07

In the narrow alley, the air is filled with the smell of stagnant water. Li Yingfan walked on the trail unhurriedly, occasionally passing by places with stagnant water, only lightly avoiding them.

When he reached the end of the alley, he skillfully stopped in front of the innermost hardware store, and without any hesitation, he directly stepped forward and knocked on the door.

Shouted towards the house, "Is anyone there?" ”

"Here we are."

After a while, the voice sounded, and an old man with gray hair stepped out of the room. The old man lifted the reading glasses on the bridge of his nose, half-squinted, and carefully looked at Li Yingfan who walked in. Then when he saw his face clearly, he smiled, "It turned out to be you." ”

"I'm really sorry, did I bother you when I came early in the morning?" Li Yingfan took a few steps forward and stood in front of the square cabinet in the hardware store.

"No." The old man waved his hand, then turned around and took out a small velvet box from the shelf behind him, and said while opening it: "It was done yesterday afternoon, I was going to contact you, but I didn't expect you to come over." Come on, do you see if the interface looks like you want? ”

Li Yingfan reached out and took the box from the old man, took out a silver necklace placed inside, spread it out in the palm of his hand, and looked at the incandescent lamp in the room for a long time.

Old man: "What, are you not satisfied?" ”

"Nope." Li Yingfan shook his head and held the necklace in the palm of his hand, and the diamond-shaped pendant embedded in the necklace happened to be in the palm of his hand, reminding him that he had its existence.

He had just taken a closer look at it, and was very satisfied with the old man's workmanship, "You have done a good job, the original fracture is now almost invisible. I had looked for a lot of jewelry stores in the city, but they couldn't help it. ”

"If only you're satisfied." The old man listened to his heartfelt affirmation, a smile of relief appeared on his wrinkled face, and a pair of eyes narrowed directly into a line, "The fracture of this chain is indeed a bit complicated, and it took me a lot of work. ”

"It's too much trouble for you." Li Yingfan thanked the old man again.

"You're welcome." The old man shook his head, then looked at him, "Is the necklace your wife's?" Seeing that you are so anxious, I came over to see it two days ago in the evening, and my wife guessed that it must be a sweetheart. I see that you are not young anymore, you should be married, and you are still in love at this time, so it's a little late. ”

Li Yingfan had been listening carefully to the old man's words, and gradually, the scene of seeing Zhuxi in the procuratorate yesterday came to mind, the smile on his face stiffened slightly, just a moment of distraction, and then he held the necklace in his hand tighter, "It's been bad for a while, my friend introduced you here." But because I was too busy with work, I didn't find time to come and have a look. ”

"Young people, work is important, but don't focus on work, and your family should also remember to take care of it." The smile on the old man's face remained the same, but his tone was slightly heavy.

At this time, the old man's wife happened to come out of the house, listened to the conversation between the two, and echoed: "Young man, my wife is right. If this chain is broken, it can be repaired, and if it is not repaired, you can use the money to buy a new one. But this person, his feelings are bad, it's not something you can cultivate if you want to, it depends on whether others are willing or not. ”

"You say, isn't that the reason?"

Li Yingfan nodded apprehensively, wanting to reply to them, but was interrupted by the sudden ringing of his mobile phone. He took the phone and looked at it, and said to the two old men with some apologies: "I'm sorry, I'll answer the phone." ”

The old man smiled and stretched out his hand to him, then said a few words to his wife, and then turned to get busy with his work.

The call was from Li Zhifan, and before Li Yingfan could say anything, he asked on the phone: "Yingfan, where are you now?" ”

"I'm ......"

Li Yingfan turned around and glanced at the old man who was busy, paused, and changed his words: "I'm going to go to the courtyard now, brother, do you have anything to do?" ”

"Well, it's nothing, just tell you, I'm going to choose a wedding dress this morning, don't forget jì."

Li Zhifan on the other end of the phone seemed to be very busy, and the sound of turning the pages of a book and walking briskly was constantly heard.

His words made Li Yingfan stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that there was such an arrangement. He frowned, quietly put the necklace in his hand back into the velvet box, changed it to holding the box, and responded a little perfunctorily: "Well, I know, I'll go directly from the procuratorate in a while." ”

Without saying anything to Li Zhifan, he took the phone and put the box containing the necklace into the pocket of his jacket.

Seeing that he had finished making the call, the old man also stopped what he was doing and asked kindly, "Young man, are you leaving?" ”

Li Yingfan turned around and nodded at him, "Yes, thank you so much this time." ”

"I'm just going to be a craft, that's what I should do, and it's a shame that you have a heart. We have such a remote alley, let you find it. The old man smiled slightly, and continued in a serious tone: "If there is anything dissatisfied with your wife, I can help you change it again if you bring it back." ”

"Thank you, she'll be satisfied."

Li Yingfan bowed slightly, didn't stay long, and came out of the store. The sun on the horizon, which originally only showed half of his face, has now risen completely, and the sun shines on the sky above the city without leaving any room, Li Yingfan followed the sunlight and glanced at the cloudless blue sky, and his depressed heart seemed to be a little lighter.

He hooked his lips and walked out step by step along the way he had come.

Li Yingfan did not go back to the procuratorate, but drove the car directly to the wedding dress shop.

As soon as he entered the store, a clerk greeted him, "Sir, are you coming alone?" Is there anything you need? ”

Li Yingfan put his coat in his hand, his eyes quickly swept every corner of the store, and then casually glanced at the white wedding dresses placed in the hall.

Then, he retracted his gaze and turned to the clerk next to him, "Hello, do you have a place to rest here?" I'm waiting for someone. ”

As he spoke, he glanced down at the watch in his hand, "We'll need to pick out a wedding dress from you in a moment." ”

The clerk smiled while listening to him, and pointed to the right side of the counter to Li Yingfan, "Okay, the lounge is on the right, I'll take you there." ”

"Hmm." Li Yingfan agreed, waited for the clerk to walk in front, raised her heel and walked to the lounge.

Ten minutes later, the door of the lounge was pushed open from the outside, and a delicately dressed woman walked in, her eyes slightly red, and she looked straight at the man sitting on the sofa, "Yingfan." ”

Hearing this, Li Yingfan only pursed his lips, then put aside the magazine in his hand, stood up, and shouted to the visitor: "Mom." There you are. ”

"You kid, remember that I'm your mother?"

Saying that, Fang Lan turned to the side lightly, put on a straight face, and continued with some anger: "If you hadn't come over today to pick out a wedding dress, wouldn't you have planned to see your mother for the rest of your life?" ”

"Mom." Li Yingfan's face sank, and then he picked up the suit that was on the armrest of the sofa and put it on his body, and his tone hardened a little, "There is still a bunch of work in my courtyard, if you are not in a hurry here, I will rush back." ”

"You ......" Fang Lan originally wanted her son to come over and coax her, but she didn't expect her son to have such an attitude, and immediately changed her face, "You are not allowed to go." ”

Li Yingfan paused, his tone was a little helpless, but he was always cold and indifferent, "Then let's start." ”

Fang Lan was angry, glared at her son, and then went out angrily, "Anya park outside, you come out with me." ”

"Hmm." Li Yingfan responded, but he didn't rush to follow, he just stood in place, looking at Fang Lan's back thoughtfully. After a few seconds, he slowly walked out.

As soon as the two of them reached the hall, Anya was already waiting there. She was wearing a white dress with light makeup on her face, and smiled at Li Yingfan very obediently, "Brother Yingfan." ”

"Hmm." Li Yingfan smiled slightly and replied softly.

Anya glanced at Fang Lan, who had a bad face, and then at Li Yingfan, who didn't speak, thinking that the two must be having a conflict again, so she hurriedly adjusted the atmosphere, "Brother Yingfan, my aunt has always missed you very much, and she has asked me to take her to the procuratorate to find you several times." It's a pity that you always seem to be busy and haven't seen you every time. ”

As she spoke, she paused for a moment, and saw that Li Yingfan had frowned, so she changed her way, "She was still ...... on the way we came just now."

Fang Lan is a very good-looking person, seeing that Anya has said so much, she is worried that Li Yingfan will not buy it at all, so she doesn't want her to continue talking, "Anya, don't talk to him so much." ”

After she finished speaking, she directly skipped Li Yingfan and beckoned to the shopping guide clerk in the wedding dress shop, "Miss, you take us inside to pick out new wedding dresses for my son and daughter-in-law." ”

The clerk who had just taken Li Yingfan immediately walked over, "Okay, please come here." ”

It took them a morning to choose the groom's and bride's dresses. When Li Yingfan was paying the deposit at the counter, he suddenly thought of something, and the corner of his eye gently swept the wedding dress on the display table, and his gaze was firmly fixed on it.

He put the bank card back in his wallet, and walked over without realizing it

There was also a row of wedding dresses on the shelf next to the display table, and seeing that he seemed to be looking very seriously, a clerk reacted quickly and hurriedly followed, "Sir, which one do you like?" Do you need me to take it out for you? ”

Li Yingfan glanced back at her, "I'll take another look." ”

"Okay, what kind of style do you need, you can also talk to me, and I will recommend it to you." The clerk didn't say anything more, and quietly followed behind Li Yingfan.

His footsteps stopped steadily in front of the display stand, "This wedding dress ......"

As soon as he spoke, the clerk immediately understood and introduced to him: "Sir, this is a wedding dress exclusively designed by an Italian designer in our store, both in style and material, it is ......."

Li Yingfan directly interrupted her introduction, turned his head to look at her, and asked softly, "Can this wedding dress be sold?" ”

"Of course." The clerk nodded, and then continued: "If you need it, please follow me to fill in the information, and we will customize it for you immediately." ”

Hearing that it was going to be customized, Li Yingfan's eyebrows were slightly raised, and he said bluntly: "Can't this piece be sold directly?" ”

"This is a display item in the store, and it is not for sale."

The clerk was a little embarrassed and shook his head, "And the size of the wedding dress is also fixed." ”

"Hmm." Li Yingfan looked at her and no longer embarrassed her, and asked casually, "Is your manager here?" ”