The house is big, with a duplex layout upstairs and downstairs. In those days, was this type of house probably very expensive?
Zhao ii moved from the first floor to the second floor, lying together with Zhang Xin on the wide double bed in the bedroom, looking up at the most popular crystal lamp with tassels hanging on the ceiling.
Zhao ii said, "Sister Xin, your house is really big."
Zhang Xin turned over, propping her head with her arms, "It is quite big. Before, our family of three lived here, adding the maid made four people, but at that ti, it didn’t feel big at all, there was no place to hide playing hide and seek."
Zhang Xin spoke with infinite emotion and nostalgia, pulling at certain mories deep in Zhao ii’s mind.
Zhao ii said, "The house my brother used to live in was also like this layout, but the two rooms on the first floor were locked, filled with factory machines. The stairs from the first floor to the second were particularly beautiful, spiraling, making you feel swaying as you walked up."
Zhang Xin listened earnestly at first, but later laughed, "Were the stairs straight up and down?"
Zhao ii thought for a mont, "Not exactly, they were slightly slanted."
Zhang Xin asked, "ii, how did you and your brother et?"
Zhao ii laughed sweetly as she retold the story of hanging on the iron gate. Many things are only realized to be deeply morable when you take the ti to seriously revisit and recount them.
Zhang Xin looked at Zhao ii’s face, watching her happily recount her mories, her eyes showing a trace of envy.
After Zhao ii finished recounting how she t Shi Yang, she curiously asked, "Sister Xin, how about you? How did you and Brother Chao et?" She suddenly rembered sothing and said, "I rember, weren’t you first introduced at the school’s office? I was there too, because I was helping a friend in a fight, my brother thought I was bullied and asked Brother Chao to co to school to save ."
Zhang Xin laughed, the corners of her eyes forming a fine wrinkle, complenting her dark pupils nicely, "Actually, that’s not it."
"Not?" Zhao ii leaned sideways on the bed, looking at Zhang Xin, "Did you et before that?"
Zhang Xin smiled with her eyes, "Yes, earlier at the night market, I accidentally bumped into your Brother Chao, and he asked to wash clothes for him."
Zhao ii had no recollection of this, but it did not affect Zhang Xin as she recounted her mories.
Zhang Xin said, "Your Brother Chao was very fierce at the ti, saying I was crazy for wearing sunglasses at night, but actually, I had just had double eyelid surgery."
Zhao ii was genuinely surprised, leaning closer to examine Zhang Xin, "Really? It doesn’t look like it."
Zhang Xin’s laughter couldn’t stop as she fondly touched Zhao ii’s head, "Silly, it’s press-fit, thread embedding, understand? No marks."
Zhao ii didn’t understand, and Zhang Xin didn’t elaborate; she softly continued recounting her and Qu Chaozong’s story, from eting to falling in love, all the sweet and happy monts.
After hearing the whole story, Zhao ii murmured, "Sister Xin, you and Brother Chao are truly romantic."
Zhang Xin said, "Actually, there are many things you don’t know. If you did, you’d find it even more romantic. Chaozi is the best man I’ve ever t."
Zhao ii nodded in agreent, "That’s true."
Zhang Xin seed to be speaking both to Zhao ii and to herself, "So no matter what happens, I won’t break up with him."
Zhao ii’s eyes shifted, tentatively asking, "Sister Xin, does your family not approve of you and Brother Chao being together?"
Zhang Xin replied straightforwardly, "Yes, my dad disapproves, but my grandfather really likes Chaozi."
Zhao ii imdiately expressed discontent, "Why? My Brother Chao is so good, what kind of judgnt does your dad have?" Right after, she regretted her indiscreet words.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Xin laughed suddenly, showing a mouthful of neat white teeth, "Exactly, he has no judgnt, ssing up his marriage, yet wants to interfere in my life."
Zhao ii, seeing that Zhang Xin wasn’t bothered by her previous comnt, imdiately perked up, saying candidly, "Sister Xin, you must stand firm in your stance, my Brother Chao is indeed a great person. If you miss out on him, it’ll definitely be your loss!"
Zhang Xin suddenly leapt up, hugging Zhao ii, and gave her face a playful kiss, "ii, how can you be so lovable!"
Zhao ii chuckled twice, intentionally saying, "Because I’m cute."
Zhang Xin laughed heartily, the previous hint of gloom in her eyes completely vanishing.
The two stayed inside the house until evening, Zhang Xin said, "Let’s go, I’ll take you ho. If you don’t go back now, your brother might report you missing."
Zhang Xin parked the car at the community gate, accompanying Zhao ii as they waited for Shi Yang to co and pick her up.
It wasn’t long before they saw a figure running out from the community.
Zhao ii exclaid joyfully, "It’s my brother, Sister Xin, I’m leaving now!"
Zhang Xin looked at Shi Yang running over in a hurry, laughing as she said, "ii, your brother is really good to you, watching makes one envy."
Zhao ii said, "Sister Xin, you and Brother Chao should cherish each other, he will definitely be especially good to you too."
Zhang Xin suddenly asked, "ii, tell , if soone tried to use sothing you deeply care about to coerce you into breaking up with your brother, what would you choose?"
Zhao ii replied without hesitation, "Definitely my brother, in this world, he’s the most important person to !"
Zhang Xin further asked, "Even more than your parents?"
Zhao ii thought for a mont, "It’s not about more important, it’s that my parents would definitely not allow others to do sothing like that. How could they possibly let others threaten ? They love so much."
As Zhao ii spoke, Shi Yang had already reached the car, he opened the car door, and when he saw Zhao ii, he gently smiled, reached out to rub her head fondly, and chided, "Didn’t you see ? Not getting out of the car?"
Zhao ii explained, "I was just talking with Sister Xin."
Zhao ii got out, Shi Yang naturally helped her put on her hat and fasten the collar, then lowered his head to say to Zhang Xin, "Drive slowly on your way back, be safe."
Zhang Xin waved her hand, "Goodbye."
Zhao ii joined Shi Yang in saying goodbye to her, then turned to walk away.
Zhang Xin sat in the car, watching Shi Yang tuck Zhao ii’s hand into his down jacket pocket, the natural gesture making one feel warmhearted.
In a lifeti, encountering soone who loves and cherishes you like this, indeed, nothing is worth exchanging for it. Moreover, if they truly love you, how could they bear to force you to choose?
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