She didn't know how Si Nian happened to appear here, but she just wanted to leave as soon as possible. She felt uncomfortable standing shoulder to shoulder with him in such a dim doorway.

But it was raining so heavily at this time that not even a taxi could be seen in the rain and fog.

It is raining in northern Beijing in early spring and the temperature is a little low.

Jiang Sui Leng hugged his arms unconsciously.

Si Nian noticed her little movement and asked her considerately, "Are you cold?"

Jiang Sui turned his head to look at him. He was wearing a long windbreaker today, made of waterproof fabric, as if he was prepared for the heavy rain.

She was afraid that Si Nian would do something inappropriate, so she shook her head and said stubbornly, "It's not cold."

"I see your clothes are all wet. Why don't you go to my place to tidy them up?" Si Nian cleared his throat and continued, "I live nearby."

Although Jiang Sui was surprised to meet Si Nian here, she resisted the urge to ask him why he was here. She didn't want him to think that she still cared about him.

But when she heard him say that he lived nearby, she was even more surprised.

Shouldn't he live in HK or Shenhai?

How come you live around here?

But although she was very curious, she refrained from asking.

"No, I'll take a taxi home when the rain stops or gets lighter."

She refused without a second thought.

Because she was already uncomfortable standing here with him, let alone going to his house and being in a confined space with him.

Si Nian stared into her eyes for a while, and seemed to quickly see through her thoughts.

He suddenly curled his lips into a smile.

That smile was evil and unbridled.

It is totally inconsistent with his gentle temperament now with glasses on.

Jiang Sui frowned.

When did you see him smile like this?

Oh, it seemed like she had just arrived in Shenhai, and he went to the airport to pick her up. She didn’t recognize him, and he smiled evilly and asked her, “Oh, you don’t recognize me?”

Thinking back to the little moments they had spent together, Jiang Sui felt a slight pain in his heart.

She turned her head away and stopped looking at him.

"Are you so afraid of being with me now? You weren't like this before."

Si Nian's voice was soft, and he seemed a little helpless.

Of course she knew, she used to like sticking to him, he was her brother and later also her boyfriend.

But they are nothing now.

Jiang Sui said stubbornly, "I'm not afraid."

"Then why don't you dare to come to my house?"

She was speechless and lowered her head.

It seemed as if he saw through her.

Seeing her like this, Si Nian suddenly sighed.

"We don't know how long this rain will last, so go get ready, dry your hair, and drink some hot water. It won't change anything, and there's no need for us to avoid it. If you really want to be strangers with me, wait until the rain stops, otherwise you'll catch a cold and lose all your willpower."

Jiang Sui felt a little ashamed and angry at what he said, but before she could react, Si Nian took off his windbreaker and wrapped her tightly, then opened an umbrella and brought her into the cascading rain curtain.

Just as Si Nian said, he did live very close.

Jiang Sui was still dazed in his arms. Before she could react, he had taken her to the underground garage in the community next to the China Foreign Affairs University.

Entering the garage passage, without the restraint of the heavy rain, Jiang Sui immediately broke free from Si Nian's arm and took two steps back to keep a distance from him.

Because of her actions, she saw Si Nian also stopped, put away his umbrella and looked at her helplessly.

"Sui Sui, am I a tiger?" he asked her in a low voice.

With the word "Sui Sui", Jiang Sui's heart was ached again.

She lowered her brows and did not answer him.

"Let's go."

He frowned helplessly again, turned around and continued to walk forward, but his pace was very slow, as if he was deliberately waiting for her to catch up like in the past.

Jiang Sui looked behind him and saw that half of his body was wet, and the white shirt stuck to his arms, revealing a hint of flesh color.

The long windbreaker on his body showed a tendency to slide down slightly, Jiang Sui reached out and pulled it, then walked forward to follow.

Jiang Sui followed Si Nian and took the elevator upstairs from the underground garage. No one spoke in the elevator.

Jiang Sui raised his eyes and saw two figures reflected on the elevator door, one in front and one behind.

At this moment, Si Nian was standing behind her, staring at her back in a daze.

For some reason, Jiang Sui felt that his expression looked a little bitter at this moment.

He thought that because her back was facing him, she couldn't see anything, but in fact the elevator door had already recorded every change in his expression.

Jiang Sui didn't want to explore why he had such emotions.

The elevator door opened and she stepped out first.

There is one household per floor, and the gray entrance door is right in front of you.

Jiang Sui made way for him so that he could come over and open the door.

The electronic lock clicked and the door opened.

Si Nian walked in first, hung the umbrella aside, bent down and took out a pair of brand new men's slippers from the shoe cabinet and placed them at the door.

Then he changed into slippers and walked inside, but after only two steps he turned back.

Looking at Jiang Sui who was still standing blankly at the door, he seemed even more helpless.

"You're already at the door, but you still won't come in?"

Jiang Sui pursed his lips and had no choice but to go in. He changed into slippers, hung his windbreaker in the entrance, and then slowly moved inside.

Si Nian's residence is not very luxurious. It is decorated in a cold blue-gray style and has an ordinary family housing layout, which does not seem to match his current status.

The only feature of this house is that it has a large living room with a large floor-to-ceiling window.

When Jiang Sui walked into the living room, Si Nian was not there. No one knew where he had gone.

She slowly moved herself to the window again. The heavy rain was still falling outside, as if there was a hole in the sky and it was raining endlessly. If it continued like this, when would she be able to go home?

At this time, Si Nian appeared out of nowhere, handed her a towel and said, "Wipe it off, your bangs are dripping with water."

Seeing Jiang Sui pause, he quickly added, "It's not mine. This is new and has never been used."

Even he started to be cautious, and their relationship was really awkward now.

She took the towel and wiped her forehead twice, somewhat absent-mindedly.

He asked her beside her, "What would you like to drink, coffee or milk tea?"

"You still have milk tea here?" She was a little surprised.

“No, but I can try to do a little.”

"Oh, don't bother. I'm not cold or thirsty anymore. You're wet too. Go change your clothes first."

Jiang Sui's tone was soft, and he pursed his lips slightly after hearing it.

"Okay, then, do you want me to find you some clothes to change into?"

Jiang Sui thought it was inappropriate to change clothes here, so he refused.

"No, it's quite hot here. I didn't get wet much, and my clothes are already dry."

He nodded and went back to his room to change clothes.

Jiang Sui looked at the door slowly closing and let out a sigh of relief.

This awkward relationship is really hard to bear.

There was a door wide open on one side of the living room. Jiang Sui leaned over to look and saw a row of bookshelves reaching the ceiling standing against the wall.

She had nothing to do, so she walked in to take a look.

The books on the bookshelf were labeled by Si Nian and arranged neatly in rows.

Most of the books here are about economics and languages.

Jiang Sui picked up a language book at random and flipped through it casually.

I don’t know how long I watched, but there was no movement from Si Nian in the living room. Jiang Sui’s legs and feet were numb.

She turned her head and saw a large desk opposite the bookshelf with several folders on it. There were also two photo frames standing next to the desk, with their backs facing her.

Out of curiosity, she walked over, picked it up and took a look, then she was stunned.

The photo in the frame was not someone else's, but Jiang Sui's own.

This is the photo of her that Si Nian took to the amusement park that year and took a secret photo of her.

At that time, she thought it was ugly and wanted to delete it, but he didn't let her. He said that Sui Sui is always beautiful.

They had clearly broken up, so why did he still put her photo on the desk in his new home?

Jiang Sui felt something strange.

She put the photo frame down and picked up another one.

This was a photo she had never seen before; it was a photo of the two of them.

It was probably taken secretly by the student couple at the time and kept secretly by Si Nian, so she had never seen it.

In the photo, she was half turned towards Si Nian, looking up at him, and he was also looking down at her, his eyes full of affection.

No wonder he didn't send this photo to her at that time. They were not together at that time. Maybe he thought she didn't know his feelings and was afraid that this photo would betray him.

She was the only one in the study room at the moment, and she couldn't help but touch Si Nian's eyebrows and eyes in the photo with her hand.

"Why did you get here?"

Si Nian's voice suddenly came from the study door, and Jiang Sui was startled.

The photo frame fell to the ground with a "bang", and the glass shattered into pieces.

"sorry!"

Jiang Sui immediately squatted down in panic to pick up the glass fragments.

Si Nian was standing at the door wiping his hair with a towel in his hand. Seeing this, he quickly ran over, threw the towel on the table, and grabbed Jiang Sui's hand.

"Don't move, I'll do it!"

Si Nian squatted down, gently pushed away the broken glass, picked up the photo, placed it in front of him and blew on it twice, as if he was treating something extremely precious.

Jiang Sui took a deep breath and stood up, no longer looking at Si Nian.

She couldn't bear to watch it anymore.

His cautious look gave her the illusion that he still hoped to have something with her.

"You shouldn't keep this."

Si Nian looked up at her, said nothing, but looked a little lonely.

"You will fall in love and get married in the future. It will be good for everyone if you deal with the past."

Si Nian stood up, placed the photo gently on the table, and slowly walked towards the door.

Before leaving, he suddenly stopped, turned his back to Jiang Sui, and spoke in an unusually soft voice, "I will never fall in love again, and I will never get married."

Jiang Sui watched Si Nian's back disappear at the door, and she suddenly felt uncomfortable in her heart again.

She couldn't understand what he just said.

It's been more than five years since they broke up. Is he confessing his guilt like this?

what's the function?

She looked out the window. There were no heavy raindrops hitting the window and the rain seemed to have subsided.

She couldn't stay here any longer, she had to go home.

Jiang Sui hurriedly walked out of the study, crossed the living room, and went straight to the hallway to change his shoes.

Si Nian came in from the small terrace of the laundry room with a broom in his hand, and just in time saw Jiang Sui squatting in the hallway changing his shoes.

"Sui Sui, where are you going?"

Si Nian put down the broom and immediately chased after him.

"go home!"

At this time, Jiang Sui had already changed his shoes, opened the door and walked out.

Si Nian didn't know what happened to her. She was fine just now and could even speak to him gently.

He rushed to the hallway in his home clothes, grabbed the phone on the shoe cabinet, and chased after him in a hurry without even having time to change his shoes.

The elevator hadn't come up yet, and Jiang Sui was waiting in front of the elevator door, anxiously pressing the down button.

Si Nian took two steps towards her and whispered beside her, "Don't worry, I'll take you there."