Lin Yushan didn't know how he walked back that night.

Step by step, step by step in the thick snow, up to the ankle. The melting snow wet the uppers and slowly numb and unconscious feet.

She didn't look back, but she knew that the person behind her had never left, and silently accompanied her all the way to the gate of the community, and watched her get into the taxi with her own eyes.

That night, she took a comfortable hot bath, got into the bed with the hot water bottle, and slept deeply.

When the first rays of the new year's rays of sunlight shone into the room through the cracks in the curtains, she stretched, half-squinted, and looked out the window at the still-vibrant world.

A new day begins.

She went to the cemetery alone, bought incense candles and paper money at the small shop at the foot of the mountain as usual, carried a small plastic bag, and climbed the mountain slowly.

On New Year's Day, many people come to the cemetery to pay respects. Now the cemeteries in Jingzhou have banned firecrackers, and only paper money is allowed to be burned. Lin Yushan pulled his scarf to cover his nose, shuttled through the rows of smoky tombstones, and finally found his father's location.

She pulled the hem of her trench coat in front of her and crouched down.

Take out the paper money from the plastic bag, slowly untie the string tied on it, and stack it one by one.

A tiny spark streaked in front of my eyes. Lin Yushan raised his eyes, and the spark floated down from the incense stick inserted in the incense burner in front of his father's monument, as if it was less than half burned.

She looked along the pillar of incense.

My father's tombstone was clean, there was not a single leaf or dust on the grave platform, and there were flowers and fruit baskets on it. There are some cracked photos on the stele, but I don't know when they were replaced with new ones.

There was a glint in her eyes, but it dimmed in a few seconds.

Light incense and burn paper money. She closed her eyes, folded her hands, and earnestly kowtowed in front of her father's monument.

Dad, if you're still there......

Would you like to see me with him?

Suddenly, a small north wind blew the burning paper money into the air, and it drifted somewhere.

Lin Yushan looked at it and drifted away, silent.

When the paper money burned out, she walked through the crowd of groups on the trail and went down the mountain alone.

In the next few days, she had a small cold, and she was hot and had a fever.

Fortunately, Yao Qing finally came back with her suitcase on the last day of the holiday, helping her make porridge and chatting with her when she was most difficult. After about two days, the fever subsided and my strength recovered a lot.

As graduation approached, the computer science department was completely out of class. During this time, in addition to taking care of the sick Lin Yushan, Yao Qing had to go out for several afternoons in a row, and sometimes came back very late.

"I'm back!" Yao Qing opened the door and hung the bag on the hook in the entrance.

Lin Yushan sat up from the sofa, his eyes still staring at the laptop screen, "Why is it so late?" Qingqing, have you changed jobs recently? ”

Yao Qing has always helped others do part-time programming online, which can be done at home and delivered to customers. In the past two or three days, she has been going out frequently, and Lin Yushan has some doubts.

She has recently registered accounts for various recruitment software such as FutureFree, Zhaopin, and boSS Zhipin, and from time to time she goes up to brush up on whether there are any part-time positions.

Although the goal of employment has always been geology, since the written examination for the graduate school entrance examination, I always feel anxious to be at home alone, so I also want to find a part-time job.

"Whew... I'm exhausted! Yao Qing took off her coat and immediately rushed to the sofa, stretched her feet into the heater, and exhaled comfortably: "It's not a part-time job, it's just shopping with people." ”

"Huh?!" Lin Yushan closed the screen and stared at her with wide eyes, "You won't be deceived, right..."

She said in a worried tone: "Where did you find this part-time job?" Is it reliable? I saw a post on the Internet that exposed that the part-time job of accompanying shopping is very unsafe for girls. ”

"It's okay, the other party is a girl... By the way, I personally feel that she seems to belong to the white Fumei type. Yao Qing rubbed her sorely swollen waist and said, "Not long after I came back from abroad, I didn't have any friends in Jingzhou, so I found a place to accompany me." People specifically asked for girls only, saying it was safer. ”

Lin Yushan secretly sighed, could it be that he is more open-minded when he lives abroad?

"Is it really just shopping?" She asked curiously.

"yes, just go shopping." Yao Qing said: "At first, I thought she would let me accompany her to a luxury store or something, but they insisted that I take her to that kind of roadside food stall...... Accompany her for an afternoon, and people give me 1,000 yuan to play with her! ”

“1000？ 1000 in one afternoon?! Lin Yushan was dumbfounded, "She really gave it to you?" ”

"Given it, this can still be fake!" Yao Qing's face was full of excitement, and she shook the Alipay payment interface in front of her, "Maybe 1,000 yuan is just sprinkling water for people, after all, people who have lived abroad for a long time should have good family conditions." ”

Lin Yushan couldn't think of this kind of pie-in-the-sky thing, and she didn't understand the world of rich people.

"Ahh Yao Qing's face suddenly changed, and she covered her mouth and sneezed.

"You've got a cold!" Lin Yushan put the back of his hand on her forehead, and his tone was apologetic: "Could it be that you were infected by me when you took care of me these days?" ”

"It's okay, it's okay," Yao Qing took a tissue from the table to wipe her nose, "Oops, I have to go to bed early today." You too, it's not long to get off early! ”

After speaking, the two went to get a change of clothes one after the other, went to the bathroom to wash, and went to bed.

……

Next.

Today it is Lin Yushan's turn to make breakfast. She ordered two bowls of noodles in the kitchen and knocked on Yao Qing's bedroom door.

"It's breakfast, Qingqing!"

"Good..."

The sound inside was very weak, and Lin Yushan felt that something was not right, so he immediately pushed the door in. I saw Yao Qing frowning, her cheeks and forehead were red, and the whole person was shrunk into a ball in the quilt.

She immediately used her hand to probe the temperature of her forehead, and Yao Qing had a fever.

"It's hot... Feverish! Bear with me, I'll get you clothes, and we'll go to the hospital now." ”

Yao Qing was dazed and struggled to get up from the bed, "No, no!" I have something to do today, and I have to stay with that girl at noon. She said that there is something important for me to follow her today, and she will give me 5,000 yuan......"

Lin Yushan took out a down jacket from the wardrobe and put it on Yao Qing, "You are burned like this and still thinking about money, no, you have to go to the hospital!" ”

Although she was a little annoyed in her words, she could also understand Yao Qing's mentality very well.

5,000 yuan is already nearly two months' salary for a college student from an ordinary family. After all, she herself worked part-time in a bubble tea shop, working six days a week, standing from morning to night, and only 2,000 yuan a month.

Spending an afternoon to get 5,000 yuan is indeed a great temptation.

Yao Qing lowered her head and coughed dryly, then suddenly looked at her and said, "Ahem... Otherwise. It's okay for me to go to the hospital alone, and you can go there instead of me, okay? You see, ahem... Anyway, I have to spend money to go to the hospital, if I can get this 5,000 yuan, I don't have to ask my family for the money to see a doctor, right? When we get the money, we'll split it evenly... Please, Yushan, will you go for an afternoon instead of me? ”

Lin Yushan hesitated.

Yao Qing really needs money to go to the hospital for injections and medicines. Besides, the way she is now, there is a high probability that she was infected a few days ago in order to take care of herself.

"Okay..."Lin Yushan looked at Yao Qing in embarrassment: "But if I go instead of you, will others be willing?" ”

As soon as Yao Qing heard that she agreed, she immediately took out her mobile phone from under the pillow and sent a message: "Ahem... Never mind! It was still early, and she said that we would meet again at noon. I'll send her a message now and ask if it's okay for you to go. ”

Yao Qing continued to add: "Don't worry, she's not bad, I've been shopping with her for two days." ”

"Well, get dressed first. Breakfast is ready, and I have to eat a little bit. Lin Yushan helped her get dressed and helped her out of the bedroom.

Yao Qing didn't have much appetite, so she only ate the eggs and vegetables in the bowl, and ate two small bites of noodles, and her attention never left her mobile phone the whole time.

"Ahh Agreed! Yao Qing put down her chopsticks, stared at the screen and said, "It's okay, she said at half past twelve at noon, meet at the gate of Xiyuan, No. 180 Nanqing Street, Xun'an District, and I'll send you the location and her mobile phone number." ”

"Good. What does she call her? ”

"The surname is Wang, you can call her Miss Wang."

Yao Qing added: "By the way, she said that she hopes you can dress up beautifully today, preferably the kind that can make people stunning at a glance!" ”

"Let's, let me dress up?" Lin Yushan was simply confused, "What the hell is this going to do... She's not going to take me somewhere weird, is she? ”

How many tricks... I want to be a companion again, and I ask people to dress up?!

"Oh, don't worry, you still can't trust me? Maybe she wants to go to a luxury store today, so she has a dress code. ”

Yao Qing smiled and coaxed her, "Although you are naturally beautiful, since everyone has said so, you can dress up casually!" It seems that we are also serious about service! ”

After breakfast, Yao Qing took the subway to the hospital first.

Lin Yushan added Miss Wang's WeChat and sent a "hello" to the past, but there was no reply for the time being, so she had to put on makeup first.

She wore a rare full makeup today and used a curling iron to make a natural micro-curly wave for her hair. Underneath is a half-turtleneck solid cardigan and washed jeans, and a low-key long dark gray woolen coat is worn outside, and a pair of black biker boots are worn on the feet.

When he arrived at the agreed place, Lin Yushan was ten minutes ahead of the agreed time. She stood in the doorway and waited, and there was no one outside until 12:50.

She looked down at her phone, thinking about whether to send a WeChat message to Miss Wang to ask about the situation. Suddenly, there was the roar of a car braking.

A white Range Rover pulled up in front of her.

The door opened, and a woman in a black woolen suit and jeans came out of the cab in a rage, still holding a cup of coffee. After she saw Lin Yushan, her eyes stared at her and she carefully identified it.

The woman looks to be about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with simple and daily life, and her capable short and medium hair reveals a casual temperament.

"Hi, are you Miss Lin?" The other party looked at her and asked.

Lin Yushan nodded, wanting to confirm the identity of the other party, "Yes, may I ask if you are Miss Wang......"

Before the words fell, the woman took the initiative to put her on the shoulder and pulled her forward quickly. As she walked, she spoke in her ear, speaking quickly.

"Miss Lin, now we're going to go in for dinner. Let me explain to you first, from now on your surname is Zhang, and your identity is my friend. If someone asks me about it later, you can say ......"