Chapter 5 The passing years are like fog
Confused people have a confused direction, and they can also do ridiculous things without thinking because of their lack of rationality, and Gardenia was once one of them. Many years later, she was treated by a rookie in the love field. When she grew up to be a seasoned lover expert, for her with a little heavy self-esteem, whenever she thought of the absurdities of her youth, she couldn't help but feel a little low-level and naΓ―ve, not worthy of her current status and maturity.
At that time, when the warm season was approaching, some students in the school chose to work to supplement their daily expenses. In order to reduce the financial burden of Xianzhi and to avoid the premature economic deficit causing her parents to be alarmed, she was also forced to choose a work-study job to supplement her daily expenses. However, the itinerary she reported to her parents was not a work-study program, but a volunteer activity at the school.
Xinxinya chose an old pastry shop across the street from her boyfriend's place of work in many recruitment part-time columns, where she worked as a salesman, although this job was not the most satisfactory to her in terms of wages, but fortunately, she was closer to her boyfriend, and she had few objections.
At a restaurant gathering after school at noon, Gardenia looked at the bright light cast by the bright floor-to-ceiling glass windows, and she didn't know where she was missing a tendon, and she even invented a "grand blueprint" to work with Xinxinya. When Xinxinya heard this plan, she couldn't help but be surprised and said, "Why? You're not short of money, why do you follow me to suffer that sin!"
"Nope! I'm short of money. Remember when Qingluer and I watched a concert some time ago? We bought a luxury VIP position and took in nearly two months of living expenses, my dad won't spare us, in order to prevent him from yelling, I'd better be self-reliant! As for my sister, it's too miserable! When I went home, I had to be scolded by my dad again, and I heard that I had to participate in one of the hardest 'hometown volunteer activities or something'. Xinxinya, can you bear to see me miserable like my sister? Gardenia said these words that she had added a lot of water, but she also felt quite appropriate and convincing. In fact, she and her sister watched a very expensive concert, but they used the New Year's money and daily pocket money they saved when they were in a closed girls' high school, which may also be due to the influence of their learning environment and living environment.
"Then you can also choose a place with a higher wage to work and study! To be honest, my job didn't pay much, it was just closer to where my boyfriend worked. Xinxinya said with an attitude of considering the salary of Gardenia.
"It doesn't matter, I don't have to get a high salary, think about it, I've never worked, I don't have friends, what should I do if a girl's family is cheated? And how lonely it is! I'm with you, and we can take care of each other, and the scenery around that pastry shop is so beautiful, although I'm tired, but I'm also very happy, right?"
"Hmmm! That's right, you're going to be sure! If you're sure, I'll recommend it to the owner of the pastry shop, so don't be tired and quit! β
"Hmmm! Rest assured! It won't!"
When Gardenia was accepted as a summer employee at the pastry shop, it seemed that the rain and gloom had stopped for a while, and a faint light was sprinkled to the earth through the long hot sky, and her heart slowly revived and began to beat.
Gardenia's happiest day in the pastry shop was when she met Xianzhi, she was already familiar with the time when Xianzhi came every day, she was anxious when he was late, and would always pretend to look at Xianzhi like other guests, and only when his figure appeared, she felt a little rested; If Xianzhi came early, she would be inexplicably happy, and she felt happy in everything she did; If Kenzhi came on time, she couldn't help but smile, and she felt that "she still knows him better." β
The warmth of emotions is too slight for Gardenia, but this slight is enough to make her happy. She had not been like that before, she was haughty, noble, and pampered, and now she did not realize in the slightest that this lowly and almost begging mentality was wrong with her.
Time has passed, and seeing that the summer vacation has passed for more than half a month, Gardenia listened to her from her sister's phone call about how tanned she was in the "hometown volunteer practice activities", how she met her first love Gui Zhi, and Xiao Yuwu'er's regrettable life experience and so on. Wait until Qinglu'er finishes her words again and again, and then asks Gardenia Yu'er: "How are you doing lately?" β
Gardenia just smiled and said, "Very good! It's good to have something you can't think of. β
"You're in love?" Qing Lu'er asked in a skeptical tone from a passer-by.
"Nope!"
"Oh! All right! What are you doing so mysteriously? β
"I'm not going to talk to you, I'm going to get busy soon."
"Okay! You're busy! You're going to be three degrees darker than me! Qing Lu'er said half-jokingly.
"Go aside, hang up!" Gardenia hung up on her sister's phone. I can't help but recall my sister's words "You're in love", and an indescribable flaw and grievance stirred up in my heart, wanting to cry but without tears.
The day after the phone call between Gardenia and her sister, two customers ordered 300 small cakes in the morning, asking them to deliver them to the "Guantai Pingpo" tomorrow, in order to make the small cakes to the guests within the scheduled time, the staff of the cake shop had to work overtime to make the small cakes in the evening.
At about 9:00 p.m., Gardenia went to the toilet, and when she came back, she frowned in pain, and sat down in a chair with her arms on her colic stomach, apparently unwilling to do anything more.
"Gardenia, what's wrong with you." Xinxinya asked with concern.
"My period is coming, and my stomach hurts!" When Gardenia spoke, there was a slight cold sweat on her forehead. Xinxinya, who looked at it this time, was even more anxious.
"What can I do? Okay, Gardenia, don't make the cake yet, go back and rest! Oh ......!" Xinxinya seemed to remember something, and pouted with some disappointment: "At this time, the smart bus back to the dormitory is estimated to have been suspended, and it is estimated that it will take another half an hour to wait for the smart online car-hailing at night," she thought about it again and said: "It's better to do this, I'll let Xianzhi send you back first in a single car, what do you think?" β
"Okay, send me back first, I'll just rest!" Although her tone of reply to Xinxinya was flat, when she imagined that Xianzhi carried her and they returned to the summer dormitory arranged by the campus together, her heart was warm and extremely happy.
Shin Shin Ya and Win Bell. Not long after Gu Xianzhi finished talking on the phone, Gu Xianzhi drove his single car to the pastry shop, and when Xin Xinya helped Jin Yuer to sit on Gu Xianzhi's single car, she didn't forget to tell Gu Xianzhi: "She is very uncomfortable, you can drive steadily!"
"Got it! You can rest assured! I promise to get the job done!" Xianzhi said with an OK gesture to Xinxinya.
Xin Xinya also looked at Xianzhi and smiled slightly, she and Xianzhi waved their hands and watched him carry Jin Yu'er away, and then turned back to the store to continue working.
Kenzhi drove for about ten minutes with Gardenia, and they slowly moved away from the surrounding mountains towards the long bridge across the river in the distance. Gardenia looked at the person in front of her, she suddenly began to feel that this person was very strange, although she would often see him recently, but the opportunity for them to be alone together was really rare, she looked at his back, her eyes were a little blurry, tears swirled in her eyes, she had forgotten the pain in her body, she hugged him, tighter and closer, hugged him more and more, in front of the hug almost warm, Xianzhi was stunned, forgot to grasp the direction of the car, the body slid slightly, win the bell. Gu Xianzhi immediately stopped the car and drove to the front, very simply pulled away the hand that Gardenia was holding him, he got out of the car and didn't look at Gardenia's eyes, and said in a slight tone: "Please respect yourself, I know that you are uncomfortable now, and your center of gravity is unstable, but the hug is still too inappropriate, now that you are on the bridge, I will contact a smart online car-hailing for you!" I guess I'll be there in a little while, so I'll go back by myself!. β
Gardenia stared at Xianzhi who was still avoiding her own eyes, tears swirled in her eyes, and after a while, she wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and then endured the pain and got out of the car, and then said coldly and angrily: "Only a moth that fights a fire will know how stupid I am!" You don't have to worry about how I go back!" Then she raised her voice and said, "Don't let me see you again, and I will never like you again!" After she finished speaking, she covered her stomach with one hand and wiped her tears with the other, and walked forward.
At this time, the outburst of emotions was long and slightly obvious for Gardenia, and for Xianzhi, it was indeed more like someone coldly played a not funny joke on him, he trotted to follow Gardenia who was walking forward and said, "I promised Xinya that I would send you back to school safely." β
"I really don't understand you girls, so good ......" Xianzhi looked at the gardenia that was only left for his back, and the words came to his mouth, but he didn't know how to express more appropriate words.
Xianzhi had to drive the car behind Gardenia, shining his own light through the single car, Gardenia knew that Xianzhi was following behind, the pain in her body and the sadness in her heart made her no longer have too much emotion to feel the difference in the protection behind her, she only knew how to blindly walk forward, until a smart online car-hailing car stopped beside her, Xianzhi also stopped the single car at this time and ran over to the driver who opened the window and said: "The master is the car I made an appointment, please be sure to send this girl to the destination." β
Gardenia didn't pay attention to the smart online car-hailing car that came to pick her up, but just walked forward, and the driver of the online car-hailing car followed and shouted at her: "Girl, it's so late, it's really not safe for you to walk home by yourself?" Don't be angry with yourself if you quarrel, right? You've been looking for you on this bridge for a while, what is the old moving target......"
"Driver, stop ......" Without waiting for the driver to continue, Xianzhi grabbed Gardenia Yuer, and without waiting for her to resist, he opened the car door and pressed her into the car, Yuyuer was struggling to get out, Xianzhi pushed again, closed the car door directly, and said to the driver: "Master! Trouble. β
"Huh! Okay! Rest assured! Will definitely send her to the place! I have experience in dealing with small quarrels!"
Xian was speechless, and when he was about to speak, he saw that the car had slowly driven away. All he was left was the bright lights of a bridge in the dark night.
After Gardenia got into the car, perhaps because her body was too painful, she didn't struggle too much, and when the car was about to drive away from the bridge, Gardenia looked back at the bright lights of the bridge in the dark night outside the car window, and couldn't help but hide her face and cry.
"Girl! Look at everything a little bit! There's no need to cry for a man, right? There is no grass at the end of the world! If he is good to you, marry him, and if he is not good to you, kick him! Is a pretty girl like you afraid that no one will chase you? Right! β
She wiped away her tears, leaned back in her seat, and silently looked out the window, looking at the clusters of city lights.