"Turn right when you go out, and there is a blue sign store on the right side of the road, and everything is quite complete there." With that, he walked around Tom with the laundry tub and walked to the back room.

Tom quickly reached out and grabbed Alice's arm, "But it's the first time I've come here, and I don't know the place well, and I don't understand the foreigners' speech. If you are deceived, I don't know, can you take me there? ”

Alice turned around impatiently, and was about to say a few words to him, but for some reason, in the face of Tom's pitiful eyes, she couldn't say the words of refusal.

When she went out to the convenience store, Alice stopped at the door and said to the man, "Go ahead, I'll wait for you at the door." Tom thought about it, still afraid that she would go away on her own, so he shoved his wallet into her hand, turned and plunged into the shelves.

At the checkout, Tom looked at Alice, who was elegantly communicating with the cashier in English, and his heart softened again as if it had melted. Out of the convenience store, Tom smiled and said to Alice, "I'm really bothering you." Seeing that you haven't eaten yet, why don't I invite you to dinner? ”

Alice didn't look back and said, "I didn't do anything, just lead the way by the way, it's useless, and I've already cooked the meal, you're welcome." With that, he walked back quickly. Tom looked at Alice's back and unconsciously smiled again. He just felt like he had laughed more in that short day than he had in a year.

In the evening, in the dead of night, Alice arranged everything, closed the gate and locked it lightly, and walked around the yard again, and after confirming that everything was correct, the nerves that had been tense for a day finally relaxed. Entering the kitchen, a bottle of wine and a wine glass from the top cabinet were gently ascended to the rooftop.

The moon is as cool as water, and Alice's heart is extraordinarily quiet. She poured wine and drank quietly, cleaning up her messy thoughts. The man of the day came to mind again. That inexplicable feeling made her puzzled, but she couldn't find the slightest idea, which made her extremely resentful.

And at this moment, Tom, who saw the woman on the roof in the window, had quietly followed, trying not to make any movement. But Alice had already seen the people coming behind from the shadow on the ground, and thought that the door was unlocked and the bad guy had come in, so her nervous heart rose to her throat, and she quietly put down her wine glass, secretly accumulated strength, and suddenly turned around with a punch.

Tom shouted in a low voice and squatted on the ground with his arms covered, Alice panicked when she saw the comer, and hurriedly squatted down to help Tom up, "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, I thought it was a thief and robber, I didn't know it was you." Tom felt Alice holding him warm, forgot about the pain for a while, and pulled out a far-fetched laugh, "You... You have so much strength now. ”

Alice smiled embarrassedly, "I've learned sanda and self-defense for a few months, and I'm quite savvy, and it's okay to fight with people..." ”

As he spoke, he lifted Tom's sleeve and saw that his arm was already red and swollen. The strength of his punch is really not small. Alice was apologetic, "I'm really sorry, I... Why don't you go downstairs with me, and I'll put some medicine on you." "Tom would be happy to spend more time alone with Alice.

Alice took out the medicine box from the cupboard and drugged Tom. Tom, irritated by the pungent smell of the potion, frowned. Alice looked at Tom's swollen arm, and the apology in her heart grew stronger. Putting away the medicine box, he hesitated for a moment and said, "Well, why don't I find a piece of ice for you to compress, and by the way, please drink something, you can feel better." ”

Tom looked at the considerate woman in front of him and said with a smile, "It's okay, it's not that fragile." I don't need ice, but if I want to drink, I can't ask for it. ”

Alice let Tom go to the roof first, went into the kitchen by herself, took out a good bottle of whiskey, and took another glass, and after thinking about it, she couldn't bear to take an ice pack, wrapped it in a towel, and went to the rooftop.

Tom took the wine bottle and glass from Alice's hand, watched the woman put the ice pack on his arm, and smiled, "You're still so considerate." Alice looked at him and frowned slightly, "You knew me before?" ”

The man smiled, noncommittal, poured a glass of wine for Alice, picked up the glass himself, touched it lightly, and drank it all. Alice shook her glass, stunned as she watched the moonlight shine on the wine. After a while, I felt the man's gaze, thought about it, and said, "As soon as we meet today, you call my wife, is it because your wife looks very similar to me, what's wrong with her?" ”

Tom looked at her, his eyes deep and hot, and slowly spoke, "She is the woman I love so much, I dreamed of spending the rest of my life with her, but I lost her a year ago. In the past year, I have been thinking about her every day, every minute and every second, and I have not been looking for news of her for a moment, but I just can't find her. I want to beg her forgiveness, I want her to stay with me forever. Each of the thousand futures I fantasize about has her existence, I can't live without her, and my world can't live without her. By the end, Tom's voice choked up.

Alice's gaze as she looked at Tom slowly softened. It turned out to be a man who was hurt by love, and the bad impression left by the reckless man in the day was swept away in an instant. She reached out and patted Tom's hand gently, picked up the glass and touched Tom's hand. "The world is big and small, and people who are destined to be together will always meet again. Don't be afraid, I'm sure you can find her, and as long as you don't give up, she will definitely come back to you again. I believe you. ”

Tom looked up at Alice's familiar smiling face, at her quiet, considerate smile. Why, he has confessed his heart so sincerely, why Alice still pretends to be a stranger with him.

Seeing Tom staring at him blankly, Alice thought that he was still sad, thought about it, and spoke again, "You went abroad this time, are you relaxing?" Job? Still is... To find her? Tom didn't know what to say. He wanted to say to her, yes, I'm just looking for you. How much he wanted to tell the woman in front of him how much he missed her in the past year. But he was afraid that this would anger Alice again and close the distance between the two again. Since she hadn't forgiven herself, since she was going to pretend to be a stranger, he was willing to atone for Alice in this way, as long as one day he could get Alice's forgiveness, as long as he could stay by her side, the rest really didn't matter.

Thinking of this, Tom smiled, picked up the wine glass and touched Alice back, "Drink the bar, don't mention this." The woman I love, I will definitely get it back. With that, he drank the wine in his glass again.