Delayed confession

Xu Weixi glanced at the black car parked in front of her with some annoyance, walked forward a few steps, and prepared to stop the car again. Unexpectedly, the car also moved forward a bit, and then she reacted.

Watching the car window slowly fall down, she leaned over slightly and her eyes met with Gu Mochuan who was looking at her sideways.

"Get in the car!" The man turned back to his seat, tapping the steering wheel rhythmically with his fingertips.

Xu Weixi was a little confused. He had just rejected Mu Guanyu's proposal, so what was he doing now? A sudden act of kindness?

Joey said that Gu Mochuan was single. Did he not agree just now because he was afraid of causing unnecessary misunderstandings?

Xu Weixi checked the time, looked up at the taxis that were full one after another, and it seemed that there was no better way, but...

It might be inappropriate for him to sit in the passenger seat, but it would be impolite to sit in the back and treat him as the driver.

Xu Weixi stretched out her hand and clenched it tentatively. Just as she was hesitating, Gu Mochuan honked the horn impatiently.

Xu Weixi decisively opened the passenger door and got in. She felt that with Gu Mochuan's temper, if he was mistaken for the driver, he would definitely throw her out of the car.

"If I wasn't pressed for time and couldn't get a taxi..." Xu Weixi muttered to himself, but he couldn't show it on his face.

She fastened her seat belt silently.

"Blue Community, thank you."

Gu Mochuan didn't say anything, and slowly started the car.

The interior of the car was too quiet; the space was enclosed and small.

Just when Xu Weixi thought she should say something to break the silence, the phone in her bag rang first.

Xu Weixi was afraid of disturbing Gu Mochuan's driving, so she turned down the volume before answering the call.

"Xiao Xi, have you had dinner?"

"I ate." Xu Weixi frowned slightly as he listened to the noisy voice on the other end of the phone.

Fang Yuan on the other end of the phone did not notice the unhappiness in his daughter's tone and continued to talk to himself.

"Oh, Ruirui's parents are treating us to a meal today, so we may have to go back late. You can go to bed first, and you don't have to leave the door open for us."

"I didn't bring...the key." Before Xu Weixi could finish her words, the other party hung up the phone.

Gu Mochuan pretended to look in the rearview mirror and turned slightly to find that the girl, who had just answered the call, was staring at the phone in a daze with a tired look on her face. He felt a little distressed and a little helpless.

Xu Weixi put away his phone, and remembered that there seemed to be an Internet cafe near Xiqiao No. 1 Middle School. He calmed down and looked up and said,

"Just drop me off at Xiqiao No. 1 Middle School."

Just a few seconds.

Gu Mochuan looked at the smiling girl and was stunned for a moment.

Xu Weixi thought he was unhappy that she had changed her address for no apparent reason, so she patiently explained,

"No one is home. I didn't bring my keys. I need to go to the internet cafe to finish my work."

The light turned red, and the man seemed to be looking for something. He finally took out a box from the compartment.

--cigarette!

Perhaps considering that she was also in the car, the man rubbed his hair irritably, threw the cigarette and lighter back, and opened the car window.

Xu Weixi thought it was because of his sudden change of address, and wondered whether he should get off the bus in front.

After a while, the car started.

Xu Weixi found that he had changed his route, so he looked out the window with peace of mind, watching the scenery outside quickly running backwards. The street lights were drawn into bright lines, dazzling and dizzying. Memories also popped up at every opportunity.

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The girl with ponytails patted the boy's shoulder like an adult and said, "Do your homework well. The exam is coming soon."

Gu Mochuan asked hopefully, "If I win a place, will there be a reward?"

Xu Weixi nodded and said, "Winning the Hope Cup will give you extra points in the college entrance examination."

"I don't care about that." Gu Mochuan raised his head proudly, thinking that it looked very handsome.

……

Xu Weixi turned her head and glanced at the tense-looking man... She wanted to laugh, but he was still the same, with his emotions written all over his face.

Xu Weixi sighed inaudibly, his eyebrows drooping.

Ten minutes later,

Gu Mochuan parked the car on the side of the road.

“There are computers in this cafe.”

"Thank you."

Xu Weixi unbuckled his seat belt and said politely, "Thank you so much for today. I'll treat you to a meal some other day...when you're free."

The man didn't say anything, but played with the lighter in his hand. Xu Weixi didn't say anything else, opened the door and got out of the car.

...

Kawanishi Cafe?

Xu Weixi looked at the LED light that was not lit on the half of the word "味" and felt a little nervous. She turned her head to look at the black car still parked on the side of the road. The man's left hand stretched out of the window, and the sparks on the cigarette flickered.

She withdrew her gaze, raised her hand and pushed open the heavy glass door.

Maybe it was because of the design, but when she walked in she found that this seemingly ordinary cafe was actually a different world.

"Hello, welcome."

As soon as Xu Weixi entered the door, he heard a mechanical sound beside his ear. He looked up at the big-mouthed monkey at the door and smiled.

The main color is dark brown, with warm light bands. There are no tables or chairs, only a few large tatami mats.

The small succulents invisibly divide the empty house into different functional areas, and the three rows of large bookshelves against the wall make people feel as if they have entered the Xinhua Bookstore.

Xu Weixi looked at the long table next to the glass that he had just seen outside the door.

——This area should be for drinking coffee.

Two cute girls in cartoon costumes were whispering at the counter and looked up when they heard movement at the door.

"Hello, is there a computer keyboard here?"

"Yes, but we only rent it and don't sell it. Ten dollars an hour, and a deposit of one hundred." The little girl with a mushroom head said with a smile. When the customer nodded, she told the girl with a ponytail next to her to get the thing.

Xu Weixi ordered a cappuccino and sat on the high stool by the window. Seeing that the black car outside had disappeared, he collected his thoughts, connected the small tablet to the keyboard, and started working.

...

I don’t know if it was because Xu Weixi’s hearing was too good, or the two girls’ voices were a little high, but anyway, she heard it.

"Mr. An is so handsome,"

"No matter how handsome he is, he's already married. Don't even think about it."

...

"And I think Mr. Gu is more handsome,"

"Mr. Gu is quite handsome, but he always has a sullen face. He is nowhere near as good as Mr. An, who is always smiling."

"You haven't seen it, right? Mr. Gu is the typical character in novels. He is overbearing and arrogant to outsiders, but he is gentle to the people he likes, turning into an obedient Alaskan dog, arrogant and cute."

"What's so cute about it? Every time Mr. Gu comes here, I feel like all the cool air within a ten-mile radius is concentrated in our store."

"Why don't you talk about the stupid mistakes you made?"

Maybe because it was almost time to get off work, the girls' voices were getting louder and louder.

"Spilling coffee on someone's clothes..."

"…I didn't hold it firmly."

"Don't tell me, at that time, all I could think of were those domineering CEO novels I had read... Who could have thought that he would really fire you... At that time, I felt,"

“…Everything in the novel is fake.”

……

Xu Weixi quickly finished his work and stirred the coffee in his hand. He didn't know whether they had returned home or not. He moved his finger over Fang Yuan's phone number and then closed the phone.