5. Parallel lines, don’t keep books, don’t keep them
In the previous life, Jiang Xia and Wang Ming would occasionally get together for a drink after graduating from college.
Recalling their high school days, the only thing that left a deep impression on these two down-and-out losers, apart from often sneaking out to play games online, was probably the cafeteria where the dishes were completely random. Sometimes they were terrible, and sometimes they were so delicious.
Amidst the daily heavy workload, guessing whether the food in the cafeteria is delicious that day has become a spice in the minds of many students.
Whenever the two of them talked about this incident, they would agree to go back to the old school cafeteria to have a taste of the old school cafeteria. However, until Wang Ming had an accident while driving drunk, this agreement became a regret in Jiang Xia's heart.
I didn't expect that after rebirth, I could make up for this regret so easily. It's really a twist of fate.
"Old Wang, what do you think the dish will be today?"
"Anything is fine, as long as it's not fried apples and pears, I can swallow it no matter how unpleasant it is."
Wang Ming continued with a dark face: "I really don't know what these cooks are thinking. Among the eight major cuisines of China, there is no one who can make such dark cuisine. Wouldn't it be delicious as a dessert after a meal?"
Why waste food?"
"Ha ha……"
Jiang Xia laughed and followed the crowd into the canteen. Although there were already long queues at each meal window, he felt extremely calm to be able to return here again.
"Old rules, you go and hold a seat while I prepare the food." Wang Ming glanced at the crowded canteen and said.
Jiang Xia smiled, thinking of the agreement between the two of them in their previous lives, and said, "Let me queue up this time."
"also."
After waiting in line for about five minutes with two rice bowls in hand, it was finally his turn.
When he saw that the first dish in the window was stir-fried oranges with millet and pepper, the second dish was stir-fried eggs with mint, and the third dish was roasted pork ribs with sugar cane, and the other dishes were also "different with their own characteristics," Jiang Xia suddenly felt bad.
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Although I have seen what today's dishes are like from other students, as long as it is not my turn, I always have a little bit of expectation in my heart, but this time, my expectation was completely disappointed.
After swiping the meal card and ordering a few dishes that seemed to be edible, Jiang Xia began to look for Wang Ming in the hall.
Not long after, he saw Wang Ming standing up and waving to him in the middle. He walked over with a smile, but his body froze in the next second.
Lin Yanwan was waving to a girl, and when she suddenly saw Jiang Xia, her breathing stopped subconsciously.
In the crowded cafeteria hall, it was as if suddenly there were only two people left.
If the previous meeting was just an accident and they couldn't believe that the other party was reborn, the look at each other at this moment was the final confirmation.
The two of them looked at each other blankly, hesitating whether to take the initiative to speak. Just when Jiang Xia was extremely confused, his friend's voice brought him back to reality.
"Hey, Lao Jiang, here it is! Here it is!"
The corner of his eye twitched slightly, his gaze shifted, and he walked towards Lin Yanwan bravely. The two of them were sitting next to each other, separated by an aisle wide enough for two people.
Wang Ming is really good at finding positions. Is this really not intentional? Otherwise, how could such a coincidence come about?
Shen Ying sat down before Jiang Xia. She looked at Lin Yanwan's somewhat absent-minded look and asked with concern: "Yanwan, what happened just now?"
"Nothing, just eat." She shook her head, gently pulled back her ears and hair, and looked away from Jiang Xia from the corner of her eyes, feeling confused.
Although they were reborn, the two of them had been husband and wife for a lifetime. Even if they thought about no longer having any contact with Jiang Xia, could they really break it off?
Love is the most uncertain thing. At least as long as Jiang Xia is in sight, she can't calm down her heart.
On the other side, Jiang Xia pretended to be calm and sat down next to Wang Ming, while she complained about her good brother in her heart.
He handed over the rice bowl angrily: "Eat quickly, you said it yourself, as long as it's not apples and pears fried, you can swallow it no matter how unpleasant it is."
Wang Ming glanced at the food reflexively, and his nose became angry.
"Is this stir-fried braised pork with millet, peppers and oranges edible? It's sour, sweet and spicy, right? Can't this shabby canteen just open these few cooks and recruit a few more stable ones?"
"Isn't there some shredded pork with apples and green peppers? Why can't you eat it?" Jiang Xia picked up a chopstick of meat and put it in his mouth. The taste was indeed a bit strange, but it was okay. It tasted like back then.
"..."
Wang Ming glanced at him speechlessly, and then looked at the oranges stained with millet peppers. After taking this bite, he didn't know whether it was spicy and sweet, or spicy and sour, or maybe it had all three flavors.
He wriggled his lips, unable to speak, and cursed and threw away the chopsticks in his hand: "Brother, I won't eat anymore. If I go to eat instant noodles, I have to add two pieces of intestines. I can't stand this grievance. Lao Jiang, you
going or not?"
Jiang Xia shook his head silently, not to mention whether the meal was delicious or not, he just regarded it as remembering the bitterness and thinking about the sweetness.
So, Wang Ming took the rice bowl and left, and poured it all into the leftovers bucket.
Then a girl's chuckle came from next door.
"I can't eat on a cigarette night. Today's food is really terrible. How about we also eat instant noodles? Bread will do, too."
If Jiang Xia guessed correctly, the girl who spoke should be called Shen Ying. She had seen it in Lin Yanwan’s circle of friends before. When the two got married, Shen Ying did not come to the scene, but expressed her blessing to her wife through WeChat.
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It's just that Shen Ying looked like an adult at that time, with makeup on her face and very fashionable clothes. She didn't look as youthful and lively as she does now.
Wang Ming, on the other hand, should know Lin Yanwan, why is she sitting here... Forget it, it's not important.
He was thinking in a daze, just when he thought Lin Yan would agree to avoid the embarrassment of being alone together, he heard her refuse.
"Yingying, go ahead. I...I won't go." She lowered her head and ate the rice in small bites with a spoon. Her cheeks were covered by her slanted bangs, and it was hard to tell what she was thinking.
"Hey, okay, in that case...don't grab my instant noodles for a while!"
The little girl turned around and walked away, pouring the food into the leftover bucket without reservation. Seeing such a similar scene, Jiang Xia almost thought that these two guys were God's wingmen specially prepared to reunite the couple.
It's really outrageous.
In an instant, across the two tables across the aisle, only two of the four people were left.
The bustle of people in the cafeteria hall seemed to have disappeared, and the air was quiet.
Both of them lowered their heads and ate the food in their respective bowls in silence. No one had any intention of speaking. It seemed that as long as they didn't break the relationship, they could maintain their current attitude and treat each other as passers-by before they met.
Just like two parallel lines that never cross.
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Chapter completed!