Chen Kexin caught up with Yi Duanfang. Wang Weixi in the car opened his sleepy eyes and didn't see Chen Kexin and Yi Duanfang. Just as he was wondering why he didn't see them, Chen Keren's voice rang in his ears. "They went to the supermarket to buy water."
Wang Weixi nodded, and the whole car was silent again. "Hey, Keren, I have a question for you." Suddenly, Wang Weixi said seriously.
Chen Keren raised her eyebrows and waited for what was to come.
"Do you like Lan Xiao?"
"No." Chen Keren answered without much thought. In fact, she knew what Wang Weixi wanted to ask. She knew that what she had done was indeed a bit excessive, but she had always hoped so. It's just that... now seeing Chen Kexin's sad look, she just couldn't bear it.
Wang Weixi nodded. He didn't look at Chen Keren's expression because he knew that his sister-in-law would be expressionless. There was another silence in the car. Wang Weixi was thinking about whether to say something good to Yi Duanfang, but he was afraid that there was really nothing between them. Chen Keren was waiting for Wang Weixi to question her, but she waited for a long time and Wang Weixi didn't say anything.
Wang Weixi thought that Chen Kexin might be back soon, so he said briefly, "Kexin is worried that you will sacrifice your own happiness for her, so I asked. I don't mean anything else."
Chen Keren was stunned for a moment, then she understood what Wang Weixi meant. She nodded and said "hmm" softly, but she felt mixed emotions.
To say that she liked him, she might have really liked that outstanding man once, but this feeling had long since disappeared. With the death of her mother, it was strangled in the cradle when she still didn't understand what love was.
Chen Kexin and Yi Duanfang came back, each holding two bottles of water. Chen Kexin handed one to Wang Weixi, and Yi Duanfang handed one to Chen Keren. Wang Weixi suddenly thought this scene was really beautiful.
"It's open, you can just drink it." Yi Duanfang said awkwardly.
Chen Keren's hand paused for a moment as she took the water, then she said lightly: "Thank you, and then started drinking the water." Wang Weixi opened the water for Chen Kexin, and the two looked at each other and smiled maliciously.
In fact, Yi Duanfang was also upset. Since when did he and Chen Keren get along so well? But she didn't feel anything at all, and he was nervous here for no reason. Hearing the laughter coming from the back seat, Yi Duanfang found the "source" of his embarrassment. It was naturally his unscrupulous childhood friend Wang Weixi and the damn Chen Kexin.
He turned around and glared at the two of them fiercely, and they stopped their ambiguous laughter.
Chen Keren seemed not to notice this from beginning to end. She just drank the water and started driving.
Chen Kexin, who had just woken up, seemed to have finally lost her sleepiness. She held Wang Weixi's arm and looked out the window quietly.
For some reason, she suddenly wanted to visit her mother's grave.
Looking at the vast fields outside, Wang Weixi said with some emotion: "I didn't expect there is such a place here." In City A, which is full of high-rise buildings, Wang Weixi originally thought that there was no land here except for the scenic area. He remembered that when he first came here, he still missed the smell of the soil in his hometown. After working hard outside for so many years, he seemed to have forgotten the taste of his hometown.
Yi Duanfang rolled his eyes at him and said, "I knew you didn't know where Jiuzhou was at all." Because this road is the only way to Jiuzhou, almost everyone who knows Jiuzhou knows that there is a field on this road. It is said that this field was bought by a very wealthy tycoon, but for so many years, he has not built anything on this land.
I don’t know if he hasn’t thought it through or if he just wants to leave a different scenery for the busy city people.
Wang Weixi smiled but said nothing. Of course, he didn't know where Jiuzhou was. He never cared about what places there were in City A. He only paid attention to what needed to be paid attention to. This was his idea and his approach.
The car drove for another half an hour before arriving at Kyushu's most prosperous snack street.
When Chen Kexin was in college, she would occasionally hear people chattering about how delicious and cheap the food on Jiuzhou Snack Street was, but she never had the chance to come to such a place.
But what surprised Yi Duanfang was that Chen Keren found this place so easily. He could never imagine that someone like Chen Keren, who had studied abroad, was so familiar with every piece of land in her hometown. When he thought of her walking alone in the snack street, Yi Duanfang felt uncomfortable for some reason.
After the four people got off the car, Chen Kexin was the most excited. She had never even been to a place like a supermarket, so this was naturally her first time here.
So she went from one stall to another and ate all the way. Wang Weixi felt a little sorry for her stomach, but seeing that she was in a good mood, he didn't care.
"You obviously care about Kexin, so why do you always have a stern face, making people feel like you don't care about anything?" Yi Duanfang suddenly asked Chen Keren while looking at her.
Chen Keren looked at Chen Kexin and Wang Weixi walking together, acting naughty and coquettish, and couldn't help but raise the corner of her mouth. This little expression was caught by Yi Duanfang beside her. At this moment, they were holding a portion of hot sugar-roasted chestnuts in their hands.
Chen Keren seemed to be in a very good mood today. After hearing what Yi Duanfang said, she did not turn cold, but looked at
Chen Kexin was bouncing around, not knowing whether she was talking to Yi Duanfang or to herself, "When mom was still in this world, my sister wasn't as fond of laughing as she is now. Although she was very cute, she always had a temper like a spoiled brat. She would quarrel with me for a long time over the same thing, and she would always cling to mom and anyone she liked. She loved to cry, laugh, and make trouble."
Yi Duanfang looked at the two people not far away and listened quietly.
"After mom passed away, she didn't shed a single tear, at least not in front of me. She always held me in her arms and repeated, 'Don't be afraid, you still have your sister.' But I knew she couldn't bear this kind of blow. So she started to distance herself from everyone, but kept smiling at everyone, and acted coquettishly to Chen Derong, but would never say what she wanted. She locked herself in the room and was only seen at mealtime. Do you know why I want Lan Xiao to be with her so much?" Suddenly, she turned to Yi Duanfang and asked seriously.
Yi Duanfang shook his head, indicating that he didn't know. He was still a little dazed, and he didn't expect that Chen Kexin and the others would have such a painful experience.
"Because he was the person chosen by my mother before she committed suicide..." When she said this, Chen Keren's voice became a little weak.
Yi Duanfang listened carefully, but he didn't know how to comfort Chen Keren. This was the first time he saw a lonely look on Chen Keren's face.
"During that time, I always thought it would be great if Lan Xiao was here. If he was here, my sister could at least cry and at least she would have someone to rely on. But by then, he had already gone to France."
Chen Keren's voice finally lost all emotion, as if she was narrating an unimportant past event.
Yi Duanfang listened silently, and couldn't help but sigh at the fate of people. If Lan Xiao hadn't left at that time, he and Chen Kexin would have been childhood sweethearts, and it would have been a natural thing for them to be together in the future. This is what is called "you reap what you sow".
"Keren, what are you whispering about?" Suddenly, Chen Kexin shouted to the two of them curiously, holding a marshmallow.
In the sunshine, she held a pink cotton candy and smiled happily, looking like a painting. Wang Weixi stood beside her, with a beautiful smile on his face.
Chen Keren's expression returned to its original expressionless state. Yi Duanfang yawned and said, "Nothing." He knew that Chen Keren didn't want him to talk about what she said, and he was surprised that she, who never talked about these things with others, would actually talk to him today.
But he was a smart man and knew what to ask and what not to ask, so in the end he just ended Chen Keren's words in such a casual manner.