After finally remembering what questions she should ask Huo Qiran, the sweet slices in front of Jingli seemed to be less sweet. She seemed to have something on her mind. The worries that had bothered her before were again
Came back a little bit accidentally.
After finishing the dessert, the waiter brought a complimentary cup of tea, but Jing Li declined because she was afraid that she would not be able to sleep at night after drinking the tea.
When Huo Qiran saw this, he said to the waiter: "Thank you, we won't need the tea. Please pay for it for us."
Jing Li became anxious when she heard that he was going to pay the bill, "Hey, I've agreed to treat you!"
Huo Qiran looked at her for a moment, and seeing her firm eyes, he finally nodded slowly and smiled, "Okay, I won't argue with you."
Jing Li was satisfied and took the initiative to pay the bill after the waiter brought over the bill and POS machine.
"Then let's go for a walk on the street?" Huo Qiran said.
Jing Li nodded, but then said, "Say hello to Su Su?"
Huo Qiran nodded, then pulled her to stand up and walked towards the dining room where Su Zhen was.
Su Zhen sat with her back to them. She didn't realize it until they came in front of her. She looked up and saw them and quickly laughed, "Have you finished eating? Are you leaving now?"
Huo Qiran nodded, and Jing Li said: "Su Su, you eat slowly, we will meet for dinner another day."
"Are you going to stay in Huai City for a long time?" Su Zhen couldn't help but ask.
Jing Li said: "He just took time to come over. I will stay here for a while."
"That's good." Su Zhen said, "Then I'll make an appointment with you another day."
After saying that, Su Zhen stretched out her hand to pull Jing Li, smiled and said: "There are several bars around here, the atmosphere is great, let them take you on a date."
Jing Li just laughed softly after hearing this.
Several people said goodbye quickly, and then Huo Qiran pulled Jingli and Jingli turned around and left.
Su Zhen said goodbye and didn't look back. It wasn't until a while later that she couldn't help but turn her head slightly and look towards the door of the restaurant.
Huo Qiran and Jing Li were no longer there.
She slowly turned her head around, and for just a moment, her eyes turned red uncontrollably.
The friend opposite her had been with her for a long time, and he obviously knew something. He didn't say anything when he saw this, he just stretched out his hand and handed over a tissue.
On the other side, Huo Qiran took Jing Li's hand and walked into the elevator.
After saying goodbye to Su Zhen, both of them were silent for a while. When Huo Qiran turned to say something when she pressed the elevator button, Jing Li suddenly turned to look at him and said, "You told me before
, you hurt the relationship between you and Susu, what does that mean?"
Huo Qiran never expected that the first question she asked would be this, so he couldn't help but ponder for a moment, just looking at her as if he didn't know how to answer.
Jing Li saw his difficulty and seemed to see the essence of the problem. She came closer to his eyes and looked at him almost eye to eye, "Su Su, does she... like you?"
Huo Qiran's eyes suddenly froze.
Jing Li already got the answer from his eyes.
No wonder.
With Su Zhen's character and the friendship between her and Huo Qiran, it would be strange if she didn't break the casserole and ask the truth when they met today.
There was probably only one reason why she could be so quiet and so far away silently.
"Have Susu confessed her love to you?" Jing Li asked again.
Huo Qiran still didn't answer, but there was a trace of helplessness in his eyes.
Jing Li also knew the answer to this question.
If he hadn't confessed his love, how would Huo Qiran know, and how could he say that he had hurt his relationship with Su Su?
"You also said that our after-dinner activity was a question and answer game..." Jing Li looked at Huo Qiran and muttered, "I have asked three questions now, and you haven't answered any of them."
Huo Qiran suddenly held her hand tightly and said: "I will answer all the questions between us. Regarding Su Su, I have a pure friendship with her, nothing else. As for her thoughts, I have no right to interfere.
I can’t comment on anything. Do you understand what I mean?”
The moment Jing Li turned her face away from his sight, she couldn't help but curl up the corners of her lips.
He didn't answer her questions because he was Huo Qiran, and he was the Huo Qiran she liked. How could Huo Qiran, who was gentle, meticulous, considerate and considerate, talk about other girls' feelings behind their backs?
When Jing Li turned to look at him again, she still put away her smile and said, "What if I say I don't understand?"
There was no smile on her lips, but there were still stars in her eyes. Huo Qiran stared at her quietly for a moment, laughed slowly, and whispered: "Then you are... lying."
Jing Li was startled, and was about to reach out to tease him, but the elevator had already reached the first floor. Jing Li could only retract her hand, pretending to be normal, and was pulled out of the elevator by Huo Qiran.
At the beginning of the lanterns, the city was more prosperous than during the day. The two people held hands and walked side by side on the wide sidewalk, passing by countless people in a hurry, but always moving forward slowly.
Jing Li asked him a lot of questions, some that he had just remembered and some that he had been thinking about for a long time.
"Isn't your laboratory very busy? It has only been less than ten days and you have made three trips here. Will it not affect the laboratory?"
"It doesn't affect it," he said. "In the third stage of graduate studies, it is normal to find a job and go to various cities for interviews."
"Looking for a job?" Jing Li was shocked, "Aren't you planning to study for a Ph.D.?"
"To me, both are just options, both are optional."
"But you were planning to study for a Ph.D. before," Jing Li said, "Don't tell me, it's because of me that you suddenly started looking for a job?"
Huo Qiran laughed slowly, "What if I say yes?"
Jing Li suddenly stopped, turned to look at him for a moment, and suddenly chuckled softly, "You are not such an indifferent person, don't lie to me!"
After hearing this, Huo Qiran just chuckled and said, "How do you know which end is lighter and which is heavier?"
Jing Li raised her head and looked at him. After thinking seriously for a moment, she said, "I will not compare my studies and career with yours. They are not the same thing!"
She turned her head to continue walking forward, but Huo Qiran stretched out his hand to stop her.
Jing Li turned around and looked at him for a moment, her eyes becoming softer and softer, "Actually, you just like me a little bit. You did a little bit before, so little that you didn't even notice it...
It's still a little bit now, after all, we just met again, we just started, everything is still in its infancy, right?"
Huo Qiran listened to her quietly and remained silent for a long time before speaking again——
"I have never liked anyone, so I don't know how much a little liking is, and how much a lot of liking is."
"I am a very slow person. There are always people around me who say that I have a perfect life, but only I know that such perfection is untrue."
"I also know that I am missing something, but I don't know what it is."
"It wasn't until you went to New York that I started to think of some things very frequently. The first time we met again, when you took off your hood in front of me; when you took care of Xi Xi; when you picked up candy; you and me
When we go to the library together; when you come to see me play ball; when you laugh..."
"This feeling makes me feel at a loss, because I am not sure whether it is love or, as my mother said, just because you have been good to me, so I want to be good to you. I don't want to hurt you again,
So I can only let myself forget as much as possible..."
"But some things can't be forgotten. Just like the taste of that chocolate, I always remember it. I obviously don't like candy, but I just want to get it back..."
"Until I meet you again. The moment you turned around in Huai'an Painting Hall, I remembered the first time you took off that doll costume hood in front of me... I have eaten the best food in the world.
of chocolate, and I’ve seen the sweetest smile in the world. Some things are just like this. Only after you experience them do you know you can’t give up.”
"They say my sister loves sweets, but at that moment I realized that, in fact, I am even more addicted to sugar than she is."
Jing Li didn't know when her eyes turned red, and she didn't know when the tears fell.
But he said she was his candy...
As a sweet candy, how could she cry?
She tried hard to smile, but in the end, she didn't know what kind of expression she had suppressed.
Huo Qiran raised his hand, held her face, and gently stroked the tears falling down her cheeks, and then whispered: "I have never been so shameless in my life, even if you never answered me clearly from the beginning to the end.
Regarding Brayden’s problem, I still ignored it and kept pursuing it...because I really wanted to taste that taste again——"
On the bustling road, lights were like daylight, and pedestrians were weaving. Among the people coming and going, they were the only ones standing quietly, kissing each other under the gaze of countless eyes.