The second reading session was held soon, an exchange meeting related to the art exhibition to be hosted in Shanghai at the end of the year, which was larger than the last time, more formal, and in Ding Siyao's words, a higher level.

To this end, Jia Yi and her sisters have been busy for several days before this, from publicity to preferential promotions of related drinks and gifts, around the three-dimensional presentation of the book club. Finally, on the day of the event, the effect was really good, attracting many new customers, and many old customers became members of the reading program on the spot.

The day after the event, the store was a little deserted, and it was a hot summer, so there were fewer people at noon.

There are few guests, and people are naturally idle - Yu Ran, Su Qian, and Jasmine stay on the first floor to tease the cat, while Jia Yi always has to go up to the second floor alone for a short while.

I don't know how long it took, the music in the store suddenly sounded deafeningly, inexplicably excited, she woke up hazy, shouting loudly "Su Qian", "Yu Ran", no one answered, she had to think about getting up and going downstairs, just stood up and saw a post-it note next to the table, with dense words written on it, she picked it up curiously and looked:

"This is the place where I sat with you when your foot was injured last year, and that day you were seriously injured from the inside out, but I couldn't share the pain in my heart for you, so I had to help you treat the external injury. Listening to the sound of you holding back your crying but still whimpering, I really wanted to hug you, and I realized that heartache is contagious. So in the future, I have less pain points, and I still don't want you to get hurt. ”

This was written by Gao Qu, Jia Yi immediately looked downstairs, but she didn't see anyone else, only Yu Ran and Su Qian pretended to be casual and fiddled with something in the kitchen, she pinched the post-it note in her hand, and hurried downstairs, but immediately saw the second post-it note at the staircase, which still had words written on it:

"This is last year's annual event in the square, you are busy with things in your hands and feet on the ground, just around this corner, a guest called you, at that moment I saw your smiling eyes, very charming. This smile is worth protecting for the rest of my life, but I don't want to just reminisce about it, I will try to make you smile like this every day! ”

Jia Yi held the post-it note, she couldn't stop being excited, she couldn't even recall herself, was there really a moment when she smiled at people at the top of this staircase, she looked at Yu Ran and them blankly, and asked, "What about others?" ”

But they all shook their heads, only smiled slightly, and deliberately looked away.

Jia Yi followed their gaze to the photo wall, where she found the next post-it note, which read:

"This is last year, I got rid of a photo frame, I didn't expect you to care so much about it, you didn't hesitate to hurt your hand by an iron nail, I was very self-blaming, heartache and regret at that time, I will never give you any gifts that need iron nails to keep in the future, of course, I will not leave you!"

Jia Yi's tears accumulated little by little, she had forgotten that she was looking for Gao Qu, the past scenes were brought out one by one, and they were reflected by the dim yellow light, it was a sad memory, but it was extremely soft at the moment.

Soon, her eyes fell on the store's red roses, where a pink note landed on a branch like a butterfly, with the words:

"It was where we kissed for the first time, and I felt blessed that day because you finally got over your fear of intimacy and I was able to really enter your world. Forgive me for not having the flowers ready that day, forgive me for acting recklessly, forgive me for standing at the door and watching you for so long......"

Jia Yi carefully folded each note in her hand, turned her face, and looked at Yu Ran and them with teary eyes, they were also very moved by Jia Yi, and beckoned her to come to the bar, because there was also one there:

"This is the place where we interacted the most last year, I said here that you are a rose, here I robbed your account book, drank the drink you made with my own hands, my hand inadvertently touched you, I saw your shy face, they all bloomed in my heart."

Jia Yi burst into tears, and excitedly showed the note to Yu Ran, but Yu Ran just handed her a tissue and told her, "There is more!" ”

Jia Yi looked at a blue sticky note sticky to the table in the corner:

"This is the first time that you and I have a heated discussion about the future of the flower girl, and it was also on that day that I think you are really a very business-minded person, but that day we were too obsessed with how to make a profit in the store, and forgot the night scene outside the window, no matter what topic we discuss in the future, no matter how intense and intoxicated we are, we don't forget to enjoy the night, okay?"

Jia Yi nodded silently, but tears instantly fell on the paper, she turned her head and asked Yu Ran, "Where is he, I really want to see him!" ”

Yu Ran shook his head and said, "Maybe you know it yourself?" ”

She found other sticky notes in the store one after another, a total of eight, each corresponding to a different spatial location, narrating what happened to him and her in the store, but what about others?

She looked out of the shop, but could not find him, only the square, the tall buildings, and the few pedestrians, the sun shining in white, as if pouring through a huge entrance.

Suddenly she thought of something, and immediately ran out of the store to the entrance of Nanbin Plaza, where she saw the familiar figure as she wished.

Gao Qu was wearing a gray shirt and an azure tie, and stood there very formally, holding a large bouquet of red and white roses in his hand.

There were his parents and Yuanyuan standing next to him, but fortunately, they were each holding umbrellas, but Gao Qu was standing alone in the hot sun.

It's a marriage proposal!

He actually proposed in such a hot weather!

Before she could get closer, Jia Yi had already burst into tears, and she secretly encouraged herself, trying to adjust her breathing, trying to make herself look calm, but she still couldn't suppress the excitement in her heart.

Finally she walked in front of Gao Qu, and when she looked closer, she realized that there were large beads of sweat on his forehead, the bangs in front were almost wet, and then she saw that her back was completely soaked, and the sweat soaked the gray shirt into black, which was straight to her back.

Jia Yi hurriedly took out a tissue to help him wipe it, and said distressedly: "Why do you sweat so much?" ”

He let her rub it, and said, "How did I know that it took you so long to find all the clues I gave you, but I have been in the sun for a long time...... And also...... Also, I was a little nervous, and my palms were sweaty. ”

He stretched out one of his hands to show her, his face was flushed, and before she could react, his hand immediately held her, only to see him smile and look at her, slowly knelt down, and took out a delicate small box from his pocket, which contained a sparkling diamond ring, he said: "This is the tenth note, this is the place where we met for the second time last year, and it is also the beginning of your determination to start a business, I am glad that I have been involved in the turning point of your life from the beginning, but at that time, I didn't know what would happen between us, At first, I thought you were mysterious but naïve, and the more I came into contact with you, the more I found that you were very assertive, persistent, good at understanding others, and more importantly, I realized that you were the important third person in my life. You said that you like Nanbin very much, in fact, I didn't have any feelings for Nanbin, it was just a real estate project of mine, but now, because of you, because of our story, it has been a milestone in my life, so I choose to propose here, marry me Jiayi, I know that the promise of worry-free food and clothing may not be so important to you, but I still want to say, when you are unstoppable, I will let you do what you want to do without worry, okay? ”

She was already so moved that she couldn't speak, and covered her mouth with her hands, for fear that she would be too excited and screamed, but he was choking and urging her: "If you still don't agree, my clothes are almost soaked!" ”

She had no choice but to nod her head vigorously with tears and laughter, and said, "I promise!" I promise you! After saying that, she nodded again and again to the person who blessed them, tears and sweat had already ruined the makeup on her face, but she felt that she was the most beautiful moment in her life.

Gao Qu slowly stood up, handed her the flower, and when he was about to pull her left hand to put on the ring, he first put his hand on his pants and rubbed it for a while, he said shyly: "Sweat!" ”

Jia Yi burst out laughing and whispered, "Do you still wear it?" ”

Gao Qu hurriedly smiled and took her hand and put a ring on her ring finger, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the people around him applauded and blessed him, he was excited and suddenly picked up the Jia Yi in front of him, and turned around in this square under the scorching sun.

Finally, Jia Yi asked him to put it down and said, "Let's let everyone go in and blow the air conditioner first!" ”

Yuanyuan, who was on the side, began to quip: "Yo, I care about my husband so soon!" ”

Jia Yi had no choice but to smile and say, "I'm worried about you, you still have a big belly, and your uncle and aunt are still outside!" ”

Gao Han was also happy for his son, but he still deliberately kept a straight face, looked at Jia Yi and said, "Are you still called uncle and aunt now?" ”

Jia Yi blushed shyly, and couldn't help but look at Gao Qu, embarrassed for a while, but still whispered: "Dad, Mom!" ”

Gao Han and Qu Yalan nodded repeatedly, Gao Qu immediately hugged her, and said with a smile: "Do you know how much preparation I made some time ago for your parents? Especially those 9 sticky notes, I wrote more than 100 times! ”

Jia Yi looked at him strangely and said, "Are there 9?" I only saw 8 of them in the store. ”

"Of course you have, you must not have looked at the back of the store, there is still one on the stone bench there!"

"Why is there there?"

Before Gao Qu could answer, Yuanyuan, who was walking in front, turned around and urged them: "I said you, the days are long, do you have to be under the scorching sun to prove your sincerity?" ”

Jia Yi and Gao Qu looked at each other and smiled, and hurriedly carried Gao Han and Qu Yalan to the store, Yu Ran and Su Qian were already waiting at the door, they were bombarded by various ribbon salutes as soon as they entered the door, Yu Ran brought out the engagement cake again, looked at Jia Yi and said, "People like you who are brave enough to love deserve to be happy!" ”

Jia Yi hurriedly hugged Yu Ran and said, "Thank you, it is you who accompany me to mature and become strong a little bit, so that I have such courage to fight hard!" ”

She wiped away her tears and asked Su Qian to call the neighbors to share together, but she dragged Gao Qu to the backyard.

The ninth post-it note was indeed attached to the stone bench, but she didn't remember what had happened here alone with Gao Qu.

"This was last year, opening a store to celebrate the party, it should have been a happy night for you, but I saw your weakest side there, your tears, your body secrets and the fragility after injury, I felt inexplicably lost that I couldn't stay to comfort you, it should have been my most chaotic night, I began to doubt my role, but also began to get close to my hidden heart."

This was a memory that Jia Yi was extremely resistant to, and that night she seemed to remember only Qiao Le, who scolded her, and Mark, who comforted her but finally left.

She forgot that Gao Qu had been standing behind her that night, and that he had stopped it in time when Qiao Le was the most unbearable to scold, and had left Mark to comfort her - at that time, he didn't want Mark to see her embarrassed.

"You didn't stay, but you showed up just right! Fortunately, I didn't like you when I was at my worst, but I stood with you when I was getting better! ”

She smiled, and there were tears on her eyelashes, Gao Qu reached out to help her wipe it off a little bit, leaned over, lowered her head and kissed the red and swollen eyes. (To be continued.) )