Rust II

The other party has a smile on his face, exquisite makeup, and a very slim figure, plus a pair of cute dimples on his cheeks when he smiles, making him even more beautiful and delicate.

Lin An stared blankly at the very familiar yet extremely unfamiliar person on the other side, his mind went blank for a moment, then countless pictures flashed before his eyes, and finally he was frozen on a green face in his memory.

"...Wu Yan?"

The other party looked at him with a smile, and waited for a while before finally hearing his name from Lin An's mouth. He was surprised and relieved at the same time.

"Brother still remember me?"

Lin An smiled shyly, "Of course I remember." After a pause, he asked again: "You... why are you here?" Then he looked around, "Are you here to do something?"

Wu Yan's eyes lit up, and when she was about to answer, she suddenly looked at Xu Xin, who had been standing silently beside Lin An, with some embarrassment, then turned to Lin An, and said falteringly: "...I'm here to find you .”

Lin An was taken aback when he heard the words, a little surprised.The other party looked at him and was a little nervous for a while, but he still asked with a smile: "I wonder if Brother Lin has time?" Then he glanced at Xu Xin, "...or you have other things, you can do it another day , "

Lin An didn't answer, but subconsciously looked at Xu Xin. The other party met his gaze, only smiled slightly, and rolled his eyes between the two without showing any traces, and finally said softly to Lin An: " I'll go back first." After speaking, he glanced at Wu Yan who was standing opposite Lin'an expectantly, and said calmly, "Talk slowly."

After speaking, he turned around and left.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he took a step, he was gently grabbed by Lin An. He turned his head and saw a trace of worry in the other person's eyes looking at him. He couldn't help but asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"

Lin An opened his mouth, "You..."

Xu Xin raised his eyebrows when he saw that he hesitated to speak, Lin An looked at him for a while, and finally said: "...you go back and have a good rest, noon... I have cooked more dishes for noon. I saved a copy for you in the refrigerator," he glanced at him again, and said softly, "...you remember to eat at night." Then he let go of his hand.

The expression in Xu Xin's eyes eased a little, he nodded and left.

Lin An looked at the direction he was going away until the figure completely disappeared from sight, then turned around, smiled at Wu Yan who was still waiting for him, and said softly, "Where do you want to go?"

Wu Yan didn't answer, but continued to look at him with a smile, and said after a while: "Senior brother still treats people the same as in college before, so careful and thoughtful."

Lin An was taken aback for a moment, realizing that the other party was referring to Xu Xin who had just left, his face became hot, and he smiled guiltily.

"Is it your friend?" Wu Yan asked again.

Lin An nodded, "Yes."

"Oh...it looks like we have a good relationship." Then he glanced in that direction again, "Did you have lunch together?"

Lin An listened to her inseparable words from Xu Xin, thought she had seen something, so he just smiled and didn't answer the question, but unexpectedly the other party didn't care about this at all, and she just laughed and asked: "Then what?" Senior brother, can you spare me the time for dinner?"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Lin An to respond, he said again: "Just when I was waiting for you, I chatted with the security uncle at the door, and he said that there is a good Yangxiezi hot pot in your community, why don't we go there for a while? "

Lin An saw her smiling and cheerful, full of enthusiasm and generosity, just like the state he had just met when he was still studying at X University, he couldn't help but feel a little bit embarrassed, so he didn't refuse any more, and took her to the community up.

When passing by the security room, the staff inside cheered him up and said, "Hey, Teacher Lin, this beauty has been waiting here for a long time! What, is it your girlfriend? Oh, oh, she is really talented and beautiful, and she is a good match." .”

Lin An quickly denied it, but Wu Yan didn't say anything, her eyes were full of smiles, and she bent her eyes with a smile in the face of this ridicule, and she didn't even shy away from the purpose of coming here, and also responded with a smile: "Haha, then Thank you for your good words."

Lin An's heart shuddered.

Five minutes later, the two sat down in a simple but neat hot pot restaurant. It was still early, and there were very few people in the restaurant. Except for two or three tables of guests sitting sparsely in the lobby, only the proprietress and the cashier waited. The girl was sitting at the counter, watching the popular drama "Hua Guzi" on TV.

The sad music from the TV series came out, and it was very clear in the empty lobby.

After Wu Yan was seated, she ordered two side dishes at random. Since it was just after four o'clock, she discussed with the clerk and pushed back the time of the main meal.Lin An had just finished eating at Xu Xin's, so naturally he would not have any objection to this proposal.

Everything was arranged properly, the waiter walked away with the menu, and the surrounding suddenly fell into an abnormal silence.

Wu Yan was uncharacteristically no longer as enthusiastic as she was before. She secretly looked at Lin An who was sitting across from her, the smile in her eyes became stronger and stronger. Lin An was pouring tea for the two of them. Looking at himself, he smiled back politely.

Wu Yan blushed, took a sip from the teacup that Lin An handed over, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, without the arrangements at home, the whole person is much more free."

Lin An didn't understand the meaning of her words, he was taken aback for a moment and then asked, "What?"

Wu Yan lowered her head and smiled, then raised her face to look at him, "You really don't know."

Lin An was even more puzzled.

Seeing his confused look, Wu Yan couldn't help but chuckled, and asked, "Did your mother recently introduce you to a daughter of the Huang family in County X, and made an appointment to meet for dinner tonight?"

Lin An looked at her in surprise.

Wu Yan paused at this point, took another sip of tea, and then continued to explain: "My parents divorced when I was very young. My original name was Huang Yan, and after I moved to City C with my mother, I just changed my name to Wu Yan, it’s normal if you don’t think so.” He smiled again, “By the way, I have an older brother named Huang Jun who often came to see me when I was in X University. remember?"

Lin An was still in surprise. Hearing her question, he thought about it carefully, but only recalled a vague outline. He couldn't help but smiled apologetically, and then thought of what Lin's mother said to him when he was at home, such as the woman's number. I gave it to myself two weeks ago, but he hasn't contacted me, and he didn't even take the initiative to say hello. He has been dry for more than half a month, and canceled tonight's dinner under the temporary excuse of something, which is tantamount to letting the other party's pigeons go .

Thinking of this, Lin An couldn't help coughing, and said apologetically, "Sorry, I didn't know it was you..."

Wu Yan smiled when she heard the words, and asked: "Senior Brother Lin, what do you mean, if you know, you won't stop going tonight?"

Lin An was taken aback for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

Wu Yan looked at his slightly frowned eyebrows, smiled, and said, "Actually, this is also good. Rather than being stared at by a large table of people, I prefer the way it is now, just you and me."

Lin An held the teacup with one hand, and only curled his lips when he heard the words, but didn't answer.

Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, Wu Yan smiled, changed the subject slightly, and continued in a relaxed tone: "To be honest, I didn't know that they were looking for me at first, Senior Brother Lin, and you almost quarreled with my mother." Come on, you don't know, my mother has been so anxious all these years, afraid that I won't be able to get married, it's okay where I just graduated, and when I pass 27, I can't help but show my true colors immediately."

Lin An heard that although her words were mostly complaints, but her tone was relaxed, she couldn't help smiling, and replied: "Auntie is also doing it for your own good."

Seeing that he was not against this topic, Wu Yan propped her chin with one hand, and continued with a bitter face, "I know... When I was floating in Beijing a few years ago, she couldn't control me, I could only talk about it alone. He kept calling and asking questions, and when he knew I had a boyfriend, he hurriedly asked me to bring her back to show her, and when he found out that I had broken up, he sighed all day long, which made me dare not go home for a while. Now It's even more terrifying when I'm transferred back to City C, guess how many unmarried young men she dragged me to meet in the past six months?"

As Lin An smiled and looked at him, he made an exaggerated gesture, "A total of eight. I'm going crazy."

Seeing her exaggerated expression of pain, Lin An couldn't help laughing.

It sounds like Wu Yan's situation in recent years is quite similar to his own, but at the same time, he is also very clear that with the other party's conditions, there will be no shortage of suitors. The reason why he hesitates on this road and keeps wasting is because It's just that he hasn't met the person he likes yet, but why is he like this now?

Xu Xin's face naturally came to mind.

The answer is needless to say...

Wu Yan's voice still came from the opposite side, "It's all right now, my dad has also joined the ranks of the marriage urging army."

Lin An withdrew his distracted mind and smiled.

But I didn't want the other party to finish this sentence, suddenly his expression changed, he looked at himself very seriously and a little bit shyly, and then said: "But I am very fortunate, Senior Brother Lin, I am very fortunate that you are the ninth one."

Lin An was taken aback by the sudden words that were almost equivalent to a confession.

After Wu Yan finished speaking, she seemed to feel a little embarrassed, but she didn't stop there. She thought about it, and when she spoke again, there seemed to be something else in her words.

"I know... It's a bit abrupt for me to come here suddenly and say these words all of a sudden. After all, we... haven't seen each other for more than ten years."

As he spoke, he lowered his eyelashes and looked at the dinner plate on the table, "After that incident back then, I..." Looking up, Lin An, who has always been gentle and never loses his manners, turned his face and looked out the window at some point. After closing his mouth, he said awkwardly and awkwardly: "...I'm sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned it."

Lin An stared out of the window with fixed eyes, not knowing what kind of thought he fell into.Wu Yan knew that she had inadvertently said the wrong thing, so she stopped talking for a while, and after a long time, she saw the other party turn her face back again in front of the bright window glass.

Lin An looked at Wu Yan, who was a little nervous, and said with a faint smile, "It's okay, it's over."

Wu Yan nodded a little uneasy, but Lin An didn't want to think about it for a second, and said again: "...we... are the same."

Wu Yan looked up at him in surprise.

Lin An smiled at the other party again, and said softly, "I know what you want to say. But Wu Yan, I must tell you the truth."

Wu Yan looked at him, already had a faint premonition in her heart, but still waited for him to speak with luck.

Sure enough, after Lin An paused for a second, he continued: "I was surprised and happy to see you today, but even if I knew the other party was you half a month ago, tonight I will..."

Lin An didn't continue talking.

"So what?" Wu Yan stared into his eyes.Lin An didn't answer, but looked at her softly.

Wu Yan got the answer in this silence, she pursed her lips, forced a smile and then filled in Lin An's unfinished words: "You won't go either, will you?"

Lin An did not deny it.

Died before birth, Wu Yan sat silently for a while, but she seemed not completely unprepared for Lin An's refusal, so she was depressed for a moment, and laughed again after a while.

"It seems that I'm late. Well, let's not talk about this today, but have a meal with me, an old acquaintance and old alumnus, to catch up on the old days. Brothers will not refuse, right?"

Lin An smiled, nodded, and agreed, "Okay."

Afterwards, from [-]:[-]pm until [-]:[-]pm, the two sat in this window seat, chatting casually in a good atmosphere.

Wu Yan is good at eloquence. When she was Lin An's deputy in the study department of X University, she showed excellent coordination and organizational skills. She also had outstanding looks and a bright and gentle temper. So her popularity was always enviable at that time. Especially the opposite sex.Although Lin An was a year older than her at that time, since she was also a member of the student union and in the same department, there were not many opportunities to interact with each other.

It's not that Lin An doesn't know that Wu Yan has a crush on him. This girl is beautiful, generous, and attracts everyone's attention. It would be a lie to say that he was indifferent to the pursuit of such a girl back then.It's a pity that the youthful feelings came too soon and ended too early. No matter how tempted he was at the beginning, it was useless in the face of the ever-changing world.

What's more, X University, for him, is not the place where good memories start. On the contrary, from a certain point of view, it is more like the beginning and entrance of nightmares and hell.

So when he returned to school to continue his studies and graduated, he even gave up the chance to stay in school that many people dreamed of at the last moment, and returned to his hometown of County X without much hesitation. Take a knife out and chop him.But for Lin An at that time, he could grit his teeth and get back a graduation certificate from the place where he was humiliated and treated unfairly, so that his mother, who was crying at home all day long, could feel at ease. The greatest effort and concession he can do at that time.

Therefore, everything about X University, including former classmates, alumni, and even the plants and trees in it, he rarely thinks or recalls in the past 12 years.On the contrary, it is the smell of iron rust that permeates everywhere in the third factory of Guolian in C city, the starry sky in the abandoned garden, and the dim lights in the factory operation room, which will often quietly fall asleep.

At about a quarter past seven, Wu Yan got up and went out to answer the phone. When she came back, she reluctantly said that something happened at home, and she might have to leave immediately.

Lin An sent her to the gate of the community, and stopped a car for her on the side of the road. After helping to open the car door, he took a step back in time to keep a certain distance from the other party.Before Wu Yan got into the car, she turned around and held the car door and smiled at him and asked, "Brother, I've thought about it all the way, and I still have to ask a question before I'm reconciled."

"Do you have a sweetheart?"

Lin An looked at her, and after two seconds, nodded slightly.

The car gradually moved out of sight amidst the lit street lights, Lin An looked at the tail lights of the cars disappearing at the end of the road, and felt a little dazed for a while.Wu Yan's sudden visit seems to have touched some old images that I have deliberately suppressed deep in my heart, leading them from being vague, distant, and unclear to being suddenly dusted and jumping in front of my eyes again. flow.

Lin An stood on the side of the road for a while, then turned around and headed back towards his apartment.

After walking a few steps, the question Wu Yanlin asked herself before getting into the car suddenly sounded again.

He paused, as if he had sensed something, and took out the phone from his pocket. The moment the screen was turned on, two unread text message notifications from that person appeared in sight.

The sending time of the first message was displayed as 10 minutes ago. Lin An manipulated the keyboard to open it, and when he saw the content clearly, he couldn't help but frowned in confusion.

"Send me the itinerary for the second half of the month in half an hour."

The other one was 5 minutes ago.

"Sorry, wrong post."

In the dark of night, the main road leading to the "Bamboo Garden" in the new district is brightly lit. The greenery on both sides of the road is surrounded by festive lights, and the halo flows in the evening breeze. Looking from the window that is moving forward quickly, Like countless meteors strayed into the mortal world.

Xu Xin's car window was wide open, and the wind rushed in from the outside to the inside, which instantly restored the coldness to the stuffy car, and brought him back to sobriety, as well as his nearly shaken and lost mind.

It was nearly eight o'clock in the evening when the car stopped at the gate of the villa.

The phone was thrown on the passenger side, and the screen was still black.Xu Xin turned his head and stared at the black seat for a while, and suddenly couldn't help but took out a cigarette from his coat pocket. However, when he looked at the lit cigarette butt a few seconds later, he suddenly felt even more bored.

Next to the mobile phone is a bag, which contains three food boxes. The coolness brought out from the refrigerator has almost dissipated, leaving only a little wet water stains, slowly dripping along the inner wall.

Xu Xin's eyes followed the trail of the tiny water droplets, spreading all the way down, until a certain pair of slightly timid eyes suddenly appeared in his mind again, then he suddenly raised his hand to wipe his face, and looked at Liang with a slightly sullen face. The flaming cigarette butt cursed in a low voice, "Fuck."

But everything about that person circling in my mind did not restrain and diminish because of this uncontrollable curse. On the contrary, in this extremely quiet and closed space, there were more and more intense emotions. , and even a prairie fire.

Xu Xin closed his eyes in this irritating restlessness, and opened them slowly after a while.

The vibrating sound of an incoming phone call rang beside him.

He turned his head to look, only to see the very familiar two words constantly jumping and flashing on the lit screen, which was extremely dazzling in the dim compartment.

He watched without moving, but he still didn't pick up the phone until the long vibrating sound that lasted for dozens of seconds stopped abruptly.

In just a short while, the carriage returned to darkness and silence again.

Xu Xin sat in silence for a while, reached out to open the door to get out of the car, but didn't expect that the moment the door was about to be opened, the mobile phone that had been deliberately forgotten in the passenger seat suddenly vibrated again.

Xu Xin clasped the doorknob for a moment, and the moment he turned his head, Lin An's name appeared in sight again.

He looked at it blankly for a moment, finally lowered his eyes slightly, and pressed the call button.

The other party's gentle voice came from the receiver immediately, "...Hello?"

Xu Xin lowered his eyes slightly, and did not respond for a while. After a while, he raised his eyes and looked out of the window, and asked a little coldly, "What's the matter."

The person on the other end was obviously taken aback by the indifference and alienation in the tone, and after a long time he hesitated to respond: "No, nothing." After a pause, he said softly: "I'm just a little worried...you...you feel Do you feel better?"

Xu Xin lowered his eyes again, stared at the steering wheel and responded lightly: "En."

The voice was hoarse than in the daytime.

The other person asked again: "...Have you eaten the leftover food?"

Xu Xin glanced at the packaging bag still placed on the passenger seat, "En."

Lin An got two affirmative answers one after another, and he was relieved a lot. He didn't ask about the two text messages that were sent by mistake, but after a pause, he explained carefully and softly: "That's good...you... ...You go to bed early tonight, drink another cup of hot water and take some anti-inflammatory drugs before going to bed." He seemed to think of something again, and then continued after a short pause: "Don't drink the mineral water in the refrigerator, yes The condition is not good, and... cigarettes... don't smoke any more these days... your throat will be unbearable..."

Lin An spoke more and more, and his speech speed also increased a little bit. He frowned, concentrating on thinking about what else he forgot to tell him, and even forgot his usual nervous stammering in front of the other party.

Xu Xin listened without saying a word, but never made a sound.

Lin An talked for a while on his own, and suddenly noticed the unusual silence of the other party, he couldn't help but stop talking uneasily, and after a pause, he asked softly: "...What's wrong? Is there something..."

However, before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Xu Xinwu who hadn't spoken for a long time.

"Lin An." The other party called him suddenly.

Standing by the window of the living room, Lin An looked down at the shimmering trees under the street lamp, and agreed softly.

"Tomorrow..." There was a rare trace of hesitation and hesitation in the other party's words. Lin An caught it and tightened his hand holding the phone.

After an interval of several seconds, Xu Xinwei's tired voice continued to sound on the phone, "There is a temporary problem with the company's project, and I need to go to City B in person tomorrow." He paused for a long time. He whispered two more words: "Sorry."

Lin An was slightly stunned after hearing this, and it didn't take long to realize the implication of the other party's two words. For a moment, his thoughts returned to the scene when Xu Xinxiao asked him to meet him at the gate of Cuifangyuan the next day in the afternoon. Red is red.

"...No, it's okay." Lin An replied softly, and after a short pause, lowered his eyelids and added: "...I'll wait for you."

Xu Xin obviously didn't expect the other party to say such a sentence at all. In his impression, that person has always been restrained and reserved. Even after the reunion more than ten years later, this characteristic seems to have not changed at all.

But unexpectedly, he didn't get even a sliver of the expected satisfaction and pleasure from the other party's "enthusiasm" performance as he wished.

Yes, just deeper, heavier, and inexplicable disturbances.

As a result, even breathing seemed to become heavy at the same time.

He didn't reply to Lin An's words, but the other party, uncharacteristically, did not flinch from this unclear silence. Instead, after a slight pause, he called him softly but firmly: "...Brother Xu."

Xu Xin's palm moved imperceptibly, but there was still no response.

After a while, the other party's intermittent, slightly embarrassing and youthful words that seemed to be explanations came to my ears.

"...The person who came to see me this afternoon...is my former college classmate...named Wu Yan..."

Xu Xin didn't say a word.

Lin An paused, and then continued: "At school...we both worked in the study department of the student union, and she also worked as my assistant, so, so we got to know each other relatively well for a while..."

Lin An stammered, as if his face was getting redder and red under the daytime light, but with just a few words, he was so nervous that his hands were sweating.He knew that today, he had been impulsive too many times, from visiting the door because he couldn't restrain the worry in his heart, to explaining to the other party indiscriminately because he couldn't restrain his panic.But he was getting deeper and deeper in this loss of control, so that he was completely powerless to stop the ambiguous words from coming out of his mouth.

"And she came to me today... Actually, it's because..."

However, this courage was finally broken here. Lin An squeezed the hot phone board tightly, no matter how hard he racked his brains, he couldn't figure out how to complete this passage.

"It's because..." So he could only circle around in place.

"Because of what?" Xu Xin, who never expected to speak, suddenly spoke at this moment.

Lin An's breath was stagnant, and between words, the previous sense of embarrassment pressed against him more densely.

Two seconds later, he heard the person on the other end of the phone smile inexplicably, and then continued the unfinished sentence for him with a hoarse voice, "Because the old love for you is revived?"

Lin An was startled, and subconsciously wanted to deny it, but was interrupted by the other party the moment he opened his mouth.

Xu Xin blurted out the impulsive words just now as if he was a little annoyed. After a slight sigh, he quickly said in a deeper voice: "Sorry."

After a pause, he said again: "...It was my slip of the tongue."

Lin An blinked.

"Is there anything else?" After a while, Xu Xin's tone returned to the usual gentleness.

"...No, no."

"Well, I still have a few documents to deal with, so let's go here first?" After a pause, he said, "You must be tired after a busy day, pack up and go to bed early."

Lin An noticed the avoidance in the other party's words, and lowered his eyes in a little disappointment.

"……it is good."

The phone was hung up silently.

Lin An stood by the window, looked down at the heavy and dimming screen for a while, silently put down the phone that was cooling down gradually, turned around and opened the suitcase lying on the ground.

The moment his hand touched the neatly stacked clothes, the phone suddenly vibrated again. Lin An was taken aback, and immediately picked it up, only to find that it was just a thank you text message from Jiang Yuefang, who was in the same office.

"Mr. Lin, I heard from Director Chen that you will take my class tomorrow? I would like to trouble you to make a special trip back from my hometown. Thank you very much."

Lin An smiled disappointedly, and replied, "You're welcome."

Two minutes later, the other party sent another message: "Oh, by the way, I put some materials about tomorrow's tutoring class that I found before in the drawer of my desk. You can use it directly if you need it."

Lin An replied: "Okay, thank you."

The phone fell into complete silence after that.

Lin An alone took out and tidied up the things he brought back from County X one by one, went to the bathroom to take a shower, and then sat quietly at the desk in the bedroom, and began to prepare the content of the next day's courseware.

However, the slack attention was still unable to concentrate, and what Xu Xin said on the phone an hour ago kept reappearing in his mind.He recalled the other party's attitude and tone over and over for no reason, from depression to sarcasm, and from sarcasm to restraint and avoidance, as if he was venting something, and at the same time he seemed to be avoiding something.

Lin Anping looked at the shadow cast by the pen tip under the desk lamp, pondered and guessed the reasons behind it, but always involuntarily dodged and denied it when he was about to get close to the answer.

He is afraid that the other party will misunderstand his hesitation and silence, but he is even more afraid that everything is just his own sentimentality and illusion.

Sure enough, Xu Xin was "involved with something" as he said on the phone. After the call ended, there was no other news.

Although Lin An was writing in his hand, what his eyes focused on was neither the lesson plans nor the materials. He cast his eyes on the mobile phone on the table again and again, but was caught by the silent and dark The screen is silently blocked.

What are you looking forward to?What are you looking forward to?

Even if the heart refuses to admit it, these eyes can no longer continue to conceal and deceive.

Lin An once again thought of the question Wu Yan asked in the low night, and couldn't help laughing bitterly.But in just one day, he has become so irresistible and impatient.

"have you slept?"

So even when I saw the text message I unconsciously sent a few minutes later, the panic and panic I expected in my heart did not come.

The recipient did not reply.

Lin Jingjing looked at the other party's name in the address book, and returned to the sending interface after 5 minutes, and wrote slowly word by word: "Brother Xu, I thought about it, and I still need to explain some things to you. If You haven't slept yet, please listen to me, okay?"

There is no need to face each other, and you can't hear each other's voices. In front of the window reflecting the night and light, the words that you couldn't resort to when you stumbled and summoned courage in the past seem to become less difficult to utter.

"Wu Yan was my classmate when I was studying at X University. To be precise, she was a junior in my class. I met her in the autumn of 90. At that time, she was a freshman and happened to join my school. Student Union, "

The glamorous and proud youth of the past seemed to be spreading in front of me again with the slight sound of keys.

Lin An pondered every word with a gentle expression.

"But we got acquainted in 91. She performed well in the department. We had more chances to get in touch with her when she was promoted. There are many activities in X University, such as training, investigation, reporting, and even the linkage between various departments. , we will discuss and participate together. Later...she and I...we did have a crush on each other, but in the end...we had no fate, "

As I write this, a dull pain hits me. Lin An looks at the screen that is densely filled with the past without moving. Ruozhong appeared in front of his eyes.He closed his eyes, and after a long time, he broke free from the unsightly memory.

Lin An didn't have the courage to elaborate on that period of the past, and after calming down the sudden intense emotions, he only left a seemingly calm summary.

"Later... I was expelled from school, and I went back after waiting for more than a year. Everything was changed. She graduated, and after hearing that, she moved to work in City B, and we... never again connect."

After finishing this story that wasn't really a story, the trembling fingers didn't stop.

"She came to me today because the girl my mother told me about meeting tonight is her."

"...I just found out."

The cause and effect finally come to an end here.

Lin An looked at these cautious but somewhat confused words motionless, his fingers stayed where they were, unwilling to leave for a long time, they continued to linger and linger on the hot keyboard, as if hesitating to reunite after a farewell old couple.

After a long time, they hugged each other again with difficulty hiding their trembling.

"Brother Xu, you told me in the afternoon that you were very happy that the person I saw today was not her, but you."

When Lin An wrote this, there was a sudden sourness in his eyes, and the craze lurking in his heart seemed to have finally found an outlet in the long-accumulated darkness. gushes out from every pore of your body.

As the tears fell, those words that had been feared and avoided in countless days and nights, and even the words that were not dared to say even the temptation, all poured out with the ups and downs of the fingertips.

"Actually... I'm just as happy. Over the years, it's never been her that I've been thinking about day and night, "

"It's you."

The message of hundreds of words was automatically divided into three or two paragraphs due to the limited number of words, and the moment the confirmation was pressed, it was successfully delivered under the flying of the envelope logo.

Lin An maintained a stiff sitting posture and stayed in place, watching the last pattern light up and disappear before the eyes until the screen returned to darkness.

However, every minute and every second passed, but there was still no response from the other end.

In the next 10 minutes, 10 minutes, or even an hour, within two hours, the messages sent out were like a stone sinking into the sea, and the news was completely lost in the restless waiting.

Lin An's eyes were fixed on the mobile phone in his hand, and his heart gradually changed from nervous anticipation to bitter disappointment.

He sat on the chair for a while, and suddenly, as if he could no longer bear the tormenting silence, he put down the phone he was holding tightly in his hand, stood up and turned to the door of the bedroom, but when he reached the door, But I don't know where the next destination should be.

The space that seemed a bit narrow and cramped at first became extremely spacious in an instant.So when every corner is left with traces of wandering, the waiting seems to become less deliberate and long.

Lin An couldn't sleep all night, and even when he woke up from a light dream, he didn't forget to glance at the pillow, pressed the screen with hope, and looked at the notification bar against the glaring light.But without exception, for the whole night, there was no more word from Xu Xin's end.

Dawn finally arrived while tossing and turning, Lin An finished washing in a daze, bought some breakfast randomly in the dining car downstairs, and finally walked towards the school with a tired face and bag.

There was a cool breeze along the way, and as soon as October entered, the remaining heat in the air completely disappeared, and the feeling of suffocation was gone, and the nerves that had been tense all night due to emotional tension finally relaxed a little. But this does not prevent everything that happened last night from continuing to replay in his mind.

Lin An didn't dare to read the latest relevant records lying in the mailbox, and in fact there was no need to read them. Those sincere words, almost no different from confessions, were all typed out by himself. Speaking of words, even the symbols and punctuation, Lin An could not deny that he remembered everything clearly.

But there was no response from the recipient, but at the same time, it made people feel uncontrollably confused, doubtful, and even regretful.

In a daze, his footsteps unknowingly stopped at the door of X Central.

Lin An stood outside the school gate, which was unusually quiet in the morning light, and took out his mobile phone from his bag again. After looking at the message board for a while, he unconsciously entered the address book.

The word Xu Xin appeared in sight.

He watched it steadily for a while, and slowly pressed his thumb on the call button, but he didn't want to hear a sudden sound from behind him as soon as he pressed it.

A crisp cry - "Mr. Lin!"

Lin An shook his hands, and immediately exited the call interface. When he turned around and saw Xu Yuan walking towards him with a smile, he put the phone back into the bag even more guilty.

"Good morning!"

Xu Yuan didn't notice Lin An's gaffe, and approached him with a smile on her face, then she didn't hide her inner joy, and winked at Lin An badly.