Chapter VIII
Happiness Cafe
The three of them finished shopping in the department store, each carrying a large bag of loot in their hands, and sat down in the café leisurely.
"Alas, I'm tired, and you called me out for this kind of ghost weather." Zhu Yan picked up the juice and took a sip, put it down again, and complained to the two.
"Okay, you, it's wrong to call you out, you're the happiest person to buy." Lin Weihan said.
Ye Ziqing watched them go back and forth, habitually bickering, and shook his head helplessly.
I don't know if it's good or bad to introduce the two of them. I remember when I first introduced the two of them to each other, the two of them were like finding sisters, they were familiar with each other, and there was no strangeness at all. Sometimes she is almost jealous when the relationship between the two is good. Sometimes it's a lot of noise.
How could she have two such good friends.
Some people say that friends are not necessarily in power, but they must be honest with each other, not necessarily inseparable, but they must be concerned about each other, and for her, this is enough.
It is enough to have one confidant in this life, and besides, she has three. Thinking of Han Yiyi, who was far away in Italy, she suddenly felt that she hadn't been in contact with her for a long time.
"Yanyan, have you been in contact with Yiyi, I haven't been with her for a long time." She asked what Zhu Yan thought in her heart.
"Well, we were on the phone the other day."
"Oh, that's good." She was relieved.
They just enjoyed this rare time, and no one spoke quietly.
After a long while, Zhu Yan finally couldn't help it, she touched Lin Weihan's hand with her elbow, and gestured to look at Ye Ziqing with her eyes.
Lin Weihan nodded and coughed, attracting Ye Ziqing's attention, "That, Ziqing, I heard that Li Hao confessed to you." Did you say yes? She asked very directly. Although she had only seen this person a few times, she could see that this person was good and very good to Ziqing, if this was the case, she hoped that Ye Ziqing would accept it and stop immersing herself in the past world.
Ye Ziqing was stunned when she heard her words, and did not answer her question immediately, she took a sip of the coffee in her hand, and frowned slightly, she felt that the coffee she was drinking now was getting more and more bitter.
"Well, I didn't say yes." After a while, she put the coffee in her hand on the table and said lightly.
"Oh." The two of them just nodded and didn't express their opinions.
The two of them had already guessed this result, so they didn't feel surprised, and they weren't going to say anything, after all, this was her own business, only she knew what she wanted, and they were just a staff officer, and the key was to decide by herself.
"Why are you so calm, you're not going to ask anything." Ye Ziqing looked at the two strangely. What's wrong with these two people today, but she is not calm.
"Expected." Zhu Yan gave her a roll of the eyes, and asked for a result, so it was better not to ask. She already knew her answer, and she just wanted to confirm it. If she can accept Li Hao, it will be really strange.
"I heard Weihan say that you have to go on a business trip tomorrow." Zhu Yan glanced at her resentfully and said dissatisfiedly.
"Yes, those of us who are single are miserable, we struggle on our own, and we have no one to support us." She said with a smirk. Zhu Yan has Chen Hao, and the two of them are about to get married, Lin Weihan got married two months ago, and she is left alone. She thought a little bitterly about what she was holding onto.
Speaking of this, Zhu Yan thought of Xiao Yihan, and she asked Ye Ziqing half-truthfully and tentatively a little cautiously, "Ziqing, if, I mean, if he wants to redeem you and ask for your forgiveness, will you still give him a chance and promise him?" ”
When Ye Ziqing heard her words, his hand stirring the coffee paused for a moment, then returned to normal, calmed his heart, and replied unhurriedly, "You said yes, how would I know." In fact, she really didn't know, after so many years, everyone thought she was waiting for him. Is she? She asked herself every day, but even she didn't know the answer. Yes or no, I'm used to it.
She raised her head and looked at Zhu Yan, then turned her head to look at the sky outside the window covered with dark clouds, black and oppressive, and a downpour was coming.
Zhu Yan looked at Ye Ziqing and didn't want to ask more, so he could only pray silently for Xiao Yihan in his heart, hoping that he would not be too unlucky and could save Ye Ziqing's heart as soon as possible. She knew that Ye Ziqing's happiness could only be given by him.
Lin Weihan saw that the atmosphere was not right, she glanced at Zhu Yan with disdain, and blamed her for talking nonsense. Then, as if he thought of something, he said to Ye Ziqing, "Remember to bring us gifts on this business trip." I didn't bring it last time. ”
"Got it." Ye Ziqing turned around and smiled at her, there was really no way, she didn't bring it once, and she was nagging her for a week.
"It's best to know." She snorted and continued, "You say, why don't you have an affair when you go on a business trip every day, is it a word, it's good to have a one-night stand, it's best to be a handsome guy from a foreign country, it's so exciting to think about it, there is wood." Right. She said as she asked, and threw her an ambiguous look.
"Uh......" Zhu Yan was speechless, she didn't know how to answer her words, she was too open.
"......" Ye Ziqing has a black line, unable to keep up with her rhythm.
"What kind of expression do you have, why can men, we women can't, aren't words?"
"That's right, that's it, their men are called Merry, and we women are called ......" The two women who found a common language chatted without anyone else, not caring about Ye Ziqing's stop at all, but then they followed them. What are the two people who have husbands, she shook her head helplessly.
As soon as Xiao Yihan and Chen Hao walked into the door of the Happy Cafe, they saw three little women sitting in the corner, Zhu Yan was chatting with the people next to them, and Ye Ziqing was sitting opposite them and looked at the two people who were chatting happily. He patted Xiao Yihan on the shoulder and walked in their direction.
"I think we should have a few more men and be angry with them, right? We have to teach them a lesson,......" Zhu Yan was still gushing about her tirade, not noticing that there were two people standing behind her.
"Ahem, cough," Ye Ziqing saw the two people standing behind Zhu Yan, interrupted her, and motioned to her.
But she didn't understand, and asked her what was wrong. Ye Ziqing said to her silently, "Back." ”
When she understood, she screamed in her heart, how could she forget him, obviously she asked him to come and pick her up. Before she could turn around, Chen Hao's angry voice sounded behind her, "Yes, hand over a few." ”
She turned her head slowly, and a murderous aura flashed on Chen Hao's face, looking at her with a smile or not. She laughed dryly, "No, you must have heard it wrong, I mean that with you, you can beat others, and no one can compare to you." Isn't it. She threw a look of help to Lin Weihan and Ye Ziqing.
Lin Weihan picked up the mobile phone and tapped it, as if he didn't see it, at this time, it is still important to protect himself.
Ye Ziqing still remembered the last time she lied to her, and she was going to stay out of it, but looking at her aggrieved face, she blurted out without thinking about it, "She's drunk and talking nonsense." But after saying that, she was frightened by herself, this is no wine in the café, but the words can't be taken back, she picked up the cup at the bottom and pretended to take a sip to calm down.
Except for Zhu Yan, several other people looked at her speechlessly, with black lines on their faces.
Drunk, please this is a café, okay, this is also said, Lin Wei looked at her calmly drinking the coffee in her hand, and felt that she had the ability to open her eyes and talk nonsense...... Tut-tut, can only shake the head gently. If she knew that Ye Ziqing was unintentional, it was estimated that she would vomit blood.
"Yes, I'm drunk, you ...... talking nonsense" Zhu Yan seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and followed Ye Ziqing's words without thinking about it. Then he reacted and shouted, "No, I'm drinking coffee, not wine, how can I get drunk." She looked at Ye Ziqing blankly.
Ye Ziqing glanced at her, originally she thought that if she was wrong, she would be wrong, but she didn't expect that there was another person who was even more sober than her, so she took it without thinking about it, she was speechless, and she held her forehead as if she didn't know this person, it was too embarrassing.
"We'll discuss this issue when we go home, and now, come home with me right away." Chen Hao gritted his teeth and said, then looked at Xiao Yihan next to him, and said to him, "You are responsible." Regardless of Zhu Yan's desperate struggle, he dragged people away.
Xiao Yihan has been looking at Ye Ziqing since he entered the door without taking his eyes off, he doesn't know how long he hasn't looked at her properly, every time he dreams back at midnight, he wakes up and is a lonely room, but it is so real.
Her sweet smile, crisp voice, and the beauty he had once had reminded him that he had really lost her.
"Ahem, you are." Lin Weihan looked at him and kept looking at Ye Ziqing, thinking if he might have taken a fancy to her.
"Oh, I'm clear," he hesitated for a second before saying, "Well, friend." ”
"yes, Qingqing won't introduce me." She squeezed her eyebrows at Ye Ziqing, Qingqing, she called it so intimately, the relationship must not be ordinary, she guessed in her heart.
"My name is Xiao Yihan, and I just came back from abroad, hello." He didn't wait for Ye Ziqing's introduction, so he said hello to himself.
"Xiao Yihan, why are you so familiar with Xi." She thought for a moment, then exclaimed in surprise, "You're the one...... She covered her mouth and took the words back. No wonder Qingqing ignored him, no wonder Zhu Yan said anything to redeem it, it turned out that he was back. She looked at Xiao Yihan, and then at Ye Ziqing, which was strange. She didn't want to wade into this troubled water, so she made an excuse and slipped away, "Ziqing, my husband came to pick me up, I'll leave first, and then connect." Then, without replying, she took her things and left.
Instantly quieted, and the two people facing each other sat like this, neither of them spoke.
It seemed like half a century before Xiao Yihan opened his mouth and called her, "Qingqing, you, are you okay?" He didn't know what to say, he could only greet him as usual.
His gentle and delicate mulberry voice slowly entered her ears and hit her heart. He still spoke to her as gently as before, but it all didn't make sense.
"Didn't you see that?" She didn't answer his question directly, whether it was good or not, even she didn't know herself, how could she answer?
Hearing her cold answer, although he had been prepared, his heart still felt tingling inexplicably. All this is what he deserves, she is not much better than him, he thought bitterly, but he didn't want to give up, maybe the road to ask her forgiveness is still long, long, and he will persevere.
Thinking that they still had a long way to go, he smiled gently, "Then are you going back, I'll send you." ”
"Don't bother, I'll just take a taxi back." She stood up and picked up her things to leave, but was stopped by him.
"It's raining, it's hard to take a taxi, so I'll send you." Do they need to be so polite between themselves? Did she really avoid him like a femme fatale, he smiled bitterly.
Ye Ziqing looked at the sky pressed down outside, and it was indeed scary to see the heavy rain. After thinking about it, I still accepted his suggestion. "Okay, thanks, that, can you let go of my hand?"
"I'm sorry." He let go a little unwillingly, and sighed lightly, it would be nice if he could pull like this all the time.
Ye Ziqing stood at the door of the café waiting for him to pick up the car, and the wind howling outside was a little scary. She was glad she hadn't rejected him just now, otherwise it was unknown when she would be able to return home.
Xiao Yihan parked the car, took out a big black umbrella, walked to Ye Ziqing, and gently held her in his arms, blocking her from the storm outside and preventing her from getting a little rain. Ye Ziqing didn't struggle, and quietly let him hold it, feeling that he was back to the familiar and beautiful days before.
Starting the car, Xiao Yihan looked at the person in the passenger seat, feeling extremely satisfied at the moment. I don't know how long it has been since I've been so close, even if she doesn't say anything, don't do anything, as long as she can reach out and touch it where he can see, he feels that this is his greatest happiness.
"What do you think I'm doing? Drive well. Ye Ziqing was very unaccustomed to his hot gaze, his face was slightly red, and he pretended to be angry and said to him.
Xiao Yihan didn't tear her down, and smiled at her, "If you're bored, there are a few CDs there, you can put some music on and listen to it." He said to her, looking at the traffic ahead.
Ye Ziqing nodded when he heard his words, but instead of listening to him, he reached out and turned on the radio. As soon as her hand touched the switch, the host inside was reading with an affectionate and somewhat sad feeling:
rocky rot and sea dryness,
Life and death are on the same path as you,
I'm not afraid of how bitter it is.
Love to the depths,
Life and death are inseparable,
My death is not true,
Martyrdom of the king,
People go to the flowers and wither.
This world is empty,
Why do you want to live in this life?
I will follow you with my death,
How much love and hate in the world!
The sonorous and powerful voice hit Ye Ziqing's heart word by word, gradually causing ripples.
Ye Ziqing knows this poem, which tells about the unforgettable love between Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo and Juliet in the story are truly in love, but there is a feud between the two families and they do not agree to be together. Juliet's parents betrothed her to another person, and in order to escape the wedding, she drank a potion that could fake her death, and Romeo, who was on the run, rushed back when he heard the news of her 'death' and committed suicide by her side. Soon after, Juliet wakes up and sees Romeo dead and killed himself.
She remembers a time when she was obsessed with the book, reading and reading it over and over again, feeling angry at the old society, admiring and regretting their love. If she hadn't taken that medicine, if he had waited a little longer, maybe it would have ended differently.
But she also envied their loyal love until the sea withered and the stones rotted, and she slept together in different caves and deaths, she admired their courage very much, and she didn't know if she had Juliet's courage, that kind of determination to love.
Ye Ziqing came back to his senses from his thoughts, but found that his face was already covered with tears. She wiped it with her hands, but the more she wiped it, the more and more it was, like rain, and she couldn't stop.
Xiao Yihan parked the car and turned his head to remind her that she had arrived, but as soon as he turned his head, he saw that she was wiping her tears.
He panicked, quickly unbuckled his seat belt and leaned over. He gently picked up her face, looking at her eyes were slightly red, her face was full of tears, her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and there were still droplets of water that she didn't have time to wipe off, and she was suffocating in distress. He carefully wiped away her tears, and asked distressedly, "Why are you crying, tell me, um." The last thing she could see was that she cried, and when she cried, it was as if she wanted his life, as if someone had dug out his heart little by little.
His clear and clean voice, with a little tenderness, was so clear, through the air into his ears, with a fatal allure, swallowed back what she wanted to say, and could not make a sound for a long time, so he could only look at him with wide eyes.
She didn't know how dangerous she was at the moment. Xiao Yihan looked at those big innocent eyes, and a strange emotion surged up, fast and fierce, impacting his heart.
His Adam's apple moved, and his lips instantly covered it, and the two lips pressed tightly together.
He followed her outline and depicted it shallowly, with a little temptation, seeing that she did not refuse, but asked more deeply, stretched out the tip of his tongue, pried open her teeth and slipped in, deeply entangled with her, wantonly lingering. Just when he wanted to make the next move, Ye Ziqing pushed him away violently, "You let go of me." Her eyes were slightly angry, and she glared at him fiercely.
"Ziqing, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, I ......" He panicked, he had never panicked, he didn't know what to do.
"Thank you for sending me back." She didn't answer his words, she didn't know how to answer, her heart was very messy at the moment, she was also addicted to this kiss, didn't she, who could blame her.
"Ziqing, do I still have a chance?" He hurriedly grabbed her hand to open the car door, held it tightly, sat up straight and waited for her answer.
Her hand shook for a moment, then returned to normal, and asked him, "What do you say?" Do you think it's still possible? Since you give up, you shouldn't regret it, not everyone will be in the same place. Isn't it? There was no trace of wave in her eyes, and she asked him without a trace of emotion.
Looking at her resolute eyes, a trace of desolation flashed in her eyes, let go of her hand, as if she was out of breath, hung down her tense body, and muttered, "Sure enough, I'm sorry." ”
She moved her mouth, wanting to ask him what she was sorry for, sorry for the kiss, or sorry for five years ago, but the words came to her mouth and swallowed back.
Ye Ziqing looked at him, and felt unspeakably uncomfortable, but what could she do, could she really forgive him without care, she couldn't. She might have to think about it.
"Goodbye!" After saying that, she pushed open the door and got out of the car, the rain was still manic, but she couldn't care so much, she ran quickly in the rain, and her face couldn't tell whether it was rain or tears.
Xiao Yihan looked at her back and felt a little sad, did I miss you like this?
I finally understood. In fact, not everyone will have the opportunity to see the person waiting in the dim light when they look back at dusk. So, I can only look for her thousands of times in my memory, morning and twilight. So we should cherish it.