Hongdou nodded: "I know."

"Then, you go in. I'm back." Jin Lan led the horse into the snow, her back feeling a little lonely.

Hongdou opened his mouth: "Mr. Jin."

Jin Lan turned around.

"If you don't dislike it, eat something before leaving."

"……good."

Jin Lan tied the horse, followed her, and walked into the backyard of the shop.

A brazier was lit in the house, Jin Lan took off her cloak, stomped her feet, and knocked the snow on her shoulders and boots down.

Hongdou opened the food box, placed the food on the table, took out two wine glasses, placed the wine he had made on the small red mud stove to warm it, and smiled and said, "Drink warmer wine in winter, otherwise it will be uncomfortable for people to get cold."

She is proficient in movements, and it is obviously not the first time she has done this.

Jin Lan sat opposite her, looked at her movements silently, and asked softly: "I remember you didn't like drinking before."

Hongdou paused in his movements and said without caring much: "I was young at that time and didn't know the benefits of wine."

“What are the benefits of wine?”

"It tastes good and can relieve fatigue. If you can't sleep, drink a glass and have no dreams all night." Hongdou poured him a glass, picked up the wine glass, and took a sip.

Jin Lan asked: "You often can't sleep?"

"Not really, occasionally." Hongdou smiled, "I'm used to eating alone, and drinking some wine is quite delicious."

She drank the remaining half of the cup and frowned, but she quickly stretched out.

Jin Lan stared at her for a moment and suddenly said, "Hongdou, move it back."

Hongdou looked at him and smiled and said, "Mr. Jin, we are all thirty years old and we are over halfway through our lives. Why do we still say such things? Haven't you given up after these years?"

Jin Lan picked up the wine glass, drank it all, took a deep breath, and said, "Hongdou, I must admit that even after being separated for so many years, my love for you has never decreased. But I said this today, not to bother you. It's just... I'm very lonely. Hongdou, are you?"

Hongdou didn't say anything, lowered her eyes and looked at the wine in the glass.

Is she lonely?

She doesn't know.

She only knew that she had become accustomed to drinking.

When she is slightly drunk, she doesn’t have to think about anything and can’t remember it. This is the most comfortable moment for her.

Jin Lan said: "Hongdou, come with me. I am the only one in the Jin family, and you are the only one. Even if you don't be with me, at least we can be friends and companions."

Hongdou smiled: "Do you have to live in someone's house as a friend?"

"We are all at this age, and our lives are short. The most important thing is that we live happily. Why do we have to think so much?"

"Mr. Jin seems to be feeling a lot today."

"Hongdou, I'm serious. I don't want to find that life is full of regrets after a few years, before dying." Jin Lan gently pressed her hand, "I need you, you also need me, Hongdou."

Hongdou pulled his hand back: "Mr. Jin, don't say such rude words. I don't need anyone."

"You refused to pursue you as enthusiastically as Si Huanian. Can you accept anyone else in this life?"

"I was just..."

"I know. You are trying to deal with your mother. But she has left and her father has left. Fang Ximei and her daughter were also sent to the countryside by me. No one in the mansion will stop us from being together."

Hongdou looked up at him.
Chapter completed!