Shi Jing didn't know what to say for a while, so he had to pretend to be calm and sit in the corner of the sofa, holding a teacup in his hand, and it took a lot of effort to barely let his hands tremble.

"Little, you eat some fruit first, and I'll go cook. Zhang Xingmei fiddled back and forth for a long time before putting the vase on the TV cabinet, putting the washed and cut fruit plate in Shi Jing's hand, and bringing the dim sum plate over, and said with a smile: "This time I brought a lot of hometown specialties, I will make them for you to taste, you have to like to eat, next time I will go back with Xiaoqi to live for a few days, and my aunt will make you delicious food every day." ”

Shi Jing pulled the corners of his mouth unnaturally, and finally laughed a little, and said more shyly: "Thank you... Pander to... Mom..."

Si Qi maintained a calm expression on his face, almost laughed in his heart, and blinked at Shi Jing reluctantly, once again expressing his affirmation and appreciation for his mother, so as to dispel Shi Jing's embarrassment of calling his mother.

Well, I can't show the slightest bit of amusement anyway.

Shi Jing unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his head and took a sip of tea, no matter how much he turned over the river and the sea in his heart, no matter how excited the neurons were dancing pole dance, but from the surface, it looked inexplicably like it was just quiet and well-behaved, and it seemed to be a little shy and shy, it was simply the "nemesis" of middle-aged women, Ms. Zhang Xingmei smiled, and her favorability towards this future son-in-law grew rapidly, almost reaching a speed of thousands of miles in a second.

Si Qi pushed Shi Jing's elbow at the right time and said, "I have a problem with my computer, you can help me see if the system is broken." After speaking, she winked at Shi Jing, and then said to Zhang Xingmei: "Mom, you prepare the dishes, I'll fry them later, and I'll ask Shi Jing to help me fix the computer." ”

Zhang Xingmei glanced at her: "As soon as people come, they will instruct others to work." ”

Really, how bad this family style is!

"Mom, he's not an outsider, what's wrong with helping me fix a computer..."Si Qi grimaced at his mother, pulled Shi Jing and ran to the bedroom, and closed the door casually.

This sentence was not an outsider that inexplicably pleased Zhang Xingmei, which made her pause and want to keep up with her legs to continue to condemn, poked in place and laughed for a while, and then turned around happily and went to the kitchen.

"You just stay here and help me fix the computer, I'll help my mom cook, and you come out again when you eat, our family has a habit of not talking too much when eating. Si Qi placed Shi Jing in front of the computer desk, and ran out to bring in the teacups and fruit plates and put them on the table, "My computer has indeed had a little problem recently, it always crashes, you can help me take a look by the way, if it can be repaired, it will be great, and I will send it to the place where the computer is repaired." ”

Shi Jing nodded, twisted his pants uncomfortably, lowered his eyes and looked at the notebook on the table, and breathed a sigh of relief, this is his domain, and it is the world that he can completely control.

"Then you get busy first, I'll help cook, and I'll call you before dinner." After Si Qi finished talking to herself, she turned around and walked out of the bedroom, closing the door casually, leaving a quiet and closed environment, resolutely not letting the guests feel uncomfortable.

Shi Jing closed his eyes and sat for a while before he slowly exhaled the breath that had been choked in his throat since he first met Zhang Xingmei, and the highly tense brain cells gradually came back to their senses, and the neurons also quieted down, giving him a chance to recall Fang Cai's situation.

The expected circumstances did not appear, and the anxiety, fear, and depression that he had desperately suppressed remained in the cage and did not have the opportunity to show off his might, and the pain like maggots attached to the bone became no longer unbearable.

He glanced at the faintly scented bedroom, and finally landed on the laptop on the table, and the fruit bowl and snack plate at hand, and always felt that something invisible was spreading from all directions, dissipating the pain and coldness that followed his body, and making him feel a trace of temperature.

Si Qi said that the notebook had a small problem, it was indeed a small problem, but in two minutes, Shi Jing had already solved the problem, and it was no problem to turn on and off the computer after repeated trials, and he cleaned up all the computers to ensure that there were no problems, so he had to sit on the stool in a daze.

The sound insulation effect of the old building is not good, faintly can hear the sound of pots and pans colliding from the kitchen, mixed with the sound of whispered conversation, he subconsciously closed his eyes and pricked up his ears, but unfortunately it is quite difficult to hear the complete dialogue, knowing that eavesdropping on other people's conversations is immoral, but he hesitated for a long time or got up and walked to the door, and sent his ears to the crack in the door.

"Mom, Shi Jing is a very, very good person, not only a programming master, but also a well-known network security engineer, with his own company and R&D team, and now many software and games are developed by their company. Si Qi's tongue doesn't know if it's cultivated, or it's talented, anyway, the train with a mouth full of no trouble and smooth sailing, just listen to her tongue outside: "If I can meet him, it must have used up the luck of this life, of course I will cherish it, you can rest assured!"

"Don't worry, I can't see it, such an excellent person can take a fancy to you, it can be seen that the vision is not good, such a good cabbage is arched by a pig, if he reflects on it one day, you will dream in vain." Zhang Xingmei first highly praised her future good son-in-law with a sentence, and then complained about her daughter by the way, and then said: "But you have been dating for half a year, if there is no big problem, put the marriage on the agenda as soon as possible, he is not young, and you are not a person who can be delayed." ”

"Mom, do you complain about your daughter so much, is it your own?" Si Qi couldn't cry or laugh, but said in his heart Sure enough, the result of seeing her parents was to be urged to marry in a fancy way, but fortunately, she had long been thick and not afraid of knife sharpening, and said methodically: "Mom, the first time you meet someone, don't force marriage, when it's time to get married, we will definitely consider it." ”

"If you think about it, can you make me anxious for so many years?" Zhang Xingmei snorted: "You just tell me the truth, when will I get the certificate?"

Si Qi glanced back at her and begged for mercy: "Wait, I've only known each other for half a year now, at least a year!"

"You know how to procrastinate, and see how long you can go. Zhang Xingmei was a little unhappy: "Anyway, on the National Day, you have to bring people back first and show your father, he has been sick repeatedly in the past few years, and the only concern is to see you get married, otherwise he will not be blind, do you understand?"

"Know, know, we will go back on National Day. Si Qi echoed one after another, he should have been scared of Nian, and he couldn't wait to raise his hands and feet to surrender.

Tie the knot?

Shi Jing was a little dazed, always feeling that this word was a little distant, but a little imminent.

Yes, there is this clause in the agreement between him and Si Qi, if the two parties feel that they can cooperate with each other for a long time, they can agree to get married, and if one day in the future, after the other party finds a suitable partner, they must go through the divorce procedures unconditionally.

If it weren't for this agreement, would anyone in this world be willing to marry him?

Shi Jing didn't dare to imagine, he looked down at his pale and weak hands, only people who have lived in the dark for a long time and have not seen the sun can raise such a pale complexion, he has curled up in the dark for many years, adding countless layers of isolation covers to his own world, afraid of contact with anyone, so that now he has completely forgotten how to get along with people, Mo Wenlan said to Si Qi that he has social phobia.

But he just has social phobia!

He took a deep breath, covered his face weakly, staggered back to the computer desk, slumped back in his chair, his head smacked the table, his fingers trembled involuntarily, he had never hated himself for being cowardly and incompetent for a moment.

When countless dark scenes came to him like a mountain, several sudden knocks suddenly came through the door panel without warning, although the knock was extremely soft, but still made him tremble fiercely, like a suddenly frightened rabbit, almost jumped on the spot, he raised his head suddenly, his frightened eyes were fixed on the door panel, after a while, he asked in a trembling voice: "Who... Who..."

"I..." Si Qi outside the door seemed to hear something, and subconsciously lowered his voice.

Shi Jing's soul replied unwillingly, the corners of his eyes twitched involuntarily, and he clenched his fists hard, wanting to return to his normal appearance as soon as possible.

When Si Qi pushed the door in, Shi Jing had already quickly concealed his sudden strangeness, he turned his head as if he was flat, and looked at the person quietly.

Si Qi didn't seem to see his abnormality, but sighed very exaggeratedly, and said with a smile: "My mother has to make the soup by herself, let me come in to see if you're done, there's nothing wrong with the computer, right?"

Shi Jing nodded invisibly, his gaze quickly swept over Si Qi's face, and then lowered it again, staring at the floor under his feet.

No matter when and where, he sits in a straight position as if he had a steel bar tied to his back.

Si Qi's eyes were fixed, but he quickly reacted again, and said casually: "Then you prepare, there are still 10 minutes before you eat." With that, he stepped back again.

Shi Jing breathed a sigh of relief, the hand that was clenching his fist tightly was released, and a few deep nail marks were revealed in his palm, he sat with a dull gaze for a while, and felt that it was not okay to go on like this, rubbed his face vigorously, got up and walked around the small bedroom, trying to firmly suppress the emotions boiling in the depths of his heart, and unconsciously he thought of the night when he met Si Qi for the first time.

The blind date of less than five minutes made him remember it vividly, as if it was just yesterday.

Si Qi's words, Si Qi's laughter, and Si Qi's thoughtfulness flashed in his mind in turn, and the pain like a pinprick in his temples seemed to disappear suddenly.

There was a book at the head of the bed, he stared at it for a long time, and finally leaned over to take a look, it was Hugo's "Les Miserables", he had already seen the middle position, he flipped through it casually, and found that there were some annotations on each page, some were just a few sentences, and some were dense, but most of the annotations had nothing to do with the content.

The annotation on this page reads: The world is not worth it, but the world is beautiful.

Very delicate handwriting.

He couldn't help but turn a few pages forward, and one page read: Dense houses, like lurking wolves, cities without streets, there is no direction to retreat.

After being silent for a long time, he couldn't help but continue to flip forward, looking carefully at the annotations, some of the words came from various famous works, some of the words seemed to be some essays or feelings, some were only half written, and even half of a word was left, as if the person who wrote the pen gave up halfway through writing, and some of the handwriting was very messy, which shows that the person who wrote was not in a good mood at the time, and writing these annotations was more like a kind of venting and release.

The first page reads: We strive to live so that we do not die in the dark.

Shi Jing gently rubbed the handwriting on the paper with his hand, and there was an indescribable feeling for a while.

He seemed to see something very similar to him in these messy annotations.

Si Qi said that he could start the meal in ten minutes, and sure enough, as soon as the time came, the sound of Si Xiaojun volunteering to ask him to eat came from outside the door, and he quickly closed the book and put it back on the bedside.

As soon as he sat back, Si Xiaojun pushed the door and came in, and called him in a small voice: "Uncle, you can eat!"

Shi Jing took a deep breath and got up to go out.