Zhang Xiaoxiao took He Qingqing to a Western restaurant.

To be honest, compared to Western restaurants that have become commonplace abroad, He Qingqing prefers Zhang Xiaoxiao to take her to some snack bars that are not in the stream, even if it is to eat rice cakes on the street, she will not feel how strange Zhang Xiaoxiao is at this moment.

"That, Zhang Xiaoxiao, you can order it, I don't know much about this restaurant, I'll just ask you the same."

He Qingqing smiled stiffly at the corner of her mouth, and pointed to the menu handed over by the waiter.

Zhang Xiaoxiao stared at him, but he didn't look at the menu, but turned his head directly to the waiter and said:

"Just follow the previous two."

"Okay, please wait." The waiter smiled back with a proper smile, picked up the unopened menu, and walked to another table with a smile.

He Qingqing looked the environment of the restaurant up and down, and finally fell on Zhang Xiaoxiao's face.

The boy in front of him, who was already resolute, seemed to be even more resolute, and even looked a little impersonal from the outside.

After all, after going through so many things, if you are anyone, you won't be as carefree as before, right?

"Xiaoxiao, you should come here often to eat Western food, right?"

"Well, this is the best western restaurant in Linshi." Zhang Xiaoxiao nodded slightly, and looked indifferently at the vehicles coming downstairs outside the window.

"I always thought you liked Chinese food more!"

"There's nothing I like or dislike, anything, just get used to it. But you, are you still used to living abroad after so many years? ”

"Like you said, it's good to get used to it. It's just that, speaking of which, I haven't eaten rice cakes for a long time, and I always think that the rice cakes from the rice cake shop in front of our middle school are the best!! ”

The topic was brought up, and He Qingqing unconsciously remembered the past, and didn't notice a trace of abnormality that flashed on Zhang Xiaoxiao's face after her words fell.

After a moment, the person sitting opposite He Qingqing stood up.

"Let's go, I'll take you to eat rice cakes."

"Huh? No, no, besides, we've already ordered. ”

"It's okay, don't you want to eat? I'll just go check out. ”

said, without waiting for He Qingqing to refuse, Zhang Xiaoxiao walked directly to the front desk to check out with his long legs, and the whole movement was so smooth that He Qingqing's brain was almost unfocused.

In Mu Nezhong, I saw Zhang Xiaoxiao turn around and come back after settling the account.

"Let's go."

Zhang Xiaoxiao picked up the coat on the sofa expressionlessly, pulled He Qingqing and walked out of the Western restaurant.

He Qingqing originally thought that the other party might just want to take him to any rice cake shop to have a delicious meal, but he never expected Zhang Xiaoxiao to take him to the high-speed rail station.

Feeling more and more wrong, He Qingqing immediately stopped being led by Zhang Xiaoxiao in an epiphany, stood in place and shook off Zhang Xiaoxiao's hand pulling him.

"Xiaoxiao, why did you bring me to the station? Aren't we going to eat rice cakes? ”

"Didn't you say you wanted to eat that rice cake at the entrance of middle school?"

"I know, but that's Jiangcheng, and I, I don't have to eat, don't be so troublesome, let's just go eat something."

He Qingqing's face was slightly stunned, and he walked back as he spoke, Zhang Xiaoxiao pulled his lips and smiled, and followed behind He Qingqing with a step.

"He Qingqing, in fact, you don't have to take care of me."

didn't expect his mind to be discovered by Zhang Xiaoxiao, He Qingqing was stunned, so he stopped.

I was about to explain, but I was hugged tightly by a pair of big hands around me.

She knew that it was Zhang Xiaoxiao's hand.

There was a sudden chuckle in his heart, He Qingqing didn't quite understand what Zhang Xiaoxiao's actions meant at this time, but he obviously couldn't allow himself to think about it.

He Qingqing subconsciously struggled, but the more he struggled, the tighter Zhang Xiaoxiao's arm hugged him, and even the passers-by around him looked curiously in their direction.

"Zhang Xiaoxiao, you, you let go of me first, let's talk !!"

"Don't let it go!!"

"Zhang Xiaoxiao, don't ...... like this"

"He Qingqing, you don't know, Jiangcheng has nothing for me to care about, to say that the only thing I miss is the short time with you in Jiangcheng, and it is not short, but I just think it is short, so short and so short, and the time of nearly ten years is not as long as the short five years you went abroad...... He Qingqing, don't push me away...... I'm so happy to see you, it's really ......."

Zhang Xiaoxiao lowered his eyes, his voice was hoarse, and he whispered in He Qingqing's ear for a while.

He Qingqing sighed leisurely, and when Zhang Xiaoxiao was relaxed, he tried to pull away the arm he was clasped in front of him, turned around, faced him, and looked at the person with a haggard face, a trace of guilt flashed in his eyes, and vaguely, sadness also flowed out of his eyes.

"Zhang Xiaoxiao, I'm very happy to see you, but I'm sorry, as your friend, I didn't know what happened in your family until now, and besides, you used to be so good to me, but I can't do anything for you......"

Zhang Xiaoxiao's eyelids moved, slowly raised his eyes, looked at He Qingqing with blurred teary eyes, stretched out his hand, and wiped away the tears that had just condensed from her eyes.

"It's not your fault, it's fate, it's fate."

"Zhao Yang said that you are doing well here, so I want to come and see, but I don't know, I really don't know...... Zhang Xiaoxiao, how are you doing? ”

How are you doing?

Zhang Xiaoxiao's face condensed.

"He Qingqing, how can I have a good life!"

Yes, how can a person live a life that no one cares about?

"I'm sorry ......"

He Qingqing suppressed her crying, apologized, lowered her head and grabbed Zhang Xiaoxiao's hand, and carefully opened his palm.

A piece of toffee fell into Zhang Xiaoxiao's palm.

Zhang Xiaoxiao looked at the toffee that had been cooked in her heart, and suddenly felt a little ridiculous, back then, he was also so embarrassed, she put the candy into her palm.

Tell him that sweetness can dilute sadness.

He believed it again and again, but after all, he couldn't escape Nan Ke's dream.

"When I opened the door and saw that it was you at the door, my heart almost stopped beating, I thought I had already let go, but after seeing you, I realized that everything was just a cycle, He Qingqing, do you know why I suddenly didn't hate my mother? Because I've become like her. ”

"What, what kind of person?"

He Qingqing was confused.

"There is one thing that has been pressing on my heart for too long, really too long, He Qingqing, I, I have actually always liked ———"

"Hey, don't go too far————"

The sentence was accompanied by someone's deliberate interruption stuck in the middle of his throat, Zhang Xiaoxiao raised his head and looked at the person behind He Qingqing, his eyes were sharp, he tightened the toffee in his hand, and turned his back indifferently.

"Qianqian, why are you here?!!!"

He Qingqing turned her head excitedly, looking happily at the people who were constantly approaching in her direction, her face was full of incredulity and surprise, she never thought that Shen Qianwei would appear here.

"The last class in the afternoon was temporarily canceled, and I didn't feel at ease, so I came to pick you up."

"So that's the case~"

"Since he's here, let's do the rice cake next time! I'll go first. ”

Zhang Xiaoxiao, who was standing in front, glanced at Shen Qianwei indifferently, looked sideways at He Qingqing and explained, and left directly.

When He Qingqing saw people leaving, he was anxious, and immediately ran forward to stop Zhang Xiaoxiao.

"I haven't eaten yet! Let's go to dinner together! ”

"Eat? Heh~"

Zhang Xiaoxiao snorted coldly, his eyes widened, and he glanced sideways at Shen Qianwei behind him, and continued:

"I don't eat with a guy who crippled my brother."

"Crippled? What cripple? Does your brother mean Xue Gan? ”

He Qingqing was completely stunned, and looked at the two of them in confusion, not understanding the meaning of Zhang Xiaoxiao's words.

Five years, too many things have happened in five years, but she doesn't know anything, like an ignorant little white, in all the manpower, it seems that all people are enduring unnecessary trouble because of herself.

"You'd better go ask him."

Zhang Xiaoxiao dropped a sentence indifferently, and bypassed He Qingqing without looking back.

The knot of doubts has already been tied there, how can you easily say that you don't ask without asking, He Qingqing retreated, grabbed Shen Qianwei's arm, and asked

"Qianqian, what do Zhang Xiaoxiao's words mean? Did you cripple Xue Gan? ”

"There are some things you don't have to worry about."

"You've never been like this, and you don't want to tell me anything! Let me guess why I can't know?!!! ”

He Qingqing was so irritated by Shen Qianwei's reaction that she couldn't stop being irritable, and her whole person became a little hideous.

Shen Qianwei didn't react much, and said softly to He Qingqing with patience:

"Good, come home with me first, don't quarrel with me because of an outsider!"

"But I ......"

He Qingqing looked at the person in front of him and knew that he was going to be fooled again.

She really didn't know how long she could stay in the ivory tower.

Without waiting for He Qingqing to finish speaking, Shen Qianwei looked up at the time, and directly dragged He Qingqing into the station, He Qingqing had no choice but to shout at Zhang Xiaoxiao's back as he walked away:

"Zhang Xiaoxiao, I'll come to you next time!! You're waiting for me———"

Zhang Xiaoxiao's footsteps paused slightly, and then he took a free and easy step.

I'm just an outsider.

No goodbye.

……

He Qingqing was angry with Shen Qianwei from the moment she got into the car, and she didn't even want to look at Shen Qianwei with her face, no matter how Shen Qianwei talked to her, she didn't want to pay attention, and if she got a little closer, she exaggerated and moved away.

Shen Qianwei was amused so angry and funny, but helpless.

sighed silently, the entire upper body leaned lazily on the back of the chair, and turned to He Qingqing's back, Shen Qianwei said tiredly:

"He Qingqing, don't make trouble, I took a day's class, and I drove more than two hours to pick you up after class, I'm already very tired, come here, let me lean on for a while, huh?"

The person staring out of the car window moved, although his head did not turn, but his body took the initiative to lean towards Shen Qianwei very honestly.

The corners of Shen Qianwei's mouth hooked up a faint arc.

"I came here because you were too tired, so I'll give you a shoulder!"

Looking at the awkward little girl, she dotingly put her hand on the top of her head and rubbed it, Shen Qianwei leaned her head on He Qingqing's shoulder and closed her eyes.

The warm breath touched the skin, stabbing He Qingqing's face hot and red.