When will the fog clear

Chapter 26
Chen Jizhen has been very busy recently, it seemed that yesterday he held an overseas meeting very late, and didn't go back to his room to sleep, but he appeared in the dining room again early in the morning.

Lin Miao had no appetite, so Chen Jizhen handed her the toast with jam, she took a bite, and the jam stuck to the corner of her mouth, he naturally wiped it off with his fingers, as if the dignity of yesterday didn't exist like.This kind of inadvertent tenderness always makes Lin Miao blush and distracted.

His heart fluttered, and he suddenly asked her: "Do you want to know what was on my mind when I saw you for the first time?"

"What?" Lin Miao was taken aback by never thinking about this question, and was indeed a little curious.

She doesn't think she has the charm to make people fall in love at first sight, especially if the other party is Chen Jitang.Chen Jizhen also knew this.

She stayed because she was afraid of herself, depended on herself and so on, but she lacked joy.Being distrusted for a long time has made her lack self-confidence, and she has no confidence in anyone, but she has never thought about it. If he only wants a woman, why would he spend so much time and thought?
Chen Jizhen smiled slightly: "I'll tell you in the future."

As if echoing what she asked last night, Lin Miao paused.

He put down the knife and fork, wiped his mouth with a tissue, and changed the subject again: "The reserved piano has been shipped back, how do you want to decorate the room? I'll ask someone to find an interior designer."

Lin Miao didn't care too much, and said softly, "I can do it, don't make it too troublesome." She looked down at her hand. After treatment, it has become much more flexible, and she ignored the strange feeling in her heart. He said softly, "I want to go back to my hometown to see my parents. I haven't been back for a long time." Finally, I added that sentence, as if I was afraid that Chen Jizhen would not agree.

Chen Jizhen knocked on the dining table, thought for a while and asked her, "When? I'll send you a car."

"It's so close, it doesn't need to be so troublesome, I want to go back by car later."

Chen Jizhen didn't speak any more.Lin Miao simply tidied up, called a taxi and left.

When he lived alone before, he enjoyed the quietness very much, but when she moved in, he felt that it was too quiet before.

Chen Jizhen pushed away the guest room, stared at the empty room for a while, lost his mind.

After a while, he called Lu Yi: "You find a time to get someone to move the piano. When did you meet the interior designer you contacted last time?"

"When you are free, you can make an appointment at any time." Lu Yi replied respectfully.

Chen Jizhen nodded: "I'll be free later, please make an appointment for me, I will go back to the company today."

"You're not going to go to sea..." Lu Yi quickly stopped, "I'll arrange it right away."

Chen Jizhen hung up the phone expressionlessly.

Lin Miao's decision to go back to her hometown was very sudden. She called her parents when she was about to get on the bus. The road conditions were good and she arrived in just over an hour.After entering the community, she saw her mother supporting her father and walking slowly in front of the lawn. Her father saw her first and waved to her.

Lin Miao walked up to them quickly. Seeing that her parents were wearing thin clothes, she couldn't help worrying: "It's getting cold now, why don't you wear more clothes?"

"Isn't it your father? He said that the wind is the rain, so he must come downstairs." Mother Lin muttered, "I don't think I want to pick you up."

"I went downstairs for a walk, and my bones fell apart." Father Lin refused to admit it.

Lin Miao couldn't help smiling, but seeing her father tottering, she still felt heavy in her heart.

In the evening, Ms. Lin had another delicious meal.Although Lin Miao had no appetite, she still ate a lot.Mother Lin hesitated to speak, and her husband suppressed her several times when she wanted to speak, but in the end she couldn't help it: "Miaomiao, didn't you say that Xiaoyue woke up? How is it now? You didn't hear anything about it later. , me and your dad are also worried."

Lin Miao almost lost her grip on the chopsticks, and hesitated for a long time before saying, "She just woke up, and she hasn't fully recovered yet, after all, she fell on her head." She chose to use Chen Jizhen's words.

"That's it." Lin's mother couldn't help being disappointed, "But she finally woke up, and it was God's blessing that the miracle happened. I hope she recovers quickly and finds out the matter quickly!" Her daughter, who suffered Too much for too long.

"Right, never wrong." Papa Lin glared at his wife.

It's useless to be anxious, I've been here for a few years, and it doesn't matter if I wait a few more days.

Lin Miao nodded vaguely.

Chen Baoyue woke up, but her recovery was very slow, and she didn't have much to eat. Because she was lying on the hospital bed all year round, her face was pale and pale, which is why she didn't look the same as before the accident. Not much difference.Although the porridge was very thick, the taste was too bland, and Chen Baoyue couldn't swallow it after a few mouthfuls. She looked and looked towards the door, and couldn't help but ask, "Mom, where's Gu Huai?" She spoke The speed is very slow and light.

Although Chen's mother was distressed, she said in a bad tone: "I don't know."

It was because of Gu Huai that her daughter was lying here, how could she wait to see him.

Chen Baoyue looked directly at her mother.

Chen's mother couldn't hold her back, and sighed: "He's gone to make rounds, I'll let him come over to accompany you later." It seemed like this was a matter of course.

These words made Chen Baoyue smile immediately.

"Does your head still hurt today? Did you remember anything? Who pushed you down the mountain that day? Every time I think about it, I can't eat or sleep..."

"Mom, my mind is in a mess, why don't you keep asking?" Chen Baoyue looked unhappy. She was 26 years old when she woke up, and she couldn't even call her classmates' names. After so many days, she I still can't accept it, as if there are many things missing.

But Gu Huai was by her side, that was enough.As for Miaomiao...

"I'm afraid that if you treat your enemies as good people, they won't appreciate you." Mother Chen glared at her.

"Although I can't remember, I don't think Miaomiao is that kind of person."

"I don't think so" and "not" are completely different concepts.

When Chen Baoyue said this, Gu Huai had just arrived at the door.She stretched out her hand to him, and smiled slightly: "You are here." It seems that as long as this person is there, no matter how cold the ward is, it will be warm.

"How do you feel? Are you feeling better?" Gu Huai walked into the ward and asked softly.

Chen Baoyue shook her head without speaking, and stretched out her hand towards him.Gu Huai frowned and didn't move, but she took the initiative to hold his hand, just like the first time they met when they were young.

Lin Miao lived in her hometown for several days, and she rushed to do everything from laundry to cooking. In fact, her mother loved her so much that she rarely came back and refused to let her do housework hard.But Lin Miao never listened to advice.

I don't know if it's because of knowing that Xiaoyue has woken up, Lin Miao felt that her parents smiled a lot, especially her father, even though his legs are still not healed, but his expression is relaxed, which is something he hasn't seen in a long time .Xiaoyue woke up miraculously, igniting the hope of the whole family, as if they had a way forward in the dark night.

Lin Miao suddenly felt that she had made a mistake in the past, thinking that because of her own affairs, her parents would suffer along with her, and she would no longer have the face to face them, so she decided to go out alone, but now that the family can be together, it is so simple. It is a blessing to live a simple life.

Thinking of Susan who died young, Lin Miao still couldn't let go.

Mother Lin thought about it and brought up the blind date with her daughter again.

"Don't think that 26 years old is very young. It's already the age of late marriage. Now get along with a suitable partner. It's just right to get married in a year or two..." She kept talking to Lin Miao.

Lin Miao had no choice but to hide beside her father.

Papa Lin patted her head and asked, "Is it because you don't want to go on a blind date, or do you have someone suitable?"

Appropriate, not liking, she used to like Gu Huai very much.

Lin Miao closed her eyes and shook her head. Whether it was Gu Huai or Chen Jiti, it was difficult for her to speak, so what else could she say?

Only when Lin Miao returned to her little room, her little world, could she breathe a sigh of relief.The voice of the mobile phone on the desk rang.She opened it casually, and it was Chen Jizhen. She was startled for a moment, never thinking that it would be a message from him.

He usually calls directly, and his words are precious. It's hard for her to imagine him editing text messages on the screen.

He asked: You don't care about your green dill anymore?Its leaves are turning yellow.

She replied: Can you spray water for me?
He replied: I am not free.

Lin Miao stared at the words "I'm not free", and without thinking about it, she sent a "(╯#-_-)╯╧═╧" emoji, and when she regretted it in the next second, it was too late.

But...why do you still know that her green radishes are turning yellow when you have no time?

And in a certain apartment in a bustling city.Chen Jizhen looked at the string of inexplicable symbols that he had just received, and he could probably guess what the person who sent it meant. He even smiled, holding a watering can in his hand, and sprayed the leaves of the green radish seriously, the leaves are gorgeous , where there is a half-distributed yellow shadow.

He held the small pot of green radish and looked at it for a long time, then hung it on the window edge again.

This is a music creation room that has been set up, and Lu Yi's efficiency is very high.Chen Jizhen touched the black piano, and when he closed his eyes, he seemed to be able to see Lin Miao sitting on it and playing the piano happily.I don't know if she likes this arrangement.Why don't you come back?

Chen Jizhen didn't reply, Lin Miao turned off the screen, thinking about her pot of green radishes, and her mother's blind date theory, and began to seriously consider returning to the city.She had been hiding long enough, but there was nothing she could hide from here or there.The day she left the apartment, the atmosphere was not good. The relationship between her and Chen Jizhen was on thin ice, and she didn't know how long it would last.

Before dinner, Lin Miao was thinking about going back with her parents. Her mother suddenly said that she wanted to go out for a delicious meal today. The newly built central square opened a chain restaurant, which was said to be delicious. She booked a table there .Fearing that the appointed time would be over, Mother Lin asked Lin Miao to go there first. Father Lin's legs and feet were inconvenient, so they arrived slowly.

Lin Miao did not doubt that there was him. The family hadn't gone out for a good meal for a long time. How could she not satisfy such a small wish, besides, she planned to leave tomorrow.It's just that when she went to the appointed place, she found that there was already a man sitting there in the seat they had reserved.She thought she had misremembered the place, but the other party could call her by her name.Lin Miao was so smart, he immediately figured out what was going on, it was a very old-fashioned drama - a blind date.Clearly saying that she didn't want to, her mother came to make a secret statement.

Lin Miao was angry and laughed, and wanted to leave immediately, but the man had already stood up, taller than her, with a shy smile and a non-local accent.He kept politely asking her to sit down and introduced himself first, which made Lin Miao feel embarrassed to leave.

This is the first time Lin Miao has encountered such a thing, and he doesn't know if there is a pattern for a blind date. After a meal, he doesn't eat much and doesn't talk much, most of which are men talking.It seemed that they really came here for the purpose of getting married. Yanyan smiled and seemed very satisfied with Lin Miao.After the meal, the man insisted on taking Lin Miao home, saying that the introducer had told him that the neighborhood where Lin Miao lived was far away and it was not safe at night.Lin Miao refused several times, but it seemed that he was sincere. Anyway, this was the first and last time we met. Lin Miao didn't want to hurt his friendship.

When they arrived at the community where Lin Miao's parents lived, Lin Miao opened the door and got off the car. The man wanted to ask for Lin Miao's contact information, but she refused.The other party was a little disappointed, but he didn't dare to get too entangled, and drove away in a small car.

Lin Miao turned around and wanted to walk back when he received a call from Chen Jitang.

"Did you go out to eat?" Chen Jiti asked directly.

Lin Miao subconsciously let out a "hmm", and soon she looked around in surprise, covered her mouth and asked, "How do you know?"

Chen Jizhen didn't answer but asked instead: "Who is that man?" His voice was a little tense.

Lin Miao's sixth sense told her that Chen Jizhen was here, but she couldn't believe how he came here.

"He is..." She didn't know what to say, so she changed the subject abruptly, "Where are you?" She took the phone and took a few steps outside, looking around.

Under the night, the old street lights were not very bright, illuminating people indistinctly.

Finally, at the corner of the street, I saw Chen Jizhen leaning against the car door. He held the phone in one hand and her green dill in the other, but his eyes were looking in his direction. He kept watching her, knowing that someone would send her back. Strange.

Chen Jizhen drove here by himself. It was not difficult to find this place based on the address, but it was not easy. If it wasn't for the navigation error, he would have arrived a long time ago. He was in a good mood at first, if he hadn't seen that scene.

Even though he guessed and saw that it was really Chen Jizhen, Lin Miao still had a look of disbelief, and walked towards him without knowing what to do with his legs and feet.She walked in a hurry, still out of breath, and this time, she was a little nervous when she saw his gloomy expression.

He only heard him ask again: "You haven't told me, who was that man just now?" Does he know that he is like this, as if he caught his wife Hongxing out of the affair, let alone that they are not husband and wife, she and That man has nothing to do with it.The strange thing is that she rejects others very cleanly, so how come it doesn't work on him?

Lin Miao gasped and said, "Blind date, are you satisfied?"

"You came back suddenly just for a blind date?" Chen Jizhen took a step forward and looked closely at her.

Can this irrelevant matter be connected by him in this way?Lin Miao almost choked, and was about to say "yes", but he suddenly reached out to turn over her collar, which almost made her cry out in fright.

It turned out that he was looking for the necklace she wore around her neck—the music note necklace he gave.

Lin Miao boldly clapped his hands away: "This is in the street, don't do anything foolish."

"You wear the things I gave you and go to meet other men." Chen Jizhen's tone was cold.It's not over yet.

Lin Miao was afraid of him, so she hurriedly said, "Okay, I didn't dare to take off this necklace, and I will never see that person again, are you satisfied?"

She knew that pearls were easy to wear and tear, and she had to take them off in the shower. Once she forgot to put them back on. After he found out, he didn't give her a good face for a few days. After that, she became more cautious.I accidentally learned that the word "珽" means the jade wat used by the emperor.Really got the name right, isn't his personality a copy of the emperor?

Chen Jizhen held the green radish with one hand, lowered his head and put his forehead against Lin Miao's, and murmured in a low voice, "Do you want your green radish?"

"No, no..." Lin Miao didn't know why he was so emotional all of a sudden.

"On your birthday, I came downstairs to your house just like today."

Lin Miao froze, subconsciously wanted to look up at him, but was pinned down by him and couldn't move.She didn't see him, and he put the necklace on for her a few days later. The only explanation was that he did go, but he never said anything about meeting her and Gu Huai.No wonder... Hastily asked someone to move her.

"I have nothing to do with him." Lin Miao didn't know why she had to explain.

He touched her face and kissed her lightly: "Lin Miao, promise me that there won't be another time." His tone was so soft that it was almost begging.

"Okay." That's the only answer she can give, right?

"You came here just to give me green radishes?" Lin Miao asked him in a daze while sitting in the co-pilot.This is seventy or eighty kilometers away from the urban area, and he is not a person who is idle.

Chen Jiti coughed twice, his eyes focused on the front. "I think if it withers, you'll cry."

"I'm not that fragile, besides...why is this leaf yellow? It's clearly green." I have time to deliver it, but I don't have time to spray water. What kind of logic is this?

Today's Chen Jizhen, who pretended to be?
"Really? I think it's been a few days since I saw you, and you are out of energy." Chen Jizhen asked her with an imperceptible smile, "Okay, why don't you take me to dinner."

The old district where Lin Miao's family lives is very old, and there are no high-end restaurants around, but the county town is not as good as the city, and no matter how high-end it is, it will not catch his eyes.

She really didn't know where to take him to eat for a while, and he didn't want to go to the new district, and it was getting late.They drove around and passed the gate of an elementary school. Lin Miao let out a surprise, and Chen Jizhen stopped the car.

Lin Miao said, "That's my alma mater."

(End of this chapter)