Chapter 22: The Mountaintop

The night was dark, Ji Yan didn't turn on the lights in the house, only came to the bedroom by the moonlight, opened the drawer of the bedside table, and there was a photo that was locked upside down.

Ji Yan stared at the photo, thoughts surging in his dark eyes, and it took a long time for him to reach out and pick up the photo from the drawer.

The photo is exactly the same as the one at Xu Chenyin's house, it was during the summer vacation of the sophomore year of high school, they went to the top of the mountain together to see the stars.

Ji Yan raised his hand and stroked the bright smile of the girl in the photo, and his thoughts couldn't help but rewind to that night.

The evening breeze on the top of the mountain blows, mixed with a little coolness, but it can't resist the enthusiasm of people to go to the top of the mountain to see the stars.

He looked at the girl beside him, who was already a little unsteady, handed over a bottle of mineral water, and said with concern: "If you are tired, take a rest." ”

The girl took the mineral water, unscrewed the cap of the bottle and took a few sips, and said with a smile: "Let's go, I can hold on a little longer." ”

She is wearing a white T-shirt with a pair of denim shorts today, her long black hair is tied into a long ponytail, revealing a white and slender neck, and her every move exudes a youthful and beautiful atmosphere.

"I've wanted to come here to see the stars for a long time, but I haven't had a chance, Ji Yan, thank you for coming with me today."

At this moment, the girl curled the corners of her lips and looked at him.

That smile was so sweet and sweet that he will never forget it to this day.

"Ji Yan?" Seeing that he didn't react, Xu Chenyin waved his hand in front of him slightly, and said softly: "What are you thinking?" ”

His gaze fell on her lightly opened pink lips, and his Adam's apple rolled down, and then avoided her smiling eyes, and pretended to be nonchalant: "No thanks, it just so happens that I have nothing to do today." ”

Xu Chenyin listened, blinked a pair of almond eyes, there was a moment of doubt in his eyes, but after a moment, he remembered something, pursed his lips and smiled, and kept up with his footsteps.

The night was thick, and the night was long, and the afterglow of the moonlight shone on the top of the mountain.

Along the way, he was quietly listening to the girl tell some of her own things in the past, and from time to time he glanced at the girl's side face, because the girl occasionally turned his eyes, the two looked at each other, and after a moment of silence, he looked away in a panic.

"You ......"

He was about to say something, but the girl next to him was hit by a young couple running and chasing, the girl did not stand firmly, and fell back a few steps.

He was stunned, didn't have time to think about it, grabbed the girl's slender waist, took the girl into his arms, and looked down at her worriedly.

The girl tilted her head back and looked frightened.

Feeling the soft and delicate touch of the girl through the thin clothes, his ears burned inexplicably, lowered his eyes, coughed lightly, and let go of her.

Xu Chenyin straightened up and touched his nose awkwardly: "I didn't pay attention just now, I'm sorry." ”

He didn't say a word, and glanced coldly at the little couple, who immediately restrained their play, turned around and trotted away holding hands.

Only then did Ji Yan slowly raise his eyelids and glance at her: "Are you okay?" ”

Xu Chenyin shook his head, "It's okay, let's continue." ”

He bowed slightly, but he had no heart to appreciate the scenery along the road at this moment, and his heart was uncontrollably reminiscing about the touch that belonged to the girl just now.

It's very sweet and soft, and he also wants to hold the girl's hand openly.

Thinking so, he looked at the girl's eyes, and gradually became firm.

When he arrived at the top of the mountain and saw the starry sky, Xu Chenyin's eyes lit up, and he stood in front of the observation deck and couldn't help but sigh: "It's so beautiful." ”

"Well, it's pretty." He agreed, but his eyes were not full of stars, but the delicate face of a girl.

"The little girl takes a picture for ten yuan, can she take a picture?"

At this time, a middle-aged woman with a camera came over and said with a smile: "The stars are the most beautiful tonight, you finally come once, how good it would be to take a photo to commemorate it." ”

Ji Yan wanted to shoot, but he was afraid that the girl on the side would refuse, so Wen Yan asked, "Xu Chenyin, do you want to shoot?" ”

"Is that okay?" Xu Chenyin bit her lip and said cautiously: "If you don't want to shoot, then forget it......"

"I don't want to shoot at all." He smiled warmly, then raised his eyes to look at the woman in front of him: "Please help us take two pictures." ”

"Holo." The middle-aged woman smiled and raised her camera, and beckoned to the two of them: "The two of them leaned together, and the little girl smiled again, how beautiful it was to smile." ”

Hearing this, Xu Chenyin changed the smile that was originally pursed into a smile with leaky teeth.

At the moment when the shutter fell, the boy happened to look at the girl.

On the way back, when she arrived at the door of the house, the girl looked at him and seemed to have the courage to ask, "Ji Yan, why are you ...... Why do you keep staring at me? ”

Faced with the girl's question, he answered without hesitation: "Because you are good-looking." ”

When his voice fell.

The atmosphere froze instantly.

After a long time, the girl reacted, quickly looked away, lowered her head, and whispered, "Thank you today, I'll go back first." ”

After saying this, the girl suddenly remembered something, raised her head, and added, "There is ...... Good night. ”

He lowered his eyes to look at the girl's delicate appearance, bowed slightly, and raised his thin lips slightly: "Well, good night." ”

It was also on that night that the relationship between them changed a lot invisibly.

The moonlight was printed on the yellowed photo through the glass, Ji Yan thought about the scene that night, and remembered Xu Chenyin's clumsy appearance of lying just now, and couldn't help but chuckle.

Just as he was about to put down the photo, the phone rang suddenly, and his heart was lifted for a moment.

Pressing the connect button, an anxious female voice came from the other end: "Mr. Ji, come to the hospital to take a look." ”

After hanging up the phone, Ji Yan didn't have time to think about it, picked up the car keys on the table and went straight to the hospital.

At the same time, Xu Chenyin stood on the balcony of the bedroom, looking up at the scattered stars in the night sky, unable to return to his senses.

It wasn't until a prompt sound came from WeChat that her mind was pulled back, and she clicked on WeChat, which was sent by her mother.

[Your brother will arrive in Beijing on the plane tomorrow morning, and you will pick up your brother. 】

[Brother is coming? 】

Xu Chenyin looked at the message on the screen and was a little surprised, and after sending the last sentence, he hurriedly typed: [What time is the plane? 】

The other side quickly replied to the news: [I arrived in Beijing at ten o'clock, why didn't I sleep yet? How many times has my mother told you to go to bed early, or this time when your brother finishes his business trip, you can go back to the United States with your brother, what future can you have in that job? 】

Xu Chenyin sighed lightly, turned off the phone screen, and didn't reply to the message, letting the night breeze blow her long hair that fell down.

After a few minutes, she reopened WeChat and clicked on the chat record with Wei Hou: [Master, my brother will come to Beijing tomorrow, I will take a day off, it's troublesome. 】

After clicking send, she raised her eyes to look at the night sky again, thinking of Zhao Jinzhou, and her beautiful eyebrows were dyed with some sorrow.