I'm a world apart from you

Chapter 2 The Subtlety of You
A city airport gate.

In the cold winter that has come to an end in recent years, the hot air exhaled can condense into white mist in a second and melt into the bitingly cold air.It was still early, without sunlight, and looked gloomy and depressing.Gusts of cold wind blowing from an unknown direction, blowing towards the face, the coolness seemed to penetrate into the bones, making people shiver from the cold.

It looks like it's going to snow.

Wen Ge sat next to the suitcase, looking at the gloomy sky, looking forward to it.

She is from the south, and since she has memory, she has lived with her grandmother.The winter in the south is much warmer than that in the north. Only at the coldest time, the river flowing through the entire city of L in front of our house will freeze, and a thin layer floats on the surface of the river, so clear that you can see under the ice layer The flowing river water and the parading fish will break at the touch of a finger.

Even so, when it snows in the south, it is rare. Even if one is lucky, it will be a thin layer of snowflakes, which will turn into water soon after falling on the ground.

I heard that city A often snows in winter, and when I wake up, I may see thick snow all over the ground, which is crystal clear and soft.

Wen Ge was in a trance when someone approached and gently stroked her hair.

Wen Ge looked up, Jiang Junyu smiled at her, dropped his hand, and held her: "Let's go."

Wen Jing was waiting beside the car, and when he saw the two people coming, he strode forward to meet him. While taking the luggage, he lowered his head and looked at Wen Ge, who was held by Jiang Junyu: "Are you okay?" His eyes fell on Wen Ge , but asked Jiang Junyu.

Because the husband and wife have special jobs, they are destined not to be by Wen Ge's side all the time like an ordinary family, so the two unanimously decided to foster Wen Ge with the old man.

Wen Jing returned to City A two days early to do the old man's ideological work.

Jiang Junyu opened the door to let Wen Ge get in the car first, then closed the door, walked around to the back of the car and asked worriedly: "What did Grandpa say?"

"Grandpa agreed." Wen Jing put the luggage into the trunk, looked at her sideways, and comforted her gently, "Don't worry too much."

Jiang Junyu frowned slightly, and said nothing.

The car slowly left the airport and merged into the traffic flow.

Everything in city A is strange to Wen Ge, and what makes her more panic is the future—a future that cannot be seen, touched, imagined or guessed.

Not long after leaving the urban area, the car slowly drove into the villa area, turned a corner, and finally stopped.

Wen Ge looked out through the car window, and saw that the carved iron gate was tightly closed, heavy and solemn.Standing on both sides of the gate are two majestic stone lions, with red ribbons around their necks, whistling in the wind.

Hearing the car horn, he ran to the door and opened it with small steps, with an apron still around his waist, and immediately laughed when he saw Wen Ge and the others.

Wen Ge was led into the house by Wen Jing, and as soon as she reached the entrance, the woman who opened the door just knelt down and looked at her with gentle eyes and a friendly smile.She raised her hand to touch Wen Ge's face, and asked Wen Jing who was standing behind her: "Is this Wen Ge? You look so handsome."

Wen Jing lightly rubbed Wen Ge's head.

Wen Ge understood immediately, and obediently called out, "Hello, Aunt Xin."

Aunt Xin was stunned for a moment, then laughed again, and took out a pair of small slippers from the shoe cabinet: "I knew you were coming, so I prepared your shoes in advance, see if you like them?"

Wen Ge nodded, and just about to speak, Wen Jing asked, "Shaoyuan hasn't come back yet?"

Aunt Xin lightly supported Wen Ge's shoulders and stood up, shaking her head.

Wen Ge blinked and looked up at Wen Jing.

Sensing her gaze, Wen Jing lowered his head to look at her, and explained: "The one you have seen is the big brother who brought you to us."

Jiang Junyu, who had been silent all this time, laughed when she heard this, and corrected, "What big brother, it should be called uncle."

However, no one could have imagined that such a sentence, like a curse, made Wen Ge unable to escape no matter how hard he struggled in the next few years.

Wen Ge imagined that Old Man Wen should be an unsmiling, indifferent, serious and rigid old man, but in fact, Old Man Wen himself is far from what she imagined.

Wen Jing took her hand to the study.

In the gloomy sky, Mr. Wen stood in front of a pot of green plants in front of the window with his hands behind his back. His body was straight, and his back alone gave people a sense of coercion.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Mr. Wen turned around. There was no expression on his face, but his eyes were complex and deep, making people unpredictable.

Although Wen Jing and his wife haven't been adopted for a long time, Wen Ge also knows from the few words they said to the old man that he doesn't like her, and even hates her such an embarrassing existence, so she didn't expect that old man Wen He would smile at her, not to mention that after letting her sit down on the sofa, he would hand her an iron box containing candies, and even gently rubbed her hair.

Wen Ge was a little flattered. After thanking him politely, she looked at Old Man Wen cautiously, and she would answer whatever Old Man Wen asked.

After a few questions, Mr. Wen's smile faded slightly, and his expression became serious: "You can stay here after the New Year! I heard from Shaoyuan that your cousin and aunt won't even let you out of the house?"

Wen Ge nodded.

Immediately, she thought of the person whose eyes were as distant and peaceful as the distant mountains, and couldn't help shaking her head.

Mr. Wen sighed, patted her on the shoulder, and comforted her: "It doesn't matter, I will let Shaoyuan arrange a good school for you after the new year. You are still so young, how can you not let you go to school." After finishing speaking , he changed the subject and asked Wen Jing: "Are you going to change the child's name? Let her be named Wen instead of Wen?"

Wen Jing glanced at Wen Ge, and was silent for a while before saying, "My original intention of adopting her was not to let her change her surname."

Wen Ge looked at Wen Jing and remained silent.

In fact, Jiang Junyu asked her if she would like to change her surname to Wen, but she didn't want to.Why persist?She doesn't know either.In fact, she knew that changing her surname to Wen was the first step in integrating into the family.

The atmosphere was awkward for a while before Old Man Wen laughed again. He didn't say anything other than telling Wen Ge to go back to his room to have a good rest.

When Wen Ge was led to the door of the bedroom by Wen Jing, he couldn't help but ask, "Does Grandpa not like me?"

Wen Jing looked down at her, pushed open the door, and asked, "Why don't you like you?"

On the third night after Wen Ge came to City A, the heavy snow that had been brewing for a long time came lightly.

Although there was heating in the room, the quilt was still a bit thin. Jiang Junyu was afraid that she would catch the cold, so he specially brought a thick quilt to spread on her.Wen Ge originally wanted to help, but was rushed by Jiang Junyu to tidy up her closet.In the past two days, Jiang Junyu went out with Aunt Xin to buy new year's goods, took her along and bought her a lot of clothes.

Compared with the gloomy days at his cousin's house, the Wen family really treated her adopted daughter with a foreign surname as much as possible - a separate room with complete furniture, a separate bathroom, and a small balcony, not to mention The cost of food and clothing has never been harsh.

While she was in a daze, she heard Jiang Junyu calling her a few times. When Wen Ge looked up, she saw white snow flying under the dim streetlights outside the window, like feathers all over the sky.

At this time, a car slowly approached, the headlights of the car were as bright as piercing through everything.Wen Ge didn't realize until the car was approaching that a thin layer of snow had fallen on the car.When passing a corner, the headlights of the car jumped over the eaves and slowly left her sight.

Jiang Junyu prepared pajamas and pajama pants for her, saw that she was still standing in front of the window, and reminded her aloud: "Wen Ge, it's getting late, take a bath and rest."

Wen Ge obediently agreed, and was about to take a bath when there was a knock on the door, and Aunt Xin's voice sounded: "Jun Yu, where's Wen Jing?"

Jiang Junyu got up and went to open the door: "Is he not in the room?"

"I went to call just now, and there was no one in the room. But it's nothing serious, except that Shaoyuan came back, didn't he ask me to remind him..."

Jiang Junyu had already opened the door and walked out. Wen Ge heard the words behind them vaguely, and finally only heard their footsteps gradually going away, and then the room became quiet.

Wen Ge stood at the door of the bathroom with his clothes in his arms, staring at his long and narrow shadow dragged by the light in a daze - it's him, is he back?

After Wen Ge took a shower, he fidgeted restlessly, picked up a teacup and pretended to go downstairs to pour water, and as soon as he reached the stairs on the second floor, he saw a car headlight as bright as day in the dark night with heavy snowfall.She walked to the window and looked out. The taillights of the car parked downstairs were on, the lights were scarlet, and accompanied by the sound of the car's engine, it looked like a beast dormant in the dark.

Wen Ge was guessing who was in the car, when he saw Jiang Junyu walking out with Wen Jing on his arm, and there was another person with him.

In order to celebrate the New Year, a colorful glazed lantern was hung at the door. The man was wearing a black coat standing on the side of the lantern. If it wasn't for the constantly changing lights of the lantern, he might be able to blend into the dark night.

He was slender, taller than Wen Jing, with his hands in his coat pockets, and his posture was lazy.Through the thick glass, Wen Ge couldn't see his expression clearly, but felt that his skin was very fair, and the light fell on his brows, side face, and the corners of his lips, all of which were stained with fine brilliance. True, yet so clear.

Wen Ge remembers every nuance.

He carried her out of the cage-like room of his cousin's house, wrapped her in his overcoat, his brows seemed to be frosted, cold, alienated and indifferent, only that hand kept pressing her head, Let the little head rest against the crest of his neck.

After getting into the car, Wen Ge was pressed on his lap by him, carefully checking her body for any marks of abuse.He frowned slightly, and pursed his lips slightly, such a tense expression was deeply engraved in Wen Ge's heart - it was he who brought her from the darkness into the light.

She couldn't help but look at him against the glass.

The three of them didn't know what they were talking about, and they didn't look relaxed, so that they didn't care when they stood outside the eaves in the snow.

Not long after, he nodded and waved a hand out of his pocket, as if he was about to leave.Sure enough, in the next second, he turned around, lowered his head, and opened the car door neatly.

He was just about to bend over and get into the car when he suddenly paused for some reason.

Wen Ge blinked, and then saw him raise his head abruptly, his gaze landed precisely on where she was.

She was startled, clinging to the floor-to-ceiling glass like a gecko and watching him from a distance.

Those eyes, as before, distant and peaceful.

Immediately, it did not stop.

Wen Ge struggled to recall every scene just now, did he see himself?The corner of his mouth slightly raised at the end, is he smiling?
When Jiang Junyu came upstairs with milk, Wen Ge was sitting upright in front of the dresser and wiping her half-wet hair—a girl who was just 13 years old, with stubborn and serious eyes when she was concentrating on one thing.

"Let me do it." Jiang Junyu put the milk in her hand, and took the towel from her hand to help her dry her hair.

Jiang Junyu undoubtedly loves Wen Ge very much.She has been married to Wen Jing for many years, and because of her special occupation, she has never planned to have a child. Later, her comrade-in-arms sacrificed, knowing that the child was helpless overnight, so she paid more attention.On vacation a year ago, she originally wanted to go and see the child with Wen Jing, but found that...

Jiang Junyu was sent to the military camp when she was very young. She grew up not with her parents, and felt the same for Wen Ge's experience, so she couldn't help loving Wen Ge even more.

Jiang Junyu has no experience in taking care of children. Fortunately, Wen Ge doesn't need her to worry too much. She will arrange everything for herself and take the initiative to help Jiang Junyu with housework, even if it is a small matter. This caring and warmth is also commendable.

However, Wen Ge didn't have such a quiet personality originally, she loved to play and play, she had the innocence and longing of a 13-year-old girl, but all these were buried deep in her heart after losing a loved one and feeling the warmth and coldness of the world.

It's time for her to understand, she is very aware of where she is now - in this world, she is alone.

(End of this chapter)