Chapter 37: How Far Are You from Me (1)

On the day Jiang Xiangcheng was discharged from the hospital, the tide also went, and she specially picked a bouquet of Uncle Jiang's favorite violets from the flower shop and brought it over. By the time they went, the three of them had already packed their things and were ready to leave. From a distance, the tide saw that Jiang Qiqi's long back looked very outstanding in the ward, and the little nurse who was nursing next to him had been secretly looking at him, and her face was flushed with shyness.

"Uncle Jiang."

She walked over and handed Violet to him, "Last time I heard Jiang Luo say that you have always liked Violet, so I brought a bunch. ”

Jiang Xiangcheng was bending down to put on his shoes, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that the tide was already standing in front of him, and a bunch of brilliant purple style appeared in front of him, full of vitality.

"Ah, thank you so much, Mr. Tide. You saved me that day, and I haven't had time to say thank you before I can say thank you, thank you so much. ”

He hurriedly stood up, but stumbled slightly due to his unsteady center of gravity. The tide hurriedly helped up, looking nervous. "Slow down, what's there to thank, you're kind to me, that's what I'm supposed to do."

"What a beautiful flower!"

Jiang Luo took the flower from the tide's hand, his face full of joy. "The teacher is careful, I said it casually last time, and she remembers it clearly."

The tide hugged Jiang Xiangcheng and smiled embarrassedly.

Jiang Qi looked over next to him, and the corners of his lips raised slightly. "Do you remember that clearly?"

A flash of brightness suddenly lit up in his eyes, "Listen, I like white roses, do you remember?" ”

His tone was teasing, with a hint of tentativeness.

Jiang Luo and Jiang Xiangcheng both laughed, both knowing that he was joking casually.

White roses. The tide smiled on the surface, but silently wrote down these three words in his heart.

"Not necessarily, I just remember what people who were important to me said. Like you, I usually go in my left ear and out my right ear. ”

She was duplicitous and ridiculed.

Jiang Qi's eyes narrowed slightly, he raised his chin as if he had suddenly realized, laughed softly, and looked over Jiang Luo, who was separated by the two.

"It's the first time my brother has been ignored like this since he was a child. Teacher, I admire you! ”

Jiang Luo gave a serious thumbs up to the tide, and then continued to help Jiang Xiangcheng get dressed.

"Hahaha, you kids are just going to talk." Jiang Xiangcheng straightened up and turned his gaze to the tide again.

"Teacher Tidal, let's have a meal at home with us tonight, I'll let you taste my specialty braised lion head, Xiao Luo and Xiao Qi liked to eat this when they were young."

Jiang Qi's gaze suddenly withdrew and fell quietly elsewhere.

"......." Tide thought slightly, but did not hesitate for too long.

"Okay, but I have to go back first, I just moved, and a lot of things haven't been sorted out yet." She replied politely. "But I'll be there on time in the evening. Thank you, uncle. ”

Jiang Xiangcheng nodded, and his gaze cautiously drifted to Jiang Qi's face next to him.

"Xiao Qi also stays....... Have dinner together? ”

Everyone's eyes looked at each other, and the air in the room suddenly fell silent.

Tide saw Jiang Xiangcheng with an obvious hint of nervousness on his face, and Jiang Luo too, but his eyes were even more burning.

Jiang Qi didn't raise his eyes, and was silent for a while before he faintly spit out a word.

"Okay."

The faces of the two nervous people next to him flashed with surprise.

Jiang Xiangcheng withdrew his gaze, as if he suddenly remembered something, and turned his head to look at the tide.

"Moving?" He remembered what she had just said. "You didn't live in a dormitory before?"

Tide nodded, "For some personal reasons, there is no dormitory, and because I have to prepare for the graduate school entrance examination, I moved out of my house to live by myself." ”

"Mom, teacher, why have you never told me this, can you live alone?"

Jiang Luo asked gossipily next to him, paused for a while, and suddenly clapped his hands as if he remembered something, "Dad, isn't there still an empty room in our house?" Why don't you let the teacher move in? Just happen to tutor me at any time! ”

The tide was startled by Jiang Luo's work at any time, and hurriedly waved his hand.

"That's not necessary...... I'm fine on my own, and I don't want to trouble you. ”

"Jiang Luo, use your brain more and talk less."

Jiang Qi suddenly answered lightly in the back.

Tidal looked at him suspiciously, his expression was as usual, and he didn't make waves.

"We have to respect Mr. Tidal's own wishes, you can't force others." Jiang Xiangcheng laughed and explained to Jiang Luo dotingly. "Besides, your teacher has to prepare for the graduate school entrance examination, you are chattering in front of others all day long, how do people study, little girl."

"Okay." Jiang Luo looked a little depressed, lowered his head and went silent.

The tide exhaled in his heart and looked up at the clock hanging on the wall.

"I have to go, Uncle Jiang. Looking forward to your craft in the evening. ”

Jiang Xiangcheng smiled and beckoned to her, "Okay, pay attention to safety on the road, don't eat too much at noon, keep your stomach and eat my big meal at night!"

As soon as the tide flattened a pile of cardboard boxes containing books, he saw Xu Jinxi suddenly appear at the door and quietly go to that station.

"Oh my god."

She was startled and sat on the ground with her throbbing chest, "Why don't you make a sound?" ”

Xu Jinxi laughed a few times, and walked in a few steps over the messy boxes and books on the ground.

"I heard Xia Chan say that you moved to live by yourself, so I asked for the address and came over to see if there was anything you needed help with." He threw his backpack on the bed and walked around the room, frowning slightly.

"You're just going to live here and study? You see, the skin of the wall is peeling off, it's damp, and there's not enough light. ”

His tone became serious, and his face was serious.

"When I came in just now, I saw a few shirtless uncles smoking and playing cards in the house." He leaned down and helped the tide pile up the flat cardboard box, and his tone was unhappy. "Are you really a girl living by yourself?"

Tide lowered his head and put the stack of books in order.

"That's right. The houses around the school have long been rented out by the graduate school entrance examination party, and I finally found here, and the rent is not expensive, and there is water and gas, which is very convenient. ”

She stood up with the book in her arms and smiled slightly, "Don't worry, don't worry about it, I'm safe alone." ”

Xu Jinxi still looked unhappy, as if it was not the tide that lived here, but himself.

"Xia Chan, this girl will not take the postgraduate examination, if she also takes the exam, you can share a house, and you can take care of each other."

He was full of words.

Tide felt that he was a little overly worried, and reluctantly patted him on the shoulder, trying to convince him.

"Big brother, I'm twenty-one, an adult, not a child."

She laughed, turned and stepped over the scattered items, arranging the books on the shelves.

The bookshelves had two levels, the second of which was very high, and she remembered the first time she placed books on them, she still stepped on a chair. But that was a long time ago, and Tide thought he might have grown a little taller, so he stood on tiptoe and tried to tuck the book in his hand.

It's not close. Tidal felt her arm sore, but she didn't want to give up with the little distance left.

"Shorty."

Suddenly there was a voice behind him, Xu Jinxi was close at hand. The voice came from the top of his head, and there was a faint mockery and pampering in his tone, and it was suddenly gentle and soft, deviating from his previous style.

Then a pair of large, slender knuckles took the book from her holding hand, and then placed it firmly in the gap between the shelves.

Tidal lowered her hand, feeling the warm breath behind her envelop her from all directions, and an unfamiliar sense of intimacy arose sharply, occupying her mind and thoughts.

She subconsciously bent out of the space between Xu Jinxi and the bookcase, her face was natural, and she bent down to sort out another stack of books on the ground.

"Thank you, you can help me put this stack later, I can't reach it."

Xu Jinxi's eyebrows and eyes were crooked with a smile, and he turned his face to nod to her while putting the book down.

This road is the one that Tidal is most familiar with, except for the two roads home and to school.

For her, some of the most important people in her life are on these three paths. The bayberry who always loves self-harm, indifference and violence but she can't hate, the tall, serious and strange Chaohai who is helpless, the sworn friend Xia Cicada who is like the light of life, and Jiang Luo, who treats her like a sister on this road, and the unexpected Jiang Qi who is as silent as the wind.

She remembered the sentence that ridiculed Jiang Qi today, and unconsciously smiled bitterly.

How could you be someone who doesn't matter.

She casually kicked the gravel under her feet and looked up at the Western villa that had appeared in front of her.

There are less than three months to go, and when Jiang Luo finishes taking the college entrance examination, she will leave here. I don't know if I'll be able to see him again, and it may take a long time to bump into him once by chance at school, and I don't know if he'll remember her.

There was already a faint smell of cooking wafting from the front. The tide broke free from the flying thoughts and quickened its pace.

It was Jiang Qi who opened the door.

He glanced at the watch on his wrist and raised his eyebrows slightly, "It's quite punctual." ”

Tide ignored him, changed into slippers and walked in. The kitchen was blazing, the aroma of cooking was getting stronger and stronger, and she could vaguely see Uncle Jiang's busy back.

Jiang Luo's face flushed when he watched the idol drama on the sofa, and he jumped up from the sofa happily when he saw her walk in.

"Teacher, come and watch this TV series, my mom can see my girl's heart......."

She happily beckoned the tide to sit over.

"Xiaoluo! Come and do me a favor! ”

Before the tide had taken two steps, he heard Uncle Jiang shouting in the kitchen. She saw Jiang Luo's slightly depressed expression, and was just about to move to the kitchen instead of her, but Jiang Luo grabbed her.

"Teacher, don't go! You're a guest! ”

Jiang Luo pulled her back to the sofa and asked her to watch the TV series, while he hurried to the kitchen in a hurry.

Tide smiled and sat down helplessly, his eyes falling on the TV screen.

This is a Taiwanese idol drama. She could hear it by listening to the lines. Her memory still stays in those well-known Taiwanese artists when she was a child, such as He Junxiang, Wang Xinling, Rainie Yang, Luo Zhixiang and so on. But the protagonists of this drama seem to be new faces in Taiwanese dramas, and she doesn't know any of them.

Wait a minute...... Why are the male and female protagonists just expressing their hearts to each other?

Tide felt slightly embarrassed as she saw the two people on the screen getting closer and closer. The male protagonist just put a necklace on the female protagonist's neck, and his eyes were full of love.

"Put this on and you're my man."

The heroine's acting skills are very good, and tears instantly appeared in her eyes.

"Even if you don't wear this, I'm your man."

The tide is scorched by these two lines. Sure enough, I am past the age of watching idol dramas.

Then the distance between the two people was close to a certain extent, and the camera suddenly close-up between the lips, and the tide subconsciously felt that the next step was the picture of adults covering children's eyes when they were young. She began to be a little unable to sit still, and subconsciously opened her eyes to find the remote control, and suddenly touched Jiang Qi who was standing on the side.