Chapter 28

Zhuang Ling never thought that the reunion with Li Yan would be at his father's funeral.

The gray sky seems to be resounding the sad atmosphere at the moment.

Li Shihao went to the United States when he was young, and almost all his career and life are in the United States. He rarely returns to City A, and there are not many relatives and friends in City A.

In the solemn emptiness, in the empty and cold cemetery, Zhuang Ling only saw Li Yan who was dressed in black.

Ben was just watching from a distance, but his footsteps approached slowly unconsciously.

Zhuang Ling saw Li Yan standing in front of the tombstone with an indifferent expression and a pale face, like a wooden doll, drained of all vitality and energy.

"I didn't expect that in the end, there would be another you to send my father off."

With a hoarse voice, Li Yan looked at Zhuang Ling who was slowly approaching, and the corners of her lips raised a self-sarcastic arc.Trees fall and monkeys scatter, even if they are relatives, they run faster than anyone else.Human feelings are indifferent, although I have known it for a long time, but I still can't stop the sadness.

After three years of not seeing each other, Zhuang Ling still recognized Li Yan immediately.It's not that she hasn't changed, on the contrary, she has changed a lot.But for so many years of close friends, how could they not recognize them.Just like the voice three years ago, when I heard it, I recognized it was her.

The groom I was waiting to marry and my best friend gave her such a special 'gift' on the day of my wedding, it is incredible to think about it.And those photos, even if I tried my best to convince myself to forget them, I still couldn't help feeling a little bit of pain when I saw Li Yan. How could they be so...

Zhuang Ling closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and turned his thoughts away.

Although she and Li Shihao didn't have many chances to meet each other, Zhuang Ling couldn't persuade herself not to come to see him off for the last time because of Li Shihao's love for her like a daughter.

"I still remember my uncle's love for me."

"Father will be very happy if he knows that you still remember him. I remember that every time my father returned to China, he always brought two gifts, one for you and one for me."

"Why did uncle leave so suddenly?" I remember that three years ago, Li Shihao was still in good health.

"Car accident." With two simple words, Li Yan changed the subject, not wanting to say more, and at the same time, a look of complexity flashed across her face, "I thought you hated me to death, but I didn't expect that one day you and I would be able to stand in such a peaceful manner. Let's talk together."

"I forgot, I have already forgotten what happened three years ago."

"He, can you forget too?"

"Forgot too."

Gray sky, wind blowing drizzle.

"What are your future plans?" Zhuang Ling also heard Zhuang Huiping mention Li's situation, and he can guess a little bit from the empty cemetery today.

"Although my father has never said it, I know that he has always wanted to return to City A these years. As a daughter, I must also fulfill his last wish and return to the roots, so I came back with my father's ashes. As for the future, let's go first Take it one step at a time. Anyway, I haven’t been back for a long time, and I may stay in City A for a while longer.”

For a long time, the two had nothing to say.

The old friendship is still vivid in my memory, but now all that remains is a sigh.

Life is one life, vegetation is one autumn.The world is impermanent, and no one can blame anyone.Since it has long been a thing of the past, let it go with the wind, otherwise, it will only add to the sadness.

"where do you live now?"

"It's still the same house next to the school."

"Is that house still standing?"

"Keep it, there are too many memories there, I don't want to sell it, so I have kept it until now."

Zhuang Ling was slightly stunned by Li Yan's words, and suddenly felt that his eyes were dry, and suddenly turned away.

There was a tacit understanding that neither of them mentioned the incident three years ago.

"Go to my house for dinner when you have time, my father and mother miss you very much."

"Another day, I really miss my uncle and aunt."

"Then you can't miss the appointment. I'll tell my mother first and ask her to prepare your favorite dishes for you to come."

"I never miss an appointment. It seems that you were late or missed an appointment every time before."

"Yes, why don't I remember?"

"Of course there is."

On the drizzled stairs, the two walked down together slowly, as if they were the same many years ago, but something was different, Zhuang Ling knew it, and Li Yan knew it too.

At the end of the stairs, a figure that was also drenched in the rain silently looking at this side was reflected in the eyes of the two of them at the same time.

The scene of three people is silent.

"Ayan, are you okay?" Mu Jingfeng asked from a long distance without stepping forward.The voice also appeared deep and dark through the drizzle and hazy air.

"I suddenly remembered that there is something else to do, so let's go first." Like many years ago, whenever she encountered such a scene of three people, she always used this excuse to leave.Because their warmth never tolerates a second person.

"Ayan, you didn't drive, let him see you off." Zhuang Ling said a moment before Li Yan started.While talking, he already walked quickly to his car on the other side.

"She has always been the most unrestrained one. If you want it wholeheartedly, if you don't want it, you will never look back." I don't know if I am talking to Li Yan or talking to myself, and I will not turn away when I look at the other end Looking back, Mu Jingfeng showed a bit of bitterness.

Li Yan also looked at the car leaving in the dust, and when she turned her head to look at Mu Jingfeng, a look of complexity flashed across her eyes.

Things are different and people are different, I didn't expect that the scene of three people can also keep the two of them, but staying will only increase the embarrassment.

"Back then, I was the one who was sorry for you." Suddenly, Mu Jingfeng apologized for being three years late.

"I don't blame you for what happened back then." Li Yan looked at Mu Jingfeng, turned her gaze away, and hesitated to speak.

Three years later, Mu Jingfeng was even more handsome and mature. Undoubtedly, he was the one who had grown the most out of the three, but the way he looked at Zhuang Ling was still exactly the same as it was three years ago.

"If you need my help with anything, feel free to tell me."

"Okay, I will definitely ask Mr. Mu to help me if I need it in the future, and please don't pretend not to know him when the time comes." Li Yan suppressed the unreasonable complexity in her heart and said jokingly.

"Ayan, let me tell you the truth, if you have any difficulties in the future, you can come to me."

The forced smile on Li Yan's face froze on her face, and then flashed away in an instant, so fast that no one could notice, she opened her eyes sideways, and said in a flat voice, "En, thank you."

"Where do you live now? I'll take you back."

"It's still the same place, the house outside the school."

The speeding car raised the rain curtain.

"I didn't expect you to be so familiar with this place." Seeing the familiar Mu Jingfeng walking through this residential area, Li Yan expressed her doubts.

The community here is already old, and the residents have moved away in twos and threes, and it is no longer as lively as before.And that school, I heard that it has already moved to the newly built campus, so it has been vacant all this time.

"Would you like me to go up with you?"

Looking up, I looked at the house that had carried the laughter and laughter of the three of them for many years.I still remember that when school was over, Zhuang Ling always had to come back here to play with Li Yan first, and then wait for the driver to pick him up.

Looking back, it turns out that they have all grown up, and they are no longer the youth and innocence of those years.

"No, next time, I won't stay for three years, the room is very messy."

"Then let's go up and tidy up, anyway, I'm fine today."

"Will you tidy up the room too?"

"You underestimate me now. You and Ling threw rubbish everywhere before, but I didn't clean it up that time."

As soon as Mu Jingfeng said something, she felt wrong.Bitterness lingered in his heart, he turned his eyes away, and lit a cigarette suddenly, until the smoke circles spread out in front of his eyes, and he didn't stop until the pungent smell of smoke made him cough.

After the cigarette butt was wiped out, Mu Jingfeng could no longer look at the house, got into the car, and left in the dust.

Li Yan thought for a while, hesitated to speak again, looked at the black shadow that disappeared at the end, but did not speak after all.

(End of this chapter)

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