You must marry me!

The taxi drove through the streets and alleys of the city at high speed, the sky outside the car window gradually became dark, and the lights of the stars lit up, forming a dazzling neon.

Qi Zhen kept looking sideways at the scenery outside the car window, as if thinking about something, Yan Yiyun often looked at her, wanting to ask something, but it was too quiet in the car, she couldn't find a chance to speak.

Wangyue Lake is a bit far from the old town, and it takes about 10 minutes to arrive at the destination after a taxi crosses the river bridge.

Qi Zhen got out of the car and stood on the familiar street, feeling a sense of absurdity from past and present lives.

The distance of four to 10 minutes is not too far away to go to the point of making a big fuss, but she subconsciously avoided this place, and never came back after moving away.

After getting out of the car, Yan Yiyun took her arm. He couldn't hide the excitement on his face. He skillfully led her into a small alley and said with a smile, "It's a bit devious, but we'll be there soon."

Qi Zhen concealed his fluctuating heartbeat and said, "Yes."

How could she not be familiar with this area?She is more familiar than Yan Yiyun.Qi Zhen has measured every floor tile and every tree here with her feet. Although she didn't like to play with her friends when she was a child, she was no less interested in exploring the world than other children. , she often sneaks out of the house, running around in the alleys around here, buying orange soda with pocket money, like a big adventure game.

Yan Yiyun went abroad early, and her memories come from returning home during the holidays. Aunt Li would specially take her to a nearby alley to buy snacks and talk about her while eating. These things are not healthy, but children always have to eat Snacks, otherwise I will be too hungry to sleep.

The Yan family lived here for a long time, until the villa area of ​​Wangyue Lake was built, and the whole family moved there. However, all of this has nothing to do with Yan Yiyun. She was sent abroad since she was in elementary school. Relatives live.

She has a particularly good memory when it comes to food, leading Qi Zhen to turn around, and soon an alley appeared in front of them.

It seems to be the only way to pass through the nearby elementary school. This alley is brightly lit and full of people. It has already been successfully transformed and has become a supper gathering place for nearby residents.

Yan Yiyun pointed to the front and said, "That's right there, Chaofen!"

Qi Zhen looked up and saw that there were densely packed neon signs in front of him, all of them were shining bright red, and there were no less than ten signs that said "Fried Noodles with Fried Rice Noodles".

How do you know which one it is?She was still muttering in her heart, Yan Yiyun had already led her over.

Without squinting, Yan Yiyun walked directly to one of the shops and said to the proprietress, "Auntie, two servings of fried noodles, add more."

"Okay!" The proprietress responded cheerfully, picked up a bowl of fried powder from the chopping board next to it, and poured them all into the iron pot. The iron pan came out, and she picked up the condiment bowl, sprinkled minced meat and chili peppers into the pan, added a handful of shredded cabbage and carrots, and stir-fried them together with rice noodles in the pan, and it came out of the pan after a while , It is already a bowl of fried noodles with a good color and fragrance.

Yan Yiyun and Qi Zhen found a table and sat down. The shop was very small, with only two or three tables. Fortunately, it was very clean and didn't look greasy. There was a poster of fried noodles on the wall, which was quite comfortable to look at.

People keep coming over and buying fried noodles to take away. It seems that there are only a few people who eat in the store.

Yan Yiyun broke open the disposable chopsticks enthusiastically, Qizhen smiled and said: "Try it! I have eaten this place for many years, it is really delicious."

Qi Zhen took a bite of the fried noodles. The rice noodles were soft and glutinous, wrapped in sauce, and had just the right amount of salty aroma. When he bit into it, he could hardly feel the weight. He only felt that the noodles slid down the esophagus into the stomach when he touched his teeth lightly. Here, in this bowl of fried noodles, the noodles are soft, the cabbage is crisp, the carrots are sweet, and the minced meat is salty. Although it is simple, the taste is really fascinating.

Putting aside her chaotic thoughts, she smiled and said, "It's delicious."

Yan Yiyun looked like his little tail was raised, and said with a smile, "It's delicious!"

"Well," Qi Zhen nodded, pretending to ask casually, "How did you find out?"

Although she was running around all over the street when she was a child, she never came to this alley. Maybe it was because she was still young at that time. Even though she felt that she had walked a long way, she actually only walked around the few streets at the door. .

Yan Yiyun blinked, and said: "One year when I went back to China, I wanted to eat fried noodles. Aunt Li asked me to make them, but I refused. At that time, I just wanted to eat food from outside. Although the food at home was delicious, it was just delicious. Without the smell of junk food outside, Aunt Li had no choice but to eat all the fried noodles on this street, and finally picked out the best one here, and brought me to eat."

Qi Zhen was amazed when he heard that, just because Yan Yiyun wanted to eat fried noodles, Aunt Li actually ate a whole street of fried noodles...

This is too pampering children.

Qi Zhen exclaimed: "Aunt Li spoils you too much."

She was a little envious, but thankful.Yan Yiyun grew up surrounded by so much love, so naturally she doesn't feel that love is rare and expensive, so she is like a little sun, giving her endless sunshine.

What Qi Zhen is even more fortunate is that Yan Yiyun has not experienced those hardships, he will not feel that the world is a desert, and he will not always feel that he is surrounded by loneliness.

She has never suffered from these hardships before, and Qi Zhen will not let her suffer from them in the future.

Yan Yiyun ate the fried noodles in big mouthfuls, nodded, and said very agreeingly: "Yes, Aunt Li has worked in our family for many years. She is neither married nor has children. She treats me as her own daughter."

Listening to her talking, Qi Zhen felt that his mood was getting better little by little. Yan Yiyun always had this kind of ability to make people happy.

She opened a can of Coke for Yan Yiyun and asked, "Drink?"

Yan Yiyun reached out to take it and said, "Of course I drank it!"

Yan Yiyun took a sip of Coca-Cola and a mouthful of Fried Rice Noodles, eating very happily.

There is really no trouble in her world, no setbacks from childhood to adulthood, not only the love of her parents, but also Aunt Li who cares about everything. After going abroad, she first lived in a relative's house, and later found a reliable host family. She should accept the beatings of dormitory life, but she moved out with Yi Jingyu, the only difficulty is that neither of them can cook anymore.

Her studies and work did not cause her any troubles, she was always full of joy and anger, making friends was like a fish in water, and it was no problem to say that Yan Yiyun was a person favored by life.

Every time Qi Zhen watched her eat, she felt like a character in a cartoon. While eating, red hearts kept popping out of her head, and her mood bar kept rising.

How can there be such a simple person?

In Qi Zhen's view, Yan Yiyun is as pure as a clear lake, making everyone who gets close to her feel refreshed.

Of course, if Yu Xiaotao found out about this, she would be the first to jump up and refute, what a naivety!The boss usually talks nine twists and eighteen turns in meetings, and he often cheats on those old foxes, who is obviously the iceberg devil!

Qi Zhen knew that the Yan Yiyun in other people's eyes was different from the Yan Yiyun in her eyes, but she really couldn't connect the Yan Yiyun in front of her with the Yan Yiyun in the company's rumors.

In Qi Zhen's eyes, Yan Yiyun was a little crying boy when he was a child, but a tsundere when he grew up, he doesn't look like the iceberg devil no matter what.

Yan Yiyun took a big sip of Coke, put down the can, and asked, "Have you never been here before?"

"No," Qi Zhen shook his head, "I haven't been here for a long time."

Yan Yiyun asked curiously: "Why? Didn't you live here before?"

Qi Zhen took a deep look at her, she didn't tell Yan Yiyun where she lived before.

Seeing the look in her eyes, Yan Yiyun immediately reacted, and explained: "No, didn't the kindergarteners basically live here at that time?"

There is nothing wrong with saying that.At the beginning, the courtyard kindergarten was built for the convenience of the employees, and basically all the children lived in this area.

Qi Zhen smiled apologetically at her: "I didn't say no."

Yan Yiyun murmured: "I thought you thought I was going to check on you."

"Where is it?" Qi Zhen shook his head, "How can I ask you to check my old background?"

Yan Yiyun snorted softly, as a tacit consent.

Then, she eagerly asked again: "It's all here, do you want to go over there and have a look later?"

Of course she was talking about kindergarten.

Qi Zhen said quietly: "Everything has been demolished over there."

"Hmm..." Yan Yiyun pondered for a while, as if trying to remember something, "Yeah, it seems to be a park now?"

Qi Zhen said: "Yes, if you want to go, I will take you there."

Yan Yiyun said: "Go, go, I haven't been there for a long time."

Qi Zhen nodded, she still remembered the way, after leaving this alley, she couldn't walk much further.

Now that area has become a park in the middle of the street. The place where the kindergarten slides were originally placed is now fitness equipment for nearby residents. The trees next to it are lush and lush, and there is a sculpture with a strange shape at the door.

Next to it is a large road extending in all directions, and there are many high-rise buildings nearby. This has become a block of CBD offices and residences.

Yan Yiyun stood at the sculpture, looking around, trying to find some shadows in his memory, after looking around, he still couldn't see anything in the end, and shook his head in disappointment.

She walked back to Qi Zhen's side, with a bit of unwillingness in her voice: "It's all changed."

Qi Zhen sat on the bench, looked at the tall buildings behind, and then sighed: "Yes, everything has changed."

Not to mention that Yan Yiyun couldn't see it anymore, it was also difficult for her to see the traces of the past in this park in the middle of the street.

Except for those small alleys, all the imprints of her childhood in this city have been erased, leaving only a vague picture in her mind.

Yan Yiyun felt that Qi Zhen seemed to be very disappointed.

Qi Zhen seldom reveals her emotions, especially the feeling like today, when the strong loss pours out endlessly from her body, like a leaking wooden barrel, no matter how hard she tries to block it, it will always be In vain.

Yan Yiyun sat down beside her, and looked at the building with her.

It was an unremarkable high-rise building, which had the appearance that all high-rise buildings in the city should have. It was made of reinforced concrete, and there was a dim light behind the continuous glass windows. The roof seemed to be connected to the sky, and the four corners were shining red. The warning light is particularly conspicuous in the night.

Yan Yiyun had a vague feeling that the Qi Zhen who was sitting here and looking at that building was different from the usual Qi Zhen.

She seemed to have become fragile, the protective color covering Qi Zhen's body faded, revealing her soft heart.

Yan Yiyun moved a little closer to her, and asked softly, "It used to be your house?"

Qi Zhen turned his head and glanced at her, before he could hide the sadness in his eyes, he answered her in a low voice: "Yes."

For her, that's real home.A home with warmth, someone who cares for her, and a home with hot meals.

Yan Yiyun wanted to say something else, but she couldn't find the words for a while.

She felt that she was overwhelmed by a great sadness, she had never felt this kind of thing in her world, she didn't know how to deal with this feeling, she didn't know how to comfort Qi Zhen, she didn't know if she spoke rashly, what would happen Qi Zhen will not be more sad.

At this moment, she felt that she was really different from Qi Zhen.

Her happiness seemed to be a kind of misfortune in contrast to this sadness.

Yan Yiyun moved her fingers uneasily, and touched Qi Zhen's little finger.

cold.Qi Zhen's little finger was icy and cold, as if it had no temperature.

She tried to hold Qi Zhen's fingers, wrapped Qi Zhen's fingers into her palm, and wanted to warm Qi Zhen up with her own temperature.

Qi Zhen recovered from the building and glanced at her, Yan Yiyun was startled, shouldn't he hold her hand?She almost let go, but suddenly she felt Qi Zhen's fingers curled up in her palm, as if she wanted more heat.

Yan Yiyun's heart settled down, she asked softly: "Is it cold?"

She saw a milk tea shop not far away, where she and Qi Zhen could have a cup of hot cocoa.

Qi Zhen shook his head, and answered irrelevantly: "I used to... live here with my grandparents."

Yan Yiyun calmed down, she felt that Qi Zhen wanted to say something, although she didn't know how to comfort her, but she could listen to what she wanted to say, this should make her feel better.

She guessed right, Qi Zhen didn't need her comfort, she just needed her by her side.

Qi Zhen said slowly: "At that time, I lived in the compound, and when I went to kindergarten in the morning, my grandparents would send me there together and bring me an orange. I like to eat oranges, but I don't like to eat apples, but later my parents and I When I lived there, they kept making me eat apples, and if I didn’t eat them, they would scold me for not knowing what to do.”

"There are many children in the kindergarten. At that time, I thought they were quite annoying. They were always dirty, chasing and beating, and bullying people everywhere. In fact, you were not the first person they bullied. They bullied others every day. You just came over that day."

"We usually cut paper, fold thousands of paper cranes, and eat snacks together. Now that I think about it, they are not so annoying. When they bully people, they usually talk about it and dare not do anything. They all They are all greedy, but they dare not even grab snacks."

"I was also quite naughty at that time. I often went out to wander around while my grandparents were taking a nap. Several times they woke up and didn't see me, and the neighbors looked for me everywhere."

Yan Yiyun listened to her quietly, Qi Zhen never told her about the past, she mentioned her experience abroad several times, and wanted to chat with Qi Zhen about school, but Qi Zhen didn't Changed the subject.

Qi Zhen's fingers changed from curled up in the palm of her hand to stretched out, holding her hand.

Her voice was soft and slow, as if she was talking about other people.

"At that time, I rarely saw my parents. They seemed to be doing business in other places. They would not come back all year round, and they would not say anything to me when they came back. They would go out after staying for two days. I always felt that I was not very good with them. cooked."

"But I was really happy when I was a child. Orange soda only costs a dime. I can drink orange soda every day when I go home. My grandparents will praise me for being good and smart. Every day is a hot meal."

"My grandma cooks very deliciously. She can cook braised pork. The outermost skin is like jelly, very soft and soft, soaked in broth. I like to eat this best. It is mixed with rice. It is a bit sweet and a bit sweet. Salty, you can eat a big bowl in one sitting."

"That was the happiest time for me, when I was carefree every day."

Qi Zhen sat on the bench, looking at the dim night sky, those shining stars seemed to be the eyes of an old friend, watching her and smiling at her.

Looking at the tall building, she thought to herself countless times, why should it be demolished?If everything is not demolished, will her world remain the same, as beautiful as a crystal stone?

Yan Yiyun held her hand tightly, she wanted to know what happened, but she didn't dare to ask.

She doesn't know the world, but she is not stupid.

The Yan family has been prosperous for some years. She is more or less a rich second generation. She knows that children like them either inherit the family property, work hard in the company, continue the glory of their parents, or pursue their own dreams. , to engage in humanities and arts that ordinary people cannot understand in some strange places.

What is Qi Zhen doing?Work as a designer in her family's company.

This is not reasonable.

Sometimes she dresses plainly, and sometimes she wears out-of-season styles from big brands. It can be seen that she used to have a good family background, but it is hard to say now.

What happened in the end?

Qi Zhen looked into her eyes and didn't intend to hide anything, since they were already sitting here, there was no point in thinking about things like face.

She used to be very afraid of losing face in front of Yan Yiyun, and didn't want her to know her predicament, but when she looked at this tall building and her shattered dreams, she only had strong feelings in her heart, making her want to rely on This person next to me.

Qi Zhen still looked at the night sky and said: "Later, my grandpa retired, not long after, the house here was demolished, and our family moved there, because my parents were not at home for business, and my grandparents took care of me, but They were too old to watch me all the time, so my parents sent me to boarding school."

"The school is pretty good, but the management is a little stricter, so I'm not used to it."

She hesitated for a while, but said it out: "I am relatively young and don't understand many things, so I was bullied for a while."

Yan Yiyun's heart trembled slightly.

She held Qi Zhen's hand tightly, fearing that Qi Zhen would feel uncomfortable, so she let go and returned to the original strength.

It was hard for her to imagine Qi Zhen's mood at that time. When she was being bullied, she only knew how to cry, but at that time, Qi Zhen stood up to protect her. Moreover, what kind of tricks can a kid in kindergarten do?

However, Qi Zhen went to middle school and changed from a protector to a bullied person...

How can Qi Zhen bear it?

She wanted to know if Qi Zhen resisted and made her bully look good, but Qi Zhen's next words broke her imagination.

"It was during that time that my parents' business started to go downhill. They quarreled at home every day, shirking each other's responsibilities, and the one who couldn't quarrel would scold me. Better."

Yan Yiyun couldn't help but clenched her hand, this time, she didn't relax.

She didn't want to relax, and she didn't dare to relax.

Qi Zhen said it lightly, but she could feel a kind of pain that was scattered all over the corner, obviously without any substance, but it made people feel unable to breathe.

She grew up being pampered, and just thinking about the days when she was bullied at school and scolded for no reason at home would make her hair stand on end.

How long has Qi Zhen passed such days...

Qi Zhen felt that she was holding his hand, and smiled at her, it was a comforting smile, but it made Yan Yiyun feel even more sad.

She heard Qi Zhen continue to talk about her experience:

"Not long after I started working, my grandparents were in poor health and passed away one after another. I was very sad. After staying at home for a while, I realized that there was a big problem with the family's financial situation. The family was beating and beating... I think grandparents should not be very happy living in this environment."

"I regret that I didn't take them to my side, but at that time I had just graduated, and I was doing a studio with my friends with passion, and I didn't have much money. In fact, I didn't have the ability to support my grandparents at all... Hate myself so much."

"Later, my family went bankrupt, and my father was so anxious that he made a phone call while driving and got into a car accident."

"I'm going back to City B."

She shrugged her shoulders and said that's why she appeared in Xingyun Entertainment for money.

Yan Yiyun held back her tears, what kind of words did she cry at this time?Qi Zhen can't be forced to comfort her in turn.

She held Qi Zhen's hand, shook it gently, and asked her in a low voice: "Do you want to cry?"

Yan Yiyun handed the tissue to Qi Zhen, Qi Zhen shook his head and said, "I don't want to cry anymore, isn't everything better now?"

Yan Yiyun took the tissue back silently, Qi Zhen said that he didn't want to cry anymore, probably because he had cried enough before, and the tears had dried up, so naturally he didn't want to cry anymore.

She felt uncomfortable in her heart, and didn't know what to say, so she had to get closer to Qi Zhen, hold her hand, and give her a little warmth in the winter night.

When no one cared before, Qi Zhen felt that he had forgotten all this.

She can talk about these things in a calm tone, as if talking about other people's things, her heart seems to be paralyzed, she feels nothing at all, and the dry eye sockets will feel a little uncomfortable, but there will be no tears.

In the day after day of despair, she had already used up her tears.

However, when Yan Yiyun held her fingertips, desperately trying to warm her up with his own warmth, she suddenly felt a little sore.

Qi Zhen lowered his head, tried his best to hide the choking in his voice, and whispered, "Hug me."