After saying this, with a bang, Xie Ge's thin back quickly disappeared in the doorway.
Xie Fenglan's high-pitched voice came faintly from inside the door: "Can you close the door softly."
"do not bother me."
Xie Ge roared loudly, and the room became quiet again.
Qin Mu withdrew his gaze and turned his head to look at Guoguo. In the twilight, Guoguo had been silently staring at his toes. From his angle, he could only see Guoguo's pointy chin and the corners of his mouth. He could understand Guoguo's mood at the moment, but he didn't know how to comfort him.
Over the years, in order not to let Su's father and Su's mother know that Guoguo still has childhood memories, Guoguo has always kept his missing of his biological parents in his heart. Confidence. However, with the passage of time, Guoguo seldom mentioned to him the past events that remained in his memory. He became more and more well-behaved and more sensible. Sometimes Qin Mu would miss the one who would curl up in his arms. Crying Guoguo.
But people always have to learn to grow up, he and Guoguo are both growing up.
Qin Mu believes that the current Guoguo must have enough courage to face the possible results. He took a deep breath and raised his hand to help him smooth the hair that was blown by the wind. "It's getting late now, uncles and aunts should wait." I'm in a hurry, let's go back first, shall we?"
The boy lowered his head and said nothing.
Qin Mu scratched his head, tried to be patient, and coaxed carefully, "We'll look for it when it's dawn tomorrow, shall we? Maybe we'll be able to find it when the light is good." When Qin Mu said this, the bottom of his heart was actually He didn't report any hope, he just didn't want Guoguo to stay here and blow the cold wind.
"What if you don't find it?"
Guoguo raised her small face, her complexion was gloomy and depressed, a dark river flowed in her starry eyes. At this moment, Guoguo was no longer that fragile child like crystal, and Qin Mu felt a little strange about her old silence. . He froze for a moment, blinked subconsciously, and looked intently, Guoguo's eyes were covered with a layer of mist, revealing confusion and nothingness.
Qin Mu grasped his hand tightly, "I will definitely find it." His tone was firm, and only he himself knew that this sentence was to convince himself.
After sending Guoguo home, Qin Mu didn't go directly back to his home, his legs were consciously dangling outside, and when he came to his senses, he found that he had unknowingly come to Xie Ge's house again .
At this time, the sky was completely dark.
The small hair salon in front of me turned off the lights, and it was completely dark, except for a simple incandescent lamp at the door emitting a faint light.
Recalling the scene just now, Xie Ge's stubborn and stern eyes flashed across his mind, as if he was accusing him of something, Qin Mu's heart suddenly suffocated, he did not believe in Xie Ge, he believed in Xie Ge and What Guoguo said was the truth, but there might be some misunderstandings in it.
Could it be that Xie Ge returned the longevity lock to Guoguo, accidentally caught the chain when he left, and then the longevity lock fell on Xie Ge again? Although this possibility is very small, it is not impossible. Besides, he and Guoguo have searched all the places they have been to, only Xie Ge's house has not been searched.
Qin Mu knew in his heart that he still couldn't feel at ease without going to Xie Ge's house to search around.
But if he made this request with Xie Ge, based on his understanding of Xie Ge, the friendship between them would definitely be affected.
Just when Qin Mu was struggling and hesitating on the spot, the young man's clear voice pierced through the window and entered his ears, "Why are you here again?"
Qin Mu followed the sound, and through the transparent glass, he vaguely saw Xie Ge standing in front of the window, his face hidden in the shadow, so that Qin Mu couldn't see his expression clearly at the moment. Hell, how long has Xie Ge been standing there? Qin Mu opened his mouth, he was usually very straightforward, but now he became dawdled, "I came here to..."
"Where's Su Jiayu?"
Seeing that Xie Ge mentioned Guoguo, Qin Mu immediately replied, "Oh, he's gone back."
Xie Ge didn't speak any more.
As early as when Qin Mu was wandering in front of his house, he had already seen him. The reason why he didn't speak up at the beginning was just to see how long Qin Mu would linger at the door. Really, isn't it just to apologize, what's the matter with embarrassment.
There was a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, but luckily the darkness of night did not make it very obvious, Xie Ge said coldly on purpose: "Wait a minute."
Before Qin Mu could say anything, Xie Ge opened the door and appeared in front of him.
"If you have anything to say, just say it."
His eyes seemed to glance around casually, but Xie Ge didn't look directly at Qin Mu.
Qin Mu mistakenly thought that Xie Ge had guessed his reason for coming, so he was quiet for a few seconds before saying: "Well, is it convenient for you now? I... want to go to your house to find Guoguo's longevity lock..."
Before he finished speaking, Xie Ge stared at Qin Mu with wide eyes, "You still don't fucking believe me?"
"I don't believe you, I just want to make sure." Qin Mu couldn't help but increase his tone.
He is not a good-tempered person, and all his patience is spent on Grandma and Guoguo. As for Xie Ge, his personality is as tenacious as a weed, and he doesn't need to be coaxed carefully.
If Xie Ge was still worrying about whether to leave here with Xie Fenglan before, then at this moment he doesn't need to worry anymore, because there is no one who is worth and wants him to stay here!
The last trace of warmth in his eyes disappeared, and Xie Ge's heart completely cooled down.
"It's too late now, if you want to find it, then come back tomorrow."
Maybe it was completely disheartened, but his voice returned to calm again.
This calmness made Qin Mu feel a little uneasy, and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with you?"
"It's nothing." Xie Ge turned his back to Qin Mu. He felt that he made a mistake at the beginning, he should never have approached Qin Mu just for the emptiness of warmth, in Qin Mu's heart, Su Jiayu was much more important than him. He has always been very accurate in seeing people, and he never felt that Su Jiayu was innocent from the beginning to the end, and this incident proved his judgment even more.
"Are you really okay?"
Qin Mu's worried voice came from beside his ear. Qin Mu began to reflect on whether what he said just now had destroyed the friendship with Xie Ge.
"fine."
Shaking his head and opening the door, Xie Ge's gaze fell to the ground, his white lips parted slightly from the pressure of his teeth: "Qin Mu."
"Um?"
"goodbye."
Ignoring the weirdness in his heart, Qin Mu thought that Xie Ge was no longer angry, so he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and waved his hand at Xie Ge's back: "See you tomorrow."
See you tomorrow, oh, they don't have to see each other again.
It's just that Qin Mu is still worried. Before stepping into the door, Xie Ge left a sentence: "Don't be so stupid to Su Jiayu, you can think that I am black. Whiter than me."
Hearing this, Qin Mu shook his head in disapproval: "This is your prejudice against Guoguo."
Hey, it's been eight years. Why hasn't the conflict between Xie Ge and Guoguo been resolved? Qin Mu sighed in his heart. There should be no misunderstandings and explain clearly.
The next day, when Qin Mu went to look for Su Jiayu, the thirteen-year-old boy lowered his head and did not dare to look at him, with an expression on his face that he had made a mistake. Qin Mu originally wanted him to go to Xie Ge with him. Looking at his appearance, he thought he was still blaming himself for the loss of the longevity lock, so he comforted him: "I told Xie Ge yesterday , Xie Ge promised to let us go to his house to look for it today."
"… No."
"What's wrong?" Qin Mu was slightly taken aback.
Su Jiayu took out his hand from his pocket and spread out his palm. The lost Longevity Lock was lying quietly in his palm. The sunlight shone in through the window, shining golden.
"Where did you find it?" Qin Mu asked in great surprise.
The young man lifted his long eyelashes, under the long eyelashes, the clear pupils were stained with a little guilt and anxiety, "I found it in the trash can next to the toilet when I took a shower last night, I think it should be It accidentally fell into the pocket of the clothes."
Qin Mu nodded, and finally heaved a sigh of relief: "Just find it."
Su Jiayu blamed herself: "Little brother, I misunderstood brother Xie Ge."
Since Guoguo found the Longevity Lock by himself, they did something wrong when they went to Xie Ge to ask questions last night. He knew that Xie Ge's self-esteem had always been strong, and when he thought of Xie Ge's back to his lonely figure last night, Qin Mu felt that he was really not a competent boss.
"Guoguo, shall we apologize to Xie Ge now?"
A mistake is a mistake, Qin Mu will not make excuses for himself.
Although he thought he believed in Xie Ge, he couldn't guarantee whether he subconsciously had doubts about Xie Ge.
"Um."
Su Jiayu nodded slightly, and stared at Qin Mu silently with clear and clear eyes, only to see that Qin Mu's brows were slightly wrinkled, and there was no expression of blame on his face, only dark and clear eyes were full of self-blame and annoyance.
Obviously he was the one who did the wrong thing.
He lowered his eyes, gently tugged at Qin Mu's hand, met Qin Mu's gaze, and said softly: "This time I wronged Brother Xie Ge, and I will apologize to Brother Xie Ge later. "
"Okay." Qin Mu patted his head habitually, "I know Guoguo is a good boy."
However, when they came to the door of Xie Ge's house, they were faced with the scene of people leaving the building, and the wind blew loudly, making the big lock on the door rattle. The door of Xie Fenglan's hair salon is open all year round during the day, and the door has never been locked with such a heavy iron lock like today.
Qin Mu stood outside the door, his expression blank for a moment.
He remembered the goodbye that Xie Ge said to him last night, it shouldn't be what he thought, right
With a fluke in mind, he called out the name of the passing village, "Uncle Li, do you know that Xie Ge is at home?"
"Don't you know that Xie Fenglan left Anping Village with his son?"
Qin Mu's expression froze, and it took him a long time to find his voice: "Then did they say when they will come back?"
"Don't wait, they won't come back." Grandpa Li walked away with his shoulder pole, only his old voice drifted into the air, "It's fine if you leave, Anping Village will be quiet now."
…
Qin Mu slowly opened his eyes and stared blankly at the ceiling. He hadn't dreamed of Xie Ge for a long time.