Wen Ruan's initiative made Yan Xi stunned for a moment, and then agreed with a smile: "Okay, it's cold, buy a few winter clothes." ”

Although Yan Xi agreed to Wen Ruan, he didn't say anything about the time, and he also went to the company to work overtime on weekends, and it wasn't until December that he took a day to go out to Wen Ruan's appointment.

It's not that she's afraid of Wen Ruan, or that she deliberately avoids being alone with her in private, but that she doesn't want Wen Ruan to feel that she can be dominated by her.

After eating early in the morning, the two went out, because of the rest day, Yan Xi didn't call the driver, and drove to the mall by himself.

Wen Ruan sat in the passenger seat and buckled his seat belt, Yan Xi glanced at her and asked, "Wen Ruan, do you know how to drive?"

Wen Ruan didn't know what she meant, shook her head and said, "I don't have a driver's license." ”

Yan Xi let out an "oh", I don't know if Huo Zhuping was afraid that she would have an accident, or if he was afraid that she would run away, so he didn't even let her learn the car. She found the topic and said, "You have been bored at home, have you ever wanted to go to learn a driver's license, you can go wherever you want." ”

Wen Ruan smiled: "I'm more timid, so forget it." ”

The corner of Yan Xi's eyes glanced at her, and said, "Have you ever thought about what work you will do in the future?" I remember that you had the idea of going out to work before, but at that time in the Huo family, you broke off this idea. ”

Wen Ruan has been avoiding the past with Huo Zhuping, and these days, Huo Jinshen has never mentioned Huo Zhuping, or even the Huo family. It's just that Yan Xi doesn't like to be so cautious, even if eight years of life is a lie, it is also part of Wen Ruan's life experience.

Her life has only been more than 20 years in total, and without these eight years, her mind and age can't keep up at all, not to mention that she avoids that period of the past with bad intentions.

Yan Xi could feel that when Wen Ruan was with her in private, she was not the little girl who relied on Huo Jinshen for everything.

Seeing that Wen Ruan's face gradually lowered, Yan Xi said, "I'm not urging you to work and make money or something. Huo Jin is rich and doesn't care about your salary. It's just that you're still so young, are you shrinking yourself in your shell just because of that bit of passing?"

"Huo Jinshen, like you, grew up in the Huo family, under the same parasitic fence. But how many people can surpass him in his current achievements?"

Speaking of this, Yan Xi's tone sank again: "Wen Ruan, there are times when everyone doesn't want to face it, but you can't get out of that predicament, you will only indulge in your own sadness, and the only one who can help you is yourself." ”

"Come out and see, your knowledge will grow, and your mind will become broader, so that you can really get rid of those pasts. ”

Yan Xi said these words, some of which pot was not opened and which pot was mentioned, and there was a ruthlessness in the heart of Wen Ruan.

She wasn't completely disgusted with Wen Ruan's coy posture and spoke harshly, if she could wake her up, it would also be a merit. In addition, what Yan Xi wants to guard against the most is that Wen Ruan excessively substitutes into the role she is creating now, causing damage to her marriage with Huo Jinshen.

Yes, she no longer simply sees Wen Ruan as a threat, but directly judges Wen Ruan as destructive.

Yan Xi has been running the company for so many years, and she is very sensitive to the sense of crisis, coupled with her observations these days, she made this judgment.

Wen Ruan bit her lip, her fingers gripping the seat belt tightly, and she relied on the seat belt like driftwood, as if she would drown if she didn't do it.

After a while, she let go of her hand and said, "Yan Xi, I'm not you, and I'm not Huo Jinshen." I have eight years less time to work on, Huo Zhuping kept me in captivity, just treating me as a pet. Have you ever seen that your pet can still live well after leaving home?"

There was a traffic light in front of him, Yan Xi slowly stopped the car and turned his head to look at Wen Ruan.

At this time, she is not the timid girl Wen Ruan, but the combination of the girl Wen Ruan and Yuan Sheng, with resentment, helplessness, despair, inferiority complex and unwilling Wen Ruan.

Yan Xi's gaze fell lightly on Wen Ruan's face, and Wen Ruan was also looking at her.

Yan Xi said softly: "But you are a person, not a pet." Huo Zhuping treats you as a private property, but Huo Jinshen has worked extremely hard to restore your freedom. If you still regard yourself as Huo Jinshen's captive pet and attach yourself to him, what do you make Huo Jinshen think?"

"He has been looking for you for so many years, not with the belief of finding a pet. ”

"Wen Ruan, you can have the courage to confess like this when facing me, why don't you work harder, don't play the role of a weak victim in front of Huo Jinshen. Do you think it's right for you to take advantage of his guilt about you?"

Yan Xi has always been a person who solves problems when there is one. She is very busy, there are so many things to do in the company, and she still has so many opponents eyeing her, and she doesn't want to face intrigue in her own small family.

She didn't expect that she had just stepped into marriage, and she had not yet taken a step before she ushered in such a challenge.

Yan Xi didn't want to wait for Wen Ruan to erode her marriage little by little, and waited until she finally cried dry in tears and was exhausted before she could bear to rise up and suppress it, in her life, when she was so weak that she was bullied, only before she was eighteen years old.

is either bullying with a knife or a gun, Wen Ruan's soft knife steals her marriage at all, and he is also bullying her, bullying her for her patience with her husband and wife, and using her sympathy for the weak to cross the line again and again.

Yan Xi held Wen Ruan's heart to make it clear, Wen Ruan's breath was no longer calm, her chest rose and fell sharply, and she held her fingers tightly. She smiled and said, "Yan Xi, what are you afraid of me?"

"I'm his sister, what threat do you think I can pose to you?" she laughed to herself, "my ruined body is not uncommon for any man. ”

The traffic light switched over, the car in front was surging, Yan Xi stepped on the accelerator and crossed the road, she pulled her lips and said, "Wen Ruan, I speak more bluntly, let's talk here first." ”

"You have no father or mother, and no one has instilled that feudal mentality in you. It is your misfortune that you have been deceived and taken possession, but not your original sin. Everyone has the right to pursue happiness, and this is not a reason for you to depend on your brother, unless you have another purpose. ”

"Most of the women who have also experienced misfortune and dared to face it have come out of the haze, become leaders in all walks of life, and have found their own happiness. Only those who feel sorry for themselves will hide in dark corners and make themselves a part of the darkness. ”

Wen Ruan turned her head to look at her, "You encourage me to pursue my own happiness?"

Yan Xi said: "Yes, pursue your own happiness." ”

The car stopped in the parking lot in front of the mall, and in front of it was a fashionable and atmospheric mall building, and the air was filled with the smell of enjoyment and money.

Yan Xi raised his chin forward: "The mall has arrived, and the time has come to transform you." ”

Entering the mall, the two made suggestions to each other like good sisters, Wen Ruan bought a lot of things, Yan Xi also picked out a few clothes by himself, signed a list and sent them to Kongshan Xinyu.

When passing by a men's clothing store, Yan Xi picked out a few sets of coats for Huo Jinshen, and when she was choosing leather shoes, she pointed to a pair of brown lace-up shoes and said to the salesperson: "Give me a pair of size 42 shoes." ”

The salesman immediately went to the warehouse to look for it, and Wen Ruan on the side finally couldn't help but stop her: "Wait a minute." ”

The salesman stopped, turned to look at her, and Wen Ruan said, "I want shoes of size forty-three." ”

Sensing Yan Xi's gaze, her ears were slightly red, and she squeezed out a smile and said, "My brother wears size forty-three shoes." ”

Yan Xi pretended not to know, and said in surprise: "Are his feet so big?"

"Wen Ruan, you have been separated from your brother for so many years, do you remember what size shoes he wore?"

"But after all these years, his shoe size is still the same as before, are you mistaken?"

Wen Ruan's laughter was almost unbearable, Yan Xi nodded and didn't continue.

The salesman on the side didn't know why, and asked, "Excuse me, take forty-two, or forty-three?"

Yan Xi said: "Forty-two." ”

In fact, she knew that Huo Jinshen's shoe size was forty-three. Before the wedding, Ying Shu, as his father-in-law, must buy him shoes, Huo Jinshen said his size, or Yan Xi went to buy them for him.

Yan Xi did it on purpose, she wasted a few dollars, just to put on small shoes for Huo Jinshen and give him a diaphragm.

Just now, when Yan Xi alluded to Wen Ruan's bad intentions, Wen Ruan showed weakness and denied it, but when she tried it like this, Wen Ruan's thoughts couldn't be hidden.

When Wen Ruan came to Xinyu in Kongshan, he didn't do anything other than show his deep brother-sister affection with Huo Jinshen, so Huo Jinshen thought that Wen Ruan was still the introverted and pure little sister.

But when no one was around, Wen Ruan quietly looked at Huo Jinshen's clothes size to see the size of his soles.

Yan Xi watched all those small movements in his eyes, and the more he looked at them, the more annoyed he felt.

When Wen Ruan proposed to let Yan Xi go to the mall to buy clothes together, Yan Xi had a hunch that Wen Ruan wanted to show her intimacy with Huo Jinshen by buying clothes and shoes for Huo Jinshen and squeezing her out.

But who is Yan Xi, she preemptively pierced Wen Ruan, making her careful thinking unable to implement, so that she could only deny her feelings for Huo Jinshen in a panic, and then pierce her at the right time.

Yan Xi just wanted Wen Ruan to know that her little trick was not played in front of her, and she had a way to cure her.

Listening to Yan Xi's insistence on size forty-two shoes, Wen Ruan squeezed his fists, and finally suppressed his emotions.

Yan Xi carried the shoebox, scratched it on the list, and said with a smile to the salesman: "All the things, help me send the empty mountain new rain, thank you." ”

In the following time, the two went to the jewelry store again, and Yan Xi only looked at it and didn't buy it, but gave Wen Ruan a set of diamond jewelry. "Diamonds are the hardest thing in the world," she says. Wen Ruan, women like diamonds, in addition to diamonds are beautiful and valuable, this thing can also enhance a woman's self-confidence. ”

She asked Wen Ruan, who was wearing a full set of diamond jewelry, to face the mirror: "Look, your whole body is shining." Who doesn't like you like that?"

Wen Ruan's fingers caressed the cold and hard diamond particles, looking at himself in the mirror, his eyes revealing a little joy and intoxication.

Yan Xi glanced at her silently, hoping that she could really come to her senses.

She didn't want Wen Ruan to be immersed in the shadows all the time. Wen Ruan is Huo Jinshen's sister to protect, and she doesn't want Huo Jinshen to see that his sister, who is so persistent and trying to get back, has changed......

When I returned to the empty mountain and the new rain, the things I bought in the mall also arrived. Sister Mei signed for the receipts one by one, secretly wondering if Mrs. had moved the entire mall over.

Yan Xi returned home, saw those shopping bags, found out what belonged to him and Huo Jinshen, and carried them upstairs by himself.

When Huo Jinshen came back, Yan Xi asked him to try on clothes.

In the cloakroom, Yan Xi matched Huo Jinshen and tidied up the corners of his clothes.

Huo Jin enjoyed Yan Xi's service and asked, "Happy shopping with Wen Ruan?"

The corners of Yan Xi's lips were always raised at a forty-five degree angle, and she said, "I found that my taste is quite similar to hers." I like it, and she likes it too. ”

Huo Jinshen felt that Yan Xi was a little cold to Wen Ruan before, but at this time, he heard that the two got along well, and said, "Then you will have company when you go shopping in the future." ”

Someone also accompanied Yan Xi to the mall and appreciated the talent of women in shopping, and the endurance was admirable.

Yan Xi tied him a tie and pushed the knot all the way to his throat, Huo Jin held her breath deeply and felt uncomfortable, frowning and asking her to loosen it, Yan Xi stepped forward, squinted her eyes and said, "Don't you know that similar tastes are prone to 'robbing'?"

Huo Jin was stunned for a moment, feeling that it was difficult for a woman to guess, so she wisely chose to shut up. Yan Xi didn't intend to let him go, her fingers answered the tie, hung her head and pretended to be embarrassed, squinting at him.

She said, "Huo Jinshen, if I have a fancy for the same dress with Wen Ruan, do you want me to get that dress, or Wen Ruan?"

Huo Jinshen suddenly had a headache, this woman's pit was very deep.

He chose to avoid this proposition, his eyes fell on the row of shelves of the watch, walked over and said, "This watch is good with this outfit." ”

Yan Xi crossed his body between him and the shelf, stared up at him, and asked him to answer this question: "Say, what do you think?"

Huo Jin avoided it and said: "There is not only one piece of clothing, there are so many brands, no matter how bad it is, wouldn't it be better to let the designer tailor one?"

Yan Xi gritted his teeth in anger, and his straight thinking was really anxious.

She said: "There is no other brand, there is no other clothes to choose from, and it cannot be tailor-made, you say, who will take this dress?"

Huo Jinshen: "Is this question important?"

Yan Xi's expression was serious: "Yes, it's very important." It's as important as your wife and your mother falling into the water, who you save first!"

Huo Jin's depressed and calm face, the honey when she was in love, as long as she entered the marriage stage, the honey turned into a bee and stung people.

He sighed, put his hands on Yan Xi's shoulders, and said, "Yan Xi, you are a little abnormal today. ”

The Yan Xi he knows, the pattern will not be as small as a piece of clothing, and he will not be worried about a piece of clothing. As long as she doesn't touch her bottom line, she doesn't care.

Yan Xi lowered his eyes and picked the surface of the shelf with his fingers.

She didn't know if she would believe it if she told Huo Jinshen directly that he was the dress.

Will you believe that Wen Ruan's feelings for him are not brother and sister, but that she loves him and wants to squeeze her out of this family.

If she hadn't taken the lead and arranged for a nanny to enter the house by herself, and took out the momentum of being a housewife, Wen Ruan would rely on her identity as her master's sister to make her an outsider.

Huo Jinshen's feelings for Wen Ruan are special, can her feelings in the past few months be better than the feelings they have been together since childhood?

Yan Xi once again doubted the feelings between them in the midst of gains and losses.

In the past, she thought that she was married, and the two were like rooted trees, intertwining and supporting each other, and there would be no changes. But now, she doesn't have that determination.

Huo Jinshen didn't know that she was secretly taking contraceptive pills, and she didn't dare to create a little life without a stable future.

But she won't give up, she doesn't like to fail, Huo Jinshen is the person she chooses, and she will never retreat without a fight.

Yan Xi pulled away his hand and took the pair of size forty-two shoes, she said, "Wear these shoes and match your coat." ”

Huo Jin saw that she suddenly changed the topic again, frowned slightly, but didn't say anything, and put on those shoes according to her words.

The leather shoes are put on the feet, and you immediately feel the squeezing of the feet. He took off his shoes and looked at them, frowned, and said, "Have you forgotten my size?"

Yan Xi glanced at the shoes and said, "No, I just let you feel it." ”

Huo Jinshen looked at her strangely: "You bought me a pair of shoes that didn't fit, wouldn't you want to tell me the theory of what kind of shoes?"

Yan Xi sneered: "Do you still know the theory of shoes?"

Huo Jin frowned deeply: "I've heard Lingzhi say it before. ”

At that time, it was still in Liangcheng, and Lingzhi fell out of love, so she compared her ex-boyfriend to an ill-fitting shoe and broke up decisively.

Yan Xi patted him on the shoulder and said, "Huo Jinshen, I deliberately bought the wrong shoes, you will wear them for a few days, you may have unexpected discoveries." ”

After saying that, she walked out, silently wondering in her heart if Wen Ruan would go back and buy the shoes of the right size according to her calculations.

Huo Jin looked at Yan Xi's back and was very strange about her behavior. What was she trying to hint at him?

……

After a few days, Wen Ruan no longer stays at home every day, and her work and rest are the same as Huo Jinshen and his wife, leaving early and returning late.

Huo Jinshen was busy with work at the end of the year, but she still asked Wen Ruan about her movement, Wen Ruan replied that she was bored at home and wanted to go out to work, Huo Jinshen agreed with her idea, and Yan Xi also said a few words to express her support.

These days, Wen Ruan has not clinged to Huo Jinshen anymore, and her independence has made everyone think that she is trying to get out of the previous haze.

Approaching New Year's Day, Wen Ruan carried a shoebox to Huo Jinshen.

"Brother, this is what I earned from my part-time job this month. Wen Ruan was nervous and shy, and it was difficult for her to give gifts to the man she loved. She tried to squeeze out a smile, "I haven't been a full month, but the company sees that I am doing well and promises to give me a salary advance." ”

Huo Jinshen opened the shoebox and saw the brown lace-up leather shoes, and his face became complicated.

His first move was to pick up his shoe and look at the size on it, forty-three.

Wen Ruan looked at him and became even more nervous, she said, "Brother, I see that the shoes you usually wear are too tight, and it is just about to be the New Year, so I should give you a New Year's gift." ”

Huo Jinshen let out a "hmm", looked up at Wen Ruan, and wanted to say something, but seeing her expectant eyes, thinking that Wen Ruan was now willing to walk out of the haze, the words turned to the tip of his tongue, and he said: "You have a heart, brother is very happy." But you've just started working, save your salary for your own use, don't waste money on me. ”

When Wen Ruan heard him say that she was happy, her heart was like a flower, and she didn't think much about it and said, "How can it be a waste of money to buy a gift for my brother." ”

Huo Jin frowned slightly, and said, "My food, clothing, housing and transportation, Yan Xi has arranged it." ”

The smile on Wen Ruan's face gradually sank, her eyes flashed, and she immediately laughed and said, "Of course I know that your clothes and shoes are all prepared by Yan Xi." It's just that I live here, eat your food and wear yours, and this little bit is just my heart. ”

"Do you think I only prepared your gift?" Wen Ruan took out another silk scarf, "This is my New Year's gift to Yan Xi." Brother, do you think she'll like it?"

Wen Ruan's disguise is very good, and her rhetoric perfectly conceals her panic, Huo Jin took a deep look at the silk scarf, Burberry's, which is very suitable for Yan Xi's neutral style.

He smiled lightly, and when he tried to rub her hair like he had done before, he stopped when his palm landed on top of her head, and he patted her shoulder instead, "She'll love it." ”

When Huo Jinshen turned around, Wen Ruan glanced at the shoulder that he had patted, raised his hand and gently touched his hair, his heart was cold.

She had seen his intimacy with Yan Xi countless times, and watched him rub Yan Xi's hair. When he was a child, he also treated her like this, how did he become Yan Xi's exclusive now?

With a little tears in his eyes, Wen Ruan clenched his fingers and forced himself to suppress the loss in his heart, but his jealousy came out irrepressibly.

She deliberately bought the same shoes as Yan Xi, but the result was very different from what she thought.

Why?

They were supposed to be intimate people, why would he rather wear those shoes that were obviously out of size than hers?

Don't you want her too?

So in this world, she is the only one, what should she do? She doesn't want to be alone, she also wants to have her own happiness and someone to accompany her.

Brother, why didn't you wait for me to come back, why did you fall in love with another woman first......

Why did Huo Zhuping do this to me, why did I encounter all this, what did I do wrong?

Wen Ruan's mind kept repeating those pasts, she stood alone at the door of the orphanage, she was tricked out by Huo Zhuping, she jumped off the cliff...... In the end, it was all a picture of her and Huo Zhuping's affection.

Those were all illusions, how sweet she was in the past, how painful she was now, and every frame was like a thin blade cutting through every inch of her skin. She couldn't wait to tear off the skin that Huo Zhuping had touched......

Wen Ruan crouched on the ground, her face reflected in the smooth marble.

This is a strange face, not her Wen Ruan's, that's Yuan Sheng, not her!

No wonder my brother treats me differently, my face has become like this, does he feel disgusted when he sees me?

Sister Mei saw Wen Ruan lying on the ground, and asked in surprise: "Miss Wen, what are you doing squatting on the ground?"