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The fire burning faintly in the body was suddenly extinguished by a basin of cold water.
Another message came from the other end of the phone.
"Will you come to the class reunion tomorrow?"
His eyes were fixed on those ordinary words, and Xu Liang was unable to concentrate for a moment.
An inexplicable soreness suddenly arose, and Xu Liang lost all his mood.
She no longer thought about the nursing home, nor about what happened between her and Qi Yu.
Just turned off the phone.
However, the people in the other room seemed to have seen the group chat message as well, and Xu Liang heard footsteps getting closer.
A familiar knock on the door sounded accurately, and the person outside called her softly, "Xiao Liang."
The name at this moment was like an antigen that suddenly changed, becoming sensitive again in her, and even causing a more severe reaction.
Xu Liang was inexplicably angry.
I didn't want to respond to the person outside the door, but that person kept chasing me.
"Xiaojing? Going to bed so early?"
Her own voice was already quite harsh to her ears.
Xu Liang blamed everything on Qi Yu.
It was he who tainted everything about her with his aura, making many of her body's behaviors resemble his.
It's so abominable!
Xu Liang responded irritably, "What?"
The person outside the door was silent for two seconds, then his tone calmed down: "I want to ask if you want to go to the class reunion tomorrow."
I can't wait.
If you want to go, just go. Why do you have to ask her?
"If you want to go, just reply in the group. Why ask me?" Xu Liang's attitude became even more impatient.
There was another pause outside the door. He didn't rush to continue the topic, but checked to see if the door was locked.
Then Xu Liang heard the sound of the doorknob being turned, and suddenly a wide sound wave poured into his ears.
She subconsciously turned her head, met the man's gaze in panic, and then quickly looked away.
He wanted to act as if nothing had happened, but Qi Yu's body wasn't cooperating.
Her cheeks were flushed and her facial muscles were slightly tense. She didn't look relaxed at all.
The owner of this body saw through her abnormality in a second.
He stood beside the bed and stared at it for a while, his eyes slightly narrowed, as if he was thinking about something.
She was still holding her phone in her right hand, but the screen had automatically turned off.
Three seconds later, they both spoke at the same time.
"I didn't do anything wrong, did I?"
"Did I let you in?"
Xu Liang's tone was obviously not very good.
The man standing beside the bed relaxed his eyes temporarily and returned to normal.
But his eyes slowly focused, with a hint of calmness.
He walked over and was about to sit down, but Xu Liang didn't give him any chance.
"Go out, I'm going to sleep."
She stretched out her hand to block the space on the bed where she could sit, but still stubbornly refused to look him in the eye.
But Xu Liang could vaguely feel the burning gaze from him.
As if in a fit of anger, she recalled the two messages and pursed her lips slightly: "Let's go. I don't have anything to do tomorrow anyway. After all, it's someone I haven't seen for several years. I might as well go and see him."
She regretted speaking after she finished speaking, and she felt that every word she said was sour.
It’s so strong, so strong that it makes my teeth feel sour.
She didn’t know if Qi Yu noticed anything unusual about her. She only heard him say “OK” and then leave.
Looking at the messages in the group chat, he had already replied using her account.
"Qi Yu and I will both be there."
Xu Liang felt the anger in his heart growing heavier.
He secretly tsk-tsk-tsked. Was he afraid that she wouldn't reply for him?
He had to bring himself along.
It’s really my sweetheart whom I haven’t seen for many years. I can’t wait to see him.
The air in his chest swirled around, stirring up the bitterness hidden within.
Xu Liang's eyes suddenly felt sore and his mood hit rock bottom.
If she lay there for another second, she felt her emotions would get out of control, so she quickly got up and rushed to the bathroom to take a shower.
In the relatively small space, with only the monotonous sound of water in my ears, my mind couldn't help but be filled with thoughts.
Since he wanted to see that person so much, why did he come to bother her during this period?
He called her "Xiaojing" all the time and showed his concern for her again and again.
There shouldn't have been a section for sugar next to the coffee machine, and he shouldn't have written something about eating in moderation.
He shouldn't have taken her roses back, nor should he have bought new ones.
He shouldn't have to cook for her just because they lived together, and he shouldn't have let her get used to him being responsible for her meals.
He shouldn't have listened to her so much and said so straightforwardly that he wanted to integrate humanities into his technology.
The most inappropriate thing is——
It made her really fall in love with him.
Xu Liang tilted her head back, and all the water rushed to her face. She couldn't see the expression of this body at the moment, but she guessed that it was not in good condition.
His shoulders trembled slightly, but Xu Liang still refused to open his eyes.
She remembered what Song Ying said.
"Xiaojing, why do you have to deceive yourself like this?"
"I just hope you can either move on and get into another relationship, or take this opportunity to find your true self."
"Just keep talking tough, I think you still have feelings for him."
Self-deception...
She was very reluctant to admit it.
In her accustomed understanding, Qi Yu and she were people who went in opposite directions.
They only had intersections because their parents met by chance, and they only had intersections because they had been classmates for many years. It was because of the exchange of souls that they still had intersections until now.
All their conflicts were caused by external factors and had nothing to do with themselves.
She also doesn't want to like someone who will always have conflicts with her. That kind of relationship is too tiring.
But now she found that this was not something she could control.
She really wanted to continue to deny it, really wanted to continue to pretend that she knew nothing, really wanted Qi Yu to continue to be cold and aggressive towards her as before.
That would make her feel comfortable hating him.
But her emotions betrayed her.
I really want to continue to push all of this onto Qi Yu.
The burning sensation in the corners of her eyes completely defeated her.
Xu Liang had no idea how much time had passed before she finally came out of the shower.
Standing in front of the mirror, she stared at her appearance in a trance.
This face still overlapped with her first impression.
Under the full and broad forehead is a nose bridge as straight as a spine, under the thick eyebrows are a pair of deep eyes, and the smooth facial lines converge downwards to form a clear and neat jawline without any redundancy.
The beautiful lip shape wrapped in the soft flesh inside became the most eye-catching part of the entire face, at least in Xu Liang's eyes.
The only difference is that this face has completely lost its former youthfulness and has become sharp and steady.
Xu Liang noticed that the corners of her eyes were slightly red, and the discomfort in his heart did not subside at all.
She suddenly had a bad thought: she owned this body, she was now his closest person, she was familiar with every breath of his, and even his physiological reactions, so should he be hers?
But this thought was quickly dispelled from Xu Liang's mind.
This isn't her at all.
She would rather not have it than force it.
That night, Xu Liang couldn't sleep.
Song Ying also responded in the class group, saying that she would go, and even came over to tell her that she would go with them.
Zhao Jingshu sent two more question marks, asking Qi Yu why he didn't reply to the message.
Xu Liang didn't reply a single word.
In the end, I felt that the phone was too noisy, so I turned on the Do Not Disturb function.
She was just lying on the bed.
Thoughts were flying around in my head.
On the one hand, she wanted to hide her feelings for Qi Yu again, but on the other hand, she wanted to face it honestly.
Just like Song Ying said, if she can't truly recognize it and face it completely, she will be trapped in her feelings for him forever.
Maybe it will be the same in the next six years.
In the next six years, will she find new reasons to hate him?
The darkness outside the window has begun to brighten up a bit.
At half past five, Xu Liang simply got up.
I washed up quietly, without making coffee or eating breakfast.
While Qi Yu was still asleep, she took the address she had written two days ago and went out.
…
Just as Qi Yu described that day, this place is filled with traces of time.
It is far away from the hustle and bustle of the city center and is quite sparsely populated.
Xu Liang searched for a long time before he found the building. There was no elevator and every step of the stairs was covered with dust.
Xu Liang had just taken a few steps when the phone in his pocket suddenly rang.
My body suddenly shuddered.
Seeing the caller, she pursed her lips, hesitating whether to answer the call.
I was worried that he would keep calling, so I finally picked up the phone.
"what?"
The attitude is still not that good.
The person on the other end asked her where she had been. Xu Liang didn't want him to know she was here alone, so he just casually said, "I came out for morning exercise."
She heard Qi Yu breathe a sigh of relief, and then said, "Then I'll wait for you to come back and make breakfast."
“No thanks.” Xu Liang refused without hesitation: “I’m not going back. Let’s meet at the restaurant where we’re having the party tonight.”
After saying that, she simply hung up the phone and turned on the Do Not Disturb mode.
After regaining his composure, Xu Liang went up to the floor, glanced at the rusty house number, and walked straight to the back.
Finally, I stood in front of the door with peeling paint, and could smell the distinct smell of rust.
She was about to knock on the door, but before her hand could touch it, the door opened.
The person who opened the door was a woman with a very haggard face. When the woman saw her, she was also stunned for a moment.
"Who are you?" the woman took a step back and asked cautiously.
Xu Liang suppressed his expression and tried to speak softly, "Hello, I'm Qi Yu, a friend of the family of the victim in the car accident a year ago."
The woman froze, followed by an unnatural sense of guilt. She neither invited anyone in nor drove them away.
It seems that he doesn't know what to do.
Xu Liang sensed her fear and whispered, "Don't worry, I don't have any other intentions. I just came here today because I have some questions I want to discuss with you."
…
An hour later, Xu Liang returned to the car.
He looked tense and in no hurry to leave.
In addition to what Qi Yu told her, the woman also learned some new information: the money Zhang Qilin sent could not save her child, and now the woman has lost everything and is doing odd jobs in a factory.
The woman wanted to see her husband and tell him that the child was gone, but he refused to see her no matter what. She wanted someone to help pass on the message, but he refused to listen.
Xu Liang just felt strange.
Don't see anyone and don't listen to any messages.
Is it because I feel too guilty about the car accident?
Doesn't he worry about his sick child at all?
If it was really as Qi Yu guessed, and it was Zhang Qilin who instructed him to hit his grandparents, would he be willing to see Zhang Qilin?
When his thoughts reached this point, Xu Liang recalled the prison where the perpetrator was taken.
I turned the steering wheel in time and turned on the navigation.
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