Gu Congli glanced at her, raised his hand, and patted her head gently: "Don't be afraid."

Shi Yin nodded, licked his lips, and just as he was about to knock on the door, the wooden door inside was opened.

She was stunned.

A head cautiously stuck out from the door, holding a bag of garbage, and glanced timidly at them.

She was originally supposed to be a very beautiful girl with a fair face, but she looked a little haggard, with pale lips and no energy.

Shi Yin tried to speak as softly as possible: "Hello, I am Shi Yi."

The wooden door was opened, and the two looked at each other through the iron door. Han Pian looked at her, then at Gu Congli behind her, nodded slightly, and unlocked the iron door outside: "Hello..."

She placed the garbage bag in the small cardboard box at the door and stepped aside to let the two people in.

The house is not big, it seems to be less than 40 square meters, with one and a half rooms, no living room, only a small square hall, and a folding dining table placed against the wall.

Further inside is the bedroom, which is also simple, with a table next to the bed and a small folding sofa opposite.

Shi Yin and the others stood at the door of the bedroom. The closed door of the opposite room opened, and an old man looked at them warily.

Han Pian came in with two glasses of water from the kitchen: "This is my mother."

Shi Yin sat on the small folding sofa and said hello solemnly.

Han Pian smiled. Her eyes were not too big. When she smiled, she had curved, innocuous droopy eyes. She was very gentle when looking at people.

Many things bring different shocks when hearing the people involved say them.

Especially the other party's tone, calm and calm, as if he was telling someone else's story.

Shi Yin has never felt that his tear ducts are as developed as they are today.

Her nose was so sore and her eyes were red, but she still held back from crying.

Gu Congli did not come in originally, but stood in the small square hall leaning against the bedroom door, looking at her and frowning slightly.

Han Pian smiled and patted her back like a big sister: "It's over now. I'm not sad anymore. Just stop crying. Once your tears fall, I feel like Mr. Gu will blame me to death."

She raised her hand, revealing her slender and white arms, with shallow scars and marks on them, as well as burnt cigarette rings.

Shi groaned and felt a sore nose, so he looked away.

Staying until four o'clock in the afternoon, Shi Yin and Gu Congli left Han Lian's house.

Before leaving, she gave her aunt's business card to Han Pian. The woman stood at the door with her head lowered and her voice low: "Thank you, thank you very much. I will pay you back as soon as possible."

Shi Yin was wearing a windbreaker and paused after hearing this.

Gu Congli took the bag handed over by Shi Yin smoothly: "There's no hurry."

It wasn't until the two of them went downstairs and got into the car that Shi Yin turned around and looked at him strangely.

He stared at it for five minutes without blinking and with blazing eyes. Gu Congli finally turned around and said, "What are you doing?"

"Nothing, I'm just observing where the kind cells of Editor Gu are hidden?"

Gu Congli was too lazy to pay attention to her.

Shi Yin sniffed: "When did you borrow the money?"

He turned the steering wheel and climbed onto the highway: "Litigation requires money."

"I've already told my aunt about this, but I simply didn't expect that you had already lent her money."

Gu Congli said calmly: "She won't fight this lawsuit, so I have to handle it myself."

"What grudge do you have against the trembling raccoon cat?"

He raised the corners of his lips slightly: "It's a big hatred."

When he smiled, his scalp felt numb and his whole body felt cold. He shivered and turned around.

Others' smiles are healing, but his smiles are the most depressing.

Compared to his smile, Shi Yin felt that it would be better for this person to keep a cold face.

Shi Yin's college roommate Lin Niannian's boyfriend was from Yangcheng, so she also came to Yangcheng after graduation. Before Shi Yin came, he told her that they had not seen each other since graduation.

They were all in the same grade and went to school, so naturally they knew Lin Niannian's boyfriend Shi Yin and had a good relationship, so they made an appointment to get together in the evening.

Gu Congli seemed to have something else to do next, so he sent her to the restaurant and left.

At half past five of the appointment, Shi Yin arrived early, and Lin Niannian hadn't come yet. She found a seat by the window. On her left was a huge floor-to-ceiling window, the downtown commercial street, the windows were brightly lit, and diagonally opposite was a

In the shopping mall, huge LED billboards illuminate the outside as bright as day.

She held her chin and read the two advertisements opposite. When she lowered her eyes, she saw a man and woman standing under the billboard.

The man looked dignified and elegant, and the woman was also pretty and majestic. The two of them were standing on the street corner diagonally across from each other, seeming to be arguing about something.

The man's movements were very large, and it was obvious that the quarrel was fierce. The girl was furious and pushed him while crying.

He didn't fight back and let her push him twice, but he seemed to have no patience with her anymore and turned around to leave.

The girl ran after him for a while, shouting as she ran.

The man didn't look back.

The girl stood there, looking at the direction he was walking, then slowly squatted on the ground, burying her head deeply in her arms.

Shi Yin felt that he might not be able to finish this meal.

Just as she was hesitating whether to go there, Lin Niannian, who had been squatting on the ground, stood up, turned around and walked into the mall.

Ten minutes later, she walked into the restaurant, glanced around, and found Shi Yin sitting by the window.

Shi Yin waved to her.

She walked over quickly with a smile, her expression was natural, and she couldn't see anything wrong.

She must have just touched up her makeup, and there was nothing unusual except that her eyes were slightly red.

Fortunately, he didn't run out to look for her just now, Shi Yin thought happily.

Lin Niannian sat down opposite her. Shi Yin didn't ask anything and pushed the menu to her: "Look, what do you want to eat? I'll treat you today."

She took the menu and glared at her: "What do you mean, you come to Yangcheng and I'm afraid you need to treat me, I don't want to lose face?" She seemed to be casual, "Old Qin is busy at work. He has to work overtime today, so I won't be able to do it."

Come on, wait for next time."

Shi Yin lowered his eyes and smiled: "Okay, programmers are quite busy."

The two of them ordered a table of dishes, mainly from Lin Niannian. There were a lot of meat and vegetables. After the table was full, she asked for beer.

We haven’t seen each other for more than a year since graduation. It seems that the two of them have endless topics to talk about. When Shiyin graduated from college, the counselor of her class said that the friends you made in college will be your last ones. It doesn’t matter because

No external factors are involved in the stage of choosing friends.

As you enter society and enter the workplace, you will have more and more friends, but there will be fewer and fewer friends with whom you can simply talk to each other and speak freely without being affected by profit factors.

After two bottles of beer, the two of them were chatting until Qin Jiang chased Lin Niannian during their freshman year.

Shi Yin originally avoided this topic, but Lin Niannian brought it up herself.

Halfway through, she suddenly stopped talking, pinched the cold glass wall with her fingers, and sniffed gently: "Yinyin, actually Qin Jiang didn't work overtime today. We were all here, and then we had a quarrel."

Shi Yin said nothing.

"When I came to Yangcheng with him, my parents didn't agree with it. They thought I went too far. I didn't listen to them at the time. I felt that they had to take care of me since I was a child. When I graduated, they still had nothing to do with me.

They want to control my life and not let me be with the people I like. I think they are very selfish." Lin Niannian filled the wine glass and laughed at herself, "I just feel that I have been with Qin Jiang for four years.

We have never quarreled, we are in tune with everything we do, and we can love each other for a lifetime, but many things after working are really different from when we were still studying."

Shi Yin didn't know what to say.

Among the entire dormitory, she was the only one who had never been in love during the four years of college. She had no experience at all.

"It's just a quarrel. How can a couple not quarrel?" She raised her hand to hold her hand.

Lin Niannian raised his head with a sneer: "Do you know why we quarreled? We are going to get engaged and buy a house next year. Qin Jiang promised me that we would pay off the mortgage together, but he secretly told his mother in private that he would never give me

The one whose name is written on the real estate certificate is not that stupid. His mother even told him that if I don’t give birth to a son in three years, she will let him divorce me.”

"..."

Shi Yin felt a burst of fire and rushed forward.

She drank the rest of the wine in her glass and said as calmly as possible: "Niannian, do you really like Qin Jiang that much?"

Lin Niannian raised her head with red eyes, a little confused: "We have been together for five years, and now I feel like he is everywhere in my life."

Shi Yin suddenly felt so sad.

The same goes for Han Pian, and the same goes for Lin Niannian.

Shi Yin took out a new bottle of beer, opened it with the back of the chopsticks, and raised it in front of Lin Niannian, placing the cold glass bottle against her face.

Lin Niannian shrank back due to the ice, and her eyes became clearer.

Shi Yin took another bottle of wine and pressed it against her other cheek: "Aren't you the grumpy old brother Lin Niannian? Why have you become so wilted now? Just let this idiot die. Are you still afraid of finding someone?

Not a man?"
To be continued...