fragrant cold

Chapter 3

Luomei Flower Shop opened in three days.In an ordinary small flower shop, there are only a few wall-mounted flower baskets hanging on the pink and white walls, and there are flower baskets besides the flower stands on the ground.Sitting among the flowers, Lome has a kind of peace and tranquility.

There are many flower shops. Although her flower shop has nothing special, more than a month has passed, but it gradually has regular customers, and there are many busy times, so she asked a little girl to help.

When Luo Yi came back from abroad and heard that she had opened a flower shop, she was surprised and suspicious: "Sister, why? You have an MBA from a prestigious school and have been the chief secretary of Shaozi for four years. How can you open a flower shop with your qualifications?" A flower shop? What's the future of that?"

Lome said, "It's better to have no future."

She stared at Luo Yi, a radiant little woman.

It made her look slightly awkward, Luo Yi smiled lightly and elongated her voice: "Sister——"

Luo Mei asked: "Is Shaozi treating you well?"

Luo Yi smiled: "Does he dare to treat me badly?"

After all, it is happiness, after all, there is one person who is happy.She looked at her younger sister, a smile finally appeared on the corner of her lips.

This afternoon, Luo Mei was in the flower shop.Half of the flowers bought in the morning have been sold, and she was doing the accounting when she heard the wind chimes and hurriedly put down the computer, and looked up with a smile: "Welcome!"

It was a gentleman with a mellow and moving voice: "Is there any white camellia?" Because it was too extravagant, she only bought a little of such an expensive flower.

"Yes." She smiled, "There are Tongzimian and Xuejiao, which one do you want?"

"Xuejiao." He chose one, "I want a dozen, please wrap it up."

She took out twelve white camellias and wrapped them in a bunch with the leaves. During the process of cutting and packing the leaves, he suddenly asked, "This used to be a toy store, right?"

She smiled: "I don't know, I have only rented this store for more than two months." She tied the bouquet with a ribbon, "Thank you, 740 yuan."

He paid 800 yuan: "There is no need to look for it."

Luo Mei thanked her, and took an orchid from the flower stand: "For you, it matches your tie very well."

He raised his eyebrows: "This orchid costs at least 100 yuan, so you're losing money."

Lome smiled without saying a word.

He put the orchid in the pocket and said, "Thank you for the flower." He paused, and then said, "Thank you for your smile."

Lome didn't take this matter to heart.Later, this person often came to buy white camellias, became familiar with him, and chatted with him occasionally.

"You are the one who really sells flowers for the sake of selling flowers." He said, "Everyone else sells flowers for the sake of money, but you are the only one who sells flowers purely."

Lome said with a smile: "People always get tired of making money, but I'm just tired of it now."

When he stared at her, Luo Mei always felt that he had a pair of familiar eyes, and when he looked at people, he always gave her an unfathomable feeling, like the sea under the clear night sky in winter, calm and deep, but with tiny cold starlight.

He said, "So, are you tired of the past?"

She smiled: "Maybe."

On Saturday night, after seeing off the last customer, Lome collected the cash, closed the store, and went home.Guan Feng was worried that she would go home alone at night, so he stood on the balcony and waited until he saw her enter the apartment door before he heaved a sigh of relief.

When Luo Mei entered the house, Guan Feng told her: "Luo Yi is back."

Luo Mei was a little surprised and asked, "Mr. Yan didn't come?"

Guan Feng said: "The two seem to have had an argument, Luo Yi is in your room."

Luo Mei went into her room, and saw Luo Yi wearing a dress with off-the-shoulder, lying on the pillow sobbing.Luo Mei laughed: "Okay, it doesn't look good if your eyes are swollen from crying, and two people are arguing and playing tricks, can't we take it seriously?"

Luo Yi became more and more choked up. Luo Mei sat on the bed and asked, "What's the matter? Let my sister judge, okay?"

Luo Yifu just cried there, and Luo Mei helped her sit up: "Shaozi is a bit left-handed, you know, he is the youngest in the family, and was spoiled by his parents and brothers since he was a child. If there is anything wrong, can you tell my sister? "

Luo Yi burst into tears, like a child, Luo Mei patted her on the back to comfort her, she finally cried: "He...he has someone else in his heart."

Luo Mei was startled, and said, "No, I think he is sincere to you, so stop thinking about it."

Luo Yi cried and said: "He lied to me!"

Luo Mei asked carefully, but Luo Yi couldn't tell why.It took Luo Mei a long time to figure out that the two of them were going to attend a charity auction at night, and because the reporter took pictures, Luo Yi went to the beauty salon to have her hair done in the afternoon, changed her clothes after returning home, and picked out another set of powder I am very proud of the diamond jewelry that goes with the clothes, but when Yan Shaozi saw it, he asked her to take off the diamond jewelry and put on a set of pearls, but she refused, Yan Shaozi said angrily: "Then don't Come out with me."

Luo Yi felt wronged and immediately went back to her mother's house.Luo Mei felt relieved, patted her hand, and said, "Don't cry, it's just such a trivial matter, let's see you cry like this. Don't worry, he will definitely come to pick you up today."

Luo Yi cried: "I will never go back with him again."

Lome said: "Speak for children."

After persuading her to come out of the room, Yan Shaozi had already arrived and was talking to Guan Feng in the living room, when he saw her, he frowned slightly and asked, "Where's Luo Yi?"

"In the room." Lome said, "coax her well."

Yan Shaozi went into the room.Guan Feng asked Luo Mei: "What's wrong?"

Luo Mei shook her head: "It's okay, Luo Yi is just throwing a child's temper."

The next day to the flower shop to open the door.She picked up the newspapers stuffed under the door and put them on the counter casually. The flower shop had already delivered flowers, and she put them in bunches on the flower stand, and sprayed them with water from the watering can.After drying her hands, she picked up the newspaper to read.

Hearing the sound of the wind chime, she raised her head with a busy smile: "Morning! Welcome."

"Bring me a dozen white camellias."

"Okay." She walked to the flower stand and took twelve white camellias to pack.While wrapping the bag, she said, "You look really good today. Is there any happy event?"

He smiled slightly and said: "The long-cherished wish of many years is about to come true, so I am very happy."

She said "Oh", and took out a tulip and gave it to him: "Congratulations, your wishes come true is the happiest thing in this world."

He took the flower, but said: "I will forward this flower to you, can I?"

She was slightly surprised.He smiled: "Happiness will be doubled if you share it with others, and so are flowers. Besides, tulips match you very well, very beautiful and elegant."

He can really talk, so she took it with a smile: "Thank you."

The whole morning passed quickly, and there were fewer people buying flowers in the afternoon, so she was free, so she turned on the radio to listen to the news: the stock market fell at the close yesterday; there was another fire in the city, and two people were killed or injured.It's all trivial things in the city.Suddenly, it was reported that Yan Zhengjie, the chairman of Chang Xin's related companies and the patriarch of the Yan family, suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and was admitted to the hospital.Luo Mei was startled, the scissors in his hand slipped and almost cut his hand.She listened to the detailed report quietly, knowing in her heart that it might be bad.Pay attention and listen to the stock market news. The stocks of Chang Xin's related companies are falling. Obviously, people in the industry have heard the exact news and have already heard the news.

Birth, old age, sickness and death are the most difficult things to grasp in the world. Even if you are rich, you are still like a candle in the wind in the face of old age and sickness.She has worked in Chang Xin for many years, and she naturally has a special respect for that majestic old man. Unexpectedly, she suddenly received a call the next afternoon.

"Miss Guan?"

"Yes, I am."

"Hello, I am the liaison officer of Mr. Yan Zhengjie's funeral committee. Mr. Yan Zhengjie passed away yesterday evening. Tomorrow there will be a public funeral at the ancestral house of the Pingshan Yan family. Please inform your father."

The official family is the Yan family's in-laws, so they made a special phone call to notify her.As for the others, they learned the news from the news of the day.By the time the market closed in the afternoon, the stock market had fallen by more than 40 points.

Not long after Luo Mei returned home, she received a call from Luo Yi. She complained: "The house is in a mess, and Shaozi is so busy that he can't even see him, and he said he wants to separate."

Luo Mei comforted her: "It happened suddenly, of course he is busy. Since the family is going to be separated, you have to be careful and don't make trouble for Shaozi."

"What trouble can I cause him?" Luo Yi was dissatisfied.

Luo Mei said, "I'm also telling you in vain, just be careful in everything."

Putting down the phone, Luo Mei said to Guan Feng: "Dad, I'm really worried about Luo Yi. She can't handle the Yan family. She doesn't have any scheming, and she will suffer in the end."

Guan Feng said: "Everyone has their own blessings, and you can't help her for the rest of her life. Let her learn by herself."

Luo Mei said: "But this time the family is separated, she will probably suffer."

Guan Feng said: "Let her go. Isn't it just money? When Luo Yi married into their family, it was not for their money. Less money is a blessing."

Luo Mei said: "I'm just afraid that she accidentally offended someone." Thinking of Luo Yi's innocence and sincerity, she couldn't help but sigh.

If not, something went wrong the next day.

After Luo Mei closed the store and came back, Luo Yi came.Luo Mei asked in surprise: "What are you doing back to your mother's house at this time?"

Luo Yi said: "The house is a mess, I'll come back and clean it up."

Luo Mei said: "How can it be done? You are too ignorant. At this time, the people in the first room and the third room will probably say the worst things. Go back quickly, and don't make things difficult for Mr. Yan."

Luo Yi, however, has a childlike stubbornness: "I won't go back, I will go home in a fair manner, who will make irresponsible remarks?"

"It's not the time to go home," Luo Mei persuaded her, "The Yan family just had a major incident, and you ran back to your mother's house, what is that?"

"I just won't go back."

Luo Mei had no choice, because she really doted on this younger sister since she was a child. Although she made troubles unreasonably, once she made trouble, she could only let her do it.

In the early morning of the next day, Yan Shaozi really came, and when he saw Luo Yi, he said: "Why did you come back to your mother's house? Both the aunt and the third mother asked me. My father just passed away, and the family is in a mess, and you still make a fool of yourself." Add to the chaos?"

Luo Yi has been held in the palm of his hand since he was a child. Although he lost his mother, Luo Mei has always loved her very much since he was a child. After marrying Yan Shaozi, he also spoiled her a lot. How has he ever been questioned so harshly?She burst into tears and cried, "Sister, he bullied me!"

Luo Mei hurriedly persuaded her, and then persuaded Shaozi: "Speak up if you have something to say, Luo Yi is timid, so don't yell at her."

Yan Shaozi hummed, and asked, "Are you going back?"

Seeing that his face was still ashen, Luo Yi shook his head repeatedly: "I won't go back."

Yan Shaozi was furious and slammed the door and left.Luo Mei complained to Luo Yi: "Why are you so ignorant?" Luo Yi pouted and said nothing.Luo Mei hurriedly called Yan Shaozi, but his mobile phone was turned off.

Luo Mei had no choice but to worry about the opening of the flower shop, so she said to Luo Yi: "I'll go to the shop to open the door first, you stay at home well, if he calls, tell him well, he wants you to go back, you can Go back with him, you know?"

Luo Yi pursed her lips and said, "That depends on how he begged me."

Luo Mei was shocked, thinking that Yan Shaozi was the most arrogant and the least fond of looking at people's faces, and thought that this marriage might be a bit boring.Thinking about it again, Yan Shaozi loved Luo Yi so much back then, but he has always kept his promise, and he is a man, so he can probably tolerate it.So she felt relieved, and persuaded Luo Yi a few more words before going to open the shop.

Not long after arriving at the flower shop, Yan Shaozi called.Luo Mei hurriedly asked: "Where are you? Luo Yi is waiting for you at home."

Yan Shaozi's voice was very low and weak: "I'm in the house on Yongping South Road, come and see me right away, okay?"

Lome was taken aback.He said, "I'm in a terrible mood, please come here, please!"

Luo Mei sighed and said, "Okay." He entrusted Xiaoyun to take care of the store and drove there by himself.

Standing in the antique elevator, time has become a kind of trance illusion, and the shadows reflected on the iron bars jump in light and dark in front of her eyes.There seemed to be old dreams from yesterday in the cold air.It's as if a person wakes up from a nap, and the day has come to dusk, and he feels extremely uncomfortable, as if he has been abandoned by a long period of time.But when she raised her eyes suddenly, she had already reached the seventh floor. She pulled open the iron gate and walked out. She walked to the door of Block B and took out the key to open the door.As soon as she turned around and closed the door, she was suddenly hugged by someone at the waist, and the hot kiss was burned on the back of her neck, under her ear, and on her cheek. dizziness.Everything in the past swept in like a tide, and she responded to his enthusiasm in a daze and instinctively.

"Oh, Lome." He sighed low and long, which lingered in her ears for a long time.She was suddenly awakened by this sound, what was she doing?What is he doing again?They can't, it's absolutely not allowed, neither the law nor morality will allow it.Everything yesterday was like death yesterday, and everything between them was already over—she suddenly pushed him away, there was still a sense of bewilderment in his eyes, she took a breath: "Mr. Yan, if you have anything to say, just tell me, Otherwise, I'm going back."

He looked at her as if he didn't understand, and didn't speak for a long time.

The koi in the pond were scrambling for food. When a fish worm went down, two or three fish rushed to grab it, causing water to splash and wet the floor along the edge of the pond.Lome took the opportunity to go to the pool to watch the fish.Yan Shaozi finally walked away, and after a while made two glasses of wine, one for her.She held the glass in her hand and shook it, seeing that the three-colored wine was muddy and then clear, clear and muddy again.

"Someone is buying B shares." Yan Shaozi also sat down, sitting next to her, "Auntie is very scared, so she wants to rush to separate the family, so as to keep her share of the property."

Luo Mei said: "I really shouldn't keep koi. Last time I saw the tropical fish sold in the pet store are so cute."

Yan Shaozi was stunned for a moment, and said, "Then buy some and bring them back." He added, "If the family is to be separated, then I should inherit about 10% of the A shares, and I can still occupy a seat on the board of directors."

"Almost forgot, when I left, the blue roses were sold out, and many people came to ask, I should buy more tomorrow."

Yan Shaozi finally asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing." She replied lightly, "It's just that we obviously can't talk about one place."

Yan Shaozi smiled: "What's the matter with you?" He reached out to caress her face, "But I like your current appearance, cleansed of all the charms, pure and beautiful."

Luo Mei shrank back, avoiding his hand, and said seriously: "Mr. Yan, this is the last time I come to this house. You are my brother-in-law, and I am your sister-in-law. Humans have ethics, we I never want to do anything to hurt Luo Yi. From now on, we have nothing to do with each other."

Yan Shaozi was stunned for a long time, she got up and left, he hurriedly chased after him and asked, "How did you say these words properly?"

Luo Mei said, "Go and pick up Luo Yi."

Yan Shaozi looked at her, and she let him watch.Finally he said: "Okay then, I'll go and tell Luo Yi that I want to divorce her."

Lome was shocked: "Are you crazy?"

"Since you want to end everything, then I have only this."

Luo Mei said: "What do you mean? What is Luo Yi sorry for you? You have only been married for more than two months, and you said you want to leave like a child's play?"

He said: "Marrying Luo Yi is a big mistake I made!"

Luo Mei was angry and anxious: "Okay, let's say more good things. Who told me that he would love her for the rest of his life?"

Yan Shaozi said, "At that time, I thought I loved her."

Luo Mei asked: "Don't you say you don't love her? Then who do you love?"

Yan Shaozi didn't speak, just looked at her quietly, Luo Mei only felt a chill from the bottom of her heart.She forced a smile and said, "What are you looking at me for?"

Yan Shaozi still didn't answer, so she lowered her head, but he refused: "Look up at me."

She said: "What's so interesting about you." But she still didn't dare to meet his gaze, so she forced a laugh, "Come on, don't play anymore, go and pick up Luo Yi."

Yan Shaozi said: "Okay, I'll pick up Luo Yi, but you promise me that you will wait for me here tomorrow night."

Luo Mei didn't want to agree, but still nodded: "Okay."

Yan Shaozi was still worried, and asked, "You mean what you say?"

Lome nodded.

Yan Shaozi turned around and found the car keys on the table: "I'll go back with you to pick up Luo Yi."

Lome said: "You go alone, I'm going to the flower shop."

Yan Shaozi said: "I just don't understand why you want to open a flower shop. The eldest brother is also surprised that he agreed to your resignation. I had a fight with him after I came back, and he refused to explain the reason clearly. I want to ask you."

Luo Mei said lightly: "I'm tired, so I want to quit that circle."

Yan Shaozi smiled. He had the unique clear forehead and deep eyes of the Yan family. When he smiled, he looked like a ray of warm winter sun: "People are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves. Can you go?"

"I'm gone."

He smiled again and said casually, "You will come back after all."

"As of the close of the previous market, Chang Xin has fallen to 82 yuan seven cents, not far from the 80 yuan mark predicted by experts..."

The stock market bulletin was being broadcast on the radio, and Luo Mei corrected Xiao Yun's cutting method while cutting the flower branches, not paying attention to the news just heard.But Xiaoyun let out an "oops" and said, "Oops!"

Lome asked, "What's wrong?"

Xiaoyun said: "My mother bought this stock, and now it's all right, and she will definitely lose money again, so she should scold me again to vent her anger."

Luo Mei said casually: "It will rebound soon, just tell her not to rush to cut her position."

Xiaoyun said: "She won't listen to me." Hearing the wind chime, she hurriedly turned around and smiled sweetly at the visitor, "Welcome."

"A dozen white camellias."

Xiaoyun agreed, went to smoke twelve white camellias, and handed them to Luo Mei to bandage.Lome wrapped them one by one in cellophane and tied the ribbon skillfully: "Thank you, 740 yuan."

"Can you give me a forget-me-not today?"

"Of course." Luo Mei brushed the hair hanging from her temples, and casually picked up a forget-me-not from the flower stand. He took it, but put it in a vase on the counter.Xiaoyun heard the sound of a car at the door, and knew that the flower shop was delivering goods, so she went out to pick up flowers.

"Today's flowers are very good, are they from the nearby flower fields?"

Luo Mei replied: "It's the flowers of Yunshan." She stopped the scissors with a smile, "In July and August, Yunshan is like a sea of ​​flowers. If you take a look, I guarantee you will never forget it in your life."

A strange look flashed in his deep eyes: "I've seen it before. The endless white camellias are like a sea of ​​snow. I used to describe the plum blossoms as a sea of ​​fragrant snow, but actually the camellias are also like that."

Luo Mei was fascinated leisurely: "That must be extremely beautiful."

"It's as beautiful as a dream," he said. "Especially from the eyes of a child, it's the most beautiful place in the world."

Lome asked: "Did you see it when you were a child?"

"Yes, that's the flower field of my grandmother's house. I used to go there with my mother when I was a child..." His eyes were still full of longing, but he stopped abruptly when he said this, lost his mind for a few seconds, and said, " Oh, I have to go."

"Goodbye!" She deliberately ignored his gaffe.

He left with flowers.Xiaoyun arranged the bouquet, came over to help her cut the flowers, and said, "That gentleman looks familiar just now."

Luo Mei said: "Yesterday he also bought flowers. He comes to buy white camellias almost every day. You will remember him in a few days."

Xiaoyun said: "He is easy to recognize. There are not many people like him. He is always cool and doesn't laugh."

Luo Mei said: "Is he still cool? You have never seen a really cool person. My former chairman, I have been in the company for so many years, and I have never seen him smile. That is really cool."

"Sister Luo Mei, I heard people say that you used to work in a well-known big company, and you couldn't even go there if you wanted to. Why did you resign?"

Luo Mei smiled: "No matter how big the company is, I still work part-time. It's better to be my own boss."

While talking, the phone rang, and Luo Mei picked it up: "Hello, Luo Mei Flower Shop."

"it's me."

The slightly deep voice made her startled slightly, because it was more than two o'clock in the afternoon at this time, and during work hours, he should be so busy that he wished to have three heads and six arms, so she asked, "What's the matter?"

"Why did you let me go last night?" With a gloomy tone, Luo Mei couldn't help twisting the phone line, and glanced at the busy street outside the door.Across the glass of the flower shop, the bustling city is like another silent world, everything is passing by in a hurry, like a long shot of a movie, long and far away.

"I want a reason." The flat water surface may be the prelude to the raging wind and waves.

She lowered her head and said softly, "There is no reason."

"You promised, why don't you go?"

"I was going to have dinner with my dad last night." She made up an excuse casually, "He won't worry about me going out if it's late."

"This excuse is too bad, let's change it."

Luo Mei licked her dry lips, stretched out her hand involuntarily to sort out the uncut flowers on the counter, and said, "There's no reason, I don't think I should go, so I didn't."

"You clearly agreed."

"I don't agree. If you don't let me go, of course I have to agree."

"What do you mean 'Of course I have to'? Words don't count. When did you break your word?"

"Mr. Yan." She slowed down, "I am no longer your employee, and I have withdrawn from that circle."

"I don't agree with you, you must come tonight."

"No!" she refused flatly. "I said I would never go there again."

"Okay." He said with restraint, "then we'll meet in the lobby of the Hyatt Hotel."

"Where's Luo Yi? How did you tell her where you're going, that you have a party tonight?"

"Why mention her?"

"She's my sister."

"That's why I don't want to divorce her for the time being."

"What do you mean by that?"

"What do you mean better than me!"

"Yan Shaozi! I don't want to play charades with you anymore. I won't go anywhere today. You should go home and accompany Luo Yi."

"Lome!"

"I'm sorry, a guest is here."

"Do you dare to hang up my phone?"

"Why are you being so unreasonable?"

"Am I unreasonable or you? I must see you today."

Luo Mei took a breath and slowed down her voice: "I can't see you, really, go back and be with Luo Yi, she is at home alone, waiting for you to go back from morning to night, so spend more time with her."

"nice!"

"Today you go home to accompany Luo Yi, we will contact you when we are free, okay?"

"nice!"

"That's it, bye!"

She put down the phone receiver like throwing a hot potato, and sat there dazed.The afternoon sun is just right, shining on the glass door, and it is cut into small pieces on one side by the thin white grid on the door. In each small beam of sunlight, there are countless dust floating in circles and swirling, like which movie Like the close-up shots in the movie, although the light is bright, there is an indescribable dullness, just like the magnolia slices in the bag, which look bright and bright, but have a sour musty smell.

Just as she was thinking, Xiaoyun had already come out, but when she saw her, she let out an "ouch". She was startled, and then felt a piercing pain in her hands. It has thorns, but I squeeze it hard." Spreading out her hand, a round bead of blood had already appeared on her middle finger, she sucked it in her mouth, and picked up the scissors again to cut the flowers.

(End of this chapter)