Dad's life

2020.

Winter.

A heavy snow suddenly fell, dressing the city in a thick white coat.

After two days of clearing up the sky, the cold air from the east caused a sudden drop in temperature. Overnight, all the ice and snow on the road that had not melted was frozen into slush.

Qin Muxue dragged her light-colored suitcase and slowly walked to the airport exit with the flow of people.

Then his eyes lit up, a joyful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he quickly waved his hand and said, "Yu Hui, late Tang Dynasty"

"詩雪"

The two women wearing down jackets were also very happy.

Quickly stepped forward, one person gave Qin Jixue a big hug and said, "You are finally back. I thought you had forgotten us good sisters and settled in the Magic City from now on."

"I can't bear to leave you!?"

Qin Xuexue smiled and replied, "I just finished the divorce procedures and rushed back to see you immediately."

Long time no see.

Qin Jixue was also extremely happy to see her two good girlfriends again.

Even the gloomy mood caused by the recent divorce was diluted a lot. The three of them walked out of the airport together. Qin Jixue’s feet stepped on the ground with ice residue, making a crunching sound.

Get in the car of a good sister.

The three of them drove towards a familiar restaurant.

"How was it?"

Yu Hui chuckled and said, "Does it feel like a world away?"

"Yeah"

Through the car window, Qin Jixue looked at the scenery on both sides of the road and couldn't help but nodded, saying, "The old houses here are gone, modern residential areas have been built, and the roads have become wider."

Looking at familiar places, everything becomes strange.

Qin Jixue is a little disappointed.

The past has really passed. Even if we return to the starting point, the memories cannot overlap again.

As the car entered the urban area, Qin Jixue discovered that time can really change countless inherent things.

The No. 1 middle school I studied in was demolished and turned into a high-rise building.

The First People's Hospital has been moved to a remote location, and the particularly prosperous commercial street in my memory has quietly disappeared. It was probably moved to another place by the city government.

"Xue Xue, are you really not leaving when you come back this time?"

Tang Mo, who was driving, suddenly asked.

"Not leaving"

Qin Jixue thought for a moment and replied.

"Is this right!"

Yu Hui looked at Qin Xuexue's arm with a smile, and said jokingly, "There are so many good men in Ningyang City, why would you want to be a stepmother for others? You are so beautiful, and you have to leave the advantage to us men in Ningyang City."<

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"Dead girl"

Qin Jixue immediately got into trouble with Yu Hui, who spoke out loud.

While they were laughing and joking, the three of them came to a restaurant called "Hakka Fragrance". It was already half past eleven, and there were many guests in the restaurant. The three of them found a private room and sat down.

Qin Muxue drank a few sips of boiled water.

After the chill on my body subsided, I took off my jacket and put it on the back of the seat.

Her return flight was scheduled for the day before yesterday, but the flight was delayed due to weather, and she had to stay at the airport for a day. She was able to come back as she wished this morning after her flight was normal.

"Try it quickly, this is your favorite braised pig's trotters"

Yu Hui picked up a big pig's trotter and placed it in front of Qin Xue, saying.

"Good"

Qin Jixue didn't want to be polite to her good sisters and rolled up her sleeves.

"Xue, let me tell you"

Tang Mo sat aside and said with a smile, "Yu Hui is not that kind to her husband, let alone picking up food. Last time we came to dinner together, her husband drank two more beers and she was so fierce that he didn't even dare to look up.

I can’t laugh or cry”

"Don't talk about me, what about you?"

Yu Hui retorted directly, saying, "Your husband was yelled at by you for a few minutes just as he took out his cigarette case. If I hadn't stopped him, your husband would have been scolded for how long."

"How long?"

Tang Mo raised his eyebrows, made a small gesture, and said, "He deserves to be scolded by me for staying so late at night."

Listen to this.

Qin Jixue and Yu Hui were stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.

A meal.

It ended in this non-vegetarian conversation and laughter.

Got out of the box.

When Qin Muxue walked to the checkout counter with her suitcase, her whole body froze on the spot, and even her mind started to sway.

A moment.

She kept holding the suitcase handle with one hand and stepping forward with one foot.

Just stare blankly at the person in front of you.

She is very familiar with this person, so familiar that she can clearly understand each other's breath and the rhythm of their heartbeats.

But this person is standing there now.

It actually gave her an unprecedented sense of strangeness.

What was strange was not that he had grown a beard that she had never seen before, nor that his facial features were getting deeper and deeper, but that the distance between his temperament and the world was so close.

It turns out.

In these six fading years, not only the face of the city has changed, but also a person has gradually changed.

Qin Jixue can be sure.

Not only did he see him, he also saw himself.

But when his eyes fell on her face, it disappeared in a blink of an eye, as if nothing had happened, and what he saw in his eyes was just a stranger whom he had never met.

"What are you looking at?"

Yu Hui patted Qin Xue from behind.

"Nothing"

Qin Jixue looked at the figure that had left, with a bitter smile on her lips.

Life is really mysterious.

Before coming back.

She had thought that she would see that man again in Ningyang, a city with a population of more than three million.

But I never thought about it.

As soon as we got off the plane, we met at this restaurant that we used to love.

It's just that this sudden encounter caught Qin Jixue a little off guard. A polite greeting disappeared before she could say it.

The three of them left the hotel.

Qin Jixue looked around subconsciously.

"It seems to be Li Mu"

This time not only Qin Xue saw the man who opened the car door and was about to drive away, but Yu Hui and Tang Mo also saw him.

Tang Mo whispered something, and then paid attention to her sister's face. As she expected, her sister had a complicated face and acted very uneasy. She probably knew what Qin Muxue was going to ask, so Tang Mo said, "Listen

Those people who often come out in the group said that Li Mu is now the director of an advertising company, with a very high annual salary."

"Very good"

Qin Jixue nodded and responded.

Her eyes were fixed on the vehicle that was getting further away from the beginning to the end.

For a moment.

Her soul, which had been replaced by material desires, was like a frozen lake that suddenly opened a gap, revealing a small figure lying in a cradle.

That's her son.

He is her and Li Mu’s son.

He was only one year old when he left. Six years later, he is now seven years old.

It’s time to go to kindergarten.

Thinking of my son.

Qin Jixue, who had always thought that she was a wolf-hearted woman, inexplicably felt a tearing pain in her heart, and her breathing became difficult, as if someone was pinching her throat to prevent her from breathing.
Squat down.

Qin Jixue held the suitcase and waited for a long time before gradually recovering.

"Of course, mom is back"

Standing in the freezing cold wind.

In front of a restaurant called "Hakka Fragrance", Qin Muxue murmured to herself.