Chapter Forty-Seven: Passing By

Lin Qiang has imagined the life he really wants more than once, in a quiet place away from the hustle and bustle of the city, with a large enough house full of large photos of his beloved, and the study room is full of his favorite books, that kind of comfortable life is nothing more than drinking a good cup of tea or coffee, immersed in the sunset and reading. Of course, only by working hard can we have such a life.

He knows very well that such a life is still far away from him, but he is confident that as long as he works hard, everything is possible!

The weather in spring is like a child's face, saying that it has changed, the sun was still warm and shining in the morning, but when Lin Qiang and the others came out of the private room, it was drizzling.

When he went to the parking lot to get the car, the gray sky made people feel depressed, and Lin Qiang felt a sad mood in his heart for no reason.

He rolled down the window and leaned back in his seat, letting the spring breeze blow the rain in. Looking at the people coming and going on the street outside, Lin Qiang naturally thought of Zhou Jie.

In people's lives, they will always fail some people, and they will always be let down by some people, and we slowly grow up and mature in these failures and being disappointed. Every beginning of life is, after all, just a sequel, and a story full of plot is always wonderful from halfway through.

The ancient people famously said that there are only two emotions in the world that can bind people together for a long time, love or hate. More than ten years, the years are grand, the fate is nonsense, looking back, the vast sea, Lin Qiang lamented his attachment to the old love, the deep entanglement of love, has traveled all over the thousands of rivers and rivers, but it is all lonely. Zhou Jie may really only be an unattainable dream for him, but this dream often comes to his mind, Zhou Jie's voice and smile are still extremely clear and delicate.

Looking back, the time and the road came, the success or failure of right and wrong! Looking back on his life of more than 30 years, Lin Qiang is really embarrassed. Why has he always considered himself to be smart, but he has never been able to find out the word "love"? And why is he, who is chic in front of others, always slash the sorrow of chaos when he thinks of Zhou Jie?

The rain fell on his face, Lin Qiang felt the slightest coolness, shivered slightly, he adjusted his sitting posture, and then took out a cigarette from his pocket, in the smoke, Lin Qiang sighed silently, and thought to himself, people in recent years, really shouldn't fantasize about romance anymore, romance is a luxury, a dream!

It's just that he can't figure it out, why his thoughts are like the plank road that has been cultivated for many years, and it has been continuing in his heart? Like now, facing the spring breeze and spring rain outside the window, Zhou Jie's voice and smile will always appear in his mind. The west window that can't be opened, the autumn pool that is not satisfied, but I don't know if there is a night rain in Bashan in the distance where she is, and I don't know if she will think of him by chance in her heart in the night rain.

Reconstructing the past, time flies. Suddenly, looking back, at the grate of the lamplight, the Yiren are far away! Only memory is a feast that does not disperse, and it is the heartache of not being able to drink, not daring to drink, and having to fight but get drunk. Precisely:

In the past, there was no accident, and today I am still alone. The autumn calendar of the old garden is not sad.

Lin Qiang really doesn't know when he will be able to truly "fall flowers with the flowing water, and the past will go with the wind!"

When the car arrived in front of the gate of the seafood restaurant, the rain was still falling.

Cao Xu and Wen Jie took Lin Qiang's car this time, while Qin Xiaohua and Qian Xiaogang took Wu Jixiong's car, and everyone made an appointment to drive to the meeting place.

Zhou Wenjie drank a lot of red wine, her face was a little crimson, and when she walked out of the door of the seafood restaurant, she was blown by the cool breeze, and the wine came, and her head was slightly dizzy. This time to successfully sign the agency contract, it is naturally worth celebrating, and it is in her own place, of course she has to toast the other party a few more glasses, if it weren't for Mr. Luo, they would have to take the airport bus to Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, maybe everyone will drink more.

The driver, Xiao Huang, had already driven the car over and parked behind a Guangdong A Cheetah SUV. The canopy in front of the restaurant is not big, Zhou Jie was trying to move the cheetah car forward, but before she could speak, the cheetah car started, Zhou Jie glanced at the driver's seat, and seemed to feel that she saw a familiar figure, and before she came back to her senses, the cheetah car had already opened the road.

Zhou Jie was in a trance for a moment, rubbed her eyes, looked at the car in the distance, and only silently remembered the license plate.

After sending off Mr. Luo and them in Hainan, Zhou Jie leaned back in the passenger seat, thinking about the familiar figure she had just seen. She was sure that that person should be Lin Qiang! Zhou Jie's originally calm heart rippled again.

She remembered that many years ago, every time she received a letter from Lin Qiang, she would have a strange feeling, whether it was expectation, vanity, or something else, Zhou Jie herself couldn't tell. This time, after the two lost contact for many years, Lin Qiang suddenly unintentionally flashed in front of his eyes, which made her heart feel like something was being pulled alive.

Zhou Jie knows Lin Qiang too well, in this world, no one knows Lin Qiang's affection for her better, but she inadvertently broke his heart. She couldn't even remember, many, many years ago, why would she reject such an affectionate and excellent boy? Yes, in her mind, Lin Qiang has always been a very good man in all aspects, and when facing him at that time, she would even feel ashamed of herself.

She remembered Lin Qiang's confession on his nineteenth birthday, she rejected him so rashly, perhaps, at that time, she only knew how to refuse, but did not know how to accept, and maybe she was too young at that time to understand Lin Qiang's unique affection. It wasn't until three years later that Lin Qiang once again unreservedly told her his heart, and Zhou Jie realized with a heartache that her initial refusal had such a profound impact on Lin Qiang, the damage to Lin Qiang was so heavy, and the blow to Lin Qiang was so fatal!

After receiving Lin Qiang's long letters one after another, she cried, lying on the quilt and crying, crying for herself, for Lin Qiang, and for the two of them. After crying, she couldn't do anything, she already had another him, she had hurt Lin Qiang deeply, and she couldn't hurt another him. She really didn't know how to respond to Lin Qiang, and finally only sent Lin Qiang a copied poem, Lin Qiang was as she expected, smart, tolerant, and understanding, after receiving the poem she sent, she solemnly promised that she would no longer be entangled, no longer bothered, and pretended to be relaxed to praise her for being smart and dealing with it properly. But the more Lin Qiang pretended to be chic and casual, the more Zhou Jie's heart hurt, and the more guilty he felt. Many years later, Zhou Jie still remembers the little poem called "Let the Stars Illuminate Us".

That little poem happened to be the best portrayal of Zhou Jie's mood at that time, and Lin Qiang kept his promise from then on, and never made her sad between the lines in the future, but Zhou Jie relied on her understanding of Lin Qiang, and really felt that he had been suffering from feelings in those years. She also heard from her classmates that when she just graduated and joined the work, Lin Qiang had given up on himself and indulged in smoking and mahjong all day long. In the past ten years, although the two have lost contact, in Zhou Jie's heart, Lin Qiang has always occupied a position, and he will jump out inadvertently.

Zhou Jie didn't know what kind of story would happen to her reunion with Lin Qiang more than ten years later.

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If you want to have a deeper understanding of Lin Qiang, Cao Xu, Wen Jie, Qin Xiaohua, Su Juan, Zhou Jie and others, please read "Time Apocalypse" first, and please give more suggestions, send more comments, thank you!