Chapter 21: Home
He had bought a ticket back to Qingchuan alone. Su Xi was still not willing to go with him.
At the station, she had come to see him off before he had left.
“You really don’t want to go back together?”, Su Yu had looked at the long and distant railway and had asked again.
“No. Xia Qiange called me secretly a few days ago. Her tone was so dry. When did she care so much about your thoughts? And she was so afraid of letting you know. She clearly cared so much but was pretending to be reserved… she was so sour. It was as if she wanted to fight me. I don’t want to see her full of resentment as soon as I go back.”
Su Xi had complained a few times and had then lowered her head. Her fresh and young eyebrows and eyes were deepened in the thin and sparse glow, and they were slowly becoming mature. She had sighed with some helplessness. “And I really have to go back and see my parents. My uncle’s back hurts, and my mom’s cervical spine is not very good. They both have a little high blood pressure. You can’t go back for the time being. I have to take your place.”
Su Yu had heard the resentment in her words. She was also young, and she was very uncomfortable in front of her elders. If she could, she would actually not be very willing.
So he had been scolded and had on the contrary, smiled. He had said with a guilty conscience, “Then… be careful on the way. Send me a message when you arrive.” The wind had rushed into the platform, and Su Xi had pouted and had not answered him. Her fingertips had lightly lifted her hair, and her thin gauze skirt had bloomed like a blooming lily.
Her expression was at ease, and her exquisite and beautiful little leather shoes were on the ground again and again, as if she were in a hurry to be novel. “Will these shoes be particularly easy to break? I should have known not to buy them. The clothes for children nowadays are so expensive, and they grow so fast…”
“You’re not growing anymore. If the shoes are broken, you can buy them again. I’ve got a big order. I can earn money.”
He had looked at her a few times and had seen that her hands had a very thin callus. He had picked it up and had lightly caressed it. She was a different person in front of him. The playful little girl of the past was gone. Now she was so mature that she was a little strange.
“It’s just a kind heart. But you’re like this… you’re still flirting with every woman. It’s no different. No wonder there are so many people around you. The trouble you’ve caused in the past… you should reflect on it yourself. You’re not allowed to add any more.”
Su Xi’s wrist, which was in his palm, had shrunk. Her chest was cold and then hot. Her eyes had blinked a few times, and she had pulled her hand out. She had stopped on his heart. “I don’t care about them as much. At least I still have Nian Nian. I’m not hiding it from you. This place of yours… just leave a little for me. Anyway…”
She had stood on her tiptoes, and her chin was on his shoulder. His shoulders were much broader, and his scent was fresh and pleasant. It was very comfortable to hold him. The two hearts were close, and she was half-squinting her eyes. She was breathing in and out, and her voice was as plain as water. “Don’t go too far. I really don’t have the strength I used to.”
The car had come, and she had let go of him. She had personally sent him onto the car.
She had been a little silent when she had left, but it was also an answer. In the past, she had been afraid of being left out and had always been observing people’s expressions. She was born not to be the kind of person who would die if she didn’t get an “I love you.” She would see for herself, and she would feel with her heart. She had seen that he was in her eyes. This was not quite the same as the him of the past.
No matter what, she was also no longer at an age where she would be hot-headed for love and would be reckless in her actions. The days would pass slowly in the future. She would only love him more and more every day.
…
He had knocked on the door three times, but it had not opened. This was strange. It shouldn’t be. She had always been sensitive to the sound at the door. It was always like this when she had gotten off work. It was morning now. She shouldn’t have been awake.
Su Yu had dialed the phone again, but there was no answer. So he had to take out his key and open the door. He was uneasy, and his movements were a little rushed.
He had pushed open the door and had kicked off his shoes. The living room was empty at first glance, and the coffee table and chairs were clean. There was nothing on the table, and the walls were white and gray. The curtains were drawn to block the light. It was like a place where the owner had been away for a long time, and no one had lived there. The tone was a little gloomy.
She had been living alone these past few days. He had been at ease after that business trip. So this time, he had let her go out alone. She had also smiled and had agreed to him.
Before he had come back, Su Xi had asked him if he was at ease. He had thought for a while and had found that he could only smile bitterly. Some things, after they had been said and done, were actually just like that. To tolerate a person’s good and bad was far from hurting each other than to get to the bottom of it.
He had rushed into the bedroom, the bathroom, and he had not seen anyone. In the end, he had seen a stack of printed resume materials in the study. She had taken a new ID photo, and the her in it was smiling sweetly, and her face was flushed red, and there was a hint of a joy in her eyes.
His heart had inexplicably been twisted, and his thoughts had slid to the bad side. The smell of being out of control was in the tip of his tongue. He had then thought that she had just so casually spread it on the desk and had not deliberately hidden it from him. He had let out a sigh of relief, and his heart was not so tight.
The momentary panic had made Su Yu feel a little unnaturally guilty. Was he still vaguely not believing her? Was he afraid that she would no longer be weak after she had gotten a job, and that he would not be able to control her?
His hand had been clenched and then had been loosened. The sound of the door opening again had come. He had turned his head and had looked at the door, and their gazes had met across the long corridor.
The thin and light gray was in the sunlight that was filling the living room through the window, and it was vaguely outlining the shape and temperature of their gazes. So it had a substance, and the scorching heat and the softness were mixed together. For a few seconds, his heart had started to beat like a drum without him realizing it.
She was still wearing the shoes with a slightly high sole, and she was in a well-fitting and elegant professional attire. She had thrown down the shoulder bag in her hand, and her eyebrows and eyes were twisted. But she had run towards him step by step.
“How come you still know how to come back? You’re eight hours late, you liar.”
Xia Qiange had pinched his sleeve, and the gaze was really a deep resentment. It was like water, and she wanted to be as thick as a solid. She had lowered her head and had buried it in the hollow of his neck. Her hand was tightly wrapped around his waist, and her nose was filled with his scent.
“You… found a job?”
“Yeah.”
She had casually agreed and had smelled the scent of his collar. She had slightly frowned and had then pulled open his collar. Her fair and clean neck meat, and the resentment in her eyes had dissipated a little.
“Then… did you find it?”
“I found it. I’m a legal consultant at a listed company. The salary is okay. The key is that it’s not tiring. I’m very free when I have nothing to do. You were worried that my health was not good. I didn’t even think of going to a tiring place.”
A series of explanations had finished the words. She was afraid that he would not be happy. Before he had even opened his mouth, she had lowered her eyebrows and was obedient. Her voice was soft and gentle as she had started to admit her mistake.
“It’s my fault for not telling you in advance. I was afraid you wouldn’t agree at first. But I’ll listen to you. If you’re not willing… then I won’t go.”
Her hand was not honest. She had held his wrist and had put it on her waist. The texture was even softer, and her figure was beautiful. She was showing him the beauty of her recuperating well.
Su Yu’s nose was a little hot. This kind of a fit to the shape of his palm was like a water that was flowing to his palm. It was very strange, and it made him a little unable to let go.
He had coughed twice, and his gaze at her was a little helpless. She had not changed much. It had been like this since that time. She knew how to use everything to make him soft-hearted. She had given him this posture, and she had wanted to say that she was very well-behaved, and that she had been recuperating, and sure enough, she had recovered well.
He had looked at her expression, and his gaze was on her slightly trembling eyelids. After a long while… he had sighed. “I’ll listen to you. But you can’t stay up late because of work. And besides…”
Before he could finish his words, she had already started to pull at the buttons of his collar, one… two…
Her red lips, and her white teeth, were lightly biting, and the corners of her eyes were curving into a coquettish look, and she was looking at him with a possessiveness.
He was in a daze, and he had asked her what she was doing.
Her lipstick-stained lips were on his cheek, and she had said in his ear with a soft voice, “Did you forget? It’s been a few days. Our plan… can’t be postponed for too long.”
