"Does the people's prosecutor also drive after drinking?" Zheng Wei sat beside Lin Jing in the driver's seat and smelled a faint scent of alcohol on him.

  Lin Jing shrugged, "I don't like drinking, but now the atmosphere is like this, it seems that if you haven't had a drink, things can't be done. To get along with all kinds of people, socializing can also be said to be part of work. In the few years since returning home, I've slowly gotten used to it, after drinking, I'll eventually go home anyway, just reminding myself to drive slowly."

  Zheng Wei jokingly said, "May I understand it as you are compromising for the sake of the revolutionary cause?"

  Lin Jing said, "Justice is relative."

  Zheng Wei listened and thought of Zhou Qubai's words during the day, lowering his head to say, "There are many things that I just can't understand."

  "Some things are better left unexplained." Lin Jing said calmly.

  "Then I will always be foolish."

  Lin Jing smiled, "I'm also conflicted. Sometimes when I see you acting like an adult, handling many things with ease, I feel relieved. But at the same time, I still hope that you remain that fearless little dragon who doesn't fear heaven or earth."

  Zheng Wei also smiled along with her, "I have too many teachers, I had to grow up." There was a sentence she didn't say out loud: Lin Jing, haven't you also taught me a lesson?

  He seemed to have guessed her unspoken meaning as well and didn't say anything more.

  He stopped the car at the entrance of Zhongjian Building as she had said. Zheng Wei said, "I'll go in and you can head back a bit earlier."

  He nodded, looked at her and suddenly said, "Actually, he's not suitable for you."

  Zheng Wei was stunned for a moment, "He, who is he?" The annoying seatbelt was stuck there and couldn't be opened no matter what.

  Lin Jing didn't respond to her pretended ignorance, stretched out his hand and gently pressed the living button for her, and the restraint was instantly released. However, in her heart, it seemed as if a thin and long rope was slowly wrapping around.

  "At first, I wasn't sure if he was the same person you met at your school three years ago, but from your behavior and expression, everything became clear. You still like him, but he's not someone you can entrust your life to."

  Even if she didn't think he was wrong, this wasn't what she wanted to hear right now, especially not from him. Zheng Wei's face changed color, "Lin Jing, what qualifications do you have to arrange my life?"

  She still doesn't like to beat around the bush, however Lin Jing obviously wasn't enraged, he calmly said: "I've seen more people than you. Chen Xiao Zheng may have some talent, but a person who doesn't even have a sense of security for themselves, how can they bring happiness to you."

  "He can't make me happy, but you can?" She sneered.

  "If you want to know the answer, why don't you try it?" He raised an eyebrow.

  "You're all so arrogant, thinking you're doing what's best for me. Have any of you ever asked me how I want to live? Don't pretend like you care about my happiness when in reality you're all selfish! One or two of you can leave, that's fine, I won't blame you, but why come back after leaving? He's not a good person, and neither are you, Lin Jing. Can you honestly say that your return after three years was for my own good? Our 17-year relationship meant nothing to you? You abandoned me for seven years just because we couldn't be lovers anymore. Does that mean our friendship had to end too? In the past three years since I returned home, did you ever even ask how I was doing or offer a shoulder for me to lean on? If so, we wouldn't be in this situation today. You all think you're so clever, but I'm scared of people like you who are always calculating what's best for themselves."

  She cried in a sorry state, Lin Jing stretched out her hand to wipe away her tears, and was slapped away by her. "You can go now, great prosecutor."

  She pushed the door out.

  Lin Jing said to her back, "You scolded me and it's all true. When I was young and impulsive, I thought many things were more important than emotions. Later, I found out that we can only remember some small happiness, like when you fell down and cried in my arms, or when I practiced calligraphy and you played beside me with a face full of ink... I don't dare say that I've become great today, at least I'm sincere when I say I want to give you happiness. Weiwei, there are too many heartless people in this world. Even if you find someone new, they may not be able to give you the life you want. I will leave, but you need to know that the person who sent you back today is not a prosecutor."

  Zheng Wei ran all the way back to her place, and suddenly she missed Mouse Treasure. A person is not as good as a mediocre cat, at least when you treat it well, it knows.

  The old corridor was pitch black, she fumbled her way up, took out the key to open the door, and heard footsteps in the distance. With the key half raised, she stood there with a hint of expectation. However, as the footsteps drew closer, it turned out to be just a neighbor returning late at night. She couldn't help but laugh at herself for being hopeless, shook her head, and went inside.

  After playing with Mouse Treasure for a while, washing up and opening the window to let the evening breeze blow on her face, Zheng Wei finally felt like she was alive again. When she opened the door to put out the trash bag, Mouse Treasure, who had been hiding in the shadows for some time, suddenly darted out of the half-open door with incredible agility.

  "Mouse Treasure, come back!" Zheng Wei anxiously shouted.

  Rushing towards the free mouse treasure, it will listen to her call at this moment, and in a blink of an eye, it will slip away from the stairs without a trace. Zheng Wei worried that it would not find its way back home, so she hastily put on some clothes and chased after it.

  Zheng Wei lived in the oldest apartment building in the big yard, and the dormitory area built by the company was not in the downtown area. Especially the one they lived in, behind which was a small hill that had not been developed yet. The small hill was overgrown with weeds, and what she worried about most was that Mouse would run there and never be found again in the dark.

  It was around the 15th of the lunar calendar, and the moon was big and round. Under the moonlight, Zheng Wei saw Mouse's plump butt flash by in front of the outdoor fitness equipment. If he ran past that leisure area, he would soon reach the back mountain. Zheng Wei didn't dare to think much, and while softly calling out "Mouse, Mouse", she followed him. This leisure area developed by the unit had long been deserted due to its old equipment and remote location. Standing near the single bar, Zheng Wei anxiously looked around. As she turned around, a figure in the dark corner scared her so much that she felt a chill down her spine. "Who!"

  "It's me..." He said hastily, seemingly not expecting to scare her.

  Hearing this voice, Zheng Wei was furious, "What's wrong with you, running to scare people like this? You're mentally ill."

  "He smiled wryly and said, 'You've finally stopped calling me Assistant Chen.'"

  Zheng Wei took a deep breath, still shaken. "Don't tell me you're here for a stroll." The company had arranged for him to stay in the new building 11, where the most beautiful greenbelt of Zhongjian was located. "You're so busy, what brings you here?" She thought her voice could be very calm, just like stating an insignificant matter to someone unrelated, but as soon as she spoke, she realized that there was still a hint of bitterness and sarcasm that lingered.

  He didn't say anything.

  Zheng Wei smiled wryly and continued on his way to find Mouse Treasure again.

  "Many times, I didn't dare to get too close, afraid of running into you, but also afraid of not seeing the light in your window."

  He always did this, one foot trampling her into the dust, and then complaining that she was bowing too low, he couldn't hear what she was saying.

  Zheng Wei sneered: "Is it because your building is about to be completed without a single mistake, so you start to miss that interesting one centimeter error?"

  He remained silent, not arguing. So she turned around, "If I don't go downstairs, will you keep standing here? Even if you stand here and take root, what can you do? China is so big, since you've already returned with a golden glow, why do you still want to return to Zhongjian, and specifically chose the second division. Is it that this feeling of returning home in glory makes you feel very cool and accomplished? But to be honest, I really look down on you like this."

  Chen Xiao Zheng said, "After coming back from the construction site, the personnel department asked me which department I wanted to go to. In my heart, I thought anywhere would be fine as long as it wasn't the second division. So when I heard myself say 'second division', I couldn't even believe it myself. From the day I left, I knew I didn't have the qualifications to stand by your side again. If I could only watch from afar, being a little closer would also be good. I hope to see you happy, but at the same time, I'm afraid of seeing you happy."

  Lin Jing is right, Chen Xiao Zheng is actually a person who lacks security. A child forced to grow up, no matter how calm and restrained on the surface, proud and noble, is just a child. This child always does what he thinks is right, but ends up hurting others and himself.

  Zheng Wei suddenly remembered Ruan Ruan's words: I've grown up, but he hasn't.

  He slowly walked up to her side. Zheng Wei leaned against the single bar, the cold iron railing gave her support.

  For three years, she had imagined countless scenarios like this, where he would stand in front of her once again and say, "Weiwei..."

  She could have had many choices, or smiled as if nothing was wrong, or walked away without looking back. However, she always overestimated herself, and when this scene appeared, like all weak women, her only desire was to cry.

  As she slowly closed her eyes in front of him, who was gradually lowering his head, his breath had been lingering on her lips. Before giving up thinking, she thought, right or wrong, just let it be like this.

  However, everything went wrong because the moon was too bright. At the last moment, she suddenly remembered that many years ago on the quiet basketball court in the schoolyard, she had also leaned back her head in his arms like this, and that night, the moon had also shone so brightly. She had once said that it would be the brightest moonlight of her life, but later she came to realize that no matter how bright the moonlight was, it was ultimately cold.

  "No." She turned her face away before the kiss landed. Chen Xiao Zheng also woke up like a dream, as if he had been struck by a chill, and suddenly let go of her.

  A harsh meow echoed, and Zheng Wei immediately looked in the direction of the sound. Mouse Treasure was sitting on a nearby grassy area staring at them, its two small eyes shining with a faint glow in the darkness.

  She ran over there, and it didn't run away anymore, as if it was tired of playing, just waiting for her to find it.

  "Mouse, let's go home."