I met you, I fell in love

Chapter 8 is a dream, trapping people tightly

"In the dead of night, do you have a little secret you want to tell the stars, the person you tell the moon?"

At midnight, Wen Shi updated this Weibo, replacing the good night story. A seemingly simple question caused many people to fall asleep, and many small fans recalled their past relationships in the comment area.

Isn't it just that you once fell in love so much that you couldn't extricate yourself, and then the past is unforgettable?
Wen Shi was crouching on the bedside with his tablet in his arms, flipping through every comment, and praising it patiently. After reading more than 100 comments, his mood gradually calmed down.Although other people's stories are different from hers, the original intention and final expression of people's feelings are still similar.

At a certain day, when you think about it, you will no longer throb, that is, let go.

Put the tablet away, lifted the quilt and walked out of the room barefoot. She was the only figure in the silent corridor. Because she didn't wear glasses, she walked slowly while leaning on the wall. She was so focused that she didn't notice the room that suddenly opened behind her. Door.

Just as Chu Jingxi finished his work, he walked out of the study with a coffee cup in his hand, and saw Wen Shi not far away, his eyes fell on her bare feet, and his eyebrows frowned slightly.

"It's so late, where are you going? You don't even wear shoes."

"Ah?" There was a sudden sound, Wen Shi was taken aback, and turned around, still covering his chest with his hands, "Why are you silent when you walk? I'm a little thirsty, and I want to go downstairs to drink water."

"What about the shoes?"

Asked by Chu Jingxi, Wen Shi stared at his feet and curled up his toes: "Hey, I'm in a hurry to get out, I forgot."

"Give you two choices."

"Ok?"

"Should I go into the house and put on my shoes, or should I carry you down?" After speaking, Chu Jingxi made a gesture to stuff the coffee cup in Wen Shi's arms, rolled up his sleeves and hugged her, scaring her into running back to the house.

It's just such a distance, and there are still stairs to go down. If she really let him hug her, she's really afraid that her face will be burnt.

After putting on his shoes, he ran downstairs. The chandelier in the dining room was on, and there was the sound of splashing water. Chu Jingxi was standing in front of the sink washing a cup, and a cup of warm water had already been filled on the dining table.

"Thank you." Wen Shi picked up the cup and turned around, wanting to slip away.

Chu Jingxi, who had already noticed it, turned around immediately: "Hiding me again?"

The Chinese pronunciation is impeccable.

Someone with a guilty conscience turned around and shook his head: "No, I dare not."

Chu Jingxi turned the washed cup upside down and put it away, dried her hands and walked in front of Wen Shi, leaning over to bully him a little: "Come home with me tomorrow, my mother wants to see you."

"..."

There was a "bang" in my heart, half of my body went limp, Wen Shi stammered with a flustered expression: "See...see me...your mother? Want to see me?"

After taking a few steps back and waving his hands again and again, forcing himself to calm down, Wen Shi explained with an ugly smile: "I want to say, our relationship hasn't reached the point where we meet our parents, right? It's a little quick, I... we just kissed ..."

Why are you going to meet your parents?
In Wen Shi's perception, going to the man's house is a very serious matter. Once he goes, it means that the relationship has developed to the point of getting married.

But they are not like this...

Chu Jingxi folded his arms around his chest, seeing Wen Shi's nervous appearance, the corners of his mouth could not help but bend: "What are you afraid of?"

The small window sill of the restaurant was open, and the cool night breeze poured in through the screen window, and the clavicle was a bit cool when it was warm. After he asked this question, he subconsciously shivered.

"It's not that I'm afraid... I'm just nervous..." Wen Shi replied honestly.

Maybe it was because she saw that she was wearing thin clothes when she went downstairs, and here was an outlet, so Chu Jingxi didn't make any more jokes.I just briefly explained Yu Huizhu's invitation. It was not to meet the parents, but to entertain the daughter of a good friend. It is not easy to study alone, and friends are also relatives.

Thinking of his cranky thoughts just now, Wen Shi felt hot and dry on his face.

"It's late, go to bed early." When passing by Wen Shi's side, Chu Jingxi raised his hand and rubbed her hair. Because of the height difference, it seemed as if he could lock her tightly in his arms with just one movement.

"See you tomorrow."

The footsteps sounded from near to far, and the scent of Chu Jingxi's eau de toilette still remained in the air. Wen Shi raised his hand and stroked his hair, as if he could still feel the temperature of his fingertips.

That night, she didn't sleep well, one dream after another was like a big net trapping her whole body, her breathing became difficult, and she struggled to wake up, the sky outside the window was turning pale.

She grabbed the phone on the bedside table and looked at the time. If it was in the past, she might pull up the quilt to cover her head and continue sleeping, but she didn't forget whether she was going to Chu's house with Chu Jingxi today, gritted her teeth, or got out of bed to wash.

He didn't sleep well, and it took several layers of concealer to barely cover the dark circles. Wen Shi carefully checked the makeup on his face, for fear that if it was too thick, it would leave a bad impression on the elders, and if it was too light, it would not look good.

It took twice as much time as usual to make every step very careful. After setting the makeup, facing the brand new self in front of the mirror, Wen Shi curled his lips in satisfaction.

Makeup is done, but how to choose clothes?
On weekdays, he mainly focuses on leisure, and in his life, unlike Chi Yiran, he does not have many banquets to attend, and there are not many decent formal clothes, and he is so worried that Wen always goes around in circles.

When Chu Jingxi knocked on the door and came in, what he saw was a whole bed of clothes, all kinds of collocations, and Wen Shi, who had put on makeup, seemed to be frozen, sitting cross-legged in the middle of the clothes, dumbfounded, at every turn.

"Do you need help?"

"You understand?" Wen Shi suspiciously looked at Chu Jingxi who was approaching.

I saw him holding his chin with one hand, frowning slightly, as if he was really thinking. After a while, he pointed to the pure white skirt not far away: "Just wear this, I remember you still have a dress like this." A camel coat should look good with it."

"Really?"

To be honest, Wen Shi doesn't really believe in a man's eyes, but the other party is Chu Jingxi's parents, maybe he really knows what they like.

Chu Jingxi picked up the skirt, and brought Wen Shi up: "Trust me, come downstairs when you're dressed, I've prepared breakfast, and we'll set off after eating."

Breakfast was simple milk, bread and fried eggs. Chu Jingxi set the tableware, heard footsteps, raised her head, and saw Wen Shi at first sight.

The morning sun shines through the windows in large swaths, the light elongates her figure, and scrambles to surround her.The long white dress, the slightly curly long hair draped over the shoulders, the hem of the skirt was clutched with both hands cautiously, and the small movements of lowering the head and looking anxiously fell into Chu Jingxi's eyes, all of which were touching bright colors.

"Very beautiful." He never hesitated to praise.

"Thank you." Wen Shi frowned.

Yu Huizhu also studied in the United States when she was young. Her husband is Chinese. Later, both of them got green cards and settled down in the United States. The place where they live is a bit far from California. It takes more than two hours to get there by car.

Wen Shi didn't know what to say along the way, at first he looked around to see the scenery on the side of the road, but then maybe because he didn't sleep well last night, his eyelids gradually became heavy.

At the intersection of red lights, Chu Jing turned his head to the west and saw Wen Shi with his head drooping, one click, one click, and at the third click, he quickly stretched out his palm to protect her head that almost hit the window.

Be careful not to wake Wen Shi, when she leaned over to take the blanket from the back seat to cover her, Chu Jingxi didn't realize how gentle her subconscious expression was.

Even though the drive for more than two hours was very quiet, the sound of breathing beside him always made him feel at ease.

After waking up and finding no one around, Wen Shi immediately sat up straight, and the confusion in his eyes was replaced by panic, where is Chu Jingxi?

Looking down, she found the blanket covering her body, her fingertips were overwhelmed by the soft feeling, she bit her lip and paused, folded the blanket in her arms, opened the door and jumped out of the car.

Chu Jingxi was standing under the shade of the tree smoking with his back to her, when Wen Shi skipped and ran over, he suddenly turned around as if he sensed it.

"Well, why didn't you wake me up?" Rubbing the back of his neck embarrassingly, Wen Shi pursed his lips and asked in a low voice, "Did I sleep for a long time?"

The slender fingertips stuck out, stopped on Wen Shi's left cheek, and pressed against the imprint printed after a deep sleep, with a gentle tone: "Soon, haven't I finished smoking?"

Wen Shi covered his left cheek, his eyes fell on the cigarette butt held by his fingertips, it was indeed just lit.Then look around the surrounding environment, the scenery of the outer suburbs, several small villas are scattered, and there is a small courtyard garden next to where they are standing.

"At your house?"

"En." Chu Jingxi pointed to the opposite location, "This room."

After a moment of silence, Wen Shi lowered his head and took out the small mirror from his bag, anxiously checking if there was any makeup on his face that needed to be touched up.

Chu Jingxi stood aside, smoking a cigarette, while staring at her lip coloring and pursing movements, the depth in her eyes became deeper and deeper.

After a cigarette was burned out, Wen Shi's chin was twirled with the fingertips that smelled of tobacco, ignoring a trace of bewilderment in her clear eyes, and rolled all the freshly patched lip color into her lips and tongue.

After the deep kiss was over, Wen Shi could only hear his own chaotic heartbeat, and he numbly let Chu Jingxi gently kiss the corner of her smudged mouth.

Just refilled lipstick...

It was eaten up like this?
Wen Shi blinked, and for a long time could only utter one sentence: "Aren't you afraid of being poisoned?"

"I like this lipstick."

When Wen Shi was in a daze, Chu Jingxi added, "I'll buy it for you later."

what!

The crit of rhetoric!
"Who...who asked you to buy lipstick." Wen Shi turned around to touch up her makeup, and muttered in a low voice, "I know I'm taking advantage, huh!"

This time, Chu Jingxi didn't speak any more, and quietly waited for Wen Shi to fix her makeup before entering the door together.As soon as I went up the steps, the door opened, and Yu Huizhu stood at the door with a smile on her face: "I've been waiting for you for a long time. When I was young, I am Aunt Huizhu."

The meeting was different from what he had imagined. Yu Huizhu's gentleness and enthusiasm made Wen Shi, who was tense, relax slowly.Yu Huizhu stepped forward to hold Wen Shi's hand, and helped straighten the collar of her coat, asking if it was cold all the way.Wen Shi followed into the room and answered with a smile.

He didn't want to take care of Chu Jingxi who had been neglected from the beginning.

"Woman? Hehe." Chu Jingxi shook his head helplessly, changed his shoes silently, and put the gift he brought on the small round table at the entrance.

"When you are young, are you nervous about studying? It is not easy to study for graduate students in the United States, right? There are too many research topics, and it gives me a headache just thinking about it."

"It's quite a lot, but fortunately, my classmates and professors have helped me a lot."

Yu Huizhu pulled Wen Shi to sit on the sofa and chatted, and saw Chu Jingxi coming in, raised her chin and pointed to the kitchen: "Simon, go and see if the soup is ready."

Chu Jingxi: "..."

He hasn't even touched the sofa yet...

After dismissing Chu Jingxi, Yu Huizhu cleared her throat and lowered her voice to ask Wen Shi: "When I was young, how did Jingxi treat you? He's busy with work, so I'm afraid he won't be able to spare more time to take care of you."

This……

Do you just treat her as Chu Jingxi's girlfriend?

Wen Shi only felt his scalp go numb, and he opened his mouth and didn't know how to answer better: "Auntie...we're just ordinary friends..."

"I see!" Before the friend's "friend" was finished, Yu Huizhu directly interrupted Wen Shi's words, clapped her palms and sat up straight, pretending to be serious, "Don't worry, Auntie is on your side Yes, no matter what happens in the future, you can come and tell me immediately, and I will help you decide! You are the future daughter-in-law of our Chu family, and you cannot be wronged in the slightest."

Why did she suddenly rise to the level of daughter-in-law?
Perhaps because she was afraid of Wen Shi's push and hesitation, Yu Huizhu didn't even have a chance to respond, so she got up and left on the pretext of going to the kitchen to see the soup.

"Didn't you have a good chat?" Seeing her mother come in, Chu Jingxi leaned against the cooking table and looked at her leisurely, but in the end she met a disgusted look.

"I saw you haven't chased the little girl." Yu Huizhu stretched out her hand and slapped Chu Jingxi's chest, with a disappointed expression on her face, "Still an ordinary friend?"

Chu Jingxi froze for a moment, then frowned: "What do you mean?"

Yu Huizhu told Chu Jingxi the brief conversation outside just now, and didn't ignore Wen Shi's answer, which he originally wanted to say about ordinary friends, and looked at her son with a look of hatred.

"Before, I told you not to patronize studying and make more friends. I have never seen you fall in love. Your methods are far worse than your father's."

"..."

On one side was the girlfriend who didn't admit it even after kissing her, and on the other side was the mother who disliked herself but also didn't forget to spread the dog food, Chu Jingxi raised her hand to press the frowning brows, and smiled wryly.

In the living room, Wen Shi, who was sitting quietly by himself, took a look around the surrounding environment, from the decoration style to the gadgets placed in the corner, although not from a professional point of view, he still thought it was pretty.

"Thinking about what?"

Hearing the sound, he turned his head and happened to meet Chu Jingxi who was walking up. Wen Shi pointed around and said, "I appreciate your home."

"Shall I take you to the back garden?"

"back yard?"

Without saying a word, Chu Jingxi led Wen Shi to the courtyard by the back door.

Unexpectedly, apart from the small courtyard at the entrance, the Chu family also had a small garden around the back of the house.

A small gazebo, a swing, and a wooden fence, in which are planted flowers and plants that cannot be named when we are warm.Chu Jingxi explained that this is his father's masterpiece, he designed it himself, and planted and cultivated the flowers and plants himself.

"My parents will drink tea and enjoy the moon here at night." Chu Jingxi pointed to the location of the gazebo.

Wen Shi unconsciously walked over.

She actually likes this style very much. When she wakes up in the morning, she can stretch and do exercises in the garden, and water the flowers and plants with a shower.In my spare time, I sit on a swing with a book in my hand, and smell the fragrance of flowers while swinging.At night, you can drink tea and snacks in the small pavilion, watch the stars and the moon.

This is probably the most leisurely life.

"My dad was originally at home today, but he was on a business trip temporarily."

"Ah...that's it." Wen Shi nodded, inexplicably relieved, after all, with one more adult around, she would be under more pressure.Just now in the living room, I felt like I was sitting on pins and needles, wishing to follow Chu Jingxi like a follower, wherever he went, she would follow, so that she would not be left alone.

"My mother made things difficult for you?"

"Huh?" Wen Shi quickly waved his hands, "Nothing, Auntie is very enthusiastic and interesting."

Chu Jingxi looked at her quietly for a while, then asked quietly: "Then why do you say we are ordinary friends? Could it be that you also kiss ordinary friends?"

Stiff neck, unable to speak as if something was stuck in his throat, Wen Shi stared at Chu Jingxi with wide eyes.

Has he always been in this non-surprising and endlessly chattering style?

How could she kiss others casually? Besides, didn't she attack her twice when she wasn't paying attention?Why are there still people acting as thieves these days, pretending to be innocent in front of them.

"Hey, is it reasonable?" Wen Shi put his hands on his hips, ready to reason.

Chu Jingxi shrugged: "I seem to have said about our relationship, why don't you have any self-consciousness about being a girlfriend? Kiss me, you think you don't have to take responsibility?"

"..."

Get beat up?

It's unreasonable to talk to a person whose Chinese is not good. Just when Yu Huizhu appeared, Wen Shi jumped to her side and held her hand as if he had found a savior.

"Auntie, he bullied me."

Chu Jingxi was holding his trouser pockets with both hands, hiding the smile in his eyes calmly, reminding someone without fear of causing trouble: "She is my real mother."

"Heh." Yu Huizhu took a small step forward to protect Wen Shi behind her, raised her chin, and said with the majesty of an elder in her tone, "I'm on Shi's side."

Seeing Wen Shi's smug smile, Chu Jingxi suddenly felt that it was too early to bring her home.If there were any minor disputes in the future, wouldn't he be crushed like Mount Tai, unable to resist?
Lunch is a simple four dishes and one soup.

After coming to the United States, apart from cooking by myself and eating at Chinese restaurants, Wen Shi seldom had Chinese food.And the table of dishes in front of me was prepared by Yu Huizhu early in the morning. The soup was boiled for several hours. It was a very authentic Cantonese soup, and other dishes were also his specialty.

While eating, Wen Shi listened to Yu Huizhu's story about coming to the United States to develop and work hard.

Although it was only a few hours, she really felt like she had integrated into this family, she was not unfamiliar at all, and she would not feel embarrassed.Even if she sometimes can't answer, Chu Jingxi will help her make things right in time.

After a meal, Wen Shi accompanied Yu Huizhu to wash dishes in the kitchen, and Chu Jingxi went out to smoke with a cigarette case.

"Jingxi smokes like his father. He has a cigarette addiction. When you are with him, you should supervise him more. It would be best if you can help him quit smoking. This thing will always hurt your body."

Although it was the first time they met, Yu Huizhu didn't treat Wen Shi as an outsider. The two of them were washing dishes in the kitchen, touching arms from time to time.

Unlike at the dining table, Yu Huizhu talked about Chu Jingxi's childhood. When she was so big, she ran away from home when she had a dispute with her family when she chose a major in college. Tell Wen Shi again.

"When I first saw you, I felt very kind. It's not the same as meeting other Chinese girls here. It's the feeling of family." After wiping the last bowl and putting it in the cupboard, Yu Huizhu turned around Looking at Wen Shi with a smile, "I'm afraid you don't even remember. When your mother gave birth to you, it was my sister, your aunt Huiqing, who took you to the hospital by bicycle. I was there at the time. When you were just born That's just a little..." Yu Huizhu made a gesture, and the corners of her mouth could not stop rising, "The little face is wrinkled, and the eyebrows are connected into a line."

Wen Shi: "..."

I have heard my parents mention about my birth since I was a child, but I never took the initiative to inquire about it. Now I hear it from outsiders, and it feels really subtle.

Especially the person in front of her is the mother of her blind date.

Everything seems to be arranged by God. Whoever you meet, you will meet again if you are destined.

Yu Huizhu made Wen Shi a cup of hot tea and asked Chu Jingxi to go upstairs, while she went back to her room to rest.

Before coming here, Wen Shi never thought that he would have the opportunity to visit Chu Jingxi's room, and always thought that he lived outside alone all the time.Didn't you just go out to rent a house and live independently?
"I will go home whenever there is a holiday." Chu Jingxi explained, as if seeing Wen Shi's doubts.Put the teacup on the desk, lean against the bookcase and watch her quietly.

"Do you like playing with models?"

There are not too many books on the bookcase, but a lot of toy models are neatly placed, some are made by hand, and some are three-dimensional, like some game characters.

"I used to like playing games when I was in school, and occasionally participated in touring activities. These were bought on the spot, and there were also limited editions given by friends."

"Do you like playing games?" As if he had found a topic, Wen Shi's eyes lit up, "Which one?"

Seeing her sudden enthusiasm, Chu Jingxi adjusted her standing posture, with a strong laziness in her voice: "'League of Legends', are you interested? I can play with you."

"No, no, no." Wen Shi shook his head, "I don't have any talent in games, but my best friend, her husband is a professional player of 'Star Alliance', have you ever played this game?"

"Of course, but not at the player level."

"League of Stars" is very similar to "League of Legends" in terms of mode. It is a relatively innovative game. It was very popular when it first came out. He also applied for an account.After all, things like games are addictive.

"Which team does he belong to? Your best friend's husband."

Wen Shi held his chin and thought for a while, but he couldn't figure out whether it was Swing or Swin.Raising his hand to cover his forehead, he was glad that Lin Weian was not here, otherwise he would have pinched her neck and hit the wall.

"I can't remember the name of the team, but his name is Ziko."

"Oh, Ziko of Swing? I've heard of it. He's a legendary character."

On weekdays, she just listened to Lin Wei'an and Chi Yiran being nympho there, yelling one after another, she didn't know anything about games, she didn't know how good Zhong Muyuan was.Now even Chu Jingxi used the word legend to describe him, Wen Shi thought, then he should be really outstanding.

"Ziko is your girlfriend's husband?"

"Well, they've been together for a short time but they're very in love."

"Your girlfriend is as old as you?" Chu Jingxi's eyes flickered slightly.

Wen Shi didn't realize the change in him yet, and nodded solemnly: "I went abroad to study for graduate school, and she works in China. Now she is the planning director of a group, and she works in games. It's also because of this that I met Ziko. Before that, she didn't know anything about the game like I did."

When talking about her good friends, the corners of Wen Shi's eyes are all up. Chu Jingxi understands that she is a person who values ​​friends very much.

Wen Shi was a little tired and yawned involuntarily. Although he covered it with his hand in time, he was still spotted.Chu Jingxi stood up straight, pointed to the big bed opposite, "Take a nap first."

"how about you?"

It was almost the next second's reaction, and he regretted it after asking Wen.

Sure enough, Chu Jingxi pursed her lips and approached her step by step, taking advantage of her long legs to trap her in front of the desk before Wen Shi ran away.

Leaning over and getting closer, the corners of his mouth hooked slightly.

"Me? Of course I'm sleeping with you."

"How is this possible!" Wen Shi made all the movements of lowering his waist, opened the distance between the two of them, stumbled and said, "Would you like to kiss each other, stay away from me."

"But this bedroom is the only one left in my house. There is no guest room. I can't share a bed with my mother, can I?"

"Clap" sound.

It was Chu Jingxi who was stunned.

After Wen Shi slapped himself, he looked at the man in front of him calmly, without changing his face: "I'm awake, I'm not sleepy anymore, I'll give you the bed, you go to sleep."

"..." Chu Jingxi frowned and looked at her for a long time, resisted the twitching of the corners of his mouth, let go of his hands and wiped the corners of his mouth, walked to the small sofa by the window and sat down, "I won't tease you anymore, go to sleep, I'm here Just lie down on the sofa."

After getting slapped, the other party was actually teasing me?When Wen Shi learned the truth, he just wanted to put his fist into Chu Jingxi's mouth. Why does this person always like to make fun of other people's embarrassment?
The sofa is very narrow. After Chu Jingxi, who is about 1.8 meters tall, lies down, everyone who looks at it will feel uncomfortable.But he didn't say anything more, he bent his hands as a pillow, closed his eyes and rested.

There was only the sound of shallow breathing in the air, but Wen Shi still stood motionless by the desk, his eyes wandered around Chu Jingxi several times, and he didn't speak.

The sofa is right next to the small window, and the afternoon sun shines into the room through the thin curtain, like a small quilt, covering Chu Jingxi's body warmly.

After thinking about it, Wen Shi went around to the bed, picked up a pillow, and went to Chu Jingxi's side to help him put it on: "It's uncomfortable to lean on your hands, and it's easy to get numb."

"Thank you."

Wen Shi pursed his lips, turned around and returned to the bed, took off the contact lenses and put them in the small box he carried with him, lay down to rest, heard the rustling sound of the quilt being lifted, and then returned to the quiet room.

Chu Jingxi who had closed her eyes slowly opened them again, adjusted the pillow, turned her face to look at Wen Shi who was curled up in a ball with her back turned to her, and when she couldn't see, she quietly bent the corners of her mouth.

(End of this chapter)