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The words of countless drafts rolled on the tip of his tongue several times, and he was about to blurt out, but Shi Yu opened his mouth before him: "I'm sorry... I didn't mean it, I didn't mean it, don't be angry..."

His voice trembled slightly, his eyes were still red, and he obviously looked wronged, but he still apologized to him first, carefully afraid that he would get angry or say something irreparable.

Li Xiao paused, feeling unbearable for a moment, and almost pity again, which made Li Xiao want to coax him not to make him cry.

But when he moved his finger, he held it down with his other hand.

He restrained this thought, and the words he was going to say seemed to be disrupted and scattered everywhere, and he couldn't find it, so he couldn't say it.

Afterwards, Li Xiao felt regretful for his indecision. He was not such a procrastinating person, but he frequently made mistakes with Shi Yu.

This kind of emotion inevitably brought to the surface, Ruan Xingtong stayed with him all day, so naturally he would not fail to notice it.

"I think you've fallen into a strange circle," Ruan Xingtong said logically, with the tone of someone who has experienced it, "I can't bear to separate, my brain and body are out of step, so I'm so entangled."

Li Xiao glanced at her, if he didn't know that this woman was obsessed with studying when she was in school, and was obsessed with work after going to work, and had never had a decent relationship so far, he would have thought she was an experienced love expert.

Li Xiao said: "The senior sister has a good grasp of the theoretical principles, but what about the methodology?"

Ruan Xingtong said solemnly: "Since you are a fan of the authorities, why don't you temporarily jump out of the bureau, leave and avoid for a while, let yourself calm down, and sort out the clues... For example, if you are on a business trip for a few days, the time is not too long. It’s very suitable for relaxation when you’re out of town again.”

"..."

Li Xiao really thought that she would seriously help him solve his problems, what a ghost.

Entanglement is entanglement, serious things still have to be done, and errands still have to be done.

Li Xiao went home to pack his luggage and got on the plane early the next morning.

He didn't tell Shi Yu about his business trip - since the last conflict between the two of them, Shi Yu hasn't come over recently, and he rarely looks for him on WeChat. Maybe he sensed that he was in a bad mood and was afraid that after he appeared Annoyed him even more.

The relationship between the two is somewhat stiff and embarrassing now, and these are all caused by Li Xiao deliberately. Since he intends to cool down the relationship between the two, there is no reason for him to use more or less to tease each other.

When the plane took off, there was a roaring sound, and Li Xiao felt a slight ringing in his ears. He put on his earphones and put down his blindfold.

At this moment, there was no shadow of that person in his eyes or heart, and there was nothing to disturb him anymore. He thought calmly: When he came back, he should also take back the key.

9.1

Li Xiao stayed in City S for almost a week, and went to participate in an architectural design exhibition. Not only did he get in touch with industry leaders in this city, but he also met a few promising new designers. urgent.

Finally, a matter of concern was resolved, and Li Xiao was in a relaxed mood during the entire return journey.The only thing that worried him a little was that he hadn't received any messages from Shi Yu in the past few days, not a single one, as if Shi Yu had disappeared from his world.

After Li Xiao got off the plane and got into the car, he swiped open his phone, pointed down, and clicked on the dialogue interface with Shi Yu under the heavy dialogue. The last sentence was still nine days ago, and Shi Yu asked him if he could reply. go home for dinner.

Then he went back at night, quarreled, and he was on a business trip two days later.There is no connection in between.

...He thought that Shi Yu would at least ask him where he was going.

Li Xiao couldn't help but wonder if he was too self-indulgent and thought too highly of his position in Shi Yu's heart.

To be honest, his attitude is so obvious, I am afraid that people with a little bit of backbone and self-esteem will find it unbearable, so forget it.

Perhaps Ting Yu had already given up.

This thought flashed through his mind, and Li Xiaoshua's fingers paused slightly.

He couldn't tell what his mood was at that moment, but he seemed to be slightly empty. Before he could distinguish what it was, he suddenly pressed the cell phone off, as if simultaneously shutting down the phone that he was about to release. Feeling.

He was able to calm down again, and he thought calmly: This is very good, and there is no need for him to make things difficult.

Such calmness, when he got home, he saw the small potted plant with shriveled leaves on the windowsill, and it cracked for a second.

This kind of plant is not delicate, and it is easy to grow, but if it is treated well, the leaves will directly reflect it.Put it in a sunny place every day, water it regularly and quantitatively, the color of the plant is dark green and emerald ink, bright and layered, and the leaves are also plump and full like water control.But if you don’t water for one day, the plump leaves will wilt like tired; if you don’t water for two days, the curly leaves will hang down weakly; if you don’t water for three days, the leaves may shrink and shrink.

Before Li Xiao left, he watered it again. At that time, the leaves were full and bright, a thick emerald green.

He stared coldly at the half-dead, drooping little green plant, and suddenly became angry: Shi Yu was too irresponsible, he gave a life to others without authorization, but he didn't care about its life or death.

He should at least ask himself how the grass is doing.

The more Li Xiao thought about it, the more angry he felt, and he almost wanted to call the teacher to ask the teacher for his crime—fortunately, he was suppressed by the remaining rationality.

He also knew that calling someone for such a reason was nothing to do.

Unconvinced, Li Xiao took half a pot of water, carefully sprayed water on each leaf, took a clean wet handkerchief, wiped it off one by one, and finally added a little nutrient solution into the soil.

The dying potted plant seemed to be rescued and took a breath. The leaves trembled and recovered a little trace of curling, and it seemed that they were not dead yet.

Only then did Li Xiao let out a sigh of satisfaction.

Li Xiao's leisure time was almost exhausted, and he fell down on the sofa without wanting to move.

He ordered a takeaway for himself, checked his mailbox again, and returned the unanswered emails. During this period, he clicked into WeChat several times to see if there were any new messages. There were many new messages. .

Swiping down until the dialog box that stopped a few days ago, Li Xiao's fingers paused in that dialog box, and it seemed that he was going to click in the next moment.

He curled up his fingers, and then, as if irritated, he slid his fingers up quickly, because he moved too quickly and accidentally clicked into several dialog boxes.

His eyes flicked across the words in the dialog box, and before he had time to connect with his brain, his fingers quickly clicked out of the dialog box.

After exiting the dialog box, the content seen in the eyes was conveyed to the center of the brain, and then processed by the brain, Li Xiao finally realized that he had just seen Shi Yu's name in that dialog box.

Li Xiao went back again and saw the dialog box of the group chat - it was their high school class group, he set the message not to be reminded, and almost never read the group messages.

He clicked in, and scrolled up one message after another. Surprisingly, one day Shi Yu would become the center of their topic. Amid the sighs of everyone, Li Xiao finally saw the reason for this situation: Shi Yu Grandma suddenly fell ill while sweeping the floor and was sent to the ICU.

Li Xiao's fingers suddenly stopped.For a moment a wrinkled face with an overly gracious smile came to mind.

Every time Grandma Shi Yu saw him, she was so overly enthusiastic that people often felt overwhelmed. Li Xiao, who was in middle school, was not very good at dealing with the old lady. When he went to Shi Yu's house, he always stayed in Shi Yu's room. Dodge the gracious greeting of the old lady.The last time he went back, he was a little shocked to find that the way the old lady received him had hardly changed from years ago—even though she didn't recognize him at all.

Both their grandparents and grandchildren seemed to be frozen in time, as if they had been reproduced from the past. Li Xiao didn't realize for a moment that Grandma Shi Yu was very old.

The chat records in the group are still going on, and under the patchwork of their tongues, they have restored a truth that I don't know whether it is true or not: Grandma Shiyu went to sweep the floor before dawn because of her early shift, but it turned out that the temperature had dropped sharply in the past two days , the ground was covered with ice, Grandma Shi Yu slipped and fell, she was unable to move, lying on the freezing ground until dawn, no one found her and called an ambulance phone.

It seemed like an incident in the social news, and it happened to the former classmates who were once used as life inspirational teaching materials. No wonder they were as excited as mosquitoes smelling blood.

The messages in the group popped up one by one:

"Sigh, I thought that Shi Yu's grandma would finally be able to enjoy the blessing after working hard all her life, but this happened."

"It's still a lack of luck."

"I said the same thing about Shi Yu. Now that he has a job, he even made the old lady get up early and work in the dark every day. Look, something happened now."

"Yeah, it's such a cold day, what a fall."

"I heard that he fell to his head and had a cerebral hemorrhage."

……

…………

Li Xiao quickly skimmed through these conversations. The high-ranking accusations and pity revealed in their words, and the occasional mixed feelings and sighs that had nothing to do with him made him feel a little nauseous.

He was wondering if Shi Yu had read the news in the past two days, had he seen these conversations that mentioned him, and if he had seen it, what would he feel like—although maybe he