When I went back, it was already late at night, and it was even deeper, and I was walking alone on the sidewalk of the community, quiet and cold.

In the distance, I saw a familiar figure hovering near my house.

It's Lin Mai.

I took a few steps closer to him.

"Brother Mai?" In the night, his deep eyes were like a dark and bottomless pool.

He looked at me calmly and did not respond.

"What's wrong?" I asked him.

He sighed softly, put his arm around my shoulder, and walked to the door of my house. "Let's go in! It's too cold at night, don't come back too late. ”

"Oh. "My chest felt like a stone, and I would rather he ask me why I didn't say goodbye during the day.

I looked back at him, my eyes glazed over.

"Good night. There was a smile between his eyebrows.

I sighed inwardly and turned my head into the courtyard.

As soon as I got out of the shower and lay down on the bed, Luo Jiang called me.

"Is there something wrong?" the call was not timely, and my mood was still gloomy.

"Can't you call if it's okay? Luo Jiang responded with a choked breath.

He was so childish, I was silent, and he didn't hang up.

"Where are you?" he asked me.

"I'm going back, I'm ready to sleep. You're not sleeping yet?"

"Where did you go?"

"Overtime!" I didn't like to lie, but I didn't have the courage to tell him I was lying.

"I'll go to your boss and warn him not to let you work overtime in the future. ”

"Of course not, it will only cost me my job. ”

"Then don't go to work. ”

"Don't go to work?

"I, I raise you. ”

I laughed. "Sister, I'm still young, I don't need you to raise me, when my sister is old, let's raise an old man!"

He snorted. "You are my sister's friend, not my sister, less than the big!"

Rather than so, Xiaofeng might still be alive.

"Good night! I've got to work tomorrow. ”

"Well, good night. ”

Turn off the lamp, close my eyes, Xiaofeng's appearance appeared in front of my eyes, I miss her very much, can Hei still forgive me?

The next morning, Ah Huan made several phone calls to urge me, the new financial director did things at a glance, the meeting time was delayed again and again, everyone was trying to cooperate, and I couldn't interrupt.

At half past eleven at the end of the meeting, I took a taxi to the hotel, Ah Huan saw me stamping my feet, complaining that I was too slow, and Luo Jiang's eyes were slightly dissatisfied.

"Please go to a big meal as compensation. "I apologize.

"Not enough!" said Huan.

"Taking you to the amusement park in the afternoon?" I continued.

"Not enough!" Ah Huan looked like he would rather die.

"Have a big dinner at night?"

"Unless you promise to give us the rest of the time. Luo Jiang said.

Ah Huan looked at him in surprise.

"Okay. "I agreed.

Ah Huan pouted and did not make a sound.

Luo Jiang stretched out his hand to stop a taxi, opened the back door, and motioned for me and Ah Huan to get into the car.

Ah Huan couldn't ask for it, laughed and joked with Luo Jiang on the way, and snubbed me and looked outside in a daze.

Eating a buffet at noon, all kinds of delicacies made Ah Huan eat and forget.

I eat less, it's not that I'm not worried, Luo Jiang's future life is still unsettled.

"Do you want to get a job in Southtown?" I asked them.

They were stunned at the same time.

"Nancheng is so big, there are many opportunities, do you want to consider staying? ”

"No, my parents won't agree. A hint of pity flashed on Ah Huan's face.

"What about you?" I asked Luo Jiang.

"You can consider it, I also have a few comrades-in-arms here anyway. ”

"Heh, do you want to leave me alone, how did you persuade me to come to Nancheng with you to find Qin Wan? Cross the river and tear down the bridge!" Ah Huan said indignantly.

"Aren't you a child, can't you find your way home?" Luo Jiang blushed and smiled reluctantly.

"I hate it!" Ah Huan raised his hand to hit him, and he quickly grabbed Ah Huan's arm and warned him not to ask for trouble. Ah Huan was so angry that she ate harder.

Luo Jiang insisted on staying, Ah Huan left sadly, and before getting on the train, he hugged me and cried.

After sending Ah Huan, I went to the hotel to find Luo Jiang, he had already checked out and left, and the phone had not been connected.

I called that number every day worriedly, but there was no response, and a week later, I called Luo Jiang again, and it took a long time to answer, I don't know how I could have so much patience to deal with him.

"Xiao Wan!" there was a hint of tiredness in his lazy voice.

"Ah Huan has returned to Banqiao Village. She's so sad that you don't send her. ”

"Oh. ”

There was silence on the phone, and I thought there was something to come.

"You're cold-blooded. I couldn't help but scold him.

He was probably stunned.

"Where the hell are you? Don't you know how sad Ah Huan is when she leaves alone? I advise her to break off her friendship with you in the future!"

"You won't. He actually laughed.

"I just would. ”

"Forget it, dwarf winter melon, I said you won't, you won't!" he coquettishly behaved like a child.

"What about Ah Huan?" I asked him, meaning that there was any possibility of development between them.

"Didn't she go back? Hey, dwarf melon, I'm going to sleep. He hung up.

I was so angry and anxious that I hadn't even made my words clear, so I dialed him again.

"Okay, dwarf winter melon, don't make trouble, I worked all night last night, and I'm really tired. Wait for me to call you. With that, he hung up the phone again, and I didn't have time to say a word.

But at least I got a good message that Luo Jiang has started work in Guancheng. That's what I'd expect to see.

Ah Huan, who arrived home safely, called me, and after saying a lot of words of thanks, she excitedly talked about the beautiful scenery of the clouds she saw on the plane, she used her hometown dialect to describe the magnificent scenery she saw at that time, and finally, she attributed all this beautiful encounter to Luo Jiang.

"Luo Jiang has found a job. "I told Ah Huan the good news.

For her, maybe not.

"I knew that he didn't look down on us in Banqiao Village anymore. How beautiful and magnificent the southern city is. He loved it there. She paused and continued, "He likes you living in the South City. ”

I'll be angry when Ah Huan speaks. "Do you remember what I asked you for?"

"I haven't forgotten. Ah Huan sighed and assured me.

"Thank you, Ah Huan. "I was so touched that she remembered what I asked her to do.

Zhu Zhu and Hao Nan returned from their honeymoon trip in Bali, their faces were full of sweetness and happiness, Koala personally cooked and invited everyone to her house for dinner, Koala changed to a three-bedroom apartment, very warmly furnished, there is a home but the warmth of home is missing, when she moved to a new house, I proposed to let Koala's mother move in with her, but she still did not let go of her heart and refused.

The koala's mother called me and asked if the koala had moved to a new house, and I said yes, a little happy and a little disappointed. I reassured her that if she gave the koala more time, everything would be fine.

"She's not too young, and when she meets the right person, she can think about lifelong events. "I feel sorry for the fact that the mother of the koala cannot exercise her right to love the koala as normally as other parents.

The koala in the kitchen, wearing a sky blue white lace edging apron, tied her long hair back with a black leather band inlaid with pearls, and carried out every step in an orderly manner, with elegant and beautiful movements.

Zhu Zhu and Hao Nan look at each other's eyes are full of love and appreciation, now it seems that Zhu Zhu has become the happiest person, although she once felt inferior because of the lack of father's love, God arranged for her Hao Nan such a good man, he tried his best to give Zhu Zhu all the love and care, such a beautiful possession in front of him, there is no need to talk about what to say, the pale oath of growing old together is enough to warm the memories of a lifetime.

Koala is deeply trapped in the abnormal love for that mysterious man, sometimes he can't bear to look at her who is tormented by loneliness, and he pretends to be free and easy in his own deception, and he will hate her, and hate the irresponsibility of that man even more, and he tramples on the sacred responsibility given by marriage.

Hei sent me a total of two emails, the first one was two years ago telling me that he was going to release a new album under the name of Xiaofeng, and the second was two months ago, when I just returned to Nancheng, he was very sad and said a lot of pessimistic things, probably meaning that it was unfair to blame God for breaking them up when he first fell in love with Xiaofeng. I know that he is living a miserable and lonely life, no one can comfort him, no one can tell him how to continue the road in the future, there is no dawn on the road, he is like me, every step is extremely reluctant, and from the bottom of my heart I despise the existence of God's nothingness.

Halfway through the sumptuous dinner, Lin Mai called me and asked me if I had time to wait, I asked him if there was anything wrong, but he didn't say, only said that he would pick me up from the seven headquarters in half an hour.

Haonan's considerate care of Zhu Zhu gave us another impression of the polytechnic man, he expressed his love to Zhu Zhu without reservation and never scruples in front of us, and the koala asked if they would have a honeymoon baby, which scared Zhu Zhu's face changed.

"I've eaten a lot of seafood, don't hurt me. ”

"We're going to live a two-person life for a year. Haonan confidently put his arm around Zhu Zhu's shoulder and said.

The koala winked at me. "They were generous and gave us a one-year grace period. ”

I understood what she meant, the two of them were so happy, and hoped that there would be enough time interval for the second wave of happiness. "Then you hurry up and put a second wave ahead of them. ”

Koala snorted. "It doesn't have anything to do with me, it's mostly up to you. Lin Mai has been waiting for you for two years, so you have to hurry. ”

But the shadow of Luo Jiang appeared in my mind. "Guys, I'm going to go first. See you another day. I put down my teacup, grabbed my coat and handbag, and prepared to go downstairs.

"Oh, I don't need to remind you, I'm already holding on. "Koalas don't forget to take the opportunity to tease me. Zhu Zhu looked at me and smiled without saying a word, I'm afraid she is the only one who knows what I really think in my heart, right Lin Mai.

Lin Mai leaned on the side of the car and waited for me, except for a more mature and stable temperament, this person's appearance really hasn't changed at all, I walked up to him with a smile, he took my handbag and coat and pulled the car door. I said thank you and got into the car.

"Have you had dinner?" I asked him as I buckled up my seatbelt.

He smiled, "You don't even notify me of your dinner." ”

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know you hadn't eaten dinner yet, I'll treat you to whatever you want. ”

"Really?" he said, moving the car, his slender fingers flicking the steering wheel nimbly. "I want to eat the pasta I made, but you're going to have to be next to me. ”

"Watching you eat?" Koala's craft is so good that I eat a little bit. There is no appetite at all.

"I know you're not going to be able to eat anything again, just sit on the couch and watch me make the pasta and watch how I eat it elegantly. ”

It sounds reasonable, but I think it's a pity. "Wouldn't it be better if I could make it for you?"

The corners of his mouth rose slightly. "I don't need you to do anything for me. Because there's enough I want to do for you, and you're not available. ”

I was stunned, turned my head to look at his handsome side face, from the realization to the present, he let me everywhere, everywhere for my sake, such a good he, why didn't he fall in love with me? Why is it my brother? Is there really only brother and sister love between us? I really want to ask him.

Zhu Zhu and Haonan said that there would be no honeymoon baby, and the two of them would have a baby in the world after a year. I bit my lip and changed the subject.

"If I get married, I want to do that. My baby must be born when he is most loving and affectionate. In this way he will become a warm person. ”

"Like you?"

"Don't, I don't have a lot of times when I'm not warm enough. I don't want him to be like me. He smiled at me. "Like you. ”

"I'm a dwarf winter melon?" Luo Jiang teased me and blurted out.

"Who dares to call you a dwarf winter melon?" Lin Mai laughed out loud.

I looked out the window, and there was someone who dared to call me that.

It was already ten o'clock after dinner with Lin Mai at his house, the Filipino maids went to rest, Lin Mai and I sat in the living room to discuss an unfinished project in my company last season, Lin Mai had participated, and could give me better advice, the discussion lasted for half an hour, I decided to adopt his suggestion and asked him if he wanted to collect royalties.

"Well, yes, but keep it in your bank account and use it as a wedding dress when you get married in the future. Lin Mai said to me seriously.

"You just say no, what's the difference?" I replied dismissively.

"Of course I want it, can't I sponsor your wedding dress?" he playfully learned the tone of my speech.

"Good. So decide!" I covered my mouth and yawned.

"I'll send you home. Lin Mai got up and said.

"Good. I stood up slowly, the mobile phone in my bag rang, and I took it out to see that it was Luo Jiang's number. immediately said to Lin Mai: "Don't send me, I'll go back." ”

"It's okay, I'll just take a walk and digest the pasta. "He insisted on sending me.

The phone was still ringing, and I was anxious to answer it, so I raised my voice impatiently and said, "No need!" Lin Mai looked at me stunned.

I answered the call from Luo Jiang and rushed out of the Lin family's villa without looking back, completely noticing Lin Mai who had followed behind me.

"Dwarf winter melon, tomorrow I will take a vacation. Luo Jiang told me happily.

"Oh. "I held up my mobile phone, but I was afraid in my heart, was I a little too much to Lin Mai just now, how would he think of me? Will he think that I have changed, yes, I have changed, and I have become more cruel to him.

"Oh, I said I'm on vacation!" he said with a smile.

"Oh. My mind was a little confused, and I quickly noticed that there was someone behind me, and I looked back sharply, Lin Mai stopped, smiled, and walked in front of me. "I'm home, goodbye. I hung up the phone quickly, my expression unconcealed in my panic.

Lin Mai bent down and approached my face. "Do you have someone you like?"

"Nothing. I slipped my phone into my pocket, turned around and walked on.

"I'm kidding. Actually, it's okay if you like me. Lin Mai's long legs followed in a few steps and walked side by side with me.

I looked up to the sky and sighed. "You're my brother, of course I like it. ”

"Tomorrow I will go to Shanghai on a business trip, and it will take three days. "Two years ago, because I ran away, Lin Mai insisted on staying in Nancheng after returning from Singapore, he was willing to make himself like a trapeze, and he also wanted to stay in Nancheng and wait for me to come back, I am not cold-blooded, but he can only keep in mind his good to me, and choose the opportunity to repay it.

The next day, I slept until ten o'clock before getting up, I stretched my waist and walked to the garden, and Aunt Zhong chased me out with my mobile phone. "Miss Wan, your phone has been ringing many times. "I just remembered coming back last night and leaving my phone in the living room and forgetting to take it upstairs.

I took my phone to check the missed calls, three of them were from Luo Jiang, and he also sent a few text messages, the first one: Did you get up? Article 3: I'm almost in Nancheng, if you ignore me again, I have to get off the bus and return to Guancheng.

The third text message was sent half an hour ago, I hurriedly called him back, and after two rings, he answered.

"Hey~" Luo Jiang's voice was full of resentment.

"I'm sorry, I just got up. You're coming to Southtown?"

"Thank goodness you didn't get up before dark. I'm waiting at the station and I'm about to become a beggar. ”

"What do you mean?"

He snorted. "Isn't it? I'm standing outside the station like a fool by myself, not knowing where to go. You'd better sleep on your own. I've bought a ticket back to Guancheng and I'll be on the bus in five minutes. ”

I sighed softly, he was like a wayward child, undisguised in joy and sorrow, but also straightforward.

"I'll go find you. ”

"No, I've got all my tickets. Don't pay attention to me in the future. He was still angry and hung up the phone with a stiff attitude.

There are so many bus stations in Nancheng, I can't find him in a short time, no way, only I went to Guancheng to find him, in fact, I have long wanted to go there to see, when Xiaofeng was working in Guancheng, I didn't go to see her once, and now it has become a pity. I don't want to have the same regrets again.

I wanted to go by car, but after thinking twice, I didn't.

The air conditioning on the bus was so full that I was in a hurry, I didn't bring a jacket, and I had goosebumps in the cold while wearing short sleeves, and I didn't bother to pay attention to the scenery outside the window. After more than an hour of bumpy and finally arrived at Guancheng, the station was full of people, all kinds of sounds were filled, the environment was very noisy, there were many bus lines, I didn't know the exact address of Luojiang at all, I was in a strange city, there was no acquaintance around, I felt so scared, very helpless to stand in the crowd at a loss.

He took out his mobile phone and dialed Luo Jiang and told him that I was in Guancheng, he was surprised and excitedly asked me why I didn't notify him in advance and acted on my own. Hearing his voice, I was left with tears of grievance. Holding up his phone and sobbing.

"Stand still and don't move, I'll come to you right away. With that, he hung up the phone.

The phone beeped twice, and it stopped abruptly, yes, it was so coincidental that the phone in my hand disappeared in an instant. I finally tasted the feeling of wanting to cry without tears, and I couldn't help crying, maybe this city is like this, maybe it's because at the station, people's tears are cheap. The passers-by had sideways looks, but no one stopped.

Without a mobile phone, I feel desperate how Luo Jiang can find me. You can only stand in place, wait.

The tears on my face were slowly dried by the wind, and my mood slowly became calmer, if Luo Jiang really couldn't find me again, would it be considered a punishment for me? The self-redemption that I had finally completed was about to come to naught, but I didn't care so much, and it was not a good thing to end it. Since Chen Muye and I have ended, then the matter between me and Luo Lie should also be over.

Surrounded by fear and nervousness, I was sweating profusely. Because of my desire, I paid the price, why does fate still refuse to let go of me? I just want to live a quiet life with my parents now. When Luo Jiang came back from the army, I should have left. But I'm stubborn, that's why I'm here today, if I hadn't come to Guancheng to find Luo Jiang, I would be sitting in a koala's dessert shop drinking a cup of Brazilian coffee with sugar right now.

My throat felt like smoke, and I was silently praying in my heart that Luo Jiang would not find me, maybe I would be reborn as another Qin Wan in such a heavy wait.

Luo Jiang finally stayed in my sight, there was an endless stream of passers-by between us, I swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, watched him walk up to me, hugged me, I leaned on his chest, heard his sudden heartbeat, suddenly there was a magical power in my body from the bottom up, the whole world suddenly quieted down, only me and him.

"What's wrong with you? Your hair is wet too. "We were sitting on the bus and he was holding my right hand.

Didn't he smell my sweat just now? I broke away from his hand and took another sip of the mineral water he had bought me, and it was so cold that I shivered. "Where are we going?" I asked, looking sideways at him.

"Want to see where I work?"

I opened my mouth.

"I'm not going to take you there. He said in a hurry.

He was reluctant to take me to where he worked, and he didn't trust me. At least I thought so, so I looked out the window and said nothing until the car stopped, and he took my hand and got out of the car. There were no tall buildings or noisy cars around, just fresh air and green fields, and there were many couples holding hands laughing and laughing past us.

"Where are they going?" I shook off Luo Jiang's hand, after all, we are not a couple.

He insisted on holding my hand. "That's the only way to get where they're going. I felt awkward, I lowered my head and was dragged forward by him, I saw that the white leather shoes on my feet were no longer so white, which made me feel uncomfortable, I stopped and refused to go, took out a tissue from my bag and wanted to wipe the dirty shoes, Luo Jiang grabbed my wrist. "I'll do it!" he picked up a tissue and squatted at my feet to carefully wipe my white shoes, he wiped them carefully, his black hair became darker and shinier in the sun, I stretched out my hand and stopped in mid-air, and finally landed on his hair, and patted it lightly.

"Don't thank me. My mom used to tell me that you love cleanliness and should always help you shine your shoes. He looked up and smiled at me.

I see. I withdrew my hand with a feeling of guilt. Luo Jiang is Luo Lie's younger brother, what an ironic thing, for me, it has always been a hurdle that I can't overcome.

"Clean. He stood up, tossed the dirty tissue into the rubbish can on the side of the road, and walked on, no longer holding my hand. Seeing that I was walking and stopping, and his heart was heavy, he turned around and raised his hand to me and said, "I am holding your hand in my heart, because I have just wiped your shoes, and I am afraid that you will think my hands are dirty." ”

"Not so far. I pretended to be light-hearted in response.

We passed through a banana plantation, then a vineyard, and the last sight left me stunned, a rose garden, with patches of red roses swaying gently in the breeze, and I couldn't help but want to get close to, or even possess them. There are already many couples picking in the rose garden, Luo Jiang told me that as long as I cut the roses and go to the boss to calculate the money, the packaging can be taken away, if it is a couple holding hands, the boss only charges one dollar, no matter how much is cut.

"The owner is so nice. It's also romantic. I smiled and closed my eyes, smelling the faint scent of flowers in the air.

"That's just a marketing ploy, and I've heard from my colleagues that the annual income of this rose garden is quite considerable! You're in luck. Luo Jiang went to borrow tools from the staff of the rose garden.

"Let's start!" Luo Jiang came back to show me the scissors he had borrowed. There is only one handful.

"What about me?"

"You're in charge of the selection. This is a privilege I give you. He motioned for me to hurry into the rose garden.

The quality of the red roses is very good, and it is not the same variety as the one I grow at home, the petals are particularly thick, and the flower type is large. They are so beautiful that I can't bear to cut them. In fact, I saw that other people were the same, the boy followed the girl with scissors, but he couldn't cut it for a long time, and after a difficult choice, Luo Jiang cut a total of twelve budding flower bones.

A middle-aged female staff member in the rose garden skillfully bandages fresh roses with old newspapers.

I saw Luo Jiang take the packaged red roses and hand them a dollar to the staff, who smiled and looked at me, then took the money and put it in the drawer of the table.

"It's really just a dollar. "I was in a much better mood as I held the bouquet of flowers. The red roses wrapped in old newspapers, and the corners of my skirt gently lifted by the wind, reminded me of a girl in a white gauze skirt with a garland on her head in a quiet town in France, pushing open the white wooden door, the wind chimes on the door made a crisp tinkling sound, and she was holding a large bouquet of roses wrapped in old newspaper in her arms, the warm red reflected the girl's fair complexion. A handsome gentleman wearing a black knight's helmet rode a black horse under the maple tree full of red leaves in front of the house, the girl was me, and the gentleman was Lin Mai, and we missed the first meeting in our lives.