Chapter 32 Don't say you want to go on a blind date with me Li Su is a good girl...

I haven't finished reading the information yet. I just started working for less than a week, and the whole company ushered in the New Year.

Li Su also returned to Nansu, but her heart didn't come back.

My mind was full of "I have to prove it to Zhang Youqing". In front of my eyes and ears, I always saw her smiling and ambitiously emphasizing "I want the world to see me" with confidence.

All of a sudden, Li Su's blood was heated.

Struggle, struggle, Li Su really wanted to do a big job!

So she washed, ate, hurried on the road, did housework... All the time, she was thinking about the information.

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Electric vehicles and bicycles filled the empty space under the stairwell. The dim lights flickered again and again, and the light was unclear.

Li Su followed her parents and slowly climbed the stairs.

When she was almost there, she breathed a sigh of relief, raised her head, and saw two adults with vicissitudes of life on the stairs that were not wide enough, holding a two-year-old child.

The three of them walked up close, close together.

The innocent voice echoed in the corridor. Li Le, who was held by her parents, tilted her head and asked, "Dad, today is New Year's Eve, can I eat a lot of candy?" "

No, have you forgotten? Your mouth is full of cavities. I just couldn't sleep a few days ago because of the pain. I cried all night." Li Yan's voice was very gentle. He reminded her, but he was afraid that his tone was too serious, so he smiled at his little daughter.

"But I don't feel any pain now." Li Le pouted and said with certainty.

"You have forgotten the pain after the wound healed, and you only remember to eat but not to be beaten." Liang Jing on the other side poked Li Le's little head with a headache, "It's no use for you to act like a spoiled child with your dad. Brush your teeth when you get home, and don't eat anymore!"

"No - dear mother, I beg you," Li Le twisted his body, rubbed his little head against Liang Jing, and said pitifully: "Today is New Year's Eve, I only have this little wish, please~"

"Puchi, do you think your begging me will work?" Liang Jing could no longer hold back her serious expression. No matter how hard her mouth was, her eyes were smiling.

They had already reached the door of their home. Li Yan took out the key, poked it into the lock, turned it right, and there was a crackling sound, like firecrackers.

"Li Su!" A shout came from the top of the stairwell, with a surprised tone.

The four members of the Li family turned their heads and saw a thin figure with his head buried walking down the stairs in three or two steps.

Cheng Yan stopped on the fifth step. He glanced at the family of three holding hands, and then at Li Su who was alone behind.

His brows knitted unconsciously, but he quickly relaxed them.

Cheng Yan put on a polite smile, clasped his fists and shook them, "Uncle and aunt, I wish you all a happy new year in advance. Happy New Year, Happy New Year, Li Le, Happy New Year."

"Cheng Yan is back. Big boy, you are getting more and more handsome," Li Yan looked at Cheng Yan with admiration, and said enthusiastically, "Happy New Year."

"Hello, brother." Li Le also shouted, smiling, "Happy New Year!"

Cheng Yan smiled and nodded. He looked at Li Su and asked her, "Let's set off fireworks in the square. Do you want to go together? We are all high school classmates."

"I want to go too." Li Le shouted again.

Breaking free from Liang Jing's palm, she raised her little hand high and repeated again, "I want to go too, sister, you take me, you take me!"

"You are not allowed to go!" Li Yan's tone was unquestionable. He said sternly, "You need someone to hold you when you are tired, and you have bad habits. There are too many people in the square. Don't go. Let your sister play by herself."

Why are you shouting so loudly? Liang Jing looked away from Li Yan, her lips just moved, and when she saw Cheng Yan looking over, she smiled and agreed: "Yes - you go, you go. We're going home."

Liang Jing said, raised her hand and pushed Li Le into the house, and followed in with her body behind her, blocking Li Le tightly.

"I won't! I won't! I want to go - I want my sister -" Li Ying was still making a fuss, but Li Yan had already followed in quickly and closed the door firmly.

"Bang -" The noise was shut up in an instant, becoming a distant symbol.

Li Su stared blankly at the closed door, and after a while, she turned stiffly and faced Cheng Yan.

Although the relationship of neighbors upstairs and downstairs was restored, she and Cheng Yan had not been in contact for a long time. She didn't even understand why Cheng Yan suddenly invited her?

And so smooth and natural.

Could it be that he felt that she was too pitiful just now?

Li Su rubbed her cold fingertips suggestively, put them back in her pocket, and took a step towards the door to make way.

Li Su: "It's too cold, I don't want to set off fireworks. Go by yourself."

Cheng Yan didn't respond, he walked down and stopped beside Li Su.

Under the dim light, his eyes were heavy, he looked at Li Su, his eyes curved, and his smile was somewhat familiar.

Cheng Yan fumbled in his pocket, he took out a red envelope, and stuffed it into Li Su's hand without saying anything.

Is this all ready? Li Su doubted: "You haven't been waiting for me, have you?"

Cheng Yan didn't nod or shake his head, just smiled very honestly,

"Please, Miss Li, please do me a favor. If you feel cold, let's go for a midnight snack, eat something spicy, drink some white wine, and keep it warm."

Li Su looked at Cheng Yan with complicated eyes, no longer refusing, just holding her palm and holding the red envelope tightly.

"Let's go!" Cheng Yan pulled Li Su, pressed behind her, and pushed her forward.

Half-pushed and half-reluctant, the two walked down the stairs one after the other.

Walking out of the stairs, winter became more obvious.

The dead branches on the small flower bed were covered with some fine frost, and the wind was like a bone-scraping knife, blowing on people's faces, it was painful.

The cold silver moonlight on the ground was crushed.

The lively shouts were everywhere, and the sky was boiling.

The two walked a distance in silence, unable to see the polish in each other's hearts.

Li Su glanced at Cheng Yan, and then again, and finally couldn't help asking: "Charging the big move? Do you have anything to say, don't hold it in, okay? I have memorized some good jokes recently, and I will do my best to take them."

Cheng Yan glanced at Li Su, frowned, and said casually: "Don't guess what the boy is thinking, ok? But if you are willing to V me 50, I am willing to tell you secretly the gossip of the 8 o'clock special show that made my dad blush three times in one night."

"Puchi--" Li Su couldn't help laughing.

She glanced at Cheng Yan and teased him seriously, "A challenge to hold back your laughter? I lost. I still can't win? I'm so envious. A talented player like you must be very..."

"Pig mouth! Stop!" Cheng Yan interrupted Li Su's performance with a weird cry, "I know it's fast to copy homework, but you'd better not come at me if you don't have anything new to say... Be careful that readers will report you for padding the word count."

"..." Damn, Li Su didn't know how to respond to this and fell silent again.

On the one hand, it was because she really didn't know what to talk about. On the other hand, it was also because -

In fact, she and Cheng Yan had not been together since that incident. They had been separated by a five-year gap, so it was inevitable that they felt a little strange when they met again, and she didn't know how to strike a balance in the conversation.

Li Su lowered her head and kicked the gravel under her feet for no reason.

"Li Su," Cheng Yan spoke first, and his tone changed. With the caring tone of a big brother next door, he suddenly asked her, "Have you ever thought about our future? I mean, in the future."

Li Su was cautious and vague, "Oh? Where to start?"

Cheng Yan looked ahead, his eyes thoughtful, "Study hard, take exams, and go to school. After graduation, find a good job, join a foreign company or take the exam, and then go on a

blind date to get married..." "I always thought that our partners would be people like us, from the same class, with similar family backgrounds and similar growth. We would get married, have children, and start a family. Although it would be a life that would end at a glance, it would be an ordinary, stable, and fulfilling life." "

..." Li Su spread her hands innocently and smiled awkwardly.

Seeing Cheng Yan's serious expression, he was too serious.

Li Su struggled for a long time, her lips moved, and she squeezed out a few words with great difficulty, "Don't tell me you want to go on a blind date with me."

"..." Cheng Yan shook his head.

"I want to tell you: Don't be influenced by secular stereotypes and think that your life is like this. Li Su, some people are not around, but they are also around. You have to look carefully."

Li Su subconsciously avoided Cheng Yan's hint.

She looked around and joked, "What! Someone is following us! Damn! Cheng Yan! Why didn't you say it earlier! You are too 'stable'!"

Li Su's peripheral vision has been observing Cheng Yan's changes.

Seeing that she frequently ruined the atmosphere, Cheng Yan still had a worried expression. Li Su's heart couldn't help but rise.

She was somewhat certain.

Maybe this night has been replayed many times in Cheng Yan's world.

He anticipated all her reactions, so he didn't disrupt the rules even if she was violent.

He really had something to say.

Li Su was a little scared. She kicked the stone under her feet hard, put her hands back into her pockets, and looked at Cheng Yan with a gleaming look.

"Either say what you want to say directly, or go set off fireworks? Cheng Yan, be quick."

The wind stagnated, and Cheng Yan pulled the corners of his mouth, smiling for no apparent reason, but also with a hint of relief.

"Four years ago, Xu Shen suddenly called me. To be honest, I felt flattered--" "

He never contacted any of us after graduating from high school, and we spontaneously forgot about him. As for the young master, he was not from the same world as us, and we didn't have much contact when we were in school."

Familiar names and unfamiliar stories suddenly popped up like mushrooms after rain.

Li Su felt dizzy.

She couldn't help but look at Cheng Yan, and then turned her face away sensitively, over and over again.

The air rubbed in her throat. Li Su squeezed out a few words: "What did he say?"

Li Su's hesitation and helplessness became the self-evident answer. Cheng Yan said, "He asked me: Where did Li Su move to?"

"I was cautious at the time and asked him to ask a few more people. He was silent for a long time and answered me very confidently, asking me is enough. Do you know what this means?"

A snowflake floated down and landed on Li Su's white face, turning into rain.

Cheng Yan lowered his head, then raised his head again, and his silence changed in a complex way, as if he was confessing.

"When Li Ying was born, you moved to the new house. After you finished your senior year exam, your family sold the new house and moved back. It has been 5 years. We are neighbors again... He knows everything."

Cheng Yan slowly let out a long sigh. He was very sure: the reason why Xu Shen was cautiously testing was not because he really lacked an answer, but because he wanted to find the attitude of an old friend from the corner.

——About Li Su. About pain.

Thinking of the scene just now, Cheng Yan couldn't help but touch his pocket, pinching the cigarette box with his fingers, but he didn't take it out. In

one go, Cheng Yan's tone was a little impulsive. He looked at Li Su and said the words he had suppressed in his heart, the words he wanted to say the most.

"Before hanging up, he asked me a question. He asked me, have we apologized to you..."

The whistling wind blew away the condensed emotions again and again. But the regrets and mistakes of youth have accumulated over the years.

Cheng Yan's tone was stagnant: "A father busy with social events, a mother who loves playing mahjong, endless housework, and an intriguing life, no family can stand a magnifying glass. At that time, I didn't get close to you..."

The coldness wrapped in from her back and soaked Li Su. She looked at Cheng Yan, unable to relax and unable to speak.

"We repeatedly used Xu Shen's help to you as an excuse for "inaction" to cover up our cowardice of standing idly by. We know that the storm will always pass, but...but..."

"It was not until the moment Xu Shen asked me that I realized how indifferent we were. We waited for time to cover the past cracks, never actively repaired them, were ashamed to face them, and did not apologize."

Cheng Yan gritted his teeth, and for a long time, he spoke word by word, painfully and sincerely: "Li Su, I'm sorry."

Li Su did not speak for a long time. She turned her head and looked forward.

She was not sure if she had seen it wrong. She blinked repeatedly, staring at the darkness in the distance, flashing and lighting up a little spark.

The spark was weak, not enough to see anyone clearly. It was a sudden burst of fireworks, illuminating the people in the sparks one by one.

She saw the strange and familiar person. Standing next to the pine tree in the corner, like the shadow of a green mountain lake, hazy and beautiful.

When his eyes met hers, Shadow raised his hand and took off the sparks from his mouth. The smoke from his mouth covered his face. He frowned slightly and raised his hand to fan gently.

He did not come closer, but just looked at her quietly from a distance.

Li Su heard Cheng Yan say, "Li Su, I hope you are happy. I wish you happiness."

Li Su looked up at the fireworks in the sky. She felt a little sour and a little sweet in her heart.

She looked at the night when the fireworks faded away, leaving only a bright moon. The white moonlight fell.

God is my witness: Li Su is a good girl.