i loved you so much

Chapter 2 Midsummer Night Gone (2)
"What's the name of this song? The tune is very familiar." Cheng Minyu asked after she took off the headset.

"Long Time No See, by Eason Chan."

When the attending doctor heard it, he shifted his gaze from the medical records to her: "There is a Cantonese version of this song called "It's Better Not To See", have you heard it?"

The doctor is from Cantonese, and he speaks a half-baked Mandarin, so he is a little excited when he talks about Cantonese songs.

"I've heard it, I can sing." An Xiaoduo sang a few lines with her mouth open, and the words were correct, and she was actually in authentic Cantonese.The doctor blurted out: "Do you know Cantonese?"

"I just know a little about it."

Cheng Minyu was surprised: "You really know how to speak, I remember you are not from Guangdong? How did you learn it?"

"I learned it from watching TVB TV dramas, but I can speak simply."

"That's amazing, I can't see that you are still a TV fan." Cheng Minyu said with a smile.

An Xiaoduo didn't say anything. She seldom watched TV dramas before. For a while, she often worked the night shift at the bottom of the mountain alone. In the dead of night, there were often strange noises coming from the woods. She was scared and couldn't fall asleep. Then I turned on the computer and watched the TV series downloaded by my colleagues.My colleague is from Chaoshan, and all the movies he downloads are in Cantonese, so it will come naturally after watching too many.She herself is somewhat talented in languages. She also took French and Japanese as electives in college, perhaps because she was interested in learning them. Unlike other students who took utilitarianism to class, she learned them quickly and easily.

Taking advantage of the good mood of the attending doctor, An Xiaoduo proposed to change her time to go downstairs to relax in the evening.

"OK, Enjoy."

It's not that the air in the evening is better than at night, but that the lawn downstairs is much more lively than usual after five o'clock every afternoon. The nurses in the children's ward area will bring a group of children down to play.An Xiaoduo sat comfortably on the bench beside her, bathing in the afterglow of the evening while listening to the voices of children playing.

As soon as Cheng Minyu left that day, a girl ran over. The childish voice was sweet and childish: "Big sister, I treat you to a cake. Today is my birthday." After speaking, she put a small paper plate on the An Xiaoduo's hand.

An Xiaoduo recognized this voice. They met in the corridor a few days ago and had a brief chat.The little girl is Zheng Jiajia, she is ten years old, she is a well-behaved and sensible child just by her voice.

"Thank you Jiajia, my sister didn't prepare a birthday gift, so I wish you a happy birthday."

"Thank you, sister." Jia Jia ran away shyly and joined the group of friends to play games. The lawn was filled with joy and laughter.

An Xiaoduo picked up the small spoon and just took a bite, the phone in her pocket vibrated, she knew it was Qiao Ke who called without answering it, she lost her phone when she fell down the mountain, before she went to replace the card, Qiao Ke gave her a call A branch with only his number in it.

The children around were shouting excitedly. She got up and wanted to go farther away to answer the call, but she had just taken a few steps when she tripped over a water pipe or something, her body suddenly lost her center of gravity, and she fell forward.

This sudden accident made her feel miserable, and when she was getting ready to wrestle, something even more unexpected happened——

She didn't fall to the ground, but fell into a familiar embrace.

The owner in the embrace had a pair of strong and powerful arms, and without a word, he helped her up softly, then picked up the mobile phone on the ground and stuffed it into her hand.

"Big sister, you fell down, does it hurt?" Jiajia saw it, ran over to care for her, cast her eyes on the ground, and shouted, "What a beautiful ring and necklace! Big sister, did you drop it?"

An Xiaoduo subconsciously stretched her hand into her pocket, and there was only a loose handkerchief left in it. She hurriedly said, "Help my sister pick it up."

The ring necklace that Jiajia mentioned was actually a platinum ring strung on a thin silver chain. The clasp of the chain was broken before, and she had no time to repair it, so she had to carry it in her pocket.

After taking the necklace from Jiajia, she touched the ring carefully, and was relieved to confirm that it was intact, then carefully wrapped it in a handkerchief and put it back in her pocket.

"Big brother, you have a lot of cream on your clothes."

Only then did An Xiaoduo remember that she was holding the cake just now, and now her hands are empty, because she couldn't see him, and the man was silent, she couldn't tell where he was standing for a while, and felt panicked.

"It doesn't matter."

Finally hearing his voice, An Xiaoduo's mood became complicated. She was a little excited, a little nervous, and a little scared. She put her hand into the pocket of her coat to cover up.

Jiajia turned around and ran away when she heard her partner's call, and An Xiaoduo slowly turned her body to the source of the sound.

"Are you still using the essential oil soap I bought?"

Originally, she wanted to ask him why he was here, but who knew that the words came to her mouth and turned into such an innocuous sentence inexplicably. The essential oil components of that essential oil soap are very special, including rosemary and geranium. She smelled it just now Out.

Li Xiaoan did not respond, and stared at her intently for a full 3 minutes. Even though he knew her current situation when he came, seeing it with his own eyes was another feeling.

She was too thin, her energy seemed to be completely taken away, and the innate cuteness before was no longer there, only an empty skin was left, and her long black and smooth hair became dull. , the face that used to be as delicate as a white porcelain work of art now seems to have been cracked. Her skin is so dry that it can withstand white flakes on such a hot day, and a few shallow dry lines can be faintly seen at the corners of her mouth.

He remembered that her skin used to be very good, fair and delicate, and every time he took her out, someone else's girlfriend would always come to ask her for advice on skin care, and made her embarrassing, so he cherished his skin even more.

"You know, you're ugly now."

An Xiaoduo moved the corner of her mouth silently, and a bitter smile appeared.

Li Xiaoan raised his hand, as if he wanted to touch her forehead, but the moment he touched her hair, he withdrew his hand suddenly, and said coldly: "What's going on?"

"I fell down."

After waiting for a while, he didn't speak. The silent stalemate made An Xiaoduo feel a little uncomfortable, and his indifferent question made her at a loss.It wasn't like this before—before, even if she just made tea and was scalded by the splashing hot water, or accidentally scratched a very shallow cut on her finger when cutting fruit, he would hug her nervously. I can't finish looking in my arms and asking endless questions.

But now...

Thinking of this, she couldn't help smiling wryly.

Li Xiaoan stared at her face, and said two words from her graceful thin lips: "Retribution."

An Xiaoduo clenched her hands tightly in her pockets, and after a brief silence, she heard a "ding"——

This voice was all too familiar to her.

The image of Li Xiaoan lighting a cigarette automatically appeared in her mind, and she always felt that his smoking posture was more handsome and chic than others - in fact, she thought he was good-looking in everything, and his gestures and gestures were particularly attractive to her.

It's a pity that she can't see it now, and she feels melancholy in her heart.She had thought countless times what it would be like for two people to meet again. The distance of two years is not very long, but she felt that it was a matter of a previous life.If we could see each other again, she would definitely say to him as if nothing had happened: "Long time no see, how are you doing?"

Just thinking about it, she knew that she couldn't be that calm.

Since Yuan Yuan left, his temper has become much worse, and he would lower his face and not speak at every turn.She couldn't help but miss the way he leaned against the car and looked at her smiling intently.Strictly speaking, his facial features are not very handsome, his facial lines are not soft enough, his temperament is too stern, and he often shows a haughty expression, which inevitably makes people feel a sense of distance and dare not get close.But none of this mattered, as if by fate, she fell in love with him the first time she saw him.

That was four years ago—

That day she ran out of Wang Jianguo's room in a panic. The red-carpeted corridor of the hotel was very quiet and the lights were a little dim. She heard her heart beating violently in her narrow chest cavity. Such a nasty thing, but the other party was too unexpected for her.

She just wanted to escape quickly, and she was about to succeed when footsteps followed, and a sticky, sweaty hand grabbed her arm tightly. She was about to struggle when she heard the other party lower her voice and warn her: "Are you still going to school? You have to think carefully, don't say I didn't remind you, if you dare to leave tonight, your school will ask you to pack up and leave tomorrow!"

An Xiaoduo turned her head and looked at Wang Jianguo's mediocre and swollen face under the dim light. She felt nauseated in her stomach. She was eager to shake off his hand, and almost used all her strength to feed her. However, the strength was very different, and one arm was always was firmly grasped by him.Wang Jianguo's eyes reddened by lust terrified her. She didn't understand how a gentle and refined elder in her memory would become like this.

During the stalemate, a low and casual voice came from the air: "Wang Ju, I never expected to meet you here."

An Xiaoduo looked around, and a man walked out slowly from the end of the corridor. The light changed from dark to bright along with the person coming, and gradually changed from blurred to clear. She only heard his voice, saw his figure, and then gradually Seeing his sharp-edged face clearly, I suddenly felt a subtle feeling that I had never felt before.

Wang Jianguo squeezed out an unnatural smile: "It's you, Xiao Li, why are you here?"

"Come to see a client."

The man's half-smile gaze fell on An Xiaoduo's face, he was slightly taken aback and then laughed: "Wang Ju, this is your daughter? She's so beautiful."

Wang Jianguo's face was extremely ugly: "No, my old friend's daughter."

"Uncle Wang, I'm leaving. The door of the dormitory will be locked at ten o'clock." An Xiaoduo remained expressionless.

"I'll take you back."

"no need."

"Alright, pay attention to safety on the road." Wang Jianguo patted An Xiaoduo's shoulder with a gloomy face, "You don't have to worry about that, I know it well."

The mist in An Xiaoduo's eyes lifted, and then she widened her eyes, with a trace of anger, suppressed the mist, stared at Wang Jianguo and said expressionlessly: "Thank you, Uncle Wang, goodbye, Uncle Wang!"

Under the gaze of two eyes with completely different meanings behind her, she raised her head and walked away step by step.

After leaving the hotel, the sweltering air rushed in, and An Xiaoduo walked in a daze.

She had completely offended Wang Jianguo, and she knew the consequences with her toes, but she didn't regret it. If her studies depended on this kind of dirty deal to continue, she would rather be expelled.

She walked to the bus platform in a daze, and turned her head just in time to see a car approaching and parked in front of her. She hesitated for a moment and shook her head at the driver.

The door closed again and drove away.

She was the only one left on the platform. After sitting on the waiting chair for a while, she received a text message from her mother, saying that the living expenses for the next month had been deposited into her bank account. She pursed her lips, wow A cry came out.

Passers-by cast surprised glances one after another, but no one stopped for her, and she ignored the strange gazes of others, immersing herself in her own sad world.

She cried heart-piercingly for a while, and her heart seemed less depressed. She wanted to take out a tissue to wipe her face, but when she touched her side, she found that her bag was missing. It must have been lost when Wang Jianguo grabbed her hand and struggled just now. .

Thinking of this, a look of annoyance appeared between her brows.

"Finally remembered that the bag was lost?" A male voice sounded joking.

An Xiaoduo was startled, then raised her head abruptly.Through her teary eyes, she saw the handsome young man standing in front of her.

The man hooked his thin lips and handed her a pack of tissues: "Why are you crying every time I see you?"

An Xiaoduo's mind was still in a sluggish state, she didn't understand the meaning of his words at all, she wiped away her tears silently, she suddenly sobbed loudly.

The man thought it was funny, he didn't hide his emotions at all, he laughed naturally: "An Xiaoduo, you are so interesting."

"How do you know my name?" She recovered.

"I rummaged through your bag." The man replied as a matter of course.

"What about my bag?"

"In my car." The man raised his chin and pointed not far away.

She sobbed again uncontrollably before saying, "Who are you?"

The man took out the wallet from his suit pocket, which contained an ID card, and he put it under her nose to show her.

"Li Xiao'an." She murmured and looked at him again.

He looked back at her with a smile that was not a smile.

"Where do you live? I'll give you a ride."

An Xiaoduo hesitated for a moment: "We don't count as acquaintances."

"You know my name, and I know yours. If that's not considered acquaintance, what should it be?"

An Xiaoduo took out her mobile phone and sent a text message, then stood up: "Let's go."

"Why do you agree now?"

"I sent your ID number to my classmate's mobile phone."

Li Xiaoan looked at her slender figure, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, strode up to follow, and asked her intentionally: "If you don't go back tonight, then I will be a suspect?"

"I also want to be on the safe side." An Xiaoduo replied solemnly.In fact, she didn't show any wariness towards him. Although she met him for the first time, she felt that he was a trustworthy person. She always trusted her intuition more, but she couldn't explain why she did this. I am a casual person.

"Did you ask Wang Jianguo to do something?" On the way, he asked her casually.

An Xiaoduo hummed.

"You smashed the bag on his forehead?"

"That ashtray came in handy."

Li Xiaoan laughed: "I can't see that you are small, but you are not small."

An Xiaoduo forced her lips together, and suddenly turned to look at him: "What's your relationship with him? You can't be with him, right?"

"No, I'm not familiar with him," Li Xiao'an hurriedly put the relationship aside, "It's just that I have met him at work."

"What are you doing?"

"Guess."

She shook her head: "I can't guess."

Li Xiao'an didn't show off, and immediately gave the answer: "I am a lawyer. A student accused him of molestation before, and I settled it for him."

An Xiaoduo stared at him with wide eyes: "Support the evil, stop!"

"Don't do this, I'm also forced by life. There's a saying that... I bend my waist for five buckets of rice, don't I?" He didn't even think about stopping the car, and continued to drive the car smoothly.

"That can't be right and wrong, stop the car, I won't let you take it off."

"That won't work. You have registered my ID number. If you are abducted by bad guys on the way, I won't be able to clear it up even if I jump into the Yellow River."

Seeing her gloomy face, he said in a good mood: "Actually, that student did falsely accuse him that time, and I don't count myself as helping the evildoers."

"Really?" An Xiaoduo couldn't believe it.

Li Xiaoan smiled and said nothing more.

An Xiaoduo often wondered later, if another person picked up her bag and returned it to her, would she have fallen in love with him like Li Xiaoan, but probably not.There are so many people, it is not easy to meet the right person at the right time.

"If the satchel you picked up was not mine but belonged to someone similar to me, would you still send her home?" She wanted to hear his answer.

Li Xiaoan looked at her amusedly: "Do you mean about the same age as you, or about the same beauty as you?"

"This... well, it's almost the same, isn't it?"

"It's hard to say, maybe it will, maybe it won't."

"Doesn't that mean you didn't say it?" She was confused immediately, "Say it, will it be true?"

Every time Li Xiaoan patted her head and said she was a fool.There was only one exception, that time he came back very late from a party, was so drunk that he staggered when he walked, An Xiaoduo was busy serving him, passing hot towels and making sober tea, and had no time to listen to a drunk What was he muttering about, but it made him anxious, he hugged her by the waist, kissed her temples, and kept whispering in her ear: "I will send her off if you are like this, and I will put her in the hotel lobby if it is someone else." It's..."

She was extremely satisfied after listening to the nonsensical words.She has never told him that in her heart there is only one Li Xiaoan in this world, no one can replace her, without him, even if she owns the whole world, her heart will be barren.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Li Xiaoan was still reading documents in the law firm, and the ashtray on the desk was full of cigarette butts.

The screen of one of the mobile phones on the table lit up. This was his private number. Not many people could call this mobile phone. He glanced at the name and pressed the answer button.

"What did you find?" he asked bluntly.

"Half a year ago, she was working in a resort in Southwest Hexi Town. Two months ago, she had an accident when taking guests up the mountain. She rolled down the slope, fell into a coma on the spot, and was sent to the local hospital for treatment. Although her life was not in danger, her eyes were covered by thorns. She was cut, the situation was difficult, and the medical equipment there was outdated, so Qiao Ke transferred her to the local hospital."

Li Xiaoan leaned his head back on the executive chair, clutching a platinum ring in his palm, even though the air conditioner was turned on so loudly, the ring was slightly hot because it was held for too long.

The voice at the other end of the line paused, and then said: "I have inquired with the people in the resort area, Qiao Ke went there before An Xiaoduo's accident, and the relationship between the two seems to be quite close."

Li Xiaoan clenched his five fingers tightly, and said after a long time: "Got it."

"Do you still want to check her whereabouts half a year ago?" The person on the phone asked tentatively.

"No need, that's it." Cutting the thread, Li Xiaoan picked up the cold coffee on the table, walked to the floor-to-ceiling glass to look at the night scene, there were a few stars twinkling faintly in the dark blue night.He used to work overtime, and An Xiaoduo came to accompany him. She likes to sit on the floor, read books and draw by the glass. Occasionally, shooting stars streak across the night sky. She can't help but interrupt him and tell him to watch, so happy like a child.

"What's so good about shooting stars?" he said.

She pressed her forehead against the glass, smiling: "You can make a wish, it's very spiritual."

He found it funny: "Do you believe it?"

"I believe it." She breathed on the glass, then stretched out her index finger, and wrote something stroke by stroke.

Curious, he leaned over and took a look: "What are you painting?"

"This is you." She smiled and pointed to the little man in a suit on the left, and then to the one with a ponytail on the right, "This is me."

She stopped, stared at it for a few seconds, smirked a bit, and made a crooked heart between the two of them.

He caught her finger and bit it lightly, and said with a smile, "The painting is really ugly."

She turned her head, but before she opened her mouth, his lips and teeth were blocked by him. Her lips were beautiful, small and full, shaped like petals, and they would open slightly unconsciously when she was in a daze. She was a bit silly, but very silly. cute……

"Ding--"

The sound of a new email notification interrupted his thoughts, and he realized what he was thinking. He was actually reminiscing about the past with her.

He is obviously such an unforgivable person, why can't he let go even now?Li Xiaoan has never hated himself so much like this moment.

(End of this chapter)