Chapter 8: Chapter08

The two did not make an appointment in advance, and had a meal together temporarily. Lu Xingxue asked Jiang Ci's opinion, and Jiang Ci suggested that it is better to go to Lin Ji.
Lin Ji has been around for many years, and because the dishes she cooks suit the taste of porcelain, as long as she is in City G, she always visits her at intervals.
The welcoming manager knew this regular customer. As soon as Jiang Ci entered the door, she smiled and greeted: "Come over for dinner with friends today?"
Lu Xingxue heard Jiang Ci say: "Ah, yes."
Under the guidance of the waiter, she sat down with Jiang Ci.
Jiang Ci is already familiar with the menu here. After recommending a few dishes to Lu Xingxue, he found that there was a missed call from the person in charge of the record store on his mobile phone, so he got up and called back.
When she came back, the waiter had already ordered the order for them, and Lu Xingxue asked her, "Ginger porcelain, where's the ring?"
Jiang Ci drank his mouth water before replying: "What ring?"
Lu Xingxue: "Did you go out with a wedding ring?"
Jiang Ci's gaze fell on Lu Xingxue's fingers, and Lu Xingxue did not wear a ring. Jiang Ci said, "No, why?"
Lu Xingxue: "Because you have been in the water,...just not in the aquarium."
Jiang Ci said clearly: "For the convenience of work, I don't wear a ring much. But... don't you think the wedding ring you prepared, um, the diamond on it is a little exaggerated?"
Lu Xingxue widened her eyes: "You don't like it?"
Jiang Ci: "..."
Jiang Ci: "I like it."
Jiang Ci's "like" duplicity was too obvious, Lu Xingxue leaned back in the chair, tilted her head, and the light was reflected in her eyes, full of shining smiles.
The sky was dark outside, and there were few stars in the sky above the city, but the ground was brightly lit, and the night breeze was blowing into the restaurant, where moving piano music was playing.
Since Jiang Ci and Lu Xingxue have known each other, it is rare to have such a relaxed and happy atmosphere.
"Aunt Yun said that to you?" Lu Xingxue's lips continued to rise: "It's been too long, I have forgotten."
Jiang Ci shook the red wine in the glass: "Secretly made friends with the sleepy bug, like what Lu Xingxue would say."
Jiang Ci put on his face after drinking, only a few mouthfuls, a thin red appeared on his cheeks.
Lu Xingxue put down the spoon and leaned forward, with a little bit of temptation: "Then do you want to know that Lu Xingxue who is friends with the sleepworm?"
Her eyes didn't blink, and her voice was soft and soft when she said her name. Whether it is sight or hearing, it is too sultry. Jiang Ci's heart is like an ant crawling over it.
Jiang Ci drank, and returned a soft "um" from his nose.
Getting a positive answer, Lu Xingxue pursed her lips and smiled, then her eyes rolled: "How about you?"
Jiang Ci put down the wine glass: "Me?"
Lu Xingxue: "What did you look like when you were a kid?"
The smile on Jiang Ci's lips gradually faded. For her childhood memories, most of her impressions were scenes with Wen Nian.
This is a topic that cannot be avoided by Wen Nian. Jiang Ci was unwilling to think about it. As he was about to say something else, Wen Nian's voice suddenly rang in his ears.
"Aci."
Before Jiang Ci could react, she pressed her hands on her shoulders: "The manager said that you are here. I thought she was joking with me on purpose.-It's been a long time, Mr. Lu."
Jiang Ci and Lu Xingxue looked up at the same time.
With almond eyes and petal lips, Wen Nian is a little thinner, her hair is cut over her shoulders, her long slender earrings hang on her collarbone, her skirt is tucked in her waist, and her belly is still not visible.
Lu Xingxue nodded: "Hello."
"...Are you alone?" Jiang Ci stood up, and Wen Nian's hand slipped along her arm.
"With friends." Wen Nian motioned to the table not far behind, and Jiang Ci looked down at the two strange faces.
That's right, she and Wen Nian have passed the stage of "I know your friends" a long time ago. Different life trajectories have fewer and fewer intersections.
"Drinking? Drink less, you will get drunk easily if you drink red wine." Wen Nian puts Jiang Ci's face on the back of her hand, "Look, she's already on her face."
Jiang Ci staggered his eyes: "I didn't drink much. But it doesn't matter if I get drunk, Lu Xingxue is here."
Wen Nian said to Lu Xingxue, "Listen, it seems that she is determined to trouble you today."
Lu Xingxue sat upright, grinned, and said slowly: "It's not troublesome, she has a good drink, and I will go back to rest soon."
Wen Nian: "Yes. Aci, you eat slowly, next time we find time to come out for tea and chat."
After Wen Nian left, Jiang Ci sat down again, but the relaxed and happy dining atmosphere just disappeared.
Wen Nian stayed in her heart for too long, entrenched too deeply, and suddenly met, it was difficult for Jiang Ci to be unaffected by her.
What I ate next, Jiang Porcelain was a little bit ignorant.
Wen Nian is so close to her, and from time to time there will be faint laughter coming from that table. Jiang Ci will think if she doesn't pay attention, what are they talking about, can it be so happy?
When the reaction came over, she was attracted, Jiang Ci lifted up the wine glass as a cover to drink, but before the mouth of the glass touched her lips, she remembered Wen Nian's words that she was easy to get drunk when drinking red wine.
...
Lu Xingxue saw Jiang Ci's frowning eyebrows from the wine glass, her eyelashes drooping like a picture, all emotions were covered.
After finishing the checkout, the waiter told Jiang Ci that someone had closed the table ahead of time. Jiang Ci turned around and Wen Nian came into contact with her cast of sight, smiled and waved goodbye to her.
After leaving the restaurant, Wei Ning was already waiting outside. The two got into the car one after another. Wei Ning asked them what arrangements they had next. Lu Xingxue looked at Jiang Ci, and Jiang Ci whispered, "Go home."
Lu Xingxue: "Then go home."
Jiang Ci lowered the car window, and the night breeze blew his face.
Because of Wen Nian's appearance, a good dinner became anticlimactic. Jiang Ci knew that his restless behavior was disrespectful to Lu Xingxue; Lu Xingxue must have seen it all, but it gave her plenty of room. The more Lu Xingxue cooperates like this, the more Jiang Ci feels sorry.
I should say something to express my apology, but Jiang Ci was not in the mood.
When I was about to get home, the vibration of the phone came from my bag. At first Jiang Ci didn't want to pay attention to it, facing the thick night outside the window, she suddenly realized something, she couldn't help but let out an "ah".
Lu Xingxue asked with his eyes.
"Huo Zhenzhen..." Jiang Ci turned out the phone, and it turned out that it was Huo Zhenzhen's call. She almost forgot that they had arranged a supper together.
Jiang Ci hesitated: "...Lu Xingxue, someone would like to have supper, do you want to go together?"
Huo Zhenzhen’s tattoo studio was opened in a very lively night market street. When Jiang Ci led Lu Xingxue upstairs, the fast-paced dance music in the closed shop was deafening, and someone shouted loudly: "You just fell in love last time. It happened in kindergarten! I told you that my first love was in elementary school! Elementary school! Drink it, and quickly drink the rest of the bottle!"
The extended work table in the center of the store was covered with tablecloths to serve as a temporary dining table, and several fancy young people were making a lot of fun.
As soon as Jiang Ci appeared, Huo Zhenzhen urged to turn off the music: "Our baby's ears have been tired for a day, so we have to rest.-Come on, Aci come to me!"
The music stopped in the next second, Jiang Ci smiled and turned around and waited for Lu Xingxue to enter the door.
Huo Zhenzhen originally left only one vacant seat for Jiang Ci. Seeing this, she drove away the small A who was sitting on the other side of her, and then moved a place to give them a space. Two seats together.
Lu Xingxue's dressing and the people in the tattoo shop are in two worlds. Everyone inevitably shines and roars: "...Sister Aci has brought new friends!"
Huo Zhenzhen raised his chin and corrected: "Be careful when you speak, what friend, that's your sister Aji's object, the kind who got the certificate!"
Everyone: "...wow!"
Lu Xingxue politely said: "My surname is Lu, this is the first time I met."
Everyone: "Sister Xiaolu is good."
Huo Zhenzhen knocked on them one by one: "What little deer sister! Little deer sister! It's Mr. Lu! Mr. Lu!"
Everyone was very supportive and immediately changed their words: "Good for Mr. Lu."
Jiang Ci picked up Huo Zhenzhen's beer can while shaking it and asked, "How much have you drunk?"
"Not much!" Huo Zhenzhen guarded his wine, turned his head and stuck to Jiang Ci's ear and whispered: "What's the matter with Lu Xingxue, you have been together recently? I'll see you in more than a month. Her frequency has almost caught up with the past three years."
Huo Zhenzhen only knew that they got married because their elders had an agreement. At the beginning, she also strongly opposed it, and love to be free! Freedom to get married! But Jiang Ci insisted on knotting, and she did nothing. Arranged marriages have no emotional foundation, and Jiang Ci doesn't mention Lu Xingxue in front of her after marriage—not to mention that there is a warm thought in the middle, so Huo Zhenzhen always thinks that the two of them have general feelings.
Jiang Ci lowered his voice: "It's all coincidence."
Huo Zhenzhen did not comment on this, and raised the bottle and said: "Everyone is here, let's go."
"Walk!" Everyone responded.
This is the first time Jiang Ci has brought Lu Xingxue to a friend party. I don’t know if she likes this atmosphere. Huo Zhenzhen said that he was drinking, Jiang Ci turned his head, and Lu Xingxue was drinking very well, with his neck slightly raised. , The jaw line is delicate and clear.
Jiang Ci's expression was a little surprised. Lu Xingxue removed the bottle and asked her, "...Is something wrong with me?"
The two of them were sitting nearby, Lu Xingxue lowered his head slightly to speak, and the tip of his nose almost touched Jiang Ci's earlobe.
Lu Xingxue exudes perfume, not strong, but rather more attractive to smell.
"..." Jiang Ci cleared his throat: "I just drank red wine, if you don't want to drink it here, you can skip it."
Lu Xingxue: "These amounts do not matter."
They face to face whispering, falling into the eyes of Du Xiaomeng at the front desk of the tattoo shop sitting opposite them: "His—to us singles, are you two unconscious?"
Huo Zhenzhen urged narrowly: "What should we do then?"
Du Xiaomeng stood up and looked left and right: "Where is the board? Let's play!"
"What about this!" The man on Lu Xingxue's right hand passed an erasable board to the left, and the board passed to Lu Xingxue's hands. Du Xiaomeng immediately called to stop: "We are just playing, sister Aci also played before. Yes, I must know how to play, Mr. Lu, you say I listen. The simple explanation of this game is that we ask questions about you, but sister Aji will answer. In general, it is a test of two people It’s like this."
Lu Xingxue: "Are you wrong?"
Du Xiaomeng: "Then drink!"
Jiang Ci raised objections: "I still don't..."
Seeing that she was about to escape on the spot, Huo Zhenzhen held her: "It's just playing a game. It's not the first time. Well, it's a big deal, I'll drink it for you. Mr. Lu, what do you say?"
Jiang Ci said in his heart that she refused because the other party was Lu Xingxue. Lu Xingxue's upbringing may not be a public disapproval, but playing this naive game is undoubtedly boring for her. of. Rather than let Lu Xingxue cater to her, it is better to let her refuse.
Lu Xingxue: "It sounds interesting."
"..." Jiang Ci's belly full of disbelief turned to nothing when he met Shang Lu Xingxue's curious eyes.
Huo Zhenzhen snapped his fingers: "Then I have to ask."
Her gaze was circling between Jiang Ci and Lu Xingxue. Jiang Ci suspected that she was deliberately making things difficult, so she winked away. Huo Zhenzhen decided to let her go and smiled: "Okay~ Then I ask you A simple,...So, what color does Deer like best?"
The crowd applauded in unison, this question is too much to ask.
Huo Zhenzhen smiled "haha" and motioned Lu Xingxue to write the answer on the erasable board. Lu Xingxue lowered his head and wrote two words, and the person sitting next to her took the board and showed the answer above for everyone to see.
Huo Zhenzhen craned his neck to finish reading, and urged Jiang Ci: "Say it."
Jiang Ci wondered how "simple" this question was. She didn't know Lu Xingxue at all, so how could she know her favorite color? …Wait, Lu Xingxue likes to go to Moby Dick, maybe he likes the sea, think of the blue light strip in Moby Dick, and Jiang Ci blesses his soul.
"blue."
When the voice fell, Huo Zhenzhen laughed with his palm, and Du Xiaomeng pointed to Jiang Ci: "Sister Aci, come on! Drink!"