Chapter 43 The First Incense
Mu Jia looked at him blankly.
As if to confirm whether he was joking or serious.
Xie Siyan opened the central locking system without saying anything.
Mu Jia looked around, confirmed that there was no one he knew, unbuckled his seat belt quickly, and got out of the car.
——
During dinner in the evening, Mu Zhisheng vaguely mentioned Lin Nuo again, and Mu Jia said directly, "He went home."
Chen Lifang: "Xiao Jia, so you sent him to the station this afternoon?"
"Um."
Mu Zhisheng: "This kid, he didn't even bother to tell us to go together..."
Mu Jia held the chopsticks and buried his head in the bowl, "Let's eat."
She didn't want to say more.
In the evening, after taking a shower, Song Mingxi sent her a video invitation.
Mu Jia hesitated for a moment and pressed the answer button.
Song Mingxi's cheerful voice echoed from the bedroom, "Hello, sister, how was your Spring Festival? It's a lot more comfortable at home than in Beijing, right?"
Mu Jia bit her lip and said, "Lin Nuo and I broke up."
Song Mingxi widened his eyes in shock.
The two were silent for a while before Song Mingxi came out of his shock.
"What happened in the past few days?"
Mu Jia didn't even know where to start.
She was silent for a long time, then remembered that the video was saved on her phone. She directly found Song Mingxi's WeChat account and forwarded it to her.
Song Mingxi was shocked after reading it.
“I really can’t tell…”
Knowing that she was upset, Song Mingxi didn't comment much, "What about your parents..."
“They don’t know yet.”
Mu Jia frowned and let out a breath: "I plan to tell them about this matter after returning to Beijing..."
When it comes to such an important matter as marriage, most parents are too concerned and confused, like a ball of thread that cannot be sorted out.
I don’t know what will happen if I say this at this juncture.
Song Mingxi: "Alright."
"When will you be back?"
Mu Jia: "Probably after the fifth day of the New Year."
After a good night's sleep, Mu Jia had a long dream.
In the dream, Lin Nuo said sarcastically, "If I had known you would break up with me, I might as well have agreed to Zhou Xu's conditions."
Mu Jia covered his ears.
"Stop talking about this."
Lin Nuo looked down at him, "What's wrong with reality? How much do you like me? Isn't it just a comprehensive consideration of various conditions? If you can choose, how could you not choose him..."
Mu Jia shook his head.
She suddenly woke up from her bed. It was three in the morning and snow was falling outside. Mu Jia put on her slippers, got out of bed and went to the bathroom.
When I got back to bed, I couldn't sleep.
[If you could choose, how could you not choose him...]
This dream seemed to express Lin Nuo's inner thoughts through her mouth.
She was a girl from a small town, thousands of miles away from Beijing, and grew up in a completely different environment from him...
The gap between them was so huge that she didn't even dare to hope.
This relationship can only be defined as a simple sexual relationship.
But she also knew that if she indulged herself in this, she would probably become deeply trapped and unable to extricate herself.
——
Mu Jia slept in the next day.
It was already past ten o'clock when I got up.
There were two missed calls on her phone, one from Xie Siyan. She bit her lip and called back.
Shen Yun’s voice rang out, “Are you up?”
"Um."
"Come out? I'll take you somewhere."
Mu Jia hummed, and said truthfully, "But I guess I won't be able to go out until the afternoon."
Downstairs, Chen Lifang was already preparing lunch.
The Mu family has always had strict family education. Now that Lin Nuo is no longer there as a cover, Chen Lifang will not let her go out without eating.
After Mu Jia hung up the phone, he sat on the sofa for a while.
There was a sudden knock on the door.
"Knock, knock, knock."
Their house was originally a single-family house on the first floor with a small courtyard.
Chen Lifang poked her head out of the kitchen. "Who's outside? Jiajia, go check."
Mu Jia put on her slippers and walked into the yard. When she reached the door, she looked at the person who came in in shock.
"Why are you here?" She lowered her voice and pulled Xie Siyan aside. The man was probably pleased by her action. He was 1.85 meters tall and dressed in a suit and looked down at her. "Because I can't wait, I'm afraid you will change your mind."
Mu Jia's cheeks heated up.
"Jia Jia, who is it?"
Chen Lifang walked out of the kitchen, wiping her hands.
Mu Jia could only turn around and lie, "My...colleague on the project, Party A."
Chen Lifang looked at the tall figure and was stunned for a moment. She suddenly felt that young people nowadays are really good-looking.
This guy today looks a little taller than Lin Nuo.
Perhaps because of his clothes, he looked particularly noble and dignified, and did not look like someone from their class at first glance.
Mu Jia could only awkwardly introduce, "This is my mother."
Then he turned back to Xie Siyan and said, "This is... Mr. Xie from China Construction."
Chen Lifang nodded politely at the other party.
"Then I'll be leaving first. We still have some work to hand over."
After Mu Jia finished speaking, she signaled Xie Siyan to leave quickly. Fortunately, he had no intention of making things difficult for her and followed her away.
The two got into the car, and Chen Lifang stopped at the gate of the family compound to look around.
"Lifang, is that Jiajia's boyfriend? He's very handsome and his car is very expensive." The neighbor poked her head out.
Chen Lifang shook her head. "No. It's her colleague."
"I see."
The other party stopped talking.
——
As soon as the car door was locked, Xie Siyan leaned over and looked down at her condescendingly: "I am your Party A?"
Mu Jia looked straight at him, "Isn't it."
"It counts."
Her mother was still watching from behind. After Xie Siyan fastened her seat belt, he finally let her go.
The car sped towards the main road.
Mu Jia clutched the seat belt tightly.
The streets were empty and quiet in the afternoon, with festive lights and red lanterns dotted around the roads.
She was not in the mood to appreciate it yesterday, but after a good sleep she felt much better.
"Where are we going now?"
"Take you to a place."
Mu Jia didn't expect that the other party took him to a temple on the mountain.
The Hanging Temple was a royal temple in ancient times.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it underwent systematic repair and maintenance, and after 1989, it no longer accepted ordinary tourists.
Every year, the first stick of incense at the Hanging Temple is offered by local prominent families to pray for good weather and good harvests in the new year. It has also been on the hot search list several times, and Mu Jia knows about it.
The car slowly drove along the winding mountain road and finally stopped in front of this magnificent temple.
Xie Siyan has always been thoughtful in his work and had cleared the area before coming.
Mu Jia looked at him in confusion.
"I'll bring you here to light the first incense stick." Xie Siyan said, holding her hand, and the two of them walked through the temple gate.
There are towering ancient cypresses in the temple with winding branches.
The air is filled with the aroma of aged incense, mixed with the unique coolness of the mountains, making people hold their breath for no reason.
A gray-robed monk stood quietly in front of the hall, his hands clasped together and his brows lowered.
It seemed as if he had been waiting for a long time.
Xie Siyan took out a gold-embossed business card from his bosom and handed it over. The monk nodded slightly and led them inside.
"Two donors, please follow me."
Mu Jia hesitantly followed Xie Siyan's pace.
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