forget forget you
Chapter 1 Sunflower, Lost Love Forever
Chapter 1 Sunflower, Lost Love Forever
The end of March in the lunar calendar, the so-called April on Earth, is the best time of the year in this northern city.
Compared with the charming midsummer night, the childish late spring morning is more mellow and charming. It's a pity that the chaos on the first working day after the weekend makes passers-by completely lose the leisurely mood of enjoying the scenery.
Ning Lixia was an exception.
When Wei Jie called, she was sitting alone in a hundred-year-old tea house, leisurely sniffing the freshly-launched Mingqian Longjing, while enjoying the beautiful and just right spring, while patiently waiting for the need to cook Sashimi porridge.
On the other end of the phone, Wei Jie was bluffing as usual.After hanging up, looking at the fish porridge that was just delivered, Ning Lixia weighed it for a moment before taking the bag and paying the bill and leaving.
The school is far away on the outskirts of the city, and it would take four or ten minutes to get there, but the impetuous Wei Jie made two phone calls to remind her, so Ning Lixia had to choose a shortcut with less traffic.
She drove the car very fast and arrived at the teaching building in less than half an hour, but unfortunately she still missed the roll call before get out of class ended.
Wei Jie complained that her speed was too slow, so he pulled her up and rushed to the office in another building.
In fact, Ning Lixia didn't take the rule of "missing three classes and not being able to take the final exam" to heart, but he rarely followed Wei Jie's suggestion and let her drag herself to explain.
There were other people in the office. After knocking on the door, Ning Lixia and Wei Jie waited quietly.
Jiang Shaozheng's office is extremely simple, with few furnishings - except for the dark wood-colored tables and chairs, light blue striped curtains, and neatly placed bookcases, there is only an apricot-colored single sofa.The only decoration is the bouquet of small yellow flowers planted in a white porcelain pot in front of the desk.
Ning Lixia had heard from Wei Jie early in the morning about this young professor who was known throughout the university town for his outstanding appearance. It was said that his every move and even occasionally going to the teacher's cafeteria to settle lunch dishes would become a topic of discussion among the female students. .She originally thought that such a person would never do something unscholarly like checking absenteeism, and she had already passed the age of chasing handsome guys. Seeing that Wei Jie found a girl for her who was willing to help with class and exams for a long time, she was relieved I didn't take this management statistics seriously.
The few girls around him at this moment had already finished asking the prepared questions, but they dawdled with no intention of leaving——Jiang Shaozheng seldom went back to the office, and of course he refused to leave easily after being bumped into by them.
Jiang Shaozheng was overwhelmed, but he couldn't let go of his teacher's airs and drove them away directly. Wei Jie was the best at observing words and expressions, and immediately found an excuse to come forward to make a rescue. Jiang Shaozheng took advantage of the situation and sent all the little girls out of the office.
"What's the matter?" The MBA class is taught in small classes, and Wei Jie never misses classes. Although he can't pronounce the names, he can recognize them as his students.
"That's how it is. That undergraduate student has admired your... knowledge for a long time, and begged us to give her a chance to learn from you. Ning Lixia was soft-hearted and agreed..."
"Understood, this is not an example." Before Wei Jie could finish explaining, Jiang Shaozheng interrupted her.
What he cared about was not the absence but the fact that there were too many people who came to observe. If the female students who came were purely for listening to the class, it would be fine, and the posture of staring at him motionlessly was simply too scary.Every teacher hopes that his class will be popular, but what attracts students is only the color, which is definitely trouble rather than glory for a man.
Wei Jie invited the substitute teacher to appear in his class with different names for a long time, sometimes staring at him blankly, sometimes secretly photographing him, Jiang Shaozheng was very impressed with that face, so he easily caught Ning beginning of summer.
He has no intention of embarrassing his students, as long as the desired effect is achieved and the idlers are sent away.
Wei Jie didn't expect him to be so eloquent, she was overjoyed and thanked Ning Lixia while tugging at his sleeve.
Jiang Shaozheng gave a faint "hmm", continued to organize the documents in his hand, and never looked at them again.
Ning Lixia is already 26 years old, returning to school to study for an MBA is just a whim, he just wants to pick a few interesting courses to attend, the degree is secondary, so facing the school's teachers, he naturally has less fear.This Professor Jiang's attitude was so arrogant, she didn't even bother to answer, said "I'm sorry", and pulled Wei Jie to open the door and go out.
Jiang Shaozheng glanced up unconsciously, saw Ning Lixia's side face, was stunned for a few seconds, dropped the document in his hand, got up and chased after him.
"and many more!"
After seeing Ning Lixia's face clearly, he reversed his previous indifference, and couldn't hide his surprise after repeated restraint: "Gu Yu, how could it be you?"
Wei Jie was baffled, and was about to speak when she heard Ning Lixia say: "You mistook the person, Yan Guyu is my sister."
Jiang Shaozheng's expression changed several times, and after a while, he put away the disappointment on his face and smiled politely: "You are Yan Hanlu? Long time no see."
Ning Lixia also smiled politely: "It's been a long time since I was called Yan Hanlu. Did we know each other before? Sorry, I was too young when I left here, and I have many old friends, so I can't remember all of them."
"I'm Jiang Shaozheng."
Hearing this name, Ning Lixia seemed to suddenly realize: "I said why is it so familiar, it turned out to be brother Shaozheng! Damn it, I only knew that the teacher who managed statistics was named Jiang, but I didn't know it was you."
The phrase "Brother Shaozheng" made Jiang Shaozheng's heart sink. Yan Guyu was the most indifferent, and always called him by his first name, never before.
After the last faint hope was shattered, he felt extremely depressed, when he heard Ning Lixia who claimed to be in a hurry to say goodbye to him, he even forgot to ask about Yan Guyu's whereabouts and let her leave.
"Do you know Mr. Jiang?" Wei Jie couldn't hold back her words and asked before leaving the office building.
"An old acquaintance from childhood."
Wei Jie seemed to think of something: "By the way, I told you Teacher Jiang's full name, how did you just say you didn't know?"
"Have you told me?" Ning Lixia asked back.
"What are you thinking, so absent-minded."
Ning Lixia stopped being distracted, and casually said: "The potted flowers on the table are pretty."
"What kind of flower, is it on Mr. Jiang's desk? It's sunflowers. I heard that he pays special attention to this potted flower, but this flower represents eternal loss of love, so it's unlucky! A sophomore girl sneaked into his office a while ago to use it. He was very angry when he found out that the hyacinth he had planted replaced this pot, and he lost his temper when he got it back. Can’t you see that a person like him would be serious with a little girl!”
"Love forever?" She was very surprised, "I have planted this kind of flower before, but I don't know what it means."
There was no class on Monday afternoon. After leaving school, Ning Lixia went straight back to the studio.
The studio is located in a villa with a private tea garden. Although it is also in the outskirts of the city, it is located at opposite ends of the city from the school. When Ning Lixia arrived at the place, it was almost lunch time.
She lacked appetite and didn't eat with other employees. She went to the kitchen to order a plate of boiled kale and half a bowl of white rice with tomato and egg soup. Just as she was about to eat, Qiu Xiaotong opened the door and walked in.
"Miss Ning, the restaurant called and said that the newly launched orange blossom slices are selling well, do you want to make another batch?"
"No, you will find it precious if you can't easily buy customers. There is still one month until the Dragon Boat Festival. After researching several kinds of zongzi, the taste should be fresh, but not too strange." After a pause, she said, "Just make a box Don’t put candied fruit in the sweet tea rice dumpling, send it to Ning Yu around the Dragon Boat Festival.”
"Mr. Ning is coming back soon? Wouldn't it be better for you to give it to him yourself!" Ning Lixia didn't have many smiling faces, and the other employees in the studio were inevitably a little scared of her, but the cheerful Qiu Xiaotong dared to take her Just kidding.
Ning Lixia didn't seem to hear the ambiguity in her tone: "Is he coming back? Recently, there have been many things and few contacts. I'm going to make chocolate in the afternoon, and help me prepare the ingredients before two o'clock."
"Ok."
"Go get busy."
Ning Lixia returned to this city for two years and has been managing the restaurant for Ning Yu.Ning Yu seldom came here, and the restaurant was only opened on a whim, but she did it with great care. Within half a year after taking over, this Moonlight Cloud Sea with only 66 seats has become a famous restaurant in the city.
When she is not busy, she occasionally makes some handmade biscuits or fancy chocolates as gifts in the restaurant. She did not expect it to be very popular, so she simply opened a studio to develop various novel and exquisite handmade foods for sale.
When Jiang Shaozheng opened the door, Ning Lixia was adding cherry liqueur to the chocolate liquid. Because he was too focused, he didn't notice someone approaching.
She tied her short hair into a small ponytail, and a denim blue dress was covered with a white apron. A bead of sweat was condensing on the forehead, and the sunlight leaking in from the skylight was imprinted with a light golden light, adorning her smooth and fat skin. Indescribably elegant.
It wasn't until Ning Lixia put the mold into the refrigerator that Jiang Shaozheng tapped the wooden table next to her with her index finger. After a second of surprise, she raised her chin and smiled: "How did you find this place?"
There is a small dimple on Ning Lixia's right lip, and Yan Guyu also has it. They look so much alike that Jiang Shaozheng couldn't tell them apart when they first met. Identical twins, it's not surprising to be mistaken.
Gu Yu is always angry, telling him that the biggest difference between himself and his sister is that one's dimple is on the left, and the other's is on the right, so you must keep it in mind and never admit your mistake.
Is Yan Guyu's grain on the left or the right?It wasn't until he met her sister again that Jiang Shaozheng realized that he couldn't remember clearly.
"Brother Shaozheng?"
"I came here to see you to ask about your sister."
"I know, based on our friendship, apart from my sister, I really can't find other topics to talk about the past." She asked while washing the cup, "The address of the studio was given by Wei Jie, right? Coffee or milk tea?"
"casual."
"Then let's make milk tea. I have freshly made jasmine slices here. It's not bad for making milk tea."
"Do you know what your sister is doing now?"
"Do you still remember how many years ago was the last time you saw me?" Ning Lixia asked back.
Jiang Shaozheng couldn't answer.
"12 years. Our parents divorced when we were 14. I left the city with my mother and lost contact with my sister after that, so I probably don't know as much about her as you do."
"You haven't contacted again?" Jiang Shaozheng felt incredible.
"To be precise, she ignored me and my mother. Not only did my mother call her many times, but she also came back to visit her more than once, but she always avoided seeing her, probably because she was angry that my mother chose me but not her. She's always been very careful, hasn't she?"
Jiang Shaozheng was noncommittal.
Ning Lixia handed the milk tea to his hand, and brought out a plate of refreshments from the refrigerator: "Lychee red oolong tea jelly, our restaurant's signature. Red oolong is brewed cold, and the lychees were just airlifted in this morning, so they are very, very fresh. Try it."
Jiang Shaozheng took a sip of the milk tea, but did not touch the jelly: "The milk tea is very good, but unfortunately I am allergic to lychees."
"I'm allergic to lychees too? This is the first time I've heard of it."
"Your sister also knows about my problem."
"Then I have to deal with it myself." Ning Lixia smiled, twisted a piece and put it in the mouth. The whole lychee was wrapped in the amber tea soup, the color was moist, and it was white and clear. In contrast, her mouthful The fine white teeth are not inferior in the slightest.
"Seven years ago, because of some problems in your father's company, you sent your sister to Cheng's house to live temporarily before leaving. Because your father caused some trouble outside, she can't go out casually... She sneaked out on my birthday Look for me, but unfortunately I missed it, and she disappeared after that, I have been looking for her for many years, and I have also contacted your mother, but there is no clue."
"My mother can't even contact her, so you still come to ask me?"
Jiang Shaozheng put the cup back on the table, bent the corners of his mouth in an unclear manner, and made a plausible smile.
"Do you think my mother deliberately hid it from you?"
"I can't think of where else she could go. She was only 19 when she disappeared, and she didn't have the ability to live independently."
"My dad owes so much debt outside. Have you ever thought that she might have been arrested or had an accident? Anyway, I haven't contacted us."
It's not that I haven't thought about it, but I dare not think about it.
Seeing his expression, Ning Lixia suddenly asked: "So nervous about her whereabouts, do you really like her?"
"I promised her that I would never ignore her no matter what." Jiang Shaozheng was silent for a while before saying.
For no reason, the twinkle in his eyes and serious expression made Ning Lixia feel a little ironic.
"Don't bother my mother anymore. I don't want her to worry about my sister anymore. In fact, my sister also came to us once and asked my mother to pay my father's debt. It's ridiculous. Even if my mother has a sum of money, the marriage is divorced. Who Who else can you care about?"
No disappointment could be seen on Jiang Shaozheng's face, but his tone was much colder: "Sorry for disturbing you for so long, thank you for the milk tea."
Ning Lixia didn't say anything to persuade him to stay, and took out a box of chocolates from the refrigerator: "I made it myself, half of maple syrup flavor, half of cherry liqueur, are you not allergic to chocolate?"
After thanking him, Jiang Shaozheng said again: "I remember your sister likes chocolate very much."
"I also like it very much, but it's a pity that eating it will make you fat, so I quit."
Jiang Shaozheng smiled: "Gu Yu is always calling for weight loss, but she doesn't have the willpower. She said she would eat all the candy for a week, and she will always talk about starting tomorrow. Although you are twins, you really have many differences. "
Ning Lixia also laughed: "This should be considered a compliment, right?"
It has been a week since I saw Jiang Shaozheng again.
Ning Lixia was standing in front of the vending machine in the library to buy coffee, when he looked up and saw Jiang Shaozheng, he was naturally startled.
She wears elegant light makeup, impeccable clothing and manners, the youthful and cuteness of the little girl has long since disappeared, only the short-term sluggishness on her face after being frightened can be found.
At this moment, Jiang Shaozheng inevitably thought of Yan Guyu.
"Why didn't I come to class this week, so I have no deterrent power?" Jiang Shaozheng said with a straight face.
Ning Lixia naturally knew that he was joking: "It's not Teacher Jiang who has no deterrent power, but brother Shao Zheng."
"It seems that my class is really not interesting. It is said that you don't run away from others."
She put the borrowed book into her backpack, picked up the paper cup and walked out smiling: "I will definitely go next week."
Jiang Shaozheng raised his wrist and glanced at his watch: "It's almost lunch time, come together if you're not busy?"
Ning Lixia was still thinking about it, and inadvertently caught a glimpse of the young man who got off the white car not far away. He was stunned for a moment, then turned to ask Jiang Shaozheng beside him: "Is that man Tang Ruize? He also works in this school ?”
"It's him. How can a person with his temper be a teacher. His father-in-law and mother-in-law teach in the school."
Tang Ruize also saw Jiang Shaozheng and the others, beckoned from a distance, jumped up the steps briskly, and greeted Ning Lixia with a smile: "Hello, I am Tang Ruize, Jiang Shaozheng's buddy."
Ning Lixia didn't answer, but tilted his head to look at him with a half-smile.
"Yan Guyu?" Tang Ruize was stunned for a while before he recognized the person in front of him, "Where have you been these few years?"
"...Another person who recognizes me as my sister, am I so unimportant?"
"Yan Hanlu? When did you come back?"
"What are you doing in the library?" Jiang Shaozheng interrupted Tang Ruize's cross-examination.
"Help Yu Bai return the book."
"Isn't she going to give birth in less than a month?"
"Yeah, I've got a big temper recently! Wait for me, I haven't seen you in so many years, let's have a meal together."
Ning Lixia simply brought Tang Ruize and Jiang Shaozheng to his restaurant.
"Don't rush to make arrangements, who can finish such a big table! I often come to your Moonlight Sea of Clouds, and our Yu Bai likes this kind of literature and art, and the dishes are exquisite and fresh. She can't wait to come three times a week. I should have known You run the store, so my secretary doesn't have to worry about getting a seat." Tang Ruize has always talked a lot, and they grew up together, even though they haven't seen each other for 12 years, they don't feel unfamiliar.
"I didn't drive it, I just helped a friend take care of it."
"I really didn't expect that you haven't contacted us for so long since you came back? The address of my grandpa's house has not changed. By the way, my wife really likes your cherry blossom honey cookies and roselle cream cake, which were later taken off the shelf." , I sent someone to find your pastry chef, and he said that the manager made these two models himself, and he couldn’t guarantee that the baked ones would taste exactly the same.”
"I've been busy. I didn't expect that someone like you would get married and become a father before thirty." Ning Lixia didn't eat, and filled tea for the two of them with a smile, "Give me the address, I'll make it later send it over."
"What kind of person am I?"
"Walking among a bunch of little girls, I don't care about anything."
"Isn't it boring during the few years in college! After graduation, I even went on vacation alone. Wait, I was still in high school when you left, and I was so pure that I couldn't distinguish between men and women. You know? It must be that Gu Yu didn't speak well of me in front of you, right?"
Jiang Shaozheng glanced at her sideways when he heard the words, and was about to ask something, but Ning Lixia said: "Where did you hear what she said? Brother Shaozheng dare not say it. I know your temperament very well. You are thirteen or fourteen years old. I'm crushing on you right now!"
Tang Ruize smiled and said, "You have a crush on me? Why didn't I see it? It's an honor."
Jiang Shaozheng was playing with the hollow silver toothpick holder at hand, and he said casually, "No wonder I didn't recognize me for a long time, but I knew it was Tang Ruize from a distance."
"It's not surprising that she can't recognize you! Your face is too unrecognizable, and it has become like this over the years, so you can deal with those stupid female students who deceive you."
"I'm also his student now." Ning Lixia pretended to be dissatisfied.
Tang Ruize was afraid that he would offend Ning Lixia and not get his wife's favorite dessert, so he immediately pushed the salt-baked oysters in front of him towards Ning Lixia: "Eat more, or you won't have the energy to bake biscuits and make cakes."
Ning Lixia didn't appreciate it at all: "Don't eat, it's already one o'clock."
"Ok?"
"I only drink water after twelve o'clock."
"Are you still losing weight? I really don't understand you guys, who are only one step away from being skinny, but dare not eat anything."
"I'm the kind who grows fat even after drinking cold water. It's very hard to lose weight, so I have to maintain it."
Jiang Shaozheng, who had been silent all this time, raised his head and glanced at Ning Lixia. She was much thinner than Yan Guyu at the age of 19, and her temperament was completely different. Speaking of it, the mood will be inexplicably low.It was probably because their facial features were so similar that they gave him such a subtle illusion.
Tang Ruize wanted to go back to the company, and the task of sending Ning Lixia, who was not driving, back to the studio naturally fell on Jiang Shaozheng.
It was a long journey, and Ning Lixia even searched for four or five topics, but Jiang Shaozheng was not very interested, and only occasionally answered absent-mindedly.She simply stopped talking, and turned her head to look at the traffic outside the window in a daze.
Although it is not the morning and evening rush hours, the traffic in the downtown area is still congested. As usual, there are people knocking on the window of the car to beg between the traffic lights.
None of the car windows were lowered, and everyone turned a blind eye to it, but Ning Lixia began to search for her backpack. After remembering that her wallet was left behind in the restaurant office, she asked Jiang Shao to borrow it.
Seeing her handing the two largest denomination banknotes to the old beggar outside the car, Jiang Shaozheng was more surprised than the beggar himself.
"Showing love in this way is actually harming others. He has gained a lot this time. If he continues next time, he may encounter a traffic accident."
Ning Lixia didn't tell the difference, just said: "I will pay you back when we meet next time."
Jiang Shaozheng was confused, but didn't say anything more.
Ning Lixia had no plan to go to Jiang Shaozheng's class next Monday, but after receiving a call from Wei Jie on Thursday night, he had to break the previous plan.
Even if they are old acquaintances, it is impossible for Teacher Jiang to give her the credits if she does not take the exam.
She found the brand new book of management statistics, flipped through a few pages, then threw it aside, and slid on her phone to call Jiang Shaozheng.
"Mr. Jiang, are you busy?"
Hearing Ning Lixia call himself "Teacher Jiang" respectfully, Jiang Shaozheng immediately understood the purpose of her call.He had just taken a shower, and his laughter was a little hoarse: "I don't have the habit of highlighting the key points. The content involved in the exam is explained in detail in class. If you listen carefully, you don't need to review it at all."
"Then what should I do if I haven't heard of it..."
"Look for yourself, ask me if you don't understand anything."
"If my sister is not missing, you are my brother-in-law."
"There are three days before the exam, and I can tell you again alone."
She bargained tirelessly: "You can also turn a blind eye and let me get the girl who taught me back to help me take the exam."
"Calculation of zero points for the exam."
"...Okay, when are you free?"
"at any time."
"How about tomorrow?"
"There's a lot of content, and it's best now."
Across the phone, Jiang Shaozheng started from the concept of the nature of statistics.He occasionally asks questions, and there is not enough time, so the progress is very fast, and it takes concentration to keep up.
At first Ning Lixia listened seriously, but after a long time, he gradually lost his focus.
"Hey?"
"Take a rest, don't hang up the phone." Without waiting for Jiang Shaozheng's consent, she pressed the phone speaker, turned on the radio, got up and went to the refrigerator to find fruit.
Jiang Shaozheng on the other end of the phone smiled helplessly. Anyway, he shouldn't be the one who is most anxious.
When Ning Lixia came back after cutting the fruit, the radio station happened to be playing Keren Ann's "seventeen", a very old song, and she was about to turn it off when she heard Jiang Shaozheng say: "Listen to this one."
"Do you like it?"
Jiang Shaozheng did not answer.
Ning Lixia felt familiar with the lyrics only after listening to it halfway. It seems that Yan Guyu was particularly fond of this singer back then.
She was not interested in accompanying him, so she hung up the phone on the pretext of being sleepy.
Ning Lixia's work and rest has always been very regular, he fell asleep at ten o'clock in the evening, and got up on time at six o'clock in the morning.That night, she had inexplicable insomnia. She finally fell asleep for a while but had nightmares again and again.
She looked at the wall clock, it was just past four o'clock, and when she was looking for mineral water, she found that the refrigerator was already empty. Remembering that Qiu Xiaotong had said that there was a big morning market near her apartment, she wanted to go and have a look.
Ning Lixia has never been stingy and spent a lot of time on dressing up, even if he just went grocery shopping, he would never forget to apply foundation and lipstick, so it was almost six o'clock when he went out with his shopping bag.
Seeing the crowded crowd in the morning market, Ning Lixia regretted coming to join in the fun, but the fresh and pleasant fruits and vegetables immediately soothed her restlessness.
After buying all the ingredients for a week, she was about to go back when she saw a tricycle not far away selling rapeseed. She thought it was fresh, so she squeezed over to pick it.
In addition to cherry tomatoes, Dutch cucumbers, and ornamental gourds, she also bought cosmos and sunflower seeds. She was about to continue choosing planting tools when she heard someone calling "Yan Guyu" behind her.
"It's really you!"
Although she hadn't seen her for many years, Ning Lixia recognized the person in front of her at a glance. She tried her best to control her emotions and smiled calmly: "Grandma Chen, I'm my younger sister."
The old woman with the cabbage wiped her eyes: "How old are you and you still lie to me like this? I'll take you as soon as you land, and I'll take you until you're almost twenty. I won't be able to tell if you're a sister or a sister? "
Ning Lixia remained silent.
"At that time you lived in the Cheng family, and I wanted to see you but I didn't dare, because I was afraid that the Cheng family would find it annoying. Later, when it was your birthday, I made your favorite sausage rice dumplings and sent them over, but the Cheng family said that you were lost. I can't get through, I'll call the police, and my identity is not suitable..."
Probably because she has been a live-in nanny for too many years, there is always an indelible humility in Grandma Chen's words, Ning Lixia said after a while: "Grandma Chen, I changed my name, don't call me Gu Yu anymore, I don't want to Let others know."
"Understood, the family owes so much debt, so it's right to hide. Has your father come back to look for you? How have you been living these years?"
Ning Lixia didn't want to talk about this topic, and emphasized again: "Don't tell others about my return, I will say that I am Hanlu's when I meet acquaintances."
Grandma Chen nodded knowingly, and then asked, "How are your sister and your mother?"
"I don't know, I have no contact with them."
Grandma Chen was surprised, but she didn't dare to mention it again, she just took Ning Lixia's hand and said: "Peace and safety is a blessing, you go to eat at home, I will make a big table of what you like."
"I still have something to do today, I must go another day."
After asking for Ning Lixia's phone number and giving some instructions, Grandma Chen left.
Looking at the gray hair combed back by Grandma Chen who was over seventy years old, Ning Lixia was filled with emotion.My younger sister is more lovable than myself, and she is better at being coquettish than myself, so most of the time, my mother is always willing to take her to sleep with her, take her back to her grandmother's house, and let herself be with the nanny.Although it is not very partial, when she was a child, she would always secretly get angry, and felt that Grandma Chen was closer to herself than her mother.
The encounter in the morning made Ning Lixia upset, so he naturally lost the interest in making himself a hearty breakfast, so he casually ate a piece of salty toast and went out to Moonlight Cloud Sea.
She originally wanted to have lunch in the sea of moonlight and clouds, but before lunch time, the studio called and said that Mr. Jiang was waiting for her.
Only then did Ning Lixia remember that he had made an appointment with Jiang Shaozheng to go to the studio to review, but he hurried over.
"Why didn't you call me?" When she arrived, Jiang Shaozheng was sitting in her rocking chair and watching half-read "Late Night Canteen" on her tablet.
"I don't want to rush you. I heard from your colleague that you were in the restaurant just now. Are you done with your work?"
Ning Lixia didn't dare to say that he had completely forgotten the agreement between the two of them. He came here because Qiu Xiaotong called to remind him, and he only smiled and apologized: "It's almost the weekend, there are many customers in the restaurant, and I didn't sleep well last night. I was so dizzy that I misread the time."
"You're very comfortable here. It doesn't matter if you stay longer. It's also interesting to watch TV shows occasionally." Jiang Shaozheng, who had been waiting for more than two hours, didn't mind at all. He put the tablet aside, found the textbook and sat by the window In front of the wooden table next to him, motioned for Ning Lixia to come too.
Ning Lixia was embarrassed to say that he even forgot to bring the book, and pretended not to see it, rolled up his sleeves and asked Jiang Shaozheng: "What do you like to eat? The place is remote, and I can't find a decent restaurant. I'll make lunch."
"I don't have a particular preference, but the ochazuke in that TV show just now looks good."
She chuckled: "I thought I was the only one who could do such a useless thing like drooling while watching."
Ning Lixia took out Pu'er, dried plums, black sesame, crab sticks and seaweed, and slowly boiled water to prepare.She wears a neutral ash shirt, wears dark lipstick, and wears thick-rimmed glasses because her eyes are too dry to wear contacts because she wakes up too early.The very casual style is unexpectedly sexy, disturbing Jiang Shaozheng unable to settle down.
The method of chazuke rice is simple, and within 10 minutes Ning Lixia brought out two bowls: "There is only one plate of cold straw mushrooms, which is really shabby. I will treat you to a big meal later."
Jiang Shaozheng smiled: "Bland things are best."
The taste of the ochazuke was far from as good as expected, and the cold straw mushrooms were only mediocre, but he ate it very seriously, and there was not even half a piece of seaweed left. Ning Lixia thought he was still hungry, so he took out the new beef made in the studio Dry.
"I'm already full, I won't eat snacks, let's start reviewing?"
"I didn't bring any books."
"...Then use one."
They were so close that she could easily smell the faint smell of shaving water on Jiang Shaozheng's body. Such a familiar smell reminded Ning Lixia of many past events.
After her parents divorced, she followed her father. At that time, her father's company had not yet closed down, so there were naturally many kinds of entertainment. Her father often traveled on business, and he had to spend some time with his girlfriend when he was not working. Although Grandma Chen was a live-in nanny , but I also have my own family to take care of, and I have to go back every rest day.On weekends when no one is looking after her, she always likes to go to Jiang's house to eat and live.
Jiang Shaozheng studied early, only less than five years older than her but six grades higher, so he often taught her to do homework.At that time, Jiang Shaozheng was just 20 years old, and he was very playful. Even if he couldn't save face and was willing to teach her, he would show impatience from time to time, and he was far less focused than he is now.
It's a pity that no matter how hard the person in front of her is, she will not feel any sweetness when she is no longer the little girl she was back then.
Looking at his unbelievably beautiful profile, Ning Lixia lost his mind again.She remembered the episode of "Late Night Canteen" talking about fish jelly, and there was a sentence that "the most important thing in life is timing".
She thought that perhaps the reason why she and Jiang Shaozheng couldn't go on was the lack of opportunity.
Jiang Shaozheng didn't feel tired even after talking for an hour. On the contrary, the student Ning Lixia yawned repeatedly because of his insomnia the night before.
"Can't you answer that easily?"
"I hate mathematics the most, and all advanced mathematics courses are mixed up."
Jiang Shaozheng frowned: "This part requires a foundation in mathematics, and there is not enough time for mathematics."
"Skip it, anyway, I just want to pass. Teacher Jiang, it's time to end get out of class!"
"Your sister's math is also poor, but she works very hard, and she insists on understanding even the smallest problems. She doesn't just muddle along like you do."
"Tch, do you really believe that the reason she pesters you to give lectures is to improve every day? Dad hired us a special tutor, okay?"
Jiang Shaozheng drank the tea in front of him silently without speaking.
Of course he knew Yan Guyu's original purpose. Not only did he not have the slightest sense of protecting her when she was in front of him every day, he would occasionally complain to Tang Ruize that she was too clingy.But now that Yan Guyu has disappeared, he can't tolerate others talking about her, even if this person is her twin sister.
Maybe this kind of maintenance is out of guilt, but he doesn't want to admit it.As if the word "guilt" is a kind of blasphemy against their past.
Ning Lixia made a cup of coffee and handed it to Jiang Shaozheng, but he only drank half a cup of water: "You take a rest first, I'll go outside to plant flowers."
Carrying a tin bucket, she walked to the low wall outside the villa, dug a few small holes with a shovel, and scattered the seeds in the paper bags separately. Just as she was about to get up to carry water after filling the soil, she heard Jiang Shaozheng ask: "It's that simple?"
"How complicated it can be." She was still squatting, looking up at him, the dimple on her right lip looming, "Help me get a bucket of water, there is a faucet in the lawn to the west."
He quickly came back with a full bucket, and Ning Lixia took some effort to pick it up. She got up too fast, and her center of gravity was unstable. After a while, she fell in the direction of Jiang Shaozheng after being dazzled. Fortunately, she reacted quickly enough , regained his balance in time, the person did not fall, and only poured half a bucket of water out.
"I'm sweating from fright, I don't need to fill up such a big bucket!" After she complained, she saw Jiang Shaozheng, who was wet from head to toe. You've become a drowned rat on a sunny day."
Jiang Shaozheng naturally doesn't care about women: "It's my fault for taking too much water."
This year's weather is very abnormal, the temperature soared to 37 degrees in May, the clothes can be dried by standing under the sun for a while, but Jiang Shaozheng is a guest, in order not to be rude, Ning Lixia immediately went to the cloakroom of the lounge to find Ning Yu's shirt Trousers come out.
"They're all unworn, and the size is exactly the same as yours. It's hot outside, and the air conditioner in the room is turned on, so it's easy to catch cold if you're wet."
Seeing the men's clothes in Ning Lixia's hands, Jiang Shaozheng was slightly taken aback. Most of the employees in the studio were young girls, and there were only two men, who were not tall, so it was impossible to wear this size.When he entered Ning Lixia's cloakroom and saw a whole cabinet of men's clothes of the same size on the left wall, he felt even more indescribable feelings.
"Your boyfriend won't mind?"
"Boyfriend? He rarely comes, just a piece of clothing."
Out of politeness, Jiang Shaozheng didn't continue to ask. In fact, whether she has a boyfriend has nothing to do with him, and he shouldn't care about it.
When he recovered, Ning Lixia had already walked out of the villa.After watering, she moved the iron ladder to the roof to find flower pots.Jiang Shaozheng once again lamented that the two sisters have very different personalities. Yan Guyu asks him to help him in everything, not to mention climbing ladders, and even refuses to carry buckets by himself. The only similarity between the two is probably their looks.
Ning Lixia came in with a flower pot in his hands, turned the soil and smiled and said, "I bought cosmos seeds, but I don't know what will grow. These flowers are often not in the right stock."
Jiang Shaozheng also laughed: "Your sister likes sunflowers. Before she disappeared, she planted a small piece of land in the back garden of our house and planted a whole field of sunflowers. Unexpectedly, sunflowers grew out."
Ning Lixia recalled it for a while before he remembered this matter.At that time, her father went into hiding and all the property in the family was auctioned off, so she had to temporarily stay at Cheng's house.The Cheng family didn't allow her to wander around, saying it was for her safety, and Jiang Shaozheng seldom came to see her. She went to Jiang's garden to plant sunflowers just to see him every day by taking care of the flowers.
He has so many things to do, and he can't bear to accompany her at all, so she can only act like a baby, pretend to be a fool, and pester him to do this and that for her.In fact, it's not that she can't see his boredom, but when there are great changes in her family and she lives under the fence, she was too panicked at that time, and she subconsciously wanted to hold on to him tightly.
Sunflowers represent love, but did sunflowers bloom in the end?Losing his loved one forever seemed out of place, because he didn't like her very much.
She is not smart, but she still has self-knowledge. The so-called relationship between them can only be continued on the basis of her disappearance. If she hadn't left, how could Jiang Shaozheng treat her differently because of guilt?Since there will be no more intersections, it is better to get along with Han Lu's identity, avoiding troubles and avoiding embarrassment.
"Why is your leg bleeding?"
Ning Lixia looked down, and saw a small stream of blood winding down from her knee along her calf. She touched the left side of her knee, only to find a not-so-long but deep wound.
She took out a paper towel and wiped the blood casually, opened the drawer of the desk, found two pieces of Band-Aid and tore off the adhesive paper and said, "I scratched it when I came down from the iron ladder. There was no bleeding at the time, and I don't feel much pain now." .”
"There's rust on that ladder. If it's like this, it's nothing to do. If it were Gu Yu, maybe he would yell for an ambulance."
"..."
Ning Lixia watched as Jiang Shaozheng took out cotton swabs, gauze and liquid medicine from the drawer, squatted down and wiped her wound, he wiped it very carefully, and did not forget to tell: "The wound is so deep, if there is rust, it is easy to get rid of it." Tetanus. Don’t forget to change the medicine, the cotton swab that has been applied must be thrown away directly, and never put it in the medicine again.”
"How can it be so exaggerated."
"Your sister asked me to accompany her to the hospital when her nails were cracked. She was too careful, and you were too careless."
"You find her annoying?"
Jiang Shaozheng thought for a while before saying: "Girls can be more delicate."
Ning Lixia smiled knowingly, and didn't answer any more.
He has repeatedly said that he is completely different from when he was 19 years old. In fact, has she changed a bit in these years?The only difference is probably that she no longer admires him.
How naive and stupid she was back then!She thought that she could win Jiang Shaozheng's heart by pretending to be weak and pitiful, and that she could make him like herself by staying by his side in every possible way. Looking back on what she did at that time, there was nothing but embarrassment.
But it doesn't matter, a teenage girl should still be forgiven for being a fool and committing princess disease.What's more, Jiang Shaozheng is so handsome and outstanding, it wouldn't be too unreasonable to do some stupid things for him when he was young and ignorant.At least you don't have to compare your first love to a dark history like Wei Jie did.
Ning Lixia thought that it would take seven years for a person's cells to be completely replaced, so it is absolutely correct to say that after seven years, he will be another self.When she just left seven years ago, whenever she thought of Jiang Shaozheng, she would feel very sad, but now, the past with him is just a joke to her.
(End of this chapter)
The end of March in the lunar calendar, the so-called April on Earth, is the best time of the year in this northern city.
Compared with the charming midsummer night, the childish late spring morning is more mellow and charming. It's a pity that the chaos on the first working day after the weekend makes passers-by completely lose the leisurely mood of enjoying the scenery.
Ning Lixia was an exception.
When Wei Jie called, she was sitting alone in a hundred-year-old tea house, leisurely sniffing the freshly-launched Mingqian Longjing, while enjoying the beautiful and just right spring, while patiently waiting for the need to cook Sashimi porridge.
On the other end of the phone, Wei Jie was bluffing as usual.After hanging up, looking at the fish porridge that was just delivered, Ning Lixia weighed it for a moment before taking the bag and paying the bill and leaving.
The school is far away on the outskirts of the city, and it would take four or ten minutes to get there, but the impetuous Wei Jie made two phone calls to remind her, so Ning Lixia had to choose a shortcut with less traffic.
She drove the car very fast and arrived at the teaching building in less than half an hour, but unfortunately she still missed the roll call before get out of class ended.
Wei Jie complained that her speed was too slow, so he pulled her up and rushed to the office in another building.
In fact, Ning Lixia didn't take the rule of "missing three classes and not being able to take the final exam" to heart, but he rarely followed Wei Jie's suggestion and let her drag herself to explain.
There were other people in the office. After knocking on the door, Ning Lixia and Wei Jie waited quietly.
Jiang Shaozheng's office is extremely simple, with few furnishings - except for the dark wood-colored tables and chairs, light blue striped curtains, and neatly placed bookcases, there is only an apricot-colored single sofa.The only decoration is the bouquet of small yellow flowers planted in a white porcelain pot in front of the desk.
Ning Lixia had heard from Wei Jie early in the morning about this young professor who was known throughout the university town for his outstanding appearance. It was said that his every move and even occasionally going to the teacher's cafeteria to settle lunch dishes would become a topic of discussion among the female students. .She originally thought that such a person would never do something unscholarly like checking absenteeism, and she had already passed the age of chasing handsome guys. Seeing that Wei Jie found a girl for her who was willing to help with class and exams for a long time, she was relieved I didn't take this management statistics seriously.
The few girls around him at this moment had already finished asking the prepared questions, but they dawdled with no intention of leaving——Jiang Shaozheng seldom went back to the office, and of course he refused to leave easily after being bumped into by them.
Jiang Shaozheng was overwhelmed, but he couldn't let go of his teacher's airs and drove them away directly. Wei Jie was the best at observing words and expressions, and immediately found an excuse to come forward to make a rescue. Jiang Shaozheng took advantage of the situation and sent all the little girls out of the office.
"What's the matter?" The MBA class is taught in small classes, and Wei Jie never misses classes. Although he can't pronounce the names, he can recognize them as his students.
"That's how it is. That undergraduate student has admired your... knowledge for a long time, and begged us to give her a chance to learn from you. Ning Lixia was soft-hearted and agreed..."
"Understood, this is not an example." Before Wei Jie could finish explaining, Jiang Shaozheng interrupted her.
What he cared about was not the absence but the fact that there were too many people who came to observe. If the female students who came were purely for listening to the class, it would be fine, and the posture of staring at him motionlessly was simply too scary.Every teacher hopes that his class will be popular, but what attracts students is only the color, which is definitely trouble rather than glory for a man.
Wei Jie invited the substitute teacher to appear in his class with different names for a long time, sometimes staring at him blankly, sometimes secretly photographing him, Jiang Shaozheng was very impressed with that face, so he easily caught Ning beginning of summer.
He has no intention of embarrassing his students, as long as the desired effect is achieved and the idlers are sent away.
Wei Jie didn't expect him to be so eloquent, she was overjoyed and thanked Ning Lixia while tugging at his sleeve.
Jiang Shaozheng gave a faint "hmm", continued to organize the documents in his hand, and never looked at them again.
Ning Lixia is already 26 years old, returning to school to study for an MBA is just a whim, he just wants to pick a few interesting courses to attend, the degree is secondary, so facing the school's teachers, he naturally has less fear.This Professor Jiang's attitude was so arrogant, she didn't even bother to answer, said "I'm sorry", and pulled Wei Jie to open the door and go out.
Jiang Shaozheng glanced up unconsciously, saw Ning Lixia's side face, was stunned for a few seconds, dropped the document in his hand, got up and chased after him.
"and many more!"
After seeing Ning Lixia's face clearly, he reversed his previous indifference, and couldn't hide his surprise after repeated restraint: "Gu Yu, how could it be you?"
Wei Jie was baffled, and was about to speak when she heard Ning Lixia say: "You mistook the person, Yan Guyu is my sister."
Jiang Shaozheng's expression changed several times, and after a while, he put away the disappointment on his face and smiled politely: "You are Yan Hanlu? Long time no see."
Ning Lixia also smiled politely: "It's been a long time since I was called Yan Hanlu. Did we know each other before? Sorry, I was too young when I left here, and I have many old friends, so I can't remember all of them."
"I'm Jiang Shaozheng."
Hearing this name, Ning Lixia seemed to suddenly realize: "I said why is it so familiar, it turned out to be brother Shaozheng! Damn it, I only knew that the teacher who managed statistics was named Jiang, but I didn't know it was you."
The phrase "Brother Shaozheng" made Jiang Shaozheng's heart sink. Yan Guyu was the most indifferent, and always called him by his first name, never before.
After the last faint hope was shattered, he felt extremely depressed, when he heard Ning Lixia who claimed to be in a hurry to say goodbye to him, he even forgot to ask about Yan Guyu's whereabouts and let her leave.
"Do you know Mr. Jiang?" Wei Jie couldn't hold back her words and asked before leaving the office building.
"An old acquaintance from childhood."
Wei Jie seemed to think of something: "By the way, I told you Teacher Jiang's full name, how did you just say you didn't know?"
"Have you told me?" Ning Lixia asked back.
"What are you thinking, so absent-minded."
Ning Lixia stopped being distracted, and casually said: "The potted flowers on the table are pretty."
"What kind of flower, is it on Mr. Jiang's desk? It's sunflowers. I heard that he pays special attention to this potted flower, but this flower represents eternal loss of love, so it's unlucky! A sophomore girl sneaked into his office a while ago to use it. He was very angry when he found out that the hyacinth he had planted replaced this pot, and he lost his temper when he got it back. Can’t you see that a person like him would be serious with a little girl!”
"Love forever?" She was very surprised, "I have planted this kind of flower before, but I don't know what it means."
There was no class on Monday afternoon. After leaving school, Ning Lixia went straight back to the studio.
The studio is located in a villa with a private tea garden. Although it is also in the outskirts of the city, it is located at opposite ends of the city from the school. When Ning Lixia arrived at the place, it was almost lunch time.
She lacked appetite and didn't eat with other employees. She went to the kitchen to order a plate of boiled kale and half a bowl of white rice with tomato and egg soup. Just as she was about to eat, Qiu Xiaotong opened the door and walked in.
"Miss Ning, the restaurant called and said that the newly launched orange blossom slices are selling well, do you want to make another batch?"
"No, you will find it precious if you can't easily buy customers. There is still one month until the Dragon Boat Festival. After researching several kinds of zongzi, the taste should be fresh, but not too strange." After a pause, she said, "Just make a box Don’t put candied fruit in the sweet tea rice dumpling, send it to Ning Yu around the Dragon Boat Festival.”
"Mr. Ning is coming back soon? Wouldn't it be better for you to give it to him yourself!" Ning Lixia didn't have many smiling faces, and the other employees in the studio were inevitably a little scared of her, but the cheerful Qiu Xiaotong dared to take her Just kidding.
Ning Lixia didn't seem to hear the ambiguity in her tone: "Is he coming back? Recently, there have been many things and few contacts. I'm going to make chocolate in the afternoon, and help me prepare the ingredients before two o'clock."
"Ok."
"Go get busy."
Ning Lixia returned to this city for two years and has been managing the restaurant for Ning Yu.Ning Yu seldom came here, and the restaurant was only opened on a whim, but she did it with great care. Within half a year after taking over, this Moonlight Cloud Sea with only 66 seats has become a famous restaurant in the city.
When she is not busy, she occasionally makes some handmade biscuits or fancy chocolates as gifts in the restaurant. She did not expect it to be very popular, so she simply opened a studio to develop various novel and exquisite handmade foods for sale.
When Jiang Shaozheng opened the door, Ning Lixia was adding cherry liqueur to the chocolate liquid. Because he was too focused, he didn't notice someone approaching.
She tied her short hair into a small ponytail, and a denim blue dress was covered with a white apron. A bead of sweat was condensing on the forehead, and the sunlight leaking in from the skylight was imprinted with a light golden light, adorning her smooth and fat skin. Indescribably elegant.
It wasn't until Ning Lixia put the mold into the refrigerator that Jiang Shaozheng tapped the wooden table next to her with her index finger. After a second of surprise, she raised her chin and smiled: "How did you find this place?"
There is a small dimple on Ning Lixia's right lip, and Yan Guyu also has it. They look so much alike that Jiang Shaozheng couldn't tell them apart when they first met. Identical twins, it's not surprising to be mistaken.
Gu Yu is always angry, telling him that the biggest difference between himself and his sister is that one's dimple is on the left, and the other's is on the right, so you must keep it in mind and never admit your mistake.
Is Yan Guyu's grain on the left or the right?It wasn't until he met her sister again that Jiang Shaozheng realized that he couldn't remember clearly.
"Brother Shaozheng?"
"I came here to see you to ask about your sister."
"I know, based on our friendship, apart from my sister, I really can't find other topics to talk about the past." She asked while washing the cup, "The address of the studio was given by Wei Jie, right? Coffee or milk tea?"
"casual."
"Then let's make milk tea. I have freshly made jasmine slices here. It's not bad for making milk tea."
"Do you know what your sister is doing now?"
"Do you still remember how many years ago was the last time you saw me?" Ning Lixia asked back.
Jiang Shaozheng couldn't answer.
"12 years. Our parents divorced when we were 14. I left the city with my mother and lost contact with my sister after that, so I probably don't know as much about her as you do."
"You haven't contacted again?" Jiang Shaozheng felt incredible.
"To be precise, she ignored me and my mother. Not only did my mother call her many times, but she also came back to visit her more than once, but she always avoided seeing her, probably because she was angry that my mother chose me but not her. She's always been very careful, hasn't she?"
Jiang Shaozheng was noncommittal.
Ning Lixia handed the milk tea to his hand, and brought out a plate of refreshments from the refrigerator: "Lychee red oolong tea jelly, our restaurant's signature. Red oolong is brewed cold, and the lychees were just airlifted in this morning, so they are very, very fresh. Try it."
Jiang Shaozheng took a sip of the milk tea, but did not touch the jelly: "The milk tea is very good, but unfortunately I am allergic to lychees."
"I'm allergic to lychees too? This is the first time I've heard of it."
"Your sister also knows about my problem."
"Then I have to deal with it myself." Ning Lixia smiled, twisted a piece and put it in the mouth. The whole lychee was wrapped in the amber tea soup, the color was moist, and it was white and clear. In contrast, her mouthful The fine white teeth are not inferior in the slightest.
"Seven years ago, because of some problems in your father's company, you sent your sister to Cheng's house to live temporarily before leaving. Because your father caused some trouble outside, she can't go out casually... She sneaked out on my birthday Look for me, but unfortunately I missed it, and she disappeared after that, I have been looking for her for many years, and I have also contacted your mother, but there is no clue."
"My mother can't even contact her, so you still come to ask me?"
Jiang Shaozheng put the cup back on the table, bent the corners of his mouth in an unclear manner, and made a plausible smile.
"Do you think my mother deliberately hid it from you?"
"I can't think of where else she could go. She was only 19 when she disappeared, and she didn't have the ability to live independently."
"My dad owes so much debt outside. Have you ever thought that she might have been arrested or had an accident? Anyway, I haven't contacted us."
It's not that I haven't thought about it, but I dare not think about it.
Seeing his expression, Ning Lixia suddenly asked: "So nervous about her whereabouts, do you really like her?"
"I promised her that I would never ignore her no matter what." Jiang Shaozheng was silent for a while before saying.
For no reason, the twinkle in his eyes and serious expression made Ning Lixia feel a little ironic.
"Don't bother my mother anymore. I don't want her to worry about my sister anymore. In fact, my sister also came to us once and asked my mother to pay my father's debt. It's ridiculous. Even if my mother has a sum of money, the marriage is divorced. Who Who else can you care about?"
No disappointment could be seen on Jiang Shaozheng's face, but his tone was much colder: "Sorry for disturbing you for so long, thank you for the milk tea."
Ning Lixia didn't say anything to persuade him to stay, and took out a box of chocolates from the refrigerator: "I made it myself, half of maple syrup flavor, half of cherry liqueur, are you not allergic to chocolate?"
After thanking him, Jiang Shaozheng said again: "I remember your sister likes chocolate very much."
"I also like it very much, but it's a pity that eating it will make you fat, so I quit."
Jiang Shaozheng smiled: "Gu Yu is always calling for weight loss, but she doesn't have the willpower. She said she would eat all the candy for a week, and she will always talk about starting tomorrow. Although you are twins, you really have many differences. "
Ning Lixia also laughed: "This should be considered a compliment, right?"
It has been a week since I saw Jiang Shaozheng again.
Ning Lixia was standing in front of the vending machine in the library to buy coffee, when he looked up and saw Jiang Shaozheng, he was naturally startled.
She wears elegant light makeup, impeccable clothing and manners, the youthful and cuteness of the little girl has long since disappeared, only the short-term sluggishness on her face after being frightened can be found.
At this moment, Jiang Shaozheng inevitably thought of Yan Guyu.
"Why didn't I come to class this week, so I have no deterrent power?" Jiang Shaozheng said with a straight face.
Ning Lixia naturally knew that he was joking: "It's not Teacher Jiang who has no deterrent power, but brother Shao Zheng."
"It seems that my class is really not interesting. It is said that you don't run away from others."
She put the borrowed book into her backpack, picked up the paper cup and walked out smiling: "I will definitely go next week."
Jiang Shaozheng raised his wrist and glanced at his watch: "It's almost lunch time, come together if you're not busy?"
Ning Lixia was still thinking about it, and inadvertently caught a glimpse of the young man who got off the white car not far away. He was stunned for a moment, then turned to ask Jiang Shaozheng beside him: "Is that man Tang Ruize? He also works in this school ?”
"It's him. How can a person with his temper be a teacher. His father-in-law and mother-in-law teach in the school."
Tang Ruize also saw Jiang Shaozheng and the others, beckoned from a distance, jumped up the steps briskly, and greeted Ning Lixia with a smile: "Hello, I am Tang Ruize, Jiang Shaozheng's buddy."
Ning Lixia didn't answer, but tilted his head to look at him with a half-smile.
"Yan Guyu?" Tang Ruize was stunned for a while before he recognized the person in front of him, "Where have you been these few years?"
"...Another person who recognizes me as my sister, am I so unimportant?"
"Yan Hanlu? When did you come back?"
"What are you doing in the library?" Jiang Shaozheng interrupted Tang Ruize's cross-examination.
"Help Yu Bai return the book."
"Isn't she going to give birth in less than a month?"
"Yeah, I've got a big temper recently! Wait for me, I haven't seen you in so many years, let's have a meal together."
Ning Lixia simply brought Tang Ruize and Jiang Shaozheng to his restaurant.
"Don't rush to make arrangements, who can finish such a big table! I often come to your Moonlight Sea of Clouds, and our Yu Bai likes this kind of literature and art, and the dishes are exquisite and fresh. She can't wait to come three times a week. I should have known You run the store, so my secretary doesn't have to worry about getting a seat." Tang Ruize has always talked a lot, and they grew up together, even though they haven't seen each other for 12 years, they don't feel unfamiliar.
"I didn't drive it, I just helped a friend take care of it."
"I really didn't expect that you haven't contacted us for so long since you came back? The address of my grandpa's house has not changed. By the way, my wife really likes your cherry blossom honey cookies and roselle cream cake, which were later taken off the shelf." , I sent someone to find your pastry chef, and he said that the manager made these two models himself, and he couldn’t guarantee that the baked ones would taste exactly the same.”
"I've been busy. I didn't expect that someone like you would get married and become a father before thirty." Ning Lixia didn't eat, and filled tea for the two of them with a smile, "Give me the address, I'll make it later send it over."
"What kind of person am I?"
"Walking among a bunch of little girls, I don't care about anything."
"Isn't it boring during the few years in college! After graduation, I even went on vacation alone. Wait, I was still in high school when you left, and I was so pure that I couldn't distinguish between men and women. You know? It must be that Gu Yu didn't speak well of me in front of you, right?"
Jiang Shaozheng glanced at her sideways when he heard the words, and was about to ask something, but Ning Lixia said: "Where did you hear what she said? Brother Shaozheng dare not say it. I know your temperament very well. You are thirteen or fourteen years old. I'm crushing on you right now!"
Tang Ruize smiled and said, "You have a crush on me? Why didn't I see it? It's an honor."
Jiang Shaozheng was playing with the hollow silver toothpick holder at hand, and he said casually, "No wonder I didn't recognize me for a long time, but I knew it was Tang Ruize from a distance."
"It's not surprising that she can't recognize you! Your face is too unrecognizable, and it has become like this over the years, so you can deal with those stupid female students who deceive you."
"I'm also his student now." Ning Lixia pretended to be dissatisfied.
Tang Ruize was afraid that he would offend Ning Lixia and not get his wife's favorite dessert, so he immediately pushed the salt-baked oysters in front of him towards Ning Lixia: "Eat more, or you won't have the energy to bake biscuits and make cakes."
Ning Lixia didn't appreciate it at all: "Don't eat, it's already one o'clock."
"Ok?"
"I only drink water after twelve o'clock."
"Are you still losing weight? I really don't understand you guys, who are only one step away from being skinny, but dare not eat anything."
"I'm the kind who grows fat even after drinking cold water. It's very hard to lose weight, so I have to maintain it."
Jiang Shaozheng, who had been silent all this time, raised his head and glanced at Ning Lixia. She was much thinner than Yan Guyu at the age of 19, and her temperament was completely different. Speaking of it, the mood will be inexplicably low.It was probably because their facial features were so similar that they gave him such a subtle illusion.
Tang Ruize wanted to go back to the company, and the task of sending Ning Lixia, who was not driving, back to the studio naturally fell on Jiang Shaozheng.
It was a long journey, and Ning Lixia even searched for four or five topics, but Jiang Shaozheng was not very interested, and only occasionally answered absent-mindedly.She simply stopped talking, and turned her head to look at the traffic outside the window in a daze.
Although it is not the morning and evening rush hours, the traffic in the downtown area is still congested. As usual, there are people knocking on the window of the car to beg between the traffic lights.
None of the car windows were lowered, and everyone turned a blind eye to it, but Ning Lixia began to search for her backpack. After remembering that her wallet was left behind in the restaurant office, she asked Jiang Shao to borrow it.
Seeing her handing the two largest denomination banknotes to the old beggar outside the car, Jiang Shaozheng was more surprised than the beggar himself.
"Showing love in this way is actually harming others. He has gained a lot this time. If he continues next time, he may encounter a traffic accident."
Ning Lixia didn't tell the difference, just said: "I will pay you back when we meet next time."
Jiang Shaozheng was confused, but didn't say anything more.
Ning Lixia had no plan to go to Jiang Shaozheng's class next Monday, but after receiving a call from Wei Jie on Thursday night, he had to break the previous plan.
Even if they are old acquaintances, it is impossible for Teacher Jiang to give her the credits if she does not take the exam.
She found the brand new book of management statistics, flipped through a few pages, then threw it aside, and slid on her phone to call Jiang Shaozheng.
"Mr. Jiang, are you busy?"
Hearing Ning Lixia call himself "Teacher Jiang" respectfully, Jiang Shaozheng immediately understood the purpose of her call.He had just taken a shower, and his laughter was a little hoarse: "I don't have the habit of highlighting the key points. The content involved in the exam is explained in detail in class. If you listen carefully, you don't need to review it at all."
"Then what should I do if I haven't heard of it..."
"Look for yourself, ask me if you don't understand anything."
"If my sister is not missing, you are my brother-in-law."
"There are three days before the exam, and I can tell you again alone."
She bargained tirelessly: "You can also turn a blind eye and let me get the girl who taught me back to help me take the exam."
"Calculation of zero points for the exam."
"...Okay, when are you free?"
"at any time."
"How about tomorrow?"
"There's a lot of content, and it's best now."
Across the phone, Jiang Shaozheng started from the concept of the nature of statistics.He occasionally asks questions, and there is not enough time, so the progress is very fast, and it takes concentration to keep up.
At first Ning Lixia listened seriously, but after a long time, he gradually lost his focus.
"Hey?"
"Take a rest, don't hang up the phone." Without waiting for Jiang Shaozheng's consent, she pressed the phone speaker, turned on the radio, got up and went to the refrigerator to find fruit.
Jiang Shaozheng on the other end of the phone smiled helplessly. Anyway, he shouldn't be the one who is most anxious.
When Ning Lixia came back after cutting the fruit, the radio station happened to be playing Keren Ann's "seventeen", a very old song, and she was about to turn it off when she heard Jiang Shaozheng say: "Listen to this one."
"Do you like it?"
Jiang Shaozheng did not answer.
Ning Lixia felt familiar with the lyrics only after listening to it halfway. It seems that Yan Guyu was particularly fond of this singer back then.
She was not interested in accompanying him, so she hung up the phone on the pretext of being sleepy.
Ning Lixia's work and rest has always been very regular, he fell asleep at ten o'clock in the evening, and got up on time at six o'clock in the morning.That night, she had inexplicable insomnia. She finally fell asleep for a while but had nightmares again and again.
She looked at the wall clock, it was just past four o'clock, and when she was looking for mineral water, she found that the refrigerator was already empty. Remembering that Qiu Xiaotong had said that there was a big morning market near her apartment, she wanted to go and have a look.
Ning Lixia has never been stingy and spent a lot of time on dressing up, even if he just went grocery shopping, he would never forget to apply foundation and lipstick, so it was almost six o'clock when he went out with his shopping bag.
Seeing the crowded crowd in the morning market, Ning Lixia regretted coming to join in the fun, but the fresh and pleasant fruits and vegetables immediately soothed her restlessness.
After buying all the ingredients for a week, she was about to go back when she saw a tricycle not far away selling rapeseed. She thought it was fresh, so she squeezed over to pick it.
In addition to cherry tomatoes, Dutch cucumbers, and ornamental gourds, she also bought cosmos and sunflower seeds. She was about to continue choosing planting tools when she heard someone calling "Yan Guyu" behind her.
"It's really you!"
Although she hadn't seen her for many years, Ning Lixia recognized the person in front of her at a glance. She tried her best to control her emotions and smiled calmly: "Grandma Chen, I'm my younger sister."
The old woman with the cabbage wiped her eyes: "How old are you and you still lie to me like this? I'll take you as soon as you land, and I'll take you until you're almost twenty. I won't be able to tell if you're a sister or a sister? "
Ning Lixia remained silent.
"At that time you lived in the Cheng family, and I wanted to see you but I didn't dare, because I was afraid that the Cheng family would find it annoying. Later, when it was your birthday, I made your favorite sausage rice dumplings and sent them over, but the Cheng family said that you were lost. I can't get through, I'll call the police, and my identity is not suitable..."
Probably because she has been a live-in nanny for too many years, there is always an indelible humility in Grandma Chen's words, Ning Lixia said after a while: "Grandma Chen, I changed my name, don't call me Gu Yu anymore, I don't want to Let others know."
"Understood, the family owes so much debt, so it's right to hide. Has your father come back to look for you? How have you been living these years?"
Ning Lixia didn't want to talk about this topic, and emphasized again: "Don't tell others about my return, I will say that I am Hanlu's when I meet acquaintances."
Grandma Chen nodded knowingly, and then asked, "How are your sister and your mother?"
"I don't know, I have no contact with them."
Grandma Chen was surprised, but she didn't dare to mention it again, she just took Ning Lixia's hand and said: "Peace and safety is a blessing, you go to eat at home, I will make a big table of what you like."
"I still have something to do today, I must go another day."
After asking for Ning Lixia's phone number and giving some instructions, Grandma Chen left.
Looking at the gray hair combed back by Grandma Chen who was over seventy years old, Ning Lixia was filled with emotion.My younger sister is more lovable than myself, and she is better at being coquettish than myself, so most of the time, my mother is always willing to take her to sleep with her, take her back to her grandmother's house, and let herself be with the nanny.Although it is not very partial, when she was a child, she would always secretly get angry, and felt that Grandma Chen was closer to herself than her mother.
The encounter in the morning made Ning Lixia upset, so he naturally lost the interest in making himself a hearty breakfast, so he casually ate a piece of salty toast and went out to Moonlight Cloud Sea.
She originally wanted to have lunch in the sea of moonlight and clouds, but before lunch time, the studio called and said that Mr. Jiang was waiting for her.
Only then did Ning Lixia remember that he had made an appointment with Jiang Shaozheng to go to the studio to review, but he hurried over.
"Why didn't you call me?" When she arrived, Jiang Shaozheng was sitting in her rocking chair and watching half-read "Late Night Canteen" on her tablet.
"I don't want to rush you. I heard from your colleague that you were in the restaurant just now. Are you done with your work?"
Ning Lixia didn't dare to say that he had completely forgotten the agreement between the two of them. He came here because Qiu Xiaotong called to remind him, and he only smiled and apologized: "It's almost the weekend, there are many customers in the restaurant, and I didn't sleep well last night. I was so dizzy that I misread the time."
"You're very comfortable here. It doesn't matter if you stay longer. It's also interesting to watch TV shows occasionally." Jiang Shaozheng, who had been waiting for more than two hours, didn't mind at all. He put the tablet aside, found the textbook and sat by the window In front of the wooden table next to him, motioned for Ning Lixia to come too.
Ning Lixia was embarrassed to say that he even forgot to bring the book, and pretended not to see it, rolled up his sleeves and asked Jiang Shaozheng: "What do you like to eat? The place is remote, and I can't find a decent restaurant. I'll make lunch."
"I don't have a particular preference, but the ochazuke in that TV show just now looks good."
She chuckled: "I thought I was the only one who could do such a useless thing like drooling while watching."
Ning Lixia took out Pu'er, dried plums, black sesame, crab sticks and seaweed, and slowly boiled water to prepare.She wears a neutral ash shirt, wears dark lipstick, and wears thick-rimmed glasses because her eyes are too dry to wear contacts because she wakes up too early.The very casual style is unexpectedly sexy, disturbing Jiang Shaozheng unable to settle down.
The method of chazuke rice is simple, and within 10 minutes Ning Lixia brought out two bowls: "There is only one plate of cold straw mushrooms, which is really shabby. I will treat you to a big meal later."
Jiang Shaozheng smiled: "Bland things are best."
The taste of the ochazuke was far from as good as expected, and the cold straw mushrooms were only mediocre, but he ate it very seriously, and there was not even half a piece of seaweed left. Ning Lixia thought he was still hungry, so he took out the new beef made in the studio Dry.
"I'm already full, I won't eat snacks, let's start reviewing?"
"I didn't bring any books."
"...Then use one."
They were so close that she could easily smell the faint smell of shaving water on Jiang Shaozheng's body. Such a familiar smell reminded Ning Lixia of many past events.
After her parents divorced, she followed her father. At that time, her father's company had not yet closed down, so there were naturally many kinds of entertainment. Her father often traveled on business, and he had to spend some time with his girlfriend when he was not working. Although Grandma Chen was a live-in nanny , but I also have my own family to take care of, and I have to go back every rest day.On weekends when no one is looking after her, she always likes to go to Jiang's house to eat and live.
Jiang Shaozheng studied early, only less than five years older than her but six grades higher, so he often taught her to do homework.At that time, Jiang Shaozheng was just 20 years old, and he was very playful. Even if he couldn't save face and was willing to teach her, he would show impatience from time to time, and he was far less focused than he is now.
It's a pity that no matter how hard the person in front of her is, she will not feel any sweetness when she is no longer the little girl she was back then.
Looking at his unbelievably beautiful profile, Ning Lixia lost his mind again.She remembered the episode of "Late Night Canteen" talking about fish jelly, and there was a sentence that "the most important thing in life is timing".
She thought that perhaps the reason why she and Jiang Shaozheng couldn't go on was the lack of opportunity.
Jiang Shaozheng didn't feel tired even after talking for an hour. On the contrary, the student Ning Lixia yawned repeatedly because of his insomnia the night before.
"Can't you answer that easily?"
"I hate mathematics the most, and all advanced mathematics courses are mixed up."
Jiang Shaozheng frowned: "This part requires a foundation in mathematics, and there is not enough time for mathematics."
"Skip it, anyway, I just want to pass. Teacher Jiang, it's time to end get out of class!"
"Your sister's math is also poor, but she works very hard, and she insists on understanding even the smallest problems. She doesn't just muddle along like you do."
"Tch, do you really believe that the reason she pesters you to give lectures is to improve every day? Dad hired us a special tutor, okay?"
Jiang Shaozheng drank the tea in front of him silently without speaking.
Of course he knew Yan Guyu's original purpose. Not only did he not have the slightest sense of protecting her when she was in front of him every day, he would occasionally complain to Tang Ruize that she was too clingy.But now that Yan Guyu has disappeared, he can't tolerate others talking about her, even if this person is her twin sister.
Maybe this kind of maintenance is out of guilt, but he doesn't want to admit it.As if the word "guilt" is a kind of blasphemy against their past.
Ning Lixia made a cup of coffee and handed it to Jiang Shaozheng, but he only drank half a cup of water: "You take a rest first, I'll go outside to plant flowers."
Carrying a tin bucket, she walked to the low wall outside the villa, dug a few small holes with a shovel, and scattered the seeds in the paper bags separately. Just as she was about to get up to carry water after filling the soil, she heard Jiang Shaozheng ask: "It's that simple?"
"How complicated it can be." She was still squatting, looking up at him, the dimple on her right lip looming, "Help me get a bucket of water, there is a faucet in the lawn to the west."
He quickly came back with a full bucket, and Ning Lixia took some effort to pick it up. She got up too fast, and her center of gravity was unstable. After a while, she fell in the direction of Jiang Shaozheng after being dazzled. Fortunately, she reacted quickly enough , regained his balance in time, the person did not fall, and only poured half a bucket of water out.
"I'm sweating from fright, I don't need to fill up such a big bucket!" After she complained, she saw Jiang Shaozheng, who was wet from head to toe. You've become a drowned rat on a sunny day."
Jiang Shaozheng naturally doesn't care about women: "It's my fault for taking too much water."
This year's weather is very abnormal, the temperature soared to 37 degrees in May, the clothes can be dried by standing under the sun for a while, but Jiang Shaozheng is a guest, in order not to be rude, Ning Lixia immediately went to the cloakroom of the lounge to find Ning Yu's shirt Trousers come out.
"They're all unworn, and the size is exactly the same as yours. It's hot outside, and the air conditioner in the room is turned on, so it's easy to catch cold if you're wet."
Seeing the men's clothes in Ning Lixia's hands, Jiang Shaozheng was slightly taken aback. Most of the employees in the studio were young girls, and there were only two men, who were not tall, so it was impossible to wear this size.When he entered Ning Lixia's cloakroom and saw a whole cabinet of men's clothes of the same size on the left wall, he felt even more indescribable feelings.
"Your boyfriend won't mind?"
"Boyfriend? He rarely comes, just a piece of clothing."
Out of politeness, Jiang Shaozheng didn't continue to ask. In fact, whether she has a boyfriend has nothing to do with him, and he shouldn't care about it.
When he recovered, Ning Lixia had already walked out of the villa.After watering, she moved the iron ladder to the roof to find flower pots.Jiang Shaozheng once again lamented that the two sisters have very different personalities. Yan Guyu asks him to help him in everything, not to mention climbing ladders, and even refuses to carry buckets by himself. The only similarity between the two is probably their looks.
Ning Lixia came in with a flower pot in his hands, turned the soil and smiled and said, "I bought cosmos seeds, but I don't know what will grow. These flowers are often not in the right stock."
Jiang Shaozheng also laughed: "Your sister likes sunflowers. Before she disappeared, she planted a small piece of land in the back garden of our house and planted a whole field of sunflowers. Unexpectedly, sunflowers grew out."
Ning Lixia recalled it for a while before he remembered this matter.At that time, her father went into hiding and all the property in the family was auctioned off, so she had to temporarily stay at Cheng's house.The Cheng family didn't allow her to wander around, saying it was for her safety, and Jiang Shaozheng seldom came to see her. She went to Jiang's garden to plant sunflowers just to see him every day by taking care of the flowers.
He has so many things to do, and he can't bear to accompany her at all, so she can only act like a baby, pretend to be a fool, and pester him to do this and that for her.In fact, it's not that she can't see his boredom, but when there are great changes in her family and she lives under the fence, she was too panicked at that time, and she subconsciously wanted to hold on to him tightly.
Sunflowers represent love, but did sunflowers bloom in the end?Losing his loved one forever seemed out of place, because he didn't like her very much.
She is not smart, but she still has self-knowledge. The so-called relationship between them can only be continued on the basis of her disappearance. If she hadn't left, how could Jiang Shaozheng treat her differently because of guilt?Since there will be no more intersections, it is better to get along with Han Lu's identity, avoiding troubles and avoiding embarrassment.
"Why is your leg bleeding?"
Ning Lixia looked down, and saw a small stream of blood winding down from her knee along her calf. She touched the left side of her knee, only to find a not-so-long but deep wound.
She took out a paper towel and wiped the blood casually, opened the drawer of the desk, found two pieces of Band-Aid and tore off the adhesive paper and said, "I scratched it when I came down from the iron ladder. There was no bleeding at the time, and I don't feel much pain now." .”
"There's rust on that ladder. If it's like this, it's nothing to do. If it were Gu Yu, maybe he would yell for an ambulance."
"..."
Ning Lixia watched as Jiang Shaozheng took out cotton swabs, gauze and liquid medicine from the drawer, squatted down and wiped her wound, he wiped it very carefully, and did not forget to tell: "The wound is so deep, if there is rust, it is easy to get rid of it." Tetanus. Don’t forget to change the medicine, the cotton swab that has been applied must be thrown away directly, and never put it in the medicine again.”
"How can it be so exaggerated."
"Your sister asked me to accompany her to the hospital when her nails were cracked. She was too careful, and you were too careless."
"You find her annoying?"
Jiang Shaozheng thought for a while before saying: "Girls can be more delicate."
Ning Lixia smiled knowingly, and didn't answer any more.
He has repeatedly said that he is completely different from when he was 19 years old. In fact, has she changed a bit in these years?The only difference is probably that she no longer admires him.
How naive and stupid she was back then!She thought that she could win Jiang Shaozheng's heart by pretending to be weak and pitiful, and that she could make him like herself by staying by his side in every possible way. Looking back on what she did at that time, there was nothing but embarrassment.
But it doesn't matter, a teenage girl should still be forgiven for being a fool and committing princess disease.What's more, Jiang Shaozheng is so handsome and outstanding, it wouldn't be too unreasonable to do some stupid things for him when he was young and ignorant.At least you don't have to compare your first love to a dark history like Wei Jie did.
Ning Lixia thought that it would take seven years for a person's cells to be completely replaced, so it is absolutely correct to say that after seven years, he will be another self.When she just left seven years ago, whenever she thought of Jiang Shaozheng, she would feel very sad, but now, the past with him is just a joke to her.
(End of this chapter)
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