Chapter 31: The Surge
After he finished speaking, he didn't wait for the foreigners to react, and pulled Jiang Sui straight away.
At this moment, Jiang Sui's fingers have been tightly clasped by Si Nian's big palm, and she raised her head sideways to look at his face as she walked in shock.
The silhouette of his side face is resolute with a hint of tenderness, and the perfection is impeccable.
Jiang Sui's heart was beating wildly, the kind that couldn't be stopped.
What did Si Nian say to those foreigners in English just now?
He said my girlfriend was a little tired.
He actually said that she was his girlfriend.
He could have said what about being my sister, but he didn't.
What's going on?
Out of the hotel gate, Jiang Sui recovered from this shocked emotion.
She opened her mouth, and her voice was soft, and she called Si Nian softly.
"Brother......
Si Nian stopped at this time and turned sideways to look at Jiang Sui.
Seeing Jiang Sui's gaze flashing over the tightly interlocked hands of the two people, and skimming over a little unnaturally, he slowly let go of her hand.
After Si Nian's hand was let go, Jiang Sui's palm suddenly lost that warmth, and she couldn't help but slowly put her hands behind her back and clasp them together, as if this could make up for the temperature just lost on her palm.
She lowered her eyelashes a little uncomfortably, and asked in a low voice, "Didn't you say no?" Why is it here again? ”
Si Nian's eyes were a little evasive when Jiang Sui asked this, but he still forced himself to calm down and said, "Come and pick you up, it's late, it's not safe for girls to be outside." ”
Although Jiang Sui couldn't guess why he suddenly appeared at the banquet again, she also knew that his reason was nonsense.
So she deliberately teased him with a sly look in her eyes: "Oh, is it? But there is also Senior Brother Zhou, I can go back with him. ”
Your Senior Brother Zhou is the biggest insecurity!
Si Nian pretended to be slightly angry and glared at Jiang Sui: "Then I'm here, can you go?" ”
Jiang Sui pursed his lips and forced a smile, deliberately not answering him.
Si Nian saw that Jiang Sui didn't react, so he turned around and walked down the steps alone.
"If you don't go, then I'll go!"
Jiang Sui was stunned for a moment.
She listened to his voice a little coldly.
He was teased and by himself?
Jiang Sui hurriedly lifted the hem of his skirt and ran down the steps to chase him.
The high-heeled shoes hit the bluestone slab with a rapid "click" sound.
"Brother!"
When Si Nian heard the rapid sound of high heels, he had already stopped and turned around to wait for Jiang Sui.
"Well, wait for you, don't run!"
Si Nian's gentle voice blew into Jiang Sui's heart along the sudden autumn wind, evoking a burst of crispy numbness.
When Jiang Sui slowly walked down the steps and stood in front of Si Nian, he stared at her for a moment.
Then Si Nian unbuttoned his suit, took off the suit, and with a flick of his arm, he circled Jiang Sui in front of him, and the blazer just fell on Jiang Sui's shoulder.
Jiang Sui raised his head in the crook of his arm and looked at Si Nian's face.
"Brother......," she called him in a low voice.
"Hmm."
Si Nian responded, but Jiang Sui couldn't see the expression on his face clearly, and the difference in height between them was a little big.
"It's cold at night, don't catch a cold."
Si Nian withdrew his arms and put his hands in his trouser pockets.
Jiang Sui looked at him quietly.
"The coat was given to me, what about you, aren't you cold?"
"It's not cold."
Si Nian slowly paced outside the hotel.
Although autumn in Jiangnan came later than in the northeast, the night was still a little freezing.
Jiang Sui looked behind him and looked at him wearing only a thin sky blue shirt, and his back was still so tall and slender.
But why is it so lonely?
Jiang Sui's eyes were a little warm.
Finding that Jiang Sui hadn't followed for a long time, Si Nian stopped and looked back at her.
"Why don't you leave?"
In order to hide his emotions, Jiang Sui suddenly looked up at the night sky.
"Brother, look, there are so many stars!"
Si Nian followed her gaze and looked up.
There were a few stars hanging in the dark night sky, and there weren't many of them, but they felt very dazzling, just like his age.
He moved his gaze to Jiang Sui's face again.
At night in the small town of Jiangnan, she was looking at the starry sky, and he was looking at her.
"Let's go."
Suddenly, Si Nian opened his mouth and urged Jiang Sui to leave.
He didn't dare to look any further, he was afraid that he would unknowingly say the words buried deep in his heart.
When the two slowly walked out of the hotel yard side by side, Jiang Sui realized that Si Nian had not driven over.
She glanced at her stinging heel, and stopped to ask Si Nian with some embarrassment.
"Shall we walk back?"
"Or else?" Si Nian also stopped and looked at her and asked rhetorically.
"But my feet hurt and I can't walk......"
Jiang Sui flattened his mouth, with a hint of coquettishness in his tone.
Si Nian stared at her for a while, then suddenly tilted his head and smiled.
He said, "Hey, Jiang Sui, how old are you?" You're eighteen, not eight, and you're still coquettish! ”
When he said the last sentence, his smile suddenly froze.
But Jiang Sui didn't notice his expression, she giggled when she heard his words.
"But I didn't cheat on anyone else!"
Yes, Si Nian is none other than her lovely brother.
She felt that she should be coquettish with him like this.
Si Nian looked down at Jiang Sui's feet.
She wore high heels all day today.
People who never wear high heels, wear them for the first time, and it's a new pair of shoes.
She must have endured a foot pain for a long time.
Si Nian suddenly stepped forward, stood in front of Jiang Sui, turned his back to her, and slowly bent his knees.
"Come, come up! Carry you! ”
Jiang Sui was stunned.
Her coquettishness succeeded, but she suddenly couldn't bear it.
"But there's a long way back, are you sure?"
Si Nian bent his head slightly and said firmly to her, "Come up!" ”
Since he insisted, Jiang Sui was no longer hypocritical.
She slowly climbed up Si Nian's broad back, and her two jade lotus-like arms circled Si Nian's neck.
Si Nian straightened up and walked slowly forward with Jiang Sui on his back.
"Little fool, there's a rickshaw ahead!"
Jiang Sui was behind him, and she couldn't see Si Nian's expression at this time, but she could hear a hint of a smile in his deep magnetic voice.
Jiang Sui patted him on the shoulder angrily and said coquettishly: "You are a fool!" Laugh at me again! ”
When his fingers touched Si Nian's broad shoulders, Jiang Sui was stunned.
She suddenly remembered that she seemed to have had such a scene when she was a child.
She was lazy and didn't want to walk after school, and he carried her like this.
With their school bags hanging side by side on his chest, he slowly walked home.
She confides in him about how she was cheated of snacks at school by a naughty little boy, and he laughs and calls her a little fool.
Jiang Sui put his arms around Si Nian's neck again, and asked Si Nian in a low and soft voice.
"Brother, am I heavy?"
"It's not heavy!" He replied casually without thinking.
She was a little happy.
But just when Jiang Sui's heart was happy, he suddenly said: "But it's more than twice as heavy as before." ”
Hum!
Eight years old and eighteen, can that be the same?
Jiang Sui ignored him and rested his head on his back.
He probably remembered when he was a child, she thought.
The night in Tongli Ancient Town is not as lively as other ancient towns, but there is a kind of tranquility that people especially want to pursue.
Si Nian did not take Jiang Sui to take a rickshaw as he initially said.
She didn't know how far she had been carried out by Si Nian.
Before they knew it, they were at the lake.
In the silence of the night, the slowly flowing water of the lake shimmers with crystalline light.
The ancient camphor trees beside the river have tall and dense branches and leaves.
If it hadn't been lit up by daylight lights, the wind and rain corridors on both sides would have blended with the quiet night.
"Brother, the night here is beautiful, isn't it? It's a pity that there is no such scenery in the Northeast. ”
Jiang Sui's face leaned on Si Nian's back, and he suddenly spoke with some regret.
Si Nian suddenly stopped and sat Jiang Sui on the stone fence by the river.
He stared at Jiang Sui for a while, and then slowly squatted down in front of her, his voice low and deep.
"Jiangnan has the beauty of Jiangnan, and the Northeast is better than the Northeast, which cannot be compared like this."
Si Nian was caught off guard and reached out to take off the stiletto heels on Jiang Sui's feet.
Jiang Sui's delicate and fair little feet naturally shrank back in response.
"Don't move, I'll take a look."
Si Nian looked up at her, and his voice was still low and good.
After Jiang Sui Mu Ne nodded, Si Nian lowered his gaze again.
Then Jiang Sui saw that Si Nian's good-looking sword eyebrows suddenly wrinkled.
"Broken skin ......"
"Oh, I just feel so painful."
Si Nian checked Jiang Sui's other foot again, and the skin was also broken, and there were traces of blood.
"I can't wear these shoes."
Si Nian's brows furrowed deeply, and he neatly placed a pair of high heels that Jiang Sui had taken off on the stone railing.
He also sat down beside Jiang Sui.
Jiang Sui felt that his face was already starting to get hot.
So she stopped talking, and only kept her head down.
Occasionally, she would raise her head to take a look when she heard a rowboat passing by on the water.
"Do you want to sit down?"
Si Nian saw that Jiang Sui looked at the passing rowing boat from time to time, and there happened to be a passenger getting off the boat at the pier not far away, so he asked Jiang Sui.
Jiang Sui smiled and nodded, but looked at his white feet and was worried.
So Si Nian picked up Jiang Sui's high heels, carried her on his back again, and the two of them went to take a rocking boat together.
The boat gently paddles on the water, and the night on both sides of the river is slowly receding, which is beautiful.
Both of them quietly admired the beautiful scenery on the shore, and were speechless for a while.
It wasn't until the rocking boat arrived under the three ancient bridges in the shape of a zigzag that even the uncle who rocked the boat began to get excited.
The rowing boat passed through the night, and the old man hummed a ditty.
Jiang Sui understood the meaning of the small tune in the old man's mouth, which was roughly about the custom of walking the three bridges.
"Minibus play, walking three bridges, reading smart, good grades every year; The little girl walks the three bridges, she is naturally beautiful, and the longer she is, the slimmer she becomes; The young man walks the three bridges, and the future is infinitely bright; The bride and groom walk on the three bridges, heart to heart, and the white head grows old together. ”
At the end, the old man told Jiang Sui and the two of them that these three bridges were built in the Ming Dynasty and symbolized auspiciousness and happiness in the hearts of Tongli people.
"If the two of you get married, you must come to us again, and the two of you will cross these three bridges together, and you will grow old together."
When Uncle Swing said that he was excited, he couldn't help but set a time for the two of them to come to Tongli again.
Jiang Sui was a little embarrassed and was about to explain, but Si Nian said to the old man, "Okay, thank you." We will definitely come again and walk the Three Bridges once. ”
Jiang Sui's cheeks began to heat up again, and she didn't dare to look at Si Nian, nor did she dare to ask him what he meant by saying this.
She had to pretend to look at the scenery from the shore.
Jiang Sui didn't want to think about who she was going to walk with in the future to pray for Baitou to grow old together, but she wanted to go to the Three Bridges with Si Nian tomorrow.
Not for anything else, I just want to pray for him to be on the rise and have an infinitely better future.
I don't know how long it took, the two went ashore at another pier, and it was still Si Nian carrying Jiang Sui on his back.
She didn't know what he was thinking.
Ever since he agreed to the old man's promise to walk the three bridges again, he has been silent like this.
"Brother......
Jiang Sui suddenly whispered on Si Nian's back.
"Hmm."
"Before we go back, if we still have time, let's go walk the Three Bridges once tomorrow."
Hearing Jiang Sui's words, Si Nian's body stiffened significantly, and she could feel it.
"Okay, then I'll go tomorrow."
Si Nian kept carrying Jiang Sui downstairs in the inn room, and Jiang Sui stopped him from continuing to carry her upstairs.
He carried her all the way today, and he was tired enough.
It's just that when she was putting on her shoes, her center of gravity was a little unstable, and she leaned directly into Si Nian's arms the moment she fell.
He quickly grabbed her waist.
She lifted her eyes in his arms, meeting his concerned gaze.
The eyes of the two people intersected, and there seemed to be an inexplicable emotional surge in their eyes.