I'm a world apart from you

Chapter 20 I want to be with you (4)
In this way, a semester passed in a hurry, and I was promoted to the third grade in a blink of an eye.

In the second half of the second semester of junior high school, Wen Ge didn't see Wen Shaoyuan much.

She would go to Wen's house every Sunday, sometimes by bus, and sometimes Wen Jingfan would come to pick her up, and when she asked about it later, Wen Jingfan said: "It seems that I went to City S, and I was in City B a while ago. "

His ambition will never stop there, Wen Ge knows that he is expanding his career territory.

If he didn't come back, the apartment would be vacant immediately. Fortunately, Aunt Xin would come to clean it from time to time, and Wen Ge would occasionally go over to take care of the poor flowers and plants in the apartment.

Later, it was too monotonous and boring. During the summer vacation, Wen Ge secretly went to a dessert shop to work for a month without telling Xu Liqing. With the money, he bought a small fish tank, raised fish, and even raised a few turtles.Because no one took care of them, the goldfish died one by one, and only the turtles that were brought back together were still healthy.

During the Chinese New Year, Wen Jingfan asked her, "Wen Ge, does your current adoptive mother have any objections to your getting closer to the original adoptive family?" Wen Ge thought at the time that he was just asking this question, but later figured it out. This is to remind her that no matter whether Xu Liqing really understands and supports her, she cannot show her closeness and enthusiasm for the Wen family so clearly, especially for Wen Shaoyuan.

Wen Ge mentioned to Xu Liqing last time that Wen Shaoyuan gave her a mobile phone if she got good grades in the final exam, but it never happened. After Xu Liqing heard it, she seemed a little unhappy. Instead, she kept looking after her and didn't really lose her temper. She just told her: "If you want, you can ask me directly."

Different, how could it be the same?
Wen Ge never mentioned this matter to Xu Liqing again, and would quietly and subconsciously avoid her when she went to Wen's house or Wen Shaoyuan's apartment.

Xu Liqing was a little sensitive about the third year of junior high school. After the first half of the semester started, besides mathematics, she enrolled Wen Ge in cram school for two other weak subjects. Afraid that she would be too tired, she canceled the interest class of painting.

Wen Ge didn't have much opinion on this, she didn't like drawing very much in the first place, and it was really a torment to spend an afternoon every week learning something she wasn't interested in.

Bai Junyi knew that she had canceled painting to make up lessons, so he laughed at her badly for a whole week, and asked her where to make up lessons, and even followed her.

At that time, Wen Ge was lying on the table doing a problem, and when she heard the teacher introduce a new classmate, she raised her head and glanced at him, then never looked away, stared at him for a long time, rolled her eyes angrily, and then buried her head and continued. Do questions.

Really haunted!
But it is undeniable that although Bai Xiaocao's personality is completely inconsistent with his appearance, and his temper is slightly bad, his academic performance is nothing to say.

is not that right?Bai Junyi's family runs a company and has a good family background. Although his face is still a little immature, his facial features are handsome, his brows and eyes are full of heroism, and his personality is distinctive, which is very eye-catching.Although he always looks dismissive to everyone, the ignorant little girls in the school prefer him.

At the end of the first semester of the third year of junior high school, Wen Ge went to school to get the report card.

As soon as she arrived at the shed and parked the car, Bai Junyi suddenly appeared in front of her, blocking her way.

They came early and there were not many people in the carport.

Bai Junyi was half a head taller than her, looked down at her, and asked in a low voice, "Tell me, where do you want to go in high school?"

Wen Ge pushed him, but didn't push him, so he simply gave up.

Looking up at him for a while, she moved her lips, but asked back: "Which school do you go to? I can avoid it."

Bai Junyi's handsome eyebrows frowned, the corners of his lips pulled, and a big smile spread out, his voice lowered a little, and he looked at her from such an ambiguous distance: "Be honest."

Wen Ge's back felt chills from being stared at by him, and he bent his elbows and pressed against his stomach.

She gathered up her strength, but Bai Junyi failed to maintain his demeanor, and glared at her with grinning teeth, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

After taking the report card, it was still early, so Wen Ge parked the car and went to Wen Shaoyuan's apartment to feed the turtle.

Xu Liqing didn't like keeping small animals, so Wen Ge didn't dare to bring the tortoise home.

As soon as she opened the door and entered, Wen Ge felt strange that the orchids she had posted in the morning were brought in and placed at the foot of the table.

Wen Ge glanced inside suspiciously, thinking to himself: Aunt Xin usually comes to clean on Monday morning, but today is only Thursday, so it's impossible to come!

She lowered her head to change her shoes. Just as she straightened her shoes, she looked up and saw that there was a pair of men's slippers missing from the shoe rack, and a pair of slippers were placed where the slippers were originally placed...

Wen Ge immediately turned her head and stepped into the living room with a few steps.

The man, who took off his coat and only wore a white shirt with the cuffs rolled up above his forearms, was bending over at the moment, looking intently at the turtle she kept in the fish tank, and playing with it with his fingers.

Tease the turtle?
Wen Shaoyuan loves cleanliness and doesn't like raising animals, but Wen Ge is a caring person.

Once, two people went out to eat, and when they came out of the restaurant, there happened to be a vendor selling rabbits passing by. In the iron cages, the snow-white rabbits were huddled together, covered in fluff, with long ears pricked up, and only their round buttocks were exposed. , not to mention how cute it is.

Catching her focused gaze, the boss turned his head and looked at her with a smile: "Do you want to buy one?"

Wen Ge subconsciously turned to ask Wen Shaoyuan for his opinion.

Without even hesitating, Wen Shaoyuan patted her on the head and said, "It's enough to take care of you."

Wen Ge thought that it would take some talking and talking to persuade him to accept this vat of turtles, but now it seems that the degree of difficulty is not that great?

She was still standing there in a daze, but Wen Shaoyuan had already turned his head to look over, took out a clean towel and wiped his hands, his voice was clear and deep: "You raised it?"

Wen Ge nodded, but didn't speak.

I haven't seen him for almost a year, and he is still the same as before, without much change, but I don't know if it's because he's too busy with work, or the food outside doesn't suit his appetite, and he looks a little thinner.

He was originally a little unapproachable, and because of his work, he often had a straight face, serious and steady, calm and silent, and when he was so thin, his cold and alienated aura suddenly became obvious.

Wen Ge looked at him, a little timidly.

While she was looking at him, Wen Shaoyuan was also looking at her.

Her stature has jumped up again, and she is not as thin as before; her face is rounder, and her chin is curved, unlike before, her palm-sized face is thin and her chin is thin; her facial features have also grown. , with curved brows and eyes, full of autumn light; round nose, which looks particularly pleasing; fair complexion, revealing a layer of pink.

It's only been a year since I saw her, but the changes are not small, she looks a lot prettier, and she doesn't look timid and careful when she just brought her home, but she is cheerful and straightforward that a girl of this age should have.

Wen Shaoyuan withdrew his gaze calmly and sat down on the sofa: "What's in your hand?"

Wen Ge looked down, and then stepped forward and handed him the thing in his hand: "It's the report card."

The homework for the winter vacation has already been arranged, and this time I go back to school to get the report card, so Wen Ge didn't even bring a small bag, and kept the report card in his hand all the time.

Wen Shaoyuan took it and looked at it carefully, and finally his eyes fell on the class teacher's comment.

The comment is very simple, only a few words: I am very pleased to see you grow up, from a child who was not talkative before to a lively and bright appearance now.You actively participated in various competitions and activities, and let me see your excellence and hard work.The teacher hopes that you can continue to maintain, stick to what you insist on, and learn something.

He handed back the report card and asked casually, "Why didn't you pass sports?"

Wen Ge stared at the page of the report card where the grades were written for a long while before saying, "I can't keep up with running."

If you remember correctly, the test in the second half of the semester is running.

Wen Shaoyuan frowned slightly, but did not continue the topic.

He just came back and didn't want to interfere or criticize her performance.

Thinking of this, he looked away and turned his head, just in time to see the potted plants on the balcony.

When he entered the house, he discovered that there was a row of evergreen ornamental plants on the balcony at some point, and these few turtles in the living room.

Seeing that he looked at these animals and plants without speaking, Wen Ge bit his lips and asked in a low voice: "Uncle, don't you like it?"

This long-lost "Uncle" made him slightly distracted. He turned his head to look at her for a while, and then denied: "No, I like it very much." After saying that, he pointed to the four corners that she had wrapped up with tape table, couldn't help laughing: "Did you keep knocking on the corner of the table?"

Wen Ge nodded awkwardly, momentarily at a loss.

There seemed to be a little strangeness suddenly, but Wen Ge was at a loss as to where this feeling came from.

After being silent for a long time, Wen Shaoyuan remembered something and asked her: "After the Chinese New Year, I have something to go to L City, do you want to go back and have a look?"

Wen Ge let out an ah, and his eyes lit up: "Yes!"

After returning from Wen Shaoyuan's place, Wen Ge was a little out of his mind, and stayed in the room until it was dark and night fell, and then he came out of the room and went to the kitchen to cook.

She went to Wen's house every three days and learned a lot from Aunt Xin. It was no problem to cook a few simple dishes.When she was in school, Xu Liqing didn't let her interfere with the kitchen affairs, but after the holidays, she let her go.

After entering the third year of junior high school, Xu Liqing has stricter control over her. For example, when going out to play, she has to report where she is going, and occasionally limits her time.Such a change made Wen Ge a little uneasy, so much so that she thought about going back to L City with Wen Shaoyuan for several days, but she didn't know how to speak.

The 29th afternoon of the twelfth lunar month.

The first snowfall in City A was long overdue. At first, the sky was gloomy. Gradually, the snowflakes drifted to the ground. The ground, eaves, and treetops... soon, everything was covered with a silvery white. .

Originally, Wen Ge asked Zhu Qingwan to go to the library together today, but it snowed early in the morning and it was inconvenient to travel, so they moved to the next year.

Xu Liqing came back early, even on the short journey from the parking lot to home, her hair was covered with a thin layer of snow, which immediately melted into water droplets as soon as she entered the room and encountered the heating.

Seeing that Wen Ge was sitting in the living room reading a book, Xu Liqing took the things she was carrying into the kitchen first, took a towel to wipe her hair when she came out, and called her: "Wen Ge."

Wen Ge responded, put down the book and came over, saw that her shoulders were covered with snow, reached out to pat her.

But Xu Liqing grabbed her hand, saw her look over in surprise, and smiled gently: "Your uncle is waiting for you downstairs, and said he will take you to grandpa's for dinner today, the old man misses you. "

Wen Ge couldn't come back to his senses for a while, and after several times in his head, he finally understood this sentence, his lips were slightly parted, not sure: "Uncle is waiting for me downstairs?"

But Xu Liqing smiled, and cast a sideways glance at her: "I haven't seen you for a year, but I've become estranged from your uncle?"

Before Wen Ge could answer, she said to herself again: "I think his car has been parked downstairs for a while, and I don't know how to come up and call."

After drying her hair, Xu Liqing hung the towel on the back of the chair beside her, turned around and went to the kitchen to get a bag of fruit: "Don't go empty-handed."

Wen Ge took it over, with heavy hands, and immediately came back to his senses, grinning: "Thank you, Auntie, I'll go down first."

Xu Liqing didn't hold her back, and sent her to the door. After she changed her shoes, she thought about it, and then held her back.

This time, Xu Liqing used a little force: "I just heard from your uncle that I want to take you to City L in the next year. You haven't told me all this time, are you afraid that I won't agree?"

The temperature has dropped suddenly recently, Xu Liqing's sleep quality is poor, and she accidentally fell ill and caught a cold. At this moment, her face is a little pale, her eyes are sunken, and she doesn't have the usual elegance at all. She seems to have aged a lot in an instant, and she can even see her new temples. Tim's white hair.

Wen Ge suddenly felt a corner of his heart cave in, and said honestly, "I'm afraid you'll be unhappy." Disagreeing is the next best thing.

"It's because I was too strict with you." Xu Liqing let go of her hand, stared at the slightly red handprint on her wrist for a long time, and felt distressed again, "Did I play too hard, and it turned red... I just thought about it." , I never held your hand properly. Wen Ge, I hope you know that Auntie is strict with you for your own good, and I hope you can live a little easier in the future. "

When Wen Ge went downstairs, she was still in a trance, until standing at the door of the apartment, snowflakes mixed with biting cool wind pierced into her neck, and she shivered from the cold before recovering.

Wen Shaoyuan was about to get out of the car, when he saw her trotting over, he pushed open the door on the passenger side from inside the car.

Wen Ge walked to the car door, followed his strength to pull the door open, poked a head in first, and called out with a smile: "Uncle."

Wen Shaoyuan nodded in response.

Seeing what she was carrying in her hand, he asked casually, "What did you bring?"

"Auntie asked me to bring some fruit." Wen Ge got into the car, closed the door, and took a few breaths. The confused and heavy expression just now had long since disappeared. Eyes as black as obsidian are slightly curved, like two crescent moons.

Wen Shaoyuan's eyes were fixed, then he turned his head nonchalantly and reminded: "Fasten your seat belt."

Wen Ge said oh twice, put the fruit bag by her feet, and fastened her seat belt.

As the car drove out, large flakes of snow fell from the sky and landed on the windshield, and were swept down by the windshield wipers again.

"Uncle, how long did you stay in City A this time?"

Wen Shaoyuan turned his head to look at her, bent his lips and smiled: "I won't leave except for a business trip."

After he finished speaking, he pursed the corners of his lips, his eyes lingered on her face for a moment, and then moved away: "The entrance exam will be at the end of next semester. Do you have any goals?"

Wen Ge was pinching the seat belt. Hearing this, he paused and drooped his head: "Not yet."

Wen Shaoyuan nodded thoughtfully, and then said: "There is still time to think about it when the next semester starts."

Wen Ge didn't answer.

Wen Shaoyuan was thinking about something, while Wen Ge had something on his mind, so no one said anything, just kept silent all the way.

When the familiar gate of the Wen family appeared in front of his eyes, and saw snow falling on the solemn and solemn iron gate, and the snow in the yard had not been cleaned, and it was all silvery white, with the villa standing in it, Wen Ge suddenly felt a sense of desolation .

Memories about this place flooded in like a flood. Wen Ge remembered the first New Year at Wen’s house, Wen Jing and Jiang Junyu, and that evening when he took the bowl of steamed dumplings from her hand and told her: “I won’t be here in the future.” Come find me if you know what to do."

These pictures, frame by frame, are vivid in my memory, but it seems that a long time has passed, and that time has never stayed for anyone.

Moisture appeared in her eyes, she sniffed, and said, "Uncle, Auntie has too high expectations of me, I'm a little scared."

It had been snowing all day, the sky was overcast, and even the last light was gradually fading due to the approaching night.The coldness in the air seemed to penetrate into the bones, rushing towards the face, bitingly cold.

Wen Ge had stayed in a heated room all day before, and when he went out, he thought he would not stay outside, so he put on a coat and came out. Standing in the snow now, he felt the chill coming from the soles of his feet. A thread spread to her heart.

A while ago, she had to prepare for the exam, and was busy doing homework after the holiday—the winter vacation of the third year of junior high school is never considered a winter vacation, but preparation before another sprint—such a delay of three weeks, until today she came to Wen’s house .

Aunt Xin came out to welcome her, and seeing that she was wearing little clothes, she frowned immediately: "Why did you come out with so little clothes, and you're not afraid of freezing."

Wen Ge put his hand into her palm with a smile, and rubbed it coquettishly: "I'm not cold."

Aunt Xin glared at her, then patted her lightly, telling her to follow Wen Shaoyuan into the room.

Wen Ge secretly glanced at Wen Shaoyuan, who was expressionless, and entered the room with the fruit first.

Just now she regretted her words as soon as she uttered them, and thought to herself that she didn't choose a place to pour out her troubles. Fortunately, her voice was quiet, just as Aunt Xin was opening the iron gate inside, the voice was thick and thick, and it seemed to cover it up, so he didn't hear it.

Wen Shaoyuan closed the car door, said a few words to Aunt Xin, originally wanted to call Wen Ge to go in together, but when he saw her leaving in a hurry, he frowned secretly, and let her go.

(End of this chapter)