Shen Lang touched a pocket watch from his arms, time backward, thoughts back to an evening more than ten years ago ...
The sky is grey, old streets, dirty boy huddled in the alley, scattered hair and a few yellow weeds, carrying a freshly stolen bread in his hand.
Pedestrians came and went in a hurry, rushing to get out of the rain, with no time to stop for such a little fellow.
"Boom!"
There was a flash of lightning in the gloomy sky and a sudden clap of thunder. The boy's small hands shook, and the bread accidentally fell from his arms and rolled to one side of the street corner.
He hastily reached out to grab the loaf of bread.
"That ...," the little girl came over, through a soft voice with a hint of concern in her big eyes.
The boy tugged the bread tighter and shot the girl a hard look.
The girl pulled out a delicate candy box from her little bear backpack and said to the boy, "Do you eat cream cakes?"
She looked to be about five or six years old, with two small, pink hands, holding a box of transparently wrapped cream cakes, her pink face a little embarrassed.
The sky was still overcast, the old street, this so like a fairy tale out of the angel like beautiful little girl, became the only light in the boy's eyes.
He knew where the girl's cream cake came from, it was from a confectionery house across the street, displayed in the highest and most conspicuous part of the window.
"This one is strawberry flavoured then, it's delicious, here."
The boy looked at the little girl's white face and, with a sudden pang of disorientation, immediately shook his head and then, yet ghostly, nodded ...
His trembling hand, took the cream cake in the girl's hand, the boy could smell, from the box emanated strawberry fragrance.
He himself hadn't eaten anything all day, and was so hungry.
The little girl nodded happily, "Next time you're free to come here, I'll give you another delicious strawberry flavoured one!"
The boy's lips moved slightly, the world in his eyes seemed to stand still, and a warm current overflowed in his heart.
Just then, a black car slowly stopped at the roadside, the window opened and a driver greeted the little girl.
"Missy, why are you here alone again? It's going to rain soon, hurry up and get in the car!"
The little girl giggled and nodded, her skirt blowing with the wind as she ran into the car like a small cloud.
As she ran though, the girl dropped a pocket watch. The boy reached out to call out to the little girl, but the car had already driven off.
The boy walked up and picked up the solid gold pocket watch, and in the background of the dial was a picture of the little girl's innocence and cuteness.
In the days that followed, the boy waited in the alley every day, hoping that the little girl would reappear and that he could return her lost pocket watch to its rightful owner.
But after a month of waiting, the boy never waited for the little girl, but by chance waited for a bad old man.
That old man was Shen Lang's master.
Without the girl, without the pocket watch, without insisting on waiting for a month, Shen Lang may still be living on the street, may have starved to death.
That girl is Su Ruoxue, it is she changed the trajectory of his life, but also the first woman who gave himself warmth.
Su Ruoxue is afraid that long ago did not remember this matter, Shen Lang would like to hide this matter in the heart, but by chance an opportunity to let him and Su Ruoxue again have intercourse.
There is of course a reason for this misadventured engagement, Su Ruoxue's grandfather and Shen Lang's master are very close, and this engagement was arranged by them.
Su Ruoxue was now in a difficult situation, being forced into marriage by a certain rich young man with a very deep background. Living together with Shen Lang was actually a scheme that Su Ruoxue's grandfather had come up with in order to protect his granddaughter from harm.
Shen Lang never thought that he would also get flash-married, and because he wanted to protect this woman, he still agreed to it with alacrity.
The ringing of his mobile phone interrupted his thoughts, Shen Lang picked up his mobile phone and saw that it was a familiar number.
"Senior sister, what's the matter?"
"Can't you call if there's nothing wrong? Brother Long, did you miss me?" A voice as beautiful as a silver bell sounded on the other end of the phone.
Shen Lang sighed: "Senior sister ah, I'm too lonely every night, especially miss you."
"Less mouth poor, just you will still be lonely, you do not have that beautiful as heavenly fairy fiancée to accompany? Let her warm the bed for you every night."
Listening to the playful voice on the phone, Shen Lang felt both somewhat funny and somewhat speechless.
Although the two of them, he and Su Ruoxue, were engaged to be married, they had never even held hands, let alone slept together.
The relationship between the two now was not only unlike an unmarried couple, it was not even as good as a friend.
"Right Brother Long, aren't you short of money to spend? Should I call you a few million over?"
"No need, your brother Long is a pure man, he can't be embarrassed to ask a little woman for money."
"Who's a little woman!"
"Okay, okay, our Yu'er is a great beauty."
After flirting with his senior sister for a few sentences, Shen Lang hung up the phone.
The mood slightly recovered, Shen Lang actually wanted to run his relationship with Su Ruoxue, but it was a bit overwhelming.
Did not eat at night, Shen Lang is also a little hungry, he just walked out of the bedroom, he heard laughter coming from the hall.
This laughter was from Su Ruoxue, very nice, Shen Lang was a little surprised that this iceberg would actually show a smile.
It had to be said that Su Ruoxue really looked good when she laughed, but she had never shown such an expression to herself.
Shen Lang's hearing was different from ordinary people, across the distance, he could also hear that Su Ruoxue was a man on the other end of the phone.
"Brother Wenzhi don't laugh at me, we haven't contacted each other all these years, are you okay now?" Su Ruoxue asked on the phone.
Hearing Su Ruoxue's voice actually had a trace of concern in it, a wave of anger in Shen Lang's heart immediately surged up.
Although he and Su Ruoxue had no emotional foundation, he instinctively saw her as his own woman. His own woman called another man "brother", but also talk and laugh with him, Shen Lang can not endure.
When Su Ruoxue hung up the phone, she glanced at Shen Lang who walked over and said nonchalantly, "I'm going out to meet my old friend at night."
Shen Lang asked expressionlessly, "What kind of person is he to you?"
"Why do you care so much?" Su Ruoxue frowned.
"I'm your nominal fiancé, it's not too much to ask this question, right?" Shen Lang hummed.
Su Ruoxue frowned, "He is a classmate of mine named Zhang Wenzhi. Alright, are you done asking?"
"No wonder you call someone Brother Wenzhi, this big night, you wouldn't go on a date with your Brother Wenzhi, right?" Shen Lang sneered.
Su Ruoxue was stunned for a moment, then the corner of her mouth curved, outlining a teasing arc: "Yo, you're still jealous of me? Then I am really flattered. Let me tell you Shen Lang, you'd better stay out of this beauty's business, Brother Wenzhi is at least a hundred times better than a man like you!"
That Zhang Wenzhi is Su Ruoxue's university classmate, has asked her several times, she didn't have the time, this time she couldn't shirk it, Su Ruoxue was ready to go to cope with a meal.
I did not expect Shen Lang will actually have such a big reaction, Su Ruoxue has long looked at Shen Lang is not cool, take this opportunity to deliberately angry at him.
The corner of Shen Lang's mouth twitched, suddenly pressed Su Ruoxue's soft fragrant shoulder, sparks erupted in his starry eyes.
"Shen Lang, you ... what do you want, quickly let go of me!" When Su Ruoxue saw Shen Lang's domineering and arrogant gaze, she was suddenly a little flustered.
"A hundred times stronger? Woman, I'd like to see how the man you're talking about is a hundred times stronger than me, if not, let's see how labour can temper you tonight!" Shen Lang said grimly.