Volume 1 Chapter 8 Best Friends
Xu Jingmo picked out an SUV from the garage and drove back to the city.
When he got home, Du Ruo was not awake yet, so he went to the second bedroom to rest.
He only ate half a bowl of porridge at noon the whole day. He was already in a feverish state. After such a busy day, he now relaxed and felt a little headache. He fell asleep on the bed.
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Du Ruo suffered from insomnia due to long-term coffee drinking in a high-pressure environment. On average, he slept less than six hours a day. He planned to take a nap, but he didn't think he would fall asleep. Unexpectedly, he slept well in an unfamiliar environment. When he opened his eyes, it was almost 7:00 p.m.
After shaking off his tiredness, Du Ruo got up, changed his clothes and walked out of the bedroom.
Night has fallen, and the room is shrouded in darkness, dark and quiet.
She walked to the window and looked into the distance. The lights of the tall buildings were as bright as stars, dazzling and dazzling.
The night scenes of North City and River City are very different, each with its own merits.
Beicheng is a northern city with distinct four seasons and majestic skyscrapers.
Jiangcheng is a southern city where it is spring all year round, and it is beautiful and charming, surrounded by mountains and rivers.
Xu Jingmo is from Beicheng and she is from Jiangcheng.
When she was four years old, Xu Jingmo's family moved next door to hers and they became neighbors.
Because they had business dealings, Uncle Xu and his family of three came to visit with gifts, and Xu Jingmo also gave her a meeting gift.
The moment she opened the gift box, a gray chinchilla suddenly jumped out of the box, scaring everyone present.
Uncle Xu lost his composure on the spot and rolled up his sleeves to teach Xu Jingmo a lesson.
Xu Jingmo was 5 years old at that time, at the age when cats dislike dogs. His prank scared a lot of people. He was not afraid even when Uncle Xu threatened to beat him. He just stared at her expectantly, as if he wanted to see her cry out of fear.
Du Ruo was not able to do as he wished. She calmly caught the chinchilla and said to the adults with great love: "This is not a mouse, it is a pet. Thank you, brother."
Xu Jingmo escaped a severe beating, and his triumphant smile disappeared in an instant.
The two men's eyes met in the air, as if at that moment, an invisible grudge had been formed between them.
She gave him a four-layer pyramid Rubik's Cube in return and said provocatively, "Thank you for the gift, brother. I'm sure you will like this one too, right?"
For the next month, Xu Jingmo hid whenever he saw her, as if he was afraid that she would ask him, "Have you solved the Rubik's Cube?"
Until one day, he returned the Rubik's Cube to her and gave her a very cute plush doll as a gift.
She thought he had admitted defeat and was asking for peace, but she didn't expect that the stuffed doll would automatically tell ghost stories at midnight.
The next day, she used a 3D printer to make a gift box. The password of the box was encrypted with the Caesar code, and a doll - a vegetable dog - was placed inside.
From then on, the two of them began a six-month long "mutual torture".
Xu Jingmo tried all kinds of pranks to scare her and make her cry, but she responded by crushing and mocking him with her intelligence.
In the end, Xu Jingmo surrendered first and wanted to reconcile with her, saying that he wanted to be friends with her.
She was already furious at his provocation and thought it was another conspiracy of his. She said proudly, "Not everyone is worthy of being my friend."
Xu Jingmo asked: "Then what does it mean to be a good match?"
She deliberately replied: "Only those who are obedient, sensible and recognized by me are worthy of being my friends."
She thought Xu Jingmo would give up when faced with difficulties, but unexpectedly he actually persisted. He began to please her in various ways and obeyed her every word. He dared not go west when she said east, and dared not sit when she asked him to stand. He never disobeyed her, and this lasted for more than a year without fail.
Later, she gradually discovered that the children living in the same villa area called him "Big Brother" when they saw him.
She asked curiously: "Why do they call you Boss?"
Xu Jingmo replied: "Because I am better than them."
She said, "Then I am more powerful than you. If you recognize me as the boss, I will agree that you can be my friend."
Xu Jingmo agreed without hesitation.
Just like that, he became her only friend.
What Xu Jingmo didn't know was that before he showed up, she had also dealt with those children in the villa area.
However, they said that she was a monster in disguise. Only monsters could transform into children like her, but they could also perform some "magic" that children did not understand.
They didn't want to play with her, and she didn't want to play with kids who could only count on their fingers. Every day at home, she dealt with various books and electronic products.
Xu Jingmo is the first smart kid who is not afraid of her peers and can even interact with her on a reciprocal basis.
She felt that they were of the same kind.
Even though she later discovered that they were not the same kind and that she was just different from all her peers, Xu Jingmo never looked at her differently.
There is no envy and admiration from adults, nor is there admiration or jealousy from peers.
He treated her with the same sincerity as when they first met.
No matter who she was or what she had accomplished, he said, they were good friends, the best friends in the world.
Du Ruosi was absent-minded for a moment, but quickly came back to his senses, walked to the door and turned on the indoor light.
Under the light, she caught a glimpse of the sneakers at the door and raised her eyebrows slightly. Hmm? Xu Jingmo is at home?
She called softly, "Xu Jingmo?"
There was total silence, no one responded.
There were only a few rooms in total. Du Ruo pushed open the door of the second bedroom and saw Xu Jingmo lying on the bed with a quilt in his arms, facing the door, sleeping soundly.
She turned on the light in the second bedroom, walked to the bed, and tugged at his quilt. "Xu Jingmo, get up. I'm hungry."
Xu Jingmo's brows wrinkled slightly, and he slowly opened his eyes and looked at her with a dazed look, as if he was not fully awake yet. He neither stood up nor spoke, but just stared at her blankly without blinking.
Under the bright light, Du Ruo noticed that his cold and pale face had some unnatural blushes. She reached out and gently touched his forehead, which was alarmingly red.
Before she could say anything caring, Xu Jingmo suddenly grabbed her wrist tightly and pulled it hard. She was caught off guard and fell forward into his arms.
Xu Jingmo's chest was hot and scorching, tightly wrapped around her. Du Ruo's heart shuddered inexplicably, and his low muttering continued in her ears, "How can this dream be so real..."
The warm breath brushed past his ears, feeling itchy and numb. Du Ruo had never experienced such a strange feeling before. He felt as if goose bumps were all over his body and he couldn't even speak.
Her upper body was held tightly in his arms, unable to move. She could only instinctively raise her knees, trying to escape this strange feeling as quickly as possible.
With a muffled groan, Xu Jingmo loosened his hands, covered his lower body in pain, and rolled back and forth on the bed.
Du Ruo quickly stood up and stood beside the bed, looking down at him, her chest heaving slightly. She couldn't tell whether it was because of anger or the panic of her accelerated heartbeat.
Xu Jingmo was completely awake. After rolling around a few times, he lay on the bed, squinting at Du Ruo and complaining weakly, "You're so cruel to just say it when you don't like me. Do you want me to have no descendants? If I can't find a wife in the future, will you be responsible?"
"Who told you to suddenly hold on to me and not let go?" Du Ruo felt no guilt at all.
Xu Jingmo pretended to be innocent, "When did I hug you?"
Du Ruo sneered and pointed at him, "How dare you lie."
Xu Jingmo blinked, as if thinking of a countermeasure, raised his hand and touched his forehead, and continued to play dumb.
"My God, I was so burned and I was still half asleep. I thought you were the quilt..."
What a joke, although he didn't mean it and thought it was a dream, if she knew that he wanted to hug her, she would really make him "childless".
Du Ruo was speechless for a moment. Looking at his abnormal face due to fever and some cold sweat on his forehead, she couldn't help but feel a little flustered. She had no idea how much force she had used. She didn't think she had really kicked him to death.
"What should I do? Should I send you to the hospital?"
"No need, go out, I'll calm down for a while." Xu Jingmo snorted and turned his head away without wanting to look at her.
Without hesitation, Du Ruo immediately turned around and left the room, closing the door gently.
Xu Jingmo turned his head to look at the door again and sighed slightly. No one knew how to coax him. He was like a stone and would not listen to any advice.
Du Ruo leaned against the door panel and subconsciously reached out to touch his earlobe.
The warm breath just now seemed to still linger in her ears, like a flame, making her feel that her ears were still hot. This feeling was strange and indescribable. It had never appeared before and made her feel a little uncomfortable.
Ten minutes later, Xu Jingmo walked out of the second bedroom.
Du Ruo was curled up on the sofa lazily, his fingers deftly turning a six-layer Rubik's Cube, like a person with nothing to do.
"Are you still in the mood to play this?" Xu Jingmo asked unhappily, his face full of my unhappiness.
"Didn't you say you were fine?" Du Ruo raised his head, his face calm, as if the chaos just now had never happened.
Xu Jingmo was so angry that he couldn't help laughing at her answer. He said, "Okay, really okay."
"I'm hungry." Du Ruo looked at him and said.
Xu Jingmo glanced at her, walked to the coffee table, took out a box of pills from the drawer, then walked to the refrigerator, took out a bottle of water, and started taking medicine.
His movements were almost exactly the same as at noon.
However, in the morning, Rui sometimes stood aside and flattered me with an admiring look.
At this time, only Du Ruo stared at him expressionlessly, like a greedy girl, with a hint of disgust in her eyes, as if to say, "You are so slow in taking medicine? When can you eat?"
"I must have owed you in my last life." Xu Jingmo sighed helplessly.
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