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Returning late again.

This month has been No.18 times, eighteen, what an auspicious number.

Coco sat on the ground with his back against the sofa and his knees, holding the desk calendar in his hand, and carefully drew a circle on today's date with a signature pen.

This is the desk calendar on Wood's desk, placed in an obvious place, but Wood, who is busy, never seems to notice the traces of circles and paintings on it.

Haven't noticed it, or turned a blind eye...?

Slamming the desk calendar and pen to the ground as if venting, if it can be accompanied by a scream, the effect should be more vivid.

At this moment, the door was opened from the outside, and the sound of talking and laughing came in along with the cool wind. Coco panicked and ran to pick up the desk calendar and the pen that was still rolling on the ground. At the same time, Wood's familiar pair of sneakers came into view, followed by another pair of rose red high heels .

"Ah, the first time we met, you are the Coco that Wood often mentioned, right?" The unfamiliar voice was soft, like the breeze blowing through the green willows.

Coco put the things he picked up behind him, raised his head and quickly glanced behind Wood, there was a young and beautiful girl with a flamboyant smile on her face, which hurt Coco's heart inexplicably for a moment.

"Hello." Coco wanted to greet the other party easily, but his throat tightened suddenly, and there was a hint of vibrato in his voice.

Wood introduced her with a smile: "This is my client and my friend, Gao Dan."

"Hello, Miss Gao." Coco said softly.

Coco's cautious attitude obviously infected the visiting guests. Ms. Gao was slightly taken aback, and then said: "Hello."

Wood patted the guest on the shoulder and said, "Sit whatever you want, I'll go into the room to find the document." Then he turned to Coco and said, "Go and pour Gao Dan a cup of tea."

Coco responded and walked meekly into the kitchen.

If I read correctly just now, Wood looked over with a slight reproach in his eyes.Is it because she is not generous enough to lose face in front of guests...?

The water in the thermos was not hot enough, so Coco had to re-boil the pot. During the waiting time, she was hesitating whether to go to the living room to chat with Miss Gao. Visitors, if you stay in the kitchen and don't go out, will people feel neglected?

During the battle between heaven and man, Miss Gao walked in carelessly. Although she had a smile on her face, she was not as friendly as Wood. Perhaps her eyebrows and eyes were too high, and her whole body seemed to be shrouded in dazzling glare, which made Coco uneasy. Dare to face it squarely.

"The kitchen is so clean, you usually clean it?" Gao Dan looked at the counter and cabinets with a curious face, and praised, "You don't have a cleanliness, do you?"

"No, I leave work early, and I have nothing to do anyway..."

Compared with the office clerk who runs errands in a small company, Wood's work is obviously busier, so most of the housework is done by her alone.

Wood's hands are for holding paintbrushes, and washing and cooking make them rough.

Ms. Gao said: "Wood is really happy to have you as a roommate."

"Will you..." Coco smiled shyly, feeling a dull pain in her heart.

How else do you want her to introduce you to others?spouse?lover?girlfriend?How unrealistic, just whimsical.

Coco lowered his head in frustration, completely unaware of Gao Dan's secretly smirking.

The water in the kettle had already begun to make a sound of churning. Coco opened the closet on tiptoe, and glanced at the small packet of Pu’er that had been opened in the corner. It was brought back by Wood when he went to the teahouse last month. After unpacking, he only took it out. Make a little tea, I don’t know if the guests will mind...

"Let me help you." Miss Gao stretched out her hand from behind her, took down the bag of Pu'er tea leaves, and then smiled, "You are so petite."

Coco suddenly felt hot on his face. It was obvious that Gao Dan's figure was about the same as her own, but she was half a head taller than herself because of wearing a pair of high heels, so she was not qualified to use the word "petite" to her.

He really wanted to say something to that Ms. Gao who seemed to be easy to get close to, but Coco racked his brains and couldn't come up with a word of satisfaction.

So the two were silent.

During the short few seconds of silence, Coco felt extremely tormented.Why did Wood bring this man back?Why was she not surprised when she saw the scar on her hand just now, as if she already knew the inside story?What is her relationship with Wood? Does Wood always stay with her at night?

Many questions that I want to ask but dare not ask are churning in my mind, just like the pot of boiling water on the stove that is sizzling.

Gao Dan said, "The water is boiling."

Coco came back to her senses immediately, and hurriedly turned off the fire.

Just then, I heard Wood's voice coming from the living room: "Cake, I found the file."

Gao Dan responded, turned around and walked out of the kitchen.

Coco breathed a sigh of relief and began to make tea slowly, but just as he was about to take out the cup, he heard Wood's voice again: "Coco, we are going out now, remember to close the doors and windows when you are at home."

Coco let out a blank "Oh", and I don't know if Wood heard it. Her fingers accidentally touched the teapot full of boiling water, and the sudden burning pain caused her heart to twitch violently.

There was a faint sound of opening the door outside, followed by the sound of closing the door, and finally the room was filled with silence.

Coco reached out to rinse under the faucet, and her burned fingers began to turn slightly red.

"I hate it..." she whispered, feeling a sense of grievance inexplicably in her heart.

"Hate, hate, hate, hate!" Coco found that repeating those two words aloud seems to be able to vent some inner resentment. No wonder some people like to swear when they get angry.

"Wood is the most annoying, hateful, hateful!" Although swearing can make the mood a little easier, but the mood is even more depressed.

Who told me that after so many years, I still like Wood so much, who has become more and more hateful.It seems that the sweetness of first love and the passion of love have settled down into the habit of my heart, and loving her has become an instinct, day after day, month after month, year after year.

At some point, a person stood quietly at the door of the kitchen, silently looking at the frenzied little rabbit inside the door, dumbfounded.

"You just say hateful things, I can't possibly know what makes you hate me." Wood said helplessly.

Coco froze all of a sudden, the small red spot on her finger spread all over her body in an instant, and finally covered her entire face.

what happened?Hallucinations?Who's that in the back?Didn't she already go out with the guests, how long had she been standing in the back?What did she just say...?She clearly heard it all, she heard it all!

Wood leaned against the door and looked at Coco's back, which was petrified first, and then exploded. He thought a little wickedly, if the little rabbit was allowed to continue like this, he wondered if there would be more interesting performances.

However, Wood heard a slight sob.

"Coco?" With a pain in his heart, Wood rushed forward to check what happened to the little rabbit.

Unexpectedly, the always docile and obedient little rabbit got into an awkward fight with her, lowered his head stubbornly, and refused to let Wood take a good look at her face.

"You, didn't you leave with Miss Gao... You lied to me?" The little rabbit asked without confidence, his eyes kept wandering.

Wood smiled dotingly: "If I didn't lie to you, how would I know that you would secretly scold me behind my back?"

Coco felt extremely ashamed, and subconsciously ran for the door, but was grabbed by Wood, who had sharp eyesight and quick hands.

"You..." Wood sighed softly, reached out to turn off the faucet, then pulled the little rabbit into his arms forcefully, and stroked her furry head, "Where are you going? Do you really hate me?"

When there was no answer, Coco buried her face in her arms, her shoulders trembling slightly, and she couldn't cry.

"Do you hate that I don't have time to accompany you all this time?" Wood asked softly in the little rabbit's ear.

Coco shook her head, and the tip of her nose rubbed against Wood's collarbone through the material, making Wood's heart softer instantly.

"So it's annoying that I sometimes bring guests back?" Wood continued to ask softly.

Coco shook her head again.

"Could it be that it's against your aesthetics to hate me for getting old and ugly?"

Coco shook her head vigorously and then shook her head again.

"That means you hate me for telling Gao Dan about our relationship?"

Coco shook her head...suddenly stopped.

Wood thought he was right, and suddenly realized: "Sure enough, you care about this." Then he tightened his arms and hugged her even tighter, "I forgot to tell you that Gao Dan also has a same-sex lover, and With a simple and sincere temperament, I guess you will have a good chat before taking her home."

Coco bit her lower lip sullenly, but she had nothing to say with that Miss Gao.

Wood went on self-consciously: "You paid too much for me, broke away from your family and rented with me in such a narrow and simple bungalow, and even worked in a small private enterprise with humiliation, and even took care of most of the housework. ...You have done many, many things for me, but you always ignore yourself... My heart hurts watching it. Coco, your world should not only revolve around me."

The little rabbit immediately raised her head in horror, her eyes and nose had already turned red, she looked at Wood helplessly and confused, and asked in a hoarse voice: "...Did I do something inappropriate, or did I do something superfluous? ...you feel unhappy..."

Wood only felt a heart-wrenching pain: "No, you did a good job, it was me, I made you feel wronged."

"No, I didn't feel wronged..." Coco recalled the scene when he was caught on the spot when he cursed Wood very disgustingly just now, regretting so much that he wanted to bite off his tongue.

Wood took Coco's hand, put it on his lips and kissed it. The burned finger was not too hurt. After a burst of cold water, it was basically fine. After checking, Wood was relieved and sighed: " Cake is right, you are a person who likes to hide things."

Coco was rightly said, embarrassed and at a loss.

"She said she thought you were preoccupied, and asked me to have a good talk with you tonight. Coco, I work so hard to make money, but I just want our life to be better. This house It's too old, no matter how tidy you clean up, there are still Xiaoqiang running around, the wires and water pipes are aging, and there are frequent power outages and water leakage. I know you are afraid of Xiaoqiang, dirty and dark, so I thought about replacing it with a new one as soon as possible. Good place to stay, I admit that I was too eager for quick success and neglected you, and I will never do it again in the future, don't be angry, okay?" Wood stared at Coco intently, his eyes filled with unresolved tenderness.

Coco sniffed, and suddenly felt that the previous depression was nothing but worrying and mediocre.As long as Wood has her in his heart, she is not afraid of no matter how poor or hard the day is, her only expectation is to be with the person she likes, and she has nothing else to ask for.

Maybe because of lack of self-confidence, after the halo of the wealthy daughter was taken off, she felt worthless and had nothing. She was afraid that after a long time, Wood would get bored one day and abandon her without hesitation.

Wood listened intently to Coco's embarrassing whisper about his concerns, and couldn't help kissing her earlobe and laughing: "Why do you think of me so unfeelingly, at least I will hesitate."

Coco glanced at her shyly and angrily with red eyes, and said that Wood was the most hateful, and it was really hateful.

Wood looked at his lover's blushing face, and felt extremely cute: "You were not as awkward as you are now, at least you would say 'I like you' very frankly. By the way, you haven't said those four words to me for a long time, right? ?”

Coco looked at Wood, and Wood looked at Coco. Their eyes met for a long time, and Coco looked away first.

Then, under Wood's extremely expectant eyes, Coco spoke with a strong nasal voice:

"Hate……"

"..."

It seems even more awkward.

116, extra...

Whether reading a novel or watching a TV series, Qi Mu always likes to know the ending first.Because no matter how beautiful the story is, if it is doomed to end in tragedy, there is no desire to watch it.

But the irony is that she is inexplicably caught in an excerpt without any choice, neither seeing the end nor remembering the beginning.

The person who pulled her into the scene just stood there with a calm smile, and she fell in love with her at first sight, and fell in love without hesitation between the flashes and flints. From then on, the sea of ​​suffering is boundless, and it is too late to look back.

The man said: "Qi Mu, long time no see, do you still remember me?" The voice tugged at her heartstrings as easily as before, making her in a trance for a while.

Seeing that she didn't respond, the man took two steps closer and tentatively touched her hand: "They said you lost your memory, it seems to be true."

Qi Mu stared at her blankly, that picture-like face coincided with the sweet smile of the girl in the dream, seamlessly.

"I've learned how to make cakes, do you want to try it?" While Qi Mu was speaking, the glass door was knocked loudly. The afternoon tea time is always full of guests, and today is no exception.

Qi Mu walked to the door and waved to the guests outside apologetically, then lowered the roller blind.

The light in the cake shop dimmed immediately, and the sunlight coming in through the wooden lattice windows was extremely dazzling, and many small dust kept jumping excitedly in the sunlight, celebrating her reunion with her.

Lin Yan played with the sunglasses on the dining table, and asked with a smile, "Did you have something to do?"

Qi Mu looked at her puzzled and asked back: "There are things to do every day, which one are you asking about?"

Lin Yan was stunned, then suddenly lowered his head and laughed: "It feels like you are different from before, but you still seem to be the same as before. I want to ask, didn't you just take a taxi and leave, why did you turn back?"

"Then you saw me leaving by car, why are you still standing at the door of the store and waiting?"

"I don't know why." Lin Yan thought about it seriously, and then said, "It seems that I have a premonition that you will come back soon, so I just stood there and waited."

A trace of joy seeped into Qi Mu's heart, and there was nothing better than a sympathetic heart. She walked briskly to the back of the glass counter to get desserts. She didn't know what Lin Yan liked to eat, so she picked one of each and put it on the tray, piled it all up and walked away. When he came back, Lin Yan was dumbfounded.

"I can't finish eating..."

"I didn't tell you to finish eating." Qi Mu put the tray in front of her, then pulled out the chair and sat down. The distance was a little closer, and he could hug the girl in his dream with a little stretch of his hand.

But now is not a dream, and that girl is not a phantom.She walked out of reality from the dream and became a character in memory.

Many bits and pieces of the past when we got along came together before her eyes, spinning like a revolving lantern, making her dazzled and dizzy.

"What's wrong with you?" Lin Yan asked worriedly when he noticed something strange.

Qi Mu patted his head, looked at Lin Yan with a somewhat dazed and disturbed look: "I always feel like I'm dreaming now."

Lin Yan looked at the grown-up child in front of him, his youthful and frivolous face was gone, there was a touch of calmness and softness in his brows and eyes, he was somewhat similar to Gu Wan back then.

"It's great that you've grown up." Lin Yan smiled sincerely.

Qi Mu scooped a large spoonful of jam on the blueberry cake with a small spoon, and brought it to Lin Yan's mouth: "After so many years, if you don't grow up, you won't be human anymore."

Lin Yan swallowed the spoonful of jam a little flattered, the child's movements were too natural, as if they were so close, five years hadn't widened the distance between them.

"Where have you been all these years?" Qi Mu asked, holding back his anger.Even if she lost all memory due to Fu Xiao's hypnosis, she shouldn't have run away without saying a word, withdrawing from her life without authorization, and let her blindly search for a girl who might not exist by relying on fragmentary dreams helplessly.

She thought that she was just her imagination, she thought that she was just a flower in a mirror, a moon in the water, instantly broken, illusory.

How could she be so cruel to her, ignore her, and live and die in the long suffering of single thoughts?

Lin Yan could clearly see the pain in the child's eyes, which made her a little puzzled and even confused. From the beginning to the end, she never understood the child's true intentions. She may have guessed a little bit, but it was far from the truth. one-third.

This defiant, selfish, indifferent, mean and self-willed child can learn to love. She has never been merciless to others, and there is not much love in her heart, but those little things, if you give them, it is all.

"I have followed the medical volunteer service team to go to various parts of the country for free consultations to help patients in need." Lin Yan dodged Qi Mu's eyes and replied forcefully.

She couldn't help but think back to the kiss Qi Mulin had when he left the house five years ago. The meaning contained in it was self-evident, and she couldn't deceive herself and others to ignore it. It was a taboo feeling, like a poisonous throat sealed by blood, which cannot be touched. .

So she almost immediately and subconsciously chose to flee.

The dean's phone call was like a life-saving straw. When she learned that a medical volunteer service team was recruiting staff, she signed up without hesitation, and wished to leave immediately and never return.

But... "But Qi Mu, haven't you lost your memory...?" Lin Yan asked uncertainly. Although the child in front of him had changed from before, those dark eyes were still full of hatred and resentment, deep and flickering.

"If you didn't know that I lost my memory, wouldn't you come back?" Qi Mu asked coldly.

"No..." Lin Yan shook his head guiltily, "I've... missed you a lot these years."

"Do you want it very much, or do you still want it?" Qi Mu chased after him.

Lin Yan was silent for a moment, and finally raised his head to look directly at her, and said seriously: "You are my child, of course I will miss you, miss you very much."

Originally thought that Qi Mu would still be unwilling to give up and continue to press the question, but he unexpectedly nodded and smiled contentedly: "Then will you leave me?"

Lin Yan was stunned, and said in a bit of embarrassment: "This time I came back for work, and I will leave next week..."

Qi Mu nodded again, with a somewhat unpredictable expression: "You have always been kind-hearted, I know."

Lin Yan looked at her in surprise, and asked cautiously, "Your memory...?"

"Do you think I will invite a stranger into my restaurant to taste delicious food?" Qi Mu smiled helplessly.

Delicious food, Lin Yan smacked his lips lightly, the sip of jam just now really made his index finger move.

"Eat more if you like." Qi Mu said, a strange cold light flashed in his dark eyes.

"What? You want to join the XX Medical Volunteer Service Team? Have you thought about it clearly? Volunteer work is very hard, not for fun."

"Uncle Liu, I have thought very clearly, and I know what I am doing."

"Since this is the case, I have nothing to say. I will help you arrange the future operation of the cake shop and the registration of volunteers."

"No, I can do these things myself. I just called you to ask you to take good care of Dad."

"Xiaomu..." Liu Sheng didn't know what to say for a while, and it took him a long time to react, "You, your memory recovered?!"

"Yeah, I recovered. I realized after recovering that although the memories of the past are indispensable, the memories of the future are definitely more important."

If she escapes, she will chase, if she retreats, she will enter. If she only wants to treat her as a child, she will be her girl for the rest of her life.Feelings are things that can't be explained clearly. Whether you admit it or not, you struggle until the end, and she is still by her side. Then who can say that they don't stay together forever and grow old?

Anyway, she is younger than her, and one day she will grow old, so why not let her take care of her and serve her?In the end, she can only rely on her, rely on her, and cannot do without her.

Ten years, ten years, and another ten years, she has enough patience to wait, and during the waiting time, she will guard her and never leave her.