I met you, I fell in love

Chapter 17 The old man, the reunion after a long absence
Wen Shi, thank you for bringing me breakfast, don't be so polite next time.

Wen Shi, did you bring that homework?
Wen Shi, I have a basketball game in the afternoon, can I trouble you to buy me a bottle of water?
Wen Shi, what club did you join?Are you running for the student council?

temperature...

When it's warm, be careful!
The pupils of the eyes suddenly tightened, and the hands on the table were tightly clenched, and the fingertips turned white.When you look up, you can see the face that is close at hand, and it is still the same as in the memory, not the slightest difference.

Time has really treated Li Mingkai kindly, everyone has changed, but he is the only one, even the gentle smile on the corner of his mouth is exactly the same as before.

When they met, his name unconsciously blurted out from his lips: "Li Mingkai..."

The man's eyebrows are gentle: "Wen Shi, long time no see."

After that accident, she didn't dare to think that they would still be able to say that in the future, she lived with guilt for a long time, and if she wasn't willful, she wouldn't have caused Li Mingkai to have an accident.In order to protect himself, he slipped down the hillside, and she just said that she liked her, but was destroyed by an accident.

The coffee was cold, holding the cup with both hands, pursing his lips, but he didn't dare to look up.

"Why, do you still need such a relationship between you and me?"

A small calfskin bag appeared in front of his eyes, with a tangy aroma, Wen Shi recognized the smell of fried potatoes, and his nose immediately became sour.

"I bought it on the way here. I know you like fried potatoes. A colleague recommended that there is a small shop nearby. They are delicious, so I bought them. Would you like to try them?"

Wen Shi frowned and said softly, "Thank you."

It turned out that he still remembered what she liked.

"When Tingyu said that you came to study in the United States, I was quite envious of you." Li Mingkai looked at Wen Shi with a smile, with a touch of tenderness in his eyes, "How have you been these years?"

Li Mingkai is the most common greeting for reunions after a long absence. It turns out that Li Mingkai is no exception.

"I... have a good life." Because of nervousness, Wen Shi was a little trembling when he spoke. After all, he was a good friend who talked about everything in the past, but now he looks like a stranger meeting for the first time.

"Do you still need to be so nervous about me?" Li Mingkai waved and ordered a cup of coffee, and then ordered some baked potatoes on the table, "Eat it while it's hot, it won't taste good when it's cold."

"Li Mingkai."

"Ok?"

Wen Shi's eyes fell on him, from the dark eyes to the high bridge of the nose, to the corner of the mouth that was always curved with warmth: "Your injury..."

What I dared to ask the most, I finally asked after many years.

At that time, she was covered in blood and huddled in the corner of the operating room door in despair. When Li Mingkai's parents rushed over, she didn't even have the strength to raise her head.The head of the association helped to explain the situation. All the words fell into her ears and turned into a buzzing sound. She couldn't hear anything, but she kept lingering——

He was with Wen Shi, and then... something happened.

To save Wen Shi.

Yes, for her.

Li Mingkai's mother cried bitterly, every sound was like a knife slashing hard on her heart, thinking that the elders would run over and grab her by the collar and ask why it wasn't you who had the accident.

In the end, I waited for Li Mingkai's father to say——

"Little girl, there is blood all over your clothes, is there any injury for the doctor to take a look at?"

The hoarse voice made Wen Shi collapse in an instant. Tears poured out like a bank bursting out of control. She shook her head desperately. Li Mingkai was protecting her and protecting her with his life. How could she get hurt?
"It's all right." The clear voice interrupted Wen Shi's memories of the past, Xu could see the struggle and pain in her eyes, Li Mingkai stretched out his hand, held her cold fingertips, and squeezed slightly, "Wen Shi I'm really fine."

"Hey! I'm here, where are you staring?"

On the street, a little Chinese girl slapped the man's chest with a "slap", so hard that the man subconsciously took a step back and covered the place where he was beaten.

"Wow, what are you doing so hard?" Jiang Zhengnan frowned, "Murder your husband?"

"Husband, you are tall!" The little girl almost stomped over, "Ask me out to watch you flirt?"

"Shh, don't talk nonsense." Jiang Zhengnan raised his hand to his lips, "Shhh", stepped forward and put his arms around the girl's shoulders and brought her into his arms, "I only have you in my heart, and you still don't know after all these years? "

"Then what do you look at other couples?"

Jiang Zhengnan frowned: "Do you think they are a couple?"

The girl glanced at the window, the man held the woman's hand affectionately, and there was no woman struggling, either a lover or an admirer, what's the difference?

"Not like? I think so."

Jiang Zhengnan nodded thoughtfully, then put away the smirk on his face and asked solemnly, "Honey, what do you think about wearing a cuckold?"

The girl's eyes widened and she covered her mouth in disbelief: "Jiang Zhengnan! You..."

"No no, I mean someone else."

"Who?"

"There is such a person."

"Then eunuch first and then kill!"

"..."

Just pretend you didn't ask anything.Jiang Zhengnan looked back at the picture in the window, and the coldness flashed in his eyes.

After leaving the coffee shop, Li Mingkai went home when he was sending Wen. When he arrived, he took a look at the house: "The environment is good, and it's not very far from the school. Did you rent it with your classmates?"

Wen Shi looked at Li Mingkai with clear eyebrows and clear voice: "No, I live with my boyfriend."

She didn't want to lie, but when she saw Li Mingkai's ups and downs, she realized that guilt and anxiety had already covered up her young heartbeat.

The youthful love at that time has faded away with the passage of time, and it has become a faint stroke in old photos. It is no longer interesting to bring it up again.

Seeing Wen Shi's calm and indifferent attitude, Li Mingkai concealed the bitterness in his heart, and asked her, "Is it the one you mentioned last time, the person introduced by your family?"

"you know?"

When I asked Wen, I realized that Li Mingkai was eating meat. After reading the short stories on her Weibo, I knew that she and Chu Jingxi met on a blind date.

"I was a little surprised when I saw it on Weibo."

Surprised that you will follow the advice of your parents to go on a blind date. Surprised that you will forget that you chose to be with another man before.

"Is he nice to you?"

Okay?

Wen Shi nodded without hesitation.Chu Jingxi dotes on her very much and never does anything that makes her feel disgusted.I don't know when it started, but everything about him in my memory is sweet and full of security, and I even forgot that they were in a state of confrontation at the beginning.

"He works for the General Administration of Customs, and sometimes he goes on missions at the airport. When we first met, it wasn't my parents who introduced me. It was his colleague who detained my luggage. He came to help translate." Wen Shi scratched his head a little embarrassed , "Anyway, I feel quite ashamed, and even quarreled with him."

Li Mingkai really didn't want to hear the story about another man, but he couldn't take his attention away from Wen Shi's shining eyes.

Based on his understanding of Wen Shi, if she didn't take this man to heart, she wouldn't even smile when she mentioned his name.

"Excuse me, did I say too much?" She was a little shy.

"Ok?"

Wen Shi tilted his head with a smile: "Next time I have a chance, I'll introduce you to each other."

"How do I introduce? Am I your classmate or... your crush?" Li Mingkai looked at Wen Shi with his hands in his trouser pockets.

A single question made her freeze in place.

During the few hours of reunion, there was a layer of membrane that no one dared to take the initiative to uncover. Wen Shi thought that he could just pass by quietly without mentioning it, but it turned out that Li Mingkai took the initiative to speak up.

For a moment, she was so embarrassed that she didn't know what to say. She lowered her head and clutched the hem of her skirt with her hands, like a child who had done something wrong and was waiting to be criticized by the teacher.

"Wen Shi, if at that time..."

"Li Mingkai." He raised his head and shouted suddenly, interrupting his words, not looking at the slightly furrowed brows, Wen Shi clicked the time on his watch, "It's getting late, I still have class tomorrow , what can we say next time?"

The unspoken words were pushed back like this, Li Mingkai finally nodded, said good night, got in the car and left.

It wasn't until the lights disappeared at the end of the avenue that Wen Shi heaved a sigh of relief, slumped his stiff shoulders and dragged towards the gate step by step.

"Ah!"

In the darkness, a sneer burst out suddenly, which startled her into a cold sweat.

"Who?"

Wen Shi was so nervous that his eyes widened, he backed up unconsciously and bumped against the wall post at the door with his bag in his arms, and waited vigilantly for the person who made the noise to come out of the darkness.

First there was a little red light, and then the outline of the whole person was seen. Jiang Zhengnan looked at her casually with a cigarette in his mouth, his eyes were full of contempt: "Reminiscing with an old lover? Why, give me a cuckold?"

Who is it?
What to say about her?Cuckold?
Wen Shi looked at the man in front of her in a daze. She had never met Jiang Zhengnan, but only answered a few calls from him after Chu Jingxi's accident.

So I didn't recognize it at first, but later, when I recalled the word "faxiao" in my words just now, coupled with the aura on this person, it was very similar to what Chi Yiran called him in the past, Jiang Da Young master, Jiang Zhengnan.

It's just that, don't you think it's too rude to use such ugly words when you meet for the first time?
"Mr. Jiang, do you know how to write the word 'tutor'?"

"Huh? Do you still know who I am?" Jiang Zhengnan took a puff of cigarette suddenly, and the smoke he exhaled diffused in the night.

After a series of actions, the hostility on his face also decreased a lot.

"Wen Shi, my brother's investigation was just out of routine procedures. You thought he was going to be ruined in this life, so he was in a hurry to find another family? I, Jiang Zhengnan, have seen many flattering women who are eager to climb up, as fast as you I don’t even want to pretend, but it’s the first time I’ve seen you.”

After meeting by chance at the entrance of the coffee shop, Jiang Zhengnan sent his girlfriend back to the hotel directly, found an excuse to sneak out, and waited here for a long time for a scene of reluctantly saying goodbye.If you are more careful, Wen Shi can still see countless cigarette butts lying in the corner, but at this time, she is not interested in it.

Jiang Zhengnan's words were really ugly.

"When we met for the first time, you used such words to mock me? Jiang Zhengnan, did you accuse others of doing research and making drafts before? Did you install a recorder on me or did you just stand next to me and overhear my conversation with my friend. Wearing a cuckold? Climbing up? I'm sorry, I really can't bear such slander." The last time Wen Shi was so articulate was when he was arguing with Chu Jingxi on the issue of purchasing agents.

Right now, facing a man with a powerful aura who seemed a hundred times more difficult to provoke than Chu Jingxi, she was a little scared after yelling.

If you offend this man, if you do something to her in a desperate situation, it will be called "responsible every day", "the ground is not working", and you will be defenseless and unable to resist!
Thinking of this, Wen Shi said dozens of hundreds of "forbearance" to himself from the bottom of his heart, and adjusted his tone of speech after calming down his anger: "Mr. Jiang, do you have any misunderstandings about me? I Wen Shi has always been frank , I'm with Chu Jingxi, and I won't do anything to offend him."

"Really? I only trust my eyes."

Furious to the point of lung explosion!Why doesn't this guy make sense at all?According to the temperature, his eyes are ready to go to the ophthalmology department of the hospital for registration.

"What did you see that you can wrong me so casually? That is a friend of mine. We have known each other since we were young. We are classmates in high school and university. You have to take care of this when you come to the United States to meet me on a business trip?"

"Warm time."

For other women, Jiang Zhengnan has never had the patience to talk too much. Today, he can wait here for a few hours because of his loyalty to Chu Jingxi. He just can't understand the woman that his brother Xinnian was still thinking about before the accident. He turned around and got entangled with others .

"I'm not interested in what kind of woman you are, and I'm not interested in what kind of relationship you have with your friend." Jiang Zhengnan's face returned to indifference, and his thin lips spoke clearly, "Chu Jingxi has gone to great lengths to chase you. This thing caught your attention. Before this incident happened, I was still thinking about other people slandering you on the Internet. I have known him for so many years, and this is the first time I have seen him care so much about a woman. If you really did something ugly, I, Jiang Zhengnan, will tell you If the words are left here, I will clean up the women as well!"

After uttering harsh words, Jiang Zhengnan turned around and left, leaving Wen Shisha standing there, the words he just heard kept echoing in his mind, he didn't care too much about Jiang Zhengnan's bad attitude, and didn't think about arguing. Instead, focus all your attention on that sentence——

In order to catch up with you, the airport seized the goods to attract your attention.

What does it mean?Has she met Chu Jingxi before?She was repeatedly embarrassed at the airport, was it arranged by him?
He let people go without asking clearly, Wen Shi stomped his feet and waved his fist.

After entering the house, Wen Shi put the keys on the shelf at the entrance, and while changing his shoes, he thought about the scene of the first encounter.After a long time, although her memory is a little fuzzy, she never felt that Chu Jingxi did it on purpose.You know, when she asked for help, he refused solemnly.

Before he could figure it out, Jiang Tingyu's phone call came.In terms of being well-informed, no one can compare to her, and this wave of gossip can't be stopped by jet lag and distance.

"Sister, have you seen Li Mingkai?"

"Your man told you?"

Jiang Ting and giggled loudly: "This name makes me blush!"

Wen Shi was speechless: "Virtue."

"I heard from my family yesterday that Li Mingkai plans to ask you to meet. I guess it's only a matter of two days. No, call to find out."

"Well, we just broke up more than ten minutes ago." Wen Shi didn't hide it from Jiang Tinghe, she had a correct attitude, and there was no sign of reuniting with Li Mingkai after a long absence, so there was no need to hide it.

Jiang Zhengnan cuckolded the mentality of this kind of five-good youth, and when he thought about it now, he gritted his teeth and wanted to stomp his feet.

"Sister, then have you..."

"No."

Before Jiang Ting could finish speaking, Wen Shi strangled her in the cradle, causing her to ask aggrievedly, "Do you know what I'm going to say?"

"Don't you just want to ask me if I still have feelings for him, and can we still be together in the future? No."

"Sister...Your third-rate novels and eight o'clock TV series are not in vain!"

"Bah!" Wen Shi stomped the floor, took off his coat and hung it on the hanger, "You only read those, I'm just smarter than you."

"Yes, yes, then can you tell me why you said no so categorically? I heard that Li Mingkai went to you this time to confess his love to you."

"What nonsense?"

"No nonsense." Jiang Tingyu lowered her volume and told Wen Shi mysteriously, "My boyfriend said that Li Mingkai actually likes you, but because of his personality, he kept silent. Otherwise, you think, he Why did you sacrifice your life to save you back then, and now go find you as soon as you return to China?"

"You are the eldest lady, and you are right in everything you say." Wen Shi sat cross-legged on the sofa, thinking about what he had met and chatted with Li Mingkai today, the scene suddenly switched to her and Chu Jingxi, just such a casual, she was very fond of her The mind has understood.

"Li Mingkai and I are friends now, and he already knows that I have a boyfriend. Tingyu, you can inquire about it, but don't mix it up. If your boyfriend asks, just say that I have a boyfriend now. Well done, understand?"

It is a very irresponsible behavior to hold on to a past relationship.Wen Shi understood that if she didn't speak clearly today, Jiang Ting and the others would come to inquire from time to time.

Seeing that there was no wavering in her words, Jiang Ting and he didn't pursue it any further. They chatted a few topics in life and hung up the phone hastily.

Glancing at the calendar on the wall, Wen Shi tightened his grip on his phone.It would be great if there was a read notification in WeChat, so she wouldn't have to watch that page of unanswered chats and wonder if Chu Jingxi was doing well.

At the same time, in the isolation room.

"Hey Simon, I've never seen you with a beard."

Colleague Fick came into the room with a razor set and brand new soap. Seeing Chu Jingxi sitting at the desk staring at a photo, he walked over curiously: "What is this?"

Chu Jingxi raised his head when he heard the sound, and did not express any surprise at his appearance.Although he accepted the closed investigation, except for the investigation period, the treatment during the rest period is good, so that he won't see anyone, at least his colleague Fick can still visit him every now and then.

This time, I brought a razor.

Raising his hand to touch Hu Zha's piercing chin, Chu Jingxi put down the photo in his hand and said disapprovingly, "Don't you think I'm more handsome now?"

The eyebrows and eyes are still handsome, but the clarity in the eyes of the past is missing, only the depth is left.It's only been a few days, but an aura of not being close to strangers has settled around him.

"Are you kidding? You haven't introduced me yet. Who is this? You've been staring at this photo in a daze since you entered the door." It wasn't a day or two since Fick was interested. None of them can be brought, but Chu Jingxi still applies to carry them, not a mobile phone but a wallet.

Unbelievable choice, curious whether the money or the card is more important in the wallet?It turned out to be neither, but this photo in the mezzanine.

Chu Jingxi was generous, without any secrets, and put the photo flat on the table: "My girlfriend."

Yo?When he said this, there was still light in his eyes, and the slightly proud expression on his face made Fick twitch his mouth.

Looking closer, he didn't have much impression at first glance, after all, all oriental girls looked the same in his eyes, and when he looked carefully, he recognized it at the second glance——

"Isn't this the Chinese girl who was detained in the dark room before?" Fick excitedly drew Wen Shi's expression of jumping in a hurry, "The time you asked me to keep her here."

"uh-huh?"

"Want...to play hard to get?"

Chu Jingxi put away the photos, picked up the razor and soap that Fick brought, and went to the sink to deal with them while explaining: "We have met before, but she didn't recognize me."

"You like her very much?"

When Wen was mentioned, Chu Jingxi's brows and eyes could always soften unconsciously.

The photo that he kept as a treasure in the middle of his wallet was secretly taken by him on the night of the school celebration. To be precise, it was the first time he and Wen Shi met, and it was also the moment when he fell in love at first sight.

That's why I wanted to record it like this.

Maybe even Wen Shi didn't understand that in this dark time, that photo was his only source of support and strength.

Chu Jingxi could hear her own voice, sincere and powerful: "Well, I love her very much."

The relationship between them may not be as long as other couples. Wen Shi may not even know the exact time of their first meeting. It was not at the airport, but at the school celebration dinner.

Chu Jingxi felt very proud of keeping this little secret that only he knew.Waiting for the day when Wen Shi confronted him about the length of love, he could walk out with his head held high, and retort without showing any weakness——

I fell in love with you, much earlier than you imagined!
"Does your girlfriend know about you?" Fick remembered and asked with concern.

Chu Jingxi nodded, cleaned up the mustaches, and treated them with soft bubbles again.With Wen Shi's temperament, he should have been restless all night like a little monkey jumping up and down on the first day he came in, right?
Every day, every hour, and even every minute here, he has counted little by little.It was long and tedious, and he was suffering both physically and mentally. If he didn't say it, it didn't mean he didn't mind. If it wasn't for Wen Shi, he couldn't think of what strength he had to survive day by day.

Interrogation is a process of testing willpower and mental strength. If you are not careful, if you are not careful, you will be caught as a handle if you ignore the details.So every time a polygraph is tested, Chu Jingxi's spirit will be highly tense. Before that, she often stood facing the window at night, watching it all night long.

"If it wasn't for her, I don't dare to think if I would have survived." Chu Jingxi washed off the foam on his chin, and looked at the handsome face reappearing in the mirror with a calm gaze.

"Pretentious." Fick snorted strangely.

Chu Jingxi didn't think about arguing with him, after all, he knew this kind of thing well, and others didn't need to know too much, nor did they need to understand too much.

"Persist for another three days. As mentioned above, your cooperation and good performance are still very valuable. If this review is correct, you may be promoted after you go out."

Chu Jingxi shook his head and smiled lightly, promotion?For this, he has long been disinterested.

He just wanted to go out earlier, even if it was a day earlier, that guy would have one less day to worry about him.He suddenly regretted that he had an unpleasant experience with her before he came in, but he overheard a few chats, but he guessed wildly, and ended up pretending to be indifferent, but now it's better, it's him who suffers.

If before he came in, he was not busy with tasks and overtime and neglected to contact Wen Shi, but was sweet with her, had hugs and kisses, then now, he would definitely not feel that life is so difficult and the time is so long up.

(End of this chapter)