The street lights dotted the pure white snow, making the outside world look less empty.
Shen Luyan was wearing a thin cashmere sweater. He had a narrow waist, wide shoulders and long legs. His figure looked particularly superior when standing in the light. His phone rang a few times, and he answered the call in the last few seconds.
Jiang Zhi almost fell asleep on the sofa. He vaguely heard the ringing and took out his mobile phone from under the pillow. He didn't even have time to see whose call it was, and said in a nasal voice: "Hello, who is this?"
Lazy, sticky.
Shen Luyan blew the cold wind, and strangely, the moment he heard her voice, the rage in his heart gradually calmed down, and he said, "It's me."
Jiang Zhi glanced at the note, and the man over there spoke again: "Why did you call me before?"
Jiang Zhi didn't know why he suddenly called her back. It wasn't like his style of doing things. He would never take the initiative to find her unless there was something she needed to do.
The party on the TV is still going on.
Jiang Zhi yawned and made up an excuse: "I want to say Happy Spring Festival to Mr. Shen."
She had to lie, she really wanted to hear his voice before he hung up the phone on her.
After a light sleep, I felt less lonely when I woke up.
Shen Luyan clenched his phone tightly. The veins on his wrists were extremely obvious. He was exerting great force. There was an emotion in his chest that he couldn't express. He couldn't explain or figure out what it was. "When do you plan to come back?"
Jiang Zhi hasn't bought a plane ticket yet. She wants to stay in Nancheng for a few more days.
I don't want to go back to Shen Luyan's cold villa alone, and I want to escape from those messy people and things for the time being.
"I have no idea."
"Let's go on the third." Shen Luyan made the decision for her, "I'll have someone pick you up at the airport."
There were only three days left. Jiang Zhi felt that time was running out and she wanted to stay a few more days.
She asked: "What's the matter?"
Shen Luyan was silent for a long time, nothing.
Nothing happened.
She is not needed either.
Shen Luyan said casually: "Well, I'll buy a plane ticket for you."
Jiang Zhi had to listen to him even if he didn't want to. He had the final say as his boss, even if it was a statutory holiday. He would go to work when he was told to go back to work, and he would leave as soon as he was called.
Jiang Zhi said twice, "Okay."
On the phone, both of them suddenly became quiet.
Jiang Zhi will no longer be so ignorant in finding topics to talk about, so as not to embarrass both of them.
Shen Luyan was not someone who would take the initiative to chat with her, but at this moment he didn't want to hang up the phone so much, "How are your relatives over there?"
Jiang Zhi squeezed his thumbs and said, "Everything is fine."
"Have you eaten glutinous rice balls tonight?"
"Eat." Jiang Zhi opened his mouth. He originally wanted to say a few more words, but he seemed to hear someone calling him again over there. After listening carefully, it was not an illusion, it was Jiang Suining's voice.
They are together at this moment.
This is nothing surprising.
Jiang Zhi asked in a low voice: "If there is nothing else, can I hang up first?"
Shen Luyan didn't like to force others to make things difficult. She seemed impatient to chat with him, "No."
"Goodbye then?"
"Um."
The call ended in just a few minutes.
Jiang Zhi was finally sober. She forced herself to calm down. The host of the party had already started counting down.
five four three two one.
It's a brand new year.
There are thousands of fireworks outside the window, and this small town in the south is decorated with fireworks as bright as day.
Jiang Zhi turned away and stared blankly at the fireworks outside the window, silently praying that she and her loved ones would be safe and successful in the coming year.
After the sleepy time, I can't fall asleep no matter what.
Jiang Zhi was nestled on the sofa, and the TV was replaying the party just now.
She didn't remember how she fell asleep. She was woken up by the cold early in the morning. She casually pulled a fluffy blanket to cover her body, curled up her limbs and continued to sleep.
When I woke up again, it was almost dusk.
She slept for nearly a day, maybe because she slept for too long, and her head felt dizzy and swollen.
Jiang Zhi didn't take it seriously and went to the kitchen to cook himself a pot of seafood porridge.
The casserole was steaming, and she filled a bowl of porridge. The steaming mist smoked her eyelashes, and the seafood porridge was still a little hot when it hit her tongue.
After drinking the porridge, the back of my head still felt sore and painful.
The neighbor's aunt opposite knocked on the door of her house. Jiang Zhi walked out in a daze and opened the door. The aunt brought the wontons she had wrapped this morning, "Azhi, I see you are alone at home. I'm afraid you haven't eaten yet, so give it to me." You give me a bowl of wontons."
Jiang Zhi took the wontons and thanked him profusely.
The neighbor's aunt watched this child grow up and felt sorry for him from the bottom of her heart.
After hesitating again and again, before leaving, she tactfully mentioned: "Not long after you came back last time, I don't know who told you some unpleasant news. Zhi, did you offend someone outside?"
It spread like wildfire.
It's a mistress again, and it's an abortion.
Doesn't this ruin the little girl's reputation?
Jiang Zhi blinked, "Auntie, what did they say?"
The neighbor's aunt waved her hand: "These are all baseless nonsense. You will be angry for nothing."
Jiang Zhi could guess what those ugly words were, "I know who did it, you don't have to worry about me."
"You work outside alone, so you have to take good care of yourself."
"Um."
Jiang Zhi put the wontons in the refrigerator without any strength.
She's not angry, she must be sick.
If your physique is too poor, you will catch a fever or catch a cold if you are not careful.
Jiang Zhi boiled hot water, found some antipyretics from the cabinet that had not expired, took two pills, climbed back onto the bed in the bedroom, and fell asleep under the quilt, trying to survive.
I have been sick so many times.
Every time I have to rely on myself to get through it.
No one can help.
She slept in a deep sleep, and didn't hear her cell phone ring several times. It wasn't until the next morning that she received another call from Shen Luyan, who just said hello in a weak voice.
Shen Luyan paused for a second, "I bought you a ticket for nine o'clock tomorrow morning."
He changed his mind again.
The promised three days suddenly turned into two days.
Jiang Zhi's head was heavy and she was not very conscious. She was buried in the quilt, "I don't want to go back tomorrow."
Shen Luyan listened to her voice, "Are you catching a cold?"
Jiang Zhi felt very uncomfortable with a stuffy nose and a sore throat, "Maybe."
Shen Luyan pursed his lips: "Do you have any medicine at home?"
"I took medicine." Jiang Zhi rubbed his chin against the quilt and found a more comfortable position: "I'm so sleepy, so I went to sleep."
After she whispered these few words, she fell into a deep sleep.
When Shen Luyan spoke to her again, there was no response.
He called his assistant: "Book a ticket to Nancheng."
The man's face was stern and he was already driving to the airport: "Hurry."
A fever can damage your brain.
Shen Luyan didn't want to see a dumber Secretary Jiang in two days.
He still prefers the smart and sensible Jiang Zhi.