In a well-known private restaurant in Chengbei, Tang Xiao and others finished their meal at almost ten o'clock in the evening.

Ji Xiaoru touched her belly and was satisfied: "It's so delicious, Pei Yuansheng, you really know how to find a place, after eating the fish made here, I think the fish I ate in the first twenty-five years were all in vain! God, how can there be such a delicious taste in the world?"

Although Pei Yuansheng was not in good spirits, he was still amused by Ji Xiaoru's exaggerated expression: "Okay, next time I will bring you to eat, and then I will call your family Luzi too." ”

Ji Xiaoru gave Pei Yuansheng two thumbs up: "Just wait for your words!"

Tang Xiao smiled and shook his head: "Xiaoru, you are really a foodie." ”

"It's also colorful, of course you have to eat more to be delicious, and that's how life is pursued. Don't you see that our sister Xiao Mi Mi is also very happy to eat?" Ji Xiaoru winked at Tang Mi opposite.

Tang Mi smiled a little helplessly: "Sister Xiaoru, I basically make it easy for you to say, but ...... Can you not put the word 'small' in front of my name?"

"Poof......" Tang Xiao and Pei Yuansheng laughed together, and Ji Xiaoru pretended to be innocent: "What's the problem? Mi Mi, you are already young." ”

Tang Xiao stretched out his hand and patted Ji Xiaoru's arm: "Okay, you, don't make it bad." ”

Ji Xiaoru smiled: "Hey, aren't I enlivening the atmosphere? Seriously, I really didn't expect Mi Mi to not only become so beautiful now, but also so good at business, and become a small boss." ”

Tang Mi said embarrassedly: "I'm just lucky, thanks to Mr. Pei's guidance." ”

Ji Xiaoru looked at Pei Yuansheng: "Didn't I interrogate you carefully when I patronized and ate just now, and said, did you take a fancy to our family?"

Pei Yuansheng had a tired smile on his face: "Don't get me wrong, I'm just an ordinary diner who was captured by Mi Mi's desserts and milk tea." ”

Ji Xiaoru originally wanted to continue asking, but Tang Xiao saw that Pei Yuansheng was not in good condition, and it was already an incomparably strong willpower to be able to accompany them after eating, after all, it was a person who had just been injured and had undergone surgery and fainted once, and if he was replaced by someone else, he might not be able to survive now.

"Okay, Xiaoru, it's not early today, it's still raining outside, let's disperse first, and get together another day, okay? Tang said with a smile.

"It's fine. Ji Xiaoru looked at her phone, she didn't pay attention just now, but then she found that there were several missed calls, all of which were from Lu Chenxi, if she didn't hurry back to him, this guy's vinegar jar would probably be overturned.

"Xiaoru, Mi Mi, let Uncle Yan send you back first. Pei Yuansheng said softly.

Tang Mi looked at Pei Yuansheng's pale face and said busily: "No need Mr. Pei, I'll just take a taxi back by myself." ”

Ji Xiaoru also had the same plan, so she simply grabbed Tang Mi's arm and said, "Okay, leave us alone." I'm in charge of taking a taxi to send our sister home safely, anyway, I'll stop by anyway, how about you act as a flower messenger and go with Pei Yuansheng?"

"Flower Protector?" Pei Yuansheng smiled a little helplessly.

Tang Xiao nodded and said, "That's what you mean, that Xiaoru and Mi Mi, be careful on the road." ”

"No problem, don't worry. Ji Xiaoru stretched out her hand and made an "OK" gesture.

Watching Ji Xiaoru and Tang Mi's backs leave, Tang Xiaocai walked up to Pei Yuansheng, helped him wrap up the thin cashmere blanket that Uncle Yan brought to him, and said, "I can't stand it for a long time, right?"

Pei Yuansheng closed his eyes, looking a little lazy: "It's okay." ”

Tang Xiao squatted down and looked carefully at Pei Yuansheng's pale lips with a slight purple color: "My heart is uncomfortable again?"

Pei Yuansheng closed his eyes and didn't speak.

Tang Xiao stretched out his hand to pull down the blanket and touched Pei Yuansheng's heart with his hand.

Pei Yuansheng opened his eyes, and his misty eyes stared at her quietly.

Tang Xiao lowered his head and helped him massage his heart, "Relax." ”

Pei Yuansheng leaned his head on the back of the chair, closed his eyes and opened his lips slightly, breathing with some difficulty.

After a while, a cold hand held the hand that Tang Xiao was massaging: "Okay, Xiaoxiao." ”

The lilac on Pei Yuansheng's lips still hasn't faded, his eyes are still misty, and his fingers are even colder.

Tang Xiao sighed and said, "How can I help you and make you feel better?"

Pei Yuansheng said softly: "You have done a lot for me. ”

Tang Xiao looked at the thick gauze wrapped around his neck, and his eyes were a little swollen: "No, you have done more for me, Pei Yuansheng, I will always owe you." ”

Pei Yuansheng didn't speak for a long time, Tang Xiao continued to take care of himself: "You don't have to make up a reason to tell me how you walked into Tang Mi's shop by chance, accidentally ate the pastries she made herself, and helped by chance, Pei Yuansheng, I know you, you helped her premeditated, right? People like you, time is more precious than money, how can you waste time in an ordinary bubble tea shop? If you want, what's the problem with opening ten or eight bubble tea shops?" You just want to help Tang Mi make changes and make her a sister who won't hold me back, right?"

"Huh...... Xiaoxiao, has anyone told you that you are very narcissistic?" Pei Yuansheng squinted, with a faint smile on his lips.

Tang Xiao also smiled: "Maybe, Pei Yuansheng, you really don't have to lie in front of me, I understand you, but it's more profound than you imagined." I don't know why I know so easily what is in your mind. ”

Pei Yuansheng looked at Tang Xiao and said slowly: "I also know you, smile...... So, I ......"

At this point, his handsome brows suddenly furrowed, his slender fingers pressed his heart tightly, and he lowered his head and coughed suppressedly.

Tang Xiao looked at his lips that suddenly turned dark purple, and said in a panic: "Pei Yuansheng, where is your medicine?"

Pei Yuansheng had shrunk in pain and couldn't make a sound anymore, Tang Xiao stood up and shouted, "Uncle Yan, where are you, Uncle Yan?!"

Uncle Yan, who was always following Pei Yuansheng and was inseparable from him, did not appear, and Pei Yuansheng's faint voice came from behind him: "It's okay...... It'll be fine in a while......"

Tang Xiao understood everything in an instant, she turned around and grabbed Pei Yuansheng's shoulder, and shouted angrily: "Pei Yuansheng, how can you let Uncle Yan leave you? Why do you always have to take care of everyone around you? You let Uncle Yan follow Xiaoru and Tang Mi and watch them get home safely before coming back, right? Pei Yuansheng, why are you so stupid?"

Pei Yuansheng closed his eyes, gasped softly and said, "Don't do this...... Laugh and laugh. ”

Tang Xiao bit his lip to control his emotions, his hand slowly let go of Pei Yuansheng's shoulder, squatted on the ground and looked at him deeply: "Pei Yuansheng, you have to owe you for the rest of your life, do you? What do you want me to pay back? What should I do, Pei Yuansheng, I'm sorry for you, but I really can't help it...... I...... I am Cheng Lie's wife, I love him, I can't live without him for the rest of my life......"

"I know...... Pei Yuansheng said with a faint smile on his pale purple lips, "No one blames you...... There is no one who wants you to leave him...... Laughing, you don't need to be anyone, let alone feel ...... You owe it to anyone......"

Tang Xiao shook his head, but he couldn't speak, Pei Yuansheng leaned on the wheelchair, his eyes closed tiredly: "Let me sleep for a while, smile, don't worry...... I'm fine. ”

Tang Xiao held Pei Yuansheng's hands, his fingers were so cold, as if the owner of these hands had lost his life. In fact, Pei Yuansheng has lost a lot of weight, maybe he has always been thin, so he doesn't look ugly, that face is still exquisite, but when she holds his fingers, she will obviously feel that there is no excess flesh on his body, leaning on a wheelchair, it is also like a figure condensed by a faint smoke, and it will drift away when the wind blows.

Tucked away in a hundred-year-old alley deep in the rain, this private restaurant is covered with greenstone slabs and corners covered with green moss. If someone wants to enter their dining room, they need to go through a long verandah with lanterns.

Looking through the half-open window, the rain curtain is like weaving, and there is no figure on the promenade. The dim yellow lanterns swayed gently in the wind, and raindrops fell from the eaves, splashing high bunches of water.

Tang Xiao felt bitter in her heart, she had been squatting on the ground for a long time, her legs were a little numb, and the moisture invaded her bones, but she thought in her heart that Pei Yuansheng must be colder, so she carefully tucked the cashmere blanket on his body. At this time, he opened his eyes and looked at her, and his smile was still faint, like through the rain. In fact, there is none. There was only a few inches between them.

"Don't cry. Pei Yuansheng said distressedly, pulled out his thin and slender fingers from her hand, and stretched them out to the corners of her eyes.

Tang Xiao didn't know why he avoided it, he raised his hand and quickly wiped away his tears, pulled the corners of his mouth and said, "You didn't cry, you read it wrong." ”

Pei Yuansheng seemed to want to touch her face, but after hesitating, he retracted his hand. Tang Xiao rushed to speak before him: "Why hasn't Uncle Yan come yet? It's been a long time...... Is it raining too much and the road is blocked? ”

Pei Yuansheng didn't speak, just looked at her with a shallow smile on his face. Tang laughed away the tears, as if the heavy emotions in her heart had also been released, and she suddenly felt much more relaxed, and she said in a brisk tone, "How are you?"

"Hmm...... Much better. Pei Yuansheng said.

Tang Xiao exhaled a long breath, glared at him and said, "Why do you keep scaring me." ”

"I'm sorry. Pei Yuansheng immediately apologized.

Tang Xiao had nothing to say, she didn't mean to complain about him, but he always had to apologize to her, but among the two, it was obvious that she owed more.

"Pei Yuansheng. ”

"Hmm. ”

She stood up, moved her legs and feet, walked to the window and reached out to catch a handful of rain, she wanted to show Pei Yuansheng, but before her hand could be withdrawn, most of the water slipped through her fingers.