I finally found a box of instant noodles in the kitchen cabinet and moved it to the living room. Mi Cai had already inserted an electric kettle and boiled hot water. Her very cooperative appearance made me suspect that she might not have had supper either.

I asked, "Do you want to eat instant noodles?"

She nodded.

So I tore open two buckets of instant noodles and asked her again, "Let's stop eating soaked food, so just put it in a pot and cook it. Do you have eggs at home?"

"I'll go find..."

When Micai went to find the eggs, I poured the water into the rice cooker. When the water was about to boil, Micai found an egg in the refrigerator, walked up to me and asked, "Is it enough?"

I even doubted whether this egg could be eaten. I took it from her hand and put it in my ear and shook it. It felt like it didn't turn yellow. I said, "For the two of us, just one egg is definitely not enough."

"Then I'll buy it at the convenience store below."

"It's raining outside, don't go, I don't like eating eggs anyway."

"oh."

.........

Instant noodles were indeed very convenient. They were boiled in just a short while. I filled a bowl of Micai and also a bowl myself. The two of them were too lazy to sit at the table, so they just sat on the sofa and started eating.

She asked me, "Zhaoyang, do you like instant noodles?"

"When you haven't bought this house yet, I often sit on the sofa and eat instant noodles like I do now."

Micai nodded, then found the egg yolk in his bowl and gave it to me, saying, "I like to eat egg whites, so I'll give you egg yolks."

I looked at her and suddenly felt that we were closer. In fact, even when we were in love, we had never sat together and ate instant noodles like we did now, and then ate an egg separately.

I asked her again, "Do you like instant noodles?"

"I ate very little, by the way, what kind of flavor is this? It's quite delicious!"

"Old sauerkraut, it's sour and refreshing!"

Mi Cai smiled, lowered her head and ate it at the same frequency as me. Soon we were sweating profusely by the sourness, but we still drank the soup clean.

After eating, she patted her chest, and I patted her belly. The two of them put down the bowl in their hands at the same time. Then she looked at me and smiled: "Zhaoyang, your mouth is covered with oil stains..."

I looked at her, handed her a tissue, and replied, "You didn't eat it yourself."

Mi Cai took the tissue from my hand and did not rush to wipe off the oil stains on her mouth. Instead, she took out her makeup mirror and looked at her. When I looked at her laughing, I felt a little dazed again, but the sound of rain outside the window became clearer. Such a rainy night has calmed my mind that has been restless recently. Then I was a little souvenir, but I didn’t know if it was souvenirs for the people around me or the weather like this.

Micai took the bowl we had eaten into the kitchen, and I used to lit a cigarette after the meal and leaned on the sofa to suck it comfortably. In fact, I didn’t need much complicated life, it would be nice to be like now.

After smoking a cigarette, Mi Cai had already washed the dishes and chopsticks. I pressed the cigarette to extinguish it in the ashtray, put on my coat and said to her: "It's getting late, I'll go back first."

"I'll go down with you."

I nodded and helped her pick up the bag containing the guitar and racing car. Although I was puzzled in my heart, I didn't ask any questions after all. I just walked behind her and came to the outdoors where it was still raining. She held an umbrella for me. I put the bag in the trunk of her car, repeated yesterday's words, and said to her: "Driving slowly on the road."

"The same to you......"

"Well... Then I'll leave first."

After I turned around, Mi Cai did not get on the car immediately. Her figure was reflected on my car window, but it was not so clear, because the rain was also falling down the car window...

I stood by the car and did not open the door immediately. I was a little worried and wanted to turn around and ask her if she still loves her. If she doesn't love her, why did she take away the things I once gave her, and why did she leave me a memory of eating instant noodles on this rainy night...

If we still love each other, can we give up the marriage and return to my side? After we repair the broken road, we will continue to walk?

In the rain, she said to me behind me: "Zhaoyang, get in the car quickly, it's raining so hard!"

I suddenly calmed down. Even if I had the result at this time, what would happen? After experiencing repeated torture, I had no confidence to face the fragile love that needed to be cared for at any time. Finally, I nodded to her, held all the things I wanted to ask back, opened the car door, got into the car, and started the car without stopping at all, and left the community before her. At this point, I no longer believed that I still had a chance to come here because all the things hidden under the bed had been discovered by her!

......

The next day, the rain that had been falling for two consecutive days finally stopped. I saw the sunshine this morning, but the temperature was much lower than the previous few days, and the smell of autumn was getting heavier and heavier. This autumn always reminded me unconsciously of this time last year, which seemed to be a new beginning in my life.

A gust of wind blew, and the yellow leaves fell from the trees on both sides of the long street. I stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the office, holding a cup of strong tea, leaned over and looked at the fallen leaves that had only shrunk into dots in the huge city, as if I had experienced a kind of bleak separation.

The office door was suddenly knocked. After I responded, the woman in red appeared in front of me unexpectedly. I asked in surprise: "Why are you here?"

"Today there was a development summit for the catering industry in Suzhou. I received an invitation and just took the way to send the contract from our group to your tourism agent."

I smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. An! I'm sorry to send it here in person."

The woman in red handed me the contract and said, "Look at the details of this contract. If there is no problem, we will sign it now. For the first phase of the money, I will transfer the finances to your company's account within one month."

I said "Thank you" again and opened the contract and read it carefully. After about ten minutes, I browsed the entire content and truly felt the sincerity of the contract. I stood up and said to her: "This contract from Tianyang Group will bring a lot of substantial help to our company. Thank you again, Mr. An!"

The woman in red smiled and shook hands with me. The two of them signed the contract immediately and then kept one.

.........

After signing the contract, I kept sending the woman in red to the downstairs of the company. When she was about to leave, she suddenly smiled and asked me, "Zhaoyang, are you free in the evening? Please treat me to dinner."

I was a little puzzled, but I still responded to her smile and said, "You have helped our company so much, no matter whether you have time or not, you must invite me!"

"Haha, I asked you to treat me to a meal, it has nothing to do with helping you...I just want to tell you a secret."

"What's the secret?"

"Don't you want to know who broke the news to those reporters by recording your chaotic private life photos?"

"Is this a secret?... Everyone knows that it was the young leader of Blueprint Group. To be honest, I'm too lazy to care about these things!" Shuzhang said with some depression and apologies: "It just implicated Le Yao withdrew from the entertainment industry!"

The woman in red opened her car door and said to me before getting on the car: "We can't do this alone, he is just one of the participants... In the evening, I'll tell you that someone else is here!"
Chapter completed!