In Jianghai City in August, the heat was as hot as a huge stove. When she walked out of the cold drink shop, Shasha held two large tubes of ice cream in her hands and ran all the way to the bookstore across the road. She was wearing a white tennis hat and a snow-white dress today.
A short-sleeved sweatshirt, a knee-length skirt and sneakers, a vibrant ponytail on the back of the head, healthy skin with a slightly wheat color, and a graceful figure are very eye-catching.
Entering the bookstore, Jia Ming and Ling Jing were taking a few books and checking out at the counter.
"Didn't you say you were waiting for us to have a cold drink? Why did you come here again?"
Jiaming only reads comics and martial arts novels. Naturally, Lingjing bought the few literary masterpieces he has now. Among them, he thoughtfully brought two romance novels to Shasha. Seeing Shasha running over, Jiaming smiled and took the ice cream.
, asked first.
"I've finished all mine. You haven't come over yet, so I bought it and came to find you."
After Shasha handed out two ice creams, she flipped through the two newly bought novels on the counter with interest. The girl at the cashier handed over the change and then said with a smile: "According to the recent activities of our bookstore, you can buy books for more than 200 yuan."
, as long as you answer three literary questions, you will get a hardcover version of "Norwegian Wood" and a discount card for our bookstore. Our computer system will randomly select questions, do you want to choose by yourself?"
In 1998, piracy was not too much, and most of the people who could buy books at will were families with a certain income level, and bookstores made good profits. Although they already had this book at home, it was natural not to take advantage of it.
It's a girl's nature. After some discussion, Lingjing decided that each of the three people would answer one question, which can be regarded as the result of the concerted efforts of the family.
"Well, the first question is, 'The murderous spirit at the end of Changban Bridge... a sound like thunder, and the Cao family's millions of soldiers were driven away', which hero is praised?"
The cashier girl, who was not much older than Lingjing Shasha, typed a few times on the computer and asked the first question, which was relatively simple. Shasha said first: "I know this, it's Zhang Fei!" If the three of them each answered one question,
, naturally Lingjing was the most knowledgeable, and Shasha, who didn’t want to lose, answered one correctly first, which was considered to have completed her task, and she was quite proud.
"Oh, that's right. The second question is... Mao Dun's... What is the Rural Trilogy?"
Lingjing glanced at Jia Ming, who was eating ice cream with an innocent face, and then smiled and said: "It's "Spring Silkworms", "Autumn Harvest" and "Last Winter". Jia Ming, don't eat it, it's your turn."
"That's awesome, then...the third question is relatively easy." After typing random on the computer, the girl at the counter was almost ready to turn around to get the book and the registration form for the discount card, "This question is... The spring breeze blows again.
What was the last sentence I made..."
This question was too simple. For a moment, Lingjing and Shasha looked at Jiaming with bright eyes. Sure enough, Jiaming took a bite of ice cream and laughed: "Ha. Cutting off the weeds does not remove the roots..."
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Walking on the embankment by the sea, Lingjing ate a cold drink. The red tide after the hilarious laughter had not faded yet. Jia Ming was jumping around with ice cream next to her, avoiding the rustling flying legs behind her. He was carrying a large bag of books.
As the eldest wife, Shasha is now viciously chasing her husband.
"I tell you to cut the grass but not the roots; I tell you to cut the grass but not the roots..."
"Hey, hey... I think it's right. If you cut the weeds without eradicating the roots, they will grow again with the spring breeze. Isn't that what everyone says? She didn't say that the poem must be the one she was tested on. What's more... not to mention the book and the distinguished guest.
Didn’t you get all the cards? Wow..."
In the bookstore just now, although the answer to the last question was funny, it fortunately made the cashier laugh. It gave them a second chance to answer the question, and then they got the book and the VIP card.
In fact, this day was actually Liu Zheng's 42nd birthday. They had lunch at the hotel at noon. Since Jia Ming had an appointment with someone at three o'clock in the afternoon, Lingjing and Shasha went out to buy books. They were noisy all the way to the front.
At the three-way intersection, Lingjing just smiled and said: "Okay, okay, how can he go out to meet people when you beat him so dirty?"
Shasha smiled warmly and said, "Is anyone feeling sad?"
"No way!" Lingjing's face turned red, "But why on earth is Dongfang Road looking for you? You two have no friendship at school..."
Jiaming smiled and shrugged: "How do I know... I guess you asked me to write songs for people or something like that."
"Huh, maybe it's for Lingjing." Two men like a girl, and then one man goes out to chat with the other. This kind of romance plot is already familiar to Shasha, not to mention that Dongfang Road has a crush on Lingjing.
She wrinkled her nose in disgust. "If he throws money at you, Jia Ming, you must hold on and don't betray Lingjing! I'm warning you!"
"Shasha, what are you talking about..."
"Please..."
After the joke, the three of them parted ways. The two sisters carried their books and returned to the hotel along the beach. Jia Ming took another branch and turned around a street. In front of him was a coffee shop called "Meiliang", with Dongfang Road waving to him inside.
He waved his hand.
"I'm afraid it would have been better for Xiao Wan to explain what happened today, but she has been too busy recently. Hey, what do you want to drink?" He smiled and asked Jia Ming to sit down. Although Dongfang Lu was only seventeen years old at this time,
However, there always seems to be an aristocratic leadership temperament all over his body. People can almost understand his excellence at first sight, but surprisingly he does not put too much condescending pressure on people, although this is nothing to Jiaming.
, but among his peers, he is indeed a bit remarkable.
"Actually, we learned some things about Miss Jian Suyan from Xiaowan. We have always wanted to ask Jiaming to convey my gratitude to me, but we were afraid of being rude to Miss Jian and making her unhappy. Of course, no matter what, in May
I still have to say thank you for what happened on the 10th."
"May 10th? She was indeed here that day..." Jia Ming showed a confused look, "Did something happen?"
"Well, she... didn't tell you." Dongfang Lu frowned, then laughed, "Oh, that's right. Please... just say thank you on my behalf. In fact, what happened today... I heard
Xiaowan said, you have already met cousin Ruoruo, right?"
"Well, what's wrong?"
"Oh, in terms of blood, our two families are actually related. She is actually your cousin... She is sick, and the situation may be a bit bad... Oh, I'm sorry..." As he sighed, the phone rang next to him.
, Dongfang Lu took out a brick-sized mobile phone from the backpack beside him and pressed the call button.
"Hello? Oh, Xiaowan, are you there... um, come here, I understand... we are in Mingmei, um, very close... and... hello? Hello..."
Dongfang Wan has obviously been very busy with factory matters recently. Jia Ming could only vaguely hear the other end of the phone sucking for a while. Dongfang Lu had already hung up before he finished speaking. With a wry smile, Dongfang Lu shook his head.
He shook his head, then took out a sealed document bag from his backpack and sent it to Jiaming.
"Well, this is cousin Ruoruo's long-standing medical history. We...we hope that classmate Jiaming can help give it to Miss Jian to take a look. This is the sincere request of our entire clan. If she can help cure her, we
We can agree to all her requests here. If it is to keep her identity confidential, we can send Ruoruo to any place she specifies. This is just...a request, okay?"
"I understand." Speculating on the possible situation in Dongfang, Jia Ming nodded and said with a smile, is this it?"
"Haha... Also, it's a bit hard to talk about, but... it's a personal matter." Dongfang Lu nodded, smiling unnaturally, "It's about classmate Lingjing."
Jiaming put the soda straw into his mouth and did not answer. Dongfang Lu took a deep breath: "I like her."
The soda passed through the straw, and the glass bottomed out in an instant. The cafe was filled with air-conditioning and soft music, and the ventilation fan brought cool breeze. However, at this moment, the atmosphere at the table by the window seemed to have solidified.
.Dongfang Lu opened his mouth, tried hard to think of the words, and then laughed helplessly.
"Actually, you could tell on Christmas Eve last year, right? Oh, later Xiaowan said that Lingjing couldn't be with you, and I believed it. After a while, in fact, as long as you have money, you can probably find out many things, but
At that time, I felt that there was no need to use extra means to pursue classmate Lingjing. However, because of Miss Jian’s matter, someone has actually been doing these things for a long time. This time I want to hand over this information to you.
I happened to see those things, about... things between you and classmates Lingjing and Shasha..."
The tone was a bit bitter. But Dongfang Lu didn't seem to be angry now. He just said frankly: "When I first found out, I even wanted to come over and kill you with my own hands. Well... give you a good beating, although I don't know if I can.
...or call classmate Lingjing out and scold her. But it seems that you are really happy. Classmate Lingjing has accepted this matter, and classmate Shasha has also accepted this matter. The three of you have been together.
I am very happy, looking at those records. I am really envious..."
"Everyone performs their duties, takes turns to go home to cook, work hard to make money, and then make plans for tomorrow. You, Lingjing, and Shasha, you all do a great job. Lingjing likes to look forward to the future when she is bored.
, she wrote a lot of your future plans and threw them into the trash can. We also collected two here... Oh, no harm, you understand... When I saw those two plans, I knew that I
No chance at all..."
"Even if I call her out to scold her and confess my love, I'm afraid it will only make her think I'm annoying... To be honest, Gu Jiaming, you are really outstanding, but I am confident that I will not lose to you in Dongfang Road.
. But what’s the use of such a comparison? I failed to participate in her past. You grew up playing together, and while I was still standing on the starting line, you were already at the finish line, ha..." Dongfang Lu gently
Sighing, he raised his head and smiled, as mature as a twenty-seven-year-old wanderer. "I won't harass her anymore, but I won't give up on her either. Don't give me a chance."
"Oh." Looking at Dongfang Lu's serious, focused and oppressive eyes, Jia Ming smiled faintly, "I know." No matter how hard the other party tried, in Jia Ming's eyes, Dongfang Lu just seemed to have changed from a child to a
A precocious child has an evil feeling in his heart about bullying a child, just like the feeling when he confessed to Dongfang Wan as Jian Suyan about the child bride.
Having said that, there is not much to talk about. It is very common for friends to become love rivals, but it is a bit pretentious to try to be friends despite being love rivals. Just as he was about to leave, a car stopped on the road outside the window, and Dongfang
Wan Wan got off the bus with Lei Qing, the second son of the Lei family. Seeing Jia Ming there, Dongfang Wan was obviously a little surprised, but then he quickly walked in, looking as if he wanted to leave Lei Qing far away.
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"Brother, you agreed to accompany me to the clothes shopping mall today. How did you meet Gu Jiaming?"
In Jia Ming's impression, Dongfang Wan rarely spoke in such a coquettish manner, and it was clear that this behavior was for Lei Qing's appreciation. When they arrived at Dongfang Road to introduce Lei Qing and Jia Ming, Dongfang Wan's eyes widened.
As soon as the mood changed, he gave Jiaming a warm look, and then said: "By the way, didn't Lei Qing say he wanted to meet my dance partner? The one Mingda wanted to accompany me to that dance was Gu Jiaming. Jiaming oh.
?”
Normally, there was nothing good to say between Dongfang Wan and Dongfang Wan, but now they were partners after all. Just now, her brother claimed that he was his loser, so Jia Ming just snorted noncommittally. Just now, Dongfang Road introduced Lei Qing in a special way.
The background of the Huang family was emphasized, but Lei Qing was still a little disapproving. At this time, he took a deep look at the ordinary boy in front of him: "Is it him?"
"Of course, don't you know? He is the technical director of our factory, and the two models I showed you are also his results. I am going to attract investment for this dance, so of course I have to take him with me. By the way, brother
, it’s almost four o’clock, are you still going?”
This sentence did not reveal any ambiguous relationship. Lei Qing's uncertain face looked better, but his eyes towards Jiaming were still a little unkind. Dongfang Lu smiled and said: "Oh, actually we are also about to leave.
Let’s go now, Jiaming, that matter is really important, please.”
"Well, okay, I have to go too." Nodding and smiling, Jia Ming picked up the document bag and stood up. Dongfang Wan walked in the front, Lei Qing quickly followed, and Jia Ming walked beside him, unintentionally
Zhong Leiqing looked at his feet.
These days, his polite gestures to Dongfang Wan always encounter some soft nails. The Lei family is more powerful than the Dongfang family. Dongfang Wan does not dare to reject him openly, so he has to drag it out like this. Two days have passed like this.
Yue, Lei Qing, who is not a fool, naturally understands Dongfang Wan's thoughts. He is depressed, but he is unwilling to accept it. Today, although Dongfang Wan only said that Jia Ming is her factory employee, who knows if there is any warmth between them.
Ambiguous, thinking of this, and looking at the distance between the two of them, he moved his right leg slightly as he had some martial arts skills.
No one found it.
The next moment, Jia Ming suddenly stumbled and threw himself towards a round table in front of him.
Lei Qing was secretly happy that the little move was successful. However, before the smile could be reflected on his face, with a bang, Jiaming's upper body hit the small round table and fell solidly to the ground. Amidst the exclamations of the men and women at the table,
Two cups of coffee, sugar, napkins, the tabletop and a huge banana split ice cream flew towards Lei Qing...