"Back then... why didn't you take the college entrance examination?" Zhou Dong still remembers it. He was standing on the balcony pretending to enjoy the scenery, but he was actually secretly eavesdropping on Hua Jin's conversation with the girls. Hua Jin said that she wanted to be admitted to a good university.
He saw Hua Jin's hard work in studying, but he couldn't believe that she would give up the college entrance examination on her own initiative.
Hearing this question, Hua Jin smiled and did not answer his question: "I don't want to talk about the past anymore. Thank you for remembering me."
Zhou Dong's hand holding the cup trembled slightly: "Back then, were you...really forced to marry by your elders, so you couldn't take the exam?"
Hua Jin looked at him quietly: "Zhou Dong, these questions are no longer meaningful."
"You're right." Zhou Dong's throat was a little dry. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't ask these questions. Seeing that you are living well now, I feel relieved." He forced a smile, "I won't bother you again in the future."
After saying these words, he finally let go of his persistence for so many years: "Hua Jin, I wish you good health for the rest of your life."
The ambiguity that had sprouted, the secret love that died before it grew, finally disappeared without a trace at this moment. This feeling was born in his youth and died in his maturity. The little girl he had a crush on was thin and tough, with a pair of beautiful and vivid eyes. Her eyes were still so beautiful, but these years had already turned her into a stranger.
Let a secret love that has no chance to begin fade away secretly.
Zhou Dong put down his teacup: "I haven't finished my work yet, it's time to leave."
"I'll see you off." Hua Jin stood up and smiled at Zhou Dong, "I wish you great success."
"Thank you." This somewhat shy man smiled and showed a canine tooth. Hua Jin suddenly remembered that when she was in high school, this boy once asked her with a blushing face which university she wanted to apply to. But that day she was busy rushing back to help her uncle's family cut grass for pigs, so she didn't answer him.
"At that time, I wanted to apply to a medical university." Hua Jin said with a smile, "to be a handsome female doctor and save lives."
Zhou Dong stared at her blankly, and after a long while he also laughed: "If it were you, you would definitely do a good job."
"I think so too." Hua Jin walked Zhou Dong to the door, "Zhou Dong, goodbye."
Zhou Dong turned around and looked at her deeply: "Hua Jin, goodbye."
He knew that they would never see each other again.
Pei Yan sat in the car, looking at Hua Jin and Zhou Dong across the street, without getting out.
The assistant looked at him worriedly. Would the boss be angry? He breathed a sigh of relief until the young man walked west and Miss Hua stood there without leaving.
"You can go now." Pei Yan turned to him and said, "My girlfriend and I have something to do. I will reimburse you for the taxi fare home."
"Okay." The assistant opened the car door and left without saying anything. After walking a distance, he couldn't help but look back and saw the arrogant boss walking across the busy zebra crossing, coming to the flower embroidery master, and gently holding her hand.
Seeing this scene, he quickly retracted his gaze. It was obviously just a simple action, why did he feel it was so sweet?
"You were so unclear on the phone that I thought you were kidnapped. I didn't expect you to be drinking tea and chatting with other men." Pei Yan walked up to Hua Jin, held her hand and said, "My heart is chilled."
"Then what do you want?" Hua Jin looked up at him.
Pei Yan's ears turned red, and he lowered his head slightly: "I, I need you to kiss me, so that my heart can be warmed up."
Hua Jin looked at Pei Yan in surprise, he has made rapid progress and can even say such coquettish words.
"Why are you looking at me?" Pei Yan saw Hua Jin staring at him without moving, his ears were red as if they were about to bleed, "Kiss me quickly."
With a light laugh, Hua Jin stood on tiptoe and kissed him on the cheek: "Does your heart feel warmer?"
"It's a little warmer, but still a little cold." Pei Yan's voice was hoarse and he tilted his head, "I want this side too."
"I really can't do anything about you." Hua Jin kissed him on the other side of his face, tugged at the corner of his clothes and said, "Are you still outside?"
Pei Yan looked around and found that someone was secretly looking at them. He held Hua Jin's hand tightly and said, "They are envious of you for having such a good boyfriend like me. Come on, I'll take you to dinner."
"I think they are envious of you having such a good girlfriend like me." Hua Jin snorted with a smile, "Don't you think so?"
Pei Yan looked at her.
Hua Jin glared back: "Am I not good or pretty?"
Pei Yan: “…”
"You have a point." Although she was not gentle and considerate enough, but... she was indeed very beautiful. Her eyes seemed to have hooks, which tickled his heart every day.
Seeing Hua Jin's smug smile, Pei Yan sighed helplessly: "Let's go eat seafood for dinner, do you want to go?"
"Yes, yes, yes." Hua Jin hugged Pei Yan's arm, "How can I let such a handsome man and delicious food go to waste."
After finishing the sumptuous seafood dinner, Hua Jin touched her stomach and said worriedly, "If I continue to eat like this every day, I will definitely gain ten pounds."
"It's better to gain some weight. I think you are too thin." Pei Yan pinched her wrist. "You are not short, but you are not even 100 pounds. You need to eat more."
"I'm your girlfriend, not your pig." Hua Jin pinched back with her backhand, but ended up pinching a thin layer of muscle.
"You have muscles?" Hua Jin lifted up Pei Yan's shirt sleeve. His arm was strong but not thick. His muscles were not so many that they gave people a sense of attack, but they also did not look like a powerless boiled chicken.
This is an arm...one that makes people want to strip off all their clothes at once.
"Be more reserved, we are on the street." Pei Yan pulled down his sleeves, pulled Hua Jin into the car, turned his head and looked at her seriously, "Hua Jin, how can you pull a man's sleeve in public?"
"I didn't rip off other men, it's my own man, how can you not even take a look at his arm?" Hua Jin coughed dryly and turned to look out the window, "Forget it if you don't want to show it to me."
After a few seconds of silence in the car, an arm with rolled-up sleeves stretched out in front of her.
"What?" Hua Jin turned to look at Pei Yan and saw the slightly trembling collarbone on his throat.
"I didn't say I won't show it to you, it's just that there are too many people outside and it's not convenient." Pei Yan looked straight ahead with a serious face. If his cheeks were not red, it might have been more convincing.
Hua Jin hugged his arms and said, "Pei Yanyan, why are you so cute and so nice? I really like you more and more."
What is Pei Yanyan? What a messed up name!
Pei Yan, whose cheeks were originally just slightly red, turned red after hearing these words. He put his arms around Hua Jin who was lying on him and raised his chin: "Since you are my girlfriend, I will try my best to meet your requirements. These are all trivial matters, don't act like a spoiled child."
The warmth and softness of his arms almost made his heart beat disorderly.
"It's a boyfriend's duty to let his girlfriend act like a spoiled child." Hua Jin leaned her head on Pei Yan's shoulder, "Pei Yan, you're really nice."
Pei Yan tilted his head and could only see the top of Hua Jin's head and a small part of her face: "If I don't treat you well, who else can I treat well?"
Hua Jin chuckled and tightened her grip on Pei Yan's arm.
The driver drove the car to the alley where Hua Jin lived. After seeing the living environment clearly, he was a little surprised. The boss's girlfriend actually lived in such a place?
"Wait here for a moment. I'll take her upstairs."
"Okay, boss." The driver watched the two get off the car, holding hands and slowly walking towards the dilapidated alley, and retracted his gaze.
"Go to bed early tonight. I'll take you to pick out a dress tomorrow morning." Pei Yan sent Hua Jin downstairs. "My cousin's great-aunt's birthday party will last a whole day. I'm afraid you won't be able to go to the store tomorrow."
"I have already discussed this with Tan Yuan. However, Mr. Yang said before that he would pick me up at the store. If you are busy, you can also ask Mr. Yang to come over."
"How can it be the same? I'm your boyfriend, so it's only natural for me to pick you up." Pei Yan raised his eyebrows, "Yang Shao likes to show his courtesy to pretty girls the most, so stay away from him."
"Are you jealous of your friend?" Hua Jin looked at him with a smile.
"Who's jealous?" Pei Yan said with his neck stiff, "I'm just reminding you. Go to sleep. I'm going back."
"Hey, wait a minute." Hua Jin grabbed the hem of his shirt and shook it, looking at him with loving eyes.
"What's wrong?" Pei Yan turned around and looked at him.
"Goodnight kiss, no need?" Hua Jin blinked.
Pei Yan froze in shock, staring at Hua Jin for a second: "Yes."
Hua Jin took a step forward, stood on tiptoe and kissed him on the corner of his mouth: "Good night."
Pei Yan hugged her waist, lowered his head and kissed her lips, and said in a hoarse voice: "This is a return gift." He let go of Hua Jin's waist, "Good night, go upstairs, I'll watch here and wait for you to go upstairs."
Touching the corner of his mouth, Hua Jin turned around and walked upstairs, climbed to the fourth floor, stood on the balcony and looked down. Pei Yan was still standing there.
Although it was dark at night, Hua Jin felt that Pei Yan was looking at her.
She took out her cell phone and opened the chat box.
Fanhua: Go back and have some rest early.
Pei Yan, who was standing downstairs, waved his phone, turned around and slowly walked into the alley. Looking at his slowly leaving back, Hua Jin couldn't help laughing.
Only when Pei Yan's figure disappeared from her sight did she reach out and touch her face. The corners of her mouth were still raised, but had not yet subsided.
Pei Yan returned home, opened a relationship forum, and searched for the question "How to make your girlfriend happy when you are together?" There were many different answers, and one of the answers with the highest number of likes was, "Sorry, I don't have a girlfriend."
Pei Yan raised his eyebrows. This netizen didn’t have it, but he did.
After enduring a tiring day at work, Yang Shao was lying on his bed playing games with his friends. Halfway through the game, he suddenly received a notification on WeChat that he had been pulled into a group by Pei Yan.
Someone like Brother Pei actually took the initiative to create a group and invite people. Did he drink fake wine when he went out on a date? He didn't care about the game, he just opened WeChat and entered the group.
In addition to him and Brother Pei, there are two or three friends who grew up together in the group.
Dong Dong: Brother Pei, you saw that the Chinese Valentine's Day is coming soon, so you created a group to show your love to us?
Pei: Yeah.
Dong Dong: ...
One million is too little: …
The most handsome guy: ...
My daughter is a genius: That’s great, today is Chinese Valentine’s Day and finally someone is struggling with me about what gift to give.
Yang Shao was silent. So, why should the three of them, single guys, accept mental torture in this group?
Dong Dong: @My daughter is a genius, Brother Chen, have you ever considered our feelings when you said this?
My daughter is a genius: No.
Pei Yan went downstairs to get a glass of water, and when he came back, this small group of only five people already had hundreds of chat records. He opened the group and took a look. His cousin Shen Hong was showing off his children in the group, and Yang Shao and the other two were chatting about who would be the guests tomorrow.
It was obvious that they were talking at cross purposes, but it was hard for them to talk so much. Looking at them sending all kinds of messy emoticons, Pei Yan suddenly felt a little regretful. He shouldn't have created this group. Three bachelors and a baby-showing maniac, what good ideas could they come up with?
Hua Jin finished taking a shower and thought about attending an elder's birthday party tomorrow as Pei Yan's girlfriend, so she took out an expensive facial mask and put it on her face, then turned on her computer to watch a variety show.
In the show, a contestant said that when he was the poorest, he ate instant noodles every day in order to play a pitiful role. After seeing this, Hua Jin couldn't help but pick up her phone and clicked on Pei Yan's chat box.
Fanhua: I was watching a variety show just now, and there was a contestant who was playing the victim. He even said that he ate instant noodles when he was the poorest. This is too fake.
Pei: You’re already eating instant noodles, and you’re not poor?
Fanhua: Who would be willing to eat instant noodles that cost a few yuan a pack if they are really poor? Go to the grocery store and buy a handful of noodles, which can be eaten for several meals, and is not as expensive as a pack of instant noodles.
After this message was sent, Pei Yan took nearly a minute to reply.
Pei: How do people without money usually live?
Fanhua: Noodles with steamed buns and white rice are filling and affordable. Occasionally adding a handful of green vegetables or an egg can also supplement nutrition.
After complaining to Pei Yan about this pitiful contestant, Hua Jin threw her phone aside and continued watching the show. After a while, when she picked up her phone, she found that Pei Yan had sent her dozens of red envelopes in a row.
Flowers:?
Pei: With me, you won't live like this anymore.
Hua Jin didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She didn't expect Pei Yan to think so much. She took off the mask on her face, washed her face, and clicked on the video call. The call was quickly connected. In the video, Pei Yan was wearing a bathrobe and his hair was wet. He must have just come out of the shower. Hua Jin stole a few glances at his collarbone exposed on his chest and tried to make her expression look more serious: "Go and blow dry your hair."
"It's okay." Pei Yan stood up and covered his hair with a towel. "What were you looking at just now?"
Hua Jin moved the camera to the laptop screen: "This is it."
Pei Yan took a look and saw the contestants on the stage were crying, and the judges were also crying. He frowned and said, "What a messed up show."
"To kill time." Turning the camera back, Hua Jin's eyes unconsciously moved to Pei Yan's neck and coughed a few times: "It's so early, are you ready to go to bed?"
Pei Yan wiped his hair: "No."
"Then please chat with me for a while." Hua Jin stood up with the phone in hand, walked to the bed and sat down, "I can't sleep."
"Okay." Pei Yan threw the towel aside and fiddled with his hair. "What do you want to hear?"
"I don't know." Hua Jin sat cross-legged, "Just tell me."
Pei Yan had no experience in chatting with girls alone via video. He looked at Hua Jin in the video and didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Can you tell me when you started learning embroidery?"
"That was five or six years ago. I was attracted by the embroidery made by my master. Later, when my master saw that I was interested in embroidery, she accepted me as her apprentice and taught me various needle techniques." On a quiet night, it is easy for people to let down their guard and chat with their lovers about things that they would not tell others. "My master is Tan Yuan's mother, you should know. She always said that the traditional handicraft industry is becoming less and less valued, and she is lucky to have an apprentice like me. In fact, the one who really feels lucky is me."
"Do you like embroidery?" Pei Yan asked softly, looking at the smile on Hua Jin's face.
"I like it." Hua Jin yawned. "It's a very fulfilling thing to be able to let more people like this kind of beauty. Sometimes I feel that what I am embroidering are not flowers, but beautiful dreams."
Pei Yan listened quietly. Hua Jin talked a lot. She said how good Tan Yuan's family was to her, what she had embroidered before, and her cooperation with Mark, but she never talked about her life before learning embroidery.
Looking at Hua Jin who had fallen asleep holding her phone, Pei Yan laughed and said in a gentle voice: "Good night."
However, Hua Jin, who was already asleep, did not respond to him.
The next morning, Hua Jin was brought to the styling studio by Pei Yan. She glanced at the smiling staff in the studio and whispered to Pei Yan, "Dear Yanyan, according to the principles of idol dramas, after I change my clothes and put on my makeup, shouldn't I be stunning and make all the women feel ashamed?"
Pei Yan: “…”
"What do you usually watch?"
"The overbearing president and his little wife."
Pei Yan looked at Hua Jin thoughtfully. Was she hinting to him that she wanted to marry him and become his wife?
"What do you mean by that look?" Hua Jin covered her chest, "How frivolous."
"You'd better go change your clothes." Pei Yan couldn't bear it anymore and led her out of the dressing room. "If you keep making trouble, I will change your clothes myself. Do you believe it?"
Hua Jin took a step back silently: "I didn't expect that you are so beautiful, but your thoughts are so...evil."
Pei Yan couldn't help rubbing his forehead and said helplessly: "Go in and change into a dress."
"Wait." Hua Jin hugged Pei Yan's arm again with a smile, "Although I like to amaze everyone, but spending your money like this will make others think that I am with you for money, which is not good. Obviously, I am with you for your looks..." She glanced at Pei Yan's livid face, "and your love, so I am with you."
"Since you love me, you should understand what it means to love someone and love his dog." Pei Yan pushed Hua Jin into the locker room and said lazily, "Money is a part of my life. If you don't even like to spend my money, how can you say you love me?"
Hua Jin: “…”
This... seems to make some sense?
But it seemed like something was not right.
The author has something to say: Pei Yan’s new idea of loving the house and the dog: If you love me, you must love my money. This is called loving the house and the dog.
Hua Jin: The person I love is like a ray of light.
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