Play coquettish with Joe

Chapter 9018: Under the cliff, there is an abyss (4)

Xiao Sisui was startled, not expecting that he would suddenly ask her such a question.

She immediately realized that he was talking about himself.

"Mr. Xiao, maybe... there are reasons..."

He didn't say anything, changed the subject, and looked at her: "Xiao Sisi, in such a wilderness, aren't you worried about your personal safety?"

Under the candlelight, there were bright fireworks dancing in his pupils. Those eyes were deep, clear, and bottomless.

She laughed: "Is Mr. Xiao talking about beasts? Or people?"

"What do you say?"

"If it's a wild beast, this hilltop is actually quite safe within the residential area. There are very few wild beasts. At most, they are snakes and spiders. If it's a human..." She looked at him, "In my eyes , Mr. Xiao has always been a humble gentleman.”

"It's hard to say, maybe one day I will become a person like Mr. Liu."

"That day won't happen." She smiled.

After eating briefly, Xiao seemed unable to sleep, so he simply read and wrote notes by candlelight.

Xiao Mingzhang didn't want to do anything. He leaned against the mountain wall, closed his eyes, and heard the whistling wind in his ears, which was not heavy.

It was the first time for him to spend the night in such a cave. It was a novel experience for him, which caused ripples in his peaceful life.

He always thought that his life would be a cycle of work, but it seemed not to be the case, at least not today.

After a long time, the cave was still quiet.

Xiao Mingzhang finally spoke, with a hint of displeasure in his voice: "Xiao Sisi, do you only know how to work?"

"Ah?" Xiao Sisi quickly raised his head, "No, I just... don't know what to do."

"There is a living person in front of you."

"Oh." Xiao Xiang tilted his head to look at him.

The man had his eyes closed and was in a particularly relaxed state. He was calmer than she had ever seen him before.

The weak candlelight outlined his sharp and three-dimensional facial features. There was a shallow shadow on his eyelids, which trembled slightly as his body trembled.

Xiao Sisi bit the end of his pen and didn't know where to start for a while.

say what?

She asked tentatively: "Mr. Xiao, I heard that abroad is very interesting. Why don't you tell me about it?"

"I gave you the opportunity to further your studies, but you refused it, and now you want me to talk?"

"I won't talk about it anymore. I'm not very interested."

"..." He spoke calmly, "I have been in France for three years and rarely left the hospital. I was almost in the same line between the hospital and my residence. Speaking of which, apart from the scenery that can be seen outside the hospital, I don't know much else. ”

Xiao seems surprised, is that so?

"Those three years were like a blank piece of paper to Mr. Xiao?"

"A piece of white paper that has been rubbed repeatedly."

"Mr. Xiao, if you are willing, I will take you for a walk in Xuanzhou another day."

"You seem to have said that more than once."

"..." Xiao seemed not to know that he had such a good memory, "But Mr. Xiao, you didn't agree."

"Then you don't know how to take the initiative?"

"..."

She has done good deeds, but she still needs to take the initiative? He is so arrogant.

"Mr. Xiao, have you ever thought about leaving Xuanzhou? Or have you ever thought about going to other cities for business or tourism?"

"No." Xiao Mingzhang was very calm, "My physical condition does not allow it, and the workload of the project I am currently responsible for is too heavy, so I don't have that time."

Xiao Sisi chatted casually with him.

She discovered that Xiao Mingzhang was not aloof.

Sometimes they would talk about work, and sometimes they would debate professional knowledge. Most of the time, she couldn't defeat him. He knew much more than she did, and there were always all kinds of fallacies and weird logic to convince her.

She clearly felt that what he said was wrong, but she couldn't find a reason to refute it, so she could only stare.

When she deflated, he seemed particularly happy, and the corners of his lips were raised.

Time passed little by little, and it was still snowing outside the cave.

"Xiao Sisi, what are your life plans for the next few years?"

"Job, promotion, salary increase." "I mean, a little life plan, about you personally."

"That's it. I'm very concerned about getting a raise."

"Okay, I get it, but I won't add it to you."

"Mr. Xiao! You!"

She was so angry that she felt frustrated again, but his happiness increased by two points.

What a bad person!

"Is it cold?" he asked suddenly.

Xiao Sisi shook his head.

In fact, she is a bit cold.

"It will get cooler at night, but there is only one blanket here." This blanket was covering his legs. "Sit a little closer to me so that I can give you half of the blanket."

When he said these words, the man looked serious and spoke righteously.

Xiao Sisi shook his head again.

"You just said you're not afraid of me, but now you're acting like you've encountered a savage beast. Come here, I won't do anything to you."

Instead, he gave her a hand.

Xiao Xisi staggered and sat next to him.

He put all the blankets on her legs and stood up: "I'm going to see if there are any branches in the cave."

He took the candle and went deeper into the cave.

I picked up some branches here and there, not much, and can be used in the middle of the night.

He piled branches together, his long white hands stained with dust.

He didn't care about this at all. He took out the lighter from his pocket and lit half of the branches. The cave quickly became warm.

Xiao Sisi kept looking at him without taking his eyes away from him.

"Xiao Sisi, it's getting late, you should go to bed early."

"Mr. Xiao, aren't you going to sleep?"

"I don't have the habit of going to bed early, and it just so happens that this pile of firewood needs someone to watch it."

"Mr. Xiao, you keep watch in the first half of the night, wake me up in the second half of the night, and I'll keep watch." There was a twinkling light in her watery eyes.

"it is good."

Xiao Sisi then covered himself with a blanket, got close to the firewood, and slept peacefully.

In the dancing firelight, Xiaoxian's fair face was rosy, and her sleeping face was quiet and sweet, also carrying the fatigue of the day.

Across the firelight, Xiao Mingzhang looked at her and didn't look away for a long time.

He took the notebook she had thrown on the ground. It was all recorded in her own handwriting, carefully, conscientiously and meticulously.

He picked up the pen and drew a few strokes in the blank space.

The drawing is of a simple cat, innocent and harmless.

He couldn't sleep, so he kept painting.

Occasionally, he would stop writing and think of the question he asked her that night, how cruel a parent would be to abandon a newborn baby?

Not only is it ruthless, it must also be filled with hatred.

Some children are not blessed from birth.

he is the one.

The corners of Xiao Mingzhang's lips curved into a somewhat indifferent arc. Some parents are not worthy of being parents.

He listened to the sound of wind and snow outside. Tomorrow, there would be another snowy world.

The world is huge, and people's hearts are cold, but at this moment, the cave is like an isolated world, with jumping fire and extra warmth.

Xiao Sisi moved his lips and murmured: "Baby."

Xiao Mingzhang stopped writing and looked at her.

Who are you calling "baby"?

(End of this chapter)