The hallway of the restaurant is moderately wide, but it can still be a small block if five people are dispersed at the same time.

A middle-aged man smoking a cigarette shouted "Hey, kid, let me go", passing by Meng Yifan, Jing Qiao reacted quickly and avoided behind Zhou Jiyou, and when the man walked by, he glanced at her casually.

The old people are reunited, but the atmosphere is strict and unfamiliar. Jing Qiao was puzzled in his heart, silent, and said no more.

Shen Ke slowly hooked a smile, the smile was slightly thin, and his voice and eyes vaguely revealed a deep meaning: "I know, if it's not good, I know her turning into ashes." ”

Jing Qiao heard this, and slandered: Weird, this smell of gunpowder.

Meng Yiyi pursed her lips slightly and didn't say anything.

Zhou Jiyou and Shen Ke's eyes collided in the air, and her smile was also thinner than paper: "Even if I turn to ashes, I will be blown away by the wind, and I won't bother your eyes." ”

Shen Ke squinted, and his face became more and more cold and hard.

Zhou Jiyou looked away and took the first step, "Qiaoqiao, go." ”

Jing Qiaoxi was excited to see it, and his reaction was slightly sluggish: "Huh? Oh......" followed.

Meng Yifan had a large gap on his side, Zhou Jiyou crossed him, the young man's temper couldn't be hidden, his eyes were slightly bulging, and his fists were clenched.

As soon as the two of them turned, the figure could no longer be seen, he turned his head, unwilling: "Sister, what's the matter with her?" ”

Meng Yiyi glanced at him: "What else can you do, draw a line with us." ”

Meng Yifan didn't understand: "Why?" "I feel a little aggrieved.

Meng Yiyi looked at Shen Ke, who was expressionless, and did not answer.

Shen Ke raised his feet with a cold face and stepped forward, "Let's go, send you back." ”

Jing Qiao kept looking at her again and again, and when she walked to the door of the box, Zhou Jiyou looked at her with a stopped look: "Don't ask." ”

She was stunned: "...... I didn't ask. ”

Zhou Jiyou said: "Don't ask in the future." ”

Jing Qiao: "...... Oh. ”

After Zhou Jiyou's hand touched the doorknob, he didn't pull down immediately, paused, and added in a low voice: "I don't want to repeat the past." ”

Jing Qiao was stunned again, her head was lowered, she couldn't see the emotion, her voice was waveless, and she couldn't hear the emotion clearly, but Jing Qiao knew that she was explaining to her that the past was very unhappy, so don't ask.

***

After the dinner, Zhou Qiyang, who was generous, led a wave of people to the health hall next door that had been booked in advance for a pedicure. Zhou Jiyou was not interested, so he excused himself and said goodbye. Aunt Jing Qiao visited, felt unwell, and left together.

The two were separated at the subway station, and Zhou Jiyou took Line 1 alone, then transferred to a bus, and returned to the residential community.

In the distance, I saw a car parked by the lush trees downstairs, and next to the car, a person was leaning.

The man was smoking, and the cigarette butt was scarlet, and it was clearly extinguished.

He took the cigarette in his hand, exhaled a puff of smoke, turned his head, and looked at it casually, his posture unchanged, but his gaze never shifted.

He watched her approach, his eyes narrowed like a dark light over her face.

Zhou Jiyou stood two or three meters away, frowned slightly, and was alert: "How do you know that I live here?" ”

A cigarette between his fingers slowly burned out a piece of ash, he tapped his index finger twice, put it in his mouth and took two more puffs, the smoke ring spit out, and said in a casual tone: "I don't know what you do." ”

She wasn't in the mood to guess a riddle with him, so she turned around and left.

Swiped the card, opened the apartment door, followed quickly and steadily, and pinched her wrist, "It's all here, are you still going to close the door?" ”

I don't know how much he smoked in a row, but as soon as he got closer, the smell of smoke immediately hit his nose.

Zhou Jiyou twisted his eyebrows, turned his head to stare at his dark eyes, and warned: "Let go." ”

"If you let go, you'll run." He smiled casually, his eyes full of coercion.

Zhou Jiyou also smiled and raised his eyebrows: "I don't run, you let go." ”

One second, two seconds...... The two looked at each other, neither of whom could see compromise in the other's eyes.

Gradually, the force on his wrist decreased, and after Zhou Jiyou sensed it, he immediately shook it off, and his eyes drooped, and he didn't look at him again.

His self-deprecating tone sounded above his head, as light as the summer breeze: "Xiaoyou, you have no conscience." ”

Zhou Jiyou's heart shrank violently with these words, as if he was being clenched by an invisible hand.

She pressed her hand on the edge of the door little by little, and the stainless steel sheet on the door sank deep into her palm, dull pain.

"And how much conscience do you have?" Zhou Jiyou felt amused, "Shen Ke, I don't owe you." ”

After Shen Ke pondered the meaning of his words, his eyes darkened: "Meaning, I owe you?" ”

Her attitude was always indifferent: "You don't owe me either." ”

He smiled, and his gaze became meaningful: "I don't owe you, and you don't owe me, so why don't you invite me to go up and sit down?" ”

The hot wind blew her forehead swollen. She moved her lips and wanted to question back, no need, really no need, holding on to the question would only seem to be obsessed, but in fact, she had already thrown the past into the old drawer and never touched it again.

She opened the door and opened a passage, and said in an inviting tone: "Then I want to be a guest, okay, I will fulfill you." ”

Shen Ke looked at her deeply, not to mention the slightest bargain, and his mood was even more gloomy.

***

Walking into the house, Zhou Jiyou sat in the hallway, taking care of himself and changing his shoes, "There are slippers in the shoe cabinet, find them yourself." ”

After saying that, she put the pearl sandals she had changed into and left him alone, and walked towards the house alone.

Shen Ke looked at the layers of partitions in the shoe cabinet, and on the layer where the slippers were placed, there was not only a pair of men's summer slippers, but also a pair of men's winter cotton slippers. It was clean, he picked it up, glanced at the soles, it was worn. Especially for the cotton drag, the position of the heel and the fluff are slightly flattened.

There are spare women's slippers in the shoe cabinet, and in a slight comparison, the soles are clean and clean, and the fluff is high and smooth, almost equal to not wearing.

Shen Ke changed into the pair of plastic slippers that had been worn by others, and his heart sank slightly.

Walking to the living room, Zhou Jiyou turned on the TV and was watching, holding a high-mouthed mug in his hand, his eyes fixed on the TV screen, and he didn't look at him, "There is a disposable paper cup on the table, drink water and pour it yourself." ”

Shen Ke looked for it, and a long stack of paper cups with light blue patterns was wrapped and piled up in the corner of the coffee table.

The mouth has been opened, one end of the bag is stuffed in a groove, and one can be taken out by pulling it out.

He was indeed a little thirsty, so he did it himself, and then paused: "What about the water?" ”

"Are you blind?" Zhou Jiyou pointed in a direction casually, his eyes still on the screen.

Shen Ke looked at her, snorted, and said, "Feibai came to you, and you did the same to him?" ”

Zhou Jiyou was slightly stunned, and finally moved his eyes to him.

She didn't have to say anything, the meaning in her eyes was strong, and he could understand it. Lowering his eyes and looking at the slippers at his feet, "These shoes are for him." I can't think of any other man here who can get in but him. ”

Zhou Jiyou opened his lips and said lightly: "You are wrong." ”

Shen Ke raised his eyebrows.

Zhou Jiyou looked at him indifferently: "A dead beggar like you begged to come to the door, didn't you come in." ”

Shen Ke's expression changed slightly, pursed his lips and was silent for a moment, and said, "Xiaoyou, you don't have to deliberately provoke me. ”

Zhou Jiyou slowly turned his gaze away, holding the remote control in his hand to turn up the volume of the TV little by little. She turned on the TV, she just didn't want to talk nonsense with him, and now, she didn't even bother to listen.

Shen Ke stood in place for a while, and the paper cups in his hands were slightly deformed. He walked to the direct drinking water dispenser and took a cup of cold water, poured it down in a few sips, the burning sensation in his throat only increased, he took another cup, pinched it with two fingers, and the water in the cup overflowed on the back of his hand, cold silky, and his chest was also cold.

Adjusting his mood, he placed the paper cup on the coffee table, sat next to her, and watched TV with her.

It happens to be CCTV 13, the news channel.

Zhou Jiyou frowned at his approach, raised his hips, and moved away a little.

“……”

Shen Ke turned his head and was extremely annoyed: "Are you necessary?" ”

Zhou Jiyou drank saliva, watched the news coldly, and mocked: "You smell the smoke on your body yourself, if I were you, I would be embarrassed to continue to pollute the air in people's homes by lying here." ”

Shen Ke really lowered his jaw and sniffed, and when he smoked four cigarettes in a row downstairs, he was indeed infected with the smell of smoke.

He sighed a little weakly, and after this out, his temper eased slightly, and he calmed down to watch the news with her, as if it didn't matter if he didn't communicate with his eyes and words.

Zhou Jiyou felt irritated and glanced at the clock hanging on the wall of the living room, it was less than nine o'clock.

Coldly, he suddenly looked at the news and said, "It's a weird feeling to see him on the morning news occasionally." ”

Zhou Jiyou was stunned, she understood who he was talking about.

News continued to be broadcast, chattering in a rigorous and clear tone, but it failed to cover Shen Ke's voice. In other words, it's not that she can't cover it, it's that she can't automatically block it when it comes to that person.

Shen Ke smiled vaguely: "I actually used to treat him as an opponent." ”

Zhou Jiyou couldn't hold back, and sarcastically said: "No, he is not as ambitious as you." ”

As soon as the words blurted out, her heart shook. It turned out that subconsciously, she looked at him like this, he was different from Shen Ke, very different.

Smack.

The sound of the TV disappeared suddenly, she turned her eyes, Shen Ke took the remote control she threw aside, and turned off the TV.

He turned sideways slightly, his eyes were on him, sharp as an eagle, with a sneer: "He has no ambition, but he can't guarantee that one day he will have a knife on his neck like me, and he has to have it." ”

A nameless fire instantly surged up in his chest, and he couldn't tell why, and even faintly feared. Afraid of what? I don't know.

"No one put a knife on your neck." She said coldly, "It's because you want too much, you don't want to give up, you just want it." ”

"Why do I only want to get it, don't you know?"

"I don't know." She didn't have the leisure to argue with him, snatched the remote control from his hand, turned the TV back on, and didn't say a word.

The noise was noisy, and Shen Ke's heart was also noisy, and for a while, he couldn't say a word.

Until his phone rang, until someone on the other end called him back, he collected the line, put a ticket for the opening ceremony of the Olympics on the coffee table, "I brought you a ticket, I'll pick you up on Friday night." ”

Friday, August 8. Zhou Jiyou didn't need to look at it, he didn't need to ask, he guessed what the ticket was after thinking about it.

A bite refused: "Take it." ”

Shen Ke stood tall in front of her, blocking the TV behind him, his eyes were irresistible: "It's been five years, and you haven't been willful enough?" How long are you going to have to fight me again? ”

Zhou Jiyou's tone was steady and his expression was indifferent: "You said that I am willful, and I am not willful for a lifetime, how can I be worthy of your praise." ”

***

After leaving the popularity, she sat alone in the living room again, her mind seemed to be very empty, so empty that she couldn't remember anything, and it seemed to be very heavy, so heavy that she couldn't figure out anything.

She looked at the opening ceremony ticket that was lying there and did not move, and then at the disposable paper cup that stood there without moving, and wanted to get up and throw it into the garbage basket together, her body was tired and too lazy to move.

She closed her eyes, the sound of the TV was annoying, but she didn't want to turn it off. When it is closed, the house is terrifyingly quiet, and thoughts will fly even more.

She and Shen Ke have become today, and she privately thinks that she can't be blamed for her willfulness. From the time he and Meng Yiyi went out and went to the engagement between the two, she only wanted to sink in her own world and never look back.

The doorbell rang abruptly, overlapping with an advertisement on TV.

She didn't hear it at first, but she was able to recognize it.

Back again?

Don't move, don't open.

The doorbell was interrupted, and after a while, the phone in the bag rang again.

Just beside her, after a pause of two seconds, she slowly opened her bag and took it out.

As soon as he looked at the screen display, he squinted slightly.

Answered, lazily said, "What are you doing?" ”

"You're not home?" Shen Feibai said.

She was inexplicable: "Yes." ”

He was silent.

She was a little annoyed: "Tell me something quickly." ”

"I'm outside the door." His voice was slightly lower.

Zhou Jiyou heard clearly, but she wasn't sure, she picked up the remote control and turned off the TV, "What did you just say?" ”

He was silent for a second, repeating: "I'm outside the door, you come out and open the door." ”

“……”

***

Zhou Jiyou didn't push the door outward, and after unscrewing the door lock, he took a step back.

Shen Feibai saw that the crack in the door was open, and the pestle opened the door outside the door and walked in.

Short to change shoes, let her look condescendingly.

Zhou Jiyou said: "You saw him." ”

He straightened up, his eyes puzzled, "Who do you see?" ”

He didn't need to pretend to be stupid, she stopped at the right time and said casually: "I saw the doorman downstairs." Turning back to the house, he turned his back to him and asked, "Why are you here at such a late hour?" ”

"If you want to come, you'll come." He avoids the important and takes it lightly.

Zhou Jiyou's footsteps stopped and turned his head: "What time is it, don't look at the time?" ”

His expression was so flat that he couldn't see a trace of strangeness, but those eyes stared at her clearly: "To be honest, do you want to hear it?" ”

Here it is again, and there it is that look again. She vaguely sensed what his so-called truth would be, and turned her head away, ignoring him.

Shen Feibai observed her inadvertently revealing a little awkwardness, her heart was soft, and she raised her lips silently.

The work ended late, and I missed her, so I came.

Walking into the living room, I saw the paper cup with water on the coffee table, "Have you been here?" ”

I just asked casually, but I didn't want to, but I was met with a cold sentence from her: "It's none of your business." ”

He was silent. She went into the bedroom, and he sat down on the sofa, and inadvertently, his eyes noticed the ticket to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, and he lifted his eyelids and took it.

The most expensive entrance ticket for the opening ceremony.

He unconsciously pressed his other hand lightly on his trouser pocket, and there were also two tickets in it, the cheapest, which his colleague gave him.

I wanted to go with her on Friday, but now, suddenly I can't do it.

Zhou Jiyou walked out of the bedroom and bumped into him holding the ticket in his hand, he turned his head to look at her and asked, "You want to go and see it?" ”

"Well, I bought it." She made it up.

He put the ticket back, "If you're short of money, tell me." ”

Zhou Jiyou was stunned for half a second, staring at him, clearly revealing a sense of seriousness, remembering that he had said before that he wanted to support her, he was slightly amused, and said, "How many do you have?" ”

He saw her disdain and didn't answer.

Zhou Jiyou teased his eyebrows: "Slap a swollen face and become fat?" ”

He didn't say a word, and put the salary card directly on the coffee table in front of him neatly, "All the belongings are here." ”

“……”

Zhou Jiyou was speechless for a moment, and his heart was even more unspeakable.

She didn't know why he suddenly started this topic, she just knew, annoyed, more and more annoying, she hated this feeling of being stirred up by him and being very weak, especially since she was in a bad mood tonight.

"Inexplicable." She left him and turned back to the bedroom in a frustrated manner, without taking a shower or changing her clothes, she left the words, "I'm going to sleep, you don't have to call me when you leave." ”

The door slammed shut, and there seemed to be an echo in the air.

Her temper came suddenly, and Shen Feibai sat there without moving for a long time.

***

The next day, the broadcast team held a business study, and Shen Feibai lost his mobile phone on his desk and did not carry it with him. When I came back after the end, I unexpectedly saw more than 20 missed calls.

Calling back, Shen Xinyu answered in a complaining tone: "Brother, why did you call back." ”

Shen Feibai: "What's wrong?" ”

Shen Xinyu said: "I'm downstairs in your TV station, the security guard won't let me in, I've been waiting for you for a long time." ”

As soon as he heard this, he immediately got up and walked out, "Why did you come to Beijing without saying a word?" ”

She said coquettishly, "I want to surprise you." ”

"You're alone?"

"Yes, I'm not alone, who else can accompany me."

Shen Xinyu didn't have much luggage, only a 21-inch suitcase. Shen Feibai asked for leave and took her to the rented place.

Ordinary residential area, two bedrooms and one living room, living room and bathroom are very small. Usually, in order to save some electricity, the air conditioner is almost not turned on, for fear that she will be hot, so I turn it on once for the first time.

This is what he rented after graduation, Shen Xinyu came for the first time, looked back and forth, and felt slightly sour: "Brother, why don't you rent a bigger house?" ”

Shen Feibai took out a drink from the refrigerator and gave it to her, "How can there be so much money to rent a bigger one." ”

Shen Xinyu held the cold can and asked cautiously, "Is your salary very low?" ”

Shen Feibai looked at her, she shrunk her neck and explained: "I thought that being an anchor on CCTV was very good. ”

He didn't speak.

CCTV's treatment is only at a medium level, far lower than that of the high-income group. What's more, he has just graduated for a year, and his work experience is shallow, so his salary is naturally less.

He doesn't feel anything himself, he doesn't have to worry about eating and drinking, and his expenses are enough.

But what about her?

She has a house of her own, she buys the most expensive tickets, and what does he take to support her.

Before, I dreamed of chasing her; Now, I didn't catch her, at least not completely, I want to work hard to earn money to support her, I want to share fireworks with her, and I want to hold up a piece of the sky above her head steadily.