Chapter 23 023 Build our little home together.

"Shi Chuan, don't stop here..."

In front of the full-length mirror, the woman with a flushed face hid shyly in his chest and begged in a low voice.

The hot body temperature touched, and the rhythmic sound of rain hitting banana leaves suddenly stopped.

Their shoulders were tightly pressed together, and two dark red black buck roses were tied together.

But the next second, the two roses gradually disappeared, and the woman's incoherent hum turned into a cold "Thank you, but no thanks".

He looked at the mirror in panic, and the face reflected in it, who was holding her, was actually the face of the man named Lu...

Shi Chuan suddenly opened his eyes and stared at the white ceiling, and his breathing seemed to have stopped.

After a long time, he took a deep breath violently, and his head was splitting.

Tang Sijia only had one lawyer friend.

Lu Langzhou.

Her high school classmate.

She had been fascinated by his hands and recognized the man many years later with just one hand.

High school.

What a wonderful youth, even memories can be covered with countless layers of filters.

And all he had were professors with blank faces invited by Zhou Qing to teach old-fashioned and boring content.

Have they contacted each other again?

Why are they still together at 7:30 on a weekend? What are

they doing? What did they do?

Countless questions crowded his brain.

Shi Chuan got up, got out of bed, went to the bathroom, and the cold water poured down, and his brain finally woke up completely.

When he changed his clothes, the doorbell rang.

The family doctor stood outside the door and nodded to him politely: "Mr. Shi, you are looking for me?"

Shi Chuan said "Hmm": "Please change to another sleeping pill. The previous effect was not good."

Doctor Chen thought for a while and asked cautiously: "That is already one of the best drugs developed by pharmaceutical companies with minimal side effects. Mr. Shi, can you tell me where the effect is worse?" Shi

Chuan paused while putting on his coat: "...It is easy to have some bad dreams."

Doctor Chen frowned, his expression became more serious, and guided him step by step: "Mr. Shi, can you be more specific, such as which aspect..."

He didn't finish his words, and was shocked by the boy's almost indifferent blue eyes.

"You don't need to come in the future." Shi Chuan put down this sentence, stood up and walked out.

Doctor Chen looked at his back and sighed. It was the first time he had seen a patient who resisted emotions so strongly.

It was like treating certain memories as evil dragons guarding gold, silver and jewelry, not allowing anyone to peek, even himself.

No, Doctor Chen quickly denied himself.

The evil dragon would not have the eyes like just now, more like... a snake.

The kind of snake that is extremely beautiful but extremely poisonous.

*

"Have you ever seen a locust tree that was broken by external forces? At the place where they were broken, they would secrete a special substance, which would slowly grow a harder tree tumor there."

Tang Sijia typed this line, pushed open the desk, and stretched his body.

Finally, before leaving work, he finished revising the last section of the plot for today.

Rubbing her dry eyes, Tang Sijia was about to go to the tea room to get a glass of water, when a glass of ice water with lemon slices was handed to her. Sister Wang raised her chin to her: "Are you done?"

Tang Sijia smiled gratefully and nodded: "Thank you, Sister Wang."

Sister Wang carefully looked at her expression, and touched her chin for a long time pretending to be profound: "Something is wrong, very wrong."

Tang Sijia was amused by Sister Wang's actions and laughed: "What's wrong?"

"You and Lawyer Xiao Lu," Sister Wang came closer to her, "In more than half a month, Lawyer Xiao Lu has not come to our company again. Last time I saw him in the coffee shop downstairs to handle something nearby, he didn't even tell you or wait for you to get off work, and he has even been a lot quieter during this period."

The smile on Tang Sijia's lips gradually disappeared.

She remembered the scene two weeks ago after Lu Langzhou said those words to her about "pursuing her."

At that time, she was very flustered and at a loss. She wanted to avoid his expectant eyes, and even felt guilty because she couldn't respond.

However, she knew that she had to give the other party a serious answer, so she also expressed her thoughts: "Langzhou, I am very grateful for your pursuit. At this time, it gave me great encouragement and prevented me from falling into the quagmire of self-doubt."

"But now I don't want to let myself fall into the emotional difficulties between men and women again. I may still choose a marriage to spend the rest of my life, but I hope to have a family relationship with the other party. Can you understand?"

In her last relationship, she arbitrarily changed her family, so in the end, she not only lost the "lover" who could not be called a lover, but also lost her family.

Therefore, it is better to be a family member from the beginning.

In this way, they can accompany each other and live a plain life.

"Sijia?" Sister Wang's voice pulled her back from her memories.

Tang Sijia came back to her senses, pulled the corner of her lips and responded: "No, I see that his Moments are always updating Lulu's situation."

During this period, she and Lu Langzhou had no contact again. Perhaps this is the tacit understanding between adults. A tactful refusal is also a refusal.

But every night after dinner, around 8:30, his Moments would always update a message about Lulu on time.

Sometimes it was a video, sometimes a text, sometimes a few photos, and it never stopped.

And through his Moments, she saw Lulu slowly become a cheerful and lively healthy puppy, and she became happy.

"What do you mean by updating Moments?" Sister Wang took out her mobile phone in confusion, found Lu Langzhou's avatar, clicked it, and there was only a prompt that "users only show Moments in the last month", without any other messages.

Tang Sijia opened her mobile phone in surprise, and his Moments had at least one update every day.

At this time, he shared Lulu's photos and videos densely.

"I thought, it turns out that he was afraid that you would worry, so he simply blocked us all and only showed you." Sister Wang laughed teasingly.

Tang Sijia looked at the rich content in Lu Langzhou's Moments in a daze. Before, she thought that his Moments were just like him chatting with her, and the tone was almost exactly the same.

So... was he really chatting with her through Moments to let her know about Lulu's recent situation?

Tang Sijia felt a warm feeling in her heart, very comfortable, just like soaking in warm water, not too scorching, nor too cold.

After dinner that night, around 8:30, Tang Sijia opened Lu Langzhou's Moments.

Soon, he updated a message: [Lulu doesn't like fish oil, but don't worry, I bought salmon and she likes it very much. ]

Below is a photo of Lulu happily wagging her tail while eating salmon.

Tang Sijia stared at the simple text and pictures. Perhaps because of the conversation with Sister Wang in the afternoon, she suddenly felt that the words "don't worry" were actually meant for her.

She was silent for a long time, and quietly clicked a like under the circle of friends.

The moment she clicked the like, her mobile phone received a push from the city's official account: the previously closed bungee jumping platform was reopened.

*

The next day was Saturday.

Tang Sijia made an appointment for bungee jumping on Sunday morning, and then found that the refrigerator was empty, with only a handful of baby spinach and a few eggs left. She simply made spinach and egg soup, and after eating it, decided to go to the supermarket to buy some.

As soon as she walked out of the corridor door, she saw a man and a dog standing there, looking at her together.

The puppy jumped towards her excitedly, sticking out his tongue happily.

Tang Sijia was startled: "Langzhou, why are you here?"

Lu Langzhou soothed Lulu's head: "Lulu was very happy to see your likes, so I wanted to tell you in person."

Tang Sijia was amused by his words and walked up to touch Lulu's head.

Lulu jumped up excitedly, and her front legs could already be placed on her arms.

"Where are you going?" Lu Langzhou looked at her and asked.

"Go to the nearby supermarket to buy some ingredients."

Lu Langzhou smiled: "It just so happens that I will buy some salmon for Lulu."

The two people and the dog walked quietly out of the community. The advantage of the new home is that in addition to being close to the subway station, there is a large chain supermarket not far away. Fruits and vegetables are new every morning, and it is very convenient to buy anything.

It's a pity that the supermarket does not allow pets, so Lu Langzhou had to put Lulu in the car temporarily, lowered a small half of the car window, turned on the air conditioner, and took out a duck neck chewing stick. Watching Lulu chewing with relish, he left with peace of mind.

There were a lot of people in the supermarket on Saturday morning. Lu Langzhou pushed the shopping cart while Tang Sijia walked beside him. At first, she was still a little uncomfortable, but as time went by, she gradually calmed down as she saw everyone carefully selecting products.

The two walked around the fruit and vegetable area and the fresh food area, and soon they had bought the ingredients for the next few days, and also bought the salmon that Lu Langzhou needed.

Thinking that Manager Sun said he might go to Wuzhen to shoot later, she might have to go on a business trip for a few days, so Tang Sijia went to the living area and bought some disposable items.

Unexpectedly, the more she walked around, the more she felt that her new home was always missing something, so she simply bought new toothbrushes, cups, slippers, towels, bath towels, etc.

Finally, the two went to the beverage area. Just as Tang Sijia was about to look for her favorite coconut water, she heard a hesitant voice behind her: "Ms. Tang?" The tone was obviously foreign.

Tang Sijia's body stiffened slightly, and when she turned around, she saw William standing there. His handsome appearance with blond hair and blue eyes made him easily attract the attention of people around him, making it difficult for people to ignore him.

"Mr. William." Tang Sijia nodded lightly, as a greeting.

"Sijia?" Lu Langzhou beside her called her in confusion.

Tang Sijia reacted and forced a smile: "This is Mr. William, the person sent by Hansi headquarters to handle Nanshan Media affairs."

Lu Langzhou looked at William, who was also looking at him, and soon the two greeted each other.

William didn't seem to notice Tang Sijia's indifference. He shook the water in his hand and explained: "I'm going to the airport in a while. I'm a little thirsty when I pass by here. I came to buy a bottle of water."

Tang Sijia said "hmm", without any emotion in his tone, and obviously had no intention of chatting in detail.

William's eyes fell on the shopping cart beside him, scanning the items inside one by one, then raised his head and smiled kindly: "I'm going to fly to Haicheng."

Tang Sijia's eyebrows were slightly frowned, and he said politely: "Then I wish you a safe journey."

William nodded and thanked him, without staying any longer, and left after saying goodbye.

Tang Sijia continued to walk forward, found her favorite coconut water, put it in the shopping cart, checked out, and left.

This was just a small episode, just like a phone call at night, and once you wake up, you can forget about it.

Lu Langzhou quietly pushed the shopping cart beside her.

There were too many things, and although Lu Langzhou said it was no problem, Tang Sijia thought about it and paid a deposit of 150 yuan, pushing the shopping cart out of the supermarket.

Why tire yourself out if you can save effort.

The two picked up Lulu and walked side by side towards the community not far away. When they reached the gate of the community, Tang Sijia was teasing Lulu when she heard Lu Langzhou's voice: "Sijia."

Tang Sijia paused while touching Lulu's head, stood up, and looked at him.

"Sijia, I have thought carefully about what you said last time. You said that you would rather spend the rest of your life with the other person as a family than in love. However, that would always require getting to know a person again, and you and I don't need that."

His eyebrows were calm and gentle: "Are you willing to accept my pursuit on the premise of building our little family?"

Tang Sijia stood still, looking at the man's serious expression, and his breathing was flustered for a moment.

A message rang on the phone.

Tang Sijia hurriedly took out her phone and saw the message that she had successfully booked the bungee platform.

She paused, looked up for a long time, and looked at the man who was still patiently waiting for her answer: "I'll give you the answer tomorrow, okay?"

*

In a black Lincoln car not far away, William stroked his phone and quietly watched the man pushing a shopping cart and the woman walking quietly with a black dog outside the window.

The last time he saw her, he still remembered her pale and fragile appearance. After more than two months, she was so calm that it seemed like nothing had happened.

As one of the people who helped Shi Chuan deceive her, she didn't even have any resentment in her eyes when she saw him.

Is such a person really suitable to be dragged into the complicated quagmire of the Jiang family?

William had doubts in his heart.

The Lincoln car quickly set off for the airport, and William took a plane to Haicheng.

When he arrived in Haicheng, it was exactly 3:30 in the afternoon.

Shi Chuan came to pick him up in person.

The first time he saw Shi Chuan, William felt that he was different, but his not-so-rich Chinese vocabulary went around in his mind for a few circles. After various permutations and combinations, he only formed a sentence: "Chris, you are like a piece of ice now."

Shi Chuan's reaction was just to glance at him, then retracted his gaze and continued to look at the documents he brought.

This is the next artificial intelligence project that Jiang Huaian hopes he will take, a bone that Jiang Huaian himself couldn't chew.

Seeing him like this, William shrugged boringly, and then remembered something: "I heard that you drove Dr. Chen away?"

"Yeah."

"Why?"

"It's useless to me." Shi Chuan's tone was always flat.

William laughed angrily: "You know that Dr. Chen is a leader in the industry, right? As long as you crack a little, he can analyze you thoroughly, but what about you? You are simply unyielding. What do you want him to do?"

Shi Chuan lowered his head to read the documents, following his words "indifferent to oil and salt", as if he had not heard anything.

William stared at him like this, frowned, and said slowly for a long time: "Isn't it a coincidence that I met Miss Tang again on the way to the airport."

Shi Chuan still sat there, without moving, and his expression was not the slightest bit different.

But William found that his previous action of reading ten lines at a glance suddenly became slow, and he didn't turn a page for a long time.

Seeing this, William turned his head to appreciate the scenery outside the window, and refused to say another word.

There was only a dead silence in the car for a while.

Just when William was faintly impatient, he thought that Shi Chuan, who was still as dull as before, actually took the initiative to speak, with an indifferent tone, as if asking a dispensable person: "How is she?"

William turned his head, with a hint of surprise in the depths of his eyes, which was soon replaced by teasing, and asked knowingly: "Are you asking about work, life, or feelings?"

Shi Chuan raised his head and looked at him calmly.

William frowned. He felt a chill down his spine even though the guy was seven years younger than him.

Shrugging his shoulders, William said honestly, "If it's about work, Nanshan Media's current profits are far less than before. At most, it's slowly getting back on track. Let's just leave it that way."

"In terms of life," William thought carefully, "When I saw Miss Tang, she was shopping in a supermarket with someone pushing a shopping cart. There were a lot of things in the shopping cart, and it was very colorful, so her life should be very good."

Shi Chuan seemed to remember something, and his eyes were dazed.

"As for love..." He paused deliberately to keep it a secret, "Why don't you guess who she was shopping with in the supermarket?"

Shi Chuan's body stiffened slightly, as if

he had thought of something, and his eyes gradually became dark. William took out his mobile phone and secretly sighed at his photography skills: "To be honest, Chris, being with someone like Miss Tang does make people feel a subtle sense of happiness." As he had guessed before, she was a woman who knew how to love.

After sighing, William looked up and met Shi Chuan's cold and silent gaze, without any ripples in his eyes.

It's like a corpse looking at another corpse.

William raised his eyebrows and handed the phone to him.

Shi Chuan's gaze slowed down for a while before he looked at the phone. Even though it was just a back view, he could tell at a glance that the person pushing the shopping cart and walking beside Tang Sijia was Lu Langzhou.

Just like he pretended in the past few months.

The difference is that Lu Langzhou did not pretend.

Shi Chuan's hand holding the document tightened uncontrollably, and he quickly looked away, his lips tightly pursed. The large black and white picture in front of him flashed again, hitting his brain and heart.

William noticed something was wrong and called him a few times: "Chris? Chris?"

Shi Chuan raised his head blankly, with some dark emotions still remaining in his eyes.

William looked at his expression, put away his phone, and stopped joking: "According to my observation, Miss Tang and this guy are just friends."

"The personal items she bought are all for personal use, there are no couples' items, and the portions of vegetables and fruits are not large, they are all single portions. Besides, which couple is so far away from each other."

Shi Chuan pursed his lips tightly, his emotions gradually calmed down, and he lowered his eyes: "... It has nothing to do with me."

She and him never even mentioned the word "like" even when they were in bed.

What does it have to do with him?

*

On Sunday afternoon, Tang Sijia went to the bungee jumping platform alone.

Maybe because it had just reopened, there were not many people, mostly young couples. Seeing Tang Sijia coming alone, they couldn't help but cast curious eyes. Tang

Sijia ignored it, but while waiting, listening to the screams coming from the bungee jumping tower, she posted a photo of the bungee jumping tower on her circle of friends and wrote a few words: I hope I have the courage.

It was her turn not long after she posted on WeChat Moments. The staff put on the safety equipment and protective rope for her, and kindly reminded her before she set off: "Don't worry, you can stop at any time if you feel scared."

Tang Sijia nodded seriously.

This was her first time trying such an exciting project, although the scale here is not large compared to many bungee jumping.

But when she was really standing on the edge and teetering, her heart was still pounding with nervousness.

The staff pulled the safety rope around her waist and explained the precautions. Tang Sijia put her arms around her shoulders and felt the wind passing through her back.

The moment she fell, Tang Sijia had an unprecedented feeling.

Exciting, scary, refreshing, and novel.

The extreme state of weightlessness makes people not have to think about anything. Adrenaline is secreted crazily, as if nothing is important anymore. You just need to feel the wind blowing past your ears as if it is real, and the pull on your body is the only life-saving straw.

In the few moments of floating back and forth, she couldn't help but open her arms and was hugged by the wind.

And she actually didn't need that person to accompany her to complete this challenge.

Even though she was scared, she still did it.

She even found that she liked this feeling.

In the elevator coming down from the bungee jumping tower, Tang Sijia's heart was still beating violently.

Until the elevator door slowly opened, a man in a casual suit appeared in front of her, waiting for her, and she didn't know how long he had been waiting.

Tang Sijia's footsteps stopped unconsciously: "Langzhou?"

Lu Langzhou looked at her, waved his mobile phone, which showed her photos in her circle of friends, and smiled: "You are very brave."

"Thank you." Tang Sijia was also smiling.

There was an expectation flowing in Lu Langzhou's eyes, but he didn't mention it actively.

The two walked out of here quietly. Lu Langzhou wanted to take the initiative to send her home, and Tang Sijia didn't refuse.

When the car stopped at the gate of the community, Tang Sijia broke the silence: "Langzhou, can I ask you a question?"

"Of course."

"Why me?" Tang Sijia asked puzzledly.

Lu Langzhou pondered for a while: "In high school, many classmates actually liked to talk to you. It seemed that no matter what they said, you would listen carefully."

"Once, your deskmate did very poorly in the math test. You listened to her complaining for the whole afternoon, and finally said, 'Aerobic exercise can release cortisol and relieve stress.' Your deskmate asked you what aerobic exercise you did, and you said calmly, 'Running laps in the playground.' I remember that your deskmate waved her hands and said that she was fine, but you took out a small orange from your desk and secretly stuffed it into her."

Tang Sijia listened to Lu Langzhou talking about those past events and fell into reminiscence.

"In fact, that time, I also failed the test, and I was lying on the desk in a rage," Lu Langzhou smiled, "After listening to your words to comfort my deskmate, I went to the playground to run a few laps in the evening self-study class, and found that my mood was indeed much better, but it was a pity that no one gave me a small orange."

"After that, I found that you didn't completely ignore me. For example... you would occasionally look at my hands." It was just that at that time, the hazy feeling had not had time to sprout before I graduated.

Tang Sijia's eyes unconsciously fell on Lu Langzhou's slender fingers. When she heard the latter's teasing laughter, she quickly looked away, her ears slightly hot.

"Sijia, I have also had emotional experiences, maybe not as bizarre as yours. We just dated for a while, and then broke up for various reasons," Lu Langzhou recalled, "So when you said that day about 'family', I found that I understood your fears and expectations, and your uneasiness about the illusory feelings. I even accepted your statement more in my heart."

Tang Sijia listened to his serious and detailed answers, and suddenly felt a sense of peace in her heart.

She looked into his eyes and made a decision that she felt would make her feel at ease: "My answer to yesterday's question is-"

"Okay."