One Thousand and Eighty-Seven Follow (I)

Ye Yan was shocked.

He watched her frail figure rush out of the house.

It was pouring rain outside!

He almost wanted to rush out and grab her back immediately. But, in the end, he just closed his eyes, resisted the urge, and fell back into the chair.

His eyes were heavy as he looked at the increasingly dense rain outside the window.

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When Shu Nian came down, the passport had already been blown away by the wind. In fact, she knew very well that even if the passport was found, it would probably be useless after being poured down by the rain. However, she was unwilling to give up, even if there was still a glimmer of hope, she was unwilling to give up.

The rain was getting heavier.

She felt that everything in front of her was shrouded in smoke and rain, becoming increasingly unclear. Around her, the owners of the community who passed by couldn't help but stop and look at her, but she couldn't feel anything, and only focused on the little book.

I don't know how long it took...

When Ye Yan's car rushed out of the garage, he saw her still in the rain from a distance. A thin figure stood under a tree trunk. The passport was thrown on the top of the tree. She jumped stubbornly and reached out to grab it. However, she couldn't reach it after several attempts.

Stormy and rainy.

Her figure looked even thinner in the rain. As if she would fall down if the wind blew.

Ye Yan sat stiffly in the car, his thin lips pressed into a "one" shape, his face looked much colder than the temperature outside the window. Suddenly, he slapped the steering wheel hard, and the car made a long "beep" sound, which made Shu Nian turn around.

They were not close.

Obviously everything in front of her was blurry, but Shu Nian seemed to be able to see Ye Yan's expression clearly. His eyes, sweeping through the rain curtain, were sharp, cold, and chilling.

Shu Nian stood there stiffly, and was actually a little afraid to move forward.

Ye Yan suddenly stepped on the accelerator, and the sports car rushed straight towards her. It splashed water all over the ground, making her look embarrassed. With a loud 'squeak', it stopped steadily beside her.

The car window slowly lowered.

Shu Nian wanted to say something,

a small book was thrown out of the window. She instinctively raised her hand and caught it steadily. It was another passport, the new one she had applied for. Shu Nian was not sure what Ye Yan meant by it, she clenched her fists and looked up at the man. Ye Yan's expression was still cold, his eyes fell on Shu Nian's face, and when he saw her shivering from the cold and her lips turning purple, his expression became even colder. The hand holding the steering wheel was so tense that the joints turned white.

Finally...

Before Shu Nian could say anything, the car window was closed indifferently, and with a 'bang', the car rushed out like a bullet, without stopping for a moment.

Shu Nian stood in the rain in a daze, and she was already numb from the cold, but her mind was always filled with the cold and emotionless face behind the glass window.

He gave her this, did it mean... did it mean that he was willing to let her go?

He got what he wanted, but his heart felt heavy as if a huge rock was pressing on him, and it was difficult to breathe.

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Ye Yan's car drove forward, and his sight fell on the rearview mirror several times. But he only stayed there for a second, and then he forced himself to move away.

Damn it!

If he didn't give her the passport, was she going to die in the rain?

What lingered in Ye Yan's mind were her blackened lips and shivering body, and he felt restless. Finally, the car suddenly stopped on the side of the road where she could no longer see it. He opened the cigarette box and lit a cigarette.

But the depression in his heart never dissipated.

Five years...

If she left for five years, what would they become in the end?

Heh~

She Shu Nian was so calm and rational. After five years, could he, Ye Yan, still occupy a place in her heart?

After a while, the cigarette went out.

He threw the cigarette butt into the car ashtray and took out his mobile phone to make a call.

"You still remember to call me! Just because you refused to come on a business trip, I'm being tortured to death!" Tang Jifeng's resentment can be clearly felt through the phone.

"I'll pick you up tomorrow."

"Really?"

"Let someone book a plane ticket for me."

Tang Jifeng raised his eyebrows, "Why do I feel that your tone is particularly wrong~ You refused to come, why did you suddenly change your mind?"

Ye Yan's eyes fell to the window, looking at the desolation outside the window, his eyes were also depressed and frustrated, "I'm afraid that if I stay, I will not be able to help but do something stupid again."

"What else can you do?"

Ye Yan didn't reply, but hung up the phone. He leaned back dejectedly, his eyes fell out of the car window without focus.

If...

If he left, would she really leave quietly like that? Without discussing with him, or even saying hello to him?

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Shu Nian took the passport and went back upstairs.

The passport cover was wet, so she wiped it carefully with a towel. Fortunately, there was no damage inside.

She put the passport on the coffee table, stood in the hall for a long time in a daze, looked around blankly, and then went back to the room woodenly, turned out her pajamas woodenly, and went to the bathroom to take a shower woodenly.

After taking a shower, she went to the study to sort out all the cigarette butts in it, and folded the thin blanket neatly and put it back in place.

I wanted to find something to do, but after walking around the house and cleaning the TV, I realized that I really had nothing to do.

I just sat on the sofa in a daze. My mind was empty, but it seemed to be filled with messy things.

I sat there for an unknown period of time, and when I looked up, I realized that it was already ten o'clock. My stomach started to hurt, and I realized that I didn't even have dinner.

She went to the kitchen, took out a box of noodles from the refrigerator, cooked two servings, and fried two eggs.

When the hot noodles came out of the pot and she placed them neatly on the table in the dining room, she found her cell phone.

She dialed the number, and the cell phone rang again and again. After a long while, it was finally connected.

Her breathing tightened, and her eyes, which had always been dull, showed some light. She licked her lips and asked softly, "I just cooked noodles. Are you coming back for food?"

"Sister-in-law?"

It was not Ye Yan's voice that answered her, but Ye Lan's crisp voice.

Shu Nian was silent for a while before asking, "Lan Lan, it's me. Is your brother...at home?"

"Yeah. He's been back for a while. He's taking a shower in the bathroom now!"

"Oh...then I'm fine."

"You want to ask him if he'll come back for noodles? He ate a lot at home in the evening."

Shu Nian pulled his lips, "Yeah, then I know."

"Then, shall I ask my brother to call you back later?"

"...Okay." Shu Nian nodded.

The two of them hung up the phone together without saying anything more.