Chapter 36: Awakening from a Big Dream
Some things, said or not, already exist. Inevitable. The only thing Xia Qixi can do is to face the reality bravely.
The two words of the company that Chen Ziyu inadvertently mentioned instantly pulled the cruel reality to Xia Qixi's eyes. The impasse with Jiang Xue is irretrievable, and she is powerless to stop the company's gossip. But work must always continue, after all, work is the foundation of her life now.
Then, we have to think about how to face it next.
Is it to remain silent, or to rise up and resist, and if it resists, will it end well? The direction that I finally found has become confused again, and everything in the future has become uncertain.
In addition to facing work, I also have to face the relationship with Chen Ziyu. In the world of feelings, she is almost a blank, with no experience to talk about and no outstanding emotional intelligence. She couldn't even figure out what was going on in her heart.
She only ran away desperately on a rainy night, not because she was angry at Chen Ziyu or his slightly punitive kiss because he was angry, but because she couldn't accept his concealment and deception from her for a while. The time she has known Chen Ziyu is far less than her knowing Jiang Xue, but Xia Qixi subconsciously chose to fully trust Chen Ziyu from the beginning.
His painstaking efforts to be good to her, his childlike bad temper, his frowning brows for himself, all of this, Xia Qixi saw in his eyes. But all of this has become a problem at hand.
Although she still didn't have much strength on her body, Xia Qixi still decided to get up and walk, as if this was the only way for her to find a way out for the ideas she was struggling with at the moment.
Looking down, she still had the same home clothes she wore when she came out, the sweat after the rain and high fever was now crumpled and glued to her body, very uncomfortable, and she desperately needed to take a shower and change clothes.
After looking around the bedroom and not finding slippers, she stepped barefoot on the floor. The curtains were not all closed, and through that gap, she could clearly see the stars in the night sky outside at the moment. It is no surprise that I think of Chen Ziyu's beautiful eyes, and when they shine, they are not the same as these stars.
Raise your hand and push open the bedroom door, and you will see the brilliant lights of the room.
Although this small two-story villa is not big, it is beautifully decorated, and the style is not those luxurious European or other extreme luxury, on the contrary, it shows the owner's character characteristics of not liking luxury and unconventional.
The greenery and potted flowers everywhere make you feel as if you are in nature. The furniture and other furnishings are minimalist in wood.
All this happened to be her liking, she had fantasized about her future home more than once before, and all this in front of her had fulfilled all her fantasies.
Xia Qixi walked around the second floor, but didn't find Chen Ziyu's figure, so he got up and went downstairs.
Xia Qixi observed carefully, thinking that someone must have come here to clean it often, otherwise those plants would not be so lush and green, and everywhere the eyes went was spotless.
Xia Qixi went all the way down the spiral staircase, but her eyes were attracted by the frames of different sizes hanging on the wall. There are some old photos mixed with various paintings, and Xia Qixi walked all the way to see it. Seeing that only the last two flights of stairs remained, he suddenly turned around and stared at a photo on the wall in a daze.
Three youthful and immature faces with bright smiles. They are all wearing bachelor's uniforms, and it seems that they were taken when they graduated. The girl in the middle has an extremely delicate face, a pointed chin, and the corners of her eyes are slightly raised when she laughs. On the left is Chen Ziyu, time doesn't seem to have left too many marks on his face, there is almost no difference from now, the only difference is that charm.
The eyes in the photo are full of beauty and youthfulness, but now there is more mature forbearance and restraint.
Moving his gaze to the right, he saw a familiar face. After all, it's a photo from many years ago, and there will always be some changes in appearance. But the silhouette and the look of the eyes will not change.
Is it Jiang Yan? It turned out that even he and Chen Ziyu knew each other. But it's not surprising, the city is so big, just like some people have to go to the vegetable market every day, there are naturally so many places where these rich people appear, but the relationship must not be simple after taking graduation photos together.
And that beautiful girl who will make people miss just one glance. Who could it be?
This unexpected photo easily aroused her curiosity about Chen Ziyu, and she wanted to know how many stories he still hadn't told her. While curious, she also recognized and accepted another reality.
That is, no matter how hard she tried, she would not be able to escape from this complexity, and she once thought that as long as she avoided it from afar, everything would be different. But you see, even if she dodges Chen Ziyu, there is Jiang Xue, and even Jiang Yan.
She has been kept in this invisible network by them all the time, and she has never really escaped.
There was a faint sound of running water in his ears, and Xia Qixi followed the sound through the living room and saw Chen Ziyu buried in the kitchen. He had changed his clothes, wearing beige pants and a white shirt. The cuffs of the shirt are pulled up high, and the hair should have been freshly washed and not completely dry. At the moment, he was concentrating on washing a few tomatoes in front of the pool with his back to Xia Qixi.
Xia Qixi didn't seem to be disturbed, just stood not far away and quietly watched all this in front of him.
How nice it would be if he was just the ordinary man with a sunny face and even occasionally unforgiving people she met when she first met on a blind date. Then he can not have that kind of family background, he will not know Jiang Xue, and it is natural for him to become the man destined for Xia Qixi in the future.
Chen Ziyu washed the tomatoes, and as soon as he turned around, he saw Xia Qixi standing at the door, obviously a little surprised by her appearance. was stunned for a moment, then looked down to see her bare feet, and the expression on her face immediately became a little ugly.
According to his character, if he had been in the past, he would have rushed over without saying a word, picked up Xia Qixi and threw him back on the bed. But now he couldn't do that, so he suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, wiped the water from his hands and walked to the man.
"The floor is very cold, and your body hasn't fully recovered yet, so if you catch a cold, you'll be in trouble."
Xia Qixi followed his gaze and knew that he was referring to the fact that he was not wearing slippers, so he explained in a whisper: "I didn't find slippers in the bedroom, so I ......, and I want to take a shower." ”
With unkempt hair and a crumpled dress, she looks like a wronged little daughter-in-law.
Chen Ziyu, who was still gloomy a second ago, was inexplicably in a good mood in a blink of an eye, and asked her to wait on the sofa in the living room, and then turned around and entered a room, and came out with clothes and slippers after a while.
"I'm usually alone here, so I didn't prepare the clothes for the guests, but my shirt is clean, you can take care of it first, and tomorrow I will ask my aunt to buy a new one by the way."
Chen Ziyu said and handed a pure white shirt in his hand to Xia Qixi's hand.
The bathroom was on the second floor, Xia Qixi was just about to go upstairs, but was stopped by Chen Ziyu, asking her to wait in the living room for a few minutes, and then quickly entered the kitchen.
A few minutes later, he came out with a glass of hot milk: "What have you been eating, drink the milk first." ”
When Xia Qixi took the milk from his hand, he accidentally touched his fingers, which were cold, presumably because he had touched the cold water just now, and his face was unconsciously slightly hot. In order not to be sent by Chen Ziyu, she quickly drank all the milk and hid in the bathroom.
From the realization to the present, whether she is willing or unwilling, she has to admit that she has been taken care of by Chen Ziyu. She only thought that men also had such meticulous times, but they didn't know that men would only become so meticulous in front of the woman they loved.
Xia Qixi used to hear from the girls around her that it is not terrible for men to look good, but it is terrible that good-looking men can also cook.
I didn't care about it before, but at this moment, Xia Qixi understood.
The warm water slid down his body, and his cold heart gradually warmed up. If all this is destined to be fate, then the only thing she can do is to go down step by step to find out what the result is.
As Chen Ziyu said, few people come to this house, and the toiletries in the bathroom are only a few simple, and Xia Qixi simply washed her hair.
By the way, I washed the changed home clothes and hung them in the bathroom.
Chen Ziyu's shirt is very large, with several layers of rest, and the placket is just above the knee, which can be worn as a skirt.
She looked in the mirror and said to herself: "Xia Qixi, from today on, you must be brave, and you can't be easily reached." ”
Xia Qixi has never had the habit of blowing her hair, and she hates the noisy sound of the hair dryer. Just wiped it with a towel a few times, then scattered it casually on your shoulder, waiting for it to dry on its own.
Maybe it's because it's rarely hurt by things like hair dryers, and although the hair is not very long, the hair quality is very good, smooth and smooth.
Chen Ziyu had already put all the meals on the table and was just waiting for her.
"That's all you have in the fridge, so you'll have to settle for it."
Xia Qixi raised his eyes and saw that there was only white porridge and a plate of tomatoes and eggs.
"That's good enough."
Xia Qixi said and pulled out a chair and sat down. Chen Ziyu had already prepared the porridge and handed it to her. The stomach that was originally a little uncomfortable, but a few mouthfuls of porridge have become much more comfortable.
Maybe it was because he was hungry and didn't choose to eat, Xia Qixi actually thought that the porridge he cooked was exceptionally delicious. ate all the bowl that Chen Ziyu gave her.
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