About five minutes before Yan Weiwei's phone call came, I was sleeping in a daze, and I was about to wake up, recalling the heavy sigh last night, the rhythmic hands, the hard and warm touch, and the unknown smell, I gradually woke up, and I was so disgusted that I didn't know what to do.

The initiator is still lying next to me, and before I open my eyes, luck must be restrained, restrained.

Then I saw his face, white and almost transparent, pillowed on his arms, his hair falling on his eyes, and I tickled him, but he slept soundly and innocently—I didn't expect that in my lifetime, the word could be used to describe Qi Xiang.

The rain had stopped, and the room was full of clear sunlight.

We didn't talk much along the way, and when we parted at the entrance of my community, I saw that his chin and eyes were faintly blue, and I said, "You should go back quickly and sleep for a while." "

He took it back when he wanted to say something, and then smiled at himself, not me, and said, "Okay, get in touch again." "

I'm quite familiar with this kind of laughter, hey, hey, self-control, it's too greasy and crooked, and it's not good-looking. That's what it means. It is often used by adults when they are in love.

I watched him neatly cross the street and stop a taxi across the street to leave. Like a crappy actress, I sighed with my hands over my forehead, and this act was done by a group of roadside stalls selling breakfast and fresh fruits and vegetables, which seemed even more fake, and I turned around and went home, thinking that something was not easy to deal with.

As soon as I took two steps, a black sedan came over, and I was most familiar with this car all day, and the unit was assigned to Director Zhuang's Buick. It stopped in front of me, and my dad opened the back seat door from the inside and got out of the car.

"Dad, are you going out?"

"Ah, your mom is at home." He was also a little reluctant, feeling that he had tricked me back and ran away by himself: "Let your mother remember to take the bamboo shoots out of the refrigerator in the morning." "

"Oh."

My dad stood holding on to the car door and looked at me, loving and a little annoyed, he wanted to say something but didn't say anything, and finally he patted me, got in the car and closed the door, and the black Buick was gone.

At lunchtime, I asked my mother, "Isn't it a weekend today, what's the matter with my dad?" "

My mom replied, "So much for kids. "

I stopped talking, and after a while my mother asked herself, "I heard your great-uncle say ......."

"Huh?"

"Your father's old classmate, the children of the Qi family are also in Shanghai this summer?"

I almost coughed up, "yes." "

The director of the Women's Federation became a little girl who talked to me: "What do you think of that brother?" "

"It's fine."

"Have you been in touch since you came back from Shanghai?"

I muttered to myself, she won't know? No, Qi Xiang is not the kind of good child who reports to his parents when he has a little movement, and neither am I.

"Mom, what do you want to say?"

She thought about it for a while, and then thought about it: "I'm not saying that I want to let you and the children of the Qi family do something, you are still too young, don't rush to think about this kind of thing - but Xiao Ning, you must know that there is more than one good boy in this world, Shen Sibo." "

I see.

She is rarely called by her first name and surname, Shen Sibo. She called him Sibo, just like his mother called me Xiao Ning. For us, the adults of the two families basically acquiesced, and even when we occasionally argued, my mother said to him, you have such a strong personality, you have to let Sibo more, he is really a good child.

For now, even if he is better than Prince William, he is just an outsider who broke her daughter's heart. She knew there was no reason to blame, but feelings didn't say that.

"You know everything?" I said it quite calmly.

She sighed: "Your dad and I should have noticed that something was wrong with you - they started during the summer vacation, when you went to Shanghai, didn't they?" "

I don't answer.

"Didn't you have a meeting last time, someone asked Lao Shen when I was eating and chatting after the meeting." She paused, afraid that I would be sad to hear it, and said slowly: "I heard that your son has brought it back to show you?" "

I felt a chill in the back of my head, all the way down my cervical spine, and I didn't even know what it was, a pain so close to fear: "How did he answer?" "

"Lao Shen didn't say anything, I turned around and asked you Aunt Shen, she didn't admit it, where is the matter, my family Sibo and that girl are ordinary friends, and they take the family to play. asked in a hurry, and said, the small jasper, can't grow, Sibo is confused for a while. "

"......," I replied weakly, "don't believe it, I won't believe it." "

"I don't believe it, you also know your Aunt Shen, how good she is at being a person, how can she offend me in person." She said: "Xiao Ning, my mother wants to say, since everyone has reached this point, don't stop it, how to say it, force it." "

It was strange to hear my mother say this, as if the general trend had really gone. I nodded.

In the afternoon, my mother said, Xiao Ning, don't be bored at home, accompany me to the street.

It's been a long time since I've been holding her arm like this, eating a cone and looking around in the mall, and she keeps telling me, do you want this? What about this? Mom bought it for you.

Use me as a child, and I'm still very useful. I pulled the tag over and saw that a small coat was more than 2,000 yuan, and I said, "Tut, your salary for half a month." "

My mom pointed to this season's promotional model poster: "Is this one on her?" "

"Hmm."

She looked at her and then at me: "It looks like you, you must look good in it." "

"Oh Mom, if I want to be like her, how many years will I have to fight less, you see a beautiful woman like me." I grabbed her and wanted to leave.

She insisted: "Go and try it, my good-looking mother will buy it for you--hey girl!" "

The sales lady - the pervert is not as fast as her, three times five divided by two, the one who picks up is called a Mali, and instantly grabbed my hand, while saying to my mother: "You really have a vision, the last one, she is tall, just right." "

I took off my coat in the locker room, thinking, my parents' monthly income combined, basically well-off, but they have always maintained the concept of consumption in the era of planned economy, and today my mother is willing to pay for this kind of brand that she usually spits for "burning more money", she is really trying to coax her daughter.

As soon as I buttoned the first button, I heard my phone ring outside, followed by my mother's voice: "Hey? ...... Yes, she's trying on clothes, who are you? ...... Even? Which Qi? "

I grabbed the placket of both sides with both hands, pushed open the door and ran out: "Mom, how can you answer my phone!" "

When I went out, I saw my mother sitting on the sofa: "Yes, yes, I know you, heh......" Seeing that I came out and turned my body, I didn't mean to return it to me at all: "How are your parents lately?" ...... Greet them for me, and come to the house for dinner one day...... By the way, are you looking for us Xiao Ning? ...... Oh, the party? What kind of party? "

"Mom!"

The sales lady was behind me and said patiently: "Hey, miss, please don't move, this strap is tied like this...... Don't move, okay. "

This situation is so beautiful, the movement is appropriate, the madness and calmness are at the same time.

"Okay, then I'll let her tell." My mom handed me the phone, a little anxious and a little happy, wanting to be open-minded and desperate to find out.

"Hello?" I stubbornly greeted the other end: "Senior Brother Qi." "

He laughed, his breath rubbing my ears intimately: "It's really like to go back to the pre-liberation period." "

I couldn't help but laugh: "No way, something?" "

"Fu Hui, do you remember that they will help, there will be an event, can you go?"

"Immediately? But I have to go shopping with my mother. "

My mother turned her head and smiled and said to the sales lady: "Look, how much labor she has, I won't stop her if she wants to go out to play." "

"......"

"Go, go, ah, don't come back too late."

"And this ......"

"If you don't buy it, the model doesn't look like you at all."

"Mom, why are you like this!"

My mom, of course, was teasing me, and when I came back from outside at seven or eight o'clock, I saw a shopping bag with a logo on it lying on the couch. But the old couple was nowhere to be found.

I touched a delicate crystal bracelet on my wrist.

Qi Xiang had already arrived when I arrived, and he was sitting there after the last round of cards, and he didn't look at me much. I picked up the seat next to Senior Sister Sun, who sold insurance, Fu Hui turned his head, smiled at me and raised his eyebrows, such a small gesture expressed everything that should be expressed--I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, Little Sister Zhuang.

But that's all, I don't care what this group of people knows, I don't know anything, I don't care, but the others really don't know, Senior Sister Sun is introducing to her: "...... It's a lot higher interest than Treasuries, but just as low risk, you know ......."

The other person smiled perfunctorily, nodded, and looked at the cards in his hand. Senior Sister Sun is a hardcore chatter, I saw this last time, she and Fu Hui are both older than Qi Xiang, but the latter generally only buys Fu Hui's account, as for her, he has always been very polite, but it is just polite.

I said hello to her, Sven people, fat people, etc., this time compared to the last time, there are fewer people, everyone played cards, while chatting, chatting about the alma mater began to surge, said that L Dahoushan Gymnasium is still a safe corner, criminal cases are frequent, said that there are more and more beauties in the law department, said that this year the fourth and fifth floors jumped again, I don't know if it's for love or for the way out.

Senior Sister Sun said: "Oh, I'll tell you one too, I heard it from the junior sister who interned in the company, and the person concerned may still know Senior Sister Zhuang." "

The nerves of my gossip were fully mobilized: "You speak, you speak." "

I couldn't laugh as soon as she spoke, and after she finished speaking, Sven asked: "Don't look at my graduation, I have the right number for beautiful women, what are the surnames of those two beauties?" "

"I don't know, she hasn't seen the person concerned, there is such a big department of law, and there is a grade apart, but I heard that one of them is still the department's student union." She continued: "Oh, it's so fierce, the one who robbed her boyfriend gave each other a dozen ear scrapers in the carport downstairs." "

It was a kind person who choreographed this relieving scene for me.

"Is that still a face after the beating?" The fat man was skeptical.

"Just look in the mirror." Sven immediately answered.

"It's not interesting, what's there, it's too much."

"Hey, I'm talking about it, you're talking about it, aren't you bored, mainly--" She knocked on the rim of the cup, "You say, what are the children thinking now?" --Oh! Senior Sister Zhuang, except for you. "

"That's, Senior Sister Zhuang is such a reliable little girl."

They praised me gossipingly, and it is estimated that there is a polite component, but it is certainly not sarcastic, I sound very prickly, Senior Sister Sun has a tendency to continue to speak, Qi Xiang has been silent, and then spoke: "Zhuang Ning." "

"Huh?" I was surprised.

"Come here, change your seat, I have something to consult my senior sister."

I sat down inexplicably. Qi Xiang sat down in the position I had just placed, bowed his head and talked to Senior Sister Sun, and as soon as she said a word, her expression began to be excited: "Let me tell you, the new variety of investment-linked insurance ......"

The rest of the time, she put that topic on hold.

I never knew how much Qi Xiang knew about that incident, he might have figured it out when he saw Shen Xie together outside my classroom, maybe he didn't bother to understand it too much from beginning to end, in short, for a long time afterward, he basically didn't show any curiosity about that matter of right and wrong. Of course I don't mention it.

Fu Hui changed to a new car, and after the dinner he took us to the subway, I thought he would start asking, or at least make a joke. He didn't, and along the way they discussed how comfortable the Honda was, comparing the performance and price of the various models currently on the market, you know, the kind of boring conversation that can hypnotize a young girl who has no interest in cars.

"When are you going to buy it?" Fu Hui asked.

"Come on, after coming back from Shanghai."

Fu Hui glanced at me from the rearview mirror and said slowly, "How many years does Zhuang Xiaomei have to graduate?" "

I replied, "More than a year." "

Fu Hui nodded: "It's good, don't delay anything." "

When I walked to the subway station, I asked Qi Xiang, "When did you tell him?" "

"Today."

"...... How so? "

He recalled: "Say, I'm trying to get along with you. "

"Gone?"

"It's gone." He smiled: "Moderator Fu is quite surprised. "

That must have been a surprise.

"He asked, how did it start, and I said I had a good impression of you, and it began."

"And then?"

He recalled: "No, I just said something else. "

"...... No way! "

"What's impossible?"

"If we hear this kind of news, we will definitely ask, that's it, it's ......."

"Don't judge others by your standards, miss." He glanced at me: "Do you want me to tell the details to Moderator Fu?" I don't like to hear it, and we are not interested in each other's private lives. "

"What about the others?"

"No one else can do it."

"Where's your parents?"

He paused: "I haven't been back for a long time." "

I heard Fu Hui briefly mention it last time, but before he had time to brew words, Qi Xiang changed the topic: "Zhuang Ning, how old are you this year?" "

He asked a very serious question, which made me a little nervous: "Twenty-one...... Void age, what's wrong? "

"You just asked so many questions, one after another, and the number of roads with Ling Tang in the afternoon, so I'll make sure."

"...... My mom she'......"

"Didn't you notice that I wasn't even out of breath when I was talking to you?"

"No—you're nervous?"

"Of course." He smiled slightly: "Isn't it like?" "

"Alas, don't mention it, because of your call, I didn't buy any clothes in the afternoon."

Qi Xiang put his hands in the pockets of his windbreaker and looked at me leisurely: "So, I have to compensate you." "

"Oh." I fumbled for my bus card as I spoke: "I don't ...... this"

Before the words fell, he took my hand and handed me a boxy gadget: "Take it, don't be responsible if you lose it." "

I really didn't expect that if anyone around you said that the wind is the rain, you would have to be stupid: "I, I'm talking about playing." "

"It's okay, I bought it for you." He said, "Try it." "

A bracelet, green and white crystals, the style is not exaggerated, and it is very reasonable.

Now I rubbed against them, these small, delicate stones, they were safe and secure, covering the place where the string of glass beads had been. I sighed and carried the shopping bag on the sofa when my mother's voice came from the study:

"Coming back?"

"Hmm."

That's it. I passed by the study to the bedroom, walked past and poured back, so thick smoke.

Through a door, my mom was speaking in a low voice: "...... That's it, don't check? "

My father's voice was as dark and low as a deep well: "How can it? The Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection was shocked, and today someone came forward to protect him for a while, but he couldn't save his life. "

"How serious is this?"

"It's unpredictable."

"It will spill over into ...... Is it? "

My dad may have nodded, or maybe he didn't react at all, by default.

Mom sighed, sighing so scared: "It's so small...... Xiao Ning? Is it you out there? "

I couldn't say yes and I couldn't leave until my mom came and opened the door. Our family of three was silent, looking at each other, and then my dad beckoned: "Xiao Ning, come here." "

He switched the cigarette to his other hand, stroked my hair with his free right hand, and then he said calmly:

"You've always been very sensible, girl, no matter what happens in the future, don't blame Dad."

My heart was so blocked, and the sense of powerlessness that I felt as a child came back: "What's wrong?" Father. "

"It's nothing, your dad has a little trouble outside today." My mom comforted me: "It's nothing to do with you." "

"That's right." My dad snuffed out his cigarette and gently pushed my shoulder: "Go to sleep, sleep my good girl." "

This hallucinatory melancholy family meeting had no effect on daily life, and by the next day, everyone didn't say a word about it, and my mom only took the time to ask me, "Did you have fun yesterday?" "

"Pretty good."

"The Qi family's children sent you back?"

"Hmm."

"What's his name?"

I paused for a moment, and mentioned his name at the dinner table, as if there was a sense of ritual, and I introduced him privately to my parents: "Mom, you keep asking questions, what are you doing?" "

My mom snorted, "I can't know if I don't ask you?" Ask you something, see what makes you proud. "

"She's so old." My dad replied, "Don't worry about her. "

After a while, he spoke again: "Don't interfere with your studies. "

Thinking back to my dad's expression when he said this, he was helpless to worry about me, and I couldn't help but sigh. Yan Weiwei turned his head to look at me.

At that time, we were lying on the balcony munching melon seeds, chatting, she said, "The bracelet is very beautiful." "

"Whoever sent it."

"Good vision." After she finished speaking, she said very proudly: "It's a pun, do you hear it?" "

"You say, what should I send him back?"

"He shouldn't expect you to send it back."

"But I think it's better to be clear."

"What's the matter?" She threw me away: "Otherwise, you can make a promise." "

"...... Actually, I don't take this very seriously. I said, "But I don't want to yet." "

"Are you not ready to be with him at all?"

"I'm going to say I already like what he likes, can you believe it?"

She shook her head: "So what are you going to do?" "

"What to do, so be it, I'll work hard, if I can't do it...... He doesn't necessarily like me much. "There was a slight tingling in my conscience when I said this, but I quickly brushed it off.

"You're really trying?"

"I think I'm doing okay." I think he said I was like that and I didn't turn my face with him.

"Then let's put it simply, if that person surnamed Shen turns around at this time, what will happen to you?"

I was stunned, and my mood was desolate: "I'm sorry." "

"No sincerity, answer again."

"Uh...... Damn, you just do it, you're still with my best friend, how far and as far as you go, my mother will never see you again, go to death. "

Yan Weiwei was startled by me at first, and when I finished talking with a crackle, she laughed: "I just like you to be so tough, cool, right?" "

I bared my teeth and smiled.

Cool and sad, they really aren't one thing or the other.