Is it okay for me to be like this?" She changed her clothes and came out, nervously clenching her fingers, asking Ji Jiangnan's opinion.
Ji Jiangnan carefully sized her up, his lips raised a smile, and his tone was quite sincere, "It's beautiful."
It's been a long time since she was praised so much by the opposite sex, Gu Xiao Qiao's cheeks blushed and said, "I'm ready, let's go out."
"Good." Ji Jiangnan walked in front and helped her open the door to her room, reaching out and making an inviting gesture, asking her to go out first.
The two reached the elevator room, also he pressed the button and waited for her to go in first.
Coming to the parking spot, he opened the passenger door for her, his body slightly sideways, reaching out his left hand to protect the roof of the car in case her head hit the door.
After getting in the car, he warmly reminded her to buckle up.
From these details, Gu Xiaoqiao can see that he is a very gentlemanly and considerate man, it is incredible that such an excellent man, actually will be single for so many years, but also be picked up by her ......
Gu Xiaoqiao in the lamentation of their own good luck at the same time, but also vaguely some worry, as Lin Lanyao analysis of the As Lin LanYao analyzed, like Ji JiangNan this kind of mature and stable man, he will put his heart on the career above, and does not value love, in case he in the process of getting along with her, or feel that love is a trouble and waste of time things, he will not break up with her?
Hey, what's the point of thinking so much! They have just started dating, and she's worried about breaking up, which is not giving herself a hard time!
Gu Xiaoqiao secretly spat on herself in her heart, it must be too long not to fall in love, lack of self-confidence, give him a little confidence, but also give themselves a little confidence, believe that the two people will cultivate feelings.
Ji Jiangnan booked this restaurant, the decoration style is more idyllic, fresh and natural, so that people have a kind of home comfort.
After ordering, Gu Xiaoqiao picked up the rough porcelain teacup, gently sipped the tea, and curiously looked around, "This restaurant is decorated in an interesting way, have you been here before?"
Ji Jiangnan smiled faintly, "This is a restaurant owned by a friend of mine, I've been here twice, and I feel that the chef's handiwork is not bad, so I brought you here to try it out."
Gu Xiaoqiao nodded, "So ah."
The two have just been dating, they don't know each other well enough, and there is not much to talk about, so they soon fell into an awkward silence.
Gu Xiaoqiao hung her head and silently drank tea.
Ji Jiangnan glanced at her, the corner of his lips curved, "When will you go to your house tomorrow?"
"Tomorrow at noon, my parents are waiting for us to have dinner together." Mentioning her own parents, Gu Xiao Qiao had a slight headache and sat upright with a serious face, "Why don't I tell you about my family now, so that you don't feel caught off guard when you go tomorrow."
Ji Jiangnan nodded slightly, "Okay."
Gu Xiaoqiao cleared her throat and said in a serious manner, "My father is a surgeon, working in the city's People's Hospital. He is usually busy, and in his spare time he likes to play erhu, sing a few lines of opera, and occasionally fishing, raising flowers, is a person who knows how to enjoy life. My mother used to be an elementary school teacher, then she resigned and returned home to raise her children, usually has a lot of free time, and likes to dance with her aunts in the square, sing and whatnot ......"
Here she paused, a blushing look on her face. "After I was twenty-five years old, my mother's greatest wish was to marry me off, she hated that she could not mobilize all the contacts in her hands, and introduced me to a blind date every now and then, if you go to my house tomorrow, don't be intimidated by her passionate energy ......"
Ji Jiangnan still has a light smile on his face, and said frankly, "No, my mental capacity is very good."
"That's good, that's good." Gu Xiao Qiao smiled awkwardly and said, "There is also the fact that my father has raised a *thing*, that *thing* is rather special, you must not dislike it, otherwise my father will be unhappy."
Ji Jiangnan got interested, raised his eyebrows and asked, "What *thing*?"
Gu Xiaoqiao stared into his eyes and said word for word, "A lizard."
He guffawed, "What species?"
He smiled openly and didn't seem to be scared at all, Gu Xiaoqiao quietly sighed in relief and answered, "Chinese water dragon."
He smiled and said, "The water dragon is an omnivore that favors carnivory, and its character is very docile, so long as it does not harm it, it will not attack humans."
Gu Xiao Qiao's eyes abruptly lit up and laughed, "I didn't expect you to have a study on water dragons, they are indeed very docile, and definitely won't take the initiative to harm people."
Ji Jiangnan explained in a warm voice, "A friend raised it before, he went abroad on a business trip and asked me to help take care of it for a period of time, at first I hated it a little bit, but later, I found that little guy was very interesting, and I gradually liked it too."
Gu Xiaoqiao's eyes were glowing, she couldn't wait to grab his hands and shouted "Comrade, I finally found you", she was so excited, she said excitedly, "If you also like the water dragon, then you and my father will definitely have the **** the same language between him, he that level, you should be able to successfully pass it."
Ji Jiangnan said in a serious manner, "In that case, I have to thank the friend who asked me to help take care of the lizard."
Gu Xiaoqiao was amused by his serious expression and couldn't help but laugh, "Yeah, don't forget to treat someone to dinner in the future to thank him for helping you. No, the main thing is to thank his family's lizard."
In this way, thanks to the lizard, the conversation between the two of them became more and more harmonious, the atmosphere became more and more cordial, Gu Xiao Qiao laughed out softly from time to time, and Ji Jiang Nan's eyes also melted with laughter.
Soon, the dishes were served.
Ji Jiangnan naturally picked up the soup spoon and helped Gu Xiaoqiao to get half a bowl of appetizer soup.
Gu Xiao Qiao has the habit of drinking soup before meals, he noticed it the last time he ate with her.
"Thank you." Looking at the soup bowl in front of her, Gu Xiao Qiao smiled brightly.
When ordering, Gu Xiaoqiao ordered a stewed beef brisket with tomatoes, red tomatoes with tender beef, the aroma overflowing, at a glance let a person have a very good appetite, she raised her chopsticks, just want to clip the vegetables, Ji Jiangnan suddenly a second faster than her, will be laying on the vegetables as a garnish on the cilantro all the clip to their own bowls.
Gu Xiaoqiao froze, and suddenly remembered that he once asked her about her food taboos, and she said that she hated eating cilantro.
Was it because she hated cilantro that he snatched all the cilantro into his bowl?
This man, he did not say anything, just like this, silently cleaned up what she hated.
In an instant, Gu Xiaoqiao's heart surged with an unspeakable flavor, and she stared blankly at the man who ate the cilantro leisurely and freely.
Ji Jiangnan noticed her sight and raised his eyebrows, "Why don't you eat?"
"Nothing." Gu Xiao Qiao snapped back to her senses, panicked to avoid his line of sight, and chucked a piece of beef into her bowl.
Apart from her own father and Lin Lan Yao, Gu Xiao Qiao had not been treated so gently and considerately by the opposite sex for a long time. In her heart, there was some sourness, but she couldn't stop some sweetness from rising, even the beef in her mouth seemed to be sweet and cloying.
From the restaurant out, the lights, only seven o'clock.
Ji Jiangnan looked at Gu Xiaoqiao sideways, "There is a movie theater in front, how about watching a movie?"
Gu Xiaoqiao smiled, "Yes."
Because the movie theater is less than a hundred meters from where they ate, it was unnecessary to drive, and the two walked side by side.
The movie theater is on the opposite side of the road, you need to cross the crosswalk, the two of them stood on the side of the road waiting for the red light, suddenly someone rushed over from the back, bumped into Gu Xiaoqiao, Gu Xiaoqiao was hit by the person stumbled, almost fell, good thing that a pair of strong and powerful arms firmly hold her.
Ji Jiangnan wrapped one hand around her shoulder, one hand resting on her waist, his handsome eyebrows slightly knitted, his voice permeated with imperceptible concern, "Is everything alright?"
"It's fine, thanks." Gu Xiao Qiao hastily stabilized her body and withdrew from his arms.
"The light is red." His hand on her shoulder loosens, but he extends his other hand, naturally holding hers, and says, "Let's go."
Gu Xiaoqiao's heart jumped, subconsciously looked down at the two hands held together, fingers interlocked, as if they would never lose her.
His hand is at a moderate temperature, warming her palm, his handsome side face is shrouded by the dim light, adding a few points of warmth, her heart fluttered, foolishly followed his pace, through the endless stream of people, towards the opposite side of the road.
It happened to be a weekend, come to the cinema to see the movie a lot of people, the ticket sales of the hall flooded with people, Ji Jiangnan let go of her hand, warmly admonished, "I'll go to buy tickets, you wait for me here."
"Wait!" Gu Xiao Qiao hurriedly took out her cell phone, "There are many people lined up at the ticket window, let's buy it directly on the phone."
Ji Jiangnan looked at her, a faint color of suspicion flowing from a pair of dark eyes, "Buy on the phone?"
"Yes, I downloaded the app to buy movie tickets, it's convenient and quick, it can be done in a minute."
Gu Xiaoqiao smiled MiMi and slid open her phone, logged into the ticket purchasing app, and then came to him, pointing to the name of the movie on the page and said, "Take a look, this is the movie that was released in the cinema today, which one do you want to see?"
Ji Jiangnan slightly leaned over, watching her fingers slide on the phone screen, her hands are very beautiful, white Xi, slender, like jade carved out of the general, he could not help but hooked his lips a smile, said, "I can all, you like which one we will watch which one."
He is at least more than ten centimeters taller than her in high heels, when he lowered his head, the hot air from his breath sprayed on her ears, crispy and tense, like a cat's claw gently scratching her heart, she coughed and said in a calm manner, "How about sci-fi movie? It's a pretty highly rated movie, and it looks pretty good."
He nodded slightly, "Good."
"I'll buy the tickets then."
She turned her head to look at him, to make a final confirmation, unexpectedly, he had not yet straightened up, and the two of them are very close, she jerked her head up, just to collide with his head, and even worse, her lips, just to paste his chin.
She was stunned, her eyes widened abruptly, his dark eyes looked y at her, his tall body to maintain a slightly forward posture, as if a sculpture, motionless.
Until two seconds later, Gu Xiao Qiao snapped out of it, panicked and backed up, unexpectedly, she was wearing high heels on her feet, and when she backed up her movements were too violent, a stagger, her body fell backwards, she panicked and instinctively screamed.
Ji Jiangnan's eyes snapped shut, quickly bullying his way forward, grabbing her arm, pulling her backward-tilting body up and violently yanking her into his arms.
"Don't be afraid." A magnetic and gentle voice.
Gu Xiaoqiao was in shock, her hands gripping his suit tightly.
At this moment, she was lying on his chest, one foot cocked back, while he leaned over to look at her, his dark eyes were like whirlpools, bottomless, sucking her mind and soul in.
This position seems to have been maintained for a very long time, Gu Xiao Qiao felt that the whole world stood still, if not for the fact that his arm had fastened her waist so tightly that it gave her a feeling that she was about to be suffocated, she probably would not have come to her senses, she awkwardly struggled and whispered, "Thank you, I'm fine now."
Ji Jiangnan's eyebrows moved slightly, his hands slowly loosened her waist, Gu Xiaoqiao didn't dare to move this time, and only after she stood firmly, she took half a step back, not daring to look at his eyes, pursed her lips and said, "Just now accidentally ...... don't take it to heart."
She was referring to that accidental kiss, and he, too, understood. The corner of his lips slightly hooked, raised his hand, stroked her squarely messed up hair behind the ear, faintly said, "You are in front of me, very nervous?"
More than nervous, the heart is almost beating out!
Gu Xiao Qiao naturally embarrassed to tell the truth, slightly nodded and said, "A little."
"There is nothing to be nervous about." His broad palm gently pressed on the top of her hair, and laughed softly, "It's not like I'm going to eat you."
Gu Xiaoqiao's cheeks reddened, buried her head deeper, coughed, and pretended to be calm, "I'll buy the movie tickets first."
Ten minutes later, Ji Jiangnan twisted a Coke and popcorn in one hand, and held Gu Xiaoqiao's hand in the other, leading her into the dark movie theater.
Ji Jiangnan walked in front, Gu Xiaoqiao walked behind, she was looking down at the road under her feet, when Ji Jiangnan's low magnetic voice suddenly came from her ears, "Be careful."
The corner of her lips quietly raised a smile, gently "uh" a sound.
Inside the movie theater is very dark, the audience sitting in twos and threes, even after those in front of the audience, Ji Jiangnan did not let go of her hand.
Until they were seated, he let go of her hand and handed her a glass of Coke with a straw.
He didn't like Coke or popcorn, so both fell into her arms.
The movie was great, thrilling and heart-wrenching, Gu Xiaoqiao forgot the popcorn in her hand, her mouth slightly open, staring intently at the IAX screen, and at the end, when she saw the hero self-sacrificing to save the whole planet, she cried her eyes out.
"It's so touching, the hero is so great ...... calling ......"
Tears were streaming down her face, and she tried to reach for a tissue to wipe her tears, but ended up clutching her left hand with popcorn, her right hand holding a Coke, there is no extra hand, she did not think about it, and smoothly stuffed the popcorn into Ji Jiangnan's arms, and then opened her handbag and put her hand in, pulling out, pulling out, pulling out tissues.
Ji Jiangnan looked at her crying like a child, the beautiful side of the face in the interweaving of light and shadow hanging teardrops, pearly appearance, and her usual big grin appearance is very different.
His heart moved slightly, glancing down at the popcorn she had stuffed into his arms, the corners of his sexy lips hooked up slightly, pulling out a neat handkerchief from his suit pocket and handing it to her.
"Thanks." Gu Xiao Qiao gave up looking for tissues, choked and took the handkerchief, wiping all her tears onto it.
"I have a very low tear point, so I've made you laugh." From the movie theater out, Gu Xiaoqiao's eyes are still red, and after crying, her eyes, like being washed by rain, are brighter and more dazzling.
Ji Jiangnan curved the corner of his lips and smiled faintly, "In front of me, this is how it should be, cry if you want to cry, laugh if you want to laugh, don't have to worry, just be yourself."
He has not seen her for a long time such a true nature of the woman, will be like a woman like carrying a drunken friend, but also like a child who has not grown up to play some childish games, but also because of the fiction to cry ......
Her knitted brows and smile, all make him feel lovely, novelty.
Gu Xiaoqiao released a smile, raised the handkerchief in his hand and said, "The handkerchief is dirty, I will not return it to you, leave it to me as a souvenir."
Ji Jiangnan's dark eyes flowed with laughter, "Good."
After a few hours together, Gu Xiaoqiao gradually accustomed to his presence, but also gradually relaxed his mind, the original way back, through the endless traffic on the road, he reached out to hold her hand again, her heart has a small leap, but also quietly hold his hand.
He drove her home, the two downstairs respectively, she just wanted to turn around and leave, he suddenly called her, "Xiao Qiao, uncle likes to keep lizards, aunt like what?"
He was so attentive to inquire about her parents' preferences, she was naturally very happy, smiled and said, "My mom, in addition to enjoying square dancing, she also especially likes to karaoke with people."
"Karaoke?"
"Uh-huh." Gu Xiao Qiao thought of something, a strange expression appeared on her face, coughed, and said, "If my mom likes you, it's very likely that she'll let you accompany us to Karaoke. Can you ...... you sing?"
Ji Jiangnan pondered for a moment and slowly said, "I sang with my friends in college, and I haven't tried it for a long time."
Gu Xiaoqiao comforted him, "It's okay, my mom likes the old generation of stars, such as Teresa Teng and Andy Lau, their songs, have you heard them?"
Ji Jiangnan nodded slightly, "I've heard of them."
Gu Xiaoqiao's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly said, "Teresa Teng's 'Sweet Honey' and Andy Lau's 'Together Until Forever', these two songs, have you heard of them?"
He answered honestly, "I've heard of 'Sweet Honey', and I haven't heard of 'Meeting to Forever'."
"It's okay, it's good to have heard of Sweet Honey." Gu Xiaoqiao smiled confidently, "That song is my mom's must-order track when she sings in Karaoke, and when the time comes, no matter how well she sings, you'll just clap and applaud, and she'll be happy."
Ji Jiangnan's sexy lips raised a smile, "Okay, I will pay attention."
"Uh-huh." Gu Xiao Qiao's face bloomed into a bright smile, "Drive carefully on the road, I'll go back first, see you tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow." Ji Jiangnan stuck one hand in his pants pocket and watched her enter the building before he walked towards the car.