Chapter 37

In Jiang Yimiao’s memory, her and Zhao Shuming’s youth was a bit boring.

They didn’t have any sickly stories of youthful pain, or rebellious periods that gave their parents a headache, not to mention smoking, drinking, and early love affairs, all of which were considered bad in the eyes of adults, and had nothing to do with them.

The most rebellious thing Jiang Yimiao has done over the years is probably doing a whole section of physics papers in English class as the English class representative.

Zhao Shuming was very similar to her in her eyes, he was also what everyone called a child of other people’s families, with excellent grades and a mild temperament. But Zhao Shuming also had an additional title-independent, after all, he had been taking care of himself since middle school.

So for the first eighteen years of their lives, all they did was study, eat and sleep.

Although Zhao Shuming was two grades higher than her and they weren’t in the same class, Jiang Yimiao also knew very well that he didn’t have any experience of early love, and she wasn’t quite sure if there was anyone who liked Zhao Shuming. She wasn’t too sure if anyone had ever liked Zhao Shuming, but as far as she could remember, Zhao Shuming hadn’t liked any other girls.

Although a student like Zhao Shuming, who had been class president and a member of the school committee, was familiar with everyone, the only person he had the best relationship with was Jiang Yimiao.

Even after he went abroad to study, he didn’t have a girl he saw eye to eye, and even swore to Jiang Yimiao that he was single.

Although Jiang Yimiao didn’t really believe in such words from a man, even if it was Zhao Shuming, but when she thought about it, Zhao Shuming didn’t have to lie to her. He was a good man, but he didn’t have to lie to her.

Jiang Yimiao thought that he was like her, not interested in love and marriage.

Jiang Yimiao was on the verge of poking her head in front of Zhao Shuming, and he was still helping her soak the dishes in front of her with hot water.

“Huh? Isn’t it?” Jiang Yimiao blinked, filled with the curiosity of discovering something new.

Seeing that he didn’t reply, Jiang Yimiao’s arm poked Zhao Shuming again, and she wore a relatively simple white dress today.

Her bulging bubble sleeves rubbed against Zhao Shuming’s sleeves, just as the skin on her arm touched Zhao Shuming.

Zhao Shuming raised his head, the brightest light of the whole floor shone on the protagonist of the wedding, while the lights of the guests’ banquet place were a bit dim, so dim that she almost couldn’t see Zhao Shuming’s eyes. Zhao Shuming’s eyes.

He seemed to let out a laugh, “Miao Miao ……”

The knots in his throat rolled up and down with the swallowing motion, Zhao Shuming pushed his glasses, as if he let out a sigh, “This is not the time to talk about these things, don’t you say you’re starving, eat something first. Eat something first.”

He replaced the wine glass in her hand, filled another empty glass with juice and put it back in her hand.

“What’s with the juice you’re pouring for me.” The juice was ice cold, and it didn’t take long to pour it into the glass, the walls of the glass were already hanging with thin beads of water, and she wiped some of the cool water stains on it with her fingertips.

“You get drunk easily with alcohol, River, and it’s still hard, it’s not like you don’t know yourself well.” Zhao Shuming whispered down.

On her eighteenth birthday when Zhao Shuming had returned to China to spend it with her, she had only had three drinks before she started to get dizzy, and although she wasn’t to the point of being drunk to death, her whole body was lying on the bed with no energy.

Jiang Yimiao skimmed her lips and lowered her head to sip her juice.

Zhao Shuming frowned and exhaled, exchanged a glance with Zhao Yanlan, and lowered his head again.

The one he liked was Miao Miao, the one he loved the most was also Miao Miao, and the one he wanted to have a family with was also the one he wanted to have a family with her.

But why couldn’t he say it, Zhao Shuming had never been an introverted person, at least his feelings for Jiang Yimiao never He would not be able to restrain himself.

Even when he was young, Zhao Shuming wasn’t like those immature boys who love to tease their favorite girls. Since he was young, he only wanted to give Jiang Yimiao all the best things and make her the most carefree girl in the world.

That’s why Zhao Shuming’s most abundant feelings were all reserved for her as well.

But why couldn’t he say it.

He was afraid that she wouldn’t love him, and even more so, he was afraid that he would completely disconnect the relationship he had worked so hard on for so many years.

Zhao Shuming glanced sideways at Jiang Yimiao, she didn’t break the ice about him wanting to get married and start a family, but began to concentrate on eating the cake, guessing that her stomach was really hungry, the cake in front of her was eaten in a few bites. A few mouthfuls of the cake in front of her, she ate it all, eating a bit hastily, and Jiang Yimiao didn’t even realize that the corners of her mouth were stained with a bit of cream.

Zhao Shuming gave her a tissue.

Jiang Yimiao raised her head, grinned a little embarrassedly, and immediately took it to wipe her mouth clean.

He lowered his head and remembered an incident from about nine years ago-

Jiang Yimiao was in her first year of high school, and in order to strengthen targeted learning, their school divided arts and sciences much earlier than other schools.

In the first semester of the first year of high school was divided into subjects, Jiang Yimiao would have just been assigned to the best science class, her life and his life is very boring.

After all, their life is not a movie, there is no ups and downs of the story, closed management of the school there is no dangling school bully, not to mention the whole class know the class grass level flower ……

And in real life only the first in the whole grade could be recognized by everyone.

If it wasn’t for the fact that Zhao Shuming came to see Jiang Yimiao every day, brought her snacks in the evening, and occasionally slipped her some study materials or talked to her in the hallway, her classmates wouldn’t have known about Jiang Yimiao’s relationship with her. She didn’t know that Jiang Yimiao was close to a very good-looking boy in her senior year, but Zhao Shuming’s behavior was also very close to Jiang Yimiao.

However, Zhao Shuming’s behavior also caused some unpleasant incidents. The new homeroom teacher suspected Jiang Yimiao of having an early love affair, and because she was a good student, he grabbed her and talked to her for several days, which made Jiang Yimiao annoyed. She was so annoyed that she started avoiding Zhao Shuming at school.

Zhao Shuming also knows that Jiang Yimiao even said to Cheng Wenyao that she could not possibly like him …….

It wasn’t until later that Jiang Yimiao’s parents stepped in and told the teacher that the two kids had known each other since birth, and that Zhao Shuming even lived in Jiang’s house, that the teacher’s misgivings were dispelled.

How could two children who were as close as brother and sister have feelings other than kinship.

The host’s voice kept echoing in the hall, and the faces of the newlyweds in the limelight were raised with joyful smiles.

Happiness seemed to belong to other people forever, and Zhao Shuming had nothing left, he didn’t have a complete home, he didn’t have a real sense of being together with the person he loved.

Not-so-happy memories flooded into his mind, Zhao Shuming pursed his lips, and his stomach felt like it was twisting for a split second, a little painful and a little sour.

“Zhao Shuming, this cake is delicious eh, you must be hungry after driving for so long, you should eat one too.” Jiang Yimiao poked Zhao Shuming’s elbow.

“Well, you can have one more if you like.” He took a breath, his mind thinking that today was his cousin’s happy day, before he squeezed a smile on his face.

The stage suddenly released the ceremonial flowers, and Jiang Yimiao subconsciously looked up at the bride and groom.

“Sister is so pretty.” Jiang Yimiao didn’t even hear what the host was saying, but she couldn’t help but sigh when she looked up and saw cousin Zhao Shuming.

Zhao Shuming was a little upset again, how could she easily call someone her sister and brother, calling someone as close to him or his full name.

There wasn’t a single cake left on the table, so it was good that Zhao Shuming had left her half a cake.

Jiang Yimiao looked at his face a little cold, only thought he got up too early today and drove all the way to the car to the tired, completely unaware of Zhao Shuming in her vinegar Jiang Yimiao still gleefully eat the remaining half of the cake in front of her.

The most important thing is to eat!

The banquet proceeded in an orderly manner and ended on schedule.

Jiang Yimiao realized that she had really just come to rub a meal together today.

It was Zhao Zhengcheng who sent Zhao Yannan here in the morning, but Zhao Zhengcheng had to sit in the clinic in the afternoon.

What’s more, he didn’t have any relationship with Zhao Yannan’s mother’s side, so after sending Zhao Yannan here, he went back to Nancheng Central Hospital.

Jiang Yimiao thought that Auntie Zhao was going to go back with them, but it turned out that Zhao Yannan took a taxi on her own and went back to her old house.

“I haven’t been back there in a long time, I’m going to stay there and play with Miao Miao’s mom for a few days on the way, so you two can just go back to Nancheng, don’t worry about me haha.” Zhao Yanlan said as she picked up her bag and called Shen Man.

“Miaomiao you still have to work tomorrow, we’ll go back to Nancheng just in time to have a dinner and wash up early to rest.”

Seeing the guests at the table gradually leaving the scene Jiang Yimiao nodded her head and said yes.

On the way back, three o’clock in the afternoon is the most sunny time, the car’s air conditioning is turned on enough, but through the windshield sun people some hot.

Zhao Shuming had anticipated this, and let Jiang Yimiao sit in the middle of the backseat beforehand, so it wasn’t that uncomfortable.

During the one and a half hour drive, Jiang Yimiao sat in the backseat bored, slept for twenty minutes, and played with her cell phone for a while. She glanced at Zhao Shuming’s eyes reflected in the car’s rearview mirror.

His eyebrows were deep and his eyelashes were long, and she seemed to like Zhao Shuming’s eyes.

Jiang Yimiao blinked her eyes and looked closely for a few more seconds.

When she got tired of looking, she leaned over the back of the passenger seat and muttered, “I saw your cousin up close during the toast, she’s really pretty, I don’t even remember what she looked like as a child. Just heard Auntie Zhao say that her husband is still her childhood friend?”

“Well, but they only met in elementary school, not as long as we have known each other.”

“Elementary school acquaintance to now can still be in a piece of good rare oh.”

Nowadays, people are like duckweed, drifting around for a living all their lives. Many people who are very close at the moment will eventually become strangers. Not to mention whether the relationship was close or not, even knowing each other for many years was already rare.

“Then wouldn’t it be even rarer for us?” Zhao Shuming subconsciously glanced at Jiang Yimiao from the car’s rearview mirror.

“We’ve been separated in the middle as well, ah, and that’s twice.” She held up her hand and compared it to a two, “And after a long time apart, I actually felt before that we might become strangers in the future.”

“Not going to happen.”

Just after her words fell, Zhao Shuming took over, and I don’t know if it was because he spoke a little too quickly, his tone didn’t sound as gentle as it did just now.

Jiang Yimiao opened her lips, somewhat wanting to refute him, after all, Zhao Shuming’s life plan had the item of getting married and starting a family.

It wasn’t until now that she realized with hindsight that they would always be separated.

Biological siblings who had their own families would become rusty even after a long period of separation, let alone a relationship like theirs that wasn’t even related by blood.

Moreover, it was only this year that they met again after a long period of time, and it was not easy for them to return to their former intimacy.

Jiang Yimiao wasn’t in a good bad guy mood either, she just bit her lip and muttered, “I hope so.”

The whole person then leaned on the back of the car seat and twisted her head to look out the window.

The trees in front of her eyes in the bright sun, one by one in front of her eyes, the high speed of the car is a little fast, so fast that those trees are like on the PS Gaussian blur special effects.

Jiang Yimiao felt a little heavy head, leaned against it and fell asleep.

Back to the South City, the two ate dinner directly outside, back to the neighborhood walk, Zhao Shuming bought a treadmill coincidentally delivered to the door.

After seeing the home delivery master leave, Jiang Yimiao closed the door and ran back to the guest room, “Wow, so cool!” She looked left and right, “Why did you suddenly buy a treadmill?”

“I might be busy in the morning sometimes and can’t go keep a steady gym schedule, so I can make up for it at home. And most importantly, Miao Miao you can also use it, your condition is suitable for jogging.”

Jiang Yimiao subconsciously touched her waist as she laughed twice, finally realizing that it was very necessary for her to strengthen her physical exercise recently.

Jiang Yimiao’s own physical quality was actually not bad, she even got full marks in a large part of the university physical test. However, because she was busy doing her biography before, she hadn’t had a chance to take a breath, and then she started working again.

A more physical job like hers would drag her body down when she got tired. She used to come out a couple days a week to run laps when she was in school, but now she was lying on the couch like a corpse at the end of the day.

Too much energy had been expended in a short period of time, leading to recent physical deficits.

Summer was really a bit too annoying, the heat was boring her, exercising indoors was already the best option, and it was great to have it at home.

“The use of the machine is very simple, Miao Miao you can ask me directly if you want to use it.” Zhao Shuming patted the treadmill beside him.

“I feel like I can try it out right now, it’s just that I’ve had a full meal and slowed down for a while, so I’ll walk a bit to try it out, then go take a shower and go to . Bed to sleep.”

“Yes, first walk slowly for a few minutes to warm up, I’ll teach you to stretch after the climb is over.” Zhao Shuming had bought this brand of treadmill before, and although the model was not exactly the same, the method of using it was not much different, and after a few brief glances at the manual he probably understood it.

“You stand on the sides first, I’ll help you adjust the incline and speed.”

“Uh-huh.” It was slow at first, just letting Jiang Yimiao try out the feel of this treadmill, walking for a few minutes before stopping.

“Do you still want to keep trying? I’ll help you stretch a bit.”

She continued to nod her head.

Zhao Shuming came around behind her and suddenly held her waist, “Miao Miao bend over and grab her ankles with both hands.”

Jiang Yimiao’s entire body trembled at his touch, and only after Zhao Shuming remembered that her waist was sensitive as if it was an afterthought did he slowly release his hand, “This is for stretching the back of the thighs. ”

“Uh-huh.” Jiang Yimiao took note of it very carefully, but before she could stretch her thighs, her cell phone rang with a call.

“I’m going to take a call first.” Jiang Yimiao stood up, feeling a little dizzy in her head, but still picked up her cell phone with quick hands and ran to her room to pick up the call.

Seeing that the caller was a colleague from the company, Jiang Yimiao had a not-so-good feeling in her heart, and it turned out that there really was a rather tricky matter that she needed to solve immediately.

The problem might not be difficult to solve, but the computer had to be turned on right now.

She drooped her head on the door of the guest room, “There’s an urgent matter on the company’s side, I need to take care of it, I can’t run away.”

“Oh, okay, it’s fine, you go ahead and get busy with yours.”

Jiang Yimiao sat her butt back on the chair in the room, opened her computer, and watched for half an hour, when she stood up with her waist sore and limbs weak, the sky outside was already completely dark.

The sky was still bright when she had just used the treadmill in the guest room, the greenish sky reflecting the golden glow.

Nowadays, the night sky only flashed with the bright lights of distant neon signs.

Jiang Yimiao held her waist as she walked out of the room into the corridor, when she suddenly heard some strange sounds, which also came from the guest room, she cocked her head and listened carefully, only to realize that it was a gasping. Breaths, and they were sharp and deep.

She blinked in a bit of panic, thinking where did the wheezing come from. The sound of breathing, even if Zhao Shuming was using the treadmill in the guest room, he wouldn’t be panting like this.

The door was half-hidden, Jiang Yimiao subconsciously pushed open the door to the guest room, only to find him propped up on the mat doing push-ups, probably because of the sweaty exercise, he had changed into sweatpants on his lower body but had no clothes on his upper body.

Hearing her open the door, Zhao Shuming looked up and locked eyes with her.

Jiang Yimiao blinked, for some reason, probably because she felt that it was a normal thing for people who worked out to wear less, so she didn’t feel very rushed and didn’t avoid her gaze.

“River, are you done?” He sat up, probably doing half a dozen standard push-ups in one breath, his panting . The breathing was a little deep, even when he was talking to her.

His chest was a little red, and he wondered if it was from the push-ups.

“Well, all, all busy ……” Jiang Yimiao’s hands that were hanging down by her legs were unconsciously clenched into fists.

Zhao Shuming glanced at her hands, but there was a smile on his face. He guessed right, he knew that Jiang Yimiao’s feelings for him just weren’t the simple love like men and women at all, but he knew that she seemed to be very interested in his body.

She liked his smell, liked his body, didn’t mind the physical contact between the two people, and could even be said to enjoy the intentional and unintentional physical contact between them. So it was highly likely that she wouldn’t be sexually averse to him, so it seemed that his previous concerns were a bit redundant.

“That, it seems to be a bit late now, let’s wait until tomorrow for me to use the treadmill a bit more.”

“That’s fine River, so are you going to take a shower now?” He remained in his sitting position on the floor, looking up at her.

The breathing between his nostrils was still a little heavy, and even his face was a little flushed, but his gaze was full of gentleness.

Just drank a few mouthfuls of water, her mouth was full of moistness, Jiang Yimiao couldn’t help but swallow her saliva, she felt as if she hadn’t bitten him for a long time……. When she thought this way, Jiang Yimiao’s gaze unconsciously fell on Zhao Shuming’s arm that had a scar on it.