Deer in the forest in early autumn

Shen Yanqiu opened the door carefully. A dome light was on in the living room, but no one was in the living room at this time.
Is mother in the room?
God help me too.

She pushed the wheelchair and walked towards her room step by step quietly.

Just arrived at the door of the room.
I heard Ms. Qi's unhurried voice behind me: "Xiao Qiu, where did you go after your blind date today? I didn't even see you all day."

Well, I got caught again.
From childhood to adulthood, I always seem to be so "lucky." I have never escaped from Ms. Qi's Five Fingers Mountain.

I turned around and saw my mother's unhappy face.
"Mom, your new dress looks really nice today. The bright yellow makes you look five years younger. No, you will always be 28 in your daughter's heart." Shen Yanqiu smiled and continued, "It's been a while since I came back to S City, so I just strolled around the streets."

"Then next time you don't come home for dinner, just send me a message in advance." Ms. Qi's expression had softened somewhat, but she was deliberately keeping a straight face. A barely perceptible smile had risen at the corner of her mouth.

"Okay, my dearest mother." Shen Yanqiu nodded quickly and continued to smile.
Before leaving, Ms. Qi asked, "Xiao Qiu, does my new dress look really good today?"

Shen Yanqiu opened his eyes wide, and said confidently and forcefully: "It's true, more real than the snow-white pearls in the clam shell."

Go back to the room and close the door gently.
Only then did Shen Yanqiu dare to make a face at the plush rabbit doll on his bed.

Ms. Qi likes to hear people praise her for her youth. This trick works every time! I am really smart.

knock knock knock.
Someone knocking on the door?
"Xiao Qiu, your dumplings are kept by your uncle Yang for you."
"Then you said in your text message that I gave it to someone else to eat?" Shen Yanqiu pretended to be calm.

"Eat it if you want." Qi Yi glanced at Shen Yanqiu. This kid has been stupid since he was young. How could his text message be true!
"Hehe, I knew mother is the best." Shen Yanqiu took the steaming dumplings and smiled. He picked one up with chopsticks. He bit into it and it tasted delicious.

After a while, Shen Yanqiu was sitting leisurely in front of the window eating dumplings.
Ding Dong! The master is calling!
Who is calling at this late hour? Shen Yanqiu glanced at his phone in confusion. There was no note but it kept ringing.
She frowned and answered the phone.

A familiar voice came from the other end of the phone: "Xiaoqiu, I'm Xu Zhijin. I'm getting married. It's next Saturday at the Seventh Century Xiyuan Restaurant in F City. Bring your boyfriend along! We roommates haven't seen each other for a long time, right?"

"Zhijin, congratulations. But I recently broke a bone, so I'm afraid it won't be convenient for me to attend your wedding." Shen Yanqiu said with a little hesitation.

"No, Xiaoqiu. It's okay. Ask your boyfriend to rent a wheelchair for you. We haven't seen each other for more than three years. Besides, we agreed that we would get married in our dormitory, and all the sisters had to go. Lin Qiansu even rushed back from abroad to attend. Xiaoqiu, you must come." Xu Zhijin said hurriedly on the other side.

"Okay." Shen Yanqiu knew that he had no more excuses, otherwise, with Xu Zhijin's impetuous personality, he would have to pester him.
"Xiao Qiu, by the way, give me your home address. I will mail the wedding invitation to you." Shen Yanqiu thought for a while and sent Chengzi's address to Xu Zhijin.

hang up the phone.
Shen Yanqiu sent a message to Fang Cheng.

[Hello, lovely and charming Orange. I received a wedding invitation from a classmate, and the address is your home. Orange, please sign for it for me in a few days.]

In less than three minutes, Fang Cheng replied.
[Okay, Baoer.]
[Qiuqiu, when will you return to F City? I miss you.]
[It will probably take two days.]

[One more thing, Orange, can you find a boy who can play the role of a temporary boyfriend? My classmate needs to bring his boyfriend to attend his wedding.]
【Confused Bear emoticon package. Qiuqiu, don’t you have a ready-made one next to you?】
【Um? 】
【Island God】
[Thinking expression face. I'll think about it~ I'm gone]
When Shen Yanqiu heard Fang Cheng say that Lin Sen'an was a ready-made boyfriend, she couldn't help but think of what had happened to her at his house the previous moment.

His brows furrowed, and his face suddenly felt a little hot. Should he ask Lin Sen'an for help?
It's a new day, the sky is gray and hazy.
Shen Yanqiu was wearing a brown woolen coat and carrying a cartoon gray plush bag. He was pushing a wheelchair alone on the most famous commercial street in S City.

The wind was cold and the deep chill came in a hurry.
Her palms were a little red from the cold. Shen Yanqiu sighed. She was in a hurry to go out today and forgot to bring gloves. It seemed a bit miserable.

She hurriedly put her hands in the pockets of her woolen coat to warm them for a while, but then had to pull her hands out of the warm pockets and continue pushing the wheelchair.

There was another light snowfall in S city late last night. Some of the snow on the road has not melted yet, so we have to be extra careful when passing by.

After a while, Shen Yanqiu parked her wheelchair by the street. In the early morning, there were still a few street lights shining on her pale face. At this moment, her eyelashes moved slightly and she saw a dead leaf frozen on the window next to her. The dead leaf was frozen and the veins inside were clearly visible.

Shen Yanqiu just stood there and watched quietly.
I didn’t expect to see such leaves on a snowy day.
It's really amazing!

A person hurriedly passed by Shen Yanqiu on the street.
Shen Yanqiu did not turn back to respond. Thinking about this passerby, he walked so fast like a gust of wind.
Until the man walked past Shen Yanqiu and fell back.

"Junior Yanqiu, it's really you!" Ye Lanchu stroked his glasses, carrying a black leather briefcase, with the first button of his wrinkled suit unbuttoned, and a pair of leather shoes on his feet polished to a shine. "Senior Ye. Are you on a business trip to S City?" Shen Yanqiu turned around and saw that it was Ye Lanchu. She felt a little scared: I didn't expect that this world is really small. I can still meet Ye Lanchu in S City. Since the last time I saw him at the airport, how come I ran into him again recently?

"Junior sister Yan Qiu, our company has a big project in S City. As a senior manager of Xuanke Technology, I cannot escape the heavy responsibility." Ye Lanchu had a proud look on his face, his eyebrows raised, and he did not forget to deliberately laugh out loud while speaking.

Shen Yanqiu smiled awkwardly: "Senior Ye, I won't waste your precious time. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

Ye Lanchu, I didn't expect Shen Yanqiu to speak so bluntly today.
The well-behaved junior school girl in his impression is now so unkind. She didn't even say a word of praise for his brilliance, and still acted like this. He said unwillingly: "Junior school girl Yan Qiu, I am definitely doing better than your boyfriend now. If you break up, why don't you consider me?"

Shen Yanqiu's eyes shone when she heard this. She sneered, "Senior Ye, you're too suspicious. My boyfriend and I have a good relationship. You are not even a little bit worse than my boyfriend." After saying that, she pushed the wheelchair, ignored Ye Lanchu's iron-green expression, and walked away without looking back.

This person, I never want to see him again.
After walking for a long time, Shen Yanqiu still felt heavy, as if a thin piece of ice had a hole in it, and broken ice fragments kept falling. She stopped and rubbed her red hands again, letting the cold wind blow across her cheeks.

Looking up at the corner, there is a gift shop open for business.
There is a sign at the door.

Shen Yanqiu walked closer and saw that it was a poster stand of the members of the Sen team.
Lin Sen'an, wearing a mask, stood in the second row, looking handsome, with bright eyes and a striking appearance.

Seeing this, she felt a slight palpitation in her heart.
The unpleasant feeling she had when she met Ye Lanchu before disappeared at this moment. She pushed open the wooden door and walked into the gift shop.

There was a mountain of dolls piled up in the middle of the gift shop.
From bottom to top, all kinds of cute animals are sitting in order on a cake-shaped dedicated table.

There are all kinds of cute DIY photo frames, hanging ornaments, pillows, etc. on the cabinets on both sides. It's dazzling.

Nearby, there are many posters and postcards of the teams.
Shen Yanqiu picked up a photo and looked at it carefully. It was the photo of the year when Team Mori won an award overseas.
Lin Sen'an was wearing a handsome team uniform, except that his hair was shaved into a domineering buzz cut. There was a hint of coldness in the depths of his eyes.
After looking at it for a while, Shen Yanqiu put the postcard into his shopping cart.

The heater in the gift shop gave off a warm feeling.
Shen Yanqiu walked around the store again, and after a while, a huge puzzle of the sea caught her attention.

On the blue sea, the blue and white water is gently rippling.
There were a few small crabs lying blankly on the golden beach.

She reached out and gently placed the puzzle into the shopping basket.
Tonight, I plan to go home and put together this picture of the sea and the little crab.

back home.
Shen Yanqiu took out a bunch of things he bought at the gift shop today.
She took the postcard out of the shopping bag and put it between the pages of her torn diary.

Then he took out the puzzle and started to piece it together slowly by himself.
Little by little, the sea slowly took shape.
The little crabs were also put together one by one.

At this moment, a thought flashed through her mind.
About the seaside, about myself that year.
I still miss it quite a lot.

Thinking of this, Shen Yanqiu gently put the unfinished puzzle aside.
She came to the drawing board and started to paint.

Slowly, a light blue sea appeared in the picture.
A few cute little crabs are lazily basking in the sun on the sea.
A young girl squatted and appeared next to a small crab.

The second painting about missing someone was gradually completed in Shen Yanqiu's hands. The moment the painting was finished, the orange dusk outside the window came into view.

"Ding dong." The doorbell rang.
Shen Yanqiu put down the paintbrush in her hand. She wondered, "Who would come to my house at this hour?"

"Xiao Qiu, come out quickly. There are guests coming." Ms. Qi's anxious and excited voice came from the living room.

Shen Yanqiu slowly opened the door of the room.
Pushing the wheelchair into the living room.

Lin Sen'an sat leisurely on the sofa, his eyes were a little lazy, and he looked over here with a heavy gaze. He was wearing a clean white sports suit, and at this moment, in his pale and bony hands, he was holding a peeled orange.

"Lin Sen'an? What are you doing in my house?"
"Have a meal."

(End of this chapter)