Chapter 174
Jiang Qiao did not doubt it and took two steps forward confidently, revealing the low bookshelf that had been blocking the view behind him.
The man was tall and had long arms. He squatted down and pulled out the book hidden deep inside with a clear purpose.
Jiang Qiao's mind went blank, and then he reacted and immediately rushed to grab it: "Lu Xun!"
The girl's voice was filled with obvious nervousness and anger. She stood on tiptoe and rushed over to grab the book. It seemed as if what he was holding was not a book, but something that could not be seen by others.
Lu Xun stood up and easily put her two wrists together and clenched them. He glanced at the girl's face and said in a voice without any emotion: "What's the hurry?"
"Give it back to me!" Jiang Qiao didn't bother to refute, and said in an urgent tone,
Lu Xun ignored her and stared at the book in silence.
The slightly old cover of The Little Prince seems to silently convey that it has been flipped many times.
There seemed to be something mixed in it. Amid the girl's exasperated voice, he flipped through it. The next second, a thin pink sticky note floated out of the book and landed on the wooden floor.
Lu Xun had good eyesight and could clearly see the contents on the sticky note. The round watch drawn with a black marker looked like a watch face carefully drawn by a child for himself.
Wireless approached 12 o'clock, but finally stopped at 11:59.
The number of pages in the book still remained at the page where the sticky note fell out, and a paragraph was lightly outlined in light gray pencil.
[If you say you come at four in the afternoon, I will start to feel happy from three o'clock.]
If you say you leave at 12am, then I hope every day from now on will be frozen at 11:59am.
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The air seemed to stop flowing at this moment, and it seemed that one could hear each other's heartbeats, losing balance.
“…………Why are you drawing this?” After an unknown amount of time, Lu Xun finally spoke. His voice was hoarse.
Those days and nights, it turned out that he was not the only one who was sad at the 12 o'clock that repeated over and over again.
The man pursed his lips tightly, his face was pale, and there was a mixture of hope and panic in his eyes, making him look a little sad.
Jiang Qiao turned his head to look out the window, blinked, forced away the moisture in his eyes, and pretended to be relaxed: "I just drew it when I had nothing to do, no other meaning."
No other meaning...
He hasn't even asked yet, but he's so eager to explain...
"Jiang Qiao, are you——"
"Hey! What are you two doing!?"
The words that Lu Xun hadn't finished asking were covered up by the security guard's rough and powerful voice.
Cashier counter on the first floor lobby.
"A 20 yuan fine per person. Don't do this again next time." The security guard looked at the two people in front of him who were outstanding in appearance and well-dressed, and muttered quietly: "They don't look like they have no money, so why did they sneak into the library for a date......"
Lu Xun: “……………………”
Jiang Qiao: “……………………………………”
The two of them paid the fine in silence. Before leaving, Lu Xun bought the copy of The Little Prince. The security guard became more friendly and offered to help him get a new copy.
Lu Xun politely refused: "No, I just want this one."
Security guard: “……………………”
He put aside the new book and bought this dusty one. It is really hard to understand the thoughts of young people.
Jiang Qiao no longer wanted to talk. She lowered her head and followed Lu Xun dejectedly, letting the man hold her hand.
After leaving the library, Jiang Qiao couldn't help but feel bad for the 40 yuan he had lost, and said angrily, "It's all your fault."
I had to worry about which book to buy, so I called the security guard!
Lu Xun lowered his eyebrows and said, "Okay, blame me."
His attitude was very submissive, so Jiang Qiao couldn't say a word of blame.
The clock picture had been stuck in the book for a long, long time, so long that she almost forgot about it. Jiang Qiao was also surprised that it was still in the book intact.
Jiang Qiao no longer remembers the specific mood when she drew this clock picture. She only remembers that the moon was very round, the sea breeze was blowing outside the window, and Lu Xun was on a plane to a foreign country...
"Lu Xun, please stop asking, okay?" Jiang Qiao suddenly said, without a beginning or an end.
Lu Xun knew what she was talking about and was silent for two seconds: "Okay."
People always like to pursue the past, especially when they find out that things are not as they thought, they feel distressed and guilty, and can't help but question it, but in fact, things have already passed.
Jiang Qiao………………doesn’t want to mention it again.
The two of them walked together on the Wutong Road. The leaves on the tall Wutong trees on both sides had turned yellow. When the wind blew, they fluttered down slowly.
Someone stepped on it, making a not-so-light sound. A group of students were walking by after school and seemed to be glancing over here. Lu Xun silently reached out and put the girl's hoodie on her.
Jiang Qiao pulled on his wide and big hat and lowered his head slightly, covering most of his face and leaving only his small, fair chin exposed.
"Are there any other places to go?" Lu Xun asked her.
Jiang Qiao's voice was a little muffled, buried in his hat: "No more..."
"Um."
This "hmm" meant that they were going back to City A, but Jiang Qiao didn't react at all. He kept glancing at the book in the man's hand.
Lu Xun seemed to like and hate this book at the same time. He would pick it up and take a look every two steps, then purse his lips tightly.
After repeating this several times, Jiang Qiao couldn't help it anymore. "This is my book. If you don't like it, give it to me."
Why do you keep frowning at "The Little Prince"? You have no respect for the book at all.
Not sure which word touched the man's sensitive nerves. Lu Xun tightened his grip on the book, put it behind him, and said in a tense voice: "I bought it, I paid for it."
Jiang Qiao: “…………………………”
childish.
As they walked, Jiang Qiao saw an auntie setting up a stall in front of them. He smelled the aroma and suddenly felt like eating starch sausage. He raised his head and said eagerly, "Lu Xun, go buy some for me."
Lu Xun glanced at the sausage stall, frowned and looked away: "The restaurant in the resort can also make it, let's go back and eat it."
This kind of open-air stall, not to mention whether the ingredients are clean or not, there will be a lot of dust, which is very unhealthy junk food.
However, Jiang Qiao likes to eat junk food. He frowned and said unhappily, "The food made in the restaurant doesn't taste like this..."
"The smell of essence?" Lu Xun said indifferently.
Jiang Qiao: “……………………”
OK, OK, even the master of face-changing can't change as fast as you.
She was so well behaved just now and did whatever she said, but now she is bullying others with a cold face? !
Jiang Qiao was so amazed by what he saw that he wanted to applaud him: "Boss Lu, you don't even want to spend two dollars on me, right?"
Mr. Lu had already shouted out, which showed that he was really angry. Lu Xun still wanted to struggle: "Let's go to the restaurant to eat. You can have two."
The second day of National Day! Happy!
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