eat heartily

Chapter 2 Carrot Roast Pork and Memorial Song

(1)

When it came time to publish, Fang Ruoshi was always very busy, and sometimes worked overtime on weekends to proofread manuscripts.

Fang Ruoshi has just received the proofing of the film from the printing factory, so Fang Ruoshi hurriedly opened it to look at it.

As Fang Ruoshi's partner, Comrade Wang Xiaojing, an American editor who worked overtime until twelve o'clock last night, made it clear on WeChat that she would sleep until noon, and asked Fang Ruoshi to call her after proofreading.

Proofreading is slow work and careful work. The more familiar the manuscript, the more careful proofreading is required.

Fang Ruoshi didn't dare to be negligent, and looked at the proofs seriously.

She checked until twelve o'clock before she stopped.

There is a gray bento bag on the table, which contains the lunch she prepared in the morning.

I took out the lunch box and opened the lid. Inside were cold noodles, bean sprouts and shredded chicken, and there was a bag of seasonings that she prepared herself, which was packed in a sealed food bag.

She placed the lunch box and the proofs closer, took two pictures with her mobile phone and sent them to Moments: Only private cold noodles can soothe my overtime heart.

After posting, share it on Weibo.

In addition to the real identity of the editor of the internal magazine, Fang Ruoshi also has an identity in Two-dimensional as a food blogger with V certification.She shared some homemade delicacies from time to time, and unknowingly accumulated tens of thousands of fans.

She bit her chopsticks and leaned down, clicked on the songs on the computer, and clicked the list to cycle.

There was no one else in the office today, so she unplugged the earphones, and the music played from the small speakers.

When she walked back to the office, a person stood up from her seat, and she was so frightened that she cried out "ah".

When she saw who was coming, a hanging heart steadily returned to her chest.

Qin Heng was dressed casually and was looking up at her.

"Scared me to death!" Fang Ruoshi patted her chest as she walked, "You...you came to find your cousin?"

"Sorry, I'm recording."

He hurried downstairs to meet her, but saw no one, only a bowl of refreshing cold noodles on the table.

When Fang Ruoshi, who came in humming a song, saw him, his reaction was beyond his expectation.

Fang Ruoshi walked up to him and asked, "You came here... for something?"

Qin Xiang shook his head and pointed to her lunch box: "I saw this you sent."

Oh I got it.

Looks like someone is addicted.

Fang Ruoshi put down her chopsticks with a smile, picked up the sealed seasoning bag, and asked, "Do you eat spicy food?"

Qin Heng gave a soft "hmm".

Following the small opening on the edge, Fang Ruoshi tore open the sealed bag, and she poured all the seasoning onto the cold noodles.

She picked up the chopsticks and mixed the seasoning and cold noodles evenly, together with bean sprouts and shredded chicken.

The cold noodles rolled with seasoning are even more attractive, and the red oil adheres to the cold noodles, glowing.

Fang Ruoshi put some cold noodles on the lid of the lunch box and put it aside.

Then hand over the cold noodles left more than half in the box to Qin Xiang.

"Eat!" Fang Ruoshi stuffed the chopsticks into his hand and laughed.

Qin Xiang looked down at the lunch box in his hand, and basically gave him all the cold noodles that were not much, and the little left on the lid was less than half of what he had in his hand.

He blinked and said, "After eating this, I'll take you down to eat something else."

Fang Ruoshi took out a fork from the drawer, poured some water from the cup she drank from, and drenched, the water just flowed into the disposable paper cup she just took.

She dripped the water from the fork and said with a smile, "No need."

"Won't you be hungry?"

"I'll go home after proofreading the manuscript in a while. I won't be hungry if I eat delicious food and drink spicy food."

Fang Ruoshi didn't lie to him, and the manuscript was proofread in a few pages.When Wang Xiaojing came to modify it, she could leave.

With Qin Xiang by her side, Fang Ruoshi couldn't eat as fast as a woman.She used a fork to roll up the cold noodles in circles, and put them into her mouth to eat slowly.

It was Qin Xiang who frowned while pinching his chopsticks, making Fang Ruoshi nervous: "Too spicy? Are you not used to it?"

"No, I can." He picked up a chopstick and stuffed it into his mouth.

He ate so fast that he didn't even take a sip of water.

He can eat spicy food, which was a big surprise for Fang Ruoshi.

She looked at him sideways, with stretched eyebrows and thick eyelashes... Just as she was watching, Qin Heng blinked, and the moment the eyelashes opened, his eyes fell on her face.

She quickly licked her lower lip, lowered her head, and her plain white cheeks were immediately stained with a blush.

Staring at the blush, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

The small speaker sang leisurely, and the melodious female voice came out:

Sinking deeper and deeper into the sea, I start to miss you, I'm so lonely

Falling in love that's getting colder and colder, I can't breathe, I want you

People live on a mouthful of oxygen, oxygen is you
If you love me, you'll come to me, you'll know me, can't live
If you love me, you'll come to my rescue, the air is thin because of loneliness
……

Plus now, Qin Heng heard this song for the second time recently, from the same person.

Everyone thought that he came back from abroad to eat with his elder brother and sister-in-law for dinner that day. Only he knew how much he felt when he learned from the phone that Wen Jing and Qin Lei were going to "Fang Ruoshi"'s house for dinner. surprise.

Therefore, regardless of his image, he insisted on following, not only for the sake of eating.

It started from the day he signed the contract with his own company half a year ago.

He brought the Qinxiang String Orchestra he founded into the jurisdiction of the group. In name, the string orchestra belongs to the Qin Group, but in fact it is self-contained, and the two do not interfere with each other.

After signing the contract, he planned to go up to the top floor from the conference room to take a look, but he didn't know that the elevator was late, so he climbed up the stairs from the safe passage.

It was in the stairwell that he saw a figure climbing the stairs like him.

The only difference is that he has a leisurely posture and brisk steps, while the girl in front walks slowly, repeatedly going up and down those few steps.

She seemed to be on the phone, her voice was low and nasal.

"Well, we broke up."

"I'm fine, you and mom don't have to worry."

"There is no particular reason, and we broke up peacefully."

"Yes, I remember all of them."

"Don't complain, don't speak ill of each other, don't complain about your grievances, don't entangle, the sooner it ends, the better."

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

After just a few words of conversation, the girl quickly hung up the phone.

She didn't linger in the stairwell anymore, humming softly and opened the door of the safe passage.

At that time, she was humming this song - Mavis Fan's "Oxygen", a very old song.

He stopped at the corner of the stairs, not wanting to disturb the girl talking on the phone, but overheard her conversation with her family.

If you love each other, you should love and give everything you have; if you don't love, you will forget about it, even your husband's last name can be omitted.

This kind of unrestrained and neat attitude, just like the song she hummed, pierced into Qin Xiang's heart.

He slowed down, carefully comprehending what she just said, until he kicked a small metal nameplate.

He bent down to pick it up, and her name was on the name tag——Fang Ruoshi.

I thought it was just an unexpected encounter, but I didn't expect to meet again soon.

The second time, Qin Xiang went to the company cafeteria to find someone, and unexpectedly saw his cousin Wen Jing.I don't know what I'm chatting with my colleagues, my sister-in-law is shaking with laughter, but the people around me are calm and only focus on the food on the plate.

Qin Xiang found it interesting and took a closer look in that direction.

Um?Isn't the person next to the cousin sister-in-law the same girl who called in the stairwell last time?

what do you say that is?Fang... Oh, by the way, Fang Ruoshi!
Why can't the sister-in-law laugh uncontrollably, but she has a calm expression?

Just as she was thinking, she leaned closer to her cousin and whispered for a while, and the cousin laughed even harder.Looking at her again, she still had a calm expression, as if those jokes were not made by her, and had nothing to do with her at all.

It's just that the upward curve of the corners of her mouth was so obvious that Qin Xiang couldn't help pursing his lips, and his mood improved.

At 02:30 in the afternoon, Wang Xiaojing appeared in the office with two huge dark circles under her eyes, yawning while covering her mouth with one hand, and carrying a lunch box in the other.

"Have you had lunch yet?" Fang Ruoshi asked, looking at her sleepy eyes.

Wang Xiaojing turned on the computer and opened the fast food box: "I didn't get up until I received your call, and I packed it on the way here."

"Then you eat slowly, we will change it after eating."

Fang Ruoshi threw away the sample sheet and went to Weibo.

There have been many comments on the Weibo just posted:

"I'm already drooling across the screen..."

"Begging to the end, take another photo with the seasoning mixed!"

"Snack, why are you so capable?!"

"I really want to marry you home!"

"Snacks, please ask for the seasoning for cold noodles!"

……

Fang Ruoshi's Two-dimensional screen name is "Snack Heart".

她转发了上一条微博，写道：蒜水2勺、盐1/4勺、花椒粉1/6勺、香油1勺、生抽2勺、醋1勺、辣椒油2勺、糖1勺、白芝麻1勺、葱花1勺。

If you want to ask why the seldom-updated "Snacks" has so many loyal fans, the answer is that her recipes are clear, the ingredients are simple, and the most important point is her high success rate.

She read a few more comments and watched with a smile as netizens made jokes on her Weibo.

"Hello, is Miss Fang Ruoshi in?"

Fang Ruoshi looked up, and saw a delivery guy standing at the door, holding an exquisite handbag.

"I am." Fang Ruoshi stood up.

"This is your afternoon tea, please take it easy." The younger brother handed the bag to her respectfully.

"Wait..." Fang Ruoshi stopped the little brother, "Did I make a mistake? I haven't ordered it before."

The little brother was stunned, checked the takeaway list, and looked behind her.

She turned her head and looked at Wang Xiaojing who also looked surprised: "You didn't order it either?"

Wang Xiaojing shook her head like a rattle, completely denying Fang Ruoshi's guess.

"So are you sure you didn't send it wrong?" Fang Ruoshi checked with the delivery guy again, holding the handbag.

The little brother pointed to the address and name on the list and nodded: "That's right."

Seeing Fang Ruoshi's bewildered expression, the little brother pointed out the door: "If there is no problem, I will deliver the next order, which happens to be on the 36th floor above."

Ok?
36th floor?
This building is the office building of the Qin Group, and everything from the first floor to the top floor is owned by the company.

After letting the little brother go, Fang Ruoshi returned to the desk with the bag, and thoughtfully said, "Which department is the 36th floor? Isn't it empty?"

"Someone is chasing you again?" Wang Xiaojing teased her while helping her hold the handbag.

Fang Ruoshi took out the things, a cup of coffee, a waffle, and a piece of cheesecake.

"Tsk tsk, who is it? You don't even know that you don't drink coffee or eat cheese!" Wang Xiaojing curled her lips.

Fang Ruoshi vaguely had an answer in her heart, and a name was about to come out.

She clicked on WeChat, slid to Qin Heng's name and stopped.

"Ah, I got it!" Wang Xiaojing held up her mobile phone and shouted with bright eyes, "The string orchestra is on the 36th floor!"

Fang Ruoshi typed three words "Thank you" in the chat box and pressed send.

"Ruoshi, do you know who it is?" Wang Xiaojing gossiped.

"I probably guessed it."

Fang Ruoshi pushed coffee and cheesecake to Xiaojing, her meaning was self-evident.

"Baby Ruoshi, I'm in your good graces!" Wang Xiaojing took it and smiled obsequiously, "Who is it? Playing the violin?"

Fang Ruoshi thought about it seriously, but couldn't seem to find an exact word to define Qin Xiang, so she had to answer ambiguously: "Well, a...friend."

"Is it the violin player?" Wang Xiaojing persisted, "Is he chasing you?"

"Just met, not very familiar..."

When she said this, Fang Ruoshi felt a little guilty.

If Wang Xiaojing knew that this "unfamiliar" person in her mouth had only eaten her cold noodles at noon, would she go crazy?
The phone lighted up in the palm of her hand, and she quickly unlocked it and clicked in.

Qin Heng didn't seem surprised that she guessed it, and replied: "Is it still to your taste?"

Fang Ruoshi bit her lip and let out a long breath, as if she had made up her mind, she sent a message.

"Teacher Qin, afternoon tea is here." The assistant pushed open the door of the recording studio and reminded him softly.

Holding an unlit cigarette with his fingertips, Qin Xiang rewound the song he had just recorded and listened to it again.

Finally, he nodded and patted the sound engineer on the shoulder: "Eat."

The group of people who had finished recording the song all gathered in the lounge to eat, and Qin Xiang casually dragged a chair and sat down.

The phone vibrated in his pocket, he took it out, and clicked on it.

Fang Ruoshi: "Can I ask if there is a next time?"

But Qin Xiang didn't understand what it meant, so he sent a question mark.

Fang Ruoshi replied quickly: "I don't drink coffee, and I don't eat butter, cheese, and cheese. If I'm lucky enough to have your afternoon tea next time, I hope I can avoid these types."

The very straightforward answer also exceeded Qin Xiang's expectations.

He bent his hand to cover his mouth, secretly pursed the corners of his mouth, and smiled.

Originally, I divided her lunch by myself, fearing that she would be hungry after working overtime in the afternoon, so when the assistant ordered afternoon tea, I specifically asked him to order one and send it to the 27th floor.

There was nothing to hide about her answer, nor did he need to speculate.

Simple, straightforward, and acceptable.

Qin Xiang felt that the girl he fell in love with was a little different, and she always surprised him.

(2)

Saying goodbye to the overtime work on Saturday, Fang Ruoshi slept until ten o'clock in the morning on Sunday.After washing up, she stuffed two mouthfuls of bread, then strolled to the vegetable market to buy food. She had to stockpile food for the next week.

A bag full of vegetables, fruits and meat filled the refrigerator with no gaps.

Let's eat noodles tonight, fry a plate of shredded pork and cook a bowl of soup for lunch.

While thinking about it, Fang Ruoshi put on her apron.At this time, the phone rang.

She glanced at the screen - Song Song.

Song Song, uncle's son, just graduated from university this summer and worked.

Fang Ruoshi pressed the answer button, turned on the speaker, and said with a brisk smile, "Xiao Songsong, why did you think of calling my sister?"

"Sister, something happened to grandpa!" My cousin's voice came from the receiver, eager and anxious.

There was a buzzing in Fang Ruoshi's head, and his heart sank: "What's wrong with Grandpa?"

"I broke my leg, and I'm undergoing an examination in the hospital. The preliminary judgment is that the calf fibula is fractured, and I need surgery and a plaster fixation. My dad..."

Fang Ruoshi didn't hear what Song Song said after that.

She tore off her apron and rushed into the bedroom to pack her luggage.

She didn't speak until the person on the other end of the phone stopped, and only when she spoke did she realize how panicked she was, her voice was trembling violently.

"I'm going to the airport right now and we'll talk about it when I get back," she said.

Without waiting for the other party to respond, she hung up the phone.

After packing up the necessities, Fang Ruoshi hurriedly called her parents.Not surprisingly, no one picked up.She didn't care about that much anymore, she hurried downstairs and ran out, stopped an empty car and went to the airport.

On the way, she opened the mobile app and booked the nearest flight to Chengdu.

After booking the air ticket, she made another call to ask the boss of the internal journal group to ask for leave.

When she passed the security check and was waiting to board the plane, her uncle's call came.

"Shishi, don't listen to your brother's nonsense, your grandfather is not as serious as he said."

"Uncle, I will rest assured when I come back."

Uncle didn't say anything more, and told her to pay attention to safety, and sent the flight number to Song Song.

After an hour and a half of flight, the plane stopped at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport.

When Fang Ruoshi walked out of the airport, she heard a familiar voice: "Sister, here."

Song Song quickly drove onto the airport expressway and found the smoothest road to the hospital.

It wasn't until she got to the ward and saw her grandfather lying quietly on the hospital bed that Fang Ruoshi's heart that had been hanging on her body fell back to its original place smoothly.

Grandpa fell asleep.His feet were in a plaster cast and he was hung up high. The back of his hand was infused with fluid, and the medicine dripped down drop by drop.

The uncle saw her and stood up: "The operation went well."

"En." Fang Ruoshi nodded, now she has time to ask about the situation in detail, "How did Grandpa fall down?"

"It has been raining for several days in a row, and some moss has grown on the steps in the yard. Your grandfather got up early to exercise and slipped."

Uncle looked at her, poured a glass of water out of a paper cup and handed it over: "Are you in a hurry? Drink some water and take a break."

Fang Ruoshi sat down on the chair beside the bed, tilted her head and asked, "My parents probably went to the wild again, and I didn't call before I came."

"I talked to them on the phone. I just finished the field survey and should be on my way back now."

Fang Ruoshi nodded and said with a smile, "Two busy people."

Fang Ruoshi's parents are well-known geologists, who mainly study the structure of circles, rocks and soils.When I was young, I spent many years in the wild. When I was old, I couldn't change it. I still liked field surveys. The euphemistic name is: only those who are close enough to the land are worthy of saying that they study geology.

Because her parents love geology too much and are not at home all year round, Fang Ruoshi was thrown to her grandfather's parents to grow up when she was young.

Grandma passed away early, and grandpa took Xiao Ruoshi with her.When he went to the market, he led Xiao Ruoshi; when he entered the kitchen, Xiao Ruoshi followed; when he cut vegetables, Xiao Ruoshi peeled garlic; when he fried vegetables, Xiao Ruoshi stepped on a small stool to watch.

Therefore, Fang Ruoshi's excellent skills in cooking Sichuan dishes were all passed down to her by her grandfather.

At some point, grandpa opened his eyes. He looked at the person sitting by the bed and laughed.

"Which brat called my Shishi back?" The hoarse voice couldn't hide her joy.

Seeing that the old man was happy, Song Song went over with a straight face: "Grandpa, it was your precious grandson who brought her back!"

"Stinky boy!" The old man squinted at him, but he couldn't hide the smile from the corners of his eyes.

Fang Ruoshi leaned forward and held Grandpa's hand: "Grandpa, I'll come back and play with you for a few days!"

"I know that the old man's leg is broken, where can he go to play, all he has to do is lie on the bed obediently."

Still that old naughty boy, speaking in Sichuan dialect is funny and humorous.

In the evening, my aunt came to the hospital, carrying an insulated bucket for grandpa and uncle.

Fang Ruoshi and Song Song were sent home for dinner by the elders, and told Ruoshi to take a good rest.

Grandpa's house is not too far from the hospital, and Song Song will be there in 10 minutes by car.A small courtyard is located in an ancient town called "Wuxi".Aunt Liu, who was invited to take care of grandpa, opened the door for them, turned around and went to the kitchen to cook.

A table of very simple home cooking really warmed Fang Ruoshi's stomach.

The two bites of bread in the morning, the hamburger eaten at the airport at noon, and no hot meal made her feel uncomfortable all day.

At this moment, the familiar yellow light shone on the top of the head, Aunt Liu kept picking dishes in the bowl, and Song Song's voice could be heard beside her ears.

Everything is so familiar, including the rice chewing in the mouth, which is also the most common dry rice in Sichuan.The half-cooked rice is fished out, spread in a bamboo steamer lined with gauze, and then steamed over high heat.

With the refreshing and creamy rice soup and rice soaked in the aroma of bamboo, Fang Ruoshi felt that no matter how far she traveled in this life, she would always come back.

In the evening, Fang Ruoshi went back to her room to rest after Song Song brought her aunt home.Lying on the bed where she had slept since a nap, she quickly fell asleep.

The next day, Fang Ruoshi went to the hospital to change her uncle and went home to rest. She fed her grandfather breakfast and watched over him for infusions.

Grandpa was old and fell asleep shortly after the IV drip was administered.She was idle and bored, holding her mobile phone to browse Moments.

After a while, Wang Xiaojing's WeChat message popped up: Oh my god!I met the boss of Qin Xiang String Orchestra!
Fang Ruoshi was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Are you handsome?"

Xiao Jingjing: "He's so handsome! He's even more handsome than in the video!"

Fang Ruoshi thought about it, and it is true that real people are more handsome.

But Wang Xiaojing couldn't calm down: "Hey, hey, he's here to find you!"

This time, Fang Ruoshi was not calm anymore: "Looking for me?"

Xiao Jingjing: "The manager of the operation department, the big leader who never sees the end of Shenlong, personally brought him to our internal magazine team, and asked the boss to find someone to handle the publicity work of the string orchestra."

Huh?Really, according to what Qin Lei said, you need to come to her for publicity?

Xiao Jingjing: "The boss called a large circle of people, but he didn't nod. In the end, he pointed to your seat and asked who it was? The boss can only tell the truth, saying that your name is Fang Ruoshi, and you have to ask for leave for something at home. .”

Fang Ruoshi: "And then?"

Xiao Jingjing: "Then, then he said to wait for you to come back and take over the work!"

Fang Ruoshi couldn't figure out what kind of mood she was in, she was both looking forward to and apprehensive, with an unknown joy and a little awkwardness of being spied on.

So she silently typed a line of words in the past, very insincerely: "Can I refuse?"

The over there probably didn't expect her to react like this, and sent several messages in succession:
"Appointed by the chief of Qin Xiang String Orchestra!"

"The legs are two meters long! The appearance is against the sky!"

"Not playing the violin is enough for me to lick for the rest of my life!"

"What else are you dissatisfied with?"

"Fang Ruoshi! You don't want to be cheap and act good!"

From this series of frantic information, Fang Ruoshi had a general understanding of how shocking Qin Xiang's visit to the internal magazine team today was.

She propped her head up and made a final struggle: "The boss didn't agree, did he? I don't know how long I will ask for leave!"

Xiao Jingjing: "Qin Xiang directly decided to wait for you to come back no matter how long, Boss didn't even have a chance to refute, so he left... Gone... Gone..."

Well, so be it.

Fang Ruoshi threw away the phone and left it alone, it was just work, so it was understandable that he wanted to find someone he knew well to connect with.

familiar person……

Do they... count?
Fang Ruoshi buried her head in the pillow, not wanting to think anymore.

That night, it was dark.My aunt changed Fang Ruoshi to go home to rest, but she came back and watched TV with Song Song in the living room.It was said to be watching TV, but in fact, the siblings were just chatting, and neither of them could bear to go to sleep.A short and powerful vibration brought the phone on, and Fang Ruoshi looked at the strange number from Yaocheng displayed on the screen, and pressed the answer button.

"Hey?"

"I'm Qin Xiang."

Uh……

Fang Ruoshi obviously had unsteady breathing: "Hello..."

"Where are you?"

The straightforward four words confused Fang Ruoshi's question, and she answered honestly, "In my hometown."

"You..." Unusually, Qin Xiang didn't know how to continue.

"Is something wrong?"

Fang Ruoshi asked him in a low voice, Song Song next to him noticed something, and kept making faces beside him.

"When are you coming back?"

"tomorrow."

"Okay!" replied very quickly, "I'll pick you up."

"what?"

what's the situation?Fang Ruoshi was a little confused.

There seemed to be a slight laugh: "Send me the flight number, and I will pick you up at the airport tomorrow."

Concise and concise, leaving no room for her to think at all.

Fang Ruoshi finally realized what Wang Xiaojing said today, "Boss doesn't even have a chance to refute" what it feels like.

Well, this is really "Qin Xiang"!
(3)

After tossing and turning all night, Fang Ruoshi, who couldn't sleep soundly at all, went out the next day with two huge dark circles under her eyes.I went to the hospital to see my grandfather first, made an appointment with him to come back to see him next week, and then set off for the airport.She didn't wake up until she got on the plane, yawning and closing her eyes.

The short flight was mixed with various sounds in the cabin. It is conceivable that I couldn't sleep well at all.

So, when Fang Ruoshi saw Qin Xiang, she rubbed her eyes uncomfortably.

Qin Heng took the luggage bag in her hand and led her to the parking lot.

For a short distance, one with long legs strode forward, and the other followed closely behind.

Maybe because he realized that she was struggling to follow, Qin Xiang slowed down and waited for her.

He should have come directly from the office, and he was still wearing his work clothes.

It's just... Isn't he cold?
Fang Ruoshi looked at the thin shirt and suit on his body, and wrapped her coat tightly in the cold wind.

Qin Xiang unlocked the car and opened the co-pilot's door for her. She didn't hesitate and sat on it neatly.Then he went around to the other side, first opened the rear door to put the travel bag in, and then opened the front door to get into the driver's seat.

Fang Ruoshi kept looking at him with her head tilted, not daring to look into her eyes, so she could only focus on his upper body.He unbuttoned the shirt button against his neck with one hand, with well-defined bones and slender fingers.Inexplicably, Fang Ruoshi remembered that when he first came to her house, she touched his hand.

At that moment, it felt as if it was still in the hand, dry, with warm body temperature.She licked her lower lip, looked away, and went to pull on the seat belt.

Qin Heng started the car and drove away in no hurry.

He turned his head and watched Fang Ruoshi fasten his seat belt.The hat of the overcoat messed with her hair, and she flicked it with her hand, revealing the frozen red tip of her nose.

Qin Xiang silently turned up the temperature of the air conditioner, took off his suit jacket and threw it in the back seat.

Fang Ruoshi had doubts in her heart. She had been bored in her heart since last night. She couldn't hold back anymore at this time, and asked carefully, "Are you anxious to find me for work?"

Qin Xiang was loosening his cuff buttons, but he didn't expect her to ask such a question, so he turned his head to look at her: "No."

"Then you... come to pick me up, do you have other business?"

"No." Qin Xiang turned his head to look at the front of the car, his slender eyelashes slapped gently.

Fang Ruoshi was completely bewildered, completely unaware of what was going on.

Qin Heng pulled down the handbrake, turned the steering wheel and drove out quickly.

"My purpose is very simple," he turned on the turn signal, and the car made a big arc, "it's just like what you said."

Ok?
Fang Ruoshi turned her head to look at his profile, waiting for him to speak.

And he seemed to have finished what he wanted to say, and he didn't intend to speak again.

as i said...

What is it like?
She bit her lip and turned her head, looking forward like him.

I don't know how long it took, Fang Ruoshi's head became a little dizzy, and she suddenly heard Qin Xiang say three words, and she woke up instantly.

He said, "Come to pick you up."

"Oh..." Fang Ruoshi picked the zipper of her clothes, "Thank you."

Without talking much along the way, Qin Heng sent her downstairs in the community.When parting, Fang Ruoshi took the travel bag from Qin Xiang and thanked him.

Qin Heng stood by the door, holding the car window with one hand, and reached in to find a cigarette case with the other.He took out a cigarette and held it between his fingertips. He tilted his head, ready to light it, but put the lighter down again.He looked at her and raised his chin: "Fang Ruoshi, do you know what I'm doing?"

Fang Ruoshi stared at the toe of his shoe and moved her gaze upwards, just in time to meet his dark eyes.

She licked her lips that were a little dry from the cold wind, and nodded: "I know."

Everything he did was straightforward, and she could feel his intentions.

Maybe because she didn't expect her to be so frank, Qin Xiang was caught off guard.He lit the cigarette, took a puff, and then turned his head to blow out a circle of smoke.

Fang Ruoshi looked at his side face turned away, a few wisps of gray smoke drifted past his eyes, and he blinked.The long and curly eyelashes were moving, Fang Ruoshi couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of her heart when she saw her: her beautiful side face!Lore!

Qin Heng watched her shrunk into her coat, and pointed to the upstairs window: "Go up."

Fang Ruoshi stood still, gathered herself together, and met his eyes: "What do you want to say, finish it at once."

She saw her own silhouette reflected in Qin Heng's eyes, a small cluster of lights shining.

She went on: "I'm not used to it... being vague."

After thinking about it for a long time, she didn't know if she used such a word to express it clearly.

"Yeah." Qin Heng took another puff of cigarette, looked at her through the hazy wisps of smoke, "I'm chasing you."

Fang Ruoshi lowered her head, biting her lip line which could not be stretched anymore, her chest was vibrating with the sound of a violent heartbeat.

She raised her head, her eyes were bright, and she looked directly at Qin Xiang.

Qin Heng threw away the cigarette butt and looked back at her.I saw her smiling at him, her brows and eyes were curved and bright.

"I accept."

It is undeniable that Fang Ruoshi likes Qin Xiang.

On such a deep winter night, a man she liked sent her home, knowing that he was full of ambitions, but she didn't feel disgusted at all, and her heart was full of stability.It's like a person who has traveled a long distance and returns home. After he settles down safely, he doesn't want to toss about anymore. He just wants to stay here and doesn't want to move a step.

On Wednesday, Fang Ruoshi went back to the company to sell her leave.After sitting down for a while, the boss came over and asked her to go to the office of the string orchestra.

On the 36th floor, the top floor of the Qin Corporation, it was the first time for Fang Ruoshi to come up.

The elevator door opened, and a young man came up to him: "Is this Miss Fang Ruoshi?"

Fang Ruoshi nodded: "It's me."

"I'm Li Mo, teacher Qin Xiang's assistant, please follow me."

There are rooms with closed doors in the corridor, and there are many steps between the doors of two adjacent rooms. It is conceivable that each room is much larger than the office downstairs.

She was very curious and looked around.

Seeing that she was interested, Li Mo introduced softly: "The left hand is the cello room, the right hand is the viola, and the front is the double bass and violin, as well as the recording room and some other performance rooms."

At the end of the corridor, Li Mo knocked on the brown wooden door and invited her in.Fang Ruoshi walked in, and Qin Xiang was sitting at the desk.

Seeing her coming, Qin Xiang waved to her.

Qin Xiang's office is very big. After entering, there is a large bookcase against the wall. There is a wooden ladder next to it, and the books on the top floor can be reached by stepping on it.In front of the bookcase is his desk, and the piano stand and music score are on the opposite side of the desk.There is a small door behind the piano stand with a "Do Not Disturb" sign hanging on it. Fang Ruoshi guessed it was his lounge.

She stood still at the desk and watched Qin Heng push her a laptop with a USB flash drive plugged into it.

"Here are some information about the string orchestra, you can take a look first."

There is an open folder on the screen, and there are many small folders in different categories, including documents, recordings and videos.

Qin Heng dragged a chair from the side and asked her to sit down and watch.

For Fang Ruoshi, a music layman, professional terms such as bowstring and plucked strings are too profound, and she can only bite the bullet and read on.

Sitting on the chair next to her, Qin Heng saw her frowning slightly.

"something wrong?"

Fang Ruoshi turned the laptop in one direction, facing Qin Xiang, and she flicked a line of words on the screen with the mouse.

"What is string music in a narrow sense and string music in a broad sense?" She licked her lips and asked softly.

Qin Xiang watched her pink tongue sweep over her red lips, and suddenly felt dry mouth.

He squeezed his fist into his lips and cleared his throat: "In a broad sense, string music includes guitar, dulcimer, mandolin, yueqin, liuqin, ruan, pipa, erhu, sanxian, motouqin, zither, etc. Most of them belong to ethnic groups. String instruments are divided into fretted plucked, fretless plucked and bench plucked. My string orchestra is a stringed instrument in a narrow sense, only equipped with cellos, violas, violins and double basses. Do you understand?"

It was the first time he spoke such a long paragraph, and he still explained his professional knowledge to her.

But Fang Ruoshi still half understood.

Seeing that she faltered and didn't answer, Qin Xiang clicked on the words "string music in a narrow sense": "I only have four kinds here. Do you understand?"

He blinked his eyes, and brushed his eyelashes lightly.

For some reason, although she didn't see him grinning, Fang Ruoshi felt that he was smiling.

So, she nodded her head in a strange way.

At this time, Wen Jing's phone call came.Fang Ruoshi answered: "Senior Sister."

"I heard that you went back to your hometown two days ago, what happened?"

"Grandpa broke his leg, I'll go back and take care of it for two days." After speaking, Fang Ruoshi glanced at Qin Xiang subconsciously.

Qin Heng was also looking at her with an unclear look in his eyes.

Fang Ruoshi felt uncomfortable, turned her body slightly and answered the question on the other end of the phone in a low voice.

"I've had surgery, and now I need to rest."

"I'll go back once a week to take a look. It's not far anyway, so I'll run more."

"I have gone back to work in the company today, yes, I am in the company now."

"What? Come to the office to find me? I...well, I'm not here..."

Before she could finish speaking, she heard two clicks, the sound of fingers tapping on the table, and she turned her head.Qin Xiang pointed to her mobile phone and hooked his fingers.

Fang Ruoshi handed over the phone, and heard his steady and powerful voice.

"Sister-in-law, it's me. Ruoshi is here now... Yes, I need her help in some publicity work."

Soon, Qin Xiang hung up the phone and handed the phone back.

Fang Ruoshi took the phone, and the scalding temperature on the phone case scalded her hands.She looked at his half-smile face, and murmured: "What did you call me just now?"

Qin Xiang leaned down and leaned on the armrest of her chair: "Ruoshi, is there a problem?"

Thick eyelashes hang down in front of her eyes like the wings of a butterfly.Fang Ruoshi stared into his eyes, licked her lips repeatedly, and even stopped breathing.

The corners of Qin Heng's mouth slowly turned upwards, with a big arc.

"Or, do you want me to call you girlfriend?"

His sweet voice is like a spring with a smile, like a stream flowing through the mountains.

When Fang Ruoshi walked out of Qin Xiang's office, her forehead was still beating faintly.

She sighed, clicked on the senior sister's WeChat, and said in a low voice: "I just came out of Qin Xiang's office, and I'm still dizzy now."

"What's wrong? Did he hit you?" Senior Sister's voice came back very quickly, and it was also very serious.

"Senior sister!" Fang Ruoshi had nothing to do with this unshape senior sister, so she had to patiently explain, "I read some professional materials, a completely unfamiliar field."

"Can you take it?"

"Too much!" Fang Ruoshi said firmly.

There was another burst of laughter over there, and Fang Ruoshi felt her head hurt even more.

She stroked her forehead, a little helpless: "Senior sister, do you know? Your uncle fouled him!"

"foul?"

"Yeah," Fang Ruoshi pressed the down button of the elevator, and then said, "Does he know that it is very harmful to blink his eyes casually! Others are wall-dong and head-touching, what is he! Eyelash killing ?"

Probably because she still felt uneasy, she added a voice: "Eyelash Kill Eyelash Kill Eyelash Kill!"

When the elevator came, she went straight in and pressed her floor.

And five meters away from where she just stood, Qin Xiang's figure was stretched by the light.Originally, I chased her out to ask her when she would return to her hometown, but unexpectedly heard her unconventional comments.

What?Lash kill?

This word is quite new!

There was a smile on the corner of Qin Heng's mouth, and two small dimples glistened on his cheeks.

(4)

At noon on Friday, Fang Ruoshi was about to go to the cafeteria when she received Qin Xiang's WeChat message.

"let's have dinner tonight?"

"I'm afraid not."

"Is something wrong?"

"I booked a flight back to Chengdu."

"Then go downstairs now and take you to dinner."

Fang Ruoshi left the office with her mobile phone in hand, took the elevator down to the first floor, and found Qin Xiang's car in front of the group building.

"I only have one hour." Fang Ruoshi said while fastening her seat belt.

Qin Heng stepped on the accelerator and drove out: "It's too late."

Since he said it was too late, Fang Ruoshi didn't ask any more questions, and An Xin followed him to a place to eat.

In the small restaurant that had been booked, several dishes were already set up on the table by the window, presumably he had greeted him in advance.

After tasting every dish, Fang Ruoshi gave Qin Xiang a thumbs up: "The place is good, and the dishes are very delicious."

Qin Xiang was scooping up soup when he heard this and looked up at her.

Seeing her smiling at the corner of her mouth and looking at him happily, he blurted out: "It's not as delicious as your cooking."

Fang Ruoshi took a small bowl of mushroom soup from him and glanced at him.Qin Heng lowered his head, concentrating on eating food without distraction.

She didn't answer, took a spoonful of soup to her mouth, but heard Qin Heng ask her: "Are you coming back on Sunday?"

Fang Ruoshi nodded: "Come back."

Qin Xiang turned on the phone, looked at it, and said thoughtfully: "There is an exchange meeting in Chengdu, and we will come back together after the meeting."

Before Fang Ruoshi could respond, he added, "I'll ask Li Mo to book tickets for you."

"But... I've already booked a round-trip ticket."

"Back off."

Fang Ruoshi was a little uncertain about what he meant, and asked tentatively, "Do you...need me to make a publicity draft?"

Qin Xiang looked at her and said seriously: "I can stay with you for a while."

She wanted to say something, but didn't know how to express it.This was the first time she heard him explain why it was so simple and beautiful.

She unconsciously looked at him and smiled.

Qin Xiang sat across from him, blinking his eyelashes, looking frank and open.

At the moment when he was staring at her without blinking, Fang Ruoshi couldn't help stretching out her hand to him.

Qin Heng froze for a moment, stretched out his palm and pinched her fingertips.Fang Ruoshi quickly grasped the palm of her hand and put his fingers in her palm.

She held his hand and shook it: "There is a tacit understanding."

Reflecting the sunlight outside the window, she smiled brightly.

Qin Xiang didn't expect this to happen, and couldn't hold back the smile at the corner of his mouth.

Fang Ruoshi stared at the dimples on his cheeks, felt the hands clenched tightly, and her smile deepened.

When leaving the small restaurant, Fang Ruoshi followed behind Qin Xiang.There was a group of people rushing into the store in front, and Qin Heng stood in front of her, subconsciously reaching out to hold her.The moment he touched her hand, Qin Heng obviously felt her shrink back.He didn't give her too much time to think, nor did he give her a chance to escape, so he grabbed her and dragged her into the car.

After getting in the car, Fang Ruoshi dared to visit him.The corner of someone's mouth was raised very obviously, as if there was a big happy event.

Fang Ruoshi tilted her head and approached him, teasing him: "Very proud?"

Qin Heng glanced at her sideways, and said with a smile: "Isn't someone very brave just now?"

Fang Ruoshi knew that he was referring to her taking the initiative to shake his hand at the dinner table.

She licked her lips: "Isn't it your boyfriend? What's the matter if you touch it!"

"Heh..." Qin Xiang laughed out loud, with the joy of being recognized by her personally, 12 points of joy.

The business trip was approved quickly, and Fang Ruoshi left the office with a big satchel on her back as soon as she got off work.Qin enjoys an interview and cannot get away to see her off.When she boarded the plane, she sent him a WeChat message: "Let's go."

Before she found a seat, Qin Xiang replied: "See you on Monday."

Someone was thinking about it, and someone was also thinking about it. This strange feeling suddenly returned to Fang Ruoshi.

Since the end of her last relationship, she has never tried to think about a non-relative of the opposite sex.But when she was sending a message to Qin Xiang, this vague anticipation and apprehension made her unable to restrain her heart palpitations, and she was extremely at ease.

After the plane landed, Song Song picked her up and went back to Wuxi.

Grandpa was fine, and after a few days of observation, he was discharged from the hospital and went home to recuperate.

When Fang Ruoshi arrived home, the old man was waiting for her with his plaster legs crossed.

"Hey, our Shishi is back!"

"Grandpa, how is it? Does your leg feel better?" Fang Ruoshi held the hand that grandpa extended.

"It's much better!" Grandpa smiled and patted her hand, "I'll be fine when I see you back!"

"Pfft..." Song Song, who parked the car and entered the house, just heard this sentence, and said with a smile, "Then hurry up and jump on the ground!"

Grandpa picked up the crutches and made a gesture to hit him: "Is the skin itchy again?"

Song Song stepped aside, begging for mercy meanly: "It's not that my sister is back, I see you are happy, I am teasing you!"

"Stop talking nonsense, take your sister to dinner!"

Fang Ruoshi hooked Song Song's neck and hopped to the restaurant.

"How long will you stay here this time?" Song Song took the meal that Aunt Liu had scooped up and handed it to his cousin, "Two days on the weekend?"

"There is a meeting in Chengdu next week, we can stay for a few more days." Fang Ruoshi took the bowl and chopsticks and talked about the work arrangement.

Song Song raised his index finger and "hush" at her: "Slow down, Grandpa really threw his cane and jumped up when he heard it!"

Fang Ruoshi was amused by him, and leaned over to look at the old man watching TV in the living room.

"By the way, where are uncle and aunt?" Fang Ruoshi didn't see anyone when she came back.

"Go for a walk."

Fang Ruoshi let out a "hmm" and saw the green signal light on the mobile phone that had just been turned on.Wechat showed three messages, she clicked in, and it was Qin Xiang's name.

Qin Xiang: "Is it here?"

Qin Xiang: "It's late?"

Qin Xiang: "Call me when you land."

Song Song was complaining about her uncle and aunt's daily life of abusing dogs, but she was not in the mood to listen, so she grabbed her phone and went to the backyard.

The call was connected quickly, and Qin Heng's voice penetrated into his ears.

"arrive?"

"I forgot to turn it on..." She lowered her head and kicked the steps with the toe of her shoe, "Have you eaten yet?"

"not yet, what about you?"

"eating."

"Then you can eat."

Fang Ruoshi listened to him say a few words, as if she had already gotten used to his cherishing words like gold.But such a homely and plain conversation beat her heart on this foggy winter night.

Seeing that she didn't hang up the phone, she smiled slightly.

The moment Fang Ruoshi heard his laughter, his appearance immediately appeared in his mind.

Qin Heng seldom smiles, but when he smiles, he reveals two small dimples, which are very attractive.

She also laughed and said in a low voice, "Then I'll hang up..."

Turning around, Song Song was biting his chopsticks and leaning against the door, smiling very cunningly.

"Sister, tell me the truth!"

"Tell me about your size!" Fang Ruoshi pushed him away and walked back quickly.

Song Song tilted his head and followed behind her, watching his sister sit back in a panic, almost knocking over a bowl of soup.

Grandpa heard the noise and yelled in this direction: "Stinky boy, you are causing trouble again!"

"It's not me!" Song Song shouted with chopsticks in his mouth, "It's my sister..."

Before she could say anything, Fang Ruoshi raised her chopsticks and tapped the back of his hand.

"Ouch!"

"What's the matter?" Grandpa was a little impatient.

Staring at Fang Ruoshi's wide eyes and seeing her abnormal behavior, Song Song raised his eyebrows knowingly, and said loudly, "It's okay!"

Monday was coming soon, Fang Ruoshi woke up early, and took Song Song's car to the hotel where the exchange meeting was held.

Qin Heng had arrived the night before, and she went upstairs following the room number he had left for her, and knocked on his door.

It would be a lie to say that she was not nervous. The moment she stood at the door waiting, she thought through all possible situations.

Could it be too early and Qin Xiang hasn't gotten up yet?

In case he is taking a shower, should she stand outside the door and wait?

in case……

Before she could think clearly, the door opened from the inside.

Qin Heng was wearing a neat white shirt, holding a bow in his hand, apparently playing the violin just now.

"Why didn't I hear the piano at the door?" Fang Ruoshi followed him into the house.

Qin Xiang put the violin and bow away, turned around and said, "Want to hear me play?"

The casual question was asked by him with special meaning.Fang Ruoshi shook her head when she saw him coming out of the bedroom of the suite.

"No?" Qin Heng looked at her with a smile.

Immediately, her face was stained with a blush, and she replied in a low voice: "Yes."

Qin Heng walked in front of her and raised her chin: "What do you think?"

"Ok?"

This man knows his strengths all too well.

Those eyes looked at her, the long eyelashes seemed to have been pressed the pause button, barely stopping in front of Fang Ruoshi's eyes.

coming!

The eyelash killer is here again!
Fang Ruoshi bit her lower lip and blinked her eyes.

She saw his Adam's apple rolling up and down gently, and a low laugh overflowed from his nasal cavity.

Qin Xiang let go of her chin, and rubbed her black hair draped over her shoulders.

As a result, Qin Xiang did not take Fang Ruoshi to the exchange meeting, but left her to watch TV online in his suite.

Fang Ruoshi simply nestled in the room and played games, such as "Lianliankan" and "Xiaoxiaole". After playing a round of messy games, she realized that her stomach was growling with hunger.

She pushed open the window to test the temperature outside, and immediately gave up the idea of ​​going out for food, put on a scarf and went to the hotel restaurant for dinner.

The shredded fish-flavored pork and stir-fried vegetables she ordered arrived quickly and looked good.

With one chopstick, the oil soup is clear but not greasy, plus points; the shredded meat is even, slippery and not stale, plus points; the vegetables are tender and the heat is precise.The restaurant of this five-star hotel can score 90 points for the two most commonplace dishes in Sichuan cuisine alone.

Fang Ruoshi nodded in satisfaction while eating, completely oblivious to the gaze in the far corner.

Soon, someone came over.Fang Ruoshi raised her head and looked at a small shadow in front of the table.

It doesn't matter if you don't look, after seeing the person coming, she immediately grabbed the mobile phone and room card on the table and wanted to leave.But the food has just been served, it would be a pity not to eat it, and there is no need to run away.

She pretended to move the location of her mobile phone and room card, and nodded towards the person who came.

"What a coincidence, I didn't expect to see you here!"

"Long time no see." Two people who have never seen each other since breaking up always feel weird to meet again in such a place.

"Mind if I sit down and have a chat?" Yan Ningcheng pointed to the seat next to her.

Fang Ruoshi didn't lift her head: "Please go ahead."

Although it was a peaceful breakup, when I thought of the people who were about to get married but parted ways, I still felt uncomfortable.

Fang Ruoshi and Yan Ningcheng were classmates in high school, but they were one grade lower than him. The two were admitted to Yaocheng University one after another and became an enviable couple in the school.The love in college can't escape the difficulty of graduation. Yan Ningcheng, who graduated a year earlier, returned to Chengdu to find a job. Fang Ruoshi stayed in Yaocheng after graduation and joined the Qin Group.Yan Ningcheng is concentrating on his career, while Fang Ruoshi is getting colder and colder. He even asks about his health and brings medicine and water to his colleagues when they are sick, but he doesn't care about his girlfriend.Finally, after persisting in a long-distance relationship for a year and a half, the disheartened Fang Ruoshi proposed to break up, but Yan Ningcheng accepted her decision very calmly without even fighting for it.

Since then, the lovers who have been in love for five years withdraw from each other's lives.

Yan Ningcheng saw Fang Ruoshi's indifference, and laughed a little self-deprecatingly: "I suddenly miss the scene where the university helped you with high math tutoring in the cafeteria. It was a long time ago, have you forgotten it?"

I didn't expect him to mention this suddenly, but Fang Ruoshi didn't forget it.

In the mid-term test in the next semester of her freshman year, she did very poorly in the high math test.Yan Ningcheng stared at her paper and didn't speak for a long time.She was worried for a long time, and finally thought of a way, flatteringly took out the professional course papers to regain her image.As a result, Yan Ningcheng waved his hand and said, "I know you are good at major courses, and I don't read professional papers." At that time, she thought it was cool that he scolded her with a cold face, and she also felt that she had such a handsome boyfriend. I found a treasure.

But now... things are different.

Fang Ruoshi didn't want to get entangled with him too much, she just wanted to leave after eating.Yan Ningcheng didn't notice it, and continued to recall the past, look at the present, and talk about it.

Fang Ruoshi didn't want to know about his recent situation, and she was a little impatient to hear it.

Perhaps because of anger, Fang Ruoshi waved to the waiter to pay the bill a bit more, and the scarf draped over her shoulders slipped off.Yan Ningcheng quickly leaned over, picked up the scarf for her, and put it on again very considerately for her.

Qin Xiang, who came out of the private room, happened to see this scene. He took out a cigarette and lit it slowly, looking towards them with great interest.The man next to her took out his wallet to pay the bill, and she reached out her hand to stop him, and touched his arm...

"Teacher Qin?" Li Mo called him.

Qin Heng turned around with a cigarette in his mouth: "Let's go."

Due to a network failure, Fang Ruoshi was temporarily unable to pay with Alipay.Yan Ningcheng handed over the money again, but the waiter glanced at Fang Ruoshi and hesitated to accept it.

Fang Ruoshi got a little anxious, pushed the money back again, turned around and handed the room card to the restaurant waiter: "I live in this room, please wait for me, I will go upstairs to get my wallet. Or you can go up with me to pay the bill." Can."

After checking the room card information, the waiter finally breathed a sigh of relief.He said to Fang Ruoshi: "Ma'am, we can charge the bill to the consumption of this room, and you will settle it together when you check out."

Fang Ruoshi nodded: "It's troublesome."

She turned around, pursed her lips, and said "thank you" to Yan Ningcheng.

"Ruoshi, you don't have to be so polite with me." Yan Ningcheng said.

"I'm going back to my room." I really didn't want to stay for a minute longer.

"I send you."

Fang Ruoshi turned her head and politely refused: "No need."

"Ruoshi, we broke up peacefully at the beginning, so it's boring for you to do this." Yan Ningcheng said it directly and a little bluntly.

Fang Ruoshi suddenly smiled, this was the first smile she had seen Yan Ningcheng: "I'm just afraid that my boyfriend might misunderstand."

After all, not everyone can be like Yan Ningcheng who is not afraid of being misunderstood by his girlfriend and caring for others.

"Boyfriend?" Yan Ningcheng didn't expect such a situation, and smiled wryly, "It's only been half a year since we broke up, and you have a boyfriend so soon?"

Fang Ruoshi didn't even put down the corner of her mouth, she continued to look at him: "Otherwise?"

Yan Ningcheng was silent.

Yeah, what else?Do you want her to cry to the death for her broken love, reject every man who pursues her, and guard her life like a jade for him for the rest of her life?
Fang Ruoshi turned around and left quickly, leaving Yan Ningcheng standing there alone, speechless.

Back in the room, Fang Ruoshi found a blanket to cover her body.Perhaps because of lingering fears about what just happened, she posted a circle of friends as if venting.

After posting, she nestled comfortably on the sofa and swiped Weibo.

"Snack Heart" hasn't updated Weibo for a long time, and fans are still calling her in the last Weibo.

Take some time to take a picture of the recipe.

Fang Ruoshi half-closed her eyes and thought about asking Song Song to take some photos while cooking someday.

Just thinking about it, I fell asleep for some reason.When I woke up, the sky was dark, and I looked at the time, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon.

Has Qin Xiang not come back yet?
Fang Ruoshi sat up and squeezed her arms that were a little numb from sleep.

"woke up?"

Qin Heng came out of the bathroom, his voice also changed from far to near.

"When did you come back?" Fang Ruoshi rubbed her eyes, "Why didn't you call me?"

A large piece of the sofa beside him was sunken, followed by a strong smell of smoke.

Fang Ruoshi was a little uncomfortable and coughed.After coughing, she tentatively asked: "Will the communication go well?"

"No."

"Smoked a lot?" Fang Ruoshi continued to ask him.

"Ok?"

Fang Ruoshi poked him on the shoulder, then put her palm on the tip of her nose and slapped him.

Qin Xiang nodded: "Think about things."

"Troublesome?"

Qin Heng turned his head and saw her bend her legs, put her head on her knees, and a red face was exposed.

When Fang Ruoshi fell asleep without knowing the time, he was absent-minded in the meeting room, and when he thought of the intimate gesture of that man putting on the scarf for her, he felt a fire burning in his heart.

But now, she blushed and looked at him with crooked eyes, he was completely out of temper.

"Alas..." Qin Heng sighed silently.

"I saw you at noon," Qin Heng took out a cigarette from the cigarette case, "in the restaurant."

"Ah?" Fang Ruoshi widened her eyes and asked, "Why didn't you call me?"

Qin Xiang lit the lighter, took a look at Fang Ruoshi, and extinguished the flame with a "snap".He threw the cigarette on the coffee table and said expressionlessly, "I'm afraid of disturbing you."

"What are you bothering?" Seeing that Qin Xiang still had a cold face, Fang Ruoshi recalled, "Hey, don't you see that Yan Ning has become successful?"

"Yan Ningcheng?" Qin Xiang repeated the name.

Fang Ruoshi nodded, bit her finger and whispered, "The one who met you before..."

"The one before? Ex-boyfriend?"

Fang Ruoshi nodded, recounted the ins and outs of noon to him, and showed him her circle of friends.There is only one sentence: no complaints, no bad words, and no pestering.

Qin Xiang's mood finally cleared after being awkward all afternoon - it turned out to be Mr. "Don't pester".

His expression changed so quickly, Fang Ruoshi finally realized: "Just because of him, you smoked all afternoon?"

"Ah."

"Just because of him, you were cold to me just now? Did you say 'fear of disturbing'?"

"Ah."

Fang Ruoshi was completely speechless, and pushed him: "If you don't know, just ask!"

Qin Heng curled his lips with an unnatural expression.

"You...you..." Fang Ruoshi originally wanted to reprimand him, but she swallowed the words again.

It's rare for a boyfriend to be like this, so so...cute.

Fang Ruoshi glanced at Qin Heng again, he was playing with the cigarette that he just threw back.

She stretched out her hand, snatched his cigarettes, and pretended to say fiercely: "Next time if you do this again, all the cigarettes will be confiscated!"

Qin Heng smiled with his dimples, touched her hair that was rough and rough from sleep, and said, "Clean it up, and take you to eat delicious food."

"Oh, but..." Fang Ruoshi licked her lips, "This is my hometown, are you sure you know where to find delicious food?"

"You'll know when you go."

In fact, Qin Xiang really didn't know where to find delicious food, but he asked Li Mo to search on the Internet and randomly found a new Sichuan cuisine that looked good.

How it tastes is another matter, anyway, the scenery is unique.

On the top floor of a building, a whole piece of floor-to-ceiling windows reflects the lights of the city.Fang Ruoshi rested her cheeks and looked at the night scene outside the window in amazement: "You really know!"

Qin Heng didn't make a sound, and picked a piece of fish meat.He focused on the fish on his plate, the spines being slowly peeled away with his knife and fork.Putting down the knife and fork, he changed the chopsticks and put the fish into Fang Ruoshi's bowl.

Under the light, the fish meat was beige-yellow, like a girl wearing a tulle, with a soft figure, lying in a porcelain bowl as white as jade.

Fang Ruoshi put the fish he picked into his mouth, and nodded: "It's very tender and tasty!"

Only then did Qin Heng grab a piece for himself.Still using a knife and fork to pick out the fishbone, his violin-playing hands seemed to have magical powers, and he picked out a complete and beautiful piece of fish in a short while.

Fang Ruoshi couldn't help but let out a "wow".Qin Heng glanced at her, smiled and gave her the fish again.

The person who was served comfortably lowered his head to look at the piece of fish, and smiled embarrassedly: "Is there an exclusive benefit for girlfriends?"

Qin Heng's forearm propped up a small triangle on the dining table, and he answered her seriously and firmly: "Your patent."

(5)

Qin Xiang, who originally planned to return to Yaocheng after the exchange meeting, was stayed by the old professor of the same meeting to participate in Friday's activities.

Fang Ruoshi was collecting the manuscript in the e-mail on the laptop, listening to Li Mo confirming repeatedly with Qin Xiang.

"There is a magazine interview in Yaocheng this week."

"Push it to next week."

"I'm afraid it's too late."

"Send an email to the interview questions, and I will send them back after answering." Qin Xiang nodded his forehead and added, "Also, open a band rehearsal to their magazine."

"Okay." Li Mo asked after writing down what Qin Xiang asked, "After tomorrow's ticket is refunded, can I book a flight back to Yaocheng on Saturday?"

Qin Xiang glanced at the person curled up on the sofa, and said, "Sunday."

After Li Mo left, Fang Ruoshi handed Qin Xiang a glass of water.

"Itinerary change?"

"There is a violin competition at the conservatory temporarily."

"Oh..." Fang Ruoshi nodded, "Are you going to be a judge?"

"That's it."

It wasn't until Friday that Fang Ruoshi sat in the concert hall of the Conservatory of Music that she knew what Qin Xiang meant by being a judge.He was welcomed into the hall by all the stars, and instead of sitting with other judges, a special space was set aside for him.

Li Mo looked at Qin Xiang who was sitting in the special guest seat, and sighed: "I don't know what Teacher Qin thinks, but he had already rejected the invitation before, and suddenly agreed."

Fang Ruoshi sat on Li Mo's left hand, about five or six rows away from Qin Xiang's front row.

"Why?" she asked.

"He said that he met an old professor who had known him for many years at the exchange meeting and personally invited him. He couldn't refuse. However, Mr. Qin hasn't participated in this kind of student's violin competition for many years."

"Really?" Fang Ruoshi was a little puzzled.So... why?

"With Mr. Qin's popularity and his status in the industry, there is really no need to be a judge of this kind of competition that is neither famous nor profitable."

"This can be regarded as publicity for the string orchestra, maybe it can attract some outstanding talents!" Fang Ruoshi raised her chin, "Look, how much the school leaders value it!"

"There are very strict standards and mechanisms for the recruitment and introduction of talents in the string orchestra. Unless the participating students are really talented and talented, it is difficult to meet the recruiting conditions of the orchestra."

"Then Qin...why does Mr. Qin still come to be a judge?"

"You're so nice!" Li Mo sighed again, "Although Teacher Qin usually doesn't talk much, he's actually very... How should I put it? Do you understand what I mean?"

Fang Ruoshi nodded, of course she knew.Through the recent interaction, if she knows him well, she doesn't think so.But she fully understood what Li Mo meant. This man who doesn't talk much is a good man with a very gentle heart.

However, the popularity of Qin Xiang mentioned by Li Mo...

Fang Ruoshi took out her mobile phone and silently entered the word "Qin Xiang" in the search box.After a while, the searched out pages startled her a lot.She clicked on a web page at random, and was stunned by the full-screen introduction.

On the stage was a boy playing the violin, Fang Ruoshi watched his arm pulling the bowstring, his mind was full of Qin Xiang's profile:
At the age of 16, he won the gold medal in the Paganini International Violin Competition; at the age of 21, he won the gold medal in the Tchaikovsky International Violin Competition; at the age of 25, he was a professor at the Royal Academy of Music, the youngest professor in the history of the academy...

After thinking about it, the phone vibrated in his pocket, it was a WeChat notification.

Qin Xiang: "Does it sound good?"

Fang Ruoshi looked forward and could only see his straight back.She replied: "It sounds good. What song?"

Qin Xiang: "The Commemorative Song by the Czech composer Franticek Deldera."

Fang Ruoshi: "This boy pulls very well."

Qin Xiang: "Well. Not as good as me."

This is Qin Xiang, straightforward and honest.

Fang Ruoshi covered her mouth and laughed, she was used to him like this.

Qin Xiang chased another message: "It also has a name called "Memories"."

Memories……

The soothing and elegant tune continued, Fang Ruoshi closed her eyes and slowly immersed herself in the music.

What appeared in her mind were the few memories with Qin Xiang, and every minute she spent with him was worth reminiscing about.

During the intermission, many people came to the concert hall one after another, filling the corridors and aisles.

Fang Ruoshi heard the students behind them whispering, and Qin Xiang's name was mentioned the most.

"I'll go, who recruited so many people?"

"Once Qin Xiang's name is announced, who can not come!"

"My husband is absolutely beautiful, with long legs and first-class skills!"

"Huh? How do you know he's skilled? Have you tried?"

"Bah bah bah! It's so dirty! I'm talking about professional technology!"

"But the video that your men's band posted last time is really amazing!"

"Yes, yes! I asked you to pay attention! The first thing I do when I open Weibo every day is to check Qin Xiang String Orchestra."

……

The discussion is still going on later, but Fang Ruoshi has gone from shock to shock.Girls are now so open that they can reveal that their YY idol is their...husband?
Fang Ruoshi looked at the man in the front row. He was discussing something with several judges, with a serious face.

After a while, he looked towards the back row.

The girl behind screamed, "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

Qin Heng saw the person he was looking for and waved.

There was another scream from behind: "My husband is waving at me, let's see if I'm pretty enough!"

The well-trained Li Mo stood up with three black lines above his head, and quickly ran towards Qin Xiang.After a brief explanation, Li Mo went out through the side door.When it was time to present the awards, Li Mo entered the arena stooping, holding a black piano case in his hand.He didn't return to his seat, but found a seat behind Qin Heng and sat down.

Fang Ruoshi had a guess in her heart, and the girl behind her said it for her: "Wow, is my husband going to perform? My God! I deserve it!" Shi turned around, raised her index finger and gestured "shh" to them.

Finally, it was quiet, and the awards began on the stage.After all the awards were handed out, Qin Xiang was invited on stage by the host.No need for too much introduction, the audience is already boiling.

Qin Xiang nodded to the audience, raised the violin and played it.There is no accompaniment, no other musical instruments, only a violin.

The fingers of the left hand walk freely on the strings, and the right hand manipulates the bow to slide across the strings from all angles.Notes flowed from his fingers, and melodies flowed from the stage to every corner of the concert hall.

He lowered his eyes, his slender eyelashes slightly downward, trembling slightly with the flow of the melody.

Fang Ruoshi held his breath and concentrated, only the sound of gasping behind him could be heard amidst the passionate melody.

At the end of the song, the audience stood up and applauded thunderously.

This is Fang Ruoshi's first time listening to Qin Xiang's live performance, which is completely different from the string orchestra performance seen in the video.

Wearing his usual black suit, Qin Heng stood upright in the center of the stage, but he didn't look lonely. It seemed that there were thousands of troops roaring and galloping behind him.

Fang Ruoshi was deeply impressed by his piano sound, and finally understood what he meant by "not as good as me".

After exchanging pleasantries with all parties, Qin Heng got away and left, and threw the phone to Fang Ruoshi as soon as he got in the car: "Navigation."

Those who hadn't recovered from the shock of his playing the violin looked at him stupidly: "Where are you going?"

"your home!"

"Oh..." Something seemed wrong, Fang Ruoshi scratched her head, "Why are you going to my house?"

"Look at where you grew up."

Qin Xiang spoke calmly, Fang Ruoshi licked his lips, blushing.

Although she was a little shy, she still thought his idea was good, and entered "Wuxi Ancient Town" in the map on his mobile phone.

After she had set her destination, she raised her eyes, saw Li Mo outside the window, and said softly, "Assistant Li hasn't gotten into the car yet!"

Qin Heng glanced at the figure outside the window, and said lightly, "He's off work."

Fang Ruoshi didn't even think about it, and said, "Then just invite him to my house to play."

Qin Heng's fingers tapped twice on the steering wheel, and then he pressed the window. With just one look, Li Mo immediately came to him.

"Teacher Qin, what's the matter?"

Qin Heng propped his elbows on the window frame and said, "My girlfriend invited you to her house."

"Huh?" Li Mo was stunned, "Girlfriend?"

girlfriend!Where?He subconsciously searched around.No one!

He looked at Qin Xiang with some doubts. The latter looked calm, and still knocked on the car door again and again, with no intention of explaining at all.He repeated tentatively: "Mr. Qin, the girlfriend you mentioned..."

Qin Heng staggered his upper body and glanced at the passenger seat where Fang Ruoshi was.

Looking back at Li Mo, he was looking into the car, probably looking for Fang Ruoshi for help.

Fang Ruoshi, on the other hand, huddled in the car blushing, with an expression of lovelessness, and didn't dare to look at him at all.

Li Mo seemed to understand that the scene in front of him fully confirmed his conjecture, this incredible conjecture!
He looked at the man in front of him again, with a reserved, determined look, and even a joking smile.Even if he didn't understand the situation just now, he understands now.

Out of the mentality of keeping his job and considering his own personal safety, Li Mo resolutely refused: "No, no, I still have something to do."

Fang Ruoshi blushed ever since she heard him say "girlfriend" in front of the assistant, and when she caught a glimpse of Assistant Li's shocked gaze on her, her cheeks became hotter.

"Let's go." Qin Heng stepped on the accelerator, and the car rushed out.

Fang Ruoshi looked at the smaller and smaller Assistant Li in the rearview mirror, and turned on the navigation cautiously.

Li Mo finally recovered from the shock at the moment when the back of the car turned and disappeared: This genius violinist who can't eat fireworks is in love? !
On the way to Wuxi, after thinking about it, Fang Ruoshi finally clicked on Song Song's WeChat.

Fang Ruoshi: "There are guests coming to the house tonight, please Aunt Liu prepare one more meal."

Song Song: "Huh? What guest?"

Fang Ruoshi: "..."

Song Song: "Male or female?"

Fang Ruoshi: "Male."

Song Song: "Boyfriend?"

Fang Ruoshi: "Less routine, more sincerity."

Fang Ruoshi: "Sister needs your help now."

Fang Ruoshi: "Please say hello to Aunt Liu for me."

Song Song: "What about grandpa?"

Fang Ruoshi: "Also say hello, just say that I have a friend who is coming to visit."

Song Song: "What about my parents?"

Fang Ruoshi: "Same."

Song Song: "Where are aunt and uncle?"

Fang Ruoshi: "Are you finished?!"

Song Song: "They just entered the house, I swear to God."

Fang Ruoshi: "Aren't you at work? Where did you buy the telescope to see it?"

Song Song: "Going home after work."

Fang Ruoshi: "..."

Suddenly feeling that Qin Xiang had made a wrong decision, Fang Ruoshi patted the phone on her lap with some helplessness.

"how?"

As soon as Qin Xiang finished speaking, Fang Ruoshi's cell phone vibrated, and it was her father's call.

"Shishi, I heard that you are bringing your boyfriend home?"

Fang Ruoshi knew that she was cheated by Song Song, but she was powerless to refute.

"Is it your boyfriend?" Dad's voice sounded a little anxious.

"Yes." Fang Ruoshi simply closed her eyes and admitted.

"Why so suddenly?"

Dad may have been frightened by this news, not only dad, but she should have frightened the whole family.

"I don't mean anything else. I didn't hear you mention it before. I think it's too..." Father Fang was thinking of words, and his mood fluctuated a lot, "It's good, it's good!"

Fang Ruoshi sighed, and whispered into the phone: "Dad, are you too excited?"

"Father is happy, I'm afraid you're still thinking about that... well, don't mention it, it's all right now, it's great!"

"I haven't seen anyone yet, so you just say yes, it's too subjective!" Fang Ruoshi laughed, and sneaked a glance at the driver.

Qin Heng pursed his lips, the dimple on his right cheek was shallow, and he was smiling.

"I heard the news as soon as I got home, can you not be surprised!" Dad was still excited over there.

Fang Ruoshi replied lightly: "It's better not to be frightened..."

Father Fang, who knew they were driving back, said "Slow down and be safe" before hanging up the phone.

Before hanging up, he also said: "See you later."

see you later……

see you later……

Fang Ruoshi couldn't calm down anymore.

(6)

The electronic voice prompt had entered Wuxi Ancient Town, and Fang Ruoshi's heart was tightly clenched.Nervous, apprehensive, overwhelmed, the last time I felt this way was when I called home after breaking up with my ex-boyfriend.

After half a year, she brought her new boyfriend home, isn't it too soon?

Qin Xiang unbuckled her seat belt and squeezed her hand: "Don't worry."

Seeing his relaxed appearance, Fang Ruoshi breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems that I should say this sentence, but it turned out that you comforted me instead."

Qin Heng motioned for her to get out of the car, but Keren sat still.

Fang Ruoshi took a deep breath: "Wait for me."

"and me!"

Qin Heng's shallow laughter was in his ears, but Fang Ruoshi was no longer in the mood to appreciate it.

Thinking of the arrangements for the past few days, she gradually realized Qin Xiang's true intentions.She glared at him and said angrily, "It's all your fault! Fake public affairs for personal gain!"

Still smiling with dimples, Qin Xiangqing looked at her clearly: "I'm very happy, you have the self-consciousness of being 'selfish'."

Come on, get out of the car.Anyway, it all fell into the hands of this man!

Before arriving home, Fang Ruoshi saw Song Song standing at the door waving.

She rolled his eyes at him and snorted.

Song Song immediately hugged his cousin like a dog, and pretended to cry miserably: "Sister, I was raped by grandpa! He snatched my phone and read our chat records!"

Fang Ruoshi slapped his elbow on his stomach: "Okay, say hello."

Song Song saw Qin Xiang from afar, wearing a neat suit wrapped in a chic windbreaker, with an extraordinary bearing.He led his sister and walked over from a distance, and every step he took on the stone slab was full of indescribable elegance.

Song Song stretched out his hand and introduced himself: "Hello brother-in-law! I am Song Song, Fang Ruoshi's cousin."

"Hello, Qin Xiang."

After shaking hands, Song Song hurriedly welcomed the person in the door.

As soon as Fang Ruoshi and Qin Heng entered, everyone sitting on the sofa in the living room looked at the door and stood up.

Seeing the situation, Fang Ruoshi laughed out loud, "Is this going to line up and applaud?"

Only grandpa was sitting on the sofa, crossing his leg in plaster, and beckoning to them: "Come here."

Fang Ruoshi hooked Qin Xiang's hand and pulled him into the living room.Starting with grandpa, introduce the past one by one.Qin Xiang, who was usually reticent, called out one by one. Except for her parents, everyone called her the same name as Fang Ruoshi.

The air conditioner was turned on at home, and hot air was blowing out.Fang Ruoshi's cheeks flushed slightly.

"Song Song, take out my chessboard, I will play a game with Xiao Qin." Grandpa said, Song Song went to do it immediately.

"Shishi," Grandpa said again, "I haven't eaten your cooking for a long time."

Fang Ruoshi knew that grandpa wanted to send her away, it was nothing more than a few elders who wanted to have a private talk with Qin Xiang.

Qin Xiang nodded slightly at her, and Fang Ruoshi got up and went to the kitchen.That's all, soldiers come to block, water comes to cover.

If Qin Xiang couldn't handle this matter, he wouldn't take the initiative to bring up going home with her!

Song Song, who gave the chessboard to grandpa, sneaked into the kitchen and winked at Fang Ruoshi: "Sister, where did you find your brother-in-law? He's so handsome!"

"Hey! This brother-in-law is very easy to pronounce! Doesn't it hurt your teeth?" Fang Ruoshi washed his hands and shook the water off his face.

Song Song refused to accept this, and hugged her like a dog: "Sister, I want to eat the cold eggplant you made."

It turned out that it was called "brother-in-law" for this!Fang Ruoshi fastened her apron, and squinted at him: "How can there be eggplant in winter?"

"The big shed, I've already bought it!"

It's all ready, and I dare to put her on the shelf.

"Have you forgotten what grandpa said? Eat local seasonal vegetables and fruits." Fang Ruoshi raised his ear.

"Occasionally." Song Song covered his ears, smiling so hard that he couldn't see his teeth, "Sister, please!"

I loved acting like a baby when I was young, and I still do this when I grow into a 1.8-meter boy.Fang Ruoshi shook her head with a smile, she still had nothing to do with him as she did when she was a child.She pinched Song Song's face and said, "Go get ready."

"Come on!" Song Song jumped up, laughing like a dog, "Sister, what else do you need to prepare?"

"Pork belly and carrots."

"Hey! Grandpa's favorite!"

In the kitchen, Fang Ruoshi took Song Song to prepare braised pork and mixed eggplant.

In the living room, Qin Xiang was dumbfounded when he saw the chessboard.

He thought about chess, go and chess, but the only thing he didn't think about was the game in front of him - checkers.Sitting next to Fang Ruoshi's parents, uncles, and aunts, they all looked like they were watching a good show.

Qin Heng pursed his lips, and carefully placed marbles in the round holes of the chessboard.

"Xiao Qin, can you play?"

Qin Xiang nodded.

"There is only one rule in our family, which is one jump."

Qin Heng placed two marbles on a straight line with two empty spaces in the middle. He jumped over the top of the second marble and landed on the corresponding two empty spaces.

"Can you dance like this?"

Fang's father and Fang's mother looked at each other and smiled.

Grandpa waved his hand: "No. You can only jump with one ball. You can jump with multiple balls, but you can't jump at equal distances."

Qin Xiang sat upright, "Okay."

Maybe it's because he hasn't played this kind of checkers very much. As soon as Qin Xiang came, he was forced by his grandfather to push a few beads forward silently.

But the further back, everyone slowly noticed that Qin Xiang, who seemed to be forced to move by his grandfather before, was actually paving the way for the continuous jump of the beads in the back.

When Qin Xiang's ten marbles all jumped into the opposite camp, half of Grandpa's marbles landed in the center of the chessboard.Fang Ruoshi stood behind the sofa and watched secretly for a while, seeing that Qin Xiang had won, she jumped up for joy.

Grandpa glared at her: "Girl, can you save me some face?"

She put her arms around her grandfather's shoulder and smiled: "Grandpa, since I was a child, you like to use the trick of 'can't jump equidistant' to win me, and you're doing it again today. It's a pity that Qin Xiang didn't let you succeed!"

The grandfather who was seen through by her did not refute, just smiled muffledly, and said to Qin Xiang: "Proceed step by step, be courageous and resourceful! Young man, not bad!"

Grandpa spoke Sichuan dialect, afraid that he would not understand, so he deliberately slowed down his speech.

Qin Xiang nodded slightly: "Thank you, Grandpa, for letting me go."

It was getting dark, and dinner was underway.Fang Ruoshi put the braised pork on the table wearing heat-resistant gloves.

Song Song kept swallowing with greedy eyes: "Grandpa, today we are all in your favor." After finishing speaking, he called Qin Xiang to stop, "Brother Xiang, try my sister's braised pork, I guarantee you a lifetime I will never forget it!"

As an elder, grandpa moved his chopsticks first, and the first piece of braised pork was caught in Qin Xiang's bowl.Qin Xiang knew that this was Fang Ruoshi's grandfather's recognition and affirmation of him.

He solemnly said to the old man, "Thank you, Grandpa."

"Okay, let's eat." Grandpa said with a smile, and the family picked up chopsticks and started eating.

Qin Xiang doesn't talk much, and even less when eating.But as long as someone asks him, he stops his chopsticks, listens carefully and answers.So silently, I earned a lot of impression points.Rao, parents like Fang's father and Fang's mother, who didn't show any signs of expression, each picked up food for him three times.

Fang Ruoshi saw it in her eyes, and the big stone in her heart finally fell to the ground.

The food was delicious, and I added a second bowl of rice to Qin Xiang from the law.

When my aunt saw it, she couldn't help asking him: "Xiao Qin, I wonder if the food suits your taste?"

Qin Xiang put down the bowl and replied seriously: "It's very delicious."

Fang Ruoshi thought it was funny to see him answering the question seriously.

She didn't want him to sit upright and have no way to eat easily, so she pointed to the dry rice in front of him, and changed the subject: "This dry rice is called Limi rice in Sichuan, and it's also called zengzi rice, pronounced 'zeng' four times, it tastes better than a rice cooker The cooked rice is more fragrant."

Qin Heng glanced at her and said "Yes".

Fang Ruoshi pointed to the carrot on his chopsticks again, teasing him: "What about this? Is it delicious?"

Qin Xiang continued to answer: "Very fragrant!"

Fang Ruoshi nodded with satisfaction, and continued: "Carrot roast pork is our favorite dish in winter. There is a saying in Sichuan that says 'carrots, sip sweetness, see the New Year' , isn't it very vivid?" Her eyes were shining, and she tilted her head to look at Qin Xiang, completely unafraid of the eyes of her elders.

Qin Xiang nodded and asked her: "The braised pork has a sweet taste, is it because it absorbed the sweetness of the carrot?"

"Half and half. After the pork belly is cooked, cut it into small pieces. Don't cook it directly in the pot. You should fry the rock sugar on a low heat first, and then fry the meat until it turns sugary. Add ginger, garlic, pepper and star anise. Spray a little white wine. Light soy sauce, then add carrots, salt, and broth, and simmer slowly to soften. The final pot has both color and taste, and absorbs the essence of carrots, so it is naturally 'sweet and sweet'."

She spoke playfully, explaining to him in Mandarin with Sichuan dialect, and everyone at the table was amused by her.

After dinner, my grandfather watched TV for a while and went back to his room to rest.Uncle and aunt took a walk after dinner as usual, and Song Song went back to the room to play games.Fang Ruoshi and her mother were making tea in the kitchen, and only Fang's father and Qin Xiang were left in the living room.

"Your father must want to have a private chat with Xiao Qin, so he sent us away." Mother Fang poured water into the teapot.

Fang Ruoshi poked her probe, but couldn't hear anything, only saw the silhouette of Qin Heng listening carefully through the glass on the corridor door.

"Your father is afraid that like last time, you quietly talked about a boyfriend in college, and then quietly broke up, and you will end up sad." Fang's mother put a damp cloth on the bottom of the teapot, and then said, "Shishi, we have no right to interfere with the kind of friends you make, but as parents, we are always afraid that our daughter will suffer and get hurt."

"I know, Mom."

Mother Fang brushed the hair around her cheeks for her: "So Qin Xiang has to pass this test."

Fang Ruoshi nodded.

Judging from everyone's reaction today, Qin Xiang probably has almost passed the checkpoint.

"Okay, I'm going back to the room to sort out the samples. You look at your dad, don't let him chat too late."

Fang Ruoshi sent her mother back to the room, and walked to the living room with the teapot.

As soon as he reached the entrance of the hallway, his father's voice came from the door with a gap.

"28 years old is still a young man in my opinion."

Father Fang's words were accompanied by a slight laugh, as if it was just a joke.But in Qin Xiang's ears, there was something special about it.

He put down the cold teacup in his hand, and said solemnly, "Uncle, I understand your feelings, but I am dating Ruoshi with a very clear purpose."

"What purpose?" Fang Shenzhuo looked at the young man in front of him.

Hearing Fang's father's question, Qin Xiang suddenly remembered what his cousin said - Fang Ruoshi and her ex-boyfriend broke up suddenly when they were preparing to get married...

marry?

Ah!
Qin Heng pursed his lips slightly.

"Get married." He said the words very softly, but enough for the middle-aged man opposite to hear him clearly.

He never hides his purpose, never hides his behavior, everything is spread out, frankly.

Father Fang saw the seriousness in Qin Xiang's eyes, and this firmness gave him reassurance.He patted Qin Xiang on the shoulder and said with a smile, "It's easier said than done, I hope you don't regret it."

Qin Xiang still maintained the confession just now, and said: "Please rest assured."

"Squeak!"

The door was pushed open by Fang Ruoshi, and she walked in with a teapot.

"Bring some hot tea to you."

She said a simple sentence very quickly, even a little trembling.

Father Fang smiled at his daughter, "I've been running all night, and the tea tastes gone, so I don't want to drink it anymore." After speaking, he got up and left.

Qin Xiang also got up, and together with Fang Ruoshi sent Father Fang out of the living room.

Fang Ruoshi closed the porch door, leaned against the wall, and stared straight at Qin Xiang.

"Did you hear that?" Qin Xiang smiled, his deep eyes filled with starlight.

Fang Ruoshi nodded.She heard all his undisguised ambitions.

Fang Ruoshi asked, "Why?"

She had too many questions in her heart, but when the words came to her lips, she only asked these three words.

I don't know if he understands or not.

Qin Heng sighed lightly, leaned against her, and said in a low voice: "At my age, it is too exhausting to talk about a long-term love. I want a stable family and a warm life. And this On one point, I believe you also agree.”

"You are only 28 years old, very young, why are you so anxious to be tied up?"

"I'm afraid I'll never meet another woman like you..." He turned to face her.

Fang Ruoshi's eyes flickered, she looked at him and felt his hands around her waist.

Qin Heng's men forcefully forced Fang Ruoshi to get closer, and he had to support his chest with his hands.

He lowered his head, fanned his eyelashes slightly, stroked her cheek with his right hand, and gently scraped her side face with his fingers.

Fang Ruoshi's heart was beating like a drum, half of her face was stiff, and she kept licking her lips, like a traveler trapped in the desert.

Qin Heng smiled softly, pressing down his warm lips, and printed them on her glistening lips.For the first time, his clear voice showed a hint of hoarseness. He rubbed against her soft lips and said in a hoarse voice: "...like you, I am willing to enter into marriage."

(End of this chapter)