"Is it Zhou Li?" Lu Xiaoshui on the phone laughed in a daze: "Yes, you don't have to get up early to sleep soundly...... I'm so happy to sleep in. ”

Hearing that she hadn't found out that Qi Chu was missing until now, Zhou Li suddenly felt that a lot of comforts and excuses that he had worked so hard to prepare had all failed, and he couldn't help but sigh.

"Since you're awake, get up quickly, don't sleep, didn't you also sign up for a violin training class? I put the money for breakfast in your bedside table, I can't go back temporarily, you can eat a little on the way. ”

Zhou Li paused, and tried to say in a calm tone: "By the way, the little girl you picked up came to me, I'll take her to buy a few clothes first, and take her back in the afternoon." ”

There was silence on the phone for a moment, and it seemed that Lu Wanshui's head had not turned around yet, and it was not until a moment later that a surprised exclamation sounded, which shook Zhou Li's ears and hurt:

"What?!!! She ran away again?!!!! ”

Girl, did you find out now?

Zhou Li once again had a full understanding of Lu Qiaoshui's sluggishness, and couldn't help but sigh: "Don't worry, don't worry, I'm here." ”

Well, to some extent, Zhou Li may be the closest person to her in this world, right?

“…… Also, aren't you going to music lessons? ”

Zhou Li paused, raised his head and looked at the time on the wall: "It seems to start at nine o'clock?" ”

"Huh?" Lu Wanshui was stunned for a moment, as if he understood some cruel reality, and turned his head to look at the clock on the wall sluggishly, and after a long time, Zhou Li heard Lu Wanshui's scream from the microphone again.

"Help, Olivia-sensei hates people not keeping the time the most!!!!"

"Don't worry, don't worry, take your time, it's okay to be late, don't run too fast on the road!" Zhou Li said with some worry: "Do you need me to call the teacher to explain?" ”

"No, no, I can catch up!"

Even at this time, Lu Qiaoshui was still hard-mouthed, even if Zhou Li could almost imagine that she was in a hurry to pack up her things, change her clothes, and hurry after hanging up the phone.

Moreover, Zhou Li was almost certain that she would accidentally leave something important...... She had been carrying an empty case to class last time.

Looking at the phone that was hung up in his hand helplessly, Zhou Li shrugged his shoulders and sighed: "Poor weak water, I hope you can catch up." ”

Putting away the phone, he looked at his own set of tattered clothes on the chair, which he could no longer wear, and couldn't help but feel helpless again.

Since I became an ability last month, this is the fifth set of clothes that I have broken!! Every fight is hundreds! It's all money!

Some time ago, he was scraped by the profiteer Fu again, and now Zhou Li is starting to worry about the problem of RMB again.

Moreover, after he looked around, Zhou Li found out...... I don't seem to have anything else to wear.

Habitually helpless, Zhou Li leaned against the wall and walked out of the door, and was about to call the nurse, but heard hurried footsteps from the end of the corridor.

It was like running in a hurry, and the broken heel collided with the floor, making a crisp and panicked sound.

Doing her best, she was running with all her might, looking for the department that the middle-aged man had told her, embarrassed and impatiently searching.

One by one, she pushed open the door, looking for the familiar figure inside, full of expectation, but she was disappointed again and again, until finally, she was so tired that she could no longer run.

Zhou Li, who heard the voice, turned around and looked blankly at the end of the corridor, the woman with somewhat disheveled hair who was looking for one after another in the ward.

Finally, at last, she finally saw the figure standing in the middle of the corridor staring at her blankly, her stumbling steps paused suddenly, and an undisguised smile of joy appeared on her delicate and beautiful face:

"Zhou Li ......"

As if she had exhausted all her remaining strength, she made a murmuring sound from her throat, but suddenly felt that all her strength seemed to be withdrawn from her body with a low murmur, and she couldn't help but staggered back a step, staring blankly at Zhou Li in the distance.

Obviously with a happy smile, but the eyes that were once full of charm quickly turned red, until finally, clear and transparent tears flowed from the corners of the eyes and slipped down the fair face.

Silently shedding tears, she whispered with a smile like the rest of her life: "It's great that you're okay...... That's great. ”

Zhou Li, it's great that you're okay.

As if she had lost all her strength, she gradually slipped and fell to the ground, looking at Zhou Li in the distance, and finally stopped caring about the disguise that she had maintained for thirteen years, no longer caring about her own image, took off her mask, and cried like a child, as if she had found the most important thing.

Zhou Li looked at her crying blankly, at a loss, he felt that everything he had learned in the first half of his life could not deal with this kind of thing, and he vaguely felt that this was a problem that he might not be able to solve in the second half of his life.

The only thing he could do was bend down, gently hug the fragile woman, and quietly listen to her whimper.

This was the first time he saw Li Zijin crying, and he felt no sadness, but he also felt the joy that made him blame himself.

Li Zijin, are you crying because of me?

…… Two hours later, Zhou Li, who was allowed to be discharged from the hospital after doing a complete set of examinations, couldn't resist Li Zijin's order, put on a hospital gown, and sat in the driver's seat to drive.

The two of them seemed to have returned to their original ways, forgetting Zhou Li's almost crazy behavior last night, and the appearance of Li Zijin crying a few hours ago.

This made Zhou Li no longer embarrassed, but also a little lost in his heart.

Driving the car, he would quietly turn his eyes to look at Li Zijin beside him, Li Zijin who was sitting in the co-pilot just lowered his head and sent a text message, and didn't seem to notice his gaze, looking as usual.

The long black hair that fell from her ears covered her reddish cheeks, and Zhou Li didn't notice that her fingers had accidentally pressed several wrong keys.

A few minutes later, the brand-new black sedan stopped next to the road, and the place arrived, and Zhou Li also breathed a sigh of relief in the indescribable silence in the car: "Is this here?" ”

Li Zijin raised his head and glanced at it, shook his head, and gestured his finger at the fork in front: "Don't go here, continue to drive forward in front, turn right and walk for about two minutes." ”

Zhou Li, who didn't know why, could only start the car again, and when he arrived at the destination again, Li Zijin's mobile phone text message ringtone rang again.

She hurriedly glanced down and showed joy, and after arranging her hair a little, she turned her head and said to Zhou Li: "You wait here for a few minutes first, and I'll go in and get something." ”

Looking at her mysterious appearance, Zhou Li could only nod in confusion and watched her get out of the car.

After Li Zijin took two steps, he suddenly turned around and ran back, opened the door, and grabbed Zhou Li's hand: "Forget it, follow me." ”

Zhou Li looked at her serious expression suspiciously, and could only nod seriously, but after looking down at his body, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: I'm afraid it's too conspicuous to run around with this hospital gown, right?

Pulling Zhou Li, who was a little scattered, Li Zijin walked into the black store in small steps, and put a membership card at the front desk: "I'm Li Zijin, and I ordered a set of clothes here just now." ”

The receptionist at the front desk looked at Li Zijin in a hurry suspiciously, looked down at the records on the computer, raised his head and asked, "Yes, Miss Li, you ordered a set of men's ready-to-wear from our store five minutes ago, do you want to pick it up now?" That set of clothes is just a sample for the customer's reference, if you need it, we have a made-to-order ...... here."

"There's no time, now."

Li Zijin interrupted him with a wave of his hand, and turned his head to look at Zhou Li, who was behind her with a puzzled expression: "I also need a white shirt, a belt and a pair of leather shoes about size 43, simple and serious, I don't need to talk about these things carefully, right?" ”

The ushers at the front desk were stunned for a moment, she had been here for half a year, and she had never entertained such a customer, so she couldn't help but look at the account manager not far away.

After seeing Li Zijin, the account manager waved his hand happily, and did not ask any questions, and directly said: Do what she said, and you don't have to worry about the rest.

After receiving the instruction, the usher quickly came back to his senses and said with a standard smile, "Please bring me ......"

…… At noon, after Zhao Xin'an received a call from Zhonghai's family, his mood began to feel a little lost. After pushing off the dinner of two local shipping companies, I found that I didn't know where to go except for the company.

For a while, this upstart in the business world, who had parachuted from Zhonghai to Shangyang, could only walk on the streets in a bit of a daze, recalling the content of the phone call just now.

"Dad, uncle...... Are you ready to move the Li family? ”

"Your uncle has been in charge of the Zhao family for more than ten years, and you have seen the changes over the years, and his vision will not be wrong. Although Zhonghai is the place where we started, but after so many years, the cake has long been divided into people, you and I have a piece, and no one is allowed to interfere, and no one wants to take more. But Shangyang is different, and there is room for us to meddle in many places.

Now there is already a rumor from above, and a new deal is ready to be introduced. The geographical location of Shangyang is very important, whether it is shipping or import and export; If we can catch the lion's share before it develops, then in the next 30 years, those two routes will be almost the world of our family. How much benefit can these things bring, you don't need to talk about it to you, right?

Now that your uncle trusts you and lets you come to the front, you don't let your family down, do a good job. When necessary, no matter how much money or other things you want, the family will definitely not lose half a cent. ”

Zhao Xin'an was silent for a moment and asked in a low voice: "So, the Li family is a stumbling block?" ”

"Li Xingsheng, the old king of Hades, has controlled the gray income of Shangyang for so many years, and he can't allow others to interfere a little. Now he's dying; When the time comes, Shangyang will probably start to shuffle again immediately, even if we don't want it, others will grab it. ”

Zhao Xin'an was silent, not knowing what to say, so he could only nod after a long time: "Dad, I know." ”

"It's good to understand, Dad has been looked at at home with white eyes for so many years. But you are different from Dad, you are stronger than Dad, and our team will depend on you in the future. ”

Zhao Xin'an smiled bitterly, nodded and said, "Well, I understand." ”

Recalling this, it came to an abrupt end, Zhao Xinan stood on the street in a daze, looking at Li Zijin who was holding a suit and choosing other things through the window.

Inexplicably, he forgot his father's admonition and pushed the door open and walked into the store.

(To be continued)