Chapter 22: Ji Xiaohe and Zhang Shuo

The most beautiful petals are soft, the greenest grassland is soft, the vast sea is soft, the boundless sky is soft, and the clouds flying freely in the sky are the softest! The softness of our hearts can be more beautiful than flower petals, greener than grasslands, wider than the ocean, more boundless than the sky, and more comfortable than clouds. Softness is the most powerful and the most constant. - Lin Qingxuan

Looking at the words written by Zhang Shuo behind the photo frame, Ji Xiaohe's heart couldn't calm down for a long time. Flipping through the frame, it was a photo taken by Zhang Shuo himself three years ago. At that time, he was gorgeous and colorful, and he was already a rising star in the dance world.

This photo is a record of the photo taken when he won the first place in the ballet performance of the National Dance Competition, and it is also because of this photo that I got to know Zhao Shuo.

Since then, the story of the two has developed to the present.

Zhang Shuo is a photojournalist for fashion magazines, and he is a talented photographer who has won many international photography competitions. By chance, he was invited to participate in the filming of the National Dance Competition.

In fact, this invitation was also a helpless move for Zhang Shuo. One of the leaders of the organizers of this competition used to be his old boss and had helped him in his previous work. So agreeing to this filming job is just to repay a favor.

It was precisely because of this unexpected human work that Zhang Shuo saw Ji Xiaohe, who was dancing gracefully on the stage, and her interpretation of "The Death of the Swan" in the "Swan Lake" segment made Zhang Shuo obsessed.

Zhang Shuo kept pressing the shutter of the camera and quickly recorded the beautiful moments in the next season's Xiaohe dance. In the end, Ji Xiaohe lived up to expectations and really won the championship of that competition.

Zhang Shuo carefully selected a photo that represented Ji Xiaohe's unique beauty among the many works he photographed by himself, and gave it to Ji Xiaohe to express his love for Ji Xiaohe.

It was because of this photo that Ji Xiaohe and Zhang Shuo both fell in love.

It stands to reason that the romantic love of such a talented couple will surely become an enviable story. But behind the beautiful things, there are often some unknown truths.

Due to his work, Zhang Shuo often participates in those very famous fashion weeks abroad. I have met some foreign photographers abroad, and I am often invited to various gatherings organized by local photographers.

It was at a chance party that Zhang Shuo began to come into contact with drugs, and then slowly developed a drug addiction.

It wasn't until Zhang Shuo had an addiction attack at Ji Xiaohe's house that Ji Xiaohe knew that the person he loved was actually an addict.

When Ji Xiaohe found out that he was taking drugs, Zhang Shuo would also take into account Ji Xiaohe's feelings, and swore in front of her, saying that he would definitely quit drugs, hoping that Ji Xiaohe would believe in himself for the sake of their love.

Ji Xiaohe also encouraged him at that time, don't be discouraged, let alone break the jar, she believes that if Zhang Shuo still loves herself, she will definitely be able to get rid of drug addiction.

But Ji Xiaohe never knew how difficult it was for a long-term addict to quit drug addiction. Examples abound in society! How many families have been ruined because of drugs. She also naively believed Zhang Shuo's promise.

There will always be a result, and the lie will be exposed one day.

Just once Ji Xiaohe had just returned from a performance and returned to the warm nest that only belonged to her and Zhang Shuo, she found that Zhang Shuo was smoking drugs in the room. And Zhang Shuo at that time, due to drugs, under the influence of drugs, actually beat Ji Xiaohe, who came forward to persuade him.

At that time, Ji Xiaohe obviously didn't expect to be beaten by Zhang Shuo, who loved him deeply. It was also because he was deceived by Zhang Shuo's lies, plus Zhang Shuo beat himself again. Ji Xiaohe's emotions were also out of control at that time, anger overwhelmed her mind, Ji Xiaohe fought with Zhang Shuo like crazy, and the furniture, ornaments, bottles and cans at home were grabbed by Ji Xiaohe casually, and then shattered.

After all this, the house is in shambles. Looking at the home destroyed by his own hands, Ji Xiaohe was already extremely disappointed in Zhang Shuo, so he casually took a few of his clothes, put them into his trolley suitcase, and left the nest that once left good memories for the two of them.

After a period of time, Ji Xiaohe deleted all of Zhang Shuo's contact information, and he never wanted to see this scumbag who deceived him again.

After another period of time, Ji Xiaohe learned from a piece of news that Zhang Shuo was arrested by the public security organs and forcibly sent to a drug rehabilitation center for gathering a crowd to take drugs. At the same time, I also received a number of threatening letters from microfinance companies.

It turned out that in order to satisfy his desire for drug abuse, Zhang Shuo actually spent all his savings, and at the same time borrowed money from those private lending institutions, and finally borrowed money under his own banner, and now he is saddled with a lot of Zhang Shuo's debts. This made Ji Xiaohe unbearable, and went directly to the drug rehabilitation center to find Zhang Shuo to make it clear in person.

The moment she saw Zhang Shuo in the drug rehabilitation center, her weak heart was shaken again.

Zhang Shuo's appearance is completely different from the beautiful man in his prime before, and now he is as thin as a skinny Shiba dog, Ji Xiaohe can't recognize him as the person he once loved.

Seeing his former lover become like this, Ji Xiaohe cried like a tearful man. Drugs have turned their lovers, tormenting people not like people, ghosts not like ghosts.

When Zhao Shuo saw Ji Xiaohe for the first time, he knelt directly in front of her, and told her that he was wrong, that he had caused her trouble, and begged him to forgive him.

Ji Xiaohe's heart was about to break at that time, so he stepped forward and hugged Zhang Shuo's head, and the two of them cried together. At that moment, her heart became soft again, yes! She has forgiven him for this! She wanted to save the man she loved deeply, and in order to get this man back on his feet, she resolutely decided to take on all of Zhang Shuo's debts.

And Zhang Shuo also made a poisonous oath in front of her, he would regain his strength, and after he got out of the drug rehabilitation center, he would marry Ji Xiaohe, and then start a business again to repay all the debts that Ji Xiaohe helped him pay off.

Ji Xiaohe took the photo that Zhang Shuo gave him for the first time, and touched his lower abdomen again, there is already a new life there, which is the crystallization of her and Zhang Shuo's love, and when her Zhang Shuo comes out of the drug rehabilitation center, I am afraid that this little life has come to the world.

Ji Xiaohe stroked the life that was separated by the belly, and his eyes showed hope......