Jealous

Liang Shiyun and Chu Xia became neighbors. She took him for a stroll around the neighborhood, and they had breakfast together.

Chu Xia had a routine for doing morning exercises.

Liang Shiyun bumped into him almost every day when she went out. She didn’t know if it was intentional, but she didn’t bother to think more about it. After all, relationships were very hard to form in high-end communities, and it’s not a bad thing to have one more neighbor to talk to.

They did morning exercises together every day, and occasionally had breakfast together.

During the weekend, Chu Xia invited Liang Shiyun over for dinner on the grounds that the kitchen at home was finally prepared.

“Dinner?”

“Yes, Gao Yan sent over a set of kitchen utensils left over from his company’s lottery two days ago. It hasn’t been used yet, so I might as well try it this weekend.”

He added, “Gao Yan is going to come over for dinner, so do you also want to come?”

“Do you cook?” It was said that after going abroad, most international students were forced to practice cooking. But to have someone like Chu Xia cook was a bit curious to see. Although the resort project was over, there was no harm in having a good relationship with Gao Yan. Liang Shiyun thought for a while, nodded and said, “Okay. “

On Saturday, Liang Shiyun returned home before dinner.

Chu Xia lived in the apartment near her that was two floors lower. She found the house number Chu Xia gave her. She knocked twice, and the door opened

“Come in.” Chu Xia was wearing a white short sleeve shirt and an apron.

“Yeah.” Liang Shiyun took a look at him and handed him the bag in her hand. “I brought some fruit over here.”

It was fresh cherries and strawberries.

“So polite.” Chu Xia put the things on the coffee table in the living room. “Sit down. Gao Yan has something to do that’ll take a while. I will go to the kitchen to prepare the food, and cook when he arrives.”

After he finished speaking, he turned around and poured her a glass of lemonade. He found the TV remote control panel and handed it to her. “If you’re bored, watch some TV.”

Liang Shiyun had not watched TV for a long time, and she didn’t know what to watch. She put down the remote control and asked, “Can I take a tour?”

“If you want to.”

Gao Yan’s apartment was naturally smaller than Liang Shiyun’s loft, but it was enough for Chu Xia to live alone in. In addition to a big bedroom, there was a big study.

The decoration was a decent decoration by the developer. Gao Yan did not live in it before. Many places were brand new, but there were some things that were from Chu Xia, such as the potted plants on the balcony and a pile of foreign language books in the study.

Liang Shiyun toured it and then turned to the kitchen.

Chu Xia was cutting potatoes. The way he raised and lowered the knife was quite decent if the different thickness of the potato sticks were ignored.

Chu Xia felt her gaze.“My knife skills are not very good, but it will taste good.”

Liang Shiyun didn’t say anything. She just watched him cut with a “thump thump”.

They had known each other for so many years, and they have done everything that should be done between lovers. However, she had never seen this homey side of him. It was like he had lost his previous ambition, and only wanted to live a stable life.

Maybe this was the reason for his return?

Chu Xia glanced at his phone. “Gao Yan said that he’s coming soon. I’m going to cook. Do you want to go out? The oily smoke will hurt your skin.”

He looked more proficient at cooking than chopping vegetables. The sound of stir-frying made the apartment a little more alive.

Liang Shiyun looked for a while before retreating outside the kitchen.

Soon, Gao Yan came.

Liang Shiyun opened the door for him, and they continued their usual business manners until Chu Xia brought out the last dish from the kitchen. “Aren’t you tired carrying yourself like this every day?”

As he spoke, he took two cans of beer from the refrigerator and handed it to them.

Gao Yan took the beer and opened the tab with one hand. He reached out to clink beers with Liang Shiyun. They smiled at each other, and finally stopped doing small talk.

Alcohol was a salve for relationships.

After a few cans of beer, the three of them gradually opened up. From their respective experiences over the years, they talked about the development of C City in recent years, as well as last year’s coronavirus. They chatted like friends who haven’t seen each other for many years.

Gao Yan said that last year, during the new pandemic, he had a business negotiation in Wuhan. After the discussion, Wuhan was closed down and he was forced to stay. It could be said that he witnessed a war without gunpowder. Chu Xia also talked about the situation in the UK at that time

“What about you, Shiyun?” Gao Yan asked suddenly.

Liang Shiyun thought about it. Her situation seemed to be a little bit better than theirs.

During the pandemic, she was in this city.

It happened to be around the Spring Festival. Her father and stepmother took her younger brother back to her stepmother’s hometown, and her mother took her stepfather and younger sister to travel abroad. Liang Shiyun didn’t want to be bored, so she chose to work overtime.

It didn’t take long for the pandemic to take effect after working overtime. All businesses were required to postpone returning back to work, all entertainment venues were suspended, and the community was closed by management…

During that time, Liang Shiyun couldn’t go anywhere. She just stayed in the apartment all day. Fortunately, there was someone by her side to pass the time.

“Me? I just stayed here for about two months.”

Those two months were really indulgent, Liang Shiyun thought. Gao Yan could see something in her expression. “Someone in your life?”

“Who could there be?” Liang Shiyun laughed. They knew her pretty well and couldn’t tell what she meant.

Gao Yan suddenly became curious.

“Shiyun, at the class reunion, they said that you are still single,” Gao Yan said. “Have you really not had a boyfriend all these years?”

He obviously didn’t believe what she said just now. She seemed to be a bit deliberate in trying to explain things. Besides, some things were hard to say.

Liang Shiyun then smiled. “Who said there wasn’t? Maybe I have so many that I can’t pick them out.”

“How many? Those you haven’t slept with don’t count.” He probably said this because he drank too much.

“Let me think about it…”Liang Shiyun said. “I can’t pick any.”

It was an obvious joke, and Gao Yan immediately started laughing. However, Chu Xia was silent. He picked up the beer and drank it down in one gulp.

After chatting for a while, Gao Yan went back.

He was a little drunk, but his face did not show any signs of it. He seemed to be more silent than usual.

Chu Xia sent him downstairs, and Liang Shiyun was also going to go downstairs. She helped clean up the beer cans, and thought she would just carry them downstairs and throw them away. While cleaning, she happened to see an English book under the coffee table.

She flipped through a few pages, and was going to ask Chu Xia to borrow it when he came back.

After a while, the door opened again. “Did he leave?”

“Yeah, I left him to the driver.” Chu Xia glanced at the table. “Did you clean everything?”

“Yeah.” Liang Shiyun looked at the pile of beer cans again. “It doesn’t taste very good, I really don’t understand why you guys drank so much.”

She thought for a while and tried to add, “I don’t mean you, I mean—”

Chu Xia interrupted her, “I know.”

In the business field, it was almost impossible not to drink alcohol. He understood what she meant almost instantly. “I bought mung bean soup, do you want some?”

The smell of alcohol still lingered in the air, and they sat on the sofa and drank the soup.

“Didn’t you say that you haven’t had a boyfriend in the past few years? What happened during the pandemic?” Chu Xia asked suddenly.

“?” Liang Shiyun’s eyes moved to the open book.

“Or was it like at the resort?” Chu Xia turned his head to look at her. “When did you start being into these kinds of relationships?”

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