The word "chuxue" is distant and unfamiliar to her.
Snow is actually nothing unusual. It snows in Huai City, it snows in Tongcheng, and it also snows in Philadelphia.
She has never had much love or expectation for snow, except when she was 17 years old.
That year, because she fell in love with Huo Jinxi, she was full of expectations for every day.
But he was so busy and never came home for a long time, so she looked forward to it more and more day by day.
She finally met him on New Year's Eve. After a brief and hasty encounter, she hurried back to her room to take a shower.
When she finished taking a shower, dried her hair, changed her clothes and was about to go downstairs, she happened to see him who had also changed his clothes and was about to go downstairs.
He wore a coat.
Mu Qian couldn't help being slightly startled, her eyes showing disappointment uncontrollably, "You...you still want to go out?"
"Yes." Huo Jinxi raised his eyes to look at her, walked slowly to her, lowered his head to look at her, "Can't you bear to leave me?"
Mu Qian suddenly turned away, feeling a little sour in her heart.
She hadn't seen him for more than ten days, but she finally saw him today. The two had just had an intimate encounter. She originally thought there was still a lot of time left for them, but who knew that as soon as she turned around, he would leave again.
For a moment she felt unspeakably aggrieved, and gradually her eyes turned red.
The reluctance is really reluctance, and the grievance is really grievance.
But she couldn't say a word of these words.
Seeing her like this, Huo Jinxi couldn't help laughing, but then he still said in a coaxing tone: "I made an appointment with someone before, I can't go... I'll be back as soon as I go."
Mu Qian still lowered her head and turned away, and after a while she spoke in a low voice: "You won't come back..."
She knew his habits very well, but if he went out in the middle of the night like this, he would never come back again.
A better situation is that he doesn't come back that day. In most cases, he doesn't come back for several days, or even more than ten days.
She had long been accustomed to this state, and she shouldn't have expected anything more.
Mu Qian said nothing more, and had no intention of sending him away. She turned around and walked back to her room.
Originally, she hurried downstairs just to see him, but now that he was going out, there was no need for her to go downstairs again.
She sat back at her desk and lay silently on her desk, feeling increasingly sad the more she thought about it.
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door of her room. Mu Qian's heart suddenly moved. She had a high probability of guessing who it was, but she couldn't believe it.
It wasn't until Huo Jinxi opened the door and walked in that she raised her head and stared at him blankly.
"Since you accuse me of keeping my word, then I will try to be an honest person this time." Huo Jinxi leaned at the door and looked at her, then raised his hand to look at his watch, probably because he felt that the time was not up.
It was too good to estimate. He frowned, then glanced at the sky outside and said, "Before dawn. I will definitely be back before dawn."
Mu Qian's face felt hot.
He was so busy, and when he was about to leave, he came to make a promise to her, which seemed to make her the unreasonable one.
But are you happy?
Happy, happy as never before.
"Am I leaving?" Huo Jinxi looked at her again.
This time, she finally responded in a low voice: "Yes."
She didn't go downstairs anymore and stayed in her small room. She leaned against the window and watched Huo Jinxi go downstairs, watched him get in the car, and then watched his car leave. It was rare that she was all filled with joy.
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That night, Mu Qian lay in bed and never fell asleep.
She just kept staring at the window and listening to what was going on outside.
He said he would be back before dawn, so she would wait.
She waited from two o'clock to three o'clock, from four o'clock to five o'clock, from six o'clock to seven o'clock, but never waited for Huo Jinxi to come back.
At seven o'clock, Ye Xi had already sent three text messages to urge her.
The two of them originally made an appointment to go to the amusement park together today, but now, she has no intention of doing so.
Sure enough, he broke his promise again.
Mu Qian hated herself a little.
She knew that she shouldn't expect too much from him, but she couldn't help but sink deeper and deeper into him.
Even this time, when she was so angry at this moment, she knew that within two days, she would start looking forward to him again.
She hated herself for being weak and unable to do anything.
Mu Qian got up, washed her face with red eyes, changed her clothes and went out.
On the first day of the new year, the sky had just begun to dawn, and the whole city was still quiet, and the Huo family was no exception.
Mu Qian walked out of the main building silently, but couldn't help but glance in the direction of the parking lot - sure enough, Huo Jinxi's car was still not there.
She gritted her teeth, turned around and strode out.
After finally walking out of the door, tears fell uncontrollably.
In the cold air and cold wind, her face was so cold that it hurt, as if it was about to crack.
Mu Qian gritted her teeth, wiped her tears, and continued walking forward.
The Huo family's old house is located deep in a quiet old street. Everyone has a private car, so no one cares.
But she didn't, so she had to walk two blocks to catch a bus on the main road.
She was in a daze with tears in her eyes all the way, walking one step at a time and one step at a time. When she turned the corner, she suddenly bumped into someone.
She was walking in a hurry, and the person opposite was also walking in a hurry. Mu Qian was knocked out of balance and was about to fall when she was suddenly stopped by someone and hugged her.
Mu Qian was startled, but before she could recover, she was suddenly pulled into a warm and familiar embrace.
For a moment, the tip of her nose felt sore and tears welled up again, so that when she raised her head to look at him, she only saw a blurry figure.
It wasn't until he reached out his hand to wipe away the tears from her eyes that the appearance of the person in front of her suddenly became clear.
It's him, it's really him.
Probably because he stayed up late, his eyes were a little red and the tip of his nose was a little red, but he seemed to be frozen.
"What?" Huo Jinxi looked at her and laughed again, "I'm just a little bit late, and you're so angry that you want to run away from home?"
Her voice was hoarse and she didn't know how to answer his question.
The sky is not completely bright yet, and the trees on both sides of the street are covered with shade, making the sky even darker.
There were no cars or people on the street. It seemed like they were the only two people left in the world.
Huo Jinxi suddenly lowered his head and kissed her.
His lips were cold, but the moment he kissed her, Mu Qian's whole body felt warm.
After a long time, she spoke in a low voice: "You said you would be back before dawn..."
"Yes." Huo Jinxi exhaled slightly and said, "I was able to make it in time, but who knew the car suddenly broke down on the road..."
Mu Qian was startled when she heard this and raised her eyes to look at him.
The car broke down on the road, so he... came here?
Mu Qian instantly wanted to cry again.
When the car broke down, he could have rested nearby or sat in the car waiting for rescue. But was he walking back in such a hurry because of the promise he made to her?
She just stared at him blankly, wanting to ask, but was too embarrassed to ask.
"Are you still angry?" Huo Jinxi lowered his head and asked her.
Mu Qian lowered her head and shook her head.
"Are you still running away from home?" Huo Jinxi asked again.
"I didn't run away from home." Mu Qian said, "I made an appointment with a friend to go to the amusement park..."
Huo Jinxi couldn't help laughing, and after saying "Oh", he said, "Then if I ask you to break up with your friend, will you agree?"
After hearing this, Mu Qian felt a little embarrassed, "I promised her..."
When Huo Jinxi heard this, he exhaled slightly and seemed a little disappointed.
But even though he looked at Mu Qian like this, Mu Qian still had hesitant eyes and had no intention of turning down the date for him.
"What a principled girl." Huo Jinxi stretched out his hand and pulled her, "Let's go then."
"Where to go?" Mu Qian was startled.
"Aren't you going out to play?" Huo Jinxi said, "I'll take you to a taxi. But I didn't see a single taxi when I came back, and I don't know when you can get one."
Mu Qian followed him forward silently, without telling him that there was a bus she wanted to take just ten minutes down the street.
She looked at Huo Jinxi holding her hand and just silently hoped that the taxi would show up later...
Walking out of the tree-lined street, the world was still dark, but something cold and snow-white, as light as down, floated silently onto Mu Qian's eyelashes.
Snowing.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, when Huo Jinxi held her hand and walked on the empty streets, Tongcheng finally ushered in the belated first snow.
Huo Jinxi stretched out his hand to brush away the snowflakes from her eyelashes, then glanced at the scattered snow above her head, chuckled, and said, "If it snows harder, we will grow old together."
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Mu Qian's heart suddenly jumped heavily, and her whole body began to lose strength.
"Do you want to grow old with me, huh?" Huo Jinxi asked.