Shen Lang took out a pocket watch from his arms, turned back time, and his thoughts returned to an evening more than ten years ago...
The sky was gray, the old streets were covered with a dirty boy huddled in an alley, with a few withered yellow weeds in his messy hair, and a newly stolen bread in his hand.
Pedestrians were rushing to and fro, rushing to take shelter from the rain, and had no time to stop for such a little guy.
"Boom!"
Lightning flashed in the dark sky, and thunder suddenly sounded. The boy's little hand shook, and the bread accidentally fell from his arms and rolled to the corner of the street.
He hurriedly reached out to grab the bread.
"That..." The little girl came over with a soft voice and a trace of concern in her big eyes.
The boy grabbed the bread tightly and glared at the girl fiercely.
The girl took out an exquisite candy box from the bear backpack and said to the boy, "Do you want to eat cream cake?"
She looked to be about five or six years old. She was holding a box of transparently packaged cream cakes in her two pink hands, and her pink face was a little embarrassed.
The sky was still gloomy, the old streets were still dark, and this beautiful little girl who looked like an angel from a fairy tale became the only light in the boy's eyes.
He knew where the girl's cream cake came from. It was a pastry shop across the street, and it was displayed in the highest and most conspicuous place in the window.
"This is strawberry flavored. It's delicious. Here it is."
The boy looked at the little girl's white face and suddenly lost consciousness. He immediately shook his head, and then nodded mysteriously...
With trembling hands, he took the cream cake from the girl's hand. The boy could smell the strawberry fragrance emanating from the packaging box.
I haven't eaten anything all day and I'm so hungry.
The little girl nodded happily: "Next time you have time to come here, I will give you another delicious strawberry flavor!"
The boy's lips moved slightly, the world in his eyes seemed to be still, and a warmth filled his heart.
At this moment, a black car slowly stopped on the side of the road, the window was opened, and a driver greeted the little girl.
"Miss, why are you here alone again? It's going to rain. Get in the car quickly!"
The little girl nodded with a silly smile, her skirt blowing in the wind, and she ran into the car like a little cloud.
But while running, the girl dropped a pocket watch. The boy reached out and tried to call out to the little girl, but the car had already driven away.
The boy stepped forward and picked up the pure gold pocket watch. The background of the dial was the innocent and cute photo of the little girl.
In the next few days, the boy waited in the alley every day, hoping that the little girl would appear again and that he could return the girl's lost pocket watch to its original owner.
But after waiting for a month, the boy never got a little girl, but accidentally got a bad old man.
That bad old man is Shen Lang's master.
Without that girl, without that pocket watch, without insisting on waiting for a month, Shen Lang might still be living on the street, or he might have died of hunger long ago.
That girl was Su Ruoxue. She was the one who changed the trajectory of her life and was the first woman to give her warmth.
Su Ruoxue probably didn't remember this incident for a long time. Shen Lang originally wanted to hide this incident in his heart, but a chance opportunity allowed him to socialize with Su Ruoxue again.
Of course there was a reason for this unexpected marriage. Su Ruoxue's grandfather had a close relationship with Shen Lang's master, and this marriage was arranged by them.
Su Ruoxue is in a difficult situation now, being forced into marriage by a rich young man with a deep background. Living with Shen Lang was actually a way Su Ruoxue's grandfather came up with to protect his granddaughter from harm.
Shen Lang never thought that he would get married in a flash marriage, but because he wanted to protect this woman, he readily agreed.
The ringtone of his cell phone interrupted his thoughts. Shen Lang picked up the phone and saw that it was a familiar number.
"Junior sister, what's the matter?"
"You can't call me if you have nothing to do? Brother Lang, do you miss me?" A voice as sweet as a silver bell rang on the other end of the phone.
Shen Lang sighed: "Junior sister, I feel so lonely every night and miss you so much."
Listening to the playful voice on the phone, Shen Lang felt a little funny but also a little speechless.
Although he and Su Ruoxue were engaged, they had never held hands, let alone slept together.
The relationship between the two now not only doesn't look like an unmarried couple, it doesn't even look like friends.
"By the way, Brother Lang, aren't you short of money? Do you want to send you a few million?"
"No need. You, Brother Lang, are a pure man. You are too embarrassed to ask for money from a young woman."
"Who is the little woman!"
"Okay, okay, our You'er is a great beauty."
After joking with his junior sister for a while, Shen Lang hung up the phone.
His mood recovered a little. Shen Lang actually wanted to manage his relationship with Su Ruoxue, but he was a little unable to do so.
Shen Lang was a little hungry after not eating at night. As soon as he walked out of the bedroom, he heard laughter coming from the hall.
This laughter came from Su Ruoxue, and it was very pleasant. Shen Lang was a little surprised that this iceberg could actually smile.
I have to say that Su Ruoxue looks really good when she smiles, but she has never shown such an expression to herself.
Shen Lang's hearing was different from that of ordinary people. Even from a distance, he could tell that there was a man on the other end of the phone from Su Ruoxue.
"Brother Wenzhi, don't laugh at me. We haven't contacted each other these years. How are you now?" Su Ruoxue asked on the phone.
Hearing that there was a trace of concern in Su Ruoxue's voice, Shen Lang suddenly felt a surge of anger in his heart.
Although he and Su Ruoxue had no relationship, he instinctively regarded her as his woman. Shen Lang couldn't bear it when his woman called another man "brother" and talked and laughed with him.
When Su Ruoxue hung up the phone, she glanced at Shen Lang who was walking over and said calmly: "I'm going out to meet old friends tonight."
Shen Lang asked expressionlessly: "Who is he to you?"
Su Ruoxue frowned and said, "He is a classmate of mine, his name is Zhang Wenzhi. Okay, have you finished asking?"
"No wonder you call others Brother Wenzhi. You're not going on a date with your Brother Wenzhi this late at night, right?" Shen Lang sneered.
Su Ruoxue was startled for a moment, and then she curved her lips in a playful manner: "Hey, are you still jealous of me? Then I'm really flattered. I tell you Shen Lang, you'd better leave this beauty alone.
Brother Wenzhi is at least a hundred times stronger than a man like you!"
That Zhang Wenzhi was Su Ruoxue's college classmate. He had dated her several times, but he didn't have time. He couldn't avoid it this time, so Su Ruoxue was going to attend a dinner party.
Unexpectedly, Shen Lang would have such a big reaction. Su Ruoxue had already noticed that Shen Lang was unhappy and took this opportunity to deliberately make him angry.
The corner of Shen Lang's mouth twitched, and he suddenly pressed Su Ruoxue's weak shoulder, sparks flying in his starry eyes.
"Shen Lang, you...what do you want to do? Let me go!" Seeing Shen Lang's domineering and unruly eyes, Su Ruoxue suddenly became panicked.
"A hundred times stronger? Woman, I want to see how the man you mentioned is a hundred times stronger than me. If not, let's see how labor and management train you tonight!" Shen Lang said coldly.