This night, Jin Qiu and I chatted for a long time, we not only talked about ourselves, but even talked about friends around us, such as Qin Miao and Qiao Ye. Jin Qiu said that she was very unhappy with Qiao Ye, because seeing Qin Miao's belly getting bigger and bigger, he still didn't have the consciousness of being a father, and he still lived like this every day, as if Wuzhi Mountain couldn't suppress him, a crazy monkey.

I didn't have much to say about this, but I thought of the woman called Su Han in the distance. I can't help but wonder: is she already living the life she wants? Calm and indifferent, and then quietly wait for the child to be born.

In the end, I don't know if Jin Qiu was sleepy first, or if I was sleepy first, we talked quieter and quieter, and then stopped without warning, and the earth quietly turned half a circle, and generously gave the dawn to the city.

The summer sun is a weapon, and even though it rained for a day yesterday, the sun-covered streets are so dry that they kick up dust. There are a lot of fruit stalls on both sides of the road opposite the hospital, among which watermelon is the most popular, just standing at the window and watching for a while, I have seen two passers-by buying, and the reason why I look at it like this is because I am waiting for Xiao Ai, she should arrive......

Jin Qiu had also gotten up, she was washing in the bathroom, she was like this, from the moment she opened her eyes in the morning, it seemed to be in a state of war, so she kept hearing the sound of her picking up and putting down those cosmetic jars very quickly.

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The harsh sunlight and hot air made me dazed for a while, and then there was a familiar sound of footsteps in the corridor, and when I turned around, Xiao Ai had already appeared at the door of the ward.

I looked at her, her face was full of exhaustion from the long journey, her uncombed hair was a little messy on her shoulders, and at her feet were a pair of white leather sandals, except for her unchanging beauty, she looked like an ordinary girl, and I couldn't even remember when she had ever worn nail polish and that kind of dress.

She came to my side, reached out and touched the gauze around my head, and asked, "Who smashed it?" ”

I know her fierce character, for fear that she will make waves again in the situation that has calmed down, so I replied, "You don't know you either, anyway, I'm a person who will be beaten, it's okay." ”

Xiao Ai pressed me on the bed, and then chased and asked: "I really haven't seen you beaten and grinded by others like this, you can tell who smashed it!" ”

I looked at her frowning face, and only after a while did I vaguely reply, "Second son......"

"What two sons? …… There are so many people in your alley called Erzi! ”

"It's the second son...... No, can we uncover this matter and not mention it? If you really think I'm miserable, then hug me and cry for a while, there are bedside tissues or something, you can cry while standing and crying, lying down and crying in the corner of the wall to cry! As I spoke, I hugged her by the waist, hoping that the intimate contact would calm her anger.

But I didn't want Xiao Ai's love to get a little out of control, so that his tone was a little out of control and shouted at me: "What about crying and mourning...... What are you crying about, I just want to ask you, why the demolition is so big, and why those neighbors are pointing the finger at you, anyway, you can't be beaten in vain...... It's okay, but if I'm really stupid, what can I do? ”

At this time, even I forgot that Jin Qiu was still washing in the bathroom, so that the moment she suddenly walked out of it, the three of them were stunned, and my arms were still holding Xiao Ai's waist as if they were holding on, this behavior made me look very obscene.

Jin Qiu regained her composure in front of us, she walked to the bed where she slept, picked up her coat and put it on, and said to Xiao Ai: "I stayed in the hospital last night to take care of Jiang Qiao, you are not by his side, and others don't want to care about him, there must be someone by his side to take care of him...... You won't mind. ”

Before Xiao Ai could speak, I hurriedly patted my bed and said, "This is my bed!" "I'm afraid she won't know that although Jin Qiu and I are in the same room, we sleep in several beds.

Xiao Ai looked at me, then at Jin Qiu, and then replied without any emotion: "What do I have to mind." ”

"Just don't mind, then you can talk slowly, I'll go to work first."

Jin Qiu said and left with his bag, and Xiao Ai was by my side, filling Jin Qiu's position, so that there was never a shortage of women in this ward.

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Outside the hospital, Xiao Ai and I were standing side by side on the side of the road, and I asked her, "Where are you going to go later?" ”

"Back to the group."

"Just come back to the group?"

Xiao Ai glanced at me, and then replied: "I ran back before the show ended, you are really a soft persimmon as our head of the group, I can pinch it?" …… I'll have to plead guilty, and if I can't meet you before noon, then I'm poking a big basket this time! ”

"I'll go with you."

"Don't ...... You've got to think about what explanation to give me, that is, to keep me from being angry, and to be reasonable, and not to make up nonsense. Xiao Ai said and touched the injured part of his head again.

Of course I understood what she meant, but there was also a little difficulty in my heart, because her concern just made it difficult for me to say that I was besieged by the neighbors and injured in order to help Chen Yiding; It's even harder for me to tell her, just yesterday Chen Yi found me with a household registration book, and marrying her is just a matter of thought.

Before I could figure out these troublesome things, Xiao Ai had already left in a taxi, and I couldn't get back to my senses, but I only felt that the sun was more intense.

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After leaving the hospital, I went to the shopping mall near the Confucius Temple, picked up the ring, and then went to the flower and tree market to buy some flowers and plants, which I hoped would be with in the last days of the small courtyard's demolition.

After entering the alley, I ran into Zhao Mu again, but this time it was only him, and I knew that he was here to do the demolition mobilization.

We stopped at the door of the former "Mood Coffee Shop", and he spoke to me first: "I have received the 100,000 yuan you asked Yu Xin to return to me...... I didn't expect things to turn out like this, my original intention was just to hope that this place could be demolished smoothly and everyone could get reasonable compensation for the demolition, which should have been a happy thing for everyone...... Looking at the long term, urbanization is an inevitable trend of social development, and even if our group does not develop this area, sooner or later it will be developed by other groups. As for the value of these old houses to be protected, it is pure nonsense, for our group, at most, it is something that can be done for 1 million yuan, and now it needs 10 million yuan...... That's the rule of society! ”

I looked at him with mixed feelings, so much so that it took a moment before I replied, "You don't have to tell me this...... If I agree to the demolition, which can reduce some trouble in your career, I will agree...... As for the compensation for demolition, it should be as much as it should be, and I don't want to fight for it extra. ”

Zhao Mu looked at me for a long time before nodding, and then we crossed shoulders at noon when the sun was just right, although we were still in this alley, we were already like people walking on two roads.

I found that I was starting to dislike his values. At the same time, I was even more disgusted that I had stepped on other training structures to get the piano shop on top, which was the only thing in my life that made me feel extremely humiliated.

Walking out of the alley, I took out the ring that was about to be given to Xiao Ai from my pocket, and then put it diagonally in front of my head, looking at it in the sun......

I can see the lines on it more clearly, and one circle after another is like the annual rings of a tree, each one is so solid, like a poignant story, so I am not wrong to call it "the annual ring of love".

Putting the ring back in my pocket, I finally figured out how I would give it to Xiao Ai.

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It was time for lunch, and Xiao Ai hadn't contacted me yet, which made me feel that she had caused a big accident by coming back rashly, and I couldn't help but worry about her, and I also felt that I was a trouble for her. Just as I was about to make a phone call to her, she happened to follow a group of people out of the bus.

We met at the door of the familiar convenience store, and I asked her a little nervously, "You guys didn't do anything to you, did he?" ”

Xiao Ai leveled his clothes, and then replied to me with trepidation: "Our regiment commander said that if there is any torture still retained, he will definitely exile me to the frontier and not be allowed to return to Nanjing for at least five years...... Scared the hell out of me! ”

Seeing that she was still able to tell me this in a joking way, my tense feelings finally relaxed a little, and I smiled at her.

But she didn't want to, she patted me on the shoulder, looked at me sternly, and asked, "Okay, give me an explanation, why were you broken by those neighbors...... If you want to grind again, I'll go to the alley and ask from house to house, and someone will always know the truth. ”

I looked at her for a while, and finally sorted out my feelings and said, "The matter originated from the demolition...... Chen Yi, like me, was very reluctant to demolish and relocate, so she mobilized the power of the media to expose this matter, and found relevant experts to provide the basis for the retention value of these houses, and then guided the project approval progress of Jinding Real Estate to be stopped...... So this behavior annoyed the neighbors in the alley...... I ......"

Xiao Ai looked at me expressionlessly, and then continued my words: "At this time, your mood of heroically saving beauty began to flood, so you helped Chen Yi carry this matter down, but as a result, he was angry and was opened by the second son with a flower pot, right?" ”

I nodded.

Xiao Ai also nodded with me, and then said: "This is in line with your usual character, so I don't feel strange at all, what I'm more curious about is that Chen Yi knows what her reaction is after you do these things...... At this point, you must tell me truthfully, and don't leave a single detail behind...... Otherwise, I will be sad if I know the truth through other channels in the future! ”

My psychological pressure increased more and more, so much so that after lighting a cigarette to relieve it for a while, I said to her: "Later, we visited Zhao Chu in the cemetery together...... She went with her household registration book, and she hoped that we could get married...... I'll admit, for a moment, I almost took it from her hands...... In the end, however, I didn't. ”

Hearing me say this, Xiao Ai's face finally had an expression, and then she turned her body and turned her back to me......

At this moment, although the hot sun fell on her shoulder, I couldn't see through her thoughts, so I subconsciously put my hand into my pocket and held the ring for her tightly, and the only thing that could reassure me was that everything I said to her was the truth, and there was no element of deception.

I also knew that she needed a lot of measure and emotional intelligence to not mind it, which seemed to cast a shadow over my courtship and made Yiqiē less optimistic