When Zhou Jiyou arrived in New York, the first thing he did was to go to the apartment he had booked.

After getting off the plane, it was six o'clock in the morning local time.

She didn't know the landlord's schedule, so instead of making a hasty call, she got on the bus to Manhattan, took out a sticky note with a detailed address from her purse, and looked down at the line.

She thought that every time she picked up a pen and wrote Chinese characters in the future, she might think of Shen Feibai unguardedly.

In a casual way, he drew a talisman on her heart.

Five years will kick off, miss him, miss him very much......

The residential apartment was found by Zhou Qiyang and Tuo Muhe, which is very close to Columbia University, a large bedroom that can be rented for a long time, and the roommates are all Chinese students.

Both the rent and the price of goods are relatively cheap in the vicinity of Columbia.

Zhou Jiyou stays here, the master's class is once a week, and she needs a job to make ends meet, otherwise she will only sit and eat.

The qiē here is very unfamiliar to her, and she has to ask Mu He for help to write an application advertisement on the website.

People who are accustomed to independence in the country are forced to adapt to the rhythm of life and the human environment in a foreign country, and language communication is the biggest obstacle.

She couldn't open her mouth to ask for help from others, and she resisted stubbornly alone, relying on the stubbornness in her bones to meet all kinds of challenges.

She is also a character who does not admit defeat, she has never encountered too many setbacks in life, and whenever she encounters difficulties, her mood will be extremely bad.

It was also at this time, in the dead of night, leaning on the head of the bed and looking out the window, that she suddenly realized that she had never wandered in Beijing alone, and if it were not for Lei An and his wife to take care of her back, she would not have been able to move back to her hukou so smoothly, and she would not have owned a small apartment so quickly.

She wasn't as independent and tough as she thought she was, and in a truly unaccompanied, she couldn't even apply for a job in her own job, and no art agency wanted to hire a teacher who couldn't teach in English.

If it weren't for Mu He's matchmaking and recommending her to be a tutor for the daughter of a wealthy Chinese businessman, she might really need to rely on the three million thrown to her by Jiang Ruhui to support her living expenses after countless job searches.

The monthly rent is $830, and the grid bill is about $30 per room with her roommates.

Just when she was planning to do her best to find a stable job, the unexpected happened.

The daughter of a wealthy Chinese businessman had just turned nine years old, and she was spoiled by her family, rude and willful, disobedient in every class, and deliberately made trouble.

Zhou Jiyou said something heavy, she was noisy; Zhou Jiyou let go and ignored it, she was even more fearless.

One day, the girl let out a little devil's laugh and threw paint on her chest, and the colorful paint juice wet the white dress, and her whole skirt was completely ruined.

She didn't want to bother with her, she just reached out and prepared to take back the paint box from the girl's hand to prevent her from making trouble again.

The girl will be mistaken, seeing that her face is cold, she is subconsciously defensive, and at the moment when her hand reaches over, she grabs her wrist and bites her mouth, and she is ruthless.

The hot pain hit, Zhou Jiyou scolded angrily, grabbed the girl's jawbone, and forced her to loosen her mouth.

Her right wrist was bitten by her, and there were two bloody marks with tooth marks.

She gasped, and the girl jumped off the table, slamming into her head like a bull as she looked down at the wound.

Zhou Jiyou dodged, but because the distance was too close, he was still hit hard in the abdomen by her when he passed by.

She couldn't take it anymore and caught up with her, grabbing her collar with her left hand.

When she got it, she dragged her to her, but the pain in her lower abdomen made her unable to exert her strength anymore.

As soon as she let go, the girl was able to get out, and she could not see her weak and painful face, and in order to protect herself, she pushed her with all her might, and then fled with her short legs.

Zhou Jiyou frowned, cold sweat was dripping, this push was impossible to prevent.

She didn't hold it steady, her elbow propped up on the wall, but she couldn't hold it because it happened to be her injured right hand, and she pounced and sat on the ground.

There was an extremely dull sound, and in the surging pain, it seemed as if something was passing from her body......

The girl ran downstairs to complain to her mother, who followed her back to the attic.

Sunlight poured down through the sloping windows of the roof, and dust flew in the air.

A slender figure fell from the floor next to the wall, twitching and groaning. Moaning, muttering, shouting a person's name, shattered so hard that I can't hear it clearly.

On the chest, clumps of dried up marks; Body. Below, wisps and wisps of vivid trickle.

Impermanent karma, a tragic battlefield.

The girl's mother was shocked and called out to the nanny, instinctively covering her daughter's eyes.

……

Zhou Jiyou was rushed to the hospital, and the white doctor told her that the miscarriage caused heavy bleeding and that she needed to be cleared.

Her mind was confused, and it took a long time to extract the key words from the sentences, and her mouth was blankly open, she lay under the cold white light of the operating table, tears came and went, and she could no longer feel any pain, and all her nerves seemed to be paralyzed.

The girl's mother notified Mu He, and Mu He immediately called Zhou Qiyang after getting the news, and Zhou Qiyang did not delay and booked the earliest flight to New York.

He rushed to the hospital, but his friend, who had always been silent, showed him for the first time that he wanted to say something.

The two stood outside the ward, and Mu He said, "The child is gone." ”

Zhou Qiyang nodded, indicating that he knew, and then bypassed him to prepare to go in.

As soon as his hand touched the doorknob, Mu He remained motionless, and then said: "There is a fracture in the right wrist, and the doctor said that it was an old injury five months ago, and it has been caused by aseptic necrosis. ”

Zhou Qiyang Huo Ran turned around.

Mu He still stood in place, lowered his head, and looked at the ground: "I want to use the knife and perform open reduction and internal fixation." The doctor also took a small bone from her abdominal cavity and grafted it to the place where her wrist was injured. ”

A bolt from the blue.

Zhou Qiyang's lips moved: "...... Can you still draw? ”

"Mild disability depends on post-recuperation. It's best to ......," Mu He paused, "Touch the brush less, hold the pen for too long, and don't use force." ”

Zhou Qiyang was a little out of breath, his hand slipped off the handle, and he asked, "She already knows?" ”

Mu He was silent and leaned lightly against the wall behind him, "After she knows, she asks the same question as you." ”

"Will I still be able to draw in the future?"

"If you don't want it, you don't want it."

"Huh...... Retribution. ”

***

The girl's family paid for all the medical expenses, and in addition to that, offered to pay a sum of compensation.

Zhou Jiyou is very quiet, the sun rises and sets, day by day, she seems to have lost her voice, not saying a word.

Out of guilt, Mu He came to the hospital to visit her every day, and he would bring all kinds of Chinese meals, the dishes were sumptuous, and the dishes changed every day.

Zhou Qiyang sensed something strange and judged his intentions with a scrutinizing eye.

Walking out of the ward, Mu He still had a cold look: "Don't always stare at me, just be entrusted by others." ”

"Who?" Zhou Qiyang was puzzled.

Mu He looked at him and asked rhetorically: "Who do you say can be the person related to her in New York?" ”

Zhou Qiyang had a flash of inspiration: "Sophie? ”

Mu He didn't say a word, glanced at him, and walked away.

One morning, when the drizzle washed the window, Zhou Qiyang stood by the window when he suddenly heard a voice calling him softly.

"Brother......

He was shocked, thinking that he was hallucinating, and when he looked back, Zhou Jiyou's eyes were on him, and his face was as pale as ever.

"It's time for you to go home."

Zhou Qiyang walked to the side of the bed and smiled slightly: "I'm on vacation, what's the hurry." ”

"I'm fine, you don't have to worry about me." She said calmly.

Zhou Qiyang blocked her with words: "I know if you are good or not, you don't need to sue me." ”

Zhou Jiyou lowered his head: "Really...... I'm so good. ”

I don't know who to tell it to, whether it's him or herself. Zhou Qiyang smiled: "Let's not talk about this first, are you hungry, I don't know what good dishes Mu He sent today." ”

"Brother......" Zhou Jiyou still lowered his head, "Go back, you've been here long enough." ”

Zhou Qiyang sighed silently and said vaguely: "After a while, I'll talk about it later." ”

"I'll be discharged tomorrow. Just tomorrow. She raised her stubborn eyes.

Zhou Qiyang was a little angry, he turned his eyes away from her, and rolled back and forth countless times, but in the end he couldn't speak.

"You promised me to get better sooner, and I'll leave." He eventually compromised.

Zhou Jiyou didn't say anything, she seemed to understand the source of his anger, and her words were sincere: "I can't tell him about his affairs clearly, don't blame him for my situation, don't sue him, don't sue him, don't sue him, don't sue him, okay?" ”

Zhou Qiyang couldn't understand it, and he rarely could really understand her.

"You're divided?"

"Nope." She then quickly asked, "So the child will still have it, right?" ”

Clean eyes stared at him persistently, like a drowning man struggling to grasp the driftwood.

So far he had known her, he had never seen her weak, and he had never thought that there would be such a day when she would suddenly fall and lock him firmly with this bewildering gaze of survival.

Zhou Qiyang involuntarily softened his attitude: "There will be, so you have to cheer up quickly." ”

The next day, Zhou Jiyou was discharged from the hospital, and Zhou Qiyang returned to China.

Mu He sent him to the airport, sat in the car, and Zhou Qiyang begged him: "My sister will be handed over to you for the time being." You helped her find this job with good intentions, and no one can predict an accident, so I don't blame you for it. ”

His elbows were propped up on the edge of the window, and his feelings swelled up, he pinched his five fingers, and his bones rattled, "If it weren't for seeing her as a child, I would really want to ......" gritted his teeth and didn't go on.

Mu He drove silently, his eyes were quiet.

After a while, Zhou Qiyang spoke again: "If the grandfather and grandson can reconcile, you can help find an opportunity to lubricate in the middle." ”

Mu He: "There is one thing ......"

With his pause, Zhou Qiyang looked at him with his eyes: "Huh? ”

Mu He observed the road conditions, and then glanced at him lightly: "I don't seem to tell you who the landlord of that apartment is." ”

Zhou Qiyang raised his eyebrows slightly.

Mu He looked ahead, and his tone was normal: "Otherwise, why do you think the rent is so cheap." ”