There was silence between the two again.

It seemed that after a long time, Xu Chenyin barely evoked a smile and said softly: "Ji Yan, no matter what, I still want to thank you today." ”

"It's okay with me." Ji Yan said this lightly, and then turned around and left without hesitation.

Xu Chenyin looked at his tall back, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and there were complex emotions hidden in his eyes.

After a while, she retracted her gaze, turned around and was about to step away from Ji Yan, when she heard Ji Yan's tone behind her and said unrefusively: "Xu Chenyin, I'll send you back." ”

The evening breeze blew Xu Chenyin's broken hair hanging down to his ears at this moment, and Xu Chenyin was stunned, as if he couldn't believe what he had just heard.

At this time, the thin man with glasses walked out of the police station with leisurely steps, and when he saw Xu Chenyin whistle, he said with a proud expression: "Beauty, thank you tonight......"

Halfway through the thin man's words, he suddenly stopped abruptly when he saw Ji Yan walking towards this side.

When Ji Yan walked to Xu Chenyin's side, a pair of black eyes looked at the thin man a few times, and before he could speak, the thin man turned around and left timidly and quickly.

"Aren't you leaving?"

Seeing that Xu Chenyin was still standing still, Ji Yan reminded him without any expression, and without waiting for Xu Chenyin to finish speaking, he walked away.

It's just that this time his pace has always been a little slower, and he keeps a distance not close to Xu Chenyin behind him.

The stars shimmer brightly at night, and the dim lights on both sides of the street cast a soft, warm glow.

There were occasional dog barks on the side of the road, and in the empty and lonely alley, only the footsteps of the two were particularly abrupt.

Ji Yan didn't walk fast, but it wasn't slow, Xu Chenyin followed him unhurriedly, looking at Ji Yan's back in front of him, and couldn't help but think of the scene when the two of them walked home together on the weekend, and their hearts beat uncontrollably.

Xu Chenyin's expression gradually became trance-like, and he walked back to the barbecue stall, and when he came to Ji Yan's car, Xu Chenyin suddenly came back to his senses.

After she watched Ji Yan sit in the driver's seat, she stood outside the car and hesitated for a while, and just as she wanted to step forward and open the door of the back seat, the co-pilot's window was lowered.

Ji Yan's voice was particularly low and mellow in the night: "Come up, don't delay time." ”

“…… Well. ”

The moment she sat in the co-pilot, Xu Chenyin's back was quite straight, because strictly speaking, this was the first time she sat in Ji Yan's car, not the bus of the police station.

"Where's home?" Ji Yan started the car and asked lightly.

Xu Chenyin lowered his eyes and replied slowly: "Morning Star Apartment." ”

Regarding her answer, Ji Yan's eyebrows raised slightly, as if she asked casually: "Live by yourself?" ”

Zhao Lichu raised his hand to pull the broken hair behind his ears, revealing a white and slender neck, turned his eyes to look at the night scene outside the car window, and said "um" warmly.

Ji Yan glanced at her, didn't speak again, and stepped on the accelerator.

The car quickly and smoothly drove on the road, although Xu Chenyin's body did not move greatly throughout the whole process, but a pair of apricot eyes were quietly observing everything in the car.

Ji Yan's car was as clean and tidy as him, and there were no knick-knacks, but Xu Chenyin smelled a fragrance that seemed to belong to Ji Yan from the moment he got into the car.

It was a smell she had never smelled in anyone else, and it was a smell that made her feel reassured.

Thinking like this, Xu Chenyin couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at Ji Yan, who was driving, pursed his lips, and was about to say something.

Ji Yan was the first to ask, "Are you awake?" ”

"Huh?" Xu Chenyin didn't hear clearly at first, and asked with a puzzled look: "What?" ”

Ji Yan twisted his eyebrows, but still repeated: "Is the wine sober?" ”

"Wake up." This time, Xu Chenyin heard it clearly, so he also answered quickly.

"Do you have a headache?" Ji Yan asked again.

Xu Chenyin didn't hurt much, but after he said this, I didn't know if it was a psychological effect or what, her head suddenly began to ache faintly again, she closed her eyes, raised her hand and pressed her temples a few times, but her mouth subconsciously denied: "It doesn't hurt." ”

Looking at her appearance, Ji Yan's hand holding the steering wheel tightened, although he didn't speak, the speed of the car accelerated significantly.

When he arrived downstairs in the apartment, Xu Chenyin was about to push the car door and get out of the car, but was stopped by Ji Yan's voice: "Sit and don't move." ”

After he finished saying this, he didn't have the slightest intention of explaining to Xu Chenyin, he just pushed the car door and walked towards the convenience store across the road.

Xu Chenyin sat in the car, watching his back until she approached the convenience store, trying to guess something, but the feeling of swelling pain from her temples made her have no time to think about anything more now.

At the moment, inside the convenience store.

After Ji Yan finished buying the sobering tea, when he glanced at the candy on the shelf, he suddenly remembered a scene from high school in his mind.

The girl's soft voice sounded in his ears: "Ji Yan, don't you think the sobering tea is a little bitter?" ”

At that time, he took the sobering tea handed by the girl and took a sip, but it was a little bitter, looking at the girl's frowning eyebrows because of the bitter taste, he unconsciously raised a smile, reached out and rubbed the girl's black and soft hair, and promised: "Next time I will buy you candy to eat." ”

At that time, he never imagined that the next time would be ten years later.

And there are so many irreparable things that happened in between.

"Sir, twenty-five dollars in total."

"And this box of candy can be knotted for me."

Ji Yan came back to his senses, picked up a box of fruit candy from the shelf and handed it to the cashier.

"Okay, it's thirty-five dollars."

When Ji Yan opened the car door with his things, he saw Xu Chenyin leaning against the car window, his eyelashes drooping, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Seeing him come back, Xu Chenyin came back to his senses, sat up straight, raised his eyes to look at him, and said softly: "Ji Yan, thank you today......"

As she spoke, she paused, her hand on her lap curled up unconsciously, and she continued, "Also, I'm sorry, I didn't want to bother you, but ......"

"Xu Chenyin, it doesn't make sense to apologize for what has already passed."

Ji Yan said as he unscrewed the cap of the bottle of decanting tea, and after handing the decanting tea to her, his voice was cold and indifferent: "Instead of apologizing, what you should do is to leave my world again." ”

After saying this, Ji Yan turned his head and his eyes fell on the night scene outside the car window.

Xu Chenyin's breathing was slightly suffocated, looking at the fruit candy he put in the middle, he was silent for a few seconds, and asked with a few chords in his voice: "Ji Yan, do you remember to buy the candy...... Do you really not like me? ”

There was a brief silence in the carriage.

After a while, Ji Yan took out a box of cigarettes from his coat pocket and pulled out one, and the sound of the metal lighter pressing in the silent environment was particularly clear.

The cigarette on his fingertips was lit, Ji Yan lowered his head and took a breath, the white mist was misty, and his side face looked a little cold in the dark light.

Xu Chenyin stared at him without blinking, waiting for his answer with a worried expression.