Chapter 76 Night Wind
Xu Jiqing had no expression.
"...I haven't asked any questions yet!" Su Xia blinked slowly, her almond-shaped eyes wide open.
"You haven't been in school at night recently. Is it to pick up Xu Jiaojiao?"
Xu Jiqing looked at her and nodded calmly.
Su Xia asked again, "So...how have you been this month?"
"Did your father tell you anything? Does he live with you? Is Jiaojiao scared?"
"It's okay, nothing."
"I'm not afraid of not living together."
Perhaps in order to get rid of her quickly, Xu Jiqing suddenly became very frank and answered all the questions patiently.
His eyes were calm, and he didn't seem to be telling a lie to her.
Su Xia's uneasy heart relaxed a little.
Xu Jiqing asked again, somewhat helplessly, "Anything else?"
In fact, there are many more.
But those questions were too cruel, and he wouldn't answer them even if she asked them.
Su Xia hated her own poor speaking skills. Worried that he would take another step back, she took a step forward and grabbed his cold wrist, "You...you are not allowed to speak."
She thought and thought.
After racking her brains to come up with a reason to keep him, she said dryly, "It's so late. I haven't even eaten yet because I came to see you."
"Really," she said.
Xu Jiqing stopped talking.
After a long while, he said, "Let go."
Su Xia looked at him, confused and aggrieved.
He looked away, not wanting to look into the girl's watery eyes. "Come up, I'll take you to dinner."
"Oh." Su Xia then realized how long she had been holding the other person's wrist, and quickly let go of her hand.
Xu Jiqing's bicycle has been modified.
The iron splint on the back seat is tied with a thick cushion that does not hurt the skin. There is a small pedal on the wheel axle, and there is a stainless steel welded T-shaped armrest behind the seat.
The position was perfect for the child to hold onto, but she had grown up and her hands were stuck right in front of her belly, making it awkward to place them.
It was the first time in Su Xia's life that she rode a bicycle. Her hair and body were flying all over the place, and she was about to fall down when she passed an uneven road.
After walking up a small slope, Su Xia couldn't hold on any longer. "Xu Jiqing, I can't hold on anymore. I'm going to fall."
The boy stood straight, not turning back, and said, "No."
The car was about to rush down.
Su Xia was so scared that she just quietly pulled the hem of his T-shirt at first. When the front wheel of the car began to slide down, she fell forward, hugged his waist tightly in panic, and pressed her upper body forward uncontrollably.
Xu Jiqing was very thin, but the muscles on her waist, abdomen and back were strong and powerful. The sudden tension burned her so much that her palms shrank.
She must have blushed.
My ears and neck are hot, and the red may have already spread to my chest.
Su Xia was so embarrassed.
But the cool night breeze blew past his ears, and the magnolia flowers on the street were in full bloom, but Xu Jiqing never said "let go" again.
The smell of laundry soap on the boy wafted in the wind.
Su Xia listened to her own heartbeat, and it took her a long time to put her hand back.
She was thinking vaguely that when 27-year-old Xu Jiqing and she were sitting in the back seat of a Rolls-Royce, there was no cold wind, no exhaust fumes, and no rusty spokes that made a sound from time to time. Everything was noble and decent, and the distance between them seemed like the Milky Way.
But they are so close now.
If she had hugged Xu Jiqing like she does now, would he be angry?
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She thought about this and that all the way.
When the South City Night Market was no longer visible in his sight, Xu Jiqing asked her, "What do you want to eat?"
There is a vocational high school nearby, which is similar to the entrance of Jiangda University. It is very lively at night.
Su Xia looked around and only looked at the price list with the largest words. After carefully weighing the options, she said, "Wontons, I'll have them. I haven't had them in a while."
A bowl of wontons at a food stall costs seven or eight yuan.
It’s not expensive, but not the cheapest either. It comes with soup and you can sit down and eat it, so it’s not too embarrassing.
Xu Jiqing doesn't have much money now, so she consciously helps him save money.
Xu Jiqing nodded, but did not stop at the place she was aiming at.
The bicycle continued along the road, and after turning a few corners in an old residential area, it found a wonton shop among a group of hardware stores and car washes.
It's a brand chain store, not big but quite bright.
Xu Jiqing parked the car and locked it neatly.
"What filling?" he asked.
Su Xia, carrying her schoolbag, looked like a child being picked up from school. She looked up at him and said, "I can do anything...anything."
Xu Jiqing didn't ask any more questions. He went in, found a place for her to sit, and went to order first.
The shops that sell dumplings and wontons serve food quickly.
The two sat opposite each other with a small square table between them. Su Xia was wearing the uniform of a key high school, a school bag with a brand name logo on it, and spotless pink and white sneakers. As for Xu Jiqing, who was sitting opposite her, her face was still pretty, but she was poor from head to toe. She didn't seem like she was from the same world as the girl opposite.
A bowl of Family Wontons costs twenty-five yuan, the most expensive item on the menu, and the boys pay first.
The proprietress brought over the hot bowl of soup and looked at Su Xia several more times.
The worry in her eyes could not be hidden, she was afraid that she was some naive young lady who had been deceived by a pretty boy.
Su Xia didn't think too much about it and just smiled at the proprietress.
Having been spoiled by the excellent cooking skills of the aunt at home, Su Xia doesn’t think the wontons sold in street shops are that delicious. The soup base contains powder packets and tastes like instant noodle seasoning.
Su Xia wasn't that hungry, so she lost her appetite after taking two bites, and her eating became more and more elegant.
"Isn't it tasty?" Xu Jiqing asked her.
Su Xia shook her head. "It's delicious. I just want to add some chili..."
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw it.
There were many empty small tables in the store, but only the one they were sitting at had chili oil.
Did Xu Jiqing check for her in advance before she found a seat?
Su Xia couldn't help but think secretly, scooping chili powder into the bowl while pursing her lips and smiling.
I don’t know if it’s because the chili in the store is really fragrant, or if it’s just a psychological effect, but the wontons in the bowl are still the same, but they have become more delicious.
There's still some left at the bottom of the bowl.
Xu Jiqing closed the notebook and put it back into his schoolbag. He didn't know who he was messaging on his phone, but he kept pressing the buttons with his fingers for a long time.
Su Xia wiped her mouth and followed him out of the store.
He dropped her off at the nearest subway station.
On a breezy spring night, the sycamore trees sprout new buds, and the air is filled with the gentle scent of grass and trees.
Xu Jiqing held the handlebars and waited for her to get off and stand firmly.
The streetlights were dim, and the scar on the boy's forearm was hideous, but his arms were strong and slender, and he looked very reliable.
Su Xia turned her head to look at him, but couldn't help asking, "Will you answer my calls in the future?"
"Where does your family live now?"
"Don't worry, I...I'm just worried that I won't be able to find you at school in the future, so I won't cause you any trouble."
Xu Jiqing fell silent.
He looked away and spoke after a long while, "You come to me and cause me trouble."
"Su Xia," he said in a faint voice, "don't come near me again."
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