The Queen of Romance: A Summer of Sweet Classics

Chapter 20
Xi Jinnan had an ordinary look, as if the invitation just now was purely out of respect for a lady's gentleman behavior, he looked at her casually, waiting for her answer, with a faint smile on his lips, if Nie Ranqing refused, On the contrary, it will appear hypocritical.

She put two large plastic bags in the back seat of the car, half revealing several large boxes of potato chips and biscuits.This was originally intended to be brought to Yao Mi, who unfortunately twisted her foot yesterday. After marriage, Nie Ranqing was influenced by Xi Jinnan. Health is a first-class vocabulary, and she no longer has much involvement in this kind of puffed food.However, when she turned around, she caught a glimpse of Xi Jinnan frowning imperceptibly.

So I wanted to explain something, but I don't bother to explain it now.

I didn't say anything all the way.

Nie Ranqing was a little depressed. He opened the car window, and the wind rushed in. Nie Ranqing could hardly open his eyes, so he had to close them again quickly.Xi Jinnan pursed his lips and coughed lightly.Nie Ranqing glanced at him, Xi Jinnan looked natural: "I have a bit of a cold."

His voice was a bit hoarse, Nie Ranqing paused for a while, and then asked: "Have you taken your medicine?"

"I didn't eat today."

"Why didn't you eat?"

"forgotten."

This is rare for Xi Jinnan.When they were married before, it was often Nie Ranqing who forgot to take the medicine and he came to remind her, and it was rare for her to be upside down.Xi Jinnan has always had a good memory and is very careful. Once Nie Ranqing had a cough and he was on a business trip. Before he left, he bought an alarm clock and set the time twice a day. It was hard for Nie Ranqing to forget.

The alarm clock is still on the bedside table in the bedroom at home.

When the car shuttled through the traffic, the atmosphere between the two was quite harmonious, but when they arrived at the door, when the two were about to separate, they still showed unnaturalness after all.

Nie Ranqing bent down, her hair drooped down, covering her sight perfectly: "Thank you."

The headlights of the car shone a bright light, and the lights in the car were even more dim. Only his deep voice was heard, without any special emotion, but mixed with the sound of the car restarting, it was very clear: "You're welcome."

Reunion is really not a good thing.Nie Ranqing suffered from insomnia again, and it lasted for two days.

In the early morning of the third day, when Nie Ranqing tried to open her sleepy eyes in front of the mirror, she suddenly realized belatedly how idiot this kind of self-abuse is, and her nostalgia complex is too serious, it is absolutely nothing if this continues Benefits, we must start to find a way to cure.She allowed herself to dwell on the past, and things should start to work out after that.

She remembered what a respected teacher told her not to dwell too much on the past, how could there be a past without the present.

After more than a month of divorce, Nie Ranqing began to slowly change her life.She went to the art exhibition and bought a very favorite painting.I also changed my style of clothing, and most of the clothes in the closet were eliminated.Then I went to the hairdresser again.

Nie Ranqing brushed her hair back and forth, until after half an hour she was already a little sleepy, and the hairdresser's proud voice came: "It's done."

Nie Ranqing opened his eyes lazily, and gasped when he saw himself in the mirror.

It was appalling.Three strands of hair were still fluttering in front of his forehead, just like the image of Sanmao who joined the army in comics.

Nie Ranqing struggled for a long time under his expectant eyes, but still showed a smile: "May I take the liberty to ask your age?"

"twenty."

No wonder it's so non-mainstream.

Nie Ranqing decided that she would reduce the frequency of going out in the next period of time, not even seeing Yao Mi, lest the other party say something that made her unbearable.

But she missed one person in all her calculations. She didn't expect Xi Jinnan to be No.1 who saw her hairstyle.

Nie Ranqing was escorted out of the hair salon by the stylist's smile, and ran into Xi Jinnan head-on.Nie Ranqing groaned in her heart, wishing so much that the ground would turn into a pile of sand, and let her bury it like an ostrich.

The moment Xi Jinnan saw her, he was obviously stunned for a moment, looked her up and down several times, then rolled his right hand into a circle and placed it by his mouth, gently covering up a cough.She let out a "hum" from her nose, her tone was not kind, but she was trying her best to hide her embarrassment: "Why are you here?"

Xi Jinnan pointed to the building behind, with a faint smile on his face: "I have something to do."

Nie Ranqing wished that this great god would leave quickly, and Nie Ranqing was about to hit the wall again when he stood in front of her again: "Then go get busy."

"My work is done."

"Then hurry back to the company."

"It's off work now." Xi Jinnan said, "Where are you going?"

Nie Ranqing looked at him: "Where are you going?"

Xi Jinnan laughed suddenly: "Find a place to sit."

"I'm not going," Nie Ranqing flatly refused, "I don't want to show off with this hairstyle."

"Do you want to go home? I can take you."

"I'll just take a taxi myself."

He insisted: "I will send you."

Nie Ranqing got into Xi Jinnan's car again.It was not the same car as last time, and the perfume in the car was also changed. Nie Ranqing leaned on the back of the chair and closed her eyes to rest. She knew that the air in the car was too stuffy, but she couldn't find a suitable topic to talk to the people around her. share.

In fact, she recently searched for some news at home, which was related to Xi Jinnan.She didn't pay attention to it before, but now she realizes that Xi Jinnan is more devoted to marriage than she imagined.He was not a person who showed his emotions. They were married for three years. He seldom showed his emotions in front of her, and the two of them had never confessed their love. her advances.

In an interview, a reporter asked him his views on family, and his answer was that building a family requires love and responsibility, and my wife deserves this love and responsibility from me.

Originally, he could always be by her side.

When the car arrived, Nie Ranqing was in a bad mood, and said thank you dully before getting out of the car.Xi Jinnan stopped her.

He said: "It is inconvenient for you to go to the supermarket to buy things by yourself. You can buy a car."

His words brought back many memories of her.For example, he used to take her to school, go to the supermarket, or the two of them went out together.At that time, they didn't feel that being together was a kind of companionship, but now that she was alone, the gap was even more profound.

Nie Ranqing lowered her eyes, without emotion: "Xi Jinnan, I don't need you to worry about it."

Xi Jinnan didn't say anything at the time, but in the following days, he appeared in front of Nie Ranqing more and more frequently.

Not only tall, but also fixed.Basically, when Nie Ranqing was going to the supermarket every Thursday afternoon, he would show up downstairs on time.When he stayed in the car, he would not deliberately remind her, but when Nie Ranqing went downstairs, the car lights would flash, and she would look over automatically.

Nie Ranqing accepted his love, but the two of them didn't talk much in the car.When she finishes shopping, Xi Jinnan will remind her with a flash of the car lights, and then drive her back.After more times, Nie Ranqing couldn't help but think about something, but she didn't dare to ask.

She didn't want to hear words like "I'm your ex-husband after all, I'm the only one responsible for you being alone like this, and I'll leave as soon as you find someone else suitable" that would make you vomit blood.

There is usually not much communication between the two.Nie Ranqing sometimes wanted to ask him what he was doing recently, but she had never asked this kind of question in marriage, so it would be more or less embarrassing to say it rashly now.So just shut up.

Occasionally, Nie Ranqing mentioned that she was going to a classmate's wedding on Saturday, and when she went downstairs on Saturday, Xi Jinnan's car was already waiting downstairs.After more than a month, and on Thursday, Xi Jinnan's car was not parked downstairs as usual.

Nie Ranqing walked around downstairs, almost turned the whole neighborhood upside down, and didn't see his car.When it was finally confirmed that he was not here, she lost the mood to go to the supermarket, and went upstairs again without saying a word.

On Thursday of the next week, Xi Jinnan still didn't show up.

Nie Ranqing had the urge to call Xi Jinnan, but she gave up when she picked up the phone.In the end, she came from an unknown teacher, so she couldn't ask Xi Jinnan why he didn't come to take her to the supermarket. Such willful words could not be said to Yao Mi, let alone to her ex-husband.

She had to go to the supermarket by herself, because there was not much oil, rice and noodles left, and the things she bought this time were extraordinarily heavy.It was already [-] o'clock in the evening when she got home after tossing around. She was not in the mood to cook, so she simply washed up and went to bed.

Yao Mi sensed that something was wrong with her, and after asking a few questions, Nie Ranqing said she was fine.After a few days like this, suddenly one night I received a call from Chu Chen.

It was still the same kind of playful tone, with teasing and carelessness: "Hey, Miss Nie, good evening."

It was ironic that no one said it from Chu Chen.Nie Ranqing leaned against the window sill, looked up at the crescent moon in the sky, and said in a rather nice voice: "Mr. Chu, you have been dizzy from the overflowing peach blossoms recently. I am not your colorful pile."

Chu Chen smiled: "Look at what you said, can't I talk to you on the phone? What are you doing?"

"Have a meal."

"one person?"

"quiet."

"I watched a movie at the cinema yesterday. Guess what I watched?"

"Lust, Caution."

Chu Chen burst out laughing: "This is the image of me in your heart? What have you been up to lately?"

"Have you been drinking? What nonsense are you talking about?"

"What kind of nonsense is this? This is obviously a greeting, okay?" Chu Chen said, "Someone gave me two VIP tickets to the premiere of XX two days ago. Didn't you always like that actress Jiang Wen? Give you one."

"Who told you that I like Jiang Wen?"

Chu Chen paused, then smiled and said, "You said it before, and you forgot it so soon?"

"When did I say that?"

"It was just a while ago." Chu Chen opened his eyes and said nonsense, swearing, "You must have forgotten, with your memory, you can't even remember the way. Don't talk about it, it's so settled, I'll hang up first Alright, I'll send someone to deliver the ticket to you tomorrow."

"Don't hang up!" Nie Ranqing gritted her teeth and said, "Who told you that I like Jiang Wen?"

Chu Chen said in a frivolous tone, "Oh, what are you doing after all, it's not important."

Nie Ranqing almost blurted out "very important", but held back: "Since it's not important, why are you hiding it?"

Chu Chen sighed: "Don't you already have the answer in your heart, why don't you let me say it."

"..."

"I said, it's so boring for you two to be awkward all day long. People live to try to be comfortable, and you two pretend to be nothing, and I feel bad for you. If it weren't for me, you two might be doing nothing now Terrible situation. Don't tell me you are fine now. If you really say that, it will be the same as that person surnamed Xi. There is a phone plugged in from my side. Let's do this first. I will hang up first. Tomorrow I'll call you when the tickets are delivered, you have to be at home."

Before Nie Ranqing could reply, the phone was hung up.

Nie Ranqing looked at the phone for a while, but couldn't say a word for a while.

Chu Chen is a killer in love. If he was asked to choose between his favorite sports car and a beautiful woman he just met, he would probably give the sports car to the beautiful woman, and then drive the elated beauty on the road by himself.This is the usual flamboyant attitude of a free-spirited dandy.Nie Ranqing couldn't achieve this level, if this is considered a level.It was easy for Chu Chen to say it, but it was not easy for her to do it.

There must be an opportunity for her to bow down to Xi Jinnan and admit her mistakes.She couldn't do it like this.What's more, she doesn't even know where Xi Jinnan lives now.

Although she has a strong interest in actresses, Nie Ranqing intuitively felt that Chu Chen's unreasonable gift of tickets was related to Xi Jinnan. After thinking about it, she didn't want to just step into the trap like this. I went to a neighboring city to climb a mountain.

Nie Ranqing said it without thinking.

On the contrary, Yao Mi was surprised: "It's not that you don't like climbing mountains all the time, why are you so active today? I had prepared a lot of words to persuade you..."

"I am positive and you are not happy?"

"Happy is happy..."

"That's enough, don't think too much."

Nie Ranqing packed her bags that night, and got up early the next morning, but Yao Mi called again, saying that she had a relative who was coming to T City today, and the trip had to be cancelled.

Yao Mi apologized to her: "My cousin came over suddenly today, she treated me well when she was a child, I have to accompany her..."

Nie Ranqing said: "You are busy with your work, I will go by myself."

"...Are you bewitched today?"

Nie Ranqing was funny: "I'll just exercise, why are you so surprised?"

"This isn't the usual you, okay? You know, last year I dragged you to Mount Tai..." Before finishing speaking, Nie Ranqing interrupted: "This is the new me after the divorce. Is it okay to say that?"

An hour and a half later, Nie Ranqing arrived at the foot of the mountain.

It was cool autumn, and Nie Ranqing shivered as soon as he got out of the car.The mountain peaks are rolling and rolling, although it has entered autumn, it is still lush and green, and the birds are singing lightly.Nie Ranqing was planning to climb the mountain when he received a call from Chu Chen.

"I'm not in T city, and I won't go back today."

"then where are you?"

Nie Ranqing reported the name of the mountain.

Chu Chen took a deep breath: "Why didn't you say it yesterday? Didn't you agree to send the ticket over today?"

"You didn't ask."

Chu Chen was really angry: "Nie Ranqing, you can do it, you can do it! I'm not Xi Jinnan, can you run away?"

Nie Ranqing gently kicked the pebbles under his feet, and said slowly: "Pay attention to your wording, even if it was Xi Jinnan, I never ran."

Chu Chen laughed lightly: "How dare you say that in front of Xi Jinnan?"

"I won't tell you, I'm going to climb the mountain."

Climbing a mountain is a great way to burn off your energy.Nie Ranqing climbed up holding his breath, and he didn't know how long it took until he felt the darkness in front of his eyes before stopping.There was a gazebo next to her. She went to sit down. Since she didn’t eat much for breakfast, she was a little hungry. She opened a bag of biscuits, finished eating in two or threes, and took out a bottle of water. Other tourists stopped here to rest one after another. Sitting next to her happened to be a peer in her 30s.

Nie Ranqing twisted the bottle cap for a long time, but still failed.The peers next to him watched silently for a while, then suddenly asked, "Do you need help?"

Nie Ranqing glanced at the other party, and silently handed over the water bottle.

He smiled, unscrewed the bottle cap, and handed it back.Nie Ranqing thanked her, and the other party asked her, "Are you alone?"

"Correct."

"I'm alone too." He smiled, "Are you a local?"

"He came from T city."

"What a coincidence." He raised his eyebrows with a smile, "Me too."

The two exchanged a few words and found that their interests coincided with each other.The other party's surname is Ji, and he is a bachelor in the Eastern District of T City. He is wearing a light gray sportswear at the moment, with a clear and polite demeanor.When Nie Ranqing had almost rested, the other party asked her: "Want to climb up together?"

His tone was polite, but Nie Ranqing declined with a smile: "No, I want to take a rest. You continue first."

The other party showed a slightly regretful look: "Okay then. Maybe we can see you on the top of the mountain."

Nie Ranqing watched him leave.Counting these years, although she is not as good as Nie Ranxi, she actually does not lack various encounters.However, being suppressed by Nie Ranxi before, he didn't realize that some of them would be the favor of the opposite sex.After divorcing Xi Jinnan, she occasionally received sudden invitations from former friends of the opposite sex, but she declined them one by one.

Yao Mi always felt that she had a life attitude of not wanting to make progress. Two days ago, Nie Ranqing was talked about a lot, so she couldn't help but reply: "Which of them do you think can compare to Xi Jinnan?"

After speaking, I froze.Yao Mi was even more dazed for a while, before she murmured: "If Xi Jinnan doesn't remarry with you, you are doomed to be single in your next life. He will make you miserable."

The phone rang uncontrollably at this moment.

The words Xi Jinnan flashed on the screen. Nie Ranqing tilted her head and frowned slightly, but she quickly answered, "What's the matter?"

Xi Jinnan's slightly smiling voice came over the phone: "Look to the left."

Nie Ranqing faintly felt something. She hesitated according to his words, and slowly turned her head. At a 45-degree angle, five steps away, she saw Xi Jinnan who was still holding the phone in his hand.

The sunshine at noon in autumn was unobstructed, and Xi Jinnan was wearing a beige top, which made him look even more graceful, with a face like a crown jade.He stood by the side of the road, holding a bottle of water in his right hand, half-closed his eyes, and smiled at her.

Nie Ranqing was dizzy for a moment, she watched him approaching without blinking, and suddenly felt a cool, water-like feeling running through her body and mind.

She was covered by Xi Jinnan's shadow, watching him lower his eyes to look at her, landed on the biscuit in her hand, and then said: "Hungry?"

Xi Jinnan rarely showed such a gentle expression, and Nie Ranqing couldn't resist this kind of smile.His facial features were completely stretched out, and the corners of his eyes began to smile, and he couldn't stop it anymore.

The two sat in a small simple pavilion, with a small round table in front of them, Xi Jinnan's demeanor was still reserved and refined.This posture of his has probably become a personal habit, and it is difficult to change.

Nie Ranqing asked him in a low voice, "Why are you here?"

Counting it, they have not seen each other for nearly half a month.Xi Jinnan also experienced such a length of time when he was on a business trip.At that time, she didn't really care about him leaving, maybe she was sure that he would come back, but now she felt that it took so long.

Xi Jinnan took her schoolbag and flipped through it. His expression seemed to be dissatisfied with her climbing equipment, and he said casually, "I'm not at ease when Chu Chen said you came to climb the mountain."

This answer didn't quite match what Nie Ranqing was thinking, and she was a little annoyed: "What's there to worry about? This mountain is not high."

He showed her the things in her schoolbag: "You should try to reduce the load in your backpack for mountain climbing. What are you doing with a book? It's sunny today, so you should take a parasol. Also, there are many poisonous insects in the mountains, so you should bring some cooling oil. "

Nie Ranqing grabbed the schoolbag, stood up and left.

She is in front and he is behind.Nie Ranqing's physical strength was too weak, and it didn't take long for her to speed up before her feet became slow again.She leaned against the stone to calm her breath, Xi Jinnan looked at her slightly bent over and covered her chest: "The body is too weak and needs exercise."

Nie Ranqing raised his eyelids and looked back at him, with a "hmph" coming out of his nose.

After continuing to climb the mountain, Xi Jinnan and Nie Ranqing's steps were slightly staggered, but they were in tacit understanding. The shadows of the two overlapped and moved forward very harmoniously, as if they were connected as one.Nie Ranqing went up the mountain with his head down, and accidentally saw this scene. He didn't know which corner of his heart was touched, and he began to soften slowly.

She saw a leaf with a strange shape in the middle, and tried to pick it, but it was higher than her head, and failed several times. Xi Jinnan followed, picked the leaf off, and put it in her palm.

When two people climbed the mountain together, their efficiency slowed down and their psychology changed.If only Nie Ranqing climbed the mountain alone, she would have reached the top of the mountain by now.But with Xi Jinnan at the side, it was justifiable for Nie Ranqing to stop and rest when he suddenly felt tired, especially with Xi Jinnan's acquiescence.

It's nap time again.Nie Ranqing hammered his leg slowly and repeatedly, Xi Jinnan suggested buying a cane or taking a cable car, but Nie Ranqing refused without hesitation: "No." Then he raised his eyes and stared at him, "You can dislike me Let's go first."

When climbing the mountain later, Xi Jinnan was always supporting her.To be more precise, she was the one who dragged Xi Jinnan by the corner of his clothes and walked up step by step.She was beside him, and she could see his profile when she tilted her head, and then looked down from the top, the unbuttoned collar, the tall and straight body, his half-rolled-up sleeves, then the forearm, and then the From the wrist, to the palm with clear lines, and the fingers with well-defined joints, Nie Ranqing looked at every part carefully.

Xi Jinnan stopped suddenly and turned his head: "See what I am doing?"

Nie Ranqing was taken aback, and said forcefully, "Who's watching you? Concentrate on climbing your mountain."

Xi Jinnan suddenly smiled.

It was comparable to the smile he showed when the two first met halfway up the mountain.Even faint dimples can be seen on the cheeks.This smile is terribly beautiful, as if a glacier is melting, and even the most stubborn edges and corners seem to be softened.

She was a little dazed, so that when Xi Jinnan grabbed her hand, he didn't even resist at all.

Xi Jinnan's palms were still slightly cool and dry, her hands were small, and he wrapped her tightly.There was a faint smile on the corner of Xi Jinnan's mouth, as if he was in a good mood, and he was even willing to accommodate her slow tortoise-like speed.But he is still calm and composed, with a calm demeanor and clear eyes, as if his face will not change even when Mount Tai is overwhelmed.

When Nie Ranqing looked at him, she suddenly felt a long-lost but familiar feeling slowly rising from the bottom of her heart, as if driftwood had landed on the shore, or a bird had returned to its nest.Nie Ranqing suddenly had an idea, she vaguely felt that even if she asked Xi Jinnan to carry her up the mountain, he would probably agree.

There are temples with cigarettes curling up on the top of the mountain. There are several copper wind chimes hanging from the corners of the eaves. The wind is strong on the top of the mountain, and the wind chimes are ringing non-stop.Before they even entered the door, they could smell the strong smell of incense.

Many people were making and fulfilling their vows, holding red incense sticks in their hands, and bowed deeply devoutly.Although Nie Ranqing is not superstitious about such things, but in this environment, he still has a sense of solemnity.

Nie Ranqing also threw a few coins into the wishing pool and made a serious wish.When walking back to Xi Jinnan, he asked her, "What wish did you make?"

"Why don't you guess?"

Xi Jinnan did not cooperate, and only smiled slightly: "If your wish comes true, remember to come and fulfill your wish."

(End of this chapter)