35 this year

Chapter 7
In the middle of the night, Sheng Min still didn't come back, so Xu Hong couldn't sleep well, tossing and turning, listening to the pattering rain outside, Xu Hong got up, took some clothes, put on a cigarette case and lighter, and left the room.

Standing outside the hotel door, Xu Hong inhaled the smell of soil. The soil mixed with rainwater made people feel comfortable like a bamboo forest after the rain. Xu Hong liked this smell. She once wanted to settle in a city full of bamboo.Looking at the dim lights of the street lamps and seeing that there was no one on the street, Xu Hong wondered when Sheng Min would come back.

Xu Hong took out a cigarette case from his pocket, lit it, and the sparks flickered on and off. He raised his head and exhaled a puff of green smoke, and the rain was covered with a layer of mist.Xu Hong looked at the raindrops that kept falling, as if he was thinking about something, but he didn't seem to think about anything.She doesn't feel oppressed by such an atmosphere, but feels comfortable. It's uninteresting to waste such a quiet night in a noisy bar. Xu Hong thought that if she was a man, she would ask a beautiful girl for a walk in this rainy night. Come on, let's be hypocritical, even women over [-] years old like this kind of so-called romance, especially girls like Sheng Min, they love it to death.

Just as she was thinking about it, a man came out of the hotel, stood under the eaves with Xu Hong, and asked her, "Is there a fire?" farther away.The rain gradually subsided, and even stopped after half an hour. The man looked at the long street wet by the rain and took a deep breath, then he relaxed and asked Xu Hong, "Do you want to take a walk?" Xu Hong Lit a cigarette again, ignored him.The man felt that this woman who dressed herself up in the middle of the night was really tantalizing.

From the man's point of view, it is so, but who knows that Xu Hong is simply waiting for his friend to return.Finally, the voice of talking came from the corner of the street, and the whisper was mixed with laughter. The man became a little envious, and then glanced at Xu Hong. He knew that this woman was pretending to ignore him, so he directly Back at the hotel, what a night of nothing.

Xu Hong could tell that the voice of talking and the laughter floating in the empty long street belonged to Sheng Min.Xu Hong cut off his cigarette and walked towards the side of the street. As soon as she stepped out, Sheng Min saw her.Seeing Xu Hong, Sheng Min's eyes lit up instantly, cheering like a little girl, and then ran towards her with open arms.Xu Hong originally thought he would blame her, but seeing her still as happy as a little girl, Xu Hong seemed to be infected, and a gentle smile appeared on his face.Sheng Min rushed towards her, hugged her whole body and said, "I knew you would wait for me."

"You know it's still so late?" Xu Hong's tone contained reproach, but it wasn't serious, and Sheng Min felt happier again.Xu Hong sniffed lightly, he didn't smell alcohol on Sheng Min, and then asked, "Did you drink?" Sheng Min said disdainfully in her ear, "Of course, I'm not stupid, how can I drink without acquaintances around, Who doesn't know what a man thinks." After finishing speaking, Xu Hong laughed, if Huang Guanyang wasn't right in front of her, she would definitely praise Sheng Min for being smart.

Huang Guanyang looked at Xu Hong, a woman who was completely different from Sheng Min, with deep meaning in his eyes.He had seen the man who just turned around and entered the hotel, but Xu Hong's face was not as shy as a woman like Sheng Min's.

Sheng Min and Huang Guanyang thanked each other, and Huang Guanyang left knowingly and went back to his hotel.Seeing Huang Guanyang's leaving back, Sheng Min said, "What a boring person." Xu Hong glanced at her, and at this time the tone of reproach was also revealed.Xu Hong said, "Then it's so late?"

Xu Hong sighed softly, there was nothing he could do with her, then turned around and prepared to go back to the hotel to rest.Sheng Min grabbed her and said, "Walk with me." After smoking two cigarettes just now, plus the company's troubles, Xu Hong was not sleepy, so Sheng Min really had to follow her to the far side of the street after mentioning her. go.

The flowers on the side of the street were blooming very well, and the rainwater that had just fallen formed beads and hung on them, and the water vapor was still lingering in the air. Sheng Min felt like a fish returning to the sea full of humidity.Sheng Min held Xu Hong's arm, and asked as he walked, "Are you really not going to get married?" Xu Hong nodded, and Sheng Min asked again, "Why?" Then he said, "There is no reason to get married. What about you? Why do you want to get married?"

Sheng Min imitated her appearance, still sending out a long series of ums from his nose, and then thought about it and said, "Well... Maybe it's because after the tooth was pulled, someone told me it's okay and it doesn't hurt anymore." After saying that, Sheng Min laughed .Although she also thought it was ridiculous, Sheng Min decided to marry her husband for this reason.Since childhood, Sheng Min has poor bones, poor oral health, and severe periodontal disease. Since his early twenties, he has followed the doctor's advice and cleaned his teeth once a year. She is ready for everything that is beneficial, but the damage to her teeth is still irreversible.When the dental instrument with the sound of a drill was inserted into the mouth, Sheng Min trembled all over, trying to get up from the treatment bed and escape from the small room, but no, if she escaped, the teeth would rot in her mouth , so that her body and wallet will be hurt.Although Sheng Min's husband has a business trip every month and is only at home for a few days, he has never been absent from Sheng Min's oral treatment. He will wait outside the room. He knows that as long as the door of that room is opened, Sheng Min will cry The mother-in-law looked at him until she retracted into his arms before crying loudly.

It's okay...Xu Hong whispered in his heart, hurting her is not afraid of pain, Xu Hong is born with a low sense of pain, most of the pain in the flesh is within her tolerance, but she really longs for someone who can tell her "It's okay ", As for the relationship, it doesn't matter, the relationship between people is very complicated, there is really no need to have a relationship between a man and a woman, or even a relationship between husband and wife.

"Aren't you lonely?" After Sheng Min asked, Xu Hong pondered for a while, and said, "No, I don't even know what loneliness is. I have never been lonely." This is true, and it is heard by many people It seems that Xu Hong is being stubborn, but she has never been lonely, and she has never experienced what loneliness is.Xu Hong is too busy, busy with work, busy with fitness, busy with reading, busy with studying, if she has to be bonded with someone to appear not alone, she would rather be associated with "dead people", every time she opens a book Books seem to be spying on a person's life. These people are much more interesting than living men, with thoughts and depth.They also have an advantage that living men don't have, that is, they won't nag in their ears, they won't show their self-righteous sense of superiority in front of her, and he won't even talk about themselves in front of outsiders. "Dead Man" is so good.

Thinking of this, Xu Hong felt happy again. Sheng Min could feel her happiness, so she stopped persuading her. Although she had a different point of view from Xu Hong, she was too lazy to do such things as "persuading people".In Sheng Min's mind, everyone has their own way of life, and it is a heinous crime to insist on dragging others to live the same life as her, as if she has fallen into a trap and must drag others down.Xu Hong once told her that she should be like a teacher from heaven, and she always remembered this sentence, and never pointed fingers at anyone whose lifestyle was different from hers.

(End of this chapter)