give me years of peace

Chapter 141 Street Encounter
At around twelve o'clock at noon, the butler had already prepared a table of dishes. She brought all the meals to the table, looked at Xin Zimo, who had been sitting silently by the table, and said, "Mr. Come back...do you want to go out and find..."

The housekeeper's voice was very low, she had never seen such a Xin Zimo, his dark face was uglier than ever.

After a long time, seeing that Xin Zimo ignored her, the butler didn't dare to make a sound.

"Go to the bank and find someone to freeze all of Du Anran's foreign bank cards."

"Ah?" The housekeeper didn't react for a while, but when he did, Xin Zimo's face sank a little.

"Mr. Xin... you are... trying to block Miss Du's way..."

"You just have to do it!"

"Yes... I'll do it now..."

As soon as the butler left, Xin Zimo was the only one left in the empty villa.The sunlight shines on the floor through the floor-to-ceiling windows, and his figure is also full of loneliness.

When the butler came back after finishing everything, Xin Zimo was already standing on the roof and continued to smoke.His shadow fell on the floor, tall and thin.

"Mr. Xin, everything is done."

"Ah."

The housekeeper didn't know whether she should leave or not, she could already guess something vaguely, so she boldly said: "Mr. Xin, I don't know if I should say something or not."

Xin Zimo didn't speak, but the housekeeper continued: "During the four days and four nights of your accident, Miss Du****** was actually watching over you every night. I saw that she lost a lot of weight, but she just refused to leave Half a step from the window. She was afraid that you would not see the way back, so she asked me to turn on the lights, she..."

"enough!"

Xin Zimo shouted, and the housekeeper didn't dare to say any more. She just hoped that Xin Zimo would understand.

Du Anran looked at the busiest crowd on the busiest street in London, she walked aimlessly, step by step.

There are many beautiful snowmen beside the street, with different postures and expressions.Such heavy snow is more suitable for building snowmen and skiing, but she will never have these.

"Big brother, do you think this big sister is pretty?" Suddenly, a group of children pointed at her and spoke poor Chinese, but they were all Chinese.

Du Anran looked up, and there were four or five children around a boy who was drawing pictures. They were wearing thick padded jackets, jumping up and down, looking very happy.

"Pretty." The boy stroked the head of the one who screamed the most fiercely, with a smile on his face.

"Shaonan..." Du Anran was taken aback and murmured in a low voice.

Jin Shaonan walked over from the portfolio, he was wearing a gray sweater today, with a striped scarf around his neck.Today's him is not like Jin Shaonan in the newspaper office, he is rigorous and serious, and he can't make Du Anran associate the warm and sunny boy in front of him with the mayor's son.

The sun slanted on Jin Shaonan's body, and a group of children gathered around him to look at his paintings.

Du Anran never thought that Jin Shaonan would come to London, her face was full of astonishment.

Jin Shaonan came over and stood in front of her and said with a smile, "Are you that surprised? Now that the traffic is so developed, I flew here from City A, and it took me only ten hours."

"You... When did you come here?" Surprise followed by surprise.

"I just arrived at the square in the morning. I saw the weather was so good, so I borrowed someone else's painting clip to draw. These little guys have been surrounding me and refused to let me go." After finishing speaking, Jin Shaonan pointed to a group of young people behind him. child.

"Drawing? I haven't seen you draw for many years..."

"That's right, I brought you to the square to paint when I was an exchange student with you in England last time."

"Let me see what you drew?" Du Anran said and walked forward.

The group of children were still surrounded in front of the painting folder, each of them was a kid, looking at the painting, and then at Du Anran, clapping their hands and laughing: "It looks like a painting!"

Du Anran was surprised, and when he walked over, he saw that it was her that was drawn on the sketch paper.Wearing a scarf and flowing hair.But the difference is that now she is bitter and miserable, while the woman in the painting is bright and youthful.

She is in a trance, the woman in this painting is like her when she was in college...

"Big sister, do you think the painting looks like it?" A little girl with big eyes tugged at the corner of her clothes.

Du Anran quietly looked at the woman in the painting, this woman is so far away from her... Does it look like it?This is obviously not her...

"An Ran, I haven't finished painting yet. Wait a minute, I'll be ready soon." Jin Shaonan smiled, picked up the brush, looked at her, and started drawing again.

The corners of Du Anran's lips curled into a faint smile. In fact, she understood that the woman in the painting was Du Anran, the perfect Du Anran in Jin Shaonan's mind, not her.

"Big sister, build a snowman with us." Several children surrounded Du Anran.

"Play on your own, sister has something else to do." Du Anran knelt down, smiled and patted their heads.

"An Ran, I'm almost done." Jin Shaonan looked at her with a smile.

"Shaonan, why did you come to London? Don't the newspapers need you?"

"I left many things to my assistant, and I asked for leave myself, so I came to London to relax."

"Is your health better?" Du Anran heard Liu Wanwan say that he was hospitalized again last time.

"It's okay, just a little problem." Jin Shaonan glanced at her from time to time, and his writing was bright.

"You have to take care of yourself."

"Don't worry!" Jin Shaonan said with a smile, "It's you, I don't worry about you."

He didn't continue, and Du Anran also understood what he meant.She wondered whether he really wanted to come to London to relax, or if he had some other purpose.She lowered her head slightly: "I'm fine."

Jin Shaonan looked at Du Anran while drawing, but he felt that the Du Anran he drew before didn't look like the one he was drawing now.He wanted to revise, but he didn't know where to start.

The pen stopped in mid-air, and finally, he put it down.

"The painting is finished, I'll give it to you." Jin Shaonan delivered the painting to her.

"The woman in the painting is very youthful and sunny, and she smiles very sweetly." Du Anran stroked the painting, suddenly feeling vicissitudes in his eyes.

"She is the most beautiful An Ran."

"She's not me." Du Anran moved his eyes, raised his head, suppressed his emotions, and returned the painting to Jin Shaonan with a smile, "Give it to you, I don't think I need it anymore."

When Jin Shaonan touched her hand, he felt a chill.

Du Anran turned around, she wanted to be alone, she was afraid of seeing Jin Shaonan's eyes, she was afraid of seeing his disappointment.

"An Ran!" Jin Shaonan chased after him, "Let's have a meal together, let's chat."

Du Anran had no reason to refuse, she nodded.

In an exquisite coffee house, the snow has been swept away, only traces of heavy snow remain on the withered flowers and trees.The heating was turned on in the small coffee shop, and there were orange wall lamps one after another.

The location of this coffee shop is remote, not many people come, it is very quiet and warm.

"Do you still remember this place?" Jin Shaonan chose the seat closest to the window and sat down.

"Remember." Du Anran sat opposite him, "That time, our friends from England brought us here."

"Yeah, it's been a few years, and some of them are still in London. Have you gone to see them?"

"It's been a few years, I'm afraid I won't remember them even if we met." Du Anran shook his head.

Xin Zimo has been sending people to follow her, and she has no freedom at all.She didn't know if there would be anyone following today, he was such a person.

"How could it be? I had a phone call with Rowling a few days ago. She said she missed you very much, and she also said that you danced beautifully."

"Really? I can't dance anymore." There was bitterness in Du Anran's eyes.

"Your talent is so good, it's just that you're rusty. If you dance a few more times, you'll definitely regain your feeling."

"Stop praising me, you always like to praise me so much, you make me seem to be omnipotent." Du Anran smiled.

The waiter brought up the coffee and snacks, and Jin Shaonan pointed to one of the cakes and said, "Your favorite cherry cake, try it, it still tastes the same as before. I remember you often said that the cakes here are delicious."

Du Anran cut a small piece of cake. It turns out that several years have passed, and the pastries in this shop are still as exquisite as ever.She tasted it, but it didn't change at all.Her cherry cake, or her cherry cake.

This sweetness reminded her of the carefree time when a group of friends sang, danced and drank together without any qualms...

Although the time in the UK was short, it left a very good memory.

"An Ran, do you like London? Shall we stay in London?" Jin Shaonan asked suddenly.

Du Anran's hands stopped and he was silent for a long time before he said quietly: "The winter here is too cold."

"What about Germany, do you miss it?"

"Why are you talking about this..." Du Anran looked down at the little cherry on the cake.

"Xie Chenjin told me something. I want to find a place for you to settle down and bring your mother over. After I finish the immigration process for you, you can leave City A forever."

"Shaonan, you don't need to worry about my affairs, thank you." Du Anran lowered his head and picked a small piece of cake.

"Then what are your plans?" Although Jin Shaonan had already guessed that Du Anran would have such an attitude.

"I have a claim." If four days ago her claim was to fly to China with a plane ticket and leave city A with her mother without anyone noticing, then four days later her claim was to start over.

Get up from where you fall.

"Do you need my help?" Jin Shaonan knew that he could never change her mind.

"If you can, tell Xie Chenjin that you must keep your word." Du Anran looked out the window, the sun was dazzling.

"I understand." Jin Shaonan nodded, stirring the coffee in the cup.

He looked at her side face, and she was thinner than before coming to London, but there was a firm look in her eyes.This is never seen before.

He always felt that she had changed, he didn't know what happened, and he couldn't guess, but he knew that Du Anran might not be the Du Anran he knew a long time ago.

But, no matter how she changes, she is still Du Anran in his heart.

(End of this chapter)