"Is it here?"
The taxi driver glanced through the windshield, turned his head and asked.
"Well, just pull over and stop."
After raising his eyes and finishing speaking, Fu Zhixing pushed open the rear door and went down, stood outside, lowered his head, took out the money, and handed it to the driver through the window.
Turning back again, she said to Ruan Yue, "Let's go."
Ruan Yue said "oh", and entered the gate of the community with him.
The economic development zone has a low population density and a beautiful environment. Lan Garden is built next to the lake. This piece of garden house is hidden in the green shadow of evergreen trees, making the surroundings quiet and empty.
The two walked along the sidewalk for a while, and then they reached a fork. Fu Zhixing looked at the road leading to their house, then at Ruan Yue, and asked after thinking, "Is there anyone at home?"
Zhao Bingzhi and Ruan Chengyi divorced, of course he knew. In addition, it didn't take long, so I was a little bit worried that Ruan Yue would be emotional if she was alone at home.
Today is Monday, the hospital is not closed yet, Zhao Bingzhi went to work early in the morning. Wen Ru also said to go shopping, worried that she would come back early, so she took the keys to school.
Ruan Yue shook her head, "There should be no one."
"Then I'll stay with you for a while?"
Fu Zhixing smiled and asked for her opinion.
Ruan Yue was a little confused and still a little empty, and she didn't want to go back to the empty house alone, so she nodded and said "hmm".
The two went to Ruan's house together.
It was less than four o'clock in the afternoon, and the weather was acceptable. The setting sun poured into the living room through a floor-to-ceiling window, cutting the ground into pieces of dreamy light and shadow.
Ruan Yue took off her coat, tilted her head and asked Fu Zhixing, "What do you drink?"
"I'm not thirsty, I drank a lot during meals."
"Then shall I cut a plate of fruit for you?"
After finishing speaking, before he could answer, Ruan Yue walked to the kitchen.
She took melons and navel oranges from the refrigerator, took the apron on the side and put them on, and stood by the Nakashima counter, lowering her head to peel the fruit.
Fu Zhixing followed her all the way, leaning against the door frame, looking at her.
Having known each other for many years, he knew Ruan Yue well. Why didn't I find out that recently she talked less than before, and she was almost preoccupied all day today.
He didn't want to believe that it was because of Lu Chen.
But many things are not transferred by his will.
"Don't cut it, be careful not to cut your hands."
Stepping over, he finished speaking and took the fruit knife from Ruan Yue's hand.
Ruan Yue smiled, "It's just a piece of fruit..."
"I do not want to eat."
Fu Zhixing's voice was always gentle. As he spoke, he raised a hand to hold her arm, and asked tentatively, "You're in a bad mood?"
"No."
"Ruan Yue..."
He tightened his fingers, gradually put away the faint smile on his face, looked at her fixedly, and asked in a low voice: "You to Lu Chen?"
"No."
Before he could complete a sentence, Ruan Yue shook her head.
"Do you like me?"
Fu Zhixing threw out this question that she hadn't answered before. He held her arm, lowered his eyebrows, looked serious, and looked at her with such clean and clear eyes. The gentle light in his eyes made Ruan Yue speechless for a long time.
Her face was red and white, her body was stiff, and the hand hanging by her side was clenched and loosened unconsciously, so tense that she felt a little cramped.
Fu Zhixing's hand resting on the table pressed against her waist.
With a slight force on the wrist, he brought the person into his arms.
The distance between the two of them was so close that Ruan Yue could clearly hear the sound of his heart beating in his chest, the rhythm was steady and thumping...
Her heart beat out of rhythm.
He had never been so close to Fu Zhixing before.
The look in his eyes, the hand on her side, and the ambiguous to somewhat strange aura emanating from his body all made her confused.
Ruan Yue stepped back.
Fu Zhixing's hand holding her was knocked, and he let it go, propping it up on the table.
He leaned over, and Ruan Yue was also forced to lean up, clutching the countertop with one hand, wanting to look at him, but afraid to meet his eyes, just feeling flustered, she felt Fu Zhixing's lips pressed against hers.
It was his first time, but he was much calmer than her, with his eyes lowered, silently, trying to pry open her clenched teeth...
Ruan Yue pushed the person away violently.
—
A few minutes later.
Two people left the kitchen.
Ruan Yue sat on the sofa with her head bowed. Fu Zhixing took a cup of warm water from the water dispenser and put it on the coffee table in front of her.
"sorry."
Looking down at Ruan Yue, he asked out loud, "Are you scared?"
Ruan Yue shook his head.
Fu Zhixing sat on the single sofa next to him.
Ruan Yue took the water glass in her hand and clenched it with both hands. For a long time, she didn't drink a sip of water or speak.
Fu Zhixing beside him didn't speak any more.
The huge living room was quiet, only the sound of the hands of the clock on the wall in the distance, again and again, rang in people's ears.
Time seems to have passed for a long time, and it seems that only a few minutes have passed.
Fu Zhixing was about to speak again when he thought about it, when he heard Ruan Yue call him: "Fu Zhixing."
He looked up.
"Or... we should focus on learning."
Ruan Yue only glanced at him, then lowered her head, looked at the cup in her hand and said, "I don't want to think about feelings for now... I'm a little confused, and I can't tell whether what I love for you is love." , or the dependence I have been used to since I was a child. I didn’t blame you just now, it was my problem. I kind of... I can’t accept you like that... "
She couldn't tell why.
The moment Fu Zhixing leaned closer, her mind was filled with Lu Chen's face.
Fu Zhixing shouldn't be like this.
He is so clean and gentle, always clear and bright, restrained and elegant, she never imagined that he sticks out his tongue/head, or takes off his clothes...
Looking at the water glass in her hand, she was ashamed to the point of shame.
"good."
After a long time, she heard Fu Zhixing's voice.
The atmosphere was somewhat awkward.
Fu Zhixing didn't stay for a long time. After sitting with her for a while, he got up and said, "I'm basically at home during the holidays. If you want to find me, you can send me a WeChat message or call."
"Um."
Ruan Yue nodded, "I'll take you out."
She put on her coat, and sent Fu Zhixing outside the iron fence gate all the way, because Fu Zhixing didn't let her stop, she didn't say a word, and walked with her for a while.
"Your mother should be back soon, right?"
When he reached a corner, Fu Zhixing stopped, looked at her and said with a smile, "It's cold outside, you should go back early."
Ruan Yue moved her lips, "I'm sorry."
"It's alright-"
Fu Zhixing laughed again, raised his hand to rub her hair, and said in a soft voice, "You have no friends since you were young, so it's normal to rely on me. Maybe I was too reckless just now. Don't think too much, just study hard first. , take an ideal school."
"Um."
Ruan Yue nodded again.
Fu Zhixing didn't say anything more, turned around and left.
She stood where she was, watched him walk a distance, then turned around, and walked slowly towards home.
In the evening, the trees and vines on the side of the road were rustling by the wind, inexplicably, people's hearts were filled with sadness.
She raised her eyes and looked into the distance, and the sky over the city was gray.
Will it snow
Walking all the way, thinking in a mess, when she reached the door of the house, she unexpectedly found a figure leaning against the fence wall covered with withered vines.
Lu Chen was still dressed as in the morning, short black down jacket and light-colored denim trousers. He had been standing here for an unknown amount of time, his face turned pale by the wind.
The two people looked at each other, he took out the hand that was in his trouser pocket, and stood up straight.
Ruan Yue raised her wrist to look at the time, thought for a while, and stepped forward, "Why are you here..."
Before she finished speaking, she was hugged by Lu Chen.
The force in his hand was too strong, and Ruan Yue was caught off guard. She staggered forward, and the tip of her nose was hit by his chest. The pain almost burst into tears.
Reflexively wanted to push her away, but Lu Chen hugged her more vigorously, with that vicious look that almost crushed her.
"You let me go."
Unable to break free, Ruan Yue said anxiously.
As if Lu Chen had never heard of it, he buried his whole face in the crook of her neck, his voice was low and hoarse, "I beg you, don't be so cruel to me?"
Ruan Yue's face froze when these words fell in his ears, and his struggling movements stopped.
He hugged her, his arms tightened and tightened, and when she felt that she could hardly breathe, he finally let her go.
With cold hands, Lu Chen suddenly cupped her face and lowered his head.
"Well-"
Her face was almost deformed under his hands, she tried to stand up straight, but her whole body was pushed against the iron fence, Lu Chen was too high, leaned over to wrap her around her, one leg held her so that she couldn't move.
She didn't know how long he had been kissing.
The lips are sore and numb, the smell of blood floods into the mouth, sweet and fishy...
When she was finally let go, she turned her head and gasped for breath, blood rushed to her head, and for a moment, she forgot where she was.
Lu Chen didn't finish yet, he lowered his head and bit her neck.
The pain was so painful that people collapsed, Ruan Yue suddenly shook her body and pushed the person out.
She looked at him almost in disbelief, and stretched out her hand to cover her neck. The pain passed away, but her fear came back, making her scalp numb.
At that moment just now, she had the illusion that he wanted to bite her to death.
"What do you like about Fu Zhixing?"
Lu Chen looked at him, paused word by word, and asked seriously, "Are you good-looking? I'm no worse than him. Do you like you? I love you as much as he does. It's because the family is so rich, I...give me some time Okay, I can also let you live a better life than now. Do you think my grades are not good enough? Do you know how much I have improved this time?"
He rushed forward, clasping her shoulders with both hands and shaking, "I will give you what he can give you, more than he can give, when I beg you, be nice to me, okay?"
Ruan Yue was shaken speechless by him.
Looking aside, he found that a long mouth was torn open on the back of his hand, and the blood flowed down, passed through the tiger's mouth, and stained his sleeves.
Presumably it was scratched by a dead branch.
This discovery woke her up, and she said, "Your hand is broken."
Lu Chen smiled wryly, "Will you still care about me?"
"Wow woof woof—"
At this moment, a dog barked, and Ruan Yue glanced at the striding figure from the corner of her eye, quickly pushed him away, and stood aside with her hands clasped.
"Dabai!"
Yan Shuning yelled, and the husky who had just run past Ruan Yue reluctantly stopped, ran to him, and turned back and forth, left and right.
After calling Gouzi, Yan Shuning set his sights on Ruan Yue.
Ruan Yue quickly called out, "Uncle Yan."
"Why are you standing outside?"
Yan Shuning's eyes turned around Lu Chen calmly again, and said with a smile, "The classmate is here, what can I say at home, it's so cold outside."
Ruan Yue was slightly stunned, thought for a while, and asked Lu Chen hesitantly, "Treat the wound for you?"
In the past and present, Lu Chen has never entered her house.
The three walked in together, Ruan Yue cheered up, and asked Yan Shuning with a smile, "Uncle Yan, why are you here?"
Yan Shuning raised his foot and kicked the dog next to his leg, and said, "Is it because you are always bored at home alone? I brought a dog from a friend's house and brought it to you to keep you company."
Ruan Yue's family has never had a dog. Hearing what he said, he hesitated for a while before saying: "I have never had a dog, so I don't know how to take care of it."
"What's so difficult about it?"
Yan Shuning glanced at the dog who ran in front of him, and said with a smile, "Just feed some dog food and some water, and then take it out for a walk when you are free. I brought you all the things in the car. Well, wait for your mother to come back later, go out and get it."
"oh."
Ruan Yue nodded, and looked at the huskies running around in the living room.
"Dabai!"
Yan Shuning called out.
It ran back again, circled around the two people, lowered its head, and rubbed its mouth against Ruan Yue's trouser legs.
Ruan Yue was taken aback, and when she realized that it was showing affection to her, she couldn't help laughing, knelt down and carefully stroked the dog's back.
As soon as he saw someone just now, Yan Shuning found that her mouth was broken. Now when she saw her touching the dog, she reminded her, "Didn't you want to help your classmate treat the wound? Go wash your hands first and then get the medicine box."
"oh."
Ruan Yue got up, glanced at Lu Chen, raised her hand and said, "You can sit down wherever you want. I'll wash your hands and get the medicine box."
Nodding, Lu Chen watched her go away.
Sitting on the sofa by himself, Yan Shuning looked up and found that he was still standing, smiled and said: "Sit down, don't look out, there is no one else at home."
"Thanks."
Lu Chen sat on the sofa.
Ever since he saw Ruan Yue's text message, his emotions have been tense at a critical point. Today, he lost control one after another. It was only at this moment that he kissed her and hugged her. All his emotions finally sank. Into a complex and unspeakable annoyance.
"Drink of water."
Yan Shuning watched him sit down, then stood up again, and went to the water dispenser to get two glasses of water.
Lu Chen thanked again.
I heard the man laughing and talking: "The last time I was outside the hotel, it should be you? That night at the end of December. We met once."
Lu Chen vaguely remembered his face, and when he heard this, he nodded and said, "Yes."
"Arguing?"
Yan Shuning tried.
Lu was silent for a moment, feeling a little embarrassed, "No."
He could feel that Uncle Ruan Yue was very open-minded, and he didn't know if it was because he had held back for too long and had nowhere to talk, so he pondered for a while and said, "I like her, but she just doesn't like me. I'm sorry today, Made you laugh."
Yan Shuning's eyes fell on the back of his hand, and he said thoughtfully: "You ran to bully people at the door of the house, she didn't let the dog bite you, she didn't call the security to chase you away, she even asked you to come in to clean the wound, It would be interesting to say that you don't like it..."
Probably thinking about the love of the previous life.
But these, of course, he couldn't resort to words.
The two chatted for a while, Ruan Yue came out of the bathroom, and the husky frantically wagged its tail after her, making her look down again and again.
When he raised his head, Lu Chen found that her temples were wet. It was obvious that she had washed her face in the bathroom just now, and there was no blood on her lips.
"Wait a minute, I'll get the medicine box."
Looking at each other, Ruan Yue said something.
When she brought the medicine box, Yan Shuning got up in time, and said with a smile: "It's better not to wait for your mother, just get a dog, and she shouldn't object. I'll go to the car and get the things."
After speaking, he led the dog away.
When he was there, Ruan Yue was a bit cramped, but when he left, there were only the two of them left in the room, Ruan Yue was still a little uncomfortable.
She pulled out a low stool from under the sofa, sat on the stool, opened the medicine box, took out all the iodine, cotton swabs, gauze, scissors, Band-Aids, and medical tape, and placed them on the coffee table. She lowered her head and said, "I see The wound is quite long, so use a row of Band-Aids to fix it, and then wrap it with a layer of gauze, okay?"
Lu Chen put his hands on his knees and asked her, "Your parents... divorced?"
Talking to Yan Shuning just now, he vaguely felt that something was wrong.
Ruan Yue stopped twisting the lid, and gave a low "hmm", "It's been a month, and the one just now was my mother's friend, surnamed Yan."
It turned out that when they were together in the previous life, her parents had divorced.
Lu Chen couldn't tell what was going on in his heart, he didn't speak for a long time, and then he heard Ruan Yue calling him, "Put your hands on the coffee table."
He obeyed and put his hands on the coffee table.
Ruan Yue lowered her head and took a cotton swab soaked in iodine to help him wipe off the dried blood.
The blood was a bit long, and he actually felt it at the moment of scratching, but he couldn't care about it, and was so dazed that he wanted to bully her.
Ruan Yue has always been meticulous in these small things, wiped off the blood stains thoroughly, then tore off a few band-aids, one by one, and pasted a line evenly.
After she came in, she took off her coat, and with her body turned sideways and her head lowered, his gaze could just see the faintly visible ring of teeth marks on the neckline of the sweater.
Because of the heavy force, there were blue and red bruises on the edges.
"Did it hurt just now?"
He narrowed his eyes and asked in a low voice.
Ruan Yue was silent for a long while, then replied, "It's okay."
"I was impulsive at noon."
Lu Chen lowered his head, breathed a sigh of relief, and tried to explain, "Whoever loses the truth or dare, choose Dare, Li Shiyu and the others coaxed me to kiss me, I was going to refuse, but she took the initiative to come to me, I was ... Can you not be angry?"
Ruan Yue didn't look up, "Why should I be angry? It's just a game. It's not me who suffers, but that girl."
She cut the tape with scissors, "Okay."
Lu Chen looked at her, not intending to leave.
Ruan Yue lowered her head and packed the medicine box without saying a word.
Turning around to leave, someone grabbed his wrist again. Lu Chen rolled his Adam's apple and asked her, "Can you give me a chance to compete fairly with Fu Zhixing?"
"We haven't talked."
Ruan Yue held the medicine box in both hands, glanced at him quietly, and said, "But I don't want to talk to you either. Lu Chen, you're actually pretty good. As you said, you don't look bad. You are making progress, you have to work hard, and you may make a lot of money in the future. But I think we are really not suitable, our life circle, circle of friends are different, personality and other aspects are not compatible, I don’t want a An impulsive boyfriend, and I don't want a boyfriend who will use brute force to subdue me when I get angry... "
She gently pushed his hand away, "And I'm pretty bad myself, you see now, my parents are divorced, I'm in a mess, I don't know what I want, my grades are just like that, I will study hard later , I can almost get into a decent university. At this juncture, I don’t want to think about emotional matters for the time being, I don’t think I’m ready for a relationship.”
Lu Chen lowered his hand.
Ruan Yue put the medicine box away, then turned around, and saw him getting up from the sofa.
Walking over, she warned, "Your wound is a bit long, so it may not be safe to treat it like this. You'd better go to the clinic tomorrow and ask if you want to take some anti-inflammatory drugs."
"Um."
Lu Chen nodded.
Ruan Yue sent him to the door, just as Wen Ru, who had gone shopping, just came back.
She was walking with Yan Shuning, carrying big bags and small bags in her hands, she was stunned when she saw a boy coming out of the house, and asked Ruan Yue with a smile: "Is this your classmate?"
"Hello, Auntie."
Lu Chen greeted him.
Wen Ru smiled and said, "Are you ready to go home? Let's go after dinner."
"No."
Lu Chen shook his head, "All meals should be ready at home."
"That's fine."
Wen Ru finished speaking with a smile, thinking that it was rare to have Ruan Yue's classmate at home, she added enthusiastically, "Come and play when you have time."
"knew."
Lu Chen smiled at her and walked away.
Ruan Yue took the things from Wen Ru's hand, and asked as she walked in, "What did you buy? So many bags."
"Just some miscellaneous things."
While talking, Wen Ru raised her eyes and asked her, "Didn't you say you got your report card today, how did you do in the exam?"
"Not bad, there are more than twenty people in the whole class."
The two talked while walking, entered the house and helped Wen Ru carry things into the kitchen, when they came out again, Ruan Yue saw Yan Shuning wandering around the entrance, as if thinking about where to put the dog house. She said hello: "Uncle Yan, I'll go upstairs and change."
"Okay, let's go."
Ruan Yue went upstairs.
The room was quiet, she lay on the dressing table in a daze for a while, straightened up, and pulled down the collar by an inch.
After a while, the tooth marks did not disappear, but became more and more obvious because of the redness and swelling.
She went to the cloakroom to change into a turtleneck.
When I came out again, I found a new message on the phone.
Ruan Chengyi transferred 100,000 yuan to her pocket money card, and then asked in WeChat: "Is Yue'er at home? Dad brought you something."
Holding the phone, she hadn't thought about how to reply when she heard Wen Ru calling her from below.
Ruan Chengyi stood by the coffee table in the living room and instructed the driver to bring in box after box of things. He looked up and saw Ruan Yue, smiled and said, "Didn't you always say you wanted to eat pomegranates? Dad brought you two boxes from my hometown. , and some seafood and nuts."
After the company celebration, Ruan Yue hardly saw him.
Now that I saw someone, I was quite uncomfortable, and I didn't know how to respond.
After the couple divorced, he still has visitation rights to the children. So Yan Shuning didn't go forward either, and stood at the door of the kitchen, doing homework with Wen Rula.
Unwelcome, Ruan Chengyi stayed for less than five minutes before leaving.
This was also the last time Ruan Yue saw him.