Under the tent in the open air, Xiao Ai sat by the fire near the stall cooking porridge, eating porridge while not forgetting to put his hands on the heat emitted by the pot to warm up, this drizzling night was a little unusually cold.

I looked at her cold and cringed a little, and I couldn't help but think of last year, when she was wearing leather pants and a white shirt and holding a guitar at Yuan Zhen's concert, she was simply a woman like the wind. As for the moment, she is really pitiful, this transition between chic and pitiful, makes her look more and more three-dimensional in my mind, and I feel that she is a girl of flesh and blood.

But then again, who isn't naked. Bare. body, with joys, sorrows, and sorrows, so there is no need to mythologize or despise a person because of beauty and ugliness, and it is quite fair to look at the world from a different angle. Because Xiao Ai will catch a cold when she catches a cold, and she will shed tears when she is sad, although she is much better looking than ordinary girls.

I took off my coat and put it on for her, and then zipped it up for her, and firmly stopped her from trying to return it to me.

If there is a person who is going to get cold on this night, it must be me, and it is the responsibility of a strong man.

Xiao Ai curled up in my clothes, although there was no word to show it, but I felt a sense of happiness in her heart, because there was a little imperceptible dependence in her eyes when she looked at me at the moment.

She drank the last mouthful of porridge, and then said to me: "Jiang Qiao, another day has passed, do you plan to continue to mess around like this tomorrow?" ”

I looked at her with a smile and replied, "You have something to say." ”

"See how you understand it...... Anyway, you're still young, and you have time to squander. ”

I subconsciously touched my forehead with my fingers, and only replied after a while: "Actually, before I went to Taipei, I always had a lot of ideas, but unfortunately you didn't support it, and said that I was not professional in music training...... It hurts! ”

"Are you professional? …… Your wound is in vain, glass-hearted man! ”

"You're talking about...... I don't have much hope for that. After a sigh, I began to talk nonsense: "If it really doesn't work, I will contract the abandoned textile factory, plant flowers and plants in it, and become a flower farmer in the new century." ”

Xiao Ai scoffed at my nonsense, and she replied: "Who fooled me, it's not that no one wants to develop the textile factory for commercial use, but they can't take that piece of land, so I suspect that the land has been bought by a certain group or individual." ”

I nodded, because there is a real possibility, but the exact situation is not something that we ordinary people can know, anyway, for me, it is good that the textile factory has been abandoned like this, and I don't want this place that carries all the good memories of my childhood to disappear in the construction of modern civilization.

……

After having dinner with Xiao Ai, we walked on the wet road without a destination. At this moment, the rain has stopped, but the wind is still a little strong, but this is a good sign, because the wind can blow away the dark clouds and bring a good weather tomorrow. Anyway, I don't like a city that is always rainy, which makes people negative and makes people unable to find the strength to struggle.

Under a sheltered roof, I grabbed Xiao Ai, then took out a bank card from her purse, handed it to her and said, "Last time, you and your classmates borrowed money for the coffee shop, and the money in this card is just enough, you can take it and pay it back." ”

Xiao Ai looked at me in surprise and asked, "Where did you get so much money?" ”

"Do you remember that there was a barista named Feng Tang in my coffee shop?"

"Hmm."

"I used to pay him a one-time salary for a year, and then when the coffee shop closed down, he took the initiative to pay it back."

Xiao Ai sighed: "Oh, this person is still quite reliable!" ”

I was a little embarrassed: "Yes, not only is it reliable, but I also have a deep understanding of coffee culture, we could have joined forces to do a business, but unfortunately God didn't fulfill people's wishes!" ”

"Since you are so unwilling, then where you fall, where you still get up."

I shook my head and replied, "Forget it, I promised Chen Yi not to engage in any industry related to coffee, and the coffee culture I did before has now been used by Jiang Weiyi, and Feng Tang is also helping on his side." I couldn't find a better place to start and I didn't have that much money to invest again...... You know, playing with concept stuff that especially burns money! ”

"If I were you, I wouldn't be convinced...... Why is the result of my hard work being used by others? ”

I just smiled but didn't respond because I had already explained.

The phone rang in my pocket again, and I couldn't think of anyone else calling me so late, so I took it out of my pocket with confusion, and asked after connecting it, "Hey, who?" ”

The other party's tone was very low: "Jiang Qiao, I'm Su Han...... Where are you? ”

Because of the accident, I was stunned for a moment before replying, "I...... Accompany friends here at Confucius Temple...... You, where are you? ”

"Mood Coffee Shop."

Su Han told me my location that made me surprised and ashamed, because I never dreamed that she would follow Qiao Ye back to Nanjing, and the "mood coffee shop" she entrusted to me before has now become a symbol in my memory, and I have betrayed her trust!

After a moment of silence, I finally replied, "You wait for me there, and I'll go back at once." ”

After ending the call with Su Han, my expression was extremely solemn, and then I said to Xiao Ai: "Su Han is back and is waiting for me in the old alley, I have to hurry over ......"

"I'm with you."

……

The old alleys of Tulip Road, because there are fewer people walking, are more humid than the roads outside, and some low-lying places have accumulated water, Xiao Ai and I trotted across those ponds, and the footsteps were always heavy.

Su Han was standing under the canopy, she was wearing a beige stand-up collar trench coat, her hands were rubbed in her pockets, and her eyebrows were full of sorrow. Her figure was reflected in the stagnant water under the street lamp, and there was an indescribable loneliness, like a lonely bird.

Before I could say hello, Su Han couldn't help but choke up and asked, "Jiang Qiao, is Qiao Ye okay?" ”

Of course, I didn't want her to worry too much, so I didn't say anything about Qiao Ye's inhuman form being beaten by his father, but just replied: "I was taken home by his parents, and now I should be locked up." ”

Su Han nodded, and then shed tears in silence......

Xiao Ai beside her was very sympathetic to her, so he said to me: "Jiang Qiao, you can send a message to Qiao Ye and tell him that Su Han has come to Nanjing to find him." ”

But I didn't want Su Han to shake his head at us, and said, "Don't make trouble for him for the time being, I know his family education method...... Actually, I don't know why I went back to Nanjing...... Perhaps, I just want to be closer to him, and I don't want him to bear the ...... of the two of us doing wrong."

I understand Su Han very well, because I really loved, who would be willing to let the other half suffer, even if it can't change the result, at least choose a way to accompany it. For Su Han, it is indeed not suitable to have contact with Qiao Ye at this time, because this is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire, and it will only force Qiao Ye's parents to do more extreme things.

I nodded, and after a moment of silence, I asked her, "I especially want to know one thing, did the bar manager tell you about Qin Miao's pregnancy?" ”

Su Han nodded, then shifted his gaze.

It's not false to say in my heart that I'm not disappointed at all, because this is not the Su Han I once knew, she shouldn't be so selfish!

Su Han seemed to sense the disappointment in my heart, and she whispered to me, "I know it's selfish to do this...... However, from the moment I decided to accept Qiao Ye again, I didn't want to let go anymore...... Because of this pain of letting go, I can't bear it a second time! …… I am a woman who longs for family life, but I have been wandering alone in Lijiang for so many years, the sadness and helplessness in this, do you understand? ”

"I understand...... But Qiao Ye must know this qiē after all, you can't hide it! ”

Su Han's love was on the verge of collapse, and she couldn't cry: "Women who fall in love and can't extricate themselves are stupid...... I know I can't hide it, but I can stay with him for one more day...... When I look back on it in the future, I will be a little happier...... Isn't it? ”

I was speechless, but the sympathy in my heart was greater than the disappointment in her...... Because, I think Qiao Ye's fate with her can only go here. Even if the worst result is that Qin Miao will really divorce Qiao Ye, the Qiao family will definitely not accept Su Han as a daughter-in-law, and Qiao Ye's parents have hated her to the core!

In the silence where there was not much to say, Xiao Ai said to Su Han: "Let's go to my friend's place first, she didn't come back from Xiamen today, and I can chat with you." ”

Su Han nodded gratefully to Xiao Ai, and she accepted Xiao Ai's suggestion. After saying goodbye to me, the two of us walked out of the alley on the wet path.

In the back of their mutual support, I seemed to see Xiao Ai's concept of love, and then I thought of Chen Yi and her attitude towards Xiao Ai's difference in this matter...... But I can't judge what's right or wrong, because none of them are wrong.

……

It was late at night, I was lying in bed, but I had a little insomnia, I was digesting all the things that happened during the day, thinking carefully about everyone's attitude in these things, I wanted to find a way to deal with the best of both worlds, but this mortal's head was not enough.

Lighting a cigarette, I worried about my future again, and I gave Xiao Ai the last bit of money on my body, so that she could use it to pay off her previous debts, so the matter of starting a business could only be put on hold for the time being. I urgently need to find a job and stabilize my life first.

Isn't this a compromise after there is nothing to be done!

Look, life is so realistic, there is no adventure in the novel, and there is no chance that you can get rich overnight with your eyes closed.

……

After the wind blew all night, a sunny day blew for Nanjing the next day, and the temperature soared, so I woke up in the morning with just a vest and a jacket.

I'm going to look for a job, but I don't want to work in a wedding-related industry, and while I don't deny that I still have feelings for the industry, it's based on having old colleagues working together, and I certainly don't have that in the new environment.

What's more, if Lao Jin knew that I joined another wedding company because of a mistake with Jin Qiu, he would be angry!

I just stood in the courtyard, without any opinions, and the morning sun shone on me like a confused young man......

After a while, the door of the courtyard was suddenly pushed open, and Xiao Ai appeared in front of me in good spirits, she wore a ponytail, and rarely wore a very capable professional attire, and then said to me: "Let's go, go for breakfast, I'll surprise you later." ”

"What surprise?"

"You'll find out in a moment."

"Please sue me now, I've been dark for so long, please stimulate me with your surprise."

Xiao Ai ignored my chatter, dragged me all the way to the food stall outside the alley, and then ordered two servings of soy milk and fritters.

While the two of them were waiting, she never said what the surprise was, and kept chatting with me about Su Han and Qiao Ye, the hard-working lovers.

"Jiang Qiao, haven't you and Qiao Ye known each other since childhood, when will you go to his house to have a look, any bit of news about him now is Su Han's spiritual pillar!"

"Wait, his parents are angry!"

"You go, it's Qiao Ye who is angry with his parents, not you! You buy something to bring over, your mouth is sweeter, who is embarrassed to show you the face! ”

I looked at Xiao Ai's eagerness, and only replied after a while: "I can't see it, you have a way to be a person!" ”

"I don't need you to praise me, just say whether you are going or not."

I was forced to be helpless, so I had to reply: "Go, Daoshan and Fire Sea will also go." ”

"When are you going?"

"Don't force me, I'll go in the afternoon, can't you?"

While talking, a Porsche Panamera stopped in a nearby open space, and then I saw Qin Miao get out of the car, she was wearing sunglasses, and I didn't know if she looked at me and Xiao Ai.

After about two minutes, I saw Chen Yi walking out of the alley, she glanced at me and Xiao Ai, but she didn't say hello, and then got into Qin Miao's car.

……

During the whole process of eating breakfast, I was guessing what Qin Miao came to pick up Chen Yi for, and did this have anything to do with Qiao Ye?

I don't have a clue, but what is certain is that Qin Miao has already moved, or rather, she already has her own ideas in this complicated emotional entanglement.

This time, I didn't need Xiao Ai's reminder, so I took the initiative to take out my mobile phone from my pocket, and then sent a message to Chen Yi: "Why did you and Qin Miao go?" ”

Chen Yi didn't reply immediately, and Xiao Ai, who had finished breakfast, finally mysteriously took me to the place where she wanted to surprise me