Chapter 67: Meeting
When he arrived at the restaurant and entered the private room, he saw his brother let go of his hand, and Zhong Qi's heart was slightly relieved. I just found a place to sit down, and I just wanted to stay away from my brother.
"Xiaoqi, why are you sitting so far away, come here." Zhong Qijun looked at Zhong Qi's dodging action and said a little unhappily.
"It's okay brother, I'll just sit here." Zhong Qi refused, not wanting to go over. She always felt a little awkward, and she could no longer face her brother without any guilt like before.
"Are you afraid of me, Xiaoqi." Zhong Qijun has been testing Zhong Qi's attitude towards him today, but at this point, he still doesn't understand anything.
"No, brother." Zhong Qi was blocked and couldn't speak, saying yes can't work, saying no can't do it. After thinking about it for a while, I still took the initiative to get up and go to my brother's side.
Originally, they should have a lot to say after not seeing them for three years, but now there is only embarrassment.
"Xiaoqi, are you complaining to me? Blame me for telling you those things. Zhong Qijun looked at Zhong Qi sadly, with undisguised loss in his eyes.
"No, brother." Speaking of which, Zhong Qi only had these few words left, and after speaking, he lowered his head and didn't say anything, afraid that he would say too much and make a mistake.
Zhong Qijun looked at Zhong Qi like this, his heart was sad, and he said weakly: "Xiaoqi, it turns out that you and I will never be like this, you will tell me anything." But now, why has everything changed? Is it because I left in the past that you don't think we're close, or is it because of something else? ”
"Brother, I'm really happy to see you again. But I can't really be happy about what happened recently, and I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to. Zhong Qi lowered her head and admitted her mistakes, in the past, as long as she made a mistake, her brother would forgive her. But now, she wasn't sure if it would be the same as before.
Zhong Qijun looked at Zhong Qi's little appearance of lowering her little head and admitting her mistakes, and gently rubbed her head, after all, he was still distressed and couldn't bear to look at her like this.
Both of them were in a trance, as if they had returned to their old ways. The two of them are talking and laughing every time, as long as Zhong Qi makes his brother angry, he will lower his little head and apologize for making people feel distressed. However, although there are still some small habits from the past, there is still no going back.
Just when the atmosphere was dreary for a while, the waiter pushed open the door and came in, bringing the prepared meal to the table.
"Okay, let's eat, we haven't been together in the past few years, and I don't know if your tastes have changed, but you still order as before. If you don't get used to eating, you can order again. Zhong Qijun said softly, wanting the two of them to be more relaxed.
Zhong Qi was slightly grateful in his heart for the timely arrival of the meal, and hurriedly replied when he heard his brother's words: "It hasn't changed much, only a few have changed their tastes, and the others have not changed."
Hearing that Zhong Qi wanted to ease the atmosphere, Zhong Qijun said cooperatively: "That's good." I'm really afraid that you will change your taste, and you won't eat the food I ordered. ”
"No, I've never been a picky eater." Zhong Qi said mischievously.
"Then you have to eat a little more today, so that it will save waste." Zhong Qijun teased Zhong Qi and thoughtfully gave her vegetables.
Since then, the two of them have slowly had the same feeling as before. The former brother can always make her very relieved to rely on, no matter what kind of things happen, she doesn't have to worry about having her brother in her. But now her brother not only loses his former gentleness, but also makes her feel scared from time to time. Especially these two incidents, she couldn't help but be afraid of him.
Zhong Qijun looked at his sister who finally slowly relaxed his vigilance against him, and his heart was indescribably bitter. Once upon a time, they also needed to be so careful to test each other and guard against each other? All this is to blame on the Zhong family and Lou Jin. If it weren't for them, he wouldn't be like this now. The more I thought about it, the more angry I became, looking at the people in front of me who were eating obediently. There was a hint of imperative in his eyes.
Zhong Qi sensed that something was wrong, and when she looked up, she found the madness in her brother's eyes. In the blink of an eye, it was as if what had just happened was just her delusion. Rubbing his eyes suspiciously, unsure whether what he had just seen was true or not.
"What's wrong?" Zhong Qijun knew what was going on, but still asked with concern.
"It's okay, maybe I was blinded just now." Zhong Qi heard his brother's question, and told a little lie.
"Come on, I'll see." Zhong Qijun gently picked up Zhong Qi's head, opened her eyes and gently blew it.
"Okay, brother, I feel fine." Zhong Qi was a little uncomfortable and gently broke free from Zhong Qijun's coercion, blinked and said.
"Alright, let's eat." Zhong Qijun took a pair of chopsticks, and once Zhong Qi's favorite bamboo shoots were put into her bowl and said.
"Thank you, brother." Zhong Qi smiled shyly and thanked him. When she was in high school, her favorite food was bamboo shoots, so she was petted at home and could eat bamboo shoots almost every day. Maybe she eats too much, and she really doesn't like bamboo shoots in recent years. Knowing that my brother was a piece of kindness, I endured the discomfort and ate it.
Next, basically the dishes on the table were sandwiched by Zhong Qijun, and everything was put into Zhong Qi's bowl. He had been observing her preferences, and when he felt that he had only eaten a bite or two and then stopped eating, he stopped giving her that dish. I felt that she had eaten two more bites of which dish, and if she liked it, she would give her more.
Zhong Qi was well taken care of this meal, and her belly was round and very satisfied.
"You're like a lazy cat, you love to get sleepy when you're full." Looking at Zhong Qi's yawning appearance, Zhong Qijun said teasingly.
Zhong Qi lowered her head in embarrassment, feeling that she was getting along well with her brother now.
I sat for a while, looked at the time, and it was only one o'clock. Zhong Qi suddenly couldn't sit still, according to the current situation, unless she was about to go to work, she didn't think about getting out and going back to the company first.
"What's the matter, are you in a hurry to go back?" Zhong Qijun saw that Zhong Qi looked at the time from time to time, and asked with concern.
"It's okay, it's okay, I just want to know what time it is." Zhong Qi hurriedly replied with a smile. Now that the meal was finished, the two of them sat for a while and neither of them spoke. She didn't know what to say alone, after all, the two of them had not been in touch for the past few years, and she really couldn't say it if she was twittering like before. But the two of them were sitting here, and she was really uncomfortable.
From the beginning of coming to eat to the present, there is only embarrassment left except embarrassment. These two words are extremely close to her heart, really, I have never felt so embarrassed.
"Xiaoqi, let's talk." Ever since Zhong Qijun met Zhong Qi, he has been trying to make the two of them return to their former appearance. He could clearly feel Xiaoqi's rejection of him, but he couldn't get the two of them to return to one ten-thousandth of what they used to be after working hard at noon. Originally, he thought that when he came back, she would wait in the same place. But time is the most inscrutable thing, it can make two people strange and intimate, and it can also make two people who were originally close become very strange.
"Brother..."Zhong Qi knew what he was going to say as soon as he heard it, and lowered his head with self-reproach.
"Xiaoqi, I originally thought you would be at least happy to see me back. But judging from these experiences, each time it is getting worse and worse, you can't face me at all now, can you? "Everyone who has dealt with him says that he has no heart, because he is almost always dead. But every time he faces her, no matter how hard-hearted he is, he still feels distressed.
"I was pleasantly surprised when I saw my brother come back, but we couldn't say a word about that scene. When I saw my brother again, it was still the same, and every time we met, it was terrible. I've always felt guilty about what I did, and I know I'm sorry for my brother's feelings for me, but I'm really sorry. Zhong Qi couldn't go on talking as he spoke, obviously he had a lot to say and a lot to ask in his heart. But now, she was incoherent and didn't know what she was talking about.
"Xiaoqi, is this the only thing left between our brothers and sisters?" I can't tell if he was disappointed or angry in his heart, but in the end, the feelings he had paid for so many years were empty, and he gave them to others cheaply. The only small corner of his heart now is full of love for her. That was his only salvation and the reason he kept going. If even this little love is going to be lost for him, then what is he living this life for?
Zhong Qi was silent, when she didn't know the whereabouts of her parents and didn't fall in love with Lou Jin, she saw her brother and really regarded him as the only life-saving straw. But both times, he watched her being taken away by Lou Jin, and there was no reaction. She didn't know what he thought at the time, but then she thought it might be fate. The two of them are destined to be inseparable, but they also have to be entangled so deeply.
"It's not too early, I'll send you back to the company." Zhong Qijun suppressed his emotions, picked up his coat and walked to the door first after saying this, and the gloom in his eyes did not let Zhong Qi, who was following behind, see it.
Zhong Qi obediently followed, and the two of them walked one after the other.
As soon as the two of them went out, the person sitting in an inconspicuous corner called Lou Jin and said, "Hey, young master, the young lady and he have come out." The two of them didn't know what they were discussing in the private room, and they looked very unhappy. ”
"Okay, I got it." Lou Jin hung up the phone after speaking, and he was inevitably anxious in his heart.