Gambling appointment 91

  Douslin carefully sized up the room, which was unfamiliar in her memory, yet somehow made her feel inexplicably at ease.

  Although it has been more than a year since I last came to this room, the room is still spotless.

  At this time, Xiao Qingzhu was lying on a rattan chair with his eyes closed.

  "Xiao Qingzhu." Du Sulin suddenly spoke up.

  Xiao Qingzhu opened her eyes and looked at Du Siling with a questioning gaze.

  "Everyone asks me where this year's time has gone, why don't you ask?"

  Yes, Du Sulin is back. So what everyone is most curious about is where she went for this year and why she suddenly appeared here.

  "I'm naturally curious too," Xiao Qingzhu said calmly. "But this curiosity is the same as everyone else's, it's just out of concern. I think that if you wanted me to know, you would have told me yourself. Moreover, no matter how long you were missing, now that you're back, that's the best outcome. All these processes can't compare to this ending, which makes me happy."

  Du Sulin fell silent, and when she looked at Xiao Qingzhu, it made Xiao Qingzhu involuntarily recall the scene of their first meeting.

  In the Jianyou Building, Du Sulin, who went to subdue Qi Ziqi's vengeful spirit, had a pair of eyes that were still immature and pitch black like ink, like the mysterious and unfathomable black holes in the universe, making people's hearts palpitate.

  At this moment, Du Sulin's eyes gave Xiao Qingzhu a similar feeling. Only, there was less of that heart palpitation, and more of an unfathomable depth.

  "Xiao Qingzhu, don't be too good to me." The sternness in Du Siling's eyes vanished in an instant, so quickly that Xiao Qingzhu almost thought it was just his own illusion. And this sentence seemed to have been spoken by Du Siling after a long hesitation.

  Xiao Qingzhu just smiled, a smile that Du Siling couldn't understand. She felt like she had been seen through by Xiao Qingzhu, which made her frown involuntarily, but strangely, she didn't mind being seen through, and instead, a warm feeling rose from somewhere in her heart. It was as if a seed in her heart was sprouting.

  But in this world, even Du Siling himself couldn't see through himself, so how could anyone else see through him, Du Siling thought.

  "Shall we go? Would you like to accompany me somewhere?" Xiao Qingzhu stood up, took a few steps forward, and naturally hooked her arm around Du Siling's, asking.

  Du Sulin was stunned for a moment, then fell silent. Xiao Qingzhu seemed to have deliberately avoided the topic, but what could he do about it?

  The 45th floor of Maoye Building in downtown. Unlike the usual quietness, today's scene can be described as crowded with people.

  Starting from the first floor, there are promotional posters and road signs guiding the way.

  Today is the book signing event of young writer Peng Luofei, who is also one of the most controversial young writers in today's society. In any case, Peng Luofei's talent has been almost universally recognized.

  The queue for signing was winding and twisting, fortunately there were security personnel maintaining order, otherwise it would have been a chaotic scene.

  Xiao Qingzhu and Du Siling held the little guy's hands on either side, and as soon as they entered the venue, they were led by the staff to the book sales area. This was what was known as a signing event, where authors would sign their works for supporters who had purchased them.

  "Is this where you wanted me to come with you?" Du Silin finally couldn't help but speak up when Xiao Qingzhu bought the book and joined the queue with him.

  Although the entire venue was already very large, it still seemed noisy and crowded in the face of the surging crowd. Du Sulin couldn't understand why Xiao Qingzhu would want to come here.

  Xiao Qingzhu was unexpectedly calm, she nodded her head, and a good-looking arc appeared at the corner of her mouth, as if she had accepted it as a matter of course.

  Xiao Qingzhu didn't seem to want to explain, so Du Sulin could only helplessly sigh and pick up the little one, making her able to look him straight in the eye.

  The little guy was still in a daze when he found himself growing taller, and he looked at Du Si Lin with an innocent face.

  Du Sulin smiled and stretched out his other hand to pull the little guy in front of him, whispering something in her ear that made her face suddenly turn sour, looking extremely unwilling. But soon, her eyes lit up again, winking at Du Sulin with a deep meaning.

  Du Sulin put the little guy back on the ground, and the little guy's two short legs kicked quickly, running away in a flash. By the time Xiao Qingzhu reacted, where could he still find the little guy's shadow?

  "What's wrong with Qing Luan?" Xiao Qingzhu asked.

  "It's nothing, the kids are just restless and went out to play by themselves." Du Silin explained.

  Xiao Qingzhu thought for a moment, looking at the team in front of her, and it seemed that they wouldn't be able to finish lining up within an hour. The little one's safety was almost not worth considering; although she was small in stature, she had a lot of cunning. In her daily life, even the thorny shrubs would be intimidated by her, and only Du Kongyang and Du Silin could make her slightly restrained.

  "What about you?" Xiao Qingzhu asked again.

  Douslin shook her head, indicating she didn't mind waiting. "I'll stay here with you," she said.

  Xiao Qing pulled up Du Si Lin's hand, and there were no more words. The two followed the team slowly, the crowd was noisy, but their hearts were not noisy. Quietly, as if they could feel each other's heartbeat.

  At this moment, Xiao Qingzhu just wished that this team would never be lined up again.

  Things are always not as expected. As estimated by Xiao Qingzhu, after waiting for about an hour or so, they saw Peng Luofei.

  It's also been a year since they last met, and Peng Luofei's originally proud temperament had become much more subdued.

  Her hair had also grown longer, with fine strands falling neatly on her shoulders. A pair of frameless glasses perched on the bridge of her already high nose, adding a touch of elegance to her demeanor.

  When Xiao Qingzhu was still about ten people ahead, Peng Luofei habitually raised his head and smiled, wanting to hand the book over to the reader. The corner of his eye swept across the crowd, and that smile froze on his face.

  She almost conditionally got up from her seat, making several readers near her excited and suspicious.

  A faint hum of discussion suddenly rose from all directions.

  Xiao Qingzhu noticed Peng Luofei's gaze and responded with a smile, waving the book in her hand to indicate that she should finish signing first.

  Peng Luofei sat back again, but the speed of her signing increased involuntarily, and her gaze swept over Xiao Qingzhu and Du Siling by her side from time to time.

  The short five-meter distance seemed endlessly long to Peng Luo Fei. The intertwined fingers that should have made her feel uncomfortable instead made her let out a sigh of relief.

  Five meters, four meters, three meters, two meters, one meter.

  "Qing Zhu." Peng Luo Fei finally stood up, her heart was still excited.

  It's been over a year since they last saw each other. How she got through those nearly 400 days and nights, only she knows.

  "Wait a minute." Peng Luo Fei quickly said this sentence and left his seat, whispered a few words to the person in charge next to him, and walked randomly to Xiao Qing Zhu's side, wanting to hold Xiao Qing Zhu's hand.

  Du Sulin's hand lightly wrapped around, Xiao Qingzhu didn't have time to react before being pulled into Du Sulin's arms, and as a result, Peng Luofei's hand fell empty.

  This scene caused nearby readers to exclaim in surprise. Those with quick reflexes even managed to capture the moment with their cameras.

  The whispers started again, and seemed even more boisterous than before.

  Du Sulin wrapped his arm around Xiao Qingzhu and took a step forward, blocking her way.

  Looking at Du Sulin's icy expression, Peng Luofei finally smiled helplessly, somewhat embarrassed, and spread his hands, saying: "It was my fault, I apologize, you guys come with me."

  "Sorry, something has come up that I need to take care of. Would you mind waiting for me for five minutes?" With that, Peng Luofei bowed slightly in the direction of the reader and then headed towards the backstage area. The crowd automatically parted to make way for her.

  No one said that Peng Luofei was not, because she had been sitting here signing for readers since morning without any rest. Besides, it was only five minutes, and the readers now have more important things to worry about, namely the story between the two women who just left and Peng Luofei.

  "Are you saying she's the woman mentioned in Luo Fei's new book?"

  "Is that so? Does such a woman really exist?"

  "I don't know, but seeing her, I finally understood what it means by 'a goddess among mortals'..."

  "I prefer girls who wear white clothes on the side..."

  "Does anyone know who these two are?"

  "Sorry to keep everyone waiting." Less than five minutes later, Peng Luofei walked out from backstage, smiled apologetically at the crowd, and returned to his original seat.

  ……

  In the lounge behind the scenes, three people sat down around a small wooden round table.

  Someone specially brought tea over.

  "Are you sure you want Luo Li to take over the rest of your work?" Xiao Qingzhu asked, looking at Peng Luofei's carefree expression.

  Peng Luofei twisted his sore neck and said, "I'd rather lose the gamble, besides, there are only two hours left until the signing event ends. I've been sitting here for almost eight hours already."

  Xiao Qingzhu nodded thoughtfully and said, "You're right, I'll admit defeat."

  Looking at the two people who seemed very familiar, Du Siling's heart felt slightly stuffy, as if a boulder was pressed against his chest.

  "Alright, Qing Zhu, I give up." Peng Luo Fei's expression was bitter, but his tone turned serious.

  Xiao Qingzhu shook his head, turned sideways to look at Du Siling, with a smile in his eyes, "Luo Fei, in this gamble, there has never been a win or lose. If you must distinguish between winning and losing, if you can put down the past and look forward to the future with an open mind, then you are already the winner. And for me, what's important is only her, if she can't come back, even if I win, it would be meaningless."

  "You're right," seemed to be unable to alleviate Peng Luo Fei's soreness from sitting for a whole day, so she simply stood up, raised her arms and stretched, driving away some of the fatigue in her body, as if even her heart felt lighter. "I always thought that only I could bring you happiness, and I also thought that as long as I persisted, you would definitely come back to me. But there are too many things we can't change, Qing Zhu, if this is what you want, then I'm glad I could give it to you."

  Peng Luofei stretched out her hand to Du Siling, her eyes shining brightly and sincerely. "Du Siling, I have to admit, I really admire you. I hope you can take good care of Qingzhu, otherwise, no matter how impossible it is, I will take her away from you."

  Du Sulin stood up, facing each other, Du Sulin was silent for a long time, and finally stretched out his hand to hold Peng Luofei's.

  "Wishing you happiness."

  This long-awaited reunion ended in Peng Luo Fei's heartfelt blessings.

  When Xiao Qingzhu stood beside Du Sulin, the tenderness and happiness on her face made Peng Luofei have to let go. At that time, she finally understood how unhappy Xiao Qingzhu was when he was by her side.

  Even when everyone believed Du Shulin was dead, Xiao Qingzhu still stubbornly believed she would return.

  So they made a bet. Before Peng Luo Fei finishes writing his new book, Du Si Lin will return. But during this period, they won't see each other again, and Peng Luo Fei also won't continue living in decadence.

  If Peng Luofei wins, Xiao Qingzhu will give Peng Luofei a chance, but if Xiao Qingzhu wins, then Peng Luofei must learn to let go.

  Peng Luofei worked hard to finish her new book, because the sooner she finished it, the greater her chances of winning would be. At least, that was what she thought at the beginning of leaving a bet.

  But from the time she started traveling again to finish this new book, her temperament slowly began to change. When a person is fixated on what's in front of them, they often overlook even more beautiful things.

  It's roughly this principle.

  Peng Luo made a bet with her, betting that Xiao Qingzhu would not come today. But she was full of confidence, and whether Du Siling returned or not, Xiao Qingzhu would definitely appear in front of her.

  When she said such affirmative words, she suddenly understood where Xiao Qingzhu's confidence came from when he was willing to make a bet with her at that time.

  The future is indeed unknown, but as long as you believe, what's impossible?

  Peng Luofei indeed admired Du Siling, but she admired Xiao Qingzhu even more.

  What Xiao Qingzhu said was right. Their bets had never been about winning or losing. And what she let go of wasn't her feelings for Xiao Qingzhu, but rather her obsession with the past.

  She just changed her way of loving.