CHAPTER XXXIII

The house bought by Meng Tang is the most expensive type of house in the latest development of Outing, with a duplex and an area of about 150 square meters.

Qin Zhen made an appointment to meet him downstairs, and saw Meng Tang standing in front of the flower bed from a distance, holding a dark blue checkered umbrella. In the hazy drizzle, he stands tall under the lush green trees, his face calm like the person in the painting.

Qin Zhen's footsteps paused, and the hand holding the handle of the umbrella couldn't help but tighten.

This scene was so familiar, so familiar that it gave her the illusion of returning to the past.

In her sophomore year of high school, because she was anemic and the food in the cafeteria was not good, Teacher Li specially approved her application for day study. After a summer night's evening self-study, it was pouring rain outside, and she stood in the lobby of the teaching building with her schoolbag until all the students were slowly gone, but she still couldn't wait for the rain to stop.

She took the bus to and from school, and she was in a hurry to go out in the morning, but she didn't expect it to rain today, and she forgot her umbrella at home. At the moment, there seems to be no other way but to wait, but if you continue to delay like this, I am afraid that you will miss the last bus.

She took several deep breaths and planned to rush to the bus stop a few hundred meters to the left of the school gate in the rain, but in the end she didn't have the courage to take a step because the rain was too strong.

Just when she was desperately hoping that God would be a little more considerate of her and let her go home early for a hot meal, a familiar voice sounded behind her, "Didn't you bring an umbrella?"

She was startled, but when she turned around, she found Meng Tang standing behind her, holding a dark blue checkered umbrella in his hand, with a shallow smile on his lips.

Without waiting for her to answer, Meng Tang had already propped up the umbrella and walked to her side, "I went to the office just now to ask a question, and I came out late, if you didn't bring an umbrella, you just happened to go together." ”

Like her, Meng Tang is also a day student, and his father is a math teacher at the university, so it is more convenient to tutor him with his homework every night.

Meng Tang's smile was so gentle, and the sentence "Let's go together" was not an inquiry, but an affirmation, Qin Zhen couldn't help but take a step and step into the rain with him.

The last bus was gone, and the taxis were almost all carrying passengers on rainy days, so the two had to walk home.

Meng Tang, who was thinking about it for a long time, walked beside him, the sound of regular steps came to her ears, the rain was ticking on the umbrella, and the trees on both sides of the road were also rustling under the beating of the rain, everything was like a haunting symphony, resounding in the summer of Qin Zhen's seventeenth year.

She couldn't help but pray that time would slow down, so that she could have a second more to walk the short distance with him.

It's a pity that half an hour passed quickly, and the two of them talked without a match, and quickly walked outside the community where Meng Tang lived. Qin Zhen thought that he would lend her the umbrella and let her walk the rest of the way, but unexpectedly, he didn't even stop his steps, and led her straight through the gate of the community.

She asked him suspiciously, "You're not going home?"

Meng Tang lowered his head and looked at the watch on his wrist, raised his head and said casually, "It just so happens that I am going to the supermarket to buy something and send you a while." ”

Qin Zhen didn't know what language to use to describe his mood at the moment, he was surprised and delighted? Thank you for the bus leaving work so early, or thank him for the necessities he just happened to go to the supermarket to buy?

But it wasn't until Meng Tang spent another half an hour sending her all the way home that she woke up from her dream-like state and realized that she had missed countless supermarkets along the way, and his destination was simply the community where she lived.

She stood in front of the door of the unit, staring blankly at him who was still in the rain, but she didn't know what to say.

Meng Tang smiled and asked her, "Why don't you go in yet?"

By the dim light overhead, she noticed that his left shoulder was soaking wet, and the white shirt had become clear and transparent, sticking to his left shoulder.

Qin Zhen opened his mouth, and only said one sentence after that: "Thank you, thank you......"

Meng Tang didn't speak, leaned forward slightly, smiled and touched her head, "Hurry up upstairs to eat." Then he looked at her and nodded, and then turned to leave.

And Qin Zhen stood in front of the corridor in a daze, watching his long and straight back gradually fade away, and his eyes turned red little by little.

She felt that meeting such a beautiful boy at such an age was really like a fairy tale.

And just when the figure was about to disappear at the gate of the community, Meng Tang suddenly turned his head and met her gaze as if he had a premonition. Through the rain curtain, she couldn't see it clearly, but she was extremely sure that Meng Tang showed her the usual smile.

He waved at her with his uncovered hand, as if to tell her to hurry upstairs, and she waved at him stupidly, and finally stepped into the dark hallway.

Instead of alarming the light, which was so sensitive that it would turn on at the sound of a sound, she crept up as if she were careful to hide her pounding heart.

She likes him, and no one knows what he does.

……

After a long time, Qin Zhen paused for a long time, and at the moment he returned to reality, he stepped out again. She saw Meng Tang showing a familiar smile to her, even though the young man had already become today's handsome and mature man, the warmth in his eyes and the warmth on his lips were undiminished, as soft and fresh as the winter sun.

Meng Tang took a few steps towards her with an umbrella and called out in that smiling voice: "Qin Zhen." ”

It's like when I was a student, every time I turned around and handed her a math workbook, I was the only one in my eyes.

Qin Zhenxin was in a state of confusion, and there was a sense of panic that he couldn't distinguish between reality and memory, and in the end he could only squeeze his palms and smile at him, "Have you waited for a long time?"

He shook his head and said no. And she pretended to be calm and stepped into the hall with him, straight to the point.

She kept taking deep breaths and told herself: Qin Zhen, those are all things in the past. Cheng Luyang is right, Meng Tang is by no means a good type, let alone the gentle young man you have always fantasized about.

He already has a fiancée, and now he smiles at you or is gentle with you, it's all just polite, or realistically, to ask you for help.

Wake up, don't be so hypocritical, seventeen years have passed, and the heart of the former girl has become the heart of an old virgin, and she is no longer qualified to be so sad.

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Adhering to the professional spirit, she visited his new house with Meng Tang and put forward pertinent suggestions for decoration.

"The balcony is big and sunny, not blocked by the house opposite, you can try to make a sky garden here, it's not too big and it's just right, it's definitely beautiful. She thought of Cheng Luyang's home, couldn't help laughing, and pointed to the corner, "Well, you can set up a pool there, raise some fish or something, and the family will be more angry." You can put some potted plants here, the evening primrose and the moon season are very good, pleasing to the eye and smelling good......"

As she spoke, she found that all she was talking about was the furnishings of Cheng Luyang's house, and when she mentioned him, she felt better for no reason, and even the melancholy brought by Meng Tang just now disappeared a lot.

She suddenly stopped, realizing a problem.

Since when did she become so concerned about everything about Cheng Luyang?

Meng Tang had been looking at her intently, listening to her chatter like a little girl about the house she was looking forward to, and when she suddenly stopped, he couldn't help but ask, "Why didn't you say it?"

She laughed awkwardly, "It's obviously your house, and I don't seem to be good at pointing fingers here." ”

"Nothing bad. Meng Tang walked up to her, and the two stood face to face at the balcony door.

Because it was raining outside, it was difficult to go outside, so the glass door separated the rain curtain from the dry interior into two worlds. She looked up at him, but was surprised to see a clear shadow in his eyes...... It's still the same as before, and only her reflection is left in the whole world.

Qin Zhen couldn't help but take a step back, wanting to say something to break this eerie atmosphere of silence, but Meng Tang opened his mouth at this time: "I called you here to know what you think. Qin Zhen, actually, I'll come back this time-"

Suddenly, a piercing ringtone interrupted Meng Tang's words, Qin Zhen took out his mobile phone from his satchel apologetically, and after seeing Cheng Luyang's name, he looked up at him apologetically, "I'm sorry, I'll answer the phone." ”

Cheng Luyang also saw the name on the screen, paused, and closed his mouth.

Qin Zhen only took less than a minute to end the phone call, because he was afraid that Meng Tang would hear Cheng Luyang sarcastically sarcastically talking about her classmate friendship with such a bad-hearted man on the other side. She cut off the phone very decisively before Cheng Luyang lost his temper, and then turned back to Meng Tang casually and smiled: "Where did you just go?"

Meng Tang looked at her vivid expression before she had time to put it away, and suddenly couldn't speak.

What to say?

- Actually, I didn't return to China this time for anything else, but for you?

- Actually, I've been alone all these years, and I know your situation well, because this situation has long been expected by me?

- Actually, it's not that you've been unrequited in love, I care more about you than you think, and I care about every minute and every second of calculations, and every possibility we have in the future?

……

All he knew about Lu Dao was that Meng Tang, who was praised as a genius, also made mistakes, he could calculate the loopholes in the law clearly, and he could also score exactly as he expected all the attacks and rebuttals that the opposing lawyer might have in court, but when it came to love and love, about people's hearts, he failed completely.

If nothing else, it was for Qin Zhen's concern and concern for the person named Cheng Luyang in just one minute.

She asked him if he still had a headache, a sore throat, and if he had a cold, and she said that she had bought medicine for him overnight in the rain and hung it at the door, and she said that she helped him wash his clothes and hang them on the balcony...... In just a few words, Meng Tang couldn't open his mouth anymore.

But who is he? The lawyer Meng who has been in the court and has repeatedly made the opposing lawyer give up the case and leave the court on his own initiative, and Professor Meng, who is obsessively admired by the top law students in the most famous law school in the country, has never given up two words in his dictionary.

Meng Tang was silent for a moment, and suddenly began to continue to ask her opinion about the decoration casually. Qin Zhen didn't doubt him, and when he saw him so encouraging, he didn't care so much about it, and professionally gave him some pertinent suggestions with his years of sales experience.

Nearly ten minutes passed, and she also said with a dry mouth, drank the mineral water prepared in the bag, and wiped her mouth, "That's almost it, I can't mention more, after all, I'm not a professional decorator, or a house seller." ”

Meng Tang showed his usual smile, and suddenly turned his head to ask her, "What do you think of this house?"

"Very good!" Qin Zhen replied without thinking.

"What's so good?" he asked unhurriedly.

Qin Zhen thought for a moment, "The location is good - because it is located in the center of the city. Good floor plan – because it's very well designed. The environment is good - after all, the neighborhood is famous for its greenery. And the owner - because he is willing to spend a lot of money on decoration, the house will be beautiful. ”

She tried to show the friendly attitude that an old classmate should have, because Cheng Luyang asked her to learn to let go, and the best way to learn to let go is not to run away from this person and all the past about him, but to face him with the right attitude.

But when she was working tirelessly, Meng Tang destroyed all her hard work with just one sentence.

In the brightly lit room, he suddenly looked deeply into her eyes, and said to her in a voice gentle enough to drown any cockroach that was too strong to kill an insecticide, and a mouse mutated enough to not be afraid of cats, "If you like it, because it was meant for you." ”

In just one sentence, Qin Zhen's world suddenly shattered, and the sun and moon were gone.

She stood there in shock, too late to digest the meaning of this sentence, she could only look up at him in a daze, trying to analyze the semantic relationship and logic of this sentence with her collapsed central nervous system, but her brain had been shocked by a series of high-speed and high-energy chemical phenomena that looked like nuclear reactors, and even a simple conditioned reflex was blocked.

What did he say?

Is it good if she likes it?

Because the house was meant for her?

Qin Zhen was so shocked that even the continuous ringing of the mobile phone in her bag could not bring her back to her soul, and she just looked at Meng Tang in shock.

For five minutes, the phone rang countless times, but she stood there as if her senses had completely vanished.

Meng Tang gave her five minutes to digest all of this before she spoke, "Qin Zhen, please listen to me carefully for the next words." I used to like you, from junior high school until I graduated from high school, I always liked you. Even after graduating, I went abroad to study, but I never changed my mind. Maybe you don't know, but I have been paying close attention to your situation all these years abroad, what you are doing, who you are friends with, and whether you have a partner around you...... I know all of this. Before I explain it to you, I just want to tell you that I don't have a so-called fiancée, or even a girlfriend, because everything I came back to China was only for you. I hope you will consider me and stay with me. ”

At the same time, outside the hidden door, Cheng Luyang, who had worked hard to find a place two minutes ago by following the bell and Fang Kai's report on the customer's house purchase information, heard Meng Tang's conversation with his own ears.

The face that was always arrogant and invincible suddenly sank, as cold as ice that could not melt in the cold winter, and the slender and beautiful hands were already clenched into fists.

A monstrous anger and burning sensation that had not come came boiled him like a flame igniting a straw.

What did the guy with the surname Meng say?

Seventeen years had passed, and now that he was ready to let go of him and go for her own life, because of his selfishness and vanity, which had kept the woman in the house in her mind for so long, and now that she was ready to let go of him and take on her own life, he came to her again and said these demagogic filthy words?

Despicable, obscene, filthy, disgusting!

Cheng Luyang wanted to attack him in the most unpleasant language in the whole world, because Qin was really such a good person, so good that any disabled woman she didn't know was worthy of her help, so good that even on a rainy day, she could be busy until midnight for a bastard like him who always spoke ill of her, so good that she could ignore the cold eyes of the surnamed Meng and watch her fall into unrequited love for seventeen years, and continue to help him as a friendly old classmate......

And how can he be virtuous, worthy of Qin Zhen to treat him like this?

The most unbearable thing is that he dares to provoke her!?

Cheng Luyang was like a tight string, he couldn't hold back the anger in his heart anymore, slammed open the door of the void, and strode in.

The author has something to say: this is a mixture of ice and fire, the first half of the chapter is lingering and fresh, and the second half of the chapter is vigorous and bloody.

I wrote that my whole body was going crazy, and I was so excited that I was going to die!!

No, I can't control my wild sprinkling of dog blood*, I'm going to keep sprinkling dog blood!

The good impression of a person can continue to rise a lot, but it only takes a moment to really attract a person.

The moment when she was really tempted had come, and she would wake up the moment when the big cheap subconsciously dropped Professor Meng K.O.

I just hope that the next chapter won't be smashed by me...... Strive to write about this heart-pounding feeling of volcanic eruption.

But I still hope that the overlord who has been diving and the bubbling true love can continue to use the message to give me motivation, this story has developed to the point where I feel extremely excited, I hope I can continue to write in a better and better state!

Love you!!

Preview of the next chapter: The outbreak of the big cheap, really tempting, the professor's hardship.