Xia Chenxuan and Shang Nan agreed to meet at the place, which is a very retro tea house. The location of the tea is also very special, you can choose the location according to your own preferences, you can choose a hall with a tea ceremony performance, a separate compartment with a hollow, or you can choose a small pavilion in the garden, they are about to meet in a relatively quiet pavilion in the garden.

When Xiao Ran and Xia Chenxuan arrived at the place, Shang Nan was looking down at the wisps of rising heat in the cup, not knowing what he was thinking. Seeing Xia Chenxuan and Xiao Ran arriving, Shang Nan showed a somewhat reluctant smile: "You guys are here, sit down." ”

When the three of them sat around the table, no one took the initiative to speak. In the end, Shang Nan opened his mouth first: "Why don't you speak?"

Xia Chenxuan took a sip of the cup: "I haven't thought about what to say yet." ”

"Is it bitter?" Shang Nan looked at Xia Chenxuan's slightly frowning eyebrows and smiled: "I specially ordered a pot of stronger tea, if you can't get used to it, just order a new pot." ”

Xia Chenxuan put down the cup, shook his head and said, "It's okay, no need." ”

Shang Nan looked at Xiao Ran again, and Xiao Ran also shook his head: "I don't need it either." ”

When Shang Nan heard this, he was a little helpless: "You don't have to worry too much, it's better to be the same as before, I have nothing to do, I just suddenly want to sit with you for a while before I came over." ”

Xia Chenxuan nodded: "Okay, it's true that we haven't been together for a long time." ”

"Well, yes. Shang Nan lowered his head, echoed, and then looked sideways at the scenery outside the pavilion quietly, and did not speak again.

Xia Chenxuan saw Xiao Ran take a sip of tea, his bitter face wrinkled together, and quietly took a piece of dim sum and put it in front of Xiao Ran, and then followed Shang Nan's gaze and glanced outside the pavilion. Xiao Ran didn't know what to say, and when he saw Shang Nan's pretended indifferent appearance, he didn't know how to speak, so he had to lower his head and fiddle with the dim sum in front of him casually.

After a long time, Shang Nan said in a tone that couldn't hear any ups and downs: "Actually, I have met the person Qingxuan likes now. Qingxuan was happy with him, at least I hadn't seen her so happy in a long time. At that time, I thought that if separation would make her happier, there was nothing more to let go. ”

Speaking of this, Shang Nan laughed at himself: "Obviously, when we were together, we wanted to bring happiness to each other, but in the end, we became the source of each other's sadness, it's really ironic to think about it." ”

Xia Chenxuan quietly sipped tea and did not answer.

Since Zhou Qingxuan chose to separate in this way and retain a bit of her pride, Xiao Ran didn't explain much, glanced at Shang Nan with a mocking face, and said: "Don't be sad, although none of us want to grow up in this way, but since it is inevitable, it should be regarded as a good memory for the past, feelings are not only between two people, but also between two families." "Rather than losing both sides in the end, it is better to let go of your hands as soon as possible, if you can't protect yourself, at least you can protect your family, and you don't have to compromise and back down again and again for yourself. Xiao Ran didn't say the latter sentence, but she knew that this sentence was the reason why Zhou Qingxuan finally chose to break up.

"Well, I know that as long as she can have a good time, I don't want anything more. You don't have to worry about me, go back early, I'll sit by myself for a while, and I'll be back. Shang Nan said, picked up a cup of strong tea, and drank it all. The bitter feeling spread all the way to the heart with the mouth, but the unexpected feeling became steady.

Xia Chenxuan glanced at Xiao Ran and handed her the car keys: "Ranran, you drive back first, and I will sit with Shang Nan for a while." ”

Xiao Ran took the key and nodded, then got up and walked out.

"Xiao Ran. Shang Nan shouted to Xiao Ran.

"Huh?" Xiao Ran looked back at him.

Shang Nan looked at Xiao Ran for a long time before he slowly spoke: "You and Chen Xuan should be good." ”

Slightly stunned, Xiao Ran remembered that Zhou Qingxuan had said the same thing before leaving, her eyes were a little sour, and she responded with a smile: "Okay." ”

Shang Nan smiled when he heard this, closed his eyes and leaned on the cushion behind him, his fingers beat on his legs one by one, and hummed a tune softly in his mouth, Xiao Ran stood in place and listened carefully for a while before he could hear what he was humming.

"Time passes and never returns, and the past can only be recalled. Recalling the childhood bamboo horse and green plum, the two little ones did not guess the sun and the moon. The spring breeze has blown the stamens red again, and you have already licked the new year. You're going to ..................."

Shang Nan sang to the back, paused, and stopped singing the lyrics, only humming softly in his throat.

For some reason, seeing Shang Nan like this, Xiao Ran's tears fell so without warning, and he turned around and ran outside.

Xia Chenxuan looked at Xiao Ran's back fixedly, his eyes were slightly shining, and he didn't know what to think about. Shang Nan, who had been closing his eyes, suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Don't worry, Xiao Ran has much more confidence in you than Qingxuan has in me." ”

"I know, that's not what I'm worried about. ”

"Aside from this, what else does Xiao Ran need you to worry about?"

"Ran ran she ......" Xia Chenxuan paused, and sighed helplessly, "I can't give her the sense of security she wants." ”

The couples Shang Nan has seen in the past few years have not been more stable than the relationship between Xia Chenxuan and Xiao Ran, but he didn't expect that there would be such a problem behind the stability, and he couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth: "Love is really the most unreasonable and-up existence in the world!"

Xia Chenxuan raised his hand and patted Shang Nan's shoulder: "Let's go." ”

"Where?"

"Our company. ”

"What am I going to do in your company?"

"Take you to see the night view, the top floor of our company, is the highest place in the city, where the view is the widest, and the night view is also the best. ”

Shang Nan's refusal came to his lips, but he still didn't say it after all, his current state is really not suitable for being alone, although he pretends not to care on the surface, but only he knows the true thoughts in his heart. After a moment of silence, Shang Nan silently picked up his coat and stood up.

Xia Chenxuan put his hands in his trouser pockets, stood aside and looked at him all the time, and said, "High school is the period I cherish the most, and you are my most cherished friend." So, you don't have to hide your emotions in front of me, even if you can't empathize, but I understand your feelings. ”

"So, sure enough, it's still men who understand men best. ”

Xiao Ran didn't know where the two of them went, what they said, and what they did that night. However, the next day, when sending Shang Nan to the airport, it was obvious from the tone of his voice that the previous feeling of passivity, decadence, and malaise had dissipated a lot, although Shang Nan's smile was still not much, but at least he was no longer pretending to be strong.

Each experience will prompt us to mature day by day, and later we are always accustomed to standing quietly on the sidelines, pretending to be indifferent to watch the passage of time, looking at those faces that are more immature than us, and continuing to experience the sadness we have experienced. Over time, maybe one day, we will forget that our indifference is actually just a disguise, and then at a certain moment in the middle of the night, we will suddenly miss those days that once made us passionate, and the mention of someone who would make us cry.