Chapter 54
On the other end of the phone, Xijing City.
Shen Yuqing had just hung up the phone, with the smile on his face still lingering on his lips, the smile he had just shown when he was talking to Xia Ruirui on the phone, but an inexplicable sense of loss welled up in his heart.
I really want to see her the next second.
Someone, realizing that he was a little greedy, chuckled softly into the air.
He checked his phone and saw that the earliest flight from Xijing to Beiyi departed at 6 a.m.
Without much thought, Shen Yuqing took the car keys, took a coat, and drove to Beiyi.
On the way to Beiyi, the corners of his mouth were almost always raised.
Along the way, he didn't even go into a service area, but just refueled once and drove from Xijing to Beiyi.
There were almost no people on the highway in the early morning except for large trucks.
Shen Yuqing drove very fast. It only took him more than five hours to drive from Xijing to Beiyi.
Not long after getting off the highway, his car just drove into Xia Ruirui's community and encountered the early morning sunrise.
Shen Yuqing found a place to park the car, and as soon as he turned off the engine, he lowered the window.
Over the years, he has been busy with work and has hardly enjoyed life, let alone had the leisure to stop and watch the sunrise.
But he didn't know why, when Xia Ruirui agreed to try to fall in love with him, the string that had been tense for many years suddenly relaxed.
He, who has always been rational, actually did such an irrational thing like a young boy.
After driving all night, I went to Xia Ruirui's building to watch the sunrise. I could have caught a 6 o'clock flight the next day, but it would have been the same.
But as long as anything has something to do with Xia Ruirui, he just can't think straight.
He looked at the sunrise outside the car window, feeling quite relaxed as if he had sailed through thousands of mountains.
After all these years, he and Xia Ruirui have finally settled down.
The sunlight poured into the car through the window and shone on his face. Shen Yuqing's profile in the rearview mirror was like an illusory bubble, so beautiful.
The rising sun lit up the entire sky in just fifteen minutes.
He looked at the sunrise, then glanced at the window of Xia Ruirui's house. It was still dark, so someone must not have gotten up yet.
It was just morning, and Xia Ruirui was always a sleepy person, so she would not get up until noon.
Thinking that she might be hungry after waking up, Shen Yuqing drove out to buy her breakfast.
It was still too early and the breakfast vendors were not open yet, so he drove around several streets before he could buy any.
After buying the egg pancakes, he drove the car back and parked in the parking space closest to Xia Ruirui's house.
It seems that this will bring the two of them closer.
He hadn't felt very sleepy after driving all night, but now that he had reached his destination, he began to feel sleepy.
He lowered his seat, intending to take a short nap, but his gaze was caught by the pendant hanging on the rearview mirror.
Although it looks like a small pocket watch pendant, it is actually a photo when opened.
For some unknown reason, he opened the photo again.
Inside was a girl with a bright smile, and next to her was a boy with a sullen face.
Looking at the photo, Shen Yuqing chuckled, and his sleepiness was completely driven away.
This is the only photo of him and Xia Ruirui, taken in the winter of 2015...
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During the winter vacation of the second semester of his senior year in high school, he originally just wanted to stay quietly at his aunt's house, but was coerced and bribed by Xia Ruirui and tricked into leaving.
She sounded pitiful on the phone and said she didn't know what teaching aids to buy.
It’s like a good teaching supplementary book that can help her get directly into a 985 university.
He knew clearly that there was something fishy in her words, but his heart was unstable, so he went out reluctantly.
That winter was very cold. Although his aunt received compensation from his parents' car accident, she didn't even buy him a down jacket.
At that time, he had not yet seen clearly his aunt and uncle's family, but naively thought that they wanted to spend their money wisely.
Moreover, at that time, he always had an inexplicable stubbornness and was reluctant to use his parents' compensation money to buy clothes for himself.
So he was thinking about how to survive the winter with that thin cotton coat.
He was deeply impressed by the winter of 2015, when it snowed for several nights in a row and was freezing cold.
He went out wearing a cotton coat, and the air he breathed along the way seemed to be icy.
When he finally arrived at the bookstore Xia Ruirui mentioned, he was so cold that he passed out.
Xia Ruirui was shocked to see that he was only wearing a cotton coat. Her first reaction was to wrap her scarf around his neck.
He still remembers the warmth of that day, as if he was surrounded by love, with all the wind and snow blocked outside Xia Ruirui's scarf.
There was snow falling from the sky at that time, and Xia Ruirui's eyelashes were covered with snowflakes, but she didn't even look at them, and stood on tiptoe to tie his scarf.
He felt that she would also feel cold, and subconsciously resisted, but she held him down very forcefully.
Shen Yuqing still doesn't know where she got the strength that day.
Xia Ruirui took off her gloves and handed him the one in her left hand, and then she reached out with her left hand to hold his hand.
It was like someone who had been walking in the wind and snow for a long time and felt warmth for the first time. The comfort was so great that it reminded him of a mirage.
I thought Xia Ruirui would take him to buy teaching aids, but she dragged him into the mall instead.
He thought she wanted to buy clothes, so he followed her. It wasn't until she took out the latest down jacket and asked him to try it on that he understood what she was thinking.
His heart softened and he glanced at the tag. The price was definitely not something he could afford at the moment.
He pulled her to go out, but she whispered a threat in his ear.
“Chen Yuqing, if you just walk out, I will kiss you in public.”
“…”
He just glanced at her with his eyes lowered, then walked out.
Seeing him leave directly, Xia Ruirui fell completely silent, and followed him out again, trying to persuade him to give it a try.
He refused, and she said it was his birthday and New Year's gift.
"When you become rich in the future, won't you give me a more expensive gift?" Her voice was nasal and had a domineering tone.
At that time, Shen Yuqing did stop for this sentence and even wanted to explain himself.
At that time, he had already regarded Xia Ruirui as his future partner and was preparing to apply to the same university with her.
That down jacket costs 1299, but he won’t just buy Xia Ruirui gifts worth 1299 in the future.
He doesn't think he can't afford it in the future.
After figuring this out, Shen Yuqing stopped and let her drag him back to the store.
Even so, he still looked a bit sour when trying on the clothes.
This photo was taken at that time.
Xia Ruirui held up her cell phone and asked him to look at the camera. As soon as he raised his eyes, she captured the picture.
She was smiling brightly in the photo, but he was looking at her with a sour face, looking very reluctant.
He felt that the photo was not taken well and he seemed very reluctant, but Xia Ruirui insisted that he post it on his Moments.
He had no choice but to do as he was told.
However, he only wore the down jacket that Xia Ruirui bought for him that day, and kept it hidden in the closet since then.
She saw that he didn't wear it and asked him why.
He said it was because he wasn't cold, but in reality he was just reluctant to wear it.
That was the first gift Xia Ruirui gave him, and also the first new clothes he received after his parents passed away.
His aunt never spent money to buy him clothes, and the clothes he wore over the years were all clothes that his relatives didn't want.
To him, it was a treasure, so how could he possibly wear it?
That down jacket is still kept in Shen Yuqing's closet. Every time the season changes, he takes it out to dry in the sun.
Every time he looked at that down jacket, it was as if he saw Xia Ruirui's love for him, and the originally invisible and abstract love became tangible.
Looking at Xia Ruirui, who was smiling like a flower in the photo, Shen Yuqing's mood couldn't help but rise.
He got out of the car and stood under the window of Xia Ruirui's house for a long time.
When he came to his senses and looked at his phone, it was almost nine o'clock.
He knew that he could sit comfortably in the car and wait, or stand downstairs of Xia Ruirui's building and wait for her. She wouldn't wake up, and it would be meaningless except for self-satisfaction.
But Shen Yuqing knew this, but still wanted to be closer to her.
He didn't want to disturb her rest, so he just looked up at the window of her room and waited silently.
Just as he had been waiting for her to come to him all these years.
He looked up at the window; it was still dark.
Shen Yuqing tentatively sent her a message: [Are you awake? ]
Five minutes later, still no reply.
Someone was still sleeping in. Although it was expected, he still had an inexplicable smile on his face.
Shen Yuqing stood downstairs and found that everyone in this building seemed to like to sleep in.
Because until almost ten o'clock, he didn't see anyone entering or leaving the unit.
It was only at a quarter past ten that the courier from the post station came to deliver the package.
Shen Yuqing glanced at him and found that he was the courier boy in the post station when he came to this community last time.
He was the one who delivered the two sacks of Xia Ruirui to him.
Obviously, the delivery guy also recognized him.
"It's you, that shopaholic beauty, the boyfriend of the online name Er Gou Dan."
“…”
Shen Yuqing was deeply impressed by her online name. Apart from Xia Ruirui, he couldn't think of anyone else who would name their contact person Er Goudan.
The last time he went to pick up her pile of express deliveries, he had no choice but to tell her her online name. At that time, he even wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
Shen Yuqing came to Jingyuan twice, wearing a baseball cap, so the delivery boy didn't recognize him as the e-sports blogger.
The delivery guy came over and handed Xia Ruirui's package to him first: "These are all your girlfriend's packages."
Girlfriend's express delivery.
These words obviously hit someone's sweet spot. Shen Yuqing's originally cold eyebrows and eyes melted a little at this moment, and he even took the express delivery in his hand with a faint smile.
"Thanks for your hard work."
The courier nodded, gave all the packages to Shen Yuqing, and left.
There were only 5 express deliveries in this building today, all from one person, and they were delivered to others downstairs.
He was happy because he didn't have to go upstairs, but what he didn't understand was why Ergoudan's boyfriend was so happy?
He looks like a decent person and doesn't look like a package thief.
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