What is it like to find someone for your ex?

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Wang Yun looked at the photos on her phone.

The person who should have been so busy working for the company in country M smiled brightly in the photo.Like an ordinary middle-aged uncle, he was wearing flip-flops and beach shorts, looking a little rough.

But ordinary and happy.

Wang Yun squeezed the phone tightly, turned off the screen, and said to the secretary: "Get ready for the helicopter, today's meeting will be canceled."

She took a breath and walked to the lounge.Suddenly she poked her head out of the door again and said:

"By the way... the mother who shuts up is called Ye Anxian? Don't keep it."

The secretary was taken aback for a moment, but stopped talking.

Wang Yun waved her hands casually, her expression cold and unreasonable.

It was almost midnight when I came back from the hospital.

This small city almost fell silent at twelve o'clock, the shuttle bus and the tram stopped running, and the old man who kept watch at night lit a lamp and fell asleep with a newspaper in his hands.Xie Xu dug out a broken bicycle from a corner, took Guan Qing, and rode to the hotel on the tail of the moonlight.

Originally, the carriage was an activity to take the couple on a night tour of Prague, and someone would pick them up at some point, but they didn't follow the script, and naturally they didn't enjoy the pick-up service.

At this time, the bright and white moonlight in the sky has faded a little bit, the air is cold in the deep winter, and the snowflakes are still falling.On the flat horizon, a ray of light is shining.

Guan Qing was filled with inexplicable emotions.

It's a bit like the heartbeat from a glance many years ago, but it's more down-to-earth and firmer.Compared with the helpless love floating in mid-air, that feeling is more similar to persistence and companionship——

Xie Xu stopped the car suddenly.

Guan Qing bumped his head against his back, rubbed his forehead, and asked a little confused: "What's wrong?"

Xie Xu pressed the phone off, hesitated for a moment, and said, "I'll take you back to the hotel—"

Guan Qing paused, looked at him seriously, and his tone was not aggressive:

"Did something happen?"

The slowly rising sunlight is not blinding, but it can reveal a trace of guilty conscience on Xie Xu's face, leaving nothing to hide.

Suffering is equal, he said it himself.

The two stared at each other for a long time through the dim sunlight in the deep winter.

In the end, Xie Xu compromised and said, "Okay."

He tapped his foot on the ground, kicked back, stepped on the bicycle and began to ride quickly towards the main road.

On the main road, a car was waiting quietly.Xie Xu folded the bicycle, stuffed it into the back of the compartment, took Guan Qing into the car, and said to the driver:

"Walk."

The SUV sped along the mountain road for a while.

When passing through the forest, the sun shines in through the windows, frame by frame, like a special effect of some kind of movie.In the bursts of light, Xie Xu held Guan Qing's hand, and slowly and tremblingly intertwined his fingers.

"I'm not going to let anything happen."

Xie Xu lowered his head, carefully holding Guan Qing's bandaged left hand with both hands, and kissed gently on the bandage.

His back was bent, his head was buried very low, and he looked a little vulnerable.

Guan Qing's heart was astringent, a little unsteady, he opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but Xie Xu straightened up quickly.

Xie Xu took a deep breath, looked out of the window, and said, "The snow is about to stop."

Indeed, the snow is still falling, but the little snowflakes are more like catkins flying all over the sky in spring than snow.

When the snow stops, spring will come.

"Yeah." Guan Qing paused, and squeezed his hand tightly, "Next week will be New Year's Eve. At that time, we... the two of us together, with my mother, and Uncle Xu..."

Lunar New Year's eve.

Firecrackers, dumplings, Spring Festival Gala.Just by saying these two words, joy, touch, the bitterness and happiness accumulated for a whole year will emerge from every corner, accompanied by the steaming heat of the steamer and hug people full.

New Year's Eve is the end of the year and, for them, the beginning.

Such a whole year of separation, parting, entanglement——

Usher in the end, but also usher in a new life.

The light is gradually brightening, and the sky has passed the most beautiful stage of sunrise. At this time, the sky is a bit gray, after all, the snow has not stopped.

"arrive."

The driver stepped on the brake, Guan Qing held Xie Xu's hand tightly.

——It turned out to be a red wine estate.

The doorman with a bow tie stood at the door and bowed to greet him. He seemed to be of Asian descent, with neatly combed hair, and he was meticulous in everything from buttons to hems.

Guan Qing glanced at his watch, it was five in the morning.

Through the high windows, you can see the waiters walking through the manor.Is this manor staying up all night, or...

Are there any distinguished guests coming?

"Hello, welcome to Black Winery."

The doorman has a good habit of looking at the ground sideways, and never glances at what he shouldn't.

Xie Xu rolled down the car window, reached out and snapped his fingers in front of him.

The doorman was motionless.

After a while, he slowly straightened up and said without looking sideways: "You two, please follow me."

Passing through the gate, the path was full of flowers. Guan Qing couldn't name them, but they were all carefully pruned and distributed.Guan Qing thought they would walk through the gate and enter the building, but the doorman walked faster and faster, bypassing the gate and entering a small iron gate.

There seemed to be some kind of magic in the iron door. After the doorman closed the door, the whole person's aura changed.

He rubbed his hands and brushed his hair - it was only then that Guan Qing realized that he was still wearing earrings.The door boy muttered something, rolled up the sleeves of his shirt casually, found a set of waiter clothes from a box on the side, and said in slightly broken Japanese English:

"Here, say yes."

Then he extended his hand to Xie Xu.

Guan Qing: "..."

Xie Xu took out his wallet, drew a few banknotes and handed them to him.

Guan Qing's expression was a little dull.

The doorman took the notes.He pulled out a cigarette from nowhere and tucked it behind his ear.At this time, his aura was completely different from before, he looked a bit like a street gangster, he took a sip on his hand, and tapped some money with his thumb wet with saliva.

He was about to say something, but Xie Xu stopped him and pointed at Guan Qing.

The doorman showed an impatient expression and waved his hand.

He said something in Czech.

"Wait." Guan Qing gestured to interrupt Xie Xu.

If he guessed correctly, Xie Xu is... a bribe?

Xie Xu held Guan Qing's hand in mid-air, looked at the doorman, and said seriously:

"Mylife."

"What?" Guan Qing frowned tightly.

The sky was originally dark, and the light in this small room was even worse. A faint beam of light came through the high windows, and the dust was flying, crystal clear and beautiful in the air.

Although that's just dust.

"Oh," said the doorman with a startled expression, he couldn't help whistling, "I thought you'd say 'boyfriend'."

Xie Xu shook his head and smiled.

Guan Qing: "...???"

"Ok."

The doorman thought for a while, untied his tie, and said, "I don't have many, then—"

Two 10 minutes later.

"Jack? Where's the man?? You're late on your first day at work, I think you're—"

"I'm coming."

A tall, handsome man with a bow tie came running.He has a tall and straight figure, and his face is extremely handsome, which is dazzling under the faint light. There is a secret and clear smile on the corner of his mouth.

The foreman froze.

He looked closely, only to realize that everything was an illusion.The man running towards him was hunched over, he was obviously tall but looked listless, with cigarettes stuck behind his ears, like a ruffian, he replied weakly:

"Sorry, I just went to pee."

"..." The foreman looked at him with indescribable eyes.

This new waiter came in through a relationship - it is said that the wife's son personally appointed him, no one has seen it before, and it was like this on the first day of work... It was a surprise.

"You..." the foreman pointed at him helplessly, and said, "You go to the kitchen to help—wait, who is behind you?"

A head poked out from behind the waiter.

It was a very handsome young man, he looked a bit reserved, dressed in the attire of a doorman, and bowed slightly.

The foreman didn't know much about the doorman's affairs, but he only vaguely remembered that a young man of Japanese descent was on duty today.

He nodded impatiently, wanted to reprimand them, but didn't know where to start, so he arranged for them to go to their posts, and left with a sigh.

Two people - naturally Xie Xu and Guan Qing.Xie Xu absentmindedly nodded to the foreman, and as soon as he turned the corner, he immediately led Guan Qing up the spiral staircase.

Guan Qing was a little confused. While thinking about the current situation and where this place is, he asked involuntarily:

"Just now... that doorman, what did you ask you?"

Xie Xu's answer was...'my life'.

"Uh." Xie Xu rubbed the tip of his nose in a concealed manner, showing a little shyness.

He thought for a while, and said, "Didn't I ask him to help me disguise? He asked me, if this matter is leaked, how can I compensate—"

"The excuses are made up very quickly." Guan Qing commented objectively.

"..."

The stairs were about to come to an end, the dim light gathered, passing through the stained glass windows, the dappled light was projected down.

Xie Xu walked a little faster than Guan Qing, he turned around, hugged Guan Qing with his head down, and whispered something in his ear.

Guan Qing was stunned.

——“The doorman asked me what are you to me.”

After Xie Xu finished speaking in a low voice, he turned around, but Guan Qing couldn't see his expression.

Guan Qing remembered Xie Xu's answer at that time.

--"my life!"

His heart seemed to be soaked in something soft, unbelievably sour and sweet, but he didn't have time to savor it, because at the same time, the picture upstairs was also displayed in front of his eyes.

A huge oil painting was at the corner, and the two people on that painting looked very familiar.

The oil painting is more realistic, and the whole picture is in warm colors, as if it is a sunny spring.A handsome middle-aged man, smiling generously and brightly at people.He stood behind the chair, and the woman on the chair folded her hands on her knees, pursing her lips slightly, reserved and shy.

Although more or less guessed.

But seeing this thing directly, Guan Qing still couldn't help being surprised.

——That was Wang Yun and Xie Qing.Of course, it is obviously impossible for this kind of picture to really exist. The love in Xie Qing's eyes is so obvious, it can only be... the artist's own imagination.

The inscription in the lower right corner of the oil painting is very familiar.

Guan Qing thought about it carefully...

The last time I saw the photo at Uncle's, the inscription on the back of the photo is also the name.

He turned his head to look at Xie Xu, wanting to say something, but the words suddenly got stuck.

At the corner, a lady walked down hurriedly with the hem of her dress, and exchanged a glance with Guan Qing a few meters away.

The woman's face is delicate and gentle.

Seeing Guan Qing, her face turned pale.

Guan Qing's throat was dry, he trembled, and after a long time, he whispered dryly:

"mom."

The author has something to say: near the end, it's a little bit Calvin.

Ugh.

Plus it's a little busy.