Chapter 178 Fried Noodles

The night rain hasn't stopped yet.

Raindrops trickled down the living room glass, and the neon lights of the metropolis melted away like stars.

"It's really scary. If it were someone else, I would definitely post a message on the forum saying 'I'll kill you' and call the police."

Su Xia raised her head, her eyes dark and bright, shy and annoyed, "But you..."

After uttering two words, she paused, "Is it because you missed me too much?"

Xu Jiqing pursed his lips, which had been tense for a long time, and said, "Hmm."

I can’t think about it anymore.

Su Xia pursed her rosy lips and said, "Oh," "I think so too."

"I'll forgive you this time," she held up a finger. "I'll identify and destroy all your other accounts in a moment. You're not allowed to do this again, okay?"

Xu Jiqing responded, "Okay."

"What did my mother talk to you about back then? If you don't want to tell me, you don't have to, but next time I come back to China during the Chinese New Year..."

She originally wanted to bring him back to see Su Xiaojuan during the Chinese New Year.

After saying it, I realized that this sentence sounded too eager to get married, so I quickly changed the words, "During the New Year, I will have dinner with you and Jiaojiao."

The curve of Xu Jiqing's lips is more obvious.

In the light, his long, straight eyelashes drooped slightly, his eyes were hazy, and his affection was like a melting iceberg.

Su Xia's heart started beating fast when he looked at her. She felt dizzy again and took a deep breath. "Don't pretend. I see you smile."

She looked away and forced herself to cheer up. "Did you really drive here today just to pick up Liang Zhuoqian? Don't lie to me."

Xu Jiqing's eyes didn't move. "No."

"I know you're here."

He was afraid that it would be too hasty and appear not solemn enough, so he found a plausible excuse for himself.

The greatest significance of the $20 million Series A round to him is this moment.

Even if the art troupe was not performing in Boston today, he would immediately take the nearest flight back to Beijing.

"Then you are really confident."

Su Xia pursed her lips and said, "What if I don't want to see you?"

Xu Jiqing's Adam's apple rolled, and he spoke slowly, "Then I will get you back."

"OK?"

In the past few years of separation, Xu Jiqing seemed to have not only become more mature in temperament, but also had a much deeper voice.

The ending of the question was very light, like a gentle spring breeze, which made her nose feel inexplicably sour.

For the first time, she resisted the urge to nod, tilted her head slightly, and looked up at the man opposite her.

"I will return to China the day after tomorrow. You must text me and call me every day."

"When you come back next time, whether it's at school or in Jiangcheng, I'll see you every day until I get tired of you."

"You have to pick me up from my internship, buy tickets with me to go home, walk hand in hand with me to watch a movie, and have dinner with me when you're at National Tsing Hua University. Leave your phone card for me to use when you're not there."

"Xu Jiqing," her eyes were moist, like a kitten caught in the rain. Although every word she said was meant to be coaxed, her tone was unnaturally soft. "My youth only has these few years. If you don't agree, I will really break up with you."

"Okay, I agree to everything."

Xu Jiqing kissed the corner of her red eyes, clasped his palms behind her head, and touched her hair, "No breakup."

As long as he is alive.

No one could take her away from him.

Su Xia sat with her upper body straight for a while, but after a few seconds of touching by Xu Jiqing, she couldn't sit up straight. She couldn't help but want to fall on him. Suddenly, she heard him say, "Want to go ice skating in the Summer Palace this winter?"

She nudged it and said in a muffled voice, "I'm going."

Xu Jiqing's chest trembled slightly, as if he was laughing, "Is the monthly ticket enough?"

"Just buy an annual pass."

He actually said yes.

“Is this how money is spent?”

Su Xia turned her head and bit his upper arm gently. "I'm going there as a tourist, not applying for a security guard position."

-

The next day, the sky in Boston was clear and the sun was warm.

Until the next day, when Xu Jiqing drove her back to the hotel where the art troupe was staying, took out her suitcase, and changed back into her usual sweater and trousers, Su Xia still couldn't believe it.

Such an expensive suite, such a bright and romantic night view, such a perfect atmosphere.

They actually didn't do anything.

In her previous life, she and Xu Jiqing had almost no experience of lying in the same bed and sleeping in each other's arms like a normal couple.

In this regard, she was similar to Xu Jiqing, who was in her early twenties, in terms of preparation. She simply didn't have the nerve to act like an older sister.

The most she could do was to roll over to Xu Jiqing while pretending to be asleep after he came back from working overtime in the living room, covered in cold steam.

He turned off the light in the master bedroom himself, and it was pitch black.

Even if she squinted her eyes, she couldn't make out the expression on Xu Jiqing's face. She just felt that his whole body seemed to stiffen for a moment. After a long while, he raised his arm from under the quilt and wrapped it around her waist awkwardly.

Even if it was a hug, it was completely different from the airtight hug she imagined.

He didn't even come close to her; his whole body was quite far away from her.

Xu Jiqing, the diode between innocence and astringency.

They had breakfast late, and it was already past noon when they came out carrying their suitcases.

The autumn sun was not hot, so Xu Jiqing took her for a walk in Boston Park. He remembered what she said yesterday, "holding hands while walking on the street", and he never let go of her hand whenever they got out of the car.

Scorpio man's fingers intertwined.

He pressed his thumb and little finger on the outside, tightly wrapping each of her fingers. He didn't stop until she felt numb and was about to sweat.

The old city looks different whether it’s rainy or sunny.

Yesterday, the wind and rain only made the sky look gray, but when the warm sunshine shone, every red maple, ginkgo and brick wall looked like they were coated with gold foil, and it looked as beautiful as in a movie.

There was a blond child squatting by the lake feeding the swans. Su Xia walked and stopped, taking pictures of the scenery and the people.

At first she was focused, but then the wind blew and a fallen leaf was blown into the back of her collar. Xu Jiqing reached out to help her get it out.

The edge of the maple leaf was slightly dehydrated, thin and brittle, and it scratched from the back of her neck to her earlobe.

In just a second, Su Xia remembered the scratch on her ankle by him last night, turned her head and swallowed.

Xu Jiqing had been observing her. "Are you hungry?"

"A little bit."

Su Xia felt a little guilty and didn't dare to look at him.

Xu Jiqing gave a serious suggestion, "If you want a simple meal, there are lobster rolls nearby. If you want to see the night view of the whole city, I will take you to a high place to eat Western food."

"There's a buffet in the dining hall at Massachusetts. If you want to try it, you can."

I've eaten the lobster and seen the night view.

canteen……

There were so many people that nothing she wanted to do would be appropriate.

Su Xia looked up at him and asked, "Do you have fried noodles?"

She doesn't know it herself.

When she said this, her earlobes had already turned red.

Soft and round, slightly transparent in the sunlight, with a faint circle of golden fluff.

Xu Jiqing lowered his eyes, met hers that she tried hard not to dodge, and whispered, "No."

"But I want to eat."

Su Xia hooked his little finger as she did in the past, "Can't you do it for me? Let's go to your house."

Under an oak tree nearby, a couple was kissing on a picnic mat, with a little white dog running around.

Xu Jiqing didn't speak for a long time, his eyes cast a deep light, from her earlobe to the corner of her mouth.

Su Xia is so shy.

But now that she's here, how can she leave without any progress? It's too embarrassing.

She repeated, "No?"