It was not early, and most of the people ended their senseless revelry after midnight, and there were few figures left in the center of the stage.

After the disaster, people mourned, and no one knew if they would be able to live until the next tomorrow. In a brief period of calm and calm, the communication between people increases, is complicated and trivial.

"What kind of person do you think I am when you first meet me?"

When Yang Qinghuan asked this, her face returned to normal, and she had already woken up most of the wine.

"Me?" Zhou Jin smiled and replied very calmly, "I didn't know much when I first met, I probably just thought it was beautiful." ”

"Beautiful...... That's it. ”

"It's beautiful, to be precise." Zhou Jin said sincerely, "Standing with Lin Qian and Yang Xiaoxiao, you are like three sisters. ”

"Oh...... Thank you. It stands to reason that Yang Qinghuan is used to hearing praise and flattery on weekdays, but this time looking at Zhou Jin's eyes, she suddenly felt a trace of shame.

A thin layer of blush crept up her cheeks, and her earlobes turned a pale rose-red.

"Pour me a full glass of wine." Yang Qinghuan demanded.

……

In the blink of an eye, a slender hand picked up the wine glass, and the colored lights around the bar hit the light on the wine glass. The liquid in the cup is crystal clear and reflects an even more dazzling sparkle.

The water ripple style curls are draped over the shoulders, making Yang Qinghuan look charming and elegant, and vaguely revealing a trace of women's charm and sexiness. The super fluffy curls are shaped to slim the face and create a small but delicate face.

On the white cheeks, there are a pair of eyes with long eye shapes like peach blossom petals.

If you look closely, you can only find that the corners of the eyes are hooked downward, the tails of the eyes are raised, the eyes are shining, and the eye waves are shining. And the skin under the eyelids was also slightly flushed, lining her blurry and drunken eyes.

It seems that as long as the gaze catches these eyes, the person who looks at them will somehow feel a breath of seduction.

Zhou Jin's family has been wealthy since he was a child, and he is also tall and handsome, and there are not a few beautiful women he has come into contact with.

Some of them are alluring and beautiful; Some of them are pure and pure, and they make people feel evil and want to defile them; Some of them resemble an unattainable iceberg and snow peak, which makes people feel the urge to conquer.

But at this moment, Zhou Jin had to admit that the woman opposite had an indescribable charm, a charm that made people fascinated.

Yang Qinghuan may not be the most beautiful person she has ever seen, but at this moment, she is heartbreakingly beautiful in front of her, and people can't help but feel pity.

"You know what?" Unconsciously, Yang Qinghuan had already drunk half a cup by herself, "Mother Yang Qianlan died in an accident when we were very young. ”

"It was my eldest brother who brought me up with part-time work and study. He's always doted on me, so he couldn't control me. ”

The corners of her mouth gradually curled: "I also had a time when I was young and liked to dream. I was very playful, and I wasn't smart, but I had a cute face."

"It's just pretty, you're right."

"When I was a teenager, I was too playful and didn't listen to my family, and finally insisted on dropping out of school and going into society."

"At that time, I didn't dare to say that I actually eloped with a boy."

"His grades weren't good, but he was good for me. At one point I thought that would be enough. After dropping out of school, we drifted north together for three years without telling our parents, sharing a small basement room. In the past three years, I have gone out early and returned late, like a mouse in the gutter, and I have never had the opportunity to see the sunrise and sunset in the capital. But we're still happy. After another year, we returned to Shashi, got married in a flash, and became partners in the legal sense. ”

"It wasn't until I was pregnant with Xiaoxiao that I found out that he was addicted to drugs and secretly sucked that strange powder wrapped in tin foil behind my back."

"We had a big fight."

"Unexpectedly, I was beaten. The blow was very heavy, and the bruises and bruises all over his body could not be counted. It hurts a lot, and people who are in pain can't sleep. It hurts even more in my heart, and I can't breathe......"

"After that, he was like a different person."

"It's as if the gentleness, thoughtfulness, and sunshine of the past are just a phantom. He loses his temper at home all day and complains incessantly. Complaining about the trivial things in life, complaining about financial embarrassment, and even complaining about me and Xiaoxiao. ”

"When he is addicted, he becomes a complete madman, manic and attacks everything around him. I can't wait to exchange everything I can for money, and then buy even one gram of "medicinal powder". ”

And unconsciously, his eyes when he looked at Xiaoxiao had completely changed, emotionless, like a cold-blooded scorpion. At that moment, I was really scared. ”

"I was afraid that one day he would do something to Xiaoxiao, who was only three years old, so I reported him and sent him to a drug rehabilitation center. After that, the eldest brother found someone and went through the divorce procedures for us. ”

Yang Qinghuan looked at Zhou Jin, and her smile returned to warmth: "Then it's over, I took Xiaoxiao away and let her take her mother's surname." ”

"I'm sorry to hear about these bad things." Zhou Jin put his wrist hanging in mid-air back on the table along with the wine glass.

Yang Qinghuan restrained her smile and shook her head.

"It's all in the past. Mourning is greater than heart death, I have been hurt again and again in the past three years, and the love of the past has long been exhausted. ”

"You may not be able to imagine how pitiful it is for him to curl up on the ground and convulse in a drug addiction. But I don't have even the slightest mercy in my heart. ”

"When he picked up the knife and started self-harming, I even wished he was dead."

"It's a pity that I never got started, and I didn't do any decent resistance."

"The days after dropping out of school are like a dream in Nanke now"

"I don't know if I am more afraid or guilty when I face Xiaoxiao."

"You asked me why I didn't choose to take a vacation, insisted on going out early and returning late, and avoided the whole day."

"I can't answer a definite reason."

"I wasn't like that back then."

"Xiaoxiao looked pink and tender when she was only a few years old. The first time she opened her mouth to call my mother, I felt like my whole heart was going to melt with her. ”

In Zhou Jin's sight, Yang Qinghuan looked kind as soon as she talked about the child, her face became younger, and her warm eyes revealed a particularly warm light.

"She would beg me to tell her stories before bed, and beg me to allow her to have snacks. But at that time, the two of us were dependent on each other and in a difficult situation, and the only thing we could eat at home was boiled noodles with water. And that's a limited daily ration. ”

"After that, I got a job on my own, working as a waitress in a bar. Of course, it's not this 'coast'. ”

"I was probably clumsy when I first started working, and I had to make a mess and knock over plates. The lady manager there was interested in taking care of me and often gave me light things to do. ”

"Perhaps it was the stubbornness that had not yet been exhausted in adolescence that was at work, and I rejected her repeated kindness. Instead, he stubbornly chose to increase attendance, from three days a week to five to seven days, and finally to shifts day and night. ”

"Work is hourly wage, and I thought that if I worked more, I would avoid criticism from others."

"In fact, it is difficult for a beautiful person to gain a foothold in an unfamiliar environment. The female store manager can help me relieve a lot of burden, but she can't stop the gossip from other people. They were always pointing fingers behind my back, talking about my experience, and even doubting my relationship with the store manager. ”

One day, in the break room, they laughed at the store manager for being a cheerleader. Everyone spoke embarrassing foul language, and they didn't shy away from it in front of me. So I tied up my hair and got into a fight with them, which broke everyone's face, including myself. After that, I voluntarily quit my job and ended my first job after the divorce. ”

"In the past few years, the work has changed, but the worries have increased. Slowly, I went with them. Yang Qinghuan looked at Zhou Jin and smiled awkwardly, "Now that I think about it, I was still too impulsive at that time." ”

Zhou Jin picked up the wine bottle and filled it again for the two of them, and said lightly: "I think you did the right thing." ”

"Really? Thank you. Yang Qinghuan grinned, and the brilliance in her eyes flashed, "I know that as long as I open my mouth, I will definitely get help from my eldest brother's family." As always, I continued to walk without burden under the care and pride of my family. But I was 23 years old at the time, and I knew I needed to change and I wanted to change. ”

After hearing Yang Qinghuan mention Xiaoxiao, Zhou Jin was a little moved.

He pinched his wine glass as if recalling: "It's so good, I don't know what it's like to have my mother here." My situation was a little different, my mother died in a car accident early in the years, leaving us father and son. But my family's economic environment is much better, so fortunately I didn't suffer a little. ”

"But my father has been very strict with me since I was a child. It's always forcing me to go for this first, that championship. There was also a time when I couldn't tell whether number one was more important to him or whether I was more important to him. Or one day I 'do my best' and die on the field of life, and at that time he will be happy with the trophy I exchanged for my life or youth? ”

Zhou Jin didn't wait for the other party to answer, so he shook his head.

"What about you? What did you think at the time? He asked instead.

"Indeed, I hid my predicament from my eldest brother." Yang Qinghuan held her cheek with one hand and tilted her head to think, "I also know that I don't need to work so hard." ”

"But I want to give Xiaoxiao a better life. A life that I once dreamed of when I was younger, but didn't get it. Don't starve, don't get cold, don't be bullied, you can find someone who truly loves you, you can live happily without regrets. ”

"I'm probably ruined, but she still has a beautiful future with infinite possibilities."

"However, slowly I noticed that something was quietly changing."

"I was in front of her less and less. She also began to avoid me more and more, and no longer dared to look at me and tell me what was on her mind. ”

Yang Qinghuan raised her head, and there was a trace of confusion in her eyes: "Gradually, I no longer dare to look into her eyes." ”

"Maybe she's blaming me. But I ...... I don't know how to explain it. ”

"At the end of the day, I really created it. It was because I saw the wrong person when I was young and ignorant that Xiaoxiao became a child who had never seen his father. ”

For the first time, a look on Yang Qinghuan's face that Zhou Jin couldn't understand: "I sometimes wonder if this is because I have been at fault for being retributed by God." But my mistakes were fulfilled in Xiaoxiao, which only made me feel more painful. ”

"All I can do to atone for my sins is to stand in a dark corner and watch silently."

"I didn't dare to step out of the shadows, and I didn't dare to reach out."

"After that, I had to give my salary to my eldest brother. I asked them to take care of Xiaoxiao for me. ”

"I couldn't figure out what the problem was, and I didn't know how to fix it. The situation gradually became more and more serious, the estrangement deepened, like an iron gate that had been beaten by wind and rain and finally rusted to death, and I became less and less courageous to return to her. ”

"I've been hiding from her for a long time."

"It's ridiculous to say that this situation changed after the outbreak of the cataclysm......

"A few years ago, my eldest brother had an adopted son, a dark and thin boy who made people feel very dangerous."

"My intuition has always been very accurate," Yang Qinghuan said embarrassedly, "It can be regarded as one of my few advantages." ”

"He's older than Xiaoxiao. I once thought he was a threat to Xiaoxiao. At that time, I tried many ways to reject him. even persuaded Xiaoxiao to stay away from this stranger. But in the end, it didn't work out. But what happened later probably proved me wrong. ”

"But I was just a little sensitive, from the perspective of a mother." She smiled a little sadly, "I have rarely been with Xiaoxiao for many years, so I may not be qualified to talk about the title of 'mother'."

"Find a father like that for Xiaoxiao...... After all these years, I sometimes wonder if it's all my fault. ”

Yang Qinghuan thought in pieces, as if she didn't realize that she was asking such a thing for the second time.

The only difference is that this time she got an answer.

Zhou Jin put down the wine glass at this time, looked at her seriously, and said, "No, the victim is not guilty. ”

……

It was late at night, and there was no longer a crowd gathering in the center of the stage.

Most of the wall lamps were turned off in front of the bar, leaving only a dim light on Yang Qinghuan's shoulder.

The man had fallen asleep on the table, looking like a baby from the side, sleeping peacefully on his fair and pretty face.

After beckoning Yang Bensheng and his wife to help Yang Qinghuan back to the bed to rest, Zhou Jin returned to his seat here.

He lit a cigarette and took a slow, deep puff.

The last light was turned off, and a flickering red point of light could be seen in the darkness.

Soon after, the point of light finally disappeared, and the room was silent again, as if no one had ever visited the place.

……

An hour ago, somewhere in the "Coast BAR".

According to Lang Hua's request, the team members did not participate in tonight's bar carnival. They gathered in the corner of the room in pairs and threes, constantly discussing the tactics of matching abilities.

After experiencing two major battles in a row, the average combat power of Lang Hua's squad has far exceeded that of ordinary people at the same stage. But the next return trip not only has to pass through the dangerous jungle of Fengwei Mountain, but also has to face the evolving black corpses and black beasts in the wild at any time, and obviously all this is not enough.

In the next room, Lang Hua was giving individual guidance to the capable people before they set off.

"Even in battle, the owner of the Brain Domain Ability is not weaker than the other abilities. Higher intelligence means more choices. Sister Xinyan, your ability 'microscopic' focuses on perception and observation, and in front of a few low-level black corpses, it is no problem to protect yourself. 'Perception' in scientific research will provide you with more help, but for personal safety reasons, in addition to 'passive perception', it is not impossible to think about how to 'actively control' in the next step......"

After Chen Xinyan walked out of the room, she couldn't see joy and sorrow in her eyes, and hid the ray of surprise very well.

As an awakened person with "microcosmic" ability, her understanding of "microcosm" is not as good as Lang Hua. It doesn't make sense. The people who have come into contact with her since she was a child have a purpose, but Lang Hua's frank and unconcealed appearance made her not wary at all......

In the end, Lang Hua and Yang Xiaoxiao were left in the room, but the latter obviously showed a worried look.

Recently, her combat power has been obvious to everyone, but in Lang Hua's eyes, those skills seem much rougher.

It is true that Yang Xiaoxiao has talent, but talent cannot represent everything. Unlike Lin Qian's situation, she should still have considerable room for improvement.

"What? Having something on your mind lately? Lang Hua spoke first.

"I didn't ...... It's nothing. Yang Xiaoxiao's eyes dodged, and she stopped talking.

The past few days have probably been the longest time she and Yang Qinghuan have been together, which made Yang Xiaoxiao think of some things in the past for a long time.

She remembered that there was a time when Yang Qinghuan, as a single mother, worked hard day and night, and still insisted on making breakfast for herself every day.

When it's time for the end of school, other children are picked up by their parents. I have my own, but at least at six or seven o'clock in the evening.

Most of the people who have time to pick up their children from school are middle-aged women who are stay-at-home mothers, and of course, there are many old ladies. There are not many students that can be accommodated in an elementary school, and almost all of them are familiar faces.

People are the most boring creatures in the world, and when they have nothing to do, there are all kinds of gossip even in elementary school.

I don't know if it's rebellious psychology or simply not interested, the young Xiaoxiao never asked Yang Qinghuan what kind of work she did.

But Yang Xiaoxiao knows that working in a bar is definitely not the same thing as the "escort girl" in the mouth of adults.

"Oh, isn't this my son's class? It's so late, why are you still here? ”

"Xiaoxiao, hasn't your mother come to pick you up yet?"

"What a poor child. Xiaoxiao's mother if only she cared for her a little more. ”

"I'm busy with work."

"But no matter how busy you are, you should ......"

Xiaoxiao, who usually stood at the school gate, would turn a cold eye to these gossip, if those people didn't continue to talk......

"Did you hear about it, she works in that kind of place?"

"Which one?"

"It's just a nightclub. I've heard that I usually work the night shift. ”

"Oh, that's no wonder. Where the lights are bright, who is willing to leave? ”

At that time, it was the first time that 11-year-old Yang Xiaoxiao scolded someone. She threw the bag in the other person's face, pointed at the man's nose and said, "Fart you, my mother is not what you think......"

"Hey, you kid is so ignorant, we are also thinking about ...... for you"

"It's just that I really don't know what to do. What kind of mom there is, what kind of ...... there is"

Since that time, Yang Xiaoxiao has changed.

She knew that Yang Qinghuan had actually done a lot for herself, but she just didn't appreciate it, but instead threw her wayward words one after another like a flying knife.

Later, Yang Qinghuan also began to avoid her intentionally or unintentionally.

The two men don't see each other many days of the week. In the morning, there was only one breakfast on the table, and it was lonely and steaming.

……

"Can you tell my brother what is on your mind?" There was silence in the quiet room for a long time, and Lang Hua finally spoke slowly.

"I haven't seen my father since I was a child."

When I was a child, my memories were not deep enough to form implicit memories. Some clips from her childhood, Yang Xiaoxiao can't remember it for a long time.

Yang Xiaoxiao said, her eyes were already covered with a layer of mist: "I know it's not my mother's fault, and I shouldn't hate her...... But she, as the most injured person, has lived under my injuries for so many years. ”

"Brother Lang Hua, you say... Xiaoxiao is not a bad boy. Before she knew it, her eyes were full of tears, "Xiaoxiao... I want to cry. ”

"Let's cry", Lang Huamo put his hands on the top of the little girl's head, "just cry." ”

But Yang Xiaoxiao's eyes were red, and she just refused to cry.

"I regret it." She said.

Lang Hua also seemed to remember some trivial details, and remembered some stars that he hadn't noticed in the past two years.

After being reborn, he longed for revenge and hoped for salvation, but he didn't pay much attention to the things around him, maybe he really missed it.

"Brother, I'm ......" Yang Xiaoxiao hugged Lang Hua and buried her head in the other party's arms.

"Alright, it's all over." Lang Hua also stretched out his arms and hugged each other tightly, "Go, go and hug her too, and tell her about your heart." ”

"Hmmm......"

In the quiet of midnight, the slow sound of the door opening and closing is especially noticeable.

With a click, the open door was closed, and the whole space was silent again.

Ten minutes later, someone in the room whispered:

"Maybe this catastrophe can give everyone a new beginning."

The whole private room was empty, only Lang Hua sat alone, not knowing what he was thinking.