Chapter 226: The Man Who Hides in the Shadows
On Chinese New Year's Eve, Qin Yan felt strange when he got up in the morning, he sat on the bed for a while, and then seemed to suddenly remember something, took the mobile phone from the bedside table and flipped through the call records, very strange, there was no phone call in recent days, this calm made him feel a little hairy in his heart.
There was a pleasant jingling sound of dishes colliding in the living room, Qin Yan patted his head, put aside this strange feeling for the time being, scooped up his pajama pants and put them on neatly, and then stood up and walked out of the bedroom.
"Why do you wake up so early?"
Seeing the hot porridge, side dishes and pancakes that Wen Wen had placed on the table, Qin Yan knew that she must have been busy for almost an hour.
"Anyway, we're already awake, so let's just get up and make breakfast. Go brush your teeth and wash your face, the pancakes won't taste good when they're cold. With a warm smile, he pushed Qin Yan, who was leaning over, to the door of the bathroom, and then returned to the dining table and put the dishes and chopsticks of the two of them in the appropriate position. Then he sat down and waited quietly for Qin Yan to come over.
In fact, my wish is very simple, to have a husband who loves me, to have a lovely child, to get up every morning like this and make breakfast by myself, and then the family eats together around the table, and lives a happy and quiet life with husband and children. That's what I made on my twentieth birthday, but I wonder if that person could be you?
When Qin Yan was washing his face and brushing his teeth in the bathroom, he sat at the dining table and quietly thought about the wish he had made before.
After breakfast, the two of them had nothing to do, so they decided to go shopping on the street. No matter how you say it's the New Year, the atmosphere at this time must not be comparable to usual.
"I don't know if Xiaoxi has talked to her mother, and she hasn't come to us in the last few days." Warmly holding Qin Yan's arm (she likes to hold him like this as long as he is outside recently), when they walked out of the community, the two looked at the children who were jumping back and forth in the open space downstairs, and their mood was indescribably comfortable.
"It doesn't matter if she talks about it or not, it has nothing to do with us." Qin Yan put his hands in his trouser pockets, twisted his face to look at the warmth, and said, "Why do you always ask about other people's things, this is not like your style!" ”
Wen Wen smiled and said, "What style do I have?" ”
Qin Yan pursed his lips and didn't speak, and when he walked near the gate of the community, he suddenly stopped, then turned his head and glanced around sharply.
"What's wrong?" Wen Wen asked strangely.
Qin Yan shook his head, squinted his eyes and stared at a place, and didn't speak for a long time.
"Let's go," Qin Yan turned around and continued to walk out the door with warmth.
"Is there anything like that?" Wen Wen knew that Qin Yan could see ghosts, so when such a strange thing happened and couldn't be explained by logic, she would unconsciously think about it.
"No, I just think it's weird."
"What's the blame?"
"It always feels like someone is following us."
"Huh?" Wen Wen was startled, and turned her head to look behind almost reflexively.
"Don't look at it, you can't see it. However, it is also possible that I am suspicious. After Qin Yan finished speaking, he took his left hand out of his trouser pocket, held a warm hand instead, and walked out of the gate of the community.
Because there is no destination, the two of them will see wherever they go, and when they come across snacks that look good, they will buy them and taste them; When you see which game console has few people in front of you, you can put in coins to play a few games......
Qin Yan was very happy with Wen Wen on the surface, and he seemed to have a lot of fun, but only he knew in his heart that the feeling of being followed and even peeping was getting stronger and stronger, but it was very strange that when he wanted to calm down and look for that person, he didn't have any direction. The person hiding in the shadows is like an invisible speck of dust in the air, it can easily watch your every move, but when you look back to look for it, you can't find it.
This kind of thing, for Qin Yan, is the first time in his life.
"I heard that the milk tea here is very good, let's go in and have a drink." Wen Wen raised his hand and pointed to the small shop in front of him that said "bit by bit", and turned his head to look at Qin Yan.
"Aren't you not fond of drinking milk tea?"
"Try it once in a while."
After asking for two cups of plain milk tea and a plate of egg tarts, the two sat down at a round table in the corner.
Wen Wen took a big sip full of hope, and then her whole face wrinkled strangely, she pushed the milk tea away a little from her front of her, pouted and said, "It's really unpalatable." ”
"Hey, if you have spent money, you have to drink it if it is unpleasant, you said you want to taste it."
"Don't,"
"Waste."
"Then I'll give you a drink, and it's not a waste."
"I don't drink it, it's so bad!"
"Hey......"
The two smiled and pushed two cups of milk tea to the middle of the table, each ate an egg tart, and asked for two cups of black tea, then turned their heads and observed with interest the endless flow of pedestrians on the street through the glass.
"Liu Yimao,"
Wen Wen and Qin Yan shouted almost at the same time, and at a distance of about five meters from "Drip", Liu Yimao was very funny holding a pink marshmallow and followed behind a girl.
"This grandson has recently changed sex? How do I remember seeing him with this girl last month, which is not very common! Qin Yan glanced at the girl wearing a cartoon sweatshirt with a baby face, it was very strange that Liu Yimao had insisted on it for a month this time, no, it was probably more than two months.
"Does he change girlfriends often?" Wen Wen asked strangely.
"Not often, very often. Damn, he's also in......" Qin Yan stared at Liu Yimao's figure, and kept seeing him walk into "Didbit", and then walked to the counter, and then seemed to ask for two cups of milk tea, but fortunately, he took it away, so he was lucky to not find the two classmates sitting in the corner who didn't want to greet him.
"Hey, you said last time that Liu Yimao recruited that thing, is there still it now?" Wen Wen leaned in the direction where Qin Yan was sitting and asked in a low voice.
"No, it's over." As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Yan seemed to think of something, raised his head and went to pursue Liu Yimao's figure, the girl who was with him was standing not far away and waiting for him, Liu Yimao handed over the milk tea in his hand, and when the girl turned her face, Qin Yan looked carefully, sure enough, she looked like a person!
After watching Liu Yimao and his girlfriend gradually walk away, Qin Yan suddenly caught a glimpse of a black shadow flashing in the corner of his eyes, he stood up and walked out of the "bit by bit", inspected the direction where Liu Yimao left, and then turned around to look around again, and after half a sound, he released the clenched fists of his hands, and sighed in annoyance in his heart.
If you have a special kind, you will never let me find out, otherwise Lao Tzu will definitely abolish you!
"What's wrong?" Wen Wen chased out of the store, looked at Qin Yan very strangely, and asked, "What did you find?" ”
Qin Yan shook his head and said, "Nothing." ”
"But I've never seen you so nervous, isn't this person very powerful?"
Qin Yan touched his face and said, "Am I nervous?" ”
Wen Wen nodded, "At least I've never seen you like this." ”
"Hehe, it's okay, maybe I've been overthinking a little bit lately. Don't worry, it's fine. Qin Yan patted his warm shoulder comfortingly and asked, "Where do you want to play next?" ”
"I'm not going anywhere, let's go home," Wen Wen grabbed Qin Yan's arm as usual, but unlike before, both hands were hugged tighter than before.
Qin Yan didn't say a word, and walked in the direction where they were coming and going together with warm steps.
When I returned to Emerald Butterfly Bay, it was just one o'clock in the afternoon, today's sunshine was very good, there was no wind, the air was also good, it was a rare good weather in winter, so in the flower beds of the community, benches, fitness equipment, in short, where there is sunshine and can sit in the place, there are always three or three or two or old or young or male or female, while basking in the sun, while comfortably watching the children not far away playing and making trouble.
Qin Yan had seen most of these people and knew that they were residents of the community, and of course, he would not suspect that the people who were following him would be hidden in this group of people. It's just that the uncomfortable feeling that arises today inevitably makes him want to be suspicious when he sees people.
"What day are you going to go?"
Now that she has gone home, Wen Wen plans to wrap the dumplings she will eat at night, and she asks Qin Yan who is standing next to her while making noodles.
"Tomorrow night, okay?"
Wen Wen lowered her head and thought about it, and asked in a slightly low voice, "Can I go with you?" ”
Come with me?
Hearing this, Qin Yan was stunned, he blinked his eyes a few times and opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to reply to her. In other words, how to euphemistically refuse warmth. Because of that place, he really can't just bring people in.
"I'm kidding, don't take it seriously."
didn't hear Qin Yan's answer, Wen Wen lowered his head and smiled self-deprecatingly, and then rubbed it a few times.
"It's not that I don't want to, it's ......."
"Didn't I say that? I'm kidding. Wen Wen interrupted Qin Yan's explanation, and then turned around and went to get the dumpling filling without a sound.
In the following time, the room was surprisingly quiet, Qin Yan occasionally wanted to find a topic to talk about, but when he saw the warm and cold side face, he really didn't know what to say. It was a stalemate until six o'clock in the evening, and Qin Yan really couldn't stand it.
"Grandma, can we say something?"
Wen Wen raised his head, and there was no trace of waves in his indifferent eyes at this time, and his mouth gently opened and closed a word, "Okay." ”
Qin Yan leaned on the table in frustration and said, "I'll be back in four or five days, I promise, really." ”
Wen Wen looked at Qin Yan motionlessly, half a sound, and continued to eat dumplings with his head down without saying a word.
"Actually, the two of us are not like ordinary men and women in love at all, there is no passion." Wen Wen looked up at Qin Yan and continued word by word: "I always thought that my psychological age was too old, so ordinary boys were not suitable for me at all, and of course, I never thought that I would fall in love with ordinary boys of the same age. But you're different, we've known each other since childhood, and we know each other, no, in fact, you know me, but for you, I can't understand it. The two of us are naturally together, but I always feel that you are with me to fulfill a kind of responsibility, I don't know if this feeling is right, but I can be sure, this is not love. ”
Qin Yan looked at the warm eyes, he was thinking, what is passion? What is love?
"Qin Yan, while you are going back, let's all think about it, if you really feel that being with me is a responsibility, then, I can tell you now, there is no need at all. Seven days, no, ten days, ten days, and if you figure it out in the meantime, come back to me; If you don't come back, the two of us are just ordinary friends from now on. ”
When the day comes, I will choose not to do even ordinary friends. Wen Wen silently thought about this unspoken sentence in her heart, because I am already in love with you......