Lu Xiaobai braved the scorching sun and worked tirelessly all over the street to help Lin Ruoxi find a job, but after walking to many beauty salons, everyone politely refused that there was no need for female apprentices for the time being.

Later, he walked slowly along an artificial river bank in the city in the direction of his rented house. He looked around, and saw a row of lush willow trees growing on both sides of the river, as if the heroic female soldiers in green were facing each other across the bank. He turned his gaze to the surface of the river, and saw the blue sky and the white clouds frozen like reliefs reflected in the water, and from time to time he saw fish swimming happily under the vibrant duckweed.

When he was tired, he sat down on a cement bench under the canopy. In front of him was a road paved with cobblestones, like a jade belt adorned with colorful gemstones, shining in the sun; From time to time, visitors walked in front of him silently or laughing, glancing at him or ignoring him; Only a cleaner aunt in blue overalls bent down and clamped two sponge cigarette butts at his feet into a black plastic bag that was half filled with garbage, and then grinned at him and said, "You look like one of my grandsons." ”

Lu Xiaobai smiled slightly and asked, "Where am I like your grandson?" ”

Aunt Cleaner straightened her waist and said, "Your eyes, nose and body are all alike"

They chatted, and the cleaner aunt felt that Lu Xiaobai was very easy-going, so she sat next to him and chatted with him ramblingly, talking about how many grandchildren she had, how many grandchildren, which grandson became a teacher, and which granddaughter went abroad

I don't know how long we chatted, but at this time, Lu Xiaobai suddenly heard a woman who had just walked in front of him say to another woman who was walking with her: "Look at the woman on the bridge, do you want to find a short meeting?" ”

"Yo, really! She's been standing there for a long time, don't you say I haven't realized it. ”

"Let's go over and have a look!"

Lu Xiaobai stood up and walked to the middle of the road to take a look, and did see a girl in a pink dress standing on the bridge in the distance facing the deep river, he estimated that the distance from the bridge to the river was almost ten meters, and people jumping from it would fall and be seriously injured even if they didn't die; There were many people gathered on the girl's left and right, as if to persuade her not to do stupid things or just watch the excitement.

He walked more than 20 meters along the river bank, and suddenly found that the girl's figure was somewhat familiar, it seemed to be his cousin Wu Hongyan, he quickened his pace and walked another 20 meters, and now he saw clearly, she was Wu Hongyan, and he ran over.

He panted and pushed away the crowd of onlookers, and saw his cousin, who was holding on to the railing of the bridge with both hands, lifting one leg to the iron railing, and it seemed that he really wanted to jump into the river. At this time, the crowd of onlookers exclaimed as if they had exploded, and no one dared to take a step forward, but only persuaded one after another:

"Girl, you're still young, don't do anything stupid!"

"Retract your legs, if you jump, your parents will be devastated!"

"Girl, don't be impulsive, it's never too late to jump after thinking clearly"

Lu Xiaobai heard a woman behind him reproach in a low voice: "What are you talking about!" You can tell the story."

The man who just said, "It's never too late to jump after thinking clearly," said, "I'm also good to her."

"Leave me alone!" Wu Hongyan felt pained and helpless, and glanced at the crowd around her who were looking at her with a gloomy gaze, and said coldly, "If anyone persuades me again, I will jump down!" ”

Before she could finish speaking, a cool breeze blew from the river, lifting the bottom of her dazzling dress, revealing her white thighs and red panties, she hurriedly freed her right hand to grab the fluttering skirt and cover her thighs, and looked at everyone's expressions again. When she suddenly saw Lu Xiaobai, she couldn't help but be stunned, wondering why did he appear here?

Lu Xiaobai said: "Cousin, what are you doing here?" Come down! ”

Wu Hongyan said, "Cousin, don't persuade me, I" She shook her head, unwilling to continue.

Lu Xiaobai guessed that she was most likely caught by her mother because she opened a room with Zhou Guofu last night, and her emotions were hit hard, and she couldn't think about it for a while. Although he hated his aunt, and it was a happy thing for him to let his aunt's spirit be hit by Yan zhòng in the matter of her daughter and her lover, but now that he saw his cousin's crazy behavior, he felt that he was the initiator of this disaster, and he felt a little sorry for his cousin.

"Cousin, tell me if you have anything, don't commit suicide!" Lu Xiaobai took two steps forward and said.

"I'm a family ugly, how can I be embarrassed to say it." Wu Hongyan sobbed.

Lu Xiaobai turned to the onlookers and said loudly: "Everyone stand far away, my cousin has something to say to me, go quickly, go quickly!" ”

So, the crowd of onlookers dispersed in all directions.

Lu Xiaobai saw that everyone was far away, so he said to Wu Hongyan pretendedly: "Cousin, what sad things have you encountered, can you tell me?" ”

Wu Hongyan lowered her eyes and was silent for a while, before raising her eyelids and saying, "I was bullied by an old hooligan."

Through her intermittent and fragmented narration, it took Lu Xiaobai a while to sort out the ins and outs of this matter. It turned out that three months ago, Wu Hongyan met Zhou Guofu on the mahjong table. That day, she lost all the money on her body, and because she was eager to pull her heart, she borrowed from her gambling friend Zhou Guofu with an attitude of trying, and Zhou Guofu was happy, and lent her the money without saying a word. However, she also lost all the money she borrowed in the end, and she told Zhou Guofu that she would only return the money to him when she paid her salary, and Zhou Guofu agreed. When they separated, they left each other's mobile phone numbers, and it was this mobile phone number that later became the medium for them to talk about love. She had just broken up with her first boyfriend, and her mood fell to the bottom, and Zhou Guofu's meticulous care was like a plaster that was applied to her bleeding heartache in time.

When Zhou Guofu began to pursue her, she also struggled in her heart, after all, he was more than 20 years older than her, if she chose to be with him, her love and marriage would definitely not escape the judgment of the world, what would her parents think, what would relatives and friends think, she was discouraged when she thought about it. However, it is a terrible thing when a young girl sincerely admires an old man and takes his rhetoric as a sincere appreciation for her. She made such a strict mistake. Under his frequent temptation, she finally failed to stick to her bottom line of mate selection and followed him. Of course, she didn't dare to tell her parents and friends about it, and she had to wait for them to run in for a while before finding an opportunity to bring him home to meet relatives and friends.

Of course, in addition to praising her for being beautiful, cute, and virtuous to capture her heart, Zhou Guofu also made up lies about his miserable situation to win her sympathy - he said that he and his wife had long since divorced, and said that his ex-wife was so fierce, cruel, narrow-minded and selfish, and that he didn't care about himself, and once he fell ill and almost died in the hospital, but she was indifferent and didn't even look at her.

But when she followed Zhou Guofu, she learned from the mouths of people on his periphery that things were not as he said, he was not divorced at all, but because he was idle and messing with flowers, as early as three years ago, his kind and virtuous wife put him into the cold palace in a fit of anger, and it didn't take long for them to separate from him and not interact with each other.

Since the raw rice has been cooked into cooked rice, she has no choice but to admit it, she only hopes that Zhou Guofu can change her mind and work hard for her, and don't go to other women, he verbally agreed, but still can't change his nature of being easy and hardworking.

During the whole storytelling process, Wu Hongyan hid the part where she and Zhou Guofu lived together and was caught by her mother last night, and similarly, she did not mention the relationship between her mother and Zhou Guofu. He didn't know if his cousin knew that her mother had an affair with Zhou Guofu, but to his surprise, she never said that she was sad that she was like this because her mother "beat the mandarin ducks" - even if the blame was not entirely on her mother, she could not escape the blame; After all, the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, and he understood why she didn't tell him what happened to him at the hotel last night and what her mother had to do with Zhou Guo.

As for why she wanted to commit suicide, her statement was that she asked Zhou Guofu to come here to see her this morning, and she had important things to say to him, but she waited from morning to now, but she didn't see his shadow, and her mobile phone was turned off all the time, and the more she thought about it, the more sad she became, so she wanted to end this life.

Just because she didn't wait for Zhou Guofu to come, she wanted to commit suicide? This kind of logic is obviously not completely convincing, if it were someone else, she would definitely ask questions, but Lu Xiaobai, who knew her situation well, didn't ask.

Lu Xiaobai felt that her cousin told him about her emotional encounters, which showed that she still believed in herself; If he hadn't told his aunt by himself, then his cousin wouldn't have been so painful, he had harmed her, and he had to find ways to dissuade his cousin from jumping into the river.

"Cousin, if you want to open something, don't do stupid things, life will inevitably encounter many ups and downs, and unsatisfactory things will always pass." After Lu Xiaobai finished speaking, she felt that such persuasion was like a flash of light, unable to reach the depths of her heart, making her rein in the precipice.

Wu Hong wiped away his tears and said, "I just can't think about it, I feel like I have no face to live." ”

Lu Xiaobai persuaded bitterly: "Don't do this, my uncle and aunt only have a daughter like you now, if you leave, they will definitely hurt"

"Don't mention my mom!" Wu Hongyan interrupted him angrily, "If it weren't for her, I"

Lu Xiaobai said: "You hate your mother so much, do you feel that you have been harmed by your mother?" ”

"Don't mention her again, okay!" Wu Hongyan said impatiently, paused, and then said, "I'll wait for another ten minutes, if Zhou Guofu doesn't come, I'll jump down." ”

Lu Xiaobai walked to the guardrail of the bridge, looked down, and saw that the bottom of the water was full of black silt, he had an idea, and said: "Cousin, you said you want to die, but I don't think you can die." ”

Wu Hongyan was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help asking, "What do you mean?" ”

Lu Xiaobai pointed to the river and said: "You see there is a deep silt down there, after you jump down, you will only fall into the mud, you will be injured and faint at most, there are pedestrians everywhere here, others will definitely go down to rescue you when they see it, and more importantly, the water is very dirty, you will definitely be choked by the water after you jump." He made a gagging exaggeration, "This river must be mixed with urine, footwater, and some dirty liquid of unknown composition, if you are choked, who can stand the taste?" ”

Wu Hongyan frowned, looked at the murmuring river, and said after a while: "Anyway, I don't care." ”

Lu Xiaobai could hear that her tone had tended to be calm, and he guessed that his "intimidation" played a role. He struck while the iron was hot: "If you really pay for an irresponsible old man's young life, it is very worthless, and I feel sorry for you; You look like a flower, and you have good eyes, what kind of good man can't be found, you have to suffer with him! If you really want to find a boyfriend, I'll match you up, I know a buddy, this guy is not picky, you will definitely be moved when you see it. ”

Wu Hongyan said lightly: "Forget it, I'm already downset about feelings." ”

"You have to live well, live for that man, don't let him laugh at you!"

"I'm not particularly sad when something like this happens, I just feel like I don't have face."

These are indeed her heartfelt words.

Lu Xiaobai said: "I know that you have resentment in your heart, if you want to say this, I will help you repair the man who bullied you." ”

Wu Hongyan looked at him and said, "Really? ”

Lu Xiaobai smiled and said: "When I lived in your house, you treated me well, and now you are in trouble, if I don't help with this little thing, then am I still your cousin?" Let's go, you take me to the man! ”

"I don't know if he's at home, and besides, you may not be able to beat him alone, he practiced sanda when he was a soldier, and said that one person can fight two."

"I called my friend, the two of them should be able to beat him, right?"

Wu Hongyan thought to himself, I hate Zhou Guofu, but I still have no feelings for him, if I blatantly ask someone to beat him, then my relationship with him will be completely over, it is better to ask someone to clean him up at night - anyway, there are many women who have an affair with him, and he doesn't know who did it - in this way, one is to take a bad breath for himself, and the other is to let him learn a lesson, and he will pay the price for messing with flowers and grass! So she said, "I'll take you to see him quietly, and then you can remember his appearance and then call your friend to fix him." ”

"You mean you don't show up when you fix him?"

"Hmm." After a while she said, "Don't hit him too hard."

"Got it."

Wu Hongyan slowly scaled down her legs on the guardrail of the bridge, and was about to walk when she almost fell. Seeing this, Lu Xiaobai hurriedly walked over to stabilize her.

"My legs are numb."

"Then stand and rest for a while."

After resting for a while, they walked off the footbridge. They heard the whistle of the siren and looked in the direction of the siren, only to see a police car and an ambulance coming in this direction and stopping on the side of the road next to the bridge. Then three policemen and two men in white coats came out of the cars, and they came to the bridge and looked at the calm river for a while, and then turned away.