from Night City has ever been here before."
I smiled and didn't say anything, but asked aloud: "Boss, do you have cakes here?"
The boss had already turned around and entered the counter while he was talking. Hearing this, he replied to me: "There are no big cakes, but there are a few cakes that children usually eat."
The boss took out several palm-sized colorful cake boxes from under the counter. This is really an 'old antique' that I didn't eat until I was in the third grade of elementary school.
When I was young, they cost one yuan each, but now they cost four yuan each.
I had nothing to be picky about in a remote area, so I bought all the remaining small cakes. I also wanted to help Ji Guanxin choose a gift.
I scanned around the small store and saw that everything looked so old under the dim light. On top of the shelf filled with instant noodles, there is also a layer of water cups with gift bags.
Water glass... Ji Guanxin's birthday is February 7th, isn't he an Aquarius
I don’t know much about zodiac signs, but I remember a college classmate of mine who talks about zodiac signs all day long, and she is an Aquarius herself, so I remember the zodiac signs in February particularly deeply.
After glancing at it, I pointed to one of the light blue water glasses and said to the boss, "I want that one too."
The boss helped me put everything into the bag. I paid and was about to leave, but suddenly I thought of something, so I turned around and asked him: "Boss, do you have any birthday candles here?"
There wasn't even a birthday cake. In fact, I asked by luck, but the boss actually said there was.
He gave me a box of very thin birthday candles, saying they were left over from his son’s birthday a while ago.
I wanted to give him money, but he asked for nothing.
I carried my bag and left the store. It was pitch dark outside, and I couldn't even hear the dogs barking at night. I used the light and ran home crazy all the way.
Afraid that Ji Guanxin would find out, I hid the bag behind the pile of firewood in the yard, then opened the door and walked in.
When I opened the door to the back room, I had already thought of my words. If Ji Guanxin asked me what I was doing, I would just say I went to the toilet.
But when I walked in, I saw that my mother and my aunt were both sitting on the kang. Ji Guanxin was not there.
"Where did you go?" My mother looked at me and immediately frowned and asked.
I didn't answer but asked: "Where is Ji Guanxin?"
My mother said: "You said you suddenly ran out without saying where you were going. You left for half an hour. During this half-night stay, Guan Xin put on his clothes and went out to look for you."
I was very calm and took advantage of the situation and said to my mother: "Mom, it's Ji Guan's birthday tomorrow. His friend just called me secretly and told me. I'll go out and buy him some gifts. Don't tell him when he comes back. I Wait until midnight."
My mother was surprised when she heard this. She looked at me and said, "This kid, why didn't you tell me about his birthday tomorrow?"
Just as I was talking, my mother rang. It was Ji Guanxin.
I heard my mother say to him: "Guan Xin, Zijin is back, you should come back quickly."
After hanging up the phone, my mother still glared at me and said, "No matter what, just tell me secretly. We know why you ran out in the middle of the night?"
I said, "I'll go out to pick up Ji Guanxin. Don't let anything slip."
After saying that, I turned around and left the house.
Ji Guanxin must not have guessed that I went to buy him a gift. I went out to the small store to the right, and he came back from the left. That road was the one we usually walked on when we were kids.
I stood at the door and saw Ji Guanxin's figure in the distance. I raised my arm and waved to him.
Ji Guanxin walked up to me quickly, looked at me and said, "Where have you gone?"
The white breath from his mouth lingered on his face, and I replied to him calmly: "I'm going to the bathroom."
Ji Guanxin frowned: "Are you kidding me? I went to the public toilet and you weren't even there."
I smiled and said, "You stood outside the toilet and called me?"
Ji Guanxin's face didn't change, he stared at me and said, "I rushed in to find you. Who knows if something happened to you?"
Looking at his unhappy face, I also knew that they would be worried and guilty if I ran out in the middle of the night, but I still had to create a surprise, so I had to smile cheekily and said: "There is no one in the women's bathroom, right? Don't turn around and they will sue you. He's a pervert, I can't afford to lose this person to you."
Ji Guanxin was not moved by my teasing at all. He just looked at me without blinking and asked, "Where have you been?"
Without blinking, I replied directly: "I went to the toilet, but not to a public toilet. I just found a place."
Ji Guanxin said nothing and looked at me unblinkingly.
I think he was a little unhappy because I disappeared for half an hour and he looked for me everywhere, but I laughed so shamelessly.
I reached out and patted his arm, and said out loud: "Oh, don't be angry. I was afraid that you would have to come out with me, so I didn't tell you."
Ji Guanxin stared at me and asked, "I called you, why didn't you answer?"
I said, "I put it in my pocket, I didn't see it."
Without saying anything, he took out his phone and called me. The phone he put in his coat pocket immediately rang, loudly.
Ji Guanxin looked at me and said, "Didn't you see it? Haven't you heard it yet?"
I was a little embarrassed, why was he so serious
Seeing that I didn't speak, the expression on Ji Guanxin's face became more and more serious. I thought that he would definitely ask more about it after holding it in for a long time, but it turned out that he just couldn't hear the emotion or anger in his voice, so he said lightly: "Go in."
Normally he would always walk side by side with me, but now he felt really unhappy that I didn't tell him the truth, so he walked in front and left me behind.
I really don’t blame him, I know what’s wrong with him, so I just waited until 12 o’clock in the evening to give him a surprise, and he promised to stick to it like it’s stuck to the bark of a tree.
We entered the house front and back. When my mother saw Ji Guanxin, she smiled and said, "Guanxin, are you cold?"
Ji Guanxin raised the corners of his lips and replied with a smile: "It's okay, Auntie, it's not cold."
My mother said, "Hurry up and get on the kang to warm up for a while. Zijin is such a careless kid that he didn't even tell us when he went to the bathroom."
Ji Guanxin just smiled and said nothing. My heart skipped a beat. It was over. He was really angry with me.