I answered the phone, and the next moment came Lao Jin's hoarse voice, which was highly recognizable: "Why did you kid remember to call me today?" ”

I replied with a hippie smile, "Tell me about your rich life after retirement...... Have you been square dancing lately, looking for a new dance partner or something? ”

"Don't be big or small, just say something quickly, I'm drinking with a few old brothers here."

As soon as Lao Jin said this, I immediately put away my ridicule, but when I was about to talk about borrowing money, I felt a little nervous in my heart, this nervousness stemmed from the fact that I put my last hope on him, if he also found an excuse not to borrow, I really had no way, and I also felt sad for myself over the years, because I really didn't meet a few bad friends.

I subconsciously lit a cigarette before saying to Lao Jin: "Uncle Jin, I want to borrow 100,000 yuan from you......"

"Borrow 100,000 yuan from me! …… Come, first of all, what are you borrowing this money for? ”

Lao Jin's parental tone made me feel a little uncomfortable, and I was thinking about whether to tell him the truth, because I knew that he had always hoped that I could do a career with Jin Qiu, and I wanted to be honest, borrowing money must be yellow!

I still couldn't make up my mind to deceive Lao Jin, so I whispered, "My friend and I plan to open a piano shop together...... Now the house has been rented, but there is a lack of money for decoration and pre-publicity...... Uncle Jin, I don't ask for your help lightly, this career is really important to me! ”

I seem to be able to feel the change in the relationship between the old Kim on the other end of the phone. Sure enough, he said to me in an unhappy tone: "Jiang Qiao, you bastard, is it a head made of wood lumps?" …… I told you a good story before, and asked you to do something for Jin Qiu...... Will Jin Qiu treat you badly, or will my old Jin treat you badly? Do you have to do a piano shop......"

I don't speak, I feel like a grandchild! Over the years, Lao Jin has taught me like this, if you don't push me to be anxious, I usually won't talk back, not to mention that at this time, I still pointed to borrowing money from him, and I couldn't resist.

"By the way, what is a piano shop?"

I hurriedly replied, "It's music training, and I also sell some musical instruments here...... Uncle Jin, this thing is really reliable. Moreover, I borrowed money from you, and it is not that I will not pay you back, so you will save the rivers and lakes in an emergency! ”

Although I said sincerely, Lao Jin didn't buy it at all, and he chased after me and asked, "Tell me about it first...... Why did you go to help Jin Qiu, it's like asking for your life...... Our whole family didn't treat you as an outsider, you Jiangqiao can't do this! ”

Originally, in the process of conflict with Jin Qiu, I was very aggrieved, and Lao Jin blamed me like this, so I didn't want to hide it anymore, so I said bluntly: "I just don't want to do things with your family Jin Qiu...... Because she's too businessman, too calculating...... I went to see her that day. I offered to do the wedding execution for her without a problem, but I had to give me the right to set the price, and I didn't depend on her current wedding company financially, but she suspected that I would cut corners in the execution for her own benefit, so she didn't accept my request...... Uncle Jin, you stand on a fair position to help me evaluate the reason, if you don't even have the most basic trust, then how can you cooperate? …… Anyway, I Jiangqiao won't be her puppet! ”

I thought that Lao Jin would favor Jin Qiu, but I didn't expect him to reply after a period of silence: "There is such a thing!" …… Jiang Qiao, don't be busy borrowing money from me first, I'll talk to this girl Jin Qiu tonight...... It's a bit of a bully to do that. ”

"Uncle Jin, forget it...... Jin Qiu is the temper of a businessman, it is useless for you to say it, anyway, from her standpoint, there is nothing wrong with such a request......"

Before I could finish my sentence, Lao Jin interrupted: "My Lao Jin doesn't protect the calf...... I'll talk to her about this, and let her honestly contract all the business of the wedding to you...... You wait for my news! ”

After Lao Jin finished speaking, he hung up the phone, but I couldn't react a little, and muttered to myself after a while: "Why are you waiting for your news...... Can't borrow the money?! ”

……

After ending the call with Lao Jin, I paid the money I had just eaten with a little depression. The moment I walked out of the noodle shop, the night seemed to be deeper, and I felt a sense of sadness that I didn't know where to go!

I walked all the way back to Tulip Road, but I didn't want to go home immediately, so I sat on a bench in front of the convenience store, looking at the streets that were obviously much more deserted than the city center, and even lost my interest in smoking.

I took out my phone from my pocket again, and there was an unread message from Xiao Ai on WeChat, and she called me a "like maniac".

I smiled and immediately messaged her: "How was it like to go to Japan for the second time?" ”

"There was food, there was drink, there were friends...... It's pleasant! …… What about you, what does it feel like to stay in Nanjing every day? …… It must be great! ”

"Why do you think it's great?"

Xiao Ai replied to the message after a while: "I saw the circle of friends you posted, I really envy you in a luxury store, you are ruthlessly extravagant!" ”

I looked up and smiled, then put my phone aside and finally lit myself a Nanjing cigarette...... I want to finish smoking this cigarette and then reply to Xiao Ai's message.

But he didn't want to, Xiao Ai sent another message: "By the way, Jiang Qiao, Yuan Zhen still has some spare money here, and he can take it out for the decoration of the piano store, you can send me an account number...... Tomorrow, I'll go to the bank here and send it to you. ”

I stared at this information for a long time, and I felt a little uncomfortable in my heart, saying that this piano store is the product of our cooperation, and now everything is done by her, so how can it be considered cooperation?

After being silent for a long time, I finally replied to Xiao Ai: "I have a way to deal with money, so don't worry about it." ”

"You borrowed it?"

"It's not a big problem...... You can rest assured. ”

"Okay, then I won't borrow it from Yuan Zhen first...... The decoration thing, when I go back, let's discuss it, and then we can start to do it. ”

"When are you coming back?"

"This time I spent a lot of time in Japan, about five days to a week, and I had to change places in between."

Xiao Ai's answer made me breathe a sigh of relief, because there was plenty of time left for me to raise money, after all, Lao Jin could fight for it again, but it really didn't work, so I cried and went to find Luo Sumei.

……

I turned around and went to the convenience store to buy a pack of cigarettes, and when I came out again, a taxi was parked on the side of the road, and then I saw Su Han walking out of the car, and she seemed to have given up the change that the driver gave her.

I just watched her in the light of the street lamp, silently walking towards me. At this time, she is at least a woman who has reached a middle-class income, but she does not pursue famous brands, and she is not as individual as she used to dress up. She just wore a very simple long cardigan with a pair of ordinary peans on her feet. This is a change in her, so much so that I don't remember that there was once a woman named Yu Ya, who was actually her.

I confronted her under the neon lights of the convenience store, and I remembered that she was a smoker, so I opened the cigarette case, pulled out one, and handed it to her.

"No more smoking."

I was a little surprised, but I didn't force it, I put the cigarette that was originally going to be given to her into my mouth, lit it and took a puff, and said to her: "I went to Qiao Ye today...... He was confined, his parents did not agree with him and Qin Miao's divorce, and Qin Miao's parents did not agree, I am afraid that things are frozen, you have to be mentally prepared. ”

Su Han fell into silence, I didn't know how to comfort her, I could only look at her with a sympathetic gaze, the tattoo on her arm was still there, but she deliberately covered it, only the small piece on her wrist was still looming...... This woman has changed too much for Qiao Ye, whether it is from Su Han to Yu Ya, or from Yu Ya to Su Han again...... Every change must be accompanied by unforgettable pain.

At the door of the convenience store, under the flashing neon, she finally opened her mouth and asked me, "What about Qiao Ye, what does Qiao Ye think now?" ”

My hand subconsciously rubbed it on my pants, and after wiping off the sweat of my hands, I replied: "He said that he wanted Qin Miao to give birth to the child, and then he would take it abroad to raise it...... I think this idea is so unrealistic! ”

But he didn't want Su Han to reply: "Why not actually...... I don't mind raising him and Qin Miao's children. ”

"Even if you don't mind, can Qin Miao let go? …… Will the parents of both of them be able to let go? …… You and Qiao Ye are both adults with ** personalities, but in this matter, I really don't know what you guys think! ”

My extreme incomprehension did not affect Su Han's feelings, and she said to me calmly: "In the matter of children, I respect Qiao Ye's position, his thoughts are actually very simple and simple...... He said that if this child was handed over to Qin Miao and his family to raise, he would be another Qiao Ye in the future, full of willfulness, loneliness and extreme insecurity, because his family never felt like a family, and every member was indifferent, and some only had the desire to make money. hope, especially his father...... And if the child is brought abroad by us to be raised, we will definitely give him (her) the warmest family and the best education. Being with us is the best place for children! ”

At this moment, I only felt that my perception was challenged and subverted......

After smoking the cigarette in my hand, I raised my head to look at Su Han and replied, "Your words sound very reasonable...... But Qin Miao, as well as Qiao Ye's parents, couldn't listen to a word. ”

"I know."

I don't know if it was Su Han's words that affected my mood, or because this night was too bleak, my heart was sour, and I asked Su Han again: "What do you think yourself, and what are your plans in the future?" ”

"You help me tell Qiao Ye...... I will always wait for him in Nanjing, when he can be free, and then continue our life. ”

Su Han's attitude made me feel the trickiness of the matter, because none of the parties involved were willing to regress. Then, this kind of strife will continue indefinitely.

I can't imagine what Qiao Ye's parents would do to her if they knew that Su Han also came to Nanjing, and Su Han at this moment was no longer something that could be sent away with money a few years ago.

……

After leaving the convenience store and returning to my accommodation alone, it was already 12 o'clock in the evening. I didn't want to sleep, so I lay on the bed and took out my tablet, I wanted to see the video of the large-scale live broadcast party hosted by Chen Yi tonight.

In the process of looking for a recording and broadcasting, I unexpectedly saw a news item on the Internet, which was about Chen Yi...... In this party, because she reported the wrong hotline number for the audience's voting, she caused a very strict live broadcast accident, which also affected the quality of the party.

I was stunned at first, and I couldn't believe my eyes in disbelief, how could Chen Yi, who has always been steady, make such a big mistake in the live broadcast? And she has been preparing for this party for so long, she should be in the best shape to host.

I hurriedly put down the tablet in my hand, put on my coat and got out of bed, and then came to the door of Chen Yi's small courtyard......

I knocked on the door several times, but no one answered, and I looked at the crack in the door, and there was no light in the room.

I immediately became worried about her, this should be the biggest setback in her hosting career, and it was at such a large live broadcast party!

Standing in her doorway for a while, I decided to give her a call, but her phone was already turned off.

Having lived together for so long, I really know her character too well. Every time she was injured or walked into a low point in her life, she always suffered it silently. At this moment, she must be on the edge of something that others can't see, maybe crying, maybe helplessly walking in the boundless night.

My heart aches because of her pain...... I didn't want to rest at all, so when I walked to the alley, I flagged down a taxi and drove to her home near the TV station.

I didn't know what I could do for her at the moment, but I instinctively wanted to stand by her side and accompany her through this frustrating night.

……

The road was smooth late at night, and the taxi came to Danfeng Street after a twenty-minute drive. I was standing downstairs in the community, looking up at the floor where Chen Yi lived, and it was also pitch black. I hesitated for a long time and didn't have the courage to go up, because there were her parents there, they were the people I didn't want to face in this world, and I wasn't sure if Chen Yi would come back.

After lighting a cigarette, I sat on the bench downstairs in the night, and finally realized how Chen Yi felt when I went to Taipei without news......

We don't have to fall in love, we can say ruthless words to each other, but when the other party is not having a good time, we are still the one he (she) cares about the most!

Because of more than 20 years of getting along, we have lived in each other's bones and blood......

Stepping on the first cigarette I didn't know it was I was smoking, I finally lifted my head that had been hanging down, and my vision was full of weak neon, I was used to nights like this, but I was very concerned about the distance caused by not being able to connect with each other.

We are all living people, not those buildings that are destined to die, so why can't we get closer at this moment?

I tried to call Chen Yi again, but I didn't get through once. Even though he knew that his behavior was stupid and couldn't change anything, he was still willing to just sit like this......

Time passed away little by little with the night, and the distant east revealed a touch of fish belly white, and the sky was almost dawn!