From ancient times to the present: The disabled boss was hugged by the empress and princess

Bai Ran didn't come back for many years.

There have been too many changes in the country, and many places in Yun City have become very different from what she remembered.

The place they agreed on was Qin Huai's, at a hot pot restaurant.

In Yun City in November, the weather is cold, so hot pot restaurants will become everyone's first choice for eating. It is particularly lively inside. In the slightly crowded and noisy hot pot restaurant, Qin Huai and Bai Ran sit face to face.

Bai Ran looked at Qin Huai who was lowering his head to order, her eyes narrowed slightly, covering the loneliness in her eyes. She held the edge of the cup with both hands, looking a little at a loss.

Qin Huai chose some dishes himself, then handed the menu to Bai Ran and asked, "Let's see if we want to add anything."

Bai Ran didn't answer. She smiled and said, "No, just order."

"Row."

Qin Huai didn't force it and handed the selected menu to the waiter.

The two fell into silence.

Bai Ran spoke first: "How many years have we not seen each other?"

Qin Huai: "Seven years."

He answered simply. Bai Ran smiled and said, "How have you been in the past seven years?"

Qin Huai looked at her calmly: "What do you think?"

Bai Ran stared at his face: "It looks good."

"What about you? You should be doing well abroad. Are you on vacation this time or something?" Qin Huai asked in a natural tone.

This polite and distant exchange of greetings with old friends made Bai Ran feel helpless.

Even before she started talking about other topics, she could already feel that everything had changed, and they were no longer what they were when they were so high-spirited. In the past seven years, the period from boyhood to maturity was not a blink of an eye, but accumulated day after day. Their personalities have changed, and their way of getting along has never returned to the original.

The two of them have gone from being intimate in the past to being speechless now, which is a transformation process that cannot be ignored.

Bai Ran replied: "I want to come back and develop, not take a vacation."

Qin Huai: "Oh."

There was another silence.

They all seemed to be desperately looking for a topic, but didn't know how to speak.

The waiter came to serve the food, and the bottom of the pot was boiling in front of the two of them, steaming hot.

Bai Ran took a sip of the juice and suddenly laughed.

Qin Huai looked at her: "What are you laughing at?"

Bai Ran shook her head, looking a little helpless: "Be more natural, it doesn't look like you to be so tense."

Qin Huai: "..."

In fact, he also felt that this was not good, but he really didn't know how to speak.

I used to be very familiar with her and could talk about anything, but now that I am unfamiliar with her, I will worry about whether I will say something that will offend her, so I unconsciously become reserved and hesitant.

Bai Ran said: "Are you very nervous now? My ex suddenly appears, and I am worried that it will affect the relationship between you and your current girlfriend."

Qin Huai pursed his lips and said nothing. It was obvious that what she said touched his heart.

Bai Ran stroked her hair and said softly: "Do you still remember why we broke up?"

"Yeah." Wanting to be more natural, Qin Huai put the dishes brought by the waiter into the pot with tongs to cook, and whispered: "You want to go abroad for further study and asked me if I would go with you. I refused. Then they broke up.”

Bai Ran looked at him: "Is this the most fundamental reason?"

Qin Huai pursed his lips and said nothing.

The most fundamental reason was that he had just joined the criminal investigation team as an intern at that time, and his father died in the line of duty at that time, and she had the opportunity to go abroad. He felt that the future of the two of them suddenly became very slim.

Although she said she could stay for him and not choose to go abroad, he still broke up and allowed her to go abroad without any worries.

Bai Ran asked: "Qin Huai, I want to know, did you really want to give up on me?"

Qin Huai put down his clip, took out his cigarette case and lit a cigarette.

With his eyebrows furrowed, he whispered, "I don't want to delay you."

Bai Ran looked a little sad: "I said I don't need to leave, but you still have to break up with me."

Qin Huai took a deep breath of cigarette. He didn't really want to dwell on the past anymore, but he knew that relatively speaking, Bai Ran was right at the beginning. He couldn't let this frustration stay in her heart forever, so he still had to speak clearly.

After sorting out his words a little, he said: "My original thoughts were different from my current thoughts. I was too young at that time. I had just gone to the criminal investigation team for an internship. I have no idea how I would fare in the future. And you are from the Bai family Miss, I think you shouldn’t give up too much for me, you should take a better path and have a better future, and you can’t be delayed by me.”

Bai Ran bit her lip, her eyes a little moist: "So it's not because you have no feelings for me anymore."

Qin Huai told the truth: "It was not true at that time."

Because I like him, I feel a little unworthy of being with him.

And I was too young at that time. I always thought that my decision was for the good of the other person, and I didn't understand that missing it would be forever.

The breakup was very straightforward at first, and she didn't explain it clearly to Bai Ran. She was disappointed with him when she left.

Qin Huai looked at her and said, "Sorry."

Bai Ran turned her face away, letting the moisture in her eyes gradually dissipate, and then looked at him again: "If we want to break up, why did you go to see my parents again two years later?"

"Because I can't bear to part with you." Qin Huai still didn't hide anything. Since he had already said it, he simply made it clear: "You haven't heard anything yet, so I asked them to tell you that I am willing to wait for you, but you haven't responded. I think you should be I won’t come back, so…”

So year after year, I really forget about it.

Bai Ran bit her lip and smiled bitterly. She also had her own pride. After she took the initiative to say she was willing to stay for him but was rejected, she couldn't do the kind of thing where he would wave to her and return to him obediently. thing.

Deep meaning is always understood late, and love is late in the autumn.

Someone will wait, but they won't always wait there. By the time she is willing to respond, it is already too late. There is already someone else beside him. This is probably the so-called miss and regret among many people. Missing is missing. If you can't go back to the past, you will now lose the qualification to expect the future.

Bai Ran suddenly picked up the chopsticks and picked up the cooked vegetables at the bottom of the pot, put them into a bowl and started eating.

Qin Huai suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.

He originally wanted to make it clear what he needed to say.

Bai Ran took a few bites and suddenly asked him: "I heard from Xiaobai that your girlfriend is a star."

Qin Huai: "Yeah."

"Are you going to get married?"

"I've already met her parents."

Bai Ran smiled when she heard this: "Congratulations."

"Thank you."

Then the two started chatting casually, and the atmosphere was no longer so condensed.

Qin Huai asked about her years abroad and her arrangements and plans after returning to China.

Bai Ran said: "Kyoto Medical College has sent me an invitation and hopes that I can take up the post. I am still considering it."

Qin Huai smiled and said: "If you go there, you will be at the professor level, what else should you consider?"

Bai Ran said a little tangledly: "I'm getting older and have been outside for so many years. Now I hope to be closer to home and don't want to run around anymore."

Qin Huai expressed his understanding: "It's okay."

Bai Ran looked at him and stood up: "It's almost time to eat, let's go."

"Ah."

When I came out of the hot pot restaurant, I immediately felt a gust of cold wind blowing against my face, making my whole body feel chilly.

Bai Ran put on her coat and pulled the collar tightly to prevent the wind from entering through the collar.

Qin Huai held the car keys in his hand and asked politely: "Do you want me to give you a ride?"

Bai Ran put her hands into the pockets of her coat, feeling a little warmer, and said in a teasing tone: "It's not good, you have a girlfriend, give it to your ex-girlfriend, be careful she will be jealous!"

Qin Huai just smiled and said nothing.

Then he went to the roadside and took a taxi for her.

Bai Ran looked at him and said with a smile: "If we can't be lovers, as we grew up together, will we still have a chance to be friends in the future?"

Qin Huai: "I don't know."

Bai Ran said helplessly: "You are still as honest as ever."

She got in the car and waved to him: "Bye."

Qin Huai closed the door and the taxi drove away.

He stood on the side of the road, the cold night wind hurt his face, and he zipped up his coat.

I lit another cigarette and opened Ningxia’s WeChat.

It had been a whole day. She flew out in the morning. It was impossible that she hadn't sent him a message until she landed.