33. It is better to live beautifully than to be pretty

I live in Zhao Zheng's house on Wednesday and Jiang family on Thursday, and this day is nominally not cohabitation, but in fact it is not much away. Jiang Yi thought that if this aunt left, I was afraid that she would be even more inseparable.

Regarding the sudden change in the rhythm of life, Jiang did not reflect it on the side, and he was somewhat flustered. Falling in love is the most time-consuming thing, and without one, Jiang Yi's original worksheet doesn't work. If it weren't for the fact that her financial pressure had been reduced at the moment, she could have received less advertisements on the official account, otherwise she would not even have time to sleep. Sweetness and pain always go with you, and you can't complain.

Zhao Zheng also has troubles, Jiang Yi doesn't love him and sends him to the company. I have to drive at a different intersection, and I am not allowed to walk downstairs. Although it is true that the project is a bit involved and should be avoided, Zhao Zheng is not a person who cares, but Jiang Yi has reservations about him, which is certain. Jiang Yi lacks a sense of security, in addition to being brought up by his grandmother since he was a child, Zhao Zheng guesses that there is another hidden secret.

When I woke up early Friday morning, Zhao Zheng and Jiang Yi changed their clothes and went for a morning run together. Jiang's family has a very small kitchen, she doesn't open a group on weekdays, she has nothing but instant noodles, and she can't show it if she wants to, so the two can only go out to forage for food.

When I went downstairs, I bumped into a quarrelsome couple coming downstairs, and both of them showed gossip to Zhao Zheng, and when they walked out of the door, the old lady on the ground floor who was exercising outside the door couldn't help but look at Zhao Zheng a few more times. Jiang Yi has been moving in for more than four years, and he is probably the most mysterious tenant in the whole building, dressed up brightly every day, goes out early and returns late, never chats with people, and never comes to visit. Zhao Zheng's arrival can undoubtedly arouse the curiosity of the neighbors.

Jiang Yi can turn a blind eye to these inquiring eyes and other people's comments, she has been isolated or discussed since she was a child, she has seen many ugly words and sharp eyes, and she has long been indifferent to kindness and malice. However, Zhao Zheng is a little unaccustomed to being baptized by attention, he has always been low-key, and he lacks a bright atmosphere, strangers will not approach lightly, and acquaintances do not dare to joke with him at will.

"Your neighbors here seem to be curious about you." Walking out of the community, Zhao Zheng said to Jiang Yi.

"I'm curious about you." Jiang glanced at him, and his fingers didn't forget to poke his chin socket, "It's so good-looking, I can't help but look at it again and again." ”

Zhao Zheng squeezed her hand: "You're very good at moving your hands and feet now, huh?" ”

Jiang Yi laughed, she raised her head and kissed him on the chin, and said, "I can still move my mouth." ”

Zhao Zheng's face couldn't hold back, his lips curled, and he was helpless: "You, ......"

The two of them did not run in the direction of Zhongshan Park, but in the direction of Zhao Zheng's house. Although the road in the former French Concession is narrow, it is better to be clean. In spring and summer, the plane trees grow densely and verdantly. Zhao Zheng slowed down his pace to cooperate with Jiang Yi, and the two jogged along Changle Road to Anfu Road, where they had breakfast at a Western-style restaurant.

Sitting in two seats by the window, the sun outside is not in full bloom, and the light is soft. The restaurant focuses on bread baking and Western-style light meals, and the aroma of butter and coffee wafts through the air. Both are people who pay attention to health and body management, and Jiang Yi and Zhao Zheng's tastes are surprisingly similar. A cup of Americano with whole wheat bread and a salad. It's just that the amount of ginger is relatively small.

There was no music in the store, just crowds coming in and out, forming a noisy and small conversation.

Jiang broke open the bread, put pieces of bread into his mouth, and looked sideways out the window.

She had been thinking about her grandmother's cremation tomorrow on and off since last night. Grandma's clothes are all here, and she has to bring her the set of clothes that her grandmother likes to wear to meet guests tomorrow morning, and ask the funeral home to help her change them. After the cremation, she plans to return to her hometown overnight with the ashes, and her grandmother's grave was bought before her grandfather died, and the burial procedures are not difficult. Jiang Yi has already set the ticket to return to his hometown. It's just that this time when she goes back, she still has to see someone. To sue that person for this news is another blow to Jiang Yi.

As for the aunt, Jiang Yi didn't plan to see it, since the woman didn't care about her grandmother's life or death for a long time, she naturally didn't ask her to cry falsely. My grandmother has been seriously ill for many years, and she has long lost her savings, and her only property is the house in her hometown. But this house was instigated by my aunt to change the name of the real estate certificate when my grandmother first got sick and was a little delirious, and as soon as my grandmother came to Shanghai, my aunt completely occupied the house. Jiang Yi didn't know how to protect legal rights and interests at that time, and when he understood it, he had no choice. Now that her grandmother has passed away, she has completely broken off with this aunt in her heart.

Come to think of it, Jiang Yi is not to mention in Shanghai, even in his hometown, and he does not have a real home.

Zhao Zhengzi didn't know all the worries in Jiang Yi's heart, but he could see that her feelings were not high. The sun outside couldn't illuminate her face, and Jiang Yi at this time had a gloomy beauty, which was diametrically opposed to her usual flamboyance and resoluteness.

"Tomorrow...... I'll go with you. This is the first time Zhao Zheng has mentioned Saturday this week.

Zhao Zheng is relaxed in Jiang Yi's personal issues, not too probing, but always able to give timely care. This made Jiang Yi extremely comfortable with him.

In fact, to be serious, Jiang Yi doesn't know Zhao Zheng, so he only knows a job and home address. As for family background, education, assets, etc., she doesn't know anything, and she is not very curious, but even if she doesn't have these, she can intellectually analyze that it is quite reliable for her to decide to start a relatively serious relationship with Zhao Zheng. From the very beginning of the advance and retreat that was evenly matched with her, the timely refusal, to the incident with her grandmother, Jiang Yi felt that this man was different, not in appearance, but in mind.

Jiang Yi took a big sip of coffee and asked lightly: "If I say no, will you think that I don't know the hearts of good people?" ”

Zhao Zheng was stunned, then chuckled and pinched the tip of her nose, this time it became Jiang Yiyun.

"Am I funny?"

"No, just because I think you're cute, I just like it." He put away his smile and returned to the topic, "I'm a little worried that you won't be able to deal with it, multiple people and multiple helpers." However, I respect your choice. ”

The first half is sweet and sweet, and the second half is strict. Jiang saw that his face turned faster than a book, and he had some mixed feelings for a while, and he couldn't tell if he was moved or something else.

Jiang Yi turned the cup in her hand a little unconsciously, she didn't look at him, but lowered her head: "I will go back to my hometown on the weekend and come back after the funeral." ”

"Looks like you've got it all planned." Zhao Zheng shook his head, he understood here that her sentence "I don't know the hearts of good people" was ugly.

Jiang Yi didn't say a word and looked out the window again.

"No matter how much people fit together, there are places that need to be run-in." Zhao Zheng said, "I have enough patience. ”

Her gaze was drawn to his voice, returning to his face. Suddenly, she sighed, and pinched his nose with the same finger: "You're not cute at all. ”

He laughed, not arguing with her. She put down her hand and said, "It should be late to come back on Sunday, so I'll come to you on Monday." ”

"Okay."

After breakfast, I went back to change my clothes, Jiang Yi wore a black dress with a necklace, elegant and fashionable, carrying a cowhide bag, a pair of JimmyChoo, and a well-cooked manuscript in his head, from his hair to the soles of his feet, he was fully armed to meet the final draft of the day. Zhao Zheng sent her to the intersection and watched her go away.

Jiang Yi and Maggie went through the process in the company, and after more than half an hour, they set off to the customer company with several other people in the group. In the conference room, the two sides first introduced and greeted each other. Jason looked polite and detached, and made no extra eye contact with Jiang Yi. The owner of the brand is typical of France, with deep eye sockets and a high nose bridge, a slightly raised chin, and a thick French accent.

Following Jason's instructions, they focused their speech on the rapid increase in brand awareness through the star effect, and cited several previous success stories of the company, which were logical and organized. Director Maggie used her wealth of experience to talk to the big bosses, about which winery had a good experience and which Parisian restaurant was worth visiting again and again. Behind such a lively conversation and laughter, you need to have a lot of money to bless her, Jiang Yi's qualifications and background, it is estimated that she will not be qualified for another four years.

At the end of the meeting, Jason sent them out, and only then did he give Jiang Yi an approving look when they parted. Jason isn't the one to talk the talk, but his support is a huge help.

After getting into the taxi back to the company, Maggie said to Jiang Yi: "It feels good, I hope there are no variables." ”

Jiang Yi responded and didn't say much.

"You've had a hard time lately. I didn't take much time off, so I could find a few days to rest. ”

"Hmm."

"You, sometimes your nerves are too tense. Proper combination of work and rest, I'm really afraid that you will drag down your body. ”

"Thank you Sister Maggie for your concern, I'll take care of it." Jiang Yi smiled.

Maggie nodded in satisfaction.

On this day, Jiang obeyed Maggie's words and left the company at seven o'clock.

Jiang Yi slowed down on the way home alone. Day by day, year after year, before you know it, the leaves are falling and green, and you see that summer is about to begin. The performance appraisal is not far away, whether it will be promoted and raised, Jiang Yi doesn't know. She passed by people with numb faces, and for a moment she questioned what she was fighting for, but she quickly suppressed the thought again.

I went back and sorted my luggage, found my grandmother's clothes, and put them all by the door. Jiang put the bear back on the bed and sat across from it. She wondered what she would say when she went back to see the man. This statement is 10,000 times more difficult than a draft. Concern is chaotic, but whenever it involves feelings, things become difficult. As a result, I couldn't sleep that night, and I kept my eyes open until dawn.

Early the next morning, before leaving for the funeral home, Jiang Yi received a text message from Zhao Zheng, asking her to report his safety when she went back.

Jiang Yi read this text message three times before replying with the word "good".

The funeral parlor was gloomy, and there were sobs everywhere he went, Jiang Yi didn't cry that day, and went through the process as if he was doing a business business. Unlike others, she was the only one who sent her grandmother, and this was the only thing that made her a little sad, but it was also a habitual thing. It's duckweed, and it's okay to enjoy it freely.

At night, Jiang arrived at the high-speed rail station and took the car back to his hometown. When I arrived at the hotel, I sent a WeChat message to Zhao Zheng to report that he was safe, but he fell asleep without much chat. The next day, according to the previous appointment, I went to visit the person, and then went to the cemetery to handle the matter. After the end, he rushed back to Shanghai non-stop.

Returning home from the train station, the leakage is even worse. As soon as Jiang dropped his bag, he rushed into the bathroom, rinsing himself from head to toe to wash away the smell from that small town. She realized that she was still afraid of that person, that prison. She fled to Shanghai back then, and she is leaving as if she were fleeing today.

The bathroom was steaming, and she stayed too long and was a little dizzy before she approved the bath towel to come out. My hair didn't dry, and the water droplets were dripping all the way. She flipped out her mobile phone and wanted to contact Zhao Zheng, but she flipped out his name, her fingers hung in the air, and she still didn't make the call.

Since his grandmother left, Jiang Yi began to feel the aimlessness of life more and more times.

She thought that the wounds of the past had healed themselves, but when she returned to her hometown to see that person this time, she realized more deeply that the shadow of her childhood was not so easy to shake off. For the past four years, I was supporting my grandmother, chased by the fear of lack of money, and now I suddenly lost the original focus of my life, and I stopped to look at myself, and I felt strange.

I think I am exquisite, but in fact I am vulnerable.

After Jiang Yi sent a WeChat message to Zhao Zheng to report his safety, he fell asleep after taking a sleeping pill.

Zhao Zheng hasn't seen Jiang Yi for two days, and he can't say that he is crazy about lovesickness every other three autumns, but he was in a good mood when he went to pick her up from work on Monday. Jiang Yi got off work very early this day, and almost stepped on it, which was very different from her style. She didn't let Zhao Zheng park the car farther away, but asked him to wait downstairs directly. He vaguely felt strange, but Jiang walked step by step and sat in his car full of vigor, he dispelled this idea again.

"I got off work very early today." Zhao Zheng said.

Jiang Yi hummed a small tune: "Life and work must be balanced." My boss was also happy to take me a vacation. ”

Zhao Zheng raised his eyebrows, and he couldn't figure out the reason for Jiang Yi's sudden opening for a while, so he followed her words and asked, "Let's go on vacation together?" ”

Jiang Yi's eyes narrowed slightly: "I said that I want to take normal steps, but you are a bit of a jump." ”

Zhao Zheng realized that he had dug a pit for himself before, and he sighed: "How do I walk here, isn't it up to you to decide?" ”

"That's right, don't talk about it. Do you have firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea at home? ”

"Huh?"

"I've eaten the food you've cooked so many times, it's time for me to show off my skills."

Zhao Zheng was suspicious in his heart, how much was Jiang Yi stimulated when he went home this time?