Saying goodbye to the stone mother, I looked at the time and it was already ten o'clock at dusk. I took advantage of the darkness to call a taxi to the north of the city where I had signed the land, and I wanted to see what this land that had changed my whole life was like now!

The taxi soon arrived, and I finally saw the land, which was no longer the barren grass it used to be, but a row of tall buildings.

The land was built from west to east, and several residential complexes have already been completed in the west, and judging from the bright lights, most of them have already been inhabited, which is probably the first phase of construction.

The second phase of the project has also been completed, and the living facilities can probably be put on sale after a few improvements, and further east is the construction under construction. It was the end of the day, and all the workers passed by him, but no one noticed my presence.

Although the machines have been turned off at this moment, the large construction equipment and dozens of towering tower cranes can be seen in the hot scene of the day.

I couldn't help but feel a little dazzling when I saw the huge Hongji real estate banner hanging on the building outside! I feel uncomfortable for no reason! The workers around them talked and laughed and left, but I am afraid that no one knows how the land under their feet came to be in the first place!

I stood for a long time, and finally turned around when the sunset was dark!

From then on, everything here has nothing to do with me......

I think I should go and see the one to the east, this best brother of mine doesn't know how has changed over the years?

I don't think he should have been to the bar at this time! So he took a taxi to Xiangdong's house.

As I thought, Xiang Dong was really at home, and he was also stunned the moment he opened the door to see me, I looked at him with a smile, the corners of his eyes twitched, neither of them spoke, and a few seconds later he suddenly opened his arms and hugged me tightly.

My thin figure looked a little weak in his broad embrace, and the man was as true as ever, for I felt his arms tremble slightly.

It took a long time for him to let go of me, blink a few times and pull me into the room.

I saw a little boy of three or four years old sitting on the floor of the living room, watching SpongeBob SquarePants on the TV intently, unaware of a stranger coming to the house.

"It's so big to the south!" I looked at the chubby Xiang Nan and said to Xiang Dong.

Xiang Dong smiled silently and said, "Yes! You've been in for a few years, and I think he's still an infant child! ”

"Where's Megumi?" I saw that there was no sign of her wife in the house, so I asked.

"Went on a tour! This loser's has recently become obsessed with travel and hasn't been back for a while! Xiang Dong said helplessly.

Xiang Dong focused his gaze on my face again, and he said in a somewhat sad tone: "The days inside are very difficult! What's the matter with the wound on your face? ”

I smiled slightly and said, "No matter how difficult the days are, can you still survive people to death?" Didn't I come out! When I was working in the smelter, I accidentally got rubbed by the steel bar, and it was no big deal! ”

Xiang Dong was silent, looking at the ceiling and just sighing.

"I can probably guess the reason why you refused to visit you since you went in, but why didn't you even tell me when you got out of prison?" Looking eastward, I was slightly reproached.

I sighed, "Now that you know why I'm refusing to visit, you can guess what I'm afraid of!" I'll meet the people I should see, and I think it's better not to meet the people I shouldn't! ”

Xiang Dong also sighed and didn't speak for a long time.

"I've come to you this time because I want to ask you for help!" I said.

"If you have something, just say it, we don't have to beat around the bush!" To the east.

I hesitated for a moment, but finally said, "Such as."

If you can...... Can you lend me 100,000 dollars? ”

Xiang Dong barely thought about it, patted me on the shoulder, got up and went to the back room.

When he came out again, he had two stacks of money in his hand, bundled with 100 yuan.

"This is the bar's turnover these days, I haven't had time to save it, you can take it!" Xiang Dong put the money in front of me.

I was a little moved in my heart, and at the same time a little kicked!

"You better discuss it with Xiaohui! After all, it's not a small amount! "I said! This is what I say in my heart, after all, brothers belong to brothers, but brothers' women probably can't understand the feelings between men, and I'm afraid it will bring unnecessary conflicts between them.

"No, I can call the shots with this money! Xiaohui, that woman, you know, her nerves are bigger than me, she has never had any concept of money, and even if she knew it, she would not object, you can rest assured! Xiang Dong said in the affirmative.

I settled down a little, took the stack of money in my hand and said solemnly to Xiang Dong: "I may ...... this money Didn't pay you back so quickly! "I'm a little hesitant, but I have to make things clear, or I'd rather not borrow.

Xiang Dong smiled indifferently: "You and my brother, don't say that I can take out a mere 100,000 yuan, even if I can't take it out, I will borrow it from you, take it and use it!" ”

Although I was deeply moved by Xiang Dong's words, I didn't show it, and I knew that with what I knew about him, he would do it! The words of thanks seemed to be raw, and I only said silently in my heart: Thank you, brother!

Xiang Dong and I talked a little more about what had happened to each other over the years, but most of them were Xiang Dong, and I only briefly talked about my life in prison.

From Xiang Dong's words, I know that Xiang Dong has made a lot of money over the years, although the bar has been open, he has rarely managed it, and he has shifted his focus to other aspects. According to him, he has made a lot of money from stock speculation over the years, and has bought a property on Jianye Road, which has nearly tripled in a few years, and the house price is still rising.

He also rented a studio and started his own company, specializing in selling second-hand real estate, and he could also have a pretty good income.

He now stops driving his Toyota SUV and buys a Mercedes premium sedan.

Through his narration, I understand that Xiang Dong has changed a lot, although his righteous and arrogant personality is still the same as before, but he is obviously more like a rich man.

This can't help but make me feel happy for him and a little sad at the same time, making me feel that I am no longer qualified to be friends with him!

Everyone around me seems to be at the top of their lives, and I am going against them, making me feel so lonely......

"Dongzi ......" In the brief silence after Xiang Dong finished speaking, I still asked about the matter that I wanted not to mention again.

She ...... How's she doing? "I think now that I've made up my mind to get out of here, even a little bit of news about her probably won't make a difference. I know that what I want is probably a peace of mind, and if all is well, I will be happy for her, and even if not, I will not have any more hopes......

Xiang Dong's expression became melancholy when he heard my question, and he was silent for a long time without speaking.

After a while, he slowly got up and went to the drawer of the TV cabinet and took out an old mobile phone, he opened the phone, opened a video folder, handed it to me and said, "You can see for yourself, I'll go get you something to eat!" He went to the kitchen.

I think there is probably the answer I want in this video, and I am afraid that I will give me a private space to go away, and some things will have to be digested by myself.

I clicked on the folder and found that there was only one video file in it.

The video is like a wedding scene, the scene is outside on a green grass, the wedding is

Western-style, because there is a huge doorway made of flowers in front of the video, and in front of it is a guest seat arranged on the left and right, and the angle of the video shooting is taken from this guest seat.

The video screen is quite shaky, and it looks like a person is holding a mobile phone to shoot, but the picture is very clear.

Soon a woman in a wedding dress appeared in the picture holding a man's arm, the woman was Mu Xichun, and the man was her father Mu Zhongren.

Mu Zhongren took his daughter to another man, and then handed his daughter's hand to this man, who was Ah Wei.

The moment I saw Mu Xichun's face clearly, although I had expected it, there was still a sharp pain in my heart, which made me almost can't help but breathe rapidly!

At the beginning of the wedding, the pastor stood in front of the stage and said the seemingly sacred question: ...... Ms. Mu Xichun, are you willing to stay by Mr. Xu Jiawei's side for the rest of your life, regardless of poverty, wealth, illness, and health?

Mu Xichun said expressionlessly: I am willing.

After a few times I was willing, the pastor asked Ah Wei the same question again.

Ah Wei replied with a happy face, I do. When the pastor finished asking the last question and was about to announce that the two were officially married with the blessing of Jesus Christ, Mu Xichun suddenly stepped forward to interrupt the pastor's words.

She turned her face and asked Ah Wei, "Will you really love me for the rest of your life?" Ah Wei held Mu Xichun's hand and said, "Of course! ”

Mu Xichun asked again: "If I get old, will you still love me?" ”

"Of course!"

"If I get ugly, will you love me too?"

"Of course!"

……

I can't take it anymore! I turned off my phone with a snap, and I only felt a pain in my heart, as if the blood in my heart instantly coagulated, making me feel sad like suffocation.

Until this moment I finally couldn't fool myself, I still loved her deeply, I thought that a few years of time had made me gradually forget this feeling, but now I realized that I was just using the ashes of time to cover up that string, and now it was just a slight pluck, and instantly buzzed and vibrated again.

It turns out that I have never forgotten her? Even for a moment?

But what does it matter? Isn't that exactly what I wanted! Why am I still sad......

The tears that had not been shed for several years finally fell from my sunken eye sockets the moment I saw Mu Xichun's words to Ah Wei, and only one drop of my eye socket dried up, and I knew that I would have no tears from now on......

It seems that Xiang Dong still understands me, and knows that I need a space to be alone at the moment, so that I can buffer the sadness in my heart, and then clean up my feelings, so that I can understand that I will go alone in the future life......

The sound of stir-frying came from the kitchen, and SpongeBob SquarePants was fighting wits with Mr. Krabs on TV, and Xiang Nan unconsciously clapped his little hands and watched it very fascinated.

I got up and glanced at the back of Xiang Nan's head, since I came in, the kid hadn't turned his head to let me see his face, I wanted to go to the front of him to see his appearance, and I was afraid that my face would scare him, so I gently picked up the canvas bag that I brought out of prison on my side, put the money in the bag and quietly went out!

The phone lay quietly on the coffee table, and years later when I picked it up again, I realized what I had missed......

Walking on the road, my chaotic heart gradually returned to calm, from calm to desolate again!

I already know everything I want to know, I already know what I don't want to know, and now only one last question remains to figure out!

Li Liang! My good friend, are you okay?