重逢（三）

默笙转头，被誉为花仙子——花痴仙子的小红八婆兮兮地跑来，“在会客室里，好英俊好冷漠好有味道的男人哦。而且一看就是那种事业有成的都市精英青年才俊哎，阿笙，你刚刚回国就泡上了这种好货色，真人不露相哦。”

Mo Sheng turned around and saw the woman known as the Flower Fairy—Hua Chi Fairy—running in excitedly. "There's such a handsome, cold, and charming man in the reception room! And he definitely looks like the kind of successful urban elite young talent. Ah Sheng, you just returned to the country and have already hooked up with such a good catch. He’s keeping his true self hidden!"

花仙子的话能信猪都能在天上飞了，一般而言她的话要除以二，有时候还可以乘上负数。

It was hard to believe anything the Flower Fairy said; generally, her words needed to be halved, and sometimes multiplied by a negative number.

不过默笙十分好奇，她才回国不认识什么人，谁会来找她？

However, Mo Sheng was very curious. She had just returned to the country and didn’t know anyone. Who would come looking for her?

绝没想到是他！

She never expected it to be him!

会客室里背对她立在落地窗前的英挺男子，竟然是何以琛。

The handsome man standing with his back to her in front of the floor-to-ceiling window was none other than He Yichen.

听到开门声，他回头，清冷的眸光射向她，淡淡的表情没有一点起伏。

Hearing the sound of the door opening, he turned around, his cool gaze landing on her, his expression showing not the slightest fluctuation.

花仙子总算没有夸张，他的确英俊不凡，气宇轩昂，剪裁合体的西装衬托出高大挺拔的身材，和以前一样的自信沉着，但又多了几分凌人的气势。

The Flower Fairy wasn’t exaggerating; he was indeed handsome and extraordinary. His tailored suit accentuated his tall and erect figure, exuding the same confident demeanor as before, but now there was an imposing aura about him.

她完完全全地说不出话来。

She found herself utterly speechless.

而他神色镇定从容不迫地点头致意。“赵小姐。”

He calmly nodded at her in greeting. "Miss Zhao."

赵小姐？

Miss Zhao?

默笙真的想笑，然而难度太高。“何……先生。”

Mo Sheng really wanted to laugh, but it was too difficult. "Mr. He..."

远远地比了比椅子，默笙说：“请坐。”

Gesturing towards the chair from a distance, Mo Sheng said, "Please, take a seat."

她拿出茶叶，低头掩饰自己的神色，她无法像他那样无动于衷，只能藏起自己的激动，“你要喝点什么？”

She took out some tea, lowering her head to hide her emotions. She couldn’t remain as indifferent as he was; she could only suppress her excitement. "Would you like something to drink?"

“谢谢，不用。”他的目光冷峻，“我说几句话就走。”

"Thank you, no need." His gaze was frosty. "I’ll say a few words and then leave."

“哦，你来找我……你怎么知道我在这？”

"Oh, you came to see me... How did you know I was here?"

他停顿五秒才开口：“萧筱。我是她的律师。”

He paused for five seconds before speaking, "Xiao Xiao. I’m her lawyer."

“有什么事吗？”

"Is there something wrong?"

他口气透着寒意：“赵小姐三天前到鄙事务所时曾说会再度光临，却迟迟不见你来，我只好亲自过来拜访。”

His tone was penetratingly cold. "Miss Zhao, you mentioned you would revisit our firm three days ago, yet we haven’t seen you, so I had to come here personally."

默笙愕然，抬头迎上他灼灼的眸子。

Mo Sheng was taken aback, meeting his burning gaze.

“你怎么知道……”她并没有留下名字，他怎么知道还皮夹的人是她？

"How do you know..." she had not left her name; how could he know the wallet belonged to her?

“赵小姐，我恰好有正常人的推理能力。”他嘲讽地说。

"Miss Zhao, I happen to possess the reasoning skills of a normal person." He noted with a hint of sarcasm.

也许当律师的都有这种“正常人的推理能力”，默笙盯着墙壁：“我是去还皮夹，你既然已经拿到就不用再跑一趟了。”

Perhaps all lawyers had such "normal reasoning skills." Mo Sheng stared at the wall, "I went to return the wallet. Since you’ve already received it, you don’t need to come again."

何以琛眸光一闪。“除了还皮夹，你没有别的事？”

He Yichen's eyes flickered. "Aside from returning the wallet, you have nothing else to discuss?"

她还可以有什么事吗？默笙怔怔：“没有了。”

What else could she possibly have? Mo Sheng froze, saying, "No."

“很好。”他眼中仿佛掠过一丝失望，移步到她面前，“可是我有事。”

"Very well." A trace of disappointment seemed to flit across his eyes as he stepped closer to her. "But I have something to discuss."

他拿出那个黑色的皮夹放在她眼前：“这里面原来有一张照片，赵小姐知道下落吗？”

He pulled out the black wallet and placed it before her. "There was originally a photograph inside. Do you know where it is, Miss Zhao?"

当然知道，默笙低头：“有吗？我没有注意。”

Of course, she knew. Mo Sheng lowered her head. "Is there? I didn’t notice."

“哦？皮夹里除了钱什么都没有，赵小姐如何知道皮夹是我的？”

"Oh? The wallet contains nothing but money. How does Miss Zhao know that it belongs to me?"

默笙哑口无言。差点忘了他是律师，善于找出对方言辞上的一切漏洞，想骗他先得掂掂自己的斤两。

Mo Sheng was rendered speechless. She almost forgot he was a lawyer, adept at uncovering every flaw in others' language; she would need to consider her words carefully before trying to deceive him.

他欠身：“赵小姐可否把照片还给我？”

He leaned in slightly. "Could you return the photograph to me, Miss Zhao?"

默笙突然觉得莫名其妙。他是什么意思？一边摆出一副“你是陌生人”的模样，一边却又讨要她的照片。

Mo Sheng suddenly felt confused. What did he mean? He acted as if he were a stranger, yet was demanding her photograph.

“照片上的人是我，为什么要给你？”

"The person in the photograph is me. Why should I give it to you?"

“赵小姐，我劝你不要和一个律师讨论物品的所有权问题。”以琛冷冷地说。

"Miss Zhao, I advise you not to discuss ownership issues with a lawyer." He Yichen said coldly.

默笙气馁，这样的以琛她不熟悉而且无法应付。“照片不在这里。”

Mo Sheng felt disheartened. This version of He Yichen was unfamiliar to her and hard to deal with. "The photograph isn't here."

“明天给我。”

"Bring it to me tomorrow."

“明天我有……”

"Tomorrow I have..."

“赵小姐！”何以琛打断她，“我想我们都不想和对方有太多的纠缠，何不早死早超生。”

"Miss Zhao!" He Yichen interrupted her, "I believe neither of us wants to get too entangled, so why not end this quickly?"

早死早超生?默笙默然半晌：“你要那张照片干什么？”

End quickly? Mo Sheng was silent for a moment: "What do you want that photograph for?"

“谁知道呢。”以琛目光沉沉，“也许我想把它放在我身边，时时提醒我那段愚蠢的过去。”

"Who knows?" He Yichen's expression was somber. "Perhaps I want to keep it with me as a reminder of that foolish past."

愚蠢……是啊，多愚蠢！她居然会有所期待。

Foolish... indeed, how foolish! She actually had expectations.

何以琛径自做出决定：“我明天会来取，你若没空，可以请别人转交。再见，赵小姐。”

He Yichen made a decision for himself: "I will come tomorrow to retrieve it. If you are unavailable, you can have someone else pass it along. Goodbye, Miss Zhao."

他举步离开，手刚刚握上门把，听到身后的默笙低声说：“等等……明天，我会送过去。”

He stepped away, and just as his hand grasped the doorknob, he heard Mo Sheng whisper, "Wait... I will bring it tomorrow."

“好。”以琛面无表情地回头，“谢谢你的合作，明天见。”

"Good." He Yichen turned back expressionlessly. "Thank you for your cooperation. See you tomorrow."

默笙怔怔的目送他高挺的背影离去。不是没想过有朝一日他们重逢会是什么样子，但怎么也没想到，他们居然连说一句“好久不见”的情分都没有了。

Mo Sheng stood there, watching his tall figure walk away in a daze. She had imagined what it might be like if they met again one day, but she never expected they would lack even the sentiment to exchange a simple "Long time no see."

愚蠢的过去吗？

A foolish past?

默笙站在卧室里的镜子前，审视镜子里面与她对视的女人。

Mo Sheng stood before the mirror in her bedroom, examining the woman who met her gaze.

如果一头短发变长扎成马尾，如果晒黑的皮肤变白皙一些，如果还能毫无顾忌地笑得灿灿烂烂……最重要的是，如果眼睛里减掉这七年多出来的沉郁，添满张扬的天真——那么，她就变成了初上大学刚认识何以琛的赵默笙。

If her short hair were to grow long and tied back in a ponytail, if her tanned skin were to become fair again, and if she could laugh without a care in the world... Most importantly, if she could remove seven years’ worth of bitterness from her eyes and fill them instead with youthful innocence—then she would become the Zhao Mo Sheng who had just started university and had become acquainted with He Yichen.

“何以琛何以琛……”

"He Yichen, He Yichen..."

“何以琛何以琛……”

How He Yichen became entangled with her was also something she was unclear about; he was equally baffled, yet she simply chased after him at that time.

以琛是怎么被她缠上的她也不太清楚，以琛更是莫名其妙，反正那时候她就追着他跑。

Until there came a time when he could no longer stand it, and with a serious face, he asked, "Zhao Mo Sheng, why do you always follow me?"

直到有一次他受不了了，板着脸问：“赵默笙，你为什么老是跟着我？”

If she were the present her, she would probably feel ashamed to the point of wanting to vanish! However, back then, she was so shameless, wide-eyed asking, "Yi Chen, are you silly or am I silly? Oh, you are so smart; it must be me who is foolish. How am I such a failure, chasing after someone who doesn’t even know what I'm doing!"

换成现在的她大概会羞愧得无地自容吧！然而那时候的她是那么的不知羞，睁大眼睛问：“以琛，是你笨还是我笨，哎，你那么聪明，一定是我笨了，我怎么这么失败，追了半天人家都不知道我在干什么！”

She still remembered how He Yichen was left dumbfounded, unable to respond for a long time.

犹记得以琛目瞪口呆，半天说不出话来。

Later, when he mentioned this incident, he said he had intended to use a questioning tone to make her feel ashamed, but unexpectedly, there existed a girl with such thick skin, turning the tables on him.

后来他提到这件事，曾好笑又好气地说，他本来是想用质问的口气让她感到羞愧的，谁料到这世上居然有脸皮这么厚的小女子，反将了他一军。

So by the time the law school’s brilliant student finally reacted, he could only stammer, "I'm not planning to find a girlfriend while in university."

所以当时法律系的高才生迟迟反应过来后，居然只能结结巴巴地说：“我不准备在大学里找女朋友。”

At that time, she was so naïve she couldn’t even detect the excuse, and in one breath, she asked, "Then can I get in line now and have priority when you graduate?"

她那时候单纯得连借口都听不出，一鼓作气地问：“那我现在先排队，等你大学毕业了，可不可以有优先录取权？”

Faced with such an unorthodox and unruly opponent, the usually eloquent best debater found himself at a loss and hastily fled with a flippant, "I've got class."

面对毫不讲章法的对手，口若悬河的最佳辩手顿失滔滔，抛下一句“有课”就落荒而逃。

Of course, she didn’t become discouraged because of that. However, before she came up with a better plan, she actually heard words spreading around school that the law student He Yichen supposedly had a girlfriend named Zhao Mo Sheng—what a rather awkward name.

她当然没有就此气馁，可在她想到更好的办法之前，居然听到学校有人在传：法律系的那个何以琛听说有女朋友了，叫什么赵默笙，名字挺拗口的。

Upon hearing it, she quickly ran to find He Yichen in the study room, hastily clarifying, "The rumor didn’t come from me; you have to believe me."

她一听几乎是飞快地跑到自习教室找到以琛，急忙澄清：“谣言不是我传出去的，你要相信我。”

He Yichen looked up from his book, his eyes cleared as he said, "I know."

以琛从书中抬头，目光清明地说：“我知道。”

She foolishly asked, "How do you know?"

她傻傻地问：“你怎么知道？”

He Yichen answered nonchalantly, "Because that was me who spread it."

以琛神色自若地回答：“因为那是我传的。”

At last, it was her turn to be dumbfounded, hearing him calmly analyze, "I’ve considered it; if three years from now, you're destined to be my girlfriend, why not assert my rights early?"

这回终于换她瞠目结舌，耳边是他在冷静地分析：“我考虑过了，如果三年后你注定是我女朋友，我何不提早行使我的权利。”

Ah! Those days!

呵！那时候啊！

The reflection in the mirror showed her lips curve slightly, but the smile didn't reach her eyes and quickly faded.

镜子里的人嘴角微微弯起，然而笑意还没到达眼底，已经收敛。

Wandering aimlessly to the balcony, she looked at the bright moon and sparse stars. Tomorrow should be a beautiful day.

茫茫然走到阳台上，看那月朗星稀，明天应该是个好天。