Chapter 42 Chapter Forty-One

When Lu Xiaolong came to Shen Li's home again, it had been more than two months since the last "encounter on a narrow road" when the house was ransacked.The change that this meeting caused in their hearts was unexpected. Shen Li was chatting casually with her cousin Shen Xia in the piano room. In November, the leaves in Beijing had already fallen, and it was completely bare.When a girl appeared behind Lu Xiaolong, Shen Li stood up suddenly, she didn't expect Lu Xiaolong to come. In the dull and dull landscape, Lu Xiaolong appeared in a busy and confident manner, which made her feel a little weak.She felt that she had lost some of her former glory, and her pride had also collapsed a little.

She introduced Lu Xiaolong to Lu Xiaolong's tall and imposing but poor and boring cousin, and also knew from Lu Xiaolong's introduction that the little Indian beauty standing behind him was Lu Minmin, a junior high school student at the Experimental Girls Middle School.In the reasonable entertainment, she felt the grievance of being abandoned, which was a rare feeling for her always proud self.Of course she still knows how beautiful she is, and of course she still remembers how Lu Xiaolong confessed his love for her when they met last time, and she calmly and proudly drew a line between them; Patronizing herself, when she suddenly appeared today, she didn't expect a surge of resentment in her heart, very similar to the feeling when she was wronged in front of her parents when she was a child, this feeling has not been seen for a long time.Sitting in the dimly lit piano room, facing the early winter scene outside the window, she found that this unremarkable boy had already occupied a special place in her heart.

For more than two months, she often read about this boy in the public opinion.The boy who once fell in love with her at first sight clearly has no time for her now.In the two months of bleak autumn wind, she also read about her own loneliness.When the autumn wind blew yellow leaves all over the streets, the atmosphere in Beijing showed uneasy turmoil and coldness.A sense of insecurity gradually suppressed her curiosity to visit the big-character posters at Beiqing University.When the pagoda tree leaves outside the window were blown off and the yard in Xiyuan was gray and cold, she felt her loneliness especially.This noisy world has abandoned Xiyuan.She is just one of the yellow leaves falling from the sky, no one pays any attention to her.Later, she seemed to have forgotten about Lu Xiaolong.But when he appeared today, she didn't expect her inner reaction to be so strong.She took hold of her reactions, and was even a little moved by her sense of weakness, resentment, and abandonment.Of course, all this is concealed in her generous and decent manner, which shows her friendliness and enthusiasm for the guests.Lu Minmin looked like a sentimental little girl, she sat docilely beside Lu Xiaolong, making no secret of her admiration and admiration for Lu Xiaolong.When she met Shen Li's eyes, her little face flushed slightly, showing her sensitivity to this relationship.

Shen Li also felt the changes in Lu Xiaolong over the past two months.On his face, he had the confidence of a mature man, like a tender radish that had been blown by the wind and sand and looked mature.The calmness with which he faced Shen Li, the calmness with which he faced Shen Xia, and the way he gave Lu Minmin whatever he wanted, all showed the appearance of a mature man.Although this mature look is still mixed with his original restraint, it is indeed expressed with calmness and calmness.At this moment, Shen Li felt the darkness of the room and the bleak autumn wind of dozens of days, and felt her own gloom.She's just a forgotten one.Lu Xiaolong took Lu Minmin into her piano room vigorously, and let her see a series of scenery, but her room was very old.She also wanted to show Shen Xia's existence to some extent, his tall stature and suave appearance should be a pressure on Lu Xiaolong, and also a support for her pride, she understands this.However, she was sitting there with her back against the piano, facing Lu Xiaolong, but she was too lazy to be so competitive.

She knew her face was still shining brightly, however, that halo was soft, melting into the darkness of the room.Lu Minmin, on the other hand, seems to have just come back from the wild. His dark and shiny skin is filled with gray light, which reminds you of a pony running across the grassland with its mane fluttering in the wind. .Lu Xiaolong sat there, like a poplar tree of medium size, calmly rustling against the wind.Shen Li looked at him with a smile in her eyes.For dull people, this kind of gaze can be understood as generosity and politeness; for proud people, it can be read as self-esteem and peace;She faced Lu Xiaolong with this kind of gaze, and waited in a state of mind that seemed to be peaceful, resigned to fate, and resigned to his fate.

Lu Xiaolong did not expect that today's meeting would be like this.He didn't expect Xiyuan to be so deserted, the gray wind blowing across the yard, except for a few pines and cypresses guarding the green dream, the willows, locust trees and poplars were all bare and desolate.The fallen leaves that had not been swept away slipped past the small buildings, and the doors and windows of each house were closed, like a place where no one lived.He only felt that he was hot, and the Lu Minmin he brought was warm.When he knocked on the door of Shen Hao's house, Shen Hao was not at home, only his wife Du Rong was sitting in the living room, chatting with the nanny while knitting a sweater.The living room was dimly lit and deserted.When he climbed up to the second floor with great interest and pushed away the piano room, the scene in front of him was equally gloomy.A window was covered by a black locust tree. The wooden walls and floor in the room were all brown-red. A piano was placed halfway across the corner. Shen Li was with a tall, imposing, and A little twinkle-eyed, yes young people chatting.From the scene he saw when he entered the door, he knew that this was a deserted conversation, just to pass the time.

Shen Li stood up, not as radiant as Xia Tian wearing a white dress.She is now wearing a dark purple cardigan with a black fine sweater inside, which looks more homely and soft than in the past.Her expression was also very different. That time she was generous, teasing, proud, and indifferent, but this time she lost a lot of her radiance, and even made him feel that Shen Li had suffered from a not serious but long-lasting illness during this period.A beautiful girl who showed pride even in the face of ransacking her home, today's change made him feel complicated emotions.He originally came here with high spirits, intending to show his spirit calmly and magnanimously.Bringing Lu Minmin here is a foil to himself.He wants to show that he doesn't love and care about Shen Li so much, he wants to show his political mind that takes the world as his own responsibility.For more than two months, in his success with girls, he has already grasped how a politically successful man can guarantee his charm in front of girls.

Surprisingly, Shen Li didn't have that kind of dazzling pride today, and she showed a look of deep meaning in her affectionate and easy-going eyes. He is not a dull person, nor is he an arrogant person. He understood the meaning in this gaze, and the momentum that he was about to perform tit for tat dissipated.In this deserted environment, seeing a girl who was proud but maintained her dignity tenderly made him feel weak in his heart.He read Shen Li's loneliness in this gloomy atmosphere.She leaned against the piano and sat in front of the window. Outside the window, the branches of the pagoda tree, which were densely packed, depicted the same lonely sky.He also stared at Shen Li with a kind of gaze.

In the eyes of dull people, this kind of gaze can be read as kindness and friendliness; in the eyes of proud people, it can be read as calmness and equality; in the eyes of people with a clear understanding, it can be read as deep concern and longing. He felt Shen Li's kindness and indifference towards Lu Minmin, and also felt Lu Minmin's sensitivity and concern for Shen Li.He originally thought that getting Lu Minmin would satisfy him and give him the power to despise Shen Li. However, once he faced Shen Li, he felt the power of the other party's gaze to him. This is what he was really looking forward to. story.Facing Shen Li, he felt Lu Minmin's frailty, and thought of her thin arms and simple shoulders, he regretted bringing her here.

Shen Li and Lu Xiaolong were talking, and both of them felt that the presence of Shen Xia and Lu Minmin hindered them.They had no choice but to say some insincere words, talking about the experience of the past two months, especially the ransacking of the house.Shen Li said: "They still stepped on my bed, it's really hooliganism." Lu Xiaolong said: "Yes, it should be considered hooliganism." Shen Li said: "Such Red Guards should be fired." Lu Xiaolong said: "Yes. , should be fired." Shen Li looked at Lu Xiaolong and smiled, and Lu Xiaolong also looked at her and smiled.At this time, the nanny's voice came from the first floor, and there was a phone call from Shen Xia in the living room.Shen Xia went downstairs to answer the phone, Lu Xiaolong said: "I ransacked the house last time, I'm really sorry." Shen Li said: "What's the matter? You didn't come to ransack the house." Lu Xiaolong asked: "The broken mirror frame has been repaired." Have you done it?" Shen Li said, "It was fixed early." Lu Xiaolong said, "Let me take a look." Shen Li glanced at Lu Minmin, stood up and said, "Okay, come with me." Lu Xiaolong said Xiaolong said to Lu Minmin: "You wait for me here." Then he followed Shen Li up to the third floor and came to her bedroom.

Lu Xiaolong gently closed the door behind him.Shen Li looked at him, and he looked at her.Staring at each other like this for a few seconds, Shen Li raised her arms, and the two hugged each other.Lu Xiaolong burst out with a crazy impulse, he put his hands around Shen Li's waist, bent her body back hard, and kissed her face wildly.Shen Li straightened up, buried her head on his shoulder and began to cry.While kissing her neck and hair, Lu Xiaolong hugged her tightly and asked, "Why are you crying?" Shen Li pressed against him for a while trembling all over, then raised her face, letting tears flow down her cheeks .Lu Xiaolong gently wiped her tears with his hands, kissed them away with his mouth, and said: "Don't cry, people will see it later, how do you explain it?" Shen Li closed her eyes and shook her head, saying: "I There is no need to explain it to others." Lu Xiaolong burst into another impulse, he reached out to close the door, threw himself on Shen Li and kissed wildly.Shen Li avoided his kiss, stretched out her hand to gently cover his face, and said, "Let our story develop slowly."