Chapter 53

During the last few days when Xu Zhi stayed in Nanjing, Lu Jingchen visited her.

He had just been promoted at that time, and his face was full of joy when he walked in. She said congratulations after sitting down.

"What's there to be happy about?" He poured tea for her and pushed the cup filled with tea in front of her. There was a spring breeze between his brows and eyes, showing that he was in a good mood.

Xu Zhi said "thank you".

He asked her when she would return to Beijing and couldn't help but look at her more as he spoke.

However, she kept her head lowered and did not see the complicated expression flashing in his eyes.

"Next month on the 2nd." She took a sip of tea, which smelled fragrant.

"Congratulations. When you get married, I will definitely attend." He smiled and turned his eyes indifferently to the window.

When mentioned this issue, Fang Ni just smiled.

Marriage was more like a ceremony, but between her and Fei Nanzhou, was it still necessary?

It is extremely difficult to come together in circles, and it does not require other people's certification.

Lu Jingchen cast his eyes on her face and saw her reluctance, but he didn't ask any more questions.

The relationship between them is not enough to deal with emotional matters.

Today he was just passing by and came to say hello to her. From now on, it was just a casual acquaintance.

But there is no regret, it is actually a pretty good relationship that can be developed. Unfortunately, she already has someone she likes in her heart.

He is a rational person and will stop losses promptly if he feels that his efforts are not rewarded. Even if it's uncomfortable, it's better than losing more in the future.

Later, they talked about some work matters, and then he went to the counter to pay and said goodbye to her.

Just as Xu Zhi was about to go out, a heavy rain hit her and caught her off guard.

Xu Zhi stood under the rain and regretted that she was a step too late.

She took out her cell phone and asked Fei Nanzhou to send her an umbrella. She regretted sending the message, thinking that he should be busy at the moment.

But by the time she wanted to withdraw the message, it was already too late.

He had already replied to her: "I'll ask Shen Qian to send it to you."

Xu Zhi: [...Forget it. ]

Shen Qian looks like he hates her to the core, why should he eat her alive?

But Fei Nanzhou didn't reply to her again, maybe he was really busy.

She stood there with a headache.

Shen Qian always carried out Fei Nanzhou's orders without any compromise, and he arrived soon.

A slender figure appeared in the rain curtain, holding a black umbrella, and soon stepped over the puddles to reach her.

Xu Zhi looked embarrassed: "Shen Qian..."

Shen Qian obviously didn't want to greet her, so he said, "Mr. Fei asked me to pick you up."

He opened the umbrella for her and walked toward the parked car parked on the roadside not far away. The car went away.

Xu Zhi sighed inwardly and followed him into the car.

The light rain turned to heavy rain on the road, a series of orange warnings appeared on the mobile phone, and the shop roof tilted down in the heavy downpour.

Xu Zhi looked out the window. There was a vast mist outside, and the entire field of vision was gray. He couldn't see the scene outside at all, and he didn't know where he was going.

She was a little sleepy, so she leaned back in the chair and fell asleep. When she woke up, she found the car parked in front of a strange courtyard.

She looked at Shen Qian warily and uncomprehendingly.

Shen Qian asked her to go down coldly.

Xu Zhi just got a little angry and fell silent after following him into the house.

The house was Fei Nanzhou's old residence when he first arrived in Nanjing. It was quite simple. Even his room could not compare with his previous residence, but the simple house was filled with her old things.

Xu Zhi flipped through it briefly. In addition to some of her photos, he also collected her used key rings, headbands and other small items.

If others saw this, they would only think it was absurd. Even Xu Zhi would find it incredible.

In the warm amber light, the house seemed to be a little warmer, isolated from the heavy rain outside.

Xu Zhi touched the photo album he had collected and brushed his fingertips over his own image. He couldn't explain what he felt.

"Did you know that he had to take sleeping pills every night when he got here? If you betray him again this time, you would be so heartless." He seemed to really hate her and didn't want to be with her anymore. She said something, turned around and walked out, throwing the keys on the table for her.

That afternoon, Xu Zhi stayed alone in the room for a while until Fei Nanzhou called.

Xu Zhi hesitated for a moment before telling him where she was.

Fei Nanzhou understood, and there was already suppressed anger in his voice: "Where did Shen Qian take you?!"

He hung up the phone, and when he appeared again, Shen Qian followed him.

However, he didn't show any sign that he had done anything wrong.

Fei Nanzhou said something about him, and he retorted: "She should know it."

"From now on, I will call you Mr. Shen, and you will be in charge." Fei Nanzhou said coolly.

Shen Qian remained silent and lowered his head this time.

However, it was obvious that he was not very convinced.

"It's okay, I was just strolling around to see where you lived before." Xu Zhi smiled dryly and stuffed the album into the original drawer.

There is a gentle breeze on the street at night, and it seems that the chill of winter nights has not faded away. Walking ahead is the Bund, where the river is surging and there are ferries moored at the pier.

Across the street, the city on the other side is quiet and peaceful. Iron fences surround the villas hidden deep in the woods. The old bungalows are covered with ivy.

Xu Zhi took the initiative to hand her hand to his palm.

Fei Nanzhou was startled for a moment, then turned around and scratched her nose.

Xu Zhi rarely dodged, and went over to hug his arm: "Brother, I'm so sorry for you."

"Did you take the wrong medicine?" Fei Nanzhou looked dumbfounded.

Xu Zhi rarely showed weakness. He was stunned when he heard this and glared at him: "Am I so arrogant in your eyes?"

"No matter how overbearing I am, I can't be as overbearing as you!" He was still a little unconvinced at the end, as if he remembered it. What he did.

But no matter how much he did, it was just to keep her by his side.

He has a bottom line as a human being and is not the kind of person who messes around.

Xu Zhi took his arm and put a sticker on him again, and asked him: "Where will I live when I return to Beijing?"

"We will tell you then." He smiled.

"Why don't you tell me now?" Xu Zhi glanced at him one more time, feeling that he didn't understand, and even felt that he was about to be sold by him.

"One thing Shen Qian said is right. You little liar said that wind is like rain. Now I tell you, don't run away again."

His reason was quite sufficient, and Xu Zhi, who felt guilty, did not ask further.

In fact, it doesn't matter where you live, even if you live with him.

As long as you go back, you will meet those people sooner or later, and you will have to face them sooner or later.

A knife to stretch out the neck and shrink the neck is also a knife.

"What are you mumbling about?" He looked at her again.

In exchange for a smile from her.

She clung to him as if she had no bones, which made Fei Nanzhou angry and funny, but in his heart it was like the spring breeze blowing through the wheat field, causing golden ripples.

That day they walked a long way along the pier and ate a lot at an outdoor barbecue stall.

Xu Zhi also drank several cans of beer.

When she returned, her cheeks were pink and she fell crookedly into his arms.

Fei Nanzhou hugged her, and she raised her head and smiled at him wickedly, as if she had succeeded on purpose.

No matter how old she is, she always seems to be a little girl who won't grow up to him.

"Brother, hug me." Xu Zhi, who had drunk too much, was a little unreasonable.

Fei Nanzhou later carried her back. She took off her high heels and hooked them in her hands. When she folded her hands on his chest, the heels dangled.

These shoes were the ones he sold to her back then, and several of the rhinestones on them had fallen off.

"Throw it away and I'll buy you a new one next time," he said.

"No, it can still be worn. I'll buy some beads online in a few days and put them on myself." She said stubbornly.

She seemed particularly stubborn on this matter.

Fei Nanzhou just smiled: "Have you packed everything?"

"Not yet."

"You don't want to wait until the last moment, right? It's burning your butt."

Xu Zhi: "Then help me sort it out. "

Her shadow at her feet covered him, with only a small head exposed.

Just looking at the shadow, it looks like a small head popping up on top of the big head, which is a bit funny.

"Fei Nanzhou." She called him, her voice soft.

He hummed, but after a long time he didn't see her continue. He couldn't help but be slightly startled, but when he turned around, he saw her smiling crazily, saying that she just called him casually for fun.

Fei Nanzhou: "..."

The hot breath she exhaled hit his neck like goose feather brocade, and her back was pressed against him. Her whole body was surrendered to him, full of trust and dependence.

Fei Nanzhou said nothing more and lifted her up, causing her to squeal a few times.

"Don't take advantage of me, okay?"

"Me? Take advantage of you?" He laughed, snorting a light and contemptuous smile from his nose.

Xu Zhi's face turned red and she buried her head in his strong back.

Back at his residence, he helped her pack her suitcase, which was only stuffed with a few things.

Xu Zhi pretended to help at first, but then she calmly went to the refrigerator to get a bottle of yogurt, put a straw in and sat on the sofa with her feet up and waited.

Fei Nanzhou worked hard for a while, half-crouched and looked up at her: "Are you really not helpful at all, miss?"

She said softly: "Just work harder, brother."

She knew that every time If she says this, he will relent.

Fei Nanzhou was noncommittal, lowered his eyes and chuckled, lowered his head and continued to tidy up for her.

-The

day we headed north, it was stormy and dark.

Because Xu Zhi couldn't sleep the night before, she woke up the next day with some dark circles under her eyes. She took out her phone and looked at the messages on it. Fei Nanzhou sent her a location, showing that he was still at the company.

I knew he got up early, but I didn't expect him to get up so early.

Xu Zhi posted two "distressed" emoticons, then got up, drank a glass of water, and watched two movies while lying on the bed.

Her luggage had been packed and Fei Nanzhou placed it at the door for her.

After breakfast, Xu Zhi kept waiting at the door, checking her phone several times.

She couldn't tell what she was expecting.

The rain outside the window became heavier and it was obviously gray, but she felt as if she was waiting for the clouds to clear and the moon to shine.

The room was obviously very warm, but she still felt a little cold. Later, she couldn't watch the movie anymore. She threw her phone aside and stood barefoot by the window, looking forward to it.

Fei Nanzhou arrived at 10 o'clock in the morning. He was walking in a hurry, and his suit from the shoulders down was a little wet, showing a deeper smoky gray color.

He held an umbrella and walked quickly across the courtyard, stepped on the bluestone slabs, and climbed up the steps. His dark eyebrows became clearer under this sky. Underneath the suit was a shirt. The snow-white and thin material stretched out into a tangled texture. He strode along with a dull look, but there was a restrained domineering feeling inside.

Xu Zhi's heart was beating extremely fast.

She lay looking at the window for a long time, until he noticed that he raised his head and met her eyes.

She was caught red-handed and was stuck there. She didn't come to her senses until he walked around the pillar, and hurriedly looked for slippers.

The door opened, and his cold eyes came over.

She was still holding in her hand two slippers that she had not yet had time to put on, and she was very upset.

"You don't want to wear shoes?" He threw his coat aside, walked slowly in front of her, bent down under her anxious and trained eyes, and slowly and carefully put it on for her.

Xu Zhi stayed in place obediently.

He straightened up and pinched her face, earning a cry of protest.

"If you don't wear it again, you'll get more than a slap in the face next time." There was a warning in his tone.

She immediately fell silent.

After a while, he glanced at her, smiled slightly, took her soft little hand, and picked up the suitcase with the other hand.

Xu Zhi followed him out of the door step by step.

At 11 o'clock in the morning, when the train left the platform and headed for the airport, she looked back at the city where she had stayed for two years.

Like a transit point along the way, like her short-lived romance that ran aground two years ago.

He was more than just a lover to her.

Because I care, I am more cautious.

Although she doesn't know what the future will bring, she will be braver this time.

A ray of sunlight shines through the window, but it is diluted and blocked by the brown glass. There is only a hazy afterglow falling on the body, not too dazzling, like a light illuminating the road ahead.

She just blinked slightly before opening her eyes again and looking up.