fall in love too early

The author has something to say: Starting from the airport, Qi Jia and Lu Baifei have looked at each other several times.

Lu Baifei has a pair of beautiful eyes, light brown, deep-set pupils, and slender eye tails. When looking at people, he will not look away immediately, but will stare at you gently and steadily until it causes the illusion of a faster heartbeat.

Qi Jia looked at him, didn't think much about it, and said, "Okay, I'm sorry to bother you."

Lu Baifei smiled and said, "You're welcome." Then he took out his phone and called a car.

The residential complex that Lu Baifei rents is indeed not far from Qi Jia's high-end apartment, it is estimated that it only takes 20 minutes to walk.The online car-hailing car called by Lu Baifei followed the green light for two intersections and arrived.

The large luggage that Qi Jia brought back to the country had already been stored at the property, so he carried a backpack and followed Lu Baifei over.Lu Baifei led him through a tree-lined avenue, entered a unit on the north side of the complex, went up to the third floor, took out the key to open the door, and then let him in sideways.

"Do you want to take off your shoes?" Qi Jia asked.

Lu Baifei said, "No, you can do whatever you want."

This is a one-bedroom apartment, not big in size, it would be more than enough for Lu Baifei to live alone.

Once Qi Jia thought about it, before she could think about it, she asked, "Do you live by yourself?"

Lu Baifei changed his shoes in the hallway, walked into the living room, and said, "Well, I often worked outside after my sophomore year, and I couldn't catch up with the dormitory to turn off the lights, so I asked my parents to sign a consent form, and the department office stamped it. Moved out by myself."

Qi Jia sat on the sofa, took a bottle of water from Lu Baifei, and asked, "What kind of job do you do?"

He didn't feel that it would be presumptuous for the two of them to get to the bottom of the matter, given that the two of them were still in a state of acquaintance.Lu Baifei didn't show any disgust either, and replied, "Helping out at a friend's recording studio."

There is an acoustic guitar and a Yamaha electric piano in this living room, which seems to confirm that Lu Baifei's hobbies are related to his part-time job.

Qi Jia didn't say anything after hearing this, took a few sips of water, put the mineral water bottle back on the coffee table, and fell into a state of not talking much again.

Seeing that he seemed too sleepy, Lu Baifei asked him, "Did you not sleep much on the plane? Or...you lie down in my bedroom for a while?"

Entering a home that is almost a stranger, lying on a bed that is almost a stranger, these things are not what Qi Jia in the past would do.But once again, he did not reject Lu Baifei.

He stood up from the sofa, perhaps because of the angle of the backlight, his face looked a little pale.

He nodded to Lu Baifei, expressing his agreement.Lu Baifei also stood up, took two steps ahead of him, pushed open a door facing south in the living room, and said, "Then wait a minute, I'll change the bed sheets."

Qi Jia didn't help the whole time, and stood by the bedroom door watching Lu Baifei busy.

Lu Baifei took out a clean four-piece bedding set from the closet, changed all the pillowcases and quilt covers, and closed the curtains, then picked up the pile of bed covers that had just been replaced, and walked to Qi Jia, "Okay .”

The light in the bedroom they were in had already dimmed, Qi Jia looked at Lu Baifei who was half a head taller than her, and was silent for a few seconds, without saying thank you or anything else.Until Lu Baifei smiled at him, freed a hand to pat Qi Jia's shoulder.

"Rest." After Lu Baifei finished speaking, he walked out of the bedroom.

Qi Jia closed the door behind him, walked slowly to the bed, took the scarf and threw it on the bed, sat down, and then lay down.

He didn't sleep on a pillow or cover him with a quilt, his legs hung out of the bed, and he lay directly on the quilt that Lu Baifei had just laid.In February in Tangcheng, the weather has turned warm. Qi Jia is wearing a woolen coat, and she won't be cold without a quilt.

Qi Jia's mind had some random thoughts at first, but then gradually became blurred.He actually didn't expect that he could fall asleep on Lu Baifei's bed. When a burst of laughter from far and near woke him up from a deep sleep, Qi Jia opened his eyes and looked at the completely unfamiliar room furnishings around him, and was stunned for a long time. , There is a kind of confusion of not knowing where you are.

In a daze, I heard someone talking across the wall, "Lu Baifei, you are so cute, there is another girl here asking me for your WeChat ID..."

Then came a more familiar voice, "Keep your voice down, a friend is sleeping at my house."

The booing sounded again, "...What friend? Girlfriend?"

"At this point, who will sleep in your house? There is a problem..."

Qi Jia pushed open the door and suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

The whole living room suddenly became quiet, everyone's eyes turned to Qi Jia, and Qi Jia looked at Lu Baifei who was standing by the window.

Lu Baifei gave up the sofa and chairs to others, and stood by the window with a can of beer in his hand.He was still wearing the loose sweater he wore when he picked up the airport in the afternoon, revealing the collar of the shirt inside, and his long hair was tied up behind his head. He looked casual but good-looking.

Seeing Qi Jia walk out of the bedroom, Lu Baifei smiled at him, "Are you awake? Are we too noisy?"

Qi Jia stood at the door of the bedroom, did not go further into the living room, and asked Lu Baifei, "What time is it?"

A young man sitting on the sofa immediately said, "It's almost eight o'clock."

Qi Jia turned to look at him, and a girl next to the young man said again, "Xiao Lu, why don't you introduce me?"

Lu Baifei smiled and said, "Oh, let me introduce you." Then, he walked up to Qi Jia, "Qi Jia, I...friend." Then he pointed to the young man who answered the time just now, and said to Qi Jia, "Min Hang, we are at the same level in the Department of Chemistry. My roommate used to be."

"Zhuang Jingxin and Hou Min are my senior sisters in Yanyi." He was referring to the two girls beside Min Hang.

"Li Songzhi, Tu An, are also seniors from the University of Science and Technology, we met when we were playing in the band."

Qi Jia just woke up, listened to the names of the people, and basically didn't remember any of them, but nodded to the five people present.

Min Hang was enthusiastic and immediately asked Qi Jia, "Which department are you from?"

Qi Jia was stunned, guessing that Min Hang considered himself a student of HKUST.

Lu Baifei helped him out and said, "Qi Jia just came back from the University of Chicago."

Min Hang whistled, "So awesome! What kind of profession?"

This time Qi Jia answered by herself, "Finance."

The Department of Economics at the University of Chicago has given birth to the prestigious Chicago School of Enocomics (Chicago School of Economics), and has also cultivated many Nobel Prize winners in economics. It is definitely the leader of the American School of Economics.

The University of Science and Technology is considered a key institution in China, and the eyes of several people present lit up when they heard that Qi Jia was a finance major at the University of Chicago.

Only Lu Baifei knew that Qi Jia had just been expelled from school because of drinking and hurting others. In order to prevent Min Hang and the others from asking further questions and embarrassing Qi Jia, Lu Baifei said, "You guys talk first, I will take Qi Jia to eat." something."

As he spoke, he pulled Qi Jia's arm and led Qi Jia into the kitchen.

The lively chatter and laughter in the living room became the background sound, Lu Baifei turned on the overhead light in the kitchen, poured a glass of water for Qi Jia, did not hand it to him directly, but placed it on the cooking table between the two of them .

"How are you resting?" He asked Qi Jia.

Qi Jia took a sip from the cup to moisten her throat, then nodded and said, "It's okay."

——It's not only okay, Qi Jia knew it in her heart.This was the fastest and best sleep he had had in recent months.

"A few of our friends ordered takeaway just now, and I ordered one for you too." Lu Baifei said, then turned around and took out a takeaway lunch box from the refrigerator, "I don't know if your taste is salty or not, so I ordered a three-cup chicken set meal .”

"Are you eating now?" Lu Baifei asked again.

Qi Jia just woke up and didn't have any appetite, so she shook her head and said, "No, I'll take it away." He reached out to take the lunch box and said, "I just found out that the phone is out of battery, charge it for a few minutes, and I'll go."

Lu Baifei laughed, and looked at Qi Jia with bright eyes, "What's the rush, take your time."

Someone called Lu Baifei in the living room, and said that he wanted to discuss with him about holding an English week next month.

Qi Jia said, "You go, I'll drink some more water."

Lu Baifei pointed to the refrigerator, "There are ice tea and Sprite in there." After speaking, he walked out of the kitchen and joined the lively group chat in the living room.

Qi Jia stood by the kitchen door, her eyes slowly swept across Lu Baifei's five classmates.

The senior sister who was in the first year of graduate school liked Lu Baifei, Qi Jia thought.Another senior was asking Lu Baifei if he could send his WeChat ID to girls in other departments, but Lu Baifei said, don't send it, don't let people misunderstand.

So the brother pressed the phone and read out his input content, "We are grass-roots, we can't give it, I'm afraid of being misunderstood..."

Everyone in the living room laughed together except Lu Baifei.

It's grass, Qi Jia pondered for a while, and felt that with Lu Baifei's appearance, it shouldn't be an exaggeration to be a school grass.

Qi Jia had an idea in her heart, like a vine, she climbed up bit by bit.When he realized that this dangerous and radical idea was related to Lu Baifei, somehow he didn't feel panicked at all.

He drank from the glass and put the glass in the sink.There is a frosted glass between the kitchen and the living room, Qi Jia is on this side of the glass, and Lu Baifei is on the other side of the glass.

Qi Jia stood by the window without saying a word, staring at the beautifully silhouetted profile face, slowly raised his hand, traced the outline on the glass with his fingertips, and when he reached the line below the bridge of the nose, he withdrew his hand.

Lu Baifei's voice came from outside, "Qi Jia, I think I heard your phone ringing in the bedroom?"

Qi Jia collected her thoughts and walked out as if nothing had happened, "It may be Secretary Hu's call."

When passing by Lu Baifei, he caught a glimpse of a small piece of colored paper in the other's hair, so he gently pinched it between his two fingers.

Lu Baifei didn't even notice Qi Jia's movement to help him remove the paper, and he chatted enthusiastically with the two seniors sitting opposite.

Qi Jia clutched the piece of paper in her hand and went back to the bedroom to check her phone.

The call was from Zhou Yixin, and because Qi Jia didn't answer it in time, Zhou Yixin sent another message: Did you arrive successfully?Why didn't you tell mom.

Qi Jia faced the screen, thought for a moment, and replied: I am at Lu Baifei's house, and he is very nice.

Lu Baifei was able to come to the airport to pick him up in person, all because of the elders' instruction, which showed that he took his parents' wishes very seriously.Qi Jia stared down at the screen, thinking calmly, then let's start with the elders first.

After sending the message, he unplugged the charging cable, put the phone into his trouser pocket, stood in the bedroom with the lights off, and looked at Lu Baifei who was in the center of the bright living room.

Just a few hours ago on the plane, Qi Jia still felt that it was meaningless for her to return to China this time.Now he seems to find meaning in continuing.

The two rooms separated them at the intersection of light and shadow, Qi Jia and Lu Baifei looked at each other again.Lu Baifei looked at him with a simple and transparent expression, but Qi Jia's heart sank slowly.

As beautiful as jade, Qi Jia faintly evoked a smile.

He wanted to keep this piece of beautiful jade in his box.