Volume 1 Chapter 6 What does it mean to want to fall in love with you?
Before Du Ruo could answer, Xu Jingmo immediately added, "When I was admitted to A University, I bought a house near the school for convenience. However, there are more classes in the freshman year, and there were also evening self-study before, so I often lived in the dormitory and didn't go back many times. There is an aunt to clean regularly, and you can move in directly. The management of large hotels should be stricter, and you can't live there by yourself. Those small hotels with lax management are not safe for you to go to, and I can't let you go. If the truth is revealed in the future, I will be beaten to death by my parents, so it's more convenient to go to my place."
Du Ruo didn't mind going to his place. They knew each other too well and didn't consider whether it was inconvenient for the other party. He nodded in agreement, and Xu Jingmo lowered his head and opened his phone to call a taxi.
Du Ruo looked at him, thinking back to what he had just said, and couldn't help but think, mixed doubles, is he going to get beaten again now? Uncle Xu's words are no longer valid.
One time when she was a child, she went to his house to look for him and saw Uncle Xu chasing Xu Jingmo from the third floor to the first floor with a golf club, trying to hit him.
Ever since she met Xu Jingmo, she knew that he was often beaten. At that time, her mother said that it was because Xu Jingmo was too troublesome and made Uncle Xu angry.
Du Ruo knew that Xu Jingmo was very naughty, and it was no exaggeration to call him the 'king of naughty kids'. She had beaten him many times out of anger.
But that's different.
It was the first time she saw parents beat their children so cruelly. The metal golf club hit Xu Jingmo's arm hard, leaving a shocking red mark.
She didn't know what kind of trouble Xu Jingmo had gotten into, but she knew that Xu Jingmo was her only friend and her own person, and she had to protect him.
She did just that. She stood in front of Xu Jingmo and talked about everything from physical injuries to mental health, from parent-child relationships to legal regulations. She made Uncle Xu speechless and extremely guilty, and he promised her that he would never hit him again.
During these years when she was away, there was no one to protect him, and he was beaten again???
Du Ruo said soothingly, "Don't worry, even if the truth comes out, no one will dare to hit you as long as I'm here."
Xu Jingmo raised his eyes, a hint of surprise flashed across his eyes, and he raised the corners of his lips slightly and said with a smile: "Thank you for your protection, big boss."
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Xu Jingmo's residence is a 150-square-meter two-bedroom apartment, which is spacious, bright, simple and clean.
He pushed her suitcase directly into the master bedroom and took out a few of his own clothes from the closet and moved them to the second bedroom.
"Just sleep in the master bedroom. There's a bathtub in the master bathroom, and the computer is also in the master bedroom. It will be more convenient for you to do anything you want."
Du Ruo responded casually, and as soon as she entered the house, her eyes were attracted by a whole row of strangely shaped Rubik's Cubes on the TV cabinet in the living room.
She walked forward, picked up a five-layer Rubik's Cube, and just observed it casually for a few seconds before starting to turn it flexibly with her fingers.
When Xu Jingmo walked out of the second bedroom, he saw her standing in front of the TV cabinet, looking intently at the Rubik's Cube in her hand. Her slender white fingers slid the Rubik's Cube left and right at such a fast speed that an afterimage was left. In just a moment of distraction, the Rubik's Cube had been perfectly restored.
He walked closer and exclaimed, "That's amazing."
Du Ruo raised his eyebrows calmly, his eyes fell on the other Rubik's Cubes on the cabinet, and asked curiously: "What level have you reached?"
Xu Jingmo replied: "Eighth level."
Du Ruo looked at him in surprise, and became interested. "Compare?"
"Okay." Xu Jingmo agreed readily, picked out an eighth-order Rubik's Cube, and half-jokingly said, "Boss, please go easy on me."
Du Ruo threw the Rubik's Cube in his hand to him and said frankly, "Let's compete on the fifth level, and see how fast we can solve it. I haven't played with it for many years, and I haven't tried anything more complicated."
"If you say so, then I may not lose." Xu Jingmo skillfully scrambled the fifth-level Rubik's Cube and handed it back to her.
Du Ruo took it, walked to the sofa and sat down, motioning him to start the timer.
Xu Jingmo took out his cell phone and turned on the timer.
"Are you ready?"
Du Ruo nodded.
"Start."
Xu Jingmo pressed the start button on the timer on his mobile phone, and Du Ruo's fingers began to dance on the Rubik's Cube quickly and accurately. His expression was confident and calm, and he didn't look like someone who hadn't touched the Rubik's Cube in several years.
But Xu Jingmo knew that she must be telling the truth.
His eyes involuntarily shifted from her nimble fingers to her face.
Du Ruo was very beautiful, extremely beautiful, with dark and bright eyes without a trace of impurities, and her eyebrows, nose, mouth, every part of her seemed to have been meticulously carved, a true 360-degree beauty without blind spots.
He had heard people say that she was arrogant, that she was withdrawn, that she had a strange temper, and that she was cold...but no one would say that she was not beautiful.
However, her beauty is her least noteworthy advantage.
Seeing the corners of her lips rise slightly, Xu Jingmo calmly looked away and pressed the stop button accurately when she took the last step.
45.56 seconds.
Du Ruo glanced at the time and it was about the same as she expected. She shuffled the Rubik's Cube, handed it to him and said, "It's your turn."
Xu Jingmo took the Rubik's Cube, took a deep breath, and said with a casual smile: "You didn't show any mercy either, which made me a little nervous."
"Respect every opponent in the competition." Du Ruo took the phone and prepared to start timing.
Xu Jingmo's expression also became serious, "Okay, I'm ready."
Timer starts.
Du Ruo's eyes were fixed on his hands.
When masters clash, victory or defeat is decided in a matter of seconds.
Observing his first few movements and the agility of his fingers, Du Ruo had already made a comparison in her mind and knew that she had lost.
Xu Jingmo's technique is smooth, his thinking is clear, his movements are precise and swift, and there is no hesitation in every turn. He is a master player.
The timing ends at 44.97 seconds.
Xu Jingmo's mouth curved up beautifully, and his narrow eyes flashed with a subtle emotion. He said in a gentle voice, "Thank you."
"That's amazing." Du Ruo looked at him with admiration, and a rare desire to win arose in her.
Xu Jingmo casually played with the Rubik's Cube in his hand and smiled: "I play with it almost every day."
Du Ruo: "Then this shouldn't be your fastest speed?"
Xu Jingmo told the truth, "Yes, the fastest is 43.81."
Du Ruo raised an eyebrow, "Are you deliberately not wanting me to lose too badly?"
Xu Jingmo shook his head repeatedly: "I dare not. I have a fever and took medicine. My mind is not very clear now."
"When you get better, we'll compare again."
"OK."
Xu Jingmo responded with a relaxed expression, but in fact he was filled with an irrepressible joy.
He practiced day after day before just to let her see him one day. Later, he couldn't even see her, but he had formed the habit. Unexpectedly, he now had an unexpected reward. It turned out that God would not let down anyone who worked hard...
Xu Jingmo found his schedule, handed her a copy, and said, "This is my schedule. I can accompany you even when you don't have classes. Just look around and see where you want to go or what activities you want to do. I'll arrange it for you."
Du Ruo: "I have no idea. I'll follow your instructions."
Xu Jingmo was puzzled and asked curiously, "What on earth are you doing back here?"
Du Ruo felt unhappy when he thought of what the stinky old man said, and suddenly asked back: "Am I a loner?"
Xu Jingmo: "Not bad."
Du Ruo: "Strange temper?"
Xu Jingmo was silent.
Silence is the answer that cannot lie.
Du Ruo gave up on herself and spoke first, "Okay, you don't have to say anything."
She knew that genius was destined to not be understood.
Xu Jingmo smiled and explained, "You haven't lived in China for eight years. I have seen you only a few times. I don't know what your temper is like now."
Du Ruo glanced at him. His expression was calm, but for some reason, she could sense a hint of grievance in his voice.
She sighed and explained in detail: "My teacher said that I was too lonely and had too few friends, so she asked me to go out and make more friends with people of my age, so that I could have some youthful energy."
In fact, the stinky old man's original words were, "You always say that not everyone is worthy of being your friend. I think it's because you have an unpleasant personality and you can't make friends at all. You just stay in the laboratory every day. I'm not like you. I have a wife, children and friends. I can still go down in history. Don't use genius as an excuse. The premise of genius is also human. There is no shortage of geniuses in the world. Sooner or later, someone will solve any difficult problem. Your youth will never come back once it's gone!!!"
Although provocation is shameless, it is effective.
Du Ruo didn't believe it. Who said she had no friends? If she had one friend, she would have countless friends.
So she returned home to find her only friend.
Xu Jingmo has always been popular and has many friends since he was a child. It is always good to learn from him.
However, she couldn't tell him all this because she still had to save face.
Xu Jingmo understood and suddenly asked, "So you accept everyone who wants to add you on WeChat?"
Du Ruo glanced at him with a rather proud look in her eyes, "Ah, I have added more than 3,000 friends. Geniuses must be good at making friends, right?"
Xu Jingmo was amused by her idea, "Do they want to make friends with you? They want to be friends with you."
"What does it mean to be friends?"
"I want to have a relationship with you, Du Ruo. Have you ever had a relationship abroad?"
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