Chapter 1

The warm sunshine in the afternoon came in from the big glass window behind me, making me want to sleep lazily.I stretched and put my hands on the dark green sofa behind me, letting the sun warm my cold hands.

Wei'er, who was beside me, patted my thigh, and cursed with a slight smile: "Why are you still so lazy? This is not your home, don't let it be where you feel comfortable, okay?"

I ignored her, simply kicked off the shoes and rolled up on the sofa, and immediately, Will screamed——

"Pig—you pig, put it down, it's dirty—"

Her screams broke through the sky and made my eardrums ache. I reached out and held the candy box on the coffee table in my arms, and began to search for Weier's favorite treasures.

"Hey, surnamed Ning, are you going to get along with me?" Wei Er leaned forward, trying to snatch the candy box from my hand.

Sharp-eyed, I grabbed a beautifully wrapped candy and handed the box back to her.

"No! Good sister, I only have two of that kind of candy, you can't be so cruel, give it back to me..." Weier pouted her lips, looked at me pitifully and said.

I gave her a sweet smile, and she immediately turned her head away and said, "Don't smile at me like that, I'll throw up if I can't help it."

I turned her face away, still smiling sweetly, she made a gesture to vomit, rolled her eyes, fell down on the sofa, pretending to be dead.

I happily scratched her stomach, and she immediately screamed and twisted into a ball with me, and the two of them laughed so hard that they almost couldn't breathe.

At this time, the doorbell rang, and Weier stood up helplessly, stroking my hair with his hands, and asked me, "How is it? Is the hair messy?"

I shook my head, and she went to open the door with satisfaction, not forgetting to take the opportunity to straighten her clothes a few times on the way.

I picked up her candy box and wandered around her home unscrupulously.No matter who her guests are, they are all faces wrapped in rouge and gouache, and it is impossible to tell who is who, let alone I have been away from here for so long.

How long is it?Is it nine years?Weier's daughter is also four years old, and the bean who insists on standing at thirty is also engaged.

I heard that everyone is living a good life—that’s good, nine years, it’s not easy for anyone!

I turned to Will's bedroom, and a half-person-high photo on the wall attracted me. I slowly walked over and looked at it for a long time before I could clearly see the protagonists in the photo.

The handsome guy in the worn-out denim outfit, with a long whip in his hand, and two short guns in his waist, and the beautiful girl sitting on a horse in a red Mexican diva costume are Akai and Will, as noted on the bottom right of the photo This is a wedding photo.

It's a very interesting wedding photo. I went to Mexico to invite the famous Mexican cactus as a wedding partner.

Weier smiled sweetly, and Akai also looked very happy.

Withdrawing my gaze, I looked at Will's room. Their big bed also attracted me, and I really wanted to lie on it and have a good time.

Will's voice sounded behind me: "Why did you get here? It's hard for me to find!"

I turned around and smiled apologetically at her.

She walked up to me, took my hand, and said to her wedding photo: "It's very special, isn't it? It's so fun there, those singers' hats are so big! Oh, and those cactus-actually we were originally I didn’t even think about going there, I didn’t even know this country existed—”

Her voice darkened, "When I was discussing with my friends where to spend my honeymoon, my friends suggested it. It used to be your dream to take wedding photos there."

I turned away, but noticed another wedding photo by the door. There were a lot of people, almost all of them were printed from the same mold, so I couldn't tell who was who.

Weier explained to me one by one: "This is Wu'er, this is her husband... This is Fei'er, her husband was only her boyfriend at that time, maybe you haven't met her husband yet, right? He's so handsome , 190 [-] cm, scary, but there is no way, who made our concubine so tall... This is Bin and his wife, they gave birth to a daughter two years ago..."

I took Will's hand, gave her a sentimental look, and turned my hand to touch the line of words under the frame of the picture—I am sorry to miss Miss Ningkouer.

Tears fell from my eyes.Will hugged my arm tightly and murmured, "It's good to be back, God knows how much we miss you."

Sniffing, I gently stroked Will's hair, she suddenly jumped up and exclaimed: "Oh my God! What are we doing? There are guests waiting for us in the lobby, I'm here to call you, go!"

who is it?I couldn't ask, an ominous feeling came to my heart, and my hands became cold.I tightly held the candy I snatched from Weier's nose just now, trying to melt the candy with the warmth of my palm, but found that my palm was so cold that it was numb.Is it really just a candy in my hand?
Right now, I need a cup of hot coffee.

The walk back to the hall was horribly long, and I could hear my heart beating wildly.Will pulled me all the way back, making me stare at the four strangers in a daze.

They looked at me in astonishment, I smiled lightly, put the candy box in my hand on the coffee table, and then sat down with Will.

No one spoke, my hands hurt from the cold, I grabbed my handbag, I slowly took out a pack of cigarettes from the bag, lit one, trying to find some warmth from the little light.

"Why are you smoking again? Your throat is like that, and you're still smoking!" Weier frowned in disgust, and reached out to grab the cigarette in my hand.When her hand touched mine, she froze, as if my cold fingers were giving away all my thoughts, she gave me a look, and handed me the cigarette back.

I took the cigarette and raised my eyes to face them.

"Ku'er?" A woman called me in a murmur, and then immediately screamed loudly: "Kuu'er? Is that you? Oh my god, I can't believe it, it's really you!"

I still smiled lightly, I'm not surprised that it took her so long to recognize me, like me, she was a stranger at all.

Another woman also screamed: "That's right, it's Button, my God! When did you come back?" She got up and squeezed to my side, hugging me excitedly and crying.

"It's great, isn't it?" Will screamed from the side, making the crying woman on top of me cry even harder.

Can tears really represent longing?Why didn't the other woman cry?She just smiled lightly, and she didn't express anything other than the brief excitement just now.

There are two men left, one I really don't know, and the other - it seems deja vu!

"Aren't you going?" The woman lying on top of me gently pushed me away, put my hand on her cheek, tears fell down again.

I smiled and nodded.She should be Xizi, right?A person who cries easily.

"I almost forgot." Xizi smiled as she wiped away her tears and introduced the man I didn't know: "My husband's name is Mei Yuan. Just call him A Yuan."

I smiled kindly at Umehara, and he returned a friendly smile with two dimples.

Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw the other two people, they were clinging to each other, unwilling to say a word.Finally, I bravely faced them, yes, that's the feeling!It was the courage to face them that had been uncompromising in my dreams for nine years.I was open-minded and no longer evaded. They also looked at me generously and refused to compromise.

I looked at those two people carefully, and they also looked at me carefully.Finally, I laughed out loud.Because I found them pitifully old and had lost the splendor of the day.

What remains unchanged from that woman is her stubborn eyes—never admitting defeat, never compromising; she still looks at me so proudly, what do you look at me for?See if my face is covered with powder like hers, or see if there are ugly crow's feet in the corners of my eyes like hers?
I gently tugged at the corners of my lips, and she also smiled slightly, as if I was looking at my own expression in a mirror.

My eyes slowly moved down from her face, and suddenly, I froze.

Her belly bulges high, why, she has it?

My heart seemed to be rubbed hard, it hurts!
Surprised by my gaze, Wei'er smoothed things over and said, "Jue'er and Yu Feng have been married for almost four years, and they only plan to have a baby this year. Look at Jue'er, hasn't she put on a lot of weight?"

Yufeng?I blankly turned my gaze to another person, ah!It was him, that's right, it still had that resolute face, but now it was much gentler.Maybe it's because he's already married, not to mention he's about to become a father!He gained a little weight, and Jue'er took good care of him.

He noticed my gaze, and immediately became a little uneasy, coughed lightly, put his hands under his thighs, moved his body back, and surrounded him nervously.

Weier began to smooth things over again: "Well—it's better to call everyone out and have a meal."

"Okay!" Xizi raised her hands in agreement.

I shrugged indifferently, Jue'er and Yu Feng also nodded in agreement, and immediately, Wei'er and Xizi happily ran into the room to change clothes, Mei Yuan got up and went to the restaurant they used to go to make arrangements, and I was the only one left in the living room The three of them, Jue'er and Yu Feng, sat silently facing each other.

Jue'er's hand stroked her belly from time to time, it was a kind of joy hidden under the silence - she was about to become a mother, and this was something I could never do in my life.

After an unknown amount of time, Yu Feng's once gentle big hand finally pulled out from under his thigh, holding it uneasily.Glancing at me, he asked me with a trembling voice: "Did you bring your husband or child back? We haven't seen you for so long, and I don't know what your husband looks like..."

"I'm not married yet." I interrupted him.

They froze again.I think it wasn't just what I said that froze them. The fact that they knew I couldn't get married.They were surprised because of my husky voice.

"Your voice..." Yu Feng looked at me hesitantly.

"Excessive smoking and drinking." I simply answered him.

"Don't smoke too much, I won't smoke anymore." After Yu Feng finished speaking, he lowered his eyes, looked at the floor and stopped talking.

Do you care about me?

No one said anything, I leaned back, rubbed my cold hands secretly, and asked Jue'er, "How old is the baby?"

"It's been six months, and the due date is April next year." Jue'er began to say happily: "I really want a girl, I can tie braids for her, or make her a skirt; but Yufeng wants a boy , he said that he could go fishing with his son, and that twins would be fine..."

She talked on and on and I just looked at her stomach in silence.

Yufeng straightened her back and tried to talk to me in the most relaxed tone: "I'm sure I'll wait until the Chinese New Year when I come back this time, right?"

"Not necessarily, maybe tomorrow."

"So fast? Why? Do you know that Douzi Yuanxiao is going to get married? Why don't you stay longer, it's not too late to leave after the Lantern Festival... You haven't met Douzi's fiancée yet, have you?" Yufeng said eagerly.

When did this man talk so much?I remember that when I was with him before, he was very shy, and when he saw a girl, he would start to blush, and the total number of words he said in a day did not exceed ten sentences - it seems that all of that is really in the past.

At this time, my cell phone rang.I smiled apologetically at them, opened my handbag, and picked up the phone.

It was mine who called him, and on the other end of the phone, he urged me to go back quickly.

"I may not go back so soon. I want to stay a few more days. A friend in Yuanxiao is getting married."

Shi Qi—my man was silent for a while, and said, "I'll pick you up, and meet your friends by the way."

"Whatever you want, when will you come?"

"Leave tomorrow."

"What time does the car arrive?"

"The earliest class, don't miss it, go pick me up."

"Okay, goodbye." I turned off the phone and lit another cigarette.

Jue'er's voice came: "Is it your boyfriend?"

"That's right!" I looked at her with a smile and said, "He's coming tomorrow. He's been very worried for the past two days when I'm back, so he wants to come and see her."

"Really? That's great!" Jue'er laughed happily, planning more excitedly than me: "Let's hold a welcome party for him, and then take him around and climb mountains, shall we? I haven't been there for a long time. Kouer, you haven't been to that 'Ruan Mountain' for a long time, right? There are a lot of fruit trees on that mountain now! And..."

Her voice finally stopped, I rubbed my temples, a little annoyed.

I think I know why Yufeng talks too much - the one who is close to ink is black!
Yu Feng held Jue'er's hand with concern, and said, "You are inconvenient, what mountain do you want to climb?"

"It doesn't matter, really." Jue'er looked at her man affectionately.

I can't stand this kind of numbness.

At this time, Veer came out, wearing a milky white turtleneck sweater and a long brown dress, her hair was tied up high, and the diamond ring on her hand was shining, a bit dazzling.

She turned around in front of us and asked excitedly, "How is it?"

I nodded approvingly.

She looked much younger than her age, and the outfit made her look young and alive, and she was beautiful.

Jue'er and Yufeng also said it was good, and Xizi immediately screamed: "Me! I helped her choose it, and I deserve it!"

Wei'er was a little embarrassed and said: "I have given birth to a child, I wonder if I can still dress like this?"

"It's so beautiful." I clapped my hands as I said it, expressing my approval again.

Poor woman, only 29 years old, seems to be too old to look, it seems that it is better not to marry.

"Then I'm going to wear it like this?" Will asked again.

"It's cold outside, add an extra coat." Yu Feng reminded her.

He is still so careful with every woman except me, I think, forever except me.

Violet happily went to get the clothes.

Mei Yuan rushed in and shouted excitedly: "Everyone is almost there, Akai is there too, am I fast enough? I just told them that a beautiful woman is back, and they came out immediately."

Xizi walked up to her husband, brought him a glass of water, and said, "Maybe she thought Xiaofu came back? She has been in Japan for more than two years."

Xiaofu?That pretty little guy has grown up too.

"Then shall we go?" Will said standing at the door of the room.

I pulled the bag and stood up.

Yu Feng carefully supported Jue'er, as piously as holding a crystal.

I walked behind them, watched them, and saw how Yufeng carefully put on shoes for Jue'er, then put on a windbreaker and a scarf.It seems that without my eyes becoming a hindrance, their eyes are the most important - happily intersecting each other.

I went to get the shoes when they were finished.

"Button, your shoes are so beautiful, they are a bit like the pair I saw in the mall yesterday. I remember you used to like to wear high heels, even if you were in gym class, you wouldn't wear flat shoes, right? Yufeng?" Jue'er turned her head to her husband.

Yu Feng smiled, as if remembering something ridiculous that had been forgotten for a long time, and said, "Yes! It's like walking on stilts."

"I often let the teacher criticize me!" Jue'er immediately went on to say, without noticing the subtle changes in my face.

I tied my shoelaces in a hurry, stood up, the shoelaces were tied too tightly, and I had the urge to kick forward.

Jue'er is much taller than me, but standing beside the tall Yufeng is still like a bird.

I took off the coat on the hanger, put it on slowly, and walked out of the room slowly.There was a gust of wind blowing head-on, and it was a bit cold.I shrunk my neck and shivered.

A group of people walked slowly against the wind, Weier called her husband, and the two of them were holding each other with an invisible telephone antenna, chatting happily; Xizi held Meiyuan's hand tightly, as if he was afraid of losing him— —Only I am lonely, at this moment, I really miss my Shiqi.

The place we were going to was not very far from Will's house, so it didn't take long for a few of us to appear in front of old friends.

Everyone carefully identified the faces of us who had just "reported". When I threw back my big wavy hair to reveal my face that had never been painted, a woman's voice sounded sharply in the crowd ——"Ku'er! It's Kouer!"

The crowd immediately boiled up.

I just smile because I don't know what else to do but smile.

Everyone was so excited that they asked me about my life in the past few years.I didn't speak because I didn't want them to hear me and it would bring back bad memories for a lot of people.

After everyone is seated, the food will be served.I ate the food quietly, and I was really hungry.Everyone's topics gradually drifted away from me, and each of them went to find their own companions.

Only two people watched me from the beginning to the end, their eyes were like sharp spears, piercing my composure, quietly awakening the anger that had been accumulated for too long in my heart.

Bin, who has always been the most noisy with me, yelled at me across the table: "Kou'er, are you married? Do you have any children?"

"I guess she must not be married yet." Douzi next to Bin took up the topic and asked me again: "You will definitely notify us when you get married, right?"

I smiled and nodded at them.

Jue'er's voice came from the sky unexpectedly: "Kuo'er's fiancé is coming tomorrow."

"Really? Kou'er, is it true?" Wu'er beside me screamed and looked at me with wide eyes excitedly.

I looked at Jue'er, she lowered her eyes a little uneasy, what's wrong?She also wants me to find a good home?Or do you want to use this to reduce a little guilt towards me?
It's useless!
The crowd gradually quieted down, and everyone looked at me, waiting for my answer to see if it was what they had guessed.

"My boyfriend is coming." I said lightly.

This time the crowd was really quiet, and everyone looked at me blankly.

"What? Eating food, why are you stopping?" I greeted them with a smile, "What's so strange about my boyfriend coming? It's not that I haven't had a boyfriend before, so let's take the people at our table today." Said, there is my ex-boyfriend in it!"

There was a sound of chopsticks falling to the ground, and everyone looked at the person who made the sound, it was Jue'er.

She bowed her head and said nothing.Yu Feng picked up the chopsticks for her, handed them to the waiter behind her, and motioned her to change another pair.

Actually, I know that everyone's surprise is due to my hoarse voice and nothing else, but there is a voice in my heart that has been uncompromising and has been telling me that this is just another beginning.

No one said anything else, I pulled up the handbag and coat on the hanger behind me, stood up, and said: "I am full, my boyfriend will come tomorrow, and I will be the host. Is this better? The food is quite to my taste. You all have to come—I’m going first.”

It's like a gust of wind blows, I'm gone before anyone reacts, no one can keep me, if there is, they left me a few years ago.I must go, I am free and unconstrained.

The wind blows into my heart coldly, there are so few pedestrians on the road!This is good, so I can organize my thoughts.

Suddenly, someone took my hand, the movement was so gentle and pious, the temperature from the palm was so familiar that it was unreal, and the distant warmth came again.It can't be that person, it can't be him——I turned my head, it was really him, Yu Feng.

"Go and sit at home, you haven't eaten much," he said.

I gently looked behind him, not far away, was Jueer walking slowly, with one hand on his waist and the other on his stomach.She walks very hard, is a six-month-old belly that heavy?

I didn't speak or express, the three of them were blowing the wind on the brightly lit street.Finally, Yu Feng pulled me towards Jue Er.When he walked to Jue'er, he let go of my hand and went to help Jue'er instead, and me?actually went with them.

What made me go with them?What made me believe them again?I think, maybe it's me who still has a little weakness deep in my heart to blame!

There is a kind of love that is very strange. It has not changed after so many years. Even if you have built a lot of protection around your heart, it will be destroyed by his words and eyes, and there is no room for turning around.

(End of this chapter)

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