Ding Xixi saw Zhou Qi again in the winter of the following year. When she came back from outside, when she passed by the old house of the Zhou family, she heard the laughter of children inside.

In the snow, she stopped and looked out into the courtyard from the door. In the yard, children are wearing thick down jackets and building snowmen. There is a fire under the eaves, and the boiling tea is steaming. Zhou Qi and Jian Yi were sitting in front of the small fire, leisurely sipping the tea in their cups.

This scene stung Ding Xixi, she didn't even dare to take a second look, let alone the courage to say hello, and left in a hurry. But until I returned home, the scene in the yard still remained in my mind. She stood dejected, and it was not until she heard her mother call out to her that she came back to her senses and squeezed out a forced smile.

She finally mustered up the courage to visit in the afternoon, and it was Jian Yi who opened the door. She was a little surprised when she saw her, and soon smiled and said it was cold outside, and told her to hurry inside.

It was rare for a stranger to come over, and the two little ones who were playing with toys stopped and looked at the stranger curiously.

Jane asked the little ones to call their aunts to say hello, and the little pink carved girl was slurred, and opened her hands to her mother to hug.

There was no figure of Zhou Qi in the living room, Ding Xixi was originally in the study to deal with business. I couldn't help but be stunned when I saw him come out of the kitchen with an apron on.

Zhou Qi saw her nodding slightly as a greeting, and asked when she would come back, so he fed the balls in his hand to Jian Yi's mouth and let her taste it.

With her as an outsider, Jian Yi was a little embarrassed and quickly ate the balls.

Zhou Qi looked like no one was around, and asked her how it tasted compared to the last time.

Ding Xixi sat on pins and needles, and sat for a while before going back. Jian Yi left her down for dinner, jokingly saying that she would try Zhou Qi's craftsmanship. He's been honing his cooking skills lately.

Ding Xixi finally stayed, but it was the same as chewing wax, they were a family of four and Lele, her existence was so abrupt.

After dinner, she got up to say goodbye, this time Jian Yi didn't keep any longer, took out two umbrellas, said that the road was slippery outside, and asked Zhou Qi to send her out.

She wanted to refuse, but Zhou Qi had already taken the umbrella, said let's go, and went outside first.

Outside, the goose feathers were sprinkled with snow, and the yard that had been cleaned during the day had been piled up with a thin layer of snow in a short time, and it creaked when stepping on it.

Zhou Qi walked ahead, and the dim yellow light in the courtyard stretched his shadow long.

She obviously had a lot to say, but she couldn't say a word at the moment. When she walked out of the yard and looked at Zhou Qi, who was walking in front of her without any intention of stopping, she caught up with the first two steps and asked, "How is this year?" ”

She shrugged, trying to act casually.

Zhou Qi seemed a little surprised when he heard her ask, glanced sideways at her, and said, "It's good, didn't you see it?" ”

He now has both children and daughters, not only is it good, but it is simply a spring breeze.

Ding Xixi's face showed some embarrassment, and he couldn't find anything to say for a while.

Zhou Qi glanced at her again and asked, "Is there something wrong with coming back suddenly?" ”

She has been out of town for the past few years, and has hardly been back except for the Chinese New Year and her father's illness last year.

Knowing that he was just asking casually, Ding Xixi's nose suddenly became sour, and tears couldn't help but fall. She raised her head to look at Zhou Qi and said softly, "I'm going to come back." ”

She thought Zhou Qi would say something, but he didn't, he just nodded.

The two families were so close that they had arrived at the gate of the courtyard in a few words. Zhou Qi had no intention of sending her in, and he was about to turn around and go home after saying goodbye.

Ding Xixi's heart panicked, and blurted out: "Ah Qi." ”

Zhou Qi looked back at her, frowned slightly, and asked, "What?" ”

The two were only a few steps apart, but they could never go back to their youth. Zhou Qi, who was standing under the street lamp, had a handsome face and a cold face, she swallowed back what she was about to say, squeezed out a smile, and said, "Not much, thank you, go back quickly." ”

Zhou Qiqi nodded, not even polite, turned around and strode towards the old mansion. I didn't look back until I entered the yard.

Ding Xixi looked at his back and stood in place in despair. Even the body freezes as if he doesn't notice it. It wasn't until she heard footsteps a long time later that she came back to her senses and dragged her frozen steps home step by step.

Lying in bed this night, Ding Xixi couldn't fall asleep for a long time. Zhou Qi's cold face kept coming to her mind, and her hands covered her face tightly.

She's having a bad time, and she thinks he'll at least ask, even if it's casual. But no. At this moment, she was crazy about the old days. But no matter how much she misses it, she can't go back. All of this is her own choice, no one can blame.

In her unbearable marriage, he had helped her a lot, and she thought that he had always had him in his heart. It wasn't until today that she realized that she was self-inflicted.

He had helped her a lot, but he had never seen his tenderness. is even more willing to wash her hands and make soup, which is something she has never thought of.

There was a look of misery on her face, if only she had chosen to be with him in the first place. However, there is no if.

Her emotions gradually calmed down, obviously lying in the warm quilt, but she was cold. She made the decision to come back, in fact, she had something to look forward to, even if he was already married and had children. She thought that they were childhood sweethearts, she was his first love, and she was different in his heart.

She still remembers all the things he did for her in the past, but she didn't expect that in his place, it had long been a thing of the past.

Tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, Ding Xixi wiped them vigorously, got up and sat on the bed with his knees in a daze.

She had grown up together since childhood, and she was a few months older than him. For as long as she can remember, she's been playing with him and the friends in town.

He was rebellious and unruly from a young age, the eldest of a group of older children. The status of this little boss was created by him with his fists.

He grew up with his grandfather since he was a child, and some children learned the word wild seed from the mouths of adults, and when they carried adults on their backs, they scolded him for being wild seeds and bullied him.

At that time, he was like a wolf cub, beating people to the point that their heads were bleeding, and dragging the children to the house, staring at the couple with blood-red eyes, and asking what a wild seed was.

That day, he carried a woodcutter from someone else's house and smashed someone's house to pieces. In the end, he was brought home by Grandpa Zhou, and when he left, he did not forget to warn the onlookers that if he heard the word wild seed in the future, the knife in his hand would not recognize people. Wild seeds, a rotten life, no one is afraid.

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