Hearing the sound of the door closing, Jia Yicai sat on the bed weakly, the quilt was still a little warm, and she stroked it with her hand, like touching a snoring cat.

She doesn't like the way she is now, she still has a lot of business to do, but she just doesn't want to move, just like when she was a student, she knew that she would have an exam tomorrow, and she had to read a novel today, there was a kind of luxury and indulgent happiness.

Jiayi didn't go to work until more than ten o'clock, and she was busy as soon as she got to work.

It was only after twelve o'clock that I was a little free, and I was already so hungry that my chest was pressed against my back.

Woke up too late and didn't eat breakfast.

I was about to call the new assistant to help order a takeout, the phone rang again, and when I picked it up and listened, it was a gentle female voice: "Miss Lu, hello, this is the secretary office of the president of Yi's, Mr. Yi wants to talk to you." ”

Yi Zecheng's voice came from the earpiece: "Jiayi, did you make an appointment at noon?" ”

"Nope."

"Then you can ask me to lunch."

Full of the tone of a big boss.

Get.

Jiayi couldn't help but laugh "sneering", he was so domineering, obviously he was looking for her to eat, but he wanted to ask her to ask him out.

"Laughing at what?" He was dissatisfied, "Others have to make an appointment with the secretary's office four weeks in advance, and they may not be able to make an appointment." ”

She resigned herself to her fate: "Okay, Mr. Yi, Miss Lu wants to make an appointment with you for lunch today." ”

So, they went to the western restaurant that the two of them frequented the most to eat seafood.

They rarely see each other at noon, and under the bright sun, both of them are in a much better mood.

He was looking for her for something, and she knew.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have come to her at noon instead of the female lawyer who accompanied him.

"What the hell happened to you in the morning?"

Yi Zecheng asked casually while elegantly and skillfully cutting the high-end steak on the plate.

The sunlight shining in from the glass window also seemed to be transparent, the white wine in the goblet was crystal clear, and her mood was just as bright: "I said it's okay, when did you get up like this?" ”

Yi Zecheng couldn't help but snort and said, "The dog bites Lu Dongbin!" ”

He's always been busy at noon, and he must have put down his date to meet her today.

Thinking of this, her heart fluttered softly, like a pudding in a small dish.

Jiayi asked, "Who were you going to eat with at noon?" ”

He asked alarmedly, "What are you asking for?" ”

She smiled, "I want to compare the weight I have in your mind." ”

Yi Zecheng couldn't help laughing, revealing a mouthful of fine white teeth: "Then wouldn't you be happy when I said that it was the mayor?" ”

Jiayi raised his head and smiled: "Why don't you say it's the president of the United States?" Then I'll be happier. ”

Speaking of jokes, the two of them relaxed again, the sun was too good, the cars and pedestrians outside were in a hurry, and they were going their separate ways under the big sun, she liked to watch such lively and irrelevant things.

The coffee came up, steaming hot, and she took a sip, it was so hot that it burned the tip of her tongue.

"Is there anything going on at night?" As he spoke, he took a sip of coffee, frowned, and thought that it was also hot, so he looked at her when he put it down, "Why don't you say it, it's so hot." ”

She turned her face away from laughing, and he said, "I really don't understand you, I shed tears inexplicably in the morning, and I keep laughing at noon, I don't know what I'm happy about." ”

She still laughed, and finally he laughed: "Hey, do you have an appointment at night, and if not, accompany me to dinner." ”

Jiayi deliberately frowned: "Eat together at noon, and still together at night?" ”

He tried to tug at the corners of her mouth, but she turned her face away.

So close, you could see that he had an impeccably perfect face, not a single beard, only a faint aroma of tobacco and shaving water.

He muttered as if to himself: "They have long told me that a woman must not be spoiled, and if she is spoiled, she will be pampered and proud." ”

Jiayi's heart was bubbling with many small bubbles like soda, some sour, some sweet, rising up, sullenly rising in her chest, and there was an indescribable feeling.

She turned her face away and looked at the street again, the sun was full of broken gold, and the street was bustling, in the words of the ancients, "the car is like flowing water and the horse is like a dragon", irrelevant and lively, but she is happy when she looks at it.

Sunday is the birthday of her half-brother Lu Shenghua.

This younger brother is ten years younger than her, and he has just turned eighteen this year.

The stepmother originally wanted to call her home for her birthday, but she was afraid that she would be upset if she went, so she asked Lu Shenghua to go to the studio to invite her, she thought that her brother would invite her in person, she would not care about his face.

Lu Shenghua is eighteen years old this year, he looks white and very handsome, Jiayi sometimes thinks that if he is ten or eight years younger, he will probably like such little fresh meat.

When Lu Shenghua came, she had just finished the design of the new product and was in a good mood.

"Sister," he said, a little timidly.

For Lu Shenghua, this sister is a bit unfamiliar, so every time he sees her for some reason, he always involuntarily fears her.

"Here you are, sit down."

"Sister, it's my birthday tomorrow, so my parents want you to go home for dinner, our family hasn't eaten together for a long time."

Lu Shenghua had never seen her in the office, and today was the first time.

Although they don't have many opportunities to meet, more often than not, he knows what his sister is doing through the news. And in the news photos, she is always accompanied by the man named Yi Zecheng, which further widens the distance between their sister and brother.

Therefore, as soon as we met today, he felt even more strange.

She was wearing a black suit, her hair was pulled up neatly, and she looked like a strong woman, which made him a little afraid to look directly.

"I know, I'll go back," she paused, looking up at Shenghua in front of her, "You're going to college next year, aren't you?" ”

Shenghua nodded obediently, "Yes, I will go to college next year." ”

"Have you been tired of studying lately?"

"It's fine." After Shenghua was silent for a moment, he got up from his chair, "Sister, then I'll go back first." ”

Looking at Shenghua's back, Jiayi suddenly felt a little stunned.

In fact, not only he felt it, but she herself felt that sometimes she was like a different person, half of it was taught by Gu Weisheng, and the other half was forced out by teaching Yi Zecheng.

She didn't know if this change was good or not, but things had come to this point, and it was like walking on a one-way road, and even if she went wrong, she had to continue without looking back.

Yi Zecheng had a party in the evening, she ate something casually alone, and went to the street to buy gifts for Shenghua.

What would an eighteen-year-old boy like now?

To be honest, she really didn't know.

Wandering aimlessly through a few stores, he finally picked out a mobile phone and a notebook for Shenghua. I heard that he likes to play games, and the clerk said that this notebook is very popular with young people now, and it is very fast to play games, so she bought it directly.

When she visited the clothing store, she bought two more clothes for her father and stepmother.

Of course, she also bought some for herself, and when she went to the men's clothing store, she saw a tie and bought another for Yi Zecheng.

Large bags of stuff were piled up in the back seat of her car, and she drove back in high spirits like a big purchase a year ago or Christmas.

When I got downstairs, there were too many things to hold, hooking, carrying, holding, and holding those paper bags, and struggling to get the keys at the door.

Before she touched the key, the paper bag fell to the ground, and she didn't get angry, she grimaced at herself, still smiled, and squatted down to pick it up.

Jiayi was bending down to pick it up, but the door opened.

She looked up and saw that Yi Zecheng was at home tonight.

She smiled and said, "Didn't you say something? Why did you disperse so early today? ”

Yi Zecheng didn't say anything and turned around and went in.

She hurriedly picked up her things and walked in, put those big bags and small bags on the low table, changed her slippers again, and said with a smile: "I made a good purchase today." Seeing that he was still expressionless, he suddenly wondered, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Yi Zecheng sat on the sofa, did not speak, and did not move.

Jiayi walked over, only then did he smell the smell of wine on his body, and hurriedly said, "Why did you drink so much?" ”

"Didn't drink much."

His voice was muffled, as if he weren't very happy.

She had never seen him drunk and didn't know what to do, and asked, "Is it uncomfortable?" Would you like to make you a cup of tea? As he asked, he went to turn on his headlights.

"Shut it up!" He suddenly shouted loudly, which startled her, and quickly turned off the light again, and in the faint light of the wall lamp, both of them froze there, like two stone statues.

Finally, she turned around: "I'll go put water in the water and bathe you." ”

He grabbed her hand all of a sudden: "Jiayi! Then he pulled her into his arms, and wrapped and kissed her.

"You've really drunk too much." Jiayi struggled, "Let go and let me go and release the water." ”

He refused to listen, but tightened her tighter.

She said, "Are you trying to strangle me?" Let me go. ”

Jiayi struggled hard, but his strength was too great for her to break free.

And Yi Zecheng didn't care, he kept pushing her into the sofa, as if he wanted to embed her into the sofa.

Jiayi suddenly panicked: "What are you crazy about!" ”

Yi Zecheng didn't speak anyway, the two of them twisted together, and one accidentally fell off the sofa, her head hit the corner of the coffee table, and her eyes were black in pain, she said "ouch", he finally let go.

Jiayi pressed his head with his hand and looked at him indignantly, but he smiled: "Really bumped?" Let me see. ”

Not knowing if he was really drunk or what, she walked away and sat down away from him.

He walked over slowly, put his arms around her from behind, wrapped his hands around her neck, and rested his chin on her head: "Is it stupid?" ”

His breath was spraying in her ears, hot and tickling, and she said, "Go take a bath, smell of wine." ”

Yi Zecheng smiled like this, and his body trembled because of this laughter.

For some reason, his laughter tonight always made Jiayi feel creepy, and she was scared.

Slowly, he grabbed her neck with a pair of hands: "I said I didn't drink much." ”

Her breathing became difficult: "What are you doing, trying to strangle me?" ”

He didn't speak, but he let go of his hand suddenly, and the personable Yi Zecheng came back, and his laughter was calm and bright again: "I seem to have drunk too much, you can help me peel a willow ding." ”

He likes to eat liuding, and he doesn't like to cut it out or cut it, and always has to be peeled.

She went to the kitchen refrigerator and took a few willow dices out to peel them for him, the skin was too thick, she had to cut her mouth first, and as soon as she had a mouth, it was easy to peel it, and the sour willow cloves spread in the room.

When he woke up in the morning, Yi Zecheng had already gone to the company.

She got up and staggered into the bathroom to turn on the shower, the water scalded on her skin and caused a burning pain, she hit several spirits in a row, like a zombie, and finally came to life by the temperature of the water.

Thinking of Yi Zecheng's abnormality last night and the way he almost strangled himself, she was a little scared now.

She had never seen Yi Zecheng drink so much and be so drunk.

To be precise, it should be that Yi Zecheng has never been drunk in front of her.

But yesterday, as if something big had happened, his tense nerves were completely broken, he forgot to take precautions, forgot everything, and Xiu'er was in a mess.

She really couldn't think of what was going on, but she just vaguely felt a little worried.

The next afternoon, she finished her business early and drove home, and before the car stopped at the bottom of the steps, Lu Shenghua came out of the living room: "Sister, you're here, come into the house." Then he shouted into the house, "Dad, Mom, sister is back." ”

Father Lu walked out of the house, looked at her and said, "I'm back." ”

Looking at the table full of dishes, I thought that the whole room was waiting for her alone.

So, she smiled apologetically: "I'm sorry, I've just gotten off work." ”

At this time, the stepmother came out and said a little curtly: "Jiayi is back?" ”

She smiled and called out with a complacent expression, "Auntie." He also said, "Shenghua's birthday, I have to forget, I am so busy for a while, I rarely come home." ”

Jiayi walked into the house with a large bag of small things, and when Shenghua saw this, she immediately stepped forward to help her get some.

After chatting a few words in the house, Jiayi explained one by one: "This is for Shenghua," she turned her head and handed the computer and mobile phone to Shenghua, and said seriously: "You will go to college next year, and I don't know what you like, so I bought you a computer and a mobile phone, but you can't play now, now is your critical moment, you still have to study hard, don't be like me, you didn't do well in the college entrance examination, and you will regret it when the time comes." ”

Lu Shenghua was a little flattered and took it from Jiayi's hand, "Thank you, sister, sister, don't worry." ”

Jiayi nodded with a look of relief, and then turned her head to look at Lu's father and stepmother on the side and said, "Dad, this is the clothes I bought for you, you always wear those clothes, they are all pilling, and." Auntie, this one is for you. ”

The family happily opened the gifts, talked and laughed, and then it became lively, and everyone had a reunion dinner with Meimei.

This kind of harmonious atmosphere has always made Jiayi take it back.

It was very late when Jiayi went back, and Yi Zecheng also went back, busy under the lamp in the study.

She poked her head out of the study, but he didn't see it, so she knocked on the door.

"Come in."

Listening to the voice, I felt that he was still a little absent-minded, as if he was in the office.

So, she deliberately coughed and called, "Mr. Yi." ”

He agreed casually, and then he reacted, raised his head to look at her and smiled: "Back?" ”

In order to avoid suspicion, she easily did not enter his study, not to mention that he was working overtime to do official work now, so she only stood at the door and asked: "What did you eat at night, are you hungry now, do you want me to get you some supper?" ”

"No need. I have a lot of things to do today, you don't have to wait for me, go to sleep first. ”

As he spoke, he lowered his head again, and a spotlight was used on the desk, and the white light made his silhouette blade distinct, as if it were carved into the white background.

Jiayi woke up in the morning to find that there was no one around, and when she got up to look for it, she realized that he hadn't slept all night.

When he walked to the study, the computer was still on, and there were materials spread out on the table, and he leaned in the chair with his eyes closed, not knowing whether he was asleep or recuperating.

So, she turned around and went to the kitchen to pour a glass of milk, and he really didn't fall asleep, and when he heard the footsteps, he opened his eyes and frowned: "Milk? ”

"I know you don't like it, but there's nothing in the fridge, and you can't drink coffee on an empty stomach."

"It's only for kids."

He stretched—only halfway, and then lowered his hand, he was too polite to lose his temper in such a situation.

He said, "I have a heart, drink it." I made an appointment to play ball. ”

I don't ask her to go with her, I must have a business to talk about.

So, she nodded and took a sip of the milk.

Yi Zecheng got up to pack up the documents, and at this time, suddenly a phone call came, and Jiayi was visible to the naked eye, and his face changed suddenly.

He leaned back in his chair, looking depressed and weak.

Seeing him suddenly like this, Jiayi couldn't help but ask, "You, are you okay?" Is something happening? ”

After being silent for a long time, he slowly spoke: "Grandma, let's go." ”

Jiayi was stunned, she had known Yi Zecheng for so long, so she naturally knew that her grandmother was important to him.

She wanted to say something to comfort her, but she only opened her mouth and couldn't speak.

Yi Zecheng slowly closed his eyes.

Seeing this, Jiayi turned around and gently closed the door.

The moment the door closed, Yi Zecheng opened his eyes and sighed softly.

He knew that his grandmother wouldn't last long, but he didn't expect this day to come so quickly.

Everyone said that he Yi Zecheng was very skillful, shrewd and capable, and nothing could make it difficult for him.

But only he knows where there is pervasiveness, just deliberately disguised.

On the day of his grandmother's funeral, when Yi Zecheng walked down from the upstairs in a black suit, Jiayi asked, "Do you need to go with you?" ”

The moment Jiayi said it, she regretted it.

Grandma treated her very well, and grandma's departure, her sadness and sadness were no less than Yi Zecheng.

If she could, she would really like to give her one last ride.

It's just that now, she is a disgraceful existence, what identity and role should she use to meet her, is she still the daughter-in-law of the Yi family?

Sure enough, after a moment of silence, Yi Zecheng said lightly, "No need." Then he turned and slammed the door and left.