"...There is a kind of love called letting go..."

There is a small radio on the coffee table in the living room, and a song is playing on the radio.

Gu Luoqing sat curled up on the sofa, holding a hot water bottle in his arms and a blue blanket covering his legs.

Next to the sofa, there is an electric fan, which the man bought for her.

She is afraid of cold.

However, she did not turn on the electric fan, which consumes too much electricity.

Although winter has come now, there was a snowfall last night and the temperature dropped below freezing. But there is still no heating.

Because the time has not come.

The temperature inside is also very low.

Gu Luoqing couldn't help but remember that last month, when she was also eating fish, he took the initiative to help her pick out the thorns and put the meat into the bowl in front of her.

Chen Wei no longer treated her like before, with his fiery gaze no longer, and he no longer used lame excuses to get close to her. When he talked to her, he no longer had the same feeling of doting as before...

In comparison, she prefers a bright environment, with a vast expanse of white in front of her eyes, where she can at least perceive some light, rather than complete darkness.

Now, she patiently "read" it.

Replying in seconds is a very subtle behavior.

What kind of person would it be if Chen Wei could reply instantly and send messages non-stop every day?

Another day passed, in the evening, her suspicion seemed to be verified. After the man took a shower and cooked a meal, he told her that he had an appointment with someone and would not be at home for dinner tonight.

In the next few days, Gu Luoqing felt that the momentum was getting worse and worse. When he was at home, the man's mobile phone would receive text messages from time to time, and every time, he would reply within seconds.

Gu Luoqing felt even more suspicious, but she held back and did not ask further questions.

Who sent it to him?

Every time when her menstrual period was about to come, the man would stew a pot of black-bone chicken soup. For a time, she thought he was a Neptune who had had countless women.

For some reason, Gu Luoqing had a bad premonition in his heart.

Just as her cell phone announced the time, long after twenty-three o'clock, the sound of the door finally rang outside.

He was allowed to shave his beard once before going out. Apart from interviews, he could only go on dates with other women.

Now, he no longer has that tenderness.

…

During the meal, Chen Wei steamed a fish and carefully reminded her, "This fish has bones, so be careful when you eat it."

Recently, she thought of her "past life" less and less, and those things seemed to become more and more blurry.

It was the same song. She listened to a sentence and then changed the channel. Finally, it was no longer a song.

After the man went out, Gu Luoqing sat at the table alone.

It's getting dark, and Chen Wei will be back soon.

Suddenly, the man's cell phone rang, and it was a text message alert.

Gu Luoqing raised his head, smiled and said, "I was fascinated by the book."

Before leaving, he went back to his room and probably changed his clothes.

It’s been almost a month and I’ve only read less than half of the first volume.

In fact, it's not that she doesn't know how to get along with men, it's just that she had enough capital and confidence in the past that she didn't need to consider men's feelings at all, and she naturally went her own way.

This reading took more than an hour.

However, the man likes this book very much and sometimes discusses the characters and plots in the book with her. Therefore, when she is bored, she will turn over and read a few pages.

After he finished replying, he put the phone back on the table. A few seconds later, another text message came through.

Chen Wei said, "It's snowing and it's difficult to walk on the road, so I came back early. I'm going to take a shower first."

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard the sound of a key opening the door outside.

With that said, he entered the bathroom.

Gu Luoqing had the thick "Dream of Red Mansions" on his knees, but he didn't turn the pages for a long time. His fingers touched the small raised dots on the pages. Those small dots represented the word CHEN.

This was the relationship and distance she loved most in the past. Everything she had done so far was to maintain such a distance from Chen Wei.

In the past, Chen Wei rarely received text messages or phone calls. She had heard about his life experience and knew that he had few friends and did not like to make friends.

beep.

She could clearly feel that he was keeping a distance from her.

Listening to the singing coming from the radio, she felt inexplicably irritable, so she took the radio over and changed the station.

…

She sat on the sofa again, turned on the radio, covered herself with a blanket, picked up the book "A Dream of Red Mansions", opened it to the night she marked it, and traced the raised dots on the page with her fingertips.

Then, he stood up, filled a bowl of rice, and started eating.

Then, he left her alone and left.

Gu Luoqing took a sip and put it down. He sat there blankly, smelling the aroma of the food, and was surrounded by a huge feeling of loneliness.

Like herself, except for work matters, she rarely replies to other people's messages instantly. In life, there is only one person who can make her reply instantly.

"...Missing is a disease..."

It’s still three dishes and one soup, and today’s soup is black-bone chicken soup.

It doesn't matter, as long as he didn't spend the night outside, there is still room for redemption.

She was alone again.

The man replied, pressing the buttons quickly, and after putting down the phone again, it finally stopped ringing.

On the surface, the Cold War is over.

On the third day, she took the initiative to relent, and Chen Wei was willing to communicate with her.

Gu Luoqing tidied his hair with his hands, picked up the "Dream of Red Mansions" again, put it on his knees, raised his head, faced the direction of the door, and said, "Why is it so early today?"

After eating, she started to clean up and washed all the dishes and chopsticks.

Gu Luoqing listened to the sound of water in the bathroom, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

Now, unusually, I started chatting with people via text messages.

Male or female?

Gu Luoqing seemed to ask casually, "Who is it?"

After an unknown amount of time, Gu Luoqing suddenly moved, picked up the bowl, and drank the cold black chicken soup in one gulp.

The soup has been served.

Although the politeness and gentlemanly demeanor have improved, there is also a sense of alienation.

The man is back.

The food was already cold, and she didn't seem to notice it.

"A friend."

Some memories of "past life" came to her again.

When the man came closer, she smelled cumin and pepper. Apparently she had just eaten barbecue.

A week has passed since their last cold war.

She thought back to the time she spent living with that man in the past six months.

…

The other party also responded instantly.

However, she was not happy at all.

Chen Wei is not a person who pays much attention to appearance. Sometimes, he shaves his beard only once every ten and a half months, and does not cut his hair once every two months.

He asked, "Why aren't you sleeping yet?"

This home seems to have become cold and cold again.

But why am I not happy at all?

She actually didn't like the book's half-written style.

Gu Luoqing, however, was no longer in the mood to "read". He felt that the room was getting dark, so he lifted up the blanket and stood up to turn on the light.

After finishing this, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening.

"Chen Wei."

Now, she has achieved her goal.

Gu Luoqing also heard the sound of the electric razor, which was a gift from her on his birthday two months ago.

Then, there was a button sound, and the man was replying to a text message.

She closed the book and called the man's name.

"Um?"

"Tomorrow is my birthday, can you go to a movie with me?"

"……good."
Chapter completed!