My wife is in my arms

Chapter 428 Work
The wind blows.

The light in the city took on a warm yellow hue, a sign of the setting sun.

A red car stopped in front of the store. Xia Zhiqiu had just opened the door and got out when he heard birds singing from the trunk of the banyan tree. At the same time, a string of bells hanging at the door made a crisp sound.

The New Year hasn't completely passed.

But today is the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. When most workers returned to their jobs, she returned to her shop in the afternoon near dusk.

Hearing the birds singing, Xia Zhiqiu smiled while standing under the banyan tree.

then.

Her new friend landed on her shoulder.

"Happy New Year"

Xia Zhiqiu turned around and spoke in a low voice.

The bird then chirped a few times, as if in response. After saying hello, Xia Zhiqiu opened the door of her shop and sprinkled the rice grains she had brought with her on the cash register. While her new friends were having their meal, she found some special tools for maintaining various musical instruments and maintained the instruments in the shop one by one.

I haven't been to the music store for a few days, but there is already a thin layer of dust on the floor and glass cabinets.

These all take time to clean.

Today is not ordinary, and there is nothing different from previous years, except... the appearance of someone last year was like throwing a stone into her peaceful life. After the ripples dissipated, everything returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.

And now her life will be brought back to normal.

This morning, she went on a blind date arranged by her family. This was Xia Zhiqiu's first blind date. She was very resistant to such a thing as forcing two people who should not have any connection together, but her parents repeatedly said "just take a look", so she couldn't refuse and had to agree reluctantly.

Because she didn't want her parents to know...her thoughts would occasionally wander.

Just like this moment.

While maintaining the instrument, she would occasionally subconsciously look towards the stairs leading to the recording studio on the second floor, as if she could see a figure coming down.

Unlike the usual quiet musical instrument store where she was the only one there, today her new friend was also in her store, so the melodious chirping of birds could be heard from time to time.

The blind date in the morning went quite smoothly. The man seemed to take this blind date very seriously. Even his parents came along. His family conditions were quite good. His parents were self-employed and owned a supermarket, while the man worked in a financial institution and his monthly salary was said to be tens of thousands.

Xia Zhiqiu doesn't care about these things.

Because she had never thought about having any future with this man... Especially even though Xia Zhiqiu had never worked in a financial institution, she knew that this industry was very chaotic.

In addition to her own reasons and her negative impression of the financial industry, another reason was that although this man deliberately pretended to be very polite, the things revealed in his eyes made her feel very uncomfortable.

Although she felt disappointed and sad after knowing that Li Zongsheng was the husband of singer Jiang Yiren.

But to be fair, during her interactions with him, he gave her a very gentle feeling, no matter what he said or did. Even when he joked, he knew the limits very well, without any hint of teasing, and he always remained polite.

So after she saw him, she told her parents her impression of the man. The old couple did not force her and said that they should find out more about his character before looking for him next time.

Through this, Xia Zhiqiu knew that not only did she have a bad impression of this man, her parents also had a bad impression of him. Her father had been the principal of the school for so many years and had long developed a pair of eyes that could judge people. It was also for this reason that after the blind date ended, Xia Zhiqiu had an idea.

She wanted her father to take a look at... him, to see if he had the potential to be a domestic violence man.

The thought faded after a brief thought. There was no such possibility.

In fact, she might never see him again, like fallen leaves returning to the earth and wind blowing without a trace.

Everyone will return to the social circle that truly belongs to them. The occasional stop is just a short break, in order to make a better return. As the seasons change and time passes, her musical instrument workshop may become like a photo that was taken as a child but forgotten to be sealed, and finally eroded by time and become blurred to the point that the original appearance can no longer be recalled.

There are many musical instruments in the musical instrument shop.

After being busy for almost an hour, Xia Zhiqiu still hadn't finished all the maintenance, but she was not in a hurry. She had plenty of time to do these things, because after today, she still had tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and even days after that.

She replaced the remaining bottled water in the water dispenser. Since she was alone, the water dispenser in her store was a small one, so she didn't need to spend too much effort to move it.

After changing the water, she took a disposable water cup and cut it open with scissors, leaving only a shallow layer at the bottom, and collected a little water and placed it on the cashier counter.

The bird that had not left hopped over, lowered its head and began to drink with its beak.

After the bird finished drinking, Xia Zhiqiu smiled and said, "It's time for you to go back."

The floating light fell on her still somewhat thin face. The bird jumped onto her arm and soon landed back on her shoulder. Then the clear sound of birdsong was heard, and Xia Zhiqiu's new friend spread its wings and flew away.

After tidying up the cash register, Xia Zhiqiu took out a tissue and wiped the chair clean. After sitting down, she turned her head and looked at the staircase again, which she always looked forward to.

Many things seem to have changed.

It seemed as if nothing had changed, but in fact it was no longer the same as before. As she looked at it, Xia Zhiqiu realized this. She withdrew her gaze and looked outside the store.

Today the parking spaces in front of the store are full of cars, but there is no black car... Xia Zhiqiu chuckled at himself, then took out the unfinished "He is Not Him" ​​from the drawer of the cash register.

I went home and spent the New Year there.

Her mentality has changed. She wrote the song "He is Not Him" ​​with disappointment and sadness years ago. Now she took it out and read it again. Without much hesitation, Xia Zhiqiu tore it up, crumpled it into a ball and threw it into the trash can.

He took out a piece of white paper and placed it on the cash register, then picked up a black ballpoint pen from the pen holder on the cash register and started writing.

soon.

"You will understand eventually", these four words fell on the white paper.

When the light completely turned into warm yellow, Xia Zhiqiu put down the pen in her hand, walked to the piano stand that she had wiped not long ago, opened the piano lid, and began to play.

Her slender fingers danced on the piano keys, and at the same time, singing came from her mouth.

"...It doesn't matter whether you love or not, it's just a matter of choice. But when the right person walks with you, that's the future you need to walk into. I will eventually understand and let it go..."

The fingers are still playing.

There is no creation, just the heart moves freely.

When reading the lyrics, Xia Zhiqiu's eyes would wander to the corridor leading to the second floor.

She at this moment.

There was a sense of brokenness that I had never felt before.

(End of this chapter)