After frolicking with Xiao Ai, we sat back on the bench next to the table, she leaned on my side, looked at the incomparably brilliant starry sky, and said with emotion: "Although I don't know what we will do in the future, at least the current mood is relaxed, and I don't feel that the pain I experienced before is indelible." I think it's good to have such a mood to live in the moment, really! ”

"If you think so, you have already proved that the decision made in front of you is correct, and it will only get better and better in the future, and those troubles in front of you, let's slowly peel off the cocoon, maybe what is left in the end is a brilliant gem, symbolizing the perfection of all people...... None of us can end in tragedy! ”

Xiao Ai turned his head to look at me, and after a long time asked, "Perhaps, there will be someone who is very important to you to leave you, are you afraid?" ”

My heart tightened suddenly, because Xiao Ai is a woman who knows the atmosphere very well, and she never laughs when she should be serious. So, when she said that, she must have sensed something, and I've had enough of the loss.

I calmed down for a long time, and finally opened my mouth to ask her, "Who is that very important person you are talking about?" ”

"Anyone around you." After a pause, she whispered to me again: "Actually, you should know better than me in your heart that there are still strong winds and waves behind us, and now we are just standing on one of the waves, far from the point where we can calm down." And the solution of troubles always comes with sacrifice...... Perhaps, the word sacrifice is not appropriate, and it is more accurate to have evil retribution! ”

After Xiao Ai said these words, I stared at the grape trellis next to the wooden house for a long time, and then replied softly: "It is the principle of heaven that evil is rewarded with evil, of course I can accept it, but what I am most afraid of is senseless sacrifice, just like Yuan Zhen ......"

I was only halfway through my sentence before I stopped, because I accidentally said Xiao Ai's sore spot again.

Xiao Ai sensed the guilt I felt because of my mistakes, she smiled and said, "Those who make you feel guilty are far better to remember in your heart than the pain of being you, I will try to come out...... Because you told me that if he had a spirit in the sky, he would not want to see a negative and depressed Xiao Ai. ”

I nodded heavily, and I was even more glad that I used the last madness to fight for a glimmer of life for us. Because I know that only when we are together will those negative emotions be gradually wiped away. If we are separated, one in Nanjing and the other in Taipei, it will only increase regret and suffering.

I exhaled softly, and then looked up at the sky rendered by the city lights and starlight, and my heart was suddenly filled with surging positive energy, maybe this is the effect of negative and positive, and for me and Xiao Ai, as long as we are together, there is nothing that cannot be overcome.

Finally, I opened my mouth and said to her beside me, "Tomorrow, I want to ask my mother to come and sit here, and she may cook her own dinner in the evening, do you want to come back to eat?" ”

Xiao Ai seemed to be a little mindful of facing Yang Jin, and there was a hint of hesitation on her face, so she didn't answer immediately.

"If you don't feel comfortable participating, you should avoid it. I heard that Sister Meihui is also in Nanjing, you can ask her to go shopping or something. ”

Xiao Ai frowned and replied, "Uh...... Tangled! …… You make me think about it. ”

"Okay, you think slowly...... I'll go make the bed and tell me when you're ready. ”

"It could be tomorrow...... This kind of thing, just by dreaming now, when you get immersive, can you bring out the decisive side of my character! ”

"Yes, it's these big things that inspire you."

Xiao Ai didn't argue with me anymore, just glared at me, and then turned around and walked towards his room. Then, the curtains were drawn, and it seemed that he was not going to come out tonight.

I shrugged my shoulders, but of course I could understand her mood when facing this matter, and the reason why I made this joke was just to hope that she would be able to relax a little bit regardless of whether she decided to have dinner with Yang Jin or not.

When I got back to my room, I took a hot shower and lay down comfortably on the bed, and then I held a book that was originally placed at the head of the bed and read it, and the last time I was in the mood to read it, it seemed to be four or five years ago.

……

The next day, Xiao Ai got up before me and didn't know where to go. Originally, I was not sure, but after seeing that her daily necessities and guitar were there, my heart settled down again.

After I washed and eaten, I watered the flowers and plants, then made a pot of hot tea, and sat under a parasol to enjoy the morning. I have to say that the benefits of high floors are really vividly reflected in the summer, I didn't take any cooling measures, but the wind on the roof has blown me very cool, and downstairs is another world, the road seems to be about to be heated.

Come to think of it, this is the comfortable life of a second landlord!

At noon, I finally called Yang Jin, she answered after a while, and after a period of silence, she first opened her mouth to me in a complicated mood, asking, "Is there something wrong?" ”

"Are you still in Shanghai?"

"I booked a ticket back to Shenzhen at noon, and I was ready to go to the airport immediately."

When I consciously wanted to improve our relationship, I found myself so unspeakable, and perhaps this unspeakable stemmed from the fact that I never felt that I had done anything wrong in front of her.

Yang Jin's serious voice came from the phone again: "Hey...... Can't you hear me? ”

I finally replied, "I can hear you...... I, I just want you not to go back to Shenzhen first...... I rented a house on Tulip Road and would like you to come and sit there. If you have the time, I'll go buy food for the evening cooking right now. ”

Yang Jin on the other end of the phone didn't speak for a long time, probably surprised that I would take the initiative to invite her. Then, I heard Yang Qu's voice from the other side of the phone, and she asked Yang Jin who made the call.

Only then did Yang Jin open her mouth and tell her: "It's your brother." Then, he said to me, "Okay, I'll ask the driver to refund the ticket, and we'll drive to Nanjing now." ”

"Well, I'll send you the location here on WeChat later, and you can just find it...... In fact, it is quite easy to find, which is the Flower God International near the Tulip Hotel. ”

Before Yang Jin could speak, Yang Qu was very scene-stealing and said several "I'm going too" in a row, maybe, she didn't really want to see me, but she was just thinking about the young man named Jia Luo, who went to school in Nanyi.

……

After I ended the call with Yang Jin, I started to get busy. When I passed by An Lin's "Wutong Restaurant", I borrowed an electric car from her for food delivery, and then went to the large lifestyle supermarket called "Lotte Mart" opposite the new community to buy ingredients for this evening.

On the way, I was stopped by an Audi, looked at the license plate, and realized that it was Qiao Ye's car. In my memory, after he disposed of the extremely extravagant Porsche, he kept the old car and never changed it. And the predecessor of this old model was used by his father as a construction vehicle.

Don't be surprised, this is the current Qiao Ye, although he has led Jiangjian Group to create several miracles in the construction industry in recent years, but he is becoming more and more low-key and pragmatic, and has completely erased the negative image of the former gentleman.

He pressed the window and smiled at me and said, "Yo, are you still alive?" …… I heard that at the dinner table of the dream tree that day, you had the temper of holding a knife, but you went desperately. ”

I was so uncomfortable by him that I immediately shot back: "You are not dead yet, I don't dare to die first." ”

Qiao Ye laughed, first turned off the car, then got out of the car, handed me a cigarette, and said: "Neither of us can die, after all, there are several generations of people behind us, all pointing to us to live!" ”

"You have a thick skin, and you can hold on to the weight of gold. But I'm self-aware, so don't put gold on my face...... If I hadn't accumulated a little virtue in the first half of my life, I would still be alone now, and I can't expect your old and young generations to be several generations! ”

"I believe that." Qiao Ye said and put his arm on my shoulder in a not very serious posture, and said, "You can be regarded as having come to the bitter end." Let's laugh and laugh, but I really admire your determination to break your arm as a strong man...... If I had the courage to wipe my neck with a kitchen knife, I wouldn't have walked the way I am today. ”

Seeing that he was a little dazed, I couldn't bear to squeeze him anymore, but I couldn't comfort him, because what he was experiencing was already a cliché. So, I changed the subject and asked him, "What kind of wind is blowing today, and why is it blowing you here?" ”

Qiao Ye took his sunglasses, pointed out everything I could see with my eyes, and then asked me with a smile: "Don't you see that this road is now full of gold?" …… Give you some reliable inside information. In the second half of this year, there is another super-tall building to be built on this road. I am not talented, and I have already obtained the construction right of this project, so I will accompany a few city leaders to come here for a field survey later. ”

I subconsciously looked in the direction of "Flower God International". Driven by the tide of commercialization, it lost its dominant position so quickly. It seems that in two years at most, the commercial value of the rooftop I rented will also drop sharply, because it can no longer be claimed to be the most open view on this road in front of the super-high building. In this sense, Qiao Ye is my enemy, and he has cut off my financial route. So, I gave him a hard look......

Qiao Ye didn't notice it at all, he looked at it, and asked me with a sigh: "Jiang Qiao, looking at these high-rise buildings rising from the ground, can you still remember the old alley of your house, and the textile factory that has disappeared?" ”

"Don't talk about these heart-wrenching things."

Qiao Ye didn't give up, he continued: "Say something you don't like to hear...... In a way, it's really your mom who made this path. If she hadn't had the courage to spend a lot of money to build a five-star hotel here, she would not have attracted the attention of the government and investors, and then transformed this place into a hot spot for investment. Sometimes, one person can really change the fate of thousands of people, you don't know how many people have been given the opportunity to find jobs and get rich overnight...... But who can say whether this is a good thing or a bad thing? …… I want to eat tofu brains and wontons made by old neighbors on this road, but I can't find a stall...... I can't find it! ”

I was silent for a long time, my mind full of images from more than 20 years ago. Then inexplicably thought of Jiang Jiyou, should he also come back to take a look?

Perhaps, for him, the more than 20 years of running away from home are just a dream, but for the people on this road, the sea has become a mulberry field.

In my distraction, Qiao Ye took away the hand on my shoulder, and said to me again: "Don't talk to you first, help me and your mother another day, I want to invite her to a meal to express my gratitude, she is my benefactor, if she hadn't given me the right to build the Tulip Hotel back then, let me gain a firm foothold in the group, I would not be where Qiao Ye is today!" ”

I didn't say anything to him, just pointed to the "Lotte Mart" life supermarket opposite, and then said to him: "The tofu brain and wontons you want to eat are rented there, but it's not clear whether the taste is still the same as before." ”