side of no chance

Two

When I got off the bus, I was surrounded by office workers who came out to eat during their lunch break. They were dressed in neat suits, and although they complained endlessly, their faces were full of spirits.Today is Friday and she will come.I deliberately took a long way to go to the supermarket that I don't often go to, and I always put in effort to cook her favorite dishes.Carrying a large bag of things, walking forward, the shopping bag often hits the left foot, and when the left hand is tired, I switch to the right hand, and the shopping bag hits the right foot again.

Walking through a high-end office building, you will see residential buildings of different heights in the distance. Go around and walk along the street, turn right at a small supermarket, and the entrance of the community is in front of you. People can pass unimpeded, and the security at the gate is only responsible for the passing vehicles.

There were red marks on her hands from being strangled by plastic bags. The buildings in the community were very close to each other, and there was a small square in the middle for children and the elderly to exercise and rest. She lived in the third building and had to walk half a circle around the small square.

Habitually looking towards the small square, the person sitting on the fitness equipment is very familiar. They are also in suits, but they make her look a little lazy. She is chewing something in her mouth, with her hands behind her to support her body, and she looks up. Looking at the cloudy sky.

One step, two steps.

She looked here with a smile as if she had noticed it a long time ago, and said, "Sister Ling." The casual and ordinary address made the person carrying the shopping bag smile and lower his eyes, and his ears felt hot.

"Ah Chen, you came really early."

Ah Chen jumped down from her seat, ran to Ling's side with big strides, and ran her hand down her arm, taking away her burden.Switching things to the right side, holding her hand with his left hand, looking down slightly, he grinned and said, "Because I've been thinking about my sister."

Ling patted Ah Chen's left hand with her left hand, and said angrily, "You've eaten candy, your mouth is so sweet." She had heard such words thousands of times, but every time she was as shy as if she heard it for the first time, secretly happy.

Ah Chen pretended to be in pain, and pestered her to act like a baby, which made her smile deeper and deeper, Ah Chen followed her and laughed too.When Ling pressed the elevator, she quietly rubbed the place where her left hand was hit. For some reason, there was a pain in a place, and she licked her dry lips. The silver ring under it is really an eyesore.

"Does it really hurt?" Walking into the elevator, Ling grabbed Ah Chen's hand, feeling very distressed, "It's all red."

"It doesn't hurt at all!" Ah Chen showed her face, moved the shopping bag behind her, and hid her hands, "Speaking of which, this morning has changed."

"You still talk." Ling stretched Ah Chen's suit forward familiarly, fastened the buttons one by one with her slender hands, shook her head and sighed: "I wanted to talk about you just now, but you dragged me to another place. I don’t know how much to wear, it’s been a few months now.”

Ah Chen was not annoyed by being told, but instead smirked and said: "After all, she is a housewife, and she knows how to take care of others, even if she talks to me, she still doesn't show mercy at all." Ling, seeing her reaction made people want to tease her even more. He blew lightly into her ear, watched Ling's body shake with satisfaction, and then seemed to be stunned for a moment, standing there in a daze. Do not move.

"Sister, you are so cute!" Ah Chen wanted to stretch out her hand to remove Ling's hand from her face, but was suddenly opened.Ling clasped her arms around her chest, her moist eyes were fixed on the floor of the elevator display screen, her face was red and white, and she was pitiful.After experiencing a lot of inner struggle, he said word by word: "Ah Chen, I am your senior." He hesitated to speak, and then softened his tone after meeting Ah Chen's serious eyes, "Don't do that outside. Kind of thing."

"Okay." Ah Chen took Ling's hand, "What about this? Senior."

Ling felt that her majesty as an elder had disappeared in front of Ah Chen.

"Here~~" Walking to the door, Ah Chen habitually stretched out his hand and spread it flat.Ling took out the key from her pocket and put it in her palm.Ah Chen smiled and asked Ling to come in. After changing her slippers at the entrance, Ling took the shopping bag in Ah Chen's hand and walked into the kitchen.Ah Chen stepped in the door, closed the door, turned around and picked out a pair of guest slippers that looked like the owner's from the shoe cabinet, and walked to Ling who was busy in the kitchen familiarly.

Ah Chen pressed his hands in front of his thighs, and bent over to see that they were all his favorite dishes.

"Every time I do it so solemnly, it makes me jump like a deer."

"You really are not serious." Ling pretended to be calm and handled the things in her hands, and raised a finger in the air with the hand holding Tomato, pointing to the living room.

"No need." Ah Chen went into the kitchen, rinsed the cutting board and kitchen knife under the faucet, and then quickly rinsed the vegetable basket, leaving Ling with a straight and busy back.

"Then you should peel the potatoes first." Ling handed the planer to Ah Chen from the desk, and after Ah Chen picked a few potatoes to work on the other side, Ling began to wash the vegetables.

"Sister, do you know?"

"Ok?"

After a long while, Ah Chen didn't have anything to say, so Ling put the vegetables into the water, but she was puzzled for a moment, thinking that she had forgotten what she was going to say, so she raised her eyebrows to divert her attention.

"Sister." Ah Chen couldn't hide the joy in his tone, "Let me tell you."

"what?"

After a while, there was no further text.Ling turned off the faucet, and couldn't help asking: "You should tell me quickly." Ah Chen bent down and laughed, and turned around holding a few peeled potatoes in her bony hands, "I just wanted to tease you." Potatoes fell into a basin filled with water, splashing everywhere.

"You're really annoying." Knowing the other party's cleverness and eccentricity, but still being fooled every time, if you say it, people will think it's your problem, Ling who admits defeat raises a white flag in her heart.

"Actually, I really have something to tell you." Ah Chen looked at Ling who was chopping tomatoes, "Minister Zhang has resigned."

"Ah?" Minister Zhang is Ling's former boss, and Ah Chen is Ling's subordinate brought out by himself. Of course, this is in the past tense. "She has always done a good job, doesn't she still want to be promoted?" Ling said while recalling, Minister Zhang's vigorous and resolute appearance is still clear.

"I'm pregnant with a second child."

Ling's hand paused, the tomato juice flowed down the cutting board, and the ochre-colored juice fell drop by drop on the rag under the cutting board.

"I heard that a new department head will be transferred from another department."

"Then I probably don't know him."

"After all, my sister has resigned for two years."

Holding the knife horizontally in her left hand, Ling put the chopped tomatoes into the plate for later use, put the knife under the water to rinse, turned her head to watch Ah Chen stir the eggs in the bowl, and said softly, "Don't forget to sprinkle the salt." Sure enough, Ah Chen raised his head, showing a smile that could make people forgive everything.Ling opened the seasoning box, scooped up a little salt with a small spoon, and sprinkled it on the yellow-orange egg mixture.

The preliminary preparations are done, turn on the range hood, fire, and oil.Because the drops of water fell into the oil pan, there was a burst of crackling, and Ah Chen Jie backed away in fright, and almost took the lid of the pan to block him.While commanding the studious Ah Chen, Ling curled up her mouth and looked at the flustered Ah Chen. After seeing enough, she mercilessly invited the stupid bird Ah Chen out of the kitchen, not forgetting to sarcasm:

"You have absolutely no talent for cooking."

"Don't say this every time I help." Ah Chen, who was driven aside, still didn't give up. In line with the principle of the stupid bird flying first, she stood behind Ling on the right and watched her move, but her eyes didn't move. Concentration always falls on Ling's face, even if it's just listening to her nagging, I feel very comfortable.

Ling is like a magician, she repeats the steps tirelessly, her voice is very soft and soft, sometimes even covered by the oil pan.She dexterously flipped the vegetables in the pan with her nimble hands. When the oil spots bounced up, she never hid, but just pursed her lips when it landed on the skin.Ah Chen took the last dish out of the kitchen, carefully placed it on the dining table, and placed it with other home-cooked dishes.Sitting at the dining table, Ling just smiled and said nothing, watching Ah Chen busy was also a pleasure.

"eat more."

Facing the solid bowl of rice in front of her, Ling replied subconsciously: "There are too many, I can't finish it."

"You eat first." Ah Chen, who was sitting diagonally across from Ling, gave Ling an egg. Seeing that she couldn't afford the chopsticks, she laughed and said, "Sister, don't communicate with this bowl of rice!"

Holding the chopsticks in her left hand, Ling ate her food slowly as if she hadn't recovered.

"Sister, what's on your mind?"

"Huh? Ah..." Ling Hui smiled sheepishly, "It's nothing. I just thought of what you said about Minister Zhang's resignation."

"The world is unpredictable." Ah Chen swallowed the green pepper, picked up the shredded pork with his chopsticks, and ate it with the rice.

"how about you?"

"I?"

"Don't you want to work harder?"

"It's more free now. If you want to do better, you have to sit in the office all the time, and there are endless overtime."

"That's it."

Ling suddenly thought that they could spend an afternoon together, and naturally discussed with Ah Chen which movie to watch later.

The washed dishes in the kitchen still have drops of water, and the plot of the movie is slowly unfolding. The closed doors and windows keep the cold December air out of the wall, and the air conditioner that was supposed to deliver heat suddenly stopped working.

"You pressed, pressed the remote control." Lying on the sofa with her long hair scattered on her side, Ling whispered in Ah Chen's ear, her eyes blurred.

"Sister, how can I be distracted at this time." Ah Chen bit Ling's earlobe, Ling shrank her body, and hugged Ah Chen tightly.

The protagonist of the film is dazzled, the world is turned upside down, and green smoke curls up.The protagonist stood on the edge of the cliff, looking down, but couldn't tell the direction. She seemed to have made a decision and jumped.The phantoms around fell and dissipated.The protagonist, who has accepted his fate, closes his eyes and prepares for death.With a loud noise, it fell into the bottom of the sea, and the warm sea water enveloped the protagonist.Opening his eyes, the bubble-wrapped protagonist celebrates the rest of his life with every breath he takes.The moment I rushed out of the water, I didn't dare to look at the afterglow of the setting sun for a while.After a while, the protagonist floated in the air, stretched out his hand to feel the sunshine, clench his fist to smash the bubbles, and ushered in rebirth in the golden color.

"Achen..."

"I know." Ah Chen's hands drowned in Ling's hair, "You love me."

The clock passed six o'clock, Ah Chen put on her shoes, kissed Ling on the cheek, the two looked at each other and smiled, their eyes closed and opened under the incandescent light, and their eyelashes left almost invisible shadows.Ah Chen turned the doorknob and disappeared from Ling's sight.

Ah Chen strode forward without looking back, the cold wind of the winter night hit her body, taking away the warmth from her body.She began to regret that she should not refuse the coat that Ling handed over. She crossed her hands in front of her body, tightly grasping the clothes beside her, and walked towards the station with her head down. The footsteps continue to move forward.

There is a popular training institution in front of the station, where many students continue their studies after school.Ah Chen stood in front of the platform, waiting for the bus with her head hunched.

When the bus arrives, some people get on and some get off.Ah Chen sat in the corner, looking out the window at the neon lights.

"Zhao Sining, you're wandering around again."

With the doors closed, not even the sound of the wind could be heard.

The author has something to say: Thank you.