>> Adversity is like a strong wind, tearing off our coats but not our hearts, so that we can see our true selves.

Liu Fanxu held Rhett's arms with both hands, and because of Rhett's stern complaint, she had no strength to laugh, and she had to walk with his arm support. Red also said very devotedly, this was the first time that no one interrupted his complaining, and he paid attention to Liu Fanxu who was walking against him while letting his thoughts diverge.

In the morning, she was picked up by Rhett all the way, and her consciousness was not very clear, so she was actually very unfamiliar with everything except Rhett's apartment, including the corridor outside the apartment, the building where the apartment was located, and the surrounding environment of the building. Liu Fanxu didn't hide her apprehension, she knew that Red was a sensitive and delicate boy, not only that, but his special insight made her not confident that she could hide her feelings without flaws in front of him. So, whether it's a funny joke or a non-stop little thought, Red is actually just trying to relieve her nervousness in an unfamiliar environment.

She understood his thoughtfulness, and she casually looked at her surroundings while listening carefully to Red's comments on time and space, from Superman Dynamic to Star Trek, and various academic comments on time and space. The hallway was clean and quiet, and to her surprise, she thought that Rhett, who had a modest financial situation, would choose a cheaper apartment, or that she had misassessed Rhett's financial means. Rhett's apartment is on the second floor of this building, there are four households on this floor, one at each end of the corridor, the doors are opposite, and the two elevators are diagonally opposite each at a 45-degree angle, and Rhett's apartment happens to be the one diagonally facing the elevator on the right. However, the reason Red chose the second floor was obviously because he was unwilling to take the elevator, why would she know? Because she was walking the stairs with Rhett right now, well, the stairwell was directly opposite the one on the left, and when she and Rhett crossed the elevator and went straight into the stairwell, she guessed that Rhett was instinctively suspicious of new technology.

Liu Fanxu is a wizard, a wizard who does not reject and even likes to delve into Muggle technology, which has something to do with her strange origins. But she still supported Red walking the stairs, well, she was just instinctively reluctant to give up her life to an iron box and two iron ropes. The two hit it off, and neither of them looked at the two elevators parked on the second floor. The decoration of the stairwell is much simpler than the corridor, but it is still spacious and bright, and the aisle at the corner of each staircase has a large glass window with double doors, although they only need to cross one aisle, but according to the bright Cheng dù in the corridor, this is actually her own speculation, through the glass window, she quickly glanced at it, and can see the dry branches of the withered yellow trees, like the forest area of a park.

Red finally stopped his enthusiastic comments about Star Trek at this time, he swept over Liu Fanxu's gaze, and opened the conversation again, "That's the only park in this residential area, and when the sun is shining on weekdays, there will be many people playing chess." Her eyes flashed, and the corners of her mouth twitched, "You must be a victorious general." Red smirked, "Yes, no one has been able to beat me yet." "She squinted at him" Chess or Go? Red nodded, very confident, "Whichever one!" Liu Fanxu was happy, she stretched out her left hand and shook her fist at Rhett a few times, "How about fighting?" Rhett lifted his chin even more proudly, "I won't let the son." She smiled but didn't answer, chess didn't dare to say that she had a chance to win, and no one dared to scream in front of her in Go, but she was a good person when she was young.

She and Rhett met each other, and both of them had confidence on their faces. The first floor of the apartment looks very cozy, walk out of the stairwell, through the elevator and the stairwell to the corridor, on the right hand side is the registration desk built with a cement wall and a wooden counter, occupying the entire space opposite the door, the security guard on duty is a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties, sitting behind the registration desk in a standard guard uniform, seeing Rhett, he stood up and greeted Rhett very warmly, he looked loyal and curious, because he had seen Liu Fanxu several times between his greetings with Rhett, Apparently he was curious to know who she was. Red pursed his lips and turned his head sideways to introduce, "George, this is Liu Fanxu, my friend." ”

Getting the information he wanted, George happily patted his beer belly, and he was very magnanimous and teased, "I know I know, young man, hey, you don't have to be shy, it's a good thing to have a girlfriend, we've been worried that you're too lonely, but fortunately you've finally opened your mind." He looked at Liu Fanxu happily, his face full of love, "You are very wise, you know?" Dr. Rhett is a dull and quirky little guy though" Rhett pursed his lips and muttered unconvinced, "Oh, thank you for your evaluation of me. Liu Fanxu glanced at Rhett, pursed his lips and snickered, George continued without being disturbed, "But he is really good, very careful and occasionally considerate, he is a smart, cute and kind child, he may not know anything romantic, but he is an honest person who can be entrusted with life, if you can calm down and take a closer look at him, you will find that he is the most correct choice for you, you have earned it." George stretched out his hand and patted Liu Fanxu on the shoulder, and concluded earnestly, "Child, you have to believe in the eyes of someone who has come over!" ”

"I will cherish him, believe me, I have always had a good eye." Liu Fanxu did not refute George's mispositioning of her identity, anyway, she would be crowded in an apartment with Rhett for a period of time in the future, it would be good if she could make them misunderstand it so much, otherwise, how would she explain their relationship, well, she didn't deny that she actually had the idea of teasing Rhett. Red frowned, and repeated the gesture of pouting and pursing his lips with an inexplicable expression. Liu Fanxu knew that he was starting to get annoyed again, so he pulled him towards the door with a smile, and said goodbye to George, "Goodbye, George, we're going shopping now, thank you for your advice!" ”

"Have fun, Liu, Red, it's my honor to be able to help you!" George sat back down in his chair contentedly. Liu Fanxu glanced at Rhett and whispered close to him to apologize, "Oh, sorry, let him misunderstand our relationship, I mean, if you have a girlfriend or a target you like, it's going to be a nuisance, okay, I'm just kidding." I'm sorry. She liked to be close to this friend, but she needed to apologize if she caused her trouble, and she hadn't considered this possibility before, probably because she arbitrarily thought that this type did not fit the fantasies of most girls of her age. Of course, this is not to say that Red is bad, on the contrary, he is good, handsome and smart, so, it is her fault, there are girls who like him and he also likes girls, which is normal.

"No, no, I mean I don't have a girl I like, and no girl likes me." Red quickly dismissed Liu Fanxu's speculation about his relationship status: "I'm not the type that most girls like, you know, I'm not strong, I look insecure, and they basically don't choose me as their dating partner." I just don't want you to be mistaken for being with me, and I, well, it's not really that right, right. She shook her head and nodded, Red watched her movements, his eyes rolled to understand what she meant, he smiled and lowered his head slightly, "Hi, thank you for comforting me, I know how I am perceived by other people, though, I'm glad you don't think so." Liu Fanxu tilted her head and leaned on Red's shoulder, her eyes seemed to be a fake sleep, and the afternoon sun sprinkled on the gray marble floor tiles through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows of the hall on the first floor. She held Rhett and stood on the steps outside the double-open glass door, outside was the large square, there were leisurely old people sitting on benches everywhere in the square, the old people looked at the happy and frolicking children in the center of the square with loving eyes, time seemed to stand still at this moment, Liu Fanxu believed that the turbulent life would also stop at this moment.

"Spencer, look at them," she suddenly tugged at Red's arm, motioning for him to look at the pair of old men not far to his left, who were walking slowly around the square, "It would be nice if there was someone who could walk with me every day in the afternoon sun when I was old." Red frowned, glanced at Liu Fanxu, and then also looked at the pair of old men, "I didn't think that far, in fact, if I can still keep my sanity after thirty, I will already feel very happy." She turned her head to look at Red in surprise, only to see that he also withdrew his gaze to look at her, "My mother is schizophrenic, I personally sent her to a nursing home when I was 18 years old, and I have a high chance of inheriting her schizophrenia, the age of onset of schizophrenia is mostly in her twenties, I don't know how many years I can look at this qiē in front of me so soberly." I just wanted to leave something behind, and I didn't think that at the end of the day, when I didn't even remember myself, Span Serred would really have to disappear into the world. Liu Fanxu shook his head, tightened his arm, and said to him affirmatively, "Spencer, first of all, from now on I will remember a word about you; Secondly, I will keep you awake and watch everything that happens in front of you until you are old enough to get tired of it; Finally, I'm not going to let schizophrenia control your brain. Do you believe me? ”

"Why are you so sure you can do it?" Red looked at Liu Fanxu strangely, he wanted to refute the unreliability of her argument with various numbers, but deep down there was a voice in his heart that kept telling him, believing her, he finally did not refute with his usual scientific tone, but opened his mouth, and his voice was very dry, "Okay, if you say you can do it, then I believe you." He didn't ask Liu Fanxu how to do it, he just looked into her eyes, her eyes were very strict and solemn, she was promised, he couldn't take it as a child's play. Liu Fanxu knew that she was out of control, even when she was in the magic world, she would not allow herself to behave unreasonably, she would be more cautious, but now, she was very reckless in making a promise before things started, which was too heavy for a wizard. However, she didn't regret it at all, and made a solemn promise to a person she had just known for less than a day, and was willing to risk the price of being counterattacked.

"Spencer, from you, I see too many beautiful things, those are what I desire but can't reach, I like you very much, so I will do my best to help you, anything, you are worth it, it's strange, I have known you for less than a day, I have been changed by you little by little, I don't know what will happen next, but I know that every qiē will become better than now." Liu Fanxu leaned his head on Red's shoulder, his eyes were gently closed, the warm wind caressed the skin leaking outside, even if it was dark in front of him, he could still feel the warmth of the sun at this moment, and it was still so cold and biting in the morning, "I know, Spencer, I have too many strange places, you don't ask, I'm grateful, I don't want to hide from you, I just don't know where to start, but, please believe me, I will definitely sue you, when I know how to say it." ”

"Okay" Rhett's voice was soft, she felt warm to listen to, she knew it was because her heart was getting warm, Rhett's voice was slow, not the fast-paced pace of speech, but the kind of word-by-word pronunciation, "If schizophrenia doesn't patronize my brain, I'll be with you until you don't need me anymore." Liu Fanxu felt that her eyes were a little hot, she suddenly realized that her eyes were occupied by something, they were tears that had not appeared for a long time, she didn't dare to open her eyes, she was afraid that they would really flow out, she trembled her eyelids, wrapped the hot tears overflowing her eyes in the darkness, she moved her lips, and wanted to open her mouth several times, but she was blocked back by the choked love in her throat, she pursed her lips, and astringently replaced the complex mood with her nasal cavity. ”

For many days and nights, Liu Fanxu has fantasized countless times that there can be a person who has nothing to do with money, power, or interests, just a warm companionship, and after countless times of deceit, she buried this purest dream. She thought that she would never have a dream come true in her life, but now, in the moment she least expected, she got the hope that she thought she was dead.

There are seven steps under their feet, and as they go down step by step, Liu Fanxu's heart is becoming clear step by step. Fate is such a strange thing, before today, her heart sank in the dark night, she thought that her life had been buried in despair, today, her heart came to the surface little by little, she actually saw the hope she had been longing for. She calmed the moisture in her eyes, and she tilted her head slightly to look at the side of Red's face, who was talking to her about the history of the square. Perhaps, she didn't know enough about him, but her encounter with him made her willing to believe it. She remembered Christmas that year, Malfoy was crooked on the sofa in the common room, slowly shaking the crystal clear goblet in his hand, the beautiful burgundy color was like thick blood, the corners of his mouth hooked a smile, his eyes were squinted, the expression on his face was mocking, he gently lifted his thin lips and spit out words, which made Liu Fanxu sneer disdainfully, he said: The heart is only a moment.

Liu Fanxu lowered her eyes, with Rhett's jumping footsteps, her mood was also withdrawn from those past memories, she whispered from time to time to talk to Rhett's money, because he got a response, he said more happily, she believed that if no one stopped or he himself was dry and unable to speak, he would not stop, but why let him stop, he said so happily, she listened very happily. She was fed up with the boundless silence, the unresponsive dead silence that suffocated her. The old castle, the dark corridors, the portraits with indifferent expressions, the rigid and heavy family mottos, she could remember the touch when she closed her eyes, cold and damp, the cracks in the walls were mixed with stains left over from thousands of years, she kept rubbing, but she couldn't clean the darkness that was stained.

"Are you sure I want to go with you?" Rhett blinked in embarrassment, Liu Fanxu understood what was going on in a flash, she squinted her crescent eyes and dragged Rhett to continue forward, and joked happily as she walked, "Do you want to guard at the door?" will be regarded as a pervert. It's just underwear, are you shy? Red's whole body seemed to be shrouded in red mist, crimson, and he glared at her with his beautiful brown eyes with great grievances, "You're pretending to be hearty again, obviously you're also very shy, but you want to tease me even more." Don't think I can't see it, I don't say it just because I respect your ** to save face and save the situation, but that doesn't mean I don't see it, do you think I'll be scared in this way? I won't" Liu Fanxu laughed happily, and then kept nodding, she likes to listen to Rhett's broken thoughts, with such a background, her mood will become more comfortable. Liu Fanxu smiled and hugged Rhett's arm, walked in the aisle between the shelves, took a few fabrics and threw them comfortably into the shopping cart, and then dragged Rhett out of this 'danger zone'.

"Can I buy some yogurt to drink?" Liu Fanxu pointed to a row of yogurt in the freezer at a constant temperature, and asked a little greedily, "Just buy a little, okay?" Red shrugged and graciously took a few bottles from the freezer shelf, which she had been staring at all along. She smiled contentedly, stood on her toes happily, reached out with her left hand to hold Red's right cheek, and pouted and took a sip on his left cheek. He stiffened suddenly, then turned his head with his eyes glared, and Liu Fanxu innocently met his wet eyes, "Thank you for the kiss!" ”