Seeing Jing Li and Xi Xi entering the community, Huo Qiran turned around and saw Su Zhen off.
Su Zhen looked away, clicked her tongue twice, and said, "Jing Li is so cruel, why don't you even look back?"
Huo Qiran glanced at her, "What do you want to say?"
"What's wrong?" Su Zhen turned to look at him, "Are you sad? Are you sad? Don't be afraid, sister, comfort you -"
As she spoke, she reached out her hand and touched Huo Qiran's head.
Huo Qiran exhaled helplessly, "You can think whatever you want, I can't control it anyway."
Su Zhen held her chin up and looked at him and said, "Then what do you think? If you didn't like other people, why would you take them home as a guest? You even take care of other people's nieces so carefully?"
"Isn't it normal for classmates and friends to interact with each other?" Huo Qiran said, "Can't we have some normal interactions?"
"Is it normal?"
"Isn't it normal?"
Su Zhen stared at him for a moment, then suddenly smiled, "If you say it's normal, then so be it."
Huo Qiran glanced at her again and said helplessly: "Think about things."
Su Zhen was a neighbor he met when he and Mu Qian lived in a courtyard house in Huai City when they were young. The two of them had the best fun when they were young. When they were more than ten years old, Su Zhen moved her family to Tongcheng, and their friendship continues to this day.
Huo Qiran stayed in Tongcheng when he was in college, while Su Zhen went abroad. Although they could only see each other during the winter and summer vacations, the two always kept in touch, so they could be regarded as each other's best friends.
"Then can you blame me for thinking about other things?" Su Zhen said, "Huo Qiran, you have reached the age where you should fall in love. Jingli is so beautiful. It is normal for you to like her."
Huo Qiran asked, "What about you? You haven't met a handsome guy who suits your liking while you're abroad?"
"Tch, I don't like foreigners." Su Zhen said, "I just like people with black hair and black eyes, isn't that okay?"
"Okay, okay." Huo Qiran couldn't help laughing, "Then I hope you get what you want as soon as possible."
Su Zhen just snorted softly, glanced at him, and said nothing more.
…
On Monday night, when Jing Li arrived home, Xi Xi had been waiting for her for a long time. As soon as she saw her, she couldn't wait to ask Jing Li for her mobile phone, "Auntie, listen to the story!"
Jing Li hugged her and sat down beside the bed, "What story does Xi Xi want to hear?"
"Brother Qi Ran tells the story of the little rabbit..." Xi Xi said.
"Auntie can also tell the story of the little rabbit. Can I tell it to Xixi?"
"Auntie can also tell stories?"
"Yes!" Jing Li said, "Auntie will tell you stories every night from now on, okay?"
"What about brother Qi Ran?"
"Brother Qi Ran is very busy." Jing Li arranged Xi Xi's hair and said, "Xi Xi likes brother Qi Ran and doesn't want brother Qi Ran to be too tired, right?"
Xi Xi didn't seem to understand and wasn't very happy either. She just frowned and looked at Jing Li.
"Auntie also tells very nice stories. Do you want to hear them?"
Xi Xi hesitated for a moment and finally answered: "I think!"
"Then aunt will tell Xi Xi a story and then take a shower, okay?"
"good!"
Jing Li put her on the bed and was about to start speaking when her cell phone suddenly rang.
Her heart skipped a beat, she took the phone, and as expected she saw the message from Huo Qiran——
"Have you gone home? Has Xixi slept?"
Jing Li turned around and glanced at Xi Xi, who was lying on the bed obediently waiting for her to tell a story. She lowered her head and replied, "Well, she is asleep. You should go to bed early."
On the other side, Huo Qiran looked at this reply and was stunned for a moment before saying: "Okay, you too. Good night."
…
After that, Huo Qiran didn't tell Xi Xi any more stories for several days.
Not only that, even the communication between him and Jing Li has decreased a lot.
She always seems to be busy and always comes home very late. When she comes home, Xi Xi is already asleep, and she has to rest even if she can't say a few words to him.
It seemed that everything changed after she came to Huo's house as a guest.
Before that, they interacted frequently and seemed to become more and more familiar with each other; but after that, they suddenly began to become alienated, and even had a faint tendency to return to the beginning, when they were strangers to each other...
Huo Qiran didn't know if there was something wrong with his feelings, but he had no way or method to confirm——