Chapter 16 I’m so poor that I can’t even pay the water bill
Su Hexiang was leaning on the railing, wearing a light-colored coat and a long white skirt, bright and dazzling, like a white rose blooming in the dark night.
On the other side of the bridge is the suburbs, with even fewer lights.
Jiang Li suddenly remembered that there was a cemetery over there. The cemetery was separated from the city by a river. On one side were the lights of thousands of houses in the world, and on the other side were the sleeping people who had never returned.
"Don't you want to go take a look?"
The atmosphere was a little heavy, but Jiang Li pretended to be relaxed.
Su Hexiang looked back at him, the young man's eyes were clear. Perhaps she didn't expect Jiang Li to make this request, so she bit down half of the candy in confusion.
The sound of rattling echoed along the riverside.
"go."
The girl finished chewing quickly and said vaguely.
The roar of the engine sounded again in the dark night. At some point, mist began to rise in the sky, and thousands of strands of drizzle fell silently under the beams of car lights.
The cemetery was built on the hillside. When he parked his car at the foot of the mountain, Jiang Li glanced at the hillside in front of him.
Following Su Hexiang into the cemetery, he walked into two adjacent tombstones. On one of the tombstones was a photo of a young man with facial features similar to his.
Jiang Li looked at another tombstone, which should belong to the girl's mother. She was smiling in the photo, with a beautiful face, and the spring water from the south of the Yangtze River seemed to be settling in her smile.
If styrax smiles, it should smell like this.
After simply cleaning up the weeds beside the tomb, Su Hexiang stood up and said lightly to the young man: "Actually, there's nothing to see."
“After all, I have to come and visit often.”
"Um."
"Actually, both my parents have passed away..."
Although the parents in this life don't have much contact with each other, they still have the kindness to raise them. Jiang Li will pour a glass of his favorite wine for his father and a handful of hyacinths for his mother on fixed days.
In the past, he would go to the graves alone, but later, when Xiao Rong'er became more sensible, the brothers and sisters came together.
Su Hexiang pursed her lips and looked at him expressionlessly. With her character, she probably couldn't say anything comforting.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier. They didn't bring umbrellas. It was time to leave.
Styrax's knitted jacket was very thin, and the rainwater stuck to the wool, not to mention not keeping warm.
Jiang Li originally wanted to take off his coat and put it on the girl, but when he thought that he only had a thin shirt underneath and would easily catch a cold in this late autumn night, he gave up the idea.
He kept comforting himself that even if he wanted to do that, options would pop up to stop him.
Sometimes, people just unknowingly miss the opportunity to get rid of being single.
The way back was very long. Maybe it was cold and Su Hexiang was not driving fast.
Instead of going back to school, she took Jiang Li back to the community. They happened to be neighbors, so there was no need to walk a long distance to see someone off.
After standing at the door of the house and saying goodbye to each other, Jiang Li returned to his small home.
After taking a nice hot shower, he was about to go to the warm bed to relieve the fatigue of the day when the knock on the door rang again.
He immediately thought that Su Hexiang's house had not yet installed a water heater.
After opening the door, the girl stood tall and looked at him calmly, then turned sideways to reveal the toiletries behind her, as if the scene from yesterday was reappearing.
"I'm wet, I need to take a bath." The styrax stick read.
Before Jiang Li could agree, the girl squeezed in through the gap in the door.
Su Hexiang is not only straightforward in character, but also very... familiar.
Jiang Li's mouth twitched as he watched the girl enter the bathroom, moving skillfully as if this was her home.
…
"Excuse me, thank you." Su Hexiang, who had dried her hair after taking a shower, stood at the door and said to Jiang Li.
"You're welcome..."
Jiang Li wanted to say you're welcome, but he didn't expect the option to be triggered again.
[Option 1: Kindness from neighbors: If you need anything, you can come to me, don’t worry about disturbing me. Completion reward: If you pick up the express delivery, it will be stolen]
[Option 2: Indifference from neighbors: When will your house be settled? I am so poor that I can’t even pay the water bill. Completion reward: Intermediate driving]
Why……
Jiang Li said without blushing, "When will your family be settled? I'm so poor that I can't even pay the water bill."
Su Hexiang looked at him. When he heard such rude words, no one expressed any reaction. He just said lightly: "Oh."
Then turned around and left.
Another day of being disliked by girls.
Jiang Li closed the door, feeling sad inside.
The little bit of friendship he finally established with his senior sister was probably gone with those words, which made him a little sad. How could he have the nerve to ask Su Hexiang to borrow a car in the future?!
After all, riding a motorcycle late at night is so cool!!! Hoho!
Suppressing the depressing thoughts in his heart, Master Jiang got into bed comfortably and started browsing on his mobile phone.
He found that the high school class group that had been silent for a long time suddenly became active, so he couldn't help but click in.
【Guess who is coming back from the United States tomorrow?】
【Deer School Beauty, who else could it be?】
[This is wrong, why can’t it be Zhang Feng and the others.]
[Who cares about their life and death (squinting smile)]
[Then let’s get together tomorrow, just to clean up the dust for the Lu Study Committee.]
[The minister seconded the proposal.]
[The minister also seconded the proposal.]
…
【Me too.】
News about the class group flooded the screen like crazy. The city they were in had a very good education quality and there were many institutions of higher learning, so there were also many high school classmates left behind.
Jiang Li closed the dialog box, thought for a while, and clicked on the contact with the screen name Xiaolu Rancang.
【Are you coming back tomorrow?】
There will be a reply in seconds.
Xiaolu Ranban: [Hmm, how does Mr. Jiang know?]
[It has spread throughout the class.]
The little deer bumps into each other: [cheek support.jpg]
Xiaolu Ran Bang: [I only told Xiaoli, I didn’t expect her to tell it out so quickly.]
Li Xiaoli is Lu Zhu's friend in high school. They often participate in activities together and have a good relationship.
[They are planning to have a gathering tomorrow to help you. 】
Lu Zhu didn't like to look at the class, and she didn't like to reject people. Jiang Li wanted to tell her in advance, so as not to embarrass himself when his classmates asked about the girl's time conflict.
Xiaolu Ranban: [That’s it...]
Xiaolu Ranban: [Would it be inappropriate not to go?]
Xiaolu Ran Bang: [Then I’d better go...]
[It doesn’t matter if you don’t go, they are just messing around. By the way, will someone pick you up tomorrow? Do you have many things? 】
Lu Zhu on the other side looked at the messages on her phone, her fingers tangled on the keyboard for a long time. In fact, she was picked up by someone, but if she said no, he would come according to Jiang Li's character. She wanted to see him as soon as possible
, but she didn’t want to deceive the boy.
The girl touched Yakult's head next to her, pursed her lips, and typed out a reply quickly.
Little Deer: [No.]
The girl who lied for the first time curled up on the bed, her cheeks spread with a blush, and she was so charming.
[Then I'll pick you up. If nothing happens, you can send me your flight.]
Little Deer: [That’s too much trouble, so I’d better not use it.]
Lu Zhu suddenly felt that her words were a bit hypocritical. She buried her head in the quilt, trying to alleviate her guilt in this way.
【It's okay, we are classmates.】
Xiao Lu Ran Bang: [Thank you very much, Mr. Jiang.]
Immediately, the girl threw away the phone, as if it was a hot potato in her hand, and then she hugged her curled knees in a daze, feeling deeply guilty.
Yakult came over and nuzzled her affectionately, and then the girl picked up the phone and took a look.
【See you tomorrow.】
These three short words made her slightly distracted.
After a long time, she held the phone against her chest and murmured in a low voice: "See you tomorrow, classmate Jiang."
She had been waiting for this day for a long time.
