Song Qiaoxi took two steps obediently, blinked, and looked at Chu Jin somewhat puzzled.
"Xixi, Chu Jin, cut a watermelon for you two?" Song Jianguo walked into the kitchen, opened the refrigerator door, took out a whole large iced watermelon from it, and asked the two children, "I'll wash you a rose. Fragrant grapes?"
"I can do it, Uncle Song." Chu Jin adjusted his breath, took the rag to clean the sink, and went out of the kitchen first.
"I want to eat both watermelon and grapes!" Song Qiaoxi was still wondering, Chu Jin said, does good performance mean taking a good exam? Shaking his head, he also walked out of the kitchen and went upstairs to review.
Song Jianguo was alone in the kitchen, cutting the watermelon to two examinees at home, peeling and cutting them into small pieces, putting them on two small plates, and washing the grapes.
Since the last time he misunderstood Chu Jin, Song Jianguo has always reminded himself that at this critical moment, he should not affect the children's emotions because of his own impulse.
The main reason was that Song Jianguo heard Zhao Chenguang's complaints some time ago, and Lao Zhao said that his son Zhao Xin seemed to be in premature love.
The child has a bad spirit every day, and his mental state is particularly bad.
Old Zhao and his wife asked several times that Zhao Xin didn't say who he liked, and said that even in the International Department, he would never go abroad in the future. They also said that they had been studying in-class materials for the first two years of high school.
This incident made Zhao Chenguang's couple very angry.
But at this time, the two of them couldn't make a joke about the future of the child. After all, Zhao Xin is now seventeen, not seven. The boy has such a big idea that they are parents and there is no way to force him to go abroad.
The couple can only think of a way to transfer Zhao Xin’s school to a public high school near their home to prepare for the domestic college entrance examination.
Considering the situation of the children of the old Zhao family, Song Jianguo feels that the mental state and emotions of the two children in his family are very stable, and there is no depression or secretly hurting themselves. So in summary, it should be the seed of no premature love.
Simply let go, and didn't think about it anymore.
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At the beginning of May, Song Qiaoxi and Chu Jin had a good place in Macau's SAT exam, and both of them had applied for Hong Kong and Macau passes.
Originally, Song Jianguo had to volunteer to accompany the two children, but recently their new media department was as busy as a spinning top due to the rapid Internet push, and finally was persuaded by her daughter.
Qiao Qin is working in a university, and she must not be able to take leave from school when she is nearing the end of the term. Compared with Song Jianguo, her mother is more and more imaginative.
I feel that the two children, one has grown up at the age of eighteen and the other is seventeen, are good children with three correct outlooks. Regardless of whether a boy or a girl, they should learn to do something independently.
The couple, the teacher of the SAT tutoring class, and the parents of several other test takers made a total and confirmed that the accommodation conditions are safe, the meals are hygienic, and that they can study and take the exam with peace of mind.
In itself, Macau is not as noisy as Hong Kong, and the city is small, suitable for children to study and prepare for exams.
Although they said rest assured, the couple still took advantage of the weekend to fly to Macau to inspect the hotel and meals where they were staying, and confirm the distance between the test site and the hotel, and finally they were relieved that they would go alone with other students. take an exam.
For the exam in early June, the Song family booked air tickets for the children to Macau three days in advance.
Song Qiaoxi is easily excited. This is the first trip away from her parents since she grew up, and she was still with someone she likes.
I checked my luggage at the airport and said goodbye to my parents.
Song Qiaoxi carried a small schoolbag and a camera in hand, and waved to Chu in front of the large floor-to-ceiling windows in the waiting room, "Come here, I'll take a picture of you here, the light here is so beautiful."
Chu Jinben sat in a chair and read a book, raised his hand to touch the skin behind his neck, shook his head and smiled at Song Qiaoxi, after a while, he stood up and walked to the place she designated, letting the little girl be at the mercy of her.
"You don't need to look at the camera, yes, just look out the window..." Song Qiaoxi guided her exclusive "model" quite professionally.
The boy in the viewfinder has faded away from his childishness, his tall figure, strong arms and increasingly refined features make him more and more like a young man.
She suddenly wanted to understand why sister Qiu Meng would ask herself to help take more photos of Lidong's brother when she was leaving.
When I was young, I didn't understand, I just felt that Lidong's brother was clinging to Qiu Meng's sister, like a little pug in the compound saw a fleshy bone.
At that time Song Qiaoxi felt ignorantly that Brother Lidong must like Sister Qiu Meng very much, but Sister Qiu Meng might not like Brother Lidong, right?
Because during the time when my sister was going to see a doctor in another place, I didn't see her and Lidong brother, and Lidong brother would call her home to ask about sister Qiu Meng's situation.
But now I understand that, actually, sister Qiu Meng likes brother Lidong, and she likes it very much.
Just like she likes Chu Jin, she wants to record his every move and smile in the photos, so that if she comes to the United States, where there is no him, if she misses him, she can take it out and watch it over and over again.
From the seagull camera that Qiu Meng sister lent her to, Xixi spent Chu Jin and her new year's money, bought a small point-and-shoot camera, and later, saved two years of new year's money and pocket money. Money, bought an entry-level SLR camera.
In the memory card of Song Qiaoxi's camera, in addition to landscape photos, Chu Jin has the highest appearance rate of portraits.
On the plane, Song Qiaoxi opened the vocabulary book, and suddenly remembered something, she put her head in Chu Jin's ear and said: "You know, sister Qiu Meng texted me, next summer she will be engaged to brother Lidong during her junior year. "
Chu Jin nodded, and said softly "um".
"It's great," Song Qiaoxi smiled happily, her eyes twinkled with expectation, "sister said, they get engaged first, and they will get married when she graduates from college, and her sister will let me be her bridesmaid!"
When Song Qiaoxi was a child, she participated in the weddings of many uncles and aunts in the compound. The bride in the wedding dress was the most beautiful person in her heart.
"Sister Qiu Meng is so beautiful, she must be particularly beautiful in a wedding dress." Song Qiaoxi raised her head and said to Chu Jin. She just wanted to hear a positive answer to confirm her vision.
"Do you like wedding dresses?" Chu Jin raised his eyelids and put down the book in his hand.
"Of course I like it. The wedding dress is really beautiful. Which girl doesn't want to wear a wedding dress?" Song Qiaoxi nodded and said.
"Oh." Chu Jin simply responded, dropping his head again.
You wear a wedding dress, which is the most beautiful.
He hid a word in his heart, and he still dare not say it.
-
When we arrived in Macau, there was a unified pick-up, and a minibus took the SAT candidates to the hotel.
The test site for two people is at the City University of Macau. The test site is next to the Sands Casino. The hotel is well booked, Sands Hotel Macau.
The room reserved by Song's parents was a standard room. Before coming, Chu Jin didn't say anything, and directly upgraded Song Qiaoxi's room to an executive suite.
The executive suite has a separate living room and desk, which is much more comfortable than the small desk which is slightly crowded in the standard room.
The fellow students are from different schools. Although they are learning the SAT in a remedial class, everyone is not very familiar. After checking in, everyone still returns to their room with familiar classmates, friends or parents.
In the next few days, except for the uniform minibus to pick up and take the exam, review and daily life are all arranged by the candidates freely.
Song Qiaoxi and Chu Jin's room were not far apart, and Chu Jin sent it to her room first.
With a beep from the room card, Chu Jin pushed open the door and inserted the room card into the card slot.
When the room was turned on, Song Qiaoxi walked on the soft floor and entered the hotel room. She couldn't help but exclaimed, "This is too beautiful too!"
As soon as you enter the executive suite, there is a spacious living room. The furniture is dark solid wood in European style. The main color of the room is soft ivory and luxurious and low-key gold, which has a strong Italian style.
Seventeen-year-old Song Qiaoxi went on a trip. Mom and Dad had booked standard rooms. She had no idea about hotel suites in strange cities.
"Why is it so big?" Song Qiaoxi walked around the room, looking around and looking around, not fresh.
"Call Aunt Qiao and report safety." Chu Jin reminded her.
"Ah, don't you tell me that I almost forgot..." Song Qiaoxi stuck out her tongue and was dazzled by excitement. She forgot about such an important thing. She quickly grabbed her mobile phone to report her safety to her parents. I didn't forget to say exaggeratedly on the phone, "Mom and Dad, the hotel room in Macau is too big. The living room is the same size as ours. I have never lived in such a big room."
The Song family on the other end of the phone looked at each other, and Qiao Qin said, "Xixi, could it be a mistake? Mom and Dad ordered a standard room for you."
"Huh?" Song Qiaoxi was also a little at a loss, but the room card and room number assigned to her were indeed correct.
Chu Jin finally called and said without changing his face: "Aunt Qiao and Uncle Song, it may be because we are staying in a group. We booked a lot of rooms. The hotel was upgraded to an extra room. Xixi got it with luck."
"My girl is lucky." Song Jianguo laughed twice on the phone, "rest as soon as possible, have you eaten? The buffet in the hotel is pretty good, do your best to help your uncle stare at Dian Xixi. Don't eat too much mixed food these days, eat less raw and cold food, and be careful of stomach troubles."
"Well, I will." Chu Jin replied in a low voice.
"You are used to taking care of me..." Song Qiaoxi lay on the sofa with a look of lovelessness. She wanted to try all the ice cream in the self-service hotel.
After hanging up the phone, Chu Jin sat on the sofa and patted Song Qiaoxi on the head, and comforted: "Hey, just have a buffet in the hotel these few days. When the exam is over, I will take you to eat delicious food."
"Okay, don't deceive people." Song Qiaoxi raised her head, suffocated her mouth, got up and moved forward a bit, put her chin on Chu Jin's thigh, showing that she was a salted fish, "You told me to behave before. Then take me there..."
"Just take the exam well, adjust the condition, and take you to play after the exam." Chu Jin gently pushed the broken hair out of her forehead with one hand, and pinched Song Qiaoxi's small pearl-like earlobe on her forehead. A kiss was dropped gently.
Leaving home, away from Beijing and their parents, the two resumed the sweet interaction of the young people's first taste of love.
This sweetness is intimate, impulsive, and restrained.
Chu Jin settled Song Qiaoxi, hugged her and kissed her on the cheek, then dragged the box back to his room.
He put the books, stationery, and review materials on the desk, sealed the two necessary stationery in the examination room prepared in advance in a transparent ZIP bag, took out the laptop to connect to the Internet, and leaned on the bed to start working.
The recent work pressure is indeed heavy, and I have to prepare for the SAT and have a lot of in-class homework to review. He is also a flesh and blood body. No matter how smart he is, he will be a little weak lately, but he still clenched his teeth.
Chu Jin wants to give Song Qiaoxi the best life, the most beautiful wedding dress, and the grandest wedding. She is willing to buy their own house in Beijing in Beijing. If she is willing to go back to Qizhou, she will buy it in Qizhou.
He knew from a very young age that in the adult world, only real money can give people the most sense of security.
Without money, all feelings and dreams can only be empty talk.
With a self-deprecating smile, Chu Jin bit his lip.
He knew that Song Qiaoxi would not like this kind of marketable and profit-oriented person, nor would he become such a person.
But it doesn't matter, he only needs to protect her and let Xi Xi live in the fairy tale world.
She deserves to be the little princess who has not touched the sunshine all her life. She has been loved for a lifetime, and he can support her whatever she wants.
-
The test arrived as scheduled three days later. The entire SAT test took close to four hours, which took a long time and was physically exhausting.
After the exam that day, Song Qiaoxi finished the phone call to her parents. As the first exam, she felt that she was performing well, which was normal.
It's just that after the exam, there is indeed a feeling of physical and mental exhaustion. I can't take care of eating, and I fall asleep after returning to the hotel, so that Chu Jin must not bother her.
After she woke up, she realized that it was already six o'clock in the afternoon.
Sit up from the bed, grabbed the phone and looked at it. There was a new text message reminder on it.
When I clicked it, Chu Jin sent it.
[Wake up and call me, take you to eat delicious food. 】
Song Qiaoxi scratched her head and sent him a message.
[Wake up! I slept for too long, are you starving? Today I have a treat! 】
Soon received Chu Jin's reply.
[Get dressed, I'll wait for you at the door. If you are on a date, I didn't let the girls treat you. 】
"Ah!" Song Qiaoxi stared at the phone screen, and suddenly her heartbeat was a little fast. It turned out that this is the first date for the two of them? !
Oops, this is a date!
Song Qiaoxi jumped up from the bed immediately, combed the double ponytails again, and the two long, wavy hairs were softly hanging in her ears.
She changed into a tender green checked A-line suspender dress, stepped on small white sneakers, grabbed the phone and rushed out.
At the door, Chu Jin was already waiting for her.
He astride the black schoolbag that he carries on his daily back on one shoulder, his upper body is a clean smoky gray T-shirt, and his lower body is slim trousers. Chu Jin should have taken a shower, with fresh hair and a nice mint fragrance on his body.
Chu Jin stretched out his hand to her, raised his eyes and smiled, his ears were slightly red under the spotlights in the hotel corridor, his face was peculiar to young people's shyness, "You look so beautiful in this dress, let's go and take you on a date."
Song Qiaoxi looked up at him, and smiled, a little embarrassed.
He doesn't often praise her for her beauty, but every time Chu praises her, he feels like a small deer crashing around.
"Oh, where to go?" Song Qiaoxi's hand was held by Chu Jin, his hand was warm, wide and hard.
"Go eat all the things you want to eat, give you a list, as long as you like it, we will eat it, Macau has the most snacks." Chu Jin took out a small cardboard card from his pocket with the other hand. The above is the homework he did in advance, the address and name of a row of snack bars selected according to Song Qiaoxi's taste, as well as the signature food in the shop.
"Rong Kee Beef Offal, Double Sauce Beef Chicken Rice, Water Crab Congee, Portuguese Egg Tart, Pork Chop Bun, Curry Fish Egg, Sawdust Pudding, Mango Cheesecake, Charcoal Baked Pepper Cake, Coconut Ice Cream..." Just reading it, Song Qiaoxi felt hungry, and hurriedly pushed Chu Jin towards the elevator, "Go, go, I'm so hungry that I can eat a cow!"
The word "big eyes and small belly" is used to describe Song Qiaoxi, which is too accurate.
She was so hungry that she could swallow a cow, but when she actually ate it, she was soon defeated. Just a pork chop bun made her feel 70% full.
Fortunately, most of Macau's food is snacks, which are convenient for takeaway.
Chu Jin helped her think of a way. It was estimated that she would still be hungry when she went back at night and wanted to eat midnight snack. After eating crab porridge, the few remaining snacks were simply packed back to the hotel and eaten at night.
Tomorrow they will stay in Macau for one day. The parents of the Song family are both enlightened parents. Let them live and play in Macau one more day. It is a rare visit. No matter how important the exam is, you must learn to combine work and rest.
Song Qiaoxi took a bite of the freshly baked Margaret egg tart, tasted it, frowned, and whispered to Chu Jin: "How do I feel... it doesn't seem to be as delicious as KFC's egg tart? And one egg **** costs ten. Australian dollars are so expensive..."
Chu Jin originally wanted to buy some for her to take back. Song Qiaoxi was afraid of wasting, so she only bought one and tasted it.
She handed the remaining egg tarts to Chu Jin naturally, Chu Jin lowered her head to take a bite, nodded in agreement, "It seems that it is not as delicious as KFC."
"Right?" Song Qiaoxi knew that he didn't like sweets, so she stuffed the remaining bite into her mouth and patted the crumbs on her hands. Superstitious."
Chu Jin took out a tissue and wiped the corners of her mouth, "What will I eat next?"
"Coconut ice cream!" Song Qiaoxi raised her head and said grinning.
"Okay." Chu Jin took her hand and began to look at the map.
The coconut ice cream place is a bit far away from the downtown area. It has to walk close to two kilometers. Chu Jin has to take a taxi, and Song Qiaoxi is not happy.
For young people, it doesn't matter this distance. In many cases, it doesn't matter what you eat, but who you eat with.
Song Qiaoxi liked the feeling of walking on a strange street holding hands with Chu Jin.
They are like any ordinary couple on the street, enjoying the joy of sweet love.
The coconut ice cream shop is an old store that has no gorgeous decoration, but has a long and lush and human touch.
The owner's grandpa still uses the traditional method to make ice cream. The ice cream is made with coconut milk, coconut milk and fresh coconut meat. It takes a long time to make and no flavors are added in the process.
Song Qiaoxi held a small white cup of coconut ice cream and took a sip.
Coconut tastes sweet, but sweet, fragrant and full-bodied, fresh and not greasy.
The taste is hard to describe. I don't want the sweetness of the Italian ice cream they have eaten, nor the slight graininess of the old Beijing popsicles.
It makes people bite after bite, and can't stop at all.
Chu Jin didn't want her to eat while walking, so he dragged her to an alley and asked her to leave after eating.
Song Qiaoxi took a spoon, took a spoon to Chu Jin's mouth, tilted her head to look at him, "Try it, it's really delicious."
"Well," Chu Jin sips, the fresh coconut smell, he smiles, "It's delicious."
It's rare to see him say it's delicious, Song Qiaoxi looked up at his charming peachy eyes and smiled evilly.
So he dug another spoon and fed it to him.
Chu Jin didn't want to scan her sex, and accepted it obediently.
Seeing him taking another bite, Song Qiaoxi seemed to be addicted to feeding, one spoonful for herself, one spoonful for Chu, and after a while, a small cup of coconut ice cream was empty.
At the entrance of the alley, there was a long string of stairs. Standing on the lower stairs, Chu Jin could basically look at Song Qiaoxi.
"Your mouth... Forget it, you are always so careless when you eat." He smiled, and the little girl had leftover ice cream stains on the corner of her mouth and wanted to wipe her with a tissue from her schoolbag.
Although this kind of Song Qiaoxi looks very cute and attractive, like a small soft glutinous sugar cake, I really want to take a bite of her.
"Puff, you also have coconut ice cream on your mouth, like a little cat, and you laugh at me!"
Song Qiaoxi's voice was soft and soft, like the humid sea breeze in the southern summer, and like this sweet coconut ice cream tonight.
She held the ice cream cup with one hand and put one hand on Chu Jin's shoulder, and Chu Jin raised her head.
Song Qiaoxi turned her head, smiled mischievously, and licked the corner of his mouth lightly.
"..." Chu Jin's breathing was stagnant, and the black pupils faintly vibrated.
The little girl didn't know what kind of person she had provoked, and she licked the corners of her mouth smugly.
Chu Jin's eyelids drooped slightly, and because of the position he stood, he could look straight into Song Qiaoxi's eyes.
He met her wet and smiling apricot eyes, raised her chin with one hand, and held Song Qiaoxi's head with the other, and pressed her thin pale pink lips against it.