Praise You

The space was so narrow that one could hear each other's breaths. The two of them didn't speak, and there was no one else in the car. Sitting next to him, Ye Yuanyin felt very uncomfortable.

The rhythm of his breathing, the movement of the steering wheel, every glance in the rearview mirror, every swallow in his throat... all were infinitely magnified in silence and subtlety. Surrounded by this powerful aura, Ye Yuanyin felt like he was drowning, then roasting on fire, a tug of war between water and fire. Every second was a form of discipline.

Sedimentary An wasn't having a good time either. Affected by her repeated extremely uncomfortable hesitation and stiffness, he looked at the navigation and parked the car at the service area three minutes later.

"Go to the back seat."

She looked at him in confusion, and Chen Di'an asked again, "Do you know how to break the ice in teamwork?"

Ye Yuanyin shook his head.

"I'll teach you."

He opened the car door, slid his long legs around the front of the car, opened the passenger door, and reached out to pull her in. Ye Yuanyin was shoved into the back seat while she was still unaware. He came over and leaned over to hug her.

The man's scent enveloped the woman completely. As her nose rested on his chest, she could smell his clean, crisp masculine scent. Ye Yuanyin was startled and was about to struggle when Chen Yanan pressed down on her slender back, patting it gently with his palm and sliding it up and down like stroking a cat's fur.

Not until her nervousness slowly dissipated and she was no longer so repulsed by him did Chen Dian let go.

But he took her hand again and said, "Go get something to eat with me."

Ye Yuanyin couldn't refuse anymore, so he accompanied him into the supermarket in the service area.

Chen Yan bought a cup of instant noodles, poured hot water into it, and closed the lid. Seeing his smooth movements, Ye Yuanyin felt like he was about to say something.

"Didn't you have dinner tonight?"

"It's already late after the meeting."

"Is it okay to eat this?"

"Why not?" Yan Di'an looked up at her. "Do you think I should indulge in delicacies every day and lie in a pile of silk and indulge in excessive debauchery?"

She averted her eyes. "I didn't say that."

Sediment smiled and asked her, "The first time we sat together like this was in the United States, wasn't it?"

At the age of 22, she went to New York to study for a master's degree in art therapy. Leaving her hometown, she felt like she was exiled to the moon.

At that time, Xiandian had already found a job. Because of his father's request, he found her and took her to have a meal outside the school.

That was their second meeting, the first time was in the country.

"What would you like to eat?" he asked her.

The sun was shining brightly at that time, and the curtains in the store were a warm yellow. The highly corrosive paint printed small white flowers on the curtains.

The sunlight fell through the holes in the petals. He was leaning back in a chair, his face straight, his handsome eyebrows looking a little careless. She couldn't take her eyes off his face.

"What would you like to eat?" he asked her again.

Ye Yuanyin lowered his voice and said, "Anything is fine."

She usually spoke in a low voice, and now it was completely silent. Yandi An suddenly smiled and asked, "Are you always this quiet?"

For the first time, Ye Yuanyin resented her own quietness and wanted to apologize to him.

"Forget it, I'll have some." Yan Cheng'an took the menu and said, "There's nothing much to eat here. If you're not full, go back and make some instant noodles."

She nodded obediently.

Because they had not been involved in each other's lives for too long and had no common memories, there was always a lull in the conversation between them and they didn't even have a decent topic to talk about.

Just when he asked about his father's health and Shen Jixia's homework for the third time, Ye Yuanyin suddenly said, "By the way, I haven't thanked you yet. Thank you for the Band-Aid you gave me."

Dian Jing was stunned by her incoherent thanks. It took him a long time to remember what she was talking about, so he casually asked, "Is your foot better?"

It's been so long, no matter how big the wound is, it should have healed. Ye Yuanyin knew that he didn't care, but still said seriously: "It's done."

He nodded, and as he nodded, the floral shadows cast by the sunlight swayed at the corners of his eyes, so shimmering and colorful that she felt that she was suddenly radiant on her lonely and endless journey home.

"When will you return home?"

Sediment laughed at the girl's initiative, wondering why there were two extremes: either she kept silent, or she would talk endlessly.

His words were always brief and to the point. "Not for now."

As for whether or when he would return, he didn't need to explain to a stranger.

"knew."

Before leaving, Chen Yan said to her politely, "If you encounter anything you don't understand in the future, you can come to me."

She wrote down several calls she was about to make and edited the message many times, but it still lay hopelessly in her phone.

After three years away from home, the hopeless return date is getting closer and closer, but he has never contacted me again.

…

"Yin Yin, what are you thinking about?"

She put her eyes to the corners of his eyes again. There was no flickering light there. The heartbeat like a tide will eventually recede.

"nothing."

Sediment lowered his head, picked up his fork, stirred the noodles, and closed the lid again. "Strange, why didn't you contact me once when we were in the United States?"

He found it funny because he recalled the past. "I did go to your school once. There was a young man around you at that time. He seemed to be very fond of you. I wonder if you were so popular back then."

He said this lightly, but it tormented her heart for many years. Ye Yuanyin's expression suddenly changed, his brows slightly furrowed, and tears seemed to glisten in his eyes: "How come you don't know anything?"

Sedimentary An was stunned.

The atmosphere between the two of them had been somewhat relaxed, but because of his words, it suddenly became very cold again, even colder than before.

In June, you never know which cloud will bring rain.

The sky had been clear and bright for a while, but soon after we started driving, the sky was covered with dark clouds. Thunder rumbled down, and big raindrops fell, covering the front window with water droplets.

Chen Di'an was very confused, not knowing what he had said wrong to make her unhappy. It shows that it is better not to fall in love, because once you fall in love, you will be in a state of panic.

Vision was already blurry in the rain, and the road conditions were not good either. A dark mass soaked by the rain suddenly appeared in front of him and blocked the middle of the road. Chen Di'an reacted in a state of stress and hurriedly steered the car. There was a harsh friction sound between the car body and the guardrail of the highway. He reached out to protect Ye Yuanyin's head during the sudden brake.

The car finally stopped.

He suppressed his heartbeat, fearing that the person in front of him would be injured. He lifted her face to take a look. Fortunately, apart from being frightened, she was fine.

"I'll go down and take a look."

The car door was pushed open, and a few drops of heavy rain outside escaped and fell on her arm, making her feel cold to the bone. Ye Yuanyin watched his every move nervously.

A dog, soaked to the skin, had its leg broken by someone, its bones and flesh turned inside out, and was resting in the middle of the road. To prevent further danger to the cars behind, Chendi An wrapped it in clothes and put it on the side of the road.

He made a phone call.

About half an hour later, an extended Cadillac drove over and picked up the two people.

*

The driver took them directly to the underground parking lot, where the butler was already waiting. He opened the car door respectfully, making them feel at home.

“Mr. Shen, please follow me.”

The elevator reached the 35th floor, and the butler gestured for them to come out. The lights were bright everywhere, and the bustling night scene of the city was in sight.

"We need to change the elevator one more time. This way, please."

Ye Yuanyin's hand was held by Chen Yan'an. They followed the person, walked around an artificial scenery strip under a glass cover, and turned to another elevator. This time they pressed the button to go directly to the 66th floor.

"Where are we going?" Ye Yuanyin asked him.

"I'm going to meet a friend. I'll take another car." He tightened her hand and comforted her, "I'll definitely be there tomorrow morning. Don't worry."

The elevator arrived, and as soon as the doors opened, they were already inside. A man about the same age as Chen Dian approached with his arms wide open to embrace him.

"Old Shen, what a rare visitor."

After saying hello, he saw Ye Yuanyin again. The man looked at her with a smile and said jokingly, "Sister-in-law, I won't hug you, so as not to make anyone unhappy. By the way, do you still remember me?"

Ye Yuanyin couldn't remember.

Chen Yanan introduced her to her, "Xiao Yingzhou, who came here on grandpa and grandma's wedding anniversary."

Ye Yuanyin greeted him with a smile.

Further in, there was a private room with the door open and the lights dim inside. Several of his friends were having fun, some smoking and playing cards, while others were flirting with boys and girls.

Then there was a burst of laughter, and a boy hurriedly shook off the men's hands, pinching his throat and shrieking, "You naughty guys, you're pinching me."

Ye Yuanyin didn't mean to look inside, but the sound was too harsh. When she glanced over, she saw a boy with a charming smile on his face and a charming look. He was even more shy and seductive than the girl.

Xiao Yingzhou, who was watching the fun, shouted inside, "Xiao He, Mr. Shen is here, don't you want to meet him?"

The tables and chairs seemed to be frightened, making a series of clanging sounds, and someone ran out in panic.

Ye Yuanyin looked up and saw a boy in his twenties, with a fair complexion, tall and thin, and a proud look in his eyes. He was not the same boy as before.

The boy had a pair of lamb-like eyes, sparkling under the shade of his eyelashes. He smiled stiffly, looked at Ye Yuanyin, then looked at Shen Yan'an, "Mr. Shen, long time no see."

Yan Dian'an didn't say anything, but only said to Xiao Yingzhou: "Find us a room so we can change our clothes."

"Okay. I'm not sure if they have my sister-in-law's size here. I don't think I've ever had a girlfriend this thin."

"Stop talking nonsense and get busy." Chen Yan said, "I'll change my clothes and leave soon. I won't disturb you."

"Okay, just get off the elevator over there. I'll have the housekeeper wait. I still have some cards to play, and I'm itching to play." Xiao Yingzhou glanced at Ye Yuanyin again, smiled, and extended his hand to say goodbye: "Sister-in-law, see you next time."

Ye Yuanyin tried to reach out her hand, but Chen Yan blocked it, not letting her shake it. "What the hell."

"You're just narrow-minded." Xiao Yingzhou was about to drop the cigarette in his mouth, but he pushed it to his lips with his tongue and said casually, "If I could meet someone who would change my mind, I wouldn't play anymore. Let's go, Xiao He. Your boss Chen has someone else in his heart and he doesn't look down on you."

Ye Yuanyin thought, it turns out this boy likes him.

Xiao He turned around again, met Ye Yuanyin's eyes, and smiled shyly at her.

Xiao Yingzhou watched from the side and suddenly said to Xiao He, "Why do you look a bit like Ji'an's wife to me?"

She turned her head and looked over, her eyes full of confusion.