The night was still long, and the moonlight sprinkled softly on the ground for a day, and the stars quietly hid behind the clouds, occasionally revealing small horns. The wind blows the thin veil on the window, gently fluttering, like a fairy who has fallen into the mortal world, light and mischievous. There is a faint floral fragrance in the air, and the smell is intoxicating.

The night is long, who has no intention of sleeping, only the two hearts are sealed, and tonight is short......

It's been a long and dreary week, and I've been thinking about going to see Gu Feng's grandfather on Saturday, and I'm a little absent-minded at work.

It's Saturday tomorrow and I'm already getting nervous. There was a meeting at 2 p.m. to discuss the progress of the new project, and I searched through the folders on my desk and couldn't find any information about the new project. I thought about it for a while, and finally remembered that I had taken it home last night. I looked at the time, and it was only an hour before the meeting time, and I guess I wouldn't be able to catch the meeting if I went back and forth.

I suddenly thought that Xiaowan happened to be at home today because she was on a business trip last week. So I called her for help, and she readily agreed.

When it was almost two o'clock, Qian Qian suddenly called me to her office to confirm with me the progress of the recent foreign orders. I instructed Huang Li, if there is a girl to deliver the documents, let her just put the documents on my desk.

Unexpectedly, when I came out, Ling Yusen just walked into the company and handed me a document with a black face, which was the information I asked Xiaowan to send for me. I was stunned, a little confused. When I got home in the evening, I got a rough idea from Xiaowan's rambling narration. After hearing this, I trembled with laughter, and I couldn't get up on the sofa - I was beaten by the violent Xiaowan.

It turned out that Xiaowan sent me a document today, and when she was taking the elevator, she actually ran into Ling Yusen, and the elevator was fortunately out of order. She was so frightened that she screamed on the spot, and pounced on Ling Yusen, to be precise, she hung on someone else's body, and almost buried herself in someone's arms. By the way, she said she had just eaten two leek pies before she came. When the elevator resumed running and the lights came back on, she said that she saw Ling Yusen's face greener than leeks. I made up the picture of the two of them almost beating each other on the spot because of leek cakes at the tea tasting meeting last time, and suddenly mourned for Ling Yusen for 0.3 seconds. No wonder his face stinked when he handed me the papers, and I was worried about whether I had been working for so long and what I was not doing well.

This thing can make me happy for a year, after all, it is not easy to see Li Xiaowan, who is not afraid of being bullied, deflated. This incident also made me relax my nervous mood when I thought about seeing Gu Feng's grandfather.

At six o'clock on Saturday night, Gu Feng called to say that he had arrived downstairs, and my relaxed mood suddenly became tense again.

As I sat in his car, I kept thinking about all sorts of things that might happen later. He looked at me, reached over and grabbed my clenched fist, gently broke my fingers away, and said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, my grandfather is a very kind person, I told him about us." ”

His hands were warm and dry, which made me feel a little more at ease. I exhaled softly and nodded my head in response.

More than half an hour later, the car drove into a carved black iron gate, and passed a green garden, in the middle of which there was a large circular fountain, which was covered with a faint yellow and sparkling by the setting sun.

The car slowly stopped in front of a gray villa, and the sandalwood-colored doors opened on both sides, with a deep and solemn image. Gu Feng walked over and took my hand and walked towards the door.

When he walked into the main hall, Gu Feng called "Grandpa", and then when he saw the middle-aged man standing next to Gu Changxiang, he was stunned.

"Xiaofeng, you're here. The middle-aged man said gently.

Gu Feng frowned and responded lightly.

"Grandpa, this is Xia Qing. He took me by the hand and walked up to the old man.

"Hello Grandpa Gu. I looked at the old man and said.

"It's Xiaoqing, Feng'er told me about you, come, sit down. Gu Changxiang's tone was very kind, "Zhengfeng, you also sit." ”

Hearing him call the name of the middle-aged man next to me, I was stunned for a moment and realized that this person was Gu Feng's stepfather, Xu Zhengfeng.

After Xu Zhengfeng sat down, he looked at me with a smile and asked Gu Feng, "Xiaofeng, is this your girlfriend?"

Gu Feng said "yes" lightly, Xu Zhengfeng didn't care about Gu Feng's attitude, looked at me with a smile and said, "Xiaoqing, where are you from?"

Xu Zhengfeng's smile made me feel very kind, and I had an inexplicable good feeling. I looked at him with a smile and said, "I'm from S City." ”

After chatting a few words of homely things, the nanny came to call for dinner.

"Let's go, let's eat, I'm waiting for you to eat." Gu Changxiang smiled and beckoned to us, and stood up with his cane.

He doesn't walk fast, but his pace is steady, and it looks like he should be recovering well.

At the dinner table, Gu Changxiang chatted with Xu Zhengfeng for a few words, and also talked about the Science City project.

After a while, Xu Zhengfeng said that the company had left beforehand. After he left, Gu Feng asked Gu Changxiang how Xu Zhengfeng knew about Science City.

Gu Changxiang said that he didn't know who spread the news, and now the whole industry knows about the cooperation between Qiming and Yuncheng, and Xu Zhengfeng naturally knows it, and now no company in the industry wants to go on this trip.

After listening to this, Gu Feng's brows furrowed, and his face was slightly gloomy, although this matter is not an absolute secret, it should not be known to the entire industry so quickly.

Gu Changxiang looked at Gu Feng and said meaninglessly: "Feng'er, maybe you should talk to Zhengfeng." ”

"Grandpa, you know I don't want to work with him. Gu Feng said coldly.

"Alas, it's been so many years......" He seemed to think of something, sighed, and then continued, "The matter between your mother and Zhengfeng can't be explained in a few words. ”

Gu Feng's expression was solemn and he was silent for a while. Suddenly, his cell phone rang.

He looked at the phone number, it was Sun Changsheng calling, and it was estimated that there was something important when he called at this point in time. He got up, walked to the dining room window and picked it up.

"Xiaoqing," Gu Changxiang said in a kind tone, "Gu Feng, this child, has been very strong and independent since he was a child, his biological father died early, his mother is always depressed, and he has always had a bad relationship with his Uncle Xu. Since he was a child, he has been more mature and sensible than children of the same age, and he bears everything silently alone. ”

Gu Changxiang sighed and fell into a short silence before continuing: "This time I was sick, something happened in the company, fortunately, Gu Feng's kid can stand up to it......," he looked a little restrained, "Maybe you also know that Changhe and Qiming have a lot of business dealings, and Feng'er and Xiaofei also grew up together." In both public and private, Xiaofei is the most suitable object. I only have such a grandson, and I must hand over the Changhe Group to him safely. If there is a problem with the marriage of the two families, it will be difficult for Gu Feng to gain a firm foothold on the board of directors. You're a smart kid, you know what I mean, right?"

His words were gentle and earnest, but they pierced my self-esteem deeply, and I only felt mixed feelings in my heart, sad, embarrassed, and frustrated.

Gu Feng came over after answering the phone, and saw me sitting still, looking not very good: "What's wrong?"

I hurriedly pulled out a smile: "No, I'm listening to your grandfather...... Your thing. ”

"Oh, what do you tell me?" he asked, smiling.

"Tell me about when you were a child, when you were five years old, you were very naughty, you didn't go to the house for three days, and you also started a small gang in the kindergarten. Once I saw that the little grandson of the Li family was bullying a little girl, you beat the little fat man, the people of the Li family came to the door, and your mother asked you to apologize, but you didn't admit your mistake and said that you were right. Your mother was so angry with you that she wanted to beat you with a rattan, but fortunately, your Uncle Xu protected you and calmed down the matter by talking to others. You, you were so naughty when you were a child......" Gu Changxiang smiled and talked about Gu Feng's childhood.

At first, Gu Feng was still smiling, but when he heard Xu Zhengfeng's name, the smile on his face faded, and he seemed to remember something from the past.

Gu Changxiang talked about Gu Feng's childhood again, and I was so uneasy that I couldn't hear what he said at all.

At ten o'clock in the evening, we left from the Gu family's mansion. I sat in the passenger seat and looked at the garden that looked quiet and cold in the warm yellow light, and I only felt a chill in my heart.

Probably sensing my unusual silence, he turned his head and rubbed my head, and I smiled at him to indicate that I was fine. Looking at the shallow smile on his handsome face, I only felt that my heart was astringent and sour.

I thought that as long as we liked each other, it was enough, and it had nothing to do with anyone else. It turns out that I am so naïve that I am almost stupid, how can I not have anything to do with other people?

If we had never met, would we be happier than we are now? If we hadn't met me, would you have met a more suitable person, and would I not have been as uncomfortable as I am now? I just feel bitter in my heart, maybe I should let go of him, and I should really be good for him......

Before the summer solstice, the weather is already so hot that people can bear to be incompetent, and the hot asphalt road exudes a choking smell, forcing people to itch their noses and make their heads dizzy.

Shen Hong, who was dizzy, asked Xiaowan and I to go "summer" on the weekend - swimming. Speaking of swimming, Xiaowan taught me a few times, I don't know if the master is unprofessional or the apprentice is not smart, I didn't learn it, I can only hold a floating board to "play in the water".

I was not interested, and I wanted to refuse. It just so happened that Huang Li's classmate also asked me to go swimming on the weekend, and I was forced to accompany her, because someone had to watch her so that no one would find out if she sank into the water, because Huang Li was a landlubber who couldn't play in the water.

I couldn't laugh or cry, so I had to agree, so the two groups of people just got together.

I sat on a lounge chair next to the pool, paddling with my feet in the water.

Shen Hongzheng in the shallow water is holding Huang Li's shoulders with one hand and her waist with the other, teaching landlubbers to play in the water, well, swimming.

Huang Li, who has always been rough-leaved, has a round face that is rapidly reddening at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his limbs are stiff. I don't know where Shen Hong suddenly bumped into her, and suddenly the two of them stiffened at the scene.

Xiaowan suddenly leaned over and motioned for me to look over to Shen Hong, only to see two big red faces, and couldn't help laughing.

When the sun was about to set, Huang Li was still the landlubber who couldn't play in the water, and Shen Hong may have also been infected by landlubbers.

Swimming is indeed too physically demanding, so Xiaowan and I, the two who play in the water, both bow their heads and eat loudly, while the other two have been fluttering for an afternoon and the other has been doing it for several hours, as if they are all right, and they are very gentle.

Full of wine and food, they should have gone back to their respective homes to find their own mothers. However, the clear-eyed or dark-eyed people could see that the two people were quite reluctant, so Xiaowan, who claimed to be happy to help the old man, proposed to take a walk together and eat after dinner. Xiaowan gave Shen Hong a color, this person who has always been clever and even a chicken thief rarely looked confused, so innocent that people wanted to roll their eyes.

After three laps around the outside of the swimming pool, the walk was really unbreakable, so I had to really disperse.

Huang Li's bus came first, she waved to us and got on the bus. Shen Hong was still looking at the bus in the distance.

After sending Huang Li away, Shen Hong temporarily received a call from the company and needed to go back to deal with work, and soon left, leaving me and Xiaowan who came out to swim with us.

The night was gentle, and we simply walked back. Probably when people are unlucky, they even stuff their teeth when they drink water. The big road that has been walked home countless times, there was a robber, Xiaowan happened to be walking on the outer edge of the road, and her handbag was suddenly robbed, and she reacted and chased after her.

After the fright, I hurriedly called the police, ran while dialing the phone, hung up the phone and saw Xiaowan chasing the robber and disappearing around the bend in front. I was even more nervous, and I accidentally bumped into the person walking in front of me, and I fell to the ground with a sigh.

The person who came seemed to be frightened by me, and quickly squatted down to help me up, and I looked up and found that it was Ling Yusen. Seeing my flustered expression, he asked with concern what was wrong.

I explained what had happened, and he told me to stay where I was and wait for the police to come, and then he ran around the corner.

The police came quickly, I briefly explained the matter, and pointed in the direction where Xiaowan and Ling Yusen were chasing the robber just now, two policemen immediately ran up, and one stayed where I was and asked me some details.

More than half an hour later, I received a call from Ling Yusen, they were in the hospital, and I was terrified and anxiously asked if they were injured. He said he was fine, Xiaowan had an arm injury. I quickly flagged down a taxi and went to the hospital.

When I arrived at the hospital, I found that Ling Yusen was frowning and saying something to Xiaowan, she lowered her head and didn't speak, holding something in her hand, looking stunned.

When I walked in, I noticed that she was clutching a small purse tightly in her hand, and her knuckles were white from the exertion.

"What is worth risking your life for?" Ling Yusen looked serious.

When I saw the little purse, I immediately understood the reason, I pulled the corner of Ling Yusen's clothes, his shirt had been taken to stop Xiaowan's bleeding, and now he was only wearing a white vest.

"There's an amulet in that purse that her mother left for her......" I said to him softly, looking down, "her mother...... She has passed away, and she has always carried this purse with her......"

After Ling Yusen listened, his slightly frowning brows loosened a little, his face was gloomy, and he didn't say anything more for a while.

"Just now," Xiaowan glanced at the small purse in her hand, her expression was still a little confused, and she said in a low voice, "Thank you......"

I have known Xiaowan for so many years, and I rarely see her like this, most of the time she is heartless and bright like a cactus that shines with a little sunshine.

In fact, there are people who really have no heart and lungs, but they have not reached the sad place. Her mother passed away when she was very young, and she rarely mentioned her mother to anyone else, and I only knew about it because of this little purse.

An imperceptible trace of tenderness flashed on Ling Yusen's face, and when he spoke again, his tone was already much gentler: "You're welcome, you, pay attention to the wound these days and don't touch the water, take medicine on time, don't eat seafood and spicy things, and go to the hospital to change the dressing in three days......"

I was a little surprised by Ling Yusen's sudden chatter, but because Xiaowan was injured, I didn't think about it at the moment.

One afternoon three days later, I took a leave of absence to accompany Xiaowan to change the dressing, and Ling Yusen appeared downstairs by "coincidence", saying that he was passing by. So we hitched a ride with him.

The day after she came back that day, she had already returned to her usual state, still giggling, and originally said that she would go to work with an injury, showing her professionalism, and I took a few days off to rest at home.

But for some reason, after getting into Ling Yusen's car, she became a muffled thunder, silent, and even had an inexplicable discomfort on her face.

I happened to accidentally see Ling Yusen's eyes looking at Xiaowan from the rearview mirror in the car, Rao is no matter how slow I am, I also realize that there is something between the two of them. Linked to his expression that day and today's "coincidence", I have some understanding in my heart, although a little surprised, but I am quite happy to see it.

After changing the medicine, I just received a call from Huang Li, saying that a customer had an urgent matter to come to me and needed me to reply to the email immediately.

Xiaowan asked me if there was an urgent matter in the company, and if so, I would go back and deal with it quickly, she could go home by herself, don't worry.

I hesitated, and Ling Yusen suddenly spoke: "It's okay, you go, I will send her home safely." ”

The boss has spoken, how can I have a reason not to leave.

Since the last time I saw Gu Changxiang, his words have appeared in my mind from time to time.

I haven't seen Gu Feng for more than a week, first, he is busy, and secondly, I deliberately avoid him. I don't know how to face him, pretend nothing happened, or pressure him to argue with his only relative over me. Both of these were things I didn't want to see, and I had to choose to avoid him.

My phone rang and I sighed, this was the third time he had called tonight.

I thought about it and slid to the answer button.

"Why haven't you answered the phone?" he said hoarsely, tired as he sounded tired.

"Well, I didn't hear it in the shower just now. I whispered, making up an excuse.

"I miss you so much," he said in a low voice, "shall I go to you now?"

I only felt that my eyes were red, and I had unspeakable grievances in my heart.

"Huh?" he didn't hear my response, and he was a little confused.

I just feel that my mind is a mess, and the inextricable threads can only be reduced to one sentence: "Okay." ”

Hanging up, I was stunned for a while.

He arrived soon and leaned against the car door and smoked.

When I went down, he snuffed out his unfinished cigarette and threw it into the trash can next to him.

He looked tired, and his face was thinner with his black shirt.

He took me into his arms, one hand behind my head, and his chin resting on top of my head.

I smelled the thick smell of smoke on his body, and my heart ached, he must have been very hard.

Just as I was thinking about it, he suddenly said, "Let's get engaged, I want you to be there for me all the time." ”

I was stunned and didn't react for a while. I looked up blankly and saw that the corners of his tired eyes were slightly raised, and there was tenderness in his eyes that I couldn't resist.

The summer breeze was cool, blowing softly on his face, and the stars seemed to fall into his deep eyes, and I suddenly remembered a poem:

"There are flowers in spring, there are moons in autumn, cool breeze in summer, and snow in winter. If there is nothing to worry about, it is a good time in the world. ”

At this time, there happened to be a cool breeze in the moon, and the person I loved was beside me, which was really a good time in the world.

At this moment, I should feel happy, but why am I full of fear and insecurity?

I was terrified, but I couldn't refuse his tenderness. Although I know what will happen later, I must refuse him now.

However, just as autumn leaves will inevitably fall from the branches, some things are already doomed, and we can't resist them.

He took out a small velvet box from his coat pocket and opened it gently, a delicate ring adorned with several royal blue broken stones, which shone softly in the orange light, but it was the same series as the necklace he had sent last time.

He gently took my hand and gently put the ring on my ring finger and imprinted a kiss on it: "Anyway, you will have to marry me sooner or later, and wear it on this finger in advance." ”

I was dazed, and only my eyes moved with his movements.

"What's wrong, are you stupid?" he smiled softly, pinching my cheek, "It's too late to regret it now." ”

I raised my hand and looked at the ring on my ring finger, the royal blue broken gems were like the tears of the sea, and the moonlight covered it with a hazy coat, and it was intoxicatingly beautiful.

He stood under the warm yellow street lamp, the outline of his face was blurred, his face was as hazy as a veil, all like a dream, and his eyes as deep as the sea shone with a fine sheen, so bright that I didn't dare to look at it directly.

I don't know how Gu Feng persuaded his grandfather, but just when I was immersed in a happy and panicked mood, I suddenly received a call from Xu Zhengfeng. After answering the phone, I was a little apprehensive, and he said that he wanted to ask me out for a chat. I don't know what he's going to talk about, is it against engagement?

At three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, Xu Zhengfeng asked me to meet at his house.

I thought he also lived in the villa area, but I didn't expect it to be just a simple apartment. Two bedrooms and one living room, there are only simple furniture in the living room, and the decoration is also very simple, and the whole exudes a cold atmosphere.

"Xiaoqing," he said with a smile, "don't mind if I call you that?"

"Don't mind. I smiled a little reservedly.

"Actually, it's nothing to do with you today," he paused, as if thinking about what to say next.

I looked at his expression, and I didn't feel like anything was going on.

"You...... You look a lot like me. He looked up at me, then lowered his eyes as if he was caught in a memory, "Your mother, ahem, where are your parents from?"

I was stunned, I didn't expect him to ask about this.

"My father is from G City, and my mother is from S City. ”

"Is your mother from S City?" he asked abruptly.

"Hmm. I nodded in confusion.

"May I ask, your mother...... What's your mother's name?"

"My mother's name is Lin Yinshuang. ”

"What's her name?" he asked again with a sudden agitation, raising his voice.

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