The Hope You Gave Me: 08-chess game
What?
Min Hui is embarrassed.
If she encountered such a situation in the past, she would slam his mouth without saying a word.
But this time, the first thought that popped into my mind was: If it was Su Tian, would he be angry?
—certainly not. In front of Xin Qi, at a time like this, in ecstasy, he must have obeyed, right? In Min Hui’s mind, Su Tian in the diary has never been able to get rid of Xin Qi’s image of a small servant. He obeys his words, tolerates his temper, forgives his impatience, quells his anger, and tries his best to correct the interpersonal relationship that has been damaged by him. …
A full set of performances.
She leaned over, looked him in the eyes, and said without blinking, “The zipper is behind.”
He was startled for a moment, but he didn’t expect her to take the call: “MayI?”
She nodded.
He stretched out his hand and pulled it to the end. With a “chirp”, the silk dress slipped off her shoulders. She unbuttoned her bra, raised her chest and looked at him calmly.
Su Tian did not have any marks on his body, which was already clear when Sir Chen called Rankinge. The purpose at the time was just a routine registration to facilitate the identification of the remains in the future. The proprietress cooperated and asked a few girls who lived with her, especially Zhao Yingmei. Because the dormitory uses a public bathroom, everyone has seen Su Tian taking a shower, and they all said that she had no birthmarks, scars, moles, etc. conspicuous. thing.
He narrowed his eyes and looked at her upper body seriously, like a painter looking at a model, but he didn’t touch anything. After five seconds, he silently helped her button her bra, zip it up, and finally Gently patted her left shoulder as if there was dust on it.
“Is there any change?” Min Hui asked.
“Too big to recognize.”
“Don’t recognize your face?”
“I’ve never seen your face clearly, and your accent has become quite strong, and this—” he pointed to her chest, “absolutely never before.”
“Have you noticed?”
“See.”
“…”
“Don’t remember? That summer? Bonfire?” he prompted, “We…”
He did not say the following, nor did he write it in his diary. But Min Hui has always had a hunch: Su Tian and Xin Qi must be more than just friendship, there must be something higher than friendship.
She could only sigh, “It’s been thirteen years.”
“Yeah, thirteen years.”
“You’ve never won a game of chess before.” He began to play chess.
“That was before.” Min Hui took a sip of the juice.
“When I’m not around, do you often go out and join the club?”
“Not very often, did not attend.”
“Then how did the game of chess improve by leaps and bounds?”
“You just can’t believe that someone is smarter than you, especially a woman, do you.”
“I believe.”
“Well, let’s be honest, this is how the change happened:” She drank the juice and cleared her throat, “One day, I went to the mountain to pick mushrooms, and unknowingly I reached the top of the mountain. Suddenly—”
She paused deliberately to hang her appetite.
“What’s the matter? Fall off a cliff?”
“I was struck by lightning.” She shrugged her shoulders and spread her hands. “When I got home, I found that my IQ — oh hello — was rising slowly.”
“Is this bullshit?” He laughed.
“Why do you think that I must be stupider than you before?—Is this nonsense?”
“You seemed to only like one thing when you were young – sports. You copied all your homework from me.”
“I don’t remember a math test, although I copied you, my score was higher than yours.” Min Hui remembered an incident mentioned in the diary.
“That’s right.” Xin Qi patted his head, “And then you said—”
“—It’s up to you to support the family, and I have to concentrate on training for the Olympics.”
“That’s right. At that time, we had already reached a consensus on the division of labor in the family.”
She smiles.
“I was wrong, I shouldn’t look at you with the same eyes.” He looked into her eyes quietly, with a terrifying penetrating power in his eyes, “Call back to the orphanage, Teacher Ye said that you will come back. Home. My hometown is in the mountains, life is very difficult. I thought that after you go, you will have no chance to study. Or worse, work early to make a living, forced to marry… You haven’t shown up these days, I’ll wait Desperate. Sometimes even thinking that you might already have children, so you won’t be coming back…”
Having lived abroad for many years, his Mandarin has become less standard, and his words and words always have a hint of exotic accents. Some words will suddenly hesitate when pronouncing them, as if they are not sure if they need to roll their tongues, as if there is a stone seed in their mouths. But his voice is particularly nice, low, soft, both cadence and eloquence, like coaxing a child who is prone to tantrums.
“It’s okay. The situation in the mountains is not as bad as you think…”
“I thought I was the only one who changed a lot. After all, I went abroad. I didn’t expect your changes – more.” He sighed, “Tian Tian, we are not the same you and me as before, we need to re-understand. Only then can we be better together. I was too abrupt just now, didn’t I scare you?”
“Where is…”
The more deeply he reflected, the more embarrassed Min Hui felt. She really wanted to pretend to be Su Tian, but deliberately pretending to be self-defeating would be self-defeating. All she has to do is to completely subvert Xin Qi’s impression of Su Tian, let him accept the possibility of various changes, and then push Min Hui’s version of “Su Tian” in front of him. With the diary at the bottom, plus a little fiction, it is not difficult to coax Xin Qi back to the United States safely. When he recovers from the surgery, he can scold and get angry as much as he wants. A life was recovered anyway.
Thinking of this, Min Hui immediately changed the subject and pointed to the chessboard: “This time, please go first.”
He grabbed a chess piece and buckled it in the middle: “Be the first shot.”
“Get on the horse.”
“Into the pawn.”
“Get in the car.”
Min Hui only cares about leading the troops to escape, but Xin Qi takes advantage of the situation and eats a picture.
“Seven steps to see blood, amazing.” She praised.
“You’ve gone through the army with seven steps, and you’re very good.” He smiled lightly, “I’ve rarely seen someone who sacrificed their lives to protect the army like this.”
“This is my layout.”
“Bold and smart.”
Xin Qi narrowly won after a fierce battle. He weighed the pieces in his hand, thought for a while, and suddenly frowned: “Tian Tian, you didn’t let me on purpose, did you?”
“Absolutely not.”
“The previous horse, at your level, shouldn’t be thrown away.”
“…strategic error.”
He had a look of disbelief, but he didn’t ask more: “Another plate?”
“No” Min Hui quickly shook her head, “I’m hungry, and I want to go to bed early.”
He froze for a moment, looked at his watch, and handed her the menu on the table: “Okay, you order, I’ll call Roomservice.”
She only ordered a bowl of seafood porridge. Xin Qi asked for steak, salad and red wine. When the waiter brought it over, she said that the steak had been covered on the plate for five minutes, and the taste was just right. After saying that, he took the tip from Xin Qi and thanked him and left.
The two quickly set the table.
Min Hui drank porridge while watching Xin Qi and cut the beef slowly. The man in front of him sits tall and straight, eats gracefully, and his side curves are as graceful as a swan, giving people the feeling of being comfortable and domineering. She doesn’t know how he can do both at the same time.
The medium-rare steak was gushing with pink blood, and he had a good appetite and was enjoying it.
Min Hui looked at her, suddenly dizzy, and hurriedly lowered her head.
He noticed it immediately and quickly blocked the blood with two leaves: “Are you fainted?”
“Don’t faint.”
“The steak is tender, would you like to try it?”
She bit her lip and shook her head.
“What’s the matter?” He put down the knife, “Are you sweating and your hands shaking?”
“It’s all right.” She smiled reluctantly, tucking her trembling left hand into her closed knee.
Seeing that she didn’t want to talk, he didn’t ask. After three bites of steak, he swept away the salad. Then she looked at the small half bowl of porridge in front of her: “Do you still eat it? It looks delicious.”
She shook her head, and he drank the rest of the porridge.
I’m so hungry, probably because I’m waiting for her, I didn’t eat lunch.
“I’m going to bed.” Min Hui wiped her mouth and stood up.
“Okay.” Xin Qi pointed to the end of the corridor, “The bedroom faces the valley and has a better view.”
She took a few steps and was stopped by him again: “Tian Tian.”
“Huh?”
“You are safe by my side.” He walked up to her and looked her in the eyes seriously, “For me, you have indeed changed a lot, but I want you to know: as long as you are happy , I don’t care what you become. No matter how you change, I can adapt. Even if I turn myself upside down, I don’t hesitate. There is only one thing that cannot be changed.”
She looked at him silently.
“That is: we must be together.”
“…”
“Do you agree?”
“…agree.”
He smiled: “Good night.”
“Good night.”
***
At eight o’clock in the evening, it was still bright, and Min Hui no longer dared to stay in the living room for long.
Cheating is hard work. This Xin Qi, despite his sincerity, was far from being as easy to deal with as he seemed. Unlike Su Tian’s careless and scheming, his sincerity has IQ content, and he is not so easy to deceive. It is better to avoid being alone as much as possible.
After lying in bed for a long time, Min Hui had the urge to confess everything to Xin Qi. If you say it sooner, you might be able to get his forgiveness. Now that Xin Qi finally realizes that Su Tian is no longer the girl in his memory, his feelings for her may not be as strong. In this case, notification of Su Tian’s death may not have a fatal impact…
Min Hui turns on her Sony computer. These days, she used a mini scanner to scan all Su Tian’s diary, and through text recognition software, she turned the contents of the diary into editable documents and stored them in the cloud. While scanning, she proofreads, and after three times, she is already familiar with the contents of the diary.
After some text analysis, she found that Su Tian was very concerned about Xin Qi’s mood in his diary, which was full of various descriptions of his bad temper: “angry”, “angry”, “cursing”, “furious” “, “fight”…
What Su Tian cares most about is whether Xin Qi is happy this day:
——”Today is Mother’s Day, Xin Qi is not happy all day. He said that he hates his mother, so forget him, why leave a note on him. If there is nothing, he can still imagine himself He was abducted and sold… Even if I never see my parents in my life, at least I know that there are still two people in this world who love him. I asked him if my love was counted, and he said my love was not a mother’s love. “
—— “Today, the teacher took us to the hospital to see Xin Qi, his face was as white as paper. I asked him if he was in pain, he said that the pain was inevitable, but he could choose not to suffer. Xin Qi always speaks. I was going around like this. I was afraid that he would think too much, so I had to nod my head. In fact, I didn’t understand what he meant at all. All the classmates whispered that Xin Qi was dying. I watched him talk to me while the pain went up. He frowned and felt so sad that he wanted to cry.
I asked Xin Qi if he was afraid of death, and he said he wasn’t. He had walked past the gate of **** several times. I asked him again what it was like to be “dying” and he said it was very relaxing and comfortable. Since that is the case, I am not afraid of death. I said to him: ‘Xin Qi, if you are alone, call me, and I will die with you. ’ Xin Qi scolded me and said I was a fool. “
——”Yesterday Xin Qi won the chess competition, and even the dean praised him for his intelligence. He used the bonus to buy me ten cute bear dolls. He said that I was ten years old. It was given by my parents. Lianlian from Class 3 found out and told him that he wanted one, but he just wouldn’t buy it. Lianlian came over and begged me, and I gave her one. Xin Qi found out and yelled at me. Run to find Lianlian and get the doll back.
We had a fight about this last night. I said: ‘Xin Qi, Lianlian is very pitiful, let’s give her one. ‘ Xin Qi said, ‘Don’t give it, last time you asked her for a rubber and she didn’t give it, why did she ask you for this? ‘ I said: ‘Then you don’t have to be so fierce, have you spoken well? ‘ Xin Qi said: ‘I told her that you are my only pet. ‘ When I heard this, I almost cried, Lianlian loves gossip, and God knows what she will say about me behind other people’s backs.
Sure enough, Lianlian didn’t look good on me today. She came to me and said, “You know what? Xin Qi is about to die. Don’t drop these ten dolls. That’s all he left you.” I Originally wanted to tell Xin Qi this, but think about it, forget it, why make him unhappy? He didn’t even laugh on such a good day yesterday. Seriously, I kinda hate his mom too. How regretful she would feel if she knew she had thrown away such a smart child. “
……
Min Hui read the edited text again, imagining what kind of state of mind would be if Su Tian was still alive and saw Xin Qi at this moment. Must be very happy, right? Su Tian cares about Xin Qi so much, why did he tell the truth to make Xin Qi unhappy?
In case he really didn’t survive the operation, at least the time before he died was happy and contented, not sad and grief-stricken. Even if the surgery goes well, a good mood is also conducive to the recovery of the body, isn’t it?
Min Hui remembered that her grandmother had pancreatic cancer. Her family did not dare to tell him, and her grandmother didn’t notice. Although she had some symptoms, she was always cheerful. One day, my grandmother learned of her condition from nowhere. The following week, she was admitted to the emergency ward. Because of fear, she lost half of her weight and died in less than three months. At that time, her father was still alive, and she regretted it a lot… Later, Min Hui’s grandfather also became seriously ill, and everyone no longer dared to tell the truth. Although my grandfather passed away in less than three months, everyone coaxed him very happily before he died. Until the moment he stopped breathing, he didn’t know what was wrong with him, so he just left in such a confused way.
Thinking of this, Min Hui was glad that she stopped her impulse in time, and secretly made up her mind: During the period before Xin Qi’s surgery, she must make him as happy as possible.
As for Su Tian’s death, how long can it be hidden.
The next morning, Min Hui got up at six o’clock on time. She has a habit of getting up early, and after washing up, she went straight to the living room for breakfast.
The backyard door was open with a small crack, and there was a sound of water. She took the freshly brewed coffee and walked out.
In the swimming pool, Xin Qi is swimming.
The morning light is faint, the valleys are filled with a light white mist, and the birds are singing happily on the trees.
She walked barefoot to the edge of the pool, intending to say good morning, but couldn’t help looking at Xin Qi in the water. He was well-balanced, not at all like a serious illness: broad shoulders and slender waist, well-developed pectoral muscles, firm thighs, and slender Achilles tendon. Swimming back and forth in a pool of less than 20 meters, a breaststroke, a backstroke, a butterfly… comfortable and happy.
Where her eyes met, she said “hi”.
He immediately swam to the edge of the pool, got up from the water, took out a bath towel, and stood in front of her like that, wiping his body naturally… His muscles were just right, with obvious lines, beautiful curves, and a tight belly. Full of elasticity, without the exaggerated and bursting blue veins of bodybuilders.
And his whole body exudes an indescribable, incomprehensible calm, calm and conceited, as if he knows that he is stronger than the people around him, so no one can challenge him…
“Do you like it?” he asked lightly.
What do you like? this mountain? this water? This pool? Or your seductive body?
Min Hui’s face turned red, she looked down quickly, her mouth was dry and her throat was smoking, she took out a towel and pointed at his back: “There is still a drop of water here…you didn’t wipe it. …”
He turns and she sees water dripping from his wet hair, running down a straight groove in his spine to his waist. She used a towel to gently blot up the water droplets on it.
“Okay,” she said.
He turned to look at her, suddenly called out “don’t move”, then pinched her nose with one hand and supported her chin with the other: “Tian Tian, you are bleeding from your nose.”