Leftover temperature

"Xia Shenyan!"

Xia Shenyan froze for a moment, and turned sideways.

To be honest, he was a little surprised, he didn't expect Xia Shangzheng and Xia Zhenxi to chase after him.

The three of them are obviously brothers and sisters, brothers and sisters of the same father and mother, but they are farther than strangers after so many years.

Xia Shenyan's hand was still on the doorknob, he was a little dizzy now, and he didn't want to stay here any longer, so he just asked, "What's wrong?"

Xia Shenyan's voice was hoarse and soft, almost dissipating with the cold wind.

Xia Shangzheng frowned, hesitated for a while before asking, "What's wrong with your body...?"

Xia Shenyan twitched the corners of his lips, and said warmly: "I have a cold and bronchitis, and I also have some stomach problems. I have already been to the hospital. Don't bother Xia."

Xia Shangzheng's heart tightened, his face darkened, and he said, "Don't take me for a fool, can bronchitis cough up so much blood?"

Xia Shenyan closed his eyes and smiled when he heard the word "fool", he didn't want to explain more, he just wanted to leave quickly.

Seeing his intention, Xia Shangzheng directly stretched out his hand to press the car door, and said angrily, "Xia Shenyan, please speak clearly."

He has always been so strong in front of him.

Xia Shenyan sighed inaudibly, feeling a little stuffy in his heart.He thought that he was probably really old, and he was so powerless that he didn't want to have anything to do with them anymore.

Xia Shenyan lowered his eyes, and said helplessly: "It is indeed chronic bronchitis. I have checked it. Hemoptysis may be due to stomach bleeding some time ago."

Xia Shangzheng was inexplicably relieved, but at the same time felt that he had made a big fuss. With Si Jinqing taking care of him, he needed him to pretend to be here.

However, the boulder that was pressing down on his heart still fell heavily into it, making him very uncomfortable, almost out of breath, as if warning something, or maybe it was just the busy things in the company that made him tired.

"What about the lungs?"

Xia Shenyan coughed too much, which is not normal.

Xia Shenyan smiled, and said lightly: "I checked it, and there is no problem. It seems that I smoked too much, and I am quitting now."

Xia Shangzheng frowned: "When did you learn to smoke?"

But as soon as this question was asked, Xia Shangzheng felt that he had overstepped. He had ignored it for many years, but at this time he pretended to care. What is this?Not to mention Xia Shenyan, he himself felt a little ridiculous.

Xia Shenyan didn't want to deal with them anymore, and said directly: "I still have something to do, I hope Mr. Xia will show his respect and let me go home on New Year's Eve."

Xia Shangzheng was silent for a while, trying his best to ignore those words with a knife in it, suppressing the anger in his heart, and asked, "Is there any treatment for the stomach?"

Xia Shenyan nodded: "I went to the hospital some time ago, and the doctor said that it's not serious for the time being, just take the medicine on time and recheck."

Xia Shangzheng pinched his fingers and said with a sneer, "Is your own body being used so badly?"

This sentence is so familiar.

He said so when Xia Shenyan and Si Jinqing's affair was widely spread.

Xia Shenyan will never forget that look.

He looked at himself with disgust and loathing without any disguise, and said contemptuously: "Your body is really capable of being abused."

It was as if standing in front of him was a pile of garbage.

In fact, Xia Shangzheng has not softened his eyes even now. Xia Shenyan is not like his younger brother, but more like a stinky waste that was abandoned by him.

Xia Shenyan knew that he was a piece of trash. Without Si Jinqing, he might be worse than a piece of trash now.

After Xia Shangzheng finished speaking, he let go of the hand that was pressing on his car door.

The weather is a bit cold today, Xia Shenyan couldn't stand the cold wind, and couldn't help coughing a few times.

Xia Shenyan didn't say anything more to them, he almost couldn't wait to open the car door, covered his lips, and got into the car, only when the car door closed, he turned his head slightly to look at them, and said softly: " Mr. Xia, Ms. Xia, I wish you all the best and a bright future."

The black car carried the winter dust and the morning sun and disappeared into the white snow fog. They saw the small body slowly disappearing at the corner intersection, and the traces were covered by the wind and snow along the road in an instant.

He lived without a trace, as if he had never visited, as if he had never appeared.

Why is it suddenly empty?

Xia Zhenxi involuntarily touched the position of her heart.

..............................

After Xia Shenyan left Nie's house, he didn't go back to his home, but turned around and parked his car in front of a coffee shop that was still open.

He changed the blood-stained coat, cleaned himself up and took a beautifully packaged aqua blue bag from the passenger seat. Xia Shenyan coughed a few times and patted his forehead lightly, trying to keep himself awake And normal, then get out of the car and enter the store.

Zhu Xixi and Lu Qingjia sat in the small box of the coffee shop and waited for him.

When they saw him, the two immediately put down the phones they were playing with boredly, and they smiled at the same time.

"Brother Yan!"

Zhu Xixi was the first to jump up, her big eyes lit up, and she was watery, like water with ripples reflecting the sky.

Xia Shenyan smiled warmly, handed her the bag in his hand, and said with a smile: "Birthday gift. I wish Xixi a happy birthday in advance."

Zhu Xixi took it happily, and said in surprise, "Why are you so fast!?"

Xia Shenyan patted her head and said, "For Xixi's gift, of course you have to hurry up."

I wish Xixi was silly.

Xia Shenyan was fortunate to have learned this from Lu Qingjia, who was born in design.Of course, the things he designed can't be put on the table, but it's still acceptable to give them as gifts.

Back then, I wanted to learn this because of Xia Zhenxi's birthday.Xia Shenyan originally wanted to give her the first pair of princess shoes he designed for her on the day of her coming-of-age ceremony, but she threw them into the trash can in front of everyone, and he never touched the design after that.

Ah Zhen probably despised his poor design.

But if Xixi likes it, he will try his best to do it for her.

In fact, Zhu Xixi has read this pair of shoes for a long time, from last year's birthday to this year, and I don't know how she knew that he gave Xia Zhenxi as a gift, so she insisted on pestering him to design a pair for her.

Xia Shenyan was just afraid that she would not like the design if it was too bad, but she was beyond his expectation and immediately took the shoes apart.

The shoes are covered with a transparent thin plastic cover. Zhu Xixi said that when the shoes are taken out of the bag, they can see the whole picture of the shoes at a glance.

In fact, it is not a novel design, and it is even too monotonous to shine, but she was so surprised when she was used to seeing all kinds of famous brands in the honeypot since she was a child, so pleasantly surprised that Xia Shenyan felt that she was not real. It worked once.He even saw a flash of satisfaction and amazement in her eyes.

The body of the shoe is embellished with light blue crystals, and the upper of the shoe exudes a different kind of gorgeous color under the warm yellow light of the cafe, which fascinates people's eyes and is easy to win people's hearts.Because considering Zhu Xixi's height, the heel is not very high.The shoes are of a round toe style, which looks differently gentle and elegant.There are two thin gauze belts tied on the heel of the shoe. If you look closely, there are many thin diamonds on the surface of the gauze belts, which are gorgeous and elegant.The gauze ribbon is about three centimeters wide and twenty centimeters long. It is a brilliant crystal blue color, and it must be beautiful tied around the girl's thin ankle.

Zhu Xixi's eyes turned red the moment she saw those shoes.

This is the tenderness and romance that belonged exclusively to Xia Shenyan. She had been begging for many years, and finally got what she wanted.

Xia Shenyan bent her index finger to gently wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and asked with a smile, "Do you like it?"

Zhu Xixi didn't speak, but hugged him sideways.She buried her face in his neck, greedily absorbing the intoxicating and elegant fragrance from his body.

Xia Shenyan was a little helpless, but didn't say anything else, stroking her messy hair, as if comforting a crying child.

Lu Qingjia on the side couldn't stand it anymore, feeling sore, grabbed Zhu Xixi's back collar, pretending to be angry and said: "Don't touch our Nianqing, tears and snot have been wiped off him, are you ashamed? "

Only then did Zhu Xixi realize that she had lost her composure, and when she stared at it, she really wiped a lot of tears on Xia Shenyan's body. Fortunately, Xia Shenyan was wearing a light gray coat, so it was not obvious, but Zhu Xixi His face was still blushing thoroughly, and he immediately sat down in a well-behaved manner, holding the pair of shoes and went crazy.

Xia Shenyan was finally able to sit down, smiling unabated, and felt a little stuffy in his heart after standing for a while, and his throat was congested.He coughed lightly a few times, took a sip of the undrinked hot tea on the table to feel better.

Lu Qingjia is much more sensible than Zhu Xixi. Ever since Xia Shenyan came in and gave Zhu Xixi a gift, he had noticed something was wrong, and now he had a chance to ask him: "What's the matter? Why don't you give her a present on her birthday?" ?”

He asked seemingly unintentionally.

Xia Shenyan's expression remained unchanged, and he explained lightly: "I have terminated the contract with Xingxin, and I may be busy with work in the studio in a few days."

Lu Qingjia was taken aback for a moment, and her focus immediately went astray: "What? Termination of the contract? When did it happen, why don't I know?"

It was the same as Chang Yi's reaction back then.

Xia Shenyan: "Not long ago."

Lu Qingjia nodded thoughtfully, thought for a long time before tentatively asking: "Then...he also agreed?"

Xia Shenyan nodded without changing his face, and couldn't help laughing: "I'm not a very important person. It would be good for me and him to be released from Xingxin's contract."

The matter between Xia Shenyan and Si Jinqing is not a secret, and Lu Qingjia also knows it.After all, for an upper-class aristocrat like Si Jinqing, it is normal to have seven or eight lovers, and it is even more common in the entertainment industry.

Xia Shenyan is just one of them.

If it weren't for Xia Shenyan, I'm afraid Lu Qingjia would have forgotten her true heart, and then galloped on this black road without thinking.

The sincerity that Lu Qingjia has left until now was given to him by Xia Shenyan.

In this circle, if Xia Shenyan is said to be dirty, there is no one cleaner than him.

Lu Qingjia didn't speak for a while after listening.

The three of them gathered together all afternoon and had afternoon tea. Zhu Xixi was called away by his parents on the way.After all, it's not easy to come out of the house on New Year's Eve, but before leaving, I was tired of Xia Shenyan's place for a while, and I was reluctant to leave.

"Xixi." Xia Shenyan stretched out his hand and gently brushed off her sideburns, and said with a smile, "I wish you a happy birthday and a happy new year in advance. I hope that every new year in the future will be smooth and happy for you."

Zhu Xixi squinted her eyes and smiled at him grinningly, said "hmm" a few times, rubbed against his arms like a kitten, and said cunningly: "In the new year, will you still be here?"

Xia Shenyan smiled and didn't answer her.

Zhu Xixiquan took him as his acquiescence, leaned over and hugged him, and was reluctantly picked up by the driver of Zhu's family.

Once Zhu Xixi left, only Lu Qingjia and Xia Shenyan were left in the box.

"Nianqing, you are getting thinner and thinner." Lu Qingjia said suddenly.

Xia Shenyan bent the corners of his lips and joked: "I can't get fat after eating."

Lu Qingjia couldn't help laughing: "If Xixi hears your words, I will definitely feel inferior again."

Xia Shenyan laughed lightly.

However, after the relaxation, there was a palpitating silence.

The two of them have never talked much, and they are not people who like to talk nonsense.

Lu Qingjia took a deep breath, but suddenly felt that some words were very appropriate to say now, maybe?He thought to himself, Si Jinqing has finally left, maybe he still has a chance?

Even though Xia Shenyan quietly avoided every hint he made before, but this time Lu Qingjia still didn't want to be a coward.Xia Shenyan is already 28 this year, and will be 29 next year. Both of them are not young anymore, so they can't afford to wait any longer.There is no more youth for them to squander.

"...Shen Yan, do you still like him?" Lu Qingjia looked at him eagerly and expectantly.

In the past, Lu Qingjia was infatuated with Si Jinqing. He thought that man was a god in the sky. After all, Si Jinqing was young and promising, and he was astonished as a heavenly man. It's hard not to fall in love with a man like that.

However, he later discovered that Xia Shenyan was the real, pure and noble soul free from filth.

But what Lu Qingjia didn't expect was that Xia Shenyan still liked Si Jinqing, and Xia Shenyan didn't deny it, and even nodded the moment the question landed, with an inaudible "hmm".

Lu Qingjia choked for a moment, and murmured unwillingly: "It's been 13 years..."

He even has a fiancee, so what's so good about him?It is worth Xia Shenyan's obsession for so many years.

Xia Shenyan looked at him with a slight smile, looked up at the dim ceiling above his head, and sighed softly: "Yes, it's been 13 years..."

Lu Qingjia smiled wryly, squeezed the rim of the coffee cup tightly with her long fingers, smiled astringently, and said dejectedly: "...Do you know why I haven't called you 'Shen Yan' all these years?"

Xia Shenyan pursed her lips and lowered her eyes without answering him.

He had already guessed it.

It was true that Xia Shenyan chose the stage name "Nian Qing" out of selfishness back then. It would be too blatant to call it "Nian Qing" and it would embarrass Si Jinqing and himself.

"...Nanqing Nianqing, they all think that the person in your heart is 'Lu Qingjia'..." Lu Qingjia said in a deep voice, "Even Si Jinqing thinks so."

Xia Shenyan's heart skipped a beat, but he didn't speak.

No one knew more about his feelings for Si Jinqing than Lu Qingjia.

Even Chang Yi and Lin Fu didn't think that Xia Shenyan liked Si Jinqing so much. Even if he liked Si Jinqing, at most it was just the younger generation's admiration for the elders. In addition, Si Jinqing's appearance was enough to attract little girls and boys. It took it for granted that Xia Shenyan fell because of this.

But Lu Qingjia was someone who had admired Si Jinqing as much as himself, so Lu Qingjia could not be more clear about his thoughts.

"Nianqing, sometimes when I hear this name, I will be confused by myself." Lu Qingjia smiled wryly, "I used to think that there was no more desirable and perfect person in this world than Si Jinqing. He is so good. , everything is fine, just like God made..."

"It was only later that I realized that that kind of admiration and appreciation is called youth and frivolity."

"And you are the unattainable in this world. The hearts of gods are not as clean as your eyes."

"Nianqing, please forget about him and look back at me."