Chapter 20 Chapter 20 "Are we dating?"...
Jin Sen was close to Ji Ci, staring at her straight, as if if she even hinted at that idea, he would charge in and die together with her.
Ji Ci leaned back, but her hand was still held by Jin Sen. She didn't intend to act like a hooligan, but it was her first time encountering such a situation, and she didn't know what to do.
And ever since she let go of the hug, she wanted to laugh whenever she saw Jin Sen, for no reason, especially when they were so close. She couldn't help but curl up the corners of her lips just by meeting his eyes.
"I've never been in a relationship." Ji Ci decided to confess and get a lighter sentence.
Jin Sen raised his eyebrows slightly, as if questioning: "You've never been in love?"
He had taken some mouth-clearing candy from the hotel, and his voice smelt of sweet mint. Perhaps it was because he'd been chewing on his cigarette all the way, Ji Ci felt that the sweetness was a bit out of place with Boss Jin's handsome, tough features.
That's not right either.
She remembered how Jin Sen had hugged a pillow and leaned on the sofa. In fact, sometimes he felt... well... warm. She felt that he was nice to hug at that time. After trying it today, she found that he was indeed nice to hug.
Full marks, full marks.
"What are you thinking about?" Jin Sen pinched her fingers.
Ji Ci looked away, her mind still not wrapping its head around it: "Hmm?"
"Didn't anyone pursue you in college?" Jin Sen naturally took Ji Ci's hand and put it on his thigh, and with his other hand, he held it from below and wrapped it together.
His palms were very warm, and Ji Ci felt as if her hands were reaching into a pile of chestnuts fresh from the pan. She vaguely felt that if her mother had period pain, Boss Jin would be very helpful.
"Someone is pursuing me, but I'm so busy I can't even memorize my books anymore. I don't have time for a relationship."
She studied medicine.
But Jin Sen still pressed on: "Someone is pursuing you, but no one is interested in you?"
"Why do you think I've been in a relationship?" Ji Ci frowned slightly. "You should be the one who has been in a relationship. You're already thirty."
Jin Sen: “…”
He choked for a moment and blurted out, "Twenty-nine."
"Twenty-nine," Ji Ci counted him as twenty-nine, "don't all the neighbors want to introduce you to someone?"
Jin Sen has a good personality, is able to endure hardships, is motivated, has no bad habits, and is a person who can live a down-to-earth life at first glance.
People like Uncle Wang from the grocery store and Aunt Li from the seafood store, who have single daughters at home, all want to get together with Boss Jin.
"Then they introduced me to someone because I don't have one?" Jin Sen thought this reason was ridiculous.
Ji Ci added, "There are quite a few people chasing you."
Jin Sen said "Oh" thoughtfully, then slowly laughed.
"Don't laugh." Ji Ci glared at him.
Jin Sen raised his hand to his upper lip and smiled even more brightly.
Ji Ci didn't realize that what she said went astray. She was annoyed and angry by the laughter and made a gesture to pull her hand back.
Jin Sen held her down in time, and his fingers slid into her soft palm along her knuckles and wrapped it tightly.
"I joined the army at 18 and started working at 23. During that time, I was either in the army or at work. When I went out, it was either to fight floods or provide disaster relief. Even mosquitoes around me were male. Who would I date?"
Ji Ci was surprised: "You have also fought against floods?"
"Not like it?" Jin Sen said with a smile.
There was a layer of calluses on his fingertips, which gently rubbed Ji Ci's knuckles, like slightly rough sandpaper. Ji Ci knew that it was not formed overnight.
"It must be very hard." Ji Ci said.
"It's okay," Jin Sen continued, "but then I injured my leg and almost became a cripple. Pretty girls would avoid me when they saw me, and no one would look up to me."
Those pains that deserve to be remembered for a lifetime are all summarized in a light-hearted way at this moment.
Jin Sen didn't care, but Ji Ci did. He lowered his head and looked at the shallow red mark on the back of Jin Sen's hand. It was not very deep, but it seemed to have been drawn on her heart.
"Let's deal with it."
Ji Ci patted his thumb, pulled her hand out, and went to the hotel front desk to ask for a disposable disinfectant cotton swab.
Iodine tincture is stored in the swab tube. Just gently break the tail and it will flow into the cotton ball at the other end.
She took Jin Sen's finger, lowered her eyes and carefully applied the liquid to the wound.
"Boss Jin, I've never thought of being irresponsible to you... nor do I think you're incompetent or unworthy of reliance. It's just that I have no idea what's going on with my biological father, and I can't predict what will happen in the future. I'm afraid of dragging you down, and I'm also afraid that you... I'm afraid you'll regret it."
Even at this moment, when Ji Ci said this, she was still reminding and warning Jin Sen.
She is still afraid.
Jin Sen took the cotton swab from her hand and threw it into the trash can beside the table. He held Ji Ci's hand, put it to his lips and gently kissed her fingertips.
"A man who can't protect his woman is incompetent; a man who doesn't protect his woman is shameless."
Jin Sen winked at her: "Do you understand?"
Ji Ci looked at him without blinking, not knowing whether she should understand or not.
She only knew that the lips that her fingertips touched were soft and warm. Jin Sen's lips were not as red, and even a little dry, like a dry riverbed scorched by the sun, with a scorching heat.
The disappearing water flow gathered in Jin Sen's eyes, emitting a gentle and bright luster in his pupils.
He smiled and continued, "I don't touch either side, right?"
The two sat in the hall for a while, and then Jin Sen went back to the car to bring the wontons over.
The little guy was about to throw a tantrum in the car, and when he jumped into Ji Ci's arms, there were still suspicious pieces of toilet paper on his paws. He seemed to know that he was abandoned, and he snuggled up to Ji Ci and meowed for a long time before he calmed down.
"They say sons are like their mothers, it's true. I'll stab its balls later."
Ji Ci stared at him with wide eyes: "Although what you said seems to be fine, but aren't these two sentences put together a bit too strange?"
Jin Sen raised his eyebrows: "Then find it a wife."
Ji Ci: “…”
She looked down at Wonton, and Jin Sen came over and rubbed its cat head.
Their shoulders were pressed together, their arms touching. In fact, this distance far exceeded what Ji Ci considered to be a safe social distance between opposite sexes. Even Jin Sen reached out to touch the cat, right in front of her chest, although there was still some distance, but——
No, they should be different.
Ji Ci tilted her head to look at Jin Sen and asked seriously, "Are we dating?"
Jin Sen paused and moved his gaze from the cat's head to Ji Ci's face.
They were too close. At this distance, he could even see Ji Ci's long eyelashes. Like the poplars standing by the lake in winter, the bare trunks were black against the blue sky. The lake was sprinkled with reflections of white clouds, and her eyes contained the entire lake.
Jin Sen spoke, but did not answer her question.
"When I was on a mission before, I visited a place with a beautiful lake called Tenggerin. It means 'sky' and 'eye' in Chinese. Local young people call it 'lover's eyes'."
Ji Ci listened to the story carefully, even though it seemed to have nothing to do with the question she had just asked.
"That night, a comrade of mine borrowed a cell phone, wrapped in a thick cotton-padded jacket, and spent over two hours outside making phone calls. When he came back, he was frozen as ice. We all laughed at him, wondering if he'd really stayed up all night chatting with the lake. He said the lake looked a lot like his girlfriend's eyes."
After he finished speaking, he lowered his head and gently bumped his forehead against Ji Ci's.
"Like your eyes, too."
When Zhuang Yan arrived at the place, she saw Ji Ci sitting at the very corner of the sofa. She was as red as a flamingo, and she was holding a cat that was almost bald from being stroked.
She walked over and asked where was the handsome guy whom she had bent over for love.
Ji Ci's eyes widened instantly. Jin Sen stood up from another sofa far away from her and said, "The handsome guy is here."
Zhuang Yan turned around and saw, oh wow, he is quite handsome.
The two met for the first time, but they had both heard of his name for a long time.
After having lunch together, the awkwardness they felt when they first met was gone. Both Jin Sen and Zhuang Yan were lively and soon started chatting.
Ji Ci was holding the cat between them, feeling very confused, especially when Zhuang Yan blurted out, "Show me your unisex styles."
She almost jumped up and covered his mouth, but Jin Sen dug into his pocket and took out the obsidian shell bracelet without hesitation: "Look at it slowly, I can't bear to wear it."
Ji Ci sat there, petrified.
After lunch, the two girls temporarily returned to the hotel room. There were no cat bags or cat litter here, and it was inconvenient to keep wontons in the hotel, so Jin Sen forcibly took the wontons away.
Zhuang Yan gave Ji Ci a thumbs up and said, "You have a good partner."
Ji Ci swallowed her saliva and came back to her senses: "My boyfriend... He hasn't confessed to me yet."
This time, Zhuang Yan was stunned. "What? He hasn't said anything yet? Then why are you staying here? And why are you introducing him to me? If he's not your partner, why would he eat with me?"
Ji Ci looked at Zhuang Yan in silence: "I... did something wrong again?"
"Oh my god..." Zhuang Yan held her forehead, "You stupid woman."
Ji Ci sighed.
Zhuang Yan turned around in a circle and realized another problem: "Where is your luggage?"
Ji Ci hesitated and said, "Boss Jin said he would bring it back to me."
Zhuang Yan: "Why give it to him?"
Ji Ci: "He was afraid that I would leave quietly."
Zhuang Yan fell completely silent.
"I've always thought you were completely bewildered by this man, and today I see he's quite capable. But considering he's quite good-looking, promise me that even if the outcome isn't ideal, you'll sleep with him before we break up."
Ji Ci covered her mouth with a red face.
This was Zhuang Yan’s first time in Yuncheng. The two girls hadn’t seen each other for a long time and stayed together all the time.
There was no news from Beijing, and Ji Ci's half-brother did not take any other action after making that phone call.
Zhuang Yan had been in Beijing for a long time and knew a little bit of the news: "Your cheap dad is bankrupt and broke. He owes a lot of money and has become a deadbeat. He's busy hiding from his debts all day long. How could he have the time to come to Yuncheng to look for you? Look at you, you're so poor, they're just trying to scare you."
Ji Ci lowered her eyes and sighed slightly: "I hope so."
Two days later, Ji Ci took Zhuang Yan to a pet shop at her request. She was actually quite embarrassed.
Before, he was so determined to leave without any mercy, which made Xiao Zhou a little sad. Now he suddenly comes back, and comes back without any warning.
For this purpose, Ji Ci brought a large bag of milk tea and small cakes, and everyone who saw it got a share.
Sister Xu chewed her pearls and said, "The job posting has been hanging on the door for two days and no one has responded. I guess they're just waiting for you to come back."
Xiao Zhou hung on Ji Ci's body. "I've been on the early morning shift for three days in a row. Look how resentful I am. I could even star in a horror movie..."
After comforting the people in the store, she went next door.
Both roller doors of the store were open and there was a car parked inside.
The owner of the car was squatting by the front wheel and talking, while Jin Sen was lying on the skateboard with half of his body sticking out from under the car, leaving only a pair of long legs bent and stretched out casually.
"He's busy," Ji Ci walked around to another door, went in and brought out a low stool for Zhuang Yan, "Let's sit for a while."
Jin Sen brought Wonton's nest down from upstairs, and built a cat climbing frame for it with wooden frames next to the store door, placing the nest on the top to prevent stray dogs on the roadside from rushing up.
Ji Ci looked around with interest, picked it up and shook it, and it was very steady.
"Xiao Ci," Zhuang Yan held her chin and looked up at her, "How long are you going to stay here?"
Ji Ci took the wonton down and sat next to Zhuang Yan.
She didn't answer the question.
Zhuang Yan and Ji Ci have been friends for many years, so how could she not understand what the other party meant?
"Don't you want to go back to Beijing?" Zhuang Yan said in a low voice.
Ji Ci touched the wonton: "I... don't know."
"Have you been working in a pet shop?" Zhuang Yan leaned her head on Ji Ci's shoulder and reached out to touch the wontons. "The teacher would definitely feel sorry if he knew."
The girl's hair was soft, like a ball of warm cotton, gently scratching Ji Ci's heart.
It's not just the teachers who feel sorry.
Since he was a toddler, Ji Ci has been counting the meridians in the human body by counting on his fingers.
While other children watched cartoons and played the game of Drop the Handkerchief, she began to feel pulses with needles, recite prescription rhymes, and study the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine under the threat of her grandmother's small copper scale.
Pulling all night before the middle school entrance exam and the college entrance exam, and crying with joy after being admitted to university.
As her grandmother's granddaughter, she achieved excellent results during her four years in college and never slacked off.
"I... I'm too embarrassed to go back," Ji Ci said in a low voice, "Grandma would beat me to death if she knew I'm like this."
"It's none of your business!" Zhuang Yan sat up straight. "You've already handled everything very well. Don't think like that."
With a "clang", Jin Sen stepped out from under the car.
"The chassis was scraped, but the fuel tank wasn't hit. The key point is that the rear wheel suspension was broken. You're quite impressive for being able to drive all the way here."
The driver sighed and said the standard three-line: "I don't understand! How did it happen! What should I do!"
"I'll change it for you," Jin Sen stood up, "but it will take a while."
If you don't keep the car clean when repairing it, you will accidentally get dust and oil all over your body. For convenience, he only wore a black I-shaped vest, revealing his entire shoulders, neck and strong arms.
Ji Ci was feeling sad, but when she raised her eyes, she immediately became cheerful.
Zhuang Yan continued to chatter beside her: "If it were me, I wouldn't be able to live a stable life like you. Your grandma will definitely not blame you."
When Ji Ci heard the word "Grandma", she suddenly came back to her senses.
She turned her head and stared at Zhuang Yan's face. Guilt grew in her heart and she didn't dare to look away.
"Can we change it now?" the driver asked. "Where are you going, boss?"
"Change," Jin Sen entered the compartment of the store and casually took out a short-sleeved shirt and put it on. "My store has video footage of the whole process. Just leave your car keys in the car."
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The author has something to say: The next book I plan to write is "Then I can only study". If you are interested, you can collect it. Thank you everyone [poor]
When Lin Yangxing was six years old, her mother brought her a brother.
Lin Yangxing despised his brother, who was dark, thin, short and small, and said: He is so ugly.
Ten years later, Lin Yangxing entered his rebellious period. He didn't want to study anymore and became obsessed with gangsters.
Li Wenyue took off his black-framed glasses and put on a shirt and uniform. He lifted weights during the day and ran at night. On weekends, he practiced boxing and learned grappling and fighting.
After flirting for several months, Lin Yangxing finally discovered that the best girl was by his side.
Lin Yangxing: How can wild flowers smell as good as flowers grown at home! You were the one who provoked me first, hehehe——
Li Wenyue: Do you want to touch it?
Lin Yangxing: Think about it!
Li Wenyue: Finish this set of papers.
Li Wenyue: Do you want to kiss me?
Lin Yangxing: Think about it!
Li Wenyue: Ranked among the top ten in the grade.
In his second year of high school, Lin Yangxing's grades improved by leaps and bounds, and he even memorized English words in his dreams.
Her parents thought their daughter was possessed by an evil spirit. Lin Yangxing nodded: The house is haunted.
Make trouble for her, this pervert.
·Fierce woman x green tea, double c
The male and female protagonists are not related by blood and are not in the same household registration book
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