Chapter 16 Entering the House
The summer rains came quickly and violently. The raindrops of beans were smashed down with the howling of the storm, and the frenzied lightning tore through the sky one by one, which was daunting.
Xinyu hugged the cloth bag tightly and ran to a convenience store on the side of the road to hide from the rain. The white cricket shoes on his feet have been made difficult to see by the sewage from the ground. She patted the rain off her body and walked into the store.
Eason Chan's song was playing in the store, and two young clerks were sorting out the shelves and the other was checking out at the cash register.
"Welcome."
The clerk knows Xinyu, and she often buys breakfast here in the morning.
Xinyu nodded with them and ordered an oden set. Sit by the window and eat while watching the passers-by flee from the heavy rain.
Zhang Ang, who was searching in the crowd with an umbrella, looked at Xinyu who was sitting in the convenience store and exhaled softly.
Xinyu raised his eyes and saw Zhang Ang standing outside the big glass window, and he lost his mind for a moment.
The young man in white looked at her with a bright smile, driving away the bleakness of the rainy night. In this rainy weather, the narrow and muddy streets and noisy crowds have been turned into magazine backgrounds.
He's always looked like this? Xinyu wondered how she was suddenly able to appreciate Zhang Ang's appearance today.
With a snap, the radish that had not had time to take a bite fell back into the bowl, and the juice that flew up splashed onto the white T-shirt. A dot on the chest.
This is her favorite piece!
Zhang Ang walked into the store.
"Welcome...... To! ”
The sweetness of the clerk's voice has increased. This is followed by a sense of service.
"Is there anything you need?"
"I'm looking for someone."
Then sit down on the chair next to Xinyu. Gazing at her oden.
She obediently got up and went to buy him an identical one. Listen to his thank you. It actually feels like Mu Huangen, what the hell?
The two sat together like this and ate oden silently.
The two clerks touched their heads together and looked enviously at the pair in front of the window.
"Say, are they in love?"
"It must be!"
"Why didn't I have such a handsome boy when I was studying?!"
"Because of fate......
The oden was eaten quickly, and the rain was much lighter. Zhang Ang offered to send her home. So the two left the convenience store together.
The clerk's aunt and aunt smiled, "Welcome to visit next time." ”
Xinyu felt as if she could understand the two young ladies and the other fans of Zhang Ang's classmates.
The sound of rain ticking down on the umbrella, and the two people under the umbrella carefully avoided the puddles on the road.
"How did you get here? Isn't it just here to bring me an umbrella? ”
Seeing that Zhang Ang didn't speak, she carefully confirmed with him.
"Isn't it?"
Zhang Ang asked her rhetorically: "Then why do you think I will appear here?" ”
Seeing that her face was a little flustered, Zhang Ang casually made up a reason: "Isn't there a deli here?" I was going to buy some back, but with such a heavy rain, it is estimated that the shopkeeper should be closed. ”
Xinyu naturally didn't believe him for this reason. But she was even more reluctant to believe another reason. So she had no choice but to believe it.
The road in the community is slippery and difficult to walk, and it seems that you are about to reach the building where Xinyu's house is located. A private car sped by. Zhang Ang stood in front of Xinyu, but he was splashed by the high splash.
A gust of wind blew, and Zhang Ang couldn't help but sneeze. Xinyu proposed apologetically: "Why don't you go to my house to change your clothes before you go back?" I still have the commemorative T-shirt that was issued by the school. ”
"If I go to your house like this, will your parents think about it?"
"They went on a tour."
As soon as this sentence came out, both of them felt a little uncomfortable inexplicably. The rumbling thunder dissipated the embarrassment.
"You better listen to me, just change your clothes, this will catch a cold."
Zhang Ang nodded as if nothing had happened.
The entrance to the stairs was narrow and dim, and soon he reached the second floor, and Xinyu took out the key to open the door.
Zhang Ang stood the umbrella at the door, and Xinyu asked him to bring it in.
"This neighborhood is a mixed mix of people. It often happens that the sheep are hand-in-hand. ”
He picked up his umbrella and dodged through the door.
At the stairs on the third floor, after the neighbor's aunt found Zhang Ang, a stranger, she carefully peeked downstairs.
Zhang Ang, who entered the door, remembered that she came home so late every day, and worries rose in his heart.
"Then wouldn't it be safe for you to come home so late every day?"
"The law and order here is okay, and there have been no cases for so many years."
Zhang Ang is even more worried, when something happens, it will be too late, silly girl!
Xinyu handed him a cup of hot water and motioned for him to drink it. He drank it all in obedience.
He took out another dry towel and handed it to him.
"Clean, unused."
"This is a commemorative T-shirt issued by the school, you should be able to wear this size."
Zhang Ang took the T-shirt and looked at the heart rain with anticipation, and his face was hot.
"You mean to let me change it in front of you?"
Xinyu reacted and was embarrassed to inform the location of the bathroom. Then inexplicably began to clean up the table that was not very messy.
When Zhang Ang came out in an orange No. 1 Middle School commemorative T-shirt, Xinyu had to sigh again. Sure enough, the style and material of the clothes are all floating clouds, and the key is to look at the face...... and stature.
"I'll give you back when I'm done."
"No, no, no...... No," Xinyu waved his hand repeatedly, "I can't wear such a large size, I originally planned to use it as a rag." ”
Zhang Ang: "......"
Xinyu: "Uh...... Hehehe, drink water! ”
Zhang Ang, who was wearing a 'rag', smiled and took the water glass, observing the layout of the house by the way.
The decoration is old-fashioned, and in the small living room, there are many children's toys piled up in various corners. There was a family photo on the TV cabinet, and Zhang Ang looked at it curiously.
Xinyu saw his gaze fall on the family photo, and explained to him: "That's my dad, my stepmother and my brother." ”
Leave yourself out.
Zhang Ang heard some clues from her description. Looking at the living room again, there is no trace of her except for this photo.
"How old were you? It looks so small. ”
"Twelve, just started junior high school."
He thought he should know why she didn't like photography.
"Divorce and remarriage are common these days, and my dad has been married three times. My current wife is only five years older than me. ”
Xinyu really marveled at the charm of Zhang Ang's father. Although the face tried to hold on, it did not succeed.
Zhang Ang looked at her obviously curious but restrained expression, and he couldn't help but laugh first.
"What are you thinking? Give you a chance, there will definitely be answers, and you will not wait for the expiration date. ”
Xinyu felt that this was someone's family privacy, and it was really rude to ask this, so she shook her head.
Zhang Ang nodded, a little happy in his heart.
His father Zhang Chongshan often appears in major financial news reports and TV, in fact, a search on the Internet can also find a lot of gossip, but few people know that he is Zhang Chongshan's eldest son. His affairs are handled by his father's henchman Zhang Zhicheng on his behalf. Zhang Zhicheng's identity on the face is the general manager of the Xicheng branch of Tuosheng Group. In order to avoid trouble, they all acquiesced to the setting that Zhang Zhicheng was Zhang Ang's 'father'.
He wanted her to know about him, but he didn't want her to know everything when their relationship was unclear.
It was that uncertainty that made him hesitate. But it was too early to say anything, after all, he wasn't sure if she would like him as much as he liked her.
Simple, just like him.
Zhang Ang put down the water glass and got up to say goodbye. Xinyu was about to go out to see him off, but he stopped him.
"Stay at home honestly and lock the door."
After a while, I dialed her uneasily.
Xinyu thought he was in a hurry, so he quickly picked it up.
"Hey, squad leader, did you leave something behind? Still can't get a taxi? Seeing that he didn't speak, he thought of a possibility again, "Is the money enough?" ”
Zhang Ang, who was still standing at the door of her house, listened to the concern in her voice, and his heart was full of joy.
"I didn't leave anything behind, I have enough money for a taxi, don't worry."
Xinyu was confused: "Then why call me just when you leave?" ”
He coughed lightly and said, "You checked, is the door locked?" ”
Xinyu walked to the door of his house, took a deep breath, and opened the door-
The moment the two looked at each other, Xinyu felt a strange feeling in his heart, warm, slowly spreading from the position of the heart to the whole body.
He looked at Xinyu, who suddenly opened the door again, and hung up the phone. Whispered to her, "I just wanted to make sure you really locked the door." ”
Xinyu clenched the doorknob, I don't know if he was asking or sighing: "Are you so attentive to all girls?" ”
There were only the two of them in the stairwell, and Zhang Ang naturally heard her whispering. With such a good atmosphere, he was thinking about whether to confess to her simply.
But apparently this is not a good time, when the voices of a man and a woman came from the entrance of the corridor on the first floor, mixed with the cheers of children. After a while, Liang Shide, who was wet and carrying large bags, and his wife and son appeared in the stairwell.
saw Zhang Ang and Xinyu standing in pairs at the door. A shrill female voice scolded, "Who are you? How are you standing in front of my house? ”