Walking on the tulip road that the night had just come, I only felt that my heart was trapped in the night and became more and more tired, I walked to the door of the "Tulip Hotel" with a numb attitude, looking at the flickering neon, and suddenly felt that I needed help very much.

I just stared at the "Wutong Hotel" not far across the road for a while, and then sat down on the bench next to me, I took out my mobile phone from my pocket, and then made a call to Yang Qu.

I lit a cigarette for myself while the phone was not connected, and then lost my mind for a while, until Yang Qu's voice came from the other end of the phone, and I suddenly came back to my senses.

Yang Qu asked me, "Brother, did you call me to ask about the endorsement of that milk tea brand?" ”

"Sort of."

"Didn't my sister-in-law tell you?"

"Well, I just wanted to hear your own opinion on this matter."

Yang Qu replied after a deep groan: "I, I think what my sister-in-law said is quite reasonable, I want to cherish my feathers, this kind of advertising endorsement that is obviously oppressive, or don't accept it." ”

"Then you're not going to save the money to go abroad?"

"Brother, what do you mean? How do I feel like you want me to take that ad endorsement. ”

"That's not what I meant, I'm just sorry for you...... You said that you want to be independent and don't want to rely on us for help, but the cost of going abroad is not a small amount, what should you do then? ”

"My sister-in-law said that the cost of living abroad is not as terrifying as I thought, and I can basically cope with the money in my hand now."

"Do you know what coping means? …… It is to let you not buy luxury goods for a year and a half, live in a cheap apartment, and eat uncomfortably. I ask you, can you stand it? …… Yang Qu, we are going to study abroad, not to suffer, why do we have to make our quality of life drop a lot? ”

Yang Qu thought for a while and replied, "It's the same...... If life abroad is too hard, I won't be able to stand it, after all, it's hard to be frugal from luxury! ”

"Yes...... So I'm giving you a chance to make money now and asking if you want it. ”

After all, Yang Qu is a wealthy lady, and this poor life is her biggest enemy, so when I said this, she immediately aroused her sense of distress, and she asked me eagerly: "What is the opportunity to make money?" ”

"It's easy, and it's an opportunity to make money while standing." After a slight pause, I said to her again: "You persuade your sister-in-law to let her go abroad with you to see your mother in the next few days, and then you can stay there for as long as possible...... If this thing can be done, I will give you a study abroad subsidy of 150,000 yuan a year. ”

After Yang Qu groaned for a while, he said to me: "Is this still saying that you are standing to make money?" I'm almost on my knees below the sea level! ”

I hurriedly calmed her emotions: "Don't get excited, if you can get this done, even if it stabilizes our family relationship, for me, it is definitely not worth a thousand dollars, so I think 150,000 is too little, so I have to get 200,000 anyway...... No, 300,000! ”

Yang Qu asked suspiciously: "Are you sure that I will take my sister-in-law to go around abroad and meet our mother, and there will be a study abroad subsidy of 300,000 yuan every year?" ”

"I'm sure, 100 percent sure. In my heart, there is nothing more important than family harmony, so every word I just said to you was not a joke. ”

"But brother, it's only been a few days since you and my sister-in-law got their marriage certificate, why are you in such a hurry to push her abroad? Are you really worried about our mother? ”

I was silent for a long time before I replied, "Don't ask so much, just do me a favor, and you will all understand later...... Also, you don't have to doubt my feelings for your sister-in-law, I am the man who loves her the most in this world, there is no doubt about that. ”

After a fierce ideological struggle, Yang Qu finally replied: "Okay, if you don't want to say it, I won't ask more...... But what you ask me to do, I'll do my best...... But it's not for the 300,000 yuan a year study abroad subsidy, I just hope you can do well. ”

"Well, do it as soon as possible, if she agrees, you must let her stay abroad for a while longer, as for when she can come back, you wait for my notification."

This time, Yang Qu didn't ask more, but she responded to everything I asked her to do.

After ending the call with Yang Qu, I finally felt a little more relaxed, but I didn't completely put my mind at ease, because I knew that in the current situation, Xiao Ai really couldn't leave. I'm worried that even if Yang Qu is out of the way, she won't be willing to compromise, and I don't have a better way than that.

……

After smoking a cigarette, I rarely lit another one, and after taking a hard puff, I looked up at the moon in the sky and found that it was so round, but what about the people under the moon? It always felt fragmented......

I suddenly remembered Zhao Chu, and I really wanted to know, if he could see what was happening now, would he hate me for dragging down their family, or would he blame Zhao Mugui for being confused? And it was only then that I realized how far apart I had from Zhao Mu, we had been brothers for half a lifetime, but now, there was not even a person around me who could talk and mediate.

Perhaps, it was all predestined!

In a daze, a familiar figure stopped in front of me, I looked up at her, she was dressed in a decent professional attire, her hair was also very dignified, she looked like she had just gotten off the show, and she hadn't had time to remove her makeup.

Chen Yi smiled at me and asked, "Why are you sitting here alone?" ”

"Come out and breathe."

Chen Yi looked around and replied, "I really can't see that on this road, there is a place where the air is better than the roof of the building where you live!" ”

Chen Yi said, sat down next to me, and then asked me again: "I heard that Wu Lei has woken up, I am happy for him and Gu Lin from the bottom of my heart...... However, I don't know why, Gu Lin and I mentioned twice that I wanted to visit Wu Lei, but she refused on the grounds that Wu Lei was not suitable to meet people now, I think it's very strange, just to meet once, it won't bother too much, there's nothing wrong with it, right? ”

Of course I understand the reason, and this is what I am most worried about, because after a long time, everyone will not see Wu Lei show up, and they will definitely have doubts.

Chen Yi asked me again: "Jiangqiao, have you been to see Wu Lei?" ”

"Well, I've seen it once, and my mental state is not particularly good...... So don't rush to visit him during this time, the doctor said that his brain needs to rest, and it is not suitable to receive too much information from the outside world in a short time. ”

Chen Yi nodded, and then replied: "Well, then I'd better find a suitable time to see Wu Lei again." ”

After Chen Yi said this, we fell into silence together...... In the middle of this, my stomach screamed several times because I didn't eat dinner, which made me a little embarrassed.

Chen Yi took out a convenient bag from behind him as if by magic, then handed it to me, and said, "This is the tart and cheesecake I just bought from the cake shop in front of me, you can take it and eat it." ”

I was indeed very hungry, so I was not too polite, I took the cake from Chen Yi's hand, and then said to her with emotion: "After so many years, you still like to eat these two things!" ”

"What's wrong with that? I think it's really tiring to be a fickle person. ”

"It's good, it's good......"

As I spoke, I opened the bag, and Chen Yi looked at me silently, just like those times when I was still carrying my youth. At that time, I would always buy cheesecakes and tarts for her on the day I got paid...... When she eats, I look at her like she looks at me now...... Therefore, I know what kind of feelings are contained behind this silence.

Just when I was about to say something to Chen Yi, my mobile phone on the bench came with a WeChat prompt sound, which was sent by Xiao Ai, she asked me why I had been out for so long, and she had been waiting for me to go back to dinner.

After I put down my phone, I subconsciously looked at Chen Yi...... A sudden feeling of guilt rose in my heart, and then I remembered all these years, and I seemed to owe her a lot. It's like when I chose to take refuge in Shanghai after the fire in the piano shop, and she helped me clean up the mess in Nanjing.

In fact, she is a woman who is very afraid of trouble, and it seems that I am the only one who can make her have no regrets over the years.

I bowed my head......

It didn't take long for the phone to ring in my hand again, and I thought it was Xiao Ai calling to urge, but it was actually Huohuo.

My heart tightened in an instant, because I had an agreement with Huohuo that if there was a major breakthrough in what we were planning, he would call me as soon as possible.