Chapter 15 Remember to leave the link At nine o'clock in the morning, Su Huaiwang stood...
At nine o'clock in the morning, Su Huaiwang stood in the kitchen, wearing an apron and a low ponytail, thinking about something while looking at the pile of ingredients in front of her.
The doorbell suddenly rang. She hurriedly pulled down her ponytail and scratched her hair to make it look less messy. There was a flurry of footsteps and both dogs looked up at her.
Su Huaiwang then realized that his reaction was a bit too big. He coughed to cover up his embarrassment and slowed down his movements.
When he opened the door, the person standing outside was not the girl he was familiar with, but a man in work clothes.
The man wore a formal smile and handed over a piece of paper. "Hello, this is what Ms. Tu Zhizhuo ordered. Please sign for it."
Su Huaiwang walked around him and looked behind him, where there was a pile of brand new packages.
Tu Zhizhuo was still asleep, and Su Huaiwang didn't know what was inside, so he had to sign his name in a daze and move all the things into the room with the help of the courier.
The two dogs sniffed around these things curiously, and then the lazy Mimi also left its cat bed, squatted opposite a pile of novelty toys, licked its fur with squinted eyes.
The door closed again. Su Huaiwang saw the courier's car driving away through the window. She turned her head to look at the pile of things.
Having someone personally deliver it to the mountains, the price must be quite high. Even though she was curious, she restrained herself; after all, it wasn't her who bought it.
She turned around, re-tied her ponytail, went into the kitchen, and started preparing breakfast for the two of them.
An hour later, Tu Zhizhuo, wearing a loose T-shirt, staggered down from the second floor, looking as if he had not yet woken up.
She walked behind Su Huaiwang and rested her chin on her shoulder: "What do you want to eat?"
"Steamed buns and porridge." Su Huaiwang pushed her face away and checked the status of the porridge in the rice cooker.
A few pieces of orange-red sweet potatoes soaked in the sticky porridge make people feel sweet just by looking at them.
Tu Zhizhuo yawned, and Su Huaiwang called out, "Go wash up, and come to eat."
"Okay, okay, my mother is not as hardworking as you." Tu Zhizhuo habitually spoke badly, but his body obediently moved to the bathroom on the first floor.
After a while, Tu Zhizhuo, who was completely sober, sat at the dining table and had breakfast with Su Huaiwang.
She was slurping her porridge when she heard Su Huaiwang ask:
"What did you buy?"
Following Su Huaiwang's finger, there was a pile of express boxes.
She immediately put down the porridge in her hand and ran over with her slippers on. "Barbecue supplies? Didn't I tell you? Wow, the delivery speed here is much faster than overseas..."
Su Huaiwang's expression became a little tense: "Are you really planning to go for an open-air barbecue?"
Tu Zhizhuo replied to her while opening the package: "What else? I'm a woman who keeps my word, okay?"
Su Huaiwang watched her pull the brand new instruments out of the express box one by one. The corners of his mouth twitched, but he finally decided to ignore it.
She drank sweet potato porridge and turned her head away, thinking that out of sight, out of mind.
It can be said that as soon as Tu Zhizhuo arrived, her originally empty home instantly became much more fulfilling.
Not to mention what was in the two large suitcases, nor that Tu Zhizhuo casually threw his clothes on her sofa, the barbecue grill and roof she installed took up a lot of space.
"How is it!" Tu Zhizhuo wiped the sweat from his head and proudly showed his work to Su Huaiwang.
Sure enough, the few years spent living abroad were not wasted. Tu Zhizhuo followed the instructions and quickly set up the barbecue facilities.
"Are you planning on having a barbecue in the yard?"
"Of course not, that's so unromantic, it sounds like an old white man. Of course we should go to your reservoir to have a barbecue, that's what romance is!"
"Then how are you planning to pull it over if you pretend like this?"
Tu Zhizhuo was silent. She looked at the huge equipment, then at Su Huaiwang's stern face, and silently began to dismantle the roof.
"Also, have you asked Lin Jue?"
"Oh, you mean that little beauty."
"Don't keep calling me little beauty, little beauty. It's weird."
"It's strange to be honest, you're really becoming more and more difficult to deal with."
Tu Zhizhuo habitually exchanged a few words with her before stopping what he was doing and pretending to think: "Not yet. Why not just go ask her later?"
"Just ask?" Su Huaiwang said, as if he had heard something unbelievable: "Didn't you add her already? Wouldn't it be enough to just send her a message?"
Tu Zhizhuo glanced at her and said, "Why do I feel like you care more about this than me, the initiator?"
Su Huaiwang's face flushed, and even her ears turned pink. She argued cunningly, "Is it me who will be with her long-term, not you?"
"Alright, I won't embarrass you." Tu Zhizhuo gave her a thumbs-up and gave her a bright smile. "Besides, I think she has a good personality. Why are you always so timid around her?"
Because she really felt sorry for her. Su Huaiwang only dared to complain about this in her heart, and she definitely didn't dare to say it to Tu Zhizhuo.
"So much talk, and you haven't answered my question yet!"
"Well, I locked my phone."
Su Huaiwang found that she was increasingly unable to understand her friend's train of thought. She needed to pause and sort out the information in her mind. "What did you say?"
"I said I locked my phone." Tu Zhizhuo curled her lips nonchalantly: "Playing with your phone in the mountains, what's the difference between that and being in the city? There's no way to relax at all!" She said righteously.
Su Huaiwang finally understood why she was the one who picked up the express delivery today. It turned out that Tu Zhizhuo could no longer receive the express delivery information.
She held her forehead helplessly: "Okay, okay, then I'll send a message to Lin Jue on your behalf..."
Tu Zhizhuo stopped her and said with a smile, "Why bother? It's so close anyway, can't we just go over to the door? Isn't that what people did in the old days when there were no mobile phones?"
Su Huaiwang swallowed nervously: "Isn't that a bit presumptuous..."
They hadn't known each other for long, but he went to her house without even telling her. It seemed so shameless no matter how you think about it.
Su Huaiwang completely forgot that Lin Jue came to visit her the day after they met.
Tu Zhizhuo noticed something was wrong: "Wait, have you never been to her house?"
Su Huaiwang nodded ignorantly.
"But she often comes to your house?"
Su Huaiwang hesitated a little: "Not often, just occasionally..."
"A person who only comes to your house occasionally, are you willing to let her walk into your bedroom and answer your phone while you're cooking?"
Su Huaiwang was speechless: "Well, maybe a few times..."
"That's right, it happened a few times! Friends should exchange courtesy with each other. You invited her to your house, but you never went to her house to visit. This is wrong no matter how you think about it, right?" Tu Zhizhuo has always been eloquent when it comes to fallacies.
Su Huaiwang was obviously persuaded: "But, she didn't invite me..."
Tu Zhizhuo interrupted her: "The girl is shy! Then you should take the initiative! Otherwise, she will think you don't want to be friends with her!"
Su Huaiwang thought about it and realized that, except for the first time, the rest of the times Lin Jue came to her house were basically invited by her. Lin Jue had never taken the initiative to ask to come to her house.
Thinking about it this way, the theory that Lin Jue is shy might actually be true.
Tu Zhizhuo was still arguing non-stop over there, and Su Huaiwang felt that he was possessed by a ghost and nodded in agreement for some unknown reason.
And this is why, at three o'clock in the afternoon, she and Tu Zhizhuo stood at the door of Lin Jue's house.
She looked up. This villa was of the same style as hers, and Lin Jue hadn't made many changes either.
The afternoon sun made her brain a little dizzy, and a fear that came from nowhere surged into her heart, making a clear rhythm of retreat in her heart.
Tu Zhizhuo was extremely excited. Holding the gift he had bought earlier, he raised his hand to knock on the door, then he seemed to remember something and took a step back.
"You come."
Su Huaiwang pointed at himself in surprise:
"Me?!"
"Yes, you come," Tu Zhizhuo shrugged. "You are more familiar with her, so who else can come if not you?"
This is indeed the truth. Su Huaiwang pursed his lips and took a step forward.
The beat of the retreat drum became more and more rapid, causing her breathing and heartbeat to speed up. Tu Zhizhuo was waiting for her behind, and he didn't know how nervous she was now.
She took a deep breath and raised her hand.
Before I could even press the doorbell, the door in front of me opened as if by telepathy.
Lin Jue's refreshing face suddenly appeared in front of the two of them, like a cool rain that drove away some of the summer heat.
She looked at Su Huaiwang with curved eyes: "What's wrong?"
Su Huaiwang subconsciously held his breath.
Tu Zhizhuo, who was standing behind him, called out nonchalantly, "Hey! Hello!"
Lin Jue raised his eyes, and when his gaze passed over Tu Zhizhuo, the smile on his face faded a little.
"Come in first," she said, with a little enthusiasm.
Tu Zhizhuo quietly extended a finger from the hand holding the bag and poked Su Huaiwang's lower back.
Su Huaiwang's lower back has always been sensitive, and when she poked him like that, his whole body trembled.
Turning around, Tu Zhizhuo winked at her, meaning to see what she would say! Is that true?
Su Huaiwang sighed, and the stiffness in his heart caused by the shock was mostly gone, so he stopped being clumsy when following Lin Jue.
Sitting on the sofa in Lin Jue's house, Lin Jue served them tea. Su Huaiwang looked at the interior decoration of her house curiously.
In general, it is similar to Su Huaiwang's house, but it is simpler and much more spacious than hers. There are no pet toys, pianos, or decorations that Tu Zhizhuo bought on a whim. Instead, there are some decorations that Su Huaiwang cannot understand.
Su Huaiwang lowered her head. For some reason, those simple yet wonderful decorations gave her the feeling that they were very similar to the black rope she was wearing on her hand.
The black rope was attached to her wrist, feeling cool. Su Huaiwang had originally just wanted to try it on, but unexpectedly, he found it more and more pleasing to the eye. He was reluctant to take it off, so he just kept wearing it.
Tu Zhizhuo noticed her movements and came over to take a look: "Wow, this looks great. Why are you wearing a bracelet all of a sudden?"
With her artist's aesthetic sense, she immediately recognized this simple-looking rope. She even wanted to touch it, but Su Huaiwang dodged her.
Tu Zhizhuo looked up at her in confusion.
Su Huaiwang fanned himself awkwardly with his hands and said, "I like it, so I put it on."
Tu Zhizhuo didn't care. He just glanced around the living room and said casually, "The style looks quite similar to that braided rope. Could it be..."
Su Huaiwang's heart suddenly became nervous.
"Did you buy it from the same store? Send me the link, I really like the style."
Tu Zhizhuo scratched his head, his eyes exceptionally clear.
Su Huaiwang finally calmed down his anger: "It's closed down. This store is closed down."
"Oh, I see." Tu Zhizhuo was a little disappointed, but he didn't doubt anything.
The porcelain tea set was brought to the coffee table. Lin Jue walked as if without making any sound, which scared the two of them. Tu Zhizhuo was so scared that he moved away from Su Huaiwang.
Seeing this scene, Lin Jue raised his eyebrows, smiled, and then sat down on the single sofa next to the two of them:
"What's the matter with you coming to see me today?"
She was clearly speaking to the two of them, but her eyes were fixed on Su Huaiwang.
Su Huaiwang met those amber eyes. For some reason, a feeling of pain and numbness flashed through his body, as if some memory was brought up.
My body shivered, as if a cold current and a hot summer converged to bring about a swaying rain.
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Su Huaiwang: National-level retreat drum performer
Tu Zhizhuo: A Chinese woman who needs to be connected throughout life
Lin Jue: The mysterious ghost who always thought Tu Zhizhuo was more presumptuous
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