Chapter 22 Chapter 22 “Don’t think I’m frivolous, I’m nervous…
Ji Ci didn't kiss Jin Sen after all. She had legs and walked down by herself.
Before opening the door, Jin Sen asked her to wait for a moment, without saying what, and then he went into the house.
Ji Ci didn't ask and stood obediently at the door. After a while, Jin Sen came out again, took her hand and pulled her into his arms for a hug.
"Goodnight, girlfriend."
The alcohol slowed Ji Ci's brain to a crawl. She took two seconds to react and uttered a "hmm." She realized that their relationship had substantially changed. Perhaps they should be closer when they were apart. So she raised her hand and patted Jin Sen on the back: "Well, good night."
The next day, Ji Ci was woken up by the ringing of her cell phone. Zhuang Yan narrowed her eyes and hung up the spam call.
They were both awake, but before they opened their eyes, they laid in bed and briefly discussed questions like, "What time is it?", "Should we get up?", "It's almost noon, should we have breakfast?", etc. After a few words, their sleepiness vanished. Zhuang Yan sat up and complained, "Your bed is too hard."
Ji Ci raised her hand and rubbed her eyes: "It's too soft. My waist hurts?"
She paused mid-sentence and squinted her eyes to see what had hit her nose. It was quite heavy and didn't look like a bracelet.
"Oh my god," Zhuang Yan also looked over, "When did you buy a gold bracelet?"
Ji Ci: “……?”
She propped herself up on the bed and sat up. She lowered her head and held her left wrist in her hands for a moment, confused. After confirming that there was indeed a plain gold bracelet on it, she looked at Zhuang Yan with a blank face: "Did you buy this for me?"
Zhuang Yan was shocked and said, "You think too highly of me!"
Ji Ci immediately took off the bracelet. Zhuang Yan weighed it and said, "It must be at least 30 grams. Did you find it in your dream last night?"
The words woke Ji Ci up from her dream and she jumped up from the bed. She probably knew who had put the gloves on her.
Zhuang Yan stayed in bed, planning to wait until lunchtime before getting up. Ji Ci didn't go with her, but packed up and went downstairs.
There was a customer in the auto repair shop. There must be something wrong with the car's engine. The hood was opened and it was making a buzzing sound.
When she was not around, Boss Jin liked to wear that black I-shaped vest when repairing cars, with a cigarette between his fingers, his arm half raised, leaning out of the car body, his upper body slightly bent, to check the extent of the engine damage, and he tilted his head to say something to the driver, but his voice was drowned out by the noise and could not be heard clearly.
It was obviously inappropriate for Ji Ci to go there at this time, but she had something urgent to ask and didn't want to leave, so she had to stand aside and wait for Jin Sen to be free before talking.
However, Jin Sen had his back to her, his mind completely focused on the broken engine, and he was completely unaware that there was an extra person in the shop door on the other side.
It was the same guest who noticed Ji Ci, but he just glanced up and his mind was no longer in the car.
Ji Ci was wearing a light blue chiffon skirt. The fabric was very light, and when the wind blew, the hem of her skirt swung back, making her look thin.
She came very suddenly and stood there awkwardly, her eyes kept looking at the car, and it was hard to tell who she was looking at.
The customer was very confident, thinking that the person was most likely looking at him, or his low-key top-of-the-line A8.
She's knowledgeable and beautiful, there's no reason not to get to know her.
"Beauty, looking for someone?" He took out his cell phone and went upstairs.
Jin Sen, who was obsessed with the engine, turned around.
Ji Ci paused and nodded "hmm".
"Who are you looking for?" The customer opened the QR code on the business card and said, "If you're interested, add me—"
"Looking for me," a voice behind him interrupted him, "My girlfriend."
The customer's hand swung in the air and smoothly put the phone into his pocket.
"Madam," he calmly turned back to the car, "you're so strange even when you enter your own home."
Before Ji Ci could fully digest the word "girlfriend", she was shocked by the following "boss lady". Finally, she added "my own home". She stood there for a long time without recovering from the shock, and slowly found a low stool and sat down.
Jin Sen threw away the cigarette, raised his hand and sniffed his arm, then stopped one meter in front of her, leaned over, and looked at her with his hands on his knees: "What's wrong? I thought you would sleep longer."
The guest behind him raised an eyebrow.
Ji Ci tilted her head slightly, blinked, and tried her best to look into the other person's eyes without looking around. She temporarily forgot what she was going to do and just let Jin Sen get busy first.
"It will be ready soon," Jin Sen pointed to the small room in the store, "Come in and sit down."
Ji Ci listened to him, got up and walked towards the small room inside.
The hut is next to the back door of the auto repair shop, with a living area separated by plastic steel plates. Jin Sen used to live in the shop when it was not very cold. Ji Ci always knew about this place, but she felt it was relatively private, so she would deliberately restrain her eyes whenever she got close to it, so as not to see anything she shouldn't see.
If they hadn't sneaked to the rooftop to drink last night and hadn't said those things, she would have preferred to stay in the pet shop next door.
But things are different now. According to their current relationship, they are girlfriend, boss's wife, and their own family. It is still okay for her to come in. Even if she sees some... well... that's okay. Be generous. We are all adults.
Ji Ci prepared herself mentally along the way, and still breathed a sigh of relief when she stepped over the threshold.
The windows of the cabin face south, providing good lighting and ventilation. A short-sleeved shirt and two towels were drying in the clothes-drying area outside the window. They were kept clean and the problem she was worried about did not occur.
The room was not big, with simple horizontal shelves on the wall. The only furniture was a single bed and a not-so-wide table. Under the table was a toolbox without a lid, filled with a cutting machine and a drill.
There was no stool, so Ji Ci hesitated for a moment, gently gathered her skirt, and sat down on the edge of the bed.
The bed was very hard. She could guess that Jin Sen was not used to sleeping on a soft mattress. The last time he was sick, he stayed in bed for a few days and came back with a sore back.
But it was too hard. Ji Ci pressed it with her hand and suspected that the other party had simply laid the sheets on the bed without any quilt at all.
I bent down and lifted it up to take a look, and it was true.
"There's no one hiding under the bed."
A slightly amused voice came from above. Ji Ci straightened up suddenly, a little embarrassed: "Are you done?"
"Well," Jin Sen walked in, "Why aren't you with your friends?"
The small room, which was originally small, suddenly became a little crowded, and Ji Ci could smell a faint scent of smoke on Jin Sen.
She clutched the edge of her skirt and stood up uncomfortably. Then, remembering the purpose of her visit, she took out the gold bracelet from her pocket and handed it to him: "Is this the one you gave me yesterday?"
Jin Sen glanced at Ji Ci as he passed by her, then reached out and pulled a towel from the window drying in: "Just discovered?"
"I was drunk last night," Ji Ci said, a little annoyed, "and I was scared when I woke up this morning."
Jin Sen laughed: "What's there to be scared of?"
He confiscated the bracelet and went out with the towel.
Ji Ci also followed and saw the other person turn on the faucet and bend down to wash his face.
"It's too valuable. I can't accept it."
The sound of water splashed as Jin Sen rubbed the towel a few times. The muscles in his upper arms stretched and tightened with the movement, forming a pleasing arc.
Ji Ci's mind was stuck for a moment, and her eyes unconsciously followed the arc forward, with her chest muscles faintly visible.
Looking up, she saw a dripping chin; looking down, she saw a broad back tucked in at the side. The overalls had no belt, but the drawstring under the belly was so obvious. The two loops of the bow, with the ends hanging, swayed slightly. Ji Ci quickly looked up and met Jin Sen's half-smile.
"How is it?" Jin Sen asked.
Ji Ci: “…”
She calmed down briefly and said calmly, "In my eyes, they are nothing more than scalene muscles, deltoid muscles, biceps brachii, and pectoralis major."
"Oh," Jin Sen wiped the back of his neck with a wet towel, "I've seen so many, which one is the best?"
Ji Ci paused for a moment, but managed to control herself: "It's all normal."
"No way?" Jin Sen lowered his head and admired himself, "Let's take another look."
“…Looking at it again, it’s just average.”
"Can't you see with your clothes on?"
Ji Ci's forehead twitched twice, and she clenched her five fingers into a fist and punched Jin Sen on the arm.
He didn't use any force, and it hit him like cotton. Jin Sen couldn't help laughing, and tilted his body pretentiously. The opponent's deltoid muscle was softer than Ji Ci had imagined.
"I smoked, it smells bad," Jin Sen wrung out the towel, "I'll go back and take a shower."
Ji Ci was interrupted by Jin Sen and completely forgot about her business. She went back upstairs from the store.
In the elevator, she continued to return to the main topic: "I can't accept this."
Jin Sen had no intention of taking it back: "Keep it, so my brothers won't laugh at me for buying small plastic things for my girlfriend at my age. You don't usually wear jewelry, so I can't choose anything else."
"But," Ji Ci said, "We've only been together for one day."
"It's just a good souvenir." Jin Sen said.
The elevator door opened and they walked out. Ji Ci sighed and watched Jin Sen open the door and hold the door handle as if he was about to go in, but he stopped and turned to her and said, "I was planning to give it to you after I confessed my love to you, but I unexpectedly gave it to you earlier than expected last night. Don't think I'm frivolous, I was so nervous that I couldn't sleep all night."
After he finished speaking, he probably felt embarrassed and looked away a little: "I took a shower."
Ji Ci returned to her room, but her soul remained in the corridor. She felt that Boss Jin's ears were red just now, but the other person's skin color was not very obvious. She suspected that she might have seen it wrong, but this suspicion was even more unfounded.
Zhuang Yan was curling her eyelashes in front of the mirror. Seeing Ji Ci come back with a red head, she knew that her honest sister must have been teased again.
"That's good. There aren't many men this pragmatic. It's worth tens of thousands. Just keep it and save it for yourself."
Ji Ci sat at the table, resting her elbows on the surface, holding the bracelet in front of her eyes and staring at it carefully.
Admittedly, this was a relatively expensive gift she had ever received, but for Ji Ci, who owned a small property in Beijing, value was the thing she cared least about. She did not need to use the value of the gift to judge whether Jin Sen was frivolous, but Jin Sen was willing to let her judge in this way.
When you like someone for the first time, you always worry that you are not doing well enough, so you try hard but clumsily to express yourself. Even if you go in the wrong direction and make a fool of yourself, Maggie's gift is still heartwarming in the end.
Ji Ci rubbed the pattern on it with the tip of her thumb and smiled with her lips pursed.
The man took a quick shower, and half an hour later Jin Sen sent a message to Ji Ci to agree.
It's only a few minutes until eleven o'clock, so it's just the right time to leave, neither too early nor too late.
Before Zhuang Yan finished putting on her makeup, Ji Ci went out and went next door.
All of Wonton's things were still at Jin Sen's place. When they had first moved there, the place was completely dead and lifeless. It was as if both of them had been poisoned and silenced overnight. After briefly explaining the situation, they didn't say a single extra word. So when Ji Ci came back, she didn't feel comfortable taking back Wonton's custody immediately, and it just happened to be the perfect excuse for her to visit today.
"Just put it here. It's troublesome to move it around."
Jin Sen wore a white short-sleeved shirt and dark blue jeans. His freshly washed hair was fluffy and soft, and his body was warm and smelled of shower gel.
After he finished washing clothes on the balcony, he picked up a pair of black socks and sat back on the sofa to put them on.
This action was so inappropriate that Ji Ci was a little surprised and subconsciously wanted to avoid it. But halfway through, she suddenly remembered that the person in front of her was her boyfriend, so she stopped.
She felt fresh about this new interpersonal relationship. She moved to the sofa and sat down, one person's distance away from Jin Sen. She leaned forward slightly, her eyes serious and curious.
"Would you wear socks in front of other people?"
Jin Sen paused, put his legs down, and tilted his head to look at Ji Ci: "What do you think?"
Ji Ci blinked: "I don't know."
Her eyes are not long and narrow, and when they are slightly opened, they look childish and cute.
Jin Sen couldn't help but think of some bad thoughts. He put one hand between the two of them and moved closer to her: "Have you seen it before?"
Ji Ci slowly leaned back, and Jin Sen followed. The distance between them shortened, and they looked into each other's eyes like they did before the last kiss.
She shook her head.
"Can I wear it?" Jin Sen asked with a smile, "I don't know. This is my first time in love."
This calm and unrestrained look made Ji Ci seem fussy. So she also pretended to be indifferent: "It should be fine, I can do anything."
"Anything is fine." Jin Sen moved closer to Ji Ci, "Where are your clothes?"
Ji Ci leaned back to face the malicious question and calmly replied, "If you don't mind the heat, you can put on a coat."
Jin Sen pressed his palms into the cushion, his upper body completely leaning over, the smile in his eyes deepened: "I thought it wouldn't work. It's too early to put it on. What should I do?"
Ji Ci pursed her lips and leaned back as far as she could, but still pretended to be calm: "Just put it on, what's the difference between early and late?"
"But I want you to see it," Jin Sen said as he grabbed the hem of his clothes and gently lifted it up, revealing a small piece of his slender waist. "Can you wear it again, girlfriend?"
Ji Ci pressed his hand down.
Their eyes met, and Jin Sen raised his eyebrows with ease.
Ji Ci's face turned red from the tips of her ears to her neck, and she stared into his eyes, not daring to move down even an inch.
After hesitating for a long time, he finally uttered a sentence viciously: "You... are not allowed to seduce me."
Jin Sen's seduction failed, his true nature was exposed, and he decided to force himself on her.
Ji Ci struggled with her hands and feet but to no avail. She closed her eyes and was kissed on the forehead.
The phone in her pocket rang, and Zhuang Yan asked her sarcastically if the cat had been settled, and whether she wanted to take another nap. After settling the cat, she could also settle another person.
Jin Sen tilted his head and laughed, and Ji Ci's face turned even redder.
She stood up to leave, but Jin Sen held her hand and said, "I have several friends coming this afternoon. One of them is named Wang. You've met him before, as he came to take care of me when I was in the hospital."
Ji Ci remembered, but that was not the point.
"He knows we...?"
Jin Sen nodded: "I know."
Ji Ci was surprised: "You said that?"
They clearly just officially got together yesterday.
"Then I will definitely show off," Jin Sen rubbed her fingers, "It's not easy for your friends to come to Yuncheng, it's a good opportunity to meet them all."
Ji Ci went back and tied her hair up.
She rarely wears makeup because she finds it troublesome and she doesn't have many cosmetics. But today Zhuang Yan happened to be here and she had everything she needed. When she was putting her hair up, she casually put a few touches on her face.
Ji Ci was born with good bone structure, and a few bright colors can dye the beautiful jasmine a delicate red.
She changed her usual style and put on a red dress that she didn't usually like to wear. The waist-cinching long skirt showed off her slim figure. She was just over 1.7 meters tall with high heels, but she was probably still a bit shorter than Jin Sen when standing next to him.
Jin Sen was waiting for her outside the door. He was stunned when his eyes fell on her. Ji Ci tucked her hair behind her ears embarrassedly: "Is it weird?"
Jin Sen shook his head slightly, tenderness pouring down his eyes, like sunshine flowing over Ji Ci's skin.
"very beautiful."
Lunch was scheduled at a Chinese restaurant, and Jin Sen had three friends who came with him, all of whom were close friends.
The old iron tree, which had been alone for nearly thirty years, suddenly blossomed. Everyone wanted to see what kind of fairy had such great power.
I saw him in the box. He is quite capable.
Old comrades all said: "Good job, you have been hiding a beautiful woman in your house for so many years."
Jin Sen could only shake his head helplessly: "She is not delicate, and I can't hide it."
Zhuang Yan and Xiao Zhou have similar personalities and it seems they met too late. They got together to play crickets for everyone at the table and added each other on WeChat to become half-sisters.
Maybe it was because she looked cute as a cricket, the only single man left at the table fell in love with her at first sight. He talked to Jin Sen alone and wondered if they could go to KTV after dinner to get closer to each other.
Jin Sen went to ask Ji Ci what she thought, and the girls said it was okay, so everyone went over directly.
The box was dim and the sound was deafening. Ji Ci was not able to enjoy it and sat in the corner of the sofa eating popcorn.
Jin Sen came over and they sat very close to each other, their arms touching. He lowered his head and turned his upper body to the side, casting a shadow over Ji Ci.
"Drinking?"
Jin Sen's breath was almost touching her forehead.
Ji Ci raised her face: "A little bit."
He smelled the creamy sweetness of her breath.
Those who should order songs order songs, those who should dominate the microphone dominate the microphone, and the fun has already started on the other side. They huddle here, hiding in the dark, their eyes curved into beautiful arcs, filled with stars.
Jin Sen put his arm around Ji Ci's shoulders and kissed her brow: "Tell me when you want to go back."
Ji Ci narrowed her eyes when she was kissed, and opened them again after the kiss. She looked towards the crowd like a thief, but no one noticed them.
Love songs flowed in their ears, and they could only hear the sound clearly by biting their ears.
Ji Ci put one hand to her lips and whispered to Jin Sen's ear: "I finally understand why those young couples in college always liked to go to these places."
Jin Sen smiled and asked her why.
Ji Ci smiled, glanced at the crowd again, and quickly kissed the corner of Jin Sen's mouth: "Because it's not easy to be discovered."
Jin Sen rested his hand on her forehead, rubbed her face and smiled.
After a few songs, everyone became familiar with each other and changed their attitude at the lunch table, and started to have fun together.
The single man boldly invited Zhuang Yan to sing two love songs. The two of them exchanged glances and seemed to get along quite well. This caused a lot of excitement, and Jin Sen and Ji Ci were also invited to sing love songs.
Jin Sen is really not good at singing. His voice is rough and he can't sing too high a pitch. Compared with Ji Ci, his style is completely different.
Ji Ci was shy and would blush and be unable to speak after a few jokes. Jin Sen quickly changed the subject and he and Ji Ci hid away again.
"My friend is very cool," Ji Ci gave a little advice, "Don't let your friend get caught up in it so easily."
"What about you?" Jin Sen asked, "Are you cool and carefree?"
"I don't know," Ji Ci said honestly, "I've never been in love."
Jin Sen laughed and raised his hand to pinch her nose. Ji Ci slapped his hand and snuggled into his arms with a smile.
Everyone had a great time and had dinner right there.
Many people were drunk, even Ji Ci had two drinks.
She could drink so much that she felt dizzy in a short while.
Fortunately, there were supporting rooms upstairs in the KTV. Jin Sen booked a few rooms for this group of drunks and arranged them all with great effort.
Zhuang Yan and Xiao Zhou are so close that they insist on sleeping together. Jin Sen asks Ji Ci if she wants to join them, but Ji Ci shakes her head and says she wants to go home.
"Okay," he picked the person up by his knees, "let's go home."
The KTV was some distance from his home, and Jin Sen wanted to take a taxi, but as soon as he took out his cell phone, he received a call. The only single person called a designated driver and asked him if he wanted a ride.
Jin Sen just agreed.
The man's surname was Du, and he was a month younger than Jin Sen. He had driven here to see Ji Ci, thinking it would just be a simple meal, but ended up hanging out until dark and drinking, so he had to call a designated driver.
"Brother, really, I feel bad."
He sat in the passenger seat and sighed.
Jin Sen held Ji Ci in his arms and sat in the back seat, carefully straightening the hem of her skirt. "What's wrong? Aren't you very happy?"
"The happier I am, the more uncomfortable I feel," Xiao Du covered his chest, feeling hurt. "How come my sister-in-law is from Beijing, and so are her friends? If I had known, I wouldn't have formed this team."
When people drink too much, they speak bluntly. Jin Sen knew what he was going to say next, so he didn't say anything.
"Yuncheng and Jingshi are over 2,000 kilometers apart. Oh my god, that's halfway across China."
"Sister-in-law, are you planning to stay in Yuncheng?" he asked again, "How else can we talk?"
Jin Sen brushed aside the loose hair in front of Ji Ci's forehead. The dim street light shone on her red skirt, a flash of orange, and she was sleeping soundly.
"It would be fine if I didn't like her that much, but the key is that I really like her, and she said we can give it a try. But we're in a long-distance relationship, so why would we just give it a try? I know it won't work out."
Jin Sen leaned over and put his chin against Ji Ci's forehead.
Xiao Du in the front row was still chattering away. The designated driver kept looking at him while waiting at the red light, probably thinking he was listening to a stand-up comedy.
After a ten-minute drive, Jin Sen gave Xiao Du some instructions when getting off the car, and left his phone number with the designated driver.
Ji Ci was awakened, nestled limply in Jin Sen's arms, and asked him if he had arrived home.
"We still have a long way to go."
She was very light, and Jin Sen had no difficulty holding her.
Ji Ci climbed onto his broad shoulders, raised her chin and whispered, "Go through the small door."
"Hmm?" Jin Sen lowered his head, a little confused, "Which small door?"
Ji Ci stretched out her index finger, circled it in the air, and finally poked it into Jin Sen's chest: "There is a patient at the front door. Grandma will see him. Go this way. This is the small door. Turn right and you will reach my room."
Jin Sen paused.
"The ground is slippery, be careful. You can't step on these steps after it snows. By the way, do you want to see the snow in Beijing? It's beautiful. Yes, I miss my grandma. I want to go home."
The more she spoke, the more aggrieved she felt, and her voice became lower.
"Then let's go back," Jin Sen coaxed her, "You can go back whenever you want."
Ji Ci was happy to hear that. She hugged his neck and kissed him on the face again and again, like a chick pecking at rice, and couldn't stop.
Jin Sen freed one hand to press the elevator button, and had to turn his face sideways to prevent Ji Ci from being unhappy because she couldn't kiss him.
It was rare for him to be so busy and flustered, and when he entered the house, he felt like laughing.
Ji Ci lay on the bed with her eyes closed and unconscious. Jin Sen carefully took off her coat, leaving her tight skirt untouched, and covered her lower abdomen with a thin blanket.
Ji Ci was still holding his hand, lying on her side with her body curled up, an uneasy posture.
Jin Sen couldn't leave, so he sat cross-legged on the floor beside the bed, with his eyes lowered, holding her fingers with one hand and gently patting her back with the other.
Ji Ci's breathing gradually became steady and she fell asleep. His hand moved to the front, from the tip of her eyebrows to the corner of her lips, and his fingertips followed his gaze all the way, his detailed and dense strokes full of reluctance.
"It would be fine if I didn't like it that much" - Xiao Du's words rang in my ears.
Jin Sen looked at Ji Ci quietly for a long time before pulling his hand away from her fingers.
He left with light steps, locked the door with a "click", and Jin Sen stopped in the corridor and lit a cigarette for himself.
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