Think childish

……

For a moment, Qiao Zhi felt as if she was deaf, and there was a sharp buzzing in her head. The surrounding environment, personnel and affairs were all isolated, and she couldn't hear clearly or see clearly.

Then, the transparent cover of isolation suddenly disappeared, and she fell back to the ground again, and a violent palpitation suddenly seized her.

She asked sharply almost in panic: "What did you say?!"

Qiu Shui felt his nose sore, and it was difficult to breathe, he forced out a breath from his lungs, and said stubbornly: "I said that the person I love is you, and you have always been the only one."

"Ridiculous!" Qiao Zhi snapped.

She understood every word Qiu Shui said, but she didn't understand every word.However, no matter whether she understands it or not, vision and hearing have preemptively transmitted everything to her brain, and the human ethics and rules hidden deep in her bones direct her to respond as she should.

Qiu Shui stood silently, almost like a broken stone statue.

Qiao Zhi walked back and forth a few times like a headless chicken, the only thing she could feel was shock and confusion.

Is she the one Qiushui likes? !

What are you kidding? ?

Qiao Zhi was completely confused.

There are not many people in this world who can make her flustered like this, especially after she becomes an adult, almost none.She is used to predicting and doing something with certainty, but the "truth" Qiushui said is too beyond her imagination. She can't handle this situation.

After calming down a bit, Qiao Zhi confirmed that she really didn't know how to deal with it, so she fled from under Qiushui's eyes in a grandiose manner, as if something extremely dangerous was chasing her behind her, so she was in a panic.

The door was slammed into the door with a "bang", Qiu Shui's hand holding the stairs suddenly trembled as if being hit by electricity, her heart throbbed with convulsions, she finally couldn't bear it, and showed a painful expression.

And these pains happen to be the best nourishment that the abyss in her heart urgently needs...

She squatted down slowly, hugged herself helplessly, and then raised her hands tightly to cover her ears, as if she couldn't hear her own ridicule and sarcasm...

……

Although modern society has technically escaped from the ancient dilemma of "meeting a young man for the first time, seeing an old man again", if one person makes up his mind not to see another person, then the probability that the two will never see each other again has not been reduced much.

Qiao Zhi escaped decisively and simply, without leaving any room.

Qiu Shui sometimes thinks in a daze, maybe this is the final ending between them, until Luo Hai is released from prison.

……

This winter, there has been no snow in Beijing for a long time. People rushing home for the New Year carry big and small bags, queuing up all night at bus stations and ticket windows of railway stations waiting to buy tickets to go home, while those in Yushui Garden In the small bungalow, Qiu Shui sat blankly on the sofa, staring blankly at the TV screen that flickered on and off, and was so dazed that he didn't know what eve it was...

Until, the landline next to him suddenly rang——

Sometimes people look forward to something for too long, and gradually resentment will arise in their hearts, such as this long-overdue phone call... Qiu Shui stared at it, almost staring at something. hate.

The bell stopped.

Qiu Shui maintained a sitting posture, and a gleam of joy flashed in his heart, but this joy came and went in a hurry, followed by endless sorrow, grievance and self-loathing.

She was deep in self-pity and self-pity, like a freak who was born with pain, recalling the beautiful past of the two of them over and over again, and every time she thought about it, an extra wound was cut on her body.

The pain of not being able to get what she wanted piled up in her chest, and this pain gradually turned the originally clear love into some kind of more twisted and extreme gloomy obsession.She thought, I have many wounds, and the few prudent loves, all for you.There will be no one in the world who loves you more than me. Only I can give you the eternal companionship you want. Why, why don't you want to look at me?

Just when she was struggling with this extreme tear, the landline rang again——

A certain kind of strong and firm mind undoubtedly suppressed all the resentment and pain in her heart.

Qiu Shui stretched out his hand stiffly to pick up the receiver of the landline.

"Hey... hello—"

She hadn't drank water for several days, her lips were already dry and chapped, and her voice seemed to be rubbed with sandpaper, rough and hoarse, and her voice was intermittent.

After a while, she heard Qiao Zhi's unclear voice from the other end of the phone.

"It's the Chinese New Year, and Luo Hai will be released from prison in three days' time. Come back with Guo Qingshan before then, and I'll send you the air tickets." Qiao Zhi's tone was very calm, and no emotion could be heard.

Qiu Shui's tears fell drop by drop, hit the sofa, and submerged in a blink of an eye, leaving only a small circle of wet marks.

"Can I go back?" she asked.

There was obviously no cry on the phone, but Qiao Zhi knew that she was crying.

As if she couldn't restrain herself after being extremely depressed, Qiao Zhi let out a sigh accidentally, and said softly, "Don't cry, be careful on the road, and come back early."

The phone was hung up.

So the liver and intestines were broken, so the tenderness was shattered, and the humble soul survived the desperate situation, and finally managed to survive.

***

The winter in my hometown seems to be getting colder every year, but the snow is much smaller than in previous years.The flying snow that I saw when I was young is hard to see now. The temperament of a city is quietly changing with the passage of time, but the people who take root here can still smell the precious old atmosphere.

Qiao Zhijing leaned against the side of the car, clasping her hands to her mouth from time to time to let out a breath of steam.She was in a hurry to go out in the morning and forgot to wear gloves.

It's just that this action suddenly reminded her of something, and her heart inevitably became heavy.

At a quarter past ten o'clock in the morning, the side door of the prison with a high iron wall "squeaked" opened a gap half a person's width from the inside. Luo Hai walked out across the prison threshold. people.

"Ah Chih." He slightly twitched the corners of his mouth, and the expected imagination of the girl growing up was seamlessly connected with reality at this moment.

Qiao Zhiyuan thought that she would shed tears when experiencing this moment in person, and she would have to be excited and nervous, but when this moment really came, her heart was extremely calm, and there was only a sigh of relief.

"elder brother--"

Qiao Zhi threw herself into his arms and hugged him tightly.Just like the winter night when the two separated hastily in memory, what is just ushering in now is a reunion after a long absence, a rare reunion.

Qiao Zhi backed away from his arms, opened the car door and took the large paper bag from the passenger driver, and took out a thick woolen coat from it.

"Brother, change your clothes first, and then go home for dinner. Teapot and the others are waiting for you at home!" Qiao Zhi said.

Luo Hai put on a new coat, Qiao Zhi looked at him for a moment, and joked: "I didn't expect that hairstyle with a bald head would suit you quite well, and you look more energetic than before."

Luo Hai served six years in prison.In the past six years, not only his face has matured, but his eyes have also become more serious. The whole person has lost the slippery and unscrupulous temperament before, and has become more silent and stable.

Before the two got into the car, Luo Hai looked at her and asked, "Is there anyone around you all these years?"

Qiao Zhi's emotional growth has grown by leaps and bounds recently, and he understood what he was asking as soon as he heard it.The thrill of that noon flashed through her mind very quickly, she dodged her eyes and smiled perfunctorily: "No, I'm busy making money!"

Luo Hai nodded and said nothing more.

The two drove back home all the way, and it was only after Luo Hai got off the car that he truly realized what time flies and things change.

The former Xuehai Bookstore has undergone several twists and turns, but now it is hung with the sign of "Xuehai Supermarket", and the surrounding street shops are also quite different from before. There are all kinds of things for sale here and there, but many of them are closed. .

Qiao Zhi pulled him into the house, and said as he walked, "The East Street is about to be demolished. The supermarket in front of our house is just a decoration. The real Xuehai Department Store is on Zhongxing Road, and Sister Hong is taking care of it."

"Sister Hong?" Luo Hai looked at her suspiciously.

Qiao Zhi lifted the door curtain, pointed to the woman who was busy in the backyard and said, "Here, that's the one, the kidnapper's younger sister. She came here not long after you went in. She may have done it. I owe it to her to take care of me for so many years."

"Fuck|Your uncle!! Luo Hai!!"

The teapot happened to come out of the kitchen with the dishes, saw the two of them, howled excitedly, then stuffed the dish into the hands of Li Hong who was passing by, and ran over to hug Luo Hai in two or three steps.

"Take it easy!" Luo Hai's breath tightened in his embrace, and he almost choked.

The teapot patted him on the back twice, and said happily: "I was going to pick you up, but... um... how about it, surprise?"

The implication of hesitating to speak in the teapot's words was too obvious. Qiu Shui, who came out of the kitchen with vegetables, faltered slightly, and then turned around and entered the room without realizing it.

Qiao Zhi also noticed it naturally, her heart tightened for no reason, and she interrupted the two of them: "Let's go into the room."

"Let's go!" Teapot took Luo Hai into the yard, and said as he walked, "Today, my daughter-in-law personally handles the whole meal, and it's all good appetizers. We must have a good drink." Drunk forever!" After a slight pause, he whispered, "I really miss you to death!"

Luo Hai hit him with his elbow as a chest, squinting his eyes and said, "Aren't you numb? You're going to be numb before you drink..."

"Damn it! You haven't seen each other for so many years, brother, why don't you allow me to express my feelings?"

"Don't push! Whoever gets down first today is the dog!"

"I'm fucking Luo Hai! I must let you go under the table and bark twice!"

……

In the blink of an eye, it has been more than half a month since Luo Hai came back.

There was news that East Street was about to be demolished half a year ago. It happened that Hengyuan had also built three or four real estates in the north of the city in the past few years. Live in Luo Hai, live in one apartment by yourself.Originally, she also chose a set for Sister Hong, but Sister Hong didn't want to say anything, she insisted on being squeezed together with her, saying that it would be convenient to take care of her, and besides, living alone would be desolate.

Before Luo Hai was released from prison, Qiao Zhi originally planned to take him back to his new residence, but the teapot insisted on going back to the small courtyard first. He was also drunk that night, and told Qiao Zhi a lot of heartfelt words. After six years in prison, the one I want to go back to when I get out is my old den, so let’s put it there to get some air for the new house.

Facts have proved that the teapot is really the person who knows Luo Hai best.

The Jing'an community is a structure of two households on one floor. After Luo Hai moved in, he and Qiao Zhi became neighbors.Taking advantage of the housewarming, Luo Hai grabbed the teapot again.

In the middle of the night, two big men slumped on the table drunkenly, Luo Hai rubbed his face hard to wake himself up, put his hands on his lap, and asked him: "A Zhi, there is nothing around me all these years. people?"

Teapot smiled and waved his hands, and said, "Where does she have that skill? I didn't say that, your sister is really like this—" He made a thumbs up. "Over the years, our company has been able to get to where it is today. To be honest, Qiao Zhi has put her life into it. You haven't seen how busy she is at work. Sanniang is not as hard as she is!"

Luo Hai frowned and said, "Why is she working so hard? How old is she?"

"Hey! Don't look at the young age, there is a lot of inspiration here!" The teapot poked his left forehead, and answered the question irrelevantly.

Luo Hai stopped talking.

The teapot suddenly walked over with a smirk, touched his arm and said, "Hey, let me ask you, now that the flower in your heart is in full bloom, you... don't think about anything?"

Luo Hai glanced at him calmly, and after a while, said in a deep voice, "I think about it."

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