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  "Hmm! Alone is good!" Tang Ke Xin sat down at the table, then looked at the delicious food in front of her. She learned from Su Rui Qi and let out a wow, laughing as she said: "It's really delicious!"

  Su Ruiqi looked at her and said lightly: "Why... live alone?"

  Tang Ke Xin just smiled, picked up her chopsticks, clamped a piece of salmon sushi, lightly dipped it in wasabi and soy sauce, put it into her mouth, chewed heavily, then excitedly covered her mouth and laughed, saying: "It's really delicious!"

  Su Ruiqi quietly watched Ke Huan's happy appearance, even when he smiled, the dimple on his right cheek was faintly visible, and his short hair on the left covered the scar, only revealing a sharp chin, which was very touching. He said in a low voice: "I once said that no one can be beautiful for life, there is no need, because that little scar will deny your future love."

  Tang Ke Xin raised her head and looked at Su Rui Qi, smiling as she said: "Have you ever heard of a foreign movie called 'If My Life Only Had Memories'?"

  Su Ruiqi looked at her silently.

  Tang Ke Xin picked up a small cup of clear wine, took a sip, and felt a spicy and pungent flavor that stimulated her throat, just like bitter and intense tears. She took a deep breath before smiling and saying: "If you saw the title of this book, you must have thought it was about the character's past, right?"

  Su Ruiqi smiled slightly.

  Tang Ke Xin smiled foolishly and said: "At that time, I was deceived by this title, thinking it was a story about the past. Later, I realized it was about the female lead, who after experiencing great pain in her life due to something she did, kept telling herself on her journey forward, 'If my life is only left with memories, which memory do I want?' She didn't want any of them, so she gritted her teeth and struggled to move forward, walking such a bumpy, painful, and persistent road."

  In Su Ruiqi's mind, a urgent and painful voice said: Ruiqi, I don't want my past, I don't want it at all, because it hurts too much.

  Tang Ke Xin raised her head and smiled at Su Rui Qi, saying: "You once asked me what kind of person I was in the past. I told you, I forgot."

  Su Ruiqi's thoughts returned slightly, looking at her.

  Tang Ke Xin's eyes flashed with a hint of moisture as she smiled at Su Rui Qi and said, "You know? I've been gradually daring to face my past lately, even sharing some funny stories from back then with good friends."

  Su Ruiqi smiled at her.

  Tang Ke Xin took a deep breath, then looked at Su Rui Qi and smiled sweetly: "In the past, I didn't dare to touch you because I hadn't accepted reality. Now that I've dared to touch you, every time I stretch out my hand, my fingers are pricked by memories, it hurts so much... but I still have to reach out..."

  Su Rui suddenly closed his eyes, looking at her, and a hint of sadness flowed from his pupils.

  "I want to be alone, because... I faced my reality, my left face was ruined." Tang Ke Xin's face revealed a hint of trembling pain, but it quickly disappeared, replaced by a strong smile..."Sometimes at midnight, I wake up and look in the mirror, seeing my left face, it still scares me. Sometimes I even dare not touch it because it's too sad. But I must grit my teeth and tell myself to face it. No matter what happens, I have to face it. So...I know that in this world, there won't be a man who likes my face, nor will there be a man who likes me."

  Su Ruiqi silently looked at her.

  "I don't want to dream for myself, to have unrealistic dreams. Especially for someone like me, dreaming will only lead to my downfall. I want to live a strong life, to live well on my own, earn some money, and let my mom continue to live a slightly better life...and let my dad..." Tang Ke Xin was dazed for a moment, staring into the distance in a certain direction, as if she could see her father sitting behind bars again, his gloomy and dejected appearance... Her eyes fluttered lightly, her eye sockets were slightly red, and she smiled bitterly before saying softly: "Let my dad be at peace..."

  Su Ruiqi looked at her for three years, every time Tang Ke Xin mentioned her family members, she was always hiding and sad. At this moment, when they shared their heart stories with each other, he finally spoke up: "Can you tell me what happened to your family? What exactly happened to you three years ago?"

  Tang Ke Xin looked at Su Rui Qi's concerned and gentle eyes, she smiled and said: "I don't want to say, not because I don't trust you, but because I don't crave for others' sympathy. I want to be equal friends with you."

  Su Ruiqi listened and nodded slightly, smiling respectfully: "Okay. I just feel that you're alone, it's quite tough for you. And you don't have any brothers or sisters..."

  "I have an older brother." Tang Ke Xin smiled as she looked at Su Rui Qi.

  Su Ruiqi looked at Tang Ke Xin and smiled in surprise: "You have an older brother?"

  "Uh-huh." Tang Ke Xin nodded and smiled, "He opened a Chinese restaurant many years ago, and he's really good at it, just like my dad taught him. The restaurant is doing well, and he has a beautiful wife and two adorable kids. They're living a happy life as a family. It's just... I don't have much of a relationship with him, and his wife isn't too fond of me. I don't want to make things difficult for my brother, so we only keep in touch during Chinese New Year, and that's about it."

  Su Ruiqi's face slightly darkened as he looked at her.

  Tang Ke Xin looked at Su Rui Qi with a hint of a smile and said: "Sometimes, I also think about my brother, thinking about how he used to carry me on his back up the mountain to pick mulberries. The days when we had dad, mom, and brother were really good. The feeling you gave me back then was also like that of an older brother."

  Su Ruiqi listened and immediately coughed lightly, picked up her chopsticks, and ate a cucumber roll.

  "I didn't ask you to acknowledge me as your sister, why are you so tense?" Ke Xin deliberately stared at him.

  Su Ruiqi raised his head and looked at Ke Huan with a smile, saying: "Why should I acknowledge you as my sister? I'm not your biological brother. I don't want to be your brother."

  "Am I that bad?" Tang Ke Xin also laughed and said. 14887356

  Su Ruiqi stared at Tang Ke Xin for a while before slowly opening his mouth to say: "You're really good..."

  Tang Ke Xin looked at him, couldn't help but laugh, picked up her chopsticks, clamped a piece of salmon sushi and put it on Su Rui Qi's plate, then smiled and said: "Eat."

  Su Ruiqi also laughed, but then thought of something and looked at Tang Ke Xin saying: "You seem to have never called me by my name."

  "Didn't I just know your name recently? And I don't even know what to call you?" Tang Ke Xin looked at Su Rui Qi with a smile.

  Su Ruiqi smiled and picked up his chopsticks, eating sushi as he spoke: "Whatever you want. Just don't call me brother."

  Tang Ke Xin glared at him and said: "What's that supposed to be?"

  Su Ruiqi thought for a moment and smiled: "Let's just call out his name."

  Tang Ke Xin smiled and said: "Su Rui Qi?"

  "Richie..."

  "Surichi! What a nice name!" Tang Ke Xin immediately laughed and said, then picked up her chopsticks, picked up a piece of crab meat sushi, and stuffed it into Surichi's mouth, saying: "Eat, eat! Eat your fill, next time I'll come again to make delicious food for you."

  Su Ruiqi chewed on his sushi while looking at her cute appearance and couldn't help but laugh.

  "Ah-ha!" Tāng Kěxīn said with her mouth full of sushi, looking up at him, "Just now... I saw you take my phone and answer the call, right?"

  "Hmm" Su Ruiqi seemed to be lightly sketching, picked up the small wine cup, took a sip, and continued eating. Today's appetite is really good.

  "Whose phone?" Tang Ke Xin looked at Su Rui Qi and asked.

  Su Ruiqi held the chopsticks, thought for a moment, and then looked at her, shaking his head and saying: "Not very clear, I asked him what he wanted to find you for, he didn't say, just said he wanted to remind you of something, it was a man, with a very cold tone."

  Tang Ke Xin thought for a moment and then mumbled, "Who is it? I don't know many guys. The only guy who knows my number is you."

  Su Rui Qi looked at Tang Ke Xin, a smile spreading across his face, and said softly: "Really?"

  "Hmm!" Tang Ke Xin immediately nodded, then furrowed her brow and thought for a moment before saying: "Who is it after all?"

  Su Ruiqi put down his chopsticks, took out Ke Xin's mobile phone from his own pocket, showed her the incoming call display just now, and said: "It's this number. Take a look?"

  Tang Ke Xin leaned forward strangely, took a look at the incoming call display, blinked her eyes and said: "Who is this?"

  Su Ruiqi looked at her silly expression and held back his laughter, saying: "I don't know, anyway, there's nothing to look for you."

  "Oh." Tang Ke Xin didn't mind, the two of them continued eating sushi together, laughing and chatting, not knowing how happy they were. When they talked about something funny, they both burst out laughing. Su Rui Qi hadn't been this happy in a long time. Occasionally, when he saw Ke Xin's rice ball stuck to her nose, he reached out his hand and gently removed it, only for it to stick to her nose again.

  "Hey!" Tang Ke Xin took down the rice while staring at him.

  "Suddenly" Su Ruiqi stopped talking, picked up his wine glass, and clinked glasses with Tang Ke Xin, drinking a lot of clear liquor. However, he was slightly overwhelmed by the alcohol, and after downing several bottles of clear liquor, his expression became somewhat scattered. When looking at Ke Xin, he felt a bit dizzy, so he leaned back in his seat to rest for a while.

  "You're drunk? No way! We've only had a few bottles?" Tang Ke Xin said, looking at Su Rui Qi.

  Su Ruiqi smiled and said: "No. It's just that I haven't had a drink for a long time, so it's like this. After sitting for a while, it'll be fine."

  "Oh." Ke Xin looked at him with some concern, then quickly got up and said: "I'll help you tidy up, I'll leave right away and let you rest well. It's already dusk now, I won't disturb you here either."

  "I'll take you." Surich stretched out his hand, gently grasping hers, and smiled at her.

  "It's okay, you've done enough." Tang Ke Xin immediately let go of his hand and quickly cleaned up the dishes on the table, washed them, and even swept his house clean. Then, like a diligent little ant, she ran to the deck of Su Rui Qi's boat, facing the sunset, and picked off several lotus leaves, muttering to herself that tomorrow Xiao Rou was coming over for dinner and she wanted to make lotus leaf rice for her.

  He gazed at her petite figure, walking back and forth on the deck, plucking lotus leaves, then crouched down to tie them up with a thin string. Standing up again, he stood in front of the fishing rod, saying "Your family's fish are really smart, none of them take the bait." He smiled slightly, earlier when he was about to stand up and walk away, he came to Ke Xin's back, lightly stretching out his hands, half embracing her body, with his hands resting on the railing, he slightly raised his head, looking at the sunset in the fiery maple forest, just about to set. "Tomorrow... is July 13th..."

  Tang Ke Xin's body stiffened for a moment.