"Mom, Uncle Su, I'm back!" Liu Zhixi stretched out her hand and pressed it on the fingerprint lock, and the door opened automatically in an instant. The atmosphere at home was a little strange, Wenli was wearing a knitted woolen sweater, the color reflected the ruddy and healthy skin, but she was abnormally frowning, Su Qian lowered her head, and smoked vigorously. She saw a bloated figure with her back to her, a girl, with two short thick legs rubbing against the carpet from time to time, and making some terrible eating laughter. She immediately knew who this girl was, she was Jia Xin.

I haven't seen it for a long time, Jia Xin's abdomen has been visibly bulging, and it can be seen that she is about to give birth. When she saw Liu Zhixi coming in, she immediately stood up with the back of the chair, and the fat on her fat face trembled violently. She showed a flattering smile, and there was pretense pity in that smile, "Zhixi, long time no see, I miss you so much." ”

Liu Zhixi didn't understand how there could be such a hypocritical person in this world, who was obviously crazy with jealousy and longed for the other party to die of a violent illness, but he still had to speak softly and ask for warmth. "Oh, Jia Xin, yes, don't come unharmed", the words floated out of Liu Zhixi's mouth, like two bubbles, in Jia Xin's ears, and then made a slight popping sound.

Jia Xin's facial muscles squeezed into a very unnatural smile, stretched out five fingers, turned to Wenli and said, "Mom, I want this number, it's not too much!" Liu Zhixi felt that the "mother" was very harsh, and she tried not to care about their conversation, but the tense nerves reminded her to always pay attention, every word that popped out of Jia Xin's mouth, every word, was like a thunderbolt, shaking her heart.

Before Wenli could express his position, Su Qian took the lead in nodding his head and agreeing, after all, he had lived with Su Huai for 17 years, and that friendship could not be written off casually, and although he and Wenli loved Shiyue very much, they also had deep feelings for Su Huai. At the beginning, Su Huai proposed to return to his biological parents, but they didn't keep him, but he was too stubborn and had a strong sense of self-esteem, so he resolutely refused. Now, Jia Xin is pregnant with Liujia and has come to them for help, and they can't sit idly by.

Lin Sujin also came back, and the Su family and the Lin family had a family dinner, and Liu Zhixi excused herself that she was unwell and did not attend the banquet. Recently, the weather has been cold, her physique is weak, she is prone to colds, she is huddled at home alone, wearing a blanket to watch cartoons, she likes the old film "101 Loyal Dog" more than ten years ago, and she never gets tired of watching it.

She found the old-fashioned TV set that she used to play games with Su Huai and Lin Sujin, and went to the thrift market to find an obsolete VCD player, and watched it repeatedly all day long with beer and KFC takeaway chicken wings. She likes happy endings, but she also likes the tragedy that makes people cry, and she turned out "Loyal Dog Hachiko" again, and she was so moved.

She looked at the position where Jia Xin had sit, it was Su Huai's favorite seat before, she could lie on it and watch TV, or she could take a nap at a constant and suitable room temperature. In her heart, it was very unpleasant, like adding too much old vinegar, which was very sour, and it was like sprinkling table salt, and it was painful. She wasn't jealous that Jia Xin had Su Huai, she never thought of possessing him, she just hated his foolishness, sympathized with his misfortune, and even more regretted his misery. She felt that he should not give up on himself, there will always be forks in the road in life, and there will always be an intersection that leads to the right direction.

Zeng Xiao and her went to sweep Lao Lei's grave, but after a few months, Lao Lei's grave has grown dense weeds, and it seems that no one has ever taken care of it. They patiently cleaned up, put flowers and fruits in front of Lao Lei's grave, stood silently for a while, and then quietly left. Before leaving, Liu Zhixi took out 400 yuan and handed it to the guardian of the cemetery, asking him to tidy up Lao Lei's cemetery more freely.

Zeng Xiao's father Zeng Shengli sent the two of them here, and on the way back, Zeng Shengli saw Liu Zhixi's peach blossom-like smile in the car mirror, and immediately understood his son's thoughts. When he arrived in the city, he warmly invited Liu Zhixi to be a guest at home, but Liu Zhixi was reluctant but agreed, asked Zeng Xiao for the address, said that he had something to do, and left the father and son to buy some gifts in a nearby shopping mall before going to Zeng's house.

Zeng Xiao's mother Pan Jing is nearly fifty years old, although she does not have the graceful temperament and outstanding appearance, but she can see that she is a learned and educated woman. She warmly welcomed Liu Zhixi into the door, but she did not have a sensible sense of warmth, and the size of her interaction with people was very good. Pan Jing prepared a few dishes, and she modestly said that she was not good at cooking, but each dish was full of color, flavor, and portion, and the portion was also appropriate, and they all ate it with relish without the slightest waste.

After eating and cleaning up, Zeng Shengli took Pan Jing's hand and went out for a walk, and Liu Zhixi also got up to say goodbye. Zeng Xiao sent her home, white snowflakes floated in the sky, like the feathers of angels who had fallen into the mortal world, Liu Zhixi stretched out her hand, and a small snowflake fell on the palm of her hand, with a trace of coolness soaked in her heart, and then melted at the temperature of her hand, leaving a pool of crystal snow water.

Zeng Xiao suddenly called Liu Zhixi, "Zhixi, do you think you are happy?" Liu Zhixi didn't expect that Zeng Xiao would ask her this question, and she suddenly didn't know how to answer. I, happiness. Liu Zhixi thought about it and replied affirmatively. Is it because, do you have money now? Zeng Xiao's question, with a bitter taste, Liu Zhixi couldn't help but turn around and seriously ponder his expression.

"Zeng Xiao, what's wrong with you?" Liu Zhixi thought about the wording and asked carefully. "A lot of happiness is an illusion, it's all superficial. Just like my parents, they respect each other like guests, they are harmonious, others say they are happily married, but they secretly divorced, what the fuck do you say?! Liu Zhixi heard Zeng Xiao's foul language for the first time, but she understood the pain of this teenager, life deceived him, just like Wenli once deceived herself, verbally saying that she wanted to buy her a lollipop but abandoned her.

Back in the villa, Wenli and they hadn't come back yet, and the quartz clock that Su Qian bought from Japan hung on the wall and walked unhurriedly. Liu Zhixi sat alone on the sofa, the house was very quiet, so quiet that she could hear the movement of the hour hand. She remembered writing essays when she was a child, and the teacher asked them what they would like to be if they had a choice, some said they wanted to be Ultraman to save the world, some said they wanted to be Garfield lazy, and she said that she wanted to be a pendulum, because no matter what the surrounding environment is, whether it is a noisy city or a quiet afternoon, it always has its own pace, not hurried, not impatient, calm and comfortable.

There was plenty of heating in the house, she took off her coat, and there were tiny droplets of water rolling down from her clothes, which were melted snow, "Snow is really beautiful, but it's a pity that beautiful things are always fleeting," she sighed, she wiped off the droplets with a tissue, but there was a layer of fog in her eyes. She suddenly stood up and walked to Su Huai's bedroom before, because there were many vacant rooms in the villa, so Shi Yue lived in the bedroom on the second floor, and Su Huai's room remained the same, and the part-time worker aunt would also clean it regularly.

She pushed open the door, and Su Huai's original English tomes were neatly arranged on the bookcase, as if he would come back to look through them in just another hour. Liu Zhixi counted the days, Jia Xin estimated that she was about to give birth, Su Huai was going to be a father, she didn't know whether to cry or laugh, she didn't know whether to say "congratulations", or hide in the corner and look sad.

"Sister!" Shi Yue's voice came from the living room, this little boy was talented, diligent and studious, and the teacher often praised him when he was in high school in No. 2 Middle School, Su Qian and Wenli were very relieved and gave him a large amount of pocket money, as if they could provide him with nothing but money. But no one in the class knew that Shi Yue's family conditions were good, he never spent money lavishly, he opened a bank card and saved all the money that Su Qian and Wenli rewarded him, he said that this was his dream fund.

Liu Zhixi hurriedly wiped her eyes, pushed the door out, Shi Yue saw her in Su Huai's room, a trace of surprise swept over her face, and immediately disappeared, and she happily gave her the fruit gift box in her hand, "Sister, the new Hainan Sakya in the community supermarket is super delicious, I bought a box for you." "Thank you", Liu Zhixi looked at the tall and thin boy in front of her, they had similar faces, compatible habits, and close personalities, her heart was full of warmth, bubbling to the depths of her heart, she felt that they were so bloody, as if they were closer than Wenli.

The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was eaten with the Lin family, and Liu Zhixi racked her brains and couldn't shirk it anymore, so she had to go to the hotel with Wenli and them. Before leaving, Wenli pulled her into the cloakroom and handed her a woolen skirt and a well-made down jacket. Liu Zhixi didn't want it, but Wenli insisted on asking her to change it, saying that it was a new year and a new atmosphere, she thought about it carefully, she really needed new luck, so she took advantage of this good fortune and put on new clothes.

Wenli took out Dior's lip gloss, Estee Lauder's eyebrow pencil and Gucci's perfume from the makeup bag again, and looked at Liu Zhixi seriously, "Zhixi, it's all because my mother is not good, and she didn't teach you makeup." Girls, live more delicately. We'll go to the commercial plaza tomorrow, and mom will buy you a set of cosmetics. You can throw away all the skin care products you bought yourself, and your face is a girl's business card. When Liu Zhixi heard this, she was disgusted in her heart, she didn't say anything, but her face was unconsciously gloomy.