I don't know why, Xiao Xixi hesitated: "Are you... okay?" His eyes were blurred, they were really not like him before.
Leng Zhiqing was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Xiao Xixi would suddenly turn her head to look at him. His thoughts were a little confused for a moment. He suddenly leaned forward, held her chin, and insisted on making her look at him.
Really, I really want to see clearly whether the woman in front of him is what he wants.
Xiao Xixi was shocked. Seeing his actions, her body suddenly stiffened. Then she became a little embarrassed. She hurriedly moved her chin to get away from his hand: "Leng Zhiqing, are you okay?" He was so abnormal,
No, in fact, he had made such inexplicable judgments before, but now she was a little confused.
Don't go. Leng Zhiqing stared at Xiao Xixi's face quietly, as if he couldn't hear her voice, only the prayers in his mind. Don't go, don't leave him forever.
Xiao Xixi was completely baffled, seeing Leng Zhiqing clearly focused on her, her eyes flickering. She hurriedly broke away and continued to turn her head and look out the window.
His absence was very strange, as if he was afraid of disappearing. Although he could not see any emotions, he was indeed very abnormal.
Leng Zhiqing looked at Xiao Xixi's back with indifference as she turned back again. It was okay. I was just thinking about her, that's all. My heart was full of mixed feelings. It would be great if she... was her.
He, who had always been calm and indifferent, actually lost control again. He never thought that just because he was planning to return to China, his heart would gradually become so uncontrollable. He secretly calmed down and let himself return to normal.
Before I knew it, I arrived at the airport.
Xiao Xixi got out of the car and did not allow her to hesitate. A group of Leng Zhiqing's subordinates were already waiting at the airport to greet her. Everyone looked strong and agile, with Leng Zhiqing's air-conditioning.
At this time, she secretly speculated that what Situ Leiyan said about Leng Zhiqing's underworld background seemed to be inferred, and it was probably not groundless. Thinking about it, she couldn't help but feel a little scared, and it felt a little unnatural to walk behind him.
The strange thing is that Xiao Xixi can feel that everyone is a little stunned when they see her expression. She doesn't know why, she lowers her head angrily, meets someone's quietly paying attention, and nods slightly.
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However, I have to admit that this feeling of being watched... is very uncomfortable.
Leng Zhiqing had an awe-inspiring look, not shying away from the gazes of the people around him, as if he didn't feel anything at all. Xiao Xixi wanted to distance herself from him, but Leng Zhiqing clearly felt it, and he frowned slightly and turned away.
Warning: "Follow closely."
Xiao Xixi said "Huh" and followed with two steps as a reply.
Fortunately, when she got on the plane, everyone's surprised looks were forgotten by her. During the long plane, Xiao Xixi fell asleep and woke up, woke up and slept again, ate something, and then slept...
Finally, with the rumble of the fuselage touching the ground, her heart couldn't help but get excited. China, she is back, K City, she is home.
Even though she was excited, her heart was still gripped. After getting off the plane, Xiao Xixi couldn't wait to talk to her children on the phone. For some reason, listening to the voices of Xiao Jue and Xiao Hui, she felt guilty in her heart.
She was slightly choked, with a sour taste, and couldn't help but shed tears. She left them behind and ran away like this. She really wasn't a good and responsible mother.
Holding back her sadness, she hung up the phone reluctantly. Xiao Xixi asked Leng Zhiqing unkindly: "How many days will it take for us to go back?" Her current worries are all attributed to him, and she really hopes to go back soon.
I can fly back to my two children.
Leng Zhiqing didn't think much and replied directly: "After finishing the work, I will go back." The meaning of this sentence was very unclear. What was "thing"? Xiao Xixi was confused. Seeing that he no longer wanted to speak, she
Sighing speechlessly, she could only follow behind him.
Although she slept for a long time on the plane, due to the jet lag, Xiao Xixi slept for a long time before reluctantly waking up to the ringing cell phone. She grabbed it and pressed the answer button: "Hello..."
"Open the door." Leng Zhiqing's voice was still like an ice pool. He was waiting at the door. He came to take her to the place where they first met, the place where he made a promise to her. If nothing changed in five years,
He promised to take her there again.
And now, he...is back.
Xiao Xixi deliberately pondered for a moment. She didn't want to wake up, and the delay was a few seconds. But in the end, she sighed helplessly: "Okay." She stood up and walked to the door. When she opened the door, she met those cold eyes again.
Looking at her wistful expression, Leng Zhiqing's eyes darkened even more. When Xiao Xixi's expression was not so gentle, when she was unhappy...it was so similar.
Before she could think any more, Leng Zhiqing took her in the car and sped down the road.
Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar scenery, Xiao Xixi lay on the car window, pointing and excitedly saying to herself: "I've been to that place... and now it's like this? I almost can't recognize it."
!—This place—is still the same.”
Leng Zhiqing, who was sitting aside, was silent from beginning to end. He only paid attention to whether he was getting closer and closer to the place that he once missed deeply. He was filled with joy and fear.
Is the place getting closer?
Xiao Xixi had no idea what was on his mind. She looked out the window, filled with joy and washed away the unpleasantness of being disturbed. She always thought that she lived a good life in Los Angeles, but she never expected that one day she would return to the place where she was born and grew up.
, a feeling of warmth in my heart suddenly rose.
Suddenly, I felt that the taste of home was like this. No matter how far I traveled, my roots were still here. However, I don’t know why, but Xiao Xixi felt a little empty in her heart. She had lost part of her memories here, but those...
..what is it?
A building towering in the clouds slid past the car window, and the four characters "Situ Yatai" shone in the midday sun. Xiao Xixi looked over in a daze, and saw "Situ" again, this one and Situ Leiyan...
Does it matter?
She was a little dazed for a moment. This building was familiar, but she couldn't remember exactly what it was... She hesitated, then looked up again, and before she knew it, the car had already driven away, and she turned a small corner.
Can see clearly again.
Afterwards, she stopped exclaiming at the scenery on the roadside and fell into her own doubts.
The car left the city and headed towards the suburbs.
As the road got closer, Leng Zhiqing's heart became colder and sadder. He came, he came back, but that she was no longer there. So, Rou, let her take her place, okay?
He couldn't describe the pain in his heart that felt like a knife when the car stopped.
Xiao Xixi followed Leng Zhiqing out of the car mechanically, focusing only on her own thoughts. The car circled the mountain road for dozens of minutes and stopped at the temple.
Everything in front of her was just like the memories from her childhood. It was still the same old way, and the bells rang leisurely. It was different from everything in the city. Time seemed to stop here, and the soul also became quiet.
After following Leng Zhiqing's visit to the temple, he walked outside the temple and walked along a deep path that stretched all the way. He followed Leng Zhiqing, his pace was neither fast nor slow, but Xiao Xixi started to pant a little while walking.
Leng Zhiqing hadn't said a word since the visit to the shrine. She even felt that following him was superfluous. She didn't know what he was thinking about disturbing her sweet dream and forcing her to come here.
"Finally here!" Xiao Xixi gasped. After walking all this way, she was really tired and embarrassed to say it. Leng Zhiqing finally stopped, and she sat on a stone next to a tree and wiped the sweat from her forehead.
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Although she was sighing at the side, Leng Zhiqing did not speak. She just breathed the air around her quietly and took in all the scenery around her.
Thoughts are flying. Rou, he is back, and he is still here. However, the same big tree next to him is still in the same place. I wonder if it is a mockery of him?
This kind of change between things and people is simply indescribable, despair within despair. His eyes darkened.
"There is nothing in the first place, so where is the dust?" Xiao Xixi suddenly spoke softly, suddenly hitting Leng Zhiqing's heart and lungs. He felt as if he was suffocated for an instant, and turned his face to look at Xiao Xixi in shock.
Xiao Xixi's breathing was basically smooth. She looked around and saw this line of words carved by someone on the tree at a glance. Her eyes focused on the tree trunk and she read it softly and casually.
Leng Zhiqing's heart was pounding. The woman in front of him was so similar that he couldn't tell whether she was the real Xiao Xixi or Ding Rou's illusion.
As young as his age, he put away all the photos of Ding Rou because he was afraid that he would miss the person he saw.
And now - at the beginning, Ding Rou was doing the same thing, with almost the same look in her eyes, softly reciting that line of words. Xiao Xixi's serious look was very much like the worried person he was.
"It's you, isn't it?" Leng Zhiqing suddenly rushed over, holding Xiao Xixi's shoulders, and looking at her, his heart was shattered.
He used so much force that Xiao Xixi almost couldn't sit still. Fortunately, her feet were still on the ground, otherwise she might have been pushed to the ground by him. She barely held on, trying to escape from his strength: "You
What are you thinking about?"
She didn't know whether he did it on purpose or unintentionally, but she felt uncomfortable.
"Is it you?" Leng Zhiqing spoke again, his eyes unable to conceal the sadness.
When Xiao Xixi saw his sad expression for the first time, she couldn't help but feel a little numb. However, the look in his eyes that seemed to swallow her up also made her feel a little weird.
She stared into Leng Zhiqing's eyes and murmured: "I...I am Xiao Xixi." Xiao Xixi, she is Xiao Xixi.