Yi Xinnong felt embarrassed and was about to get up to say goodbye.

But I couldn't help but hear a slightly hesitant voice on the other side: "Do you want to have dinner together?"

She looked up and met the other's eyes, which were deep and determined, as if she was expecting something, but it didn't seem to be.

Yi Xinong was a little flustered.

At this time, it was evening, the dusk sunlight came in obliquely through the window, and there were more people in the coffee shop, but the air was still quiet, only Wang Ruolin's lazy voice came from the flickering and dim.

The voice in the emotional part was so low that it seemed to be about to be cut off, but with a careless turn, the music reverberated throughout the room.

Yi Xinong was in a trance for a moment, she didn't know if it was because this was an old song that had been separated from her, or because the other party's eyes were too focused on her.

But she quickly calmed down: "No, I'll have it later."

The green smoke of incense on the table tilted slightly, and then rose again.

The corners of the other party's mouth pursed slightly, and he muttered for a moment, and said, "It's okay." Then I'll send you. "

Yi Xinnong didn't answer, she neatly packed the contract into her backpack, stood up from the seat, and the two walked out one after the other.

This café is located in the corner of the first floor of the mall, and it is only a hundred steps from the café to the gate of the mall, but she feels that it is extremely long and tormenting, and she only hears the footsteps of the other party sounding calmly behind half a meter away.

The plastic curtain at the exit of the mall was blown by the cold wind, Yi Xin shrank her neck coldly, she wrapped her coat tightly, and wanted to reach out to open the curtain, but the other party had already walked in front of her and lifted the curtain.

She lowered her head and walked out, only to see the lights outside the mall, the cold air made everyone who walked out of the mall can't help but shiver, the gas exhaled by pedestrians turned white in the wind and quickly dispersed, this is late autumn, Yi Xinnong doesn't like this season, she always feels that late autumn is a sign of sadness.

"I'll send you," a muffled voice sounded above her head.

Yi Xinong paused for a second.

By this time, the sunset was about to sink and had lost its light and heat, leaving only a touch of crimson.

"No need. She struggled to keep her voice in order, intending to sound emotionless, and headed straight for the intersection.

She pricked up her ears slightly, but fortunately, there was no footsteps from the other party.

She breathed a sigh of relief, and waved her hand mechanically towards the increasingly crowded traffic, for there was no moment when she wanted to run away as far as she did now.

At this time, a taxi drove up to her with its headlights flashing, Yi Xinong walked to the co-pilot with an arrow step, she pulled the co-pilot door, and was about to sit in.

"Sit here. Yi Xinong heard the sound and looked at it, but at some point the man had already walked around to the driver's back seat and opened the door.

He didn't say anything more, just resting his right elbow on the roof of the car, pulling the door with his left hand, and looking at her with a fixed "please" gaze, with an unmistakable coldness.

Yi Xinong wanted to open his mouth to argue something, but suddenly held back.

At this moment, she only felt that her heart was in chaos.

It was like an inexplicable gust of wind, smashing at her with dead leaves and covering her face, dust, pain, and overwhelmed.

She looked at the man deeply, and her heart hurt sharply as if it had been pricked by a thin needle.

The other party still has an unquestioning expression.

As if compromised, as if to avoid the pain, she lowered her eyes, closed the passenger door, and then walked around to the man, bowing into the back seat without raising her head.

Seeing that she sat down and fastened her seatbelt, the man slammed the door shut, with subtle force.

Yi Xinnong only felt that the voice was muffled and loud. But she didn't bother to pay attention, she just wanted to leave quickly.

Rolling up the glass window, she looked at him through the glass.

I saw that after he closed the car door, he went around to the front of the car again, opened the passenger door, and the cold wind and his aroma poured in.

She was shocked and quickly looked away.

But his heart was pounding, and his ears and cheeks were instantly on fire.

She was afraid that the other party would see her panic, so she lowered her head and pretended to tie the loose shoelaces.

He untied and tied the shoelace on his right foot haphazardly, and was about to loosen the lace on his left foot, when he seemed to hear a chuckle that seemed to be out of nowhere.

She looked up at the co-driver, who was empty, almost instinctively, and she looked at the window, which was slowly closing, but happened to meet the man's gaze.

The gaze was burning and deep, but it seemed to contain a certain playful smile.

Yi Xinong seemed to be angered by this look, and a long-lost stubbornness and pride rose inexplicably in her heart, she raised her head to meet the man's gaze and stared back, as if some kind of provocation.

The car moved suddenly.

"Girl, where are you going?"

Yi Xinong was stunned by the driver's question, her brain was blank for a while, as if she had been pulled to another world, she looked at the window again, but the driver had already rolled up the window.

The car had already driven away, she quickly turned around, and found that the man was still standing upright, but he could no longer see the expression on his face, she took a deep breath, it turned out that everything was true.

"Girl, where are you going?"

"Oh, oh, I'm sorry, go to Meiyuan East Road. ”

Meiyuan East Road is a famous wealthy area in the city, and the single-family villas are neatly hidden behind the lush French plane trees on the side of the street.

Yi Xinnong went once, and that time he also helped Yu Qing carry things.

Yu Qing's house is located at the end of the East Road, which is extremely quiet and secluded. The last time I came was the height of summer, when the sycamore leaves covered the sky so densely that only the occasional light reflected on each other's faces through the gaps, and the scent of leaves in the air made her relax.

This time it was already late autumn, and the pedestrians on the road were already dressed in black, gray and brown. Those on foot and on electric bikes were in a hurry.

The trees on both sides of the road tend to become calm and solemn, and the withered yellow leaves hang on the branches, and when the cold wind blows, the leaves are like gray and black sparrows on a snowy day, swirling and flying in the air, and finally scattered, and I don't know where to go.

Yi Xinong rolled down the whole window, the cold wind poured in, and she suddenly became a little sober, she looked at the gradually killing street scene outside the window, and told herself not to think about anything for the time being, no matter what, give the things to Yu Qing first.

Speaking of Yu Qing, what should I call her? Even if Yu Qing said that it would be enough to call her sister when no one was around, Yi Xinnong still felt that she was too intimate.

In fact, she didn't mean to get along with others, but felt that although her seniors didn't care, she couldn't easily be with others.

If according to the rules of the school, she should call Yu Qing the director.

Yi Xinnong has only been in school for two years, because she is introverted and slow-burning, and she is a girl when the young people who entered the school back then, and she is busy with heavy teaching tasks, so she has not been very close to anyone.

What's more, in the adult world, especially in this line of metropolises, everyone has a strong sense of boundaries, and the most comfortable way for people to get along with each other is politeness and restraint, she has lived here for six years, knows this well, and has long been used to it.

Unexpectedly, when he first entered the school, Yu Qing, the director of the Academic Affairs Office, who was responsible for the entry of newcomers, found out that the two were alumni in Yi Xinong's information.

During the conversation, it was also found that the two had a lot of common topics, and Yu Qing was originally lively and cheerful, so they became close.

Yi Xinong was originally treated by others to her, she must be very loyal, seeing that Yu Qing was so close to her, although she didn't dare to cross the line on her lips, she had already acquiesced to this closeness in her heart.

Moreover, she is often shocked by Yu Qing's personality charm.

Who would have thought that such a strong woman who is already the director of the school at the age of thirty-six in her career would be a cute mother who likes hip-hop dance, e-sports, and all pink in her bedroom?

Before she met Yu Qing, she didn't know that human beings could be divided to this point.

Although Yu Qing already has a seven-year-old son with the same magical personality as her, she and her husband responded to the national policy and successfully conceived a second child, which should be five months old by now.

Yu Qing's husband works as an executive in a foreign-funded company, and he is usually very busy and rarely touches the family, Yu Qing often feels bored, and he used to always invite a few college classmates to come to his home for tea.

But as the years get older, everyone is born with a second child in succession, and the disease of the elderly in the family looms.

Yu Qing also doesn't like her husband's friend's wife, every party is a large-scale comparison scene, in the past, compared to bags, shoes and cosmetics, but now compared to the beauty of the child's husband at home for a long time, she feels hypocritical and boring, too lazy to participate.

Now I occasionally bring the new teacher Yi to play at home, not only because this girl has endless words to say to herself as an alumnus, but also because this girl is extremely kind and gentle.

In the era of flaunting personality, gentleness is already a rare thing in the world, not to mention that she feels that this little girl has a bright and stubborn energy in her, which is really like her when she was young, so she can't help but get closer to her.

It is not yet time to take maternity leave, and because the school is planning the construction of the new campus, all kinds of documents and materials are taken over by her, and the school has decided to hand over the rights to the construction of the new campus to another male colleague because she is physically handed, but there are some things that she has been contacted before she is pregnant, and she can only straighten out all the procedures before handing over.

Speaking of which, she had to get a contract today, but by coincidence, she forgot to have the same day as the prenatal checkup, and she suddenly remembered it when she had already entered the examination room.

She had no choice but to call Yi Xinnong and ask her to bring the contract on her behalf.

After another traffic light, it is Meiyuan East Road, Yi Xinong looked at the watch, it was six o'clock, at this time, Yu Qing should have gone home after the prenatal checkup, she turned up the phone and thought that it would be better to make a phone call first and then visit.

Just as he was about to dial, Yu Qing's call came in.

Xiao Nong, have you got the contract?

I'm going to send it to your house.

Oops, I'm not at home at this time, I'm blocking the road, and I can't get home for a while, so I thought you would send it to me, and I'm afraid that you will run in vain, so let's take the contract to your house first, and then bring it to me when I go to work on Monday.

However, isn't there a rush to this document?

What's the use of us in a hurry, don't we have to wait for the relevant units to go to work on Monday.

Okay, so I'll get it to school for you on Monday?

Well, don't forget it when the time comes.

Yi Xinong hung up the phone, her thoughts suddenly became complicated, she locked her brows, and the thousands of suppressed thoughts in her heart were about to rush out, she was used to doing things one by one, and if one thing was not done, she would not think about the next thing, which effectively cured her anxiety for many years, and it almost became her thinking habit.

I thought that there was still a contract for Yu Qing in front of me, but as long as this matter was still there, everything that happened just now could not be thought about for the time being.

But now the contract has been suspended on Monday.

No, no, no, don't think about it, you can't think about it, everything has nothing to do with you, let's think about what to eat tonight.

She put the phone in her bag, moved her body, changed to a more comfortable sitting position, and said to the driver, "Master, turn around, don't go to the destination just now, let's go to Xuefu Road." ”

"Okay, girl, let's go anywhere, today is enough, just take you a guest, even if you say to drive to Lincheng, I will go." ”

Yi Xinnong was stunned and looked at the driver puzzled.

The driver glanced at the rearview mirror and smiled, "When you got in the car just now, the handsome guy who opened the door for you paid me 500 yuan in advance, saying that he would pay the fare for you first." Girl, don't blame me for being too talkative, I think the young man is good, I think you guys are awkward, quarreling?"

Don't be awkward? Quarrel? Yi Xinong was stunned by the driver's mindless question, she listened to the driver's chatter woodenly, her heart was like being pressed by a thousand pounds of stones, she felt breathless, and her heart was extremely irritable.

Did they quarrel? Did they have an awkward quarrel?, she asked herself, and she began to recall, the thoughts she had so desperately suppressed rushed out.

The reunion an hour ago made her still feel like she was in a dream, and everything was unreal.

Yu Qing, the contract, the lights of the coffee shop, the smell of coffee in the air, the neon lights on the street, the driver's voice flickering and approaching, and the unique clean fragrance of his body.

She had thought of many ways to meet Gu Zhanqiao, but none of them were as sudden as today, like thunder on the ground, which caught people off guard.