After a while, Xia Liang raised her head from his chest and tenderly rubbed his chin. She spoke playfully. "Ah Yan, how did you come here? Wow, how did you know that I was here?"
Song Qiyan kissed her forehead and answered in an uncharacteristic indirect way. "What do you think?"
Xia Liang flattened her mouth. "I told you the name of the village...How did you find the house? Ah, was it from Qian Qian?" Lin Qian visited twice with her last summer.
Song Qiyan admitted quietly.
Xia Liang pouted. "Traitor."
Sung Qiyan used his index finger to touch her lower lip. "Didn't you want to see me?"
Xia Liang raised her head abruptly and viciously nodded like a puppy while clinging his arm. "Hehe, I certainly do...I really missed Ah Yan~" She fawned excessively.
Song Qiyan watched her silently, but his eyes were smiling.
Xia Liang looked aside-----His eyes were too intense...she couldn't bear it!
She rolled her eyes and looked around. "Well, where is granny? Did you see her just now?"
"En." Song Qiyan nodded. He combed her messy bed hair. "Granny has gone to the field to pick vegetables." He laughed lightly when he said this, "She said she plans to cook some tasty dishes for me tonight."
Xia Liang slanted her eyes at him. He was calling her "Granny" quite naturally...
Song Qiyan touched his nose and didn't speak. He stood up and helped Xia Liang up. He asked her, "Do you want to go back to sleep?"
Xia Liang shook her head. After she saw him, she felt refreshed.
Xia Liang pulled his sleeve in high spirits. "Let me show you around, ok?"
Song Qiyan looked up at the sun hanging high above in the sky. Then he looked down at her crystal bright eyes. He couldn't refuse and nodded.
"My parents were busy when I was a child, I always spent my summer and winter breaks in the countryside." Xia Liang held Song Qiyan's hand and walked around the village. This is the place she grew up. It was different from her home in the city; this place was filled with her childhood memories.
She led him to the woodshed at end of the road. They walked to the large poplar tree near the river. She excitedly pointed at the bird nest on the poplar tree. "There weren't many girls in this area. I always played with boys when I was a child most of the time! I climbed trees and dug bird eggs from the bird nest!"
For the whole afternoon, they walked around the curved countryside road wandering about. They also went through the small trail in the bamboo forest. She led him through the reeds along the river shallows. She talked about how she would sneak here to cook fish inside. But none of the boys had the courage to eat it after she cooked it. Finally they had to feed it to a wild cat. She also took him to see the abandoned hut inside the bamboo forest. That was the best place for kids to play hide and seek. They had given many names to it, both silly and mysterious. They passed through the bamboo forest and walked single file onto the ridge of the field. She turned around with a great smile and pointed to the field where granny planted her vegetables. She also showed him which field of mulberry trees belong to her family.
Song Qiyan was following her fingertips to take in the surrounding rustic scenery.
This is the place this girl grew up. He couldn't experience those memories with her. But he could listen to her reminiscence about the past and share those innocent moments of her childhood.
But most of the time, Song Qiyan just quietly looked at the side of her face illuminated by the sun. The corner of his lips were slightly curved upwards as he watched emotions dance across her face when she pointed to something familiar.
A tranquil and comfortable life should be just like this.
After they returned to the old house, an old style bike was already parked in the living room. Grandpa, who had gone playing mahjong with friends after lunch, was already home. He was making a great racket as he prepared the ingredients for dinner next to the stove. There was a huge bamboo basket in the corridor outside the door filled with freshly picked vegetables.
"Grandpa's back." Xia Liang pinched Song Qiyan's hand, then slid her little hand out of his palm.
Ahem, better keep it low key in front of the older generation.
Song Qiyan subconsciously frowned and stared at the soft hand as it left his palm.
"Granny, grandpa." Xia Liang energetically called them with her crisp voice toward the front hall. To the busy elderly couple inside, they heard her before they even saw her.
"Ah~" Granny inside answered filled with vitality.
"You're back!" Grandpa replied with his loud voice, "Bring the new son-in-law in and let me see him!"
Xia Liang almost tripped as she walked up the steps. Fortunately, Song Qiyan quickly held her arm.
Xia Liang's looked at him abashedly and breathed a sigh of relief after she saw his calm expression. She felt like she had just eaten an anti-anxiety pill.
What she didn't know was that the man who normally hides everything deep in the bottom of his heart was now already wound up like a spring ready to burst. He couldn't make any other expression other than be stone-faced...
"Were you nervous just now?" After an unusually cordial dinner, it seemed only natural for Xia Liang to ride in Song Qiyan's car, with her suitcase, back to Shanghai. Xia Liang sat in the passenger seat. After she buckled her seatbelt, she couldn't stop herself from asking the man next to her.
The man on the driver's seat pursed his lips. The contours of the side of his face looked strong and clear. He didn't respond.
Xia Liang stuck out the tip of her tongue and suppressed the urge to smile.
She clearly knew, after being together for so long, that the question made him uneasy. Unsurprisingly, she secretly watched his face from the side and saw his ears in the sunset turn faintly pink.
Ah, so he was very nervous too. She felt much better knowing that she wasn't the only one.
Because Song Qiyan was driving, Xia Liang didn't want to bother him, as he was quite uncompromising when it came to safety. She dug around the inside of his car and found the phone charger. Xia Liang took out the cell phone from her bag, the same model as his, which she hadn't used for several days and plugged in the charger.
The screen lit up as it slowly came alive.
Xia Liang was startled by the sheer amount of Weibo qq notifications that appeared onscreen.
Was a new production published?
Puzzled, she opened the phone and began to surf through different social media apps. She was shocked by the number of red notifications. She nervously opened Weibo. Numerous @'s of her, a not so famous little cv, utterly confused.
She randomly opened a Weibo post and found that it was because her studio's official Weibo had recently published the audio drama <Ting Yin Gu>.
She breathed out a sigh of relief. No wonder.
Bei Yan Da Da, the legend of the internet voice over circle, had returned to internet voice overs again after 6 years and his new project, a love story, had just been published. It was understandable that it was so shocking to his fans. His fame had rubbed off on her.
Thinking about it, she deflated her mouth. She muttered, "Bei Yan Da Da, you fans would beat me to death." I grabbed their big god away. It was scary when she thought about it.
Song Qiyan coughed lightly. They happened to be waiting for the street light at an intersection. He slanted his head to look at her. His deep dark eyes reflected the street lights along the road. It was like a great number of small lanterns dangled in his eyes. He spoke solemnly, "They won't."
She crooked her head, curious how he could be so confident.
But Bei Yan's fans were famously rational and reasonable in this circle.
She was apprehensive as she opened the comment section. She thought that most of them were reacting in shock about his sudden return and were guessing about why he returned. But she was surprised to find that it wasn't so.
@Mo Shang Hua Kai: Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah, our god has a girlfriend already! ! ! ! ! Wish you happiness Yay Yay Yay TAT
@Bei Yan God's Little Cotton Jacket: @Zi Xia, Aaaah Girl, be nice to our god Aaaaah
@Light Water: Damn, the god I have followed since I joined this circle is married, married, married ? ? !!!!!!! Or just secretly admiring her? ? ? ? Damn Damn Damn @Zi Xia, Come out, let's talk and I guarantee I won't beat you to death ! ! !
@cshaluhf: Wish you happiness : )
@My God Married: Damn Damn Damn, so Bei Yan Da Da's returned for a girl, right? The girl chased by Bei Yan Da Da, how many generations of luck did you have to accrue?!!! Wish you happiness...
@17895879: Wish you happiness...
@Qian Sui: Ha, finally it was public now. Hey, Bei Yan you're stealing my thunder a bit too much. @Zi Xia@Bei Yan Wish you happiness.
@An Zhi Ding Lang: Wish you happiness.
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There was a pool of "Wish you happiness." "Together Forever" etc in the comments...
What happened...
Wasn't it just the release of a new show?