"You said you were abroad, are you dealing with their funeral in Malaysia?" Huang Lisha asked curiously.

"No, I was studying for graduate school in the United States at the time, and my uncle was helping to take care of my mom and my grandfather's funeral." Talking about her uncle, Anxin finally showed a hint of gloom, and her tone softened a lot, "I originally wanted to return to China, but my uncle dissuaded me." He wanted me to concentrate on finishing my studies over there. Thankfully, he tried his best to stop my impulses, otherwise I would probably have been devastated by that dropout, let alone what I am now. ”

"You've been talking about your uncle since just now, and you haven't heard you mention your father, so why didn't he take care of your mother and your grandfather's funeral? Is it because he is too busy with business to take care of it, so he entrusted your uncle to take care of it? ”

When Anxin recounted the unbearable past, Ge Bin never said a word, just silently watched Anxin, his eyes full of pity. But when he heard Huang Lisha ask a question about Anxin's father, he suddenly bumped her with his elbow. After Huang Lisha was hit, her head seemed to be sober instantly, and her face immediately showed a sudden look, and then it turned into sympathy.

Their expressions and demeanor were fully seen by Anxin, who was sitting opposite, and she smiled and asked unabashedly, "You all know?" ”

Huang Lisha and Ge Bin said "um......" in unison, and Ge Bin also added a physical gesture - the tip of his finger scratched his jaw - showing that he was being condemned in his heart for kicking someone else's heart.

"That day was supposed to be the best and most memorable day of my life. Now the beauty is gone, only unforgettable. An Anxin's sad tone flowed slowly, and the hearts of those who heard it were sour, "That day is my birthday, and it is also the day I got my college admission letter, which should be a day for our family to celebrate." It was such a special day, and it became the most painful day of my life. I felt like my good youth had come to an end at midnight that day. My childhood memories of happiness were taken away with my father's departure......"

"Don't say that! I feel so sad to hear it......" Huang Lisha wanted to comfort her, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she was frightened by her crying

An Xin didn't hear it, and laughed self-deprecatingly: "In the past ten years, I have wondered more than once, is my life cursed? That spell was planted in my junior year of high school......"

"How so? Don't think about it......" Huang Lisha still tried to comfort Anxin.

"That year, my parents divorced – just after the Chinese New Year, and I was still immersed in the joy of the New Year, they announced in front of me that they were going to divorce. The reason is also ridiculous, saying that the feelings have faded and want to give each other a chance to find a new life. They're looking for a new life in their lives, but what about me? When they decided to look for a new student, did they think about me? Is there me in their new life? Where is my new student? "The grief is irrepressible, and the tears are like a river bursting its banks. An Xin reached out and wiped the tears from his face, and turned his head to look at the street outside the window.

At this moment, the waiter brought the meal they ordered from Ge Bin.

Ge Bin took advantage of the waiter's gap in setting the table, took out a pack of tissues from his pocket and handed it to Anxin.

An Xin took the tissue, wiped the tears on his face, and looked at the food they ordered by Ge Bin by the way. In front of Ge Bin is a night of scallion oil noodles and a fried pork cutlet with spicy soy sauce; And what Huang Lisha placed in front of her was similar to her own, which was also a small cage, one or two fried dishes, plus a bowl of small wontons.

Huang Lisha had noticed that the food ordered by Anxin was almost the same as her own, and now she saw Anxin staring at the food in front of her in a daze, so she understood her inner thoughts. The eyes of the two collided together, one looked at each other, and everything was silent.

After controlling her emotions properly, Anxin continued: "A month later, my mother resolutely left the house and moved to my grandfather's place to help him take care of the studio. The studio is thriving under her management, and my father is as busy with our family business as ever. It's just that after leaving my mother, my dad's business suffered a waterloo, and the restaurant chain that was supposed to expand again closed down overnight......"

"Are the chain restaurants you are talking about a 'safe choice'? I remember you mentioned it. Huang Lisha couldn't help but interrupt, "I was still quite famous in high school. There is one near my house, and my parents have taken me to eat a few times. They say that the Huaiyang cuisine in this store tastes good and is very authentic. I still remember coming home from the winter break of my freshman year, and I was going to eat again, but the store closed. It's a pity ......."

Looking at Huang Lisha smashing her mouth unsatisfied, she had mixed feelings in her heart, if this brand was still there, if it was replaced by an uncle who was running it, what would the "peace of mind choice" look like?

"Isn't the 'peace of mind' your choice a peace of mind? Is that what it means? ”

Huang Lisha's question brought the peace of mind immersed in imagination back to reality. She rolled her eyes and thought for a moment, then replied, "This name was chosen by my father." I don't know if I chose it, but it must have been what my dad wanted me to choose. He always hoped that I could inherit his career and make the country that my grandfather worked hard for stable for generations. Speaking of this, Anxin sighed, "It's a pity that I didn't get my wish in the end." Have you ever seen dominoes? My dad's business on his own was like dominoes, one after the other fell, and eventually even he fell. Five years later, my mother also suffered an accident, and the body is still hard to find. It's so ironic! The two people who were clamoring to find a new life ended up leaving me. If they knew that their journey to rebirth would end in such a bleak way, would they have chosen it in the first place? ”

Huang Lisha couldn't figure out whether Anxin was asking a question or just a kind of self-deprecation, and didn't know how to say it.

"Life is a road of no return, and there will be no second choice." Ge Bin, who had not spoken for a long time, said.

Anxin looked at Ge Bin in a daze, and Ge Bin calmly faced each other.

An An smiled bitterly, and said in amazement: "Is this their retribution, or is my life cursed?" ”

"I don't know if this is your parents' retribution, but it's certainly not a curse on you, at best it's a bump in your growth. Each of us will meet many people in our lives, and then we will be separated from them. Some of us have left a mark on our lives, while others are just passing by. But no matter how deeply these people intersect with us, one day, we will be separated from them, this is the law of nature, and we must learn to face it. Ge Bin spoke in a deep voice and said slowly in front of Anxin.

Anxin turned her attention to him again. Looking at each other, An Xin saw a little flame in Ge Bin's deep eyes, and her figure was in the center of the flame, tightly wrapped in the flame, warm. A fire seemed to have ignited in Anxin's heart, and then it warmed up and rippled.