Fairytale Shelf Life [MTL]

Ch 49

Chapter 49

Knowing that her mother was also here, Song Zhi immediately called Zhou Yan again. She hoped to get in touch with the man and leave as soon as possible, so as not to run into her mother face to face.

However, was forced to hang up by that end again.

Song Zhi waited for a while, but the man didn't send any message to explain.

Zhou Yan has never been like this before. If it is not convenient for him to answer the phone, he will at least reply "busy" after cutting off.

Although Song Yumo didn't know the man at all, Song Zhi was inexplicably panicked and made a quick decision, so she turned around and ran back to the infield.

It's good to find anyone first, at least let her determine what's going on right now.

With this mentality in mind, Song Zhi searched in the dim infield, seeing ten people at a glance, and walking extremely fast.

Suddenly, her footsteps were abrupt, her eyes fixed on the front.

A few steps away, Song Yumo was wearing a blue dress, which was more glamorous than she had ever seen before.

The woman stopped while holding the cup, and looked at her.

Since graduating from the college entrance examination, the mother and daughter have not seen each other for nearly two months. No one expected that goodbye would be in such a place and in such a state.

They looked at each other across the air, and in the end, it was Song Yumo who took the initiative to walk towards her daughter.

"Shall we chat?" she inquired.

Song Zhi pursed his lips lightly, said "OK", and took the initiative to sit down at the long table.

She should have asked her mother if she had seen Zhou Yan, but she felt weird when she opened her mouth, and she couldn't ask at all.

And Song Yumo had already asked her first: "Where did you fill in the college entrance examination volunteers?"

Song Zhi looked sideways, looked at his mother and answered honestly, "T University, School of Mechanical Engineering."

Song Yumo was slightly taken aback.

In fact, she expected that her daughter might choose to stay in Haishi, but she still couldn't help being a little surprised to hear that she chose the Mechanical Academy, which was exactly the same as that person's aspirations.

It seems that she really likes Zhou Yan very much.

After a long silence, Song Yumo only said, "It's pretty good."

Song Zhi kept looking at her mother, thinking that no matter she was happy or disappointed, her mother would at least ask "why".

But I only waited for three words that were neither salty nor dull.

She looked away at the grand ceremony venue where people were coming and going, and didn't know what to say for a while.

The mother and daughter were relatively silent.

After a while, Song Yumo said again: "Now that you have graduated, I'm going to leave Yi'an after that. I'll tell you when I think about the next city to live in." Every time I change cities, my mother always informs her like this

. Where and when to go is Song Yumo's decision alone.

Song Zhi actually planned it long ago. After entering university, he would choose a city to settle down and stop wandering around with his mother. Therefore, it doesn't matter if she knows or doesn't know where and when mother is going this time.

But she didn't say that, she just said, "I thought you would stay in Haishi too."

"Why?" Song Yumo asked.

Song Zhi said bluntly: "Don't you like Zhou Yichan very much? She likes you very much, she definitely wants you to stay." "

Really?" Song Yumo suddenly smiled when Zhou Yichan was mentioned.

She looked very happy, Song Zhi rarely saw such a happy smile on her mother's face. I don't know if it's because Zhou Yichan wants to keep her, or if he just thinks of a girl and makes him happy.

Suddenly, she asked: "If Zhou Yichan asks you to stay, will you agree?"

Song Zhi thought Song Yumo would not hesitate.

Unexpectedly, the woman pondered for a moment, but only said: "Maybe."

Song Zhi felt a little surprised, and for a moment, she really wanted to ask, "What about me, what if I ask you to stay?"

But maybe because he was afraid that the answer would disappoint him, the words were stuck in his throat, but he couldn't say it out of his mouth. After all, Song Yumo liked Zhou Yichan so much, but he might not be willing to stay for him.

While hesitating, Song Yumo changed the topic.

"What about you?" She shifted the focus to her daughter, "Do you like Zhou Yichan's life?"

Although Song Yumo knew about the exchange, Song Zhidun felt very weird to talk to his mother about his feelings in it.

If it was in the past, she would never want to have a heart-to-heart relationship with her mother, maybe she wouldn't be able to say whether she likes it or not, and she was just helping Zhou Yichan.

But—

"I like it." Song Zhi spoke the truth this time, she even told Song Yumo, "Zhou Yichan's father is actually very good, and I get along well with him."

Then she stared at her mother.

She wondered how her mother would react to hearing that she liked someone else's father.

Will you be sad? Will you be angry? Or, like before, will you ask more questions for writing materials?

But the woman just lowered her eyes, her face was indifferent, and she couldn't see much emotion.

Song Yumo seemed to be in a daze, for a moment, she smiled suddenly, and said, "It's good."

Originally, Song Zhi was quite similar to Zhou Yan, both of them were rational and calm and lived very well. Of course she would like him more.

However, in Song Zhi's eyes, this sentence "very good" is no different from just commenting on her college entrance examination aspirations.

Not genuinely happy, nor angry or probing, it seems that she just doesn't care much, revealing a perfunctory that has nothing to say.

Song Zhi couldn't help but feel lost.

She suddenly lost all desire to confide, and she didn't want to talk to Song Yumo at all. She felt that their mother and daughter had really lost the ability to talk to each other long ago.

"Then let's stop here."

Song Zhi said, "I still have something to deal with, and I will leave Zhou's house when I finish. Tonight, I may ask my mother to avoid it for a while." "

Although you don't know each other, but It's better not to run into each other." She explained, "Zhou Yan is careful, it might not be safe to be bumped into by him."

When Song Zhi said this, he didn't look into his mother's eyes.

She always felt awkward discussing these things with Song Yumo, as if she was begging her, as if she was partnering with her to deceive Zhou Yan.

"rest assured."

Song Yumo agreed very readily, and she said, "Even if you don't tell me, I will take the initiative to avoid him." After a pause, she

looked at her daughter who seemed a little embarrassed and said, "It's because of my own reasons. So , Song Zhi, you don't need to worry."

Song Zhi then looked sideways in surprise: "You, what's the reason?" "I

'll tell you when I have a chance, I'll go first." Song Yumo got up and wanted to leave.

Unexpectedly—

just turning around, I saw that familiar slender figure walking down the corridor on the second floor.

She is not far away from where she is now, and at this moment, the man is exactly on a flight of stairs facing her.

Song Yumo watched Zhou Yan stop suddenly, and cast his gaze straight at himself.

Their eyes met, and the two people who were looking at each other across the crowd were both startled.

Meeting this second is like a lifetime away.

"What's wrong?"

Song Yumo didn't come back to her senses until her daughter's voice sounded from the side.

"Don't turn sideways, Zhou Yan is here!" She left this sentence and hurried away on her high heels.

At the other end, Zhou Yan, who was standing still in the corridor, also woke up in an instant. He didn't care about his partner next to him, and suddenly ran down in a hurry step by step.

Absolutely right, it was the blue shadow in his memory, exactly the same as when he first saw her. Although it was just a glance, even though there were many figures, but because she was wearing that memorable sea blue dress, he would not be mistaken.

It was Song Yumo.

Zhou Yan returned to the lobby on the first floor in a few steps. He passed through the crowd and strode towards the woman.

However, when approached, there was nothing. He turned around and chased after him for a while, but he still couldn't see him.

But in the blink of an eye, Song Yumo disappeared completely. Just like their original marriage, it was as fast as lightning, and when it ended, it made people doubt the authenticity of everything.

The grand ceremony is about to end, and the surrounding crowd is surging.

Zhou Yan stood amidst the turbulence, and in an instant, the past came back.

Those heart-stirring, light, but broken scenes, which have been sealed for many years, are now unsealed in an instant.

The old things hit Zhou Yan, his eyes were suddenly firm, and he wanted to move forward and search again.

Suddenly, someone patted his shoulder.

Turning around suddenly, Zhou Yan's tense and excited nerves dropped instantly. It was not Song Yumo he was expecting, but his daughter Zhou Yichan.

Song Zhi was too familiar with such eyes, and she asked strangely: "Why does Dad look so disappointed?"

Zhou Yan came back to his senses completely.

"No." He denied it with a smile, and immediately changed the subject, "Dad was talking about important work just now, and forgot to send a message to ask what you called." The man didn't want to talk about it, and Song Zhi was concerned about Song Yumo, so he did

n't Ask more.

She immediately said, "It's just that I'm a little tired from playing, and I want to ask Dad and me to retreat from here."

If it was normal, Zhou Yan would definitely agree without hesitation.

But, think of that blue shadow.

The man was silent for a long while, ignoring his daughter's tiredness and said: "Would you like to stay a little longer, Dad still has some things to do."

Of course not!

Thinking of the scene where she and Song Yumo were together just now, and Zhou Yan almost ran into him, she was terrified.

After thinking about it, Song Zhi gritted his teeth and reached out to grab the hem of the man's suit.

Like a little girl acting like a baby with her father, she tried to lower her voice and pleaded: "Can't it be another day, I really... want to go home."

Zhou Yan was about to agree.

But his daughter's acting like a baby made him suddenly think of another point. If Song Yumo is really here, what about her, will she also be on the grand ceremony.

"Xiaochan."

He said firmly to his daughter in front of him, "It's a very important matter, we must do it now."

Zhou Yan bent down, moved a chair to her daughter's side and said, "You rest here first. , I'll meet dad later."

The man insisted like this, Song Zhi knew it was completely useless, so she could only nod nervously.

But Zhou Yan turned around and walked extremely fast.

After pulling out a little distance, she suddenly got up, and while following the man, she sent a message to Song Yumo to communicate.

Song Zhi updated Zhou Yan's location in real time, but Song Yumo himself had no intention of meeting him.

Zhou Yan naturally searched the audience but failed.

With mother and daughter working together, he is destined to be unable to fulfill his wish here.

It wasn't until the grand ceremony was completely over and there were few people on the scene that the man returned to the place where Song Zhi was placed.

From a distance, Zhou Yan saw his daughter still obediently sitting on that chair.

After the loss, guilt engulfed him again. He walked over, knelt down and apologized to his daughter: "I'm sorry for keeping you waiting for so long, Dad won't do it next time."

Song Zhi has been with the man for a long time, even if Song Yumo sent a message saying that she had left by car, she would not The tailgating did not end immediately.

She had already seen that Zhou Yan was looking for someone, she was steadfast, and didn't give up until the end of the show. At this moment, the man looked tired and disappointed.

Song Zhi had a lot of doubts, but in the end, she only helped Zhou Yan up.

"It's okay," she said with a smile, "as long as Dad takes me home now, I'll forgive you."

Zhou Yan smiled knowingly, patted her on the head and said hello without explaining.

The father and daughter were almost the last guests to leave.

On the way back, the two people sitting together in the back seat had their own concerns, and they tacitly kept silent the whole time.

Zhou Yan kept looking out the window in silence, while Song Zhi quietly looked sideways from time to time.

The man seemed to have something on his mind, so she couldn't help but guess who Zhou Yan was looking for, so persistent and tireless.

For a moment, Song Zhi wondered if it was Song Yumo, but after only a moment, she forced herself to give up the idea. Because she felt that this was more of a delusion born after she was more disappointed with her mother.

She suspected that her subconscious mind wanted to be more involved with this perfect father.

The frightening thing is that the delusions quickly took root and spread together.

Knowing that it was a delusion, Song Zhi tossed and turned in bed that night, sometimes dreaming of becoming Zhou Yan's real daughter, and sometimes thinking of her real mother tonight.

The desperation for her father and the sense of loss for her mother intertwined and coerced her heart to be low and disturbed.

After tossing and tossing for half a night, there was no way to close his eyes and fall asleep, so Song Zhi simply turned on the light and sat up.

After getting out of bed, she wanted to open the window to get some air, but when she passed the sofa, she looked at the handbag still on top of the quilt, and stopped abruptly.

Song Zhi sat down on the sofa instead, opened her bag, and took out the bunch of keys that Chen Yan gave her.

When choosing to accept it, Song Zhi never thought that he would really go.

At that moment, she just knew that Chen Yan would never take it back after giving it away, she couldn't bear to throw it away, and planned to treasure it properly.

However, at this moment, Song Zhi held the bunch of keys, but suddenly wanted to go to that club and vent his anger.

She had just received this bunch of keys, and they had just met tonight, and it was such a late night again. If she passed by now, the boy would never know, so she shouldn't be considered crossing the line, right?

Song Zhi analyzed it carefully, constantly convincing himself in his heart.

Finally, holding the key tightly, she randomly found a sweatshirt to put on, then opened the door desperately and rushed out.

When going downstairs, the girl restrained her desire to run wildly, and walked very lightly.

She thought that in this way, she would be able to hide without anyone noticing.

Does Song know—

she is not the only one who can't sleep in this villa tonight.

So is Zhou Yan.

In the darkness, the man stood by the bedroom window.

In the flickering sparks between his fingers, he saw his daughter tiptoe out of the house at two o'clock in the morning.