miss you dearly

Chapter 1 Give time a little time (1)
From childhood to old age, on a certain page of memories, if you cry, it must be the deepest memory and the most painful experience.People who have been in love and never forget, once thought that they would treasure their exclusive memories for a lifetime, but they will eventually be covered up by time.

Give it a little time.

The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkles on the elegant ancient town, winding alleys, old houses, and there is a kind of quiet beauty in the hazy twilight.The seemingly dilapidated building has been baptized by years of wind and rain, and it is full of quaint tranquility in addition to the vicissitudes of life.Surrounded by green hills, the appearance of the mountain city, the charm of the water town, and the paradise in reality make people linger and forget to return.

Xi Yan likes the ancient town, including the roads in the ancient town, and the rain in the ancient town.She doesn't remember when, but whenever it rains, she always wears flat sandals and steps on the spotless bluestone road washed by the rain. The feeling of walking alone in the deep alley makes her feel strangely calm and comfortable.

The sound of gurgling water, the patter of rain—it would be perfect without the disturbing ringing of the phone.

Seeing the familiar name jumping on the phone screen, Xi Yan frowned slightly.

However, he still slid the call button.

A low-pitched male voice came from the receiver, with a slightly displeased tone: "Where is it?"

It was Wen Xingyuan.

Xi Yan habitually looked at her watch, "It's not time for work yet, is the boss checking the post?"

boss?Wen Xingyuan seemed to smile: "That's right, let's see if you're being lazy." As if he heard the voice from her side, he asked, "Outside?"

What I got was Xi Yan's understated answer: "Passing by Sifang Street." Before she finished speaking, she heard her whisper, "Hey——" Then, there was a clear voice of apology, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it hurts to step on it. Bar?"

Afterwards, Wen Xingyuan asked with concern: "What's wrong?"

Xi Yan backed away two steps, and responded to the apologetic person first: "It's okay, you continue." After speeding up and leaving the noisy crowd, she answered Wen Xingyuan: "I didn't walk in a straight line, and I was bumped into someone's way."

"Are you ok?"

"When I have a glass heart, it will break if I hit it? Don't worry, it's being built."

Carry?Heartless to the extreme.Wen Xingyuan sighed almost inaudibly, and got to the point: "Where did you go last night? No one answered the phone calls to the apartment, and the bar also said you didn't go, and the phone was turned off. Did you go missing?"

I am used to his typical housekeeper tracking Xi Yan, but his tone is still hard to hide his impatience: "I worked overtime at the company last night to catch up with the project, and my phone ran out of battery. I reported to He Ziliang, but he didn't tell me. You?"

Wen Xingyuan half-truthfully replied: "He only said that you probably had an affair."

Xi Yan looked up: "Why didn't he say that I had a one-night stand?"

With a sudden and severe tone: "How dare you!"

Xi Yan laughed: "Why don't you dare, I live in the capital of romance, if nothing happens, I'm so sorry for myself."

Wen Xingyuan laughed lowly: "You woman, you treat yourself very well."

After rambling a few more words, Xi Yan asked, "Aren't you calling just to chat, right? If you have any orders, please ask."

"It's nothing important, just manage you remotely, and care about the private life of the employees by the way."

"In this case, I will submit a written report to you later, with a detailed explanation of [-] words. Do you think my attitude is correct enough?"

Wen Xingyuan was helpless: "Literally, the attitude is really good, but after careful consideration, why does it seem like I harassed you? Tell me this is an illusion."

Xi Yan really wanted to tell him: Your feeling is right.But she held back, and her tone softened when she spoke again: "I'm saving the phone bill for you, so that you won't find out that nonsense is so expensive after you see the call bill. Hey, can you hear me? Hey, why is there no signal—— —”

Mingming clearly heard the other side say: "Stop hi, I can hear you." She still ended the call unilaterally, then turned off the phone, imagining the situation when Wen Xingyuan called again and couldn't get through, her steps were obviously much lighter.

To annoy Wen Xingyuan, who is as good as Xi Yan?

Ten minutes later, Xi Yan appeared at a bar called "Soft Time".

Du Ling asked, "Why is it so early today?"

Xi Yan smiled with curved lips, showing her neat and white teeth: "I'm afraid that I will be deducted double salary for being late."

Seeing her harmless smile, Du Ling slightly annoyed, "There's nothing in shape."

Zhang Ziliang, who was mixing drinks in front of the bar, interrupted at the right time: "Xingyuan called you last night."

Xi Yan raised her eyebrows: "Understood, I was tracked just now, didn't you tell him that I work overtime?"

"It was full last night, so I was so busy that I couldn't open it. I didn't notice the message you sent."

No wonder.Xi Yan asked lazily, "Did he say something?"

"He won't tell me anything." Zhang Ziliang said with a smile: "You are the heroine of his life."

Du Ling echoed: "Yes. We are all passing through."

"It's a tacit understanding. It's true that the two of you are together, and you just happened to hurt each other." Xi Yan was one against two, and seeing Du Ling rolled up her sleeves to fix her, she was about to run away: "Talking, I mean, you two Together, the two are a perfect match and will benefit the society."

"Nonsense." Du Ling pulled her back quickly: "Punish you physically, and help me move the bench by the window."

"Where to move? Isn't this just a table?" But he didn't evade the labor, and he had already walked to the window with Du Ling, and he started to do it like a man.

Du Ling explained: "It's full every night, Ziliang ordered a few new sets of tables and chairs, so that more people can be seated."

"Our store simply changed its name to 'Peach Blossom Island'."

"What do you mean?"

Xi Yan frowned: "It's surprisingly good to attract peach blossom business."

Du Ling teased her: "I'm afraid that if you attract peach blossoms, some people won't be able to sit still."

Off topic again, misinterpreting her meaning every time.Xi Yan pretended to be stupid: "I don't understand what you said. The earth is too dangerous, so I decided to go back to Mars." Before Du Ling could speak, he went to avoid it.

Du Ling shook his head towards her back, "I'm about to become the aunt of the neighborhood committee, why is she still stubborn? It's hard enough to travel a long way, and to be greedy for such a capable master."

Zhang Ziliang comforted: "Xingyuan knows it well, so let's not worry about it, so as not to cause trouble for him. After all, things like feelings are the most difficult for others to interfere with."

Du Ling was dissatisfied: "It's not meddling, it's fueling the flames. No one can see Xingyuan's thoughts. You, a brother, are really dishonest, and you won't even help."

Was angered again.Zhang Ziliang scratched his short hair innocently: "I didn't stand idly by either. Guan Jian is, the emperor is not in a hurry, and it's useless for me to be in a hurry."

"You are a full man who doesn't know a hungry man is hungry."

Where does this follow.Zhang Ziliang was speechless.

The night broke the silence, and when Haoyue looked down on the earth with a lofty attitude, the ancient city was already full of noise.The joyful atmosphere quickly spread, as if everyone, even a grain of sand drifting by the wind, was unwilling to be lonely.

Looking at the bustling bar street, Xi Yan couldn't help laughing when she heard the drunken guests on the roof of the second floor shouting the altered lyrics of "How much love can mess around". speak out.

Seeing another wave of guests rushing in, she walked up to meet them with light steps: "Welcome to 'Soft Time', please come over here." A warm smile appeared on her plain face, and that smile was not half-perfunctory, it was both sincere and sincere. clear.As Wen Xingyuan said: At this time, Xi Yan’s smile is from the heart, because he likes the quietness and movement of the ancient city, and the feeling of being busy, so he is willing to present the beautiful side to the guests who come from afar, and also comfort the guests who have traveled far away. of myself.

"Yan Yan, Brother Zhang told you to listen to the phone." The music in the bar was loud, and the girl at the bar called Xi Yan at the top of her voice.

"Come right away." Xi Yan turned her head and said back, placed the order for the customer and delivered it to the bar before going to the next room.

Picking up the receiver, Xi Yan suddenly thought of something, lowered her voice and asked Zhang Ziliang: "Who is it? If he says I'm busy."

But Zhang Ziliang answered her loudly: "It's not Xingyuan."

Xi Yan realized that she had been betrayed, so she answered bravely: "Boss."

Wen Xingyuan asked: "What is not me?"

Xi Yan was grinning, trying to get away with it: "You heard wrong."

Wen Xingyuan was too lazy to argue with her, "Hung up on me again, how many times?"

Xi Yan was a little cautious: "Who hung it up, the phone has no signal."

"No signal or too many times to count, you know it well."

Xi Yan joked: "You know, my math is taught by the physical education teacher, forgive me."

Wen Xingyuan lashed out unceremoniously: "Stop insulting the physical education teacher, I think you haven't studied mathematics at all."

Do you want to be so wicked?Experienced Boss Wen's sharpness once again, Xi Yan was so angry that his teeth itched: "Don't talk with guns and sticks, it will damage your temperament of Boss Wen."

As the real owner of the bar, Mr. Wen snorted very mindfully: "I always get hung up."

Also felt that she had gone too far, Xi Yan relented: "Okay, okay, it's okay if I apologize, your lord has a lot, don't bother with me as a girl, okay?"

Wen Xingyuan went down the steps: "If you're really sorry, turn off the phone less often in the future!"

Xi Yan pouted, refusing to promise.

Wen Xingyuan insisted on her guarantee: "Did you hear that?"

Than being stubborn, Xi Yan knew that she was no match for him, so she had no choice but to say, "I heard you, Dad."

Father Wen laughed angrily: "habitual nonsense."

The atmosphere eased, and Xi Yan said it was down to business: "I will return to City A next week."

"Go home?" Wen Xingyuan thought he heard it wrong: "Why do you want to go back all of a sudden? Is Xi He busy?"

"No, it's Ji Ruoning who is getting married. I'll go back and be a bridesmaid." At this point, Xi Yan felt timid in her heart. Small, it is not easy to deliberately avoid a person or some news.However, after all, there are her closest relatives there, even if she is not ready, she should go back.

How cowardly to go far away for one person.

In the past three years, although Xi Yan is not yet mature enough to smile in the face of annoying people, she has made some progress after all.

Wen Xingyuan also has a lot of worries compared to her instant turnaround, but he won't say it out loud, but instead: "Ji Ruoning? That best friend of yours?"

Xi Yan's thoughts were pulled back, and she smiled slightly: "It's her, I mentioned it to you. A woman who is about to enter the siege."

Wen Xingyuan was silent for a moment, short but obvious, and when he spoke again, he mentioned a topic that could be called taboo for Xi Yan: "You are not young anymore, when do you plan to marry yourself?"

His tone suddenly became serious and gentle, completely different from the previous sharp and mean, but Xi Yan ignored the subtle changes in his emotions, and replied casually: "I'm such a lonely and cold person, ordinary people can't bear it, just Don’t harm people anymore. Don’t just talk about me, you are older, it’s time to think carefully. How about it, do you need me to help you as a consultant?”

Wen Xingyuan smiled: "It's rare that you still have time to worry about me!"

He was obviously smiling, but for some reason, the temperature suddenly dropped a few degrees.Xi Yan didn't know how to proceed.It wasn't until she coughed twice due to a cold that Wen Xingyuan on the other end of the phone returned to normal, "It's fine to go back, Xi He misses you very much. When will you be back?"

"I have a month off."

Really long.For the first time, I felt that the long vacation was so unpleasant.Wen Xingyuan asked with a sigh: "Have you booked the ticket? Where are you going?"

"the day after tomorrow."

Wen Xingyuan calmed down his emotions after hearing the words, "Let Ziliang take you to the airport, and remember to report that you are safe when you get home, and..." He hesitated to speak, and finally only said: "Don't keep turning off the phone."

Xi Yan thought he was nagging: "I know, you really look like my father."

Instead of scolding her a few words like before, he said, "That's it, hang up."

Xi Yan called him to stop: "Wen Xingyuan."

"Ok?"

He squeaked again: "Forget it, it's okay."

"Speak if you have something to say, hesitating." The tone was blunt, and there was a hint of anticipation in his heart.

"I heard from Ziliang that you are always busy late, just to tell you not to be too tired, and staying up late is not good for your health." Without even a pause, Xi Yan hung up after finishing speaking.

In City G thousands of miles away, someone stood in front of the window for a long time.

Because he couldn't hold back his longing and decided to go back to Dayan Town, Wen Xingyuan had been working overtime for a week, rubbed his temples, and leaned on the backrest to take a nap wearily.Originally, tonight I wanted to tell Xi Yan that he had booked a plane ticket to Guzhen the day after tomorrow, but I didn't expect her to leave on the same day.

Three years later, she should really go home and have a look, but she was worried after all.

Seizing the time, Wen Xingyuan called Zhang Ziliang's cell phone.

After two rings, it was picked up, "Xingyuan."

"Didn't disturb your date?" Wen Xingyuan's tone was a little lazy, and he unbuttoned the two buttons of his neckline while speaking.

"Anyway, you didn't interrupt once or twice, Du Ling is used to it. I just sent Yanyan back, don't worry." Ever since Wen Xingyuan left the ancient town, Zhang Ziliang and Du Ling have become Xiyan's flower protectors.

"Thank you." Wen Xingyuan thanked him in a deep, sincere tone.

"Don't pretend to be polite. Call at this time, what's the matter?" After more than ten years of acquaintance, Zhang Ziliang couldn't understand Wen Xingyuan's thoughts. When Wen Xingyuan brought Xi Yan all the way from City A to the ancient city, Zhang Ziliang knew that he was going to pay what.

When the partner was changed to Zhang Ziliang, Wen Xingyuan had no worries, and asked bluntly, "Is she okay recently?"

Zhang Ziliang didn't answer but instead asked, "Didn't you talk to her on the phone, what do you think?"

"When will she show her true emotions to me?" Wen Xingyuan knew Xi Yan too well, except when she couldn't avoid him face to face, she was always good.

"I don't think there's anything wrong with it." In front of them, she has always been fine.

"We'll talk about it when we meet. I'll fly to the ancient city at eight o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow." Although Xi Yan wanted to return to City A, Wen Xingyuan had no intention of changing the itinerary.Perhaps in his opinion, since Xi Yan is not here, he doesn't have to be too cautious when he returns to the place where there are countless traces of her life.

Somewhat humble.

Zhang Ziliang was confused: "Didn't Yan Yan go home that day? What are you doing?"

Wen Xingyuan smiled wryly: "It's nothing, I wanted to surprise her."

Looking at Du Ling, Zhang Ziliang criticized: "This side kick is not very beautiful, not like your style."

In the matter of chasing Xiyan, he has never been pretty enough.

Wen Xingyuan laughed mockingly at himself, "Then what should I do? I'm afraid of scaring people away if I'm too straightforward. Let's do this first, and see you later."

After finishing the call, Wen Xingyuan looked down at City G through the floor-to-ceiling windows, and his goal was: the city was full of brilliant lights.

Such thousands of lights, I don't know which one belongs to him.Maybe there is none, because of him, there is no story.To be precise, there is no common story with the person he expects.

Lighting a cigarette, Wen Xingyuan missed the quaint houses, the clear river, and the clean bluestone road in the smog.I still think of that time when he and Xi Yan shared an umbrella and walked in the deep alleys of the ancient town on a rainy summer night. Water droplets wet each other's uppers, and the unextinguished lights illuminate the dim alleys through the windows, with no end in sight at a glance, and some alleys have a deep charm.

The memory of that night is very clear, there was no rumbling thunder, no frightening lightning, only gentle rain drifting leisurely, lingering and caressing Xi Yan's exposed skin, gently embracing her slender shoulders, he moved the umbrella towards her--

The natural dependence and the harmonious and peaceful relationship touched the softest corner of Wen Xingyuan's heart.

Three years ago, he took her to the ancient city and stayed with her for a whole year.If it wasn't for his presence that put pressure on her, he would definitely be reluctant to leave her there alone.In the next two years, they only met once, and the shallow communication between the two was always maintained by telephone.

For Xi Yan, Wen Xingyuan really felt distressed.He allowed Xi Yan to spend time remembering the past, not only did he not press every step of the way, but he took a step back thoughtfully.However, thousands of miles away, she let go of her wariness towards him, and he also became powerless.Perhaps Xi Yan didn't realize that those phone calls that often bored her were actually Wen Xingyuan reminding her of his existence.He was afraid of time and distance, which blocked the last link between them.

(End of this chapter)