At the bus stop in the night, there were only Sheng Yao and Tong Bin. Looking around, there was only a dim road, no one could be seen, and no passing car could be seen.

Tong Bin's curse clearly reached Sheng Yao's ears.

"... Why did it become like this... Why did it become like this?! They got married, got married, had children... They bought houses, bought cars... Some took care of the elderly, some took care of the children... It was strange... Ten years ago, they were still talking about TV series, celebrities, football, games, and this professor, and that teacher... Suddenly... Suddenly, the topic turned into stocks, housing prices, and those things..."

Tong Bin grabbed his hair with both hands, buried his head in his knees, and bowed into a shrimp.

Sheng Yao looked at Tong Bin silently, took two steps forward, and sat down beside him.

"Yaya is also married... She will have children next time, and she will accompany the children every day, keep silent... She has changed jobs for these things. She has worked hard for so long, and a position is about to be freed up... She wants to be a housewife? Haha..." Tong Bin smiled hoarsely, then stopped laughing immediately, and gasped.

"Do you still think you like Kong Yajie?" Sheng Yao looked at Tong Bin with his head turned.

Tong Bin was silent for a while, but no answer.

"What's going on in your family? What about your parents?" Sheng Yao asked.

"They...they are pretty good...they will retire in two years...ah, no, my dad has five years left and my mom has two years left." Tong Bin replied.

"Didn't urge you to get married?" Sheng Yao asked again.

Tong Bin shook his head, "They are very busy. My mother still wants to travel around the world. She always thinks about going global with my dad after retirement. My dad has been busy all his life... They actually don't care much about me. When I was a child, my grandparents took care of me, but they died when I was in junior high school..."

Tong Bin said, straightening his body and leaning against the metal railing of the platform.

He raised his head and looked at the bus arrival forecast display above, but his eyes were not focal.

There is only one message on the display. There is only one bus line to stop at this bus stop.

"My father-in-law just passed away..." Sheng Yao followed Tong Bin's appearance and leaned back.

Tong Bin turned his head and looked at Sheng Yao.

"The day he passed away... I was actually quite calm on the day he passed away. I prepared the funeral for him. On the day of his burial..." Sheng Yao closed his mouth, all the expressions on his face retreated, his eyes were open, and he looked directly at the display screen above.

Time in the upper right corner jumped a little.

"Are you... okay?" Tong Bin asked with concern.

Sheng Yao glanced at Tong Bin and laughed, "Well, it's okay... it's okay now. That day, I really felt that everything was over... My parents had passed away long ago, and my mother-in-law also passed away a few years ago, and then, I arrived at my father-in-law..."

"Where is your wife?" Tong Bin blurted out, his eyes landed on Sheng Yao's ring finger in his empty left hand, and immediately retreated and his eyes wandered, not knowing where to focus.

Sheng Yao looked at Tong Bin, smiled again, touched his empty ring finger, "Yes, I still have a wife. So, I'm fine now. It's just that..."

Tong Bin didn't know how to comfort Sheng Yao, so he could only reach out and pat his shoulder.

Sheng Yao looked at Tong Bin's normal expression, "These changes are normal. Everyone around him is walking forward. You stay where you are, and you can only look at their backs. Sometimes you can see the cliff at the end of the road. Watching them approach little by little, watching them fall down with one foot... They all say I should go forward, but I can't step over."

Tong Bin withdrew his hand and lowered his head again.

"Tong Bin, you actually don't like Kong Yajie. At least it's not the kind of like you think you like. You are just used to having someone around you. From college to work, for many years, she and you are the only ones. You are used to this. But Kong Yajie wants to keep moving forward. You should also go forward." Sheng Yao smiled self-deprecatingly, "It's probably not convincing to say this from my mouth. I have no position to persuade you..."

Sheng Yao looked at the opposite road, looking at the row of dim street lights and tall street trees.

His gaze rolled along the straight road and extended toward the horizon.

"People always have to move forward. Even if you don't walk by yourself, the people around you will move forward, and the road under your feet will extend..." Sheng Yao said softly.

He understood all these principles. But in these thirty-five years, he missed Bai Xiao all the time. His time has always been thirty-five years ago. He just pretended to take steps, but in fact he was standing still. At the beginning, his relatives and friends might have believed him, but as time went by, they probably saw something wrong with him. However, at this time, they had already walked away and could no longer stay where they were with him and could not lend a helping hand to him.

Over the years, he has been watching his relatives and friends go away one by one. Some of them have passed away, and some have their own little days...

He was the only one left on this road in the end.

Fortunately, he met a doctor. The doctor brought Bai Xiao back. He walked side by side with Bai Xiao again. After thirty-five years, he was able to take another step.

Sheng Yao looked at Tong Bin.

What the doctor injects them should be a kind of hope, not a person who indulges in despair.

He hopes that Tong Bin can be as enlightened as Liu Yu, dispel the haze in his heart, and welcome the changes in life as calmly as Maomao.

Perhaps... he subconsciously hopes that he can do this.

This is human instinct.

Everyone hopes that they can be relieved and live happily.

"Moving forward is the easiest way. You don't have to move forward, but you have to recognize the status quo." Sheng Yao advised softly, "Kong Yajie has gone forward, this is not wrong. You can stay where you are, bless her, and watch her move towards happiness. This should be a kind of happiness for you. You don't want to hurt her, do you?"

Tong Bin shook his head vigorously. He covered his face, "I might...I might have screwed up today... She might have misunderstood something..."

Tong Bin remembered Kong Yajie at the banquet. The unnatural conversation, the embarrassment between the two that had never happened before, and... the two of them looked at each other before Kong Yajie went to the bathroom. He could clearly see the fear in Kong Yajie's eyes.

Tong Bin immediately thought of Sheng Yao’s previous warning to him again.

He raised his head, "Does she know I've followed her? She thought I...I..."

Sheng Yao looked at Tong Bin's anxious expression and comforted him: "Don't be anxious. Don't be anxious. Things must have not reached that point." He glanced at Tong Bin's whole body and did not see strange limbs and organs growing on him.

"What should I do?" Tong Bin pulled his hair, "She must..."

"Your friendship has been so many years, so how could it be broken so easily? You should first clarify your emotions, find an opportunity, and talk to her. You should explain it clearly to her. Finally, I wish her good luck." Sheng Yao said.

Tong Bin nodded, and then nodded. He let go of his hair and rubbed his face a few hard.

"Thank you...you...how were you here?" Tong Bin calmed down and suddenly became confused.

"I remember you mentioned the address of the class reunion. I originally wanted to come and take a look, but I didn't expect to see you at the station here." Sheng Yao said with a smile.

"oh……"

A bus is coming slowly.

"The car is here." Sheng Yao reminded.

Tong Bin stood up and looked at Sheng Yao again, "Why are you going back? This one here... If you have... uh, you have to go to the subway station in front? You have to walk a while..."

"Don't worry about me." Sheng Yao smiled and pushed Tong Bin, "Go home and have a rest early."

"Yeah, okay...thank you." Tong Bin got into the car and waved to Sheng Yao through the window, "Thank you!"

The smile on Sheng Yao's face disappeared after the car drove away.

He sighed softly.

If a person is so easy to think about, the world will be peaceful.

If he hadn't met Bai Xiao again...

How did Liu Yu think about it that day?

A trace of confusion flashed in Sheng Yao's heart.

He shook his head, inserted his hands into his pockets, and walked slowly on the uninhabited road.

...

In the dark TV room, Sheng Yao's walking back was always playing on the projection screen.

The doctor frowned and tapped his fingers on his knees.

The nails were rustling and whispering to each other.

The doctor's dark blue eyes were filled with deep light.

The nails gradually became quiet.

Ten different faces are quietly attached to the surface of the nails, like ordinary nail art decorations.
Chapter completed!