Tick tick tick.

A drop of water fell on Jinhua's head, Jinhua turned over and pulled the patched brocade quilt on her face, she lay motionless for a while, and soon kicked off the quilt on her body in annoyance and sat up.

It was hot and humid in the attic, and now it was raining.

"Xiaoqing." Jinhua was a little impatient, and shouted at the black staircase of the attic, only to hear a squeaky sound, a head poked out of the staircase, and on the little yellow face, a pair of eyes like black grapes kept rolling, and a shrewd little girl appeared in front of Jinhua.

Seeing this little girl appear in front of him, Jinhua was even more annoyed, "You lazy bones, why did you come." ”

"Miss." Xiaoqing looked at Jinhua with some grievances, and her pitiful appearance made Jinhua feel a little unbearable. Jinhua squinted at Xiaoqing and waved his hand, "Let's go and ask a master to repair the house." ”

Xiaoqing didn't move, glanced at Jinhua, hesitated for a while, boldly moved in front of Jinhua, and whispered: "Miss, if you don't do it first, we have no money." ”

"Lazy bones, I'll let you go, and you'll go!" Jinhua scolded, took out something from the bed and smashed it on Xiaoqing's body, Xiaoqing picked it up and saw that it was a bright gold bracelet, wrapped in fine gold wire, embedded with a ruby the size of a pigeon's egg.

"Bear it." Jinhua didn't look at Xiaoqing, lazily twisted her head to the side against the wall, her voice was a little weak, and then she was silent for a while, then turned her head, looked at Xiaoqing's thin and small back, and said again: "Come back and buy a few eggs, cook them yourself, don't always chew your tongue and say that I have treated you badly." The voice was a little low, and Jinhua didn't care if Xiaoqing heard it or not, and closed his eyes lazily, looking leisurely.

Xiaoqing stayed at the staircase for a while, sniffled, turned her head to look at Jinhua on the bed, her eyes were a little red, but soon she staggered downstairs.

Jinhua heard the sound of Xiaoqing coming downstairs, opened her eyes, the expression on her face was very numb, she sat up, stared at the raindrops splashing on the dilapidated window, and sighed.

The bracelet was her last softness.

Jinhua felt a headache and a little chill for a while. She raised her hand to hook the quilt and wrapped herself in one hand.

It's so cold.

She sat silently for a while, reached out and touched the corners of her eyes, raised her hand to see, there were no tears on her hands, she couldn't even cry now, this is what it means to cry without tears? Jinhua was amused by his own thoughts, grinned, and had three points of elegance, three points of innocence, and three points of softness.

It's still bright and thrilling.

Xiaoqing came back with the repairing master, pedaled upstairs to pray, and couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Jinhua's appearance.

Sister Jin of the Rong family, but the best of the beauties in the rich family of Shanghai, is naturally beautiful and moving, but the Rong family is already in the past, no matter how beautiful a person is, he is a broken household without status, identity, and fancy clothes.

Jinhua saw Xiaoqing standing at the staircase with her whole body wet, staring at herself stupidly, and remembered that there was no oil-paper umbrella at home, knowing that she went out in the heavy rain, seeing that she was thin and small, her heart was soft, and she couldn't help glaring at her and scolded: "Cheap bones, don't you wipe your body with a dry handkerchief when you come back!" Don't get sick and get sick with me! ”

Xiaoqing came back to her senses, saw Jinhua like this, and sighed, this beauty, as soon as she speaks, she will be ruined. So he lowered his head and waved his hand, saying, It's out of the way.

Before he could finish his sentence, he was covered by a blanket over his head. I heard Jinhua start to scold himself for being stupid.

"Sister Jin." Xiaoqing felt warm in her heart, and suddenly knelt in front of Jinhua.

Jinhua was stunned, her face was sickly pale, she stared at Xiaoqing, her eyes were sharp, long, and sighed.

"I'm Rong Jinhua, and I'm not Sister Jin of the Rong family for a long time." As he spoke, he turned his back again, "I'm tired, you can go with your business." ”

"Okay." Xiaoqing still wanted to say something, but seeing Jinhua's gloomy appearance, she couldn't help but shrink her head nervously, and the acquaintance stopped talking and retreated.

When Xiaoqing left, in this pure land that could be called peaceful for the time being, the raging heavy rain finally knocked down the dying window, and the brown dirty window smashed at Jinhua's feet, and the rain hit the window edge and stirred Jinhua's face.

The icy rain and biting cold wind woke Jinhua up, and she looked at the slightly dirty window at her feet, the fortress that had been suppressed for half a year finally collapsed in an instant, and tears and rain poured into her thin body.

She whimpered, sobbing silently.

Hunger, cold, poverty, dilapidated houses, dirty and damp rooms, departed servants, clumsy but thin girls that she couldn't bear to call.

White eyes, ridicule, cold relatives and friends, the dilapidated Rong family, the glory of the past, and the present that is suppressed in her heart day after day and makes her unbearable.

Struggles, pain, the lover who left, the dying feelings, the sweetness of death, the past that she can't forget all the time.

She hated her father's desperateness, her mother's softness and obedience, and even more her loyal affection. She didn't want them to go to Yellow Springs together, at least one of them stayed, she wouldn't be so miserable, at least she didn't have to worry about food for the time being, and she didn't have to worry about whether she had money tomorrow.

Father always has a way, father always has a way, yes, mother too.

But they left without attachment, and the father jumped into the lonely but lively city that surrounded the city day and night, the rushing, cold, gentle but also vicious river, they stared at each other, full of attachment, and went to the first and final life and death together. Death and life are broad, and the son is happy. It's really a couple with deep affection.

But they are selfish, they leave her alone in this cold world!

Jinhua clutched the damp windowsill with her hands, and she couldn't help but grasp the windowsill with every thought of the past, and she vigorously dug her nails into the soft wood soaked by the rain, until she dug out a large piece of coagulated wood chips.

Jinhua didn't know how long she had been standing on the windowsill, and when the sound of Xiaoqing stepping on the stairs woke her up, the rain outside the window had stopped.

The blue and clear sky washed by the rain is as clean and clear as the eyes of foreign children in the concession.

Jinhua stared at the sky, and suddenly jumped away from this place where she could see the outside world, and the sky as clean as a child's eyes made her feel ashamed.

"Miss." This time Xiaoqing's voice was not cowardly, and even a little surprised, Jinhua turned her face and looked at Xiaoqing expressionlessly, she was waiting for Xiaoqing's next sentence to say.

"Miss, can you give me back my deed of sale?" It was not what she expected. The child who let her scold, endure her temper, and once made her think that she would protect and accompany her for a long time is leaving.

Jinhua's face turned white, her legs and feet trembled a little, she opened her mouth, wanted to ask clearly, and saw Xiaoqing talking to herself happily.

"My brother came to pick me up, he's famous now, I can live a good life!" Her eyes were shining, like the morning star in the sky, which was a look that Jinhua had never seen in her eyes before.

Jinhua raised his hand, subconsciously wanting to touch Xiaoqing's head, but he was frightened at Xiaoqing's face.

"Miss, let me go, my brother will give you a lot of money."

She was afraid, afraid that she would not let her go, and Jinhua felt a little sour in her heart.

"Okay." Even Jinhua was a little surprised by his decisiveness: "How much money can your brother give me?" Jinhua was a little lonely in her eyes, but she still asked Xiaoqing with a smile.

When Xiaoqing saw Jinhua smiling, she was not so afraid in her heart, and she bargained with Jinhua like a little adult: "How about two silver dollars?" ”

Jinhua ignored her, just smiled hollowly, she was afraid that she was going to add this little girl to her list of hatred, hating her for abandoning herself?

"I want the most prosperous shop in the city." This time, Jinhua said to the man standing on the stairs behind Xiaoqing, dressed in an officer's uniform, that she was somewhat difficult.

The man looked at Xiaoqing with a doting look on his face, and responded without hesitation. "Okay."

Xiaoqing pouted, obviously dissatisfied with Jinhua's lion and opened her mouth, but when she saw her brother's pampering gaze, she immediately smiled again, and didn't care about it, after all, she would be Miss Jiao in the future, and she was too low in value like this.

"You give me the title deed of the shop, and I will give you Xiaoqing's deed of sale." Jinhua opened his mouth and said indifferently.

The man put his hand into his clothes, fumbled for a while, took out a few title deeds, and took one of them and handed it to Jinhua.

Really prepared, Jinhua smiled. Seeing the man glancing at her, he stopped laughing, and took out a neat stack of pieces of paper from his purse, which was Xiaoqing's deed of sale.

Jinhua took the title deed with his left hand, and the man took Xiaoqing's deed of sale with his right hand, and after that, Jinhua took the title deed into his purse, and the man tore Xiaoqing's deed of sale to shreds.

The brilliance between Xiao Qing's eyes began to become radiant and scorching from the moment the man held the deed of sale, Jin Hua saw her eyebrows and eyes, innocently looking up at the tall and majestic brother standing beside him, those talking eyes were unabashedly full of worship and attachment.

Jinhua felt a little embarrassed that she was caught between them, but fortunately, before she could catch up, Xiaoqing left with a very eye-catching look.

When Xiaoqing left, she stuffed a somewhat hard object into the palm of her hand, and the warm touch made Xiaoqing hold it for a long time.

Jinhua clenched tightly, wanting to send Xiaoqing, Xiaoqing stopped her, she didn't send it, watched Xiaoqing get into a black car in front of the attic window, Xiaoqing waved to her before getting into the car, she nodded, and watched the car carrying Xiaoqing leave, until the car that was getting away finally turned into a small black dot in a foggy haze. Jinhua sighed, lowered her head, spread her palms, and two shiny silver dollars lay in her palms.

"Xiaoqing." Jin Hua sighed and put Yuan Datou into his purse. "It's a kid with a backbone." She suddenly thought of such a sentence, and looked up at the mist in front of the window, and her eyes were dark, with an indescribable meaning. The rain began to fall again, a little bit, and then it became heavier and heavier, and Jinhua curled up into the wet and cold bed wrapped in the quilt, half-closed his eyes, and fell asleep.