Second Hand Love Letter

The door of the convenience store was pushed open from the outside, bringing in a cool breeze.

Zhou Yuan and Chen Ruoyu walked to the bar where Shi Ran was and said hello in a familiar tone, "Why do you only get off work at this hour?"

"I want to finish the work at hand as soon as possible, complete the handover as soon as possible, and go to Final as soon as possible." Shi Ran replied.

"Don't worry too much, you have to pay attention to rest." Zhou Yuan said, "I told a few colleagues today that there will be new colleagues coming, and everyone is looking forward to it."

Shi Ran was not at all timid when he heard the words, his red lips rose, and he smiled: "Really, then I have to look stunning when I go to report."

"You look beautiful, of course you look good no matter how you dress up." Zhou Yuan replied.

She looked at Chen Ruoyu who was standing beside her, and took the initiative to say, "I'm going to buy something, you guys can talk."

After Zhou Yuan left, the song played in the convenience store was cut into another more lyrical song, and the lively and restless environment just settled down.

Chen Ruoyu took her pocket and sat next to Shi Ran, and her shadow fell on Shi Ran's left shoulder.

The bright and clean glass isolates the dark world outside from the light in this room. Shi Ran looked at the picture of her sitting with Chen Ruoyu reflected in the glass window, and suddenly laughed out for some reason.

Chen Ruoyu was puzzled: "What's wrong?"

"I found that since you returned to China, every time we met, it seemed to have something to do with eating." Shi Ran said, feeling very interesting.

"No." Chen Ruoyu denied.

Her voice was a little dull, like the winter night wind outside the glass window.

Shi Ran listened and realized that the exception Chen Ruoyu said was when they first met.

The heat of the ramen soup cast a thin layer of mist in front of the glass, and also enveloped Shi Ran's eyes.

The slight hot flashes stuck to her face, and Chen Ruoyu's calm statement brought back her memory of that night of confusion.

Shi Ran wasn't very willing to admit defeat. He looked at Chen Ruoyu with one hand on his cheek, and asked back, "Don't you realize that there is a strawberry smell in my mouth?"

"I just finished eating a box of strawberries before I met you."

As she spoke, Shi Ran showed a regretful expression, but her voice carried the usual perverseness of her temperament: "Ah... It's a pity you didn't taste it. The strawberries at the bar were sweet that night."

It's just that Shi Ran's perversion didn't last long, and Chen Ruoyu's calm voice rang out in this small space.

"Taste it out."

The incandescent light reflected by the glass fell on Chen Ruoyu's face, cold and aloof, as if the ambiguous words did not come from her voice.

Shi Ran didn't react for a while, and the little face supported by his palm still looked at Chen Ruoyu who was sitting upright.

But she didn't expect that Chen Ruoyu didn't end her words, those calm eyes turned to her, and seriously commented to the client: "It's really sweet."

If the first sentence Shi Ran felt was an accident, then the second sentence Shi Ran felt was embarrassment.

Chen Ruoyu's words were serious and calm, and the hidden ambiguity was revealed without any cover, and the person who hit the straight ball was caught off guard.

This little fox, who dared not to listen, suddenly felt his cheeks get hot, and after blinking twice, he quickly lowered his head, and ate the bento that was about to cool in front of him.

The crunchy chicken thighs made a clicking sound, and the Korean song in the convenience store hovering above the two was changed again. The tune was relaxed and cheerful, as if the notes on the music score were beating along with it.

"The words you want to hear, the words you want to hear, the words that test me...

You are so beautiful and beautiful, why don't you believe what I say..."

Chen Ruoyu could hear that this was an episode of a Korean drama that was very popular when they were in high school, and Shi Ran was caught peeking at self-study at night and was caught by the teacher.

The conversation just now played back in Chen Ruoyu's ears along with the music hovering in the sky. She sat there like this, quietly watching Shi Ran eat her lunch, and the corners of her tightly pursed lips pressed down imperceptibly.

"Buzz..."

It was also at this time that Chen Ruoyu's cell phone on the table rang.

Shi Ran had no intention of prying, and when he glanced at it, he saw two words with a serious color - aunt dancing on the dark background.

Chen Ruoyu picked up the phone, glanced at the caller ID, and signaled to Shi Ran that she was going out to answer the phone.

The door of the convenience store was opened again, and Ye Feng rushed in rushing in, sticking to Shi Ran's calf, full of the coldness of winter.

The music above his head was still playing in a relaxed and pleasant way. After Chen Ruoyu left, Shi Ran got up and went to the side to get a spoon, and drank the soup of tonkotsu ramen as usual, but his eyes would always pay attention to the caller outside, intentionally or unintentionally. Chen Ruoyu.

I don't know if it was influenced by the things Shi Yu disclosed to him that day, Shi Ran always felt that Chen Ruoyu's phone call was not a pleasant one. Some tiredness that I haven't seen before.

Are you not on good terms with your family?

Shi Ran thought to himself, but there was a shadow on the bright side of the line of sight.

Zhou Yuan finished her purchases and looked at the bar where Shi Ran was alone: ​​"Where's Ayu?"

"I went out and called her aunt." Shi Ran raised his chin and motioned Zhou Yuan to look out the window.

"Her aunt... That's okay." Zhou Yuan said and sat in the empty seat beside Shi Ran.

When Shi Ran heard Zhou Yuan say this, he followed her words and asked, "According to you, it seems that she doesn't have a good relationship with her family?"

"Not really. After all, after being separated for so long, the family still misses her, so it's not as strong as before." Zhou Yuan looked at Chen Ruoyu standing outside, with a lot of pity in his eyes, "A Yu was in those days. It was very unpleasant with her family. Her father even cut off her living expenses at one point, just to force her back. Later, the old man saw how much his daughter had to suffer in order to stay abroad, so he couldn't bear to make it harder for her. "

"I don't know if you've seen A Yu's paintings, but it's also a must. I can't say everyone, at least her father has high hopes for her. The family is literate, and the child who has the most high expectations suddenly switches to her when she becomes an adult. In the business world, it's no wonder the old man gets angry."

It may be that there is such a decisive father in the family. Shi Ran's eyes became more rebellious when he heard Zhou Yuan's words.

She looked at Chen Ruoyu who was standing outside the window on the phone and disagreed: "But if she doesn't like it, the high expectations of others can only be shackles to her."

Zhou Yuan's eyes flashed with surprise and surprise when he heard Shi Ran say this.

Immediately after that, she seemed to have figured out something, smiled, and nodded in approval to the person in front of her, "You are right."

The bright light fell between the two, and Shi Ran seemed to see a lot of relief in Zhou Yuan's eyes.

It's not like she is relieved by her own words, but like she is relieved for someone because of her words.

for whom?

Is it Chen Ruoyu?

But why did she feel relieved for Chen Ruoyu when she said this?

There were many question marks in Shi Ran's heart.

She felt as if she had just solved half of Chen Ruoyu's puzzles, but found that there was a layer of puzzles under it.

The white fog is amiable, making people unable to see through.

The winter night is getting darker and darker, and the lights on the roadside are like the weak tails of fireflies.

Chen Ruoyu stood upright in the convenience store and was projected on the bright slate bricks. Not only did the night not swallow her up, but instead covered her with a layer of mystery that was impossible to reach.

"asecretmakesawomanwoman."

The words Chen Ruoyu said to A Jiu that day rang in Shi Ran's ears, and it seemed as if a fishing line silently tied her and Chen Ruoyu together.

"Buzz..."

This time, Shi Ran's phone vibrated on the table.

Not a phone or text message, but a reminder of the departure of the bus.

—【The last bus of No. K37 has departed, and there are 2 stops from the west area of ​​G9 in the Software Park. It is cold in winter, so be careful to keep warm. 】

Shi Ran also hurriedly stood up, ignoring that the ramen soup in front of him had not been finished.

While picking up the trash on her table, she said, "Sister Zhou Yuan, I have to go, the last bus is coming soon."

Zhou Yuan originally wanted to help Shi Ran take away the garbage, but seeing that Shi Ran was neatly tidying up, he just nodded and said, "Okay, be careful on the road, and say hello to Ayu when you go out."

Shi Ran nodded and hurriedly pushed the door and left the convenience store.

Leng Feng seemed to have been guarding the door of the convenience store. When Shi Ran opened the door, he swarmed up and headed for a warm place.

Shi Ran's hair was blown a little messy, and when she straightened her hair, she saw that Chen Ruoyu had already looked at her.

Shi Ran noticed that Chen Ruoyu was still holding a mobile phone, and it seemed that the phone call with her aunt had not finished yet.

She didn't dare to bother her, she just stretched out her index and middle fingers and made a walking motion to Chen Ruoyu.

Chen Ruoyu also quickly understood, and nodded slightly to Shi Ran, indicating that she knew it.

The software park at night is no longer busy in the daytime, and all around are quiet.

The open space in front of the convenience store reflected two shadows standing opposite each other, Shi Ran communicated with Chen Ruoyu silently like this, simple but tacit, like a rare warmth in a cold night.

Shi Ran's phone vibrated again at this moment, as if to remind her that the bus was about to arrive.

She didn't dare to waste any more time, she waved to Chen Ruoyu, then turned around and ran towards the brightly lit bus stop not far away.

But he didn't want to, Shi Ran was about to lift his foot when someone stopped him from behind.

Chen Ruoyu still held the phone in her hand, and grabbed Shi Ran's arm with the other hand.

Shi Ran was stunned for a moment, and was about to ask Chen Ruoyu what she was doing, when she saw that she took out a can of hot milk from her pocket that she didn't know when to buy, and stuffed it into her hand silently and domineeringly.

The originally cold hand was warm because of the hot milk.

The cold winter wind was blowing slowly between the two of them, but Shi Ran had never felt that his palm could be hot for this moment.

Warm hands, warm hearts.

Shi Ran smiled at Chen Ruoyu and waved goodbye to her again, this time he really turned around and ran away.

The street lamps on the side of the road barely illuminated the sidewalk at night. Chen Ruoyu stared at Shi Ran's back like this, watching her back from clear to blurred to clear again, until she finally disappeared on the opposite side of the bus that just stopped. in the car.

You can't hide your eyes when you like someone.

Even if she is Chen Ruoyu.

The night wind blew into the warm-aired car through the cracks in the windows, and it was scorching cold when it brushed against people's faces.

Shi Ran looked at the receding street lamps and street trees outside the window, but his fox-like eyes couldn't help but bend.

She didn't know how Chen Ruoyu got the milk, and she was not interested in getting to the bottom of it.

Shi Ran has never been missed by anyone since he was a child, but Shi Ran feels good when someone misses you when you go home in the cold winter.

It's just that this happiness didn't last long, and the reflection disappeared in the window with the cold wind. Shi Ran looked at the message that just jumped in on the phone, and his eyes suddenly turned cold.

[Zhang Ran: Are you free? chat? 】