When they met again, the boss' eyes turned red, kissed her and said sweet words to her

A cold, slender white hand hung outside the silver-gray window frame, with a flickering scarlet spot at the fingertips.

Pei Jingmo leaned back against the chair, tilted his head back, and exhaled a long puff of smoke, his eyes stinging from the smoke. With his vision blurred, he lowered his head again and read the text messages word by word.

He never knew words could be so destructive, like little pebbles grinding against his brain.

After the anger in my chest burned out, only waves of coldness remained, heartache, regret, fear, unwillingness... a mixture of emotions.

He put away his phone dejectedly and looked ahead with empty eyes.

A dim and endless street.

It was as if she saw Xu Nanyin, a small body curled up in that dark and cold cemetery, crying and calling him again and again, waiting for his reply, waiting until she was in despair...

A warm tear slid down the corner of his mouth, and he clenched his teeth, not moving.

Under the street light, Lao Zhang observed carefully for a long time.

How long will their young master keep posing like this? He looks like a piece of wood, as if he has lost his soul.

Is it true that I am possessed by a crybaby?

He reached into his collar and took out a temple-blessed amulet that he had kept with him for 20 years, and slowly approached the car window.

"May the gods of heaven and earth show their power..."

He mumbled something in his mouth and slapped the yellow paper talisman on Pei Jingmo's forehead like a zombie.

"Where did this lonely ghost come from!" Old Zhang shouted three times in an impassioned voice: "Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!"

The people in the car remained motionless.

Damn it.

Old Zhang's heart was in his throat when he suddenly heard a hoarse and depressed voice asking in a low voice, "Do you have any other talismans that can turn back time to four years ago?"

"Or, a talisman that can erase Xu Nanyin's memory."

"?"

Pei Jingmo peeled off the yellow talisman on his forehead, handed it back to him, and said weakly, "Get in the car and take me somewhere."

***

After hastily escaping from the Pei family villa, Xu Nanyin walked on the street like a wandering soul.

Only after my chaotic thoughts calmed down did I hailed a taxi and return to the small house where I lived with my grandmother.

The old cell phone was still lying in the corner of the sofa. It fell into the river with her that night. I don’t know if it can still be turned on.

Xu Nanyin went out to find a mobile phone store. After charging the phone, it didn't turn on. The owner suggested changing the battery panel to try.

"Please hurry up, I can increase the money, ten times."

The shop owner grinned from ear to ear: "I guarantee it will be fast."

She sat in the corner for more than an hour and then got her cell phone.

Press the power button.

The screen lit up, and on the screensaver photo, Pei Jingmo was wearing a small golden birthday crown, with his eyes closed and his hands clasped together, making a wish. The candlelight added a layer of soft light to his handsome and three-dimensional facial features, making him look gentle and charming.

That was the first birthday she spent with him after they started dating.

He coaxed her into setting the photo as her screen saver.

One time, she was accidentally seen by a classmate. When she was panicking and didn’t know how to explain, the girl smiled and joked: "Nanyin, it turns out that you also have a crush on our school hunk..."

At that time, she was so cowardly that she didn't have the courage to say that he was her boyfriend, not her secret crush.

Xu Nanyin slid the page with her fingertips and suddenly stopped.

Missed call, red number 826.

Unread text messages, red number 3246.

Her nose felt sore and she quickly opened the text message bar.

Pei Jingmo had been sending her messages continuously for nearly 1300 days. This number must have been kept by him because he had topped up his phone bill.

Reading on, the day after she left, Pei Jingmo sent her dozens of messages, asking her why she wanted to break up and why she left him without saying a word.

[Xu Nanyin, come back within three months and I will forgive you]

[Xu Nanyin, I'll give you three more months. Please come back and forgive me.]

Happy birthday, Xu Nanyin. I still love you this year. If you don’t come back, I’m not sure I’ll be able to do that next year.

[Yinyin, which direction should I kowtow to beg you to come back?]

……

He sent her many messages like this, filled with anxiety and repetition.

Then gradually he seemed to accept the fact that she was gone.

He started sharing his daily life with her as if they were still in a relationship.

The news about Pei Jingmo said that he had joined the Pei Group, and several old guys on the company's board of directors saw that he was young and tried to make things difficult for him.

He pretended to be confused on the surface, but secretly picked out Mr. Li, who had the deepest and most powerful background. He spent three months cleaning up all the people he had planted in the consortium and kicked them all out.

Director Li was caught off guard by his murder and was so ashamed that he didn't even dare to attend the board meeting.

The other old guys had witnessed his iron fist and knew he was not someone to be trifled with, so they finally quieted down and he was able to initially gain a foothold.

After that, the company's overseas market grew by 50% in the first half of the year. The old guys were so excited to see him that they treated him like the God of Wealth. One of them even wanted to give her granddaughter, who had just turned sixteen, to him as a lover.

Pei Jingmo sneered and told him: "I don't want a granddaughter, I want a grandson."

The old man was so scared that he sent his grandson, who was the only one in three generations of his family, abroad overnight and did not dare to return home for more than a year.

In these messages, she witnessed his growth and experience step by step.

Occasionally he would quarrel with her for no apparent reason.

[Fuck. I just had the tenth dream about you marrying some other guy. I woke up in shock.]

"To be more precise, I was woken up by anger. Look at the guy you married! He's as ugly as a caveman in a museum. When I asked you what you wanted from him, you actually said... you've recently become interested in archaeology?"

[Awesome! Xu Nanyin, if you like archaeology, why don't you learn tomb robbing? I can buy the museum for you. Why do you have to disgust yourself like this?]

Pei Jingmo would send messages on various holidays, Valentine's Day, Chinese Valentine's Day, birthdays...

[Xu Nanyin, happy birthday, I still love you this year]

[You're such a heartless person, you're still unforgettable. If I had known, I should have liked you less.]

[I have tried my best this year, and I will try to forget you next year]

[I'm so handsome and rich, I can't hang myself on this crooked tree of yours]

……

Tears kept dripping onto the screen, but the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up several times.

Xu Nanyin stroked the screen of her mobile phone and looked up. It was completely dark outside.

She slowly stood up and walked out of the mobile phone store.

The shop owner greeted her with a smile and handed her a pack of tissues without asking any further questions. "Beautiful girl, are you going home?"

Family?

After taking the tissue, Xu Nanyin thanked him and nodded vigorously, "Okay, let's go home."

She hailed a taxi and returned to the apartment outside Peking University where she once lived with Pei Jingmo.

In the message he said that he had been living there and had "reluctantly reserved the position of hostess for you temporarily, but it may not be the case next year."

There is a large garden downstairs.

In the past, she and Pei Jingmo would go downstairs for a walk like an old couple after dinner every day.

Xu Nanyin walked slowly to a rose garden, where bright red roses were blooming with a rich fragrance. There was also a swing next to the garden.

One day when she was taking a walk, she casually said that she wanted to swing here, and within two days, there was a swing here.

She sat on the wooden board hanging in the air, tilted her head, and gently rested her forehead on one of the hanging ropes. She took out her cell phone and continued to read the messages sent by Pei Jingmo.

I don’t know how long I stared at it, but a chill ran down my face.

It's raining, but the raindrops are small.

Xu Nanyin didn't move, continuing to scroll through the messages until the rain got heavier and she couldn't ignore it anymore. She was just thinking about where to go to get out of the rain, but when she looked up, she froze in place.

Pei Jingmo stood beside a low, dim streetlight, not knowing how long he had been there.

His face was a little pale, his eyes were red, and his very handsome face looked dazed. His dark and deep eyes looked at her faintly.

After their eyes met, Pei Jingmo walked towards her, but he seemed to take every step carefully, for fear of disturbing her.

Finally, he walked up to her.

Xu Nanyin raised her tearful eyes and saw his tall figure bending down and slowly holding her in his arms.

"Good boy~ You're back."