"Just stop at the intersection in front of you." Seeing that he was about to reach the foot of the mountain, he thought that he could be sure that Qiao Yixia was safe.

After Lu Xifei got out of the car, the driver lowered the window and said to Lu Xifei, who was about to leave: "Girl, the road here is not easy to walk, be careful." Remember to add more clothes, you wear too little, it is easy to catch a cold. ”

No matter when, good-looking people will always make people like it a little more, although Lu Xifei is a little mean, but with a good look, the driver still can't help but want to tell her a few more words.

The cold wind blew Luxi into a headache, and she walked in the snowy world with her woolen coat in her arms, but she didn't want the sweater that had been stained with dirt to stain Qiao Yixia's coat of her own, so when the gust of wind hit, she only had a thin sweater to keep out the cold.

The bell rang out at an inopportune time, and looking at the unfamiliar number on the phone screen, Lucy pressed the answer button.

When Qiao Yixia returned to Lu Xifei's house, there was a long and graceful young woman standing outside the iron fence gate, and it was not difficult to recognize that person was Helan Qiubai. Seeing Qiao Yixia appear, Helan Qiubai was stunned at first, and then Wan'er, it was a smile exclusive to Helan Qiubai, beautiful and deep. Helan Qiubai was dressed in a graceful manner, wearing a white high-necked mink fleece sweater inside, a royal blue woolen coat on the outside, and a pair of Martin boots, which made her already tall look even taller.

"Miss Joe."

"Miss Helan is here to find Professor Lu."

Helan Qiubai smiled even deeper: "However, now I don't want to look for her." If Miss Qiao is free, would you like to go and sit together? ”

Qiao Yixia and Helan Qiubai went to a literary café not far from the mountain, perhaps because of the weather, there were not many people, the two of them picked a window position, the store put Feng Feifei's "Dream Chaser", the owner was a forest girl in her early twenties, and she was humming a song in her mouth.

"Yesterday the weather forecast said it would snow, but it did snow." Helan Qiubai stirred the rich coffee in the cup with a small iron spoon, and his tone was as light as a bowl of boiled water, "Xifei must be very unhappy." ”

Qiao Yixia didn't respond, lowered her eyes, as if thinking about something.

"The first time I saw Xihua was on a snowy day like this. She was only sixteen years old. Helan Qiubai stopped stirring the coffee, as if she had a lot to say, but finally sighed and looked up at Qiao Yixia, "Didn't she mention anything to you about Xifei before?" ”

Qiao Yixia said, "I didn't ask. ”

Helan Qiubai laughed lightly, she really deserves to be a person who can see Lu Xifei, this arrogance is really a fight with her, she doesn't say whether she mentioned it, only that she didn't ask.

"Xi Fei quarreled with you." Not a question, but a bland declarative sentence. is so confident that Helan Qiubai.

This time, Qiao Yixia was stunned. Helan Qiubai saw that she was at a loss, brushed her hair and said, "The last time I saw such a heavy snowfall was ten years ago. Helan Qiubai's face finally became completely stern, the bridge of her nose was very straight, the outline was very deep, and Yan Sù's serious expression easily gave people a sense of oppression, "The last time I saw Shuye was ten years ago. ”

At the mention of this name, Helan Qiubai's eyes were a little white, but she took a breath and quickly returned to normal: "Xifei's own brother, Lu Shuye." It's been ten years since he was killed. ”

Thinking that when he went to Lu's house that day, Lu Xifei picked up vegetables for the "brother" beside him, Qiao Yixia suddenly felt a palpitation. Come to think of it, Lucy must have a very good relationship with her brother. However, the pain of the death of a loved one can never be empathized, and only the person concerned can deeply experience the pain of the skin, the pain of life is worse than death. Just like when Xiaohui left him.

At that time, she knelt outside the morgue, hot tears staining her cheeks and even piercing the heavy floor, but no matter how much she shouted, how much she prayed that it was her who was killed, time could not give her another chance.

In fact, many times the living people are not necessarily luckier, because they have to spend their lives remembering the person who is long gone.

"I've heard Shuye say early on that his sister is a genius and a treasure he holds in the palm of his hand. Shuye is a sister-loving madman, and Xi Fei, the little fairy who can be seen from a distance and cannot be blasphemed in the eyes of outsiders, is always high, and only in front of his brother will he smile like a child. Helan Qiubai's eyes seemed to be filled with something, "The elder brother calls the younger sister Cangcang, the younger sister calls the elder brother boundless, Shuye said, this is what they have agreed on since childhood." At that time, Xifei had just entered elementary school, only five years old, and she had already memorized poems, and when she read the sky and the wild, she was very happy, and kept repeating the wild and wild to the book, and the book was in order to tease her, so she said to her that the sky was firm. ”

"Shuye said that Xi Fei is the person he cherishes in the world, and if you want to be with him, you have to accept that he will always put his sister first, and I accepted it. Because Xifei is a girl who can't help but cherish. He has done a lot of unbelievable things for Xi Fei, he always says that Xi Fei is a genius, in fact, in my opinion he is a real genius, because he is seven years old with Xi Fei, he does not dare to skip a grade, he is afraid that his sister will have no one to take care of him when he goes abroad, so he went to college step by step, when Xi Fei was a freshman, Shuye was a senior like me, and chose to continue to stay at Harvard for graduate school, the relationship between the two brothers and sisters is good, far beyond the imagination of others. ”

"But I'm not jealous, really." Helan Qiubai smiled, but it was extremely bitter, "When I was in my second year of research, we got married, and I think I am the happiest person in the world." I really love Xi Fei as my own sister. If. ”

When she said this, she didn't continue, but changed the conversation and said: "That day ten years ago, it was also a snowy day like this. I, Shuye, and Xiyu, were walking around the campus of Harvard, and I helped their brother and sister take pictures, and the two people who were usually like wood always laughed very happily as long as they were with each other. ”

"But that day, the two siblings quarreled for the first time."

Helan Qiubai's tears finally dripped down and slammed them on the table, and Su Rui's song "Heartache Feeling" was now playing in the store, perhaps it was also Helan Qiubai's heart at this moment.

"Xi Fei said, brother, if you have a wife, you will forget your sister, you used to call me Cangcang, but now I have changed my name to Xi Fei, what, are you afraid that your sister-in-law will be jealous?"

Shuye said, it's just a title, why should you mind it so much. Xi Fei was not angry, but after listening to Shuye's words, she became serious, she said, because that was what I agreed with you, you promised me, and I promised you. Shuye laughed and said that she was naïve, and she was still so childish at the age of eighteen. After that, she has been depressed, and after not long she left, she said that she would go back to review her homework first. She walked very slowly, I could see that she wanted Shuye to chase her, even if it was just to coax her, but Shuye didn't, Shuye told me that he had always been too used to his sister, and if this continued, he was worried that one day he would not be by her side, and she would have a hard time getting used to it. ”

Hot tears choked Helan Qiubai's throat, she took the tissue handed by Qiao Yixia, clenched her fists and calmed her mood: "That night, something happened to Xi Fei, and that day, a perverted murderer that the FBI had been tracking finally shot again, but it was Xi Fei who was kidnapped. A well-known agent of the FBI befriended Shuye, informed Shuno of the specific situation as soon as possible, and agreed to his participation in the case tracking investigation. ”

"Shuye, he's almost crazy."

"As for the ending, you should know, Xihua is safe and sound, and Shuye ......" Helan Qiubai swallowed all the tears stiffly, wiped the tears off his face, and stubbornly smiled: "I didn't expect that one day I would be able to recall the events of ten years ago so calmly." ”

"Xifei's paranoia has also existed since then. She didn't forget that memory, but she forgot about Shuno's death. In her impression, Shuno did not leave, but only amputated his legs and replaced them with prosthetic limbs. But this has become the nightmare of my life. ”

Qiao Yixia didn't know how to describe her mood at the moment, she suddenly felt that maybe there were really two people in the world who were attracted to each other because they had the same experience, no wonder Lucy was already on top, and she got a qiē but couldn't get happiness. Because she is like her, she is a person who has been cursed by heaven and will never live in peace.

"I don't hate her." Helan Qiubai lowered her head and took a sip of coffee, "Because Shuye loves her." But she no longer deserves to be happy. ”

Qiao Yixia met Helan Qiubai's eyes, and Helan Qiubai, who had always been gentle and moving, finally showed her eyes full of anger clearly: "You want to say, it's not her fault, she is also a victim." Helan Qiubai nodded, "Yes, so I will still be good to her, as long as she is not happy." ”

"I don't care what is right or wrong, I like her, so I will protect her, I want her to live happier than anyone else." Qiao Yixia said word by word, right and wrong, what does it have to do with her, all she cares about is Lu Xifei, and as for right and wrong, she has nothing to do with it at all.

"Like her?" Helan Qiubai laughed heartily as if she had heard a big joke, "I like her, but it's just because she's special to you." But have you ever thought about why she is such a high-ranking person, why should she be good to you for no reason? ”

Helan Qiubai stood up, pressed her hands on the table, leaned over to her, lowered her voice and said to her with a smile: "I don't think I can compare to Miss Qiao's appearance, but Miss Qiao doesn't think that you and I look alike?" ”

Time ticked by, the music in the store was silent, only the gasps and heartbeats of the two people remained, Qiao Yixia looked straight at her, and snorted coldly: "So? ”

"Xifei is just ashamed of me and shameless to face me, your appearance reminds her of me and Shuye. Miss Qiao, if I were you, I would not be willing to be just a substitute, a pawn to pay off debts. ”

Qiao Yixia lowered her eyes, remembering Luxi Fei's gentleness and special to herself, her eyes, her tone, she forced herself to eat the unpalatable dishes she cooked, the first time she cooked for herself, the first time she helped herself solve a case, the first time she kissed herself, she said to herself on the Ferris wheel, if it was you who died, I would not be able to meet you.

"I don't care." Qiao Yixia met her gaze and said sonorously, "I like her, cherish her, and want to take care of her with my life." So don't say it's a chess piece, even if she wants to borrow a knife to kill someone, and I'm the knife, I'm willing. ”