The air pressure suddenly dropped, and there was suspicion, contempt, disdain, or indifference in the eyes of more than twenty pairs of eyes cast at me.

Zhang Jingen looked innocent and shook her head vigorously: "I obviously meant the 'De' word room, everyone was still there at that time, the 'Yi' word room was a storage room, Xiucheng didn't show us around, how could I guide you in." ”

Chen Xiaodong glanced at me and said, "This is obviously someone pushing down, we and Miss Yuan are meeting for the first time, and we don't have a holiday, who is so boring to engage in this kind of prank?" ”

The others nodded in agreement.

I listened to the meaning and said calmly: "Miss Yuan and I met for the first time the day before yesterday, and we didn't have a holiday. Miss Yuan, this painting is really not soiled by me, please be aware of it. As for who got it, I'm afraid only her own conscience knows. ”

Li Xue, who had been silent, said sharply at this time: "Yes, there are only a few people in this house, and who did this lack of virtue knows in their hearts." ”

Xiaoru asked suspiciously: "Could it be that I accidentally knocked it down and was embarrassed to admit it?" ”

Yuan Xiucheng stood up with the framed painting at this time, patted the dust on the painting, and turned his back to my direction and said with a sad voice: "This painting has been stained, and it is difficult to repair it if you find out the initiator." It's not interesting to pursue it, whether it was done by the people present or not, I want to say that I, Yuan Xiucheng, am kind by nature and never make enemies, whoever has an opinion about me comes to me directly, why bother to be angry with my hard work. ”

Li Xue said, "Miss Yuan, how can you do that?" You are a painter invited by our company with a lot of money, and today you kindly invited us to come, but there is such a thing, if you want to forget it, don't people say that our FK people are not clean, and they don't know how to check when they come to visit? ”

Chen Xiaodong hesitated for two seconds and immediately agreed: "That's right, you should check." Is there any monitoring here? Also, who can prove who is not here just now? There is no witness to be the most suspicious. ”

A chill ran through my heart.

Although it was not me, only Xiaoru stood firmly on my side. The helplessness of being isolated made me feel uneasy, and I felt my hands tremble slightly, and a sense of foreboding came over me.

Everyone looked to the people around them for affirmation: "I've been by your side just now, right?" ”

"yes, you never left."

……

I stood there dumbfounded, my fingers curled together. I hate this kind of blatant finger scolding Huai the most, and said coldly: "Xiaodong, you said that you want to find someone to prove that you are not here, don't you make it clear that I am the only one who is suspicious?" ”

Li Xue snorted: "Xiao Dong just uses the elimination method to discuss the matter, isn't it the same method for the police to handle cases?" You didn't do it, you don't have to rush. ”

"I'm a frank person, and since you're talking about the police, we might as well call the police. It's a big fuss, but it doesn't tarnish my innocence. "I breathed, but I tried my best to suppress the ups and downs of my heart.

At this moment, a series of familiar footsteps paced up, and everyone immediately turned around and was silent for a moment.

Luo Jin appeared at the door of the room with a tall figure and asked, "What tarnished innocence?" What happened? ”

Zhang Jingen took the lead and said softly: "Brother Cheng, Xiucheng's painting was artificially stained, and everyone didn't come into this storage room to visit during this period, and then Xiaodong went downstairs to find Shu Hua coming out of here." Shu Hua said that it was fine here when she left. Just now, Xiaoxue just used the elimination method to rule out the suspicion that she had appeared in this room, and she didn't mean anything else. ”

Luo Jincheng's sharp gaze swept for a week, his gaze fell on me like two thorns, and then walked towards Yuan Xiucheng, who had been sorting out and framing the paintings without saying a word, and his voice sounded tender to me: "What's the matter?" ”

Yuan Xiucheng didn't let others touch her paintings, and carefully moved them to the wooden frame like a baby, and said lightly: "Do you remember this painting?" At that time, it took half a month, and you still laughed at me like a snail. But you see now, with so much ink, all the work has been wasted. ”

These two people show off the mysterious past as if no one is around, and we instantly become an eyesore outsider, as if no one can get involved in the world of two. My heart felt as if it had been blown by a biting cold wind, but it was like overturning a vinegar bottle, sour and astringent.

I quietly looked at Luo Jincheng's broad back, staring with bated breath, waiting for his verdict. Presumably he already knows what happened, what is going to happen to him next? What kind of stance will he take to deal with the current chaotic situation?

He suddenly stretched out his hand, took the framed painting in her hand, looked it up and down, then put it back on the wooden frame, and said loudly, "Aren't you going to sell it?" I'll have someone transfer the account to you. Didn't you say that the most gratifying thing about a painter is that someone can read his paintings? This painting is also a place for me. ”

He made a loud noise, just like the non-denial at the small meeting of the conference, as if everyone was shocked and dared not breathe the atmosphere.

His words were so unexpected that even Yuan Xiucheng, who was immersed in his memories, looked up at him for a long time. Judging from her beautiful side face, it was clearly sad and unbelievable.

A warm current instantly flowed through my originally sad heart.

The boss finally spoke: "No matter who did today's matter, I will investigate it to the end." I hope that this person will take the initiative to apologize to Xiucheng in private, and if there are other unclean ideas, don't blame me for turning my face and not recognizing people. ”

The master has already spoken, and the others dare not say anything more. It's just this boring little episode, obviously aimed at me.

Later, everyone seemed to be interested in the hostess, so they left separately, leaving only the two old lovers to catch up. When Zhang Jingen left, there was a faint unwillingness and dissatisfaction on her face, but because everyone was present, she didn't show it, but just looked at the faces of the two people with inexplicable emotions.

I kept wondering in my mind: Who is so boring and uses such low-level means to frame me?

Luo Jincheng, can't you have a quiet woman by your side? Your side is like an ancient harem, any woman who wants to get close to her will do whatever it takes to frame other imaginary enemies, and even this trick of fighting cattle across the mountains has been used.

And Luo Jincheng of the stars and moons, you have lifted today's incident lightly, do you really believe me as always?

On the last weekend of September, I became irritable, because of the episode, and because he had never made a phone call that was even comforting.

Finally, it was a long holiday, and the Mid-Autumn Festival was held for eight days in conjunction with the National Day. On such a day of family reunion, I will go home to accompany my mother.

My mother's body has been gradually recovering after the operation, and I rarely went home to cook my favorite dishes. I couldn't resist her, so I had to do what I could to help and share some housework.

It was a full moon night, but the dinner for the two was still warm. After asking me about my daily life, my mother couldn't help but ask if I had a new boyfriend.

I was biting my favorite sweet and sour pork ribs, and after a pause, I raised my eyes and said busily: "Mom, I'm busy with work now, how can I have time to fall in love, and I don't want to talk about it, I'm not old, let's talk about it after a while." ”

She seemed to be looking for something from my face, "What is free or not, no matter how busy you are, you have to take care of your life's events." You're 25 years old this year, so when will you have to wait until a while? Isn't it ......"

She hesitated for a moment and continued, "Is there anyone who is embarrassed to say?" ”

I chuckled in my heart, as if something had been ticked. A mother is a mother, and such a subtle change can't be hidden from her.

I quickly pretended to be relaxed and said, "No." If so, can I hide it from you? Don't worry, your daughter's condition is not bad, and there is nothing left! ”

"What mother doesn't worry about the child's life? In short, pay attention to the right boy yourself, don't delay yourself. ”

Although my mother stopped asking questions for the time being, I couldn't help but feel a trace of bitterness in my heart: I have an unsuitable person in my heart, but the right person is not in my heart. And the inappropriate person only replied to a few innocuous text messages when they learned that I had returned home.

After dinner, we set up an offering table on the balcony, moved two chairs out to admire the moon, while snuggling and talking, I was like a child, obediently lying in my mother's arms, following her to have a small talk and gossip.

Just as he was in the middle of his life, his mobile phone rang. When I mentioned it, I reluctantly saw that it was Livia.

I was worried that my mother would be suspicious again, so I was frank with him anyway, so I simply picked it up in front of my mother: "Hey? ”

Levia's gentle voice came, "Are you at home?" There seemed to be a faint murmur coming from the other end.

I said, "Yes." ”

"I happen to be downstairs from your house, but I don't know how many floors you live on."

I was shocked, and subconsciously ran to the railing to look down, and the balcony of our house was facing the main entrance of the building.

"You...... What are you doing here? "My voice is a little unsteady.

"My grandmother's house is not far from here, so I came over after dinner......

Mom spoke at this time, "Who is it?" Why don't you come up downstairs? ”

When I heard this, I hesitated to invite him up, but I heard the other end of the phone say: "Grandma's house has made an enema, what room do you live in, I will send it." ”

At this point, I had to obediently open the door.

When Levia came in in the moonlight in casual clothes, her mother smiled from head to toe, as if she hadn't seen a young man for hundreds of years, greeted her warmly, and then turned on the usual chat mode of their generation.

"Is it a colleague of Shuhua?"

"Where do you work?"

"Where's home?"

"How many people are in the family? Who are they? What do parents do? ”

……

The more I listened, the more embarrassed I felt, and quickly interrupted: "Mom, Mr. Li is a colleague of my roommate's friend, and I met at a dinner party. ”

Livia pursed her lips and smiled, "It's okay, Auntie is also enthusiastic enough to be like this." I felt like I was at home. ”

Seriously, his well-mannered demeanor and upbringing are very popular with the elders. It's just that my mother misunderstood.