Shen Jialan has seen Duan Yixi countless times, coquettish, funny, quiet, well-behaved, pure, and considerate...... Duan Yixi and Shen Jialan have seen all kinds of people and all sides, but they have never seen him look so solemn.

Duan Yixi's solemnity infected Shen Jialan, and she unconsciously sat up straight, and even her breathing couldn't help but hold her breath.

"You ......"

"I ......"

Duan Yixi pinched the handle of the cup stiffly, his fingertips turned slightly white from the exertion, but he was unconscious, and he was trying to consider his words.

He never imagined that when it was time to confess, he would be so nervous that he couldn't even speak.

Although long before he came, Duan Yixi had copied such scenes countless times.

……

"What's wrong?"

Seeing that Duan Yixi wanted to speak and stopped, Shen Jialan, who couldn't wait for the following, couldn't help but tilt her head and couldn't help but ask out loud.

It was also this question that made his heart beat violently like a drum, and even Duan Yixi, whose palms were trembling and trembling, slowly stared at Shen Jialan's face.

Just met her concerned gaze, Duan Yixi was slightly stunned.

Shen Jialan's face in front of her slowly overlapped with her face when she was a child.

The memories that had been hidden in his heart had already been recalled countless times, and because of this, they resurfaced, like yellowed pages on the edges, slowly spreading out in front of him, so that Duan Yixi was caught off guard.

"You said your name is Xiaoxi, right? You stand here obediently and don't run around, and don't walk with people casually, I'll come and pick you up in a moment, okay? ”

The little Shen Jialan lowered her head and touched the glutinous rice dumplings that were smaller than her, so that she could not reach her chest, and her voice was gentle.

At that time, Duan Yixi was only three years old, with small arms and short legs, and could only look up at her, and the tears on her white and soft face had not yet dried. Hearing Shen Jialan say this, he hiccups and cried, but he didn't forget to grab the corner of her clothes with his hand, and asked timidly, "Will you really come back to me?" What will I do if you don't come back? Will there be another bad guy who will take me away, like the bad woman from yesterday? ”

As he spoke, he cautiously raised his eyes to look at her, his fawn-clear eyes full of fear: "I forgot the way home, and I forgot the names of my parents, I only remember you now." Little sister, standing here alone, I'm afraid. ”

Duan Yixi said, as if to show his fear, he clenched Shen Jialan's sleeves tighter.

Looking at Duan Yixi like this, Shen Jialan was a little helpless.

She's only nine years old, what can she do?

But even if she thought so in her heart, she still patiently comforted: "Okay, I won't abandon you, the young lady just has one thing to do, and she will come back in a while, you are obediently waiting for me here, okay?" ”

"Well, if you don't believe it," Shen Jialan said, taking off the pendant around her neck and putting it on for him, "I'll give this to you." It's important to me, I'll give it to you, you can protect it, and when I come back, will you give it back to me? ”

Shen Jialan said so seriously that she couldn't refuse, even if she was reluctant, Duan Yixi could only twist her lips, watch her tear the corners of her clothes little by little, watch her smile at herself, and then slowly walked out of her sight.

Duan Yixi waited there for a long, long time.

He didn't know exactly how long it was.

All he knew was that it was raining that day, and he was huddled in the phone booth, shivering from the cold.

And when he saw her again, Shen Jialan disappeared in the crowd.

Before he could be rejoiced, a man in a police uniform appeared with his parents: "This is the lost child who someone reported to me on the phone, and after comparing the simulated portrait of the whistleblower in the bureau, I feel a bit like the child you reported missing two days ago......"

……

Duan Yixi was taken away by his parents.

They found him weeping with joy, and weeping silently when they hugged him.

But in addition to being happy, Duan Yixi's eyes couldn't help but look at the people in the crowd who were quietly looking at him and smiling slightly.

"Little sister."

Duan Yixi wanted to push away from his parents' arms, and wanted to tell his parents that she helped them find him; I want his parents to bring her back with her. But he had no way to push them away, he could only be held in his arms by them, as if the lost treasure was kissed over and over again, without giving him any chance to speak.

In Duan Yixi's staring gaze, he saw Shen Jialan smiling and waving his hand at him, saying a word, and then slowly turning around and leaving.

The drizzle and the cold wind hit her body, and compared to herself who found her family, her back looked pitiful.

"Xiaoxi, you're scared to death of your mother! How can you run around alone? Do you know that my mother is about to die of worry, and her tears are about to dry up in the past two days! For the first time, her mother, who had always been noble and elegant, ignored her manners and reserves, shed tears outside, and hugged her tightly.

"Mom's ......"

Looking at Shen Jialan, who turned to leave, Duan Yixi suddenly panicked.

He began to push his mother desperately: "It was a young lady who saved me, and she was lost, can you ...... her?" can you take her back with you...... I want to give you all to her......

Duan Yixi said anxiously, but slowly stopped, because there was no longer her shadow in front of her.

She walked so fast that she finally ran away.

"What's wrong?"

It was probably Duan Yixi's anxiety that came too strongly, and his mother, who was immersed in the surprise of losing and regaining, couldn't help but let go of him, and said patiently and gently: "What did Xiao Xi just say?" Which young lady saved you? ”

Hearing this, Duan Yixi's eyelashes drooped slightly, and his small mouth deflated aggrievedly: "No." ”

Swindler.

said that they would come back to him, but they left him behind.

He hasn't returned her pendant to him yet!

At that time, Duan Yixi didn't know that Shen Jialan's turn was parting, but his heart still felt sad and reluctant.

Probably because it was an obsession, it was originally just a shallow hazy memory when he was a child, but he has been holding on to it for so many years. Even the pendant she gave him to appease him, he had always loved more than the treasure.

……

For a long time, Duan Yixi, who had been withdrawn from his memories, calmed himself down a little by drinking coffee, adjusted his state, and tried his best to make himself look natural and confident, not so nervous.

Duan Yixi has actually been a little lacking in confidence in front of Shen Jialan.

is no better than Tang Yuyan, the age difference between him and Shen Jialan is six years old.

Therefore, Duan Yixi also knew that he had always been a little brother in Shen Jialan's eyes. He has always wanted to change this image in front of Shen Jialan, but it seems to be deep-rooted.

In addition to this reason, he is too immature. Duan Yixi, who was before today, didn't even know if he could make Shen Jialan live a good life. Therefore, even though he had found Shen Jialan a long time ago, he had always tried hard to be patient with himself, and he did not dare to confess his heart to her.

Before meeting Shen Jialan, Duan Yixi actually didn't have much ambition for the entertainment industry. Even most of the reason why he entered the entertainment industry was just to stand on TV and let Shen Jialan see him, but he didn't expect that he would find her faster before she saw herself.

And later, he still chose to enter this circle, and it was only because this was the only way that he could have more opportunities to appear in front of her. That's all.

But when they really met, Duan Yixi actually didn't dare to get close.

He was afraid that he was too young to shelter her from the wind and rain, and he could not do the good life that the other half could provide her.

I'm afraid that I don't have the ability to make her happy.

When he couldn't rely on his own ability to give her happiness, he didn't dare to show his heart.

But what I'm most afraid of is that I can't become a man she can rely on in her eyes, and just an existence like a younger brother.

So many times, Duan Yixi resisted the urge to confess.

He didn't want to confess to her rashly when he wasn't ready for anything.

I don't want to scare her, for fear that because of my own impulsiveness, I won't even have friends in the end.

But now it's different.

is no longer an entertainment novice who just entered the entertainment industry a year ago, and now he has his own ability. What men older than him can do, he can do, and he will not lose to them.

Duan Yixi thought so, and looked at Shen Jialan's eyes couldn't help but soften more and more, and his originally nervous heart slowly calmed down at this moment.

"I bought you a Christmas present, and I haven't had a chance to give it to you before." Duan Yixi answered Shen Jialan's question, the corners of his mouth picked slightly, and he smiled faintly.

As he spoke, he took out the necklace that he had been keeping in his pocket.

The pendant that Shen Jialan gave him back then had long been slowly aged due to more than ten years of wear, and in order to commemorate, Duan Yixi specially asked a big-name jewelry store to recreate a new one according to the pendant, and remade a necklace with platinum.

It can be said that the necklace in Duan Yixi's hand at the moment and the one he has worn around his neck for more than ten years can be regarded as a couple's model.

"I hope you like it."

Duan Yixi said, placing the necklace in the small box on the table.

At this moment, he raised his head, the brim of his hat no longer covered his eyes, and he looked at Shen Jialan's eyes as if he could drip water, with undisguised affection.

However, Shen Jialan seemed to have been electrocuted, with a little disbelief in her eyes.

She didn't expect that Duan Yixi would have such thoughts about her.

In her heart, he has always been a little brother, an object that can be cared for and loved.

"Yixi ......" Shen Jialan subconsciously interrupted Duan Yixi, stopped him from continuing to speak, hurriedly put himself in his position, and held the Christmas gift that he had just bought in a hurry on the side of the road: "This is my Christmas gift for you." ”

Shen Jialan said, smiling a little reluctantly.

And following her outstretched hand, Duan Yixi clearly saw her bare wrist.

The fair-skinned, delicate and smooth wrist like milk tofu carries a bracelet.

The bracelet is in the sunlight, and the diamonds are shining faintly, but it is a couple's model.

Duan Yixi, who was about to confess with a smile on his face, lost the blood on his face in an instant.