Xiao Ai and I walked side by side in the direction of the hospital, and when we reached the last intersection, Xiao Ai suddenly let go of my hand, and then said to me: "I'll go back first, I don't want to meet him." ”

I looked at her a little surprised, but she smiled at me, and then replied: "I'll go find Yu Xin to come out and sit for a while, she just came back from abroad yesterday, we haven't seen each other for a long time, I really want to talk to her." ”

"Zhao Mu comes to my side, you go to find Yu Xin...... What the hell is going on in your heart, can you tell me about it? ”

"You regard Zhao Mu as a brother, and I also regard Yu Xin as a sister, I just suddenly thought of her......" After a pause, she added: "Don't you think Zhao Mu is a person who can make me think of Yu Xin?" …… He ruined half of Yu Xin's life! ”

I could hear the dissatisfaction in Xiao Ai's tone, but I didn't know how to respond, and Xiao Ai also handed me some of the dishes she was carrying, and then reached out to stop a passing taxi.

I watched her leave, but my doubts grew even more. Because since she decided to stay in Nanjing, no matter what the wind and waves, she chose to face them bravely. Only dodged Zhao Mu, what did she do this? And how did she get along with Zhao Mu in the group?

I just stood there and thought about it for a moment, but I didn't come up with a single reason. The next moment, Zhao Mu's car stopped beside me, he opened the window and looked at the vegetables I was carrying, and asked me, "Brother Qiao, did you go to the supermarket to buy vegetables?" ”

"Well, it just happened, I'll go up with you. There are also many wards on the 12th floor, so you don't have to find them yourself. As I spoke, I got into Zhao Mu's car. But it wasn't a long journey, we didn't talk again, but Zhao Mu received two work-related phone calls, and I was idle.

……

After Zhao Mu parked the car, we went to the hospital together, and while waiting for the elevator, I finally asked him, "How is your work lately, are you quite busy?" ”

"I'm very busy, I haven't been idle, especially since Xiao Ai entered Jinding Real Estate, everyone in the group is in danger, for fear of standing on the wrong team, and then bringing disaster to themselves."

I smiled and replied, "Doom! Is it that exaggerated? ”

Zhao Mu said with a serious expression: "It's not an exaggeration at all. To be honest, not many people were optimistic about Xiao Ai at the beginning, but recently many people have changed their minds and have to reconsider their positions......" Speaking of this, Zhao Mu sighed and said: "Now it seems that Xiao Ai and Li Zishan are both ruthless characters, no matter who controls the group in the end, they will definitely wash the other side in blood...... If they are cleared out of the group, at least in the whole of Nanjing, there will not be any group like Jinding Real Estate, giving them so many places to make money and water. You may not know that Jinding Real Estate now has at least two or three properties in Nanjing as a small project manager! ”

I nodded, and only replied after a while: "Although Li Zishan's woman is not right, she has indeed contributed to the whole group, and in the past few years of her management, the group has not only not gone downhill, but also done a lot of reputable and best-selling real estate projects in the country, she is a capable woman!" ”

Zhao Mu let out a sigh of relief, then looked at me and said, "So now it seems that the standards that define good people and bad people have changed. In the entire Jinding Real Estate, except for Mr. Xiao's old subordinates who have lost real power, no one thinks that Xiao Ai, who recently broke in, is a good person...... Because everyone thinks that she doesn't have the ability and business vision of Li Zishan, she will move the cake of the vested interests if she breaks in so recklessly...... So Brother Qiao, who are the good people and who are the bad people? ”

I was silent for a long time, and then replied, "There are gods in the head, and there will always be an answer in the end." ”

Zhao Mu straightened his tie, then smiled, and didn't speak again, and then the elevator arrived, and we got on the elevator together, extending the silence after that to the door of Yang Jin's ward.

……

Pushing open the door and walking in, Yang Jin was lying on the hospital bed reading a financial magazine, her mood did not seem to be affected by the upcoming radiotherapy and chemotherapy, at least it seemed that she was very calm.

Zhao Mu put the fruit on the tablet at the head of the bed and said to her, "Auntie, I should have come to see you this afternoon, but there are too many things in the group, so I have delayed it until now...... By the way, this is the fruit I bought for you, which is imported from abroad, and it is said that it is pollution-free and can be eaten with confidence. ”

Yang Jin put down the magazine in his hand, said "thank you" to Zhao Mu, and asked me to move a chair for Zhao Mu to sit down. After Zhao Mu sat down, she asked Zhao Mu about some work matters, and Zhao Mu answered them one by one.

After a short silence, Yang Jin said with great emotion: "When I was still in Nanjing, I was very good friends with your mother, and she also worked in a textile factory, but then the efficiency of the factory was not very good, so she began to follow your father to the river to fish...... This is really hard work in the wind and rain, but she can endure all these hardships without complaint...... I, Yang Jin, have never admired anyone in my life, but your mother is an exception! It's a pity that such a responsible woman who can endure hardships is not favored by God! ”

When Yang Jin said this, her eyes were faintly filled with tears, I knew that she also felt a little guilty in her heart, because I had dragged down Zhao Chu and Zhao Mu's family to a certain extent.

Zhao Mu kept listening, and after Yang Jin finished speaking, he spoke again and comforted: "Auntie, my dad and my mom are that kind of character, if the past can be chosen again, they will definitely do the same as they did at the beginning." ”

Yang Jin looked at Zhao Mu, and then asked, "What about you, if you are given another chance to choose, then do you still want Jiang Qiao, the brother who dragged down your family?" ”

At this moment, not only Zhao Mu, but even I was full of astonishment, because Yang Jin's question came too suddenly and too sensitively, and this sensitivity was only for me and Zhao Mu.

Zhao Mu looked at me, and then said to Yang Jin very firmly: "Auntie, Brother Qiao and I are brothers for life, I will never forget the sacrifices he has made for me over the years, if it were not for him, there would be no me today...... He gave me so many choices in life, and he never gave up on me! ”

Yang Jin nodded, but didn't say anything more, and after this topic, the nurse came in, and she told Yang Jin to rest early, because adequate sleep is a guarantee to strengthen her resistance.

After leaving the ward, I sent Zhao Mu to the parking lot of the hospital, and when he was about to leave, I said to him sincerely: "No matter what kind of road you have to go in the future, I hope you can remember your original intention...... This sentence is also said to myself. We have been brothers for so long in this life, and we may not have such a fate in the next life, so I cherish it in my heart...... Over the years, I have met countless people and countless friends, but for me, I still feel that you and Zhao Chu are the most attentive. Since you guys, no one has been able to arouse me to go to a barbecue and drink beer...... I really miss those days when I was in the same boat through thick and thin, as long as the brothers are together, no matter how difficult the days are, they will be treated as a fart, and the stink will pass! ”

Zhao Mu smiled, and then gave me a thumbs up; Then he got into his car and left, and I watched him disappear into the night, farther and farther away from me...... My heart is a little sad, because I don't know where he lives anymore because I don't know where he lives when I don't look up and don't look down. The only thing that is certain is that his current home must be spacious and luxurious......

……

A moment after Zhao Mu left, I also left the hospital. On the way back to Tulip Road, I slowed down and thought about a lot of things. As for friendship, I prepared for the worst, but I didn't seem to have the determination to be ruthless.

Halfway through, I received a call from Xiao Ai, who said that she and Yu Xin were in a coffee shop near Nanjing University of the Arts, and that they were almost done chatting, and asked me to pick her up.

I immediately turned the car around, then picked the nearest road and drove in the direction of Nanjing University of the Arts......

I have been to this café where they are before, because it is only for students' business, so the consumption is very low, and Xiao Ai and Yu Xin chose this place to miss some kind of affection...... As far as I know, in Xiao Ai's college career, the only one who can be regarded as her friend is Yu Xin.

I parked the car, and Xiao Ai walked out of the café with Yu Xin, and then stood face to face with me.

I was more concerned about Yu Xin's current situation, so I took the initiative to ask her, "What have you been busy with lately?" I heard that you are going abroad again. ”

Yu Xin looked at me, then replied with a slightly lost smile: "I have come full circle in the entertainment industry, and I haven't found a direction for my life...... Therefore, I went back to work in the performing arts group, and I won't toss like this in the future, because my talent and ability are destined to go so far, and it's good to be a performer so down-to-earth. I don't want to have that star dream when I'm young when I'm awake, I don't want to do it anymore......"

Speaking of this, Yu Xin took out a box of ladies from her pocket, then took one out of it and put it in her mouth...... At this moment, the vitality and youthfulness of the student days can no longer be found on her face, she is already a mature woman, and her body is full of regrets and stories that she can't get.

I gave her a reassuring smile and replied, "Another woman who has seen through the red dust, but there is nothing wrong with that." Although the performing arts group is not as good as the entertainment industry, it is at least a stable and decent job. ”

"Yes, it's pretty stable and decent."

Speaking of which, Yu Xin seems to have lost the ** that she continued to talk to me. She said, Xiao Ai and I have something to do tomorrow, and then urged us to leave quickly.

But after Xiao Ai and I got into the car, she didn't leave. She placed the long black satchel on the ground, and sat down beside a flower-pond, she never looked up, the wind blew her long hair in a mess, and she lit another cigarette in the wind...... At this moment, I couldn't believe that she was a woman with a decent job, she looked decadent, especially the feeling when she had a cigarette between her slender fingers, her legs pulling out a slender shadow under the streetlight, full of loneliness and loneliness......

At this moment, I really feel sorry for her, but I can't do anything, these are all from her poor heart to see too much prosperity and luxury, so she still can't really forgive her poverty.

But there is one thing I can't figure out: what makes such a well-versed woman so pitiful...... I've almost forgotten what she looked like when I first saw her. I only vaguely remember that although she had not yet graduated, she was already a girl between students and social people!

On the way back, Xiao Ai and I didn't talk about Yu Xin's affairs anymore, because compared to the regrets that Yu Xin encountered, there are also a lot of things to deal with between us, and everything always has a result, and before the result comes out, we really don't have much mood to talk about others.

……

When I returned to my apartment, the first thing I did was to move my daily necessities to Xiao Ai's room. I didn't mean anything other than to sleep with her......

Xiao Ai blocked the door and asked me, "What are you doing here?" ”

I didn't know the bottom of my heart, so I said nonsense: "The ceiling light on my side is broken, so I'll go to your side for a night first." ”

"Be honest, there's a room over there!"

I cheekily replied, "I can't see the room at all, only the light in your room...... Get out of the way, I want to sleep with you. ”

Xiao Ai held me hard to prevent me from entering, and then said to me, "No. ”

"Why can't it work, isn't it just a matter of course? Hurry up and let me in. ”

"You can go in if you want, but you have to promise me one thing."

"A hundred pieces will do, you can say it quickly."

Xiao Ai looked at me and replied, "Don't let me get pregnant...... This child, we have to give birth in an absolutely safe environment, if the regrets of the past happen again, I will really die! ”

All my strength seemed to have suddenly leaked after her words. I just looked at her, and gradually saw the dark days for her, but thankfully, it was not so-and-so who was standing in front of me at this moment, but the most real her.

I lit a cigarette and tried to calm myself down before I said to her, "I'll go down and buy a set." ”

Xiao Ai looked at me speechlessly, and only replied after a while: "I appreciate your consciousness and persistence!" ”

"Really?"

"Really, go ahead...... Buy a few more boxes, it's not easy to go downstairs once at such a height. ”

Xiao Ai said that the cloud was light and light, but I clearly saw a trace of shyness in her eyes...... So, I wanted to be a brick thrown from the upper floor, hard enough, strong enough!