"Zheng'an, what are you doing standing here? Go in and eat." Jiang Ning came out to call him after he didn't go back for a long time.
As a result, Zhou Zhengan was found to be still standing.
He found that this girl's addiction to smoking has become more and more serious recently. She actually came out to smoke in the middle of the meal. She looked nothing like the Zhou Zhengan he knew.
Zhou Zhengan came to his senses after being called out like this. He still had an unlit cigarette between his fingers. He didn't know how long he had been playing with it.
Zhou Zhengan felt a little irritated when he thought of the scene he just saw. He threw the cigarette into the ashtray on the shelf nearby, turned around and walked towards the private room with Jiang Ningyuan.
Jiang Ningyuan thought it was a new cigarette he took out after he finished smoking, and asked curiously: "What number is this?"
"..."
Jiang Nan and Xu Jing walked to the door and happened to see a little girl selling candied haws. She had two big braids and pink clothes. She was less than half her height, and she was actually carrying such a long gourd stand. .
Jiang Nan looked at her and looked a little cute. He walked to her and stopped, squatting down to look at the little girl's level and said, "Hello, can you sell me a bunch of candied haws like you?"
Her voice was gentle and there was a gentle smile on her face.
Xu Jing stopped behind her, looked at her with interest, and was not in a hurry to leave.
The little girl looked innocent: "Sister, what do you want?"
Jiang Nan pretended to think for a while, then tapped his chin with his hand and said, "Are there any with strawberries inside?"
"Yes." The little girl responded quickly.
"Then give me a bunch." Jiang Nan lowered his head and went to dig out the money in his bag.
Before she could ask, the person behind her asked, "Kid, how much does it cost?" Xu Jing walked up to her without knowing it.
The little girl looked at Jiang Nan, then at Xu Jing, and replied to Xu Jing: "Eight pieces of strawberry."
Jiang Nan had already taken out the money and was about to hand over a full ten yuan when he saw that Xu Jing had already handed the money to the little girl's hand, and took the bunch of candied haws she wanted from the little girl's hand.
The little girl was very happy after taking the money, said: "Thank you" and then walked away from them.
"Why did you pay the money? I owe you more now." Jiang Nan's eyebrows were filled with sadness.
"It's okay, just take it." Xu Jing handed the candied haws to her.
"This is the first time I've seen someone eat candied haws with strawberries inside." Xu Jing smiled.
"Then you can keep this bunch and eat it, just in time to try it." Jiang Nan did not reach out to take it.
Xu Jing forced the candied haws into her hand and said, "There will be many opportunities in the future."
Jiang Nan lowered his head and looked at the bunch of candied haws, and Xu Jing said again: "Let's go."
She looked up, a little dazed, and didn't react yet: "Where are you going?"
"Didn't you just say that you owed me a lot? Didn't you say that you wanted to treat me to dinner? I happen to be free today." Xu Jing had a faint smile on his lips.
Jiang Nan nodded: "That's fine."
They entered a nearby Western-style restaurant, not far from the building where they had just participated in the expo. After ordering, Jiang Nan lowered his head and sent a message to Xu Pingsheng, telling him that he was leaving first.
Jiang Nan actually understood Xu Pingsheng's painstaking efforts. He brought him along to the expo so that Jiang Nan could get to know more upper-class people and broaden his horizons in future work.
But Jiang Nan is really not a sociable person, and she is not very flexible with her words. I am afraid she can only work her way up a little bit.
After sending the message, Jiang Nan put down her phone, tore open the white plastic wrapper of the candied haws, and bit into her mouth. The candied haws made her mouth swollen. Jiang Nan lamented that luckily it contained strawberries and not hawthorns. It's not so sour. If it were hawthorn, she would be so sour that she would shed tears now.
That red, sweet and crispy skin can't cover up the acidity inside.
As she chewed, she somehow thought of the candied haws that Zhou Zhengan bought for her that night.
She remembered the taste, it was very sweet. Why didn't she taste the sourness at that time? Were the nuts that night really sweet?
Jiang Nan couldn't help but be lost in thought.
Jiang Nan didn't come back to her senses until the Boston steak she ordered was brought to the table by the waiter.
She glanced at Xu Jing, who was paying attention to her across the way. Jiang Nan lowered his head slightly: "I'm sorry, I was a little lost just now."
Xu Jing joked: "Have you thought of anything interesting?"
Jiang Nan did not deny it and replied softly: "Yes, it reminds me of the last time I ate candied haws."
"You always seem to be unexpected." Xu Jing curled his lips and said.
Jiang Nan also curled his lips slightly, thinking that he was joking.
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After dinner, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening, and it was completely dark outside. Jiang Nan pressed the bell on the table to summon the waiter to pay the bill. Xu Jing had a better understanding of her temper and did not argue with her this time. Pay the money, fearing that it will increase the burden on Jiang Nan.
The waiter looked at Jiang Nan, who was paying, and then at Xu Jing, who was in luxurious clothes. The gossip was all in his eyes. Xu Jing seemed to be invisible and looked at Jiang Nan with a gentle and amused look.
The two of them came out of the restaurant together. The lights outside were bright and there was a lot of traffic.
Xu Jing was about to send Jiang Nan home when the phone inside his coat rang at an inappropriate time.
He said "Sorry" to Jiang Nan, then turned sideways to answer the phone.
Jiang Nan looked to one side.
The person on the other end of the phone didn't know what he said to Xu Jing. Xu Jing frowned. After hanging up the phone, he turned around and said to Jiang Nan: "I'm sorry, Jiang Nan, I have something urgent. Maybe You have to go home on your own.”
Jiang Nan hurriedly said: "It's okay." She was too embarrassed to ask Xu Jing to take her back, so this was just right and she felt relaxed.
"Then let's meet up another day?"
Jiang Nan nodded, although in her heart she no longer had anything to do with Xu Jing.
Xu Jing smiled slightly after getting her answer, then turned and left.
Jiang Nan withdrew her gaze when she saw him walking away. It was still early today, so she could have walked back slowly, but her feet hurt too much, so she could only walk to the intersection ahead and take a taxi.
She walked along the avenue and unknowingly lowered her head to look at the stone bricks on the ground and started to count them one by one. This could divert her attention and allow her to ignore the numb pain in her heels.
Jiang Nan even felt that a layer of her skin had been rubbed off. She had felt this way just now when she and Xu Jing were sitting in the restaurant together.
Her eyes were gradually attracted by the unique stone brick patterns on the ground. People coming and going would not even look at the stone bricks, but she was curious and paid attention to them.
When Jiang Nan counted to twenty-seven, she discovered that the pattern on the stone brick happened to be a strawberry. She couldn't help but smile, thinking of the strawberry-wrapped candied haws she had just eaten.
Suddenly there was the sound of a bicycle ringing in front of him. Before Jiang Nan could even raise his head, someone grabbed his elbow and pulled him to the side.
The bicycle happened to pass by where Jiang Nan was standing just now. The speed was not very fast, but if Jiang Nan really hit it, he would definitely be injured.
Jiang Nan's heart was beating fast when she heard the person holding her elbow saying, "When will you learn to walk and see the road?"
This voice couldn't be more familiar.
Zhou Zhengan quickly let go of her hand, and the residual warmth between his fingers still stayed on her elbow for a long time.
Jiang Nan raised her eyes and met his calm, deep and extremely familiar eyes. She couldn't help but be startled, and suddenly had the illusion that she hadn't seen Zhou Zhengan for a long time.
Jiang Nan hurriedly lowered his head: "Thank you."
She even forgot to ask him why he suddenly appeared here.
The months of familiarity between them turned into an invisible embarrassment at this moment. Being between the two of them, Zhou Zhengan suddenly didn't know what to say.
It feels like we are already strangers, what else can we say.
"How have you been lately?" Zhou Zheng'an suddenly asked confusedly.
Jiang Nan was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "Very good."
Zhou Zhengan thought of her limping appearance that he had just seen. His eyes swept over her red heels, and he felt a little clearer. He was a little annoyed. Why did the man just leave like that? Just like that. Left her here alone?
Zhou Zhengan was stunned when he thought of this, and he suddenly remembered that he had left Jiang Nan like this before.
Zhou Zheng'an's heart became very complicated. He originally wanted to send Jiang Nan back, but their current relationship undoubtedly poured cold water on him. Zhou Zheng'an's inherent restraint made him say no. He was about to send her back, but the words he wanted to care about came out uncontrollably cold: "Go back, don't wander around on the road."
Jiang Nan nodded: "You too." She originally planned to walk to the intersection and take a taxi. She was wearing high heels and couldn't take a stroll even if she wanted to.
Zhou Zhengan watched Jiang Nan walk to the intersection step by step. A taxi happened to drive over. Jiang Nan waved quickly. The car stopped and she opened the door and got in.
Zhou Zhengan didn't move and watched the car drive away.
He was getting more and more upset, thinking about what he just blurted out, he wanted to bite his tongue.
Jiang Ningyuan came out of nowhere and put her hand on his shoulder and said, "What's going on, brother? Why didn't I see you so lost when you broke up with Gu Shengwei before?"
Zhou Zhengan raised his eyebrows in disgust: "Don't keep comparing them together."
What bothers him the most is when others compare each other with each other. No matter who the comparison and preference is, he doesn't like it.
Jiang Ningyuan curled his lips: "To be honest, buddy, I think you have to reconsider the importance of Jiang Nan in your heart. We are not young anymore. If we miss it, there will be no turning back."
He said and patted Zhou Zhengan on the shoulder.
Zhou Zhengan was in a daze and said nothing for a moment.
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