Back in Bencheng, Yinglong worshiped the boss.

Milan summoned everyone to wash the dust for Yinglong, and earnestly greeted him with how he was doing during this time, as well as the condition of his youngest grandson Yingrui.

After learning that Yinglong had left his post and parted ways with Yuxin, the second elder sighed.

Before Yinglong left Hucheng, he entrusted the house and Xiao Yingrui to Yu Xin, because it is estimated that his future prospects are still uncertain, and it will be too difficult for him to return to Bincheng with his children, so he simply left the house and children to Yu Xin, and regarded it as a proper arrangement.

After you have a good choice in the future, you will go to Lake City to visit Xiao Yingrui. Anyway, the son was taken by his mother, and Yinglong was more at ease.

Milan and Yingnan made a meal of dumplings at home to comfort Yinglong. Yinglong ate the dumplings that he had not seen for a long time, and felt extremely aftertaste.

Mother has a very good way of making dumplings.

In the Northeast, dumplings are a staple food that must be used for New Year's holidays, so Milan learned to make dumplings with her family since she was a child.

Leek-stuffed dumplings are Milan's specialty. She put some shrimp skin in the filling to improve the freshness, and put enough fresh pork foam and condiments, and the meat filling has the right ratio of fat and lean, and the mincing is fine, just like minced garlic.

The dough of the dumplings is hand-rolled by Milan and is of a moderate thickness and size, and when cooked, it looks translucent. Through the dumpling wrapper, you can faintly see the dark green leeks wrapped in the inside, the taste is fresh and tender, slightly chewy, and the softness and hardness are moderate.

After the ingots dumplings are boiled, they are placed in a porcelain dish one by one and steaming hot, and Yinglong dips them in light soy sauce and aged vinegar and devours them until his stomach is full.

The family sat around the table eating dumplings and cooking homework, but everyone was very taboo about Yinglong's housework.

Except for his father Yingnan who asked Yinglong how he would arrange his work in the future, no one else asked too much about his future whereabouts.

A month later, Yinglong rented a two-story façade near the scenery belt along the river.

This was originally a teahouse, because the owner had no intention of operating it, and there were few customers, so it was simply transferred to Yinglong at a low price.

He spent some savings to hire someone to renovate the teahouse simply. The signboard was replaced with a colorful neon decoration of "Cloud Distance Tea Café".

Yinglong saw a lot of Hong Kong and Taiwan during middle school, and also learned about some market trends, so he was deeply interested in running a coffee shop.

To this day, he simply started his own business and opened a small shop like this.

The café is a converted old house with a rooftop roof. Yinglong has installed a colorful canopy on it, which can not only shelter from the wind and rain but also bask in the sun, and put a few tables and chairs below, on a sunny summer night, guests can sit on it and drink tea, while watching the scenery in the distance, under the warm breeze, it is very comfortable.

The walls of the store were painted beige, and people were asked to doodle one by one.

The lighting is a small chandelier and a bull's-eye lamp that is adjusted to the right angle.

At night, the light in the store is very atmospheric, and the exquisite tables and chairs create a unique petty bourgeois atmosphere.

Usually, Yinglong likes to play Grammy music quietly, and when the temperature is right, he comes to the store to drink tea

There are a lot of guests, in fact, they all fall in love with the charming atmosphere here.

Yinglong's business is also good, the coffee is hand-ground and freshly brewed, the price of wine is not expensive, the tea is relatively fresh, and the hospitality is warm, so it is strange that there are no repeat customers.

Yinglong only invited two people in the small shop. A young girl and a young guy.

The man's name is Wei Qiang, and everyone calls him "Xiaoqiang", who is responsible for making coffee, mixing cocktails, and helping with some heavy work.

The young girl is mainly responsible for entertaining guests and cashiering.

This girl's name is Wenxue, in her early twenties, with snow-white skin, clear eyebrows, one meter six tall, her black hair tied into a ponytail tied behind her head, and she is quick to do things. Although she doesn't speak much, she is courteous and attentive to her guests.

Wen Xue's family is not wealthy, otherwise she would not have to give up her studies at such an age to make a living.

However, she has a flexible mind, follows Xiaoqiang, and slowly learns to make cocktails and coffee. Sometimes Xiaoqiang asked Yinglong for leave, and Wenxue appeared in his place and brought out a good drink, which made Yinglong admire.

But Yinglong accidentally discovered that although Wen Xue looks like a weak woman, she is very strong in her heart.

One afternoon, Yinglong sat on the rooftop, looking at the river from afar and drinking the big red robe. At this time, he found that Wen Xue was struggling to carry a small folding round table up the steep spiral staircase, and there was still a step from the rooftop, and the table legs were accidentally stuck in the crack of the steel spiral ladder.

At this time, Wen Xue struggled to lift the table up, holding her breath in her mouth, and her face flushed.

Yinglong saw it, and he couldn't bear it, it was a bit too much to let such a young girl do such heavy work, but Xiaoqiang was not there.

He hurriedly got up to help, but Wen Xue refused unconvinced: "Boss doesn't need to help, I can move, you can sit at ease!" ”

After saying that, he shook his hand, twisted the table legs, and forced the table up. After Wen Xue put down her things, she stood next to her and bent over and panted, her delicate white hands wiping the sweat on her forehead.

Yinglong was very surprised that Wen Xue was so stubborn.

He pondered, this girl is a little not simple, not very old, but so strong, not like some girls like to rely on others.

But he was also glad to have found a good helper, and with her and Wei Qiang, he had a lot less to worry about doing things on his own.

Then again, when Yinglong is not idle, he likes to sleep alone on a recliner on the rooftop, quietly looking at the river in the distance.

From time to time, the tail of a barge full of goods spews through the river, and the waves ripple in circles, rushing to the shore layer by layer.

Yinglong would stare at the river at this time, quietly thinking about his thoughts.

Many people in the red dust are like drifting weeds in a pond, occasionally two leaves meet in the ripples blown by the wind, and then they go their separate ways under the impetus of the ripples.

After that, there may be two leaves together, but at this moment, will this duckweed be the original two leaves?

Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. Perhaps, only one of the leaves is.

Yinglong would go to Lake City every week to visit Yuxin's mother and son. Little Rui Ruiyue

Lai Yue is more intelligent and cute, and now he has learned a lot of Chinese characters and learned simple arithmetic.

He will give a sum of alimony to Yuxin every month.

Yu Xin is still single. After the breakup, she was not with Mr. Tao. The man knew that after Yu Xin flew solo, he lost his enthusiasm for her, and began to slowly snub Yu Xin, and he didn't even make phone calls. This made Yu Xin think about the current situation calmly, and found that Mr. Tao was so hypocritical.

She was alone with her children, but luckily her parents sometimes came over to help.

The little grandson is well-behaved and clever, and he likes his grandparents very much. Because of the help of her parents, Yuxin had some time to rest. This way she can take care of her own affairs in her free time.

Living as a single mother has made her stronger and stronger.

Yu Xin often reflects on the past, whether she was wrong. The inner struggle made her unable to calm down for a long time, and she couldn't help but start thinking about it.

The thought of right and wrong made her melancholy.

In these days, she has figured out a lot of things, and she will also reflect on why she did it in the first place, whether it is a little irrational and too ignorant of Yinglong's thoughts, so that he is disheartened.

But now, even if life is so difficult now, she will never give up Xiao Yingrui, which may be the only sustenance she can rely on at the moment.

However, when Yinglong came to visit, as long as the weather was warm, Yuxin couldn't help but wear a dark rose suit.

Her outfit reminded Yinglong from time to time of the dark red dress on Yuxin's body, although the style was slightly different, but the color was roughly the same.

Yu Xin's dress habits have not changed much, although she is almost in her thirties, her complexion is still white and delicate, and her figure has not changed significantly, but her original delicate appearance has inevitably been quietly engraved with a slight mark by time, and the whole person looks mature and charming, but there is a little haggard between her eyebrows and eyes.

Yu Xin would accompany him for a walk in the nearby garden.

Yinglong sometimes looked at her deliberately. In his eyes, Yu Xin was still wearing a shawl with her hair, wearing a dark rose dress, black leather boots, and white skin like snow, standing in the wind.

The evening breeze sometimes ruffled the soft ends of her hair, bathed in the blood-soaked afterglow of the setting sun, like a rose standing upright on the hillside in the wind.

And she often talked about her son with Yinglong diligently, sometimes looking at Yinglong's face, as if she was inquiring about his thoughts.

Yinglong also looked back at Yuxin from time to time, but he had no choice but to turn his eyes and look away, at this time he was full of emotion in his heart, time flies, vicissitudes of life, things are wrong.

Every time Yinglong entered the door, Yu Xin would greet Yinglong warmly: "You came just in time, my baby son was still asking you just now, I was worried that you wouldn't come, wait a minute, you can have a good time with him." ”

Yinglong didn't expect Yu Xin to say this, but he still held on to some comfort, after all, he was still needed, not treated as an old teddy bear thrown under the bed.

"Okay, I'll take him out for a walk, and you can rest first." Yinglong said.

Yu Xin Yuan

I invited them to hang out with them, but I was a little disappointed when I heard Yinglong say this, so he nodded frustratedly: "Okay, you guys go, stay safe and have fun." ”

Then she went into the kitchen and went about her chores.

Yinglong originally wanted to ask Yu Xin to go out to play together, but after thinking about it, they were no longer husband and wife, so what would others think of them?

In fact, there is another reason, they have been divorced for a while, although the scars in their hearts are gradually healing. But for Yu Xin, he still has some scruples, and he can't face her calmly, after all, he ruined the family because of Yu Xin's fault.

But looking at Yu Xin in front of her, she felt that she seemed to be conveying a hidden message, could it be that she regretted it and wanted to rebuild the old friendship with herself and renew the relationship? However, after thinking about it, it shouldn't be so fast, even if she has this idea, she is not willing to enter the city again for the time being, not to mention that this is just his unilateral guess, if not, wouldn't it be self-deception.

Yinglong usually sits in the living room for a while, and sees that the furnishings of the home have not changed much, and the old wedding photos are still hanging on the wall of the hallway.

The wedding photos in the classical European style are a hanging portrait that they are more satisfied with. Yu Xin's graceful and luxurious smile revealed the bride's charm and loveliness, and Yinglong's handsome appearance in the past just set off this radiant bride.

Yinglong once asked her why she still kept this photo, and Yuxin told him: "It's better to keep it first, my baby son can see it every day, so that he won't feel strange when he gets it." ”

Yinglong felt that although what Yu Xin said was reasonable, it was inevitably a bit far-fetched. After all, I am divorced, and it doesn't mean much to hang this photo, but for the sake of my precious son, I didn't speculate too much.

In fact, after thinking about it, Yu Xin was a little reluctant to Yinglong after all. If it weren't for his willfulness in the past and ignoring Yinglong's feelings to do such a thing, it would not have led to the current result.

To this day, she will regret it and miss the small family in the past, but the relationship between the two has become a thing of the past. How Yinglong will look at her, whether he will hate her, and when the scars in his heart will heal, Yuxin doesn't know.

She is not the "echo worm" in Yinglong's stomach, and she can't understand his thoughts, so she can only endure her inner struggle to observe Yinglong's every move, after all, she can't ask for too much.

(End of chapter)