Although it was July, there was still a hint of coolness on the terrace at midnight with the sea breeze blowing.

The sea in the distance was pitch black.

The farther you look, the darker it becomes.

Cheng Qingge crouched on the railing of the terrace, letting the sea breeze blow his face. She wanted her messy brain to be quiet and sober.

"Qingge."

But before she could clear her mind, a familiar voice floated over from the next terrace.

"Didn't it give you a good rest? It's already the middle of the night, and I still haven't slept yet. Do you want to get up tomorrow and go for a delicious breakfast? ”

Cheng Qingge turned his head and saw Shi Ning on the terrace next door, leaning on the railing like her.

The two rows of rooms they stayed in had two terraces extending from the hotel's building. Completely facing the sea and with the beach in front of you, it is indeed two of the best rooms in the entire hotel.

At night, the light shone on Shi Ning's face, and he was in a trance.

"This is your hotel, right?"

"Hmm." When he answered, his eyes did not look at her, but at the sea in the distance.

Suddenly, the two began to fall silent again. Cheng Qingge didn't know what to continue asking. Shi Ning didn't seem to know where to start.

After a while, Shi Ning suddenly spoke: "My father is an authentic businessman. Since I was a child, I have been trained in various ways to learn all kinds of business qualities, because I will come to take over my father's business in the future. Law, economics, management, I have been exposed to these courses since I was a child. For my father, I am afraid that he wants me to become the Monkey King at once, learn the doppelganger technique, win all the degrees, and master all the knowledge. As for my current journalism major, I didn't expect him to agree. I feel like I've been living under his control all the time. Oh yes, in addition to the news, there is also my favorite rock. I was in a band, and he was finally willing to turn a blind eye. However, he is a businessman after all, and he is very good at terms and conditions. He agrees with me to do what I want to do, and it always makes me agree to some of his conditions. His condition was that I would go abroad to study for graduate school in management after graduation. ”

Cheng Qingge looked at Shi Ning, who seemed to be pouring out his thoughts, through the guardrail, and felt that his whole body was covered with a layer of sadness. He looked at the sea in the distance, as if he was talking to Cheng Qingge, and as if he was talking to himself.

"It turns out that I have always been incomprehensible and have been resisting everything he has arranged for me. However, I gradually found that my father was getting older and less trusting of others. He only wants to believe in his son. He believes that knowledge must be his own, so that he will not be led by the nose by others. In addition to making money, the most important thing is to use all kinds of knowledge and means to protect yourself, your family and your property. ”

Cheng Qingge looked at his side face and listened to him quietly. As soon as the topic opened, she thought, it should be a long conversation.

"In addition to constantly learning, he started to involve me in the company's affairs at an early age. I just started my freshman year, in the second half of last year, just in time for him to open up the tourism industry in this part of Xiamen, so he arranged for me to try to manage the business here. Now the hotel is running very well. But I don't think it's my special talent, I'm just adding young people's ideas to the management and sales business. The operation of the enterprise is still supported by the fathers. It should be said that it is just the icing on the cake. Actually, if you ask me what I want to do, I may not really think it through, but I know very well that I don't like to do these things in business. However, I could not refuse my father's expectations. ”

Shi Ning said as he spoke, and also turned his head to Cheng Qingge. So Cheng Qingge saw that his eyes were shining with starlight, but they seemed to be filled with the sorrow of the sea.

It turned out that he had so many growing pains hidden in his heart.

"You know what? My father's expectations for me gradually became all my pressure. But I can't refuse this expectation, so I can only digest the pressure bit by bit. Sometimes, I feel very depressed myself. I want to do a lot of things, and I'm afraid of disappointing myself, and even more so of disappointing my father and elders. ”

Hearing this, Cheng Qingge suddenly wanted to get close to Shi Ning, hug him, comfort him, and then smooth out the knot in his eyebrows.

However, Cheng Qingge was also thinking, does he really have this qualification? Can her comfort really help him? Was this the comfort he wanted?

Actually, my father was right not to trust others. No treachery, no business. In the circle of businessmen, there are all kinds of intrigues, just like the palace fighting scenes that you girls watch every day, but they are too late. At the beginning of last year, he planted a big heel. The reason is to trust others too much. ”

In the evening breeze, Cheng Qingge pulled back his hair that was blown up, looked at Shi Ning seriously and asked, "What happened?" ”

Shi looked at Cheng Qingge quietly, looked at her, didn't answer, but asked, "You should be tired, right?" It's midnight. Qingge, do you want to go in and rest? We were supposed to be on vacation, we were supposed to be relaxed and happy, and you see how I told you all of a sudden about it......"

"I'm fine. I want to hear you finish. Although it was a wonderful holiday I was looking forward to. However, I also want to know more about you. ”

"A more authentic me?" Shi Ning seemed to be a little puzzled.

Cheng Qingge smiled and said, "Shi Ning, I have always liked you silently. But I don't know you. Sometimes I think, in my heart, you are only a stranger except for beauty. ”

"Cheng Qingge, I've always liked you." Shi Ning left the railing to see the sea, turned around and walked over, standing close to Cheng Qingge's side, staring firmly into her eyes.

It was obviously the first time that the two of them had officially confessed face-to-face, but in this environment, between the two of them, they didn't feel the excitement and joy of love at all, but on the contrary, they were full of a touch of sadness.

"I, I know, you like me. But that doesn't solve the strangeness between us. We never got together all the time. I don't really know much about you. And what you just said, about your family, your upbringing, your life. I'm really willing to listen and get to know. In the years before we met, although I didn't show up, I was willing to get to know and understand you in the past, you now, and even you in the future. Two people who love each other should know each other, right? ”

After Shi Ning listened to Cheng Qingge's words, a small spark shone in his eyes. Just as Cheng Qingge was staring at the two beating small flames, he saw Shi Ning suddenly take advantage of his long legs, propped himself on the railing with one hand, and jumped so lightly casually, he actually jumped from the next door across the two guardrails and the gap in the middle, and jumped onto the terrace of Cheng Qingge's room. stood in front of Cheng Qingge.

At that moment, Cheng Qingge was indeed taken aback. This hotel is too unsafe. Just jumped casually and went from the next door to your room? But before Cheng Qingge could think about it, he rushed to her, and in an instant, he was stuffed into his chest.

Cheng Qingge struggled to raise his head from his bear hug, looked at him and said, "You, you just now, are very dangerous." ”

"I'm afraid you'll get tired of standing like this, if you want to listen, let's go in and talk." Although it was a tone of discussion, Shi Ning had already pulled Cheng Qingge into the room and pressed him on the sofa.

After Cheng Qingge sat down, he got up and went to the bar and took out two cold beers from the Xiaoice box.

"You can drink beer, right? If you want to hear a story, you can't do without alcohol. ”

After speaking, he snapped twice, opened the wine, and handed one of the cans to Cheng Qingge.

"Come on, the story goes well with the wine. Besides, I think you seem to be pretty good at drinking......"

Hearing Shi Ning's last sentence, Cheng Qingge suddenly lowered his head embarrassedly: "Don't make me happy." If I could drink, I wouldn't have been drunk and dragged back by you. ”

After speaking, the two looked at each other and smiled. seems to remember the first time Cheng Qingge and Shi Ning went to a choir dinner, and then got drunk.

Shi Ning suddenly naughtily hooked Cheng Qingge's nose with his finger.

"You little fool is just too real. When so many people eat together, they can still get drunk...... Remember, only by my side in the future can you get drunk with peace of mind! You know? ”

Cheng Qingge looked at Shi Ning's eyes, which were full of spoiling. She would have liked to say that the reason she got drunk that night was entirely because of him.

But as if she had been hypnotized, she blushed, smiled, and nodded.

Seeing her obediently like this, Shi Ning smiled with satisfaction, then took a big sip of cold beer, turned around and sat on the sofa next to her, and took a deep breath.

"Qingge, you know what? The night was really nice for me. You sat quietly next to me as we drank and chatted. In this way, it is as if you can not think about anything else. I just enjoy the time you spend with me. ”

Cheng Qingge looked at him silently, at this moment, in fact, she also felt that it was very perfect. However, the only reason left in his mind was going to come out and make trouble and break this perfection.

"But...... You're just halfway there, and I'm still wondering what happened and what happened. Perhaps, I can't help you do something about it, or redeem something. But, I can at least know that it's what makes me feel like I'm not that far from you. ”

Hearing Cheng Qingge's serious words, Shi Ning's eyes looked over. This time, Cheng Qingge did not deliberately escape his gaze, but greeted him with affirmative eyes.

Cheng Qingge has never been so sure. She was thinking that the person she fell in love with in front of her was not like herself, with a blank past. What exactly he went through, what kind of story did he have? She really wanted to know because she loved him.

Your past without my involvement, at least I want to hear from you......