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Chu Wei took a deep sip of the mango sago in his hand. The cold liquid slid down his throat. The three parts of sugar were sweet enough.
She put down the cup and looked at Zhou Jianxing who was chewing pearls seriously across from her.
"So," Chu Wei tapped his fingers lightly on the wall of the cup, "you really plan to add Wen Lingyi's name to the property deed?"
She had seen the video Zhou Jianxing sent her, and the house was indeed nice.
The apartment is square in layout, the living room is spacious and bright, and every room has good lighting.
The location of the community is also good, the transportation is convenient, and the surrounding living facilities seem to be quite complete.
How did these two people develop to this point so quickly?
It almost feels like they are talking about marriage, and it makes people so happy that they are almost jealous.
"Yeah," Zhou Jianxing swallowed the chewy pearls in his mouth, nodded, and looked at Chu Wei with wide eyes, "That's our home, of course we have to add her name."
He said it as a matter of course, without any hesitation.
"What if," Chu Wei picked up the straw and swirled the mango in the cup boredly. The yellow mango swirled with the vortex. "What if, I mean, you guys...break up in the future? What will happen to this house then?"
She felt that as a friend, she needed to remind people of the reality of the problem.
Zhou Jianxing's gaze shifted from Chu Wei's face to the almost empty cup of milk tea in front of him.
Water droplets hung on the transparent wall of the cup, and a few pearls that had not been sucked away were deposited at the bottom of the cup.
Her eyes were focused, as if she was looking at something farther through the cup.
"Sister Wei," she raised her head and looked at Chu Wei again, "There's no such thing as a one-time event. I won't assume that possibility."
For her, choosing Wen Lingyi meant choosing a path to follow to the end, with no forks in the road and no option to turn back.
Chu Wei smiled. It was true. Even a young lady like Wen Lingyi, no matter how down and out she was, probably wouldn't be able to see past Zhou Jianxing's trivial matters.
These were not what they were aiming for.
"Is her father really so cruel? He completely ignores her?" Chu Wei changed the subject, with a hint of sigh in his tone.
She has always felt that the family affection among wealthy families is too unrealistic. Is it a heinous crime or unforgivable sin to just like the same sex?
In her opinion, it was not necessary to sever the relationship.
"Well," Zhou Jianxing heard this, his head drooping slightly, his fingers pinching the remains of the straw wrapper, "so in my heart... I always feel very sorry for her."
"Because of me, she caused such a scene with her family." She stared at the pearls at the bottom of the cup, her tone somewhat self-blaming. "Lingyi is still feeling resentful. When there's a chance in the future, I'll have a good talk with her."
"We're family after all."
"This has nothing to do with you," Chu Wei pushed the remaining half cup of milk tea away, his tone becoming more decisive. "That's his biological daughter. It was his own choice."
"Speaking of which," Chu Wei stretched and leaned back in his chair, as if trying to dispel the somewhat heavy atmosphere, "When is your man leaving for Shanghai? Is the date set?"
As Chu Wei spoke, his eyes turned to the rose bushes in full bloom in the green belt on the street outside the window, where the pink and white flowers were crowded together.
"Tomorrow night," Zhou Jianxing replied, following Chu Wei's gaze out the window. "The flight leaves at around nine tonight. It'll take six months."
She paused and said softly, "When she comes back, the magnolias and camellias downstairs will probably be in bloom."
"Six months is not a short time." Chu Wei retracted his gaze, sat up straight, and clapped his hands. "That's perfect. Let's organize a small farewell party for her tonight. Invite Ajie, Xiaomin, and the others. Let's go to the usual place. How about it? Let's have some food and drinks and have some fun."
"Okay." Zhou Jianxing nodded readily and agreed.
·
In the evening, the barbecue stall they often went to near the Yulanyuan community was gradually becoming lively.
As the weather gets warmer, more and more people come out at night to find food, drink and chat.
Plastic tables and chairs were placed on the sidewalk, and the air was filled with the charred aroma of meat grilling over charcoal and the rich smell of various seasonings.
The boss came over with a large stainless steel plate, which was piled with various freshly baked foods, sizzling with oil.
Zhou Jianxing took the plate and carefully picked out the grilled fish and a few red-roasted prawns ordered specifically for Wen Lingyi and placed them on the plate in front of her.
"I never thought," Chu Wei picked up a bunch of golden roasted corn kernels, took a bite, and his eyes fell on Wen Lingyi who was carefully picking fish bones across from him, "You would actually eat this kind of roadside barbecue."
"I always thought someone like you... well, you'd only go to high-end restaurants."
She spoke rather tactfully, but her meaning was clear.
"Not really," Wen Lingyi raised her head and smiled helplessly, "I used to come to places like this with my friends occasionally. We ate barbecue and crayfish quite often."
When she said this, her eyes wandered slightly. The friend who often stayed with her was Su Qing, whom she had not contacted for a long time.
Zhou Jianxing noticed the hair stuck to Wen Lingyi's cheek, and reached out his clean hand to naturally tuck her hair behind her ear.
Chu Wei picked up the beer bottle with white steam coming out of it on the table, filled an empty plastic cup with foamy beer, and pushed it in front of Zhou Jianxing.
"She can't drink." Wen Lingyi's hand quickly reached out and naturally took the glass of beer in front of her. "She is still in the recovery period and needs to avoid certain foods."
Zhou Jianxing looked at the glass of beer that was taken away, muttered silently with his lips, and showed a little grievance on his face that he dared not say.
The recovery period the doctor said had long passed, but Wen Lingyi was always more nervous than her.
Chu Wei didn't say anything, picked up another empty glass, filled it with wine, and pushed it in front of Xiao Min next to him.
"She can't do it either," Ajie moved faster, bringing the wine glass over and placing it next to himself. An embarrassed look appeared on his dark face, and he scratched the back of his head, "Xiao Min...that..."
"What's going on?" Chu Wei raised his eyebrows, looking at this and that, finding it funny. "What's going on tonight? One after another, they're all saying they can't drink this or that?"
"Xiao Min..." Ajie held it in for a moment, then finally said, "She's pregnant. We just found out."
"Ah?" Zhou Jianxing was the first to react. His eyes widened, and then a huge smile broke out on his face. He looked at Xiao Min in surprise, "Really? That's great! How long has it been?"
"It's been more than two months." Xiao Min smiled shyly, her cheeks slightly flushed, and her hands unconsciously rested on her still flat belly.
"That's great!" Zhou Jianxing exclaimed sincerely. In his joy, he picked up the glass of beer in front of Wen Lingyi and pretended to toast her.
Then, facing Wen Lingyi's immediate disapproving look, he froze and put the cup back obediently with embarrassment.
Chu Wei looked at the scene in front of him and suddenly felt some emotion in his heart.
Time flies so fast. Friends around me are in love, getting married, and even having children.
It seems like I am the only one here, and I am all alone.
Even Zhou Jianxing, who used to be as slow as a block of wood in terms of feelings, has now found a girlfriend as beautiful and well-matched as Wen Lingyi, and they are living a happy life.
After a few rounds of drinks, the atmosphere at the table became more and more lively, with plates of skewers placed on the table one after another, and the number of empty beer bottles gradually increased.
"You don't know," Ah Jie said to Wen Lingyi while skillfully peeling edamame boiled in salt water, "when you and Jianxing broke up, she came here and got drunk as hell."
As he spoke, he nudged Zhou Jianxing next to him with his elbow.
"That scene was simply outrageous," Ajie shook his head with an exaggerated expression. "This is the first time I've seen her like that."
"Yes," Xiao Min added the details with a smile. She looked at Wen Lingyi, "She was crying while drinking. Tears were streaming down her face. No matter how much I tried to persuade her, she wouldn't stop. She was so sad."
Zhou Jianxing really cried without any image that night. Not only did Xiaomin feel distressed, but even Ajie, who had known her for so many years, had never seen her lose her composure like that.
Wen Lingyi listened quietly, her fingers unconsciously stroking the cold wall of the beer glass.
So, was Zhou Jianxing so sad when she proposed to break up that time?
At that time, she was only concerned with her own pain and struggle, and almost never thought about how Zhou Jianxing on the other side was enduring.
Chu Wei used the back of her hand to brush away the black hair on her cheek that was messed up by the night wind, smiling lazily, with a charming look in her eyes.
She looked at Wen Lingyi and said in a half-truthful tone, "Lingyi, I heard that Shanghai is prosperous and fashionable, and there are many beautiful girls there."
"You'll be gone for half a year, so don't be dazzled by the sight."
Her words seemed like a joke, but they actually contained a hint of temptation.
For someone like Wen Lingyi, even if you don't take the initiative to provoke her, there will probably be a lot of admirers flocking to her.
The world outside is so big and full of temptations. What if...
"Hmph," Zhou Jianxing snorted in dissatisfaction before Wen Lingyi could reply, his nostrils flaring slightly like a small animal whose territory had been invaded. "Did you see this?"
As she spoke, she grabbed Wen Lingyi's right hand and shook it towards Chu Wei. The silver star ring was perfectly placed on the base of Wen Lingyi's ring finger, glowing faintly under the warm yellow light of the barbecue stall.
Wen Lingyi let her hold her hand, with a slight curve at the corner of her mouth.
She slowly withdrew her hand and gently turned the ring with her fingertips.
Then he raised his eyes, his thin eyelids lazily raised, and looked at Chu Wei, with a lazy certainty in his voice: "Not really. I have already seen the most beautiful woman."
Her eyes inadvertently swept over Zhou Jianxing beside her.
Hehe. Zhou Jianxing grinned upon hearing this, revealing a row of neat, white teeth that shone like shells under the light, his face revealing an expression of pride and happiness that he couldn't hide.
"That's hard to say," Chu Wei continued to tease them deliberately, and picked up the bottle to refill the almost empty glass in front of Wen Lingyi. "Our Xingxing is pretty, but there are too many temptations in the colorful world outside."
"What if, by some chance, you were seduced by some wild woman who appeared out of nowhere, what would happen to us, the Stars?"
"No such thing as an emergency." Wen Lingyi answered decisively without any hesitation.
·
The alcohol content of beer was not high to begin with, and Wen Lingyi drank in moderation. When the party ended, she only felt a little tipsy, but her mind remained clear.
But Zhou Jianxing insisted on supporting her without giving any explanation, holding her waist tightly with one hand and holding her arm with the other, as if she was too drunk to walk steadily.
It's really an exaggeration.
After returning to Zhou's house and taking a hot bath, perhaps the hot water evaporated the alcohol in her body, Wen Lingyi felt an inexplicable heat rising from deep within her body.
She will fly to Shanghai tomorrow, and she won't be able to see Zhou Jianxing for nearly half a year.
Her original idea was to just find a reliable beauty and hairdressing training institution in City C to study.
It was Zhou Jianxing who took the initiative to look up information and make comparisons, and finally insisted on enrolling her in the country's top and most expensive hairdressing training institution, which was thousands of miles away in Shanghai.
The tuition alone is close to six figures, plus the round-trip airfare, accommodation and living expenses in Shanghai for half a year, it is definitely not a small amount for them now.
At that time, she looked at the application form and hesitantly asked Zhou Jianxing: "Didn't you say that when you save enough money, you want to open your own repair shop?"
“This money…”
"It's okay," Zhou Jianxing waved his hand nonchalantly, looking at her with sparkling eyes. "There's no rush to open a shop. It's better to learn the craft for a few more years and accumulate more experience first."
"Our boss is a man of unpredictable ideas. Maybe in a few months, he'll forget about the promotional poster shoot."
She paused, her tone becoming a little cunning: "Besides, if I refuse to be filmed, he can't do anything to me."
"If he really wants to fire me, he'll have to pay me compensation according to the labor law. He's so stingy, he definitely won't be willing to do that. So I just shamelessly work there."
"Then," Wen Lingyi bit her lower lip tightly, still feeling a little uncertain, "What if I go there and find out that I'm not suited to this line of work and can't learn it well?"
Zhou Jianxing would feel extremely guilty if she spent so much of her hard-earned money and ended up with nothing.
"You'll definitely be able to learn it," Zhou Jianxing rubbed his chin against her thigh. "You're so smart, you learn things quickly. As long as you want to learn, there will definitely be no problem."
"It doesn't matter if it's not suitable for me," she said, smiling heartlessly. "I'm still young. There's still time to try something else."
·
Thoughts return to reality.
Zhou Jianxing was still taking a shower in the bathroom. She dried her hair, changed into a misty rose pink pajamas, and lazily lay on the bed on her side, feeling her waist sinking into a valley between two mountains.
His fingertips unconsciously brushed across the exposed skin of his legs, causing a slight shudder.
The sound of water in the bathroom stopped.
Zhou Jianxing pushed the door open and immediately closed it the moment he saw Wen Lingyi. She stood quietly at the door, water dripping from the ends of her hair.
The night wind slipped in through the window, gently turning the pages of a book spread out on the desk, making a rustling sound.
Zhou Jianxing walked to the bedside, and water droplets from the ends of his hair dripped down, one or two drops falling right on Wen Lingyi's chest.
The cold droplets touched the warm skin, causing goose bumps, and the coolness made the surrounding skin seem even hotter.
The water droplets quickly spread out, leaving darker dots on the misty pink silk, like petals blown off by the wind, carelessly falling on Wen Lingyi.
Gray pink, coral pink, deep rose pink, pinks of varying shades, interwoven together.
Zhou Jianxing gently peeled off her pajamas and saw a more delicate color, moist and fresh, rising and falling slightly with Wen Lingyi's breathing.
"Baby," Wen Lingyi raised her snow-white neck, like a crane in the moonlight shaking out its soft feathers, "I want you to go deeper, touch my deepest part."
Enter her, enter her self, enter her heart, enter her soul.
The air was boiling, evaporating the air in Wen Lingyi's chest. She opened her lips unconsciously, her throat so hoarse that she couldn't make any sound, and could only gasp in pieces.
"Lingyi," Zhou Jianxing kissed her lower abdomen, "I seem to feel your heartbeat here, it's trembling."
Wen Lingyi's tense waist finally collapsed softly onto the mattress.
Only then did she regain the power to breathe, taking deep breaths. She could still feel Zhou Jianxing's presence, his warmth lingering within her.
"It's late," Zhou Jianxing slowed down his movements, his knuckles slightly retreating, his voice restrained, "You've been drinking, you should go to bed."
"Go on," Wen Lingyi reached out to stop her from retreating and pulled her back to the familiar trajectory, "Don't stop... Tonight, I don't want to stop."
I want to be with you until the end of the world.
The world is about to end, and you and I will still be together.
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