a week later.
After the incident subsided, Lu Yin took a long vacation and stayed in the rented house where she lived for five years.
She was haggard, shed tears all day long, didn't go out, didn't wash up, was in a trance occasionally, and still couldn't accept the reality.
She is dedicated to feelings, and she has been in love with Liu Zecheng for many years. There is no grandeur, but it is full of warmth in the ordinary. She thought that she would accompany each other and die like this. She never thought that one day he would betray her.
Lu Yin still dare not recall how that day ended.
For the first time in more than 20 years, her anger was extinguished by a man with double faces. She was beaten back to her original shape, fled, and had to drive the car back to the hotel parking lot.
To a certain extent, Lu Yin admits that she is timid and timid, cynical and only dares to let go of her indignation, and she is a bit bullying when arguing with others. She seldom blushes with others, even if she hits someone, this is the first time. Lu Yin is an ordinary little woman, she is not a saint, she is contaminated with too much mundane atmosphere, she is afraid of losing face, she cares about what outsiders think of her, and even more cares about others pointing at her behind her back.
She held the steering wheel, trembling all over, and finally calmed down, no longer caring about being sad, only worrying about how this farce would end.
At that time, the ceremony had not yet started, and there were not many guests, only relatives of the two parties and colleagues from a few garment factories.
In the parking lot, I ran into my friend Ye Fan who had been waiting for her. She brought her clothes to change into, but she didn't show up, and only her friend did it for her, and informed the wedding to be cancelled.
For a while after Ye Fan left, the car was terribly quiet, and a pale face was reflected in the rearview mirror, with messy makeup, and the originally beautiful lip color was blurred on the side of the face.
She took out a tissue to wipe, those red marks were stubborn and hard to remove, it was too difficult to wipe it off like this seven years in a hurry. Lu Yin competed with herself, her hands were extremely strong, and the lipstick marks gradually faded, but due to excessive force, the delicate skin was scratched with red marks.
She looked at her face in the mirror and couldn't help feeling sad.
After all the people had left, they returned to the new house, which was filled with relatives of the Liu family. The third party had already been persuaded to leave by Liu Zecheng. He hung his head and slumped on the sofa.
It happened suddenly, and although he was at fault first, his mother secretly complained that Lu Yin left without thinking of the consequences. Aunt Lu Yin clamored for mental damage, and uncle just sat there with his head depressed, no one cared about Lu Yin's feelings. Ye Fan was not happy, and pointed at the Liu family and cursed.
For a while, there was a lot of noise in the room.
Liu Zecheng stood up abruptly, grabbed Lu Yin and walked out.
Lu Yin struggled, but was dragged into the corridor by him due to lack of strength.
He was also wearing a ceremonial black suit, neatly cut and topped, making his good figure even more slender. The tie was loose and tilted to one side, and the whole person looked a little irritable.
He didn't look down at her, and didn't speak.
She slept on the same bed last night, and in just one night, Lu Yin suddenly felt that this man was very strange.
After a while, Liu Zecheng finally said, "Yinyin, does the wedding have to be cancelled?"
"What do you think of me?"
Liu Zecheng didn't dare to look her in the eyes, and stared at the corner of her clothes, "Me and her, we were just playing around, just accidentally..." He paused, feeling embarrassed, "I found out too late, and if I want to kill the child, It might be dangerous for her... so it's what it is today."
Lu Yin clenched her fists tightly, every word he said seemed to cut her heart.
He continued, "We have been together for six or seven years, whether I love you or not, you should be able to feel that this matter is really just a moment of confusion..." He was at a loss and raised his forehead, "I hope you can forgive me."
"What about them?"
Liu Zecheng said, "I promise, they will not disturb our life in the future."
"We coexist?" Lu Yin couldn't help laughing: "I never realized before that you are so greedy."
Feeling ashamed, Liu Zecheng changed the subject and said, "Yinyin, I won't force you to have a child in the future. Our family has been single for nine generations. Now that we have that child, my mother has nothing to say. From now on, it's just the two of us...to live a good life."
Lu Yin was powerless: "I will give birth to the child myself."
He blurted out: "But you can't give birth..."
They have been together for six years, lived together for five years, and never used contraception for the next year, but she never conceived his child.
The corridor was suddenly silent, and Lu Yin's heart trembled violently.
It was raining heavily, and she turned her gaze out of the window. At this moment, she realized that the seemingly solid relationship between the two was so vulnerable in the face of reality. Lu Yin finally realized that six years of sincere love had finally come to an end...
The room bell rang loudly, Lu Yin was lying on the bed, and it was difficult for her to get out of the memories. She took the phone and looked at it, it was Liu Zecheng.
Lu Yin stared at the screen and hung up automatically. She didn't react until the answer sounded again.
Lifting the phone to his ear, his breath was mixed with the current.
Lu Yin's voice was hoarse, "What's the matter?"
Over there said: "Yinyin, what are you doing?"
"Speak straight."
After a pause, Liu Zecheng said, "Since the wedding is over, I want to discuss with you how to allocate the new house."
***
As dusk draws near, the orange-red afterglow fills the room, the gauze curtains flutter, and a breeze blows in.
The bed was messy, old books and clothes were scattered all over the floor, and boxes of instant noodles were spread out on the table. Liu Zecheng moved out two days ago, and there are almost nothing left of his things here.
After answering the phone call, Lu Yin finally sat up from the bed after a long time. She combed her hair, wiped her face, and there was some light in her eyes. His unfeeling finally woke her up. Lu Yin suddenly realized how stupid and ridiculous it was to treat herself harshly.
She started to tidy up the room, and found out a lot of his things, some papers, experiment reports, old books and literature magazines.
A little later, Lu Yin went out, tidying up as much as possible, wearing a white letter T and short skirt, and a pair of cloth shoes under her two pretty legs.
Her hair is half dry and draped behind her head. Apart from her haggard face, she looks like an ungraduated female student.
She went to the restaurant to order a few dishes first. These days, she squatted in her room and hardly went out. She never had a serious meal. She only ate biscuits and instant noodles and didn't feel hungry. After that, I went to the supermarket, and all the sheets, pillowcases, teacups, tableware, toothcups and toothbrushes were replaced with new ones.
When I came out of the supermarket, the lights were already on.
Lu Yin carried three big bags full of them, but couldn't carry them anymore, so she called a taxi.
Walking to the community, the gate is closed.
The driver honked the horn twice, but there was no response.
Lu Yin poked his head out of the car window. She was under the street lamp, her hair down, blown by the breeze. Through the hollowed-out iron gate, the sentry box was pitch-black, and the lights were not turned on, but the old radio could be vaguely heard.
She yelled inside, "Master Li, are you there?"
Nothing happened inside.
After a while, she said again: "Please open the door, I have too many things to carry."
The sentry box was also silent. After waiting for a while, Lu Yin wanted to get out of the car to check, but a moment later, a figure appeared at the door.
That man was not Lao Li, he was much taller than him in appearance. He stood in the shadows with his pockets in his pocket, his features were blurred, and he could only make out a rough outline. He is tall and tall, dressed in pure black, with slender legs, one trousers hanging down and the other rolled up half a circle, he is not wearing a security jacket, the hem of a tight black shirt is tucked into the waist of his trousers, and he is wearing a hat.
Lu Yin narrowed her eyes. She had never seen this person before, but she felt inexplicably familiar.
The man seemed to look over, paused for a moment, stepped forward and opened the door.
As the car drove in, Lu Yin opened her mouth, said no thanks, and passed by.
When I got home, I was busy again. After an hour or so, the room was completely new. The sheets on the bed were changed, leaving only one pillow and a quilt; the living room was clean and fresh, and there were no newspapers and magazines thrown around; Next to it hangs a blue and pink towel...
Everything is new, and there is no trace of other people's living at all.
Lu Yin was covered in sweat, spread out on the sofa, looked at the empty room, suddenly felt desolate and lonely, and a pain surged from the bottom of her heart again. She exhaled, ordered herself not to think, and her eyes fell on the pile of waste paper at the door.
Lu Yin bit her lower lip, picked up the lighter and the pile of old things, and went up to the rooftop.
The night breeze is gentle, washing away the heat of the day.
The moon was covered by clouds, leaving only a little hazy moonlight.
She stood on the roof and looked down. A few lonely street lamps couldn't see the road ahead at all. The night was extremely quiet, as if she had fallen into a deep sleep.
Lu Yin sat on the ground and picked up a stack of papers, which were Liu Zecheng's thesis. The moonlight was very faint, and it was impossible to see what was written on it, but his handwriting seemed to be engraved in her mind, never to be erased.
There was a sound of 'wiping' from the lighter, and a small flame ignited in the darkness, which gradually grew larger, and the air was filled with the smell of soot.
Lu Yin threw the paper in her hand into the fire, the fire illuminated her face, black smoke and dust fluttered in the air, everything would eventually go away from her just like them.
This pile of waste paper burned for a long time, the fire was extinguished, and the night wind blew away the floating ash.
Falling into darkness again, Lu Yin sat for a while before standing up, and the moment she turned around, she screamed.
Beside the iron gate leading downstairs, there was a reclining figure, wearing a singlet and shorts, with a bald head. With a cigarette in his mouth, he was at ease, and he didn't know how long he had been looking at her.
Lu Yin was still in shock, and took several steps back.
The man stood up straight and said in a low voice, "Don't move, if you take another step back, no one will save you."
The back of Lu Yin's head went numb, and the hairs all over her body stood on end. The moment the other party spoke, she had already heard it.
She saw him twice, once at the Xiaoshang River, and once at the crossroads where the rain was pouring.
She didn't know his name, only a few numbers, 0852.
Lu Yin trembled, "Why are you here?"
Lu Qiang took a sip of his cigarette and curled his lips: "You know me?"
Lu Yin bit her lip, "I don't know."
Lu Qiang didn't say a word, and took two steps forward.
She panicked, and retreated against the wall. The night was very dark, but she could vaguely see the top of his shiny head, the cigarette flickering between his lips, reflecting his sharp-edged face and a pair of bottomless black eyes.
Lu Yin panicked and said, "What do you want?"
He stopped and said with a smile, "I didn't do anything to you."
Lu Yin said, "Go away, I'm going to call security."
"I am."
Lu Qiang walked to the fire and crushed the unextinguished sparks with his feet, "The new one."
Lu Yin was stunned.
"Residents complained that someone set fire to the roof," he said.
It took Lu Yin a long time to recover, "I didn't set fire, I just burned something."
"Oh." He said, "I saw it." He didn't know how long he stood behind her.
Lu Yin didn't want to say more, and wanted to bypass him and go down first.
It was too dark and she couldn't see the road at all. She suddenly tripped over something and she groaned, her ankle felt a sharp pain.
Now she is so vulnerable that a little pain is enough for her to squeeze out a few tears.
After a while, there was a lot of strength in the waist and side in vain.
He leaned over to hug her, and a voice above his head said, "Which floor do you live on, I'll take you back."