Chapter 54
Sheng Huaizhou rarely drinks due to work reasons, but today Xia Weining wanted to drink and kept urging him to get some wine. In the end, he got the wine as she wished, "This wine is very strong, drink less."
"I know." Xia Weining filled the wine glass in front of him, "Let's drink to our heart's content today."
"What's wrong with you?" Sheng Huaizhou was a little worried.
"I'm happy, so I want to drink. Is that okay?"
It was a reason he couldn't refute, so he had no choice but to drink with her one cup after another.
The wine was almost finished when Xia Weining suddenly stood up and laughed. Suddenly, she stared at Sheng Huaizhou and a tear fell into the wine glass.
Sheng Huaizhou knew that she had something to say, so he didn't ask any more questions. He handed her a tissue and waited patiently for her to speak.
"You know what?" Xia Weining burped, "I don't belong to this world."
Unexpectedly, the first sentence he said was so shocking, and Sheng Huaizhou's eyes flickered unusually.
"So which world are you from?"
"The world a dozen years from now will be a very developed world, with high technology everywhere."
"So you know everything that's going on here?"
Xia Weining nodded and then shook her head violently, "No." She held Sheng Huaizhou's face and laughed, "You and I don't know. You didn't exist in my past experience. You are an intruder."
“Why hasn’t there been any experience like mine before?”
“I made a different choice.”
Sheng Huaizhou was a little confused by what she said, "What choice did you make back then?"
"A very timid choice."
Sheng Huaizhou suddenly came to his senses, and everything became clear to him. "Are you talking about what Xia Li experienced?"
He seemed to have found the reason why Xia Weining was particularly good to Xia Li.
"So you are Xia Li?"
Xia Weining felt surprised and reasonable about his words. He actually guessed it so quickly, but it was not a difficult task for him.
"Yes, I'm Xia Li." Her voice suddenly became very low. "Because Xia Li is here, I can only be Xia Weining."
"How miserable would you be then?"
This was beyond his understanding. It turned out that people could return to the world they had experienced. However, compared to this, he cared more about her feelings.
It must be very uncomfortable for her to see that everything that belonged to her past no longer belongs to her.
Thinking of this, Sheng Huaizhou's heart was filled with bitterness.
"I'm here."
This was the only thing he could think of to say to her at the moment, and it was also a promise.
"It's okay." Xia Weining crossed her arms and smiled at him, "I'm not sad. I'm very happy to see my family living a better life."
Sheng Huaizhou understood the girl in front of him better, and his love for her grew.
He felt in his heart how lucky he was to meet such a good girl.
But a new question arises, "Will you live here forever, or will you return to the world you mentioned more than ten years from now?"
Xia Weining lowered his head and thought, then said truthfully: "Actually, I don't know."
The excited emotions dissipated a lot in an instant. This was something the two of them had to face but didn't know how to face it.
Sheng Huaizhou forced a smile, gently stroked her cheek, and then hugged her, cherishing and daring her, comforting her: "Let's not be sad about the unknown. I firmly believe that we will meet each other no matter where we are."
"Yeah." Xia Weining nodded heavily, as if this would give her confidence.
From then on, Sheng Huaizhou became a model boyfriend. He would appear in every corner where Xia Weining was to accompany her and protect her. As for unhappy things, they were all put behind their minds.
What Xia Weining liked most was that Sheng Huaizhou would always bend down when talking to her, looking at her straight in the eyes, and listening carefully to every word she said, so that they were on an equal footing.
Who would have thought that this would become his three-piece set - patting the head, scratching the nose, and pinching the face. Xia Weining couldn't stand negotiating with him, "Don't do this, I always feel like a child."
Sheng Huaizhou didn't listen and continued to do as he pleased. Later, I got used to it and just let him do what he wanted.
In fact, loving someone means pampering the other person like a child, wanting to enter her world, accepting everything about her, automatically adjusting to the same frequency as her, and even speaking to her in a sweeter tone.
After class, Xia Weining packed up her things and walked out, not noticing the person following her. At the school gate, she saw Sheng Huaizhou waiting for her, and ran over excitedly. The two had just hugged each other when a mocking voice was heard from behind.
"Okay, you actually dared to hide it from me." Tan Ya came out from behind.
Xia Weining suddenly felt embarrassed and stood beside Sheng Huaizhou helplessly.
"What are you doing?" Sheng Huaizhou stood in front of her to fight Tan Ya.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk..." Tanya sighed helplessly, shaking her head. "You're already protecting me. I'm so sad."
"Come on." Sheng Huaizhou said with an I-know-what look, "Tell me, what do you want to do?"
"What can I do?" Tanya was furious. "I introduced you to each other out of kindness, but you told me so, and now you're hiding it from me."
Xia Weining saw that she was truly feeling aggrieved, and hurried to comfort her, "I'm sorry, it was our fault. We shouldn't have kept it from you. We'll make amends to you today."
"That's more like it." Tan Ya turned her anger into a smile and left with Xia Weining, not forgetting to warn Sheng Huaizhou, "Follow me and learn well."
Sheng Huaizhou had no choice but to follow, but when he arrived at the restaurant he realized that he had no say at all and his task today was to pay the bill.
The two ladies were chatting and laughing on the side, and he acted as a waiter, busy serving tea and water. He was starving after the meal.
When they walked out of the restaurant, their stomach growled at an inopportune time. Xia Weining glanced at him and couldn't help laughing.
Sheng Huaizhou immediately acted pitiful and said, "What are you laughing at? I'm hungry."
Xia Weining ignored him and walked away, "Who can you blame? You didn't eat it yourself."
Sheng Huaizhou lost his temper instantly and ran to drive the car. "Yes, it's my fault."
The next day, Xia Weining had just gotten up when she heard a knock on the door. She rubbed her eyes and went to open the door, only to see Sheng Huaizhou leaning against the wall, turning the car keys with his fingers. Before she could say anything, she heard a voice coming from the other side.
"Teacher Xia, good morning!"
Xia Weining suddenly wanted to tease him and glanced at him: "Who are you?"
Sheng Huaizhou's cold disguise instantly broke, "Didn't you say yesterday that you wanted me to pick you up?"
Xia Weining said coolly and handsomely, "What does what you said yesterday have to do with today?"
Sheng Huaizhou: "...I'm asking for help online, but my girlfriend has turned against me, what should I do?"
During this period, Xia Weining spent what she thought was the happiest and most stable time. They went to the movies together on weekends, and occasionally took Xia Li and Sheng Xuan with them to go shopping and take a walk. Her life was quite comfortable.
Sheng Huaizhou would bring her a lot of food every day, and often took her out for supper after get off work at night. Xia Weining refused him verbally but went to eat with him all over the county. She would also blame herself for being weak-willed and why she believed his lies.
Seeing her figure gradually becoming plump, Xia Weining pinched the flesh on her waist and complained: "It's all your fault. I've gained weight."
"Where are you fat?" Sheng Huaizhou pinched her cheek lovingly, "I think it's just right."
"Bullshit, I don't believe you." Xia Weining showed his ambition, "I must lose weight."
"Then I'll run with you."
Xia Weining's expression froze on her face. After hesitating for a moment, she nodded sullenly, "Okay, I just like running."
Sheng Huaizhou couldn't help but laugh.
Time is running fast, the trauma in people's hearts is slowly healing, the news of the earthquake is slowly disappearing from the public's sight, and the TV is flooded with information about the Olympics. From the opening ceremony to the gold medals, they all embody the pride and glory of the Chinese people, and are also the best medicine to heal trauma.
Xia Weining wanted to take her family to Beijing to watch the Olympics and take Sheng Xuan with her. When she told Sheng Huaizhou about this idea, he prepared a travel guide, accommodation and reception overnight. Seeing that he had prepared everything, Xia Weining felt very safe. She was healed by every little bit and slowly learned to rely on Sheng Huaizhou.
Looking back on this journey, she finally broke free from her inner constraints, truly letting go and being herself, loving herself, living for herself, and gaining true open-mindedness and relaxation.
When they were in Beijing, they witnessed the pride of the country, the charm of sports and the vigorous vitality. Such scenes are rarely seen and were extremely shocking to each of them. The cultural vitality that extended from the depths of life and was nurtured by thousands of years of civilization was unforgettable.
We watched sports events and visited various tourist attractions. Overall, it was perfect, except for the incident in which athletes were cyberbullied. Xia Weining had always been curious about why humans are so strange. They are so difficult to deal with good people and so tolerant of bad people. They always magnify the strong people countless times to find a little flaw and do everything possible to prove that they relied on external forces and that they are very bad. They always look for some strengths in the weak and blindly exaggerate these few advantages, while turning a blind eye to their shortcomings.
Perhaps she was trying to find a balance. She was an ordinary person, and she wanted to prove that others were ordinary people too. Now she had come to terms with it, and she realized that the strong wouldn't pay attention to such foul language.
On the way back, Sheng Huaizhou picked them up at the airport. The moment Xia Weining saw him, her heart was filled with sweetness. It was also at this moment that she realized how much she missed him.
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