Lu Xinting curiously followed the waiter to the front desk.
The waiter took out a bunch of keys from under the cashier and handed them to Lu Xinting.
Lu Xinting looked at the keys in her palm and was confused for a moment. Isn't this the set of keys she returned to Jingchen?
How did he end up in the coffee shop?
Did you think it was meaningless and deliberately discarded it here?
Or forgot to take it?
Lu Xinting frowned with doubts, and her mind couldn't help but think of that day in the coffee shop.
When she returned the bunch of keys to Jingchen, confusion flashed across his face.
It seemed like he didn't recognize the keys at all.
What he said at the time was, "It's been so long, I almost forgot that I left this bunch of keys for you."
But how could he forget such an important token?
"Tingting, what's wrong?" Mu Ning saw Lu Xinting staring at the key and thought she had something on her mind.
"Ning Ning, this bunch of keys was given to me by Jingchen when he went abroad. But when I returned it to him, he said he had forgotten it and threw it away here. Do you think it's strange?"
"It's quite strange to hear you say that."
Mu Ning analyzed, "Although you have your own lives now, it is a beautiful first love after all. Who would throw away such a precious thing casually? Unless you have never loved before, you don't care at all, but Jingchen made a special trip to come back to China this time You, I still want to get back together with you.”
"Really? Even you feel the same way."
Lu Xinting and Mu Ning sat face to face in the booth, with the keys on the table. The sunlight filtered in through the glass window, illuminating the keys with a cold metallic sheen.
Neither of them spoke. After a moment of silence, Mu Ning said, "I know this bunch of keys means a lot to you. If you are really confused and want to understand why, you might as well ask Jingchen directly."
After all, they were the brothers they grew up with. Lu Xinting had secretly liked him for many years. Later, when she heard the news of Jingchen's death, Lu Xinting couldn't sleep at night, holding on tightly to the bunch of keys Jingchen gave her.
She sealed all her memories and feelings for Jingchen in this bunch of keys.
Mu Ning had witnessed it with her own eyes, and she could understand it.
Because during the two years when she and Gu Zhiyin were separated, whenever her thoughts surged, she would gently touch the pendant around her neck.
It was as if I was touching his face and his hands through the pendant he gave me.
"Ning Ning." Lu Xinting raised her eyes and looked at her seriously, "Did you know? I don't care what Jingchen thinks about the past. What I'm worried about is that this bunch of keys may not be his at all!"
Mu Ning was slightly surprised, "I didn't expect this."
Under the sun, Lu Xinting's cheeks turned a little white. During the half-minute of silence, she seemed to think of something and frowned tightly, "No, I must find out."
…
Lu Xinting called Jingchen. Jingchen's place was very noisy and there was a voice announcement.
Jingchen told her that he was going back to the United States, and the flight would be at six o'clock in the evening.
Lu Xinting looked at the time. It was four-thirty. An idea flashed through her head and she made a decision immediately.
"Wait for me at the airport!"
Lu Xinting hung up the phone, said goodbye to Mu Ning, left the coffee shop, took a taxi and went straight to the airport.
There was a traffic jam on the airport road, and Lu Xinting kept urging the master to hurry up.
"Miss, there's nothing I can do. Didn't you see that the road is blocked?"
Lu Xinting was so anxious that it was already a quarter past six when she arrived at the airport.
She hurriedly took out her mobile phone and called Jingchen.
Unable to get through.
He...should be on the plane, right?
Lu Xinting stood in the airport lobby, a little confused.
"Tingting, you are late."
At this time, a voice sounded from behind her.
Lu Xinting was startled and immediately turned around.
Jingchen stood in front of her with his suitcase in hand.
"Jingchen, you, why are you still here?"
Isn't the flight at six o'clock?
Jingchen coughed in a low voice, "I heard you were coming to see me off, so I was waiting for you here. I didn't know you were so slow, so I had to change my appointment."
Lu Xinting breathed a sigh of relief, "I'm really sorry."
Jingchen shook his head and smiled, "I'm very happy that you can come."
Lu Xinting felt a little embarrassed because she had delayed his flight. Remembering the purpose of coming to him, she took a step forward and said, "Jingchen, actually I came to you to ask you something."
"This matter is very important to me, and I hope you can answer it seriously."
Jingchen's eyes flashed, thinking that the question Lu Xinting was going to ask was what he expected. He couldn't help but feel joy on his face, and nodded with a hint of excitement and expectation.
Unexpectedly, Lu Xinting took out a bunch of keys from her pocket and looked at him very seriously, "Jingchen, this bunch of keys isn't yours, is it?"
Jingchen froze without any surprise.
He lowered his eyes and looked at the key in Lu Xinting's hand.
"Isn't this the key you gave me back at the cafe?"
It took him a while before he spoke, but in the few seconds he was stunned, Lu Xinting already understood everything.
But she needed to hear a definite answer from Jingchen.
"Jingchen, you just need to answer me, yes or no."
Jingchen's eyes dodge a little.
"Jingchen, the owner of this key is very important to me." Lu Xinting's tone even sounded pleading, "Please look me in the eyes and tell me whether this key is yours."
Jingchen raised his eyes to look at Lu Xinting. She was biting her lip, with tension, urgency and fear on her face.
Only there is no sadness.
She no longer had any nostalgia or affection for him.
Jingchen took a deep breath and said, "I'm sorry, Tingting, I lied to you. This set of keys is not mine."
"When you said you wanted to give it back to me, I didn't even remember that I gave you a set of keys."
Lu Xinting's fingers trembled, and the color suddenly drained from her face.
She froze in place, feeling a little dazed.
Seeing her like this, Jingchen lowered his head apologetically and apologized to her in shame, "I'm sorry, Tingting, because I was afraid that after I left, someone would take advantage of it and break into your life. I can see that this key is with me." You have been here for many years and must be very important to you. I want to get you back, so I..."
"So the person in the box that day was not you." Lu Xinting suddenly interrupted Jingchen.
"What?!"
Jingchen was confused, "What private room?"
Lu Xinting looked at Jingchen with red eyes. Her nose was also red, but her lips were very pale.
That year Jingchen fell ill and had to go abroad for treatment.
Lu Xinting was very sad. On the eve of their separation, she got drunk in a bar.
She remembered that something happened in that bar that day.
The scene was really chaotic, and I could only hear a group of people fighting and killing each other.
She was so drunk that she called Jingchen to pick her up.
While waiting, she fell asleep.
I don’t know how long it took, but a man came into the box. She thought it was Jingchen, and she handed herself over to him with confidence. When the man picked her up, they kissed, and then something indescribable happened...
That was her first time.
When she woke up, there was no trace in the box, only a bunch of keys left by the man!
Then, she called Jingchen but couldn't get through.
She rushed home and her mother told her that Jingchen's family had moved away!
She couldn't contact Jingchen until she heard about his death!
