Waiting for You in a City

Meng Yanchen walked to Xu Qin’s side and asked, “What are you doing here?”

Xu Qin raised her head sharply, her face not knowing whether it was surprise or relief.

Meng Yanchen did not have a superfluous expression and asked, “When did you come back?”

“Just now.”

“I told Xiao Yixiao to play basketball, let’s go.”

Xu Qin took a look at her parents in the study.

Meng Yanchen: “Go, he still wants to see you.”

Xu Qin: “…Oh.”

In the study, Fu Wenying said lightly: “Yanchen, it’s time for dinner later.”

“I’ll play for a while and come back.” Meng Yanchen was just about to turn around, but stopped again and said, “I have a few friends who will come in the evening.” Again looked at Xu Qin, “Let’s go.” 

Xu Qin looked into the study again: “Mom, I’ll go out to play first.”

Mom and Dad didn’t look at her and didn’t care.

With Meng Yanchen present, she pursed her mouth with some embarrassment.

Meng Yanchen’s face changed, and without saying a word, he pulled her wrist and dragged her into the corridor.

When he arrived at the stairwell, Xu Qin broke his hand away.

His palm moved, as if his body instinctively lingered for something, but he didn’t speak, didn’t look at her, and went down the stairs in silence.

Xu Qin followed behind him silently.

Meng Yanchen didn’t speak all the way, went out, and then asked, “Moved to his house?”

Xu Qin whispered: “En.”

Meng Yanchen squinted and glanced at the dark sky, but did not answer.

Until he left the yard, he asked, “Is his family good to you?”

Xu Qin nodded: “Good.”

He was silent for a while and said, “They didn’t bully you, did they?”

Xu Qin immediately shook her head, and for some reason at this time, she couldn’t speak.

It seemed that Mom and Dad should have asked these words, but they didn’t ask or talk to her.

The two stood under the dead tree at the door waiting for Xiao Yixiao.

Meng Yanchen said flatly: “If he, or anyone else, bullies you, tell me. If you really don’t want to tell me, then you tell Yixiao. Okay?”

She only nodded.

He didn’t talk anymore, he was quiet person himself.

But they didn’t know what Xiao Yixiao was dawdling about, and he didn’t come out yet.

He stood with her under the dead trees on a snowy day, saying little, only the mist from his breath flying together.

He stared at the mist flying in the wind for a moment, then suddenly turned his head to look at her.

She was taken aback, not knowing why.

Meng Yanchen smiled extremely lightly and asked, “You only smile at him, right?”

Xu Qin was suddenly speechless.

“You would have smiled at me when you were a kid.” He looked up at the sky and said, “Over the years, you… Oh, he really got it right.”

She was puzzled and was about to ask a question, when the sound of a basketball hitting the floor came from the courtyard next to her.

Xiao Yixiao came, and when he saw Xu Qin, he almost asked the question Meng Yanchen had asked again, and finally said, “As long as you’re happy. I thought from a young age that sooner or later you would go with that kid surnamed Song.”

Xu Qin: “Must be an afterthought.”

“Really.” Xiao Yixiao pointed to Meng Yanchen, “I told him before, he didn’t believe it.”

Xu Qin was strange: “Why do you think so?”

“Feeling……. However, I thought you would marry first and then cheat with that kid.”

Xu Qin: “…”

“But after you got drunk that day,” Xiao Yixiao shrugged, “I feel like you won’t be able to marry anyone…. Unless you marry me.”

“Why?”

He was not without regret: “Qin Qin, I still want to marry you, I don’t mind if you cheat with him, anyway, there are many girls around me.”

Xu Qin: “Why don’t you die?”

Xiao Yixiao laughed and pinched her face.

To the basketball court, Zhan Xiaorao and Jiang Yu also came.

The three boys went to play basketball, Xu Qin and Zhan Xiaorao sat next to them and watched.

Speaking of which, Xu Qin, Zhan Xiaorao, and Jiang Yu had actually met each other since childhood, and they were both familiar with Meng Yanchen and Xiao Yixiao. It was just that Xu Qin didn’t like to make friends, they only met each other at parties when she was young, and then she went abroad for many years. Instead, they waited until now to get to know each other.

“I heard you are with that firefighter?” Zhan Xiaorao suddenly asked.

Xu Qin: “Ah.”

“Will you really be together in the future?”

“En.” Xu Qin nodded.

“You’re quite courageous.” Zhan Xiaorao said, and added, “However, he is indeed very attractive. If I fell in love with him, I would also be willing to give up everything for him.”

Xu Qin smiled slightly.

Before, there was a bit of a grudge in her heart, why did Song Yan go to see Zhan Xiaorao that night, and what did they talk about.

But she didn’t know when it started, she was not curious anymore.

Xu Qin asked, “Do you have someone you’re in love with?”

“Yes.” Zhan Xiaorao said, looking at the boys playing on the court.

Xu Qin followed her gaze and looked over, not knowing who she was looking at.

“I’ve been chasing him for years, and I don’t know when I will catch up.” Zhan Xiaorao said.

Xu Qin didn’t mind too much and didn’t care. She sat on the edge of the court and looked at them as if she had seen the years of childhood. But the memories did not make her linger too much, all she was thinking about at the moment was Song Yan.

Not long after playing, the sky suddenly began to snow, it was dinner time, and Meng Yanchen called everyone back to eat.

Xu Qin thought of Song Yan, feeling uneasy, and sent him a text message: “What are you doing?”

He quickly replied: “At the museum. ”

Followed by one: “Don’t worry, come out after having dinner with your parents.”

“What about you?”

“I’ll look for a place. Don’t worry.”

Xu Qin frowned. In addition to museums, libraries, planetariums, research institutions and large parks, there was no place to eat or rest nearby.

Still worried, Xiao Yixiao came over and patted her on the head: “What are you thinking about, let’s go.”

Xu Qin put away her mobile phone.

The snow was getting heavier and heavier.

Dinner was still being prepared, Xiao Yixiao and the others played in the living room. They had all been acquaintances and playmates since childhood, naturally there wasn’t any awkward silence. Fu Wenying came downstairs and chatted with a few juniors for a while, but never spoke to Xu Qin. Fortunately, no one noticed. And because there were many people in the family, there was no need to face Fu Wenying, Xu Qin was less restrained and a little more at ease.

But she gradually sat still, looking out the window from time to time, the sky was full of snow.

She didn’t know what Song Yan was doing now, still in the museum?

Just thinking about it, she bumped into Jiang Yu’s gaze. He had been observing her since just now.

When he was discovered, he simply came over to her and asked, “You told me before that there was someone you liked. The one you like is a firefighter?”

“…” Xu Qin said, “How come even you know?”

“Xiao Yixiao said.”

“……His big mouth.”

“He thinks you’re quite brave.” Jiang Yu smiled, “Inconvenient to let me know?” 

“No. It doesn’t matter if you know it or not.”

“Your parents don’t agree, do they?”

“En.” Xu Qin waited for a few seconds, strange, “You also know this?” ……Oh, a guess too. ”

“It’s not a guess.” Jiang Yu said, “I seem to have seen him just now. I don’t know if I was mistaken.”

Xu Qin didn’t understand: “Huh?”

“When I entered the compound, I saw him. Waiting for someone outside, he should be waiting for you. Your mother won’t let him in the door?”

Xu Qin’s heart shook violently and she felt cold.

When dinner was ready, Fu Wenying called everyone to take a seat.

Xu Qin quickly opened her mobile phone to search for the museum, and sure enough, the webpage clearly said that the museum was closed on Saturdays and Sundays.

Xu Qin’s heart throbbed with pain. Looking at the heavy snow outside the window, and then at the warm heating in the room, she felt unsteady, as if she might shatter.

She walked quickly to Fu Wenying’s side, her voice very low: “Mom, I’m in a hurry, so I’m leaving first. I’ll see you next week.”

Fu Wenying looked at the living room with a smile: “Yixiao, Jiang Yu, come over to eat.”

Xu Qin’s face froze for a moment, her nose suddenly soured, and she almost couldn’t hold back and burst into tears.

She just wanted to be with the person she liked, what was wrong with her? She tremblingly begged her for peace, and Song Yan waited silently in the wind and snow, why? Why did she still want to inflict cold violence on her like this?

She scratched the edge of the table with her fingers, her fingertips turned white, and the overwhelming emotions in her chest seemed to pour out, but other people had already walked over, so she immediately turned her head away and swallowed everything into her stomach.

Everyone did not notice anything unusual in the corner of the table, and sat down separately.

Xu Qin stood still.

Fu Wenying sat down, took apart the napkin, and glanced at Xu Qin: “Sit down and eat. What are you standing for?”

Xu Qin looked at her, not knowing why she changed her attitude.

She stared at Fu Wenying’s eyes, gradually, her heart was cold, she guessed that she was in a hurry to leave because Song Yan was waiting outside?

And that condescending expression was sure that she had given this gift, so she will obediently sit down and accept it? Let her sit here and laugh with everyone to taste this sumptuous and warm dinner, while Song Yan was alone in the wind and snow of the night?

Xu Qin blinked quickly, word by word: “I’m leaving.”

Fu Wenying smiled: “Sit down. Finish eating before leaving.”

Xu Qin trembled all over, she wanted to be angry in an instant, but she endured and restrained herself, hoping that she could solve it thoroughly. But she was really powerless.

She also hated herself, why did she become the most useless Xu Qin as soon as she returned home, why couldn’t she squeezed anything out of this family, no matter whether she loved or hated it.

“She said she was in a hurry, didn’t you hear, mom?” Meng Yanchen asked lightly.

Fu Wenying looked at Meng Yanchen.

Meng Yanchen looked up at Xu Qin and said, “Need to go?”

Xu Qin nodded.

Meng Yanchen didn’t ask much and said, “Let’s go.”

He gently grabbed her hand that was stuck on the edge of the table and shook it. She had been like this since she was a child, she would pick the table when she was nervous and panicked. This habit had not changed since she grew up.

He shook her hand again and said, “Let’s go.”

Fu Wenying’s face changed, and she was just about to say something.

But Xiao Yixiao took the first step: “Qin Qin, if you have something to do, go first, let’s meet again on the east side some other day.”

Jiang Yu also said: “Go. Let’s meet up to drink again.”

Xu Qin was no longer in the mood to respond, she turned around and walked away quickly.

Watching her figure disappeared into the porch, Meng Yanchen silently withdrew his gaze and glanced at the people at this table. He has invited so many friends over for dinner just to make her feel a little more comfortable at home.

But……

Forget it, it could be regarded as helping her to get out.

He calmly picked up the chopsticks, the phone in his pocket vibrated, and he picked it up to see that it was a text message from Xu Qin, with only two words:

“Thank you.”

Meng Yanchen stared at the text message for a long time, and finally turned off the screen.

……

Large flakes of snow fell from the sky like salt.

As soon as Xu Qin went out, she rushed towards the courtyard, obviously not a big yard, but it was like running over 3,000 feet. Running to the door, she saw a sentry in a military coat holding a gun standing guard, while Song Yan slightly bowed his shoulders, standing on the side of the road smoking.

It was dark.

The heat and smoke he exhaled mixed together, scattered in the cold wind and snow.

Tears welled up in her eyes in an instant.

He was obviously such a tough and arrogant person, so unafraid of everything.

Xu Qin burst into tears.

She raced over.

He was biting his cigarette, frowning, looked down at the snow in his hair, heard the footsteps, and turned back.

She rushed into his arms and hugged him.

Song Yan was knocked back by her, a little surprised: “Why did you come out?”

She refused to look up, and tried her best to adjust her smiling voice: “Ate early, finished eating.”

“Yeah?” He glanced at her, not knowing if he believed it. Holding her shoulders to pull her away to see her face, she refused, holding him desperately and not letting go.

He was a little amused: “What’s wrong? ”

She buried her head and smiled with tears in her eyes: “I don’t want to come here again.”

He was slightly stunned: “What happened?”

“Nothing. Unhappy here. I’ve been thinking about you.”

“Unhappy at the thought of me?” He actually had the intention to tease lightly.

She was so angry that she laughed, laughed so much that tears overflowed, she immediately buried into his chest and rubbed her tears dry.

Only then did she finally let go of him and lowered her head to prevent him from seeing her face: “Let’s go home, go home, it’s cold.” She stomped her foot and tried to take his hand, just touching a trace of cold. He withdrew his hand and called a taxi with his mobile phone.

His hands had never been as cold as they were at the moment.

Xu Qin didn’t say anything, and when she looked up at him, she pursed her lips and smiled slightly.

Didn’t ask what he saw in the museum.

It wasn’t until she got into the car that she sat down with him and rested her head on his shoulder.

The car drove for a long time, and his clothes were still cold.

She took his arm and held his cold hand between her legs.

Song Yan was stunned and wanted to pull it out, Xu Qin tightly restrained his arms, clamped his palms between her legs, and whispered: “Don’t move, I’ll get angry if you move.”

She said seriously.

He didn’t move and didn’t speak for a while.

Both of them were silent, not knowing what each other was thinking.

After a long time, he moved his fingers, stroked the bottom of her legs, and teased slightly: “Aren’t you afraid that I will take advantage of you?”

“Then I’ll take advantage of you back.” She said sharply.

He smiled.

“Song Yan?”

“En?”

“Let’s get home and eat the seafood we ate that night, okay?”

He looked down at her.

“The meal I just had was not delicious. Not delicious at all.”

“Okay.” He said, tilting his head slightly and leaned on her head.

In the dark pupils of the eyes, the lights outside the window were reflected, the snowflakes flying.