On the nineteenth day of Xia Cicada's absence, I missed her.

When I received a call from Xia Cicada, the tide was cleaning the room. There was a thick layer of ash on the windowsill, and when the wind blew, it scattered in all directions, causing her to sneeze two or three times in a row.

"Tide, guess who I met in Lijiang?" Her tone was mysterious and depressed, and it was the first time the tide had seen her like this.

"I don't know, maybe it's a handsome guy you've seen in school?"

There was a long pause on the other end of the phone before it rang half-ringing.

"Qiao Shen. and Xu Mingzhong. ”

Lijiang has always been the place where Xia Cicada wants to go the most, and she wanted to go during the summer vacation after graduating from the college entrance examination, but she didn't go because her mother was sick and hospitalized. broke up with his ex in the summer of his freshman year and was immersed in a slump, and the two originally agreed to go to Lijiang Ancient Town together, but in the end, it was over.

Xia Chan bumped into Qiao Shen in Mufu. At that time, there was a very loud Naxi female tour guide with a group of tour groups gathered at the door to talk about precautions, she saw a familiar figure behind the crowd holding a single-lens reflex to take a picture of something, and when the camera moved away, she saw the people behind her smiling and looking at this side.

"Qiao Shen! Why are you here? She took a step and ran over, and the little bell she had just bought in her pocket jingled rhythmically. Don't tell me you're a buddy who is following me? ”

Qiao Shen put away the SLR, with a faint smile in his eyebrows. "Brother, you think too much. My mom and her company organized a tour and could bring relatives, and I was idle and bored at home, so I asked my mom to bring me. ”

He glanced over to the crowd after speaking, and then lowered his voice and leaned over. "But I told my mom that I'm a free-range tourist, and I'll do it myself when I come here." He raised his eyes and looked Xia Cicada up and down again, raising his eyebrows. "You came running over by yourself as a girl? The tide is not with you? ”

Xia Chan pursed his lips with a look of disdain.

"Who am I? Have you seen what I'm afraid of? I can not only play all over Yunnan by myself, as long as you give me money, I can run all over China. The girl lifted her face full of liveliness and pride, and radiated a vivid aura in the midday sun.

Qiao Shen smiled and didn't speak, Xia Chan suddenly turned to the door, and raised his eyes to look at the wooden plaque hanging above the entrance. "This is Mufu. I don't know if you've watched a TV series called "Mufu Fengyun" before, which was played by Choo Ja Hyun, and I like her very much. She said and held up her phone to the plaque, "The heroine Aleqiu is the woman I want to be the most." Beautiful, intelligent, decisive, hardworking. When I first watched the TV series, I wanted to come to Lijiang, but I never came, this is what I have always dreamed of. ”

Qiao Shen tilted his head and glanced at her. The girl is rarely serious, her heroic side face is blurred in the golden light, but her eyes are firm and powerful.

"Forget it about being smart and industrious," he suddenly quipped, "and being beautiful and decisive is a bit of a sideline, and as far as I know, you've hung up on another extensive course this semester?" ”

Xia Cicada was swimming in a beautiful image, and was pulled back from heaven to hell by Qiao Shen's last words. She turned her head to glare at him angrily, and slammed her fist at his shoulder blade. Qiao Shen groaned in pain, still with a gloating smile on his face. "I'll admit you're more decisive."

It was the time of the meal, and in order to make up for his sin of not opening which pot to mention, Qiao Shen proposed to invite Xia Cicada to dinner.

This is a Yunnan specialty restaurant called "Alili" next to Mufu. Xia Chan raised his eyes and saw the name of the store, and suddenly remembered that when he was preparing for the trip a year ago, he had seen this store in the local travel brochure. The man next to him was still there, and he grinned and put his head on her shoulder, pointing at the shop and smiling.

"This has a good reputation, if we go to eat, we will go to this one."

Loud voices. The memories were cut off by the sudden shrill cries of children. Xia Cicada raised her eyes and glanced around the store. Qiao Shen had already found a place, and was putting down his schoolbag and beckoning her to sit down. "What's wrong?"

He saw her eyes darken. Qiao Shen pushed the menu to her and gently opened the first one. "Eat what you want, I apologize to you for what I just said that I shouldn't have said."

His tone was extremely gentle, and Xia Chan looked up at him stunned, his face complicated. "It's not because of you." She lowered her head and began to look at the menu. "This signature potato dumpling, grilled fish is also OK, and I also want to eat barbecue ......"

"Xia Cicada?"

As soon as her eyes caught a glimpse of a delicately grilled fish, she heard a clear, familiar voice above her calling to her. As soon as she looked up, she saw Xu Mingzhong looking at her with a smile. A girl next to him held his arm intimately and smiled like a flower.

The impact of the explosion suddenly exploded in her brain, as if it was about to blow her chest and heart to pieces. Xia Chan only felt that her brain was blank, and something sour rushed straight to her nose, and she was caught off guard and went deep into her eyes. She remembers one time when she was watching "Border," Oguri said, "It's a little painful, and even crying won't help." At that time, she was still joking with the tide and said that this line was very hypocritical. It was only today that she suddenly felt that the pain she was experiencing now had pressed her useless tears in her eyes.

The next moment, she stood up suddenly, and suddenly stretched out her hand and patted Xu Mingzhong's arm.

"Ahh You also come to Lijiang to play! What a coincidence, what a coincidence! She tried her best to restrain her trembling guttural voice, her eyes touched his face, and she hurriedly jumped to the face of the girl next to her.

I haven't seen him for a year, but he is still as refreshed as he was then, and there is always a ruffian smile on the corner of his mouth, so that she can't tell when he is perfunctory and when he is sincere.

"What a coincidence!" Xu Mingzhong slightly hugged the girl next to him. "Let's introduce each other, this is my current position, Mu Xue. Ah Xue, this is my ex, Xia Chan. His gaze wandered between the two girls who were looking at each other, and a look of pride or pride appeared on his face. At this time, his eyes caught sight of the boy with outstanding eyebrows sitting opposite, and he turned to Xia Cicada in surprise and joked. "You even have a boyfriend, too? The means are okay, and he is still a rich and handsome. Didn't you cry when you broke up and said I had to do it? ....... Ay? Wait a minute, this won't be a classmate who is afraid of being alone and pulling temporarily, right? ”

The girl next to her laughed lowly, with a proud face.

Qiao Shen looked up from the other side. He saw that Xia Chan's face was bloodless, and his eyes looked at him at a loss. He had never seen her like this, and when someone used to pick on her, she always rolled up her sleeves and stepped forward to ask for an explanation. Now she stood there, helpless, like a wronged child.

He suddenly stood up and stepped over a few steps, stretched out his left hand to take Xia Cicada into his arms, and stretched out his right hand politely.

Before Xia Cicada could react, he felt that his arm was tightly wrapped by a strong arm, and his right shoulder suddenly crashed into a warm, wide and scattered sandalwood chest, not completely close, but extremely close, between 0 and 0.5 centimeters, it seemed that a strong heart behind it could still be heard.

"Hello, Xia Chan's boyfriend, Qiao Shen."

There was a coldness in his eyebrows, and his gaze fell on Xu Mingzhong's embarrassed face. "I see that you are also a shrewd person, why don't you speak through your brain? His girlfriend is next to him, but he is going through old accounts with other people's girlfriends. Xia Chan is my girlfriend now, and I won't allow you to insult her with any mocking tone and language? Understand? ”

Xia Chan slowly calmed down from her previous surprise, obediently leaned into Qiao Shen's arms and pursed her lips without speaking. She saw that Xu Mingzhong's face had changed from ruddy to iron-blue, and the smile on the corner of his mouth had long since disappeared. The girl's face is not very good, and the whole person is like a deflated ball, with a depressed expression. She raised her eyes and quietly looked at Qiao Shen, who was speaking righteously at this time, and from the side angle, she could see his masculine prominent Adam's apple, his well-contoured chin, his curved jawline, and his straight and beautiful nose bridge.

"You! .......”

Xia Chan knew his temperament very well, and thought that he would be angry and punch Qiao Shen. But he only glanced at her one last time, and there was a kind of decadent disbelief in his eyes.

"Excuse me, you eat well." Xu Mingzhong said in a low voice that he was embarrassed, and hurriedly pulled Mu Xue to the door of the restaurant. His sharpness suddenly became vulnerable to Qiao Shen, I don't know if it was because he had nothing to say, or because he felt weak because he was poked at the pain point.

They finally left.

Only then did Qiao Shen let go of Xia Chan. In a trance, he saw that the girl's face was flushed with an inconspicuous layer of crimson, which gradually faded into the sideburns of both cheeks.

"I'm sorry. I thought what he said was a bit excessive, so I didn't get your consent. ”

He turned back to his seat and sat down, flipping through the menu he hadn't ordered. "What did you just say, potato dumplings, grilled fish, grilled meat, what else? .......”

"It's okay, thank you."

Xia Chan suddenly interrupted him. He looked up and saw that she was already sitting across from her, her eyes shining with stars. He thought it was tears, and was about to draw the paper and hand it to her, only to realize that it was the reflection of the restaurant light in her eyes.

"You buddy, I Xia Chan recognized it, and I really didn't recognize the wrong person. Xu Mingzhong, a dead scumbag. ”

She slapped the table angrily and cursed in a whisper. Qiao Shen knew that she had returned to the original appearance he knew, and couldn't help but laugh softly. "I heard that in the process of relationship, every girl will meet a scumbag, and a boy will also meet a scumbag, everyone needs to experience an unforgettable relationship that is worse than death, in order to continue to grow until they meet the right person. ”

He had forgotten where he had seen and heard the words, and he said them in passing. comforted Xia Cicada opposite, but two different faces suddenly appeared in front of his eyes. One is pretty and moving, the other is quiet and beautiful, and the two faces are so close together that they seem to overlap each other.

"People grow until they meet the right person."