- So, I agree to break up.

Wei Rong looked at her, and he realized that he could not speak. It's just that when I saw her face, it was even whiter than Fang Cai, there was no blood at all, and her eyes were smiling, but they were boundless pain. Why are you smiling, why are you smiling at him like that......

His heart was provoked and stung, but he never said a word, and his thin lips were pursed.

I don't know how long I stood like this, I don't know how slowly time passed, but at the last moment, the nurse came and shouted, "This gentleman, I'm going to check on the patient, can you leave first?" ”

Wei Rong moved, as if the robot had been pressed a switch, and after staring at her deeply, he turned around and walked out.

The vine still smiled, only in the blink of an eye, he saw that he had swept away through the screen.

The figure blurred into a slanted shadow.

The nurse stepped forward and said, "Miss Lin, you can lie on the bed first......

The nurse looked again and found that her eyes were red, and such smiling eyes were as red as blood.

"Miss Lin, are you okay?" The nurse was startled.

……

The door to the ward was closed, and Wei Rong stood at the door, looking at the window facing the corridor, and for a moment he didn't know what to do.

It's just that at this moment, there seems to be a voice shouting in the bottom of his heart, and there is a thought that wants to be understood, and the air flow that overturns the river and the sea is surging in his body, so that he has no way to be at peace at all!

Wei Rong took a step forward and hurried away.

But on the other side, at the corner where the ward was connected to another cloister, there was another figure standing behind the wall.

That was Gu Xiyuan.

Gu Xiyuan stood against the wall, frowning slightly, and he closed his eyes gently.

……

Outside the hospital, Zong Quan was still waiting in his car, and when he saw him turn back, he immediately got out of the car to greet him, "Rong Shao!" ”

"Give me the car keys!" Wei Rong immediately commanded.

Zong Quan complied, but when he handed over the car keys, he found that Rong Shao's expression was condensed and terrifying. He had already opened the car door, stepped on the accelerator and drove away, and in a flash, he heard him order, "Book the fastest ticket to Yicheng——! ”

……

At the end of May, in Yicheng, the atmosphere of midsummer spreads and grows here.

In the night, the neon lights of Yicheng shimmered with stars.

The starlight fell in one place, and the side face of the man in the car was shivering in the night wind, like a layer of fog, hazy and indistinguishable.

In an expensive and well-known clubhouse, one after another came out in the dead of night.

The drunken man hugged the woman in his arms, panting and giggling.

Another man in a crisp suit was also infected with alcohol, and immediately ordered someone to help the man into the car and drive away.

To send off the customer, the subordinate said, "Mr. Wen, please get in the car." ”

Wen Shanglin got in the car and was about to return home.

It's past the wee hours of the morning tonight, and it's not too late, but it's not too early.

The car also drove away from the clubhouse slowly, and the one behind it followed like a ghost.

Wen Shanglin drank a lot of alcohol, so he closed his eyes and rested as soon as he got in the car. After waiting for a while, the assistant suddenly said, "Mr. Wen! The car behind us seemed to be following us all the time! ”

Wen Shanglin was vigilant, but he was also suspicious, "Are you wrong?" ”

"Nope! It's really always followed! Since I left the club just now, I have been following it! The assistant said again.

Wen Shanglin was also suspicious in his heart, chasing a car in the middle of the night, I am afraid that the person who came was not good, but who was it?

The car drove all the way forward, and suddenly Wen Shanglin opened his mouth and ordered, "Stop ahead!" ”

There is a quiet fork in the road ahead, but there is a 24-hour convenience store on the right, which is placed here for the convenience of passing traffic.

Stopping at the intersection, the assistant continued, "Mr. Wen, that car has also stopped!" ”

Wen Shanglin really wanted to see who the other party was, but when he got out of the car, the assistant hurriedly shouted, "Mr. Wen, be careful!" ”

"Is there still a shot in front of the store?" Wen Shanglin asked rhetorically, and the person had already flashed out.

As soon as he got out of the car, he looked at the car that had been following closely, and under the street lamp, he just looked at the figure of the man in the driver's seat, Wen Shanglin was actually surprised, because he found that the man in the car was none other than Wei Rong!

Although he was in the car, those eyes were staring straight at him, and he still glanced at him with an awe-inspiring coldness in the night, which would still make people's hearts chill!

Wen Shanglin was quite surprised, why did this person suddenly appear and follow him?

Just in the midst of questioning, Wei Rong had already opened the car door and got out of the car.

The two men each approached each other, and happened to walk to the center of the convenience store, Wen Shanglin saw that he was extremely gloomy, and took the lead in speaking, "Mr. Wei, I haven't seen you for so long, if you come to greet me, you don't have to do it in the middle of the night." ”

Wei Rong stepped forward slowly, he grabbed him by the collar, Wen Shanglin was shocked again by his sudden move, and before he could react, he heard him ask, "Is it you!" ”

Wen Shanglin was at a loss for a moment, and then heard him continue to ask, "Is it your child!" ”

"What child?" With a blank look in his eyes, Wen Shanglin twisted his eyebrows and asked.

"She had a baby!" This time, even the voice was gnashing his teeth, and those eyes were even more eager to break him into pieces.

Suddenly, it seemed to understand what he was here for, and why he was chasing cars all the way. But in the next second, Wen Shanglin smiled, "For the sake of a child who once had, let you go thousands of miles to come to me and ask for an answer?" ”

"Say ——! Quickly" But he was impatient at the moment, without the slightest calm.

"It's mine, so what?" Wen Shanglin sneered at each other and did not dodge.

"Wen Shanglin! You're damned! Wei Rong's eyes condensed into ice, and every word was extremely dignified.

"Huh!" Wen Shanglin chuckled again, "I really wish it was mine!" Seeing you so insane now, I am even happier to see you! ”

For a moment, that rage seemed to condense in his heart, Wei Rong stared at him fiercely, and suddenly said, "She never belonged to you!" ”

Sharp words ushered in, and at this moment Wen Shanglin said, "Her child has never belonged to you!" Each other, each other! ”

Although the situation is different, it really seems to be the same situation!

Wen Shanglin gently waved away his hand that was holding his clothes, and said at this time and tonight, "I knew that there would be such a day, and you would come over and question me!" Mr. Wei, you can't accept it, right? Men are the same, for themselves, this is the eternal stain of life's failure! ”

……

Men to women, hunting by nature, domineering by nature.

Whether it is possession or love, especially a woman who recognizes it, what you get must be all, and you expect it to be so.

However, I have long known that some of them are inevitably impossible. So whether it's the first night can be ignored, but now it's different-

"You can accept that she was married, that she was married, that she was married, but you can't accept that she had a child!" Wen Shanglin sneered, "So today you lost control and came to question me!" ”

Wei Rong withdrew his hand, still looking at him, but he vaguely heard a trace of clues from his words, "Who is this child!" ”

"Mr. Wen!" The assistant came from the car quickly, and when he saw Wen Shanglin being caught, he was about to step forward to stop him, "Do you want to call the police!" ”

"You go buy me a pack of cigarettes." Wen Shanglin then ordered.

The assistant had to obey and bought a pack of cigarettes for him and came back.

Wen Shanglin took the cigarette and smoked one, "Mr. Wei, do you want to have one too?" ”

Smoke, naturally, will not take all that Wen Shanglin has.

Wei Rong took out a pack from himself, he pulled out one and lit it with a lighter.

In this late May night, the spark reflects the starlight, and it burns one by one.

The two men were standing in front of the convenience store, and because the confrontation had been too long, the clerk was curious. There are open-air tables and chairs outside, so why don't you sit down?

The clerk took another look and found that they were two exceptionally outstanding beautiful men.

Why are they facing each other?

The smoke was still burning, puffing out the smoke, round and round.

Half of the cigarette burned to ashes, Wei Rong didn't make a sound, but Wen Shanglin stared at him and said, "If you want to ask me the answer, who is the child she is pregnant, then I can only tell you, I'm really sorry, Mr. Wei, I don't know!" ”

"But I think maybe it's the boy she liked." Wen Shanglin smiled and said, "After all, it's not unusual for her to have someone she likes." ”

"Mr. Wei, so many women can come and go around you, can't she have a few exes?" Wen Shanglin stared at him, not knowing whether he was mocking or ridiculing at the moment, but he only felt that the person in front of him was like his past self.

Thinking of the past, Wen Shanglin said again, "I guess you just found out about this, so you immediately ran over and questioned me." After all, I've been married to her, so maybe I've had something about it. But I didn't expect it to make you flutter. ”

"Ask yourself, she must be willing to let her have a child and miscarriage under normal circumstances. How much should she love that man? Wen Shanglin's male voice came along the cold wind, and the wind blew away the smoke, but it couldn't blow the male voice away, "It takes courage to conceive a child, and she was just a college student at the time." ”

"At such a young age, I was going to get pregnant, but that man still refused to be responsible, leaving her alone." In the dark night, Wen Shanglin looked at the stars in the night sky, "It's really miserable to be abandoned." ”

Between the words, Wen Shanglin looked sideways and said to the captain, "But the worst thing is to be abandoned again——! ”

Listening to all these words, everything was so far away, but so close to it, Wei Rong just smoked in silence.

"Actually, to put it bluntly, there is no difference between you and me in your bones!" The corners of his lips were raised, and his smile was cold, and Wen Shanglin's desperate and painful face could almost appear in front of him, "You are the same as me!" I can't accept it! ”

"Mr. Wei, since you can't accept it, just let it go." After smoking a cigarette, Wen Shanglin extinguished the cigarette butt and threw it into the trash, "Let go, after all, there are still many women who can be your girlfriend, fiancée, and even Mr. Wei's wife!" ”

"Let Lin Mansheng go, just like me, what you can give him is the same as me!" After Wen Shanglin finished speaking, he glanced at him, then turned around and walked back to the car parked at the intersection.

"If you're so curious to know, why don't you ask her!" Drop this sentence, and people are far away.

In an instant, Wen Shanglin had already sat back in the car and gave the order to get out of the car and drive away.

The last scene of the car window passing by the convenience store is the figure still standing there, the street lamp is dim and orange, like an old photo of a memory emerges—

……

If it weren't for Wei Rong suddenly finding him, Wen Shanglin would almost have forgotten, forgetting that there had been a thrilling scene.

How long ago was that?

It was as if it was the third year of his marriage to her.

In their marriage, she has always lived in Nanxiangju and became Mrs. Wen who was raised in the boudoir. But for Wen Shanglin, this is not a marriage at all, but a business need. Just treat her as an object and place it in one place at will. Anyway, she's quiet.

So, just like that, I live my married life.

But since the third year, the family has communicated with him several times for the child's problems, which makes him very annoyed.

How could they possibly have children?

Never been together at all!

She is such a scheming girl, in order to achieve the end of the means, even climb into his bed, he disdains to touch her.

But at what point did it start, so that his dislike for her intensified.

Probably that day.

Wen Shanglin remembered that day, and her mother sent her tonic soup again. Because she had been unable to do anything for three years, her mother began to supplement her.

But I don't know what the reason was that day, Wen Shanglin heard Sister Zhen shouting when he returned home: Young grandma, what's wrong with you? Young master, come and see the young grandmother......

Immediately, Wen Shanglin took her to the hospital.

It was also in the hospital, because of the unbearable abdominal pain, the doctor examined her. But the result at that time made Wen Shanglin unforgettable for life!

The doctor called him in and asked, "This gentleman, your wife is speechless in pain, do you know that she has had a miscarriage?"

Abortion?

Lin Mansheng had a miscarriage?

Wen Shanglin felt as if he was being attacked by lightning and thunder, and he saw Lin Mansheng lying on the hospital bed, although she didn't say a word, she had already acquiesced.

was in the hospital, when the truth hit again, Wen Shanglin said to her: Lin Mansheng, you not only have the means, but you also have children! When I am Wen Shanglin's wife, do you think you are qualified? But don't worry, I won't just kick you away, at least you're still there for me to take advantage of the price!

At that moment, he put down this sentence, and saw her face pale, and a pair of red eyes looking at him.

And then, he didn't give her a chance to speak again, and turned around and left.

The past is like the wind blowing, because the experience time is far away, so it is a little vague to think about it at the moment, Wen Shanglin never asked her who the child was, he only knew that when she was with him, she was not complete.

For so many years, Wen Shanglin has never thought about this scene.

At this time, he realized that what he could never forget was her desperate and painful eyes at that time!

……

In the convenience store, customers who came to buy came in and out one after another.

The clerk turned his head to see that the man at the door was still there.

From standing and smoking, to sitting in a chair and continuing to smoke silently.

It was dark and bright, and the man sat all night.

No one knows what he smoked for.

Until the sky lit up with a glimmer of light, Wei Rong leaned back in his chair, he raised his head slightly, and the sentence was still circling: Actually, to put it bluntly, there is no difference between you and me in your bones!

In the end, there is no difference between him and Wen Shanglin at all.

……

Recently, the Xiangcheng Police Station is still investigating the kidnapping case of Gu Huaibei.

However, both victims have only just recovered from their critical recap, and neither has yet to record in detail their confessions while in a psychiatric hospital.

Compared with the severity of the injury, it is obvious that Lin Mansheng's injuries are more serious, both physically and psychologically. It's just that she's just awake and doesn't have enough physical strength to support her. In addition, relatives and friends also hope to wait for the doctor to confirm that the psychological pressure has been alleviated before they can conduct visits and interrogations, so the police have not followed.

This case has received great attention from the superiors, so after repeated pressure, Officer Jin lamented and had to ask, "Hasn't Miss He improved?" ”

Now only that Miss He Jiaqi can quickly resume accepting police visits, but because of He's father's high power, he also dare not offend.

……

The Mansion of Ho Fu –

A phone call from Officer Jin was forwarded by the housekeeper to Father He, "Master, it's Officer Jin calling." ”

Father He sat on the sofa, took the microphone and answered, Officer Jin said at the other end, "Mr. He, hello, I'm really disturbed, I don't know if Miss He's health has improved in the past two days?" ”

"She's just woken up and can't go out for a few days. In two days, I will personally take her to the police station. Officer Kim, I want to bring the suspect to justice more than you, but my daughter's health is more important! Father He's words were put down, and Officer Jin answered the voice at the other end and bothered again, "When will you accompany Miss He to the police station, please let me know in advance......"

At the end of a phone call, Father He got up and went upstairs to visit He Jiaqi.

In the room, He Jiaqi was accompanied by He Mu, preparing a meal for her so that she could recover as soon as possible. As soon as she thought of He Jiaji's disappearance in the past few days, He Mu couldn't help but shed tears. While He Jiaqi was eating, he also had to comfort He Mu, "Mom, I'm really fine......"

Mother He responded, "It's okay this time, if this kind of thing happens again in the future, your father and I will be your daughter, what should I do?" ”

"Gu Huaibei has been locked up, no one will harm me anymore......"

"Didn't he get locked up abroad before? As soon as it comes out, it hurts people again! Mother He was still not at ease, and when she turned around and saw an outsider in the room, it was Father He, and she shouted, "Master, think of a way!" ”

In order to appease his wife, Father He whispered, "His kidnapping and injuring people this time is a serious crime, and he will be sentenced to many years if he refuses to change his ways." When he comes out, he will also be old. He is so greedy for life and afraid of death, what else can he do? ”

"Dad is right! Mom, don't worry! He Jiaqi is also the way.

When He Mu heard this, she was a little relieved.

But at this moment, the housekeeper knocked on the door and shouted, "Master, it's Young Master Xi Yuan who is here." ”

Gu Xi would come to the door, He Father and He Mother were not surprised, He Jiaqi was even more happy, and immediately replied, "Hurry up and ask him to come up!" ”

The He family is no stranger to Gu Xiyuan, on the contrary, they are very familiar. After all, they used to be such a good match. Although he is divorced now, he still maintains respect.

"Miss Jia Qi can only get up this morning, it's much better......" The housekeeper took him upstairs and told him all the way, "The lord and the lady are in the lady's room, and they are ...... with the lady at the meal."

He Jiaqi's boudoir, Gu Xiyuan is not the first time to arrive. Even after marriage, He Jiaqi will often come back to live. It's just that today, it's the first time I've stepped into it after the divorce. In the room, there were three members of the He family.

"Uncle He, Aunt He." Gu Xiyuan greeted.

Father He was silent and looked at him, and Mother He said gently, "Xi Yuan, why are you free to come over today." ”

"I'll take a look at the good times." Gu Xiyuan said, looking at He Jiaqi lying on the bed.

He Jiaqi couldn't care about himself, just looked at him anxiously, and found that his quiet and handsome face had a trace of tiredness, probably because of the turmoil in the past few days, which made him tired.

He Jiaqi said, "Dad, Mom, I want to say a few words to Xi Yuan." ”

……

Father and Mother He didn't stay any longer, but Father He left before saying, "The good time is just better, don't talk too long." ”

"Uncle He, I know." Gu Xiyuan agreed.

After the two elders left, Gu Xi came to her bed, "I haven't finished eating, you continue to eat." ”

He Jiaqi was still holding the dishes and chopsticks, it was unfortunate that he came, it happened to be her meal time, "You sit for a while." ”

Gu Xiyuan sat down on the edge of the bed, and He Jiaqi continued to eat, just because of his arrival, the doubts in her heart also asked, "Gu Huaibei confessed?" ”

"He can't plead guilty." The evidence is conclusive, and it is indeed what he did.

It seems that this crime cannot be escaped, but I don't know how many years it can be sentenced, He Jiaqi thought for a while and said, "If you and your second brother can talk well, even if he comes out, can you stop fighting like this?" ”

"Today, there are some situations that cannot be changed." Gu Xiyuan smiled and didn't talk any further, "It's too long in the future, but he won't come out for a short time when he goes in this time." ”

I don't know why, He Jiaqi always feels a little melancholy.

"By the way, she's woken up too." Gu Xiyuan mentioned Lin Mansheng and said in a low voice, "The doctor said that she is fine, just like you, she can recover with a good rest." ”

"I know......" He Jiaqi held the bowl, but fell into a daze, and finally didn't hold back, "Actually, I heard from my father, Miss Lin...... Did she ever have a child? ”

The kidnapping case is investigated by the police, and the hospital will also report the victim's situation to the police, so there are some things that you can't do even if you want to hide.

"I didn't mean to inquire, I was just worried about ......" He Jiaqi said in a hurry, in fact, when she woke up in a daze, she was anxious to know if he and Lin Mansheng were okay. What's more important is Lin Mansheng, after all, they can be regarded as suffering together.

But when her father told her: Miss Lin is all right, just a little, when the doctor examined her, he found that she had a child and had a miscarriage.

He Jiaqi was surprised, although it is not unusual for them to have children at this age, but whose child is this?

My father knew about this, so Gu Xiyuan must also know about it.

What did he think?

He Jia looked forward to him, but saw that he didn't have any emotions, only calm, as if he was not troubled, and even more as if he had already made a decision.

"Gu Xiyuan, can you accept that she has had a child?" He Jiaqi still asked.

Although it is no longer so important for girls to be so persistent at the first night, after all, he has had a child, can he really accept it so easily? His sweetheart has ever had someone else's child?

Gu Xiyuan's eyes were blurry at first, and then fell on her face and said, "I already knew that she was married." ”

He Jiaqi was speechless for a moment.

There was no jealousy, not without being shocked.

She would have forgotten that he had known that she had been married. Therefore, it is also acceptable to have a worse situation than this, including having children.

But—

Gu Xiyuan, how can your love for her be so unconditionally tolerant?

……

At noon, Wei Xiaoli came to the hospital to visit Lin Mansheng.

He arrived with flowers, "Vice President Lin, are you feeling better?" ”

In fact, after waking up, she can go to the ground, she can eat, drink and laugh, she took the flowers, lowered her head and smelled them, "It's so fragrant, thank you for the flowers, I'm fine." ”

"Lieutenant, the project is so busy, you don't have to take the time to come over, there are still more secretaries here, there will be no problem." Of course, Mansheng knew that when he couldn't take over the project, everything fell on Wei Xiaoli.

Wei Xiaoli smiled, "As a person in charge, the project should have been taken over by me. As a superior, it is natural to look at subordinates. What's more, you are also injured at work this time. ”

Mansheng also smiled, "I'm thinking that I can really cause trouble, last time I was injured at work, and this time again." ”

"Phew!" Yu Anan hurriedly spoke up on the side, "Vice President, you should say that you will not die in a catastrophe, and you must be blessed!" ”

"Secretary Yu's words make sense." Wei Xiaoli agreed, and Yu Anan picked up the changed sheets and sent them to the laundry room, "Wei Chang, you and the vice president have a slow chat." ”

Seeing Lin Mansheng inserting the flowers in the vase, Wei Xiaoli asked, "Has the second brother come to see you in the past two days?" ”

Suddenly mentioning Wei Rong, his thoughts were a little frozen.

She remembered the day she was in the hospital room, and she talked to him.

In the end, there were actually only these two sentences, when she said "break up", he just looked at her silently, and didn't say anything again for a long time.

Until the nurse came to check on him and asked him to leave.

After that, he never appeared again.

Seeing that she was silent, Wei Xiaoli said again, "Sister Mansheng, the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce is about to be held, and the second brother has been really busy recently......"

"Xiaoli, I don't want to hide it from you, I and your second brother have broken up." Mansheng didn't look for him, nor did he ask again, in fact, some things are already very clear.

Although he didn't answer, she could tell.

Wei Xiaoli was stunned, he didn't want her to announce so suddenly, he didn't want to interfere much in the relationship between them. It's just that for some reason, I can't even blame who is right and who is wrong.

Seeing that he was silent, Mansheng smiled instead, "It's just a breakup, and it's not an enemy, you can still call me Sister Mansheng in the future." ”

But it's really just a sister, and she is no longer called that because she is his other half.

……

Wei Xiaoli took a look at her for a while and then said goodbye and left, telling her to rest her body well before leaving, and that there was no need to worry about the project. In fact, Wei Xiaoli is in charge, but she doesn't need to worry.

Yu An'an returned from washing the sheets, "Vice President, is the lieutenant leaving so soon?" ”

"He's still busy with projects, and I'm fine, so he doesn't have to come over." ”

Yu An'an thought about it, and said again, "An'an, I don't want to see anyone recently, I just want to be quiet and take care of my body, if someone comes to see me again, just refuse for me." ”

In the evening after Mansheng told him, Gu Xiyuan arrived. He came to visit Lin Mansheng, but was stopped by Yu An'an, "Mr. Gu, our vice president said that she doesn't want to see anyone these days, so you better go back first......"

Gu Xiyuan lingered at the door for a long time, but in the end he didn't succeed in seeing Lin Mansheng. He looked at the closed door, this time he didn't be stronger, but just said to Yu An'an, "I'll come back tomorrow." ”

After Gu Xiyuan left, Yu Anan returned to the ward.

The creep was quiet as if nothing had happened, and the book in her hand was the book that Cheng Mulei brought for her, and she was looking at it peacefully.

The cover of the book is Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, the moving story of "The Mermaid".

Yu Anan said, "Vice President, why are you suddenly interested in reading fairy tales?" ”

"That day in the mental hospital, a few crazy patients treated me like a mermaid, and I suddenly wanted to relive it again in the past two days." Mansheng said with a smile.

When Yu Anan heard this, the whole person was terrified, and suddenly felt that the moving story had become a horror story.

"Vice President, don't always read books, it's not ......good for your eyes," Yu An'an said softly, stepped forward to cover her with a thin blanket, she sat down in the chair in front of her, and wanted to speak, but no.

"What do you want to say?" Or overgrown asked.

Yu Anan also thought about it for a long time, but still mustered up the courage to say, "Vice President, actually...... In fact, everyone has a past, nothing! I hope you have fun every day! In my heart, I will always be my vice president! ”

Although there was no direct explanation, Mansheng still understood, "An An, each of us is responsible for what we do, and now I am just suffering the consequences of my decision back then." In fact, I have long known that it is not easy to be accepted, let alone my other half? ”

"Vice President......

"People are selfish, but I have too." Mansheng looked at her simple eyes and couldn't help but touch her face, "That's why I didn't say at the beginning that I actually had a child." ”

But as soon as she finished speaking, Yu Anan suddenly burst into tears.

She has always loved to cry and make trouble, but it made Mansheng laugh, "Silly girl, love yourself well, and someone will love you." ”

Yu Anan nodded and said, "But vice president, you also love yourself well, someone should love you......"

There should be such a person, but not everyone will make it to the end.

Mansheng smiled and looked down at the book in his hand.

Legend has it that at the bottom of the sea lived a group of human beings, with beautiful fish tails, soft long hair, beautiful dancing and moving singing voices.

The Little Mermaid is the seventh daughter of the sea.

The merfolk fell in love with humans and decided to turn their tails into legs. She goes to the witches of the deep to help her, and the witch asks her to exchange her beautiful singing voice.

Her love is like an opportunity for a mermaid to exchange her singing voice.

The wind has not yet blown, and the bubble is destined to burst.