It was already dark, and two other colleagues working in the bookstore had just left work.
Wen Qiuning stood at the door and was about to close the door. As if she had a premonition, she did not close the door immediately, but stood there and looked into the distance.
The street lights have been turned on, and there are not many people walking on the straight road.
Suddenly, a figure appeared in his eyes, riding a bicycle, wearing a white shirt and black pants, and a tall figure.
His whole body was shrouded in the light, and his facial features could not be seen clearly, but his short hair was very recognizable.
As the figure grew from small to large, Wen Qiuning felt his heart beating faster.
The cyclist brakes to a sudden stop, gets off the bike, steps on the stand, and carries things, all in one go.
That figure was right in front of him, and Wen Qiuning felt as if he had woken up from a dream.
"Yu Xiangyang, are you back?" She had a long-lost smile on her face.
Yu Xiangyang smiled and said, "I just arrived today and I brought you some fruit."
Only then did Wen Qiuning notice that Yu Xiangyang was holding two net bags in his hands, and the contents inside were wrapped in newspapers.
Wen Qiuning said, "Come in."
The two came to the backyard together, where there was a kitchen.
Yu Xiangyang put the things on the table and opened the newspaper, "Look, this is durian."
It was the first time Wen Qiuning saw a durian. It was a big, irregular round shape with green and yellow skin, and the outside was covered with thorns.
Wen Qiuning touched it and said with a smile: "It turns out that durian is like this. It's really prickly!" Sure enough, it's as big as your head.
Yu Xiangyang opened another one, which was a ripe banana, yellow and clear.
This is not a bunch, just a section, with a round stem in the middle and bananas all around it, like a turntable.
Yu Xiangyang said: "The bananas you usually buy are cut off from here."
Wen Qiuning nodded and asked, "A bunch of bananas has many segments like this?"
"Yeah." Yu Xiangyang broke off a banana and handed it to her, "Try it, it's naturally ripe on the tree, it's waxy and sweet."
Wen Qiuning was stunned, took the banana, tore open the skin and took a bite.
It's very sweet, but the tip of her nose is sour!
She was embarrassed to tell Yu Xiangyang that this was her first time eating bananas.
They didn't have these fruits there. When she was a child, she would get into trouble with her mother when she wanted to eat fruits. Her mother bought her local pears and limes.
Later, she became sensible and no longer bothered to eat fruit.
After finishing a banana, Wen Qiuning calmed down and said, "It's so delicious."
Yu Xiangyang smiled with satisfaction, "Go find a knife, and I'll open the durian."
Wen Qiuning took a kitchen knife and said, "Let me open it."
Yu Xiangyang said: "The skin is thick and prickly, so you can't open it. Besides, there's something special about opening durian. If you can't open it, you'll scratch the pulp."
Yu Xiangyang held down the durian with a newspaper and cut it open along the lines. A smell hit his nose, and Yu Xiangyang turned away in disgust.
Wen Qiuning also smelled it, and it was really smelly.
Yu Xiangyang stood two steps away, covering his nose with one hand and pointing to the yellow pulp inside, "Eat and see."
Wen Qiuning asked doubtfully: "Is it really edible?"
"able!"
Wen Qiuning hesitantly stretched out his hand, took a piece, and smelled it in front of his nose. It smelled so bad!
Yu Xiangyang looked at her expectantly and curiously.
Wen Qiuning couldn't live up to Xiang Yang's kindness. She secretly took a breath, held it in, and then took a bite.
A soft and sweet feeling immediately filled the mouth, and the bad smell immediately dissipated, replaced by a rich sweet aroma.
It turns out that this is what Yu Xiangyang meant when he said smelly and fragrant.
Wen Qiuning finished the piece of durian in her hand in a few mouthfuls. She nodded heavily, "Yeah! It's delicious! Even better than bananas!"
Yu Xiangyang grinned from the corner of his mouth to his ears, "As long as you think it tastes good!"
With that said, he walked to the table and opened all the remaining durians.
Wen Qiuning said a little embarrassedly: "Should I eat it all by myself?"
Yu Xiangyang said carelessly: "I don't want to eat it! The sooner you finish this, the better. Otherwise, everyone will come here tomorrow morning and think you pooped here!"
Wen Qiuning: "...Try a piece, it smells bad and tastes delicious."
Yu Xiangyang waved his hand and took two steps back in disgust, "I've tried it many times, but it doesn't work! I can't eat it!"
Wen Qiuning said: "It's a pity that you can't eat such a delicious fruit."
"Eat quickly! Finish it quickly!"
Wen Qiuning really thought durian was delicious, so she picked up another piece and ate it.
Yu Xiangyang felt very satisfied when he saw Wen Qiuning eating delicious food.
It's not in vain that he brought it from so far away!
These two kinds of fruits were specially bought by him the day before departure.
Wen Qiuning said she wanted to see durian, so Yu Xiangyang went to buy one. She saw bananas on the way and bought them too.
Wen Qiuning didn't know that bananas came in big bunches. Although he couldn't bring them in big bunches, she should be able to imagine what bananas looked like by bringing them with him.
Wen Qiuning sat at the table and ate durian quietly, while Yu Xiangyang stood two meters away and watched her eat.
He could feel the change in Wen Qiuning.
He still remembered the scene when he first gave her two apples and was coldly rejected by her.
She sat there, her body slightly bent, eating in small bites, like a cat eating.
From time to time, she raised her head and smiled at Xiangyang.
Under the orange white light, several moths rushed towards the lamp desperately. The two young men not far away from each other did not speak. They only looked at each other and smiled at the second when their eyes met.
Wen Qiuning finished a durian and burped with satisfaction.
She quickly found a bag and put the peel in it, ready to throw it away.
Yu Xiangyang disliked the smell.
Yu Xiangyang stopped her and said, "When I leave later, I can just throw it away."
Only then did Wen Qiuning remember that he had not yet thanked Yu Xiangyang.
"Yu Xiangyang, thank you, these two fruits are delicious!"
She could only thank her verbally. She didn't give anything back to Yu Xiangyang.
Yu Xiangyang said nonchalantly: "What's the point of a little fruit? I brought it along the way."
Wen Qiuning understood that Yu Xiangyang brought these two fruits to her specially.
Because they had talked about bananas and durians together, Yu Xiangyang remembered them.
The two chatted for a while about what happened during the holiday. It was getting late. Yu Xiangyang picked up the bag of peels and said, "I'm going back."
Wen Qiuning sent Yu Xiangyang to the door, "Yu Xiangyang, thank you very much! I hope we will always be good friends!"
This is what she says sincerely. She really wants to be good friends with Yu Xiangyang! They are just good friends!
She will slowly repay Yu Xiangyang's help and kindness to her.
She has no intention of getting married and finding a partner.
For such a good person as Yu Xiangyang, there should be someone like a fairy to accompany him.
(PS: Several readers @ me said that jackfruit has no thorns and does not smell bad. I changed the jackfruit in the first two chapters to durian. Uh~~~ But why did the jackfruit I ate when I was a child smelly? So after that time, I still dare not look at jackfruit.)
