At the wedding of Lin Shile and Fang Chao, Jiang Xue, who was sitting next to me, didn't think it was anything, she ate the contents of the bowl with relish, and secretly observed the expression on my face from time to time.

I simply ate a little bit and drank two glasses of red wine, and I knew that Jiang Xue had been secretly observing me, but I ignored her.

Not long after, when I, who was sitting at the last row of tables, noticed the position of the first table in front of me, Lin Shile and Fang Chao and the two of them changed into toasting clothes and were about to toast from table to table, I looked at Jiang Xue, gently pushed her arm, and reminded in a low voice.

"Let's go, don't eat it, go back and eat again."

Jiang Xue bit a freshly peeled prawn in her mouth, looked at me stunned, and asked, "What are you doing?" I haven't eaten enough yet, so much delicious food, just left, what a waste, we have to pay for it. ”

I glanced at Jiang Xue, gritted my teeth and said, "You think this is a buffet, do you have to eat until you get back to your roots?" ”

Jiang Xue said "oh" to me like a deflated ball, and then dipped the prawn in some soy sauce and ate it into her mouth.

Seeing that Lin Shile and Fang Chao were getting closer and closer, I leaned closer to Jiang Xue and explained patiently.

"The two of them have already started toasting table by table, I don't want to go through this link, there's no need, I'll take you home and order some more supper, isn't it the same?"

"Got it...... Jiang Xue regained her original look, picked up her small satchel, and continued in a brisk tone: "Let's go, let's go." ”

After saying that, Jiang Xue was the first to get up and walk towards the door, and I hurriedly got up to keep up with her.

When I was about to reach the door of the banquet hall, I turned around and glanced behind me, and I happened to meet Lin Shile's eyes when he was toasting in the banquet hall.

I was also a little short-sighted because of the distance, and I wasn't sure if she actually saw me, but the direction she was standing in, and her face, was facing my side at the entrance of the ballroom.

That glance is the last "glance", a farewell to the past, and a relief of the love and hatred between me and her......

I pulled the doorknob of the banquet hall and slowly closed the door, so that it seemed as if the whole world was quiet, and then I no longer hesitated, turned around and followed Jiang Xue's footsteps.

Jiang Xue and I walked side by side at the door of the bustling hotel, a cold wind hit, which made me shiver and couldn't help but sniff, this scene happened to be noticed by Jiang Xue walking next to me.

She tilted her head to look at my face and whispered, "Are you crying?" ”

"No ......"

"Are you sad then?"

"......" I couldn't help but stop, looked at Jiang Xue with a little impatient expression, and asked in a cold voice: "Open your titanium eyes wide, take a good look, am I crying like this?" Am I feeling bad like this? I was just blown by the cold blow just now, and I sniffed when I felt cold! ”

"Oh~"

Jiang Xue didn't mind the attitude I had just spoken to her, she kept a smile on her face and nodded slowly to me, and then said leisurely.

"In movies and television, those pictures, when a person is uncomfortable, his eyes are red, and he will say that it is red because the wind blows the sand into his eyes...... It's okay, Lao Xue, I understand, I understand! ”

"Jiang Xue! Do you believe that I threw you in the trash?! I pointed to the trash can next to her with some "anger" and asked Jiang Xue coldly.

Still smiling uncontrollably, she asked rhetorically.

"Yo, angry? Throw me in, will you be willing? ”

I raised my hand, and when my hand reached the edge of Jiang Xue's face, I saw her subconsciously frowning and closing her eyes, for fear that I would really slap her, and then I stretched out my index finger and poked her head, and said while walking forward.

"I was going to cause trouble again, so I hurried away...... I don't go back to the tavern at night, and it's rare to take a night off to rest, so I think it's time to leave work early. ”

Jiang Xue smiled behind me and said, "Okay, listen to your arrangement", and then followed my footsteps, walked to our car parked in the underground parking lot, and drove back to the rental house in the old-fashioned community.

Back in the rental house, Jiang Xue walked straight to the sofa in the living room and sat down, keeping her eyes on her mobile phone screen the whole time.

I stepped forward and glanced at her phone, thinking that she was playing a small game again, but I didn't think she was checking the delivery platform, and it seemed that she really wanted to continue ordering supper.

Although I didn't eat enough, I ate a lot less than Jiang Xue at this night's banquet, but I didn't have any appetite.

I walked over to the table next to the balcony, pressed the kettle to heat up the water, and then walked out of the balcony doorway and lit a cigarette.

After a short while, Jiang Xue, who was sitting on the sofa, didn't raise her head, and asked coldly.

"It's almost the New Year, when do you plan to go back to your hometown? It's ......."

Since the electric kettle was boiling water next to me, I didn't listen too much to what Jiang Xue just said, so I poked my head and looked at Jiang Xue in the living room, and asked suspiciously.

"What? Were you just talking to me? ”

Jiang Xue sighed, raised her head and stared at me with black lines on her face, and asked rhetorically: "I am the only one in this room, I don't talk to you, do you talk to ghosts?!" ”

I smiled maliciously and teased, "Not necessarily, maybe you're talking to a cockroach?" ”

When Jiang Xue heard what I said, she suddenly looked nervously and quickly asked, "Cockroaches?" Where, where are the cockroaches?! ”

The woman in front of her, who is not even afraid of "ghosts", is especially afraid of cockroaches and mice, as long as she says these words, she will become extremely nervous. Seeing Jiang Xue's tense scene, I couldn't help laughing.

"Lie to you, I've already put cockroach medicine in the house...... But just now it was true that the sound of boiling water in the electric kettle was too noisy, I didn't hear what you said specifically, but I just knew that you asked me, when will you go home for the New Year, what else did you say later? ”

Jiang Xue glared at me and repeated what she had just said: "I asked you when you will go home for the New Year, and then the time is the same as in previous years, and you will not go back until the day before the Chinese New Year's Eve." ”

"I guess, I don't have a few days left, and I haven't figured it out yet."

I thought about it silently, and when it came to the New Year, I thought of Jiang Xue, since her grandfather passed away, she basically spent the New Year alone here in Kyoto City, or even if it was the New Year, she continued to be busy working and going on business trips to shoot.

In previous years, it was because at that time, I was still with Lin Shile, so I naturally spent the New Year with her, but now it is different.

I glanced at Jiang Xue, who was sitting on the sofa sliding the screen of her mobile phone, and couldn't help but feel compassion, of course, the kind of "compassion" that has been in the feelings of friends for many years.

In addition, there is another reason that the fifth day of the Lunar New Year every year is Jiang Xue's birthday. After thinking about it for a while, I had a bold idea.

I took a puff of my cigarette, looked at Jiang Xue, and asked in a low voice.

"Ahem, that, Cher...... What about you? Do you have any plans for this year's Chinese New Year? ”

"That's it!"

After Jiang Xue ordered takeout, she put her phone on the table, then looked at me and said indifferently.

"What can I do for the Chinese New Year? For so many years, haven't you lived by yourself? I'm different from all of you, I have no feeling for the so-called 'New Year's flavor' when I was eighteen years old, whether it's the Spring Festival, my birthday, any festival, I think it's no different from ordinary days. ”

I was silent for a moment, looked at Jiang Xue's face with a serious expression, and asked cautiously.

"That'...... Do you want to feel the 'New Year' feeling again? ”