After Shen Ce finished dinner, Xie Yunshu enthusiastically pestered him to ask about his experiences in the past two years. The two of them sat on the sofa together, turned off the TV, and had a long chat over hot tea.
What Xie Yunshu is most interested in is that he can come back on his own ability. You must know that when he went there, he was deprived of his visa and other identity certificates. Wouldn't he come back with a new identity this time? He took a sip of hot tea and asked curiously: "Shen Ce, how did you come back from Africa? And how did you find me here?" By the way, the city she stayed in was not big and inconspicuous.
Shen Ce leisurely recounted: "I met a noble man in Africa. I protected him for a while and helped him with some things. He appreciated me very much. This time he gave me a holiday. I asked my former friends to help me check your I found the information." Her identity is not special, and it is not difficult to find it.
She was puzzled: "But you don't have a visa, how can you come back?" And not only did she return to her country, she also came to the UK to find her.
He shrugged and replied calmly: "These things are easy in the hands of rich and powerful people. He helped me get a new identity."
Since joining that boss, many things have become less difficult. After gaining his trust, returning to China is a matter of course. However, Shen Ce did not go to Qiao Ye for revenge, and when he learned that Xie Yunshu had left the country, he bought the fastest Air tickets to the UK. He no longer wanted to deal with those old debts. What he cared more about was finding the current Xie Yunshu as soon as possible.
Xie Yunshu was very curious and asked: "Is he very rich? Is he a rich man in Africa?" I don't know what the nobleman in Shen Ce's words looks like.
He chuckled and replied: "Specialized in digging gems, do you think you have money? Tanzania is very famous for its gems."
But she looked sad and frowned: "Then you really went to work as a miner over there?" She knew that Qiao Ye had not planned the outcome for him and was indeed abusing him.
Shen Ce answered lightly: "It was like that at first, but then the boss discovered me and asked me to come to him." In fact, the leader of the miners there was not his opponent at all, he was just too lazy to make any coup.
Xie Yunshu looked at Shen Ce's appearance. It looked like he was a practicing practitioner, and his identity was unknown. He questioned, "Isn't he afraid that you are a bad guy?" If he looked more murderous and less righteous, he would be completely a bad guy. A killer.
He put his arm around her shoulders and chuckled casually, "Tanzanians have no ill intentions towards the Chinese, and I told him that I was exiled to Africa by my love rival, not for political reasons, so he understood me and gave me a gift." I have a gift." As he said this, he groped in his chest pocket.
"What?" She looked at his movements, wondering what he would take out of that small pocket.
Shen Ce opened his big palm and showed her an exquisite ring. He introduced: "Sapphire ring. Sapphire is a specialty of Tanzania, but it is very rare."
Xie Yunshu took the ring and looked at it in his hand. The oval sapphire had a platinum base and was surrounded by a circle of thin silver-white gemstones. It was exquisite and bright, and it was worth a lot at first glance.
She tilted her head to think about it and said, "Why do I feel that it looks a bit like what the princess is wearing?" She remembered that the British princess's wedding ring was also a sapphire.
He couldn't deny it, he chuckled and praised: "You know the stuff."
She was extremely surprised, looked at the ring in her hand again, and sighed: "How much is this worth? If I am poor in the future, I will exchange it for bread." Such a ring can be exchanged for a lot of money, so that She will eat it for the rest of her life.
Shen Ce had no choice but to hold her close to him, looked down and asked, "I barely escaped death in Africa, and I brought you something like this, and you actually said you wanted to pawn it?"
Xie Yunshu denied it with a smile: "I'm teasing you, how could it be possible? I will keep it well..." She wanted to pass it on to her sons and grandsons from generation to generation, but then she realized that she had no one to pass it on to, and her face froze slightly.
Shen Ce noticed the subtle changes in her and guessed that she was probably thinking of the ring given by Qiao Ye before. He asked tentatively: "By the way, what is the situation between you and Qiao Ye? Do you really plan to stay here for the rest of your life?" He didn't know what happened. What, but it must be a big deal for her to settle here, and she must be very sad.
Xie Yunshu suddenly blurted out: "He caused..." Yes, it was Qiao Ye who killed Xiao Yichen, but she couldn't tell the third person. She had to lower her head and said: "It's impossible for me and him." Those past events were already in her mind. I blocked it out and didn’t think about it again for a long time. Telling him now is just talking about the past.
Shen Ce patted her shoulder to comfort her and asked, "What about Xiao Yichen?" In his opinion, there was a high possibility that she and Xiao Yichen were related.
Xie Yunshu's face became even more ugly. He turned pale unconsciously and said hoarsely: "He is dead. He was in a car accident two years ago."
Shen Ce took a breath and was surprised: "How could this happen?" Such a fresh and young life was lost in a car accident. One can imagine how sad she must have been at that time.
"Originally, he and I were planning to get married, but Qiao Ye ruined the marriage, and then he had a car accident. Later, after he died, I found out that I was pregnant with his child. I broke up with Qiao Ye and became a member of the Xiao family. Send me here to raise my baby." Originally she didn't want to mention these past events again, but now it was normal for her to exchange their past with him.
Shen Ce turned around and looked around the room, but found no trace of any children, and asked, "Where is the child?" She and Xiao Yichen actually had children. It seemed that her fate with Qiao Ye was only that much.
Xie Yunshu said calmly: "They took her back to the country."
Shen Ce immediately frowned upon hearing this. When he came back from this trip, he thought that she would live happily as a family, but he didn't expect that she had experienced countless changes, even her posthumous son was taken away, and she became a real loner.
Bo said angrily: "How could I do this to you?"
She twitched the corner of her mouth and said meaninglessly: "Anyway, I feel sad if I stay with you. It's better to let the two old people take them back to add some life to the family." After losing the backbone of the family, one can imagine what the family should be like. How desolate and sad.
Shen Ce sighed. It turned out that she was willing to separate from her child because she was afraid of being seen and hurt. She asked lightly: "What about you, do you really plan to stay here for the rest of your life and never return to China?"
Xie Yunshu forced a smile and answered seriously: "I'm fine here, the environment here is very good." At least, the unfamiliar environment will not affect those old people and old things.
He couldn't help but tighten his arm on her shoulders, and said solemnly: "I don't know what it feels like to be in a foreign country, so don't lie to me." Even a grown man like him would miss home abroad, let alone her. A weak and helpless woman.
Xie Yunshu looked up at him and asked, "Are you here specifically to see me this time?"
Shen Ce nodded, "Yes, I will return to Tanzania in a week."
She shrugged and said calmly: "Look, don't you still want to go back to a foreign country? There is nothing wrong with staying in these strange countries. At least you can stay away from those past events."
Shen Ce laughed and looked at her slyly, "Yun Shu, actually I have a plan, and I told my employer before I came here." He took her hand and shook it, looked at her and said, "If I can get you back, I will Just stay where you are and never go back to Africa."
Xie Yunshu was stunned. He must have found him for this reason. He should have known better. He took out his hand and said indifferently: "Shen Ce, you have already made a mistake because of me once. Don't make a mistake a second time."
As if he hadn't heard her rejection, he said seriously: "Yun Shu, you used to stay with Qiao Ye and your feelings for Xiao Yichen were unclear. I felt that there would never be a chance for me, but now Xiao Yichen is gone. , it’s no longer possible for you and Qiao Ye, can’t you give me a chance? I’ve been in Africa for almost three years, and I haven’t missed you a day, just waiting to come back and tell you my feelings. You can’t live your whole life alone, You always need someone to take care of you."
She raised her eyes to look at him, and asked softly with a calm face: "Don't you blame me? It's because of me that you went there to suffer."
He said calmly: "It's hard to be a miner, but the food and housing are not very good. Compared with the bullets and bullets of being a special forces soldier, it's still very stable."
Xie Yunshu felt more and more powerless and sighed: "You always comfort people like this." He must have suffered, but he just wouldn't tell her.
"And I didn't work as a miner for a few months. I have been working next to my boss since then. He appreciates me very much." Otherwise, how could I help him return to China to find love?
She nodded and said clearly: "I can see that even such an expensive ring is given to you as a gift." She handed the ring back to him.
Shen Ce denied it: "Yun Shu, this is not a gift from him. He asked me to give it to you. It would be good to take you back and take you to Africa. No one will disturb us there."
Xie Yunshu's expression stiffened, and he shook his head and said: "Shen Ce, I'm sorry for you, but I can't be with you. After experiencing too much hurt and disappointment, I can't love anymore. I can't let you down."
Shen Ce felt distressed for a while and said stubbornly: "I won't let you get hurt again. How about you trust me and give me a chance?"
She still shook her head, waved away his hand, and said lonelyly: "No, I have stopped loving each other. I just want to live an ordinary life alone." She was already afraid that the more she loved, the more she would get hurt.
Shen Ce closed his eyes in disappointment and asked: "Yun Shu, can this be the reason for you to reject me? Just because of those past, can't I help you forget it?"
Xie Yunshu still refused: "Shen Ce, from the beginning to the end, I never thought about being with you. I only regarded you as a friend and a brother. I didn't think about that at all." Love cannot be replaced by liking. It's not something that can be replaced by good feelings. She has always been nothing but friendship to him.
He no longer forced himself and said sadly: "Okay, now that you've said so, there's no need for me to force you anymore."
She patted his shoulder and said apologetically: "I'm sorry for the thousands of kilometers you traveled on this trip." However, it also had the advantage of allowing her to see the complete and stable him.
Shen Ce replied: "It's okay. I didn't have high hopes when I came here. I thought you and Qiao Ye would stay together until we grow old without me."
Xie Yunshu only said: "We are together, so don't mention him." This name has become unfamiliar to her.
"Okay." He agreed readily, took her hand and said, "Since you don't want to go with me, just wear this ring. It can be considered as a little bit of love I brought from Africa."
"Yeah." She knew she couldn't refuse, otherwise he would be disappointed.
He first tried it on his ring finger and found that it was loose, so he put it on his middle finger and said to her: "The ring finger is too thin, so I can only wear it on my middle finger."
Xie Yunshu didn't think about anything else when wearing this ring. After he finished it, he raised his hand to look at it and said with a smile: "It's okay, just wear it and like it. It doesn't matter which finger it is on."
Shen Ce sat next to her and said leisurely: "Yun Shu, then I will stay here with you for a few days, and then go back." Since he can't wait for her to leave, it would be good to stay with her for a few days.
"Okay, it's rare that I have a guest here." She stood up and helped him heat water in the cup, smiling.
He looked around and joked to himself: "It's just that this house is too small. I don't know if it can accommodate such a huge thing like me."
Xie Yunshu chuckled lightly, sat back on the sofa with a cup in hand, and said: "Don't worry, there is a place for you to sleep. I will let you sleep on the bed, and I will sleep on the sofa." He moved here, and no outsider has ever entered this small house. Ten, let alone acquaintances.
Shen Ce looked at the sofa where the two of them were sitting and said, "How can this be done?"
She chuckled and replied: "With your size, the sofa will fall to the floor if you turn over. This is my home anyway, and I am used to staying anywhere."
He thought it was right, and readily agreed: "Okay, it's up to you." It doesn't matter where you sleep, it's always a privilege to stay in her little nest.
Xie Yunshu saw that it was already getting late and said, "Look at how busy you are, go take a shower first. I'll make up the bed and sofa. Go to bed early tonight. I'll take you to see the dessert shop I run tomorrow."
Shen Ce had already found out that she had a shop address. When she mentioned it, she curiously asked, "Do you make it by yourself?" In memory, she didn't seem to have this skill, and making desserts was not easy.
"Otherwise?" she asked back. Looking at him, he seemed to be in disbelief.
He smiled and said: "I'm worried that you have so little money, it will be difficult for you to support yourself." But thinking about it, the Xiao family should have given her some money in return. It seems that her life is quite good.
Xie Yunshu said angrily: "How is it possible? There are regular regulars next to the square." After one year of operation, she has gotten to know many of the customers, and there are often tourists in the square, and many people come in to sit and sit after visiting.
He laughed more and more and analyzed: "Oh, it turns out that you have the advantage of geographical location. As for the regular customers, they may be the owners of nearby shops. You are forcing them to patronize." I don't know if she has any friends here, otherwise she would definitely be lonely. Can.
This inevitably reminded her of Mark next door, and she denied with a chuckle: "No, we are just friends, just chatting."
Shen Ce readily agreed: "Okay, I'll help you in your shop for a few days, get a taste of your life, and taste the desserts you make."
She nodded without comment: "Well, let's go take a shower." She watched him enter the bathroom and began to tidy up the sofa.
