Deer in the forest in early autumn

At this moment, Shen Yanqiu in the base hall felt that his mind was blank.
There was only one thought that kept coming to my mind.

The Island God is... Lin Sen'an?
And what did he call her dear Qiuqiu?

All this caught her off guard. She felt like her head was about to bow to the dust.
I really want to dig a hole and bury myself. The earth is too dangerous.

Lin Sen'an, who had disappeared for three years, finally appeared. Why did he leave three years ago? Thinking of this, Shen Yanqiu pulled the small balls on his white sweater, took a deep breath, and looked at the man opposite with puzzled eyes.

"Lin..." Her red lips opened slightly.
"Ding Dong" A sudden cell phone ring rang in the silence, interrupting Shen Yanqiu's unfinished words. Shen Yanqiu stood there with her mouth open. After a moment of silence, she closed her mouth and lowered her head again. The corners of her eyes were a little wet, and the inexplicable feeling of grievance made her body tremble a little.

Lin Sen'an glanced at his phone.
He impatiently picked up the phone from his black pocket, but his eyes were fixed on the fluffy person on the sofa. Just now, that person had a dull and hopeless expression on his face, which was silly and cute. Then she looked at him with confusion. Now she lowered her head, her body trembling a little like a leaf shivering in the autumn wind with no one to rely on. Lin Sen'an felt that the sound coming from the phone beside his ear was a little noisy. After a while, he put down the phone and frowned.

"Qiuqiu, I'm sorry, I have to go out for something urgent." When he walked past Shen Yanqiu, he saw that Shen Yanqiu had regained her usual calmness. He could only let out a lazy smile. "Wait for me, I'll be back." The ending of this sentence was a bit lingering.

When he put down his phone and left, he couldn't help but look back again and again, watching Shen Yanqiu sitting quietly on the sofa, pinching the little balls on her white sweater with her hands. The sunlight shone on the ends of her pink hair, dazzling and fascinated him.

Ghost...will wait for you to come back!
Shen Yanqiu frowned when she thought of this. Forget it. How could her ex-boyfriend's affairs be more important than making money now? Was it important to be curious about why he left three years ago? The ball in her hand had been deformed by the pulling.

Curiosity kills the cat, Shen Yanqiu, wake up!
but……

A pool of Coke on the ground reflected Shen Yanqiu's troubled face.

After a while, Shen Yanqiu still felt that she couldn't stay here any longer. What if Lin Sen'an happened to come back? Would he think that she had listened to him and waited for him? Waiting for an ex-boyfriend who suddenly disappeared for three years? Shen Yanqiu, don't be scared. Shen Yanqiu shook her head and said: I just came to the base to draw the draft, it has nothing to do with him. Unconsciously, she gradually relaxed.

Everything went well at work in the morning.
The members of Team Sen's second team cooperated well, except for occasionally looking at her with a curious and gossipy look. Shen Yanqiu knew why these members were like this, but it was difficult to say it out loud. Fortunately, when she finished drawing the last member, Lin Sen'an had not returned yet.

Shen Yanqiu packed up his things, declined the invitation to dinner from base leader Yin, and left in a hurry.

[Orange, I'm sorry, I didn't get Yushen's autograph today.]
Sorry, Orange, I didn’t dare to take it.
After sending the text message, Shen Yanqiu put down her phone. She sat on a bench in the park, and a few red maple leaves fluttered down in the wind.

Her eyes gradually turned red.
Memories of the past are like surging waves.
The first time he met Lin Sen'an, Shen Yanqiu was sixteen years old.

Shen Yanqiu was lying on his desk scribbling on his manuscript, and the outline of a cartoon girl was almost finished.

A pleasant piano sound was heard.
"Black Key Etude", unfortunately, I played two wrong notes.

"Qiuqiu, come downstairs quickly."
Shen Yanqiu heard her mother's urgent shout downstairs, and knew that if she didn't go down quickly, the consequences would be disastrous. She didn't bother to put away the drawings. She hurriedly put on her crocodile slippers and went downstairs.

There was a young man standing downstairs.

The proud young man turned around. There was no warmth on his cold face, and the depths of his eyes seemed to be a deep sea full of secrets. He stood there, very quiet.

"This...Qiuqiu, this is Lin Sen'an. He is the little brother of our neighbor who just moved into our house. He is one year older than you." Mother Shen introduced him enthusiastically.

"Lin Sen'an."
Shen Yanqiu silently recited his name.
This person is probably an indifferent teenager.

In a clean white ward in a suburban hospital in City F.
There was a bag of red apples on the bedside table, looking so delicious and tempting.

There was a faint fragrance of apples in the air. Lin Sen'an looked at his grandfather who was eating an apple in big bites and looked very energetic, and a trace of dissatisfaction appeared on his face.

Lin Zhicheng quickly put down the unfinished apple. He knew that his grandson was like a cat with its fur standing on end. "Stinky boy, if you don't say something serious, will you come to see me right away?" Lin Sen'an's precious grandson has always been strong-willed, otherwise he wouldn't have been alone three years ago...

"You look well. I'll leave first." Lin Sen'an said coldly. He drove for two hours to get to this suburban hospital. Only then did he rub his sore hands.

"You little brat, you're leaving right after you got here! Are you in a hurry to see that girl Qiuqiu? Although it was three years ago." Lin Zhicheng paused after saying this. After all, he was also responsible for what happened three years ago.

"Grandpa, don't worry, I will marry Qiuqiu!"
"That's good. I hope I can have my grandson's wedding banquet soon." The old man smiled. Fortunately, everything is over now.

"You little brat, I'm still waiting to hold my grandson soon." Lin Zhicheng looked at someone's back and said quickly.

Fortunately, I have Qiuqiu to take care of my grandson who has been cold since childhood.
Otherwise, if he is determined to die alone, what can I do? I don't know if Shen Yanqiu is still as cute as she was the last time I saw her. When I get well, I must see my future granddaughter-in-law right away.

As it was getting dark, when Lin Sen'an rushed back to the base with a few cans of Sprite, Shen Yanqiu had already left.

It was rare for Xiao Cang to see a trace of sadness on the face of the Island God, which had remained unchanged for thousands of years.
He quickly said, "Team Leader Yin is very satisfied with Painter Shen's draft today, and he also said that he would like to ask her to draw the next team poster. By the way, this is her cell phone number."

Lin Sen'an took the sticky note with the phone number written on it. He thought quietly for a while, took out his phone, wrote down the number and wrote: Dear Qiuqiu.

[Qiuqiu, do you want to eat hot pot? ]
The text message on his mobile phone made Shen Yanqiu realize that his stomach was growling with hunger.
I'm so hungry. [Orange, wait for me at the old place.]
Seeing the steaming hot luncheon meat in the hot pot, Shen Yanqiu finally realized that he was alive.

Picking up a piece of luncheon meat with chopsticks, Shen Yanqiu started eating without caring about his image.
"Qiuqiu, have you not eaten for three days?" Orange put down his scarf and joked.

"Orange, hahahaha you think I'm a starving ghost, I give this meat a five-star rating."
Shen Yanqiu looked at his good friend in front of him and continued to eat the delicious meat in big mouthfuls.
Fang Cheng glanced at his phone, replied to his agent's message, and scooped a potato into a bowl.

"By the way, Qiuqiu, did you go to the Sen team base to meet Yu Shen today? Is it because he was not there that you couldn't get his autograph?" Orange took a bite of the hot potato and spoke in a low and unclear voice.

"He's here. He's Lin Sen'an."
"Who?" Fang Cheng in the private room heard the name and jumped up without caring about her usual ladylike image.

Shen Yanqiu quickly stopped his friend, who was only a 36th-tier artist.
He repeated in a low voice: "Chengzi, yes, Yu Shen is my ex-boyfriend Lin Sen'an."

“……”My friend was petrified.
After a while, a slow voice came: "Qiuqiu, can I still have an autograph?"

"I can...right." Shen Yanqiu couldn't bear to disappoint Chengzi's expectations. After all, she couldn't forget the way Fang Cheng screamed and howled to cheer for Team Sen.

With a feeling of trepidation.
Shen Yanqiu returned to the community.

"Qiuqiu, long time no see." Lin Sen'an stood under the orange street light, a hint of tenderness appearing on his cold face.

"Lin Sen'an, didn't we just meet today?" Shen Yanqiu took a step back timidly for some reason.

"Qiuqiu, I miss you." A tall figure walked towards her.
The cold kiss in the dream seemed to be about to happen.

Shen Yanqiu was at a loss. That kiss in the dream?
"!" Suddenly she stepped on Lin Sen'an's shoe.
A dark shoe print was instantly left on the white sneakers on the opposite side.

When Lin Sen'an looked up again, the little girl had already disappeared.
"Qiuqiu, you..." Looking at the dark shoe prints on his sneakers, Lin Sen'an laughed out loud, not knowing what he was thinking of.

The hearty laughter brings a little warmth in the dark night.
Then Lin Sen'an returned to the car and took out a Pikachu keychain from the seat.

In my memory, the little girl that year, full of energy and vitality, appears before my eyes again.

"Brother Sen, Brother Sen. This is a Pikachu keychain I made myself. You must like it!"
"If you don't like it, I'll eat your yogurt!"
"You must hang it on the car key, or I'll make you look good! See, just like this, step on your shoes!"

The little girl's eighteen-year-old eyes were sparkling with little stars.
Now, this makes me look good again.
Qiuqiu, at the age of 24, you are still my little girl.

In the dead of night, a brand new black car parked for a long time under the orange street light, and before dawn, it left.

Shen Yanqiu returned home and hid directly in the warm bed.
There are twinkling lights outside.

After a while, she couldn't help but stick her head out of the bed. After thinking for a few seconds, she stood up and looked down from the window. She knew there was a car parked there.

Lin Sen'an was in the car.
She looked for a long time, thinking that the man would leave on his own after a while, and yawned as she raised her hand to close the beige curtains.

In the darkness, she could hear the pounding of her own heart.

(End of this chapter)