"What do you want to eat tonight?"
In the living room, Lin Shirou looked at Jiang Chen who had just returned from a business trip.
"I love everything you cook."
Jiang Chen just came back from working overtime and was very sleepy.
He had been working overtime all night for the past few days. He had not had a full night's sleep and his heartbeat was a little fast.
Now he doesn't even have the thought of giving his wife a hug.
"Your eyes are so red."
Lin Shirou looked into Jiang Chen's eyes and said softly.
"Take a break, I'll heat up the milk."
The motor of the gas stove rang. Jiang Chen lay on the sofa tiredly, and the phone suddenly rang.
It's an unfamiliar number.
"Hello, I'm Jiang Chen, who are you?"
There was no talking over there.
He frowned, thinking it was a harassing call and wanted to hang up, when he heard a female voice coming from the other side.
"Jiang Chen, long time no see, I'm back."
Hearing that voice, Jiang Chen, who was originally lying on the sofa, suddenly stood up.
"Han Yutong? What are you doing back here?"
Lin Shirou, who was warming milk, turned around when she heard the words "Han Yutong".
"I'm here to pay you back. Where can I see you?"
Jiang Chen's already tired mind became even more confused, and he quickly mentioned the name of a coffee shop near his home.
"Okay, I'll wait for you there, see you later."
After saying that, the other party hung up the phone.
Jiang Chen subconsciously wanted to get some clothes from the hanger, but missed the opportunity.
"At this."
Lin Shirou was already standing beside him at some point, smoothing out the folds of his collar and handing it to Jiang Chen.
"It's about work, go back quickly and be careful on the road."
Jiang Chen nodded to his wife, put on his clothes and left.
In the blink of an eye, Lin Shirou was the only one left in the room.
She thought for a moment, then went to the kitchen to turn off the gas stove, returned to the house, put on a thick windbreaker, and left the house.
…
On the way to the coffee shop, Jiang Chen was in a trance for a moment, feeling like he was dreaming.
The owner of that phone is his first girlfriend Han Yutong.
A few years ago, her mother had an accident abroad and was in urgent need of organ donation and a large sum of money.
Han Yutong was so anxious when he heard the news that he quickly found his relatives and neighbors to find a solution.
As the saying goes, saving money does not help the poor. She contacted many relatives, but in the end no one was willing to lend it to her.
In the end, Jiang Chen, who had just started working, lent her all his savings and even sent her on the plane.
As a result, after she went there, there was no news from her, and she seemed to have disappeared from the world.
At first, he believed that Han Yutong would not betray him, but this confidence gradually evaporated when there was no news from her.
He thought she would never come back, but he didn't expect...the woman who once troubled him would appear in his life again.
Jiang Chen drove very fast and stopped at the entrance of the coffee shop.
There, a woman in a skirt and high heels was standing and watching.
Jiang Chen recognized her at a glance.
Compared with before, Han Yutong's face lost a bit of youthfulness and became a bit more mature.
Seeing Jiang Chen, she smiled: "Long time no see, let's go in and talk."
Jiang Chen nodded.
There was soothing piano music playing in the cafe, and the sunlight shined through the glass on the table, making the dew roses in the center of the table shine.
The waiters who came and went brought coffee to Jiang Chen and the two people who entered the room.
The two of them sat opposite each other at the table, with a hint of nostalgia in Han Yutong's eyes:
"How have you been these past few years?"
Jiang Chen didn't answer, but subconsciously wanted to touch a cigarette.
It took a long time to dig out one, which was given by the customer.
He put the cigarette into his mouth, took a drag, and said in as calm a tone as possible:
"fine."
This is a lie.
Only he knew that after she left, the ashtray in the house was filled with cigarette butts and there were countless wine bottles on the wall.
Smoking and alcohol destroyed his body. After returning home, he failed to find a job for almost a year and a half. He was drunk all the time and was depressed.
Her betrayal was the biggest blow in his life.
Han Yutong looked at the cigarette on his finger and frowned slightly: "Have you started smoking?"
"Does this have anything to do with you?"
Han Yutong was slightly startled and said with a wry smile: "It doesn't matter."
Jiang Chen took a deep breath to keep himself calm: "What about you, how are you living abroad?"
"fine."
Jiang Chen asked again: "Why did you leave in the first place, and why are you coming back now?"
The mystery of her unexplained departure has been lingering in Jiang Chen's heart for a long time.
Now I can finally ask her face to face.
But Han Yutong did not answer, but fumbled for something in the bag.
Soon, she pushed a bank card in front of Jiang Chen and said in as relaxed a tone as possible:
"The past, it's all over. Thank you for the 100,000 yuan you gave me to help me tide over the difficulties."
"There are three hundred thousand in the card, and the extra money will be used as interest. I wish you a smooth career and a happy family!"
She said in as relaxed a tone as possible.
Jiang Chen did not take the card, but repeated the question just now:
"Han Yutong, why did you do it in the first place?"
"Are you short of money? You know, I have to find an excuse to borrow money from you."
Looking at the gaze directed at him, Han Yutong's eyes dodge for a moment.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Chen's voice became colder: "If you don't say anything, just take this card back and say goodbye."
Since she refuses to say it, just think that she fed the dog in those years.
After speaking, Jiang Chen turned around and left without stopping for a second.
"Don't leave."
Han Yutong stopped him quickly, his voice trembling.
Jiang Chen turned around and asked, "What exactly happened back then?"
Han Yutong was silent for a long time and whispered.
"Nothing happened."
"Nothing happened?"
"yes."
"The claim that I had a car accident and needed me to go to Italy for an organ transplant is all false."
"She didn't have any accident?" Jiang Chen said in surprise.
"Um."
Han Yutong took a deep breath and began to narrate the truth of the past.
"She doesn't like you and always wanted me to go abroad to accompany her."
"I refused, so my mother forged the hospital's examination report, saying that she had been in a car accident and needed an organ transplant..."
"She told all her relatives and friends in advance and wouldn't let them borrow a penny from me."
"The matter was urgent. I borrowed money from you and left the country. After that...it became what it is now."
Jiang Chen was silent.
Is this the truth...
"You can obviously find a way to contact me, why don't you do this?" Jiang Chen was puzzled.
Han Yutong seemed a little aggrieved. He gritted his teeth and said, "My mother has been spying on me for two years. She has never left me. She also took away my cell phone... By the time I regain my freedom, your contact information will have been blocked..."
Looking at the woman with red eyes, he didn't know how to reply.
He hated Han Yutong's betrayal at first, but after learning the truth, he couldn't bear it.
Seeing the red eyes, he wanted to reach out to comfort him, but stopped in mid-air.
Han Yutong wiped the corners of his eyes and handed the card to him again.
"Jiang Chen, take it."
"It doesn't matter whether you believe what I say or not. I heard that your family is happy and I'm happy for you too."
"You helped me before, this is a little bit of my kindness, take it and live a good life."
"how about you?"
"Me? I'm just here to pay back the money." Han Yutong's eyes were full of regret, "I won't stay longer and will fly back to Italy tonight."
"Don't leave in a hurry."
Jiang Chen handed the card to her and his voice became much softer:
"I only want my money, you take the rest and we go find a bank to transfer the money..."
"No need, Jiang Chen."
Han Yutong did not take the card and said what he had always wanted to say but could not say on the phone.
"Our memories are my greatest gift, I will always remember you."
After Han Yutong finished speaking, he glanced outside the glass curtain wall of the coffee shop.
Jiang Chen was too focused to notice, but she had discovered it long ago.
There was a woman wearing a camel trench coat standing there.
The woman had been waiting for a while, but she didn't come in and kept looking through the glass.
She looks very beautiful, gentle and graceful, exactly like the woman on the screen saver of Jiang Chen's phone.
Han Yutong no longer hesitated and said to Jiang Chen: "Someone is looking for you, go and accompany her."
However there was no response.
Han Yutong looked over and found Jiang Chen standing there, frowning and covering his heart with one hand.
"Jiang Chen, you...what's wrong with you?"
Seeing such a situation, Han Yutong couldn't help being startled and asked quickly.
"Nothing...just before..."
Jiang Chen clutched his chest, the pain making him sweat.
Smoking and alcohol destroyed his body, and coupled with the continuous late nights and overtime work, he often suffered from inexplicable chest pains.
He wanted to find a chair to rest, but before he could find a chair, he felt his eyes go dark.
He insisted on not letting himself fall, but his eyelids became heavier and heavier until they turned into darkness.
Their urgent shouts could be heard in my ears.
"Jiang Chen! Jiang Chen!"
