With just two side dishes, Song Lang and Chi Xue had already drunk a bottle of red wine.

The dish was ordered by Song Lang, a plate of thickly sliced foie gras and a plate of spicy braised duck tongue. This made Chi Xue feel very uncomfortable, tonight was Christmas Eve, and it was the two-person world of her and Song Lang.

Song Lang's way of ordering food obviously does not treat her as a woman, but as a "brother" who can drink and chat.

Chi Xue squinted her eyes and glanced at Song Lang and asked, "Can you still drink it?"

"Yes. What's the point of red wine?"

"Then I'll open another bottle. Chi Xue said with a smile: "I have been collecting these two bottles of Latour for several years, and they are the best vintage wines, and I am reluctant to take them out and drink them when there are many people." Drinking with those guys, picking up the wine glass one by one and eating it all in one gulp, it was like a cow chewing peonies, and it was all wasted for me. ”

"Yes. Good wine can't be drunk for them, let's drink it secretly in private. Song Lang said with a smile, his eyes once again looked out habitually, and his face instantly became solemn.

Chi Xue took out the red wine from the wine cabinet and opened the bottle, turned around to see Song Lang's expression, and asked suspiciously, "Why is your face so ugly? What happened? Is it not feeling well?"

"Something happened on the first day of junior high school. Song Lang said out loud.

CHI XUE WAS SHOCKED, HURRIEDLY WALKED OVER AND LOOKED AT THE TABLE WHERE LIN CHUYI AND JIANG LAI WERE SITTING, SAW LIN CHUYI CRYING SILENTLY, AND SAID, "WHAT HAPPENED?

Song Lang got up and was about to rush outside, but was grabbed by Chi Xue's arm.

"Let go of me. Song Lang shouted.

"What are you yelling at?" Chi Xue's eyes were red, full of grievances, but she still held Song Lang's hand and didn't let him go, and said, "What are you going out to do at this time?"

"IF THAT KID DARES TO BULLY YIYI, I CAN'T SPARE HIM. Song Lang shouted angrily.

"If you look closely at their expressions, do they look like they've been bullied? YIYI'S FACE WAS FULL OF APOLOGIES, AS IF HE HAD DONE SOMETHING WRONG..... Again, whatever happens, give them some time to solve the problem. Now that the mood of both of them is very bad, you rushed over at this time for no apparent reason, didn't you instantly become the target of the two of them to vent their anger? How did you deal with yourself at that time, how did you get off the stage?"

Song Lang carefully observed the interaction between the two and the changes in the expressions on their faces, and sat down on the sofa weakly, saying, "YIYI is crying very sadly. ”

Chi Xue looked at Song Lang and said, "When you feel sorry for others, think about yourself more." ”

"What's wrong with me?"

"I've always said you still have a chance, so let's try it. But when a woman is willing to cry for a man, and it is a strong woman like YIYI who is willing to cry for a man like this...... Perhaps, this is love, right? Song Lang, let it go, you really don't have a chance this time. ”

“......”

Song Lang stopped talking, and Ji Xue stopped talking.

Song Lang raised his glass, and Chi Xue toasted with him. The two of them drank the second bottle of red wine silently.

Song Lang looked at Chi Xue and asked with a smile, "Is there anything else?"

"Song Lang, you're drunk. Can't drink anymore. Chi Xue persuaded loudly. She was also a little drunk.

"But I want to drink right now. Song Lang smiled and said, "If you don't drink, what are we going to do sitting here?" ”

"Song Lang ......"

Chi Xue was about to persuade again, but saw Song Lang jump up from the sofa all of a sudden.

"Song Lang, what are you doing?"

"The first year of junior high school ran out. Song Lang said loudly, and then ran out without looking back.

"Clothes. Chi Xue shouted from behind, "You put on your coat." It's cold outside. ”

……

The sky is getting darker and darker, the snow is getting bigger and bigger, and under the light of the headlights, the silver is flying and the wind is howling, just like God is using heaven and earth as a grinding plate and his hands as a bow to play cotton mischievously.

The air was cold and humid, the ground was slippery, and the dashboard showed that the outside temperature had reached minus six degrees.

I don't know if it's because of my mood, Jiang Lai and Shi Daochen, who were sitting in the car, both felt that this year's winter was a little colder than in previous years.

Although in previous years they did not spend the winter in the blue sea.

This is a bustling neighborhood with a blue sea, and time has just entered the hottest stage of Christmas Eve. The city suddenly woke up, and the crowds that had been hidden in every mall, every restaurant, and café poured in, and the young couples snuggled up to each other, just walking aimlessly with the flow of people, and there was a faint layer of warm joy in their hearts. Countless men and women held hands, sang songs, and some wore Santa hats and brandished balloons and hammers to chase and beat each other......

It seems that everyone is very happy!

Shi Daochen drove the vehicle carefully, and only after driving through the crowded city center did he say loudly: "I didn't expect that at the critical moment, you still showed mercy." Do you like her?"

"Do you like it?"

Jiang Lai also asked himself this question in his heart.

No, as I responded to after hearing her confession: I didn't like her at all.

How could he fall in love with a girl in any way? How could he possibly fall in love with the daughter of an enemy?

Thousands of miles back to the blue sea, doing everything possible to enter Shangmei, is to find evidence of Shangmei and Lin Yu's smuggling from the inside...... He wants to find out the bat, he wants to seek justice from the Lin family, and he wants to avenge his dead parents.

As for the acquaintance with Lin Chuyi, it was purely accidental.

Yes, he is such a ruthless avenger.

But why did my heart beat faster when she confessed, why did I feel heartache when she burst into tears? Why did I hide the cruelest truth in the middle of the story?

Why?

Why can't they tell her that her father is a demon, why can't they stick a knife in her chest, as they did to themselves......

"The truth is to be used against those who deserve to be harmed, not against those who are innocent. Jiang Lai tried to calm his emotions and said in a deep voice.

"No, that's not your style. Shi Daochen said out loud: "It's not a shame to like someone, what do you deny?"

Jiang Lai pondered for a moment and said aloud: "After my mother left, my father hardly spoke, and every time I woke up late at night, I could hear his sighing voice..... He regretted that he couldn't take care of my mother, and even more regretted that he broke the Jiang family's house rules and ruined the reputation of "icing on the cake" and made a fake. He himself off and suffocated to death. ”

He has never done anything against his will in his life, because of his reputation, many people have come to him to ask him to make a fake, or let him do an "appraisal", a thousand words. No matter how high the price was, he refused, and the pen holder that was scattered outside became his biggest heart problem. I don't want people to know that he also sold his character and faith to do things he didn't want to do for money. Whatever the reason. He's a face-conscious guy, and now that he's gone, I'm trying to make him as decent as possible. ”

Shi Daochen sighed softly and said, "Yes." Master's temperament is stubborn, and ten cows can't pull back the things he recognizes, so you can let him ..... It was precisely because of this that I couldn't talk to him back then, and finally the conflict broke out, and I ran to Florence in a fit of anger. I just want to go out and see how other people are exchanging their craft for money. Are those craftsmen inherently deserving to be poor?"

"It's okay if you didn't say it, it's terrifying, Master has made such a choice in his life, if it is known by outsiders, I'm afraid it will have to be said ten times and a hundred times, and I don't know how to arrange him. Fame is like an egg, if you are round and beautiful, everyone will only praise you and praise you, and no one dares to peck at you. As soon as the egg cracked, countless fishy-smelling flies and bugs flew over, buzzing around the egg. I tried my best to take a bite, but I couldn't find a place to put my mouth, so I began to brag to people everywhere that I had eaten ....... too."

"The old man has offended as many people as he has rejected in his life. As many people as he offended, there were as many people as he wanted to ruin his reputation. It's also strange to say that those guys who have done bad things all their lives live a chic and nourishing life, and they can be respected by others wherever they go. However, people like the old man are suffocated and cautious. If you are not careful, you may be ruined by those who do bad things. ”

"A bad guy does bad things all his life, but he only needs to do good things once. Many people will praise him for his "good deeds" and say that he is a good person in his bones. But good people have done good things all their lives, as long as they accidentally have a stain on something, or fail to do what some people want, hey, you have become a "bad person" in their mouths, for the sake of "hypocrite". They also say: A hypocrite is not as good as a real villain. ”

"Those guys who have dirty hearts and lungs, and whose whole bodies are soaked in copper water, they are not qualified to talk about old men. is not qualified to guide his life and criticize his character. They don't deserve it. It's okay not to say it, maybe it will cause many rumors and turmoil. ”

After a pause, Shi Daochen said loudly: "Of course, this still can't hide the fact that you like that girl. ”

"I don't like it. Jiang Lai said angrily.

"You don't like what you're doing when you're so angry?" Shi Daochen asked rhetorically.

"I don't like to be wronged. ”

"What are you doing when you say this? ”

“......”

"Go home. Shi Daochen knew that Jiang Lai was in a bad mood and was depressed, so he comforted: "Go back and take a hot bath and sleep well." Tomorrow is a new day, and we're going to continue to fight those bastards. ”

"I want to go to Sioux City. Jiang Lai said loudly.

"It's too late, isn't it? It's so big under ......the snow," Shi Daochen hesitated. When it's dark and the road is slippery, driving a long distance is extremely dangerous.

"Forget it, let's go back. Jiang Lai suddenly became bored, ate a meal, told a story, his body seemed to be hollowed out, and he was not interested in anything.

"There should be no traffic jams at this point. Shi Daochen said with a smile, he slammed the steering wheel at the highway intersection, and then the huge body turned around and rushed towards the highway outside the city.

When the phone rang, Lin Chuyi hung up.

It sounded again, and was hung up again.

Lin Chuyi did not go home.

At this time, she didn't want to go home at all, she didn't want to go back to see that familiar and unfamiliar face.

In Lin Chuyi's mind, Lin Yu is the best father in the world.

Since she was a child, her father has not let her suffer any grievances and unfair treatment. There are many fathers who are "patriarchal", but her father is somewhat "patriarchal". She will not dislike Lin Chuyi because she is a daughter, and she will not give her any chance because she "wants to marry after all......

On the contrary, he took Lin Chuyi with him when she was very young, taught her knowledge, grew up with her, and taught her by word and deed to make her an excellent woman. Now, as he is old, he is handing over the power he has created inch by inch to his daughter, and he wants her to become the successor of the Shangmei Empire.

Every time he goes out, he will never forget to bring himself and his younger brother Lin Qiu a gift that they have in mind, no matter how busy he is at work, he will also find time to go to the vegetable market to buy a basket of vegetables and come back to cook for his wife and children, just because he inadvertently said "The dishes cooked by my father are better than those cooked by my aunt".

The little friends around me are envious of themselves and envy that they have such a good father. This is also something that Lin Chuyi has always been proud of.

However, the story that Jiang Lai told ...... Is it really the father you know?

Lin Chuyi felt dizzy, and his body looked like a fire was burning.

However, the fire did not bring her any temperature, but only became cooler and cooler.

She stepped into the midst of the huge celebratory procession, as if she could only withstand the chill from all sides in the midst of the crowd.

She felt that she had lost two crucial people in her life today, lost love and affection, and lost Jiang Lai and her father.

A girl was chased by her friends, running from the opposite side with a bang, and when she was about to hit Lin Chuyi's body, she found that her shoes were slippery and difficult to brake, and her body couldn't dodge and let out an exclamation sound.

"Ahh

A figure suddenly rushed from the middle of the crowd and pulled the ignorant Lin Chuyi to the edge of the road.

Lin Chuyi raised his head, looked at the woman in black who was hugging him, and asked, "Why are you here?"

"Come in with me. ”

The woman dragged Lin Chuyi's hand into the café next to her.

It wasn't until he was in a warm house with a cup of hot tea in his hand that Lin Chuyi felt that his body was much more comfortable.

"It's nice to have friends around at times like these. She looked up at the woman in black sitting across from her and asked, "You haven't answered my question yet." Why are you here?"

"Jiang Lai sent me a message. Gong Jin said out loud. Black sweater, black pants, black boots, black trench coat. Her entire body was shrouded in black, and she looked even more "sad" than Lin Chuyi.

"Jiang Lai?" Lin Chu was stunned for a moment, his eyes moistened again, and said, "I introduced you to each other, and it turns out that you have also added contact information......

"Yes. Gong Jin was silent for a moment, looked into Lin Chuyi's eyes, and said, "It's been many years." ”

“……”