Zhou Jiyou closed the line, Shen Ke didn't know what he was thinking, and looked at her quietly.

She was silent, Shen Ke slowly turned her head, the corners of her mouth twitched, and she smiled, unable to hear the deep meaning: "Go around, in the end you still come together." ”

Zhou Jiyou didn't delve into it, and his tone was leisurely: "We have never been separated. ”

Shen Ke naturally picked up the stubble: "You can't bear him, but you can give up me." ”

His tone was very light, as if he had no temper, just a simple and straightforward statement.

Zhou Jiyou opened her mouth slightly, she wanted to say something but didn't say it, this is a fact, she doesn't need to choke.

Her sudden silence made Shen Ke laugh again, her laughter was low, still restrained, and her feelings were not leaked at all.

There was nothing to feel guilty about, she didn't owe him, never did.

She pinched the time, thirty or forty minutes on the road, thirty or forty minutes in Houhai, forty or fifty minutes on the way back, and could go home and sleep before twelve o'clock.

She was a little tired and a little sleepy.

She sat in the car, leaned back, closed her eyes and pretended to sleep.

For a short time on the road, Shen Ke looked at her sideways, her face flickering in the light of the neon lights outside the window.

Ganlu Hutong is different from other winding roads around, it is straight, connecting Gulou West Street and the northern edge of Houhai, which is convenient for parking at night and will not be ticketed.

It just so happened that she was brought over by Jing Qiao to play last month, Jing Qiao is used to saving money, and after marrying Zhou Qiyang, she is still saving money on living expenses.

Shen Ke instructed the driver to park the car in the parking lot on the northern edge of Houhai.

The parking lot is located in the southeast of Wanghai Tower, very close to Ganlu Hutong.

This silent action made Zhou Jiyou feel a strange feeling in his heart.

They were so peaceful that even when they were silent with each other, she was able to calm down.

At night, when the temperature is low, the water and ice meet and the colorful reflections spread out into a watercolor painting.

Zhou Jiyou leaned against the railing on the shore, her hair was blown by the wind, she took off the scarf and put it back on, and the ends of her hair were hidden in the scarf and pressed to prevent the wind and cold.

She turned her head to look in the direction of the Silver Ingot Bridge, ninety o'clock in the evening was the busiest time in Houhai, and the cold weather could not reduce the sound and wave of the bar street.

Zhou Jiyou put his hand in his coat pocket, stomped his feet twice on the spot to ward off the cold, and said to Shen Ke behind him: "When I was a child, I wasn't so famous here. ”

As he spoke, he turned his head -

Shen Ke was wearing a new and crisp handmade suit, with the collar of his shirt turned up, the bow tie was tied, and he was meticulous in the style of a businessman, if it weren't for the driver who chased him out with his long brown coat and put it on him, he would have to keep this thin dress standing for a long time in the cold wind.

But Zhou Jiyou knows that he is really not afraid of the cold. Maybe it's because of her own physique, she has the impression that she hasn't seen him pay attention to keeping warm.

When she looked at him, he raised an eyebrow and said loosely, "You always remember when you were a child." ”

Zhou Jiyou froze slightly, twisted his head back, looked at the other side, his eyes gradually blurred, and his voice was unconsciously lowered: "Actually, I remember everything, Shen Ke." ”

Shen Ke was approaching her, so he heard clearly.

He didn't speak, looking in the same direction as her, there was a pier, and next to the pier was Houhai Park.

He didn't know what she was looking at, and she didn't know what he was looking at, and many years later, for the first time, two people with more different experiences did not quarrel or quarrel, and they stood side by side with each other in harmony and stability.

In October 1998, Zhou's father passed away, and Zhou Jiyou was picked up by Jiang Ruhui from Beijing to Nanxiang. She still remembers the gentle Uncle Shen Kai, in the entire Shen Mansion, except for Aunt Lin and his wife, only he will smile at her.

In August 1999, Shen Kai passed away, and in September, Shen Guoan's youngest son Shen Ke recognized his ancestors and returned to his ancestors.

"Eh, little ghost, what's your name?"

She looked cold.

"It's not big, but it's quite arrogant."

"People are not small, but there is a lot of nonsense."

"Interesting, and you're competing with me."

He was idle and idle, standing in the way and deliberately teasing her.

Her eyes bulged slightly, and the meaning conveyed by her eyes was clearly disdainful of bothering him, but her stubborn little appearance was clearly holding back the fire.

At that time, he had just lived in Shen's house for three days, and she was only about to be a year.

He is an illegitimate child, she is a drag oil bottle, she is also covered in thorns, and she is also incompatible with Shen Zhai.

He always provokes her cynically, and she is like a thorn in the head, he attacks a foot, and she returns a foot.

Gradually, the two developed revolutionary feelings.

She remembered everything, but those bad memories took up too much later, squeezing the first part into the corner.

Once hormones are involved in people, all feelings will change unconsciously.

The night was not gentle, but the hearts of the two became soft together at this moment.

Zhou Jiyou's cheeks were a little cold in the cold night, and she listened to Shen Ke talk about his plans over the years, how he implemented them step by step, and how he successfully started a business and made a small company bigger.

Her chin was lowered and she tucked into her scarf.

She already knew in her heart why Shen Ke chose to come here, because the cold wind could freeze her mind clear and numb.

"Do you still hate Old Man Shen?" She asked.

If it weren't for the white-haired man sending the black-haired man, and he only had one son under his knees, Shen Kai would not have recognized Shen Ke and would not have gone to see Shen Ke's mother.

Shen's mother raised Shen Ke alone, and after more than 20 years of anticipation, she finally hoped that Shen Guoan was willing to accept their mother and son, but unexpectedly, Shen Guoan did not classify her into the ranks of acceptance, he gave her a sum of money to let her leave Nanxiang and never appear in front of Shen Ke again in her lifetime.

Shen Ke resented his mother and couldn't stand in her shoes to look at this ridiculous transaction.

Until the National Day in 2002, he went to pick her up at school, and suddenly received a phone call on the way back to Shen's house.

As soon as the front of the car fell, the two of them went all the way to the highway, and when they arrived at a surrounding county, it was already dark.

Shen's mother suffered from breast cancer, and took the money to treat the disease, which was surgically removed and combined with radiotherapy and chemotherapy, but it still recurred and metastasized two years later.

The lesion kept growing, and she gradually became disillusioned with the hospital, and in desperation, she rushed to the doctor, believing in the so-called folk miracle doctor, and fell into a well-planned scam.

People went to the empty house, and Shen's mother died in a sanatorium in the county seat.

She had no relatives, no friends, and when she died, she held a small rectangular telephone book in her hand, and the phone book had many names and numbers, and every page was full of memories, except for the first page, two words and a string of numbers, and those two words were: son.

There are many things to follow, but the authorities are confused and have not been able to go deeper. He began to transform after that day - to submit to Shen Guoan, and to keep his distance from her in front of Shen Guoan.

Looking back now, the past is like smoke, even if he pretended to be stupid about the fact that she liked him, and later directly led her to completely turn her face with Shen Guoan and Jiang Ruhui, there was not much contradiction between them.

In the final analysis, it was she who subconsciously rejected and then got involved with him.

She thought she wouldn't want to see him again, but the sudden meeting made her realize that it was nothing, she could already see him as an ordinary friend, the most familiar stranger who had helped her and taken care of her.

Shen Ke looked at the open field of vision in front of her, she couldn't see the expression on his face, and he laughed very softly: "In this world, love and hate are incalculable debts. I'm tired, and I can't afford anyone's debt. ”

As he spoke, he turned his eyes to stare at her, "Including you, Xiaoyou." I also want to pay off the debts related to you. ”

Zhou Jiyou's heart was shocked, under the shadow of the tree, his face was dark, his eyes were dark, she couldn't tell what he meant, her lips pursed, and she didn't say anything.

Shen Ke looked at her, slumped on the ground, grabbed her with his long arms, and pressed her to his chest.

As soon as he moved, the long coat on his shoulders began to fall off.

The coat didn't fall off, and Zhou Jiyou didn't struggle, she was very stiff, her chest was undulating, and her breath was full of the faint smell of men's perfume on his body.

"This is the last time I ask you, do you want to come back, whatever you want, I will give it to you." He spoke slowly, with each pause spaced a second or two apart.

Zhou Jiyou's breathing also paused intermittently.

She thought that she must have been gentle with her children for too long, and she couldn't handle this kind of thing ruthlessly.

She didn't move, and said as tactfully as she could: "I used to like you because you made me feel grounded and made me feel cared for." Have you ever thought that you asked me to come back, maybe it was also because I brought you some kind of experience during those days, and this kind of experience happened to be what you missed and missed. ”

After a pause, she vaguely felt that the arm that encircled her also seemed to have a hint of stiffness.

"Shen Ke, you don't want me to come back, you want to come back in those days."

She wasn't sure, but she chose to put it on the line. Right or wrong, it doesn't matter.

By the way, the crooked hit was right, and both of them were relieved; Wrong, give him a step, don't be embarrassed by each other.

Shen Ke tilted the corners of his mouth, quite self-deprecating. He let go of her, with a thoughtful look on his face, nodded lightly, and said, "Maybe you're right." ”

Zhou Jiyou's expression remained unchanged, and his body gradually relaxed.

Shen Ke turned around and walked back and said, "It's too cold, it's not early, I'll send you to find him." ”

Zhou Jiyou called him out loud: "Eh, you wait." ”

Shen Ke turned his head, his eyes imperceptibly mixed with a hint of hope.

Zhou Jiyou pointed behind his finger and said, "The direction is wrong." ”

I hope to retreat and converge cleanly. Shen Ke smiled noncommittally: "It is worthy of being an old Beijinger, familiar with the road." He pinched the collar of his coat with both hands and pulled it around his body.

Zhou Jiyou smiled: "Lift me up, I just came here a few days ago, and I have an impression." ”

In the adult world, you come and go, and you all wear masks to disguise yourself.

Follow the north edge of Houhai, go forward a short distance, turn right, and it is Ganlu Hutong.

As the old saying goes, there is Shichahai first, and then there is Beijing City. This is the most well-preserved boundary of old Beijing. Ganlu Hutong is one of the many hutongs, and the courtyard houses with gray walls and gray tiles occupy the main features.

While they were standing on the shore, the driver was waiting not far away, and as soon as they left, he trotted to the parking lot to get the car out, and soon caught up with them, slowly following behind.

There are two street lights in the alley every other section, Zhou Jiyou dialed a phone call to Shen Feibai, and wanted to ask him if he had arrived and where he was, but as soon as the phone was connected, a car parked on the side of the road in front of him suddenly turned on the double flashing lights.

The car window was lowered, and Shen Feibai probed out, "Here." ”