Chapter 162 Sister is Sister
"No, I've already bought something else."
Wang Xinxin refused the things Chen Zhengnian handed over, thanked him politely, and turned to leave.
She can take it or leave it. Chen Zhengnian treats her as his sister, so she just behaves like a good sister.
There are so many men in the world, why should you love only one?
After saying that, Wang Xinxin walked out of the supply and marketing cooperative. Chen Zhengnian frowned and caught up with her.
At the door of the supply and marketing cooperative, Wang Xinxin was talking to a young man.
He had seen the young man before. He worked in the commune with Wang Xinxin.
He is young and good-looking, and always smiles at people when he speaks.
Wang Xinxin had just rejected the young man coldly, but now she smiled at him.
Chen Zhengnian suddenly felt uncomfortable.
The young man was holding an oil-paper bag and was stuffing it into Wang Xinxin's hand with a smile: "I just bought some sweet cakes. They're still hot. Would you like to try some?"
Wang Xinxin didn't refuse. She took it, broke off half a piece and handed it back: "Let's eat together."
The two walked side by side, their shadows stretched long by the setting sun, and their talking and laughing made Chen Zhengnian's eyes hurt.
He clutched the floral cloth in his hands until his knuckles turned white.
She was the one who said she wanted to be a younger sister, but at this moment, it felt like something was blocking her throat and she couldn't make a sound.
The look in the young man's eyes when he looked at Wang Xinxin clearly contained feelings that he was very familiar with.
Just like how Wang Xinxin looked at him before, with sparkling eyes and unconcealable joy.
"Chen... Chen Lu..."
The young man saw him first and greeted him with a smile: "Are you here to buy something too?"
Wang Xinxin looked up when she heard the voice, the smile on her face faded, and she nodded politely: "Brother Chen."
The word "big brother" was called politely yet distantly, and it pierced Chen Zhengnian's heart.
His Adam's apple rolled and he hummed.
The young man was warm and patted Wang Xinxin's arm: "Let me take you home. Your home is on the same way as mine."
Wang Xinxin smiled and agreed. When the two turned to leave, Chen Zhengnian suddenly said, "Xinxin, wait a moment."
He took a few steps forward and stuffed the floral cloth into her arms: "Here."
This time, before Wang Xinxin could refuse, he added another sentence.
"Just consider it as...thank you for helping me mend my clothes last time."
Wang Xinxin looked up at him and saw that his ears were red, but his eyes were avoiding her and he didn't dare to look at her. The waves in her heart that she had suppressed with great difficulty surged again.
The young man saw it clearly and smiled to smooth things over: "I didn't expect Chen Lu to be so thoughtful. This floral fabric is really beautiful and suits Xinxin perfectly."
Chen Zhengnian didn't respond, but just looked at Wang Xinxin steadily.
She bit her lip, but finally folded the floral cloth and put it in the basket: "Thank you, Brother Chen."
This time the voice was softer, without the alienation from before.
Looking at the backs of the two people leaving side by side again, Chen Zhengnian suddenly felt that the young man's laughter was particularly harsh.
As the young man and Wang Xinxin were walking home, he asked her with a smile, "Is Chen Lu interested in you?"
"Sun Zhijie! Don't talk nonsense. He treats me as his sister and I treat him as my brother."
Wang Xinxin said this hatefully.
Sun Zhijie laughed so hard that his eyes were almost invisible.
"Do you believe this?"
Wang Xinxin choked when asked this question, and the cake in her hand suddenly lost its fragrance.
She suddenly stopped and turned to stare at Sun Zhijie: "Why shouldn't I believe it? He said it himself."
The setting sun lengthened her shadow.
Sun Zhijie stopped laughing and looked at her seriously: "Even words spoken in person can change things. Why do you think he had to stuff that flowered cloth into his mouth?"
She pursed her lips and said nothing, her fingertips squeezing the cake until it softened.
In fact, even though Sun Zhijie didn't say it, she had noticed it.
Chen Zhengnian's ears turned red, his eyes evaded...
"He used to say I was impatient. Last time, when I helped him mend his clothes, the stitches were crooked, and he even laughed at me for being clumsy."
"Did he wear it later?" Sun Zhijie asked.
"Yes."
She blurted out, then shut up in annoyance.
Sun Zhijie was so amused by what he saw: "You, you pretend to be ignorant even though you know the truth."
"Who knows how many ears of wheat will produce when it's just planted? Love, like crops, depends on how it grows."
"He didn't say he didn't like her. She's not his biological sister."
"He's older than you and a cadre, so maybe he's given it a lot of thought."
After Sun Zhijie finished speaking, he shrugged: "In this kind of thing, one person is willing to fight and the other is willing to be beaten. If you really don't care, why do you feel wronged?"
Listening to Sun Zhijie's words, Wang Xinxin bit her lip.
"You're the only one who understands. I've already bought everything. When are you going back to the city?"
She came with Sun Zhijie today to buy things for him to take back to the city.
He is going back home to get married.
The other person’s wife is also a mutual friend of the two.
Sun Zhijie scratched his head and kicked the pebbles on the roadside. "We're leaving early the day after tomorrow. I've already bought the tickets."
He turned his head to glance at Wang Xinxin's profile and suddenly sighed.
"Actually, I don't want to leave so quickly. I want to see how tall your crops can grow."
Wang Xinxin paused, and the floral cloth in the basket seemed to have weight.
"What are you looking at? He's a cadre, and I'm a member. We're not on the same page."
"Then who blushed at the floral cloth just now?"
Sun Zhijie laughed behind her: "Besides, last time you sprained your ankle, I carried you on my back."
The way he looked at her at that time was not as if he was looking at his sister.
"That's his kindness."
She was being stubborn, and when Sun Zhijie caught up with her, he suddenly put away his joking expression.
"Xinxin, let me be serious. I returned to the city to get married because I've been with my partner for five years and we know each other very well. But you're different from Chen Zhengnian. You know how he treats you better than anyone else."
"I treat you like a sister. To be honest with you, he's older and thinks a lot, so sometimes he can't see straight."
"Old man, you have to give him some time."
He pointed at the flowered cloth in her basket and said, "This cloth is in short supply. It's the only piece left in the supply and marketing cooperative. He saved it for you. Do you really think it's a thank you for mending your clothes?"
The two of them reached a fork in the road, and Sun Zhijie turned left: "I'm home now. You don't have to come and see me off the day after tomorrow to save you from crying."
Wang Xinxin glared at him, but when he turned around, she whispered, "Be careful on the road."
Only after watching Sun Zhijie's back disappear at the entrance of the alley did she slowly walk home.
The setting sun completely sank, leaving only a faint orange-red on the horizon.
She suddenly stopped and took out the cloth from the basket.
The fabric was printed with tiny daisies, the same pattern she had taken a second look at the last time she and Chen Zhengnian passed by the supply and marketing cooperative.
At that time, she also told him that this floral fabric would definitely look good when made into a shirt.
He didn't respond at the time, but just said that she was just a little girl and her mind was always on these things.
"I'm not going to look for him."
She would never admit how happy she would be if what Sun Zhijie said was true.
She has already taken the initiative once, and this time, she will definitely not take the initiative again.
"Xinxin? Why are you standing outside? Why aren't you going home?"
Just as I was thinking about it, Su Tang's voice came from behind me.
"Cousin, are you off work?"
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