Xue Xi felt a pair of slightly cold hands covering his eyes. Although it was cold, the soft touch quickly brought him back to reality from his wild thoughts.
He didn't sleep well all night... Naturally, it wasn't because he was thinking about Xu Jiayi's date with him today, but because he was thinking about the mysterious shop owner. He was so scared that he couldn't sleep in the first half of the night, and he was too scared to sleep after that.
"Nothing, just stay here for a while." Xue Nao shook his head and began to look at Xu Jiayi.
She didn't seem to be dressed up, just wearing simple casual clothes...it seemed like she didn't even put on light makeup.
Xue Xi was surprised to find that even at the age of twenty-seven or eight, Xu Jiayi's skin was as good as that of a girl.
It's just that the contours of her face are darker, her head may be longer, and naturally it's a little taller. Other things seem to have remained the same, just like the little movement of covering his eyes.
"Then come out." Xu Jiayi took Xue Xi's hand without saying a word.
The natural action made Xue Xing distracted for a moment...because he didn't feel jerky.
Yes, not at all.
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It seemed that Xu Jiayi had already arranged today's route. They each bought a shared bicycle outside the hotel. After Xu Jiayi got on the bicycle, she rushed forward, letting Xue Mao chase her.
Xue Ma never knew that this woman's physical strength could be so good. He thought to himself that it was probably because she was engaged in geological exploration, so her physical strength would eventually improve.
Actually... I can't catch up.
Xue Nao gasped and secretly glanced at his belly, which could not be concealed even if he wore the loosest clothes. He was thinking that maybe he should lose weight.
But Xue Xi had to admit that the cycling route arranged by Xu Jiayi was good.
The reason why they were hesitant to go on a business trip was that this city is a seaside city. They rode their bicycles from the hotel and paraded along the hiking greenway, taking in almost half of the city.
Finally, Xu Jiayi stopped halfway up the mountain, holding on to the railing with both hands. Looking down, she could see that Xue Xi was still struggling to pedal the bicycle in order to climb the slope.
She was on top, not far away, and the wind lifted her beauty. Xue Xi almost used up all his strength every time, and it felt like this short ten-meter uphill road was very long.
She seemed to have become untouchable.
But he was still chasing upwards with all his strength, until he seemed to have exhausted all his strength and finally reached the stop, he felt a sense of success.
But Xu Jiayi had already ridden on the bike again. Under Xue Suo's horrified eyes, she slid all the way down the mountain. The expression on her face seemed to say: slightly, slightly, slightly.
It seems like she never intends to let him catch up.
She said last night that she couldn't help but want to scratch him when she saw him.
Xue Nao rubbed his forehead and thought, luckily it's just a way down the mountain.
"Don't run! Wait until I catch up with you! I won't let you go!!" Xue Ma shouted loudly from behind.
She smiled cheerfully in front, and her laughter was like a song, floating halfway up the mountain.
Xue Xi remembered that one time he borrowed a new car from a classmate and drove her to the suburbs. She sat in the back... and seemed to be smiling like this.
The road down the mountain unexpectedly became very short, and it felt like it was less than a quarter of the time we came from.
And time, too.
Soon, soon.
…
Their next stop was the famous snack street of this seaside city, which is just below the mountainside.
"There are no sugar paintings here." Even though she was holding two bunches of things in her hands, Xu Jiayi couldn't bear to say disappointed.
"There is nothing we can do about it. There are fewer and fewer of those things. Not to mention this place, the old man who set up the stall on the road where we used to go to school has also disappeared." Xue Ma shook his head.
"Ah...that's it."
Xu Jiayi sighed in disappointment again, but quickly regained her energy: "I'm not happy anymore, Xue Xi, you have to treat me to some marshmallows over there to make me happy."
"...You can still eat?" Xue Nao opened his mouth in surprise, then smiled and said: "That's right, you are always very good at eating, and your stomach is like a bottomless pit."
"But I won't gain weight!" Xu Jiayi stuck out her tongue at Xue Xi and quickly ran towards the stall selling cotton candy.
Really, has it been eleven years?
"But do you want anything to eat for the lunch that's waiting for you?"
Xue Nao subconsciously chased after him.
By the way, I have been chasing her back.
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But in fact, Xue Si is not as capable as Xu Jiayi. Xue Si found that he seemed to be abandoned by the goddess of luck. Last night, he used being unwell as an excuse to refuse today's entertainment. Unexpectedly, he actually walked into this strange place.
City hospital.
The reason is... I ate the wrong food.
The food at the snack stall must be unclean. He just ate the food there today. While watching Xu Jiayi devour the food, he couldn't hold back his mouth.
"I'm sorry, I didn't expect to have an infusion here, and I wasted half of your time." Xue Si's face turned pale. He sat in the infusion room of the hospital and looked at Xu Jiayi who was accompanying him and said apologetically, "I originally wanted to accompany you today.
.”
"You can still be with me now, right?" Xu Jiayi said, looking at the clock on the wall.
Xue Xi was about to speak... his phone rang. He looked at the caller ID and his face suddenly froze. At the same time, he noticed that Xu Jiayi was also looking at him.
"Girlfriend?" Xu Jiayi suddenly asked.
Xue Nao nodded, he did not intend to deceive her.
So she just smiled and said to go away. When she left... he saw that her shoulders seemed to be lowered.
This is Wan Zishan’s phone call. She talked about some trivial things. She said that the wedding photos have been done and can be viewed when she comes back. She also said that she had written a lot of invitations and gave some to his old squad leader to help give them to him.
Old classmates and the like.
Xue Xiandu agreed and would not tire of it. He would rather Wan Zishan end the call not so quickly.
He also silently looked at the wall clock on the wall, counting how many revolutions the minute and second hands had gone through.
Because he... suddenly didn't know how to face the woman who said to go away. No, from the moment they met again in the hotel, he never knew how to face her.
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It was just acute gastroenteritis. After the injection and the doctor prescribed some medicine, there was no need for hospitalization. But from leaving the hospital to returning to the hotel, Xu Jiayi never took the initiative to say a word to him again.
The two of them looked at the scenery outside the windows on the left and right of the car. The driver driving in front probably thought that this was an awkward couple.
After getting off the car in front of the hotel.
Xue Ma mustered up the courage and said, "I'm going to get married soon."
Xu Jiayi was not overly surprised, and the calmness he showed made Xue Si not surprised... He knew exactly how much silent time had passed from when he answered the phone to when he returned to the hotel.
"Tomorrow, is there still time?"
This was Xu Jiayi's response to him.
So he got the same response today as yesterday. But his mood was different, and his stomach was even upset... I wonder if he will encounter the mysterious shopkeeper squatting in his room again tonight?
…
…
Another night, Xue Nao still couldn't fall asleep in the first half of the night, but he was so sleepy in the second half of the night that he finally couldn't help but fall asleep.
He didn't know if the mysterious shopkeeper had come quietly. He just felt that after a night's rest, his stomach was no longer uncomfortable.
Xue Xi met Xu Jiayi in the hotel's breakfast room, which was an appointment made last night.
He saw Xu Jiayi sitting there alone and already starting to eat. It seemed that he had been here for a while. Seeing Xue Xi coming, Xu Jiayi smiled and raised his hand.
Xue Si walked towards him, but began to become distracted.
He suddenly compared Wan Zishan and Xu Jiayi. In similar situations, Wan Zishan would always order food for him and wait for him to arrive before eating together, even if she was hungry.
But Xue Nao also thought that there seemed to be nothing to compare between two different personalities.
Xue Na poured two cups of coffee at the beverage counter, and then came to the table. He put two packets of sugar and a small cup of milk into one cup of coffee, and put nothing in one cup, leaving it to himself.
He pushed the mixed coffee in front of Xu Jiayi, his movements were natural and skillful...but when it was delivered, he froze.
Two packets of sugar and one cup of milk...this is Wan Zishan's taste.
"Put in another pack of sugar? I like something sweeter." Xu Jiayi smiled and said, "Being a gentleman, you have to do it to the end."
Xue Na was embarrassed and added another bag of sugar.
…
Xu Jiayi did not ask anything about Xue Si's marriage.
Yes, he didn't mention it a word, as if he didn't know, but kept talking about today's arrangements.
Xue Na suddenly felt that she had no position to ask the other party what she had done in these years, whether she had a boyfriend... or even whether she was married.
It seems that even though the agreement was verbally stated, some tacit agreements have already been made.
They agreed not to talk about their own affairs.
…
But Xue Nao didn't want to ask about sexual matters, but she couldn't help but ask about some topics that could break the iceberg. On the sightseeing bus, Xue Nao couldn't help but ask her why she came to this city.
Xu Jiayi told her that she was forced to get married, so she ran away from the marriage and didn't think about going anywhere. She just bought a plane ticket and came here. She didn't expect to meet her here.
Finally, she looked at Xue Nao seriously and asked him if he believed it. Xue Nao also shook his head directly. If he believed it, there would be a ghost.
Xu Jiayi laughed loudly and said: "Actually, I received a temporary arrangement from the company, so I flew here. But I didn't expect to meet you here, it's true."
Xue Nao thought to himself that this was probably the shopkeeper's arrangement.
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I don’t know why, but Xu Jiayi is really a woman who eats and eats... If she keeps this pace all these years, she still doesn’t gain weight, it’s really unreasonable.
She seemed eager to eat everything she could eat.
"It's a pity that you can't eat it."
Holding something delicious and shaking it in front of Xue Xun's face, Xu Jiayi deliberately stimulated him, grabbing him as usual.
Xue Nao simply ignored it and stared straight ahead.
Xu Jiayi suddenly held his hand.
She took a small snack, held his hand, and walked on the quiet path.
But suddenly it rained.
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"Oh, why is it raining? The weather forecast didn't even mention this." Hiding in front of a store facing the street, Xu Jiayi looked up at the weather.
Xue Xie also looked at it, "I'm probably just passing through. After all, it's the seaside, so it's normal... Well, I think this place is not bad. There is a shopping mall opposite. You can go there by... By the way, you can go through the tunnel over there.
.We can go shopping in the mall."
Xu Jiayi looked at him and blinked.
Xue Na felt that maybe she had never grown up...at least the blinking movement had not changed.
"Watch what I do?"
"You have changed." Xu Jiayi looked at Xue Xi seriously and said, "You have really changed. When you were a child, you were not so calm. You would be very upset, and then you would curse and curse God."
"You have grown up." Xue Xi smiled, "I am still cursing the weather now, the rain will still fall, but life still has to be lived. It cannot be the same as before, after all, time cannot be turned back."
Time...can't go back.
Then what am I still chasing?
But at this moment, Xu Jiayi suddenly took Xue Si's hand and rushed into the rain, towards the shopping mall opposite.
Xue Nao was curious about her actions at this time, but running in the rain, it was too late to speak.
They rushed into the lobby on the first floor of the shopping mall and were almost soaked to the skin. Xu Jiayi looked at Xue Xi and said, "Wait for me here."
Xue Xi didn't know what Xu Jiayi was planning to do... maybe she was planning to catch him again.
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The waiting time always seems long, especially waiting for a woman.
After getting wet, he stood in the lobby of the shopping mall, like a fool... Xue Ma never thought that he would end up in such an embarrassing state.
The eyes of the people around him are not an important thing, the key thing is... they are a bit cold.
Haha!!
He had to sneeze. This was his body's protest against him...probably because he had gastroenteritis yesterday and was caught in the rain today.
"Xue Xi!"
Xu Jiayi's voice... was a very loud voice, like a distant shout. A distant shout behind him.
He turned back and saw Xu Jiayi slowly walking towards him. She was not wearing wet clothes, but a different one...a student outfit that he had not expected.
But it's not the way they used to be at their old school.
Xu Jiayi was a little breathless. Xue Xi was surprised that she could find this kind of clothing in this shopping mall. But...but she came, just like when she was seventeen years old.
In front of the school gate, there is a girl in school uniform, smiling and stroking her silk.
Xu Jiayi finally came to Xue Xi, with a hint of shyness in her eyes. She suddenly leaned on his shoulder, lowered her head and whispered softly: "Have you returned some time?"
Time has not come back, it is just frozen here.
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"Wait for me." Xue Ma suddenly said in a deep voice.
After saying that, he ran up the stairs of the shopping mall with all his strength... He no longer thought about any moral or rational things, but had an unprecedented impulse.
This kind of impulse can tear all thoughts to pieces... This kind of heart-pounding impulse.
About half an hour passed.
He returned to Xu Jiayi, wearing a suit of...nondescript, but at least it looked like a student uniform, and it looked particularly funny when he was wearing it.
Xue Ma pressed his hands on his knees and gasped for air; "You...where did you find it...I, I just found it like this...but..."
He stood up and said, "Let's just make do with it."
