In the fragrant coffee shop, melodious light music is flowing, and the air is filled with the rich aroma of coffee.
At three o'clock in the afternoon in winter, there were only a few kittens in the cafe. They were either reading, talking softly, or opening their notebooks and writing or drawing something.
"I didn't expect that the last time we saw each other was five years ago." Dong Jin looked at the woman opposite and sighed with a faint smile.
Lu Man stirred the coffee in the cup and watched the evaporated milk with flowers on it melt in the coffee. Hearing this, he looked up at him and smiled calmly: "Yeah, what a coincidence."
After returning to city B for a month, she didn't look for anyone, and she didn't have the courage to look for him. She just lived with her son as if in seclusion. She knew that in this city, she would one day meet people she knew before, but she didn't expect that at first
What I met was this man I had only met twice.
I don’t know, is this the legendary fate?
Lu Man then asked: "You really don't have to go back to deal with business? A busy person like you shouldn't have time to drink coffee."
Dong Jin picked up the coffee on the table and took a sip, and said with a smile: "You have to take a breath even if you hang yourself." Seeing her guessing, he couldn't help but add: "I'm really fine this afternoon, but you, do you still have to go to work?
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Lu Man shook his head and said: "I work the morning shift. I get off work at 2:30 in the afternoon, so I don't have to work in the evening."
"Oh?" Dong Jin raised his eyebrows and said, "This time looks good."
Lu Man lowered her head and smiled slightly, and said, "It's because the manager is accommodating. She specially arranged it for me." In order to take care of her son, Zhou Meiru was very accommodating and specially arranged the morning shift for her convenience.
Dong Jin looked at her little face with her head lowered. He hadn't seen her for several years. Her face was sharper, her eyes were bigger, and she was very thin. Her hands looked a little wrinkled. As you can imagine, she had not lived a smooth life these years. However, she
There is a hint of indifference deep in those big eyes
Suddenly it occurred to me that she was pregnant back then, and I wonder what will happen now?
Thinking of this, Dong Jin blurted out and asked: "How have you been in the past few years? City B is not big, but I can't meet you." He did not say that he had deliberately inquired about her news, but there was no news at all.
"I went to City Z and came back last month." Lu Man smiled slightly and replied, "I'm doing okay, by the way, I haven't thanked you yet."
"Thank me for what?" Dong Jin asked doubtfully
"Thank you anyway." Lu Man smiled gently: "I gave birth to a son. Thank you for not telling me about my pregnancy back then."
Dong Jin was startled, and then said happily: "Really? That's good. Now where is the other person? What's his name?"
"He's in kindergarten. I named him Huai'en, Lu Huai'en."
Dong Jin's surname was Lu. His eyes flashed and he raised his eyebrows slightly.
"He is also five years old? How time flies. When I saw you at Mr. Lu's funeral, you were still a little girl, and now you are a mother," Dong Jin sighed.
Speaking of the past, Lu Man's hand holding the coffee cup trembled slightly, and the smile at the corner of his mouth also faded.
Dong Jin saw it with keen eyes, and couldn't help but curse himself secretly, and quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to mention your sadness."
Lu Man looked at his sincere and eager apology and smiled slightly: "It's okay, it's all over. Instead, I thank you for coming to see my father off for the last time."
Although they had only met twice, she felt very close to the gentle Dong Jin, perhaps because of his gentle temperament.
Dong Jin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly reminded himself not to talk about the yes and no, so he couldn't help but change the topic and said: "Actually, the first time I met you was not at Mr. Lu's funeral."
Lu Man was a little shocked and couldn't help but raise her head and look at him in confusion.
"Don't you remember?" Dong Jin smiled gently and said, "It rained heavily that day. You bumped into my car and I sent you to the hospital."
Lu Man blinked and pieced together the fragmented memories. It was the day when her father was stimulated and passed out. She later remembered to thank that person, but she forgot because of a series of events.
"So it's you." Lu Man laughed, lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then said with a wry smile: "It seems that the few times I met you, you were always in a very miserable state."
Car crash in the rain, being shot in the head and fainting, every time at the funeral, it was the most embarrassing and painful time for me.
Dong Jin was stunned and thought about it carefully. It was indeed the case. He couldn't help but let out a laugh and pretended to be serious: "It turns out that I am your savior. You should thank me."
Lu Man was so amused by him that he burst into laughter.
Dong Jin also smiled. Seeing the sadness in her eyebrows disappear, her eyes were as bright and agile as morning stars, attracting people to her.
"Then Mr. Dong, Master Dong, how do you want me to thank you?" Lu Man asked with a rare smile and a wink.
Dong Jin coughed and said with a smile: "Call me my name, call me Dong Jin, and I'll also call you Xiaoman, how about that?"
Lu Man was startled and said with a smile: "How dare you? I call you Brother Dong, and you deserve it."
"Okay." Dong Jin smiled gently.
Lu Man suddenly called out in a long voice: "Brother Dong"
"Why"
The two looked at each other and laughed again
After she regained her breath, Lu Man suppressed her smile, looked out the window at the traffic on the road, and suddenly said: "It's strange, Brother Dong and I have only met a few times, but we still have a good conversation."
"Do you know that in the past few years, I have never smiled so happily at my friends?" Lu Man turned around and said a little lonely
Dong Jin wanted to stretch out his hand to rub the top of her hair, but thinking that his action was too intimate, he couldn't help but stretched it back, looked at her seriously and asked: "Back then, how many of you did I see at Mr. Lu's funeral?"
Friends, haven’t you ever found them?”
Lu Man shook his head, looked at the snow on the eaves of the roadside again, and said quietly: "After my father passed away, I felt like the sky was falling. After my divorce, I just wanted to find a place to hide and live alone.
After our mother and son were stabilized and no one disturbed them, I didn't dare to go to them for fear that they would scold me. Later, I got used to it."
In fact, the reason why she didn't look for them was because of her low self-esteem. She had gone from being a noble princess to a down-and-out family. She didn't want to see the sympathy and pitiful looks in their eyes.
Listening to her faint words, there was a touch of sadness exuding from her body. Dong Jin suddenly felt uncomfortable. She was only twenty-five years old. Such a young body should not have such sadness.
"I didn't even dare to look for them when I returned to City B. Come to think of it, they may have forgotten such a wolf-hearted friend like me." Lu Man took another sip of coffee with a wry smile.
The coffee was getting colder, and the bitter taste entered her throat, making her feel a little cold. Will Wang Qiao and the others remember her?