Xu Jiandong turned off the light and lay down next to Cheng Ye.
Xiang Huan was already lying down, staring at the roof with her eyes open. In fact, she was not sleepy at all.
What I said just now was all to block Chengye's mouth and not give him time to say more.
But not long after the lights went out, two men on the wooden bed were heard talking again.
Xiang Huan pricked up his ears.
They actually still had something to talk about, and this time it was Xu Jiandong who took the lead.
Xiang Huan heard him asking Cheng Ye if he still remembered how old he was when he came to Marriage Town.
Narino laughed softly, "You two ex-husbands and ex-wives are quite interesting. We are not as close as we should be, but you can still talk about my trivial matters."
Xiang Huan closed his eyes when he heard this and almost couldn't hold it back. He interrupted and said that he had never said it before.
"You misunderstood. She didn't tell me what happened about you." Xu Jiandong immediately helped her clarify.
Narino sneered, probably not believing it.
However, he still answered, "I don't remember how old I was when I came here. Anyway, I was in the orphanage as soon as I can remember. The adults said that I was thrown at the entrance of the orphanage."
Xiang Huan closed his eyes and continued listening.
She remembered that this was what Chengye told her before.
Xu Jiandong said with some emotion, "You are really lucky. You finally returned to your biological parents. Too many abducted children will never have a chance in this life."
Chengye suddenly burst out laughing, startling Xiang Huan.
"Am I lucky? Being recognized by my rich parents means I'm lucky?" he asked back.
Xiang Huan opened his eyes and turned to look at the other side of the wooden bed, trying to find an opportunity to speak and end the conversation.
She felt that if the conversation continued like this, it would not end happily.
She had had enough nightmares over the years, and she didn't want to have another new one tonight.
Xu Jiandong was probably not affected by Cheng Ye's tone. After Cheng Ye's laughter ended, he said that he felt lucky to be reunited with his relatives.
"This is not the only kind of luck you get. Anyway, you are quite lucky." Xu Jiandong paused and added.
"Is there anything else? You don't mean to say that I am lucky even if I have been squatting there for ten years."
Narino said these words very quietly.
But Xiang Huan still heard everything without missing a word.
"The way you speak will make her uncomfortable, don't you know?" Xu Jiandong also spoke in a suppressed voice.
Cheng Ye was silent and did not answer.
You'd better stop here and stop talking, Xiang Huan thought silently in his heart.
Time passed by minute by minute.
Just when Xiang Huan thought they really wouldn't talk anymore, Cheng Ye actually started talking again.
"Brother Xu, how on earth do you know about my affairs?"
This is what Xiang Huan wants to know.
A few years ago, she wanted to ask about this, but she mentioned it to Xu Jiandong directly several times, but he always avoided her.
She always thought that the secret was well hidden, so Xiang Huan was really frightened when Xu Jiandong told her about it for the first time.
Although Xu Jiandong never used this against her, after all, her most shameless secret was known to others, and she couldn't feel at ease.
Xiang Huan guessed that Xu Jiandong would not answer directly this time.
"Well, I'll tell you later when I find a more suitable time. It's getting late. I'll get up and go to the tower at four o'clock. Go to sleep."
As expected, Xu Jiandong avoided it again.
Xiang Huan thought Chengye would ask more questions, but he didn't. Chengye just said good night and said nothing again.
The two of them didn't give Xiang Huan a chance to join the conversation, and the room quickly became quiet.
Xiang Huan didn't know when she fell asleep. Anyway, when she opened her eyes, the room was already lit up.
She rubbed her eyes and turned over, only to see Narino half-crouching next to her bunk.
He looked at her strangely.
"I'm scared to death. What are you doing?" Xiang Huan sat up and found that Xu Jiandong was no longer in the room. He looked at the time again. It was now around eight o'clock in the morning.
Narino stood up with his knees up, "You slept so well in such a shabby place. You really don't have a blessed life, just like me."
Xiang Huan couldn't refute.
It was rare for her to sleep well this time, and she had no dreams all night.
"You heard what I told him last night, right?" Cheng Ye waited for Xiang Huan to get up and started to pack her luggage on the floor.
The movements are very skillful.
Xiang Huan stood aside and watched, "I heard it, but you didn't go behind my back. It's okay if I don't want to hear it."
Chengye patted Xiang Huan's calf and asked her to step aside, "If you don't work, you won't be able to see."
Xiang Huan took two steps back, recalled what he had listened to last night, and told Cheng Ye that he really did not tell Xu Jiandong those things by himself.
"I know that before anything happened to their family, they asked someone to check on me." Chengye had already rolled up his luggage and looked up at Xiang Huan, asking where to put them.
Xiang Huan didn't know either, so he looked around the room and said that he should put it aside for now and wait for Xu Jiandong to come back to do it himself.
"OK."
As soon as Cheng Ye stood up, Xiang Huan grabbed his arm and asked what he meant just now.
"literal meaning."
Xiang Huan didn't want to be confused anymore and asked him to explain himself clearly.
"The Xu family checked on me. I have to thank them. If it weren't for what they did, Cheng Tianyu still wouldn't be able to find me."
After Chengye finished speaking, he saw Xiang Huan's eyes blank and said nothing, and then said: "Your mother is not very well-informed, but she doesn't know any of this."
Xiang Huan raised his eyes and looked at him.
She was thinking that maybe it wasn't that Pan Ning didn't know this, but that... he knew it, but didn't tell her.
Chengye, who had been reluctant to leave yesterday, was anxious to go down the mountain. Regardless of how Xiang Huan was affected by his words, he turned around and went to contact the person who sent them here.
Xiang Huan watched him go out to use his cell phone and took two deep breaths in succession.
After more than ten seconds, her expression returned to normal, and there was even a faint smile on her lips.
Narino didn't see her change process.
When he entered the house again, he only saw Xiang Huan applying lipstick on his mobile phone and asking him when the motorcycle would arrive.
"I thought you were reluctant to leave." Chengye sat down.
Xiang Huan didn't answer his words and started to tie his hair with a hairband again, lowering his head slightly and facing away from Cheng Ye.
When she was thinking about saying goodbye to Xu Jiandong on the tower, her waist suddenly tightened and she was pulled towards a familiar chest.
Xiang Huan was startled and wanted to speak, but his mouth was immediately covered.
The hair tie that tied her hair fell at her feet.
Both of Xiang Huan's arms were caught, twisted behind his back, and held in Cheng Ye's hands.
He squeezed Xiang Huan into the corner at the door of the kitchen.
Xiang Huan glanced at the half-open door of the room and made a humming sound in his mouth, wanting to tell Cheng Ye not to do this. The door was open and someone would come later.
Cheng Ye ignored her and slowly slid his fingers along her collarbone, stopping at a soft position.
…
Only when the sound of motorcycles came from the yard outside did Narino let her go.
When Narino walked out, he closed the door tightly.
Xiang Huan sat at the door of the kitchen with weak legs. It took him a long time to find the strength to pick up his phone and send a farewell WeChat message to Xu Jiandong.
