Chapter 348: Revisiting the Old Place
Seeing him smile like that, Song Yi vaguely felt that nothing good was going to happen.
But when Fu Xijing deliberately kept the secret, it was almost impossible to pry him open, so Song Yi simply didn't waste his breath asking.
Fu Xijing quickly changed the subject: "Do you want to go to school this afternoon?"
Song Yi: "Is it convenient?"
Fu Xijing: "I'll play with you. You decide where to go."
Song Yi: "Then let's go back and take a look."
She actually missed school a lot.
Fu Xijing: "Have you kept in touch with people from school after graduation?"
Song Yi: "There is no connection anymore."
There were not many Chinese people in her major, so she devoted herself to her studies. When she was not busy with her studies, she was busy trying to please her financial sponsor Fu Xijing. Naturally, she had no time for extra social activities.
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After driving for more than twenty minutes, Song Yi saw a familiar building on the side of the road and his eyelids twitched twice.
This intersection... is where she first met Fu Xijing.
At that time, she was squatting on the side of the road crying. Fu Xijing saw that she was Chinese, so he came over and asked a few questions.
Then he took her back to the villa.
etc.
Song Yi suddenly remembered what Fu Xijing had just said, "You'll know when you get there," and immediately reacted, turning around and staring at him.
Fu Xijing saw her enlightened expression and knew that she had guessed it. "Don't want to go back?"
"I remember you rented that house." Song Yi said.
Fu Xijing: "Well, it was at first, and then I bought it."
He laughed, "How else do you think you found that necklace?"
Oh yes.
Song Yi realized it belatedly and remembered the necklace. Naturally, he thought of Fu Xijing's threats and inducements to him, and he looked unhappy.
Fu Xijing coughed and apologized tactfully: "That was my fault."
Song Yi didn't pester him and asked, "When did you buy it?"
Fu Xijing: "Half a year before you left."
Song Yi: "...Why?"
Fu Xijing did not answer.
Why?
Maybe it was because he was still thinking of "renewing the contract" with her at that time, thinking that if she didn't leave and stayed in Rome to work, she would need a place to live. He was a person who didn't like changes, and he was used to living in that house, so he asked the agent to contact the owner.
The homeowner happened to be interested in selling, so the process was completed quickly.
Unfortunately, the contract was not renewed and the house ended up being vacant.
Fu Xijing has not returned to Rome many times in these years. The place is taken care of by the entrustment agency, and he comes in regularly to disinfect and clean.
Although Fu Xijing did not give an answer, Song Yi could vaguely guess something - when she was about to graduate, Fu Xijing asked her about contract renewal several times in a roundabout way.
However, he spoke in a joking tone most of the time, and she always thought that he was warning her in disguise not to pester her, so she always expressed eagerly that she would definitely not pester her.
Then Fu Xijing's expression would change.
At that time, Song Yi always couldn't understand why Fu Xijing always got angry suddenly. Now looking back, it seems that he has the answer -
While thinking, the driver had already stepped on the brakes.
Song Yi came to his senses and saw the familiar building in front of him through the car window. The swing in the yard was still there and its position had not changed.
Song Yi took a deep breath and got out of the car with Fu Xijing.
The driver helped the two of them return their luggage and then left.
Song Yi stood in the living room, looking at the familiar displays and decorations, and memories suddenly flooded back.
She had lived here with Fu Xijing for two years, and there were traces of their entanglement in every corner.
Song Yi rarely recalls that past, but now that she thinks about it, she realizes how clear her memory is.
"I've had someone clean it. Let's go check the room upstairs?" Fu Xijing put his hand on Song Yi's shoulder.
Song Yi took a deep breath and nodded.
Fu Xijing dragged the suitcase and walked upstairs with Song Yi to the bedroom where she had slept that year.
Although they often roll around together, they always sleep in separate rooms.
However, Fu Xijing had spent the night in Song Yi's room many times in the past.
Pushing the door open, Song Yi's eyes began to wander around the room.
There was a fresh floral scent in the room, probably because the housekeeping staff had the cleaning staff light up the aromatherapy when they cleaned. The glass was polished to a shine, the furniture was spotless, and the sheets were brand new.
There is no sign that she ever lived here, because she moved out very cleanly when she left.
"The wardrobe and bed have been disinfected. If there are any problems, I will ask them to come and deal with them." Fu Xijing bent down to open Song Yi's suitcase and helped her hang her clothes.
Song Yi came to his senses and squatted down to join him.
Actually, this was the first time for the two of them to work together to accomplish something like this, but their movements were very coordinated, as if they had done it countless times.
For a moment, Song Yi felt like they were a couple who had been together for many years.
It was also the first time that she found this sense of "security" in Fu Xijing.
In the past, he was too far away from her. She always carefully guessed his thoughts and did not dare to expect any treatment that did not belong to her, so she was always in chaos when facing him.
They never thought that one day they would be able to get along in this way.
Returning to the familiar environment, people's emotions became much more sensitive. Thinking about these things, Song Yi couldn't help but sigh.
Fu Xijing hung up the clothes in his hands and looked back at her: "Why are you sighing? Are you tired?"
Song Yi didn't say anything, but raised her arms and hugged his waist.
Fu Xijing quickly put his arm around her and rubbed her hair with his palm. "If you're tired, take a nap."
"I'm not tired." Song Yi said softly, "I just feel a bit like I'm dreaming."
Fu Xijing smiled and said, "If I'm dreaming, I'm the one dreaming."
When the quarrel between them reached such an extent, he did not dare to think that he would have the chance to take her back to the old place in his lifetime.
Song Yi leaned on Fu Xijing's shoulder, closed his eyes and thought for a long time, and finally asked the question that he had not asked in the car.
"When you bought this house, didn't you—"
"Yes." Before Song Yi finished asking the question, Fu Xijing had already given her the answer.
"I wanted to keep you back then." He said in a low voice, "If I had figured it out earlier and lowered my pride, I wouldn't have had to wait so many years."
Song Yi's heartbeat was a little faster: "What's the idea?"
"I should have been interested in you at that time." Fu Xijing laughed self-deprecatingly, "But I didn't think so at the time."
At that time, he was only twenty-five or twenty-six years old, at the age of full vigor and vitality, and was used to taking a high-profile approach. Even if he felt a little different towards her, he would not admit that it was love.
Just think of it as a novelty about her body.
Besides, Song Yi always looked like she was at work in front of him, so it was even more impossible for him to admit it.
After hearing what Fu Xijing said, Song Yi hugged his arm a little tighter.
Fu Xijing lowered his eyes and looked at her, asking: "What about you? What did you think of me at that time?"
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