Arnold handed the note in his hand to Zixi, and said with tears in his eyes: "Madam, will you go back to Cold City in the future?"

Zixi's outstretched finger paused slightly, "Maybe, maybe not." ”

Arnold lowered his eyes, bit his lower lip with his teeth, and nodded heavily, "Well, I just hope you can live well." ”

Zixi looked at this little girl who was about the same age as herself, and finally gave her a hug.

Arnold kept holding Zixi's hand and escorted her out of the hotel gate.

Standing on the steps of the hallway, the eyes were full of pink, but it was very different from the scene when I came that day. The storm that swept through the cherry blossom forest three days ago left some slight scars on the pink cherry blossoms in the treetops. The ground is full of colorful and pink, as if reflecting her state of mind at the moment: full of devastation and unable to look directly.

The sores are all in the past, and she can't look directly at it because her heart at the moment is contradictory and at a loss, and she can't tell what it feels like.

Zixi passed by a cherry blossom tree, and when she raised her eyes, she saw a branch, which broke and hung down, swaying gently with the breeze, as if it would fall at any time.

She stopped, asked the service staff in the hotel for a red rope, gently picked up the branch that was still connected with a small section left, lifted it to connect it to the tree itself, and then tied it with the red rope in her hand, stroked the branch with her fingers, and said with a little emotion, "I hope you can still come back to life." ”

One last glance at the pink color of the world, Zi regretted carrying the suitcase, did not let Zhu Hong send it, and left by himself.

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Zhu Hong stretched out his hand to push open the door of Zhan Tingyu's bedroom, the light in the room was dim, and he could faintly see a dark shadow sitting at the head of the bed when he stood at the door.

After a pause, he slowly spoke, "Miss Gu is gone, she left this." ”

What Zhu Hong was holding in his hand was a paper bag, which was thick and contained a wad of cash. She took all the things that should have been hers, and she didn't take any more than anything that didn't belong to her.

In the "......" room, he couldn't see what expression Zhan Tingyu's face was, and he couldn't distinguish his expression at the moment.

Zhu Hong stood quietly at the door for a moment, and no one in the room said a word. He sighed softly, intending to turn and leave. But at this moment, a hoarse and low voice came from the darkness, "Did she leave anything behind?"

The voice was hoarse, as if crying blood, and it was oppressive and uncomfortable.

Zhu Hong's heart was flustered, and he shook his head, "No." ”

"......" After another moment of silence, the deep voice sounded again, "Then she...... Did you say where to go in the future?"

“…… No. Zhu Hong was probably afraid that he would be disappointed, and after answering, he added: "But she left Arnold's phone number and said that she would contact Arnold if she found a place to stay." ”

"Hmm. Got it. ”

Zhu Hong bent down, closed the door and left.

The sound of the last footsteps disappeared in my ears, and there was endless silence all around, which made people's scalps tingle.

The position of his heart hurt again and again, and he reached for the bottle of painkiller on the bedside table, poured all the tablets in his palm, and swallowed it with cold water. I don't know why, these drugs don't seem to have any effect on him, and every time he takes it, the heartache doesn't ease. It's the same this time.

I ate dozens of slices at once, but the stinging sensation was still so strong, as if it was about to break his heart.

Zhan Tingyu's hand clutched the medicine bottle tightly, trying to squeeze out a smile, but he couldn't make any expression.

Gu Zixi, are you really walking so chic?

It's good, it's good. You think about the outside sky, you go. The door to the cage of the world has been opened, you go live the life you want, be yourself.

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Eight o'clock in the evening.

Arnold sat on the sofa wiping his tears, heard the sound of the door opening behind him, and when he looked back, he saw the figure of Zhan Tingyu Xin standing at the door.

He was still wearing black clothes as before, and he hadn't seen him for just three days, Arnold felt that Zhan Tingyu seemed to have lost a lot of weight, and he looked very haggard when he looked at it like this. Is it because of illness, or because of Zi Xi. Arnold thought that no one would know the answer to this question except Zhan Tingyu himself.

Arnold wiped his tears and stood up with red circles under his eyes, "Sir......"

Zhan Tingyu glanced at her crying red eyes with an indifferent expression, "What about Zhu Hong?"

"Mr. Zhu was on the phone outside. ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhu Hong pushed open the door from the outside and walked in, still holding the phone in his hand, the screen had not been turned off, it was indeed a call that had just ended.

Zhan Tingyu stared at his mobile phone screen, because it was a little far away, he couldn't see clearly, but he still subconsciously blurted out: "Whose phone is it?"

Zhu Hong was stunned for a moment, because Mr. had never asked him this type of question, no matter who he called. immediately reacted and replied: "The land in the east of the city was bought by Tan Qing. ”

The glimmer of hope in Zhan Tingyu's eyes was suddenly shattered, "Clean up and go back to Cold City." ”

"Now?"

"Hmm. ”

The three of them packed their own luggage, and Arnold wanted to go to Zhan Tingyu to clean up after packing, but she pushed the box out of the door, and Zhan Tingyu and Zhu Hong were already waiting outside.

The three of them walked out of the hotel gate together.

In front of the hotel is a large pink cherry blossom tree, which is the only way to enter the hotel, the cherry blossom road.

Cherry blossoms, his favorite flower, didn't love it when he was young, and he didn't know when he fell in love with it all of a sudden. I think this flower is beautiful, more like it represents an important memory, but he doesn't seem to remember it much......

Arnold had no intention of appreciating the flowers, Zhu Hong's attention was on Zhan Tingyu's face the whole time, this was the first time he had felt frustration and helplessness in his body for so many years with his husband. When a weak person becomes weak, it is not enough to make people feel frightened, but a person who has always been as hard as iron suddenly becomes like this, which will make people sigh and feel a little uncomfortable. Especially when he fought the world with Zhan Tingyu, how many times did he successfully break away from a desperate situation together, this is a fateful friendship. For Zhu Hong, it is also very precious.

Therefore, Arnold may not be able to feel much, but he is the one who can best understand Zhan Tingyu's heart at this moment.

How cold-hearted Mr. was at the beginning, calculating the Gu family, calculating Gu Zixi, and now that Gu Zixi is leaving, his heart is full of holes.

He understands everything, he understands everything. It's just that he doesn't know what to say and do in order to make Mr. a little happier, so that he can return to his previous state as soon as possible.

A gust of wind blew and disturbed the cherry blossoms on the branches, and a cloud of pink fell, falling on his black suit and on his hair. The night breeze blows the fragrance of flowers, and the air is filled with that faint smell, which is addictive. Suddenly, Zhan Tingyu's gaze fell somewhere, and his expression froze.

In that flying pink world, there is a touch of red fluttering in the wind, which is so conspicuous and dazzling. Almost immediately, he saw the rope tied to the branch.

There was a hint of consternation in his expression, and he raised his feet and walked over quickly. The branch was just up to his shoulder, and he could hold the red ribbon as soon as he raised his hand, and with the help of the light of the street lamp next to him, he naturally saw the piece tied by the red rope at a glance, and there was an obvious crease.

The creases were so deep that even if someone tied them with a rope, they would not be able to be connected again. Trees are not human beings after all, and they can grow well if their bones are broken one after another......

At this moment, something flashed through Zhan Tingyu's mind————

"It's all broken, and it's still bandaged? Do you think that the roots of the tree are the same, the bones are broken, and they can grow back after a while? Stupid!"

"You...... Hey, you stop!

"Let me tell you, although a tree is a plant, it is also a living being. Do you think that people only feel pain when they break their bones? A big tree will hurt when it breaks its branches. I am neither stupid nor naïve in doing this, maybe I can't connect its branches, but I do it so that I don't let its branches hang in the air all the time, at least to make it more comfortable. ”

His thoughts seemed to fly back to a long, long time ago, in a vague memory, the girl crossed her hands on her hips, tilted her head slightly, and shouted at him seriously: "Hey." I've said so much, do you understand?"

When was that? He didn't remember a lot of the past, because there were so many dark memories, and he forcibly sealed them all away. But why is this paragraph so clear?

Obviously, he hadn't thought about it before, but when he saw this red rope, that memory jumped into his mind like a movie. Could that be why he loves cherry blossoms so much?

Just, what does that girl look like?

Zhu Hong saw him pinching the red rope thoughtfully, and couldn't help but speak, "Sir?"

Zhan Tingyu looked back at him, with a surprising glint in his eyes, "Go, find out the person who tied this rope here, quickly!"

Zhu Hong and Arnold glanced at each other, "But...... This is tied by Miss Gu. ”

"What did you say?" Zhan Tingyu's expression changed suddenly, all the light in his eyes froze at this moment, and he asked again in disbelief, "What did you say?"

Zhu Hong and Arnold were both taken aback by his look, "Before Miss Gu left, she saw that this branch was blown off by the wind, so she asked the people in the hotel to bring this red rope and tie it to it." ”

"......" Zhan Tingyu's face was almost incomprehensible to them.

Arnold cautiously asked, "What's wrong, sir?"

At this moment, the girl's face in Zhan Tingyu's mind suddenly gradually became clear from blur.

The face with a slightly raised chin and a face that thinks the world is the most reasonable for itself, with the pride and childishness unique to girls. Her eyebrows and eyes are so good-looking, the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on her face, making her cheeks look red, a pair of big black eyes are very smart and energetic, and with a hint of seriousness, she is about to tell him clearly before she will give up.

That face looks exactly the same as Gu Zixi. The only difference is that the face in his memory is full of youthful childishness and competitiveness, and now Gu Zixi is more stable and melancholy.

It turned out to be her!

He remembered, he remembered!

It was on the day of Zhan Lao's death, and he received a call from Zhan Lao's family, asking him to go back to Zhan Lao's funeral. But at the funeral, he was bullied by Zhan Tingnan and the other two children from the side branch of the Zhan family, and his school uniform jacket was damaged, so that he could not wear the school uniform normally the next day. Therefore, he was reprimanded by the principal in front of the whole school, and finally let him stand in the central playground all day.

In the evening, he left, and when he passed under the cherry tree, he looked up and saw a person sitting on a branch, holding a strip of cloth in his hand, struggling to reach the branch that had been broken by the tourist, and carefully tying the break with the strip of cloth in his hand, and bandaging it into a beautiful bow very carefully.

When he came from that side, he saw it from a distance, and when he came to the bottom of the tree, he did not first see the man's face, but he could see from the bow that it must be a girl.

When he turned around and saw her face, sure enough. In his eyes, except for some girls in this world who are so stupid and boring, there will be no one else who is willing to do such a useless thing.

So he scoffed, "It's all broken, and it's still bandaged? Do you think that the roots of the tree are the same, the bones are broken, and they can grow back in one moment? stupid!"

He originally said it casually, and then left, and didn't stay under the tree at all. But he didn't expect that the girl told him to stop in the tree, and how could he obediently listen to her? It's just that what he didn't expect was that the girl who looked petite and weak jumped from such a high branch in the next second. Then she limped after him, patted him on the shoulder, and told him in all seriousness that she was not doing it for nothing. Tell him that when a person is wounded, it hurts, and that a tree is alive, and that when his branches are broken, it hurts. Tell him that she might not be able to undo the broken branches, but at least it would make it look whole, and not be so sad as to stare at her wounds.

She was obviously only up to his shoulder, but she raised her chin, and the whole person reasoned with him very imposingly. He remembered that he saw in her beautiful eyes a respect called the equality of all things.

That was the first time he had seen this emotion in the eyes of others when he was so big, and it was so beautiful. He told her, "If you really want to protect it, tell the tourist office and ask them to protect the cherry tree." That way, no one will come and break its branches. Otherwise, how much do you think you can protect it in this way of making amends?"