Chapter 36: Chapter 36

Since Jiang Lin moved out of Yushui Nanyuan, Ning Shuyue has not lived here very well. Wen Nian changed her house after work, Ning Shuyue moved away happily, but I don't know whether it was because of her busy schedule or inertia. Wen Nian still ran to Yushui Nanyuan every other time. Ning Shuyue felt distressed. So she moved back again.
Lu Xingxue got off the car with the red wine, Jiang Ci opened the security door at the bottom of the building, and the two walked to the elevator, and they met Jiang Lin and Ning Shuyue who came to pick them up after hearing the news.
"Oh! Just come to eat, bring something!" Ning Shuyue enthusiastically pulled Jiang Ci into the elevator, and said to Lu Xingxue with a big smile: "I don't know what I cooked Xiaobai, you can eat If you don’t eat, you must tell Auntie if it doesn’t taste good, and Auntie will improve it next time."
Jiang Lin followed behind and said: "Xiaobai hasn't been here yet. A Ci and I have also lived here before. It's on the fifth floor. Aunt Ning is opposite."
The four of them arrived on the fifth floor. As soon as they got out of the elevator, Lu Xingxue turned to look at the closed door opposite Ning Shuyue's house.
Jiang Lin: "We sold this house after we moved. The other person was quite polite. What kind of professor was it. He gave Aji a set of books at that time."
"Professor Lin, people are very easy-going, but speaking of it, I haven't seen him for many years. Anyway, this house is vacant and no one has been seen coming in." Ning Shuyue took out the newly prepared home shoes and replaced them with them.
Lu Xingxue changed shoes to enter the house. The house is not too big, with two bedrooms and two halls. The actual area may be less than 90 square meters, but the decoration is very warm, and everything is clean and spotless.
Jiang Ci hasn't been here much since he moved. At a glance, it seems that nothing has changed. ...There are too many memories of her and Wen Nian in this house, even if they have been relieved, but in the meantime, it is inevitable that they still have mixed feelings.
Ning Shuyue put the fruit plate on the coffee table in the living room: "Aci, you sit here with Xiaobai, and there is some soup. It will be ready soon."
Jiang Lin's voice floated from the kitchen: "What about Nian Nian? Shuyue, can you ask Nian Nian where is it now?"
Ning Shuyue: "It's coming soon. I called her before and said that she was out of the company."
Jiang Lin: "That's not anxious, let's wait for her to have dinner."
Ning Shuyue said "Eh", suddenly remembering something, wiped his hands on the apron, turned and walked into the room.
Jiang Ci was still standing in place, Lu Xingxue turned her head: "Ginger Ci?"
Jiang Ci put away his thoughts: "Then let's sit down."
The two sat down on the sofa, and Ning Shuyue came over with a stack of photo albums: "I have many photos of Aci when I was a kid! Xiaobai, I know you are coming, I found out specially to pass the time for you. ."
Lu Xingxue quickly got up and took the photo album: "Thank you, Auntie."
"No thanks, no thanks." Ning Shuyue looked at her with joy, waved his hand with a smile, and got into the kitchen again.
Jiang Ci was caught off guard by Ning Shuyue. She and Wen Nian have turned over these albums time and time again, and all the scenes in the photos are still vivid. Now they are held by Lu Xingxue, saying that it is fake not to be nervous, and she is not ready to share these with Lu Xingxue.
"You were when you were a kid." Lu Xingxue saw that Jiang Ci didn't respond, and joked: "Don't you introduce me to it?"
Jiang Ci said slowly: "...good."
As the top album was opened by Jiang Ci, a small line at the bottom right corner of the title page fell into the eyes of the two: Nian Nian 7 years old & A Ci 5 years old.
Jiang Ci approached, eh? There shouldn’t be this line before, right? Was Wen Nian added it later?
"5 years old", Lu Xingxue watched Jiang Ci turn the page and asked her: "What year did you move here?"
Jiang Ci: "Well, that year moved here."
In the year that he moved to Yushui Nanyuan, Jiang Ci was 5 years old, with her ears cut, full forehead, fine white skin, stars hidden in her slick eyes, and she wore a small blue skirt with white flowers, beautiful and delicate. Like a doll. In the photo, she frowned, Xiao Wennian lying prone in the bathtub, her cheeks that had been smoked by the heat were full of foam.
Jiang Ci remembered that not long after the thunderstorm had passed, she was especially sticky and warm during that time. The two made an appointment to go see the fireflies together, but Wen Nian forgot the time to take a bath, so she was wronged and ran into the bathroom to look for her.
Lu Xingxue looked at the photos first, then looked at Jiang Ci again, without turning his eyes away.
Jiang Ci subconsciously avoided her gaze, and his long eyelashes hung down: "What's the matter? ... Isn't it the same as now?"
"Like it." Lu Xingxue turned back to the album and uttered softly: "It's cute."
There was the sound of the code lock opening from the door, and someone entered the door from outside.
"Niannian back!" Jiang Lin put the last dish on the table and walked over to welcome Wennian.
"Aunt Jiang", Wen Nian put aside her bag, then changed hands to open the shoe cabinet: "Thanks for your hard work today, I have another good fortune."
Jiang Lin smiled and said, "Your mother has been busy all day, so we should wash her hands quickly. Let's have dinner right away."
Wen Nian: "Come here."
In the shoe cabinet, two pairs of strange women's shoes of the same color line side by side. Wen Nian glanced at it, took out his slippers from the lower floor and changed them, closed the shoe cabinet and entered the living room. Before saying a word, he smiled: "There is a block on the road, I am late....A Ci, are you looking at the photo album with Lu always? "
Lu Xingxue raised her eyes when she heard the movement, and smiled warmly and decently at this time: "Mr. Xiao Wen."
Standing at the dining table, Ning Shuyue undressed her apron and greeted everyone: "Come here and sit down. Let's eat and talk."
The dark red liquid was slowly poured into the goblet, and the food on the square dining table was full.
Ning Shuyue: "Xiaobai, you must have enough food and drink tonight. Auntie is so happy that you can come!"
Lu Xingxue: "I have been busy some time ago, otherwise I would have come here to disturb my aunt a long time ago."
Ning Shuyue: "Then I know my aunt's house now, and I will come to play frequently in the future!"
Lu Xingxue responded with a smile, turning his head to meet Jiang Ci's ear: "If I drink, you have to drive.... Or let Wei Ning come over?"
Her breath was on her ears, warm and sultry, Jiang Ci was ticklish, avoiding her ears, turning her face to her face: "You drink, I'll drive."
Don't mention how intimate they looked at this time, Ning Shuyue stabbed Jiang Lin next to her with an arm to show her, Jiang Lin had already laughed.
Wen Nian raised his glass: "Ms. Lu, I will toast you first with this glass. You have arranged the itinerary of Aunt Jiang and my mother so well, I am really ashamed."
Lu Xingxue: "Xiao Wen is always polite. It should be done for the elders."
The two clink glasses gently.
Jiang Lin said amusedly: "Ms. Lu and Mr. Wen, do you call such students? We are a family, so it’s better to get close to the hot spots."
Ning Shuyue said, "Xiaobai, my aunt respects you too. I really bother."
Ning Shuyue and Jiang Lin took turns to toast Lu Xingxue, and Lu Xingxue responded one by one, making them laugh.
Wen Nian scooped Jiang Ci a spoonful of beef, picked out all the onions mixed in the beef, held up his hand to her mouth, and whispered to her: "Today's dishes, my mother is super skillful, you eat more."
Ning Shuyue put down the wine glass, feigning anger: "Niannian, it's not my mother who said bad things. You can tell me to hear you now! Ever since I was a child, I thought that my cooking was not as good as your Aunt Jiang, I Say, you might as well follow Aunt Jiang and be her daughter!"
Wen Nian and Jiang Ci glanced at each other.
Jiang Lin stroked her palm: "Then I can't ask for it, such an excellent daughter gave me, Shuyue, don't regret it."
Ning Shuyue stood up and gave Lu Xingxue a spoonful of beef. Turning around, he argued with Jiang Lin: "Nan to you, Aci to me. Let's change. I promise not to regret it."
Jiang Lin: "Then you can make money, one for two, and Aji gives it to you. Doesn't Xiao Bai have to follow you?"
Ning Shuyue laughed, Lu Xingxue lowered his head, and a faint smile appeared on his lips. He stretched out his chopsticks and pulled the beef from the plate aside.
After the meal, Jiang Ci took the initiative to clean the table, and Lu Xingxue came to help her. How can Ning Shuyue bother Lu Xingxue and find an excuse to dismiss her: "Xiaobai, there is no baking soda at home, so please buy a bag for auntie? Just like this, the casserole is not easy to wash."
Lu Xingxue: "Oh, good."
Jiang Lin casually said: "Xiaobai doesn't know where they can be sold...Aci, don't be too busy and go shopping with Xiaobai."
Jiang Ci: "Wait, I'll put here—"
Ning Shuyue snatched the dishes in Jiang Ci's hands: "Go, go, here auntie."
The street lights illuminate the ground, Jiang Ci walks ahead, Lu Xingxue slows her a step, and follows behind. Yushui Nanyuan occupies a small area, and the two quickly left the complex and bought baking soda in a convenience store along the street.
When Jiang Ci checked out, Lu Xingxue's eyelashes flashed: "I want to eat ice cream."
She had drunk wine, her eyebrows were flushed, the corners of her lips were lightly raised, and her face was in full bloom. The cashier looked at her a few more times. Hearing this soft whisper, she felt hot inexplicably.
Jiang Ci slowly nodded, "Okay."
When the two left the convenience store, Lu Xingxue dug a spoonful of ice cream. When the ice melted on the tip of her tongue, she asked Jiang Ci: "Before moving, do you often come here to buy things?"
Eating ice cream outdoors in winter night is still a bit cold, Jiang Ci exclaimed, "Yes."
Lu Xingxue: "I often go this way home."
Jiang Ci: "Yeah."
Entering the community, passing the children's playground along the way, the unique laughter of the children pierced into their ears in the night. Lu Xingxue stopped, and Jiang Ci also stopped.
"Will you play here when you were young?" Lu Xingxue tilted her head.
Jiang Ci: "When I was young, there were only two slides here.... I didn't dare to play. Sometimes I climbed up, and I was murdered by children older than me."
Lu Xingxue: "Wen Nian can't help you?"
Jiang Ci: "Help."
After watching for a while, Lu Xingxue continued to walk forward: "Will you also go to school with Wen Nian?"
Jiang Ci paused and nodded.
Lu Xingxue slowed down.
The street lamp stretched the shadows of the two of them, and Lu Xingxue let out a low sigh: "What should I do, I am envious of Wennian since I saw the photos, and I can meet you so early."
Lu Xingxue stopped in front of Jiang Ci, her eyes gleaming, she suddenly raised her hand and wiped it from the corner of Jiang Ci's lips: "It is."
No matter what she said or what she did, Jiang Ci's head was blank by surprise: "..."
Lu Xingxue: "Ice cream."
Jiang Ci: "...oh, oh."
Jiang Ci: "Thank you."
Lu Xingxue smiled at the corners of her eyebrows, gentle and shy: "Do you feel cold?"
Jiang Ci stabilized his uncontrollable heartbeat: "...It's okay."
"Nian Nian, Nian Nian? Nian Nian, will you live with your mother tonight, shall I make your bed?" Ning Shuyue's voice came from outside the door.
In the kitchen, under the window, Wen Nian turned off the running water, lowered his head and wiped his fingers dry. After ten seconds of silence, he turned around with a smile: "Mom, I will do it myself."
Sitting again at Ning Shuyue's house, Jiang Lin left with Jiang Ci and Lu Xingxue.
She had a good drink today, and her slightly drunk state made her feel extremely happy. Leaning on the back of the back seat, she took Lu Xingxue's hand and over and over said with emotion: "Mom is very happy today, Xiaobai, you are more sensible than Aji. If you two children in the future are like you, I will be really satisfied. "
Jiang Ci while driving: "..."
How could Jiang Lin be so persistent about urging them to have children?
Jiang Ci was a little embarrassed and couldn't help but reminded: "Mom, you can take a rest."
Jiang Lin: "Mom drank too much and talked drunk, hahaha, it's not a reminder, Xiaobai, mom doesn't mean it."
Lu Xingxue only smiled.