Chapter 131

Shuangshuang was a little shy at first when she saw the hero and heroine kissing, but then she thought, she is almost twenty years old, and there is nothing wrong with watching it, it is an appreciation of art!

However, he was punished by his brother Chenchen in an instant.

She still kept holding his hands. She had never done any heavy work since she was a child. At most, she helped with housework at home, which made her skin and flesh tender. When she first grabbed Wu Xiangchen's hand, she felt the thin silk on his palm due to long-term training, which was a little pricking.

She just looked at him, waiting for a debate.

Wu Xiangchen felt his palms tingling, and he could only feel the pair of hands holding his own were delicate and smooth, making his palms hot...

Suddenly, Wu Xiangchen pulled his hand back abruptly, clenched his fists tightly, and held back the warmth. He stared at Shuangshuang for a moment and said calmly, "I forgot. You've grown up so much. Look."

"That's right! I'm an adult already!" She has watched many TV series on TV at home, and there are many love stories in them, but the scale is not as large as today's movies.

The two of them, who had won a great victory and were ready to watch the movie again, turned their heads, only to see a list of the film's front and backstage staff scrolling on the screen.

Already over?!

With a little regret, Shuangshuang and Wu Xiangchen left with the crowd, "Oh, I didn't see anything at the end. No, I have to ask Sister Qingqing to come and see it again next time."

Next to him, the usually calm Wu Xiangchen almost twisted his ankle.

What do you mean? Do you want to watch it again just for that kissing scene at the end?

He...really wanted to say something, his thin lips slightly opened, but he couldn't open his mouth. He took a deep breath, and finally closed his mouth.

It seems like he doesn't understand young girls nowadays.

Shuangshuang noticed that Brother Chenchen seemed to be hesitant to talk ever since he came out of the movie. She asked him twice, but he said it was nothing, so she stopped worrying about it.

That's just how she is. If she can't figure it out, then forget it. If she can't control it, then just leave it alone.

"Then I'm going back!"

Standing at the back gate of Capital University, they both waved goodbye to him, "Brother Chenchen, happy birthday in three days! See you in three days!"

Wu Xiangchen stood straight in the night, smiling, "Okay, be careful on the road."

"Um!"

They both turned around and walked away. Even their backs were cheerful. Their high ponytails swayed slightly with their joyful steps, drawing an arc in the air.

"You know what? I watched "The Flame of Heart"! It's really good!"

After returning to the dormitory, Shuangshuang couldn't wait to share his movie-watching experience with his roommates.

Her roommate, who had also watched the movie a few days ago, enthusiastically discussed it with her, "Right, it's really good!"

"Chu Han is so handsome!"

"Qin Fang is super beautiful!" The roommate paused and added, "Shuangshuang, but I think she is a little worse than you!"

"Xiao Yuan, stop rubbing me off!" Shuangshuang pinched her roommate's cheek, "How can I compare to her? She looked so beautiful in her wedding dress sitting on the back of a motorcycle!!!"

"By the way, did you see where they kissed at the end?"

At this time, another roommate who had never seen the movie shouted excitedly, "What? There was a kiss?"

"Yes!!!"

"Oh, this is so embarrassing?" The roommate covered his mouth with his hand, excited for a while, and then curiously, "How did you kiss?"

There was a burst of laughter in the dormitory, all about discussions about movies. After turning off the lights and going to bed, a group of college students in their 90s discussed their dreams of finding a partner and falling in love in the future.

"What kind of person are you looking for?"

"Chu Han is like that! So handsome!"

"Tang Yuan, are you ashamed?"

"Why are you ashamed? We are women of the new era. We can't say what kind of person we like. I like someone like Chu Han!"

"Yes, Xiaoyuan is right, but I like the supporting character Liang Wenze in the movie. Don't you think he is particularly gentle?"

"Not bad~"

......

"Shuangshuang! Shuangshuang! What about you? What do you like?"

When Shuangshuang was suddenly asked this question by her roommate, her mind went blank. She had never thought about this question seriously before.

"I don't know either."

"Then you don't have to rush. Wait until the people chasing you line up at the school gate, and then you can take your time to choose."

Shuangshuang: "..."

——

After sending the two children back to school, Wu Xiangchen turned and walked towards the military area. He clenched his right hand into a fist, and there seemed to be some residual warmth in his palm, a temperature that was a bit burning.

On a spring night with gusts of cold wind, Wu Xiangchen walked to the bus stop and looked at the bus coming in front of him. He was supposed to get on the bus to go back to the military area, but there was no movement.

Finally, the bus left with its passengers, and Wu Xiangchen turned around and jogged all the way back to the military area in the cold wind.

After being blown by the cold wind all the way, the temperature of his palms seemed to have finally dropped. After quickly washing up, Wu Xiangchen fell asleep quickly on the single bed.

In my dream, scenes from the movie I just watched tonight appeared.

In the hazy night, the heroine of the movie successfully escaped and boarded the ship to leave. She was wearing a white wedding dress, and her wavy hair was blown by the sea breeze. The flying hair was like a waterfall, covering her face.

Wu Xiangchen looked at the person in his dream, and when she reached out to lift her hair, a familiar face appeared...

Someone who looks 60% like the movie heroine Qin Fang.

Wu Xiangchen woke up from his sleep with a start, recalling the scene just now. The girl he was very familiar with was wearing a white wedding dress, standing on the ship with a smile that seemed to outshine the bright moon and stars.

The originally cool spring night suddenly became hot. Wu Xiangchen got out of bed, picked up the thermos and poured water. However, his hands shook as he was always careful in doing things, and the warm water spilled all over the table.

Curse was on the tip of his tongue, but he didn't know who to curse at. Wu Xiangchen suppressed the restlessness in his heart, picked up the enamel cup and took a few gulps, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.

=

On the second day, Wu Xiangchen, visibly exhausted, was stopped by Lu Fengnian.

"What's wrong? Brother Chen, what happened? Didn't you sleep at night?" It was rare for Lu Fengnian to see Wu Xiangchen so tired. Even after high-intensity training, he wouldn't be like this.

Wu Xiangchen was annoyed for a moment, thinking that Lu Fengnian was being too noisy. "Don't bother me."

"Hey, who pissed you off?"

"you."

"When did I offend you?" Although Lu Fengnian said he had no experience in love, he had plenty of experience watching other people fall in love. "You are like this, it's very obvious that you are either worried about your career or women. As for your career, as far as I know, there is no problem. Tell me the truth, is it because of women?"

Lu Fengnian thought his analysis was very reasonable. He raised his eyebrows at him and put his hand on Wu Xiangchen's shoulder. "Tell me the truth. Who are we talking to? Is it the little Qin Fang that day?"

Xiao Qinfang was the nickname Lu Fengnian gave to Wu Xiangchen. There was nothing he could do as he didn't even know her name and Wu Xiangchen refused to tell him. He could only use a female actress who looked somewhat similar to Wu Xiangchen.

However, Lu Fengnian had no idea that the word "Xiao Qinfang" would stir up Wu Xiangchen's nervousness.

I had been trying hard to divert my attention and forget about my previous dream, but this person actually mentioned Xiao Qin Fang.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Wu Xiangchen said solemnly, "I told you, she is my sister and she will always be my sister."

"You..." Lu Fengnian was frightened by Wu Xiangchen's seriousness and muttered, "Your sister is your sister, you can't even make a joke? Okay, okay, I got it."

Until Wu Xiangchen left, Lu Fengnian was still wondering, who had provoked him? He was so angry!

"I just don't believe it. You'd better treat her as your sister forever. She's not your biological sister... You talk like it's true..."

Lu Fengnian muttered something behind the person's back, and when he saw Wu Xiangchen suddenly turn his head, he immediately fell silent.

"If you keep talking nonsense, I will go to the brigade commander and report that you want to compete in shooting."

"No, I'm wrong! Big brother!" Lu Fengnian was scared when he heard this. Wu Xiangchen himself was capable of killing me. "Yes, I am your sister, forever your sister. I promise to the organization! Take care!"

——

On the other hand, Shuangshuang didn't know what was going on with Wu Xiangchen, she had her own troubles.

She has indeed received a lot of attention since she entered college. She is beautiful and has a good personality. She is always smiling at school and can get along with everyone. Not long after she entered college as a freshman, many male classmates began to secretly show their attention to her.

However, she was not aware at all that when a male classmate wanted to fetch her some water, she politely refused, after all, she could carry the thermos by herself; when a male classmate wanted to help her get her meals, she refused directly, because she had to go to the cafeteria to see what dishes to eat every day. Eating was a very important matter, and as long as she could still walk, how could she let others help her? What if the dishes were not to her liking?

If you don’t eat happily, it will affect your mood for the whole day.

Later, many boys in the same department found that she really didn't have that idea, so they calmed down and became good classmates with her.

Of course, there were also many who refused to give up and began a fierce offensive as soon as the second semester of their freshman year began.

In the first half of 1990, Shuangshuang, who had just started school, returned to the dormitory after a class and was surprised to find an envelope in her bag.

If she hadn't seen the words "Personally from Cheng Keying" written on the envelope, she would have thought that someone's letter had accidentally flown into her bag.

She opened the envelope and quickly glanced at the words on it. She found that it was a love letter.

It only says:

"If I love you, I will never be like the climbing lily, borrowing your high branches to show off myself; if I love you, I will never be like the infatuated birds, repeating monotonous songs for the green shades①..."

Shuangshuang, who received the formal love letter for the first time, sat at the desk in the dormitory, with her chin on her hand, reading it carefully several times. For the first time, she seriously thought about what kind of person she would be if she were to find a partner.

Soldiers? White and green uniforms come to mind; big boss? Teacher? Chef?

After thinking for a while, she picked up the pen on the table, took off the cap, circled the word "Xiao" on the love letter, and wrote "Xiao" in the blank space.

Anyway, she wouldn't like someone who wrote a love letter with spelling mistakes.

College students are in their prime of youth, and their hearts are stirring. If they are still a little shy in the first semester of their freshman year, they gradually become bolder and more enthusiastic in the second semester.

In the class, many people were secretly talking about their partners. Both of them felt that in the blink of an eye, two of the six roommates in the dormitory had found a partner.

So fast?

In early summer, cicadas are chirping, birds are singing, the weather is very hot, and the golden crows are high in the sky. Shuangshuang, who has been receiving love letters every day, is a little annoyed by the sun.

Sitting at the desk, I looked at the green willow branches outside the dormitory window swaying in the breeze, and then I looked down and saw a thick stack of envelopes.

She had no idea who had sent her the love letter, and she had no way of returning it. She could only watch the piles of envelopes growing higher and higher in the dormitory.

Moreover, she carefully observed the handwriting and found that it was not sent by just one person. She conservatively estimated that it was sent by three to four people.

My roommates in the dormitory also noticed that since we all lived under the same roof, how could we not know who was feeling unwell or who was out on a date?

Several roommates joked with her and asked her to see who had the better handwriting. They said that handwriting reflects the person, and if the handwriting is good, the person must be good-looking too.

"Hey! I don't want to think about these yet." Shuangshuang herself didn't understand. She didn't feel any excitement at all when looking at the pile of love letters. The last time she watched a romantic movie, she remembered the heroine said that love is a heart-beating feeling, and one's heart would beat uncontrollably.

=

With new worries arising from their growth, we both finished the first semester of our freshman year and went home for the summer vacation.

After not seeing her for a few months, the grandmother looked at her granddaughter with heartache and always felt that the child had lost weight.

"Grandma, I have to lose weight in the summer. Don't worry, I will gain it back in the winter."

"Nonsense, you have to eat well in the summer. Grandma made you pumpkin and green bean soup, which has been cooled. There is also watermelon, which has been soaked in water."

"Great!" After returning home, she felt like a fish in water, and all the fatigue from sitting on the train for several days was gone.

When I came out of the shower, the table was already half filled with food.

There was an opened coconut with a straw inserted in it, and there were cakes, biscuits, chocolates, White Rabbit milk candies, Guoguang apples, and a whole host of other things.

"Come and see how much grandma has prepared for you." Jian Lu felt that her mother-in-law was too doting on her children. She put out all kinds of snacks for the two of them on the first day they got home.

"Wow!" Shuangshuang squinted her eyes excitedly, "It's delicious."

Jian Lu looked at the young lady. She had been studying for a year and had obviously grown up. She looked like a grown-up girl, especially with her hair permed. "Your hair looks better than in the photo."

A few days after getting their hair permed, Shuangshuang took pictures with a camera, developed them, and sent them back home to show her parents how good they looked!

"Yeah, Mom, there are a lot of people with perms in our school."

"That's good. You young people look beautiful even with a perm on your hair."

They both drank coconut juice with a satisfied look on their faces, "Is Dad coming back soon?"

"We'll be home in half an hour." Jian Lu watched her daughter eat and took a bite of the chocolate with liquor filling she fed her. "Your dad knew you were coming today, so he made your bed the night before yesterday and replaced it with your favorite floral four-piece set. He also wiped all the furniture in your room twice with a rag. He also asked the chief cook to leave two groupers for you, and asked your fisherman Grandpa Yang to leave two large lobsters for you, saying that they are all your favorites. Now they are all in the pot."

"Hmm~" Shuangshuang was satisfied just thinking about it, "Eat, I have to eat three bowls of rice today!"

Cheng Zheng, who was promoted to brigade commander last year, returned home after finishing his official duties in the army. Seeing his daughter finally having summer vacation, he took bigger steps. Today, the leader asked several brigade commanders and deputy brigade commanders to have dinner at his home, but he turned them down, saying that his daughter was at home for summer vacation and he had to go back.

Everyone knew that he doted on his concubines, so naturally they didn't force him.

"Dad, come on, the fish and lobster are ready!"

"This girl, let me see if she has grown well?"

"Look." Shuangshuang stood up straight and saluted her father. "I've grown a little taller."

"nice!"

After a full meal, the family would sit on chairs in the yard in the evening and talk, mostly by themselves.

She has a lot to say about studying and life in college. She is the kind of person who can talk about everything even when she goes to the cafeteria to get a meal, and she talks in such a way that people can't help but want to listen.

Jian Lu laughed several times, and later she happily tilted her head to lean on Cheng Zheng's shoulder and looked at the lady. The sunlight passed through the gaps in the green leaves of the shelves above her head and sprinkled on Jian Lu's cheeks. The light and shadow were bright, and her smile became even more brilliant.

Before returning to school, they both lay down next to their mother for a nap. The fan in the room was turning, bringing a breeze. After waking up, the mother and daughter sat on the balcony of Jian Lu's room, each holding a coconut to drink, with a plate of snacks, and feeling the sea breeze. It was very comfortable.

Shuangshuang recalled the love letters she had received in the past few months and asked her mother anxiously, "Mom, why did you like Dad back then?"

Jian Lu looked at her daughter after hearing this, and thought that the child would soon be 20 years old, so it was normal for her to have some romantic thoughts. She did not ask directly, but said, "Your father is handsome, and he is the leader of a group at such a young age. He has a bright future. This is what we call a potential stock."

Seeing the slightly confused look in the lady's eyes, Jian Lu smiled and said, "But, in fact, these are not the most important. Sometimes love has nothing to do with appearance, status, or money. It's all about a feeling."

"What does it feel like?" Shuangshuang was fascinated by what she heard, leaning forward slightly and asked.

"You just looked at this man and thought he was the one." Jian Lu felt that her daughter had really grown up, but she felt reluctant when she thought that her child would have to start a family in the near future. "You are just entering college now. If you want to fall in love, you can, but you have to keep your eyes open. Mom believes in our judgment."

They both held the coconut and took another sip, then nodded with a smile.

——

Dunzi also came back home at the end of July. Wearing the most popular jeans at the time and eating watermelon, he asked about Shuangshuang's life in college.

"Did you meet Chenchen for dinner?"

“Several times.”

They each moved a chair to the wall between the two neighboring houses, and each of them took a piece of watermelon and ate it with relish. The bright red flesh oozed sweet juice.

"By the way, Brother Dunzi, do you know that Sister Qingqing is also in the capital? I meet her often." Shuangshuang's childhood friends all went their separate ways. Juanjuan went to other places, and Xixi and Lutian also left with their families.

She cherishes her friends in the capital and wants to persuade her brother Dunzi to come.

"I've heard of her." Dunzi finished a piece of watermelon and threw it into his own vegetable garden, which was just fertile soil. "I don't know what's wrong with Lu Qing. The summer she graduated, she suddenly became indifferent to me."

"Ah?" Both of her hands were sticky with watermelon juice. She took out toilet paper and wiped them. "Did you offend Sister Qingqing again? She has such a good temper, but you are the only one who can make her angry."

"How did I offend her? I feel innocent!" Dunzi sat there loudly, and leaned back after hearing this. "She suddenly ignored me, even though we were still talking and laughing just before. No wonder, they say women are fickle."

After saying that, Dunzi felt the air was somewhat quiet. He turned his head and saw Shuangshuang looking at him intently. He immediately changed his words, "Except you! You are my sister!"

"Hmph!" Both of them looked at Brother Dunzi and were ready to turn back and ask Sister Qingqing, who was ignoring whom?

——

The first semester of our sophomore year arrived with the footsteps of early autumn, and the first thing we did after returning to school was to make an appointment with Lu Qing for dinner.

The two sat down at the stir-fry restaurant, ordered three stir-fried dishes, and asked for two bottles of Arctic Ocean soda.

The food in the stir-fry restaurant tastes good. Nowadays, the cooking skills of those who open restaurants are pretty good. He took a bite of the stir-fried pork belly with chopsticks and asked, "Sister Qingqing, I want to ask you something. Let me see if it's right."

"What's right?" Lu Qing looked up at her.

Lu Qing has a gentle appearance and is very polite in her speech and eating. She is very popular among patients in the hospital, who all affectionately call her Doctor Xiao Lu.

"When I went home this time, I saw Brother Dunzi and she said you ignored him."

Lu Qing's hand paused while picking up the food, but returned to normal in an instant, and he took a spoon and scooped a spoonful of steamed egg into his own bowl. "There's no need to pay attention to me, and there's no need to meet."

"I know. It's just that we are too far apart now. Look at those of us who grew up together when we were young. Many of them have moved to other places. We can only see each other once every few years. It's not easy. But don't worry. I have persuaded Brother Dunzi to open a clothing store in the capital."

"Ah?" Lu Qing swallowed the steamed egg with difficulty. "Actually, there's no need. Isn't the clothing business best done in the south?"

Shuangshuang glanced at Lu Qing and thought, oh, it seems that Sister Qingqing is still Brother Naodunzi.

After dinner, the two went shopping before going home.

Lu Qing rented a one-bedroom apartment in the capital, near the People's Hospital. He took out his key and opened the door. The room was dark, and then with a click, the dim light illuminated the room.

Walking to the kitchen and turning on the tap, Lu Qing was absorbed in washing his hands, remembering the year he graduated from college, he prepared a gift for Dunzi, but...

With a self-deprecating smile on his lips, Lu Qing wiped his hands and returned to the house.

=

Back at school, Shuangshuang has been writing to her brother Dunzi because he has been urging him to come to the capital to develop his career. Dunzi also wrote back to Shuangshuang, and the letter was very nice, telling her to wait, that he would open a store in the capital, and become a big boss in the capital in the future, so that she could also benefit from it.

As they read the letter, they seemed to have seen the confident look on Brother Dunzi's face when he boasted about Haikou. Along with the reply came a big package with a lot of delicious food in it, all of which were snacks from G City and Gangcheng, filling up an entire bag.

She couldn't finish it, so she immediately gave some to Sister Qingqing. However, Lu Qing, who had already taken the food, took it back when she heard that it was sent by Dunzi.

"I suddenly remembered that I have a toothache recently, so I won't eat these snacks. You can keep them."

Shuangshuang: "..."

"Why do you suddenly have a toothache? Is it serious? Remember to see a doctor."

Lu Qing forced a smile, "Don't worry, it's no big deal."

Carrying snacks, Shuangshuang was going to share some with brother Chenchen so that they could have a meal together.

Calculating the time, the two haven't seen each other for about two or three months, and I don't know what brother Chenchen is busy with. But today is his day off, so I should be able to see him.

At the gate of the military area, they asked someone to notify Chenchen's brother. They both waited for a while but no one came. Only a soldier from his company came alone.

"Comrade Shuangshuang, our company commander is busy and has no time to come out. I'll take the things in for him."

"Ah?" Shuangshuang felt a little regretful. This was the first time she didn't see Brother Chenchen when she came to see him. But she also knew that the time of a soldier was like this, and they often had no choice. "Okay, you give this to Chen... ahem, your company commander, and tell him that it is food sent by Brother Dunzi, and let him eat more, it tastes delicious. Oh, he likes to eat small fish the most, let him eat this dried small fish first, he will definitely like it."

"Okay, I know."

The soldier returned to the military area with the bag and looked at the company commander running on the playground. He couldn't help wondering, he obviously had nothing to do and was obviously quite free, so why did he go out and tell the girl that he didn't have time to come out?

"Captain, we've got the food back. It's all food. Miss Shuangshuang said it was sent by Dunzi. She also told you to eat the fish first."

Wu Xiangchen looked at the bag of food in silence. After a while, he picked up two snacks from it. Seeing the word "fish" written on one of them, he put it back, picked up another one, and threw them together to the soldier Xiao Zhang.

"Okay, go back and rest."

"Thank you, Captain!" It was a day off today, so Xiao Zhang ran some errands for the Captain and got some food. He smiled happily, saluted, and left.

After walking a few steps, he looked back and saw the company commander carrying a bag of food and going straight back to the dormitory.

Wu Xiangchen returned to the dormitory and picked and chose from a pile of snacks he had never seen before. In the end, he picked up the dried fish that Shuangshuang mentioned. He took a bite and found it salty and fresh. It was indeed his favorite.