Shi Ran felt that Chen Ruoyuâs move was inexplicable. She glanced at several empty tables not far away and said, âIsnât there a vacancy over there?â
Chen Ruoyu followed Shi Ranâs words with an âum,â and the plate on the table was closer to Shi Ranâs.
Yes, yes, but she just fell in love with the seat beside Shi Ran and sat down next to her, taking no more.
Xu Mengtian was lively and watched Chen Ruoyu sit down and greeted her familiarly: âSister Ruoyu, you are here.â
âSweet.â Chen Ruoyu replied, her voice colder than usual.
Xu Mengtian didnât notice it and continued: âWhen I came here today, Sister Zhou Yuan told me you would be very busy today. I thought I could not meet Sister Ruoyu, but it happened here.â
Chen Ruoyu listened and nodded, and said in a calm tone, âToday the company goes to work on the first day, and I have to hold a meeting to follow up with some foreign affairs.â
Xu Mengtian took a bite of the ribs and said, âI heard from my uncle that YTâs progress in foreign markets is a little slow.â
âItâs going well on the whole.â Chen Ruoyu replied.
Xu Mengtian signed a long time after hearing the words: âMy sister is also tired enough. Sometimes she texts her and only gets back to me in the middle of the night.â
Then there was a smile of anticipation on her face, and she said, âBut my sister will come back when it stabilizes over there.â
Chen Ruoyu did not agree: âItâs still up to Shen Yanâs thoughts.â
Xu Mengtian was extraordinarily sure: âShe will come back. She will always take over a company as big as my uncleâs. Besides, if you come back, she will come back.â
When Shi Ran heard Xu Mengtianâs last sentence, her heart seemed to be blocked.
This could also be interpreted as friends, or two people of the same magnitude making the same decision.
But Shi Ran felt strangely awkward.
She just watched Chen Ruoyu sitting seriously beside her. Her thin back was straight, and her hand hanging down beside her silently poked under her coat.
The fingers fell on the thin jeans, and there was a clear touch.
Chen Ruoyuâs hand holding the chopsticks froze for a moment, and she saw the culprit speaking to Xu Mengtian as if nothing had happened: âIs this Shen Yan also the older sister Meng Tian was talking about?â
Xu Mengtian nodded and introduced, âYes, she is my uncleâs daughter, but she doesnât have my uncleâs surname and follows my auntâs surname, Shen.â
No matter how Shi Ran heard it, the name âShen Yanâ sounded familiar. She turned her gaze slightly to look at Chen Ruoyu beside her and asked thoughtfully, âShen Yan⦠Your college classmate? That friend, I donât know?â
The hand that fell on the lap was dormant quietly, and the stubbornness of its owner was no longer there, but it made people faintly uneasy.
Chen Ruoyu didnât expect that she would still remember the casual chat with Shi Ran on the bed during the New Year. She sat calmly and honestly, saying âumâ to Shi Ran.
This affirmative voice sounded, and Shi Ranâs feeling of being blocked was not cleared, but even worse.
She raised her hand, holding the chopsticks to support half of her small face, and said meaningfully, in a long voice, âOh itâs her.â
Before the last syllable fell, Shi Ranâs dormant hand made a circle on Chen Ruoyuâs leg.
It was full of her petty temperament and the extraordinarily inexplicable possessiveness that comes with her at this moment.
Chen Ruoyu seemed to expect that her answer would attract Shi Ran, but she did not expect her to be so reckless.
Circle after circle of provocation was silently amplified in this noisy hall. The people around us came and went as if countless pairs of eyes were looking at themselves. Whatâs more fatal was that the two of them were sitting opposite each other. known as Xu Mengtian.
This child had a straight temper, and what to say when she sees it if she finds out
Chen Ruoyu didnât dare to think anymore. She stretched out her left hand on her lap and held Shi Ranâs left hand on her back, and then, in front of Xu Mengtian, she took the sweet and sour steak from Shi Ranâs plate over.
Shi Ran lost two cities in a row, and her expression was not calm: âWhat are you doing?â
Chen Ruoyu became calm.
In this way, she picked her ribs under Shi Ranâs gaze and said lightly, âI thought you wouldnât like it if you didnât eat it.â
âI like it very much!â Shi Ran protested.
She remembered the incident that was caused by Xiao Ba when she was at work and said to the person in front of her unhappily, âI am a very nostalgic person.â
She let out a sigh of relief and said meaningfully: âI just donât know if some people are like this, or if they canât tire of eating sweet and sour pork ribs.â
Chen Ruoyu could hear the meaning of Shi Ranâs words, inserted her fingers between her fingers, and gave a soft âumâ.
The voice fell, and Shi Ranâs inexplicable desire to win was satisfied.
She raised her head slightly, with a bit of coquettish anger: âItâs better like this.â
âWhat are you talking about?â
Xu Mengtian, who was sitting beside her, sent a protest.
Her eyes were wide open, full of doubts. âWhy do I sound like a riddle, and I canât understand it at all?â
âItâs nothing. Iâm just saying that todayâs sweet and sour short ribs are delicious, and you wonât tire of eating them. Sister Ruoyu even came to rob me.â Shi Ran smiled and took the candy from Chen Ruoyuâs plate. Vinegar short ribs.
One yard was one yard. Although Chen Ruoyuâs answer satisfied her, the hatred of eating sweet and sour food couldnât be let go like this.
Shi Ran took a piece and then took another piece in front of Chen Ruoyu.
Another piece.
Xu Mengtian looked at it, nodded, and replied, noticing nothing: âIndeed, I also think itâs very good. Itâs better than my auntâs cooking at home. No wonder it is limited to one serving per person.â
âWhen my sister comes back, I will take her to eat, and I will also take her to see Sister Shi Ran.â
As she spoke, she looked at Shi Ran expectantly and asked cautiously, âCan I call you sister too?â
Shi Ran, who had never liked others to be so close to her, nodded cheerfully in front of Chen Ruoyu: âYes.â
Chen Ruoyu sat on the side in silence. Her eyes turned into a dark ball of blackness when she looked at Xu Mengtian.
After the meal, Xu Mengtian said that she still had something to do with her uncle, so Shi Ran and Chen Ruoyu went back to the final first.
A few people were going back to the office. The shadows of the two people who just came out of the elevator and moved forward side by side were a little eerily quiet.
After confirming that the corridor was empty, Chen Ruoyu repeated coldly to Shi Ran, who was walking beside her, âSister?â
Shi Ran knew what Chen Ruoyu was referring to, so she replied confidently, âWhatâs the matter? Sister Ruoyu.â
although she was younger than Chen Ruoyu.
Chen Ruoyu was laughed at by Shi Ranâs response and was a little helpless, but she also felt a little cute when she called herself that.
She knew that the two of them didnât have the right to restrict each otherâs communication now, and they couldnât show jealousy to their lovers, so she followed her words: âGo to your house after getting off work.â
Shi Ran felt that Chen Ruoyu mentioned this matter quite recently and teased with her hands behind her back: âDidnât you all say that Xiao Sheng is newly married? We just saw each other yesterday, so I thought about it.â
When the words fell, the expression on Chen Ruoyuâs face changed slightly.
She leaned down like this, approached Shi Ran blatantly, and asked, âNewly married?â
Chen Ruoyuâs voice was still as cold as usual. The empty corridor magnified the coldness and also magnified the ambiguity between the two of them.
Shi Ran looked at Chen Ruoyuâs shadow in her palm, and her heartbeat suddenly sped up.
She didnât know what happened to her. She had passed this approach several times at home alone, and she had never had such a reaction.
The little fox pretended to be calm and explained to Chen Ruoyu: âItâs just⦠a metaphor. I canât understand what I canât understand with reality. Itâs a good thing that you have learned to draw for a few years. This is the freehand version of the text.â
Chen Ruoyu was silent as if she didnât believe Shi Ranâs explanation.
The ambiguity of the words was too much to make people fanciful.
Chen Ruoyuâs eyes were clear, and the light falling from the top of her head fell steadily on her, making her unable to wave it in Shi Ranâs mind.
If only she could stay by her side all the time.
Shi Ranâs chaotic head suddenly came up with such a sentence, which she thought of while chatting with Xiao Ba in the morning.
However, this kind of thought should not be suitable for her mind; they were just simple bed companions.
Even if I was playing dumb riddles with her in front of Xu Mengtian in the cafeteria just now, if one party proposed to end it, then I really couldnât stay by her sideâ¦
Shi Ran had mysteriously vanished.
She pursed her lips, thinking about having a good time, and said, âSince you want to come, then come.â
âBut do you need to bring a gift to visit someone?â
When Chen Ruoyu heard Shi Ran say this, she finally said, âWhat gift?â
âStrawberries.â Shi Ran said, âI want to eat strawberries.â
Chen Ruoyu nodded when she heard the words, said âOK,â and accepted Shi Ranâs request.
Shi Ran felt she was a little unlucky for the new year, and when she was about to get off work, she found her period was coming.
Not being able to be happy at night made her very sad.
But it also made her understand where her abnormal mood today came from.
There was a faint pain in the lower abdomen. Shi Ran took two warm baby pieces from Xiao Ba and put them in the clothes, which relieved it a little.
She looked at the coordinates of the parking lot that Chen Ruoyu had just sent to her on her phone, hesitated for a while, but still couldnât send âIâm on my period, forget it todayâ to Chen Ruoyu.
Shi Ran was a little selfish and didnât want the two of them to go home together and become one person.
The loneliness of being alone was especially depressing in todayâs sudden situation.
She didnât know if it was hormones or not. She wanted Chen Ruoyu to accompany her.
When she got out of the elevator, the icy wind from the underground parking lot made Shi Ranâs stomach hurt.
Shi Ran subconsciously wrapped her coat tightly. Area D was farther than other areas, and it got colder as they walked.
The hot baby clung to her waist and abdomen, and the tense pain was relieved.
She suddenly regretted it a little. If Chen Ruoyu didnât compensate herself later, she would bite.
Suddenly, the bright lights flashed conspicuously in the dim environment.
Shi Ran saw the familiar Maybach again, and the man behind the windshield.
Chen Ruoyu had just arrived, and before the car was warm, she saw Shi Ran coming.
Looking at Shi Ranâs tightly wrapped clothes, she came out of the cab to open the door for her.
Shi Ran was satisfied with Chen Ruoyuâs service and was about to bow her head and sit as the co-pilot, but a scorching heat fell on her neck.
Chen Ruoyu just held the door and frame to control herself in front of her, and asked from behind in a crisp voice, âWhere are you going, sister?â
Shi Ranâs ears were hot because of Chen Ruoyuâs heat. She knew that Chen Ruoyu was making fun of herself. She felt that she still remembered after so long, and her heartbeat was beating violently.
When Xu Mengtian called her at noon, she felt nothing.
But when the name came into Chen Ruoyuâs mouth, the taste had changed, and the ambiguity made peopleâs cheeks hot and their hearts panic.
The warm air in the car and the cold air from the outside were intertwined in front of the open car door. Shi Ran realized she had just walked over in the cold, and this person was blowing warm air behind her.
The little foxâs eyes filled with a bit of perverted grief turned her head, and bit Chen Ruoyuâs wrist again.