Banshuharu

Galloping all the way, the strong wind poured into the carriage, blowing Pingqiu upside down.His ears seemed to be pounded back and forth by several fists, and he could tolerate it at first, but after a long time, his ears were ringing and his eyes were blurred, so he finally covered his ears unbearably.

Seeing this, Xu Ruiyang raised the car window, and tentatively touched the back of Pingqiu's hand with his right hand that was casually placed on the armrest.But Ping Qiu seemed to be startled, shrank his shoulders forward, crossed his hands on his chest, and turned his body slightly sideways, facing the car door.So Xu Ruiyang could only see half of his face, which seemed to lose all color under the bright sun outside the window.

Since being dragged into the car by Xu Ruiyang, Ping Qiu didn't pay attention to look or ask where he was going during the whole process of galloping with him.He just looked at the scenery outside the window without moving. Even if the car stopped suddenly and he was pulled back to his original position by the seat belt, he still kept his chest in a defensive posture and never glanced at Xu Ruiyang.

At this time, Pingqiu found that he was facing a barren grassland.As for Xu Ruiyang, he turned off the engine, looked straight ahead, he couldn't see anything in his eyes, and at the same time, he paid attention to the movement of Pingqiu around him.

For a while, no one in the carriage spoke, and the silence was suffocating.

After a long while, Xu Ruiyang exhaled, pulled out the car key, and opened the door.He stepped out of the car with one foot and turned his back to Pingqiu, but he did not close the door and leave.Then he took out half a pack of cigarettes in the center console, shook out one, pulled out half and stopped.As if feeling very irritable, Xu Ruiyang made some impatient noises, then put half of the cigarette back into the cigarette case, and threw it in the back seat.

Looking at Pingqiu again at this time, he still maintains a sideways posture, with his hands clasped tightly on his chest, as if trying to shrink himself as small as possible, for this reason he still stands on tiptoe.

In the mirror of the passenger seat, Xu Ruiyang finally saw Pingqiu's expression, but it wasn't the discomfort, pain or resentment he expected, or it wasn't an expression at all. Distracted, it took a long time to blink.

The car body sags slightly, Ping Qiu's eyes move, and he realizes that Xu Ruiyang got out of the car.His eyes turned from the empty spot outside the window to Xu Ruiyang's figure in front of the windshield, but he didn't expect that he was also looking at the passenger seat through the glass. I want him to come down.

Ping Qiu didn't move, and Xu Ruiyang didn't force it.He turned around, leaned against the hood, touched his pocket, and found that there was still a whole pack of cigarettes.But as soon as he took out his pocket, the cigarette case slipped to the ground.He bent down to pick it up, just as the door slammed, Pingqiu got out of the car.

"Do you smoke?" Xu Ruiyang didn't know why he asked this question.

As expected, Pingqiu shook his head, but he didn't follow Xu Ruiyang's expectations and advised him that "smoking hurts your health".

Xu Ruiyang was a little disappointed, so he said to Pingqiu: "I didn't know how to smoke before, and I was taught by Cao Yanhua. At first, I also felt that smoking hurts my body, and I couldn't quit when I was a little addicted. I smoked while fearing death... People are Not that weird."

Ping Qiu stood beside the car, staring at the grassland in front of him, as if he didn't hear Xu Ruiyang's speech.

But Xu Ruiyang knew he was listening, and then said: "Cao Yanhua, you probably don't know her. She is my ex-wife. We have been married for about a year, or maybe not. I agreed to marry her in advance. She doesn't need a husband, but If she wanted someone who could take revenge on her dad with her, I came to me. To be honest, I also had selfish intentions. She wanted to take revenge on her dad and embarrass him. I also wanted to. Later we did it, although the method It's stupid, but very effective. Two yellow people gave birth to a child with yellow hair and green eyes—Xu Xiuyuan is indeed right, we did it on purpose."

Saying that, Xu Ruiyang stopped to fiddle with the cigarette case, Ping Qiu was walking around in his corner of the vision.He turned his head and saw that Pingqiu actually walked along a small path to the grassland not far away.Xu Ruiyang couldn't help standing up straight, and took two steps to catch up, but Ping Qiu suddenly stopped.

For a period of time after that, Ping Qiu stood in place and did not move.Surrounding him are weeds swaying in the wind, and there are tall buildings in the distance, with clotheslines hanging between the buildings. Looking from a distance, they are colorful, making Pingqiu seem to be surrounded by a monotonous and lonely barrenness.Xu Ruiyang looked at his back, and felt that Pingqiu seemed to be getting thinner in a daze—he was flapping slightly in the wind, and his clothes were fluttering with the wind.But slowly, his head lowered.The sound of the wind covered his volume, and he shed tears silently, but he didn't know what he was crying about.

Unexpectedly, someone came up from behind.Xu Ruiyang put his arms around Pingqiu's waist and put his chin on the back of Pingqiu's neck. No matter how Pingqiu refused, Xu Ruiyang would wrap his arms around him tightly and comfort him, "Shh, it's okay, it's okay." ……It doesn't matter……"

Unable to struggle, Pingqiu surrendered, and let him hold him motionless, tears slid down his cheeks, ticked twice, and fell on the back of Xu Ruiyang's hand.Xu Ruiyang sighed secretly, but he didn't speak, and hugged Pingqiu even tighter, as if this could make up for the same damage he caused Pingqiu a few years ago.

But no matter how sad the emotions are, there will always be an end, and the tears flowed down, Pingqiu finally cried all the depression in his heart for the past two days.His eyes were sore when he blinked, he wiped his face, broke away from Xu Ruiyang's arms, turned around him, and went straight back to the car.

Taking advantage of the time before Xu Ruiyang caught up, Ping Qiu tried his best to calm his emotions, wiped his face with his sleeve indiscriminately, and also felt a little embarrassed because he lost his composure in front of Xu Ruiyang earlier.Noticing that Xu Ruiyang was approaching step by step, he shifted his position calmly and walked to the front of the car.

"He gave you that piece of jade?" Xu Ruiyang said suddenly.

Hearing this, Pingqiu touched his neck subconsciously.It turned out that the jade pendant had accidentally slipped out of his collar and was hanging on his chest.Ping Qiu didn't answer, just held the square jade tablet in his palm.

"I have a piece of the same jade. My family said it was for safety. Actually, we don't believe it, but people are like this. It doesn't matter usually, but when it comes to a critical moment, they will think of worshiping Bodhisattva and begging Buddha. .”

After finishing speaking, seeing Ping Qiu was untying the red rope, Xu Ruiyang smiled: "You mean to say that you broke up with him, and now you want to start liquidating the gifts from the other party?"

"I know that this kind of thing can't be given away indiscriminately, but since it's the jade that keeps him safe, I can't take it away."

"Are you afraid that something will happen to him?" Xu Ruiyang said, "Before you pulled me to help him because you were afraid that he would be impulsive. Now you have to give him the jade to keep him safe. Pingqiu, do you like him so much?"

"It's his stuff, it doesn't belong to me."

"He gave it to you, so it's impossible to take it back. You and Xu Xiuyuan spent the time together, don't you know anything about him?"

"No matter what, I have to return it to him," Pingqiu repeated stubbornly, "it's not mine, and it's useless if I ask for it. Why don't you return it to him."

"That's how you are. You must be clear and clear. It seems that you are afraid of taking advantage of others." Xu Ruiyang smiled ambiguously, and said, "If you want to pay it back, then you give it to me, and I will help you pay it back."

He stretched out his hand to take it, but Ping Qiu shrank back subconsciously, Xu Ruiyang caught it in vain.

"Aren't you going to return it to Xu Xiuyuan?"

"..."

"Afraid that if I return the things on your behalf, it will cause unnecessary misunderstanding? Don't forget, you just told Xu Xiuyuan that you broke up, and you broke up with him in front of my mother and my uncle. Are you afraid of this? Misunderstanding?" Xu Ruiyang kindly reminded, "You have nothing to do with Xu Xiuyuan, you don't need to accommodate his mood."

"That was not what I meant."

"what is that?"

"I don't know." Ping Qiu lowered his arms, holding the jade tablet in his palm, he slowly rubbed along the raised lines on the surface.Although he said he didn't know, he knew best in his heart that he was just reluctant to wear the jade pendant for so long, he would feel uncomfortable when he took it off, and he would feel sad when he touched his empty neck, as if he had lost a cherished treasure.In the end, it was just because of reluctance.

"If you say something, you can't take it back." Xu Ruiyang reminded him.

"I know." Ping Qiu said.

"Since you can't let it go at all, why did you say you broke up just now? You should know Xu Xiuyuan's temper. You can't turn back when you get to where you are today. He will really hate you."

"I know. He is such a person. In fact, he is as stubborn as he was when he was a child."

"When I was young, you mean when Xu Xiuyuan was young?" Xu Ruiyang smiled, "Speaking of which, the three of us grew up together. We were friends, and he was our follower. I found him annoying and always wanted to dump him But you, for no reason, like him very much, always holding him. Sometimes I am really angry, I don’t know why you always drag him with this oily bottle... Is it since then, he Was it led astray by us?"

"With crooked?"

"Two days before the college entrance examination, he suddenly said that he was not going to apply for the original voluntary that my mother liked. Maybe he mentioned it casually, but the family was very angry. My dad, you know, my mother's mouthpiece. She doesn't do it. My dad took her place. A clothes hanger was discounted, but Xu Xiuyuan still refused to let go. According to what you said, he is indeed very stubborn. "

"Why are your parents willing?" Ping Qiu seemed to be talking to himself.

"Do you think he just said that he refused to listen to my mother and stay with her, so simple?" Xu Ruiyang said, "If it was just like this, my mother might not be so angry. The point is that he said that if my mother insists on tying her He, he might as well be the second Xu Ruiyang, who likes men, no matter how ugly the situation is, and my mother will clean up the mess for him - hearing this, it's hard for my mother not to hate him. I also know, so For so many years, he was just pretending to be good."

"He didn't understand our affairs, and thought that we were still in touch behind the scenes like before... He got it wrong, but it actually makes sense."

"You didn't understand me," Xu Ruiyang looked directly at Pingqiu, "you should be able to understand from his words that many of the things he did may not come from his heart. His resentment towards me has accumulated over the years. He is used to fighting with me. At first, it might be because of his parents’ concern and relatives’ attention, but now he just changed the focus to you. Have you ever asked him why he likes you? Why does he want to be with you? He He ran to you without thinking and brought you to Beijing, did he respect you? Did he accept your opinion? Has it been so long, and you haven't asked him what he thinks?"

Ping Qiu was taken aback for a moment, but was stopped by a solid question.

"Who is Xu Xiuyuan, I know better than you. He is like my mother. The harder you push him, the more rebellious he is. Later I asked him whether he said those words out of anger or sincerity. We haven't sat down so much for a long time. I talked seriously, but I still couldn't calm down, and both of them moved. Now that I think about it, no wonder, I thought he always moved you out, just to laugh at me, and now I understand that he did it on purpose .He has plans for you."

"Even if he deliberately angered you, but you are his brother, shouldn't you take care of him and accommodate him more? Why do you always beat him? Sometimes he is impulsive, says wrong things, and does wrong things. You can take good care of him." Tell him, why do you always have to do something to him?"

"Which time did you say? When I sent you back and asked him out in the middle of the night?"

"No matter which time, you shouldn't do anything to your brother."

"Do you know what he told me at the time? He said you were..."

"I don't want to hear it, so stop talking."

Xu Ruiyang's words were on his lips, he hesitated for a moment, and then swallowed: "You should understand what I mean. I believe that maybe you really like him, but Xu Xiuyuan may not be. In other words, his feelings for you are not so pure. Moreover, with his current ability, he can't be with you dignifiedly, let alone take care of you."

"I am willing to be with him because I think he can make me very happy. I like him, not because I need him to take care of me."

"But now he..."

"Can you stop talking?" Ping Qiu interrupted in a low voice, "I don't want to hear it."

Hearing this, Xu Ruiyang stopped talking.The two leaned side by side on the hood, Xu Ruiyang looked at Pingqiu, but Pingqiu turned to look south.The jade pendant was held in the palm of his hand, revealing a section of red tether swaying in the wind.

After a long time, Xu Ruiyang asked: "Next, what are your plans? I mean, your future arrangements, go home, or stay here?"

"Do you think I can still stay here?" Ping Qiu asked.

"Then where are you going?"

"There must be somewhere to go. Now it's not like before. I have no ability, no money, I don't even have a place to live, and I can't go anywhere."

"Since you have to leave, would you like to come and work with me?"

"... Where are you?"

"I co-founded a studio with two friends to do new media operations. Would you like to try it?"

"Thank you. But I don't want to go."

"why?"

"There is no reason, I am not suitable for this line of work."

"Do you think you are not suitable for this job, or are you not suitable for contacting me again?"

Pingqiu stopped his hand: "Since you know everything, do you want me to tell you the truth?"

"I've admitted to you that I've had selfish intentions these years. I think it's better to let you keep hating me than letting you let go and forget me. At least you didn't forget me before you met Xu Xiuyuan, didn't you?"

"It's been so many years, it's meaningless to discuss the past."

"You dare not admit it?"

"..."

"If you don't want to say it, then don't say it. But Pingqiu, I think you can give us another chance, whether it's for us before, or start over. Would you like to accept me again?"

"Aren't you worried that your mother will force you if you ask me so?"

"I'm not what I used to be. She can't stop me now. I can take you away from her, which shows that I have far more confidence and ability than Xu Xiu in this regard, and he, just like me back then, No matter how long you struggle, you still have to return to my mother's palm."

"But I'm not what I used to be." Ping Qiu said.

"..."

"You have grown up, and you are no longer under the control of your mother. You have your career, your job, and even a marriage. Even if it is not a good result, this is all your experience over the years. I Yes. Didn't I tell you that before Xiuyuan, I had a boyfriend, and even though we broke up in the end, he taught me a lot, one of which is not to lie about these things. "

"What do you want to say?"

"Ruiyang," Pingqiu said softly, "do you really like me? Do you really still like me? These years, we haven't had any contact or met each other. I don't know what you have become. You don't know what I've been through. Under such circumstances, how can you say that you still like me? What you like is Pingqiu in your memory. The one who grew up with you and fell in love in adolescence, but was Do you really know the difference between the 'friend' you hurt and the me now?"

"I can tell that you are you, not someone else."

"But I can't tell the difference. When I look at you now, I don't know whether I'm looking at Xu Ruiyang, who is in his 20s, or Xu Ruiyang, who was 17 years old before. Maybe both, but I like you at the age of 17, not now to you. You to me, probably too. Do you know what I mean?"

"You want to say that I am guilty of you, or unwilling?"

"Maybe. At least I don't think that after we have been separated for so many years, when we meet again, you say you still want to try with me because you like me now. You can't convince yourself, can you?"

"What about Xu Xiuyuan, what are you to him?"

"I like him. Although we are not suitable, I admit that I like him."

"If he asks you to get back together one day, will you agree?"

"……I have no idea."

"If you don't know, you will," Xu Ruiyang said, "Why can he but I can't? You can give him a chance, but you can't give me another chance? Since you said that we don't know each other now, could it be that you just met Xu Xiuyuan before? Know him? You can give him time to get close to you, why not give us another chance?"

"You are different from him."

"What's the difference? You liked me before, but now you like him. It's just a process you need to reverse. I'll give you time. Why don't you still want to?"

"It's not such a problem," Pingqiu said with a gentle expression, even gently pressing the back of Xu Ruiyang's hand with his hand, trying to calm his restless emotions, "Ruiyang, you should take the time to sort it out, whether it's your concern, or In my opinion, maybe a lot of things are just the pressure you impose on yourself, and you may not need these at all.”

"Don't worry about me, I just want a reason from you."

"The reason is very simple, I don't have you in my heart."

"..."

"I admit that at first I couldn't let you go, and I hated why you didn't even have the ability to say goodbye to me. We had planned so much before, but in the end it was so messed up. I couldn't believe it, so For a long time, I couldn't get out, which is what you said 'can't let you go'."

Xu Ruiyang listened to him quietly and continued: "There is another very important reason. I haven't mentioned it to you. It's because I don't know how to say it. I feel very ashamed... It's my mother. You always thought our The relationship is just not close, but in fact, my mother is sick and emotionally ill. I can't think of good things from her, so I put all my hopes on you. In the end, this was also shattered. So I was in pain, for a time I don't know how to go down, I always feel that the sky is falling and the earth is falling, and it's the end of the world. But in the end I made it through."

"...you never told me."

"It's not important anymore. To me before, not being loved was something comparable to the end of the world, but it's different now," Ping Qiu patted Xu Ruiyang on the shoulder, "I can't let you go, not only It's because I like you, and it's also because I used to have you as my only friend. But now it's different, Ruiyang, I have a new friend, a new lover. I don't need you anymore."

Xu Ruiyang stared at Pingqiu, and looked away for a moment. He lowered his head, touched the bridge of his nose, and rubbed his eyes with his fingers.

Pretending not to notice his choking, Ping Qiu also turned his head slightly, looking at the undulating mountain line in the distance.The shadow that shrouded his heart before suddenly dissipated, Ping Qiu felt a little bit relieved at the same time.He thought, it turns out that letting go of an unfulfilled relationship is not as difficult as imagined. Since he can forget Xu Ruiyang, what about Xu Xiuyuan, will one day, the person in front of him change from Xu Ruiyang to Xu Xiuyuan again, and he still needs to go through the same process Torture, in exchange for a peaceful handshake with Xu Xiuyuan.

Tightening his wrist, Ping Qiu turned his face away, only to see Xu Ruiyang pulled out a silver chain from his neck, and a bare ring was hung on the chain.Xu Ruiyang untied the chain and put it on Pingqiu's right hand: "Take it. Where is yours, is it still there?"

"I lost it when I moved."

"Forget it." Xu Ruiyang sniffed, took the silver chain from Ping Qiu's hand, and took the ring off the chain.Regardless of Pingqiu's slight struggle, he firmly grabbed his hand and pushed the ring directly to the root of Pingqiu's ring finger.

Holding Ping Qiu's ring-wearing right hand, Xu Ruiyang was in a daze for a long time, lowered his head and gently kissed the protruding phalanx on the back of his hand.

Unable to explain why, Ping Qiu's eyelashes twitched.

After driving around the city until Pingqiu was delivered home, the sky was already dark and the city was full of gorgeous neon lights.Ping Qiu didn't specify the location of Chu Tiwei's house, but asked Xu Ruiyang to park the car at the nearest subway station.

Before getting out of the car, Xu Ruiyang stopped him: "You remember my contact information. You can contact me sometimes, anytime."

"I know. I'll get out of the car first, bye."

"Pingqiu!"

After two steps, Pingqiu turned around.

Xu Ruiyang got out of the car, stood by the car door and shouted at him: "You can call me if you have any plans in the future, or if you have any difficulties that cannot be solved. You said that we are friends, and friends help each other. There should be nothing wrong, right? "

Ping Qiu smiled at him and nodded.Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly remembered something, so he took a step back in the direction of Xu Ruiyang, and said sincerely: "I still want to thank you for what happened to Wei Wei last time. You have helped me these days, no matter what, I will Thank you very much. There is also the matter of Xiuyuan... Maybe I am not qualified to say these things to you, but you are his elder brother after all, can you help him sometimes and take care of him more."

"You begged me for your friend and Xu Xiuyuan, what about you, do you need my help?"

"You've already helped me. With Wei Wei's matter, without you borrowing money, we might still be overwhelmed, and we may not be able to make up the money. If you help her, it's like helping me."

"You?" Xu Ruiyang smiled indifferently.

"By the way," Ping Qiu had a flash of inspiration, "The jacket you left at my place last time should still be at Xiuyuan's. If I have time, I'll mail it to you. If not, you can go to Xiuyuan to get it .”

"I know. You go back."

"Then I'm leaving, you should pay attention to safety on the way back."

Ping Qiu walked into the crowd, and before getting off the elevator, he looked back.Xu Ruiyang was still waiting in place, looking at each other, Ping Qiu waved to him.

The subway was swaying, and Ping Qiu sat on the side seat leaning on the railing, and found that people in the work group who hadn't quit in time were still discussing those outdated topics about him.The leader is the teacher Qian who once accused him of stealing without evidence.

Pingqiu sighed wearily, and the last time he spoke in the group, he circled that teacher Qian: the warehouse is not monitored, but the sound insulation is not good, next time I bring my girlfriend in, I suggest another place.

After posting this, he quit the group chat and covered his legs with the screen of his mobile phone.There are still two stops to home.

In the next two days, Pingqiu was not in a hurry to find a job, nor did he have a place to live.Fortunately, Chu Tiwei took Pingqiu to live temporarily, he was at home during the day and cooked at night, Chu Tiwei could smell the aroma of the food as soon as he entered the house, so she called Pingqiu Xiaotianluo.

No more news about Xu Xiuyuan was received, so Ping Qiu slapped Chu Tiwei on the sidelines.Chu Tiwei heard the meaning behind his words, and said bluntly that no, the several times she had contact with Xu Xiuyuan was because of Pingqiu, and Xu Xiuyuan took the initiative when they chatted or called, and Chu Tiwei acted as the microphone in the middle, except Besides, they didn't talk about other gossip.

I was worried that Xu Xiuyuan would have a change when facing the stubborn Xu Xiangnan alone, and Pingqiu couldn't eat.Not wanting to find out about the situation through Xu Ruiyang, Pingqiu suddenly remembered that there were other channels, so Pingqiu called several of Xu Xiuyuan's classmates and friends one after another that night.

First, Zheng Mian and Lu Zhiyuan.

Hearing Pingqiu's intention to come, Lu Zhiyuan seemed very surprised: "Looking for Xu Xiuyuan? We still want to ask you to look for him. He has been on sick leave these days, and the counselor has looked for him several times, but we don't know where he went. "

Zheng Mian said that he had not received the news that Xu Xiuyuan had checked out, but Xu Xiuyuan did not answer his messages or calls.

Ping Qiu was apprehensive, and finally called Sun Qi.The first two calls were not connected, but after a while, Sun Qi took the initiative to call back.

As soon as he picked it up, before Ping Qiu opened his mouth, Sun Qi first came to plead guilty.

"I swear to God, I didn't say a word about Xiuyuan and you," Sun Qi was annoyed, "I thought about it later, maybe I envied you for renting a house outside, so I mentioned a few words to my mother. , she guessed it. But I promise, I haven't mentioned any news about you, not a single word, and I don't know how my mother is so perceptive, and she guessed it was Xiuyuan."

There is no point in blaming these things now, although Ping Qiu complained, but he would not show it to Sun Qi at this time, let alone he is innocent: "What about Xiu Yuan, how is he doing recently?"

"do not you know?"

"what do you know?"

"He just came out of the operating room last night."

Ping Qiu stood up as if struck by lightning: "What's wrong with him, why did he enter the operating room? Where did he get hurt? Is it serious? Where is he now?"

"Don't worry, don't worry," Sun Qi said, "It seems that he accidentally hit his shoulder, his arm was broken, and then he seemed to have a concussion. I heard from my mother that he accidentally fell while walking... I guess No, right? His mother knew you two were together, so you had a fight? Did you do anything to Xu Xiuyuan?"

"Where is he now? I want to see him."

"...I advise you not to go. His mother is here. I don't have class this morning. I just went to see him. Actually, it's okay. It's not that serious. He's still alive, he just hasn't woken up for a while."

There was only the sound of breathing on the other end of the phone, and an occasional sniff, which made Sun Qi feel a little shy, shaking his head and sighing for his friend Xu Xiuyuan's bumpy love journey.

"There is one more thing. I'm not sure yet, so I don't know if I should tell you."

"You said."

"Let's talk about the premise first. I'm not sure about this news. I heard it from the corner today. It should not be a conclusion," Sun Qi said, "Xu Xiuyuan seems to be planning to let him drop out of school."

"School leave?"

"Ah, it's a literal suspension of school... Don't worry, it's a suspension of school, not a dropout. His mother wouldn't stop him from studying just because you two fell in love. Xu Xiuyuan has such a good brain. It's a pity not to study. Yes. I think maybe he just wants to take a break from school and let him take care of his body. After all, he was injured on his arm, and his daily life is inconvenient."

"Where is he now, can I see him?"

"I suggest you better not," Sun Qi lowered the microphone, "I have been there twice, his mother and uncle were there, and once, his brother was also there. Anyway, he is very strict, you go, They may not let you see him. You should also know what kind of temper his mother has, so it's better not to hit the gun. "

"When will he wake up?"

"I don't know about this. My mother said that the injury was not too serious. She should wake up in two days. I will be the first to inform you when I get the news."

Sun Qi is full of guilt towards Pingqiu, trying to make up for it, so he actively agrees to every request of Pingqiu.Ping Qiu thanked him for his help, hung up the phone, and stood by the balcony for a while.

Chu Tiwei had just changed, and came up with two pieces of watermelon.She has always had a big appetite, so she cut half of it for herself, compared to Pingqiu's portion which is much smaller.The watermelon is very juicy, and Chu Tiwei took care of the juice on his arms while gnawing on the pulp.

Hearing Ping Qiu's words vaguely, she was a little confused, and asked back: "Let's go?"

"Ah."

"Where to go?"

"Maybe go back to where I came from."

"Where is Xu Xiuyuan?"

"No. I mean a complete move, leaving Beijing and returning to my original place."

"Leave?" Chu Tiwei stopped eating the watermelon and stared at Pingqiu, "Why? You separated from him and are leaving?"

"After all, this is not the place I should be staying. To be honest, if it wasn't for Xiuyuan, I wouldn't have come here. I am not as ambitious and capable as he is, guarding my one-acre three-point land and living an ordinary life A little bit, a little bit more stable, I already feel very happy. I can take this step, in fact, it is because of him."

"You have no concentration," Chu Tiwei racked his brains to accuse him, "...you are worthless."

"Maybe." Ping Qiu smiled, "This is also the reason why I always feel that I am not suitable for him. His mother doesn't like me, probably because of this."

"..."

"Don't make such an expression, even if I leave, we just change from being in the same city to being in the same country. If I want to see you, or you want to see me, as soon as the sky flies and the track slips, we will be able to meet again." Have you met?"

"Can't stay?"

"What's the matter, are you reluctant to bear me?"

"Well," Chu Tiwei said frankly, "I don't want you to go."

"Actually, I didn't gain anything from this trip. Didn't I gain a friend like you?" Ping Qiu said, "Thank you, Wei Wei."

Chu Tiwei was so sad that he couldn't even eat the watermelon, so sad that he broke the remaining watermelon into two with his bare hands, and stuffed half of it into Pingqiu's palm.So Pingqiu held two pieces of watermelon, one big and one small, and he couldn't laugh or cry.

One morning in early May, when the things in the rented house were almost packed, Pingqiu contacted Zheng Mian, took away the remaining luggage in front of him, and finally handed over the spare key.

Looking around the whole house, there is probably no one living in the house these days, and there is some dust.Pingqiu backed away with the suitcase, turned around and saw Zheng Mian's expression was strange, he asked: "Is there any problem?"

Zheng Mian met Xu Xiuyuan these days, and the two talked for about an hour in the hospital, and then followed Xu Xiuyuan's family members into the door to chase away guests.But after all, they are just friends, so it is not good to ask them about each other's private affairs.

The words turned around, Zheng Mian asked: "The money you gave me before, did you give it for nothing? I didn't do anything good, why did you think of giving me money?"

"Those are the rent I paid you back." Ping Qiu said.

"You don't owe me rent."

"Last time I asked you if Xiuyuan paid the rent for me, and then turned around and told me that the rent here is very low. I know all these things now, but it's about money after all, and I don't want to owe others. You keep it, treat it as the share I gave you from Xiuyuan."

"I don't accept refunds." Zheng Mian joked.

Ping Qiu followed with a smile: "Then don't refund it, anyway, it's not my money that gets refunded."

After hesitating for a while, Zheng Mian asked, "After you quit the house, are you planning to live somewhere else? Is there something wrong with my place? Are you unhappy living, or are there other reasons?"

"Did Xiuyuan ask you to ask?"

"……no."

"Oh, I thought he asked you to ask me."

"No, I'm just asking casually." Zheng Mian was sweating a little, but he didn't expect Ping Qiu's sense to be so keen.When going out, he opened the door for Ping Qiu casually: "Be careful, there is a box at the door."

Ping Qiu smiled at him and thanked him.

The two waited for the elevator together, silent to each other.

Picking the telescopic rod of the suitcase, Ping Qiu hesitated, and asked slowly: "Have you seen Xiu Yuan these days?"

Zheng Mian snorted, "I've seen it."

"Is he all right?"

"It's okay."

"Oh, all right."

After getting off the elevator and going out, Ping Qiu dragged a large suitcase that was almost half his height and went forward, then turned around and waved his arms at Zheng Mian.

Zheng Mian watched him walk away, turned around and walked towards the car on the side of the road.After getting in the car, he dialed Xu Xiuyuan's phone number and recounted today's situation with him.At the end, he added a question: "Since you are separated, do you still plan to rent my house for a long time? Let me remind you, my rent is not cheap, you should think carefully about it."

Xu Xiuyuan's voice sounded weak: "Where did he say he was going?"

"No, I'm too embarrassed to ask him."

"Is he going alone?"

"Yes, it looks pitiful."

"Got it, thank you."

After hanging up the phone, Zheng Mian started the engine.As the car drove by the side of the road, he still saw Ping Qiu in the mirror, dragging the suitcase so hard, but quickly rushed into the crowd and disappeared.

Before deciding to leave Beijing, Ping Qiu met Sun Qi and Lu Zhiyuan once.However, there were only three people, and it was still Sun Qi's game. Ping Qiu was surprised when he was notified, and he didn't know the purpose of the dinner tonight until Sun Qi wiped his tears and apologized after drinking too much.

Sun Qi tends to talk out loud when he is drunk, so Ping Qiu can only understand half of what he said.It probably means that he didn't do it on purpose, and hope that Pingqiu and Xu Xiuyuan can forgive him, but he doesn't know how he became the fuse in the middle.And the photos he uploaded at the party last time, obviously he deleted them in time, why did his mother Sun Fei still have a backup, once she showed off to Xu Xiangnan, of course the two figures in the corner could not be hidden from her eyes - no one I don't know how I got to this point.

Pingqiu just laughed, very quietly, and didn't say forgiveness or it doesn't matter.He didn't drink, so he used a teacup and Lu