......

The days are long in summer.

At the last moment of seven o'clock in the evening, the orange glow on the horizon disappeared from sight.

Instead, there are flashing lights along the road.

Retracting his gaze from somewhere, Gu Heng entered the unit building.

The elevator was probably under maintenance, and he pressed it a few times but nothing responded, so he had to carry his suitcase and climb the stairs to the seventh floor.

Rao has always been in good physical condition, and this is not an easy job.

By the time he reached the seventh floor, his palms had been deeply strangled by the handles of his suitcase.

Smack.

Slip the key into the keyhole, rotate it, and the door opens.

In the evening, through the street lamp outside the window, the house was still a little dark.

Gu Heng exhaled, adjusted his breathing, and pulled the suitcase into the house.

Although he stayed at Lee's house last night, Lee Jong-hoon was going to take the exam in a few months, and people like Lee Ji-eun who had an irregular schedule consciously moved out to live alone two months ago.

He's no exception, and ......

Looking at the familiar furniture in the house, Gu Heng's eyes lowered slightly.

Towing the suitcase into the living room, he snapped the incandescent light in the room.

The room is bright.

Just as he was figuring out where to start packing, the phone in his pocket rang.

"Your words and smiles mean a lot to me; The subtle changes in your eyes, as well as your lonely back, are difficult for me......"

It's River Jingshu.

"Aunt Jingshu, it's me, what's wrong?"

Gu Heng held the phone to his ear and found a broom and dustpan from the bathroom.

"Have you arrived at your residence, Xiaoheng?" He Jingshu's concerned voice came.

"Well, it's already here, you don't have to worry."

"It's only time to clean up now, can you clean it up?" He Jingshu was not very relieved, "I told you Uncle Zhong Xin, let you stay for another night first, what are you anxious about, Zhong Xun's kid's head, can he get one more point if you sleep at home for one less night?" ”

Gu Heng couldn't help but chuckle twice, "Auntie, you can't let Zhong Xun hear this......"

Listening to this tone, although he is reluctant to let Lee Jong-hoon go overseas to study, in the evaluation of his studies, Ha Jingshu, the mother, has a more consistent judgment with Li Ji-eun, Nuna.

It's just that this judgment seems to hurt people.

If Lee Jong-hoon had known, he would have been depressed for many days.

"The meat that fell from my own body, how many pounds and taels he had, I still don't know?"

He Jingshu first answered, and then continued, "You can leave your luggage over there in a while, and then go home for dinner, and I'll go over tomorrow morning to help you pack it together." ”

"Hmmm......"

In response, Gu Heng put the broom aside and pushed open the window next to him.

The summer night is breezy with a cool evening breeze.

August has entered the end of summer, and after nightfall, the temperature drops quickly.

As if instinctively, he looked to the opposite side.

...... The windows are open.

Gu Heng was slightly stunned.

"Then what do you want to eat tonight, Auntie will arrange it for you first, it's rare to come back, how can you ...... just one meal?"

He Jingshu's voice was still coming, but his thoughts were a little out of place at the moment.

Have you never moved out......

Knock knock.

By the time the thought flashed through him, there was a soft knock on the door.

"How about stir-fried shredded pork with green peppers? But you can't put too many chili peppers, your Uncle Zhong Xin has been a little hot lately......"

"Hmmm......"

Hanhu responded, and with a sudden surge of inexplicable feelings, Gu Heng came to the back of the door.

Pull the door open.

......

They looked at each other, and there was some silence for a while.

Probably climbed the stairs like him, and the girl's hair was a little messy, sticking to her sweaty forehead, and her chest was slightly undulating.

Lin Yun'er stood quietly in front of Gu Heng.

There was a certain light rippling in his eyes.

"Huh? Don't like to eat stir-fried meat with green peppers? Then I'll go to the nearby vegetable market......"

He Jingshu's words made Gu Heng come back to his senses a little, "No, Auntie, well, I still have some things on my side temporarily, and there may be no way to go back tonight." ”

"Huh? How ...... it?"

In He Jingshu's puzzled voice, Gu Heng hurriedly hung up the phone.

But in the face of Lin Yun'er's bright eyes, he suddenly regretted it.

"You...... Have you never moved out? After adjusting her breathing, Lin Yun'er's voice was a little soft.

"Well," Gu Heng paused, and subconsciously added, "Last year, the landlord said that the people were not here in South Korea, and it was a little troublesome to deal with the matter of quitting the rent, so ......"

But half a sentence came out, and in the face of Lin Yun'er's eyes, he suddenly couldn't speak.

"I know, I know......" Lin Yun'er looked up at him and whispered, "You are so smart, you can always explain a lot of things clearly, I am stupid, I have to believe what you say, but ......"

Lin Yun'er sniffed, "But, do you have to explain everything very clearly?" ”

He didn't know that when he saw the light in the opposite window come on......

It's like a small firework exploding.

In her heart alone.

Yun'er, leaving a person with fewer opportunities to be brave than we thought......

Sunny's words flashed through his mind.

"Are you afraid of touching me even a little bit again?"

Looking directly into Gu Heng's eyes, she seemed to find the answer she wanted from his Tong Kong, "Obviously, I will come as soon as I hear Hana's call, and I will subconsciously get angry when I hear something that may have a bad impact on me, and I will have a headache and discomfort the next day after drinking......"

At this point, her eyes were slightly red, and her speech was a little choppy.

Gu Heng's lips moved slightly, and he subconsciously raised his hand and touched her hair.

But maybe there were some words that had been hidden in her heart for too long, or maybe she was worried that after Gu Heng's next sentence was spoken, she would not have a chance to say these things in her heart, so she took another half step forward.

It's too late.

"How do you eat every day? What did you do badly or happily about? ”

"These words, even if you don't say them often, it doesn't matter if you ask them once in a while, right? Are we strangers? ”

There was a moment of silence.

Lin Yun'er's lips moved, she lowered her head in some frustration, and subconsciously took a small step back, "I'm sorry, I ......"

Before she finished speaking, she had been taken into a warm embrace.

"It's not." Gu Heng gently hugged the soft body in his arms and said softly.

Lin Yun'er was stunned, "What is not ......"

"Not a stranger."

Gu Heng's voice was not very loud.

But every word fell into her ears.

......

"No one is born to be smart about feelings, is he?"

"I don't know if it's true or false that you said you're okay, but what I can tell you is that we Yuna aren't doing very well."

......

Time fell silent.

"Get you a piece of paper?"

"Hmm...... Good. ”

Lin Yun'er realized it later, and was a little embarrassed to raise her arm to cover her reddened eyes.

When she just finished saying those words, she could barely restrain herself, but as soon as Gu Heng opened her mouth just now, she was a little ......

Looking at Gu Heng's back, she blinked her eyes and sniffed again.

I seem to be embarrassed in front of him again......

When Gu Heng turned around, she quickly looked away again, just reached out and took the two tissues, and said in a small voice, "...... Thank you. ”

"Hmm......" Reaching out to brush her loose hair behind her ears, Gu Heng hesitated slightly, "Are you hungry?" ”

"A little bit ......" Lin Yun'er touched her stomach, but she didn't have a hard mouth.

Gu Heng looked back at the house, "Go downstairs to the convenience store and buy some food, the kitchen has been useless for too long, and it hasn't been cleaned up yet." ”

At the beginning, he didn't mean to prevaricate Lin Yun'er.

When the two separated last year, he did contact the landlord to ask about quitting the rent, but at that time, the landlord said that he could wait for him to come back a month later.

And sometimes, people spend a lot of courage and thinking in exchange for resoluteness, but in fact, there is only a moment.

He couldn't tell why he kept this vacant house later, but probably, it had something to do with the person in front of him.

Lin Yun'er hummed softly and followed his footsteps out of the door.

Inside the elevator.

Peeking at Gu Heng, who was looking down and pondering something, she pursed her lips, her palm loosened and clenched.

Probably someone has just come to maintain it, and the elevator has resumed normal use at this time.

Bite.

Before she could figure out a result, the elevator reached the bottom floor.

"Go slower."

The moment Gu Heng walked out of the elevator, she reached out and gently grabbed the corner of Gu Heng's clothes, and then said this.

It's like I'm trying to explain this action.

"Well, it's good ......" Gu Heng paused and slowed down.

So the action of pulling the corner of the clothes quietly turned into pulling the cuffs.

......

While bringing changes to most people and things, it is like worrying that people will not feel its existence, and time will always retain some old things.

"Do you eat oden?"

Looking at the middle-aged aunt in the convenience store window, Gu Heng was distracted for a moment before asking Lin Yun'er.

Before Lin Yun'er could answer, she saw that the aunts of the two had already smiled and opened her mouth to solicit business, "What do the two guests want to eat?" We've got it all here. ”

Seeing that Lin Yun'er didn't object, Gu Heng also nodded and said, "Okay, I'm sorry for you, two oden, two fish balls, two slices of kelp, and a ......."

Lin Yun'er blinked.

He's always remembered it......

"We don't sell shrimp balls here now." Pressing the emotions surging again in her heart, Lin Yun'er pulled his sleeve and reminded him quietly.

"Huh? Don't sell shrimp balls anymore? Gu Heng raised his eyebrows, as if he was a little surprised.

"Yes," glancing at Lin Yun'er who was wearing a mask, the aunt seemed to remember something, "This young lady came to buy it once last month, right?" At that time, it was also said that we wanted shrimp balls, but unfortunately because they didn't sell very well, we don't sell this anymore. ”

Gu Heng understood, looked at Lin Yun'er and asked, "Then what do you want to eat?" ”

Lin Yun'er shook her head, "That's fine...... I don't want to change. ”

Gu Heng was stunned for a moment, and then said, "...... Okay, then I'll go get two more rice balls. ”

Glancing at Gu Heng, who was walking to the shelf not far away, Lin Yun'er looked down at the palm that was holding his cuff just now.

"Awkward?" Oden Aunt's voice came quietly.

"Huh?" Lin Yun'er raised her head.

Auntie pointed to Lin Yun'er's eye sockets and grinned, "When I was young, Auntie also fell in love and quarreled." ”

Lin Yun'er turned her head a little embarrassed, and subconsciously defended, "There is no awkwardness......

"What's so embarrassing about this," the aunt took a bamboo skewer and skewered the balls one by one in the boiling soup, "How can there be a love in the world that doesn't quarrel and don't run in?" If you want me to say, the most feared thing in love is not actually awkward......"

"What's that?" Lin Yun'er asked hesitantly.

"Of course, I was silent and wanted to solve the problem by myself," the crow's feet at the corners of the aunt's eyes were stacked together, "Feelings have always been a matter of two people, silly girl, if you always want to carry it alone, is it also a kind of distrust of the other party?" From the other person's point of view, there is actually a feeling of hurt, right? I thought it was a relationship that fought side by side......"

Lin Yun'er was stunned.

The aunt handed her two cups of steaming oden, "All right, girl. ”

"Thank you." Lin Yuna reached out and took it and handed her a few more won sheets.

......

At the corner of the first floor of the unit building, Gu Heng and Lin Yun'er sat side by side on the steps.

Due to the view of the wall, people on the street cannot see here, but they can see the cars passing by from time to time.

Lin Yun'er took a small bite of the tuna rice ball in her hand, and glanced at the person next to her from time to time.

Gu Heng moved the cup of oden that he hadn't touched to her, "Is it enough to eat?" ”

Lin Yun'er shook her head, "That's enough, you can eat, don't let it be cold." ”

A cup of oden and a rice ball, when there are not many words to chat, no matter how slow you eat, it will not take you more than fifteen minutes.

Gu Heng packed up the two paper cups and wrapping paper and threw them into the trash.

Turning around, he touched Lin Yun'er's hair, and said hesitantly, "At noon today, I met Yunzhen Nuna." ”

"Huh?" Lin Yun'er's heart tightened, and she asked, "What did Ernie say to you?" You ......"

Although Lin Yunzhen knew about her trip to Huaxia this time, she didn't tell Lin Yunzhen anything more.

If Lin Yunzhen saw someone wandering around Seoul like a nobody, she couldn't help but scold him for a while......

Lin Yun'er swallowed.

"Don't worry, she told me," Gu Heng paused before he said, "...... No one is born to handle feelings very smartly, we all make mistakes, do we? ”

Lin Yun'er quieted down and paused for a few seconds before she spoke, "Then we are now, ...... What's the relationship? ”

"Hmm......" Gu Heng seemed to hesitate in thought.

Seeing his expression, Lin Yun'er's lips moved, "Or, from ...... Friends starting over? ”

She cautiously probed.

Gu Heng was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect her words.

The corners of his mouth hooked a little curvature, and quickly faded, he nodded, and said seriously, "If you want." ”

Lin Yun'er's eyebrows bent subconsciously, but then she seemed to be a little entangled, "Then, friend...... Can I hug it? ”

Her last few words were so light that Gu Heng couldn't even hear them.

"As a polite word between friends, it doesn't seem ...... to hug too much"

Before Gu Heng's words fell, Lin Yun'er had already slipped into his arms.

"Well, it's just politeness between friends," she buried her face in Gu Heng's chest and whispered, not knowing whether she was talking to Gu Heng or convincing herself, "Just hold it for twenty seconds...... I won't be greedy. ”

"Thirty seconds."

Gu Heng wrapped his arms around her waist and said in a gentle voice, "After all, we're not very ordinary friends, are we?" ”