be safe

Snowing.

As the Wooden Sleeper Creek stamped its feet, other passers-by on the street also stopped and looked up at the first snow of this winter. The crowd whispered to each other in a row, and a small amount of discussion erupted. Some people took out their mobile phones and began to take pictures. .

On New Year's Eve, because this timely snow brings joy in advance.

Muzhenxi opened the zipper of the satchel, took out an umbrella from inside, opened it, and held the handle of the umbrella above his head, more and more people came out, and stepped on the way home with ease.

Yin Xiaoli felt that it was cold for her to spend New Year's Eve alone at home, and invited her to her house every year to celebrate the New Year, but for Muzhenxi, there was nothing she couldn't get used to, for her, the New Year's Eve was just a long holiday in a year .

On the way home, she stopped by the supermarket and bought some quick-frozen dumplings, noodles and eggs, in case she was too lazy to go out during the holidays and didn't want to cook or eat takeaway.After entering the complex, she habitually glanced at the direction of the 2nd building on the right. Xiao Jin should have celebrated the New Year with her parents in another city. Before leaving, they met in a coffee shop, and Xiao Jin had greeted her in advance.

Xiao Jin also asked her what her plans were, and Mu Zhenxi said that she had no plans, she would sleep at home during the Chinese New Year, and return to work at the company after enough rest.

What was Xiao Jin's expression at that time?

Muzhenxi couldn't describe it exactly, it seemed to be sad, but it seemed to be distressed, and it tried its best to cover it up and maintain calm.

Muzhenxi wanted to comfort her, but he didn't say anything in the end.

She feels that she is in such a good state, that she lives a fulfilling life every day and has new expectations.

The elevator door opened, Muzhenxi walked to the door of the house, poured the plastic bag in one hand, and opened the door lock with the other hand, the indicator light turned from red to green, she stretched out her leg and touched the door, Stepped in sideways, closed the door, changed shoes, tidied up the refrigerator in an orderly manner, added new purchases, clapped hands, went to the kitchen and poured himself a glass of warm water, and drank it with his head raised.

After finishing everything, she looked down at her empty hands and the extraordinarily empty house, and she sighed softly as if not afraid of being heard.

***

"Old Xiao, come to the kitchen and help me." Lu Xiaoyun put on an apron, opened the glass door of the kitchen by a palm-width gap, and shouted to the outside.

"Here we come." Wandering around in the living room, Xiao Jin's father who glanced at Xiao Jin who was sitting on the sofa watching TV from time to time responded, and quickly walked into the kitchen, "What can I do for you?"

The oil in the pot was hot, and Lu Xiaoyun poured a plate of okra into it. Both hands were not idle, one hand was holding the spatula to turn it, and the other hand was putting seasoning in it. Wash and cut the vegetables."

"okay."

Father Xiao turned on the faucet, adjusted the water flow, rolled up his cuffs, grabbed a few vegetables and washed them under the water.

Lu Xiaoyun turned down the fire, glanced back, even though she couldn't see the living room, and asked in a low voice: "What is our daughter doing?"

Father Xiao had been observing secretly for a long time, and reported, "I'm watching TV."

Lu Xiaoyun asked: "What TV?"

Father Xiao replied, "The Prince Turns into a Frog."

Lu Xiaoyun frowned: "What are you talking about?"

Father Xiao said: "I looked it up, it's an idol drama about a domineering president, ten years ago, the domineering president had a marriage contract with the second female, then lost his memory and fell in love with the first female, and finally lived happily with the first female story."

Lu Xiaoyun put the okra in the pot into a plate, and thought deeply: "Do you think she has any deep meaning in watching this TV series? Did she like to watch this TV series before?"

Father Xiao shook his head: "I never noticed it before."

Lu Xiaoyun frowned and said: "You wash these dishes first, and then go outside to check."

Father Xiao nodded: "Okay."

Xiao Jin scrolled back and forth on the homepage of Muzhenxi's Weibo in the background sound of the TV. Today is New Year's Eve, and there has been no movement on Muzhenxi's Weibo from yesterday to today. There are no new pictures or texts. Is she right now? Bad mood?I also want to know that there is no one to accompany you during the Chinese New Year, even if you are not in a bad mood, how can it be better?

She clicked on Yin Xiaoli's circle of friends again. Reporter Yin posted several circles of friends, about the children from Xiu's relatives, the dumplings made by Xiugang, who had a good time in his hometown, but there was no news about Muzhenxi.

She put the phone upside down on the sofa, and sighed heavily, pinching her brows.

As soon as Father Xiao poked his head out, he went back and reported the truth to Lu Xiaoyun.

Lu Xiaoyun asked: "Is she in a bad mood?"

Father Xiao said: "Yes, it looks like there is something bothering me."

Lu Xiaoyun was thoughtful.

According to the general situation, Xiao Jin has a lukewarm attitude towards the two of them. As long as the past is not mentioned, everyone can pretend that nothing happened and rarely show obvious mood swings.

Lu Xiaoyun: "Is something going to happen?" She looked at her husband, "Go and ask?"

Father Xiao flinched and said, "I dare not."

Lu Xiaoyun said: "I went back to Lincheng and quarreled with her a while ago."

Father Xiao: "..."

Lu Xiaoyun said in a persuasive tone: "Go and make some indirect remarks. It's okay. Look at her smiling at you several times in the past two days when she came home."

Father Xiao: "..."

Five minutes later, Father Xiao, who was mentally prepared, cheered up and sat down on a sofa next to Xiao Jin with a calm demeanor. Xiao Jin turned his head and glanced at him: "Dad."

Xiao's father pulled out a warm smile: "Watch TV."

Xiao Jin: "..."

Facts have proved that this way of speaking is not suitable for Xiao's father, Xiao Jin straightened up, sat upright, and said seriously: "Dad, do you have something to tell me?"

Father Xiao paused for a second, laughed dryly, rubbed his hands on the sagging trousers, and said without words: "Don't be so serious, I just watch you watch this TV with relish, and follow along."

Xiao Jin looked at him suspiciously, fell silent, and said, "...Oh."

Father Xiao stared at the TV for a few minutes, then praised Xiao Jin based on his sexual orientation: "This heroine is quite pretty."

Xiao Jin said, "I like the male lead."

Father Xiao sighed in embarrassment.

Xiao Jin laughed.

Father Xiao was stunned when he saw her smile, he even breathed lightly, for fear that Xiao Jin would disappear at this moment.

Xiao Jin smiled silently for a while, and then slowly retracted the corners of her grinning mouth, but the upward curve of the corners of her lips was faintly visible, showing that she was in a happy mood.

After ten minutes, she turned the phone upside down on the sofa, held it in her hand and swiped it for a few minutes before reaching its peak.Xiao Jin seemed to have seen something, like a treasure, the corners of his eyes and brows were full of tenderness that could not be concealed.

Yin Xiaoli posted a Moments.

[A confidant in the sea, a neighbor in the world, happy New Year's Eve [picture] [picture] [picture]]

There are three pictures attached, the first one is a comparison picture of the food, the left one is a sumptuous New Year’s Eve feast, the right one is not so rich, but it is more exquisite, three dishes and one soup, it looks delicious and delicious; the second one is Yin Xiaoli The back of Beye is turned away; the third picture is the back of another woman in the same posture, but in the snow.

It snowed heavily in Lincheng yesterday, and Xiao Jin's circle of friends was swamped by the snow, which means that this photo of Muzhenxi is a recent photo, and it is very likely that it was taken today.

Xiao Jin long-pressed to save it, feeling very sorry that Muzhenxi didn't show her face.But after thinking about it, it's better not to show your face, Yin Xiaoli has everyone in her circle of friends, and when people see Mu Zhenxi's appearance, they will be tempted.

She can keep her mood up for a long time with this one photo.

Father Xiao observed her for a while, and a bold idea came to his mind, and he quietly left the sofa and went into the kitchen.

Father Xiao looked solemn.

Lu Xiaoyun: "???"

Father Xiao said seriously, "I think..."

Anxiety rushed into Lu Xiaoyun's heart, and she turned off the fire.

"Our daughter seems to be in a relationship." Father Xiao threw out a blockbuster.

Lu Xiaoyun said categorically: "Impossible." The last time Xiao Jin quarreled and behaved like that, if he could really fall in love with others, would it be like this?

Father Xiao said, "If you don't believe me, go out and see for yourself."

Lu Xiaoyun went out to take a look, Xiao Jin was still staring at the phone, Lu Xiaoyun came back and said: "I must be looking at whose photo, she has been like this."

Father Xiao frowned and said, "Really?"

"That's right." Lu Xiaoyun said in vain, "Next time, don't talk nonsense about things without evidence, and I'll be happy for nothing."

Father Xiao said: "Don't you not believe it?"

Lu Xiaoyun glanced at him again: "I don't believe what other people say, no matter how outrageous what you say, I will always believe it in my heart."

Father Xiao wrapped his arms around his wife's waist, pressed his forehead against her forehead intimately, and said with a smile, "Okay, I was wrong."

Lu Xiaoyun: "Hmph." She stayed in her husband's arms for a while, patted his hand, and said angrily, "Let go, I'm going to continue cooking."

"Hold for a while, don't worry." Father Xiao tightened his arms.

Someone knocked on the glass door of the kitchen from outside.

The two bounced away like an electric shock, Lu Xiaoyun made stir-fry movements against the air in the pot, Xiao's father cleared his throat, and opened the kitchen door, Xiao Jin appeared behind the door, watching his nose, nose and heart: "I'm coming Boil some water."

Father Xiao: "Have you finished drinking what's on the coffee table?"

Xiao Jin hummed lightly.

Father Xiao said, "Let me do it, you go back and watch TV."

Xiao Jin hummed again, turned around and walked out, stopped after a few steps, turned her back to her parents, and said with a faint smile: "You...you can continue to hug for a while, I won't come over suddenly again."

Lu Xiaoyun was ashamed, turned around and raised her hand to twitch Father Xiao's arm.

Father Xiao complained in a low voice: "Why did you hit me? I was wronged."

Xiao Jin smiled slightly.

She sent Yin Xiaoli a WeChat message: [Is the dish on your circle of friends the Muzhenxi's dinner today? 】

Yin Xiaoli, who never left her mobile phone, replied in seconds: [Yes]

After going through the drug delivery last time, the revolutionary friendship between her and Xiao Jin took another step forward, and she knew everything about Muzhenxi and talked about it endlessly.

Xiao Jin: [Did she spend New Year's Eve alone? 】

Yin Xiaoli: [Yes] She thought about it, and gave Xiao Jin a reply, [Actually, you don't have to worry too much, she doesn't care much about the New Year, it's about the same as usual, if I didn't order her to cook something delicious Yes, she probably just dealt with it casually]

Facing that line of news, Xiao Jin deleted, deleted, and modified it, and finally only sent out one [hmm]

Yin Xiaoli probably made up a lot of desolation from her reply, and couldn't bear to say: 【Do you want to know anything else? 】

Xiao Jin: "..."

She typed politely: [Not yet, thank you]

Yin Xiaoli scratched her hair, not knowing how to break the deadlock for the two of them, just as her mother urged her to arrange the dishes and prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner, Yin Xiaoli hurriedly said goodbye to Xiao Jin: [I'm going to eat, I have something to do I send a message ha]

Xiao Jin lowered her head and opened the train ticket buying software to inquire about the return ticket tomorrow.

in the kitchen.

Xiao's father and Xiao's mother were interrupted by their daughter, and they didn't have the nerve to make love to each other. The dishes were almost ready, so Xiao's father didn't go out again, and he was serving dishes beside him.He deliberately looked outside, Xiao Jin was sitting in the living room, and then said in a low voice: "Actually, I still think our daughter is weird, don't you think she smiles significantly more when you come back this time?"

Lu Xiaoyun nodded, this is indeed.

Father Xiao rinsed the plate under the faucet: "So I think something must be wrong with her, but I just don't know what it is."

Lu Xiaoyun: "You go ask?"

Father Xiao shook his head and said, "I can find someone to investigate."

Lu Xiaoyun said worriedly: "In case she finds out..." This finally eased the relationship a little, and then another problem arises...

Father Xiao showed some hesitation, but he remained firm: "I'll find someone more reliable, and it should be fine."

Lu Xiaoyun was still worried: "But..."

Father Xiao said in a deep voice: "The two of us have been wary all these years, and we can only deduce things from Xiao Jin's few words. It has been delayed for so long. Since our daughter has no more love, why don't we find each other to get back together, Muzhenxi Where is the person now? Just say that the photo album you found a few years ago, there are obviously recent photos of the other party in it, why don't you see her thinking about it, you are not curious about it?"

Lu Xiaoyun was silent.

"What happened back then has nothing to do with Xiao Jin, it's our fault that caused her to be like this." Father Xiao narrowed his eyes and said, "I want to find out Muzhenxi."

Lu Xiaoyun raised her hand to cover her mouth, suppressed the exclamation that blurted out, looked outside the door nervously, and said in a softer voice: "Why did you ask her out?"

Father Xiao said: "Apologize to her, and then ask her if she has any thoughts on getting back together with Xiao Jin."

"You..." Lu Xiaoyun was so shocked that she didn't know what to say, "What if she gets married?" Ten years have passed, anything can happen.

Father Xiao said: "We can leave after we get married, as long as she has the heart."

Lu Xiaoyun felt that her husband was a little crazy, wasn't this another form of vain Xiao Jin's personal wishes?

Lu Xiaoyun pulled his arm and said admonishingly: "Don't make the same mistake again, she has her choice, you can't make the decision for her."

Father Xiao frowned, and seemed to feel something was wrong, sighed, and said, "Let's take a step and take a look. I'll send someone to check first, because she has been missing for so many years, and it is probably hard to find her."

Lu Xiaoyun: "Then Xiao Jin?"

Father Xiao said: "Let's check together. Don't you know which neighborhood she lives in? I'll contact the private detective tomorrow. Just follow me for a while to find out who she has been in contact with recently."

Now that the matter has come to this point, there seems to be no other way, Lu Xiaoyun uneasily urged: "Don't let her find out."

Father Xiao promised again and again.

Parents decided things secretly in the kitchen, and Xiao Jin knew nothing about it.

This year's New Year's Eve dinner, Xiao Jin uncharacteristically took a photo and sent it to Moments. He wanted to add some words, but his hands fell on the keyboard but he didn't know what to say. In the end, he sent a smiling face. fundus.

Lu Xiaoyun nearly splashed tears on the dining table, Xiao's father pulled out a tissue for her, Xiao Jin's ears felt hot, and she went to the bathroom to wash her hands a second time uncomfortably.

After returning, Xiao's father hit the iron while it was hot: "You and your mother add a WeChat?"

Lu Xiaoyun raised her head suddenly.

Xiao Jin froze for two seconds, lowered his eyes and said: "...Okay." He took the phone over.

After adding WeChat, Lu Xiaoyun couldn't control her emotions again. Father Xiao quickly poured her half a glass of red wine, toasted, and raised his voice: "I hope our family of three will be peaceful, healthy and safe."

The three clinked glasses, and Lu Xiaoyun laughed through tears.

Xiao Jin slightly bent her eyes, and after she sat down, she took the initiative to take a chopstick of fish for Lu Xiaoyun.

Lu Xiaoyun's eyes were red.

Father Xiao said in a reproachful tone to Xiao Jin: "Look, what kind of dishes are served well, your mother is made of water today, you eat yours, just don't talk to her."

Lu Xiaoyun immediately said angrily: "Xiao Yan!"

Father Xiao put his head in his hands, knelt down, and said decisively, "Sir, I was wrong!"

Lu Xiaoyun burst into laughter: "You sit down for me."

The corners of Xiao Jin's lips hooked slightly.

After eating the most harmonious New Year's Eve dinner in the past ten years, Xiao's father and Xiao's mother stood side by side in the sink washing dishes. Xiao Jin passed by the door and heard Lu Xiaoyun's voice scolding Xiao's father: "If you are clumsy, it will not help."

"I told you to put it in the dishwasher, but you have to wash it by hand, and you will get all oily and watery."

"Washing by hand, you wash it yourself. Why do you have to rely on me?"

"Apron! Apron! Don't you know how to wear an apron? What about your brain? What about your IQ for negotiating contracts? Xiao Yan, I really admire you."

"All right, all right, if you don't say anything, it's fine, and you still put on a sad face when you say a few words about you."

Ordinary and sweet.

Xiao Jin raised a smile unknowingly, and listened at the door for a long time. The two of them were about to finish their work and began to wipe the water in the dishes. She just woke up like a dream, took a sip of the cold water in her hand, moved The footsteps walked away quietly.

The Xiao family did not have the tradition of watching the Spring Festival Gala, and the three members of the family felt that it was boring and preferred to go outside for a walk.

After dinner, I rested for half an hour, put on my coat and scarf, and went for a walk without going anywhere in particular.Xiao's father and Xiao's mother walked in front, Xiao Jin took a picture of their backs, put away his mobile phone, put his hands in his pockets, and looked up at the sky.

The air quality here is not as good as in Lincheng, and the night sky is gray, with hardly any stars to be seen, Xiao Jin sighed.

Father Xiao inadvertently turned around and stabbed Lu Xiaoyun's arm.

Lu Xiaoyun turned her head and took a panoramic view of Xiao Jin's ecstasy.

The two looked at each other, but shook their heads without thinking about anything.

Xiao Jin lowered his head to look at the road, took out his mobile phone from his pocket again, clicked into Yin Xiaoli's circle of friends, and looked over and over the article about Muzhenxi, as if a small stove was set up in his heart, repeatedly baking I was so anxious.

Xiao Jin hesitated and said, "Mom and Dad."

Xiao's father and Xiao's mother stopped at the same time and asked, "What's wrong?"

Xiao Jin said, "I want to go back to Lincheng."

Father Xiao asked: "When, tomorrow? I'll have someone take you to the station." Although it was a bit unexpected, Xiao Jin had already stayed with them for three days this time, which was enough.

Xiao Jin shook her head: "No, it's now."

Father Xiao: "Huh?"

Xiao Jin didn't care about that much anymore, so she ran back and said, "I'll go home and get my certificate!"

Father Xiao: "Huh?"

Lu Xiaoyun pointed at Xiao Jin's back running away, frowned and said, "She..."

It was the first time seeing her so anxious.

The two of them had no choice but to go back. Because of the abnormality this time, Xiao's father was even more sure that Xiao Jin must have developed differently.

Half an hour later, Xiao's parents sent Xiao Jin to a taxi. The family's driver was on vacation, and all three of them were drunk and could not drive.Xiao Jin lowered the car window and said, "Goodbye, see you next time."

Father Xiao stood with his hands tied, and Lu Xiaoyun stood beside him, bending over to look at the car from the car window: "Be careful, send us a message when you arrive."

Tickets for New Year's Eve were hard to come by. Even though there were many trains from the local area to Lincheng, Xiao Jin only got one standing ticket, which departed at 1 am.An hour and a half before leaving the car, she dragged her suitcase and stood in the waiting room—there were no seats left, and many people were sitting or lying on the ground, and there was a strange smell in the waiting room because of the crowd.

Xiao Jin pursed her lips, silently found a corner with few people and stood there, holding the suitcase with one hand, and swiping her phone with the other.There is still no update on Muzhenxi, Yin Xiaoli has updated a few fireworks videos in Moments, and there is her laughter when she clicks on it.

Xiao Jin looked at the time on the top of the phone, it was 11:35 in the evening, and her heart beat with anxiety.

It will be New Years in 25 minutes, do you want to send a message to Muzhenxi?The two of them are considered friends now... right?It doesn't seem like a big deal to send a happy new year to friends.

She held the trolley, and the suitcase was spun round and round under her hands. The "Happy New Year" in the message column had been edited, and a string of well-known numbers had been entered in the recipient column.

She had no intention of swiping other social software, and her palms were sweating, staring intently at the time on the top of the phone and on the big screen at the train station.

***

Under the urging of Yin Xiaoli, Mu Zhenxi made a barely hearty dinner, and he was full after eating less than half of it. He turned on the TV and started the Spring Festival Gala program, and then went to Weibo to watch real-time complaints. She was very happy, and she also pulled the corners of her lips and smiled.

A song and dance program was shown on the TV, and Muzhenxi began to feel uneasy from 11 o'clock. She changed her sitting position on the sofa several times. The words on the screen of the mobile phone could still enter her eyes, but she could no longer affect her thoughts.

At 11:[-], Muzhenxi inserted his fingers into his hair, put his forehead on the sofa, bumped it lightly a few times, got up suddenly, turned off the TV, walked into the bedroom quickly, and got under the covers.

Go to sleep.

go to sleep now.

It's fine when you fall asleep, and you won't think about it when you fall asleep.

Xiao Jin.

No, can't think.

Don't think about anything, go to sleep.

sleep.

sleep.

Muzhenxi closed his eyes, pulled up the quilt suddenly, and covered his face.

After only a few minutes, she pulled back the quilt again, rubbed her face fiercely, fished out the mobile phone beside the bed, pressed the lock screen button, it didn't turn on - she just turned off the phone.

Muzhenxi calmed down for two seconds: Well, it's good to turn off the phone, don't turn it on again.

After a few more seconds, she stared at the notched apple on the phone interface in disbelief, and pulled her hand hard.

Call you cheap!

I got used to it, and entered the lock screen password as if chasing my soul, and glanced at the displayed time: 11:57, still 3 minutes away.

Muzhenxi knocked his head on the pillow again.

Why, why, why can't you hold on for another 3 minutes!After twelve o'clock, don't you feel safe? !

Next, the person who manipulated everything, Mu Zhenxi, refused to admit that it was her. She clicked on the message, entered Xiao Jin's mobile phone number in the recipient, and typed four words in the text field: Happy New Year.

11:59.

Xiao Jin wiped the sweat from her palms on the clothes for the ninth time, Mu Zhenxi covered her face with one hand, looked at the time on the top of the phone through her fingers, and counted the seconds in her heart.

12 o'clock exactly.

The New Year's bell is ringing.

But neither of the two messages was sent, and they chose another way by coincidence.

Xiao Jin quickly returned to the main interface, typed the phone number of Muzhenxi on the dial pad with trembling fingers, and pressed the dial key without hesitation with that spontaneous impulse.

Muzhenxi was a step slower than her. As soon as she finished entering the number, the screen jumped to the call interface. Muzhenxi was in a hurry, so she cursed in her heart and reached out to press it. After hanging up, she realized that the calling number was the same as what she had just entered. the same one.

Wooden Sleeper Creek: "!!!"

Wooden Sleeper Creek: "..."

Xiao Jin listened to the sentence "Sorry, the number you dialed is currently on..." from the female voice of the system, her heart fell to the bottom, she laughed at herself, and deleted the sentence "Happy New Year" in the message text box. Lost.

The phone buzzed again, and she turned it over almost numbly, and then her breathing stopped, and her heart suddenly beat rapidly.

Caller ID: Sleeper Creek.