Chapter 27

Five in the morning.

The night covers the sky, and the morning light is not yet clear. The bustling city has not awakened at the moment, and there is silence all around, only the bleak autumn wind rolls the withered leaves, passing through the high-rise buildings.

At this time, there were no cars even on the most congested roads in the daytime, only the sanitation car that went to work in the early morning slowly passed by, taking away the fallen leaves on the ground.

The sanitation car with the sound of "banging rumbling" drove along the side of the road. A woman wearing a thick coat on the side of the road avoided the water mist from the vehicle and walked into a store by the road through the back door.

As soon as the door was pushed open, the warm air in the house, wrapped in a faint fragrance of flowers, rushed towards the face, warming the woman's frozen body. It was still early, but someone was already busy in the store. A young clerk was arranging the flower stand. When the boss walked in, she greeted her with a smile, "Sister Miao Miao, you're here."

The headlights in the house have already been turned on, illuminating the scene in the store, which is elegantly decorated and furnished, making it a flower shop.

The little girl asked, "Is it very cold today? I slept on the second floor last night, and I could hear the wind outside through the wall."

Miao Yi had just taken off her scarf and gloves, but her fingers were still ice-cold. She sighed at her fingertips, "It's very cold, and the wind blows on her face like a knife."

The little girl hurriedly brought a cup of hot tea over, "Come here, warm your hands first."

She glanced outside through the glass of the back door. The night had gradually dissipated, but the sky was still gloomy and no light could be seen.

"It's going to rain. It's been cold enough for the past few days. After this rain, it's probably going to be winter."

Miao Yi took a sip of the hot tea and let out a comfortable sigh, "Yes."

She also glanced at the outside, and did not forget to remind, "Xiao Zi, if it's going to rain, don't put things out today, and remember to put a non-slip mat at the door."

Xiao Zi immediately came down and said, "Okay."

The flower shop always opens early, and today's fresh cut flowers have been delivered. It took two people about half an hour to arrange the goods, and they were ready to officially open.

Xiao Zi went to the front to open the shutter door, and dragged the anti-skid pad along the way. She laid the anti-skid mat, and as soon as she looked up, she was startled, "Scared?!"

There was a person standing outside the just-raised rolling shutter door.

Xiao Zi obviously didn't expect that there would be people outside the shop. She was stunned for a while before she realized it, and tentatively called out "Hello?"

The man stood facing the door, as if he wanted to take shelter from the wind by taking advantage of the narrow door frame. But this was obviously of no use. He was wearing extra thin clothes, and his ears and nose were frozen red. Just looking at him made Xiao Zi, who was in a warm room, feel cold.

But when the man turned his head upon hearing the sound, Xiao Zi's full of doubts were instantly dispelled by exclamation.

This person looks... good-looking.

The person here is just a teenager, with delicate eyebrows and perfect outline. At first glance, he looks like a little prince who came from nowhere. He sneaked out to take a look at this mundane world.

It's just that it's too cold outside. He didn't know how long he waited outside. When he tried to speak, he coughed hoarsely.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Xiao Zi hurriedly opened the glass door and asked, "You come in first, come in and talk."

Miao Yi at the front desk heard the sound and looked over, and saw a slender young man walking in. Although the boy was very beautiful, his lips were pale and his cheeks were flushed.

He was wearing too little. Going out in this kind of cold weather, and there is no sun in the early morning, wearing a long trench coat will feel the coldness digging into the cracks of the bones, but the teenager only wears a single coat, as if he has just been fished out of the ice cellar, the whole person All are cool.

But after seeing that face clearly, Miao Yi was obviously stunned.

She vaguely felt that the other party was familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen him.

Xiao Zi let someone in, and seeing that he was still coughing, he couldn't help feeling a little helpless. She looked around the room and couldn't find a blanket, so she had to make do with raising the indoor temperature a little bit, and when the people came over a little, she asked tentatively, "Excuse me, are you going to buy flowers?"

The boy covered his lips and nodded, his frozen fingertips were almost transparent.

Xiao Zi asked, "Excuse me, what do you need?"

Only then did the boy speak with difficulty, his voice slightly hoarse, "White... chrysanthemum."

He spoke very slowly, and if he listened carefully, he could still hear the original beautiful tone, "White chrysanthemum, nineteen flowers."

Xiao Zi immediately said, "Okay, please come with me."

The flower barrel of white chrysanthemum was on the side, and Xiao Zi led the person over and asked, "Do you want to pick it yourself, sir, or do you choose this one that is already wrapped? This one is exactly nineteen flowers."

The boy stared blankly at the pure white in the flower bucket, and didn't speak for a while.

Xiao Zi wondered, "Sir?"

After being called out by her, the young man slowly regained his senses and picked up the bundle of white chrysanthemums that had been wrapped.

The bouquet was held in his arms, and the pure white petals made his face even paler.

This kind of flower is like nothing else, basically has no other uses, and the on-site bag can't pack any tricks. Xiao Zi didn't ask any further questions, but said, "That's it, isn't it? Please come with me and pay here."

She went to lead the way first, and the boy was stunned for a while before walking over.

The front desk can directly pay electronically, but Xiao Zi held the scanner and waited for a while, but she didn't wait until the boy took out his mobile phone.

This time, Xiao Zi didn't urge again, and the shop is not busy now.

And she found that since seeing the white chrysanthemum, the boy's reaction was always half a beat.

But she didn't expect that the boy was stunned for a long time, and finally muttered, "I'm sorry... I forgot to bring the money."

"Hey?"

Xiao Zi was a little surprised. She was about to say that she could pay by mobile phone, but she heard Miao Yi, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said, "Then the bill will be waived."

Xiao Zi turned her head in surprise, saw the boss walking over a few steps, and said to the young man, "You are the first customer of our store today, which is a small benefit. It's good to come and visit when you have time in the future."

The boy's pale face finally showed a little mood swing, and he seemed a little surprised.

"Thank you..." His voice was still a little hoarse, "I'll supply you next time I come."

After speaking, the boy left with the flower in his arms.

"Hey..." Xiao Zi wanted to call him, but didn't have time, only saw the hurried back of the other party.

She scratched her head in confusion, "He just went out after wearing so little?"

"I was wearing a single shirt on such a cold day. When I stood next to him just now, I could feel the heat on his body. He must have a fever, right?"

"Besides, he also felt a little restless, and his reaction was half a beat..." Xiao Zi turned to look at the boss, "By the way, Sister Miao Miao, do you know him?

Miao Yi was still looking in the direction where the young man disappeared. Wen Yan was about to speak, but saw the glass door of the flower shop being pushed open again.

The wind chime at the door jingled, and Xiao Zi also looked back curiously.

It's still early, why are there so many guests at this point today? Or, the good-looking boy just now is back?

As a result, when she looked up, she was facing a pair of light-colored eyes that were piercingly cold.

Xiao Zi froze there in fright on the spot.

The person who came was not the young man she thought, but a tall and handsome man with a frosty face. The man pushed the door and came in, and the cold wind blew in from the outside, and the double air-conditioning directly froze him.

Xiao Zi couldn't recover at all, and even forgot to go up to greet the guests. Or was that man the first to say, "What did that person buy just now?"

The man's aura was too fierce, even if it was such an ordinary sentence, it seemed like a forced question when he said it. Xiao Zi was so frightened that she shivered again, if it wasn't for the fact that this person didn't look like she was short of money, she would have thought she had encountered a robber.

Due to the good impression he had towards the young man, Azusa didn't tell the whole situation directly. She bit her head and stammered, "You ask this, yes, what's the matter?"

The man seemed to see her concerns at a glance. He took out his mobile phone and called up a photo and showed it to the two of them.

In the photo, it is the thinly dressed and sick teenager just now, but the difference is that in the photo he looks much healthier than he does now.

The teenager is in a warm room, holding a palette in his hand, and a half-painted painting in front of him. He looked straight into the camera, apparently seeing someone filming him.

There was still a little paint on the boy's face, but he didn't mean to avoid the camera at all. He smiled brightly and cheerfully, and his whole body was filled with a kind of happiness that could be seen at a glance, and his eyes looking at the person taking the picture were also undisguised. Love and trust.

The man said, "I'm his friend. I'll pay for the things he bought just now."

"Oh," Xiao Zi came back to his senses, "he bought nineteen white chrysanthemums, but our boss has given him a free order."

She gestured in Miao Yi's direction.

The man looked at Miao Yi and narrowed his eyes, "Who are you?"

The phone has been put away by the man. Miao Yi just took her eyes off the photo, and she glanced at him when she heard the words, "It's just a small event in our store, the first customer is free of charge."

On the side, Xiao Zi wondered, how can this event be held in the store?

The man turned a deaf ear, "How much? I'll pay."

Miao Yi didn't insist, "Xiao Zi, type out the bill."

The man pays and leaves. Miao Yi looked at his back, but thoughtfully.

When she took back her gaze and turned her head, she met a face full of question marks.

Xiao Zi was so full of doubts that she almost vomited blood, "Sister Miao Miao, what's going on here, you know them?"

Miao Yi smiled, but shook her head, "I don't know."

"But I met that boy two years ago."

Xiao Zi asked, "Two years ago?"

She originally wanted to ask the boss how he even remembered what he saw so long ago, but when she thought about the boy's outstanding appearance, it was not surprising.

Such a face, anyone who has seen it will have a hard time forgetting it.

Miao Yi nodded, "In the winter of last year, it was at the intersection of Jingshan and Jinger."

Xiao Zi was surprised, "Isn't that the intersection next to our store?"

"Yes, I was looking at the store that day, but there was a crowd of people outside for some reason, and some people blocked the store door. I wanted to go out and have a look, but I saw the boy before I walked a few steps."

"Eh? What happened?" Xiao Zi was curious, "Is that boy the same two years ago as he is now?"

Miao Yi said, "No, he was obviously much younger than he is now."

"Ah?" Xiao Zi wondered, "I don't think that boy is that old now?"

Miao Yi shook her head, "It's not his age, it's his temperament."

"At that time he was very lively, vivid, and young, much brighter than he is now."

"That's why I just saw the photo before I dared to confirm that the man behind him was indeed his friend."

Xiao Zi thought about it, and yes, when she first saw the boy, although her first reaction was that he was good-looking, she also felt that the other person felt too heavy, like carrying a heavy burden, and even every breath was burning up. own vitality.

So when she first saw that photo, Xiao Zi was also a little surprised. If it weren't for the fact that her outstanding appearance had not changed, she would have doubted whether this very different temperament belonged to the same person.

Miao Yi sighed, "The boy was there at the time, and many people onlookers thought it was a star who came to film, but it wasn't."

"It was a serious traffic accident."

Xiao Zi opened her mouth in surprise, "Is it a car accident? Is it related to that boy?"

"Well." Miao Yi squeezed her eyebrows and slowed down her voice, "At that time, two delivery trucks collided, and two people died on the spot, one of whom was his mother. His father was also in the car and was sent to the hospital."

"Later the TV station broadcast the news... The only remaining wounded were rescued and died."