The wall clock was ticking, and I didn't fall asleep, and when it was almost twelve o'clock, I heard the sound of the courtyard door opening, and I sat up straight with my body holding the box, and listened attentively, and after a while, I seemed to hear footsteps gradually approaching along the corridor—

Inexplicably clenched my fists, I carefully put the box to the side, barefoot on the ground, standing in front of the door but listening to the footsteps at the door, suddenly paused, held my breath, I gently, put my hand on the doorknob, the air, quiet as if frozen......

One second, two seconds, three seconds, outside the door, there was a faint 'click' sound.

It was the sound of a lighter, I didn't open the door, I just stood in place, I knew that he was just outside the door, right at the door, but I didn't understand myself, why, didn't take the initiative to open the door.

He should be standing outside the door smoking, more than ten seconds later, I heard the rustling sound outside the door, and then, it was a long silence, pulled the corners of my mouth, I turned back and leaned against the door, I know, he was leaning on the door to sit on the ground, I can't tell the feeling, we are obviously very close, close, the distance of a door panel, but it is very far, far away, he would rather sit quietly outside the door, I don't want to take the initiative to open the door......

The 'click' sound will still sound, I sat in the door with my knees crossed and half-raised my face and counted quietly, "Two cigarettes ......"

"Three cigarettes are ......"

"Four ......"

"Five ......"

It was so quiet that I seemed to be clinging to his back, and I could even see him at the moment, sitting outside the door with a calm face and gloom to relieve my nerves in a masochistic way.

"Lu Pei, you should also let go of ......"

I muttered, but didn't make a sound, "Let it go, it won't be so painful......"

More than an hour later, I heard the sound of him getting up, and the footsteps gradually walked away outside the door, if I opened the door now, I might still see his elongated shadow in the corridor, with a smile in his mouth, obviously relaxed, but heart, how could he still twitch and twist the pain here in Lu Pei.

I'm enlightened, I understand the white fox's delusion, but why, I'm still crying here in Lu Pei, who can tell me that this is the case again?

……

The next morning, Lu Pei still went out first when I went downstairs, I simply cleaned up and ushered in the dance teacher who Uncle Xu came to the door, in his early thirties, with a good temperament, and greeted me very politely after entering the door, and also called me Mrs. Lu.

"Do you want to start with the basics?"

"Nope."

I shook my head, took out my phone and turned up the music and looked at her, "This song, help me make a dance." ”

She listened carefully for a while, and I knew that the person Uncle Xu was looking for must be fine, and he must also be angry with Lu Pei about this matter, so professionally I don't have to worry about it at all.

"It's a white fox?"

She looked at me after the first few words, "I know this song." ”

I hummed, "Can you make a solo dance?" ”

She didn't hesitate, "No problem." ”

I laughed a little, "Don't be too hard. ”

"Don't worry."

Seeing her confidence, I was also happy, "Then I need me to give you a few days?" ”

"When does Mrs. Lu want to learn?"

"The sooner the better."

She thought for a moment, "In those two days, I will record it in the practice room and send it to you after I make it up, if you think it's okay, I'll teach you at home." ”

"Okay."

After the conversation was very happy, and sent her out, she glanced at the scenery in the courtyard and was a little envious, "Mrs. Lu, do you want to jump to show your husband." ”

"Hmm."

She smiled after getting into the car and turned her face to look at me, "With all due respect, although this song is poignant, the artistic conception is a little sad, and there is always a sense that you can't ask for it." ”

I nodded, "But this is my favorite song, let's learn this first, and later, if I have a more favorite song, I will have to trouble you." ”

"Don't say that, it's my pleasure to teach you."

Seeing that Uncle Xu started the car to see her off, I leaned in and added a little slyly, "The track should be kept secret, I want to surprise my husband." ”

"I understand."

She smiled and politely said goodbye to me, then raised the window and left.

I stayed in the courtyard for a while, the security guard at the door was still standing there like a god, trying to shield them, I walked to the corner and looked at those flower seedlings, the mobile phone rang from my pocket, and after answering, it was Qin Sen's voice, "Baosi, are you okay." ”

"That's good."

"I know about you, there's a lot of pressure on Lu Er's side, right?"

"Hey, it's nothing."

I pulled the green leaves on the small flower seedlings in my hand, and listened to Qin Sen continue to open his mouth over there, "Listen to the tone, you should be in a better state than I thought, what are you busy with." ”

"Look at the seedlings."

I squatted down and looked at the dwarf seedlings at the bottom of the wall, "Uncle Xu planted it for me, the name of this flower is that he said that Longsha Gem, climb the wall in the moon season, next year, it will climb all over the wall, it is white pink, especially beautiful...... It's a pity, this flower only blooms for one season, Uncle Xu said that Lu Er is very careful, and he also asked Uncle Xu to intersperse with other multi-season flower seedlings, so that next year, except for winter, I can see the flowers on the wall of the courtyard for more than three seasons! ”

"Lonza Gem?"

Qin Sen muttered over there, "I seem to have seen it, it's very suitable for you." ”

I smiled, "It's Lu Er who thinks it's right for me......"

It's pure.

I know the general name of this flower, and I also know that it is the Rosaceae family, but the name of this flower was specially checked on the Internet after Uncle Xu finished speaking, the dragon sand gem, the petals are white outside, and the heart is tender powder, like an ignorant girl, I think, in Lu Er's heart, I will always be the nineteen-year-old.

The one, crouching at his door, fell asleep, was woken up by the sound of his car horn, and then ran up to him, let him take me in, give me blood on my fingertips, and let him tutor me in my homework.

I used to think back to the past and always felt that it was all painful, and the deepest memory was that I broke down and cried downstairs in my own house, but now that I think back, it was all good days, I was like a fighter, and when I heard what the green-clothed fairy was, I recommended myself and forced Lu Pei to take me to exorcise evil spirits.

He obviously had a fever, but I was very excited, I felt that this was an opportunity for God to give me to play, I had a lot of chicken blood that year, because of my mother's beauty, because of Uncle Shen, I was pushed in front of Lu Er, and then I had to admit that I fell in love with him first.

Although he kept emphasizing that he was chasing me in the future, I always felt that it was me who confessed first, even five years later, it was I who forced Lu Er to comply.

It's all my initiative, so where is there any regret!

"It's a good fit."

Qin Sen's voice was soft, "Just know that you have adjusted well, otherwise, I can't rest assured." ”

"I'm fine, I'm fine now, are you working?"

"Well, then I'm going to continue to be busy here, if you have something, call me, don't stand up by yourself, I'll help you ......"

I soured my nose and nodded, "Okay." ”

Put down the phone and I also got the bamboo shelf that Uncle Xu built for the flowers on the wall for a while, and when I saw which one was loose, I found the pliers and tightened the wire, and I was doing it, Uncle Xu drove back, and as soon as he saw me working, he came to help me immediately, "Bao Si, I'll get it, why don't Mr. Qin sit for a while and leave." ”

"Who?"

I looked back at him, "Qin Sen." ”

"yes, I happened to pass by the car he was driving when I came back, didn't he come......"

I was stunned, "No." ”

Uncle Xu was a little puzzled, "Isn't that strange, what is Mr. Qin doing here for no reason, I thought he came to see you." ”

After thinking about it for a while, I understood, Qin Sen still kept the distance he was used to, and he didn't make much noise, and he went back to the house as soon as he made a sharp shelf.

I don't know what's wrong with my body, it's really getting heavier and heavier day by day, it's easy to get tired, I want to wait for Lu Pei to come back, but after eating and going upstairs for a while, my eyelids will fight, I don't know when I fell asleep, and when I opened my eyes again, he left again.

It's strange, isn't it, Uncle Xu said that Lu Pei came back every night, but we couldn't see each other.

"Bao Si, I told Mr. Lu that you have been in good shape recently, and he was very happy to hear it."

Uncle Xu's microphone is always done dutifully, I listened to it is a smile, the mobile phone received the video sent by the dance teacher, click on it and sit on the sofa and watch it slowly, she danced very beautifully, there are not too many professional movements, light jumping, spinning, are within the acceptable range of a layman like me, I watched very attentively, until the end, she stretched out her hand towards the camera, her eyes expressed a lot of complicated feelings, I still cried.

More sensibility.

I was very satisfied with her dance, so I called her over on the day she sent the video, and asked Uncle Xu to clean up a vacant big room on the third floor.

I'm a little afraid of being tired, I will rest for a while after studying, and I study for three hours every afternoon, from two to five o'clock, and when she leaves, I have to go back to my room to lie on my stomach after eating casually, and I really don't like to move.

Three days, it took a total of three days, I will dance this dance, but it is still a little jerky, for the first time, the complete dance is against this dance teacher, I am very devoted, the prop is just a white yarn, I spin not very soft, and the dance is not as light as hers, but after the dance, when I reached out to her, she actually cried......

I'm still a little embarrassed, saying I can't dance well.

She shook her head, "The most important thing for a dancer is to let people see her expression, you are not a professional, and I don't need to think about flexibility and strength and control, what I see is just your interpretation of this song, I am very moved......"

As she spoke, she wiped her tears, "However, I don't know why I'm moved, it's just very sad." ”

When she left, she was still saying, "Mrs. Lu, I hope that next time, I can choreograph a cheerful dance for you." ”

I nodded in agreement, walked to the yard and unconsciously tightened the scarf on my body, she keenly caught my small movements, turned her face to look at me and said, "It's September, the beach is hard, it will be very cold, Mrs. Lu, you don't have to send me, call me if you need to, go in, don't catch a cold." ”

"Okay, goodbye."

Uncle Xu sent her away, and when she came back upstairs, she still had a smile on her face, "Bao Si, you have only learned in three days." ”

"It sucks."

I took the white veil and turned back to Uncle Xu and said, "She also wants to give me some encouragement." ”

"What's the matter, she said you can learn quickly."

Uncle Xu stood in the room that had been converted into a practice room and was still looking around, "Bao Si, I'll ask the workers to add handrails to the wall, I see that there are handrails in her professional practice room, you like to dance, it's a good thing to have a hobby." ”

"Let's talk about it."

Dance?

I didn't even think that one day I would have something to do with these two words.

"That's what Mr. Lu meant."

Uncle Xu answered behind me, "You rest early at night, Mr. Lu heard that you are learning dance and come up to see it by himself every night, I think, he must be looking forward to your work, he will be very happy......"

I pulled the corners of my mouth and smiled, and went downstairs, my phone was still buzzing in my pocket, and I could probably guess who it was without looking at it, these days, the most diligent person who sent me text messages was probably Shen Mingya.

I went to take a shower first, and then I clicked on the phone after I was comfortable, it was a strange number, I was a little puzzled, the text message was opened, and there were only four words, 'I am Sun Fei.' ’

Sun Fei?

In addition to the text message, she also sent a picture, a screenshot of a text message, and the electronic booking information for the flight to Toronto three days later, but other than that, she didn't leave a word.

I glanced at it and threw it aside, and it didn't take long for Uncle Xu to knock on the door outside and tell me that Lu Pei would not come back tonight, "Bao Si, Mr. Lu said that he may have to go out these days, so the work has to be handled intensively, so that you don't have to wait for him." ”

"Okay."

I said yes without any expression, and there is no point in waiting, as if we haven't seen each other for a long time.

In my head, I don't want to think about anything more about Shen Mingya, she is very good at simmering over low heat, little by little, breaking down all the defenses in your heart, but I don't bother to remind her, I don't care if she cooks it or not.

If there is a difference between me and Shen Mingya, it is obvious that she has won.