Only one step away

The next day was the weekend, early in the morning, Sunan finished washing up, and took Nuan Nuan and Li Yuan to Chuncheng Community in Nancheng - where his adoptive parents lived.

The old couple took the matter of having guests at home very important, and the family prepared a lot of Sunan and Nuannuan's favorite dishes. On the way they came, the old lady kept calling to ask what Li Yuan liked to eat, So Li Yuan's favorite dishes were also prepared on the menu, anyway, he was no longer treated as an outsider.

In fact, Li Yuan did not have a harmonious relationship with his parents.Most of this stems from when Li Yuan was a teenager in school, his parents had too many expectations of him, and they always felt that Li Yuan should be like this and shouldn't be like this.However, Li Yuan is a person with an independent personality. After graduating from high school, Li Yuan ignored his parents' opposition and applied for a school far away from home.In the four years of college, he basically never returned home, and even the tuition and living expenses for school were supported by scholarships and off-campus jobs. Therefore, for a long time, Feng Zhenglin thought that he was a poor student. When Li Yuan's family was in a good situation, Feng Zhenglin was stunned and said that he couldn't understand Li Yuan's reason for doing so.

Li Yuan actually doesn't expect others to understand him. After graduation, he still chooses to work in City C, which is far away from his family. Although the distance is much closer than the city where he went to university, he can accept it. The most suitable distance from the family.

Li Yuan didn't know what other people's family relationships were like, but the old man and old lady of the Su family gave him a sense of family, probably because the old couple of the Su family didn't expect too much from him.

People, it's often like this, the closer the people are, the farther the distance is always, as if they have to stay far away to be at ease.

Li Yuan didn't know, but because of Sunan's relationship, he regarded this place as his home.

He tried to think about when he would be able to disclose his relationship with Sunan and be accepted by the old couple of the Su family.

Su Xiyao came back near lunch time, and when she saw Li Yuan at home, she felt a little uncomfortable on her gentle and quiet face, but fortunately, she didn't get angry in person like last time, after all, it was the old man who invited her to eat at home .

During the dinner, the old lady chatted with Li Yuan, asking about Li Yuan's age, work and family situation.Seeing that things were getting more and more wrong, Su Xiyao heard the old lady ask Li Yuan before she could speak, "What do you think of our Xiyao?"

Li Yuan was drinking the juice that Sunan gave him, when he heard this sentence suddenly, he was so startled that he spit out the juice from his mouth.Su Xiyao's face was blue and white, and her expression was quite unnatural.

"Uh...uncle, aunt...that..." Li Yuan reached out to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, "Xiyao is a very good girl."

The old lady Su sighed: "I also think our Xiyao is a good girl, but I just can't find a good one."

At this point, the implication of the words is already obvious.Sunan cast his eyes on Li Yuan, but didn't speak.Li Yuan smiled awkwardly, but didn't accept the old lady's advice, but continued: "Marriage is something that you can't force, let alone pay attention to. Xi Yao is a good girl, you can't just look for her, she deserves to be picked and waited for."

"Well, Xiao Li..." Mrs. Su saw that he didn't answer, but still wanted to continue to answer.

Li Yuan coughed twice, and continued: "Auntie, there are still many excellent young men in my group company. I will spare some time when I go back, and introduce a few good-looking and good-looking guys to Xi Yao."

The old lady Su wanted to say something, but the old man of the Su family grabbed her by the corner of her clothes.So the old lady had no choice but to nod with a lonely face.

Seeing that the old lady no longer mentioned this matter, Li Yuan also felt a little relieved.He glanced at Sunan who was sitting beside him. Although his face was calm, he still reached out and gently shook Sunan's hand under the table, but he didn't notice. Su Xiyao on the opposite side suddenly bent down to help Nuan Nuan pick up the spoon that fell on the ground.

When Su Xiyao saw the two hands with their fingers intertwined under the table, she was shocked at first, but soon she regained her composure, and sat up straight as if she didn't see anything.

During the dinner, the old lady didn't mention Su Xiyao's matter again.After lunch, Li Yuan originally planned to stay at Su's house until after dinner, but he did not expect to receive a call from Fan Jie.

Listening to the clear female voice on the phone, Li Yuan was a little taken aback.Although he never denied the existence of this person, when this person called, he realized that the other party was a rather troublesome existence.

Fan Jie called to confirm with him about the dance, and suggested that they need to meet this afternoon to work out the dance match.

Li Yuan originally agreed to the dance party that the other party would attend, and he did not deny that he went to Sunan's dance class to learn how to dance because he wanted to please the other party.

So, counting it now, whether it is a work relationship or a personal relationship, he has no reason to refuse to meet.

After hanging up the phone, he thought about how he was going to tell Su Nan that he was leaving, but he didn't expect Su Xiyao to pat him on the shoulder at this moment.

"I have something to go out in the afternoon, can I recruit you as a driver by the way?"

Su Xiyao's words found a suitable step for Li Yuan, he readily agreed to Su Xiyao's request, and then left Su's house amidst Sunan's repeated instructions to be safe.

The highway around the city at [-] o'clock in the afternoon on weekends is not so congested in the direction of entering the city.Su Xiyao was sitting in the co-pilot's seat, listening to the traffic report on the radio, and slowly opened her mouth: "The call just now was from a woman, right?"

"Yes." Li Yuan replied honestly.

He didn't want to tell Su Nan because he was afraid that Sunan would be suspicious, but Li Yuan didn't have any intention of hiding Su Xiyao.He felt that his thoughts were very strange.

Su Xiyao glanced at him and said, "When did you and Sunan happen?"

Su Xiyao's words made Li Yuan almost slam on the brakes on the highway.

"During the meal, I saw your interlocking hands under the table." Su Xiyao didn't seem to care much about his violent reaction, she just continued talking quietly, as if those things had nothing to do with her.

Li Yuan was silent for a while, and then opened his mouth: "It's after... the last time I came here to eat."

"Really?" Su Xiyao sighed softly, curled her body into a ball, and nestled deeply into the seat, her long hair fell limply on her shoulders, covering most of her face.

Although she couldn't see her face, Li Yuan could hear her cry from the low and shallow sobs.

That song came out from the radio, with a very magnetic male voice, singing a song that Li Yuan didn't understand.After more than half of the song, Su Xiyao sat up straight and said with slightly red eyes, "Do you know this song?"

"I know." Li Yuan nodded.

"PorUnaCabeza, the soundtrack of Scent of a Woman." Su Xiyao continued, "This is a famous Spanish tango song. Do you know what it's singing?"

Li Yuan shook his head, he admitted that he likes this song, but he has never heard a version with lyrics, let alone thought about what the song was about in the past.

"This song was written in 1935. At that time, the author had just broken up with his girlfriend and was very painful, so he bet all his money on horses. Originally, the horse he bought was the first horse, but at the last moment it was bought by the second horse. Exceeded. And only one head ahead of the horse he bought. So this song is only one step away." Su Xiyao said, shaking her head with a wry smile, "I'm in the same mood as the author who bet on horses. "

Li Yuan is very clear about Su Xiyao's feelings for Sunan.He also didn't doubt whether Sunan knew about it, he would even guess that if it wasn't for his sudden intrusion, as time went by, depending on Sunan's character, maybe in the near future, Sunan would choose to be with her. Su Xiyao is together, after all, they are raising that child named Nuannuan, and they have the same parents, although they are not related by blood, but they are so close that they can't be closer, and they will become the last spiritual fortress in southern Jiangsu.

However, all of this changed drastically after he appeared.

Su Xiyao's love was only one step away, but after she appeared, it ended without a problem.

Li Yuan didn't know what he should say at this moment, he could only remain silent, letting the music flow in this small space.The sound quality of the vinyl record, coupled with the deep magnetic male voice, sounds very affectionate, but it makes people feel very sad.

The car stopped at Su Xiyao's designated place.Li Yuan looked at the petite woman in front of him, and suddenly said, "Thank you."

Su Xiyao stood outside the car, holding the car door with one hand and looking at him: "Thank me for what?"

"Thank you for leaving Sunan to me. Also," Li Yuan paused, "Thank you for finding an excuse to let me leave today."

A smile appeared on Su Xiyao's pretty face: "Li Yuan, I didn't do this for you. The more ties you have with women, the more likely it is that Sunan will return to me."

Li Yuan smiled, and made a phone call gesture to her: "When you need me to pick it up, just give me a call."

Su Xiyao closed the car door, turned her back to him and waved, then raised her legs and stepped into the tall building in front of her.

Li Yuan sighed, turned on the left turn signal, and drove away.

The place where Fan Jie asked Li Yuan to meet was where she had a personal relationship with the dance.It was a small and delicate ballroom, according to what Fan Jie said, this ballroom was only for regular guests, even if others wanted to make an appointment, they couldn't make an appointment.

Fan Jie stood in the middle of the ballroom wearing a bright red dress, her hair was pulled up high, revealing her beautiful and slender neck like a swan's neck.This kind of Fan Jie is unfamiliar to Li Yuan—because all he has come into contact with is Fan Jie in formal attire. Although he admits that such a Fan Jie is already beautiful enough, he has to admit that the current Fan Jie looks better than her. Normally, she is more attractive and feminine. If he hadn't met Sunan, Li Yuan felt that he would really fall in love with this woman.

"Calling you on weekends, I must be very ignorant, right?" Fan Jie looked at Li Yuan and smiled.

"No." Although the other party did interrupt his reunion with Sunan, Li Yuan was smart enough not to tell the truth.

"Although I made an appointment with you for the dance, I still feel a little uneasy." Fan Jie said as she walked to his side. She was wearing a dance skirt, and her walking posture looked like a light butterfly. , beautiful and elegant, "After all, that dance is very important to me, and what we are dancing is a tango that requires very well-fitting dance steps, so I think that before the dance, we need to adjust the dance steps."

Li Yuan didn't want to agree, but he couldn't refuse Fan Jie's proposal.And when Fan Jie put her shoulders on his shoulders and held his hands, his body stiffened reflexively—he subconsciously thought of Sunan and Sunan's dance steps, dancing with others, let him There was an illusion in his heart that he was deceiving and betraying Sunan.

This kind of cognition made Li Yuan's dance steps look extremely unnatural.Although he realized that his state was not normal in time, he couldn't change his very weird dance steps. Fortunately, after the dance was over, he didn't make the mistake of stepping on Fan Jie's feet.

Fan Jie panted slightly, and when her breath stabilized, she said: "Although your dance steps are a little hesitant, they are not bad."

Li Yuan smiled wryly and sighed: "It's Miss Fan, you don't dislike it. I'm afraid I will embarrass you with a dance partner."

Fan Jie sat on the high chair beside her and said, "Actually, you don't have to be so nervous, we just have too little time to dance together. Practice for a while, and you should be fine." Fan Jie said to herself , the expression on her face changed a little, she walked to her coat, took out her mobile phone, flipped through the phone number, and said: "I know a very good dance teacher who can dance tango very well. A few years ago He has won an award abroad, so I wonder if I can ask him to come over and be a choreographer for us in the next few days, so that we can win the first prize at the ball."

Regarding Fan Jie's statement, Li Yuan was noncommittal - anyway, as long as he can deal with this time, once the dance is over, he will formally say goodbye to this young lady, and concentrate on his relationship with Sunan.

Fan Jie quickly dialed the phone, and made an appointment with the dance teacher she said had excellent dance skills on the phone with a happy expression, then hung up the phone, and said happily: "I made an appointment with him." , He said that he is free now, and he will come right away."

Hearing what she said, Li Yuan felt a little unhappy. He really didn't expect that the dance teacher Fan Jie was talking about would be so indebted and would arrive as soon as the appointment was made.He is not a fool, he knows that when the teacher comes over at such a time, he might have to stay until the evening.

In this way, he may not be able to return to the Chuncheng community at night, and there is no way for the old couple of the Su family to have dinner at home. As for after that, he wants to finish dinner and send Sunan home. If he is lucky, he should return Being able to continue to climb onto Sunan's bed, the possibility of the two of them embracing and sleeping together has completely disappeared.

However, Fan Jie had already made an agreement with others, and Li Yuan didn't want to offend the eldest lady, so he had no choice but to say: "Okay, I'm here to accompany you anytime."

While going to the bathroom, Li Yuan called Sunan.On the other end of the phone, Su Nan seemed to be packing up his things and going out, because he heard Mrs. Su telling him to be careful when going out.

"Where are you going?" Li Yuan couldn't help asking.

"A friend called and said that he needed to go out and meet up for something." Sunan responded on the other end of the phone, "What about you? Are you done?"

"Yeah, um, um, it's almost there?" Sunan's question made Li Yuan feel a little guilty, and his words were a little uncertain.

"I might come home later at night. Are you going to have dinner with your parents tonight?" Sunan didn't seem to notice the trance in his words, just talking to himself.

"Will you go back to eat?" Li Yuan asked back.

"I'm not sure." Sunan seemed to have gotten into a taxi on the other end of the phone and was discussing which way to take with the driver before continuing to communicate with Li Yuan on the phone, "I told Mom that I might I'll be busy until late, so I won't be going back for dinner."

"What's the matter? It's so important?" Li Yuan frowned, "If you don't go home, what will Nuan Nuan do?"

"On weekends, Nuan Nuan is usually at my parents' house. So don't worry."

"Then how long will you be busy at night? I'll go pick you up." Li Yuan said.

"Well..." Sunan on the phone sounded hesitant, and after a while, he replied, "Shall I call you then?"

Sunan's tone made Li Yuan a little worried - he always felt that Sunan was going to meet a woman.But after thinking about it, I don't seem to have the right to suspect the other party, because now I'm meeting a woman, and he lied when he came out.

In fact, this is not something that an ordinary Li Yuan would do, at least an ordinary Li Yuan would not choose to lie indiscriminately.

But when it comes to Sunan's affairs, he always has some kind of indescribable caution - Sunan is like the most precious treasure in his life, he is reluctant to let this treasure be dusted, and he is even more reluctant to let everything in the world invade the other party. As for hurts or misunderstandings, I don't even want to have any problems with each other.

"Okay, I'll wait for your call." Although he was very concerned about who the other party was meeting with, Li Yuan restrained himself from wanting to ask questions, and happily agreed to wait for the call.

Sunan happily hung up the phone on the other end.Li Yuan stared at the phone for a long time before slowly turning back to the dance studio.Fan Jie watched him come back with a smile on her face.The two were chatting in the dance room, and the content of the chat was all normal.Time passed quickly, about half an hour later, Fan Jie's cell phone rang.

Li Yuan watched Fan Jie answer the phone, and walked quickly outside the dance classroom after not saying a few words. He thought that the other party might have gone to pick up the dance teacher.

The one who won the dance award?

Li Yuan suddenly became more interested in the person Fan Jie mentioned.

Sunan is also a dancer, although I don't know how his dancing level compares with others, but in Li Yuan's opinion, Sunan's dance is extremely beautiful.

At the beginning, Li Yuan asked Secretary Yin to help find the dance class. He heard from Secretary Yin that the dance class Sunan is in is one of the best in the city. Not only did he come to learn dance because of the fame, it seems that this dance class will also host some relatively large performances. .So in Li Yuan's opinion, to be able to open such a well-known independent dance studio in City C, Sunan's dance is considered excellent among peers.

I don't know, compared to the dance teacher Fan Jie mentioned and Sunan, whose dancing skills are better?

Not long after Fan Jie went out, she came back.Li Yuan heard her sweet laughter resounding in the corridor in the dance classroom, so he also got up to open the door.

The door opened, and Fan Jie was the first to come into view. Her bright red dance dress was still so bright, but Li Yuan's eyes did not fall on her. The short-haired man who was rummaging for something attracted all of Li Yuan's attention.