Arbors intertwined

Qiao Ran left the studio at about nine o'clock.

After all, there is more space here, and you can always consult Teacher Zhou when you encounter problems. Qiao Ran has been preparing her graduation works here recently.

It's not uncommon to come home after dark.

However, this was the first time that Qiao Ran felt as if someone was following him.

There is a certain distance between the school and the dormitory building. When you leave the school gate, you have to cross two streets before turning into the research institute and the dormitory area for doctoral students.

After all, compared with undergraduates, they have more freedom in courses. Of course, the conditions of dormitories outside the campus are closer to apartments.

Qiao Ran accidentally saw the figure from the large floor-to-ceiling glass along the street when passing the first street.

At that time, Qiao Ran stopped subconsciously, and then saw the man turning into a nearby shop as if abruptly.

Although he knew that it might just be his own carelessness, Qiao Ran was still a little panicked.

She walked forward at a faster pace, looking at the surrounding glass or smooth granite walls from the corner of her eyes from time to time.

In intermittent reflections, Qiao Ran felt more and more that someone was indeed following him.

This fear was amplified by her complete inability to hear.

At this moment, a vibrating reminder came from the mobile phone next to her body, that there was news coming.

Qiao Ran turned on the phone, and saw Mu Zixin's condolences.This made her seem to have found her backbone, she calmed down a lot, and then sent a message to ask Mu Zixin for help while slowing down.

Seeing that he was almost on the second street, after passing there, he entered the residential area. Apart from the soft street lights on both sides of the street, there were almost no shops.

Shouldn't be going there.Qiao Ran thought to herself.

At this time, there was a second message on the phone.

[Find a shop and go in, and tell me the address and the name of the shop. ]

Mu Zixin sent a reply.

Qiao Ran immediately turned the corner as she said, and walked into the nearest store. She didn't realize it was a restaurant until she went in.

Facing the waiter who greeted her with a smile, Qiao Ran had to follow her to pick a seat that could be seen from the door, but it was still close to the inside, and ordered a cup of hot drink first, holding the phone tightly with both hands and waiting.

There are shop signs everywhere in this shop, Qiao Ran quickly sent Mu Zixin the shop name and address.

[Rest there for a while, I'll be there in a while~]

The relaxed sentence, followed by a selfie of Mu Zixin's big smile made Qiao Ran relax.

That's right, in this store, even if someone is following her, it's impossible to rush in and catch her.

After thinking about this, Qiao Ran also smiled lightly, and quickly sent a reply.

[Concentrate on driving! ]

It seemed that she was not nervous anymore, Mu Zixin looked at the exclamation mark on the screen, twitched the corner of her mouth, put the phone aside temporarily, and drove through the signal light that had just turned green.

After a while, Mu Zixin arrived at the shop Qiao Ran mentioned.

Regardless of whether parking is allowed or not, Mu Zixin quickly pulled over the car, got out of the car and walked into the shop.

Before the waiter who greeted him could speak, Mu Zixin found Qiao Ran and walked over quickly: "Qiao Ran, are you okay?" Although Qiao Ran should be safe theoretically, Mu Zixin was still worried. .

Thinking of someone following Qiao Ran, and thinking of the figure inside the school gate before, Mu Zixin couldn't feel at ease.

[I'm fine. ] Qiao Ran smiled and shook her head, but Mu Zixin keenly noticed that her face was still pale.

At this time, the waiter has followed up.

Mu Zixin still didn't let her have a chance to speak, took out a large piece of money and put it down, picked up the drawing board that Qiao Ran had put aside and planned to go back and continue, pulled Qiao Ran and said, "Let's get in the car and talk."

As for the change, Mu Zixin was not in the mood to wait, so it was just a tip.

After getting in the car, Mu Zixin thoughtfully started the car to adjust the temperature of the air conditioner, and rolled up all the windows around the car, so that the outside could not find out what was going on inside the car.

After everything was done, she looked at Qiao Ran again: "Qiao Ran, don't be afraid, I'm here." She held Qiao Ran tightly with her hand, passing her warmth to her.

Thinking of Qiao Ran being followed when she came home at night, and it might not be the first time, Mu Zixin felt annoyed and scared.Fortunately, fortunately, Qiao Ran found out, fortunately, Qiao Ran is fine.

With Mu Zixin comforting her with warm words over and over again, Qiao Ran's spirit finally relaxed completely.

Although I followed Mu Zixin's method before and knew that I should be safe, I kept thinking about the possibility that I might be being followed all along, and the sense of fear kept coming.

Mu Zixin has been watching Qiao Ran's face all the time. At this moment, she suddenly smiled, opened her hands half-jokingly and said, "If Qiao Ran is really that scared, then throw herself into my firm and reliable arms and cry aloud." ~"

Qiao Ran looked at Mu Zixin who had an exaggeratedly serious face, and punched her angrily. Looking at Mu Zixin who was covering the place where she was knocked and screaming in pain, she couldn't help laughing.

This person really doesn't want any image at all.

After such a commotion, the fear in the hearts of both of them was completely dispelled like a chill.

Mu Zixin glanced at Qiao Ran and asked, "Qiao Ran, do you need to call the police?" Although in the current situation, even calling the police would not be of much help, but she went to ask the elder sister to put some pressure on them in the name of the Mu family. There will also be some measures.

However, Qiao Ran just shook his head: [I'm not very sure, let's forget it. ] She is also very clear that even if she goes to the police station, she will only ask questions and don't know what to do when faced with police inquiries.

However, if it is really confirmed, maybe something happened?Thinking of this, Qiao Ran couldn't help but smile helplessly: [I'll go back before dark from now on. ] She also only came up with this way.

Mu Zixin was silent for a while, held Qiao Ran's hand, and looked at her seriously: "Qiao Ran, why don't you move here and live with me." She knew a little more than Qiao Ran, but she knew a little more about the school gate. She didn't want to scare Qiao Ran by taking it out when she was uncertain.

If someone is really following him, I'm afraid he won't let him go even during the day, and it's even possible that the person is in the dormitory building.

With this kind of cognition, Mu Zixin couldn't rest assured that Qiao Ran would live there alone.

After much deliberation, it's better to let Qiao Ran move in to live with him to be at ease.

After hearing Mu Zixin's question, Qiao Ran was taken aback for a moment, then looked up at her intently.

Mu Zixin was originally completely out of worry, but with Qiao Ran's gaze on her, her little thoughts of tricking Qiao Ran into living in her own house and cultivating her relationship at a close distance came out little by little.

As a result, Mu Zixin became more and more guilty, as if she really had a ghost in her heart, and her face burned unconsciously.

"Qiao Ran, I'm worried about you. I also have a studio prepared there, if... if..." Mu Zixin took a breath and said it all, "If you don't want to sleep with me so soon, there is also a studio there. There are rooms."

Qiao Ran really didn't want to live with Mu Zixin so soon.

Not to mention that it's only been a short time since they confirmed their relationship, if the key is to live together, Qiao Ran must move to Mu Zixin's place.That made Qiao Ran feel like she was relying on her to survive.

It was a kind of unrest. Ever since her adoptive parents and sister went to Beijing, Qiao Ran spent a lot of time getting used to living alone. Since then, she has decided to live on her own.

However, seeing Mu Zixin's look of wanting her to move in but thinking about her, Qiao Ran suddenly felt relieved.

Hasn't this person decided to spend the rest of his life together?

She now gets her main income from this person's gallery, so there's no way she can divide it.

So, when Mu Zixin finished speaking and waited anxiously, what she saw was Qiao Ran's formal reply in sign language.

[it is good. ]

Mu Zixin was so happy that she was almost at a loss.

Seeing the big smile on Mu Zixin's face, Qiao Ran couldn't help but smile too.

This person usually seizes every opportunity to eat tofu and tease people, but every time at this time, he is nervous and happy like a girl who is in love for the first time, and all emotions are displayed on his face , Infect everyone present.

However, according to this person, it was also her first love.

No matter what, seeing the other party is extremely happy, even myself will be happy too.This feeling of emotional connection is really good.

An unexpected stalking incident made Qiao Ran agree to move in and live together, which kept Mu Zixin's emotions at that high level.

She happily started the car, and first drove Qiao Ran to the dormitory to get some necessary changes of clothes and supplies, and then boarded the car together again and went home.

Thinking that she had to watch Qiao Ran go back before, and then drive away by herself, Mu Zixin is very proud now.

If it wasn't for that unknown stalker, she still didn't know when she would find a suitable opportunity to make Qiao Ran let go.

However, it didn't take long for Mu Zixin to feel complacent, the flashing police cars on the side of the road and the traffic policemen blocking the way outside made her realize a serious problem.

However, the cars had already entered the only passage along the queue, and even the back road was blocked by the cars following them, Mu Zixin found that he had no way to escape.

Glancing at Qiao Ran, Mu Zixin finally stopped the car, rolled down the window, and smiled helplessly at the young traffic policeman who signaled her to stop and check: "Comrade policeman, what's wrong?"

Mu Zixin smiled like a flower, stared blankly at the little traffic policeman who had already dealt with a lot of vicious, angry and impatient people, and subconsciously calmed down: "It's okay, just check for drunk driving, you—" Finally remembered himself The traffic policeman at work smelled the smell of alcohol coming out of the car, and his gaze changed, "Please show me your driver's license, lady, have you had a drink just now?"

"Hey, shh—" Mu Zixin turned to look at the person in the passenger seat in a flustered manner, and handed over his driver's license to the policeman, acting like a good citizen, "Comrade policeman, please keep your voice down, I How can it be possible to drink while driving. I just picked up my girlfriend after sending some drinking colleagues home, and she doesn’t like me going out to dinner with my colleagues.”

The little traffic policeman who was still routinely registering information was listening, and was taken aback when the word "girlfriend" appeared. His eyes were surprised to see that the person speaking in front of him was indeed a woman, and then he tilted his head to look at the passenger seat , there was also a woman sitting there, noticing the gaze of the traffic policeman, she nodded politely.

"You, girlfriend?" The little traffic policeman felt that the world was hopeless, he was still a poor bachelor, and there were two beautiful women in front of him who chose the same sex and completely abandoned men.

"Yes." Mu Zixin smiled like a woman in love, "Let me tell you, she just agreed to go back and live with me!"

"...Living together..." The little traffic policeman was struck by lightning once again.

"That's why I didn't drink, Comrade Policeman, give me back my driver's license, I want to take her home soon~" Mu Zixin continued to say with a smile.

The little traffic policeman with a broken heart returned the driver's license to Mu Zixin in a daze, and watched the car gradually move away. He didn't remember until the driver of the next car called him impatiently—forgot to give the driver's license to Mu Zixin just now. The female driver was tested for alcohol.

As for Mu Zixin who managed to fool the traffic police, he was naturally very satisfied with his performance just now.

Seeing her expression, Qiao Ran couldn't help asking: [What did you just tell that traffic policeman? ]

"Huh? Ah, I just told him that the smell of alcohol in the car was because I sent some colleagues who were drinking back home." Mu Zixin replied with a smile.

[that's it? ] Qiao Ran obviously didn't believe it. When they left, the little traffic policeman looked dumbfounded.

"Well, then tell him, I'll take my girlfriend home quickly too." Mu Zixin was very happy with the word "go home", so she said it again to Qiao Ran, "Qiao Ran, let's go home!"

Qiao Ran chewed the word in his heart, and nodded with a smile: [Go home. ]

Go back to their home.

As for Mu Zixin, he definitely didn't talk about the complete conversation with the traffic policeman. At this time, it doesn't really matter.