soul mate

Apple was finally taken home by Qin Zhen, and the tea was left in the office.After eating all the fruits at home, I didn't buy new ones. I still have to eat an apple on Christmas Eve, right?Thinking of this, Qin Zhen turned on the TV and watched boring programs, and then washed the apples when it was almost twelve o'clock, and ate them slowly, mouthful by mouthful.

The taste of the apples was the same as the bag of apples that Lu Yunqi picked for him for the first time more than a year ago, not only juicy, but also crunchy and sweet.

The next day was Christmas, and the party at night was just for fun, so they left early. The three couples left for the holidays. Qin Zhen walked outside alone, watching the street decorated with lights and festivities, and felt a little lonely .

Taking advantage of the arrival of "Shuangdan", many merchants have started to carry out festival promotions one after another, and many shops are crowded with people.Qin Zhen walked around the street, and finally bought a glass of juice and held it in his hand.

"Is it really just one cup? The second cup is half price!" The girl in the juice shop tried her best to sell Qin Zhen, "The half price discount is only for one day, it's a bargain!"

Under the persuasion of the girl, Qin Zhen bought another glass of pear juice to take away, but after drinking the glass of apple juice in his hand, his stomach was already full.

Walking around the street felt boring, Qin Zhen returned home, put the pear juice on the coffee table in the living room, and forgot about it after taking a shower.When I thought about it again the next morning, the glass of pear juice had been divided into two clear layers, the upper and lower layers, which had oxidized and turned black.

Qin Zhen sighed, and threw the glass of pear juice together with the bag into the trash can.

On the Tuesday after Christmas, Qin Zhen went to give the last class to the freshmen.

This year's Chinese New Year passed early, so after New Year's Day is the exam week of this semester. Qin Zhen took advantage of the weekend to draw up the AB papers for the end of this year, and marked the key points for the students in the last class.

"This is the end of our class. The time and place of the final exam will be announced on the Academic Affairs website. You can check it yourself." Qin Zhen said, packed up his textbooks, and remembered something, and added, "The little lesson about El Niño that was assigned earlier Many students have already handed in their papers. If you haven’t handed them in, you can give them to me now, or send the electronic version to my mailbox before the school’s official winter vacation. Our course is relatively simple, so I won’t look for another It's time to answer questions, if you encounter any problems during the review, you can directly send me an email to ask, and I will reply as soon as possible."

After hearing this, many students handed over the printed essays one after another, and Qin Zhen put them in their bags one by one.Lu Yunqi walked at the back, and while handing in the thesis, he leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Mr. Qin, have you eaten that apple?"

Qin Zhen paused for a while, then took his paper and stuffed it into his bag without changing his face, without answering.

Lu Yunqi asked: "Is it sweet?"

Qin Zhen looked up at him, took his bag and left without saying a word.

Lu Yunqi did not catch up again, nor did he speak again.Qin Zhen walked down the stairs a few steps, didn't hear the man's voice and was a little uncomfortable, looked up, and saw Lu Yunqi lying on the railing of the stairs like last time, looking down at him.

The only difference was that this time Lu Yunqi had a smile on his face, and it was the sunny smile that Qin Zhen was most familiar with.

In the afternoon, Qin Zhen had nothing to do, so he planned to take a good look at the collected papers, but when he returned to the office after lunch, Qin Zhen received a call from Zhao Qian just as he took out the stack of papers from his bag.

Zhao Qian said: "Aunt Sun has passed away. Qingqing and I have already asked for leave and bought tomorrow's high-speed rail tickets."

Qin Zhen was startled, and asked subconsciously: "What did you say?" Then he immediately responded: "I know."

He quickly put the thesis back in his bag, ran all the way to the dean's office to ask for leave, and asked a teacher with a good relationship with the same hospital to help invigilate the final exam. Then he went home and brought his ID card and passport, and booked the nearest one Air ticket back to the city.

Although Sun Jing's mother was not in good health this year, she did not suffer from any serious illness. When Sun Jing contacted these friends after returning to his hometown, he always said that everything was fine when he mentioned his mother.No one expected that this mother who had worked hard for most of her life would bid farewell to the world in such a sudden way on such a day approaching New Year's Day.

Zhao Qian said that Sun Jing had talked to his mother before going to bed last night. He even got up and tucked the quilt for his mother because he was afraid that his mother would catch a cold when the wind blew up at night.At that time, Grandmother was still sleeping very peacefully, without any abnormality. Unexpectedly, when Sun Jing woke up the next day and went to wake his mother up again, the person on the bed had already passed away.

"Qian Ning has already gone back this morning," Zhao Qian said, "Zheng Kai and Xiaobai won't be able to leave at the end of the month, and they will go back immediately after two days of work."

After getting off the plane, Qin Zhen took a taxi to the train station. After getting off the train, he transferred to a car. After a lot of tossing, it was already seven or eight o'clock in the evening when he returned to the county.Qin Zhen was worried about his old friend, so he didn't go home, so he called directly to Sun Jing's house first.

A shed had already been set up downstairs in Sun Jing's house, and the mourning music was played. Qin Zhen quickly swept around the shed, and when he didn't see Sun Jing and Qian Ning, he immediately ran upstairs.

Upstairs, the door of Sun Jing's house was half-closed, and a white flower was tied on the outermost anti-theft door. Qin Zhen opened the door and entered, and saw both Sun Jing and Qian Ning in the house.

Sun Jing was wearing filial piety clothes, his face was haggard, his eyes were red and swollen, his eyes were bloodshot, and there was no expression on his face; Qian Ning's complexion was better than Sun Jing's, and his face was full of anxiety. I don't know what to say to Sun Jing, It wasn't until he turned his head when he heard the sound that he saw Qin Zhen with some joy on his face: "You're back!"

Qin Zhen nodded, strode up, stretched out his hand and patted Sun Jing's back hard to show comfort, Qian Ning took his hand and said eagerly: "Help me persuade him, I'll go and get him After the meal was brought out, he hadn't eaten for a whole day, and it won't take long for his body to collapse..."

Qin Zhen was taken aback, then nodded immediately, and said to Sun Jing: "Qian Ning is right, don't make fun of your body, we all know you are sad, but if you don't care about yourself now, Aunt Sun and her spirit in heaven will also ..."

Sun Jing shook his head slightly: "I know. I can't eat it."

Qian Ning brought out the hot food, and when he heard his words, he put the bowl on the table with a "bang", dragged Sun Ning to the table and pressed him to sit down, then stuffed the rice and chopsticks into him In his hand, he said bitterly: "If you can't eat it, you have to eat it!"

Sun Jing put down the chopsticks, Qian Ning picked them up again and stuffed them into his hands, Sun Jing put down the chopsticks again.Seeing this, Qin Zhen was about to persuade him a few more words, when Qian Ning picked up the chopsticks and directly picked up the bowl, and fed the rice straight to Sun Jing's mouth: "Eat! Eat! Open your mouth, Sun Jing!"

Sun Jing was still unmoved, Qian Ning put down the bowl heavily, threw the chopsticks aside, and shouted: "Sun Jing!"

Sun Jing moved his eyes and turned slightly to look at him.

Qian Ning took another pair of chopsticks, handed them to him, and said in a pleading tone: "Sun Jing, can you just eat a little? Don't worry me... just eat a little, okay?"

Sun Jing picked up the chopsticks, pried a small ball of rice into his mouth, Qin Zhen finally breathed a sigh of relief watching from the sidelines, and Qian Ning also had a little joy on his face, unexpectedly Sun Jing chewed a few mouthfuls slowly. After swallowing the mouthful of rice, he put down the chopsticks again: "I really can't eat..."

Before Qin Zhen could speak, Qian Ning slapped Sun Jing angrily: "You...you don't want to eat! I will accompany you. Even if you starve to death in the future, I will..."

Qin Zhen was startled, before he even opened his mouth, Qian Ning said, "Hey, young master, don't worry about me..." As he spoke, he reached out to take away the bowls and chopsticks.

Sun Jing stretched out his hand to hold Qian Ning's hand holding the chopsticks, and turned to look at him with a little worry, but Qian Ning pulled his hand away expressionlessly: "Didn't you say you wanted to go down to see the shed? I'll accompany you down now. Hey young master, go home and rest first, come back tomorrow."

Qin Zhen saw Qian Ning trying to act as if nothing had happened, sighed slightly in his heart, and nodded: "I'll go back and tell my parents first, and come back later."

After returning home and explaining the situation to his parents, Qin Zhen had dinner, threw his luggage back to the room, and rushed to the north of the county without stopping.

As the night deepened, the sounds of mourning and joy were deliberately suppressed, making it sound like the night wind was whimpering, and the number of people in the shed gradually decreased. Channing's parents had been helping all day, and they were sitting in the Rest on the stool.

Qian Ning persuaded from the side: "Dad, Mom, why don't you go back at this late hour? I'm here with Sun Jing, you..."

Mother Qian waved her hand: "It's okay. What do you two children know? You still need an adult to watch over this matter..." After speaking, she yawned big.

Qian Ning was a little dumbfounded: "Mom, I'm almost thirty this year!"

Sun Jing also persuaded: "Uncle and aunt, you go back to rest first, you have helped a lot today, I..."

Father Qian stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder: "Silly boy, why are you being polite to us?"

When Qin Zhen heard this, he stepped forward to persuade him, "Uncle Qian, you and auntie should go back to rest and refresh your spirits first. The three of us will stay here at night, so it's fine!"

When Qian's mother saw him, she was a little surprised but also relieved.Hearing what he said, Father Qian was still a little hesitant, and Qin Zhen said, "If you're really worried, go upstairs and sleep. If something really happens, stay close..."

Father Qian nodded after thinking for a while, and Mother Qian nodded when she saw that her husband agreed, "Then let's borrow Xiaojing's sofa to sleep all night..."

Seeing her parents nodding, Qian Ning breathed a sigh of relief.Sun Jing quickly accompanied Qian's father and Qian's mother upstairs: "The sofa is crowded, and it's uncomfortable to sleep on. If you don't mind uncles and aunts, you can sleep on my bed..."

Send Father Qian and Mother Qian upstairs. After eleven o'clock, the player who played the bomb also left, leaving only the three of them in the shed below.

The night wind occasionally blows the leaves in the courtyard, the flame of the candle dances occasionally, making a faint "cracking" sound, the sky and the earth are shrouded in darkness, and not a single star can be seen in the night.

Only silence and sadness remain.