Qiao Le suppressed the anger in his heart, smiled and asked the little girl beside him, "When is the weekend at the beginning of the month?" ”

"November 6th, or the 5th, I forgot about it, in short, it was early that morning, Sister Jia Yi said herself......" Xiaoya didn't say anything but laughed weirdly.

November 5th was the day of Qiao Le's birthday party......

His gaze was gloomy, floating, yet heavy—it was low, as if it had come out of a dark corner, clinging to the cold ground, and its sharp horns were so desperate that the slightest touch of it would have cut and bleed all over its body.

Jia Yi brought out the new products in the store one by one, so that everyone could be the first batch of diners.

"This is Lily Monroe, does it remind everyone of the photo of Marilyn Monroe in a white dress?" Saying that, she made a Marilyn Monroe classic move, put her hand on her apron, half-bent over, and covered her mouth in surprise, and everyone was amused.

Only Qiao Le, with an expressionless face, but there was something hot burning in his eyes, wanting to ruin something.

Jia Yi picked up another drink from the table and proudly introduced: "This is a tree of innocence. As she said that, she solemnly handed it to Mark, and the commotion began to pour in from all sides.

Gao Qu looked at the cup in her hand, and suddenly became anxious and depressed for some reason, and the coaxing of everyone made him feel unbearable, so he had to turn his body to the side, turn his back to the downstairs, and drink the wine in the cup in one gulp.

Just as Jia Yi was still immersed in a joyful and enthusiastic atmosphere, her hand was suddenly grabbed by a person who came to her side at some point, she turned her head and saw a face that was so blue that it was chilling-Qiao Le?!

She was in a daze, not believing that the outrageous face belonged to Qiao Le, but her hand was indeed scratched painfully—she couldn't have been drunk enough to be unconscious.

"What's wrong?" She asked in a low voice.

Qiao Le didn't answer, and tried to pull her outside.

Jia Yi wanted to refuse, but he was afraid that the pull between the two would cause chaos on the scene, so he smiled and excused himself, "I'll go out and get something." He let Qiao Le pull him away.

Everyone didn't pay much attention, only Gao Qu upstairs, although he turned around, but his afterglow and ears always followed Jia Yi, seeing her being pulled away by Qiao Le, he put down the cup in his hand, but said to Xiao Yin who was sitting on the side with an excuse, "You stay here, I'll go downstairs and pour wine, and I'll be back soon." ”

He couldn't wait for Xiao Yin to respond and went downstairs, and when he followed the two of them to the backyard, he couldn't help but glance back at Mark, who was still sitting in the house chatting happily with Jiang Yuan and the others.

Jia Yi was pulled into the open space in the backyard by Qiao Le, and she kept trying to break free on the way, but was pulled tighter by Qiao Le.

She was a little angry, shook off Qiao Le, and asked, "Qiao Le, do you know that it hurts?" ”

Qiao Le's angry face squeezed out a smile, and the corners of his left mouth were raised high, which made Jia Yi feel even more flustered.

"Pain? Does it hurt more than sleeping with a man? He slowly approached her.

"Qiao Le, what are you talking about?" She stared at him in astonishment.

"Your downstairs neighbors have all sued me, and you didn't show up on my birthday night because you didn't open the store at all, but-" He bit his lip and quickly let go and said, "It's about spending ** with men, right?" ”

Jia Yi realized that her lie that day was exposed, and she was caught in another lie that she had fabricated herself, she only shook her head desperately and said, "No, no, that's a misunderstanding......"

"Misunderstanding? Then your intimacy phobia is also a misunderstanding? He pressed forward until she took several steps back, "Say, have you been lying to me?" ”

She didn't speak, she just shook her head, she couldn't believe that the invectives were coming from the mouth of the friend who had once made her so trusting.

"What bullshit close-to-heart phobia?! Hmph, I actually believed it back then, am I stupid in your eyes? He looked at her who was weak in front of him, but laughed at himself first.

"I, I've never thought you're stupid......"

Qiao Le didn't seem to hear what she said, and continued to sneer: "I'm really stupid, I thought you were afraid of physical contact with boys, so I overcame all the **, couldn't help but hold your hand, couldn't help but hug you, and fought with people who tried to get close to you, afraid that you would touch me, and watched you fall, do you know how much my heart hurt at that time?" Just to protect you, afraid that you will be hurt because of contact, afraid that you will leave me, I am so stupid, so stupid......"

His pain was gradually lost and his voice was pulled out of his body little by little, and he could see at a glance the first love hidden deep in the young man's heart, which was the first love that he regarded as a treasure despite the rust at this time—but it was also the "friendship" she achieved with her selfish intentions.

Jia Yi only cried and stood in place, but he didn't know that Qiao Le suddenly pounced, he grabbed her arm tightly and couldn't allow her to move, she didn't dare to look at the extremely distorted face, and shouted a few words in her mouth, "Qiao Le let go", but he was only attacked more fiercely, he hugged her tightly as if he was going to stuff her into his chest.

"Does it hurt? Does it hurt? Do you have my pain? Four years, five years, nine years, almost ten years, do you have any pain in me? He yelled at her heartbreakingly.

She didn't answer, but she just cried, trying to struggle, without the strength or courage to do so—after all, she had been so guilty.

Gao Qu had already looked at the two of them from a short distance, but he didn't step forward, he was looking forward to Jia Yi's answer just like Qiao Le. But suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of another familiar figure also standing on the other side of the doorway.

It was Mark, and he came out at some point, which made Gao Qu stunned, and what was even more surprising was that he was just standing aside, like a bystander—a bystander that even Gao Qu didn't want to be.

Qiao Le still grabbed Jia Yi's shoulder, but his eyes became more and more sharp, and said, "Liang Jia Yi, it turns out that you have been lying to me, the university is, the birthday is, and now you still have to continue to pretend to be reserved and not admit it, right?" ”

"No, Qiao Le, no...... "Jia Yi said with a crying voice.

"Liang Jiayi, what kind of intimate phobia is also a lie, let's say, how many people have you deceived with this trick, so that everyone thinks that you are innocent, and you are innocent, do you know how cheap you are now? Fighting with Gao Qu without any scruples, is it that if he takes money to open a store for you, you will be willing to do anything......"

"Qiao Le!" Gao Qu finally spoke, he didn't expect Qiao Le's words to have no lower limit, and he also noticed that Mark, who was motionless not far away, gradually became strange.

Gao Qu is worried about Jia Yi, but seems to be more worried about what Mark thinks of her.

After he finished speaking, he stepped forward directly, grabbed Qiao Le's wrist, used his dexterity to make him have to let go of his hand, and turned his head sideways and said in his ear: "Qiao Le, there is still Xiao Yin in the house, you don't want her to make trouble and let her family know, right?" ”

Qiao Le rolled his eyes at Gao Qu, who was holding his hand, and then turned his gaze to Jia Yi and said, "This is the power of your methods, look, a man is coming immediately." ”

Gao Qu smiled and hooked his hand around Qiao Le's shoulder, and with another flip, he tightly controlled him, trying to pull him away, while persuading: "Qiao Le, Liang Jiayi and I are also friends, she is a woman, and you can't be like this as a man, right, come on, come on, what can't you drink and have a good time, let's go, let's go together." ”

In fact, Gao Qu almost spent all his strength dragging Qiao Le away, before leaving, he looked at Jia Yi, whose eyes were red and swollen from crying, and didn't say anything to her, he just felt that his heart was suddenly hit by something, his flesh and blood were blurred, and the pain was endless.

But he still didn't say a word to her, only turned his head to look at Mark, who was standing on the side, and looked at her again, until Mark nodded knowingly, and then he pulled Qiao Le into the house.

At that moment he knew everyone's sore spots, but he didn't know his own—so when he left the backyard, he looked back at Mark and Jia Yi, and he still wondered why he didn't feel the slightest sense of victory, even though he had taken Qiao Le away so quickly, guarded his cousin, and knew so many secrets about that woman, he was so sad now.

Jia Yi has not completely recovered from Qiao Le's unbridled scolding just now, she slowly squatted down, unable to support, unable to cry, she has never cried in front of Qiao Le, she has always felt that he is the same as his name, always brings her happiness, and the man who made her trust said to her all the embarrassing words such as "cheap", "deceitful", "means" and so on this special day tonight.

She cried, but not only because she had been humiliated, she realized that she was far more unbearable than Qiao Le had described, and she blamed herself but knew that it would not help.

She cried because she was vague about her identity, and she finally realized that she could never be a tree of innocence, she was a thorny rose, and she complained about the desolation around her.

Mark walked slowly over to Jia Yi and squatted down with her after they left, hesitating to touch the poor woman with his hands, after all, he also knew her secret. After hesitating again and again, he still gently put his hand on Jia Yi's shoulder, rubbed her thin shoulders, and called her.

Guided by his healing voice, Jia Yi slowly raised her head, a puddle of clear water in her eyes couldn't hide the dense red silk on the riverbed, and the lower part of her eyes was already very swollen, her nose twitched, only looking at Mark, but she couldn't speak for a long time.

What could she say?

She wants to explain?

She wants to ask for a hug, comfort or even a kiss?

She couldn't do anything......

His hand was on her shoulder, but Jia Yi felt as if he was trying to separate herself, to prevent her from falling into his arms at any moment.

That arm separated the distance between her and his arms, and separated the galaxy that she and the warm world could not cross.

Mark picked up Jiayi, handed her a tissue, and sat with her on a stone chair outside, facing a corner of the South Shore Plaza, which was shining neon at the moment, so charming to the eye.