"I don't understand. It's just to buy a pendant, is it necessary to pick it for so long? It's like seeing that in the jewelry store downstairs in a department store......"

"No, this color has a special meaning to me...... It's a gift for someone who values it very much, so I don't really want to be sloppy at this point. ”

Almost four or five hours later.

Ji Yuehua, who was holding the trophy that had been put into a beautiful paper bag, walked out of the main entrance of a jewelry store side by side with the inexplicably annoyed and awkward Bayi Yonglin.

Choosing a gift for each other took several times longer than expected. Although the type of gift was decided resolutely, the two reached an impasse in the actual selection process.

———— for Yayi Yonglin, who was not interested in jewelry-type things, as long as it felt pleasing to the eye at the first moment, she had already fulfilled her promise not to be sloppy about this matter.

———— Yu has the mentality of atonement, hoping that this gift can give the other party a stunning feeling even for a moment, and after that, the other party can willingly wear it on his neck every day, at least Ji Yuehua, who has this characteristic of "not making the other party feel tired of looking at it", has to use all his attention when looking at each ornament.

The ideas of the two are not so much that they do not intersect, but like dogs and apes, they are incompatible from the very beginning.

But......

Even so. Watching Ji Yuehua concentrate on choosing accessories beside him———— although he was inevitably jealous of the person who was about to receive this gift, but at the same time, he was also deeply attracted by the side face full of seriousness, and he was almost fascinated.

In the end, Bayi Yonglin still violated his usual style———— patiently accompanied Ji Yuehua, and did not complain until he chose the gift he wanted.

By the time the two of them finished their trip for the day, the sun above their heads was gone.

The deep blue night falls imperceptibly, and the streets are lit up with colorful neon lights. As more people get off work and go out to play, the streets become more and more noisy.

That's the difference between a city and a small town. Being in this modern and civilized city is enough to give people the illusion that night has never come.

Maybe it's because there are more people on the street, and no one can stay where they are for too long in this crowd. Compared with daytime and noon, I noticed that the number of passers-by of the two was much reduced, and the two were able to stroll around the street at a more leisurely pace.

As if she wanted to protect Bayi Yonglin in the crowd, Ji Yuehua accelerated her pace of progress, allowing herself to be about half a step ahead of Bayi Yonglin, and slightly used her body to block between her and the crowd.

Noticing this intimate gentleman's behavior, at that moment, an indescribable sense of closeness poured out of Bayi Yonglin's heart.

Not bad.

Ji Yuehua has been a gentle person since a long, long time ago, and this is true. However, even so, in the past, he had never shown this kind of clear recognition of her as the "opposite sex", and at the same time took the initiative to bring her out to contact the outside world, he held her in his arms and refused to let others touch her as if he were his own treasure.

You must know that until a while ago, Ji Yuehua was still holding high the banner of "let her have more contact with men other than him", and kept away from her in daily life.

Faced with the sudden 180-degree change, for a moment, Bayi Yonglin couldn't help but feel a little flattered.

She has no confidence in this long-distance love run that has lasted for more than ten years, at least at this stage, she is still quite discouraged.

I fell in love with someone else for the first time. And that's still the "stupid" who has already accommodated two other people of the opposite sex in her heart, and after deciding on the goal, she will be stubborn like a cow, and she has been running a long-distance love run for more than ten years.

Exploring in the fog of confusion and trouble, constantly sorting out the thoughts in my head, absorbing the knowledge in books and accepting the opinions of others, I finally recognized the truth ———— the fact that I liked someone else for the first time. However, in addition to having a heart, the person who likes it must also be a nerd, a log that is dull to the extreme.

If we continue to wait, I am afraid that there is very little hope, and we must take the initiative. However, although it has been decided to take the initiative, what should be done in practice? Moreover, the people Ji Yuehua likes are Yakumo Zi and Ruoxi Wan, even if she takes the initiative here, is there really a possibility that this relationship will be realized?

The more I thought about it, the more and more thoughts about the "bad" side of things came to mind.

It was as if a layer of gloom shrouded in my heart. The rationality that she is proud of always pops up like a precipice when she feels happy and tries to enjoy the moment, reminding her that there may be no hope in reality.

In this negative state of mind, although Ji Yuehua tried to talk to her many times in the process of choosing gifts——— from the choice of topics, it seems that she should consciously want to talk about something she is also interested in——— it is simply her ideal picture, but she herself is not as happy as she was at lunch, just standing and giving advice.

Of course.

This feeling of surprise was only a flash in the pan after all.

Bayi Yonglin knows very well what kind of person Ji Yuehua is. Treat everyone around him gently, even strangers who have just met will take into account each other's feelings, and treat people who have a good relationship and his liking regardless of priority———— simply put, this is a single-celled creature.

For example, if Yakumo Zi and the others pretended to be sick and asked Ji Yuehua to leave all the things on hand to visit them, I am afraid that he would already be knocking on the door half an hour later. But what if either of her side, or any of Tachibana Yukino, told him that she was sick and sent a distress signal? I'm afraid that Ji Yuehua will still rush over in a hurry.

Obviously, she already has someone she likes in her heart, but there is no way to distinguish between the two "lucky ones" and the attitude towards other people, so it is easy for people to ————frequently mistake this hateful, but at the same time, it is also impossible to refuse this kind of gentleness, which is one of the reasons why she likes each other.

Now, how could she be amorous?

"Then again, what are you going to do next, Sister Yonglin? Do you want to go straight back to the Coast Defense Command?"

Because he was walking in front at the moment, using his body to block the crowd from crashing into Bayi Yonglin, he didn't notice the loss in the eyes of his former boss, and Ji Yuehua asked without looking back.

"Otherwise?"

Hearing Ji Yuehua's question, Bayi Yonglin raised her eyebrows a little unhappily and glanced at her former adjutant.

For her, it was a waste of time.

The person who once adopted her for a short time now has no contact with her, which is equivalent to severing the relationship. For more than 20 years, he has lived in his workplace and has made it his "home". What is there for her to go back to, except for the Technical Development Bureau of the Ministry of War?..