Chapter 55. Escape Plan
Ever since that argument, Ruan Tang felt that her relationship with Feng Xue was like the weather in early winter. It was just a little chilly at first, but when she suddenly opened the curtains one morning, she found that a thin layer of ice had formed on the window.
She would rather not have heard Sun Yihuan's secret. The intellectual rightness of keeping the secret and the emotional guilt she felt towards Feng Xue for concealing it were fighting in her heart day and night, so much so that she couldn't even feel at ease to continue fighting for the investment.
Feng Xue seemed to be deliberately avoiding her. Ever since Tracy came that day, he would go out earlier and earlier in the morning, and would only tiptoe into bed after Ruan Tang fell asleep at night.
One day, when Ruan Tang woke up at dawn, she saw Feng Xue lying on the other side of the bed with her back to her. She suddenly realized that this bed and this quilt were so big, so big that even though two people were lying on the same bed, it felt like there was a Milky Way between them.
Winter nights came earlier and earlier. Sometimes Ruan Tang could not wait for Feng Xue to come to the store and had to close the store and go home. On this day, she closed the store as usual but did not want to go back to the house too early. When she had this idea, she was scared by herself, because subconsciously she defined that place as home. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but shrink her neck and quickly walked towards the subway.
Perhaps it was too cold outside, so when Ruan Tang opened the door, a warm breath like spring hit her face, and even her heart melted a lot.
Tiantian was the first to come out, probably because he had a lot of contact with dogs when he was wandering, and he seemed to have some dog characteristics, such as excitedly wagging his tail and rubbing against the other's legs when welcoming his family back.
Feng Xue followed closely behind, and before Ruan Tang could react, he walked over, put his arms around her waist and hugged her. Under the warm light of the entrance hall, he gently swallowed her shadow with his tall body.
"What are you doing?" Ruan Tang was stunned for a moment, but still patted him on the back gently in response to his hug.
Feng Xue rubbed his face against her neck, pulled up her hands and covered them against his chest, his chin still resting on her shoulder reluctantly. Tiantian was still jumping around excitedly at their feet.
There were clearly no dogs in the room, but she inexplicably felt completely surrounded by two dogs, one big and one small.
After her hands warmed up again, Feng Xue explained: Today is Hug Valentine's Day. I have been too busy recently. When I looked at the calendar, I suddenly realized that I haven't hugged you for a long time.
Ruan Tang pretended to push him on the chest, and took advantage of the situation to say coquettishly: So you still remember me.
Feng Xue had cooked a pork belly and chicken hotpot in advance. Knowing that Ruan Tang had a strong taste, he specially used red oil boiled from erjingtiao to make a dipping sauce for her. The tender chicken and the dipping sauce made Ruan Tang feel warm after eating it.
Feng Xue didn't know when he came into the bedroom, took out a bunch of Freud roses, half-knelt beside her and held the flowers in front of her. Ruan Tang still had chili pepper on the corner of her mouth, and she thought, is he proposing to me?
"Don't you like it?" Feng Xue frowned and looked down at the bouquet with a slightly annoyed expression. She said, "But the clerk told me this rose is called Freud or something, and it means very romantic. What was it?"
Seeing that he didn't seem to take any further action, Ruan Tang took the flowers with confidence and nodded in denial: No, it's very beautiful.
"As long as you like it." Feng Xue still squatted in front of her, looked up at her, reached out to touch her face, and inadvertently wiped off the small bit of chili on the corner of her mouth.
She lowered her head to sniff the most vibrant flower in the middle, and suddenly noticed that the center of the flower seemed to be shining, gleaming with a metallic luster. She glanced at Feng Xue, only to see him turn his head away to tease Tiantian, who was sniffing the meaty scent, as if it had nothing to do with him.
Following the light, she pulled out a chain from the flower. A small square diamond hung on the thin platinum chain.
"You've been going out early and coming back late recently just to work on this?" Ruan Tang roughly estimated the price in his mind and smiled helplessly.
Feng Xue picked up the cat and tried to speak in a very casual tone: I suddenly remembered that I didn’t give you any particularly decent gift on your birthday, so let this be a compensation for you.
"Oh, I thought it was the hug you mentioned as a Valentine's Day gift." Ruan Tang deliberately pretended to be annoyed, and seeing how flustered he was, she couldn't help but laugh.
Feng Xue didn't seem to notice her prank. After a moment of hesitation, he said: Well... Yingjun just said two days ago that their company is going to Sanya for team building on Christmas. He said he plans to invite Xu Wei. Do you want to go to the beach with us?
Most girls who grew up in the north have an indelible romantic fantasy about the seaside. The light in her eyes lit up for a second and went out in the next second, because she suddenly remembered the photo of the sunset at the seaside, and the figures of two people standing at the sunset at the seaside emerged in her mind, but she herself was standing in a third perspective.
People are very strange. In fact, she herself had memories of being at the beach with several men she had dated before, but when she became the object, she was reluctant to be involved in scenes related to his past, just like after moving into this house, she insisted on living in the second bedroom.
"What's wrong? You don't want to go?" Feng Xue accurately caught the hesitation in her eyes.
She shook her head and said: Not really, I've just been to Sanya many times.
Been there many times? This wasn't shocking news, but Feng Xue was still stunned for a moment, his thoughts uncontrollably extending. Thinking that there might have been another man beside her during those times, he suddenly felt an inexplicable emotion surging in his chest, and instinctively wanted to cover up the memories in her mind.
He squeezed her hand and said: Go ahead, just think of it as... temporarily avoiding the winter you hate and going out to relax.
While waiting for her to come back, Feng Xue made many plans in his mind. He didn't want to keep those plans in his mind. Some things should be said in specific situations.
Ruan Tang hesitated for a moment before nodding and saying okay. Then she frowned and said, "There are only ten days left, and I don't have time to prepare a nice bikini and beach dress."
Although they were traveling as part of a team-building trip, Jia Yingjun had booked business class for the four of them. On the day of departure, Feng Xue pulled out a Burberry short-sleeved T-shirt and shorts suit with slippers from the bottom of his wardrobe. This was the first time Ruan Tang had seen him wearing a designer brand. Unlike Jia Yingjun, his calm demeanor perfectly matched the brand's style. Although the clothes were clearly a bit old, Feng Xue's perfect fit for them still gave her a strange feeling of success, a sense of revolution.
If the pearls are covered with dust, wouldn’t it be ok if we just remove that layer of dust?
In order to match with him, Ruan Tang also chose a baby blue polo skirt and put on light makeup. Xu Wei joked that the two of them looked like a couple traveling together during the college vacation when looking from behind.
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