Chapter 1 Returning to Beixin
Beixin has been snowing for the past two days, the sky is filled with a layer of beige mist, and the cold wind is blowing on pedestrians, and everyone is tightening their bodies, and they don't even bother to take out their hands.
"Jiang Nan, you translate and sort out the materials of this project."
Jiang Nan's thoughts were pulled back sharply, her eyes moved away from the window, looked at the person who came to send her materials, and met the friendly smiling face of her colleague, she answered, and took the stack of kraft paper file bags.
After the colleague had his free hand, he took out his mobile phone from his pocket and looked at it, and then said happily: "It's time to get off work, great, Jiang Nan, don't work too hard, just sort it out within a week, go home quickly, work overtime and hurt yourself." ”
Jiang Nanxu was infected by her smile, and also hooked his lips, and replied shallowly: "Okay." ”。
Only then did she remember that her friend Zhou Zhixu had formed a bureau and asked her to go and not delay, otherwise with this girl's temper, she would definitely be furious, and she didn't want to be nagged.
There are a lot of people in this restaurant in Xu Ding, the first and second floors are full of people, and there is a path at the end of the hall that leads to the garden, and there are two small European-style western-style buildings around the garden, which are brightly lit everywhere, which is very different from the ice and snow world outside.
Jiang Nan pushed open the door and walked in, looked around, and fell into confusion again, Zhou Zhixu only told her the room number, and didn't tell her where to go.
Now the waiters are busy, Jiang Nan doesn't even have a chance to talk to them, and it is estimated that the waiter can't guess that the most famous restaurant in Beixin, Beixinren will actually get lost here.
After hesitating for a moment, Jiang Nan took out his mobile phone and called Zhou Zhixu, who was not clear on the other end of the phone, asked her to describe what she was wearing today and asked her to wait in the hall for a while.
Jiang Nan stopped and waited obediently in the hall.
After a while, there was still no trace of acquaintances, Jiang Nan wandered around boredly, at this time the door was pushed open, and the golden bell hanging in the door made a pleasant sound, welcoming the guests, Jiang Nan's eyes followed the sound.
A man walked in from the outside, the man pushed the door open with the car key in his hand, released the door handle, and put the key into the coat pocket, his hand did not stretch out again, his face was handsome, and his figure was also tall, which was difficult to ignore.
At the glance that Jiang Nan looked over, the man also happened to notice her.
The man's eyes were deep, Jiang Nan seemed to have fallen in for a moment and couldn't find a way out, he panicked, his eyes were uneasy and he glanced around, and finally he hurriedly lowered his head at a loss, secretly soothing his heartbeat.
The encounter was too sudden, Jiang Nan's brain went blank for a while, and he didn't know whether to say hello to him generously or pretend not to know him and walk away.
Jiang Nan hesitated, and just wanted to turn around and walk casually down the road, but suddenly a voice called her name behind her.
"Jiang Nan."
Jiang Nan's body stiffened, and she slowly turned around to look at him, but she was too timid to have the courage to look at him directly.
Every look from a man was enough to make her panic.
Her eyes were too evasive, Zhou Zhengan couldn't help frowning slightly, and there was a hint of amusement in her light voice: "You don't know me, do you?" ”
"Nope." Jiang Nan hurriedly said, looking at Zhou Zheng'an's gaze, she explained in a low voice: "I just didn't expect you to appear here." ”
"I just came back today, my luggage is still in the car, let's go, let's go in together." After Zhou Zheng'an finished speaking, he turned Jiang Nan's body and walked towards the garden.
He walked a few steps, turned his head and saw Jiang Nan still standing in place stupidly, he couldn't help but wink, Jiang Nan reacted, and quickly followed, and after catching up, her head slowly lowered again, only knowing to follow the footsteps of the person in front of her.
Jiang Nan regretted death in her heart, how could she ask such a question just now, Zhou Zhengan is Zhou Zhixu's brother, the party between them, his appearance should be normal.
However, he didn't even say a word to her when he came back.
Jiang Nan couldn't hide the loss in his heart, and couldn't help but sneak a glance at Zhou Zheng'an, from her point of view, he could only see his back, some snowflakes fell on his shoulders, which were very obvious in the bright light, but he didn't seem to care, and he didn't even bother to shoot.
They kept a short distance from each other, and it looked strange from a distance.
Zhou Zhengan entered the elevator, Jiang Nan had not yet arrived, seeing that the elevator door was about to close automatically, Zhou Zhengan stretched out a hand to block the elevator door that was about to close, until Jiang Nan entered the elevator.
"Thank you." Jiang Nan whispered.
Zhou Zhengan did not speak.
The elevator doors close.
The quiet between the two of them could faintly hear the sound of the elevator rising, obviously it was only a few seconds, but Jiang Nan felt extremely difficult and didn't even dare to move.
The elevator made a sound, the door opened, and neither of them moved, Jiang Nan couldn't help but turn his head to look at Zhou Zheng'an, it just so happened that Zhou Zheng'an was also looking at her, and he didn't mean to go first.
Jiang Nan had no choice but to get out of the elevator first, and in the next second, Zhou Zhengan walked out after her: "Turn left to the third room." ”
"Thank you."
Jiang Nan clasped his hands in front of him, and his steps couldn't help but get faster and faster, but Zhou Zhengan was not in a hurry and followed her.
Pushing open the door, the excitement in the house quieted down for a moment, Jiang Nan and the two people in the room looked at each other, Zhou Zhixu and her husband Ren Xianzhi.
Zhou Zhixu beckoned to her with a smile, patted the position beside him, and called, "This." ”
Jiang Nan walked over and sat down, Ren Xianzhi smiled politely at her, and Jiang Nan also smiled back.
She and Ren Xianzhi don't have much intersection, it stands to reason that she is only familiar with Zhou Zhixu in this room, the two of them are in the same class in junior high school, Ren Xianzhi is one level older than the two of them, and Zhou Zhengan was already in his second year of high school at that time.
The three of them seem to have known each other since they were very young, and the only reason why Jiang Nan can intersect with them is that she and Zhou Zhixu are good friends.
Of course, since she went to Nanlin University to study, only Zhou Zhixu has been in contact with her.
After a while, Jiang Nan noticed that the chair on the other side of her was pulled away, and Zhou Zhengan took off his coat and put it on the chair, and then sat down as well.
Of the five seats in this room, only four people were seated.
"Brother, where is my sister-in-law? Didn't you ask you to bring your sister-in-law to us as well? Zhou Zhixu's expectant eyes couldn't help but dim after seeing the closed door, full of disappointment.
Jiang Nan suddenly tensed up, but no one noticed her at this time.
Not only Zhou Zhixu, but Ren Xianzhi was also very curious about this matter, after all, Zhou Zheng'an's marriage was sudden, in his thirty-two years of life, there were almost no complicated women, everyone thought that he was going to die alone, but he suddenly announced to his parents that he was married.
Except for the information he released himself, the others are like mysteries, and even Zhou Zhengan's parents don't even know what his wife looks like, Zhou Zhixu is about to die of curiosity, but Zhou Zhengan didn't give her a chance to be a detective at all.
Zhou Zheng'an didn't rush to speak, but Jiang Nan clearly felt the gaze from the person next to her, and her inexplicable weakness made her stiff and didn't dare to raise her head.
"You'll know." Zhou Zhengan said thoughtfully.
"Cut." Zhou Zhixu suddenly lost interest.
Ren Xianzhi played the round and took the lead in raising his wine glass and stood up.
"Come, come, celebrate the four of us coming together again after a decade." When Zhou Zhixu heard her husband say this, her interest increased a little more, and she stood up with him.
Jiang Nan just wanted to make a move, but Zhou Zhengan's voice next to him came lightly: "I can't drink." ”
Zhou Zhixu was dissatisfied: "Brother, why are you so uncooperative?" If you can't drive a car after drinking, it's a big deal to find a substitute driver. ”
"I have to go back to school tonight, I need work." Zhou Zhengan said.
"Just like you, can my sister-in-law stand it?" Zhou Zhixu pursed his lips.
Zhou Zhengan slowly poured himself a cup of tea and took a small peck, "Family affairs, it's not your turn to worry about it." ”
When Jiang Nan heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Zhou Zhengan, Zhou Zhengan felt her gaze and glanced at her, but at a glance, both of them looked away, Jiang Nan was because of the rapid heartbeat, and Zhou Zhengan just glanced at her casually.
Zhou Zhixu was completely speechless, Ren Xianzhi patted her back soothingly, and naturally picked up the topic: "Brother Zheng'an, what do you usually do in astronomy?" ”
"Research and investigation, nothing more than some ......"
The two chatted back and forth, and with Ren Xianzhi's lively atmosphere, it was quite lively.
For a moment, Jiang Nan felt as if he was back in high school, when Ren Xianzhi was a curious younger brother, and he always liked to run to the floor of the senior year to chase Zhou Zhengan and ask this and that, Zhou Zhixu always laughed at Ren Xianzhi with her at that time, but Jiang Nan was very envious of Ren Xianzhi.
She was always in front of the pillars in the hallway on another floor, secretly watching him.
After a meal, the sky outside was completely dark, and the weather was much colder than in the afternoon, as soon as the four of them walked out of the restaurant, the cool breeze swished into their clothes, and Zhou Zhixu almost shrank in Ren Xianzhi's arms.
Jiang Nan also shrank coldly, but she didn't have such a good fortune, so she had to carry it herself, and when the wind blew, her eyes couldn't open.
Zhou Zhengan glanced at her, and said to Ren Xianzhi: "Xianzhi, you can go back with Zhixu, Miss Jiang, I will send it." ”
"No, we can deliver it, aren't you busy with work?" Zhou Zhixu felt a little strange.
Zhou Zhengan ignored her and looked at Jiang Nan: "Let's go." ”
He took out his car keys and walked towards the parking lot, Jiang Nan glanced at Zhou Zhixu, both sides were embarrassed, hesitated for only a second, and trotted towards Zhou Zhengan.
Zhou Zhixu looked puzzled, when did her brother become so enthusiastic, and Jiang Nan, between her and her brother, shouldn't she choose herself?
In Zhou Zhixu's cognition, Jiang Nan and Zhou Zhengan have said no more than ten sentences in the past ten years, and Jiang Nan and Zhou Zhengan are not even as familiar with Ren Xian.
Ren Xianzhi grabbed her: "Don't care about others, let's go." ”
“......”
The parking lot was dim, only a few dim lights were on, the footsteps of the two became clearer and clearer, Jiang Nan chased after Zhou Zhengan: "Otherwise, I'd better take a taxi back, right?" ”
Zhou Zheng'an stopped, caught off guard, Jiang Nan almost pounced on his predecessor, his cheek hit Zhou Zheng'an's chest hard, and the tip of his nose exhaled a fragrance of camellias.
Probably because of the thick clothes, she didn't feel the slightest pain, but she was stunned suddenly, looked at Zhou Zhengan blankly for a few seconds, and after reacting, Jiang Nan's cheeks flushed, and she whispered: "I just want to say, aren't you going back to school?" It would be too much trouble to send me back first. ”
"No trouble."
"Oh." Jiang Nan obediently agreed, Zhou Zhengan just wanted to lift his steps and walk, and heard the girl's soft voice sound: "That...... Will you go home and sleep tonight? ”
Zhou Zheng paused, "We are newly married, and there is probably no need to separate." ”
"Oh." Jiang Nan's hesitant expression suddenly disappeared, and a pair of eyes regained their luster because of Zhou Zheng'an's words, and looked at him brightly: "Then I'll leave you a lamp." ”
Zhou Zhengan raised his eyes, there was no improvement, he just said, "You don't have to wait for me." When he had finished speaking, he turned and went first.
Jiang Nan's face darkened, she already knew that this was just a nightmare of her dyed with joy, but she still wanted to have this dream.
This marriage came too suddenly, how long can it last, Jiang Nan doesn't know, and he doesn't want to guess, and Zhou Zhengan... These four words are already very good.
Three months ago.
Jiang Nan ended his life in Nanlin because of his mother's illness, and returned to Beixin, which is the southernmost city in the country, and Beixin can be called the farthest city from Nanlin, so that as soon as she returned to Beixin, Jiang Nan became ill, but she still devoted herself to treating her mother.
Jiang Nan's mother's attending doctor told Jiang Nan that her mother had chronic cancer and had to stay in the hospital for a long time.
She has been living in other places all these years, and every time she calls her family, what she hears is a happy event, if it weren't for her mother suddenly fainting and she went back to Beixin in a hurry, she probably would never hear anything about her illness from her mother.
As soon as she thought of this, Jiang Nan was afraid for a while, so she simply called and resigned from her job in Nanlin, and decided to start over in Beixin, she had no other choice, Beixin had relatives and friends to care about, and Nanlin was just her life alone.
Except for the time she spent in contact with the new company, she spent most of her time with her mother, until her condition gradually stabilized, and she stayed in the hospital for a long time, and her clothes were stained with the smell of disinfectant water.
After returning to Beixin, Jiang Nan and Zhou Zheng'an met for the first time at the wedding of their friend Zhou Zhixu.
Jiang Nan was invited as a bridesmaid to accompany the bride Zhou Zhixu, she was wearing a light blue dress, her hair was coiled low by the silver hairpin, and with that delicate face, she was smart and natural.