Xia Meng

"We are all girls, why do you have to propose to me? I can also send you flowers and rings."

Wei Linxi really almost didn't hold back his emotions. From the first time they fell in love, it seemed that every partner felt that it was only natural for Wei Linxi to give them gifts. No one would think of giving gifts to Wei Linxi, let alone Talking about ring proposals seems to be something that "boys" should do.

"This is the first time I have received a gift from my partner." Wei Linxi said in a muffled voice.

Xia Meng was a little surprised. She thought that a handsome girl like Wei Linxi would be favored by many people, and she should have received a lot of gifts, but she didn't expect that she didn't have one. Maybe it's because the society's stereotypes of gender polarization are too strong. It's ingrained.

"Wouldn't that be better, I'm the first girlfriend to give you a gift, the first girlfriend to propose to you, and the only one who wants to spend my life with you."

Wei Linxi blushed up to her ears when she heard Xia Meng's confession, but luckily she hid her face in Xia Meng's neck so Xia Meng couldn't see it.

Xia Meng didn't know what Wei Linxi's expression was like now, and continued to say to herself: "Even if you and I are separated in the future, you can't forget me. The things I did for you are things you have never experienced before. , is unique."

"I will not be separated from you." Wei Linxi finally said a word.

Wei Linxi is a person who is not very good at speaking. His academic performance was not very good since he was a child, and his Chinese language is even worse.It's not that she doesn't want to learn, it's just that she seems to be a person who can't express herself by nature, and she is a little slow to emotions. She basically speaks simply and directly, and what she says is the literal meaning. She doesn't have words in the conversation at all, or Meaningful.

But Xia Meng is completely on the contrary. Xia Meng's grades are not the best, and she is usually the most ordinary student hovering in the middle. It is Chinese, and she can get full marks in reading comprehension without accident. Composition is her strong point. When she was a student, there was no class that made her happier than writing composition.Perhaps because she is born with a delicate and sensitive mind, she always thinks a few more layers than others. Sometimes Wei Linxi's ordinary words were over-understood by Xia Meng, and she quarreled several times because of this.

Wei Linxi is simple and has a very gentle temperament. She almost never has conflicts with others. She seems to be friendly and gentle to everyone, but it is her gentleness that makes Xia Meng hurt again and again.

Xia Meng's emotions fluctuate a lot, and her character, which is hot on the outside and cold on the inside, shows enthusiasm. What she wants is a clear distinction between love and hate, not gentleness and smoothness.Her temper is actually very aggressive, and her happiness and anger are just shown on her face. In her words and actions, she never pretends to be the same as the former, and Wei Linxi is gentle and friendly to everyone, making Xia Meng felt that she was just the same as everyone else, and she was not special to her, which made her unacceptable.

Wei Linxi is an optimist, she can always see the bright side of everything, even if she gets angry and sad for a while, she can recover quickly and live a good life again.

Contrary to her enthusiastic and happy appearance on the surface, Xia Meng is a complete pessimist. Even if something happy and happy happens, such happiness will not last long for her, and she will soon fall into a sad state. In emotions, once you fall in, it is difficult to get out again.Because of this, her desire to survive is frighteningly low, as long as there is a slight possibility of escape, she can completely give up on herself and let herself sink.

These are two people with completely opposite personalities and thoughts. If it wasn't for Xia Meng who met Wei Linxi by mistake, maybe there would never be any intersection in this life, or even passing each other.

But isn't fate just such a bloody thing? It often feels possible, but it's impossible. Most of the time, it feels like a fantasy, and it just happens so naturally.

No one said that the arrival of the other party saved themselves and redeemed themselves, because this sounded too much like a sermon, which was nasty and hypocritical, so in reality, we couldn't say such words.

The days after Valentine’s Day seem to be pressing the accelerator button. Similar things seem to be repeated every day, so you can’t feel the passage of time.

During this period of time, the transfer of the store went smoothly. What everyone didn't expect was that there were many people who wanted to rent the store. Yun Mujing was carefully selecting the final partner.

"I didn't expect so many people to come to this street to open a shop." Yun Mujing looked at the information recorded in her hand to interview the other party, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Wei Linxi snickered, "It's probably the first time I opened a store without experience, and I don't know the inside story of this street."

Xia Meng thought it was a bit funny, and said to Wei Linxi, "It's as if you are not opening a shop for the first time."

Wei Linxi and Yun Mujing laughed at the same time.

"Hey," Yun Mujing continued, "It's because it's the first time to open a store without experience, and even opened a franchise, but it was cheated."

"Take it as tuition fee payment." Wei Linxi explained to himself.

"That's right, you'll have experience when you open a shop with me right away, and the Great God will take me off." Xia Meng teased Wei Linxi.

Wei Linxi covered his face and smiled wryly.

"Have you gone to see the shop?" Yun Mujing asked Xia Meng and Wei Linxi.

"Not yet," Xia Meng replied, "Go tomorrow, the school will open tomorrow, and some students have come back one after another."

Yun Mujing nodded, "I'll join you when you open."

"That must be done." Xia Meng raised her head with a proud expression.

"By the way, Xia Meng," Yun Mujing suddenly remembered something, "There is someone who is going to talk about the transfer this afternoon, and I need your help."

"what's wrong?"

Yun Mujing showed an unfriendly smile, which made Xia Meng shudder.

"The person who came in the afternoon, I can see that he really wants our store, but his transfer fee is too low, we are not very happy, and we are afraid that if we miss it, it will be difficult to meet the person he wants so much, so in the afternoon I want you to talk to him with me."

"Me?" Xia Meng pointed at herself, looked at Yun Mujing suspiciously, and then at Lin Xi. "I don't know how to talk about business, how do I know what to talk about."

"I think you can do it!" Yun Mujing cast an affirmative look at Xia Meng. "You also know that I am not very good at chatting with people, let alone haggling aggressively with them, so I want you to pretend to be my partner when the time comes, just say that you are not happy with this price."

Xia Meng stopped crying and laughing, "Good guy, dare to let me sing a bad face."

"No, no, I think you have momentum." Yun Mujing gave Xia Meng a positive thumbs up, and Wei Linxi also nodded vigorously to express his affirmation.

Xia Meng couldn't tell for a moment whether to praise them or scold them.Now that he has been entrusted with an important task, he can only bite the bullet and go on.

The conversation went on for nearly three hours. After Yun Mujing sent the guests away, Xia Meng walked up to Wei Linxi without saying a word, took her hand, and wiped the cold sweat on her palm without politeness.

Wei Linxi didn't realize it, she just stood there and let Xia Meng wipe her hands, it took a while before she realized it.

"Why are you sweating so much?"

"I'm so scared to death." It took Xia Meng a long time to hold back such a sentence.

Yun Mujing walked to the back and laughed. "I thought you were really calm. Just now you sat there, leaned back on the sofa, raised your head, your face turned cold, and you were pulled into a mess, which frightened that person for a while. It turns out that you are also hypocritical. ah."

Xia Meng pulled back from the role just now, and became herself again, and then the corners of her mouth sank, almost crying out of fright. "Damn, I've never been so afraid of the college entrance examination."

It was the first time that Yun Mujing and Wei Linxi heard Xia Meng swear, and burst out laughing.

"Don't laugh, I'm almost scared to death, I'm afraid I won't be able to handle it."

Yun Mujing wiped away the tears from laughing, covered her belly, gasped for breath, and said after she calmed down a bit, "Fortunately, we've reached an agreement."

The store work on the second day went very smoothly. Xia Meng and Wei Linxi soon found a store with a moderate size and a reasonable price. The only disadvantage was that the location was too far back, and the passenger flow would not be close to the north-south connection. The shop near the school gate is big.But now the situation is special, they don't have much working capital for the time being, as long as they work hard to promote the taste, they believe it can be opened, so they immediately contacted the landlord to sign the contract.

Everything seemed to be finalized, and things were being resolved smoothly one by one, but it was too smooth, which made people feel a little uneasy.

The transfer contract of the old store has been signed, and Wei Linxi and Yun Mujing discussed and divided half of the items in the store.

Wei Linxi moved all the things he could use into the new store. In order to save money, the decoration of the new store was completed by Wei Linxi and Xia Meng bit by bit.

The two of them took the subway to school together every day. Xia Meng went to class when there was class, and rushed to the store to help Wei Linxi after class. Cozy little shop.

On the day when the shop was completed, Wei Linxi and Xia Meng stood at the door holding hands, and the two of them just looked at their shop quietly.

Xia Meng felt very happy, and it was the first time that she felt this kind of happiness since she was a child. It was not about getting something she wanted, nor was she succeeding in something, but a different kind, mixed with satisfaction, Pride, sense of accomplishment, moving, down-to-earth complex happiness.

Wei Linxi has only one idea, this is the shop she opened with Xia Meng, a small shop that belongs only to them two, from now on, they can work and live together.

Half a month before the opening of the store, Wei Linxi made a promotional photo, and posted it on the school's website from time to time every day, while Xia Meng was doing publicity in her circle of friends, and sometimes met classmates and friends who had a good relationship with her Will also mention it.

So in the first week or two after the opening, the business was unexpectedly good. Xia Meng ran around in the classrooms and shops every day, while Wei Linxi took care of the business in the shop, and also took care of Xia Meng's food. Xia Meng's food was quickly obtained qualitative improvement.

In class that day, Xu Yang happened to sit in the row behind Xia Meng. Before class, Xu Yang curled Xia Meng's hair on the back with a playful smile, "Boss Xia, I'm so busy now that I can't see anyone every day." .”

Xia Meng didn't turn her head back, she pushed Xu Yang's hand away in disgust, and replied angrily: "Is this a ghost sitting here?"

"No, it's just that now except for class, I can't see Boss Xia at other times."

"You can find me in my shop."

"No, basically girls go to your store. I'm a big man. It's so embarrassing to sit there. I'll scare away your customers soon."

Xia Meng thought about it seriously, then looked back into Xu Yang's eyes, and said, "It makes sense."

Xu Yang wanted to cry but thought without tears, if others seriously agree with his self-defeating, the hurt in his heart is probably this feeling.

"You actually know that our shop is basically full of girls, so it seems like you went to see it secretly?" Xia Meng laughed maliciously.

Xu Yang quickly shifted his gaze, and replied stammeringly: "I went to play billiards with my friends that day. Yes, there is a billiards room diagonally across from your store. I just passed by and took a look, um."

There is indeed such a billiards room. When she was a freshman, Xia Meng often went to that billiards room to play billiards. It sounded reasonable. Xia Meng felt bored, so she clicked her tongue and turned around to ignore him. .

After class, Xia Meng still tidied up quickly and rushed to the store. Suddenly, she received a call from her mother, saying that she had something to do today and asked her to go home late. Seeing that there were already many customers at the door of the store, Lin Xi was probably overwhelmed again, so she hurried into the store to help out in three steps and two steps.

As soon as he entered, he saw Yun Mujing sitting in front of the bar, saw Xia Meng come in, and greeted him happily.

"Why are you here?" Xia Meng put down her bag and tied up her apron, feeling excited as if an old friend who hadn't seen her for a long time was reunited, even though they were still talking and eating together a month ago. With Kung Fu, there is such a taste that things are right and wrong.

"I saw that Wei Linxi often posted the daily routines of the two of you in the store, and there are a lot of delicious food. I just happened to be free today, so I came to see you."

"Then you must stay and have dinner together. It feels like we haven't seen each other for a long time."

While Wei Linxi was busy with the matter in hand, she also raised her head to look at Xia Meng, nodded vigorously and echoed, "Really, I think so too. It feels like it's been a long time, but it's actually just last month."

"How are you doing now, are you at work?"

"I don't go to work, I don't really want to go to work. I just do my favorite crafts every day and sing on the Internet. I don't have a lot of expenses, just enough to eat and drink for myself." Yun Mujing said with a smile, feeling that this is indeed true. She likes the way of life, and she feels satisfied from the bottom of her heart.

Xia Meng could understand Yun Mujing's thoughts, and also agreed, "It's good, you don't have to go to work, you like singing, and you can make money from it, I think it's good, as long as you can support yourself. "

"Yes," Yun Mujing took a sip of the milk tea, "Is this the milk tea formula we made before?"

"Yes." Wei Linxi replied.

"Well, our milk tea is still delicious, no wonder Xia Meng was captured all at once." After finishing speaking, he flirted with Wei Linxi meaningfully.

Wei Linxi scratched her head in embarrassment, and then secretly glanced at Xia Meng, but thanked the cup of milk tea in her heart.

"How is the business in your store? I just came here and felt that there are quite a lot of customers." Yun Mujing looked around the store.

"It's okay now, I can earn living expenses, anyway, there is no rush, take your time." Wei Linxi replied.

"Yes, the rent here is not too expensive. If you two can earn living expenses, I think it's pretty good."

Xia Meng stared blankly at the already shrouded night, as if talking to them, and also as if talking to herself, saying: "Anyway, I don't have any big ambitions, I don't want to make a lot of money, as long as I can eat and drink enough, Having a home is enough."

Winter nights always make people yearn for warmth. There are warm orange lights in the small windows of residential buildings. The TV is turned on in the living room. Steaming meals are placed on the dining table, as if smelling them hard. , can smell the aroma of those meals.

So passers-by on the road lowered their heads, lowered their hats, wrapped their scarves or coats tighter, and plunged into the bottomless night, in order to find their own home with warm lights as soon as possible.

Xia Meng and Wei Linxi separated at the exit of the subway station. Next, Xia Meng had to transfer to a bus, while Wei Linxi continued to sit on the platform near the bottom station, and then drove back.

When Xia Meng got off the rickety bus that seemed to be ferrying in the dark, she was already so sleepy that she was about to fall asleep, and there was still a short way to go. Persistence is victory, and Xia Meng encouraged herself.

The moment Xia Meng opened the door, Xia Meng felt a little strange. The living room was pitch black, as if jumping from one sea into another river, it was as cold and silent.

Xia Meng fumbled at the door and turned on the light, only to find that her mother and sister were sitting on the sofa in the living room. Xia Meng breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to ask why she would not turn on the light. In the corner of the room, the tears on his face were still wet, half frozen on his face.Xia Ke, who was leaning on his mother, stared blankly at nowhere, with no expression on his face.

Xia Meng's heart sank, and she asked, "What's wrong?"

Xia Meng's mother suddenly sobbed, Xia Ke stood up slowly, walked in front of Xia Meng, like a little doll who lost her soul, raised her arms to hug Xia Meng's waist, and slipped into Xia Meng's arms.Ever since Xia Ke gained self-awareness, he has hardly had such close contact with Xia Meng, and this sudden move made Xia Meng even more nervous.

Xia Meng didn't know why, so she just hugged Xia Ke tightly and comforted her.

Xia Ke finally spoke, his face pressed against Xia Meng's chest, and he said in a crying voice, "Sister, I'm afraid."