The evening wind in spring blew across the riverside of Xitang, and the sunset reflected the earth in a golden color. I sat alone on the balcony of the inn smoking a cigarette, thinking about how to solve the 70,000 yuan rent.

I took out my phone from my pocket and read the address book over and over again, but I never made up my mind to borrow the money from someone because this considerable amount of rent is not so easy to borrow, and not everyone will treat me like Le Yao.

I put my phone back in my pocket, flicked the ashes heavily, and fell into confusion. I was a little helpless, but I had to do things.

The most beautiful thing in this world is that when you long for a look and look forward to a gust of spring breeze, she just passed by, but at this moment there is no such person in my world, and it seems that only your back is left.

I picked up the guitar and was about to sing a song with my voice open, but my phone vibrated in my pocket. I took it out and looked at it. It was sent by Mi Cai. She cared about whether I had dinner.

I replied to her: "Your side is only 6 o'clock in the morning, why are you getting up so early?"

She sent me a photo of her wearing a sportswear and a dedicated running arm cover.

"running?"

“Well, spring is a season for exercise.”

I smiled and replied to her again: "It turns out that beauty also needs to be maintained by acquired people. If you don't like exercise, your figure will probably be out of shape."

"That's not necessarily the case. When you are busy with work, you often don't exercise for several weeks."

"If you have the ability to do it for a few months, you can take a look."

This topic seemed a bit boring to Mi Cai, so she avoided it and asked me: "How is the inn running recently?"

"It's pretty good."

"Continue to come on!"

"Well, the air is just right in the morning, so hurry up and go run."

This time, Mi Cai returned the message after a while: "Don't you care how I'm doing here?"

I touched the tip of my nose and realized that I would always subconsciously think that she was doing well. After all, she was a woman shrouded in halo. She would not encounter extremely deep nights. Her proud light would not reverse, so she must have lived well. This is my logic for a long time.

Only then did I realize that there was an excuse in my body that I thought she was doing well.

"Then how are you doing there?"

"It rained heavily in New York yesterday, and several pots of flowers on the hotel windowsill were poured to death!"

"Is this related to whether you live well?"

"Yes, if I remember to move them into the house, I wouldn't be sprinkled to death."

"So if you blame yourself and feel sad, you will be in a bad life?"

"right."

"Remember to move in before it rains next time."

"good."

My conversation with Mi Cai ended here, but I understood that she still had a delicate heart under her dazzling halo, so a small incident would be made vigorous and then made me feel lost and sad.

She is just an ordinary woman.

...

When the lights were on, I deliberately shuttled through the newly decorated rooms and mopped the floor and wiped the furniture. Then I was so tired that I lay on the floor and gasped for breath. So those worries had no space to survive and all disappeared into my world.

When I was drowsy, my phone rang again, and it was a strange number.

I answered and a woman's voice came from: "Is it the owner of the inn?"

I felt that the voice was very familiar, but I didn't dare to recognize it, so I said, "Well, that's right."

"I saw the promotional pictures of your inn in the forum, and I wanted to stay at your inn."

"You are here, our inn is still very cost-effective."

"I have already arrived at the station in Xitang. Please pick me up."

"Okay, what do you call it?"

"Submitted to Li."

"Li Xiaoyun?"

"You can hear this?"

I asked with surprise: "It's really you! Why did you come to Xitang?"

"I'm on annual leave and I'm thinking about where to relax. My aunt said you're opening an inn in Xitang and come and have a look."

"Why aren't you the previous mobile phone number?"

"It's been changed long ago."

Only then did I realize that I hadn't contacted her for a long time, so this number was so strange to me.

"You wait at the station for a while, and I'll go there now."

Li Xiaoyun reminded, "You drive slowly, don't be in a hurry."

I answered and hung up the phone, and smiled myself. An ancient town, Xitang, condensed my big life into a small life. They came one after another, and finally walked one after another in my memory. No one would really stay. Such a quick look gave me a deeper understanding of the word "passenger".

...

I drove to Xitang Station in the van left by the former inn owner resisting, and after a short while I arrived at my destination.

Under the platform, Li Xiaoyun was wearing a light blue denim jacket, her hair was tied into a bun, and a pair of newbalance sneakers under her feet, looking like she was traveling.

I rolled down the window and signaled her to get in. She smiled and opened the passenger door and sat beside me.

On the way, I was chatting with Li Xiaoyun while driving. I said to her, "I was quite surprised when you came to Xitang."

"Passing by the way, I will go to Gulangyu in Xiamen the day after tomorrow."

I nodded, but couldn't find the next topic, so both sides fell into a brief silence.

After a long time, Li Xiaoyun said to me again: "Zhaoyang, I have something to tell you when I come this time."

I smiled and said, "Tell me, have you found a partner and ended your blind date journey from now on?"

"Don't joke, I'm talking about serious things."

I finally looked at her seriously and waited for her to continue talking.

Li Xiaoyun was silent for a moment before looking at me and said, "Auntie doesn't seem to support you in staying in Xitang to open an inn. These days, I have been asking my uncle to arrange a job for you at their unit. The purpose is to let you stay in Xuzhou to live a stable life."

“Is it reliable?”

"Well, my aunt told my mother when she was playing mahjong at my house. Maybe she will come to Xitang to find you in the next few days."

My heart seemed to have been poured with a basin of cold water. The rent has not been resolved yet, and this troublesome thing has come again.

After a while, I said, "I have invested nearly 200,000 yuan in the inn here, and it is impossible for me to give up halfway."

"I am only responsible for venting and reporting, and the final decision is still in your hands... But you have to be more considerate of your aunt. After all, everyone expects to have something to rely on, right?"

I nodded because from my mother's perspective, her decision was reasonable, but returning to Xuzhou seemed like a cold meal to me, and my mother was frying it over and over again.

After a long time, Li Xiaoyun asked me again, "What does your girlfriend think of you running an inn in Xitang?"

I was stunned for a moment and remembered that when Mi Cai and I confirmed our relationship in Xuzhou that day, Li Xiaoyun was one of the bystanders. In her eyes, Mi Cai was indeed my girlfriend, but at this time I couldn't figure out what the relationship with Mi Cai was. There were too many unresolved things between us, which made us unfamiliar but approached.

I finally said to Li Xiaoyun: "She is supportive."
Chapter completed!