Until Xu Zheming was discharged from the hospital, Zhong Ying didn't ask what Zhou Yan said at the beginning.

But Xu Zheming knew that Zhong Ying heard it. When she heard that Zhou Yan had an accident, she was watching the fact of what happened.

"Why didn't you come and ask me?" On the first night at the residence after being discharged from the hospital, Xu Zheming asked.

"Ask what?" Zhong Ying asked rhetorically, turning the steak in the pan over the side. The sizzle of the steak rushed out of the kitchen along with the aroma and landed on Xu Zheming, who was standing there.

"Q...... Zhou Yan's business. Xu Zheming said it was very difficult.

This is the hurdle he must overcome.

Standing in the kitchen, Zhong Ying was wearing a white dress, and the apron she sewed herself was printed with a clumsy cat, salivating at a fish in front of her. Such an inappropriate decoration of clothes made Xu Zheming feel at ease.

He heard Zhong Ying say, "If you want to tell me, you will tell me." ”

He didn't know whether he should be happy or disappointed. Maybe both.

Zhong Ying didn't give him time to talk, and brought out the steak: "Come and eat." She said calmly, going inside and bringing out the vegetable salad.

After a tasteless meal, Zhong Ying said, "You can stay with me today, and I have already cleaned up the guest room." She raised her eyes, and the emotions in her black and white eyes were well hidden, "I'm afraid something will happen to you in the middle of the night." ”

Xu Zheming's heart flowed with joy and said good.

After taking a shower and coming out, Zhong Ying sat in the living room, blankly facing the pages. A thick pile of books on the side told Xu Zheming that Zhong Ying's homework was obviously very busy.

He stood in the doorway and watched her for a long time before she came back to her senses. "You came out without drying your hair, aren't you afraid of a headache when the time comes?" Zhong Ying said, getting up and going to the bathroom to get a hair towel to help him wipe his hair.

Xu Zheming was obediently pushed by her to the sofa, let her move above his head, his eyes fell on the pile of books next to him, and asked, "Why did you study law in the first place?" ”

Zhong Ying's hand paused and said, "I want to learn." She didn't want to answer more, but Xu Zheming refused to be silent: "What about after that?" What are you going to do when you graduate? ”

"Do what you want to do and apply what you learn." Zhong Ying said, but there was a hint of confusion in her eyes.

Xu Zheming couldn't see it, but a slight sour welled up in his heart.

She didn't have herself in her life's budget, and he was acutely aware of the problem.

For a moment, both men fell silent.

Drying her hair, Zhong Ying said good night: "You just came back, it's good to rest more." She continued to hold the book and nibble, Xu Zheming stared for a long time and went upstairs.

Hearing the sound of the door closing, Zhong Ying raised her head and stared blankly in the direction of the room.

She deliberately left Xu Zheming to sleep in the guest room.

Selfishly for oneself. She had already discovered that when Xu Zheming was by her side, she would sleep peacefully.

She felt that she was beginning to crave such a good sleep.

In the middle of the night, I called Xie Sirong in China, but it was daytime, and I asked her why she didn't go to sleep yet. Zhong Ying said: "I can't sleep a little. ”

Xie Sirong asked in a low voice, "Hasn't your problem been solved yet?" ”

Zhong Ying said: "Maybe it's solved, maybe it's not." I found a way to let me sleep peacefully, but this solution ......" She didn't explain clearly, but Xie Sirong understood.

It's really strange that such two people have an extraordinary tacit understanding.

"Is it difficult?" Xie Sirong asked, "I think your body is more important." ”

Zhong Ying finally couldn't help but tell the reason, and sighed: "I don't know, what should I do." Too close, just afraid that he will misunderstand. ”

Xie Sirong said: "Why keep your distance from him? ”

Zhong Ying was silent for a moment and explained: "I'm afraid that he will misunderstand and fall into a deeper infatuation." ”

"Doesn't that show your charm?"

Zhong Ying was silent for a long time, and finally said, "I'm afraid. Sirong, I'm afraid. ”

"I'm scared that I'm going to be the next Zhong Qiaoqiao. How far can the love of the door not be the right door? In the end, will I live the rest of my life with resentment like Zhong Qiaoqiao? ”

Xie Sirong sighed on the other end of the phone: "Zhong Ying, you have already moved your heart." ”

"Yes." Zhong Ying replied, "I was moved, but reason is still reminding me that I can't be moved." ”

"Why don't you think of another possibility, where the two of you face reality together and spend the rest of your lives together?" Xie Sirong said, "Because of your mother's misfortune, do you have to doubt all love?" ”

Her voice was calm and indifferent, but it made Zhong Ying feel a pain in his heart.

"I'm a coward." Zhong Ying finally summed up for herself, "I'm sorry, Sirong, I'm a coward. ”

The call for comfort ends with Chung Sakura silently cutting off the phone.

Xie Sirong sent her an email, with only one simple sentence: "Even if there is no way to spend your life together, what does it matter, you are still young." The possibilities are endless. ”

Zhong Ying didn't see the email until the next morning, and she thought maybe she needed to clear her mind.

However, before that, another problem she needs to face is how to face those who were misled by Xu Zheming and thought that the two were lovers.

After being stopped by Xu Zheming's professor for the third time and asking her to help bring back Xu Zheming's homework reply, Zhong Ying finally said to Xu Zheming: "Aren't you going to come forward to clarify?" ”

"Clarify what?" Xu Zheming, who had completely regarded Zhong Ying's house as his own, took fresh cherries out and threw them into the juicer after hesitating for a long time.

Zhong Ying said: "Explain, you and I are not a couple. ”

Xu Zheming was silent, and after the roar of the juicer passed, he said faintly: "I didn't clarify before, but now I suddenly clarify, who would believe it." ”

Zhong Ying glared at him, but he didn't look back, after taking out the cherry juice, he pushed the glass in front of Zhong Ying with both hands: "Taste it?" ”

His attitude was too natural and calm, so that Zhong Ying couldn't speak.

Xie Sirong laughed at this and came up with a bad idea: "Do you want to, I'll introduce you to a shield and tell others that you broke up?" ”

"If you don't fall in love, you can't break up." Zhong Ying said lazily.

Xie Sirong said: "But everyone thinks that you are actually friends. Even if they are not together in the future, it can only be a breakup, and it is impossible that there is no beginning at the beginning. ”

Zhong Ying felt tightness in her chest, Xie Sirong was still persuading her to recommend her idea, Zhong Ying swallowed her breath and agreed.

The person introduced by Xie Sirong is also studying here, and she is small. Seeing Zhong Ying, the other party waved his hand to him and walked over with a smile: "Hello, I'm Fang Kai." ”

Zhong Ying shook hands with him and said hello, and Fang Kai said, "Do you really not have a boyfriend?" ”

Zhong Ying looked at him in confusion, and Fang Kai explained: "The circle of studying here in China is so big, I have also heard about you and Xu Zheming." He blinked: "Everyone thinks it's true." Otherwise, you won't always have no one around you to pursue. ”

Zhong Ying couldn't cry or laugh.

It turned out that Xu Zheming's rumors inadvertently blocked himself from trouble.

"Nope." She said, "Xu Zheming and I are really not boyfriend and girlfriend. Fang Kai cheered: "What good news." A beauty like you, there is no such news as a flower messenger around you, no matter who it is, it is good news. ”

Zhong Ying said, "I'm going to have you soon." ”

Fang Kai said sadly: "Yes, it's really bad news. Bad news. ”

Fang Kai is a person who chats easily, he can't see the arrogance of a rich child at all, and he is easy to get close to Zhong Ying.

When she went back, thinking of her smile along the way, Zhong Ying felt the difference.

Xu Zheming soon knew that Zhong Ying and Fang Kai seemed to be in love.

Not only because of the differences in the people around him, but also because he went to ask Zhong Ying, the latter's admission.

At that moment, Xu Zheming felt that one of his hearts was shattered and seemed to have become scum. He always thought that if he was sincere to her, she would return his true intentions.

Maybe this true intention came late, but there will come a day.

He didn't expect it to end like this.

He began to avoid Zhong Ying, moved out of Zhong Ying's house, and returned to the next door. The two are obviously next to each other and in the same school, but they can not see each other for a long time.

Only at night, Zhong Ying went to sit in the garden, and could see Xu Zheming's house, orange and yellow lights shining through the curtains, telling her that he was still here and did not leave.

She seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, but she felt empty in the bottom of her heart.

Zhong Ying's twentieth birthday is approaching in the blink of an eye, and the weather is already hot, and she wears a white sleeveless top with a hem tucked into beige trousers, as if she was dressed more than ten years ago.

But when she wears it, she looks unexpectedly good.

She threw a party, invited people to celebrate, and made a fuss until the middle of the night, when she drove back by herself.

Subconsciously looked up at the room next to him, there was no light, Xu Zheming had fallen asleep. Zhong Ying opened the door and turned on the light in the living room.

At the entrance door, a packed box was left there.

She opened it in surprise and saw that in the small box inside, the out-of-print book she had been looking for for a long time lay quietly inside. Other than that, there is nothing else.

Zhong Ying squeezed the book in her hand, and couldn't help but go out again, probing to look at the room next to her.

There was still no light, but Zhong Ying knew that he must be there.

She closed the door softly, and after a long time, all the lights in the room went out, and she fell into a deep sleep.

In the garden of the next house, two men sat there, their robes already covered with dew in the darkness, and the wine bottles on the table were empty.

"I see." Someone in the darkness said, "Xu Zheming, you are such a fool......"

Xu Zheming didn't speak, but the person who spoke continued: "Your love is too gentle." Running away, resisting, succumbing to her moods, these make you too weak. However, for Zhong Ying, who has a knot in her heart, if you can't open her shell strongly, you won't be able to see the gentle heart under that shell. ”

"Shut up," Xu Zheming said softly in the dark, "He Chengqian, did you come here just to taunt me?" ”

was tough on the lips, but Xu Zheming began to doubt himself gradually in his heart because of his words. Zhong Ying, it seems that she is really that kind of person......

He Chengqian's words, can you also listen to one or two?

He Chengqian smiled lowly: "Okay, I'll shut up." He lay on the chair and looked up at the starry sky casually: "You are here to guard her, and she will not know." If you don't say anything about love, you will definitely regret it later. ”

Xu Zheming looked at him, and in the faint starlight, He Chengqian looked so calm.

"yes, I should have shut up." He Chengqian said, "Xu Zheming, didn't you ask me what I was doing here?" I'm going to tell you now. ”

He leaned over with malice on his face: "I'll be your rival." ”

Xu Zheming was unmoved, just gave him a look. He Chengqian smiled softly: "I finally broke free from my shackles, are you happy for me?" ”

Xu Zheming knew his shackles, and because of this, he was even more surprised.

"Your family, you don't care?" He asked, staring at him closely, discerning his emotions in the faint light of day.

"Yes," Mr. Ho said, "I don't care." What do I care about them? One by one, they have hands and feet, and they can't live anymore. Moreover, the He family is only declining, and it is not completely bankrupt. When you're completely bankrupt, it's not too late to call again. ”

Xu Zheming could hear his determination.

"Where's Xiaolan?" After a long time, he asked softly. He hadn't seen Xu Lan for a long time, and since Zhong Ying's incident, she was taken away by Mrs. Xu, staying with her and educating her personally.

He Chengqian grabbed the empty cup and said, "I thought she loved me." However, what she fell in love with was nothing more than an illusion. ”

"If I don't go, maybe she'll never get out of her imagination." He Chengqian turned his face sideways, his handsome face had a rare calmness and indifference, "Xu Zheming, I have been thinking for a long time that with such a family, I probably have no way to be happy." Well, it's good to find someone who loves you. However, that person did not exist at all. ”

"So, I came out, and I hope she comes out too."

"I'm a person, not a puppet who fulfills her ideas."

Xu Zheming was silent for a long time, and on summer nights, the crisp insect chirp sounded in the distance, and the evening breeze brought the direction of the flowers. The starry sky in the sky is looking at the earth for eternity, but the human beings living on the earth are changing all the time.

"Do you hate her?"

He Chengqian heard Xu Zheming's question and looked up at the sky.

"There's nothing to hate." He said, "I have used her for so many years, and I have coaxed her for so many years. Everyone evens out each other. ”

He smiled at the end: "We don't owe each other." ”

Xu Zheming lowered his head in silence.

Finally, He Chengqian woke him up: "It's not too early, aren't you going to sleep yet?" As he spoke, he got up and stretched lazily. But the person is handsome, and even such actions are extremely attractive.

Xu Zheming stood up behind him and took the wine bottle on the table along with the wine glass.

Zhong Ying was extremely surprised to see He Chengqian in front of her door. It's still a white shirt and white pants, but standing there, it shows a different vitality.

"Hey!"

Zhong Ying slammed the door in front of him, making his desire to say hello intimately come to naught.

Xu Zheming sneered silently behind him, and the gaze he looked at made He Chengqian sneer. He didn't expect it to end like this.

"You seem to have forgotten what the last time you saw each other." Xu Zheming said, "I thought you remembered, but it turned out that you didn't remember at all." ”

He Chengqian fell silent.

How could he not remember that the girl's body was under him, and at that moment he was almost addicted. But at that moment, he was also grieving.

He once thought that he could hide all those emotions and only be a marionette in Xu Lan's hands. But at that time, he realized that his heart was not completely dead.

He also has his own emotions and thoughts, as well as desires.

However, he forgot that that moment was a nightmare for a girl.

He Chengqian turned around and seemed to smile: "I will let her change." Xu Zheming looked at him and left without looking back, and the emotions in his heart were complicated and difficult to understand.

Zhong Ying saw He Chengqian again at a fast food restaurant. He wears a ridiculous hat and greets guests who come to order with a smile on his face. There are so many young people and girls in the restaurant, only he is the most eye-catching.

Seeing Zhong Ying, He Chengqian also showed a smile, he handed her the burger and Coke, and said, "I thought you didn't eat these." ”

Zhong Ying turned to leave, without answering him a word.

She thought about not going again, but she met him one after another. Each time, he was doing a job that he had probably never done before, and he was smiling as if he was having a great time.

Today she saw him mowing the grass for others, wearing a short T-shirt, which was thinly attached to his body, soaked with sweat, showing a smooth figure.

She stood from a distance and watched, but he saw her and raised his hand to greet him.

In less than a quarter of an hour, he had finished his work, took the money and came over to talk to her with a smile: "What a coincidence, I met again." ”

Zhong Ying finally spoke to him: "Why are you doing this now?" ”

He Chengqian said: "Why can't you do this? The corners of his eyes and eyebrows were smiling, "Why don't I come here to experience life?" ”

"If it's just about experiencing life, there's no need to do that." Zhong Ying said, she stared at He Chengqian, "What happened to you?" ”

The smile on He Chengqian's face gradually disappeared: "You are very sharp. ”

He was silent for a long time, staring at her, and finally laughed again: "I have nothing to do with Xu Lan now. ”

is a simple sentence that makes the past and the old things clear. Zhong Ying stared at him for a long time and said congratulations: "It's a good thing to leave the Xu family. ”

"However, I don't think you have anything to do with Xu Lan anymore." Zhong Ying said, "Everything that has happened is irreversible. ”

He Chengqian's expression fell.

He was so handsome, even with such an expression, he still looked very moving. "It's sad," he said self-deprecatingly, "and at this moment, it was as if all the efforts had been in vain." ”

Zhong Ying lowered her head, "Goodbye." She said, waved at He Chengqian, went back to her house, and closed the door.

He Chengqian stood in place, almost unable to believe that he had been left here like this.

"So, you're not much better." Xu Zheming stood not far away and said, his heart was a little sour. Just now, Zhong Ying didn't notice him at all.

He Chengqian "cut" to him, packed up his things and went to Zhong Ying's next door with him.

"Aren't you going back?" Xu Zheming asked, "What's the need to waste time here?" ”

"What are you going back for?" He Chengqian said, "It's good to be here. Xu Zheming disagreed: "You came out of school to study, not here to do temporary work." ”

"Maybe you don't need to save the He family, but you need to save yourself."

He Chengqian lay on the sofa and smiled: "Xu Zheming, you are still so serious. His lazy appearance made Xu Zheming not want to speak anymore.

Zhong Ying saw Xu Zheming the next day, and he knocked on her door, but only to say a word: "I'm going back to China, do you want to go back with me?" ”

Zhong Ying's eyes widened: "Go back to China?" She hesitated.

There is Xie Sirong in China, but there is also Zhong Qiaoqiao. More importantly, return to China with Xu Zheming.

"No, thank you." Closing the door, she said, "If I want to go back, I'll go back myself." ”

A few days after this incident, He Chengqian came to the door and begged to take him in: "I originally lived with Xu Zheming, but as soon as he left, I couldn't cook, so I had to come to ask for help." He leaned against the doorframe and smiled brightly, "If you don't take me in, I'll probably starve to death soon." ”

"Welcome to the fast food restaurant," Zhong Ying said, letting the door open for him to come in, "You worked there." ”

"I was almost smoked by the smell of fried chicken, and I didn't want to eat fried chicken in the future." He Chengqian walked in and looked at it with his head probed.

"I'm just asking for a partner."

Zhong Ying finally agreed, but she was still soft-hearted towards He Chengqian after all. Xie Sirong disagreed: "Since you have decided to leave that circle a long time ago, why do you want to approach these people now?" ”

Zhong Ying herself didn't know. Fang Kai came over to find him, saw He Chengqian, and whistled loudly: "Oh, it's really handsome and handsome, is this your new boyfriend?" ”

Zhong Ying greeted him with a smile: "No, it's not. ”

"Come here today, I have a party to invite you." Fang Kai was not entangled, "I have a friend who is going back to China after finishing his studies. He said when and where the party would be, "Please be sure to attend." He squeezed his eyes at He Chengqian, "You can bring your family~"

Zhong Ying sent him out with a smile.

The party was very lively, and He Chengqian, who came over, sat there and attracted countless eyes. He was like a natural luminous body, and he only had to stand there for a moth to pounce on him.

Zhong Ying sat far away and pinched the juice in her hand, feeling that if she brought He Chengqian over, maybe the men present would hate her.

"That's, He Chengqian?" Someone was talking in a low voice next to him, "I remember seeing him not long ago, and he was still next to the little girl of the Xu family." ”

"Maybe it's because of the break with the Xu family, it doesn't last long to please women."

"Also, soft rice can't be eaten for a lifetime."

……

These words made Zhong Ying's heart sullen when he heard it. She suddenly realized that no matter what He Chengqian thought of herself, in the eyes of outsiders, he had the imprint of the Xu family that could not be separated.

He belongs to Xu Lan.