be late

The bell stopped.

"what happened?"

Xiao Yi looked at her, Shu Yubai looked a little flustered.

The noise in the restaurant covered up the embarrassment just now again, Shu Yubai glanced at the screen, Nan Xue didn't answer, she had already hung up her phone.When she turned her head, the lights of the restaurant came down, Nan Xue was sitting in the back seat, the lights flickered dimly, through the carved screen, her face could not be seen clearly.

"Just now, call your friend back."

Shu Yubai lowered his eyes again, and stopped looking at Nanxue.

Why is she here, is it a coincidence?

She frowned slightly, the way the man looked at her just now seemed to contain some unclear emotions.

"How did you know each other?"

Xiao Yi looked at the two of them and smiled: "What a coincidence."

Tang Ruoyan looked at her, and smiled softly: "I met her in the gallery back then, and I fell in love with her painting, but it turned out that the painting was not the original, it was copied by others."

"If it wasn't for Yubai to stop me, I would almost have been tricked."

Xiao Yi smiled lightly.

"I heard that you, like Xiao Yi, also studied painting."

Tang Ruoyan picked up the teacup and took a sip of water, her eyes flickering quietly in the mist.

"Ah."

Shu Yubai lowered his eyes, and recalled: "I used to paint a lot of Chinese paintings, but later I had some problems with my hands, and I couldn't paint too finely, so I had to go to oil paintings that focused on composition and color."

hand?

She subconsciously looked at Shu Yubai's two hands on the dining table.

Her skin is very white and smooth, the skin on the back of her hands is delicate and soft, a little bit of blue veins can be vaguely seen, her nails are clean and round, and the cold sky outside shines, her fingertips are slightly powdered.

There are thin calluses on the belly of the finger and the gap between the two fingers.

At first glance, there was nothing wrong with it. Tang Ruoyan became curious and asked, "Can I see your hand?"

Shu Yubai was slightly stunned, and didn't realize what it meant for a while.Xiao Yi explained: "She is a Chinese medicine student. She can tell by looking at her hands. I don't understand, but can she see something?"

"can."

Tang Ruoyan said: "Give me your hand."

Shu Yubai raised his hand and put it in her palm.

Her palms were very hot and soft, Shu Yubai raised his eyes, and the woman opposite happened to be looking at her too, and they smiled at each other.

"Your hands are so soft."

Tang Ruoyan smiled: "It's white and slender, so pretty."

She squeezed Shu Yubai's hand and looked at her palm.

For a moment, Tang Ruoyan paused slightly, she was about to lower her head to take a closer look, when she suddenly noticed a cold gaze, with a strong sense of presence, falling on her body, like a needle prick.

She looked up.

The store is very large, the row of seats next to the floor-to-ceiling windows is separated from the row in the back by a long wooden screen, and the middle is hollowed out. Under the dim light, people can be vaguely seen there. Look carefully.

On the right, at the table diagonally opposite her, there seems to be a young girl.

She subconsciously squinted slightly.

Through the screen, Yingying Yueyo could see her silhouette.

Covered by carved wood branches and leaves, she is wearing a moon-white silk shirt with a long knot at the neckline, hanging down on her chest, her jet-black hair gently resting on her shoulders, her skin is dazzlingly white, and she can vaguely see a pair of eyes The clear eyes looked at her with a cold expression, and then drooped their thick eyelashes.

"What are you looking at?"

Shu Yubai asked her.

"No."

Tang Ruoyan came back to her senses:

"Why do I feel that the young lady at the next table seems to be looking at me." She hesitated slightly, thinking to herself, it seemed familiar.

Have you seen it somewhere?

She couldn't remember, and her memory was a little fuzzy.Hearing what she said, Xiao Yi also wanted to look back to see what happened, but Shu Yubai tugged at her cuff: "No one will see it, it's just an illusion."

"That's right." Xiao Yi stopped turning his head to look.

Tang Ruoyan came back to her senses, then lowered her head to help her look at her hands, her eyelashes drooped, she looked at it for a while, and said, "It's all right."

Shu Yubai withdrew her hand, Tang Ruoyan looked at her, and said slowly: "The main reason is the dampness and coldness. On the other hand, have you not adjusted your mental state for a while?"

"In the past few years, there were some changes in the family, and it was easy to be depressed."

Shu Yubai lowered his head and recalled:

"But it's gotten better recently."

Many things, probably as long as I can slowly get out of it, the feeling of stagnation will slowly dissipate.

During that time, her parents had just divorced, and Shu Yubai's hands had problems not long after. Every time at night, her hands hurt so much that she couldn't sleep, and she got up at two or three in the middle of the night, trying to use massage to relieve it.Lack of sleep, career pressure, broken relationship between parents... At that time, it was not enough to describe it as dark.

It's much better now.

The hands are only occasionally tingling, and the night's sleep is normal, and anxiety is not so easy.

"I studied Chinese medicine."

Tang Ruoyan looked at her and whispered softly, "I used to work in the Affiliated Hospital of Medical University, but later I went out and opened a physiotherapy center on my own."

"That's pretty good."

She seems to be a soft girl, she never thought she would have such a mind of her own in her career.Tang Ruoyan was very concerned about Shu Yubai's hand, and seemed to get better sooner than she wanted to see it: "The body and emotions affect each other, people should be happier."

"Come when you have time, I'll help you take a look."

"Thank you."

After a meal, they even talked a lot about Shu Yubai's hand problems, but they didn't mention much about his relationship.Tang Ruoyan joked that she had an occupational disease and couldn't stop at the beginning, Xiao Yi just laughed and didn't take it seriously.

Xiao Yi brought her here by car, and after the meal was over, the three of them waved goodbye at the door of the restaurant.

"My car is parked over there, let's go first."

"it is good."

Shu Yubai stood at the door and watched them go away.

It was chilly outside, and the cold air came from the distant lake, Shu Yubai gently covered his face with his hands.On a snowy day, in a nearby small park, a few sparrows flew down from the treetops, looking for food in the grass.

She stood there waiting for a while, and the girl from the room came out.

Seeing Shu Yubai standing there without leaving, his eyes lit up for a moment.

"elder sister."

"Ok?"

"Are you waiting for me?"

"Ah."

Shu Yu has a white waist and a thin waist, wearing this lake blue cashmere sweater with long hair loose, giving people a soft and warm feeling.She stood at the stone pile at the door, looking out, there was a gentle lake in the distance, and the ripples were swaying in the wind.

Nan Xue went up.

There was a light touch on the shoulder, Shu Yubai looked back and saw the red lips that were close.It was Nan Xue who approached her, wanting to hug her waist from behind.

But Shu Yubai took two steps forward, and the distance between the two instantly opened.

She looked down at her watch, it was already one o'clock, there were still many people here, and the voices were noisy, Shu Yubai didn't look back, and asked softly, "Would you like to sit in the park over there?"

Nan Xue said, good.

The park was very quiet, there were long chairs by the lake, and the two of them sat there quietly, blowing the cold and soft wind, carrying the moisture of the lake.Here, there are many tourists in winter. It is only one o'clock, and many people go to rest, so it is more quiet.

"Why are you here?"

"coincide."

"Call me, what's the matter."

"I heard from my uncle that you are at his place, and I want to come to you."

"Just these things?"

"Correct."

After chatting casually for a while, Shu Yubai looked back at her.

Nan Xuean sat there quietly, the willows on the lake bank had withered, only scattered snowflakes remained on the branches.The tip of her nose was slightly transparent from the cold, and her black and white eyes looked at the lake in the distance.Her black hair drooped on her collarbone, and she was wearing a moon-white shirt inside and a jacket that was neither thick nor thin, making her look a bit cold.

Shu Yubai sighed softly: "Can you tell me, following me like this, what do you want to do?"

Nan Xue felt a pain in her heart, her thick eyelashes trembled, she lowered her eyes, her fingertips were clenched, and they were slightly white.

Nan Xue asked softly, "Do you still like me?"

No one answered her.

Nan Xue turned her head and stared at her eyes carefully, afraid to miss a little bit of emotional fluctuations, she asked again: "Sister, do you still like me?"

Shu Yubai had silky long hair, lowered her head, and the hair covered her side face. Nan Xue only saw her white and smooth forehead and slender eyelashes, which curved gracefully. flutter.

Nan Xue couldn't help getting closer.

Just an inch closer, and she could kiss her forehead.

Shu Yubai raised his eyes suddenly, looked at her, and said softly: "It's impossible for us."

She said it so firmly.

Nan Xue: "Do you still want to be with me?"

Shu Yubai: "I don't want to."

Nan Xue: "Just want to be friends?"

Shu Yubai: "Yes."

Nan Xue stood up abruptly and said, "Okay."

After saying this, she turned around and left. The tall figure was wearing an ankle-length coat, which was gently gathered in the cold wind, giving off a somewhat bleak look.

Shu Yubai looked at her back.

Going away like this without looking back, is she leaving?

Shu Yubai leaned on the cold stone chair, looked at the lake water in the distance, feeling more at a loss in his heart.How are they going to be together?Shu Yubai couldn't imagine that the confession at that time was somewhat impulsive.

She closed her eyes.

Slowly and slowly.

A few minutes later, a voice sounded beside him.

"Sister, do you want juice?"

Shu Yubai opened his eyes, not knowing when Nan Xue came back, he was slightly surprised.

Nan Xue's eyes were slightly bright, and a small transparent bag was hung on her thin white index finger, which contained two freshly squeezed juices, light pink.

She picked up a cup and handed it to Shu Yubai: "Here."

"Have you gone to buy juice?"

"Ah."

Nan Xue explained:

"I saw that store just now. Don't you like these very much?"

Shu Yubai: "..."

"no need."

She stuffed the glass of juice into Nan Xue's hand, feeling quite helpless: "It's too cold, and my stomach feels uncomfortable after drinking it."

"..."

The light in Nan Xue's eyes was instantly extinguished.

After that meal, Shu Yubai went back to Ying Ran and started to draw.Her time seems to be back to what it was when she was in school, two points and one line, and her daily life, besides painting, is still painting.

In this way, you don’t have to worry about other things, just looking at the clean and beautiful world in the painting is sometimes a kind of enjoyment.

the other side.

There is a porcelain vase on the bamboo coffee table in the living room, and Nan Xue's father is holding a bunch of plum blossoms from the outside and putting them into the vase.The plum blossoms were still covered with snow, as if they had just been cut from the yard.

"dad."

Nan Xue sat on the sofa and watched him.

"Is something wrong?"

Nan Mingzhuo arranged the flowers and posed in a staggered shape before sitting down to rest.

Nan Xue flipped through a few pages of the book she held in her hand, and said softly, "I want to go to my uncle's place in a few days."

"uncle?"

Nan Mingzhuo looked at her in surprise: "Ying Ran? I haven't contacted him for so many years, why are you looking for him?"

Nan Xue's parents divorced early. After she followed his father, she didn't deal with people from her mother's natal family much.The relationship between Ying Ran and her father can be said to be very strange.

Fortunately, when Nan Xue was young, her uncle loved her.

It has nothing to do with blood relationship, it is purely cute to look at.

"Looking for him... I want to learn how to draw."

Nan Xue was holding a book in her hand. Her father glanced at it and pulled it over with his hands. On the cover were a few large words: Appreciation of Monet's Works.

Nan Mingzhuo flipped through a few pages. The book was in colored ink and was very heavy: "Since when did you start liking painting?"

Nan Xue: "Not long ago."

Her father was a little skeptical, so he glanced at her and asked, "Are you taken by Xiao Shu? She likes to draw, and you like to draw."

Nan Xue did not deny it.

When she was young, Shu Yubai learned the pipa, and she also had trouble with her father, who asked her to learn the piano; when she grows up, one likes to draw, and the other actually wants to engage in art?

Nan Mingzhuo thought about it for a while.

Although her daughter is a little naive in her work, she has no problems in her work, and she is not worried about taking over.If you have free time, it is also good to paint and cultivate your sentiment.

Nan Mingzhuo glanced at her:

"Does your uncle agree?"

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