The taxi swept all the way through the streets of the city, and Qi Yun was like an arrow, but the car was going too slowly. Finally stopping in a new city block shaded by evergreen trees, Qi Yun stepped out of the car and saw the large wooden door plaque of the teahouse mentioned by Kwong Sisi on the phone. Qi Yun paid for the car and stepped into the teahouse, which was dimly lit and flowing.

Qi Yun followed the service lady into the box, and saw Kuang Sisi sitting by the window. said that it was by the window, but because the light was blocked by another tall building outside the window, the light was also quite dim, but Kuang Sisi was bizarrely wearing a person with big sunglasses that were almost enough to cover her entire face, Qi Yun sneered and sat opposite her, thinking to himself, it seems that some people really think that they have many star chasers.

The two of them confronted each other in silence for a moment, because of the sunglasses, Kuang Sisi looked at his eyes, and Qi Yun had no way of knowing. Just as she began to hold back and was about to say something, Kwong Sisi sighed faintly and pushed a mobile phone along the desktop.

Qi Yun, who was sitting opposite her, picked up the mobile phone with some confusion, and the mobile phone she used was the same as the IPHONE, but it was already last year's style, and the small rhinestones attached to the shell were a little scattered. Qi Yun heard the person opposite say softly:

"What she wants to say to you, I recorded it in the video, you can open it and watch it yourself. Password...... It's Jongnam's birthday. ”

The movements in Qi Yun's hands froze, and he had mixed feelings. She swiped her finger to open the screensaver, typed in the familiar string of 6-digit numbers, and sure enough, she turned on the phone smoothly.

There is only one one stored in the video file, and it is not very long in terms of time, only more than ten minutes. Kwong Sisi said that this was a passage she recorded "that woman" saying to Qi Yun, who was both curious about what kind of woman she would see in the video, and instinctively feeling fear. She knew it was a Pandora's box, but she couldn't contain her curiosity, and finally clicked on it with a trembling finger.

To her surprise, there was not a bewitching woman in front of the camera, but only the face of a chubby child of two or three years old. It was a boy, white and fat, but not pretty and cute. The two big eyes were a little bit of a match, which made his overall appearance look a little funny, and he certainly wasn't a smart kid by the looks of his face, but then again, this face was by no means offensive.

The little boy looked straight at Qi Yun's face in the camera, looked at it for more than ten seconds, and suddenly smiled at the corners of his mouth, and opened his mouth to shout:

"Sister."

Qi Yun felt a lack of oxygen for a moment, his heart was tightly pinched by a big hand, and it was only a second or two, and cold sweat was dripping on his forehead. In fact, long before the child spoke, she had realized who he was in the light of light.

The child stretched out his hand to grab the camera, and the hand holding the phone seemed to prevent the child from taking the phone, the camera shook a few times irregularly, and the world on the other side of the camera spun quickly and chaotically, and finally shone steadily towards a pair of half-open windows.

White shutters with a green plane tree, an unknown bird fluttering up from the tree, and the babbling of children in the background.

"Miss Qi...... Hello. ”

Qi Yun never saw the woman's face, but from the moment she heard the woman's voice, she seemed to understand her father a little. 's mother was good at singing and dancing when she was young, and she occasionally sang K with her father's friends until she was in her forties, and she could also soar to the highest B3 tone of "Qinghai-Tibet Plateau".

And the woman's voice was a kind of tenderness that was cowardly and a little flattering, and she hurriedly wanted to cater to people. Rao is how much Qi Yun doesn't like this woman, but he has to admit that this kind of gentleness can nourish men's conceit the most, and even the arrogant fantasies hidden in the depths of the soul can be stimulated.

Qi Yun sighed, listened to a voice on his mobile phone and continued:

"Miss Qi, I admit that I was 'arranged' by others to Lao Qi's side at the beginning, and you won't understand some things when they say them, but for people like us, living, and living a little better and suffering less is already the biggest goal of life...... In short, I was brought to Lao Qi, and the man said to Lao Qi: I am the only junior niece and nephew in the countryside who helped one of his classmates a long time ago. Lao Qi is a good person, and he tries his best to help his old classmates in the face, but for me, I only know that Lao Qi is just a powerful person, and it may be the only hope in my life to turn over, as long as I 'take' him, I will have everything you people in the city want, I will have ......"

Qi Yun listened silently, only feeling that what the woman said was not wrong. Although she wanted to despise and dislike the woman out of a self-defensive instinct, who was in a position to despise whom.

"Those people helped me with ideas, and then ...... I'm with Lao Qi. To be fair, Lao Qi is good to me, but I still haven't lived the life that those people say a city woman should live. I thought about it, and felt that it was because I couldn't give birth to a little guy for Lao Qi, in our country, the son is a woman's ...... Lao Qi didn't have a son, and I thought at that time that if I could give birth to a son for Lao Qi, then what he had in the future would be mine. ”

Qi Yun felt a shiver from the bottom of his heart, and heard the sound of teeth chattering. This woman, who has been so selfish and self-righteous to rob her and her family of the peace and happiness that belonged to her, and rightly to do so—but who makes their peace and happiness so vulnerable?

"Miss Qi, if I say this, you may be angry, but I don't have anything to care about. What's more, I've done a lot more than what makes you angry today. It doesn't matter what you think of me, but I still want to tell you: Lao Qi ...... Really not a bad person. I conceived the little one, and I hid it from him. I was thin, and I didn't show much pregnancy until more than 6 months, and he didn't come to me much at that time, and when I met occasionally, I thought I was gaining weight. Later, the little guy grew up in the belly to 7 months, I said to Lao Qi that I was going back to my hometown to do something, Lao Qi gave me a little money, lived in my hometown for half a year, and gave birth to this little guy. ”

"At the beginning, when Lao Qi saw this little guy, he was so angry that he almost had high blood pressure, and yelled at me, like he didn't intend to recognize his son at all." The woman seemed to laugh softly, and then said, "But I am not afraid. The little guy is his, just turned 100 days, even his eyebrows and eyes look exactly the same as Lao Qi, and he is a boy, so he won't want him. What kind of person Lao Qi is, I also know - our mother and son have relied on each other in this life. ”

There was a pause in the voice on the mobile phone, Qi Yun raised his head and took a long breath, leaned back and sat on the bamboo sofa in the teahouse, and muttered to himself:

"If you think Qi Jianguo is a good person, if you think Qi Jianguo is the support of your mother and son in this life...... So why don't you defend him? Now that something like this has happened to him, who will support your mother and son in the future?

Of course, the woman on the phone couldn't hear her full of questions, and she went on to tell her own stories and thoughts.

"However, man is not as good as heaven. Lao Qi's anger has not subsided, and the little guy suddenly had convulsions all over his body at home one day, and he couldn't breathe. I rushed to the hospital, and the doctor told me that the little guy had epilepsy, and although he was saved by resuscitation, he was not sure that he would have it at any time in the future...... The doctor also said that the little guy also had congenital brain dementia, and his movements and brain development were not as good as other children...... Idiot. ”

The woman cried, and a low, painful sobbing voice came from the phone, falling back into the already dimly lit teahouse, and the atmosphere was so depressed that it seemed that the next moment would explode strongly.

"When something like this happened, Lao Qi didn't say anything. He asked me about the situation at home, and I remembered that I had an aunt who was often in a daze and had convulsions all over her body. Later, my aunt had an illness and bit off the root of her tongue and died. ”

"Lao Qi told me: The little guy may also be a hereditary epilepsy. And according to the doctor's opinion, the little one's illness is worse than my aunt's. When my aunt is not sick, she is like a good person, but even if the little one is not sick, she can't go to school like other people's children...... Lao Qi persuaded me at that time that he owed me and would settle it with me. But I'm still young, and I'm always taking such a little guy with me, and it's not easy to walk in the future...... Otherwise, the next time the little one gets sick again, he will ...... Don't cure it. ”

The cries of resentment and despair suppressed on the phone made Qi Yun shudder. She reached out a hand and gently pushed forward, only to touch the shattered light and shadow above the phone in vain.

"But I won't!" The woman screamed, and the fanatical and resolute voice contained in her voice made Qi Yun's heart tremble, "I have been lowly in my life, and I have been looked down upon, I have accepted my fate, but the little guy is what I have worked hard to keep, and he is a son, let him die as soon as he is born, I don't accept my fate!" ”

"Even if I die, I have to save the life of the little one...... I went to talk to Lao Qi myself, and I also talked to the people who introduced me and Lao Qi to know...... I heard in the hospital that there are doctors in foreign countries who can operate on the little guy's disease, so I said to Lao Qi: let him make up 500,000 yuan and send the little guy to a foreign country for treatment, as long as the little guy's illness can be cured, even if it is to repay the love he owes me, I will never look for him again in the future...... As for the little guy, he is willing to give some money occasionally to support him, if he is unwilling, I will take the little guy back to his hometown, or go to the south to work, and I will find an honest man to marry in the future...... Anyway, I've had enough of suffering in this life, but I don't want the little guy to suffer......"

In the woman's intermittent sobbing and confiding, Qi Yun hid his face deeply, as if he wanted to use this action to keep all the pain and anxiety out of his heart. Kuang Sisi was originally a crystal heart and glass person, and when he saw this, he sighed and reached out to turn off his mobile phone.

"The back is the car talk, and that's all it means." Kuang Sisi whispered, "Qi Yun, as far as I know, what this woman said is true. She was originally designed by others to 'shoehorn' Director Qi, she is not ugly, but she is simple-minded and uneducated, in short, she is definitely not a person worthy of Director Qi's real temptation. You also heard it, even the child was born by her secret from Director Qi, but Director Qi is not a ruthless person, and the child was born sick, and he couldn't ignore it...... Director Qi is wrong, but in the end, he just made a forgivable mistake that a man would make...... and Director Qi's 'engagement' money, which is only 500,000 yuan to send the child to Germany for medical treatment, as long as it is ......"

"As far as you know?" Qi Yun raised an eyebrow sneeringly to interrupt her, "Can you tell me how you learned about it, from Director Xiao?" ”

A slight uncomfortable expression flashed over Kwong Sisi's face with big sunglasses, but it was only fleeting. She raised her face and faced Qi Yun without dodging.

"That's right, Xiao Yang and I have an unclear relationship, which is no secret in the small circle...... However, I also confessed to Zong Nan about this matter. ”

"What! You actually said this to your senior brother? ”

Qi Yun slapped the table angrily, his palms were numb for a while, but his heart was wrapped in pain inch by inch, and it was airtight.

"If I didn't agree to the sponsor of the show, I wouldn't have the opportunity to be on the show, I'm a woman, I have nothing but beauty, but I have to roll in the rolling red dust, and finally Xiao Yang kept me by my side, and I still felt happy at that time......"

There was a slight bitterness in Kuang Sisi's voice, "It's useless to talk too much. All I can say is how hard life is for people like us, you won't understand...... However, Zong Nan understood. ”

Qi Yun opened his mouth and wanted to refute, but suddenly thought of the phone call between the two of them the night before his senior brother left. The senior brother's confession like a muttering to himself, as well as the suppressed cry of the man in the middle of the night, seem to be still in his ears. She fell silent. Well, she admitted, the senior brother may really understand.

"Whether you believe it or not, when I finished speaking to Zongnan, he said that he forgave me, and he had agreed to break up. But after that, I regretted it. ”

Kwong Sisi continued very slowly, and the tone of voice was like falling into a memory that did not want to be awakened, "I knelt down and begged him not to let me leave him." I went to meet Xiao Yang for the last time, and it was completely broken. Then the two of us forget about the past, also let go of everything we have, go to a place where no one knows me and doesn't know our past, and start over. ”

Qi Yun's eyes were full of shock and disbelief: "What did you say? Senior brother, he ...... Promised? ”

Kuang Sisi smiled slightly, her face was extremely pretty, although she covered her face at the moment, this smile was still bright and moving.

"Zongnan...... Naturally, he listened to me. We agreed: since my parents are long gone, I will go back to his hometown, meet his parents, set up wine in the village, have a lively wedding, and leave some money for his parents to renovate the house. Then the two of us went to Shanghai together, and one of his classmates worked in a private hospital over there, and he kept encouraging him to go over, to encourage him to pick up the scalpel again, and he wanted to try it; As for me, I went over there to find a small white-collar job and take care of my family...... Zong Nan said, I am an ethnic minority, we can have two children in the future......"

"Sister Sisi!"

Qi Yun couldn't help himself, and tears flowed down his face, like a flood that had been gathering for a long time and suddenly opened the floodgates. Remembering that since her brother left, she didn't seem to have cried for her brother, not because she didn't want to cry, but because she felt hot and painful when she thought about it, her eyes and heart were dry.

Kuang Sisi looked at Qi Yun, soft and gloomy: "Originally, Director Qi sent their mother and son to Germany for treatment, and this matter should be over like this." Director Qi took 500,000 yuan is a big hole, but in the final analysis, it is only 500,000 yuan, everyone thinks of a way together, it may not be possible to return the compensation, Director Qi has always been honest and dedicated to the official, and there is nothing else...... It's just that the child got sick again, and Director Qi didn't refuse to give money, but where did he get so much money for a while? In addition, Director Qi was not very 'obedient' after taking the money, and a horse boy under Xiao Yang sowed discord and instigated the woman to make trouble at your house...... Your mother got angry and the accident got bigger and bigger...... Xiaoyun, I don't know anything about other men, I'm sorry Zong Nan, but I never knew about this matter in advance! ”

Qi Yun nodded, she believed this. Not because of Kuang Sisi's confession today, but because she has occasionally heard of Xiao Yang's relationship with outsiders. Xiao Yang and Kuang Sisi, one is high and powerful, the other is beautiful, but what they covet from each other is nothing more than these, naked transactions, how could Xiao Yang let her know the important things?

At this point, Qi Yun couldn't help but worry about Kuang Sisi:

"Sister Sisi, do you know? They ......"

Qi Yun wanted to speak and stopped, but with Kuang Sisi's cleverness and clarity, how could he not know what she meant. She smiled slightly, a small face hidden behind her sunglasses, almost transparent.

"Of course I do. If Xiao Yang falls into the water this time, I will inevitably get involved...... So, that's why I said I have to see you before noon today...... Half a day later, maybe we'll never see each other again. ”

She opened her delicate half-worn pouch, pulled out a card from it, and slowly pushed it along the tabletop.

"Xiaoyun, the money in this is what Zong Nan and I saved together before we met Xiao Yang...... It was originally intended for our future wedding ...... The money was deposited in Zong Nan's name, and it had been saved for a long time, so even if they wanted to check, they were not afraid. You can rest assured that every cent is clean. ”

Qi Yun's eyes were wide open, lest tears would burst out of his eyes if he was not careful. Kwong Sisi smiled sadly, her mournful expression made her look like a spring flower blooming in the rain and wind.

"How can you say it, do you believe it Qi Yun, we have no more or no less in this card, it is 500,000 ...... At this point, should I think that God has arranged everything? ”

Qi Yun's tears fell heavily again. No, no, no, no, how can she believe it? If there is really God, how can you not give a good old man like Senior Brother the most perfect ending in the world?

Kuang Sisi grabbed the card and wanted to put it in Qi Yun's palm, but Qi Yun instinctively refused, and his palm ached because of this cold and hard little thing. Kuang Sisi's hands were cooler than hers, Qi Yun touched Kuang Sisi's nails, which were extremely thin and brittle, and she couldn't help but remember what her mother once said: A woman who gives birth to such nails is often smart and beautiful, but she is blushing.

"Sister Sisi, ...... you" Qi Yun mustered up the courage to ask, "You'll be fine, right?" ”

Kuang Sisi pulled Qi Yun's hand over, steadily put the card into her palm, and closed Qi Yun's hand again, before taking a long breath and slowly leaning towards the seat.

"Xiaoyun, do you remember? You once asked: Why am I not the one who died? ”

Kwong Sisi smiled tiredly, and her voice revealed endless desolation.

"Actually, every night for so many days, I've been asking myself the same question...... If it was me who died that day, or if Zong Nan and I went to Huangquan together, I think it must be the mercy of fate. It's a pity that fate seems to have always refused to be merciful. ”

Kwong Sisi reached out and slowly took off the sunglasses that covered most of his face. When Qi Yun first entered the private room, she still scolded her for still insisting on wearing sunglasses in this dim light, but now, she can see it clearly.

Even if the glimmer of light from the lattice window of the teahouse was so meager and mottled, it was enough for Qi Yun to see clearly the face that had been stripped of the ornaments, although it was still picturesque, but from one cheekbone to the cheek, it was full of red, terrible scars.

Qi Yun stood up in shock, staring at that shocking face for a long time, and even had difficulty breathing, so he could only support his body with one hand and hold down his beating heart with the other. After a half-stop, he asked sadly:

"Didn't you have cosmetic surgery in time? It's irretrievable! …… Don't you have money in your hands?! ”

She frantically put the card in her hand back into Kuang Sisi's hand, but Kuang Sisi held her hand and shook her head gently:

"Xiaoyun, listen to me. My face...... I've missed a few days, and if I do surgery now, it won't work anymore. Let's talk ...... again."

Kwong Sisi took the card, put it into her bag for Qi Yun, and then zipped the bag. It was only after all this that she straightened up.

"Zong Nan is gone...... I'm going to live alone, that's fine, because he won't want me to go with him. But...... I can't live well alone, I can't do it, you ...... Do you understand? ”

Taking advantage of Qi Yun's shocked and stunned moments, Kuang Sisi put on his sunglasses again, grabbed his handbag, and hurriedly said goodbye.

"I'm leaving, Xiaoyun, take care...... Maybe we'll see each other again, but maybe it's better not to see each other...... Alas, don't say goodbye. ”

Qi Yun's tears blurred his eyes, and he bent down in pain, unable to make a sound. In the tears, she saw a red shadow, which disappeared without a trace.