Guarding you in the fleeting years

  Under the tall building, a dusty man stood stiffly, his hand still holding a briefcase, his arm maintaining a supporting posture. It seemed like it had been a long time, he slowly withdrew his hand and painfully closed his eyes.

  Nie Zhiyan's foot injury was not serious, just a minor sprain. The doctor prescribed her a bottle of red flower oil to apply, and she would be fine in two or three days.

  Bai Yi half-carried her into the taxi, back to Nie Zhiyan's apartment, and carried her upstairs, putting her on the sofa. He lifted up her pant legs, opened the lid of the red flower oil and applied medicine for her.

  Nie Zhiyan looked at his handsome face and smiled happily.

  "Does your uncle know you've come looking for me?" she asked him.

  Bai Yi raised his eyes and looked at her, saying lightly: "I don't know."

  "Huh?"

  He lowered his head and continued to rub her ankle, "I came temporarily, didn't have time to tell him."

  "Temporary...?"

  "He nodded and said, 'Father wants to expand business into China and cooperate with Huasheng Real Estate in Beijing. I came over to take a look first.'"

  Nie Zhiyan lowered his head and said reluctantly: "Are you leaving soon?"

  "After a while, he nodded again and said, 'Tomorrow morning's flight to France.'"

  "Hmph!" Nie Zhiyan tilted his head to one side, with a look of 'I don't want to see you', "So you're just dropping by to see me, if you didn't go to Beijing, would you have even remembered that there's still someone like me in this world?"

  Bai Yi cried and laughed at the same time, unable to bear it and hit her again, "What nonsense are you talking about? You're the one who's making me angry, shouldn't I be the one who's angry? Wasn't I the one who was abandoned?"

  Abandon?

  Nie's words trailed off as she shot him a disapproving glance, clearly not agreeing with his talk of abandonment. She was just...just...just coming back to find Lu Yiheng! No, that wasn't right - initially, she had only come back to take a look at him, but things had developed to the point where they were far beyond her original intention, and even now, she still felt like she was dreaming.

  He shook his head, "Looking at your proud and pleased appearance, don't you regret returning to your country?"

  "No regrets." The worst has been expected, now it's the most unexpected, the most beautiful stage, how can I regret?

  "Has she come back?" he asked uncertainly.

  Nie Zhiyan rubbed his nose awkwardly and actually blushed with a smile.

  White chess, "......"

  He fell silent and continued to massage her ankle, relieving the strain and promoting blood circulation. Her ankle was no longer as swollen. He asked in a low voice, "Does it still hurt?"

  "It doesn't hurt that much," she said with a smile, in high spirits, seemingly having completely forgotten the fact that he would be leaving early tomorrow morning.

  It was more than 7 o'clock in the afternoon.

  Outside the residential area, a black Audi was quietly parked there, and the man inside pinched a little star anise with his fingertips, sitting silently.

  The whole body is filled with a solemn and heavy atmosphere.

  As if abandoned by the world.

  At nine o'clock, the black Audi was still parked there.

  At eleven o'clock, the black Audi was still parked there.

  At one o'clock in the morning, the black Audi was still parked there.

  It wasn't until 5 o'clock the next morning that the first rays of sunlight broke through the sky, spilling down from the vast horizon and casting a faint glow on the half-open window.

  He closed his eyes, then slowly started the car and left quietly, as if he had never appeared here before...

  Nie Zhiyan couldn't send Bai Yi to the airport because of her foot injury, she was reluctant for him to leave, and the whole morning was gloomy and silent, not saying much.

  The rhythm of the year is still slow as ever! Ah!