Falling tonight

Chapter 77 Missed
The breeze picked up again, blowing away the long-lasting thoughts. After the memory ended, Zhao Rou pursed her lips, looked at Li Sijin's eyes hidden behind the lenses, and whispered apologetically, "I'm sorry, I didn't know that my aunt passed away."

After another pause, Zhao Rou continued, "I couldn't wait for you after I was discharged from the hospital, so I went to the hospital to look for you. The nurse said that I didn't know your whereabouts. Later, my father had arranged another place for me to live, so I moved ”

After a long time, Li Sijin raised his thin lips and sighed softly, his voice distant and soft, "We have missed you for many years, Xiaorou."

I missed it by mistake, Zhao Rou thought.

After enduring it, I still asked him about his life experience, "Did you...know your identity before?"

Regarding Zhang Jin's life experience, he never mentioned it before.

Even during that time they were inseparable and chatted in the ward every day, he rarely revealed anything to her. She only knew that at that time, mother and son were dependent on each other, and like her, they were across the ocean and had no friends in country M.

"I didn't know before," Li Sijin twitched the corner of his lips, looking past Zhao Rou and floating in the darkness in the distance, his voice was a bit sarcastic, "Someone went to country M to find me some time ago and told me some news. I just came back."

He spoke briefly, and Zhao Rou waited for his next words. After waiting for a long time, she looked up and found that his eyes were floating in space, as if he was deep in thought.

Thinking about it, he had buried a lot of things in his heart. He had been wandering abroad for decades and would be found by the Li family one day. He must not have adapted to the current life.

Just as Zhao Rou wanted to change the topic, the ringtone of her phone rang in the silent pavilion. When she picked it up, she saw Mu Zhou's name lit up on the screen.

Zhao Rou hesitated for a while, did not answer the call, and let the phone hang up automatically.

Tonight was Li Sijin's wedding banquet. She attended with Mu Zhou. Now that she was alone with Li Sijin, she would inevitably cause gossip.

Li Sijin was brought back from his thoughts by the voice. When he saw the caller on her mobile phone, surprise flashed in his eyes and he asked her, "Xiaorou, are you and Lingtian's CEO together?"

Zhao Rou was stunned for a second, then nodded hesitantly, they should be counted together.

Li Sijin smiled, and thought of Mu Zhou's intimate behavior towards Zhao Rou during the meal. The smile on the corner of his mouth contained a secret loneliness and far-fetchedness.

He stretched out his hand, stroked Zhao Rou's head with his big palm, and said softly, "The little girl has grown up, and finally someone will protect her."

His movements were natural, just like the movements he had just reached out to lead her to sit down, and very similar to the movements he made when he took care of her in the hospital bed many years ago.

When he was young, he carried her out of bed and walked when she was 10 years old, held her hand for rehabilitation, washed her face, combed her hair, and had countless similar contacts. But she was still young at that time, and Zhao Rou had no extra thoughts. , just thinking that he is a good brother who takes care of her and treats her well.

So now that he was touching her hair, Zhao Rou couldn't say that she minded very much.

It can be said that the only thing that makes me feel uncomfortable in my heart is that they are not young now, and this behavior seems to be too intimate.

But Zhao Rou thought about it again. They were like this in the past. Li Sijin always took great care of her. If it was his brother who treated his sister like this, it would be okay, right?
The phone rang a few more times. Zhao Rou frowned slightly and pressed a few words to send a text message when the phone hung up automatically.

Li Sijin dropped the palm on her head, and seemed to smell the fragrance of her hair on his hand. After a moment of silence, his voice sounded above his head, "Xiaorou, go back, we have been out for too long, he is worried about you. And Tonight is a banquet prepared for me by the Li family, and I have to show my face."

Zhao Rou just sent a text message to Mu Zhou, telling her that she was not feeling well and had to find a place to rest. After hearing this, she raised her head and asked him with a face that she couldn't bear to ask, "You are in the Li family, how are they treating you?" "I care about Li's eldest son. With my identity, they will naturally treat me well." Li Sijin sighed slightly, then lowered his eyes to look at her, his eyes lit up, "Xiaorou, it seems that my love for you is not in vain, you know that you care about me."

Under the moonlight, Zhao Rou was a little embarrassed and annoyed after hearing this. He was not a joking person, and even spoke very seriously when chatting with her before. Zhao Rou was a little uncomfortable with teasing her like this suddenly.

He laughed softly, took her wrist when he stood up, led her away from the pavilion and said back, "Go back."

After going down a few steps and walking on the level ground, Li Sijin let go of her wrist and walked in front. Zhao Rou suddenly felt that she was overthinking that she cared about his touch just now.

The moonlight lengthened the shadows of the two people, and the surroundings were silent except for the sound of footsteps one after another.

Zhao Rou was behind him, stepping on his shadow. Just as she was thinking about her past with Li Sijin, the tall figure in front stopped and turned around.

She almost hit his chest. After stepping firmly on her high heels, she paused, raised her head and blurted out, "What's wrong, Zhang Jin?"

Seeing her stunned look, he knew that she was also lost in thought while walking. Her habits had not changed after so many years. Li Sijin reluctantly reached out to her and said, "Xiaorou, give me your mobile phone and save my number."

Zhao Rou gave him her phone and watched him press the screen. She heard him say, "My name was Zhang Jin before, after my mother's surname."

After saving the number, he put the phone into Zhao Rou's hand and smiled lightly, "Call me Si Jin now, or call me brother Jin like before?"

Brother Jin, I don't know if this last sentence was her misunderstanding, but she seemed to hear the misconception that he was teasing her again.

He was two years older than her, but he was shorter than her when he was a teenager. At that time, she often teased him about his height, and occasionally called Brother Jin to tease him.

Zhao Rou imagined that calling him Brother Jin now, well, it was indeed a little uncomfortable.

It's like Zhao Fangyi calls Mu Zhou brother, which seems to be a coquettish title?

Thinking of this, she frowned and shook her head, "I'd better call you Si Jin."

Li Sijin had no objections and turned around and continued walking towards the hall, "Well, it's not convenient today. I'll find you in a few days after I've taken care of the Li family's affairs."

The two of them walked into the living room one after another, and the noisy and lively conversation reached the eardrums again, and Li Sijin was immediately surrounded by people.

The eldest son of the Li family appeared out of thin air and was one of the future successors of the Li Group. He was handsome, gentle and courteous, and all the men and women present wanted to win over him.

Zhao Rou watched from a distance as Li Sijin's back disappeared into a group of suits and brightly colored dresses, feeling indescribably strange.

Suddenly, she was hit by something behind her. She was caught off guard and stumbled forward. At the same time, she felt a cold sensation on her back and liquid soaked her back.

When people encounter a crisis, they will instinctively look for opportunities to seek help. When Zhao Rou fell down, she caught a glimpse of a pair of arms beside her. At that moment, she raised her hand and grabbed the hand. She used her strength to stabilize her body and stepped on her high heels so she didn't fall off.

(End of this chapter)