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I walked out of the door with doubts, but found that Qin Xinmei was not in the villa yard. I immediately became anxious. Didn't she have something to say to me? Why is she gone?
Could it be that Qin Xinmei ran out of the villa?
I hurriedly ran out of the villa. It was past seven o'clock in the evening. The street lights were on on the path in the villa area. My eyes suddenly focused and I saw a tall figure walking slowly under the street lights not far away. She had her long hair half tied up, wore a white shirt with a small collar, and black straight pants wrapped around her long legs. She was wearing gray running shoes and was walking out of the villa area.
I calmed down and hurried over to Qin Xinmei, grabbed her delicate hand, and said in a disgruntled tone, "Qin Xinmei, wait for me. It's getting dark now. What if we run into some bad guys?"
Qin Xinmei suddenly swung her hand away, retracting it from mine. Perhaps she guessed I would grab her hand again, so she folded her arms and looked around, then sneered, "Hey, Chen Qing, I didn't realize you care about me so much. Haha, isn't the bad guy right next to me?"
"Bad guy, where are the bad guys?" I pretended to be anxious and looked around, standing in front of Qin Xinmei.
In fact, I knew that Qin Xinmei was teasing me in disguise. After all, I was a scoundrel and did not like many things about her.
But Qin Xinmei is mad at me now, and I don't know why. Thinking back to our intimate moment in the office cubicle this afternoon, she's never been as unreasonable as she is now. For a moment, I feel helpless. Qin Xinmei called me out, saying she had something to say, but now she's not saying anything, not explaining anything. At least she could pull my ear. In this situation, I feel like an ant on a hot pot, unable to get out. It's pure torment. Qin Xinmei said nothing, her cold face radiating a chill. She folded her arms and stared at me silently. Her long hair was half-tied back with a black barrette. Her small, delicate earlobes were adorned with a pair of small jade and silver earrings. Her features were fair, delicate, and beautiful.
The street light shone on Qin Xinmei and me. The light above our heads attracted a few fireflies to fly around on the lampshade, and under the light, Qin Xinmei and I were staring at each other.
I saw Qin Xinmei's two small jade pendants and silver earrings, the faint silver light intertwined and flickered, setting off her cold, delicate and perfect face. I couldn't help but feel that she was so spotless and holy.
The small jade pendant earrings Qin Xinmei wears on her earlobes are the same pair I bought.
I couldn't help but sigh: "My goddess wife is so beautiful wearing the new earrings she bought."
"You are as beautiful as a fairy, right? Then get out of my way quickly and don't block my way." Qin Xinmei ignored my compliments, pushed my body with her jade hands, and walked around me with her arms around me as if she wanted to make me angry, and walked out of the villa area with her long beautiful legs.
I smacked my lips, shocked for a moment. Qin Xinmei's little girlish attitude was just like a couple having a quarrel.
I couldn't help but wonder, did I do something to make Qin Xinmei jealous?
I took two deep breaths, quickly followed Qin Xinmei, and tentatively asked, "My goddess wife, what did I do to make you so angry? Can you tell me something? You asked me to come out but you didn't tell me. I was very anxious." "Oh, if you are anxious, just go back. I didn't ask you to come out?" Qin Xinmei gave me a cold look, walked out of the villa area without stopping, and headed towards the path towards the beach.
Without thinking, I blurted out: "Just now at home, you screamed, and Sister Siting and Sister Xi heard it." But as soon as I finished speaking, I felt that something was wrong.
really.
"Then you can go back now and don't follow me." Qin Xinmei hung her arms at her waist and walked forward quickly.
From what I understand, Qin Xinmei is undoubtedly very angry.
"Chen Qing, Chen Qing, why are you responding when there's nothing to say? You failed at the critical moment." I cursed myself inwardly and had to follow Qin Xinmei sullenly until we came to the tree-shaded path by the sea.
At the beach at night, people were coming and going in the sea breeze, and it was easy to get lost if you were not careful. Qin Xinmei refused to let me hold her hand, so I had to follow her closely.
Qin Xinmei had her hands in her trouser pockets, and her slender waist was highlighted in a white collared sweater. Her long, straight legs were wrapped in black trousers, and her feet were wearing grey running shoes, making her stand out in the crowd. She was walking along the beach at a moderate pace, neither speaking nor paying attention to me.
"Selling candied haws, three yuan a string. If it's not sweet, no money."
Suddenly, a deep voice came from a corner of the crowd.
I suddenly felt happy and looked around for the direction of the people selling candied haws. My eyes passed through the crowd and saw an old 28-inch Phoenix brand bicycle parked next to a middle-aged man. At the rear of the bicycle stood a large straw mat filled with densely packed candied haws. A middle-aged man was drinking beside it.
Many parents brought their children around the bicycles, the adults took out money, and groups of children were holding candied haws in their hands. The middle-aged boss was almost too busy to handle it.
"Qin Xinmei, wait a minute, I'll go buy some candied haws." I remembered that when Qin Xinmei and I were jogging in the morning, we bought candied haws once, and she ate them with relish.
With nothing else to do, I decided to use candied haws to make Qin Xinmei smile.
Qin Xinmei looked at me without saying anything, and I took it as my agreement. I immediately ran through the crowd, looking back at Qin Xinmei behind me, and ran towards the candied haws seller.
I came to the bicycle and waited for two minutes before it was finally my turn. I said hurriedly, "Boss, give me eight skewers of candied haws."
"Okay, young man, please wait a moment." The middle-aged man was wearing white casual clothes, his hair was neatly combed, his skin was very well maintained, and his temperament was like that of an elite white-collar worker, not someone who set up a street stall.
I watched the middle-aged man packing my candied haws. As more customers began to appear, I suddenly noticed a resemblance between the two bicycles. I was stunned. Wasn't this the bicycle from the old man from earlier? "Boss, I'd like to ask, who is that old man?" I blinked, thinking of taking advantage of the middle-aged man's pause in packing the candied haws.
"Huh?" The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, his hands trembling as he packed the candied haws, and then he fell silent. I saw the sudden change in his expression, and I understood something, so I stopped asking.
The middle-aged man put the candied haws into a plastic bag, raised his head, looked at the customers around him, and then looked back at me. It seemed that it was the first time someone asked him this question.
His eyes were a little red, and he smiled bitterly: "The old man who had a stall on this beach before was my father, nicknamed Calabash Fairy. He had advanced gastric cancer and passed away at the end of last month. My father sold candied haws all his life and raised me, his only child. People should have someone to rely on when they are old. He should be enjoying his retirement, but he was busy at home. Before he died, he was still thinking about his old bicycle. Now that he is gone, this bicycle has become my only thought. During the time when my father passed away, I didn't dare stay at home. Fortunately, he also taught me how to make candied haws." "I'm sorry, please accept my condolences." I didn't know what to say. Although we were strangers, it was hard to hear about these separations of life and death.
The middle-aged man handed me the packaged candied haws and said with a calm smile, "It's okay. Life and death are determined by fate. Just cherish the present moment."
I nodded to the middle-aged man, picked up the candied haws and paid for it. Suddenly, I remembered something and looked back hurriedly, only to find that Qin Xinmei was no longer there.
I suddenly felt anxious, as if I had lost something, like I had fallen into a trough. My heart felt empty. I tried to find Qin Xinmei among the crowd, but there was no trace of her. My face turned pale, not for any other reason, but because I was worried that Qin Xinmei hadn't kept her promise and waited for me.
Qin Xinmei must be mad at me, or else she wouldn't have left without my permission. My hands clutched the candied haws bag tightly, my heart racing. I glanced around, about to run forward to find Qin Xinmei, when a familiar, cold voice rang out in my ears: "Chen Qing, are you stupid? You can't find her. Why did you buy her a phone? Why didn't you call her right away?"
I was delighted and my anxious heart calmed down. I hurriedly looked back and looked in the direction of the familiar voice. I suddenly felt inexplicably excited and my mood at this moment was like a roller coaster.
Qin Xinmei stood five steps behind me, one hand casually brushing the hair by her ear, the other tucked into her trouser pocket. Her gaze was clear and silent, her cold face filled with a look of disappointment. It turned out that when I came to buy the candied haws earlier, Qin Xinmei had also secretly followed me. She must have been watching me from the side, no doubt noticing my anxious and hesitant look.
I was perplexed. Qin Xinmei should have at least told me if she'd come along. I was so worried. Actually, my worry wasn't that Qin Xinmei would get lost, but that the distance between us would grow even greater. I stepped past the two strangers blocking my path and hurried to Qin Xinmei's side. Taking her cool, soft hand, which had just been brushing her hair and dangling between her legs, I dashed out of the crowd in two or three steps.
Qin Xinmei was holding my hand, trotting after me, and said unhappily, "Chen Qing, slow down, I won't disappear."
I didn't say anything, holding Qin Xinmei's hand and walking silently for three minutes, and then stopped at a place with railings and few people on the beach.
At this moment, my heart returned to calm.
I leaned on the railing with a candied haws in one hand, holding Qin Xinmei's hand with the other, quietly looking at the dark and surging sea in the distance. There were several ships swaying on the sea, and a lonely lighthouse shone brightly in the distance, like a bright light guiding the travelers on their way home.
At this moment, the bright light in my heart gradually lit up, and the hesitation and darkness were washed away and disappeared.
Qin Xinmei frowned, squeezed my big hand, and said softly, "Chen Qing..."
Before I could finish my words, I suddenly turned around and hugged Qin Xinmei's delicate body tightly, burying my head in her slender neck, breathing deeply and smelling the familiar fragrance of lotus flowers.
I hugged Qin Xinmei's delicate back tightly, afraid she would disappear in a second. Through sobs, I whispered, "Qin Xinmei, I'm afraid the rift between us is gradually widening. You know, I'm afraid I can't cross this invisible yet enormous chasm."
Before Qin Xinmei could speak, I clung to her soft body, my gaze fixed on the sea dotted with darkness and silver light, and I continued to sob, "When I was thirteen, my adoptive parents told me that I was in an orphanage. I was abandoned before I was ten days old. I never drank a sip of my mother's milk, never met her, and I don't know what she looked like. Maybe I saw her when I opened my eyes a few days after I was born, but, but I can't remember. I can't remember what she looked like."
As soon as I finished speaking, I felt Qin Xinmei's two delicate hands hugging my back tightly. The force was so strong that it even squeezed my chest to the point of making me feel a little stuffy, as if she was also afraid of losing me.
Qin Xinmei hugged me tightly, rubbing her cheek against my neck, breathing heavily and sobbing, "Chen Qing, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was wrong."
I didn't know why Qin Xinmei had also started crying. She took a deep breath and continued, "Three years ago, my father's enemies stabbed me in the heart. I thought I was going to die. My last thought was to see my biological parents. But when I returned to my birth country and you took me to the orphanage, everything had changed. I considered posting notices and looking for them, but I didn't even know their names. How could I find them? In such a strange place, Qin Xinmei, I have no direction and can't find them." "I'm sorry, Chen Qing, I'm sorry." Qin Xinmei lifted her delicate head from my neck and gently stroked my face. Tears streamed down her cold cheeks, and her small, white, delicate nose flushed with sobs. After venting my frustration, I loosened my grip on Qin Xinmei's delicate body. I felt the coolness of her two soft hands on my cheeks, and my heart gradually calmed down.
Seeing the tears streaming down Qin Xinmei's cheeks, I was very confused, but I didn't think too much about it. I took one of her cool, white, and tender hands and wiped the tears from her cheek with one hand. I blinked and said, "Qin Xinmei, are you still angry with me?"
"What do you think?" Qin Xinmei took a breath, and under the night sky, her cold face regained its composure. I thought about it and decided not to dwell on this topic for the time being. I said in a negotiating tone, "Qin Xinmei, can we talk about anything in the future? You can't just ignore me."
Qin Xinmei's cold face suddenly turned cold again. She didn't answer my question, but raised her jade hand and tugged at my earlobe: "Tell me first, what's going on between you and Siting?"
My heart skipped a beat and I ignored the ear pulling. My heart was beating wildly and I was terrified. Could it be that Qin Xinmei found out about what was going on between Chen Siting and me?
Then I pretended to be calm and asked in surprise, "What's going on between me and Sister Siting?"
Qin Xinmei gently tugged at my ear and sneered, "Still pretending! You took such an intimate photo with her, and you call that nothing happened?"
I secretly breathed a sigh of relief. So this is what Qin Xinmei was talking about. Then she didn't know what happened between me and Chen Siting.
At this moment, an idea suddenly occurred to my mind. I pried open Qin Xinmei's hand that was grabbing my ear and took it in my own: "Qin Xinmei, are you jealous?"
Qin Xinmei's expression changed slightly, looking a little angry. She tried to pull her hand out of mine, but I held it tightly in my palm. She had no choice but to give up. She stared at me intently and said seriously, "Between you and Siting, or are you in a relationship? Just tell me. Is it true or not?"
I had no time to think about anything else, nor did I notice the subtle change in Qin Xinmei's expression. I suppressed my panic and said seriously, "No."
I can't admit it even if I'm beaten to death. If Qin Xinmei knew about what happened between Chen Siting and me, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Qin Xinmei's cold face was tightly fixed, her eyelashes and eyebrows were thin and even, and her clear eyes stared at mine without blinking.
I also looked up and suppressed my nervousness as I looked at Qin Xinmei.
In the hazy night, the lights on the seaside path were pale white and silver, but from a close distance one could clearly see the subtle changes in each other's expressions.
After a while, I saw Qin Xinmei's cold and tense face relax, and her bright eyes were intertwined with distinct black and white colors.
Qin Xinmei let out a breath from her red lips, as if she had experienced something terrifying between life and death. She reached out a delicate hand and touched my head, saying softly, "Chen Qing, I promise you, we'll talk things over in the future. What you said about the gap between our hearts widening? In my heart, that doesn't exist. Don't worry about such childish things in the future."
I also let out a breath, blinked and was about to speak, but Qin Xinmei covered my mouth with a jade hand. I could only look at the cold, delicate and perfect face so close to me in confusion.
Qin Xinmei's cold face changed, and a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth: "I changed your Kuyin profile picture for you." I was a little confused and subconsciously touched my phone in my pocket. I asked blankly, "What did you change for me?" Qin Xinmei put her hands behind her back and suppressed a smile: "Take a look."
I hurriedly took out my phone, opened Kuyin and clicked on the profile. I saw that the avatar had suddenly turned into a piglet, with two pig noses clearly staring at me.
There is no doubt that Kuyin was founded by Qin Xinmei. She abused her power and asked the technical staff to change my profile picture at some point.
I put my phone in my pocket, gritted my teeth and looked at Qin Xinmei, dissatisfied, "You deleted my sister's photos before, and now you changed my profile picture without my consent. I still say, can you please respect my privacy?"
"Most of my cool friends have a privacy confidentiality agreement. Chen Qing, except you. With me, Qin Xinmei, all your usage rights belong to me, and you have no right to protest. Your sister's photo is so explicit, shouldn't I delete it and save it for you for the New Year?" Qin Xinmei glanced at me, snatched the candied haws from my hand, took a small bite of a string, and then walked towards the path of the villa area with her long legs.
I hurriedly chased after her, and suddenly took the candied haws string that Qin Xinmei had eaten from her hand, and took a vicious bite of the candied haws that left tooth marks.
"Chen Qing, there are so many candied haws in the bag, why are you eating mine?" Qin Xinmei suddenly raised her jade hand and patted my head.
Knowing Qin Xinmei's personality, I knew she was in a very happy mood at the moment. I was also very happy. I pretended to be fierce and said, "Qin Xinmei, I'm warning you, don't hit my head again."
Bang!
A sound.
Qin Xinmei, holding a bag of candied haws, quickly raised her delicate hand and patted my head. She tilted her delicate white chin and sneered, "What's wrong with me patting you? Are you really planning a rebellion?"
I didn't say anything, just laughed and was about to take revenge on Qin Xinmei, but my eyes suddenly caught sight of a small creature crawling slowly under a kapok tree on the shady path where the lights were reflected.
Qin Xinmei noticed my abnormality and asked in confusion, "Chen Qing, what are you looking at?"
I approached the kapok tree and saw a tiny, crimson cicada, freshly emerging from the soil. I immediately grabbed it and excitedly said, "Qin Xinmei, look! It's a cicada! I caught one." Qin Xinmei pressed her delicate body against mine, emitting a faint fragrance. She stared intently at the cicada in my hand and muttered to herself, "It's been years! I didn't expect to see a little creature like this in the city."
"Let's take it home and raise it to see if it will grow wings and fly away tomorrow." I held the little red cicada in one hand, and held Qin Xinmei's tender hand in the other, and walked slowly along the path back to the villa.
On the stone benches along the shady path, and on the dark lawns far from the lights, many couples sat, whispering. Suddenly, a thought occurred to me. Qin Xinmei had just said she hadn't seen a cicada in a long time. I wondered if she was born in the countryside. Rural hills and bamboo forests usually have plenty of these little creatures.
I turned around and asked, "Qin Xinmei, where is your hometown?"
Qin Xinmei was stunned for a moment, as if my question was a bit unexpected. A faint smile crossed her delicate face. She stopped and looked up at the night sky in the west, muttering softly, "Our hometown is a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters. After a while, I'll take you to see grandpa and grandma. Maybe by then there will still be endless cicadas on the mountain."