At sunset, the mountains are far away

In the afternoon, Tao Yan's relatives came to Tao Yan's house one after another, preparing to have a reunion dinner at Tao Yan's house.Xia Chengqi was dressed up beautifully by Tao Yan, and sat on the sofa in a dignified manner, for the seven aunts and eight aunts and their children to watch, interrogate, and chat about family affairs.The muscles of Xia Chengqi's lips were a little stiff due to the long-term smile. He only hoped that after the reunion dinner, he could go back to his room to rest and stretch his facial muscles.

After the reunion dinner was full of excitement, the relatives said goodbye one after another, and the rest of them were going to play mahjong at Tao Yan's house. Tao Yan was also pulled over to make up the number. Here, finally have a private space.She planned to have a good chat with Gao Lan tonight when she was sending New Year's Eve blessings to Gao Lan.

Xia Chengqi turned on the computer, sat on the bed and was busy designing the decoration of the study hall.While browsing through various photos intently, the bedroom door was suddenly opened, and a girl who looked like five or six years old rolled her dark eyes timidly, staring at Xia Chengqi on the bed.

Xia Chengqi looked back at the child upon hearing the sound, and she recognized the child as Xiao Anran, Xiao Zhiyuan's daughter.

"Aunt Qi, the godmother asked you to play mahjong. She has lost a lot of grandpa Mao." The girl hesitated again and again, and finally said childishly. The lively sound of playing mahjong came into the room through the half-open door.

Xia Chengqi smiled, and said in an extremely gentle tone, "Then Anran, please tell the godmother that Aunt Qi doesn't know how to play mahjong."

"Okay." The girl closed the door and obediently went to act as a mouthpiece.

After a while, the door was pushed open again, and it was still the little girl.

"What's the matter? Did the godmother ask you to send something again?"

The little girl did not speak, and stared straight at Xia Chengqi with dark eyes, then took small steps and stood by the bed, "Is Aunt Qi the godmother's wife? She looks like a celebrity."

Xia Chengqi was stunned by the cute child who came out, and stretched out his hand to squeeze, "Go ask your godmother, you can't come in again, Aunt Qi has something to do."

After Xiao Anran obediently withdrew, Xia Chengqi paced to the balcony, opened WeChat on the computer, and started video chatting with Gao Lan. They simply wished each other a happy New Year's Eve. After exchanging pleasantries, they got to the point.

Xia Chengqi took out his mobile phone and played the recording of the call with Zhou Runzhi, letting Gao Lan understand how much Zhou Runzhi couldn't let go of this relationship and how reluctant he was to let go.

Gao Lan at the other end of the video was leaning on the head of the bed, not showing any emotion or any special expression, her expression was calm and tired.

"Cheng Qi, you don't need to like me, but there's no need to set up a situation at the beginning and push me to Zhizhi. You don't have to spend your time trying to push me to her again after I broke up. Your friend, I can understand that you want to help her, but I hope you can consider my feelings a little bit, even though I am nothing to you." Since Gao Lan knew the truth, she has been restraining herself to Xia Chengqi I just cared about her silently in my heart and didn't dare to disturb her.When she saw the caller ID, she was overjoyed, and there was a moment of panic, tidying up her appearance, and she contacted herself once in a while, just to push herself to others, and the sadness in her heart was embedded in her calm words.

Xia Chengqi fell into silence. She was surprised that Gao Lan knew about it, "I'm sorry for setting up a trap. But isn't your feeling for Runzhi true for so many years?"

"The relationship is false and true, and I have struggled with it, but the relationship based on the false foundation is not strong, it is difficult to maintain, I am tired, and I don't want to waste my time with the wrong person. I I hope you don't mention this matter again." Gao Lan sighed slightly, feeling heavy in her heart.She felt that she was a joke. The person she liked used her understanding of herself to push herself to others. Now she went around and returned to the original point, but she was as exhausted and exhausted as walking through mountains and rivers.

"Understood, I'm sorry again. You have a good rest."

"Chengqi." Gao Lan called Xia Chengqi who was about to hang up the phone.She wanted to see her more, even if only in such a humble way.Xia Chengqi's clean and delicate makeup is still intact, his expression is calm, and his eyes are still clear and deep.

"A friend of mine told me that you are looking for a woman named Qin Bingwan. I have a lot of contacts and I may be able to help you."

The light in Xia Chengqi's eyes instantly gathered, his hands clenched unconsciously, his heart raised, but he still maintained his superficial calmness.After Xia Chengqi caught a glimpse of Qin Bingwan on the live broadcast screen, he struggled and thought twice, and still wanted to look for her, but he didn't expect that Gao Lan would find out about her.

"Chengqi, if you don't want others to know about this, I will keep it secret. You can trust me as much as you want, I just hope I can help you." Gao Lan sensed Xia Chengqi's momentary sluggish expression, and his tone was sincere and kind sincere.

Xia Chengqi stared at the screen with fixed eyes, shrunk into a small dot, and didn't know where it fell. After his eyes gradually focused, a faint smile emerged from the corner of his lips, "Please, Sister Gao Lan."

After Gao Lan agreed, she took a deep look at Xia Chengqi and hung up the phone.Only in this way can she at least have the possibility of intersecting with her again, even if the intersection is weak and separated by thousands of miles.

Xia Chengqi sat on the balcony for a long time, holding his chin, looking at the brightly lit residential buildings, his hair fluttering across his cheeks from time to time, his thoughts drifted to the distant past with the sound of the wind...

"Student Xia Xiaoqi, even if you are a high-scoring student, you shouldn't rest your chin and meditate all day long. Please turn your head to the direction of 11 o'clock, because I will be the English class in your class today. Are you happy?"

At that time, she was still Xia Xiaoqi, sitting in front of the window with her head down, like a sneaky kitten, looking over and over at the little note that Sister Qin threw over her classroom when she passed by her class, her face showing Pure and clean smile.In the blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed. She is no longer the immature Xia Xiaoqi, but where is her sister Qin?What kind of situation is it now?

After New Year's Eve, Xia Chengqi seemed a little preoccupied because of Qin Bingwan's affairs, but he still tried his best to avoid showing an absent-minded look in front of Tao Yan, but a part of his heart remained in the distant past.

Every day, Tao Yan and Tao Yan are busy visiting various places, answering all kinds of questions from relatives, but they are always the same. When it's time to be a guest, click to play, so that you don't have to raise your spirits to answer.Fortunately, with such busyness, Xia Chengqi's heart gradually returned to the right track.

After the relatives visited, Xia Chengqi, Tao Yan and Tao Yan's parents finally embarked on a trip to Hong Kong. After the egg freezing operation, the four of them traveled in Hong Kong and tasted delicious food. The New Year is considered busy. It's fun.

The two returned to Chongqing from Xiamen, and began to be busy with the decoration of the study hall and the recruitment of manpower.Under Xia Chengqi's suggestion, Tao Yan's pastry restaurant and bookstore will be merged into one store. Tao Yan is very satisfied with this idea, and now he is waiting for the effect of the renovation.

The two of them supervised the work on site every day, or in a coffee shop not far away, both holding computers, talking on the phone, busy buying books, buying food raw materials and other things, and they were so busy that they were dizzy. Make time for a comfortable soak in the bathtub.

"Honey, about recruitment, are you sure you don't need your sister Xia's name to say hello in the circle? It's too troublesome to advertise on the website and post recruitment information."

"Have you ever thought about the consequences of doing this?" Xia Chengqi put on a playful smile, pressing against Tao Yan's cheek lying in his arms.

"Consequences?" Tao Yan frowned and thought about it seriously.Xia Chengqi has done a good job of keeping secrets, so currently people in the circle only know that there is Sister Xia, but they don't know who it is.If people from the circle were recruited, it is estimated that every day there will be young and beautiful girls circling around Xia Chengqi, sister Xia shouting loudly, the threshold will be broken, for those with strong curiosity to find out, photos It will be exposed, privacy will be gone, and people will be recognized on the street, which is terrible.Tao Yan calmed down, not daring to think about it any further.

"Then can I not recruit young and beautiful girls? My mind is small." Tao Yan turned his head, looked at Xia Chengqi, and cheekily revealed the fact that he was easily jealous.

"Okay, that's all young men."

"That's not okay, it's too dangerous, it's not as good as a little girl."

"You can't do this, you can't do that, Tao Xiaoyan, what do you think? The service industry pays attention to recruiting young people, you know that?"

"Who makes someone old and small-minded." Tao Yan was aggrieved and pretended to be cute.

"You're still reasonable." Xia Chengqi pinched Tao Yan's face, relentlessly.

"That's right." As he spoke, he moved closer to Xia Chengqi, stamped his lips, rubbed his ears and temples together, then wrapped them in bathrobes, went back to the bedroom and fell asleep on the pillow.

Due to paying great attention to environmental protection and harmful substances such as formaldehyde when purchasing decoration materials, after more than a month after the completion of the decoration of the library, the two began to busy with placing books, buying card seats, sofas, counters and other remaining work. Next, the Xiyan Book Hall is finally about to open.

Tao Yanzai carefully inspected all the furnishings in the study hall, acting like a proprietress, but fortunately everything was in order, well arranged, with a gratified smile on his lips, he turned around, and pulled Xia Chengqi who was standing behind him. into his arms, and kissed heavily on his face.

When he parted his face and saw Xia Chengqi, who was covered in lipstick, he couldn't help covering his mouth and laughing, "Qiqi, good boy, that's it, let's take a picture together"

Xia Chengqi only realized how stupid he looked through the camera, and couldn't bear to look directly at him, but it was too late, Tao Yan had already left a photo of himself being ruthlessly frivolous, coupled with a photo of the well-decorated study hall, it was a declaration of love between the two. The store is about to open, with the text; Xiyan Bookstore is about to open, and I was so excited that I kissed Xia Ling as a cute tabby cat.

Not long after, Tao Yan received a lot of likes and comments, and Tao Yan replied one by one in a boring manner.

Looking back, the phone rang, and it was a call from my mother, "Yan Yan, I have told you so many times, you have to give way to Cheng Qi, you are such an adult, how can you make Cheng Qi kiss you like that?" What does it look like?"

"It's a moment of excitement."

"You child, bullying others during the day and oppressing others at night, you have to pay yourself, how can you be selfish?"

As soon as Tao Yan heard Tao's mother alluding to the embarrassing night of being listened to in the corner, he gave Xia Chengqi a vicious look in the mirror to check whether there were any lipstick marks.Xia Chengqi, who was stared at, looked bewildered, and leaned over his ear to eavesdrop on the phone, but Tao Yan grabbed his ear and pulled it away.

"Mom, she is the one who oppresses me. You don't understand the world we conquer."

"Your father? What father? Why do I not understand your world?" Mother Tao was confused, feeling that her IQ as a teacher of the people had been humiliated.

"Forget it, forget it, let Cheng Qi explain to you." Tao Yan handed the phone to Xia Chengqi impatiently.

After listening to Tao Mu's talk, Xia Chengqi became very playful, and began to speak seriously, "Yes, she begged for it every night."

"I can understand, after all, Yanyan is at this age."

"It's okay, she wants more, I just need to work harder."

"How many times? About three or four times."

"It's okay, I'm still young and I can hold on."

"Okay, I'll make her yell softer next time." Xia Chengqi kept talking nonsense as he walked forward.

The more Tao Yan heard it, the more he felt that something was wrong. He picked up his bag and slapped Xia Chengqi on the buttocks, signaling her to stop talking nonsense.

"Yes, if I don't obey her, she will commit domestic violence."

Tao Yan grabbed the phone and pressed the end call button.Xia Chengqi was guilty of being a thief, so he ran away, Tao Yan chased after him angrily, and the two played a game of cat and mouse in the study hall.

"Xia Chengqi, did you ruin my reputation like this?" Tao Yan put his hands on his hips, staring at Xia Chengqi at the other end of the table.

"It's okay, you don't need a reputation with your mother, and your family ugliness won't be publicized." Xia Chengqi said with a playful smile, not taking Tao Yan's anger seriously at all.

"Who is bullying whom? My mother is really stupid." Tao Yan stomped on the spot, feeling extremely aggrieved.

"So you are my own." Xia Chengqi continued to make up the knife.

Tao Yan couldn't catch up with his legs, and said that he couldn't win, his face turned down, he turned and left, leaving the troublesome Xia Chengqi behind.

Xia Chengqi was not in a hurry to chase after him, and looked around the renovated study hall, took a deep breath with satisfaction, and after showing a bright smile, he hurried back home, ready to witness the house full of anger. of a certain one.

As soon as Xia Chengqi came home, Tao Yan pouted and sulked. Xia Chengqi saw Tao Yan's appearance and knew that the latter was not really angry, but just waiting for him to coax him softly.When Tao Yan was really angry, the expression on his face was indifferent, not as obvious as it is now.Knowing this in his heart, Xia Chengqi ignored Tao Yan and started to cook in a muffled voice. After the meal was ready, he asked Tao Yan to eat, but Tao Yan ignored him. Xia Chengqi simply sat at the table by himself and ate seriously. He didn't care about Tao Yan's white face at all during the meal, and after eating, he moved in one go, washing the dishes, going to the study, taking a shower, and going to bed, as if there was only one person in the room.

Tao Yan was sullen and pouted, but because he didn't receive any response, he lost the reason to pout again, but under Xia Chengqi's nonchalant reaction, the sullen breath in his heart slowly condensed into a hard stone, stuck. in the chest cavity.Tao Yan lifted the quilt in silence, and lay down with his back to Xia Chengqi.

Xia Chengqi raised his eyes, glanced at Tao Yan, and knew that he should coax him, otherwise things would get out of hand.

"I apologize. My words hurt your self-esteem. I know you are angry but I haven't coaxed you. Go to sleep and don't be angry, okay?" Xia Chengqi leaned down and apologized softly into Tao Yan's ear, with his arms propped up. .

Tao Yan closed his eyes, remained motionless, lying on the bed, and said nothing.Xia Chengqi looked at the unresponsive Tao Yan, and gradually a wave of anger welled up in his heart.She knew the most effective way to coax Tao Yan, but now, she didn't want to try to coax him.

People are busy every day, running around for life and the spiritual world. Rather than looking for love, it is better to say that they want to find a caring person to meet their various emotional needs, but both of them have needs, and personal self-esteem begins. Xia Chengqi, who plays an important role and knows this well, never lets her self-esteem overwhelm her reason, but now she is tired and doesn't bother to care about these reasons.

When Xia Chengqi lost his mind to coax and Tao Yan felt a hard stone in his heart, the two began the longest cold war in history.Although the book hall has just been grandly opened, because of its unique style.The environment is elegant and full of people, but the two are just like partners, only discussing business matters, not personal matters.

"Go to the guest room and sleep." Tao Yan casually said to Xia Chengqi who had just taken a shower.

Xia Chengqi paused in drying his wet hair, and raised his eyes to glance at Tao Yan with a cold face.I am amazed at the ability of couples to make the relationship more and more tense because of trivial matters.

"Why don't I just move out? Out of sight, out of mind." Xia Chengqi sat on the edge of the bed with a calm expression.

The pastry cooking manual in Tao Yan's hand shook, his heart ached, and he raised his head, his eyes were full of shock and injury.She just didn't want to lie on the same bed with her coldly and without physical contact, and she never thought about being separated.

"And then?" Tao Yan suppressed his discomfort.

Xia Chengqi smiled abruptly, and slowly took off the ring on his left middle finger in front of Tao Yan.Tao Yan clenched the manual tightly, his heart sank to the bottom, and a burning sensation came from his throat.The ring she said is sacred and cannot be taken off easily, this is what she once said to herself.

Xia Chengqi raised the ring in his hand, and said with a smile on his lips; "The separation is the beginning, then the wedding is cancelled, and finally... Tao Yan, what do you think is the final outcome?"

Tao Yan clenched his teeth, his gaze was like burning a hole in Xia Chengqi who was laughing in front of him, and he said slowly after a long while; "I really misjudged you."

Tao Yan raised his hand, slammed the picture album on the wall, lifted the quilt, and didn't want to stay in this suffocating room for a while, the fog in his eyes slowly accumulated.Xia Chengqi, we have been together for nearly seven years, seven years, did you want to separate casually in exchange for it?

Tao Yan strode on the floor with bare feet, and walked towards the door of the bedroom gloomyly, but Xia Chengqi took the first step, pulled Tao Yan, and roughly pulled Tao Yan into his arms, regardless of Tao Yan's struggle, He clenched his arms tightly, and said in a hoarse voice; "Baby Tao Yan, little cutie, little idiot, I'm so angry, so angry, I really want to let you go like this, if you don't keep you, let you go Be sad, let you be sad."

Xia Chengqi withdrew his hug, held Tao Yan's face in his hands, and looked straight into Tao Yan's watery eyes, "But I really love you, I love you so much, I don't want to see you sad. Do you know how much you are sad?" Stupid, so stupid that even if I love you, I’m too lazy to wake you up. No wonder you were so old before you met me, and you only had a girlfriend for a short time, so I don’t blame you, it’s your emotional intelligence Not keeping up with age. Let me ask you, do you think you are stupid"

Tao Yan's mood calmed down, and he couldn't help following Xia Chengqi's rhythm. Xia Chengqi was always good at controlling his mood changes with words.

"I have high vision. It's not that I'm stupid, that's why I can't get a girlfriend." Tao Yan was a little embarrassed by Xia Chengqi's teasing, and forced to defend himself. After all, Shen Junran said that he was stupid more than once, maybe it was true. , but how can you admit it?

Xia Chengqi showed a doting smile, scratched the tip of Tao Yan's nose, let go of Tao Yan, went back to the bed and threw the doll on the floor, his eyes pointed to Tao Yan.

Seeing this, Tao Yan immediately became unhappy, "Why? You are the one who wants to break up, so why should I kneel down again?" Tao Yan was obviously not the first time to kneel down.

"You're so stupid, shouldn't you be kneeling and listening to the class? Or do you want to kneel down on the egg or the cactus on the bay window?" Xia Chengqi sat cross-legged on the bed, folded his arms, his face gradually turned cold, and he shouted word by word Said; "Tao Xiaoyan."

Tao Yan shook his body, knelt down on the doll in a sophisticated posture, and looked up to wait for Teacher Xia on the bed to teach.

"Tell me first, we have been together for so long, have I ever taken the initiative to get angry, have an awkward fight, or have a cold war with you? If the answer is no, you should think about the reasons behind it and why you occasionally do the above things. "

"I'm small-minded, low in love quotient, immature..." Tao Yan began to recall Xia Chengqi's words when he scolded him like he was reciting scriptures. Smashed it.Tao Yan picked up the doll, held it in his arms, and looked at Xia Chengqi puzzled.

"As expected of a language major, you have a good memory. The above-mentioned shortcomings of yours are just superficial, and the deep-seated reason, your worrying love business, can you figure it out?"

"Deep level?" Tao Yan was stunned.

Xia Chengxi supported his forehead, sighed, and began to give a lecture earnestly, "You can't think of it, just remember the following points. First, language is a great invention of human beings, but at the same time it is also a place for various misunderstandings and tense situations. The source of this, I used this principle just now, and then succeeded in blowing you up. So, no matter how hurtful the words uttered from the other party’s mouth are, which make you question, you must remember that we love each other deeply Looking at each other, my love for you is no less than what you love for me. Based on this starting point of love, even if you are angry, awkward, or I didn’t coax you during the cold war, you should know and be sure that I still love you .

Two, love is not unconditional, not as natural as you think, and people are selfish.So even if I love you, first of all I am an independent individual with self-esteem, I will avoid problems, I am afraid of being hurt, and I will not accommodate you in everything, but I will try my best to compromise for you and not let you get hurt.

Well, the detailed explanation of how self-esteem works between lovers is in the drawer of your study, I suggest you take some time to read it.Now kneel down to the edge of the bed. "

Tao Yan moved the doll, knelt down obediently by the bed, and waited for Teacher Xia's disposal.

Xia Chengqi lay down on the bed with his chin resting on the back of his hand, and Tao Yan followed suit, kneeling on the bed.

"Xiao Yanbao, you are so good." Xia Chengqi moved his face closer, took Tao Yan's lips in his mouth, and sucked gently. When the kiss became stronger and stronger, he dragged Tao Yan onto the bed, pressed him under him, and said It means that they have missed each other deeply due to the Cold War recently.