evening tide

Chapter 6

Looking at each other, Papai screamed "Aww", pulled off Qi Liuhai who had been pinned up with a hair tie, and then stuck his body in pajamas against the wall, blocking it through the aisle, exposing half of his body. Head: "Xiang, Teacher Xiang."

The bangs, which had been fixed for a long time, hung up on his head disobediently, like two huge moths.

Xiang Wan laughed with a "puchi" and said, "Small card."

The word "little" was thoughtfully added, implying the meaning of "she is still very cute".

Papai winked at Chao Xin, and retreated. Chao Xin stepped forward, and was dragged into the bathroom by Papai's wrist.

"Mom—I didn't wash my face!" Pa Pai wailed restrainedly from the door.

Then there was the sound of water turning on, and the cards were being washed while crying: "Mom—I didn't wash my face!"

Chao Xin's chuckle was also very clear. She lowered her voice and said, "The soundproofing of the bathroom door is not very good."

Xiang Wan couldn't help laughing, the sound of water flowing inside suddenly stopped, the little girl's crying was suppressed in her throat, and she let out a cry like a kitten.

As soon as the door opened, Chao Xin came out first, with his sleeves rolled up, and there was a little water in his hand, but the cards were still dawdling inside, as if he needed to do some more mental construction.

Xiang Wan heard that Papai was called Aunt Chao Xin, but her relationship with Chao Xin was not to the point where she could directly intervene.

Chao Xin wiped his thigh with his backhand, smoothed his skirt, then sat on the sofa and asked Xiang Wan, "Are you free tonight?"

"Have."

"I'm sorry to ask you about it before. If you don't have arrangements, you can stay for dinner tonight."

Seeing Xiang Wan's hesitation, she said again: "I'll cook, it's okay."

Xiang Wan smiled, respect is worse than obedience.

"What do you want to eat?" Chao Xin leaned over slightly, with his arms resting on his overlapping thighs.

Pulling away again, he raised his wrist and glanced at his thin watch: "There seems to be no food at home, so I have to go downstairs to buy groceries. But not far away, there is a supermarket downstairs."

"I'm going to buy it, why don't you play cards with me for a while?" Her tone was soft, but her eyes were still cold, she said, and raised her hand to turn on the TV.

Xiang Wan glanced at the closed bathroom door, where a young girl's shattered self-esteem was locked.

She then said gently, "I'll go down with you."

There was a short short sound coming from the bathroom, he hesitated to speak.

Chao Xin glanced at it, got up and picked up his coat: "Let's go."

These two words deliberately amplified the volume, enjoying the second short whine from the door.

"Chao Xin!" She was about to get the bag, but the bathroom opened a crack, and the girl's face could not be seen, only a gasp was heard.

Chao Xin lowered his eyelashes, swayed over, and leaned against the wall.

Pa Pai's voice seemed to be squeezed out of his throat, afraid that Xiang Ban at the entrance would hear: "You and I will fight for the teacher!"

"Do I need to fight with you?" Chao Xin folded his hands, his long curly hair swept across his cheeks, and said indifferently, "She is my CP."

"Ah...you..." Papai's young heart was greatly hurt.

"Get some more water from Liu Hai and press it down." Chao Xin stretched out his hand and closed the door for her.

Xiang Wan put on her scarf and watched Chao Xin approaching with a smile in her eyes.

"You love to tease her very much." She waited for Chao Xin to change his shoes, and said softly.

Chao Xin sighed, and when the gate was closed, the two of them walked to the corridor, and said: "She was very unhappy when she was a child, and she didn't have anything she liked, so although I was embarrassed by the reward, I didn't blame her too much. she."

Chao Bei didn't talk much when he was a child, and his health was not good, like bean sprouts. After so long, he was still anemic.

Now I will be stubborn, much better.

As he spoke, he glanced at Xiang Wan again: "I was joking just now, don't mind."

Xiang Wan shook his head, eyebrows and eyes curved: "Du Ling is Xu Zhizhi's CP, there is nothing wrong."

Chao Xin looked at her under the warm light of the elevator, and felt that her eyes were very different, as if they were much clearer than people in the city, without any pollution.

It was like the first time she saw the cards in the swaddling baby, but the whites of the baby's eyes were blue, and the background color of the arm was very clear.

In the evening, the supermarket gradually became more crowded. Chao Xin and Xiang Wan pushed a small trolley and strolled slowly in the vegetable and meat sections.

"Do you like beef or pork?"

Chao Xin stopped in the open fresh-keeping area, with his forearm hanging on the handrail of the cart.

"beef."

Xiang Wan thought about it.Because Yu Zhou likes to eat beef, they rarely buy pork at home except for ribs.

"Boiled beef, A; braised beef, B."

Xiang Wan smiled: "A."

Chao Xin nodded, picked a piece and handed it to the salesperson in the fresh food area: "Please slice it."

"Bean sprouts as a base, A; lettuce as a base, B."

Chao Xin took the beef in the fresh-keeping bag and pushed the cart forward.

Xiang Wan continued to do multiple choice questions: "B."

"Wow." Chao Xin slightly raised his eyebrows.

"how?"

"There are not too many people making this choice." She tilted her head and raised the corner of her mouth.

Because of this fleeting smile, the mole of tears became more vivid.

When he reached the vegetable area, Chao Xin stopped, put his hand into the back of his head, and brushed his curly hair, then leaned aside, motioning to Xiang Wan to come forward: "Choose one."

Then she lifted the heel of her right foot out of the high-heeled shoe, resting her ankle on her left foot, slacking off.

Xiang Wan lowered her eyes, pursed her lips and smiled, turned to pick vegetables, and after a few seconds, asked softly, "Since it's uncomfortable, why do you always have to wear it?"

Thinking of being in the underground garage, Chao Xin had to put on high heels even going upstairs.

Chao Xin drooped his eyes lazily: "I like to be taller than others."

I don't like to look up to others, I don't like to look up, I like to bow my head, I like to look down.

Xiang Wan looked up at her, but Chao Xin lowered his head again and turned on the phone.

When they got home again, the door of the bathroom had been opened. The two of them took several shopping bags to the kitchen. Chao Xin opened the refrigerator and put them in by category. Put it on the counter, and then squat down to take out the onion, ginger, garlic and other side dishes, and everything is ready.

After finishing the action, she was a little hot, held up the hand that had just finished grabbing the starch, and asked Xiang Wan to help turn up her sleeves, Xiang Wan stepped forward, brushed her white forearm, and turned up the sleeves carefully.

Then Chao Xin stretched his neck again, instinctively wanting to reach out to untie another neckline, his wrists retracted, remembering that his hands were dirty, he didn't move.

Xiang Wanhui expressed her heart, caught her movement, glanced at her silent eyes, and asked: "Do you want to untie it?"

"Hmm." There was a lazy voice.

Xiang Wan raised his hand, moved his index finger and thumb, and untied the button under the collarbone neatly.

There are already a few grains of sweat above the gully.

"Thank you." Chao Xin turned sideways, bowed and continued to put starch on the meat slices.

Xiang Wan saw that there was nothing to help, and Chao Xin didn't like to talk, so he washed his hands and withdrew. Seeing Pa Pai sitting in the living room with his legs crossed like an adult, when he heard her come out, he took a few breaths, then turned around a little shyly. Come over: "Teacher Xiang, please sit down."

Xiang Wan raised her hand to cover her chest: "You..."

This……

She turned her head in embarrassment and looked at Chao Xin.

Chao Xin caught a glimpse of her eyes, came out with hands covered in starch, took a closer look, and laughed wildly.

Pa Pai's face was a little too pale, his mouth was a little too red, and the mascara was a little smeared under his eyes, as if he had been stained with a few small mosquitoes and flies.

"It's not suitable for you." Chao Xin frowned, pushed his right shoulder, and smiled wryly.

"Did you see it?" Paipai had a bitter face, not daring to look at Wan.

She lowered her head, covered her face with her right hand, and muttered: "I sent you a WeChat message, asking which one I could use, but you didn't reply."

Chao Xin shook her head and smiled, the hair slid across her cheeks, it was very itchy, she instinctively stretched out her hand to brush it away, the starch on her hand stained her face.

Xiang Wan was startled, then his shoulders trembled, and the corners of his eyes were even more curved.

Chao Xin, who was always cold and arrogant, had a bit of clumsy starch on his face, he was out of place, no different from Chao Bei.

Chao Xin saw his own reflection in Xiang Wan's pupils, and saw her laughing happily, so he reached out and tapped her nose, just like playing cards before.

Xiang Wan was stunned, and so was Chao Xin.

"...sorry," she said.

Xiang Wan lowered his gaze, looked at the tip of his nose, then lowered his eyes and smiled again.

She loves to laugh, but most of the time she is decent and alienated. After knowing Xiang Wan for a few months, this is the first time Chao Xin sees her sincerely happy. She really looks like a girl in her early twenties.