Enchanted (GL)

Chapter 47

The door was closed softly.

Qiao Zhiyu left.

Ji hopes towards the door, the toffee in her mouth is slowly melting, she bends her legs, hugs her arms, and then buried her face between her knees, she shrank into a ball on the bed. She was still dizzy when she woke up of.

When I closed my eyes, I couldn’t help but flash some pictures in my mind.

About Qiao Zhiyu.

She has been living her life as planned all the time, mechanically, calm as water, without waves. She has long been used to it, but now, her state of life has been broken.

Someone broke into her world and involved her emotions, but she was helpless.

She had never liked anyone before, and she didn’t know what the so-called heartbeat was like. Jiang Nian sometimes teased her, saying that she was probably asexual, and she even thought it made sense.

Until I met Qiao Zhiyu.

She thinks she knows what a heartbeat is, what a liking is…

She can’t fool herself.

Ji Xi put her chin on her knees. When she is confused, she likes to curl up in the corner like this, her lips tightly closed, without saying a word. Think about it, it seems easy to figure out, she has experienced so many bad things, what is this?

Anyway, as time goes by, everything fades away.

How should life continue or how to continue.

Qiao Zhiyu has been busy for a few days, the listing plan is basically finalized, and it is a little free. Lying in bed at night, she took her mobile phone, but Ji Xi still didn’t send her a message, not even a word of “good night”.

It’s kind of hurt.

Qiao Zhiyu found that Ji Xi would hardly find her as long as he didn’t contact her.

She deliberately didn’t take the initiative in these two days, and it really was.

Was it one-sided enthusiasm? Qiao Zhiyu walked to the sofa and sat down, feeling a little bored. He bent forward and smoked a cigarette in the cigarette case. He opened his lips slightly and rolled it down, with the cigarette holder in his mouth.

I’m bored, and occasionally smoke a little.

When she smoked the most fiercely, she was under too much pressure when she first entered the workplace, and smoking just relieved her pressure.

After looking at the phone twice, Qiao Zhiyu wanted to send Ji Xi a message, but he held back. She took a muffled mouthful of cigarettes. At this moment, the phone on the sofa vibrated and a smile appeared on her face. She immediately picked up the phone and looked at it.

The smile faded again.

It was not sent from “Munky Gourd”.

Qiao Zhiyu changed Ji Xi’s remarks to “boring gourd”, which is appropriate. She has met many interesting people than Jixi, whether it is a man or a woman, but she prefers Jixi’s boredom. No one has ever seized her heart like this.

Perhaps it feels like this is as elusive as the market. Careful preparation may not yield results, and it happened again inadvertently.

Ji Xi hasn’t slept either. When she can’t sleep, she doesn’t force herself to paint or read a book and find something to do. Ji Xi is just as sensitive to WeChat message prompts. As soon as she notified her, she couldn’t help but pick up her mobile phone to take a look.

Qiao Zhiyu didn’t contact her much anymore.

She thought, when you are in love, you don’t need to find someone to chat. She could feel that Qiao Zhiyu was a person who was afraid of loneliness and needed someone to accompany him.

Ji Xi continued to draw her unfinished sketch, repeating the line movement, which calmed her mind. After not drawing for a while, the phone was moving again. This time it was an incoming call reminder. As soon as she saw the caller’s remarks, her hand with the pen dropped.

“Munky gourd.” Qiao Zhiyu still couldn’t hold back the call.

Ji Xi moved the phone to her ear and heard an intimacy. She looked at the endless night view outside the window, but her mouth was cold and indifferent: “Mr Qiao.”

Qiao Zhiyu doesn’t like to hear Ji Xi call her Mr. Qiao privately, which seems strange. What’s wrong.

“What are you doing?” Qiao Zhiyu asked, beginning with a small chat.

Ji Xi looked at the drawing paper and said, “Draw a picture.”

Qiao Zhiyu: “What to paint?”

Ji Xi: “Draw it casually.”

Qiao Zhiyu changed the topic and asked directly: “Did you forget something?”

“what’s up?”

Qiao Zhiyu reminded: “You have agreed to invite me to make chicken, want to go back on the bill?”

“No.” Ji Xi remembered this and never forgot.

“Then why don’t you contact me?” Qiao Zhiyu made a pun.

“I…” Ji Xi curled her head and whispered to the other end of the phone: “I’m afraid you don’t have time.”

Hearing this answer, Qiao Zhiyu felt a little more comfortable, “If you have time, you will have time tomorrow night.”

“Then tomorrow night, we will have dinner together.” Ji Xi said.

Qiao Zhiyu smiled softly, “Waiting for me in the same place after get off work.”

Ji Xi: “—Hmm.”

Qiao Zhiyu never dreamed that she would be so cheeky to pester someone, but before she was released, others would chase her.

The next day, Ji Xi did not get off work on time, and was busy until dark. She glanced at Qiao Zhiyu’s office, the light was still on, Qiao Zhiyu was waiting for her to leave work together.

Ji Xi wondered, does she want to eat dry pot chicken that much? I reminded myself of this several times.

After finishing his work, Ji Xi quietly sent a text message to Qiao Zhiyu. Before long, she saw Qiao Zhiyu walking out of the office.

In the “old place”, Ji Xi got into Qiao Zhiyu’s car.

From the company to the school, it takes about forty minutes to drive without traffic jams. The location of that store is not good, so after getting off the bus, I have to go two hundred meters into the alley.

The outside of the small restaurant was really tattered. Ji Xi looked at it, as if it was even worse than last time. She said to Qiao Zhi: “It looks a little bit broken, the taste is okay.”

Qiao Zhiyu smiled and said he didn’t mind, “Do you often come here to eat?”

“I used to come here when I was studying for dinner,” Ji Xi said as he walked.

There are not many people in the restaurant, and it is not full because it is still summer vacation. If you want to put it down, you must call to make an appointment before you can get a seat.

The two men found a table by the window and sat down. The tables and chairs are very old, the paint on the tops is all off, a piece of bald here and a little missing there. There is a simple menu on the table, the order here is very casual, there is no waiter, if you want something delicious, call the lady boss over.

“Order whatever you want.” Ji Xi said, took the tableware in front of Qiao Zhiyu, blanched it with tea, and poured her a cup of tea carefully.

Qiao Zhiyu watched Ji Xi the whole time, and remembered the noodles Ji Xi gave her that night. Although Mian Hulu didn’t talk much, he would definitely hurt people.

The more I think about it, the more itchy Qiao Zhiyu.

“Do you want something delicious?” Ji Xi raised her head and asked.

“You are familiar with you.” Qiao Zhiyu has no special requirements for food, “I can do it.”

Seeing the lady boss passing by, Ji Xishun called out, “Boss, order.”

The proprietress is a short, chubby and a little cute aunt. When she saw Ji Xi, her eyes were narrow and she was very enthusiastic: “School flower, some days will not come.”

Ji Xi was embarrassed when he heard the name “school flower”. She used to come here for dinner, and her classmates liked to call her that way. The boss here has heard of it, and she has learned a lot. I have to say that the boss here has a good memory, and I still remember it after so long.

“I graduated, I don’t come here often.” Ji Xi ordered a portion of Qiao Zhiyu’s dry pot chicken, and also ordered the signature dishes from two stores.

“Don’t order too much, you can’t finish eating and wasting.” Qiao Zhiyu said to Ji Xi.

The lady boss took the time to watch Qiao Zhiyu smile while memorizing the menu. Her mouth was as idle as her hands, and she was very talkative: “Your friend is also really beautiful. Usually good.”

Small restaurants mainly do business with repeat customers, and the boss is usually quite eloquent.

After ordering the food, Ji Xi raised her head, not forgetting to add to the boss, “Don’t put coriander. Thank you.”

“okay.”

Qiao Zhiyu smiled quietly and took a sip of tea, because she didn’t eat coriander.

It will take a while to serve.

Sitting face to face with Qiao Zhiyu like this, Ji Xi was a little uncomfortable, especially when Qiao Zhiyu was staring straight at her. She avoided the stare with Qiao Zhiyu several times and bowed her head to drink tea. The most common barley tea is neither good nor bad.

Fortunately, the dishes are fairly fast, the chicken is browned and crispy, and burned in a small iron pan, sizzling, and fragrant.

“The chicken in this restaurant is fried and then fried. It’s very fragrant.” Ji Xi asked for something to say, diverting her attention.

Qiao Zhiyu said she was dull gourd, but Qiao Zhiyu didn’t know that she was actually more dull in front of others. Qiao Zhiyu is already her exception.

“Eat more.” Qiao Zhiyu first took a piece of chicken and sent it to Ji Xi’s bowl.

“So are you.” Ji Xi smiled reluctantly. After Qiao Zhiyu tasted the chicken, she asked, “Is it okay?”

“good to eat.”

Ji Xi sees her eating well.

Soon all three dishes were served. The proprietress said the home-brewed green plum wine was ready, and asked them if they wanted to taste something, but Ji Xi and Qiao Zhiyu declined and ordered two cans of herbal tea.

The two talked while eating.

“They called you a school flower?” Qiao Zhi was very interesting, and asked Ji Xi on the opposite side, “Are you a school flower before?”

“It’s fun talking between classmates.” Someone commented boringly in the school post. Ji Xi didn’t know when his photos were on the list, or they were secretly taken by Zhang Library.

“Is it tiring to work overtime recently?” Ji Xi was in a bad state recently, and Qiao Zhiyu saw it in his eyes.

“It’s okay.”

“I didn’t sleep well at the first glance, and dark circles under my eyes came out.”

A cell phone call interrupted the chat between the two.

Ji Xi didn’t pay attention to who called Qiao Zhiyu, but Qiao Zhiyu’s mobile phone was just on the table, the six-inch screen lit up, and the caller ID on it was eye-catching.

Xiao Che.

Seeing these two words, the certain emotion that Ji Xi had been trying to restrain, swelled and swept her mind.

Qiao Zhiyu didn’t get up to go outside, and she answered the phone in front of Ji Xi.

“Hey…you can figure it out…you don’t have to ask me anything…I believe you…no time tonight…talk to tomorrow…”

Ji Xi kept her head down. She didn’t want to eavesdrop on the chat between Qiao Zhiyu and Xiao Che, but it happened that Qiao Zhiyu heard every word and every laugh on the phone.

I don’t know where I want to go, thinking about Qiao Zhiyu’s acting like a baby, and thinking that she is kissing someone…

Ji Xi could imagine that Qiao Zhiyu had done almost all of these to her.

Qiao Zhiyu said “bye bye”, hung up, and watched Ji Xi bury her head and did not eat, “Why don’t you eat?”

When Ji Xi heard Qiao Zhiyu’s voice, she didn’t immediately raise her head, but slowly looked at Qiao Zhiyu: “You can go first if you have something, and I will invite you next time.”

“I’m fine,” Qiao Zhiyu said, “Keep on eating.”

“Yeah.” Although Ji Xi is good at managing emotions, at this time, it is inevitable that she still shows unnaturalness. It’s not the same as usual.

“What’s the matter, was someone bullied today?” Qiao Zhiyu looked at Ji Xi a little bit wronged. He used to talk less, not so much.

“No.” Ji Xi wondered, whether she should say something, anyway, just like that, she suddenly smiled and said to Qiao Zhiyu: “Congratulations.”

Qiao Zhiyu didn’t understand: “Congratulations to me?”

Congratulations are so dumb, after all, Qiao Zhiyu hasn’t talked to her about Xiao Che. Ji Xi grasped the can in her hand and squeezed it. She looked into Qiao Zhiyu’s eyes as naturally as she could, and then in a tone as natural as possible, “- I’m out of order.”