Returning to the company from Beijing, Xitang heard a colleague in the office saying that the drama was over, and the popularity was not rising.

Xitang smiled and sat aside, "The Last Princess Pegatron" was broadcast on the TV drama channel of CCTV 4, which is not a mainstream channel for young people in China, and most of the audience are female viewers over forty years old.

The female lead actor is not well-known, and the male lead actor is not a young idol, and young people see it less, so the Internet discussion is low.

The colleague in charge of propaganda who was guarding the computer smiled at her: "Xitang, the middle-aged and elderly aunt likes you." ”

Xitang happily: "That's pretty good." ”

Karen's assistant came out and called her into the office.

Xitang went into Ni Karen's office and found that Su Yun was also there, and asked Ni Karen: "Do you want to stir up the scandal?" ”

Ni Karen shook his head: "Yang Yilin has a bad reputation, don't make a fuss, wait until the end of this year." ”

Su Yun agreed, took the coffee ring and left.

Xitang sat on her sofa and signed several work contracts that the company gave her, she was resting recently, and the new drama had not yet started filming.

Karen Ni said: "How did you memorize the script? ”

This is her strong point, Xitang replied confidently: "Almost." ”

Karen Ni advised: "Remember to go to vocal lessons in the afternoon." ”

Xitang immersed himself in writing, and responded well when he heard the words.

Ni Karen flipped through the documents at the desk to the computer: "There are many invitations to the event at the end of the year, this year's dress is picked early, the fashion week is over, and the popularity of next year's spring style has basically come out. ”

Xitang prevented her from being blindly optimistic: "Mommy, it's the first time to be a leading actress, it's hard to say whether you can win an award." ”

Ni Karen said ruthlessly: "This drama is good, half of this year has passed, none of the dramas that have come out are decent, Zhang Zhiyin has one in the second half of the year, whether the idol drama route taken can surpass you is another matter, besides, I don't have this ability, my accumulation in this circle for so many years is in vain." ”

Xitang knows that in terms of career, Ni Karen has always been more ambitious and planned than her, and this year's three major TV awards will be selected in October, and the latest will be at the end of the year. "The Last Princess Heshuo" is a big drama, if Xitang can take away any of the awards for the leading actresses, then the grade and salary of the next drama will be a step higher.

Karen beckoned to her at her desk.

Xitang got up and walked over.

Ni Karen pointed to the table and said, "Of the new scripts, two of them are movies, you can take a look at them first." ”

Xitang picked up the stack of scripts and asked, "Is the movie script good?" ”

"I didn't read it," Ni Karen buried her head in signing a few documents: "The investment is average, and the male lead has not been decided." ”

Xitang replied with a sigh of relief.

Seeing that the matter was finished, Ni Karen motioned to Xitang to pour her coffee, and she walked over and sat on the sofa: "Don't be afraid, hundreds of films are released a year, pick slowly, there is always a good one." I've seen a lot of stars, but good actors have to be honed. People will be old, but the works are eternal, Xitang, I will push you into a name in this industry-"

Karen Ni paused for a moment and changed to Cantonese, "Baishi Liufang." ”

Ni Karen's subordinates are extremely strict in governing the army, and the training of artists' body posture and professional ethics is extremely strict, and no artist led by her does not complain that his life is worse than death. Huang Xitang has been at the bottom for several years, and sometimes she feels that she is going crazy by Ni Karen, and the most she says to her on weekdays is work, investment, sponsorship, and eat less.

I remember that she never talked to her about acting.

At that moment, Xitang suddenly felt that the tears in his eyes were almost pouring out.

"Wow," before he could cry, Xitang exclaimed exaggeratedly, "It's so exciting." ”

Karen Ni hugged her and laughed.

Xitang lay on her shoulder, laughing and rolling down tears.

Life is like this, crying and laughing, emotions are the most useless things.

The last time she came back from Beijing, she had a big emotional breakdown, her legs were weak from crying, her eyes were swollen like peaches, and the sadness in her heart surged up one after another, and when she got off the plane and got into the company's car, Ni Karen slapped her twice on the back, which made Xitang's spine numb, and there was a buzzing sound in her ears, and she was still heard scolding angrily: "When you pay 100,000 yuan for an episode, you give me a came."

Cry hard before A, there is no camera, you cry a fart! ”

After the summer solstice, it rained several times in Hengdian.

The roof of the set was wet, and the crew simply changed the filming of the rain scene, Xitang hung Weiya, and hung in the air with the villain in the play to set the action over and over again, and finally the director shouted "card", changed the martial arts to the stage, Xitang was helped down by the assistant, took off the heavy costume, and could wring out a wet splash from it.

Xitang got off the scene, her body was slimy, her underwear was soaked with rain and sweat, and it was inconvenient to take a shower on the set, so she had to change her clothes and return to the town by car.

The rain in the evening has stopped, Xitang got out of the car at the intersection, Ah Kuan gave her the big backpack used for filming and followed her behind, Xitang lowered her head, walked through the crowded street, turned a corner at the corner of the street, and climbed up the half-ramp where she lived.

She still lives in that house in Hengdian.

Xitang also rented the next room on that floor, and usually the assistant lived with her, and sometimes her mother came to visit the class to live.

Ah Kuan put his arm around her and suddenly said happily, "Sister, look, the moon is so beautiful." ”

Xitang looked up at the sky, the night of Hengdian, the sky showed a dim deep blue, thick clouds rolled, and a round of moon in the middle was already a full moon.

It was early autumn, and the air was still hot and humid at night, and the two of them stood on the slope and looked up at the moon.

Xitang looked from afar, there was still a dim street lamp next to the residential building, insects and ants were flying in the light, and a row of cars were parked chaotically on the side of the road.

At that moment, the deepest blood vessel in my heart suddenly beat slightly.

Under the light of the slope of the intersection, there used to be a person, standing there waiting for her.

He was in her memory at times, sometimes very vivid, and she even remembered him very clearly that day, a tall and thin man, wearing a white trouser shirt, a black polo shirt, one hand in his trouser pocket, the other holding a cigarette, a slight frown and impatient expression, seeing her come from the corner of the street, a slight sarcastic smile appeared on his lips.

Sometimes the memory faded again, and he couldn't remember his eyebrows clearly, as if he was separated by a layer of mist.

When I thought about it in an instant, I felt a slight tingling in my heart.

Xitang does not reject this feeling, in her life, there will be no more his existence, this stinging is the only memory he left her.

When he first came back to Hengdian in June, Xitang slept vaguely one night and began to dream, in which he answered a phone call.

Zhao Pingjin told her on the phone, Xitang, I'm sorry.

She thought it was a dream, and she was about to fall asleep in a blur, but suddenly woke up and found that it was real.

I don't know when the air conditioner stopped, I was sweating all over my body, and there were still tears in the corners of my eyes.

I glanced at the alarm clock at the bedside, and it was ten past four in the morning.

What else was said on the phone, but she couldn't remember it at all, she only remembered Zhao Pingjin's sentence of being sorry, Xitang suspected that this sentence was also her dreaming, how could he be such an arrogant person, how could he tell her sorry for no reason.

Xitang got up the next day, rummaged through the boxes and cabinets in the house, and found the field notebook of her work last year.

In the company's crew before, she made all the scene notes, and she kept a copy of all the work notebooks.

Xitang glanced at the records on the field record and found that yesterday's date was the date he came to Hengdian to see her last year.

A whole year has passed.

Xitang squatted in his rental house, stared at his mobile phone for a long, long time, and finally, raised his hand to delete the call log.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the crew took a half-day holiday.

Xitang returned to Shanghai, and her mother invited Dr. Xie, who had a distant family in a foreign country and could not be reunited, to come to her home for dinner.

Xie Zhenbang brought gifts to the door.

A large bouquet of flowers was given to Xitang, and a box of chocolates and a box printed with the logo of a luxury brand were given to the elders.

Xitang's mother opened it and it was a beautiful silk scarf.

Ni Karen also came, leaned over to take a look, and said with a smile: "Yo, Doctor Xie is so polite." ”

Xie Zhenbang replied with a smile: "Thank you, Miss Ni." ”

There is Ni Karen at the dinner table, it is indispensable to be lively, Xitang rarely eats a full meal, Xie Zhenbang took the initiative to accompany her mother to wash the dishes, and was driven back to the living room by her mother.

Xitang greeted the guests politely: "Have you been busy lately?" ”

I haven't seen her for a while, Xie Zhenbang was a little shy in the face of her: "Fortunately, I'm asking Miss Ni if she can go to visit the class?" ”

Xitang said: "Yes, I can take you to Hengdian." ”

Xie Zhenbang happily asked, "Doesn't it hinder your work?" ”

Xitang grinned: "You have to ask Miss Ni." ”

Ni Karen was not ambiguous, took out her mobile phone and wrote it down: "I'll ask her assistant to check it tomorrow, she has few scenes one day." ”

Xitang turned his head and looked at Ni Karen: "Why did you eat so many sweet and sour pork ribs today, don't you like sweet?" ”

Ni Karen replied while pressing her phone: "I didn't eat it to keep my figure, I didn't have time to care about you today, you ate more than me, are you embarrassed to ask me?" ”

Xitang quickly shut up.

I have been in the crew for this time, and I haven't seen Ni Karen much, Xitang tilted her head to look left and right, and felt that something seemed wrong with her.

Mid-autumn festival.

In Guosheng Hutong, in the dining room of Zhao's East House, the food on the table is steaming.

The nanny brought the food and said with a smile: "The old lady's favorite four-joy balls." ”

Ms. Zhou stretched out her chopsticks and put one into the old lady's plate: "Mom, you can taste it." ”

Zhao Pingjin saw that the nanny was still busy waiting: "Auntie, don't be busy, you can sit down and eat together." ”

The old man sat in the main seat, the old lady sat next to him, the first on the left was Teacher Zhou, and opposite sat Zhao Pingjin and his wife and Shen Min, leaving a seat.

The nanny and aunt smiled and agreed, for so many years, the old man let the aunt eat together during the New Year's holidays, and she no longer shirked when she was older, and chose the last seat to sit on the side, the rules were stable and steady, and it had not changed at all, at this time the nanny wiped her hands on the apron: "There are crabs steaming in the cage drawer, I'll take a look, lest they pass the fire." ”

Ms. Zhou greeted: "Auntie, come over when you see it." ”

Ms. Zhou was basically in Nanjing this month, and only returned to Beijing on the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the family had a reunion dinner, and halfway through the meal, Mr. Zhou glanced at his son and daughter-in-law opposite: "You two have been married for almost half a year, is there any movement?" ”

The old man has high blood lipids, and he had several physical examinations in the first half of this year, and the health doctor strictly stipulated that he should eat a light diet, and it is rare to eat half a sauce elbow during the festival, and his daughter-in-law is in charge of his grandson, he did not make a sound, and half of his ears have already stood up.

I only heard Zhao Pingjin glance at his mother, and replied casually: "What do you want?" ”

Teacher Zhou's chopsticks rested on the table lightly, glared at her son and replied: "Your grandparents are waiting to hold the little great-grandson!" ”

The old lady raised her head when she heard this, and smiled in a trance: "Zhou'er has married a daughter-in-law?" Why don't I know? ”

Zhao Pingjin was happy.

Yu Xiaoying's face, which had been smiling, suddenly stiffened a little.

Ms. Zhou explained with a smile and a smile: "Mom, you got married at the beginning of the year, and you forgot that your granddaughter-in-law Yingzi is sitting opposite you." ”

When the old lady heard this, she smiled happily: "Good, good." ”

The old lady was stirring up the scene, and Ms. Zhou couldn't ask any more questions.

Yu Xiaoying thoughtfully rounded the field: "Mom, don't worry. ”

Teacher Zhou glanced at Zhao Pingjin: "Look at my daughter-in-law's face, otherwise I won't clean you up." ”

The old man understood, didn't speak, sat as steady as Mount Tai, remembered and asked his daughter-in-law: "Over there in Nanjing, how is the second child?" ”

Ms. Zhou replied: "Very good, I bumped into Fang Daqing when I came back and said hello." ”

The old man heard the joy: "Is it the third child of the old Fang family?" ”

Ms. Zhou replied, "Yes." ”

The old man was very concerned about his old colleagues: "How is he?" ”

Teacher Zhou peeled a shrimp for the old lady: "I said that I just retired and my hair is half white, and I am in good spirits." ”

The old man pondered for a moment: "All retreated?" It's not that old. ”

Ms. Zhou said: "It's not too young, it's a few years older than Zhuguo." ”

The old man didn't speak for a moment.

Ms. Zhou's eyes were so bright, she immediately understood, a few years older than Zhou'er's father, the old man must have remembered his eldest son who died early, and he was sad.

Ms. Zhou turned to smile and asked, "Dad, Pin Dong called back this morning, what did he tell you?" ”

Yu Xiaoying obediently listened to her mother-in-law and the old man's chat, from the south to the eldest sister's newly bought house in the United States, these things did not have her part to speak, she turned her head to look at her husband beside her.

Zhao Pingjin frowned slightly, and the person had already lost his mind.

After dinner in the evening, the young couple went back to their own house.

On the way back, Zhao Pingjin drove intently and didn't say anything all the way.

Yu Xiaoying sat in his passenger seat and suddenly said to him, "Zhouzi, let's have a child." ”

Zhao Pingjin's hand holding the steering wheel tightened, and he heard it obviously, but he didn't make a sound.

In the evening, Yu Xiaoying took a shower and walked to the study, Zhao Pingjin wore a white shirt and glasses, facing the computer screen.

Yu Xiaoying hugged his waist from behind and pressed her face against his shoulder.

Zhao Pingjin turned around and kissed her cheek, and said patiently and gently: "Don't make trouble, I'm busy." ”

Yu Xiaoying didn't stop, her chest was pressed against his back, the white crest gently rubbed against his body through the silk pajamas, her hand reached into his shirt and pinched his sensitive parts provocatively.

Zhao Pingjin sat motionless.

Yu Xiaoying felt that the skin of the man in her hand was cold, and there was a slight shiver.

She is not a woman who does not understand the amorous feelings, when her parents asked her to study abroad, she didn't want to go out to study, she felt that her homework was too difficult and annoying, it was her father Yu Weimin who watched the children of relatives and friends around her go out one by one, and felt that this only girl, without a gold-plated foreign education, would be a shame for the old Yu family. Yu Xiaoying couldn't resist her father, so she had to agree. Since leaving the cage of the family and going to the circle of international students in Los Angeles, Yu Xiaoying feels that she is as free as a happy bird, Asian and Western boyfriends have been dated, and she has successfully aroused men's desires by using feminine charm since she learned to fall in love, she has rarely missed a time, the reason why she is confident is because she understands men's reactions too well, a young man with strong blood, physiological instincts that cannot be suppressed, but the last thing she didn't expect was that after getting married, her own husband, but it is the biggest exception.

Since they moved in together after they got married, unless Zhao Pingjin was willing, no matter how hard she tried to tease, she couldn't arouse his lust.

She was full of unwillingness, twisted her waist and threw herself into his arms.

Zhao Pingjin turned around, held her hand, and stopped her movements.

Yu Xiaoying looked at him with sadness and resentment, her lips pursed slightly, and there was a hazy water under her eyes.

The wedding of the two was grand, Yu Xiaoying knew that her parents were very satisfied, which also showed the Zhao family's satisfaction with marrying her daughter-in-law, except for some accidents on the night of the wedding, Zhao Pingjin suddenly felt unwell, after the wedding, the wedding room was sent to the hospital without entering, but he was about to be discharged from the hospital, and accompanied her back to the door on the third day after the wedding.

After getting married, the two of them moved into the Xia Mansion purchased by the Yu family, which is the center of the city, prosperous and lively, and is only more than ten minutes' drive away from Yu Xiaoying's mother's house, the Zhao family has a wedding room for Zhao Pingjin in Dongcheng, Yu Xiaoying doesn't like that lot, her mother went to discuss it with her mother-in-law Teacher Zhou, Teacher Zhou muttered in her heart, what is the matter with this married woman's house, came back and mentioned it to Zhao Pingjin, but she didn't expect her picky son to agree without saying a word, and Ms. Zhou had to give up.

Yu Xiaoying knew it, and she was happy in her heart, he still loved her.

Zhao Pingjin is busy with work, there are four or five nights of entertainment in a week, Yu Xiaoying stayed at home at first and waited for him to come back, waited a few times, Zhao Pingjin clearly told her that she didn't need to do this, and she resumed her previous life, sometimes shopping with her little sister at night, sometimes going back to her parents' house, coming back at night, Zhao Pingjin was sometimes already at home, sometimes he didn't go back. But no matter how late it is, he'll always come back.

In the morning, the two of them went out to work separately, came back at night, and quickly entered a dull married life.

Her mother told her, "Every couple lives like this, you two just want to have a child." She thought that she should have a child, hinted at him a few times, went to the mother and child to get a bunch of eugenics propaganda materials and put them in the living room, and made all kinds of preparations with great interest.

Zhao Pingjin didn't refute her, nor did he agree to her, his attitude was just indifferent, and having a child was dispensable to him.

Once a week, it's like completing a task.

He still hasn't forgotten to wear the sleeve.

Zhao Pingjin said in a good voice: "I still have a job, you can sleep first." ”

Yu Xiaoying shook off his hand, pushed him hard, and walked out angrily.

Zhao Pingjin got up and walked out: "Don't be angry. ”

Yu Xiaoying looked at his calm and helpless face, he was like this, he never quarreled with her, she lost her temper, he endured it silently, and everyone outside said that Zhao Pingjin's children had a big temper, were arrogant and arrogant, and people were not good.

Yu Xiaoying went abroad after graduating from high school, and her impression of Zhao Pingjin was only in the reputation of bandits and bullies circulating in the compound, and the two met officially for the first time, and the introducer was her aunt, who worked in the Education Commission and was a former colleague of her mother-in-law, Teacher Zhou. Yu Xiaoying and Zhao Pingjin had a meal and chatted about the experience of studying abroad, and they met like this.

The two have been in love for half a year, Zhao Pingjin is very gentlemanly, every date, pick-up and drop-off is certain, Women's Day, Children's Day, Labor Day, romantic flower gifts for each festival are never less, when he is a boyfriend, he can't say that he is not dutiful.

After knowing each other for more than half a year, her mother invited her to dinner on her birthday, and Yu Weimin said to her daughter: "Come with Zhouzi." ”

A week later, it was the Dragon Boat Festival, and Zhao Pingjin took her to the old man's place for a meal.

In this way, the relationship between the two families was settled.

Later, on a rare occasion, she followed him out to mess with his little hair, and she saw Zhao Pingjin completely relaxed, and he looked completely different in front of her, like a child, with a mouth full of Beijing films flying around, without a serious word, with a thin smile on the corner of his lips, and a good-looking face.

If you put it here for her, it will be in order.

She described her doubts to her little sisters, and her sisters said: "He likes you, he likes you, so he's serious!" ”

She believed.

That day, Yu Xiaoying was at her mother-in-law's house in Guosheng Hutong, and heard the aunt of the Qian family next door chatting with the old nanny of the Zhao family. ”

When the old nanny heard this, she was stunned for a while, and suddenly put down the bean seedlings in her hand, took out a handkerchief, and wiped the corners of her eyes.

Aunt Qian wondered: "It's a good thing that my brother is married and stable, why are you crying?" ”

The old nanny smiled: "The wind is blowing." ”

After Yu Xiaoying got married, I had never seen him arrogant and arrogant, and what I saw the most was his expression, numb, gentle, and even silently patient.

Yu Xiaoying also felt aggrieved in her heart: "You are so unwilling to stay in the same room with me? I worked overtime for three days and two ends, and when I came back, I was alone in the study. ”

Zhao Pingjin poured water for her: "I'm busy with work, I'll try to come back early in the future." ”

Yu Xiaoying simply said: "I understand that you are busy with work, have I taken care of you?" Ask yourself, "When we are married, do you spend more than three hours a day in this house?" ”

Zhao Pingjin looked calm and spoke to her kindly: "I come back after work every day, and sometimes it's too late, so I don't want to disturb your rest." ”

Sentence by sentence, Yu Xiaoying was about to go crazy in her heart, stood up and glared at him: "The third watch went out in the middle of the night, don't think I don't know where you're going!" ”

Zhao Pingjin said: "I didn't go anywhere. ”

"You know where you're going or not!" Yu Xiaoying screamed and rushed into the bedroom, and Zhao Pingjin stood in the living room.

Yu Xiaoying was quiet in the room for a long time, didn't see him come in, and smashed a glass cup on the floor.

Then there was the sound of things on the dresser being smashed.

Zhao Pingjin stood silently in the living room for a while, returned to the study, and sat for a long time.

At a quarter past one o'clock in the morning, the huge apartment was completely silent.

Zhao Pingjin picked up the car keys, went out, the car drove out of the garage, he opened the window, and the late autumn wind blew in.

For a while, it's all cool.

The car drove in the heart of the capital in the early hours of the morning.

Passing through the east of Tiananmen Square, I turned a corner at the intersection, the straight Chang'an Avenue behind me was brightly lit, along the street outside Jianguomen, looking up, not far away a towering skyline high-rise building, the top floor of a faint little red light.

Clouds obscured the sky, and there was not a trace of moonlight.

His heart became a desolate and empty ruin, the snow was white, and the cold wind blew and whistled back.

Zhao Pingjin drove close to the South Second Exit of the Park Hyatt parking lot, and for many nights, he would drive into the garage, go upstairs, sit in her room for a while, or work for a while, and sometimes unconsciously, it would be delayed until the second half of the night.

He didn't stop tonight, he drove past the south gate, past the west gate of the Park Hyatt, where he had been waiting for her downstairs in front.

He remembered the way she walked out of the taxi, wearing a dark flower cheongsam, her posture was demure and feminine, but the expression on her face was extremely indifferent.

At that time, she belonged to him, and after filming, she came in from the suburbs from most of the capital, just to have a meal with him.

Zhao Pingjin's heart trembled, and he suddenly stepped on the accelerator like a madman, there were few pedestrians on the streets at night, and the horns of several cars around him were piercing and chaotic, he ignored it, his heart beat wildly with the acceleration, the speed got rid of the spasmodic suffocation, and he galloped all the way, until a red light appeared in front of him, and then he stepped on the brake violently.

Cold sweat soaked through his shirt.

He silently turned the head of the car in front of the traffic light and drove back towards Jianguomen.

Yu Xiaoying was awake, sitting on the bed in the bedroom with red eyes, and when she saw him come in, she was a little flustered for a moment.

Maybe I didn't expect him to come back.

He often left the house in the middle of the night, and she knew it.

Zhao Pingjin walked through the mess, stood on the edge of the bed, and reached out to hug her.

Yu Xiaoying whimpered.

Zhao Pingjin took her into his arms, tilted his head, endured the hidden pain in his heart, and said in a dumb voice: "Yingzi, I'm sorry, let's have a good time." ”

At work on Thursday morning, Secretary He came in and knocked on the door: "Mr. Zhao, Yu Dong is looking for you." ”

Zhao Pingjin heard it and was stunned for a second.

He got up and went to Yu Weimin's office, and the elevator went up to the director's office on the upper floor, where Yu Weimin's secretary opened the door for him.

Zhao Pingjin asked politely: "Yu Dong, are you looking for me?" ”

Zhao Pingjin's demeanor is respectful and courteous, and he is also business-like, and the entire group knows about this level of Weng-in-law relationship, but in public, the two have always had a clear distinction between public and private, and Yu Weimin rarely looks for him alone.

Yu Weimin twisted the pen in his hand and motioned for him to sit.

This time his father-in-law was talking about private matters: "Yingzi came home yesterday and was depressed, her mother asked her for a long time, she didn't say anything, her mother also cares about the two of you, let me ask, did the little couple have a conflict?" ”

Zhao Pingjin's face did not change at all, as if he expected such a question sooner or later, he only slowed down, lowered his posture and voice: "It shouldn't be, maybe I've been a little busy this time and neglected her." ”

Yu Weimin also doesn't like to take care of his children's private affairs, but for the marriage of the only pearl in the palm of his hand, he can't help but mention that he has a little attention, Zhao Pingjin's work ability and family background needless to say, it is one of the most famous people in the capital, when he was able to marry the Zhao family, he and his wife were very satisfied, but this person's arrogance and presumptuousness are also famous, it is said that he should be taken care of when he gets married, but his wife is afraid that his daughter will not be able to hold him, Yu Weimin has to come forward to knock and knock, he put on a kind elder face, and his tone is also a little kind: "Zhou'er, Young people are newly married, stumbling is inevitable, you children have known each other since they were young, and our elders are also familiar with it. ”

Zhao Pingjin said obediently: "Let you and your mother worry, I was planning to pick her up from work today and accompany her well." ”

Yu Weimin was finally satisfied, and nodded with a smile: "Okay, you can go to work." ”

Zhao Pingjin got up to say goodbye and returned to his office, Shen Min was waiting for him in front of the office looking at his watch, today he has a full day trip, and there are two engineering projects to inspect.

The secretary put on a suit jacket for him, and Zhao Pingjin said to Shen Min as he walked out: "Push off the evening entertainment, I will come back at six o'clock." ”

Shen Min followed behind him and said disagreefully: "Six o'clock is too rushed, and it takes more than two hours on the road, so you can only advance the afternoon inspection time, and you don't have time to rest at noon......"

Zhao Pingjin turned his head and looked slightly stunned with a cold face: "Xiaomin, this is an order." ”

Shen Min was immediately silenced.

At 6:20 p.m., Yu Xiaoying walked out of the office building after work and saw a familiar black car parked in the courtyard of the unit.

Zhao Pingjin saw her come out, got out of the car, and called: "Yingzi." ”

Yu Xiaoying saw him and said with a little surprise: "Hey, why are you here?" ”

Zhao Pingjin stood beside her and nodded politely to her colleagues: "Pick you up from work." ”

Her husband, tall and thin, with a dark gray blazer, a white shirt and a dark red jacquard tie, a handsome face is slightly pale, reserved and steady, and full of demeanor.

The female colleagues around laughed and joked, their eyes curious and envious.

Yu Xiaoying stretched out her arm, held his arm tightly, and waved goodbye to her colleague in high spirits.

Halfway through eating with Yu Xiaoying, Fang Langtong called Zhao Pingjin.

Zhao Pingjin answered the phone, turned his head and asked Yu Xiaoying: "Ruifu Lou has a new menu, Lang Tong asked me to try new dishes together on the weekend, you go together?" ”

Yu Xiaoying turned her mind and replied with a smile: "It's not a coincidence, our colleagues in the unit have a dinner." ”

Zhao Pingjin was not reluctant, only nodded.

Yu Xiaoying is several years younger than Zhao Pingjin, and she is not in a big courtyard, she didn't get together from studying, she has her own little sister's network circle, and she is not very familiar with him.

Yu Xiaoying doesn't like to go out with him, the main reason is Zhao Pingjin. When Zhao Pingjin went out to play, he basically didn't take care of women, and whatever female companions he brought to attend, he threw people into the field, and drank and played cards with the men by himself.

When Yu Xiaoying was playing outside, she was used to the fact that men couldn't resist her charm, and they competed around her to be courteous, and it was fun to be lively. But Zhao Pingjin ignored her, she got married again, her husband was in the house, and she couldn't make too much trouble with other men, and she usually got along with Mrs. Gao Jiyi, but most of the time Gao Jiyi brought out those Yingying Yanyan, she still has this identity, she doesn't like to deal with such a woman, she is tied, and she doesn't like to go after going a few times.

What Zhao Pingjin is doing outside, after getting married, she has her own way to know.

I knew it, so I let him go.

Zhao Pingjin got off work late on Saturday night, and he arrived at the restaurant at nine o'clock, followed by Shen Min, and there were already people sitting in the box.

Gao Jiyi sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, and saw him come in: "Zhouzi, you kid is getting more and more difficult to invite." ”

Zhao Pingjin threw the car keys on the coffee table, pushed Gao Jiyi away with a hippie smile, and sat down: "How can it, isn't this coming in a hurry?" ”

He looked inside, Lang Tong was sitting, and a man sitting in the sofa looked up in a panic, and when he saw it, it was Lu Xiaojiang.

As soon as Zhao Pingjin saw him, his face turned cold, his smile suddenly disappeared, and he shook his face and left.

Gao Jiyi shouted: "Zhouzi, hey, don't open your face." ”

Zhao Pingjin ignored him.

Fang Langtong shouted to him: "Zhouzhou! ”

Zhao Pingjin was stunned, after all, it was Fang Langtong's game, and he didn't want to make too much trouble.

He turned his head and replied: "Second brother, I have to leave in advance today, and I will invite you to eat and make amends." ”

Fang Langtong stood up: "You two can't make it clear, such a nose is not a nose and a face is not a face, when will it be a head?" ”

Gao Jiyi pushed Lu Xiaojiang with his hand: "Go, apologize to Brother Zhouzhou." ”

Lu Xiaojiang stepped forward and shouted tremblingly: "Zhouzi ......"

Seeing that Lu Xiaojiang hadn't finished speaking, Zhao Pingjin smashed his fist in the face.

Lu Xiaojiang stumbled and almost didn't fall to the ground.

Fang Langtong and Gao Jiyi both stood up "rubbing".

Zhao Pingjin's face was as cold as frost: "Lu Xiaojiang, stay away from me." ”

The corners of Lu Xiaojiang's mouth were hoarse, and he said with his tongue in his mouth, "I know you're angry with me......"

Zhao Pingjin kicked over, and Lu Xiaojiang covered his stomach and knelt on the ground.

Fang Langtong and Gao Jiyi were stunned, Zhao Pingjin made such a ruthless hand at once, and the two of them immediately surrounded him, Gao Jiyi stepped forward and dragged Lu Xiaojiang: "Are you okay?" ”

Fang Langtong couldn't stand it anymore: "Zhouzi, don't go too far." ”

Lu Xiaojiang cried with a sad face: "It's me who is sorry for my third brother." ”

Zhao Pingjin's eyes flashed with anger, his face was pale, and when he heard this, a fist beckoned him again, and he shouted angrily: "Who the is your third brother!" ”

Lu Xiaojiang hung his head motionless, Fang Langtong tore the crazy Zhao Pingjin hard, the waiter saw the sound and opened the door and came in, Gao Jiyi shouted: "Get out!" ”

In the blink of an eye, Lu Xiaojiang was punched a few more times, and he didn't resist, he only screamed, and his voice changed in pain: "Zhouzhou!" Just whip me! I'm sorry for you, you pump! ”

Zhao Pingjin's forehead was bruised, the frost on his face had been burned with anger, and his whole person was red: "I'll fuck you!" ”

Lu Xiaojiang whimpered in his mouth, and his voice couldn't help but rise: "You have hatred in your heart?" I'm sorry for you? Which of us is sorry for whom first? When I was with the bell, what the fuck was going on with you? What did you do to me in the first place? Zhao Pingjin, don't pretend to be innocent! ”

Zhao Pingjin heard his words, and suddenly froze for a few seconds, as if in disbelief, stared at Lu Xiaojiang repeatedly for several seconds, and finally understood his words, the corners of his entire lips twitched slightly, and then looked up to the sky and laughed sadly, forcing back tears flashing in his eyes: "Lu Xiaojiang, you bullied her, dare to love because you hate me?" yes, there's something wrong with me, but you don't figure it out? I didn't say anything about the bell, I didn't care about you looking for death and life in the first place, you're good, you! ”

Zhao Pingjin's face turned pale with anger, and he didn't catch his breath, and he almost shook a little.

Fang Langtong interjected anxiously: "Xiaojiang, the matter of Zhouzi is really not ......"

Lu Xiaojiang didn't have a chance to hear clearly.

In the next second, Zhao Pingjin raised his hand and twisted him, and threw the person to the ground fiercely, his hand was completely weightless, Lu Xiaojiang was slammed on the coffee table, and the whole person fell down with a cup of tea, Zhao Pingjin strode and stepped on his arm, his face was already angry that the six relatives did not recognize, and his voice was hoarse and cold: "Pumping you?" I can't kill you! ”

Lu Xiaojiang fell to the ground on his back and screamed in pain.

Gao Jiyi heard his voice: "Alas, Zhouzi! Stop, let's make another fuss. ”

Lu Xiaojiang completely lay down.

Zhao Pingjin picked up his suit jacket, was full of anger, kicked them away, and walked out.

Shen Min stood aside from beginning to end, with his hands in his sleeves, without a word of persuasion, and seeing that Zhao Pingjin was gone, he raised his legs and followed.

Fang Langtong was a little stunned at this moment, Zhao Pingjin's ruthless hand, even Fang Langtong himself was stunned, he thought that Zhao Pingjin and Lu Xiaojiang were just a little angry with each other, and now that it looks like this, it is simply a deep hatred. Fang Langtong picked up Lu Xiaojiang, who fell to the ground, and asked anxiously: "Xiaojiang, are you okay?" ”

Seeing that Shen Min was leaving, Gao Jiyi, who was standing on the side, jumped up suddenly, jumped to the door and pulled Shen Min back: "What the hell is going on?" ”

Shen Min stood aside, Lu Xiaojiang was still sitting on the ground, and Shen Min didn't help him, but only asked, "Did you call him on the morning of his wedding?" ”

Fang Langtong remembered the situation on Zhao Pingjin's wedding day, and his face changed slightly.

Lu Xiaojiang's face was distorted with pain, beads of sweat fell, and he didn't dare to speak with a miserable face.

Fang Langtong urged and asked, "Xiaojiang, what did you tell him?" ”

Lu Xiaojiang didn't dare to speak.

Gao Jiyi stabbed Shen Min: "Xiaomin? ”

Shen Min shook his head: "I don't know either." ”

Shen Min whispered to Fang Langtong: "I'm going down, he probably won't be able to drive." ”

During the awards season in November, the Beijing Television Art Festival held an award ceremony in Beijing.

Huang Xitang was in the hotel lobby, meeting with Director Feng and colleagues from the crew.

Innan, who hadn't seen her for a long time, appeared in a black dress, smiled and held her hand, and pulled the car door for her, Ni Karen stood aside, watching Inan and her get into the car arranged by the organizer, and Innan would walk the red carpet with her in a while.

Yin Nan sat side by side with her in the back seat of the car, leaning on the back of the chair very relaxed, and smiled calmly: "Are you nervous?" ”

Xitang sat up straight, his hand pressed on the hem of the heavy dress, and he turned his head and smiled when he heard the words: "A little." ”

Yinnan tonight's TV Emperor won nine out of ten, the first TV award of the year opened by Galaxy Media in October this year, he has already won a most popular actor, that Xitang did not win the award, the company also got a notice in advance, Ni Karen arranged for her to attend the award ceremony, but it was also a formality, she returned to the crew to film that night, but tonight is different, the Beijing TV Art Festival is the largest TV awards ceremony in China, and the Golden Camellia Award is also considered to be the heaviest award among the three major TV awards, Over the years, it has been the focus of attention in the entertainment industry, and the list of winners was opened on the spot, which is also considered to be the fairest award ceremony in the industry.

The Camellia Theater has appeared on the right side of the road, and the towering top of the theater is like a white camellia blooming flower, shining in the night.

In the distance, I saw a field of magnesium lights flickering non-stop, and the screams of fans were getting closer and closer.

Yesterday, Beijing cooled down, the assistant pasted a row of warm babies under her dress skirt, Xitang dressed beautifully tonight, Innan gentlemanly stretched out his arm, Xitang's high heels stepped on the red carpet, people leaned out of the car elegantly, holding Innan's arm, and the two stood side by side at one end of the red carpet.

Fan screams pierced the sky.

Xitang wore a white satin bandeau dress skirt, and the makeup of the female star attending the award ceremony has always been thick and heavy, but her makeup artist used matte brown for her eye makeup this time. Xitang stood on the red carpet, holding Yinnan's arm and standing together, achieving the most dazzling pair of on-screen beauties at tonight's awards ceremony, Song Jiahua, an officer from Beiping Hospital in "The Last Princess Pegatron", holding his wife in the play, the actor who played the eldest princess had a graceful posture, a white neck, and a soft smile on his face.

Entering the theater and taking a seat, singing and dancing, talking and laughing, more than two hours of the awards ceremony, Xitang sat until the end, only to feel numb in his back and sore shoulders.

When Huang Xitang walked out of the ceremony at twelve o'clock, the assistant immediately wrapped a down jacket on her shoulders.

Ni Karen sat in the back seat of the car, the assistant opened the car door, and Xitang saw that her face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

Xitang got into the car and his face fell: "I'm sorry." ”

Ni Karen replied expressionlessly: "It's none of your business." ”

The driver of the company was about to close the car door, when he suddenly noticed a figure hurrying by at the exit of the theater, and when he saw their car, he immediately stopped: "It's Miss Ni." ”

Xitang looked up, a man in a black sequined feather suit stepped forward with a smile on his face, this gentleman was Zhang Zhiyin's agent Chang Weihong.

Chang Weihong was pressing the mobile phone in his hand, and the smile on his face was folded: "Miss Ni, I'm sorry, I'm humble this time." ”

Zhang Zhiyin won this year's Golden Camellia Best Actress with "Pear Blossom Street Case", and at this time she was still holding the trophy and taking photos and interviews in the venue, this drama was pushed off by Xitang in order to shoot "The Last Princess Pegas".

The corners of Ni Karen's mouth twitched: "Mr. Chang, congratulations." ”

He is a senior agent and producer in the industry, and Xitang had no choice but to say hello: "Brother Hong." ”

"Oh, I also heard that your artist's application for the audition for "Spring Delay" was rejected?" Chang Weihong glanced at Xitang as he spoke: "Zhiyin is in, hey, I said Karen, is Zhenzhen still out to film, I miss her a little." ”

Ni Karen didn't even want to say anything about the scene, and said with a cold face: "Drive." ”

The car drove away from the theater and drove onto the road, and Ni Karen waved her hands and feet, scolding angrily: "Sinister villain! Shameless pervert! No, I'm so angry that I'm going to have a stroke! ”

Xitang held her hand, she was a little grumpy during this period.

The car stopped in front of the hotel, and the assistant came down to help Xitang get out of the car, Ni Karen's face turned pale, and she twisted the car door angrily.

I only heard the driver behind him exclaim: "Miss Ni! ”

Xitang looked back and was startled, only to see Ni Karen's face pale and fall to the ground.

Xitang immediately pulled his legs and rushed to the other side of the car, Ni Karen sat on the ground, grabbed her arm tightly, and her lips trembled a little: "Xitang, I feel a little uncomfortable." ”

Xitang shouted to the driver to come and help her: "Hurry up and send her to the hospital!" ”

The driver carried Karen Ni to the car.

Xitang hurriedly stretched out his arm to stop him: "Slow down!" Slow down! ”

The driver anxiously asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Xitang protected his chest with one hand, lifted the obstructive chest wrapping dress up, and supported Ni Karen's body with the other: "Don't hold her belly!" She is expecting. ”

The lights in the emergency department are blinding.

Ni Karen woke up, but her face was very bad, there was a small amount of bleeding, and the obstetrician and gynecologist on the night shift came to see her, saying that she had signs of miscarriage and that she was at high risk of pregnancy at an advanced age, and prescribed a tocolytic injection to put her on bed rest.

Xitang wanted to hospitalize Karen Ni, but the beds were too tight.

The little girl in the nurse's station at the triage desk looked at Xitang with irrepressible curiosity, and kindly whispered to her that the bed would definitely not be available, so it was better to go home and recuperate.

But their group works in Beijing, and they all live in hotels, so everything is inconvenient.

Ni Karen was lying on the emergency bed, and saw Xitang following the doctor and asked again and again, seeing Xitang turn around, Ni Karen said to her: "What are you afraid of, whether there is one, it is all given by God." ”

Xitang was suspicious that she didn't want children.

Ni Karen saw her look and said, "I don't want it, I won't stay until now, besides, your mother said to help me bring it." ”

They are all mortals in the flesh, and they can still control their emotions at this time, Xitang really admires her.

The doctor asked her to take a drip in the emergency infusion room, and she had to observe for half an hour after the injection, the nurse gave a bed for the patient to lie down, Xitang asked Ah Kuan to go out to buy chicken soup, Xitang took a breath, sat down on the side of the bed, took out his mobile phone to look at the time, it was almost two o'clock in the morning.

Huang Xitang's mobile phone was a string of missed calls from the company.

Karen Ni saw her replying to the message: "What did you say?" ”

Xitang checked the emails and messages, and said in a low voice: "The revised drawings of the colleagues of the Propaganda Department have been sent, and the drafts and pictures sent are for you to see, I will read them myself, and you can sleep for a while." ”

With years of keen intuition, Ni Karen replied indignantly: "It's just a few, there is a ghost in this matter." ”

Xitang was gloomy, he was fine, but he felt sorry for the colleagues who worked together, they set off to Beijing with great ambition, and it was said that the company even wrote the award-winning press release, but it was not she who won the award.

She shook Karen's hand: "Mommy, we don't mind this too much. ”

Ni Karen finally calmed down and said, "Work harder." ”

Xitang responded: "Hmm." ”

The potion dripped down for a while, and Karen fell asleep in the emergency room.

After a while, one or two little nurses in charge of the emergency department were busy, and they came in for a walk, and some of them were more lively, and they approached directly, pretending to check the infusion speed of Ni Karen, but their eyes kept sneaking a peek at Huang Xitang.

After a while, Ah Kuan came back, Xitang glanced at her, Ah Kuan immediately got up and found the head nurse on duty who was busy at the counter, his demeanor was quite amiable, but the volume was not too loud or small, enough for the girls in the entire nurse station to hear: "I'm sorry, head nurse, our patients need to rest quietly......"

Xitang finally got free, got up to find a bathroom to change clothes, she was still wearing a dress, she didn't dare to take off the mask on her face, she was so anxious that she sweated all the way, her makeup was all paste, and the whole person was embarrassed.

Ah Kuan followed her in, carefully untied the chain behind her back, the expensive silk evening dress slid down smoothly, Xitang rolled up the dress and stuffed it into the backpack, and then put on the pants sweater, she reached out and touched the bag, only touched a lighter.

Xitang stuffed the bag into Ah Kuan's arms: "You go back and accompany Karen." ”

She reached for the hat of her down jacket and went downstairs to buy cigarettes.

In the second half of the night in Beijing in November, the temperature was a few degrees below zero, as soon as I stepped out of the ground outside, I immediately felt the cold air rushing from the soles of my feet to my body, Xitang wore a thick sweater, still shivering with cold, bought cigarettes and mineral water, came out of the small shop at the corner of the street, trotted all the way to the hospital, passed the parking space in front of the outpatient building, and walked towards a person, Xitang was stunned.

When Shen Min saw her, he was also obviously surprised: "Xitang, why are you here?" ”

As Xitang spoke, a thin layer of mist erupted through the mask: "I'm coming to work, and my agent is sick." ”

Shen Min hurriedly took her to the hospital building, and the two of them stopped in the corridor on the first floor of the emergency department, and Shen Min said with concern: "Is it serious?" Need help? ”

Xitang took off his mask and said, "It's okay, it's all arranged." ”

Shen Min nodded: "That's good." ”

"Call me if there's something," Shen Min pointed to the back of the hallway, "Then I'll go in." ”

Xitang watched as he walked towards the back of the emergency building, where the corridor stretched inward to the inpatient building.

Xitang stood in place in a daze, watching Shen Min's figure turn around at the end of the corridor, and seeing that it was about to disappear, her heart suddenly jumped, and she chased after her: "Shen Min!" ”

Shen Min turned around and stopped.

Xitang ran to him, her eyebrows were a little anxious, and she asked, "Is he hospitalized?" ”

Shen Min was stunned for a moment, hesitated for two seconds, and nodded.

Xitang was stunned for a moment, his heart shrank suddenly, and he opened his mouth, but he couldn't speak.

Shen Min looked at her expression and said gently: "Just come and hang up some water, the outpatient clinic can't be opened, it's nothing, don't worry." ”

Xitang stopped talking and turned to leave.

In the high-rise wards, the lights have been turned off.

In the corridor that smelled of disinfectant water, only a few night lights were left overhead, and Shen Min pushed open the door of the living room outside the ward.

Zhao Pingjin was lying on the hospital bed in the middle of the room, opened his eyes when he heard the sound, saw that it was him who came in, and continued to rest with his eyes closed.

Shen Min took off his coat outside, came in and whispered, "You didn't rest?" ”

Zhao Pingjin nodded, his voice was hoarse and he didn't want to speak.

Shen Min dragged the chair to his bedside: "I just sent the leader back to the hotel, it's late." ”

Zhao Pingjin came down from that party tonight, had dinner with the leaders of the partner, arranged for someone to accompany him, and he went to the hospital to hang up the water by himself.

He nodded in understanding.

Shen Min turned off the bedside light for him and said, "The entertainment news came out, and that's the result." ”

Zhao Pingjin heard it, pressed his forehead and said vaguely: "I'm busy with this matter, you can arrange it, and have a meal with Lao Gao for the next two days." ”

Shen Min responded: "Write it down." ”

Zhao Pingjin said: "Let's go back early." ”

Shen Min nodded, got up and walked out.

"Zhouzi." Shen Min walked to the door, suddenly turned around, and called him.

Zhao Pingjin pressed his hand on his stomach, frowned, and glanced up at him when he heard the words.

Shen Min opened his mouth and looked at the person on the bed again, he had an attack of gastritis in the past few days, and the attending physician had issued a hospitalization order three days ago, and he didn't come in until today, Shen Min still held back his words, and said in a low voice: "You should rest early." ”

Shen Min took the door and walked out quickly.

It wasn't until he reached the end of the corridor that Shen Min breathed a sigh of relief and raised his hand to rub his face.

Fang Cai held back in front of him, and didn't dare to mention seeing Huang Xitang in the hospital.

Shen Min can't figure out Zhao Pingjin's mind now, he just feels that this matter can't be touched, about Huang Xitang, Zhao Pingjin has nothing on his face, but Shen Min knows that Zhao Pingjin has suppressed his own thoughts too deeply.

According to Shen Min, Zhao Pingjin has been spoiled for so many years, needless to say, arrogant and domineering, plus everything has gone well in life for more than 30 years, he has nothing that he can't do, and there is no one who makes him unhappy. Even if he broke up with Huang Xitang when he was young, it was a painful one-shot solution, he went abroad quickly, and when he came back, Shen Min knew that Xitang humiliated Zhao Pingjin's face like that at that time, he made up his mind and died to death.

Shen Min didn't expect the two to be able to live together.

When Huang Xitang returned to Beijing to live with him, Shen Min completely understood that if Huang Xitang broke up with Zhao Pingjin, I am afraid it would become his lifelong thoughts, and Shen Min had never seen Zhao Pingjin care about any woman and care about being like that.

After getting married, Zhao Pingjin worked a lot of overtime at night, Shen Min sometimes entered his office at night, and saw it several times, the room was dark, only a lamp was left on the desk, the computer was still on, and the curtains were opened. It was the Forbidden City at night, there was no light at all, he looked at the darkness fixedly, and the pupils were glowing with a red red light of pain and struggle like a trapped beast, but then the fire was slowly extinguished, and Shen Min occasionally saw him alone, his eyes were gray, and the rest was all despair.

Sometimes seeing him come in, Zhao Pingjin extinguished the cigarette and returned to a calm face.

What he didn't want to say, Shen Min wouldn't ask.

Zhao Pingjin's secretary followed Shen Min's instructions to remind Zhao Pingjin to eat on time with three meals a day, but Secretary He reported to Shen Min every once in a while, saying that Mr. Zhao was too picky about eating.

Last time, the secretary was not at ease, so he called him and told him that Zhao Pingjin had a very bad appetite in the past two days, and he took painkillers after several meals.

Shen Min really had no choice, so he thought of Xitang.

I didn't expect it to be recognized in an instant.

Shen Min remembered that time when Zhao Pingjin was lying on the sofa, his hand was on his forehead, and he asked him vaguely with his eyes closed: "How is she?" ”

Shen Min was stunned for a few seconds when he heard his words, before he realized who he was asking, Shen Min pondered for a moment and replied carefully: "It looks good, I said that I just came back from work in Europe." ”

Zhao Pingjin nodded, didn't ask any more, and only stretched out his hand and pointed to the coffee table: "Help me clean up, and ask Xiaohe to warm it up for me later." ”

At that time, Secretary He came over and asked him: "Mr. Shen, where did you buy the porridge, Mr. Zhao ate all the porridge." ”

Shen Min looked at Secretary He, sighed, shook his head and turned around and walked away.

Xitang returned to the emergency infusion room.

After a while, a nurse outside the door called: "Karren Ni's family, is Karen's family here?" The inpatient department just found out that a patient was discharged from the hospital in the afternoon, and the family came to fill out the hospitalization form. ”

Xitang can only do it by himself, the assistant Ah Kuan is too young, and if nothing happens, Xitang asked her to go back with the driver, Xitang waited until Ni Karen finished the infusion, it was too late to ask a nurse, and Xitang accompanied her in the ward.

In the single room of the international ward, Xitang walked in lightly from the outside, only to find that Ni Karen was awake, lying on the bed and staring at her with bulging eyes.

Xitang had a weak heart, and approached her with a hippie smile: "Mommy, are you hungry, do you want to drink soup?" ”

Ni Karen looked at Xitang's cheeks that were red from the cold: "Are you smoking outside again?" ”

Xitang hurriedly said: "There is no one outside at this time." ”

Although Ni Karen is lying in the hospital, Yu Wei is still there: "Do you want your skin anymore?" ”

Xitang immediately pretended to be obedient: "I won't smoke anymore." ”

Karen Ni asked again: "Where did you get the beds?" ”

Xitang replied honestly: "I don't know either." ”

Karen stared at her face carefully, trying to spot a flaw.

Xitang opened her innocent eyes, she really didn't know.

The two chatted for a while, Ni Karen continued to sleep, Xitang lay on the sofa wrapped in a blanket, slept half asleep and half woke up all night, the corridor or the newborn in the next ward took turns crying all night, as if one after another reincarnation of the past and present lives, she woke up at six o'clock in the morning, and the sound of people walking around in the corridor of the ward began, Xitang got up to buy breakfast for Ni Karen.

As soon as Xitang walked out of the ward, the corridor was very lively, and a bunch of uncles and aunts were lying in the window to look outside.

Xitang knew it when he went out to smoke last night, and at three o'clock last night, it snowed for the first time of the year in Beijing.

The whole city of Beijing was covered in silver overnight, and when you look down from the windowsills of high-rise buildings, the roofs of cars and the branches of trees are covered with a thin layer of snow.

Xitang went to order breakfast, and when he came back and passed through the corridor, he stood by the window on the fourth floor and looked out.

In the early morning of November, before the light of day, there seemed to be a sense of apocalyptic silence in the hospital, the snow had stopped, and under the inpatient building was a courtyard, a layer of snow had fallen on the lawn, revealing the tips of yellow and green grass, and frost flowers were scattered on the branches.

Xitang folded her arms and looked out of the window boredly, the hazy gray sunlight lit up little by little, and suddenly she saw a big black car driving in the driveway in the yard.

Xitang's heart jumped suddenly.

Before the mind had time to make any thoughts, the person had already subconsciously hid behind the window.

Xitang's arms tightened unconsciously, pressed against her chest, trying to suppress her slightly trembling body, her heart was beating too fast one at a time, she couldn't see the license plate number clearly, she could only watch the car get closer and closer, and stopped in the front lane of the inpatient building.

A man of medium stature stepped down from the driver's seat, and Xitang instantly saw that it was his driver.

At that moment, my heart suddenly calmed down.

Breathing stopped, there was nothing between heaven and earth, and the image in the pupil suddenly began to shake in a whirlwind, and then sank deep into the dazzling and shiny black.

The driver got out of the car, stood next to the car, and after a while, he immediately walked a few quick steps, went around to the back seat and opened the door, and a man walked out of the inpatient building.

Looking down through the floor, Xitang couldn't see his face clearly, only seeing a tall figure in a dark gray coat with a thick camel-colored scarf wrapped around his neck.

The driver opened the car door for him, took the bag in his hand, and then handed him a pair of black gloves, Zhao Pingjin took it, at this time his assistant came out of the building, bowed down and stood behind him to speak, Zhao Pingjin stopped and listened to a few words, the soft sheepskin gloves were placed in his hand casually, not worn, Xitang felt that it was his own heart, so casually pinched in his hand, and then slapped it on the back of his hand, again.

Xitang seemed to see a sinuous dark blue vein on the back of the man's white hand.

Huang Xitang's whole body was tense, his muscles were paralyzed, and he couldn't breathe in his throat.

Gong Qi briefly reported to him this morning's itinerary, Zhao Pingjin nodded, and the driver immediately sent him into the back seat and closed the door.

The car quickly drove away.

The next day, Zhao Pingjin asked Gao Jiyi to have dinner in Guanfang Hutong.

The banquet was a private banquet, Zhao Pingjin only invited Fang Lang Tong to accompany him, and he brought Shen Min with him, and when Gao Jiyi pushed the door in, he saw Fang Lang Tong pulling Shen Min and looking at an old style ceramic jar on the coffee table.

Fang Langtong saw Gao Jiyi push the door in: "Old Gao, thanks to you, my buddy has also opened his eyes today, this is an authentic and good object." ”

Gao Jiyi leaned over to take a look, his eyes suddenly lit up, the cups on the coffee table were removed, and in the center was a vase with a pastel flower and bird treasure vase, about two feet high, his eyesight was not deep enough, he didn't dare to assert it at a glance, and roughly estimated that if this was genuine, at least it had to be an object in the Jiaqing period.

Gao Jiyi's heart was itching: "Xiaomin, where did you come from?" ”

Zhao Pingjin sat aside and handed him a magnifying glass: "Last month, Sotheby's London took a batch, just count this as the most authentic, don't you like to play with this, how about the color?" ”

Gao Jiyi took it, approached the boy and looked at it carefully, with an expert tone: "This carcass and drawing, non-official kiln can't be burned, it is estimated to be a Tang kiln, yo, this has a hole, make up, but it is very small......"

Fang Langtong followed: "Where?" ”

Gao Jiyi pointed it out to him, and patted Fang Langtong with satisfaction: "Second brother, don't you see it, it's just this quality, it's amazing." ”

Shen Min got free, took a teacup and drank a cup of tea, Zhao Pingjin asked him to look for things all over the world, just to be able to send them out quietly, he has been following this group of children and brothers for 20 years, Gao Jiyi He understands that he can bend and stretch, and he is a very deep lord of the city, before because Huang Xitang stirred up his promotion, Gao Jiyi hated it to the bone, and even made trouble with Zhao Pingjin like that, the two of them had a posture of completely turning their faces, until Zhao Pingjin got married, he took the initiative to invite him to be the best man.

Shen Min also thought that they had a deep affection for children, and since Gao Jiyi agreed, then the past would be over.

I didn't expect it to be over yet.

When Gao Jiyi called Zhao Pingjin that night, Zhao Pingjin was still in the company.

The others moved lazily, leaning on the chair and half-lying down, Shen Min checked the documents for him to review, picked the key points to report, and approved according to his instructions.

At nine o'clock, Gao Jiyi made a call to Zhao Pingjin's office, and Secretary He answered.

The call came in, and Zhao Pingjin answered.

"Old Gao?"

Gao Jiyi's voice was a little light, it is estimated that he drank a little at a dinner somewhere, and he should have returned home, with the noise of children and TV beside him: "Tell you something, I just had a meal with a few leaders in the stage." ”

Gao Jiyi's words fell for half a while, stopped, and sold a pass.

Zhao Pingjin stared: "You say." ”

"It just so happens that Tong Tai is the chief judge of this year's TV Festival, the drama broadcast in the four sets this year, the reputation is good, the ratings are good, there is no problem in winning a few awards, the best actress - Lao Tong asked my opinion."

Zhao Pingjin was silent.

"Zhouzi?"

Zhao Pingjin suppressed the cough that surged up in his throat, "It's over?" ”

Gao Jiyi chuckled freely, "What do you think?" ”

Gao Jiyi's voice became more and more proud: "Zhouzhou, do you think you can really protect her?" As long as she still walks on this road and plants me in my hands, it will be sooner or later. ”

Zhao Pingjin lay on the chair with his eyes closed, raised his hand and pressed his brow.

Gao Jiyi only heard Zhao Pingjin on the other end be silent for a few seconds, followed by a sneer, his voice still had a little usual carelessness, but he was extremely hoarse: "Old Gao, what else is wrong with me?" ”

Gao Jiyi didn't think that the two of them would have a result from the first day they met Huang Xitang, what kind of daughter-in-law should he marry with a family like Zhao Pingjin, that is a rule that has been set a long time ago, but he is wholeheartedly good for Zhao Pingjin: "Zhouzi, you don't see too few women?" You don't have to fight with me, buddy, you're just angry. ”

Zhao Pingjin only responded simply: "I'll tell you about this later." ”

He coughed very lightly and hung up.

Zhao Pingjin accompanied Gao Jiyi to look at antiques on the sofa, and Shen Min stood up and beckoned the waiter to come in and order.

Several people had a meal, and after the meal, Gao Jiyi had a card game, Fang Langtong made an appointment to talk about things, and Zhao Pingjin did not leave anyone, and got up one after another.

Gao Jiyi's resignation first.

When he was done, he got up and put on his coat by the door, and the tattered old vase was still standing quietly on the coffee table.

Fang Langtong took a look at it and immediately said loudly, "Xiaomin, don't let your brother Gao Zi move to the car." ”

Shen Min stood beside the coffee table and stretched out his hand to roll it neatly, "Brother Gao, I'll send you out." ”

The two of them stepped out of the hall of the West Chamber, Gao Jiyi put his arm around Shen Min's shoulders and asked with a smile: "Xiaomin, who is in charge of this?" ”

Shen Min said: "Don't worry, I will do it myself." ”

Gao Jiyi patted him on the shoulder: "Thank you Zhouzi for me." ”

Shen Min smiled and said: "This should be, brother, you can steal the credit better than both of us, what good things do you have to send to the old man, yesterday I went back to eat with Zhouzi, and the old man praised you for your filial piety." ”

Gao Jiyi laughed: "This is not a few days ago, I came to my hometown, I brought a little bit of things at home, I will tell my daughter-in-law when I go back, it is said that this year's pomelo is also very good, the province is for it, I will bring two more boxes when I go back, and ask the old man for me." ”

Gao Jiyi's wife is one of the most important families in a southeastern province.

Gao Jiyi said to Shen Min: "The old lady is becoming more and more unrecognizable, when I passed that day, she caught me and shouted Xiaojiang'er, yes, you said that the few children in our compound who she was honoring in front of her, which one is not good?" She just remembered Xiaojiang'er. ”

Shen Min smiled: "Don't mind, the old lady didn't even recognize me a few years ago, only my father, how many years have this been gone." ”

Gao Jiyi raised his leg and said: "Who makes Lu Xiaojiang hurt people, and when he is young, he will follow the back of the boat, and the old lady doesn't recognize who he recognizes, and I won't eat this vinegar." ”

Shen Min accompanied him to the parking lot of the courtyard, listening to him babbling and complaining, Shen Min understood that Zhao Pingjin's children had been tied together all their lives, and the feelings were naturally deep, but all kinds of interests were tied together, no one was cleaner than anyone else, no matter how great Zhao Pingjin's ability was, he couldn't get around this small circle in Beijing.

People in their class understand that they have a bit of real power in their hands, but they also have limitations between their respective systems and regions, so how to deal with the relationship between all parties is a very profound science.

Shen Min has seen a lot, what they do, it is a matter of one sentence. In Zhao Pingjin's words, staying in this Beijing city, coming out to work in the morning, standing under the locust tree in front of the courtyard and looking at the alley, his whole body and mind are comfortable.