Lost [Transmigration Book]

The galaxy flows slowly.

The flickering lights reflected the night sky, concealing some of the dull brilliance.

Zhao Rong sat on the edge of the window, with his head downcast, the lower half of his face was hidden in the shadow of the light, his expression was hard to see clearly.

I don't know how long I sat there.

"This gentleman?" The waiter called him, looking at him with some embarrassment, "We are closing the door, you..."

Zhao Rong turned her head, only to find that the surrounding lights had been turned off, and there were few people in the restaurant, only people in overalls walking back and forth tiredly.

There is only him left, I don't know if it is because he is still there and the lights are still on.

He glanced at his phone - it was past nine o'clock.

"Sorry." He stood up quickly.

Walking out of the building where the restaurant is located, the cool wind of late autumn suddenly poured into his neck.

Zhao Rong raised her hand and wrapped the scarf tighter.

He is not in good health, so when he blows like this, he immediately feels the coldness on his skin, and the blowing also wakes him up a little.

I was really speechless just now.

He should have remained calm, ended the phone call politely and thoughtfully, and made it clear to Qiao Nanqi that they shouldn't have cross-border contact at this moment.

It is the best way to keep this decent gathering until the end.

But when he heard Qiao Nanqi's words "I want to see you", the gentleness he had cultivated for so many years and melted into his bones suddenly became useless.

It wasn't until those few words were finished that he suddenly realized - how could Qiao Nanqi care what he thought?How could he care about his personality and his dignity?In this person's eyes, he has always been that shady lover who is called around.

Before we got together, he was that ignorant idiot of the Chen family.After being together, he is a decoration with the appearance of gold and jade, and the appearance of failure.Even after breaking up, this person still regarded him as a lover who would come and go whenever he wanted.

Qiao Nanqi couldn't listen to what he said.Why bother to affect your mood?

He shouldn't have answered the call.

So he hung up the phone and did nothing but sit there, trying to calm himself down into a restrained state.

Once you sit down, it's time for the bright moon to hang high.

Zhao Rong was walking aimlessly on the street when his phone suddenly vibrated twice.

Taking it out, it turned out that Lu Xingping had sent him two messages.

The first one is a screenshot. In the screenshot is the chat history between Lu Xingping and Lu Xiaoyue. Lu Xiaoyue said that Zhao Rong was too troublesome during this period, and she didn’t know what Zhao Rong liked, so she wanted to invite him to have a meal at home to thank her. .

The second message has only one emoji, which is an arrow pointing upwards. When the two messages are combined, an upward arrow points to a screenshot of a chat record.

It was a good news that he was invited to be a guest, but he didn't type a word in a daze.

Zhao Rong: "..."

That's what Lu Xingping could do.

Naturally, he would not refuse, and typed back: "Okay, when?"

Over there, Lu Xingping seemed to be looking at his phone, and sent him a time this weekend after a while.

Zhao Rong naturally agreed again.

He felt that when he was visiting Lu Xingping's house this time, he might be able to politely ask about their previous engagement.

After deciding, Zhao Rong thought of Lu Xingping's main business, and quit the chat interface for a while.

He sent another one: "Is the senior free to take my psychological consultation recently?"

"available."

"But unless there are special circumstances, I don't pick up friends."

Zhao Rong didn't know this.The last time Lu Xingping gave him the book, he thought that Lu Xingping was actually giving advice to his friends.

He just thought that he might need to talk to someone, but it was just a whim.

He is not a person who is very willing to take the initiative to explain the past to others, Lu Xingping said so, and he gave up the idea.

He was typing "thank you anyway" in the chat box, but he didn't send it out, and another message came over there.

Lu Xingping: "It's okay if you want to see it, we can break off our friendship first."

Zhao Rong: "."

Xia Yuantu patted the door again: "—Old Qiao? Hey, you said this old house is not good, why doesn't it even have a smart doorbell, what if Old Qiao can't hear it in the room?"

He withdrew his hand, "Let me call him."

Lu Xingping stood aside, typing on his mobile phone, and he didn't know who he was talking to.

Xia Yuantu was just about to call Qiao Nanqi when the door opened.

Qiao Nanqi paused, seeing that it was Xia Yuantu and Lu Xingping, he didn't say anything.

He likes to be neat and tidy most of the day, but when he sees people, he can't find any omissions from head to toe.But at this moment, even though the street lights outside were dim, and the dim light shone on Qiao Nanqi's face standing in front of the door, Xia Yuantu could vaguely see his stubble.

He opened the door, turned around and went back to the living room.

Xia Yuantu chattered: "Why did you move back here suddenly? I only found out from Xiao Wu. You had a fever a few days ago, and you moved suddenly these two days. Xingping and I are worried about you, so come and have a look."

"Hey, Xingping, who are you chatting with?"

Lu Xingping has finished sending the message.

"A..." He paused, "A person I just met."

He turned off the screen, threw the phone into his pocket, and turned into the house.

"Tsk tsk, it's strange that someone like you would actually send messages to someone you just met. What happened to you and Old Qiao these two days, have you changed your gender?"

The other two have long been used to his noisy, but no one paid attention to him.

He didn't care, and walked behind Lu Xingping into the house swaggeringly.

Qiao Nanqi was obviously not in the mood. He only poured a glass of water for each of them, and then sat on the sofa next to the coffee table, his eyes fell on a crumpled note.

Xia Yuantu leaned forward and took a look, it seemed to be a string of phone numbers.

They grew up together and had known each other for more than [-] years. Except for the time when Qiao Anqing died, Xia Yuantu saw Qiao Nanqi in such a state of despair for the first time in more than ten years now.

He and Lu Xingping came over, but he actually found out after asking Xiao Wu—Qiao Nanqi was not in the right state all day long.

After Qiao Anqing's death, Qiao Nanqi sometimes felt uncontrollable depression and world-weariness, and they were very aware of this, so they came to the old city at night to look for Qiao Nanqi.It's just that the Chen family and the few people who colluded with He Nan to plot against Qiao's family were cleaned up. He Nan is crazy now, what else can make Qiao Nanqi like this?

Is it really because of Zhao Rong?

Xia Yuantu picked up the water glass, took a sip of water, and thought about how to ask Qiao Nanqi tactfully, but Lu Xingping beside him said, "Because of Zhao Rong?"

Xia Yuantu almost spit out a mouthful of water.

"Too straightforward?"

Unexpectedly, Qiao Nanqi was not angry either, but just nodded slightly: "He..."

He lowered his head, and he didn't know if it was because his voice was too low, but there was a hint of grievance in what he said.

"He said I didn't like him."

Xia Yuantu blurted out: "Didn't you always—"

Qiao Nanqi looked up at him.

Lu Xingping glanced at him.

Xia Yuantu raised his hand and covered his mouth.

Qiao Nanqi actually felt that Xia Yuantu had said nothing wrong.

Zhao Rong said he didn't like him.

Xia Yuantu also affirmed Zhao Rong's idea almost subconsciously.

Everyone around him is like this, maybe he... really treats Zhao Rong very badly.

He laughed at himself and said, "Drink?"

If he had been around in the past, few people would dare to talk about drinking because he didn't like the smell of alcohol and smoke.Even for entertainment, when other people drink other people's wine, Qiao Nanqi will drink a few sips politely at most, and few people dare to drink him.

Now, he actually wants to get drunk one day.

"Nan Qi," Lu Xingping ignored his words, and just said, "So do you have an answer?"

"You hate those surnamed Chen, and you don't like ignorant trash, but the Zhao Rong you see has both. Why do you let Zhao Rong live in your house?"

This is the third time Lu Xingping asked him.

For the first time, he and Zhao Rong had just signed an agreement, and Zhao Rong hadn't moved into his house yet.They had just begun a partnership that no one knew would lead to where it is now.

At that time, he didn't care about this question at all, and the answer was even more meaningless.

The second time was after Zhao Rong moved out of his house.

He felt that it was just an occasional accident. It was just Zhao Rong's rare temper since he and Zhao Rong lived together for more than a year, or Zhao Rong didn't plan to go home at all. He could also get rid of those habits and forget about Zhao Rong. .

But he couldn't answer the question.

This time, the answer came to Lu Xingping's mind the moment Lu Xingping finished speaking.

No thinking, no doubts.

He likes Zhao Rong.

He has always liked Zhao Rong.

It's not the kind of liking that sees the wild cats on the roadside occasionally rise up, it's not the liking that can be squandered at will, it's not the liking that can be squandered at will, it's not the liking that sees the spring leaves passing by in an instant, and it's not the liking that you can't ask for and throw away.

Even if he knew that Zhao Rong was from the Chen family, when he knew that Zhao Rong was from the same world as him, he would subconsciously like it with joy.

It was his liking that when he saw Zhao Rong in college sitting on the long steps holding a pile of scarves given by some girl, he couldn't help but grab those scarves and throw them away.

It was he who saw Zhao Rong's wet face and wanted to give the scarf in his hand to wipe his face with him.

——It was the seeds that were planted when he was young, and the eyes he met many years later filled the spring, and then took root and sprouted in the gap of many years, and finally grew into a towering tree of love in his heart silently.

"Yes," he answered Lu Xingping's question, "there is an answer."

Xia Yuantu took a look at Lu Xingping and Qiao Nanqi to the right, "What charades are you playing? Why do I feel isolated?"

"It's not a charade," Lu Xingping said meaningfully, "it's a sub-question."

Qiao Nanqi didn't speak.

His thoughts have drifted to the memory of who knows when.

He thought that when he was a teenager, he would see these kittens every time he went out, and they would occasionally rub around his ankles and bark a few times, as if telling him that he was not alone.

If it weren't for such an insignificant but just right warmth, what would he be like now?

There is such a person, I do not know how, when he was 14 years old, he preserved the address he wrote on the palm of the other party with care, and gave him the address silently day after day during these long ten years. It left behind a little warmth that can't be forgotten in the boyhood.This man loved him for ten years.

Today, more than ten years later, at this moment.

He knew that he liked Zhao Rong, and he knew that he wanted to be with Zhao Rong forever and ever.

He also knew that Zhao Rong had left him.

The lamps in the old house are still the same as ten years ago, and the warm yellow chandelier with manual switch hangs from the ceiling, scattering dim light.

In such a lonely night, it should have been extremely calm.

But Qiao Nanqi felt that the light was too dazzling, and it made his eyes a little sore.

He slowly closed his eyes, leaned back, leaned his head on the back of the sofa, and did not speak.

He has always been a strict self-discipline. When they were young, a group of young masters were playing together, and the others were not serious children. Qiao Nanqi was already upright and strict.

Even sitting, always sitting upright.

Seeing such a depressed Qiao Nanqi, Xia Yuantu was speechless.

Two days ago, he saw that Qiao Nanqi was absent-minded in everything he did, and he wanted to ridicule the young master Qiao who always overwhelmed them on weekdays, but he didn't think it was too serious.It's just a breakup, there are more earth-shattering things in the circle than this one, who doesn't have some things that are constantly being cut and messed up?

He and Lu Xingping have been watching it for more than a year, and they also know about Qiao Nanqi and Zhao Rong's nonsense - Qiao Nanqi has always been condescending, no matter how you look at it, Zhao Rong is confused.Otherwise, after learning that Qiao Nanqi and Zhao Rong had broken up, his first reaction would be that Zhao Rong's mind cleared up for a while.

Qiao Nanqi was originally a person who didn't know how to love.

Before Zhao Rong, Qiao Nanqi had never been attracted to anyone, and after Zhao Rong, he probably never would.Zhao Rong seemed to be an accident, an accident that Qiao Nanqi himself might not have cared about, even if they broke up, Qiao Nanqi would be absent-minded for a few days at most.

But Qiao Nanqi's appearance at this moment, where is the absent-mindedness of the previous two days?This can only be described as devastated.

Xia Yuantu didn't know anything.

Lu Xingping remained silent, while Qiao Nanqi nestled on the sofa. For several moments, no one said a word.

Xia Yuantu glanced at the crumpled note in front of Qiao Nanqi, took out his phone and secretly lost.After typing, he glanced at the corresponding note name on the phone, he sighed, and said, "Old Joe."

"Ok?"

"...Do you like Zhao Rong?"

If it's just like those fun-loving young masters in their circle, raising a lover is the right to have fun, and that's all if you love me.

Can……

It is self-evident what kind of liking this "like" refers to.

Qiao Nanqi raised his eyelids.

He didn't look at Xia Yuantu either, his eyes fell aimlessly on nowhere, and he didn't speak.

Xia Yuantu sighed for a long time, paused, and said, "You kind of deserve it."

In order to avoid being assassinated on the spot by Young Master Qiao's eye knife, he immediately got up, and continued: "It's been a long time since I came here. I remember that there is a small supermarket in the street next to your house? I hope it's still open. I'll go buy wine. "

He didn't wait for Lu Xingping and Qiao Nanqi to say anything, he turned around and went out.

The house fell silent again.

After a while, Lu Xingping, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke up: "You didn't think so before."

Qiao Nanqi nodded slowly: "...Yes."

He remembered that the night Zhao Rong moved away, he had a fever and called Lu Xingping.He was beside him at the time, and Lu Xingping told him something about Zhao Rong. At that time, he felt that he... liked Zhao Rong, but it was not love.

In fact, before today, he had been persuading himself to persevere.

Because Zhao Rong has already left.

"persuade".

In fact, these two words are enough to explain everything.

There are early signs.

It's just that he's blind.

Was it because of the litter of stray cats that Zhao Rong had raised for ten years?

Indeed it is.

Before the age of 16, the person he respected and loved the most was Qiao Anqing.His mother was the heir of the previous generation of the Qiao family, fierce but gentle, treated him kindly and kindly, and taught him many things.Even before that, Horan was a kind father.

They had promised him forever and long.

Not a single one cashed in.

He will no longer believe in what he doesn't have.

So when he moved away from here, he didn't consider taking those stray cats away.After that, I didn't even mention it. It was best to keep it in a corner and forget it.

There is never anything that can stay with you for a long time.

But Zhao Rong told him as if hitting a snake seven inches - yes, yes.

It's just that he didn't see it himself, and let go of his hand.

But was it all because of that litter of feral cats?

Not really.

Looking back now, he has always acquiesced that Zhao Rong will not leave, so that at this moment he is unwilling to believe the fact that Zhao Rong can easily withdraw and leave... Is it because he has already acquiesced in this "forever" from Zhao Rong? "?

That litter of stray cats was nothing more than a key, a key to unlock his thoughts that he had never seen.

Over the years, when Qiao Nanqi lost control of his emotions, he mostly asked Lu Xingping for help, and Lu Xingping knew some things.

He talked about the litter of stray cats that spanned ten years in a few words. After Lu Xingping heard it, he suddenly said: "So what you like is the person who secretly raised a litter of stray cats for you, or is he an ignorant and incompetent person?" trash?"

It was clearly a person, but Qiao Nanqi said, "It's...not."

Lu Xingping raised his eyebrows.

Qiao Nanqi said slowly and firmly, "I like Zhao Rong."

As soon as the words were finished, Xia Yuantu came in with a few bottles of wine.

Qiao Nanqi took the wine bottle he had opened, without taking the glass, and poured it down with his head raised.

"Hey hey hey you take it easy at 52 degrees!!"

Qiao Nanqi didn't really drink much.

Since he was a child, he has been a person who does not need to wrong himself to entertain others, even if it is a polite entertainment, no one dares to pour him out.He took a few sips and it was enough to save face.

He had no appetite to eat tonight, so he took such a big gulp of wine on an empty stomach. The spicy smell of wine burned his throat and made his stomach hurt.

Painfully sober.

It was a very long night.

In fact, they didn't drink for long, and Qiao Nanqi became drunk. After Lu Xingping and Xia Yuantu left, he didn't even want to go to bed by himself, and lay on the sofa under a blanket, his mind in a mess.

Why didn't Zhao Rong believe that he just wanted to see him?

Who is that woman who appeared next to Zhao Rong?

Where is Zhao Rong now?Why did Zhao Rong suddenly not want to be with him anymore?How did Zhao Rong move back?

Does Zhao Rong still like him?After the marriage agreement was over, Zhao Rong went to see Lu Xingping a few times, is there still some unexpected rumors spreading around?

……

When his thoughts were in a mess, he didn't know what he was thinking, but when he realized it, he had already called Zhao Rong.

The buzzer sounded twice and then stopped suddenly. While waiting for Zhao Rong's voice with his heart hanging high, he only saw the dial page disappear.

Zhao Rong didn't answer the phone and hang up again like just now.

It's not that I didn't receive it.

Instead, he pressed his phone directly.

The surroundings became quiet again.

"Don't take it?"

When Zhao Ming looked at Zhao Rong, the bell rang for a while just after Zhao Rong pressed it.

He said: "It's not an important call, I want to talk to you."

Zhao Ming has been unconscious for more time than before, and he was unconscious for a while just now.Zhao Rong remembered the doctor's instructions, so while she was awake, she moved a chair and sat by the bed to chat with Zhao Ming.

He grew up in an orphanage in his previous life, and in this life he is a rootless duckweed in this world.Other relatives who were related by blood either looked down on him or wanted to harm him. People who had liked him for ten years never looked him in the eye or gave him any chance to tell.

Only Zhao Ming maintains his connection with this world.

He was still annoyed by the out-of-control words he said when he answered Qiao Nanqi's call tonight, and felt that those words were really unnecessary.

Those words, to the ears of people who don't care at all, will only be incomprehensible jokes.

But after talking with Zhao Ming for a while, and chatting aimlessly about various topics, Zhao Rong completely calmed down.

He was actually a mediocre person.

No matter what he said or didn't say, what Qiao Nanqi heard or didn't hear, it didn't matter at all.These have nothing to do with him.

As for why Qiao Nanqi is so abnormal these days, it has nothing to do with him.

He clearly wants to be a man who does whatever he wants.

You should no longer be as rigid as before, unable to let go of your hands and feet, looking forward and backward.

All he had to do was tap the screen lightly as he did now, and press the incoming call without any notes.

With just such a push, Zhao Rong felt that the weight in his heart was lighter in an instant.

"If you have something to do," Zhao Ming smiled slightly, "don't worry about me. I'm at this age, and I haven't been out for so many years. Talking to me is too boring."

"What can I do? Don't worry, you won't be bored."

"I see that you and Xiao Fang have been working on errands for the past few days?" She raised her hand and lightly patted Zhao Rong's forehead, "My son is so good, the things he is busy with must be very important."

"It's just you saying that I'm excellent every day," Zhao Rong sighed, "you'll believe me if you say too much."

"I saw the news." Zhao Ming said suddenly.

Zhao Rong was taken aback.

Zhao Ming's eyes were red.

She looked at Zhao Rong tenderly, and said in a low voice: "Your cousin is in an accident now, and all the dirty things he did in the past have been dug out... They even have lives under their hands. I don't have a good memory, I only remember one year , You told me that Chen Da and Chen Er invited you to be a guest, and then I didn't find you for a month, or two months? You have been..."

It was rare for Zhao Rong to interrupt him: "Mom, where is all this going? I had a minor illness for more than a month, and I had a minor operation in the hospital."

He handed out the apples he had just peeled, "Come on, eat the apples. I'll show you some photos after eating. I've selected a few of the lots that can be developed in Zhuxi now. You can see which one you like. I'm next to it." Build a sanitarium..."

"..."

The next morning, when Qiao Nanqi woke up, he had a headache for a moment.

Although he didn't drink much last night and got drunk, he was drunk anyway, but there was nothing good in his dream, so he woke up after not sleeping for long.

He stood up frowning, picked up his phone and checked, the time stayed at 34:[-].

Get up earlier than he used to.

There was still no one around.

I don't know how many days, there is no other person sleeping on the edge of the bed lying on his side, listening to him getting up early, frowning while half asleep, and sometimes saying to him in a daze: "Be careful on the road..."

Splitting headache.

He swiped open the screen and glanced at the unread messages. The top one was Lu Xingping's message, and the second one was from Xia Yuantu after he left last night.

Lu Xingping: "You have been in good condition for the past two years, but recently I see that you have insomnia and waking up again. If it gets worse, come to me in time. For the sake of your emotional injury, I will give you a 30.00% discount, but emotional injury Make the consultation more difficult, charge an extra 17.00% after a [-]% discount, and remember to pay an extra [-]% next time.”

Qiao Nanqi: "..."

He clicked on the second item.

Xia Yuantu: "I found out that Zhao Rong had an appointment two days ago, with some second-generation ancestors, at a bar in Xincheng District. If you really think about it, Zhao Rong likes you so much, and he probably won't change his mind in a short time. , It’s not impossible to invite people home. But old Qiao, you two have been messing around for more than a year, and I can’t say anything now, but you still think about it.”

Xia Yuantu: "[Address sharing]"

Qiao Nanqi said "thank you" to him twice.

He got up, and faced the morning breeze in late autumn alone, he came to the empty cat's nest again.

The post-it note that was re-pasted yesterday was still quietly pasted on the side of the cat's litter, and it was sealed with the adhesive strip he put on yesterday, which was very firm.

It's just that the cat litter is really empty, and it's unlikely that there are missing kittens.I don't know if other people will see this sticky note in the future, and pass by this past that he is not the only one who knows.

He had always thought that Zhao Rong was like those kittens who used to live in this cat litter to him.He likes and wants to keep the unexpected passers-by in his life, but he can let go and forget them.

Looking back at this moment, I just realized that he is to Zhao Rong what these wild cats are to Zhao Rong.

At first, every day, I just had to wait for Zhao Rong to come, and wait for Zhao Rong to be fed.But one day Zhao Rong will not come, he will no longer raise this litter of wild cats, they have nowhere to go, and they will not return to their original home.And Zhao Rong seems to have given them a safe place, but he will never take the initiative to look for them again.

Qiao Nanqi stood here for a long time.

During the morning rush hour, people passing by glanced at him from time to time, but he didn't leave.

The setting sun moved up slightly, it was dazzlingly bright, but it couldn't warm the cool breeze.

Qiao Nanqi didn't pay attention to how long he stayed here.

He felt like he had thought a lot, but when he came to his senses, he didn't know what he was thinking.

All he knew was that he had figured it out.

Think clearly and clearly.

He didn't want to lose Zhao Rong.

He can't lose Zhao Rong.

He must—must find Zhao Rong back.