He Jianchen held Gu Nianxi's hand, with a dazzling smile on his face. Even after introducing his name, he did not let go of her hand.
This is just a polite handshake, Gu Nianxi thought, still feeling shy, she blushed and took her hand away from He Jianchen's palm, murmuring.
"Remember."
He Jianchen was afraid that she didn't hear clearly, so he added, "It's He Zhizhang's He, simple Jane, He Jianchen's Chen, He, Jane, Chen."
Gu Nianxi looked into his eyes and nodded.
"He Jianchen." She repeated his name and smiled shyly.
He Jianchen realized that he was a little too enthusiastic and was afraid of scaring Gu Nianxi, so he quickly put his hands on his lap politely.
"Sorry, I'm afraid you didn't hear me."
"Oh, it's okay." Gu Nianxi was amused by He Jianchen's silly look, and turned her head to the window and snickered.
Her shadow was reflected through the glass window, and He Jianchen could clearly see her expression. He tilted his head and stared at her, with the corners of his lips raised slightly.
"Do you never do housework?"
"Huh?" Gu Nianxi looked at him curiously, "Why do you say that?"
"Your hands are so soft."
"..."
Gu Nianxi was surprised and happy at the sudden compliment, and her depressed mood suddenly felt better.
"How can you not do housework when you are away from home? You must learn to take care of yourself."
"Oh? Then you live alone now and take care of yourself?"
"No, I have a roommate."
He Jianchen's expression froze when he heard the word roommate.
"My roommate doesn't like to do housework, so I usually do it."
"Yeah?"
He Jianchen mistakenly thought that the roommate she was talking about was her boyfriend who lived with her, and lowered her head in despair, feeling gloomy.
When it comes to doing housework, Gu Nianxi feels very miserable.
Before, she lived with Su Yuheng, and he exploited his labor force. She was responsible for the sanitation of the entire house. Now she finally got out of the predicament, and met Ms. Xia Mo again. She was simply the female version of Su Yuheng. She only knew how to cook and eat.
She loved to do housework, so she volunteered to take on the task of cooking when we rented together. As a result, the family was usually busy with business and had no time to cook a few meals.
"However, my roommate can cook, and it's very delicious."
When Gu Nianxi said this, a ray of sunshine happened to shine on her. Her smile was sweet and warm. The picture was so beautiful that He Jianchen was fascinated.
"I can also cook."
He Jianchen murmured, not knowing what he was talking about. When he came back to his senses, he realized that Gu Nianxi was looking at him in surprise.
"Oh, I mean-"
Just when He Jianchen was about to explain, Gu Nianxi's cell phone rang. She frowned, put her hand into her bag, and cut it off. She was chatting with the handsome guy, so she didn't want to be angry with him.
Along the way, Gu Nianxi and He Jianchen chatted happily, and He Jianchen used his humor to drive away Gu Nianxi's unhappiness.
They chatted a lot starting from the topic of volunteers. To Gu Nianxi's surprise, He Jianchen and she were fellow villagers. They were both from S City, and they lived in almost the same area.
"Do you know grandma's wood-fired wontons in Pingqiao Lane? It's a memory of my childhood."
He Jianchen's mention of life in S city also brought back many memories for Gu Nianxi.
"Me too! I remember when I was little, my mother would buy me a bowl of grandma's wontons every afternoon."
"It's a pity that my grandma was gone last time I went back."
Hearing the news, Gu Nianxi felt a little sad, and suddenly missed the hot wontons she used to eat as a child.
"Are you planning to go back after your studies?" Gu Nianxi asked He Jianchen.
"Well... maybe I won't go back. I want to accumulate some practical experience here before returning to China. What about you?" He Jianchen answered seriously.
"I want to go back. I have never left S city since I was a child. My parents still want me to go back."
The only time Gu Nianxi left home when she was so old was to study abroad. The reason for coming was extremely childish.
He Jianchen saw that Gu Nianxi's face was not very good, so he guessed that something unhappy might have happened to her and wanted to make her happy.
"Oh! Look! What's over there?" He pointed out the window and exclaimed. Gu Nianxi looked in the direction he pointed, but there was nothing except a large tree.
"What?"
"Look carefully."
"What?" Gu Nianxi tried hard to look, but she didn't know what he was talking about.
"Didn't you see a handsome boy on the glass?"
"..."
He burst into laughter, and Gu Nianxi was also infected by his smile and started laughing too.
After arriving at the destination, everyone got off the car one after another. He Jianchen was very enthusiastic, helped the girls carry their luggage, and adjusted the backpack straps for Gu Nianxi. He seemed to be very popular, and all his classmates said hello to him.
"etc."
He pulled Gu Nianxi, and when Gu Nianxi was stunned, he took out a spray from his coat pocket and sprayed it on Gu Nianxi's exposed skin.
"Your thin skin and tender meat are the mosquitoes' favorite meal in the mountains."
It turned out that he had sprayed her with anti-mosquito spray. Looking at his back, Gu Nianxi suddenly felt warm in her heart.
This boy is really considerate, unlike someone who asked her to apply anti-itching cream when he was bitten.
There is no harm without comparison. Thinking about it this way, Su Yuheng really has no merit. In front of her, he is like a giant baby who cannot take care of himself.
Gu Nianxi took out her mobile phone from her bag and hesitated whether to turn it on. She was afraid that when she opened the phone, all the calls from him would be his, and she was also afraid that he would stop looking for her.
contradiction!
Gu Nianxi put her phone in her pocket and followed the team.
After hiking for an hour, everyone finally climbed to the top of the mountain. More than 20 people began to divide the work to set up tents. Someone suggested a tent-building competition to see which group could complete it in the shortest time.
Gu Nianxi was assigned to a group with Xuena. She was not very good at hands-on skills and could not help much when setting up the tent. At the critical moment, her job was taken over by He Jianchen. With the help of He Jianchen, their group turned out to be the best.
The tent is almost set up.
"Lucas! If you sleep there tonight, we will expel you and you will not be allowed to come back." A male classmate joked, and other students also followed suit.
"Girls, ask Lucas to guard your tent at night to ensure that no jackals, tigers or leopards come near."
"Come on, I think he is a jackal, tiger, and leopard."
He Jianchen was not angry after being teased by them, and said to them with a smile.
"You don't help girls, but you still argue with girls for names. Are you promising? No wonder they are all single."
"Hey? My canine nose seems to smell a special smell, ah! It's the sour smell of love. Tell me, which female classmate in this tent do you like?"
Gu Nianxi was standing behind He Jianchen. When he looked back, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous. Fortunately, He Jianchen's eyes only stayed on her for a few seconds before looking elsewhere.
"I like it all, how about it?"
"Oh, you are so beautiful. Come back quickly. I will leave all the rest of the work to you. If you don't do well, don't even think about sleeping in our tent tonight."
"Okay, okay." He Jianchen agreed repeatedly. Before leaving, he turned around and whispered to Gu Nianxi, "I'll go over first. If you need help, call me."
"Okay, thank you."
In the evening, the chill came over the top of the mountain. The students cuddled up to each other and sat on the rock wall to watch the sunset.
The flaming clouds on the horizon were breathtakingly beautiful. Gu Nianxi was about to take out her phone and take a nostalgic photo, but she remembered that her phone was still turned off.
"Let me take pictures for you."
At some point, He Jianchen sat next to her, holding a SLR camera in his hand.
"OK."
"Come on, smile for the camera."
Gu Nianxi looked at his camera and posed it. He Jianchen pressed the shutter and frowned.
"It seems we didn't take the picture well. How about we go there and take pictures? There are not many people there."
"...Okay." Gu Nianxi thought for a while and agreed to his proposal.
With such a beautiful natural scenery, Gu Nianxi also wanted to take a photo as a souvenir. The two of them left the crowd and went to one side. The classmates were busy taking pictures and didn't notice them.
"Are you ready? I'll take the photo."
Gu Nianxi had experience as a graphic model and had also learned some posing skills. She stood on the edge of the cliff, naturally lowering her hands and looking at the camera, with a faint smile on her lips.
Through the camera lens, He Jianchen was stunned. The girl in his eyes was full of stars.
He Jianchen kept pressing the shutter, and the camera captured the different beauty of Gu Nianxi. At this moment, a pair of eyes among the classmates looked at them, with strong jealousy in their eyes.
“It’s so beautiful.”
He Jianchen played back the photos he took and praised them from the bottom of his heart. Gu Nianxi suddenly blushed to the roots of her ears.
"Oh, I'm talking about sunset."
"Ah? Oh, haha, it is indeed beautiful." Gu Nianxi turned around and looked over again. The sky had darkened and the sunset was gradually disappearing.
He Jianchen looked up at her and smiled secretly. The way she blushed just now was so cute.
"Let's go back." Gu Nianxi folded her arms coldly, picked up the jacket on the ground and put it on.
"good."
The two of them walked back one after another. Everyone had already started to light the fire in preparation for the bonfire party in the evening. Gu Nianxi and her female classmates went to the woods to pick up firewood.
"Sophie, let's go together." Xuena jumped in front of Gu Nianxi and held her arm enthusiastically.
"good."
A group of girls, you hold my arm and I lead you down the mountain.
While picking up wood, Xuena kept talking to Gu Nianxi. She told Gu Nianxi that she was the youngest in the family and had an older brother and older sister. Her older brother was a lawyer and her elder sister was a teacher at the university. When she returned to China, she would go directly to her father.
Employment at the hospital where I work.
"Sophie, do you have a boyfriend?"
Xuenai's question confused Gu Nianxi. Does she have a boyfriend? Is Su Yuheng considered her boyfriend?
"Yes." She replied, just wanting to refuse some unnecessary trouble.
"Oh, really? Then I have to tell them not to make fun of you." Xue Nai seemed to be satisfied with her answer, and her face was filled with unconcealable joy.
After picking up the wood and returning, the men were busy making a fire, and the girls were preparing barbecue utensils and ingredients in the tent.
Gu Nianxi and Xuena cleaned the ingredients and strung them together with iron skewers. By the time they were done, it was getting dark.
A group of people gathered around the campfire, eating barbecue and drinking beer, planning their lives and talking about their ideals. A group of young people with dreams gathered here. Their speeches full of fighting spirit moved Gu Nianxi.
When it was her turn to speak, Gu Nianxi suddenly paused. What is her ideal?
"My ideal..."
Dozens of pairs of eyes stared at Gu Nianxi, making her nervous palms sweat.
"Are you going to become a famous psychiatrist?" Xue Nai thought she was nervous and didn't know what to answer, so she helped her think of an answer.
"Want to be a criminal profiler?" a classmate asked.
Gu Nianxi looked at the blazing flames and suddenly thought of the carpet burned by cigarettes.
"My ideal... I just want to heal one person. I want to take him out of hell." After Gu Nianxi said this, tears fell, "I'm sorry."
Gu Nianxi couldn't hide the sadness that filled her heart, got up and got into the tent.