Chapter 292 Are you stupid? Aren’t you cold?
Deng Xiwen walked in with a smile and said, "I hope I didn't disturb you by coming here uninvited."
"No, no, I'm usually alone at home. A few days ago, I told Lianxing that I would invite you and Mr. Gu to visit my home when I have time." Shen Jingjing responded enthusiastically.
This was Deng Xiwen's first time to visit the Shen family. This house was booked before it was put on the market. The location was better than theirs and the area was larger.
She casually looked around and couldn't help but praise it: "This house is really nice. No wonder Lianxing also thinks this house is better than ours."
Shen Jingjing smiled, invited the other party to sit in the living room, and personally made a pot of scented tea.
"I brought this tea from Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Please try it."
Deng Xiwen reached out to take the teacup handed over by Shen Jingjing, and then smiled slightly: "Don't be so polite, I see that we are the same age, you can just call me Xiwen."
"Lianxing came back from here a few days ago and told me to come and talk to you when I'm free and take you out for a walk. We live next door to each other, and Lianxing and Aci are good friends, so we should visit each other more often."
Shen Jingjing nodded gently, her eyes unconsciously attracted by Deng Xiwen's natural and noble temperament.
But her dignity was very peaceful and did not make people feel distant. Just as her daughter said, Mrs. Gu had a very good personality and did not make her feel pressured even when they met for the first time.
The two chatted for a while. Deng Xiwen glanced at the time and looked at Shen Jingjing to invite her: "Let's go out for a walk later. It just so happens that I have an appointment with some of my salesmen to check out the new styles of the brand. You can also take a look and see if there is anything you like. The weather is getting warmer soon, and it's time to buy yourself some new clothes. Let's go for afternoon tea in the afternoon. It's very pleasant to have afternoon tea in this weather, much more comfortable than staying at home."
Shen Jingjing naturally would not refuse. The other party was the first friend she met since coming to Longcheng, and the other party invited her so proactively and warmly, so of course she had to go.
"Okay, then I'll go upstairs and change my clothes and clean up."
Back upstairs, Shen Jingjing opened her closet, which contained new clothes her daughter had bought for her. However, she had rarely had the chance to wear them, and many of them didn't even have the tags removed.
Although her knowledge of brands is not very good, she is very talented in personal aesthetics.
So when she changed into carefully selected clothes, matched her own makeup, accessories and bags and walked down from upstairs again, Deng Xiwen was instantly stunned by Shen Jingjing in front of her.
This was completely different from the Shen Jingjing who had just been sitting here drinking tea with her.
"Jingjing, you're so beautiful!"
Deng Xiwen praised sincerely.
Shen Jingjing smiled a little embarrassedly: "I haven't made myself so formal for a long time, and I still feel a little awkward."
"Looking at it this way, Ah Ci really does look like you. No wonder I thought she was so beautiful the first time I saw her. Now I know the reason is you."
As he spoke, he stepped forward and enthusiastically took her hand: "Let's go, I've asked the driver to wait outside."
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At five o'clock in the afternoon, Shen Xing was the first to finish the paper of the last subject. After checking it again to confirm that everything was correct, he was the first to hand in the paper early.
Jiang Ran looked up in surprise as she saw him handing in the paper and leaving the classroom with his schoolbag on his back, and frowned slightly.
After hesitating for a moment, he stood up and handed in the test paper.
"Shen Xing!"
At the stairs, Shen Xing was about to go downstairs when he heard Jiang Ran's voice calling him.
Looking back, Jiang Ran came jogging up to him and asked, "Why did you hand in the paper half an hour early?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Xing asked back, "Didn't you also hand in your paper early?"
"I thought something was wrong with you, so I wanted to come out and see what you were up to."
"Something's wrong with me?" Shen Xing blinked innocently. "What could be wrong with me? Just answer and check and hand in the paper. You're just sitting there in a daze."
Jiang Ran looked at him suspiciously: "Why did Shi Jingming look for you this morning?"
She knew Shi Jingming very well. He was a very unreliable person and she could never be sure what he would do to Shen Xing.
Shen Xing didn't hide anything and said honestly, "He said he wanted to take me to play billiards."
"Play pool?"
"Um."
"That's it?"
"Or else?"
Jiang Ran remained silent, but her eyes were fixed on Shen Xing.
Finally, seeing that Shen Xing was not lying, he nodded and said, "Okay, I thought there was some progress in the bicycle incident. Remember to tell me if you have any news. At least I will go to the police with you."
"I know."
Jiang Ran quickly added, "Also, Shi Jingming is not a bad person, but sometimes he is really unreliable and has a lot of tricks up his sleeve. Don't listen to him on everything."
Shen Xing was slightly stunned. He didn't feel anything about this. On the contrary, during the days he knew Shi Jingming, he felt that some things made him feel particularly at ease because of his presence.
It’s quite reliable!
But Jiang Ran definitely knew Shi Jingming better than himself, and Shen Xing did not refute this.
"Then do you want to play billiard with us?" Shen Xing invited casually.
Jiang Ran shook her head: "I won't go to play billiards, just keep it a secret from me."
Shen Xing didn't force it, as girls really wouldn't be too interested in places like billiard halls.
The two walked together to the school gate before separating. Jiang Ran went to the bus stop to take the bus, while Shen Xing waited for Shi Jingming to come out on the side of the road.
It was not until the bell rang at 5:30 and a large number of No. 2 Middle School students poured out of the teaching building that Shen Xing saw Shi Jingming in the crowd.
"Why are you outside? Did you hand in your paper early?"
Shi Jingming walked up to Shen Xing and looked at him with some surprise and asked.
Shen Xing nodded, and Shi Jingming said speechlessly, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I handed in my paper early. How long have you been waiting? Are you stupid? Standing outside waiting, aren't you cold?"
"Why are you so nagging? You know I'm cold, why don't you just leave?" Shen Xing said helplessly.
Shi Jingming looked at his little ears that were a little red from the cold, and suddenly stretched out his finger and flicked his earlobe.
"ah!"
Shen Xing cried out in pain, and the sound was surprisingly crisp and soft.
"What are you doing!" Shen Xing looked at Shi Jingming unhappily and rubbed his ear gently with his hand: "It hurts."
"Let me see if your ears are frozen off. They're not frozen hard, but your mouth is quite hard!"
As he said that, he put his arm around Shen Xing's shoulders and said, "Let's go. I'll treat you today and teach you how to play billiards!"
The two rode their bicycles to a billiard hall on the roadside not far from the school. This was not the first time Shen Xing had been to a billiard hall. When he went to the Internet cafe to play games in Shenzhen and Hong Kong before, the Internet cafe he often went to also had several billiard tables.
It was just his first time to come to a billiard hall like this one that was specifically designed for playing billiards.
As soon as the door opened, before he could even walk in, he was choked by the smell of smoke and started coughing violently.
(End of this chapter)
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