Chapter 3: Soft
“It’s okay to take care of Sister Qian Ge. I’ve been wanting to help for a long time. Unfortunately, I’ve been busy with my internship at school recently.”
An Zhi didn’t even think about it and immediately nodded in agreement.
Su Yu looked at her nodding like a garlic pounder, and her appearance was indescribably well-behaved. He let out a sigh of relief, and he was also a little worried that her kind and good personality would be bullied outside.
“Okay, then I can go on a business trip with peace of mind.”
“You’re going… on a business trip? Is it arranged by the company?”
She was biting her straw with her head down, and her fair and thin elbows were on the table. The faint morning light was shining on her profile through the glass, and her fine and small downy hairs were plated with a thin and sparse golden glow. The outline of her eyebrows and eyes was gradually becoming mature, but her voice was still a little tender.
“Yes, there’s a big order. I guess I’m lucky. I’ve had such a good opportunity in such a short time.”
Su Yu patted the suitcase by his side, and his eyebrows and eyes were slightly raised, and the joy in his eyes could not be hidden. For some reason, this kind of busy and ordinary life had, on the contrary, made him get used to it. He didn’t have to think too much. He would just live his life day by day, and then he would slowly return to a plain and simple life.
That’s what he had thought. If the Su Yu of the past, who had been complaining about working overtime every day and had been pushed by life, had known his current thoughts, he would probably have thought that his brain was broken.
“Why are you so eager to earn money all of a sudden? You’re running around everywhere. It’s not safe.”
An Zhi was gently tapping the table, and her trembling eyelashes were revealing her absent-mindedness. She had only taken two sips of her milk tea, and she had again habitually pulled out “everyone” to cover herself. She was like a little crab that was shrunk in a conch shell. It was just that she lacked the courage to walk sideways.
“You see, so many people are worried about you.”
“If I don’t earn money, will you support me?” he had casually made a joke.
For a moment, her mouth was fast, and her fingers, which were tangled together under the table, were clenched. “Okay, I’ll support you. I have money…”
He had been choked by the coffee and had looked up at her. “What did you say?”
“N-Nothing.”
An Zhi had lowered her head to avoid his gaze, but her skin was so thin that she couldn’t stand the scorching heat. The blood had rushed up, and a crimson color had spread from her cheeks to the base of her ears, and it was a fiery pain. “I just…”
She was conflicted again. In a certain aspect, she was lucky. Her family was well-off, and she would be rich and noble for the rest of her life. But what was unfortunate was that the people around her had spoiled her too much. She didn’t fight, and she didn’t snatch. Her world rarely had a time when she was proactive.
Su Yu shrugged and looked more relaxed than her. “I’m not that unbearable, right? I can’t always trouble you guys. The house is small now, and it’s fine. If you all move over in the future, then we’ll have to rent a bigger one, right? Haha… Su Xi is fine. As for Mu Qing, I’m sure I can’t stop her.”
His wrist was on his forehead, and he was lightly rubbing it. He was a little overwhelmed. “Although I’d rather you all have your own lives. After Qian Ge’s illness is cured, it will be the same. I’m not a porcelain doll. I’m not so easy to break. There’s no need for everyone to revolve around me.”
“Hey? Is there a room for me?”
She couldn’t listen to those lecturing words. She knew that Mu Qing had never listened to him. She had also said that this person just liked to rely on being a little older to say some long-winded nonsense. It would just go in one ear and out the other. Just treat it as him farting.
Su Yu was stunned for a moment, and he was a little dazed. He was surprised at her strange focus. “Of course there is… if you want.”
An Zhi suddenly stood up on the spot and was looking down at him. Her gaze was hot. He was slightly hunched, and he was looking back with a confused look.
“Wh-What’s wrong?”
“You… Su Yu.” She was biting her lips, and the peach-red lip gloss was exuding a sourness in her mouth. After a long while, she had gritted her teeth, and her hands were on the table, and she was leaning towards him. Her round and dark black eyes were wide, and a fierce and fierce momentum was coming out.
“Do you think I’m easy to bully?”
He was holding the coffee in his hand. “Huh?”
“I’m telling you, I’m not a good person. The students at school are all afraid of me. Do you know?”
Seeing that he was getting more and more dazed, and she was in a dilemma, her slender and straight legs under the table were trembling like a sieve. She had pinched her thigh and had forced herself to be calm. Her fair skin was flushed red, and her eyes were sour with tears from the pain.
Fortunately, her tone was still fierce and fierce.
“I’m good to you, and I agree to everything you say, just for you. I think you’re good-looking, and you’re a nice person. Don’t push your luck.”
She had looked at his gentle eyebrows and eyes, which were slightly furrowed. She had lowered her eyes, and after a long while, she had raised her head and had looked at her. This time, there was less confusion in her eyes, and her lips were slightly parted.
“These… who taught you?”
Did he see through her so quickly?
She had widened her eyes and had shivered. Her knees were weak. If it wasn’t for the fact that she was holding on to the table, she would have sat back down.
She had suddenly remembered what Su Xi had said to her. First, let him be dazed, and then hesitate. In the end, you have to have a main point. Every conversation has to have a main point. You have to be able to shock him.
“Anyway… anyway… I’m telling you!”
She had frowned deeply and had twitched her nose. She had thought that she was already fierce enough. But in fact, her round and shining almond-shaped eyes only made her look like a little kitten that had not yet been weaned, and she was whimpering pitifully.
“I’m so tired from work every day. The students in my class are not obedient. They all call me a doll behind my back. I have to go on a blind date with my brother if I don’t go to work.”
Her hand was on her back, and she was touching her bag, like a deserter.
“Don’t tell me any big principles. I don’t understand. What’s wrong with revolving around you? Anyway, I’m just useless. My brother said it’s okay to be useless. It’s good to be happy. So who is to blame for you running out when I was about to give up? You have to be responsible!”
After she had said it, she had not waited for him to speak. She had picked up her bag and had run away.
She was wearing a pair of high heels that she had hesitated for a long time before she had decided to wear before they had met. She was wearing a long dress with straps, and her hair was also tied up high like Sister Gu Zhi’s. Her makeup was also specially done to look mature, and she had made herself look like an adult.
She had stumbled at the entrance of the shop and had held on to the doorknob. She had first turned her head and had stared at the person who was about to chase after her. She had puffed out her somewhat fresh and young chest and had turned and had left. Her face was burning hot.
…
The place where the company had arranged for the business trip was not far. It was one or two cities away. The transportation had developed quickly, and it was a two- or three-hour drive. He had gotten off the car on a strange land.
The colleague who was on a business trip with him had suddenly had something urgent to do. The company had asked him to wait for the newly arranged colleague to go over. This whole process, which was originally a race against time to get a project, had now, for no reason, had a full two or three days of a holiday.
Su Yu had found a relatively clean and ordinary hotel near the station. He had checked in with his bag and had put away his luggage. Only then had he thought of going out to buy some daily necessities.
The things near the station were expensive. He had deliberately taken a detour and had found a comprehensive shopping supermarket.
He was waiting for a car at an intersection, and the road was full of cars.
After a long while, the green light had lit up, and the dense and numerous crowd had started to move. Men and women, old and young, couples and relatives…
The air was a little cloudy. He had pushed through the crowd and had walked out.
He had finally squeezed out and was looking at the light blue and clear sky.
He had suddenly turned his head. He had vaguely felt that the sea of people behind him was like a woven cloth, and every face was strange.
But he had vaguely felt that a pair of eyes had been staring at him all the time.
