The setting sun is gradually setting to the west, and at the beginning of December, the capital enters the bleak winter.
Looking around, except for the evergreen trees, the branches are all bare.
Su Yuzhuo sat at the window of Wenrenxi Tea Bar, looking at the people and traffic on the road.
The waiter served a pot of Dahongpao and a plate of American almonds, and Wen Renxi poured Su Yuzhuo a cup of tea.
"Thank you." Su Yuzhuo held it up to thank him, and took a sip.
Wen Renxi put down his teacup, and said in a clear and shallow voice, "You're welcome."
The environment of the tea bar is relatively quiet, and many people are reading books while tasting tea.
Silence lingered between the two.
Su Yuzhuo looked at the opposite woman who was about the same age as his mother. After a long time, he suddenly said, "You are more suitable for Dad than my mother."
Wen Renxi bowed his head and smiled, but said nothing.
"My mother had some bad experiences when she was young. You must have heard of it. She has always had low self-esteem and felt that she was not worthy of her father. That's why she took me and my sister and left here with a man I didn't love. I didn't understand her thoughts before, but now I suddenly understand that when you love someone, you want him to live better. Even if you sacrifice yourself, you are willing to make him better."
Su Yuzhuo didn't know what he remembered, his eyes became dazed.
Wen Renxi rested one hand on the retro table and rested the other on her slightly raised abdomen. Under the cover of the loose sweater, no one could tell that she was pregnant for more than four months.
"Compared with her, you have a much stronger family background and experience. You have been waiting for my father for more than 20 years. With this infatuation, you are more suitable for him."
"Luo Jianqiu was sentenced to death with a reprieve, which is somewhat different from what I expected. However, I believe that my father will let her stay in prison for the rest of her life. This is enough."
Su Yuzhuo babbled, rather than talking to others, it would be more appropriate to say to himself.
"I bought a ticket to fly to Sioux City at seven o'clock tonight, and I will go to the airport in a while."
"My father loves you very much. He took care of that fat cat named Xifan to make it shiny and wish you happiness." After a pause, Su Yuzhuo murmured again, "Well, I wish you happiness."
Again there was silence.
The two were thinking about their own things, and neither of them spoke again.
Suddenly.
"What are you doing here?" came a male voice that both of them were familiar with.
Jing Yi was wearing a military uniform, with a straight figure and awe-inspiring majesty. He walked to Wen Renxi's side and looked at Su Yuzhuo with a bit of vigilance.
Wen Renxi stood up, with a calm and indifferent expression, "You talk."
With a detached attitude, Jing Yi looked down.
Wen Renxi brushed past him, the unique scent of a woman made him feel good.
Everyone will smell an exciting smell from the person they like, which may not be smelled by others. Scientists call this smell pheromone, which is the most primitive signal for animals to find a mating partner.
When he was in contact with Wen Renxi in the past, Jing Yi often smelled this smell when she was close to her. Whenever that happened, he would feel an uncontrollable joy in his mind, but at that time, all he thought about was Su Mei, and that different feeling was suppressed in his heart.
During the few months of trying to get along, he was more and more attracted to her, and her figure almost filled his heart. Sometimes in the dead of night, he suddenly found that he hadn't thought of Su Mei for a long time.
On Wen Renxi's birthday, it was indeed his negligence. There was an emergency in the southern war zone, and he had to go to handle it in person. The incident happened suddenly, and it was a military secret, so it couldn't be leaked to the public. He left in a hurry, didn't greet anyone, and even forgot Wen Renxi's birthday.
When he thought about it again, it was already many days later. He thought about making up for it on his birthday next year, but forgot to say sorry to her.
When he was shopping in the mall, he caught a glimpse of Su Mei's side face from the corner of his eye. He was deeply concerned about her sudden betrayal at the time. They were still in love with each other even a few days before he returned to the army.
But as soon as she turned around, she left with another man. He ignored the discipline of the army and went back to the capital to look for her, only to find that everything about her had been erased.
He knew that Mrs. Jing did it, and he begged Mrs. Jing to tell him the news about Su Mei, but Mrs. Jing was so strong at that time, how much she cherished the family atmosphere, how could she let the woman who finally disappeared come back to confuse her son and shame the Jing family.
In the past twenty years, he often wondered why she left suddenly. They talked well, facing the ups and downs of the outside world together.
He didn't believe what she said in the letter and fell in love with other people's words.
What kind of difficulty does she have? What kind of difficulty can force her who is so determined to be with him to let go suddenly
This question lingered in Jing Yi's mind like a poisonous snake.
He clearly saw a figure like Su Mei taking the elevator down to the underground parking lot, and when he chased him down, the parking lot was empty.
At that moment, all kinds of events from more than 20 years ago went through in his mind frame by frame. The love he had for Sumei back then was real and unforgettable.
On the day of the wedding, he saw Su Yuzhuo being knocked into the air, his blood-stained face resembling Su Mei's, blood gurgling from her mouth, he felt a strong heartache.
At first he thought it was because of that face, but now that he thinks about it, it's probably because of the blood relationship between father and daughter.
In the hospital, when Jing Yi heard Wen Renxi's calm and decisive words on the phone, he became flustered for no reason. He only felt that feeling when Su Mei left more than 20 years ago.
During the nearly half an hour when he abandoned the car and ran to the hotel, many pictures appeared in his mind, and each picture was a favorite.
She looked shyly at him secretly from a distance.
For the first time, she quietly approached him, introduced herself to him, and asked him if he still remembered her look of anticipation, and her eyes full of disappointment when he answered in the negative.
In the end, the picture freezes at the scene where they were in the car for the first time, she scratched his waist under him, and called his name over and over again.
"Yiyi"
Like a kitten, panting, over and over again, burned into his soul.
In the hotel lounge, he looked at the unfurled wedding dress on the sofa, and realized that she had really left, and the dense distress spread in his chest.
At that moment, he finally realized that he had slowly fallen in love with Wen Renxi during the more than twenty years of waiting for her.
Otherwise, how could he have said that he would try to get along with her at the beginning, and how could he have been forced by Mrs. Jing to get engaged to Wen Renxi.
More than twenty years ago, Mrs. Jing threatened him to leave Sumei with death, but he never compromised.
He never did anything against his heart.
Just wanting to know why Su Mei left, blinded his true heart.
It was also at that moment that he suddenly realized that the answer he had been obsessed with for more than 20 years had become less important.
Jing Yi's eyes were dazed for a moment, and then he came back to his senses. In front of him was the moment when Wen Renxi walked past him with her head down. Her long hair was tied loosely behind her head, and her beautiful neck was faintly visible in the hair.
"Xiaoxi." He couldn't help reaching out to hold her wrist.
She seemed to have lost some weight, and her hands were more bony.
Wen Renxi turned around calmly, raised his hand to break away his hand, smiled lightly, and asked him: "What's the matter?"
The careless appearance stung his eyes, Jing Yi's throat was choked up, and he tightened his empty palm, "Let's have dinner together tonight."
"Sorry, I don't have time." Wen Renxi said, "I still have something to do, so I won't accompany you."
"Xifan seems to be sick. He won't eat or drink for a few days. When will you go home and see?" Jing Yi said again.
Going home is a very unfamiliar word.
"Sorry, I don't have time." Wen Renxi said the same thing.
When she turned around, the indifferent words floated out of her mouth again, "I've had enough raising cats for others."
Wen Renxi entered the back room, the solid wood door blocked Jing Yi's view.
Jing Yi stood there, his dark green military uniform was already eye-catching, combined with his mature and handsome face and military demeanor, it attracted the women in the tea bar to whisper.
He looked in the direction where Wen Renxi disappeared, feeling lost in his heart.
Su Yuzhuo could see a touch of loneliness from his tall and straight back. From the conversation just now, she suddenly remembered what Su Mei told her, that her father was not a sensitive person, and would always ignore Su Mei's feelings in some details.
Su Mei often jumps her feet in anger, but when she thinks of Jing Yi rescuing her from that dirty and terrible place like a hero, those little problems of being inconsiderate become acceptable.
Su Yuzhuo picked up the teapot and filled the cup in front of him. This is a fifty-year-old middle-aged man who can't chase after women.
"Dad, what a woman needs most is company, to be cared for and loved. You have to let her feel that you care about her, otherwise, what you say will be useless."
"Women are emotional animals. If you give her enough love, she will naturally return your love."
Jing Yi retracted his gaze, and sat down where Wen Renxi had sat, "What are you doing here?"
There was a bit of vigilance in his tone.
"You are afraid that what I will say to her will make her unhappy." Su Yuzhuo scraped the tea leaves floating on the tea soup with the lid of the cup in a bored manner, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised, "Don't worry, I just came to say goodbye to her, and tell her by the way, I bless you all."
Jing Yi looked at the daughter who had never grown up by his side.
"My mother passed on her love for you to me. Although I don't have such a deep affection for you as a father and daughter, I still hope that you will be happy in your later years. She
It suits you very well. "The last one refers to Wen Renxi.
After a moment of silence, Su Yuzhuo withdrew his gaze from the window and looked at Jing Yi, "Mom also wishes you happiness."
"Can't stay." Jing Yi didn't continue Su Yuzhuo's topic, "Bring your adoptive father to the capital for treatment."
"No, he has a knot in his heart. Doctors don't heal his heart, and" Su Yuzhuo lowered his long eyelashes, "I also have some knots in my heart. I need to calm down and digest it. Leaving this place of right and wrong is the best choice."
"I haven't gone back to visit my mother and sister for a long time, I want to see them." Su Yuzhuo laughed, "Don't worry, I will come back to see you when I have time, and I will supervise you for the rest of your life. If you are unhappy, my mother will not forgive me."
Jing Yi said: "Call me if you need something."
"Okay." Su Yuzhuo raised her hand and looked at her watch, and said, "It's getting late, I'm going back to get my luggage and catch the plane." Standing up, she seemed to think of something, and asked, "When will you go to Sucheng to see them?"
As soon as the words fell, she said again: "Forget it, for you, they are all in the past, you just need to look forward, and take care."
Jing Yi stood up, "Take care of yourself."
"I know." Su Yuzhuo got off his seat and stopped beside Jing Yi, "Can I give you a hug?"
Jing Yi opened his arms to her.
Su Yuzhuo smiled, and gently approached his arms, hugging his waist.
When they were young, Su Mei often told the two sisters that their father was very tall, and if they sat on his shoulders, they could get stars.
Su Fendiao often clamored to go to the capital to find her father and ride on her father's neck to pick up stars. Su Yuzhuo didn't have such grand ambitions. She only wanted her father to protect her in his arms when it rained like the neighbor's father.
Well, Dad's embrace is very warm and safe.
The scene of father and daughter saying goodbye in the hall fell into Ye Qingxin's eyes.
Ye Qingxin withdrew her gaze and went back to the back room. The little guys were still fighting with the oranges. Their mouths and hands were filled with yellow juice. Ye Qingxin reached out to grab them. The oranges were slightly sour. She was worried that eating too much would affect her teething in the future.
Niannian and Chaochao were very unhappy, they stared and protested with their mouths open, and stretched out their hands to grab it, but Mumu was very calm, she refused to eat if she didn't give it, and smacked her small mouth to relish the taste just now.
"It's just an orange, I'm going to make you greedy, learn more from my younger brother." Ye Qingxin used Mu Mu as a positive teaching material to educate Nian Nian and Chao Chao.
"Hey" protested every year.
"Niannian is not happy anymore." Wen Renxi took out a baby wipe and wiped Chao Chao's mouth, his eyes filled with a loving smile.
Ye Qingxin smiled and said, "For him now, eating is the most important thing."
"Sister Xi, don't you and Second Uncle have any room for change?" Every time Ye Qingxin went back to the old house, seeing Jing Yi being scolded by Mrs. Jing, she felt quite sympathetic.
In the beginning, Wen Renxi always prevented others from mentioning Jing Yi in front of her, but gradually, she was able to face it calmly when people mentioned Jing Yi to her. Ye Qingxin didn't think it was a good sign.
The more you can face it calmly, the more you don't care.
Wen Renxi pinched Niannian's armpit, lifted it up and placed it on her lap, the little boy sat on her lap like a little adult.
I heard from the old man that if you hug a healthy and beautiful child during pregnancy, the child in your womb will grow up healthy and beautiful. Although superstitious, as a mother, I still want to believe it.
"He can't give what I want." Wen Renxi said in a flat tone, "There are many examples of greed and insufficiency around us. At first, I just wanted to be by his side. Later, I wanted him to care about me more. Later, I hoped that he would love me. Finally, I hoped that he would only love me in this life."
"I want to get more and more, but I still get very little. I am afraid that one day I will drive myself crazy, so why not let it be like this. I don't ask for anything, but live comfortably."
"Miss Xi"
"It's good now, not to mention I have new pursuits and hopes." When she said this, she looked down at her belly.
Yes, New Hope.
A man cannot completely belong to her, but a child can, and what she gives birth to belongs to her alone.
In the capital city in winter, it gets dark very quickly, before five o'clock, it is already dark.
When Jing Boyuan came to pick up Ye Qingxin, Jing Yi sat in the previous seat and still hadn't left.
"Second Uncle, let's go first." Ye Qingxin greeted him before leaving.
Jing Yi was playing with the cigarette case in his hand, and there was a no-smoking sign posted in the tea bar.
He nodded to Ye Qingxin and Jing Boyuan, and said casually, "Drive slowly."
Jing Boyuan hugged Mu Mu and Ye Qingxin, who was empty-handed, walked out. Behind him were three aunts, two of whom were holding children, and the other was carrying the children's supplies.
The good looks of the two adults and the rare triplets constitute a landscape of their own, attracting the attention of many people, and many women are amazed at the three little guys.
"so cute"
"Triplets"
Mu Mu leaned on her father's shoulder, and glanced lightly at the aunts who made the noise. Nian Nian and Chao Chao smiled at the aunts with pink gums, as if they knew that the aunts were praising them, and waved their little fat hands happily, vaguely showing the arrogance of grown-ups.
"The two in the back are so cute, the one in the front is a bit cold"
The words in the tea bar spread to the door and were blown away by the cold wind.
Ye Qingxin got into the car first, Jing Boyuan put Mu Mu on her lap, and stretched out his hand to help her fasten her seat belt.
The other two little guys were still in the excitement of being praised by their auntie fans, giggling loudly.
Ye Qingxin couldn't help being a little suspicious, this flirtatious personality, no matter who
At first glance, Mu Mu followed Jing Boyuan's lead, so she has an old-fashioned attitude. Mrs. Yan often said that Nian Nian and Chao Chao are more like her, so it's possible that Nian Nian and Chao Chao's flirtatious personality follows her
She was so angry when she was a child
Instead, she remembered that Su Yuzhuo was leaving tonight, and she more or less heard what Su Yuzhuo said before.
"Bo Yuan, Su Yuzhuo is leaving tonight, does Xiao Yan know?" Some time ago, the three little fellows had a cold and a fever. When they went to the hospital, they bumped into Cheng Ruyu. Ye Qingxin heard Cheng Ruyu mention Xiao Yan, saying that after his divorce, he became very addicted to alcohol and cigarettes. Ye Qingxin thought that he probably couldn't let go of Su Yuzhuo.
Before eating together in Jing's old house, Xiao Yan's care for Su Yuzhuo was not like acting, it was clearly a habitual behavior.
"What do you think?" Jing Boyuan asked instead.
"You should know," Ye Qingxin replied hesitantly.
Jing Boyuan didn't speak any more.
The sky is getting darker and darker, and a few cold stars are twinkling in the dark sky.
Beijing International Airport.
In the lobby of the terminal building, Song Xianyu held Su Yuzhuo's hand and asked again, "Do you have to go?"
Su Yuzhuo raised the air ticket in his hand, and said with a smile, "What do you think?"
"Is it because of him?" Song Xianyu said: "It's all over, why do you have to divorce him?"
Su Yuzhuo sighed slightly, and said: "I still remember the time when you and your family had the worst fight and I asked you why you liked him so much, why did you have to break up? Do you still remember what you told me at that time?"
"Tell me, some things are not what outsiders see or think." Su Yuzhuo didn't wait for Song Xianyu's answer, and said directly: "There are many things that you don't know."
Song Xianyu closed his mouth and wanted to persuade him again.
"If you need anything, just call me." Song Xianyu reminded.
Su Yuzhuo suddenly remembered Jing Yi's words, "Call me if you need anything."
Her eye sockets were slightly moist, she nodded and said, "Definitely."
At 7:05, the flight from Beijing to Sioux City drew an arc over the capital.
That line, like a watershed, divided Su Yuzhuo's life into two.
Nine thirty in the evening.
Wen Renxi's tea bar was about to close, but Jing Yi was still sitting by the window.
After getting to know each other for so many days, the waiter also knew that Jing Yi was a high-ranking official in the capital, and even more that he was the husband of their boss wife. The boss wife was planning to divorce, but Jing Yi seemed unwilling.
Jing Yi didn't leave for a long time, and the waiters took turns to gently remind the store that it was closing, but Jing Yi turned a deaf ear to it.
No way, the waiter had no choice but to tell Wen Renxi in the back room.
Wen Renxi was lying on the recliner, and there was an old-fashioned tape recorder on the round tea table next to it, from which soft and peaceful music wafted out.
After listening to the waiter's words, she opened her eyes, the light in her eyes was indifferent and quiet.
When Wen Renxi rented this shop, she even rented the two bedrooms and one living room upstairs, and she lives upstairs now.
"Go back first."
"What about you"
"I'm fine, don't worry."
The waiters packed up their things and left. The tea bar was completely quiet. At 9:30 in the winter night, the cold wind was blowing, and there were few pedestrians outside.
Wen Renxi stood in front of the counter, looking at Jing Yi quietly, without condemnation, anger, or any emotion. Jing Yi looked back at her calm eyes and slowly frowned.
He didn't like her who was so desireless.
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Second watch, little cuties, let's see it tomorrow morning.