After that, they had nothing to do, and they specially returned to the compound when they were young, and without accident, they were identified as unrelated to the society and were not allowed to enter.

In the past, even the meatloaf shop at the door has been converted into a fruit stand, and if you want to find a little trace of your childhood, there is only the street tree that grows to the size of a bucket next to the road that is still being repaired.

They were walking leisurely under the row of trees with dead branches of residual snow, and a little boy passing by bumped into Yan Ci's elbow, apologized hastily and continued to run all the way.

Yan Ci kindly reminded.

"Don't run on the road and be careful."

The little boy grimaced in return.

Shen Pingxiao raised his hard fist, pretending to teach the little boy who didn't know the height of the sky in the air, and he was scared and ran wildly.

"Don't scare him."

Shen Pingxiao was in a good mood today, and when he said a word casually, the corners of his mouth rose unconsciously.

"I scared him? It's useless to beat him. ”

He was usually dull, and it was rare to see him so relaxed and lively, and Yan Ci couldn't help but be happy.

She put her hands in her pockets and threw her head back to exhale a white breath.

"Shen Pingxiao, do you want to go to Nanqiong with me?"

"Nanqiong?"

Her steps slowed and slowed until she finally stopped where she was.

"Yes, my family."

Shen Pingxiao subconsciously looked at his empty hands, and now all he could conjure up at once was two fists.

Is he going to visit with these two fists?

"Won't it be too rushed?"

Yan Ci could guess his squirming concerns.

"Shen Pingxiao, look at me."

"Do you see clearly, I'm an adult, and I'm still a person who knows very well what I want, what kind of life I'm going to live, and who I'm going to spend the rest of my life with, all of which are up to me, and only up to me."

"My father doesn't want me to run around the world, and my mother doesn't want me to be a girl out there, but so what, this is what I want to do, and you are also the person I recognize."

Yan Ci's attitude was extremely firm, the wind could not blow, and even his eyes did not flash.

"You should believe in yourself, and you should believe in me."

Shen Pingxiao is not a person who will be subdued by the wind in his ears for two words, and his misunderstanding of his mother will not be realized until that moment.

But at this moment, Yan Ci's strength prevailed, and he even had the idea that he should leave a certain part of his heart that he couldn't take care of to her.

"Okay, you arrange."

They continued to walk along the street, wandering aimlessly, looking for any point that could coincide with their memory, and Yan Ciguang followed a little overflowing fragrance, and grasped the memory point that swirled in his mind, and by the way, awakened his hungry stomach.

"Lo noodle restaurant, it's still open!"

Time has passed, but it still maintains its original appearance, with a small and bright façade, with only two or three tables of seats, crowded in a small storefront.

The husband and wife who took care of the façade were much older, and the man who was kneading the dough was bent even more.

The wall-mounted TV in the corner broadcasts the news in real time.

"Two bowls of signature braised pork noodles."

Yan Ci and Shen Pingxiao came in across their legs, and there were two more people, which made the space even more cramped, especially Shen Pingxiao's long legs that had nowhere to place.

Move, either hit Yan Ci's knees, or hit the table legs.

"When you were a kid, you liked to eat and kick me at the same time."

"So grudges?"

The steaming braised pork noodles were just served, Yan Ci reached out to pick it up, and glared at him by the way.

"You're going to be talked about by me for the rest of your life."

Shen Pingxiao took a pair of chopsticks for her and handed them over, the corners of his mouth grinned to the root of his teeth, and his whole person trembled slightly with a smile.

Yan Ci stopped again and slapped the table.

"What are you laughing at, the table is shaking with you, and you don't let people eat it?"

Shen Pingxiao shrunk his legs into a ball, and even his shoulders were tightly buckled, covering his ears and stealing the bell to reduce his floor area and reduce the impact on the outside world.

The braised pork noodles are still the original recipe, the original taste, and the two of them are bored and dry.

Yan Ci took a bite and asked in a low voice.

"Do you think it's a little sweet today?"

Shen Pingxiao chewed his cheeks and swallowed.

"Looks like there's a little too much sugar."

The boss who was rolling noodles on the side heard their whispers and sighed helplessly.

"We don't even have a candy jar at home."

Shen Pingxiao and Yan Ci were both embarrassed to pull the noodles, and heard the boss muttering in disbelief.

"Little couple, everything you eat is sweet."

The two quietly exchanged glances, and they had to hold back a smile in tacit understanding.

The news of the rule of law on TV was suddenly cut off, and the host faced the camera seriously and reported in a standard broadcast tone.

"At 3:57 a.m. local time, an armed conflict broke out in the Walya region of country C, which has paralyzed the airport, railway, highway and other infrastructure in the south of the city."

This sudden interlude of news not only made Yan Ci and Shen Pingxiao not eat the mouthful of noodles, but the noodle shop owner and his wife also stopped their work and looked at the TV screen together.

"Our station will continue to track the situation in Walia, and at the same time appeal to the audience and friends not to go to the area unless necessary to ensure the safety of people and property."

The noodle shop owner bowed his head and continued to roll out the dough, judging.

"It's going to be a war."

Yan Ci clearly saw that the aura around Shen Pingxiao had changed, and from the ease and pleasure of Fang Cai, it suddenly became dull.

His bowl of noodles was almost poured into his stomach with soup and meat, so Yan Ci had to speed up, but no matter how fast he was, he couldn't catch up with him.

"You eat slowly, I'll go out and make a call."

Yan Ci nodded, looking at the rest of the bowl, he still felt inexplicably sweet, but now he had no appetite.

Shen Pingxiao didn't talk about this call for too long, and his face was a little more gloomy when he came back.

"Let's go."

On the way, Yan Ci said tentatively.

"Shen Pingxiao, do you have any other arrangements?"

He sighed.

"Not yet."

Yan Ci estimated that he called to apply to return to the team, but did not get a positive reply at this moment.

"Is there anything I can do to help?"

He stopped suddenly, his eyes full of apologies.

"Yan Ci, if I'm going to leave for a while......"

He stopped, he didn't know how to say it.

Yan Ci understood him, "I'll wait for you to come back." ”

"Maybe, it won't be too short......"

"It's okay, Shen Pingxiao, sometimes when I get on the road, I forget myself, and I will disappear for ten days and half a month, you can rest assured that you have to do what you want, you just need to promise me, no matter how long, no matter how far away, you will come back."

Shen Pingxiao nodded heavily, "Okay, I promise you." ”

Yan Ci blew lightly to ease his somewhat stuffy mood.

"Then before that, do you want to fulfill another promise and go to Nanqiong with me?"

Yan Ci didn't know why she was in such a hurry, but she just didn't want to wait, as if if she didn't seize this opportunity today, she would never be there again in the future.

There is no direct flight to Nanqiong at the airport in Ningling, so you have to transfer to the next provincial capital first, and then transfer to a plane.

After Yan Ci arranged all the trips in an orderly manner, he called his parents one by one.

The daughter who has been away from home all the year round suddenly wants to come back and bring her boyfriend, this sudden situation really caught Yan Ci's parents off guard, and they were so busy that they pushed everything to prepare wine and food.

Shen Pingxiao was restless, constantly changing his sitting posture, looking at his phone from time to time, his mind was not here at all.

Not only him, but Yan Ci was also a little blocked, and sat quietly beside him.

There was no difference, but she knew that the torture of being destined for separation made her feel like a sticky thick glue, covered from head to toe.

Blocking the large and small pores all over the body, you can't hide from it, you can't tear it off, even if you breathe hard, you still can't get rid of it.

Suddenly, Shen Pingxiao's big hand stretched out and held it tightly, staring at her tightly with a pair of bright eyes, and forcefully framed her appearance and her outline into the pupils, as if rubbing, and like engraved.

"Yan Ci, or, let's just go on like this."

"I'm not going back?"

She was stunned and surprised, and wanted to find a little evasive and questioning uncertainty from Shen Pingxiao's eyes.

Shen Pingxiao is serious.

His restlessness is not only waiting for the result from above, but also watching two completely different thoughts in his heart.

He had the idea of staying and changing his life completely.

This would have been impossible in the past.

Yan Ci knew that it was because of himself.

"Shen Pingxiao, to be honest, I really want to want you to stay, I want you to stay, I want you not to go back, no one will want to separate."

"But please think about it again, being an ordinary physical education teacher in a special school for the deaf and dumb, taking two classes once in a while, and spending a lot of time thinking about another possibility, is this kind of life really what you want?"

"Will you regret it? Or would you regret which one you would choose more? ”

Yan Ci is a person who has succeeded in chasing her dreams, and the choices that Shen Pingxiao is facing now have been faced before she became a traveler, and she knows what it feels like.

It is difficult for family members to give up, and the worries of parents will always be on their backs.

After so many years, she has no regrets.

But if she had listened to her parents' fragmented thoughts and not insisted on her own ideas, she would have been immersed in fantasizing about another life at her fingertips.

"When a fill-in-the-blank question becomes a multiple-choice question, you have already calculated the correct answer, and the options that appear again are all distractions that confuse you."

"My appearance cannot be a stumbling block for you, if you have this idea because of me, then I am guilty."

Shen Pingxiao's life is simple, obedience, loyalty, and support are all he has.

Before Yan Ci broke into his life, he had never tasted anything else.

Sweetness is viscous and fragrant, and of course it makes him want to look twice, smell more, and taste more.

Yan Ci himself was still trapped in that difficult paste, but he had to do his best to pull Shen Pingxiao out of it, clean him up, and keep him awake.

"Shen Pingxiao, if you have the opportunity, don't hesitate because of me, let alone give up because of me, never."