When everything was arranged, Ouyang Lai followed Qiao Mu to get in the car just now, but received a phone call.

Ouyang Lai raised his eyes, his face was embarrassed, and he looked at Qiao Mu who was about to get into the car and sit down next to him and said, "It seems that I really can't go tonight." “

Qiao Mu's expression froze: "Classmates again?" ”

Ouyang Lai pursed his lips: "The editor-in-chief of the magazine is here...."

"Horse what?" Qiao Mu recalled carefully.

Ouyang Lai cupped his chin and whispered meaningfully: "This is the first time Ma Weiwei has come to me..."

After finishing speaking, he raised his eyes again: "And the tone is very urgent, like something has happened....."

Qiao Mu also thought for a moment before compromising: "Your report a few days ago is indeed very reverberating.......

Ouyang Lai frowned: "I'd better go for it..."

As he spoke, he was about to turn around and leave the underground parking lot, but was stopped by Qiao Mu again: "I'll let the driver send you." ”

Ouyang Lai said: "It's okay, you drink less wine, call me when it's over." ”

Qiao Mu nodded and watched Ouyang Lai leave.

At this time, Liao Bing came over, brought two bottles of foreign wine, put them in the trunk, and then asked, "Isn't Miss Ouyang going?" ”

Qiao Mu lowered his eyes: "Well, something's wrong." ”

"Do you need me to send her a car?" Liao Bing continued to ask.

Qiao Mu unbuttoned a button in his suit, bent down and sat in the car, sighed, and whispered to him: "She doesn't seem to rely on me much all along......"

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Ouyang Lai returned to the mouth of the alley, the sky was only slightly black, half ink mixed with half dark blue, the brightness made her just enough to see the appearance of the person opposite.

Ma Weiwei stood in front of a brick wall on the right side of the alley with her bag, her eyes were a little bitter, and her sharp appearance that was invincible on weekdays seemed to be completely hidden, as if she had changed her skin.

Ouyang Lai ran over with small steps, and when he saw Ma Weiwei's face was different, he softened his tone and asked, "It's not easy to find here, right?" ”

Ma Weiwei raised her eyes, and her lower eyelids were flushed.

Ouyang Lai never thought about how the editor-in-chief Ma, who was fighting with herself every day, was so frustrated, she thought that something must have happened....

So Ouyang Lai said: "My house is in front, if you don't dislike it, go to my house to sit?" ”

Ma Weiwei just nodded obediently.

The long alley was muddy, and it seemed that it had rained for a while in the afternoon, Ouyang Lai took Ma Weiwei to step on the clean place as much as possible, but it still couldn't avoid getting the high heels covered with mud.

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Ouyang Lai took the key and opened the door, arranged Ma Weiwei on the sofa, and brought her a cup of hot water.

Ma Weiwei looked at the room shallowly and smiled palely: "I always thought you lived in a villa." ”

Ouyang Lai snorted coldly: "You've been caught again." ”

Ma Weiwei seemed to have a great time to raise her eyelids: "If I had known earlier, I would have been able to ridicule you in the society for a while, but now, I'm afraid I won't be in that mood anymore....."

Ouyang Lai saw that she was really bitter, and finally couldn't bear to ask, "You look very different today, what happened?" ”

Ma Weiwei's lips were a little white and dry, and she pulled the corners of her mouth and laughed as if she was crying: "I also wonder why I came to you, I just turned forty-two years old this year, divorced, no children, and my parents died early, and today, I looked for someone to talk to, but I came to you, and found you who I usually regard as my long-cherished enemy......"

Ma Weiwei really smiled and shed tears, she said: "Ouyang, I have cancer, pancreatic cancer, the most difficult cancer to treat, there is no other ...... except waiting for death."

After saying this, the room, along with the two of them, seemed to fall into the ice cellar of the abyss, without sound, without smell, and fell in dead silence.

After a long time, Ma Weiwei continued: "Maybe it's because I saw the shadow of my youth in you, you are too similar to me before, so I can't get used to you so much, in fact, it's just me who I can't get used to......"

Ouyang Lai knew that being a listener would be more meaningful than an orator at this time, so she just looked at her with sincere eyes and waited for her to continue......

"You are proud, arrogant, and covered in thorns..... You look good, you use the best makeup, you carry the most expensive bag, you look gorgeous and flamboyant, but you are lonely, you can't hide the loneliness, it's a smell that comes out of your bones, only people of the same kind can smell it....."

Ma Weiwei pulled her lips, staring at the water in her hand with empty eyes: "I came today just to tell you that the manuscript in the hospital, you wrote it very well, and you did it right....."

Ma Weiwei's eyelashes trembled: "And the manuscript of the sewage treatment plant, you also did it right...."

She grinned her shriveled lips: "When I was young, I was like you, fearless of power, at that time, I was a real journalist, and now.... Fearful ......"

Ma Weiwei smiled: "Although the magazine opened you, everyone is praising your courage, you know, if you hadn't walked into the Eighth Hospital, investigated the cause of the disease, and exposed it desperately, which attracted everyone's attention, if it weren't for that, it is estimated that the whole city will fall now, and hundreds of people will fall ill.... This is what a doctor friend told me privately, and told me to make good use of journalists like you....."

"It's a pity, I fired you the same day, in order to keep my job... It's just that now, I'm almost out of work, and I'm dying of my life....."

When Ma Weiwei said this, she picked up the water cup and took a sip.

"You ....." Ouyang Lai finally spoke: "How did you find out?" ”

Ma Weiwei lowered her eyes: "A few days ago, I had a stomachache, I went to check that there was fluid in the abdominal cavity, and after another check, I found out...."

"And what are you going to do?" Ouyang Lai asked solemnly.

"I'm not going to cure it.... Anyway, it can't be cured...."Ma Weiwei shook her head: "I plan to donate all my savings to Africa, and then sell the house, return to my hometown, and wait for death....."

"Nope." Ouyang Lai frowned: "I've never seen a Ma Weiwei who admits defeat, are you going to admit defeat like this?" ”

Ma Weiwei had tears in her eyes, and her whole face was tired: "Anyway, it can't be cured, I heard that cancer patients are very ugly when they die, and I have thought about whether to commit suicide..."

"Sister Weiwei!" This is the first time Ouyang Laijin has called Ma Weiwei in the past two years: "You can't give up so early, you shouldn't sit here and show your weakness with someone you hate, you are still young, you are so competitive, you should try to fight, you may not lose!" ”

Ma Weiwei suddenly raised her lips bitterly: "Yes, I sit here and say to a person I hate that I want to die, I am like a dying person who has come to atone for my sins, this is too high your prestige!" ”

Ouyang Lai's face was heavy: "Well, it's like I ignore you every time I ignore your majesty." ”

Ma Weiwei's eyes looked at Ouyang Lai's house again: "I never thought that you were a girl living in a slum, you are usually so arrogant!" ”

Ouyang Lai nodded: "So, even people like me don't admit defeat and live, why should you give up?" ”

Ma Weiwei hung her head and was silent for a minute, then she suddenly raised her head and grinned: "Although I don't want to speak, I still thank you." ”

With that, she got up and shook her body: "Can you come back to work again?" I can't find someone to take over the job, but this time it's a temporary contract, and the salary can't be as high as before........"