Pretending to be cute

After Li Mi was discharged from the hospital, he quickly returned to City C.Although she didn't stay in country X for a long time, the company has accumulated a lot of large and small meetings and things waiting for her to deal with. Apart from thinking about the sudden fever in her spare time, she has no time to think about it.

Xiao Ling has also started school. She and her tutor often work on big projects. She is strict with her students but does not hide any secrets. Whenever there is a project, she invites students to participate. There are already many courses added, and she is so busy that she wishes to spend two more hands .

Although the two of them haven't said a word, it seems that they have formed a tacit understanding, each is well, and at the same time, they miss each other silently.

Autumn has come to an end unknowingly. After the beginning of winter, the temperature plummets. People put on cotton-padded jackets and down jackets early, but it seems that they are not warm enough, so they have to wrap up a scarf.

"Sister Ling, you're so good, why did you think of giving me a scarf?" Just after lunch, Xiao Ling opened the express delivery, biting a spoon and asking Ling Sheng on the other end of the video.

Ling Sheng laughed: "Little girl, I thought that I was not bad to you in the past, I gave you things every three days, why do you sound like I'm not familiar with me?"

Xiao Ling also smiled: "Sister Ling made fun of me again, I obviously didn't mean that. Alright, thank you for your trouble."

Ling Sheng waved his hands again and again, took a sip of hot tea, and twitched his eyebrows comfortably: "Don't thank me, I didn't weave it myself. Ah, but speaking of it, you still have to thank me, who made me a hardworking The courier delivery point."

Xiao Ling was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled lightly. The dark birthmark on the corner of his mouth was like a delicate rose, blooming gorgeously in an instant.She put down the spoon and stroked the scarf lightly, with watery tenderness in her eyes.

"Thank you sister courier." She said sweetly.

Ling Sheng shook his head with a smile, and changed the subject: "How are you doing recently? I haven't seen your design at LD yet, are you too busy?"

"It's okay, it's just that I'm really too busy, the courses and thesis are very rushed, and the project can't be left behind. I said hello to Gu Lingyu, and I have to ask for leave for the time being."

"It's good, but you're busy, you have to pay attention to your body, you know?"

"understood."

"Don't just promise me, you lost weight last time, someone has been worrying about it for a long time, don't make her worry more. Also, Li Yusheng also asked me to greet you, and said he gave you several boxes of chocolates Come on, if you can’t finish eating, share it with your classmates. Fu Qiuyue and Fu Qiudun also sent you some messy things, and said they wanted you to celebrate Christmas early, really..."

"Okay." Xiao Ling didn't say any more polite words of thanks, but just made a note in his heart, and planned to buy more gifts to take back before returning home.

After hanging up the video, Xiao Ling stood quietly by the window, putting on the scarf that traveled across thousands of mountains and rivers.The light gray outlines the corners of the black coat, which makes her complexion whiter and looks extraordinarily good-looking.

Xiao Ling caressed the fine stitches on it, as if she saw that gentle woman under the orange light, watching the tutorial video on her mobile phone, while clumsily imitating, knitting every stitch.

The howling cold wind could not extinguish the burning flame in her heart. She lowered her head, rubbed the warm scarf, picked up the documents on the table, and went to find her mentor.

Time flies, and time soon comes to Christmas.

Every household brings evergreen plants into the house or in the yard, puts colorful decorations, hangs angels and stars on the top of the tree, lights up Christmas lights, and makes the whole tree sparkle.

Not to be outdone, the shops on the street put their best efforts into the windows, brought in the Christmas tree, hung it with golden bells, and asked the clerks to dress up as a kind Santa Claus and give away free candy apples and small greeting cards along the street.

Li Mi thanked the clerk who handed her the apple candy, pushed open the door of the milk tea shop, and walked in with the cold wind and fine snow.

Xu Mengyao saw her from a distance, and said with a smile: "Why did you come here without saying hello, rushing over to celebrate Christmas?"

There is heating in the store, Li Mi took off his coat and held it in his hands, raised his eyebrows: "So is there any turkey? I can eat three by myself."

Xu Mengjiao mixed a cup of her favorite almond milk for Li Mi, and scolded with a smile: "It's so delicious, are you a pig? I'm sorry, but our shop politely rejects the big eater, and you will be poor."

"Naughty, it's rare for Li Mi to come over, what are you talking about?" Qing Xin, who had finished writing the bill, came over and patted Xu Mengchao on the head, and smiled apologetically at Li Mi, "I forgot to tell Mengjiao that you were coming. "

Li Mi said lightly: "It's okay, she is young, I will let her."

Xu Mengjiao put the warm milk tea in Li Mi's hands, and snorted, "Why are you pretending to be an elder in front of me? It's really good, Mr. Li, I didn't realize that you are very familiar with my sister, Jiaqing, and you even contacted me over me." I said who did she make the trans-oceanic phone call before?"

Qing Xin laughed and pinched Xu Mengjiao's nose: "Don't be jealous, Li Mi and I have something to talk about for a while. There is a shortage of people in the store today, so bear with it first, and I will accompany you later, be good."

Xu Mengjiao was very wronged, but she didn't dare to be cruel to Qingxin, so she could only give Li Mi a vicious look: "Hurry up and get out of the order, don't pester my wife every day!"

Li Mi gracefully took a sip of milk tea, pretending she didn't hear it.Xu Mengyao curled her lips in anger, but obediently went to make milk tea.

There were many people in the shop, so Qing Xin took Li Mi to her lounge.

"Meng Qiao just has a bad mouth. In fact, she regards you as a friend and wants you to come and play when she has time." Although the lounge is small, it has all internal organs. Qing Xin motioned Li Mi to give her the coat in her hand, and then used Paper dry surface and hang on coat rack.

Li Mi sat down on the single sofa: "Don't worry, I didn't argue with her."

Qing Xin poured a glass of warm water and held it in her palm: "Then, what is the question you said you wanted to ask me?"

Even though he had made a lot of mental preparations along the way, when he really wanted to ask, Li Mi's face was still a little hot: "I, I want to ask you, how old is the age difference between you and Xu Mengxiang? That's it, I heard she always called you Sister, so I'm a little curious."

Qing Xin was a little surprised that Li Mi would ask this, but soon smiled again, and said calmly: "I am 11 years old. I am 11 years older than Meng Jiao, so there is nothing wrong with her calling me sister."

"11 years old..." Li Mi was thoughtful.

Although Qing Xin's dressing style and temperament are mature, but she looks young, so Li Mi really didn't realize that there is an 11-year difference between Qing Xin and Xu Mengchang.It's just that she thought about it for a while, one is already a store manager, and the other is a student, it seems that there is nothing wrong with being 11 years younger.

Thinking of something, Qing Xin covered her face in embarrassment: "Of course, Meng Jiao called me that, more than to show our age difference, it's just a bad joke."

"Evil interest?" Li Mi pondered over the word, and continued to ask like a curious baby, "What evil interest?"

Qing Xin rubbed the center of her brows, as if she found it difficult to answer this question: "That..."

"Sorry, if this question is offensive, then there is no need to answer it." Li Mi added empathetically.

Looking into Li Mi's clear eyes, Qing Xin was silent for a few seconds.If another person said that, she might think that the other person is also very mean, but judging from the time of getting along, Li Mi is clearly not such a person.

On the contrary, compared to other areas where she was able to do a job with ease, even being able to talk eloquently, she was ignorant of emotions, as clean and pure as a piece of white paper, which surprised Qing Xin very much.

So Qing Xin thought about it, and still revealed some hard truths: "Meng Qiao said, calling her sister or something, there is a sense of taboo when making out, cough, comparison, um..."

When it comes to this point, even if Li Mi doesn't understand love, he will understand.

Her face turned red in an instant, she put down the milk tea, she didn't know where to put her hands, and her tongue was a little knotted: "This, this is it."

Thinking of the way Xiao Ling called her sister, she coughed a few times and asked in a low voice: "Then, do you also feel very excited?"

Qingxin's face was also very red: "Well, it's a little bit." But she was too ashamed after all, and she weakly defended: "I didn't let Mengjiao call it that, but she insisted on calling it that, and I can't help it. ...I'm not perverted, really."

Li Mi felt concerned: "I believe in you."

Because she's not a pervert either.

"By the way, why are you asking me this? It's really like what Meng Qiao said, do you want to find someone?" Qing Xin quickly adjusted her shy attitude and made a joke casually.

Li Mi pondered for a moment, without denying it: "I still want to ask you some questions."

"You said."

"There is such a big age difference, why did you agree to be with her? Don't you think it's not suitable? Don't you feel burdened?"

Qing Xin smiled: "How can there be no burden? The older party must consider more things, such as whether the two have a future, whether they are really suitable, and whether they still have enough time and energy to go all out. Ren □□ One. In addition, we must be prepared for the worst, that is, once the other party's parents come to the door, how should I deal with it, at least let her solve it alone, it is impossible for me to think about it. "

Li Mi nodded in agreement: "That's true. Then, how did you specifically consider these things at that time?"

Qing Xin recalled for a while, and said: "My situation is more complicated. You probably don't know, but I have known Mengjiao for many years, right?"

Li Mi shook his head.

Qingxin said: "I am a friend of cousin Mengyao, and I have known her for a long time, so she called me sister, and there is also this relationship, because that's what Mengyao called me since I was a child. Also, Mengyao had a crush on a girl before. Girl, that girl is still her schoolmate, named Xiao Ling."

Li Mi's heart skipped a beat. From the looks of it, Xu Mengjiang didn't tell Qingxin about the library, nor did he tell her that he and Xiao Ling knew each other.

"Meng Qiao has had a crush on her for two years. During these two years, she knew everything about him clearly, but she didn't have the courage to talk to Xiao Ling, so he didn't know her at all." Qing Xin said with a wry smile, "Don't look at Meng Jiao all day long, but she is actually very stubborn. I couldn't see it at the time, and wanted to create a chance for Xiao Ling to get along with her, but she refused and sulked with me for a long time."

Li Mi asked: "Since Xu Mengbing likes Xiao Ling so much, why are you and Xu Mengbing together?" On the surface she was a little bit embarrassed, but in her heart she thought to herself that she might have to be nicer to Xu Mengbing.

The stubborn little girl is cute.

Qing Xin said that her mouth was dry, and after drinking the warm water in her hand, she poured another glass: "Hey, haven't you seen it yet? I have always been unrequitedly in love with her."

Li Mi was almost choked by the coconut: "Unrequited love?"

Qing Xin said calmly: "Well, I liked her for no reason. I don't know exactly when, maybe it was a moment, maybe it was something, like this kind of thing, who can say for sure When I found out about this, I was shocked. On the one hand, I felt that I was sorry for the trust of my friend and Mengjiao’s parents. On the other hand, I felt that I was disgusting and perverted, and I actually had evil intentions for such a young child.”

Li Mi's expression was gloomy.

Everyone's suffering will not be exactly the same, so no matter how many times you tell it, it is difficult for others to empathize.But Li Mi is different, she understands Qing Xin's situation better than anyone else.Moreover, Qing Xin is in the past tense, while she is in the present continuous tense.

"Is this kind of feeling wrong?" Li Mi asked in a low voice.

Qing Xin denied it with a smile: "No."

"I used to think the same as you. I thought it was wrong. But I didn't kill people, and I didn't set fire. I just liked someone. What's wrong? If I didn't bring a burden to the person I love, if she He also likes me, so what's wrong with my liking?"

Li Mi was startled.

Qing Xin shook the cup, her eyes were full of gentle light: "After Mengjiao and I were together, the most words I said were thanking me for liking her so much, and thanking me for waiting for her at the same place. At first, I went to her parents' place. At that time, they all complained about me, but now, they don't say anything, do you know why?"

Li Mi tentatively said: "Because the deal is done, the raw rice has become cooked rice?"

Qing Xin chuckled: "What the hell? I suspect you're driving, and you've got enough evidence. Your turkey for three tonight is gone."

Li Mi's face was full of innocence.

Qing Xin raised the ring on her hand and smiled shyly: "Being happy means that there is no right or wrong. Instead of entangled in those ethics and morals, entangled in those things for outsiders, it is better to cherish the present, cherish the present. "

"This is the answer I gave you, Li Mi."