After He Lichen knew what You Jia was thinking, he paused for a while and then said, "Sorry, I... have something else to do tonight, so I might not be able to do it."
"Well, it's okay. Let's wait for another day. You can go about your business first." You Jia replied magnanimously, not angry at all.
"Um……"
He hung up the phone without further chatting. After He Lichen put away his phone, he didn't feel like he was lying to You Jia.
I don’t have a dinner party tonight, but...I want to go see that girl. I haven’t seen or contacted her in the past few days. It’s natural to miss her. More importantly, I’m worried about her. I don’t know how she’s been doing these days.
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After get off work in the afternoon, He Lichen left the company and drove to the apartment to call the girl.
But after making several calls, Jian Yi didn't answer the phone. He Lichen was a little worried, wondering what that girl was doing? Nothing would happen, right?
At this time, Jian Yi returned to the apartment, ordered takeout online, and then sat on the sofa in a daze, not wanting to receive a call from her uncle at all.
But the image of my uncle fills my mind.
Why is he calling himself? He hasn't contacted himself recently. Does he hate himself? Or has he been with You Jia every day these days and has no time to talk to him?
Now that there are other women around him, he is naturally not that important. So from now on, he will gradually lose his place in his heart, right? And he will have to stay away from his life, right?
Thinking of this, Jian Yi felt even more sad and cried again.
Jian Yi had never noticed that she shed so many tears before, but in the past few days, when she thought about her uncle and the future, she felt sad and her tears couldn't help but flow down.
When the doorbell rang, Jian Yi hurriedly wiped her tears and went to open the door.
There was a delivery person outside the door. After Jian Yi took the delivery, she returned to the living room, opened the food on the coffee table, then sat on the carpet and had dinner.
There was no sound in the room alone, it was very quiet, but it was this quietness that made Jian Yi feel uncomfortable.
I am a lonely person. Now I have no one to care about me and no one to love me. I am busy in the company during the day and return to my apartment alone at night. My life is simple, lonely and clean.
Jian Yi didn't know how much she had eaten, nor what the food tasted like. In the past few days, she had no appetite. As long as she didn't feel hungry, she would stop eating.
So when she put down her chopsticks, Jian Yi realized that she had eaten less than one-third of the food.
Just when Jian Yi was about to put away the lunch box, the doorbell rang again.
Jian Yi didn't think much about who was outside the door, she walked over numbly and opened the door.
When she opened the door and saw her uncle, Jian Yi was not excited at all.
On the contrary, He Lichen's heart ached twice when he saw the little girl's appearance.
The woman in front of her at this moment was completely different from her usual appearance. She looked listless, her face was pale, and she was thinner than before. How was she spending these days?
"Why don't you answer my call?" He Lichen asked her, his voice still gentle, without any tone of blame or alienation.
"I don't want to pick it up." Jian Yi replied, looking aside and no longer looking at her uncle.
He Lichen knew that she was in a bad mood and left home crying that day. She probably had not been in a good mood these past few days. He knew her character very well.
"Aren't you going to let me in?" He Lichen asked, changing the subject.
Jian Yi did not answer, but turned around and went in without closing the door, so it was obvious that she allowed her uncle to come in.
He Lichen followed Jian Yi in.
Seeing the lunch box on the coffee table in the living room, the food in it had not been moved a few times. He Lichen saw the little girl packing the lunch box, took a few steps forward, grabbed her wrist, and stopped her movement.
"Don't you plan to eat?" He Lichen asked.
"I'm full." Jian Yi replied.
"Have you been getting takeout for dinner these days?" He Lichen asked again, feeling angry in his heart, but in front of her, he couldn't get angry.
"Um."
He Lichen looked at her profile and wanted to get angry, but after thinking about it, he could only hold it back.
"I'll make you some millet porridge." After He Lichen finished speaking, he bent down and packed away the lunch boxes on the coffee table.
Jian Yi looked at her uncle's actions and suddenly felt the urge to cry again.
He doesn't love himself, but why should he be so kind to himself?
Did he also cook for Youjia? Did he also take care of Youjia in this way? He was even kinder to Youjia than to himself?
With all kinds of random thoughts, Jian Yi suddenly felt very tired. After sitting down on the sofa feebly, she leaned on the sofa and closed her eyes, trying not to let tears flow out.
The porridge was cooked very quickly. He Lichen made two servings of porridge. After placing the bowls and spoons in the dining room, He Lichen said to the little girl, "Come and eat."
Jian Yi did not refuse, got up and walked to the restaurant, sat down opposite her uncle, looked at the porridge in front of her, and had various imaginations in her mind.
He Lichen felt distressed when he saw her like this, but he didn't say anything and lowered his head to drink his porridge.
Jian Yi didn't say anything and drank her porridge with her head down.
The two of them ate dinner in a quiet atmosphere, but for Jian Yi, because her uncle was sitting across from her, she felt much better eating this time than eating alone just now.
After dinner, He Lichen took the initiative to say to the little girl, "Niu'er, let's talk."
After calming down for the past few days, it was really time for me to talk to her and talk about what was in each other's hearts.
"Yeah." Jian Yi responded and said nothing more.
He Lichen looked at her opposite and asked, "You are not young now. Do you have any plans for the future?"
"What aspect are you referring to?" Jian Yi raised her head, looked into her uncle's eyes, and asked him.
"Life aspects."
"Change to a bigger house." Jian Yi replied.
"Other than this?" He Lichen asked.
"No more." Jian Yi replied.
He Lichen did not answer immediately. He paused for a while before saying, "At your age, you should... have a boyfriend."
After Jian Yi heard this, her eyes suddenly became surprised. While looking at her uncle, she stood up but didn't say a word.
Seeing the little girl's movements, He Lichen also stood up and said, "Girl, I want to say..."
"Stop talking," Jian Yi shouted, tears streaming down her face, looking at her uncle, feeling very sad, "I know you don't love me and don't accept my love, but I don't need you for my affairs.
Let’s make arrangements.”
"I have my own way of life, and you are not qualified to...arrange my life." Jian Yi was completely sad now, her crying became louder and louder, and finally she became choked with sobs.
Seeing the little girl like this, He Lichen felt distressed for a long time. How could he dare to talk about the topic just now. (To be continued)