Back in Ben Thanh, Yinglong met his parents.

Mother Milan summoned everyone to pick up the dust for Yinglong, and asked him how he was doing during this time, as well as the condition of his youngest grandson Yingrui.

After learning that Yinglong had left his post and parted ways with Yuxin, the second elder sighed.

Before Yinglong left Hucheng, he entrusted the house and Xiao Yingrui to Yu Xin, because it is estimated that the future prospects are still uncertain, if it is difficult for a person to return to Bincheng with his children, he simply left the house and children to Yu Xin, and regarded it as a proper arrangement.

After having a good arrangement in the future, I will go to Lake City to visit Xiao Yingrui. Anyway, the son was taken by his mother, and Yinglong was more at ease.

Milan and Yingnan made a meal of dumplings at home to comfort Yinglong, and Yinglong felt very aftertaste after eating the long-lost leek-stuffed dumplings.

Mother has a very good way of making dumplings.

In his hometown in the Northeast, dumplings are a staple food that is essential for the New Year's holidays, so Milan learned to make dumplings with his family since he was a child.

Leek-stuffed dumplings are Milan's specialty. She put some shrimp skin in the dumpling filling to improve the freshness, and put enough fresh pork filling and condiments, the meat filling has the right ratio of fat and lean, and the meat filling is finely chopped, just like minced garlic.

The dough of the dumplings is hand-rolled by Milan and is of a moderate thickness and size, and when cooked, it looks like a translucent. Through the dumpling skin, you can faintly see the dark green leeks inside, the taste is fresh and tender, with a little chewy, very palatable. After the ingots dumplings are boiled, they are placed in a porcelain dish one by one with steaming steam, and Yinglong dips it in light soy sauce and aged vinegar and devours it until his stomach is full, and then he puts down the chopsticks.

The family gathered around the table to eat dumplings and make homely meals, but everyone was very taboo about Yinglong's family affairs.

Except for his father Yingnan who asked Yinglong about his future thinking about work, no one else asked too much about his future whereabouts.

A month later, Yinglong rented a two-story façade near the scenery belt along the river.

This was originally a teahouse, because the owner had no intention of operating it, and there were few customers, so it was simply transferred to Yinglong at a low price.

He spent some savings to hire someone to renovate the teahouse simply, and replaced the signboard with a colorful neon decoration of "Cloud Distance Tea Coffee".

Yinglong read a lot of Hong Kong and Taiwan novels when he was in middle school, and he also knew some market trends, so he was deeply interested in running a coffee shop.

Now, he simply started a small business like this.

The café is a converted old house with a rooftop terrace. Yinglong installed a colorful canopy on it, which can not only shelter from the wind and rain but also bask in the sun, and put a few tables and chairs underneath. On sunny summer nights, guests can sit on the rooftop and drink tea while watching the scenery in the distance, which is very pleasant under the warm breeze.

The walls of the store were painted beige, and Yinglong asked someone to scribble on them one by one.

The interior is lit with some small Japanese chandeliers and a few spotlights that are adjusted at the right angle.

At night, the light in the store is very atmospheric, and the exquisite tables and chairs create a unique petty bourgeois atmosphere.

Usually Yinglong likes to play Grammy music quietly, and when the temperature is right, there are really many customers who come to the store to drink tea, in fact, they all like the charming atmosphere here.

Yinglong's business is not bad, the coffee is all hand-ground and freshly brewed, the price of wine is not expensive, the tea is relatively fresh, and the hospitality is warm, so it is strange that there are no repeat customers.

Yinglong only invited two people in the store. A young girl and a young lad.

The young man's name is Wei Qiang, and everyone calls him "Xiao Qiang", who is responsible for making coffee, mixing cocktails, and helping with some heavy work.

The young girl is mainly responsible for entertaining guests and cashiering.

This girl's name is Wen Xue, in her early twenties, with snow-white skin, clear eyebrows, about 1.60 meters tall, her black hair tied into a ponytail and tied behind her head, and she does things neatly. Although she doesn't speak much, she is courteous and attentive to her guests.

Wen Xue's family is not wealthy, otherwise she would not have to give up her studies at such an age to make a living.

But she has a flexible mind, follows Xiaoqiang, and slowly learns to make cocktails and coffee. Sometimes Xiaoqiang asked Yinglong for leave, and Wenxue appeared in his place, mixing a good drink, which made Yinglong admire.

But Yinglong accidentally discovered that Wen Xue is not as weak as she seems, although she seems to be just a weak woman on the surface, but she is very strong inside.

One afternoon, Yinglong sat on the rooftop, looking at the river from afar and drinking the big red robe. At this time, he found that Wen Xue was struggling to carry a small folding table up the steep spiral staircase, and when there was still a step from the rooftop, the table leg was accidentally stuck in the gap of the spiral staircase.

At this time, Wen Xue struggled to lift the table up, holding her breath in her mouth, and her face flushed.

Yinglong saw it, and he couldn't bear it, it was a bit too much to make a young girl so hard, but Xiaoqiang was not there.

He hurriedly got up to help, but Wen Xue refused unconvinced: "Thank you boss, no need to help, I can move, you can drink tea with confidence!"

After saying that, she shook her hand, turned the table legs, and forced the table up. After Wen Xue put down the things in her hand, she stood next to her and bent over to pant, wiping the sweat on her forehead with her delicate and white fingers.

Yinglong smiled, very surprised that Wen Xue would be so stubborn.

He pondered, this girl is a little not simple, not very old, but very strong, not like to rely on others like some girls.

But he was also glad to have found a good helper, with her and Wei Qiang, it was much easier to do things.

Then again, when Yinglong is idle, he likes to lie on the chair on the rooftop alone, quietly looking at the river in a daze.

From time to time, barges full of goods pass by on the river, and the tail "suddenly" sprays the river water, and the waves stirred up rippled in circles, layer by layer to the shore.

Yinglong will stare at the river intently at this time, quietly thinking about his thoughts.

Many people in the world are not like duckweed in a pond, where a few leaves occasionally meet in the ripples blown by the wind, and then they go their separate ways under the impetus of the ripples.

After that, there may be two leaves together, but at this moment, will this duckweed be the original two leaves?

Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. Perhaps, only one of the leaves is.

Yinglong would go to Lake City every week to visit Yuxin's mother and son. Xiao Ruirui is getting smarter and more cute, and now he has learned a lot of Chinese characters and learned simple arithmetic.

He will give a sum of alimony to Yuxin every month.

Yu Xin is still single. After the breakup, she was not with Mr. Tao. The man knew that after Yu Xin flew solo, he lost his enthusiasm for making calls, and began to slowly snub Yu Xin came, and he didn't even make phone calls. This made Yu Xin start to think calmly about the current situation, and couldn't help but find that Mr. Tao was so hypocritical.

She was alone with her children, but luckily her parents sometimes came to help.

The little grandson is well-behaved and clever, and he is very pleasing to his grandparents. Because of the help of her parents, Yuxin had some time to rest. This way she can take care of her own affairs by the way.

Living as a single mother has made her stronger and stronger.

Yu Xin often reflects on the previous situation, whether it is her own mistake or Yinglong's wrong. The inner struggle made her unable to calm down for a long time, and she couldn't help but start thinking about it.

The entanglement between this and wrong made her melancholy.

In these days, she has figured out a lot of things, and she will also reflect on why she was so stubborn in the first place, whether she did not act irrationally, and did not take into account Yinglong's thoughts at all, so that he was disheartened.

But now, even if life is so hard now, she will never give up Xiao Yingrui, which is her only sustenance at the moment.

However, when Yinglong came to visit, as long as the weather was warm, Yuxin would wear a dark rose-colored suit.

Her outfit reminded Yinglong from time to time of the crimson dress on Yuxin's body, although the style was slightly different, but the color was generally similar.

Yu Xin's dress habits have not changed much, although she is almost in her thirties, her complexion is still fair and delicate, and her figure has not changed significantly, but her original delicate face has inevitably been quietly carved with slight traces by time, but the whole person looks mature and charming, but there is a little haggard taste between her eyebrows and eyes.

Yu Xin will accompany Yinglong to the nearby garden for a walk.

Yinglong will deliberately look at Yu Xin. In his eyes, Yu Xin was still wearing a shawl with her hair, wearing a dark rose dress, black boots, and her skin was still as white as snow, standing in the wind.

The evening breeze sometimes ruffled the tips of her soft hair, bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun, like a rose standing upright in the wind.

And she often chatted attentively about the topic of Xiao Ruirui, while looking at Yinglong's eyes, as if she was inquiring about his thoughts.

Yinglong looked back at Yu Xin from time to time, but he turned his eyes helplessly to look away, at this time his heart was full of emotion, time flies, vicissitudes, things are wrong.

Every time Yinglong entered the door, Yuxin would greet Yinglong warmly: "You came just in time, my baby son was still asking you just now, I was worried that you wouldn't come, wait for you to play with Rui Rui." ”

Yinglong didn't expect Yu Xin to say this, but he still held on to a little comfort, after all, he was still needed by them, and he was not treated as an old teddy bear thrown under the bed.

"Okay, I'll take him out for a walk later, you can take this opportunity to rest. Yinglong said casually.

Yu Xin thought that he would invite him out with him, but he was a little disappointed when he heard Yinglong say this, so he nodded frustratedly: "Okay, you guys go, pay attention to safety, and have fun." ”

Then she went into the kitchen and went to do her chores.

Yinglong originally wanted to ask Shang Yuxin to go out to play together, but after thinking about it, they are no longer husband and wife, so what will others think of this matter?

In fact, there is another reason, they have been divorced for a long time, although the scars in their hearts are gradually healing. But for Yu Xin, Yinglong still has scruples, and he can't face it calmly, after all, he thinks that it was Yu Xin's fault that ruined the family.

But looking at Yu Xin in front of her, she felt that she was passing on a message, did Yu Xin regret it and wanted to renew her relationship with herself? Even if she had this idea, she was not willing to enter the city again for the time being, not to mention that this was just a one-sided guess, if it wasn't like this, then wouldn't he be deceiving himself.

Yinglong usually sits in the living room for a while, and sees that the furnishings of the home have not changed much, and the old wedding photos are still hanging on the wall of the hallway.

The wedding photos in the classical European style are a hanging portrait that they are more satisfied with. Yu Xin's graceful and gorgeous smile reveals the charm and loveliness of the bride, and Yinglong's handsome face in the past just sets off the radiant bride.

Yinglong once asked her why she still kept this photo, and Yuxin told him: "It's better to keep it first, my baby son can see it every day, so that he won't feel strange when he gets it." ”

Yinglong felt that although what Yu Xin said was reasonable, it was inevitably a bit far-fetched. After all, the marriage is divorced, and it doesn't make much sense to hang this photo again, but since it was for the sake of my precious son, I didn't ask any more questions.

In fact, after thinking about it, Yu Xin was a little reluctant to Yinglong after all. If it weren't for her willfulness and ignoring Yinglong's feelings, such a problem would not have led to the current result.

To this day, she also regrets and misses her past family, but the relationship between the two is a thing of the past. What Yinglong will think of her, whether he will hate her, and when will the scar in his heart heal, Yuxin doesn't know.

She is not the "echo worm" in Yinglong's belly, and she can't understand Yinglong's thoughts, so she has to endure the throbbing in her heart to observe Yinglong's every move, after all, she can't ask for too much now.