In the second half of the renovation, Jia Yi also began to prepare the products in the store, she had previously learned how to make zuò desserts and tea with Yu Ran in Beijing, but the taste of the products was different from north to south, she had to make her menu in the apartment one by one, and the neighbors in the apartment and Yuanyuan were unsurprisingly the objects of tasting.

At the same time, Jia Yi also tried to create a new opportunity for the further development of her relationship with Mark, and it happened that she lived downstairs with Guo Rui, Mark's friend, so she always presented her things to him as soon as possible.

What she handed him today was a pudding, made with aloe vera juice and lilies, Guo Rui dug a corner with a spoon and praised the unique taste, Jia Yi took the opportunity to let him give a name, Guo Rui was very happy, and after thinking for a while, he said four words: "The high school attached to the university." ”

She was puzzled for a while, but now Guo Rui was even more proud, he cleared his throat and prepared to explain, saying: "Aloe Vera is like a pure girl, and Lily is beginning to be feminine, how about 'Shida High School'?" ”

She burst out laughing, Guo Rui thought that she had been appreciated by Jia Yi, and took a few spoonfuls into her mouth.

She saw that the foreshadowing was almost over, so she chatted with Guo Rui about Mark: "Brother Rui, what do you think Mark ...... Will I be charged a high price for helping with the renovation this time? She deliberately found an excuse, for fear of revealing flaws.

"Of course not, he's not that kind of person at all!"

This is a routine, Jia Yi waited for this sentence as she wished, and she finally had a "justifiable" reason to continue to ask: "Then what kind of person is he?" ”

"Well, very practical, not much talk, but very polite, like this kind of things that can play his strengths, he is always eager to help." Guo Rui replied very seriously.

"That's the aspect of doing things, but what about the others, like hobbies?"

"Hobbies? He likes sports, such as cycling, rock climbing, painting, and of course, photography is also his specialty. Still, why do you ask this? Guo Rui finally felt strange, but his suspicion was also very shallow, which was very in line with his simple personality.

"Didn't he help me, I should always thank someone!" She went down the fence.

"Thanks to him? You don't have to worry too much about that. ”

"This ...... After all, she didn't know each other very well, so she had to express her ......" She pretended to be embarrassed.

Guo Rui looked at her distressed, and suddenly remembered something, so he said, "Why don't you ...... You go to Yangshan with us to ride a bicycle tomorrow. Maybe after a ride down, everyone will not be so careful. He was actually thinking that tomorrow he and Mark would go on a ride, and it would be as hard as he had done before, and he would disappear in front of him, leaving himself behind to hurry up and make no effort, as if they were racing. If Jia Yi went with him, at least Mark would be less bored when he dumped himself.

But although Jia Yi felt surprised, she still felt that there was no high-sounding reason; But Guo Rui was afraid that she would refuse herself as soon as she hesitated, so he hurriedly said: "You've been so busy recently that you don't have time to exercise, isn't this just enough to take you outside and relax." ”

She smiled contentedly, for a reason that was too good to be true.

Because he planned to ride with Guo Rui and them, Jia Yi pushed away the original plan to accompany Yuanyuan to pick a gift for Qiao Le. I had to leave early in the morning, and I didn't even have time to go to the store, so after breakfast, I immediately tried on the sportswear that Xiaoya sent last night.

She basically hasn't exercised well during the time she came back to N City, so she didn't prepare any suitable sports equipment, but she knew that Xiaoya must have it, and when she went to borrow clothes from Xiaoya, she also deliberately hid her thoughts, and only said that she wanted to ride with Guo Rui, without mentioning Mark at all.

Putting on Xiaoya's clothes and turning left and right in front of the mirror, the bright and beautiful color made her a little uncomfortable, and she began to worry about whether her clothes would make Mark feel swaggering, and even more worried about whether it would be like Xiaoya said, tanned into a Rosso pig - red and swollen in front of Mark.

Looking at herself tangled in the mirror, she immediately slapped her face, trying to be sober, and did not forget to cheer herself up: "Make up your mind and take him!" ”

At the foot of Yang Mountain.

The sky was clear, and although it was only morning, the sun was able to skillfully avoid the clouds and launch a fierce attack without hesitation. Thinking that October is only the early autumn in the south, compared to the long sleeves in the north at this time, the weather here makes people want to strip and dance.

Mark had already arrived, wearing sunglasses, leaning leisurely against a professional mountain bike, wearing a simple white T-shirt on his upper body, but with black long hand socks on his arms, and the same black sweatpants and sneakers on the bottom.

Seeing Guo Rui and Jia Yi coming, he gently pushed his sunglasses to his forehead, glanced at Jia Yi, and raised one eyebrow in surprise, "You ride like this?" ”

When Jia Yi was asked, her gaze that had been staring at him for a long time immediately dodged, she didn't want the on her face to be seen through by him, so she immediately turned her head to look at Guo Rui on the side, and pretended to reply: "Haha, is it very unprofessional?" ”

Guo Rui shook his head with a smile and said, "How can there be?" That's pretty much it. ”

Mark looked at the inexperienced two, and didn't say much, took out a black bag from his car, handed it to Jia Yi, and said, "I know that Lao Guo doesn't know how to ride, oh, you can go to the bathroom next to you to change these later, and Lao Guo and I will find you a suitable car." He always squinted when he smiled, like a crescent moon, and the two eyeballs were hidden deeply, so Jia Yi dared to face him bravely, and his face was different from the previous cleanliness in the sun, which made her so greedy that she didn't react for a long time, only to suddenly see his eyes wide, and his expression was a little stern towards her: "If you don't put it on, you will be easily sunburned later!" ”

Only then did she come to her senses, and she hurriedly took the bag with both hands, and went to change clothes in the direction he was pointing.

Guo Rui on the side was a little puzzled and said, "Why didn't I know that you always had another set of equipment in the car?" ”

Mark shook his head and said, "It's not like you said she was coming yesterday and asked a colleague in the office to borrow it." His gaze never left Jia Yi, until her back disappeared into the bathroom, and he slowly retracted it, and the doubts in his heart made him surprise for a while, so that he didn't care about what Guo Rui said. He only vaguely felt that Jia Yi's eyes looking at him were very unnatural, a little drifting, and seemed to be very heavy.

He and Guo Rui stood in place for a while, and then walked towards the car to help Jia Yi pick up the car.

The owner of the car dealership was already familiar with Mark, and for him, Mark was the "rich man" of his business. When he saw Mark, he greeted him with a smile on his face and said, "Mr. Zhang is riding again, how many people are there this time?" ”

Mark smiled and nodded, "One." ”

The car dealer's eyes immediately moved to Guo Rui, Guo Rui hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It's not me, the rider has changed his clothes, it's a lady." ”

The owner of the car shop said: "Girl, then you have to pick a variable speed mountain bike, I don't know if she has ridden a bike before?" ”

Mark didn't know if Jia Yi had ridden it, so he turned his head and asked Guo Rui. Guo Rui also shook his head in confusion.

Fortunately, at this time, Jia Yi walked over, her eyes just met Mark, she was flustered in her heart, and she lowered her head at a loss.

Mark stepped forward and said, "Well, yes, I'll just say that the female colleague in my office is about the same size as you." Hey, by the way, have you ridden before? ”

The owner of the car dealership saw that the Peugeot girl in front of him was the buyer, and he was also busy catching up, saying: "Oh, the figure is so good, I must have exercised before." ”

She had not reacted to the pleasant words of the merchant with deep intentions, but this time, standing in front of Mark, she suddenly became shy, and nodded in passing, thinking to herself, did he think the same way?

Mark only said, "If you ride it, will the mountain bike handle it?" ”

"Ah, mountain bikes! I haven't ridden a mountain bike before. ”

"That's right......" Mark was a little confused.

But the owner of the car dealership is a veteran of business, how can he make it difficult for customers, not to mention that he is still a big customer, and he is busy saying: "Oh, it doesn't matter if you haven't ridden, everything must have the first time, not to mention that there is a professional handsome guy next to the lady!" He grinned, blinking his eyes, as if hinting at Caribbean something.

Jia Yi pretended not to understand, only smiled slightly, put his hand in his trouser pocket, walked sideways between the boss and Mark, came to the mountain bike area, pretended to look seriously, picked a car that matched the color of his clothes, pointed and said, "This one!" ”

The owner of the car dealership saw that although he did not recommend it, it was also the one in the middle of the price, so he immediately said that he wanted to open a bill.

Guo Rui asked, "Are you sure?" However, this one is also variable gear. How did you pick it? ”

"By feeling! If you like it, take it! She glanced at Mark, and was busy taking out her wallet to pay, who would have thought that Mark said to the boss across a few rows of cars: "Write it to me, just deduct it from the membership card." ”

The owner of the car dealership had long expected Mark to say this, and he easily operated it in front of the computer.

Jia Yi was secretly proud, although she had long thought that this gentleman would do this, but he really said it so handsomely, she was still grateful, and said, "How is this embarrassing? ”

Mark waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I'm familiar with this place." Merely...... I'm a little worried about whether you can ride this bike! ”

This sentence seemed to roll down from the slope of Yangshan Mountain, rumbling and echoing endlessly.

He's worried about himself!

Mark helped push Jia Yi's car out, wanting her to try the height of the body first, after she sat down, he was busy adjusting the body after and after, the movements were skillful and fast, every time he turned around beside her, there would be a gentle breeze, as if only Jia Yi could feel the storage of the wind, and just right for her to smell the faint smell of Mark.

"Alright, you can try it." Mark adjusted the height of the body to what he thought was satisfied, and Jia Yi swayed from side to side, pedaled a little and rode a little way, and nodded at Mark.

Mark saw that she was riding well, so he put on his sunglasses, picked up his car with Guo Rui, and prepared to set off.

Jia Yi was also ready to go on the road, and the boss of the car dealership did not forget to be courteous before she left, and said: "Mr. Zhang rarely brings a woman to ride alone, at least this is the first time I have seen it in Yangshan." He winked at Jia Yi again with his little eyes, this expression was very funny, Jia Yi couldn't help laughing, but he still hurriedly pedaled the car and left.

"For the first time"? She didn't believe it, what were the clothes on the car at all times, it wasn't the first time she saw it.

"Alone"? Where is this alone, looking at Guo Rui, who was out of breath just up a gentle slope in front, she knew that the riding that she thought she could get a little "Yanfu" might have become a step in hand with Guo Rui.

Fortunately, although Mark was already in front, he didn't ride far, at least it was enough for Jia Yi to "look at it" and secretly admire it.

Yangshan is a gentle slope from the north, much steeper from the south, and it slopes lazily like a smiling Maitreya, but you can still see the burliness of its body on the back.

It is very difficult for Guo Rui to win against Mark in terms of body, and in addition to rushing along the way, he kept saying things like "strange and strange, really strange".

Jia Yi wiped her sweat with the towel given by Mark, panted and asked, "What's strange, you?" ”

Guo Rui swallowed his saliva, his throat was very dry, and when he saw that Jia Yi stopped, he took out the sports kettle under the car, drank most of it in one go, leaned on the car, took a long breath of relief, and said: "Strange, look at Mark in front, slowly, you know, usually he has disappeared." ”

Puzzled, Jia Yi asked, "Disappear?" Why did it disappear? ”

"Because he likes to pursue speed, don't look at him usually quietly, once he moves, it's like a race, I really don't know if he compares with himself or with me, Yangshan is not the first time to ride, every time he accelerates like the wind, and then disappears as soon as he slips through the smoke." Tired from riding, Guo Rui also made no secret of his weak physical fitness, and said: "I have never been able to see his back clearly like today." ”

Jia Yi somewhat understood what Guo Rui meant, but her understanding was not based on Guo Rui's so-called "strangeness", but what was confirmed in her heart.

Her face was flushed with circles and circles, but others obviously thought that this red had nothing to do with Mark, the fierce sun and a lot of exercise might make this face red, but she was very clear in her heart, the movement and the red of being sunburned, she didn't feel anything in her heart, at most she was tired, but now her heart was fluttering, as if she was going to fly!

She looked at the white clothes in front of her, her undulating shoulders, and the particularly dazzling Mark, and suddenly puffed up her strength for a while, as if she was carrying some kind of strong sense of mission, she immediately kicked into the car and accelerated forward, even Guo Rui beside her was stunned, and sighed weakly: "How can you still have so much strength!" ”

Mark quickly noticed that Jia Yi was speeding up behind alone, and he also shifted the gear slightly, slowing down a bit, and pushed the sunglasses back to his forehead, so that she could easily catch up with him.

Mark watched her blush like a freshly ripe apple, her bangs soaked with sweat, sticking to her soft but stubborn face one by one.

He pulled out a hand and handed his towel to Jia Yi and asked her to wipe her face.

Jia Yi's cycling skills obviously didn't allow her to take her hands off the handlebars to continue riding, and he also realized it, and when he handed the towel over, he grabbed her handlebars with one free hand, looked at her and said, "Wipe it, I'll help you control it!" ”

She wiped her face with his towel, and realized that he turned his face to look at herself from time to time, and her face blushed even more.

Mark gasped, looking at Jia Yi next to him, he seemed a little nervous, thinking that he had pulled the car too close, and when he was hesitating, fortunately she quickly wiped her face and took the handlebar, otherwise he really didn't know whether to push the car away with a little force or stay still. But after all, there was a bit of embarrassment, just wanted to talk to her to ease the atmosphere, but the two of them turned their faces sideways at the same time, just staring at each other, her eyes were stained with sweat, a little foggy, less sharp, but with a sense of change, which made people feel pity. Mark immediately realized that the atmosphere was even more unnatural, so he had to turn his head to look ahead, fortunately there was a big tree in front of him, so he pointed to the front and said that he wanted to take a break, and waited for Guo Rui by the way.

Jia Yi didn't say much. She stopped the car and handed the towel back to Mark.

Mark didn't say much, leaned back against the car, picked up the towel she had handed him, and wiped his face.

Jia Yi has always been haunted by the fact that she was exposed too thoroughly just now, as if she didn't leave room for herself at all, if she was a dog, she might have waged her tail a long time ago.

She was secretly angry with herself, but Mark behind her thought that she had been rude just now, and was busy trying to break the situation: "Your first time riding a mountain bike, it's pretty good!" ”

Jia Yi smiled, but tried his best to restrain his expression on his face, which seemed to Mark to be stiff, and the two did not speak again, only waiting for Guo Rui quietly.

The difference between the mountain and the mountain, in addition to the different scenery, is also rare quiet, the wind that has accumulated in the silence for a long time rushes towards people's chests, making people feel cool, but also when they pass by, leaving a boundless desolation.

Jia Yi's loose hair was also blown out of the crystal salt in the wind, and she put it all down, wanting to comb it.

Mark just looked at her in front of him, his chestnut hair hanging down behind her thin waist like a waterfall, and his white hands were playing with the back of his head, curling up casually.

He thought: It would be nice to bring your own camera at this time.

Jia Yi also faintly felt that Mark's eyes were looking at her, and her heart rippled, but she was not sure, so she glanced behind her with a little afterglow between combing,

Sure enough, Mark's eyes stared straight at her, her heart was rippling but she was in a trance, she didn't dare to look back, and quickly coiled her hair up.

The wind on the mountain was blowing hard to suppress the heat spreading up the mountain, but even so, her heart was still very hot.

Mark said casually behind his back: "Why hasn't Guo Rui come up yet?" ”

But Jia Yi, who was very close to him, didn't hear clearly, she had been practicing how to face him calmly in her heart, she wanted to hide herself, but she wanted to get close to him, but the more she deliberately sought a balance between the two roles, the more messy and uneasy her mind became, and those thoughts suddenly hit her chest: "Have you been in love before?" She suddenly turned around and looked at Mark.

She breathed a sigh of relief in the moment after asking, her body relaxed, and the two forces in her body finally achieved a temporary truce, it turned out that the will to "get close to him" was so strong, even she was surprised.

Mark was a little surprised, but his tone remained calm, and he responded, "Yes." What's wrong? ”

Jia Yi can't be surprised by this answer, because this is an either/or question, not to mention that the man in front of her is so good, but she also knows that if he is the man she ideals, he must be affectionate and unique but not light-hearted.

She was a little jealous of the woman who had occupied his heart from the beginning, and some other forces in her body began to burrow out of the ground, secretly clustering, and the mountains and fields were full of inferiority.

Mark looked at Jia Yi who was in a daze, he didn't understand why Jia Yi asked him about love just now, and he didn't understand why she just shook her head and said nothing after asking.

The woman in front of him was standing in front of him with the backlight in front of him, which was so strange that he couldn't get used to it.

"It's really thanks to you that you opened the store! I haven't had a chance to say thank you! She said suddenly, knowing how abrupt the question she had just asked, and if she didn't find a topic to follow, the momentary silence would make her seem inexplicable.

But she didn't know that the fragmented transition between topics was even more abrupt.

Fortunately, Mark didn't dig deeper, just said, "It's okay." I just came up with an idea, and I didn't really do anything. Listen to Jiang Yuan, his team can basically be completed at the end of this month and the beginning of next month? ”

"Mm-hmm, almost, early November should be fine." She replied with her head bowed.

Mark nodded, and as he spoke, he swept a dark shadow, and when he turned his head, he saw Guo Rui panting and pushing the car up.

He seemed to be scolding something all the way, chattering endlessly, and his voice was very weak, and the two people under the big tree didn't hear anything clearly, only the sound of the wind, the sound of the wind rushing past his ears, brought a burst of heat.

The three of them talked under the tree for a long time, and when they were about to rest, Mark looked at his watch, thinking that he would go down before the sun was clear at noon, so he asked everyone to get in the car and continue walking.

Guo Rui had already ridden straight forward, he didn't want to be the last one, Mark saw that Jia Yi was still sitting on the ground, so he waited for her on the side.

Before Jia Yi got up, she said a word, and this sentence was almost shouted, she said word by word: "Mark, am I chasing you?" ”

If it was just said in a normal tone, it would be nothing, but as soon as it was said, the sentence was almost shouted. It is estimated that even Guo Rui, who was in front, heard it.

Mark hesitated for a moment, but he still said the long-awaited answer of Jiayi: "You take your time, I will wait for you!" ”

It's just that he didn't shout out loud, it was very bland, very bland, as if he was talking about something related to cycling.