Inhabit you as a forest

The weather forecast shows that there will be rain in the past two days, but it hasn't rained yet. It's getting dark, but it's still swelteringly hot.

Sheng Qi looked sideways and saw Wen Lian walking with his head down, his eyebrows lowered, as if he was trapped in the approaching night, which was in stark contrast to Xiao Qi's cheerfulness.

She deliberately raised her tone, "Why, I'm not unhappy, I just don't have time to read."

"Busy recently?" Wen Lian raised his head, his eyes were thick and quiet, congealed into a ball, as if he had weight.

"That's right, there's a rush there. I don't want to go out when I'm busy, and I don't have time to read." Sheng Qi explained with a pretentious intention.

In any case, she didn't want to see Wen Lian feel sad in front of her, so it's okay to say a few more lies.

Xiaoqi happily ran ahead, sniffing left and right, completely ignoring the human world.Wen Lian held the dog leash and fell into silence again.

She hasn't chatted with Sheng Qi for many days.

She didn't understand why, every time Sheng Qi went out to see friends and family, he was very cold towards her when he came back.

This kind of indifference doesn't hit the face like a hailstone, it's an embarrassing indifference, it goes on silently.Let you know it exists, but there is no solution, you can only play stupid with it.

It also depends on Sheng Qi's mood, the last time he drank for two days passed, but this time he didn't see her for several days.

To be precise, the emotions from last time did not pass, but after waking up, Sheng Qi began to treat his neighbors politely again.

In the past few days, Wen Lian has thought about knocking on the door directly, just like last time, bluntly saying that he wants to see her.

But she couldn't do it, she was afraid of offending Sheng Qi, she knew that being busy was an excuse.

I thought this state would continue for a long time, but at night, Sheng Qi suddenly sent a message, wanting that book.

Wen Lian changed her clothes, took the book and prepared to send it.

Han Ruohua was sitting in the living room watching TV, seeing her walking outside, he didn't ask a word.

A few days had passed, and she thought she would come back after chatting for a while this time, but the door closed and opened again.

Sheng Qi stood in the corridor waiting for Wen Lian, took the book and said "thank you", and went home by himself.

When Wen Lian returned home, his expression was still quiet.

Her daughter knew it herself, Han Ruohua saw that she was in a bad mood recently, and finally reached her peak tonight.

She seemed to want to take a deep breath, and after taking a big breath of air with great effort, she didn't let it out all at once.Instead, he paused there, competing with himself, and it took him a long time to relax and return to normal breathing.

Han Ruohua observed her, and interrupted her silence softly: "Ning Ning, Mom just washed the grapes, do you want to eat?"

"Don't eat."

Wen Lian knelt down to watch Xiao Qi, and after killing it for a while, she heard her mother say, "Come and sit and watch TV."

"Don't look." After she finished speaking, she walked towards the room, Xiao Qi took small steps to follow, and was locked outside the door as usual.

……

For the book recommended by Wen Lian, Sheng Qi likes its dark blue cover, which is well-designed. There is a sentence on the cover: "Once a person starts hiding, it is difficult to stop. I always believe in this point."

Open it, the date of purchase is written on the title page, I bought it in early August,

Wen Lian's handwriting is no longer the block letters of high school, but elegant and beautiful Xingkai, and the stroke structure of each character is like an ink painting.

Words are like a person, and Wen Lian is like an ink painting with appropriate shades.

The habit of writing the date on the title page was established by Han Ruohua, so there is no such thing as Sheng Qi who only buys but does not read Wen Lian's books.

Sheng Qi was more interested in the cover, it looked good there, but as for the content, she didn't have the patience to look through it.

Wen Lian will read it honestly, although her mother will not check whether she has read it now and how long it took her to finish it, but once a habit is formed, it is difficult to change.

Sheng Qi skipped the preface, she didn't like to read this first, and started directly from the main text.

The phone is counting down to 10 minutes.

Since Wen Lian made a plan for her, she was happy to follow the steps.

What broke the countdown was Cheng Juan's call, asking her to have dinner tomorrow night, Sheng Qi agreed without hesitation.

She needs someone to talk to.

Although she and Cheng Juan are not close friends, who can have a good chat with her now.

The place to eat was at Cheng Juan's house. Sheng Qi came here for the first time and brought her a bottle of wine.

The decoration of the home is simple, there are no extra decorations or furniture, it can be seen that the owner is a pragmatist.

Unlike Sheng Qi, Cheng Juan will not spend money indiscriminately, and will not buy useless things.

The situation in her family is more difficult. Her father works alone, her mother has been ill for many years, and all three of her sisters have to study.

When grandma Sheng Qi was around, she would often go to Cheng Juan's house, deliver some food and drink, and talk with her mother.

Sheng Qi doesn't go there often, she doesn't like the atmosphere of Liu's house, it always smells of medicine and dampness.I don't know what to do to help others and make myself feel better.

"Why did you suddenly invite me over for dinner?" Sheng Qi readily agreed on the phone, and only asked when he came.

Cheng Juan joked with her: "If I say I need something from you, will you still eat it?"

"Eat, eat at the Hongmen Banquet."

Sheng Qi smiled leisurely: "But I'm nothing, can I really help Designer Liu?"

Cheng Juan bent down to pour her a glass of wine, sat down again, and sighed: "Just talk to me."

Sheng Qi smiled: "This is simple, I talk the most."

Cheng Juan agreed with a smile, "That's why I used to be both envious and disgusted with you."

"Ah, still disgusted?" Sheng Qi's eyes widened, and he put his palms behind his ears, pretending to be listening.

"When you were a teenager, no child would not envy you. For example, I envy you for being carefree, free of worries, and so happy that people are jealous. Your grandma, aunt, cousin, so many people dote on you, you I don’t lack anything, and I will always pass by me in a glamorous way. If you are lucky, if you work hard in the third year of junior high school, you can be admitted to the No. [-] middle school with me.”

The smile on the corner of Sheng Qi's mouth was still hanging, yes, even she herself envied Sheng Qi at that time.When grandma was alive, she was really heartless.

"What do you dislike?" She remembered what Wen Lian had said to her, and Cheng Juan was just those points.

"You seem to think everything is very simple, always willful, and a little silly. I can't explain the reason to you. I advise you to study hard. If you say that you can't learn, you just have to starve to death."

At that time, Cheng Juan thought that Sheng Qi probably didn't know that if many people didn't work hard, they would really starve to death.

Capricious, childish, not enterprising.Sure enough, these are the same.

"At that time, I was spoiled, there was no shortage of food and drink, and I thought that the money would be endless. My grandma could really stay with me and take care of me for the rest of my life, and she would get better when I was sick. Now that I think about it, I am so stupid."

Wen Lian was right.

Cheng Juan looked at her, "But after you left, the more I was stressed, the more I missed you, and I wanted to see you smile heartlessly. Say a few stupid things that are disgusting and funny, others don't have the ability."

When Cheng Juan was very young, she knew that the family was not easy. Because of this, she is strong enough to resist pressure and is used to climbing through difficulties.

Sheng Qi is one of the few lights in her barren life, like a character in a book, who can adjust her mood.

Sheng Qi's expression suddenly became subtle, she is not as stupid as before, and she can understand the subtext of many words as soon as she hears them.

Looking at the delicate dishes on the table, the red wine in the glass, and the faint nostalgia and melancholy on Cheng Juan's face, he wanted to take his bag and run away again.

Never.

"Cheng Juan." Sheng Qi covered his mouth pretentiously, and faltered: "You don't know... you want to confess your love to me?"

Unprepared, Cheng Juan froze for a moment, and asked in disbelief, "What are you thinking?"

"It's just a memory of friendship, right? That's fine." Sheng Qi heaved a sigh of relief, she only had one friend now, and she didn't want things to get complicated.

Once interrupted by her, Liu Chengjuan didn't want to say anything, and drank the wine glass by glass.

Sheng Qi asked her, "Cheng Juan, have you ever liked someone?"

"you guess."

"It is estimated that there are."

"Where did you see it?"

Sheng Qi showed off proudly: "You have strawberry prints under your collar, I just saw you bending over to pour wine, haha!"

Cheng Juan: "..."

How can it be so annoying to talk.