At the same time, Luci was sitting alone in the study, with a blanket draped over her, leaning on the sofa, feeling the loneliness brought to her by this huge villa. Just now she felt tired, went back to the bedroom and took a nap on the bed for a while, but she felt the "ghost press bed" that she hadn't felt for a long time. She lay on the bed like that, as if she saw gray blurry shadows moving around the bed, one after another, bustling but silent. She was also unable to make a sound, and she could only close her eyes as she watched the filthy things come towards her, as if she were pressed against a large rock, making her unable to move.

There is no end to escape. She knows.

She had to try to keep her eyes open after calming down, then closed them, and the cycle continued, and she gradually came to her senses in a burst of palpitations.

At this moment, she was leaning on the sofa, the constant temperature of twenty-five degrees could not resist the cold emanating from the bottom of her heart, she kept her eyes open, not letting herself sleep, not letting herself fall into that boundless nightmare again.

She still remembered Helan Qiubai's surprised expression when she learned from Lu Shuye's mouth that she was a psychic physique, and after being surprised, she smiled and said, No wonder we can become a family.

Helan Qiubai was born in the countryside, and her parents were feudal and conservative people, so when Helan Qiubai was very young, her mother found that she was a girl with a special physique.

Helan Qiubai has always been very bold, sometimes whoever dies in the village will give Helan Qiubai a dream, she is not afraid, but she told her mother one by one, the mother is very afraid that her daughter will encounter disasters in the future, so she implored the great immortal to pass on the skill of the spirit medium to Helan Qiubai. Over time, Helan Qiubai was like that great immortal, taking this as a commonplace thing, and was not afraid. Not only that, Helan Qiubai can also use this to control other people with the same physique, which is why she was able to make Qiao Yixia, who had been safe and sound for a long time, suddenly collide with evil.

At that time, Lu Shuye happily said to Lu Xifei, in this way, Cangcang not only has a ring to protect herself, but you can also protect her in Qiubai.

Lu Xi's empty eyes widened, thinking about Lu Shuye's words at that time, and laughing.

The silence was broken by an abrupt ringtone, and Luci picked up her phone, looked at the name on it, and pressed the answer button: "I don't have time, and I don't think I need to go back." ”

Helan Qiubai on the other end smiled lowly: "Xifei, are you angry with me?" ”

"This kind of childish behavior of anger will not happen to me. Even if you want to be angry, it depends on who the object is, and whether it is worth it for me to be angry with her. ”

"Okay." Helan Qiubai sighed, "You are stubborn, no one can say anything about what you decide, in this case, I will no longer persuade you, but on Chinese New Year's Eve, you must remember to eat dumplings." Also, remember to give yourself a bowl of longevity noodles. ”

Lucy hung up the phone, returned to the desk, flipped through the materials, and wanted to revise the lecture script she had already written, the lecture at Cambridge University was scheduled for a week later, and she lied casually in order to coax Qiao Yixia to go home with peace of mind. Although she has given lectures at many universities, she will never slack off every time, and will repeatedly improve her lecture scripts, striving to share the most useful things with the students who are studying.

Since you can't sleep, you can numb yourself by working.

At eleven o'clock, Qiao Yixia came to the phone, Luxi hooked the corners of her mouth and answered the phone, but she didn't make a sound on the other end of the phone, and the two of them just listened to each other's breathing, and no one spoke for a while.

"If you don't speak, I'll hang up." Lucy teased her.

There was a burst of laughter: "No. ”

"Why not?"

"Because I don't agree."

So they fell into the scene of smirking at each other but not knowing what to say. Probably everyone in love is like this, even if they are smart and arrogant like them, when facing their loved ones, they are always incoherent, just listening to each other's laughter, and then smirking together, embarrassing together, they will feel so happy.

Lucy burst into laughter, and said to her in a pretended deep voice, "You know, no one has ever dared to say a word to me. ”

"Now, this man has appeared."

Luci Fei was not poor with her, and pursed his lips and ignored her. After a while, Qiao Yixia said: "Do you know, my mother and my aunt have found eight blind dates for me, I think I have to be busy this holiday." ”

originally wanted to tease Lu Xifei and make her feel a little crisis, but Lu Xifei was very calm: "Well, then you should pay attention to the combination of work and rest, don't get tired." ”

"Look at your attitude, generally speaking, if one of the couples is forced to go on a blind date by the family, shouldn't the other person be so nervous that he can't eat or sleep?"

"It's just that you should be allowed to see more knowledge, how ignorant and vulgar those mortals are, so that you can realize more that I am otherworldly and unique." Luci's voice was very peaceful, and there was no embarrassment or awkwardness in the slightest. That's right, anyway, every time she boasts about herself, she is always so unfazed.

"Yes." Qiao Yixia pursed her lips and teased, "Then I was hooked by a young talent, don't be sad." ”

"If what you're talking about really happens, it only proves one thing."

"What?"

"It can only prove that you finally realized that your IQ is not enough to match me, and under low self-esteem, you have to find an ordinary person with an average IQ to live at will."

Thus, this late-night conversation ended with Professor Lu's unrestrained boasting. Qiao Yixia swore that she had lived for more than 20 years, and she had never seen anyone as narcissistic as Lu Xifei, and if she was asked to write a paper on the topic of "On the Advantages of Lu Xifei", it is estimated that Lu Xifei could directly publish a book.

But even so, Qiao Yixia still likes her, and she likes her very much.

Qiao Yixia flipped out the recording of Fang Cai's call from the text on her mobile phone, and then used the software to cut out what she said, leaving only Lu Xifei's voice. Qiao Yixia put on the headphones and listened to her gentle voice over and over again, as if she was by her side and never left for a moment.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was Chinese New Year's Eve, and on this day, Qiao Yixia made a sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve dinner for the family according to the recipe provided by Lu Xixi. Although she is not squeamish in her bones, there are many maids in the family, and she is generally not needed to do these things. Qiao's father looked at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner prepared by his daughter, at least the appearance was good, and he also showed a rare smile when he had never smiled.

"It's a lot of progress, at least it's much better than your mother." Father Qiao sandwiched a shrimp and nodded and said.

Qiao's mother was a little displeased when she heard this, but she just smiled and talked to him. Qiao's father has always doted on his wife, and his family background is good, so after getting married, Qiao's mother rarely cooks, and only occasionally thinks of cooking a meal on a whim, but the taste can be imagined.

"Why didn't I find out that my daughter had a talent for being a chef?" Qiao's mother looked at Qiao Yixia's eyes with great love, and her words were gentle enough to drown.

"I met a friend who is a good cook."

Qiao's father raised his eyebrows and glanced at Qiao's mother, obviously, both of them were surprised and happy, the daughter has been arrogant since she was a child, and she can't get along with others, and now she has a friend who she takes the initiative to admit, which is really a rare thing.

"That's rare, it's a girl, isn't it?" Qiao's father said.

Qiao Yixia nodded: "Mom has seen it." ”

Hearing Qiao Yixia say this, Qiao's mother frowned, recalled it carefully, and then suddenly said, "Oh, it's the girl who was in the hospital before, right?" Tall, beautiful. ”

She is a psychologist who graduated from Princeton and is also an associate professor at the University of California. Talking about Lu Xifei, Qiao Yixia felt inexplicably proud. I can't wait to tell all the good things about Luci to my parents.

Father Qiao nodded approvingly: "Very powerful girl, not bad, not bad." ”

"I didn't expect that girl to become an associate professor at a young age, and she was really young and promising." Qiao's mother glanced at Qiao's father and said with a smile, "Have you ever seen that girl, she is very beautiful, like a movie star." No wonder he can become a friend of our family. ”

Hearing Qiao's mother say this, Qiao's father's voice became low, and he turned on the preaching mode again: "Look at you, why can't you change the problem of judging people by their appearance." Looks can certainly add points to a person, but it is by no means the only criterion for judging a person. Good character, good morality, and talent, this is the most important thing. ”

"Cut." Qiao's mother smiled and glanced at Qiao's father, "If I hadn't judged people by their appearance back then, would I have taken a fancy to you?" ”

Qiao's father and Qiao's mother's relationship has always been very good, the two of them met when they were in college, and they were each other's first love, at that time, Qiao's father was suave, Yushu was in the wind, Qiao's mother was a flower of the foreign language department, very beautiful, there were many excellent boys chasing, but at a glance I took a fancy to Qiao's father, who didn't know how to talk and didn't know how to be romantic, many years later, Qiao's mother told Qiao's father, in fact, she was very naïve, just to see him handsome.

However, it seems that judging people by their appearance is not completely undesirable, at least for Qiao's mother, she has found the best home in her life.

“surprise！”

The three of them looked at her who suddenly appeared, dressed in red, playful and cute, and thought to themselves that they were going to ask the cook to add a few more dishes.