be safe

The door of Muzhenxi's room was closed in front of Xiao Jin.

She listened carefully, but she couldn't tell the difference between the force of closing the door and the original one, so she raised her eyebrows in disappointment.

In less than a moment, Wooden Sleeper Creek came out.

Xiao Jin's eyes lit up.

A solid-color round-neck T-shirt with a delicate and small collarbone looming. Black casual trousers with tight feet. Because the legs are too long, a section of white ankles are naturally exposed.

Dressed in a very clean and neat way, it outlines a slender and perfect figure.

The slightly curly mid-length hair is scattered on the shoulders, Xiao Jin noticed her earrings, the simple style of silver stars, looks a little lazy and uninhibited, the white skin sets off the cherry red lips, so moist and full that you want to be bitten.

Muzhenxi interrupted her scrutiny, and said lightly, "Can I go?"

Xiao Jin withdrew her gaze, her expression was lighter than hers: "Yes."

She even took two extra steps forward, keeping a safe distance from Wooden Sleeper Creek.

Wooden Sleeper Creek: "..."

Xiao Jin changed into a pair of wedge sandals, and the white laces went around her slender ankles. After buckling them up, she opened the door first and went out, waiting outside.Mu Zhenxi wore a pair of ordinary Converse canvas shoes. She was nearly [-], a little taller than Xiao Jin who wore wedge heels.

Close the door, lock it.

Xiao Jin kept her duty and didn't come to hold her arm.

Muzhenxi raised his hand subconsciously, put it down halfway, and put it in his trouser pocket pretending to be natural.She lifted her chin in the direction of the elevator, and Xiao Jin had already passed by spontaneously.

Muzhenxi looked at her back and squinted his eyes, did he really want to understand?Transgender?Lessons from the past come first, and she is always hanging in her heart, unable to get up or down.

Xiao Jin pressed the elevator and looked back at her: "Why don't you come over?"

Wooden Sleeper Creek: "Here we come."

Xiao Jin glanced up from her ankles inadvertently, from her proportionately long legs to her slender waist, and then to her beautiful dark brown eyes. She withdrew her eyes in less than half a second, concealing the scorching heat , quietly clenched the hand hanging by his side, then let go.

Muzhenxi stood side by side with her at the elevator door waiting for the elevator.

Too quiet.

This kind of quietness did not make Muzhenxi feel relaxed, but made her feel that there was something dangerous hidden in the air, and this deadlock must be broken.

"Cough." Muzhenxi cleared his throat, and said without words, "Have you brought all your documents?"

"It's just this bag. I don't have anything else. It should be in my wallet." Xiao Jin waved her hand at her.

Xiao Jin's bag was placed in the back seat at that time, it was intact, it was still usable, but...Mu Zhenxi said: "If we still have time later, let's go buy a new one."

"Okay, buy two more." Xiao Jin added with a smile, "If I have a lot of money in my card."

"Ah."

Mu Zhenxi thought that she could afford a BMW, so she should not be short of money, and with her good family background, she would not be short of money anyway.But then again, why is there no number of her parents in Xiao Jin's phone address book?

Last time in the hospital, Xiao Jin expressed obvious resistance to this, but could not give a reason.I don't know if it will be better now?

"Xiao Jin." Mu Zhenxi spoke after deliberating.

"how?"

"Do you remember your parents' phone numbers?" Muzhenxi asked.If she only had the memory of being 17 years old, then she would definitely remember it. At that time, she was not as dependent on mobile phones as she is now. Even now, many people would remember the numbers of close people.

Xiao Jin looked at the toe of her shoe, hesitated for a moment, and said, "I remember, I called, but they have already changed the number, and the prompt is an empty number."

This road is also dead.

But Muzhenxi was a little skeptical, and asked: "Could it be your phone's problem, what's the number, I'll call it again?"

When the elevator arrived, Muzhenxi opened the door with his hands up, and the two walked in together. Muzhenxi turned his head to look at Xiao Jin, and he already had a mobile phone in his hand. He said in a natural tone, "Report it to me."

Xiao Jin gave her a deep look.

Are you so eager to send me away?

She lowered her eyes and announced a series of numbers from her memory: "135xxxxxxxx."

Muzhenxi pressed the keys one by one. After confirming with her, she dialed the number and put the handset to her ear. The female voice of the system prompted: "Sorry, the number you dialed is an empty number. Please check before dialing..."

Muzhenxi licked his lips uncomfortably.

Xiao Jin raised her eyes and looked at her quietly: "Do you think I'm lying to you?"

Muzhenxi said with a guilty conscience: "No, I just want to confirm."

Xiao Jin said: "There is another number 151xxxxxxxx, you can call it again."

Wooden Sleeper Creek: "..."

Xiao Jin fell silent, looking at the car wall on one side.

After a few seconds, Muzhenxi said in a low voice, "Report again, I didn't hear clearly."

Xiao Jin's heart turned cold, and she reported it slowly without any emotion. Just as the elevator reached the floor of the underground parking lot, Xiao Jin took a step on her calf and walked out quickly.

Muzhenxi wrote down the number in her mobile phone, saved it, and then raised her foot to chase... No, she retracted her leg and walked behind at a normal speed.

Yin Xiaoli said, be decisive, don't make her hopeful.Mu Zhenxi knew that her behavior of asking for the number just now would probably hurt Xiao Jin's heart, even if she was an ordinary friend, her urgency would hurt the other party, but she had to do this.

Xiao Jin naturally realized that the other party did not catch up, but she did not slow down, but walked directly to the car in Muzhenxi, holding bags in both hands, and stood outside the passenger door waiting.

Speechless all the way.

Let's deal with the insurance company and the car first. Xiao Jin's memory gap is too large, and she doesn't know much about this procedure. Muzhenxi has been accidentally scratched while driving before, and she handles it with ease. Xiao Jin stands by her side , only provide the identity of the owner of the car to ensure that the matter can be carried out normally.

There is also the issue of compensation for the driver who caused the accident. Lawyer Liu, a friend of Muzhenxi, called her in the past two days, and combined with the traffic police's accident liability certificate, he has given a preliminary amount, which is not much for Muzhenxi, but for the cause of the accident. The driver's family seemed to be in a bit of trouble. The family members over there wanted to see her or Xiao Jin and begged for mercy, but Muzhenxi refused and asked him to follow the procedure.

So far, the follow-up matters of the car accident have been basically resolved, except that there is an extra person in her family.

Xiao Jin stood at the door of the bank, flipped through her wallet, did not go to the bank next door, but went to the ATM machine on the side, Muzhenxi called her back: "Do you remember the password? You can go there? "

Xiao Jin returned her a faint smile: "It doesn't matter if you try it."

Muzhenxi had no choice but to follow her and stand one meter away from her.

Xiao Jin inserted the card into the card slot, and the interface popped up to enter the password. She entered Muzhenxi's birthday calmly, and clicked to check the balance, six digits.

Muzhenxi put his hands in his trouser pockets, looked at the radio and TV tower in Lincheng, and took a look at the bustling pedestrians on the road. The sun is not so hot today, but there is a cool breeze, and the leaves are also swaying in the wind.

The summer wind is very refreshing, and the brows and eyes of Muzhenxi can't help but stretch out, close your eyes comfortably, raise your face slightly, and feel the breeze passing by.

Xiao Jin looked back and saw such a picture.

She didn't approach, and she didn't make a sound, just watched quietly, the corners of her lips were slightly drawn, and her eyes were softer than ever before.

Until Muzhenxi looked at her: "Have you tried the password?"

Xiao Jin replied: "Try it out." Then she came down from the steps.

"How much more?"

"The money from this card can still buy a BMW."

"Okay." Muzhenxi smiled, "Don't worry, you won't even be able to afford books."

Speaking of books, Xiao Jin said, "Is there a bookstore near here?"

Muzhenxi looked around and said, "Yes, there is a bookstore. The scale is not very large, but there are many books in it, and there are many interesting ones. The owner has good taste."

Xiao Jin seemed to grasp something, and asked, "Have you been there?"

Wooden Sleeper Creek nodded: "I have been."

Xiao Jin: "Then you take me there."

Sleeper Creek agreed.

Because parking was inconvenient, the two simply walked there. A quarter of an hour later, Muzhen Creek led Xiao Jin to a bookstore in a sloppy way. .

"When did this open?"

"It's been several years. It was there when I moved back." Muzhenxi recalled.

"Have you been here often?" Xiao Jin asked suddenly, and the light in his eyes suddenly lit up.

Mu Zhenxi also realized something from her question, and lied and said: "No, not often, occasionally when I need inspiration for painting, I will come and sit down."

Xiao Jin took the loss well into his eyes.

Muzhenxi clenched the fist hanging by his side, regretting bringing her here.

Some people, even if they leave, will leave an indelible imprint in your bones.

Muzhenxi didn't like reading very much in the past. On the one hand, he didn't have time, and on the other hand, he didn't have any interest. He thought it was great to read all the textbooks, and he didn't even think about extracurricular books.But Xiao Jin is different. She reads a lot of books. The books in her home are comparable to half of the library of their school at that time.When Muzhenxi went to her house, he often held his chin and watched her sitting there quietly reading a book, and he didn't feel tired of reading all afternoon.

Xiao Jin was afraid that she would be bored, so she introduced books to her, except for popular youth pain literature such as "The Sparrow Wants a Revolution", "An Angel Will Love You for Me", "No. 23 Angel Street", etc. The creek is dozing off.

Xiao Jin bought her a lot of these books, and also made a condition for her, saying that she can read a novel after reading a serious book, otherwise the two of them will have different levels of thinking in the future, and they will not understand each other's words, and will be lacking. A common language causes an emotional crisis.

Mu Zhenxi blinked her eyes. At that time, she didn't know what a high level of thinking was, and she didn't know that Xiao Jin had thought about it for a long, long time, but Xiao Jin told her to watch it, and she just watched it, even if it was painful to watch, biting Teeth also have to look down.

Every time Xiao Jin saw her frowning and gnawing on those words that were too difficult for high school students, especially those with poor foundation like Mu Zhenxi, she pursed her lips and smiled.

Laughing too much, Muzhenxi became angry from embarrassment, wrapped her arms around the desk, bowed her head and kissed her with a blushing face.

Read Ming Xiaoxi and Rao Xueman, and read Nietzsche and Voltaire word by word, even if the latter is forgotten after reading it.After reading Wang Xiaobo, he said that he wanted to be a maverick pig, and copied the half-understood love stories in a notebook and gave them to Xiao Jin.In order to write love stories, she practiced her handwriting so well that the Chinese teacher was shocked when she graded the paper, and even praised her in class.

After Xiao Jin left, she has been brooding about it. Every time she goes to a new city, she goes to the local library or bookstore, and goes there when she is free. Covering his face, he lay on the table and covered his face with a book, so that no one could see him.

She started to read those books, philosophy, literature, history, paintings, cookbooks, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign. Strange to say, at this time, she could continue to read no matter what.Later, she gradually let go of her feelings and seldom thought of him again, but the habit of reading books remained. Every Sunday, as long as she didn't work overtime, she would come over to sit, read a book, or chat with the boss.

There is a string of silver bells in the bookstore. When Muzhenxi took Xiao Jin by, the silver bells jingled crisply.

The woman sitting on the sofa at the door looked out, and when she saw Muzhenxi, she stood up and greeted her with a smile: "It's not the weekend yet, why are you here?"

Xiao Jin looked at the person in front of him, and found that he was a little older than the two of them, probably around thirty, with big eyebrows and big eyes, wearing a navy blue V-neck dress, mature and dignified.

"Come when you're free." Mu Zhenxi replied with a smile.

Xiao Jin heard Muzhenxi's familiar tone, and her heart skipped a beat.

Mu Zhenxi let Xiao Jin behind him out, and first introduced to the woman: "This is Xiao Jin, my friend."

He introduced to Xiao Jin again: "This is the owner of the book bar, his surname is Xiao, you can call him Boss Xiao."

"What Boss Xiao, you are so annoying, why do you always make fun of me in front of others?" Boss Xiao first complained dissatisfiedly to Muzhenxi, then extended his hand generously, and shook hands with Xiao Jin, smiling kindly, showing white teeth :"hello."

Look at Wooden Sleeper Creek again: "She and I are still in the same family."

Muzhenxi laughed: "No, you are the bleak Xiao, and she is the zodiac zodiac."

"Oh oh oh." Boss Xiao chuckled, "That's my misunderstanding, but the same pronunciation is also fate, Xiao Xiao, don't you mind calling you that?"

"I don't mind." Xiao Jin was stabbed by Boss Xiao's "others", but his face remained calm, and he smiled politely.

Boss Xiao and Xiao Jin met once, and let it go after the introduction. Instead of taking the initiative to talk to her, he blinked his big beautiful eyes and said mysteriously to Muzhenxi, "I have a surprise for you."

Wooden Sleeper Creek asked, "What surprise?"

Boss Xiao said, "Come with me."

Muzhenxi glanced at Xiao Jin and said, "Sit on the sofa for a while."

Xiao Jin nodded.

Boss Xiao held Muzhenxi's shoulders, but Muzhenxi did not refuse, and the two left talking and laughing.

Xiao Jin bit her lower lip.

Muzhenxi followed Boss Xiao into a small warehouse inside. It was said to be a warehouse, but in fact it was well-organized and contained a lot of Boss Xiao’s books. Boss Xiao was about to bend down to take something, and looked back at Muzhenxi: "You Close your eyes first, and stretch out both hands."

Muzhenxi muttered: "Is it necessary?" Still obediently closed his eyes.

After a while, there was something extra in Muzhenxi's empty hand, which felt like a hard shell box.

"Okay, open your eyes."

Muzhenxi looked at the packing box in his hand, and opened it under Boss Xiao's urging eyes. After seeing the contents clearly, he was overjoyed, and was so surprised that he almost couldn't even speak: "This is..."

What Boss Xiao gave her was a collection of character designs autographed by a foreign game artist she likes very much, or to sign.

"Where are you from..."

Boss Xiao patted her on the shoulder, signaled her to calm down, and wrote lightly: "I was on a business trip abroad last time, and I happened to meet someone. I asked him if it was convenient for me to sign. He said it was convenient, so he signed."

"Thank you. I'll treat you to dinner tonight." Mu Zhenxi couldn't put it down, and just about to look through it, she put her hand back, closed the box, and waited for her to go home and wash her hands before reading.

"Is the one outside going too?" Boss Xiao raised his chin.

Mu Zhenxi reacted for a while, and then realized that she was talking about Xiao Jin, and she asked, "Is it inconvenient?"

Boss Xiao smacked his mouth: "It's not inconvenient, but I don't know her well. Would it be awkward to eat together?"

Muzhenxi glanced at his phone, and at five o'clock in the afternoon, he said, "How about this, I will send her back at 05:30, and then we will go out together?"

Boss Xiao nodded: "Okay." He asked again, "Hey, who is that you?"

Mu Zhenxi looked down at the cover of the album, and said casually, "My friend, who else could it be?"

"Really?" Boss Xiao approached her and teased, "I think she looks at you unusually."

"It's not unusual, it's very ordinary." Mu Zhenxi said, "I won't tell you this anymore, I'm going out to find two new books to read, the kind to take away."

"Take it with you, take it with you." Boss Xiao shrugged and smiled.

Xiao Jin waited longingly, until Muzhenxi hugged something like a baby, and came out with a bright smile, the dimple on her left cheek deepened a lot.That smile was like a child who got sugar, she had never smiled at herself like that.

Xiao Jin's heart was so sore that she couldn't help standing up, took two steps in her direction, stood still, and pretended to be calm: "What are you holding?"

Muzhenxi said honestly: "A collection of paintings."

Is a picture book so happy?Xiao Jin thought.

She smiled and asked, "Whose is it?"

Mu Zhenxi said: "A very powerful person, you don't even know it."

Xiao Jin heard the clear boundary between her and herself, and she refused to even tell her the name of the artist she likes.

Mu Zhenxi said: "See if you want to buy any books. She has a lot of books here. You may have some on your book list. You can buy some first, and then add slowly."

Xiao Jin lowered her eyes and walked towards the bookshelf.

Boss Xiao turned his gaze between the two of them, with his arms on the counter and a playful smile on his lips.

Xiao Jin absently flipped through the small half of "A Brief History of the Future". Mu Zhenxi looked at the time, because there were other people in the book bar, she almost came close to Xiao Jin's eyes, and then whispered: "We are going back."

Xiao Jin looked at the sky, it was still very bright, and asked in surprise, "So early?"

Muzhenxi said: "I'll take you back first, and I have to accompany Sister Xiao to dinner tonight."

Xiao Jin froze for a moment, she also forced Mu Zhenxi to call her sister before.

But this Xiao is no longer the same Xiao, Xiao Jin's fingers hanging by her side tightened the fabric of the long skirt, frowned and said, "Then what should I do?"

Muzhenxi said, "I'll buy you a meal on the way back."

Xiao Jin: "..."

Wooden Sleeper Creek: "Or wait for me to come back and make it for you? But it may be a little late."

Xiao Jin fell silent.

Wooden Sleeper Creek: "You should choose one."

Xiao Jin felt that she was impatient with her, so she tried her best to suppress the pain in her heart, pulled the corners of her mouth, forced out a gentle smile, and said, "Buy it on the way, I'm afraid I'll starve to death if I don't hold out until you come back. "

Muzhenxi looked at the book in her hand: "Do you want to take it home to read?"

Xiao Jin closed the book and said coldly, "No."

Muzhenxi put her books back on the shelf, took two of them with her, and took them away with her painting album.When they were leaving, Boss Xiao sent them to the door, pinched Muzhenxi's face and laughed heartily, Muzhenxi dodged back, did not dodge, and glared at her.

Xiao Jin had a panoramic view of everything, holding her breath in her heart, unable to go up or down, her feet were like the wind, and she was thrown seven or eight meters away from the wooden pillow creek in a short time.

Muzhenxi looked at her back thoughtfully.

Is this jealous?

Didn't you say you don't like yourself?

Xiao Jin stopped at this moment, and when Mu Zhenxi walked up to her, she realized that her standing posture was a bit wrong, her legs were closer together than usual, and her expression was full of hesitation.

"Can you hurry up... I'm a little anxious." Xiao Jin said.

Muzhenxi dispelled most of his doubts, and said in a low voice: "There is a bathroom in the book bar, why don't you solve it there."

Xiao Jin whispered, "I forgot."

Muzhenxi looked back and suggested, "It's still too late to go back now, or we..."

"No." Xiao Jin looked very anxious, took her wrist and walked away, "It's really troublesome to walk back, the shopping mall where you parked also has it, let's hurry up."

Muzhenxi was led by her to walk forward quickly, and there was a familiar coolness on the wrists, and then the places where the skins of each other touched gradually heated up and started to burn.

Muzhenxi sighed in his heart.

Leading Xiao Jin around the shopping mall to find a restroom, Mu Zhenxi checked the time frequently while waiting for someone. The appointment with Boss Xiao was at 06:30 in the evening, and she was not used to being late.

After Xiao Jin came out, she drove someone back home and bought dinner on the way.When I got home, I put the painting collection and books in the porch, said "I'm going out", and hurried away.

Before Xiao Jin even finished taking off her shoes, the door was already closed.

She took off her shoes slowly, stared blankly at the two pairs of slippers placed together, and wore the pair of wooden pillow creek.Then he sat down on the sofa slowly, seeing the pair of black and white cups in front of him again, the corners of his lips curled up mockingly.

What's the use of her preparing so many things for couples at home, the people who use them are not couples anymore, these are dead things without any meaning.

No wonder Sleeper Creek didn't mind.

She doesn't even care about herself, how could she care about these things.

Xiao Jin felt at a loss for the first time, and inserted her fingers into her hair in pain. She seemed to be floating in a dark sea without a lighthouse, and the only driftwood she could catch had already abandoned her.

***

"……What do you think?"

"Huh? What do you think?" Muzhenxi slowly cut a piece of lamb chops and put it in his mouth.

"This is the fourth time I've talked to you, and you didn't hear me." Boss Xiao put down the knife and fork, rested his cheek with one hand, and looked at her for a long time, "I've been absent-minded all night, what are you thinking about?"

"I didn't think about anything." Muzhenxi lowered his eyes.

"The one who came with you this afternoon is the one you like, right?"

Muzhenxi choked, and looked up at her with wide eyes.