Extra 7: Snow (2)
At five o'clock in the afternoon, it was as dark as midnight. Even the wind was gone, but it was still freezing.
Woolen coats, a must-have item for handsome men, are basically no longer available in the deadly season in the north. Ji Nan is now obediently wrapped in a thick black long down jacket, but the fluffy clothes do not make him look bulky. Instead, they make him look taller and have longer legs.
This reminded Zhong Jiajing of a trending topic every winter: down jackets for art students. Back in high school, there were two art students in her class who loved wearing these down jackets. Their designs were plain and ordinary, yet they transformed the classroom into a high-end fashion show. Zhong Jiajing, always unkempt, was envious.
But I didn’t expect that I didn’t become the urban beauty of my dreams, but the sophisticated “art student” still filled my life.
In fact, Ji Nan is a person who has been blessed by God, and everyone would think so.
But at this moment, Zhong Jiajing just wanted to throw herself into his arms quickly, and her mind was not filled with any other thoughts.
The road in front was just a branch road of about ten meters, but the ignorant red light was still ticking slowly, as if it wanted to split one second into ten seconds. As a result, Zhong Jiajing's flower bud that had endured the cold winter and bloomed was almost withering.
As the countdown passed the last second, the little red man on the sign turned into a little green man walking frantically. Ji Nan raised his eyes slightly, took a look, and walked over.
Standing in front of Zhong Jiajing, Ji Nan first nodded and greeted his colleagues politely, then raised his hand to embrace the dazed girl in front of him.
My colleague smiled understandingly and said, "A short absence is better than a new marriage. I won't bother you anymore. For single people, only heating can soothe their souls."
With that, she waved her hand and trotted off to the subway station.
Ji Nan used his still-warm hand to pinch Zhong Jiajing's face, which was wrapped in a thick scarf, and asked with a smile, "Why are you so stunned? You didn't recognize me when I came closer? Could it be that you're not nearsighted, but presbyopic?"
"Isn't it said that people who have experienced nearsightedness won't get presbyopia? Could it be that your eyes are in a rebellious phase? They go west when you tell them to go east."
Zhong Jiajing: Can you say something people would like to hear?
In fact, the one who should not be recognized should be Zhong Jiajing. She couldn't adapt to the life-threatening coldness of the north. She wanted to wrap herself in all the clothes in the suitcase. Now, only her big, rolling eyes were exposed to the air.
"No, I was just thinking about the math problems I did in elementary school." Zhong Jiajing rubbed his hand with her warm cheek.
"The question goes something like this: Dad's step is about 65 centimeters, and Xiao Ming's step is about 35 centimeters. The father and son start from the same starting point on the sidewalk at the same time. How many steps do they need to take to meet each other again?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Ji Nan rushed out the answer, "Xiao Ming took thirteen steps, and his father took seven."
After answering, he even added in a cheeky way, "Have you found that Chinese is not going to work anymore, so you're planning to switch to math?"
"I think your teeth must be very cold. I feel bad for you. Why don't you just shut up?" Zhong Jiajing's mouth twitched.
Snowflakes fell in large flakes, gathering wherever they could land, trying to occupy the entire earth.
The snow in the north seems to be dry. It does not melt easily when it falls on the palm of your hand, so it will not turn into water and make people wet. Therefore, people do not need to hold an umbrella to block the snow like in the south.
Ji Nan raised his hand and stroked the hat on Zhong Jiajing's head twice. When Zhong Jiajing looked up in confusion, she saw that he had conjured up a thin layer of snow in front of her eyes. A layer of water vapor floated on the surface of the snowflakes due to the difference in temperature of his palm.
He chuckled and said, "Okay, then what is the point of Mr. Zhong's little story just now?"
Ji Nan certainly knew that she never wanted to test him on math.
Zhong Jiajing quickly took the melting snow, rolled it into a ball and threw it at Ji Nan's shoulder.
The snowball was small, not even half the size of the little finger, but Ji Nan still cooperated and let out a soft cry, saying "It hurts" without any emotion.
But Zhong Jiajing was still satisfied. She smiled and said, "I just wanted to sigh, how can your legs be so long!!!"
"Even if you're tall, Xiao Ming's father's level might not represent your strength, but you can't possibly cross a road more than ten meters long in just two or three steps, right?"
Of course, this was an exaggeration, but it certainly captured Zhong Jiajing's shock. She felt uneasy that everyone else was wearing heavy clothing, yet Ji Nan was the one getting treated specially.
Ji Nan said calmly, "They say that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. I have turned into a rocket in your eyes, is that okay?"
"You can be confident in your boyfriend, but it's better not to be too blind, otherwise I will be under a lot of pressure." He looked at her seriously and said.
Pressure? Zhong Jiajing almost thought she had misheard.
Ji Nan's expression was as calm as water. He looked relaxed, completely different from the person he described himself as. It was hard for office worker Zhong Jiajing not to look at him with resentment.
She huffed, "It's a miracle you've grown this big."
This is true. Ji Nan has been a foul-mouthed person since he was a child, and anyone who listens to him suffers. His parents have been called to the police station many times just because of his mouth.
It is said that in a family, one parent will play the good cop and the other the bad cop to achieve a balance in family affection, but this is not the case in Ji Nan's family.
Ji's father had a uniquely dark face, which was entirely caused by the anger he felt at the bad boy in his family.
Ji's mother was also completely incompatible with the good and bad cops. Whenever Ji's father got so angry that he jumped up and down and asked Ji Nan with a ruler if he had done anything wrong, she would hold up her camera and take pictures with a smile.
If little Jinan is beaten hard, he will shed his pearls, but he is born with the habit of being tough.
He knelt on the floor and sobbed, "I don't think I'm wrong at all."
Father Ji was so angry that he was shaking. "Come on, repeat in front of your mother how you spoke to your classmates today."
Little Ji Nan glanced at his mother and tears fell even harder. The bubbling little ball looked so pitiful that Ji's mother almost let go and hugged him to comfort him. Fortunately, she stopped her impulse as soon as the child opened his mouth.
"Wu Jiaming said I was very beautiful, just like his mother."
Wu Jiaming is a classmate in the class, a relatively honest and simple little boy.
Father Ji took the ruler and slammed it hard on the floor. He said angrily, "Then how did you respond?"
Ji Nan whispered, "I told him that if he misses his mother at school, he can come to me."
Wu Jiaming is an honest child. He followed Ji Nan and called her "Mom" the whole day. Ji Nan was really responsible. He stuffed all the lunch dishes into Wu Jiaming's bowl. Of course, it was possible that he didn't want to eat.
If this matter had ended here, it would have been acceptable, and we could have just regarded it as the child's ignorance, but there was a sequel.
After school in the afternoon, both Mr. Ji and Mr. Wu came to pick up the children.
Wu Jiaming tugged at Ji Nan's bag strap, looking reluctant to let her go. "Mom, I'll miss you."
Ji Nan, who was hungry, was anxious to go back and start a small meal. He pushed the boy's hand away with an expressionless face, "Let's end it here. We have severed our relationship."
Wu Jiaming was puzzled, "Why?"
Ji Nan said: "Mom doesn't want you anymore."
Father Ji, Father Wu, and Teacher: "..."
Well, Zhong Jiajing, who was watching the video at the time, also felt that he deserved the beating.
After having dinner outside, the two of them went straight back to the hotel. Ji Nan walked her to the door of her room but didn't go in. He just lowered his head and told her, "I'm staying in room 1022."
It was directly below Zhong Jiajing's room. The idea of someone of the opposite sex reporting their room number sounded incredibly ambiguous. Even though they had done the most intimate thing countless times, Zhong Jiajing still couldn't help but blush.
She nodded shyly and urged him to leave quickly, "I know. You should also go back and take a hot bath to get rid of the cold."
The company provided a standard room for four girls on the business trip, which was an even number, so Zhong Jiajing had a roommate.
But what Ji Nan didn't know was that his roommate's long-distance boyfriend happened to be in the capital, so he moved out on the first day of his arrival.
In other words, the actual person staying in this room was only Zhong Jiajing, but she didn't mention it specifically.
After taking a shower, Zhong Jiajing picked up her phone and found that a colleague in the same group had sent her a message.
[So you're married! Your husband is so handsome! When I first saw him, I wanted to remind you to look at the celebrities, but then he smiled at you with his little mouth, and then I realized how narrow-minded I was.]
Zhong Jiajing was somewhat surprised by the other party's misunderstanding.
[Dear single ladies, I am still your distinguished unmarried beauty.]
"Am I too old? Why do you think I'm halfway through my marriage?"
My colleague was typing away, and the person typing at the top of the chat box was almost invisible, and I didn't see her send a single word.
Zhong Jiajing silently sent a voice reminder, "Don't worry about your feelings, just speak boldly."
This time they replied quickly.
【Then don't blame me for being nosy. 】
My colleague left a message and called me directly. She hesitated and asked, "Do you have an extra dash than two?"
"What do you mean?" Zhong Jiajing was a little stunned. "You're not calling me to scold me for being stupid, are you?"
"That's true if you put it that way," the colleague sighed.
She was a little confused about how to bring it up. In the afternoon, she clearly saw a ring on the man's ring finger, which looked like a wedding ring. She sent the message with the intention of sending a kind blessing, but she unexpectedly found something fishy.
She couldn't possibly ask directly: Are you a mistress?
If she had just cursed him out, that would have been fine, but what if the scumbag was maliciously deceiving her and Zhong Jiajing was just a poor victim? Wouldn't her words be incredibly hurtful?
The silence lasted for a long time, and she sighed from time to time, which made Zhong Jiajing feel extremely anxious.
She trembled and said, "My dear sister, just tell me directly whether you want to live or die. Hanging me like this is more thrilling than a doctor's examination. The lives of us workers are also lives!"
My colleague let out a long breath and said in a serious tone, "I suspect your boyfriend is married."
"With whom?" Zhong Jiajing's cerebellum was atrophied.
"If you don't know, then I know even less about scolding?" The colleague was relieved after hearing her reaction. She was now absolutely certain that Zhong Jiajing was a poor girl who was defrauded by a love scammer. She couldn't help but feel a little distressed.
"To tell you the truth, I saw the wedding ring on his hand today, but you didn't have anything on your hand. Don't you think about it?"
Zhong Jiajing looked at her bare fingers and silently interrupted her, "Well, actually, I have one too, but I just don't wear it."
She was used to wearing gloves in winter, but the ring would inevitably get snagged, so she simply took off her gloves and hid them in the closet. Unexpectedly, such a big mistake would occur.
There was a long silence on the other end. Zhong Jiajing quietly released her Moments, which was only visible for three days. "Well, this ring was a birthday gift my boyfriend gave me at the beginning of last year..."
In fact, Zhong Jiajing doesn’t wear it very often. Firstly, she thinks it is too expensive, and she is a careless person and is worried about losing it; secondly, she likes to wear fancy things, so the ring is idle most of the time.
As a result, the promised birthday gift ended up being worn by the giver every day.
Putting aside other things, the effect of cutting off all kinds of romantic opportunities is indeed great, but I didn't expect that it would also lead to such a wonderful and exciting performance today.
The colleague opened her mouth but couldn't say anything. After a while, Zhong Jiajing heard her sigh heavily.
"If you want to send me to jail for insult, I won't object."
Zhong Jiajing chuckled, her eyes curved like crescent moons, "It's okay, there is another way."
"What?"
"For example, should I go and propose to him right now and make him a real married man?"
I've been busy lately, which has disrupted my original schedule. The completion will be two days later than expected. QAQ
There are probably two or three chapters left to be completed. The specific number of chapters will be determined by the number of words in each chapter.
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