In the evening, Chi Rui took a shower and sat under the desk lamp.
I took out my winter vacation homework and prepared to finish it. When I picked up the pen, my eyes accidentally fell on the plane ticket pressed by the pencil case on the corner of the table.
She paused, gently opened her pencil case, and took the plane ticket in her hand.
Looking at the destination on the ticket, she remembered the expression that instantly turned cold when Ye Minghan saw the ticket during the day. She couldn't help but frown and sighed in distress.
Going back to Xuancheng during the winter vacation was something I had agreed with Roy Yi at the beginning, and her mother also wanted her to go back to her hometown for the New Year.
Although she was reluctant to leave here, she missed everyone in South City after being away for more than half a year.
But Brother Han...
The man's gloomy face appeared in front of him, and Chi Rui bit her lip in grievance.
She seemed to... make Brother Han angry again...
The girl took a deep breath, put down the plane ticket, opened her pencil case, took out a pen, and started doing her winter vacation homework.
But no matter how hard she tried to concentrate, she couldn't help but get distracted, and her learning efficiency was inevitably much lower.
Looking at the last big question, she thought for a moment, folded the paper, took her pen and walked out of the room.
Looking at the room opposite, where light was leaking out from under the door, she took a deep breath, bent her fingers and knocked on the door.
"Brother Han, are you there?" she called softly.
I knocked a few more times, but heard no response.
Is he so angry that he doesn't want to pay attention to her?
Chi Rui hesitated at the door for a moment, looking at the door handle. Finally, she mustered up her courage, grasped the handle and tried to turn it.
The door was not locked, so she gently pushed it open.
"I'm coming in."
She raised her voice as she walked in.
This was the first time Chi Rui entered Ye Minghan’s room.
But the moment I stepped into his room, a strange sense of familiarity arose from the bottom of my heart, as if I had been here many times.
The furnishings and arrangements in the room, and even the chandelier on the ceiling, gave her an inexplicable sense of familiarity, which slightly relaxed her tense mood.
Maybe I came to his room when I was a kid?
Has nothing changed over the years?
Thinking of this, Chi Rui walked in.
I didn't see anyone in the room, but I could hear the sound of water splashing in the bathroom.
It turns out that I didn't answer her just now because I was taking a shower...
The bathroom door is made of frosted glass, through which you can see a blurry figure, with misty water vapor seeping through it.
Looking at the door and imagining the man taking a shower under the shower head, Chi Rui blushed slightly and held the pen in her hand awkwardly.
Realizing she had been staring at the glass door, she hastily looked away.
Should she wait here for him to come out?
Chi Rui thought in a conflicted manner, what if... what if Brother Han came out without any clothes on?
Thinking of that scene, she covered her face shyly.
“Pah—”
The pen in his hand fell to the floor, then rolled to the side of the bed and was stopped by a box.
The box was placed beside the bed, half opened, and the contents could be vaguely seen.
Chi Rui blinked. That was...
She squatted down and reached out curiously, wanting to open the lid to see more clearly.
"What are you doing?!"
A scolding sounded in the quiet room, and at the same time, a black and blue figure rushed in from behind the open bathroom door.
Chi Rui was shocked.
She stood up subconsciously, but because she stood up too quickly, she accidentally stepped on the air-conditioning quilt hanging on the floor.
She felt her feet slip and her body fell backwards uncontrollably.
Ye Minghan, who had just stopped her, was about to rush over to stop her, but he was tripped by her raised foot and lost his balance.
Seeing that he was about to hit her, he quickly grabbed the girl's waist and twisted her hard.
The two of them fell on the bed, and Chi Rui pressed Ye Minghan under him.
"Ugh——" Chi Rui let out a small groan as her face hit the man's chest.
"Are you okay?" Ye Minghan also frowned, but still asked her attentively.
Chi Rui rubbed the tip of his nose and raised his head with difficulty.
The man in a blue-black bathrobe, with wet hair, was lying under her, his clothes half open, looking sexy and seductive.
She blinked and was stunned for a moment.
Not hearing a response, Ye Minghan raised his eyelashes and saw the girl staring at him with a bit of obsession in her eyes.
His heart moved, looking at her slightly red face, he couldn't help but raise his hand and gently stroke her cheek.
The girl didn't avoid him, but just lay on him obediently.
The two looked at each other quietly, their breaths stuck together, and the atmosphere was extremely ambiguous for a moment.
"Brother Han..."
In the end, it was Chi Rui who couldn't stand the atmosphere at the moment and lowered her eyes shyly.
She just lay in his arms, but she was reluctant to get up.
After two months of separation, she received postcards from him almost every day.
She thought that was enough to comfort her longing.
But at this moment, lying in his arms and smelling his pleasant scent, she realized that no matter how many postcards she had, they were not as valuable as a simple hug.
She really, really missed him, more than she thought.
Ye Minghan felt similarly.
He raised his hand and stroked the girl's soft long hair, somewhat greedy for the tranquility and warmth of the moment.
But the shadow of her impending departure still loomed in his heart.
He pursed his lips and finally couldn't help but ask: "Are you really leaving?"
Chi Rui was stunned for a moment, then realized what he was asking and felt helpless.
She leaned lightly on his chest, her fingertips gently pulling the velvet of his bathrobe, and hummed slightly, feeling a little guilty.
After she nodded, she didn't hear his answer, and couldn't help but want to look up at him, but the man suddenly grabbed her shoulders.
After a while of flipping, the two switched positions.
Chi Rui looked at the man who was pressing on her with his hands on her face, and couldn't help swallowing.
His dark eyes were heavy and looked particularly fierce.
"Brother Han..." she called him weakly.
The man's eyes were burning. "What if I let you stay?"
Chi Rui was stunned, his eyes flickering.
Under the man's gaze, she hesitated again and again, and finally said: "I...I will be back after the New Year, and I still have a lot of homework to do."
The main thing is that she has already promised her mother and Yi Yi and the others, and she can't go back on her word...
Ye Minghan narrowed his eyes, anger bubbling in his eyes.
He didn't say anything else, just straightened up and sat silently on the edge of the bed.
Chi Rui glanced at him, sat up from the bed, and looked at his back with some uneasiness.
"Brother Han?"
"Get out." Ye Minghan's voice was cold.
Chi Rui was stunned, looking at his indifferent back, and her nose suddenly felt sour.
"Brother Han..."
Ye Minghan frowned, turned around, and seeing her red eyes, he finally softened his heart.
"Go back to your room."
He retracted his gaze, controlling himself not to look at her, but his voice did slow down a bit.
Chi Rui sniffed, bent down to pick up the pen that fell on the ground, and looked at him cautiously again.
The man sat on the edge of the bed with his back to her, not even looking at her.
Chi Rui bit her lip a little aggrieved.
"Then I'll go first." She looked at him and said.
Seeing that he didn't move, didn't speak or look back, she lowered her head in frustration and turned to leave his room.
When he heard the sound of the door closing, Ye Minghan finally couldn't hold it anymore and turned around to look at the door.
But at this moment, the door was closed and the girl's figure had disappeared outside the door.
He pursed his lips, raised his foot, and kicked the stool beside the bed with force, overturning it with a loud bang.
It was clearly him who let her go, so why was he the one who was depressed and sad?
He walked to the cabinet, took out the cigarettes at the bottom, and started smoking one by one.
On the other side, Chi Rui returned to the room.
She walked to the desk and just picked up her phone when WeChat notification sounds started to ring.
It was Roy Yi and her friends who got the news from her and knew that she was going back.
They sent her messages one after another, asking her when she would arrive in South City and wanting to ask her out during the New Year.
Finally her mother sent a message as well.
She said she had already arranged all the work and would pick her up at the airport that day, and asked her to call her when she arrived.
Chi Rui sighed, replied to them one by one, then turned off the lights, lay on the bed and covered his head with the quilt.
Two days later, Chi Rui took a car to the airport.
Until the Ye family mansion disappeared from her sight, she did not see Ye Minghan appear.
She silently withdrew her gaze and listened to An Xin scolding her son. She smiled and shook her head to hide the loneliness in her eyes.
Ye Minghan stood on the balcony, watching Chi Rui and her friends' car disappear on the avenue, with a gloomy and cold look in his dark eyes.
In the end, he just pulled the corners of his mouth slightly and revealed a self-deprecating smile.
He could never keep her, in the past and now.
***
"Ahan, Ruirui is going home."
In the living room, the woman squatted in front of the boy and reached out to touch his hair, but he dodged her.
Looking at the boy's fierce and violent eyes like a lone wolf, she couldn't help but be stunned. She hadn't seen her son show such an expression for a long time.
An Xin felt helpless.
Although she was reluctant to leave Xiao Chi Rui, she was still so young, how could she stay at her home forever? For her healthy growth, she had to return to her family.
What's more, Liu Manzhi needs her daughter the most right now.
"Ahan..."
"Go away! I said no, and that's it!"
The little boy had a stern face and stared coldly at his mother, holding the little girl tightly in his arms as if she were protecting food.
Little Chi Rui leaned in his arms, feeling a little confused and at a loss.
"Ahan, can you please let your sister go first?" An Xin coaxed him patiently, "You will scare her."
"Brother Han..."
The little girl called him softly, her voice filled with anxiety.
The boy bit his lip, loosened his grip a little, and let her go, but his hand was still holding her tightly.
"Would you like to stay?" He lowered his eyebrows and looked at Xiao Chi Rui.
The boy, who had never cried even when he was homeless and almost starving to death, now had red eyes.
Little Chi Rui looked at him, tears welling up in her beautiful almond-shaped eyes.
She also couldn't bear to leave her brother Han, her aunts and uncles.
But, she missed her parents so much... She hadn't seen them for a long time...
"As long as you stay, I'll give you whatever you want!"
The boy held her hand tightly, "Models, toys, playgrounds... and skirts... You can let me wear them if you want..."
The usually proud and strong young master now had red eyes and begged in a low voice without any bottom line.
Little Chi Rui looked at him with tearful eyes, then looked at An Xin beside her, sobbing and looking at a loss.
An Xin also had a headache, so she had to speak sternly: "Ahan, Rui Rui will come to our house again in the future. Her mother will be here soon. You are the older brother, so you can't be so willful."
"Madam, Miss Rui's mother is here." At this time, Butler Chen walked in and said.
An Xin's eyes lit up, "Manzhi is here? Where is she?"
"Outside, parking the car."
"Mother……"
Hearing their words, Xiao Chi Rui couldn't help but look outside the door, with longing and desire revealed in his little deer eyes.
She hasn't seen her parents for a long time...
The young man standing next to her pursed his lips.
He gradually loosened the strength in his hands, and a gloomy blackness surged in his deep eyes.
"Rui Rui, your mother is here." An Xin smiled slightly.
As soon as she finished speaking, a slender figure appeared at the door.
"Rui Rui." She called softly.
That familiar voice was as gentle as in his memory. Xiao Chi Rui's face lit up with joy and he ran towards her.
"Mom!" she cried joyfully.
The woman had already opened her arms and pulled her daughter into her arms, hugging her tightly.
"Rui Rui, my dear daughter, mommy misses you so much..."
"Mom, I miss you too."
An Xin looked at the scene of the mother and daughter meeting each other and wiped her eyes sentimentally.
The young man who was stopped by her looked at Xiao Chi Rui and her mother, then lowered his head and looked at his hand that had been pulled away.
The palms of my hands are empty, with nothing left and not a trace of warmth left.
Just like his heart at this moment.
He slowly clenched his fists and raised his eyelashes again.
His eyes were fixed on the small figure, and his pupils were as deep as the sea, totally unlike what a nine-year-old child should look like.
Liu Manzhi did not leave immediately. She sat in the Ye family for a while, drinking afternoon tea and chatting with An Xin.
Little Chi Rui kept sticking to her, hugging her arms tightly, as if she was afraid that her mother would suddenly disappear again.
The young man sitting opposite them stared at them with his dark eyes. He remained silent as he watched little Chi Rui eat the snacks her mother fed her.
Although a lot of things happened to Liu Manzhi, she didn't say much in front of the children.
After sitting for a while and expressing his gratitude to An Xin, he prepared to leave.
She went to the garage to drive the car, and Xiao Chi Rui was left waiting at the door.
"Are you really leaving?"
The boy stood behind the little girl, looking at her intently.
The little girl pinched her fingers, feeling a little guilty, but due to blood ties and the fact that they had been separated for so long, she missed her parents more.
Of course, she also couldn't bear to leave the little brother she had lived with for more than half a year.
"Brother Han, I will come back to see you."
She said softly, "When I get back, I'll ask Dad to buy a house next to yours, and then we can be neighbors! We can see each other every day."
She fancied it, and became happier the more she spoke. "What do you think?"
"Wouldn't it be better if you just stayed here?" The young man looked at her deeply, trying to persuade her to stay.
"But mom said no..."
“Can’t you stay for me?” The boy clenched his fists.
The little girl pinched her fingers, frowned slightly, and looked at him with some embarrassment.
"Rui Rui, get in the car!"
At this time, Liu Manzhi's car had already driven over.
"Brother Han, I will come back to see you!"
Little Chi Rui was carried into the car by her mother. She lay on her mother's shoulders, waving her little hands and shouting loudly to her.
The young boy, who had just been begging her to stay, now just stood there in silence.
He watched her from afar until her figure completely disappeared in the car. Their car drove out of the gate and disappeared completely. He kept watching her, and even when An Xin saw him going back to the house, he didn't listen.
That stubborn and forbearing look seemed as if he was still expecting the little sister he was thinking about would suddenly change her mind.
It was not until night fell that the butler and the servants came to him cautiously, "Master Han..."
He didn't respond, just looked at him indifferently, turned around, and went straight to the room where he usually played games.
He kicked the door open and walked straight to the cabinet where the models were placed.
The boy opened the door of the glass display cabinet, took out the models one by one, and threw them on the ground at random.
"Master Han, I can't bear to part with this..."
He ignored the butler's attempts to stop him and stepped on the model he once cherished so much, crushing it like he was stepping on his own heart...
***
Night slowly fell, Ye Minghan sat in the room, looking at the cardboard box at his feet.
In the cardboard box, the model that had been stepped on to pieces had been glued together again. It looked intact, but in fact it was covered with scars.
On the model, there is a yellowed and old notebook.
He picked up the notebook, flipped through it casually, and threw it back into the box.
Wiping his face with his palm, he lay back on the bed, looking at the orange sky outside, and couldn't help thinking: That girl should have arrived in South City by now, right?
Ye Minghan turned over in bed, and after a while, turned to the other side.
Finally, I couldn't help it and reached for my phone to check.
"Flight xxxx, affected by the cold weather, made an emergency landing in City S. It is expected to take off again around 2 a.m."
Ye Minghan was startled and sat up suddenly.
Emergency landing? What happened? He frowned, thought for a moment, and opened WeChat.
Chi Rui did not send him any new messages. The last message was a message to report safety before boarding the plane in the morning.
Ye Minghan pursed his lips, stood up and walked around the room twice with some uneasiness.
But after thinking about it, he felt that something was wrong.
That girl left despite his attempts to keep her, so why was he still so concerned about her?
Thinking of this, he threw his cell phone on the bed, walked to the glass table, took out a cigarette, put it in his mouth, lit it with a lighter, and took a deep puff.
Just puffing out cigarettes could not relieve the anxiety in his heart.
He frowned, walked to the wine cabinet, took out a bottle of wine, poured it into the glass and drank it down.
However, after drinking a glass of wine, he still couldn't suppress his anxiety.
"Oh shit!"
He slammed his glass down, walked back and picked up his phone.
After hesitating for a moment, he clicked into Chi Rui's photo album and took a look.
The girl just updated her status ten minutes ago.
She posted a picture showing a gray sky outside the floor-to-ceiling window of the airport.
Little by little, tiny snowflakes fell from the air and were blown away by the whistling wind.
In the circle of friends, the girl who always appears sunny and bright, now added the following words to this picture: "This winter is so cold."
It was just a simple sentence, but it made all of Ye Minghan's pride and persistence collapse.
He grabbed his coat, threw it on, and rushed out of the room.
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