I met you, I fell in love

Chapter 18 Greetings are also a farewell to the past

Wen Shi didn't know about Chu Jingxi's situation, because her own mental state was also a bit bad.After experiencing too many things during the day, the dreams at night become much more complicated. The ancients often said that they think day by day and dream at night, which is really true.

It was Li Mingkai first, and then Chu Jingxi. I didn't know what I dreamed intermittently. I only knew that I woke up in the middle of the night and my back was soaked in sweat.In this way, accompanied by dense discomfort in the heart and mouth, tossing and turning until the sky turned white, I struggled to get up, wash and make up, and make breakfast. After finishing everything, I went back to the room to pick up my mobile phone, and saw a text message from Li Mingkai, saying good morning, telling her to keep warm .

He is still the same as before, a gentleman who cares about details.

Wen Shi re-read the text message and clicked to delete it, polite and at the same time.As usual, I crossed off a day on the calendar, finished breakfast, packed my schoolbag and went straight to school.

For three days, Li Mingkai would send good morning and good night greetings. Even though Wen Shi seldom replied, he still chatted to himself like an old friend.

Later, it was Wen Shi who felt that his attitude was too indifferent, so he took the initiative to ask Li Mingkai to have dinner together. Of course, the premise was that she knew that in a few days, he would be returning to China.

The last time Chu Jingxi asked her about her plans after graduation, she was still vacillating, and most of her thoughts were biased towards returning to China for development, feeling that her feelings were not enough to support her to live in this strange country for the rest of her life.But it's different now, she wants to be with Chu Jingxi, which means that she may not return to China to work.

So this time when Li Mingkai was leaving, Wen Shi thought that out of politeness, he still had to treat him to a meal.

The appointment time is 11:30 in the morning, and the location is the most famous Cantonese morning tea restaurant in the town.The boss is an authentic Cantonese. He came to the United States with his husband and opened a Cantonese-style tea restaurant. Every dish is exactly the same as the morning tea in Guangdong. The taste is not affected by Western black pepper curry at all. I like it very much. .

When Wen Shi arrived, he hadn't seen Li Mingkai yet.She picked a seat by the window and sat down, put her bag on the side seat, and when she lowered her head, she didn't notice Jiang Zhengnan passing by her.

"Hey? Is that girl the one you mentioned last time, your girlfriend?" The girl tugged Jiang Zhengnan's hand, and the latter turned his head to look, and it was true.

Table for two, who is Wen Shi waiting for to have dinner with?
"Otherwise, let's sit here." The girl saw Jiang Zhengnan's thoughts, and deliberately chose a seat very close to Wen Shi, with a partition blocking it, so that she would not be noticed by her, and she could observe her table. trend.

Jiang Zhengnan rubbed the girl's head, and helped her pull out the chair and sit down.

Soon, Jiang Zhengnan saw a figure who was not unfamiliar.What a coincidence, the last time I saw Wen was with this man.If he remembered correctly, he took the time to investigate, and the other party was Wen Shi's high school and college classmates, and I heard that they used to be boyfriend and girlfriend.

"Sorry, I'm a little busy today. The meeting ended late, so I'm late." Li Mingkai held a briefcase in one hand, a long dark coat on his arm, and fine sweat on his forehead. I really came here.

"I thought you didn't give me this face." Wen Shi joked, "Aren't you going to let me treat you to dinner?"

Li Mingkai smiled and shook his head: "How dare I?"

The atmosphere at this table was talking and laughing, which was completely different from Jiang Zhengnan's table.Sitting up straight for a while, you can see Wen Shi smiling at Li Mingkai, not to mention how delicate he looks.

"They seem to have a really good relationship?" The girl held her chin and looked at it for a long time to convey her opinion to Jiang Zhengnan. The latter's eyes were deep, like the calm before the storm.

"I warned her before."

"Hmm... how do you deal with this kind of thing." The girl tilted her head, fiddled with the beautifully folded napkin on the table with her fingers, "You are an outsider, and you have to be the one to deal with it."

"Oh, Ah Jing doesn't even know if he can be ruthless."

It's not like Jiang Zhengnan didn't know how much Fa Xiao cared about Wen Shi.He really didn't have much interest in eating this meal seriously, especially when he heard the keywords such as airport and air ticket.If his girlfriend hadn't stopped him, he might have rolled up his sleeves and turned over the table.

The boyfriend is still undergoing a closed investigation. Here, he is going back to China with his ex-boyfriend?

"Are you leaving? I still have class in the afternoon." Wen Shi finished his lipstick, checked the time on his phone, and explained with an apology on his face.

Li Mingkai planned to send her back, but when he received a call, his colleague urged him to go back to deal with the matter. The two had different directions, so they had to break up at the restaurant door.

Seeing his back disappear from sight, Wen Shi rubbed his arm and turned around, almost bumping into Jiang Zhengnan who came out after him. Before he could say hello, he was startled by the sharp eyes in his eyes.

"Oh!" Jiang Zhengnan snorted coldly.

Wen Shi came to his senses and frowned.

She did not forget the unhappiness that happened before, but this person accused her of cuckolding her boyfriend for no reason at the door of Chu Jingxi's house.Standing here to block her now, maybe he saw something just now, and then he made up a little story in his heart without asking 21.

Are men nowadays so rich in imagination?

"Did you not take what I said last time seriously?" Jiang Zhengnan's tone was a little annoyed.

Facing the cold questioning of the person in front of him, Wen Shi pursed his lips and took a deep breath: "Mr. Jiang, do you have any misunderstandings about me? You need to use this kind of wish to hit me with a hammer every time you see me." The attitude of hitting the chest?"

"..."

"You and Chu Jingxi have a petty relationship. I don't care about his face. You used such ugly words to describe me at the door of the house that day. But it doesn't mean that every time I see you, I have to be ridiculed by you. ?”

"I saw and heard everything just now." Jiang Zhengnan smiled sarcastically, "You plan to leave with your ex-boyfriend before Jingxi comes out? Have you bought the ticket?"

"Are you eavesdropping on us?" Wen Shi never imagined that the eldest young master would be so rude, even doing such things as listening to the corner.Also, when is she going to fly away with Li Mingkai?
But facing Jiang Zhengnan's poor attitude, Wen Shi was not interested in explaining at all, so he took a few steps back and didn't look at him again: "I'm busy with other things, get out of here."

roll?
roll!
Young Master Jiang was so angry that his chest heaved, and the hands hanging by his sides were clenched into fists.His eldest and young master's temper has been galloping all over the world for many years, how many people dare to use the word "scroll" to him?This woman is so rampant!

Wen Shi didn't know that with just one word, a man who was nearly 1.9 meters tall blushed with anger, and she was also full of anger. On the way to the subway entrance, the heels of her shoes almost cracked the ground.

"Who are you..." Wen Shi was so angry that he didn't even notice that the phone in his bag vibrated countless times.

The girl chased her out, and saw her boyfriend's face turned blue and white with anger, and she held back his arms with a smile: "Don't be angry, I haven't eaten a few bites of food, I'm going to pick you up later Do you? Let’s go in and eat.”

"I look at her, she doesn't even know that Ah Jing is going home today."

"Yes, yes, you know the most." The girl didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

evening.

At the entrance of the General Administration, Chu Jingxi stood under the eaves, with a small luggage bag beside him, and he could catch the rainwater dripping down the eaves with his hand.

This day, always change as you say.

A colleague came out and saw Chu Jingxi, and immediately came forward to shake hands and hug with a smile. It is a matter of congratulations to pass the review smoothly.

"Is your girlfriend coming over today?"

In the same office, everyone loves to gossip in their spare time. Ever since they knew that Chu Jingxi had a picture of his girlfriend in the interlayer of his wallet, all the colleagues he met today teased him with a joking smile.

Chu Jingxi hooked his lips helplessly and shook his head. He didn't tell Wen Shi about it. Firstly, the mobile phone he got was out of battery and turned off, and secondly, he wanted to surprise her.After so many days, he was suddenly curious about what someone's expression would be the moment he saw him appear.

When Jiang Zhengnan arrived, Chu Jingxi was saying goodbye to his colleagues. He caught a glimpse of a man running towards him in the wind and rain. He quickly took a step back and refused a long-lost reunion hug.

"Isn't it? I came to pick you up in the rain, and I didn't even dare to get tired of eating with my girlfriend for fear of delaying time. You're fine, with a reluctance written on your face."

Chu Jingxi raised his eyebrows, knocked down Jiang Zhengnan's hand that was about to hug him in mid-air, and said lightly, "I'm just afraid that my colleagues will misunderstand my orientation. Let's go, take me back."

"I didn't even have the consciousness to take an umbrella when I got out of the car." Chu Jingxi muttered a few words, raised his hand to block the rain, and ran to the side of the car with small steps. Seeing that Jiang Zhengnan was still standing still, he yelled at him, "Let's go! "

Isn't it so urgent to meet that woman?

"That's stupid enough." Jiang Zhengnan shook his head, and ran into the car without rushing to start the car. While wiping the rainwater off his body with a dry towel, he slowly tried to speak, "Want to surprise your family?"

"have opinions?"

"I remember you were arguing before you went in, right?" Throwing the towel to Chu Jingxi and motioning him to wipe it off, Jiang Zhengnan put his hands on the steering wheel and looked at him with scrutiny, "You are so sure, after so many years after the Cold War God, is she still waiting for you?"

"What nonsense, we don't have a cold war."

"Don't you know that she has an old lover?"

Chu Jingxi wiped his clothes for a while, then raised his head, as if he was surprised that Jiang Zhengnan would know about it, but after a few seconds, he lowered his head again, knowing him, it is not too difficult to check a person's past.

but……

"It doesn't sound good to use the word old lover." Chu Jingxi emphasized it lightly.

Jiang Zhengnan glanced at him, as if he knew that he would have such an attitude, and shook his fingers: "I think you don't cry when you don't see the coffin. Here, I have left evidence for you."

Chu Jingxi looked down at the two photos in the mobile phone album for a long time. Outside the car window, the sound of thunder and rain seemed to be cut off, and it had nothing to do with him.

"When were these taken?" Chu Jingxi lowered her eyes, her eyes calm.

"During the time you were under investigation, the first photo of them meeting in a coffee shop was taken by me by chance. The latter photo was taken during dinner today. You see, in her heart, you didn't This man is important."

Otherwise, she would not have appeared in the restaurant today to chat and laugh with other men, but would have taken Chu Jingxi home instead of him.

"Apart from these two photos, nothing else?"

"Isn't it?" Jiang Zhengnan's eyes widened. This kind of cuckold thing, just the photo is not a real hammer? "Could it be that you have to see it with your own eyes to believe it? Also, I heard them talking today, and they mentioned buying a plane ticket. Maybe they will go back to China together."

Not to mention seeing it with his own eyes, he had heard Wen Shi's attitude towards this man with his own ears, otherwise he wouldn't have shown such a cold attitude before.

As for returning home together...

Chu Jingxi's forehead twitched, and the pain was severe.Isn't this what he fears the most?When you are in a state of uncertainty, you can open up and ask any questions. The only thing I am afraid of is that there will be no chance to ask.

Here Jiang Zhengnan was still fighting for him, while Chu Jingxi felt his head buzzing over there.

"I'm sorry you've been busy with my affairs these days. As for this, it's between me and Wen Shi." Chu Jingxi returned the phone to Jiang Zhengnan, rubbed his brows, and showed a tired expression, "Let me sleep for a while Boy, I haven't had a good night's sleep in a long time."

Seeing that he was really tired, Jiang Zhengnan didn't say any more.As a friend, he's just bringing his attitude to the table, and it seems like he's crossing the line any further.

"Then go to bed first, and I will call you when we arrive."

"Ah."

When the car started, Jiang Zhengnan didn't speak again, for fear of disturbing Chu Jingxi's rest.The sound of raindrops falling on the car glass covered the unsteady breathing of the co-pilot, so that he didn't realize that Chu Jingxi's frown had never been relaxed.

Even after returning the phone and closing the eyes, those two photos became clearer as if they were rooted in my mind.

……

"When Tinghe mentioned it to me, I couldn't sleep well at night. I always dreamed about him, and when I was awake, I was confused and irritable."

……

"If he comes to the United States, I should go to see him."

……

"Wen Shi, will you marry me?"

Kneeling on one knee, holding a bouquet of 99 roses in her hand, wearing a suit and leather shoes, with her own reflection reflected by the lights in her eyes, Chu Jingxi held her breath and waited for the woman in front of her to answer.

Every second seemed to pass very long, until she pursed her lips and said, "I'm sorry."

Without any warning, panic and chills rushed up from the soles of the feet along the spine and numb the whole nerves, and the heart seemed to be clenched tightly, and it was impossible to breathe.

"Why?" The three words were ripped out dryly, Chu Jingxi's palms holding the bouquet were sweating.

Soon, he saw the man walking from behind Wen Shi, who was not much different from the tall and handsome appearance he had imagined. When he put his hands on Wen Shi's shoulders and hugged her tightly, when Wen Shi When Shi raised his head to look at him and smiled, Chu Jingxi only felt that a sharp knife had been pierced into his heart, blood was dripping, and the pain was unbearable.

"Hello, I'm Wen Shi's new boyfriend, Li Mingkai." The man introduced himself, looking down on Chu Jingxi who was kneeling on one knee and proposing marriage with a victorious attitude.

The hand holding the proposal ring was frozen in mid-air, and the bouquet in his arms seemed to wither and lose color in just a few seconds.

Chu Jingxi echoed Wen Shi, "Yes, he is my current boyfriend."

The world collapsed in an instant is nothing more than this feeling, the whole person is like falling into a bottomless abyss, and there is nothing around him to cling to.Chu Jingxi opened his eyes wide and breathed rapidly. He obviously wanted to ask Wen Shi a lot, but he couldn't say anything. He watched Li Mingkai leave with his arms around Wen Shi——

"No!"

……

Struggling to wake up, what he breathed through his nose was the faint smell of perfume in the car, and the voices in his ears became clearer and clearer. In addition to the sound of rain hitting the car window, there was also Jiang Zhengnan's shout——

"Hey, are you having a nightmare?"

It turned out that this was just a dream...

"Hmm..." Chu Jingxi snorted, sat up straight with his hands on the chair, raised his hands and rubbed his temples, only to realize that his forehead was covered with cold sweat.

In a short period of time, he actually had such a dream.

Jiang Zhengnan took out a tissue and stuffed it into his hand, but he didn't forget to laugh: "When did the mental quality become so bad? You still have nightmares, why, what did you dream about and share?"

"It's nothing." Chu Jingxi's voice was dry and hoarse, and after glancing at the scenery outside the window, he realized that the place where the car was parked was not his home.

"What did you bring me here for?"

"Doesn't Wen Shi live with you?" Jiang Zhengnan analyzed solemnly, "You must have no idea to surprise her now, right? I think your mental state is not very good, why don't you rest at my place for a while first?" God. Wait until you think it over clearly before going to find her. Go there so rashly. If someone really tells you that you want to go back to China with your ex-boyfriend, brother, I’m afraid you won’t be able to sustain suicide.”

Chu Jingxi wiped his sweat for a while, then glanced at Jiang Zhengnan: "You are really caring."

"That's right, brother, I still pay attention to the word love."

"Thanks."

"So, you agree with my approach of killing first and playing later?"

Jiang Zhengnan wasn't sure what Chu Jingxi was thinking, if he insisted on going back, he wouldn't be able to tie everyone up here.

Fortunately, Chu Jingxi did not refuse, maybe because of that dream, he also felt that now is not the best time to meet Wen Shi.

Here, when Wen Shi came home, he found a missed call on his mobile phone, which was from Yu Huizhu.Fearing that there was something urgent, she didn't dare to delay and immediately called back.It turned out that Chu Jingxi was fine, and had already left after finishing the investigation today.

Yu Huizhu asked her if she understood the situation, and whether Chu Jingxi had already returned home. She asked several questions in a row, but all she got was a warm and ignorant reaction——

"He didn't say... I, I don't know..."

Yu Huizhu was also stunned, and Fu Er quickly reacted to comfort Wen Shi, maybe Chu Jingxi wanted to give her a surprise, and asked her to wait at home.

But after waiting, another few days passed, and there was even news on the Internet that the staff who had previously participated in the collaborative investigation of the case had all returned to normal work and life, and Li Mingkai even asked about it.But Wen Shi still couldn't contact Chu Jingxi no matter what, the phone was no longer turned off, but no one answered.Wechat messages were sent one after another, but there was still no reply.

On this day, Li Mingkai was going back to China, so he made an appointment with Wen Shi.When he saw her, he realized that she was not in the right mental state. When he got in touch with Chu Jingxi, he had some guesses in his mind: "Did you two quarrel?"

Wen Shi shook his head.

"It's about me?"

Who said men don't have a sixth sense?Sometimes being sensitive is no worse than a woman's sixth sense.

Wen Shi pursed his lips and squeezed out a smile: "Don't think too much, it has nothing to do with you. But this time you came to the United States, I didn't even have time to show you around, I'm sorry."

"When is the next time I see you?"

Li Mingkai changed the boarding pass and asked Wen Shi this question before entering the customs.In the huge airport hall, he couldn't see other people, couldn't hear other voices, he only saw the smiling girl in front of him, and he heard his nervous heartbeat while waiting for her answer.

"Let's see fate." Wen Shi raised his small face, with a familiar smile on his brows, "Li Mingkai, I don't seem to have said it yet."

"what?"

"very nice."

Li Mingkai didn't understand what it meant, and frowned.

Wen Shi plucked up his courage and explained, "It's great that you're safe and sound after that accident."

If something happens to you, I don't know what to do.If we don't communicate with each other from now on, I don't know what it is to be alone in the past.

Fortunately, you are fine, and I can stand in front of you today and say sorry, thank you for giving me this opportunity, even if we are not together in the future, I will never regret the youth I have had.

"Wen Shi." Li Mingkai let go of the hand holding the suitcase, stepped forward and hugged her into his arms, "I will still be very jealous of him, the one you chose."

Wen Shi buried himself in his arms, raised his hand after a moment of silence, and patted Li Mingkai on the back politely: "I'm sorry, but thank you, Li Mingkai, you deserve better."

This is all relieved, right?

Many people love to cling to someone when they are young, stubbornly thinking that time can help you possess him, but later they realize that time only speeds up the fading of your feelings for him on the basis that you can't get him.

In the short tens of seconds of leaning in Li Mingkai's arms, the past replayed in Wen Shi's mind like a revolving door, her clumsy and young crush, and his warm and graceful care.These, after all, become good memories left in the photo album belonging to the student days.

"Wen Shi." Li Mingkai let go of his hand, took a step back and looked at her, "If he wants to break up with you..."

"No if." Wen Shi interrupted Li Mingkai, and looked at him with a smile, "I trust him, and he won't leave me just like that."

She was also worried about losing, and she also hesitated on this matter, but when she clearly realized Chu Jingxi's feelings for her, she realized how it feels to have someone who loves her and to be fearless from now on.

"By the way." Wen Shi took out an exquisitely packaged small box from his bag, looked down for a long time, his eyes were gentle, and finally handed it to Li Mingkai with reluctance, "I still remember when we were in college, we went to the art workshop together The key pendant you made? It’s unique in the world.”

"Remember." He never thought that he would carry this keychain with him when he was warm, and his nose was slightly sore for a while.

"At that time, I was rushing to ask for it, so you gave it to me. I always regarded it as a treasure until later..." Wen Shi smiled, with a helpless tone, "I didn't expect that I would like the new and dislike the old, But no matter what, it is also a memory, and I want to give it back to you."

Li Mingkai couldn't fail to understand how obvious the implication was. This was Wen Shi's most tactful farewell to the past.Come to the United States, meet her, and seriously say what he has never said in the past. It is not unacceptable for him to have an ending like this.

He raised his hand, took the box, and stroked the edge with his fingertips for a moment: "Thank you."

Between the two words, there is love and righteousness.

Thank you for cherishing this little thing like a baby for so long, thank you for liking him in the best years of each other in the past, thank you for giving him a chance to listen to him personally after many years He said he liked it.

Not being together doesn't mean it's a bad ending.Now that he has returned to his own life path, she also has a person who loves her deeply by her side. The love that could not continue when she was young may be paving the way for today.

Shen Congwen said such a sentence - "I have traveled bridges in many places, seen clouds many times, drank many kinds of wine, but only loved one person at the right age."

I didn't have time to say that I like her. From then on, no matter whether it's Bridge or Yun, I can't walk and watch together. Only after drinking, I miss her secretly without telling others.

"Goodbye."

Goodbye, the past youth.

Goodbye, the little happiness in his heart.

(End of this chapter)