be safe

After Xiao Jin finished talking about her specific building, she waited for three seconds.

There was a response from Wood Sleeper Creek: "Oh."

Muzhenxi knows where the 2nd building is. I saw it when I was walking aimlessly around the community before, so I turned right when I entered the door, and I counted the second building, which was very close to the door.

Xiao Jin didn't know where Building 17 was. She usually went directly from the building to the underground garage, and used to drive in and out. Previously, she was afraid of encountering Muzhenxi, so she tried to avoid walking in the community. But after today, she knew the location of Building 17. specific location.

Chatted a few words without embarrassment, and stopped.

One left and one right, they have to separate when they enter the gate, nod to each other, and go in two directions.Xiao Jin walked a few steps, and suddenly turned around and called out: "Muzhenxi."

Muzhenxi stopped, turned around, and looked at her, with a hint of doubt in his eyes, as well as a trace of expectation that she hadn't noticed yet.

Xiao Jin moved her lips, just as a fallen leaf was swirling down from her head, like Zhou Xuan's golden butterfly, the corners of her lips raised, with a smile hidden in her eyes, she said, "Goodbye."

Muzhenxi's fingers holding the plastic bag tightened unconsciously, the corners of his eyes slightly curved, and he replied softly, "Goodbye."

Xiao Jin walked back.

Muzhenxi watched her back until she turned a corner and her sight was blocked.

Muzhenxi raised his head and glanced at the two buildings with half of the building behind one building. Many thoughts came to his mind, and he walked home absent-mindedly.When she came back to her senses, in front of her was a strange floor: Building 1.

Wooden Sleeper Creek: "???"

Wooden Sleeper Creek: "..."

Her cheeks were slightly hot, she turned her head to look at the road, found the right road, and walked back.

Swipe the card, enter the elevator, go upstairs, and enter the door. In the past, listening to the sound of the empty door opening seems to have an indescribable feeling today.Muzhenxi stared at the door for a while, the corners of his lips curled up.

Report to Mother Yin first: [I'm home]

Yin Xiaoli replied to her: [How did you get home? 】

Muzhenxi: [I saw someone walking their dog in the neighborhood and chatted for a while]

Yin Xiaoli: [Ok, ok] She knows that Muzhenxi likes dogs, and she will stop and look at them when she sees them.

Muzhenxi didn't intend to tell Yin Xiaoli about her encounter with Xiao Jin, she couldn't figure out what kind of mood she was in, and when Yin Xiaoli disturbed her again and asked questions here and there, she became even more confused.

Let it be, don't force it, but don't avoid it, this is her current psychology.

But when cooking dumplings, looking at the steaming heat in the pot and looking at the pork and corn dumplings in my hand, I still can't help but think, what flavor did Xiao Jin buy? She hasn't returned to China for so long, so she knows what brand Is the stuffing delicious?

Just now she forgot to see what kind of packaging the quick-frozen dumplings in her bag were, and Mu Zhenxi felt a little regretful.

Talking about Xiao Jin again.

She got a goodbye from Sleeper Creek, basically making sure she wouldn't move away again.She didn't dare to appear in the community before, because she was afraid that Muzhenxi would find it unbearable to live in the same community in order to avoid her. Now it seems that Muzhenxi doesn't mind her at all, even...

Xiao Jin didn't dare to imagine that possibility, but she still couldn't help thinking: Maybe there is a possibility to accept herself again?

In any case, this is already the biggest good news she has received recently.

Even looking at the bag of pork and corn dumplings bought because of the text message from her mother was pleasing to the eye. If her mother hadn't reminded her, she would not have gone to the convenience store, nor would she have met Muzhenxi, nor It is found that the attitude of Wood Sleeper Creek has changed considerably.

The water in the pot boiled.

Xiao Jin lifted the lid of the pot, counted and put eight dumplings in, that's how much she eats.While leaning on the marble table and continuing to wait, she deleted, edited, and sent a few words back to the text message that Xiao's mother had sent but received no response.

Xiao Jin: [The dumplings are already cooked]

Xiao's mother will always reply to her messages in seconds: [OK]

Then tentatively came back with one: [How much did you cook?Is a man? 】

Xiao Jin felt sore in her heart, and spoke cautiously for her mother.

Her mother is actually a very good person, gentle and virtuous, and never slackens in her education, teaching her by precept and example.It's just that there was a mistake in the choice of things back then. Xiao's father and Xiao's mother did not expect that their usually docile daughter would be so decisive, making a wrong step and drawing an insurmountable gap in their family relationship.

Xiao Jin couldn't give up her love for Muzhenxi, and she couldn't let go of what they did to her back then. The two were linked together and became an inextricable knot.

Ten years, a lukewarm ten years.

Xiao Jin bit her lower lip hard, raised her head to force back the tears that were about to well up, and slowly typed: [Eight, one person]

Xiao Jin picked up the dumplings, poured the soup on them, sprinkled a handful of chopped green onions, and brought them to the dining table with both hands.

Mother Xiao: 【Eat well】

Xiao Jin: [hmm]

Xiao's mother didn't know what to say, and burst into tears while facing the phone.

When Father Xiao saw her sitting on the sofa, he knew that he was chatting with Xiao Jin again. He raised his wrist to look at his watch, and urged coldly, "Hurry up and change, the driver is waiting downstairs."

They are going to a business banquet tonight.

Mother Xiao pressed the paper towels lightly on the corners of her eyes, looked at her husband without any emotion, and went to the cloakroom in silence.

Her cell phone was still on the coffee table.

After Xiao's father waited for her to enter the cloakroom, a crack slowly appeared on his cold expression, he wiped his face in pain, and bent down in front of the coffee table. After many years of marriage, he still knew the mobile phone password.

Father Xiao unlocked his wife's mobile phone, and looked carefully at each line, not missing a single word.

Finally, I took a picture with my mobile phone.

My wife can still chat with Xiao Jin, but my father can't say a word. One is that most fathers in Chinese families are reserved and not good at expressing under the patriarchal system. , his own mistake was the biggest, he didn't have the face to face Xiao Jin.

In the past, he always thought that Xiao Jin would follow the life path he planned. He took a detour and could provide her with the best life experience. Why did Xiao Jin refuse to listen?It's fine if you don't want to go into business, and you want to be gay in a shocking way.Father Xiao couldn't understand why a good child became like this, he had to "correct" her, and he couldn't let her be ruined like this for the rest of her life.

But when Xiao Jin was lying on the hospital bed because of what she insisted on, he knew that he was not only wrong, but also outrageously wrong.He didn't want anything, he didn't force her to do anything, as long as she lived a safe, healthy and happy life, he had nothing else to ask for, but it was too late.

Xiao Jin didn't find Muzhenxi when she returned to China, it was like a different person, neither eating nor sleeping, except crying and drinking too much.His face was as white as paper, Xiao's father and Xiao's mother were scared to death, especially Xiao's mother, when Xiao Jin cried, she also cried, washing her face with tears all day long.She and Xiao's father also began to quarrel frequently, and a good family of three was torn apart.

After a period of time passed, Xiao Jin slowly cheered up, recuperated at home, and successfully enrolled in the second year, studying her favorite major.

Xiao's father and Xiao's mother sent her to report to school, Xiao Jin showed a very shallow smile.

That was the first smile her parents saw after going abroad.

Some things will pass slowly, and time is the best medicine to heal everything.Xiao's father and Xiao's mother thought so, holding a positive and optimistic attitude towards the future. What they owed Xiao Jin, they would slowly make up for it in the future.No more interference with her interests, or what gender she wants to have in a partner.

But that incident has never passed.

Xiao's company is in China, and Xiao's father and Xiao's mother are naturally developing in China, and occasionally go abroad to see their daughter.Xiao Jin is living a good life, has a ruddy complexion, studies well, and gets along very well with her friends. No one dislikes her. She is always the most eye-catching one in the crowd.

The only thing is that she never had a girlfriend or boyfriend.

Mother Xiao had chatted with her, Xiao Jin stopped the white porcelain spoon that was stirring the coffee, turned her face away, looked out the window, and said calmly, "I'm not interested."

Xiao's mother didn't think much about it, thinking that Xiao Jin would rather Quewulan, after all, she is very good, so naturally she wanted to find someone who was equally good.In Xiao's mother's heart, there are not many people in this world who are worthy of her daughter.

Until one year, it was the sixth year that Xiao Jin went abroad, Xiao's mother accidentally found a photo album in the drawer of her room in the foreign residence, and the photo album was full of photos of Muzhenxi, not only from the past, but also from the present of.

She was shocked, her hands trembled, and she was so full of disbelief that Xiao Jin didn't notice when she came in from the outside.Immediately afterwards, Xiao Jin saw the photo album in her mother's hand, and was furious, snatching it away: "What are you doing?!"

Except for Xiao Jin being angry and mad during the period of house arrest, even when she was drinking and crying bitterly, she was very calm and forcibly sealed herself in her own world.But that time was different, it seemed that her carefully disguised mask was lifted overnight, and a completely strange soul was hidden inside.

Coldness, vigilance, defense, rage, resentment.

It was only that day that Xiao's mother knew how deep Xiao Jin's hatred for them was.

"If it wasn't for you..." She held the photo album and burst into tears, sobbing uncontrollably.

Some things are hard to get through.

Mother Xiao raised her face, wiped the wet corners of her eyes lightly with her fingers, lifted the hem of her skirt in front of the mirror, turned back and forth to confirm, raised her slender neck like a swan's neck, and came out of the cloakroom with exquisite makeup.

Xiao's father restored his wife's mobile phone to its original shape and put it in her open handbag, but the gentleman stretched out an arm for Xiao's mother to hold, the servant opened the door, and the two walked out hand in hand.

The two sat in the back seat of the extended Bentley. Xiao's mother raised her fingers and pulled her hair beside her ears. Instead of looking directly at her husband, she looked ahead and said, "I contacted Xiao Jin today."

Father Xiao knew about it a long time ago, so he still asked gently: "What did she say?"

Mother Xiao smiled bitterly in her heart, and only when Xiao Jin was mentioned, could her husband reveal the tenderness buried deep in his heart.

Xiao's mother said: "Today is the winter solstice, I remind her to eat dumplings."

Father Xiao asked, "Has she eaten?"

Xiao's mother said: "I ate it, and said I ate eight. It's just..." Xiao's mother blinked her wet eyes twice, "She is still alone."

Father Xiao sighed.

Xiao's mother turned her face, with uncertain joy in her expression, and said: "But she said a few more words to me today, does it mean that the incident is about to pass?"

Father Xiao stared at her for a few seconds, obviously disapproving, and said pointedly: "Did you forget that five years ago...she took the initiative to call us once? At that time, you also said that it was almost over, The results of it?"

The corners of Xiao's mother's lips became bitter again. After a long time, she turned her face away and said, "... Forget it."

Father Xiao looked at her hesitantly, raised his fingers, touched mother Xiao's chin, stroked her twice with nostalgia, turned her face around, stared into her eyes, and called tenderly: "Xiao Yun."

Xiao's mother——Lu Xiaoyun was taken aback, her husband hadn't called her in such a tone for a long time in his memory.

"It doesn't matter whether she can let it go or not," Father Xiao looked at her, and said slowly, "Can we let each other go, it's been ten years, how long are you going to blame me? How long are you going to torture yourself?"

Xiao's mother tongue conclusion: "I..."

Father Xiao raised his hand to hug her, patted her on the back, and stopped a series of words she was about to say.

Father Xiao said: "I've thought about it, Xiao Jin doesn't want to see the two of us like this, and the New Year is coming soon, you don't want her to go home this time, and the house will still look cold."

Mother Xiao said with tears in her eyes: "But she is like that now... I feel sorry for her." Like Xiao Jin, she couldn't get over this hurdle.

"I love you too, but you love her, can you..." Father Xiao suddenly choked up, "You love me too?"

Xiao's mother tilted her head and saw strands of white hair on her husband's temples.

Neither of them was young anymore, and all three were tortured for a wrong thing.

"Okay." After a long time, Mother Xiao responded with tears in her eyes.

***

Muzhenxi finished the dumplings and took a photo for Yin's mother. Yin's mother replied "very good" and said that she went out to play with her friends.

Muzhenxi carried the dumplings to the bay window. It was a coincidence, and it was not a coincidence. She and Xiao Jin were far apart from each other in the east and west of the community, but there was only one building in the middle, and it was not completely separated. Blocked, Muzhenxi could see half of the two buildings. She looked around and slowly swept across the lit windows one by one.

I wonder if Xiao Jin is one of them?It is still in the other half that is covered.

A thought came to Muzhenxi suddenly without a smile: Should she have a telescope at home?

But using binoculars always feels a bit wretched, like a voyeur, and if you see something that other people don't want to see at home, it's too late to cover your eyes.Muzhenxi thought about it and dismissed the idea.

But Xiao Jin really thought about the necessity of buying a telescope. She looked at the direction of Building 17 from a distance. Her perspective is better than that of Muzhenxi. She can see almost the whole building. To find Muzhenxi , you can see it with a telescope.

Now when she recalled the slapstick figures she saw a while ago, she always felt that it was Mu Zhenxi and Yin Xiaoli. Whenever she saw the silhouette of a tall woman, she would open her eyes very wide and stay for a long time, for fear of missing each other.

However, the plan for the telescope is put on hold for the time being. Xiao Jin's thoughts on Muzhenxi are the same as Muzhenxi treats her. .

Humans are insatiable animals. Once they have one, they will want two, over and over again. She can't control her desires. She can't let her desires go.

She is a Sleeper Creek supremacist.

No one can see who it is in the bay window, but the two of them still tasted the sweetness of love in such guesses.

Born from the apex of the heart, one drop is enough to make people aftertaste.

Mu Zhenxi gave up the board in the study room, hugged the sketchbook directly, put it on his knees, and with a smile on his lips, he wrote while looking at the opposite window as far as he could see.In a building, many lighted windows are densely covered like a chessboard, but only one is the brightest. It draws a silhouette of a woman leaning against the bay window and reading a book.

Muzhenxi stretched her waist and closed the book. It was a new book. She stared at the cover for a while, and after a while, the corners of her mouth curled up, and a golden star was drawn on the upper right corner.

Xiao Jin had been staring at a window for a long time, and an inexplicable intuition made her unable to look away.Because the distance was too far, she could only see a person, and she couldn't even tell the difference between a man and a woman.Until the man stood up, with long arms and long legs, rubbing his shoulders or the back of his neck while walking, Xiao Jin's eyes lit up, and he burst into a bright smile.

Probably figured out where she lived.

Muzhenxi went back to the room, and Xiao Jin also went back to the room to sleep contentedly.

Before going to bed, she received a text message with a picture, which was sent by her mother. It's funny to say that today, with the development of communication software, Xiao Jin not only didn't save her parents' mobile phone number, but also didn't add her parents' friends on WeChat.

Xiao Jin clicked on the picture suspiciously. It was a group photo of her parents, with their backs leaning against the railing, and the sea behind them, brightly illuminated by lights. It looked like they were on a cruise ship.Xiao's father was wearing a well-made three-piece dark gray suit with a jumping color tie. He was tall and straight. Snuggling in the arms of her handsome husband, the black backless long dress outlines a nearly perfect body curve, and every fine line at the corner of her eyes reveals elegance and charm.

Xiao Jin froze for a moment: This is...

She clicked the picture again, returned to the message bar, and saw the text her mother sent her: [I went to a dinner with your father today, and he insisted on pulling me to take pictures, saying that he was younger than me, You come to judge, tell me who is younger between the two of us? 】

After several revisions, Lu Xiaoyun stuffed the phone into her husband's hand and said nervously, "I, can I word it this way?"

Father Xiao pretended to check it calmly, but his words betrayed him, saying, "Yes, yes."

As soon as he was nervous, Lu Xiaoyun was completely at a loss, and confirmed to him again: "Is it really possible?"

Father Xiao gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, broke the jar and said, "Okay, let's send it."

Lu Xiaoyun sent it.

Two successful businessmen who are over a hundred years old together are anxiously waiting for the "judgment" from their daughter in the corner of the cruise ship. From time to time, people in the same industry cast curious glances at them. Lu Xiaojun turned her face towards her husband, pretending to be The way you talk to him.

Father Xiao: "..."

He was half a head taller than his wife, and there was no way to stop him.

"I'm back." Lu Xiaoyun shouted in a low voice excitedly, almost jumping up.

Father Xiao quickly lowered his head and moved his face closer: "Show me quickly."

Lu Xiaoyun closed her eyes and said something roughly "God bless" before taking a deep breath and clicking on the text message.

Xiao Jin: [You are relatively young, and your father is very handsome]

Lu Xiaoyun covered her mouth and almost cried, and then another message came: [Where are you attending the dinner party, is it Hong Kong in s city?The scenery in the back seems to be pretty good?It's windy at night, add a shawl, otherwise it's easy to catch cold]

Not only replied the news, but also took the initiative to ask about their current situation, and cared about her.

Lu Xiaoyun really cried this time, very violently.

Father Xiao pressed her face against his chest while replying messages on her mobile phone.

After replying to several messages back and forth, Xiao Jin took the initiative to say: [I'm going to sleep], declaring the end of this conversation.

Father Xiao returned the mobile phone to his wife who was about to twitch from crying, and heaved a long sigh.

Hope this is a good start.

Xiao Jin long-pressed the photo, chose to save it, and then clicked on the photo album. She stared at it for a long time, with sour eyes.

How long has it been?She never saw her parents smile sincerely at each other again.Sometimes, in order to make her happy during the Chinese New Year, her parents sometimes deliberately act for her, pretending to have no heart, pretending to be a loving couple, but Xiao Jin can tell it at a glance, because when they turn their backs to her, their faces are expressionless. She felt even more sad, that home was full of depression, which made her feel suffocated and couldn't stay any longer.

She also wanted to act and maintain the harmony on the surface, but there seemed to be a lead weight hanging from the corner of her mouth, which was so heavy that she couldn't even lift it.

In addition to her hatred for her parents, she also has a more complicated avoidance of being the "culprit" mixed with hatred, which makes it impossible for her to face them objectively.

Now that they finally forgive each other, what about themselves?

Xiao Jin turned off the lights, pulled the quilt up over her head, and put the phone lock screen back on the bedside table.

The next morning, Xiao Jin was in the third or fourth period of class. According to the usual practice, she would get up an hour late, but not today. She got up at 06:30, washed up briefly, and sat on the bay window staring at last night's diary. down that window.

The Muzhenxi company is nearby, and I usually walk to work. According to the time when Qi Yin met her last time, she went out around 08:30, so breakfast should be made after [-] o'clock, but I don't know if she will hang around in the living room for a while. If you don't pass by the living room, Xiao Jin won't be able to see her.

At 07:30 in the morning, Muzhenxi took breakfast, sat cross-legged on the bay window, and habitually looked to the other side.

Although the vision is better during the day, the sunlight is also very disturbing, so it is not as clear as night.Muzhenxi suddenly felt that he looked like a pervert, so he ate a few mouthfuls, couldn't help but went back with the plate, laughing as he walked.

Xiao Jin smiled and said good morning to Muzhenxi's back, and went back to the kitchen to make breakfast.

Life has turned a new page.

Mu Zhenxi smiled when she saw people, and the project team went from unbelievable in horror at the beginning to getting used to it later, and even the brave ones would make fun of her: "Is there something wrong with Ms. Mu?"

Muzhenxi smiled, rolled up a piece of paper and tapped his head one by one, and lazily said: "No problem, there is a fart situation."

The editor girl, nicknamed Corgi, sees through everything with her eyes and moves on hearing the wind. During the lunch break, she put her face in her hands and asked expectantly, "Sister Mu, would you like to have a big meal?"

Muzhenxi smiled and answered her two words: "Canteen."

Sister Corgi rubbed her hands, thinking she had another big meal, and followed Muzhenxi downstairs, but was actually taken by Muzhenxi to the company cafeteria.

Sister Corgi: "..."

Muzhenxi took out his card generously: "Swipe mine."

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Note: She is a Sleeper Creek supremacist. ——Using a sentence from Zhu Shenghao's love letter to Song Qingru, "I am, Song Qingru supremacist"