I want to accompany you to the end of time

Chapter 7 Can We Be Friends?

When the boss brought the dishes, Xia Nuo nodded his thanks. He quickly picked up the beef ribs and opened his mouth to take a bite. While eating, he sighed, "I am so happy to be alive."

Jiang Cheng folded his arms and looked at her with a smile. Seeing that he was not moving, Xia Nuo asked vaguely, "Why don't you eat it? You will definitely like it if you try it." After speaking, he picked up a bunch and handed it to him.

He hesitated for a moment but took it: "Is it really so delicious?"

Xia Nuo nodded: "It's really delicious!"

He took a skeptical bite, and Xia Nuo looked at him expectantly and asked, "How is it?"

Jiang Cheng chewed slightly and said, "It's okay." In fact, the taste is good, but due to his personality, he will not express all his feelings in an exaggerated manner like Xia Nuo.

This kind of reaction already satisfied Xia Nuo, at least he didn't choke him to death by saying it was unpalatable or how it could be eaten.

"Do you come here often?" Jiang Cheng asked casually.

Xia Nuo paused for a moment, but immediately recovered, and said flatly, "I used to come with my boyfriend often, but he is already an ex-boyfriend." She had a calm face, and Jiang Cheng still caught a trace of sadness in her eyes.

He didn't speak, but he thought of the drunken girl grabbing his collar not long ago, asking him why he left her, no matter how hard he pulled her, he couldn't pull her away, it was so difficult, he was impatient at the time, but now It is distressed.

Xia Nuo felt his gaze, and asked with a smile, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Why did you split up?"

Her voice was extremely soft, with the kind of camouflaged ease: "If it doesn't fit, let's share."

Jiang Cheng was silent again.

After a while, she looked gloomy, and said quietly: "Any relationship needs time to get in touch. After three years of getting in with each other, we still haven't got in. Maybe it's really not suitable. In the past three years, we have been accommodating each other all the time. , It’s just that no one wants to admit it, because we mistake habit for love, maybe ending is the best choice for us.” She didn’t know whether to say this to herself or to him.

During this period of time, she thought a lot. Looking back on their three years, she pulled out many trivial things, re-examined and found that it was actually not a small problem that could be ignored. Thinking of this, she felt relieved.

It's not that I don't like it, it's just that it doesn't fit.

It's just that occasionally I still recall some of their fragmentary beauty, otherwise these three years are nothing.

After a long time, Jiang Cheng finally said, "Hurry up and eat." There was no comfort and he didn't continue, which made her feel relieved. She shouldn't have said these words in front of him, and she didn't know how to say them.

The two ate in silence and stopped talking.

After eating, Jiang Cheng sent her back, Xia Nuo suddenly turned to look at him when he unbuckled his seat belt, Jiang Cheng wondered, "Is there anything else?"

She smiled: "Mr. Jiang, in fact, you are not such a cold person on the surface. Why do you pretend to be a person who rejects people thousands of miles away?"

Jiang Cheng also smiled: "Only you dare to talk to me like that."

Xia Nuo disagreed, "Can I understand that apart from the subordinate relationship, we can still be friends. After all, not everyone has the opportunity to eat and drink with the big boss."

"It depends on your performance." It was this sentence again, Xia Nuo thought that the performance he said was at work, gave him a reassuring smile and said, "Don't worry, I will work hard, thank you for the treat today, be careful on the way .” After speaking, he opened the door and got out of the car, shook his hand towards the window, turned and left.

She didn't even realize that when talking to Jiang Cheng, she no longer had the sense of distance as a subordinate, and gradually regarded him as a friend. Jiang Cheng looked at the direction where she was leaving, with a slight curve on the corner of his mouth, started the car, and raised his head. and go.

Xia Nuo went upstairs in the elevator, opened the door, saw Gu Xiaoxing leaning on the sofa, drinking a bottle of beer in his hand, and saw her come in to say hello: "Are you back?"

She changed her shoes, walked over, threw her bag on the sofa and sat down: "You are too mean, you don't call me for drinking."

Gu Xiaoxing stared at her with strange eyes, then turned his eyes away: "Didn't you drink it just now?"

"how do you know?"

"He arrived before he smelled of alcohol, how do you think I know?"

Xia Nuo sniffed herself, she didn't seem to drink much just now, is it that obvious?Noticing his strangeness, he asked worriedly, "What's wrong with you?"

"It's okay, I'm just a little tired. Why are you back so late today?"

"Working overtime. I met our boss when I was off work. I went out to eat with him and then came back."

"Just the two of you?"

"Ah."

"You're a girl who goes out alone with men at night, so please be careful."

Xia Nuo smiled: "I'm a girl and I share a room with a man alone, why don't you let me be more sensible."

Gu Xiaoxing was anxious: "Can we be the same as you? We grew up together. Even if we were separated for a few years, it was a revolutionary friendship of more than ten years. How long have you known him? What is your relationship?"

"Oh, don't worry, I have an employer-employee relationship with him and are protected by law. I know you are worried about me. Next time I will come back earlier."

Gu Xiaoxing "cut" and stopped talking.

Xia Nuo got up, went to the kitchen to pour water, turned his back to him and said, "By the way, I'll go out to look for a house when I have time, and it's okay to bother you like this. You can also keep an eye out for me to see if there is any suitable one. It’s better that it’s closer to my company, it’s convenient for me to commute to and from work, and it’s not too expensive, you know me too.”

When she turned around, the living room was empty, Gu Xiaoxing had already returned to the room, she muttered what the hell was going on, and went back to her room without paying much attention.

When Jiang Cheng returned to Jiang's mansion, Jiang Suqiu was sitting in the hall waiting for him, seeing him back he quickly got up: "Ah Cheng, you are back."

Jiang Cheng hummed softly: "Why aren't you asleep yet?"

Jiang Suqiu looked at him tenderly: "Are you hungry, I'll ask Aunt Yu to cook you something to eat."

"No, I've eaten. Where's Uncle Jiang?" He called Jiang Yanmin Uncle Jiang.

Jiang Suqiu sighed: "Just took the medicine and fell asleep. Today, Anan was so angry that his blood pressure went up again. This Anan is really, he is so big."

She was interrupted by Jiang Cheng before she finished speaking: "Mom, I'm going to bed first." Jiang Suqiu opened his mouth to hold back the words, Jiang Cheng walked two steps as if thinking of something, turned back and said to her: "By the way, I want to move out."

This time Jiang Suqiu no longer looked like a loving mother, and there was a bit of annoyance on her face: "Ah Cheng, isn't it good for us to be together as a family?"

Jiang Cheng smiled coldly: "This is your home, but not mine."

Jiang Suqiu was so angry that she concluded: "You"

There was the sound of a car driving in outside the door, and after a while, there was the sound of stumbling footsteps, Jiang Haonan entered the door with a strong smell of alcohol, saw them with a sneer and said, "Hey, isn't this my dear stepmother and brother?" ?”

Jiang Suqiu frowned, dissatisfied: "Ah Nan, why are you drinking so much again?"

Jiang Haonan staggered and snorted coldly: "Why, my own son came to take care of me when he couldn't take care of me. Let me tell you, Jiang Suqiu, don't really think of yourself as my mother."

Aunt Yu heard the sound, and hurried forward to support Jiang Haonan. Jiang Suqiu said to her with a headache, "Sister Yu, help him to sleep." If she cared about this, she would have been pissed off.

Jiang Haonan was helped away, Jiang Suqiu sighed, and looked at Jiang Cheng again, his face softened: "Ah Cheng, you have been tired all day, go to sleep."

Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "You should go to bed early, too." His tone was not as cold as before. Seeing Jiang Haonan contradicting her, Jiang Cheng felt sorry for her, but it's no wonder that Jiang Cheng was indifferent to her. The image of her stepmother is so that she can gain a foothold in this family, and she hardly cares about her own son.

Her own son had a fever of 39 degrees at home, and she could play with other people's sons in the amusement park. She never accompanied him on those important festivals, and never cared about his situation at school. Way to get close to her.

After that night, Gu Xiaoxing returned to normal, and Xia Nuo thought that maybe he was just not in a good mood at work that day or was in a bad mood because of other things, who doesn't have a bad mood.

Outside of working hours, whenever Xia Nuo has free time, he shuttles between various real estate agencies. When he sees a house that feels good, he takes Gu Xiaoxing to refer to it, but he almost rejects it. Either the environment is too bad or the law and order are not good. Can't afford to rent again.

Finally, I found a community apartment in the suburbs, one bedroom and one living room, the rent is [-], the owner is a young girl who is going to work abroad, the house does not want to be vacant, so I entrust a real estate agency to rent it out, the rent is cheap, the only requirement That is, if the tenant is a girl and she needs to help her take care of a gray shorthair named "Meat Bao".

Xia Nuo likes the big balcony outside the living room very much. Looking forward, there are no high-rise buildings, no traffic, only planes passing across the sky, leaving a white cloud trail, which contrasts with the bustling city center, adding a sense of tranquility , less anxious, she suddenly thought of a sentence: the sun is mild, and the years are quiet.

She didn't hesitate any longer, and immediately signed the contract. Xia Nuo saw the man in the agency heaved a sigh of relief. He had tormented him a lot these days. Xia Nuo could understand the hardships of the service industry, and she felt a little sorry in her heart, but this regret soon disappeared. replaced by the joy of finding a new home.

On weekends, Gu Xiaoxing helped her move. When she was tidying up things, he was teasing the cat next to him. From time to time, he said a word or two. It was nothing more than that although the law and order were good, it was still a bit out of the way, and the water and power supply was unstable. Let her think about it. .

Xia Nuo didn't reply to him, and just packed his things on his own. Gu Xiaoxing said he was tired, and complained to her dissatisfiedly: "You should answer me!"

She knew that Gu Xiaoxing was also very satisfied with this place, she could tell from the look in his eyes the moment he entered the door, and he liked the big balcony outside as much as she did, otherwise he wouldn't have stood there for so long just now, the only thing he worried about was her personal safety .

Xia Nuo felt that he was thinking too much. Although there are many insecurities in this world, there is no danger as imagined.

"The contract has been signed, what else are you thinking about, you'd better save the energy of talking, and you will go to the supermarket to make big purchases later."

"I dare you to ask me to be a coolie."

"You should be glad you still have this use."

The way the two of them get along is to quarrel every day, but Gu Xiaoxing almost never wins, because when he says one thing, Xia Nuo will always have the next sentence waiting for him.

(End of this chapter)