On the last day, one day before Qin Yifeng's engagement, it was calmer than Qiao Anxin imagined, but Qin Yifeng was obviously busier than usual, and even during this time, he had been insisting on the habit of eating with her, and because he temporarily answered the phone and went out, Qiao Anxin's injury gradually improved, and the dishes slowly changed, but there was only one left at the huge table, Qiao Anxin took a deep breath, picked up a chopstick and ate quietly with her favorite sweet and sour tenderloin.

Qiao Anxin ate this meal very slowly, when Zijun and her aunt came to clean up, she hadn't finished eating, Qiao Anxin asked them to go to the side first, they sat on the side and waited, and after a while, Zijun came over to talk to her, because the two usually have a close relationship, and her aunt did not suspect him, and when she spoke, Zijun quietly stuffed something into Qiao Anxin's hand.

Qiao Anxin quickly pinched it in her hand, her expression did not fluctuate, and after the two of them left, she went back to the room, only to see that the thing in her hand was a key, she was short of breath for a moment, this is the key to the door......

Sure enough, as Jiang Mingle said, he was ready for everything......

Qin Yifeng is about to get engaged, there must be something going on early the next morning, and it is definitely impossible to live here that night, Qiao Anxin sorted out the things he needed now into a bag, except for the one he was wearing...... The coat that was given to Zhou Ranran, she only brought another set of change of clothes, and finally packed up with only one backpack to put down.

Jiang Mingle sent her messages from time to time, basically the movement of the affairs on her mother's side, Qiao Anxin looked at the messages one by one, quietly waiting for the night to come.

Slightly different from what she thought, Qin Yifeng hadn't even come back once at night since she left at noon, and she couldn't tell if she was relieved or a little more worried, relieved because she didn't know if he really came back, whether she would mess around and show her feet at this last moment, and said that she was a little more worried, maybe because she was too nervous and sensitive to see him, so I don't know if he would secretly find something......

This afternoon was extraordinarily long.

Until more than ten o'clock in the evening, Qin Yifeng still didn't come back, there were no phone calls or text messages, Qiao Anxin turned on the TV, thinking that he would see the news about Qin Yifeng's engagement, but it was the same as a few days ago, there was still nothing, it was slightly different from Fang Ruyun's engagement, as if this time Qin Yifeng's engagement was only known to the people of the two families, abnormal, whether it was TV or newspapers, there was no news at all......

Qiao Anxin turned off the computer and didn't think about it anymore, she looked at the time, her backpack was at hand, she was wearing boots, jeans, sweater, and down jacket at hand, just waiting for Jiang Mingle's signal to leave.

The agreed time with Jiang Mingle was at eleven o'clock, and Qiao Anxin sat on the edge of the bed and waited quietly.

Her mind was empty, and she didn't think about it except to look at the time every once in a while.

Finally, the mobile phone lit up, Qiao Anxin got up and ran to the window, there was a car parked not far away, flashing much brighter than the street lamp, and at the same time, Jiang Mingle's call was displayed on the mobile phone screen.

Qiao Anxin quickly hung up the phone, closed the curtains, ran back to the bed, put on her coat and bag and went out the door, her mind was unusually calm, and she didn't even forget to turn off the lights when she went out.

went downstairs, took out the prepared key, opened the door, and went out, a series of actions were as smooth as if they had been rehearsed countless times in her mind, until she arrived at the off-road vehicle parked on the side of the road, and saw Jiang Mingle in the driver's seat smiling brightly at her, everything was incredibly smooth.

Jiang Mingle started the car and drove east.

"This car was modified by Yue Peng, the weather forecast has always said that the snowstorm has not come down in the past two days, I estimate that it will be either tonight or tomorrow, but don't worry, this car can withstand it."

Qiao Anxin looked at his energetic appearance, and he was almost like the two of them who had just been pushed out of the operating room that day, and she couldn't help but say, "Is your leg completely healed?" Does it make a difference if I keep driving? ”

"Don't worry!" Jiang Mingle glanced at her from the rearview mirror, "It's no problem for me to drive for a while, in fact, my leg injury is not so serious, it's all exaggerated by the doctor, Yue Peng is waiting for us outside the city, and when he is outside the city, he will change it." ”

Qiao Anxin nodded, Jiang Mingle had already told her that he was going to take a road that ordinary people would not take, all the way to Nancheng, that road was actually summed up by the hiking experts in the circle, and some of the most remote places were not even obvious on the map, and that road Yue Peng had walked twice, so this time he drove it, Yue Peng was Jiang Mingle's iron buddy, Jiang Mingle trusted him, and Qiao Anxin also believed it.

Jiang Mingle glanced at her from time to time, and saw that she hung her head slightly, wearing a wide pink down jacket, it was rare to see her wearing clothes of this color, but wrapped around her thin body, how to look at it and make people pity.

She was wearing a big mask, Jiang Mingle couldn't see the wounds on her face, and her hair was plucked down to cover the wounds that were simply wrapped around her forehead.

Qiao Anxin didn't tell Jiang Mingle about the injury, he was afraid that he would postpone this matter for a while, in addition, the main thing was that he didn't want to trouble him anymore, even if Jiang Mingle didn't say it, Qiao Anxin could imagine how troublesome his mother's matter was, she hugged the backpack in her arms, there was the ointment snatched from Su Jingchen, she had been applying it on time, at least, when she saw her mother again, she hoped not to let these obvious injuries stimulate her mother.

Qiao Anxin's eyes fell out of the window, in the winter night, today is extremely cold, different from the previous dry and cold, the sky is very cloudy, even in the dark night, the sense of oppression seems to fall vertically, Qiao An'an was a little dull for no reason, and noticed Jiang Mingle's somewhat worried gaze, she adjusted her expression: "Jiang Mingle, your expression seems to be very worried about me?" ”

He didn't hide it, nodded and said: "You are different from me, after all, this is the place where you have stayed since you were a child, and besides, this time you may not be able to come back when you leave, I am strange if you are not low." ”

Qiao Anxin shook his head: "Actually, I didn't grow up here...... Forget it. ”

After a pause, she added: "But I left this time, and I didn't plan to come back." ”

Jiang Mingle glanced at her: "Yes, you will know when you arrive in Nancheng, that is the real livability, and the environment of Night City is incomparable." ”

Speaking of this, Jiang Mingle has a lot of words, Yue Peng has opened a small bar in Nancheng, Jiang Mingle has been there for a long time, but it is said that Yue Peng has a bad problem, that is, when he meets the person who meets the eye and throws his temper, he must have a drink with others, his pleasure means that he has to drink until he can't walk with his tongue open, this is nothing, the key is that every time he is drunk, he must give people a free order, no matter how much the other party consumes, they will be free of charge, who checks out and who is in a hurry, and this goes on for a long time. The small bar can't make ends meet, and naturally it can't be opened, after it went bankrupt, he followed Jiang Mingle, not to say that he wanted to rub Jiang Mingle back then, although he didn't open a bar in Nancheng, but the original friends opened a small inn, and there were people who sang and performed on the streets, in short, they were still very familiar.

I have to say that Jiang Mingle is a very good storyteller, in his narration, Qiao Anxin is slowly not depressed, immersed in the life depicted, the person is still on the off-road vehicle in the winter night and the road ahead is not yet known, but his heart has slowly settled down......

Jiang Mingle looked at her calm eyes, and silently breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

The car drove to the outskirts of the city in one go, it should be in the southernmost part of the night city, Jiang Mingle looked at the time, it was already past twelve o'clock, he took out a thick blanket and handed it to Qiao Anxin, "To be on the safe side, let's take turns to sleep, you sleep first, I'll call you in about three hours." ”

Qiao Anxin was not pretentious, nodded and took the blanket, sorted out the things around him and lay down in the back row.

"That" Jiang Mingle's face appeared from the front seat, he pointed to his face, and said to Qiao Anxin: "Mask, do you wear it when you sleep?" ”

Qiao Anxin was stunned for a moment, only then did she realize that she was still wearing her mask, and she shook her head: "No need to take it off, I'm used to it recently." ”

Jiang Mingle nodded: "Okay." ”

He turned his head, and Qiao Anxin heard him muttering in a low voice, sure enough, women are fickle......

She couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth and close her eyes.

……

When Qiao Anxin woke up again, the car was moving, and she sat up suddenly: "Jiang Mingle?!" ”

"Huh? What's wrong? Jiang Mingle tilted his head from the co-pilot, his always neat hairstyle was a little messy, and there was sleepiness in his eyes.

How is he in the co-pilot?

Who's driving?

Qiao Anxin quickly looked at the driver's seat, Yue Peng looked at her from the rearview mirror, and whistled: "Hi, Qiao Meiren, long time no see." ”

"Yue Peng?" Qiao Anxin sat up straight, "When did you come?" ”

"Huh? It's past five o'clock, how about it, isn't it a surprise? ”

Qiao Anxin hurriedly looked at the time, it was almost seven o'clock, which meant that they had been walking for a while, thinking of this, she looked at Jiang Mingle: "Jiang Mingle, why didn't you wake me up?" Didn't you say that it was good to take turns to rest? ”

Before Jiang Mingle could speak, Yue Peng said, "Take turns? Qiao Meiren, Mingle has always been pitiful and cherished, where is he willing to take turns with you, right? ”

"Less poor" Jiang Mingle ignored his burial, and said to Qiao Anxin: "I also want to call you, but then I accidentally listened to the song, and I didn't feel sleepy, I guess I can't sleep when I wake you up, I think it's more appropriate to call you when I'm sleepy, who knows that I waited until Yue Peng came." ”

Having said that, but the dark circles under his eyes can't deceive people, even if it wasn't last night, it must have kept him busy these days, Qiao Anxin's heart warmed, and he said, "How about Yue Peng and I listen to you again next time when we take turns again." ”

"Hey, that's a good idea." Yue Peng immediately said.

Jiang Mingle didn't refute either, and said happily that he was okay, but he was afraid that he would be out of line if he had resistance to those songs.

The road that Yue Peng walked was obviously sparsely populated, and it was not at high speed, but fortunately there was a public toilet on the side of the road, and there was only one far away, like a villager repairing it on the side of the road, a few people wiped their faces with wet wipes, and brushed their teeth, Yue Peng brought a lot of food, and they simply ate and then went on the road.

The snowstorm that had been accumulating for a few days finally began to fall, and the snowflakes were terrifyingly large, and Qiao An'an looked out the window at the falling snowflakes, the endless farmland and the occasional village, and slowly had a sense of reality.

She's really out of Night City......

Her eyes sank, trying to ignore the uneasiness in her heart.

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