Sure enough, three days later, most of the detained classmates were released, and except for Xu Ziyan, no one knew how hard Zhou Ruikang had worked for their freedom.

As the days passed, Zhou Ruikang became busier after studying finance and economics, and he rejected the bank internship recommendation offered by Xu Manlin's father and daughter, and found an internship job at a publishing house. The focus of his life is only study and work, and his numb and mechanical life has made him outstanding in his studies and excellent at work. Xu Manlin's active pursuit of the situation has obviously made it clear to the people around her, Ruikang is avoiding her as much as possible, he doesn't want to have too much to do with her, especially because her relationship with the Central Bureau of Statistics and the four major families makes him feel very uncomfortable.

Two days before the summer vacation, Xu Ziyan and Zhu Yafen's engagement banquet was held in the "Beijing Hotel", and they didn't invite too many people, but invited their classmates and best friends in the same dormitory, and gathered a table of ten people, Xu Ziyan was wearing a light gray gown, and his face was still a gentle and elegant smile, Zhu Yafen was wearing a water-red cheongsam, and a small big red silk flower was next to her ear, which made her look very beautiful, and both of them had a bouquet of pink roses with stars on their chests.

Zhou Ruikang deliberately used the salary he had just gotten to buy a pair of crystal craft villains as wedding gifts and gave them them.

When Zhu Yafen opened the exquisite box and saw a pair of sparkling crystal villains lying inside, he couldn't help but cry out "Wow-" and "It's so beautiful!" ”

Everyone gathered to see that this pair of villains, the man playing the violin and the woman dancing, was simply a copy of Xu Ziyan and Zhu Yafen. Xu Ziyan smiled: "You really have a heart." How did you find it? ”

Zhou Ruikang smiled a little mysteriously, and before he could speak, Zhu Yafen glanced at him, and teased with a smile: "Hey, I said that you are a person, in addition to being inattentive, you are really good, and you are very good at choosing gifts." I love it, thank you. ”

Ruikang smiled awkwardly, he knew that Zhu Yafen was a straightforward person, and he didn't care, just as a joke. But Yafen's joke made Cheng Jiaqi present quite embarrassed, so he could only pretend that he didn't hear it and sat aside silently.

Xu Ziyan gently touched her with his shoulder, and Yafen stuck out her tongue cutely and wrinkled her nose at him.

"Hey, look at my present!" Cheng Jiawei shouted noisily and stuffed a big box into Zhu Yafen's hand.

"Your gift must be something strange, I don't dare to open it!" Zhu Yafen poked Cheng Jiawei's head.

Everyone laughed, Cheng Jiawei did not relent, and shouted: "That's not good, if you don't dismantle it, then I didn't prepare in vain?" Quick dismantling, quick, quick! ”

Everyone was also curious, and shouted: "Demolition, demolition, demolition!" ”

Zhu Yafen was embarrassed and took Cheng Jiawei's gift, asked Xu Ziyan for help, and said, "Why don't you dismantle it." ”

Xu Ziyan smiled and took it to be demolished, Cheng Jiawei roared and said, "No, no, I want the bride to demolish!" “

Zhu Yafen lightly stomped his foot and made a helpless and aggrieved expression towards Xu Ziyan, Xu Ziyan smiled and said, "It's okay, you can dismantle it, and see what new inventions Jiawei has?" ”

Zhu Yafen put the box on the table, squinted one eye, pursed her lips, and pulled the packing rope, looking at her expression funny as if she was dismantling*, everyone held back a smile, waiting to see what was in the box.

There was a small box inside the big box, Zhu Yafen picked up the small box, didn't know how to open it, and became more and more curious about what was inside. Cheng Jiawei opened his eyes and said urgently: "Break it from the middle." It's in the middle! ”

Zhu Yafen followed his instructions with both hands, like breaking a steamed bun, the box suddenly cracked from the middle, "bang", popped out a round head and round brain, big eyes, wide mouth, laughing stuffed toy tiger, really scared Zhu Yafen, wide-eyed, wide-eyed, "Wow!" He exclaimed.

The whole table was amused by this lovely gift and Zhu Yafen's expression, and Cheng Jiawei leaned back with laughter. Zhu Yafen slapped him angrily and funny.

Cheng Jiawei's tears of laughter came out, and he couldn't stop saying: "Hey, hey, she stared at the tiger just now, 'Wow!'" Isn't that the same as the tiger? ”

Xu Ziyan and Ruikang glanced at each other, and couldn't stop smiling and shaking their heads, Cheng Jiawei is really a pistachio, as long as he is there, happiness is there.

Everyone finally stopped laughing, and Zhu Yafen found that there was still a card in the box, which read, Wish: Ziyan and Yafen, the tigers and tigers who lived after marriage were vigorous, and gave birth to many little tigers.

"Poof, what kind of wishes are you writing here?" Zhu Yafen said with a red face and a smile.

Jiaqi smiled on the side and said, "Hey, this is what he came up with all night, just to cooperate with this tiger." ”

Everyone laughed again, and later everyone learned that Jiawei personally designed and produced this pop-up mechanism, and it really took a lot of thought.

Finally, Ruikang and Jiaqi's eyes inadvertently met together, he sat directly opposite, across a round table, the two of them met their eyes, they were very embarrassed, Ruikang realized that since he went to Cheng's house to withdraw from the marriage, he had never spoken to Jiaqi, she saw him looking at herself, the smile on her face suddenly froze, and she turned her head unnaturally, which made him feel guilty, and he owed her a sincere apology.

From the realization to now, for two years, she has been so good to herself, silently supporting herself, helping herself, and loving herself, but she just hurt her hard, although he does not regret the decision to withdraw from the marriage, but after all, the damage has been done.

The banquet ended in a cheerful atmosphere, and everyone sent their blessings to the couple one after another, and gradually dispersed.

Ruikang has not left, the friendship between him and Xu Ziyan is not ordinary, so he wants to stay until the end to see if there is anything else that needs help, the same way, Jiaqi did not leave, she was helping Zhu Yafen sort out the gift bag, Xu Ziyan came back from the account counter, holding the bill in his hand, but he frowned and kept shaking his head, muttering in his mouth.

"What's wrong? Isn't there enough money? I have this. Ruikang stepped forward to ask him.

"No, it's weird!" Xu Ziyan said with a puzzled face: "The account desk said that someone has already paid the bill." ”

"Huh?" Zhu Yafen and Jiaqi were also puzzled when they heard this, and everyone looked at each other.

"I asked several times, and they all said that someone had already paid, and when I asked who it was, they said they didn't know either." Xu Ziyan shook his head helplessly.

The four of them couldn't figure it out for a while, so they had to give up, tidy up their things, the four of them walked out of the hotel, the night was dark, Zhu Yafen looked left and right and said, "Huh? What about Jiawei? ”

"He and Xiang Zhengyang went to dance." Jiaqi said.

"Alas, your brother, it's really not reliable at all. So how do you go back now? Big night. ”

"It's okay, I'll go back by myself."

"Well, it's so late." Zhu Yafen looked at her, squinted at Zhou Ruikang again, and said, "Hey, Zhou Ruikang, you always have this gentlemanly demeanor." ”

"No, I can go back on my own." Jiaqi hurriedly said.

"Big night, you're a girl, I'm not at ease, if you feel embarrassed, then we'll send you back together. Either let Ziyan send you back, and Ruikang will accompany me back to school, you can choose for yourself. Zhu Yafen simply threw out a few plans and stopped talking.

Jiaqi felt embarrassed for a while, Ziyan and Yafen had just gotten engaged, and there was no reason to break up the young couple, if the three of them accompanied her home, it would be too much work, she hesitated and frowned and looked up at Ruikang, her heart beating wildly.

"I'll send you back. Let's go. Ruikang said mildly.

Xu Ziyan sighed secretly and patted Ruikang's shoulder. Zhu Yafen pulled Jiaqi aside and said, "You just take this opportunity to talk to him and open your heart." Go ahead. ”

Jiaqi sighed slowly and nodded.

After Xu Ziyan and Zhu Yafen got into a rickshaw and left, Zhou Ruikang and Cheng Jiaqi were left standing on the street awkwardly.

"I can find a rickshaw to go back by myself, you don't have to send me." She said.

"Shall we go for a walk over there?" He looked at her and said sincerely, his proposal made her heart pound, looking up at him, thick sword eyebrows, deep eyes, resolute lips, gentle voice, how could she refuse? She nodded as if hypnotized by him, and followed him down the street.

"Are you okay?" He asked, a somewhat stupid, a little redundant question, but an almighty opening statement.

"It's fine. What about you? ”

"It's fine."

The two ended their opening remarks and walked a little more until they came to a grove on the side of the road, where Ruikang stopped and looked at her and said, "I owe you a sincere apology, I'm sorry, Jiaqi." ”

"What's wrong with you that you need to apologize for? Because you don't love me? Because you don't want to marry me? She couldn't help but frown.

"I don't want to be in this situation today, believe me, it's my father and mother who proposed it for me, I don't know, I tried, you know......"

"Yes, you tried, and in the end it failed. Do you know how hard you hit me? She said bitterly.

"I didn't know you at first...... Will you ...... It's so deep. ”

"You make me feel bad and unattractive......"

"How so?" He said, "Jiaqi, you know that you are excellent. You have so many suitors, how can you not be attractive? ”

"So, why are you like that...... So indifferent? She reluctantly raised her eyes and asked him.

"I ...... I do not know...... It's true...... My heart can't tolerate anyone else. I thought it was incredible, but ...... That's just the way it is. He frowned, pursed his lips tightly, and said bitterly.

"Who the hell is she? Is it Xu Manlin? ”

"Xu Manlin?" He couldn't help laughing: "If it were her, I'd rather be you." He burst out, only to realize that he had lost his words.

"Oh? You mean, not Xu Manlin? Anyone else? ”

"Jiaqi, I regard you as a confidante, you know me, do you think I am the kind of person who hugs left and right and plays with women?"

"I was pretty sure you weren't, but now I'm confused. Because everyone can see that Xu Manlin's relationship with you is very unusual, she is a very arrogant person, but she has always taken the initiative to approach you. If it wasn't for what hints you gave her, how could she be like this? ”

"Hehe, I don't know how it came to be like this. I'm annoyed, Jiaqi, really annoyed. Once you, me, Jiawei, Ziyan, and Yafen were so happy and carefree, but now everything has changed. I'll tell you the truth, I don't want to touch feelings anymore. He pointed to his heart with some excitement and said, "Here, thousands of pieces have been broken, there is no love, there is no more." As he spoke, he raised his head and slammed his fist on the tree beside him.

His words made her heart move, his eyes were so sad, what had he experienced? Who hurt him so deeply? Who broke his heart, who destroyed his longing for love, who is she?

She looked at him movingly, and in an instant, she felt that her pain was not worth mentioning at all, although she was injured, she was not heartbroken, and she did not lose hope for love, but his eyes were so desperate, and her tone was mourning a love that he had no choice about.

She was gentle, kind, and generous, and suddenly, she forgot about her pain and just wanted to help him, she stepped forward and said softly: "Ruikang, tell me, who is she?" Maybe I can help you with an idea, how about helping? ”

"No, I've done my best, no one can help me, she and I are destined to go to hell, suffer in hell, cry in hell, atone for sins in hell, love each other in hell." He shuddered a little and said, "But you know what? As long as she is as determined as I am, I am not afraid of suffering, I am not afraid of pain, but she gave up, gave up our vows, gave up our love, gave up on me, everything was over, it was over, it was disillusioned. ”

He leaned against the trunk of the tree and tilted his head in pain, looking at the night sky, his Adam's apple kept sliding, and he could see that he was holding back tears, which made her sad and sad.

After a while, Ruikang calmed down, realized that he had lost his temper, and hurriedly bowed his head like she was sorry, Jiaqi smiled and shook her head and said, "The woman who can make you so obsessed must be very extraordinary, I really hope to know her." I believe that she must have a hard time giving up on you. ”

He looked at her gratefully, she was always so understanding, and he was moved for a moment, took her hand and said, "Thank you, Jiaqi, thank you for forgiving me, thank you for comforting me, thank you for supporting me, in short, thank you for everything you have done for me." You are my friend, just like Ziyan and Jiawei, I will cherish this precious friendship for the rest of my life. ”

Let go of anger, let go of attachment, let go of love, let go of jealousy, Cheng Jiaqi herself felt relieved, she regained Ruikang's friendship, she looked at him and smiled cheerfully.

At this time, a dazzling bright light hit the two of them, the two of them were startled, and subconsciously raised their hands to block, and a slender and enchanting figure slowly walked to the light, holding a cigarette in one hand, came to the two of them, clapped their hands twice, and said: "Okay, good, good, a pair of little lovers." ”

"Manlin!" Ruikang was stunned, not knowing what she was going to do.