Huo Qinian waited until dark before driving to the North District of A Garden.

He always remembered the old lady who was always nagging when he met her in the community last time. Huo Qinian certainly didn't take such a person seriously, but he knew that he had to consider Su Yunbai more.

In fact, if he hadn't considered Su Yunbai's thoughts, Huo Qinian really wanted to beat the gongs and drums to let everyone know his existence. After all, he was not a disgrace.

But if he really dared to do so, Su Yunbai might really be irritated.

He didn't want her to misunderstand him again.

Don't be impatient, take it slowly. Su Yunbai's temperament can't be forced, it takes time to boil the frog...

Huo Qinian continued to persuade himself.

In the night, his eyes were deep and calm, as if he was sure of victory.

Before getting off the car, Huo Qinian took another look at his phone.

The interface of the phone stopped at a Weibo post. The blogger's name was "Future Tavern World Nanbowan" - this was Xu Jinzhi's Weibo.

More than an hour ago, Xu Jinzhi posted a Weibo post with a picture of a table full of dishes, and no one entered. But in the lower right corner of the picture, there was a hand that was arranging the dishes. This hand was thin and slender, and there was a small mole near the wrist bone.

This was Su Yunbai's hand.

Huo Qinian easily judged from this picture that Su Yunbai invited her friends to her house for a small gathering to celebrate her birthday.

Given the friendship between her and her friends, the party might not have ended after more than an hour.

Since the party has not ended, he will definitely run into her friends later.

Huo Qinian was a little distressed.

It seemed that all of Su Yunbai's friends had a bad impression of him.

How should he behave then?

Huo Qinian thought carefully in his mind and felt that he had an idea. Then he picked up the gift box on the passenger seat, opened the door and got out of the car.

After closing the car door, he glanced around and vaguely saw a black car not far away.

Limited edition of M... Huh? Ah Cheng bought a new car to celebrate something some time ago. Is it this model?

It was completely dark. Although the lighting in the parking lot at the north gate was not bad, the vision was still not comparable to that in the daytime. Huo Qinian just glanced at it and didn't take it to heart.

All his attention was on the next thing.

Huo Qinian walked along the path to Unit 3.

The greening of the northern area of ​​A Garden is very good. The community is full of evergreen shrubs and tall trees, including osmanthus trees.

This time of year at the end of October is the time when osmanthus flowers are in full bloom. Even if people can't see the shadow of osmanthus flowers when walking in the community, they can still feel the fragrance of the flowers, which is refreshing.

From a distance, two rows of tall and lush camphor trees can be seen at the door of Unit 3. They stand in a group of tall shadows in the night, looking a bit eerie.

Huo Qinian looked at them very kindly and couldn't help but quicken his pace.

When turning the corner and about to turn into the main road at the entrance of Unit 3, Huo Qinian's steps suddenly stopped.

There was someone at the entrance of the unit.

After seeing who it was, the expression on Huo Qinian's face gradually disappeared, and even showed a chill.

Su Yunbai was holding a gift box and sent Ji Cheng to the entrance of the unit, looking quite embarrassed.

Ji Cheng came to give her a birthday present. He was so polite, but she didn't invite people to come properly, and let people rush to the scene... How rude!

Su Yunbai tried to keep him again: "Why don't you stay and have dinner together? You know Yi'an and Shiyuan, and you are even more familiar with Jinzhi..."

Ji Cheng smiled and waved his hands, "No need. You will all feel uncomfortable with me here."

Su Yunbai felt even more embarrassed and couldn't help but explain: "I didn't really want to celebrate my birthday properly. It just happened to be the weekend, so we just found an excuse to have a dinner together...

" "How about I treat you to dinner another day?"

Ji Cheng looked at Su Yunbai and sighed softly: "Yunbai, you are so polite to me that I feel a little uneasy."

Su Yunbai was stunned.

Ji Cheng said: "The gift I gave you is not expensive. It's just a little thought. Can you open it and have a look? "

He pointed to the gift box in Su Yunbai's hand.

Su Yunbai was a little hesitant.

She had only opened gifts in front of her good friends.

But since Ji Cheng insisted...

Su Yunbai half-wrapped the gift box in her arms, ready to open it.

"Let me do it." Ji Cheng took the gift box, held it with both hands, and motioned Su Yunbai to open it.

Su Yunbai removed the ribbon on the top of the gift box, opened the box, revealing a smaller box inside, and a sugar painting next to it.

Su Yunbai was stunned.

She didn't notice the delicately packaged small box at all. Her eyes only fell on the sugar painting with a phoenix shape, and she couldn't take her eyes off it for a long time.

When Su Yunbai was young, the economy of City C was not booming, and the financial They were so nervous that they even delayed paying their teachers. Because of this, the two of them had a hard time.

At that time, cake shops had just emerged and the prices were very attractive. Su Yunbai was sensible since childhood. On his birthday, he never dared to ask for a cake. He would even subconsciously speed up his pace when passing by a cake shop, for fear of embarrassing Grandma Su.

Grandma Su felt sorry for Su Yunbai. She couldn't afford to give Su Yunbai an expensive cake, but she put thought into other aspects.

One of the characteristics of C City is sugar painting. Grandma Su has lived in C City for many years and knows many old people in C City. On Su Yunbai's birthday, she rode her bicycle early to an old craftsman outside the city and customized a big phoenix-shaped sugar painting for Su Yunbai.

She said that Su Yunbai was her little phoenix, and sooner or later she would fly out of this small place of C City and go to a wider stage.

Little Su Yunbai loved it very much. She held the sugar painting for a long time and didn't want to take a bite. She even held it secretly when she slept. As a result, the sugar painting melted and stained all over the quilt and body. Even the phoenix shape was not in shape.

Little Su Yunbai cried so hard because of this. Grandma Su was angry and happy, but she couldn't bear to say anything to her.

Later, the economy of City C improved, and they no longer had to afford cakes. But every year on her birthday, Grandma Su would still give her a sugar painting. Every year it was in the shape of a phoenix, but the details were changed every year.

Grandma Su's expectations for Su Yunbai were all realized later. She flew to a very big stage, but she was always thinking about the person who gave her the phoenix sugar painting.

So she flew back, wanting to stay with the old woman and accompany her until the end of her life.

Later, there was no one who could give her a phoenix sugar painting.

Not only was the person gone, but even the craft itself seemed to be rare.

Things are no longer the same, and so are people.

She had learned not to expect it, but today, she saw it again!

Su Yunbai grabbed the familiar phoenix sugar painting, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, but tears rolled down her eyes all of a sudden.

She turned her head away and wiped her eyes hard, but the tears were disobedient and kept flowing out.

Su Yunbai spoke hoarsely, her voice trembling: "I'm sorry, I just..."

Ji Cheng sighed softly.

He moved the gift box away, took a step forward, held Su Yunbai's hand holding the sugar painting, and hugged her in his arms.

Surrounded by a strange breath, Su Yunbai instinctively stiffened for a moment.

Ji Cheng's voice came from above her head: "Before the teacher left, he asked me to take care of you... I will give you the sugar paintings that you always received on your birthday in the past, okay?

" "Don't be afraid, you are not alone. "

As he said this, he let go of Su Yunbai's hand and patted her head gently.

The caring meaning of this action was too strong, and the person in his arms really softened slowly.

Or rather, she had no time to pay attention to other things.

At this moment, Su Yunbai's mind was full of those warm memories of the past, and the regrets of not being able to take care of her parents these years...

the sugar painting that was lost and found, and the old friend she would never see again.

Su Yunbai couldn't stop crying and was trembling slightly. Ji

Cheng stood up straight and restrainedly without tightening his arms. He just used himself as a wall and patted Su Yunbai's shoulder with his free hand from time to time. Even his comfort was very gentlemanly and restrained.

But at the same time, his eyes seemed to have self-awareness, passing through the heavy shadows of the trees under the light and meeting the eyes of another person at the corner.

Huo Qinian stood in the dark, using up all his strength to keep himself from making any rash moves. He felt as if he had fallen into

an ice cellar, and his heart seemed to be burning with fire, burning his entire rationality to the point of shaking.

He couldn't control his shaking, and even his teeth were trembling. The trembling sound was so loud that it seemed to be announcing it to the world. So he instinctively clenched his teeth. He gritted his teeth even though the veins on his forehead were throbbing.

Ji Cheng's actions were too obvious, and Huo Qinian couldn't even deceive himself.

They were all men, so of course he could understand the look in Ji Cheng's eyes when he looked at Su Yunbai.

It should be said that he finally stopped hiding in front of him.

His brother was hugging his wife.

Huo Qinian clenched his teeth even tighter.

Hold on! You can't go out, you can't provoke.

It's obvious that he has a sneaky heart but no guts... You'd better not help him.

Besides, Yunbai is not that kind of person.

How could she know the sinister intentions of that bastard.

You can't do any more wrong things, you can't push her further away, and you can't give Ji Cheng any chance to take advantage of you...

You have to be stable and calm.

Yunbai appreciates a calm and rational mind, not a hot-blooded person who only knows how to fight for jealousy.

Huo Qinian, Calm down! Calm down!

Calm down your mother!

Huo Qinian almost closed his eyes in pain.

He admitted that he was so jealous that he was going crazy!

He wanted to kill Ji Cheng at this moment!

And this man who abandoned brotherhood and coveted his brother's wife dared to look at him so blatantly.

He was fearless and proud of himself.

How could he? How dare he? !

Huo Qinian took a deep breath, his eyes His spirit gradually grew colder, and in the darkness he shone like a wolf.

He forced himself not to look at Su Yunbai's back, but to stare at Ji Cheng.

The night was too dark, and neither of them could see the other's expression. But both knew that the other was looking at them.

They stared at each other quietly in the night, like two wild beasts meeting on a narrow road in the hunting ground, both alert and vigilant. It seemed that as long as the other showed a little flaw, they would be in danger . If he could bite the opponent's throat with a single leap,

Su Yunbai held the gift box with great care and waved goodbye to Ji Cheng.

When her figure disappeared at the door and could no longer be seen, Ji Cheng turned around.

Huo Qinian had already walked out from the corner and stood not far away, staring at him fiercely.