no longer ordinary friends

Zhou Zhicheng recovered, and heard He Jinyu ask her: "Is your cousin okay?"

"The matter is resolved. Her biggest financial loss is that the house was not divided into half. Everything else is similar, but she has to heal the wound in her heart."

He nodded: "But on the bright side, she is still married for the first time, earns money, and has no children."

"You still discriminate against second marriages." Zhou Zhicheng joked.

He Jinyu explained very seriously: "Of course not, Chengcheng, it's just that the traditional concept of society is more strict with women, and it is more difficult for women with children to remarry in small places. For your cousin, this is indeed good news. "

"I know."

After the two finished eating the casserole, He Jinyu invited her to the junior high school again.

There are many overseas Chinese in Nanri County. This middle school was donated by overseas Chinese. The school is small in size and not many students. There is a stone tablet downstairs of the largest red brick teaching building, which is filled with the names of donated overseas Chinese.

He Jinyu found the names of Zhou Zhicheng's parents on it, and he smiled: "We are a few years apart, but I have met you before."

Zhou Zhicheng looked up at him.

He said: "When this building was completed, you and your parents stood here and took pictures. I am very vulgar. I remember you because you are good-looking."

"Did I look good then?"

"Yes." He said, still blushing a little, feeling a little uncomfortable being looked at by her dark eyes, Dr. He adjusted his glasses again, avoiding his sight.

After visiting the school, the two walked back along the ramp outside the school.

The street lights are on, clusters of red kapok stick out of the wall, and the yellow ginkgo leaves on the other side of the road also fall to the ground, reflecting the undulating ancient houses. From the slope, you can see the white windmills, lighthouses, and Zhou Zhicheng only felt very relaxed with the rising and falling waves under the moonlight.

He Jinyu: "Is the lawyer who came to record the show this time your former colleague?"

"Well, I used to work at Mindy Law Firm."

"Is he your ex-boyfriend?" He Jinyu asked with a smile.

Zhou Zhicheng looked up at him subconsciously, met his gentle gaze, and smiled with his lips: "To be precise, it's my ex-boyfriend, and my ex-boyfriend is you."

He Jinyu laughed lightly: "Seeing him, I seem to know where I lost."

Zhou Zhicheng blinked and reminded him: "Doctor He, it was you who proposed the breakup, that is, I was the loser who was dumped."

He Jinyu laughed.

When Zhou Zhicheng and He Jinyu fell in love, they were very serious and never thought of breaking up.

There was only one time when He Jinyu wore a pink princely wig for his nephew's play in the kindergarten. When he was performing on stage, he bent his eyes and smiled at her offstage. At that moment, she thought about it for a long time. For Jiang Xianghuai, it was the first and only time she thought of breaking up.

It turned out that after so many years, she thought she had moved forward, but she still couldn't.

Perhaps it was unwillingness, but she never understood why Jiang Xianghuai suddenly became a different person?

The two of them had been living together for a while at that time, but Jiang Xianghuai stopped living in the apartment when he was about to graduate, and he went back to Jiang's house more often, and she was basically the only one living in that apartment, although she would see him during the day, but Only work communication, no more private contact.Mingdi Law Office had already sent her an offer in April, and the retained team was naturally the same as Jiang Xianghuai, but in June, lawyer Xia Mingning, the boss of the team, told her tactfully that she would transfer to another team for many reasons. But she only thought that Xia Mingning knew about their relationship, and she didn't allow couples to be on the same team.

She lived alone in the luxury apartment for more than half a month, and felt like a canary raised by him. She thought about moving back to the dormitory, but worried that if one day he returned to the apartment, what would happen if she wasn't there?

She found countless reasons for him. Maybe he had something to hide, maybe something happened at home, maybe he was too tired recently, maybe he wanted to have a good rest, and even when she was working, it was the first time she broke into his office without permission. Looking at him, asking him what's wrong, telling him her worries and misses, but he still didn't explain anything, only let her work hard.

Later, he asked for leave for several days, and she got the same news as the others. She only knew that there was something wrong at his family, but she didn't know what it was. She asked herself belatedly, is she his girlfriend? ?If yes, why even his family situation is not clear, if not, why live in his house?

The day before the graduation ceremony was the team's celebration banquet, and it was also her last day in the team.

She decides to confess, she thinks very simple, she still likes him, she doesn't want to leave him, she believes that he has difficulties, the relationship between them is ambiguous, then let her take the initiative to walk through this ambiguous zone.

At the celebration banquet that day, he came very late and was looking at his mobile phone absent-mindedly. She never responded to what she said to him. She was chilled by his cold violence. Later, when he went to the bathroom, she still Spinelessly followed and stopped him at the corner.

"What's the matter with you recently? Tell me, okay, I'm worried about you."

He didn't say a word, she hugged his waist, only felt that he had lost a lot of weight, and the dark circles under his eyes were also frighteningly heavy.

There was a long silence, she could only hear his breathing, and the uneasy premonition spread little by little, he finally said: "Chengcheng, you deserve better, the team partner you went to is very good, I say hello , you will progress faster by following her, and that apartment will be left to you, and I will ask someone to go through the formalities..."

All her enthusiasm was poured cold water by him, and the cold was to the bone, her body was stiff, her mind was blank, and she could hardly think.

Numbly and flustered, she followed her established thoughts and said with difficulty: "Brother Xianghuai, I like you, no, I love you, what's wrong with you? You said before that we should take care of things together, even if I'm not you My girlfriend is also your sister." She was humbled to the extreme.

And he was calm and indifferent, without hugging her, the phone in his pocket was vibrating again, his brows and eyes finally showed impatience, after a long time, he pushed her away, only one sentence: "Chengcheng, that's it, don't stop bother me."

Her eyes were blurred and her tears were hot. She only felt that he was a stranger.

The Jiang Xianghuai she likes will dye the same pink hair and black armor as her because of her rebellion, will gently guide her to grow up, protect her like a brother, tutor her, and give her many gifts, Because of her words, he would cross more than 1 kilometers on a cold winter night just to have a barbecue with her, and he would drive several hours to the gate of her school overnight after getting drunk, hug her, and help her change. Drafting, cooking for her, singing for her...

The period after the cold and violent breakup was Zhou Zhicheng's darkest days growing up.

Xu Mei'an happened to be at that hotel that night, and recorded the video of her confession being rejected, which soon spread to many group chats, and everyone said anything.

"Brother Jiang is a real man, even a beautiful woman can be so ruthlessly rejected, and a beautiful woman should also be treated like a dog."

"Zhou Zhicheng came from a small place, for the account and money in Beicheng. Brother Jiang is about to become an equity partner."

"The most important point is that Brother Jiang's family background is not generally good, nor is it generally rich."

She has worked so hard for so many years, but she was immediately stamped as a vain gold digger. She didn't respond to these rumors, attended the graduation ceremony numbly, and went to work in another team in peace. She couldn't give up just because she lost a man Work, Mindy is a good firm.

It's just that she didn't know until her brother called her that Grandpa had just had a vascular stent operation, and the family didn't dare to tell her for fear of affecting her graduation.She looked at the grandfather who was lying on the hospital bed and aged a lot through the camera. She was afraid and regretful, sobbing hard.

What was she doing in Beicheng?The person who loves her is in Nanri.

Jiang Xianghuai had looked at his watch several times and frowned.

It's late, but I haven't come back yet.

He was standing under the street lamp not far from Meimei's canteen. It was broken many years ago, but now it has been repaired. It is very bright. Mosquitoes are flying around the dim yellow halo. He lowered his eyebrows and smiled, Touching the lamppost, he sighed silently. This pole has also witnessed his stupid and selfish ten years.

Zhou Guohua came out to close the store, and caught a glimpse of Jiang Xianghuai standing under the street lamp. At first glance, he thought he was wrong, but then he took a closer look: "What are you doing standing there? Feeding the mosquitoes?"

"It's okay." Jiang Xianghuai smiled.

Zhou Guohua frowned and greeted him: "Hurry up and come to the store first, the mosquitoes in Nanri Xiaxia are no joke. Grandpa made tea, come over and drink it. You won't fall asleep after drinking it, right? I'm used to it."

His coffee table is placed in the canteen, opposite to the hanging TV, playing the Anti-Japanese War drama, tearing a devil with one hand, Grandpa Zhou's favorite.

He had just finished making a pot of tea, he snorted and said, "This is all good tea, but Chengcheng won't let me drink it, you know, because I have undergone stent surgery and now I have to maintain my health, but Bingcheng told me Yes, we went to the Provincial Hospital at that time, there was no bed, and we couldn't get an operation, it was your help to find it."

"Hands up."

"I didn't want to thank you either." Zhou Guohua poured tea and pushed it in front of Jiang Xianghuai, "Tell the truth to Grandpa, what do you want to do standing under the streetlight?"

"Think about something."

Zhou Guohua snorted coldly: "You kid just talks around, you like our Chengcheng, right? I've seen it a long time ago, let me tell you first, I don't agree, stop messing around here!" He After finishing speaking, he quickly added two sentences, "Not only do I disagree, but my old woman also disagrees, Chengcheng's parents and her brother also disagree!"

Jiang Xianghuai was silent for a while: "Grandpa, so, do they all know?"

Zhou Guohua choked and said, "Although they don't know, but I know they won't agree if they know. You are not from the local area, and you are too old to be suitable for Chengcheng. Do you understand?"

Jiang Xianghuai's eyes dimmed slightly.

Zhou Guohua looked at the wry smile on Jiang Xianghuai's face. He was quite handsome and his family conditions were good, but foreigners really couldn't do it.Grandpa Zhou said thoughtfully, "Of course, there is no room for slowing down, unless..."

Jiang Xianghuai raised his eyelids.

Zhou Guohua resolutely said: "You marry!"

Jiang Xianghuai didn't know what to say for a while, it wasn't that he rejected the marriage, it was that he hadn't thought about this possibility for the time being.

"Zhou Guohua, what nonsense are you talking about? This is Chengcheng's marriage, why are you messing around here? Don't say he is married, even if he can conceive and have a son himself, it's useless if Chengcheng doesn't like it." Cai Meigang After washing the clothes, I heard the sound of talking in the store, and when I came here, I became angry. If I was not worried about the brace in Old Man Zhou's body, I would have beaten him long ago.

"Where am I talking nonsense?"

"What do you want to marry? You don't have any grandchildren?"

Zhou Guohua's ears hurt from Cai Mei's noise, and when he heard the sound of the little eDonkey outside, he immediately said, "Okay, okay, stop talking, Chengcheng is back."

Zhou Zhicheng came back with He Jinyu. She rode a small electric donkey herself, but He Jinyu was worried, so she also rode another small electric donkey to take her home.

Zhou Zhicheng got out of the car and smiled at He Jinyu: "Okay, Doctor He, I'm home, you go back, be careful on the road."

Unexpectedly, He Jinyu also got out of the car. He walked in front of her, suddenly bent down and hugged her, and said, "Chengcheng, do you want to try again?"