The sun peeked out from behind the clouds, casting its rays obliquely across the street, lengthening the silhouettes of the sewing machine and the girl sitting behind it.

A young girl with a blue hairband tied in a ponytail walked to the stall, looked around, picked up two hair ties, and walked to the sewing machine, picking up a picture book and flipping through it.

After flipping through the book with great interest, she looked at the girl behind the sewing machine and asked, "Did you draw all these?"

Ruan Xi was removing the zipper of a piece of clothing. Hearing this, she raised her head and said, "Yes, I drew all of them."

The girl with the blue-headed flower smiled and said, "They all look pretty good. I wonder what they will look like when they are made. I see that you can use the sewing machine and fix zippers and alter clothes quite smoothly. Can you make clothes?"

Ruan Xi talked to her while removing the zipper: "Yes, I can make all these drawings."

The girl with the blue-headed flower flipped through the picture book again, "Why don't you make one and let us see? If you can really make it and it looks nice, I will ask you to make clothes for me. Anyway, it looks really beautiful from this drawing."

The clothes that Ruan Xi drew were all in line with the aesthetics of that era. They were not so avant-garde that people of that era could not accept them, but they also contained her own ideas and designs, and they were all styles that you would not see on the street.

Ruan Xi raised her head and said, "Which one do you like? Pick one and come and see it next week, how about that?"

The blue-headed flower girl was happy to hear that, "Really?"

Ruan Xi nodded, "I'll make it according to your size. If you like it, you can buy it. If you don't like it, that's okay. I'll keep it and hang it here as a sample." The

blue-headed flower girl looked at her, "Don't you want me to buy the cloth first?"

Ruan Xi said, "No need for this one. I'll pick the cloth myself. Let you see my craftsmanship first." The blue-headed

flower girl was of course happy to hear such a good thing. Anyway, she didn't have to pay for anything. If she liked it, she could buy it. If she didn't like it or thought it was not worth it, then she wouldn't buy it. So she nodded: "Okay, then I'll come and see it next week."

After saying that, she pointed and said, "My home is in the alley over there."

Ruan Xi looked in the direction she pointed, then retracted her gaze and said with a smile: "Take a look and pick one."

The girl with the blue-headed flower was very happy. She flipped through the picture album carefully again, and finally picked a dress for Ruan Xi, saying to her: "There are too many I like, and I think every one of them is beautiful. Let's make this one first."

Ruan Xi took the pencil and ticked on that page, "Okay, then let's make this one."

The girl with the blue-headed flower looked excited and expectant, and said to Ruan Xi: "I will definitely come and see it next Sunday."

Ruan Xi was also very happy .

Ruan Xi was very happy, so she stood up and took a tape measure to measure her body size, and said to her: "I don't come here on weekdays, I only come here on Sundays, so you can come to see me on Sundays." The blue-headed girl stretched out her arms and asked her: "Is it because of work? I work at the Children's Palace, how about you?"

Ruan Xi smiled and said: "I'm still in school."

The blue-headed girl looked at her, "Are you in college?"

Ruan Xi measured her size and replied: "Yes, I'm a sophomore now."

The blue-headed girl envied, "I took the exam twice, and failed both times, so forget it."

Ruan Xi measured her size, put away the tape measure and put it in the small drawer of the sewing machine.

The blue-headed girl paid for two hair ties, and left without standing to talk to Ruan Xi.

After she left, another wave of people came to the stall to buy things, and Ruan Xi had to stand in front of the stall to greet them.

After selling something and collecting the money, she would go back to sit behind the sewing machine and continue to remove the zipper.

It was almost evening now, and there were fewer people on the street. Xie Dongyang sat in front of the stall to rest, turned his head and looked at Ruan Xi and said, "She didn't give anything, so you just made clothes for her?"

Ruan Xi put the broken zipper aside and sewed a new zipper on the clothes with a sewing machine. While stepping on the sewing machine, she replied to Xie Dongyang: "Since you want to sell your craft, you must find a way to let people see your craft first."

Xie Dongyang now knew why Ruan Xi made more than him, because she also had a craft, which was equivalent to setting up two stalls, selling things and making money at the same time, so she could make more than him in a day.

Of course, he was not competing with Ruan Xi, and he was not jealous of Ruan Xi making more than him.

He thought for a moment and said, "That makes sense."

Ruan Xi finished sewing the zipper, and the person who had left her clothes here for repair just came back from shopping. She was very satisfied with the repaired zipper, paid the money, took the clothes and left.

Ruan Xi sat on the stool and stretched, looking at the sun in the west, "This day is almost over."

In fact, it can also be said that this week is almost over.

Xie Dongyang looked at her and smiled, and asked her, "Would you like to go to the restaurant to sew after closing the stall?"

Ruan Xi relaxed her body and put her arm on the sewing machine, "I don't have time tonight, I have an appointment with someone else."

Xie Dongyang said indifferently, smiling, "Then let's do it next time."

Ruan Xi sat down to rest for a while, then suddenly stood up, picked up her schoolbag and put it on her back, and said to Xie Dongyang, "Third Master, please help me watch the stall, I'm going to buy something on the street, and I'll be back soon."

Xie Dongyang stretched his neck and asked, "What are you going to buy?"

Ruan Xi didn't even turn her head: "Buy cloth! Go back and make clothes!"

Ruan Xi came back after buying cloth, and the sun dropped another level.

About half an hour later, the shops on the street began to close one after another. Ruan Xi and Xie Dongyang also started to pack up the stall at the appointed time. They packed all the things into the car, rode to the repair shop and locked it.

After coming out of the repair shop, Ruan Xi said hello to Xie Dongyang and rode away. Before leaving, she and Xie Dongyang agreed to come here tomorrow night to pull the sewing machine. She wanted to pull the sewing machine to the dormitory to make clothes.

After leaving the repair shop, Ruan Xi rode to the western restaurant.

This was the place Xu Zhuo had agreed with her. Tonight, Xu Zhuo had made an appointment with Lu Yuanzheng to come out for dinner here.

In order to facilitate the conversation, Xu Zhuo directly opened a small private room.

When Ruan Xi followed the waiter to the private room, Lu Yuanzheng and Xu Zhuo were already sitting inside.

As she expected, Ye Qiuwen did not come out.

Seeing Ruan Xi coming in, Xu Zhuo and Lu Yuanzheng stood up together.

Lu Yuanzheng was very polite this time, as if he was not the one who gave Ruan Xi a cold face on the street last week.

Ruan Xi naturally did not deny his face and greeted him politely.

After greeting each other, the three of them sat down. Regardless of the atmosphere, Ruan Xi looked at the menu and ordered from the waiter.

After the waiter left with the menu, she looked at Lu Yuanzheng and asked with a smile, "Why didn't Ye Qiuwen come?"

Lu Yuanzheng said, "She's not feeling well and can't come out."

Ruan Xi asked as if he was chatting with an acquaintance, "She rents a house here?"

Lu Yuanzheng nodded, "Yes."

Ruan Xi and he were not acquaintances, and they had no old ties to talk about, so she said directly, "We actually want to see Ye Qiuwen today. I mainly want to ask her in person how many of my letters she destroyed two years ago."

Lu Yuanzheng looked puzzled, "What letters?"

Ruan Xi looked at Xu Zhuo, who looked at Lu Yuanzheng and said, "Xixi didn't receive any of the letters I wrote to her in the army. Xixi called home and asked, and it was Ye Qiuwen who moved my letters." Lu Yuanzheng

was stunned for a moment, and said, "Impossible, you must have made a mistake, Qiuwen..." "Ye Qiuwen wouldn't do such a thing."

Ruan Xi looked at him with a serious look, "I don't want to quarrel with you, do you really understand Ye Qiuwen?"

Lu Yuanzheng said, "I have been with her for so many years, how can I not understand her?"

Ruan Xi pinched the knife and fork in her hand, "You have been together for many years, but how much time have you really spent together? I have lived with her for nearly three years, so I know her better than you, right?"

Lu Yuanzheng looked at Ruan Xi and took a deep breath, holding back his emotions. After a moment, he suddenly stood up and said, "If you asked me out just to say bad things about Qiuwen behind her back, then I'm sorry I can't accompany you, you can eat by yourselves."

Ruan Xi let go of the knife and fork in her hand, "I know you won't believe it, but don't you want to know why she broke her promise?"

Lu Yuanzheng paused at the dining table, looked at Ruan Xi, and waited for her to continue.

Ruan Xi raised her head to look at him, and said slowly: "Because she likes Xu Zhuo, if Xu Zhuo hadn't ignored her, she wouldn't be with you. You are Xu Zhuo's substitute."

Hmm? Xu Zhuo was slightly stunned in his chair, then raised his hand and touched his chin.

Lu Yuanzheng's face turned green instantly, turned his head to look at Xu Zhuo, then looked at Ruan Xi, frowned and said: "What nonsense are you talking about? I don't believe a word you say. Qiu Wen won't destroy your letter, and her feelings for me are even less likely to be false."

Xu Zhuo said at this time, "That's not necessarily true."

"..."

Hearing Xu Zhuo's voice, Lu Yuanzheng's body suddenly stiffened, his brows knitted, and his face became even uglier, dark green.

After a long moment, he turned around again, looked at Xu Zhuo and asked, "Xu Zhuo, what do you mean?"

Xu Zhuo stared at him, "What do you mean by me? Why do you say she destroyed my letter?"

Lu Yuanzheng's voice became heavy and deep: "She couldn't have destroyed your letter! She wouldn't do such a wicked thing!"

Ruan Xi looked at him and said, "Since you think she didn't do it, then bring her out for a confrontation. We just want to clarify this matter and want a result. Since If she didn't do it, just come out and explain it clearly. There's no need to be afraid to come out because of a guilty conscience and pretend to be sick. If she really didn't do it and this matter has nothing to do with her, I will definitely apologize to her in person. From now on, we will have reconciled our differences and never mention the past again. We will be good friends from now on. It's not a loss for you and Ye Qiuwen to have me, a top student from Peking University, as your friend, right?"

Lu Yuanzheng looked at Ruan Xi with a green face and gritted teeth, and said nothing more, and walked out.

Ruan Xi raised his voice and said, "We will wait for you here at the same time next week. If you don't come then, it means that she took the letter. I don't care where she hides, I will find her out as soon as possible!"

Lu Yuanzheng didn't stop, walked out of the private room and slammed the door.

The private room was quiet. Xu Zhuo and Ruan Xi looked at each other for a moment, and then Xu Zhuo said, "You want to piss off Lu Yuanzheng to death."

Ruan Xi looked at him, "Maybe Ye Qiuwen really had feelings for you, but you didn't care."

Xu Zhuo thought about it, "It sounds possible, so I think Lu Yuanzheng was stimulated."

Ruan Xi asked, "Do you think they will come out next week?"

Xu Zhuo was not sure, "We'll see then."

Lu Yuanzheng rode his bike directly back to the small bungalow he rented for Ye Qiuwen after leaving the western restaurant.

After Ye Qiuwen came to Beijing at the beginning of the year, Lu Yuanzheng took care of all her food, clothing, housing and transportation. Because Ye Qiuwen was not registered here and could not find a job, and she was unfamiliar with the place, she could not do anything and could only rely on Lu Yuanzheng for support.

Lu Yuanzheng can now be said to be everything to her, everything to her.

Then, before Lu Yuanzheng returned to the bungalow, he saw Ye Qiuwen, who claimed to be sick and unable to get up.

He squeezed the brakes to stop the bike and watched Ye Qiuwen walk out of the store, carrying a large bag of things in her hands. She didn't look sick at all when she walked. She even kicked the pebbles on the road every few steps, and her steps were relaxed.

In that instant, it seemed as if something collapsed in his heart.

He stopped the bike and watched for a while. After trying to adjust his breathing, he stepped on the pedals and followed Ye Qiuwen at a distance. When they were almost at the bungalow, Ye Qiuwen realized something and suddenly turned around.

The two people looked at each other at a distance, and Ye Qiuwen's face instantly became stiff and ugly.

But Lu Yuanzheng had no expression on his face, just looking at her with his eyes still blinking.

Ye Qiuwen put the things she bought at the store on the table, and said to Lu Yuanzheng with a smile: "Didn't you go to eat with Xu Zhuo and the others? How come you are back so soon?"

Lu Yuanzheng sat down at the table and just looked at her without saying a word. Ye

Qiuwen was frightened by his gaze, and she forced a smile and said: "My stomach hurt so badly in the afternoon that I couldn't get out of bed, but it suddenly got better after you left. I couldn't stay at home alone, so I went to the store to buy some things."

"Really?" Lu Yuanzheng still looked at her.

The smile on Ye Qiuwen's face became more and more stiff, but she still tried to smile and said, "Yes, I just ran into you."

Lu Yuanzheng stared at her and didn't respond. After a moment, he asked again, "Have you ever lied to me?"

Ye Qiuwen was stunned by his question, but immediately raised the corners of her mouth and looked at him and said, "Don't you know what kind of person I am? How could I lie to you?"

Lu Yuanzheng felt so blocked in his heart that he could hardly breathe.

He knew that he was in a very wrong state. After a moment of silence, he suddenly stood up and prepared to go back to school to calm down. Seeing

that he was about to leave, Ye Qiuwen hurriedly grabbed his wrist and said, "Where are you going?"

Lu Yuanzheng tried to be calm and said, "I'll go back to school tonight."

Ye Qiuwen didn't let go, "Didn't you stay here every Sunday before?"

Lu Yuanzheng stood and took a few deep breaths. In the end, he couldn't help but ask the question he could ask, "Did you touch the letter that Xu Zhuo wrote to Ruan Xi when he was in the army?"

If Ruan Xi hadn't said that Ye Qiuwen liked Xu Zhuo and just regarded him as a substitute for Xu Zhuo, he probably wouldn't care so much about this matter. Especially when he saw Ye Qiuwen's carefree look just now, he cared even more.

As for this matter, Ye Qiuwen had been mentally prepared, and hurriedly said, "No, they said so?"

Lu Yuanzheng looked at her for a moment and said nothing.

Seeing him like this, Ye Qiuwen's eyes were instantly wet, and her tears were like crystal dewdrops. She asked with a trembling voice: "Yuanzheng, are you doubting me? Why would I touch their letters when I'm fine?"

Lu Yuanzheng's mind was shaken, and he suddenly felt that he shouldn't doubt her like this. They had experienced so many ups and downs, and had persisted for so many years until now. At this point, is it all fake?

He calmed down a little, held his breath and looked at Ye Qiuwen, and said, "Qiuwen, I'm not doubting you, I just don't want you to be wronged. Since you didn't do this, come with me to find them and make it clear."

Clarify this matter, don't bear this stigma, and let him be sure that she has never liked Xu Zhuo, and there is only him in her heart, from beginning to end.

Ye Qiuwen pursed her lips, "But I don't want to see Ruan Xi again, you saw it with your own eyes last time, what kind of person she is. She made me fall to this point today, I can't afford to provoke her, can't I hide?"

Speaking of the last time, Lu Yuanzheng thought about it, and then said, "But last time... you took the initiative to provoke her..."

He remembered very clearly that Ruan Xi wanted to pretend that she didn't know Ye Qiuwen at that time, and it was Ye Qiuwen who first provoked Ruan Xi. If Ye Qiuwen hadn't provoked her, she wouldn't have said a word to Ye Qiuwen.

A trace of panic flashed across Ye Qiuwen's face, and she hurriedly said, "I saw her being so embarrassed, and I couldn't help but say a few words. But you also saw that she is not someone who can be talked about. I will never dare to provoke her again."

Lu Yuanzheng took a breath, "Don't worry, I'm here, I won't let her bully you."

Ye Qiuwen pursed her lips and looked at Lu Yuanzheng, and found that he really wanted her to go to Xu Zhuo and Ruan Xi to make things clear. It was as if this matter had pierced his heart, and he would feel uncomfortable if she didn't go to make it clear.

If she found more excuses to avoid going, he would definitely suspect that she was guilty.

Of course she could feel that he had already suspected her just now.

If she didn't go, the relationship between her and Lu Yuanzheng would definitely be affected by this incident. Lu Yuanzheng was now her last straw, and she couldn't let Lu Yuanzheng have any doubts or distrust of her.

Anyway, no one saw her burning or breaking the letter, so as long as she didn't admit it, what could Xu Zhuo and Ruan Xi do? If she

made it clear in person and dispelled Lu Yuanzheng's doubts, the matter would be completely over.

If she didn't go, this matter would be like a thorn between her and Lu Yuanzheng, and it would flare up and prick both of them from time to time, and sooner or later, their relationship would be in trouble.

So she nodded to Lu Yuanzheng, "Okay."

Ruan Xi and Xu Zhuo's coordinated words worked very well. Lu Yuanzheng seemed to be more anxious than Ruan Xi. He went to find Xu Zhuo before Sunday, and then Xu Zhuo came to find Ruan Xi. The four of them made an appointment to meet outside.

Before leaving in the evening, Ruan Xi tidied up in the dormitory.

After tidying up, she put on her bag and rode out of the school and went directly to the western restaurant.

The waiter of the western restaurant still took her to the private room where she stayed on Sunday. She reached out and grasped the door handle and turned it. The door of the private room opened in front of her. Ruan Xi looked in and saw Xu Zhuo, Lu Yuanzheng and Ye Qiuwen were already inside.

Lu Yuanzheng and Ye Qiuwen were polite. When they saw her coming, they stood up with Xu Zhuo.

But Ruan Xi didn't have the slightest polite expression on her face, and she didn't even look at Xu Zhuo and Lu Yuanzheng.

Her eyes were filled with a strong chill, and she had been staring at Ye Qiuwen since she entered the room.

She stared at her and walked in front of her. The next second after she stopped, Ruan Xi raised her hand with a dark face, and when everyone in the box was off guard, she slapped Ye Qiuwen's face accurately and fiercely.

Snap! !

The palm slapped across the face with a crisp sound, and the waiter next to her was frightened and immediately widened his eyes -

didn't he come here for a party and dinner? What kind of meeting etiquette is this? !

Caught off guard, Ye Qiuwen was stunned for a moment, pain exploded on her face, fingerprints burst out on her skin, and the whole person was stunned where she was.

Seeing Ye Qiuwen being beaten, Lu Yuanzheng instinctively rushed over to protect Ye Qiuwen, but before he could get in front of Ye Qiuwen, Xu Zhuo pulled him over, locked his arms and pressed him against the wall.

Xu Zhuo held him down and told the waiter, "You go out first, we have something to deal with privately."

The waiter was so scared that he dared not intervene and quickly closed the door and ran away.

Lu Yuanzheng was pinned down by Xu Zhuo and couldn't move. After struggling for a few times, he shouted angrily: "Xu Zhuo, Ruan Xi, what do you mean?! Is this what you said to talk it over in person?! Is that what you said?! Let me go!! Bastard!!!"

Ruan Xi ignored Lu Yuanzheng and stared at Ye Qiuwen with cold eyes. She asked her: "Ling Yao, do you know this name?"