In the pale moonlight and the cold winter wind, Zhou Li stood on the edge of the gap, carefully probing the traces and cracks of the collapse on the wall. After half a salary, he sat on the gap, looking at the backyard that was originally separated by a wall on weekdays, but now it was close at hand, and couldn't help but feel a sense of comfort in breaking the barrier and getting a glimpse of the moonlight.

Then, I was startled by the sluggish voice behind me that hadn't woken up yet.

"Zhou Li ......"

Lu Xiaoshui, who was wearing pajamas, pushed open the door, and was speechless for a long time by the impactful scene behind the door, and stood in the cold wind for half a minute before he completely woke up from his sleep and reacted to what had happened.

The muffled sound just now, even if you sleep deeply, I'm afraid you will be woken up, right?

Lu Xiaoshui was confused for a long time before he reacted, the loud noise came from the direction of Zhou Li's room, and he couldn't help the worry and doubt in his heart, got up from the bed, stepped on his slippers and ran to the door of Zhou Li's room.

Then I was startled by the room that had been changed beyond recognition.

No one can accept that the wall of their house has somehow broken a big hole, and it is as if it has been destroyed by a bomb, right?

Zhou Li, who was originally contemplating intently, didn't even notice Lu Wanshui's footsteps, and he didn't think of a suitable excuse to explain to him what had just happened...... So, what to do?

Doubts flashed through his mind, and he was ready to bear Lu Xiaoshui's anger and reprimand, and then raised his head to look at the sluggish girl.

Under the dim moonlight, Lu Xiaoshui looked at Zhou Li in the room with a messy face and covered in dust, his eyes were a little red, and when he saw the bricks and tiles everywhere, he opened his mouth several times to say something, and his lips trembled slightly.

After a long time, he made a voice, and asked in a trembling voice, "What is this...... What's going on......"

Zhou Li looked at her appearance, and after pondering for a long time, he smiled wryly and spread his hands: "I'm sorry, probably in disrepair?" Sorry, I'll find someone to fix it tomorrow......"

"That's not what I'm asking!"

Lu Wanshui's uncontrollable choked voice interrupted his words, and he looked at him with red eyes, angry and sad: "You have always lied to me and never told me anything!" ”

Zhou Li was stunned for a moment, lowered his head helplessly, and was speechless.

Lu Qiaoshui choked up and whispered: "You obviously said that you wanted to live with me, but you didn't tell me anything." will run out inexplicably in the middle of the night, and come back quietly before dawn; I don't know what I'm doing every day, and when I ask you, you say something to deceive children to coax me! What do you want, what do you want me to do? ”

Looking at him angrily and sadly, she cried silently, leaned against the wall tired and weak, and choked in a low voice: "Anyway, I'm stupid, I know that you are lying to me, and I want to believe it, and I lie to myself that you are just occasionally weird."

As a result, when I came back to my senses, I already realized that I didn't know what to say to you......"

"Zhou Li......" she lowered her head and murmured in a vague whisper: "I've been, I don't know what to do." ”

Obviously, just a few steps away, she felt that she already knew the man who was under the same roof as her day and night.

She didn't know what was wrong with her, why she was so angry, so sad, and she didn't know what to say.

I was obviously worried about him, but when I saw his look of 'I'm fine, don't worry', I couldn't help but want to be angry.

She didn't know why the room was like this, she was just afraid that Zhou Li would be hurt, it was good that she was fine, but she felt a wave of grievance and sadness.

Looking at his dusty appearance, she felt very sad, and felt embarrassed that she was the same.

Why don't you understand at all, Zhou Li...... Since the death of her parents, she shed tears for the first time, and it was also because Zhou Li cried for the second time, she didn't know what was wrong with her, but she felt that she was hopelessly stupid.

Looking at her sad expression, the smile on Zhou Li's face dimmed little by little, and he wanted to hold her hand, looking at his dusty appearance, he didn't know how to comfort her.

After a long silence, he stepped over the broken bricks on the floor, bent down and took her hand, and despite her resistance, led her out of the room, and into the hall, pressed her to the couch.

Seeing her choked up, Zhou Li picked up the tissue box from under the coffee table and put it in front of her: "Don't cry, I'll go change my clothes, and if you can clean yourself up before you come out, I'll explain to you what happened just now." ”

After speaking, he ignored Lu Wanshui, who was glaring at him, and turned around and walked towards the room.

Behind him, Lu Xiaoshui's red eyes looked at his back, and after a few minutes of silence and hesitation, he lowered his head and pulled out a tissue, wiping the embarrassed tears on his face.

By the time Zhou Li changed her clothes a little and returned to the living room, she had already wiped her face clean, her eyes and the tip of her nose were a little red, and she still couldn't help but let out a choked inhalation sound in her nose.

Picked up the kettle and poured two cups of hot water, Zhou Li put a cup in front of Lu Wanshui, Lu Wanshui held the water cup in both hands, looked down at the water surface in the white porcelain cup, felt the heat blowing on his sour eyes, couldn't help but choked up and inhaled, and waited silently.

Zhou Li sat on the chair and looked at the girl in front of him, only to realize that unconsciously, this little girl in the past had grown rapidly in these days, becoming stronger than before, and becoming more sensitive and fragile than before.

Zhou Li didn't touch the water in front of him, and after thinking silently for a moment, he said, "Just now I was dealing with a friend's affairs and his relics, and he died today." ”

He looked at Lu Qiaoshui's red eyes and continued to tell her, "Just two hours before you went to find me. ”

Lu Xiaoshui raised his eyes and looked at him, his eyes were puzzled, as if asking: Who?

"You've seen that guy too, the one we ran into last time when we were shopping. His name is Fu Ming, and he just had a son this year, and a sister who is seriously ill. ”

Zhou Li said in a low voice: "He left some things for me to help him deal with, because of these things, I am afraid that I will have to go to Zhonghai after the New Year." ”

Lu Qiaoshui found that Zhou Li had never said what the room would be like that because of something.

She vaguely understood that this was something that Zhou Li was willing to explain and didn't want to say, and she was suddenly a little angry again, but she couldn't help but worry.

What could it be about that kind of thing?

After hesitating for a moment, she broke the silence and asked in a low voice, "Very ...... Is it dangerous? ”

Zhou Li lowered his head and thought for a moment, nodded lightly, and said frankly: "There will probably be a little." ”

Lu Qiaoshui raised his head and looked at him for a long time, wanting to say something, but found that he never seemed to have made Zhou Li change his mind, so he could only answer with some frustration: "Oh." ”

"There are some things I've been hiding from you, I think it's better if you don't know about these things, or it's not time to tell you, these are probably excuses I gave myself, right?"

Zhou Li looked at the water glass in his hand, and after a long time, he looked at her calmly: "I admit that I lied a lot to you. If you want to know now, I'll tell you everything. I assure you that there will be no falsehood in what you tell you this time. ”

There are some things that Zhou Li hid from Li Zijin because it had nothing to do with Li Zijin, but he hid it from Lu Qianshui because he was afraid that it would bring deeper harm to Lu Qianshui.

But it wasn't until today that he realized that Lu Wanshui was no longer the fragile girl he imagined, nor was he a puppet toy that he could do whatever he wanted.

She has her own thoughts and decisions, and she also has the qualifications to check the truth, if she insists on wanting to know those things, although Zhou Li is still a little worried in her heart, she will not continue to hide it from her.

Everything depends on her choice.

Looking at him in silence, Lu Xiaoshui lowered his head after a long time, said 'I know' in a sullen voice, and then got up and walked towards the corridor.

I vaguely complained in my heart that I was not angry, and I talked to him so quickly.

Although he admitted that he was lying to himself, he was still willing to believe him, although he couldn't help but worry, he was willing to believe that he was doing it for himself.

Therefore, she did not force Zhou to leave to talk about those things, but stood up silently and walked towards the corridor.

Zhou Li didn't expect her reaction, looked at her back, and asked suspiciously, "Where are you going?" ”

Lu Qiaoshui's footsteps paused, and replied in a subtle voice that was still a little hoarse: "Take the bed...... You, your room has become like that, you can't sleep there, can you? ”

Zhou Li understood her decision, smiled in a low voice, and followed: "I'll just do it myself in the living room, you don't have to be busy." ”

Lu Xiaoshui bit his lip and whispered, "It's very cold in the living room, and sleeping there will catch a cold." ”

Zhou Li heard her words, thought for a while and said, "It's okay, I'll just go to the study and spend the night." ”

Lu Qiaoshui thought for a moment and shook his head: "Mom used to say that the yin qi in the study was too heavy, so I didn't let my father stay up late there. ”

"What then?" Zhou Li smiled: "You can't sleep in your parents' room, right?" ”

As soon as he spoke, he felt that he was kicked by Lu Qianshui's feet in cotton slippers, Lu Qianshui's still somewhat red eyes glared at him, and threatened him in a low voice: "You dare." ”

"It doesn't work here, it doesn't work there......" Zhou Li sighed helplessly: "Do I sleep in your room?" ”

As if he had been electrocuted, Lu Qiaoshui, who was walking forward with his head down, shook his shoulder, and after hesitating for a long time, he made a slightly trembling voice that was strong and calm: "Actually, it's not impossible to ......."

After finishing speaking, she felt that the atmosphere was a little strange, and emphasized in a panic: "But you have to lay on the floor!" ”

When Zhou Li heard her words, he almost fell, and after being silent for a long time, he nodded solemnly and seriously: "Okay!" ”

(To be continued)