I ended the call with Qiao Ye and asked Chen Yi beside me, "Do you want to sue Qin Miao now for the news of Qiao Ye's return?" Let her go to the airport with me. ”

Chen Yi thought for a moment, then shook his head and replied: "Don't tell Sù Miao Miao first, let's go and explore Qiao Ye's bottom before talking." ”

I agreed with Chen Yi's suggestion, because the news of Qiao Ye's return was definitely not a surprise to Qin Miao, and it was likely to be the beginning of another disaster, so it was right for Chen Yi and I to go to understand the situation first.

It was already 11:15 in the middle of the night, and I drove Chen Yi's A4 through the edge of the city where there was not much traffic. Chen Yi sat next to me, she didn't feel sleepy at all, she kept looking at the dreamlike world outside the car window, and the dim and tired lights.

I opened the window a little gap, and the wind blew in with a "Sisi" sound, which immediately dispelled the dullness in the car, and also took away the smell of tobacco on my body, as well as the faint fragrance on Chen Yi's body.

One qiē seems to be back to zero, but I can't start all over again with this woman. I wish the night would be darker, so that we would be like ashes, and then no one would have to remember anyone else, and the sins that led us astray would not be used by some as after-dinner conversations, and we would be discussed over and over again.

Could it be that the pain and regret in our hearts are not as good as those of some bystanders and so-called spectators?

……

Dozens of minutes later, Chen Yi and I arrived at Lukou Airport. We saw Qiao Ye waiting at the pick-up gate, he had almost no luggage, his body was obviously fatter than before, and he had a very European and American beard, these are all evidence that he and Su Han are happy together, but this time Su Han did not come back with him.

Chen Yi and I walked side by side in front of him, probably because everyone's feelings were very complicated, and for a while, no one said the first word. But this silence is not embarrassing, it just makes people feel a little embarrassed, because life can be so twists and turns, and feelings are a piece of sugar, and it is also a cruel knife, for Qiao Ye, the sugar gave Su Han, the first love, but the knife was aimed at Qin Miao, the wife who was married.

After a while, I finally said to Qiao Ye: "How is it, the weather in Nanjing today is not worse than abroad, right?" ”

Qiao Ye looked up at the moonlit and starry sky, and only replied after a while: "I don't want to come back...... But that last bit of responsibility in my heart forced me to come back...... Qin Miao, she is really not an ordinary woman! ”

As soon as Qiao Ye's words fell, Chen Yi, who had been holding back, shook his hand and gave him a heavy slap. This sudden sudden stunned Qiao Ye, and he looked at Chen Yi......

"Qiao Ye, it's time for you, if you still say that these beasts are inferior, if you really love Su Han so much, then don't live with Qin Miao! If you have such perseverance, even if Qin Miao has scheming, she won't succeed, right? Since you are living with her, you should have her place as a legal wife in your heart, instead of putting her in such a situation where life is worse than death as you are now! ”

According to Qiao Ye's fiery temper, being slapped like this by someone else would have been furious a long time ago, but this time he just glared at Chen Yi, and then shifted his gaze and didn't say a word.

His silence made Chen Yi tremble with anger! Qiao Ye's best at cold violence is indeed quite hurtful.

……

I didn't take Qiao Ye to my house to live this night, it's not that I don't want to, but Chen Yi doesn't want to let me, she doesn't want to make my home a battlefield between Qin Miao and Qiao Ye, so she resolutely sent Qiao Ye to a hotel far from Tulip Road, and then booked him a room for a week at her own expense.

After tossing back and forth like this, when Chen Yi and I returned to the old alley, it was already 1 o'clock in the night, but we didn't feel sleepy, so we stood at the door of my house and talked about Qin Miao and Qiao Ye, a troublesome couple.

I asked Chen Yi, "When are you going to sue Qin Miao about Qiao Ye's return?" ”

"Sue his parents first, I think it's best to let their elders intervene in such a big matter. You have also seen Qiao Ye's attitude today, let Qin Miao face him directly, I am afraid that the fluctuation of love is too great, and it will affect the child in the belly. ”

I have no objection, anyway, the parents of both sides will have to intervene in this matter sooner or later, it is better to notify Qiao Ye's parents first, and then give Qin Miao a little buffer. Qin Miao is a pregnant woman who has been around for several months, and it is really not suitable to face Qiao Ye who has not changed at all, although she keeps saying that she agrees to divorce, but in the end, she really wants to divorce this marriage, and it is not something that can be done in a few words.

They are different from ordinary husbands and wives, and the entanglement between them involves the interests and fate of a large construction company.

After a helpless silence, Chen Yi asked me again: "Jiang Qiao, you and Qiao Ye have been friends for so many years, can you tell me what kind of man he is?" ”

I leaned against the gray wall a little tiredly, and sighed softly before replying, "He? He is a girl who has seen the prosperity of Shanghai, drunk the spirits of Kaifeng, eaten the incense pot of Changsha, walked across the stone bridge in Suzhou, swam the Yangtze River in Wuhan, sucked the haze in Beijing, teased the girl in Dongguan, seen the drum tower in Nanjing, and listened to the sound of the waves in Xiamen...... But when I turned around, I still remembered Su Han, a woman, a man! ”

Chen Yi frowned: "What kind of mess?" ”

I lowered my head and took a puff of cigarette and didn't respond to Chen Yi, but these are all things Qiao Ye told me after getting drunk once, although he may not have really walked through these places, and he may not have flirted with the girl in Dongguan, but it was his truest mood. Although he has been living a long life, he still puts Su Han first in his bones, and he has never changed.

I pressed the cigarette butt on the heel of my Martin boot, and then asked Chen Yi in turn: "Sometimes I can't figure it out, do people live for the mood, or for status and wealth?" Qiao Ye didn't like the qiē imposed on him by his father at all, he only liked Su Han, a woman, but he had twists and turns, and he might not be able to really be together in the end...... When Qiao Ye gets old one day, and then looks back at his life, he must be regretful and unhappy, after all, he and Su Han have come to this point, but they were cut alive with a knife. ”

"What do you mean? Do you think Qiao Ye will not leave if he comes back this time? ”

"I'm afraid he won't be able to leave if he wants to...... Chen Yi, do you think that the two of us will always think about some things very simple and take it for granted? Then with a good heart, he did things that others could not accept...... This time, Qin Miao may not hate me, but Qiao Ye probably wants to kill me! ”

Chen Yi nodded, and only replied after a long time: "As long as Qiao Ye and Qin Miao can't reach an agreement on this matter, no matter what we do, we will always be hated by another person...... As a friend, I think it's good to have a clear conscience. If even we don't care about them, then aren't they a tragedy living in the shadow of their parents? ”

"That's right."

"Well, there is no need to worry too much about gains and losses in life, especially with your friends."

I nodded, and then looked at Chen Yi in the night, like a leaf falling from my heart, a gust of wind blew past us, and the whole alley was filled with my silence at this moment.

I hurriedly turned my back to her, and I remembered her!

……

The next day, after a long period of clear sky, it was raining softly, I got up at 7 o'clock, put on boxing gloves and slammed at the sandbag more than a meter long.

This night, I couldn't sleep over and over, thinking about why I was so incompetent, so that I always lived in a kind of depression that I couldn't extricate myself from, and I was a little annoyed.

In the drizzle, I sat on a stone bench, wiped the sweat off my head with a towel, and then looked at the somewhat dreary sky, and lost my mind for a while.

"Second Yangtze River Bridge...... Second Bridge, Second Bridge, Second Bridge, Second Bridge......"

I looked towards the door, and the bear kid was wielding a toy pistol in his hand, and he was lying on the door frame and winking at me, and he was the only one in this alley who would call me so rebellious.

"Come here...... You're a little thing! ”

"My dad said I was the most cunning, and I definitely didn't have you...... The Second Bridge of the Yangtze River! ”

"You deceitful thing, I'll hang you up, so that you can come and tease me if you have nothing to do!"

Edamame ran with his legs, but even though the two little short legs were walking back and forth like the wind, I was still blocked in the alley after a few steps, and I crossed his waist and lifted him above my head to let him know how high the sky was.

"Erqiao, you can't beat me today, today is my birthday, even my grandmother calls me a little ancestor, if you dare to hit me, I will use the gun that Sister Chen Yi bought for me and shoot you!"

I put the edamame down, looked at the toy pistol in his hand, and asked suspiciously, "Is this gun really given to you by Chen Yi?" ”

"That's it...... In the past, when I had a birthday, you would all give me a birthday gift, but this year I had a birthday, and Sister Chen Yi gave it, and you haven't given it to Erqiao yet, so I don't like you the most! …… I don't want you to come to my house for dinner at noon, let my grandma only invite Sister Chen Yi. ”

I suddenly replied, "You came to tease me early in the morning, so you wanted a birthday present?" ”

"If I don't buy it, I'll shoot you!"

I was speechless for a long time before asking, "What do you want?" ”

"Tanks, planes, artillery, I want everything that can fight!"

"I'll send you a tank this year, and a plane next year, do you think it's okay?"

"Really?"

I nodded: "Whoever tells a lie, there is no little Dingding!" ”

Edamame looked under his crotch and thought that the promise was ruthless enough, so he believed me, and then he became close to me, and instead took my hand and walked to a toy store outside the alley......

Along the way, I was in a trance and awake. It turns out that many things have changed beyond recognition, but there are still some habits that have been ignored and forgotten by oneself, as fresh as when they first happened. For example, Chen Yi still insists on doing the small thing of giving a birthday gift to edamame, and I will resolutely implement it when I think about it, which is not only a habit, but also a kind of series, which connects many small but beautiful times between us.