The moonlight was as bright as water, with a hint of chill, but Ye Nanning felt her heart burning, almost beating to the point of burning her throat, and she couldn't speak clearly: "Boss Du, when did you put it on?"
"The day you gave it to me." Du Xiran recalled.
That day she got drunk in the bar with Zhang Mishuang, but she vaguely discovered her own feelings. When Ye Nanning sent her home and said he wanted to kiss her, her heart accelerated uncontrollably and her breathing became disordered. So she ran away and put on the necklace after returning home.
"Does it look good?" Du Xiran asked.
"It looks great." Ye Nanning said happily, "It looks best on you."
Du Xiran smiled, looked at the other person, and suddenly didn't know what to say.
The two looked at each other for a long time, and Ye Nanning's ears gradually turned red. She lowered her head and continued to look at the necklace on her neck. There was a slight depression at the collarbone. She looked at it for a long time, her body becoming more and more hot, and she turned her head in panic to look at the lights of thousands of homes outside.
Du Xiran looked at her forbearing profile and was about to speak when the balcony door suddenly opened and Du Heruo lay at the door: "Why aren't you all asleep? Can't you sleep? Do you want to play Landlord?"
The atmosphere was interrupted, and the two turned around at the same time, looked at Du Heruo with messy hair, and smiled at each other helplessly.
The three of them sat on Du Heruo's bed and played poker. Du Heruo was reluctant to spend money to play with them, so whoever lost would put a note on their face.
However, how could Du Heruo possibly defeat Du Xiran, this cunning old fox? And Ye Nanning's luck with cards was very bad. Both of them lost miserably, with notes stuck all over their faces.
Looking at their ugly appearance, Du Xiran burst into laughter until his head fell on the bed. Then he fell to the side and lay down, still laughing.
"Oh, you pushed all the cards down." Du Heruo got out of bed to pick up the cards.
Ye Nanning listened to Du Xiran's laughter, and her eyes unconsciously smiled. She looked at her intently, and suddenly a foot kicked her. She subconsciously pressed the ankle of that foot, and then suddenly froze - she realized that Du Xiran was lying in front of her, and she was still holding the other's ankle, as if she could pull him in front of her with just a little force...
There were too many notes on her face, so Du Xiran didn't notice her dangerous look. He smiled and sat up: "Sorry, I kicked you."
"It's okay." Ye Nanning's throat was dry. She slowly withdrew her hand and rubbed the instep of her foot intentionally or unintentionally.
"Have you finished picking it up?" Du Xiran turned his head and urged Du Heruo, "It took you so long to pick up something."
"Oh, you're so annoying! It was obviously you who rubbed the cards down!" Du Heruo had already lost the game, and was ridiculed by her. Now he was urged to do something. He got angry and tore off the paper on his face, threw away the cards, and jumped onto the bed. He quickly pushed Du Xiran down, "Humph, I let you bully me."
Du Xiran choked with laughter: "You blame me for your poor card skills?"
"You are the one who is bad at playing cards! You are cheating! You are cheating!" Du Heruo covered her face with a pillow.
Ye Nanning had never seen such a scene before. Her face turned pale with fear. She quickly grabbed Du Heruo's arm and took the pillow away: "Don't do this. She is your sister."
Du Heruo looked at her in shock: "You actually helped her? She is a landlord!" As he said that, Du Heruo suddenly counterattacked and pinned Ye Nanning down, "Humph, you two are in cahoots with each other, let me get rid of this evil for the people today!"
"Okay, you're not done yet. How can you bully the guests?" Du Xiran took the opportunity to kick Du Heruo as if nothing had happened.
Du Heruo became playful and picked up a pillow and started hitting Du Xiran without thinking. Du Xiran quickly picked up another pillow to fight back, and the two started fighting on the bed.
A few minutes later, the two sat on the bed, panting, looking at Ye Nanning who was wrapped in the quilt with a pair of confused and frightened eyes, and couldn't help laughing at the same time.
Du Heruo fell beside her and chuckled, "Sister Xiaoye, you don't think we are really fighting, do you?"
"No, isn't it?" Ye Nanning was frightened by the scene just now. She thought they were going to tear down the house and was afraid of waking up the old man.
Du Xiran also fell down on her other side, panting and saying, "It's just to loosen up the bones."
Ye Nanning: "I've never seen you like this."
Du Xiran: "Because this is at home."
Ye Nanning: "Oh...that's great."
Du Xiran's eyebrows jumped, and she suddenly realized that this kind of sisterly behavior might not be familiar to her. She turned over, supported her head with one hand, and patted Ye Nanning's quilt with the other hand: "Go to sleep, good night."
Ye Nanning looked at the person beside her, her eyes sparkling with a smile, and she said softly, "Good night."
Du Heruo looked at their affectionate interaction and said, "...Hey! This is my room, both of you get out!"
Ye Nanning suddenly woke up and returned to Du Xiran's room awkwardly, but she was so happy that she couldn't sleep.
The thought of Du Xiran wearing the necklace she gave him, or the pendant with a special meaning, made her blood boil and she completely lost her sleepiness.
She woke up when it was just getting light, played with her cell phone on the bed for a while, and heard the sound of someone walking outside. She lay at the door and listened for a while, and found that it was the voices of two old people. She didn't dare to go out, so she went back into bed.
After playing for a while, she heard Du Xiran's voice. She immediately opened the door and saw Du Xiran standing in the living room, brushing his teeth and telling his mother what he wanted to eat.
Hearing Ye Nanning's movement, she turned her head and said vaguely: "Get up, come and brush your teeth."
"Oh, okay." Ye Nanning immediately followed her to the bathroom to brush her teeth and wash her face. They stood side by side in front of the mirror. The space was narrow, but the scene was particularly warm.
Ye Nanning couldn't help but grinned at the mirror. Seeing this, Du Xiran also smiled: "What are you laughing at?"
Ye Nanning asked back: "What are you laughing at?"
"I laugh at you."
Ye Nanning smiled even more happily.
During breakfast, Du Heruo was still missing. Du's mother said, "Don't worry about her. She sleeps until noon all day. But Ran Ran rarely gets up early today. It seems that you have to have guests at home to get you up so early."
Du Xiran pretended not to notice Ye Nanning's smug look, finished his breakfast in a few bites, and asked, "Where else do you want to go?"
Ye Nanning recalled: "You mentioned durian pizza yesterday? Do you want to eat it?"
"Oh, yes, we just bought some durian at home." Du Xiran was glad that he bought a few boxes at the supermarket yesterday, and he took them out and put them in front of her, "Eat it."
"Aren't you going to make pizza?"
"Excuse me, I just said it casually. Just eat this, it shouldn't be bad." Du Xiran said.
"No trouble, I'll just make pizza." Ye Nanning knew that she liked pizza more.
Mother Du stood at the kitchen door and whispered to Father Du: "Tell me, is it really okay to let guests come to our house to make pizza? She is He Ruo's tutor."
"It's okay, right?" Father Du looked at the two people in the kitchen. One was in charge of making pizza, while the other was helping out and asking for instructions. From time to time, they could hear laughter. "I guess this is the way to be comfortable. Aren't they having a good time?"
After the pizza was ready, several people tasted it. Mother Du gave a thumbs up: "It's delicious, and the durian doesn't stink anymore!"
Mr. Du nodded repeatedly and ate two pieces in one go. Together with breakfast, he was so full that he couldn't stand up on the sofa.
Du Xiran took Ye Nanning for a walk in the city, had lunch outside, and then asked her where she wanted to go. Ye Nanning said she wanted to visit her alma mater.
The school has been closed for the holidays, and the surrounding shops have also suspended business as everyone has gone home to celebrate the New Year, so the streets are deserted.
The two stood in the cold wind, looking at the school gate, and then walked bleakly along the road beside the street.
Occasionally, when Du Xiran recalled some interesting things that happened in the past at school, she would mention them and Ye Nanning would not be able to help laughing. Based on the little things she described, she sketched out what she looked like in her youth. She only regretted that she was born a few years later and did not meet the childhood of Du Xiran.
When they reached the intersection, Du Xiran's eyes suddenly lit up, and he took her hand and ran to the other side.
Ye Nanning didn't even look at the road, she just looked down at the two people's clasped hands. In the past, Du Xiran would pull her when he was anxious, but he usually pulled her arm or wrist, and never held her hand.
"This shop is still in business." Du Xiran pointed to the shop in front, "It's been a dessert shop for many years. I'll take you there to try it."
It is called a dessert shop, but actually it has everything. There are many instant noodles that can be made in the store, and snacks, toys, stationery and the like are all sold. They are all on small shelves with their own categories. It is like a small department store.
Du Xiran ordered two servings of double skin milk, then took her to sit on a bench by the window, looked at the scenery outside the window, and said, "It was hard to wait for a seat here when I was in school. Many people sat there for half a day and didn't give up their seats at all."
Ye Nanning looked around and noticed that there were many sticky notes on the wall next to her. Many people's wishes were written on them. The handwriting was also strange. There was also a stack of sticky notes with no writing on them hanging next to them.
"There was no such wall when I was in school." Du Xiran said with emotion, then walked over to take a few glances and laughed happily, "This is really interesting, come and see."
Ye Nanning leaned over to take a look and saw the words "Anyone looking here is an idiot" written in large letters on the paper.
The two of them smiled and looked around at the traces left by the boys and girls.
The proprietress said that the double skin milk was ready. Du Xiran turned around to get the dessert. When she came back, she saw Ye Nanning stealthily putting a pen into her bag.
Her eyes flashed, and she said calmly, "Try this. It's cheap, but tastes good. Students love this the most."
"Okay." Ye Nanning pretended to be calm as she started eating, then nodded, "It's delicious."
After eating, Du Xiran asked, "Do you want to go to the bathroom?"
"good."
After Du Xiran took her to the bathroom, he came to the wishing wall, stood in the place where Ye Nanning had just been, and quickly scanned it. Soon he found Ye Nanning's handwriting among a bunch of elementary school students' handwriting. Every stroke was very beautiful.
The wall was filled with wishes of all sizes, but Du Xiran only cared about the wish sticker in front of him, which read:
[It would be great if I could meet Du Xiran earlier. 】
"Boss Du, I'm fine now."
"Um."
Ye Nanning walked out of the bathroom and saw Du Xiran waiting not far away. She hurriedly trotted over and went out with her.
It was already past three o'clock, and we had to prepare to leave for the airport. Even if she wanted to stay a few more days, Ye Nanning had to go back because tomorrow was New Year's Eve, and she should go back for both emotional and logical reasons.
When passing a shopping mall, Du Xiran asked her if she wanted to buy some local specialties for her family. Ye Nanning nodded in agreement and hurriedly went to buy local specialties with her.
After choosing for a while, she suddenly realized that Du Xiran was missing. She looked around the specialty store for a while before she saw Du Xiran walking in from the door. She asked curiously, "Where did you go just now?"
"Look around." Du Xiran said, "Have you bought anything?"
"Well, it's almost done." Ye Nanning carried the bags and prepared to put them down in the back of the car.
Du Xiran opened the back door first: "Put it here, it will be easier to get it later."
Ye Nanning didn't understand what was so good about putting it in the back seat, but she did as she was told anyway.
Ye Nanning was looking at the time along the way.
"Are you so eager to go back?" Du Xiran joked.
"No..." Ye Nanning explained, "I feel that if I keep staring at time, it will pass slower."
Du Xiran's mouth curled up: "Ye Nanning, you should be more honest. I always feel that you have a lot of things in your heart, but you have to say them out to feel relieved."
Ye Nanning: "I... will try my best."
"Well, you can tell me later, whether it is positive or negative emotions, you can tell me." Du Xiran said.
Ye Nanning: "I'm afraid you'll find me annoying." And she has become accustomed to not showing her emotions.
Du Xiran was silent for a while, then said, "Maybe not."
Ye Nanning felt warm in her heart: "Thank you, President Du."
The car stopped at the airport. Ye Nanning took out a few bags of local specialties from the back seat with difficulty, closed the door, and saw Du Xiran standing next to the trunk. She said, "Mr. Du, just send it here."
She was afraid that if she was sent there, she would not be able to let him go, or she would burst into tears on the spot, which would be too suffocating.
"Okay." Du Xiran said, "Come here, I want to ask you something."
Ye Nanning walked up to her in confusion: "What?"
Du Xiran looked straight into her eyes: "Did Mingshuang contact you during the holidays?"
Ye Nanning's eyes dodged, subconsciously trying to avoid the topic. Du Xiran said, "Tell the truth."
"......have."
"Looking for you on a date?"
"Um."
"Did you go?"
"No."
"Why?"
"I don't like her." Ye Nanning stammered.
"That's good." Du Xiran breathed a sigh of relief.
Ye Nanning looked at her doubtfully, a hint of doubt flashed across her eyes. A pleasing idea suddenly popped up in her mind, but she felt it was unlikely and suppressed it.
"You've come all the way here, so I'll give you a parting gift." Du Xiran opened the trunk, which contained a bunch of roses. "You said before that you like roses, do you still like them now?"
Ye Nanning stared at the gorgeous roses in a daze, stuttering a little as she spoke: "I like it, I like it. I like anything you give me."
"Do you like other flowers too?"
"Uh-huh!"
"You said before that you liked roses best."
"That's me..." Ye Nanning remembered what Du Xiran said in the car. She should speak her mind boldly. Maybe Mr. Du wouldn't be angry. So she carefully told her little thoughts, "I lied to you. I just wanted to find a reason to receive the roses you sent me."
"No need to make excuses anymore."
Ye Nanning was startled. Just when she was about to say, "Aren't you not angry?", she saw Du Xiran handing a rose to her arms, with a smile on his face: "Ye Nanning, let's date. You can have as many roses as you want."
The continuous surprises stunned Ye Nanning. She froze in place until someone pinched her cheek. Then she woke up as if from a dream and realized that it was not a dream but reality. Du Xiran told her that they were dating!
"Really?" Ye Nanning asked in disbelief, holding her heart.
"Yes, it's true." Du Xiran looked at the time and gently hugged her through the roses. "Tickets will be checked soon. Go in. I wish you a happy new year in advance."
"Happy New Year." Ye Nanning looked back at Du Xiran every few steps until she could no longer see his figure. Then she walked forward in a daze, still unable to believe the fact.
She paused after a casual glance and suddenly picked up the note stuck in the rose. It was a sticky note from the dessert shop, which read: [Not too early, not too late, just right.]
——It would have been great if I could have met Du Xiran earlier.
——Not too early, not too late, just right.
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