Pretend to be straight

When the day came, September 26th, I was not prepared.

A month passed quickly, and when I think about it, it seems that I didn't do anything.

I mean the strategy of Shi Jing and this work, not other businesses.

Dai Sheng and the others seemed to be concerned about the progress of this task, and they called me at five o'clock in the afternoon to ask me about my current situation.

I laughed: "What could happen? I can't see the future at all."

I am waiting for Jin Lin in the car of Yuncheng No. [-] Middle School. She called me last night and said she didn't want to go home from school, and asked if I could stay at my place for one night, and she would pay for the room.

I sighed, and agreed with a soft heart. Of course, she doesn't have to pay me the accommodation fee. I can't bear my conscience to charge a minor.

So I'm waiting for her here now, I haven't told her the license plate number yet, she said she remembered it last time.

Well, the young man's memory is good, not something I can compare to.

There were many cars parked on the side of the road, all of them came to pick up their children from school, and the parents of the vehicles in front got off, waiting for their children to come out.

I'm a fake cousin, so I don't need to wait for the reception procedure so grandly.

In fact, it is to find excuses for my laziness, how nice it is to sit in the car.

"But as far as I know..." Dai Sheng's voice came over clearly, "You have added her WeChat account, you have her mobile phone number, and you have met her several times."

"That's right, but the progress is still basically 0."

Dai Sheng laughed, I think he was laughing at me, he said: "It's okay, Ms. Lu, if you fail, there will be a next 'heir', money will not move, only people's hearts can move..." He In a slow tone, "Did you say so?"

"..." I really want to tell him, his tone now is like a eunuch in a TV series.

But I held back, I coughed, and replied to him: "Well, I will work hard."

"Wait for the good news."

After he finished speaking, he hung up the phone and left me in the car to take pictures of the steering wheel.

I took a sip of the water next to me, wiped off the water stains on my lips with the back of my hand, and clicked on the chat box with Shi Jinghe on my phone.

Two days have passed since we last met, and we haven't sent any messages to each other during these two days.

The tacit understanding of fans.

As the party I pursued, Shi Jinghe didn't seem to take the initiative except when he asked me to add WeChat.

It was the same on the business trip to Liucheng, I left her a message and commented on Moments before she called me, and then so many things got involved.

When I think about it now, I still can't help scolding myself, why did I comment on that circle of friends before.

But...if it wasn't for what happened later, I wouldn't have known that Shi Jinghe wasn't a solo mother.

She has an ex, and the ex is also married.

And according to her description of "a long time" speculation, her last relationship was at least before she became an Internet celebrity.

In 2015, when she registered on Weibo, some people commented on whether she had a date, and she said: No.

After three years, she also responded to similar comments during this period, most of which meant that she was single.

I don't believe she's lying, so that's all I can do.

As for why I don't believe that she would lie, because if she lied, then I...

What else can I do with this task? !There are deceptions everywhere, lies everywhere, how can I succeed.

And the lies are not one-sided, the lies on my side are worse than hers.

Xiaoxu's ex-girlfriend identity, Zheng Qiqi's ex-girlfriend identity, Jin Lin's cousin identity, and Qin Yiwen's girlfriend identity that I got away with.

How long has it been, one hand is almost full, and the lie of professional information has not been added...

I put my phone aside irritably and rested my forehead on the steering wheel.

The world outside the car began to become lively. My car window was opened a small crack, and I heard a lot of laughter.

I know, this is the voice of high school students after school.

The whistle of the traffic policeman also resounded all around, and I still kept this posture and waited for Jin Lin.

After a while, there was a knock on the window of the right co-pilot position.

I turned my head and opened my eyes, and I saw the well-behaved Jin Lin standing aside.

I beckoned her to come in, and remembered that the people outside the window could not see the inside of the car, so I lowered the window a little bit, and said, "Come in."

Jin Lin pursed her lips, opened the car door, entered and sat down.

With the palm of my hand on the steering wheel, I asked her, "Is there a lot of homework?"

She shook her head, nodded again, and said, "Many." She looked at me and said nervously, "But I didn't bring anything."

"Isn't your schoolbag very packed?" I was a little puzzled, her schoolbag had been carried from behind to her arms, and it looked like it contained a lot of things.

Jin Lin unzipped the zipper and showed me what was inside: "This is the doll I brought."

"What are you doing with it?"

"I can't sleep without it at night."

"..."

Sure enough, he was a child, and he had to hug a doll to sleep.

The doll is a yellow giraffe, the color is not particularly bright, and it feels like it has been with Jin Lin for a long time.

I started the car, without looking sideways, and said, "Black suits you well."

Jin Lin: "Huh? What?"

I laughed lightly: "Hair color."

The girl has fair skin, and she was not suppressed by this hair color when she dyed grandma gray before, but now she has black hair, which looks even whiter.

However, his face was slightly pale, obviously the nutrients he had lost before had not been replenished.

I took her to have dinner. Before that, I called Xie Ying and asked if I could take a child back to stay for one night and sleep in the living room.

She is my roommate, and I have to ask her opinion first if I bring a stranger.

Xie Ying said that there was no problem, and also said that she could give Jin Lin a quilt.

She wasn't joking, when I brought Jin Lin home, there was an extra quilt on the sofa in the living room.

I couldn't help laughing, and asked Jin Lin to sit down on the carpet or the sofa first, and knocked on Xie Ying's door: "Yingying, you are a real person, and the quilt has already been moved out."

Her voice came through the door: "Ask my little sister if she still needs it? Are you afraid of the cold? My sister still has it."

Life did not treat Xie Ying very kindly, and even made her a weak person in the family and a crush in love, but she was still very kind to everyone around her.

I turned to look at Jin Lin: "I think this sister is more suitable to be your cousin than me."

Jin Lin is holding her schoolbag, sitting in a very ladylike posture, she has changed from the perverse girl she used to be.

I poured her a glass of water, turned on the TV, and said, "Watch TV and play with your phone for a while, then go take a shower. It just so happens that I still have unworn pajamas here. You can wear them if you don't mind."

She looked up at me, her dark eyes were too deep to see to the bottom.

I quietly clenched my hands into fists, but I couldn't hold back in the end. I lifted them up and rubbed them on the top of her hair: "I'm going to take a shower first. If you have anything to do, you can knock on that sister's door." I pointed and thanked her. Ying's bedroom direction, "She can help you too."

"Yeah." Her face was expressionless, but the corners of her mouth curled up a little, "Got it."

A while ago, I felt that it was a disadvantage for me to be Jin Lin's cousin for nothing, and I didn't want to have such a sister who was not related by blood.

But after seeing her today, I feel that it is not bad to have such a younger sister.

Not noisy, quiet and well-behaved, the key is that the head feels good when rubbed, the soft hair sweeps across the palm, and the comfort is not lost to the little friend Maomao.

Why can't I feel this way when I touch my head?I went to the shower with such confusion.

When he came out, he saw Xie Ying and Jin Lin sitting on the carpet, and they were...playing games.

Xie Ying heard the sound of me pushing the door open, and I stood next to them wiping their hair covered in moisture. Xie Ying said, "Fuck, Zhi Zhi, your sister is awesome, she will kill the team at every turn."

She didn't look at me, and kept moving her fingers. The large screen of her iPad is much bigger than Jin Lin's mobile phone, but it seems that Jin Lin is more flexible at present.

I raised my chin and snorted, "I don't care whose sister it is."

Jin Lin turned her head and glanced at me. I smiled at her and said, "What? Do you have any opinions?"

Hey, my attitude has changed really fast enough. I didn't want to see Jin Lin give Jin Lin more warmth before, but in a blink of an eye, I have already taken the identity of my sister.

She shook her head and continued to focus on the game.

I also sat down at the side, seemingly casually, and asked Jin Lin: "Tell me, what do you need from me this time?"

Jin Lin: "Can you wait a moment." She said, "I have to be responsible for the game."

I was at a loss for words, and my lips moved: "Okay, then I'll blow my hair first."

"it is good."

When I came to the living room again, my hair was already half-dried, but it still felt a little moist, but I can definitely finish it before going to bed.

The two of them haven't played games anymore, they are like a gathering of friends, there are several cans of Coke on the coffee table, each of them has a can in their hands, and I was still toasting when I went out.

I:……

Seeing me coming out, Xie Ying asked me: "Zhizhi, why don't you care about your sister's love life as a sister?"

I raised my eyebrows: "Are you concerned about your brother's love life?" After I finished speaking, I thought of her bastard brother again. I was afraid that she would feel uncomfortable, so I added, "It's good not to care."

Xie Ying sighed, raised her head and poured the Coke into her mouth, with a heroic spirit of drinking.

After drinking, she stood up and said, "I'm going to take a shower too."

"Go."

I sat down again, put my phone on the coffee table, and said to Jin Lin, "Emotional life? What can I listen to?"

"Sister." She started calling me that.

Obviously I was still a "cousin" before, but now my status has been upgraded.

I asked: "What's wrong?"

"Are you friends with that sister from last time?"

I didn't respond: "Which one?"

"At school..." she wanted me to recall.

I didn't wait for her to elaborate, and nodded: "Yes."

I know, she refers to Shi Jinghe, anyway, in fact, Jin Lin and I only met twice.

And in these two times, the people next to me were Shi Jinghe and Xie Ying the other time, and Shi Jinghe was naturally the last time.

I unpacked an orange on the coffee table, and the strong smell of the peel spread in the air, and I said, "Go ahead."

"Oh..." Jin Lin's eyes dodged, her head gradually drooped, "I've seen her before, and it's not the first time she has come to a parent-teacher meeting."

"and then?"

"The girl I like is her niece." At this point, her head was so low that she couldn't lower it any more, and her ears protruding from her hair were already red.

I:……

I coughed to hide my surprise, and finally said: "So..." I put a slice of orange into my mouth, and I squinted my eyes because of the sourness, "Is it a coincidence?"

Jin Lin raised her head again, looked at my distorted face, and handed me a glass of water: "Yes..."

I said, "So...?"

……

In my perception, Shi Jinghe and I are now friends.

I don't care, she has my mobile phone number and my WeChat, she also fed me candy and brought me gifts during the period, if all kinds of behaviors are not friends, then what are they?

Anyway, I won't admit that I'm still standing still. It's been a month. If I can't even count as friends, how much of a failure am I?

As I was thinking this way, I was waiting for Shi Jinghe's arrival at the coffee shop. Because of Jin Lin and her niece, I called her this morning and asked if she had time. I wanted to chat with her about two children. things.

Shi Jinghe said that she was going to be busy in the store today, and asked me if I could wait until after she got off work.

How could it not be possible?Any time will do.

My purpose is not just to convey for Jin Lin, but more importantly, to see Shi Jinghe.

In a sense, the number of meetings can still determine whether I can speed up the progress, and by extension, whether I can succeed, so it is good to meet more, and it is also good to contact more.

I can't be lazy any longer.

As a boss, Shi Jinghe has more freedom than employees, so she said that she gets off work at four o'clock in the afternoon, and the rest of the work can be left to the employees.

Me: ...It's really capricious.

The coffee shop is where I signed a contract with Dai Sheng a month ago. I don’t usually drink coffee because the taste really makes my mouth bitter, and I don’t like sugar, so I just drink pure water.

But now he ordered a latte in front of him, and while drinking, he waited for Shi Jinghe.

It has been more than 20 minutes since four o'clock, and the customers in the store have changed one after another. I haven't waited for Shi Jinghe yet.

I was bored, looked down at the Weibo on my phone, and clicked on Shi Jinghe's Weibo homepage.

She posted a Weibo yesterday, posting cats, Jiujiu looks a lot bigger than before, and she still looks cute.

This reminded me of when I went to Shi Jinghe's house, why didn't I stay longer?Maybe you will see Jiujiu.

I sighed softly, regretting that I didn't see Jiujiu, and the phone interface jumped to the incoming call interface in an instant.

Shi Jinghe called, I counted three seconds before answering: "Hello?"

"Where are you sitting?" she asked.

I hadn't heard Shi Jinghe's voice for a few days, and suddenly it sounded in my ears again, and I actually felt a trance.

I said, "Near the window, table No. 3."

"Okay, here I come."

She hung up the phone neatly, and I touched my nose.

Within two seconds, Shi Jinghe sat down on the seat opposite me. She put her bag aside, smoothed her hair, and asked straight to the point, "What's the matter with your cousin and my niece?"

When I heard her question, I couldn't help being taken aback. I pursed my lips and looked at her: "Would you like to order a cup of coffee first?"

"Row."

When the waiter brought her coffee, I said unhurriedly, "You know, my cousin likes girls."

"Ah."

I feel like I'm saying bureaucratically: "The last time you stood up and asked to help, I'm still very grateful."

"You're welcome." Shi Jing and Li Wo revealed, "You have already thanked me."

I nodded: "Well, today's focus is not on this."

"So... what does it have to do with my niece?"

"I think you should have guessed it." I stirred the coffee in my hand, and said in a slow voice, "The girl my cousin likes is your niece."

Shi Jinghe frowned: "But...my niece is the one who is liked, so what does it have to do with her?"

I closed my eyes, crossed my hands on the small table, and said, "But...according to my cousin, your niece actually likes her too, I don't know if you know."

So why was Shi Jinghe's purpose of standing up so simple?She speaks for her niece as well as for my cousin.

For a moment, I felt that life is really tiring, and few people do something purely.

It's as if Shi Jinghe helped me twice at the beginning, but in the end they wanted me to cooperate with them, even though our cooperation is very happy, and the modeling fee they give me is enough for me to eat and drink for a while.

What I said was not a question, but a statement, because I knew that Shi Jinghe actually knew it.

Shi Jinghe's niece is called Cen Xuan, who is also 17 years old this year. Because her surname is Cen and she is not young, it can only be deduced that she is Shi Jinghe's cousin's daughter.

Jin Lin told me a lot of things last night, she cried at the end, and Xie Ying and I comforted her helplessly.

She said that she liked a girl in her class, and she had liked it since the first year of high school. Both of them were boarding students, and they were not in the same dormitory. Jin Lin wanted to get close to her but had no courage, so she could only slowly start as an ordinary classmate.

In order to get closer to the excellent Cen Xuan, she studied hard, just to make the names of the two on the report card closer.

Until it got closer and closer, there was no one in the middle, and it was already the first semester of high school at this time. Cen Xuan came over and told her that she had to work hard during the sub-subject exams, and she wanted to be in the same class as Jin Lin.

Jin Lin was distracted by her smile, and she nodded when she returned to her seat.

So, during that period of review, the two of them started going to and from get out of class together, going back to the dormitory building together, and after school, they would make appointments to watch movies outside to relax, or play in the amusement park.

The turning point was after the subject test, the two of them were naturally in the same class, and they made an appointment to eat ice cream together during the summer vacation.

There was an alley where the ice cream was delicious, so I said to go there, and after buying the ice cream, I went to the movies.

When queuing up to pick up tickets, Cen Xuan was eating ice cream, but after eating it, she kissed the corner of Jin Lin's mouth, leaving a layer of milk stains on the other's lips.

She was giggling and having fun in front of so many people.

But they were not together, because this scene happened to be seen by the boy in the next class who liked Cen Xuan, who threatened and threatened Jin Lin, saying that he would tell about her homosexuality.

Because he likes Cen Xuan, he won't say it out, but he wants to defeat Jin Lin in this way.

In order to protect Cen Xuan, Jin Lin also kept Cen Xuan in the dark.

She messed herself up, dyed her hair, and had bad friends.

But Cen Xuan still likes her and still wants to be with her.

The boy jumped out again, and simply told about Jin Lin's liking for girls.

Later, it fermented into what I saw.

I didn't see Cen Xuan on the day of the parents' meeting, and Shi Jinghe was the only one after leaving the office.

I asked Jinlin where Cen Xuan was, I didn't see her beside Shi Jinghe that day, Jin Lin said that Cen Xuan hadn't come to class for a month.

No one answered the phone, no one answered the message, even now that she has changed shifts, she has never seen Cen Xuan again.

"So?" Shi Jinghe looked at me, she gradually leaned forward, "What's the matter?"

She lowered her head and smiled: "It was your cousin who rejected my niece's love, which made my niece sad and didn't want to see her. Why, you want to come to her again now? Let my niece forgive her?" She raised her delicate eyebrows with a faint smile. The nasal voice sounded like a prank in my ears, "Where is such a cheap thing in the world?"

"Adults shouldn't get involved in making decisions for children, right?" Not to be outdone, I looked directly into her eyes.

"Then what are you doing now?"

"Me?" I was startled for a moment, and argued for myself, "I'm just conveying it for her."

Shi Jinghe said "Oh", "Then I can choose not to help."

"..." What she said was so reasonable that I was speechless.

Seeing that I was silent, she picked up the coffee and took a sip before slowly saying: "But I also feel sorry for my niece." Shi Jinghe said, "Now the little kid only knows how to play games at home every day, saying that he is trapped by love, I Cousin also spoiled her and let her play casually, it really pissed me off."

The style of painting turned too fast, and I couldn't help being stunned again.

Shi Jinghe raised her eyelids and looked at me, she said: "How about you, how about you, call out your cousin sometime, and I'll call out my niece too, so they can relax..." She searched for words, "Misunderstanding? Contradiction?"

"Okay." I nodded. This was the original intention of meeting today.

Jin Lin wanted me to help convey the information that she wanted to see Cen Xuan, but I didn't say anything, Shi Jinghe mentioned it faster than me.

Then why am I hesitating?Just follow her word.

But what puzzles me is... is Shi Jinghe just an enlightened parent?

I licked my lower lip calmly and decided to be bold and ask her a question.

I coughed and cheered myself up, she looked at me suspiciously, I hesitated, and asked her: "Shi Jinghe, are you..." I was a little embarrassed to speak, but I still looked at her The eyes asked, "A straight girl?"

Am I asking too directly?yes.

But I didn't have time to regret it anymore, so I asked if I had to bite the bullet.

Shi Jinghe's expression didn't change at all, she leaned forward again, very close to my face.

She put her arms on the small table, and tapped the table with her fingertips slowly.

In the noisy environment, I heard her ask with a smile: "A niece like my niece?"

She then asked, "Why? You want to accept me as your niece?"

"..."