Chapter 36
Lin Jiu is a man of action.
If there is no suitable opportunity, create one.
The next morning.
There was no class in the first period, so Lin Jiu lay in bed for a while, which was a rare opportunity. She sent a message to Chen Miao.
Jiubujiu: Let’s have dinner together tonight?
CM: Okay, where do you want to eat?
Jiubujiu: Canteen?
centimeter:......
Perhaps because the two of them had met in the cafeteria too many times, it was rare for Chen Miao to refuse Lin Jiu's proposal.
CM: Let’s go to the restaurant by the river.
Riverside?
It’s nice to revisit old places.
Jiubujiu: Good.
Jiubujiu: See you in the evening.
After meeting the person, Lin Jiu finally felt relieved. She glanced at the other people in the dormitory, who were still sleeping.
So, he quietly got out of bed, sat on the chair, turned on the desk lamp, picked up "The Scream" borrowed from the library and started reading.
......
After the third class, I returned to the dormitory.
Putting down the book, Zhou Jingmeng slumped in the chair with a tired look on his face. "Finally, I can rest..."
Tang Yazhi: "Yes, National Day is finally here."
Liu Qing, who had packed her luggage early in the morning, waved goodbye with her suitcase in hand: "I have a train tonight, so I'm leaving first." Her home is in Jiangyu City, near Jinhai City. It takes about half an hour by high-speed rail, so it is very convenient to go back.
"Bye." The three people in the dormitory said in unison.
Zhou Jingmeng immediately became energetic when she thought that she would be able to go home and eat the meal her mother cooked soon, and started packing things into her white tote bag.
Ten minutes later, she was ready to go out with her things on her back. Seeing this, Tang Yazhi picked up her phone charger and bag and said, "Let's go together."
Both of them live in Jinhai City, so they can go together for a while.
When leaving, Zhou Jingmeng looked back at Lin Jiu and said, "Don't miss us too much when you're alone in the dormitory."
Lin Jiu smiled and said, "Let's go now."
After sitting and resting for a few minutes, Lin Jiu stood up and opened the wardrobe next to him.
She hesitated for a while and finally chose a light blue dress to change into.
She turned around in front of the mirror and admired herself for a while. She rarely had the opportunity to wear a skirt. When she had classes and needed to ride a shared bike, wearing long pants was the most convenient.
She was very satisfied with her outfit, which looked slightly gentler and very different from other times. However, the clothes also had disadvantages: there were no pockets, so there was no place to put keys or a card.
She took out a white shoulder bag from the closet, put her keys and card inside, and then sat back in her chair.
She was thinking about how to hold hands casually.
......
In the car.
Lin Jiu leaned his head against the window, looking at the flickering night scene outside with quite sad eyes.
She felt that she was not good enough in love.
I just want to hold hands, but I don’t know how to take the initiative.
When we arrived at the intersection, the green light suddenly turned red and the car stopped.
120, 119, 118, 117......
Red light countdown.
Chen Miao turned his head and stared at her for a few seconds, "Are you worried about something tonight?"
In an instant, Lin Jiu immediately made up an excuse: "No, I was just thinking about how to spend National Day."
Chen Miao sighed, as if blaming himself, "I'm sorry, I can't accompany you this National Day."
Lin Jiu moved his head away from the window, turned slightly to look at Chen Miao, and said in a very relaxed tone: "It's okay, didn't you say you would bring me a gift when you come back? I'm very happy."
A few days ago, Chen Miao told her that he had to go abroad during the National Day holiday and could not spend it with her.
Lin Jiu didn't think there was anything wrong.
After all, the two of them will spend a lot of time together in the future, so these seven days won't make a difference.
Her comforting words had no effect, but rather had a counter-effect.
After hearing her words, Chen Miao turned around and looked at the red light ahead. He felt inexplicably anxious, and his fingers suddenly tapped the steering wheel intermittently.
After a long silence, he gritted his teeth and asked, "Do you really not mind that I can't accompany you?"
He didn't mind spitting out these four words a little too harshly.
Lin Jiu keenly noticed that he was in a bad mood at the moment. He felt an inexplicable sense of oppression and his eyelids twitched.
To be honest, he is very rare and quite peculiar, and I want to take a few more glances at him.
For a long time, the people around him remained silent, as if they had tacitly agreed. Chen Miao's face suddenly darkened, and the veins on his neck became faintly visible.
Just as he was about to suppress his emotions and ask, "Do you care about me at all?", a warm object suddenly touched his right cheek.
It's her hand.
When he realized it, another hand touched his left cheek and turned his head with a little force.
When I saw Lin Jiu's eyes, which were inexplicably bright and slightly excited.
He was stunned, and his furrowed brows were instantly smoothed by an invisible force. A trace of confusion flashed across his eyes, and they looked slightly clearer.
"My boyfriend is so handsome," he heard her exclaim.
He didn't feel happy for long. The two hands on his face moved away in an instant. She said, "It's time to get ready to go. The light will turn green soon."
I turned my head to look at the traffic light, which was flashing red rapidly.
10, 9, 8......
The red light that used to be so slow actually went fast this time.
As soon as the green light came on, Chen Miao stepped on the accelerator and drove through the intersection.
Lin Jiu observed his expression from the side and found that it was normal, and the previous displeasure was gone.
I felt relieved.
Chen Miao caught her gaze from the corner of his eye and said calmly, "You haven't answered my question yet."
Lin Jiu frankly expressed his inner thoughts, "I just think that we will have plenty of time together in the future, so it doesn't really matter if you can't accompany me this time."
This is not a perfect answer, but Chen Miao is already very satisfied.
They will indeed have a lot of time to spend together in the future.
He doesn't need to be too anxious.
......
Lin Jiu has a deep memory of the restaurant where he first ate.
Compared to last time, she was less restrained and more casual this time.
It’s the same seat as last time.
Of course, this time she gave the right to order food to Chen Miao.
Ordering food requires choosing from a wide variety of dishes. She really has a problem with making choices and always wastes a lot of time.
After Chen Miao ordered the dishes, he just looked at Lin Jiu quietly without saying a word.
Lin Jiu broke the silence and asked curiously, "What exactly are you going to do abroad this time?"
Chen Miao only said that he was going abroad, but did not explain what he was going to do.
Hearing this question, Chen Miao raised his eyebrows slightly, a smile flashing in his eyes, "I thought if I didn't tell you, you would never ask."
Lin Jiu blinked, said nothing, and just looked at him with his hands supporting his head, as if he was listening attentively.
Chen Miao: "My family has made some investments overseas, and one of them is a logistics company that went public a while ago. They're planning to invite investors to a celebration party and also hold a meeting to finalize specific details for future development."
He took a sip of water from the cup in front of him and continued, "Originally, I invited my dad. I'm going there on his behalf and will also learn about other investment projects abroad."
Lin Jiu nodded, not quite understanding. She didn't know much about investment, but she knew from the story that Chen Miao's family also had business abroad, and it was quite large.
"Are you going alone?" Lin Jiu asked again.
"My dad's secretary will go with me," said Chen Miao.
Lin Jiu thought for a few seconds, "Is it the one who accompanied you to school before?" After a few seconds, she added, "The one who came with you on the day you reported."
Chen Miao looked straight at Lin Jiu and fell into a brief silence, not knowing what he was thinking.
After a long pause, he said something ambiguous: "You still remember what happened three years ago? It seems you have a deep impression of me, too!"
"..." Lin Jiu said, "No student report could be as grand as yours! Of course I will remember it."
Chen Miao didn't get discouraged when he didn't hear what he wanted to hear. He answered Lin Jiu's previous question: "It's not him, it's someone else."
In order to make Lin Jiu clear, he explained: "The one you met before is surnamed Zhou, and the one who accompanied me this time is surnamed Liu."
"Zhou?" Lin Jiu thought of the person he was going to meet tomorrow. "Is it the one who added me?"
A few days ago, Chen Miao sent her a WeChat message saying that someone would contact her soon to take her measurements and make autumn and winter clothes.
The next second, she received a friend request. Limited to the 20-character limit, his request note read: "Ms. Lin, I'll arrange for your measurements."
After accepting the friend request, the other party told her that his name was Zhou Mi. At the same time, he also kindly told her that she could call him Zhou Mi.
He made an appointment with her for tomorrow. He originally wanted to have sex with her, but considering the dormitory wasn't convenient, he said he would pick her up downstairs.
Sure enough, Chen Miao's words confirmed her guess, "It's him."
......
After dinner.
Lin Jiu and Chen Miao walked side by side along the river, a fist's distance between them.
Unlike last time, this time Lin Jiu walked on the outside, while Chen Miao leaned against the riverside fence. They both walked slowly, enjoying the night breeze and slowly digesting their food.
After walking nearly a hundred meters, Lin Jiu finally remembered the purpose of this trip.
When she thought about what she was going to do, her chest started pounding like a little rabbit hidden in it.
In order to relieve the tension, she slowly swallowed the saliva in her throat, but for the first time she felt the sound of swallowing was so loud.
She quickly looked up and glanced at Chen Miao.
He stared straight ahead, his expression unchanged, as if he hadn't noticed anything.
However, her movement of looking at him attracted his attention, and he turned his head and asked her, "Want to go back?"
"No." She shook her head, then lowered her head and looked down at her blue and white sneakers stepping over one tile after another.
Counting silently in my heart——
1, 2, 3......
When she counted to 18, she looked sideways.
His sight moved from the pair of black and white AJs, across the gray and black jeans, and finally stopped at the slightly bent hand that hung naturally at the edge of the black clothes.
He has large hands, long fingers, fair skin and smooth nails.
After looking at him for a few seconds, she raised her hand and put four of her fingers into his palm, holding the back of his hand with her thumb.
Less than a second after she put it in, her hand was firmly grasped and the people around her stopped.
She also stopped, tilting her neck slightly to look at Chen Miao. His lips curved up widely, and he chuckled softly, "You took the initiative to ask me out this morning, and even wore a dress and dressed so beautifully, just to hold my hand?"
Seeing him laughing so brightly, Lin Jiu felt embarrassed and angry, and felt inexplicably annoyed.
She ignored his words, gritted her teeth, raised her clenched hands, and protested to him: "Why can't you take the initiative?"
Hearing this, Chen Miao restrained his smile and looked down at her eyes seriously. "If I take the initiative, I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it. Besides... I'd rather wait for you to take the initiative, Ajiu."
The change in address seems to imply a closer relationship between them.
Realizing this, Lin Jiu's pupils shrank slightly, his body stiffened, and he felt a little helpless.
She just kept her eyes open and heard him say, "On the day we got together, I said, 'Don't rush, take your time.' I was just earnestly fulfilling my promise. But I didn't expect you to be so slow... I really didn't dare to overstep the boundaries, so I had to keep a balance to avoid scaring you off."
After saying that, he suddenly leaned in close and said, "I want to know how much you like me. I also want to know to what extent your love for me can make you take the initiative."
He moved closer, so close that she could clearly feel his every breath.
Lin Jiu was really not used to such a close distance and wanted to take a few steps back to create some distance, but he was pressed on the waist with his other hand and could not move.
In desperation, she pressed her other hand holding the phone against his chest and pushed it away. Chen Miao cooperated quite well and symbolically moved a little further away.
At a distance of more than ten centimeters, she felt a little relieved, but still uncomfortable. Tilting her head, she snorted and asked, "So you know now?"
"I know..." He suddenly buried his face in her neck, feeling her body temperature with his cheeks.
There was obviously no fragrance on her body, but a deep sniff made him feel intoxicated, and he rubbed her with his nose as if infatuated.
Perhaps his actions were too intimate, she trembled slightly unconsciously, and struggled to break free but he held her tighter.
The riverside was crowded with people, young and old, men and women. Looking around, I could see quite a few couples. Some were holding hands, some were walking with their arms around each other, and some were kissing under the shade of a large tree.
Lin Jiu felt that it was normal for her and Chen Miao to hug each other, and it was not something out of the ordinary.
Anyway, it's okay once you get used to his breathing.
After giving up struggling, she whispered, "What if I never take the initiative?"
This is very possible. If she didn't think Liu Qing was in love, she wouldn't think how slow she and Chen Miao were.
Even if we wait a few more months, she might not take the initiative.
"...Then I'll break my promise." Chen Miao said in a muffled voice, "My patience will only last until the end of the year... Then, I'll proceed at my own pace and get back everything I owe you these past few months."
Lin Jiu: “…”
I have plenty of patience, there are still three months until the end of the year.
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The two walked along the river for a while.
Afterwards, Chen Miao sent Lin Jiu to the dormitory building.
As usual, Lin Jiu unbuckled his seat belt and turned around to get out of the car.
The moment she turned around, her hand was grabbed by a big hand, which slid down her snow-white and round arm, and finally held her hand with her palms facing each other.
Lin Jiu turned his head and looked at him, not knowing what he was going to do.
Chen Miao slowly pulled her hand in front of him and kissed the back of her hand as she looked at him.
The feeling of warm lips touching the back of the hand is infinitely magnified.
Lin Jiu felt like he was electrocuted. He tried to pull his hand out but failed.
Chen Miao raised his eyes, looked at her intently, and said with a low laugh, "We won't see each other for seven days in the future. Don't you want to say something?"
“…”
Lin Jiu didn't know what to say, and he wasn't very good at saying sweet words.
After a long while, she managed to utter, "Have a safe journey."
Chen Miao expected that she would not say any love words, but he did not expect that she would think about it for so long and say these four words.
He leaned his head against the back of his chair and laughed for a while, his chest heaving violently.
After calming down, he looked at her steadily for a few seconds before letting go of her hand. "See you after National Day."
Lin Jiu nodded, turned around and got out of the car.
Fortunately, she hadn't forgotten her bag. She opened the back door, grabbed the small white bag that had been left there since she got in the car, and headed back to the dorm.
She sat down on the chair and glanced at her phone. Two minutes ago, Chen Miao sent her a message.
There are two messages in total.
The first one is the transfer of 9999.
Second message: It's not much, just take it. National Day holiday allowance.
Afraid that she would not accept it, Chen Miao deliberately did not send too much.
Lin Jiu smiled.
Received it.
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