24. Almost missed you
Speaking of those eight years, her heart was filled with indescribable grievances.
At the age of sixteen, she was forced to leave the school she knew, the house where she could walk home with her eyes closed, and the well-prepared drawing qualifier in which her name would never appear again.
It was he who single-handedly ruined her girlhood, in her darkest years, he was a young man who played with glass blood beauties on the gambling stone field, he was arrogant, he was a gambler by nature, and it was he who did the kind of work that made her unspeakable, forcing her to transform overnight, begging her father to take her away from home.
If she said that she was sorry, she only felt sorry for the person who took the stigma, and felt sorry for the first love that withered before it bloomed.
To this day, even if she still has a heart and liver, she has long been riddled with holes, broken blood and pus, and the rest is poison.
Ji Linchuan got up in the morning and explained to her that she would use a new mobile phone number, and she said, "Okay, you give me back your ID card." ”
His hand straightening his collar paused and said, "Don't think about it." I'll change it for you when I get back. ”
Look, he is guarding against her all the time, the household registration book, passport, ID card, and even the driver's license and academic certificate are all detained in his hand.
Those things became the shackles that held her back when her father died of illness in a foreign land.
He didn't know that she was once detained for several hours because she couldn't drive when she went out, and she was routinely checked by the patrol police in the subway, and she couldn't get her ID card.
He didn't know that she chose freelancing because she couldn't get any academic certificates for interviews in large companies, and no one recognized her.
He always scolded her for being half-dead and a madman who came out day and night.
If you could walk in the crowd and live like an ordinary person, who would want to turn yourself into a madman who stays up in the dark?
She nestled in the quilt and was dazed, breathing calmly, and little by little she learned to restrain her emotions.
Ji Linchuan walked to the bedside and saw that the wound on her forehead that day had formed a crimson scab, and she went up to touch it from time to time, just like now.
He pulled her wrist away and scolded her, "It's itchy to find a stone to grind." ”
Ouyang Yuyou turned over, but she still couldn't help but pick at it with her fingernails.
Suddenly, her hand was grabbed, and the cold touch reached her fingertips, and there was a crisp click, and she turned to look at him.
"Don't move. Ji Linchuan fixed her fingers and cut them all for her one by one.
Ouyang Yuyou caught a glimpse of the scratch on his neck, and asked him with his eyes, "Isn't it a shame?"
Ji Linchuan caught her sight, threw the cut hand to the side, picked up the other one, lowered his head and said, "It means that Lao Tzu has good physical strength." ”
She looked at her neatly trimmed nails and whispered casually, "There are concealers on the makeup table, you go and wipe some of them." ”
"Wipe your fart, mother-in-law. ”
After Ji Linchuan left, she went down to eat breakfast made by Xiao Ai, and when she returned to the studio, the computer had just been turned on, and a group email popped up.
It is an invitation letter from the alumni association. She clicked on it and counted the year, and it was really, the tenth anniversary of her high school graduation.
She didn't finish reading it at the beginning, and she had no contact with those old classmates for a long time, and she couldn't even remember what many of them looked like, otherwise she wouldn't have been embarrassed and thrown to her grandmother's house that night.
Naturally, she didn't plan to go to this class reunion, but she just ...... A complicated thought arose in my heart.
The school is in the old city, and she used to go to school every day either by her father or by the Ji family's car, Ji Linchuan was four years higher than her, and she didn't graduate from junior high school, so he went to another district to study for college, and later she had distant relatives at home who specially picked her up.
Ouyang Yu got out of the taxi and walked along the familiar street to the school gate.
The herbal tea shops of the old days are still there, the business of convenience stores is as lively as ever, the breakfast rice rolls and eggs have risen to six yuan a piece, and the small shop that rents comic books opposite has become a fashion store.
Ji Linchuan often pretended to be poor here at that time, saying that he didn't have enough to eat all day long, and tricked her into using the money from renting books to buy him Chezi noodles to eat, with cola, fish balls and grilled sausages, after eating, she even asked her to buy chewing gum, as if she was reincarnated as a hungry ghost, and one meal could eat her pocket money for a whole day.
When I was young, I didn't guess anything, and it was probably like that.
Ouyang Yuyou stood outside the school and saw the lush phoenix tree in the northwest corner.
The leaf is like the feather of the flying phoenix, and the flower is like the crown of the phoenix.
For so many years, every time she passed by a street with phoenix wood, she would always think of this place.
The school is still there, but the person who told her this sentence has been absent for many years.
He has a pair of heroic eyebrows, a pair of knuckles and good-looking hands, he often wears a baggy white shirt, and takes her through the streets and alleys to eat the most authentic snacks.
The person who painted very quietly, even drank water, raised her head lightly, let the flowing liquid slowly slide into his mouth, and did nothing to make her fascinated.
I will probably never meet again in this life.
The leaves of the phoenix wood fell to her feet with the wind, and a few high school students chased after me, carrying fried pho in their hands, and the smell was really charming.
Suddenly, the phone in her bag rang, pulling her back to reality for a moment.
took out a glance, it was Duan Yifeng who asked her to meet.
Ouyang Yu thought for a while, after all, he borrowed the money from him first, and now he has caused him a lot of trouble, and he really owes him an explanation.
Waved a taxi and went to the address above.
When I went to the place, it turned out to be a remote bar, and there were few guests in the afternoon, so Duan Yifeng was sitting at the door.
He was straightforward and said, "Xiaoyou, you're too unreasonable, Brother Yifeng has helped you anyway, you can't be so ruthless, right? Let your husband mess up my job, how do you think I should calculate this account?"
She understands Ji Linchuan's style of acting, and she should have been ruthless this time, otherwise people would not have said such things.
Ouyang Yuyou pulled out a chair and sat down, wanting to have a good talk with him.
Duan Yifeng pressed hard, and then said, "Look at my injuries, I can find a doctor to issue a certificate yesterday, and now it's to give you face, although your father looked down on people and looked down on me as his son-in-law, but we still have a little affection now, right?"
She was really stunned, she didn't know there was such a thing.
"I've leaked some information about Tengyuan before, but that's no way, if I didn't remember your father's favor, how could I go to his funeral, you say?"
His tone was treacherous, and he lost the gentlemanly appearance he had always maintained, which made Ouyang Yuyou a little unrecognizable for a while.
"Have you done anything that I'm sorry to Teng Yuan?"
Duan Yifeng didn't expect that Ji Linchuan hadn't told her, now it's okay, he has uncovered his face, and he has nothing to scruple about for a while.
Turning the other cheeks, he said, "Do you women all love to be cheap, and you love his kind of swinger brother?
Ouyang Yuyou began to feel a little disgusted with this person, knowing that he was from a bad background, and it was indeed not easy to get into this position, but his tone of evaluation of Ji Linchuan inexplicably annoyed her.
Ji Linchuan has an extreme personality, but she knows very well that he is not a gentleman who relies on his family's background, he was imprisoned for a month after a small mistake in the planning case, and Uncle Ji's strict cultivation of his business ability was not in vain.
Ouyang Yuyou's eyes were indifferent, but his tone was very firm, "You will be unhappy when you say it, but I still remind you that you can't fight him in terms of connections and resources in the business field, and he is also a veteran when he plays conspiracy methods, so don't take Ji Linchuan as a target." ”
She said, "This time you planted a problem, after all, it has something to do with me, and I will find a way to make it up to you." Mr. Duan, you have your strengths, start over steadily, and according to your ability, there is no chance to come out again. “
When he heard this, he changed chairs and sat down close to her, "But I can't wait." You really have the sincerity to make up for me, stay with me for one night, serve comfortably, and I promise to write off his grievances regardless of my past suspicions. ”
Ouyang Yuyou completely recognized this person, shook off his clinging hand, and stood up, "I have nothing to say to you." I'm grateful to Duan Yifeng who attended my father's funeral and later lent me money, but from now on, I don't know you. ”
Duan Yifeng grabbed her arm and made a ruthless gesture to forcibly drag her away, "The barefoot one is not afraid of him wearing shoes, he won't let me feel better, I will drag him to die together." ”
His car stopped at the door of the bar, she was defenseless, and was suddenly dragged for a few meters, just about to open her mouth to call someone.
But he didn't pay attention to the steps under his feet, stepped on the air, and twisted his ankles!
She instinctively grabbed Duan Yifeng's arm and leaned towards him.
The people around thought it was a couple making an awkward quarrel, so they didn't pay much attention to it, Duan Yifeng took the opportunity to hold her waist and wanted to pick her up.
Ouyang Yuyou's heart tightened, and the fear and fear she had never had before made her panic instantly.
A word for help hasn't been shouted yet......
At this time, a voice sounded behind him, "In broad daylight, there is a guard pavilion a hundred meters away, so dare to forcibly kidnap people, the world here is like this now?"
The voice was not small, and the people around him also began to pay attention to this side, Duan Yifeng's face stiffened, and he didn't dare to make any more moves.
She looked back gratefully......
But I saw a person who only appeared in a dream, he was sitting at the next table, slowly holding tea, and a small suitcase was placed on the chair next to him.
That handsome and warm face reveals the calmness after years of precipitation.
Dressed in light-colored clothes, a white shirt with a gray suit, and hair combed back and half braided.
still has a pair of piercing eyes, never flustered.
And she opened her mouth slightly, almost stunned, unable to believe that it was really him.
"Lin Sheng ......"
He put down the small glass, and there were tea leaves standing in the transparent tea, he slowly stood up and smiled at her, "I was in such a hurry at the school gate, I almost missed you." ”