Chapter 093: A Fragile Man
He raised his eyes to look at Chen Qiao, but Chen Qiao didn't sleep. He really wanted to ask him what he liked about the woman inside? In his opinion, Chen Mofei was at best a middle-aged person, not talking much, her eyes were resolute, if she had to say that she had any special charm.
Ding Xiaodong gave up his efforts in despair, he leaned back with his body back, but he still couldn't find it. Ding Xiaodong pinched his Qingming acupoint with two fingers and rubbed it hard, sleepiness attacked him at the right time, he yawned slenderly, and then leaned sideways on the sofa, his eyelids were too tired to move. He got up and picked up the phone on the coffee table to check the time, and saw that it was past twelve o'clock.
It's already the middle of the night.
Then another yawn, a yawn that caused tears to flow from his eyes, and he forced himself to widen his eyes.
"What?" he asked Chen Qiao, "Am I on duty or are you on duty?" ”
Chen Qiao lowered his eyelids and looked at him, silent, picked up the cigarette case from the sofa next to him, explored it with his fingers, and explored for a long time before finding that there was no smoke inside.
"Do you still have cigarettes?" he replied.
"Yes. No. As soon as he said the word "yes," he repented.
"Hurry up, where is it?" Chen Qiao stretched out a foot and kicked him, "Happy, I'm out of smoke, get it." ”
"Not really. Ding Xiaodong quibbled. He didn't want to get up at this time, and he didn't feel it when he came back after walking around like this. People like him overthink every day and have trouble sleeping. So he tried to set his bedtime at 12 o'clock every day, and if that time passed, he advised himself to enjoy the long night alone.
He didn't bother his wife much, and he lived in a different room with her, first because she was pregnant, and then because she had a baby. At first, he found a sister-in-law, but the sister-in-law often clashed with the hostess, who was his wife. Ding Xiaodong couldn't think of how there could be such a brainless person, how could you compete with your hostess? She said that what is right is right, after all, the hostess cannot be easily changed, but the female nanny can be replaced every minute.
But he knows that some people can't persuade him, Ding Xiaodong used to be young, and when he was young, he also liked to argue with others about right and wrong, and if someone told him that he should compromise, he would repay him with a cold eyebrow, so he firmly chose the lawyer profession.
At that time, he watched Hong Kong TVB's legal drama on TV, and felt that the big picture in it was simply not too awesome. Language is a sword, black and white right and wrong must be seen in the courtroom, and justice can always defeat evil on TV. Every man has a dream of rivers and lakes, and it is not only the men who hold the knife in their hands who go to the end of the world with swords, but also those like them.
It was his dream.
It wasn't until later that I really got into the industry and started to ......
Ding Xiaodong didn't need Chen Qiao's urging this time, the soft soles of his slippers rubbed against the floor, making a kicking and tapping sound. He wanted to get a cigarette, which helped him calm down when he looked back. As a lawyer, emotions are too important. If he is at the mercy of emotions, he can't even tell whether what the person said to him is true or hidden.
And he had to see the smallest details.
"Be quiet. Chen Qiao made a warning. "There were people sleeping inside. She sleeps lightly. ”
At night, when the men were unguarded and reserved, he couldn't help but scoff, turned around and snorted his chin and pouted in Chen Mofei's bedroom.
"I'm afraid she won't be able to sleep well and go in with her! I'm afraid I won't have this opportunity in my life!"
Chen Qiao got up like a cat and pounced on him.
Ding Xiaodong was not afraid, and raised his two hands above his head.
"Tell you, I shouted, I shouted, she had to wake up. ”
Sure enough, a killer move. As soon as Chen Qiao heard this, he immediately stopped attacking, shrunk back into his sofa, and looked resentful. Ding Xiaodong decided to make up for it.
"Look at what kind of system you have become now? like a resentful woman. ”
Chen Qiao hated it so much that the roots of his teeth itched, but he had to persuade his gentleman to take revenge in his heart, ten years is not too late!
But he knew himself too well, and he was a forgetful man.
Ding Xiaodong took his own cigarettes, he didn't have much inventory himself, and being a lawyer required a lot of thinking and braining, sometimes his brain couldn't turn, or he didn't have any ideas, so he relied on cigarettes to refresh himself. Smoke is a good thing, it relieves embarrassment when it is cold, communicates feelings when it is lively, and is a courtesan with eight hundred exquisiteness.
So men need cigarettes, they need alcohol, and they need women. And what is the function of a woman? But few men really say it clearly.
Ding Xiaodong threw the small half box of cigarettes on the coffee table, leaned his body to Chen Qiao's side, and wanted to snatch a few more words from him, but seeing that he was also a lawsuit, he gave up.
The suffering in this world is probably not seen through, but it can't be let go, in fact, in the final analysis, it is still not seen through, how can it not be let go if it is really seen through?
Just like him!
He pulled out a cigarette from the cigarette case, the lighter illuminated the darkness, the light of the fire reflected his features clearly, and he suddenly inhaled the nicotine hard, and then took a long breath. The light of the lighter was extinguished.
He remembers that he had just graduated and entered this industry, and he was determined to fight crime, but there were too many people he could contact in crime, which was exciting, thrilling, and doing the right thing for heaven. This is his dream, it used to be.
When men want to sigh, they often choose to smoke, inhale the cigarette, and then spit it out for a long time, and no one can see that you are sighing.
He remembered the first case he had taken, a woman, a woman, he remembered how he was when he first saw that woman's face, he remembered the weather that day, he remembered everything.
He remembers.
Ding Xiaodong was a little inexplicably annoyed, he put on his slippers, he wanted to dig that paragraph out of his head completely. But he tried for so many years, in vain, in vain, he tried all kinds of ways.
People are sometimes in vain, sometimes powerless, he should have accepted this cruel fact, such as now in a lawsuit, he is eager to win every game, but he is not persistent, he can even shamelessly blame the reason for the loss on the party who gave him money, he gets a lot of money, and then he is ashamed, boastful, left and right, and convincing the party.
Only he knows that a sentence without TM is true, and a sentence without TM can be tenable. But they believed. But in a few years, when he poured out his heart and lungs with them, they didn't believe it, they questioned, attacked mercilessly, and spread rumors about him everywhere.
He took out another cigarette from the cigarette case, and when he put his finger into the cigarette case, his hand met Chen Qiao's hand unexpectedly. The skin of the two people touches briefly and then each takes what they need. Each is immersed in its own world.
Until Chen Mofei's door was quietly opened a small crack, the two looked at each other nervously, and sat up straight, like two alert geese.
Could it be that she really sleepwalks?
Ding Xiaodong and Chen Qiao received the message from each other's eyes.
"Ahem!" Chen Mofei slapped his nose. "Oh my God! How many cigarettes are you smoking? ”
Then she slid back into the bedroom like a fish, and when she came out again, she had a thick coat on her top.
"What are you doing? Isn't it cold with the windows open in the middle of the night?" she grumbled as she ran towards the bathroom.
"Pregnant. Ding Xiaodong has experience in this matter, "He will get up frequently at night." The frequency of going to the bathroom will be higher in the future. He explained to Chen Qiao.
Chen Qiao jumped off the sofa like a rabbit, then closed the window, closed it and opened it again, then picked up the thin blanket covering Ding Xiaodong, and fanned out the dirty indoor air.
"Stop smoking, it's about to be pinched. He warned Ding Xiaodong, "She's still a pregnant woman! Secondhand smoke is even worse for children." In the future, none of us can smoke in front of her. ”
Ding Xiaodong glanced at him, slowly pinched the cigarette, and thought to himself, the emperor is not in a hurry, the eunuch is in a hurry, you are in charge of a big and a small family! Does it have anything to do with you?
He wanted to get up and go back to his bedroom to sleep, but he didn't bother to move, not to mention Chen Qiao here. He is sometimes lonely, and there is someone by his side, even if he doesn't make a sound or communicate, he seems to have a bottom in his heart.
He, or a fragile man, a fragile man, a man who doesn't want others to see his vulnerability!
Ding Xiaodong put his hand on the pillow and looked at the ceiling, the ceiling was decorated, and the top of the sofa was a European-style chandelier, which should be worth a lot of money. Ding Xiaodong smiled bitterly, originally he was full of research on the facts of the case, but now, when he meets a client, the first thing he studies is the other party's family background, and now he doesn't look at what is right and who is wrong, he just wants to see who can give him more money.
People, sometimes the goal is simple, and life becomes simpler.
However, is it really simple?
He didn't know, and he didn't want to know the answer. Didn't Zheng Banqiao say it all? It's hard to be confused!
He heard Chen Mofei coming back, so he sat up and said hello to the latter.
"Why aren't you sleeping yet?" asked Chen Mofei, the woman pausing as she approached her bedroom door.
"Don't be too late, a lawsuit is a protracted battle, you can't solve any problems without sleeping for a day or two, it's a blessing or a curse, do your best to obey the fate of God. Just do your best! Not to mention, you've worked hard enough during the day. ”
"You leave him alone. Chen Qiao stepped forward to block between the two people, "He can't sleep by himself." You don't have to worry about him. How are you? Do you sleep well? Do you have nightmares?
Chen Mofei got up with a look of disgust.
"I'm fine, I'm fine. She replied coldly. "Why don't you sleep yet? What are your habits? I must have lived too much in the old night, and I have become accustomed to it. ”
She turned around, and when her figure disappeared into the door, Chen Qiao ran back to the sofa excitedly, muttering to herself.
"My habit is really bad, and she is angry. Do you think she cares about my body? No, I have to sleep, or she's going to get angry. ”