After finishing the meal, Gu Ziyi paid the bill. Luo Lian paid the bill for the several meals she had with Luo Lian before, and since Luo Lian helped her today, she should be the one to treat her.
The two people returned to the community along the same route.
It was the hottest time at noon, and the sun seemed to be burning up. Summer is approaching and the temperature is getting higher and higher. It's already May in a blink of an eye.
Gu Ziyi stretched her arms. It was originally a big weekend, but she didn't expect to come over to clean the house.
The two people entered the community and walked slowly along the sidewalk under the trees. A large piece of shade fell over the two people.
The weather was very nice.
Blue sky, white clouds, green trees.
This was also Gu Ziyi's original intention for choosing this community. The environment was really good.
The two of them walked all the way to the tree altar at the door.
Just in time, the nanny pushed Grandma Fan out and bumped into Gu Ziyi and Luo Lian face to face.
"Eh? Xiao Gu." Grandma Fan was surprised to see Gu Ziyi.
Gu Ziyi showed a smile and took two steps forward. She squatted down, almost eye level with Grandma Fan. "Grandma Fan, how are you doing lately?"
"My old lady is in good health." Grandma Fan was very happy to see Gu Ziyi, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes gathered together when she smiled. "I haven't seen you for a long time."
"Oh, I recently moved in with my parents." Gu Ziyi and Grandma Fan are still very familiar with each other. After all, they have been living together as opposites for two years. Grandma Fan would also bring her some food during holidays, including rice dumplings for the Dragon Boat Festival and mooncakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Fan Nai's daughter is not around, she lives alone, and the nanny is not with her 24 hours a day. But she was very comfortable living alone, and it was quite interesting.
"When will you move back?" Grandma Fan asked her.
Gu Ziyi thought for a while: "It will take a while."
Only then did Grandma Fan see Luo Lian behind Gu Ziyi, "Eh? Do you know each other?"
Luo Lian smiled at Grandma Fan: "Yeah."
Gu Ziyi asked Grandma Fan: "What are you doing here?"
"I'm going to the supermarket and want to eat some fruit." After saying that, Grandma Fan put her head over and whispered in Gu Ziyi's ear: "I'm afraid she'll trick me into spending more money."
The old lady is always worried that the nanny will cheat her out of money.
After all, there are all kinds of evil nannies in the news on TV.
Gu Ziyi couldn't help laughing: "Oh."
Grandma Fan smiled at Gu Ziyi: "It's been so long since I last saw you, you are getting more and more beautiful."
"Grandma, please don't praise me. I work late and overtime every day, how can I still become beautiful?" Gu Ziyi raised her eyebrows, looking quite smart.
Luo Lian looked at Gu Ziyi's side face with soft eyes. It seemed that Gu Ziyi was the only person in the world who could fall into his eyes.
Grandma Fan glanced at Luo Lian, and his thoughts were clear.
Gu Ziyi said a few words to Grandma Fan, and then the nanny pushed Grandma Fan to the supermarket to buy fruit.
Luo Lian and Gu Ziyi returned to the apartment.
Gu Ziyi returned to 502, cleaned up briefly, and then left.
Luo Lian stayed in 501. He was lying on the railing of the balcony, looking down at Gu Ziyi's red car going further and further away. He glanced sideways at the balcony next door.
When he first moved here, he was curious about what kind of people were next door and the balcony was so beautifully decorated.
It turned out to be Gu Ziyi.
Luo Lian took out his cell phone and after thinking about it, he still wanted to find someone to share the news with, so he dialed Jian Fan's number.
"Hello? Luo Lian, what's the matter?" Jian Fan answered the phone quickly.
Luo Lian smiled slightly, "The landlord of 502 next door to me is back."
"Hmm... eh? That's it? You called me specifically to tell me? I'm so busy, brother. This matter is worth a special call... "
"It's Gu Ziyi." Luo Lian said.
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a few seconds, and then a voice came: "Fuck!"
Luo Lian turned around, leaning against the railing with his back, holding his cell phone in his right hand, and resting his left hand on the railing. "I never thought we would have this kind of coincidence."
"This is such a coincidence. The earth is really small, and you can get this one-in-a-billion chance. Seize the opportunity, brother. Try to show your face in front of her more and increase her favorability. ." Jian Fan said a lot.
Luo Lian sighed in her heart, "Every time I appear in front of her, she may become more disgusted with me."
Jian Fan didn't know what to say, so he thought for a while and finally said: "Actually, I don't understand why you have to torture yourself like this. Others would have given up long ago and are so persistent in a relationship. You are truly the one and only one."
Luo Lian walked a few steps, went to the coffee table in the living room and picked up a cigarette, then took out one and held it in his mouth, then picked up a lighter and lit it. Smoking is a particularly unhealthy thing, and sometimes you just need to do something to relieve your emotions.
He took a deep breath and blew smoke rings out of his mouth.
"It's good, everything is good." Luo Lian said. "Everything is as it should be and is reasonable."
Jian Fan tried to be as light-hearted as possible, not wanting to put any burden on Luo Lian: "It's very good. Didn't you think God gave you such an opportunity? One of you is in 501, the other is in 502, separated by a wall, from now on. We are neighbors and we see each other every day. Day after day, year after year, even a drop of water can wear through stone."
Luo Lian sat on the sofa, leaned back, and laughed. There was still a burning cigarette between the fingers of his left hand, and his breath smelled of breakfast. "Whether there is a result or not, it doesn't matter to me now. After all, not everything will have a result, so I've looked away."
He was already trying his best not to let himself be so exhausted, to give himself more freedom and more opportunities to breathe.
"See... it's open?" Jian Fan didn't believe it.
Luo Lian said "Yeah" and said, "Look away."
He is trying to let go of himself, although this does not happen overnight. He spent more time thinking, not only about the relationship between him and Gu Ziyi, but also about himself.
He has been in a very tired state for many years.
This kind of tiredness is not only physical, but also psychological.
Luo Lian began to think about his life. Life is terrible. It can almost be described as a complete mess. It cannot be described as good at all. However, he also has to admit that this is his life.
No matter how bad the actual factors make it, he absolutely cannot let it go. That will gradually... go to extremes and get out of control.
He began to try to save himself.
There is still a desire to survive in my heart, and I am not willing to drown myself in this bad mood.
Therefore, Luo Lian began to change bit by bit. Although it may only be a tiny bit, I believe that with his active response, the future can also change thousands of miles.
(End of chapter)