After the humble spare tire set the car overturned

The mother and daughter still have some savings.His father deposited a lot of money in batches in a Swiss bank, but on the night before the accident, he only told Nan Xiaojin's mother that there was 400 million in one account.And the 400 million yuan became Nan Xiaojin and her mother's last reliance when they went abroad.

Expenditure abroad is not small, although Nan Xiaojin's mother and daughter still consciously save money on food and expenses, and now there are only about 200 million left. More than 200 million, it is still very difficult to settle down in City B.

Zhao Yi wants to help her arrange a place to live. There are many properties under his name in City B alone, and they are vacant.

But Nan Xiaojin didn't agree, and simply rented a small apartment in City B.The pressure to rent a house in Beijing is too great, Zhao Yi disagrees, but seeing Nan Xiaojin insisting, he didn't say anything.He just arranged a job for her mother - he heard that her mother's piano is very good, so he found someone to arrange a job for her as a piano teacher.

For almost a week, he and Nan Xiaojin went to see the house and bought furniture, which made the slightly shabby rental house even more cozy.

Zhao Yi had met Nan Xiaojin's mother before, she was a gentle and demure lady, well maintained, she seemed to be in her early 30s at most.Later, he and Nan Xiaojin went to the airport to pick her up, and found that in just three years, she had lost a lot of weight, and fine lines appeared around her eyes.But after returning to China after many years, Mrs. Nan's mood at this time is only joy and gratitude.

Dazzling, another half a month has passed.

It has been more than a month since Zhao Yi moved out of that apartment.

Both Nan Xiaojin and Mrs. Nan's life gradually got on the right track, and after a few more days, New Year's Day was approaching.

On New Year's Day, Nan Xiaojin asked Zhao Yi out for dinner at a famous restaurant for couples.

The layout of the restaurant is very good, romantic and warm, and gives each guest enough space.The two were in a secluded corner, the flickering lights and the green plants around the corner isolated them from the outside world.

Zhao Yi asked about Nan Xiaojin's recent situation, and Nan Xiaojin told him that everything was going well.They are indeed very good. The mother and daughter have returned to their hometown and have a stable life again. Her mother has a smile on her brow every day.

After talking about the trivial matters, Nan Xiaojin finally mustered up her courage when it was about to end.

"Zhao Yi." She called out suddenly.

Zhao Yi raised his head and looked at her: "What's wrong?"

There was tranquility in his eyes, and Nan Xiaojin's heart turned cold almost instantly.But it's here, and it can't be done halfway anyway.

For a moment, she forgot all those thoughtful and moving confessions, her mind went blank, and she could only close her eyes and ask him directly: "Shall we get back together?"

Zhao Yi was slightly taken aback, but did not answer.

Time passed by, and the overhead lights flickered several times.

The last ray of hope that was tightly held was completely shattered, Nan Xiaojin seemed to have finally calmed down.

"So you told me at that time that you had someone you liked, and you liked it so seriously." She forced herself to tease, but only bitterness remained.

Zhao Yi frowned, trying to deny it.

Nan Xiaojin touched her eyes, and hurried ahead of him and said, "Don't be in a hurry to deny it, you obviously like her very much."

If you like someone, you can't hide it.

Zhao Yi accompanies her to eat, watch movies with her, play everywhere with her, and buy furniture with her...so close and inseparable, but she can always feel the melancholy on Zhao Yi's brows and the alienation in his eyes.

He no longer likes her, the tenderness and care these days are more of guilt and compensation.

Nan Xiaojin is such a sensitive person, she should have noticed this earlier.But because he always held hope and was unwilling to face it.

Now that her hope is shattered, she suppressed the loss and sadness in her heart, and finally began to think about it calmly.Some clues that she could ignore in the past are becoming more and more discovered at this moment.

Zhao Yi has fallen in love with someone else, but he has never seen him get along with other girls in the past two months, and he has never heard him mention it. He even resists admitting his liking.

All kinds of conclusions can only point to one answer, he fell in love with someone who cannot be liked.

If she had discovered this earlier, Nan Xiaojin might have persuaded her to give up.But in the past two months, she can feel Zhao Yi's persistence, which is not a light liking.

"I know, you actually hoped that you could 'like' me...but you failed."

"Who is that person? Do I know him?" She couldn't help asking.

Zhao Yi moved his gaze to the glass window beside him, looking at the crowd in twos and threes outside, and Xinxue.

Nan Xiaojin followed his gaze and asked him again: "If you really like it, why don't you try harder?"

Her voice was very soft, but there was a certain strength in it.

She is petite and weak, but she has always insisted on chasing the people and things she loves.

With no hesitation, she may not understand those who stand still and are afraid of losing.

…………

Late night on New Year's Day.

Although it is forbidden to set off fireworks, people always have a way to vent their joy of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new. Therefore, the steel city is full of flashing and changing lights, and anyone can feel the hustle and bustle of the city.

But all this is just like a silent painting on the window in Zhao Yi's room.No matter how the light and shadow outside changed, it could only barely illuminate the room without the lights on.

Zhao Yi lay on the bed without even changing his clothes.

It was the same three years ago.He was alone in the dormitory, clutching the letter that Nan Xiaojin had left for him, watching the bright sun outside the window, and gradually sinking to the west.Time is fast, but it seems to be slow.

Then the boy dressed in twilight opened the door and drove out the silent darkness.

But today there is no such boy.

What Nan Xiaojin said to him has been lingering in his ears.

Do I... like him?

He stretched out his arms, covering his eyes.

Yes, he likes Chaoci.

It's actually not that hard to see.He is always in his dreams every night.

Perhaps earlier—very early—Zhao Yi knew about this liking, and even stronger feelings.But he didn't expect that this emotion, which he dared not admit to himself, could be pointed out so easily.

He picked up the phone and rubbed his thumb against the name at the top of the address book for a long time.

Finally he hit the dial button.

Beep-beep-beep...

The busy tone rang for a full minute, but no one answered.

The complexity in his eyes receded at this moment, and his brows frowned.

These days, Chaoci has not actively contacted him, nor has he contacted Chaoci.

It's just that he didn't expect that when he called the other party, no one answered.

It was not twelve o'clock at this time, and Chaoci usually didn't go to bed until 12:30.

Zhao Yi sat up from the bed and made another phone call.

Still no answer.

He called five or six times in a row, but he was never connected.

…………

Zhao Yi didn't even know if he fell asleep the night before.

He tossed and turned all night, and when he got up the next day, he asked the counselor for the contact information of the tutor who was doing the project with the imperial speech.

He ignored the class, left the counselor's office, and called the tutor downstairs in the teaching building.

He asked the mentor if Chao Ci followed him to do research in Country X.The instructor replied yes.

But he then asked if he could ask Chaoci to call him back. He couldn't get in touch with Chaoci yesterday, so he was in a hurry.

The instructor faltered and said he would try his best.

After finishing the call, Zhao Yi frowned fiercely.

He could sense that something was wrong.He also tried to make several calls to Chaoci this morning, but no one answered.It is rare for North Korean Ci to be unable to contact each other all the time, and this tutor is also vague, which seems very awkward.

It makes sense to think that Chao Ci was deliberately avoiding him in this matter.But he was always a little uneasy and panicked.

Chaoci...is he really doing a project in Country X?

For some reason, he suddenly had such doubts.Once there is a direction, the doubt becomes stronger and clearer.

Yes, given Chaoci's popularity at school, coupled with Chao's family background, it was not difficult for him to ask a mentor to tell the outside world that he went to that country project together.

He went back and checked the school's official website for a long time, and finally found the national project led by the tutor that the counselor said.But in the list of more than a dozen participants, there is no name of Chaoci at all.

This is not a final conclusion.

Zhao Yi looked at the names of the participants, they were all from their department, but most of them were seniors and sisters.He asked someone to find the contact information of one of them, and called him again.

He asked the man if there was someone named Chaoci in their group.

"Chaoci? Are you talking about the junior in XX?" asked the senior at the other end, Chaoci is still very famous in their department, "No. It would be great if our group really had such a handsome junior."

No.

Now it's almost certain that Chaoci didn't go to Country X to do any shit.

He just asked that mentor to play him a trick to fool outsiders.But the instructor did not tell the other students in the group about this.

The flustered heart palpitations became more and more obvious.

If he didn't follow his tutor to do a project, and didn't come to school or go to the company for more than two months, where could he go?

Are you avoiding him, or did something bad happen?

He became more and more worried. Those complicated emotions before were not worth mentioning in front of the safety of Chaoci.

Most of his social circles with Chaoci overlapped, so he asked those friends if he could contact Chaoci, or if he had seen Chaoci during this time.

nothing.

Chaoci seems to have disappeared just like that.

The heavy worry reached its peak, and he directly contacted the channels and contacts in his hands to find Chao Ci.

He searched for several days, and it seemed that someone was deliberately hindering his investigation, or deliberately concealing Chaoci's whereabouts.

Finally, four days later, he received the news of Chaoci.

It seems that the message of Chaoci was found on a flight to Germany this morning.