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It was already deep winter when we finished our work on the project team.
Jiang Qixin, who was wrapped in cold air after leaving the parking lot, rubbed his hands covered with plush gloves and quickly returned home to turn on the heating.
Xu Chengan took the bag from her hand and hung it on the floor-standing clothes rack, then put his hands on her plush earmuffs and rubbed them.
"It's so cold, so cold." She couldn't stop muttering. Jiang Qixin was most afraid of winter since she was a child. When winter came, she was like a squirrel hibernating, and all she wanted to do was curl up in her house full of food.
The heating in the room quickly took effect, and Xu Cheng'an took off her earmuffs and hat.
It was not until Xu Cheng'an reappeared in her life that Jiang Qixin realized that the time she was not working passed so quickly. She now had so many things to do with Xu Cheng'an that she sometimes felt that twenty-four hours in a day were not enough for her.
In the past, she seemed to only focus on arranging a lot of things for herself, spending the most comfortable leisure time for others on work, making herself gradually numb.
Now work and life seem to be back on track.
Jiang Qixin and Song Jing went out for hot pot today, and by the time they got home it was already completely dark. Xu Chengan didn't have to think about what to make for dinner today.
Feeling the vibration of his phone, Xu Cheng'an took out his phone that could connect to the human network and glanced down at the pop-up message bar. "It seems someone is looking for me. I'll reply to him first."
"Well, go ahead and do your thing." Jiang Qixin walked around behind Xu Cheng'an and pushed his back with her hands until he sat down on the sofa in the living room.
Xu Cheng'an was afraid that if he stayed around Jiang Qixin 24 hours a day, she would get annoyed one day.
After all, distance creates beauty. Even if he wanted to be by her side all the time, he couldn't really stick to her all the time, so he found a job for himself in the human world.
He used some tricks to register and authenticate a lawyer account with his cancelled ID card, and did some legal consulting work in his spare time as an online lawyer.
"Then I'll go take a shower first." Jiang Qixin hates winter the most. She has to coax herself for a few minutes before taking a shower. Now that she is determined to take a shower, she decides to finish it quickly.
When Xu Cheng'an finished his work, the sound of water in the bathroom stopped. When he sat on the sofa in the living room and looked towards the bathroom, a figure flashed past his eyes, and the slippers made a clattering sound on the ground.
Then the door of the room was slammed shut.
After taking a shower, Jiang Qixin hugged her arms and ran back to her room quickly from the bathroom, and tucked herself into the quilt before she felt cold.
Xu Cheng'an smiled silently, stood up, straightened his clothes, and walked back to her room.
When he opened the door, he saw Jiang Qixin, who had wrapped herself up like a cocoon. Jiang Qixin raised her head and glanced at him. She tried to make a noise towards the empty space on the bed, "Are you going to bed?"
"It's still early, can you sleep?" Xu Cheng'an supported himself on the bed with his hands and rubbed her face. His hands were now warm because of the heating.
Xu Cheng'an thought that he also hated winter a little bit, because the temperature of his body outdoors in winter would be as low as the perceived temperature, so he couldn't even hold Jiang Qixin's hand.
Only in a room with heating on would he dare to have such unscrupulous physical contact with her.
Jiang Qixin was very interested in the mechanism of Xu Cheng'an's body temperature, but when she thought about it carefully, according to the principle of conservation of energy in nature, it seemed very reasonable for his body to maintain a consistent perceived temperature.
However, this world already allows the existence of ghosts, so there seems to be no need for her to worry about these trivial questions anymore.
The room became warm because of the heating. Jiang Qixin was only wearing a thin long-sleeved pajamas. She loosened the quilt wrapped around her body, then turned over and hugged her doll, rolling around on the bed with the doll in her arms for a few rounds.
She only looks like a child when she is very happy.
Xu Chengan sat on the dressing table beside him. He turned on his computer, then turned around and whispered, "Be careful, don't roll under the bed."
The cold quilt soon took on her warmth. Jiang Qixin rolled around until she was tired, then stretched herself out on the bed, panting heavily. "What time is it now?"
"It's not nine o'clock yet." Xu Cheng'an looked at the time and replied.
"Is there still work to do? Why do I feel like you are busier than me now?" Jiang Qixin moved closer to the dressing table and poked Xu Cheng'an with his finger.
"It's just a minor matter and it can be resolved quickly." Xu Cheng'an frowned, took her hand and squeezed her palm.
His body now was like a heat source, making Jiang Qixin, who was afraid of cold, particularly want to get closer. "Then do it quickly." She turned over, held the doll in the air, and kneaded it boredly.
She is one of the youngest employees in the company, but in the eyes of her colleagues, perhaps because she doesn't like to talk or laugh much, Jiang Qixin looks calm and composed which is not in line with her age.
But only those closest to her know that she is also a person who occasionally retains a childish nature.
She would occasionally show her girlish side and enjoy talking to her dolls. She also liked strange and quirky toys and cute patterns.
But this kind of childishness rarely appears, and only appears occasionally when she is in a good mood and alone.
Xu Cheng'an was very happy because his appearance at least made Jiang Qixin happier.
Her life has become more fulfilling, and even her colleagues say she looks much better.
Xu Cheng'an quickly finished his work, and when he looked back.
Jiang Qixin was holding the doll in her arms and looking at her cell phone. He stood up quietly, then grabbed the two corners of the quilt with both hands and pounced on her.
He covered Jiang Qixin with the quilt and wrapped her up again, "The quilt has eaten you up." He smiled lightly as he pressed on her.
Jiang Qixin's head was still exposed in the air. She put down her phone, grabbed the quilt and wrapped Xu Cheng'an in it. "I'm going to eat you now."
This was their favorite game in winter when they were young.
When Jiang Qixin was very young, her parents often had to go on business trips, so they would send her to Xu Cheng'an's house and ask the Xu family to take care of her for a few days.
When she was a child, Jiang Qixin didn't like sleeping alone in the winter. She always dragged her pillow to Xu Cheng'an's room and said she wanted to sleep in her brother's room.
But children are full of energy. Even if they climb into bed at night, they will still make a fuss for a while and will not fall asleep peacefully until they are completely tired from playing.
Sometimes she would jump on the bed, sometimes she would climb onto the bed with her toys, and sometimes she would pester Xu Chengan to tell her stories.
Xu Cheng'an was a few years older than her, knew more words and had heard more things than she did at that time, so he would take the picture books he bought specifically for her and make up stories for her.
Occasionally, when she is full of energy, she likes to walk around on the bed with the quilt in her arms.
She would wrap herself in the quilt and pretend to be wearing ancient clothes. Sometimes she would cover Xu Cheng'an with the quilt and say, "The quilt has eaten you."
Jiang Qixin and her quilt were pressing on Xu Chengan. Xu Chengan pretended to struggle twice to tease her, but was subdued by Jiang Qixin.
"Okay, I'm yours now. What are you going to do with me?" Xu Cheng'an said with a smile.
"I'm going to eat you." Jiang Qixin said as he pretended to open his mouth to bite Xu Cheng'an.
But before she actually took a bite, Xu Cheng'an tilted his head back and kissed her lower lip.
Xu Cheng'an's entire body, including his lips, was comfortably warm. The two of them were now separated by a soft quilt.
Jiang Qixin sniffed and felt a familiar and comforting smell around him.
The moment Xu Chengan kissed her, she was stunned at first, and then she slowly closed her lips as if she had realized it belatedly.
Xu Cheng'an's arms were also pressed into the quilt by her, and now he was in a passive state.
He had enough strength to resist Jiang Qixin and let her and the quilt fall off him.
But Xu Cheng'an prefers her to be more proactive this way, and he also likes Jiang Qixin to approach him actively.
This kiss was not a light kiss, but it was not a romantic and passionate kiss either.
But they are most accustomed to plain yet warm kisses.
Jiang Qixin nervously scratched the corner of the quilt, which was wrinkled by her.
She pressed Xu Cheng'an down, her chest resting on her arm, and she seemed to hear the thumping of his heartbeat.
After a while, the two ended the kiss, and Xu Chengan smiled unconsciously, "Okay, now I'm eaten by you."
Jiang Qixin used her hands and feet to climb up from him, and she subconsciously pursed her lips which were still warm.
"You haven't applied body lotion after taking a shower yet?" Xu Cheng'an held her hand and looked at it. She often came into contact with water in her daily work, and the weather was dry in winter, so her hands were more likely to crack when they came into contact with cold water.
She is very demanding at work, but very rough in her life. She is even too lazy to use body lotion. She buys it every year, but she just can't stick to it.
Jiang Qixin shook her head, "I haven't wiped it yet."
Seeing her expression as if applying body lotion was torture, Xu Chengan picked up her phone that had just fallen on the bed from under the covers and said, "You play with your phone, I'll help you clean it."
Xu Cheng'an turned over and picked up the bottle of body lotion she had bought last month from the dressing table. He scooped out a spoonful and applied it on her legs.
The body lotion was a little cold. When it touched her calves, Jiang Qixin couldn't help but gasp, "So cold."
"Just rub it and it will be warm." Xu Cheng'an said, spreading the body lotion evenly along the direction of her calf muscles.
His palms were warm, and the air was filled with the faint jasmine scent of the body lotion.
"And my arm." Jiang Qixin put down her phone while Xu Cheng'an was wiping her arm.
She stretched out her hand in front of Xu Chengan, "And the back of the hand."
Xu Chengan applied some body lotion on the back of her hands, intertwined their hands, and overlapped their fingers.
He bent his upper body slightly, and the collar of his loose pajamas fell down.
Jiang Qixin glanced at him subconsciously, and the moment her eyes met Xu Cheng'an's, she looked away.
"Jiang Jiang, look if you like." He closed the lid of the body lotion. "My body belongs to you."
If Xu Cheng'an hadn't come to see Jiang Qixin, he might have continued living as a ghost, dragging his dead body with him.
Jiang Qixin smiled. She knew clearly that he was setting a trap for her, but she just wanted to fall into it.
She opened her arms to signal Xu Chengan that she was about to pounce on him.
Xu Chengan reached out his hand and was bumped into by her.
She kissed the warm side of his neck, then lowered her head and rubbed it against his chest.
Xu Chengan put his arm around her waist and patted her gently.
"Are you sleepy?"
"I'm sleepy." Jiang Qixin said in a low voice.
"Then turn off the lights and go to bed." Seeing her nod, Xu Cheng'an stretched out his free arm and turned off the bedroom light.
Jiang Qixin was about to turn over and lie back on her pillow, but Xu Chengan used some strength in his arms, "I want to hug you again, can I?"
"Sure." Jiang Qixin lay back down, enveloped by his scent and warmth.
There is no time machine in the world, and none of them can go back to the past.
There is no regret medicine, and there is no way to change your choice.
So she couldn't change the fact that Xu Cheng'an had passed away, nor could she go back to her childhood that she often reminisced about, but they knew that their current life was what they had always wanted.
They can't go back to the past, but it's enough for them to know that they have memories that belong only to the two of them.
Jiang Qixin blinked in the dim room.
"What's wrong? Didn't you say you were sleepy, or are you thinking about something?"
Jiang Qixin nodded and shook her head, "Yeah, I was just thinking, it's really great that there are ghosts in the world."
Xu Cheng'an was stunned. Although she didn't say it directly, he knew she was talking about him.
"As long as you are happy." He said sincerely.
"This way we'll still be a family of four!"
Jiang Qixin was silent for a moment, "No, it should be a family of seven."
Mom and Dad, uncle and aunt, Xu Cheng'an and Xiaobai, and her!
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