Lu Zhenghan also realized that he had just deserted at work, and smiled apologetically at the other party, saying that he was fine.

But the other party said in broken Chinese:

"There is a powerful figure in your Hua country, called Zeng Guofan."

"His 16-word motto, which I have been studying recently, is to encourage you - things to conform, the future is not welcome, the time is not mixed, and the past is not love. Lu, live in the present and cherish the present. ”

Hanging up the video call, Lu Zhenghan still had these sixteen words echoing in his mind.

After a while, he suddenly came to his senses.

Go downstairs and go straight to the underground garage to pick up the car.

He admitted that when he saw the empty room today and saw the WeChat message from the little girl, the confidence he built up with the third uncle last night seemed to have been hit hard.

He was caught off guard by the beating, and his mind was dazed.

So at the meeting, you will be distracted.

But just now, the inadvertent words of the partner woke him up again.

One cannot look ahead to what is not coming.

Now that Monday is a day and a half, he still has time to rewrite everything.

*

Old and broken.

Lin Yu's room is near the window, a small one, and only a single bed can be placed.

The light beige curtains hanging in front of the window have been around for some years, and they have long since turned yellow after being blown by the sun and wind.

But Chen Qiaohe often removed it for cleaning, and when the wind blew on the spring night, the faint soap fragrance on the curtains hit and hit Lin Yu's nasal cavity who was lying on the bed.

The clock hand on the wall pointed to half past eight, and it was not too late to go to bed, even a little early.

But for some reason, she wasn't in the mood to do anything other than lie there.

From time to time, there are voices of neighbors talking after work.

It came from afar, but it couldn't reach her ears, and she automatically blocked it out.

She's thinking about things.

Thinking about it is entangled and enchanted.

Thinking of the pain, he rolled over and got out of bed to find the paper agreement and marriage certificate.

Lying on the bed with his cheeks propped up, he looked at the contours of the man's eyebrows and eyes on the marriage certificate.

The index finger subconsciously traced it gently.

From his jet-black hair, to his thick eyebrows, deep eyes, high nose, to thin lips, stop.

Look at each other.

I don't know how long it took, but the cool breeze outside the window hit, and the voices of the neighbors gradually weakened.

She moved her gaze to the wall and saw that the hour hand of the clock was already pointing to nine, and then she put away the agreement and the marriage certificate.

He pressed under the pillow, turned off the light, pulled up the quilt and covered his head, and sighed heavily.

There was no light coming in from the quilt, it was dark and dreary, and the surroundings were completely quiet.

I don't know how long it was, just when she was about to fall asleep in a daze.

The phone placed next to the pillow "buzzed".

Awakened by her already light sleep, she felt her phone and turned it on, the harsh light made her squint.

After adjusting to the light and finally focusing her gaze, she saw him send a voice.

After a moment of brain downtime, she bit her thumb and hesitated, but still clicked on the voice with trembling fingertips.

- Did you sleep?

The man's voice was clear and low, gentle and low, as magnetic as ever.

She had to admit that his voice was like a rain in a long drought, instantly infiltrating her thirsty and manic heart.

She didn't want to reply.

But I can't control it.

- slept.

The reply was quick and it was still a voice.

- No wonder, I just saw that the light in your room was still on.

Lin Yu: "!! ”

It was a completely uncontrollable reflex, she didn't have time to put on her shoes, so she quickly rolled over and got out of bed, and leaned on the windowsill to look down.

The man is tall and eye-catching, and it's hard not to be eye-catching with his superior looks, which she can see at a glance.

He was standing under the street lamp, tilting his head slightly to look this way.

The street lights were dim, and he passed by a few pedestrians from time to time after work.

But the moment she met his gaze, everything around him seemed to become a background board, and all she could see was him.

The time was silent, and for a long time, she saw him pick up his phone and put it to her ear.

Immediately after, the phone she was holding in her hand buzzed.

She knew he had called.

Taking a breath, she answered, "Hello? ”

There was silence for a while, and then, she saw his thin lips moving slightly downstairs, and his low voice sounded in her ears at the same time: "Come down and talk?" ”

Lin Yu held her breath, for fear that if she showed a trace of unsteady breathing, the cold lover she maintained would be ruined in a second.

After a long time, her voice was hoarse: "No need." After a pause, "It's not necessary." ”

Downstairs, he couldn't see his expression clearly, but somehow, Lin Yu felt that after not seeing him for a few days, his figure seemed to be much thinner.

Especially after he said "it's not necessary", his emaciated figure shook imperceptibly.

"Do you really not even give me a chance to explain?"

Lin Yu's throat choked,

"Don't you know what went wrong with us?" Paused, took a breath,

"Lu Zhenghan, it's like a math problem, even if you think the problem-solving process is perfect and excellent, but the problem itself is wrong, we still have zero points, do you understand?"

Lu Zhenghan's hand holding the phone trembled.

Of course he does.

The third uncle's words had already made him empathize and figure out all the points she was worried about, and all the crux of his relationship problems with her.

She simply wants a marriage that doesn't start with deals and cheating.

On the way from the company, he had already made up his mind and was honest with her.

But when he really arrived downstairs at her house, the firm thoughts in his heart began to waver again.

Is it really appropriate to confess your identity to her at this juncture?

If she really confesses, does it mean that she will be pushed farther away from herself?

It was a big gamble, and he didn't have any chips to win.

Tangled, until the sunset completely sank into the western mountains, dusk passed through the evening, and the surroundings were completely swallowed up by the night...... He finally couldn't help it and sent her that WeChat message.

There is still a fluke mentality.

What if she relented, turned a blind eye and stopped being so harsh?

But he thought about it too much, but the other party was still firm and did not relent.

The questions of principle were put out for me again, and I reminded myself very seriously:

Deception is the original sin, even if the two have obviously accumulated feelings now, they still can't be accommodating.

In fact, he could have deceived her, saying that he knew what she cared about, and promised her that after starting over, he would get along like a normal husband and wife and no longer deceive the parents of both parties.

But the question of his identity was a thorn full of deception, which had long been pierced in his throat.

He tried again and again, but he could not make the determination to uproot.

He's a perfectionist, and he can't open his mouth to things that he can't promise, even if they seem so easy to say on the other side.

And in a sense, the act of this promise itself is another kind of deception.

He didn't want to sink deeper and deeper.

On the other end of the phone, the silence for a long time made Lin Yu's heart completely fall to the bottom.

She suddenly laughed at herself: "Mr. Lu, then don't delay each other's time, let's see you at the Civil Affairs Bureau on Monday." ”