A Thousand Mountains and Evening Snow: Searching for Love and Leaving Traces

I held the note and sat in a daze, waiting until the frantic beeping of the phone brought me back to reality.I looked at the caller ID, Mu Zhenfei? !Seeing Mo Shaoqian again made me almost forget that I promised to help Mu Zhenfei design a new home.I quickly picked up the phone, and then I heard Mu Zhenfei's voice coming from the receiver.

"Finally I answered the phone. I thought I didn't answer your question last time. You are angry and don't want to talk to me." Even if I couldn't see it, I could guess Mu Zhenfei's expression now.

"Sorry, I wasn't in the office just now, so I didn't hear the phone ringing." I made up this reason, and I guess Mu Zhenfei wouldn't believe it, but I couldn't think of any other reasons at once, and I couldn't tell him that it was because of Mo Shao. Be modest.

"Really? Then how about my wife's house, do you have time to look at that house?" Although Mu Zhenfei didn't believe me, it seemed that he was not prepared to expose me.

"I'm fine this afternoon, why don't I meet you at WAITING this afternoon." I thought for a while and said.

"OK! Hang up first, or I'll be urged to have a meeting again!" Mu Zhenfei hung up the phone helplessly and went to the meeting.

I put Shaoqian's note in the notebook, and after greeting Mr. Wen, I left Mu Xue.

I arrived at WAITING earlier than the agreed time, sat where I always sat and ordered a cup of vanilla milk tea.After a while, Mu Zhenfei arrived.

"It seems that you like this place very much." Mu Zhenfei ordered a cup of coffee, "Don't you remember that this place used to be METOO?"

"Are you here to discuss how much I like this place, or is it because of your wife's house!"

"It seems that after four years in Germany, you are a little different from before." Mu Zhenfei said with a smile, "Let's go, I'll take you to the house to have a look."

I followed Mu Zhenfei to his new house, and after seeing the structure of the house, I had some ideas.

In order to express his gratitude to me, he invited me to have dinner at a nearby western restaurant.

"I was very satisfied with the house you designed for me last time. At that time, I wanted to treat you to a good meal, but later my brother-in-law found out that someone seemed jealous, so I was not allowed to contact you, so I had to give up. "Mu Zhenfei recalled with an unhappy face, "At last, no one cares about it now."

"He is Yunxue's CEO, you already knew it!" I looked at Mu Zhenfei.

"Of course I know. Although he and his sister are divorced, we still keep in touch."

"If you don't tell me, I still know."

"Did you discover that yourself? Or did he let you know?" Mu Zhenfei asked a question.This question made me startled.

"Tong Xue, have you ever thought that if he hadn't taken the initiative to tell you, would you have found out?" Mu Zhenfei changed his usual joking tone, his expression was rarely serious, "I didn't tell you, I just hoped Find out for yourself."

Mu Zhenfei's question made me realize that I really didn't pay enough attention to Shao Qian. Every time I said I wanted to know his news, but every time I didn't take the initiative to find out. If it wasn't for Mu Zhenfei last time , I haven't really searched for Shaoqian's affairs; if Shaoqian hadn't appeared in front of me, I wouldn't have known that he was Yunxue's president; Confirm that he is the "Professor Chen" who I have been in touch with.So many times, I got Shao Qian's information, he took the initiative to let me know, so, how many things about him should I know, but I haven't found out yet, these things are waiting for me to uncover.

I kept thinking about Mu Zhenfei's question, and in an instant, I knew what I should do in the future.I smiled and looked at Mu Zhenfei, "Maybe, I should treat you to this meal, and I should thank you for reminding me."

"Understood? It seems that you have been with your brother-in-law for three years, and you have been somewhat influenced by him."

I smiled and drank the drink in front of me.

In the evening I called Xiao Shan. In fact, during the four years in Germany, Xiao Shan would sometimes call me and ask me about my life, but each call ended in less than 5 minutes.At the turning point in life, the past of my first love with him has really become the past. In fact, when I think about it carefully, when I followed Mo Shaoqian, Xiao Shan and I were already over, but in those three years, we I just thought I still love Xiao Shan.After seven years of ups and downs, the love between Xiao Shan and me has faded to only a beautiful shadow, and now we are just the simplest and simplest friends.

After the phone rang for a while, someone picked it up. It was Xiao Shan's voice.

"Tong Xue, what's the matter? You never took the initiative to call me." Xiao Shan's voice seemed to be full of surprise.I had to pretend I didn't hear it.

"Xiao Shan, I have something to confirm. After thinking about it for a long time, I decided to call you." My eyes stopped on the string of paper cranes I hung in front of the window, "When you were in Germany, you Did you send me something?"

"You don't remember, when I first arrived in Germany, didn't I send you a few foreign language books?"

"Besides those books, is there anything else?" I asked.

"No more, what's the matter, is there something wrong?" The more I asked Xiao Shan, the more puzzled he became.

"Thank you, it's nothing, I'm just asking." I didn't tell him about the paper crane I received.

After hanging up the phone, I wrapped myself under the covers.Now I know that those paper cranes are most likely sent by Shao Qian. When I saw those half-folded paper cranes soaked in water in his bathroom that time, I used to wonder who he folded them for. Now I know why when he saw me walking into the bathroom, he was so nervous and threw the paper crane into the water.

I took the mobile phone on the bedside table and sent an email to the mailbox of "Professor Chen". The email only has six characters

"Thank you for the paper crane!"

When I opened the curtains in the morning, I looked at the sunshine in the room, and felt as bright as the paper cranes in front of the window, even though the e-mails from the previous night were not answered.I said I had something to do, turned down Yue Ying's invitation, and planned to go to a place.Yue Ying thought I was looking for inspiration for work design, so she didn't ask any more questions, she just told me not to go back too late.

Sitting in a taxi, I dialed the number over there, and this time the phone was picked up after a short ring.

"Hi, who is this?"

"Butler Ding, I'm Tong Xue." Hearing the voice from the microphone, I felt very cordial.

"Oh, Miss Tong!" Butler Ding seemed to be taken aback when she heard my voice. I don't think she would have thought that one day I would automatically call there without being forced, "You can find Mr. Mo Is it? Mr. Mo went out."

"Butler Ding, you misunderstood. I'm not looking for him. Do you have time now? I want to ask you something. I don't know if it's convenient for us to come over."

"Oh, I have time now, are you... are you coming home?" Butler Ding asked hesitantly, "There is no one else at home, so it's not convenient for me to go out."

"It doesn't matter, I'll go there." I used to keep trying to escape from that place, but now I came to the door automatically. Housekeeper Ding was probably frightened. She didn't react until I hung up the phone.

I reported the address to the driver, and it didn't take long before I arrived at the house.Although I have already made a decision, facing the house that had trapped me for three years, my hand to ring the doorbell still hesitated a little.Butler Ding heard the doorbell and opened the door, letting me into the room.Perhaps it was because the memory and habits of those three years were too deep, but Steward Ding easily took the slippers from the shoe cabinet and put them in front of me.

"Miss Tong, change to a pair of slippers." But after she finished speaking, she remembered that it was four years later, and I no longer lived in this house. Four years ago, she watched me and Shao Qian torture each other , watching me escape from the house, she wanted to put the slippers back in embarrassment, "I'm sorry Miss Tong."

"It's okay!" I took the slippers in her hand and put them on the ground, then took off the boots on my feet and put them on. They were still pink and soft, and I knew these were the ones I used to wear every day. Pair, it has been four years, and he still keeps these shoes. My heart trembled, and a corner of my heart felt warm.

Butler Ding made me a cup of my favorite jasmine, and then sat across from me.

"I hate that I felt a little uncomfortable this morning. Mr. Mo took it to the pet hospital." Butler Ding explained.

"Isn't there Xiangxiu? Why did Mr. Mo go there in person?" In the past, when Kei was sick, he just told Xiangxiu to take her to the doctor, but now he hates it, but the treatment is much higher.

"Xiangxiu also followed, but Mr. Mo said he was fine today, so he went in person." Butler Ding glanced at me and hesitated for a while, as if he still wanted to say something, but he didn't know if he could say it.

"Butler Ding, if you have anything else to say, just say it." I came here to find out some things he still hides, and Butler Ding has been taking care of him. She was the one who told me about Shaoqian's foot injury. , if it wasn't for Butler Ding, perhaps I would still be kept in the dark.

"Miss Tong, don't get excited when I say this. In fact, Mr. Mo is very nervous and hates it, because you bought the hate. Although Mr. Mo said he didn't like it and gave it such a name, but in his heart He didn't think so at all. In the past four years, he has treated hate as a treasure. If there is anything wrong with hate, he took it to the pet hospital himself, although he made different excuses every time. I think, Mo Mister probably regards it as a kind of emotional sustenance." Butler Ding seemed to be afraid that I didn't want to hear these words and walked away, so he finished his speech in a hurry, and then looked at my expression.

After listening to Butler Ding's words, I suddenly felt that even though I have been alone in the past four years and left my hometown, I am not the loneliest and lonely one. I have schoolmates, friends, a kind landlord Mrs. The phone calls from time to time, and the greetings from my uncles and aunts. I have the care of relatives and friends.

But what about Mo Shaoqian, four years ago, I stabbed him with cruel words, he was so cute, Professor Jiang also left him, he was divorced, and lived alone in the house we used to live together, the only company with him The only ones are Butler Ding, the old horse and the annoying.I don't know what happened to him during the four years I left, how his wife was willing to divorce him, and how he built Yunxue. The only thing I can feel is that he is lonelier than any of us, My heart was clenched constantly, and the pain filled my whole body.

"Miss Tong...Miss Tong, are you okay?" Butler Ding shook my body gently, and I woke up from my thoughts, "Miss Tong, did I talk too much, are you okay. "

"It's okay, thank you, Steward Ding, thank you for staying here after so long, and thank you for telling me this." I took a sip of hot tea and calmed down.

"Butler Ding, in fact, I came to you this time just to know how you have lived these four years, how Mr. Mo has lived, can you tell me?" I looked at the person in front of me and sincerely begged with.

"Miss Tong, this is..." Butler Ding looked at me as if in a dream, panicking over my request.

"In fact, I should have done something four years ago, but my ignorance and inaction made me lose a lot of things and hurt some people, although on the surface I was the one who was hurt. So now I think I have to go and get back what I lost, I'm going to get something back for the person I hurt."

After saying this, I could clearly see tears flashing across Steward Ding's eyes.

"Miss Tong, the tea is cold, I'll make some for you." Seemingly trying to hide the tears in her eyes, she bowed to me and took the teacup into the kitchen.

I sat quietly on this sofa where Shaoqian and I used to sit side by side. I saw the game controllers he bought neatly placed beside the coffee table. We held them in front of the TV. The scene of playing the game seems to have happened yesterday, I can see the expression on my face at that time, relaxed and happy, it turns out that I was already attached to this man in my heart at that time, but I didn't feel it.

I stroked the handle of the game console on the coffee table, and I could still feel his temperature on it.

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