Four years single, three years widowed

Duan Wenzheng was indeed lying to him again.

It's been two months, and Duan Wenzheng hasn't come back, and he didn't even make another phone call.

Disappointed again and again, it stands to reason that Li Can should have learned his lesson long ago and should not have any hope for Duan Wenzheng's words.

But the facts proved that he was like a silly kid who would never have a long memory. He knew very well that Duan Wenzheng was perfunctory him, but there was always a small corner of his heart where faint expectations grew.

This kind of expectation is bleak and small, and it will be consumed little by little during the long waiting process, until Duan Wenzheng calls the next time and makes another meaningless promise.

Li Can invited Li Nuannuan to play badminton today, thanks to her, otherwise he would not know how to spend this rest day.

After several rounds, both of them were sweating profusely. Li Nuannuan gasped a little, and said loudly, "Second brother, can you take a rest?"

"Okay." Li Can nodded in agreement.

Sitting together on the bench by the court, Li Can took out a bottle of mineral water from his sports bag, unscrewed the cap, and handed it to Li Nuannuan.

"Thank you brother." Li Nuannuan reached out to take it.

Opening another bottle of mineral water, Li Can took a sip. The sweet water moisturised his dry throat, making him feel much better instantly.

Li Nuannuan should be extremely thirsty, raised his head, and poured down half a bottle of water at once.

After twisting the bottle cap, Li Can saw the glistening beads of sweat on her forehead and a few strands of hair sticking to her cheeks, so she asked, "Do you want a napkin?"

Li Nuannuan smiled at him, and wiped off the sweat with the back of his hand: "No need."

This careless gesture made Li Can a little helpless, but rather than helplessness, he had more love in his eyes.

In fact, the relationship between Li Can and Li Nuannuan has only improved in the past few years. Before that, on the surface, his attitude towards Li Nuannuan has always been indifferent.

It's not that Li Can hates Li Nuannuan, it's just that he who liked to pretend to be mature and had an awkward personality back then really didn't know how to get close to his sister.

Looking up and squinting at the sun in the sky, after a while, Li Nuannuan suddenly called out: "Second Brother..."

"Ok?"

"Let me tell you something."

"You said."

Facing the increasingly dazzling sunlight, Li Nuannuan finally resigned to his fate and closed his eyes, then lowered his head: "I broke up with Liang Yujie two days ago..."

Upon hearing this, Li Can frowned slightly: "What's wrong with you?"

"He changed the password of the mobile phone." Li Nuannuan explained the reason for the breakup.

"Just because of this?" Li Can couldn't understand.

Li Nuannuan turned to look at him, obviously dissatisfied: "What is it because of this?" She sat up straight with a serious expression, "He said that he changed his mobile phone password without telling me, and he still can't Explain the problem?"

"Maybe he just forgot to tell you." Li Can said, "Did he tell you the new password later?"

"No." Li Nuannuan sneered, "I cracked the password before he had time."

Hearing this, Li Can didn't know for a moment whether to mourn Liang Yujie or praise Li Nuannuan for his wit.

"It's true that I didn't find anything in his phone, but his reaction was so fucking ridiculous." Li Nuannuan's eyes gradually turned red, "He exploded with rage, and asked me to respect his privacy."

His mouth was pursed into a straight line, and Li Can understood that this was not just a simple matter of changing the password of the mobile phone. Liang Yujie definitely concealed something from Li Nuannuan, and it was very likely that he had cheated.

"If you want to respect privacy, why didn't he say it when we first started dating?" Li Nuannuan said mockingly, "Now we have to respect privacy? Don't you want to make it clear that you have ghosts in your heart?"

After understanding the cause and effect, Li Can was of course on Li Nuannuan's side, but the situation at this time made him feel a little at a loss.

He has never comforted anyone, if Li Chi was there, it would be fine.

After the anger passed, Li Nuannuan's mood fell to the bottom, with deep sadness in his voice, feeling worthless for himself: "Brother, I have been with him for three years..."

Li Can raised his hand, stretched out slowly, and he tried to hold Li Nuannuan into his arms.

Leaning her head on Li Can's shoulder, Li Nuannuan instantly broke her defenses, shedding tears of grievance: "Do you know? I was the one who chased him back then, and it took me a long time to catch him..."

"Nuan Nuan, he is not good enough, you deserve a better boy." Li Can comforted softly.

"I know he's not good." Li Nuannuan wept softly and asked, "I really know, but why am I still reluctant?"

"That's probably because you still like him."

"I don't want to like him, brother, I'm afraid I will wrong myself because of that little reluctance."

"You won't, Nuan Nuan." Li Can gently touched Li Nuan Nuan's head.

she won't.When Li Nuannuan said this, it proved that she knew clearly that if she continued to be with Liang Yujie, it would be cruel to herself.

Li Nuannuan knows how to love herself, which is very good, just like the sentence written by the British poet Wilde in "The Ideal Husband": Loving yourself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

Li Nuannuan didn't vent for a long time on her own, and she left Li Can's embrace after a while, with tears on her face, sniffed her nose, and muttered, "It's so embarrassing."

Li Can, who had been silently waiting for Li Nuannuan to calm down, thoughtfully took out a pack of napkins from her sports bag and handed it to her: "You definitely need this now."

Li Nuannuan showed a slightly embarrassed smile, and took it obediently.

"Second brother, let's talk about it first. You can't tell anyone what happened today."

"Don't worry, I won't say anything." Li Can immediately agreed, then glanced at his watch, "Are you hungry?"

"Hungry." Li Nuannuan answered honestly.

Li Can stood up: "What do you want to eat?"

"Hmm... barbecue!"

"Okay." He quickly packed up his things, "Then let's go eat barbecue."

Li Can's car was parked not far from the door, Li Nuannuan walked over with him, opened the co-pilot's door, and sat in.

Start the car, Li Can puts it in gear, turns the steering wheel and drives out of the parking space.

On the way, Li Can asked Li Nuannuan: "Since you broke up, what about the house you rented with Liang Yujie?"

"I asked him to move away." Li Nuannuan said.

"You live in that house alone?"

"Yeah!" Li Nuannuan pouted, "I don't want to see him in my life."

At the red light ahead, Li Can parked the car firmly behind the white line, and waited for the signal to turn green.

"Nuan Nuan, do you want to move in and live with me?" Li Can offered the invitation.

City S is very expensive, and the rental price of a house is not cheap. Li Nuannuan just graduated from university and turned from a part-time tattoo artist to a full-time job. Renting that house alone is a heavy burden.

Li Nuannuan shook her head and refused, "Brother, it's not like you don't know me. I'm used to being sloppy, and you like to be clean so much. It's not suitable for us to live together."

"I have hired a housekeeper."

Li Nuannuan thought for a while, and wrinkled her face: "Forget it, brother, I'll see if I can find a roommate to share the rent with, if I can't find it, then I will refund the house. Rent a cheaper one."

Hearing what she said, Li Can was a little disappointed, but still chose to respect Li Nuannuan's thoughts.

"Anyway, you remember, no matter what, you can come to me."

"I know." Li Nuannuan smiled.

They had lunch at a barbecue restaurant, and when they came out, Li Nuannuan happened to meet an acquaintance, so he left Li Can heartlessly, took the little sister's arm, and went to play.

Li Can, who was left behind, had no choice but to drive home alone.

After arriving home, Li Can took a shower, changed into a set of comfortable home clothes, walked to the living room, sat on the sofa, and turned on the TV.

It was only three o'clock in the afternoon, and he had to find something to pass the extra time.

There was an old foreign movie on the TV. The blond-haired and blue-eyed foreigners spoke Mandarin with an interpreter's accent. It was hard to say how good it was, but Li Can didn't pay much attention to it, and it didn't matter what he watched.

As the plot of the movie unfolded, Li Can unconsciously fell asleep and even forgot to take off his glasses.

The sun slowly climbed down the hill, and the floor-to-ceiling windows connected to the balcony were not closed tightly, leaving a gap through which the breeze blew up the curtains. The old movies playing on the TV were like a lullaby, and the man in pure cotton pajamas curled up on the sofa , fell into a deep sleep.

Suddenly, with a "pop", the man was awakened.

The brown pupils failed to focus immediately, and Li Can's face was a little dazed.

The dark living room with no light proves that the night is coming, and the sad soundtrack of the film is heard in his ears. Li Can turns his head to look at the TV, and the hero and heroine inside are saying goodbye in tears.

Withdrawing his gaze, Li Can slowly sat up, looked around, and quickly discovered the source of the sound just now.

A picture frame fell over.

If he remembered correctly, there seemed to be a wedding photo of him and Duan Wenzheng displayed there.

Stepping on the wooden floor with bare feet, Li Can walked over and picked up the photo frame.

This photo was chosen by Duan Wenzheng. In fact, all the gadgets about the two of them at home, whether it’s a photo or a mug with a couple’s photo on it, were all prepared by Duan Wenzheng.

Duan Wenzheng once jokingly said that he prepared these because he was busy with work and was always away from home, fearing that he would forget him.

Li Can didn't take it seriously at the time, thinking that although Duan Wenzheng was busy with work, the two of them were in the same city after all, so maybe they could see each other for a month.

Unexpectedly, within two days, Duan Wenzheng was transferred to other places.

This tune is three years.

As if it was a joke made by God, it didn't adjust sooner or later, but it happened after they got married.

Before getting married, Li Can might not feel so lonely, because during the four years of dating Duan Wenzheng, he was in college.While studying, he went to the company to study, and he himself was very busy, so he didn't care much about Duan Wenzheng's frequent absence.

After getting married, he stepped into the society, working from nine to five every day, and suddenly had a lot more free time.

Wen Zheng's transfer at that time was undoubtedly making things worse.

To put it bluntly, his married life was like being a widow.

The hand holding the photo frame could not be put down for a long time, looking at Duan Wenzheng who was looking at him with eyes full of love in the photo, Li Can thought of Li Nuannuan.

Li Nuannuan said that she didn't want to wrong herself because of that reluctance.

He was envious, but he couldn't bear it too much, he couldn't bear the love from Duan's family and Duan Wenzheng's kindness to him.

He's just, temporarily reluctant to...