Twenty

  He gently pulled her over to him, carefully covering her soft lips with his own. She felt the world spinning around her, and her two hands unconsciously wrapped around his back. He also tightly hugged her, deeply kissing her.

  She kept repeating in her heart: I remember, I remember that for seven years I have never forgotten you. Although I haven't seen your face and don't know your name, you've been living in my heart for seven years. You're so domineering, living in my heart, never leaving, and not letting anyone else in.

  They kissed for a long time, until they parted and both were a little short of breath. She really had been holding her breath all along. He gazed at her lovingly as if he wanted to see her into his heart. Her hand slid onto his waist, she thought this position was just right, just enough to rest my hand.

  "I didn't expect him to say that: 'My waistline is pretty good, just right for you to put your hand.' She pretended to let go, but he quickly grabbed her back and said, 'Don't take it away, I like it when you put it here.' She didn't mention the things he used to say because she also remembered what Little Tang had said. She couldn't stop him, nor could she be sure how far she would go. From childhood to adulthood, everything in her life was arranged by her parents, even filling out college applications after the gaokao was done with her father's help. And being assigned to this unit after graduation was also her father's arrangement."

  But where can his life go in his own hands? She is happy and confused at this moment, let's just put it off for a while, she says to herself.

  But they didn't have more time, the phone rang again. She took out her phone from her pocket and looked at the number but hung up because she didn't know what to say. She hastily said to him: "I really need to go now. My family will worry." He held onto her and seriously said: "Promise me you'll definitely come back, definitely." She hesitated. He then said: "If you don't promise me, I'll keep holding onto you and not let you leave!"

  She hastily nodded: "I promise you, I promise you." He sighed deeply: "If only I had known earlier, I would have married you." In her momentary daze, he pulled her over and lightly kissed her lips.

  When she arrived at the hotel, her father's face didn't look too good. Her mother didn't say anything, just carefully observed her. She was looked at and felt nervous. Her uncle wasn't there, but her aunt said: "You're finally here, everyone has been waiting for you. Where did Frost go?" She hastily replied: "Oh, I ran into an old classmate." The happiest one was Double who came running over and kept bumping her head against her leg.

  Everyone stopped asking Zhang Luo to serve dishes, and she was in a daze. When the dishes were almost ready, her short, red-faced uncle, reeking of alcohol, pushed open the door of the private room and walked in. Beside him stood a tall young man. As soon as they entered, her uncle boomed loudly: "Ah, this is Gao Tian, a Ph.D., you know!"

  Every time she sees her uncle, he's gotten a bit fatter. It's really incomprehensible that the uncle who used to be considered a romantic scholar has become so insipid in his speech. She was still immersed in her own emotions and didn't notice that her aunt had given her mother a signal with her eyes, nor did she notice when her gaze met Tianye's and he hesitated for a moment.

  After greeting everyone and taking her seat, Mom carefully examined the tall and slender Gaotian, who was wearing glasses without borders, looking quite elegant. She felt pretty satisfied in her heart. Hearing that Gaotian's father was her uncle's middle school teacher, she knew that Gaotian had always been diligent in his studies, single-mindedly focused on his books, so he didn't have a partner yet. Just like Frost, who was also single, it would be great to set them up since they were all familiar with each other. Looking at Dad's gentle gaze, she estimated that he probably felt the same way too, but wasn't sure what her daughter thought.

  Like frost, she concentrated on eating her meal, occasionally dropping a piece of meat or green vegetables to Double, who was obediently lying at her feet. From childhood to adulthood, there were no social events that had anything to do with her; Father often said that it's enough for girls to study well and they don't need to show off in public. But today was strange, Auntie and Uncle kept looking for her to talk to her, and Uncle even said that while waiting for her, he took Gao Tian to the next table to make a round of introductions, saying that the people at the next table were all big shots from the city, and it would be useful to know them in the future, and other inexplicable things.