This is the third time I have met Yuan Jia.

Xu Nanzhi is no longer nervous, or in other words, the nervousness at this moment just comes from the shy nervousness and expectation of a little girl when she meets her beloved boy.

Early on Sunday morning, Xu Nanzhi got up and sorted out the books she had read.

Because I promised Yuan Jia last night that I would give him a book, but I didn’t know what book to give him.

So I took out my favorite books.

Her level of education is not high, and she cannot read esoteric books. She usually reads mostly best-selling books.

Ah, there are also these two romance books that I read in junior high school...

Should I show it to him? I always feel embarrassed.

So Gardenia stuffed these two romance books back into the bookcase.

There were many descriptions of romance at that time that made people blush and make their hearts beat.

Absolutely, absolutely not allowed to show it to Yuan Jia!

She sorted out ten scattered books of various kinds and moved them to the stone table in the small pavilion like bricks.

I ran back and forth several times inside and outside the house. The weather was sultry and hot, and Gardenia was sweating.

The sky was a little gray and it looked like it was going to rain.

Gardenia didn't want to rain, so she frowned slightly and ran to the balcony from time to time to see if it was raining.

She was not worried that Yuan Jia would not come to see her if it rained, but she was worried that it would be inconvenient for him to travel if it rained.

After a quick lunch, she prepared to make sugar water, which was sweet potato sugar water. After it was ready, she put it in the refrigerator and gave it to Yuan Jia to drink when he came.

Time passed quickly. At 12:30, Gardenia took a bath, put on a nice dress, and dressed up briefly. Then at 1:20, she came to the pavilion and waited for Yuan Jia obediently.

come over.

…

The wind started blowing in the yard.

The flowers in the flowerbed are all blooming, and the wind brings a sweet smell.

There is also some moist earthy smell.

As the first drop of rain fell from the sky, it hit the green leaves and broke into a small flower, and more rain fell in patter.

This is the first time Gardenia has stayed alone in the yard on a rainy day.

Although the rain was not heavy, she still felt lonely and uncomfortable in the pavilion.

Mother came over holding an umbrella.

"Gardenia, it's raining, why don't you go inside and wait?"

"don't want……"

Gardenia shook her head stubbornly and agreed to wait for him in the small pavilion.

"Then I'll wait with you."

"I...I won't get used to it...it's okay...the pavilion doesn't leak...it's not big either..."

Bai Yan had no choice but to leave an umbrella and watch her from the porch.

Gardenia actually wanted to go back to the house. She had already adapted to the yard under the sun. On a rainy day like this, when she stayed in the yard, she would inevitably feel a sense of fear in her heart.

But he still gritted his teeth and persisted, constantly telling himself that if he couldn't even do this, then how could he go out and live with Yuan Jia.

She was thinking like this, even though her face was a little pale and her hair was moistened by the mist from the wind, she didn't leave the pavilion for even half a step.

The swallows flew smoothly through the raindrops in the sky and landed on her windowsill. This level of rain did not cause any trouble to the swallows. Gardenia looked at them and felt a lot calmer without realizing it.

At two o'clock, the rain became heavier.

The sky became dark, and all she could hear in her ears was the sound of raindrops falling on the leaves, on the eaves, on the bluestone slabs, on the water of the koi pond...

Gardenia's eyes were a little distracted, staring blankly at the door of the yard.

Like a child waiting for her parents to pick her up on a rainy day, all the other children have gone home, leaving her alone waiting in the rain, feeling lonely as night falls.

…

In anticipation, Yuanjia appeared.

He was holding a big gray umbrella, and the raindrops hit the fan, formed a stream of water, flowed down the fan bones, and landed at his feet.

The white shoe surface was stained with mottled traces of mud and water.

It's just that he didn't seem to notice it, as if the rain didn't cause him any trouble.

He smiled and looked at the gardenia in the pavilion from a distance through the rain curtain.

Like sunshine.

Gardenia felt warm and bright for a moment, as if the rain had stopped.

So, like a child who finally waited for his parents to pick him up, he couldn't help but feel a sore nose, big tears rolled down his cheeks, his throat seemed to be stuck with stones, and he made a muffled voice: "You...how did you just

Come pick me up..."

"Yuanjia..."

Gardenia stood up and had the urge to rush towards him, but she remained restrained.

So she ran in his direction with large strides, seeming to have forgotten that it was raining, and ran out of the pavilion.

Yuan Jia also ran towards her, holding an umbrella to help her block the rain.

"Fool, it's raining, aren't you afraid of getting wet?"

"Not afraid..."

"You look so beautiful today."

Yuan Jia always praises her for her beauty, but when Bai Yan praises her, she gives Gardenia a completely different feeling.

Yuan Jia's praise felt as sweet as honey mixed with it in Gardenia's heart.

"Well..."

Gardenia was not good at provoking topics, so she just stood beside Yuanjia.

The area of ​​​​the umbrella is only so large. It covers two people, so the position is a bit crowded.

Yuanjia's left shoulder was wet from the rain, and Gardenia was close to him, but her body was still dry. And because the two of them were so close, Yuanjia could even hear Gardenia's beating heartbeat.

You can see that her neck is turning pink all the way to her ears, like a small stove, emitting heat.

The two breathed the air that the other breathed, and felt each other's smell up close.

I stood there stupidly in the rain for two minutes without moving at all.

Gardenia suddenly discovered...

Rain doesn’t seem so annoying anymore…

When he came back to his senses, he was a little surprised as to why he suddenly ran over just now and got under his umbrella so boldly.

If it happened again, Gardenia would be like the previous two times, she could only lie limply in the pavilion waiting for Yuanjia to come and bully her.

Until Yuan Jia naturally took her little hand, Gardenia suddenly felt as if her heartbeat had skipped half a beat. She was instantly surrounded by warmth and safety, and she followed him stupidly.

The rain was still falling, even heavier, but in Gardenia's eyes at this time, the sky was already clear.

"It's raining heavily, let's go sit in the pavilion."

"Um……"

Yuan Jia led her to the small pavilion and sat down, put away the umbrella and leaned against a pillar nearby.

The rainwater left along the tip of the umbrella and gathered into a raised water mirror on the stone floor.

The water mirror reflects the pavilion, wooden railings, flowers, trees, Yuanjia, Xu Nanzhi, the sky...

Seeing Gardenia looking at the water mirror on the ground in a daze, Yuanjia said with a smile: "What did you see?"

"Well, the world is upside down."

Gardenia said.

Suddenly I felt a little romantic.

…

Yuan Jia chatted with her, and then like magic, a beautiful nautilus appeared.

"Hey, this is a gift from Huihui to you. She picked it up at the beach yesterday and said she wanted to give it to you."

"Give it to me..."

"Um."

Gardenia took the nautilus from Yuanjia's hand. It was indeed very beautiful. When she thought that it was a gift given to her by Yuanhui, she liked it even more.
To be continued...