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Muzhenxi fell asleep after posting on Weibo, feeling relaxed like never before, without dreams all night.

She directly took three days off from the company, rested at home the next day, and exercised in the morning. Since she moved to this community, it was the first time for her to run in the morning in the community. There are more green plants here than in the original community. Looking up, there was already a faint autumn feeling between the branches and leaves.

After breathing the fresh air, Wooden Pillow Stream went out from the gate of the community, holding his pockets in both hands, and walked aimlessly along the way. Because it was still early, she was walking on the road and saw someone walking the dog. The snow-white Samoyed had long hair, but it was very clean and was led by the owner.

Before he could come over, the dog walker took the dog to an open-air cafe on the side of the road. Wooden Pillow Stream followed, sat at the next table, and ordered coffee and bread.

The dog owner was a young girl, probably in her early twenties. While eating breakfast, she touched Samoyed's chin and head. Samoyed drilled under her hands, gentle and naughty.

Muzhenxi likes dogs, but he is too busy with get off work and the commute time is not fixed.

The dog owner noticed her gaze, looked over, and Muzhenxi showed a kind smile to the other side.

Samoyed turned his head and looked at Wooden Pillow Stream with his dark eyes.

Wooden Pillow Creek asked in an inquiring tone, "Can I touch your dog?"

The dog owner glanced at her and saw that her appearance and temperament were outstanding, and immediately agreed: "Yes."

Wooden Pillow Stream walked over, his palm fell on Samoyed's head, he stroked it softly, and then sat back in place.

Wooden Pillow Creek smiled: "Thank you."

Dog owner:"???"

Is this the end?

Wooden Pillow Creek finished drinking the coffee in the cup and continued to walk forward. She rushes to and from get off work every day, and she hasn't walked this road carefully, just to take a break to relax herself.

At noon, supervisor Yin Xiaoli called her on time: "Have you eaten lunch? Where are the people?"

Muzhenxi looked at the pot of succulent in his hand and said, "Flower and Bird Market, I'll have lunch later, I'm not hungry yet."

Yin Xiaoli: "!!"

Yin Xiaoli thought she had hallucinated and confirmed it again: "Where did you say you were?"

Wooden Pillow Creek ordered a few potted plants and said to the boss, "Just these few pots, put them up." Then he replied to Yin Xiaoli with a smile, "I think my house is too empty, so I decided to buy something to decorate it, okay?"

Yin Xiaoli: "Okay!"

Muzhenxi took the phone away, frowned and said, "It's alright, why are you yelling at me?"

Yin Xiaoli was silent in her heart for a while, before she calmly said, "I'll treat you to a big dinner tonight?"

Muzhenxi took the bag handed over by the boss and said, "I'll invite you as a reward for giving me medicine these days."

Yin Xiaoli followed his kindness: "Okay, I want to eat abalone and ginseng wings."

"Okay." Wooden Pillow Creek readily agreed.

Muzhenxi then bought two large pots of orchids and put them in the living room, because it was not easy to handle, they agreed with the store owner to deliver them to her home tomorrow. Seeing parrot sellers is very smart, but like a dog, Muxinxi is in awe of this kind of living thing, for fear that one person will kill each other if he doesn't pay attention.

By the time she came out of the flower and bird market, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon, and she was too lazy to eat not long after dinner. She took a taxi to the downstairs of Yin Xiaoli Company and sat in a nearby Starbucks.

Wooden Pillow Creek: [Have you got off work? 】

Yin Xiaoli: [There is still an hour]

Wooden pillow stream replied ok, and called out the reading software from the mobile phone to read the book to pass the time.

Yin Xiaoli pushed open the door at 5:45 and came in. At a glance, she saw the wooden pillow stream sitting on the seat by the window glass. She was bathed in the twilight, like a big cat that stretched her muscles and basked in the sun. .

Yin Xiaoli went around behind her and licked the head of Wooden Pillow Creek.

Muzhenxi turned his face unhappily, and after recognizing the person who came, he showed a helpless smile: "Have you gotten off work?"

Yin Xiaoli: "Hmm."

Wooden Pillow Creek put his foot down from the chair, stepped on the ground, and said concisely: "Go to dinner."

She was starving to death.

Yin Xiaoli was talking about abalone and ginseng wing belly, but when it came time to eat, he regretted it and hesitated in the hot pot and barbecue. Muzhenxi couldn't see it, and quickly made a decision for her: "Hot pot."

Yin Xiaoli said, "Okay."

I chose a hot pot restaurant I've been to before, because people waited for a while, and after being seated, Yin Xiaoli tickled the menu, and Muzhenxi went to adjust the sauce, respectively, the oil dish and beef sauce, and came back. At that time, I found that Yin Xiaoli looked strange.

Wooden Pillow Brook asked curiously, "What's wrong with you?"

Yin Xiaoli winked and lowered her voice: "Guess who I saw?"

The first thought of Mu Zhenxi was Xiao Jin, but her intuition told her that it should not be possible, and Yin Xiaoli's expression was a little deep, she couldn't guess it, and asked, "Who?"

Yin Xiaoli turned her body to the side and turned her eyes away to Muxianxi.

Muzhenxi rolled his eyes and found no suspicious person: "Huh?"

Yin Xiaoli directly announced the correct answer to her: "I am diagonally behind and count to the second table."

Muzhenxi followed her prompt and looked over: "The table for a man and a woman?"

Yin Xiaoli said again: "Look at that girl again, who is behind her back."

Wooden Pillow Creek frowned.

Yin Xiaoli subdued her and said, "Fang Ying."

Muzhenxi was stunned for a moment and said, "Oh." Then he lowered his head and took the iPad to see what Yin Xiaoli ordered.

Yin Xiaoli said, "That's how you react?"

Wooden Pillow Creek did not lift its head: "Otherwise?"

Yin Xiaoli said: "If it were me, I would go up and open my bows from left to right and slap her twice. She had the face to call you last time to ask for reconciliation. You see, she has caught another one now. I hope she is a liar."

Muzhenxi said perfunctorily: "Well." He raised his head, "Don't mention her, eat."

Yin Xiaoli cares more about her affairs than her own, and it will cause trouble if she cares too much. For example, now, Wooden Sleeper Creek doesn't want to hear anything about Fang Ying at all.

The dishes were placed the same, Yin Xiaoli pushed the meat towards the wooden pillow stream: "You are tired recently, eat more meat to supplement. Also, you have a bad stomach, so you can't eat too much spicy..."

Wooden Pillow Creek dined amid the chatter of the old mother.

In the middle of the way, Yin Xiaoli couldn't hold back, and walked around in front of Fang Ying. Fang Ying recognized her, but she didn't know that Yin Xiaoli knew about her cheating, and greeted her warmly.

Yin Xiaoli walked straight to Wooden Pillow Stream in her greeting, Fang Ying's smile froze on her face.

Mu Zhenxi felt that she was too naive, but she didn't accuse her, she just said, "Satisfied?"

Yin Xiaoli said, "No, at best it's just a slap in the face of her."

Muzhenxi shook his head helplessly, took out the tofu from the tomato soup with a slotted spoon, drizzled it with beef and celery sauce, and ate it slowly.

Yin Xiaoli didn't want people to ruin her mood, so she grabbed a few pieces of kelp and ate it up.

Eating and eating, she suddenly stopped and looked back at Fang Ying's position.

Mu Zhenxi raised his eyes and was surprised: "What happened to you? I was shocked."

Yin Xiaoli lowered her eyes, hiding the shock and stunned eyes, and said, "It's nothing."

She knew why she felt indescribably familiar with Xiao Jin.

Fang Ying looks like Xiao Jin twice.

She glanced at the wooden pillow stream in front of her nervously, and she dared to guarantee that the wooden pillow stream never found out about it. If she knew that eight years after she broke up, she thought she could finally come out and talk about a new girlfriend, but she still had Xiao Jin's shadow, and she would have to collapse.

I don't want to go to a new life anymore.

But if you don't say it... it doesn't seem to be good. If Muxianxi finds out by himself in the future, the consequences will be even more disastrous.

Yin Xiaoli has been absent-minded for a long time, and Muzhenxi said several words to her, but she was biting her chopsticks and saying a word, and she didn't have the investment in eating before.

Mu Zhenxi put down his chopsticks, pressed a finger on Yin Xiaoli's forehead, and stared at her: "If you have something to say, say it."

Yin Xiaoli couldn't hide under her gaze, he hesitated for a while, and decided to confess, but she planned to detour for a while.

Yin Xiaoli also put down her chopsticks and whispered, "What type of girls do you like?"

Wooden Pillow Creek: "…"

Yin Xiaoli said, "I have several options, you can choose, can you?"

Wooden Pillow Creek is inexplicable, and it should be fine.

Yin Xiaoli asked, "Do you like oval face or melon seed face?"

Wooden Pillow Creek pondered and said, "...he looks good." But Xiao Jin has a melon seed face, and the melon seed face should look better.

Yin Xiaoli: "..." She threw a knife at Muxinxi, "You can only choose one, you can't play freely."

Wooden Pillow Creek rested her chin in one hand, waiting for her to answer the question boredly.

"Big eyes or small eyes?"

"Nonsense, do you like small eyes?"

"White skin is still wheatish."

"White."

"What about your height?"

"Better than half a head shorter than me."

…

After asking a series of questions, Yin Xiaoli confirmed that Muzhenxi answered according to Xiao Jin's conditions. But at the same time, she felt a little strange. It stands to reason that Muzhenxi should show resistance when answering these questions, but instead of not, she raised her lips and smiled from time to time, looking very happy.

In the evil?

Mu Zhenxi squinted and looked at her dangerously: "Are you planning to be a matchmaker for me again?"

Yin Xiaoli hurriedly shook her head: "No."

No matter how keen she is on this matter, she will not choose this time ignorantly.

Wooden Pillow Creek asked, "What is that?"

Yin Xiaoli gritted her teeth and said, "Have you noticed that Fang Ying looks like Xiao Jin?"

Wooden Pillow Creek was suddenly stunned.

Yin Xiaoli was afraid that she would be hit hard, so she quickly added: "But you can tell from the question just now that you like this type, so it is normal for people to have similarities."

Wooden Pillow Creek didn't speak for a long time.

Yin Xiaoli was annoyed in her heart, thinking about how to remedy it.

Muzhenxi suddenly smiled and said softly, "Then you don't need to help me introduce my partner, so as not to harm a girl from a good family. It's fine for someone like me to live alone."

Yin Xiaoli said anxiously, "You can't say that—"

Wooden Pillow Creek interrupted her gently: "I've decided."

Yin Xiaoli said sadly, "If you don't try, how do you know it won't work, in case you can still like someone who doesn't look like her."

Wooden Pillow Creek looked at her quietly.

Yin Xiaoli stopped talking.

Wooden Pillow Creek paused for a few seconds and said, "Even if you didn't tell me about it, I decided to live alone in the future. I used to be afraid of being alone, but now I'm very fulfilled, and I'm much more comfortable alone."

Yin Xiaoli: "Huh?"

Muzhenxi picked up his chopsticks again, took a bite of the bamboo shoots that had just come out of the pot, and said inscrutable: "People can live on carbon dioxide..."

Yin Xiaoli knows that this sentence is from the drama "Rhino in Love". She also went to see it with Muzhenxi before, and the latter sentence is: as long as he has love.

Yin Xiaoli said, "But aren't you in a broken-hearted state now?"

Wooden Pillow Creek smiled and said, "Who said that?"

She has love, and from now on, she will have this love forever. And this time, no one can take it away.

Yin Xiaoli was confused by what she said, but Muzhenxi didn't intend to answer her, and Yin Xiaoli wouldn't understand.

After paying the bill, Muzhenxi passed by Fang Ying's table, Fang Ying's eyes accidentally cast her eyes, and her face suddenly embarrassed, Muzhenxi nodded politely to her, and then walked away without looking sideways.

Yin Xiaoli followed behind her. Seeing her fast footsteps and free and easy back, she couldn't care less to look back at Fang Ying, and trotted to catch up: "You are really going to fly."

Wooden Pillow Creek laughed, opened his arms in coordination, and waved them like wings.

Yin Xiaoli said, "You are like a quail."

Wooden Pillow Creek is overwhelmed with joy.

Taking a walk outside to digest food, passing a wall, Wooden Pillow Creek stood still, compared the shadow of a fluttering bird with her hand, and asked Yin Xiaoli to take a picture of her.

Yin Xiaoli complained to her: "Is it childish or not?"

Muzhenxi said, "Childish." Bian posted the picture on Weibo.

She has a lot of Weibo fans, and Muzhenxi usually closes the interface after posting pictures, and never reads comments. Maybe she was too busy today, or maybe there was some force driving her, so she swiped the comments and replied to the first message.

[Are you closer to mzx today: love you [heart]]

Wooden Pillow Creek smiled and replied: [I like you too, alright]

Then put away the phone.

Xiao Jin looked at the reply in the center of the phone screen and smiled.

She has been following each other for so long, and this is the first time she sees her reply to this sentence. She should be in a good mood.

Xiao Jin got up from the sofa with his arms up, Qi Yin was standing behind her for some time, with a complicated expression. Xiao Jin touched his face and asked strangely, "Is there something on my face?"

Qi Yin said, "No." Even after sitting on the sofa motionless for almost half an hour, Qi Yin thought something had happened to her.

Xiao Jin turned his sore neck: "Then I go back to sleep?"

Qi Yin said, "I'm pretty busy with things here. I'll go back to the United States next month, will you come with me?"

Xiao Jin shook his head: "I have a class."

Qi Yin said, "Can't I ask for leave? Everyone misses you very much. The last time jenny chatted with me, I asked me to abduct you back quickly."

Xiao Jin thought for a while, then shook his head: "When I have a holiday, I'll go back to see you."

Qi Yin shrugged and walked to the guest room. Xiao Jin went back to the bedroom. She just touched the doorknob when she heard Qi Yin's sudden voice, with a slight hesitation in her tone, and said, "Today, your mother sent me a message."

Xiao Jin turned his face, unable to hear any ups and downs: "What did she say?"

Qi Yin said, "That is to say, she is going back to Lincheng recently to ask if you are free to have dinner with her."

Xiao Jin nodded lightly, indicating that he knew.

Qi Yin looked embarrassed and said, "I know you don't have a good relationship with them, but next time there is such a thing, can you please not let me convey it, I will be... embarrassed."

"Trouble you." Xiao Jin said apologetically, "I'll tell them."

Qi Yin snorted and entered the room.

Xiao Jin clicked on the text message bar, edited the text message, pressed a string of numbers in his memory on the phone keyboard, and selected send.

Xiao Jin: [Next time you have something to call or text me directly]

Mother Xiao replied in seconds: [OK]

Xiao Jin didn't reply, went to take a shower, turned on the phone, and found a message lying quietly inside again: [Are you okay? 】

Xiao Jin: [very good]

Mother Xiao: [That's good, where do you live now? I send you something? 】

Xiao Jin: [I want to sleep]

Mother Xiao: [Good night]

Xiao Jin: [Good night]

Xiao Jin glanced at the information in the message bar and chose to delete it.

The original good mood was completely destroyed.

She can let go of many things, but for her parents, it may take her whole life to return to the original state. She has tried her best not to hate, but every time she sees, hears, or even thinks about it, the negative emotions that silently grow from the bottom of her heart make it impossible for her to face them rationally.

They will still celebrate the New Year together, but there will be no laughter anymore. They will bless each other on their birthdays according to the procedure. Father Xiao and Mother Xiao blame each other for what happened in the past, and quarrels break out at every turn. The love between husband and wife no longer exists. A family of strangers.

This may be the case in this life, Xiao Jin crossed his arms behind his head and stared blankly at the ceiling above his head.

She lay motionless for a long time, without sleep, until the phone screen lit up again.

mzx19891014:

【Good night】

Xiao Jin opened his phone and commented good night, then closed his eyes.

The next day's class was very packed. There were four classes in the morning. When Xiao Jin got into the car, he still had two slices of bread in his mouth. He got up late in the morning. She drove out of the underground garage, and as soon as she got on the road, she saw Wooden Pillow Stream on the side of the road, and the corners of her lips couldn't help turning upwards.

The white car whizzed past Wooden Pillow Creek. She had been walking while looking at Wooden Pillow Creek in the store on the street and turned her head back with emotion. The car had already driven far away, and she didn't see anything.

Muzhenxi rested at home for two days, and on the third day, he couldn't stand it any longer and started to go to work in the company.

Knock on the door of the director's office first to sell the leave. President Zhang's attitude towards her is the same as before. Wooden pillow stream also regarded as the meal appointment that day did not happen, and they were at peace with each other.

It seemed like the days went by so smoothly.

October 14th is Muxianxi's birthday. Yin Xiaoli and those friends have long been preparing to give her a big fight, but Muxianxi couldn't refuse, so they let them toss.

She will not look forward to her birthday any more than any other day. This year, October 14th happens to be a weekend. Early in the morning, the wooden pillow stream was disturbed by Yin Xiaoli.

Longevity noodles, red eggs.

Although Muzhenxi did not deliberately work overtime, her job is destined to not be the same as that of a regular nine-to-five office worker. She was busy until two o'clock last night, and was forcibly woken up from the bed just after five hours of sleep. .

Fortunately, she didn't get up, otherwise she would explode now.

Yin Xiaoli looked at her expectantly: "Hurry up and eat, we have prepared a day's project for you, catch up."

Wooden Pillow Creek got up, Yin Xiaoli pressed her down.

Muzhenxi said helplessly, "I haven't brushed my teeth yet."

Yin Xiaoli laughed and let go of her.

Muzhenxi came back after brushing his teeth, ate half a bowl of noodles and a red egg, and accepted Yin Xiaoli's birthday wishes. Then, just like what Yin Xiaoli said, he went to catch up.

The friends are all very capable. The Eight Immortals crossed the sea and each showed their magical powers. Muzhenxi followed them for a whole day. When they came back, their legs were almost broken. They were carrying a backpack of gifts in their hands. Yin Xiaoli still held a few .

Wooden pillow creek collapsed to the ground and couldn't help but apply to Yin Xiaoli: "Can I have a quiet birthday next year?"

Yin Xiaoli was paralyzed beside her and turned to look at her: "If they can forget your birthday next year."

Wooden Pillow Creek said, "Forget it."

Anyway, it's not too lively a few times a year, so she just sacrificed herself to keep in touch with everyone.

Muzhenxi used to be very lonely, but after the big change, she stepped into the other extreme. She didn't like to play with people very much, but she couldn't leave the crowd and forced herself to become an outgoing person. Many friends, and those friends are real friends. In the past, she could find some pitiful consolation from her friends, but now she felt a little tired.

After Yin Xiaoli listened to her, she said indifferently: "Then just follow your heart, just be happy yourself."

Wooden Pillow Creek hummed thoughtfully.

Yin Xiaoli suddenly reacted and exclaimed, "Are you planning to break up with me?" She thought she was talking too much a few days ago.

Wooden Pillow Creek gave her half a white eye and deliberately said, "Yes, yes."

Yin Xiaoli rushed over to hug her and said, "No, Mama won't allow it!"

Wooden pillow stream was almost crushed to death by her sudden attack, choked, and then laughed: "You are crazy, and you are really heavy."

She was pinched by Yin Xiaoli.

After the two of them fought, Muzhenxi rolled over from the ground and sat up, leaning against the wall in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

Yin Xiaoli glanced at her.

Muzhenxi noticed it, smiled, and said, "I just let it go, you can do your job, don't worry about me."

Yin Xiaoli looked at her suspiciously again and walked away.

***

Qi Yin heard the sound of the door of the living room and walked out.

Xiao Jin carried a cake in his hand, placed it in the entrance, and bent over to change his shoes.

Xiao Jin: "I won't go out tonight, I'll eat at home."

Qi Yin took the cake to the table and muttered, "I see, it's Muzhenxi's birthday today. You buy a cake at this time every year. I don't think it's hard to remember."

The cake was packed tightly, and Qi Yin still tried to see the inside from the outside.

Xiao Jin had already changed his shoes and walked over: "Don't look at it, eat cake with me."

Qi Yin inserted the candles of Er and Ba, Xiao Jin lit them, closed his eyes and made a wish, which he blew out.

The moment he opened his eyes, he didn't miss Qi Yin's frowning, sighed, and couldn't help but smile: "I didn't sigh, what are you sighing?"

Qi Yin said in a deep voice, "Do you know what I want to do now?"

Xiao Jin raised his eyebrows: "What?"

Qi Yin said unevenly: "Go and explain the events of the year and Muxianxi one by one, why did you suffer for so many years, she lived well, she was the first—"

"You dare." Xiao Jin interrupted her coldly.

Qi Yin confronted her for a while, and was defeated. She pointed her fork at the cake and compromised: "I want the top chocolate."