"Should we take the tram or a taxi?" Jiang Yilu turned sideways and asked Ruan Ruan for her opinion.
That's right, taxis, in this era, have become such a fashionable thing, and those taxis are not ordinary cars, but basically imported small foreign cars, which can only be seen in big cities like Haicheng and Ducheng. However, the number is small and the price is expensive, so ordinary people will not choose this way of travel.
Now that we have reform and opening up, and there are more foreign guests, we have to let them see how happy our lives are and how high our quality of life is.
This kind of face-saving project existed in that era.
"Aren't there bicycles in the yard? I want you to ride the bicycle and take me with you." Ruan Ruan looked at a horizontal bar bicycle parked in the yard and was eager to try it. She hung her hands in front of her body and twisted her legs, constantly standing on tiptoes, revealing the shyness of a little girl.
"That's fine." Jiang Yilu thought about it. It would only take about ten minutes to ride the bike there. "When the time comes, you must hold my waist tightly and don't let go."
The roads nowadays are not as smooth as the asphalt roads of later generations. Many sections are paved with gravel and are a bit shaking. Jiang Yilu thought about it, took out a thick sponge pad from the house and tied it tightly to the back seat of the car.
"Hold on tight!" He pushed the bicycle out of the door, got on the bicycle, and said to Ruan Ruan.
"Yeah." Ruan Ruan skipped down the stairs and sat sideways on the soft, cushioned back seat of the bicycle. She shyly stretched out her hand and put it around Jiang Yilu's waist.
There was no normal male sweat odor, but instead a pleasant aroma of soapberries. Ruan Ruan was like a little mouse stealing oil. She quietly tightened her hands around Jiang Yilu's waist and pressed her cheek against Jiang Yilu's back.
Through the layer of clothes, she could carefully hear the other person's heartbeat and breathing, all of which made her feel extremely at ease.
*****
On the tree-lined avenue on campus, a handsome boy in a white shirt rode a bicycle with a beautiful girl in a white skirt. The breeze blew the skirt, revealing her white and tender calves. More of the scenery was suppressed by the small leather bag placed on her legs, unable to make a scene. The girl put her hands around the boy's waist, with a hint of shyness on her rosy face.
The man is talented and the woman is beautiful. No matter who sees them, they can't help but smile knowingly.
Ruan Ruan was in no mood to look at the surrounding scenery. His mind was distractedly thinking about the movies he had watched before. In the movies, the male protagonist led the female protagonist in the same way. They looked just like him and his brother Xiaobao.
Later, the male and female protagonists were together...
Ruan Ruan couldn't help but burst out laughing, then nervously covered her face with one hand, touched her slightly hot face, and patted herself to stop thinking too much.
"Don't let go, be careful not to fall." Jiang Yilu was completely unaware of all this. He felt that one of the hands around his waist was missing, and reminded nervously.
"Hey!" Ruan Ruan stuck out her tongue, responded crisply, and clasped her hands tighter.
"Ichiru, why did you come to school today?"
Jiang Yilu parked his bicycle in the school's bicycle shed and was about to take Ruan Ruan to give the university a good tour when he was stopped by a familiar voice.
Not far away, Yu Xiaocao was standing there with a few female classmates. She looked at Jiang Yilu with some surprise.
Yu Xiaocao is very different from before she went to college. Her skin is no longer so dark, thin and withered. She is fatter and whiter. The clothes she wears are no longer those loose, worn-out and old-fashioned clothes that her aunt replaced. For example, today, she wore a light blue long-sleeved dress and a pair of 50% new leather shoes. Her hair, which used to be braided, was loosely let down and draped over her shoulders with a slight curl. Overall, she is a pretty lady, especially her eyes that are always shining with water. She looks pitiful and makes people want to protect her.
"I'm here with Ruan Ruan to visit our school." Jiang Yilu greeted Yu Xiaocao politely. Now, he could separate the Yu Xiaocao in the previous life from the Yu Xiaocao in this life. After all, Yu Xiaocao in these two lives had completely different lives. The mistakes she made in the previous life, she should not make again in this life.
"Ruan Ruan, do you still remember Sister Xiaocao? She used to come to our house to play with Xiang Fang." Jiang Yilu turned sideways, revealing Ruan Ruan, who had been standing behind him and was blocked by him, and introduced her to her.
"Sister Xiaocao, you are completely different from before. You have become so beautiful now that I almost couldn't recognize you." Ruan Ruan nodded and said sweetly to Yu Xiaocao.
Back then, Yu Xiaocao always watched them play silently and didn't talk much. To be honest, Ruan Ruan was not very familiar with her. In her memory, she had always been a very quiet person. But now, she seemed to be more lively and more confident. Ruan Ruan was very happy for this childhood friend.
"Ruan Ruan——" Yu Xiaocao's smile was a little stiff as she looked at the pretty girl standing behind Jiang Yiliu.
The fair skin, curved eyebrows, and the warmth and sunshine radiating from the inside out made Yu Xiaocao's heart ache. "I remember you went to Hong Kong City. Now, are you back?"
Yu Xiaocao pinched her flesh with her fingertips, controlled her expression, and spoke with a slight smile.
"Yes, but I can't stay long, I have to go back to school." Ruan Ruan pouted and said a little disappointedly, "But it doesn't matter, the policy is relaxed now, it's very convenient to go back and forth, Sister Xiaocao, you are welcome to come to Gangcheng to play in the future, I will be your guide and take you around."
Ruan Ruan wrapped her arms around Jiang Yilu's arms. Yu Xiaocao looked at this dazzling scene and wanted to pull her hands away in her heart, but she didn't dare to.
"Okay, you still want to go shopping, so I won't disturb you." Yu Xiaocao pulled the classmate next to him, forced a smile, and fled.
"What's wrong with Sister Xiaocao?" Ruan Ruan touched her face puzzledly and asked Jiang Yilu curiously.
"Maybe it's urgent?" Jiang Yiliu frowned as he looked at Yu Xiaocao's back, but when he turned to Ruan Ruan, his expression was normal again. "My little princess, don't you want to see my university? Please follow your loyal knight."
Jiang Yiluo put one hand behind his back, bent his waist, and extended his hand to invite Ruan Ruan.
Ruan Ruan was amused by his appearance, and didn't care about Yu Xiaocao who was a little weird just now. She covered her mouth and put one hand in Jiang Yiliu's palm: "Ahem, since the knight has invited me sincerely, your little princess will give you this opportunity and take me to visit the campus."
After saying that, he burst out laughing. Jiang Yilu looked at the little girl's happy expression, touched her little head, and pulled her in the opposite direction of Yu Xiaocao.
******
"Xiaocao, so you know classmate Jiang?" Yu Xiaocao's roommate poked her waist and asked curiously.
Jiang Yiliu was the youngest student admitted to Huaqing University, and no one broke his record in the following years, which was enough to make the legend about him spread on campus. In addition, his grades were always among the best in the past few years in college, and he had a face like a movie star. Many single girls were eager to make a move on him, but they didn't dare to take any action because of his age.
"Yes, we are from the same village and grew up together." Yu Xiaocao nodded, but when she thought of Ruan Ruan who had just stood next to Jiang Yilu, that little bit of happiness was ruthlessly extinguished, leaving only endless jealousy.
After so many years, she has become more beautiful than before. It seems that her relatives in Hong Kong City treat her very well, which is why she has been raised to be so ignorant of the world and innocent.
God is so unfair. Why can she, an orphan without parents, be loved by everyone so easily?
"Oh - childhood sweethearts -." Several roommates dragged out their voices, looking at Yu Xiaocao's expression, implying something, "But who is the girl next to Jiang? Is she his sister? Did you see the bag she was carrying? I saw an identical one in the Overseas Chinese Store a few days ago. It cost two hundred and eighty yuan, which is four or five months' salary for a worker."
"Hey, it's so expensive, she must be very rich." A roommate said sourly, "How can she be so lucky? She is beautiful and rich, and she has no worries in her life. Unlike us, even if we are assigned a good job in the future, we still have a whole family waiting for our support. I'm afraid we will never be able to afford this 280 yuan bag in our lifetime."
"That's right, Xiaocao, who is that girl to classmate Jiang? She can't be his girlfriend. They are a perfect match, a talented man and a beautiful woman." A roommate asked Yu Xiaocao.
"No -" Yu Xiaocao retorted subconsciously, "Yilu only treats her as a sister, they don't have that kind of relationship."
"Oh, but even if they are not biological sisters, a sister can also become a lover's sister." The roommate curled his lips, not paying attention to Xiaocao's somewhat distraught look, and began to have a heated discussion with the roommate about the clothes Ruanruan was wearing, the leather shoes on her feet, and even the hairpin on her head.
Yu Xiaocao pursed her lips tightly and lowered her head, so no one could see the color in her eyes.
******
"You don't have to be too nervous when you meet Miss Jin later. I have met her once and she is a very tolerant person and is pretty nice to younger people." Ruan Congzhao and Jiang Yilu were both wearing suits and ties, dressed very formally.
Jiang Yiliu's clothes were newly bought. Ruan Congzhao thought his old clothes were not up to standard, so he took him to the mall to buy them. He wore a royal blue velvet suit with a smoky gray striped bow tie around his neck. Jiang Yiliu had fair skin, and the royal blue that looked a bit tacky on others was just right for him, making him look tall and slender, with a jade-like face.
At this time, Ruan Congzhao pressed the elevator button while giving careful instructions to Jiang Yilu.
"This Miss Jin was a famous socialite in Hong Kong back then. Many bigwigs were interested in her, but Miss Jin had some tricks. She fooled those people around and they didn't touch her at all. When she was at the peak of her film career, she married a rich man and lived the life of a rich wife. Later, she moved to Canada, which made those bigwigs obsessed with her. During the years when she was a widow, people kept saying that they wanted to marry her as their first wife. So don't offend her, otherwise you might get into some trouble."
Jiang Yilu became even more alert because from the other party's description, Miss Jin didn't seem to be someone who was easy to mess with.
The elevator stopped at the top floor of the hotel. Miss Jin had booked a whole floor of rooms so that she would not be disturbed. When the elevator door opened, the bodyguard who had been guarding outside the elevator nodded to Ruan Congzhao, obviously recognizing him.
"Master Ruan, Master Jiang, our lady is already waiting in the room. Please follow me." The bodyguard bent down and said to Ruan Congzhao and Jiang Yilu.
Miss Jin didn't like people calling her Madam. Although she had indeed been married, she felt that the title made her look old, and she didn't like that. She established this rule almost when she got married.
Until now, people who are familiar with her rules will respectfully call her "Miss" instead of "Mrs." which is appropriate for her age.
"Yeah." Ruan Congzhao was no longer as playful and cynical as he was in front of Jiang Yiliu. He kept a straight face and nodded calmly, letting the bodyguard lead the way. It was at this time that Jiang Yiliu saw a little bit of the characteristics of the Ruan family in him.
The two followed the black-clad bodyguards through a corridor and into an open door.
A woman in a dark red cheongsam was standing on the windowsill with her back to them. The light shone on her, illuminating a circle of dark golden light. Outside the window, one could see the flashing neon lights of the building opposite, but it made the woman by the window even more unclear.
She held a cigarette in her hand, but she didn't smoke it. She just held it in her hand, and the room was filled with the smell of nicotine. She seemed to hear the movement behind her, and she turned sideways and turned around.
Jiang Yilu was now certain that the other person was the woman who appeared in front of the western-style building that day.
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