heartstrings

Ke Ruochu lied, and took the opportunity to hug Sheng Ruqi tighter.So how lonely is it that you seek warmth from someone you've only met a few times?

After walking more than ten meters, they arrived at the front of the car. When Sheng Ruqi got off Sheng Ruqi's back, Ke Ruochu was even a little disappointed.

After getting in the car.

Sheng Ruqi asked, "Where else do you want to go?"

"Stop playing, it's too late." Yuan Luzhi had already sent her several WeChat messages, asking her if she was home, but Ke Ruochu got angry and didn't reply. She always hated those dinners, and today Yuan Luzhi arranged without her consent.

"I'll walk you home."

Ke Ruochu agreed, but for the first time he didn't directly refuse.

It was only ten o'clock and she said it was too late to go home. Compared with Bai Meng who often stayed out at night, she was really a "good girl".Sheng Ruqi pulled on her seat belt, turned the steering wheel, and drove slowly out of the parking lot, "A girl who usually looks very quiet is so crazy when she plays ball."

Ke Ruochu smiled embarrassedly.She was indeed crazy when she was playing. Thinking about it carefully, it seemed that this was the first time that she showed such a side in front of acquaintances. Even Bai Meng had never seen it before, and Yuan Luzhi didn't understand it.

Staring at the rows of street lights that were rapidly receding outside the windshield, Ke Ruochu gradually felt sleepy. He was dizzy and busy all day in the hospital during the day, and he exercised too much at night.

Very tired, I hope to go back to sleep.

Want nothing.

Sheng Ruqi caught a glimpse of the tired look on Ke Ruochu's face, and lowered her voice a little, "Go to sleep when you're tired, and I'll call you when you arrive."

"Yeah." Ke Ruochu tilted his head slightly, glanced quietly at the person beside him, then turned his gaze to the front immediately.It is said that getting along with a mature person will be very comfortable, because the other person knows how to take care of your feelings, Ke Ruochu also feels the same, just like when I was with her tonight.

The distance was not far away, but Ke Ruochu still managed to stay awake. Twenty minutes later, the car stopped at the gate of a familiar neighborhood.

Sheng Ruqi looked down at Ke Ruochu's ankle, "Is your foot okay?"

"It's okay." If it wasn't for Sheng Ruqi, Ke Ruochu would have thought that he would be alone again tonight, spending several hours outside before returning home. "Sister, thank you for being with me tonight."

"You're with me too." Sheng Ruqi said smoothly, "Next time you want to find someone to play with, you can find me."

Hearing what Sheng Ruqi said, the corners of Ke Ruochu's lips curled up, perhaps the sweetest smile tonight, because he was genuinely happy, "Okay."

Sheng Ruqi likes to see Ke Ruochu smile, she rarely sees such a clean smile, it makes people feel very comfortable, her eyes are clear, it seems that as long as there is a little light reflected in the bottom of her eyes, they are like stars.

After Ke Ruochu got out of the car, Sheng Ruqi glanced out of the window for a long time. She leaned back against the seat and couldn't help thinking, what are you doing tonight?Are you really tempted to chase after this little girl?

Sheng Ruqi did not deny that she had some "unrealistic thoughts" about this girl.

Thinking about it rationally, Sheng Ruqi didn't intend to put this "unreasonable idea" of hers into practice, she just thought it was new for a while, and she would forget it after a while.She also knows very clearly which people she can provoke and which people she cannot provoke.

This innocent little white rabbit obviously belongs to the latter, and does not belong to the same circle as her.

I don't know if it's the weather or what, but I feel upset for no reason.

Sheng Ruqi took a cigarette from the cigarette case, lit it, took two puffs, and then extinguished it again.Mosquitoes were infested and buzzing in summer. She reached out and touched her neck, and she had already been bitten several times by mosquitoes.

That's what attracts mosquitoes.

Very uncomfortable.

After closing the car window, Sheng Ruqi wanted to drive home directly, but she wanted to drink again.

When Ke Ruochu got home, it was already 10:30.She was standing at the door, looking down at the key in her bag, when the door suddenly opened by itself.

A strange man came out.

Ke Ruochu was taken aback for a moment, and almost wanted to close the door again to see the house number.

"You just came back? Where did you go to play?" After seeing Yuan Luzhi behind the strange man, Ke Ruochu was sure that he had gone to the wrong house.

"Xiao Song, this is Ruochu." Yuan Luzhi introduced to the man beside her with a smile on her face, and hurriedly dragged Ke Ruochu into the room, "Look how destined you two are, I thought we wouldn't be able to see each other today, but we still did. "

After Yuan Luzhi said this, Ke Ruochu immediately realized, and took another look, it was exactly the same as the photo her mother showed her that day, tall and thin, wearing glasses.

Ke Ruochu quickly hung three black lines on his forehead.She finally came back after hiding all night, but unexpectedly had a "chance encounter".

"Hi, my name is Song Xiao."

Ke Ruochu didn't respond.

Yuan Luzhi pushed Ke Ruochu's arm, "I'm greeting you."

Ke Ruochu reluctantly shook hands with the man in front of him perfunctorily, "Ke Ruochu."

"Xiao Song, why don't you sit down for a while, just to chat with you two." Yuan Luzhi turned to Ke Ruochu again and said, "Today, my mother had a day's surgery, and Xiao Song drove me back specially, how caring."

"Auntie, you're welcome." Song Xiao looked at Ke Ruochu, who lowered his head slightly, and smiled again, "It's too late today, so I won't disturb your rest. Let's meet again another day, anyway, there are many opportunities."

Ke Ruochu suppressed a polite smile, and silently said "Don't fall in love with me" twice in his heart.

"That's right, you should go back to rest early too. Chuchu, you and Song Xiao add a WeChat account first, so it will be convenient for you to contact in the future."

Ke Ruochu wanted to refuse, but in the current situation...it was added indiscriminately.

After Song Xiao left, Ke Ruochu planned to go back to the bedroom directly.But Yuan Luzhi stopped her, "Where did you go tonight, playing so late?"

Ke Ruochu paused, "Gathered with friends."

"Which friend?"

"I'm so old, you still have to ask so clearly. Besides, you don't necessarily know all my friends." Ke Ruochu wanted to complain about this a long time ago, and no matter where he went, he had to report it with whomever he was with. .

"I care about you too."

Almighty concern.

Ke Ruochu knew that her mother would not end the chatter easily if she didn't explain clearly, so her words were half true and half false, "With Mengmeng's sister, didn't we stay at her sister's house last time for Mengmeng's birthday? I feel embarrassed, so I asked someone to Have a meal."

"Well, it should be returned." Yuan Luzhi still couldn't help muttering, "When can't you invite dinner, but tonight, tonight's dinner is so important."

"You arranged it without telling me." Ke Ruochu said holding back his anger.

"Then what do you think of Xiao Song just now?" Yuan Luzhi returned to the topic.

For a long time, Ke Ruochu felt that she had compromised too much, and she didn't want to compromise on emotional matters, "Mom, don't introduce me to me in the future, I want to make up my own mind on emotional matters. Besides, I don't want to talk about it now... ..."

"I didn't say that I won't let you make up your own mind. Mom is not forcing you to marry someone. She just wants to find you a good home. How can she harm you? When you fall in love, you have to talk about fate. You should get in touch with Xiao Song first. Get in touch, don’t reject people before you start.”

Ke Ruochu was silent, knowing that according to her mother's personality, no matter how she communicated, her mother would not back down, and would only think about how to further persuade you to accept her point of view.

"What's wrong?" Yuan Luzhi looked at Ke Ruochu and turned away.

"Tired and want to rest."

"You still play so late knowing you're tired, don't play so late next time."

It was eleven o'clock, and Ke Ruochu was lying on the bed, wanting to have a good sleep.The message notification rang, and it was Song Xiao who saw it: [I'm home, good night]

Ke Ruochu blocked the other party's notifications without any hassle, and buried his face in the pillow, feeling more and more annoying.

Six pm.

Art Center, just finished the second rehearsal.

Weekends are shows.

"then."

Ke Ruochu caught the pure water thrown by Bai Meng, unscrewed it and took a sip.

"I'm hungry, thinking about where to eat."

"You guys decide, I can do either." Just as Ke Ruochu finished speaking, the phone rang.

"Ke Ruochu, let me tell you, is there something wrong with you recently? Are you making too many calls?" Bai Meng's observation skills are very keen.

Ke Ruchu didn't even need to think about who contacted him frequently recently.What she was most worried about happened, Song Xiao seemed to want to chase her, and he was very patient.

"Take it, don't worry, I won't eavesdrop." Bai Meng said and put up her hands to cover her ears pretendingly.

Ke Ruochu walked aside, "Hello?"

A man's voice came from the other end of the phone, "Ruochu, is the rehearsal over?"

"How did you know about my rehearsal?"

"Auntie told me."

Ke Ruochu also guessed, "It's over, I'm going to have dinner with my friends."

"Well, I have a friend who opened a Japanese restaurant, and the taste is not bad. I wanted to ask you to eat together tonight. Or, tomorrow night?"

"I don't have time tomorrow night either."

The other party smiled awkwardly, "When will you have time?"

"I, that, the phone is out of battery, let's not talk about it." Ke Ruochu finished speaking with a guilty conscience, and immediately hung up the phone.

Ke Ruochu learned this trick from Bai Meng.

In the past, when his ex was pestering on the phone, Bai Meng would always say that the phone was out of battery, but Ke Ruochu never thought that he could be useful.She felt that Song Xiao should also be aware of her perfunctory attitude. She is not interested in him, so she probably won't continue to pester him.

"What, have a date?" Bai Meng's gossip soul was burning.

"The blind date my mother arranged for me calls every day."

Ke Ruochu had helplessness on his face, and he knew he didn't like it as soon as he guessed it.Bai Meng's expression rarely became serious, "I'm serious, don't listen to your mother too much, if you don't like it, you must refuse."

Bai Meng said this because she felt that with Ke Ruochu's personality, she might really listen to her mother's arrangements for her relationship, and when she was old enough, she would probably find a so-called "right family" person and get married soon.

Why doesn't Ke Ruochu understand this truth, but her mother's side is too headache.

When we got home after dinner, it was still early.

The room was dark and quiet. Ke Ruochu touched the switch, and when the light came on, the room was empty. It seemed that her mother was working overtime again tonight.As the chief doctor of Cardiac Surgery, being busy is the norm.

Ke Ruochu poured a glass of water, stood on the balcony to blow the air, thinking about something on his mind.I just hope that the summer vacation will pass soon, and she will be able to live back in school again.Speaking of which, Song Xiao is only returning to the country temporarily, and he should go abroad soon.

Remembering what Bai Meng said in the afternoon, Ke Ruochu took out his phone and sent two messages to Yuan Luzhi:

【Don't tell Song Xiao about me from now on】

【I have no feelings for him】

After sending the message, Ke Ruochu became more at ease, and it would be better to explain some things clearly earlier.

The evening wind rustled the camphor leaves.

Ke Ruochu was bored and looked down downstairs.Accidentally found a white cat jumping out of the grass, sneaking around.There are often stray cats in and out of the community, and the security guards usually drive them out when they see them.

When Ke Ruochu saw the kitten wandering around, she turned around and went back to her bedroom to pack a small bag of cat food. Although she didn't own a cat, she would prepare some cat food at home to feed those stray cuties.

When I went downstairs, the white cat was still there.

Ke Ruochu squatted down and poured the cat food on the ground, and called the kitten. Sure enough, after a while, the little guy tentatively approached, sniffing the smell of the cat food, and started to eat in a muffled voice.

"If you are so timid, is the cat afraid?"

"Um……"

Thinking of the conversation with Sheng Ruqi that day, Ke Ruochu lowered his head and laughed, it was probably the thickest time she had ever had.

Speaking of owed her a meal, Ke Ruochu took out his mobile phone and wondered whether he should take the initiative to call, after thinking about it, but since he agreed to owe her a meal, he should call and ask.

This is basic courtesy.

Ke Ruochu managed to convince himself, found Sheng Ruqi's phone number, and dialed it.

When the mobile phone vibrated on the desk, Qiao Zi was working overtime with Sheng Ruqi in the office to discuss the plan, while eating supper nervously. He ate most of a bowl of dumplings, but he couldn't taste the filling.

Two days ago, Qiao Zi thought that the boss had left the order. It seemed to be an illusion, which can be deduced from the intensity of overtime work recently.

"I'll get it." Qiao Zi got up before Sheng Ruqi.

Sheng Ruqi nodded.

Qiao Zi walked to the desk and picked up the boss's mobile phone. After seeing the caller ID, he was shocked.

The note is...Little White Rabbit?Could it be that the note to the boss was "Big Bad Wolf"?However, Qiao Zi felt that the title of "big bad wolf" was really acceptable, and it was quite vivid. "President Sheng, please call."

Sheng Ruqi took it, and when she saw the caller ID, she was also surprised, because she didn't expect Ke Ruochu to call on her own initiative.After having dinner together last time, they didn't contact each other again.

Sheng Ruqi got up and walked to the window.

Once connected.

"Sister, it's me, Ke Ruochu..."

"I know." Sheng Ruqi responded in a low voice.

"Do you have time tomorrow night?" Ke Ruochu lowered her head and kicked the pebbles by her feet. She rarely invited others like this, "I... want to treat you to dinner."

The voice from the other end of the phone was as soft as water, with a hint of shyness in it. Just listening to these few words, Sheng Ruqi could imagine the look on her face.Sheng Ruqi was even more surprised by taking the initiative to ask her out for dinner, why didn't she plan to provoke this little white rabbit, instead she started to "provoke" herself instead?