Chapter 25
After the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, Ji Ruan prepared non-stop for the exam, and became busy because of joining a club.
When Ji Ruan chose the Chinese Painting Club at the beginning, what Ji Ruan liked was that there were few people and it was clean, and it was quite leisurely for everyone to get together to paint occasionally.
But at the end of the year, Peking University is about to hold its centennial celebration. The association and the school news center jointly organized some publicity activities. On that day, a huge picture of the school’s history will be exhibited. Ji Ruan and the two presidents are the editors, and they are very busy. open hand.
“Be careful…”
“Up and up, stick to the line…”
“Oh, slow down and don’t get scratched…”
The school specially approved a spacious studio on the top floor of the bell tower, and the workers are busy hanging canvas.
The huge canvas, which was ten meters long and two and a half meters wide, was spread out bit by bit and nailed to the wall. Even though it was still blank, it faintly revealed a majestic momentum.
Ji Ruan watched quietly from below. The members had already made a small sample together, and the work would officially start when the painting was opened today, trying to restore the changes in the humanistic style of Beijing University over the past century through painting.
“Xiao Ruan, come and have lunch.” Cheng Zizhang greeted Ji Ruan with two takeaways, dodging to avoid the workers who moved the ladder.
Ji Ruan hurriedly stepped forward to take the takeaway: “Thank you, senior.”
“Thank you for what, I have to thank you.” There were many drawings scattered on the table, Cheng Zizhang put them away carefully, and said, “I originally invited you to come in.” The club is just because you said you like leisure, and I thought our club is the most leisurely, so I encouraged you to come in, so many things would happen suddenly.” There was a place on the table, and Ji Ruan put the takeaway in the empty
space place, smiled: “But to be honest, this matter is quite meaningful.”
Their painting will be directly put into the school history museum for preservation after the school celebration exhibition. How many can appear in the school history museum?
Although they drew this picture of school history, although they are honored by their predecessors over the years, they can be regarded as leaving a little trace of themselves in the history of the school, which is a rare opportunity. “You are right,” Cheng Zizhang handed a pair of chopsticks to Ji Ruan: “No matter from the personal or school point of view, we will definitely not suffer from drawing this picture, but we are tired and time is tight. I am really afraid that we will not be able to make it. Done.” Ji Ruan used to do Han embroidery, and all the works of the embroiderer paid attention to designing and drawing by themselves. Drawing is a basic skill for him since elementary school, and he has confidence in himself in terms of skills. In addition, Cheng Zizhang and the vice president are also good at painting, and there are still three months before the school celebration. Together, the three of them can, in principle, complete a huge painting. But everyone is a student, and apart from daily life and classes, the time has already been calculated and it seems quite tense. Ji Ruan opened the takeaway box and said with a smile: “Then let’s eat quickly and start working after eating… By the way, where is the vice president? ” In the past two days, his brows have not been relaxed: “Go buy the materials… Leave him alone, let’s get it first, and he should be back in the afternoon.” While talking, a thin man came to the studio door The tall boy, who seemed to be holding drinks like coffee, milk and tea, stopped for a while facing the opened canvas on the wall. Against the light, Ji Ruan didn’t recognize who it was. Cheng Zizhang seemed to be very familiar with him, and he waved: “Ah Qing? Why are you here?” The person who called Ah Qing took a few steps forward, and Ji Ruan saw a familiar face when illuminated by the incandescent light on the roof. “Lin Qing?” Lin Qing was also a little surprised when he saw him, and covered his mouth: “Ji Ruan? Why are you also from our school?” Cheng Zizhang watched happily in the middle: “So we all know each other.” ” Yeah , I met once.” Lin Qing put the hot drink on the table, no longer mentioned how they met, and said with a smile: “Please have a drink, everyone.”
Cheng Zizhang was the first to pick up a cup of coffee, and Ji Ruan picked out milk tea without politeness: “Thank you.” “
You’re welcome,” Lin Qing said calmly, looking at the canvas on the wall: “So you want to paint together?”
Cheng Zizhang Pressed her lips with a tissue: “Yes, to be honest, Xiao Ruan’s level is really good, and you will be amazed when the finished product comes out.”
She said and looked at Ji Ruan: “Ah Qing is also from our agency, but he recently I’m a bit busy.”
Lin Qing smiled and said to Ji Ruan: “I should have helped my senior sister draw together, but recently I really don’t have time to make winter landscape pictures with Master, so I’m sorry to trouble you, Ji Ruan.” “Master
? “Ji Ruan pursed her lips, and met Cheng Zizhang’s eyes: “Senior sister?” “
Oh, this,” Cheng Zizhang laughed, “I forgot to tell you. Ah Qing and I are both her disciples, learning Chinese embroidery from the teacher.”
Cheng Yunxiu… Ji Ruan frowned, he seemed to have heard the name before, and his memory had a very shallow impression, but where is it…
By the way, the shirt !
Ji Ruan’s mind suddenly brightened.
When receiving the certificate, Gu Xiuyi took him to buy a white shirt. He chose one with black bamboo embroidered on the cuffs. At that time, he sighed that it must be the master’s handwriting. The manager introduced that it was a cultural inheritance cooperation. The master mentioned in his mouth seemed to be the name.
Ji Ruan couldn’t help being startled, lamenting that the fate between himself and embroidery has been cut continuously in two lifetimes.
Cheng Zizhang took a sip of coffee: “Ah Qing and the teacher are embroidering a picture of winter scenery, and it will be exhibited at the school celebration as a cultural exchange.”
Lin Qing added: “Mr. She is the most famous inheritor at the moment, and I spent a lot of effort to join the teacher’s sect… Oh, but the senior sister is the teacher’s biological daughter.”
Ji Ruan raised his eyebrows, and he found that Lin Qing sometimes talked too much. It’s that subtle.
“What are you talking about?” Cheng Zizhang looked majestic as if joking, and made an exaggerated expression on purpose: “Even if I am a mother and daughter, I have to accept many assessments before I formally accept the ceremony of apprenticeship!” Lin Qing covered her lips and
smiled A few times: “Just kidding, just kidding…then I’ll go first, Master still has a lot of work.”
Cheng Zizhang waved his hand: “Let’s go.”
Ji Ruan slightly curved his lips and smiled: ” Goodbye.”
Lin Qing nodded slightly, stared at the blank canvas for a while, then turned and left.
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Autumn in Beijing is always very short. It rains a few more times, and the weather turns cold. In November, Ji Ruan has already changed into a thick down jacket, and wraps herself tightly in a scarf when going out Reality.
He was really afraid of catching a cold and having a fever. When he thought of the neuralgia that seemed to pierce his ears and spread to the cerebral cortex, Ji Ruan’s back felt numb, and he wanted to take cold medicine with him every day. The school celebration was getting closer and closer, and the time was extremely tight. Ji Ruan almost stayed in the studio except for class, and together with Cheng Zizhang and the others, he almost became a savage walking out of the studio. At night, when I return to the dormitory after work, when I line up in the cafeteria to buy supper, my brain will suddenly be empty. Ji Ruan himself finds it miraculous that he can’t hide from leisure, but he doesn’t feel tired and boring when he does the work that was accidentally caused. He even occasionally thinks of when he was a child, learning how to embroider under the lamp with his mother. At that time, he didn’t find it difficult to accept sitting quietly in a small room for a day just to do one thing, but he enjoyed it. As for now, except for standing back pain, everything is fine. “Brother, the wontons are packed!” The shout of the aunt in the cafeteria brought Ji Ruan Piaoyuan back from his thoughts. “Thank you.” Ji Ruan took it from the window, tightened the scarf and walked to the dormitory. Just after leaving the cafeteria, the wind blew outside, and his face suddenly felt cool. He raised his hand to touch a little water stain from his cheek.
Is it raining?
Ji Ruan raised his head, there were many pedestrians around, the sound of footsteps chasing the ball in the basketball court on the side of the road, but the dim street lights illuminated the white crystals floating in the air, not many, scattered scattered .
It seems to be the first snow!
Ji Ruan tried to reach out to catch it, but the tiny white crystals melted as soon as they touched the skin.
It’s really the first snow!
Ji Ruan took a photo with some excitement and sent it to the dormitory group. After thinking about it, she sent it to Gu Xiuyi at the same time.
There is no one in the dormitory now, when Ji Ruan opened the door, it was completely dark, Han Xiaolin should still be practicing on the sports field, and the other two have evening classes.
Ji Ruan turned on the light, put the wontons on the table, and when he came back after washing his hands, he received a message from Gu Xiuyi.
[? ]
Ji Ruan frowned: “…?”
Why post a question mark, don’t you think Chuxue is very romantic?
He clicked on his photos and tried to appreciate them again, but suddenly found that this photo seemed…not very well taken.
Affected by light and pixels, his mobile phone does not have the ability to capture snowflakes, and the tiny first snow disappears into the noise as if it never existed.
So the picture that Gu Xiuyi saw changed from the romantic first snow to the roadside basketball court, taking off their coats and wearing sports vests, muscular and athletic, vigorous and sweating-male students.
Ji Ruan: “…”
“!”
Damn!
The phone started to vibrate crazily, and dozens of messages burst out in the dormitory group in an instant.
[Han Daxian:? ]
[Painting St. Lao Li:? ]
[Mr. Qin, a rising star in the financial industry:? ]
[Mr. Qin, a rising star in the financial world: Ruan Ruan, what’s wrong with you? ? ]
[Painting saint Lao Li: Why did you suddenly see a man and squeak when your account was hacked? ]
[Painting saint Lao Li: These men are not very good, their arms are too developed and lack aesthetics]
[Han Daxian: Don’t let Mr. Gu find out, it’s okay to take a sneak peek, don’t worry, we will keep it secret! ]
[Huasheng Lao Li: Don’t worry, we will keep it secret! ]
[Mr. Qin, a rising star in the financial industry: Don’t worry, we will keep it a secret! ]
Ji Ruan’s toes curled up fiercely, and he was about to die, so he activated the administrator skill light speed to withdraw this message.
[Ji Ruan: It’s all a misunderstanding! ]
He didn’t even have time to open the lid of the wonton, so he quickly jumped back to the chat interface with Gu Xiuyi, typing away, trying to explain that he wasn’t looking at the man.
But when I typed half of the words, I suddenly stopped. Why did I have to explain?
The contract only said not to be ambiguous with others, so what if he saw a man, the basketball court is separated by a layer of nets, so it can’t be said to be ambiguous, the explanation still seems to be a guilty conscience.
Ji Ruan thought for a while, put down his phone and opened the lid of the takeaway to start eating late at night. His small wontons were a little lumpy, and a few of them stuck together. Ji Ruan carefully separated them with chopsticks.
“Buzz!”
The phone on the table vibrated suddenly, which startled Ji Ruan. The skin of the wontons was so thin that he punctured two of them with a flick of his hand!
Ji Ruan’s heart was broken.
The three big characters “Gu Xiuyi” on the caller ID were still beating wildly, Ji Ruan pressed the answer button heavily, and then turned on the speakerphone again: “Why?” His
tone was not good.
The other side was silent for two seconds, and suddenly laughed out loud: “Are you still angry?”
Ji Ruan knew that he was talking about the photo, so she hummed and didn’t answer.
Gu Xiuyi seemed a little helpless, and there was a vague smile in his voice: “Start the video.”
“No,” Ji Ruan said, “I’m eating late at night.”
Ji Ruan is very particular about eating etiquette, and won’t let others see him talking with something wrapped in his mouth. Gu Xiuyi didn’t insist after listening, and turned to say : “What supper?”
“Small wontons.” Ji Ruan picked out the skinned ones to eat first, with a sticky voice: “Just because you called me just now to scare me, I punctured the skins, you should eat them.” Know how sad it is not to be able to swallow a whole wonton?”
Gu Xiuyi didn’t know.
Probably because of the generation gap, he often doesn’t quite understand Ji Ruan’s cute obsessive compulsions.
“Well, of course I know.” Gu Xiuyi opened his eyes and said nonsense: “I apologize to your wonton, I’m sorry because I made it incomplete.” Why does it sound a bit weird…
Ji
Ruan bit the spoon and wondered .
“What about you?” Gu Xiuyi said in a calm but weighty voice, “What about that photo?”
Ji Ruan: “…”
Ji Ruan ate another wonton in silence.
Gu Xiuyi was quite patient at this time, turning on the computer and working while waiting for Ji Ruan’s reason.
I usually eat with Ji Ruan, that child has good manners, Gu Xiuyi has never heard him chewing.
But now Ji Ruan may have placed the phone very close, and Gu Xiuyi heard a very subtle sound when eating the small wontons, gently and slowly, like a newborn animal practicing eating.
Gu Xiuyi knocked on the keyboard and unconsciously laughed, turned up the volume, feeling a sense of satisfaction from listening to food and broadcasts: “Huh? Talk to Ji Ruan.” Ji Ruan
swallowed and drank the spoonful of soup: “Oh, well, let me tell you , I didn’t mean to take pictures of men to show you, what did I draw? They don’t have the same body shape as you, do you think it makes sense?”
Gu Xiuyi covered his lips and suppressed a smile: “Yes, I agree.”
Ji Ruan continued to eat wontons, and when there was something in his mouth, he slowed down his speech: “So, I actually want you to see the snow. It’s snowing here for the first time.” Gu Xiuyi was startled, and his fingers on the keyboard stopped:
” …Really?”
“Well,” Ji Ruan said in a soft tone, “but it was too small to take a picture, so I took it with my hand, it was indeed snow, and it melted away in my palm.” Gu Xiuyi could almost
imagine I realized that the way Ji Ruan stretched out his hands to catch the snow while standing on the path must be cheerful and innocent, with flushed cheeks, very cute.
Gu Xiuyi’s heart throbbed secretly because of that sentence.
He propped up the edge of the table, turned the chair to the window, and before he knew it, the snow had fallen very heavily.
A whole wall of floor-to-ceiling windows almost dedicated the entire city to Gu Xiuyi’s feet, allowing him to overlook it at will. It’s just that the previous Gu Xiuyi never cared about the scenery outside the window.
So this was also the first time he had seriously seen Chuxue’s appearance.
There is a thin layer of mist on the window, and the vision is not clear, but those snowflakes are very light and beautiful, and they are flying all over the sky.
“Ji Ruan,” Gu Xiuyi said softly, “Did you open the curtains
?
“
A corner of the curtain was drawn, and his eyes widened with joy.
The blurry street outside the window is about to turn into a snow country world.
“When will the big one…” Ji Ruan murmured.
Gu Xiuyi’s voice was very soft: “That’s to say…”
The two just sat there without speaking, watching the snow quietly for a while, and then Ji Ruan slowly closed the curtains and returned to the table to do things.
Gu Xiuyi listened to the other end of the phone in silence for a while, and suddenly there was a “click” and “click”, which was very crisp.
He frowned: “What are you doing?”
“Ah?” Ji Ruan laughed, “I’m cutting my nails, why don’t you hang up first?”
Gu Xiuyi laughed and continued working: “It’s okay, you cut yours.”
The sound of typing on the keyboard on the opposite side sounded again, and Ji Ruan curled her lips and did not speak again.
I don’t know how long it took, Gu Xiuyi came back to his senses after finishing his work, and found that there was no sound from Ji Ruan’s side, and the screen showed that he was still talking.
“Ji Ruan?”
He tentatively called out, but there was no response.
“Ji Ruan, what’s wrong?”
There was still no sound.
“Ji–“
“Hello, Mr. Gu…” A deliberately lowered male voice came from the opposite side.
Gu Xiuyi was silent for two seconds: “Han Xiaolin?”
“Yes, it’s me,” Han Xiaolin said in a low voice, “I just came back, and Ji Ruan has fallen asleep. He may be too tired from the busy work these two days.”
Gu Xiuyi knew that Ji Ruan Recently, I took on a painting job for school celebrations. I was busy from morning to night, and I paused a little: “Okay, you let him go to bed-forget it, please put a blanket on him.” Han Xiaolin responded
quickly : “Oh, okay, I will.”
“I’m sorry to trouble you.”
“It should be.”
Hanging up the phone, Han Xiaolin put the phone back on Ji Ruan’s desk, and lightly took off the blanket beside Ji Ruan’s bed , spread out and put it on him.
Ji Ruan’s cheek was pressed against her forearm, her nails were only half cut, and she was still holding a nail clipper in her other hand.
On the morning of the winter solstice ,
Song Ling and Gu Xiuyi went to Beijing University.
Gu Xiuyi has donated money to his alma mater to build buildings all year round, and he will receive a letter of thanks and a donation certificate every few years.
Some entrepreneurs will choose to go to the site to receive them in person, meet and chat with the principal, and some will contact the media to take pictures.
But Gu Xiuyi never went there once, he either sent it to the company or sent someone to pick it up, it was the first time that he came here in person after the morning meeting like today.
The only difference is probably that they came here very low-key and quietly, without letting any media know.
After meeting the principal, Song Ling put the thank you letter and certificate into his handbag. Gu Xiuyi walked in front but didn’t intend to leave immediately. He kept calling with his mobile phone, but the other party didn’t answer.
Song Ling thought for a while and immediately sent a text message, and it didn’t take long to get a reply. He stepped forward and said to Gu Xiuyi, “Ji Ruan should be taking a physical test now.” “Physical test?”
Gu Xiuyi raised his eyebrows. Therefore, he was even more shocked: “Ji Ruan went to the physical test?”
Song Ling nodded: “Yes.”
Gu Xiuyi’s jaw tightened. Doesn’t the physical test require a 1,000-meter run?
Ji Ruan’s untouchable body to run for a thousand? What are you kidding? !
Gu Xiuyi squeezed the space between his eyebrows: “You go back first.”
Song Ling had expected it a long time ago: “Okay.”
“Wait,” Gu Xiuyi pointed his finger, “Leave the car keys.”
“?? Boss?! “
Taxi fare will be reimbursed.”
“Come on!”
Song Ling smiled and handed the key to Gu Xiuyi.
Ji
Ruan sits in the stands after jumping far and watches the people running in the playground.
One thousand meters is easy for some boys, but it is more painful than death for others. In winter, everyone opened their mouths and let out a big cloud of white gas. Ji Ruan has already seen several running and throwing up.
“Long time no see, junior.” Someone sat down next to Ji Ruan without permission, their clothes sticking together.
Ji Ruan frowned and moved to the side.
It’s true that we haven’t seen each other for a few days, and Ji Ruan almost didn’t remember the moment he saw that person.
“It’s been three months, and you haven’t agreed to my friend application?” Bai Ange said with a smile.
Ji Ruan smiled strangely: “I’ve been too busy recently, I forgot.”
“It’s okay,” Bai Ange propped his chin and looked straight at Ji Ruan: “You can add it now.”
Ji Ruan didn’t change his face: ” I didn’t bring my mobile phone.”
It was too perfunctory and clumsy excuse, Bai Ange couldn’t help laughing: “You don’t like me so much? Why don’t you want to make friends with me?”
Ji Ruan looked back at him without dodging, His eyes were very calm: “You don’t just want to make friends with me.”
Bai Ange was taken aback, and his index finger pressed his lower lip with a smile that seemed to disappear: “Do you talk like that to Gu Xiuyi? Do you know that you It’s very attractive when you talk.”
His gaze has always been strong, like a poisoned vine that makes people uncomfortable.
Ji Ruan turned her head, not wanting to suppress her emotions: “So you know Gu Xiuyi, I thought you didn’t know that he and I were married.”
This kind of naked irony didn’t make Bai Ange regress, on the contrary, he became more Looking at Ji Ruan with interest: “Well, who can say for sure, what if you leave in the future?”
Ji Ruan finally frowned speechlessly, the phone in his pocket vibrated, and he answered it without thinking. .
Bai Ange was stunned for a moment when he saw the person who said he didn’t bring his mobile phone, and then started talking on the phone the next second.
Although it was very clear that it was just an excuse, but Ji Ruan’s indifference made him laugh at himself.
“-Look forward.”
Ji Ruan didn’t expect to hear Gu Xiuyi’s voice, he raised his head subconsciously, and actually saw Gu Xiuyi on the inside of the runway.
He was wearing a simple black coat over his suit, and his figure was exceptionally slender and tall. When he was talking on the phone, his watch flashed a low-key dim light. He still had that cold and completely unfriendly look.
“Why are you here?” Ji Ruan was a little surprised.
Gu Xiuyi should have seen him talking to Bai Ange, but there was no emotion in his voice: “Come here.”
Ji Ruan didn’t want to stay anymore, so he got up without hesitation and walked towards Gu Xiuyi.
Gu Xiuyi’s gaze didn’t stay on Bai Ange for a second, he hung up the phone when Ji Ruan got close to him, and took his temperature on the side of his neck first.
Not bad, it seems that the round down jacket worn by the child is very effective in keeping warm.
“Do you exercise?” Gu Xiuyi asked.
“Nope,” Ji Ruan shook her head with a smile, “I just jumped a long way and pulled my ligament. I don’t like running so I’m going to be lazy.” “Yes,”
Gu Xiuyi slightly curled his lips, seemingly satisfied
He took Ji Ruan’s hand and walked away slowly, with a normal tone: “Let’s go, today is the winter solstice, I’ll bring you something warm.” Ji
Ruan was indeed a little hungry, and laughed happily: ” What to eat? During the winter solstice, mutton soup?”
Gu Xiuyi pursed his lips slightly, and looked at Ji Ruan with soft eyes:
“Well, if you like it.”
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Mr. Gu: There is no trick today, do you think I’m jealous?
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