Yan Xu finished eating the last shrimp, and as soon as he looked up, he saw Li Peiyuan, who was slowly drinking wine, looking at the yard with empty eyes and thinking about something.

His handsome face was half-dark and half-bright, and although he was already drunk, he could also see his outward emotions.

But it was rare for him to do this, and Yan Xu didn't move for a while, just sat like that. After a while, he picked up the beer again, sat on the back of the pillar where Li Peiyuan was leaning, and slowly drank the wine.

Neither of them spoke, and the courtyard was very quiet for a while.

Under the dim yellow light, there is a peaceful atmosphere.

Li Peiyuan finished drinking the beer in his hand, threw the can aside, and made a crunch sound.

She thought that Li Peiyuan would get up and go into the house, or say something, but no, he stretched out his arm, took a can of beer again, opened it, and drank it.

He'd drunk quite a lot tonight, more than he had ever done before.

Yan Xu didn't know what he was thinking, so he took several sips of beer and suddenly asked in a low voice, "Mr. Li, are you in a bad mood?"

Li Peiyuan, who was behind him, paused for his drinking and did not speak. When he thought he wouldn't speak anymore, he replied, "No." ”

His tone was low, with a magnetic hull. The tone was understated, and there was no emotion.

He finished drinking the beer in his hand, then he threw the can aside, stood up, and said, "It's not early, stay here and rest." ”

He didn't hesitate to speak, stood up, stumbled into the house.

Yan Xu held half a can of beer in his hand and didn't move for a while. Look up at the moon in the sky.

It's August 15, and the moon is round and bright. The flowers and trees in the yard were also covered with a thin layer of silver light.

Yan Xu looked at it for a while, didn't drink the beer in his hand anymore, just held it, closed his eyes and rested his head on the departure post.

Inside, Li Peiyuan should have rested, and there was no sound in the room. The courtyard was very quiet, except for the sound of insects hiding in which corner.

Yan Xu sat like that, and after a long while, he drank all the beer in his hand. Her mind was already a little dizzy, and she didn't go back to the dormitory, but cleaned up the garbage on the ground before entering the house.

She originally thought that Li Peiyuan had already gone back to the room to rest, but when she entered the room, she found that he was not resting. Instead, he sat on the sofa in the living room, holding his eyebrows with his hands, and he didn't know if he was asleep.

Yan Xu stood in place for a while, closed the door, walked over, and shouted tentatively, "Mr. Li?"

Li Peiyuan did not react. Just when she thought he was asleep, he opened his mouth and said, "Go to sleep, leave me alone." ”

His eyes were still closed, and he hadn't opened them yet.

Yan Xu didn't stay long and went back to the room.

And Li Peiyuan, who was in the living room, sat in the dim light for more than ten minutes, took out a cigarette from the side, lit it and smoked it.

He was obviously drunk at the moment, but now he looked very sober again. There was no drunkenness on his handsome face, and he couldn't even tell that he had drunk.

He didn't rush back to the room, smoked several cigarettes in the living room, then extinguished the cigarette butt, turned off the light and went back to the bedroom.

The sound insulation of the old house is not very good, and the words in the guest room are the same, and after entering the house, they stand with their backs to the door. It wasn't until she heard footsteps, and the faint closing of the door that soon came her senses, and stood there for a moment, before she went to wash.

Obviously, sometimes it is much better to sleep under the influence of alcohol. But tonight seems to be a little different, obviously I have drunk a lot of wine, but lying in bed, Yan Xu is not half sleepy. She just lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling in the darkness and staring at it motionless.

She had a lot of things in her head, but it seemed empty, and she couldn't grasp anything.

Because of going to bed late, Yan Xu got up late the next morning. Of course, she's not the only one who wakes up late. Li Peiyuan also got up late.

He couldn't see the loneliness of last night at all, and he was still in his usual orderly state.

Seeing that Yan Xu was in a hurry, his hair was messy and he hadn't had time to comb it, he raised his wrist to look at the time and said, "Don't worry, there is still half an hour." It's just right to rush over. I went to start the car, packed it up and came out. ”

He didn't talk nonsense, and went outside.

Yan Xu was a little annoyed that he had slept on his head, grabbed his messy hair, and quickly cleaned up his things.

Waiting for her to pack up her things and go out, Li Peiyuan's car had already started. He was sitting in the car answering the phone, so early, and he didn't know who called him.

Yan Xu got into the car lightly, and as soon as he fastened his seat belt, Li Peiyuan hung up the phone. Knowing that Yan Xu was in a hurry, he quickly drove the car out of the yard.

He is not in a hurry. There was even a stop on the road to buy two breakfasts.

Because of the wine I drank last night, Yan Xu didn't have any appetite. It was also cozy to take the breakfast, and it didn't move.

Li Peiyuan couldn't eat breakfast while driving, so he put it aside.

The road conditions this morning are quite good, and there are not many traffic jams. Li Peiyuan barely spoke, and when the car was about to arrive at Yan Xu's company, he seemed to come back to his senses, looked sideways at Yan Xu, and asked, "Do you have time these days?"

Yan Xu didn't expect him to ask a question suddenly, he was thinking about something, but now he looked at him blankly.

Li Peiyuan looked at the road ahead, thought for a while, and said, "I have a business trip today, and it should take a week or ten days before I can come back." If you're not busy, why don't you go to the house and help take care of the flowers? ”

I didn't hear him ask for a bad mention yesterday, and the sudden mention of it at this time must have something to do with the phone call just morning.

But Yan Xu didn't ask anything, nodded and said yes.

There are many kinds of flowers and plants in his yard, and they are miscellaneous. Although it is not a valuable variety, some of them have to be watered frequently. He has been on a business trip for ten days, and if he has not watered, he will probably wither when he returns.

The two have been familiar with each other a lot during this time, and Li Peiyuan handed over the key to her and left her. Tell him which flowers to water and how much.

Although he is usually quite busy, he is careful in taking care of flowers and plants. Everything should be paid attention to, and everything is clearly explained.

When Yan Xu was in Cheng Wei's yard, he didn't take care of flowers and plants, but he knew the habits of some flowers and plants. It was all written down quickly.

Li Peiyuan is very good at planning time, although she bought breakfast on the way, but there are still five minutes left to go downstairs to Yanxu's company, which is just enough for her to go upstairs.

She hurriedly opened it, and hurriedly said goodbye to Li Peiyuan and went upstairs.

Li Peiyuan's business trip was not a week or ten days as he said, he went out for half a month and did not return.

During this time, Yan Xu did not call him. It's just that I come to the house every day after work, buy some vegetables to cook, and then take care of the flowers and plants.

One night when she fell asleep, there was a loud thunderstorm, like a heavy rainstorm, and she quickly got up and moved a few pots of freshly bone-flowered flowers under the eaves.

She was sleepy, but she couldn't sleep after this. Lying on the bed, wondering when Li Peiyuan would come back.

Although he is not there, she is still uncomfortable here. In addition to being uncomfortable, it is also a little boring. Although she came every day, she never went to any room in the house except for the living room, kitchen, and the guest room where she slept.

I don't know why, it's always easy for her to be in a daze when she's here. I often do something, and when I stop, I inexplicably start to be stunned.

It had been twenty days since Li Peiyuan came back, and he didn't call Yan Xu to tell her not to go to the courtyard again. When she bought it and went into the yard and saw the lights on in the house, she knew that he had returned.

They were all over, and after a slight pause in her steps, she still entered the house.

The house was quiet and there was no one. She called out to Mr. Li, and Li Pei walked out of the study not long after. He must have only been back for a long time, and his hair was still dry, and it was slightly wet.

He saw the dish she was carrying at a glance and said, "No need to cook, I ordered takeout, and it will be delivered in a while." ”

Yan Duo was a little uncomfortable, nodded, and asked as he walked to the kitchen to put the food, "When did you come back?"

"It's more than five o'clock. Li Peiyuan replied. He went to the side, poured a glass of water and handed it to Yan Xu, and then said, "I'm bothering you this time." ”

She cleaned up this small courtyard in an orderly manner, and the yard was also clean, and there were not even a few fallen leaves.

"I'll just come by myself, you're welcome. Yan Xu took the water, and asked without saying anything, "Is your business trip going well?"

He was quite relieved that she was on his side, in the past twenty or so days. He didn't call her either.

Li Peiyuan also poured himself a glass of water and said, "It's okay, it's going well." ”

After saying this, as if he remembered something, he asked Yan Xu to wait for a while, and then went in the direction of the study.

He came out not long after he went in, took a delicate box and handed it to Yan Xu, saying, "I've been very busy, I haven't gone out much." I didn't bring you any gifts, this one is eating and playing. ”

Time was tight, and he didn't have much personal time in the past. This chocolate was bought at the airport when I met someone to bring gifts to my family.

Yan Xu didn't expect him to bring a gift to himself, so he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then said, "You don't have to be so polite." ”

Li Peiyuan kept handing it over, and she still took the chocolate in the end. I thanked him.

The takeaway was delivered not long after, and it was a sumptuous three dishes and one soup. Li Peiyuan opened a bottle of red wine.

During the meal, Yan Xu had nothing to say and asked about what he encountered on a business trip, Li Peiyuan was not impatient, and picked a small part to say.

Yan Xu listened with relish, and now he said some interesting things that he had encountered before.

The guests enjoyed a meal, and after eating, he said that he was going to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, but Li Pei was far from letting him. The table was quickly cleaned up.

He's already back, and it's not convenient for her to stay here any longer. Although it was still early after eating, Yan Xu still said goodbye to Li Peiyuan.

Li Peiyuan didn't keep her, just asked her to wait for a while, and he sent her.

He had drunk some wine, and Yan Xu just wanted to say no, but he had already picked up his coat and said, "Let's go." ”

He has always been strict, and because he was drunk, he did not drive.

The weather was fine and not hot for both days. The night breeze is cool and soft on the face.

Out of the courtyard, Li Peiyuan looked at the time and said, "It's early, walk back? ”

He said, gesturing to the other side.

He has been in Yucheng for a long time, and he is much more familiar with the road.

Yan Xu ate a little full at night, and when he heard that it was not too far away, he nodded in response.

There were quite a few people walking on the road, and the two didn't talk much all the way. Li Pei's shortcut was not far away, bypassing the winding alley, and he saw the dormitory building in twenty minutes.

Li Peiyuan didn't go upstairs again this time, sent Yan Xu downstairs, watched her enter the elevator and left.

He didn't go back immediately, but walked to the side of the road, took out a cigarette and lit it. After standing for a moment, he walked forward. Arriving at the door of the bar, he paused in his footsteps and walked over.

He came to the bar a lot during this time, and the waiters already knew him. Seeing him, he politely called Mr. Li, and saw that there was already someone sitting in the place where he usually sits, so he asked him to sit inside.

Li Peiyuan didn't care where he sits, he gave the waiter a tip after ordering the wine, and drank the wine alone. It wasn't until the early hours of the morning that I took a taxi back to the house.

Because Li Peiyuan had returned, Yan Xu did not go to his house again. Li Peiyuan was busy during this time and never met again.

After half a month, Li Peiyuan called her again. Let her go over for dinner. Said that a friend sent seafood.

She often eats and drinks, and it is naturally not good to go over empty-handed. She went to the supermarket after work to buy fruit, and this is the only way to go.

Li Pei was far from there when she passed, but there was a strange aunt at home. It should be Li Peiyuan who has explained, and when he saw her, he smiled and politely called Miss Yan, and poured tea for her and asked her to sit for a while. said that Li Peiyuan was going to open for a while, and he would not be able to come back until later.

Yan Xu nodded, and after drinking the water, he asked his aunt if there was anything she could help with.

Auntie said no now, let her sit and rest first.

Yan Xu sat down and looked around.

She looked at it and remembered that she had been here so many times, and there were no photos in this house. Neither before nor now.

She couldn't help but feel a little distracted.

Li Peiyuan said it was a meeting, but he never came back.

The aunt called him after making dinner, but no one answered his cell phone. After a while, Li Peiyuan called back, saying that he had something to do temporarily and couldn't come back, so he asked Yan Xu to eat by himself.

The aunt responded now, hung up the phone, set up the meal, told Yan Xu Li what Pei Yuan said, and asked her to eat first.

The meals were all hearty, and Zhou Yiyi couldn't finish them, so he asked his aunt to eat with her. The aunt smiled and refused, saying that the family was still waiting for her, and she went back first.

The aunt left quickly, Yan Xu didn't leave after eating a sumptuous dinner alone, put away the dishes and chopsticks, hesitated for a while, or stayed, planning to wait for Li Peiyuan to come back before leaving.

She had eaten at someone's house, and it was obviously inappropriate for her master to leave so quietly before he returned.

She waited until ten o'clock, seeing that it was late, she was about to leave, and Li Peiyuan, who smelled of alcohol, pushed the door in from outside.

It wasn't strange to see Yan Xu, and he nodded slightly towards her as a greeting.

He drank a lot of wine, probably to socialize.

Yan Xu quickly went to brew him a glass of honey water, then put it in front of him, and said, "Mr. Li, drink some water." ”

Li Peiyuan was not drunk in the end, so he sighed, put his hand on his eyebrows, and said thank you after dozens of seconds.

He was slow to react after drinking, and after a long while, he took the honey water and drank it.

The wine I drank tonight was strong and I drank it on an empty stomach. It didn't take long for the honey water to be drunk, and there was a churning in the stomach. Li Peiyuan didn't have time to speak, so he stumbled to the bathroom, and soon vomited.

Yan Xu knew the amount of alcohol he had drunk, and when he vomited, he knew that he must have drunk a lot of wine, so he was a little anxious, and listened to the sound of retching coming from time to time, so he reached out and patted the door of the bathroom and asked, "Mr. Li, are you okay?" Do you want to call a doctor?"

She had never seen him throw up.

Li Peiyuan didn't have any reaction, and after a long while, he said, "No." ”

There was a tiredness in his voice. It was not good to push the door in, although he was in a hurry, he could only wait outside. It was only after twenty minutes or so that he came out of the bathroom.

His face was a little pale, and after vomiting, he was about to sober up, and when he saw Yan Xu waiting at the door, he said, "It's okay, the wine I drank on an empty stomach made my stomach a little uncomfortable." ”

I drank spirits on an empty stomach, and it would be strange if I could feel comfortable.

Yan Xu then said, "You go and rest, I'll get you something to eat." ”

Li Peiyuan wanted to say no, but she walked quickly to the kitchen.

He opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't give her back.

His steps were weak, and he leaned against the door frame and did not move for a while, and after a long while, he walked to the sofa in the living room.

At this time, the food is already cold, and after drinking alcohol, you must not want to eat something too greasy. Yan Xu cooked a simple bowl of green vegetable noodles, the noodles were cooked very soft, and some sour pickles were added.

When he went out, Li Peiyuan had already closed his eyes and leaned on the sofa, his breathing was uneven, and he didn't know if he was asleep.

If you don't eat something tonight, you will be uncomfortable tomorrow morning.

Yan Xu put down the noodles, and then shouted, "Mr. Li, you can eat something." ”

Li Peiyuan was not asleep, and opened his eyes when he heard her words. His brow furrowed.

Yan Xu had been paying attention to him, and when he saw him frowning, he said, "Why, you have to eat something, otherwise your stomach will definitely hurt when you wake up tomorrow morning." ”

Li Peiyuan didn't speak, and only said thank you after a while, moved the noodles in front of him, picked up the chopsticks and ate slowly.

He ate the noodles, and Yan Xu went to pour him a glass of warm water again, then sat down on the sofa, waiting for him to finish slowly.

Li Peiyuan didn't have much appetite and ate very slowly. However, I still finished a bowl of noodles.

When he finished eating, Yan Xu cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks.

He was more sober now, took out a cigarette and lit it and smoked.

Yan Xu came out of the kitchen, originally to say goodbye and leave. Before the words could be spoken, Li Peiyuan, who was swallowing clouds and spitting mist, said, "Sit down." ”

Yan Xu had to sit down now.

I thought he was going to say something, but he didn't say anything. He didn't know what he was thinking, and his handsome face was blank.

After a long interval of four or five minutes, he seemed to come back to his senses, looked at Yan Xu, and suddenly asked, "Where is your family?"

He asked the question quite suddenly.

Yan Xu couldn't help but be stunned, and there was a little flutter in his dark eyes. After a moment, he lowered his head and said calmly: "My parents passed away when I was a child. A few years ago, my grandparents also passed away due to illness. I'm the only one left now. ”

Perhaps numb, her tone was calm. There weren't any waves.

This was something Li Pei didn't expect, he was stunned for a while, and then said in a low voice: "I'm sorry." ”

Yan Xu smiled faintly and said that it didn't matter.

At this point, both of them fell silent again. After four or five minutes, Li Peiyuan reached out and pressed his eyebrows, and said, "It's not early, it's not safe for you to go back alone, just rest here." ”

As he spoke, he stood up and walked straight to the bedroom.

Maybe it's because I was thinking about a lot of things just now, and it was just a faint pain in my head, but now it hurts badly.

Li Peiyuan entered the room, sat down at the head of the bed, and stretched out his hand to press his eyebrows. It wasn't until the pain eased that he slowly let go of his hand. Slowly leaned back on the bed, I wanted to smoke, but I didn't move at this time, just leaned on the head of the bed with my eyes closed and pretended to sleep.

He leaned on this for a long time, until half of his body was about to go numb. He stumbled up and went to the bathroom to wash up.

He often suffers from insomnia, and his sleep is also very light. After taking a shower, the alcohol-corrupted brain slowly became clear. I didn't feel sleepy, but I couldn't sleep now, so I took out a cigarette from the cigarette case on the side, stood at the window and lit it and smoked it.

The courtyard was silent at the moment, and the thin moonlight shone down from between the branches, casting dappled shadows. The cricket hid in the corner and screamed without a sound, and somehow, Li Peiyuan's thoughts suddenly drifted far away.