Chapter 10: Goodbye to the Dead
One day in October, as soon as Shen Yin got home, she heard from her grandmother that Su Yuqian was back. She knew about Su Yuqian's life in the past few years from her grandmother, and they hadn't seen each other for eleven years. After breakfast, she went to the town to buy some gifts and planned to visit Su Yuqian's house.
As soon as she walked to the yard of Su Yuqian's house, she saw Su Yuqian washing clothes. Su Yuqian looks more mature, with three-and-seven-point bangs covering her left eye, short shoulder-length hair, wearing a gray coat and black leggings, exuding the charm of a mature woman.
"Shen Yin, long time no see." She put down the clothes in her hand and walked to Shen Yin's side.
Shen Yin smiled, she put down the gift in her hand and hugged Su Yuqian.
They chatted happily, Shen Yin didn't ask about her private life, but Su Yuqian talked about this topic.
Su Yuqian sat opposite her and took a sip of coffee, "I haven't seen you for a few years, you have changed a lot." Do you have a boyfriend now? ”
Shen Yin's face flushed slightly, and he said a little embarrassedly: "Well, and you still know that person." ”
Su Yuqian suddenly smiled with realization, "Could it be your junior high school classmate?" ”
"Well, he is Wang Mengliang."
"Oh, it's him!" Su Yuqian picked up the spoon and stirred the coffee in the cup. "How is he now?" She asked, as if unintentionally.
"He works in the county now, and it's good to hear about it, but I don't know too much about the specifics."
Su Yuqian sat next to Shen Yin and jokingly said, "Do you know why we broke up?" ”
Shen Yin shook his head, not wanting to continue talking about this topic.
And Su Yuqian seemed to misunderstand what she meant, as if she didn't understand, "We were still together when I was in college, but he was too self-righteous, he only cared about his feelings, and didn't consider the hard work of studying alone in other places, and said that I didn't understand him." She took Shen Yin's hand and continued, "You should understand how I felt at the time, right?" ”
Shen Yin didn't speak, she remembered that difficult time. Since her mother's death, her father has changed, and her source of tuition and living expenses has been cut off. She was just twenty years old that year, just entering the threshold of her sophomore year, in order to be able to successfully complete her studies, she applied for a student loan, gave up the opportunity to participate in club activities, and went to a restaurant near the school to work part-time every day except for classes, and she did not have time to attend the occasional class reunion.
She nodded, and Su Yuqian saw that she responded to herself, and then said even more excitedly: "I broke up with him after I graduated from college, and we haven't been in touch since then." I saw him when I got married, but I'm not sure it's him, it's too far away. ”
Shen Yin's mood was a little uncomfortable, but she didn't show it in front of Su Yuqian, she made an excuse to leave here, "Su Yuqian, it's not early, I'm going home to cook, grandma is still waiting for me at home." ”
Su Yuqian took Shen Yin's hand and said, "Okay, we'll talk again when we have time." She showed reluctance and sent Shen Yin downstairs, "My mother is not at home today, I wanted to leave you after dinner, but ......" Su Yuqian hugged Shen Yin, leaned on her ear and said softly: "Shen Yin, I wish you happiness!" ”
Shen Yin was stunned when she heard this, she didn't know what Su Yuqian thought, but what was noncommittal was that just now she obviously heard her ridicule of herself in Su Yuqian's words, and now she blessed herself again. Shen Yin smiled at her and didn't answer.
As soon as she left the courtyard of Su Yuqian's house, she saw a man with glasses standing outside the courtyard gate, and the man saw her and walked away.
Shen Yin took out her mobile phone and wanted to call Wang Mengliang, but the hand holding the mobile phone still hesitated, Wang Mengliang's voice and appearance in getting along with her vividly appeared, and she could feel that he was happy and happy with her.
Although Su Yuqian's caustic sarcastic words were still echoing in her ears, she was really attentive to this feeling, and she was afraid of hearing an answer that made her painful.
She patted herself on the cheek, trying to brush away the unpleasant things, but it was always hard not to care about the things she wanted to forget.
When she got home, she saw her grandmother fiddling with the clothes she and Shen Yuewan had worn when they were children. She walked over softly and sat down beside her grandmother, absentmindedly fiddling with the clothes.
Grandma saw her sitting quietly on the side, put down the clothes in her hand, and took her hand, "Did you encounter trouble?" ”
She leaned on her grandmother's shoulder, "No, I'm fine now, what are these clothes for?" ”
Grandma held a small padded jacket, "Look at this, you were cute when you were a child, how come you have grown into a big girl in the blink of an eye." Grandma squinted her eyes and smiled, "Do you remember that niece of your aunt's family?" Recently, I heard that I was pregnant, and I thought about packing up these things and finding some better clothes to send to them. ”
She thought for a moment, "Oh, it's Xiaohui!" How did she get married so early? ”
Grandma patted his hand and said, "You, it's really not big or small, Xiaohui is only three months younger than you, she got married last year, it seems that she came to invite you when she got married?" Grandma changed her words and said, "No, Yuehuan was at home at the time, and Yuehuan went to participate." You've been back for over a month, why don't you pay a visit someday? ”
"Oh, okay, grandma will go with you then, right?"
"Okay, listen to the sound." Grandma sorted out the rest of the clothes, "By the way, I heard your cousin say a few days ago that you got out of a guy's car, did you get a deal of it?" ”
"No, they were my junior high school classmates, and they just sent me back that day." Shen Yin explained.
"Oh, I see. However, you have also reached the age of talking about marriage, and if you meet a good person, you have to bring it back for grandma to see. ”
"Grandma, don't talk about this." Shen Yin was a little shy.
"Yin'er, you're not too young, grandma believes you have your own opinions. Treat marriage, but you must be cautious, grandma only hopes that you can live happily and happily. Grandma said to her: "When your mother chose to marry your father, your grandfather was strongly opposed, and the old man said that although your father was honest and honest, he was not a responsible and ambitious man, and your mother married him and became his dependence." But I think your father is an honest man, and if he is good to your mother, I agree to their relationship. Your grandfather finally compromised under my persuasion, but after your mother died, your father changed, and this was really said by your grandfather. Alas, two people must rely on each other when they are together, so that the marriage can last long and the family can be harmonious. ”
"Well, grandma don't worry." She held her grandmother's hand, which smelled of sunshine and the fragrance of lilies, and she leaned on her grandmother's shoulder and smelled this special smell of grandma.
Suddenly, grandma asked, "Didn't you just go to find Su Yuqian?" Why did you come back so soon? ”
"She just wasn't home." She lied to her grandmother.
"Oh, Su Yuqian, this child has been so strong since she was a child, you get along with her more and let her be more, after all, you two have played since childhood." Grandma seemed to know something, "She just got divorced half a year ago, and she just came back from other places in the past few days, so you have to spend more time with her." ”
"Well, I will." She put her clothes in order.
A few days later, one evening, Su Yuqian came to her house crying. Shen Yin arranged her to her room and comforted her, while she lived in Shen Yuehuan's room by herself.
That night, Su Yuqian chatted with her for a long time. It turned out that after Su Yuqian and her husband divorced, she quit her job as a county teacher and worked as a salesman in a clothing company in another province. Two months ago, her ex-husband, Wu Kai, found her current place of work to meet her, wanting to get her forgiveness and start over with her. Su Yuqian's attitude was very resolute, and they showed him her attitude when they met for the first time - she would not forgive him.
Unexpectedly, Wu Kai did not give up and still appeared by her side, which seriously harassed her work, so she had to quit her job from the company and return to her hometown.
A month ago, Wu Kai and his parents came to her house to make amends, trying to persuade her parents to agree to reconcile the two children. Her parents didn't want to do it and kicked them out. Su Yuqian thought that this matter was over, but she didn't expect his parents to take him to apologize every few days, and he often haunted her door.
This afternoon, Su Yuqian's mother actually persuaded her to remarry Wu Kai, she was very sad, so she came to Shen Yin's house.
Shen Yin poured her a glass of hot milk, listened to her narration, did not express any opinion, and comforted her to rest early.
The next day, she had just made breakfast, and Su Yuqian had already gotten up. When they were having breakfast, Wang Mengliang called and wanted to ask Shen Yin to go out.
Shen Yin saw that Su Yuqian was there, and wanted to refuse, but he didn't expect Su Yuqian to agree very happily to go together.
After a while, Wang Mengliang drove to pick up the two of them, and Su Yuqian looked very happy to see him, like the first meeting of old friends for many years. Su Yuqian pulled Shen Yin to sit in the back seat together, Wang Mengliang proposed to go to the scenic spot, but Su Yuqian wanted to go shopping. In the end, the three of them unanimously decided to go to the scenic spot first and then go shopping.
Along the way, Su Yuqian and Shen Yin talked and laughed, and Wang Mengliang occasionally interjected a few words. They first came to the scenic area, and now it is autumn, and the leaves of the ginkgo trees in the scenic area have turned yellow, and there is an endless stream of tourists. Wang Mengliang walked on Shen Yin's right side, he wanted to hold her hand, but Su Yuqian held Shen Yin's right hand, pointed to the self-service drink machine next to him, and said to Shen Yin: "There is a drink over there, do you want to drink it?" ”
Shen Yin nodded, Su Yuqian pulled her to the self-service drink machine, looked at the varieties on it, put her hand to her lips and said, "Shen Yin, do you want strawberry flavor or lemon flavor?" ”
Shen Yin's heart was a little shocked, it turned out that she still remembered that Wang Mengliang liked lemon-flavored drinks.
When Su Yuqian handed the lemon-flavored drink to Wang Mengliang, he was just about to take it when he saw Shen Yin's disappointed eyes, "I want strawberry-flavored ones." He said to Su Yuqian.
"I've got one strawberry and two lemon flavors." Su Yuqian said unintentionally.
"It's okay, I'll go get it again." He touched Shen Yin's head as he walked past her and came to the self-service drink machine.
Su Yuqian stood next to him with two bottles of lemon flavor, saw the movements between them, suppressed the fullness in her heart, smiled and handed a bottle of strawberry-flavored drink to Shen Yin and said, "Shen Yin, since he likes strawberry flavor, you can take the same as me, right?" ”
Shen Yin felt that she was too sensitive and misunderstood Su Yuqian and him, she smiled and took the drink handed over by Su Yuqian, and handed him the strawberry-flavored drink in her hand.
When visiting the scenic area, Su Yuqian was always by their side, talking to her, so she and Wang Mengliang had no time to be alone. When she was about to go out, Su Yuqian walked very slowly, and Shen Yin saw that she was wearing high heels, and she kept rubbing her ankles while resting.
"Shen Yin, my feet hurt so much, I want to rest." She sat on a stool next to her and said with a pained expression.
"Well, I'll go buy something to eat first." Shen Yin looked at the time, it was now time for lunch.
"I'll go with you." Wang Mengliang put down the clothes in his hand and said to Shen Yin.
"Shen Yin, I want to drink mineral water, can you help me get it?" Su Yuqian pointed to the self-service drink machine not far away and said.
Shen Yin saw that the self-service drink machine and the snack shop were in the opposite direction, and she said to Wang Mengliang: "Just ask you to help her buy water, I'll come over in a while." ”
Wang Mengliang watched Shen Yin leave, and then walked in the direction of the self-service drink machine.
Shen Yin arrived at the shop where he bought snacks and saw a dazzling array of snacks, carefully selecting the snacks they liked. Suddenly, something hit her on the shoulder, and she thought it was the person next to her who had unintentionally hit her and ignored it, and she didn't turn around until her shoulder was slapped a second time.
"Shen Yin, I didn't recognize the wrong person." A man in a white sweatshirt looked at her with a smile, "You won't forget me, will you?" ”
Shen Yin smiled awkwardly.
"My name is Yan Pei, and we were classmates in high school. Do you remember? Yan Pei said as he stood behind her.
Shen Yin was standing in front of the food stall, and was hit by the person next to him, and was about to fall. Yan Pei pulled her to his side and stood in a place where there were fewer people, "Are you okay?" ”
Shen Yin saw that the skewers in his hand were knocked to the ground, and his clothes were stained with grease stains on the skewers, "I'm fine, thank you!" Shen Yin smiled at him.
"Shen Yin, I know the nearby bathroom, let's deal with it first." Yan Pei pulled her and was about to leave.
Shen Yin seemed to think of something, "Wait, my friend is still waiting for me over there." ”
"It's okay, it's close, you can deal with this first and then go to your friends, after all, it's not good for you to do this." Yan Pei turned his head and said softly.
Shen Yin thought for a while and felt that what Yan Pei said was quite right, so he found the nearest bathroom under his leadership.
"You go in, I'll wait for you outside." Yan Pei led her to the toilet used by professionals at the registration office of the scenic spot.
Shen Yin took care of the oil stains on her clothes, it just so happened that Shen Yin wore two clothes that day, a thin sweater and a coat, she washed the oil stains on her coat, took it to her hand, and when she came out, she saw Yan Pei still waiting outside, "Yan Pei, thank you so much today." ”
"It's okay, Shen Yin, do you remember me now?" Yan Pei looked at her with a smile.
Shen Yin touched his head in embarrassment.
"Oh, it looks like you've really forgotten about me! Then we will get acquainted again today. Yan Pei took out a business card and handed it to her.
Shen Yin saw his name and contact information written on the business card, and his job title on the back, "Oh, it turns out that you are the sales consultant of Qingshui Group, it's amazing!" Shen Yin looked at his business card and said, but she really had no impression of his appearance. Shimizu Group is the largest enterprise in the province, and its reputation in the province is still quite high. "But I don't have a business card."
"It's okay, I know your name, just tell me the contact information."
Shen Yin told Yan Pei her mobile phone number, and he quickly saved her mobile phone number, "Are you still painting now?" ”
Shen Yin raised his head in surprise, "How do you know that I like to draw?" ”
"Don't you remember when I was in junior high school, I asked you to help me draw a picture as my last art exam in high school?" Yan Pei smiled.
"Oh, yes, but I don't really remember it." Shen Yin smiled awkwardly.
"You're still the same as before, but you helped me that time, and you can come to me for anything in the future."
They chatted with each other and unconsciously walked to the place where they met. Yan Pei bought the identical skewer she had just dropped on the ground and handed it to her, "Take it, it's my apology." ”
At this time, Wang Mengliang walked up to Shen Yin, put his hand on her shoulder, and said a little angrily: "Xiaoyin, where did you just go?" ”
Yan Pei was a little surprised and pointed at Wang Mengliang and said to her, "He's your friend?" ”
Shen Yin glanced at Wang Mengliang and nodded. Then he introduced Wang Mengliang and said: "This is my high school classmate - Yan Pei. ”
After Wang Mengliang and Yan Pei introduced each other, he found that she was only wearing a thin sweater, and he took off his coat and draped it over her. Then she took the skewer in her hand and said, "Let's go!" ”
Shen Yin and Yan Pei were about to say goodbye, when Su Yuqian came to them, "I didn't expect you all to be here, Shen Yin, are you okay?" ”
"It's okay, are your feet better?" Shen Yin looked at her feet.
"It's much better now." Su Yuqian walked in and saw Yan Pei, "Are you?" ”
"I'm Shen Yin's classmate, just call me Yan Pei." Yan Pei looked at Shen Yin and smiled at her, "Shen Yin, since your friends are here, I won't bother, I wish you all a good time." ”
"Well, there will be a date later." Shen Yin waved at Yan Pei.
After Yan Pei left, Shen Yin looked at Wang Mengliang and said, "Why are you here?" ”
Wang Mengliang patted her head, put his hand on Shen Yin's shoulder and said, "I've been waiting for you for a long time and you don't come, I thought you were lost, alas...... What a 'road idiot'! ”
Shen Yin immediately retorted, "What...... I'm a 'road idiot', aren't you? ”
Wang Mengliang rubbed her hair and said with a smile: "Okay, you are not a 'road idiot'. ”
Su Yuqian watched the two of them flirting and scolding from the side, she felt very uncomfortable, she pretended to have a broken foot, she squatted down, covered her right ankle and shouted at Shen Yin: "Shen Yin, my foot hurts so much." ”
Shen Yin walked over and saw that her ankles were red, "Why don't you go to the hospital?" ”
Wang Mengliang helped Su Yuqian out of the scenic area and sent her to the hospital. The doctor said that Su Yuqian's feet were fine, just a slight redness and swelling, just rub some anti-inflammatory drugs.
Su Yuqian returned to the car, and Shen Yin accompanied her with the medicine, "Xiaoqian, let's go back, right?" Don't run around with your feet. ”
"Well, Shen Yin, I have a request, I wonder if you can grant it?" She pretended to look at Shen Yin with a pitiful expression.
"Don't get me wrong, I want Wang Mengliang to pretend to be my boyfriend for a while, just trying to deceive Wu Kai, I really can't stand him continuing to pester me, can you agree?" Su Yuqian held Shen Yin's hand.
Shen Yin hesitated, not knowing how to answer.
"Shen Yin, don't worry, I know your relationship." Su Yuqian saw that Shen Yin did not answer immediately, and continued.
"I don't disagree, I have to ask his opinion on this matter." Shen Yin didn't know how she could say such a thing, but she regretted it a little after she said it.
Su Yuqian smiled happily: "Really? Shen Yin, thank you, you really deserve to be my best friend. ”
Wang Mengliang came to the side of the car, opened the driver's door, saw their happy appearance, and asked, "What happened to you?" So happy! ”
Su Yuqian told him about it, "Can you help me?" ”
He thought for a while and said directly: "I know a few friends who are lawyers, and I should find them for this matter, after all, it's really not good to do this." ”
"But my mom is on their side, have they ever thought about my feelings?" She burst into tears and cried, "Shen Yin, what should I do?" ”
Shen Yin was also very helpless, gently patted Su Yuqian's shoulder, and comforted her: "Xiaoqian, don't cry first, there will definitely be a way." ”
"Well, I promise you." Wang Mengliang glanced at Shen Yin and said softly.
"Thank you!" Su Yuqian wiped away her tears, and she leaned on Shen Yin's shoulder.
After they went to the restaurant to eat, Wang Mengliang sent them to Shen Yin's house and left.
Su Yuqian still lives in Shen Yin's house.