Chapter 50
Lin Jiu didn't need to adapt to campus life at all. In just one day, everything was back on track.
It’s time to study, study; it’s time to fall in love.
What’s different from last semester is that my roommate has started to work hard and is determined to win first place during the summer vacation.
Their passion for learning put Lin Jiu under great pressure, and he went to the library more diligently, spending most of his free time there for the entire semester.
End of May.
At six o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Jiu sat at a large wooden table, his back slightly bent, holding a copy of "Vanity Fair" in his hand.
The major of Chinese Language and Literature is really a pitfall. You need to read a large number of literary books from ancient and modern times, both Chinese and foreign. Only after studying it can you understand how difficult it is.
"Vanity Fair" is on Lin Jiu's list of books to read this month. She has a lot of classes these days, and she has only read a quarter of it in two days. Her progress is very slow.
I had just turned a page and read for less than three minutes when the phone on the desk lit up.
Lin Jiu's hands did not move, still holding the book. He leaned over and took a look at the message.
Chen Miao sent her a message: I'm almost there.
After closing the book and putting it on the table, Lin Jiu quickly took the phone and replied: OK.
She glanced at the time, then looked at the people sitting in front, behind, and around her. Surprisingly, more than half of them were busy with their heads down, and they seemed not to feel hungry at all.
Lin Jiu sighed inwardly: A volume within a volume.
She looked away and put all the books and pens on the table into her bag. With her bag in her left hand and her phone in her right, she opened the tightly closed door and gently closed it.
After leaving the study room, she was like a bird flying into the sky, stepping on the stairs and quickly going down to the third floor.
After she walked out of the library door, she was about to take a few steps down the stairs when a hot body suddenly pressed against her from behind. Someone put his arm around her waist and everything in front of her went dark.
"...Guess who I am." A clear voice whispered in my ear.
His ears were covered by the warm breath, and Lin Jiu's whole body trembled violently, and he felt numbness in his earlobes.
She tilted her neck uncomfortably to the side, and with just one finger of the hand holding the phone, she pulled down the hand that was covering her eyes. "Where did you come from?"
Chen Miao took the bag off her shoulder and adjusted her direction with his arm around her waist. "Next to that pillar."
"......" Lin Jiu looked at the big red pillar that she usually didn't pay much attention to. The entire pillar was thicker than her.
I have to say, it is indeed a good place for Tibetans.
After looking for a few seconds, her empty stomach reminded her that it was time to eat.
She looked up at Chen Miao and said, "Let's go. I'm hungry."
Chen Miao chuckled, "Okay." He let go of her waist and took her hand and walked down the stairs.
After getting in the car, Lin Jiu turned around and glanced at the back seat; it was empty.
She looked at Chen Miao who was sitting in the driver's seat and said, "I thought Meng Qinyang would be in the car."
An hour ago, she received a message from Chen Miao saying that there had to be an extra person for dinner - Meng Qinyang.
Considering that she was in self-study, she didn't ask any more questions. She originally thought that Meng Qinyang would come with Chen Miao, but she was wrong.
While fastening his seatbelt, Chen Miao replied, "He'll take a taxi there himself."
At this time, the peak period of classes on campus has long passed and there are not many people on the streets.
In the afterglow of the sun, the vehicle slowly accelerated along the road, passing a row of lush green sycamore trees.
Lin Jiu rolled down the car window, propped up his head and looked up at the branches outside, and asked casually, "Why is Meng Qinyang here?"
Chen Miao: "It's his birthday tomorrow, so we're here to celebrate."
Birthday?
Lin Jiu suddenly turned his head and looked at Chen Miao, his tone quite surprised: "Isn't tomorrow Children's Day?"
Chen Miao nodded, "Yes, this is his birthday."
"..." Lin Jiu said, "When I was in high school, the boys in my class suddenly wished Meng Qinyang a happy birthday during break. I thought they were deliberately mocking Meng Qinyang, but I didn't expect it was actually his birthday."
You can't blame her for thinking that.
They were so frivolous when they spoke, all with smiles on their faces, and they spoke separately, which made it feel like they were joking.
Although Meng Qinyang didn't lose his temper, his face didn't look very good either.
Hearing this, Chen Miao's shoulders trembled slightly, and he laughed very briefly, "Why are you so cute?"
“…”
Lin Jiu defended himself: "Who knew Meng Qinyang was born on such a day? I have never met anyone with a birthday on that day."
As soon as she said it, she felt that it was a bit hasty.
Maybe there had been one, but she didn't know. After all, she didn't really pay attention to other people's birthdays.
Fortunately, Chen Miao did not find fault with her.
"You have finally met him now," said Chen Miao.
Lin Jiu hummed, "...To be honest, Children's Day and Meng Qinyang are quite a match."
Chen Miao smiled again.
Lin Jiu was a little curious and asked Chen Miao, "What gift did you prepare for Meng Qinyang?"
"Not prepared."
"Ah?" Lin Jiu's eyes widened slightly. "Is this true?"
"real."
Lin Jiu took a look at Chen Miao's expression and found that it did not seem to be fake.
She said, "Will Meng Qinyang be angry?"
After all, Meng Qinyang gave Chen Miao something on his birthday.
According to Meng Qinyang's personality, if Chen Miao didn't prepare a gift, Meng Qinyang would definitely post something on his Moments to tease Chen Miao.
"No." Chen Miao was certain.
"Why?"
"I'll give him 100,000 yuan and let him buy it himself."
Give money? So simple and crude! Lin Jiu asked: "Is this okay?"
"He'll love it."
Lin Jiu nodded: "Okay."
He is Meng Qinyang's cousin and must know him.
......
After the sycamore tree disappeared, Lin Jiu was no longer interested in looking out the window. She had seen this road out of the school gate countless times.
She stared straight ahead at the dark asphalt road for a few seconds, and for some reason she suddenly remembered Chen Miao's last-minute message: "Meng Qinyang is here. Why don't you meet with him alone? Why did you invite me to dinner? It would be fine if you invited me, but why did you have to add him at the last minute?"
"In fact, I only found out about his arrival in Jinhai an hour ago," Chen Miao explained. "A few days ago, his mom and dad, my aunt and uncle, came to Jinhai and stayed with my parents. The four of them haven't been together like this for a long time, and since Meng Qinyang's birthday is coming up, they asked him to come directly..."
After a few seconds of pause, he sighed and said, "However, Meng Qinyang threw a tantrum, saying that no birthday boy would travel so far just to celebrate his birthday. We all thought he wouldn't come, but who knew... he suddenly changed his mind and came back, even wanting to stay with me."
Lin Jiu looked sideways at Chen Miao and said, "When I was in high school, I only heard about Meng Qinyang's father from my classmates, but I knew very little about his mother. I even thought he came from a divorced family."
"I don't blame you for thinking that." Chen Miao raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "My aunt and uncle don't seem divorced, but they are more like divorced. They have a good relationship, but because of work, they are often in different places and can't see each other."
"oh?"
"It's a long story..."
Lin Jiu likes to listen to stories and waits quietly for Chen Miao to continue.
"My uncle was born and raised in Guicheng. When he had achieved some success in medicine, the former director of the hospital asked him to return to Guicheng. He thought about it for a long time and hoped to return to his hometown to improve the local medical environment. My aunt originally disagreed, after all, living apart from each other would not be conducive to Meng Qinyang's growth."
After saying so much, Chen Miao paused and continued, "My uncle-in-law has a good temper, but he's very persistent about this matter. At that time, my aunt was working for a foreign company in Jinghe City, which was in its golden period of development. Neither of them was willing to sacrifice for the other's work, so they lived apart. Later, my aunt went abroad, and we were even further apart."
Hearing this, Lin Jiu was shocked. She had never expected that the matter between Meng Qinyang's parents would be so... unbelievable?
She was extremely surprised: "Even though they are so far apart, their feelings haven't faded?"
At a red light, Chen Miao stopped the car and said slowly, "Maybe they love each other enough... They make time to see each other every year, and I remember they have a very good relationship. My uncle-in-law settled down in Jinghe not long ago, and my aunt is also in Jinghe now. They have finally ended their long-distance life."
It was a bit difficult at first, but now everyone is happy with the result.
Lin Jiu smiled, a hint of envy in his tone: "Your parents have a very good relationship."
Chen Miao probably sensed something from this sentence. After a few seconds of silence, he spoke cautiously, "Is the relationship between uncle and aunt... average?"
Lin Jiu looked out the window at the bright, interlaced streetlights, a complex expression in her eyes. After a long pause, she said with unusual calmness, "I don't know if their relationship is good or not... My mom isn't talkative and has never discussed these matters with me."
Lin Jiu doesn't like to talk about his family matters, and it seems that there is nothing much to say.
She was the one who brought up the topic first, so she ended it.
Just as she finished speaking, she suddenly smiled and tilted her head to look at Chen Miao, saying in a light tone, "We've been driving for such a long time, why haven't you arrived yet? I'm starving."
Chen Miao lowered his eyes, knowing that she didn't want to talk, so he didn't ask any more questions. He followed her wishes and gently changed the subject.
He stepped on the accelerator and replied with a curled lip: "It's the next intersection."
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Chen Miao opened the door to the private room. As soon as Lin Jiu walked in, he heard Meng Qinyang complaining, "You guys are too slow. I'm almost fainting from hunger."
Chen Miao replied bluntly: "No one asked you to eat with us."
Meng Qinyang turned his head and snorted.
Lin Jiu didn't say anything, but just walked to the seat and looked at Meng Qinyang, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.
He was wearing a green floral T-shirt and a jingling chain around his neck, looking very youthful.
He hasn't changed much in a year.
Noticing her gaze, Meng Qinyang said nonchalantly, "What? Haven't we met in a year?"
"......" Lin Jiu seldom spoke directly to Meng Qinyang, and for a moment he didn't know what tone to use when talking to him.
Chen Miao, who had just walked behind Lin Jiu, looked up at Meng Qinyang and said with a forced smile, "Talk nicely."
He pulled open the seat next to Lin Jiu: "Sit here."
There was a round table in the box, seating six people. This seat was right across from Meng Qinyang.
Lin Jiu felt that it was really awkward for her and Meng Qinyang to sit opposite each other, so she said to Chen Miao, "You sit here, I'll sit next to you."
"Okay." Chen Miao pulled out another seat for her.
Watching the two of them sit down, Meng Qinyang put his hand on his chest and said exaggeratedly: "I'm isolated."
"Don't add drama to yourself!" Chen Miao glanced at him.
Lin Jiu felt very warm when listening to them talking, and smiled.
After all the dishes are served.
There was a strange silence in the box for a while.
This was the first time the three of them had eaten together. If they had been eating in pairs, it wouldn't have been so cold.
Although the atmosphere was cold, the three of them did not feel uncomfortable at all. They turned the tables diligently and filled their stomachs.
Lin Jiu was biting on the spareribs when Chen Miao suddenly picked up several more pieces for her, almost filling her bowl.
She frowned and looked at Chen Miao and said, "I can't finish it, so don't give me any more."
Chen Miao stopped immediately.
Meng Qinyang, who was watching the whole process, suddenly slapped his thigh and laughed like a goose.
When Meng Qinyang learned from Chen Miao that he and Lin Jiu were in love, he found it difficult to imagine what they looked like together. He always felt that there was something wrong with the person he imagined.
Now that he actually saw the two of them getting along, he was completely shocked.
Chen Miao was too obedient and considerate, not at all like the person he had in mind.
After laughing for a few seconds, he said breathlessly, "So this is how you two get along when you're in love!"
Once he thought that someone came out of nowhere to deal with Chen Miao, and that person was his high school classmate, he laughed even louder.
Lin Jiu: “…”
Chen Miao put down his chopsticks, sneered, and said sternly: "Meng Qinyang, I give you three seconds to stop your shrill laughter." He started counting down from "three", and when he counted to "two", Meng Qinyang had already covered his mouth to control the smile on his face.
After completely stopping laughing, Meng Qin raised his chin towards Chen Miao and said to Lin Jiu, "Look at him, his true face has been exposed. He's just pretending in front of you. He's not a good person at all."
Lin Jiu smiled brightly upon hearing this, and turned his head to Chen Miao and said, "I told you he was very interesting."
After pondering for a few seconds, Chen Miao smiled inexplicably and said, "If that's what you mean, then it is."
Meng Qinyang didn't understand the tacit understanding between them and looked at the two of them in confusion: "What are you talking about?"
Lin Jiu looked at him and explained, "When I was having dinner with Chen Miao before, I said you have a good personality, but he didn't agree. Now, he agrees with me."
"......" It was clearly a good thing to say, but the more Meng Qinyang listened to it, the more he felt something was wrong.
Strike while the iron is hot, Meng Qinyang looked at Lin Jiu and immediately accused someone at the table: "Do you know how outrageous Chen Miao is? I came from a long way away, and he was so cruel as to make me sleep on the sofa!"
Lin Jiu glanced at Chen Miao and asked, "Is this true?"
Before Chen Miao could speak, Meng Qinyang immediately spoke, attracting her attention: "Absolutely true!"
As if he had found a backer, he began to complain in detail: "When I walked in, he looked impatient and didn't welcome me at all, which hurt me deeply. I was about to go to the second bedroom to rest, but he stopped me at the door and made me sleep on the sofa."
After saying that, he controlled his strength, slapped the table lightly, and questioned Chen Miao: "Just tell me whether it is true or not."
Lin Jiu blinked, his eyes jumping back and forth between the two of them.
Chen Miao raised his eyebrows and said to Meng Qinyang in a calm tone, "I gave you the choice: stay in a hotel, stay at my parents' house, or sleep on the sofa. If you want to sleep on the sofa, there's nothing I can do."
Lin Jiu looked at Meng Qinyang and asked, "So... why did you choose to sleep on the sofa?"
"That's not the point." Meng Qinyang snorted and said, "He has a second bedroom where I could sleep, but he won't let me."
Lin Jiu probably knew why Chen Miao didn't let Meng Qinyang live in the second bedroom. There were many of her clothes in the closet, including her underwear.
She glanced at Chen Miao, who was also looking at her. After a brief exchange of glances, she was sure it was what she thought.
After thinking for a few seconds, she picked up the chopsticks and started eating.
Seeing that neither of them spoke, Meng Qinyang seemed to grasp something in a flash. Looking at Lin Jiu who was eating silently, he asked tentatively, "That second bedroom is not reserved for you, is it?"
"......" Lin Jiu paused for a second while eating, and then continued eating calmly.
Chen Miao glanced at Meng Qinyang and backed off: "You're the birthday girl tomorrow, so I'll sleep on the sofa tonight. Stop complaining here."
"Okay, I can barely accept it." Meng Qinyang was quite satisfied after hearing the result. At least his resistance was somewhat useful, and he no longer cared who got the second bedroom.
When the two of them stopped arguing, Lin Jiu raised his head and said, "The bed is so wide, can't you sleep together? Why do you have to choose one person to sleep on the sofa?"
The next second, both of them spoke at the same time.
Chen Miao said with disgust: "He sleeps in a particularly bad way."
Meng Qinyang said proudly: "I don't want to sleep with him."
Lin Jiu glanced back and forth at the two of them.
It seems that the two of them have slept in the same bed before, but the experience was extremely bad.
After dinner, the three of them got in the car.
Originally, Chen Miao planned to send Meng Qinyang to the gate of the community and then send Lin Jiu back to the dormitory.
Meng Qinyang persisted, saying, "I haven't even had a good look at your school yet. I'm going there too and want to take a look around."
Chen Miao gritted his teeth and said, "The school is pitch black. What are you doing?"
Meng Qinyang: "Look at the night view."
After thinking for a few seconds, Lin Jiu nodded and agreed: "You're right, the night view of the school is quite beautiful."
Meng Qinyang shook his head with a smug look on his face.
Chen Miao: “…”
Just like that, Meng Qinyang sat in the back seat, like a bright light bulb, staring straight at the two people in the front row.
In order to liven up the atmosphere, he even connected the Bluetooth to play his collection of golden songs, which were all popular and cheerful songs.
Chen Miao and Lin Jiu didn't speak the whole time.
Chen Miao acted as the driver all the way, while Lin Jiu watched the night view all the way.
After Lin Jiu got off the bus and returned to the dormitory, Meng Qinyang leaned over and asked Chen Miao, "Is this the end? You didn't even say a few words to say goodbye properly?"
Chen Miao's face was gloomy. He turned to look at Meng Qinyang and said, "Shut your mouth."
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