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The driver finished speaking.

Li Xixue's face flushed slightly.

To be honest, she has absolutely no memory of what happened that night.

Even if I remember, it's very vague.

The driver was still saying, "That day when you two left, you were holding hands as you walked down the hillside. I was waiting in the car, and the young man even put his coat on her..."

Lu Yang quickly changed the subject: "Driver, take the ring road, there's no traffic jam."

The driver chuckled, said nothing more, and floored the accelerator.

The carriage fell silent instantly.

Li Xixue turned to look at Lu Yang, hesitated for a moment, and then asked.

"That day... I climbed onto your back?"

Lu Yang hummed in agreement, but didn't elaborate.

Li Xixue pressed her fingers on her knee.

"What else did I do that day?"

"It's nothing."

"What is nothing?"

"It's just... kind of cute."

When Li Xixue heard the word "cute," her expression paused for a moment. She had never been called cute by anyone before.

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What does "cute" mean?

She paused for a moment, then asked.

Lu Yang recalled the scene from that night.

After Li Xixue drank too much, she changed completely. He still remembered that when she was lying on his back, she kept muttering unintelligible words, rubbing her face against his back like a little animal.

He thought for a moment and said, "You've completely lost your usual cold demeanor, and you're talking in a sticky, incoherent way, and you insist that I carry you on my back."

"Hmm...it's quite a contrast, and quite cute."

Lu Yang considered his words carefully before finally saying something.

After Lu Yang said that...

Li Xixue's face flushed even more with embarrassment.

How could I have done such a thing?

The driver glanced at Li Xixue's expression in the rearview mirror again and chuckled.

"Miss, don't be embarrassed. I saw both of you that night. You were asleep in the car, and this young man kept using his hand to cover your seatbelt so it wouldn't choke you."

"When we arrived at your apartment building, the young man called you but you didn't wake up, so he just carried you out of the car."

Upon hearing this, Li Xixue turned and glanced at him.

Lu Yang sat beside him, looking out the window, his lips pursed, his expression calm.

The driver had one hand on the steering wheel and spoke casually.

"To be honest, I've been driving for over ten years and have driven at least eight hundred to a thousand couples. Most of them were drunk, and the men either fell asleep first or found the women annoying. People like him are really rare."

"..."

Li Xixue's gaze fell on Lu Yang's profile with some complicated feelings. He was still looking out the window, his expression unchanged.

But his ears were even redder than before.

The driver chuckled and said nothing more.

The car turned onto the ring road; the road conditions were good, and the car was traveling at a high speed.

Li Xixue sat in the back seat and remained silent.

After a moment, she spoke.

"Lu Yang".

"Um?"

"Were you cold that day?"

Lu Yang turned to look at her.

Li Xixue didn't look at him, but stared at her fingers.

Lu Yang thought about what happened that night.

He gave her his suit jacket, and his white shirt was mostly soaked with snow. In the dead of night in November, he carried her outside for nearly ten minutes.

"fine."

Li Xixue didn't reply. She reached out and tugged at Lu Yang's sleeve.

I just tugged at it.

Then it loosened.

Then I tugged at it again.

Then, she tried to let go, but the next moment, a hand grabbed her hand.

Hold it tightly in your hand.

The driver looked at his reflection in the rearview mirror and smiled like a proud aunt.

And so, they drove for another twenty minutes or so.

The scenery outside the car window began to change.

There are fewer tall buildings and more low houses along the roadside, and you can occasionally see a few bare trees.

On both sides are old residential buildings, with power lines running overhead.

Li Xixue looked out the window.

It's completely different from where she lives.

She has lived in either villa areas or upscale apartments in the city center since she was a child.

She had never seen the old residential area before, not on television.

"We're almost there."

Lu Yang said.

Li Xixue's back straightened up a little more unconsciously.

Lu Yang noticed it.

"nervous?"

"……No."

Lu Yang smiled and didn't expose her.

The car turned into a narrower alley.

There were low walls and tin gates on both sides, and several houses had piles of firewood in front of their doors.

The car stopped.

"We've arrived," the driver said.

Lu Yang opened the door and got out of the car.

The moment Li Xixue stepped off the car and onto the ground, a stray dog ​​lying against the wall sunbathing raised its head and glanced at her.

"It's okay, Big Yellow doesn't bite."

Lu Yang smiled, carrying a cake in one hand and fruit he had bought at the supermarket downstairs in the other.

"Let's go."

The two walked into the alley.

Soon we arrived at a red iron gate, with a lot of paint chipped off.

The door was open, and voices could be heard coming from inside.

Lu Yang called out to his mother, "Mom."

The sounds inside the room stopped for a second.

Then came a series of clattering footsteps.

Zhou Huifang walked quickly out of the house, her hands still covered in flour, and she hadn't even taken off her apron.

She glanced at Lu Yang first, then her gaze immediately shifted to Li Xixue next to him.

He looked me up and down.

Li Xixue stood there, her hands hanging at her sides.

Hello, Auntie.

Zhou Huifang narrowed her eyes for a moment, then smiled.

"Coming, coming in quickly!"

She wiped her hands on her apron and quickly reached out to take the things from Li Xixue's hands.

Li Xixue wasn't holding anything in her hands.

Zhou Huifang then changed her approach and held her hand.

"Oh dear, your hands are so cold, are you chilled? Come inside quickly."

Li Xixue was pulled inside, and then glanced at Lu Yang behind her.

Lu Yang sighed helplessly.

Sure enough, it was her own mother.

The courtyard inside the house wasn't large; there were a few potted plants in one corner, and a rather thick jujube tree.

Then Li Xixue heard a voice.

"You're here?"

His voice sounded somewhat aged, but it was still quite strong.

Li Xixue glanced towards the main room.

An old woman sat in a rattan chair in the main room.

His hair was completely white, but he was full of energy.

The old lady looked Lu Yang up and down, then her gaze passed over him and landed on Li Xixue behind him.

That gaze was like a scanner.

Li Xixue stood in the courtyard, her hands hanging at her sides, and her head slightly lowered.

"Hello, Grandma."

She greeted him somewhat shyly.

The old lady leaned forward to probe.

I watched it for about five or six seconds.

"Girl, you're really pretty."

Zhou Huifang chimed in from the side, "Mom, that's what I said the first time I met her."

The old lady waved to Li Xixue.

"Girl, come here, let me take a look."

Upon hearing this, Li Xixue obediently walked over.

The old lady reached out and grasped Li Xixue's hand.

"Your hands are cold. You're wearing so little; you must be freezing."

Li Xixue shook her head: "No, I'm not cold."