Tan Man took it, glanced at it, his whole body stiffened, and he looked up at Qiao Ning stubbornly.

That photo is the last one in the album that Zhang Jiakai gave her, her back, and a red wool scarf thrown out.

But isn't it in the album?

Or did Zhang Jiakai pull it out before sending it to her?

"It's the back, but I know it's you." Qiao Ning said calmly, "No wonder he reacted so much when he saw me wearing this red scarf at the beginning." ”

"Qiao Ning......"

She smiled faintly: "I found it by accident after he got sick, I know, it was his wishful thinking, it has nothing to do with you, and the days with him are not long, but a woman's intuition is very keen, I know very well that he must have a person hidden in his heart, but it was a little surprising that that person turned out to be my best friend." ”

Tan Man wanted to speak and stopped.

"Don't look at him like that, in fact, he is not a heartless person, when he first learned that he was sick, he broke up with me, I know he was afraid of delaying me, but you know, how could I leave him at this time, even if he doesn't have me in his heart, as long as I love him, I want to pay, he can't care."

The rain outside the window is getting heavier and heavier, and no matter how you listen to it, it looks like a sad song is playing.

"When I found this photo, I confronted him angrily like a normal girlfriend, but he admitted it very frankly, and that innocent expression made me feel that I was making trouble unreasonably, and then he told me all about this and his feelings for you, and he didn't consider me or his girlfriend at all." Qiao Ning smiled silently, with helplessness hidden in his eyes, "Do you know, he secretly likes you, and the way he likes it moves me, so moved that I can't get angry." ”

Tan Man listened quietly, trying to recall the bits and pieces since he met Zhang Jiakai for the first time, but he found that there were really too many blanks in his memory.

He said that he fell in love with you at first sight, and your thin and fair face was the appearance of the lover of his dreams, so he began to go to the old house every now and then, pretending to see his grandmother, but in fact he secretly watched you pass by the yard and silently go up the stairs in the window on the first floor, even if it is so short, it can make him happy for a long time.

Then, he starts to find excuses to talk to you, guys are always stupid, they always like to make bad moves in front of the people they like, deliberately make you angry, and quarrel with you, he thinks this will attract your attention. However, behind his back, he was silently kind to you, he said that he saw that you were thin, so he used his mother's name to bring you soup to drink. ”

"What did you say?" Tan Man couldn't help but interject in surprise, choked up and asked, "You said that those soups were sent by him?" ”

Qiao Ning looked at her and nodded: "But it didn't take long for him to find that every night, there was a man driving an Audi to send you back, every time you got out of the car, there was a smile in his eyes, he guessed that you should be in love, but that person is not him......"

When Tan Man heard this, tears rolled down one by one, she really didn't know that there was someone who paid attention to herself so religiously.

Qiao Ning couldn't help crying, she opened her hands and hugged Tan Man: "Sometimes, I'm really unbalanced, why do I like you, but when I think about it, even I like you." ”

Tan Man hugged her tightly and sobbed: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry......"

She didn't know if this apology was for Qiao Ning, or for Zhang Jiakai, who was already in heaven.

"It's enough to accompany him through the last paragraph, don't worry, I promised him that he would start again." Qiao Ning let go of his hand and wiped away his tears, "I also promised him that I would always be good friends with you, so you must also be ruthlessly happy, so that you can be worthy of the people you have lived up to and loved you, whether it is Zhang Jiakai or Qiao Sen." ”

……

Gu Mochen finally came, when everything was settled.

The relatives and friends who saw Zhang Jiakai on his last journey were almost gone, and he came retrograde in the crowd, dressed in black, looking even colder than usual.

The furnishings in the mourning hall have basically been removed, leaving only the staff and relatives to take care of the aftermath, Xue Yuelan was physically and mentally exhausted from crying, sitting alone to rest, when the light of the door was blocked by a figure, she subconsciously looked over.

When ...... saw that it was Gu Mochen, she was speechless for a while, her blurred and flickering vision, and there was a hint of comfort.

After Gu Mochen stepped into the door, he glanced around, the funeral was over, he frowned slightly, turned around and was about to leave, and found Xue Yuelan, who was sitting on the side, and suddenly became old.

His gaze stayed on her for two seconds, and when he was about to turn around, Xue Yuelan called out to him, and walked towards him with a little strength,

"Minister, how do you ......?"

"Don't get me wrong, I'm here to pick up the vines." His voice was not warm, colder than talking to a stranger.

She lowered her head, and the star that had just been lit was a little comforting, as if she had suddenly been trampled on, and fell into despair again.

Gu Mochen resolutely turned around, but after taking two steps, he still stopped.

He turned his back to himself and tilted his head slightly, although the voice was not loud, Xue Yuelan still heard the words "Festival Mourning", and suddenly tears poured down, and the tall back disappeared outside the gate.

After coming out of Zhang Jiakai's funeral, Tan Man proposed to go back to his residence, Gu Mochen didn't say anything, and silently drove the car over.

When she got home, she didn't care about Gu Mochen, walked straight back to the room, and took out the photo album given by Zhang Jiakai from the drawer.

She quickly flipped to the last page, and sure enough, it was empty.

That night a few months ago, after he gave her the album, she didn't turn it over again, and put it in the drawer, but in just over a hundred days, it was different.

Tan Man took out the photo that Qiao Ning gave her from her bag, and carefully inserted it into the last page of the album, as if she had finally completed some kind of ritual.

At this time, Gu Mochen walked in.

He stood behind him, silent, Tan Man immediately wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and was about to put away the album, but he took it first.

Gu Mochen didn't turn the page on the ground, he read it very slowly and carefully, until the last page, his face was expressionless, and he was not shocked, which made people unable to guess his thoughts.

Tan Man was afraid that he would mind and wanted to take it back, but he opened his mouth, and his voice was very deep: "He took it?" ”

She nodded and explained, "I don't know ...... him either"

"It's a pretty good shot." He curled the corners of his lips slightly, "Keep it safe." ”

She was a little surprised: "Sincere? ”

He smiled wryly: "He is my defeated man. But if you keep shedding tears at it, I'll be jealous too. ”

……

Time is always magical, and day after day, everything is back on track.

After dinner one day, Gu Zhoubei occupied the TV to watch his favorite animal world, and had to pull Tan Man to the side to accompany her, she was not very interested in this animal science and education channel, but she could only reluctantly accompany her.

Tan Man was extremely bored, and when he saw Gu Mochen coming out of the study after finishing the phone, he immediately called someone over and forced him to sit down and accompany Xiaobei with him, and as a result, the brothers watched it with relish.

Xiaobei sat on a small stool in front of the sofa, and when he saw a flock of penguins under the majestic snowy mountains appear on TV, he suddenly said: "I like penguins, chubby." ”

Tan Man nestled cross-legged on the sofa, with little interest, and said "oh": "Stupid, it's quite cute." ”

"I like penguins too." Gu Mochen also responded.

Xiaobei raised his head and looked at Gu Mochen with his neck up: "We all said the reason why we like it, what about you?" ”

Gu Mochen smiled and touched his head: "I like it because penguins are lifelong mate animals, they are loyal to love and practice monogamy." After speaking, he turned his head sideways and glanced at Tan Man meaningfully.

"In a penguin colony, if two penguins decide to be each other's mates, then it is generally the same for life, even if they will go through migration, sometimes for years when they are separated, but they will always find each other, and if one of them dies for some reason, the remaining one will not even find a new love."

Gu Zhoubei did not respond, he had long been attracted by the TV.

After listening to his words, Tan Man was full of emotion, and looked back at the penguins on the screen who raised their heads and sang loudly with their wings, and suddenly had a new understanding.

"So, are you like that too?" She turned her head to look at him.

"So, I'm like that too." There was tenderness in his eyes, and he wanted to drown her in his world.

……

Tan Man's work is getting busier and busier, and the number of overtime and business trips is gradually increasing, but this proves that she is moving forward step by step in the comprehension she likes. But because she was so busy, she went straight back to the original house most of the time.

Gu Mochen ran between Shanghai and Hangzhou, and someone repeatedly emphasized that he refused to live together before marriage, so he was helpless about Tan Man's behavior.

On this day, Gu Mochen came back from overtime, thinking that Tan Man would not come today, and he didn't want to see the little girl lying on his desk in the study, staring intently at the computer screen.

"You're back." Seeing him appear by the door of the study, he didn't look back, and said hello as usual, "I'll borrow your computer to use it." ”

"What are you doing?" He was in a good mood, walked over and took her in his arms from behind, and bit her neck.

Tan Man pushed him a little irritably: "Don't make trouble, I'm doing business." ”

With her chin resting on her shoulder, she leaned forward to look at the screen, which was covered with some pictures of house decoration, and the desktop was covered with the kitchen, bedroom, and living room that she had printed.

"What is this doing?" He picked up the two pictures and looked at them, and asked.

"Obviously, I'm preparing for the renovation." She said as a matter of course, "That hardcover room is too impersonal, and I must decorate it before moving in." ”

"Move in?" He was a little incredulous, "You mean, you're ready to live in that house?" ”