Half an hour later.

Zhou Li pushed open the door and lowered her head to change her shoes at the entrance. She was holding a bag in her hand, and Chen Yanxian's voice came from behind her.

"What did you buy?"

"Suddenly I wanted to eat ice cream, so I went to buy some." Zhou Li said, changing his shoes and walking towards the kitchen, opening the refrigerator and putting everything in his hand in it.

"Why did you go so long?" Chen Yanxian followed her and asked, "Isn't there a convenience store downstairs?"

"There are too few varieties there. I want to eat this brand sold in the supermarket." Zhou Li lies without changing her expression, closed the refrigerator door, blocking his curious gaze, turned around, and glanced across Chen Yanxian, pretending to be casual.

"How was your business trip this time?"

"It's just like that." Chen Yanxian didn't even move his eyebrows, "It's similar to before."

"Oh." Zhou Li responded. Even though she had been distracted for a long time before she came back, her chest was still a little depressed, and she lowered her eyes.

"I've walked a lot of roads just now. I'm so tired. Go and have a rest first." She said, and walked towards the room. Chen Yan showed a little surprise on his face and disappeared quickly.

"What do you want to eat for dinner?" He asked loudly, but Zhou Li didn't look back and just waved his hand at him.

"casual."

......

At night, Chen Yanxian was taking a shower, and Zhou Li was nestled in the quilt, aimlessly browsing her phone, her eyes slid past rows of hot news, and she couldn't get too much interest.

The bedroom was quiet, and only the sound of water in the bathroom came faintly. At this moment, Chen Yanxian's cell phone placed on the bedside table made a "buzz" sound.

Zhou Li didn't care at all in the past, and he was afraid he wouldn't even be able to separate his mind. But at this moment, he stopped and couldn't help but raise his eyes.

After a moment, she still stretched out her hand.

Chen Yanxian's password is four numbers that remain unchanged for thousands of years. Zhou Li easily unlocked it, and the picture immediately jumped to the WeChat page.

In the column of the new news, there is a bright red number, with Jiang Mei’s name on the top.

"The customer's information has been updated to you..."

Zhou Li did not click in, only some of the text was displayed before, which was related to work and looked very normal.

She locked the screen again and put her phone back in place, but she lost the mood to browse the web page again. She closed her eyes and retracted her whole body into the quilt.

Chen Yanxian came out soon after, probably because he saw Zhou Li sleeping. His movements were very light. After a while, the room lights were turned off.

Zhou Li felt that he picked up his phone and there was a tiny sound of typing in his ear. She guessed that he should be replying to Jiang Mei's message.

She had insomnia that night, and her consciousness was sometimes awake and sometimes confused. I don’t know how long it took to fall asleep steadily. Zhou Li vaguely remembered that when she was half asleep and half awake, she opened her eyes. The moon outside the window had already disappeared without a trace, and the night was dark.

Zhou Li had a dream.

In my dream, she and Chen Yanxian were in junior high school.

As the graduation exam approaches, the climate in summer is changing. Chen Yanxian didn’t even invite holidays and didn’t come to school.

The teacher called the parent phone number left on his information, either no one answered it or said that he was not at home. When he was frowning, Zhou Li ran over and lay down at the door of the office and asked him carefully, "Teacher, why didn't Chen Yanxian come to class?"

"I can't contact him either, I'm in annoyed." He frowned. Chen Yanxian has always been good at both character and academic performance. He has never happened like this today. Could something be wrong?

He hesitated whether he should go to his house to check it out, but would this be too much of a problem.

While swaying left and right, the girl in front of her hesitated and said, "Teacher, Chen Yanxian's home is quite close. Why don't you give me the specific address and I'll go and see it."

When Zhou Li found Chen Yanxian's house, no one responded after knocking on the door for a long time. She was so anxious that she suddenly remembered that he had accidentally mentioned in a chat that she would habitually put a spare key under the carpet.

She was worried that there would be a thief coming to her house. Chen Yan smiled and laughed at her tone.

"If I lose contact one day, at least others can open the door to see if I die at home."

When she thought of this, her heart stumbled. She immediately lay down and searched under the carpet. Fortunately, she really found a silver key.

Zhou Li immediately opened the door and went in. There was no sound in the whole house. She walked in fear and pushed open one of the doors with intuition.

In the blue quilt on the bed, there was a person lying quietly, motionless without any sound.

Zhou Li was shocked and called Chen Yanxian's name in a trembling voice. When he was about to wake him up, he touched his hot skin.

The sleeping person was woken up by her yelling, and opened his eyes deeply, and his consciousness was blurred.

Seeing that he could still open his eyes, Zhou Li was relieved half of his heart. When he was about to go to the living room to call an ambulance, Chen Yanxian grabbed her hand tightly, exerting force, so strong that Zhou Li's wrist bone hurt. She held back and didn't scream because the person lying there frowned, and it looked even more uncomfortable than her.

"Don't leave, please, don't leave me alone... don't leave me..." He murmured, tears suddenly falling from the corners of his closed eyes, soaking in the pillow, wet.

Zhou Li suddenly stopped, her eyes and nose were sore. She wanted to cry, but she held it back again. She just held his hand tightly, and paused word by word, as solemn and firm as if she was taking an oath.

"I will definitely not leave you." She gritted her teeth.

"Chen Yanxian, I will always be by your side."

Things that day had a great impact on Zhou Li.

Chen Yanxi is much precocious than his peers, and always looks calm and composed. In Zhou Li's eyes, there seems to be nothing he can't solve.

Any troublesome and helpless problem that is put in front of him can be solved quickly.

He doesn't like to make friends very much, and he has similar attitudes towards everyone. He seems reasonable, but it is actually quite difficult to get close to. He only has a few people who are really close to him, including Zhou Li.

Zhou Li felt that he was strong, clear and rational.

It is the independent and powerful person who can live well no matter where he is.

But she realized that he was also fragile, lonely, and longing for warmth.

This was the first time she saw Chen Yanxian crying. She looked like she was crying unconsciously in her dream, which was even more shocking than she imagined. Zhou Li felt very uncomfortable. She felt that she was a very unqualified friend and she wanted to be better for him.

Even though Zhou Li didn't want to admit it, it was difficult for her to refuse Chen Yanxian's request, countless times, no matter what her initial thought was, the final result would always be as he wished.

Maybe it's because of this day.

This is a secret hidden in her heart.

Habits are sometimes terrible, making people unable to tell their original hearts, just like Zhou Li doesn't know. Chen Yanxian, from the beginning to the present, let her be his girlfriend and get along with each other now, is it because she really likes her or is habitually not wanting to let go of her hands.

Companionship can sometimes be hard to let go.
Chapter completed!