Love at the Right Time

Chapter 7

Qingqiu woke up very early the next day. As work came to an end, she could go to bed early and get up early. She went to bed before ten o’clock last night.

She doesn’t need to go out, with a clean face, lying on the recliner next to the floor-to-ceiling windows in the living room with a laptop computer on her lap, watching TV dramas leisurely.

When Shi Honglang and Tang Jinghui came back from training, they saw Shi Qingqiu like this, and it was rare to have a leisurely time. The two elders were sitting on the sofa, one reading the newspaper and the other peeling an apple. Shi Qingqiu also closed the computer to go back to the room and read it again. Tang Jinghui spoke.

“Qingqiu.”

“Mom, what’s the matter?” Shi Qingqiu asked in confusion.

When Shi Honglang’s glasses slipped off the bridge of his nose, he looked up at the mother and daughter from behind the newspaper, as if waiting for the next conversation.

Tang Jinghui still hesitated about what she was about to say, but after all it was about her daughter, especially if she hadn’t let go of it after a few years. She was afraid that her daughter would think about it again, but she had to mention it.

“It’s been so long, don’t you like anyone anymore?” Tang Jinghui took the peeled apple and sat close to the edge of the sofa, and passed it by Shi Qingqiu, with a worried look in her eyebrows.

“Why do you ask…” Shi Qingqiu twitched at the corner of his mouth, and took the hand that he wanted to pull out the charger and took it back. After taking the apple, he sat quietly and looked at Tang Jinghui.

What happened several years ago was suddenly touched, and Shi Qingqiu couldn’t return to his senses, and suddenly he didn’t know what to say. How could it be so easy to like someone again? Every time she thinks that maybe the beginning is moving towards the end, she feels that if that is the case, why bother struggling, as long as there is a possibility of a bad end, she doesn’t need to invest her effort anymore.

This has been the case for the past few years. How come there are no people who like her, but she is no longer tempted and unwilling to be tempted. When it is possible, she will stop the loss in time, so how can she like it?

Tang Jinghui touched Shi Qingqiu’s head and sighed: “I know you don’t like us always linking you to Qinghan. We have recognized it over the years, and it is not necessary for you to be together. But Qingqiu, people always have to look forward, and it is impossible to stay in the past forever, and if that person wants to come back, she would have come back long ago…”

She had no choice but to tell the truth that Qingqiu didn’t want to face in the past. If a person wants to stay, then there are thousands of reasons why she can’t let her leave. Even if I left, now six years have passed, if I wanted to come back, it would have appeared long ago.

How many six years can be spent in a person’s life? She watched Shi Qingqiu step into the entertainment circle after leaving Qi Yue. After graduation, she was so busy that she could not see the end. Six years, it was really enough.

Shi Qingqiu was taken aback for a moment, looking at the concerned faces of his parents, her nose was sour for a while. Thinking of that year after Qi Yue disappeared suddenly, she called frantically to ask every friend she knew, no one knew or understood.

She stopped taking half a step at home like she had lost her soul. Tang Jinghui hugged her and comforted her distressedly. She cried so much that she lost her self and couldn’t say a word. Because she didn’t know what she had done wrong, she was so wrong that Qi Yue disappeared without a trace without a word.

Shi Qingqiu, who is so eye-catching, attracts so many people, because of Qi Yue who suddenly appeared in his life, it is difficult to swallow. In the first few weeks, she dreamed many nights that Qi Yue said in a gentle tone: “Qingqiu, I’m back, I’m not leaving, have you forgotten what I said? I won’t leave you behind. .”

Shi Qingqiu stretched out his arms to hug Qi Yue, chanting her name in Qi Yue’s ear with a look that he had never expressed before: “Xiaoyue, Xiaoyue…”

But at that time, Qing Qiu opened her eyes. Except for the sweat and tears on the pillow towel and the sharp pain in her heart, she didn’t get anything from Qi Yue.

Until now, she couldn’t even remember Qi Yue’s appearance, and even the initial tingling in her heart was blurred by the passage of time, and perhaps it was numb. After a long period of pain, it will indeed be numb.

Shi Qingqiu felt a little guilty in her heart, pinched Apple’s fingers tighter, and whispered in a low voice: “I know, Mom, I know, if I want to come back, I will come back long ago…”

Tang Jinghui shook her head, and she didn’t know what to say when Qingqiu was holding the apple by her wrist.

Shi Qingqiu laughed abruptly, her eyes were a little red, and she put the computer aside with her other hand and put her hand on Tang Jinghui’s wrist. She comforted her and said, “But mom, you think too much, I even look like her. I don’t remember, but now I just don’t really have anyone I like. As for Qinghan, nothing may happen between me and her.”

Tang Jinghui nodded, and said with some regret: “After all, we watched this kid grow up, and we have known you for so many years, but there has been no progress for so long, so parents can’t force it. As long as you don’t think about the previous things anymore, your parents will feel relieved.”

“I know, my parents are worried.” Shi Qingqiu raised the corners of his mouth and said nothing, eating the apples given by Tang Jinghui bit by bit.

She is satisfied with her current life, there is no relationship that needs to be maintained, and she does not want any changes. The relationship between Wen Qinghan and her has always been so dull, and there is a kind of guarantee invisibly, that is, they will not leave each other one day.

It is easy for a friend to develop into a lover, but it is no longer simple to go from a lover to a friend, so why bother.

Thinking of Wen Qinghan, Shi Qingqiu hesitated to call her. It should be time to go to work now, so just send a message. When Shi Qingqiu returned to the room to send a WeChat message to Wen Qinghan, when he clicked on it, he saw an avatar suddenly jumped to the top, which was Yao Rui’s message.

“At home? Want to go out for a drink and chat.”

Shi Qingqiu thought that it might have been a long time since he saw him, so he replied “Okay”, and then did not contact Wen Qinghan. After talking to his parents at noon, he left the house.

Yao Rui is Shi Qingqiu’s college classmate, and the relationship between the two of them was very good in college. Yao Rui knew about what happened during Shi Qingqiu’s college days. She also discovered from others that Qi Yue left City B and went abroad. Otherwise, Shi Qingqiu would still be kept in the dark and I don’t know why Qi Yue suddenly disappeared.

When Shi Qingqiu arrived at the agreed place, Yao Rui had arrived early. He stretched out his hand to greet Shi Qingqiu, who was wearing sunglasses, and then signaled the waiter to come. The two ordered coffee.

Yao Rui is a relatively petite girl, so even though she is the same age as Shi Qingqiu, she always seems to be one or two years younger. But in fact, it was before Shi Qingqiu. Two years ago, he married a boyfriend who had been with him for many years. Now he is a full-time wife at home.

“Qingqiu, when did you come back? Isn’t it a tight schedule?” Yao Rui stirred the coffee and asked with a smile.

“I just got back yesterday. I wanted to rest for two days before looking for you, but nothing happened after thinking about it.” Shi Qingqiu took a sigh of relief, took a sip of coffee, put down the cup, and asked, “Why did I suddenly ask me to come out for a drink today? Something? Is there anything you want to talk about?”

Thinking about it, there doesn’t seem to be any interesting things happening around them recently. Shi Qingqiu couldn’t help wondering why she suddenly asked herself out to chat?

When Yao Rui heard Qingqiu’s question, he pursed his lips and seemed to be thinking about something. He lightly tapped the cup with his fingers, smiled suddenly, and shook his head, “What can I have? It’s been too long since I saw each other, thinking You are.”

As soon as the joke started, the atmosphere became a lot easier in an instant, but Yao Rui was still thinking about whether or not to speak.

Yao Rui made this joke, Shi Qingqiu didn’t think much anymore, raised his hand to pinch the small spoon in the cup, the smile gradually faded from the bright eyes, and looked at Yao Rui after a while and said: “In that case, I will take this opportunity to tell you about me.”

The matter between her and Wen Qinghan will be made public sooner or later, and Yao Rui is a friend who is closer to her, so it should be known early.

“You said.” Yao Rui frowned. Intuition is not a trivial matter. Otherwise, Shi Qingqiu shouldn’t be so serious. It just so happens that after listening to it, he can consider whether to tell Shi Qingqiu what he knows.

“I registered for marriage with Qing Han, just half a month ago.”

Qingqiu had never regretted the registration of the marriage, let alone any additional thoughts, so her expression was extraordinarily calm, as if she was explaining a very ordinary trivial matter.

She is calm, but Yao Rui is not. As soon as her voice fell, Yao Rui’s spoon slipped out of her hand and collided with the ceramic coffee cup to make a clear and crisp sound although it was not harsh.

“What are you talking about? Are you married? Did your uncle and aunt know about this? Why did you suddenly get married?” Yao Rui stood up in surprise, his tone a little anxious, he was stuck in his throat since seeing Qingqiu The words in Chinese are even more difficult to say a word.

When Shi Qingqiu was already married, Yao Rui was not sure whether she wanted to know what she had heard.

Shi Qingqiu looked around amusedly. Fortunately, there were not many people. He raised his head and glanced at her again. He stretched out his hand and took her arm and said, “Xiao Rui, sit down first and listen to me slowly.”

Yao Rui had to sit back again, stabilized his emotions, clasped his hands on the table, and planned to hear what Shi Qingqiu said.

Shi Qingqiu leaned back in her chair and looked at the bustling scene outside the window. He raised the corners of her lips while feeling how small she was in the world. The low words floated from her soft lips to Yao Rui’s ears. Middle: “Don’t worry, I’m not angry, and I don’t regret it now.”

She retracted her gaze to look at Yao Rui, and said softly, “Qing Han and I have known each other since childhood. We are the most suitable to be together. You see so many people come and go, has she ever changed? Even though we are friends , But who can say that friends can’t get along for a lifetime?”

She speaks lightly, there is no wave in her eyes, no love, just hand in hand.

Yao Rui tried to see a trace of regret or a trace of expectation in her eyes, but she didn’t. It’s just as silent as the stagnant water that cuts off the source, lifeless.

“Qingqiu, aren’t you waiting?” Yao Rui couldn’t help but ask this question. Her gaze locked Shi Qingqiu’s face, but Shi Qingqiu didn’t show any unexpected look because of the sudden mention of old things.

“Qi Yue?” Shi Qingqiu’s eyes were as deep as the sea, and he smiled lightly: “I have never waited for her. We have been over since she gave up on me and left. I have searched for the answer. But I am not waiting for her to come back.”

She never felt that after such a silent departure, she could wait for a sincere relationship to come back. If she cherished it enough, there would be no such decisive separation. So, wait, what’s the use? She never waited.

Yao Rui breathed a sigh of relief, his straight back also seemed to suddenly lose the strength of support, and finally leaned back. She hesitated for a few days and finally didn’t need to say what happened to her throat. Now Shi Qingqiu no longer needs to know, and can’t know.