Chapter 68 Will You Become a...
After the group finished dinner, Xu Ji borrowed Chen Feng's car to take Tao Siyun home. On the way, he took the initiative to talk about their exchange program in Germany in their last year of college.
Tao Siyun said "Oh" and listened absentmindedly for a while.
In fact, she had been thinking about something else.
Finally, she couldn't help herself. On the surface, she pretended to be nonchalant, but her tone was cautious, and she insisted on confirming her suspicions with him: "So... does my brother's blind date really like you?"
Xu Ji didn't hear clearly, so he turned his head and glanced at her, "What did you say? Speak louder."
“…”
Tao Siyun bit his lip lightly, hesitated for a few seconds, and then spoke awkwardly, "Well, my brother's blind date, the one called 'Sun Ruofan', your senior, told me a few days ago after the blind date with my brother that she already has someone she likes and isn't interested in him. Could that person she didn't catch up with be you?"
Xu Ji heard it clearly now, turned his head away silently, and remained silent.
The car suddenly fell into a suspicious silence.
It's quite embarrassing...
The green light came on and the traffic ahead moved slowly.
Tao Siyun stared at Xu Ji's calm profile without blinking in the receding street lights, waiting for his answer.
As a result, this person remained silent.
After a while, Xu Ji couldn't help but glance at the passenger seat out of the corner of his eye. Tao Siyun immediately caught it. Just when she thought he would say something about it, his slightly opened lips closed again.
Then he was silent for a long time.
What does it mean to be hesitant to speak?
Is this the default?
All right.
Tao Siyun didn't get the answer he wanted, so he could only look away awkwardly, thinking dejectedly that if he had known earlier, he would not have asked such a question involving other people's privacy.
It was nothing originally, but when she asked me this, it made me look jealous...
She swore, no.
I just find it incredible.
Does Xu Ji think that he is bothered by the fact that the girl who has a crush on him is devoted to him but not interested in her brother?
Tao Siyun turned his head and glanced at him with a heavy heart.
The New Year has not yet completely passed, and the long street is still bustling with activity.
As the car sped along, the flickering light and shadows made his facial features particularly clear in the darkness.
The dim light would fall on his face every few seconds, like the sun rising out of time in the dark night.
It makes him look both cool and warm.
No wonder it's so popular...
Tsk.
What is going on?
It was embarrassing enough for her to accompany Tao Qian on a blind date a few days ago, but she didn't expect there would be a follow-up tonight.
The plot twists and turns again and again, each time surprising her.
Sure enough, the truth is always unexpected and hard to accept...
Tao Siyun thought with lingering fear, fortunately Tao Qian and Sun Ruofan looked down on each other, otherwise the relationship between the four of them might have been a bit complicated in the future...
If Bian Chengzi knew about this, she would definitely complain about it for months.
If Tao Qian unfortunately finds out about this in the future, she doesn't know how her brother will react.
They are all poor people!
Tao Siyun didn't know what to say anymore. He cleared his mind for a while, erasing all traces of the three words "Sun Ruofan" from his brain. When he raised his head again, he had almost adjusted himself.
…
The car turned into the intersection ahead and stopped a few hundred meters away from the community gate.
Just before getting off the bus, Tao Siyun suddenly felt the need to defend what he had said more than ten minutes ago: "Well, I didn't mean anything else, really. I was just asking casually. Don't think too much about it..."
I don't mean to be jealous of other girls, nor do I mean to gossip about his love life.
Just pure curiosity.
After all, not everyone is as lucky as her to encounter such a thing.
“Click!”
Tao Siyun stopped awkwardly as he was about to open the car door.
The sound of the lock being locked was particularly abrupt in the enclosed space.
Xu Ji locked the car.
Tao Siyun hung his head and said gloomily, "I'm going to get out. Can you open the car door?"
Obviously not.
Xu Ji stared at her silently for a moment, then suddenly unbuckled his seat belt, leaned over, and without hesitation, pressed her into his arms.
The first hug came so unexpectedly that Tao Siyun was completely unprepared and subconsciously made a gesture of rejection.
Before he could react, he reflexively stretched out his hand and placed it between their bodies.
By the time she realized that this seemed inappropriate, it was too late and she couldn't pull it out even if she wanted to.
I had already missed the opportunity to hug him back.
"What else do you want to know?"
“…”
Tao Siyun was hugged tightly by him and thought, I already know everything, is there any need to ask?
Do you think there is anything more speechless than "my brother's blind date is actually my love rival"?
"No...really, I don't. That's all your privacy. You don't have to tell me. It's okay if I don't know."
"Hey, Tao Siyun, would you be someone's girlfriend?"
“…”
"Other people's girlfriends rack their brains to make trouble for their boyfriends every day. Can you learn from them?"
“…”
"When you become someone's girlfriend, you have to learn to be responsible."
“…”
"Can you please be kind to me?"
Xu Ji's words unlocked a lot of rights and interests that belonged to her.
What Xu Ji wanted to convey was very clear - you can boldly ask me anything you want to know.
Tao Siyun was stunned and suddenly felt an unprecedented "pressure".
It was a request made to her by her boyfriend.
But she is not used to this.
Tao Siyun looked at him, his eyes filled with a hint of confusion and embarrassment of being scrutinized.
Faced with Xu Ji's request of "I want you to possessive of me", she was obviously a little at a loss. She quietly grabbed the seat belt tied around her chest, scratching it lightly with her nails. Suddenly she realized a problem. How could she think of opening the car door when the seat belt was not even unfastened?
My thoughts began to drift uncontrollably...
In Xu Ji's arms, Tao Siyun suddenly remembered the movie shot in the 1990s that she and Bian Chengzi watched together in the attic during a summer vacation in high school.
After all these years, she still remembers the question she asked Bian Chengzi, which seems silly now: How long do you think it would take for the two of them to go from holding hands to hugging, to kissing, to getting married and having a baby?
Bian Chengzi was a little confused by the question and almost got confused by her words. She scratched her head and said, "How long do you mean? Isn't it true that when two people are in love, they can naturally skip some unnecessary steps and just do what needs to be done? Otherwise, why would there be so many pre-wedding babies?"
Tao Siyun had a strange awkwardness and affectation when he was a student, but now it seems that he is very much in line with the "sense of order".
She feels that the order of two people's relationship cannot be messed up, and no step of the advancement and transition of feelings can be missed. Only in this way can the love be more solid and make people feel more secure.
Just like solving a math problem, if you skip any part in the middle, not only will you lose points, but you will also always worry about whether the answer to a certain step will be wrong.
But if you write down each step carefully, you will naturally feel confident and confident.
This is almost the only source of security for her.
Bian Chengzi was heartbroken and immediately exaggerated, "If you follow the steps of love so strictly, you will probably be very conservative in future relationships. If you meet someone as slow-paced as you, you two might have to hold hands for a year or two, and then consider whether to move on to the next step after two years based on your progress. Is this a manual-style love process? Too pure love!"
It's pure love.
Her Love Enlightenment is an aesthetic art film, with a vague and implicit expression of emotions. The only shot that can be called "intimate" is a close-up of holding hands at the end of the film.
wrong.
Compared to her and Xu Ji's interlocking fingers, that tentative touch wasn't even truly "hand-holding," as the one who initiated it quickly withdrew their hand. Then, after a long moment, their two little fingers cautiously moved toward the center of the screen. After another round of probing and touching, they finally intersected, tightly entwining.
Secretive and immature.
On a hot summer afternoon, an adolescent girl suddenly begins to have some timid fantasies about love.
She was curious about how the relationship between men and women began to change, and whether it was dopamine or hormones that ultimately caused the changes?
Tao Siyun wanted the camera to slowly move upwards because she wanted to see the expressions on their faces.
However, it didn't. The film ended here, leaving a mysterious suspense at the age of sixteen...
Now, Xu Ji answered her question with just a hug.
Xu Ji said to her in a coaxing tone, "You can ask me if I've ever had a girlfriend before, when was the first time I held hands with a girl I liked, if I have a beloved one, who is she? Whatever you ask, I can tell you."
Tao Siyun couldn't help but curl his hands, and his fingertips unconsciously touched the zipper on his clothes.
"No, I did, Tao Siyun, on the night I confessed my feelings."
"Now to answer your question, Sun Ruofan once joined the tennis club and tried to pursue me. I didn't know she was your brother's blind date. We've never been alone together, we're just from the same school."
***
Xu Ji sent Tao Siyun downstairs. After seeing her go upstairs, he did not leave immediately. Instead, he stood in the snow for a while, quietly looking at the lighted window.
This hug tonight is also of great significance to Xu Ji.
After all, Tao Siyun knew nothing on Christmas Eve, so even if his reasons were legitimate, he could not avoid the suspicion of "taking advantage of someone's misfortune."
However, once they confirm the relationship, everything that happens is reasonable and legal.
Xu Ji convinced himself this way.
The phone kept vibrating. Xu Ji clicked on the screen and saw Chen Feng sending a message asking him if he had returned after sending the person off.
Duan Jingyi, Chen Feng, Xu Chen and others are waiting for Li Zetao at his house tonight, and it seems that they are ready to have a long talk all night.
On the way back, Xu Ji couldn't help but think of his last afternoon in Rome three years ago...
There is a legend in Rome that says that if you turn your back to a fountain and throw a coin into the pool, you can make three wishes, but one of the wishes must be to return to Rome again.
If lovers toss a coin into the fountain together, their love will last forever.
That day, other people were indeed queuing up at the wishing fountain to check in and take photos. Xu Ji gave all the coins he had to Chen Feng and the others, and then returned to the street he came from alone.
Street artists can be seen everywhere in Europe. There are painters who draw Mona Lisa on the ground with colored chalk, and there are performance artists who perform performances that the general public cannot understand.
Xu Ji stopped in front of a young man playing the cello and listened to the entire piece. Then he took out a fifty-euro note from his wallet, walked over and put it into the open cello case on the ground.
These street performers often simply aim to share happiness, not to make money.
If the tourists feel it is very nice, they will give a few coins as a token of their appreciation, contributing a little emotional value to the performers as a token of their gratitude.
There were only some small coins and change in the guitar case.
Xu Ji's "generosity" made the blond young man feel an unprecedented surprise. Perhaps he had never been rewarded like this before, so the young man immediately changed to a cheerful and lively song.
This familiar piece of music quickly attracted more people. Tourists gathered around and clapped their hands to the rhythm. The atmosphere was completely livened up. After just a few minutes, there were already many coins in his guitar case.
In these brief moments, Xu Ji's mind was full of Tao Siyun.
He remembered her playing the cello on stage in her freshman year of high school, wearing his shirt. He also remembered that she still owed him a "Happy Birthday" song, which she still hadn't fulfilled...
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