Chapter 23
Two days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Aunt Zhao was on vacation, so Gu Xiuyi simply took Ji Ruan out to play.
My friend has a private villa on the outskirts of the city. The location is not far away. If I go there, I can play for two days and one night, and I can stay for one night.
The two casually packed a few changes of clothes, without calling the driver, Gu Xiuyi drove over by himself, and Ji Ruan sat in the co-pilot as a matter of course.
This feeling is a bit strange. The last time he sat in Gu Xiuyi’s co-pilot, he was sent to the hospital because of gastroenteritis. He felt dizzy from the pain and didn’t feel anything. But now we go out to play, the weather is fine and cloudless, but no one is there. Talking, the air seemed too quiet.
“Have you ever thought about taking the driver’s license test?” Gu Xiuyi was the first to break the silence.
“Driver’s license?” Ji Ruan withdrew his gaze from the treetops outside: “Why do you ask this suddenly?”
Gu Xiuyi said casually, “If you can drive, you can go to many places by yourself in the future, without restraint.”
That’s right, Ji Ruan thought about it I thought, the self-driving tour is indeed very beautiful, and you can see a lot of scenery along the way slowly.
“But I heard that the test is difficult.” He scratched the tip of his nose, thinking that the self-driving tour was interesting, but at the same time he thought it was a bit troublesome.
This seems to have touched Gu Xiuyi’s knowledge blind spot, he frowned: “Is it difficult?” “It’s
difficult,” Ji Ruan said with a straight face, pointing up three fingers: “Han Xiaolin has taken the second exam three times, and he is still a physical education student. The motor cells are so developed that I haven’t passed the test.”
Their entire dormitory is lazy, only Han Xiaolin has been preparing for the driver’s license test since the summer vacation, but he hasn’t passed it since school started. Last week, he failed the test for the third time on Tuesday and came back crying one afternoon.
The other three, including Ji Ruan, were so frightened that they were afraid of the driver’s license.
“Really?” Gu Xiuyi rested his elbow on the window frame, and rubbed his lower lip with his index finger intentionally or unintentionally: “That may be because we were simpler at the time, but now the difficulty has increased. You now have more exams than we did back then.”
Ji Ruan, who is in the high-speed social involution period, heard the words and sighed: “That’s right, I have to start preparing for a lot of exams when I return from vacation, and there are mid-terms in college.” Most of Gu Xiuyi’s friends are of the same age, and they usually have to deal with the Elders who live as adults have almost no chance to have long-term contact with people who are more than ten years younger than themselves. Naturally, they have not heard voices complaining about midterm exams for many years. Therefore, this kind of small complaint became very cute because it was beyond the domain that Gu Xiuyi was familiar with. “Well,” his voice was tainted with a smile: “We won’t learn to drive because there are too many exams. There is a driver at home, so it doesn’t mean that we have to drive by ourselves.” Speaking of which, Gu Xiuyi should also be a person who travels with a driver for a long time and rarely drives by himself. Ji Ruan Watched him for a while in silence. The man was lazily leaning on the back of the chair, holding the steering wheel with his hands weakly. His posture was quite casual, but he drove really well, no worse than the level of Uncle Zhang, a decades-old driver. Can a person who hardly touches a car drive once in a while still maintain a high level? Why can’t he be a handyman? “See what I’m doing?” Gu Xiuyi stared at the road ahead without turning his eyes. Ji Ruan immediately turned around: “Cough…it’s nothing.” Before going out, Aunt Zhao specially put the mooncakes she made yesterday into a snack box for Ji Ruan to take with her. Ji Ruan opened the lid of the box and asked Gu Xiuyi, “Do you eat mooncakes?” Gu Xiuyi glanced at it from the corner of his eye: “You made it with Aunt Zhao?” ” Yes,” Ji Ruan suddenly thought of something funny, and laughed, “I’ll pick one for you to eat, do you want to guess who made it? ?” This kind of game is kind of boring and childish, Gu Xiuyi would definitely not play it in normal times. The car was driving at a constant speed on the asphalt road leading to the villa, Gu Xiuyi was silent for a moment: “Yes, but-” He seemed to be a little distressed, secretly put down his left hand on the window frame, and held the steering wheel seriously: “I can’t drive It’s convenient to eat, why don’t you pass it to my mouth?”
“Oh yes,” Ji Ruan suddenly reacted, with an apology in his voice: “I’m sorry, I selectively ignored you driving, so let me feed you.” The corners of Gu Xiuyi’s lips twitched very slightly, and he was quickly
pursed Pressing her lips together, she said solemnly, “Thank you.”
“Hey…what’s there to thank…” Ji Ruan’s ending sound was elongated, as if unconsciously acting like a spoiled child.
He picked up the moon cake wrapped in a napkin, tried his best to hand it to Gu Xiuyi’s mouth carefully without disturbing the driving, and still emphasized uneasyly: “Look carefully at the front, and don’t look at me.” “I know,
” Gu Xiuyi took a bite, and the sweetness of bean paste spread between his lips and teeth, making people’s hearts even more pleasant: “Good boy.” “
Huh?”
Ji Ruan just retracted his hand to pick a piece for himself, and looked up in a daze.
“…” Gu Xiuyi didn’t change his face: “I said it’s delicious, so you made it?”
Ji Ruan was a little surprised: “It’s amazing, how did you guess that?
” Aunt made it, Ji Ruan just learned how to wrap it, and it stands to reason that there should be no difference, if it weren’t for the small chip in the corner of the piece for Gu Xiuyi, it was a manufacturing error, Ji Ruan himself might not be able to guess who made it of.
His eyes curled up: “You guessed and hit it right, right?”
Gu Xiuyi shook his head, his voice was calm but convinced: “There’s too much bean paste, it’s sweet.”
“…”
Ji Ruan looked carefully, as if he made It is indeed much more stuffing than Aunt Zhao’s.
“Then what…” Ji Ruan was a little embarrassed and tried to make amends: “Originally, any food with stuffing, the more stuffing there is, the tastier it will be.
” Kind of saying, very curious.
“Of course.” Ji Ruan tried to brainwash the other party.
“Hmm…” Gu Xiuyi nodded thoughtfully, “Then I’ll try again.”
“Okay.” Ji Ruan wrapped it in paper again and handed it to Gu Xiuyi, who suddenly stopped halfway through it.
Why does it seem a bit strange.
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The villa is built in a grand style, looking like a manor in a British drama, with endless green lawns and majestic castle buildings.
After the car was driven away by the waiter, Gu Xiuyi led Ji Ruan to walk slowly along the small gravel road in the middle of the lawn.
“Will there be many people this time?” Ji Ruan asked.
“Not many,” Gu Xiuyi gave Ji Ruan a little help: “Except for the owner here, you know everyone else, Song Ling and Li Suian.”
Hearing the familiar name, Ji Ruan relaxed a little, and playing with fewer people is more comfortable “That’s good.”
There were several people drinking afternoon tea in the small garden in front of the castle. When they saw them, they got up and greeted them. The man who walked in the front was not tall, but he had a very honest face, followed by Li Suian and yet another unfamiliar face.
“Old Gu, you’re late!” the man greeted Gu Xiuyi familiarly.
Gu Xiuyi glanced at his watch, and said, “It’s not too late.”
The man laughed: “Really, what’s wrong with being polite?”
Li Suian was still personable, and first greeted Ji Ruan: “Long time no see, little friend Ji Ruan. Gu
Xiuyi coughed: “Who is the kid?”
“…” Li Suian was speechless: “Okay, little patient Ji Ruan?”
Out of the three of them, Ji Ruan only knew Li Suian, and smiled generously: “Long time no see Dr. Li. At this time, Song Ling finally came late, and he
was much lighter without wearing a suit. He bumped fists with Li Suian: “I’m not late, am I?” Li Suian said casually, “Everyone is similar.
“
The short man looked at Ji Ruan, and his words were very enthusiastic: “You are Ji Ruan, a legendary figure, you can be regarded as seeing the deity today! My name is Duan Zeping, just call me Brother Duan, this is Lin Qing…”
As he spoke, he pulled another face beside him, showing a little shyness on his face: “I’m chasing him.”
Lin Qing looked polite and said little, and smiled lightly at everyone: “Hello.”
“Yo hoo not bad Brother Duan,” Song Ling joked, “When did it happen? So I’m the only one who doesn’t have a date now?” Li Suian has a
girlfriend, Duan Zeping has a girlfriend, and his goddamn boss even leads the way to the front Pai was already married, leaving him alone, Song Ling was inexplicably bitter.
Li Suian twitched the corner of his mouth: “What do you know? You’ve been chasing him for months.”
Lin Qing turned her head and said nothing.
Duan Zeping looked at Lin Qing’s face, and smiled awkwardly: “Shut up, you, Qingqing has a thin skin, don’t make a fuss.” At the end of
September, autumn has just entered, and the temperature is still a little high when the sun comes out, faintly revealing the power of the autumn tiger , Ji Ruan is not immune to the sun, and her lips are dry after standing for a while.
Gu Xiuyi frowned, and interrupted the group of people who were chatting farther and farther away: “What about this afternoon?”
Li Suian was the first to be pulled back: “I’m going to go fishing, and I’ll have a fish feast tonight.”
Gu Xiuyi looked at Ji Ruan noncommittally: “Fishing club Wouldn’t it be boring?”
After all, fishing is something that people above their age like, and Ji Ruan is a brand new young seedling who went to nightclubs with Han Xiaolin to dance with Di, and Gu Xiuyi wondered if he could sit still.
“Okay,” Ji Ruan licked his lips, squinting his eyes under the sunlight: “I like to eat fish.” She is
also very good at this kind of work that does not move.
“Okay,” Gu Xiuyi didn’t intend to let Ji Ruan post it any longer, and said briefly, “Let’s go pack our luggage first.”
Duan Zeping smiled honestly: “Okay, okay, then let’s go first, see you at the fishing ground.”
The interior decoration of the castle building also has the taste of ancient Europe, exquisite, simple and beautiful.
Ji Ruan and Gu Xiuyi’s room is on the fifth floor, and the window can be opened to look at the mountains in the distance, and the view is quite wide.
Gu Xiuyi found the thermos cup from the luggage, unscrewed it and handed it to Ji Ruan: “My lips are dry, don’t you know how to drink water?”
Ji Ruan was so absorbed in looking at the scenery that he couldn’t take care of it, and saw dimples on the cup delivered to him “Thank you.”
Gu Xiuyi stared at Ji Ruan’s dimples for a few more seconds before moving his eyes away: “I’m going to the bathroom, you clean up and go fishing later.” “
Yeah.” Ji Ruan smiled nod.
In the cup was the sugar water made for him by Aunt Zhao. Not much sugar was added to give him a very light sweet taste. Ji Ruan drank it little by little, his throat was soaked, and the breeze outside the window caressed his soul, and he felt refreshed Not a lot.
Ask him to clean up, and Ji Ruan really cleans up.
When Gu Xiuyi came out after washing his hands, he saw Ji Ruan wearing a black fisherman’s hat, obediently sitting by the bed and waiting for him.
I don’t know where that hat came from. The brim of the hat is very wide, and it’s a bit too big. It may be that Ji Ruan’s head is too small. In short, it’s a bit unstable to wear.
Looking at it from Gu Xiuyi’s perspective, Ji Ruan lowered his head slightly, his eyebrows and eyes were completely covered, revealing a snow-white pointed chin, and a little bit of cheek flesh, more like a child going on a spring outing.
Gu Xiuyi stood motionless and looked at him for a while, and in the next second, he met the child who raised his head and tried to expose his eyes.
Ji Ruan seemed to be a little impatient, his brows were slightly frowned, and the end of his eyes were red from being scratched by bangs, which made his eyes look very obedient and delicate.
Gu Xiuyi’s fingers trembled instantly, and his heart felt hot.
He stepped forward and lightly pressed Ji Ruan’s head: “Is it because you want to fish so you wear a fisherman’s hat?”
“No,” Ji Ruan took off the inappropriate hat, his cheeks puffed up, “I’m afraid of the sun…”
He has a lot of hair, and it tends to look sloppy when it is messed up, like Xiao An’s long hair. Mao Mao’s hairy appearance when he was a child.
Gu Xiuyi restrained his smile, and straightened Ji Ruan’s hair: “It’s okay, you can sit under the umbrella and go fishing.”
Ji Ruan raised his head abruptly, with anger in his eyes: “Didn’t you say it earlier?”
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“Hey, don’t you think Ji Ruan…is a bit like that who?” In the fishing ground, Duan Zeping whispered in Li Suian’s ear.
“Which one?” Li Suian answered casually as he was busy choosing fishing tackle and bait.
Duan Zeping “tsk”: “That’s the one surnamed Bai.”
Li Suian paused, and immediately raised his head to look around. Lin Qing is in the bathroom, and the other three haven’t come yet: “Don’t talk nonsense, it doesn’t look like it.”
” Hey, I’m not saying they look alike,” Duan Zeping wrinkled his face, racking his brains to think about the words: “You know that feeling…you can’t tell, and there’s something about the size and shape.” Li Suian put
down Fishing tackle said seriously: “Boys aged eighteen or nineteen don’t all have the same body shape. How many years have you been away? Do you know what he looks like now?” “I haven’t seen him for more than ten years…
” Duan Zeping Said embarrassingly: “I don’t mean anything else, I just mentioned it casually…”
“What are you talking about?” Lin Qing came out of the bathroom, and saw that the atmosphere of the two people outside was a little stagnant.
Duan Zeping quickly laughed, and pushed Lin Qing away: “It’s nothing, let’s go to Qingqing, let’s go fishing.” To
a certain extent, fishing is indeed a boring activity for many people and requires patience, but Gu Xiuyi found that Ji Ruan really I can sit still, and even have a little fun in it.
It is probably the skill he cultivated by staying at home every day during the summer vacation.
The two sat under a parasol with a fishing rod, Gu Xiuyi was in charge of fishing, and Ji Ruan was in charge of being the mascot and eating snacks by the way.
He eats in a gentle and quiet way. A small cake can be eaten by him with a small spoon for a long time.
Fishing is slow work, most of the time there is little movement on the water surface, so Gu Xiuyi propped his forehead to watch Ji Ruan eat quietly.
The amazing thing is that Ji Ruan Mingming eats very little in every bite, but his cheeks will still bulge, like a little squirrel eating a lot of nuts contentedly, and occasionally stick out a little bit of the tip of his pink tongue.
While Ji Ruan was eating, there would always be a scorching gaze around him from time to time. At first Ji Ruan tried to ignore it, but the longer the time passed, the longer this gaze stayed on his face.
He couldn’t bear to put down the spoon until it was so strong that it affected Ji Ruan to eat, “Why are you staring at me?”
Gu Xiuyi still supported his forehead with his hands, his expression was very loose, without the slightest embarrassment or avoidance of being smashed, and said lightly: ” Because the fish hasn’t eaten the bait yet.”
The fish hasn’t eaten the bait, so do you want to see him eat?
He is not a fish!
Ji Ruan poked the cake with a spoon, and said in a blunt tone, “Don’t look at it.”
Then he heard a light laugh, and Gu Xiuyi seemed to really turn his head.
“Old Gu! Come here quickly! There’s a boss here, hahaha-“
Duan Zeping’s snarky laughter came from outside.
Gu Xiuyi pressed the top of Ji Ruan’s head with his palm, and said in a low voice, “Eat slowly, I’ll go and have a look.” Not long after
Gu Xiuyi left, Lin Qing came over, and Ji Ruan didn’t even speak to him, so he couldn’t help being a little surprised.
Lin Qing pointed to the seat next to him: “Can I sit here?”
Ji Ruan nodded, “Anything you want.”
After Lin Qing sat down, Ji Ruan didn’t take the initiative to start a conversation. The other party seemed to hesitate for a moment, and suddenly asked Ji Ruan: “Can I ask how you and Mr. Gu got together?” Regarding the marriage, Ji Ruan pursed her lips and put down the spoon: “Why do you ask this?”
Lin Qing and Ji Ruan looked at each other and smiled awkwardly: “It seems inconvenient to say…”
His fingers on his knees After shaking hands, as if there was something very entangled, it took a long time to take a deep breath and look at Ji Ruan: “When you are with Mr. Gu, aren’t you
afraid that others will say that you are greedy for his money?” In order to realize the real feeling that I am in a dog-blooded novel, the characters like Lin Qing are the most numerous in the ancient novels.
“Hmm…” Ji Ruan pondered for a while, and tentatively asked, “Do you really mind what others say?” “
Of course.” Lin Qing rubbed her arms, and she could see the disgust from her body movements.
Ji Ruan thought about it again, and asked: “It may be presumptuous to say so, do you like Brother Duan?”
Lin Qing suddenly looked at Ji Ruan with complicated eyes, but he didn’t have the feeling when he mentioned the person he likes.
Ji Ruan probably understands that Lin Qing is not the purest kind of little white flower.
Since you don’t like it very much, and you hate being talked about, why did you agree to invite him to the villa? Why did you let the other party chase you for several months without refusing or responding?
Of course, it was impossible for Ji Ruan to say these words.
He put the cake tray back on the small table: “I’m sorry, I can’t answer your question.” He
smiled again: “I’m not afraid of people looking at me like that.”
Their relationship was not based on emotion in the first place .
After speaking, Ji Ruan got up and went to Gu Xiuyi’s side. They caught a lot of fish.
Lin Qing saw Gu Xiuyi helping Ji Ruan cut his hair, and asked him with a smile what kind of fish he would like to eat. Ji Ruan couldn’t hear what he said, but those words undoubtedly made Gu Xiuyi more happy.
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After having a whole fish feast for dinner, there were even a few leftovers. Song Ling proposed to have an outdoor barbecue for supper, and the main character grilled fish with some side dishes.
Ji Ruan’s cold didn’t get better, Gu Xiuyi thought the barbecue was exciting and didn’t want Ji Ruan to eat it, so the two of them didn’t go out with everyone.
When Gu Xiuyi went to swim in the indoor pool, Ji Ruan sat on the beach chair drinking orange juice and watched Gu Xiuyi swim from a distance.
The man’s figure is really good, his innate frame advantage is broad shoulders, long and straight legs, and the habit of exercising all the year round makes him not have a trace of excess fat all over his body, and his arm lines and back muscles are quite tight and smooth when swimming.
He swam back and forth a few times before retreating to the shore: “Ji Ruan-“
Seeing this, Ji Ruan put down the orange juice, walked to him and knelt down in front of him: “Do you want me to help you get something?”
“No,” Gu Xiuyi put his arm on On the snow-white tiles: “Can you swim?”
Ji Ruan hugged her knees and shook her head honestly.
Gu Xiuyi nodded thoughtfully, and when he wiped off the water on his face, a few drops splashed on Ji Ruan’s instep.
The cold water drops made Ji Ruan tremble.
Gu Xiuyi looked normal, as if asking casually: “Do you want to come down and try?”
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The author has something to say:
Mr. Gu’s little coup for chasing his wife⑤ –Sometimes it takes a little scheming. (I have taught you so many coups, you should have your own wives, don’t ask my wife for posting!
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