The street lights outside lit up in rows, reflecting soft light against the snow-covered road.

Li Yue walked slowly, looking down at the road, walking side by side with Jiang Xu beside him.

Occasionally there was the sound of wind blowing in his ears. Li Yue tightened the scarf around his neck, almost burying his entire face in it, leaving only a pair of big watery eyes outside.

The road was very long and seemed to have no end. Li Yue walked for at least half an hour and found the straight road in front of him as always.

She felt a little embarrassed and cleared her throat.

Jiang Xu seemed completely unaware of the movement on her side. His eyes were half-closed and there was no expression on his face.

In fact, his cell phone had rang no less than ten times before, but he didn't answer it once.

Li Yue didn't want to meddle in other people's business at this time, so she just pretended not to hear.

Finally reaching the last streetlight on this road, Li Yue looked at the forks on the left and right and stopped.

She didn't want to speak, so she just stood there and waited for Jiang Xu to point her in the direction.

"So angry with me?" Jiang Xu looked at Li Yue's cold face and broke the silence.

"No." Li Yue answered simply and neatly, "It's just that it's good for both of us to break off some things."

They all knew what she was talking about.

Jiang Xu raised his hand as if he wanted to touch her head, but she easily dodged it.

His hand paused in the air for a few seconds, and then put it down again without forcing it.

"Let me show you something." Jiang Xu said.

Li Yue raised her eyes to look at him.

The corners of Jiang Xu's mouth seemed to curl slightly, and he walked towards the small pavilion on the other side: "Follow me first."

Li Yue followed him and he sat down in the pavilion.

After confirming that there was no wind here, Jiang Xu took out her phone and played a video in front of her.

At the first glance, Li Yue frowned slightly.

This is what originally made the headlines, about surveillance footage of her wandering into a hotel room door and then walking into it.

This time, Li Yue didn't even finish reading.

Halfway through the video, she spoke up and said, "What do you mean?"

Her face turned a little pale, as if she didn't want to face those unbearable memories.

Jiang Xu pulled the progress bar and returned the video to the original screen, "Look carefully."

His paintings aroused suspicion in Li Yue's heart, so she continued to read as he was told.

The progress bar was pulled repeatedly by Jiang Xu many times, but she never discovered his intention.

Seeing that she was always frowning slightly, Jiang Xu didn't give in. She tapped the screen twice with her fingertips to enlarge the picture.

"There was a cigarette butt here, can you see it?"

Li Yue looked where he pointed and saw a very short cigarette butt in the corner.

Most people won't pay attention to such details.

Li Yue hummed, her eyes fixed.

"But half a minute after the person in front went in, the cigarette butt disappeared."

With that said, Jiang Xu pulled the progress bar back a little and continued to point to where he was just now.

He turned his head and looked at Li Yue.

Li Yue pursed her lips slightly and blurted out reflexively: "This surveillance video shows signs of being edited."

She responded quickly, Jiang Xu nodded, "Yes."

In an instant, countless thoughts came to his mind. Li Yue seemed to have thought of something and murmured: "So, I was..."

"During this period, anything can happen." Jiang Xu said, "Nothing is finalized yet."

He raised his hand and touched Li Yue's head. This time, she did not avoid it.

After he said this, he noticed that the little girl fell into a long silence.

Her eyes gradually turned red, as if tears were brewing.

Jiang Xu raised her hand and suddenly covered her eyes, "Why are you crying?"

He couldn't bear to see her pitiful appearance.

Li Yue reached out and took Jiang Xu's hand, stared at him and asked slowly: "Jiang Xu, you couldn't lie to me just to make me happy, right?"

"What do you think?" Jiang Xu lowered his eyes and looked into hers.

Of course he wouldn't, Li Yue knew.

But she has experienced too many ups and downs these days.She couldn't react for a while.

But at least now she knows that there must be something hidden in this matter.

Thinking of this, she felt relieved.

"Do you believe me?" Jiang Xu asked.

This time, he received an extremely firm answer from Li Yue.

Li Yue nodded heavily, her first sincere smile in the past few days finally showing on her face: "Yes."

"Come for a walk with me again." Jiang Xu said.

Li Yue's mood cleared away her previous gloom, and she stood up, her steps a little brisk.

This time, she was finally able to notice the fresh smell in the air and the big trees still hanging green leaves around her.

She was staring at the stars in the sky, and suddenly she heard the person next to her say: "Li Yue, can I ask you for a gift?"

"A gift?" Li Yue didn't understand his intention. She blinked and said in a confused tone, "What gift?"

Jiang Xu lowered her eyes slightly, then seemed to have changed her mind in the blink of an eye, and said softly: "It's nothing, go back."

After saying that, he walked back without waiting for Li Yue to answer.

This place was so big that Li Yue was afraid that she would get lost, so she hurriedly followed him without having time to think.

Jiang Xu seemed to be troubled by something, so that until he reached the door, he still didn't take out the key and went in. He just stood there frozen.

Li Yue didn't know why his abnormality happened so suddenly. She stared at Jiang Xu's back for a few seconds, and then said, "What gift do you want? Is it important?"

In fact, from the beginning, she noticed that Jiang Xu was not in the right mood.

He was always indifferent, but tonight he showed rare loneliness and depression.

His mood swings were extremely subtle, but she could still easily catch them.

Jiang Xu looked at her for two seconds, met her eyes, and smiled lightly: "It's not important."

With that said, he took the key from Li Yue's hand and opened the door.

"go to bed early."

Seeing her come in, Jiang Xu was about to leave, but was suddenly grabbed by a delicate little hand.

He paused in his steps, his expression obviously a little stunned.

After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Xu heard Li Yue's thin and soft voice: "I don't know if I remember it right, but..."

"Happy birthday."

These four words slipped out of her mouth with great caution, and Jiang Xu felt a slight tremor in her heart.

No one knew that beneath his seemingly calm appearance, he was already experiencing turbulent emotions.

"What did you say?" He tightened his fingertips and tried his best to suppress his almost trembling voice.

"I said, happy birthday." His reaction made Li Yue confirm what she was thinking. She arched her eyebrows and whispered again.

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