Chapter 21: Accompanying an Old Classmate on a Blind Date
"Xiuming, how do you know Liu Ying's classmate?" Wang Lei was quite surprised. Qin Xiuming smiled and said, "Didn't I tell you last time about the thief caught at the Jiaoxian Fair? This classmate is the heroine who caught the thief."
"Oh, it's you!" Wang Lei suddenly realized and gave Su Jiaojiao a thumbs up, then made another cup of tea. "I admire you. If it were me, I would have been scared silly and wouldn't have dared to chase after you!"
"Who said it wasn't? If it were me, I wouldn't dare either." Liu Ying nudged Su Jiaojiao with her arm and said in a fuss, "Old classmate, you're not loyal enough. You didn't even tell me about such a big thing. Didn't the Jiaoxian Fair send you a banner?"
"She's nothing like you, yelling and raving whenever something goes wrong." Wang Lei poked Liu Ying's head before turning around and introducing Qin Shuang and her son. "Come, let me introduce you. This is my good friend. You can just call her Aunt Qin. This is Aunt Qin's son, Qin Xiuming. You already know them, so there's no need to say more. He's two years older than you, so he's your big brother. We're all close, so there's no need to judge by seniority."
"Hello, Aunt Qin." Su Jiaojiao looked at Qin Shuang with mixed feelings, and nodded to Qin Xiuming as a greeting.
Qin Xiuming took a new tea bowl, poured tea into it, and brought it to Su Jiaojiao: "I am two or three years older than you, so we are the same age. Just call me by my name."
"Okay, the little girl isn't even familiar with you, so you just let her call you by your name." Qin Shuang gave her son a reproachful look, then smiled at Su Jiaojiao. "Xiu Ming also bought the anti-theft waist bag you sold at the market. I think it's very practical and creative. It doesn't look like it was designed by a high school student."
Su Jiaojiao smiled but said nothing.
She didn't even dare to look up at Qin Shuang. In her previous life, Qin Shuang was in a bad mood due to a business dispute with Jiahe Group. He drove drunk and got into a car accident. He called her on his deathbed, but when she arrived at the scene, Qin Shuang was already dead...
Now, when she faced the living Qin Shuang again, it always felt unreal. She was afraid that she was dreaming, and when she woke up, everything would return to the situation in her previous life.
The regret of wanting to take care of one's parents but not being able to, the feelings that she couldn't face and didn't want to face, and Qin Shuang, who was no longer breathing, that kind of excruciating pain, she didn't want to experience a second time...
The door rang.
A man in a white shirt came in carrying bags of vegetables, followed by a young man in his twenties wearing glasses. The young man was a little restrained and kept his head down since he entered the door.
Wang Lei stood up to greet him enthusiastically: "Xiao Wu is here, come and sit down."
As she spoke, she took the dish from the man's hand and said coquettishly, "You look so hot, go wash it quickly."
"Wang Lei, your Jianhua is becoming more and more exemplary." Qin Shuang joked, "He took the initiative to buy the vegetables without your instructions."
While they were talking, Liu Ying quietly tugged at Su Jiaojiao and whispered, "This Xiao Wu is my brother-in-law's cousin."
Su Jiaojiao then remembered that Liu Ying was here for a blind date.
She thought her brother-in-law Liu Ying looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen him.
"Let me be clear, Xiao Wu isn't late. I heard Sister Qin was coming, so I took him to the market and bought a couple more vegetables." Fan Jianhua put the vegetables by the well, washed his hands, and came over to sit down. When he saw Su Jiaojiao, he thought she looked familiar. "Who is this?"
"Brother-in-law, my classmate." Liu Ying glanced at Xiao Wu who lowered his head and remained silent.
He had a short flat head, a plaid short-sleeved shirt, black pants, and a pair of yellow sneakers.
Tall and thin.
"Oh, you're not that so-and-so..." Fan Jianhua said, turning to look at Qin Xiuming, "The girl at the market?"
Qin Xiuming smiled and nodded: "Yes, it's her. I was surprised just now. We really have a connection with her."
"Why, you know Xiao Su too?" Wang Lei turned around and asked him while washing vegetables by the well.
Fan Jianhua then recounted what happened at the market that day and said with a smile, "Xiao Su, if I'm not mistaken, I also bought your conch at the morning market."
"Yes, it's me." Su Jiaojiao also remembered.
"Xiao Su also sold conch shells?" Qin Shuang was even more surprised. She turned her head and glared at Qin Xiuming. "Look at him. He's younger than you, but more capable than you. In front of all these people, tell me the truth. Are you going to repeat the three-plus-one course or not?"
"Go, I'm going!" Qin Xiuming picked up the teapot and attentively refilled everyone's tea. He whispered, "Mom, there are so many of us here. Please stop talking to me and give me some face. I'm not the main character today."
"You've pissed me off." Qin Shuang glanced at Xiao Wu and Liu Ying, then stood up and went to the well to help Wang Lei pick vegetables. "You young people, chat. I'm going to cook."
"If you're repeating a grade, why don't you go to No. 1 Middle School?" Wang Lei was puzzled.
"No. 1 Middle School doesn't want repeaters." Qin Shuang sighed, "Fortunately, the 3+1 program is right next to No. 1 Middle School. I'll find a few good teachers to help him with his studies. I hope he can get good grades."
"I hope so." Wang Lei didn't say anything.
"We're all acquaintances, so don't be polite." Fan Jianhua came over with some fruit and said to Liu Ying, "Xiao Wu is learning auto repair from me at the auto repair shop now. I plan to open my own shop after I finish my studies."
Then he turned to Xiao Wu, "You know Liu Ying's situation. She's currently helping your sister-in-law sell camera film at the Hualian Department Store. If she wants to work with us in the future, she can do so. If not, she can open a counter and sell goods herself. It doesn't matter."
Xiao Wu nodded, but still didn't dare to look up.
Even my neck turned red.
Liu Ying, who has always been lively and cheerful, also lowered her head and picked at her nails.
The atmosphere suddenly turned cold.
Fan Jianhua stood up with a smile and said he was going into the house to boil some water.
"Su Jiaojiao, the zipper of the waist bag you sold me is a little broken. Come over and help me take a look." Qin Xiuming got up and went into the house.
Su Jiaojiao stood up and followed him in. She didn't remember Qin Xiuming buying her a bag, but the waist bag on the table in the living room was indeed the one she sold at the market, so there was naturally no problem with the zipper.
Qin Xiuming asked her to sit down and suddenly asked, "Su Jiaojiao, have you seen me before?"
"Why do you ask?" Su Jiaojiao picked up the waist bag, looked at it, and put it down again.
First love is a special existence in life.
Even if I don't love him anymore, I still feel a little sad when I face him again.
"I took the college entrance exam last year, but I failed. My mom kept urging me to repeat, but I always felt I wasn't cut out for studying. I've worked in a factory, driven a taxi, and even opened a bookstore." Qin Xiuming answered irrelevantly, looking at her quietly. "Of all the things, I'm most interested in psychology. I've been studying it for six months and I think I have some understanding."
Su Jiaojiao didn't say anything.
He continued, "The last time I saw you, I found it a little unbelievable. It was clearly our first meeting, and even though I hadn't offended you, you refused to get in my car. I could tell you had a very bad impression of me, but I didn't remember ever meeting you."
"You must have been obsessed with reading." Su Jiaojiao glanced at him indifferently, "Let alone you, I won't get in any stranger's car, no matter if it's a man or a woman. As for what you think, that's your business."
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