When the company called, Xitang was in Taiyuan.

She failed in the awards ceremony at the end of the year, failed to win a Best Actress, and was sent a few acid drafts by the opposite company, Ni Karen sent her a job ruthlessly, and there were many invitations to activities at the end of the year, and Xitang has not stopped commercial activities since the beginning of December.

The day before Christmas, she just came out of the crew in Hangzhou and was directly stuffed into the car and sent to the airport.

The plane landed at Taiyuan Wusu Airport, and Xitang was immediately sent to makeup and hair, and attended the New Year's event ceremony of the endorsed makeup brand in the evening.

After twelve o'clock that night, Karen Ni's assistant Amy called her assistant's mobile phone and called urgently: "You two will come back immediately tomorrow morning, and Director Tang asked her to audition." ”

When Ah Kuan received the call, he was buying fat intestine noodles in the snack street near the hotel, hung up the phone, carried two bags of noodle soup and a handful of mutton skewers and ran out, the streets were very cold in the early morning, the steaming supper stalls were still brightly lit, young men and women gathered together to drink beer, Ah Kuan ran all the way in anger, panting into the hotel room, Xitang was lying on the bed to apply a mask, everyone was going to fall asleep, Ah Kuan roared angrily: "Get up!" ”

Xitang was frightened and woke up immediately.

After a while, a colleague who lived next door knocked on the door and came in and handed her a page: "Karen just sent it." ”

It was a page of Tang Yasong's script, and Xitang asked in a low voice: "Isn't there a confidentiality agreement?" ”

"Yes," the colleague replied, "Karen said she couldn't care so much, I didn't read it, don't worry." ”

Early the next morning, the whole class sent by the company rushed back to Shanghai on the earliest flight.

Xitang read a thin page of script on the plane, she got the role, is a ten-year turbulent period of Shanghai educated youth, the little girl was born in a Kochi family, because of the relationship between her parents, in 1969 was assigned to the most remote Qinghai Construction Corps, that year, she was nineteen years old, is a high school graduate.

There are only three lines on that page of the script, and Xitang can't even tell if she is the leading actress.

Others have a week to prepare for the play, Xitang only has one day.

Xitang asked the makeup artist: "Why did he look for me temporarily?" ”

Xinni said: "Those Fudan college students posted a photo with you in the bookstore on Weibo, and the company spent money to buy the news, probably because someone on the creator's side suddenly saw it." ”

Xitang nodded.

Xinni said: "Xiye, I have seen the photo, and I also think that your eyebrows and temperament are very suitable." ”

Xitang hugged her and Ah Kuan, and she trembled a little.

All the way back to the company, the colleagues in the entire styling department were already waiting for her, and the styling director Li Qi led several makeup artists to immediately surround her and push her into the office.

Karen sat on the couch and watched her change clothes.

Li Argon personally trimmed her eyebrows, and Ni Karen asked on the side: "A."

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Do you want to trim your hair? ”

Li Argon put away his orchid fingers at this time, showed his demeanor, and shook his head calmly: "No, the newly cut hair is too deliberate." ”

set the makeup as quickly as possible, it was already more than four o'clock in the afternoon, and Karen Ni asked her to go home.

Xitang went home and locked herself in the room, took out the book that Ni Karen bought for her, and re-thought the notes she had written before.

At ten o'clock in the night, my mother slept, Xitang put on a coat and went downstairs to find Ni Karen.

Karen Ni was talking on the phone in her room.

Xitang walked in, sat cross-legged on the sofa in her room, and heard her talking to the big boss of the company: "I said hello, but it shouldn't be of much use, Tang Yasong doesn't eat this set." ”

What did the thirteenth master over there say, Ni Karen said unceremoniously: "She's just a girl, what else do you want?" Several of the most popular Hua Dan have gone, and even this year's new actresses have obediently cooperated in auditions. ”

Ni Karen was supposed to accompany her to the film company tomorrow, but Xitang was not at ease, persuaded her and let her rest at home. Dr. Tse said that Karen still needs to rest more. During this period of time, because of Ni Karen's pregnancy, Xitang often called Xie Zhenbang for consultation, and Xie Zhenbang picked up the obstetrics and gynecology knowledge he learned during the rotation for her, and forced a nephrology expert to become an obstetrics and gynecology doctor.

Xitang looked at it from Ni Karen's point of view, she was wearing a loose top, and her lower abdomen was already slightly bulging, it was amazing, a vigorous strong woman who wanted to be a mother.

When the child found out, Xitang knew that Ni Karen was not hesitant, she was eight years Chinese New Year's Eve old today, her career was at its peak, the senior management of a domestic first-line entertainment company, 20 days a month on a business trip, working more than 14 hours a day, holding the power of life and death of the entire company's artists, suddenly changing her lifestyle and stopping the car, she didn't feel that she was ready.

But I'm a little older, and suddenly I want to have children.

Xitang asked, "Does he know?" ”

Karen replied: "It's none of his business. ”

"You should at least tell him."

"He already has three children with his ex-wife, he doesn't plan to have any more children, and we don't have a relationship, it's just an accident."

That was the only time she mentioned the father of the child.

"What do your mom and dad think?"

"My parents are divorced and have reorganized their families, Xitang, this is my own life."

Xitang went back to tell her mother that her mother came downstairs, took Karen's hand, and comforted her repeatedly: "Miss Ni, if you want to give birth, don't be afraid, as long as I am in good health, Karen, I will bring it to you." ”

Tears flowed as he spoke.

Xitang wiped her mother's tears, and then cried herself.

Ni Karen looked at the mother and daughter, she knew why they were crying, and it was at that moment that she decided to give birth to the child.

After Ni Karen finished the call, she beckoned to Xitang: "Why do you come down?" ”

Xitang looked a little anxious: "I'm a little nervous. ”

Ni Karen glared at her with uncompetitive eyes: "Hengdian has been mixed up for a few years, what is more terrible than that?" ”

Xitang flattened his mouth and said aggrievedly: "This is a real big director, I have never cooperated." ”

Ni Karen gave her courage: "What a big director, is the lens he uses to look at the demon mirror?" You play yours, it doesn't matter who he is. ”

Xitang pouted and was happy.

Karen said, "Come here." ”

Xitang walked over and lay on the bed, his face gently pressed against her thigh.

Ni Karen touched her hair: "Tired? ”

Xitang shook his head: "There is a play, don't be afraid." ”

Xitang leaned over and touched her belly: "How is the baby?" ”

Ni Karen smiled softly: "It's good." ”

Karen Ni pinched her face: "Doctor Xie called you on Christmas?" ”

Xitang nodded: "I made an appointment to eat at the end of New Year's work, but now I can only postpone it until the audition is over." ”

Ni Karen said: "If you have time to accompany your boyfriend, don't be afraid of reporters shooting, just kill and don't admit it, as long as the two of you discuss it, the relationship is to be managed." ”

Xitang lowered his eyebrows and said silently: "He's not my boyfriend." ”

Karen Ni didn't tell her either.

Xitang leaned on her: "Mommy, the baby is born, is it okay to be my godson?" ”

Ni Karen immediately asked: "You won't give birth to one yourself in the future?" ”

As soon as Ni Karen said this, she suddenly remembered something in her heart, her expression eased, and she quietly turned her face to look at Huang Xitang.

Xitang still had no heart and lungs, and smiled hehehe: "Anyway, if you don't find him a father, what's wrong with having one more mommy?" ”

Ni Karen readily agreed: "That's okay, let him provide for us in the future." ”

In the final audition, Ni Karen lifted his weight like a light, Xitang wore a blue coarse cloth pants and white shirt, almost no makeup, and only took his assistant Ah Kuan to the audition.

Don't underestimate this shirt, she tried at least two dozen yesterday and picked out this one.

As soon as he entered the actor's lounge, a group of people were squeaking inside, and Xitang saw several familiar faces.

Zhang Zhiyin was also there, wearing a white dress with bright red lips, dressed up very beautifully, surrounded by several assistants and makeup artists.

There were a few other young girls in the room, all of them biting their ears and whispering, all of them looking very standard, but their faces were unfamiliar, they were supposed to be art school students, and each girl checked their makeup in front of the large mirror in the dressing room every five minutes.

Regardless of whether he is famous or not, he fights shirtless and fights in the same field, and the entertainment industry is really cruel.

Xitang was sitting in a chair at the door of the room, and suddenly the door was pushed open, and a young man in a suit walked in, Xitang just raised his face, the man's footsteps stopped for a second, and greeted him with a slight surprise, "Miss Huang?" ”

Xitang only felt that his face was familiar, and he couldn't remember who it was, so he had to stand up and bow slightly: "Hello." ”

The handsome young man smiled and was surrounded by the staff and asked to leave.

The group passed by the audition lounge and heard Zhang Zhiyin call out delicately, "Hu Shao-"

When Xitang heard the prestige, he saw Zhang Zhiyin pounce on the man's arm like a light butterfly, holding it tightly, and the man pinched Zhang Zhiyin's face lightly: "Baby, it's getting more and more beautiful." ”

The group of girls next to him suddenly showed envy and jealousy.

Ah Kuan gathered around and suddenly said, "Hey, is that Huaying's Shaodong?" ”

Xitang already remembered who he was.

She pinched her arm in annoyance, if Karen knew she was so stupid, she would have to kill her.

Xitang whispered to the assistant: "Go back and don't tell Karen that we have seen him." ”

Ah Kuan wondered, "Why? ”

Before Xitang had time to coerce and lure Ah Kuan, he saw a door pushed open, the executive director walked out, the girls stood up one after another, and the man said in a rough voice: "Director Tang has arrived, everyone, go wash your face and get ready to come in." ”

The man turned around and added, "If you have makeup, you don't need to go in." ”

There was silence in the dressing room.

Hu Shaolei came in all the way, checked the audition work, and then went upstairs and into his office.

When he returned to China after graduating a few years ago, his father directly let him join the group, in charge of investment and film and television operations.

When he came back, just in time for Tang Yasong to prepare for a new film, Huaying is the producer and producer of this movie, as soon as the news that Tang Yasong was going to publicly audition for the female lead actor came out, the women in the entire entertainment industry, as long as they were still young, were all red-eyed to rob it, and the forces of all parties competed, plus the director himself is a big name, in the end, he will never want an inappropriate role, so who will play it is still in suspense.

Everyone came to greet him, and there was a friendship on either side.

Hu Shaolei didn't want to wade into this troubled water and offend all the immortals, he didn't want to come forward, and planned to throw it to Tang Yasong.

Hu Shaolei entered the company's office, and within an hour, the secretary knocked on the door and came in and said, "Hu Shao, Director Tang's side is over, please come over." ”

Hu Shaolei smiled: "Say I'm busy, Tang Daoding, just submit it for approval." ”

The secretary nodded knowingly.

Hu Shaolei asked: "How did the audition result be?" ”

The secretary presented a stack of materials, and Hu Shaolei said, "Okay, you go out first." ”

Hu Shaolei took those documents, walked to the sofa and drank saliva, crossed his legs and flipped over, and suddenly saw a face, a completely plain face, no makeup at all, so the facial features can be seen very clearly, a round little face, with long eyebrows, delicate and delicate face, but the nose has a strong and stubborn atmosphere, such a beautiful girl, unforgettable.

Hu Shaolei walked to the door, the secretary was talking on the phone, and when he saw him come out, he immediately stood up.

Hu Shaolei said: "Xiao Xi, you wait for a while. ”

This winter in Beijing is particularly windy, cloudy and snowless, and the air is not good.

After Zhao Pingjin finished the meeting in the afternoon, he was in charge of picking up the leaders, stepped out of the steps of the Great Hall, and looked up slightly, only to see a thick black cloud, backlogged on the red walls and yellow tiles of the Forbidden City.

The leader couldn't stay outdoors for long, Zhao Pingjin accompanied him down the steps, and at this time, the mobile phone of the accompanying secretary rang not far behind him, Shen Min apologized to the accompanying staff of the leader, and walked to the side to answer the phone.

Walking all the way to the black sedan under the steps, the middle-aged man smiled, and his majestic face showed a hint of homely warmth: "Zhou'er, go back." ”

Zhao Pingjin shook hands with the man modestly and politely: "You go slowly." ”

The guards were under martial law on the side of the road, the security car drove out, the lane opened, and Zhao Pingjin watched the black sedan drive out.

At this time, the driver drove his official car over, Zhao Pingjin sat in the back seat, Shen Min walked to his car door, and then handed over his mobile phone: "Looking for you." ”

Zhao Pingjin glanced at the screen and nodded.

Shen Min closed the car door for him.

Zhao Pingjin leaned back in the chair and relaxed his body, then he raised the phone and asked with a smile: "Leizi?" ”

As soon as Hu Shaolei opened his mouth, he complained: "Your kid is big enough, and you can't find anyone on the phone." ”

Zhao Pingjin didn't have a straight shape at this end: "Dude is in front of the leader, where do you dare to answer the phone." ”

Hu Shaolei didn't want to deal with him: "Okay, who doesn't know that you're busy, don't come with me." ”

Zhao Pingjin changed the subject with a smile: "Are you back in Beijing?" When the Navy came back to visit relatives, he brought a few boxes of organic fruits from his own farm to his brothers, and he was thinking about letting you taste them. ”

Hu Shaolei was born in the studio compound of Liuliqiao, the former Beijing children were very naughty, at that time Zhao Pingjin often rode a bicycle, and the children in the courtyard went to the Yongding River to catch fish and catch grasshoppers, the studio compound is on the edge of the Yongding River tributary, Hu Shaolei was at the same table with Zhang Haijun in junior high school, and met Zhao Pingjin through him, counting, it is also a friendship of twenty or thirty years, Zhang Haijun went to the grassroots level after graduation, and only came back once in a few years, Hu Shaolei asked with concern: "Is the army back?" How long are you going to stay? ”

Zhao Pingjin tilted his head and pinched the bridge of his nose: "His daughter-in-law is about to give birth, and this time she came back from a special vacation to accompany the birth, maybe half a month." ”

"I went back last weekend, why didn't you see me?"

"I'm fine."

Hu Shaolei said angrily: "How did I hear that you accompanied your father-in-law's family to the resort?" All those who are married are wilted. ”

Zhao Pingjin replied with a hippie smile: "Why don't you marry one too?" ”

Hu Shaolei immediately pinched his words: "Don't do it, catch anyone and jump into the fire pit with you, I have a serious matter." ”

Zhao Pingjin asked, "What?" ”

Hu Shaolei asked directly: "Do you still care about the girl's affairs?" ”

The other end of the phone stopped for a second as if it were disconnected.

Hu Shaolei suddenly felt a little uneasy, and chased after him: "Zhouzi? ”

Zhao Pingjin quickly replied, the salivating voice was gone, and his voice was very calm: "What? ”

Hu Shaolei couldn't figure out what he was thinking, so he could only say truthfully: "I saw her audition for the movie script today, Lao Tang has a few favorites, and she is also among them, it is said that she is good at acting, but it seems that her face has moved, and it is not clear whether to choose her or not." ”

Zhao Pingjin's tone suddenly became a little unhappy: "She has a good face." ”

Hu Shaolei was shocked and said euphemistically: "Old Tang also wants to see the opinions of the producer." ”

Zhao Pingjin asked unhurriedly: "Is the book very good?" ”

Hu Shaolei was also polite: "I haven't read the script, but this project is specially approved, and the literary and artistic project of the birthday gift film will at least be shortlisted for all the gold medal film awards next year." ”

Zhao Pingjin listened, was silent for a while, and responded: "What resources do you need, you tell Xiaomin, this play is hers." ”

Hu Shaolei secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and replied with a smile: "Come on, it's easy to do things with your buddy, buddy promises to deal with it for you, hang up." ”

"Leizi." Zhao Pingjin suddenly called out at the other end.

Hu Shaolei stopped his movements.

Zhao Pingjin's voice was flat: "You don't have to say it outside, just understand it in your heart, as long as I can maintain the situation here, I will take care of her affairs for the rest of my life." ”

Hu Shaolei was stunned for a few seconds, and then agreed seriously: "I understand." ”

Huang Xitang received the official news from the Hengdian crew.

In the afternoon of the same day, Xitang asked the crew for leave to return to Shanghai, and Ni Karen wore a wide shirt and flat shoes and took Xitang to the Huaying Building to sign a contract.

The next morning after signing the contract, she went to work, and the actors and colleagues in the same group came to greet her, and the director came up to her in person and said: "Xiye, Xiye, ouch, why is it a little different today." ”

Xitang hurriedly said politely: "It's the same, don't laugh at me." ”

Xitang got acquainted, got out of the play, and invited the whole crew to eat hot pot.

Many important nodes in life, in retrospect, actually seem bland. Xitang remembered that it was the 28th of December, it was very cold in Hengdian, she sat on the set wrapped in a military coat, listening to the chat of the young actors on the field, the actors were a group of migratory birds perched on the set, there was no rest, no holiday, on New Year's Day, more than 30 crews were still filming.

Before you know it, another year has passed.

Central Plains New Year's Reception.

At about seven o'clock in the evening, Zhao Pingjin was in his lounge, and Shen Min was handing him the report of the meeting a few days ago. Yu Xiaoying pushed the door in and took a look, and saw that he was busy, and went to play by himself, she is a high-level family member of the Central Plains, and she is very familiar with the internal personnel of the Central Plains, before the two got married, Yu Xiaoying saw Zhao Pingjin a few times, that is, the annual meeting of the family group after he entered the Central Plains to work, but Yu Xiaoying basically didn't say much to him, the reason is that every year in the past, Zhao Pingjin stayed in the group's annual meeting for a short time, he served as the chief engineer in the functional department, and the New Year's holiday was unexpectedly very busy. Usually they came to the scene to say hello and left the table, and Uncle Zhao Pingjin was usually accompanied by the children of several families of the Zhao family. But in the past two years, he has been the leader of Zhao Pingjin, and he must have fun with the people, and he can't leave easily. This kind of social occasion within the group, Yu Xiaoying handled it like a fish in water, and even brought a hint of hidden excitement, in the past, she accompanied her father, but this year, it was the first time she accompanied her husband to attend.

More than half an hour later, the assistant knocked on the door of the lounge and walked in and whispered to Zhao Pingjin: "Yu Dong's car has arrived." ”

Zhao Pingjin stood up, the assistant put on a suit jacket for him, pushed open the door, Yu Xiaoying happened to be back, she had been carefully dressed today, with a red smile on her face.

Zhao Pingjin smiled gently: "Let's go out, Dad, they're here." ”

Yu Xiaoying obediently grabbed his arm and walked out of the room.

The venue is located in the banquet hall on the second floor, the entrance of the hall on the first floor is covered with a red carpet, the sound of employees screaming and laughing is constantly coming, everyone is full of joyful smiles, Yu Weimin and his wife are accompanied by the secretary into the banquet hall.

Yu Xiaoying stepped forward and happily hugged her mother: "Mom, you are so beautiful tonight." ”

Yu Xiaoying's mother smiled and pinched her daughter's face, but she spoke to Zhao Pingjin: "Zhou'er, the New Year is busy, and the work is hard, right?" ”

Zhao Pingjin replied with a smile: "It's okay." ”

He then turned his head and called politely: "Yu Dong." ”

Yu Weimin nodded with a smile.

Next to Yu Weimin was the newly appointed leader after the institutional reform of the headquarters, and said with a smile: "Old Yu, look at your family, it's really enviable." ”

Zhao Pingjin shook hands with him: "I haven't seen you for a while." ”

At eight o'clock in the evening, after the guests walked the red carpet, the host began to speak, and the show began, Yu Xiaoying sat in a row, and Zhao Pingjin sat beside her, with a handsome and thin face, revealing a cold and hard side face like white jade in the changing light and shadow.

Even if it is left in all the Beijing boys she knows, Zhao Pingjin can be regarded as superior in terms of appearance and family background, such a man, being his husband, Yu Xiaoying really feels happy, plus she is very satisfied with her recent life, Zhao Pingjin spends more time with her at home, although he is also busy, and he works a lot in the study when he is at home, but when he returns home at night, he basically does not go out.

Yu Xiaoying knew that he had no one else outside.

This reassures her.

Before they got married, Yu Xiaoying knew that he had a girlfriend, but she didn't know how many of them, but she knew that those girls outside were different from people in families like them.

Her psychological defense at this point is thanks to her mother-in-law, Teacher Zhou.

Teacher Zhou expressed his attitude, the Zhao family recognizes her daughter-in-law, her own son's conduct, she herself is the most clear, the rules handed down in the blood of the Zhao family man, that is, people who pay extreme attention to the family, you see when the old man was young, he went south and north, and fought horses all his life, but his wife was the original match, the old lady did not know a word, but the person was very virtuous, serving his in-laws in his hometown in northern Shaanxi, and gave birth to the eldest son who died young. The feelings of his grandparents, Zhao Pingjin saw it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart.

Teacher Zhou told Yu Xiaoying that she didn't care about how many scandals Zhao Pingjin had before marriage, and he was absolutely single-minded to his daughter-in-law after marriage.

Zhao Pingjin did it.

Yu Xiaoying knew very well in her heart that marrying him could not be safer, a family like theirs, a kind of dignity between husband and wife.

She understands that Zhao Pingjin knows this truth better than her.

During the pause in the music on stage, Yu Xiaoying leaned close to Zhao Pingjin's neck and whispered in his ear: "It's Laba in two days, Xiaomin transferred the gift list prepared this year to me, and the ones given to relatives of all ethnic groups in the family have basically been sent out, do you have anything to explain this year?" ”

The moment she got close, Zhao Pingjin's hand resting on the back of the chair trembled slightly, but immediately controlled it, he leaned over slightly, maintained a decent posture, and replied gently beside his wife: "You follow Xiaomin for the etiquette at home, and the new one for your parents this year, you can choose whatever you like." ”

Yu Xiaoying smiled at him obediently.

Zhao Pingjin sat up straight quietly, turned his face to look at the host on the stage, but gently held the back of Yu Xiaoying's hand with his left hand, he didn't need to look to know that the several directors sitting next to him, as well as the subordinates of the group, the reporters and photographers in the front row, and the bunches of people around him were all looking at him and Yu Xiaoying, the scene here was much more exciting than on the stage.

At the beginning of the new year, I was busy with countless year-end summaries that would be held in succession. After working for a week after the New Year's Festival, Shen Min forcibly reduced his workload, Zhao Pingjin got off work at six o'clock these days, and the driver would send him back to Park Hyatt Mansion after he got off work.

He got off work to rest for a while, sometimes to deal with some business, and at about ten o'clock in the evening, the driver sent him back to the new house of the Xia Gongfu.

At eight o'clock in the night, he was lying on the bed, and Shen Min called in: "I ordered soup and noodles for you." ”

Zhao Pingjin raised his hand and put it across his forehead, pressed his hot forehead with his cold arm, closed his eyes and replied vaguely: "Don't be busy, I can't eat." ”

Shen Min ignored him, his tone was unchanging and modest, but he couldn't refuse: "I'll be here in fifteen minutes, you open the door and get it." ”

After a while, sure enough, the doorbell rang, and Zhao Pingjin had no choice but to put on a shirt, get up and open the door.

He opened the tightly packed lunch boxes, sat down on the kitchen table, and took out a pair of dishes and chopsticks.

Drinking half a bowl of soup, sweat slowly oozing out of his forehead, Zhao Pingjin slowly got up with the dining table, moved out of the dining room step by step, walked to the living room sofa and lay down.

There was a thin cashmere blanket on the couch, and he reached out and pulled it over to wrap his body.

Lying groggily with his eyes closed, I don't know how long it took, the pain in his stomach eased a little, he opened his eyes, sat up, and looked at the silent room, the curtains were drawn tightly, the lights in the living room were not turned on, the lights in the dining room were on, and the dim light came out, and in the corner of the living room, the door was still closed.

Zhao Pingjin sat on the sofa in a daze for a while, got up and walked over, and gently pushed open Huang Xitang's door.

He hadn't come in in a while.

For a long time after they had been separated, he had finished his work during the day and had finished his work at night, and when he had finished work, he would go back to this room and sit down, and sometimes when he was in good spirits, he would go through the box of miscellaneous items she had left behind, which had been with him for six or seven years, and he had not opened it once. When Huang Xitang was at home before, he occasionally saw her sitting cross-legged on the floor, leaning her head to turn things inside, Zhao Pingjin sometimes passed by her room and saw that she was either looking at those photos of her student days, or looking at her notebook, at that time they were estranged, he disliked this thing and dusty, and never bothered to pay attention to what she was doing, but now when she opened it, she kept stacks of movie ticket stubs, attraction tickets, bus tickets, boarding passes, The history of these fragmentary notes is more than ten years, the paper has turned yellow, and even some of the past events, his own memory is blurred.

Huang Xitang threw these things twice, the first time was when they broke up, she sold the house in Jiayuan, and threw all the things out of the door, Shen Min went to pick them up and returned them to him, and the second time, she left him in Beijing, and the box was left in his apartment.

He knew she wouldn't look back in this life.

At that time, Zhao Pingjin was already married, and his position in the Central Plains Group was promoted, and his work was even busier, and he had socializing most of the time at night, and when he came back, it was very late, and his body was extremely tired, he could only sit motionless on the carpet next to her bed, doing nothing, just sitting like that, and sitting until the light of day, he couldn't sleep overnight, and then for a while, he knew that he couldn't go on like this, so he ordered the cleaning staff of the apartment to clean and lock the door, but after a while, he still got the key back.

When Huang Xitang was at home, she never locked the door, and there were not many times when the door was closed, maybe she felt that the house was his, and she was also raised by him with his wallet, and she served with all her heart.

She's like this, all kinds of careful thoughts, all kinds of looking for pumps.

It's been a long time since she left him.

After she said goodbye to him unexpectedly that night, he let her get out of the car and leave, and then drove back to Park Hyatt House in a trance, the only faint illusion left in her heart, thinking that she was just having a temper and quarreling with him, when she returned home, she found that she had already made all the preparations, the room was very complete, even the quilt was folded, all her personal belongings had been cleaned up, the dresser was empty, the drawer below was opened, the first floor was empty, and in the corner of the second floor, there was a pure black wooden box, A bank card and a room door card are neatly stacked.

The bank card was the one he gave out at the beginning, the door card was from Park Hyatt Mansion, and the watch was in the box, and she left it intact.

He reached out and opened the box, took a look, and smashed the dresser's mirror with his hand.

She was just angry with him, how much money she took from him, and she didn't see her excuse herself, pretending to be high, just such a broken jewelry that he personally gave her, she just didn't want it.

Thinking that when they loved the deepest, he liked her, so he wanted to make her happy, and liked to give her some beautiful things one by one, thinking of how Huang Xitang treated those gifts after the breakup, thinking of the final fate of those broken copper and iron, new hatred and old hatred, Zhao Pingjin was so angry that his head was dizzy, and his eyes were dark.

The mirror was broken, and the glass shards fell to the ground, he hated her, and he didn't go back to Park Hyatt for a long time, and when he came back one day, the house had been cleaned up, and the mirror had been replaced with a new one.

But no little man came out of the room, with a white face and black hair tied up in a mess, and smiled silly at him.

Zhao Pingjin sat on the carpet next to the bed, stretched his legs against the bed, opened a drawer at the bottom of the wardrobe, and skillfully pulled out the little bear.

He didn't promise to give it back to her, so she really didn't take it away, secretly put it in the closet, and put a small sweater on it, this toy is really what she has held since she was a child. When they were in love before, they had always seen her sleeping with it in their arms, and the plush was so bald that it was so bald that he took out the bear and slapped its head so hard that it was so beaten that it was down, and looked at it fixedly for a while, and suddenly he was reluctant, so he had to help his head up, and raised his hand to touch it. Zhao Pingjin was stunned for a while, then raised it up and sniffed it carefully, as if he could still smell the smell of her saliva.

Suddenly, I felt uncomfortable again.

The car drove into the Hutong compound.

The yard is clean, the Spring Festival couplets have been pasted, there is a row of red lanterns hanging under the tree, Zhao Pingjin parked the car in the courtyard and walked to his grandparents' small building.

As soon as the woman saw him, she glared: "Yo, who is this, a rare guest." ”

Zhao Pingjin's mouth was not idle: "Now the girl is really not ashamed, how can anyone return to her mother's house in the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve." ”

Qi Ling glared at him, and he didn't care about talking anymore, and glanced at the people around him with a slippery gaze.

Zhao Pingjin smiled and introduced Yu Xiaoying beside him: "Yingzi, you've seen it." ”

Qi Ling smiled heartily: "I saw it once at the wedding." ”

Zhao Pingjin said: "Let's send a child, bell." ”

Yu Xiaoying followed behind him step by step, like a well-behaved little daughter-in-law, her mouth was sweet: "Sister." ”

At this time, the mother of the bell upstairs walked to the balcony, still picking a handful of green onions in her hand, and when she saw Zhao Pingjin, she immediately shouted enthusiastically: "Zhou'er, go to Auntie's house to eat dumplings." ”

The little girl raised her head and shouted crisply: "Grandma! ”

Bell let go of her daughter's hand: "Go up, remember to ask grandpa and grandpa when you enter the door." ”

The little girl "pedaled" and ran away.

Qi Ling glanced at Zhao Pingjin.

Zhao Pingjin understood, this was something to say: "I'll talk to Ling'er for a few words." ”

Yu Xiaoying smiled, greeted the bell, turned around and walked towards the compound.

Ling'er glanced at him: "As soon as I came back last time, my mother told me, my children will go to kindergarten next year, and you and Xiaojiang are still fighting?" ”

Zhao Pingjin smiled: "I can't stand your charm." ”

Bell Er tiptoed and reached out to twist his ears with a smile: "It's still poor." ”

Zhao Pingjin hurriedly hid.

The bell said shyly: "I've heard it all, for a girl? ”

Zhao Pingjin's eyes instantly darkened, but he couldn't see half a point on his face, but his tone was still relaxed and casual: "When did the buddies fight, and when did you not say it was for girls, do you really take it seriously?" ”

When Ling Bell looked at him like this, she didn't want to care about his business, Zhao Pingjin was spoiled, and she didn't see him serious when she treated the relationship between men and women, she betrayed her first love for him, Xiaojiang'er finally made trouble to self-harm, for this matter, Lu Xiaojiang's mother and her mother had a conflict for more than ten years, and in the end it didn't fade away with time, there are things like jealousy, but no matter how it looks, it looks like most of the elements of competition between men, and the feelings when they were young were impulsive and intense, Now when I was a teenager, it looked like a fog, the sun came out, and everything disappeared. She also didn't believe that Zhao Pingjin was an affectionate master, and the man got married and everything was over: "Also, we have to know the things yourself, okay, the daughter-in-law is waiting in the house, I won't delay you." ”

Zhao Pingjin nodded, carried the things in her hand for Ling'er, and escorted her to the staircase.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, the family has a reunion dinner.

Teacher Zhou came back in the morning, followed his aunt and nanny to make a big table of dishes, the old lady and his aunt were both at the dinner table, Teacher Zhou was her filial daughter-in-law in peace, and when the family sat down in front of the TV, she made a pot of tea for the old man and talked on the phone with her husband who was in the Nanjing Military Region for the New Year. Finally free, Teacher Zhou sat down next to Zhao Pingjin: "Xiaojiang and his mother came back during the Spring Festival, and the first one to sue me first, the family's yard was spread all over, and you discounted people's arms." ”

Zhao Pingjin hurriedly stuffed candied fruit into her mouth.

Teacher Zhou raised his hand to beat him: "I think you are becoming more and more disagreeable." ”

Yu Xiaoying was on the side, her mother-in-law scolded in her tone, and after listening carefully, she didn't really mean to blame, Zhao Pingjin still looked like a hippie smile, her mother-in-law spoiled her son, that was really a spoil.

Teacher Zhou said on the side, "Yingzi, you have to talk about him." ”

Yu Xiaoying hurriedly agreed: "Alas, Mom." ”

Zhao Pingjin said: "Okay, you don't have to worry about this." ”

Yu Xiaoying began to study her husband, and pretended to be curious and asked, "Why are you two fighting?" ”

Zhao Pingjin smiled: "Do you really believe that the two of us are fighting?" We're all right. ”

Yu Xiaoying stopped asking, smiled, turned her head to accompany the old lady, and watched the golden monkey make a New Year on TV.