Falling Heart

Shen Qing paused as she put on her coat, "When will you..."

"You'll know it after you unpack the bag without saying a word." Xie Mingchao clicked on her Moments, saw her photo of beer with barbecue, and liked it, "Like attracts like, I can imagine people who can be good friends with you What kind of temper."

"But you don't love me as much as Xiaoxiao and the others." Shen Qing drank a glass of water before feeling her throat improved, and then she seemed to remember something, and asked suspiciously, "How do you know my address here?"

"I saw your personal information by chance when I went to help the old class correct the papers. Your home address is City A, so I remembered it by the way."

Shen Qing said dully, "You're quite careful."

She thought that Xie Mingchao was the kind of straight man who didn't understand the style of science, and the details would only be reflected in the questions, but she didn't expect him to remember where he lived.

The takeaway Xie Mingchao ordered arrived in less than 10 minutes. Shen Qing asked the takeaway boy to put it at the door, and leaned over the cat's eye to see that he had indeed entered the elevator. After waiting for a while, he opened the door to get the medicine.

Hearing the sound of her taking medicine, Xie Mingchao breathed a sigh of relief.

"go to bed early."

He was about to hang up the phone, but Shen Qing hurriedly said: "Wait, wait a minute."

"what happened?"

She was sitting on the edge of the bed, the lights were not turned on in the bedroom, and her slightly shy expression could not be seen in the darkness.

"Good night."

There seemed to be a chuckle from the other side, and the voice softened, "Well, good night."

*
The days in City A were dull but fulfilling. Shen Qing opened the calendar one day and found that the new year was approaching.

Gong Xiaoxiao called to ask Shen Qing's opinion, "Qingqing, would you like to come to my house for dinner on New Year's Eve? My parents asked me to invite you and Chen Qian."

Shen Qing responded, "Okay, can I order something then, I want Kung Pao Chicken."

"No problem, my mother said, you can eat whatever you want."

Shen Qing deliberately brought up the old story again: "Auntie is still considerate, unlike a good sister of mine who said she would buy me medicine for fire, but in fact what she bought was useless vitamin C."

Gong Xiaoxiao giggled guiltily, "Why is it useless, vitamin C can improve your immunity and allow you to recover faster."

She continued to ask in confusion: "Then how did you get better so quickly?"

Shen Qing snorted coldly as if showing off: "Tch, because someone bought me medicine."

"Is there someone?" Gong Xiaoxiao immediately understood what was happening, and said suddenly, "Xie Mingchao is Xie Mingchao, why is there someone? Your social circle is so small, how can I not know who it is?"

Shen Qing argued unconvinced: "Don't underestimate me, I have a lot of contacts! Who said I only know a few of you!"

"Then tell me if Xie Mingchao bought it for you." Gong Xiaoxiao smiled confidently.

She replied weakly: "Yes."

Shen Qing never had any secrets in front of Gong Xiaoxiao, so she answered straightforwardly.

"Hey, it's terrible," Gong Xiaoxiao's voice became high-pitched, "I don't believe you two are not tricky at all."

"It's useless if you don't believe it, anyway, I don't believe it."

Gong Xiaoxiao responded perfunctorily: "You are right, but I won't listen."

"But Qingqing, it's good that you have someone to take care of you over there," she sighed earnestly, "In this way, Chen Qian and I can rest assured."

Shen Qing has heard too many bad words from the two of them, and now she only feels a little moved, but not much.

"Understood, I will send you a list of the dishes I want to eat next, and I must see them on the dining table."

Gong Xiaoxiao's feeling of guilt towards Shen Qing was extinguished in an instant, she gritted her teeth and said, "Our house is not a restaurant!"

Shen Qing pretended to be wronged and whispered: "But you just said that Auntie would satisfy me."

"Hmph, okay," Gong Xiaoxiao found a way to sanction her, "I'll ask my chef to add more chili peppers, and if your voice becomes hoarse, Xie Mingchao will feel sorry for you and buy you medicine again."

Hearing her teasing words, Shen Qing's ears warmed up, "Don't talk nonsense!"

"Slightly slightly, I want it!"

The mobile phone beeped several times during the call, and a call came in.

Shen Qing hung up the phone in a hurry, "Okay, I won't tell you anymore, hang up first, there is a call coming in."

"Okay, okay, I'm not as important as your tablemate..."

Before Gong Xiaoxiao could finish speaking, Shen Qing hung up the phone directly.

Looking at the caller ID, it was Li Qinglu.

As soon as he picked it up, the other side yelled softly and artificially: "Baby Qingqing!"

Shen Qing took the phone away, rubbed her arms, "Can you stop being so disgusting?"

Li Qinglu didn't mind her daughter's disgust at all, and asked softly, "Did you miss me?"

"If you don't call back, I'll almost forget that I have a mother." Shen Qing looked at her expressionless self in the mirror, turned on the faucet, and washed her face with one hand.

"Don't be like this, you also know that I'm busy with your dad," Li Qinglu sighed helplessly, "After these few years of busy work, we will be able to stabilize completely."

"But I don't have the patience to wait for a few more years," Shen Qing sniffed, suppressing the urge to cry, but there was already a cry in her voice, "I've been waiting year after year, but you always You said you were busy, so that I gave up hope, but you gave me another candy."

Li Qinglu was silent, but Shen You couldn't bear to answer the phone and continued: "Qingqing, we will be back this year."

"Then you promise," Shen Qing wiped her eyes, "otherwise I won't believe it."

Shen You smiled: "Okay, we promise."

Although they didn't say when they would come back, Shen Qing was still looking forward to the days ahead.

On the night of New Year's Eve, a long table was set up at Gong Xiaoxiao's house, and all the dishes on the table were Shen Qing's orders.

Shen Qing paid New Year's greetings to her father and mother, and happily walked around the table, "Xiaoxiao, you are really on the right track."

Gong Xiaoxiao reminded her: "You must finish eating, or stay and wash the dishes!"

"I'll stay to wash the dishes if I can't finish eating," Shen Qing never took her eyes off the dining table, "Auntie has prepared such a big table, I must repay it well."

When the doorbell rang, Gong Xiaoxiao didn't bother to bother her anymore and went straight to the door.

"Chen Qian and Grandma Liu are here, I'll open the door."

The atmosphere at the dinner table was joyous, and even Shen Qing, who usually pretended to be obedient in front of the elders, drank a few glasses of wine.

The mother of the palace asked the driver to take Chen Qian and Liu Yanru back. Shen Qing received special care from Gong Xiaoxiao, and she personally helped them back home.

"I'm not drunk, don't help me!"

Gong Xiaoxiao let go, "Then try walking in a straight line."

Shen Qing took two steps along the straight line of the living room floor, crookedly not stepping on the center line.

Gong Xiaoxiao helped her back to the room with a headache, "I really can't do anything about you, the drinking capacity is still as bad as ever.

After wiping her face thoughtfully and taking off his coat, he left contentedly.

Shen Qing was woken up by the sound of fireworks going off outside the window in the middle of the night, she sat up while pressing her throbbing temples.

She yawned, "Isn't it forbidden to set off fireworks and firecrackers in city A? These people are really not afraid of being caught and fined."

Now that she woke up, Shen Qing simply got out of bed and went to the bathroom.