Chapter 20 Pastoral

Perhaps the prince in the pastoral attire was too much like the prince, but Zihe's mother actually showed a hesitant look. Zihe's mother looked at Tianyuan with an unclear expression...

I have known for a long time that she is a soft-spoken person. Not wrong at all.

Yinuo stood upright and looked at Zihe Ma coldly.

Zihe felt a little scared in his heart when he saw Yinuo's cold gaze.

"As promised, let's go."

Tianyuan left with Yinuo in his arms.

After turning a corner, Yinuo pushed away his hand that was holding her and said with a smile, “Let go! Stop showing off."

"There's no pretense, I'm really supporting you because I'm afraid you'll fall. You're like this, I'm really scared."

Tianyuan smiled, showing his white teeth, pointing at Yinuo's belly and said.

"What! Pregnant women are like this. Let go and walk away." Yinuo pushed his hand away. The wind blew the hair beside Yinuo's ears, and Yinuo raised his hand and tucked it behind his ear.

The sun shines through the mottled leaves, dotted with stars on Yinuo's body. In Tianyuan's eyes, Yinuo is so real and yet so illusory. He was afraid that if he stopped his hand, she would disappear from his eyes.

"Hey!" Yinuo kicked his feet.

She is real, she still likes to kick lightly with her feet as before.

"Yes, squad leader." Tian Yuan retracted his hand and joked.

"You have been in the city since graduation?" Yinuo asked.

When she graduated, she fell out of love and had no energy to pay attention to others, including Tianyuan.

"Yeah!" Tianyuan looked at Yinuo tenderly and said nothing.

"I changed my phone number." Yinuo said.

"Yeah! I know, the original one can't get through." Tian Yuan paused and said with a smile.

One day, Tianyuan called, and the sweet voice of 10086 customer service came over the phone, "The number you dialed has been stopped." That familiar phone number suddenly stopped working. After that, Tianyuan called Tianyuan countless times, but couldn't get through for a long time. When the call got through, it was a strange man who answered the call. It turned out that the number already belonged to someone else. After that, Tianyuan no longer even had the right to dial that number...

until……

today……

"Let me save it. Is this the WeChat number too?"

Tianyuan took out his mobile phone.

Yinuo nodded and reported a series of numbers, “137..."

Tianyuan dialed, and the phone in Yinuo's bag rang twice and hung up. Yinuo took out his mobile phone and saved the number, then put it in his pocket. A gust of wind blew, and Yinuo gathered his clothes. It seemed like the wind was blowing outside.

Tianyuan watched Yinuo gather his clothes, and then looked up at the sky. A dark cloud had formed in the south. He didn't know if it would rain soon.

God really doesn't give us face or give us more time to catch up with each other. Tian Yuan complained in his heart.

"Where do you live? Shall I take you back?" Tian Yuan asked unwillingly.

With a promise, he nodded in agreement and reported his address. Yinuo thought: I have a big belly, and if I say I want to take a bus, take a taxi, etc., Tianyuan will definitely not agree! It would be better to simply agree.

"Sorry to trouble you." Yinuo smiled slightly.

"You really...don't consider me a friend." Tian Yuan joked.

I am so polite just because I treat you as a friend... I hope you will always be my friend and not have any other relationship...

Yinuo smiled towards the countryside, that smile was like the spring wind, gentle and gentle, like the buds on the willow branches, clean and crisp, like the unopened flower buds, shy...

That smile soothed the melancholy that had not been seen for many years in the countryside, like sunshine shining in the heart, translucent and cheerful...

Along the way, I forgot my words, or didn’t know how to speak...

Yinuo got out of the car, walked away gradually, turned his head again, smiled and waved to him...

Tianyuan suddenly remembered Xia Yinuo's belly.

Am I late again?

Tian Yuan frowned.

…

Tianyuan, sitting in the car, lit a cigarette, took a puff, and then the smoke curled up. Through the wisps of smoke, the tall buildings became misty...

You actually lived here! You live in the same city as me, in the same urban area, but I have never met you...

A cigarette burned out and almost burned Tianyuan's hand. Tianyuan threw away the cigarette butt, and then withdrew his inexplicable gaze.

Turn on your phone and you have been added as a friend on WeChat. A string of jasmine flowers is used as the avatar. When I was in school, I heard that she loved to plant flowers, and the dormitory window sill was filled with flowers. Each book contains dried flowers. Reading through Xia Yinuo's book is like looking at an atlas of plants and flowers.

If you ask her what kind of flower it is, she will definitely tell you a lot, which is completely different from her usual reticence. She will tell you what kind of flower it is, when it blooms, whether it has a fragrance, when to plant it, and how to plant it. Of course, you must be interested and have time to listen to her. Many students were just surprised when they saw the flowers in the book. There were only a handful of people who really wanted to know how to cultivate flowers and grow flowers by themselves. Her boyfriend at the time - Ji Junfeng should be considered half. How can I count it as half, because he often sends Yinuo various flowers. Later, I heard that it was just a way for him to pretend to pursue Xia Yinuo. No, that's not because he was pursuing Xia Yinuo, Xia Yinuo was just his springboard...

Ji Junfeng! …

A fierce look flashed across Tianyuan's eyes. Tianyuan looked at the phone in his hand again.

Does she still like flowers?

There is no doubt that she still likes it. I just don’t know if her family has planted another balcony of flowers. If so, her balcony must be like a small garden! Flowers bloom at all times.

Tianyuan didn't know that Yinuo actually stopped planting flowers for a period of time. Yinuo gave away all the flowers planted in the dormitory. Of course, none of the flowers that were given away did not survive until graduation. The one who has been growing flowers the longest is Li Ju.

Li Ju was born in a rural area. She also grows several kinds of flowers in front of her home. She has some knowledge about flower cultivation.

What was given to Li Ju was a pot of jasmine. Li Ju said that the flowers were elegant and fragrant. She loved it.

Jasmine is not difficult to grow. It is fine if it is dry, but it cannot be watered too much. Jasmine, who has been around for the longest time, was also thrown into the trash can on the eve of graduation.

Looking at the jasmine in the trash can with wrinkled and almost fallen leaves, Yinuo was heartbroken...

My mother likes jasmine the most. When she pruned the branches in early spring, she curiously asked her mother, “Where are the green leaves? Why do they have to be cut and the bare stems are left?" My mother said, “When the weather is warm, it will bloom more." New shoots can grow more buds.…”

After my mother left, most of the flowers were dead, and the ones that were not dead were thrown away by my father...

Yinuo picked up the pot of jasmine, but ultimately failed to save it...

Yinuo blamed himself endlessly. No more flowers.

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Tianyuan clicked on WeChat on her mobile phone and looked through her circle of friends...

Her Moments were visible for a month, but she didn't post a single Moment this month. She really doesn't like to put her private life in front of the public.

She is still so lonely, quiet and proud...

Tianyuan's fingers were hovering above the phone, and the words "Send Message" were right in front of him, but his hand just couldn't press it down. His heart was wandering, wondering why he was so timid?

I asked for her phone number, was it just to peek into her Moments from time to time?

"Are you home?" Tianyuan pressed send cruelly.

"Well! Thank you!" The message was replied quickly and included an emoticon.

Tian Yuan let out a long sigh. The following chat becomes more relaxed...

"Thank you sincerely. When will you treat me to dinner?"

Xia Yinuo smiled and looked at the messages on his phone. The countryside was still the same. Yinuo quickly wrote a message and sent it, “With that starting price, how dare you ask me to treat you to dinner?"

Seeing this sentence, Tianyuan seems to have returned to his college days...

"Xia Yinuo, please save a seat for me. I'll treat you to dinner." Tian Yuan asked from behind, pulling Yinuo's hair.

"It's the end of the month, do you still have money on your card? Are you afraid that I'll treat you to dinner?" Yinuo grabbed the hair and laughed at Tianyuan.

"Hehe!" Tian Yuan said with a silly smile, "Xia Yinuo, you really understand me."

"I don't want to know you." Xia Yinuo wrinkled his nose and rolled his eyes at him.

"Hahaha!" Tianyuan laughed happily.

"Shall we have dinner together at noon? Don't forget, that restaurant in the south." Tian Yuan was afraid that Xia Yinuo would refuse, so he ran away as fast as eight legs.

Xia Yinuo just shook his head helplessly.

Tianyuan's family has some money, and the monthly payment to him is not small. However, no matter how much money he has, he will not be able to make it to the end of the month, because he loves to spend money, just like Xu Ling. At the beginning of the month, his wallet is full and he can spend it happily. At the end of the month, he will have no money and can only live frugally. Otherwise, just eat and drink.

Tianyuan would have a few meals at Xia Yinuo's at the end of every month.

At that time, Tian Yuan was still thinking: Ji Junfeng is quite generous! He doesn't care too much if he takes advantage of his girlfriend. It turned out that he had ulterior motives.

Xia Yinuo is tall, but at first glance, she is not particularly beautiful. She is attractive. She likes to sit quietly in a corner, being very inconspicuous.

By the time Tianyuan noticed Xia Yinuo, Ji Junfeng was already beside her.

Ji Junfeng is not good-looking. From Tianyuan's point of view, he has a thin and long horse face, a garlicky nose, and narrow eyes that move very quickly. Tianyuan felt that he was too calculating and narrow-minded. His only advantage is that he is very kind to Xia Yinuo, and he will buy whatever Xia Yinuo likes. Knowing that Xia Yinuo likes flowers, he buys them. Later, I found out that the flowers he bought were very cheap and were purchased at a discount at the flower market.

Tianyuan once thought depressingly, what he can do, I can do too! Don't you just buy two pots of flowers? Wouldn't it be better to send a message sooner or later to show concern? Aren't you just helping to make a meal? I can do it too! I'm doing better than him, I'm just a month behind him?

Why didn't you choose me?

It's not that Xia Yinuo doesn't know the goodness of Tianyuan, it's just that Ji Junfeng has already provided the warmth and care he needs. She is Xia Yinuo, she is dedicated to everything, single-mindedly. She cannot treat Tianyuan and Ji Junfeng as commodities and measure their good or bad value. She gave her whole heart to Ji Junfeng, so Xia Yinuo couldn't give Tianyuan anything, he could only be a friend, a very, very good friend.

Tianyuan actually knew it in his heart, and he always regretted that he didn't discover Xia Yinuo's kindness earlier.

Downstairs, Tianyuan was thinking about things in his student days, and upstairs, Yinuo was also thinking about things in his student days, but obviously, Yinuo was happy.

The countryside added many cheerful colors to Xia Yinuo's student days.