Chapter 23: Delusion

After finishing speaking, Du Juan also let out a long breath, not knowing that he had finally mustered up the courage to say the words that had been held in his heart, so he felt relieved, or because he had to face Tang Hongye's reply, so he was even more nervous in his heart. She felt that it was the first time she had been so emotionally disturbed since she was a child.

After she finished saying that, there was silence in the carriage, Tang Hongye just stared at Du Juan, let alone a sentence, not even a word, if it wasn't for the very dim light in the car, Du Juan should also be able to see the panic and confusion in his eyes at this moment.

"What do you think?" Du Juan couldn't wait for Tang Hongye's reply, so he had to ask the last question.

Tang Hongye felt that his mind was a little messy, and he could understand every sentence and word that Du Juan said, but when they were put together, he didn't understand it, he didn't know what Du Juan wanted to express, whether it was a simple literal meaning, or something else, so he didn't know how to open his mouth all of a sudden, and he couldn't help but be a little irritable when he was asked by Du Juan, so he simply said: "Whatever you want, you can do whatever you like." ”

The cuckoo felt his heart sink suddenly, and then nodded: "Okay, then I understand." ”

After saying that, he pulled the car door and got out of the car, and walked towards the residence without looking back.

Tang Hongye watched her leave the next sentence and then got out of the car and left, he didn't come back to his senses for a long time, and finally slapped the steering wheel with some annoyance: "I haven't understood it yet, but you understand something......

But it's useless for him to mumble these things now, Du Juan has already gone away, and even if he calls her back, Tang Hongye is not sure how to respond to Fang Cai Du Juan's words, so he can only scratch the back of his head in annoyance and drive away.

Anyway, it's been more than ten years, no matter what she says or does, no matter how impatient she is, she has never left her surroundings, hasn't she? So...... It should be nothing, right?

After the cuckoo got out of the car, his mood was so low that he couldn't express it, maybe he was in a mood like a broken kettle when he said that, right? I don't want to be so unspeakable that you chase me down, and in addition to the cauldron and the ship, there may be a little bit of expectation in my heart, imagining that when he says that he wants to distance himself a little and cool down, Tang Hongye will suddenly realize that he doesn't want him to stay away, and will say something to make him hopeful, and even take a step forward bravely, but in the end, such an illusion still fell through.

For the first time, Du Juan felt that the word "casual" made people so sad.

Looking back, Du Juan couldn't remember when the original harmonious and friendly atmosphere between Tang Hongye and himself began to change. She just can't understand that if she really doesn't have the slightest good impression of herself except for rejection and hatred, then why she will make some caring and caring actions from time to time on weekdays, and she will be like jealousy when she has frequent contact with the opposite sex, saying sour words.

Du Juan was depressed and depressed, thinking about it, he couldn't help but complain a little about Tang Hongye, he should have taken the initiative himself, but he didn't twist at all, just out of the last little bit of reserve in a girl's family, he didn't shout "I like you", and he still kept the last layer of window paper.

Speaking of which, the two of them have reached the point where they are today, and they really have nothing to do with themselves, they all blame Tang Hongye, a person who is usually very cheerful, why is he so uncertain in this matter, it is unpredictable, and he can't guess what kind of emotions he has for himself.

Thinking about his mind so chaotically, the cuckoo walked to the vicinity of the unit door, the public lighting of this residential building is really poor, the door of the unit on the first floor is open, the lighting at the door and on the first floor has long been broken, and there is not even a lamp holder left, so when I get downstairs, there is a large dark shadow, I can't see anything clearly, I can only grope around.

Hmmm——。 Someone in the shadows seemed to move.

The cuckoo stopped vigilantly, raised his head and looked carefully into the black shadow, trying to see the situation over there, there was really a person standing there, originally standing quietly without saying a word, but now he saw the cuckoo walking towards this side, and he also moved and walked towards the door of the unit.

Just when the alarm bell sounded in the cuckoo's heart, the black shadow spoke: "Cuckoo, it's my ......"

Although she still couldn't see the face clearly, as soon as Du Juan heard the cautious voice and the weak volume, she immediately recognized the other party, she breathed a sigh of relief and stroked her chest: "Yin Mei? ”

The person in the dark shadow walked up to the cuckoo, and sure enough, it was Yin Mei, she was wrapped in a down jacket, and she looked like she was still very cold, probably she had been waiting downstairs for a while, and she was carrying two bags in her hands.

"Why are you here? Have you been waiting for me for a long time? Du Juan saw that her face was frozen white, and hurriedly reached out to take a bag in Yin Mei's hand, and beckoned her to go upstairs together, "Is there something wrong with me?" Come up first, my house is quite small, and it's a bit messy, but at least it's warm, don't get frostbite! ”

Yin Mei was indeed very cold, and she didn't have the heart to be polite to Du Juan, nodded silently, and followed Du Juan upstairs to open the door and enter the house, the heating of the house that Du Juan rented was not particularly good, after all, the old house couldn't save the temperature, Du Juan prepared an additional electric heater, and now seeing that Yin Mei was cold like that, she hurriedly pulled the electric heater over and turned it on, so that Yin Mei could warm up as soon as possible.

After settling down with these, Du Juan had the energy to pay attention to what was in the two heavy big pockets brought by Yin Mei, she was really stunned when she saw it, these two pockets, one contained all kinds of vegetables, meat slices, and meatballs and fish balls, and the other was even more exaggerated, it was a cassette stove and a small pot that was not too big, even if Du Juan was stupid, he could see that this was a full set of equipment for shabu-shabu.

"...... are you?" She knew that things were used for shabu-shabu, but she didn't know why Yin Mei would come to her house with a lot of things without making a sound to find her own shabu-shabu.

Yin Mei didn't know whether to sit close to the electric heater, and finally found some temperature, or felt a little embarrassed when Du Juan asked her like this, her face quickly turned red, "That's the case, isn't it the weekend today, I just thought, it's not interesting for me to be alone, and you don't think it's interesting for yourself, so why don't I just buy some food and bring it over and be your companion." Originally, I wanted to call Huang Shuai, but he wasn't there, so I went to buy things by myself, and then I came, and I couldn't knock on the door when I came, I guess you haven't come back yet. ”

It's the weekend! Du Juan suddenly realized that she was used to the difference between weekdays and weekends when she had a case in hand, if Yin Mei didn't mention it, she wouldn't be aware of it, and Yin Mei was too weak and timid because of her personality, so although she was in the field, no one really expected her to help do anything, her working hours were the most stable in the team, and she was almost guaranteed to work from 9 to 5.

"Cuckoo, you don't have any other plans, do you......?" Yin Mei saw that the cuckoo was silent, and immediately became worried, "If you originally had other plans, then I will go back and not disturb you." ”

"I don't have any other plans, that is, if you don't say it, I didn't even think that I came on the weekend," Du Juan hurriedly came back to her senses and smiled at Yin Mei, in fact, she is not in the mood to eat hot pot now, but Yin Mei came to find herself alone on such a cold day, and it is estimated that no one will be embarrassed to say anything to refuse, "It just so happens that I didn't have dinner, you are really too much charcoal, that is, next time you can call me first, if I come back a little later tonight, How long do you have to freeze outside! ”

As soon as Yin Mei heard that Du Juan had accepted her hot pot invitation and arrangement, she immediately looked happy, she took off her coat and put it aside, and took the initiative to take out the pot to the kitchen to help scrub and prepare for the hot pot, and Du Juan helped wash and cut everything the vegetables brought by Yin Mei, during which Yin Mei asked Du Juan if she wanted to call Huang Shuai over, Du Juan refused, first, her room was really not very spacious, and the space might be a little cramped for three people to be crowded together, and secondly, Huang Shuai was injured during the day, At this time, it is better to toss less and rest more, which will be more beneficial to the recovery of the body.

Of course, there is a third reason for this, that is, when Fang was downstairs, Tang Hongye seemed to have a great opinion because he cared too much about Huang Shuai, although the content of the conversation between the two people had completely deviated from this matter, but thinking about it would still make Du Juan a little awkward, and there was a moment of distraction, if Yin Mei hadn't held her hand on the side, she would have almost cut the green onion into chopped green onions.

Yin Mei looked at the cuckoo suspiciously, but did not speak, until the two of them brought the prepared things back to the room and boiled the hot pot steaming, she tentatively asked the cuckoo.

"I don't know if you will feel offended by asking this, Cuckoo," she said cautiously, "I don't think you're in the right shape today, and you're not in a good mood." ”

Du Juan tugged at the corners of her mouth, and originally wanted to pretend to deny Yin Mei's speculation as if nothing happened, but she was really not in a good mood today, she felt very tired, and she didn't even have the strength to pretend to be nothing.

"Well, indeed, not in a very good mood." Du Juan is absolutely honest with Yin Mei, she really doesn't have an acquaintance except Tang Hongye in City A, although after coming here, she gets along quite well with several female policemen in the criminal police team, but after all, she has known each other for a short time, and she will get along with each other for a long time in the future.

Yin Mei bit the tip of the chopsticks, didn't make a sound, and looked at the cuckoo with her eyes, as if she wanted to speak, but she was afraid that she would say the wrong thing and make the cuckoo unhappy, so she held back for a while, and saw that the cuckoo was just casually stirring the dipping sauce in the bowl with chopsticks, and finally mustered up the courage to speak.

"Cuckoo, I'm guessing, don't be upset if you don't say it right," she said to Cuckoo, "you're in a bad mood...... Is it because of Tang Hongye? ”

When the cuckoo was asked by her, his heart chuckled, and his face was instantly enveloped by a wave of heat.

Do you show yourself so obviously? If Fang Yuan and the others knew that they were Tang Hongye's childhood sweethearts, they had all heard about it from Tang Hongye's mouth, it was not a big deal, what guess could they make because of this, as long as they didn't break it, they could also pretend that nothing happened.

But Yin Mei and herself, when she was in the original unit in the past, didn't have a very close relationship, and after coming here, she communicated a little more often, why could even she guess Tang Hongye?

"You...... How do you know? "Now that he has been asked, the cuckoo does not intend to hide it.

Yin Mei smiled: "Actually, it's not difficult to guess, you transferred here, our leaders are reluctant to let go, I heard about it, when you come here, you are not very familiar with the environment, except for Tang Hongye, there is no other acquaintance, and Tang Hongye has a deeper friendship than the ordinary, so I think it may be so." You two ...... Is this not going well? ”

"There's no progress, it's just that I can't get up and down and hang there, and I feel a little tired, so I'm thinking about whether to slow down a little bit, calm down and think about it." Du Juan sighed and briefly talked about his relationship with Tang Hongye.

"So you've known each other for so many years," Yin Mei was slightly surprised, but her personality prevented her from reacting particularly strongly, which was a good thing for Du Juan, "That's ...... I don't know if it's right or not, and I don't know if it's good to say it......"

"It's okay, you can say it." Du Juan was when she was confused, she felt that maybe the authorities were confused, and Yin Mei's opinion was not necessarily right, but at least it was a different perspective.

"I think, will your good impression of Tang Hongye be an illusion?" Yin Mei opened her mouth extra carefully and said to Du Juan, "You are very grateful to him because he bravely helped you out, and you happen to be at that age, so you mistake gratitude for like." Tang Hongye may have known you for too long, and the relationship between the two of you is good, so he is embarrassed to make things too stiff, afraid that it will be difficult to see each other in the future? ”