Chapter 93
When Shen Jiangfu and her group reached the foot of the mountain, they heard the sirens of an ambulance.
They sent Shen Feng to the ambulance, Shen Jiangfu followed the car, and she asked Xie Jing to take the other two children home.
Shen Jiangfu got on the ambulance and said to Xie Jing outside, "Just follow them to the intersection under the yellow bark tree. Let them go back on their own. Their home is nearby."
Xie Jing looked at Shen Jiangfu, who was soaked all over. Her navy blue short-sleeved shirt was clinging to her body, and her black trouser legs were sticking to her calves, dripping with water. Her hair was also wet, with strands of hair in front sticking to her face, and her entire face was a grayish white.
He wanted to say something to her, but felt it was unnecessary.
After Shen Jiangfu finished speaking to Xie Jing, she instructed the other two children, "Tell your parents what you did today. Tell them the truth. I'll have your class teacher call your parents tonight."
After explaining the follow-up, the ambulance door closed and drove away. Xie Jing followed Shen Jiangfu's request and led the two boys to the Huangpi tree.
On the way, we ran into some aunts who knew Shen Leqian and Yang Xinrui. Seeing how wet they were, she realized the two kids had gone swimming in the river. She exclaimed, "You two went swimming in the river? Oh my God! If your grandparents knew, they would definitely give you a few thrashings! You're so brave!"
Zhao Lianjun looked at the two children standing behind Xie Jing with their necks hunched. She looked at Xie Jing and thought to herself, could it be that this quiet young man saved someone?
Xie Jing noticed that the woman in front of him, whose name he couldn't remember, was looking at him. He began to explain, "Teacher Shen Jiangfu found them swimming in the lake and called them up. She asked me to watch them go home."
He was afraid she would ask more questions, and he didn't know how to answer, so he continued, "Auntie, we're leaving first." Xie Jing finished speaking and walked forward with the two children. He followed Shen Jiangfu's instructions and sent them to the yellow bark tree. He watched them return to their home from a distance before Xie Jing turned and left.
On the way home, Xie Jing held his phone and thought about it all the way. When he finally got home, he sent a message to Shen Jiangfu: [I've already sent them to the intersection.]
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When Shen Jiangfu finished her work and returned home at nearly seven o'clock, she hurriedly took a shower and lay on the bed without even eating.
She thought, if there were a "drowning case" like this every summer vacation, wouldn't every summer vacation be spent in fear, always on guard? Thinking of this, Shen Jiangfu felt tired.
Fortunately, there was no danger this time.
Shen Jiangfu lay there for ten minutes, and when she had recovered, she went downstairs to cook some noodles to fill her stomach.
After eating and drinking, Shen Jiangfu returned to her room. She remembered that Yu Huo's wedding was at 1 pm tomorrow and she had to leave for it tomorrow morning.
Thinking of this, Shen Jiangfu remembered that Xie Jing had sent her a message, but she forgot whether she had replied to him.
Xie Jing helped her a lot today. It seems that he just looks a little unkind, but he is kind-hearted, otherwise he would not help the original owner collect the body.
Chen Jiangfu recalled Xie Jing's panicked look as he stood in the water. In the book, Zuo Xiaolin committed suicide by jumping into the river, and his body seemed to have been found in a reservoir. The book also wrote that Xie Jing had a shadow in his heart about deep rivers and lakes.
She lowered her eyes to look at the screen and typed: [Thank you today]
Chen Jiangfu stared at the message she had sent. It seemed dry and insincere. She touched her face and added, "Thank you so much for coming along. I'm not so scared anymore."
This is the truth. When she ran into the water to save someone in the afternoon, she was terrified, afraid that she would not be able to save the person in time.
Recalling her feelings that afternoon, Shen Jiangfu felt dazed. Her life had experienced countless reincarnations, but they hadn't. If she couldn't save Shen Feng, he would truly die in this world.
Shen Jiangfu leaned against the headboard, her hair scattered and tangled. She could hear the buzzing of bees and the chirping of insects outside the window. She looked up at the light bulb on the wall, where several bees were clustered around the brightly glowing bulb.
Xie Jing replied: [I didn't help either, you were the one who rescued the person.]
At this moment, Xie Jing was sitting in the living room with a newly completed painting in front of him.
At first glance, the picture is all emerald green with a few fluorescent green waves. In the center, there is a shadow that looks like black and blue, and seems to be moving through the waves.
A closer look reveals the figure as a woman, drawn with just a few simple strokes. Her long blue hair drifts in a single direction, swaying amidst the fluorescent green waves. The woman, clad in a dark blue robe, swims gracefully and nimbly in the lake. Vines sprout from her feet, the brown vines drooping downward, while a dark blue shadow drifts upward.
After Xie Jing finished the painting, his fingers were stained with dye. He looked at the emerald green and fluorescent green dye on his index finger, and for some reason he thought of the green dress Shen Jiangfu wore that day.
Seeing the boy drowning today, he felt helpless again and for the first time wanted to learn how to swim.
Sometimes he felt strange. He would try his best to save the lives of others, but why did he sometimes want to give up his own life?
Xie Jing packed up his tools and went to the bathroom to wash the dye off his hands. The sound of running water rustled, and Shen Jiangfu's voice yelled at him.
Don't go in the water!
Recalling Shen Jiangfu's expression, she seemed to know that he couldn't swim, and she could even see that he was afraid at the time.
The surroundings were quiet, but Xie Jing felt his mind was in a mess. He could clearly hear a shrill roar in his head.
He placed his hand on his shoulder and touched his arm through his clothes. He could feel the itching of the wounds, and the cuts on them had begun to heal.
He had made these marks a month ago. After scratching his forearm with a knife once, this behavior became more and more serious, and the scars on his hands became more and more. After being discovered by Li Qingsheng one time, Xie Jing moved to another place.
Do you have this?
Xie Jing remembered what Shen Jiangfu asked him.
Did he? Perhaps he had thoughts of self-destruction, but he couldn't take the final step.
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Shen Jiangfu slept until nearly ten o'clock.
She was exhausted yesterday, and today was a rare day when she didn't wake up according to her biological clock. She mentally calculated the bus's departure and arrival times, quickly packed up, and headed out.
When Shen Jiangfu arrived at the station on her electric bike, she saw Xie Jing's car at the parking spot. It seemed that he was here to buy something.
The bus stop was next to the supermarket. It was a rather simple structure, with no sheltered parking area. The bus to the county town had long since switched to unmanned ticketing, requiring you to bring your own change or scan a QR code. The ticket gate had closed long before, and Shen Jiangfu couldn't get a seat inside, so she had to sit outside.
The next bus to the county town leaves at 11:50, but it's not on time yet, there are still ten minutes left. Shen Jiangfu is sitting in the waiting area waiting.
Five minutes later, the driver came out of the ticket gate with a kettle, looked around the bus from front to back, completed the daily inspection, opened the door and got on the bus.
At first, the uncles and aunts who were waiting for the bus saw the driver coming out and rushed to line up in front of the door.
Seeing the car door open, Shen Jiangfu stood up and walked to line up behind an aunt.
Because today was not Saturday or Sunday, there were no students going to school, so there were not many people, about ten or so. There were many empty seats on the bus, so Shen Jiangfu chose a seat near the back of the car and sat down by the window.
Shen Jiangfu looked out the window and saw people coming in and out of the supermarket entrance.
At this moment, she felt someone sitting down next to her. Turning around, she saw an old man. He was very thin, skinny, and moved slowly. He was wearing a short-sleeved shirt with a gray collar and holding a sack in his hand. She couldn't tell what was inside.
After Shen Jiangfu saw him sit down, his dark hands clumsily fastening his seatbelt. She watched him take a long time to buckle it in. She looked away and out the window again, just in time to see Xie Jing coming out of the store and standing next to the electric bike.
Xie Jing seemed to recognize her electric bike. After putting his things away, he picked up his helmet and put it on, moved the bike out and sat on it. Before he was about to leave, he looked at her electric bike for a few more times.
Shen Jiangfu just stared at Xie Jing, wondering if he would notice that she was in the car.
Seeing a bus parked in front of him waiting to depart, Xie Jing couldn't help but look up.
If it were before, he might not have paid attention to the bus. Maybe it was because he had just seen Shen Jiangfu's electric car, but he didn't meet her in the supermarket, so he wondered if she was on the bus.
So, when he saw the bus, Xie Jing thought, what if Shen Jiangfu was going to the county town today? Sure enough, when he looked up, he saw the face in the window and saw Shen Jiangfu's smiling face.
But when he looked over, Shen Jiangfu turned away.
Xie Jing lowered his eyes and looked at the ground. Suddenly, he felt some indescribable emotions in his heart. It was a bit sudden.
When he heard the sound of the bus door closing, he looked up and saw Shen Jiangfu looking at him, still smiling, raising her eyebrows at him from time to time, looking smug, and pointing at her mobile phone.
This was the first time Xie Jing saw her like this, she looked a little lively and childish.
It’s so strange, how can one person have so many facets of his personality?
After the car started, Xie Jing saw Shen Jiangfu raise her hand and move her fingers like playing the piano, saying goodbye to him.
Looking at the bus driving away, Xie Jing remembered that she was pointing at his phone. He took out his phone, opened WeChat and saw a photo of him.
Xie Jing scrolled up and down the chat page and saw that she had only sent a photo, no other messages, and not a single word.
He didn't know what she was doing.
Xie Jing's finger stayed on the input box. He should be able to ask her what she was doing today, as a neighbor and... an ordinary friend.
I don't know if they can be considered friends.
The typing keys appeared, but Xie Jing still didn't type a single word. After hesitating for a moment, he finally turned off his phone and drove home.
The photo was taken by Shen Jiangfu as Xie Jing was moving her bike. She captured Xie Jing holding a helmet and looking at her electric bike. It was a sideways shot, also capturing Xie Jing's profile.
She carefully admired her "masterpiece". In fact, from this perspective, Xie Jing had a good body proportion, with long legs, a three-dimensional nose, high ears, and a clear jawline, comparable to the male star she saw that day.
Shen Jiangfu suddenly remembered how she evaluated the two of them at that time, and she only knew that Xie Jing now had a higher evaluation in her heart.
At that time, she saw the male star from a distance, but Xie Jing was different. She could see him up close. He was a person who appeared in her life, a good person, and not bad in any way.
Shen Jiangfu recalled the look on Xie Jing's face when he met her gaze just now, and she looked surprised. It seemed like she often saw this expression on Xie Jing's face, which was a bit interesting.
Seeing Xie Jing wearing a gray-black outfit in the photo, Shen Jiangfu couldn't help but sigh again. He loved wearing black clothes. However, he was wearing a pair of gray-green sneakers on his feet. At least he wasn't all black, which made Shen Jiangfu's eyes light up.
It seemed that Xie Jing had never worn clothes or shoes of any other colors except black, white, and gray.
Shen Jiangfu exited the picture and found that she was still on Xie Jing's WeChat. She had only sent Xie Jing one photo. Looking at this photo, Shen Jiangfu felt that she should say something and naturally suppressed the feelings in her heart just now.
After sending out the messages one by one, Shen Jiangfu put on her Bluetooth headphones, opened the music app, clicked on her favorite songs, and closed her eyes to rest.
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After Xie Jing returned home and put his things away, he took out his mobile phone and connected to the Internet to see several messages sent to him by Shen Jiangfu.
After reading the message, Xie Jing heard a series of "dong dong" sounds. He felt that the frequency of his heartbeat was accelerating, so he hurriedly turned off the phone and put it aside.
Xie Jing sat on the sofa for a few minutes, muttering to himself: "Strange, strange..."
He couldn't describe what kind of feeling it was. He felt that he hadn't reached the point of liking Shen Jiangfu, but he couldn't say that he hated her either. His feelings for her were probably somewhere between not hating her and not liking her.
But he was the same towards Sister Liu and Uncle Kun, neither liking nor disliking them.
Xie Jing glanced at the last message Shen Jiangfu sent him again and read it out in a low voice——
"I went to the county town to attend a colleague's wedding today. I saw your electric car and guessed that you came to the supermarket today."
"Seeing your back, you look very handsome, no less handsome than the male star I saw the day before yesterday."
"I rarely see you wearing anything other than black. Your green shoes look great."
"Are you not angry that I took the photos secretly? If you mind, I can delete the photos in my hand. I won't take them again next time."
"I'll come back tonight and bring you something delicious. You don't go to bed so soon at night, do you?"
"The cold salad sold at Xiangshan Supermarket here is delicious. Did you eat it when you were studying at No. 1 Middle School?"
"I should be home around seven in the evening, maybe around eight? Remember to wait for me, don't go to bed so soon!"
In fact, what made Xie Jing feel strange were the last three messages sent by Shen Jiangfu.
She knew he turned off the lights and went to bed around nine in the evening, and she knew he went to No. 1 High School. Xie Jing thought these things were no big deal, and she could find out by paying a little attention or asking.
No, not these.
Xie Jing thought hard, he calmed down and thought quietly.
As time passed, Xie Jing vaguely grasped something. What made him feel abnormal was that he seemed to have accepted Shen Jiangfu entering and leaving his house, and he would pay attention to the color of the clothes Shen Jiangfu wore.
However, it was normal for neighbors to move around, after all, Shen Jiangfu was a very enthusiastic person. He was very sensitive to colors, so it was normal for him to notice what color clothes Shen Jiangfu was wearing.
Xie Jing looked down at the shoes on his feet. These shoes were newly bought. At that time, they were available in black and gray-purple. Why did he buy the gray-green ones?
It seemed that he bought these shoes after seeing Shen Jiangfu wearing that green dress.
He suddenly realized one thing: he did not reject her, his life did not reject her, but rather he looked forward to it and...
Xie Jing sat up suddenly, Shen Jiangfu's voice flashed through his mind - wait for me tonight...
Wait for her, wait for her, wait for her.
Xie Jing never thought there was anything wrong with this statement, but in fact this was the reason why he felt it was strange and couldn't understand why he thought it was normal?
Because his life has accepted Shen Jiangfu.
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