When night came, only a little fire could be seen under the bridge.

On the table, there is a birthday cake.

Cheng Fanmiao held white flowers in her hands, and the slight crystals under her eyes were brighter and brighter by the firelight.

She looked at Xu Zhimu stupidly and smiled suddenly.

"Is this a scumbag? It's hateful and loved......"

"Isn't it normal for friends to give a small gift on their birthday?"

Xu Zhimu shrugged, anyway, he was used to being scolded as a scumbag.

He walked over to the table and began to help her with her birthday candles.

Cheng Fanmiao looked at him, she was holding the hyacinth in her hand, and there was a roasted sweet potato in her arms that exuded heat.

Romantic and practical, today she got both.

"You're like this, but it's going to make people fall deeper and deeper."

Cheng Fanmiao said meaningfully.

"I'm not a quagmire, and besides, love is not the only option between people."

"But there is no pure friendship between men and women, either they don't like each other, or they don't have the courage to pierce that layer of window paper."

"Then we can prove to the world once that there is still pure friendship between men and women."

Xu Zhimu smiled and put the candle in, counting, Xu Zhimu was nearly a year older than her.

"Purity?"

Cheng Fanmiao smiled: "But my mind is not pure." ”

"So what? I'm a big man, can I still be afraid that you won't be able to do it? Xu Zhimu also smiled, picked up the crown of the birthday gift, and walked in front of her.

Cheng Fanmiao smiled at the corner of her mouth.

"Come on, it's your birthday today, bring the crown and make a wish."

Xu Zhimu stretched out his hand and helped her put it on her head.

The two of them were so close that they could see each other's eyes, and although the sunset was dim and the temperature around them was low, there seemed to be a warm wind rolling up between them.

Cheng Fanmiao looked at him close at hand, and her rosy lips opened lightly: "The wishes I made today will come true, right?" ”

"Maybe, it's always good to have hope."

Lighting the candles one by one, Xu Zhimu smiled and said: "Of course, if you want to succeed in your career, I can also help you realize your wishes." ”

"I want to ask for more than money, fate?"

Cheng Fanmiao looked at him deeply with a smile on the corner of her mouth.

Xu Zhimu opened his mouth and said: "Fate is now not under the control of the old moon but to the God of Wealth, and making a fortune is the king." ”

"Money is actually not that important to me, I can lie on a mattress of tens of thousands of yuan, I can sleep in a cold and hard bridge hole, I can taste a box of tens of thousands of caviar, and I also like to eat a bag of quick-frozen dumplings for a few yuan."

Cheng Fanmiao's eyes flashed with a glimmer of light, she looked at the birthday candles lit in front of her, she glanced at Xu Zhimu deeply, and slowly spoke: "Then I hope that every time I have birthday in the future, there will be such a person who is willing to accompany me to eat a meal of quick-frozen dumplings here, of course, it would be better if something else could happen." ”

Cheng Fanmiao seemed to have a characteristic that could not be serious for more than three seconds, and the last sentence made Xu Zhimu couldn't help but smile and shook his head: "It doesn't work if you say it." ”

"I don't believe in any immortals, I only believe that everything has to be snatched by myself, no matter what the means, maybe one day in the future, you will really bow down under this girl's pomegranate skirt?"

After Cheng Fanmiao's eyes looked at the birthday cake, Xu Zhimu, who was reflected by candlelight, now has all the attractive characteristics of a mature man.

The same is true for Cheng Fanmiao, she is the most special one among the girls Xu Zhimu has come into contact with, and until now, Xu Zhimu can't guess many of her ideas.

I can't tell whether what she said was a joke or a real thing.

Either way, it's nice to have such a friend.

Xu Zhimu smiled and pushed the cake in front of her: "Then what should I say?" May your dreams come true? ”

"That's what you said." Cheng Fanmiao looked at him with a smile, as if he had been licensed.

"Alright, if you don't blow out the candle, you're going to drip on the cake."

On the birthday cake, the small candles are almost burned out.

Cheng Fanmiao paused slightly for a second, she looked at Xu Zhimu, the emotion in her eyes turned into an indescribable light, she closed her eyes slightly for a moment, poked her head over, and blew out the candle.

It was pitch black in an instant.

But Cheng Fanmiao's crisp laughter kept echoing under this bridge hole.

"You're the first person I've had a birthday with me other than my mom for the first time in so many years, thank you."

"Friends don't need to say thank you, let's eat cake."

Under the faint light of the fire, the two people could only see the expressions on each other's faces, and they were both exceptionally warm by the yellow firelight.

Xu Zhimu cut the cake and handed it to her.

Cheng Fanmiao took the cake, she scooped it up with a small spoon and took a bite, the sweet and greasy taste made her can't help but squint her eyes and hum like a kitten.

"It's delicious!"

"Eat more if it's delicious, it's just the two of us today anyway."

Xu Zhimu smiled and took a bite, although the cake is definitely considered "junk food", but it is a birthday once a year, so it doesn't matter if you let it go.

The two of them held the cake, and in this place where there were no people for several miles, they ate the cake in their hands while watching the snowflakes fall all over the sky.

also warmed a bottle of wine, and the two of them drank some, and their bodies suddenly felt a lot warmer.

"Fortunately, there is no one here, otherwise others would have thought we were mentally ill when they saw us sitting here eating cake for two big winters."

Xu Zhimu couldn't help but tease.

"People, you have to find a time to go crazy, or maybe one day you will really go crazy."

Cheng Fanmiao likes this feeling of "neurosis" very much, anyway, she herself is a neurosis in the eyes of others.

"It makes sense, in fact, sometimes I'm a little crazy, and the people around me are more normal."

Xu Zhimu nodded, he raised his wine glass, touched it with Cheng Fanmiao and drank it.

"Yes, many people used to call me a crazy person, but only I know that if I wasn't crazy, the crazy person might be my mother."

Cheng Fanmiao said with a smile while eating the cake.

Xu Zhimu was slightly silent, yes, a few years ago, under this bridge hole, if Cheng Fanmiao didn't go crazy, he used the utility knife he carried with him to protect her and his mother.

Now she's probably really crazy.

"It's all gone, time will slowly dilute everything, and some things will be better to be relieved." Xu Zhimu comforted.

Cheng Fanmiao smiled slightly and asked: "You should know, people never really let go, they just found something that can make up for this regret."

For example, for you, An Xiaomi used to be an existence that you couldn't let go, even if life was beautiful, but there would always be such a place missing in your heart.

But you're lucky, she can stay with you forever now, and she has the person she wants to have the most, of course you can let go of the past, but I haven't......"

Cheng Fanmiao said, her fiery eyes looked at Xu Zhimu again, her cheeks were rosy, I don't know if it was two glasses of wine or for other reasons.

"I'm going to get married soon."

"But you're not married yet, are you?"

Cheng Fanmiao's smile remained unchanged, Xu Zhimu just wanted to say something, but Cheng Fanmiao suddenly said: "Remember, I told you before, I want to set up a design brand by myself, right?" ”

Xu Zhimu nodded, in fact, this idea was mentioned to Xu Zhimu after he saw that she often designed some clothes and decorations by herself.

In the future era of short videos, it is not particularly difficult to make a product popular, sell your own products on your own platform in order to maximize profits, and by the way, you can also launch an international domestic brand, a win-win situation.

"Have you figured it out? Anyway, you have to try the project in the early stage, as long as you are willing, the platform can support you unconditionally, and the shares are also your own, which should be regarded as a reward for your unconditional trust in me. Xu Zhimu replied with a smile.

In the face of this pouring wealth, Cheng Fanmiao only showed a mysterious smile.

"Actually, I've already designed my first work, today, do you want to take a look at it and enjoy it?"

Cheng Fanmiao turned his head sideways, and the fox eyes looked at him without blinking.

"Of course, my pleasure." Xu Zhimu nodded immediately.

Although some of the pajamas and the like designed by Cheng Fanmiao before were really exciting, but now it's winter outdoors, so she won't wear these displays.

"Okay, but before that, let's have a drink."

But after getting the agreement, Cheng Fanmiao put down the cake and took out another bottle of red wine.

poured a cup for Xu Zhimu and himself.

Xu Zhimu almost picked it up and shook it, the mellow taste of wine came to his face, and it was really good to take a sip of wine in this weather.

Touching the glasses, Xu Zhimu drank it directly.

Cheng Fanmiao didn't drink it, but squinted at him: "Drink it so fast, aren't you afraid that I will drug you?" ”

"Again? You also said last time that you were drugged, can I still not know your guts? Xu Zhimu smiled confidently.

The luster in Cheng Fanmiao's eyes flowed, and she picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

A hint of blush appeared on her fair cheeks, and she slowly stood up, and began to unzip her wide down jacket.

"Wait, what are you doing?" Xu Zhimu was stunned for a moment.

"Didn't I say that, I want you to see my real first work."

Cheng Fanmiao smiled, and she completely unzipped the white down jacket.

However, the fragrant scenery that Xu Zhimu guessed did not appear, but a delicate black appeared in front of him.

I saw that under Cheng Fanmiao's down jacket, it turned out to be a delicate black dress.

She looked at Xu Zhimu's expression, and a wicked smile rose on her red cheeks: "Ah, some people shouldn't be disappointed, right?" ”

Xu Zhimu coughed dryly and did not answer.

At this moment, Cheng Fanmiao also completely took off the white down jacket, and at this moment, this exquisite black dress was also completely displayed in front of Xu Zhimu.

Cheng Fanmiao's style has always been very bold, especially the dress, which is already a wide range of deep V or thigh-to-thigh designs.

But the one Cheng Fanmiao is wearing now looks a little "conservative".

The black collar can only see a small section of snow-white fragrant shoulders, and a little bit of delicate collarbones, and the shoulders to the shoulder bone area are in the shape of some black feathers, like two black wings.

The design of the waist perfectly supports her slender figure, and there is a ribbon around the waist, the ribbon is black and white, and it is the only place with white, wrapped around the waist.

The black skirt, compared to the holy white, she seems to have come from hell.

If it is said that Liu Ningqing and An Xiaomi's wedding dress looks like a holy white swan, Ye Luojia looks like a beautiful phoenix rich and noble in the world.

So at this moment, Cheng Fanmiao is like a black swan who came out of the darkness and still held his head high.

This strange contrast beauty made Xu Zhimu a little dazed for a moment.

She was supposed to be a white swan like An Xiaomi.

It's just that the past experience is like the white down jacket she has faded at this moment, and she has lost her holy white wings, but she has never given up her raised head and her arrogant beauty that cannot be concealed.

She embraced the darkness because at that time, the law of darkness was the only way for her to live.

Cheng Fanmiao slowly came to Xu Zhimu, under the light of the fire, she walked from the darkness to the light little by little, in front of Xu Zhimu, the expression on her face was with some smiles, and ...... Love.

The blazing heat made Xu Zhimu a little unable to look at each other for a while.

"Is it pretty?"

Cheng Fanmiao asked him.

"It's pretty, do you have a name?" Xu Zhimu exhaled softly.

"No, because this one piece is destined to be a work that cannot appear in the sun."

Cheng Fanmiao shook his head, he looked at Xu Zhimu, bent down slightly, and the eyes of the two people were almost together.

"Can you cooperate with me?"

Xu Zhimu was silent for a moment, and then chuckled: "Okay." ”

Cheng Fanmiao smiled very happily, she handed over the black and white ribbon around her waist to Xu Zhimu's hand: "Please be sure, pull me well." ”

Xu Zhimu gently held the ribbon.

saw Cheng Fanmiao kick off her shoes, she walked in the snow-covered place, and her white and tender jade feet walked on the same pure and traceless snow.

"You..."Xu Zhimu just wanted to say something.

saw Cheng Fanmiao, who was dancing gently at the moment.

The sky was still snowing, she gently stretched her body, she was an art student, and what she was dancing at the moment was Swan Lake in the ballet.

And she is indeed like a black swan.

The sky was full of snowflakes falling on her head, her shoulders, her black skirt, under the light of the fire, under the bright moonlight, the river in front of her seemed to have really become the legendary Swan Lake.

Her dancing posture was sometimes soft and sometimes cheerful, and sometimes a little hesitant, the snow on the ground was cold and slippery, and Cheng Fanmiao almost fell down a few times, but Xu Zhimu held the ribbon tightly in his hand.

At this moment, Cheng Fanmiao seemed to have become a swan who wanted to break free from the erosion of darkness, and the only thing she could rely on was the ribbon in Xu Zhimu's hand, and Xu Zhimu was also the only person who could pull her and keep the last trace of white holiness on this ribbon.

Xu Zhimu saw a trace of crystal color, it was her eyes, a tear emerged from her eyes, with her tiptoe turn, tears fell to the ground, and a drop fell on Xu Zhimu's hand.

"This is the wedding dress I made for myself, in this life, only for you to wear this once."

"Cheng Fanmiao..."

Xu Zhimu didn't know how to answer, in fact, he knew her thoughts from looking at this black dress.

Xu Zhimu lowered his head and looked at her feet, stepping on the ground like this, it must be uncomfortable, he walked over, but was suddenly gently held by Cheng Fanmiao.

Her hands were very cold, even if she drank wine, she couldn't suppress the cold of the night, Xu Zhimu sighed, and then said slowly.

"You're going to catch a cold."

"These are not important, the next time we meet, maybe you will get married, before you get married, let me be willful this time, dance with me."

At this moment, Cheng Fanmiao's whole body was cold, but her cheeks were rosy, she was close to Xu Zhimu's body, but there were tears in her eyes.

Xu Zhimu looked at her silently, and finally sighed softly.

He gently grabbed her waist and let her toes step on his shoes, leading her to move gently and dance.

"I didn't expect you to be able to dance."

Cheng Fanmiao smiled, she felt that Xu Zhimu was still dancing a very standard international dance.

"Learned a little."

Xu Zhimu said, in fact, he learned it when he attended the dance with Ye Luojia before.

Ballroom dancing is called ballroom dancing because two people are next to each other and can whisper in the ballroom that only two people can hear.

"You know what, I've been waiting for this day for a long time......"

Cheng Fanmiao looked at Xu Zhimu's cheeks, her eyes flashing with color.

"Once, I was abandoned by my own father, and my mother could only live under the bridge here, and I had to face the ridicule of my classmates and the bad intentions of some people, and from that moment on, I changed from a white swan to an ugly duckling.

Later, my life with my mother got better and better, we moved from Qiaodong to a warm and safe big house, and I didn't have to push back and forth for a bite to eat, and I could go to school normally, even better than the average person, and it seemed that everything was better again.

But the past will not disappear, and there are some things that time will not erase.

I went from being an ugly duckling to a swan again.

Only, no longer a white swan, but a black swan.

The twisted personality that I split into to protect myself and my mother has become a part of myself, and I do have some excessive things, but only I know that those boys are just rotten people who can't resist temptation, like my irresponsible father......

I thought that my life would always seem to be in a blur, but I met you. ”

Cheng Fanmiao's eyes looked at Xu Zhimu, and her tearful smile made Xu Zhimu feel a shock in his heart.

"Originally, I thought that you would be like other boys, and you would easily change the person you love.

But then I found out that you are a different boy.

You should have been a heartbroken person, but overnight, you seemed to be a different person, and I always remember that when I saw you, your eyes were bathed in a kind of hope of redemption.

It was something that was hidden in my heart and longed for the most.

I wanted to keep it for myself, so I started looking for ways to get close to you. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Zhimu couldn't help but smile and looked at the girl in front of him: "So, when you started to approach me, you actually had bad intentions." ”

"That's right, after all, although you changed a lot at that time, it wasn't to the point where people were crazy and infatuated at a glance, not to mention, there is an An Xiaomi by your side, who dares to compete with her without opening your eyes."

Cheng Fanmiao remembered the picture of the first confrontation between the three of them, and when she remembered An Xiaomi's grinning appearance like a little tiger with her teeth, she couldn't help but smile, she continued.

"Even in my freshman year, I just wanted to keep you, or rather, the secret of your salvation for myself, but that time, after the experience at the beach house, I understood it completely.

What I've always wanted, I've actually gotten.

I will always remember the saying, "If you want to be gentle, you must first surrender to meekness." ”

From that day on, I surrendered to you.

Because, for the first time, I finally knew what I really wanted and what I really liked. ”

Cheng Fanmiao's body was close to his body, and his beautiful posture could easily break through the heart of the upright young man.

His eyes were too hot, the softness on his body, and the faint fragrance, Xu Zhimu didn't know if it was because he drank too much wine, but at this moment he felt that his blood was flowing very quickly.

He looked at the girl with tears in his eyes in front of him, and at this moment, he also understood her heart.

However, he still sighed softly, and his voice was still gentle: "I'm sorry, but in this life, there is no place around me anymore, I promised you, but it was I who hurt you." ”

Cheng Fanmiao didn't know how many times she had been rejected, but she still smiled: "So, if I had appeared earlier, we could meet together, maybe we could really lick each other's wounds together." ”

"Probably." Xu Zhimu's heart moved slightly, if in the previous life, in his muddy world, he could meet someone like Cheng Fanmiao, maybe it was the plot of mutual redemption between Qingli, a decadent boy and a troubled girl.

Cheng Fanmiao smiled happily, she gently hugged Xu Zhimu's neck and looked at him: "So, it's not that you don't have feelings for me, it's just because you're too crowded, right?" ”

"Is there a difference?" Xu Zhimu asked rhetorically.

"Yes, big difference, can you tell me the answer?"

Xu Zhimu was silent, but Cheng Fanmiao smiled proudly, tears flashing in the corners of his eyes: "Sure enough, in this way, my loss is not ugly, but I lost to time and the timing of entry...... Well, I feel better that way. ”

Seeing the girl say this, Xu Zhimu could only sigh slightly: "You are like this, it seems that I am a sinner." ”

"No, liking you is my own business."

She gently broke free from Xu Zhimu's embrace, she was barefoot, standing on the ground where the snowflakes were piling up, the snowflakes flying in the sky fell on her body, at this moment, she seemed to have really been redeemed.

Those fox eyes, at this moment, do not have the slightest charm and teasing in the past, but have a somewhat incomprehensible color.

"I've got the answer, and since you can't get that far, leave it to me."

Xu Zhimu was stunned for a moment, what did she mean by this.

Is it finally determined to break off their current ambiguous relationship?

Xu Zhimu didn't even know what it was like at the moment, but it was also a good thing, probably.

"So, so be it, we'll always be friends."

"Friends?"

Cheng Fanmiao smiled, she walked over and stroked Xu Zhimu's cheek: "I don't need any friends, what I need is you." ”

"You've drunk too much."

Xu Zhimu looked at her, Cheng Fanmiao's delicate pretty face was flushed at this moment, and he himself felt that he was a little dizzy from drinking today.

"It's my birthday today, and with that last request, I want you to promise me one thing, okay?"

Cheng Fanmiao didn't let go, Xu Zhimu found that he couldn't take his hand away: "Say it." ”

Cheng Fanmiao's eyes flashed a little shiny: "I know, what you think now, don't worry, I won't ask you for anything, and I won't ruin your current life, I like you, it's just my own business, anything I do, you don't have to pay me any responsibility, all of this is my own choice." ”

Cheng Fanmiao's words made Xu Zhimu vaguely feel a little wrong, he looked at the girl who was close at hand in front of him, and always felt that his body was hot for a while, he wanted to take a few steps back, but found that his steps were a little fluttering.

"We all drank too much, and I called for someone to send us back."

Xu Zhimu took out his mobile phone, but found that he couldn't even see the screen clearly.

There was something wrong in his heart, he looked at Cheng Fanmiao, but saw Cheng Fanmiao's fox eyes at this moment, which flashed a little complicated at this moment, there were struggles, love, and confusion, but in the end, they all became, a little sick.

"You, don't you ......?"

Xu Zhimu felt very drunk, he staggered, and felt his body lean into a soft body.

Cheng Fanmiao gently hugged him, greedily enjoying the warmth of his embrace.

Her voice whispered, "I'm sorry, thank you for your trust, but how can you trust a madman." ”

She hugged him tightly and leaned into his ear, and there was a bit of morbid in her tone.

"If you answered me just now, I would have let you go back, but I already know the answer you can't speak.

So, I'll make a choice for you......"

If you want to blame, blame you for believing in a former madman.

In Xu Zhimu's last consciousness, she felt her tears slipping down her cheeks, and the last trace of voice.

"I'm sorry, but if I like Cheng Fanmiao, I will definitely get ......" (end of this chapter)