"My name is Yan Chengqi. What about you?"
"Qiao…Yu."
Peaches and plums do not speak, the road below is naturally formed.
A long time later, Joe met in junior high school. She knew about Sima Qian, knew about " Records of the Historian ", and also knew that the big brother's name came from that poem.
In this small southern city, it was clearly autumn in September, but it was still so hot that people did not have the courage to step out of the air-conditioned room.
Qiao Yu didn't even turn on the fan in the greenhouse. He lowered his head and studied all kinds of flower tea.
The door and windows of the greenhouse were wide open, and the sun shone in from outside, bringing with it heat.
"It's so hot. Xiao Qiao, hurry up and get me a cup of iced tea.”His childhood friend, Xiaomi, walked in from outside. "Oh my god, Xiao Qiao, you didn't turn on the air conditioner. How did you survive in such hot weather?”
Qiao Yu glanced at his good friend who had been talking non-stop since she came in and placed the brewed jasmine chrysanthemum tea in front of her.
Although Xiao Mi was complaining, she knew that it was a dream to let Qiao Yu close the door and windows and stay in the house alone.
Qiao Yu was afraid that if there was no one around in an enclosed place, her heart would beat faster and she would break out in a cold sweat.
The doctor said that this was a kind of psychological disease called claustrophobia.
But Xiao Mi said that Qiao Yu was mentally ill!
Yes, Qiao Yu was mentally ill.
Heart disease.
Qiao Yu had no parents and had been with his grandmother since he was young. Grandma had to go out to sell flowers during the day. Xiao Qiaoyu was alone at home playing, so she was not afraid at all.
At that time, Grandma had even said that she was bold.
However, the fearless Xiao Qiaoyu had disappeared in that accident. Now, Qiao Yu was quiet and obedient. He was abnormally afraid of the dark and was even more afraid of staying in an enclosed space.
Qiao Yu was ten years old that year.
The night in the small town was very quiet. Other than the endless chirping of cicadas on the tall banyan tree, there was no other sound.
Qiao Yu was woken up by his grandmother's shouts. The room was filled with thick smoke. She suddenly flipped over and ran towards her grandmother's house.
Grandma was lying on the floor at the door of the room, looking pained. Meanwhile, the mosquito net and bedsheets on the bed were already burning with flames.
Qiao Yu was so frightened that he was stunned. After he reacted, he hurriedly ran over to help Grandma up, but she was still too weak.
Xiao Yu, don't worry about me. Let's go." When Grandma saw that Qiao Yu had woken up, she felt relieved.
It was midsummer in July, and mosquitoes were everywhere. Grandma had lit a mosquito repellent before she went to bed. However, the weather was dry, and for some reason, the extinguished grass ashes reignited, igniting the mosquito net on the bed. The fire instantly grew stronger.
Xiao Qiao was so anxious that she started crying." Grandma, hurry up. Climb onto my back and I'll carry you out."”
"Cough…Hurry up and open the door. Cough cough…"
Xiao Qiaoyu tried to carry Grandma on his back, but to no avail.
"Grandma, wait for me. I'll call someone over.”
She ran to the door and tried to open it, but found that the door was locked.
The key!
She ran back to ask Grandma for the key, but she found that Grandma was already unconscious.
She hurriedly searched for the key on her grandmother's body, but no matter how hard she searched, she could not find it. She was very afraid and her hands kept trembling.
The smoke was getting thicker and thicker, and the fire was getting bigger and bigger. She searched all the places where Grandma might have put the key, but there was nothing.
Except for the bed that was already burning red.
She immediately ran to the kitchen and filled the basin with water. After a few rounds, the fire did not subside, but instead grew stronger.
She threw the basin away and ran to the door to smash it with a chair. He shouted for help as he smashed the wall.
The inaudible cry for help and the loud sound of the chair hitting the iron door caused the dogs in the other house to bark a few times in the quiet night.
She smashed for a while, and her hand was already pierced by the thorns on the wooden chair. Her hand was red. However, the iron door was still intact.
She was scared. No one heard her cry for help.
She thought of her grandmother, who was still lying in front of the door, and immediately threw down the chair and ran back into the room.
Grandma was already unconscious. Qiao Yu pulled Grandma's arm and walked out of the house.
However, her strength was too weak. She fell down several times.
Finally, she brought Grandma out of the room. After she came out, she hurriedly closed the door and isolated the source of the fire.
At this moment, in front of Qiao Yu was a tightly shut door, and behind him was a raging fire.
She hugged her grandmother tightly and could not help but cry. She sobbed as she shouted for help.
However, no one responded to her.
At that moment, she finally felt despair.
The smoke behind him grew thicker and thicker, and the door suddenly opened.
That person appeared just as Qiao Yu was about to fall asleep.
It was a boy in camouflage.
At that moment, the boy's face kept enlarging in Xiao Qiaoyu's mind.
He came over to pick Xiao Qiaoyu up, but she struggled." Save my grandmother first!”
The boy didn't say anything. He turned around and carried Qiao Yu's grandmother on his back. At this moment, another person came. He picked Qiao Yu up and walked out.
When Qiao Yu woke up, the boy in camouflage was sitting beside him.
"You're awake?"
Qiao Yu blinked and stared at him blankly. She remembered that he was the one who carried Grandma out just now.
"Where's my grandmother?"
The boy's eyes were a little evasive, but he did not hide it from her.
"Your grandmother passed away."
Xiao Qiaoyu did not speak for the entire day. She sat quietly on the small stone chair in the hospital.
Everyone told her that Grandma had left and would never come back.
She would never see her grandmother again.
She looked very quiet when she was young. They all said that it was a little abnormal for this child to not cry or make a fuss.
When that person came over, Xiao Qiaoyu was folding a rabbit with a leaf.
"Can I sit?"
Xiao Qiaoyu looked at him with a leaf and nodded.
"What are you folding?"
"Little rabbit."
"So cute."
Xiao Qiaoyu was silent for a moment, but his head remained lowered. "Grandma taught me how to fold it."
"Do you miss Grandma a lot?"
The girl tightened her grip on the leaf and nodded.
"If you want to cry, cry. Don't hold it in. It was an accident, not your fault.”
Xiao Qiaoyu was holding back her tears. She was very sad. She did not know why Grandma had left just like that overnight. That night, Grandma said that she would take her to the market.
If only she had discovered it earlier, the fire might not have gotten bigger. If she was a little older, she would have the strength to carry her grandmother. If she had the strength, she could have smashed the door open.
If…but there were no ifs in life.
Everyone was saying that this child was cold, but even after his grandmother left, he still acted as if nothing had happened. He was the only one who told her that she could cry if she wanted to. It was not her fault.
In the end, she held the leaf and cried loudly. From that day on, her only family member was gone.
At the end of the day, he said,"My name is Yan Chengqi. What about you?"”
Xiao Qiaoyu took the tissue he handed over and wiped his tears." Qiao…Yu."”
When Yan Chengxi sent Qiao Yu back to the ward, he patted her forehead.
"It'll get better."
At that moment, his warm smile melted Xiao Qiaoyu's cold heart.
Later, Qiao Yu was picked up by his aunt from afar. When he left, Xiao Qiaoyu only knew that Yan Chengxi was a foreigner. He came to this small town with the army to set up camp. He was eight years older than her.
It was only when Qiao Yu was in middle school that she learned about Sima Qian and the Records of the Historian. She also learned that his name was derived from the phrase," Peaches and plums don't speak, but the bottom forms its own path."
Later, she developed claustrophobia. Later, she returned to that small town, but she never saw him again.
Qiao Yu had only returned to that small town after graduating from university.
That small city carried too many memories of hers. Whether it was good or bad, she had been unable to face it in the depths of her memories.
But in the end, she still chose to face it. She thought that since she couldn't let go of the memories, she might as well pick them up.
By the time she returned, Xiao Cheng had changed a lot.
It was unknown when this small southern city had started to have a lot more tourists. Xiaomi felt that this was a business opportunity, so she opened a small city cafe.
When Qiao Yu returned, Xiao Mi was very happy. Qiao Yu's house had not been rebuilt after the fire. Xiaomi asked her to stay in her shop and help take care of the coffee shop.
On the second day of his return, Qiao Yu had already asked Xiao Mi and the others about Yan Chengxi's whereabouts, but they had no impression of this person. Later on, she almost went to every corner of the small town, but still to no avail.
In the end, Xiaomi's brother helped her find out from the local military station that he had finished his military service and returned to his hometown. Qiao Yu finally gave up.
In fact, all these years, she had been thinking about how good it would be if she could see that person again. At least, she could tell him that she had not said thank you that year.
The second year after she returned to Xiao Cheng, her aunt called Qiao Yu and asked him to go to her place.
After a long silence, she finally agreed.
The day she was about to leave the small town, she saw him.
A dark blue plaid knitted top, black casual pants, a pair of black sneakers, and a black trench coat on his left hand.
She pulled her luggage and stood on the bluestone path, staring blankly at him in the distance.
After so many years, she could still recognize him in a crowd with just a side profile.
In the past, she believed in fate. As long as fate brought them together, they would definitely meet. That was why she did not meet him after searching for so long. She thought that they were not fated.
But at this moment, Qiao Yu felt that there was fate between them.
Qiao Yu pulled his luggage over to the person and said with a frown,"Hello, my name is Qiao Yu."
Yan Chengxi was originally asking the stall owner on the street for directions, but he turned around when he heard that. A girl was pulling her luggage and smiling at him.
"Coincidence?" Yan Chengxi chuckled.
A rumored hit on?
Qiao Yu corrected him." Yan Chengxi, I'm Qiao Yu, not a coincidence.”
Yan Chengxi was a little surprised. The little girl's head did not even reach her shoulders. She was wearing a beige sweater, a knee-length woolen skirt, and a pair of black ankle boots. She looked like a schoolgirl.
The 'Qiao Yu' she mentioned was familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had heard it before.
"Fifteen years ago, the fire on Old North Street, do you…still remember?”
How could Yan Chengxi not remember!
At that time, he had just followed the army to this small city. That night, the little girl's cry for help was still vivid in his mind.
Yan Chengxi looked at the girl in front of him. Her face slowly overlapped with the face in his memory that stubbornly asked him to save her grandmother first. It turned out to be her.
She was back too.
Yan Chengxi came back to visit his old comrade. In fact, he had come back a few times after changing jobs, but he had always been in a hurry.
"Are you leaving tomorrow?"
"I'm busy with work, so I have to rush back.”
"Have you been in Luonan all these years?"
"Yes, I went back after I transferred to another job."
Qiao Yu sighed silently. She had also been in Luonan during her four years in university, but she had never met him once.
"Yan Chengxi, I no longer have a home. I plan to go to Ronan. Can you take me with you?”
Qiao Yu decided that she would go to Luonan.
He had originally planned to leave this place, but now his destination had changed. Her heart was very clear now. She wanted to leave with him.
Yan Chengxi looked at the determined girl and nodded.
At that time, Qiao Yu did not know that meeting was not the end of the story. The two of them were separated by not only fifteen years, but also a horizontal ditch that they could not cross.
"Xiao Qiao, are you really going to leave with Yan Chengxi?”
"Yes."
"But you don't know anything about him!”
"Xiao Mi, only after experiencing the darkness will you know how important that glimmer of light was to me after waiting helplessly in the long night. After so many years, I finally found him again.”
After that day, Qiao Yu followed Yan Chengxi to Luonan.
After Yan Chengxi changed jobs, he went into business and managed the family business. He helped Qiao Yu find a house in Luonan, introduced her to a job, and took her to meet some of his friends.
But he always said,"This is my little sister, Qiao Yu."”
Every time Qiao Yu called him by his name, he would always smile and correct him." Qiao Yu, you should call me brother.”
Qiao Yu was very obedient. Every time he emphasized it, she would obediently call him " Brother Chengxi."
Qiao Yu learned about Yan Chengxi's situation from his friends. The 32-year-old Yan Chengxi had only had one girlfriend. Just as Yan Chengxi was about to change jobs and return, the girl couldn't stand the long-distance relationship anymore.
From that day on, Qiao Yu's concern for Yan Chengxi became even more active.
If he didn't have a master, he could boldly chase after him!
It was just that Yan Chengxi had become cold from the day she became proactive.
Every time she called him, she was either in a meeting or busy.
Qiao Yu felt that something was wrong!
That night, Qiao Yu called Yan Chengxi and told him that he was working overtime at the company. After closing the machine, Qiao Yu packed up the tea cake and took a taxi to Yan Chengxi's company.
This was her first time here.
She stood in front of the building and looked at the tall building in front of her. She subconsciously swallowed her saliva. Ever since she came to Ronan, she always felt an indescribable fear every time she saw such a tall building. She didn't dare to take the elevator alone, so every time she went to work, if she didn't meet her colleagues who took the elevator with her, she would climb the stairs without saying anything. Fortunately, the house Yan Chengxi found for her was on the eighth floor and wasn't high.
When she passed by the elevators, she realized that both elevators were empty.
In the end, she still climbed the stairs.
She had never thought that she would see such a scene when she went to Yan Chengxi's company.
She stood in front of Yan Chengxi's office and listened to him chatting with his friends, and she was the female lead of their conversation.
"Chengqi, what do you think of Qiao Yu?”
"What thoughts could I have?"
"If you don't have any thoughts, then don't drag her down. What's the point of being like this? He had to think of all kinds of ways to avoid her all day.”
"I've never thought of dragging her down. I've always treated her as my sister. You know, I'm eight years older than her. She's still so young, so she's suitable for someone better.”
"Yan Chengxi, don't lie to yourself. What era are we in now? Eight years old is nothing. If she didn't like him, then so be it. Why did she have to find so many excuses?”
Yan Chengxi stopped talking.
Qiao Yu didn't say anything either. She bit her lower lip and clenched the food box tightly. It turned out that his coldness was because he knew that she liked him, but he did not know how to respond.
It turned out that he did not like her.
Qiao Yu turned around and walked out of the door. Since he wanted to pretend to be confused, then he would continue to pretend to be confused. As long as that layer of paper was not broken, she could still be by his side.
They all wanted to play dumb, but sometimes fate loved to play a joke on them.
"Qiao Yu, why are you here?"
Qiao Yu had seen Yan Chengxi's friends before, so he naturally knew them.
The door inside finally opened. Qiao Yu's back was facing the person, his back stiff and straight.
Don't ask, don't ask, don't ask!
"You heard everything?"
His body relaxed. He couldn't avoid what was coming.
Qiao Yu slowly turned around.
"Yes, I heard everything."
"Yan Chengxi, actually, if you really don't like me, you can tell me directly. That way, I won't bother you anymore.”
"I'm really sorry for making you so tired. I won't do it again in the future.”
Qiao Yu didn't wait for the person to say anything else. He took the box of tea cake that she had personally made and turned to run out. Seeing that the elevator door was about to close, Qiao Yu rushed in without thinking.
As soon as the elevator door closed, Qiao Yu pressed the button for the first floor and sat down against the wall of the elevator.
Why did she say it out loud? She clearly didn't want to give up. She clearly wanted to pretend that she didn't know. Why did it turn out like that the moment she opened her mouth? The moment he opened his mouth, it was already irreparable?
Qiao Yu, who had forgotten his fear because of his sadness, panicked the moment the elevator lights went off.
The elevator stopped. There was some kind of malfunction.
Qiao Yu instantly stood up. She reached for the elevator button and pressed it randomly. In the dark, she didn't know which button was the help button, so she pressed it hard when she reached for it.
The elevator suddenly rang.
In the darkness, he couldn't even see his own fingers. Qiao Yu squatted down with his hands on his head. The nightmare from fifteen years ago reappeared in her mind. That sense of loneliness and helplessness swept through every cell in her body.
Grandma!
"Grandma, don't sleep. Little Yu will save you! Wait for Xiao Yu!"
Qiao Yu crawled to the elevator door and slammed it with all her might.
However, there was no movement from the door.
"Ah!"
"Help!"
"Help!"
Suddenly, a faint light lit up in the bag that Qiao Yu had thrown on the ground.
A cell phone!
Qiao Yu trembled as he took out his phone from his bag.
She answered the call without even looking at it.
"Save me!"
"Qiao Yu!"
The two of them spoke at the same time.
This is Yan Chengxi!
"Yan Chengqi, save me. I'm so scared!”
"Qiao Yu, don't panic. I'm coming! Do you know which floor you are on now?”
"I don't know, I don't know. Yan Chengqi, come quickly. I'm so scared. Grandma is dying. I can't save her.”
Yan Chengxi realized that something was wrong when Qiao Yu mentioned her grandmother. There were a few times in the past when she took the elevator with Qiao Yu. Every time, she would look tense and there would be fine beads of sweat on her forehead after she went out. However, every time, she would say that it was too stuffy and hot in the elevator. Now, it seemed that she could not forget what happened that night.
Yan Chengxi didn't know which floor the elevator stopped at, so he could only walk down floor by floor. Every time he reached a floor, he would knock on the elevator door and then ask Qiao Yu if he heard anything on the other end of the phone.
As he walked, he chatted with Qiao Yu and told her about some interesting things that happened in the military camp in the past. He told her everything.
Qiao Yu slowly calmed down.
Finally, at the elevator door on the 13th floor, Qiao Yu said that she heard a knock on the door.
Yan Chengxi said that he was going to call the management to break in.
Qiao Yu was silent. She was afraid to hang up. She was afraid that she would be the only one left in the world.
"Xiao Yu, don't be afraid. I'm outside."
Qiao Yu pressed his hand against the elevator door. Before the elevator was closed, she said,"Yan Chengxi, do you know? I never thought I would be so close to death. That year, I shouted for help from behind that door, but no one responded to me. Grandma was unconscious, and I was in despair, but you just had to appear. I told Xiao Mi that you were the glimmer of light that appeared on the darkest night of my life. After so many years, I can't forget you, and I don't want to forget you. It's been so long, and I still owe you one sentence. After saying this, we'll never owe each other anything in the future.”
Brother Chengxi, thank you." This was what Xiao Qiao said fifteen years ago when she met Yan Chengxi, who had saved her.
With that, Qiao Yu closed the phone.
When the elevator door opened, Qiao Yu had already fallen asleep.
When Qiao Yu woke up in the hospital, the first thing he saw was Yan Chengxi, who had been by her side.
"You're awake?"
Qiao Yu suddenly felt that everything had returned to the past. At that time, the first thing he said to her was the same.
But she also knew that she could not go back to the past.
"Brother Chengxi."
Yan Chengxi frowned slightly when he heard her call him.
He gently picked up the hand with the needle in it. Qiao Yu felt a little uncomfortable and wanted to retract it, but he didn't expect him to use even more force.
Qiao Yu stopped struggling in pain.
"Qiao Yu."
"When you first told me your name, I was thinking that the name of the little girl was really funny. But now I seem to understand your name a little. We met because of that accident. Wasn't it a coincidence? Since it's fate, let's not miss it again, okay?”
Qiao Yu looked at him in disbelief." It's fate that we met, but it's a fact that you don't like me. Yan Chengxi, you don't have to."
"Xiao Yu, I'm not young anymore. One of them was enough for me to break my bones. I can't afford to play the love game. I'm eight years older than you. I'm not very knowledgeable and I don't understand romance. In the future, you'll meet more men who are younger and better than me. I'm afraid you'll regret it in the future."
Qiao Yu's brows were almost twisted into a ball. This person had said not to miss it again, and now he said that he was afraid that she would regret it. Didn't he think that his words were very contradictory?!
"But Xiao Yu, when I heard you say that we don't owe each other anything in the future, I really panicked. Compared to not owing you anything, what's the big deal about cramps and bones?”
"Qiao Yu, I like you. Do you want to continue liking me?”
Yan Chengxi was not a person who knew how to say sweet nothings. He thought that his distance was the best for her, but he never thought that he was so important to her. As she said, the glimmer of light in the darkness was a hope that no one could forget. He only wanted to protect this little girl for the rest of his life, as long as she gave him another chance.
Qiao Yu pursed his lips, sniffed his red nose, and hummed in an inaudible voice.
Yan Chengxi heard it.
Waiting wasn't scary. What was scary was waiting for someone who didn't love him.
Fortunately, he loved her and she was still here.
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