After midnight

Zhao Yunqi personally brought the medicine back and boiled it himself. He gave the boiled medicine to Yun Shuang to drink.

"how do you feel?"

"Fortunately."

"Well, I will often make medicine for you in the future."

"it is good."

The prescription seemed to contain the same ingredients, but not all of them. In short, after Zhao Yunshuang drank it for a few days, she felt much better and her mood improved. She also figured it out. She couldn't stay at home for a lifetime for such a small matter. Besides, her flower arrangement class once a week was coming up, so she had to go out to attend the class.

Fortunately, there were no more troubles along the way, and Zhao Yunshuang arrived at the classroom on time as usual.

Flower arrangement is a new course she has recently learned. Although it is not practical, it is very suitable for killing time and cultivating sentiment. When she arrived, the classroom was almost full.

Each set of low tables and cushions in the classroom was crossed and stood opposite each other from north to south. Zhao Yunshuang's position was the third position in the second row from the teacher's left hand side, not so close to the front, but enough.

She sat there obediently, looking at the trimmed works arranged around the classroom. She was introverted and hardly interacted with her classmates. After she finished admiring the flowers, she looked at the back wall, where the tools they were about to use were placed.

When the class started, the teacher knelt there, facing everyone and explained carefully step by step. As she spoke, everyone did what she said.

Normally, Zhao Yunshuang would listen very carefully. But during class today, she noticed that there was a girl sitting diagonally opposite her. The girl's eyes were bright and lively. She was the woman who helped her that day.

As soon as Zhao Yunshuang recognized her, she couldn't help but pay attention to her, and she was absent-minded throughout the class. It was not until her classmates stood up to choose materials for making that she reacted and hurriedly stood up to follow.

She walked around the china on the shelf and the flowers in the vase for a long time before she picked out the pieces she wanted to match today. During this time, she looked at the girl frequently, but unfortunately, the girl named Mumu didn't seem to feel her hopeful gaze on her.

After Mumu finished her selection, she returned to her seat. She didn't look back once, as if she didn't notice her. Yes, she might have forgotten it long ago. After all, they were just strangers who had met once.

Ten minutes later, the teacher stood up and clapped her hands. "Okay, that's it for today's class. Before we end, who would like to share with us her work today?"

The classroom suddenly fell silent. The teacher looked around and finally set his sights on someone. "Mumu, come here."

Zhao Yunshuang watched as Mumu gracefully stood up holding her work, a simple but exceptionally attractive piece.

A few bunches of red daisies are placed in the round black sand pot. Two or three daisies nearby are blooming sweetly under the shade of the evergreen, while the one in the distance is visible outside the pot and hidden under the green asparagus fern.

The combination of asparagus fern, red daisy and evergreen is lush and elegant, full of charm. The whole work is like an organ singing in the secret night, flowing like water, which makes Zhao Yunshuang unable to take his eyes away.

She speculated that the red daisies that complemented each other must have been deliberately staggered and fixed with floral mud and wire. The same went for the asparagus ferns. Although the asparagus ferns were long and scattered, this bunch of asparagus ferns were shaking their leaves, which just broke through the space where the daisies were gathered, giving people a sense of extension. At the back, the large blank space was just set off by the wide and round evergreens.

"I want to dedicate this work to my mother. My mother, Ayu, is as gentle and generous as her name. She possesses all the good qualities that can be given to a woman. She prefers grass to flowers, and she particularly likes asparagus fern. So I used asparagus fern as an embellishment and used evergreen as a foil to set off the fiery red daisy. Because daisy represents my mother's love and following for my father, and also represents my love and longing for my mother."

After Mumu finished speaking, she nodded in greeting, very gracefully. Zhao Yunshuang thought, she must look a lot like her mother. She lowered her eyes and looked at the lilies and pink roses in her brown porcelain vase, and suddenly felt that she was just pretending to be generous and making a fool of herself.

"Very good, the work is well done and has profound meaning." After the teacher made a brief comment, the class ended.

"Mumu, let's go together this time?" Zhao Yunshuang was still sitting in her seat. She saw a girl standing next to her and said.

Zhao Yunshuang felt that the girl who was talking to Mumu looked familiar. It seemed that she had not noticed Mumu before. Zhao Yunshuang thought so and planned to get up and leave.

"I'm sorry, I have something to do this time, you go first."

"Okay then." The girl waved her hand and quickly walked through the crowd to Zhao Yunshuang.

"Hello, have we met somewhere?"

Zhao Yunshuang turned around, with a look of surprise on her face. Her face was slightly red, and her words seemed a little incoherent. "Ah, hello. Um, Mumu, you can call me...ah, my name is Zhao Yunshuang."

"Well, Zhao Yunshuang, we meet again."

Lin Nuan looked at her with a smile, causing Zhao Yunshuang to curl her eyebrows and feel warm.

Su Ziling didn't expect that Xu Xing would write him a letter to invite him to go out and play, and he really did write him a letter to invite him to go out and play. He felt a little distressed holding Xu Xing's letter, which asked him to meet at the water maze at six o'clock in the evening.

Not to mention that they are going to take Xiao Su to the bookstore tonight, just talk about this letter. Xu Xing also said in the letter not to tell An Yan that he was asked to go out to play. How is that possible?

"An Yan, Xu Xing asked me out tonight. How can I refuse? Why did he ask me out?"

"Why do you refuse and don't want to go?"

"No, aren't we going to take Xiao Su to the bookstore tonight?"

"Really? Oh, yes, I forgot to tell you. How did you know I was going to take Xiao Su out tonight?"

So when you two were sitting on the sofa in the living room discussing this morning, you didn't plan to bring me along, right? Su Ziling took a deep breath and said, "I'm going out tonight. I'm not going to have dinner, so I'm leaving first."

Su Ziling went out with a grudge, but once he went out, he went to the appointment happily, without any psychological burden. When he arrived at the agreed place, Xu Xing had already arrived. Xu Xing also brought his two friends, and they were talking to each other.

"Here!" Xu Xing saw Su Ziling and raised his hand to greet him.

As Su Ziling approached, they stopped talking. Xu Xing put his arm around his neck and held him as he walked forward.

"Let's go, I'll take you to a fun place."

"where?"

"It's not far. You'll know when you get there."

The water maze was already very lively at this time. A faint flame was coming out of an old man's hand, and it looked like he was warming up.

"He's very strong." Xu Xing noticed Su Ziling's gaze and said, "I heard that he was also in the revolutionary army before, and he was very powerful, but I don't know why he was suddenly dismissed. After so many years, he is still strong."

"How do you know? Are you familiar with him?" Su Ziling asked.

"I'm not very familiar with it, I just heard of it. As for why I know it, it's because I am a revolutionary soldier~" Xu Xing smiled.

Su Ziling's eyes widened and he almost blurted out "Fuck!" They walked towards a commercial street outside the water maze square.

"So, these two are also involved?" Su Ziling was referring to Xu Xing's two friends who were whispering about something behind him.

"Of course. I'll introduce them to you later."

As he walked, Su Ziling never expected that he would be taken to a bar. This bar was very dynamic, with black and white as the main colors, alternating with each other, and the only seats in the whole bar were bright red.

"What would you like to drink?" Xu Xing asked, leaning against the bar.

Su Ziling had always been a good student. From elementary school to high school, he had never been in a fight, let alone drinking in a bar. He did drink, but mostly beer.

Seeing his dazed look, Xu Xing smiled, opened the door of the bar, walked in and started to mix drinks himself. Su Ziling saw that he was very familiar and skilled and asked: "Are you a bartender here? Why is there no one here?"

"He owns this store, but it's closed today." Xu Xing said, pointing at the boy wearing a white cotton T-shirt with a cartoon pattern printed on the chest.

"Hello, I'm Su Ziling." Su Ziling greeted quickly.

"I've heard of your name for a long time. My name is Bai Ming. You can just call me Ming like Xu Xing."

"Aming." Su Ziling called out, looking back to the other boy.

"Aze." He smiled at him.

"Su Ziling, actually, when we were in Shanghai, we once received an order to arrest you. But obviously, none of us took action."

Ah Ming mentioned it casually with a bright smile, but Su Ziling was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.

"You all stayed there?"

"Aze didn't."

"Oh."

Xu Xing pushed a glass of white wine in front of Su Ziling, interrupting their casual chat. "This is a martini. I recommend this for first-time cocktails."

Su Ziling took it and took a small sip. The taste was clear, without any noticeable sweetness or sourness. He couldn't help but take another sip.

"Drink slowly, this wine is still quite strong. Hey, did you know that An Yan often visits this store?"

"Cough cough..." Su Ziling accidentally choked and his face turned red from coughing, with his throat full of the taste of alcohol.

"I was kidding." Xu Xing said again while wiping the glass.

Su Ziling gritted his teeth and began to understand An Yan a little. He really shouldn't have come out tonight.

"He seldom comes here." Xu Xing said nonchalantly, "and never drinks. He just likes to sit there quietly by himself. I really don't know what he is thinking about."

Xu Xing pointed to the darkest corner of the bar. "Yes, that corner."

Su Ziling looked over there. It was diagonally opposite the main entrance, the most remote corner of the room. There was only a red chair there, and no table. If the lights were turned off, it would be difficult to notice it.

"Speaking of An Yan, why are you so secretive, you bastard? You even lied to me when we were in Shanghai." Bai Ming complained.

Xu Xing ignored him. He walked around the bar and patted Su Ziling on the shoulder, motioning him to follow him. Su Ziling followed Xu Xing, and the two of them entered a door next to them. Aze's eyes followed them all the time, or to be more precise, followed Su Ziling.

There were rows of wines displayed behind the door, and Xu Xing sat down on a sofa next to the door. Su Ziling didn't understand why, so he also sat down opposite Xu Xing.

"I came to you because I wanted to talk to you about An Yan. An Yan and I met two years ago. I received a message from him on the first day he went to Shanghai. After that, some things happened and I got to know him."

"You know me by your skin?" Su Ziling muttered in a low voice.

"What did you say?" Su Ziling closed his mouth.

"He was always very cold and indifferent to me, not at all like a kid younger than me. To this day, I still remember the first time he came to see me. He was just over 15 years old at that time, and he came straight here. He had never been here before, and I only mentioned it to him once."

"I later found out that it was his first time back after going to Shanghai, and that day was the anniversary of his parents' death. I didn't know what happened, but he rushed to me from Jiudu overnight."

"Just as you expected, he just sat there without saying a word. There was so much noise around him, but he seemed to be deaf to it and didn't move his tattoo. After dawn, he left without saying a word. The next year, I waited here on purpose, but he didn't come again."