Rust II

There is still friendship, especially Xu Xin, since the Ma family was completely targeted by Xu Guang, he usually goes to Ma Yifu's private team, and he has gone to as many as he can.

Xu Guang followed Ma Hui and said a few words of concern to Ma Yifu, and then followed him back to the front hall.Xu Xin was left alone, and Jin Di stood in front of the No. [-] wounded man he saw today in silence.

Ma Yifu was putting a piece of pear into his mouth, biting it down, his lips and teeth salivating.

He chewed and swallowed slowly, and after a while, he glanced at Xu Xin, who was looking down at him, and asked with a smile, "Sit down?"

Xu Xin didn't move.

Ma Yifu threw the fork back into the plate, looked at his frosty face for a while, and suddenly retracted his gaze and sneered, "So serious?" Mocking Lu Lu, "How can I say, I just got hurt by your little lover, tsk, Master Xu just doesn't want to give this little face?"

Xu Xin looked at him without moving for a long time, with a smile on his lips, turned around and sat down on the soft chair beside him.

Ma Yifu's gaze has been firmly fixed on the opposite side since a few minutes ago, and at this moment, he locked Xu Xin's figure unobtrusively. Seeing that he took his seat but did not speak, he waited again, unable to bear it. He asked sarcastically, "What are you laughing at?"

Xu Xin didn't say a word.

Ma Yifu's expression has returned to seriousness. He carefully looked at the expressions on the other person's face, and his thoughts kept spinning. Finally, he lowered his gaze, reached out to pick up the fork that fell on the plate, and sneered again in an unclear manner. : "He's really 'infatuated' with you this time." A stern look flashed in his eyes as he said, "I gave Zhang a card and refused to let go, but also guaranteed him a safe future. That's it, and he didn't know what to do. Give me a bottle, heh, compared to 12 years ago, I have grown a lot."

Xu Xin still listened without saying a word, his expression unmoved.

After Ma Yifu finished speaking, he lifted the fork, pressed it against the pulp, and then continued with a cold tone: "I just don't know...whether the object of his infatuation was still working in the factory back then?" You, the local ruffian, are still the famous and omnipotent Xu Sanshao."

"...is there a difference?"

"What do you think?" Ma Yifu finally spoke to Xu Xin who had never responded, and almost immediately raised his eyes to look at the other party, "Xu Xin used to have nothing, but now you... want nothing."

Xu Xin smiled abruptly after hearing this, lowered his eyelids for a moment, and stopped responding.

"Why don't you talk?" Ma Yifu kept staring at him with burning eyes.

"What do you say?" Xu Xin tapped the watch strap on his wrist, with a calm expression on his face, and finally raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked, "Is this very important?"

Ma Yifu's scrutinizing eyes swept across the opponent's body, and after a moment of silence, the aroused emotions gradually calmed down.

Xu Xin's indifference and indifference made his heart settle down a bit, and after a while, he couldn't help but continue to ask probingly: "... If I didn't intervene in this matter today, when are you going to close the net?"

Xu Xin bent the corners of his lips, raised his head and looked at the opposite side with a smile, and asked indifferently: "Brother Ma, what do you think? When is the right time to accept it?"

Ma Yi didn't change his face, "I don't know that." After he finished speaking, he sneered and asked, "Even if you know, you Xu Sanshao are willing to listen to me?"

Xu Xin smiled and stopped talking.

Ma Yifu continued secretly looking at the always peaceful expression on Xu Xin's face. In the short silence, the original suspicion of the other party's attitude and purpose in his heart gradually dissipated, and then turned into another guess in his heart. confidence.

So when he spoke again, even his expression changed subtly.

It is an ambiguous aura that can only be released when facing "fellow travelers" who have a common purpose.

Xu Xin sensed it keenly, but remained calm, only waiting for the long-awaited prey to approach by himself.

Sure enough, after a period of silence, Ma Yifu's voice sounded again, and the content of what he said secretly changed its tone, no longer as aggressive and aggressive as before, listen carefully, and even brought some imperceptible explanations and flattery.

He pretended to ponder for a while, and still chose his younger sister Ma Jiaqi to make the asking stone, and said in a fake way: "Actually, I'm looking for him today, and it's not really because of something. After all, your Xu family has always been prudent in doing things. It can also make people feel at ease. Besides, it’s not that I don’t know what happened back then is for you...” Ma Yifu paused deliberately when he said this, and after looking at Xu Xin’s face, Fang continued: "It's not a small blow and a lesson."

Xu Xin's hand tapping on the watchband really froze after hearing these last words, and then his face turned slightly cold.

But this unpleasant emotion only leaked for less than a moment, and the next second, it returned to normal, and even smiled lightly like self-deprecating.

"What do you want to say, Brother Ma?"

Ma Yifu was obviously satisfied with this reaction, which undoubtedly made him more sure and confident about his speculation all along.So after a brief pause, he continued: "After all these years of dealing with each other, what kind of person are you, Xu San? Come to think of it, it shouldn’t be a problem to add [-] to [-]% more. You are high-minded, and you hate being used and deceived the most in your life. So after that incident, you have been holding your breath in your heart and looking for opportunities to vent, and you can understand it, but, "

Ma Yifu spoke slowly, and then sighed slightly, as if he was quite helpless, "But if you let it out, and make fun of Jiaqi's feelings several times in succession, isn't it too much? I have my whole heart attached to you, not to mention our two families, but there are not many people in this circle who don't know about it, but she has been chasing after you like a donkey for so many years, look at our Ma family Have you interfered with anything? Besides, in the past few months, you have accepted her appointment by yourself, saying that you would meet and have a meal, and gave her opportunities and hopes, but why did you keep breaking the appointment several times and let her lose face? , sad and disappointed again and again? I don’t care if I am a brother, do you think there is such a reason in the world?”

Xu Xinyan didn't say a word, and his eyes on his knees didn't move at all. He only frowned very briefly, revealing the impatience in his heart slightly.

Ma Yifu put it away as soon as he saw it, and after finishing these few sentences, he closed his mouth, then put the book in his hand on the bedside, and fell silent completely.

After a long while, I spoke again: "There is one more sentence that maybe I shouldn't say, but as a friend, I still want to remind you out of kindness."

Xu Xin's eyes moved slightly.

"Do you still remember what I told you when he first arrived in C City?" Ma Yi asked warmly, his words no longer contained the sullenness and ridicule when the other party first entered the door. With the same earnestness and sincerity, "Xu Xin, the random flowers are gradually becoming attractive to the eyes. Don't be careless and fall into the same pit again."

Xu Xin turned his gaze towards the head of the bed, and then smiled abruptly.

"Brother Ma, what do you mean I've been blinded again?" He was silent for a moment, and asked back cooperatively.

Ma Yifu smiled, "It's just a reminder." After finishing speaking, he looked back at the other party, "After all, in order to lure the other party into the bait, you can even forget about the serious business again and again, saying that you are not a fake show. , I’m afraid it’s hard for anyone to believe it.”

Xu Xin raised his eyebrows, "Who doesn't believe it?"

After a pause, he hooked his lips in an unclear manner: "You?"

The atmosphere became subtle again for a while.

Ma Yifu met Xu Xin's direct gaze without moving, and the expression on his face slowly returned to seriousness again.

Xu Xin's obvious banter made Ma Yifu a little annoyed for no reason, but he couldn't do it easily. He could only force a laugh after a short silence, which was regarded as tacit consent.

Fortunately, this atmosphere didn't last long. Just when the two were at a stalemate in silence, Xu Guang's voice suddenly came from the direction of the living room outside the door.

"Xu Xin." Xu Guang shouted, "Don't disturb Xiao Ma's rest, let's get ready and go to dinner with Ma Lao."

Ma Yifu's eyes turned sharply following Xu Guang's voice.

Xu Xin smiled, stood up, gestured to Ma Yifu who was still staring at him firmly, and walked towards the door. When he reached the door, he stopped suddenly, turned his face slightly, and looked at him. The person behind said softly: "Aunt Zhu is right, since brother Ma has been hit in the head by someone, don't worry too much in the past few days, resting well is the main thing. As for how to deal with Lin An, I have my own plans."

Hearing that he suddenly spoke clearly, Ma Yifu frowned slightly, and sat quietly on the bed without saying a word.

Xu Xin paused, and continued to speak in a rambling voice: "And since you have already said that you can trust our Xu family's behavior, please also please Ma Shaoyan to keep his promise. After all, I, Xu Xin, hate the most in my life. In addition to being used and deceived by others, there are also assertions and uninvited visits."

Ma Yifu's face changed slightly when he heard this.

Xu Xin stood sideways in front of the door, holding the doorknob with his hand, and his eyes did not directly meet Ma Yifu who was diagonally behind him, but there was a vague contempt and condescension in his words, but he still It was revealed precisely from the downcast eyes.

Ma Yifu's mood fluctuated, and he stared at Xu Xin's silhouette gloomyly. He didn't look away for a long time, until the other party deliberately kept silent for a while, then suddenly raised his eyes and smiled at himself, and said two words lightly:

"See you later." Only then did he suddenly come back to his senses, watching the tall and straight figure of the other party disappear behind the door that was opened and then quickly closed.

Xu Guang and Ma Hui were sitting on the sofa in the side hall, talking happily.When Xu Xin and Ma Yifu's mother, Zhu Mei, nodded their greetings and walked behind them, Xu Guang was putting down the hot tea he had taken from Ma Hui.

When Xu Xin called him, he stood up, then took the coat hanging on the armrest, tilted his head towards the entrance, and asked with a smile: "Uncle Ma, let's go now? Don't let Mr. Cai stay in the clubhouse." Too much waiting."

"Hehe, that's right, he's a distinguished guest tonight, so he can't be neglected." Ma Hui responded repeatedly, and then stood up.

Xu Xin turned his gaze between the two of them, and smiled silently, knowing that Xu Guang was already planning to slowly withdraw the line.

The three started from Ma's house talking and laughing, and arrived at the leisure and fitness club specially set up for retired cadres of the Health Bureau in the new district of C City 10 minutes later. Ma Zhongping seemed to have been waiting in the private room for a while, and saw the two Xu brothers Afterwards, he immediately pulled the two juniors over with a smile and asked each of them what was going on, and talked about the "true love" between himself and Xu Boda back then.Xu Xin smiled and said nothing the whole time, so the task of exchanging pleasantries fell on Xu Guang's shoulders.More than ten minutes later, Cai Mingjin, the former leader of WSJ who was invited by Xu Guang, and his colleague Ge Lao from the Planning and Construction Bureau also entered the room together. With the arrival of these two key figures, the faces of the Ma family brothers were filled with joy. It's a little thicker.

The staff arrived, and the food and drinks were brought to the table one after another. The topics of the few people were unobtrusively about the planning and development of City C in recent years. After a few rounds of drinking, there was not a few words about the land of the former chemical factory in the new district. However, he talked about various policies and situations in the past 20 years, and he was as honest and serious as if he was holding a thought conference that went deep into the soul.

Ma Hui and Ma Zhongping, who had been in a hurry for more than ten years, came to this night, but they were not in a hurry. They knew that Xu Guang's willingness to lend his contacts was more useful than any negotiation. As the saying goes, don't look at the face of the monk Looking at the face of the Buddha, as long as they can catch the line of Xu's family, then everything will be easy to talk about in the future, and they will no longer have to be those headless flies, bumping around with nowhere to go.

It took nearly three hours to eat a meal, and when the party broke up, the night outside was as thick as thick ink.

A group of people staggered back and forth, and left this quiet corner of C City one after another.

Before Ma Hui and Ma Zhongping left, they chatted with Xu Guangre for a few more words, and Xu Boda was inevitably mentioned during the conversation. Ma Zhongping patted the other party's shoulder, and said quite gratifiedly: "Old Xu is so lucky, my son is very good." Steady and capable! Not at all inferior to his demeanor back then." In the end, he turned his eyes to his younger brother Ma Hui, "Oh, unlike the children of our Ma family, there is no fixed number of children throughout the year, one..." If there is any deep meaning in the words He glanced at Xu Xin who was standing next to Xu Guang, and didn't say any more.

Xu Guang smiled slightly, comprehended, and said casually: "Where, Uncle Ma is too modest. Who in our area doesn't know that your nephew Ma Yifu is a good businessman, and your daughter is tall, beautiful, and stable. Dafang, not to mention City C, I heard that even when he was abroad, there were countless suitors."

Ma Zhongping smiled.

When Xu Guang said this, he lowered his face and shook his head again, as if he was quite helpless, and said: "If nothing else, I went back to visit my mother last month, and she kept stealing from me about your precious niece. personal situation."

After saying that, the two of them, together with Ma Hui who was beside them, laughed tacitly.

Only Yu Xu Xin stood quietly on one side alone, and slowly lowered his eyes when he heard the words, and moved the lower corner of his mouth, revealing an indistinct arc.

After saying goodbye to the Ma family, it was almost 11 o'clock at night. In order to avoid the exposure of the itinerary, and in addition to having a meeting in City B early the next morning, Xu Guang hung up the phone with Li Ping, Straight away let Lao Zhang go back to the airport, and set foot on the return journey overnight.

Xu Xin accompanied them to see off, and drove back to the city with the car left by the two of them as a means of transportation, but for some reason, after getting off the elevated road leading to the bamboo garden, he suddenly turned around again and was in the air. It swayed aimlessly on the quiet main road in the urban area.

In the middle of the night, the city center, which used to be bustling and crowded, is now like an old woman over half a century old, with a dim appearance and no brilliance anymore.

Xu Xinshou sat on the steering wheel and watched with a stern expression that the green plants along the way gradually changed from camphor to magnolia. A figure that was not clear in his mind suddenly emerged from the depths of his mind again.

So the originally cold eyes couldn't help being startled, and after two seconds, the speed of the car slowed down.

After driving several hundred meters like this, a strong wind suddenly blew up outside the car, and even the tall Magnolia magnolia could not stand the attack and shook slightly.

Xu Xin parked the car under a certain street light, lowered the window and held a cigarette in his hand.

The icy air instantly filled the carriage, and there was a faint rusty smell brought about by the humidity. It rushed into the nose at first, causing Xu Xin to frown slightly. Looking at the intersection, I found that I didn't know when, and unconsciously drove the car to the place where the abandoned garden used to be.

He stared silently at the wooden bridge, pool and lake that was hidden behind the bushes for a while. After a few minutes, he forced himself to look away, raised the window again, and prepared to leave.But at the moment when the car was about to start, the cell phone in the storage compartment suddenly rang, and a notification tone of a text message rang.

Xu Xin's eyes flickered, he stared at the black body for a while, and then reached out to turn the upside-down screen over, but was slightly taken aback when his eyes touched the name of the caller—it was...Ma Jiaqi.

As a result, the air that was suddenly raised in his chest just now was let down again in a calm manner.

Xu Xin quickly clicked on the message, and two lines of words came into view. The text was short and playful: Tomorrow will be the beginning of winter, handsome Xu, do you have time to come out for a meal?

Xu Xin stared at these two lines of words for a long time, then raised his head to look at the entrance of the park ahead, then moved his fingers silently, and replied "OK".

After returning, he buckled the screen back to the dark compartment.

The car became more and more silent for a while.Xu Xin lowered his eyes slightly, and the cigarettes that had been stuffed back into the cigarette case were taken out again, and the closed car windows were opened again in silence.

The sparks from the cigarette butts are not very conspicuous under the light of the lights, only the thin smoke floating out of the window one after another, leaving fleeting traces in the empty night sky by the wind.

Xu Xin sat in the car silently, with intermittent thoughts in his head.

In fact, in the past two years, Ma Jiaqi often sent Xu Xin several similar messages like tonight, although she never got any definite response.And what they say is basically irrelevant and dispensable topics. Sometimes they will ask a few questions about Xu's mother's body, sometimes they will talk about the weather, and sometimes they will talk about their recent situation with great interest, such as what they changed. Work, where did you travel, what friends did you meet, etc., and along the way, tentatively make appointments for dinner, or ask if you want to bring something to Xu Yuan.It's not too out of the ordinary, but it's obviously close and fond.

Xu Xin's attitude is always lukewarm, he doesn't expressly refuse, and he doesn't deliberately cater to him. He occasionally gives a reply. Even if he thinks about the agreement with Xu Guang, he is always concise and refreshing, and it is difficult to catch any ambiguous signals from it.

However, this time, the situation is subtly different from the past—as the plan progresses, his response to Ma Jiaqi should also change.

And sure enough, the other party obviously didn't expect that Xu Xin, who had always been indifferent, would suddenly respond to him. Surprised, he made a call directly, and the surprise in his tone was hard to hide.

"Master Xu can finally spare some time?" Ma Jiaqi asked teasingly, but she seemed a little shy after finishing speaking, and then continued to ask softly after a pause: "Is it true?"

For some reason, Xu Xin was startled slightly by the sudden shyness in the other party's language, which was somewhat similar to someone, and he came back to his senses after a while, "What." Then he asked lightly.

Ma Jiaqi pursed her lips and smiled, and replied softly, "I promised to have dinner with me."

Xu Xin was silent for a while, and said "um".

Then Ma Jiaqi laughed again, her tone was soft, and she emphasized again: "It's not a dinner party, nor is it for any business, just a simple meal between you and me?"

"……Um."

Ma Jiaqi seemed still in disbelief: "...Are you sure?"

Xu Xin smiled slightly, and replied affirmatively: "Of course." At the end, he added: "Everything is according to Miss Ma's wishes."

Ma Jiaqi was overjoyed. She didn't care about Xu Xin's sudden change in attitude, nor did she care about the reasons behind the change. She had spent too long waiting for him, and had been suffering from his rock-solid indifference. To be honest, so Over the years, she has long been used to Xu Xin's indifference, but even so, she still firmly believes that as long as the other party is willing to give the two of them a chance to get in touch with each other, she will be sure to get rid of the legendary Xu family who is as cold as ice. Xu Sanshao won it.So now that the opportunity came, she naturally had no reason to let it go.So Dang even smiled heartily, and responded generously: "Okay, I will decide the location. After all, it is the first time that Young Master Xu has personally promised to establish diplomatic relations in private, so we can't treat him badly."

Xu Xin did not object.

After that, Ma Jiaqi chatted casually on the phone for a few more words, and at about 11:[-], she said good night to the opposite party gently and with a little joy.

call ended.

Xu Xin lowered his head, stared silently at the blacked-out mobile phone screen for a moment, finished smoking the cigarette in his hand, then closed the window and started the car, finally turned around and drove back in the direction of Zhuyuan.

The strong wind from more than ten minutes ago gradually subsided, and it almost completely stopped when it reached the main road leading to Zhuyuan, but the sky, which was still a bit gray, became darker and darker.

Xu Xin walked unhurriedly on the Yunling Road where the gate is located, but for some reason, he had already recovered his calm state of mind, but as he gradually indented from the destination, he became ups and downs again.

Finally, the sudden and lingering restlessness and boredom suddenly rose to the peak when the car completely reached the gate of the community.

I saw the landing pole slowly raised in front of my eyes, and in front of the gate of the bamboo garden illuminated by street lamps and car lights, a thin and thin figure was still standing stubbornly under the dark magnolia tree.

Xu Xin's hand on the steering wheel suddenly tightened, and after a moment, he forced himself to relax, and let the wheel slide into the community without a stop, expressionless.

Tens of seconds later, that slender figure, together with the pitch-black night, was thrown out of sight fixed on the rearview mirror.

The car stopped silently in front of the villa.

Xu Xin sat in the car without saying a word. In front of him was a red maple plant that was already turning muddy yellow, illuminated by street lamps and car lights. branches.

He stared fixedly at the withered yellow branches and leaves for a while, finally lowered his eyelids slightly, and drove the car into the garage in silence.

When she walked into the gate of the villa, Aunt Yuan was still sitting on the soft chair in the living room and did not return to her room. When she heard the sound from the entrance, she immediately woke up from her light sleep and greeted Xu Xin softly, "Sir, are you back? "

Xu Xin changed his shoes at the door, subconsciously glanced out of the window again, and replied in a low voice: "Yes."

Aunt Yuan rubbed her eyes, and started to walk towards the kitchen, "The temperature dropped really badly tonight, I specially left you a bowl of ginger soup that I made for Yuanyuan at dinner, drink it before you rest, to prevent cold."

Xu Xin was absent-minded, and just stood quietly two or three steps away from the shoe cabinet, and gave a very soft "hmm".

Aunt Yuan immediately went into the kitchen with a smile, and after a while, brought out a bowl of hot red dates and ginger tea.

But Xu Xin was still standing beside the floor lamp in the living room.

Aunt Yuan glanced at him curiously, put the soup in her hand on the tea table, wiped her hands and called him: "Sir?" Then she looked at his face, and asked worriedly: "What are you doing?" Lah? Why is your complexion so bad?"

Xu Xin didn't answer.

"Oh, it's too cold outside and you've caught a cold? Well, it's useless to just drink this soup. I'll find you some medicine!"

"...No need." Xu Xin stopped.

"That……"

"I'm fine, I'm a little tired." Xu Xin explained slowly, and finally moved away, walked slowly to the sofa and sat down, and said in a low voice: "Go to sleep first, I'll sit up and then go upstairs .”

"...Hey, good." Seeing that he had finished speaking, Aunt Yuan put her hands on her forehead and closed her eyes, as if she was really tired, so she had no choice but to suppress the worries in her heart, took off her apron and returned to her bedroom. .

The living room where there was only one person was silent for a moment, and after an unknown amount of time, Xu Xin breathed a sigh of relief, and leaned back halfway on the sofa behind him, but did not wait for a while, suddenly another gust of wind blew up outside the window, followed by It was a downpour that had been brewing all night.

Xu Xin suddenly woke up, straightened his back suddenly, and looked back at the floor-to-ceiling window behind him that was filled with water droplets in an instant.

Aunt Yuan, who had just fallen asleep for 2 minutes, put on her clothes and ran out again, muttering over and over again: "Oh, why is it raining so hard all of a sudden, the small kitchen window doesn't seem to be closed yet, so we have to hurry up!" Go and have a look, there is still some freshly kneaded noodles there, don’t let me spoil it.”

A few seconds later, he closed the window and rushed out again, seeing Xu Xin who was staring straight out of the window, "Sir? Why are you still sitting here?"

Xu Xin just watched the night rain from the half-open curtain in silence, his eyes flickered for a while, and finally he seemed to come back to his senses, and suddenly stood up from the sofa and strode towards the entrance.

Aunt Yuan couldn't hide her surprise, she hurriedly followed a few steps, and asked anxiously from behind: "Hey sir, where are you going so late?"

Xu Xin seemed to have never heard of it, so he quickly changed his shoes, took the umbrella hanging on one side, opened the door and went out.

A few seconds later, there was the sound of the rolling door being raised from the direction of the garage, and then the headlights flickered, and they rushed into the dark night again.

The sound of rain rose and fell, and the thin figure was still standing under the tall magnolia tree.The dense leaves blocked most of the rainwater for him, but allowed the originally fine water droplets to gather on the top of the tree, and when they fell again, they were more wet and cold than the original ones.

After a while, the entire back was completely dyed.

But Lin An didn't seem to feel the bone-chilling cold.

He stared blankly at the direction of the entrance of the bamboo garden, like an unconscious sculpture.

Xu Xin's car drove straight and impartially in front of his eyes as early as 10 minutes ago.

No hesitation, no lingering.

And behind the galloping back is the most obvious indifference and rejection, he can't accept it, but for some reason, he still stubbornly chooses to stand under this tree, I don't know what he is still waiting and looking forward to .

The wound on his hand also changed from dull pain to cold and numb without knowing it. Even being drenched by continuous rain can no longer arouse the slightest pain.Lin An stood there in a daze, and in a daze, he seemed to see the young man in his memory standing quietly beside him in the wind and rain.

what's wrong with you?Drenched like this?

His face was flushed with nervousness, he was obviously shivering from the cold, but he was so hot that his back seemed to be burning.

Then those cold but inquisitive eyes looked at the top of his umbrella that was firmly on the ground.

Leaked?The other party asked lightly.

He nodded.

The other party glanced at him again, stopped talking, but when he jumped out of the car, he hugged him, pressed him under his shoulder and ran all the way to the low building opposite.

The umbrella had been blown upside down in the strong wind and rain, and the bean-sized raindrops fell on the body. It was icy cold, but there was an indescribable warmth.

So a heart, also in this intensifying heat, ran wildly with messy steps.

Lin An slowly lowered his head and stared at the gauze-wrapped hand hanging by his side. After a long time, his fingers curled up in this illusory memory, as if he was trying to retain the unique youth that gradually faded from his mind. temperature - until the wind and rain above the head stopped together with the scene in memory.

Xu Xin parked the car on the other side of the green belt, and strode up to him holding an umbrella.