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Late autumn was quickly taken to the hospital by ambulance, and the doctors and nurses lifted her out of the ambulance and took her to the emergency room.

The emergency department was full of people, the patients were accompanied by family members, some were crying, some were anxious, some were arguing, Alai suddenly felt at a loss, she was relieved to see April coming from behind, and she stepped forward "People haven't woken up yet"

April stretched out his head to look inside, nodded, pulled Alai to sit down in the seat outside the emergency room, and said breathlessly, "Don't worry, sit down for a while, wait for the doctor to come out and see the situation"

Alai sat down in shock, "Why did she just fall down like this, fortunately she just fainted, if she died, she was dead, and she didn't even have a last word, she just fell there like that, and it was only the size of two marble bricks on the ground." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, she might be at most" April thought for a long time, thinking of her overly thin body, "malnourished"

Alai "......"

After a while, Wanqiu, who was in a wheelchair, was pushed out of the emergency room by the nurse, Alai and April hurriedly walked over, Alai took the wheelchair from the nurse, April carefully observed Wanqiu, saw that the blood on her face had been reborn, and smiled at herself, "Let you worry"

A doctor who came out looked at them and said very majestically, "She has severe hypoglycemia and malnutrition, and she doesn't even want her body in order to lose weight? If she continues like this, sooner or later there will be a big problem."

April was stunned, she was really hit by her, it was actually malnutrition, looking at the doctor's ugly face, she quickly nodded "Thank you doctor, we will pay attention in the future"

The doctor frowned and shook his head, waving his hand, "You can leave with another nutrient solution, remember to go through the formalities"

The two hurriedly nodded and said they knew, and then pushed Wanqiu to the place where the drip was hung on the second floor, and when they walked to the elevator door, April asked Alai to go up first, and she went through the formalities first, Alai nodded, and pushed Wanqiu to go upstairs first.

After getting out of the elevator, Alai followed the hospital signs to the injection area, and then she was a little dumbfounded, it was already overcrowded, there was no place for the hospital bed, and there were patients who had been hung on drips, some of them were accompanying their families in front of the bed, and some people were walking around the field, as if waiting for the bed to vacate the place, so that they could grab it for their friends or family members first.

She stood helplessly at the door of the injection department, ready to wait for April to come upstairs and discuss with her to see if she wanted to change hospitals, she felt that she really couldn't wait here for a few hours, and Late Autumn was also unusually silent, she didn't speak all the way, and let Alai push her around, Alai even suspected that even if he pushed her down the stairs like this at this time, she would not have any opinion.

"I saw Doudou today" As she was boredly watching the people in front of her, Wanqiu suddenly spoke.

Alai was shocked when he heard this, no wonder she was so abnormal, it turned out that she had met Doudou, and she didn't know what Doudou said to her, so she could be stimulated to faint.

"Late Autumn, in fact, you don't have to believe what she says, she is..." Alai said helplessly, Doudou should be the person who can't see her better, and she will definitely try her best to stimulate Late Autumn and make her miserable.

"Actually, she's right, I shouldn't have come back in the first place," Late Autumn's face was very calm.

"Don't listen to her nonsense, why shouldn't you come back, this is your home"

"This is my home, but none of my relatives are gone, how can such a place be called home?" Late Autumn choked up, covering her eyes with her hands, and hot tears flowed out like this.

Alai sighed, squatted on the ground, hugged her in his arms, and comforted her softly, "Who said you have no relatives, don't you still have me and my sister?

When April walked over with a list, what she saw was a picture of the two holding each other and comforting each other, she sighed, walked over, and looked at the crowded scene here, frowning, "Why don't we change hospitals, there are too many people here, I can't hang it."

Hearing this, Alai stood up and nodded in agreement, "Yes, there are too many people, let's go to Dr. Wen's side, she should be here today"

April nodded, put the list in the bag, and pushed Late Autumn to go downstairs with Alley, when the elevator reached the first floor, April asked Alley to go to the underground parking lot to drive the car up, she pushed Late Autumn to return the wheelchair, and after handing the key to Alley, she went out with Late Autumn first.

When Alai arrived at the parking lot, she remembered that she forgot to ask where the April car was parked, she took out the phone, and saw that the mobile phone screen showed no signal, she sighed, and had to slowly find it in resignation, while pressing the lock key of the key, while looking around to see where the car lights were on. Looking at it, she suddenly stopped and froze in place.

She saw a person she thought she would never see again in her life, the man was opening the passenger door, carefully helping a woman out of the car, the woman was petite, and after coming out with his hand, she was smiling and talking to him, and most importantly, the woman was caressing her high bulging belly, with a happy and sweet face.

Gao Lei helped the woman, the two walked towards the elevator while talking and laughing, and when they reached the middle of the road, he looked up and saw Alai standing not far in front of him, looking at him in a daze, he probably didn't expect to see her here, and couldn't help but be stunned.

Countless times over the past 400 days, Alai has rehearsed in his mind how he would react if he saw him again one day, whether he would rush up and slap him hard, and then ask him why he had treated him like that? Or would he rush forward and hug him tightly, crying and begging him to come back to him and not leave him again? Or would he go up and tear him up and wrestle him, and then cry and beg him not to leave? She had thought about all of this, but the only thing she hadn't thought about was that she would walk past him quietly, without any emotional ups and downs, as if this person had never appeared in her life.

As Alai walked past him, she felt him pull the pregnant woman next to her behind her, but she was in front of her, looking at her with some vigilance, watching him act so defensively, she couldn't help but feel a throbbing pain in her heart.

Then she heard the woman ask him curiously, "Lei, is that someone you know?"

"No, I don't know, I just look a little familiar," Gao Lei replied.

Hehe, what a sarcastic answer, what a familiar impression he left in his mind in the end, Alai smiled self-deprecatingly, and then finally heard the sound of a car ringing, she followed the sound, found April's car, opened the door and sat in, and then drove slowly towards the exit.

When I drove out of the parking lot, the night had covered the whole city, the lights were on, the lights of the high-rise buildings began to turn on, the hustle and bustle of the city was not willing to be drowning in the dark night, the streets were still full of people, and the cars were still shuttling back and forth on the horses, occasionally accompanied by a few whistles, Alai saw April was standing at the door of the hospital waiting for her in late autumn, she parked the car, and the slight wave in her heart seemed to be smoothed away by the night, April asked her strangely why it took so long to come up.

"Looking for a car for a long time" Alai heard his voice very calm, without a trace of waves, it seems that it is really in the past, she can't help but think so in her heart, it seems that Lao Wei is right, there is nothing that cannot be passed, because all the pain will eventually be healed by time.

After arriving at Dr. Wen's hospital, Alai settled down in Late Autumn, Late Autumn also seemed to be tired, and after lying down and hanging up the drip, he fell asleep deeply, Alley pulled April out of the ward, and whispered, "Sister, you go and do your own business first, today is a big day for you, you can't be absent for too long, I'll take care of it here"

April hesitantly looked at Wanqiu, who was asleep in the ward, thought about it, and patted Alai's hand, "Okay, if I don't take a photo after the drinking party, then you can take it first, and I'll rush over when I'm done." ”

Alai nodded, signaling April to hurry up, and after seeing her back out of his sight, Alai turned around and entered the ward, running around all afternoon, his body was already a little tired, and then he knew that he met Doudou in late autumn, and he met Gao Lei again, her mind couldn't digest so many things for a while, and she sat there and became groggy, and couldn't help but fall asleep on the sofa.

When Ah Lai woke up, it was already dark, she looked at Wanqiu, who was still in the hospital bed, and saw that she was still sleeping, but her brows were still wrinkled in her sleep, as if she had dreamed of something bad.

She sighed, stretched her limbs, and got up, ready to smoke a cigarette in the hospital garden.

Standing in the sun, Ah Lai took out a cigarette to light it, then raised his head and slowly spit out a puff of smoke, remembering the scene when he saw Gao Lei in the parking lot, her chest was still a little painful, she remembered that when he just left a year ago, he came out of Lao Wei's company, walked a whole two streets alone, staggered to the ground, and finally couldn't walk, high heels grinded out blood blisters on his feet, and then squatted on the side of the road like that, holding his arms and crying, how could he not stop, the passing vehicles, the bright lampposts were like eyes, like countless pairs of bright eyes, she cried and dizzy, if it wasn't for Lao Wei to arrive in time, I may cry and faint.

She never knew that loving someone would be so sad, like digging out a piece of her heart, holding a knife and twisting it in the wound, twisting it, but she couldn't stop, as if she would never stop for the rest of her life.

Gao Lei, where were you at that time? What were you doing? Do you know how many tears I shed before I really hid this wound and never showed it again?

Just as he was thinking about it, he was suddenly tapped on the shoulder, and then a grinning face appeared in front of him.

"Are you thinking about me? ”

Alai gave him a blank look, "Who misses you, less narcissistic." ”

"You don't want me to come to the hospital so early?"

"You think too much, a friend of mine is in the hospital and I came to see her. ”

Nie Yunhao made a very hurt expression when he heard this, "Do you have to be so direct? I'm your benefactor, can't I comfort me?"

Alai squinted at him in the morning sun, this year, it was precisely because of such a man by his side, arguing with her, and making noise, that she gradually walked out of the shadow left by Gao Lei on herself, in fact, she knew very well in her heart his feelings for herself, if it wasn't for loving her, how could he do so much for her?

She just kept pretending not to know, and Nie Yunhao didn't force her, just treated her silently.

"Nie Yunhao, shall we try it?" Ah Lai said softly, feeling more relaxed in his heart than ever.

After meeting Gao Lei yesterday, she really woke up, for Gao Lei, she just blindly said that all her sense of security was pinned on him, blindly coveting such a feeling of peace of mind, and did not realize that they were not suitable for each other. People always have to grow up, and a sense of security cannot always be obtained from a person, only if you find out that you don't need it one day, it can prove that she has really grown up.

And now, she can finally prove it, and it's the perfect time to start over.

After Nie Yunhao heard what she said, he looked at her in a daze for a few seconds, then smiled slightly, slowly stretched out his hand, ran his fingers through her long hair, and wrapped his arms around her shoulders.

When he returned to the ward, Wanqiu had already woken up and was sitting alone on the bed in a daze, Alai hurriedly asked the nurse to bring breakfast in, and then said with some reproach: "How do you take care of yourself outside alone? ”

Late Autumn smiled apologetically, "I'm causing you trouble again." ”

"Whoever thinks you're in trouble, it's because you feel sorry for you and don't understand, and it won't help if you toss yourself down. Alai glanced at her, "Let the past pass, people always have to look forward when they live, don't they?"

"You're open-minded......" Wanqiu said with a slight smile.

"If you are not open-minded, there is no way, even if I tossed myself to death at that time, the only people who care about me are distressed, where will he know. Alai smiled bitterly and said helplessly.

"You're okay, the person who cares about yourself, I'm really alone now, and I don't have anything to worry about. Late Autumn hung her head and spoke in a low voice.

"What nonsense, do I care about you? April doesn't care about you?" Alai glared at her, "Don't always be so negative, the past will pass, the days to come will be long, do you plan to just toss it until you are old?"

Wanqiu smiled lightly and stopped talking.

Alai also understood that this was not something that could be explained in a moment, and he did not force her, the company's affairs were still waiting to be dealt with by himself, and he called April, knowing that she was on her way here, so he left the hospital first.

After Alai left, Wanqiu sat alone in the ward, looking at the bright sunshine outside, her heart moved slightly, she slowly stood up, and walked out of the door.

The corridor was quiet and empty, echoing the sound of her own footsteps, and she walked unhurriedly in late autumn, it turned out that she had come here when Ms. Luo pretended to be sick and forced her to get married, and she was bent on fighting Ms. Luo at that time, and she didn't want her to get her wish, so she almost separated from Xu Hui.....

But today, they are still separated, and Ms. Luo has left her forever, knowing how good it would be to be less paranoid at the beginning, she vaguely thought that if Ms. Luo's wish was fulfilled at that time, perhaps, everything would be different.

At this moment, a figure appeared on the other side of the corridor, tall and familiar, with eyebrows clearly the way she had been thinking about it day and night, and she thought in a trance that the hallucinations of daydreams were so real.

The other party gradually approached, and Wanqiu tilted his face slightly, almost greedily watching, even every eyebrow was so clear and real - as imprinted on her heart, he had changed a lot, but it didn't seem to have changed at all.

She stopped, and suddenly burst into tears, who is this not Xu Hui?

Xu Hui stood opposite her, also stunned, and after a long while, he smiled slightly, "You're back?"

Late autumn was quickly taken to the hospital by ambulance, and the doctors and nurses lifted her out of the ambulance and took her to the emergency room.

The emergency department was full of people, the patients were accompanied by family members, some were crying, some were anxious, some were arguing, Alai suddenly felt at a loss, she was relieved to see April coming from behind, and she stepped forward "People haven't woken up yet"

April stretched out his head to look inside, nodded, pulled Alai to sit down in the seat outside the emergency room, and said breathlessly, "Don't worry, sit down for a while, wait for the doctor to come out and see the situation"

Alai sat down in shock, "Why did she just fall down like this, fortunately she just fainted, if she died, she was dead, and she didn't even have a last word, she just fell there like that, and it was only the size of two marble bricks on the ground." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, she might be at most" April thought for a long time, thinking of her overly thin body, "malnourished"

Alai "......"

After a while, Wanqiu, who was in a wheelchair, was pushed out of the emergency room by the nurse, Alai and April hurriedly walked over, Alai took the wheelchair from the nurse, April carefully observed Wanqiu, saw that the blood on her face had been reborn, and smiled at herself, "Let you worry"

A doctor who came out looked at them and said very majestically, "She has severe hypoglycemia and malnutrition, and she doesn't even want her body in order to lose weight? If she continues like this, sooner or later there will be a big problem."

April was stunned, she was really hit by her, it was actually malnutrition, looking at the doctor's ugly face, she quickly nodded "Thank you doctor, we will pay attention in the future"

The doctor frowned and shook his head, waving his hand, "You can leave with another nutrient solution, remember to go through the formalities"

The two hurriedly nodded and said they knew, and then pushed Wanqiu to the place where the drip was hung on the second floor, and when they walked to the elevator door, April asked Alai to go up first, and she went through the formalities first, Alai nodded, and pushed Wanqiu to go upstairs first.

After getting out of the elevator, Alai followed the hospital signs to the injection area, and then she was a little dumbfounded, it was already overcrowded, there was no place for the hospital bed, and there were patients who had been hung on drips, some of them were accompanying their families in front of the bed, and some people were walking around the field, as if waiting for the bed to vacate the place, so that they could grab it for their friends or family members first.

She stood helplessly at the door of the injection department, ready to wait for April to come upstairs and discuss with her to see if she wanted to change hospitals, she felt that she really couldn't wait here for a few hours, and Late Autumn was also unusually silent, she didn't speak all the way, and let Alai push her around, Alai even suspected that even if he pushed her down the stairs like this at this time, she would not have any opinion.

"I saw Doudou today" As she was boredly watching the people in front of her, Wanqiu suddenly spoke.

Alai was shocked when he heard this, no wonder she was so abnormal, it turned out that she had met Doudou, and she didn't know what Doudou said to her, so she could be stimulated to faint.

"Late Autumn, in fact, you don't have to believe what she says, she is..." Alai said helplessly, Doudou should be the person who can't see her better, and she will definitely try her best to stimulate Late Autumn and make her miserable.

"Actually, she's right, I shouldn't have come back in the first place," Late Autumn's face was very calm.

"Don't listen to her nonsense, why shouldn't you come back, this is your home"

"This is my home, but none of my relatives are gone, how can such a place be called home?" Late Autumn choked up, covering her eyes with her hands, and hot tears flowed out like this.

Alai sighed, squatted on the ground, hugged her in his arms, and comforted her softly, "Who said you have no relatives, don't you still have me and my sister?

When April walked over with a list, what she saw was a picture of the two holding each other and comforting each other, she sighed, walked over, and looked at the crowded scene here, frowning, "Why don't we change hospitals, there are too many people here, I can't hang it."

Hearing this, Alai stood up and nodded in agreement, "Yes, there are too many people, let's go to Dr. Wen's side, she should be here today"

April nodded, put the list in the bag, and pushed Late Autumn to go downstairs with Alley, when the elevator reached the first floor, April asked Alley to go to the underground parking lot to drive the car up, she pushed Late Autumn to return the wheelchair, and after handing the key to Alley, she went out with Late Autumn first.

When Alai arrived at the parking lot, she remembered that she forgot to ask where the April car was parked, she took out the phone, and saw that the mobile phone screen showed no signal, she sighed, and had to slowly find it in resignation, while pressing the lock key of the key, while looking around to see where the car lights were on. Looking at it, she suddenly stopped and froze in place.

She saw a person she thought she would never see again in her life, the man was opening the passenger door, carefully helping a woman out of the car, the woman was petite, and after coming out with his hand, she was smiling and talking to him, and most importantly, the woman was caressing her high bulging belly, with a happy and sweet face.

Gao Lei helped the woman, the two walked towards the elevator while talking and laughing, and when they reached the middle of the road, he looked up and saw Alai standing not far in front of him, looking at him in a daze, he probably didn't expect to see her here, and couldn't help but be stunned.

Countless times over the past 400 days, Alai has rehearsed in his mind how he would react if he saw him again one day, whether he would rush up and slap him hard, and then ask him why he had treated him like that? Or would he rush forward and hug him tightly, crying and begging him to come back to him and not leave him again? Or would he go up and tear him up and wrestle him, and then cry and beg him not to leave? She had thought about all of this, but the only thing she hadn't thought about was that she would walk past him quietly, without any emotional ups and downs, as if this person had never appeared in her life.

As Alai walked past him, she felt him pull the pregnant woman next to her behind her, but she was in front of her, looking at her with some vigilance, watching him act so defensively, she couldn't help but feel a throbbing pain in her heart.

Then she heard the woman ask him curiously, "Lei, is that someone you know?"

"No, I don't know, I just look a little familiar," Gao Lei replied.

Hehe, what a sarcastic answer, what a familiar impression he left in his mind in the end, Alai smiled self-deprecatingly, and then finally heard the sound of a car ringing, she followed the sound, found April's car, opened the door and sat in, and then drove slowly towards the exit.

When I drove out of the parking lot, the night had covered the whole city, the lights were on, the lights of the high-rise buildings began to turn on, the hustle and bustle of the city was not willing to be drowning in the dark night, the streets were still full of people, and the cars were still shuttling back and forth on the horses, occasionally accompanied by a few whistles, Alai saw April was standing at the door of the hospital waiting for her in late autumn, she parked the car, and the slight wave in her heart seemed to be smoothed away by the night, April asked her strangely why it took so long to come up.

"Looking for a car for a long time" Alai heard his voice very calm, without a trace of waves, it seems that it is really in the past, she can't help but think so in her heart, it seems that Lao Wei is right, there is nothing that cannot be passed, because all the pain will eventually be healed by time.

After arriving at Dr. Wen's hospital, Alai settled down in Late Autumn, Late Autumn also seemed to be tired, and after lying down and hanging up the drip, he fell asleep deeply, Alley pulled April out of the ward, and whispered, "Sister, you go and do your own business first, today is a big day for you, you can't be absent for too long, I'll take care of it here"

April hesitantly looked at Wanqiu, who was asleep in the ward, thought about it, and patted Alai's hand, "Okay, if I don't take a photo after the drinking party, then you can take it first, and I'll rush over when I'm done." ”

Alai nodded, signaling April to hurry up, and after seeing her back out of his sight, Alai turned around and entered the ward, running around all afternoon, his body was already a little tired, and then he knew that he met Doudou in late autumn, and he met Gao Lei again, her mind couldn't digest so many things for a while, and she sat there and became groggy, and couldn't help but fall asleep on the sofa.

When Ah Lai woke up, it was already dark, she looked at Wanqiu, who was still in the hospital bed, and saw that she was still sleeping, but her brows were still wrinkled in her sleep, as if she had dreamed of something bad.

She sighed, stretched her limbs, and got up, ready to smoke a cigarette in the hospital garden.

Standing in the sun, Ah Lai took out a cigarette to light it, then raised his head and slowly spit out a puff of smoke, remembering the scene when he saw Gao Lei in the parking lot, her chest was still a little painful, she remembered that when he just left a year ago, he came out of Lao Wei's company, walked a whole two streets alone, staggered to the ground, and finally couldn't walk, high heels grinded out blood blisters on his feet, and then squatted on the side of the road like that, holding his arms and crying, how could he not stop, the passing vehicles, the bright lampposts were like eyes, like countless pairs of bright eyes, she cried and dizzy, if it wasn't for Lao Wei to arrive in time, I may cry and faint.

She never knew that loving someone would be so sad, like digging out a piece of her heart, holding a knife and twisting it in the wound, twisting it, but she couldn't stop, as if she would never stop for the rest of her life.

Gao Lei, where were you at that time? What were you doing? Do you know how many tears I shed before I really hid this wound and never showed it again?

Just as he was thinking about it, he was suddenly tapped on the shoulder, and then a grinning face appeared in front of him.

"Are you thinking about me? ”

Alai gave him a blank look, "Who misses you, less narcissistic." ”

"You don't want me to come to the hospital so early?"

"You think too much, a friend of mine is in the hospital and I came to see her. ”

Nie Yunhao made a very hurt expression when he heard this, "Do you have to be so direct? I'm your benefactor, can't I comfort me?"

Alai squinted at him in the morning sun, this year, it was precisely because of such a man by his side, arguing with her, and making noise, that she gradually walked out of the shadow left by Gao Lei on herself, in fact, she knew very well in her heart his feelings for herself, if it wasn't for loving her, how could he do so much for her?

She just kept pretending not to know, and Nie Yunhao didn't force her, just treated her silently.

"Nie Yunhao, shall we try it?" Ah Lai said softly, feeling more relaxed in his heart than ever.

After meeting Gao Lei yesterday, she really woke up, for Gao Lei, she just blindly said that all her sense of security was pinned on him, blindly coveting such a feeling of peace of mind, and did not realize that they were not suitable for each other. People always have to grow up, and a sense of security cannot always be obtained from a person, only if you find out that you don't need it one day, it can prove that she has really grown up.

And now, she can finally prove it, and it's the perfect time to start over.

After Nie Yunhao heard what she said, he looked at her in a daze for a few seconds, then smiled slightly, slowly stretched out his hand, ran his fingers through her long hair, and wrapped his arms around her shoulders.

When he returned to the ward, Wanqiu had already woken up and was sitting alone on the bed in a daze, Alai hurriedly asked the nurse to bring breakfast in, and then said with some reproach: "How do you take care of yourself outside alone? ”

Late Autumn smiled apologetically, "I'm causing you trouble again." ”

"Whoever thinks you're in trouble, it's because you feel sorry for you and don't understand, and it won't help if you toss yourself down. Alai glanced at her, "Let the past pass, people always have to look forward when they live, don't they?"

"You're open-minded......" Wanqiu said with a slight smile.

"If you are not open-minded, there is no way, even if I tossed myself to death at that time, the only people who care about me are distressed, where will he know. Alai smiled bitterly and said helplessly.

"You're okay, the person who cares about yourself, I'm really alone now, and I don't have anything to worry about. Late Autumn hung her head and spoke in a low voice.

"What nonsense, do I care about you? April doesn't care about you?" Alai glared at her, "Don't always be so negative, the past will pass, the days to come will be long, do you plan to just toss it until you are old?"

Wanqiu smiled lightly and stopped talking.

Alai also understood that this was not something that could be explained in a moment, and he did not force her, the company's affairs were still waiting to be dealt with by himself, and he called April, knowing that she was on her way here, so he left the hospital first.

After Alai left, Wanqiu sat alone in the ward, looking at the bright sunshine outside, her heart moved slightly, she slowly stood up, and walked out of the door.

The corridor was quiet and empty, echoing the sound of her own footsteps, and she walked unhurriedly in late autumn, it turned out that she had come here when Ms. Luo pretended to be sick and forced her to get married, and she was bent on fighting Ms. Luo at that time, and she didn't want her to get her wish, so she almost separated from Xu Hui.....

But today, they are still separated, and Ms. Luo has left her forever, knowing how good it would be to be less paranoid at the beginning, she vaguely thought that if Ms. Luo's wish was fulfilled at that time, perhaps, everything would be different.

At this moment, a figure appeared on the other side of the corridor, tall and familiar, with eyebrows clearly the way she had been thinking about it day and night, and she thought in a trance that the hallucinations of daydreams were so real.

The other party gradually approached, and Wanqiu tilted his face slightly, almost greedily watching, even every eyebrow was so clear and real - as imprinted on her heart, he had changed a lot, but it didn't seem to have changed at all.

She stopped, and suddenly burst into tears, who is this not Xu Hui?

Xu Hui stood opposite her, also stunned, and after a long while, he smiled slightly, "You're back?"