Lin Lijing went to one place on his own: the Munich Oak Restaurant.

This is a fine dining restaurant surrounded by centuries-old oak trees. Revisiting the old place, the mood was indescribably complicated, the waiter came over with the menu, she hesitated for a while but didn't order anything.

She hailed a taxi and walked around the city for no purpose.

More than two hours later, the driver said, "Miss, I'm a part-time worker, and I'm about to get off work." ”

At this time, she was not in such a bad mood and replied, "Please send me back to the place where I got on the bus just now." ”

"It's 9:05 a.m., and the restaurant closes at 10 o'clock."

"It's okay, I want to go in and sit."

She returned to the Oak Tree Restaurant, and when she got out of the taxi, she saw a very familiar retro car parked on the side of the road, and looked around, and it happened that someone came out of the revolving door of the restaurant, and it was Xiao Huai.

He and Michiko came here for a drink? She wondered.

For the past three long hours, Xiao Huai had been looking for Lin Li.

There are more than 20 Western restaurants in the city that serve clams and seafood chowder soup, and he drove to search for them one by one, and finally found it and came here.

The outside world was freezing, and the passers-by were wrapped in thick clothes, but she stood motionless in the cold wind in a thin dress and long skirt, pursing her lips and staring at him quietly.

The winter wind ruffled her hair, and her eyes were a little misty, making her a little weak, but she was not weak, and the whole person was very calm, even too calm.

Such a scene seemed familiar, and Xiao Huai was stunned for a while.

He came back to his senses, walked briskly towards her, and in the moment of her dazed expression, he firmly clasped his slender wrist, pulled the car door, and shoved the person into the car.

With the air conditioner on in the car, Lin Fei seemed to have entered spring from winter.

Xiao Huai immediately dropped the electronic lock after getting into the car.

He leaned over, his collar brushing her cold cheeks. She ducked, but he held her shoulder, grabbed her back with his other hand, and hugged the man into the crook of his arm.

It was a gesture that allowed her to draw warmth from him, thoughtful but not ambiguous, just because her chest was far away from his.

"It's so cold, where have you been?" His magnetic voice gives a sense of security.

She didn't answer, but said, "You and Michiko-san came here for a drink?" What about Michiko-san? What about your driver? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, his phone vibrated and buzzed.

He let go of her, glanced down at the caller ID, chose to refuse to listen, and then replied to the text message: "I found her." Peace of mind. ”

After sending the message, he answered her previous question: "I'll send Michiko back to the hotel first, and then I'll drive myself." ”

His tone of voice was calm and indifferent, and Lin Li didn't hear the overtones at all: "What are you doing driving?" ”

"Let's see if I can meet you."

Lin Li was stunned, and suddenly understood everything: "The phone is really out of battery, I didn't mean to hide." ”

"I know." Xiao Huai nodded, "It's not early, I'll take you back." ”

Now that he has learned what happened in the exhibition, she doesn't want to hide her true feelings: "I still want to be alone for a while." ”

"When you get home, no one will bother you."

"I don't want to go back with love."

Xiao Huai didn't insist, and after a while, he lifted the electronic lock.

Lin Li turned around and opened the car door, the cold wind poured in, Xiao Huai grabbed her arm: "Wait a minute." ”

She turned around and saw him take off his suit jacket, and stopped: "I don't need clothes, I'll take a taxi back later, and I won't feel cold." ”

"It's just a piece of clothing, and you don't have to say no." He insisted on draping his clothes over her shoulders.

The ordinary story sounded very familiar to Lin Li. She looked at Xiao Huai and couldn't help but think of a past incident, and her face changed subtly.

At this time, he whispered, "Go ahead." ”

She hesitated for a few seconds, then stepped out of the car.

Pushing open the revolving door and entering the restaurant, Lin Li sat where he had just sat down, his mood fluctuated, and he hurriedly ordered a bottle of Rhine Riesling with a strong taste and a rich blackcurrant aroma.

She didn't taste the wine right away, she sat motionless, her mind recalling the past over and over again, and the more she recalled, the more impetuous she became.

As the minutes ticked by, she rubbed her aching temples, poured herself a glass of wine, and was about to take a sip into her throat when her gaze casually cast her eyes out the window.

Just a glance at it, and she was stunned.

Retro cars are still there. Xiao Huai did not leave.

Lin Pi was stunned, and walked out of the restaurant with small but fast steps, towards the retro car.

The window of the car slowly lowered, revealing Xiao Huai's handsome and compelling face.

He didn't speak, he looked at her quietly, his gaze was so deep and complex, as if she was trying to maintain her disguise, but he had already glimpsed her true face.

Lin Li's heart was hit hard, and he looked at him incredulously, his tone full of uncertainty: "Xiao Huai, at that time, that person, was it you?" ”

The so-called that time refers to a certain day in April in the spring of the previous year.

On that day, Munich ushered in a cold spring, with temperatures plummeting and rain and snow.

Xiao Huai was invited to attend the dinner of the International Federation of Economics and Business. The venue for the dinner happened to be this Oak Tree Restaurant.

The dinner was scheduled to last four hours, and halfway through, he left early. As soon as he got into the warm car, the driver said while reversing: "That Chinese woman has been waiting for more than two hours, and she is probably about to freeze." ”

He glanced casually and saw a tall, thin girl outside the restaurant holding a black umbrella, shivering in the cold of the rainy and snowy night.

He asked, "She's dressed quite thinly, why don't you go in?" ”

The driver sighed: "She said that her boyfriend was working and socializing in it and would come out soon." In this kind of ghost weather, flowers and trees will be frozen to death, let alone a weak woman? I don't know what her boyfriend thinks, so I can't bear to leave her out. ”

He said lightly, "Please give her my suit jacket." ”

"Boss, you're a gentleman."

The driver went and returned, drove the car a few meters away, and said strangely: "Boss, that woman is chasing the car." ”

The car pulled over. The windows were lowered slowly, but only a slit was left to prevent rain and snow from blowing into the car.

The girl caught up and bowed her head: "Sir, your clothes." She was wheezing and coughing as she spoke, and her voice was very hoarse, probably a cold.

He replied, "It's just a piece of clothing, and you don't have to say no." ”

"No, this dress is not cheap." She finally stopped coughing, and her voice became hoarse, "Sir, can I borrow your phone?" My phone is dead. ”

He didn't say anything, but the driver handed her the phone with a sympathetic expression.

He noticed that she was very polite to take the phone with both hands, and her wrist was thin, and she was not wearing any jewelry.

The moment she took the phone, the umbrella tilted back because it was unsupported, revealing most of her face. Her facial features are very beautiful, but she has just cried, and her whole eye socket is red.

He saw her put her right hand to her mouth and gently breathe on the heater, moving her stiff fingers a few times, and pressing them one key at a time.

After the call was answered, she took a few steps back with her umbrella.

He couldn't really hear it through the car window, and vaguely felt that her whole body was trembling, but instead of crying, he tried to maintain his composure: "No, I'm not harassing you by changing my number...... Listen to me...... I don't need money, I want to see you one last time......"

He didn't know what the man on the other end of the line was saying, and she didn't speak for the next five minutes.

She stood alone in the cold night of rain and snow, holding an umbrella, and the rain on the surface of the umbrella kept dripping and splashing on the ground, and the splash of water wet her shoes.

She held her phone and listened motionlessly, surprisingly quiet, as if even the sense of zài had weakened.

Eventually, he heard her say, "I understand...... I bless you. ”

The call came to an abrupt end. She handed her phone in: "Thank you, sir." ”

Her voice sounded extremely tense, and he felt a hint of pity in his heart, and asked implicitly, "Are you okay?" ”

She didn't answer, but said, "Sir, please lower the window a little more." ”

He agreed, only to see her carefully take off her suit jacket, fold it neatly, and send it into the car.

The driver started the car and left her far behind.

As the car waited for the green light at the intersection, he noticed that the rain was getting lighter and the snow was getting heavier, and the temperature was about to drop even lower. When I looked at the suit jacket, it was clean, and there was not a single stain of water.

He suddenly realized that, out of gentlemanly demeanor, he should give the girl a certain distance, let her escape from the wind and rain, and not leave in the dust.

It's a pity that such thoughts were forgotten by him when the red light switched to green light, after the work phone rang.

On that rainy and snowy night, he went on with his work trip, and he didn't care if the girl was abandoned by her boyfriend or if she was alone and needed help.

He hadn't expected to meet her again in this day.

Xiao Huai sat in the warm car, staring at Lin Li standing in the cold night.

His gaze moved down from her slender arm to the bracelet that covered the scar on his left wrist.

It would have been a pair of beautiful and immaculate hands.

Xiao Huai was silent for a long time, and when he spoke again, his voice was slow and low as if he was sighing: "Lin Li, if you have something unhappy, you can tell me." ”