Chapter 8: Enemies always have a narrow road (2)

I met my gratitude when I was five years old, when the Xiao family’s business had just started in the local area. My parents and uncle and aunt were busy looking after the company. Xiao Qing and cousin Xiao Fan were sent to the countryside to live with their grandfather.
Xie Yi's house happens to live next door to Grandpa's house. In Xiao Qing's impression, the boy with a strange name was particularly naughty. He went uphill to climb trees and often caught Xiao Qing out as a playmate. Playing in the mud on the ground all day, making the clothes colorful, so that every time Xiao Qing's mother came, the cold eyes made Xiao Qing's legs tremble.
Later, when I went to elementary school and middle school together, I also happened to be admitted to a city at university. The relationship became stronger and stronger. He regarded Xiao Qing as a little sister next door, and Xiao Qing regarded him as a good friend. In short, it was a very simple childhood sweetheart, during which there was no dog-blood incident.
The turning point came in the freshman year.
Xiao Qing was just eighteen when she was in her freshman year, and she was the youngest sister. Her birthday coincided with the weekend. To celebrate her adulthood, sisters Wei Nan and Qi Juan made it for her. A birthday Paty.
The party chose a small bar near the school. The three sisters pooled their wallets for the night and invited a lot of classmates and friends to support the scene. The crowd was full of emotions all night. Xiao Qing rarely put on a beautiful little dress, and was forced to put on makeup by Qi Juan, and surrounded by a group of people, she walked to the stage to give an "adult testimonial".
Standing on the stage and being watched by so many eyes, it was inevitable that she felt a little nervous. Xiao Qing took a deep breath, clenched a fist, and began to speak nervously--
"On this disaster-ridden planet, I have grown up safely for 18 years, but it is actually not easy. Now, I am about to enter the ranks of adults. I am very excited! Thank you all for coming to my 18-year-old Birthday party, spend this unforgettable night with me!"
This speech was written by sister Qi Juan, Xiao Qing memorized it last night, and there is a paragraph after it:
"In order to express my gratitude, I decided to..."
Xiao Qing was taking the back of the manuscript, and suddenly there was a burst of laughter from the corner.
Xiao Qing didn't know, so she coughed and continued to recite: "To express my gratitude..."
A group of people in the corner began to laugh.
Xiao Qing didn't understand what they were laughing at. She thought her clothes had gone out or said something wrong. She looked at Qi Juan and Wei Nan beside her with some anxiety. The two sisters shrugged and shook their heads, indicating that they didn't know either.
Xiao Qing stood there awkwardly and was laughed at by everyone, and the warm yellow light on the stage was projected on her body, setting off a flushed face. I was confused, and the manuscript behind the sentence "my thanks" was forgotten.
Suddenly, a boy stood up from the corner, walked in front of Xiao Qing, smiled and stretched out his hand to pat Xiao Qing's shoulder, "Xiao Qing, where is your gratitude, what's your order?" It's still that...the playboy's tone of molesting...
Wei Nan and Qi Juan next to them puffed twice, and each took a sip of drink.
Xiao Qing was flushed with anger, staring at him with wide eyes, unable to speak for a long while.
The laughter just now must be his idiot!
I thanked the for not making any mistakes, and he took his hands back gracefully, and joked: "Don't say'my gratitude' anymore. Although we were childhood sweethearts, you said in front of everyone that I would I'm sorry." As he said, he rubbed his flushed cheeks.
The audience burst into laughter.
"It turns out that this is Xiao Qing's'thank you'!" "Xie, you give yourself to Xiao Qing as a gift. She has said that you are hers."
Looking back, thank you, and cursed at the group of booing people in the corner: "Have you guys said enough? My Xiao Qing is embarrassed. Didn't you see her blushing?"
It's getting darker and darker...
To be honest, Xiao Qing really wanted to find a prop to shut him up. It's best to hit a whole big watermelon on top of his head, or just have a wok, just hit him on the head.
Unfortunately, she was standing next to the stage with no props, and a microphone in her hand was not easy to smash through. She could only gritted her teeth and stared at the gratitude for not knowing where she was wrong and desperately saying cold jokes to save the field.
Also from that day on, many people thought that thanksgiving like Xiao Qing, Xiao Qing likes thanking, no one knows that Xiao Qing's face is blushing rather than blushing, and no one knows that the blushing of thanks is because of drinking some beer.
He did drink high that day.
In short, the two suddenly became a pair of childhood sweethearts, and they also became the objects of friends making fun of them. Every time they party or travel, as long as there is a place to thank you, Xiao Qing will inevitably be molested
"Yo, Xiao Qing, your gratitude is here, what's your order?"
I learned that night, thank you for molesting Xiao Qing's tone in public.
Every time at this time, Xiao Qing wanted to lay down on the ground and dig a hole to bury herself.
During college, I endured an inexplicable scandal for two years. I finally endured my gratitude and got out of the country. I thought my ears were quiet. I couldn’t help but ran to recount the old days when I saw an old friend on the streets of New York today, which triggered my brain The inexplicable guilt of the lacking man.
"Sorry, I shouldn't have been so good to you and misunderstood you."
"Xiao Qing, you are too stupid to run so far alone for me..."
"But, I really can't respond to you."
"In my heart, you will always be the best friend."
"I wish you happiness."
The words of gratitude for the affectionate models echoed clearly in her ears, especially the four words "I wish you happiness", which blew through Xiao Qing's mind over and over again like a storm, causing her to feel batch after batch. Shabby.
She came to New York this time, and she was full of tragedies! The best men I met one after another!
Yesterday, I used three pages of paper to record Shen Junze’s guilt. Today I write this silly thank you, three pages are not enough!
...
Xiao Qing depressedly drew the name of gratitude on the paper a hundred times, went to the bathroom to take a hot bath, lay on the bed and closed her eyes. Just when she felt a little sleepy, the phone in the hotel room suddenly rang.
Xiao Qing answered the phone in a daze and heard a familiar voice in her ear.
"Xiao Qing, are you asleep?"
That gentle voice successfully caused the sleepy Xiao Qing to strike a spirit all over his body, completely awakened.
"No... I didn't sleep. You... what's the matter with you?" The ear deliberately stayed half a meter away from the microphone, so as not to hear his tragic performance again and make myself sick.
Thanks for a pause, and said softly: "Then go to bed early."
Xiao Qing was cruel, and gave it up: "...What's the matter, you should just speak up."
"Huh?" The tone of gratitude was very innocent. After a pause, he said with a smile, "It's okay, just call to ask if you are asleep."
This man is purely looking for a flirt in his spare time!
The cells in Xiao Qing's whole body were about to explode. After calming down for a while, she took a deep breath and said frustratedly into the microphone: "Thank you, what else do you want to say, is it all right? My nerves are tough, but they can't survive Start your tug-of-war like this..."
Thanks for being silent for a long time, and then cautiously said: "I and Minghui are getting married, and the wedding date will be this weekend."
Minghui? Sister Minghui, who is beautiful, gentle and treated her well in college, is getting married?
Xiao Qing just wanted to say congratulations with excitement, so she listened to her gratitude and lowered her voice--
"Xiao Qing, don't be sad."
You are sad, your whole family is sad.
"Actually, I feel the same for you as I feel for your brother Xiao Fan, pure buddy. I have never seen you as a woman."
Are you cursing me for not looking like a woman? ! My brother is a man and I am a woman. It all feels the same, you are so awesome!
"Xiao Qing, why don't you speak anymore?"
What should I say?
"Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry."
I am more interested in crying your funeral!
Xiao Qing grabbed the microphone with a headache, took a deep breath, and said calmly: "Thank you, I'm really not sad, you married Sister Minghui, I am very happy for you, I..."
Before I finished speaking, I was interrupted by gratitude: "We have been playing since we were young, don't I know you? Every time your voice is particularly calm, it proves that your mood is particularly unstable."
I'm not at peace because I can't wait to transform into a female ghost and crawl over to strangle you!
Xiao Qing gritted her teeth with hatred on the other end of the phone, and the gratitude was still there to continue her tragic self-intoxication: "I know a lot of outstanding men, I will introduce one to you the next day. You said you are twenty-two, and once in love Never talked about it. When I think about this, I think I can't help you..."
Xiao Qing couldn't bear it, and shouted at the other end of the phone: "You are enough! I just treat you as a friend and have no other thoughts. I have forgotten those old things. Don't always think that you are sorry for me. Really. Nothing like that. Did you hear me clearly?!"
Thanks for a moment of silence, and let out a soft voice: "I know, you only yell so loudly when you are particularly sad."
"..."
"Xiao Qing, just yell at me, yell at all the pain in your heart, so that you will feel better. I am willing to be a listener."
"..." Xiao Qing was silent.
Gratitude is also silent and concentrates on being a listener.
After a long time, Xiao Qing wanted to cry without tears and said: "I'm really not uncomfortable, can you spare me?"
Xia Yi was stunned, and then asked afterwards, "Are you sad anymore? I thought you were waiting for me to look back."
Wait for you to turn around? Just kidding, you better never look back. Go ahead and get out of the earth! Get out of my sight!
"You think too much." Xiao Qing said coldly.
"Before, you blushed every time they made fun of us, and turned your head away from looking at me. I thought you had a crush on me..."
Blushing is angry! Turning around, it's not that I didn't dare to look at it, but I didn't want to see your pie face with a big smile! Otherwise I will have the urge to rush to tear it!
Thanks for a moment of silence, and suddenly asked sharply: "Since you are no longer sad, why have you not been looking for a boyfriend?"
Xiao Qing's brain was hot, and she blurted out: "Who said I don't have a boyfriend, you are too small for people."
"Hey, don't lie to me, you haven't even held a man's hand."
"Who lied to you?" Xiao Qing continued to slap her face to fill the fat man, "I fell in love after you went abroad. I tell you that he is super nice and I like him very much."
"Really?" The tone of gratitude suddenly became very excited and joyful, as if finally letting go of a big burden and relieved, "I feel relieved when you say that. We are still good friends, right?"
"Um... yes..." Xiao Qing said weakly.
"Then introduce your family to me another day?"
"This..." Xiao Qing felt as if she had dug a fire pit for herself. Of course, the fire pit is better than grateful for the tragedy bombardment of talents from the performing department who have seen a lot of Qiong Yao dramas.
"Do you still hesitate? Isn't your boyfriend here? What are you doing when you run abroad alone?"
"Uh……"
"Or you don't have a boyfriend at all, are you lying to me?"
"...No." This is really not.
"Then introduce it to me another day."
"Hmm..." Xiao Qing nodded hard.
After the gratitude hung up, Xiao Qing stared into the microphone depressedly.
If you don't use her boyfriend's trick to block him, this gratitude will really haunt her for a tragic show.
This is also to blame for her straight personality, she doesn't want to care about a lot of things. She has never taken the jokes made by her friends seriously, so she just laughed it off, never took it to heart, let alone explained anything to thanks. I always feel that this kind of teasing joke, once explained, is more like a ghost in my heart.
Unexpectedly, thanks for the misunderstanding, the direction was too far. I thought she had been secretly in love with him, so I was embarrassed to explain. If I have a crush on him, I will be shy and blush and dare not even look at him...
Xiao Qing was lying on the bed, her whole body as weak as she was cramped.
Hey, bad luck, bad luck, how come the plague who was finally sent away was picked up again? Today you shouldn’t recognize him on the street, telling you to run to retell the past, and tell the story of the past, right?
Xiao Qing regrets that her intestines are all green. After thinking about it, she still feels that she should find a fake boyfriend to completely eliminate the narcissism of "being crushed by the girl next door for many years" and the strong "I'm sorry she delayed her youth" Guilt.
Just a candidate for this "boyfriend"...
There are not many people I know in the United States. The Chinese friends are all good buddies who are grateful. If you cheat, you will definitely be cheated. It’s not easy to find someone who is not familiar with thanks to someone who is not too familiar with it...
Xiao Qing's eyes lit up, yes, Jesen, he is a good candidate!
Thinking of this, Xiao Qing immediately turned up from the bed, picked up the hotel phone and dialed Jesen's cell phone.
"Xiao Qing?"
The low male voice in her ears moved Xiao Qing to tears.
"How do you know it was me?"
"Guess it." Shen Jun said casually.
This girl probably did something again. I didn't bring a mobile phone charger last time, so I didn't bring a laptop charger again, right?
Shen Jun was wondering, so he heard Xiao Qing ask: "By the way, are you familiar with gratitude?"
Shen Jun was startled, "I don't know him well. I only met recently."
"Great!" Xiao Qing said happily, "Then can I ask you for a favor?"
The smiling, polite, and sincere voices are comparable to China Mobile's customer service.
Shen Jun was really embarrassed to directly reject her polite request, so he had to bite the bullet and said, "You said."
"Just take an hour and pretend to be my boyfriend!"
"..." Shen Jun was silent for a while. In order to confirm that he was not a hallucination, he lowered his voice and asked word by word, "Pretending to be...your...what?"
Xiao Qing was startled by his low voice, and said with some guilty conscience: "Hehe, I know this request is a bit presumptuous, but...just pretending to be my boyfriend! Can it be an hour? Please, please, you Just stand next to me without saying a word, just use it as a prop! Leave everything to me!"
Props...
"Is it all right? I don't know many people here, so please help me this time, please!"
"Uh……"
"Thank you! Thank you so much! Then I will wait for you at the entrance of the hotel at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, see or leave! Bye!"
"..."
After Xiao Qing hung up, Shen Jun's dead brain finally restarted.
Did he agree just now? He doesn't remember that he agreed.
He accidentally screamed "er" because of the word "prop", and Xiao Qing heard it as "um"?
So this agreed?
...
Shen Jun suddenly felt like a boulder on top of his head, and his chest was so tight that he wanted to vomit a mouthful of blood.
He had been looking for someone to pretend to be himself to coax Xiao Qing, unfortunately, he got home and invited a thank you to be an actor, but the actor put him aside and played with Xiao Qing in front of him. Finally, let the younger brother continue to pretend to be himself, and finally passed the matter, thinking that Xiao Qing's side was finally quiet. As a result, Xiao Qing asked him to pretend to be...boyfriend?
He asked the actor to pretend to deceive Xiao Qing. Now, he himself has become the actor invited by Xiao Qing to deceive others? Retribution came so quickly?
Shen Jun put down the phone, the expression on his face was really ugly.
This feels really bad, like a hunter put a cover to cover his prey, walked around, only to find that the cover was back on his neck.