Jian Lan left at four o'clock in the afternoon, the sun in the sky was still hot, and even the sound of cicadas was weak. It's early autumn, but it's better than the scorching heat of summer. The sun was shining brightly, as if it were about to scorch everything.

Trees have been planted in each yard on both sides of the alley, and the dense branches block the sunlight, and the old alley has become a shady path of its own.

The adults haven't gotten off work yet, the children haven't gotten out of school, and the alley is exceptionally quiet at the moment. Jian Yi sent her mother away, not wanting to go back to the courtyard, so she sat down on the stone steps at the door. The sky is light blue and cloudless. The cyan tiles on the roof reflect a blinding glow in the sunlight.

Occasionally, a neighbor walks by, and she smiles and says hello. After sitting stiffly, he got up and went to the vegetable market outside the alley to buy vegetables.

In the afternoon, the vegetable market has been lively, and it is rare to have river shrimp for sale, and the buyers have gathered in a circle. Jian Yi also went over to join in the fun, went up and lined up to buy a little. River shrimp is not often seen, in the past, when Aunt Qing was here, she liked to buy it every time she saw it, and it was fragrant when it was fried.

She lived alone and had to do everything herself, so she bought vegetables as usual, and bought some fresh fruits from this season, and then carried them home.

Her dinner alone was very simple, a stir-fried river prawn, cold okra, and cabbage tofu soup. In the evening, she added corn kernels and cooked them together, which was sweet and fragrant.

Outside, the twilight is four, and the breeze is gentle in the small courtyard. Zhou Qi came in from outside, and at a glance he saw Jian Yi sitting at the dining table. Before she had even started to eat, she filled a small bowl of soup and drank it slowly with a spoon. It was probably a little hot, and she had to pause every time she drank a spoonful.

Zhou Qi stood quietly at the door for a while, and the dim light stretched his shadow long. It wasn't until Jane casually looked back at him that he walked in from outside.

He probably had just returned from a party, and he smelled of cigarettes with him. He tossed his coat aside and asked, "Do you have any extra food?" ”

Jian Yi habitually cooked a little more, nodded, got up and went to serve him food.

When she returned, Zhou Qi had already started eating. It was the same food she had served herself. Jian Yi didn't say a word, only paused for a moment before sitting down and began to eat.

It was quiet at the dinner table, and neither of them ate. After a while, Zhou Qi glanced at Jian Yi on the other side and asked, "Where have you been today?" ”

"Wet market." A simple answer.

For the rest of the day, neither of them spoke. Zhou Qi took the initiative to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and Jane Yi washed the fruits he bought in the afternoon and put them on the low table in the living room, turned on the computer and started working.

Zhou Qi washed the dishes and chopsticks and went to take a shower, he was rare today, he didn't disturb Jian Yi, sat on the sofa next to him and watched TV.

When Jian Yi finished the work in hand, he looked sideways at her and asked, "I happen to be free on the weekend, do you want to go around?" ”

Since the car accident, this small courtyard has become the whole world of Jane. Except for going to the hospital for a re-examination and going to the vegetable market every so long, she spends all her time in the small courtyard. Everything in the outside world seems to have nothing to do with her.

Jian Yi didn't raise his eyelids, and he didn't want to refuse.

Zhou Qi was not surprised by her refusal, took out a cigarette and lit it, squinted at her, and said, "Are you planning to imprison yourself here?" ”

His expression was cold, and there was no emotion in his eyes. She looks the same as she did now, but in fact she is completely different from before. She was gloomy and cold, with high walls built in her heart, not allowing anyone to come close.

Jane Yi didn't seem to hear it, as if she hadn't heard him.

In the past six months, the two have seemed to get along peacefully, but in fact, he is like a stranger, isolated from her world by her, and he can't get close.

The living room was quiet for a while, except for the faint smell of smoke. Zhou Qi's gaze fell on Jian Yi, and he looked at her in silence. After a long time, I got up and went outside to breathe.

Waiting for him to come in from outside again, Jian Yi's figure was no longer visible, and she went back to her room to sleep.

Zhou Qi didn't go back to the room, turned off the lights and sat quietly in the living room.

The next morning, when I got up, Zhou Qi had gone to the alley to buy breakfast and came back. Simple soy milk fritters and xiao long bao.

When he saw her get up, he asked her to wash up and prepare for breakfast, which would not taste good when it was cold.

Jian Yi nodded, washed up quickly, and sat down at the table. Then I took the chopsticks and put the xiaolongbao in a bowl and ate it slowly.

The breakfast shop at the entrance of the alley is more than ten years old, and the materials used are real, and the juice of Xiaolongbao is full of juice and flows to her lips when she bites it, and she is about to draw paper, and the paper towel has been handed to her hand.

She paused, took a tissue to wipe the juice, and then said thank you to Zhou Qi.

Jian Yi has a soft spot for xiaolongbao, she ate more than half of a drawer, and her stomach was full after drinking a cup of soy milk, and she didn't even want to move.

Zhou Qi is not a picky eater and eats all the rest of her. I don't know who called him, he frowned after taking a look, and took the phone to the study.

It was still sunny today, and Jian Yi had nothing to do, so he took out his sketchpad and planned to draw a courtyard in the early morning. It's just that her drawing board hasn't been taken out yet, and Zhou Qi, who answered the phone, came out. He reached for the drawing board in her hand and said, "Go change your clothes and go for a walk." ”

He put the sketchpad back without his consent at all, and Jian Yi pursed his lips, raised a pair of cold eyes to look at him, and said, "I already said last night that I was not going anywhere. ”

Zhou Qi didn't mean to compromise, and said lightly: "I won't go too far, I can come back whenever you want." ”

Jian Yi pursed her lips, confronted him, and said coldly: "Is Mr. Zhou planning to arrange my life?" Like a hedgehog, she erected thorns all over her body.

"You think too much, I don't have any plans to arrange your life, I just want to take you out for a walk. Getting out and about properly is good for your recovery. ”

"I'm recovering well, and I don't have to worry about it." Jian Yi said that she was about to take back her drawing board, but Zhou Qi blocked her.

She was a little annoyed, and just as she was about to say the sarcastic words, she heard Zhou Qi say slowly: "This is arranged by your Senior Brother Zhou and his wife, if you want to refuse, call him in person to refuse." ”

Jian Yi is like a deflated ball, and now he is silent, and he no longer grabs the sketchpad.

Zhou Qi knew that she had compromised, and with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he said, "Go change your clothes, don't let them wait for a long time." ”