broken

He wanted to hold Shen Qiuhe's hand first, get engaged first, and then marry her home with great fanfare when he came back a year later.

—

Because the two families are too close, this time it is said to be an engagement, but in fact it means that the old people of the two families and a young couple have a "reunion dinner" together, which can be regarded as a farewell to Gu Shaofeng, so the Shen family and the Gu family have a good time for this meal. No outsiders were invited.

As for the engagement ring, Gu Shaofeng happily put it on Shen Qiuhe's hand as soon as she sat down.

The four elderly people smiled even more when they saw that the pair of children had a good relationship.

Xing Huijuan looked at Wang Jiqin beside her, then at her daughter, and said, "Qiuhe, look, this is engaged, should I change my mind?"

Before Shen Qiuhe could speak, Wang Jiqin spoke for her: "Hey, Huijuan, Qiuhe has been called Uncle Gu and Aunt Wang since she was a child. We have long regarded her as our own daughter. We can't change it. Change your mind, don't ask your child for this."

With Wang Jiqin's words, Xing Huijuan didn't say any more.

Having known the Gu family for so many years, Xing Huijuan knew that Wang Jiqin actually liked girls when she was young. She wanted to have a daughter when she was pregnant, but later she gave birth to a son.When the two families lived opposite each other, little Shen Qiuhe was cute and well-behaved, while Wang Jiqin was unusually tight and loved Shen Qiuhe more than her own mother.

On the other side, Shen Guojun picked up the Moutai, poured wine for Gu Rong and asked, "Shaofeng can only stay in China for another week?"

Although they used to be old comrades-in-arms and colleagues, Shen Guojun, who is about to retire, is now regarded as a deputy city-level cadre in the state-owned enterprise, and his power and position are much higher than Gu Rong.

Gu Rong, who was being poured, held the cup with both hands, expressed his gratitude, and responded: "Yes, there must be our people in Africa to preside over the work. The previous person in charge passed away too suddenly, and the people below disappeared all at once. The backbone is in a mess. The company is in a hurry to let him go, and he just delayed it for a few more days."

Hearing this, Shen Guojun nodded, turned to look at Shen Qiuhe: "Qiuhe, please take a week off to spend more time with Shaofeng."

Seeing Shen Qiuhe nodding his head in agreement, Gu Shaofeng, who was filling soup for her by the side, had a bad cola, so he quickly stood up, went to Shen Guojun, and helped him and Xing Huijuan fill a bowl of fish ball soup respectively.

—

The week before Gu Shaofeng went abroad, Shen Qiuhe stayed with him in the wedding room prepared by Gu's family.

The wedding room was bought by Wang Jiqin a long time ago, and the decoration style still has a strong old-age style.

When I bought the house, I said it would be used for two people to get married, but the marriage did not end. Shen Qiuhe also prefers to live alone in the apartment closer to the school. He only lives here for one or two days a week. What does the wedding room look like? She really doesn't care at all.

On the point of separation, Gu Shaofeng never said anything.

Although they didn't live together every day, Shen Qiuhe never left his sight.

Regarding the relationship between the two, Gu Shaofeng knew in his heart that his advantage was that Shen Qiuhe was used to being by his side since he was a child, and he was also used to accepting everything he brought.

But what Gu Shaofeng understood better was that Shen Qiuhe never showed any special affection for him.It seemed that apart from work, Shen Qiuhe would not be interested in anyone or anything.

Therefore, it is more beneficial for him and Shen Qiuhe to keep a proper distance and maintain a certain sense of freshness.

However, during this week of getting along, Shen Qiuhe could clearly feel Gu Shaofeng's dependence on him.

After two days of getting tired of it, Shen Qiuhe felt a little annoyed.

She has never stayed with Gu Shaofeng every day, and Gu Shaofeng is no longer like that gentle big brother, but is always asking for her.

Perhaps it was because of the consideration that it would take too long to be separated, and no matter how strong a man is, he would become like a child. Faced with Gu Shaofeng's courtship, Shen Qiuhe softened his heart, and even if he didn't really want to, he would pretend to be happy and nod in agreement.

Counting it, the two have been in love for two years, but when it comes to dating, apart from doing more intimate things, for Shen Qiuhe, the other feelings are the same as when they were friends before.

Shen Qiuhe didn't know if there was something missing in this kind of relationship, or if there was something wrong?She didn't understand, after all, she had no other emotional experience.

But compared to Ma Siwei, who is always changing male companions, or compared to Ling Fei, who likes a stable girl who is studying, Shen Qiuhe's relationship is too plain, so plain. Shen Qiuhe is often unaware of the existence of feelings.

During the boring days these days, Shen Qiuhe once received a message from Su Jin that the girl had repaid her 500 yuan.

At that time, Shen Qiuhe was cooking with an apron on and hands full of sauces, and several hours had passed by the time he saw the news.Shen Qiuhe silently ordered to collect the money, then put the phone aside again under Gu Shaofeng's embrace.

—

The digital clock on the table vibrated, and the time turned to 12:35.

Shen Qiuhe unplugged the hot hair dryer from the socket and slowly put it away.She fastened the belt on her nightgown, stepped out of the bathroom and closed the door behind her.

The TV in the living room is still playing the evening news broadcast repeatedly, the volume is turned down very low, and the host's Mandarin is flowing out, making people feel that the empty room is too quiet.

The male owner of the room has already started snoring gradually, falling asleep.

Shen Qiuhe poured himself a glass of water to moisten his dry throat.She gently walked back to the living room, turned off the TV, walked to the other side of the bed in the dim light of the night light, and lay down slowly.

It was another routine intercourse just now, the man fell asleep contentedly after finishing it, but Shen Qiuhe didn't enjoy the whole process.

Shen Qiuhe never thought of himself as an old-fashioned person, let alone an old cadre as Ma Siwei said.For example, she will accept premarital sex very rationally, she will know how to please herself, and she also feels that women should live out themselves.

It's just that, as Gu Shaofeng thought, in reality, there are really no people or things that can arouse her interest.

Perhaps the exploration of knowledge can be counted as one, but other than that, Shen Qiuhe has almost no hobbies.

Although she is good-looking and has a good personality, the only friends around her are those old classmates who still maintain a relationship in junior high school and high school.

She has no interest in getting to know a person, nor in making friends.

The care Gu Shaofeng brought her once made her feel pretty good, she was used to passively accepting it, and sometimes she would give feedback to Gu Shaofeng.

But tonight, leaning against the man who loved her and hugged her just now, Shen Qiuhe felt more and more bored, she didn't even bother to express the feeling she wanted when she was in love, she just followed the man's rhythm and did things hastily.

The digital clock on the table beats countless times, and the time has reached 01:08.

On the bedside table, the screen display of the mobile phone flickered in the dark as if breathing.

Shen Qiuhe's slightly swollen eyes touched the light. She reached out to touch the phone, squinted her eyes in the dark and clicked on the screen. After swiping down from the WeChat conversation for a long time, she found the profile picture of the black word.

It has been two days since Su Jin transferred her 500 yuan. In the dialog box, there is only an orange box for the transfer, and the transfer note reads "500 is still owed, 7500 is owed", and there is no other dialogue.

Looking at the cold dialogue box, Shen Qiuhe pondered, this should be the original character of the child.

In the dark, Shen Qiuhe recalled the girl's somewhat wild eyes, and thought that if it wasn't because she owed him money, how could that rebellious little leopard have closed its paws and said so many words in a soft tone, and then... How could he hold her fingers tightly and get into her fingers...

The idea quickly spread from the brain to the fingertips, and the memory became an aftertaste.

Shen Qiuhe seemed to feel the delicate and cold fingers slipping away from her fingertips again, leaving an empty desire between her fingers.

She pursed her lips, hooked her fingers slightly, and clicked back and forth in the name of that word.

With a pitch-black profile picture and a pitch-black Moments cover, nothing can be seen through, nothing can be seen.

There is only that word, clear and cold, lonely and proud, standing beside the black head.

ember.

What remains after an object burns.

That's her name.

It looks beautiful and broken.

Not sure what she would look like in person.

Shen Qiuhe's heart moved slightly.

This kid, she was actually a little curious.

3. Chapter 3

The last bus pulled into the platform, and Su Jin jumped out from the back door with his schoolbag on his back.

The hydraulic door quickly closed behind him with a bang. The driver was ready to get off work. He cheered up and stepped on the accelerator. The car rumbled and quickly disappeared at the end of the road.

Su Jin turned the backpack on his shoulders up and down, and walked slowly towards the community.

It was very late at night, and there were few cars on the road. Except for the food delivery staff who passed by on electric bikes, there was no pedestrian along the way.

This is a block with more than 30 years old houses. When these houses were first built, they were the staff houses of a nearby factory. At the end of the 90s, the housing reform policy began to be implemented, and the employees of the units subscribed for the houses they lived in.

However, with the development of the city, there are more and more commercial houses, the houses are getting bigger and bigger, and the property conditions are getting better and better. Elevators will be installed on the second floor and above, so that people can live more safely and comfortably.

So people with better economic conditions moved to new houses early.In this kind of old five-story building where only stairs can be climbed, there are only old people who are reluctant to leave and tenants who want to get cheap.

The construction waste piled up beside the flower beds for several months has not been cleaned up. The anti-theft door lock downstairs has long been broken.

Su Jin tightened his body movements