Chapter 35: Life and Death

Jiajia's life is not easy either.

She chose to say goodbye in the most ruthless way to end her eight-year relationship with a man, which was a great blow to a woman who regarded love as her life, and to add insult to injury, she returned home to find that her mother was on the verge of death. In order not to affect Jiajia's work and life in Beijing, her mother has been hiding her illness until she resigned this time and went home to find that her mother's illness had reached an advanced stage. Jiajia took good care of her mother for a while, but still failed to save her mother's life. The dearest person in the world is gone, and the lover who thought they could be with each other for a lifetime is gone, and Jiajia's sky has collapsed.

She often sat all day, staring blankly at her mother's portrait and weeping silently. When his father got the news, he hurried over and stayed by Jiajia's side, lest something happen to her. But after all, he still has a lot of work to do, and he can't keep it like this all the time, so he called Pan Pan and hoped that she could come to accompany Jiajia. Pan Pan's graduate school had already ended, and she immediately took a plane to Yangcheng after learning about Jiajia's situation and stayed by Jiajia's side.

Jiajia left Beijing very secretly, and didn't even say hello to her boss and good friend Xiao Yiyun, and left directly with her resignation letter, which caught Xiao Yiyun off guard and felt a little resentful in her heart. But when he learned about Jiajia's recent situation from his father, this complaint turned into worry. He found Jiajia's new number, thought about it for a long time, and couldn't help but call.

Jiajia's phone ringtone has not changed, it is still Lisa's melodious "La Vie en Rose". The beautiful songs that used to be warm and soothing suddenly became sad and poignant in front of the portrait of his mother. The bell rang for a long time, but Jiajia didn't react, and finally Pan Pan walked up to her with her mobile phone, and she picked up the phone.

"Hey." Jiajia picked it up weakly.

"Jiajia?" Xiao Yiyun asked cautiously. Jiajia snorted, not knowing if she heard the voice.

Xiao Yiyun was silent for a moment and said, "Jiajia, I'm Brother Xiao." ”

"Oh, Brother Xiao." Jiajia was a little relieved, and maybe a little surprised, how did he know his new number?

Xiao Yiyun lowered his voice as much as he could and said, "Jiajia, I learned about your mother's death from my uncle...... This is the inevitable process of our life, I know you are sad, but you still have to be strong, life has to go on, you can only be relieved if you live happily and healthily. ”

Jiajia squeezed out a smile with difficulty and said, "Thank you, Brother Xiao, I know, I'm fine, don't worry." ”

Pan Pan saw that Jiajia was chatting with Xiao Yiyun normally, so he took the opportunity to go to the supermarket downstairs to buy daily necessities.

"How can I not worry about you, you left Beijing in such a hurry, you didn't even say hello, and you don't know where to go. If it weren't for the man who came to look for you at work, I wouldn't have known that you broke up. ”

Jiajia stroked her hair lightly, sighed slightly and said, "I'm sorry Brother Xiao, I was in such a bad mood at the time, I didn't want to tell anyone, so I wanted to leave quickly." I was going to call you when I got home and explain, but when I got home, I found that my mother ......," Jiajia glanced at her mother's portrait, "and she didn't feel anything and forgot everything." ”

"Hmm...... I know, Jiajia, I didn't mean to complain about you, I just ......" Xiao Yiyun paused and said, "What are you going to do next?" ”

Jiajia let out a long sigh, shook her head and said, "I don't know, I want to guard my mother well and send her on the last ride, and the rest...... Let's talk about it. ”

"It's okay, you take care of yourself, when you're in a better mood, if you want, come back to work, I'll wait for you at any time."

Jiajia nodded and said, "Well, I see." ”

At this time, a gust of wind blew open the window of the balcony, making a bang, Jiajia slowly stood up, walked to the balcony and prepared to close the window. At this time, the feeling of the breeze blowing on her face was like a mother's gentle caressing, and she suddenly felt so warm. She stared blankly at the few bamboo poles outside the window, where her mother often dried bacon. As if seeing her mother's shadow, Jiajia slowly climbed up to the windowsill and sat on the edge of the windowsill. She stepped on the bamboo poles with her feet, and her eyes were full of her mother's appearance. She let the wind blow her hair, and the ups and downs of these years also appeared in front of her eyes like a movie.

Jiajia's father divorced her mother when she was three years old and married the daughter of a wine merchant in order to have a smoother career. 's mother never got married, so she changed Jiajia's name from Wang Wenjia to Yang Sijia, and followed her surname. The mother, who works in the art troupe, does not have a high income, and has been suffering from congenital heart disease, and the medicine is not left in her mouth, which makes the economy even more constrained. Although the days are tight, Jiajia's mother is ingenious and often improves the food for Jiajia by herself, and what she is best at doing is marinating bacon and drying the marinated bacon on those bamboo poles. Whenever Jiajia got a good score or performed well, her mother would cut a piece of bacon as a reward, so in Jiajia's memory, the most delicious food was bacon. When Jiajia was a teenager, her father took over her father-in-law's business, and the business grew bigger and bigger, and he became a rich wine merchant. Many years later, my father felt ashamed of the mother and daughter and wanted to help them, but my strong mother always sternly refused. It is not until recent years that people have become weaker, and the two have looked down on the past and have more contact.

Unconsciously, Jiajia's tears flowed down her cheeks again, dripping on the bamboo poles that had faded and yellowed.

"Hello? Jiajia? Are you still there? Xiao Yiyun's voice came from the phone.

Jiajia sobbed and raised the phone and said, "I'm on the balcony, I'm ......" Before the words were finished, the bamboo pole that Jiajia stepped on snapped and broke, and Jiajia fell on several bamboo poles, and the phone in her hand flew down from the sixth floor, and it was shattered with a bang.

Pan Pan just walked downstairs after shopping, and the mobile phone was broken less than a meter away from her, which scared her into a tremble, and she was about to turn her face up and curse, but she saw Jiajia hanging outside the balcony, and then let out a hysterical scream: "Jiajia! What are you doing? You can't die! ”

This scream startled everyone to look up, and saw a girl hanging on the sixth floor, all in a mess, some hurriedly looking for mattresses, some calling the police, children crying and adults screaming, and the noise was unavoidable. The scene was chaotic, and Xiao Yiyun on the other end of the phone was blind. He heard Jiajia say "I'm on the balcony", followed by a crisp ring, the phone was cut off, and he intuitively felt that something was wrong. He immediately dialed Jiajia's father and said, "Uncle, I just talked to Jiajia on the phone, and suddenly it was disconnected, and I don't know what happened......"

"Oh, don't say it, I just knew, Jiajia is going to commit suicide! I'm going to the airport now! ”

"What? Suicide? This sentence was like a thunderbolt from the sky, and Xiao Yiyun couldn't slow down for a while. When he came back to his senses a little, he grabbed his bag and rushed out of the door desperately, stopping a taxi, "Go to the airport!" ”

When Xiao Yiyun rushed to the community where Jiajia lived, it was already more than 9 o'clock in the evening. Pan Pan was already waiting for him at the door early, and the two of them ran back home as fast as they could.

Pushing the door in, Xiao Yiyun saw Jiajia lying on the bed, surrounded by many people, and he couldn't see Jiajia's face clearly. He stood at the door, not daring to go forward for a long time.

"Brother Xiao, go over, Jiajia is in bed." Pan Pan whispered and walked over first.

Xiao Yiyun opened his mouth half-open, beads of sweat the size of beans dripped down his neck, and it took a long time before he muttered: "People...... Is it still there? ”

Pan Pan glanced at Xiao Yiyun, squeezed out a smile, and whispered, "People are fine, but they are scared." After listening to Pan Pan's words, Xiao Yiyun exhaled deeply and walked slowly to the bed.

Through the people sitting around, Xiao Yiyun saw Jiajia's face. The cheeks that had been crimson and round had become sallow and thin, the full eyes had sunken, and the collarbone on the neck was towering high, much like a man on the verge of death. Seeing that the lively and healthy pistachio that had fought side by side with him became like this, Xiao Yiyun couldn't hold back his emotions and tears flowed down. Pan Pan saw Xiao Yiyun's anxious tears, his heart was sour, and tears flowed down.

Xiao Yiyun half-squatted beside Jiajia's bed, gently supported Jiajia's arm and said, "Jiajia, why are you so stupid, how can you do such a thing?" ”

Jiajia slowly opened her eyes, and was slightly surprised when she saw Xiao Yiyun, struggling to sit up, "Brother Xiao, why are you here?" ”

"You're all like this, can I not worry?" Xiao Yiyun pressed Jiajia's body to get up, and sighed deeply, "Jiajia, no matter what, living healthy and happy is the best feedback to the people who love you, why don't you understand?" ”

As soon as Jiajia exerted her strength, she felt dizzy in her head, so she followed Xiao Yiyun's hand and lay down again.

Jiajia is now a little confused about whether she did it intentionally or unintentionally at that time, she just felt that she was so close to her mother when she was floating in mid-air, if it weren't for Pan Pan and their fast running upstairs, Jiajia might really fly in the air with this feeling.

Jiajia's father caressed Jiajia with his hand and said, "Jiajia, you look like this, how can I work with peace of mind, you are so old, why are you still so impulsive?" ”

Jiajia didn't open her eyes, and said weakly: "I'm fine, you all go, go ahead, don't make a fuss." ”

"Fuss?" Pan Pan said with a crying voice, "You are committing suicide, what is more important than life?" Are you really ...... It's so unreassuring. After saying that, Pan Pan lay on Jiajia's body and cried, and the others also stood next to wipe their tears.

Jiajia's mood has calmed down a lot at this time, and when she sees so many people caring about her, especially Brother Xiao, who has traveled thousands of miles to visit her, she suddenly feels that her life is much warmer. She squeezed out a smile and said, "You really don't have to worry about me, I really slipped and fell accidentally, I'm so young and not married, how can I die like this." After speaking, he laughed stiffly.

A group of people were a little relieved when they heard Jia Canon say this. Pan Pan brought Jiajia a glass of water and fed it to her mouth, and Jiajia's father and Xiao Yiyun stood behind and watched from a distance.

"Ahem, my daughter, she's so old, and she's still so impulsive." Jiajia's father whispered.

Xiao Yiyun looked at Jiajia silently and said: "A girl, love and family have such a big problem at the same time, no one can bear it." ”

Jiajia's father nodded, sighed and said: "In the early years, I didn't fulfill my responsibilities to this family, but when I understood that I had the ability to fulfill my responsibilities, her mother was no longer there, and Jiajia is now ...... like this again" Speaking of guilt, Jiajia's father's eyes turned red again.

Xiao Yiyun hurriedly turned his head and comforted him: "Uncle, people will inevitably have regrets in this life, don't be too sad, the past is irretrievable, let's just live a good life in the future." ”

"After this, what will Jiajia do?" Jiajia's father stood aside, "Although our relationship has eased a lot in recent years, she has been greatly influenced by her mother, and she has always refused to let me arrange a job, and I don't know what to do anymore." After saying that, Jiajia's father frowned.

Xiao Yiyun pursed his lips and thought about it, then raised his head and said to Jiajia's father: "Uncle, I think Jiajia is in this state, she is definitely not suitable for work recently, Pan Pan happens to be in Xiamen, or you can arrange for her to go to school in Xiamen with Pan Pan. ”

Jiajia's father nodded and said, "You're right, I'll discuss it with Pan Pan in a while." After speaking, Jiajia's father was about to go to Pan Pan, but suddenly remembered something, turned around and patted Xiao Yiyun on the shoulder, "Yiyun, you are a steady and good boy, Jiajia is small, there is still a long way to go, no matter where you go, you have to bother to take her with you." ”

Xiao Yiyun smiled and said, "Uncle of my will, don't worry." ”