Chapter 24 Chapter 24 The Wind from Cloud City...
The distance from Yuncheng to Beijing is more than 2,000 kilometers. They took a plane. Ji Ci was very calm along the way, chatting and doing exercises.
She recently found a position that pays well and is close to home. Although it is a grassroots position and will probably be hard work, she is not incapable of hardship. There is a lot to learn and you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry.
She didn't tell Jin Sen about this, for fear that he would find fault with her.
But as the destination got closer, Ji Ci began to look out the window frequently.
My mind was wandering far away, and I couldn't continue to do the questions. When I landed, it was crowded with people. It was really not a wise decision to come to Beijing in August.
They left in the morning and landed just in time for lunch.
Ji Ci planned to go to the hotel to put her luggage first and then have a bite to eat nearby to fill her stomach.
Jin Sen took the toiletries out of the suitcase. Ji Ci stood by the window looking out, still feeling a little dazed.
"What are you thinking about?" Jin Sen walked up to her.
"I'm surprised I'm back so soon," Ji Ci retracted her gaze and looked at Jin Sen. "When I left, I cried my eyes out. I felt like I wouldn't be able to return to Beijing for at least five years."
Jin Sen raised his eyebrows in surprise: "Is your biological father so powerful?"
"It wasn't that great," Ji Ci shook her head. "It's just that I was young at the time and hadn't been exposed to those things, so I thought I was doomed. But then he went bankrupt not long after. Now that I think about it, maybe I wouldn't have left."
After saying that, she sighed again: "Let's go, what if he retaliates against me?"
"Yes," Jin Sen continued, "Go south."
Ji Ci smiled and held his hand.
After dinner, Ji Ci and Jin Sen each took a bouquet of chrysanthemums and went to the cemetery together.
My grandmother and mother's tombs are connected. This side is well managed and the small area is cleaned very cleanly.
Ji Ci placed the flowers in front of her grandmother's grave, then took the bouquet from Jin Sen's hand and placed it in front of her mother's grave. The photos of the mother and daughter showed neither of them smiling, but with stern faces, and it was unknown whether they were still fighting on the other side.
She squatted there without getting up, and warmth quickly accumulated in her eyes. She couldn't bear to look at the photo on the monument, and tears fell when she lowered her head again.
"Grandma, Mom," Ji Ci's voice was hoarse and soft, "I'm sorry I haven't seen you for a long time."
Someone gently gripped her shoulder from behind. Ji Ci turned her head and Jin Sen handed her a piece of paper.
She took it and held it in her hand: "I... I have a boyfriend, his name is Jin Sen."
The voice became smaller and smaller. Ji Ci was thinking that at her age, her grandmother would not have any objection to her having a relationship. Besides, Boss Jin was a very nice person and would probably be satisfied.
The next second, Jin Sen knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times in front of the tomb.
"Auntie, grandma, my name is Jin Sen. I'm thirty years old and from Yuncheng. My parents are both dead, and I'm the only one at home. Ji Ci is very good, and I will treat her well in the future. Don't worry."
Ji Ci stared blankly and bit her lower lip lightly.
The cemetery is relatively remote and is connected to the highway by a winding asphalt road. The further down you go, the more crowded it is. Summer vacation tourists have spread everywhere like a rising tide.
Jin Sen was held by Ji Ci's hand, and their clasped hands swayed in the air: "When I came to Jing City, you should still be in junior high school."
Ji Ci opened her eyes wide in surprise: "When?"
"When I was twenty," Jin Sen said, "how old were you? Fifteen?"
Ji Ci said seriously, "At the age of fifteen, she was already in the first year of high school."
"Oh," Jin Sen raised his chin, "Three Good Students."
"Not really," Ji Ci said, "Do you have a filter for students with good grades?"
Jin Sen nodded: "Indeed."
The middle school he attended was not very good, but his grades were still like a watershed. Good students played together and bad students played together.
Bad boys always have an inexplicable liking for good girls, and the same goes for swans. If Ji Ci's family hadn't encountered an accident, they wouldn't have met each other.
Jin Sen smiled helplessly.
After returning to the old city, Ji Ci held Jin Sen's hand and walked through the streets based on her previous memories.
After more than two years away, some things had changed. Jin Sen listened to her recounting bits and pieces of her past, from high school to junior high. The school district was nearby, and Ji Ci had gone to school in this area eighteen years ago. She was only a little further away for university, but no more than a few stops away.
Finally, they stopped at an old house.
The mahogany door has an antique feel, and the name of the clinic can be vaguely seen on the plaque above the door.
Ji Ci took out a bunch of keys from her pocket, stood by the door and picked and chose one of them to open the door.
With a "creak", the door hinge got stuck and made a slight sound.
Feeling homesick, Ji Ci stood there for a moment before stepping over the threshold.
Unexpectedly, the house was not filled with dust as Ji Ci had imagined. All the tables, chairs, and cabinets were neatly arranged, and the floor was clean, as if someone had cleaned it.
As for the small courtyard at the back, fallen leaves gathered under the trees, and the original medicinal garden was covered with green shade and full of mint.
Walking through the corridor, Ji Ci opened her room. Everything seemed to remain the same as when she left three years ago. The beige curtains hung on the ground and were gently blown open by the wind when she opened the window.
"Who is it?"
An old voice came from outside the door, and Ji Ci was startled.
Jin Sen was standing outside the door and had already made eye contact with the white-haired old lady.
He didn't know where the old man came from, but he still greeted him politely.
"Grandma Su..." Ji Ci stopped in the door frame and tears instantly fell.
Grandma Su looked up, startled at first, then exclaimed, "Xiao Ci? You've grown so big."
Ji Ci wiped away her tears, walked over and hugged her.
Grandma Su and Grandma Ji Ci have been friends for many years. Grandma Su is a traveling doctor who has lived alone for many years and has lived a life of freedom. Ji Ci occasionally receives gifts from all over the country, all of which are sent to her by Grandma Su.
The old man returned to Beijing a few years ago, but found that his old friend had passed away, leaving only this house. So he stayed here temporarily and waited for her granddaughter.
When she saw Grandma Su, Ji Ci was filled with grievances and had a lot to say.
Jin Sen was not in a position to listen, so he went to the small door in the backyard. The two-story bluestone steps were worn smooth and shiny by footsteps. After the snow, it was likely that he would fall every time he stepped on them. He chuckled, entered the door, and turned right. There was Ji Ci's cottage.
The mint leaves in the field at the door smell very fragrant. Ji Ci once said that he could imagine a teenage Ji Ci picking at the mint leaves here after a heavy snowfall, like a rabbit, which must be very cute.
"Well... he's from Yuncheng," Ji Ci glanced outside the house, intertwining her fingers, still a little shy, "He takes good care of me."
Grandma Su was very good at judging people and had a good first impression of Jin Sen. Now seeing Ji Ci's reaction, she had a rough idea in her mind.
She was used to being alone, so she didn't want to comment too much on it. She just told Ji Ci to think more about herself.
Ji Ci nodded: "I understand."
The two of them had dinner with Grandma Su.
The kitchen is still usable. The old man has a light taste, so he just eats a little and then goes back to the room.
Ji Ci brought two small stools and sat in front of her door. Like when she was a child, she looked up at the blue sky surrounded by the eaves of the courtyard.
Jin Sen sat beside her, picked a piece of mint and put it to his nose and smelled it.
"I didn't expect Grandma Su to come back," Ji Ci muttered, "Maybe she's old and her body can't handle it."
"Do you want to stay here?" Jin Sen rubbed the mint stem and the leaves circled around his fingertips.
Ji Ci held Jin Sen's arm and gently leaned her head on his shoulder: "Grandma Su hasn't reached the stage where she needs me to take care of her yet, right?"
"Not yet," Jin Sen also tilted his head and put his face against Ji Ci's hair, "but you can stay too."
Ji Ci raised her head and asked, "Why should I stay?"
Jin Sen's Adam's apple rolled, and when he spoke again his voice was slightly lowered: "Find a job in Beijing."
Ji Ci was stunned.
"This place is definitely better developed than Yuncheng," he retracted his gaze, lowering his eyes to look at the mint leaves in his hand. "Others are trying their best to get into Jing City, but you're running away."
Ji Ci frowned.
Jin Sen continued, "Your family is here, your connections are here, and you even have a yard. There's no need to give up everything here and go to Yuncheng."
"Do you think I went to Yuncheng just for you?" Ji Ci also lowered her head. "Not entirely. Mainly, I'm not sure about my biological father, and I don't want to bury this trouble."
Jin Sen shook his head: "Escape will not solve the problem. If he wants to retaliate against you, you can't hide to the ends of the earth."
"What do you mean?" Ji Ci was dissatisfied. "If I stay here, what should we do?"
Jin Sen took a long breath.
Ji Ci was a little unsure of what he meant, and her words began to stutter: "Do you want to break up with me?"
"How is that possible?" Jin Sen looked at her and said with a smile, "I'll go with you."
Ji Ci was stunned for a long time without saying anything.
"Is it okay?" Jin Sen pinched her face. "Aren't you afraid that your biological father will cause trouble for you? I will protect you."
Ji Ci thought she had misunderstood, and went through Jin Sen's words from beginning to end. When she was sure she couldn't find any other meaning, she asked in confusion: "Are you trying to cheer me up?"
This was indeed a big decision. Jin Sen seemed to have settled the matter with just a few words, so easily that it was hard to believe that he was serious.
Jin Sen raised his hand to smooth the hair on her forehead, his tone gentle.
"Ever since you told me you wanted to go back to your old trade, I've been thinking about this. I've been considering it for over two months, and I think it's better to go back to Beijing. As for me, a craftsman can survive anywhere, and I've been alone for so many years, so I don't have much to worry about except you."
They weren't a good match, so he couldn't be mean.
Ji Ci should go to a wider place and become a better person.
"I had a leg injury and had to retire. You are different. Don't limit yourself to one thing."
The August night was hot and restless, and Ji Ci's mood was in turmoil, like a bottle of freshly shaken sparkling water, bubbling and bubbling. All the abnormal events of the past suddenly connected together, flashing through her mind like a slideshow.
The elevator door opened, and Brother Wang stopped beside her and said, "You are different, he really cares about you."
So that's what it means.
Ji Ci looked into Jin Sen's eyes and said seriously, "So, do you want to go home with me?"
Jin Sen moved closer and pinched the tip of her nose: "Is it okay?"
Their foreheads touched together, and Ji Ci's eyes became wet as she smiled.
"But I'm a little scared."
"Um?"
"What if you regret it?"
"When you decided to stay in Cloud City, did you ever think you would regret it?"
Ji Ci pursed her lips.
Jin Sen held her cheek, his palm warm as he placed it over Ji Ci's earlobe: "Who told me that it's okay as long as I have a clear conscience?"
"I," Ji Ci closed her eyes and rubbed his palm, "Well, as long as I have a clear conscience."
Three days later, Jin Sen returned to Yuncheng, and Ji Ci stayed because she wanted to accompany Grandma Su.
All previous plans were overturned, and we have to replan which direction to go in the future.
But she felt more confident that someone would accompany her in the future.
In October, the auto repair shop will change hands.
The buyer was someone Jin Sen had negotiated with a few months ago. He had taken the position at a low price, so he was quick to act.
Ji Ci came back for a while. Her vacation was rare, so she came today and had to leave tomorrow.
At the farewell dinner, Xiao Zhou hugged her, reluctant to let her go.
Ji Ci comforted her: "Next time you come to Beijing, tell me in advance and I will take you out to play."
"But the plane tickets are so expensive," Xiao Zhou said with a sad face, "I'll fly over to be your bridesmaid when you get married."
Ji Ci and Jin Sen were both stunned.
"Remember to let me know when the time comes," Dr. Liang also said, "I haven't been to Beijing yet."
Jin Sen glanced at Ji Ci, and seeing that she was blushing, he smiled and continued, "Sure."
In the evening, they walked home hand in hand.
Ji Ci had walked the same small street countless times while walking her dog.
She turned around and walked backwards: "It's like a dream."
I left Jing City and came to Yun City. I picked up wontons from a snack bar and met Jin Sen.
"I look more like him, don't I?" Jin Sen said.
Ji Ci was like a gift that fell from the sky, disrupting his originally unchanging life and adding another layer of difficulty to it.
"Thirty is the age to work hard," Ji Ci said with a smile.
"Okay," Jin Sen grabbed her hand and pulled her into his arms, "I'll try my best."
They kissed on the deserted side of the road, the dim street lights falling on their hair.
Panting, Jin Sen asked her, "What time is the flight tomorrow?"
"Four o'clock in the afternoon," Ji Ci tiptoed and kissed his lips, "Will you take me there?"
"No," Jin Sen smiled and touched her forehead, "With you."
From then on, the vast world had concerns, and the wind from Yuncheng stopped in Jingshi.
【End of the article】
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The author has something to say: The story of Ji Ci and Jin Sen ends here. Later, I will write about their daily life in Beijing. Because the timeline needs to be stretched, it seems a bit disconnected when placed in the main text, so all of it is put into the extra chapter. Thank you for your likes [Please]
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