Ruoshui Qiaochu

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17. Section 1

——feeling the kindness of knowing you——

One Sunday morning, Pan Liren specially took Qiao Chu home to meet his parents.

Mother Pan liked Qiao Chu very much. While holding her hand, she said with emotion: "It turns out that Xiao Qiao has grown up so much, I haven't seen him for a long time."

Having said that, she asked her wife: "Do you still remember Xiao Qiao? He used to come to our house to play, our classmate of Liren."

The "wife" immediately put on reading glasses to take a closer look at Qiao Chu, and Qiao Chu subconsciously approached him to let him see what happened.

Pan Liren stood aside and laughed loudly.

Pan's mother held Qiao Chu's hand and said in a loud voice, "Does Liren know if you want to marry us? Do you know?"

She kept saying "Do you know?" with a high voice, as if she had to wait until Qiao Chu nodded and said she knew before giving up, but Qiao Chu didn't know how to express her position.

Pan Liren stared at his lover expectantly, while laughing loudly.

Pan's mother suddenly lowered her voice, and she said softly, "It doesn't matter if mom and dad leave early, we will take care of you in the future, you know, do you know?"

When she said that, she held Qiao Chu's hand tightly, and then put her hand into Pan Liren's. Qiao Chu's eyes filled with tears, and Pan Liren took her into his arms, and in front of his parents, He kissed her on the forehead and said, "Mom and Dad, Xiao Qiao is your daughter-in-law."

His parents laughed happily.At that moment, Qiao Chu could only think of four words that were already unfamiliar to her - family warmth.

She also thought of the only grandma who was closest to her.As long as she can remember, the only person who loves her the most is her grandma, who brought her up.

Grandma has only two sons, and his father is the eldest son. After he and his mother are gone, he lives with his uncle's family.

Grandma left during her first year of college, and her uncle's family emigrated during her graduation year.

The warmth of family, in her dictionary, is grandma and uncle.Since then, she never dared to hope that anyone else would give her this kind of warmth.

Qiao Chu can strongly feel that Pan Liren's parents really love him.They always talk about "We Liren", which is very intimate.

Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite, and she can understand it better now. This is probably the reason why his brothers and sisters did not tell their parents about the car accident of their younger brother.

Pan Liren has a good relationship with his parents, but he is very distant from his brothers and sisters;

Pan Liren was also very filial to his parents, and he was always obedient to his old family. No matter what his parents said, whether he agreed or disagreed, Qiao Chu didn't hear a word of contradiction from him.

Qiao Chu knew that the Pan family had many children, so she bought all kinds of imported chocolates for them.

Surrounding them are all nephews and nieces, nephews and nieces who are not more than ten years old, and the atmosphere is noisy.

Pan Liren hugged the youngest one, named Pan Yuanyuan. He kept teasing Yuanyuan, and then handed Yuanyuan to Qiao Chu, asking her to hug her too.

He took the child's little hand, and Rory said in a hurry, "Our Pancho is like Yuanyuan. Isn't that right, Yuanyuan? Isn't it right? Are you right?"

Qiao Chu sat Yuanyuan on her lap, and the nine-month-old baby couldn't sit still at all, and kept twisting and climbing her like a tree, and kept raising her face to stare at her.

She found that all the children of Pan's family inherited big eyes.Pan Liren actually said: "Yuanyuan, don't mistake someone, this person is not your mother, this person is Pan Qiao's mother."

Qiao Chu really can't imagine that she and Pan Liren will have their own children in the future.Marriage, family, and children seem to be some distance away from her.

However, after accepting Pan Liren, she knew that she had to face up to this reality.

Pan Liren sat next to Qiao Chu and the child, then held up his mobile phone, and said foolishly, "Come on! Let's take a picture as a family of three!"

At night, Qiao Chu slept with Pan Liren in his room.In fact, this room had been given to his nephew after he moved to the city.

As long as he comes home, he will share the room with his nephew. Tonight, his nephew can only go to sleep with other people.

Early the next morning, servants rushed down from [-] kilometers away. Qiao Chu had just stepped into Real Mccoy when she received a message: Zhou Linshan was admitted to the hospital yesterday!

She learned from Xiao Yang that Zhou Linshan was admitted to the hospital for myomectomy.

Xiao Yang also said that she and her group colleagues planned to visit her in the hospital together after work in the evening, and asked Qiao Chu if she wanted to go with her.Qiao Chu didn't agree to go with her because she decided to visit Zhou Linshan by herself.

When she came to the hospital, the first person she met was Zhou Linshan's husband, Wu Jiawan.He was talking with the doctor in the corridor, and when Qiao Chu came to him, he and the doctor had just finished talking.

Seeing Qiao Chu, Wu Jiawan was a little surprised, and Qiao Chu took the initiative to say hello to him first.

"Qiao Chu, hello." Whether Wu Jiawan smiled or not, his eyes were crooked. He is an honest and honest man, and he said, "It's been a long time since I saw you. Why haven't you come to my house for a while now?" Huh? You don’t go to New Year’s Eve dinner during Chinese New Year, are you busy?”

Qiao Chu was a little embarrassed, so he could only laugh it off.She asked Wu Jiawan: "How is Joe?"

Wu Jiawan smiled and said, "She's fine, she's fine. The operation went well. You're here to visit her, right? She's in that room." He pointed forward.

Zhou Linshan's private ward is full of flowers.It seems that many people have come to visit her.

Seeing Qiao Chu, she was obviously much more surprised than Wu Jiawan, it was an unexpected surprise, she exaggeratedly asked: "Qiao Chu, am I dreaming?"

Qiao Chu came hastily, empty-handed."I didn't bring anything," she said.

Zhou Linshan said a little excitedly: "No, I don't want those flowers and fruits. Your presence is the best gift. I'm really happy."

Qiao Chu sighed deeply, then sat on the chair beside the bed.She didn't expect that she and Zhou Linshan would settle down on this occasion.

These days, she has slowly figured it out, if life is just like the first meeting, if you think about all the good things when you first met, people will cherish the other person extraordinarily.

She should have been in this state of mind.Besides, Zhou Linshan didn't feel sorry for her.In the past days, she has always treated her kindly.No matter what happens, she should be grateful for her kindness to her.

Zhou Linshan was still moved, she said: "Qiao Chu, thank you for willing to come and see me."

Qiao Chu looked at her and said, "I've never heard that you have something to do with your health."

Zhou Linshan said a little aggrieved: "You ignore me, what should I say, this happened only recently."

Qiao Chu sighed, looked at her pale face, and asked, "You just finished the operation, how do you feel?"

Zhou Linshan said: "It's okay. It's not a major operation. The anesthesia hasn't passed yet, and I already want to leave the hospital. Where's Xiao Pan? How is he recovering?"

Qiao Chu told her that Pan Liren had gone to and from get off work as usual, and his recovery was much better than expected.

However, she didn't tell her that she and him were already together.She felt that it was inappropriate to talk about it now.

The two of them couldn't find other topics for a while.Zhou Linshan suddenly took her mobile phone and fiddled with it for a while, then said to Qiao Chu: "Look at your whatsapp, I sent you something."

Qiao Chu turned on the phone, and she saw that Zhou Linshan had sent her an address.

Before Qiao Chu's mind turned around, Zhou Linshan had already said, "This is the address of Ruoshui's home."

Qiao Chu was very surprised. She couldn't believe her eyes, let alone believe that after more than a year, Zhou Linshan would suddenly give her news about Ruoshui at this moment.

Why, just after she decided to let go of Ruoshui and all the entanglements between her and Zhou Linshan, this message came unexpectedly.

Zhou Linshan didn't dare to meet Qiao Chu's eyes. She just lowered her head and looked at her mobile phone. She said, "Maybe she changed her mobile phone number, but I don't have her new one. In fact, her old mobile phone has been returned to me. Even the number is also returned..."

Qiao Chu looked at her suspiciously, and she asked, "You mean, she paid you back before she left?"

Zhou Linshan nodded, her voice gradually lowered, and said, "I'm sorry, Qiao Chu, I'm only telling you now."

She paused for a moment before continuing, "The main reason is that you never asked about it..."

Indeed, Qiao Chu never asked her any news about Ruoshui, that's because she believed that Zhou Linshan would not tell her, she didn't want to make trouble for herself, and then deepen her resentment towards her.She is very emotional, women are probably animals with complicated thoughts and narrow-mindedness.

Zhou Linshan further repeated what she said just now: "Go find her, I know you attach great importance to her as a new friend, and it is impossible to find her where she lives without an address.

I don't have her home phone, and some are old. I changed the number two years ago, and I didn't ask her for it. You know our situation..."

Qiao Chu just said softly, "Thank you."

When Qiao Chu left, Zhou Linshan suddenly stopped her, Qiao Chu turned around and looked at her, but she hesitated to speak.

"It's okay. Drive carefully on the way back..." Zhou Linshan never had the courage to tell Qiao Chu about Ruoshui's letter.

She can only leave everything to God and wait for God to decide her fate.All she can do now is this.

On the night when she got Ruoshui's address, Qiao Chu struggled in her heart. She didn't know whether she should go to see this girl at this time.

Three days later, it happened to be a public holiday, after some consideration, Qiao Chu decided to fly to the town where she lived.

Although, this trip really came too suddenly.However, hasn't she been waiting for such a day for the past year?She couldn't live up to her long expectations.

On this day, after getting off the plane, she called an Uber, followed the address Zhou Linshan gave her, and after an hour's drive, she finally found Ruoshui's home.

Maybe it has something to do with the holidays. At ten o'clock in the morning on Sangyang Street, it was very quiet. The place where Qiao Chu got off was the entrance of the "Time-honored Brand".

Ruoshui's mother discovered Qiao Chu immediately.As soon as she saw her, she knew that she was not from the local area, nor did she go to the store to buy things.

The first is that she has a strange face, and the second is that she is dressed in fashion and is carrying a travel backpack.

"Excuse me, does Ruoshui live here?" Qiao Chu stood at the door of the shop and asked inside.

Ruoshui's mother just stood up, before she could agree, another face appeared from behind, it was Ruoshan, and he raised his voice and said, "Look for my sister, she left here a few months ago!"

With just his words, Qiao Chu's heart immediately fell to the bottom again.

Ruoshui's mother came out with an amiable smile and said, "You are looking for Ruoshui, I am her mother, who are you looking for her?"

Qiao Chu walked into the store and said politely, "Hello, Auntie. I'm Qiao Chu, a friend I met in Ruoshui City."

Ruoshui's mother said: "I guess Ruoshui went to find Miss Zhou."

Qiao Chu was very surprised, she asked: "Miss Zhou? Which Miss Zhou is it?"

Ruoshan interjected, "Miss Zhou, Zhou Linshan."

Qiao Chu was very confused.How is this possible?The address was given to her by Zhou Linshan two days ago. If Shui really wanted to find her, she would not have let her come here.

In fact, as long as Ruoshui flies to Zhou Linshan's city, her family will assume that she is looking for Zhou Linshan, and this has been the case for many years.

The family members didn't know what happened between them, and Ruoshui didn't clearly explain his whereabouts to his mother.

Ruoshui's mother asked Qiao Chu, "Why didn't you inform her that you were coming?"

Qiao Chu said helplessly, "I don't have her contact number."

"So, have you been out of touch for a long time?"

Qiao Chu nodded, she could only say yes.

Ruoshan suddenly laughed there, and said: "Ruoshui doesn't play with mobile phones, and she doesn't have a mobile phone now, she doesn't have the habit of carrying a phone, she said she is not a city person."

In this day and age, there are still people who don't have a mobile phone and are not used to carrying a phone?Qiao Chu couldn't help frowning deeply after hearing this.

Ruoshui's mother got angry when she mentioned her daughter, she smiled and said to Qiao Chu: "My daughter is like this, her brother often says she is a freak."

That day, Ruoshui's mother warmly invited Qiao Chu upstairs for lunch. She also said that since she came here rarely, she would stay at home for a night or two before leaving, and she could sleep in Ruoshui's room at night.

Ruoshan also tries her best to keep her, mother and son are both warm and hospitable people, Qiao Chu agrees despite the hospitality.

Not seeing Ruoshui, Qiao Chu was very disappointed at first, but slowly she was relieved.

I have missed this girl for so long, and I finally came to her place. Even if she is not here, it is a good thing to stay for a few days, get in touch with her family, see the environment where she grew up, and feel where she is.

During the meal, Qiao Chu inevitably asked about Ruoshui's going to the city.Ruoshui's mother relayed what her daughter said to Qiao Chu, "She said she would give us news when she settled down there. But after three months away, she only called back once. That time, she just said She has found a place to live, so we can rest easy."

three months.It turned out that Ruoshui had been out of town for three months.In other words, they have been living under the sky of the same city for three months!

Qiao Chu asked urgently, "Then where does she live?"

Ruoshan said: "I don't know where I live, but it seems to be a part-time job in a game company."

Qiao Chu asked again: "Which game company is it? What's the name of the company?"

The result is one question and three don't know.

After a meal, what Ruoshui's mother talked to Qiao Chu the most was Ruoshui's future.

She repeated the phrase "anime has no way out" three times.Qiao Chu could tell that she was worried about Ruoshui's future.

She asked about Qiao Chu's occupation, and Qiao Chu told her the truth.Ruoshan's eyes sparkled when he heard this, he felt that what Qiao Chu was doing was a job with a high salary and a bright future.

After lunch, Ruoshui's mother brought Qiao Chu to Ruoshui's room. "Sleep when you're tired. Just treat this place as your own home." She said kindly to Qiao Chu.

Qiao Chu stood at the door, joyful and curious, she looked around every corner and every piece of furniture in the room.

A gust of cool wind blew in front of her, and she suddenly became a little dazed.I don't know why, but the atmosphere of the place in front of her actually gave her a feeling of déjà vu.

She raised her eyes, and suddenly found a calligraphy and painting on the wall, with only one word on it - Yuan.

The room was immaculately tidy and the floors were spotless.This girl, who has lived in Japan for several years, also arranged her room in a very Japanese style.

Qiao Chu put the backpack on the floor, and then sat on Ruoshui's tatami.She couldn't help turning around, her eyes fell on the painting of "Yuan" on the wall.

Ruoshan had already quietly stood at the door of the room at some point, following Qiao Chu's gaze, he said with a smile what he often said: "My sister is a silly girl who believes in fate."

fate.fate.Qiao Chu came, Ruoshui left.Are they out of luck?Qiao Chu couldn't help thinking so.

Ruoshan continued: "This is the calligraphy and painting that Master Xiaomeng gave her."

"Who is Master Xiao Meng?"

"It's my sister's teacher who learned the tea ceremony."

That afternoon she wandered casually on Sangyang Street.Walking into "Yanxiang" was completely inspired.

Perhaps, this is also a kind of fate.She wanted to give something to Ruoshui's family, and she also brought some tea back to give it away.

There was no one else in the store, only one person—Xiao Meng.He is concentrating on writing calligraphy.Seeing Qiao Chu coming in, he smiled at her.

Qiao Chu searched the antique shelves with all kinds of tea, and then she asked, "Excuse me, is there any tea like yellow rose here?"

Huang Meigui was the first time she drank the tea made by Ruoshui.She still remembers the tea fragrance, which is a very special smell.

The moment she turned around, she saw a calligraphy and painting on the wall in the same style as Ruoshui's room, which read: One flower, one world, one leaf, one bodhi.

Qiao Chu had been staring intently at the profound calligraphy and painting, and when she recovered, Xiao Meng had already packed the yellow rose and handed it to her in a delicate paper bag.

In the evening, when Qiao Chu returned to Ruoshui's room, she found an exquisite little book of friendship in the paper bag. She took it out and read on the cover: "Grateful to the Predestined Ones".Qiao Chu smiled.She feels that this town is really a good place full of "fate".

She opened this small book with the scent of camellia, carefully read and savored the beautiful poems inside.

It was so dark without realizing it.

At night, when she was lying on the tatami under the window, she suddenly smelled a pleasant fragrance of flowers.She couldn't help closing her eyes and taking a deep breath.

In fact, this is the floral fragrance of frangipani.How did Qiao Chu know that the flowering period of frangipani is just around the corner.Ruoshui left after the flowering season ended, but she came during the flowering season.

Amidst the fragrance of flowers, she thought over and over again about a line that she read in the book of marriage at dusk:

——In the previous life, you were a bowl of lotus that I planted with my own hands. All other lotuses bloomed, but you were the only one who, until it withered, could not show your beautiful face in front of my eyes.

Qiao Chu turned over, and finally went to turn on the light.She couldn't sleep at all.She sat on the tatami in a daze for a while.

There was no moon or half a star in this night, the dark blue sky was clear, and she finally knew what missing was.

She stood up and walked to the only bookcase in the room. There were quite a few books there: some were made of animation, some were about geography, some were about philosophy and religion, and some were about tea gardening and cake making...

There is a row of drawers under the bookcase. Qiao Chu opened it gently, and she saw that there were various notebooks and diaries neatly arranged inside.

Qiao Chu knew that if she wanted to explore this girl's inner world, this was the richest place to explore, but she really didn't want to explore her in this way.

She felt that she didn't want to explore her, she just missed her and wanted to see her.

Therefore, she couldn't take any of her notebooks to read, let alone read her diary.

So she closed the drawer softly, retreated to a desk in front of the window and sat down.

The table was also tidy. There was a lotus candle on it, and a stack of paper was pressed under the candle holder. There were random graffiti on the paper. At the bottom of the paper, she saw a neat line of writing:

[The flowering period of frangipani has passed, but its fragrance is still there. I decided to go to you after waiting for you... 11.22]

Qiao Chu picked up this one, and there was another one below it, which said: [The fate of the world is not over, should I go to the fate... 10.20]

Below this one, there is actually another one, which says: [Who are you?I seem to have seen you somewhere?Little Joe, Little Joe... 8.15】

Seeing this, Qiao Chu couldn't help being a little stunned.She suddenly seemed to understand something.However, when I think about it further, I still feel that it is not very accurate.

Undoubtedly, this is just a note written by Ruoshui to herself, so who is the "you" referring to here?

Is it her?Qiao Chu felt her heart beat faster suddenly.But soon, she felt very sad about it.

18. Section 2

——Ruoshui Qiao Chu reunited——

After returning from the town, Qiao Chu's mood has been a little low, and she couldn't laugh no matter how Pan Liren teased her.

What is more consoling is that now Ruoshui's family has become an important link between them.

Qiao Chu has Ruoshui's phone number, at least she can call from time to time in the future, so maybe she can get news from her.

That was the evening three days later.As soon as the off-duty time came, she was ready to leave the company.

Just after she stepped out of the company lobby, someone chased her out from behind. She turned her head and saw that it was Sophia. She was furious and shouted at her: "Xiao Qiao, Xiao Qiao, wait for me!"

Qiao Chu stopped and waited for her.

Panting, she stroked her chest and said to Qiao Chu: "I'm sorry, Xiao Qiao, I forgot to tell you that a girl once looked for you."

"Which girl?"

"A girl named Ruoshui."

Qiao Chu was both surprised and delighted, she asked: "When did she look for me?"

Sophia was still panting, and she said intermittently: "I'm sorry, Xiao Qiao, I'm really sorry, it happened a few months ago, I'm sorry, I forgot to inform you."

Qiao Chu was astonished.What happened a few months ago, and Sophia didn't notify her until now? !

"Then where is she? What did she tell you?" Qiao Chu asked eagerly.

Sophia is still trying to explain to herself: "I'm sorry, the day she came to you, it happened to be the time when your boyfriend had a car accident, you didn't come to work at the company, didn't I take a long unpaid leave later, and I forgot to explain the matter other people."

Qiao Chu couldn't help blaming her, "Why didn't you use your mobile phone to notify me? It's not like you don't have my mobile number!"

She bowed her head and apologized straight away. "I'm sorry, I had something to do at home, I really forgot."

"Then what did she explain?" Sophia quickly handed her a business card and said, "She said her address on it, so you can go there for coffee when you have time." "

"Drinking coffee?" Qiao Chu suddenly felt that the whole matter seemed less serious.

Sophia couldn't help laughing at Qiao Chu's reaction. She said, "That's what your friend said. She said that you should go to her place if you are free. She wants to buy you coffee."

The design of the business card is very simple, with three artistic fonts in the upper left corner: "Chalet", and a line of address in the lower right corner.Qiao Chu didn't know where this place was located, so she immediately searched on Google and found out that it was about five kilometers away from Tao Paradise.

It was an old area that hadn't been developed yet, Qiao Chu had hardly been there, and even rarely passed by.

She jumped into the car, all she wanted was to fly quickly to The Log Cabin.After all, this was months ago.

She was anxious, afraid that the girl was no longer there, or something else happened that she couldn't expect.Anyway, she was in a hurry, and she was going there immediately.

However, there was a heavy traffic jam on the road, and it was raining heavily.

The car struggled on the road for an hour and a half, and finally drove to the address on the business card.

It turns out that "Small Wooden House" is not just the name of a coffee shop. It is really converted from a wooden house. cabin.

When Qiao Chu broke into the "Small Wooden House", she brought in all the wind and rain, and the floor was covered with water stains with every step of her footsteps. Almost everyone inside was watching her in unison.

The guests of "Little Wooden House" were all stranded indoors because of the heavy rain, but she insisted on coming straight from the parking lot to "Little Wooden House" unimpeded by the rainstorm.

Qiao Chu didn't have time to pay attention to other people's strange eyes, so she threw the umbrella aside and rushed to the counter, grabbed someone and asked, "Is there a girl named Ruoshui here?"

The man didn't answer her directly, but raised his voice and shouted behind him twice: "Ruoshui, someone is looking for you!"

On this day, Qiao Chu finally saw Ruoshui who seemed like a lifetime away.

Ruoshui wears the white-brown checkered uniform in "Little Wooden House" and the same white-brown tie cap on his head, which is what all the male and female employees here wear.

Qiao Chu could clearly hear her heart beating like a drum in her chest, and she said to Ruoshui, "Ruoshui, I'm here. I'm sorry, I'm late..."

A heavy rain wet the ends of her hair and the corners of her clothes.Even so, she was still what Ruoshui remembered.

Ruoshui once fantasized about a hundred appearances when she might see Qiao Chu appear. The one she imagined the most was the one she saw for the first time at the airport. She never thought that it would be the one who brought the storm and was also in a terrible embarrassment after being wet by the heavy rain.

Ruoshui didn't say anything, but quickly took her to a corner seat to sit, and then gave her seven or eight large paper towels, and while handing them to her, asked her anxiously: "Quickly wipe off the water. , wipe off quickly, don't catch a cold."

At this moment, someone called her, and she said to Qiao Chu: "I'll go to work first, you sit down for a while."

She walked away two steps, then turned back and said, "I'll prepare a cup of coffee for you."

Before Qiao Chu could dry herself, Ruoshui had already brought the coffee to her, she blinked and said, "This is the best black coffee in the store, I treat you to it, and this matcha cake is from the store The most famous one here is also what I invite you to eat."

Ruoshui left in a hurry after finishing speaking.When she finally passed by again, Qiao Chu held her back and said, "Ruoshui, I'll wait for you to get off work."

"Okay." Ruoshui made a six-character comparison.

Qiao Chu nodded. She understood that it meant getting off work at six o'clock.

Qiao Chu picked up the coffee and took a few sips absent-mindedly. Before the matcha cake was eaten, the phone rang.

It was Pan Liren who called, and he said, "Honey, have you forgotten me?"

Qiao Chu almost spilled the coffee.She really forgot him for a while, completely.

"Where are you?" Pan Liren said, "Today I cooked three of your favorite dishes. Are you home soon?"

Qiao Chu said guiltily: "I'm sorry, I forgot to inform you, I have contacted Ruoshui, and now I am waiting for her to get off work."

Knowing that she valued Ruoshui, Pan Liren finally got in touch with this girl, and he was also happy for her. He said empathetically, "Heaven pays off, so don't go home too late, and drive carefully."

The store was full of hustle and bustle at the moment, and the stranded customers all asked for second and third drinks because of the heavy rain outside.

Qiao Chu knew that Ruoshui had no time to clone himself.She also found that the foreman's attitude and tone of voice were not very friendly to her, and he always called her back and forth with raised eyebrows, so she could only keep her head busy and dare not neglect.

That day, Qiao Chu waited until 07:30 in the evening at "The Wooden House".

The heavy rain outside finally stopped slowly, and the roof was ticking.Qiao Chu looked outside, the night was falling and the street lights were already on.

"Little Wooden House" has not yet closed, but another group of employees has been replaced.Ruoshui didn't know when he had changed his uniform.

She was still wearing white clothes, with an orange backpack on her back, and she signaled to Qiao Chu that they could leave.

Qiao Chu stood up and followed her out of "The Log Cabin".

The air was washed by a storm, and the evening wind at this time was icy cold.Ruoshui left, Qiao Chu left.

Qiao Chu didn't know where Ruoshui was going to take her, she just followed her footsteps silently.

After leaving "The Log Cabin", they walked along the path behind it.Along the way, there were small puddles of accumulated water everywhere, if the water dodged left and right, Qiao Chu followed her to dodge left and right.

Ruoshui turned into an alley, and in the alley, she stopped suddenly.She turned around, faced Qiao Chu, lowered her head, and said in a low voice, "Little Qiao, why did you come to see me now? Can you tell me now?"

"I'm sorry, Ruoshui, I know you came to my company to find me a long time ago. However, the colleagues at the front desk notified me today.

If I had received the news a few months ago, I would have come here to see you right away, just like today...Three days ago, I flew to your town to look for you..." Qiao Chu said in a daze .

Ruoshui stared at Qiao Chu's face, she stared at her for five seconds, Qiao Chu felt extremely anxious and uneasy under her stare, she said: "Don't you believe what I said?"

Ruoshui smiled, a clear smile.It seemed that she just wanted to hear an explanation, no matter whether the explanation was reasonable or not, as long as it came from Qiao Chu's mouth.

Qiao Chu frowned, and asked her, "Does this expression mean that you trust me, or do you not believe me?"

Ruoshui said sincerely: "If I say, at any time and under any circumstances, I am always willing to believe you, do you believe me?"

Qiao Chu was still frowning, she really didn't know whether to believe it or not.Ruoshui pointed to her forehead, then swept her finger lightly between her brows, and said: "If you frown like this, you will easily have Sichuan lines. Don't become Zhou Linshan, you can't become Zhou Linshan."

Qiao Chu felt that she had turned bad, and before she had time to laugh, Ruoshui ran and jumped forward mischievously, leaving her behind.

"Wait for me! Where are you going? Hey! Does Zhou Linshan have Sichuan pattern? Why didn't I notice it?" Qiao Chu tried her best to catch up.

Ruoshui said even more mischievously, "Pay attention tomorrow, it's such a big river."

When she came to a row of dilapidated shophouses, she stopped at the second staircase and waited for Qiao Chu to catch up.

When Qiao Chu came up, she said, "Ruoshui, since you left, I have been waiting for your news, and I have also called you, but Zhou Linshan later told me that you returned the phone and number to her. .”

Ruoshui said softly, "I was very touched when I saw you came to look for me today and was drowned by the heavy rain. Xiao Qiao, how are you?"

Qiao Chu stared at her, feeling unable to say anything.

"Actually..." Ruoshui hesitated, but asked vigorously: "Actually, have you received the letter I wrote to you?" This was the biggest question in her heart.

Qiao Chu looked at the girl in confusion, "A letter? What letter? I haven't received the letter."

Ruoshui stared at Qiao Chu again.This time, she stared at her for seven seconds.

Then, the clear smile from last moment appeared on her face again, and Qiao Chu was still asking innocently: "Tell me, what letter? What are you talking about?"

Ruoshui couldn't hold back her smile, she turned around, ran and jumped up the stairs lightly.

Qiao Chu climbed up the stairs behind her with a confused face, and she was still asking: "Please explain clearly, what letter? I didn't receive the letter, why are you so happy? Where are you taking me?" ?”

Ruoshui stopped at a unit on the third floor, she gasped and said, "Take you to where I live."

She took out the key from her backpack, first unlocked the lock on the outer sliding iron gate, and then opened the inner wooden door.

After the door opened, she reached out and turned on the light in the room.

A dim yellow light in the room immediately flooded every corner, it was a drowsy, very dark dim yellow.

Qiao Chu saw the tatami again, and she asked her, "Have you been living here for a few months?"

"Ah."

This turned out to be another small dwelling that was furnished in a very Japanese style, not so much Japanese style as Ruoshui style.

Qiao Chu inadvertently thought of Ruoshui's small room on Sangyang Street.It's just that there is one calligraphy and painting missing here, but she saw the old record player playing vinyl records in the corner again.

Losing Zhou Linshan and shifting from the Taoyuan scene, Qiao Chu felt that this kind of Ruoshui was completely her own.

Ruoshui said to her in an introductory tone: "Xiao Qiao, I live here. The place is small, and the rent is too expensive to afford. The place is old and cheap. If it wasn't for me, the rental advertisement downstairs might have hung up for thousands of years." It won’t be taken down for years.” She said and laughed.

Qiao Chu said: "It's very remote here, you're a girl, are you safe?"

Ruoshui said: "Little Qiao, do you believe that there is a light above a good man's head?"

Qiao Chu subconsciously looked over her head, making Ruoshui laugh out loud, thinking she was too cute, she said, "There are some things that you can't see with your naked eyes."

"Don't worry, I'm a good person with good rewards. My master once taught me a great way to let my whole body glow when I feel unsafe, so that Yasha and bad people will stay away from me."

Qiao Chu said doubtfully, "I feel more at ease when you say that."

Ruoshui was quiet for a while, and said, "Little Qiao, you are still the same as before, you haven't changed at all."

Qiao Chu looked at her deeply, and said, "You have changed a lot."

"You said, have I become better or worse?"

"All right."

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