Chapter 40 He did it on purpose.
The moonlight is beautiful tonight, shining dimly through the clouds, soothing this hot city.
There was the sound of gurgling water in the bathroom, accompanied by Yue Qianling's heavy breathing.
She had been showering with hot water for nearly half an hour and showed no intention of stopping.
As soon as I closed my eyes, the scene from an hour ago kept appearing in my mind.
What did she say then?
Yue Qianling couldn’t quite remember it, she only remembered that the moment Gu Xun said that, her eyes didn’t even blink.
At that time, people were coming and going nearby, the hawkers' cries and the noisy music from the mall were intertwined, but Yue Qianling's ears seemed to be silent, with only Gu Xun's words "I am chasing you" echoing repeatedly.
Yue Qianling had guessed and speculated about this matter, and even a few seconds ago, she felt that she was being too sentimental.
But after Gu Xun really said this, the emotions that had been lingering in his chest for some days finally settled down.
But it brings another feeling.
Yue Qianling found herself a little panicked.
This panic came from the fact that she discovered that she still liked Gu Xun, but she didn't know how much Gu Xun liked her.
Although I seemed to have figured out the ins and outs of the matter, it was too unreal.
Before, she held on to a one percent hope that it would come true.
But now, she doesn't want to bear even one thousandth of uncertainty.
After a long time, Yue Qianling felt that she was about to be suffocated by the heat in the bathroom, so she turned off the faucet.
She came out wrapped in a bath towel and looked at herself in the mirror. She didn't know if it was because she had taken a hot bath for more than half an hour, but her cheeks were as red as if she was drunk.
After standing in front of the mirror for a long time, Yue Qianling turned on the faucet and splashed cold water on her face.
"You are quite promising, Yue Qianling. It's not like you haven't been pursued before. Why are you so nervous?"
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After blow-drying her hair, Yue Qianling felt as if all her strength had been exhausted and she lay motionless on the bed.
At this time, the cell phone rang.
【School Prince】:?
Yue Qianling stared at the screen for a long time and also typed a question mark.
[School Prince]: No, give me your opinion.
【Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks】: What do you think?
【School Prince】: It’s about.
[School Prince]: I am chasing you
【School Prince】: This matter.
Yue Qianling: “…”
How can one give an opinion on this?
Should I write a short essay for him?
She turned over in bed, put her finger on the screen, and after a while, she typed out a word.
【Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks】:Oh.
【School Prince】: Oh?
【School Prince】: What does "oh" mean?
【Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks】: It means I didn’t feel it.
【School Prince】：……
[School Prince]: In that case, let me confess something to you.
Yue Qianling looked at these words and felt a little nervous for some reason.
【Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks】: If you have something to say, just say it. Why waste time?
[School Prince]: This is my first time pursuing a girl.
[School Prince]: Actually, I’m quite embarrassed.
[School Prince]: I don’t have much experience.
[School Prince]: If you still don’t feel it after that, please point it out in time.
[School Prince]: I try to be more obvious.
【Glutinous rice fried dough twist】：……
[Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks]: What? Do you want me to teach you how to pursue me?
As soon as this sentence was uttered, Yue Qianling felt something was wrong and immediately retracted it.
Unfortunately, the other party has already seen it.
[School Prince]: This is of course the best.
【School Prince】: If you are willing.
【Glutinous rice twist】: [Smile]
【School Prince】: By the way, let me ask you one more question.
[School Prince]: Do I have many rivals in love? I'll do a background check.
When Yue Qianling saw the word "love rival", her fingertips trembled and she deleted what she was about to say.
【Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks】: Sick.
After sending this message, Yue Qianling put down her phone and felt dizzy.
After the chaos, she calmed down, looked at the ceiling calmly, and suddenly sighed.
She didn't know why, although it was something she should be happy about, she felt a little sad and even wanted to cry.
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Another room separated by a wall.
Gu Xun stood on the balcony and looked to the other side. He could see that her light was still on.
As long as you can still curse people, it means there is hope.
Gu Xun suddenly felt that this logic was a bit strange. He sat on the balcony to enjoy the breeze for a while before turning around and walking towards the living room.
Xiaomai was lying on the sofa playing with her phone. When she saw Gu Xun coming in, she stood up and asked, "Hey, we didn't talk much on the way back just now. I've been wanting to ask you, what did you say to her at the restaurant entrance? I saw that her expression was very strange."
Gu Xun sat next to him and said indifferently, "Nothing."
“Tsk.”
Xiaomai glanced at him sideways, knowing that she would not be able to get anything out of him, so she just gave up.
"You're free tomorrow, Sunday, right? What shall we do?"
Gu Xun turned sideways and looked at Xiaomai.
"What can two grown men like us do?"
Too.
In fact, as a big city, Jiangcheng doesn’t have many tourist attractions, and Xiaomai is not willing to go to those popular check-in spots.
He just had too much free time after the exams and wanted to move to another place to continue his empty days.
This time when he came to Jiangcheng, he knew that Gu Xun was busy, and he also planned to stroll here for a few days and then go back.
Xiaomai thought for a moment and said, "Let's watch a movie. Aren't there a lot of new movies released recently?"
Gu Xun's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Good suggestion."
After that, he turned on his phone again.
[Is it illegal to eat vegetables? Sir]: Are you free tomorrow afternoon?
[Is it illegal to eat vegetables? Sir]: Let’s go to the movies together?
After sending it, he began to browse the ticket purchasing software, looked for a while, chose the most popular one, and bought two tickets.
Xiaomai came up to him, saw him placing the order, and quickly stopped him.
"Hey, I don't want to watch a romance movie, I want to watch an action movie!"
Gu Xun didn't even raise his head.
"Look, I didn't stop you."
wheat:"……?"
After a while, Xiaomai let out a long "Oh".
"I understand, I understand, but it also depends on whether the other person pays attention to you."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Xun received a reply.
[Coriander who loves chili peppers]: No time.
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Yue Qianling really had no time that day.
Her mother's old gastrointestinal problem has recurred recently, and she wants to come to the Provincial Hospital in Jiangcheng for a check-up. She has made an appointment with a specialist on Monday morning, so Zhou Tian will stay at Yue Qianling's house for one night.
In the afternoon, Yue Qianling received a call from Ju Yunzhen and went to the gate of the community to pick her up.
Although she was here for medical treatment and would only stay for two days and one night, Ju Yunzhen still got out of the car carrying a lot of bags.
Seeing that she was sweating profusely, Yue Qianling hurried over to help her get her bag.
"Why do you bring so many things with you?"
"Not all of them are food I brought for you."
Ju Yunzhen walked along, looking at the environment of the community. "The greenery here is okay, and there are no cars on the ground. It's not like our old community... Oh, is the security here okay? I see that the security guards at the door are all old men."
Yue Qianling choked and said vaguely: "It's okay."
Ju Yunzhen nodded: "That's good. A girl is working alone in another place. I'm not worried about anything else but your safety."
The two arrived home together. Yue Qianling put down her things and hurried to pour some water for Ju Yunzhen.
The first thing Ju Yunzhen said when she entered the house was, "Look how dirty your house is. I can't stand it anymore. I'm going to mop the floor twice."
Yue Qianling looked down.
Isn’t this clean? ? ?
Of course Ju Yunzhen didn't care about all this. She picked up the mop and started cleaning. She didn't let Yue Qianling get involved, as she thought she was in the way.
Yue Qianling had no choice but to pack up the things she brought by herself.
After a while, she suddenly heard Ju Yunzhen calling her loudly in the room.
"Yue Qianling!"
"What's wrong?"
Yue Qianling hurried over and saw Ju Yunzhen pointing at two men's clothes drying on her balcony. She looked at her in surprise: "Are you in love? And living together?!"
Yue Qianling: “…”
"I don't live here. I saw online that it would be safer to hang some men's clothes. I just bought it yesterday."
"Oh... didn't you say it was safe here?"
Ju Yunzhen looked at Yue Qianling with doubt, "Actually, there's nothing wrong with falling in love. You're already this old, there's no need to hide it from me."
"Really not! Mom, if I were to fall in love, I would definitely tell you first, okay?"
Seeing that Yue Qianling was about to swear to the sky, Ju Yunzhen didn't ask any more questions and turned to go to the kitchen.
Just seeing her daughter doing these things and thinking about how nervous she must be when she's alone, Ju Yunzhen felt very sad.
She knew that Yue Qianling usually ate takeout, so she came here specially to buy some vegetables and prepare dinner for her.
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Yue Qianling was waiting in the living room. She checked her cell phone and found that Gu Xun had sent her a message ten minutes ago.
[School Prince]: Are you free at night too?
Yue Qianling looked towards the kitchen and met Ju Yunzhen's gaze. She turned her face away for some reason feeling guilty.
"What are you doing there? Go wash those dirty clothes you took off."
"Oh, okay."
So Yue Qianling hurriedly replied "I'm busy" and went into the bathroom carrying the laundry basket.
People change clothes frequently in summer, and Yue Qianling has been busy these days, so there are indeed a lot of clothes piled up.
Since Ju Yunzhen was here, she didn't dare to throw the clothes directly into the washing machine, so she had to wash them by hand one by one. She felt like she had been demoted to the laundry department.
More than half an hour later, Yue Qianling came out holding the basin.
When I arrived in the living room, I found Gu Xun standing by the kitchen.
She suddenly stopped and stared at him blankly.
"Why are you here?"
Gu Xun turned his head, raised his eyebrows and said nothing.
Then Ju Yunzhen came out with a plate of food.
"I was just taking out the trash and I ran into Gu Xun. You kid, you didn't even tell me that someone lives across the street from you."
While she was talking, Gu Xun obediently took the dish from Ju Yunzhen's hand and brought it to the table.
Yue Qianling still didn't quite understand the situation until Gu Xun walked up to her and whispered, "Auntie ran into me just now and saw that I hadn't eaten yet, so she insisted on asking me to come over for dinner."
It sounds like he's saying, "I didn't mean it, so don't think too much about it."
"What about wheat?"
Yue Qianling asked, "Why don't you call him over?"
"Xiaomi said he was shy."
Gu Xun put the dishes away, leaned against the wall, bent one leg, and said slowly, "I'm sorry to have dinner with an aunt I'm meeting for the first time."
So you feel comfortable with this only being the second time we meet?
Ju Yunzhen was walking towards them, so Yue Qianling didn't say this out loud.
"Come over to eat."
Until the three of them sat down, Yue Qianling still hadn't figured out how Gu Xun was able to eat the meal her mother cooked so naturally.
Of course, Ju Yunzhen asked Gu Xun to come for dinner not just because of his mother.
She picked up a piece of food for Gu Xun and said with a smile: "Xiao Xun, since you live across the street, we Qianling, a girl, will trouble you to take care of her."
"mom--"
As soon as Yue Qianling opened her mouth, she heard Gu Xun say, "It should be."
She glanced at him out of the corner of her eye, pursed her lips, and didn't say the rest of the sentence.
Ju Yunzhen added, "I think your security here isn't very good. Just now I saw takeouts coming in without registration. So if you hear any noise at night, please pay attention."
"Yeah." Gu Xun nodded, "I send her home every night."
Ju Yunzhen's chopsticks suddenly stopped in mid-air, "Huh?"
Seeing this, Yue Qianling quickly said, "We are colleagues, and we come back together after working overtime at night."
"Oh! Isn't this a coincidence?"
Ju Yunzhen's smile widened. "This way, Auntie will feel more at ease. Otherwise, I would be so worried when I watched the news recently."
Yue Qianling hummed twice vaguely. She didn't know why, but she always felt that Gu Xun would say something weird, so she quickly changed the subject.
At the end of the meal, Ju Yunzhen suddenly thought of something.
"By the way, the weather has been hot lately. I'm going to make some mung bean soup later to clear away heat and relieve summer heat. Would you like to have some too?"
"No, Auntie."
Gu Xun put down his chopsticks and slowly wiped his mouth with a tissue, "I'm going to go to the movies tonight."
"Oh, let's go to the movies."
Ju Yunzhen was in a good mood today and jokingly asked, "With your girlfriend?"
Yue Qianling suddenly raised her eyes, her gaze swept lightly over Gu Xun, and unexpectedly met his gaze.
Under the dim light of the dining room, Gu Xun's eyes were solemn, and that moment of eye contact was like some kind of signal, igniting the air around them.
After sensing that the atmosphere was not right, Yue Qianling immediately looked away.
"I don't have a girlfriend yet."
Gu Xun said it calmly.
But Yue Qianling felt that there was something behind what was said, so she lowered her eyes to look at the food in the bowl, her long eyelashes blocking her fleeting gaze.
"oh oh."
Ju Yunzhen nodded and was about to say something when she heard Gu Xun say, "I'll go and see it alone."
Ju Yunzhen: "Ah? Alone?"
"Well, I don't have many friends here."
Gu Xun unscrewed the bottle of mineral water and drank it. He looked a little lonely. "I watch movies and eat alone. I always go alone."
Perhaps it was because his tone sounded too pitiful. Ju Yunzhen thought of the chat she had with Gu Yunping during the Chinese New Year. She heard that he also spent the Spring Festival alone in Jiangcheng, and suddenly she felt an overwhelmed sense of maternal love.
Thinking of Yue Qianling who was also working alone, she felt that young people nowadays were too pitiful, and quickly said, "You live so close to each other, and you are colleagues, why don't you ask Qianling to accompany you? She's free anyway."
"Why am I free?!"
Yue Qianling raised her head suddenly, and said with a panic in her tone that she herself had not noticed, "I am usually very busy as well."
"I see that you usually either lie in bed or play games all day. You are so young, but you live like an old man."
Ju Yunzhen was originally worried that Yue Qianling was not safe living outside alone. She finally ran into a neighbor she knew, so of course she hoped that she would get to know him more and build a good relationship with him so that it would be easier for her to take care of him if anything happened in the future.
So she put down her chopsticks and looked at Yue Qianling seriously: "Go out for a walk more often. I'm afraid you'll get moldy at home. Why don't you go to the movies with Gu Xun tonight? I can clean your doghouse inside and out."
Gu Xun put down the mineral water and continued her words: "Will it be too much trouble for her? It's okay, I'll be alone, I'm used to it."
Upon hearing this tone, Yue Qianling finally reacted.
——He did it on purpose.
"I--"
"What trouble are you asking for?" Ju Yunzhen knew that Yue Qianling was too lazy to go out, so she interrupted her and said, "She is a girl, so she will cause you a lot of trouble in the future."
Yue Qianling: “…”
She gritted her teeth, glanced at Gu Xun, and said unwillingly, "Let's talk about it later. I'm sure they've already bought the tickets."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Xun took out his phone and looked at it twice.
"There weren't many people at this movie. There was no one in front, behind, or around me."
Yue Qianling: “…”
She wanted to say something, but Ju Yunzhen reached out and patted her shoulder.
"You are just too lazy! I think you will die from staying at home!"
“…”
Yue Qianling turned her head to look at Gu Xun.
Sure enough, he lowered his head and curled the corners of his mouth slightly.
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