Manyu Coffee Shop is no longer what Gu Nianxi remembers. The layout of the store has changed slightly. He Jianchen chose a corner and asked Gu Nianxi to sit down and wait for him. He threw his bag on the seat and said coolly
Gu Nianxi said.
"Wait for me, I'll get some food."
Gu Nianxi nodded and watched him walk into the bar and greet several young boys and girls inside. It seemed that he came here often and was familiar with the people inside.
When He Jianchen came back, he was holding a dinner plate with a piece of cake and a glass of hot milk on it.
"Drink some hot milk and sleep well at night."
Gu Nianxi was touched by his attentiveness and said thank you to him. He Jianchen sat opposite her. He didn't speak after sitting down and just stared at her and smiled. His expression was very interesting.
His eyes were very direct, which made Gu Nianxi feel embarrassed, "The cakes here are delicious. My best friend and I often came here when I was in college."
Gu Nianxi found a topic to resolve the awkwardness between the two of them, picked up a spoon and took a bite of the cake.
"I didn't expect that we would be so close."
"What?"
Gu Nianxi didn't understand what he meant. Seeing the light in his eyes, she was about to ask, then listened to what he said.
"If I had known you came here often in college, I would have come here every day so that we could get to know each other earlier."
"Do you come here often? I see you are very familiar with them."
"Oh, I used to work here."
"I see."
"There is also food. They will bring it to you soon. When you come here again, just tell me your name and whatever you eat or drink will be mine."
"Uh... No, no, I just agreed that I would treat you to dinner." Gu Nianxi was very embarrassed, "How about we talk about eating something else later?"
He Jianchen shook his head at her, "Don't be polite to your boyfriend. From now on, as long as you stay with me, you don't have to pay for it."
"..." Gu Nianxi's face turned red due to her teasing, and she quickly said: "Just... it doesn't count."
"Doesn't count? That's no good. I take it seriously." He Jianchen said, leaning towards Gu Nianxi, and said softly: "You can't cheat."
Gu Nianxi leaned back instinctively. Her estrangement from him made He Jianchen feel a little sad, but her reserved look made people feel cute. He covered his lips and smiled, which made Gu Nianxi a little confused.
"why are you laughing?"
"So you were always confused like this before."
Why did he say that to her?
Just when Gu Nianxi hesitated, He Jianchen pushed the phone in front of her. She looked down curiously. Unexpectedly, there was a photo of her on the screen of his phone. She was surprised to pick up the phone and look carefully. In the photo, she was sitting in a book.
He was sitting in the library, holding a book in his hand, but staring straight ahead in a daze.
"Why do you have a picture of me? Where is this?"
He Jianchen just smiled and said nothing, and pulled out another photo, which was the shadow he had taken secretly before.
This photo was so explosive that it scared Gu Nianxi's eyes as big as copper bells. Although they saw shadows in the photo, they were close to each other! How could their close relationship be that of ordinary friends!
Gu Nianxi was speechless and stared at He Jianchen speechlessly.
"us……"
"We spent time together."
"..."
This amount of information was so overwhelming that Gu Nianxi couldn't accept it. She nervously twisted her fingers. Just when she was at a loss, He Jianchen laughed.
"Do you believe it?"
Do you believe it?
Gu Nianxi took another look at the photo. She and his shadow looked really sweet together, but what puzzled her was that she couldn't find any feeling of intimacy with him.
If she met He Jianchen at the age of nineteen, she would definitely like him, but now that she is twenty-eight, it is difficult for her to believe that a man suddenly told her that he was her former boyfriend.
"Gu Nianxi, have you thought about it?"
No, she had to figure things out. She always felt like something was wrong.
"We... we may have really known each other before, or I may have been together before, but now I have nothing. You are so good, so you are the one I should consider."
Gu Nianxi wanted He Jianchen to understand that she was now a useless person and she was not worthy of him at all.
After hearing what she said, He Jianchen frowned and looked a little unhappy.
"And I feel like we don't know each other well enough."
"So what?" He Jianchen said with a smile on his lips and a determined light in his eyes, "I have already thought about it, from the day I rescued you."
"..."
Gu Nianxi's heart was beating wildly. She was moved by him for the second time tonight.
"But...are you younger than me? I don't accept the relationship between siblings, not even by a day."
In order to find a reason to refuse, Gu Nianxi had already begun to talk nonsense. Unexpectedly, He Jianchen took out something from his bag and placed it in front of her. When Gu Nianxi took a closer look, it turned out to be his ID card.
"Look clearly."
"..."
Gu Nianxi awkwardly moved her eyes from his face to the ID card, and only then discovered an extremely coincidental thing.
Their birthdays are actually the same day!
"Your birthday is also May 10th?"
"Sorry, I seem to be a year older than you."
What a coincidence! She always thought that He Jianchen was younger than her.
"You don't look... like."
"Wait a minute, Miss, do you mean that I forged an ID card to deceive you?" He Jianchen handed the ID card to Gu Nianxi, "Look carefully, look more clearly."
Gu Nianxi pushed away his ID card and explained casually, "It's not a matter of sibling relationship. You look too young, which makes me look older. I don't have time to explain to a group of people that you are older than me, so we still can't
Appropriate." Gu Nianxi stood up nervously, "I think I look at least a few years older than you now."
"Please, who said you are old? Just wait."
"What are you doing?" Gu Nianxi was pulled to the bar by He Jianchen.
"Qiqi, tell her what you just said to me."
"Ah? Which sentence?" The girl named Qiqi asked He Jianchen with a confused look on her face, "Well... let me think about it." Qiqi thought for a long time and asked He Jianchen, "Doctor He, is that Mei Mei your girlfriend?
?Is that the sentence?”
"Next sentence." He Jianchen shook his head.
Qiqi blinked her big eyes and looked at the boy next to her, "What did I just say?"
The boy spread his hands in confusion, "Sorry, I can't help you. I forgot about it."
"Oh! Oh! I remembered, is this the sentence, Doctor He, which university did you deceive this little girl from?"
"Yes! That's it." He Jianchen snapped his fingers, clasped his hands on his chest, raised his chin and looked at Gu Nianxi, "Did you hear that? The college student is talking about you." He Jianchen's fingertips touched the center of Gu Nianxi's eyebrows.
Gu Nianxi raised her eyes and looked at the fingers on her forehead, opening them wordlessly, "I think... I think it's better for us to start as friends at this stage, because we don't know each other very well."
After experiencing these things, Gu Nianxi really wasn't in the mood to experience romance. She just wanted to find a job quickly and shoulder her responsibilities.
Love is a luxury and superfluous thing for her who has gone through many vicissitudes of life.
"So Doctor He hasn't caught her yet, come on, work hard." Qiqi cheered He Jianchen up in a weird way, and said to Gu Nianxi: "Sister, it's not popular now to be friends first and then fall in love. I suggest
You, a high-quality single like Dr. He, should stay with you as soon as possible. If you are snatched away, the loss will be great." Qiqi smiled and spoke for He Jianchen.
Gu Nianxi gave Qiqi a smile, turned around and walked back to her seat. He Jianchen made a thank you expression to Qiqi and followed her back.
The two of them returned to their seats. He Jianchen suddenly thought of something and asked.
"Gu Nianxi, your mental age is nineteen now. Could it be that... you think I'm too old and you look down on me?"
"..."
"No." Gu Nianxi answered honestly, "Because of the changes that happened in my family, I am not in the mood to fall in love."
After telling the truth, He Jianchen was silent for a moment. He put his hands on the table and pursed his lips and smiled.
"Okay then." He Jianchen looked at his phone, "From now on, we are friends. Let me introduce myself first. My name is He Jianchen. I am twenty-eight years old. I am from S city. I am an only child. I live in country M.
I studied for a Ph.D. and returned to China four years ago. Now I am a neurosurgeon. You will learn about your hobbies later."
Seeing him introducing herself seriously, Gu Nianxi felt a little guilty. He was the first person she saw when she woke up, and he was the one who talked to her the most. Even if they had really been together, it was not his responsibility to take care of her.
"How did we meet?"
Gu Nianxi suddenly became interested in their affairs.
"We went camping together during club activities, and I took some photos of you, which are all in my SLR camera. I remember the sunset was beautiful that day, and both you and the sunset were beautiful.
"Sunset..." Gu Nianxi thought of the fragment in her mind and said to herself, "Is that you on the edge of the cliff?"
He Jianchen's heart skipped a beat and he asked cautiously, "Do you remember?"
"Oh, I remembered something, I remember your dimples."
When he heard the word "dimples", He Jianchen's expression relaxed, and there were flashes of surprise and surprise in his eyes.
"Do you remember my dimples?" He pointed to his right cheek and said with a smile, "These dimples are very good."
Gu Nianxi was amused by him, and then listened to his question.
"Then you...remember what happened at the graduation prom?"
Prom?
An expression of regret and sadness appeared on Gu Nianxi's face. She shook her head. It turned out that she had lost so many interesting things.
"Is it interesting?"
"That day, you were wearing a black dress with waist-length hair. You participated in your department's drama performance "Cinderella," but you didn't play the protagonist. You played the stepmother who transformed into a witch. Your performance was quite interesting.
, the whole audience was amused by you." He Jianchen lowered his head and laughed, "No one has ever seen such a cute witch."
Looking at his expression, Gu Nianxi thought that she must have failed in her performance. She laughed twice and said to him, "Thank you for the compliment.
He Jianchen felt happy when he mentioned the past, and he continued to tell her.
"You loved reading in the library at that time. One day I happened to be looking for a book and saw you asleep on the beanbag in the corner of the bookshelf. The sun just hit you, and your face was as furry as
Peach, I kept looking at you. When you woke up, I pretended to look for a book and asked you for help. When you helped me find the book, you accidentally fell into my arms. Later, we added each other on WeChat."
Listening to the details he described, Gu Nianxi caught the romantic atmosphere. She lowered her head shyly and murmured in a low voice.