overdue lover

Before the New Year's Eve, Ji Qinglin received calls from his mother almost every day, asking when he would be home.

Hearing Ji Qinglin's hoarse voice, his mother thought that he was getting angry because of the high temperature of the floor heating in winter, so she didn't ask in detail, and only urged him to come back during the Chinese New Year.

While Ji Qinglin breathed a sigh of relief, he felt a little sad at the same time.

Early in the morning on the [-]th day, before dawn, Ji Qinglin got up to pack his things and prepared to go home at noon.

Hearing the sound of him getting up, five puppies crawled out of their dens and circled around Ji Qinglin begging for food.

Ji Qinglin had no choice but to turn on the kettle on tiptoe and pour some dog food and jerky for the dogs, then he stepped aside to watch the dogs gobble it up.

Just as he was holding a cup and thinking about what to make for breakfast, the door was opened from the outside.

Xie Lanchuan was carrying big bags and small bags into the door, with unmelted snowflakes on his head and shoulders.

Ji Qinglin thought he wasn't up yet, and looked at him in surprise, "Go shopping so early?"

Xie Lanchuan nodded while taking off the scarf, and put the shoes on the shoe rack casually.

He carried the things to the living room again and divided them into several parts.

"It's not a good season to buy fresh meat and vegetables. These are for you. You can take them back to your parents later. Take these to your uncle and aunt, and put the rest in the refrigerator until you come back."

Xie Lanchuan arranged everything in an orderly manner, Ji Qinglin was taken aback for a moment, and after realizing it, he quickly waved his hand and refused, "It's really not necessary, my parents stocked up a lot of food, and they can't finish it when I take it back."

Xie Lanchuan didn't nod, and didn't try to persuade him.

There were not many things to bring home, and Ji Qinglin packed them up in 10 minutes. Afterwards, he ate breakfast and grabbed a few red envelopes from the company group.

There are usually few people talking in the group of homeowners in the community. When Ji Qinglin saw someone posting a message, he clicked in and took a look.

It was a few elderly people who were sending colorful picture blessings such as "Happy New Year" and "Gong Xi Fa Cai". Ji Qinglin smiled, and another message popped up at the bottom of the phone.

A newcomer has joined the group.

The administrator immediately asked the new owner to change the name in the group to his real address and name.

A few minutes later, the man changed his name and posted "Hello everyone" in the group.

That person's profile picture is a little orange cat looking up at the camera, very much like the popular kitten on the Internet some time ago, when he clicked on her name, Ji Qinglin thought for a long time before matching her with his neighbor Number.

Ji Qinglin's eyes paused on her name, and added her WeChat.

After a while, the other party also added him.

"Hello, my name is Ji Qinglin, and I am the owner of 901. We will be neighbors from now on."

Shortly after sending the message, the person's name changed to typing, and a few seconds later, the person replied to him.

"Hello."

There are two dry words with a punctuation mark, it can be seen that this person's chatting experience is not high.

Suddenly the scene became cold, and Ji Qinglin didn't know how to continue the conversation, so he simply turned off the screen and put the phone aside.

It happened that Xie Lanchuan asked Ji Qinglin to help bathe the puppy, and Ji Qinglin forgot about it.

After cleaning up the dog hair in the bathroom, he picked up his phone again, and the other party sent another message to Ji Qinglin.

"My name is Luo Huan, just call me Xiao Luo."

Ji Qinglin changed the notes for her and replied with an "ok" emoji.

Finally, after the puppies finished wearing the newly bought clothes, Ji Qinglin couldn't help but took out his mobile phone and took a few photos.

Seeing that the time was about the same, he called an online car-hailing car.

Ji Qinglin wanted to go to the entrance of the community with his things, but when he said goodbye to Xie Lanchuan, he found that he had also put on his clothes for going out.

"I'll see you off." Xie Lanchuan put on his shoes and walked out, couldn't help but refuse, and took the small suitcase from Ji Qinglin's hand.

In the elevator, Ji Qinglin stood behind Xie Lanchuan in the shadow that could almost completely envelop him.

Looking at Xie Lanchuan's generous back, he suddenly smiled.

Xie Lanchuan turned around with a puzzled expression and asked him why he was laughing.

Ji Qinglin shook his head, "I just... thought of someone."

Ji Qinglin likes to stand behind Gu Yinmo, looking at his tall and solid back, he will feel an endless sense of security. Gu Yinmo is his courage to fight against the world.

It was only later that he learned that his courage should not be attached to anyone.

Whether it is Gu Yinmo or others, there will be a day when they will leave. The meeting between people is destined to be the end of parting from the beginning.

When they came to the gate of the community, the driver was already waiting. Xie Lanchuan asked Ji Qinglin to get in the car first, and then asked the driver to open the trunk and put things in it.

Ji Qinglin rolled down the car window to say goodbye to Xie Lanchuan.

Xie Lanchuan stood on the snowy ground under the sun and looked at him, and suddenly said without thinking: "...Happy New Year."

Ji Qinglin rolled his eyes, "Well, Happy New Year."

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Standing downstairs in gray and white, Ji Qinglin looked up at the windows of his own house and the mottled exterior walls of the family building, feeling tired all over his back.

He straightened his clothes, half-tucked his injured right hand into his sleeve, and walked into the corridor.

The damp and rotten smell that hasn't seen the sun for many years makes Ji Qinglin a little timid.

Compared with the red lanterns and small lanterns that can be seen everywhere in the community, this building looks particularly lifeless.

It is like a monster nourished by quarrels and crying, hiding its body and dormant in this building, waiting for the person who walks into it, and then swallowing him whole.

Ji Qinglin is one of the prey.

Dragging his tired body up the stairs, Ji Qinglin's eyes first fell on the couplets pasted on the opposite door.

The couplets look like children's handwriting, with crooked strokes, a few typos and pinyin.

Ji Qinglin finally had a smile on his lips. He thought that Xiaopang's family should be happy when writing Spring Festival couplets, and the meaning of having a child probably lies in this.

He turned around and took out the key to open the door, but there was no one at home.

The dark blue curtains were pulled up, and the sunlight poured down from the window, quietly flowing on the ground. Ji Qinglin breathed a sigh of relief, and walked in the door with his things.

He put his things back into the bedroom, then walked into the kitchen with the cooked food and vegetables he had bought, and opened the plastic bag. Only then did Ji Qinglin discover that Xie Lanchuan had also put the things he bought in.

Ji Qinglin felt helpless looking at the fresh sea fish and beef cubes, so he took a photo and sent it to Xie Lanchuan.

Xie Lanchuan was calm: "I bought it for my uncles and aunts, please say hello to them for me."

Ji Qinglin had no choice but to agree, and thought about asking Xie Lanchuan's parents what they liked when they visited Xin He's house.

After eleven o'clock, my mother came back from outside, carrying a net bag of stupid eggs in her hand.

Looking at Ji Qinglin's large table of dishes, she smiled happily.

"Dad, Mom, wash your hands and eat." Ji Qinglin thought that the two of them had returned, and poked his head out of the kitchen while shouting.

Liang Jing took off her coat, tidied it up and hung it up, "Don't wait for your dad, they have a school dinner at noon today! Have you got scrambled eggs? Use the eggs I just received!"

Ji Qinglin realized something, and his expression changed.

Liang Jing sat at the table and browsed through all the dishes, "Oh, I cook everything I like. I know that Linlin loves my mother the most."

Ji Qinglin felt uncomfortable at what she said, so he accelerated the speed of brushing the frying pan in his hand, trying to cover up Liang Jing's voice with the sound of water flowing.

After eating, Ji Qinglin took out two thickly stuffed red envelopes from his coat pocket and handed them to Liang Jing.

"Mom, this is for you and Dad."

When Liang Jing saw Qian, her eyes lit up immediately. Seeing this scene, Ji Qinglin felt mixed feelings.

It's not that Ji Qinglin hasn't bought things for Liang Jing in the few years since she went out independently.

The first salary he got was only 4000 yuan, just as double-sided shearling was popular, so he gave up the chance to buy Gu Yinmo's same style of shoes, and gritted his teeth to buy Liang Jing a coat.

Seeing the coat, Liang Jing was not only unhappy, but scolded Ji Qinglin for not knowing how to be frugal and spending money recklessly. After she got angry, she wanted to take Ji Qinglin to take her back the coat.

Ji Qinglin thought she didn't like it, so he took her to the store to change it, but he didn't expect Liang Jing to criticize the coat in front of all the customers, and finally asked the clerk for a refund.

The clerk had a good temper, and after checking that the clothes were not stained, he refunded the full amount to Ji Qinglin.

Ji Qinglin didn't know how he got out of that store. His only impression was that everyone's strange eyes were stabbing him on the back, as if they wanted to cut him into pieces.

On the way home, Liang Jing took the returned cash and counted it over and over again, her eyes were full of naked/naked/naked material desires.

It was only then that Ji Qinglin realized that what she liked was money.

After that, Ji Qinglin also did stupid things.

Liang Jing likes to eat watermelons, and when watermelons cost a few dollars a catty in winter, Ji Qinglin bought her two.

In the end, Liang Jing gave the watermelon to someone else, and said sneeringly that she should not buy it again, and would not eat it if she bought it, so why waste the money.

Ji Qinglin didn't believe in evil, so he bought another one, until a few days later he saw the watermelon that was half limp and smelly on the dining table.

The broken side shone brightly into Ji Qinglin's eyes, and he knew that it was Liang Jing expressing his dissatisfaction.

But he didn't know what he did wrong to make his parents refuse in such an extreme way.

For so many years, he has been wandering on the fringes of his family, controlled by Liang Jing, and hated by Liang Jing.

Later, Ji Qinglin prepared red envelopes full of cash for her parents every year. When receiving the red envelopes, Liang Jing's smile was the most genuine.

Ji Qinglin handed the red envelope with her injured right hand, but she didn't pay attention.

When Liang Jing was counting the money, there were footsteps at the door. A few minutes later, the dusty Ji Fengyou came in from outside, patted the snow on his body, saw Ji Qinglin, and didn't speak.

Ji Qinglin stared blankly at his father who bent over to change his shoes, his chest heaved up and down, and his hands clenched unconsciously.

Countless clips of Ji Fengyou and that woman flashed through his mind, and each clip burned his conscience like a flame, driving him to tell the truth that had been concealed, but Liang Jing's words interrupted him.

Liang Jing said: Linlin, did you not get the year-end bonus this year?Why is it 1000 yuan less than last year?

These two words seemed to have punched Ji Qinglin hard in the face. He swayed and turned around with a numb expression: "This year... the market is not very good."

Liang Jing raised her eyebrows and nodded, "That's right, you're old enough to have some assets of your own. Next time, bring back all your bank cards and so on. Mom will help you see how to invest."

Is this about to be robbed?

Ji Qinglin didn't say anything on the face, but his heart was desolate.

Eventually, he gave up on the idea of ​​telling the truth.

This family originally existed in name only, and everyone had their own little thoughts, and seemed to be in harmony with each other. Liang Jing's words completely dispelled Ji Qinglin's sympathy for her.

Another weight has been added to the balance called "Rebellion".

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Xiao Ji is miserable, good night in advance! ! !