Qianxing was originally full of uneasiness and nervousness, but the moment Huo Jinbei raised his head and looked at her, she suddenly felt resigned to her fate.
After all, it was her choice to sit here. No matter how uneasy and entangled she was, it was all in vain.
Thinking of this, she raised her eyes to meet Huo Jinbei's gaze and said stiffly: "Hi."
Huo Jinbei's eyes looked at her slightly differently, with a little freshness and exploration.
Qianxing knows why.
Probably she had never dealt with him face to face in such a peaceful manner - after all, she had always shown strong resistance in every previous encounter.
That should have formed a habit for him, and perhaps, it also became a psychological shadow.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel uneasy again. She squeezed her palms hard and finally relieved it a little bit.
Huo Jinbei looked at her quietly for a moment, and finally returned to his normal appearance - the way he treated everyone normally.
"When did you return to Tongcheng?" he asked.
Qianxing answered truthfully: "A week ago."
"Really?" Huo Jinbei responded lightly, and then said as if he thought of something, "The time is right."
What he means by being right is self-evident.
However, before Qianxing could react, Huo Jinbei bent down and reached out, picked up a bag from his feet, and pushed it in front of Qianxing.
"Thank you for asking Lu Ran to send the things." Huo Jinbei said, "I think it would be better to return them to you in person."
Qianxing's eyes fell on the bag, and she seemed a little overwhelmed. When she reached out to take it almost in a daze, she saw a bunch of familiar things——
Tablets, books, mechanical toys, Bluetooth speakers...
It was indeed the things she asked Lu Ran to help deliver to him.
Before, he accepted everything as ordered, but after knowing that the items were from her, he returned them all.
This was a situation she hadn't expected, but it didn't seem to be anything surprising.
After all, she deserves it.
After Qianxing was quiet for a moment, his whole body suddenly miraculously relaxed.
"Okay." Qianxing responded, took back those things, and then said again, "Originally, I was just passing the time while you were recovering from your injuries. Now that your injuries are healed, there is really no need for them."
"You are considerate." Huo Jinbei said, "Thank you."
Every word is distant and indifferent.
Qianxing seemed to relax a little more, "You're welcome. You have helped me so many times. I should return it to you."
"Yeah." Huo Jinbei responded and said, "We don't owe each other, it's good."
Upon hearing these words, Qianxing's heart skipped a beat uncontrollably, and a slightly stiff smile broke out on his face.
Huo Jinbei's eyes fell on her face, but he didn't say anything more. He just said, "I want to go back to the unit, so I'll leave first."
"Okay." Qianxing responded.
Huo Jinbei only nodded slightly, stood up, opened the curtain, and walked out without looking back.
Qianxing heard him walk to the bar, heard him pay the bill on his mobile phone, and then heard the waiter's voice sending him out...
There were no other customers in the coffee shop. After he left, there was no other sound except the soft music flowing slowly in the huge space.
Qianxing sat there quietly for a long time, then finally picked up the big bag of things that Huo Jinbei returned to her, got up and left.
However, when she walked out of the coffee shop, she accidentally bumped into Lu Ran who was rushing in from the outside.
"Ouch--"
Lu Ran rushed too fast and was knocked to the ground. Although Qianxing was still standing firmly, the things in his hands were scattered all over the floor.
Lu Ran looked at the familiar things scattered around him and couldn't help but said "Huh". He picked up a book and stood up in a hurry to look around the coffee shop, "Where's Huo Jinbei?"
"Let's go." Qianxing squatted down and picked up things on the ground bit by bit.
"Why did you just leave?" Lu Ran seemed to find it a little incredible, "What were you talking about?"
"We live in peace and don't owe each other anything," Qianxing said.
After she answered, Lu Ran didn't respond for a while. When Qianxing packed up her things and raised her head again, she saw Lu Ran staring at her.
"What's wrong?" Qianxing was stunned.
Lu Ran was obviously sullen. She looked at Qianxing and gritted her teeth and said, "Is that what you told him?"
Qianxing paused, not knowing how to explain to her that Huo Jinbei said it himself.
Although he said it himself, since she agreed with it, it seemed to be no different from what she said.
Therefore Qian Xing did not deny it.
Lu Ran was obviously even more angry, "He was obviously fine when he came to see you. He said he would have a good chat with you. Why do you always make him unhappy?"
Qian Xing was speechless.
The three words "I didn't" were stuck in my throat and I couldn't spit out a single word.
She had some doubts about whether Lu Ran was talking about Huo Jinbei.
Before talking to Huo Jinbei, she did think that she could have a good chat with him, but his attitude rejected her idea from the beginning, so that she was completely led by him.
In the end, she still made him unhappy?
Lu Ran seemed to be getting angrier and angrier as he thought about it, and his eyes turned red unconsciously, "If I had known you would be like this, I wouldn't have given you anything! I thought you were giving him things to make him happy, but it turned out that you wanted to
We don't owe each other anything! You didn't even think about making him happy, right? You just came to torture him on purpose! You are simply going too far! Huo Jinbei is such an idiot to like you!"
After Lu Ran finished speaking, without waiting for Qianxing's response, he turned around and ran out with red eyes.
Qianxing was left standing there alone, unable to recover for a long time.
However, she always felt that something had been ignored by her, and that feeling lingered in her heart for a long time, making her feel empty.
After a long time, she suddenly lowered her head and checked the contents of the bag again.
The tablet and Bluetooth speaker were complete, but two books were missing, one toy was missing, and the aromatherapy she reluctantly bought was missing from the beginning to the end.
Huo Jinbei returned the things she sent to her, but he did not return them all.
He keeps saying that he doesn't owe each other anything, but in the end, they still owe each other something.
But she just recognized his mutual debt.
No wonder Lu Ran said she made him unhappy.
She really made him unhappy.
…
In the evening, the sky is still dark, but the street lights have already been turned on, giving the spring streets a layer of warm orange.
Huo Jinbei got off the taxi at the gate of the community and was about to go straight in when a slightly pale face suddenly appeared in front of him.
Qianxing stood in front of him, her clothes were wet, her hair was wet, and she was quite embarrassed.
It rained moderately an hour ago, and she was afraid of missing the moment when he came home, so she didn't go anywhere else to take shelter from the rain. She just stood under the tree outside the community gate, getting soaked all over.
Huo Jinbei frowned subconsciously.
Qianxing met his gaze, her eyes were calm and calm, and she slowly spoke: "Huo Jinbei, I have two things I want to tell you."
"Say." Huo Jinbei's tone was calm.
Qianxing couldn't help but pursed her lips again.
"First thing...I like you."
"The second thing - I am not the willful, pure, passionate girl you imagined. I am not willful, pure, or passionate at all. Do you want to know what the real me is like?"