Chapter 55: The Light Next Door
Many roads in life are meant to be walked alone, but unfortunately, there are not many decades in life.
- Xie Xiaonuan
"Smack—" A crisp sound echoed through the room for a long time.
An Yan covered her red and swollen left cheek, looked up at An Ran in surprise, and was so angry that tears fell, "Sister, you actually ...... Hit me? ”
"I ......" An Ran wanted to say "I'm sorry", but he couldn't say anything, his expression was full of guilt, and his heart was boundless regret.
"I hate you! You're not my sister! You're all bad guys! An Yan's whole body was trembling, and she yelled hysterically at An Ran, turned around and ran away.
An Ran lost her mind for a moment, she stared at her hands in a daze, her nose suddenly sore, and she kept blaming herself for how she could hit her.
She's herself...... The only relative......
An Ran didn't dare to chase after her, she actually had a feeling of fear, suddenly trembling all over, and her lower abdomen twitched for a while, she subconsciously pressed, as if the pain had also subsided a little.
She leaned against the wall and slowly walked into the room, lying on the makeshift bed, touching her stomach from time to time, as if she was very tired, and fell asleep like this.
Xie Xiaonuan and Xu Jingjing chatted for a long time in the dessert shop, and then went to Xu Jingjing's house.
"Jingjing, uncles and aunts are not at home?"
As soon as Xie Xiaonuan entered the door, it was only early afternoon, and the room was dark, she frowned slightly, it turned out that the heavy curtains covered the room tightly, and it was impermeable.
"Yes, my parents are busy during this time, so I'm the only one who lives." Xu Jingjing picked up the little flower cat at her feet and said softly, "Dot, do you miss your sister?" ”
Xie Xiaonuan walked to the window, opened the curtains, and the sunlight instantly shone into the room.
"Xiao Nuan, you stand there and don't move—" Xu Jingjing shouted at her in a low voice.
Xie Xiaonuan was obviously stunned by her words, although she didn't know her intentions, she still obediently remained motionless.
Suddenly heard a "click", Xie Xiaonuan turned his head to look at the source of the sound, and heard a "click" again, it turned out that Xu Jingjing was holding the camera at him.
Xie Xiaonuan was stunned, couldn't help laughing, pretended to be angry, and ran over to snatch the camera from her hand, "Jingjing, why are you secretly filming me!" ”
Xu Jingjing ran and jumped around, giggling while dodging Xie Xiaonuan's "claws", and finally couldn't dodge, ran to the coffee table and tripped and fell straight to the ground.
"Ouch!" Xu Jingjing covered her ass in pain and begged for mercy again and again, "I was wrong, I was wrong, I can't afford to provoke you, give it to you!" As he spoke, he handed the camera to her.
Xie Xiaonuan quickly took the camera and wanted to press the delete button, but he was fascinated by a few photos.
In the photo, she is on profile.
The smooth forehead, the high bridge of the nose, the big flickering eyes, and the graceful curved jaw look particularly charming under the bright sun.
"How? My photography skills are good, right? Xu Jingjing stood up, came to her side with a smile, and kept complimenting, "It's still my family's Xiaonuan is beautiful, much more beautiful than that An Yan." ”
Xie Xiaonuan's hand holding the camera froze, her face changed, and the flash in her eyes was distressing and pitying...... Sad.
Xu Jingjing noticed her expression, only to realize what she said, and quickly changed the topic, her tone was full of apologies, "Come and take a look, it's been calling at you for a long time." ”
"Meow-" The little flower cat whimpered at this time.
Xie Xiaonuan has returned to normal, and smiled, "I see, Diandian must be hungry, why is it getting more and more with you......"
Xu Jingjing raised her eyebrows, and her voice raised a lot, "Of course, it doesn't depend on who raised it!" ”
Xie Xiaonuan hugged the starting point, but laughed, "I'm saying that you are greedy and lazy, you really think I praise you!" ”
"Xiao Nuan! You really are! Xu Jing couldn't be still, and she couldn't bear to bully her, so she had to jump straight on the spot, and finally laughed out loud.
Noise and laughter filled the room.
"Bad sister! You even beat me! Ignore you anymore! An Yan sat on the big stone on the side of the road, sobbing uncontrollably, feeling particularly aggrieved, and tears fell more and more violently.
"Woooooooooo......oo You've all become ruthless and unrighteous, and you only know how to blame me, everything is my fault......" Ahn Yeon cried and kicked the stones at her feet angrily.
"Little girl, why are you crying?" An unfamiliar voice sounded in front of An Yan.
An Yan's tearful face was raised, like an aggrieved child, and when she saw that it was a middle-aged man, her face was full of surprise, "You are ......"
"Yes." The man laughed, "We just met, in your sister's shop." ”
An Yan quickly wiped her tears, the sadness in her heart calmed down a little, and she politely exclaimed, "Hello uncle." ”
The middle-aged man nodded, "You're welcome, what's wrong with you?" Is it because of that 'Brother Yuyang'? ”
An Yan was very surprised, "How do you know ......?"
The middle-aged man patted her on the shoulder, "You said it as soon as you entered the door, the voice was so loud, it's no wonder I didn't hear it." ”
An Yan lowered her head in shame and muttered, "I'm not usually like that." ”
The middle-aged man looked at her deeply and said to himself, "You are indeed different from Enron......
Seeing An Yan's inquiring eyes, the middle-aged man came back to his senses, "That's it, I'll treat you to a big meal, and then send you back." ”
An Yan hesitated, "But my sister ......"
"It's okay, Enron and I are old friends." The middle-aged man chuckled and took out his mobile phone from his pocket, "Why don't I call her first and talk to her?" ”
An Yan's happy smile overflowed, "Okay! Thank you uncle! ”
Xia Yuyang here has been walking on the road for too long and has just returned home.
The heating in the room was ample and he felt a little hot, so he took off his coat as soon as he entered, folded his legs, and lay lazily on the sofa with a lot of thoughts.
There had been so much that had happened recently, piled up one by one, that he had no power to resist, he hung his head weakly, and whispered softly, "Xiao Nuan ......"
After a long time, he turned on his phone, and all that popped up were some meaningless marketing advertisements, without any news of her, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of loss.
The atmosphere inside the house became more and more heavy.
The heart is like a knife.
This feeling almost tore his heart to pieces, Xie Xiaonuan was alienated and cold to her, he knew that she was wronged, and he wanted to explain it to her, but An Yan lived in the past and couldn't get out......
If she wants to explain that incident to An Yan, will she break down again like she did a few years ago......
How can he persuade both sides to handle it properly?
At this moment, his heart was sour, and the irrepressible sadness and pain hit him directly, and his eyes became slightly red, and finally became numb.
He turned on his phone and played a piece of music, and the quiet and elegant music immediately filled the room, breaking the peace, but it seemed even more desolate and deserted.
Bandari's "Childhood".
He had studied piano for a while when he was a child, and at first he was completely resistant to learning piano, but since he heard this piece......
The past is becoming more and more unattainable, the fading memories, and the childhood self that is gradually blurring.
He seems to be immersed in endless memories of a warm childhood, but with a hint of sentimentality.
Closing her eyes, her innocent smile, sparkling eyes, and her cute appearance have been lingering in her mind......
Xia Yuyang sighed, turned off the music, locked himself in silence again, closed his eyes in a daze, and fell asleep after a while.
In the drowsiness, the mobile phone on the table buzzed, and then the ringtone rang, he frowned slightly, dazed, only felt very irritable, casually touched the phone and hung up.
After a while, the mobile phone rang again, and he picked up the pillow and covered his ears tightly, but he didn't expect the ringtone to get louder and louder.
He slowly got up and looked at the flickering screen, the word "Mom" dazzled his eyes, and his mind instantly cleared up, and he hesitated to pick it up.
"Hey, Mom, what's wrong?" He rubbed his sleepy eyes.
"You stinky boy!" A slightly angry female voice came over there, "I haven't educated you for a few days, and I'm a lot bolder!" ”
When he heard his mother's reprimand, he was puzzled for a long time, "What's wrong with me?" ”
Aunt Jiang lowered her voice and roared, "What's wrong with you?" You made An Yan cry angrily, and people called me to sue you. ”
This incident again, the irritability in his heart surged up inexplicably, and he couldn't help but harden his tone, "Mom, An Yan plays a child's temper, are you also messing around with her?" ”
Aunt Jiang was even more angry, her teeth chattering, "What is your attitude?" An Yan doesn't know what's going on, don't you just follow her temperament? ”
He tried his best to suppress his displeasure, "What about Xiao Nuan?" Have you considered how Shinan feels? ”
Aunt Jiang was stunned for a moment, and stammered, "Xiao Nuan is also ...... Got it? ”
He rubbed his throbbing temples, "Well, when An Yan said those words, Xiao Nuan was listening. ”
Aunt Jiang was silent for a while before she spoke slowly.
"Yu Yang, I really like Xiao Nuan's child, but An Yan ...... Never mind...... I'll find a time to make it clear to An Yan, don't let Xiao Nuan misunderstand anything. ”
He gradually calmed down, and his words became much gentler, "Okay, Mom, you can do it, I'm a little tired and I'm going to sleep." With that, he hung up the phone.
Wanting to continue sleeping, but not feeling sleepy at all, he shook his head, got up and walked to the balcony, where he caught a glimpse of a few colored candles in the corner, which were left over from the last time he arranged a New Year's Day gift for her.
At that time, under the glittering candlelight, her delicate and pretty posture was really cute, and she looked panicked when she was discovered by Uncle Xie......
Xia Yuyang smiled slightly, smiling cleanly and transparently, and the smile kept flooding to the bottom of his eyes.
Suddenly the light on the other side turned on, and he was quite surprised, staring at the lamp in a daze, and wondering.
Is she ...... now? At home?
Without further hesitation, he turned and walked out of the balcony, opened the door and walked next door.