Trafford’s Trading Club

Driving all the way here, Tao Xiaman didn't talk. This is the least state she has ever seen.

Men know that at this time, no language is better than silent accompaniment.

Finally, the car entered Jihua Road and finally came to the front of a five-story tall Tang building and stopped.

She passed here... not long ago, but she couldn't get up there. Zhou Zihao opened the door for her, while she sat on the chair, raised her head, and did not come down.

Suddenly, Zhou Zihao reached out and held her out of the car, laughing: “Looks like she's been working out. I can still get up on the fifth floor. ”

“Put me down, put me down.” Tao Xia couldn't help but laugh: “How embarrassing. ”

This man can always think of a way to quiet himself down.

Tao Xia whispered softly: "Help me up. ”

That's it, the last time I swimmed back the stairs I couldn't walk alone, two people were walking now. Step-by-step staircases, despite the inconvenience of foot injuries today, also feel much easier than before.

When I saw that familiar latch, Tao Xiaman realized that he had really grown up.

“Master Chow, Master Chow? Master Chow, are you there? I'm Chow Ziho, Master Chow?” Zhou Zihao beat the gate continuously, but he didn't get a response. He had to wrinkle his eyebrows and say: “Is it going out? ”

“Zihao, you touch the top of the pull gate, there should be a key.” Tao Xia reaches out and points to the position near the left: “It should be around here. ”

“Okay, I'll look.” Zhou Zihao nodded his head without a foot pad and reached for it. He touched it a few times and laughed: “I really do! ”

“When I was a kid, I couldn't touch it.” Tao Xiamang suddenly said softly.

Zhou Zihao opened the door easily and walked in with Tao Xiamang... still didn't hear anything moving in the house.

Zhou Zihao had a good look at the living room the last time he entered the door. As for the room, of course he wouldn't look abruptly, “Well, it looks like nobody's really here anymore. Has your uncle no family?" Xia Wan? ”

Instead, he saw Tao Xia Man holding up the wall and walking towards the table... standing in front of the table, Tao Xia Man could not move his own footsteps.

She reached out her hand and gently picked up a set of phoenix skirts that she had placed here. The moment she touched it with her hand, she fainted.

“It's already done!” Zhou Zihao walked over, "No wonder Master Zhou called me yesterday. Looks like he was going to let you try it out. ”

“He... did he call you?” Tao Xia asked back.

Zhou Zihao nodded: “Well, I see now why he was so nervous then. But when I called that number back, I couldn't find anybody. It was an empty number. ”

Zhou Zihao also looked at the coat placed on the workbench and subconsciously said: “Looks like Master Zhou is in a bit of a rush to get out. Did he leave without packing his clothes? ”

“Perhaps…” Tao Xia opened her mouth.

“Maybe what? ”

Tao Xia shook her head, “Nothing… I think I want to wait here to see. ”

“Okay.” Zhou Zihao nodded, “I'll help you sit over there. ”

“No…” said Tao Xia softly. "I want to take a good look at this place. ”

Her eyes turned to the corner of the wall and she said, "Take a look over there. ”

Looking at the marks on the corner of the wall, Zhou Zihao squatted down. Knowing the effect of these marks, he raised his head and asked: "Who is this for? Is your cousin still your cousin or something? ”

“It's mine. ”

Tao Xia stretched out her hand and touched a mark that just passed her height. Her fingers slipped very gently before the mark, like touching an old man's face.

Same height.

Brand new.

“It's mine. ”

Subconsciously, she approached the corner of the wall with her body completely attached to it. Zhou Zihao saw his fiancée's eyes a little wet and heard her say, "It's mine."

“Was it the last time Master Zhou gave you a height measure, you came back to engrave it? ”

Zhou Zihao thought about it for a while and laughed. “Looks like your uncle is still good to you. But it's strange, as a matter of fact, that we haven't met, but he seems to have known me a long time ago. But I found this teacher based on an online message? ”

“Me too...” Tao Xia shook her head. “I also have a lot to think about. ”

“Hmm...” Zhou Zihao said softly: “If you don't understand, don't think about it. Perhaps when Master Zhou returns, he will be able to ask clearly. By the way, where's the bathroom? Can I borrow it? ”

Tao Xiamang pointed directly at a location... she was too familiar with the place to find a way even if she didn't have to light up at night.

She started walking up against the wall to the bench and sat down.

Slowly unwrapping the wedding dress in front of her and finishing up her diamond angle… From the beginning to the completion of this step, she knows that the time taken is not much, but it also means that in this short period of time, it takes a lot of effort to compress the lengthy process to this point.

A needle that drains onto the box and wears different threads.

On the trash can next to it, how many paper towels were rubbed into a bunch, with a little bit of dark vermilion, that was blood... how many times did you break your fingers?

“You... who exactly are you?” Tao Xia breathed hard.

She has a feeling... that the old man who sat here and crossed a line may never come back here.

She seemed to kick something in the foot and looked down unconsciously. It was placed under the workbench, a stacked box.

A lot, overlapping, really a lot of weight… seems to be eating this stuff all the time.

I actually bought it for someone. I recently met a friend who often forgot to eat for work and I was afraid he wouldn't hold up.

As she bent over and reached out to pick up these boxes, some words started ringing in her ears… the scene she had encountered, a small insertion.

- Whether the noodles are delicious or not, my friend always eats them.

……

“Nacchan, are you hungry? Why don't we go get something to eat before we come back?” Zhou Zihao wiped his hands and walked out of the bathroom.

But he looked through the entire living room, and even opened the doors of the other rooms one after the other, and he disappeared.

Zhou Zhou hugely picked up the phone and dialed Tao Xiamang's phone, but he heard the bell ringing on the couch next to him... her bag, along with the pieces, was still here.

And he's gone!

……

……

Touching the narrow entrance, Tao Xia walked into the noodle shop.

The owner of a noodle shop with white hair is counting at this time, it's no longer time for the restaurant, there are no guests in the small restaurant.

When someone came in, the owner of the noodle shop stunned, “Hey, girl, we're not open yet, we have to be late, the noodles haven't been reconciled yet. ”

But seeing this girl limp and limp, the owner of the noodle shop stood up kindly and walked over to help her, "Girl, are you okay? ”

“No...” Tao Xia shook her head and suddenly said: “Boss, can I ask you something? ”

“Ah, you say. ”

Tao Xia hesitated for a while before biting her teeth and asked: "Sir, do you remember that young man who has come to you often lately to pack two sides? ”

“Uh...” the noodle shop owner snapped, “Oh, the knife noodles and the face sprinkler? ”

“Right, right, right!” Tao Xiaman hastily said: “Have you seen him today? ”

“Not today… not today.” The noodle shop owner whispered, “I'm still wondering why I haven't seen anyone today. ”

“When does he usually come? ”

“Well, it's usually two mornings and two nights.” The noodle shop owner thought, "Yes, they'll be here two meals sooner or later. But I didn't show up for lunch today. I didn't know if dinner was coming or not. What, girl, are you looking for this young man? ”

“Sir, can I sit here for a moment? ”

“Ah, yes, you can sit down.” The owner of the noodle shop held Tao Xiamang down, "Miss, let me pour you a glass of water. ”

“No need.” Tao Xia shook her head and suddenly asked: “Sir... did the young man who bought the money say anything strange? ”

“Didn't you? ”

The owner of the noodle shop shook his head: “I remember this young man talking very little and being very quiet. All right, pay up and go, never say anything... uh, if nothing happens, you just sit down and sit as long as you want, and I'll settle the bill. ”

“Nothing, you're busy. ”

Tao Xia sat alone. She just remembered that she was walking a little strange, so she came to this place, despite everything, without even telling her fiancé.

But when she was going to make a phone call, she realized she didn't even bring her phone. Tao Xiamang couldn't help but smile and ask himself: Tao Xiamang, what is wrong with you?

She shook her head and thought she should go back. But when he just stood up, a football suddenly rolled in from outside the noodle shop, and then a kid ran in with him.

And then there's a woman, a slightly fat woman, who hears this slightly fat woman a little angry: “How many times have I told you not to play football on the road, you just don't listen! That's great. They're all jumping! ”

“Mom, I didn't! It rolled itself in! I didn't even kick it!” The child muttered and screamed.

“And you said," How did the ball get in here on its own? "You started lying so young, didn't you?” The slightly fat woman opened her eyes and looked at her son.

But the child thief saw someone and hid directly behind him... and he didn't care if his sister's feet were stuck like a stump.

“Chen Cheng! You're so disobedient, aren't you? Get over here! Don't bother anyone!” The slightly fat woman forked her waist and watched her son harass her and immediately apologized, “I'm sorry, I've been naughty here, he didn't mean to. Are you all right... Xia Wan? Feng Xiaman? You're Feng Xiamang, right? I'm beautiful! Jiang Xiaomei! ”

……

Two women, and a kid who was drinking soda, just chatted in this little noodle shop.

“No wonder you left the country...” the beautiful fat woman exclaimed. “I didn't expect to see you for more than a decade. ”

Tao Xiaman was also quite impressed. She had already met Beautiful once... Last time she was swimming back to her homeland, it was only then that she saw her, although she recognized her, but did not go forward to recognize her.

Tao Xiaman looked at the child hiding behind his mother's dress and said softly, "Well, it's been over a decade. Your son is so old. ”

Mimi suddenly said: "Do you know whose child I am with? ”

“Whose? ”

“Amu! Chen Zimu! ”

“The naughty king!” Tao Xia was amazed: “You two are married! Oh, my God, I can't believe it! ”

“Neither did I.” Beautiful shook her head, it was also a strange look, but it was sweet to smile, "she said.“ This is probably what we call a volatile situation, right? It's like you suddenly transferred one day, and we didn't even think about it. ”

“Nothing." Tao Xia shook her head.

Mimi also suddenly stopped talking... she and the woman in front of her used to be very good friends, but she hasn't seen each other for more than 10 years, and now she looks like this.

Perhaps this omission is not due to the division of more than a decade, but to prejudices that existed more than a decade ago… in the original parents.

“By the way, why did you suddenly come back? ”

“I'm getting married, my fiancé's hometown is this way, so come back and put on a wedding drink.” Tao Xia spoke softly.

“Congratulations!” Mimi subconsciously grabbed Tao Xia Wan's hand, but quickly felt a little uncomfortable and awkwardly retracted her hand.

Tao Xiaman grabbed it with his back, “Will you come that day? ”

“Of course, I will come!” Beautiful whispered, suddenly she lowered her head: “Xia Wan, I'm sorry. At that time, I..."

“Let the past pass.” Tao Xia shook her head.

Beauty smiled bitterly and she reached out and touched her son's head, "but I knew that I had hurt you. It wasn't just me, it was my classmates... we shouldn't have done that to you then. Really, the bigger a person gets, the more he understands things, the more he understands his childhood. Especially...”

Beautiful softly said: “Especially with this little naughty little bastard, I became more aware of that. Children's hearts are fragile, they can hear a lot, and they can write down a lot more than our adults can imagine. There are things that they may remember for the rest of their lives. ”

Tao Xia smiled bitterly: "Didn't I tell you, let the past pass? Like now, it's fine. I didn't even think we had a chance to sit down and talk. ”

“Yeah, maybe it's fate.” Beauty at a glance: “Like me, I married a long time ago, became a full-time housewife, picked up my kids from school every day at this point, then went to the grocery market to buy food, lived here, even passed here every day, but I can't imagine, I can see you here again. ”

Tao Xiamang just laughed... it just iced something out.

“Oh, I remember. Uncle Feng used to bring you here to eat.” Beautiful looks up around this museum, "I really miss it, I haven't eaten here since I had a good one... Sorry, I'm so talkative. ”

Tao Xia shook her head and didn't say anything.

Beauty hesitated for a moment, "That's right, Nacchan. You... have you ever been to see your father? ”

“Long time no see.” Tao Xia's ghost: “I haven't seen him since the accident. ”

“Do you... do you hate him? ”

“Hate it.” Tao Xia is complex: “I haven't really hated it for long. It's just that the days are long... and I'm scared. ”

“Are you... aren't you going to see him?” Beautiful grabbed Tao Xiamang's hand gently, "I knew I had no right to say about your family business. But to be honest, I'm also a parent, so I know what it's like to be a parent. This kid pisses me off every day. Sometimes I just can't wait to throw him out. But, ah, these are not going to last a night. If I can't see him for a day, it feels like something's missing. I think Uncle Feng is the same. Whatever the previous generation did wrong, it was punished as it should be. Your mother died early, and he grew up with you all by himself, and he never made you suffer. Whatever his status is outside, whether he's a seamstress or a criminal, for you, he's just a father. ”

“Beautiful...”

“Xia Mang.” Beautiful softly: “Don't you feel it? I've lived happily ever after. Something happened when I was a kid, but I encountered the adoption of a kind person, grew up and met your fiancé, who loved you. You really live happily ever after, and you don't feel happy. Why do you feel like these things are leaving you? ”

“I…” Tao Xiaman wanted to say… she found that she could not say anything.

“Xia Wan! Good, you're really here! ”

At this time, Zhou Zihao ran in from outside, gasping and grabbed her hand. "I didn't see it. I only found it here when I asked someone along the way! Great. Are you all right? Does your leg hurt? ”

“I'm fine. Someone's here.” Tao Xia shook her head.

Zhou Zihao only noticed that there was another pair of mothers and children beside him. “This is..." he wondered.

“My childhood classmate, Beautiful. ”

“Hello, hello.” Zhou Zihao rushed politely.

Beautiful nodded and looked at Tao Xiamang, smiling slightly: “Am I right? A man who loves you so much, who says you're unhappy? These things, do you still think they'll get away with it? You're just, uh, never gonna let yourself go. ”

……

“What did your classmates talk to you about? ”

Beautiful took her son to go shopping soon. Inside the noodle shop, Zhou Zihao drank his saliva and asked curiously.

“Some household saying.” Tao Xia shook her head and exclaimed, “It's been over a decade and people really change a lot. I never knew she could say that. ”

“Well, maybe it's parenthood. Learn to talk?” Zhou Zihao said something: “Will you do the same? ”

“Die!” Tao Xia banged Zhou Zhou Zhaohao.

Who says it's not already happiness?

……

Back in the old house again, Zhou Zihao held Tao Xiamang and sat on the couch waiting. Wait till it's completely dark, wait till nine o'clock at night, wait till 11 o'clock at night.

The two still did not wait for Master Zhou's return.

It's like there's never been a Master Zhou here, because at night, there's no electricity.

Unconsciously, Tao Xia fell asleep.

She had a very strange dream.

In her dreams, she seemed to become a transparent person. She's still in this old house, but there's a little lamp —— that's a little lamp on the workbench.

I'm afraid it's a late night.

All quiet, there is only a slightly visible humpback figure in front of the workbench, squinting his eyes and wearing a needle thread year after generation.

On red silk, a golden cloud, just floating in line.

And so she sat next to this figure, silently accompanying him for a long, long time.

All of a sudden there was a flower in front of her, and suddenly she crossed into a strange place.

In a cave.

She seemed to have heard something.

Familiar sound.

“... this dinner, this chat, is well worth it. Besides, I've been out there for so long, I've earned it. ”

“Why should I let her live happily ever after and continue to mess up? I... I shouldn't have appeared in her life again...”

“Send me back...”

She saw the fog, the old shadow disappearing little by little, and she saw herself asleep in the cave.

She woke up suddenly, and the blinds lit up and it was already dawn. She's still here, along with Zhou Zihao.

Turns out the night has passed.

She subconsciously touched her face, and she thought she cried.