think mighty

Winter is here.

He Yuxiu never thought that the winter in Ningpu would be so difficult.

He still didn't believe that Xu Shaoqing would kill people for no reason, but Xu Shaoqing insisted that he had a deep grudge with Huang Er. After hearing that Huang Er was released, the old grudges welled up in his heart, so he killed him impulsively.

And that Hua Yanyan, at first, had been pushing and resisting with the excuse of being ill, and was unwilling to testify in court. Even when He Yuxiu went to find her, she refused to see her behind closed doors.Later, He Yuxiu went there many times, and she couldn't bear the disturbance, so she moved secretly, not knowing where she was going.

In this case, the room for turning around is really limited, and in the end, Xu Shaoqing still ended up with a life sentence.

On the day when the verdict came down, He Yuxiu was disheartened.

For many days after this, he spent his time drinking away his worries.

The snow was pouring down his face, no one was talking to the wine in front of the bottle, he was drunk by himself, looking at the snow outside the window, he just felt that the sky was cold and the wine was also cold.

And Xu Changning has been ill for a long time since her brother was arrested, and she has been lying in bed. Her mental state is not good. If He Yuxiu went, she just said a few words in a casual way, and then stared into the distance daze.She lives in the Shunning apartment now, and the original Xu's house has been sold for a lawsuit, and many servants at home have quit, leaving only Wang Fu, and...Xu Zhining.

After going crazy for a while, Xu Zhining heard the news somewhere that she came back to take care of Xu Changning. Xu Changning didn't say anything about it, but obediently called her "Aunt Zhi" as usual.

Then the two hugged each other and cried for an unknown amount of time. Xu Zhining wiped away her tears, touched her head and said, "It's okay, Ningning, there is no obstacle in the world."

"really?"

"Really, it will all pass."

Will it all pass...

With a pale face, Xu Changning murmured: "Then what if we can't make it through?"

At that time in front of Xu Yuanzhu's tomb, Xu Shao cleaned her hair and said seriously: "No. With my brother here, you don't have to do anything, you don't need to say anything, you will still have a bright future. "

"But brother, I don't want you to go to jail..." Xu Changning looked at him in prison uniform in the cold meeting room, crying until he almost lost his voice.

"Ningning, forget everything, start over, leave here, find a place to relax, the sun will come out sooner or later..."

Xu Changning covered his face, thinking of all the past, couldn't help crying.

After an unknown amount of time, the door creaked, and Chen Andong knocked on the door, calling out "Miss Xu" softly.

Xu Changning wiped away tears and said, "You're here..."

Since she fell ill, Chen Andong often came to talk to her, sometimes reading poems, sometimes the two of them didn't say anything, just stayed quietly for a while.

But at this moment, seeing her crying, Chen Andong knew that she must be in a bad mood, so he took this collection of Tagore's poems and stood aside awkwardly. After she calmed down, he nodded and said, "I'll read it to you." poetry."

Xu Changning's gaze met his for a few seconds. To Chen Andong, these few seconds were extremely long, so long that his mind went blank.

Finally he looked away hastily, scratched his head, and asked, "Did I disturb you?"

"No." Xu Changning's eyes rested on the book in his hand for a second, and he said, "Thank you."

Chen Andong's voice really seemed to have a kind of magical power, which could always calm her heart down.

After he read one, Xu Changning suddenly asked, "Do you know Tagore's poems, which one is my favorite now?"

"Which song?"

Xu Changning took the collection of poems from him, flipped through a few pages, pointed to one of them, and said, "This one."

Chen Andong glanced at the poem, and said in a low voice, "This poem is beautiful, but very sad."

Xu Changning stopped talking.

The midday wind blew the curtains, she coughed a few times, Chen Andong went to close the window, and the room was suddenly quiet.

Chen Andong turned around to look at her, hesitated for a moment, and said, "I'm leaving."

Xu Changning's eyes fluctuated a little. She closed the book of poems and asked him, "Where are you going?"

"Go to Sichuan."

"I've heard it's not easy there."

"Better than here."

"Yes, it's better than here..." Xu Changning murmured, his eyes were dead silent.

Chen Andong hesitated for a long time, and asked, "Do you want to go together?"

Xu Changning looked at him in surprise, and after a while, she turned her head away, her eyes became silent again, and her voice became cold: "Are you pitying me?"

"No... I'm betting."

"bet?"

"Yes... bet, bet that you have a slight liking for me, so that I can take you away."

Xu Changning was stunned, the book in his hand slipped to the ground.

"Is this a confession?"

"If it doesn't offend you, it does."

At this moment, the clock on the wall swung heavily, and a book fell from the bookcase, Xu Changning was a little moved.

Later, she found out that it wasn't something, because she really couldn't help crying.

This was not the first time she was confessed, but it was the first time she was so moved.

When Chen Andong saw her crying, he thought it was a slip of the tongue, and was so nervous that he hurriedly handed her a handkerchief to wipe her tears.

Xu Changning took the veil and wiped the corners of his eyes, then folded the veil neatly. She looked up at the window and asked him in a low voice:

"Sichuan, what's it like?"

Chen Andong thought for a while and said, "The clouds are dark and the mountains are high and the water is long."

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In the blink of an eye, the New Year is approaching.

Occasionally there were a few cannon shots at night, but it was very boring to He Yuxiu's ears. Recently, my aunt often wrote letters. home, but he was not in a hurry, and always shirked, because he was still thinking about spending New Year's Eve with Xu Shaoqing.

The interview day in the prison was the day before New Year's Eve, which was quite different from what he thought, but despite this, he still prepared the materials for the prison visit procedures early in the morning, worked around, and prepared to wish him a happy birthday in advance.

Xu Changning knitted a scarf and asked him to take it, he nodded and agreed, the two poured tea and talked for a while, mostly about Xu Shaoqing.

She no longer talks about poetry, ideals, or her little secrets.

He Yuxiu felt strange.

In a moment of silence, he took a deep look at Xu Changning, and suddenly realized that Xu Changning seemed to have changed a lot, the previous high spirits were gone, and the old eccentricity was gone. All she could see was silence.

Who stole her light?

Before he could ask, Xu Changning spoke first.

"Mr. He, I'm leaving."

Her words interrupted his original train of thought, and he asked in surprise, "Go? Where are you going?"

"Sichuan," she paused, then continued, "with Chen Andong."

He Yuxiu saw the faint anticipation and some feelings that began to flood without knowing when she could not hide her youthful cover.

"When are you leaving?"

"This afternoon."

"So fast?"

"Ah."

"Then tomorrow's interview day..."

"I think you and my brother should have a lot to talk about."

He Yuxiu paused, feeling a little choked up. He poured her a cup of tea and remained silent for a long time before saying a word.

"Safe journey."

The moment Xu Changning heard these words, he couldn't hold back any longer, and tears fell down like broken threads.

He Yuxiu was in a hurry and asked her why she suddenly cried.

Xu Changning covered his face and kept saying "I'm sorry".

He Yuxiu was a little overwhelmed, patted her on the shoulder and comforted her: "You didn't feel sorry for anyone."

Xu Changning shook his head, looked at him sadly, and opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

He Yuxiu faintly felt a little strange, "Are you hiding something from me?"

Xu Changning's hands suddenly started to tremble. She took a sip of tea from the teacup with trembling hands, trying to hide her uneasiness. Seeing that He Yuxiu wanted to ask again, she found an excuse and left in a hurry.

However, before leaving, she hesitated and hesitated, and finally left him a letter.

That night, after Xu Changning left Ningpu, He Yuxiu opened the letter, but saw that there was nothing on the paper, only a handwritten poem.

The poem reads as follows:

"Oh, I long to treasure a secret,

As a summer cloud wraps a raindrop that never falls—a secret wrapped in silence,

With it I can wander the world.

Oh, I long to be in the woods sleeping in the sun,

The brook is gurgling,

Someone there listens to my soft voice.

Tonight's silence seems to expect a sound of footsteps,

You asked me why I burst into tears.

I can't explain it to you,

Because it's still a mystery to me. "