Chapter 29 "You like me."
As dinner time approached, more and more people came into the restaurant.
The heavy glass door next to it was pushed open, and a group of young boys and girls who had just finished tutoring walked in laughing and joking, their youthful clothes fluttering.
The song on the radio in the store changed, and the volume was a little louder than before. It was the song "Little Lucky" which was very popular that year.
The female singer sang, "I hear the bell ringing in the distance."
And sang, "But I didn't hear your voice, calling my name seriously."
The lyrics rushed past my ears.
It seemed that the only thing Su Xia could feel in her body was her hand.
She fed Xu Jiaojiao most of the French fries. There was some ketchup on her fingertips, but now it was gone, leaving only a little cool and wet feeling, as if Xu Jiqing's thin red lips and tongue were still rubbing against them.
After their marriage in their previous life, Xu Jiqing still treated her coldly, but he loved to control her.
The first year Su Xia had New Year's Eve dinner with her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, she was still a little reserved. She first poured tea for Lin Yuezhen, and seeing Xu Jiaojiao sitting there shyly without saying a word, she picked up some braised pork for her with her chopsticks.
She had no feelings for her new husband, but the feeling of being the eldest sister-in-law made her feel fresh. She wanted to serve the little girl another bowl of soup, but Xu Jiqing interrupted her with a sullen face, took the bowl and replaced her.
How much do I dislike her that I feel annoyed when I see her taking care of the family?
The plate of braised pork was placed at the end, but Xu Jiqing didn't even touch his chopsticks, and his displeasure was obvious.
Su Xia was so scared that she couldn't figure out why, but she just remembered it in her heart and never did such intimate actions as feeding again.
Ten years is enough to reshape a person, but Su Xia was still shocked.
Seventeen-year-old Xu Jiqing actually... was willing to eat from her hand.
Their table seated four people. Xu Jiqing, with his bag slung over one shoulder, sat down casually next to Xu Jiaojiao.
The other person's expression was so frank that Su Xia felt uncomfortable for a while, but then she stopped thinking about it.
After her brother returned to his seat, Xu Jiaojiao changed from the excitement of climbing up and down just now. Her little arms were placed flat on the table neatly, and she even ate the French fries as if she was answering the teacher's questions obediently.
Xu Jiqing glanced at her and made a quick gesture.
Xu Jiaojiao swallowed the fries in her mouth and answered him first, "It's not my pocket money, it was bought by Sister Xia Xia."
Then she added in a very low voice, "Sister doesn't know sign language. It's not nice for you to whisper to me like this."
Xu Jiqing raised his eyebrows slightly, but looked in Su Xia's direction, as if asking a silent question.
Su Xia quickly shook her head, "Whatever you want, I'm fine with it."
Children have a global vision, while adults only listen to what they want to hear, showing blatant double standards.
Two new pink banknotes were suddenly pushed in front of him, and Xu Jiqing didn't know when he took them out.
Su Xia was startled and didn't care about what she was saying. She quickly moved the money back and said, "...I just wanted her to have some snacks with me. You don't have to give me so much."
Afraid that he might have some change, she stared at him, took the money, and quickly changed the subject, "Does your sister know sign language?"
Xu Jiqing simply replied, "I've only been learning for two years, and I'm not very good at playing. I use it for emergencies."
He didn't hide it anymore.
Looking at Xu Jiaojiao's silly and happy look, Su Xia almost knew everything about her.
Su Xia nodded, and couldn't help but let her thoughts wander. She wondered how a normal person like Xu Jiqing could know whether Xu Jiaojiao was good at sign language.
As soon as the question was asked, he answered it in seconds. Judging from his proficiency just now, it is hard to say who Xu Jiaojiao learned sign language from.
She has a pair of eyes that never lie, they are watery and never hide wherever she looks.
Xu Jiqing was stared at by her for a while, without changing his expression, and took his hand away.
"Um," Su Xia said, as if reminded, and asked what she had been holding back since Friday, "They said a lot of bad things about you in the class group, did you know that?"
Xu Jiqing looked at her and said, "I know."
The aftereffects of feeding her fries hadn't worn off yet. Su Xia felt a little uncomfortable being stared at. She clenched her hands and said, "Don't worry, I've already told Teacher Ding that the school won't let Li Rui and his friends make up such awful lies. We've also deleted all the rumor posts on Little Tree Hole."
"I've also had my work submitted to them. At first, some people would mention it, but after a few days, no one would remember it anymore."
The girl's voice was soft and gentle, and her tone became softer as she spoke, almost the same as when she was coaxing Xu Jiaojiao to play.
As if he was some bullied elementary school student who needed her protection.
Xu Jiqing felt it was absurd, but the tingling sensation in his chest was spreading to his limbs like ants, just like it had done countless times before.
He couldn't stand it anymore and instinctively wanted to say something to stop her.
It doesn't have to be any harsh words.
Telling the truth to a pampered girl like Su Xia might scare her away.
He was silent for two seconds, staring at her clear eyes in a self-torturing manner, and said, "I'm not spreading rumors. I drew many of them myself."
"If you don't believe me, I can show you again."
"……oh."
Su Xia was stunned for a moment, but did not ask any further questions, nor did she show any fear or disgust as he expected.
She seemed to accept it naturally.
She simply took out her phone and scanned the order code on the table, scrolling to the top of the ordering interface. Without much hesitation, she circled the two most expensive sets among the new products being promoted, and tilted her head slightly to look at him. "Are you hungry?"
Before Xu Jiqing could answer, she blinked her eyelashes again, frowning slightly, "I, I'm a little hungry. I want to eat both the beef burger and the fried chicken. I also want the stickers that came with the meal, but I can't finish a whole portion."
Just like the first day of her transfer, Su Xia carefully grasped the sleeve of his school uniform with her fingers and gently tugged. "Jiaojiao is already full. It's not good to waste it. How about you help me?"
How to coax Xu Jiqing when he was a child?
Su Xia couldn't even coax Xu Jiqing into submission after he grew up, which made her very worried.
But at the age of seventeen or eighteen, she was still a child, so she was not that afraid of him.
Which child doesn't like KFC, she thought quietly.
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There are many people placing orders during the evening rush hour.
After the order was submitted, the waiting time was much longer than the previous round.
Xu Jiaojiao was assigned a new homework. She was biting the end of her pencil and trying hard to count how many giraffes and piglets there were in the picture.
Su Xia held her face and pretended to be busy replying to messages on her phone, glancing across at the opposite side every once in a while.
Perhaps annoyed by her staring, Xu Jiqing glanced at the order number on the distant screen and placed his index finger on the small chat room notebook she and Xu Jiaojiao shared. "Can I see it?"
Su Xia nodded quickly and said casually, "Just look at it."
Xu Jiqing flipped the pages very slowly, holding the pages printed with pink strawberries between his slender fingers, and read them one by one backwards.
The rules of the French fry picking game with pinyin and a very sloppy simple drawing next to it.
Little flowers, little kittens.
There are also two stick figures, one big and one small, holding hands.
The one with a mushroom head and a red face is Xu Jiaojiao, and the one with long hair and a big grin is Su Xia.
Xu Jiqing's gaze lingered on this page for a moment longer, his thin lips tensed and twitched imperceptibly, "..."
In just a moment, Su Xia still saw it.
Her sense of shame was slowly revived, she bit her lip, and wanted to say something to save face, but Xu Jiqing scrolled on again.
It's the page that discusses the random giveaway of a night light.
Quite decent.
Just ignore the bad things she said about Xu Jiqing in secret.
The other party's attention was obviously not here. He quickly scanned the context and met Su Xia's sparkling eyes. "Did you draw Snow White for Xu Jiaojiao?"
Su Xia nodded and said, "I'm lucky."
The girl raised her chin, and if you looked closely, you could see that her eyes looked a little weak.
Xu Jiqing immediately understood and looked at her white schoolbag placed on the empty stool beside her. Sure enough, it was bulging, with small corners bulging out from the square paper box.
Oh, good luck means to carry the box.
After two lifetimes, Su Xia was very familiar with this look in his eyes.
She turned her head away guiltily, no longer looking at him, and pursed her lips in defense, "I like Xu Jiaojiao. She's smart and cute."
Lip reading is so difficult that first graders can’t master it, but they can recognize their own names.
Xu Jiaojiao was distracted for a long time. As soon as Su Xia finished speaking, she looked up excitedly and came over, "You are talking about me!"
"What are you saying about me?"
Xu Jiqing used his legs to steady the stool Xu Jiaojiao was sitting on, pushed the little girl's shoulders back, and relayed the instructions to her using gestures.
He was wearing a heavy school uniform, with a straight torso and a cool and handsome face. Suddenly, he started to use long paragraphs of sign language, which was very impactful.
Several girls of the same age at the next table were looking over here, lowering their heads and whispering about something, but the brother and sister didn't care, as if they were used to it.
Su Xia couldn't understand what he translated, but she could see that Xu Jiaojiao's face was getting redder and redder.
Xu Jiaojiao didn't say anything this time. She looked at Su Xia shyly, then repeated the previous gesture to Xu Jiqing, her face beaming.
Xu Jiqing nodded.
Xu Jiaojiao covered her mouth and screamed happily, wiggling her little butt.
The child was slow, but after practicing several times, Su Xia learned it even though he had a bad memory.
What are you talking about?
Her curiosity was about to explode.
Su Xia poked Xu Jiqing and said, "I'm asking you."
She felt like she was peeping for some reason and was a little embarrassed. She pointed at him first, then bent her thumb and index finger, tapped her chin, and finally pointed at herself.
"What does this mean?"
Her face was a little hot, her petal-like lips were slightly open, and her eyes were shy and gentle.
In fact, Su Xia got the order wrong.
But Xu Jiqing didn't know what he was thinking. Just looking at her face, a subtle evil taste arose in his heart, and he didn't want to correct it.
His light brown eyes were as calm as a deep pool, and his expression remained unchanged.
"You like me."
"You mean you like me."
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