Chapter 41 - Us Ash

The host was preparing on the stage when the music suddenly played in the banquet hall.

The whole audience quieted down in an instant, which also suspended the dialogue between Jacob and Liam.

Liam gave him a cold look and took his cell phone out of his pocket.

Jacob drooled his eyes and smiled.

Dozens of seconds passed.

Ashley thought that they must have already forgotten this matter.

Through this gap, she looked in the direction of Jacob.

At the moment, he was watching the stage and he seemed to be listening carefully to the host's introduction. He did not look this way.

Ashley withdrew her eyes, approached Liam's ear, and whispered, "Brother…"

Before she had finished her words, Liam interrupted her coldly, "Kid, don't call me like that. I feel a little sick when I hear it."

"..."

Ashley continued to ask, "What is wrong with Brother Jacob?"

Ashley was looking at the mobile phone.

Hearing this, he raised his eyes and handed her the phone directly.

Ashley took a look at it.

A web page was displayed on the screen, and the search bar was Silver River City Psychiatric Hospital.

"…"

"That's all I can do for him," Liam said with a tut.

The next second, Ashley saw Liam hand the phone to Jacob, with a sentence of great concern, "When you go back, you can directly apply for admission to the hospital."

Jacob glanced at it and said gently, "No, thank you."

Before he finished this time, Liam put his hand around his neck and pressed it down as if he was unbearable, "I have lived for more than 20 years, and I have never been called like that by a man."

Jacob was stupefied for a moment and did not resist.

He laughed out loud, and his shoulder trembled, "Cool."

Liam stared at him for a few seconds.

Just when Ashley thought he was going to beat Jacob, he suddenly let go of his hand and turned to Ashley and said, "Let’s change seats."

Ashley was watching the play, but she couldn't react to this. She blankly said, "With me?"

"If I sit next to him again," Liam said lightly. "Mike probably thought I was going to make trouble."

"..."

Sitting in Liam's seat, Ashley silently moved all her cutlery over.

She didn't look in the direction of Jacob. When she was about to refill her cup of tea, the cell phone that was put aside vibrated.

Ashley withdrew her hand and glanced casually.

Tim sent a voice message to the Group.

She clicked directly.

Tim, "Ash, Dad bought a chocolate cake and put it in the fridge. You can eat it if you want. I have a party with your mother today, so we'll be home late. "

Ashley replied, "Okay".

Then she exited the chat window and slid down.

She noticed that Jacob was also looking this way. Ashley subconsciously raised her head and immediately locked her phone, "What are you doing?"

Jacob raised his eyelashes slightly and suddenly asked, "Who is Ash?"

Ashley felt strange, "Seriously?"

Jacob smiled, "Is it your brother?"

"What?."

Ashley was puzzled, "It's me, my nickname."

"Oh."

Jacob picked up the teapot, poured water into her cup, and asked, "Why didn't I see your brother call you that?"

Ashley said. "He would occasionally call me Ash."

"So, who will call you Ash?"

"My parents," Ashley thought for a moment, "and my uncles and aunts. Anyway, they are all people who are relatively close to me. "

Jacob mused thoughtfully.

After a while.

"By the way," Jacob said carelessly, "What is Brother No. 2?"

"…"

Ashley pointed to Liam, "No. 1."

And then she pointed to Jacob, "No. 2."

"How did I become your No.2 brother?"

Jacob leaned against the back of the chair, looked at her sideways, and said leisurely, "Did your brother just recognize me as his brother?"

Ashley looked at him and reminded him, "My brother is younger than you."

"The age on my ID card is fake."

Jacob laughed, "In fact, it's a little younger."

"How old are you actually?"

"Hmm?"

Jacob said, "I was born in 1996."

"…"

Ashley was surprised by his impudence, stared at him for a long time, and said slowly, "I’m not an idiot."

"What?"

"You look like a'69 to me."

‘Who are you trying to foo?

How old are you? You still want to pretend to be eighteen?’

Jacob picked an eyebrow and said, "What are you talking about?"

Recalling what he said now that he had just called Liam "Brother" gladly, Ashley hesitated and said, "Brother, why are you so strange today? Have you been called old by a lot of people lately? "

"Ashley, your brother is here, too." Jacob picked up the cup and took a slow sip. "You called me 'brother'. Are you calling me or your brother?"

Ashley paused, "Why didn't you say that before?"

Jacob, "Your brother was not there then."

"Oh, Brother Jacob."

Ashley didn't mind the question of address and continued to ask, "When you went on a blind date, people said you were old?"

"A blind date?"

Mentioning this, Jacob asked, "I heard that you asked me to form a team with your brother to go on a blind date?"

"I'm just giving you two a piece of advice," Ashley said solemnly. "Isn't that just like fellowship? You will have some confidence in having a companion. "

Jacob smiled, "But your brother doesn't like it."

Without waiting for Ashley to speak again, Jacob leaned over and asked in an angry voice, "Why don't you form a team with me?"

Stupefied for several seconds, Ashley slightly understood the meaning of his words, "You want me to accompany you on a blind date?"

Jacob, "…"

Ashley was a little unhappy, "How can I accompany you to go on a blind date, others will have a problem with it."

"Hmm?" Jacob asked, "Why?"

"They'll say something bad," Ashley said slowly. "Going on a blind date with your daughter."

"…"

After the wedding reception, Ashley said something to Liam and then took the initiative to say a few blessings to Mike.

It was almost nine o'clock in the evening.

Liam drank some wine, so Ashley didn't plan to let him send her home.

She knew this place and planned to go out and take a bus home nearby.

She just got out of the ballroom.

Before long, Jacob's voice came from behind, "Why are you walking so fast?"

Ashley turned around and casually said, "Are you leaving?"

"No."

Jacob played with the car keys in his hand, lowered his eyebrows, and whispered, "It's so late, I'll send you back."

Ashley saw his car keys. "Didn't you drink?"

Jacob, "No."

"Forget it."

Just as the elevator came, Ashley walked in. "I'll just take a bus nearby. Brother Jacob, it doesn’t matter. I can go home myself. "

"It's all right," Jacob lifted his eyelids and smiled. "It may be troublesome to send others home."

"…"

Ashley pursed her lips and said nothing.

Jacob pulled up a topic, "When are you going back to school?"

"Tomorrow, so I have to go back and pack my things."

Ashley said, "School will begin the day after tomorrow."

"Well, I'll go back tomorrow, too."

Jacob said, "Which flight did you book?"

"My brother ordered it."

Speaking of which, Ashley took the phone out of her pocket and whispered, "I forgot which one. Let me check."

The elevator went down to the underground parking lot.

The two went out.

Ashley said, "The flight is at 08:20 tomorrow morning."

"My flight…" Jacob took out his mobile phone symbolically and checked it in a natural tone, "It's also 08:20. Shall we go together tomorrow? "

Ashley looked at him and nodded.

The two got on the bus.

Jacob was about to fasten his seat belt when he suddenly felt something in his pocket.

He took it out and found that it was the red packet just now, "Your red packet?"

Ashley did not move, "Do you want to give it back to me?"

"Yes."

Jacob laughed and said, "Give us Ash."

Except when she was drunk last time, Ashley heard him call her that for the first time.

Her breath paused and her fingers unconsciously played with the zipper on her dress, "Why do you call me that?"

Jacob said lazily, "Didn't you say that's what people close to you call you?"

Ashley said unnaturally and didn't take the red envelope, "You'd better take it. You just called my brother like that. If you give it back to me, won't you lose?"

"Give us Ash," Jacob looked at her motionlessly, paused for two seconds to withdraw his sight, with a faint smile in his voice, " it won’t be a loss"

"..."

Ashley said nothing more and took the red packet.

She fastened her seat belt and looked out of the window.

The car started and they were silent for a moment.

After a while, Ashley took the initiative to say, "Brother Jacob."

"Hmm?"

" Brother Mike, when he was drunk, he said he couldn't find a partner."

Ashley said, "But he is married now, and he seems to love his wife very much."

"Mm-hmm."

"When you see them," Ashley said, weighing her words, "don’t you want to find a partner?"

"Why are you always asking me about such questions recently?"

Jacob thought it was funny. "I'm only 25. What's the rush?"

Ashley, "Why do you have to wait? Even my brother is being chased. "

‘She doesn't want to rush him all the time.

But she was afraid that he simply decided not to find a girlfriend, and then no one else urged him.

And he has to celebrate the Spring Festival alone next year.

He doesn't go to see a doctor even when he is sick. He is alone with everything.’

There were soothing love songs in the car, gently and long, as if to stain with a bit of beauty to this atmosphere.

The facial features of Jacob were clear and neat, and the street lights outside came in, which made his expression look softer.

His eyes looked ahead and didn't seem to care much.

Seeing that he had been silent, Ashley thought he was tired of talking to her. After a long silence, she said, "Don't feel sad. I just don't want... Forget it. "

She couldn't mention his family, and she didn't know what to say. "I won't talk about it anymore," she whispered.

Jacob suddenly said, "How old are you?"

Ashley didn't know why he asked.

Ashley was stupefied for a moment, then thought about it and said, "19 after my birthday."

After answering, she didn't see him talking.

Ashley wondered, "What's the matter?"

Then she heard Jacob laugh in a tone that seemed to mean something.

"Maybe one more year."