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Chapter 940 - 683 take a look

Chapter 940: 683 take a look

Hong Xiaoyu stopped and sized up the other person.

A duckbill cap.

A white and blue sportswear, giving an overall fresh feel.

Plus neat and tidy short hair.

The person didn’t seem too old.

The more he looked, the stronger the nagging feeling became.

Where had he seen them before...

The other person didn’t notice his gaze, looking up at the city tower he had seen grow since childhood.

Locals might never know what the sightseeing tourists are looking at.

If it were before, Hong Xiaoyu definitely wouldn’t have been so generous, but after part-time jobs toughened him, he became much more outgoing, so after a brief hesitation, and hurried to tidy his cousin’s house, he decided to walk towards the short-haired woman who seemed familiar.

"Hello."

Upon hearing the voice, the other person turned their head, their eyes inquiring.

Hong Xiaoyu stopped a step away.

When he finally saw that face up close, a wave of familiarity washed over him more intensely.

"Have we met somewhere before?"

Quite a cliché line.

Staring at this stranger, Ai Qian paused, no sarcasm, politely smiled a little, "I don’t think so. It’s my first time here."

Hong Xiaoyu still stared at that face, his mind racing trying to search his memory, but he couldn’t pinpoint the moment.

"I’m sorry, I really feel like I’ve seen you before, so I came over to say hello."

Hong Xiaoyu explained to avoid a misunderstanding.

Upon hearing this, Ai Qian scrutinized him seriously, his expression was very sincere but his youthful, unripe face was extremely unfamiliar.

Maybe it was true.

In the vast sea of people, some look alike, nothing unusual.

"Hello."

Ai Qian nodded with a smile, then turned to leave toward the city wall.

Such a standard "hello, goodbye."

Hong Xiaoyu watched her leave, his constantly working mind suddenly had an epiphany.

His pupils shrank.

"Wait a minute!"

Ai Qian stopped again, strangely turning her head.

Visually, this young man didn’t seem like a bad person.

Facing her puzzled look, Hong Xiaoyu’s lips trembled, seeming to have something difficult to say, but he finally made up his mind, said half-believingly, half-doubtfully, "Do you... know my brother?"

"..."

Silence.

Hong Xiaoyu quickly clarified, "My brother’s name is Jiang Chen, do you... know him?"

He carefully observed her face, then noticed a clear change in her expression as he mentioned his cousin’s name.

Ai Qian looked at this young man, after a brief pause, an indescribable smile appeared on her face.

Was it fate?

Or no fate?

Now it was Ai Qian’s turn to hesitate.

Under the old city wall, people came and went.

Her lips moved, intending to deny, but then the young man said, "I’ve seen your picture."

The denial stopped in her throat.

Though she hadn’t spoken, Hong Xiaoyu could already confirm his guess.

He hadn’t mistaken.

She was indeed his cousin’s first girlfriend, whom he had seen in his cousin’s WeChat moments!

Only, unlike in the photos, she had had long black hair in the pictures.

After confirming her identity, the subsequent awkwardness was palpable.

Though she was his cousin’s first love, he had never thought he’d see her again after they broke up, yet here she was, right in front of him.

"Your name is..."

Ai Qian broke the silence.

"Hong Xiaoyu."

Hong Xiaoyu hurriedly replied.

Ai Qian smiled, asking, "You’ve seen my photo?"

Hong Xiaoyu immediately nodded.

"Then do you know what my name is?"

Hong Xiaoyu quickly shook his head again, "Back then, my cousin and their family didn’t get along that well. He just liked a post on social media but didn’t dare ask more."

Ai Qian smiled, changing the subject, "Do you live around here?"

"No, not here. I live outside the city, I came to clean up my brother’s place."

Hong Xiaoyu hastily explained, though they had broken up, he didn’t know the reason, but after all, this was his cousin’s ex-girlfriend.

Ai Qian suddenly understood, it was an unexpected encounter, meeting for the first time didn’t seem awkward.

For some reason, Hong Xiaoyu found that the person in front of him seemed friendlier than in the photographs.

Logically, short hair should make one appear sharper than long hair.

It felt quite dissonant.

"Are you here... on vacation?"

He asked tentatively.

The other person nodded and said lightly, "Yeah, just hanging around with nothing else to do."

Hong Xiaoyu subconsciously looked around again, confirming that the other person was alone.

Although he wasn’t as shy anymore, he was still not very talkative, and for a moment didn’t know what else to talk about.

"Aren’t you supposed to go clean up his house? Go on."

The other person spoke.

Hong Xiaoyu hesitated.

His upbringing and basic manners told him that leaving like this seemed a bit... inappropriate.

"How about I show you around instead? I’m familiar with this place, I grew up here."

He couldn’t really leave, and Ai Qian couldn’t really refuse.

"What about your brother’s house?"

"No problem, I can ask my mom to clean it up in a couple of days."

Truly a filial son.

Looking at his shy yet sincere face, Ai Qian couldn’t help but smile.

True to the family.

They were all good people.

"Then I’ll be troubling you."

"No trouble at all."

Hong Xiaoyu suppressed his embarrassment and quickly walked towards the city gate ticket booth.

It cost money to visit the city wall.

Of course.

They never used to pay in the past, always climbing over from somewhere.

Ai Qian didn’t refuse his kindness.

They spent sixty yuan and successfully climbed up the city wall, which Hong Xiaoyu knew like the back of his hand.

"You must still be in school, right?"

"Yeah, I’m attending college in River City, I’m a sophomore. I have a few days off, so I came back."

Hong Xiaoyu answered any question thoroughly, as if he were a student facing a teacher.

Ai Qian seemed not to notice his restraint, standing atop the city wall, she could see the winding moat, though the scene couldn’t really be called beautiful, especially compared to Pujiang’s magnificence.

"When we were kids, we often climbed up here to play. Back then, it wasn’t heavily guarded, no need to pay, but if discovered, we still had to run."

Hong Xiaoyu made conversation, not knowing what else to say.

Ai Qian smiled, "Ever get caught?"

"I did, but my brother never did; he ran faster."

Hong Xiaoyu said honestly.

Ai Qian couldn’t help but laugh, "As the older brother, he didn’t look after his younger brother?"

Hong Xiaoyu laughed naively, "Back then, my brother didn’t like bringing me along, but I always clung to him."

Ai Qian smiled and said nothing.

They continued along the city wall.

"Hey, that area used to be so desolate, but now it’s all fixed up."

Hong Xiaoyu looked out over the moat.

His memory of the barren has now been replaced by a green path, lush with trees and sculptures.

"Aren’t you from here?"

"I haven’t been up here for a long time either."

"Then your brother must have tricked me; he used to talk this place up amazingly."

Ai Qian’s lips curled up slightly.

Hong Xiaoyu, as if he had done something wrong, showed an embarrassed face, then tentatively asked, "Did you come here... because my brother talked it up?"

Ai Qian gave a gentle smile, walking over the bricks he once walked.

"No, I just wanted to see it for myself."