reprieve

How likely is it that a person can remember how many times someone—someone who has nothing to do with him, and it was several years ago—has spoken to him on the phone, and the details of the call at that time.

Especially for someone like Haicheng who may have to answer dozens of calls a day.

Memory is a thing that adjusts details and even tampers with the main body over time. It is already remarkable to remember vaguely.

So Sui Ran didn't expect to get a very detailed answer.

She just wanted to buy herself a little breathing time before something happened.

Anxiety and doubt arose together, gathering in the chest and clamoring for the brain.

She wondered why Haicheng was so sure that Huai'an had waited for her for four years.

Why did Huai always wait for her so long?

Four years, whether it is long or not, or whether it is short or not.

She and Ruan Shuo have been together for four years, but now she can hardly remember Ruan Shuo's appearance and habits, and she can't remember how she felt about Ruan Shuo at that time.

It's only been a few months since she called Haicheng for help.But she no longer had the despair of not knowing where to go, thinking that Ruan Shuo had no anger, no negative emotions, and was completely indifferent.

Look, time is such a useful diamond, as long as you don't voluntarily sink into the mud, and think about uncovering the scars and reliving the pain from time to time, it will always restore you as new - polish the scars, mend the cracks, plus Embellishment, maybe more beautiful than the original.

Looking at it from another angle, people's hearts are indeed fickle.

The day before, I was so in love with life and death, and I turned my face, "With you and without me, we are irreconcilable", which abounds.

Being tempted is the moment of looking back with a flick of a finger, and the heart is as cold as water, and it is also not a straw at the critical moment.

No one can guarantee that emotional matters will last forever-it is not absolutely impossible, but the probability is too low.

Colleagues in the company often tease themselves: intermediary mouth, deceitful ghost.

In order to achieve the goal, selectively concealing the facts and expressing the facts tendentiously is not called deception, it is called "the art of speaking".

Thinking about Mr. Hai's desire for Yu'an all the time, Sui Ran feels more and more that Hai Cheng's so-called "everyone has been waiting for you for four years" is open to question.

There was another long siren blare outside the distant window.

With all the thoughts in his mind returning to reality, Sui Ran looked at the screen, the call time was 51 seconds, Mr. Hai's silence may... seems a bit long?

The harmony of all things that had just been achieved in Sui Ran's heart turned into a chorus of birds and beasts again, no less than ten thousand screaming chickens at the same time.

She tapped the glass and called out tentatively, "Boss Hai?"

There was a "squeak" noise from Haicheng's side, "Ah, the Bluetooth connection seemed to be disconnected just now, what did you ask me?" The tone was quite natural, and it sounded like that.

Sui Ran clenched her fists and cursed inwardly, "Who are you bluffing?"But being interrupted intentionally or unintentionally by Mr. Hai, the emotion just now has passed, and I can't ask any more questions.

She paused for a while, then asked in a different tone: "You contacted Mr. Huai a few times back then, and what did you say?"

She didn't want President Hai to "disconnect the Bluetooth" again, and then added: "About me."

About me, for me, how many times did Mr. Huai call you back then?What exactly are you talking about?

"Hey, why did you remember to ask now, did you have any misunderstanding with Boss Huai? Are you two not together? Where are you?"

"No." Sui Ran ignored the last two questions, and said in a low voice again, "I want to know more."

"She didn't call a few times, maybe two or three times, about four or five months apart. The first time she asked you if you were busy with any project or changed your number, and then..."

Hai Cheng's tone was relaxed and natural, and his words were also general, Sui Ran thought absently: If this is the case, why are you so sure that the starting point was four years ago?

"Then there was one time, two years ago, right? I remember that you and Ruan Shuo came back from some valley and posted a circle of friends, and she called me again."

After resigning, Sui Ran basically didn’t use WeChat, only the drowning in Xiangxi was regarded as a ghostly experience. After returning to Haicheng, he opened WeChat on a whim, and looked through the accumulated 99+ unread group messages, advertisements and data sent by robots. Unclear mass blessings.

Haicheng was talking, and Sui Ran also found out the post at that time: "It's good to be alive [good luck] [good luck] and I don't want to date [angel] sister [laugh and cry]"

The first one of this article was posted two years ago with a photo that didn’t show anything, and the second one was about the “resumption of work” two years later.

There are also many likes and comments asking "what happened".

There is no shadow of Huaian.

President Huai contacted Haicheng directly.

"You told me at that time that you almost drowned in Xiangxi. It was that idiot... then who caught you up, and you had a good relationship with her at that time. Mr. Huai asked her questions closely, so I... Haicheng sighed heavily, and then let out a protracted "Aiya", half annoyed and half trying to get away with it, and said coquettishly, "I'm going to be bald."

"So President Huai knew about me at that time... me and Ruan Shuo? Does that mean my cabinet door was always open to her at that time?"

"Uh... yes."

Sui Ran couldn't figure out what she was thinking and what to think, so she simply stood on the sidelines of a bystander, seized the loophole and continued to ask: "No, Xiangxi fell into the water two years ago. Then how did you come up with the 'four years'?" ?”

"No, of course, of course, why do you ask so clearly? You don't believe her or you don't believe me? Or something really happened to you two. Let me tell you, of course, don't panic, don't worry, Take your time. Do you want me to pick you up? Where are you?"

"Boss Hai." Sui Ran interrupted her softly, "Nothing happened, Boss Huai is fine, and so am I. I... figured it out."

Rather than thinking it through, it is better to say that I was completely beaten by Huai'an's sentence "Escape is useless", and I don't want to escape anymore-where else can I escape?

"It's a good thing to figure it out, so why are you still dwelling on the past?" Haicheng asked in surprise, "It's not easy for Mr. Huai to wait until now, so you put your burdens aside and we can stride forward to a new future, okay? ?”

Sui Ran didn't speak.

She can almost conclude that Haicheng has something to hide from her, that's why she rambles about in an attempt to divert attention.

"Haicheng, the past is in the past, what you said is right. It's right to think so, but it doesn't mean it hasn't happened." Sui Ran leaned on the edge of the bed and squatted in a corner where the light couldn't reach, "You He told me more than once, saying Mr. Huai waited for a long time, Mr. Huai is not easy. Everyone is not easy, and you are not easy. I... I don't want to bear so much difficulty. "

too heavy.she thinks.

Four years of time is too thick, and four years of filters are layered on top of each other.

If——a one-ten-thousandth possibility—Haicheng's so-called "waiting for four years" is true, then Huai'an should be waiting for her four years ago.

Looking back at yourself four years ago, what do you see?

Sui Ran looked at the reflective floor, and in the blurry reflection she saw a simple, impulsive, sincere and passionate young man who could be called naive or impulsive.

I didn't develop all kinds of strange habits because of living alone for a long time, and I didn't look forward and backward because I learned a lot of wisdom.

I still believe in love, and will give up all my previous efforts because of an opportunity, and give without reservation, regardless of any return.

On the other hand, she couldn't do what Huaian did for her after returning to work.

If President Huai was just a customer, she would try her best to "treat customers like first love", but...

"Ran Ran."

"exist."

Sui Ran listened to the sound of drinking water on the opposite side, as well as some unidentifiable sounds, the call time jumped to 10 minutes.

"After you left, five or six people left one after another. In our team, there were only three old people left in half a year." Haicheng said, "When Mr. Huai first contacted me, I was not going well. .”

........................

Sui Ran fell asleep on the sofa in the living room, and Huai An was opposite her when she woke up.

Literally opposite, face to face, holding an unfolded blanket in his hand, it seems that he is about to cover her.

Seeing that she woke up, Huai'an hung the blanket on his arm and slowly tidied it up, as if he was just packing things nearby.

Sui Ran was still struggling between daydreams and daydreams, and heard a sentence beside her ear: "Haicheng just talked to me on the phone."

With a clear mind, Sui Ran couldn't help but sit up straight, "What?" Why did Hai Cheng have the nerve to call her? !

"Well, we talked a little bit."

Huai An put the tofu-like blanket on the other side of the sofa, sat down on the double sofa next to him, and took out a pair of glasses from under the coffee table.

"Water? Juice?"

Sui Ran pointed to the glass jug where the lemon slices were soaked, "Water is just fine, I'll do it myself."

Then Huai'an found out a bottle of beverage that was not like pure fruit juice in shape and color. When the lid was opened, the fruity aroma was overflowing, and the aroma of wine followed.

Looking at the attractive color, the glass jug that Sui Ran had just picked up was suspended in the air, and his eyes were a little straight.

Huai'an glanced at her and smiled: "Want to try it?"

The sweet and fruity aroma is very attractive, and she really needs a little alcohol to calm down and give herself some encouragement, Sui Ran nodded, and the cup has already been delivered: "I think."

Huai An received it, but leaned over to pick up the glass jug, "You don't like drinking."

Sui Ran: "..."

No need to do this, Mr. Huai.

As if receiving her thoughts, Huai'an stroked the wooden handle of the kettle, and said slowly: "If you insist, it's not impossible."

She looked up at Sui Ran: "But I hope you can stay awake."

Sui Ran shrugged.

Mr. Huai's words were so blunt that they were almost sharp, and even secretly punctured something that should have been tacit, but she was not unhappy. Relaxed a lot.

"Haicheng apologized to me." Huai'an took a sip of the honey-colored wine, pursed his lips, "For her unintentional words four years ago."

— "I told her. Well... yeah, get mad at her."

——"I said that she has been away for half a year, what's the use of asking now, and if you weren't so busy at the time, she wouldn't have PTSD."

——"Work belongs to work, how much money you get for how many things you do, you don't pay others a dime, what's the matter, do you still want to command a horse that doesn't eat grass and just runs for the rest of your life?" The strength to not admit defeat. If you change someone else, you won’t be serving you long ago.”

——"People are doing well now, and her partner treats her very well. Who is still a treasure in the palm of someone's hand?"

……

Speaking of which, Haicheng is also fighting for her.

In the end, when Huai'an asked if he could contact her for a meeting, Haicheng didn't flatly refuse: "Let's talk."

After the first phone call, Huai'an contacted her several times, but until Sui Ran attended the wedding, Haicheng never conveyed Huai'an's idea of ​​meeting her.

"I only had your WeChat and company email at that time, and I didn't remember your mobile phone number. I didn't even think about looking for your number." Huai'an swung a glass of clear drink, and smiled wryly, "Haicheng actually doesn't need it." Apologies, the problem was with me, I didn't leave a message."

The company mailbox is automatically logged out after resignation, WeChat push is turned off, and if you do not log in for a long time, you may not be able to receive some information.

"The connection of modern people is really... quite fragile."

The lemon had been soaked for too long, and the water was extremely sour. Sui Ran took two sips, but couldn't drink any more, so she put down the glass and remembered to explain:

"Don't listen to Haicheng's nonsense, it has nothing to do with you. Didn't I tell you that two things happened to me, and I couldn't get over that hurdle. At that time, I just wanted to go to the mountains to be quiet, and the rhythm of the big city was too fast. It’s coming soon, it’s too much a test of my ability to withstand pressure, and I can’t handle it.”

Huai An shook his head: "Haicheng is right, I put too much pressure on you."

She drank all the wine in the glass without refilling it, and switched the empty glass from her right hand to her left: "And you can't tell the difference between public and private."

The lemonade seems to have added some honey, and the sweetness is long overdue, covering the previous sourness.

Huai'an's eyelids and ear tips are red, which belongs to the thin red of alcohol, and he looks a little dazed, his eyelashes are half drooped, and he doesn't know where he is looking.

"This time, I originally planned to take my time."

The author has something to say:-

Thanks to the boss who cast the rocket launcher: 2 for Jiang Lansheng; 1 for the useless baboon;

Thanks to the boss who threw the grenade: 1 thorn magnet;

Thanks to the bosses who cast mines: 2 for absurdity and Chang'an Hometown; 1 for Hello Meng Meiqi, Xiao Dangdang, and Lan Yu;

感谢灌溉营养液的园丁：而或78瓶；兔子還老鼠44瓶；温酒溢清寒40瓶；妙妙30瓶；别太当真24瓶；沧笙踏歌、口喷QAQ20瓶；Aun、空想10瓶；FORGOOD8瓶；HA7YK77瓶；平野、无昵称5瓶；

Thank you, thank you, have a good dream~