Chapter 12: 12

Chen Man brought Jiang Xi's first visit to this restaurant for decades. From the many years it has opened, it can be seen that the dishes are good.
Chen Man particularly likes the taste of this restaurant, but today's meal is unwieldy.
The reason was without him, all she thought about was Jiang Xichu.
The two ordered three dishes. At the end, they did n’t even finish one dish, carrying a packing box. Jiang Xichu walked in the front. The early summer night was not cold or hot. The gentle breeze blew on the two people. Getting up briskly, she slightly twitched her lips and slowly walked towards the parking lot.
Behind him, Chen Man followed her, keeping his eyes on Jiang Xichu's back.
Does she really like me?
Impossible, she doesn't like me, I already knew that.
Maybe I got it wrong, she might like me too!
No no no, if she liked me long ago, how could she wait till now.
Why is it impossible to wait till now? Maybe Jiang Xichu's reflection arc can circle the earth three times!
...
Chen Man's heart was fighting with each other. Jiang Xichu walked to the car, turned to look at Chen Man, and motioned to her door. Chen Man followed her motion and stopped, standing one meter away from her.
Jiang Xichu raised her eyebrows slightly, and didn't understand how she couldn't keep up.
Chen Man slowly took a look around. This parking lot is relatively desolate, because there is an office building next to it, so after the shift, there are basically no cars or people, Chen Man takes a deep breath, and then walks to Jiang Xichu.
Jiang Xichu looked at her this way, and she felt a little nervous involuntarily. She frowned and asked, "How do you ..."
Chen Man went out, she felt that if she didn't figure out the problem today, she wouldn't even want to sleep tonight and countless nights in the future!
She stared at Jiang Xichu's eyes, not missing every emotional change on her face, "Jiang Xichu, I have never asked you a question."
Jiang Xichu froze, "What's the problem?"
"People you like ... what's her name?"
When the surroundings fell into silence, Chen Man felt that he could hear nothing, except for his heartbeat, like bursts of drums, like jumping out of his chest. The more she didn't speak, the more Chen Man became nervous. When the tension reached a certain level, pessimism and inferiority once again occupied the high ground. Chen Man turned away quickly as he avoided it, and laughed twice. It's okay, I'm not so interested in this issue ... "
"Chen Man."
Chen Man hadn't responded for a moment, and she said dumbly, "Ah, something?"
Jiang Xichu raised his corners of his mouth, his voice was clear as spring water, and instantly washed away all the pessimistic thoughts in Chen Man's heart. "I didn't call you, I was answering your question."
What is the name of the person you like?
-Called Chen Man.
Chen Man is now more stunned than she was just now. She opened her mouth but couldn't make a sound. After about ten seconds, she heard her dry and tight voice sound, "You ... you won't be Are you kidding me? "
If it was a joke, she might not survive. Give hope first and then break hope, there is nothing more cruel than this.
Jiang Xichu frowned. She put the packaged food on the roof of the car and looked at Chen Man very unhappy. "Why should I joke with this kind of thing? Do you think I am such a person with humorous cells?"
As she said, she sneered, "Still, you think I'm extremely serious about feelings, so I can make such jokes casually."
Jiang Xichu was a little angry, although she didn't know why she was angry, "Can't I truly like you, do you like me, why can't I like you ?!"
Chen Man's eyes widened instantly, her face was as red as the newly picked red Fuji, and the words stammered, "Who, who, who said I like you! Don't tell me blindly!"
Jiang Xichu's face changed slightly. "You don't like me?"
Jiang Xi took a step back at first, looking as if she was about to leave. In fact, she just felt that it was inconvenient to stand here with Chen Man, so she wanted to change positions, but Chen Man didn't know. She thought she was leaving and was in a hurry.
Chen Man walked quickly to her, took her hand, what a joke, now that Jiang Xichu is let go, then she is still alive? How can the heart that is about to explode return to normal.
"Like! I like it ..."
The first sentence was shouted, and the second sentence suddenly lost her spirit, and she hummed at the same volume as the cat. After speaking, she always felt very shy, but she also knew that when she was not shy, what face, What dignity does not matter!
Chen Man forced herself to look up. She pursed her lips and looked at Jiang Xichu, just like a stray dog ​​begging passers-by to bring her home. She looked at Jiang Xichu poorly. Now, do you really like me? The love I say is not the love among friends, it is ... the love among lovers, do you understand? "
Jiang Xichu knew that Chen Man was timid and knew that she was relatively inferior in terms of feelings, but she did not expect that she would be inferior to this point.
Jiang Xichu knows Chen Man very well. The two of them have been together since college. Jiang Xichu should be the one who knows her best except her parents. Therefore, Jiang Xichu is puzzled. Chen Man is not an inferior person. Instead, she Very confident and very sunny.
But when she faced herself, she always flinched and looked forward, what does this mean?
This shows that in Chen Man's eyes, she is better than Chen Man, much better than her, almost the best person in the world, so she feels that she is not worthy of herself.
Jiang Xi turned his head and blinked, blinking the discomfort and movement in his eyes.
Her heart was soft and confused. Jiang Xichu tilted her head back again. She stretched out her arms and hugged Chen Man tightly. The two bodies were tightly pressed together. Jiang Xichu's ears were close to her lips. I don't know how to put it. Jiang Xi hugged her for a while, then she got up slightly, deflected the angle, and gently kissed the corner of Chen Man's mouth.
"Do you believe it now?"
...
On the way back, Chen Man did not drive, Jiang Xichu was driving. Because Chen Man's condition is no longer suitable for driving, she was tense all the way, but unfortunately, the corner of her mouth always betrayed her.
In the evening, both of them had nothing to do. Lying on the bed in the bedroom, Jiang Xichu turned on the TV and started watching a TV show that had been on fire for seven or eight years. Chen Man was quietly watching with her at first. Later, she stuck to Jiang Xichu. , Like a little girl, asked Jiang Xichu about this and that.
"When did you know that I liked you?"
Jiang Xichu was vague, "It didn't take long."
"So, when did you like me?"
"After I found that you liked me. Anyway, it ’s the top boss. Now that you want to subscribe to me, I also have to think about it, or give you a chance to subscribe to it, don't you?"
Chen Man shoved her, "What hidden rules! Don't say so unbearably, my heart is against you, but the sky and the earth can be learned, and the sun and the moon can be seen. If you have to say the hidden rules, I have almost the same hidden rules ... "
Have you ever seen a latent rule subject scolding him every day? She's never seen it anyway.
Talking, Chen Man didn't feel right. When he turned around, Jiang Xichu looked at her with a smile, Chen Man was silent, "What's wrong, did I say something wrong?"
Jiang Xichu smiled and shook his head. "That's right, I'm just curious."
"Oh," Chen Man nodded obediently. "You ask."
"Since the world can be learned and the sun and the moon can be seen, why do you never tell me, and when I say I have someone I like, you would rather go to the bathroom and secretly cry than try to fight for it.
Chen Man's face turned red, and she bowed her head in embarrassment. "You know this ..."
After a long pause, Chen Man raised his head again. "Because, I don't want you to hate me."
Jiang Xichu frowned, Chen Man pursed his lips: "Maybe you think my reasons are more perfunctory, but I think so, I'm afraid you will hate me. Friends are the strongest but also the most fragile relationship in the world Loved ones are irreplaceable and can never be changed. It is hard to replace lovers and difficult to change. But friends, this is the relationship that is the easiest to find someone to replace. Basically, you do n’t need conditions. If you know someone, she can become your new friend if you can talk. "
At the end, Chen Man's voice is getting lower and lower, "I am the status that can be replaced at any time, so what I fear most is that you hate me, because if that is the case, then I can stay with the last point. The chances around you are gone. "
For a long time, Chen Man didn't hear Jiang Xichu's answer. She quietly looked up, but accidentally bumped into Jiang Xichu's sight. The latter chuckled and spit out two unreal words, "Fool."