I put the dishes and chopsticks into the kitchen, and as soon as I turned on the faucet, my hand was thrown away by Jiang Ciyun's wrist before it touched the cold water.

He pushed me aside and glanced at me: "I'll wash, don't cook during this time."

I snuggled up to the sink and watched him squint and wash the dishes, as if I were admiring the famous painter Rembrandt's prodigal son coming home, a metaphor that is inappropriate in artistic sense, but which gave me a similar shock.

Jiang Ciyun threw me a bank card after washing the dishes, and told me that my head still hurts and I should go to bed early. I wasn't sleepy, and I was afraid to wake her up in the bedroom, so I snuggled up in the living room to watch the video. At about half past twelve in the morning, mine rang again, and Shen Yin's new number brought the wonderful video picture to an abrupt end.

I hurriedly answered the phone: "Shen Yin."

Shen Yin's forbearance cried on the other end of the phone: "Xiaoying, can you come to me?"

Shen Yin really rarely cries, but once she cries, it will never be a trivial matter. I scurried up and sat down, "Yes, give me the address."

I didn't ask her why, I just knew that she needed me and I should have shown up.

Shen Yin choked: "Don't let Yan Jin know, don't even say Jiang Ciyun, they are friends."

I can fully understand her concerns, and the most hated thing for a person who wants to hide a secret is for someone she trusts to tell her secret, and by then whether she has the intention or not, the harm will already be the same.

I was slightly stunned and stammered, "Okay, okay."

Shen Yin gave me the address, not a well-known city like Lijiang Dali, but a small town I had never heard of.

When I got to the airport gate, it was terrible dark when I got out of the taxi. I looked at my watch, and there was still an hour before I took off. Jiang Ciyun slept soundly at home, and I couldn't think of how to talk to him for a while, so I didn't even leave a note, I was afraid that he would rush to the airport directly if I woke him up, so I sent a text message to Xu Mushen, asking him to tell Jiang Ciyun that I went to Yunnan to have something.

Not long after the text message was sent, I didn't expect the call to come in, and it was Xu Mushen who called.

He asked me what was going on, and I didn't say why, but said something very important. Xu Mushen seemed to sense that something was wrong, and threw me a sentence: "Are you on the plane now?" There's something else to tell you about your cousin's case. ”

I asked him what was the matter, Xu Mushen said that he couldn't say it clearly on the phone, I thought about it for a while, and said, "That's okay, but can you not call Jiang Ciyun, it will make him fall asleep."

Xu Mushen on the other end of the phone paused for a few seconds and agreed: "Okay."

There was still an hour before the flight took off, and Xu Mushen arrived 35 minutes before I boarded the plane.

I saw him first, and from a few meters away, I called out his name.

He strode up to me, saw that I didn't have any luggage, and asked, "What is wrong with walking in such a hurry?"

Xu Mushen still has the rationality and observation of the lawyer's association, I twisted my hair in embarrassment, didn't answer, and asked, "Didn't you say that you have something to tell me?" What happened to my cousin's case? ”

Xu Mushen coughed lightly: "It will take some time for your cousin's case to be officially accepted by the court from the submission of the lawsuit, so I am relatively empty during this time."

"You lied to me!" I realized I had been tricked.

"You must be in a hurry to go out in the middle of the night, come and see if you need my help. I understand that there are some things that you may not be able to say with you, but you can say them with your friends. Xu Mushen said very smoothly, he raised his hand to look at his watch, and he didn't care if I agreed or disagreed to take away the ticket in my hand and glanced at it, and then threw me a sentence: "It's still too late, I'll make up the ticket."

I was a little dazed as I watched him trot out of my sight.

I casually found a place to sit, and about ten minutes later, Xu Mushen came back, his breath was still a little unstable, he gasped and said, "It's made up."

He sat down next to me, and I turned my head to look at him, somewhat alarmed, and asked, "We seem to ...... I haven't known each other for a few days. ”

I spoke it quite subtly, but he easily understood my underlying language.

"No matter how many days we've known each other, we're at least friends, not to mention that you're still someone close to Ci Yun, it's reasonable for me to care about you, isn't it?" The logic of a lawyer's speech is clearer than that of a normal person.

I couldn't refute his words at all, but if I continued to ask questions, it seemed that I had a ghost in my heart.

In the end, he only politely said, "Thank you." Quietly waiting for boarding with Xu Mushen.

Our tickets were not together, and I was several rows away from him, and even this distance was not close but not far, which still made me feel a little strange in my heart.

I can't tell you how many times Xu Mushen has appeared when I need it, he gives me a unique impression that he likes to laugh and sometimes makes innocuous jokes, even if we have had a brief physical touch or two, but he is mostly very polite.

The plane flew for more than two hours and landed, and it seemed that someone tapped me on the shoulder a few times in my dream.

"Here we are." Xu Mushen's voice woke me up from a short nap.

"I'm asleep." I subconsciously wiped my mouth, for fear that the saliva that flowed out of the poor sleep would still hang on the corners of my mouth.

Xu Mushen smiled: "Let's go."

I went out of the airport with him, and when he asked me again what had happened, I told him what had happened, out of an inexplicable sense of trust.

Xu Mushen suddenly laughed: "So that's the case." Yan Jin is indeed more impulsive, although I am not very familiar with him, I have met him a few times. ”

I sighed weakly: "Some time ago, Yan Jin and Jiang Ciyun turned their faces, so let Jiang Ciyun know that on the one hand, I'm not sure if he will tell Yan Jin, and on the other hand, if he really hides it, it will also affect the brotherly relationship between him and Yan Jin."

"I understand, don't say it." He smiled, warm as jade.

I sighed: "You say that people are alive, why are there so many people who are sophisticated?"

Xu Mushen walked side by side with me and threw me a sentence: "Your question is like asking why you want to eat every day."

I glanced at him and didn't speak.

According to the address given by Shen Yin, it was dawn when I arrived in that town. I walked down a deep alley, and the more I went, the more frightened I became.

It can be seen that this town is very backward, Xu Mushen and I sat in the car before, and the prosperity in our eyes was gradually buried by decline, and when we arrived here, it was a completely different scenery from the glory of the city.

The sun rises in the east along an eternal trajectory, and the layers of mud smeared on the outside of the walls of the alley fade into the outline of the stones, mottled and mottled, leaving traces of time in many places, and even the exposed corners of the stones have obvious pulp. It's not even straight at all, it's incline enough, and it always feels like it's going to come down at any moment and completely bury passers-by.

Further down, a faint cry passed through my eardrums and swirled in my ears for a long time.

My heart lifted suddenly, and I quickened my pace, and a woman curled up came into my sight.

She sat on an old-fashioned threshold, her hair messy, and her big floral clothes almost mistook me for someone I didn't know.

But when I saw the sect number, I walked up to her, looked at her slightly bulging belly, and asked cautiously: "Excuse me, is there a girl named Shen Yin who lives here?"

She looked up, her face stained and shocking.

I looked at her with my mouth wide open, speechless for a long time.

"Xiaoying." She whimpered, I have never seen such a Shen Yin, what a strong woman she is, what a sharp and fashionable woman, but the Shen Yin in front of me is like a helpless and powerless country woman after being humiliated.

I bent down and gently cupped her face, always wondering if it was my own delusion, when I was completely, completely sure that this woman was Shen Yin, the tears fell without warning, endlessly, and could not be stopped.

I was frightened and asked her softly, "What, what's wrong?"

"I met a scammer who spent all my money and didn't get a house. I called Song Rong, he came, and when he saw my stomach, he laughed at me fiercely. I don't have any money, I lost my ID card, it's the cheapest place, one hundred and fifty months, and I haven't paid the rent yet. ”

When I heard that, I couldn't say a word for a long time.

Former lovers have made countless vows to each other, but when they turn around, they are often worse than strangers, they laugh, expect each other to have a bad time, and even curse each other for suffering misery in this life.

I tried to pick her up, and she said she was in pain.

I was shocked to pull up the sleeves of my floral shirt, and it was full of bruises that had been pinched out raw.

"He's beating you again."

"Nope. The bastard surnamed Song pinched me very hard when he spoke, and he just pinched. I had a child in my belly, and he didn't dare to hit it. Shen Yin's voice has changed, her whole person has changed, she is no longer the woman full of charm and personality.

I had a sore nose and was about to die, and when I asked her why, she told me that Song Rong's company was hit hard by Jiang Ciyun, and he poured all his anger on her.

I immediately understood the meaning of Shen Yin's words.

Maybe it was the party on the boat, I was humiliated in public by Song Rong and others, and with a joint reaction, maybe I caused Shen Yin to be bullied by Song Rong like this.

Shen Yin cried and scolded softly: "If I don't have a child now, I would just do my best to live well, let Song Rong, a bastard, see if you don't underestimate our woman." it. ”

I looked at Shen Yin, who kept shedding tears, listened to the words that were no longer as arrogant as before, deeply felt her helplessness and sadness, and said slowly: "I'm not pregnant, my hands and feet are sound, I will help you collect your debts, this time I must do a good job, I must do a good job." I've done enough as a good person in this life, and I've done enough as a fool, and if a bad guy can live a happy life, I'd rather be a ruthless and despicable villain. ”

My tears rolled more fiercely than Shen Yin, Xu Mushen's tissue was quietly handed over, and I glanced at him.

Xu Mushen in the morning light was straight, and he smiled lightly and said, "I believe it."