(The storyline is completely fictional, the official must not sit in the right seat, if there is any similarity, it is purely a coincidence)

In an alley in the heart of Oxford, Mr. Chan and Amy sat and chatted in a café again.

Mr. Chen took a sip of coffee, didn't look at Amy, lowered his head and said, "Maybe, I'm going to return to China soon, maybe I won't see you in the future." ”

Amy didn't take what Mr. Chen said seriously, and smiled "hehehe" and said, "No, why do you want to leave suddenly?" ”

Mr. Chen bowed his head and did not speak.

Mr. Chen was reluctant, but he knew that he would eventually return to China with his wife. At that time, it was said that if she could not return to the UK if she did not succeed in starting a business, if she did not come back, Mr. Chen would return to China, although she did not fulfill her promise - to have a child as soon as possible.

Mr. Chen and Amy finished their coffee and walked out of the café one after the other.

Outside the café, in the early summer of Oxford, whether it is a small town street scene or a pastoral scene, a large meadow or a pasture, an ordinary house or an ancient castle garden, everywhere is beautiful, and the scenery is really like a postcard......

Mr. Chen said: "Amy, everyone is a man who wants to go back to China to do things, and a woman is willing to stay and live a small life, and our family is reversed." ”

Amy asked, "Really?" Why? ”

Mr. Chen said: "Generally speaking, men feel that they have caught up with the hot era, there are people like Ma Yun, and there are many similar people, so talented people are also eager to try, and women often like the environment here and are willing to stay." As for me, I'm not afraid of your jokes, our family is completely reversed. ”

Amy said, "How could I laugh at you." ”

Mr. Chen said: "I really like here, I like Oxford, I like England, I like the scenery here, and I also like the high-quality people in this university town, although I came here, I can almost say that I started doing hard work ten years ago, and then slowly became a second landlord, but I never felt inferior, the British, Chinese people I came into contact with, either professors or students, are all high-quality people, except for a few Chinese doctors who came to quarrel, and a Chinese visiting scholar who had to fight a lawsuit. The people I interact with are pretty nice. ”

Amy nodded and said, "Yes, the people in Oxford City are quite good. The scenery is really beautiful, so it's quite comfortable and happy to live here. ”

Mr. Chen said: "The people here are highly educated, there are many intellectuals, everyone is reasonable, polite, gentle, and respectful of each other. Again, I have a high income in the UK, don't look at me as a second landlord, my income of more than 3,000 pounds a month is almost ten times my income in China ten years ago, I am actually quite satisfied. ”

Amy said, "So, you really want to stay and live like this?" ”

Mr. Chen said: "Well, I'm not a person who likes to toss like Li Tianying. Again, I don't want to go back to live that kind of tense day, I went back a few times, and saw people everywhere, cars everywhere, honking horns indiscriminately, not letting each other go, everyone was busy chattering all day long, I really couldn't adapt to it. You see here, the income is not low, good scenery, slow life, how good. ”

Amy said: "Slow life, of course, is good, like the clouds in the sky, leisurely, how good, I also like it, otherwise the pace is too fast, people will be anxious." ”

Mr. Chen smiled: "Yes, people should live closer to nature and be more comfortable." However, I am afraid that I will have to return to China with her after all. ”

Amy said, "Why? Has Mrs. Chan decided that she will not come back? ”

Mr. Chen said: "The two of us agreed at the time that if she can't start her business and return to the UK, if she doesn't come back, I will return to China." As for whether the business will be successful or not, I can't draw conclusions now, but she has become bigger and bigger. The two of us also agreed at the time that no matter how well the business started, she had to hurry up and have children, but she didn't take this one to heart and didn't do it well. ”

Amy said, "Oh, Mrs. Chan doesn't like children? ”

Mr. Chen said: "It's not a question of whether she likes it or not, it's that she doesn't want to delay her career because of having a child, alas, I really have a headache, if I can give birth myself, I would have given birth early, I really don't bother her." ”

Amy said, "But you're still very considerate of her. ”

Mr. Chen said: "I can't help it, the two of us, I have always been dominated by her, I came to Oxford back then, it was also for her, if she didn't come at that time, how could I come to England inexplicably?" At that time, I gave up my stable and comfortable office job in a state-owned enterprise, and came here to start with odd jobs. ”

Amy said, "You gave up your career for your wife too. ”

Mr. Chen said: "It's not a good idea to give up my career, it's not a career, it's just a job, but today it's a good job." But she came at that time, and she planned to stay after she finished studying, and who knew that we had been here for ten years, and she had changed her mind again, and she had to go back. ”

Amy said, "Yes, Mrs. Chen is also so strange, why does she suddenly want to go back?" Is it all because there is a very good job offer? ”

Mr. Chen said: "Yes, she just wants to be busy and make a career, and I just have to obey her choice, and it has always been like this." I guess I'll have to go back sooner or later. If she doesn't come back, how can I stay alone? There is little choice for me in this matter. ”

Amy said, "In other words, where Mrs. Chan is, you are, right?" ”

Mr. Chen nodded and said, "Yes, I take her as the main thing, I am used to it, and she is used to it, where she is, we are all there, and home is there." ”

Amy said, "How do I think, Mrs. Chen is so enviable, there is such a caring gentleman as you." ”

Mr. Chen smiled and said, "It would be nice if she could think like this with you, people don't think I'm caring, people think I'm a little man with no interest and no ability, so I can only follow behind her belly, oh, it's the back of her ass." ”

The reason why Mr. Chen said so much was because he reflected and calmed down for a few days after being drunk, and he was completely sober, he and Amy were just friends, and he wanted to make it clear to Amy, he and Amy, nothing would happen, and it couldn't happen, the two of them were just friends. After sleeping at Amy's house for a night because of a hangover, he blamed himself in his heart, even though nothing happened, he still felt sorry for Li Tianying. He didn't dare to go wrong again.

In 28 Hydley Road, Ruoshi and Jing Hao also have their own hearts, and they are all trying to find answers.

On the wooden bridge not far from South Park, Oxford, Mr. Chan and Amy are walking.

The doorbell rang at No. 28 Hedri Road: it was Mrs. Chan, standing outside the door downstairs with a suitcase in tow.

It turned out that Mrs. Chen still retains the habit of looking at several English websites such as the BBC website and the Oxford University website every day, three days ago, she accidentally saw a group of photos called "Oxford Summer" from a school website, there are a few photos of Mrs. Chen magnified and can vaguely see that it is Mr. Chen and a woman holding arms to stroll on the Oxford wooden bridge, the shore stopped, although it is the back, and the proportion of people in the picture is very small, but the clarity of the picture is very high, Li Tianying is sure that it is Chen Shengshi and a woman - it turns out, The friend who took the photos of Mr. Chen and Amy, the photographer of a section of the website, was just taking pictures of the scenery from a distance, and he couldn't see who it was, so he didn't feel the need to notify them before posting the photos.

Mrs. Chen was taken aback, and immediately remembered that Mr. Chen's phone was either unavailable or no one answered within a day or two, and again, every time he communicated, he always said that he would wait and return to China, what was he waiting for? Could it be? She couldn't help but wonder a little, thinking about it day and night.

Recalling the struggle of the two in a foreign country in the past, and also thinking of what they heard from their parents over and over again, it was Mr. Chen's grandfather's family who protected their whole family when they suffered hardships. Unalterable principle! For the first time in her life, Mrs. Chen reluctantly admitted: whether she wants to study abroad or come back to start a business, she is selfish and disconsiderate of others from a certain point of view. Although, in terms of knowledge and ability, she is the stronger side of the two.

At this time, 40-year-old Mrs. Chen really realized the importance of Mr. Chen and the family, and she was suddenly really afraid that something would go wrong, so she quickly arranged the work at hand, booked the nearest flight, and ran back to the UK to find out the truth without saying hello......

Jing Hao and Ruoshi were chatting in the room, Ruoshi heard the doorbell ringing, went down and opened the door, and was naturally surprised to see that it was Mrs. Chen Li Tianying who came back. Jing Hao was also surprised when she heard Mrs. Chen's voice, and hurriedly went out to go downstairs to greet her.

After the two of them returned to Jinghao's room, I Ruoshi persuaded Jinghao to ask directly if that person had the same feelings for her. Jing Hao said: "So, what if, in fact, I myself have always been wishful thinking?" Wouldn't it be a shock for me to say it? ”

Li Ruoshi said: "You ask, ask the answer!" Even if that's the case, then you know what to do next! ”

Jing Hao said: "Will he tell me the real situation?" ”

Ruoshi said, "Why didn't he tell you? ”

Jing Hao said: "Oh, I don't know, I'm just afraid of embarrassment, if it's completely my own imagination, how can I ask, isn't it ridiculous?" ”

If you say, "You asked, and he answered, that's the most effective and easiest way!" It's better than not figuring it out all the time! If you don't ask for the rest of your life, you'll never know; If you're afraid to know and don't ask, that's the same as giving up on purpose, and you'll never know what people think. You have to face this question honestly. ”

Jing Hao nodded.

Ruoshi said: "Although I haven't been in love much, I'm sure it's not as complicated as you think, as long as you communicate, you will understand." ”

Li Ruoshi went downstairs, made up her mind, listened to Ruoshi, and found an opportunity to ask Harry. She imagined herself going to Harry's office the next day and asking him directly about Nam Chung Town, his Ph.D. major, and Harry's views on herself...... Thinking of this seriously, Jing Hao's heart beat fast, and she was very nervous.

After Mr. Chen and Amy broke up from the café, they walked slowly along the ranch, park, riverside path, and wooden bridge, and walked back.

Mr. Chen blinked his eyes and looked at it, it was really Li Tianying standing in front of him, and he was immediately glad that he had rejected Amy's suggestion to come over for dinner with him. He stammered like a knotted tongue and asked, "Sweet Sakura, really, it's really you, why, why did you come back suddenly?" Don't say hello to me in advance? ”

Mrs. Chen said with a smile: "When I come back, it is equivalent to going home, and when I come back to find my husband, I still have to say hello in advance?" You just went out and got busy? Why didn't you drive? ”

Mrs. Chen seemed to have something to say, and Mr. Chen laughed a few times because of his weak heart and embarrassment, and said, "I just went to the neighborhood for some things, and I ...... nearby."

Mr. Chen instructed Mrs. Chen to lie down in the room for a while, take a good rest, and immediately prepare to wash the vegetables, make soup and cook for Mrs. Chen, and said, "I'll make you something delicious and make up for it, you eat in the company canteen all day long, and your nutrition can't keep up after a long time." ”

Mrs. Chan did not listen to him go back to his room to rest, but sat in the kitchen all the time, carefully observing Mr. Chan......

Early the next morning, Jing Hao packed up, put on his bag, and planned to go to Harry's office. Go ahead and do what you had planned.

Coincidentally, Jing just walked into the office building, and saw the woman she met on the day of the rowing competition, the mature and elegant Asian woman, she was about four or five meters away in front of her, and she was also walking towards Harry's office at the end of the corridor......

Jing Hao was stunned for a moment, turned around and walked away.

There was a knock on the door, and he walked briskly to the corner of the stairs, so that Harry would not see himself in the hallway when he got up to open the door. If he walks slowly, he will definitely catch a glimpse of him when he opens the door.

Harry opened the door, and the two of them greeted each other warmly...... Apparently both were happy. I guess we hugged each other.....

Hiding around the corner of the stairs that Harry couldn't see, she covered her mouth to keep the pant too loud, and she listened with her ears pricked up.

But the voice of the conversation between the two of them suddenly became quieter, and then they couldn't hear it, apparently, they had closed the door and sat in the office and chatted......

Jing Hao let go of his hand and took a few big breaths, sad and lost. After a moment's pause, she turned and walked out of Harry's office building.

Quietly, I went back the way I came, and walked for a long time on the grass in Headington Hill Park. She remembered walking with Harry on the grass, the two of them shoulders about a meter apart, walking and talking, chatting and walking, walking across the grass and walking the road to the center of the city......

Even though she didn't fully understand what Harry was thinking at the time, how good it was at that time, and Jing Hao really wanted to go back to that time. It's fine as long as the two of them walk and talk together, and you don't have to figure out what he's thinking. Or, even if no one speaks, it's okay to just walk together like that......

And now, she can only walk forward alone, slowly, lonely. Harry was sitting in the office with his Asian girlfriend, chatting happily, presumably making her green tea from his cup......

That night, Jing Hao had a video call with her parents, and after her parents asked a few words about studying, her mother urged Jing Hao: "You hurry up and finish your paper and go home early, your grandmother is about to celebrate her 80th birthday, and she has not been in good health recently, we went to see her last weekend, and she kept saying that she misses you." ”

Jing Hao said, "I'll try to go back as soon as possible." ”

Mom said again, "How can you still try your best?" Do you have anything else important? If you don't have anything to do, don't waste time and come back quickly. ”

Jing Hao remembered the scene she saw in the teaching building, and said to her mother, "I don't have anything important to stay about now." I hurried home. ”

After the video with his parents, Chen Dongliang sent her a video again, Chen Dongliang's attitude was not very enthusiastic, but polite, and asked her: "Do you prefer SUVs or ordinary cars?" My parents said they would give you a car as a wedding gift......"

Jing Hao prevaricated: "It's really useless for me to ask for a car, let's talk about it later, let's talk about it later?" ”

Chen Dongliang said: "Yes, let's talk about it when you come back." So when do you plan to return home? ”

Jing Hao's heart was in a mess, and said, "It's not decided yet, let's do it as soon as possible." ”

She had thought about breaking up before, but it still hasn't changed. However, there must always be a reason for breaking up, what does she use as a reason? People are so polite, and they ask her what car she likes, how can she speak? Wait until you get back to find the right opportunity to talk to him.

These changes in her inner feelings, she didn't want to deceive Chen Dongliang. Chen Dongliang said these words to her now, she only felt that an acquaintance was talking to her, and there was no joy or joy. Deep down, she no longer sees Chen Dongliang as a lover, maybe not a long time ago, and now, she is just more sure, because Chen Dongliang is really not the person she wants......

Despite the scene just now, it may be wishful thinking to prove yourself again. Of course, it doesn't mean that if Harry didn't have a male and female affection for herself, she would continue to associate with Chen Dongliang, she felt that it was difficult to do that, she didn't want to deceive Chen Dongliang, let alone deceive herself. She really wanted a solution.

Jing Hao sat down at the desk, opened the small notebook, turned to a blank page, and wrote:

Some things are probably different from what I thought.

Life is not a movie after all. Otherwise, I'd better go home first.

Early the next morning, I got up quietly and went online to check the return OPEN (indefinite date) ticket in the round-trip ticket that I had already bought, and sent an email to the airline to confirm a return date.

Just finished her work, Jing Hao received a call from Mayo. After not being in touch for a while, Mayo said she might come back to work at Oxford next term.

On the phone, Mayo inadvertently said that he had heard that Harry had been diagnosed with throat cancer many years ago, and it had recently recurred.

Jing Hao was startled: "How is this possible?" Isn't it good? It was fine the day before, I saw him! Besides, he doesn't smoke either, so how can he get throat cancer? ”

But Mayo was sure and said to her, "It must be true, I just heard about it!" ”

Jing thought about it, could it be that the Asian woman also went to visit him after knowing the news?

Jing Hao suddenly lost his mind, packed his backpack, and planned to go to Harry's office immediately, hoping to meet Harry. The road passed by the path of Gippslan, and she walked one foot deeper and one foot shallow.

Surprisingly, Harry was actually in the office! Jing Hao calmed down, pretended to be calm and told him that she had come to say goodbye to him this time, and that she would return to China in about two weeks.

I don't want Harry to be euphemistic, but I very much hope that she will stay for a while, even if it is a few weeks, or preferably a month, and wait for the results of the essay to be released before leaving, so that the two of them can have more "private time".

Jing Hao's heart moved. The master's thesis is ultimately submitted to a review committee to decide on the score. So, perhaps, Harry thinks that from the moment she submits her dissertation, their relationship can be a little easier and looser? So, he also spoke a little more casually? - Jing Hao guessed.

But his illness? Could it be that he said such things because his days were running out?

As the two talked, Harry covered his mouth with several tissues, as if he was having trouble breathing, and his face was haggard.

Jing Hao thought about Mayo's "throat cancer", "recurrence", and "not good", but she didn't dare to ask him, "How is your body?" "He didn't take the initiative to say it, it should be that he didn't want to say it.

Jing Hao couldn't bear to disappoint Harry, so she pretended to be indifferent and said: "Of course I can stay for a while longer, anyway, after the paper is handed in, there are still some other things to do, and another one, I still want to rest for a few days, travel, and have fun, otherwise I won't have a chance in the future......"

Coming out of Harry's office, Jing Hao trotted all the way to the computer room, and quickly went online to change the return ticket that had just reserved a seat to OPEN with an uncertain date. Because the mobile phone screen is small and the words and numbers are too small, she is afraid of operating mistakes, and she is still used to operating on a large computer when booking and changing tickets.

On the small chat window of the website, she left a message with the airline's online customer service, saying apologizing and explaining that she had mistimed, which was really sorry. The customer service was very polite and said it didn't matter, it was only a few hours, but next time it can't be like this, you can only change it once.