Summer passed quietly, and in the blink of an eye, it was late autumn. The streets and alleys of Qingshan City are full of rickshaws, animal-powered vehicles and motor vehicles selling autumn vegetables.

In order to facilitate work contact, Qingshan Daily has equipped each cadre at and above the middle level with a Chinese character display pager in the form of advertising replacement. As the head of the reporter station, although Zhong Shan has not been included in the middle-level cadre sequence for the time being, he is also equipped with a pager out of consideration for the importance of his work.

This Sunday afternoon, Zhong Shan helped his mother buy autumn cabbage, set it up in the open space downstairs to dry, and just got up and wanted to go upstairs, he received a message in Chinese characters: "There is a lot of water upstairs, and I can't knock on the door after knocking for a long time, can you help?" Xu Meiling. ”

Zhong Shan did not hesitate, took a taxi and went to Xu Meiling's house.

The door of Xu Meiling's house was wide open, and when he entered, he saw that she was cleaning up the stagnant water with a plastic broom and a pinch of water, and hurriedly asked, "Is there anyone back upstairs?" Xu Meiling shook her head. Zhong Shan hurriedly picked up the phone on the table and dialed 110.

In less than ten minutes, the locksmith arrived, opened the upstairs door, and closed the main valve. It turned out that the hostess of this family turned on the automatic washing machine, went downstairs to buy autumn vegetables, bought vegetables and dried them, happened to meet old classmates, and went to the mall for an afternoon together, and left the laundry aside, as a result, the washing machine hose and the faucet were separated, and the house was flooded, which affected the downstairs.

Fortunately, it was clear water, but the roof and wall of the shed were temporarily wet, and the stagnant water on the ground was quickly cleaned up, and the loss of Xu Meiling's family was not big, so in the face of repeated apologies and compensation from neighbors, Xu Meiling generously said "No need" and closed the door. Zhong Shan helped her clean up the water, and when she looked up at Meiling, her white home clothes were already covered with water.

Xu Meiling saw what he meant, and hurriedly asked Zhong Shan to sit down on the couch, made tea for him, and went into the bedroom to change clothes. After about ten minutes, Meiling slowly walked out of the room, changing into a set of white saffron loungewear, with some fragrance that she didn't have.

Xu Meiling sat next to Zhong Shan, kept a distance of half a body from him, and said quietly: "I didn't know until something happened, and it was really a trouble to not have a man in the family." ”

Zhong Shan held the teacup in his hand and said, "If you encounter any difficulties in the future, just look for me, as long as I am in Qingshan." ”

Xu Meiling turned around and said happily, "Really? Then you're welcome. ”

Zhong Shan hurriedly put down the teacup, said "It's not early, I have to go", opened the door, and went downstairs without looking back.

Zhong Shan had to leave immediately, he saw something different in Xu Meiling's eyes, and if he didn't leave, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to control it and make a mistake again.

Two months later, on a Saturday night, the third Cui Dalin was the east, welcoming Xu Jiming, the fourth child who went home for the Spring Festival. When Zhong Shan returned to the city from Antai, it was already dark, and he received two summons on the way, telling him that the brothers had arrived and were waiting for him to open the table. When Zhong Shan entered the "Lily Hall" of the Shiweitian Hotel, he found that the brothers had brought their own female companions, Xu Meiling was also there, and guessed that Wang Xueli called it on his own initiative, and the vacant position next to Meiling was naturally left for him.

Cui Dalin has developed very well in the south in recent years, and now his company has been listed, and he himself holds the company's dry shares, with an annual income of more than six figures.

The brothers haven't seen each other for more than a year, so naturally there are endless words and endless wine. In the past year, Zhong Shan's personal work and life have undergone major changes, there are gains and losses, joys and sorrows, and he wants to completely indulge himself at the end of the year.

It was midnight when I walked out of the Shiweitian Hotel, and it was biting cold outside. Zhong Shan shuddered, stumbled into a taxi, and was helped into her house by Xu Meiling, and obediently took off her clothes and lay down.

The dragon possessed again, and the mermaid returned, leading him to the cozy coral reef again. In a hazy voice, I heard the mermaid say in my ear: "Do you know, I not only think of you when I am in trouble, but I also think of you every day, every minute and every second, are you really so stingy that you can't give me the most precious thing on your body so little?" ”

Jiaolong said heroically: "No problem, take it all!" ”

The wind and waves surged, and the mermaid flew higher and higher with the dragon, flew to the top of the wave, and then sank to the bottom of the sea.

When he woke up the next morning, Zhong Shan had a headache like it was about to explode, but his consciousness was awake, he felt the presence of a stranger in the bed, suddenly sat up and got out of bed, opened the heavy curtains with a bang, and looked for his underwear through the faint morning light outside.

Xu Meiling had just fallen asleep, and was woken up by Zhong Shanyi's toss, wrapped a bath towel on the ground, closed the curtains, and stepped on the floor lamp. Zhong Shan stood in front of Xu Meiling, with mixed feelings in his heart, five years ago, it was also such a winter morning, and the scene with Lin Meihui resurfaced in his mind. Thinking like this in his head, he didn't forget to put clothes on his body in a hurry.

Xu Meiling returned to the quilt and lay down, wrapped the quilt tightly, with a look of grievance. After a while, he said sadly: "Zhong Shan, do you hate me very much?" Shouldn't I have done this with you when you weren't conscious? Can't we really come together? You don't know how much I like you! ”

Zhong Shan got dressed, sat on the edge of the bed, was silent for a long time, and said softly: "Meiling, if I did something to you last night that I shouldn't have done, I'm really sorry, and I'm sorry here." We are not children anymore, we have all had failed marriages, and we should no longer do things that go against our hearts and accommodate us. If you love, you have to love equally, it is to attract each other, not to beg and admire the other. To be honest, between you and me, I haven't found the feeling of being attracted to each other. ”