The Most Beautiful Years Met You [Fifty Seven] and Hearing His Voice Again
"Why don't you call the second brother? Their car shouldn't have gone far yet, and it should be pretty quick to get back."
"Isn't he always turning off his phone?" Ye Hehuan said.
"Shut down? No way..." Yao Lie took out his cell phone from his trouser pocket doubtfully, opened the address book and said, "I also called my second brother at noon, so the battery shouldn't run out so soon."
Ye Hehuan was in a daze because of his words. Yu Zhongxiao didn't turn off his phone, but she couldn't get through his phone.
If she was running away from a certain possibility before, now the answer is ready to come out, so she reported Yu Zhongxiao's mobile phone number to Yao Lie.
"Second brother changed his number after he was transferred back. Don't you know?" Yao Lie operated his cell phone and glanced at her again.
"..."
With her fingers curled up and picking at the edge of the car window, Ye Hehuan saw the screen of her phone lighting up. When Yao Lie was about to make a call, she suddenly said, "No need to call."
Yao Lie turned his head and his surprised eyes fell on her face.
"Actually, I have nothing to do with him." Ye Hehuan forced a smile, retracted his hand, and took half a step back: "I won't disturb you anymore, you can go first."
"Is there really nothing wrong?" Yao Lie was worried and left the delicate little girl on the roadside at night: "Then I'll give you a ride."
"No need, there is a stop sign in front."
After getting on the bus, Ye Hehuan sat by the window with his head against the glass, watching the bustling night market flashing past his sight, with a lot of thoughts.
The man changed his number to avoid her.
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Ye Hehuan returned to Ye's house. Ye Jiming was sitting on the sofa watching the news. The nanny was washing dishes in the kitchen. The old man took off his glasses and looked over: "Where have you been?"
"Xiao Jiang said that you disappeared as soon as you came out of Han's house."
"I didn't go anywhere, I just suddenly felt bored and walked around a bit." Ye Hehuan stood at the door of the living room, his mood not too high.
"How many hours can you spend just wandering around?" Ye Jiming pretended to be angry and glared at her, but his tone was full of concern: "Auntie specially left food for you, so you didn't eat it."
Ye Hehuan had no appetite, so he lied and said that he had eaten out.
"That's right." Ye Jiming stopped his granddaughter who was about to go upstairs: "You can send another box of kiwis to your Grandpa Zhang. He should be at home now."
The 'Grandpa Zhang' in Ye Jiming's mouth is his old friend, who also lives in this compound, but on the Ximen side, the two families usually send food to each other.
Ye Hehuan carried the kiwi to Grandpa Zhang's house and rang the doorbell. The person who opened the door was a young man in military uniform, in his early thirties.
The other person's hand was still holding the doorknob, and he was stunned for a moment when he saw the little girl outside the door.
"I'm looking for Grandpa Zhang." Ye Hehuan raised the kiwi fruit in his hand to explain his intention.
Zhang Ji nodded clearly, showed a friendly smile, and stepped aside: "My grandpa just went for a walk with my grandma, you should come in first."
While taking off his shoes at the entrance, Zhang Ji suddenly said tentatively: "Are you He Huan? The granddaughter of the Ye family?"
Ye Hehuan raised his head and looked at each other.
"Have you forgotten? We used to play together when we were kids. I was climbing jujube trees, and you would stay under the tree every time and ask me to give you some."
Ye Hehuan didn't remember much about her childhood. The quarrels between Ye Zanwen and Han Minjing almost filled her childhood. When Zhang Ji mentioned it now, the expression on her face was a little confused, but she still twitched the corner of her lower lip and said in agreement.
Say 'really'?
"Yeah, I didn't expect you to be so old." Zhang Ji took the box from her hand with emotion: "Just let me get it, you go to the living room."
…
Ye Hehuan walked to the living room, but stopped when her slippers touched the floor and the light leaking from the living room because she saw the person sitting inside.
She never imagined that Yu Zhongxiao would appear here.
The TV was on in the living room, and he was sitting on the sofa smoking. His slender and strong upper body was slightly forward, his posture was very casual, and his long legs almost occupied the gap between the coffee table and the sofa. When Ye Hehuan looked over, he
He was flicking away the ashes of his cigarette and looking up at the TV show.
Ye Hehuan's nose suddenly became sour, and his eyes were so warm that he almost shed tears.
The man suddenly turned his head this way and saw her.
His eyes were extraordinarily calm, without the slightest surprise. He looked at her like he was looking at a stranger he met for the first time. In his eyes, Ye Hehuan did not find any of the emotions she had guessed she would have when she saw him again.
It suddenly dawned on her that she was the only one who had trouble sleeping and eating.
Zhang Ji had already come out of the kitchen and saw Ye Hehuan: "Why don't you go in? There is no drink at home. Is it okay to drink for free?"
Ye Hehuan forced himself to look away from the living room and turned to look at Zhang Ji who was holding a water glass.
Her voice was very low: "No, I'm going home."
"Why did you leave right after you came here? If you sit here for a while, Grandpa Zhang and the others will be back." Zhang Ji glanced at the living room, thinking that Ye Hehuan was afraid of strangers, so he tilted his head and winked at her: "Those are my comrades in arms.
, those who come out together are not bad people, little girl, don’t be afraid.”
Ye Hehuan was half pushed and half hugged into the living room by Zhang Ji.
Zhang Ji asked her about her college entrance examination status. Ye Hehuan sat on the single sofa next to her and said truthfully: "It's not bad. It's 9 points above the first line."
"nice!"
Zhang Ji sat down next to Yu Zhongxiao, turned around and patted his old comrade on the shoulder: "I remember our college entrance examination at that time, it should be different from their system, right?"
"At that time, a few of the top students in the class went to technical secondary schools, and the rest struggled for three years before taking the college entrance examination. It was nothing like what they are doing now. When we encountered difficulties in doing homework, they now only need to go to Baidu.
I know, if you put it this way, we are really old and outdated, and we can’t compare with today’s young people.”
…
"One generation of people in a system cannot really compare with our time." Ye Hehuan heard Yu Zhongxiao's belated reply.
Hearing his voice again felt like a lifetime ago.
An indescribable emotion came through the air and hit her heart directly. There were tiny cracks in her heart, and she couldn't help but tighten the water glass in her hand.
"Time flies really fast. Last time I went home, I saw you were still a little girl, right up to my thighs."
Zhang Ji made a gesture, feeling as if my daughter had just grown up: "You may not remember, but at that time you liked my camouflage uniform and held on to my pants, forcing me to take them off.
I came down and lent you some clothes for two days, and also took my oil paint pens and painted them all over the walls of my house."
Zhang Ji was still saying something, but Ye Hehuan didn't listen at all.
She raised her head and looked at Yu Zhongxiao involuntarily, and found that he was also looking at her, with profound facial features and a heartless and deep look in his eyes.
After all, Ye Hehuan didn't wait until Mr. Zhang came back. She put down the water glass and stood up: "I remembered that grandpa is still waiting for me, so I have to go back first."
"That's it..." Zhang Ji didn't try to persuade her to stay.
While changing shoes, Ye Hehuan heard Zhang Ji's voice in the living room again: "Are you leaving too? I think it's still early..."
I don’t know how the man answered, but soon, two men came out.
Seeing that Ye Hehuan hadn't left yet, Zhang Ji said, "Hehuan, wait a minute. Zhongxiao has to go back too. Ask him to drive you there so that you don't have to walk this way."
…
After seeing off the two of them, Zhang Ji turned around and walked in. He suddenly patted his forehead and turned around to look at the car that had already driven away.
These two seem to be related as aunts and nieces, right?
He didn't see them saying hello inside just now, and he also vaguely noticed that the two of them seemed to be avoiding suspicion and didn't even say a word, which was very strange.
——
The car parked in a secluded place a few steps away from Ye's house.
Ye Hehuan sat in the passenger seat. After the engine sound disappeared, she still didn't move. She originally had many doubts and wanted to question him, but when she was really alone with him, she found that she couldn't even speak at least.
, just looking blankly at the tree shadows under the large lights ahead.
She thought of the kiss in Yunnan again.
After a long time, he said quietly: "You came back from Yunnan, why didn't you tell me? Even if I call you, you can't get through."
The car was so quiet that only the sound of breathing was left, but Ye Hehuan could only hear her own slightly rapid breath. She turned her head with red eyes and looked at the silent man next to her, feeling extremely aggrieved: "Why are you like this?
"
She had said this before, but it was in a completely different state of mind.
"If you forget, do you need me to remind you?"
Yu Zhongxiao's hand holding the steering wheel was slightly firm, his shirt sleeves were rolled up, and a few blue veins were highlighted on his wheat-colored forearm.
Ye Hehuan suddenly wanted to break the pot. She stared at his side face fainted in the dim street lights and spoke clearly: "You kissed me, that night in Yunnan, you kissed me regardless of my wishes.
"
He still didn't answer.
Tears welled up in his eyes, and Ye Hehuan looked at him blankly: "Do you want to deny it? Qin Shousheng is right, men are heartless and unjust?"
Yu Zhongxiao's Adam's apple moved up and down, and his deep and solemn voice came from inside the car: "You are right, I am not only ruthless and unjust... I am also despicable and shameless."
