first love again

Chapter 12

When Jiang Yifan was in the Internet cafe, Xu Miao's thoughts were completely on him, and he secretly glanced at him from time to time.

Fortunately, Jiang Yifan was very focused and serious, and he didn't even notice that someone at the cashier was peeping at him.

Throughout the afternoon, Jiang Yifan never left his seat, and didn't even take his eyes off the computer screen.

And no one dared to sit in the seat next to him, and it was always empty.

Xu Miao came back from running to the toilet again, still unable to control herself, went to the counter to get a bottle of drink, put it in Jiang Yifan's hand, and said in a particularly awkward tone, "Well, I will give you a bottle of drink after surfing the Internet for three hours."

Jiang Yifan looked at him, symbolically bent the corner of his lower lip, "Thank you."

"Thank you, this is the rule of Internet cafes." Xu Miao's eyes wandered, and he muttered, "There is no need to thank..."

Jiang Yifan unscrewed the cap of the drink bottle, shifted his eyes to the computer screen again, and took a sip casually.

Xu Miao left silently and went back to the cashier, thinking, she should go to the bathroom now.

Xu Miao's expression changed as soon as the thought came to her, and she spurned herself in her heart, thinking about something.

Until it was almost time for dinner, Jiang Yifan still did not leave his seat.

Xu Miao propped her cheeks, opened the takeaway app, and absently chose dinner. After choosing for a long time, he added the selected meal to the shopping cart, raised his head and shouted: "Hello."

After the words fell, everyone on the Internet over there looked over, except Jiang Yifan.

Xu Miao was discouraged and simply dialed the phone.

Jiang Yifan saw the caller ID and turned to look at Xu Miao.

Not wanting to waste the phone bill, Xu Miao hung up the phone and asked from a distance, "Do you want to order takeaway?"

Jiang Yifan: "No, go out and eat."

"Oh."

Xu Miaofu lowered his head again and deleted the package in the shopping cart.

He was a little hungry, fearing that he might not last until eight o'clock in the evening, so he took a pack of biscuits from the counter, and while eating the biscuits, he browsed the rankings of night schools in the area, thinking about which school to apply for in the next year.

After eating the biscuits, he looked at Jiang Yifan again, hesitated for a few seconds, picked up the bread resignedly, and walked to his position again.

Facing Jiang Yifan's gaze, Xu Miao restrained her expression and tried to say with a straight face: "Snacks will be sent online for six hours, you're welcome."

After he finished speaking, he knew that the lie was too clumsy, and he didn't dare to look at Jiang Yifan at all, so he turned around and left.

When he returned to the cashier and glanced at it secretly, he saw that Jiang Yifan hadn't touched the bread, but was playing with his phone instead.

Xu Miao frowned angrily. She didn't eat or drink all afternoon and didn't go to the bathroom. She didn't eat bread and played with her mobile phone. Is it a fairy?

He was cursing vigorously in his heart when his cell phone rang suddenly.

Xu Miao looked at her phone with a frown, only to find a message from Jiang Yifan.

"Will we have dinner together later?"

The expression on Xu Miao's face suddenly became a little awkward. He was obviously still very angry, but the corners of his mouth twitched, and he wanted to curl up again. He didn't need to look in the mirror, he knew how distorted his expression was now.

He hung his head in a hurry, tried his best to restrain his expression, tried to look calm, and replied: "I'm very busy."

Jiang Yifan: "Okay."

Xu Miao gritted her teeth hard, and became a little annoyed again. After thinking about it, she gave up and replied, "Okay."

After a while, Jiang Yifan sent another message: "Thank you for the bread :)"

Xu Miao was a little mad: "I said it was a gift from the Internet cafe! Thank you for what!"

Xu Miao returned the message, her dark eyes quietly curved into crescents.

In the past, when Jiang Yifan sent him a text message to chat, if he was in a good mood, he would add a smiley expression like ":)" at the end of the sentence. Now I see him again, and he is also in a good mood.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Zhao Mingming came over to take over.

Xu Miao put on her coat, tied her scarf, took her skin care products, turned her head to look at the person sitting there, and coughed lightly, reminding him that it was time to leave.

Jiang Yifan noticed that he looked away with just one glance, his fingers tapped on the keyboard without stopping, and said calmly, "Wait another 10 minutes."

"I'm too lazy to wait for you!" Xu Miao replied again thoughtlessly.

After he finished speaking, he regretted it again, sighed deeply in his heart, and went to the cash register to ask Zhao Mingming how much time was left on Jiang Yifan's machine.

Zhao Mingming checked and said, "There are still 3 minutes."

Xu Miao lowered her voice, "Give him another 10 minutes."

Zhao Mingming smiled, "Okay."

Seeing Zhao Mingming's meaningful smile, Xu Miao didn't bother to explain. He walked outside the Internet cafe and saw a baked sweet potato seller on the side of the road, so he went to buy one.

There were a few girls waiting near the roasted sweet potato stand, and Xu Miao stood by and waited quietly.

Surrounded by the sweet smell of roasted sweet potatoes, the girls secretly looked at Xu Miao out of the corner of their eyes.

Xu Miao noticed their gazes and didn't react, her mind was all on the roasted sweet potatoes.

After waiting for a while, the baked sweet potatoes were not ready yet.

Xu Miao felt that he was about to be blown into a fool by the wind, so he pulled up the scarf, almost covering half of his face.

Suddenly, there was a hand behind him, pulling the hat on his clothes and buckling it on his head.

Xu Miao was caught off guard, but turned around and saw Jiang Yifan. He was taken aback, and subconsciously asked, "Are you alright?"

"Yeah." Jiang Yifan stood beside him, looking down at the sweet potatoes that were still roasting.

The girl next to him looked over again.

Xu Miao felt a little embarrassed for no reason, and turned to leave, "Forget it, I've been waiting for a long time, I won't eat."

After the words fell, the old man selling roasted sweet potatoes hurriedly shouted: "Young man, it's almost ready, wait a little longer!"

Xu Miao stopped in her tracks, turned around silently, and continued to wait for the sweet potato obediently.

When the sweet potatoes were all roasted, the girls bought roasted sweet potatoes and left. The old man took a big one and packed it. Jiang Yifan was close, so he took the roasted sweet potatoes first and paid him, "Thank you."

Xu Miao's hand was still in the air, seeing that he wanted it, so she said to the old man, "Uncle, another one."

"No need." Jiang Yifan handed him the roasted sweet potato, "I won't eat it."

Xu Miao took it and said, "Then I'll give you the money and give you a red envelope, okay?"

He took out the phone from his pocket, and just as he pressed it on, Jiang Yifan grabbed his wrist silently. Xu Miao's heart beat quickly, and she looked up at him in astonishment.

Jiang Yifan didn't speak, and let go of his hand quite naturally, as if nothing had happened.

Xu Miao didn't send him any red envelopes.

He got into Jiang Yifan's car and ate roasted sweet potatoes all the way, and the hat on his head never took off.

Jiang Yifan took him to a high-end restaurant for dinner. This was the first time they ate face to face after so many years.

Although they still had breakfast together at home in the morning, Xu Miao didn't eat at the same table with Jiang Yifan at all, but sat on the sofa silently with a bowl in his hands to eat.

This is the first time they have eaten at the same table in a real sense.

Xu Miao felt like an idiot. Sitting with Jiang Yifan, he even became cautious when eating, paying close attention to his behavior.

Jiang Yifan noticed his unnatural reaction, frowned slightly, and called him in a low voice: "Xiao Xu."

"Ah?" Xu Miao raised her head, her eyes were confused for a moment.

Jiang Yifan didn't ask directly, but said: "Is it not delicious?"

Xu Miao shook her head and said, "No, it suits my appetite."

He was actually quite happy in his heart, Jiang Yifan still remembered what kind of food he liked to eat.

Jiang Yifan picked up the serving chopsticks, picked up food for him slowly, and said in a low voice, "Eat more."

Xu Miao lowered her eyes and sighed silently. He was afraid that he would eat to the end of his life.

After finally finishing the meal, Xu Miao breathed a sigh of relief.

It was almost ten o'clock, Jiang Yifan drove him back, the car stopped at the alley, Xu Miao unbuckled his seat belt, glanced at Jiang Yifan, hesitated to speak, thought for a while and still didn't say anything, quietly opened the car door and left, Didn't even say goodbye.

The cold wind came, Xu Miao put on her hat and walked into the dark alley with her head down.

He didn't turn on the flashlight, and walked there in the dark. He has walked this road for more than 20 years, and he is already familiar with it.

Suddenly, footsteps came from behind, Xu Miao realized something and looked back.

There was a beam of light flashing behind, too far away, the light was not too strong and dazzling.

He squinted and saw Jiang Yifan.

Xu Miao stopped where she was, and Jiang Yifan walked over quietly.

After a while, Jiang Yifan approached, afraid that the light would shine into his eyes, so he tilted to the side, and the light beam fell on the courtyard wall of the nearby resident, with the slogan "Both boys and girls are the same" written on it.

Xu Miao asked, "Why are you here again?"

Jiang Yifan answered irrelevantly: "I just went to park the car."

Xu Miao: "Oh."

Jiang Yifan took the flashlight and illuminated a small area ahead, and the dog barked again.

"Are you afraid?" Xu Miao turned her head to look at him.

Obviously he told him last night that all the dogs here were locked up, but when he heard the barking of dogs again, he still couldn't help asking Jiang Yifan if he was afraid.

Jiang Yifan: "No."

Xu Miao smiled softly when she heard the same as last night.

He didn't laugh because Jiang Yifan's answer was very funny, but because the past was quietly reappearing in his mind.

Those past events, like honey mixed in, are sweet when I think about them, and I don’t even know how to laugh out loud.

He and Jiang Yifan have too many memories in common.

Those past events in the memories are trivial and plain, like small irregular pieces on a puzzle. Each piece seems to have no sense of existence, but it is a complete story when it is put together.

The three years they spent together was a puzzle they completed together.

In the next eight years, the jigsaw puzzles were destroyed, and the pieces were scattered everywhere. It was impossible to pick them all up, and some of them were even lost.

Now that they meet again, Jiang Yifan wants to find those puzzle pieces with him and put them together again.

But Xu Miao was hesitant and eager to try, full of contradictions.

He hesitated because he wasn't sure if he could complete the puzzle as well or even better.

The eagerness to try is because I miss the experience of "pushing together" with each other.

Walking into the corridor, Xu Miao quietly turned to look at Jiang Yifan.

After sending a few love letters, he already felt that he was about to be defeated.

No matter how many years, he can't stop Jiang Yifan.

He will always be Jiang Yifan's captive.