Chapter 58
When Wen Min saw Chen Miao leaning against the car not far away, he became visibly restrained.
Lin Jiu looked at Wen Min's tense expression, smiled, and joked, "What's wrong? You're so excited to see your old classmates that you're frozen. If someone didn't know you, they'd think you saw your old lover."
Wen Min heard this and said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about!"
Lin Jiu asked back: "Then why are you nervous?"
Wen Min tilted her head and whispered, "You say we're old classmates, but we're clearly not familiar at all! I knew you were dating a while ago, but when I saw him in person, I felt like I was in a dream."
In Wen Min's mind, Chen Miao was the most difficult person in the class to deal with, incredibly difficult to get along with. Seeing him again a year later, judging by his appearance, he seemed to have become exponentially more difficult to deal with.
If she was far away, she could still appreciate its appearance, but when she got really close, she felt a little stiff, not knowing how to approach it.
When she thought that he was Lin Jiu's boyfriend, she felt less nervous, but still a little restrained.
"Oh, I see." Lin Jiu nodded thoughtfully and paused for a second before asking, "How does it compare to high school? Am I more handsome now?"
"Are you crazy?" Wen Min had never expected Lin Jiu to ask such a question. She covered her mouth with her hand and lowered her voice. "I was just joking. Why did you take it so seriously?"
Seeing Wen Min's nervous face, Lin Jiu smiled and said, "I just asked casually."
After looking at Lin Jiu for a few seconds, Wen Min said, "I didn't notice it before, but now I feel that your personality has become much more lively since you went to college."
Lin Jiu replied seriously: "Maybe I have always been like this, but you didn't notice."
After walking a few steps, they arrived at the car.
Lin Jiu walked up to Chen Miao, handed him the suitcase in his hand, and said, "I'll get in the car first."
Chen Miao nodded, hummed, and walked towards the trunk.
Lin Jiu opened the back door, let Wen Min get in, and then he got in too.
Not long after she sat down, she was moved to another seat. Wen Min, who had not yet sat down, opened her eyes wide and asked, "Why are you sitting here?" Looking at Lin Jiu who sat down, her tone rose unconsciously.
Lin Jiu fastened his seatbelt while replying, "I think we should probably chat, so I might as well sit next to you. If I sit in the front seat, I'll have to twist my neck to talk to you."
He opened the car door and saw that there was no one in the passenger seat. Chen Miao, who happened to hear this, said: "......"
"......" Wen Min, who received a glare from the front, lowered his head silently and focused on buttoning the phone case.
Lin Jiu originally wanted to discuss the afternoon itinerary with Wen Min, but Wen Min said they would discuss it after arriving at the hotel, and then remained silent all the way.
A beautiful and bright girl turned into an autistic little girl.
Lin Jiu looked at the culprit in the front seat hatefully and said nothing more.
After lunch, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon when we arrived at the hotel.
When they arrived at the hotel room, without Chen Miao by their side, Wen Min came alive and looked around curiously.
Lin Jiu opened the wardrobe, slowly hung up the spare clothes, and zipped up his travel bag.
Glancing at Wen Min who was standing in front of the French window, she said, "How is the view? Is it nice?"
Wen Min turned around and said, "It's really nice. It will probably look better at night."
Suddenly, she tiptoed and pulled Lin Jiu to sit on the love sofa. She was slightly excited and said in a low voice: "When you told me about it at the airport, I didn't take it seriously. After we got here, I realized that the suite is so big, bigger than my home. I have never stayed in a hotel like this before. It's so luxurious!"
Lin Jiu took the mineral water next to the sofa, unscrewed the cap and asked, "Would you like some?"
"Not thirsty." Wen Min shook his head.
Lin Jiu gave him that "you're not alone" look and said, "I was like you the first time I came."
Wen Min lowered his voice and said, "This hotel belongs to Chen Miao's family? His family must be very rich!"
After thinking for a few seconds, Lin Jiu told Wen Min everything he knew about Chen Miao's family's assets.
After listening, Wen Min was silent for a long time.
After a while, she lay on the sofa and looked at the ceiling. "I thought Ji Xin's family was rich, but I didn't expect it to be so small compared to the big ones."
"Ji Xin?" Lin Jiu looked at Wen Min's profile and said, "I've never heard you talk about his family situation."
Wen Min hesitated for a moment, tilted her head, looked into Lin Jiu's sparkling eyes, and said, "His mother is a painter, quite famous. His father runs a hospital, and his hospital can be seen in most first-tier cities. In short, in my opinion, his family is well-off."
"His family is so well-off, why would he come to Guicheng?"
After a few seconds of silence, Wen Min leaned over to her ear and said, "His parents are divorced, and he followed his mother from Jinghe City to Guicheng. His mother is from Guicheng, and her house is right across from us, so we grew up together."
Lin Jiu sat sideways, propping up his head with his hands on the back of the sofa, and said in understanding, "So that's how it is."
Wen Min lowered her head, holding a square pillow in her arms. "When I was little, I was so carefree, dragging Ji Xin around everywhere to play. When I grew up, I realized his family was so well-off, and I felt really inferior to him. Although my parents are both teachers and we come from a well-off family, there's still a gap compared to him."
Lin Jiu had never thought that Wen Min had also felt inferior. She took Wen Min's hand and said, comfortingly, "I'm worse off than you. My family is still in the countryside. The gap between Chen Miao and me is even greater. There's a world of difference. Don't be afraid."
Hearing this, Wen Min suddenly smiled and said with a sigh: "Are we sisters in trouble?"
"You are three months older than me, so I should call you sister." Lin Jiu joked with her.
The two looked at each other and chuckled.
After a long moment, Wen Min looked at Lin Jiu seriously and asked, "You clearly know that there's such a huge gap between you and Chen Miao, so why did you still agree to be with him?"
Lin Jiu said firmly and gently: "Because I like him."
"Even if we can't be together again in the future?"
"Yeah." Lin Jiu said, "It's important to enjoy the present. Leave the future to my future self. And..." After a few seconds, she said, "He said he would solve it. I believe him."
Wen Min's bright eyes stared at Lin Jiu with admiration: "You are so strong."
Lin Jiu: "So, what exactly did you and Ji Xin quarrel about?"
Wen Min's eyes twitched, and he complained, "You changed the subject too quickly."
Lin Jiu raised his eyebrows and explained, "During dinner, Ji Xin asked me if you were with me. I said yes, and he said he would come to see you."
Hearing this, Wen Min interrupted her, stood up from the sofa suddenly, and panicked: "You won't tell me!"
"Am I that kind of person? You underestimate me too much." Lin Jiu turned his back to Wen Min, "I didn't tell him your location. I must ask for your consent before giving it to him."
"That's good." Wen Min patted her chest and sat back in her original seat. Seeing that Lin Jiu ignored her, she immediately took her hand and apologized softly: "It's my fault, please forgive me."
Lin Jiu reluctantly accepted it and interrogated her: "Tell me the truth, what's the matter?"
Wen Min seemed to find it difficult to speak, and began to be shy and make a lot of small movements.
He would either touch his hair, snap his fingers, rub the pillow, or mumble without saying a word.
Finally, under Lin Jiu's sharp gaze, Wen Min gave in and confessed in one breath: "There's a junior student who's a direct descendant, he's not bad looking, and he always asks me about the badminton club. Yesterday, we met in front of the teaching building and Ji Xin saw us. We had a fight."
After hearing this, Lin Jiu held his forehead helplessly. He immediately guessed the reason why Ji Xin was angry and also knew the point when Wen Min lost her temper.
"So the reason you're angry with him now is that he's too possessive, doesn't allow you to have any friends of the opposite sex, and controls your friendships?"
Wen Min nodded and whispered, "I have nothing to do with that junior. We were just chatting. But Ji Xin got really angry and didn't trust me at all. Besides, he always controls me. After he became my boyfriend, he became even stricter. How could this happen!"
Lin Jiu was silent.
Wen Min and Ji Xin have their own unique way of getting along, so it is difficult for her to give any specific advice.
She didn't know how to reconcile their quarrel this time.
Seeing that Lin Jiu didn't say anything, Wen Min became anxious and asked, "Why don't you say anything?"
Lin Jiu chose a comfortable lying position, nestled in the corner of the sofa, looked at her dimly and said, "I don't know what to say. How about you meet and talk it over? If you have something to say, just talk about it. Don't hold it in and sulk."
Wen Min looked down at her newly finished pink nails for a few seconds, then looked up and asked Lin Jiu, "If it were you, what would you do?"
"......" Lin Jiu said, "There is no if, I will not let this happen."
Wen Min snorted softly and patted Lin Jiu's thigh, "...Can we still communicate if you are like this?!"
Seeing that Lin Jiu didn't react much, she put her hands on her hips and said firmly: "I don't believe that there is no opposite sex around you."
Lin Jiu waved his hands helplessly: "You know, I don't like to have too much contact with boys. Apart from serious matters, we can chat for a few minutes, and I will quickly end the conversation on other topics."
"......" Wen Min seemed to remember Lin Jiu's cold look when he was in school, and for a moment he was unable to refute.
Because of this, she suddenly learned that Lin Jiu and Chen Miao were together, and her jaw almost dropped to the ground in shock.
After all, even if this matter was told openly to other high school classmates, people would definitely think it was a joke and too outrageous.
Looking at Lin Jiu lying leisurely, Wen Min pursed her lips and asked, "Suppose, I mean suppose. If this really happened, what would you do?"
Before Lin Jiu could speak, Wen Min interrupted her, emphasizing, "You can't say there are no hypotheses! You must answer directly."
Lin Jiu touched the blue headband that bound his hair, thought for a long time, and then replied, "First, calm Chen Miao down. Then, explain the reason clearly and promise to keep a proper distance. Finally, act like a spoiled child with him and let this matter go."
"Acting like a spoiled child?" Wen Min's eyes widened. She had never expected Lin Jiu to handle the situation this way. She shook her head and muttered, "I thought you would just be tough."
Whether in the car or while eating, Chen Miao was very considerate and listened to Lin Jiu most of the time.
Wen Min was invisibly fed a lot of dog food by these two people, and her heart was a little depressed.
But… Lin Jiu’s ultimate solution to her problem was to act like a spoiled child!!! Wen Min felt that this image was very different from the Lin Jiu she usually knew, and there was a sense of disconnection.
Seeing Wen Min's incredulous expression, Lin Jiu touched his nose and said, "I don't like making friends with the opposite sex to begin with, so I'll just be more careful next time. Chen Miao and I have a good relationship, and I don't want to quarrel with him over such a small matter. Besides, Chen Miao is easy to coax, and he basically can't do anything to me when I act coquettishly. It can occasionally warm up the relationship, which is nice."
Realizing that Lin Jiu treated this as a game to warm up the relationship between young lovers, Wen Min silently held her forehead and slowly closed her eyes.
It turns out that their two minds are not on the same page.
Lin Jiu took out his phone and glanced at the chat history with Ji Xin. He asked Wen Min, "So, are you going to give Ji Xin your address? He should be on his way."
Wen Min thought about how long he had been a light bulb along the way and how much dog food he had eaten, and felt that he had to save some face.
Ji Xin came to her, and she was too lazy to be angry with him. So she said, "Just give it to me, I have no objection."
"Have you figured out how to deal with this matter?" Lin Jiu asked.
Wen Min suddenly smiled brightly, "I'll decide your method."
"behave in a spoiled manner?"
"Yeah." Wen Min said, "Anyway, Ji Xin hasn't been like this for the first time. He's been controlling me since I was a kid, so let him control me. I accept my fate."
Lin Jiu looked at her intently for a few seconds, then quickly sent the hotel address to Ji Xin. "I've sent it, get ready."
After she finished speaking, she stood up from the sofa and said to Wen Min, "Your business is settled. I'm going to go and coax Chen Miao now. You can rest for a while. By the way... you can think about where to go tonight. I'll listen to your arrangements and guarantee to accompany you throughout the trip."
Looking at Lin Jiu's departing back, Wen Min felt like she was being forced to eat dog food again.
She clenched her fists, took a deep breath, and comforted herself: she also has a boyfriend.
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