Chapter 19 Little Star

Wang Jinglu was lying on the table, resting her stomach with one hand, staring blankly at the glass window in front of her and the lights on the opposite floor outside the window.

She is in a daze.

For her, this kind of dazed time is not too common.

After a long time, she picked up the phone and clicked on the text message, but after a moment of hesitation, she put it back, got up and walked around the room—but the more she walked, the more irritable she felt.

There was a knock on the door, she stood still and said, "Mom?"

Tao Huijun opened the door and came in, with a smile on her face, she asked, "Mother just heard that someone called you?"

Wang Jing nodded expressionlessly and said "Yes".

"What's the matter?" Tao Huijun asked again.

Wang Jinglu opened her mouth and closed it again, looking more and more irritable. Then, she said, "Mom, don't worry about my business from now on, okay? You have to ask me every time I answer the phone..."

Tao Huijun quickly raised her hand, "Okay, okay, mom doesn't ask, mom doesn't ask..." After saying that, he closed the door and went out.

Just before leaving, she still had a smile on her face.

Seems to be...really happy.

That's right, the call just now was from Zhao Yumin.

Don't even think about it, the number must have been given to him by Dad...or Mom.

He asked Wang Jinglu to have dinner with him.

At that time, Wang Jinglu was a little dazed, but before she could speak, the other party seemed to have expected that she might refuse directly, so he immediately said: "Xiaolu, don't rush to reject me, okay? The time is very casual, Friday, Saturday, weekend, whatever, noon, evening, whatever. Think about it, okay? Give me a chance."

It should be said that even though we only met twice, and we are still deeply vigilant, it is really hard for a man like Zhao Yumin to feel disgusted. It's disgusting, but I still can't feel any displeasure with him.

There is no doubt that he is an excellent man who can easily make girls fall in love with him.

In particular, his voice, tone, and attitude... really made it difficult for people to be so cruel as to say the word "refusal".

And with Wang Jinglu's character, she was never willing to embarrass others, and she couldn't say anything powerful. Therefore, once she was blocked by someone before she could speak, she immediately became entangled and kept When the other party hung up the phone, he couldn't say the words of rejection.

So, when the phone was hung up, she kept regretting it.

Blaming myself, blaming myself... too lacking in assertiveness, too indecisive in dealing with things.

What should I do then?

Call back again and reject him?

Well, it works.

She even manipulated her tone of voice, imitating and practicing in a low voice, "Hello, Mr. Zhao Yumin? I'm Wang Jinglu... yes, it's me. I'm sorry, I have to review my homework recently. Time, so...sorry."

After practicing it twice, she didn't think it would work. Her tone and attitude were too soft, which would make him not give up.

so……

"Hello, Mr. Zhao Yumin? I'm Wang Jinglu. Yes, I thought about it just now, thank you for your invitation, but I don't have time. And I already have a boyfriend, so please don't call me in the future, okay Is it? I don't want him to misunderstand..."

Seems...too hard again?

"If you say it like this, I will definitely feel guilty at that time, and I am afraid that even my voice will tremble..."

She simply covered her face and fell on her back on the bed.

"I'm really useless!" she thought, "If it was my sister, she would definitely not be as troublesome as I am! She would probably refuse such a thing directly at that time, and she would never be procrastinating!"

"I'm not interested!" she affirmed.

Just these four words, I don’t know how many boys have choked to death!

So what to do? To have dinner with him?

Don't even think about it!

If it was another girl, they might think, isn't it just a meal, who is it not to eat with? It's not that you have to pay for a treat, if you don't eat for nothing, at least you can earn a good meal! why not go

But Wang Jinglu is different.

Ten years of pure life, the family edification she received since she was a child, and the figure that is occupying her heart day by day will make her extremely repulsive to this kind of thing.

She even felt that as long as she thought about eating with other men, she would feel a betrayal-like guilt in her heart.

It's impossible for me to like him, why should I have dinner with him?

My sister said that for things and people you don’t like, you have to beat them to death with a stick, don’t give the other party, and don’t give yourself any chance!

She felt that her sister was right!

Thinking of this, she showed a determined look on her face, and reached out to grab the phone.

However, when she turned to the calling number of the other party, her fingers stopped there, and she couldn't drop it for a long time.

"It's so difficult! What should I say so as not to hurt him?"

Under the strange number that has not saved the name so far is Li Qian's name.

"Should I tell him? Ask him to call and refuse for me?" she thought.

But after thinking about it, forget it.

Although he was a little reluctant to admit it, Wang Jinglu knew very well in his heart that compared to a mature and personable man like Zhao Yumin, Li Qian was still very immature. Let him make this call for himself, what can he say?

Are you threatening?

On the contrary, it seemed that both himself and Li Qian were extremely weak.

"Forget it," she thought, "I haven't called back anyway, so he should understand that I said no. Well, yes, that's it. If he keeps calling again, I'll just say no." .”

Thinking of this, Wang Jinglu immediately felt a little relieved.

Then, by accident, her finger landed on Li Qian's name.

The call was made.

She was inexplicably flustered, but also somewhat looking forward to it.

"Hi, what's up?" he said.

"Uh, it's okay...are you asleep?" she said in a panic. After finishing speaking, he was very upset, it was only a quarter past eight, no wonder he fell asleep!

Sure enough, he smiled on the other end of the phone and said, "Nothing. What's the matter? Why don't you send text messages?"

Although she couldn't see it, Wang Jinglu felt that her face must have been flushed red, because she felt a little hot - what a shame!

And, what next? Call him yourself... what's the matter?

The answer is, no.

In fact, she just wanted to hear the voice of the other party. It would be even better if she could say a few more words. By the way, at this moment, if he could tell a joke to make himself laugh, it would be perfect!

So there was a moment of silence, and she said, "Can you tell me a joke?"

On the other end of the phone, Li Qian should have been slightly taken aback.

Then, he said: "I'm reviewing my homework, how can I get a joke temporarily."

"Oh." Wang Jinglu was slightly disappointed, nodded subconsciously, and asked, "What are you reviewing?"

"I'm memorizing history, and I'm going to learn Russian for a while." He said, "But history is so difficult, especially the history of the Soviet Union... Do you know where the strongest and greatest place in the Soviet Union is?"

Listening to Wang Jinglu before, she was still puzzled, thinking that Li Qian's history is not too bad, isn't it just modern and contemporary history, what's so difficult about it? But then I heard Li Qian suddenly turn the topic to the most powerful place in the Soviet Union...

She frowned and thought about it, not knowing what Li Qian meant, so she asked, "Where is it?"

"The Soviet people have successfully overcome difficulties that would not exist in other socialist countries!" He said seriously.

"oh."

Wang Jinglu was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly came back to her senses, and couldn't help laughing out loud!

"Your mouth is really bad." She said with a smile.

But then, she suddenly became a little excited and asked, "Is there anything else? Say one more."

On the other end of the phone, Li Qian didn't smile. He thought for a while and said: "It is said that in the 1950s, when the American diplomatic delegation visited the Soviet Union, Soviet officials accompanied them to see the great achievements of socialist construction everywhere, and proudly said that when the next five-year plan is completed, Every family in the Soviet Union would have an airplane. The American officials were surprised and asked, what is the use of the airplane? The Soviet official said, of course it is useful! For example, if you are in Moscow and heard that Leningrad has started to supply bread, at this time You can fly there and wait in line to get the bread..."

Wang Jinglu laughed with a rare "hehe".

Even if she usually smiles, it's just a smile with her lips pursed.

At this time Li Qian also laughed and said: "Don't ask for any more, I can't think of it anymore, I have completely forgotten about it."

Wang Jinglu turned over on the bed, suddenly remembered that Li Qian was reviewing his homework, his eyes lit up, and asked, "Are you going to review Russian later?"

"Um."

"Shall I tutor you in Russian?"

"Huh?" He was a little surprised.

"Are you okay?" Wang Jinglu asked excitedly.

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, and then said, "Then... are you coming?"

That's right, there are no lights on the roof, so I can't study homework, I have to go to their house!

Thinking of this, Wang Jinglu hesitated slightly.

She hasn't been to the opposite door for a long time since everyone has grown up. Going to Li Qian's house at such an early night, his parents wouldn't think too much, would they?

But soon, Wang Jinglu turned over and jumped off the bed, although a little flustered, she was still very excited.

"I'm going!" she said.

…………

There was a knock on the door, and Li Qian rushed to open the door, took out a pair of new slippers and put them in front of her.

Under the bright overhead light, Wang Jinglu's face flushed brightly.

"Xiao Lu is here to play?"

Li Ma, who was watching a TV series, turned around and greeted Wang Jinglu with a smile.

Father Li also turned around and gave a smile.

I don't know if Li Qian had given some instructions in advance, but in short, Li's mother was not as enthusiastic as she used to be—Wang Jinglu was afraid that she would be too enthusiastic, making it look like she was welcoming her daughter-in-law.

"Hello, Auntie, and Uncle Li, I'm here to help Li Qian with Russian lessons." She changed into her slippers and walked into the living room, blushing.

Father Li nodded when he heard the words, with a warm smile on his face, "Okay, okay, Li Qian's Russian is very poor, please help him!"

Wang Jinglu nodded and said "Yes".

At this time, Li's mother said: "Then...Xiaoqian, you can take Xiaolu to sit in your room. If you want to eat or drink, you can get it from the refrigerator...Xiaolu, then Auntie won't entertain you. , Auntie is watching TV dramas, you guys should take tuition!"

Wang Jinglu nodded again, said "OK", then heaved a sigh of relief, and followed Li Qian into his bedroom.

Li Qian closed the door, and seeing Wang Jinglu looking around the room curiously, he smiled and said, "Sit! Sit by the bed, or sit on a chair, it's up to you."

Wang Jinglu nodded, sat down by the bed, turned her head, and saw the history textbook and Russian textbook on the table.

"You are really reviewing your homework!" She was a little surprised.

The Li Qian in my memory is not that fond of learning. At least after returning home, he would never touch the textbooks.

Li Qian smiled and said in a low voice, "Hasn't been here for a long time?"

Wang Jinglu smiled and nodded.

The large ceiling fan on the roof was whirring, and the room was not too hot. Just for a moment, it seemed that neither of them knew what to say, and the atmosphere was a little inexplicably awkward.

This is Li Qian's bedroom, which is naturally different from the rooftop.

At this time, Wang Jinglu saw the guitar on the bedside, and was very happy that she had finally found a topic, so she asked, "I remember you didn't like the guitar very much, why did you start messing with it again? When I went to school in the past few days, You seem to see you carrying a guitar too?"

Li Qian took the guitar and shook it, "You're going straight to the Beijing Film Academy, and I'm not allowed to pursue some art?"

Wang Jinglu smiled upon hearing this.

After a while, she asked, "Then what do you know how to play now? Have you learned a few pieces?"

Li Qian sighed when he heard the words, "Oh, it's so easy to learn, I can play a little star now, but I can't play it smoothly."

Wang Jinglu was still smiling, looking very interested, and said, "Can you play it for me?"

Li Qian pretended to sigh, picked up the guitar, plucked strings one by one, and sang word by word while playing, "Twinkle, twinkle, the sky is full of little stars, It hangs in the sky to shine brightly, like many small eyes. Twinkle and twinkle, the sky is full of little stars."

Unexpectedly, after listening to such a simple, childish and jerky performance, Wang Jinglu didn't want to laugh at all. Instead, she encouraged Li Qian seriously, "You play very well. Although this piece is very simple, you Being able to play every note without making any mistakes shows that you have been practicing with great care in the past few days! Don’t worry, take your time, you will definitely become more proficient in your practice, and you will become better at it! Wait for simple pieces Once you get used to it, you can move on to more complicated ones.”

Li Qian looked at her helplessly, and sighed again, "Well, you're so boring... I was lying to you just now, but I've already played it very well, don't believe me, just listen..."

As he said that, he came up with a particularly complicated and fancy guitar show, which stunned Wang Jinglu on the spot. Then, an indescribable light gradually appeared in her eyes.

When Li Qian finished showing off, she looked at Li Qian with a little smile on her face, her eyes sparkling, and asked: "So, it's okay for you to play and sing by yourself?"

Li Qian nodded and said, "Of course it's no problem!"

Wang Jinglu smiled and said, "Then sing me a song."

Li Qian turned his head and glanced at the Russian textbook on the table, "I said, does this count as tuition?"

Wang Jinglu also turned to look at the Russian textbook, and the smile on her face became brighter. She nodded without hesitation, and said with certainty, "Forget it! This is the tuition fee!"

Li Qian felt speechless.

So he hugged the guitar, thought for a while, okay, it's better to play campus folk songs.

Of course, it is the campus ballad of this time and space.

"Do you remember that snowy winter,

We met by chance on the train,

You talk about your past love,

Said that your heart has been broken.

..."

As soon as he started playing the guitar and singing, Li Qian couldn't hold anything else in his heart, and his eyes were full of the guitar. Even while singing, he would often close his eyes to fully immerse himself in the melody.

The song is a very familiar song, the key is that the singers are different.

Wang Jinglu put her arms on the table, her face in her hand, and looked at Li Qian who was sitting beside the bed with surprise and fascination. At this moment, she didn't even pay attention to what Li Qian was singing. I realized that a pair of eyes and a heart are full of Li Qianwei's eyes closed and his body gently swaying with the melody.

By the end, her eyes had lost focus, and a sweet smile appeared on her face.

At the end of the song, Li Qian opened his eyes, and Wang Jinglu suddenly came back to his senses.

"Hey, Mr. Wang, is the tuition okay?"

Wang Jinglu smiled, turned her head to look at the door with a guilty conscience, and said in a low voice, "I've been in here for a while, so I can't always listen to your singing, or should we start making up lessons?"

Li Qian rolled his eyes, "Is it so difficult to praise me?"

Wang Jinglu smiled again, "No, the way you played just now, of course you need praise and encouragement, but now, you play so well, you don't need to praise! If you praise again, won't you be proud? "

Li Qian raised his eyebrows when he heard this, put down the guitar and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll take your words as a compliment."

While speaking, he turned his head, his gaze passed over Wang Jinglu, but suddenly settled down again.

Wang Jinglu has a slender figure, a seventeen-year-old girl, thin and weak, as if she hasn't fully opened her body yet, but her skin seems to have been washed with milk, it has long been as moist and fair as an adult woman. When she was listening to the song just now, she put her snow-white arms on the table, making a deep mark on the edge of the table. It makes people feel a little pain for her when they see her, but there is also an indescribable charm, which suddenly pulls people's heartstrings.

Li Qian quickly lowered his head, coughed, then raised his head and asked, "Then where are you going to start making up lessons for me?"

Wang Jinglu opened the textbook seriously and said, "Start from the first lesson."

Li Qian nodded and said, "Alright!"

But when the pages of the book were turned, Wang Jinglu stared at the textbook for a moment, but suddenly turned her head to look at Li Qian.

"You're... going to join me in BJ, right?" she asked.

Li Qian nodded solemnly, "I will."

Wang Jinglu smiled slightly.