What's there, panic, stall, just like the cans that flew out at the end of the game, disrupting the predetermined trajectory.

It turned out that Meng Shilong's specialness had been quietly produced so early. And it was only at this moment that she was really aware of it, and admitted it, as she always felt in hindsight.

You Xuezhen took two steps out, and when she reached the position of the floor-to-ceiling window, the mahjong table was half-hidden by the curtain, and Ye Wanbai was looking down at the cards with her back, and her fingers flew to adjust the finch card she had just touched.

She silently looked at his back, and there seemed to be labor pain in her heart.

Later, she thought countless times that what would happen if she had discovered her heart earlier and confessed to him earlier than others?

It won't be like anything, he doesn't like her, and he can't even be a friend.

Thinking so, she doesn't regret her hindsight.

But now it's different, if she realizes it later, there is a clear one that is waiting for her liking will slip away, and it will really become a regret that can be seen and touched.

You Xuezhen was stunned, turned her back, took out her mobile phone, and pressed a voice call.

The music didn't even have a second loop before it was connected.

Meng Shilong's dry voice came: "You Xuezhen? ”

She said nervously, "Hi. ”

He also replied, "Hi." ”

She asked the panacea, "Have you had dinner?" ”

"I just finished eating, I'm with Lao Dou and Grandma."

"Oh, so do I."

"Look at WeChat."

You Xuezhen followed his words and looked at their chat box, Meng Shilong posted a photo on the dining table, and You Xuezhen captured the "longevity noodles" she taught at a glance.

She smiled: "Really did it, is Grandma satisfied?" ”

"It's okay, she said it's still not as good as you."

You Xuezhen laughed.

Cantonese came from the other end of the earpiece, and it seemed that Meng Shilong's father was calling him.

You Xuezhen said, "Then I'll hang up." ”

He hurriedly said, "So fast? ”

"Hmm...... It wasn't a big deal, but ......," she scratched her head, "I just want to say Happy New Year to you in person." ”

There was silence for a moment, and his voice suppressed some kind of longing, saying, "Me too." ”

"—although I would rather tell you Happy New Year in person."

A tacit ambiguity pervades.

You Xuezhen's breathing accelerated, and she blurted out, "I'll see you tomorrow...... Grandma, how is it? ”

"Is it just my grandma?"

He asked.

You Xuezhen pursed her lips, and this time only put the word "right" and ran out of her mouth.

"Then see one get one free, and see me too."

His dry voice rattled in her eardrums, causing a small static electricity. You Xuezhen touched her earlobe, lowered her head, kicked the dead leaves in the yard with her toes, and said, That's good.

On the card table in the house, someone threw out a rooster, Ye Wanbai pushed the card and smiled: "I'm sorry." ”

"Damn, you're nonsense!"

Everyone complained bitterly, and Ye Wanbai's eyes had already crossed the house, and the search was fruitless.

But he suddenly felt something, turned away, and looked out the window—

You Xuezhen was holding her mobile phone and chatting on the phone, and the fluorescence passed through her fingers, illuminating the brisk back.

He forgot to turn around and just kept staring at her.

And she never turned around.

*

You Xuezhen hung up the phone and returned to the house to warm up, and there was already a change of person at the card table. She looked around, Ye Wanbai and Cheng Wenfeng were drinking in the corner of the bar.

Ye Wanbai pushed a can of beer to her and asked her if she wanted to drink it.

You Xuezhen shook her head, looked at the empty beer bottles and whiskey in his hand, went to the refrigerator and brought two bottles of water, one of which was pushed to Ye Wanbai.

"It's easy to get drunk like this."

Ye Wanbai seemed to have drunk a little too much, and his eyes looked at the water in a daze and did not react.

Cheng Wenfeng laughed and teased: "Don't you have my share? ”

You Xuezhen scratched her head: "I'm sorry...... I forgot. She said that she was going to get it again, Ye Wanbai reacted at this time, quickly got up and grabbed a bottle of water from the refrigerator and threw it to him, she shrugged, sat back on the sofa and pressed the TV.

It's almost twelve o'clock, I don't know who said first that it was time to set off fireworks, everyone put down the entertainment in their hands and walked out of the house, Cheng Wenfeng also put down the wine bottle and rushed out, leaving only Ye Wanbai alone at the bar.

You Xuezhen walked over and patted him: "There are fireworks outside, let's go." ”

There were several empty wine cans on the countertop, and he had drunk so much in just a few moments, but the bottle of water was unopened in his hand. You Xuezhen swept his eyes and turned white with the arm that rolled up his sleeve, he couldn't drink his face, and his arm was easy to flush after drinking too much.

He ignored the opening of a new can and handed it to her: "You really don't come?" ”

She took the jar and set it aside: "Don't drink it, your arms are already red." ”

"You don't drink? That's for me. ”

The wine was taken a little far by her, and he couldn't reach it, so he had to get up lazily and go past You Xuezhen to get it.

"Bang-"

You Xuezhen was passively attracted and turned her head sideways to see that the first barrel of fireworks had just been lit in the yard.

Ye Wanbai was also startled by this voice, and his figure, which was already a little shaky, staggered slightly.

"Bang-"

The second wave of fireworks bloomed, but You Xuezhen didn't care about it.

Because there was a thud on her shoulder, too—Ye Wanbai fell on her shoulder.

To be exact, it was dangling and pressing on her. She was pressed back by gravity and took two steps back, holding on to the bar with one hand so that no two people fell together.

She roared: "Damn, get up!" Heavy death! ”

Ye Wanbai once again turned a deaf ear, rubbing his hands up her back, up her thin spine bones, and reaching a position near her waist.

The air conditioning in the house was hot, and she had already taken off her coat and wore only a tight black knit. The touch was particularly obvious, as if there were two snakes crawling behind her, swimming coldly, and then finding her waist as a habitat and wrapping around her.

He even arched his back so that his body could lower himself, and buried his head in her shoulder socket, the heat of his nose mixed with the smell of wine spraying up, and at this moment, her shoulder socket was like a hut that had not had time to close the window, and was hit by a torrential rain.

She stiffened into the stump of a tree that had survived the rainstorm.

"I told you not to drink it...... Get up, it's heavy! ”

He heard her voice, and seemed obediently ready to stand up, but he just propped up his face and faced her, saying that I was not drunk, and that my eyes were too bright by the light of the fireworks outside the window, as if I was really not drunk.

You Xuezhen pushed him for a moment, because his face suddenly pressed down and stopped in a very dangerous position.

"Bang-"

The third firework burst lightly, and the world fell with colorful fragments and Venus, splashing the afterglow of the two men's vision. The magic of time standing still failed, and Ye gradually moved again, her head tilted, her lips brushed her hair, her head landed heavily on her neck, and her arms were folded, hugging her tightly.

*

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, Ye gradually drank a lot and fainted by the bar. She and Cheng Wenfeng worked together to get him into an empty room, so tired that they had no energy to spare, and finally found a random room to sleep.

When it came to actually lying down, she couldn't sleep, maybe she was a little used to staying up late, maybe it was the unfamiliar bed that made her feel uncomfortable, and maybe she blamed the damn Ye Wanbai.

She stared wide-eyed at the light-off ceiling, the curtains had forgotten to draw, and the room was dark inside and out, but there seemed to be a lit screen on the ceiling, replaying the image of him hugging her tightly.

They have hugged many times, from childhood to adulthood, representing all kinds of emotional hugs, comforting each other, sharing joy, or simply keeping warm...... There has never been a time when it has been so full of subtle, unspeakable emotions.

She felt as if he had a lot to say, but before he could say anything, she panicked and pushed him away with all her might.

The most subtle thing is not actually the hug, but the look at each other before the hug, his eyes, and the lips that seem to fall at any time.

She can only blame him for being drunk, and when people are drunk, they don't have to delve too deeply into some abnormal behavior.

She didn't fall asleep until dawn, and when she got up late, when she came to the living room, the group had just had lunch, and began to replicate the previous night, playing cards, singing games, and spending the first day of the new year with nothing to do.

Ye Wanbai beckoned to her and motioned to leave her a special copy.

You Xuezhen tried her best to be casual, but when she sat down and faced Ye Wanbai, her expression was still slightly unnatural.

Ye Weibai pointed to his head and said that it hurt, as if he didn't remember the hug last night.

You Xuezhen paused, and said lightly: "Don't drink so much next time, so as not to recognize me as an ex-girlfriend." ”

He pinched his temples and said in surprise, "What happened to me last night?" ”

…… It seems that I really don't remember, so that's best.

She lowered her head and slurred, vaguely: "It's just drunk." ”

He handed over a tissue: "Are you reincarnated so fast?" ”

She took the sauce from her mouth and said vaguely, "I'll have something to do later." ”

You Xuezhen thought that he would ask what was the matter, but he just nodded lightly and asked her, "Do you need me to send you?" ”

She shook her head: "No need to ......"

He nodded, said that if you want to send it, call me again, and turn around to talk to Cheng Wenfeng. You Xuezhen finished eating, and after greeting the rest of the people, she directly called a car and went to the mall.

Ye Wanbai looked at the person who was still at the table just now and couldn't wait to set off, his eyes chased her away, and his soul seemed to leave with him, Cheng Wenfeng fed him several times, but he didn't come back to his senses.

*

You Xuezhen walked around the mall for an hour and finally chose a gift.

If you go to someone's house on the first day of the new year, it's not good to go empty-handed. She pondered about buying a gift for each of them, and when she couldn't sleep last night, she made a list in her head: Grandma's words would pick a beautiful silk scarf, Meng Shilong's father could buy him a pot, and the last time she went to the store, she found that the pot was very old, and it was time to replace it with a new one.

As for Meng Shilong...... She didn't know what to buy, otherwise she would have asked him directly in person. Otherwise, it would be a waste to buy something that didn't fit - she hadn't smelled the perfume she had given him once, and she didn't want to buy anything he didn't need.