Stay Safe - Chapter 53

Snowing.

With the footsteps of Wooden Pillow Creek, other passers-by on the street also stopped and looked up at the first snow of this winter. The crowd whispered and whispered, and some people took out their mobile phones and began to take pictures. .

New Year’s Eve, because this well-timed snow brings joy in advance.

Wooden Pillow Creek unzipped the bag, took out an umbrella, opened it, held the umbrella handle on top of his head, stepped out more and more easily, and set foot on the way home.

Yin Xiaoli felt that it was cold for her to spend New Year’s Eve at home alone, and invited her to her house every year to celebrate the New Year. .

On the way home, she stopped by the supermarket and bought some quick-frozen dumplings, dried noodles and eggs, in case she was too lazy to go out during the holidays, didn’t want to cook, and didn’t want to eat takeaway. After entering the community, she habitually glanced in the direction of the 2nd building on the right. Xiao Jin should be in another city with her parents for the New Year. Before they left, they met in a coffee shop, and Xiao Jin greeted her in advance.

Xiao Jin also asked her what her plans were, and Muzhenxi said that she had no plans. She slept at home during the New Year, and went back to work when she had enough vacations.

What was Xiao Jin’s expression at that time?

Wooden Pillow Creek can’t be described exactly, it seems to be sad, and it seems to be distressed, but it tries to cover it up and maintains calm.

Wooden pillow Creek wanted to comfort her a few words, but didn’t say anything in the end.

She felt that she was in such a good state, that she lived a full life every day and had new expectations.

The elevator door opened, Muxianxi walked to the door of the house, poured all the plastic pockets in her hands on one hand, and unlocked the door with the other hand, the indicator light turned from red to green, she stretched out her legs and touched the door, Stepping in sideways, closing the door, changing shoes, orderly tidying up the refrigerator, adding new purchases, clapping my hands, going to the kitchen to pour myself a glass of warm water, and drank it with my head up.

After everything was done, she looked down at her empty hands and the particularly empty house, and sighed softly as if not afraid of being heard.

***

“Old Xiao, come to the kitchen to help.” Lu Xiaoyun wore an apron, opened the glass door of the kitchen a palm-wide gap, and shouted to the outside.

“Come here.” Wandering around in the living room, occasionally glancing at Xiao Jin’s father who was sitting on the sofa watching TV, Xiao’s father replied and quickly walked into the kitchen, “What do you want me to do?”

The oil in the pot was hot, Lu Xiaojun poured it into a plate of okra, neither of his hands were idle, one hand was turning the pot with the spatula, the other hand was putting seasonings in it, and he pouted to the side when he heard the words: ” Wash and cut the vegetables.”

“okay.”

Father Xiao turned on the faucet, adjusted the water flow, rolled up his cuffs, grabbed a few green vegetables and rushed under the water.

Lu Xiaoyun turned down the fire and looked back, even though he couldn’t see the living room, he asked in a low voice, “What is our daughter doing?”

Father Xiao had been observing secretly for a long time, and reported, “Watching TV.”

Lu Xiaoyun asked, “What TV?”

Father Xiao replied, “The Prince Turns into a Frog.”

Lu Xiaoyun frowned: “What are you talking about?”

Father Xiao said: “I checked, it’s an idol drama of a domineering president. It was about ten years ago. The domineering president used to have a marriage contract with the second girl, then lost his memory and fell in love with the first girl, and finally lived happily with the first girl. story.”

Lu Xiaoyun put the okra in the pot on a plate, and pondered, “Do you think it’s meaningful for her to watch this TV series? Did she like watching this before?”

Father Xiao shook his head: “I didn’t notice it before.”

Lu Xiaojun frowned and said, “You wash these dishes first, and then go outside to explore.”

Father Xiao nodded: “Okay.”

Xiao Jin was swiping the homepage of Muzhenxi’s Weibo back and forth in the background sound of the TV. Today is New Year’s Eve, and Muzhenxi’s Weibo has not moved at all from yesterday to today. There are no new pictures and no text. Is she right now? bad mood? I also want to know that no one is with me during the Chinese New Year. Even if I am not in a bad mood, how can I get better?

She clicked on Yin Xiaoli’s Moments again. Reporter Yin posted several Moments, Xiu’s relatives’ children, Xiu Gang’s dumplings, were very happy in their hometown, and there was no news about Muzhenxi.

She put the phone upside down on the sofa, pinched her eyebrows and sighed heavily.

Father Xiao poked out a head and then drilled back and reported to Lu Xiaoyun truthfully.

Lu Xiaojun asked, “Is she in a bad mood?”

Father Xiao said: “Yes, it looks like there is something bothering me.”

Lu Xiaoyun was thoughtful.

In general, Xiao Jin has a lukewarm attitude towards the two of them. As long as they don’t mention the past, everyone can pretend that nothing happened, and rarely show obvious mood swings.

Lu Xiaoyun: “Will something happen to you?” She looked at her husband, “Go and ask?”

Father Xiao flinched and said, “I don’t dare.”

Lu Xiaojun said, “I went back to Lincheng and had a quarrel with her a while ago.”

Father Xiao: “…”

Lu Xiaoyun said in a seductive tone: “Go and knock on the side, it’s alright, you can see that she has laughed at you several times in the past two days when she came home.”

Father Xiao: “…”

Five minutes later, Father Xiao, who was mentally prepared, refreshed himself and sat on a sofa next to Xiao Jin with a calm expression. Xiao Jin turned his head and glanced at him: “Dad.”

A warm smile appeared on the corner of Father Xiao’s mouth: “Watching TV.”

Xiao Jin: “…”

Facts have proved that this way of speaking is not suitable for Father Xiao, Xiao Jin straightened his waist, sat upright, and said seriously: “Dad, do you have something to tell me?”

Father Xiao froze for a second, laughed dryly, rubbed the drapey trousers with his hands, and said, “Don’t be so serious, I’m just watching you watching this TV with relish, so I’ll take a look.”

Xiao Jin looked at him suspiciously, took a breath of silence, and said, “…Oh.”

Father Xiao stared at the TV for a few minutes, and then praised Xiao Jin’s sexual orientation: “This heroine is pretty good-looking.”

Xiao Jin said, “I like the male lead.”

Father Xiao snorted in embarrassment.

Xiao Jin laughed.

Father Xiao was stunned when he saw her smile, and even let his breath go lightly, for fear that Xiao Jin would be gone at this moment.

Xiao Jin laughed silently for a while, before slowly retracting the corners of his grinning mouth, but the upward arc of the corners of his lips was looming, showing that he was in a happy mood.

After more than ten minutes, she turned the phone upside down on the sofa and brushed it in her hand for a few minutes, and then rose to the top. Xiao Jin seemed to have seen something, like a treasure, the corners of his eyes and brows were filled with tenderness that could not be concealed.

Yin Xiaoli posted a circle of friends.

[The sea memory confidant, if the end of the world is next to each other, Happy New Year’s Eve [Picture][Picture][Picture]]

With three pictures, the first one is a comparison picture of the meals, the left is the sumptuous New Year’s Eve feast, the right is not so rich, but it is exquisite, three dishes and one soup, it looks full of color and flavor; the second is Yin Xiaoli The back is facing Beye’s back; the third is the back of another woman, in the same pose, but in the snow.

It snowed heavily in Lin Cheng yesterday, and Xiao Jin’s circle of friends was swiped by the snow, indicating that this photo of Muzhenxi is a recent photo, and it is very likely that it was taken today.

Xiao Jin long-pressed to save it, and felt regretful in his heart that Muzhenxi didn’t show his face. But after thinking about it, it’s better not to show his face, Yin Xiaoli’s circle of friends has everyone, and seeing Muzhenxi’s appearance makes people think.

Relying on this photo, she can maintain her mood for a long time.

Father Xiao observed her for a while, a bold thought surged in his heart, quietly left the sofa and entered the kitchen.

Father Xiao looked solemn.

Lu Xiaoyun: “???”

Father Xiao said solemnly, “I think…”

Anxiety ran into Lu Xiaoyun’s heart, and she turned off the fire.

“Our daughter seems to be in love.” Father Xiao threw a heavy bomb.

Lu Xiaojun said decisively, “Impossible.” The last time Xiao Jin quarreled with him, how could it be like this if he could really fall in love with someone else?

Father Xiao said, “If you don’t believe me, go out and see for yourself.”

Lu Xiaoyun went out to take a look, Xiao Jin was still staring at the phone, Lu Xiaoyun came back and said, “Who must be looking at that photo, she has always been like this.”

Father Xiao frowned, “Really?”

“Yeah.” Lu Xiaoyun said whitely, “Don’t talk nonsense about things without evidence next time, it will make me happy for nothing.”

Father Xiao said, “Don’t you believe it?”

Lu Xiaoyun glanced at him again: “I don’t believe what other people say, but no matter how outrageous what you say, I will always believe it in my heart.”

Father Xiao wrapped his arms around his wife’s waist and pressed his forehead affectionately against hers. He smiled and said, “Okay, I was wrong.”

Lu Xiaoyun: “Humph.” She stayed in her husband’s arms for a while, patted his hand, and said angrily, “Let go, I’m going to continue cooking.”

“Hold me for a while, don’t worry.” Father Xiao tightened his arms.

Someone knocked on the glass door of the kitchen from outside.

The two bounced off like an electric shock, Lu Xiaojun made a stir fry motion against the air in the pot, Xiao’s father cleared his throat and opened the kitchen door, Xiao Jin appeared behind the door, looking at his nose and heart: “I’m here. Boil some water.”

Father Xiao: “Have you finished drinking on the coffee table?”

Xiao Jin hummed softly.

Father Xiao said, “I’ll come, you can go back and watch TV.”

Xiao Jin hummed again, turned back and walked out, stopped after a few steps, turned her back to her parents, and said with a faint smile: “You…you can continue to hug for a while, I won’t come over suddenly.”

Lu Xiaojun was ashamed, turned around, raised his hand and slapped Father Xiao’s arm.

Father Xiao complained in a low voice, “Why did you beat me? I was wronged.”

Xiao Jin smiled slightly.

She sent Yin Xiaoli a WeChat message: [Is the table in your circle of friends the dinner at Muzhenxi today? 】

Yin Xiaoli, whose mobile phone is not leaving her body, replied in seconds: [Yes]

After the drug delivery last time, her revolutionary friendship with Xiao Jin went one step further, and she knew everything she knew about Muzhenxi.

Xiao Jin: [Has she been alone on New Year’s Eve? 】

Yin Xiaoli: [Yeah] She thought about it, and gave Xiao Jin a message, [You don’t need to worry too much, she doesn’t care much about New Year’s Day, it’s just like usual, if I hadn’t ordered her to make something delicious Yes, she probably just dealt with it casually]

Xiao Jin, facing that line of news, deletes, deletes and revises it, and finally only sends one [um]

Yin Xiaoli probably made up a lot of desolation from her reply, and couldn’t bear to say: [What else do you want to know? 】

Xiao Jin: “…”

She typed politely: [not yet, thank you]

Yin Xiaoli scratched her hair and didn’t know how to break the deadlock for the two of them. It happened that her mother urged her to set up the tableware and prepare for the New Year’s Eve dinner. Yin Xiaoli hurriedly said goodbye to Xiao Jin: [I’m going to dinner, I have something to do. I send a message]

Xiao Jin lowered his head and opened the train ticket purchasing software, inquiring about the ticket for going back tomorrow.

in the kitchen.

Xiao’s father and Xiao’s mother were interrupted by their daughter, and they were no longer embarrassed to kiss me and me. He deliberately looked outside, Xiao Jin was sitting in the living room, and then he whispered: “Actually, I still think our daughter is weird. Don’t you think she laughs significantly more when you come back this time?”

Lu Xiaoyun nodded, this is indeed true.

Father Xiao washed the dishes under the faucet: “So I think she must have a situation, but I don’t know what the situation is.”

Lu Xiaoyun: “Are you going to ask?”

Father Xiao shook his head and said, “I can find someone to check.”

Lu Xiaojun said worriedly: “In case she finds out…” This finally eased the relationship a little bit, and then there were extra problems…

Father Xiao showed a little hesitation, but he was firm: “I’ll find someone more reliable, and it should be fine.”

Lu Xiaoyun was still worried: “But…”

Father Xiao said solemnly, “In these years, the two of us have been fighting against each other, and we can only infer things from Xiao Jin’s words, which has been delayed for so long. Since our daughter’s love is not over, why don’t we go to each other to get back together, Muzhenxi Where is the person now? Let’s just say that the album you found a few years ago has the other person’s recent photos in it, why don’t you think about her, you’re not curious about it?”

Lu Xiaoyun was silent.

“What happened back then has nothing to do with Xiao Jin. It’s the fault of both of us that made her like this.” Father Xiao narrowed his eyes and said, “I want to find Muzhenxi.”

Lu Xiaoyun raised his hand to cover his mouth, suppressing the exclamation that came out of his mouth, looked out the door nervously, and said in a lower voice, “Why are you looking for her?”

Father Xiao said, “Apologize to her, and then ask her if she has any thoughts on getting back with Xiao Jin.”

“You…” Lu Xiaoyun was so shocked that she didn’t know what to say, “What if she gets married?” Ten years later, anything can happen.

Father Xiao said: “You can leave after the end, as long as she has the heart.”

Lu Xiaojun felt that her husband was a little crazy. Isn’t this another form of ignoring Xiao Jin’s personal wishes?

Lu Xiaoyun pulled his arm and said admonishingly, “Don’t make the mistakes you made before, she has her choice, you can’t make the decision for her.”

Father Xiao frowned, and seemed to feel something was wrong. He sighed and said, “Let’s take a step by step. I’ll send someone to check first. Even though she has been missing for so many years, it’s probably hard to find her.”

Lu Xiaoyun: “What about Xiao Jin?”

Father Xiao said, “Check it out together. Don’t you know which community she lives in? I’ll contact a private detective tomorrow, and if you follow me for a while, you’ll know who she has been in contact with recently.”

Now that the matter has come to this point, it seems that there is no other way. Lu Xiaojun urged uncomfortably, “Don’t be discovered by her.”

Father Xiao reassured.

The parents secretly decided things in the kitchen, and Xiao Jin knew nothing about it.

On this year’s New Year’s Eve, Xiao Jin took a picture uncharacteristically and sent it to the circle of friends. He wanted to add some words, but he didn’t know what to say when he put his hand on the keyboard. Finally, he made a smiley face. fundus.

Lu Xiaojun almost burst into tears on the dining table, Xiao’s father took a tissue for her, Xiao Jin’s ears were hot, and she went to the bathroom to wash her hands a second time.

After coming back, Father Xiao hit the railroad while it was hot: “You and your mother add WeChat?”

Lu Xiaoyun suddenly raised his head.

Xiao Jin was stunned for two seconds, then lowered his eyes and said, “…Okay.” He brought the phone over.

After adding WeChat, Lu Xiaoyun couldn’t control her emotions again. Father Xiao quickly poured her half a glass of red wine, raised the glass, and said loudly, “I hope our family of three is harmonious and beautiful, healthy and safe.”

The three touched a cup, and Lu Xiaoyun burst into tears.

Xiao Jin slightly bent his eyes, and after taking a seat, took the initiative to give Lu Xiaojun a chopstick of fish.

Lu Xiaojun’s eyes were red.

Father Xiao said to Xiao Jin in a resentful tone: “Look, what kind of dishes are served well, your mother made it with water today, you eat yours, just ignore her.”

Lu Xiaoyun immediately said angrily, “Xiao Yan!”

Father Xiao put his head in his hands, squatted down, and said decisively, “Sir, I was wrong!”

Lu Xiaojun laughed: “Sit down for me.”

Xiao Jin’s lips curled slightly.

After eating the most harmonious New Year’s Eve dinner in ten years, Xiao’s father and Xiao’s mother stood side by side in the sink washing dishes. Xiao Jin passed by the door and heard Lu Xiaoyun scolding Xiao’s father: “If you are clumsy, you will be a disservice.”

“I said earlier that you put it in the dishwasher, you have to wash it by hand, get all oil and water.”

“You wash your hands by yourself, why do you have to rely on me?”

“Aprons! Aprons! Don’t you know how to wear an apron? Where’s your brain? What about your IQ when talking about contracts? Xiao Yan, I really convinced you.”

“Okay, okay, don’t say it, you will make a bitter face if you say a few words.”

Ordinary and sweet.

Xiao Jin smiled unknowingly and listened at the door for a long time. The two of them were about to finish their work and began to wipe the water in the dishes. She just woke up from a dream, took a sip of the cold water in her hand, and moved. The footsteps walked away quietly.

The Xiao family didn’t watch the tradition of the Spring Festival Gala, and the family of three felt that they were bland and would prefer to go outside.

After dinner, I rested for half an hour, put on my coat and scarf, and took a walk wherever I wanted. Xiao’s father and Xiao’s mother walked in front, Xiao Jin took a photo of their backs, put away the phone, put both hands in his pockets, and looked up at the sky.

The air quality here is nowhere near as good as Lin Cheng’s. The night sky is all gray, and there are basically no stars to be seen. Xiao Jin sighed.

Father Xiao inadvertently turned his head and poked Lu Xiaoyun’s arm.

Lu Xiaojun turned around and saw Xiao Jin’s trance-like appearance.

The two looked at each other a few times, and shook their heads without thinking about anything.

Xiao Jin lowered his head to look at the road, took out his mobile phone from his pocket again, clicked into Yin Xiaoli’s Moments, and read the article about Wooden Pillow Stream over and over again. On, anxiously unbearable.

Xiao Jin hesitated, “Mom and Dad.”

Xiao’s father and Xiao’s mother stopped at the same time and asked, “What’s wrong?”

Xiao Jin said, “I want to go back to Lincheng.”

Father Xiao asked, “When is it tomorrow? I’ll have someone take you to the station.” Although it was a bit unexpected, Xiao Jin has stayed with them for three days this time, which is enough.

Xiao Jin shook his head: “No, it’s now.”

Father Xiao: “Huh?”

Xiao Jin couldn’t care less, he ran back and said, “I’ll go home and get my certificate!”

Father Xiao: “Huh?”

Lu Xiaoyun pointed at the back of Xiao Jin running far away, frowned and said, “She…”

It was the first time I saw her so anxious.

The two had no choice but to go back, because this time was abnormal, Father Xiao was even more sure that Xiao Jin must have developed differently.

Half an hour later, the Xiao family’s parents took Xiao Jin into a taxi, and the family’s driver was on vacation. The three of them were drunk and could not drive. Xiao Jin lowered the car window and said, “Goodbye, see you next time.”

Father Xiao stood with his hands tied, and Lu Xiaoyun stood beside him, bent over and looked into the car from the window: “Be safe, and send us a message when you arrive.”

Tickets on New Year’s Eve were difficult to buy. Even though there were many trains from the local area to Lincheng, Xiao Jin still only bought one standing ticket, which opened at 1 am. An hour and a half after leaving the car, she was standing in the waiting room dragging her suitcase—there was no seat left, many people were sitting or lying on the ground, and the waiting room had a strange odor because of the crowd.

Xiao Jin pursed his lips and silently found a corner with few people and stood there, holding the suitcase with one hand and brushing his phone with the other. Muzhenxi still hasn’t updated the news. Yin Xiaoli’s circle of friends has updated a few fireworks videos, and she has her laughter when she clicks it.

Xiao Jin looked at the time on the top of the phone, at 11:35 p.m., his heart was beating anxiously.

In twenty-five minutes it will be the New Year. Would you like to send a message to Wooden Pillow Creek? The two of them are now friends… right? It doesn’t seem like a big deal to send a Happy New Year message between friends.

She held the trolley, and the suitcase was turned in circles under her hands. The “Happy New Year” in the information column had been edited, and the recipient column had also entered a series of well-known numbers.

She had no intention of swiping other social apps, her palms kept sweating, and she stared at the time above the phone and on the big screen at the train station.

***

At the urging of Yin Xiaoli, Muzhenxi made a reluctantly sumptuous dinner. After eating half of it, he was full. He turned on the TV and turned on the Spring Festival Gala program. Then he went to Weibo to watch real-time complaints. Netizens had fantastic ideas and complained. Very happy, she also pulled the corners of her lips and smiled.

There was a singing and dancing show on the TV, and Muzhenxi began to feel restless from 11 o’clock. She changed several sitting positions on the sofa. The words on the phone screen could still enter her eyes, but she could no longer affect her thoughts.

At 11:30, Wooden Pillow Creek inserted ten fingers into his hair, pressed his forehead against the sofa, and bumped it a few times. Suddenly he got up, turned off the TV, and hurried into the bedroom, and got into the bed.

Go to sleep.

go to sleep now.

When you fall asleep, you don’t think about it.

Xiao Jin.

No, can’t think.

Don’t think about anything, just go to sleep.

sleep.

sleep.

Muzhenxi closed his eyes, pulled the quilt up sharply, and covered his face.

After just a few minutes, she pulled the quilt back again, rubbed her face fiercely, retrieved the phone by the bedside, and pressed the lock screen button, but it didn’t turn on—she just turned it off.

Wooden Pillow Creek calmed down for two seconds: Well, shut it down, don’t turn it on again.

After a few more seconds, she stared at the chipped apple on the phone interface in disbelief, and slapped her hand hard.

Call you a jerk!

I got used to it when my hands were cheap. I entered the lock screen password as if I was chasing my soul, and glanced at the displayed time: 11:57, three minutes away.

Wooden Pillow Creek knocked his head on the pillow again.

No matter what, no matter what, why can’t you hold on for three more minutes! Don’t you feel safe after twelve o’clock? !

Next, the man who manipulated everything, Mu Zhenxi, refused to admit that it was herself. She clicked on the message, entered Xiao Jin’s mobile phone number in the recipient, and typed four words in the text field: Happy New Year.

11:59.

Xiao Jin wiped the sweat from his palms for the ninth time on his clothes, Mu Zhenxi covered his face with one hand, looked at the time above the phone through his fingers, and counted the seconds in his heart.

12 o’clock exactly.

The New Year’s bell is ringing.

But the two messages were not sent out, and they chose another way invariably.

Xiao Jin quickly returned to the main interface, and with trembling fingers, he typed the phone number of Muxianxi on the dial pad. With that spontaneous impulse, he pressed the dial key without hesitation.

Muzhenxi was one step slower than her. She had just finished entering the number, and the screen jumped to the call interface. Muzhenxi was in a hurry, so she scolded her heart and reached out and pressed it. After hanging up, she realized that the incoming call number and what she had just entered were the same one.

Wooden Pillow Stream: “!!”

Wooden Pillow Creek: “…”

Xiao Jin listened to the female voice of the system, “I’m sorry, the number you dialed is currently on the phone…” and her heart fell to the bottom. She laughed at herself, and deleted the sentence “Happy New Year” in the message text box. .

The phone buzzed again, she turned it over almost numbly, and then her breathing stopped, and her heart suddenly beat fast.

Caller ID: Wooden Pillow Creek.