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The sky darkened for a moment, and the water dripped from the cracks between the bluestone and bricks.The frost-colored lotus was soaked in misty rain, and so was the face in front of her.Qin Mingzhu stared at Yan Jiayu's side face, her palms were wet, not only rainwater, but also his fine sweat.

Time was passing by bit by bit, and he knew that his best move now was not to hesitate, to lean slightly and stick his lips together.

but--

"I'm sorry." Qin Mingzhu left this sentence, turned around and wanted to run, but just as she took the next step out of the eaves, she was pulled back.

"Pearl!"

"Snapped--"

The lotus and goldfish in his hand fell to the ground, the bag containing the goldfish rotted open, and the water flowed out. Two kissing fish bounced and struggled in the little water left.

At that moment, both of them were silent.

Qin Mingzhu's held hand trembled slightly, he didn't know what to say.

Yan Jiayu took a deep look at Qin Mingzhu, "Wait for me here." She walked out quickly against the heavy rain.He went to a nearby merchant to buy a bottle of water, put the goldfish in it, and got soaked.

On the way back, neither of them spoke.

The rain has lightened, and the slanting wind and drizzle are caressing the face. Qin Mingzhu is sitting in the corner of the awning boat, still holding a water bottle. I don't know if it is his illusion. The two kissing fish seem to be less lively than before.

The atmosphere was also oppressive, Qin Mingzhu secretly took a look at Yan Jiayu's bank.Yan Jiayu's head was slightly lowered, her long eyelashes were narrowed, and half of his face was stained red by the red lanterns of the closed boat, making him look different from the past.

Qin Mingzhu bit her lip silently.

When they got near Su Garden, Qin Mingzhu spoke first, "I won't go back to Su Garden today, I'm going back to school."

Before Yan Jiayu could speak, he hastily stopped a car and jumped into it.

He didn't dare to turn back until the car drove for a while.

A tall, thin figure could be vaguely seen through the rear window.

Turning around until she saw that Yan Jiayu's figure was completely out of sight, Qin Mingzhu looked down at the kissing fish in his hand, thinking that he had ruined everything, he ruined the first date with Yan Jiayu.

Qin Mingzhu, you are really a very bad person.

When she arrived at the school's dormitory, Qin Mingzhu took a water basin to hold the fish, and was not in a hurry to take a bath and change clothes first, but sat on the ground and stared at the two fish in the water.

A cell phone rang suddenly.

"Mingzhuer, where are you now?"

The one on the phone is single-burner.

In his previous life, after Shan Ran was discharged from the army, he returned to Nancheng to inherit the family business. Later, he got married, and his marriage partner didn't like Qin Mingzhu, and Sheng Yingqi also didn't like Dan Ran very much. Gradually, the two of them separated.

"I'm at school." Qin Mingzhu said without energy.

"Do you want to come out to play? I didn't even see you face to face on your birthday two days ago, let's come out and get together."

"No, I don't want to go out today."

"It's been a long time since I saw you, don't reject me so ruthlessly. Come on, I'll pick you up, just go downstairs and send me the address."

Probably because she really didn't want to stay alone in the empty house, maybe it was because she hadn't seen Dan Ran for too long, and finally Qin Mingzhu let go.

But he didn't expect that Shan Ran took him to a bar.

"My buddy opened it, it's newly opened, let me bring people to warm up the place." Shan Ran said while observing the expressions of the people next to him.As soon as Qin Mingzhu got into the car, he felt something was wrong.If it was the original, I would have been picky about the hair he just dyed today, and I would have disliked the smell of perfume in his car.

He paused, and added: "Mingzhuer, don't worry, there are no dirty people inside, they are all acquaintances."

Qin Mingzhu calmly swept across the bar with colorful lights, opened the door and got out of the car.Shan Ran, who still wanted to persuade, was taken aback, and then hurried to catch up.

Although Shan Ran said they were all acquaintances, there were still many faces in the box that Qin Mingzhu didn't remember.After he entered, he found a corner and sat down. He didn't drink, but only ordered a drink.

At first, Dan Ran still cared about Qin Mingzhu, but later he had fun and went straight to the first floor to dance.In the middle of the jump, he waved at the transparent glass of the box on the second floor, signaling Qin Mingzhu to come down and dance with him.

Qin Mingzhu didn't deliberately want to discourage Dan Ran, he was really not in the mood, not in the mood to dance, not in the mood to drink, sitting here just felt that there were too many people here, so it wouldn't make him feel very lonely.

It was too quiet in the house before, so quiet that he always thought of Yan Jiayu on the black awning boat.

"Hi."

A greeting made Qin Mingzhu raise her eyes.

At some point in front of him stood a young man with a good-looking face, but with heavy dark circles under his eyes.Seeing Qin Mingzhu raise his head, he raised his eyebrows and squeezed to sit beside Qin Mingzhu, "Qin Mingzhu?"

"Yes." Qin Mingzhu said.

The young man smiled, "I just returned to China today. I am a high school classmate of Sister Dan Ran. I don't know if you have heard of me. My name is Li Fengze."

Qin Mingzhu shook her head, and turned her face away disinterestedly, preferring to stare at the young men and women who were dancing wildly downstairs.

But this man named Li Fengze was very annoying, he kept talking next to Qin Mingzhu, "I've been watching you all night, and you don't talk to other people or play games, are you in a bad mood?"

"Don't be so indifferent, just make friends?"

"..."

"Student Qin Mingzhu, do you smell anything?"

Qin Mingzhu looked at Li Fengze anxiously, "What?"

Li Fengze seemed to think he was very funny, and tilted his head, "I asked you if you smell anything?"

"What's the smell?" Even Qin Mingzhu didn't notice it, and the hand on his side grabbed the clothes unnaturally.

"A taste of spring."

Qin Mingzhu couldn't stand it anymore, he stood up and walked out, but that Li Fengze actually caught up, "Hey, hey, don't be angry, I was just joking. Qin Mingzhu, don't go so fast, give me an apology Is it okay to have a chance? No, the young master has a really big temper, and he will turn his face if he says it..."

The shoulders were suddenly held, and the temperature of the strange man invaded the upper body. At that moment, Qin Mingzhu felt sick from the bottom of his bones.

"Don't touch me!" almost shouted sharply, he even picked up something nearby and threw it at Li Fengze, "Get lost!"

"It's okay, I sent someone to accompany that Li Fengze to the hospital, that is, the skin on his forehead was cut and bleeding, it's nothing serious." Shan Ran stood at the door, comforting Qin Mingzhu, "Go in quickly, take a shower and sleep, do not think too much."

Qin Mingzhu's lips fluttered for a while before she said, "Thank you, Shan Ran."

"Thank you? What's the relationship between us. Then Li Fengze's mouth is cheap and his hands are cheap. I said he deserves it, and it's okay to mess with you. Okay, go to sleep." Shan Ran turned around and took two steps, then turned back and waved to Qin Mingzhu, "Close the door and sleep with you."

When Shan Ran left, Qin Mingzhu didn't go to sleep, he sank himself into the bathtub.

Through the water, look at the grotesque world above the water.

This was the first time he hit someone, and he suddenly felt that he was a stranger.At that time, he was so angry, was it because of his past life experience that he overreacted, or was Li Fengze really overreacting?

Qin Mingzhu opened her mouth, and spit out bubbles uncontrollably. Coupled with the warm yellow light in the bathroom, it was like a dream.Ten seconds later, the hand clasping the edge of the bathtub was violently squeezed, and the whole person burst out of the water, and the water slipped off his body like silk.He grabbed the wine bottle next to him and took a big gulp.

Why can't I let go?

It's obviously a new life, why should I be trapped by the past?

Qin Mingzhu, are you trash?

You are.

Even brother Jiayu wouldn't like such a waste.

Today's date is the best proof, Brother Jiayu is very angry.

Holding the wine bottle, Qin Mingzhu wrote the words "Yan Jiayu" stroke by stroke on the wall of the bathtub.

After an unknown period of time, he seemed to hear the doorbell, thinking it was an auditory hallucination, so he ignored it.When the bathroom door was opened, he turned his face away in a daze.

He has already written many "Yan Jiayu" on the wall.

"Brother Jiayu?"

Is he hallucinating?How could you see Yan Jiayu at this time?

Qin Mingzhu looked up and watched the young man at the door of the bathroom walking towards him step by step. When the wine bottle was taken away, he struggled a bit.

"I haven't finished my drink yet." He whispered.

But the bottle was taken away anyway.

"Don't drink so much wine while taking a bath, it's not good for your health." Yan Jiayu took off the wine bottle and was about to hug Qin Mingzhu out, but when he bent down, half of his body was dragged by Qin Mingzhu into the water.

Before he could speak, the person soaking in the bathtub hugged his neck softly, his arms seemed boneless, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to refuse, I, I..."

"Mingzhu, I'm not angry with you, you don't have to apologize to me. It's okay, relax." Yan Jiayu patted Qin Mingzhu's back with one hand, and wanted to try to carry her out again, but because of her posture problem, the ground was slippery again, so she couldn't help it. Great effort.

At this time, the person holding his neck began to untie his clothes, "Brother Jiayu, let's do it, shall we?"

The hands and feet soaked in the water were white and greasy like curdled milk, and the fingertips were even wrinkled, but her face was bright red again. Qin Mingzhu shivered and stuffed herself into Yan Jiayu's arms, "Brother Jiayu, I'll take a shower. It's clean, and it doesn't smell at all. We... I'll do it for you..."

He desperately wants Yan Jiayu to leave a mark on himself, as if a new mark can cover his memory of the past.