At half past three in the afternoon, I finally finished a painting that had been on hold for a long time, poured some turpentine into the brush pot, and was just about to clean the brush when I heard someone ring the doorbell in the studio.

I didn't ask Xiao Nan to come over at this time, and most people wouldn't come directly to the door to make an appointment. I walked out of the studio and opened the door a little confused, and when the door opened, it was a face I had only seen yesterday, but I couldn't help but feel a little impressed by the great power of this person.

Zhao Yi no longer has the same good face as when they first met yesterday, and his expression and voice are very indifferent: "Miss Li, let's talk." ”

I hesitated for a few seconds, but opened the door to let him in.

At yesterday's celebration banquet, after Qin Yan replied to his words, he was still very excited, stepped forward and seemed to be eager to grab Qin Yan's collar, raise his hand in the air and put it down, and said, "How can you get married?!" You haven't ...... yet."

Qin Yan interrupted him: "I think you need to stabilize your feelings first." After another pause: "I'll talk to you when you calm down, but forgive me for not accompanying me for now." Then he took me by the hand: "Let's go down." ”

Later, until the end of the dinner, I never saw Zhao Yi again. And Qin Yan didn't explain anything to me, so from last night to now, I don't know how much story plot I have made up in my mind.

Since he sent it to the door himself, I just happened to satisfy my curiosity.

I invited him to sit down at the tea table in the living room, lit the tea kettle to boil water, took a pot of tea leaves from the side, and said, "I only have tea here, no coffee, I don't know if you are used to drinking it when you come back from the United States." ”

Zhao Yi sat on the sofa and didn't answer, he should be looking at me, and said later: "Miss Li, may I ask you this year?" ”

I raised my eyes: "Twenty-three at the end of the year." ”

He laughed as if he had heard a joke, and I waited patiently for him to finish laughing, and he said, "You and Qin Yan are almost eleven years apart, how many generations is that?" ”

I groaned, "If you count the three-year generation ditch, three? Four? He smiled: "It seems that there is no end to it." ”

Zhao Yi looked at me like this, put away the smile on the corner of his mouth a little, looked at me for two more seconds, and squinted his eyes: "Are you greedy for his money?" ”

I was a little helpless, the water in the tea kettle was boiling, and I said while cleaning the tea set: "Mr. Zhao, you can find my studio, can't you check my background?" Although my family is not as rich as the Qin family, it is not to the point of selling myself. ”

He said, "You mean you don't get married for money?" What's that for? ”

I couldn't stand his distorted values, and couldn't help but put down the tea kettle and said, "Mr. Zhao, there are so many couples in the world, I think it's more because of love to get married." ”

He paused, and the corners of his mouth picked up mockingly again: "You love him?" Or does he love you? ”

I also paused for a moment and said two seconds later, "I guess feelings should be a two-way street." After a pause, he boiled a new boil of water: "With all due respect to Mr. Zhao, I want to ask if you have the same feelings for Qin Yan as I do?" ”

The expression on his face suddenly froze, and I reassured him: "You don't need to worry, I don't discriminate against this." I'm just trying to figure out, is Qin Yan the same as you, or is he not gay? ”

Zhao Yi was quiet for a long time, looked at me and frowned: "Are you sick?" ”

I was stunned for a moment, I don't know why he suddenly cursed, I guess it poked him in the sore spot. I put the tea leaves into the teapot and persuaded him bitterly: "Since he is not a person with you, why can't you let go, if you love him, don't you want to see him live happily as an ordinary person?" ”

Zhao Yi looked at me like a psychopath, and only after a while did he say, "What are you talking nonsense?" He sneered, "It turns out that you are already going to marry him, and you still don't know him at all, and you don't know anything about his past?" ”

I looked at him and sighed, "I want to hear about it." ”

He seemed to think for a while, and said, "Miss Li, do you know that you are not Qin Yan's first fiancée?" ”

I was a little surprised, but I said quietly, "Please continue." ”

He said: "What you just said about getting married because of love, I think it applies to the two of them." ”

The water in the teapot was boiled again, I poured the water into the transparent teapot, watched the water turn brown little by little, and heard Zhao Yi say: "As for you, whether Qin Yan loves you or not, I think you know it in your own heart." ”

After a moment of silence, I raised my head: "His last fiancée, when was that?" ”

"Seven years ago," he said. ”

I said, "Seven years ago? I couldn't help but laugh: "Mr. Zhao, do you believe in Christianity?" Even if they believe in monogamy, they are not married after all, do you want him to be single for the rest of his life for a woman who has broken up? ”

He narrowed his eyes and said in a heavier tone, "What do you know?" They didn't break up! ”

I poured tea into his cup and said incomprehensibly, "If you don't get married, and you don't break up, what is that?" ”

He was silent for a few seconds, and then smiled softly: "They separated for some reason, but aren't you curious, where Qin Yan has gone in the past seven years, he won't always be by your side, right?" ”

The water in the teapot was accidentally spilled a little, I put the teapot down and slowly raised my eyes: "Where did he go?" ”

Zhao Yi smiled lightly: "The ...... in the world" paused for a moment, and slowly spit out two words: "Find her." ”

I was quiet for a few seconds, and I said, "No matter what the reason, if she can disappear for seven years, I don't think she may love Qin Yan so much." ”

"Love or not, it's not up to you to say." He paused again, "But I can sue you that Qin Yan has the responsibility to find her and take care of her, and he can't marry you." ”

I gritted my teeth: "Mr. Zhao, you are studying law, is it ridiculous for you to say this?" ”

He looked at me in silence for a while, "How can you leave him?" ”

I was silent for a moment and said resolutely: "Unless Qin Yan personally tells me that he still loves that woman and doesn't want to marry me, I won't leave him." ”

He smiled: "That's it? Do you want to try it? ”

I didn't speak, Zhao Yi had already stood up with a smile: "Okay, I already know your contact information, I will inform you again." ”

He turned around and was about to leave, but I stopped him behind him: "Mr. Zhao." ”

He turned around, and I asked him, "What does their business have to do with you?" ”

He looked at me with undisguised contempt in his eyes, and after a few seconds he said, "I love the same person as him, but I am different from you, I know what is best for them, I know what is fulfillment." ”

The door to the studio slammed shut, and I sat down on the sofa for a while, feeling my mouth dry, and I poured a few cups of tea down, and found that my hands were a little shaky. Covered the pulse with his right hand and left hand, and found that his heartbeat was a little fast, so he hurriedly went to the bag to find medicine to take, then closed his eyes and leaned on the sofa, and took a few deep breaths.

Sitting until the sun sets, the light in the studio becomes very dim. I opened my eyes and saw the flowers and trees by the windowsill projected onto the floor, which was very eerie and terrifying, and after pondering for a long time, I took out my mobile phone and called Lu Zhaochao.

An hour later, Lu Zhaochao and I met at a restaurant near my studio.

He was quite surprised that I suddenly called him out for dinner, and kept joking. It's a pity that I'm really not in the mood, so I got straight to the point after saying a few words: "I remember you told me before that you checked that Qin Yan once had two girlfriends. ”

Lu Zhaochao was stunned for a moment and said, "That's right." ”

I said, "Did you know he used to have a fiancée?" ”

"Fiancée?" He thought for a few seconds, "I only heard that the second girlfriend is Cheng Dù who is talking about marriage, I don't know if it is the fiancée you said." ”

I lowered my head and took a sip of water, and was silent for two seconds: "How much do you know, tell me." ”

Lu Zhaochao looked at me a little blankly, raised his hand and brushed his hair: "I just listened to one of my college seniors, and I almost told you last time." The woman studied ballet, and it seems that she was also introduced by her family, and then she got engaged. ”

I thought about it for a moment and nodded: "Ballet...... What else? ”

"And? And the girl is very beautiful, and she is indeed very smart, although it is a special dance move, but there are several dance troupes that want her to lead the dance. The cultural class is also very powerful, and he has also visited on behalf of the school, and he has fascinated the people of the European royal family. But it seems that she is particularly infatuated, and it is said that she has made a boyfriend surnamed Qin. ”

I said, "Do you know why they broke up later?" ”

Lu Zhaochao said: "It's really not clear, it seems that something happened, but no one knows." ”

I turned the glass and looked at it, I didn't know if there was ash in the water, and my throat was a little uncomfortable. Lu Zhaochao said: "What's the matter, why are you suddenly asking this?" ”

I shook my head and forced a smile: "It's nothing, just a little curious." ”

Lu Zhaochao was quiet for a while, and suddenly slapped the table, I was shocked to raise my eyes, and saw him twisting his eyebrows, looking very angry: "Li Qiao, I really don't understand why the fuck you want to marry him?" It's better for you to marry me than to marry him! Who has eyes can't see that he's using you? The whole circle knows what their family is up to! Are you really willing to let him marry him back and put it in the house and use it as a puppet in the name of the main house? Are you stupid?! ”

I was stunned for a while, and my eyes were a little sour for some reason: "Why do you say that?" He was very good to me. ”

Lu Zhaochao looked at me with hatred: "Is he good to you?" He's such a fart to you! How many days does he call you? What nice things did he say to you? I don't think he even bothered to look at you! If you don't believe me, go back and ask him if he really likes you. I vouch for my head, and he will never say yes! ”

I was silent for a long time, raised my hand and pressed my eyebrows, wiped the corners of my eyes without a trace, and said, "Thank you for accompanying me to dinner, I'll go first." ”