Gu Xinran couldn't help but feel sad every time she thought of this.

Gu Xinran saw that Zhu Xiaowei was very disgusted with her dream, so she had to tell Zhuang Xiaojing about the dream, the best friend is the confidant, and there is almost nothing to talk about between them. came and went, Zhuang Xiaojing became Gu Xinran's dream interpreter.

On this day, Gu Xinran bought some gifts for Zhuang Xiaojing's daughter, and she called: "Xiaojing, Fei Fei looks more cute, right?" You brought her over to play, and I bought her a little gift. ”

Zhuang Xiaojing didn't want to go: "You always spend money on her, which makes me ashamed of my mother, didn't you just buy clothes last time?" She is small now, she can't wear a few pieces, and when she grows up, let her lie to you, chase after you and ask you for something. ”

Gu Xinran smiled: "Okay, I'm looking forward to that day, she is also my baby." ”

"I see you are better than I am to her. Okay, I'll go to you tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, take the opportunity to get the gift back, don't you come over, if you come, I won't have any reason to go out. ”

"Okay, I'll wait for you" Hearing his friend say this, Gu Xinran didn't feel good in his heart, Zhang Minglu must have bullied Zhuang Xiaojing again. After Zhuang Xiaojing gave birth to a child, she never went to work, and she found a nanny to do not do her job, so she simply took care of the child by herself. Zhang Minglu is addicted to alcohol, and he has a lot of entertainment, and it is common for him to get drunk after drinking, but when he is not drinking, he still loves and cares for Zhuang Xiaojing very much. Zhuang Xiaojing and Gu Xinran are together, one is talking about dreams, the other is talking about drunkenness, they are both complaining about their grievances, only when they talk about Xiao Feifei, can the two be happy together. Gu Xinran saw that Xiao Feifei was beautiful and cute, and she liked it from the bottom of her heart, and she felt that she would be satisfied if she could give birth to such a lovely daughter.

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The married life of these two close friends is not perfect, and it is only when they get together that they can relax and be happy, and the jokes and laughter will continue. Zhuang Xiaojing said that Gu Xinran was much quieter than before, so she deliberately teased Gu Xinran and made her happy. Gu Xinran didn't know what she looked like when she was lively and naughty, she felt very far away, and the thing she remembered the most was the nightmares, and the strange man in the dream.

Gu Xinran's married life is not very happy, but it is not very unfortunate, it has come over plainly, maybe this is the true meaning of marriage? Sometimes Gu Xinran feels a little dazed, does her whole life surround her family like this, and then revolve around her children for the rest of her life? It's okay for the time being, but if it's long-term, she won't. Gu Xinran's thoughts were not told to Zhu Xiaowei, because he seemed to be satisfied with this status quo. Gu Xinran read some books on business management some time ago, and recently she has become obsessed with those legal provisions again, and she has carefully studied the cases she saw on the Internet. Zhu Xiaowei once teased her: "What are you doing? Are you ready to work as a family lawyer for me? ”

Gu Xinran smiled, she said half-truthfully: "I want to be everything, it's not that I don't want to be a housewife." ”

"How many people want to be full-time cooks, but they don't have this blessing. Don't get tired of your eyes, you won't look good with your glasses. Zhu Xiaowei didn't notice Gu Xinran's sincerity at all.

Happiness is a very fragile thing, and it is also a very unreliable feeling, you say it's there, it's there, like the emperor's new clothes. If you think about happy things, you feel happy, but when you're depressed, sad things will come uninvited and pile up. Happiness that can't stand scrutiny is self-deception? Gu Xinran, who has no memory, is like a floating object hanging in the air, often unable to find her own whereabouts, and melancholy often comes to disturb her.

On this day, Zhu Xiaowei called: "Xinran, dress up nicely, there is a drinking party tonight." ”

Gu Xinran's brows furrowed slightly: "That, can you not go?" Those people"

"No, everyone brings female companions, and I praised Haikou in front of a few strangers, saying that my wife is the most beautiful, let them see it."

"Okay, I'm going to prepare." Gu Xinran put down her phone and hurriedly went to find the dress, she was looking for it, while thinking about which necklace to wear, Zhu Xiaowei told her that she must be the most shining in front of people. When she packed up and stood in front of the mirror, it felt like she saw a stranger. White dresses, diamond necklaces, gemstone earrings, bracelets, nothing less. Gu Xinran sighed, if these miscellaneous things are removed, she will be a real princess, in her opinion, these external objects are superfluous, they are all vulgar things, but Zhu Xiaowei likes it, there is really no way. At this time, Zhu Xiaowei's phone call came again: "Are you ready?" Then come out quickly, I'll be waiting for you outside. ”

In the next few hours, Gu Xinran spent her days in the bright lights, her smile was a little mechanical, and she accompanied Zhu Xiaowei to meet his friends and clients, she was as unnatural as if she was wearing a mask.

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Before going to bed, Zhang Minglu talked about hugging Zichong Xi again: "Hey, did you talk to Gu Xinran?" What does she mean? ”

"Say what?" Zhuang Xiaojing didn't understand.

"Is it a happy thing to hold a child?"

Zhuang Xiaojing shook her head: "I don't think it's appropriate, we can't meddle in other people's family affairs." ”

"This is to help them, besides, they are so rich, they are afraid to raise an extra child? It's okay to raise ten or eight more. ”

Seeing that her husband was so positive, Zhuang Xiaojing became suspicious: "Hey, didn't you give birth to an illegitimate child outside and were in a hurry to dispose of it, right?" ”

Zhang Minglu really couldn't cry or laugh, he leaned in front of her: "Look, do I look like a hot commodity?" ”

Zhuang Xiaojing glanced at his appearance and snorted for a moment: "Also, it's good to be caught by me, there is no sought-after label." ”

"I'm loyal to you." Zhang Minglu flaunted himself and took his wife in his arms: "Wife, don't guess, I have a way to make all three of the best, I don't know if you agree or not?" ”

"Then you tell me about it."

"I wish my family money, I don't care about raising an extra child, right? Holding one, can you also be happy and bring good luck? Right? As soon as he talked about this topic, Zhang Minglu's eyes began to get excited.

Thinking it was a casual chat, Zhuang Xiaojing nodded.

"You see, I knew you had my back. I don't have to say anything to you, sometimes I'm a little quick-tempered, but most of the time I let you. But our mother's attitude, she is still old feudal, always looking forward to having a grandson, you can see from the treatment of Fei Fei and our nephew, right? Let her take care of Fei Fei, she is always reluctant, let her take care of her nephew Xiaojie, she runs faster than anyone else. ”

Zhuang Xiaojing deeply agrees with this: "Isn't it? She took care of Xiaojie, and she was so happy that her eyes narrowed, and she had to take out her heart, which was called doing her best. But if you look at our daughter, her old man is either uncomfortable here or uncomfortable there, I think she is looking for a reason to shirk, and I can see it if I don't tell you. ”

"I also know that she is thinking of her grandson. Why don't we give her another one and take a risk, even if it's not a grandson, she's dead. ”

Seeing that Zhang Minglu was right, Zhuang Xiaojing really felt that he was whimsical: "Do you have the money to pay the fine?" Superbirth? How dare you think about it. Our family is so poor, you can dream. ”

Zhang Minglu patted her on the shoulder: "It's not okay to think about it?" I want to do it without breaking the law. ”

"Then you can just think nonsense." Zhuang Xiaojing turned off her headlamp.

The lights were turned off, but Zhang Minglu's chatterbox couldn't be closed: "I haven't finished talking yet, we can find a way not to fine." For example, let the Zhu family support our Fei Fei? ”

"Zhang Minglu? Are you still human? Is there still a human smell? ”

Can't imagine that Zhang Minglu has this kind of thought? You want to give away your own daughter? Zhuang Xiaojing's suddenly raised voice and such a fierce reaction startled Zhang Minglu.

Zhang Minglu turned on the light, and hurriedly explained with a smiling face: "It's never too late for you to listen to me." We're helping each other, aren't we? To each according to what he needs? ”

"Take your head? You get the hell out of here now. Zhuang Xiaojing said as she angrily pushed him down. Zhang Minglu is not a vegetarian either, he desperately occupies a position on the top: "What are you doing?" Got something to say? ”

"Can you say it well? Have you ever seen a father who betrayed his daughter? No wonder you're so enthusiastic these days? Giving me political lessons every now and then, it turned out to be brainwashing me? Zhang Minglu, Zhang Minglu, I always thought you were an honest person, but I didn't expect to have this thought? Are you worthy to be a father? Hurry up and get out of here, the farther you go, the better" But after all, the male cong had a lot of strength, Zhuang Xiaojing couldn't push him, so he had to get up angrily, pick up a blanket, and rush out in a few steps.

Fei Fei next door is still sleeping quietly, completely unaware of the danger she is in and the "war" of her parents. Zhuang Xiaojing was afraid of waking up her daughter, so she walked in to take a look, although she couldn't see clearly in the moonlight, she could hear her even breathing and smell the unique fragrance on her body. Smelling her daughter's smell, Zhuang Xiaojing's tears couldn't hold back, and she hurriedly walked out. Zhuang Xiaojing's tossing and turning, so angry that she always wanted to drop something to get angry, if she wasn't afraid that her daughter would be afraid, she would even beat Zhang Minglu violently, is he still human? How did you come up with such a bad idea?

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When Gu Xinran called Zhuang Xiaojing to make an appointment, she obviously heard her low voice, Zhuang Xiaojing said that she had a cold and didn't want to go out, and she didn't let Gu Xinran come to see it, for fear that it would be infected. said that when she was suitable, she would call Gu Xinran.

This is the only family and friend, and he can't be by his side all the time, Gu Xinran feels even more lost. Since Zhuang Xiaojing was unwell, she couldn't continue to bother her, Gu Xinran still had a little question in her heart, maybe it was a quarrel, right? Every time she quarrels, Zhuang Xiaojing's voice is mostly like this, she looks like she has no strength, but since she makes such an excuse, Gu Xinran will not expose her.

After all, in the matter of two people, others still do not have the right to break the casserole.

Gu Xinran has felt a little depressed recently, she can't get together with Zhuang Xiaojing often, she can't talk in her heart, she has nowhere to say, she is under the double pressure of her husband and mother-in-law, one keeps letting her participate in the banquet, and the other urges her to have a child, during this time she even smiled rarely and reluctantly. Her husband's attitude was obviously not good, and he didn't say anything because of it, but Gu Xinran had already felt it.

What's even more terrifying is the mother-in-law. The day before yesterday, when she went to her mother-in-law's house for dinner, she took the initiative to help her mother-in-law work and cut a cucumber, which made Zhu's mother exclaim: "Oh my God, oh my God, you put it down?" Gu Xinran was taken aback, what did he do wrong? Zhu mother snatched half of the cucumber in her hand: "No wonder Xiaowei is getting thinner and thinner, you just cook such a meal for him?" ”

Gu Xinran pursed his mouth, Zhu Xiaowei has gained more than ten pounds after getting married, where did he treat him badly? But she didn't dare say it. Seeing Zhu's mother patting the cucumber angrily: "How do you eat it when you cut it like that?" Haven't you eaten it, haven't you seen it yet? It's really stupid. ”

"I see, I'll do it." Gu Xinran went to take the knife in Zhu's mother's hand, and Zhu's mother glanced at her and handed her the knife. Gu Xinran took another whole cucumber, put it away, and then patted it hard, the effect was good, she was satisfied with herself, and at a glance, she saw her mother-in-law glaring at her coldly, she didn't know why, and quickly explained: "It's a shoot, according to the method you taught"

"You're shooting cucumbers? Or shoot me? I'm really convinced of you, I'll just say a word to you, and you'll shoot me like a cucumber? ”

"Mom, I didn't, I obviously photographed the cucumber" Gu Xinran was a little confused.

"Hmph" Zhu mother sneered: "Obedient listen to the sound, I can't hear your movement?" Does it take so much effort and movement to shoot a cucumber? ”

"Get up." Zhu Mother complained while pushing Gu Xinran away: "In what life did I owe you, and I thought that I would be able to enjoy Qingfu by marrying my daughter-in-law." ”

Gu Xinran stood aside awkwardly, at a loss for a moment. Zhu Mom shouted without raising her head: "Are you really stupid?" You can't do it here, you won't set the dishes, will you? This is the good daughter-in-law my son found for me? I can't work, I can't have children, it just makes me angry, what do you have in your head? What kind of identity and what kind of origin, you yourself don't want to think about how you will repay these four words in the future, and read them a hundred times a day."

Gu Xinran didn't dare to speak anymore, so he lowered his head and frowned to clean up the table, and when his father saw all this, he comforted Gu Xinran: "Your mother is kind and wants to teach you a little more." ”

"Oh." Gu Xinran responded, she swallowed her tears hard, did she teach people so often? The last time she cut the cucumber, she also said that she would cut it into thin slices, saying that it was easy to taste, but now she was not satisfied, she sniffed, not daring to let her mood continue to be low. The nanny whispered, "Aiko, understand." You see, as soon as you come, she doesn't need me to go down to the kitchen, she cleans up by herself. ”

Gu Xinran replied to her with a faint smile.

As soon as Zhu Xiaowei got home, he saw Gu Xinran's aggrieved look, he approached her and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?" Isn't it for my mother to educate again? You, don't be careful."

The tears in Gu Xinran's eyes flashed, and she hurried to tidy up the table, she was afraid that her tears would fall at any time. Zhu Xiaowei turned his head to find his mother: "Mom, Xinran has worked very hard, you don't have anything to educate her." ”

I wish my mother not to be angry with her son, and said angrily: "Is that not because you didn't educate her well?" Wash your hands and eat. ”

Gu Xinran saw Zhu Xiaowei's performance after returning home, and his heart finally felt a little more comfortable, fortunately, he could occasionally say a fair word or two. But as soon as he finished eating, Zhu Xiaowei received a phone call: "What? Well, got it, I'll go over right away. Zhu Xiaowei explained as he walked: "There is something urgent on the company's side, I have to rush over." Glad you go home by yourself, go to bed early, and don't have to wait for me. ”

"Okay." Gu Xinran responded weakly, the subtext of "don't wait for me" is that it is very likely that he will not go home again, and the frequency of use of this word is getting higher and higher.

After cleaning up the dining table, Gu Xinran immediately said goodbye and went home, she didn't want to listen to her mother-in-law's "class" more.

The distance was not far, Gu Xinran wanted to relax, so she didn't call for a taxi, she was listlessly swaying slowly on the side of the road, no one was waiting at home, so there was no need to rush back. The thunder began to sound without a sound, and then gradually intensified, and the pedestrians on the road were scraped away, and they were all in a hurry to go home, or to their destination, only Gu Xinran was wandering boredly, as if she was indifferent to the weather conditions. No matter how she ignored the weather, the rain still fell, and a chill made her sober up, she shrunk her shoulders, come on, what's so terrible about the rain, let's go, she wiped the rain from her face, and reached out to catch the raindrops, without the slightest intention of speeding up her pace. Suddenly the raindrops were gone, Gu Xinran looked sideways, an umbrella was propped up above her, she didn't have time to see who it was, the man stuffed the umbrella handle into her hand, and ran away quickly, and when she reacted, the person had gradually drifted away in the rain and fog, leaving only a vague back. Gu Xinran's tears welled up all of a sudden, she couldn't imagine that in this world, there was still someone who cared about her feelings, although she was a stranger, she was very moved. Gu Xinran cried while walking, and after enduring tears at her in-law's house for a long time, she was led out by the kindness of a stranger, and she couldn't help it.

Gu Xinran was already a little late when she went home, because with the umbrella, she walked even slower. She never looked back, and if she did, she would see a man walking alone in the rain behind her, following her from a distance.

When He Yufei returned home, he was already soaked, his hair was messy, he wiped his face with a towel, looked at himself in the mirror indifferently, just looked at it, and didn't leave for a long time.

Lying on it, Gu Xinran turned on her mobile phone to check if there was any information about Zhu Xiaowei, and sure enough, there was one: Good night, I have to stay up all night again She threw her mobile phone aside in amazement. She suddenly remembered the strange man, when did he find her in the rain? Why does that back look familiar? Gu Xinran sighed for a long time, she felt that her past, present, and future were also confused, and she was at a loss in front of and behind her, which increased her inexplicable uneasiness. Moreover, what worries her is that she has somehow recently had a familiar hallucination of the backs of some strange men.

He Ruyu searched for a long time at her mother's house, she wanted to find her father's hair before her death, she didn't believe that she couldn't find it, but the nanny said that she had found it all, and she really couldn't find it. He Ruyu was furious at the nanny: "If you can't find it, you will resign for me, how do you work?" Didn't my father's room say it was to be left untouched? He Ruyu was so angry that her eyes were on fire, she had just finished arguing with Zhou Tianxiang, and she was angry, this nanny was in a hurry. The nanny was so frightened that she didn't dare to squeak, or even to explain.

Mother He couldn't hear it, so she came over and persuaded: "Xiaoyu, people always have to clean, don't they?" Don't be unreasonable? ”

He Ruyu's spearhead turned to her mother again: "Mom, you too, you don't take good care of your father's things, how long has he been dead, and you can't even find a hair from him." ”

The nanny hurriedly walked to He Ruyu's side and looked at He Ruyu carefully, it seemed that she was so angry that even her mother blamed her. He Mu was speechless.

He Ruyu turned to the nanny again: "Are you sure you have found every corner?" ”

"I've searched everywhere, wherever there might be something, and I've vacuumed every corner." The nanny was afraid that she couldn't speak clearly, and her voice was a little anxious. Mother He patted her hand comfortingly.

"What about the wardrobe? What about the woolen clothes? He Ruyu's voice involuntarily raised again.

"Xiaoyu, can't you talk well?" He Mu was a little angry: "It's been a long time coming, even if you're angry, it's time to get angry." ”

"Mom, you don't know, what do you know?" He Ruyu was so anxious that she stomped her feet.

Mother He was also annoyed: "Okay, just make trouble, your father won't survive, and I will be angry with you." ”

Seeing that her mother was really angry, He Ruyu also eased a little: "Okay, you go back first, here I and her will deal with it." He Ruyu slowly pushed her mother: "Mom, I'm really anxious, can you watch the company being embezzled by outsiders?" Don't make a mess, go and take a break, please, mother. ”

Mother He wanted to speak and stopped, she wanted to persuade, but she didn't know what to persuade, she said to herself as she walked: "Do you want to go underground and ask your father?" ”

"Underground?" He Ruyu repeated these two words: "Underground? Come and help, is there anything down there? ”