The story of Rose starts with being a brother

Chapter 249 Jian Xi: I have a friend...

Let’s go back to the time, November 18th, Tuesday, the weather was fine, and it was the third day since Jian Xi returned to Shanghai.

Things in Pudong have been sorted out for the time being. After some consideration, Jian Xi decided to return to Puxi tonight.

There is no point in putting off some things any longer, so it is better to take the initiative and give it a push.

……

That night, the sky in Shanghai was clear and the moon was high in the sky. Amid the colorful spotlights scattered all over the sky, a passenger plane rumbled by.

Jian Xi drove all the way back to the residential building in Pudong's JA district. After returning to the Magic City this time, he also bought himself a car. After all, it would be quite troublesome to take taxis everywhere when he was busy.

Because he had spent a lot of the first wave of funds on this trip, his current financial situation is a bit tight, and he was embarrassed to look for his cheap dad to get gold coins, so after some consideration he bought an Audi A6L.

These days, unlike in later generations, people have not become desensitized to luxury cars due to the extremely advanced development of short videos. This car is more in line with his current identity as a small entrepreneurial boss.

Otherwise, he could just drive an A4 like he did in his previous life.

Anyway, he believes in saving where you can and spending where you can, and spending money where it counts. For example, when he went to get his feet massaged that day, because the hotel he stayed in was not far from the club, he scanned a shared bike and rode over...

Downstairs of my house.

Jian Xi finished smoking two cigarettes before going upstairs slowly.

It is already past ten o'clock in the evening, almost eleven. According to his previous understanding of the two girls, they should have gone to bed by this time, but he doesn't know if they are asleep or not.

……

In the master bedroom of the house, Lin Xiao and Lin Quan had already taken a shower and went to bed, but they were not asleep yet.

"It's so annoying, Lin Xiao, how did you choose your graduation project?"

On the bed, Lin Quan put down his phone and looked at the ceiling with a sad face.

Lin Xiao, who was leaning against the bed and concentrating on playing Happy Candy Crush, said casually: "We are in different majors. Mine is a graduation thesis, so I don't need to do a graduation project."

Lin Quan sighed and said, "I'm not afraid of the graduation project, the main thing is that I have to take the postgraduate entrance examination, and I'm afraid it will take up a lot of my time."

"You're not taking the exam this year. There's still more than a year until next year. What are you worried about?"

"Hasn't the schedule been planned? I have already planned which months to review what content. If I want to do the final project, I can't determine the time. I have to write the script and shoot and edit, which is very time-consuming."

"Then try to finish it this semester, preferably before the Chinese New Year."

Lin Quan said with a bitter face, "That's what I was planning, but it's so cold in winter, and I have to carry equipment outside."

Then she smacked her lips and said, "Whenever the hottest and coldest days come, apart from those of us in the media field, only the surveying and mapping majors are always carrying their machines around."

Hearing the other party's complaints, Lin Xiao couldn't help laughing, then turned sideways to lie in a more comfortable position and replied:

"Cherish it. When you graduate and leave school, you will know how comfortable it is now. It is better than going to work now."

"But if I pass the postgraduate entrance examination, won't I still be in school?"

"..."

Lin Xiao felt that she was not having much fun playing Candy Crush anymore, so she turned off her phone and put it aside, then huddled under the quilt and said in a muffled voice, "Let's go to sleep. I have to go to work tomorrow."

Lin Quan, not realizing that his words had touched the fragile heart of a newly graduated worker, said "Oh" and turned off the lights to go to bed.

The room darkened instantly, and the two women were quiet for a while. At this time, Lin Quan suddenly asked again: "Lin Xiao, are you uncomfortable at work?"

Lin Xiao was in a bad mood after getting off work these days. He had nothing to do but play Candy Crush to cheer himself up.

Lin Xiao also sighed, and the sound echoed faintly in the bedroom.

"My boss and my bestie got into a fight, and I was caught in the middle. Do you think I can be happy?"

Gong Ming accelerated the pace of acquiring Shenggu. These days, she not only heard Gong Ming and Kitty talking about this matter at work, but also heard Gu Li talk about this matter with a sad face when she went to see Gu Li.

Both sides even wanted her to spy on the other side.

But how could she agree?
Then I was caught in the middle and was in a dilemma.

Lin Xiao felt that he had been having some bad luck recently. Others were unsuccessful in love but successful in their careers, but he was unsuccessful in everything.

After much difficulty, he became my love rival...

Do you dare to be more unlucky?
Lin Quan knew a little about this matter, but not much. Jian Xi had mentioned it to her when they were chatting casually.

She couldn't say anything to comfort him, so she could only say softly, "You just have to relax about this kind of thing. No matter how they fight, you won't suffer much loss. But you, be careful not to get dragged into it."

"Yeah, I know." Lin Xiao whispered, "They are just talking about it. After all, it's a project worth hundreds of millions. They are just talking about asking me to help."

"It's almost eleven o'clock, go to bed early."

"Ah."

The bedroom fell into silence again, but the two women, each with their own thoughts, could not fall asleep after trying for a long time.

In addition to school and work matters, there was another thing that kept them awake, and that was Jian Xi's imminent return.

Ever since the group was formed that day and Jian Xi said that she would be back soon, the atmosphere between the two girls became a little subtle.

Although they were more polite to each other, they all knew that Jian Xi's return soon meant that their temporary friendship was coming to an end.

It will eventually lead to opposition.

In the past few days, they have had a common thought more than once: it would be better if Jian Xi was not involved in their relationship.

Listening to each other's breathing, they knew that the other was not asleep either.

After a long time, Lin Xiao suddenly spoke.

"Lin Quan, are you asleep?"

"No, I just couldn't sleep."

"What are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking about my graduation thesis and postgraduate entrance exams."

"Nothing else?"

"..." Lin Quan did not answer, or he did not know how to start, or he did not dare to start.

So Lin Xiao, who couldn't sleep, took the initiative to speak.

"Jian Xi will be back soon."

"..."

When this sentence was mentioned, the already strange atmosphere in the room became even more subtle. Lin Quan didn't know how to answer, and Lin Xiao didn't know how to continue.

After a while, Lin Xiao turned over and faced her and whispered, "Go to sleep."

"Ah."

Lin Quan responded and turned over to face his rival, but the room was pitch black and he could not see anything.

"I wish you weren't my rival in love."

I don't know who suddenly said this, but the other party didn't respond.

Perhaps this was just a sigh, and the person who spoke just said this.

The two girls stopped talking. As it approached eleven o'clock, the only sound in the dark bedroom was the gradually steadying breathing.

"Boom boom boom!"

At this moment, there was a slight knock on the door.

The soundproofing of the house was average. Although the door was some distance away from the bedroom, the knock on the door still came in when the lights were turned off and everyone was asleep, and reached the ears of the two girls who were not yet asleep.

But both of them thought they had heard it wrong. Why would someone knock on the door so late at night?
However, within two seconds, the knock on the door sounded again, and this time the knock on the door did not stop in the middle, it continued without any pause, neither fast nor slow.

It has a bit of a Ring feel to it.

"Lin Xiao, are you asleep? I heard a knock on the door."

"No, I heard it too."

I don’t know why, even though they were in the bedroom, the two women subconsciously lowered their voices when they spoke.

"Are you knocking on our door?"

"It seems so. Turn on the light first. I'm a little scared." The two women subconsciously came together again. Hearing this, Lin Quan hurriedly reached out to turn on the light.

The room suddenly became bright. The two squinted their eyes to adjust to the light, then looked at each other, and saw each other's confusion and fear.

The knock on the door continued. Lin Xiao grabbed Lin Quan's hand and whispered, "What should we do? Should we go open the door?"

Lin Quan was also a little scared. There were only two women at home, and the knocking on the door in the middle of the night was like a horror movie. Seeing that the knocking continued, she hesitated for a while before speaking:

"Why don't you take a look? Otherwise, you won't be able to sleep at night."

"it is good."

After the two women discussed it, they immediately got out of bed and continued to walk out of the bedroom hand in hand.

They turned on the light in the living room and looked at the knock on the door, which was still ringing. The palms of their clasped hands were sweaty.

"Who is it?" Lin Quan called out, but there was no response from outside the door, only the knocking sound continued.

"Wait a moment!"

At this moment, Lin Quan pulled Lin Xiao, motioning her to wait a moment, then turned and went to the kitchen. When she came out, she had a kitchen knife and a rolling pin in her hands.

How can a girl not have some handy weapons?
Under Lin Xiao's surprised gaze, weapons master Lin Quan brought him the kitchen knife.

"Isn't this... a little too..."

"Don't you feel less nervous now?"

Hearing her words, Lin Xiao was stunned at first, then nodded in approval. Not to mention, the moment he gripped the knife handle, the knock on the door seemed to become more pleasant.

Not only was Lin Quan not so nervous anymore, he even chuckled and continued to help the other person relieve his emotions, saying, "I used to be afraid to watch horror movies because I was so scared. My senior said that if you have a chainsaw in your hand, as soon as you pull the trigger, you will immediately become energetic and radiant, and all fear will disappear."

"..."

Lin Xiao wanted to laugh, but when she heard this, she immediately thought of something, and took out her cell phone as she followed Lin Quan to the door.

"I'll give Jian Xi a call."

Upon hearing this, Lin Quan stopped reaching for the door handle. This was indeed safer, at least she was talking to her man.

So she stood aside and waited for the other party to call Jian Xi.

"Dingling bell~"

However, just as Lin Xiao dialed the number, a familiar cell phone ringtone was heard outside the door.

Both girls were stunned for a moment, looked at each other for two seconds, and then they reacted instantly.

"It's me, can you open the door?"

At this time, the voice of the bad man Jian Xi came from the phone outside the door that was connected to Lin Xiao.

He didn't bring his key, so he left it at home in Lin Xiao's hands. The only way to get home was to knock on the door.

However, what he did just now was purely a prank, hoping to give the girl a shocking and pleasantly surprised experience. However, he never expected that the two women behind the door had a rolling pin and a kitchen knife in their hands.

When he saw Lin Xiao calling, he knew the prank was over.

Soon there was the sound of a door lock turning, and then the door opened. Jian Xi instantly saw the weapons in the hands of the two men and subconsciously took a step back.

Could it be that the ending with the hatchet has really been triggered?
"Senior, you were scared too. Is it fun to keep quiet?" Lin Quan waved the rolling pin. Although he was very happy to see the senior come back, there was some complaint in his tone.

"Jian Xi, are you sick? You came back in the middle of the night and knocked on the door without making any noise. We were both scared to death, do you know that?"

Lin Xiao also had a bad tone, and with the kitchen knife in her hand, Jian Xi couldn't help but take a step back.

"My question, my question. Put down what you are holding. Who are you trying to scare now?"

Upon hearing this, the two women looked at the weapons in their hands, smiled at each other and put them down.

"Hmph, let's see if you can scare us."

Lin Quan muttered something, turned around and went back with Lin Xiao to put away the weapons.

The bad man, who was almost stabbed by his own impromptu idea, breathed a sigh of relief and followed the two women into the house.

It has to be said that although he is an old scumbag, he has always felt that home is where his woman is.

He stayed in Puxi for two days, but he always felt something was not right.

Unfortunately, I came back this time just to destroy the house.

Sitting on the sofa and drinking a sip of water, Jian Xi saw that the two girls' expressions were a little strange when they came out of the kitchen.

"What's wrong? Are you not happy that I'm back?"

The stupid man knew very well why this happened, but he deliberately didn't say it out loud. After all, he couldn't just come back and start destroying the house before he even had time to sit down, right?
"Nothing... nothing." Lin Xiao laughed dryly. In fact, he wanted to save Jian Xi when he saw him just now, but after hesitating for a long time, he did not do so.

It’s not that her friendship with Lin Quan has become comparable to her relationship with Jian Xi in just a few days, it’s just that she feels the atmosphere is a little off.

Now, she felt like she and her friend, or bestie, fell in love with the same man.

When she thought about this situation, she felt so weird.

When she saw that Lin Quan was also making small movements just now, she knew that the other party might have the same feeling as her.

Logically speaking, the two women should have exploded as soon as the bastard came back, but when the time came, many of the things they wanted to say were stuck in their throats.

"Senior, why did you come back so suddenly without telling us in advance?"

After a pause, Lin Quan said, "Are you hungry now? I'll give you something to eat."

Jian Xi smiled and shook her head: "I'm not hungry now, I'll eat it when I get back. Wouldn't it be a surprise if I didn't tell you in advance?"

"Surprise? More like shock." Lin Xiao curled his lips.

Then she couldn't hold back her anger and said, "Jian Xi, I have something to ask you."

As soon as Lin Xiao finished speaking, the atmosphere in the room darkened. Lin Quan's face froze, and his hand subconsciously pinched the corner of his pajamas.

However, the dog man sighed at this moment, looked at them with sincere eyes and said: "Can you ask tomorrow? It's already late. At least, you can have a good rest tonight."

"..."

After hearing this, the two girls looked at each other, and Lin Quan nodded first and said, "Okay, senior, go wash up first. By the way, how are you going to sleep tonight?"

Having said that, she and Lin Xiao looked at Jian Xi again, as if the other party's next sentence was the final answer they wanted to know.

"I'll go sleep in the guest room."

……

At twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, Jian Xi opened his eyes just after falling asleep on the bed in the guest room.

The unlocked guest room door was suddenly opened slowly, and a figure walked in quietly.

Jian Xi raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect Lin Quan to sneak over here.

Lin Quan turned on the screen of his mobile phone, came in, turned around and closed the door, then came to the bedside.

"Senior, are you asleep?"

Lin Quan leaned over and whispered in Jian Xi's ear. Seeing that there was no response from the other party, she was hesitating whether to push the person awake or not. Then Jian Xi raised her head slightly and pecked her on the mouth.

Lin Quan was startled at first, but then he reacted and kissed her back, and was pulled into the bed by her.

Just as she was kissing passionately with her boyfriend whom she hadn't seen for a few days, Jian Xi suddenly let go of her and said with a smile: "A Quan, why did you sneak over here?"

"..."

Lin Quan felt a little dizzy, and took a few deep breaths before she came back to her senses. After hearing what the other party said, she lay in Jian Xi's arms and whispered, "Senior, I can't wait until tomorrow to ask again."

"Well, you ask."

Jian Xi hugged her and his voice began to soften.

"Senior, Lin Xiao and I...you know what I want to ask." Lin Quan was a little confused about this question, but the three of them knew the answer to this question.

So the dog man started telling lies while he was combing her hair.

"A Quan, I have a friend named Meng Yun who once told me that when love is confused, the best way to verify whether you love each other is to separate. If you feel pain and miss each other after separation, then it is true love. True love will definitely make two people meet again and be together again."

(End of this chapter)