sinking in his peril

There was a hint of disdain in Sima's smile. Under the street lamp, it seemed that there was a drizzle falling gently. It was unreal, vague, and even made Sima look a little unreal, like a shadow, as if separated by an insurmountable distance, Seeing Bai Xiyao's single-minded sorrow, this kind of sorrow instantly engulfed her, like the sea, allowing her to drown at any time, he told her so clearly that he would never like her, he rejected her from the bottom of his heart , although he stood in front of her, his heart did not open to her. She, to him, was just a stranger!

"They seem to like to study the old site." Sima didn't notice Bai Xiyao's expression, he just said indifferently, standing there, entangled in a strange emotion, wanted to stay and say a few words, but repeatedly He ordered himself to stay away from this woman, the conflict was more serious than he expected, looking at the darkness, "It's getting late, I'll take you back."

"No need." Bai Xiyao said in a panic. She was still afraid of the feeling Sima gave her, the cold, undisguised distance, lowered her head, and said softly, "It's not far, you can go home by walking, There are people walking on the road, don’t be afraid.”

Sima suddenly smiled gently, this smile made the coldness on his body a lot lighter, "Anyway, I'm fine, and I'm not driving, so let's go."

Bai Xiyao didn't speak, the two of them walked quietly along the sidewalk, the drizzle was like silk, if there was nothing, there was a little chill.

"It's raining," Sima said softly, and handed Bai Xiyao an umbrella, "It's likely to rain sooner rather than later, you should take an umbrella."

A trace of doubt crossed Bai Xiyao's mind, she didn't seem to see anything in Sima's hand, why did an umbrella suddenly appear?Or did I just not notice?She took the umbrella, it was the one she used, exquisite and beautiful, with an indescribable loneliness, she opened the umbrella, and could not hear the sound of rain falling, the rain was very quiet, but it did slowly much bigger.

Walking forward slowly, in the light of the street lamps, you can see the slight slanting traces of the rain, with a cool feeling.

"It's raining heavily, let's share an umbrella." Bai Xiyao said softly.

"No need," Sima said calmly, looking ahead, "I have only shared an umbrella with one woman in my life, and I will never share an umbrella with any woman again."

Bai Xiyao clenched the handle of the umbrella tightly, and her body tightened a little. There was another woman in his heart, a woman he couldn't let go of. Although she was holding an umbrella, she felt as if her whole body was being drenched in the rain. Vaguely wronged, wanting to cry, he lowered his head slightly, not to let Sima see her expression, it seemed that Sima didn't look at her, but just walked beside her, slowly walking forward with her, always separated by a less obvious distance.

It is a politeness, but also an indifference.

"She—" Bai Xiyao hesitated, and asked softly, "What kind of woman is she?"

Sima smiled softly, and his voice suddenly became gentle, "Are you talking about Yi'er? She is a woman who cannot be described in words. If you describe her in words, you will find that words are so pale. She is like my life. When I think of it, I will only focus on it." It's just that," Sima's voice dropped suddenly, as if lifeless, "she, leave earlier."

Bai Xiyao raised her head and looked at Sima beside her. It turned out that the woman he loved had passed away. No wonder he was so sad and couldn't let go, "With you like this, she must be happy."

"She left, is happiness important?" Sima said lightly, "I'd rather she live and live in this happiness."

Bai Xiyao pursed her lips lightly, lowered her head, and walked slowly, not knowing what to say. She usually doesn't like to talk a lot, but now she feels that language is so inexpressible that she can't find it. to what to say.

In this way, I walked quietly in the light rain, and slowly arrived in front of the house.

"Your sister, she seems to be waiting for you." Sima said quietly, looking at Xu Zhizhi not far in front, with an angry expression on his face, under his indifferent eyes, he looked at Bai Xiyao unnaturally, completely She didn't hide the annoyance in her eyes, "I think, she seems to be looking for you."

Bai Xiyao looked up at her sister Xu Zhizhi, very strange, why she would stand at the door, at night, she was either playing with friends outside, or lying on the sofa watching TV, at this time, she stood at the door and waited People, it's a little strange.

"It's so rare, I'm finally back." Xu Zhizhi was really annoyed in her heart. This Bai Xiyao really dared to rob her of a man. She knew that she liked this Sima, but she went for a walk with Sima on the road together, like a pair of sweet lovers. Isn't that true? Are you deliberately not giving her face? !

"Second Sister." Bai Xiyao recalled what happened that night, and was worried that Xu Zhizhi would be rude in front of Sima, so she immediately put away the umbrella, returned it to Sima, and said hastily, "Thank you, Sima, I have Get home safely, you can go back. Second sister, let's go in."

"Xi Yao, you really opened the eyes of the second sister." Xu Zhizhi said with a half-smile, "Just now Ouyang Qing called and made a total of ten calls, one every 10 minutes, saying that your mobile phone was forgotten. In his office, I don't know when you will come home, it turns out that you have another sweetheart, which really makes the second sister admire!"

"Second Sister, Sima is just worried that I will come back alone, and if he meets me on the road, he will send me back." Bai Xiyao explained in a low voice, she just wanted to go back to the room immediately.

Xu Zhizhi still looked at Bai Xiyao with the same expression, but did not dare to look at Sima. His cold indifference made her inexplicably flustered, "You'd better call Ouyang Qing immediately, lest he run to our house Come on, you also know that Mom likes him the most, and everyone agrees on the matter between you and him, so don't make your family feel ashamed to follow you."

The door was opened from the inside, and Bai Sen came out from the inside. He had just seen his youngest daughter come back from outside at the window of the room, accompanied by the young man named Sima. Thinking that his second daughter was also outside, he was worried that something might happen, so he left on purpose. When I came out, I heard what Xu Zhizhi said, and said angrily: "Okay, Zhizhi, are you going to let Xiyao stay outside for the night? Well, it's getting late, Xiyao, go in and pack up and go to bed, tomorrow You still have to go to work. Zhizhi, you go in too, stand outside for a long time, your sister will be fine when she comes back." Looking up at Sima, she smiled politely and said, "Is that Sima? Thank you for sending Xi Yao back , it's so late, it's really not safe for her to be a girl on the road, you're really thoughtful."

Sima looked expressionless, glanced at Bai Xiyao, and said flatly: "Goodbye." Then he turned and left, ignoring anyone.

How arrogant!Bai Sen thought.

As soon as he entered the door, he heard Xu Zhizhi say loudly in a voice that could be heard by neighbors: "Bai Xiyao, did you do it on purpose, knowing that I like Sima, you dare to plan on your future brother-in-law, you are his future brother-in-law. My sister-in-law, you are like this!—”

"If I were you, I wouldn't be tempted by him." Bai Xiyao said in a low voice, a little sad, "He has someone in his heart, and he can't tolerate any woman anymore."

"Don't you like him too?" Xu Zhizhi said disdainfully, "If you don't like him, with your personality, would you let him send you back? Would you involuntarily slow down and soften his voice when he spoke? ? Don't say such nice things!"

"Okay, okay," Bai Sen said angrily, "you two are going to sleep, it's 11:30, what else do you want to do, fortunately, Mo Demeng is gone, otherwise, I would not be ashamed of me. Neither of you is allowed If you like Sima, Xiyao, get along well with Ouyang Qing, although he is not exciting enough, but he is a good candidate to be a husband. As for Zhizhi, you also get along well with Lu Yurong, he treats you very well, and his family background is also very good. Well, neither of you has much to do."

Xu Zhizhi was not happy, and just about to speak, Bai Xiyao had already left to wash up, throwing a back view to Xu Zhizhi, Xu Zhizhi stared at Bai Xiyao's back angrily, and said angrily: "It's really annoying, Don't think that if you are my sister, I will let you go, no way."

The phone in the living room rang, and Xu Zhizhi stared at the phone. Just about to get angry, she turned her eyes, ran over to pick up the phone, smiled, and said, "It's Ouyang Qing, right? I'm really ready, I'm calling again, don't worry, Xi Yao has already returned, she was brought back by Sima."

There seemed to be a brief moment of silence on the phone, and after a while, Ouyang Qing's voice came, "It's good that she gets home, I know about Sima sending her off."

"Ouyangqing," Xu Zhizhi was about to continue, when there was the sound of the phone being hung up, and Xu Zhizhi was so angry that she announced it. This Ouyangqing is really useless, her girlfriend has changed her mind He didn't dare to say a serious word, the devil would believe it, he knew about Sima sending Bai Xiyao away? !There is no way for him to know!
"Okay, it's getting late, go to bed." Bai Sen said, sighed in his heart, went back to his bedroom, saw Yu Xueqin lying quietly on the bed, looking at him silently, and said with a smile , "It's okay, the weather is hot, easy to get angry, it will be fine in autumn."

Yu Xueqin did not speak, closed his eyes, moved the pillow, and seemed to be asleep.

After closing the door, Bai Xiyao didn't want to pay any attention to Xu Zhizhi, this second sister seemed to be in a bad mood these days, lying on the bed, Sima's expression was in front of her, indifferent and distant.

After noon, Sang Xinrou came to work. Bai Xiyao, who had been busy all morning, just stopped to draw the woman in the painting from memory on the paper. She didn't go to the old site today. Maybe, give Ouyang Qing some time It's better to accept, after all, everyone is familiar with it, and it also makes everyone misunderstand that it is a pair of lovers who are dating, and he suddenly proposes to break up, he will inevitably not accept it.

Sang Xinrou walked in with a strange smile on her face, saw Bai Xiyao, smirked, stared at Bai Xiyao for a long time, and then said slowly: "Xi Yao, I went on a blind date at noon today, The other party was delayed by something last night, guess who is my blind date today?"

Bai Xiyao took a look at Sang Xinrou, smiled, and said, "Xinrou, you are dressed very ladylike today, it's the first time I see you wearing high heels, you look pretty."

"Don't mention it, if I don't wear it, my mother will eat me raw." Sang Xinrou sat down on the chair and said cheerfully, "You listen to it, but don't tell me, otherwise, someone It will kill me. —— Xi Yao, I guess you would never have thought of who my blind date is. I guess you know, my parents and your second sister’s boyfriend’s parents, that is, Lu Yurong’s It's really strange that my parents were classmates in high school. The two elders wanted to match us up. How could they know that Lu Yurong and I had someone else in our hearts, so we had to deal with it, but when I saw it was Lu Yurong, I almost went crazy .”

Bai Xiyao stared at Sang Xinrou, laughed and said, "Really? It sounds interesting."

"Of course it's true, can I make a joke about this?" Sang Xinrou laughed too, "I saw your second sister with him on a certain occasion before, and he is considered a pretty boy , The family is not bad, and he is the only child. Your second sister and him will not suffer for the rest of their lives. It seems that he is completely devoted to your second sister. Oh, it’s true that everyone has his own destiny, and he can’t accept it.”