until the last minute

Zhou Yin went to a friend's house for dinner as scheduled at noon. During the dinner, his friend's mother asked him if he would attend the wedding banquet, and they all knew whose wedding banquet it was.

The friend winked many times, but failed to stop it, and the topic still inevitably turned to what he didn't want to talk about.Zhou Yin guessed that it must be his mother asking for information, so he simply made it clear, "Auntie, don't worry, I will go, but please tell my mother that I will not sit at the main table."

"It's good if you can go." The friend's mother was obviously relieved. "Your mother doesn't have many friends. What she wants to see most that day is you. If you don't want to sit at the main table, then sit at the table with us."

Zhou Yin smiled and said, "I'll leave as soon as I show my face, there is no need to arrange a seat for me."

After lunch, Zhou Yin chatted with him for a while, then declined the invitation to stay for dinner, and when Li Qing called, he claimed something was up and left.

The friend sent him out, glanced at him and said, "Really going to your mother's wedding banquet? If you don't want to go, then don't go."

"Go ahead, take a look and leave," Zhou Yin bowed his head to reply to Li Qing's message, and asked casually, "Why didn't they hold a ceremony? Is it just a meal?"

"Yes, I only eat," my friend watched his face, and said the second half of the sentence hesitantly, "I heard that I didn't get the certificate, so I won't hold the ceremony."

Zhou Yin pressed the phone for a moment, "Is it because I haven't received the certificate for the time being, or is it that I don't plan to get it in the future?"

"I don't know, my mother didn't say."

When Zhou Yin was silent for a while, he swiped the screen to exit the chat interface with Li Qing. His mother's WeChat avatar had sunk to the bottom. The last message was that he didn't reply half a month ago, and there was no contact after that.

He wanted to say something to his mother, but he clicked on the dialog box but didn't know what else to say.He logged out of WeChat, put his phone in his trouser pocket, nodded to his friend, turned and walked into the elevator.

On the way back, Zhou Yin accidentally received a voice call from Li Ying. Li Ying begged him to accompany her to a place, and strongly demanded not to tell her brother.Zhou Yin was very curious, what else would this little girl want to hide from Li Qing.

He rushed to the small park that Li Ying mentioned. The afternoon sun was dazzling. The facilities in this small park were old, the flowers and trees were withered, and there were very few pedestrians.

Li Ying sat alone on a pedestrian stool, holding a cardboard box in her arms.Zhou Yin walked up to her, Li Ying looked up at him, then lowered her head again, Zhou Yin asked: "Come here to sit quietly? Have you eaten yet?"

Li Ying shook her head, she looked at Zhou Yin, and suddenly asked an irrelevant question: "Have you ever broken up with my brother?"

"Have you ever asked your brother this question?" Zhou Yin asked with great interest.

Li Ying still shook her head, her expression was depressed and her eyes were out of focus, like a lifeless plant, even the blooming flowers were wilting.Zhou Yin touched her head, "Let's go eat first, what do you want to eat?"

"Don't touch my head, it's hard to comb it so neatly." Li Ying protested in a mosquito-like voice.

Zhou Yin said with a smile: "Okay, let's go, when I came here, I saw a pizza shop opposite."

The two sat in the pizzeria, and Zhou Yin ordered a bunch of food. At first, Li Ying said that she couldn't eat that much. When all the delicious pizza, baked wings, chicken nuggets and egg tarts were served, she rolled up her sleeves and let go. In the middle of eating, she tied her hair back, and did not forget to ask Zhou Yin to eat with her.

"You eat, I've already had lunch." Zhou Yin ordered a glass of juice and drank it slowly. He was sending a WeChat message to Li Qing. Li Qing was really busy, so he called at noon and never replied.On the contrary, it was the mother who sent the message. It is expected that the friend's mother has completed the task of sending the message.

"I'm going to break up with my boyfriend later, and give him back the things he gave me," Li Ying said coldly, "Can you accompany me there? Just stand a little farther away and watch."

Zhou Yin was stunned for a moment, then looked at the girl on the opposite side who was gradually raising her spirits, "Okay, have you made up your mind?"

"Think about it, I'm just afraid that I'll regret it," Li Ying sighed, "My brother thought I broke up a long time ago, don't tell him I just broke up today."

"No, your brother is very busy now. If you are ready, we will go there again."

"Well, I'll eat some more." Li Ying finished a roasted wing root in two or three bites, then wiped her mouth and hands, and took out a mirror from her small bag to fix her lipstick. You and your clothes look nice, and your hair combed?"

After dressing up, Zhou Yin followed Li Ying, watched her cross the road, and rushed to the small park she said had witnessed her heartbeat, love and broken love with the cardboard box in her arms.But he felt that this place was too dilapidated to match the girl's cowardly and brave heart.

Zhou Yin hid behind the rockery and looked up at the sky.Not far ahead, a naive girl was breaking up with her boyfriend, and two hours ago, he had just heard that his mother's longing for a marriage hadn't actually been certified.

Some people say goodbye to love, some people fall in love, different endings, the same determination, he almost thinks this is some kind of metaphor, but he can't see his own destiny in it.

That afternoon, Zhou Yin and Li Ying, who was single again, were sitting in an ice cream shop, and they shared an ice cream boat.From time to time, Zhou Yin looked at the girl next to her who had just lost her love. The girl was in a good mood and had a better appetite. She ate what was in the bowl and looked at what was on the menu. She ticked off several things she wanted to eat.

The menu was handed over to the waiter, and Zhou Yin added, take it away. Li Ying wiped her mouth with the back of her hand, her face stained with lipstick, "Are you leaving?"

"It's time to go back, I'll call a car to take you back." Zhou Yin played with his phone, it was quiet all afternoon, even though he knew Li Qing was busy, he still felt at a loss.These days, Li Qing's questioning of his whereabouts, frequent phone calls or WeChat checks are obviously effective, and he has begun to get used to the time when no one is asking.

"I don't want to go back to the dormitory so early, why don't I talk to you for a while, how about I tell you about my brother?" Li Ying kept winking at him, Zhou Yin was amused by her cat-like face, and took out a tissue Motioned her to wipe it off, "You have to tell me something about your brother that I don't know."

"Let's think about it, do you want to listen to things that are neither interesting nor beautiful?" Li Ying's expression darkened a bit, "After listening, maybe you will know why my brother has the current personality."

Zhou Yin hummed, and then he heard something that stuck in his throat.

"Actually, it's nothing, you can finish it in one sentence. One year my dad celebrated his birthday, and my brother specially cooked a big table of dishes to celebrate his birthday, but my dad and mom forgot to argue about something, and I Dad turned the dining table over, and all the vegetables and soup were poured on my brother."

"Did you get burned?" Zhou Yin asked nervously.

"No, I remember that my parents didn't come back for dinner until after nine o'clock that night, and my brother cooked the food after seven o'clock, and it was already cold."

Zhou Yin was speechless for a moment.

Li Ying pretended to be relaxed and said: "Hey, why did I say this is nothing? It's because my parents often quarreled, especially when I was in elementary school and my brother was in junior high school. The family's finances were very difficult, and they always quarreled. I I’m used to it, and my brother and I are also used to it.”

Zhou Yin thought for a while and asked: "You told me this, there must be other reasons?"

"Yes," Li Ying smiled wryly, "I found out later that since that time, my brother has never cooked a big table for the family. I can't even see you anymore."

"I'm not complaining when I tell you this. In fact, my family is not like this now. Maybe the conditions are better and we don't quarrel anymore. But my brother hasn't come home for a long time. I don't know if he still has a knot in his heart."

Zhou Yin suddenly realized something, "You want me to persuade your brother to go home?"

Li Ying nodded, "My mother keeps urging me, can you help persuade my brother?"

"It's hard," Zhou Yin said bluntly, "and I don't want to."

When the two parted, Zhou Yin escorted Li Ying into a taxi, and when the car door was closed, he said to Li Ying, "By the way, your brother's entanglement should be gone. Now he cooks at home."

That night Li Qing came back after midnight, when he opened the door, he saw a bright room and Zhou Yin sleeping on the sofa.He tiptoedly locked the door and changed his shoes, went to the bathroom to wash his face, and when he came out Zhou Yin was already awake, rubbing his eyes in a daze.

"Go to bed and don't catch a cold." Li Qing walked over and pressed Zhou Yin's head into his chest. Zhou Yin put his arms around him, and his voice was very sticky, "What time is it? Have you eaten yet? There is some snack on the dinner table." , I’ll wait until you come back from the heat and fall asleep.”

"I'm sorry baby, I'm dizzy from work and I don't have time to call you." Li Qing kissed the top of Zhou Yin's hair. Zhou Yin broke free from his arms and looked up at him. starlight.Zhou Yin smiled at him, "Are you hungry? Go eat some snacks, take a shower and go to bed early, you have to work overtime tomorrow, right?"

"Well, don't worry, let me kiss you first." Li Qing pressed one knee on the sofa, Zhou Yin took advantage of the situation and lay back, hooking Li Qing's neck to guide him to lie on his body.Zhou Yin closed his eyes, and Li Qing's kisses fell intermittently on his forehead, cheeks and lips. At these times, he just had to enjoy it. Li Qing's desire would prevail, and he should cooperate and be the one to be demanded.

"Xiao Yin." Li Qing rested his head on the hollow of his shoulder, gently sucking and biting his neck.

"Huh? Don't use too much force, it will leave marks."

Li Qing's voice became more and more slurred, "I'll be fine after I've been busy for a few days, where do you want to go on New Year's Day?"

"I haven't made up my mind yet. We'll make a decision after you're done."

Li Qing didn't say a word, Zhou Yin held his breath slightly, the sound of Li Qing's steady breathing reached his eardrums, and he fell asleep in the blink of an eye.

Zhou Yin stood up with difficulty, adjusted Li Qing's posture, and made him lie on the sofa.Then he went into the bathroom, wet a towel with hot water, and took it out to wipe Li Qing's face.

Li Qing hadn't changed his clothes yet, so he unbuttoned the two buttons of his shirt and his belt, trying to make Li Qing sleep more comfortably.

Finally, he took out a quilt, covered Li Qing's body, and covered his legs with the rest.He leaned against the edge of the sofa and looked closely at Li Qing's sleeping face.There was a wind blowing outside, and the howling wind was blocked by the quilt. Zhou Yin just looked at Li Qing like this, feeling that his world was quiet.