老周在巷口開了家修表鋪，三十平米的小店擺滿了各式零件，陽光透過布滿劃痕的玻璃窗，在他花白的頭發上投下細碎的光斑。街坊都知道他手藝好，卻少有人知道，他每天關門后都會繞遠路，經過街尾那家花店。

那是蘇姨的店。五年前蘇姨的丈夫突發心梗去世，她把自己關在屋里三天，再開門時眼圈紅腫，卻依舊笑著給客人包扎康乃馨。老周就是從那天起，開始留意這家花店的。

去年冬天雪下得特別大，蘇姨凌晨五點就起來掃門前的積雪，剛拿起掃帚就發現路面已經干干凈凈，只有一串深腳印通向巷口。她望著老周修表鋪緊閉的卷簾門，忽然想起前一晚關店時，看到老周在屋里擦著什么亮晶晶的東西。

春天梅雨季節，花店的屋頂漏雨，蘇姨踩著凳子修了半天也沒弄好。第二天一早，她發現屋頂鋪好了新的油氈，墻角堆著換下的舊材料，而老周的袖口還沾著沒洗干凈的瀝青。

有次蘇姨進貨時被三輪車蹭到，膝蓋腫得老高。老周傍晚來買花，放下一張醫保卡說：“我女兒在醫院藥房，讓她給你留了些消腫的藥。” 蘇姨后來才知道，他女兒三年前就去了深圳工作。

上個月臺風過境，狂風把花店的招牌吹得搖搖欲墜。蘇姨正急得團團轉，就看見老周扛著梯子從對面走來，他爬到屋頂固定招牌時，褲腳被釘子勾破了個大洞，卻咧著嘴說：“這下結實了，再刮十級風都不怕。”

七夕那天，蘇姨包了束向日葵送到修表鋪：“老周，謝謝你常來照顧生意。” 老周的耳朵瞬間紅了，手忙腳亂地從抽屜里拿出個小盒子，里面是塊保養得極好的女士手表。“前陣子收的舊表，覺得適合你。” 他沒說的是，這表他修了整整半個月，換了七次游絲才調準時間。

蘇姨戴著新表在花店忙碌時，總能在玻璃窗的反光里，看到修表鋪門口那個熟悉的身影。他從不進來搭話，只是坐在小馬扎上擦工具，偶爾抬頭望向這邊，眼神像初春融化的溪水，溫柔得不動聲色。
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真正的愛從不是轟轟烈烈的宣言，而是把對方的難處記在心里，在她需要時遞上一把傘，在她疲憊時留一盞燈，像老周修過的那些鐘表，滴答聲里藏著歲月綿長的守護。