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The green stream outside the Red Gate Bridge was slanted.

Aeolian poplar catkins, non-rain pear full of flowers.

As the work progressed, time passed quickly enough, the weather gradually became warmer, and the spring felt like it was blooming and sprouting.

Every time the crabapple blossoms blossomed willow catkins filled the sky, it was the warm season of spring. After several snowy winter days, the temperature rose and gradually disappeared without a trace.

Spring came quietly, and Suyun flipped through the electronic calendar, noting down important matters to be done in recent days. Glancing at the date on the schedule, she frowned slightly, suddenly realizing that the day after tomorrow would be the nineteenth. She paused for a moment, as if someone had said to her, "Su Xu, you should be born in the spring when the flowers bloom and the catkins fill the sky. "Therefore, the seed of the willow tree, the person who named you, must be full of hope for you to grow up and dance gently."

The one who said this was Lin Zixia.

This was the first time Su Xu had heard someone explain her name in this way.

She was born in the spring, so she chose a simple name and even followed her mother's surname. She always thought that her parents hated her, and even Su Yi didn't really like her.

When she was young, there were a lot of people pointing at her from behind, "Look, that little girl is always dirty, she just never reincarnated as a boy. Look, her parents actually didn't let her follow her father's surname, it's really too unfair. She follows her mother around all day, and also has the same surname as her mother.

She had grown up in such discussions that she had never found her name pleasant.

When Lin Zixia explained it this way, she started to look at her own name.

"Number nineteen." Su Xu mumbled the date, "Su Yi, you gave me birth on this day. We haven't seen each other for four years. Maybe it's time for me to go accompany you." The past few years had passed in a flash, and many things had happened in those few years.

From the change of life, to the violent impact of her emotions, Su Xu tried them all one by one.

On the 19th, Su Xu gave herself a day off.

She went to the florist's to buy a bouquet of flowers, and when she reached the river, she hugged the bouquet. She turned left and right on the uneven road, her shoes stained with mud.

He walked straight to a lush patch of grass by the side of the river. Under a large tree with lush green leaves, Su Xu squatted down and placed the flowers under the tree.

When Su Yi had died, she had cremated the bone ash jar and found the closest river by herself. She buried the bone dust jar under the big tree on the shore. Su Xu loved freedom, and she felt that the most representative of freedom was none other than the Yellow Sand River. Her mother had been bound by too many restrictions before she died, so Su Xu buried her here, hoping that she could break free from her shackles and become as free as a river.

Su Xu stayed by the river bank for a while, looking at the water flow, and talked a lot with Su Yi.

She thanked her for giving birth to her. In such a difficult period of time, she did not abandon the young her, "Su Yi, I hope you can forgive me for coming to see you after being separated for such a long time. I don't know if you remember what day today is. "So, I'm afraid that today, as in the past, no one will celebrate for me."

Su Xu patted the mud on her pants leg and curled the corner of her mouth.

"But it doesn't matter, I still have you. "Look, you have been accompanying me all this time. Surely, you have silently celebrated me in a place that I cannot reach?"

Thinking back to her birthday last year, she had met Qin Zheng for the first time and had started her love life here.

A year had passed, but it was as if ten thousand years had passed. She had used her only faith to believe in love, to believe in him, and she had been betrayed. She had suffered so much damage that it would be difficult for her to accept any other so-called love in the future.

Love in this world was not worth considering.

After sitting there for who knows how long, Su Xu finished what she wanted to say and wiped off the tears from the corners of her eyes.

She bowed towards the bouquet and said to herself, "I'm going."

After standing up, Su Fu looked at it for a moment and murmured, "Su Yi, I realized that after you died, I became more dependent on you." She shook her head and sighed lightly. As she left the burial ground, she was still thinking that maybe she should get rid of all the memories she had about Su Yi and forget about the past. Only then would she be happier.

But without memories, she couldn't have become the him she was now, right?

Visiting Su Yi could be considered clearing a heart.

Su Xu planned to set off back to the city, but after walking down a long path and going down a hill, she finally reached the place where she parked the car.

Su Xu walked in front of her car. As soon as she took out the car keys, she suddenly felt that the black car parked next to her looked very familiar. She took a few steps back and saw the license plate number, it was indeed someone's car.

"Su Xu."

Her eyelids twitched. How could she meet this person wherever she went?

She slowly turned around and saw that he had walked out of the only restaurant nearby. She greeted him, "Boss Lin."

Lin Zixia took off his hat and raised his eyebrows at her, "You sound so strange."

Su Xu reluctantly pursed her lips, "Why are you here?"

Lin Zixia was wearing a sportswear. He pointed to a mountain in the distance and said, "I heard that there are a few temples on this mountain. I came to take a look."

Su Xu calmly looked at him, completely not believing that Lin Zi Xia was someone who had travelled thousands of miles to visit the temple.

The previous year, there was a huge earthquake here, and some of the buildings on the mountain collapsed, but those few temples were perfectly fine and undamaged. The residents said that this temple was at least 300 to 400 years old, yet it was still able to stand up even after such a long time.

Lin Zixia continued, "I just went up to take a look, and sure enough, the temple's structure is very special, the ancient people have endless wisdom, and there is a small river on the other side of the mountain. The soil here is useless to build a house, but this temple is truly strange."

Seeing that Su Xu didn't even look at her, Lin Zixia couldn't help but laugh lightly: "Occupational disease, you know." Especially now, Lin is responsible for the construction of the PRB tender. I'll go back to the company and discuss this with them. I'll lead a team of senior engineers over here and carefully explore the temples on the mountain. Maybe I'll be able to use the shockproof and unique parts of the structure for the PRB's future city. "

Su Xu opened her mouth and said, "It seems that you are very serious about bidding this time."

At the beginning, Lin Zixia had approached them and asked for their cooperation. Later, he retreated towards the Tang clan. Even though he knew that Tang Luoye was trying to make things difficult for him, he still gave way.

Why would Lin Zixia care so much about this cooperation?

He saw the doubt in Su Xu's eyes, smiled and said, "People like us, you have to do something to make people understand that you have the ability to take over the group."

"People like us …" Su Xu repeated the sentence and understood the meaning behind it. Lin Zixia was referring to his similar experience with her. They had been at a loss for decades, but had also been brought to the business world by a similar opportunity.

Lin Zixia didn't want to dwell on this topic. He pointed to Su Xu's driveway and said, "Take me back." "My car broke down here, I've already called the trailer here, and I'm still worried after seeing the buildings on the mountain. This wilderness can only be taken as a trailer, who knows when I get down the mountain and see your car parked here, I'll sit in the little restaurant and wait for you until now."

What a coincidence! According to him, he didn't see her car until after he left the mountain, so he was here before her.

When Su Xu stopped the car to go to the riverside, she didn't pay attention to the surrounding woods or Xia cars, and didn't know if he was telling the truth.

Su Xu thought for a moment, then walked to the front of Lin Zixia's car and told him to open the car door. Su Xu bent over and entered the car, then took Lin Zixia's car keys and tried to start the car.

After a few tries, it was indeed impossible to start the car. Judging from the sound, there was indeed a problem.

Satisfied, she wanted to see if she really broke down before she could believe Lin Zixia's words.

She and Lin Zixia waited on the spot for a while, until the repair workshop's trailer came and pulled Lin Zixia's car away. Only then did Su Yu bring Lin Zhexia back to the city.

On the way back, Lin Zixia held onto the window with one hand and turned around to look at her, saying, "Actually, I rarely have the chance to be carried by a female driver."

"Female driver." Su Xu said these three words softly as if she was dissatisfied.

"Why don't I drive while you ride in the passenger seat?" Lin Zixia smiled.

Su Xu took the time to cast a sidelong glance at Lin Zixia.

"Today, I came to observe the buildings. What are you doing here?" Lin Zixia asked as he randomly picked a topic.

"I'm just strolling around." Su Xu didn't want to continue on this topic, so she asked him, "Where should I send you?"

After waiting for a long time, Lin Zixia then asked, "Su Xu, I always wanted to take you to a place, have you made any arrangements?"

Actually, Su Yan had been in a dilemma this morning. After visiting Su Yi, she didn't want to go back to the old district and check out the shabby house that she used to live in. Ever since she fled that place with her biological father, she had never returned. However, she had a feeling that if she went back to check, there might be some clues about her father. She had been sending people to find him for a long time, but there was no news about him.

Her father had been an alcoholic who knew nothing. How had he managed to avoid being discovered until now?

If she didn't find him, she wouldn't feel at ease.

Thinking of this, she opened her mouth and said, "I still have things to do later. I'll send you to the Lin Clan's gate, is that okay?"

Lin Zixia didn't answer, but instead pointed at the window, changing the subject, "I say, Su Xu, your birthday is coming up, right?"

Su Xu suddenly made a turn and barely avoided the red light, she could not suppress the surprise in her heart: "How do you know?" Her birthday was different from her ID card. After she was adopted, Tang Ling changed her household register and reorganized her past experiences.

"I once explained the meaning of your name. I said you should have been born in the spring. You didn't say no, remember? " Lin Zixia revealed a faint smile again, "It's the end of spring, I guess your birthday is within this month."

His guess was really accurate.

"Well, unfortunately, the birthday just ended a week ago." Su Xu replied.

"So it's like that." Lin Zixia looked at her and lightly shook his head. It was unknown whether he was smiling or not.

Just as Su Yu pulled onto a road, Lin Zhexia pointed forward and said, "Turn left twice. There's an alley. Stop there."

"Alright."

As they neared their destination, Suhua found it especially difficult to drive, because the alley was indeed an authentic one. The road was narrow, and a row of small food stalls lined both sides of the road, leaving only a little space.

Su Xu couldn't go any further, so she pulled over to the side of the road and said to Lin Zixia, "We can't drive anymore."

"It just happened to stop here." Lin Zixia looked outside, "Su Xu, do you want to come down and eat something with me?" He turned his head back. "This is where I want to bring you."

Su Yu raised his eyebrows, "Huh?"

"Come down, Su Xu." He reached for her car keys and opened the door decisively to make the decision for her.

"Do you know, I once saw you and Ye Xueyen eating in the same alley. In such a dirty and messy environment, you were actually even happier with a bright smile on your face. At that time, I thought that I should take you to taste the place that I used to visit as a child when I had the chance. "