Cen Zhengnian had the key. He opened the door of his house. The puppy that usually came running over with a bark when the door was opened was gone. The whole house was quiet, just like before Chu Xia An'an moved in.
He frowned and walked in, and saw the yellow-green jujube flowers scattered all over the ground, as if no one had swept them for a long time. At this time, Cen Zhengnian remembered what he had said to him when he went to his place in early summer.
She said that she would go back to Liangzhou in a few days, but she spoke at a time when they were in the heat of the night, and Cen Zhengnian heard her say "hmm".
Later, work became busy again, and he focused all his attention on research. He was so busy that he didn't even know what day or month it was.
After finally finishing a small stage, he had time to go home. Cen Zhengnian's mind was full of thoughts about seeing Chuxia and Anan. Only when he got home did he remember what Chuxia had told him about returning to Liangzhou.
He quickly went to the living room to check the calendar, and sure enough, no one had torn off the calendar after May 4th.
Cen Zhengnian reached out and touched the table and chairs in the living room, which were also covered with a thin layer of dust. He sighed, and his heart, like this yard, suddenly felt empty.
He himself didn't know what day of May it was, but he estimated that early summer had already arrived in Liangzhou by now.
Cen Zhengnian turned around and went to the store in the alley and called Liangzhou.
When the shop owner heard that he was looking for Chu Xia, he smiled and said, "How do you know Luo Chu Xia is back? Wait, I'll go call her."
Chuxia came back from No. 9 Middle School and was taking out the things that Cen Huaian had prepared for Bangzi and the others, thinking of delivering them to Bangzi and the others at noon.
Before she finished taking it out, she heard the owner of the convenience store downstairs calling her. Someone was calling her.
Chu Xia hurried out. The person calling her must be from Beijing. She thought it was An An calling her, but she didn't expect that as soon as she picked up the phone and spoke, Cen Zhengnian's gentle voice came from the other end.
"It's me, Chu Xia."
Chu Xia was stunned for a moment: "You know I'm in Liangzhou?"
Cen Zhengnian's smiling voice came from the other side: "When I got home and saw that no one was home, I remembered that you said you were going back to Liangzhou."
Combined with the time when the calendar stopped, of course he was just guessing. If Chuxia had not arrived in Liangzhou, he would have been able to find out that Chuxia was in the car by making this call.
If Chuxia had already arrived in Liangzhou, he could have said a few words to her.
Chu Xia laughed out loud when she heard what Cen Zhengnian said. She could imagine Cen Zhengnian's confused look when he got home and saw that there was nothing in the house.
"I sent An An and the puppy to my grandfather's house. It's your fault for not asking me about my return to Liangzhou." Chu Xia thought about what happened in the dormitory that night, and her tone was a little gloating.
Cen Zheng laughed youthfully: "I asked, are you sure you can still answer it?" Chu Xia rubbed her ears, feeling that the weather was a little hot today.
"How do you know I can't say it if you don't ask me?" Chu Xia said stubbornly. In fact, she really couldn't think of anything else in her mind at that time.
Cen Zhengnian: "That's because I haven't worked hard enough."
The smile in his words became more obvious, and Chu Xia's face became even redder: "Shut up! Stop talking!"
She forgot that Cen Zhengnian was very shameless in this regard and she could not compare with him.