Chapter 54: Jealousy
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When Ning Chaoxi came home, Shen Xi had just coaxed Dudu to sleep, and when she came out of the room, she happened to see her pushing the door in, and she glanced at the wall clock on the wall: "I thought you wouldn't be back tonight." ”
Ning Chaoxi changed his shoes and walked over, and said with a smile: "Sister, I will definitely come back, how can I be willing to let you spend this long night alone." ”
"you." Shen Xi smiled and went to the living room to sort out the toys that were thrown away, "By the way, didn't you take half a day off to go to the publishing house today, how about it, are you going to negotiate the contract next?" ”
Hearing this, Ning Chaoxi's expression changed slightly, and he pursed his lips and didn't make a sound.
"What's wrong?" Shen Xi put away the toys and turned his head to look at her.
"Before the final review, my manuscript was rejected." Ning Chaoxi lowered his head and looked at the floor, and the depression and loss that had been suppressed for a day surged up from the bottom of his heart at this time.
Shen Xi didn't expect the result to be like this, she was speechless for a while: "Eh, that's it...... It's okay, you keep up the good work! Your writing and skills are so good, you will be able to publish it one day. ”
Someday......
Ning Chaoxi stretched out his hand to put it on his forehead, shook his head with a wry smile: "Let's talk about it, sister, I'm tired, let's go take a bath and rest first." ”
The manuscript was rejected, it was false to say that she was not sad, all the things she had insisted on for so long were overturned, and all the efforts and efforts were in vain, Ning Chaoxi threw herself on the bed, looked up at the ceiling, and suddenly became dazed.
The next day, he made an appointment with Chen Xun for dinner in the evening, Ning Chaoxi went to the gallery to find him after work, and when he sent him a message, Chen Xun said that he and Zheng Xu went to look at the storefront of the branch in another place, and came back soon, and asked her to wait for him in the gallery first, and Ning Chaoxi went to his studio on the third floor as he said.
As soon as she sat on the chair and scrolled through Weibo, she heard a knock on the door, she got up from the chair, thinking that Chen Xun was back, so she walked over and opened the door without much thought.
The person standing outside the door was tall and slender, with a delicate and beautiful face, and she was still wearing a pair of boots on her feet, which raised her figure a little, and the person standing outside the door was Zhou Xin.
The two people inside and outside the door were stunned when they saw each other.
Ning Chaoxi recognized this woman, and had seen each other many times before, but Zhou Xin obviously had no impression of her, and after being stunned, she took the lead in asking: "Hello, may I ask who you are?" ”
"Hello, my name is Ning Chaoxi, and I am Chen Xun's girlfriend." Ning Chaoxi bowed slightly at her and said politely.
Hearing her introduction, Zhou Xin was slightly stunned, his face changed, and a little stunned appeared in his eyes: "Ah Xun's ...... Girlfriend? ”
Ning Chaoxi smiled slightly and nodded calmly: "Yes, may I ask who you are?" ”
Zhou Xin was very well educated, and quickly calmed down his frightened emotions: "My name is Zhou Xin, and I am a friend of Ah Xun. ”
Ning Chaoxi listened to her 'Ah Xun', and silently gritted her teeth, she had only heard Chen's father and Chen's mother call this title, and now when it came out of a woman's mouth, it was inexplicably a little more indescribable. She still remembers that this Miss Zhou spent a lot of money not long ago to buy Chen Xun's paintings, which is called a big deal.
Thinking so in her heart, but her face didn't show it, Ning Chaoxi smiled at her and said, "Miss Zhou, don't you know what you are doing here?" ”
Zhou Xin glanced into the studio, but didn't see the person she wanted to see, she said, "I'm here to find Ah Xun, isn't he here?" ”
"He's not there." Ning Chaoxi watched this woman undisguise her loss, and felt a little unhappy.
As soon as the words fell, they heard footsteps coming from the corridor, Ning Chaoxi and Zhou Xin looked in the direction of the staircase at the same time, and saw Chen Xun walking this way.
"Ah Xun." Zhou Xin called softly.
Ning Chaoxi's face sank.
"Miss Zhou." Chen Xun walked over and bowed his head at her.
Zhou Xin took out an invitation card from his bag and handed it to him: "Ah Xun, this is the invitation card for my grandfather's birthday banquet, I just remembered it today, and I came to give it to you." ”
Chen Xun took the invitation: "Thank you." ”
Zhou Xin smiled, and his tone was gentle and generous: "Don't be so polite, what kind of friendship do we have, but you, when did I have a girlfriend?" She said, jokingly, "Hide it tightly enough." ”
Chen Xun put away the invitation, looked away at Ning Chaoxi who was standing at the door of the studio, his eyes were wide and soft, and he said, "There has always been." ”
Ning Chaoxi received Chen Xun's gaze, she looked away and silently 'hummed'.
Hearing this, the smile on the corner of Zhou Xin's mouth paused slightly: "Yes, I thought it was ......"
Chen Xun: "What? ”
"It's nothing, Ah Xun, when are you going to leave tomorrow?" Zhou Xin restrained the unknown emotions in his heart and changed the topic.
"Afternoon."
"What time is it? I'll go back tomorrow, just by the way, and I'll come with you. Zhou Xin said.
Chen Xun was silent, he didn't say anything good or bad, Zhou Xin thought that he was acquiescing if he didn't speak, so he said to himself: "Then it's decided, I'll call you tomorrow morning and wait for you at the high-speed toll station, then let's do it first, I still have something to do, and I'll contact you tomorrow." ”
After saying hello to them separately, Zhou Xin left.
After she left, Chen Xun stepped forward and touched Ning Chaoxi's head, and he asked, "Have you been waiting for a long time?" ”
Ning Chaoxi originally wanted to say no, but when she remembered the woman who left with her boots just now, the little temper in her heart came up, and she nodded: "I've been waiting for a long time!" ”
"I'm sorry, there's something going on over there......" Chen Xun thought she was unhappy because she had waited too long, so he lowered his voice and coaxed her: "Are you hungry?" What do you want to eat? ”
Hearing him speak to herself in such a tone, Ning Chaoxi's heart softened suddenly, she hesitated for a long time, looked at him and asked, "Chen Xun, who is that Zhou Xin?" ”
"Teacher's granddaughter."
"Did you know each other a long time ago?" Ning Chaoxi asked.
"What happened to the acquaintance when I was learning to draw from the teacher?"
Ning Chaoxi shook her head, she thought, Chen Xun, a wooden nerd, must not be able to see that people have long thought about him. Girls are naturally sensitive to these things, especially women in love, and what kind of thoughts the other party has for the man standing next to you can be seen from just one look.
She remembered that Chen Xun was very popular in school because of her outstanding appearance, and many girls liked her openly and secretly, and she had seen someone confess to him, and she was depressed for a while, although she knew that Chen Xun's character would not like others anymore, but Ning Chaoxi felt inexplicably unhappy as long as she thought of Zhou Xin's eyes looking at him.
The next day they set off after lunch, Chen Xun drove, it took more than three hours to go to S City from here, and it was just a little bit when they arrived at the high-speed toll station, ten minutes ago, Zhou Xin called him, saying that he was waiting for them in the rest area next to the toll station.
Chen Xun drove the car to the temporary parking spot in the rest area, and saw Zhou Xin's white BMW parked there, and people stood next to the car and waved at them.
As soon as he parked the car, Zhou Xin walked over, Chen Xun rolled down the window, she bent down to greet him, and then saw Ning Chaoxi sitting in the co-pilot.
"Miss Ning, you're coming with you?" Zhou Xin was slightly surprised.
"Hello, Miss Zhou, see you again." Ning Chaoxi said with a smile.
Chen Xun turned his head to look at the people around him and asked, "There is still a long way to go, do you want to go down to the bathroom?" ”
Ning Chaoxi thought about it and nodded.
She got out of the car, and Zhou Xin said to her, "Miss Ning, I'm just going too, let's go together." ”
There were not many people in the bathroom, and when Ning Chaoxi was washing her hands by the sink, Zhou Xin was looking in the mirror next to her, and she asked casually, "Miss Ning, how did you and Ah Xun meet?" ”
Ning Chaoxi raised her head and met the gentle and friendly smile of the person in the mirror, and the corners of her eyes were slightly curved: "We are high school classmates." ”
"I see, no wonder he said you've been together, so you've been together since you were in high school?" Zhou Xin took out a lipstick and applied it to his lips.
"yes."
Zhou Xin put away his lipstick and smiled at her: "It's very rare, it's been many years since high school, I really envy the relationship between you." ”
Walking out of the bathroom and passing by a convenience store, Ning Chaoxi said to Zhou Xin: "Miss Zhou, you go back first, I'll go to the convenience store to buy something." ”
Zhou Xin responded with a hello.
Chen Xun waited in the car for a while, only to see Ning Chaoxi come back, she was holding a box of things in her hand, and as soon as she got in the car, she said to him, "Reach out." ”
"Huh?" Chen Xun was puzzled, but still stretched out a hand.
Ning Chaoxi poured two mints he had just bought from the convenience store into his hand, and Chen Xun asked, "What is this?" ”
"Mints." Ning Chaoxi closed the lid and explained, "I'm afraid that you will get tired after driving for too long, so I specially bought it for you to refresh your mind." ”
A gentle smile appeared in Chen Xun's eyes.
When she arrived at the next toll station, more than an hour had passed, Zhou Xin wanted to refuel the car, and asked Chen Xun to wait for her for a while, she bought a few bottles of water by the way when she went to pay the bill, and when she walked to their car and wanted to ask them if they needed water, she saw the person in the driver's seat unbuckle her seat belt, took a coat from the back seat, and slowly draped it on the girl next to her, and reached out to help her comb the broken hair in front of her forehead.
Looking at the past from Zhou Xin's point of view, I could just see him with his face slightly sideways, looking intently at the people around him, with a very shallow smile on the corner of his lips, and a gentle and doting expression on his face, which she had never seen before.
After a moment, Zhou Xin saw him turn his gaze back, and after seeing her, the smile on his lips converged, and he returned to his usual calm and silent appearance.
She said to Ning Chaoxi just now, I really envy the relationship between you.
But in fact, no, what she really envies is Ning Chaoxi.
How fortunate to be able to get this man's love, she still remembers the first time she saw him in her grandfather's studio, he was wearing a simple white shirt, the cuffs were neatly folded, the smooth arms were on the palette, the slender and white hands held the brush, he lowered his head slightly, painted on the paper, his focused expression was as calm as a mountain, which made people fascinated, and from the first sight of this man, her heart fell for him.
But in the process of contact after that, he always treated her coldly and detachedly, and he didn't like to talk much, she thought it was his character at first, but now she realized that he was not pure-hearted, all because he had a person hidden in his heart for a long time, and there was no place for others to set foot.