It was Xiao Qing who called, and I haven't been in touch since the last time she informed me that I had returned to China.

She said that the wedding was scheduled for the beginning of next month, today is October 28th, and there are still a few days until November, and it seems that things will have to be taken care of before the wedding.

"Hey, Xiao Qing."

I answered the phone.

"Xiao Tao, are you busy?"

I looked around, Xue Xinyan was sitting on the sofa playing with her phone, Du Chenyu was standing on the balcony looking outside, I walked into a bedroom and gently closed the door.

"Not busy, how are your wedding preparations, has the date been set?"

"Well, I'm just about to inform you, it's November 2nd, so I'll be sure to come back early."

Xiao Qing's voice on the phone became more and more sweet and crisp, tactful.

"Okay, I'll be ahead of schedule."

After a few more conversations, he hung up.

Xue Xinyan opened the door and walked in, she looked at the layout of the bedroom, and said casually: "It's a bit of a waste of space to live in such a big house." ”

She walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, looked at me and said, "Who just called?" ”

I stuffed my phone into my trouser pocket and said with a smile, "It's Xiao Qing, her wedding date has been set." ”

"Oh, what date do you get married?"

Xue Xinyan pursed her lips that were a little dry, because she had been with the bed last night, she didn't rest all night, and her face was tired and exhausted at this time.

"On the second of next month, there is less than a week left."

I tucked the lock of bangs that were scattered across her forehead behind her ear.

"Come back with me, you haven't been home for a long time."

I took her hand and said in a very gentle tone, because the last time Sun Kai got married, I went back by myself, and the wedding was boring and unremarkable, and Sun Kai's drunken gaffe made the whole wedding lukewarm.

"Look at her condition, if she is stable and can be discharged from the hospital, I will accompany you back, if it is still in danger, I can't just leave, you understand me."

After hearing this, I realized that I blamed myself for being too selfish and not thinking about anything for others.

"Okay, I also hope that she will be discharged from the hospital soon, if she falls ill, no one will force me to fight hard, hehe."

Xue Xinyan glanced at me after hearing this, and teased: "Did she give a house, and you don't have to repay the loan, you just talk to her, why don't you have the momentum of the previous horizontal eyebrows, cut, vulgar." ”

She pouted angrily and glanced at me disdainfully.

I laughed, grabbed her by the waist, and with a little force, took her to my lap and kissed her the cheek.

"Oh, what are you doing..."

I smiled evilly and said, "The little couple is happy to move, of course there is going to be a hot kiss, haha." ”

"Get out of here, let me go, who said they were going to move with you."

She writhed gently in my arms, not trying to break free, and a hint of shyness flashed on her haggard cheeks.

I leaned into her ear and whispered: "Xinyan, others don't understand me, don't you still know me, I, Wang Tao, am the kind of person who sees money and is mercenary, let's live in this house temporarily, and when there are conditions in the future, I will definitely pay back the house money." ”

"What about studying abroad?"

She slowly raised her head and asked me about my plans to study abroad.

"Forget about going abroad, let alone going abroad, it is to send me to the best university to study, I am not that material, instead of wasting too much time studying, it is better to strive for every minute and every second now, concentrate on earning money, and not in vain your mother's hard work for me."

I swear that I see the profits of selling goods and stalls, as well as the future development trend of the market, if the formation of systematic, large-scale, regularized, to create a high-quality, technical, high-quality marketing team, then in the future development of this city, will definitely be able to salvage a bucket of satisfactory gold.

Knock knock, Du Chenyu stood outside the bedroom door and knocked lightly on the door a few times.

Xue Xinyan hurriedly stood up in my arms, opened the door and walked out.

"It's not early, Madame is still in the hospital, you go back and rest first, and let me know when you move."

Du Chenyu stood at the door, with two eye-catching dark circles hanging from the bags under his eyes, it seemed that the three of us needed to take a good rest.

I nodded lightly and walked out of the bedroom.

"This is the key to the house, you put it away, the water card, the electricity card, and some commonly used invoices, all of which are in the folder on the coffee table, and what you need is found there."

Du Chenyu put one hand in his trouser pocket and held the key in the other, he handed the key to me and explained some daily water and electricity bills.

"Brother Du, we haven't figured out when to move over, or you can take this key first, we are not in a hurry to move in."

Xue Xinyan walked up to Du Chenyu, yawned, and said weakly.

"Yes, we won't move yet, there are still a lot of things to deal with, you can take care of this key first, when you need it, we are contacting you."

I didn't want to move in immediately, the lady is still lying in the hospital, there is still half a year's rent in the basement of the scumbag brother, it is quite troublesome to return the rent, and Xiao Qing is going to get married in a few days, I have to go back to my hometown, the house key is just right for Du Chenyu to keep, and when he has nothing to do, he can come over and water the flowers.

"I'm sorry, I can't keep this key for the two of you, Madame said, since you both agree to this house, then the ownership of this house is yours, and I have no right to own the key to this house."

Du Chenyu's words were resolute, and there was an unquestionable tone between the lines.

He handed the key to me again, his eyes blazing, and his expression grim.

I glanced at Xue Xinyan, she pursed her mouth and motioned for me to take it.

I took the key and muttered, "Thank you, I will definitely pay her back for this house." ”

After Du Chenyu heard this, he was stunned at first, stared at me for a few seconds, and then laughed dryly.

"Okay, then I'll see."

With that, he turned and walked out of the room.

Xue Xinyan and I sat in the back seat of the car, and Du Chenyu drove the car intently, checking my and Xue Xinyan's expressions through the rearview mirror from time to time.

"You don't have any pressure."

Du Chenyu said suddenly, Xue Xinyan and I both looked at him with puzzled faces.

He put the tip of his nose on his hand and continued: "Since Madame has given you the house, you can accept it with peace of mind, Madame has often said good things about you lately, and he likes you more than before." ”

"But I'm no different now."

I said questioningly, and glanced at Xue Xinyan again, she was closing her eyes and recuperating, with a deep tiredness on her cheeks.

Du Chenyu didn't answer me, he was silent, continued to look at the car, and after a while, he looked in the rearview mirror and asked, "Has Madame let you think about studying abroad?" ”

"Oh, that, I'm not going to study abroad, I'm not that material, you can help me tell her, thank her for her kindness."

I leaned back and let out a long breath, feeling weak and exhausted.

"It's better for you to tell her this to your face."

Du Chenyu crooked the corners of his mouth, and frowned when he saw the road construction ahead, the middle of the road was full of warning signs, and the construction vehicles were shuttling endlessly.

"You just stop here, it's not far from my place, I'll just walk back."

The car stopped on the side of the road, and before getting out of the car, I looked at Xue Xinyan again, she had slept deeply, her seductive little mouth was slightly open, her eyes were closed, one arm was on the window, supporting her head, one arm was on her lap, her white and tender little hands were holding his pink bag, and a silver bracelet was hanging on her wrist, huh? Isn't this what I won by playing balloons in the square when I was shopping around Qufu with her, I didn't expect this kind of cheap goods to be on her body, I was full of emotion and sighed.

"Hey, you close the car door, she'll be your wife soon, haven't seen enough?"

Du Chenyu turned his head in displeasure and motioned for me to close the car door.

I hurriedly closed the door, and the car turned around and disappeared into the corner of the building.

I walked around the construction area and headed towards the basement.

All the way, I was thinking, since I woke up in my sleep for eight years, what have I paid for Xue Xinyan? How much care did I give her? What kind of gifts have I bought her?

I have never thought about these problems, although I am penniless and a dick, but Xue Xinyan has never complained about me, she will always regard me as the most true, the most upright, and the most honest person, but I myself have divided into two completely different Wang Tao in just a few years.

In the light, I am full of justice, pursue freedom, love challenges, fearless of failure, and am a positive person without complaints.

But in the shadows, I am full of inferiority, timidity, cowardice, even ignorance, stubbornness, dogma, hating new things, evading the responsibilities of life, and having no passion at all.

It dawned on me that this was exactly who I am, and I rubbed my eyes and stopped.

After stumbling for so long, I forgot what my original intention was, since when did I lose myself, was it when I first came to this city? Or when I first woke up from a big dream, those former morning songs and colorful glows, a meter of sunshine, have long been lost in that never-ending dream.

There is an old building in front of an old building, in disrepair, the wall skin has fallen off more than half, can not see the style of the year, there is a creeper growing under the corner of the wall, because the location is dark, do not see the sun, plus the weather is cooler, the temperature plummets, the creeper is also close to withering, they give up climbing, have shaken off the leaves, a branch of different thickness is left on the wall, looking from afar, like a messy fishing net hanging there.

I don't know when a black cloud drifted in the clear sky, the heavy clouds squeezed each other, completely blocking the last ray of sunlight over the city, I looked up, a drop of rain hit my face, cold and biting, which made me suddenly think of a poem by Xin Qiji, "Ugly Slave • Shubo Mountain Road Middle Wall".

The young man does not know the taste of sorrow, falls in love with the floor, falls in love with the floor, and says sorrow for the new words.

Now I know all the sorrows, I want to say that I will rest, I want to say that I will rest, but I will say that the weather is cool and autumn.

I sighed, a late autumn rain, cold the past and present lives, cold the worldly mortals, cold the hustle and bustle of the past, cold to the clouds.

When I walked to the yard, the light rain had been sparsely dripping down, I remember when I first came to this city, the raindrops on the body were still warm, but now it is really cold and biting, no temperature, as Professor Liu said: life is a life, the grass and trees are autumn, time is in a hurry, the white clouds and dogs, the years are long, what a pity to fly by.

I walked into the basement and lay down on the bed, only to feel sore and weak all over my body, extremely tired, and muttered softly: I am so tired of growing up.

Slowly, I fell asleep, and in my sleep, a voice seemed to say to me, "No one grows for you." ”