At night, Zhong Yi slept until he was in a daze and turned over, and suddenly his sleepiness disappeared. She sat up gently with the quilt in her arms, and by the faint light emitting from the wall lamp, she looked at Ruan Ruan, who was already asleep beside her, gently lifted the corner of the quilt, got out of bed, and stepped on the cold floor barefoot.

The biting chill that spread from the soles of her feet made her shiver all over, and it was only for a few seconds, and the sudden coldness spread in her body, and Zhongyi couldn't help but shiver and put on her down jacket, and found cotton slippers in the dark with her senses to put them on.

Open the door and close it gently.

She went to the bathroom first, and when she came out, she passed by the kitchen and found that there was a light inside, and in the dim light, Zhong Yi saw An Shu half-leaning in front of the cooking table.

Although there was only a vague outline of his body, he couldn't even see whether the expression on the other party's face at the moment was expressionless or indifferent, Zhong thought that he should be treated "gently".

Without hesitation, Zhong Yi walked straight to him, with the confusion on his face when he just woke up, but his smile was bright: "An Shu." ”

He glanced back at her, not surprised by her sudden appearance behind him. He "vacated" a seat for her, and slowly drank the warm water in his hand, his Adam's apple rolling up and down.

"Let's talk." After a while, Zhong Yi raised his head to look at him, and his gaze lingered on his cheeks, which were becoming a little more "mature", for a long time. He had grown taller, much taller than he had been last summer, still thin, and his skin had turned wheat-colored.

"Okay." He glanced at her and replied.

Zhong Yi never imagined that one day he would choose to open his mouth in such a way.

It was the first time in their lives that they had a short night talk.

The content is boring.

The topic is nothing more than an eight-o'clock bloody plot.

But in the end, I don't want to answer or think about it.

"Drink water?" The conversation may be long, but the winter night is short, and he took the glass of water beside him, poured a cup of steaming boiling water, and pushed it in front of her.

Zhong Yi held the cup with both hands, greedily absorbing the warmth from the cup, but he was not in a hurry to drink: "What happened between you and Ruan Ruan?" ”

When visiting a Hong Kong-style tape store in the afternoon, Ruan Ruan fell in love with a few tapes of a certain Hong Kong singer, and when she was about to buy them, the boss asked for an outrageous price. I tried to negotiate the price, but it was still less than five dollars cheaper than the original price.

Ruan Ruan didn't know why, he insisted on buying it, and when he was about to pay, An Shu on the side suddenly grabbed Ruan Ruan's arm and dragged him out of the store. When Zhong Yi chased out, both of them had angry looks on their faces, and the two who had just quarreled were unwilling to deal with anyone.

In this way, I had to end the tour early and go back to the apartment.

Zhong Yi can't figure out what the "relationship" between An Shu and Ruan Ruan is like? In the past, she only knew that Ruan Ruan liked to stick to An Shu, and An Shu always showed a gesture of love and ignorance to her, but because of the months when she was not by their side, too many unexpected things happened.

She suddenly wanted to know everything, at all costs,

An Shu looked at her with a strange expression, his eyes mixed with strange emotions, hidden under the drooping eyes. He took a sip of warm water and said unhurriedly, "What do you want to know?" My relationship with her? ”

She wanted to know anything, she wanted to know everything. Zhong Yi's fingers holding the cup were unconsciously closed, and she didn't feel the hot heat in her fingertips, "As a sister, I have the obligation to care about what happened between you and Ruan Ruan?" Don't forget, I'm also half of Ruan Ruan's sister, and there is an unpleasant incident between my younger siblings, and I can't sit idly by. ”

"Oh, so you're here to be a peacemaker." An Shu raised his eyebrows, his tone nonchalant.

The orange light hit him in the face, and he looked very lazy. Apparently the unpleasant memories of the day did not hurt him, and he was still able to speak to her in a nonchalant tone.

Zhong Yi lowered her eyes slightly, it seemed that she was thinking too much.

"It's getting late, go to sleep."

Zhong Yi put down the water glass, got up and was about to walk out of the kitchen, when An Shu's voice sounded behind him, and his voice was hoarse: "It's just an ordinary relationship, that's all." It can be said that a stranger I happen to know, and I will not establish a relationship with another person without a clear definition of my friend. ”

"Will you go back with us tomorrow?" Walking to the door, Zhong Yi paused and asked.

"I'll take Ruan Ruan's uncle's car back, don't worry, I like."

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The next day, I still couldn't get used to the no-brainer alarm bell urging me to get up, and I slept until noon before waking up.

Yesterday, I played with Ruan Ruan for a day, visited many places of interest in City A, walked to the two legs and was about to be abolished, and had a "confidant night talk" with An Shu in the middle of the night, and tossed until about three o'clock in the morning before going to bed. Although the effect of the heart-to-heart talk was not there, Anshu was willing to talk to her anyway.

At the very least, it's a good start.

She didn't bother to change out of the coral velvet cartoon pajamas on her body, opened the door of the room with her chicken-like hair and walked out, and slept all morning, her brain was still in a state of paste, and the whole person looked like she had no energy at all.

On the contrary, Ruan Ruan, who was about to run all over City A, was still full of energy the next day. She was sitting in the corner of the sofa, playing the Scrabble game in her hand, and when she heard the sound of slippers kicking in her ears, Ruan Ruan said without raising her head: "Get up, I thought you were going to sleep until tomorrow." Oh, by the way, the kitchen has lunch for you, remember to eat it. ”

Zhong Yizhuo pulled his slippers and walked to Ruan Ruan's side and sat down, not moving. The brain is in a state of emptiness, and slowly, the senses of the world gradually converge.

I could clearly hear an English song, the sound quality was a little noisy, and it was sent through an old tape recorder. It was found by Ruan Ruan in the second-hand market, and Zhong Yi thought that she came to "travel" alone and brought such a bulky item home, either because she had a brain disease or her IQ was in arrears.

She tried to stop it, but she couldn't.

As a result, she was really carried back to the apartment alone, and although she suffered a lot of strange eyes on the way, she still went her own way.

"Anshu, where did he go?" When he came back to his senses, he realized that there was one less person in the apartment.

Ruan Ruan still plays the Scrabble game in her hand, and she doesn't know how many times she has listened to the English songs played on the old radio, and she doesn't feel annoyed, as if she is doing a game that seems boring to others, and she can always find the fun in it. She said: "There was a boy who came in the morning, he looked familiar, where should he have seen it, he explained his intention, took the ticket and left." ”

Zhong Yi glanced at the last train ticket on the coffee table, and it was instantly clear. Xu Huaisheng came, or quietly when she was not used to the life without an alarm clock and became a difficult person to get up.

She really wanted to ask Ruan Ruan why she didn't wake her up. After thinking about it, she swallowed the words that had not yet been spoken, and chose the words again: "Well, I see." ”

"Yasuki went out for a run. It's snowing so hard outside, but he chooses to run at this time, I really don't know what he thinks. Ruan Ruan finally stopped the Scrabble game she was tired of playing, and she looked at Zhong Yi with a shocked look on her face.

The way she looks like this is indeed to have an image without an image.

Zhong Yi automatically ignored the shock on Ruan Ruan's face, stood up, and casually turned off the tape recorder with extremely poor sound quality, the music that grinded his ears was not playing, and his ears were at peace for a moment.

Coming out of the bathroom, Zhong Yi strolled to the kitchen, and found the "lunch" left for her at the cooking table, a simple cheese sandwich, and an oatmeal fruit salad that didn't look good, and at first glance she knew that it was leftover from breakfast.

And the salad must have been made by Nguyen Nguyen.

On the 24th, Zhong Yi dragged his suitcase out of the apartment, and when he left, he called Senior Sister Tonglin, telling her that he was going home today, and the key was placed in its original position, so that she could remember to come and take it back when she was free. At the end, he said "Happy New Year" again, and a happy smile overflowed the corners of his eyes.

At the same time, Nguyen Nguyen and An Shu boarded the journey home with their backpacks on their backs. When she left, she didn't take anything with her, Nguyen Nguyen only brought an old tape recorder and a cassette tape from Lim Youjia, a New Year's gift that she loved to give her.

Unlike before coming to City A, this train was very crowded, and the carriage was full of people, like canned sardines. They stood in the smoking area, the floor and recesses were sprinkled with cigarette butts and soot, and the unspeakable smell wafted in the uncirculated air.

Because they didn't buy a ticket, they had to spend more than ten hours in such an environment, Xu Huaisheng stood and protected her throughout the whole process, so as not to be touched by external factors, and it was okay to like it, sitting on the suitcase, holding Xu Huaisheng's clothes with one hand, wanting to sleep but not daring to sleep.

His ears were filled with various local dialects, and he felt annoyed, so he took out a pair of headphones from the bag he was carrying, inserted them into his mobile phone, and stuffed one into his ears and the other into Xu Huaisheng's cochlea, and the two quietly listened to the singing sound from the headphones, passing the long and boring time.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Zhong Yi pushed her suitcase and walked in the empty alley, and the street lamp pulled her figure to shine and reflected it on the bluestone path.

After getting off the train, Xu Huaisheng sent her to her neighborhood before turning around and leaving. He had planned to send her directly to her door, at least to see her go back with his own eyes, so that he could really put his mind at ease.

I was willing to push it back. As far as she is concerned, it is not possible for Zhong's father and mother to know that their relationship is not just "classmates in the same school", if Zhong's father sees the scene where Xu Huaisheng affectionately sends her home, the original warm welcome party will vividly evolve into an interrogation of "having a love affair with a daughter who has not come home for several months".

Zhong Yi didn't dare to guarantee that she would make it to the end.

The winter night was full of cold, a gust of wind blew, carrying the unique salty sea breeze of the small town to float through Zhongyi's nose, and it was a familiar smell that flowed into her brain, which made her miss her hometown for a while.

The further I walked, the more familiar the buildings became, and when I passed by the door of An Shu's house, Zhong Yi paused for a moment, and looked sideways at the window on the side of the second floor, which was pitch black, hidden in the thick of the night.

After walking a few steps further, he arrived at the door of his house, and Zhong Yi shouted loudly while pushing his suitcase into the courtyard: "Dad~Mom~ Your beautiful and wise daughter is back!" There was a tremor in his voice that could not be hidden.

The moment he pushed the door open, what caught his eye was the face of Zhong's father, holding a spatula in one hand and wearing an apron around his waist. ”

"Dad."

"Hey. Come in, it's cold outside......" Father Zhong's chattering voice sounded in his ears again, and it was extremely warm and warm.

"Mom, I'm back." Seeing Zhong Mu cutting vegetables in the kitchen, Zhong Yi just put down her luggage, so she rushed to the kitchen and gave Zhong Mu a big bear hug, which provoked Zhong Mu to scold her angrily: "Don't you see me cutting vegetables, what if the kitchen knife cuts you, ah!" It's such a big person, and it's like a child. Alright, get out of the way, don't get in my way. ”

As soon as he came back, he was "disgusted" by Zhong's mother, Zhong Yi pursed his lips, picked up the cut cucumber slices on the plate and stuffed them into his mouth, and couldn't help but walk out of the kitchen with a snicker.