CHAPTER XVIII
Her stomach rumbled again, Wang Jie opened her phone and saw that at 13:28, she had been pressing the road with Xiao Ye for almost half an hour. Wang Jie wanted to endure it any longer, but the sound of her stomach urged her, and she really couldn't sit idly by.
Xiao Ye's villa, which seemed like a dream in Wang Jie's trance, was no longer visible, Wang Jie couldn't help but let out a breath, chased after Xiao Ye, and touched his arm on the shoulder: "It's half past one, let's find a place to eat?" β
Xiao Ye walked happily, heard her speak, and looked at her sideways: "If you want to find a restaurant or restaurant from here, you have to walk for half an hour." β
Wang Jie almost dropped his jaw in shock: "Half an hour? Then I'm going to starve to death. β
Xiao Ye continued to look at the green at the end of the road in front of him, picked up his mobile phone as he walked, and seemed to dial the number: "It's okay, I'll ask my family to drive the car over." β
Wang Jie didn't know that the family member Xiao Ye was talking about was actually the man in a black shirt she saw when she first entered the door, and thought it was Xiao Han, so she immediately grabbed Xiao Ye's hand holding the mobile phone with both hands, with a distorted expression on her face: "Big brother, let me rest for a while, the atmosphere in your house is really oppressive!" Half an hour is half an hour, you can afford to walk, you can afford to walk. β
Luckily, Wang Jie quickly searched for two relatively close restaurants on the map on his mobile phone, and it took almost 20 minutes to go down the road they are walking to a place now. Wang Jie took a look at Baidu, and the website showed that it was originally an industrial area, but later the factory closed down and was converted into a residential building.
The seven-story buildings in front of me look old, and the gray-blue skin on the walls is like the scales of a fish, and in some places it has been washed away by the rain, revealing an uneven background.
The gap between the buildings is not very large, there are some waste products piled up on both sides of the road or simply overflowing garbage cans, to enter again, the road is very difficult to walk, it is a little difficult, Wang Jie had to choose a noodle restaurant at the intersection nearby. The kind of small noodle restaurant opened by ordinary people, there are two small tables in it, and the oil smoke has left a large trace of black oil on the wall, and now it is summer, a big electric fan hangs on one side of the wall and shakes his head, blowing the smell of oil smoke and noodles and vegetables all over the room.
Xiao Ye probably had never been to this kind of place, he stood hesitantly at the door, and was choked by the strong smell of stir-fried vegetables during the coughing and sneezing, and asked Wang Jie: "Let's change the house, right?" Wang Jie had already happily run in and sat down at the table across from the fan.
When the noodles were served, Wang Jie saw that Xiao Ye still didn't mean to come in, so he picked up the bowl in front of him and picked a chopstick noodle for him: "You can taste it." β
Xiao Ye stared at his face and leaned back, his hand still refusing: "No need, no need, I'll wait for you outside." Turned around and ran, didn't run a few steps, a white puppy hit his leg, the puppy ran away with a "Wang" aggrieved bark, Xiao Ye looked at the puppy sideways, it seemed that he was more aggrieved than the puppy.
Wang Jie returned to her seat with a bowl of laughter, and there was a bowl of noodles on the table, which she bought for Xiao Ye.
Wang Jie ate it over, because she didn't want to waste it, so she ate both bowls of noodles, and on the way back, she walked slowly and kept hiccups. Xiao Ye laughed next to her for her bulging stomach and hiccups, and she couldn't stop laughing.
After walking for a while, Wang Jie felt a little better, took a pine branch he had just picked up in his hand, looked at the pine branch and said, "I didn't expect that what you said was special, it was such a special method......
"You're like them?" Xiao Ye stopped, his eyes blinked, "Don't you think it shouldn't be like this?" β
Wang Jie was afraid that he would misunderstand, so as soon as he put down the pine branch in his hand, he hurriedly explained: "No, no, I am, that's it...... Well...... Curious...... Hey, don't talk about this yet, Xiao Ye, do you think Uncle Ye doesn't seem to like me very much? β
Xiao Ye turned to look at her, blinked his eyes suspiciously, and said with a smile: "No, didn't my dad and you have a good conversation in my office last time?" β
Wang Jie rolled his eyes and thought for a while: "That's the same...... No, can it be the same? Let me tell you this, I can be a good person before I hook up with you, and after I hook up with you, that's not for sure. β
Xiao Ye laughed suddenly, causing Wang Jie to turn his head to look at him in a daze, but he smiled and said, "What kind of logic are you?" You can assure you that my dad will never be that kind of person, and he will never think of you like that. β
Wang Jie stretched out his hand and scratched the back of his ear, and said to himself: "Then why is Uncle Ye's face so ugly today, and he keeps his eyes closed, and he doesn't want to see me." β
Xiao Ye comforted Wang Jie and said, "That's because he just came back from a business trip today, and when I talked to my father, you heard it." My dad is not in good health, he is too tired, so his face is not good-looking, but he has been sitting in the living room waiting for us to go back, just for fear that you will misunderstand. Don't think about it, if you don't believe it, you can take a look at it tonight, he will definitely be the Uncle Ye you saw last time. β
Wang Jie was skeptical, and said to himself: "Are you still going to your house?" Then I still think Uncle Xiao is easier to get along with, he won't have anything to do in the afternoon, if he is not there, you might as well send me home. β
"Others say that my dad is easier to get along with, but you think my dad is easy to get along with, where do you see it?"
"My gut told me."
"That instinct will surely tell you the answer to that question."
"Xiao Ye, what do you say, otherwise, you call and ask, Xiao Ye ......"
On the quiet highway, the woods were blown by the wind and made a sound like sea waves, Wang Jie and Xiao Ye chased after them, their voices were loud, and laughter echoed. The two of them talked while walking, strolling calmly for a while, and because of a certain topic, one party was dissatisfied, and ran along the road for a while, but most of the time, it was Wang Jie who was chasing Xiao Ye, but because Xiao Ye was taller than her and her legs were longer than her, she always couldn't catch up, and when she was panting, Xiao Ye retreated again.
When he was about to walk to the gate, Wang Jie listened to Xiao Ye's words, the corners of his mouth were tilted ugly, and he said with a smirk: "You and Uncle Xiao are really good at playing, but it's no wonder." Hey Xiao Ye, have you ever won a fight with Uncle Xiao? Also, take me one next time? β
Xiao Ye turned his head to her and smiled slightly: "Secret." Also, don't bring it. β
After returning to Xiao Ye's house, it was already half past four in the afternoon, Xiao Han sat opposite Wang Jie like an iceberg, did not speak, and Xiao Ye was holding a book in his hand, reading very slowly. Wang Jie was bored sitting alone, wanting to play with his mobile phone for a while, but he was afraid of ruining the atmosphere, so he had to take a random travel magazine from the coffee table to read.
There is a big wall clock on one wall in the living room, the sound is "ticking and ticking" like background music, Wang Jie wants to look up at what time it is from time to time, and feels that she has been looking up and down all afternoon, and she has not looked at any of the scenic spots introduced in the magazine, but still clearly remembers that when she turned the first page, the first picture of the Thailand travel and sightseeing guide introduced above, was a few very charming "women". Wang Jie flipped a few more pagesβin fact, she had already turned the page, but she didn't know what else to read, so she was bored and re-flippedβand it was only ten minutes before she last finished reading, and she raised her head again to stare at the hour hand on the dial, which moved little by little towards the Roman numeral "VII."
After the chiming of the wall clock began, Xiao Ye and Xiao Han put down the books in their hands, while Wang Jie still held the travel magazine in his hand and turned behind him. Someone had come down upstairs, and in the quiet living room, the sound of slow footsteps on the stairs seemed to echo.
Ye Quan yawned, stepped on the steps and walked down slowly, rubbing his neck sleepily: "Old Xiao, where did I put my things when I came back, did you see it?" β
Xiao Han's face was a little unsightly: "As soon as you wake up, you will look for these things, don't you know what is going on at home today?" β
Ye Quan had already gone downstairs to the living room, wearing a set of SpongeBob SquarePants pajamas with a dark blue background, I don't know if the clothes were too wide, looking empty, and his hair looked wet and twisted messily on his head. Walking in front of Xiao Han, his yawning stopped, and his eyes opened: "At home? What can happen at home? β¦β¦ Oh, that, Xiao Ye brought a friend back today, why didn't you say it earlier? β
Xiao Han took off his coat and draped it on Ye Quan's body expressionlessly, reached out and tapped it on Ye Quan's hair, looked at the soaked fingertips, and said angrily: "I don't know how to wear one more piece of clothes when I come down, and my hair won't dry out, do you want to take cold medicine again tomorrow?" β
The corners of Ye Quan's mouth curved: "Who wants to eat." Turning his head sideways, he saw Wang Jie and Xiao Ye standing aside, so he said casually, "Aren't you having dinner?" What are you doing standing. Xiao Ye, take Xiao Jie over to sit and eat first, don't wait for us. β
The dining table is a medium-wide, dark blue table for four, with a bowl of rice and a set of utensils in three positions, juice and dishes that look almost plain and tasteless in the middle, only one position is different from the others, there is a small bowl of rice, and many very small plates, there are very few vegetables of various colors in the plates, and the dishes in the middle are the same, but if you look closely, there seem to be a few more dishes, Wang Jie does not know much other than the yam that can be recognized at a glance.
Wang Jie thought that this different position was prepared for her, so she sat down, and as soon as she sat down, she saw Xiao Ye standing at the dining table and reminded her in a low voice: "That's my father's position." β
Wang Jie stood up suddenly, Xiao Han and Ye Quan had already come over, Ye Quan sat casually next to Xiao Ye, and said, "Sit, sit casually, sit casually." Xiao Han used to sit next to him, which happened to be opposite Wang Jie.
After the four of them sat down, Wang Jie picked up the chopsticks and didn't know how he was going to eat this meal, whether he was going to eat the things in the small plate, or was it the same as everyone? Unconsciously bit the chopsticks, looked up and saw a smile of unknown meaning hanging on the corner of Ye Quan's mouth diagonally, and picked up the chopsticks with his left hand to pick up the rice in the bowl. Xiao Han's right hand also picked up the chopsticks almost at the same time, and then, there was no doubt that the hands of the two people touched left and right, and the rings on the ring fingers of the two hands also touched together.
Wang Jie bit his chopsticks, stared at Xiao Han and Ye Quan's hands, and found that the two rings were the same one, but the size of the one Xiao Han wore was a little larger than Ye Quan's, Xiao Han's ring was on the ring finger of his right hand, and Ye Quan's ring was on the ring finger of his left hand.
Xiao Ye saw that Wang Jie was biting her chopsticks and not eating, so she helped her pick up the dishes, and whispered to her by the way: "It doesn't matter, whatever you like to eat, just clip it yourself." β
Xiao Han and Ye Quan on the opposite side had already "fought" each other several times, and as soon as they raised their hands, they fought, and Ye Quan had to switch to his right hand, but he didn't know what was going on, his right hand was holding the chopsticks and shaking so much that the chopsticks fell to the table. Xiao Han rubbed his eyebrows, sighed and said, "It's really harder for you to use your right hand than it is for me to use my left hand." β
Ye Quan tried to take it again, but he still fell on the table, shrugged his shoulders and said, "I have practiced, and the results don't seem to be very good." But as soon as he took his left hand, the hands of the two people began to fight again, Xiao Han just changed the chopsticks to his left hand, Ye Quan stood up and said, "Okay, I won't block you, I'll go sit on your side." As he spoke, he got behind Xiao Han and switched places with Xiao Han.
Wang Jie was a little suspicious, the noodles he ate in the cinema last time were made by the owner of a noodle restaurant opened by someone in Xiao Ye's family, because the dishes in those small plates were all that taste, clear and light to the extreme, not tasteless, but it seemed to be there and didn't, you have to be very careful, careful to taste it religiously, so that you can eat it It turns out that there is salt in it, as for the rest, Wang Jie is still in the pious tasting. She was too embarrassed to sandwich the dishes in the middle, and she didn't know if it tasted the same as the dishes in these small plates she ate, but judging from the dish that Xiao Ye just sandwiched to her, it should be the same, if she had to say that it was different, only the taste of other condiments was the same as the taste of salt, she could taste it.
was eating tastelessly, Ye Quan on the opposite side put down his chopsticks, got up and left, and just walked out of the chair, Xiao Han turned his back to him and stretched out his hand to grab him: "Wait." β
Ye Quan turned his head and looked at him with a mischievous smile like a child: "What are you doing, I've finished eating." Go upstairs and change your clothes. β
Xiao Han's eyes looked at Ye Quan, he didn't let go, he snapped his fingers with his other hand expressionlessly, and repeated: "Wait." β
Ye Quan rolled his eyes helplessly, came back and sat down, as soon as he sat down, he had a smile on his face, and said vaguely in the gap between his teeth: "In front of outsiders, can you save me some face." Seeing Wang Jie looking at him, he smiled at her.