After Exchanging Shadows - Chapter 171

Chapter 171-Time

“I… nothing.” Xi Mo lowered her head. She usually listened to Aunt Lan’s words. When she was in front of Aunt Lan, she had a vague sense of cuteness that could not be seen elsewhere: “It’s just that there are so many people in this world. There are so many possible situations, and Ye Sheng has a wide range of options.”

Aunt Lan glanced at her: “You are a bit weird today.”

Xi Mo stopped talking.

Aunt Lan saw Ruan Yesheng and was in a good mood. She continued to chat with Ruan Yesheng: “Anyway, no matter what boyfriend you want to have, you must take a good look at the other person’s character. Just being handsome is not enough. If you can trust me , Just tell me, I will help you find the bottom.”

“Thank you Aunt Lan.” In front of the elders, Ruan Yesheng’s smile is always very kind, the most pleasing: “I must have trusted it.”

Xi Mo was listening, feeling a little bit dull in his heart.

Ruan Yesheng did not deny it, nor did he say that he just wanted to concentrate on his career in the near future, and had no plans to fall in love for the time being. Does Ruan Yesheng already have a candidate in his heart? She remembered Ruan Yesheng picking petals to make specimens in Heizhugou Town. Ruan Yesheng was even a little bit ashamed at the time. He tore off the petals and said something like “I like me” or “I don’t like me”. .

She asked Ruan Yesheng if she had someone she liked, and Ruan Yesheng actually said she did.

Xi Mo took a bite of the rice and chewed it hard.

“But I didn’t expect that Xi Mo will take you home to live. You are the first friend she brought home. Others don’t have this treatment.” Aunt Lan and Ruan Yesheng have had a lot of conversations, and she can’t help but sigh. : “As for the things she didn’t pay attention to your gifts and letters at the beginning, don’t blame her, Miss Ruan.”

“…I didn’t take it seriously.” Xi Mo explained quickly: “I don’t know.”

“I don’t know and I don’t take it seriously.” Aunt Lan glanced at her: “Why don’t you know? It’s not that you don’t care about it. You used to ignore Miss Ruan Ruan. You used to serve snacks. Take a closer look. Do not you know?”

Xi Mo: “…”

She didn’t explain anything this time.

Aunt Lan is still right about this.

Aunt Lan talked about Ximo, but when facing Ruan Yesheng, she spoke for Xi Mo between the lines: “Miss Ruan Ruan, the past is gone. Xi Mo didn’t care at that time, it was also past. Thing, now that you are such good friends, this is fate, you should cherish this friendship. Of course, if Xi Mo bullies you again, you just tell me, I will help you teach her.”

When Ruan Yesheng heard the word “friendship”, his heart ached slightly, and he smiled on his face: “We will definitely cherish it.”

She turned her head to look at Xi Mo: “Right, Xi Mo?”

Xi Mo was stunned by her sudden question, and only after a long while he answered vaguely: “…Um.”

“Ms. Ruan Ruan, I will cook tonight. If I want to eat, I will prepare it.” Aunt Lan gave a warm welcome.

“Aunt Lan, I told my dad to go to the manor with Ye Sheng to finish dinner in the evening.” Xi Mo said, “You haven’t been to the manor for a while, so come with us.”

“Alright.” Aunt Lan nodded: “It just so happened that I also met my eldest brother. It would be nice to have a meal.”

She and Ding Ru are half brothers and sisters, called Ding Ru brother, and Ding Ru and Xi Ji are old friends for many years, and they are in the same siblings. Although Aunt Lan has no blood connection with Xi Ji, she has always called Xi Ji the eldest brother. .

“The box of Ye Sheng’s gifts and letters that you helped me organize at the beginning, I didn’t find it here.” Xi Mo asked Aunt Lan again: “It may be that the day my mother’s relics were reopened, the boxes were all similar in size and they were moved. I moved by mistake and moved to the room where my mother’s belongings were kept. I want to find it. Did you make any mark on that box?”

“Is there anything like this?” Aunt Lan asked in surprise: “Moved the wrong thing?”

Xi Mo talked to Aunt Lan about the ins and outs of the unsuccessful search for gifts and letters.

Aunt Lan frowned: “I did tick a mark with a pen, and I wrote the words Miss Ruan Ruan on the side of the box. I think you will know it when you move out.”

There was joy suddenly in Xi Mo’s eyes. If so, it would be easier to find. She quickly glanced at Ruan Yesheng, and Ruan Yesheng also looked at her with a smile.

Xi Mo wanted to find the gifts and letters that Ruan Yesheng sent her earlier, so the three set out early in the afternoon for the Xi’s Manor.

When he arrived, Xi Ji was chatting with people in the study room, his face was serious, he should be discussing something business, Xi Mo did not dare to go in and disturb him.

Aunt Zhou quietly told Xi Mo that Xi Ji was going to leave the manor in the afternoon to do errands, but knew that Xi Mo was coming in the afternoon, so he didn’t go out. Xi Mo heard it, there were not many obvious ups and downs on his face, but in his heart it was as if he uncovered the sugar jar secretly and peeled off a milky sweet.

After a while, Xi Ji came out of the study.

“Uncle Xi, hello, I’m sorry to disturb you again.” Ruan Yesheng greeted Xi Ji very politely.

“Little Ruan is good.” Xi Ji nodded: “You are welcome to be a guest at any time.”

“Big brother.” Aunt Lan also said with a smile.

Although Xi Ji is usually nonchalant, he treats Aunt Lan as his own sister. When he speaks to her, his tone is as casual as a family member: “Ask your brother if you are free tonight, and come here for dinner if you have time.”

“Okay brother, I’ll ask him later.”

“…Dad.” Xi Mo was the last to speak.

“Yeah.” Xi Ji looked at Xi Mo, seeming to look at her carefully: “Is the new movie about to start shooting?”

“Yes.” When Xi Mo talks with Xi Ji now, he is far less nervous than before: “I will have to go to Beijing soon. Director Gu’s crew is stricter on time. I will be in Beijing most of the time and I can come back. There are fewer opportunities.”

She wanted to see Xi Ji before leaving and accompany him to dinner.

Xi Ji didn’t say anything else, his tone was very weak: “You don’t have to work hard to film.”

This is probably the most gentle exhortation her father can say. Besides that, Xi Ji can’t say much, but Xi Mo is already satisfied: “Thank you Dad, I will take care of myself.”

Xi Ji looked at Ruan Yesheng: “Xi Mo doesn’t take care of herself very much.”

Xi Mo didn’t expect to be slapped in the face by her father as soon as he finished speaking: “…”

“Thank you, Xiao Ruan, when you are filming with her in Beijing, please help me.” Xi Ji said.

“Uncle Xi, don’t worry.” Ruan Yesheng said sweetly, “I will definitely take good care of her.”

Xi Mo: “…”

Xi Ji is not the kind of person who can gossiping. If you come out to see them, you have to go back to the study. Seeing that he meant to leave, Xi Mo quickly called him: “Dad, I want to find something in the room where my mother’s belongings are kept.”

Although she can go directly without any restrictions, she still feels she has to tell Xi Ji.

Xi Ji stopped abruptly.

After a while, Xi Ji turned around and said, “What are you looking for?”

Xi Mo reprinted the gifts and letters that Ruan Yesheng had given back, as well as the relics of Jian Xian that happened on the day of the move. Aunt Lan packed those gift letters in a box, and finally moved them by mistake. The series of events and Xi Ji briefly explained.

“I want to take back those gifts and letters from Ye Sheng.” Xi Mo whispered.

“You go find it.” Xi Ji answered.

Xi Ji’s complexion was a little gloomy, and after speaking, he stepped away. Xi Mo stood there, looking at his somewhat lonely figure, realizing that he was in a bad mood now.

Xi Ji became more and more silent every time she mentioned Jian Xi related.

Xi Mo didn’t know the stories of Xi Ji and Jian Xian very well. Most of them were heard from Ding Ru, but she knew that her father loved her mother deeply. From Ding Ru’s words, we can know that Xi Ji and Jian Xian were in love and married back then, and the process was very bumpy. At the beginning, Xi Ji was still very young and did not have such a big right to speak because of family interests. The eldest lady of the family married, but Xi Ji was unwilling.

That eldest lady liked Xi Ji very much, she was almost fanatical back then.

But in Xi Ji’s heart there was only Jane.

Xi Ji and Jian Xian overcome all difficulties and finally come together. But the eldest lady was not doing well behind her. Her family went bankrupt and people lost track.

“Ye Sheng.” Xi Mo sighed and called Ruan Ye Sheng.

Ruan Yesheng followed her to Jian Yuan’s relic room. Aunt Lan was most familiar with the box and went with her. There are a lot of relics left by Jian Xian that year, and each of them can be properly kept, and there are several rooms where these relics are kept.

The three of them watched one by one.

Most of the relics are packed in boxes wrapped in film, which can prevent dust and water, and better preserve the relics, and the bottom of those boxes are also padded with warehouse spacers, neatly stacked there.

The boxes are all about the same size. They focused on seeing which box had “Miss Ruan Ruan” written on the side.

Aunt Lan was most familiar with the box containing the gift letters. When she found the third room, she was the first to find out, and she said in a pleasant surprise: “It’s here, come on.”

Xi Mo quickly walked over with Ruan Yesheng.

The two of them removed the transparent waterproof film on it, and Aunt Lan opened the box with a utility knife. There were four gift boxes of different styles inside, and a pile of letters stacked next to them.

After all the twists and turns, Xi Mo was finally able to see these gifts and letters, and stood by the box for a while and froze.

Ruan Yesheng also stared at the box blankly.

After so long, Xi Mo finally received it.

Xi Mo first looked at the gift and found that the gift box really had the mark of Ruan Yesheng. This mark was designed by her and Ruan Yesheng when they were in college. She didn’t want to design it. It was annoying and wasting time. It was Ruan Yesheng. Had to pester her.

Then he took out the thick pile of letters, and looked at the envelopes, it was indeed as Ruan Yesheng said, with flowers painted by Ruan Yesheng corresponding to the twenty-four solar terms.

There were a total of 24 envelopes. Ruan Yesheng sent a total of 17 letters back then. A few of the remaining letters were sent to Shen Qing. Shen Qing did not write to Xi Mo as a fan, and used one. Envelope with Huanghuai Cassia flowers painted.

The envelope says solar terms, the handwriting is beautiful, and the brush strokes of those flowers are not mature. Ruan Yesheng first asked a friend in the art department to design it, and then compared the drawing by himself. The lines were even a little shaky, and there was not much basic skills. .

But Xi Mo held it in his hands this time, but he felt an incomparable richness and weight.

Maybe it’s elapsed time.

Maybe it’s the ups and downs of mood.

Or maybe…something else.

“Finally found them all.” Aunt Lan stared at Xi Mo: “This time I have to take it home and keep it safe, so I can’t lose it again.”

“…I know.” Xi Mo said in a low voice, “It will be very well kept.”

Ruan Yesheng laughed when she heard her use “special”.

“It took you so long to receive the gift. You have to take it apart.” Aunt Lan urged Xi Mo: “Quickly check if there is any moisture.”

“Do you want to demolish now?” Xi Mo was a little embarrassed.

She glanced at Ruan Yesheng, who just stared at her intently.

“Of course.” Aunt Lan said, “Aren’t you in a hurry when you see these gifts and letters? You unscrupulous, why are you acting like this.”

Xi Mo: “…”

She was anxious and wanted to take it apart immediately.

But Aunt Lan is here, she doesn’t know why, there is always a sense of restraint, as if being stared at by an elder.

“Aunt Lan, now that you have found it, you have worked hard. Go back and rest first.” Xi Mo said quickly: “Me and Ye Sheng are here. We will dismantle it now.”

Aunt Lan was indeed a little tired. The gifts and letters were finally found, and her heart was let go. As for unpacking gifts and reading letters, she would not join in the fun, and she had to leave some space for their young people, and said : “Then I’ll go out for a drink of tea.”

As she said, she walked a few steps, quickly walked to the door and turned her head, and said, “You must take it apart quickly, you know?”

“I know, I know.” Xi Mo said hurriedly.

Aunt Lan is gone, and only Ruan Yesheng and Xi Mo are left in Jian Yu’s relic room, which is quiet.

“Which one do you want to demolish first?” Ruan Yesheng was holding a utility knife in his hand. Seeing Xi Mo still did not respond for a while, he asked with a smile.

“Come according to the time.” Xi Mo was a little nervous inexplicably, but with incomparable anticipation, said: “From the first gift you gave.”

“That’s it.” Ruan Yesheng pointed to one of the somewhat flat boxes.

Xi Mo took the utility knife in Ruan Yesheng’s hand and carefully opened the seal with the blade. Maybe it’s been sealed for too long, these gift boxes are full of the smell of the old time, Xi Mo has a cleanliness, originally should not like this kind of moldy smell, but she did not resist at all, on the contrary I feel that this smell is extremely hot.

Is there anything more happier than meeting again.

That year, she passed by these gift letters without paying attention.

Now, they are back in their hands again.

Xi Mo opened the first gift box and found a vinyl CD inside. She took it out and looked at the cover of the vinyl CD. This vinyl contains some classical music that Xi Mo likes very much, mainly piano music.

“I bought this with Aunt Lan at the beginning. I asked her what you like. She said you like this out-of-print vinyl CD.” Ruan Yesheng was a little dazed when he saw the gift he had prepared again. , As if the hardship of the day I bought the gift is vividly remembered: “It’s hard to find. I found a lot of vinyl collectors.”

“Do you like it?” After so long, Ruan Yesheng was finally able to ask her face to face.

Xi Mo held the vinyl CD in his hand and looked into Ruan Yesheng’s eyes.

“…I like it.” Xi Mo’s voice was very soft.

“It’s fine if you like it.” Ruan Yesheng’s eyes also seemed to look back in time, and there was a slight touch of greenness in his gestures, which was only in college, and even the buds in his heart seemed to have just sprouted. De Nen said: “…You can remove one.”

Xi Mo carefully put the vinyl CD aside and opened the second gift.

This gift is very strange. It looks like a kind of bronze, carved into the shape of a lotus, and the size is also very small, about the size of an egg, but the petals and textures of the lotus are very finely carved, and the top is vaguely carved. Covered with some patina.

But Xi Mo was very impressed by this.

“This…” She was a little surprised: “You gave me this?”

“Yes.” Ruan Yesheng smiled: “I think you were very interested in this at the time, so I went to my mother to ask for it. My mother gave this to me, and I want to give it to you.”

Ruan Yesheng’s mother is a researcher and often goes on business trips. When she comes back, she always brings some very interesting things to Ruan Yesheng. Most of them were given to her by local people when she was away.

Once Ruan Yesheng’s mother brought back a lot of gadgets, all of which Ruan Yesheng had never seen before. She was very happy and took a lot of photos, showed them to Xi Mo, and asked her which one she liked.

Xi Mo glanced at the photos and said, “It’s boring.”

But Ruan Yesheng noticed her gaze, staring at one of the photos for a while, as if he had never seen such a thing before, and was a little curious.

That photo was taken of this bronze lotus.

“Are you interested in this lotus flower at the time?” Ruan Yesheng asked her with a smile, “You just have a hard mouth.”

Xi Mo lowered his eyebrows and admitted, “…Yes. My mother is in the antique business, and she has many of these bronzes. I saw many of them when I was a child and I liked them.”

“You have a good eye, my mother said this may be an antique.” Ruan Yesheng teased her.

“Isn’t that expensive?” Xi Mo asked her.

“It’s not expensive. I don’t need money if someone gave my mother.” Ruan Yesheng brought two chairs over, and sat on it with Xi Mo to talk, and it was also convenient to open gifts: “I just talked about antiques. Old stuff, otherwise if it is really antique, how could someone give it to my mother.”

Xi Mo nodded and felt relieved: “Then I will accept it.”

“Even if it is really antique.” Ruan Yesheng stared at her: “I will give it to you.”

Xi Mo’s complexion was startled, and without saying a word, he continued to open the third gift box.

This time it is a dolphin cloth doll. Because of the material, after so long, it has not been cleaned and dried, and it smells of mild musty.

“You should like this, right?” Ruan Yesheng asked her, “You even have a dolphin-shaped tap.”

“…I like it.” Xi Mo said again: “I’ll take it to wash.”

“But you are already past the age of collecting puppets.” Ruan Yesheng sneered: “At that time, you were just a student. It was normal to receive a puppet as a gift, but it’s been so long now. Who will let you I didn’t take it down earlier.”

“Who said that it was old.” Xi Mo was unhappy.

“Okay, no.” The honey in Ruan Yesheng’s eyes was stained with Mei, and it slowly circulated.

Look at the fourth gift box.

The gift box was very light when weighed, as if there was nothing in it, Xi Mo felt a little strange in his heart, so he quickly opened it, and his face was stunned.

There is a ticket inside.

She picked it up and saw that it was a ticket to visit the aquarium. The time stamp on it was far away, and the time for the visit at that time had already passed. The ticket has no creases, but it is vaguely worn out, and there are no objects that can withstand the push of time.

“I… I wanted to invite you to the aquarium, so I bought two tickets.” Ruan Yesheng said, “I thought you would take it apart and see.”

Xi Mo saw that there was only one ticket, and the other one must have been in Ruan Yesheng’s hands at the time. When she thought of something, her heart became tight and asked Ruan Yesheng, “Have you gone?”

“I’ve gone.” Ruan Yesheng smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly: “Actually I don’t know if you will come, but I still wait for you at the door, but I didn’t wait in the end.”

Xi Mo was silent, but his heart became more and more entangled.

She imagined the lonely scene of Ruan Yesheng waiting for her at the door, and a remorse leaped from the bottom of her heart more and more intensely.

“But I think the chances of you not coming will be even greater.” Ruan Yesheng said, “After all, a few days before giving this gift, I said I wanted to invite you to see the dolphins in the aquarium. You were angry and said There is an animal show, just tell me. In fact, there is no animal show in the aquarium I’m going to, so I bought a ticket and gave it to you in a gift box. Then I will take you to see it. Seeing is believing. “

Xi Mo remembered the day Ruan Yesheng came to her house, and Ruan Yesheng told her the nature of the aquarium. She already regretted it at that time, knowing that she had blamed Ruan Yesheng.

At this moment, her mood is far more than regret.

She didn’t go.

“How long have you… waited for me?” Xi Mo’s voice almost trembled slightly.

“I forgot.” Ruan Yesheng blinked, not knowing if what she said about forgetting was true or false: “But it must be a long time, a long time.”

Xi Mo knew that it must be true for a long time.

Ruan Yesheng is such a stubborn person, otherwise he wouldn’t always wait for her at the intersection when he was in college, knowing that it would often be impossible to wait for her.

“I… I’m sorry.” Xi Mo held the old aquarium ticket in his hand, feeling that the ticket was so heavy.

The atmosphere was a bit solemn, Ruan Yesheng couldn’t bear to feel sorry for Xi Mo, so he hurriedly changed the topic and urged her to say, “After reading the gift, you can read the letter. There are so many.”

Xi Mo glanced at her and took the stack of letters over.

“Don’t worry, it’s definitely not as much as you talked about last time. There are many pages like that. I will just say a few words.” Ruan Yesheng did not say that Shen Qing was not a fan, but he wanted to take Shen Qing farewell. Come out to tease the ink.

“The solar terms are ahead, is time also ahead?” Xi Mo asked her.

“Yes.”

According to the order of the solar terms on the envelope, Xi Mo first opened the letter “Lichun”. It looks like Lichun corresponds to winter jasmine.

Ruan Yesheng didn’t talk nonsense, her letters were really simple, and they were all trivial things. These bits and pieces hid in time, quietly blooming flowers, but Xi Mo missed her most youthful period of flowering.

“Xi Mo, Mr. Wang told me today that I will act as the second female of the new drama. I am very happy. Then I will ask you for advice. I will be free every afternoon. Are you free? If so Sora, let’s go to the drama club to rehearse in private, what do you think?”

It is a pity that Xi Mo did not reply to Ruan Yesheng’s question.

She did not rehearse privately with Ruan Yesheng, but only participated in the rehearsal of the whole class when Teacher Wang was present.

Xi Mo looked down one by one, she seemed to have seen the track Ruan Yesheng had walked back then. Ruan Yesheng’s letters were really very few, just a few sentences.

“Xi Mo, I bought you a vinyl CD today, I hope you will like it.”

“Xi Mo, I like dolphins, would you like it?”

“Xi Mo, I saw you in the study room today. I was sitting next to you, but you didn’t pay much attention to me. If I sit next to you and study, would you feel bothered?”

“Xi Mo, I always tell you these boring things, do you find me annoying? I personally tell you that if you are even more annoying, it will become text without sound, will you read better? ?”

“Xi Mo…”

“Xi Mo…”

Ruan Yesheng wrote very beautiful characters. Every “Xi Mo” she wrote, at the moment Xi Mo’s eyes passed, Xi Mo even seemed to hear Ruan Yesheng’s voice.

“Xi Mo, today I wanted to ask you to go to the aquarium, but you said that there was an animal show in the aquarium, and you were angry. You calm down, I’m afraid you are angry again, so I’d better write and say that there really is no animal show in the aquarium. , Is a public welfare nature, I am a volunteer inside, I want to go there with you to see the dolphins, and you will understand when you see it. I bought a ticket for you, and I will wait for you at the door. Will you come ?”

“I hope you can come.”

The words set aside the time and rushed towards Xi Mo. Time seemed to go back. She seemed to see the white dress Ruan Yesheng wore in college. At that time, Ruan Yesheng was far from the smiley and charming as it is now, more of a green and pure, youthful and sweet smile.

Ruan Yesheng wants her to come.

She did not come.

Xi Mo’s fingers almost trembled, feeling a cloud of mist in front of him, he turned his face hurriedly, and blinked his eyes vigorously for fear that Ruan Yesheng would see it.

“Xi Mo?” Ruan Yesheng felt something was wrong with Xi Mo.

Xi Mo lowered his head, raised his face after a meeting, and said, “I have read all the letters. But… there are only sixteen. Didn’t you say there are seventeen?”

Ruan Yesheng was taken aback for a moment, and hurriedly counted the letters, and found that it was indeed sixteen.

“Is there another one?” Xi Mo suppressed the regret in his heart, and asked her very softly.

“I don’t know.” Ruan Yesheng was also a little anxious: “I really wrote you seventeen letters, all of which were forwarded.”

The two rummaged in the box carefully, and even the gaps were found, but there was still nothing. Xi Mo was a little depressed, sitting on the chair, silent for a while.

“It doesn’t matter if you can’t find it.” Ruan Yesheng smiled and comforted her: “Just this one, everything else is there, so are the gifts.”

Xi Mo stood up: “Is it possible that when the box was moved in, it accidentally leaked out, somewhere in this room?”

“How could it be possible?” Ruan Yesheng wanted to laugh more when he saw her trance look: “This box hasn’t been broken, how could it leak out.”

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This chapter is really sour and sweet.

“I liked you when I was young. Even if you didn’t respond, I still loved you for so long, and you finally received the love I loved when I was young.”

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