Chapter 356: Not the Last Time
"Handsome boy, you are treating ginseng as spicy noodles. Be careful not to eat too much and get a sore throat and a nosebleed."
In front of the nutritional supplement counter of the supermarket, a gray-haired old man looked at the handsome young man next to him who ate a whole ginseng in three bites, and couldn't help but remind him.
Anyone with a little medical knowledge knows that ginseng is very rich in anti-platelet aggregation and anticoagulant ingredients. The capillaries in the nasal cavity are sensitive to these ingredients. Eating too much can easily lead to blood vessel dilation or even rupture, resulting in nosebleeds.
"Thanks."
Chen Jianghe politely thanked the enthusiastic old man, then followed his advice and went to the western medicine counter on the other side of the mall to buy a small blue pill.
The little blue medicine took effect much faster than ginseng. When Chen Jianghe walked out of the mall, he already felt a little stuffy in the nose and hot breathing, but he was still a little short of having a nosebleed.
"I'm sorry, there were a lot of people shopping in the mall. I had to wait in line for a while at the checkout. I kept you waiting for a long time."
After Chen Jianghe got in the car, he explained to Jiang Yishu with an apologetic look on his face.
"It's okay." Jiang Yishu responded softly. Noticing that Chen Jianghe's breathing was a little rapid, she asked, "Are you feeling unwell?"
"No." Chen Jianghe shook his head, glanced at the storage cabinet, and said calmly: "I'm in good health."
"That……"
Jiang Yishu hesitated for a moment, thought for a moment and asked, "What movie are we going to watch later?"
"Kung Fu Panda."
Chen Jianghe replied with a smile, "Three hundred meters ahead is the Southern Cinema. Although there haven't been any hit movies released recently, it's just the beginning of the school year, so the cinema is very popular in the evening, and most of them are couples. The air is filled with the sweet smell of popcorn and love."
Chen Jianghe had just bought a lot of Jiang Yishu's favorite snacks in the supermarket. When he entered the cinema and queued up to buy tickets, he specially chose a set meal that included iced cola and popcorn.
"Kung Fu Panda" is an animated film of the kung fu comedy type. It is rich in oriental elements, so it is very popular in China.
Not long after the movie started, a few girls in the front row with a low sense of humour started laughing non-stop. It felt like they were an atmosphere group hired by the cinema. They started laughing first and then led others to laugh, creating a good atmosphere.
"Don't you like this movie?" Chen Jianghe asked Jiang Yishu.
When the two of them watched "Baby Project" before, this girl was very emotional, crying and laughing. Now she has a tense face and looks like she is worried about something.
"I like it." Jiang Yishu answered briefly.
"Then smile a little." Chen Jianghe said with some regret: "If you don't smile, I feel like this movie is not worth the price of the ticket."
Hearing this, Jiang Yishu raised her little face, pursed her lips, and smiled at him unexpectedly.
"That's right."
Chen Jianghe looked at her with satisfaction, then at the couples in the front row who were arm in arm, hugging and expressing their love for each other. He thought it was a good thing that the cinema did not provide big round beds, otherwise you hot-blooded young people would start fighting over watching a cartoon.
"It's really disgraceful. College students don't act like college students."
While Chen Jianghe was complaining in his heart, he raised his hand across the seat and quietly put his arm around Jiang Yishu's waist.
Jiang Yishu moved forward gently.
Chen Jianghe leaned close to her ear and whispered, "This is the last time I'll go to the movies with you. Is it okay to hug your waist?"
Jiang Yishu didn't move, sniffed and whispered, "Not too much."
"A kiss would be ok, right?"
When Chen Jianghe spoke, his lips were almost touching her cheek.
Jiang Yishu found his breath very hot. She lowered her head with a slight fever on her cheeks. After a moment's hesitation, she responded: "No."
"Oh." Chen Jianghe said "oh" but didn't go any further. He just moved his hand down uncontrollably.
Jiang Yishu straightened up quietly, while Chen Jianghe took a deep breath involuntarily.
"despair."
There was a very slight sound, as if a drop of warm water had dripped onto Jiang Yishu's snow-white calf. She subconsciously lifted her leg, and with the help of the light from the screen, she discovered that it was not a drop of water, but blood.
Jiang Yishu suddenly looked up at Chen Jianghe, but he was already looking away.
"Are you bleeding from your nose?" Jiang Yishu asked worriedly.
"Yeah." Chen Jianghe did not deny: "It may be because I ate too much popcorn and got a sore throat. Don't worry, I'll go to the bathroom."
After Chen Jianghe finished speaking, he stood up and left the theater. More than ten minutes later, he returned to his seat, holding a tissue in his hand, and asked Jiang Yishu, "Did blood drip on your leg just now?"
"It's okay." Jiang Yishu didn't care. She just looked at Chen Jianghe with concern: "Are you okay?"
"It's okay." Chen Jianghe smiled and said naturally, "Lift your legs. I'll help you wipe off the blood."
Jiang Yishu originally wanted to say "I can do it myself", but the words could not come out of her mouth, so she silently raised her legs.
Chen Jianghe leaned over, held his ankle with one hand, and gently wiped it with a tissue with the other hand.
His action was considerate and gentle. Jiang Yishu bit her lip, lowered her head inadvertently, and slowly moved her innocent face closer. When Chen Jianghe raised his head, he just happened to touch her tender, smooth face like a dragonfly touching the water.
Chen Jianghe was a little stunned. Jiang Yishu had already turned her head to look elsewhere. What remained in his eyes were her snow-white neck and her pink earlobes.
"I lost it and my nose is bleeding again."
Chen Jianghe cursed in his heart and simply plugged his nose with paper. Unfortunately, he could stop the nosebleed but could not suppress the effect of the medicine.
Even after the movie ended and I walked out of the theater, I still felt like I hadn't been able to grind an iron rod into a needle after dozens of minutes of grinding.
It was just half past seven, and smoke was rising from the food stalls and barbecue stands opposite the cinema, and the aroma of food was wafting everywhere.
"Let's go across the street and eat something." Chen Jianghe suggested.
Jiang Yishu held the remaining popcorn in her hand and said, "I'm a little full."
"Eat something with me."
Chen Jianghe smiled and said, "This is our last date, we can't leave any regrets."
When Jiang Yishu heard this, her eyes turned red quietly, tears sparkled on her long eyelashes, and she couldn't help but choked up and said sadly: "It's not the last time."
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"I want to go back to the past and try to keep the story going. At least I won't let you leave me anymore. I will use my time to distract you. I will hold you tighter this time."
Late at night, Chen Jianghe drove back to school, and an old song was playing in the car.
In the past, Chen Jianghe didn't like listening to this kind of sad love song about autumn and spring, as he felt it was a bit like whining. But now it sounds inexplicably vivid, as if it was sung directly into his heart.
“It’s a bit scary.”
Chen Jianghe raised his hand to change the song to the hit song "Don't Be Afraid", and his mood immediately became better.
It was nearly 11:30 when we returned to the Light Chaser base. It was so late that the restaurants across the street had closed one after another, and there were not many people on the street. There was only one night snack stall where more than a dozen young men were sitting. One of them had dyed white hair and looked very recognizable.
They looked like they were having a midnight snack, but in fact, every time someone passed by the Light Chaser's door, they would take a few glances.
Chen Jianghe stopped the car, walked to the late-night snack stall and threw a few packs of cigarettes to the brothers on night shift. Then he returned to the office area and saw the young secretary sitting at the desk. There was a girl sitting opposite her, dozing off with her cheek supported by her right palm.
This scene seems a bit familiar.
Lin Siqi must have washed her hair not long ago. Her jet-black hair hung down to her shoulders, slightly damp. When the evening breeze blew in through the window, one could smell the faint fragrance of her hair from a long distance away. She was very serious about her work, and her quiet and sweet face looked particularly beautiful under the light.
Hearing the footsteps coming from the door, Lin Siqi raised his eyes, and when he found that it was Chen Jianghe, his eyes immediately lit up. He put down his work, stood up and trotted towards him.
"Wow, you've gained weight."
Chen Jianghe hugged her tightly, pretending to be very heavy, and said with a smile: "You were a little white rabbit before, and now you are a big white rabbit."
"It wasn't small before."
Lin Siqi rubbed his cheek affectionately, pouted his lips and asked, "If I really get fat, will you dislike me?"
"Of course."
Chen Jianghe nodded affirmatively: "I only like small rich women, not fat women."
"snort!"
Lin Siqi snorted softly, lowered her head to bite Chen Jianghe's ear, but was reluctant to use force, so she sucked it gently, and said with puffy cheeks: "Girls will gain weight when they get pregnant and give birth, you are not allowed to despise it."
"Hmm?" Chen Jianghe raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise, "Yes?"
"No." Lin Siqi pursed her lips and shook her head, saying tenderly: "I mean in the future."
"Oh." Chen Jianghe said, raised his head and looked at her, and said seriously: "I swear on my conscience that I will never dislike my secretary in this life."
"Ah~" Lin Siqi smiled lightly, put down his hand and touched his heart: "Where is the conscience? Why can't I touch it?"
Chen Jianghe smiled and said, "You just took it away."
"It's more like it was taken away by the little box." Lin Siqi said with a sweet smile.
"Why do you smile so beautifully?" Chen Jianghe looked at her, his eyes flickering, and then said, "And it smells so good."
Lin Siqi raised her hand and picked up a strand of hair and put it close to his nose. Then she held his cheek with her white and tender palm and asked with a smile, "Do you like it?"
"I don't like it." Chen Jianghe said against his will: "I don't like it at all, unless..."
"Unless what?" Lin Siqi blinked, and then seemed to understand something from Chen Jianghe 's eyes. He put his arms around his neck and leaned down closer, and asked softly, "Is that so?"
"Who can stand this..."
Chen Jianghe felt refreshed.
Lin Siqi smiled and let go of his hand, got down from his arms, and said mischievously: "Okay, that's it, I still have to be busy for a while."
After saying that, the secretary turned and walked towards the desk, glanced at the boss who was standing there in a daze with a smile on her face, coughed lightly to calm herself down, and continued to work.
After a while, Chen Jianghe came over, looked at the things on her desk, and raised his eyebrows: "Are you going to take the postgraduate entrance examination too?"
"Yes."
Lin Siqi nodded, holding the pen and said seriously: "My boss is so outstanding, I have to work hard to improve myself so that I can keep up with you."
"Silly girl."
Chen Jianghe pinched her pretty cheeks, then picked up the postgraduate entrance examination questions she was looking through and said confidently, "Go sit aside first, and let the excellent boss give you a sample and do a few questions for you to see."
"uh-huh?"
Lin Siqi pursed her lips and smiled, then stretched out her long, white legs: "Come, sit on my lap."
"It's insulting."
Chen Jianghe spoke righteously, then patted his butt and sat over, took the carbon pen, and read the question carefully twice.
"It seems like I know everything, but it also seems like I know nothing. This feeling is really out of line."
Chen Jianghe complained in his heart, and after a moment, he put down his pen, turned to the secretary and said, "Doing homework at night will cause great damage to brain cells. I think it is necessary to have a good rest first and try again tomorrow."
Lin Siqi's eyebrows curved, she raised her pretty face and kissed Chen Jianghe's cheek, and said tenderly: "I know you don't like doing homework, so let's stop here tonight. I'll accompany you to do something you like, okay?"
