The Queen of Romance: A Summer of Sweet Classics

Chapter 21 Duplicity
The two arrived at a hotel together before dark. Because it was the off-season of tourism, the requirement of one suite for one person could be met. Also because it was the off-season, the service girls at the front desk were very leisurely. Although their attitude was polite, they couldn't hide their scrutiny. eyes.

Obviously they are a couple, but they put on an attitude of alienation from each other, and they want two suites. After getting the room card, the man's expression is not very good, and the woman's expression is even worse.

The two went to the first floor of the hotel for dinner.During the period, Xi Jinnan received a call, and before he finished talking there, he said "Not tonight, I don't have time", and then hung up.

Nie Ranqing asked: "Is there something wrong?"

"Small things."

Nie Ranqing looked at him suspiciously: "Can you call me at this time for small things? Even if it's not time for dinner, it should be off work. Do you have a dinner tonight?"

"Are you concerned?"

"...when I didn't ask."

The suites of the two are next to each other, and the bedroom also has an open-air balcony.After Nie Ranqing finished washing, she was alone on the recliner with her eyes closed and rested. She was a little tired from walking today and was about to go back to the bedroom to rest when the doorbell rang.

Xi Jinnan was standing at the door wearing a beige home coat, his hair was still slightly wet, and the corners of his eyes were smudged under the soft light in the corridor, which seemed gentle.She gathered herself together, and only then did she realize that the dress he was wearing at the moment was bought for him before they divorced. It was Xi Jinnan's favorite brand, and the style was also his favorite.At that time, she was shopping with Yao Mi, and she accidentally caught a glimpse of this brand, and suddenly remembered that when they were shopping in Hong Kong, Xi Jinnan spent a lot of money on her clothes, so she chose one based on the principle of reciprocating. He bought the one he thought was best for him.

It's just that she suddenly became timid later, and couldn't imagine the scene where she handed the pocket to Xi Jinnan. She was restless all afternoon because of this, and finally changed her mind - she silently put the dress on his side In the corner of the row of clothes, she didn't even tell Xi Jinnan that she bought him that dress until the divorce.

Now she is a little dazed, she can't imagine how he turned it out.

It's also a little embarrassing.The ex-husband was wearing the home clothes that his ex-wife bought him, and stood at the door of his ex-wife's hotel room, not to mention that the clothes were secretly bought for him by the other party before the divorce. Who would dare to say that this rare situation is just a coincidence?

Coincidences are generally unbelievable, not to mention that the creator of the coincidence is Xi Jinnan.Nie Ranqing felt that this had something to do with it.

"is there anything?"

"I should have left something in your bag."

"what?"

He raised the phone with a black screen in his hand: "Charger."

Nie Ranqing let him in, took out the backpack and looked through it, and found what Xi Jinnan wanted among the folds after a lot of effort.Nie Ranqing didn't know why his battery appeared in her backpack, but looking at Xi Jinnan's overly calm eyes, she swallowed the question she wanted to ask.

Xi Jinnan has no immediate plans to leave.He unscrewed the bottle of Evian by himself, looking thoughtful.Nie Ranqing was sitting on the sofa with a book in his hand, and he also walked over and sat opposite.

After a while, he finally said, "What are your plans for tomorrow?"

"I want to visit the temple."

"me and you together."

Nie Ranqing groaned.

He added, "You don't have anything to ask me?"

Nie Ranqing's heart skipped a beat.She looked up, under the dim light, Xi Jinnan Dingding looked at her, still calm and relaxed.

One of his hands was gently stroking the smooth backrest of the recliner, and his thumb was slowly drawing circles on it.Obviously waiting for her to speak.

She wanted to ask him something, but she couldn't ask him at the same time.For example, why did he come to climb the mountain with her today, and a few days ago, why did he pick her up and drop off to the supermarket for a month, but then he disappeared for ten days without explaining the reason; further away, I want to ask When she asked him if he had met someone he liked after the divorce; if she went further, she would want to ask him again why she married him in the first place, and she didn't trust the simple explanation he gave.

If she could only ask one question, she wanted to ask him if they could get back together.

But they couldn't ask all the questions.She worries that the final answer won't be as hoped.

After a while, Nie Ranqing said under his gaze: "What about you? Do you have anything to say to me?"

Xi Jinnan said nothing, and smiled slightly after a while.

"I've recently discovered that a lot of things have taken a detour, and maybe we can find a better solution to the problem than the original one."

"Like?"

"For example..." He looked at her, and in the middle of speaking, he suddenly changed his mouth, "It's late at night, it's time to go to bed. I have to get up early tomorrow."

"..."

Nie Ranqing's heart was high, but he stopped abruptly, and she was really annoyed.Xi Jinnan didn't seem to be able to see it, and set a time with her to go to the temple the next day.

Nie Ranqing was annoyed: "What time do you get up, why do you have to set a time, and you don't go to work!"

He had a good temper, nodded and agreed, then took his leave and left.

Nie Ranqing was left spinning around in anger.

Nie Ranqing thought about Xi Jinnan's words over and over again, and was kept awake all night by him.When it was dawn, I hugged the quilt and sat up bitterly, and decided to go out to breathe.

The grass at the foot of the mountain is lush and the air is fresh.Nie Ranqing ran for a while in the morning, getting farther and farther away from the hotel, and finally stopped in front of a flower bed, and decided to stay here until the sun came out before going back.

As soon as she sat down, the autumn coolness quickly brewed, and the thin clothes couldn't stop it at all.Nie Ranqing folded his arms for a while, then curled up into a ball, so he immediately decided to go back home.

However, she discovered to her dismay that she was lost.

This discovery made Nie Ranqing frustrated, and she almost had the urge to hit a wall.She tried to look in all directions, and found that every road seemed to have just been walked.Then I picked a random road and walked for 50 meters, but in the end I retreated knowingly when I came across a crossroad.

With the light of dawn, Nie Ranqing was about to shiver from the cold.There wasn't even a shop nearby, so she hesitated for a long while lonely, and finally decided to ask for help.

The call was connected quickly, and Nie Ranqing breathed a sigh of relief.I also felt that I was a bit stupid at this time, and I was discouraged even when I spoke: "Where are you?"

"Hotel. Why ask such a stupid question?"

Perhaps because of being woken up, Xi Jinnan's voice was slightly deep and hoarse.Nie Ranqing choked, "Because I'm not in the hotel! This is not a stupid question!"

He paused and asked, "Where are you?"

"How do I know! I'm lost!"

Xi Jinnan laughed: "Is it so righteous to get lost?"

"Are you coming to pick me up or not!"

"Go on. Don't worry yet." Xi Jinnan laughed again, "Are there any obvious buildings around?"

"Several intersecting roads and a pretty flower bed."

"This kind of scene is everywhere in this kind of place."

Nie Ranqing was angry again: "I don't know! Are you coming or not!"

"Okay, okay, come right away." Nie Ranqing became more and more sad and angry, but his speech became more gentle, "Which way did you go out of the hotel?"

"right."

"Understood, wait for me for 15 minutes."

Nie Ranqing was sitting beside the flower bed, squinting her eyes to watch the sky light up little by little, and when the sun showed half of her face, Xi Jinnan finally appeared in front of her.

In fact, the time is very short, less than 15 minutes at all.According to Nie Ranqing's estimated distance, Xi Jinnan walked extremely fast, but she waited a long time.Nie Ranqing took a deep breath of the fresh morning air, put his hands in his pockets and wrapped himself tightly, already too cold to speak, just looked at him coldly.

Xi Jinnan brought a gray scarf, stretched out his hand, and tied it around her neck.He asked, "When did you come out?"

Nie Ranqing squeezed out a few words between her teeth: "I don't know."

She raised her face while he was tying the scarf. From her point of view, he was wearing a black windbreaker, extremely handsome and tall, with a slender body and long eyelashes, as if he was gentle enough to accommodate everything.

(End of this chapter)