Jia Yi ran from Qiao Le's apartment to the road almost in one go, and she couldn't understand why Qiao Le was obsessed with the past, as if she had really happened to him before.

The past does not need to be proved by anyone, it is naturally there, but if it is connected with emotion, without the testimony of any one person, its existence becomes ethereal.

Perhaps, Qiao Le just wanted such a testimony, a birth and death certificate about his inextricable campus romance, but Jia Yi was obsessed with convincing herself that she and Qiao Le did not use any intimacy, and she really couldn't use "intimacy" to pay for her peace of mind in college.

They're just friends, friends who are a little better than friends, but they're friends after all!

Qiao Le's words made her a completely ruthless person, she had to face up to the past she had experienced with Qiao Le before, but the more she added extra emotions to it, the closer she was to Qiao Le, the more instinctively she wanted to resist, she refused to admit it, but Qiao Le's pain was so real and even full of texture, as if it was caused by her, how could she stay out of it?

That's Qiao Le, the sunny boy like his name, the person who accompanied him for four years in college.

Jia Yi felt a panic in her chest, that position had been tightly blocked since she came out of Qiao Le's house, she felt that something in her throat was swelling hard, forcing her to want to speak, she wanted to shout loudly, but she didn't make any sound, and she tried her best to suppress her breathing—she was afraid of panting, and she was afraid that the fear would spread all over her body with the amplitude of her breathing—so all those things that had not been released suddenly came out of her eyes, crystalline, one after another.

She didn't even know why she was crying, she only knew that the moment of tears, the sour feeling from her chest to her eyes to her nose, she finally cried, and her whole body shivered in the wind.

Looking around, her eyes were full of neon and passers-by, the lights and shadows overlapped and intertwined with the human figure, she couldn't help but be in a trance, the void body echoed Lin Xiao's confession and Qiao Le's questioning, pulled by some kind of force, off track, she felt that she was about to be abducted into their own memories, losing the meaning of saving zài.

Jia Yi's lips trembled, and she muttered to herself:

Why me?

Why is everyone in a hurry to cram me into their minds?

Why can't I pursue what I want?

She urgently needs a support now, after experiencing Lin Xiao and Qiao Le overnight, the present and the past are all a mess, she urgently needs to be guided back on track, and she needs a fulcrum to touch the future.

Jia Yi squatted on the road, took out his mobile phone, and made a call—it was Mark.

Mark happened to be working overtime in the company, and looking at Jiayi's call, he was a little surprised and asked, "What's wrong, Jiayi?" ”

As mentioned before, Mark's voice was penetrating and healing, so as soon as he spoke, it was as if Jiayi's tears stopped. She adjusted her voice, trying not to let him hear her crying, and said, "Mark, where are you now?" ”

"The company is working overtime, what's wrong with you?"

Jia Yi bit her lower lip, paused for a moment, and said, "It's okay." Tomorrow ...... Can I see you tomorrow? ”

Mark frowned, a little dazed for a while, but he didn't think much about it and agreed: "Go to your store?" ”

Jia Yi was very moved by his answer, nodded and said, "Mm-hmm." Let's have dinner together in the evening. ”

Mark thought about hanging up the phone, but he was still not at ease, and continued to ask: "You really don't have anything to say to me, now?" ”

Jia Yi's tears gradually dried, she stood up, smiled and said, "No, if there is, let's talk about it tomorrow." ”

Mark hung up the phone, of course he didn't know what Jia Yi was going to say to him, but he vaguely felt that it wasn't about the store, and it wasn't about Nanbin.

He looked out the window through the glass of his office, the neon lights flashing and blurry.

The next day, Yuanyuan and Jiayi wiped down the kitchen utensils in the store, and the cabinets and bar counters were already in place, and by the time the big equipment was installed, the store was almost ready for operation.

Yuanyuan looked at Jia Yi, who was worried about her beside her, and couldn't help asking, "What's the trouble in the store?" ”

"There are a few flower vendors who have broken down, and I guess I have to go there in person."

Yuan Yuan frowned and said, "That's it?" ”

"Hmm."

"You lie, I see that you are in a bad mood in the morning, but the matter of flowers is not a big deal, let's talk about it when the talk collapses." She suddenly thought of something again, looked at Jia Yi in surprise and said, "Could it be...... Lin Xiao? Saying that, Yuanyuan looked sideways to the coffee shop next door, and Jia Yi had to shake her head and say, "No! ”

"That's okay, I know that according to your Liang Jiayi's personality, as long as the man doesn't do it, what else can't you do."

Jia Yi smiled, but the smile was very dim, as if she was perfunctory.

Yuanyuan thought for a while, and said tentatively: "Qiao Le? ”

Jia Yi stopped what she was doing and looked at Yuanyuan blankly.

After Yuanyuan guessed, she couldn't help sighing: "Let's just say, were you too ...... back then?"

Jia Yi didn't speak, from last night to now, the lingering sorrow has made her physically and mentally tired until now, she has been seeking the source of this feeling, but every time she traces the source of this feeling, this feeling is infinitely magnified, but it is very vague, she still can't define what this feeling that makes her insomnia last night and now gaffe is.

"You know what? At the time, everyone thought you were dating. Yuanyuan continued.

"What?! We haven't even officially pulled hands! Jia Yi shouted in surprise.

"That's because I told Sù Qiao Le a long time ago that you have a phobia of intimacy."

"You sued him? Does he know? Jia Yi's eyes widened, she looked at Yuanyuan in disbelief, and shouted in a lost voice, she asked a few words in a row, anxious to confirm something.

Yuanyuan's acquiescence made the sorrow that had been bothering her clear, and she finally knew what that feeling was—it was guilt, guilt!

It turns out that he already knew......

It turns out that he has been guarding her, enduring patience, and even giving and sacrificing, but she has always been content to enjoy in the name of friendship, and is content to covet a young man's bright smile with peace of mind, and involuntarily relies on a boy who can always keep a distance from herself, but always accompanies her, her refusal to admit whether she can't admit it or doesn't want to admit it makes a teenager with the word "music" in her name suffer from the past to the present.

Yuanyuan continued: "Actually, on the night of the graduation dinner, he wanted to confess to you, you came back and drank like that, I asked you, you shook your head and nodded, I thought you promised him, and immediately sent him a text message to celebrate, who knows...... Alas, after all these years, he still hasn't gotten better. ”

"Really?" She rubbed the questions between her upper and lower teeth, reluctant to say them.

Because, in this way, her sin is not only a betrayal of a friendship, but simply a disregard for and trampling on a person's true heart without any scruples.

The afternoon was colder than the morning, windy, rainy, and cloudy.

After Yuanyuan left, Jia Yi tried the equipment in the store alone, she took out a handful of jasmine flowers from the cowhide bag, soaked them in water, and waited for the dried flowers to slowly unfold, but she was almost aimless, looking at the water in a daze, and she didn't even notice that someone came in.

"If I'm going to rummage through the cash locker now, I guess I'll at least be able to safely escape to the car across the road." The person who came was Gao Qu, who looked at Jia Yi with a preoccupied look and deliberately teased her.

Jia Yi slowly turned her head, I don't know when, she was already used to Gao Qu's sudden appearance, slowly raised her eyes, and a bleak smile appeared on her face: "Doing things again?" ”

Gao Qu was still standing, fiddling with the cup on the counter in his hand, but he couldn't help but look at her and said, "Well, I think I must have come at the right time, right?" ”

"Why do you say that?"

"You seem to be in a bad mood, maybe I can talk to you?" He asked tentatively.

"Thanks, no." She coldly refused, turned around and scooped up the flowers, drained them, and placed them on a smaller plate.

"So...... May I ask you questions? ”

Jia Yi slammed the soup spoon he was holding into the pool hard, which really scared Gao Qu, but he still looked at her calmly, Jia Yi had to sigh and say, "Okay, ask." ”

"You ...... that Saturday night You okay? He still remembered the drunken her and a strange man.

"I'm fine." She responded coldly.

Gao Qu nodded and said with a smile: "But a lot of things happened in Qiao Le's family. ”

As soon as Qiao Le's name came out of Gao Qu's mouth, Jia Yi sensitively turned her body around, turned her back to Gao Qu, and the soup spoon in her hand accidentally slipped down, and she asked in a low voice, "Is he angry with Xiao Yin?" ”

"Looks like you know."

She still didn't turn around, rinsed the spoon again, brought utensils to mash the jasmine, and still asked in a low voice, "Is she okay, Xiaoyin?" ”

"My eyes are red and swollen, but I still don't give up, and I take care of Qiao Le after being drunk."

"That'...... At least not very bad. She laughed miserably.

"In your opinion, it's a good thing to let a little girl innocently be accused by her boyfriend because of you, and in the end she still takes care of that man without any accountability?"

Jia Yi had no intention of continuing to make this drink, she was naturally in pain, but more of a pain that she didn't know what was wrong, she just hoped that Mark would come soon.

Gao Qu looked at Jia Yi, who was standing alone behind, and didn't react at all, thinking that maybe he was talking too much, so he only turned his back and coughed a few times, and continued to ask, "However, you don't feel well, right?" ”

Jia Yi's tears were accumulating little by little, and Gao Qu's words almost made them slip down, but she endured it, she had been holding back, she didn't want to be so sad when Mark saw her.

"I know you're innocent too, it's all Qiao Le's fault." Gao Qu said indignantly.

Jia Yi immediately turned around, the bowls and pans on the table were crumbling, almost falling, she choked up: "No, don't blame Qiao Le, blame me, blame me!" The tears she had endured for a long time flowed like this.

Gao Qu was a little surprised when he saw this, but he couldn't bear to say anything more, so he silently handed over the tissue and patted her shoulder with his hand.

Although she cried, she could still feel his hand on her shoulder, through the thin knit, she still felt the temperature of the touch, from his fingertips to her back to her chest, how she wished that the heat could stay in her body for a while, but she couldn't, jerked her head up, and walked towards the bathroom.

When he returned, Gao Qu was already sitting in a chair, carefully looking at the menu and promotional materials that had been printed early this morning. Seeing Jia Yi from the bathroom, he immediately stood up and was very concerned: "Are you okay?" ”

Jia Yi nodded, forced a smile and said, "Thank you." But...... Gao Qu, I hope I don't blame Qiao Le, he has his troubles, and ...... You have to take good care of Xiaoyin, it's not easy for her. ”

"She'll naturally have my protection, but what about you?"

"Me? I'm fine! ”

"And what did I just see?"

Naturally, it was tears, it was her moment of softness.

Jia Yi bowed her head and didn't speak, she continued to play with the jasmine in the transparent container.

Gao Qu was just about to say something, when someone suddenly came in from outside the door......