Chapter 113: Wrapping Her Arms Around His Waist
The afterglow of the setting sun shone in obliquely, immersing the entire space in a sea of orange.
Exposed to the wind and sun, the two hydrangeas had wilted a little, and the flower heads drooped limply, but the girl held them tightly in her arms, like they were priceless treasures.
She moved closer and closer like a little animal until she was standing one step in front of him, then she stopped and looked up at his face.
Those eyes were clean and happy.
Xu Jiqing felt a mixture of emotions and looked away in embarrassment.
What do you want to see him for?
The hug on the stage, the bouquet of lush and brilliant flowers, the T-shirts of Su Xiaojuan and Liang Zhuoqian’s father on the small screen, and even the smell of gasoline as the Rolls-Royces and Bentleys left the parking lot just now, are still lingering in my mind.
It was like a tangled and unwilling rope that strangled him so much that he couldn't even breathe.
When she smiled at Liang Zhuoqian, he felt a pain in his heart.
When someone comes to find him, he hopes that she can go back and marry him to a suitable family, so that he can be his princess.
But in the end, I couldn't say a word.
He is selfish and he is reluctant to do so.
Su Xia noticed that he was a little upset and asked cautiously, "Did the game go well?"
"Yeah." His voice was very faint, as if it came from far away.
Su Xia pursed her lips.
Her heart skipped a beat, and she offered clumsily, "Are the questions harder this year? If you find them difficult, then no one else can do them. They just didn't tell you."
"Anyway, it's the rankings, not the scores. Don't underestimate yourself. You're so talented, there's definitely no problem..."
After holding hands, she looked at Xu Jiqing's beautiful fingers hanging by her side, and she couldn't suppress her itch.
In the past, comfort was just lip service.
Now Su Xia is getting more and more aggressive and wants to pull the other person's sleeve and shake it like coaxing a child.
But before their fingertips touched, they heard the distant voice of the security guard scolding, "Boys and girls over there! Which class are you from? You're not paying attention in class, but hugging and having a premature love affair here!"
"Come here and take your name!"
Seeing the middle-aged man running towards them with a loudspeaker, Su Xia was startled and turned around to pull him, "Hurry up!"
The girl wore a pair of ballet flats today.
The lambskin sole was light and soft, and she landed silently on the ground. She ran with the flowers in her arms and the hem of her skirt in her hand, like Alice falling into the rabbit hole.
In the early autumn evening, flickering light and shadows danced on her face.
She dragged him into the emergency passage and came out from the other end.
This distance was not enough for him to breathe.
But the little hand holding his wrist was warm, with slightly damp sweat on the palm. Xu Jiqing's heart was beating fast, and he felt a little depressed and self-destructive.
For a moment, he even thought.
It's not bad to just fall down the rabbit hole.
There is no Liang Zhuoqian, no past, present and tomorrow.
Just the two of them.
Having been the sports committee member for so long, Su Xia was very familiar with the terrain of the gymnasium. She took him around in circles and hid in the equipment room.
The iron door creaked shut, blocking out the light and sound from outside.
It was very dark here, with only a narrow window high up letting in a bit of sunset light. The leather of the ball smelled slightly damp, and dust floated slowly in the beam of light.
"Don't worry, we'll be out soon. No one will come here at this time."
Su Xia whispered, releasing his wrist.
The equipment room was so quiet that only the breathing of the two people could be heard. The shadows cast a shadow, making the whole space seem even more cramped.
Xu Jiqing didn't say anything the whole time.
Su Xia pursed her lips, stole a glance at his expression, and subconsciously felt that what she had just said was wrong.
"I don't mean anything else, I really think you're okay..."
She hated herself for being so tongue-tied.
If you can't solve the problem, solve yourself who created it first. "I'll go see if the security guard has left."
The boy who had been silent for a long time finally spoke, "The boy who gave you flowers on the stage."
In the dim dusk, the light brown eyes seemed particularly calm, yet they seemed to be covered with a layer of mist, making it difficult to see clearly.
His eyes fell on the flowers in her arms, his Adam's apple rolled slightly, and finally he just whispered, "Are you familiar with each other?"
Su Xia was stunned.
Being misunderstood by anyone is not as embarrassing as being misunderstood by Xu Jiqing.
Her ears turned red, and she didn't know where to start. "It's not familiar at all."
"We just met two weeks ago. His family and my mom have a business partnership, so his father brought him here for two weeks as an exchange. He didn't come specifically to see me, but just to familiarize himself with the mainland environment and get to know me..."
Xu Jiqing looked at her stuttering, and his heart seemed to be gripped by an invisible hand.
"good."
He interrupted her with his thin lips tightened.
...How come it’s fine? What’s good about it?
Su Xia couldn't keep up with his train of thought.
The next moment, he lowered his eyes to look at her, as if he could no longer suppress something, "After knowing each other, are you happy?"
Human memory is a truly amazing thing.
When she tried hard to think of something, her mind went blank. Suddenly, she encountered a similar scene. Many scattered small beads were strung together in an instant and swayed in front of her eyes.
In his previous life, when the cruise ship was looking for male models, Xu Jiqing seemed to have the same tense expression.
What was his first sentence at that time?
"Did you have fun?"
Coincidences come unexpectedly.
Su Xia was stunned. An inappropriate feeling of softness and embarrassment overwhelmed her, making her cheeks hot.
She had no evidence, but she couldn't help but think narcissistically:
...Is he jealous of her?
Could someone as cold and hard as Xu Jiqing actually get jealous?
Su Xia coaxed herself into first place, and all the confusion and grievance she had just felt disappeared in an instant.
She tilted her head and thought about it.
She used the same recklessness as when she took the exam when she knew nothing and just wrote down a few words she knew. She looked up at his eyes and answered the questions randomly.
"Xu Jiqing, do you want me to hug you too?"
The girl's voice was soft and a little shy, and her cheeks were as pink as rosebuds.
Without waiting for his reaction.
Su Xia had already put her arms around his waist.
This was a completely different hug from the one on stage.
Liang Zhuoqian's move was purely a matter of etiquette, and they barely even touched shoulders. Xu Jiqing's move didn't keep any distance at all, and even his cheek touched the boy's chest.
It’s so hot. Are her ears too hot?
The girl's body temperature could be felt through her thin red skirt, soft and fragrant.
Xu Jiqing's whole body froze, his heart beating so fast that it almost burst through his chest. It felt heavy and painful, as if something was struggling frantically under his ribs.
His hands hanging by his side trembled slightly, and in the end he did not hug her back.
"...Liang Zhuoqian can do it," Xu Jiqing said in a low voice, as if he was suppressing something, "so anyone can do it?"
Even him, is it okay?
He didn't ask this question out loud, but it kept coming back to him in his heart.
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