Liu Zhiyue stood by the window and looked downstairs through the window.
When he saw Li Wanran driving away, he closed the window and turned around to look at Zhou Shiyan standing behind him.
Liu Zhiyue's expression at this moment was indescribable. The good mood he originally felt after meeting Zhou Shiyan today also dissipated without a trace at this moment. On the contrary, he was still a little dull.
The two faced each other without communicating.
Looking at Liu Zhiyue like this, Zhou Shiyan thought for a while before asking selectively.
"she is……"
"my mother."
After responding to the other party, Liu Zhiyue exhaled and looked up at this old house full of memories.
Although I have moved away from here, the memory of my past life here still lingers in my mind, and a series of unimaginable things happened in this place.
And...meeting the person in front of me.
Thinking of this, Liu Zhiyue hesitated for a while, and finally asked.
"Is there anywhere you want to go today? Let's go together."
"Um……"
Zhou Shiyan hummed at first, thought about it in her mind, and then said.
"Let's go to the library. I want to read some books."
"Would you like to read a book... That's fine too."
This is not surprising. If the other party said they wanted to play in a playground or something like that, then Liu Zhiyue would be surprised.
With such words in his mouth, Liu Zhiyue took steps to leave.
Looking at Liu Zhiyue walking by, Zhou Shiyan suddenly thought of something.
Turning around, facing Liu Zhiyue's back, he asked.
"You didn't say you were coming to get something, but now... you're not going to get it?"
"..."
Zhou Shiyan's question made Liu Zhiyue stunned on the spot. His brain started spinning at this moment. He thought that he had indeed said such words when he brought Zhou Shiyan here.
But...because I just saw Li Wanran downstairs, I didn't remember it for a while.
"Yes, I would have forgotten it if you didn't tell me!"
Looking like he had just remembered, Liu Zhiyue turned around and strode towards his room. When he saw the room was empty except for a table and a bed...
He stood there stunned, looking across the room.
I casually walked to the table and took a pen from the drawer.
"Did you go all the way... just to get this pen?"
"ah……"
Zhou Shiyan's voice came from behind. When Liu Zhiyue turned around, he found that Zhou Shiyan had her hands behind her back and her body was leaning forward slightly.
Hold your head high and look at yourself.
Looking at the confused expression on the other person's face, Liu Zhiyue's brain went blank at this moment.
Too close to...
The two people's eyes met at this moment.
Zhou Shiyan moved her eyes away from his face and looked at the pen in his hand. After thinking for a while, she took the pen from his hand.
Stand up straight.
Zhou Shiyan first brushed the hair on one side of her cheek with her hand, and then took off the cap of the pen.
I tried drawing it on my hand.
"You've finished using this pen, do you still want to take it with you?"
Zhou Shiyan's words reached Liu Zhiyue's ears, and he could clearly see... the scrutinizing look in the other person's eyes.
I was a little panicked for a while.
"I, I really like this pen..."
"The stationery store at the school gate costs fifty cents a piece."
"..."
"You didn't go home to get something, right?"
Liu Zhiyue stood there, looking at Zhou Shiyan's expressionless face.
Finally, I chose to tell the truth.
"Yes... I just want to come and see you. I don't have anything to take."
This sentence is not loud.
But word after word reached Zhou Shiyan’s ears.
With her eyes slightly widened, Zhou Shiyan looked at Liu Zhiyue, who was looking directly at her and saying this, without any expression on her face.
It went on like this for a while, then suddenly turned around, facing away from him.
Zhou Shiyan put the pen cap back on and put the pen that could no longer write into the pocket of her jacket.
Two blushes appeared on the cheeks.
Because his back was turned, Liu Zhiyue couldn't see the expression on Zhou Shiyan's face at the moment.
"I still have a lot of useless refills at home. Give me this one. I just need it."
"Um……"
After receiving Liu Zhiyue's response, Zhou Shiyan walked out of the room at a faster pace than before.
He muttered something softly in his mouth.
"Let's go, don't we have to go to the library?"
After finishing speaking, there was no intention of stopping at all.
He left the room with quick steps.
Standing there, Liu Zhiyue looked at Zhou Shiyan's leaving figure with some confusion. After thinking about it for a long time, he still didn't quite understand what the other party meant.
That pen...isn't it beautiful?
After his thoughts ended, Liu Zhiyue followed and walked out. The moment he closed the door to the room, he glanced at the room where he had lived for a long time.
Averted his eyes.
There was a soft bang and the door closed.
As the two people left, the whole house returned to its previous calm.
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Li Wanran did not go home.
She drove alone to the house where she once lived.
When she opened the door, she looked at the scene inside the house, as if all the scenes that had happened in the past flashed before her eyes.
This home...
It was exactly where their family of four once lived.
Liu Changqing worked hard for many years to buy a small house. It was only after buying this house that his family moved out of his father's house.
The position of the furniture has not changed.
But because I haven’t come back to see it for a long time, now I feel familiar and unfamiliar at the same time.
A very strange feeling.
At that time, after Liu Changqing handed over all his property to her, he moved out of the house with his two children.
However... Li Wanran returned to this place for the first time after the two divorced.
After all, this is the place where I have lived for many years. Just looking at every room, every corner, I can recall the things that happened here before.
His eyes were looking forward in a daze.
Li Wanran walked to the bedroom unknowingly, looking at the room where he once lived, at the dressing table with various cosmetics, looking at...
Noticing something, Li Wanran walked towards the bedside table.
He held the photo frame in his hand.
When her eyes saw the photo in the frame, memories of that time emerged.
This is one of the few family photos of the whole family.
The young Liu Xiazhi was held by Liu Changqing, and Liu Zhiyue had just reached the height of his abdomen.
At that time, my son was still a handsome little boy, and he had not gained weight like he would in later years.
My daughter was still very young at that time and could not speak clearly.
At that time, Liu Changqing had already shown signs of gaining weight.
At that time, there was a faint smile on the corner of my mouth.
At that time...why did I show this expression?
Such doubts could not help but appear in his mind, and Li Wanran stared at herself in the photo.
A younger and more comfortable version of myself than now.