The other end of the phone suddenly became silent. After a while, Su's mother said, "Mianmian, who is next to you?"

...

"Oh my God!" Su Yumian immediately sat up from the bed.

Yi Liao was about to ask what was wrong, but she instantly covered his mouth: "Hey, mom, there is no one next to me! Yes, you heard it wrong!"

"No one?" Su's mother was skeptical, "I just heard a man's voice."

"So, you heard it wrong..."

Mama Su snorted coldly and said, "It's Yijie? Stop acting. We have watched your stingy press conference video."

Su Yumian's scalp was numb, and she struggled for a long time. In the end, she chose to give up resistance under her mother's ignorant eyes. She looked at Yi Liao in entanglement and said, "...Anyway, it's not what you think!"

"What do I want?" Su's mother tricked her daughter without any effort. "I haven't said anything yet. Why are you trying to justify her? Why are you guilty?"

"I……"

Yes, very strong, Mrs. Su, you are worthy of being a lawyer for more than 20 years. Su Yumian now wishes to pull out his tongue and tie a bow.

"But I happen to have something to tell you." Mrs. Su's tone was calm and gentle, as if she was just saying casually, "Although you are young, you are already an adult, you must be responsible for your behavior. You young people have the idea of ​​young people, and I can't control it, but no matter what, you must protect yourself, don't complain, and don't stick to others like a resentful woman." After a pause, she added, "You are an independent individual, first realize this and then enjoy life."

What my mother said made Su Yumian confused. After hanging up the phone, she still couldn't figure it out. When she turned her head, she saw the light red kiss marks on Yi Lan's collarbone. She got off the bed and said, "I understand!"

Yi Liao raised his eyebrows. Since he had not yet woken up completely, he felt a lazy and lustful look on his body.

"My mother means that you will sleep with you, but you don't have to be responsible."

...

"Everyone is independent. I don't ask you for an explanation, and you don't have to let me take responsibility. Just get together and part with you..."

"Dispatch your head!" Yi Liao was so angry that he almost grinded his teeth, but when he saw Su Yumian's innocent and ignorant face, his anger disappeared. He sighed, "It's too early, I'll sleep for a while."

Su Yumian kicked him carefully: "You still want to sleep here? Don't you go back to your own bedroom?"

"No, it's here." Yi Lang walked along her hair helplessly and smiled self-deprecatingly, "You are really good at running after you finish playing."

It turns out that his anger is here.

Su Yumian shrank and whispered, "I don't mean that." She swallowed and plucked up the courage to say, "Actually, I'm embarrassed."

Yi Liao patted her back and said gently: "It doesn't matter, life is long, let's take it slowly."

***

This year, the Chinese New Year was relatively early, and Yijie's home was in the city. With Su Yumian's encouragement, he decided to take Brother Mao home to celebrate the New Year. Su Yumian also booked a high-speed train ticket and got up on the 28th to go home.

Although she would definitely miss her for dozens of days after parting with Yilan, but after all, she hadn't been home for almost a year, and her heart had already gone toward her mother's cooking skills.

S City is a picturesque city in Jiangnan. It is not as exaggerated as City B and is full of traffic, but it is also the leader in southern cities. When Su Yumian just returned home, he often sent videos to Yidao when he went out and showed him the scenery along the streets of S City.

On New Year's Eve, Yi Jie went home. It seemed that she was busy and the news was a bit slow. Su Yumian helped her mother run errands to the supermarket to buy things. When she came back, she passed by S University Affiliated High School. She was the high school she went to after transferring to S City. She spent the second half of her second and third year of high school here.

There is a noodle shop next to the gate of the Affiliated Middle School. Su Yumian used to visit here frequently. After seeing you five years, she was shocked by the huge wooden calligraphy couplet at the door. When did the boss become so elegant?

She walked into the store and saw that the original configuration was still in the store, but the innermost seat was circled. Su Yumian looked at the photos and texts posted on the wall curiously-

The young calligrapher Yi Lan once ate noodles here.

The photo is indeed a photo taken by Yi Liao sitting here and taking a photo with the boss.

"When did he come to S City?" Su Yumian muttered.

"Hey, are you here too?" The boss walked out in the voice and said with a smile, "After Yidao became popular, many calligraphy enthusiasts and young girls in this city have come to my store."

"Boss, when did he come here?"

"It was about four years ago. He asked me what the students from the affiliated high school liked to eat after they came, so I recommended him to have a big noodles." The boss sat at the door of the store and lit a cigarette, recalling, "I usually like to write and write when I have nothing to do, so I recognized him as soon as he came in. Isn't this Mr. Xiao Yi, who has just emerged recently? Hey, I was so happy that I asked him to give me some advice and gave him a free order."

There were no customers in the store today. The boss was probably lonely for a long time. He couldn't stop talking as soon as he opened the conversation. He said vividly: "The others are really good, very humble and kind, and they are not as restless as the young people today. I can tell at a glance that he can accomplish great things."

Su Yumian listened very seriously and nodded from time to time. The boss felt that he had met a soulmate, and he became happier the more he spoke: "... So, as soon as the calligraphy exhibition caught fire some time ago came out, I firmly believed that he must have done it! He was not that kind of person! Girl, do you know what happened in the end? Mr. Xiaoyi was indeed wronged!"

"Boss, you are also very good." Su Yumian looked at Yi Lan's photo with her eyes fixedly and said, "If someone like you firmly believes in him, he would definitely be very pleased if he knew."

"Hey, girl, I think you are a little familiar. Did you eat noodles here often?"

"Yes, I'm also a student of the affiliated high school, but I've graduated for many years." Su Yumian put on a hat and said goodbye to the boss, "I'll go back first. Boss, I wish you a happy New Year."

"Thank you, Happy New Year." The girl's figure disappeared at the door, and the boss muttered again, "It seems that I have seen this girl somewhere recently, where is it..."

Mama Su prepared a large table of New Year's Eve dinner and snacks. The family was guarding the TV and eating while watching the Spring Festival Gala. The couple looked at each other several times, and finally Mama Su coughed lightly and spoke: "Mianmian, when will I bring Yijie to S City for a walk? Let's meet him by the way."

"Hmm?" Su Yumian stopped his movements, his eyes staring like quail eggs, "You want to see him?"

"Didn't you go to someone's house for dinner?"

"But that's not what you think, his family said it was to thank me."

"Innocence, too naive." Mama Su looked at her stupid daughter disdainfully, "No matter what the excuse is, you have met other people's parents."

"But..." Su Yumian felt a little embarrassed, "Will it be too fast? We haven't been together for long."

"You have known each other for seven years, how long will you want?"

Su Yumian was stunned for a moment. Yes, they have known each other for so long and have liked each other for so long.

"Dad, mom, I can't figure it out." Su Yumian raised her hand weakly and wondered, "Why do you trust him so much?"

She looked at her father first. Su's father took a sip of wine, his expression was a little melancholy, and he waved his hand unhappily: "Don't ask me, I don't like that boy."

"Huh? Dad, didn't you tell me before that you like him very much?"

"But he kidnapped my daughter, and he is my enemy."

...

The resentment in Su's father was about to be concrete, and Su Yumian quickly looked at his mother. Mrs. Su didn't look depressed, but said happily: "When you were in school in City B, we also came into contact with that child. She was a good person and a man who could be entrusted. Didn't you sign up for a tour group for us before? I just thought it would be rare for a boy to be so careful."

"that's all?"

"Ah? Otherwise, what else do you want?"

Su Yumian was a little anxious: "You will praise him after you receive the favor. Is this too arbitrary? Don't you give me some advice?"

"What do you mention?" Su's mother looked at her gently, "We have not been able to untie you for so many years. He has helped you untie a knot in a few months. He is the person who knows you best, just believe in him."

Su Yumian stopped talking. Her thoughtful eyes fell on the lively TV screen and she was in a daze for a long time.

At the same time, Yi Chat was busy all day on New Year's Eve. Grandpa wanted to write couplets for each family, so he stood beside him laying paper and grinding ink, like a diligent little book boy. He could only take the time to reply to Su Yumian's message.

After being separated for three days, Yi Liao felt a sour and swelling when he thought of her, but it was different from when she suddenly disappeared seven years ago. Now even if he was separated from another place, his heart was filled with sweetness.

At around 11:30 in the evening, everyone was watching the Spring Festival Gala. Yi had time to chat and called Su Yumian.

As soon as the phone was connected, Su Yumian's excitement came over: "Yi Lao, guess what I encountered today?"

"Hmm, what?" The other party clearly said nothing, but the corner of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

"I saw your photo in the noodle shop next to my alma mater!" Su Yumian was like pouring beans on bamboo tubes, trying to tell him all day long, "When did you come to S City for a trip? Why haven't you told me? I heard from the boss that you ate big noodles at his house. What a coincidence, I always ate big noodles there before..."

After hearing her say everything she wanted to say, Yi Liao slowly said: "I went to S City not to travel, I wanted to find you. Unfortunately, someone is like evaporating the world, not even leaving a contact information, and I didn't even catch a shadow."

"Uh?" Su Yumian suddenly felt like a scumbag, "Look for... look for me?"

"Yes, I went to your alma mater and imagined where you would go and which street you walked through, and I followed them all."

Su Yumian didn't say anything for a long time. She looked at the transparent glass window and the lights of thousands of houses outside, but in her eyes, Yi Hang sat alone in the noodle restaurant, eating a large noodle dish alone.

"I'm sorry, I knew it before..."

"Don't apologize, Su Yumian." Yi Liao lowered his voice and said gently like the night wind, "You don't need to apologize, loving you is my own choice." After pausing, he added, "It's the best choice."

Seeing his father's darker face, Su Yumian quickly slipped into the bedroom quietly, sat on the bay window and continued to call Yizhan. They communicated with each other about what they saw and heard in the past few days. Although they were trivial and ordinary things, both sides would never get tired of listening.

"The new year is coming soon." Yi Jie's voice smiled, "What do you think about the past year, I want to publish it?"

"What do you think..." Su Yumian thought seriously, "The feeling is... Thanks to the appearance of classmate Yi, you have helped me so much that I can't finish it for a while."

Yi Liao said in confusion: "Is it so exaggerated?"

"Yes, yes." Su Yumian nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, "Your greatest credit is to cure my heart disease."

"Heart disease?" Yi Liao subconsciously repeated.

Su Yumian lay on the bay window, looking at the night sky outside, her tone was as calm as if she was talking about something ordinary: "Actually, in the first half of the year, I still didn't dare to recall the things of campus bullying, and I felt the urge to vomit when I think of it."

Yidao knew that it was a reaction that was too anxious.

"But today, I found that when I mentioned this, I felt no worries. I could even look at the wounds from a bystander's perspective." In the living room, the Spring Festival Gala hosts had already begun the countdown for the new year. Su Yumian hugged her knees and said slowly, "So, Yilai, I am really lucky to meet you."

As soon as she finished speaking, the new year came as scheduled, and fireworks burst out from outside, and the flashing light illuminated the girl's smiling face: "Happy New Year, my deeply loved classmate Yi."

After twelve o'clock, Yizha stayed in the bedroom for a while, hung up the phone and walked out.

In the living room, Yi Zhenyu and Yi Mingjie and his son were sitting in the middle of the sofa, sleeping head-to-head; Zhou Qianxi was tidying up the peels on the table, and under the reflection of the indoor light, she was no different from the mother of ordinary people.

Yi Liao looked at it silently for a while from the back, walked out with a lady’s scarf, and whispered: “Mom, happy New Year.”

Zhou Qianxi looked at the scarf in his hand in surprise and said incoherently: "This... is this for me?"

"Yeah." Yi Liao unfolded the scarf and gently put it around her neck, "I think this color should set your skin color."
To be continued...