Cleanliness

Yu Qinghan waited in front of Xiao Tong's door all night, and then another day.

Until the evening of the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, Xiao Tong was about to go out to throw out the trash. As soon as the door was opened, she immediately felt that something was pushed in vigorously. When she took a closer look, it turned out that it was Yu Qinghan who was leaning half of her body into the entrance.

Yu Qinghan waited outside the door for a whole night and a day, sitting cross-legged with her back against the door, she was really tired, she leaned against the door and dozed off, she really didn't expect Xiao Tong to open the door at this time.

The embarrassment was only a moment, Yu Qinghan immediately got up, patted off the dust on her body, smoothed the wrinkles on the clothes, stood in front of Xiao Tong, grinned because of Xiao Tong's opening the door, the sun was shining look.She had a neat short haircut, but because of this smile she looked extraordinarily silly.

Xiao Tong didn't look at her at all, except for the moment of panic when he opened the door, his attitude afterwards was as indifferent to the air, he took the door behind him, and went downstairs to throw garbage, Yu Qinghan followed her until she closed the door again, letting Yu Qinghan Qinghan touched his nose.

Not a word was said in any of them.

The smile on Yu Qinghan's face collapsed, and his eyes dimmed.

There was a draft in the corridor, and she shivered from the cold.

Not only the body, but also the heart seemed to be frozen.

When it was almost seven o'clock, Yu Qingming called her, and the ringing of the phone was particularly piercing in the silent air.Yu Qinghan leaned against Xiao Tong's door, and didn't even have the strength to connect to the phone. The phone stopped ringing abruptly, and after less than a minute, it rang again persistently. Yu Qinghan picked up the phone and answered it feebly. Qingming was silent for a few seconds before saying in a deep voice: "I don't care where you are, today is New Year's Eve, you should come back."

"Understood, go back right away." Yu Qinghan responded casually, propped up her body, staggered towards the elevator entrance, and looked back at Xiao Tong's house before leaving.

The door was closed tightly, showing no sign of loosening.

Yu Qinghan wiped his face wearily, and finally left.

The Yu family is not like the Mo family. The Mo family is a big family that has grown up in Jiangyu City for many generations. It is intertwined and has many collaterals. At the end of the year when the ancestors are worshipped, the cars that drive into the family have to queue up several miles away. And the Yu family only started from Yu Qinghan's great-grandfather, and they have always been small. In Yu Qinghan's generation, there are only her and her brother. During the Chinese New Year, there are usually three of them, father and son, and an old housekeeper. , the rest of the handymen and nurses went back to their respective homes as early as after the year-end bonus was paid, and the huge house was even more deserted than usual.

The meal was delivered from a restaurant that they often went to. There was no one in the house, and there were no such strict rules. The butler ate at the same table as them, and the table was quiet without saying a word.

"Are you thirty this year?" Suddenly, Yu Qinghan's father put a chopstick of vegetables on her plate and asked casually.

"Yes." Yu Qinghan said.

"It's time to start a family."

Yu Qinghan put down his chopsticks and took a sip of water, "Brother is not in a hurry, what am I in a hurry for?"

Father Yu smiled softly, "Your brother is still waiting for the Mo family's daughter."

Yu Qingming had been eating sullenly, and when he heard this, his eyes flickered.

Yu Qinghan knew that he had been entangled with Mo Xiyuan for these years, and also knew what Mo Xiyuan's attitude was now. Thinking about herself again, she felt very uncomfortable and sighed.

"Qingming, you have been measured since you were a child. I don't interfere with your affairs, but the Yu family needs an heir. I don't care what method you use, whether it's a test tube surrogacy or finding a woman to marry. In short, you can't let the Yu family My bloodline is cut off, otherwise I will not have the face to meet the ancestors of the Yu family in a hundred years."

"Yes, father."

"And you, Xiaohan." Yu's father turned to Yu Qinghan.

Yu Qinghan was somewhat afraid of her father, as soon as he heard his father calling her, he immediately put down the bowl and sat upright.

"You have been playing crazy outside these years, and I have heard some rumors. I am too lazy to ask about you, but you are [-] this year. I don't care if you like men or women. You have to find someone to settle down. Close it Xin, it’s not a solution to keep playing like this, I’m old, I can’t see you for a few years, and your brother will always have his own family, if you keep doing this, what should I say when I go down to see your mother in the future?”

Yu Qinghan looked up at her father: "You...you knew that I like women?"

"I'm old, and I can't understand the thoughts of you young people. I heard that you have been getting along well with a small designer all these years? If you can, then continue. I know your virtue best. He can get along with you After so many years, she is also a good child, take her to have a meal at home some other day, or let her spend Chinese New Year together at home, there are so many people."

After Yu's father finished speaking, he laughed first, "You are more capable than your brother, and your brother's wife hasn't been found yet, so you bring me a daughter-in-law back first."

The butler also echoed with a smile.

But after Yu Qinghan listened, she lowered her head to pick up the rice, her eyes were a little moist, everyone knew that Xiao Tong was good, only she didn't know the blessing when she was in the blessing, and when she finally knew, she would have lost Xiao Tong a long time ago.

Yu Qingming knew a little about Yu Qinghan and Xiao Tong's affairs, he glanced at his sister, did not make a sound, ate in silence, and then went back to the company.

"Leaving at such a late hour?" Yu's father stood up to see him off, and the butler followed suit.

"Well, there is a case, a government project, that must be taken down."

"Isn't the Yu family always handling the government's cases? Has there been a change?"

"Recently, the Mo family and the Jinling Xu family have gotten very close. It seems that they want to join forces with the Xu family to settle this case."

"Jinling?" Yu's father squinted his eyes and thought for a while, "The Xu family has been fighting among themselves for more than ten years, and the outsiders have long been involved in it. Why did they suddenly get in touch with the Mo family?"

"A few years ago, the Xu family changed, Mr. Xu died, and the Xu family's uncles were wiped out by the illegitimate daughter of the Xu family. Now she is in charge of the Xu family, and she has some tricks. She and Mo Xiyuan teamed up. The wind fell."

"Illegitimate daughter? Why have you never heard of it?"

"She is very low-key, and I only knew about it years ago."

"Yeah." Yu's father pondered, "Ning has more friends than enemies, besides, the relationship between the Xu family and our family has always been good. This case is too big. It is best if we can win it. If we can't win it, we will cooperate with the two of them to develop it." It’s okay, if people’s hearts are not enough, you can’t be too extreme in life, and it’s the same in running a business.”

"Understood, father." Yu Qingming put on his coat, "I'm going out."

"Be careful on the road."

"it is good."

After Yu Qingming left, Father Yu asked the housekeeper, "Who is in charge of the Jinling Xu family now?"

"It's the eldest daughter of the late Mr. Xu. She seems to be called Xu Xiwan, but she is young. She is only 25 this year, a few years younger than the second lady. Her mother's identity is not clean. The Xu family insisted on waiting for her to be 15 years old, and her mother passed away. I just recognized her, I heard that she has been abroad before and just returned to China two years ago."

Father Yu nodded, and said with emotion, "I'm old, and now the young people rule the world. I'm really afraid of young people."

"Isn't that right, but don't worry, master, our husband is very capable, there is nothing he can't handle."

The two old men started talking about the younger generation of each family again, Yu Qinghan didn't want to hear any more, so he went back to his room after eating alone.

In contrast, it was much easier for Xiao Tong to celebrate the festival alone, and he didn't pay much attention to the atmosphere of the New Year. He made fried sauce and ordered some noodles. She started to pack her things again. She had already entrusted the house to an intermediary. It is estimated that someone will come to see the house in the next year. If she doesn't pack it now, it will be too late in the next year.

Xiao Tong loves tidiness and cleanliness, or she is a bit obsessive-compulsive, remembers exactly where to put things, and cleans up quickly, but this house was lived by Yu Qinghan for a while, and some things are in a mess. It does not affect Xiao Tong's progress.

Occasionally, he found a photo album, Xiao Tong opened it, it was full of photos of Yu Qinghan, mixed with one or two photos of himself and her.

There are SLR photos, mobile phone photos, and Polaroid photos.

The smiling Yu Qinghan, the serious Yu Qinghan, the sulking Yu Qinghan, the impatient Yu Qinghan...

Each photo is marked with the shooting time. Xiao Tong doesn't like to take pictures of himself, but he loves to take pictures of Yu Qinghan, as if she wants to save every expression of Yu Qinghan. Looking at these photos now, it seems like a lifetime away .

Xiao Tong casually flipped through a few times, thinking that she had really let go, now that she saw these photos, she didn't even have a trace of throbbing in her heart, she threw the photos into the cardboard box with the word "garbage" written on it, and she didn't feel any pain at all. Do not hesitate.

After tidying up until ten o'clock in the evening, Xiao Tong rubbed her neck and prepared to wash and go to bed. Although she was no longer afraid of the dark and had no hallucinations, she still slept in her small study room. The master bedroom was full of Yu Qinghan's smell, Even though Xiao Tong washed all the sheets and bedding in that bedroom and carried out a comprehensive disinfection, she still couldn't accept it.

Xiao Tong is obsessed with cleanliness and can't stand the smell of other people.

Yu Qinghan came every day as usual, Xiao Tong could always see her when going in and out, although it didn't affect daily life, it was really annoying, but fortunately she never stayed all night like that night, she is always daytime now Come and go at night, it is more punctual than clocking in for work.

Xiao Tong bought a train ticket to go back to Shangrong on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month. There is no high-speed rail in the small place, and the air ticket is too expensive during the Spring Festival travel season. The train became the best choice, but she was a bit late in buying the ticket, and she didn't even get a hard seat. The station ticket Standing for more than 20 hours, I really don't know if I can bear it.

Xiao Tong hadn't been on a train for many years. She didn't know what it meant to be crowded until she entered the waiting room. There wasn't even a place to sit. Fortunately, she didn't stay in Shangrong for a long time and didn't bring many things with her. Otherwise, I don't even know how to squeeze into the car.

As soon as he got in the car, Xiao Tong regretted it. There was a mixed bag of good and bad people in the hard-seat car. There were people drinking, quarreling, and playing cards.

Xiao Tong doesn't like to have physical contact with people, but she can't help it when she gets on the iron car, not to mention physical contact, the people in the car are so crowded that she can be pushed directly against the door, there is not even a place for her to step down, Xiao Tong's scalp is numb , holding her travel bag, leaning against the car door, trying to shrink herself in, trying to make a space to keep a distance from people, but the more she shrinks in, the more people squeeze in, there is no way, Xiao Tong had to put all his attention out of the window and feel the scenery at night with his heart, although he couldn't see anything at all.

Xiao Tong got on the car at nine o'clock in the evening. At ten o'clock, the carriage was still full of people. At eleven o'clock, the passengers were all drowsy. The carriage finally quieted down. Xiao Tong stood motionless in a corner for two hours. After hours, my feet were numb, so I moved my legs a little, changed my posture and continued to stand against the door.

When it was almost one o'clock in the night, she finally couldn't hold on any longer. She leaned against the door and dozed off, not daring to fall asleep. In a trance, she felt that the air around her became fresher, as if someone had separated a space for her. In a large space, the surrounding air is no longer so filthy, and there is even a hint of freshness of grass. Xiao Tong opened his eyes and saw Yu Qinghan's magnified face appearing in front of him, smiling at her.

"Woke you up?" Yu Qinghan scratched her head with a smile, "I only know that you bought this car, but I don't know which car you are in. I searched from No. 1 car all the way to the back, and finally found it."

"..." Xiao Tong thought, really haunted.