"The Year of Flowing Water" reopened, and the decoration style is very different from other beauty salons. At the entrance stands a stained-glass screen depicting Moses leading the Israelites across the Red Sea in the biblical book of Exodus. This chic screen is a gift from a strict person on the opening day. He himself is being detained by his mother at home to recuperate, but he has a sentence to bring him: if you don't like it, you don't have to return it to him, you can still hear it if you smash it on the spot. Ji Xiaoou really liked this screen, and half pushed it and accepted it on the spot.

Turning through the screen and entering the lobby is like entering a tropical rainforest, full of greenery, and the leaves are so fresh that they seem to drip green juice at any moment. Ji Xiaoou also reluctantly took out the position that could put at least four beauty beds, and arranged a mini sun room for drinking tea and chatting. Looking through the floor-to-ceiling windows facing the street, the white rattan furniture, arched doorways, and pure cotton floral fabrics look like IKEA's model rooms. This kind of petty bourgeois atmosphere from the cottage stands out in the gray storefront, and actually attracts the attention of many pedestrians.

As soon as the new store opened, the customer flow increased sharply, and new projects such as body SPA were added, and Ji Xiaoou was forced to hire two new beauticians. With her own, there are now six people in the store, and people come and go, showing a thriving trend. At the same time, her career has also opened up a new world, and in a month, the personnel department or trade union of several companies has come to her door and asked her to give beauty lectures to the female employees of the company. These lectures are all free benefits of the company, and of course the labor fee is very small, but the hidden customer base brought to Ji Xiaoou is huge, so that she began to consider whether she could open another branch at the end of the year.

As for the "Xuefu" beauty salon opposite, I don't know when, the name on the signboard on the door was changed to "Yimer", probably because the original owner transferred the storefront. Seeing that the banner of the opening ceremony was pulled out at the door again, Ji Xiaoou's performance was much calmer than last time. After more than half a year of competition, the customer base attracted by each of the two companies has become almost fixed, and although they have intersected with each other, they are completely different worlds. She just has to do her best to be herself, and there is no need to be vindictive.

The body is busy, but the brain and heart are empty. She forbade herself to recall any details of her relationship with Rigor herself. But the memory is disobedient, like a DVD that has been used for a long time, the magnetic head is aging, and she stubbornly replays the fragmentary pictures of the past over and over again, completely overturning the worldview and values that she has painstakingly built up over the past 20 years, and destroying it to the point that there is no scum left. In this hot and cold torment, she received a call from Zhao Yamin.

Zhao Yamin said: "What happened when you secretly went home a few days ago and drank a pot of soup cleanly? Fortunately, the old man upstairs saw you, otherwise he would have scared me half to death, thinking that there was a thief in the house. ”

Ji Xiaoou was still angry with her and refused to speak out, and Zhao Yamin said again: "I just stewed the old duck and pear soup, you can come back and drink it." You don't have anything there, how can you eat? Are you used to living there? Let's go home. ”

Ji Xiaoou replied stiffly: "I live here very well, I won't go back." ”

Zhao Yamin immediately relented: "Then let's not talk about that in the future, okay?" Mom said so much not for your own good? In the future, your father and I will walk ahead of you, and when you don't even have a home, how lonely should you be during the New Year's holidays? If Xiaopeng were a girl, the two sisters could still take care of each other, but he was a kid, do you think Mom can leave with confidence when the time comes? Speaking of this, she was moved by her true feelings, "Xiaoou, when you were a child, your mother treated you too much, and when you grow up, she always wants to compensate you, but she can't make up for it." Your father said that our mother and son are in charge, how did he know that I am staying in Tibet with him in the golden time to cultivate the relationship between mother and daughter! ”

Ji Xiaoou was uncomfortable, choked up and said, "Mom, don't say it, I'll go home when the door is closed today." ”

The mother and daughter rarely put their hearts back, and they both burst into tears on the phone. In order to please her daughter, Zhao Yamin's overflowing love finally brought her daughter's friends with her: "Didn't the younger brother of the classmate you said a long time ago want to take him home for dinner, why haven't you seen anyone all the time?" ”

At the mention of Zhan Yu, Ji Xiaoou's throat and eyes suddenly froze. It's been more than two months, no matter how she apologizes in a low voice, Zhan Yu just refuses to see her, and later, she simply refuses to answer her phone. Zhan Yu's mobile phone ringtone, using Leslie Cheung's "I", every time the phone is connected, I hear the song of the deceased singer from another world, "I am me, it is a fireworks of different colors", Ji Xiaoou was frightened and waited with expectations, but she never heard the "sister" she was looking forward to.

Although Zhan Yu refused to contact her again, she still visited Li Meiqin on time every two weeks and sent some food and medicine by the way. But she never saw Zhan Yu at home. The first time Li Meiqin saw her, she said, ouch, it's really unfortunate that Xiao Yu has just left; The second time I saw her, I said: Xiao Yu called and said that he didn't come back from overtime today. Ji Xiaoou understood that Zhan Yu was deliberately avoiding her.

Zhan Yu couldn't forgive her, but Li Meiqin's attitude towards her didn't change, obviously Zhan Yu didn't say anything. It's just that her expectations for femoral surgery are getting stronger and stronger, and this expectation has become her only hope for her future life, except for her son. Every time she sees Ji Xiaoou, she has to ask, when will the expert assessment be carried out? Ji Xiaoou racked her brains, arranging different reasons again and again, seeing that the suspicion on Li Meiqin's face was getting deeper and deeper, Ji Xiaoou could no longer prevaricate, and always wanted to find the right time to tell the truth, but the development of Li Meiqin's condition did not give her this opportunity.

In the blink of an eye, in mid-December, Ji Xiaoou received a call from Li Meiqin at about 11 o'clock in the evening. She pressed the call button of her mobile phone, but no one spoke in the earpiece, only a vague and distant voice, as if someone was there, for a long, long time, Ji Xiaoou heard a heavy wheezing sound from the earpiece, and someone said vaguely: "Help......" Ji Xiaoou's scalp immediately exploded, and he listened attentively, and then there was no sound.

In a hurry, she put on a down jacket and left, without having time to say hello to her parents. When I stood on the side of the road to stop a taxi, I realized that I was still pulling slippers on my feet. After getting into the car, she first dialed Zhan Yu's mobile phone, and Zhan Yu's mobile phone was turned off. When I hit the school, he was not in the dormitory. I called back the phone of Zhan Yu's house, and I was busy all the time. She was in a hurry, but there was no other way but to desperately urge the taxi driver to hurry up and hurry up.

The driver was very dissatisfied with her urging: "Girl, 'Shen Six' is fast, why don't you take that one?" ”

At this moment, Ji Xiaoou's mobile phone rang, and when he picked it up, it was his father Ji Zhaolin who called, asking Ji Xiaoou what he was doing. Ji Zhaolin worked in the emergency department a long time ago and has rich experience, and after listening to his daughter's incoherent description of the situation, he immediately instructed her: "It is estimated that there is no one at home, the patient has lost consciousness, you quickly call 120 to call an ambulance." Also, if there really isn't anyone else in the house, you have to call 110 and the police come and try to break in. ”

Ji Xiaoou's chaotic consciousness finally split a bright light, and immediately did so. When she arrived downstairs at Zhan Yu's house, the 120 ambulance had already arrived. Finding that there was no elevator, the caregiver's stretcher refused to go up. Ji Xiaoou was anxious, and took out two hundred-yuan bills directly from his wallet, slapped one in his hand, and the two nurses muttered and went upstairs with her.

When I got to the seventh floor, no matter how I knocked on the door, no one answered, but fortunately, thanks to Ji Zhaolin's reminder, the 110 police car also arrived after a while, bringing lockpicking experts and tools with them. Ji Xiaoou explained the situation, took out his ID card to verify his identity, and signed a filing document, and the police began to do it.

The preferred option is to use a crowbar. To deal with general security doors, crowbars are a sharp tool for quick unlocking. But this time, after more than a dozen pries, the steel plate at the door frame was turned up, but the door lock did not move. The unlocking expert stepped forward to take a look and said that the quality of this anti-theft door is really good, the steel plate is thicker than the common anti-theft doors on the market, and the quality of the door lock is also good.

In this case, I had to resort to the second option and see if I could turn over from the neighbor's house. A policeman went downstairs to investigate, but denied the plan. Because the building is facing demolition, most of the residents have moved out, and at night, there are very few people in the whole building with lights on, and the neighbors on the left and right of Zhan Yu's house are all dark. Moreover, this kind of old-fashioned public house has no balcony, and the distance between the windows is nearly three meters, even if you can enter the neighbor's house, if you want to enter the Zhan house from the seventh floor more than 20 meters above the ground, I am afraid that you have to be a firefighter or special police officer to do it.

At this point, you can only let the lockpicking expert try it. Unexpectedly, the expert stepped forward and tinkered for a few minutes, and said that it was too bad, the anti-theft lock was actually a B-level lock with a double-row bullet structure, which was the type they were most unwilling to encounter, and the corridor was dark, and the ceiling light was there, but none of them could be lit, and the lighting was all by flashlight, and he couldn't guarantee how long it would take to open the lock.

Everyone looked at each other for a while, and the two policemen walked to the side and met for a long time to discuss, saying that it was time to call 119 to come on the field with a broken electric drill? However, this method of violently breaking down the door requires special approval, and cannot be used unless it is absolutely necessary. During this period, Ji Xiaoou kept trying to call Zhan Yu's mobile phone, but it still didn't turn on, so anxious that she jumped to her feet, and was in a hurry, she suddenly remembered a self-proclaimed lockpicking expert.

Ji Xiaoou walked to a place where no one was, hesitated on his mobile phone for a few minutes, and finally convinced himself that this was to save people, even if he broke his promise and gained weight, he would have to be shameless. Press the keys one by one, and the moment she heard the ringtone, she looked down on herself: she had just drawn a line with someone more than half a month ago, and she begged again with a shy face. Others are "difficult to find the police", but when they come to her, it becomes "difficult to find rigorous". It was only at this point that she clearly realized how much favor she owed to Rigor .

Rigor picked up the phone, his voice was clear, and he obviously hadn't slept yet. Listening to Ji Xiaoou ask him in a cautious tone if he was much better, he replied that it was okay, saying that he allowed her to stammer, and then continued, telling why she made this call and why she needed his help.

But a silence came. Silence was sent out of the earpiece of Ji Xiaoou's mobile phone, in the corridor where the window glass was almost all broken, and spread in the cold wind that penetrated the window, this silence also made Ji Xiaoou feel inexplicably wronged, her two eyes were suddenly immersed in hot tears, she removed the phone from her cheek, and was about to hang up the phone.

Strict but suddenly spoke: "That kind of lock, it takes forty to sixty minutes to open the general technology, you tell the police not to give up, try to open it as much as possible, and I will pass." ”

The phone hung up, not a word of nonsense, not at all like the usual style of rigor and rigor but a bit like his sister Yan Shen.

The lockpicking expert was still patiently flicking the marbles with the mold a little bit, one policeman held a flashlight for him, and the other finally went to call for 119 linkage. Ji Xiaoou was so anxious that he couldn't stay back, so he simply ran to the corner of the stairs and stood, only the window there could see the movement of the road downstairs.

Ten minutes later, two bright headlights in the distance split the darkness. By the light of a lonely street lamp, Ji Xiaoou saw a taxi parked downstairs. A man got out of the car and walked into the unit door.

The anxiety in her heart seemed to be suddenly soothed at this moment, and in such a chaotic night, it turned into indescribable anticipation and steadfastness.

Rigor finally appeared, but instead of running up in three steps and two steps as before, he walked up step by step by holding on to the railing of the staircase. The immobilizer on his waist had not been removed, which severely hindered his daily activities.

The moment he appeared, Ji Xiaoou's heart seemed to be pinched by someone, realizing how ignorant she was, and actually called a sick number late at night to help her solve her problems. She greeted her in shame, wanting to apologize but not knowing where to start, and finally spit out a complete nonsense: "You're here." ”

Rigor didn't care about her embarrassment and overwhelm, and also replied with a nonsense: "Well, here it is." Then, without being greeted by anyone, he automatically entered the state and crouched beside the lockpicking expert in a twisted posture against the wall.

The police, naturally, were very skeptical of his technique and did not agree to his hands at first. Rigor said: "Isn't the chainsaw coming soon?" Give me ten minutes to try it. ”

The policeman nodded, and the expert reluctantly moved out of the way, and took his tools and approached the lock. The beams of both flashlights focused in front of his face, drawing a soft arc on the side of his focused face.

Seven minutes later, a stunned scene appeared, with a series of crisp and neat clicks, and the lock springs bounced open. Everyone at the scene subconsciously held their breath, for fear that the airflow would affect the normal performance of rigor. With the last crisp sound, the security door finally opened. I don't know when a few idlers gathered outside the door, probably the other residents in the building who stood by heard the strange noise to see the excitement, and the moment the door opened, someone even shouted hello at an inopportune time.

The security door opened, and the remaining wooden door was easy to handle, and the crowbar was inserted to solve the problem at once.

The situation was really as Ji Zhaolin expected, Li Meiqin fainted in the hall, and the back of her head was covered with blood. Judging from the traces of the scene, it seems that she first fell in the kitchen, hit the back of her head on the corner of the stove, and then crawled all the way from the kitchen to the corner of the foyer, ripped the phone off the cabinet, and then made the life-saving call.

Li Meiqin was carried out on a stretcher, and people followed out. When passing by Jian Jian's side, Ji Xiaoou hesitated for a moment, suddenly stood on tiptoe, and kissed him on the face quickly.

This half of his face, past Ji Xiaoou's two mouths, suddenly came into contact with her petal-like soft lips, and he felt like a dream, he covered his face and froze.

"Ji Xiaoou, you didn't take the wrong medicine, right?"

Ji Xiaoou was also very nervous, because her lips were out of the control of her brain, and she did something that made her afraid of herself. Fortunately, she could still look back and smile, perfunctory and perfunctory: "Your performance just now is very handsome!" This is an appreciation for you, don't think crookedly. ”

She went to the hospital with the ambulance, but Rigor was left behind and invited to the police car. He had to cooperate with the police to explain: Why do you have such a fast unlocking technique? Is it self-taught? Which lockpicking company does it belong to? Is it filed? Have you used the technology to do anything illegal?

Li Meiqin entered the emergency room. The doctor's diagnosis was quite gratifying, the trauma to the back of her head did not hurt the skull, but the patient's body was weak and frightened, coupled with a slight blood loss caused by shock, after the blood transfusion, the signs have stabilized, the patient's consciousness has basically recovered, but the possibility of concussion is not ruled out for the time being, and it is recommended to stay in the hospital for observation.

Ji Xiaoou went to the basement floor to pay the hospital deposit. She was in a hurry when she went out, and she didn't bring much cash, so she had to use her credit card. It was already past two o'clock in the morning, and the emergency building was still full of people and the elevator was overcrowded, so instead of taking the elevator, she walked down the stairs from the basement floor to the lobby on the first floor.

The waiting chair outside the observation room was also full of people, and Ji Xiaoou turned around and didn't find a place to stay, so he had to walk to the floor-to-ceiling window at the end of the corridor, where there was an iron box for firefighting equipment, and he could barely sit and rest his legs.

She walked past the crowd without squinting, and inadvertently a familiar object flashed out of the corner of her eye. Turning his head, he found a khaki suede coat covering a man's face. The man's two long legs stretched out and became the most obstructive thing in the aisle. From time to time someone tripped on his feet.

She has seen this short coat, the style of the Russian military uniform, with a belt and shoulder loops, the style is particularly provocative, but the man with a good body is also particularly attractive to wear, such as rigorous, the clothes are on the body, the shoulder is shoulder and the waist is the waist, which looks quite sexy. She gently lifted the placket of one side of her coat, and it was indeed an acquaintance under the coat.

I don't know how to convince the police of his purity, and he was finally let go, at the moment he was sleeping soundly with his head tilted, and the bustling voices around him had no effect on him.

Ji Xiaoou stared at him silently. After more than a month of recuperating at home, his person has lost weight, his complexion has also faded a lot, from dark chocolate to milk chocolate, and the beard on his temples and chin has penetrated his skin to reveal cyan fibrous roots. It is these hawthorns that make his eyebrows show a little haggard temperament.

Ji Xiaoou let go of the coat and let it cover his rigorous face again. She couldn't look any further, and if she continued to look at it, the little beast in her heart would break through the ground, grow up in the wind, and never obey the call of reason again.

Rigor didn't sleep peacefully, and he always seemed to be dreaming in the blindfold, but the dream was not very clear, and the dream was not a dream. By the time he finally woke up, it was half past six in the morning. The emergency area, which had been noisy all night, was completely quiet. When he opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was Ji Xiaoou, lying on his side on the chair opposite, his face buried in the crook of his arm as if he was asleep. There was a breeze in the hallway, and it was the morning when the temperature outside was lowest, and she wore only a cashmere sweater on her upper body, curled up in a shrunken position in an uncomfortable sleep, as if she was overwhelmed by the cold.

Rigorous lowered his head, and was shocked to find that her white down jacket was actually on herself. He lowered his head and smelled a faint scent on the collar of his coat, like the subtle cool smell of lemon, subtle enough that he could close his eyes again, continuing the warmth and indulgence of his sleep in a virtual atmosphere.

Ji Xiaoou seemed to make a faint sound, he raised his eyes, but she still maintained the posture just now, motionless. He walked over and crouched down to examine her carefully. Her nose, eyes, and eyebrows were hidden under the sleeves, revealing only her plump lips. The long, thick maroon hair spread out and shimmered in the light with a watery sheen, with an alluring and deep aura.

Rigor wanted to reach out and touch the source of temptation, but as soon as his hand fell on her hair, Ji Xiaoou's whole body jumped up violently, and before he could get out of his ignorant eyes, he opened round and big because of fright, like a desperate deer.

She glared at him warily, "What are you doing?" ”

Rigor said, "Oh, there's a bug, help you catch it." Being glared at viciously by her two big eyes, Rigor didn't know why he felt a little tight on his scalp, so he changed the topic lightly: "Why do you sleep here?" Isn't it good to go home? ”

Unexpectedly, Ji Xiaoou's new hatred and old hatred were provoked by his words: "You still have the face to ask me?" I slept like a pig, and I couldn't wake up when I barked. If it weren't for the fact that you're still a sick person, I'll care if you live or die, and I'll go home early! He then said, "What have I been doing lately?" Do you always deal with ambulances and hospitals in the middle of the night? ”

Yan Yan touched his nose and didn't speak, only smiled. He heard a bit of lust and guilt from Ji Xiaoou's words, as well as the care and tenderness hidden under the anger. He prefers to believe that this is a special way for Beijing girls to express their feelings, and he is willing to be the one who takes the initiative to put out the fire in the war.

Ji Xiaoou's flying arrow hit the rigorous rubber shield, which made her feel deeply lost. She turned and went to the bathroom. When I came out again, I had rinsed my mouth, washed my face, tied my hair into a ponytail at the back of my head, and was in a good mood refreshed. The sign that she has regained her good mood is that she has regained her curiosity, patted the chair next to her, and she said to Rigor "Come here, sit here, I have something to ask you." ”

Sitting down rigorously, Ji Xiaoou asked, "Where did you learn to pick locks?" You can't be the legendary king of thieves, right? ”

Now he was not happy: "What's the matter?" After the police asked, you continued to ask? I'm self-taught, can I be self-taught? ”

Ji Xiaoou straightened his face: "You mean, if the police can ask me, can't I ask?" ”

Rigorously raised the white flag again: "Okay, okay, you can ask, of course you can ask!" I trained in the army, okay? ”

"I don't believe it! Why did the army ask you to practice lockpicking? Train you to pick the door and lock it? "Ji Xiaoou is not so easy to pass.

Rigor laughed and put his arm around her shoulder: "Sister, you must have to mess around with your brother more in the future, and the realm will not be so narrow." Does learning to pick a lock must be a way to pick the door and lock it? ”

Ji Xiaoou didn't answer, but squinted his eyes and glanced at his right hand that crossed the line. Yan pretended not to see it, because he could sense the muscles under his right palm, soft and smooth, without any intention of resisting, so he simply held her right hand as well.

Her hands were soft, soft as water in them. Rigor turned his face sideways to see her reaction, only to see her eyes down, her eyelashes fluttering, and her cheeks flushed. Rigorous and momentary distraction, he couldn't imagine that Ji Xiaoou, who spoke so boldly, would blush in front of him. The sky outside the window grew brighter, and he could see her more clearly. In the past, the objects of his fooling around were all young girls in their early twenties, and their skin was so tender that they seemed to be able to pinch out water, and Shen Kaiyan was the best among them. However, staring at Ji Xiaoou at this moment, he felt that Shen Kaiyan and the others had lost their color. It's not that they are bad, but compared to Ji Xiaoou at this moment, they are all missing something. It took me a long time to find a word to describe that kind of thing—let's name it connotation. And he praised it anyway.

"Seriously, you're the most meaningful girl I've ever met."

But when Ji Xiaoou heard the word "connotation", he was very unhappy: "Who are you ashamed of?" Don't think I don't know, you really have no place to boast, so you will say that a woman has connotation. ”

Rigor didn't expect the horse's fart to be slapped on the horse's leg, but he was as good as a stream, and immediately corrected it: "I'm different from others." And by the connotation, I mean inside the clothes, oh no, inside the bra. ”

Before the words fell, Ji Xiaoou slapped him over, and was quickly grabbed by his wrist: "Ji Xiaoou, I warn you, I let you in the past, and I will be really welcome if you do it again in the future, don't cry if it hurts." ”

Ji Xiaoou desperately tried to break free: "Stinky hooligan! ”

Rigor naturally won't let her succeed again, the two of them were like playing Tai Chi, rubbing back and forth for a long time, and when he looked up, he suddenly found Zhan Yu standing not far away, with his hands in his trouser pockets, looking at the two of them condescendingly and gloomily.

Zhan Yu rushed over when he opened his mobile phone early in the morning and saw Ji Xiaoou's text message. However, he did not explain why he didn't turn on the phone overnight.

When Ji Xiaoou saw Zhan Yu, he felt like he had been burned by a soldering iron, and subconsciously wanted to move a few steps away and keep a certain distance from Rigor . But as soon as she moved, she was held down strictly, and then greeted Zhan Yu calmly: "You are here." It's really calm, hey! ”

Zhan Yu's gaze moved from his face to the two hands that were clasped together, and after a pause, his eyes flew away lightly, and he nodded coldly.

Ji Xiaoou said: "Your mother is basically fine. After the shift is completed at 8 o'clock, the doctor will explain the condition to the family, and you should not go far when the time comes. ”

Zhan Yu treated her like a stranger, refusing to glance at her out of the corner of his eye, and walked straight over.

With his attitude, Ji Xiaoou was not in a hurry, he was rigorously anxious, stood up and shouted angrily: "Little bastard, you stop!" ”

Seeing the bruises on Rigorous's forehead, Ji Xiaoou was afraid that the two would fight again if they disagreed, so he hurriedly stopped Rigorous: "Shut up, you're making a mess!" ”

Rigorous hatred of iron does not make steel: "I told you a long time ago that this kid is a white-eyed wolf, and he can't be fed well." You worked all night together, and I didn't want him to thank you, but what kind of attitude is this? ”

Ji Xiaoou was afraid that his words would anger Zhan Yu, so he hurried to appease: "Zhan Yu, don't listen to his nonsense." ”

Zhan Yu finally landed his eyes on her, and said coldly: "You, why don't you have any self-knowledge? Don't show up in front of my eyes, okay? I don't want to see you again! ”

After a period of silence, Ji Xiaoou found that his hands were tightly twisted together, and his fingers were about to be broken. It took her a lot of effort to separate her ten fingers, and she looked at him and smiled reluctantly: "I'm sorry I let you misunderstand so deeply." ”

Rigor couldn't help it, rolled up his sleeves and walked to Zhan Yu: "What are you talking about?" Are you still not human? If your sister hadn't arrived in time last night, something might have happened to your mother! ”

Zhan Yu looked at him calmly: "Brother, I'm sorry for you." ”

"Yo, you're going to say I'm sorry, the sun is coming out of the west today, right?"

"Brother, I know you're angry with me. I know. ”

"You know the! If you really understand, you won't mess with your sister like this! ”

"Brother, I really understand, now everyone knows that I brought you a green hat, but you never clarify. Liu Wei: They don't dare to touch me now, just because you said that I am your person. I remember this favor, and if I have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely repay it. If you want to beat me up now, do it. Beat me hard, and I felt comfortable. ”

Rigor is a person who eats soft and not hard, Zhan Yu's words completely stunned him, not to mention that he was just bluffing. There is still a fixed bandage tied around the waist, how can you fight with someone? I didn't know what to do for a while. Later, he stomped his foot and pulled Ji Xiaoou up: "Let's go!" ”

Ji Xiaoou kept looking at Zhan Yu with a miserable expression, as if the three souls and six spirits had been scattered by Zhan Yu's words. Rigor pulled her, didn't feel any resistance, she staggered out of the hospital with Rigor all the way, until she got into a taxi, her expression was still stunned.

Rigor understood that she was hurt by Zhan Yu's unreasonable words. But the scene just now was what he wanted to see. The relationship between these two people, whether they were real brothers or fake brothers before, at least for now, is completely out of play. But Ji Xiaoou's stunned appearance made him feel a little distressed. Suppressing the snickering joy in his heart, he tried to comfort her: "That kid has gone crazy. Don't bother with him in the future, let him live or die. ”

Ji Xiaoou's forehead was against the window glass and did not make a sound.

Rigor said: "Now Zhan Yu is just dragging out of the country without moving, and he is determined to practice himself, and he is no longer saved, why do you still worry about this kind of person?" ”

Ji Xiaoou closed his eyes, and his eyelashes were stained with fine droplets. She said, "I didn't know he hated me so much!" ”

Rigor said, "Isn't that right?" Let's just quit and don't worry about his family's affairs in the future. ”

Ji Xiaoou turned his head to look at him for a while, and suddenly said to the taxi driver: "Master, please turn around and go back to the hospital just now." ”

Rigorous and urgent: "What are you doing?" ”

"Yesterday the doctor said that his mother's fall had a lot to do with femoral osteonecrosis. The cartilage in her femoral head neck has been completely ruptured, and surgery is recommended as soon as possible. After a while, the doctor will make rounds and may mention this matter, but he doesn't understand anything, how can he make an idea? ”

Rigorously snorted, and felt incredible: "That little bastard said so ugly, and you still put a hot face on people's cold butts, isn't this a cheapness?" ”

The words were too ugly, Ji Xiaoou really didn't like to listen to them, and glared at him fiercely: "What's wrong with me being cheap?" What's in your way? Master, pull over, I want to get off! ”

Angry, he waved his hand and said to the driver: "Stop!" Let her go down. ”

The taxi slowed down and leaned to the side of the road, Ji Xiaoou didn't say a word, pushed the door and jumped down, jumping into the reverse traffic. Rigor was frightened, could it be that he told the truth so much that she couldn't think about it? He also got out of the car and shouted "Ji Xiaoou" at her, but Ji Xiaoou ignored him, quickly crossed the road, intercepted a taxi across the road, and sped away in the direction of the hospital.

Li Meiqin lives in a six-person ward. It was too early, the sky outside was not yet fully bright, and most of the patients were still asleep. Ji Xiaoou walked in and saw that only Li Meiqin's bedside lamp was on in the ward, and Zhan Yu sat silently in front of her mother's bed. The orange-yellow light casts on his face from below, outlining a thin silhouette.

Ji Xiaoou tried his best to slow down, but he still alarmed Zhan Yu, he turned around, saw Ji Xiaoou, his lips moved, as if he wanted to say something and swallowed back. But then the corners of his mouth turned down, making a tired and impatient expression.

Ji Xiaoou ignored his tired hint, walked straight to the bed, looked at the sleeping Li Meiqin, but whispered a few words to Zhan Yu.

"Zhan Yu, no matter what you do to me, I have to make it clear to you. I'm doing this for your mom, not for you. You can chase me away, but you don't care what I do. In the case of femoral osteonecrosis, I have checked a lot of information on the Internet, and I must know more than you, if you still feel sorry for your mother, just endure it. ”

Zhan Yu didn't say anything for a long time, and after a while, he stood up and walked away with his neck stalked, still refusing to look at Ji Xiaoou.

After the ward rounds at eight o'clock, Li Meiqin's attending doctor called Zhan Yu and Ji Xiaoou to the office and told Li Meiqin the truth: not only was the femoral neck cartilage all torn, but also the femoral head was moved outward. The doctor's advice is to transfer to the orthopedic ward and perform femoral replacement surgery as soon as possible, so that some of the exercise capacity can be maintained after the operation, otherwise the consequences will be terrible. After the whole operation, the operation fee is only more than 10,000 yuan, but the prosthetic joint is very expensive, more than 20,000 domestic ones, and imported ones ranging from 30,000 to 70,000 yuan.

Ji Xiaoou asked: "What is the difference between domestic and imported?" ”

The doctor said that there is no big difference, the functions are almost the same, and the key is the service life. The wear and tear of artificial joints is very fast, and the domestic ones are generally about five years, and the imported ones can last for seven to ten years. "So in principle, it is generally not recommended for patients under the age of 55 to have artificial joints replaced, because they are afraid of going through multiple surgeries," he explained. Li Meiqin's situation is special, conservative treatment is ineffective, the indications for surgery are sufficient, your family members have to make their own decisions, mainly depending on your own financial situation. ”

Ji Xiaoou was still busy comparing the doctor's words with the information stored in his head, and Zhan Yu, who had been silent, suddenly spoke: "Then prepare to import it." How much deposit is required? ”

The doctor looked at Ji Xiaoou, Ji Xiaoou didn't know what medicine was sold in Zhan Yu gourd, so it was difficult to express his opinion, so the doctor said: "Then change to a medium-priced one, there is not much difference between 50,000 and 70,000." ”

Zhan Yu nodded: "Okay!" ”

"In this case, it's better to pay 70,000 yuan first, and refund more and make up for less."

Zhan Yu lowered his head and looked at his toes, and after a long time, he seemed to have made up his mind, and he made a voice from between his teeth: "Okay." ”

Out of the office door, Zhan Yu walked forward alone, Ji Xiaoou didn't care about what he said unpleasantly, chased after him and asked, "Where did you get such a big sum of money?" ”

Zhan Yu didn't reply: "Don't worry about it!" ”

Ji Xiaoou was so anxious that he grabbed his sleeve: "Don't do stupid things!" Hey, did you hear that? Let's figure it out together? ”

Zhan Yu suddenly stopped and turned to face her: "Why are you so nosy?" Can I borrow it? ”

Ji Xiaoou also stood still, and replied without giving an inch: "I'm going to be nosy, what can you do?" Borrow? I don't know you yet? Who do you borrow from? If you can really borrow money, you won't do that kind of thing! ”

Zhan Yu glared at her, his chest rose and fell, his two thin angular lips moved and moved, Ji Xiaoou took a breath, ready to meet his more mean words, but he lowered his eyelashes, turned around and ran.

"Zhan Yu-" Ji Xiaoou pulled her legs to chase, but she had no sleep all night, and she didn't eat breakfast, and suddenly Venus popped up in front of her, almost planted on the ground, and when she stood firm against the wall, Zhan Yu had already run away.

As soon as he left, he never showed up again.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Li Meiqin woke up and was at a loss when she mentioned what happened last night. She only remembered that she went to the kitchen to boil water, and accidentally tripped on the rubber pipe of natural gas, and at that moment her legs did not obey the call at all, and she fell to the ground all of a sudden, and her later memory was almost broken, and she couldn't even remember calling Ji Xiaoou for help. But she clearly remembers that she called her son first, but his son's mobile phone was turned off. She asked Ji Xiaoou: "Where did Xiao Yu go?" This kid has been seeing the dragon every day lately, and the mobile phone is on and off, what is he busy with? Before graduating, their company used him so much, don't tire the child out. ”

Although she was complaining in her mouth, she was completely regretful and happy. Every time Zhan Yu was mentioned, her face would be covered with a strange light. And every time Ji Xiaoou sees this halo of maternal love, he feels huge psychological pressure, for fear that he will not be able to control it one day and tell the truth and discernment.

At ten o'clock, the hospital was cleaned, and the attendants were kicked out of the ward. Sitting downstairs in the inpatient department, Ji Xiaoou received a text message from Zhan Yu: I will come back in three days to pay the money. I've been bothering you to take care of my mother these days, all kinds of disrespect in the past, sister, please forgive me.

Ji Xiaoou walked to the commissary downstairs and bought bread and iced tea for breakfast. I don't know how long the bread has been there, and it's the same as cotton wool. She put a piece of bread that had long passed the expiration date in her mouth, chewed it mechanically for a long time, and decided to call Zhan Yu back, she wanted to tell him that if she couldn't borrow money, she could help solve part of the operation deposit, so that he wouldn't be too anxious.

But she didn't expect that Zhan Yu's mobile phone would be turned off again! And one pass is a few days.

Because beauty shops can't do without people, Ji Xiaoou can't stay in the hospital all day, she found a good nurse, and got a meal card in the hospital canteen, filled the card with a few hundred yuan and handed it to the nurse, and asked her to buy food for Li Meiqin according to the doctor's instructions. She herself visits the hospital once a day in the afternoon.

Li Meiqin's head injury recovered well, and it seems that there are no sequelae. Just wait for Zhan Yu to come back and then discuss whether to have femoral joint surgery immediately.

But three days later, Zhan Yu did not show up at the hospital as scheduled. The text messages sent by Ji Xiaoou also sank into the sea, without a single echo.

On the fourth day, the attending physician asked Ji Xiaoou whether he planned to arrange for Li Meiqin to be discharged from the hospital to continue conservative treatment or to prepare for surgery? Ji Xiaoou was very embarrassed, Zhan Yu was very uninformed, no matter how much she knew, even if she knew that surgery was inevitable, she couldn't make decisions on behalf of her relatives.

On the sixth day, the hospital was already very unhappy, and issued an ultimatum to be discharged immediately without surgery, and there were many patients waiting in line for beds outside. The doctor said that it was okay not to have surgery, but the femur continued to collapse, and once the opportunity for surgery was lost, it may not be able to stand up again.

Ji Xiaoou knows how tight the orthopedic surgery beds in this hospital are, and he doesn't know when he will wait until he wants to come in once he is discharged. She hurriedly smiled and said that she understood, but the patient's family was still raising money in other places and could not be contacted for the time being, so she asked the hospital to give her a grace period of two more days. At this point, since Zhan Yu could not be contacted, she could only try to discuss with Li Meiqin. Due to being alone at home for so many years, coupled with the influence of illness, Li Meiqin's way of thinking has long been detached from reality and has become very straight and very self-conscious. Of course she agreed to the operation, but when Ji Xiaoou asked about the cost of the operation, she replied without thinking: "Didn't you say that the Beijing Municipal Government can reimburse it?" I will definitely choose the best imported one. ”

Ji Xiaoou smiled bitterly. It turned out that she had been making up lies for months, and she was waiting for her here. It is really not a good time to choose this time to explain the truth, and the truth is probably too cruel for Li Meiqin. And in this way, she can't even mention Zhan Yu's whereabouts anymore.

Ji Xiaoou was at a loss and remembered to pray to God, asking God to give her a revelation, "God, only you know what my heart wants, and I will entrust everything to you." Give me the wisdom and the power to choose to help those who need comfort. ”

When she had finished praying, she opened the Bible with her eyes closed, and happened to turn to the book of Proverbs, where she saw the passage, "If you have the power in your hand to do good, and you cannot refuse, do it to the one who deserves it." If you have something available, do not say to your neighbor, 'Go!' Come back tomorrow and I will give it to you. ’”

She was forced into a corner by the lies she made up, and God gave her such a revelation, Ji Xiaoou had to grit her teeth and find a way to raise money.

After sorting out the profits and expenses in the past few months, Ji Xiaoou found that she only had more than 30,000 balances to call. The remaining 40,000 yuan can only borrow his father's private money.

When she went home at night, she avoided Zhao Yamin and hid in the study to grind hard with her father. Ji Zhaolin has always been accommodating to his daughter, although he didn't think much of the so-called good deeds she was doing, he finally handed over the two passbooks to her. This is part of the manuscript fee he saved from his wife, exactly 40,000 yuan. Ji Xiaoou took the passbook and happily hugged his neck and kissed him on the head, which made him very sad, remembering that his daughter had grown up to be twenty-eight years old, and there were only a handful of scenes where she was so affectionate with him. However, Ji Xiaoou didn't plan to use the money in vain, she wrote an IOU to her father, agreeing to pay it off within six months, and settle it according to the bank's current interest.

The next day after withdrawing money from the bank, Ji Xiaoou hurried to the hospital and was about to deposit it into Li Meiqin's account, when the cashier suddenly sighed and said that 100,000 yuan had been put into the account yesterday, which was enough for the operation deposit.

Ji Xiaoou was taken aback, thinking that Zhan Yu had returned, and hurriedly asked who had saved it. Maybe because the amount of money is huge, or because there were not many people who paid yesterday, the cashier actually remembered, she said: "A man, quite tall, very dark-skinned, very handsome." ”

Ji Xiaoou was dumbfounded, there was only one person who met these many conditions.

She silently stepped aside and pulled up the rigorous number from her phone. The phone was connected, and she asked at the first time: "What do you mean by sending so much money to Zhan Yu's mother's account?" ”

Rigor was stunned for a moment before replying: "That's a matter between me and Zhan Yu, a matter between men, you can take care of it." ”

"Are you that kind?" Ji Xiaoou felt that this thing was unspeakably weird, "Hey, rigorous, you won't have any bad intentions, right?" ”

"What bad heart can I have for him, my sister? When will you be able to completely let down your guard and trust me unconditionally? Rigor was very unhappy, and he couldn't wait to bite her in the air.

"You've done something that people have to be able to believe it, big brother. To be honest, did Zhan Yu ask you to borrow money? Did he promise you something? Speaking of this, Ji Xiaoou was simply frightened by his own imagination, and his voice suddenly raised, "Rigorous, you said that rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest!" He's pitiful enough, don't you want to harm him again! ”

Rigorous silence for a moment, and then asked: "Ji Xiaoou, in your eyes, is my image so bad?" ”

"It's not a matter of image. A boy like Zhan Yu, you...... You have an opinion about him, and I can understand that, completely. But you can't take advantage of others. ”

"Forget it." Rigor sighed, "If you have time to come out, I'll take you somewhere and tell you everything." ”

The place where Rigor took her was far away, more than 100 kilometers from Beijing, in the Tanggu port of Tianjin.

Rigor was confined to his mother at home for more than a month, and he could neither drive nor travel far, so he was already suffocated. This time, I touched the steering wheel of Land Rover again, and it was as light as seeing an old friend and driving the car along the way. Ji Xiaoou's vigilance is still quite high, turning from the East Third Ring Road to the Beijing-Tianjin-Tang Expressway, she noticed that something was wrong and began to stop: "Stop, stop!" Where are you going? ”

Rigorously said word by word: "Tian, Jin, Tang, Gu." ”

Ji Xiaoou almost went crazy: "What? What are you taking me to Tianjin to Tanggu for? ”

"Don't be so excited, okay? Sit tight! Don't worry, I won't kidnap you. ”

"So what do you want to do? Extinguish? Then you also have to choose a place where the dark wind is high in January so that you can kill people and bury corpses? ”

Rigorously slapped the steering wheel: "Ji Xiaoou, can you be quiet for a while?" ”

He had never been so unkind to Ji Xiaoou, and the cold sound of the horn made her tremble and immediately shut up. When he came to his senses, he realized that he had already lost his momentum, and he didn't say a word to him along the way.

It was dark early in December, and when they arrived in Tanggu, it was not yet six o'clock in the evening, but it was already completely dark, and Tanggu Port was full of lights. From afar, Ji Xiaoou saw the cruise ship standing on the Haihe Bund like a crystal palace, with the eye-catching words "one-third" shining on the top floor, and the entire cabin was shrouded in a bright sea of light, and her shock was even greater than when she saw "There is a café" for the first time.

However, what surprised her even more was yet to come. When she followed Cheng Cheng onto the gangway and walked into the crowded hall, the ushers who shuttled through the hall and the waiters who were in charge of ordering and serving food were all dressed in black turtlenecks and black suits, or delicate, handsome or romantic, with a complete variety of flowers and colors, which simply dazzled her, as if she had fallen into a male-colored pansi hole.

Ji Xiaoou nailed his feet to the stainless steel stairs and didn't take a step for a long time. It just so happened that a floor manager with a badge came over and greeted him strictly: "Yo, the boss is here!" It's been a long time. ”

The two words of boss were like a bolt of lightning slashing across Ji Xiaoou's head, instantly making her shiver. She took a few steps to catch up with Rigor Rigor : "Hey, I ask you a question!" ”

Rigor asked for her: "Am I a duck boy who opens a duck shop?" ”

"How do you know I'm going to ask this?"

"Every woman who comes here with me for the first time asks the same question."

Ji Xiaoou anxiously asked, "What about your answer?" Are you? ”

Rigor couldn't help but be happy. Originally, he had already walked to the deck on the second floor, and was about to reach out and push the door of a private room, but he was not in such a hurry to get in. He turned around, his hand on the door frame, and looked condescendingly at Ji Xiaoou, who was still standing on the gangway, and asked, "How much does the answer to this question affect you?" ”

Ji Xiaoou replied unequivocally: "If you dare to say yes, I will dare to report you to the Public Security Bureau now, if you say no, I will understand that there is indeed a problem with your old man's sexual orientation." ”

Before she finished speaking, the door of the private room behind her opened open, and someone walked out and laughed: "Yanzi, look at you, I didn't wronged you, right?" Our eyes are sometimes consistent with the people. ”

Ji Xiaoou raised his head and saw a round face like Da Fu, revealing from above his shoulders. His voice is mellow and bright, more recognizable than his appearance, and he is the "Xu Fat Man" who waited for her outside the police station with Yan Yan last time.

Behind "Xu Fatzi", there is also a person, the white thin blue striped shirt is more delicate, the smile is very light, but it looks warm and reliable. This person looked familiar, but it took Ji Xiaoou a little effort to identify him. Because when I first met him, he wore a pair of black-framed glasses, and this time he didn't wear anything, but his warm temperament was unforgettable at first sight.

Rigor pulled the confused Ji Xiaoou into the private room and introduced her one by one: "This is the fat man, the famous Xu Zhiqun, you have seen it." ”

The acquaintance with Xu Zhiqun originated from his help, Ji Xiaoou was grateful to him and called "Brother Xu" obediently.

Rigorous and said: "This is Cheng Xiaoyi." ”

Ji Xiaoou's eyes widened and he didn't respond, he was surprised that such a polite person would have such a marketable name?

"Cheng Ruimin." Cheng Xiaoyi, who didn't wear glasses, smiled at her and stretched out his hand, "Wise and wise, agile and sensitive." ”

This name is like words, a person worthy of him, Ji Xiaoou pursed his lips and smiled, stretched out his hand to shake him.

Cheng Ruimin looked at her and said, "We've met." ”

Ji Xiaoou nodded: "Yes, I have seen it." But I said in my heart, not only have I seen it, but I have seen more, even the scenes of your affection. However, in the face of so many people, she was a little uncomfortable, blinking her eyes frequently, and she didn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in the strict gourd.

Rigor quickly solved the mystery: "It just so happened that a few brothers got together for a meal, so I specially brought you, let's explain some things in person today, so that you don't suspect that I am a gay every day." ”

Ji Xiaoou glanced at him: "It doesn't matter to me whether you are gay or not, I just don't want to be innocent with you every day." ”

Seeing Ji Xiaoou squeezing into strictness, Cheng Ruimin only smiled and did not speak, and did not have any intention of breaking the siege. Because it is too rare to be cautious in front of a woman. When Cheng Ruimin chased Tan Bin back then, he was repeatedly ridiculed by him that "girls don't look like a gentleman", and his experience has always been "no matter what kind of woman, find a way to push it down and put it flat on the bed, she is yours". I didn't expect him to have a day from a general to a slave, which is really good to see.

Finally, Xu Zhiqun couldn't listen anymore, and stepped forward to round the field: "Serve the food, hurry up, let's eat while talking, and don't delay." I have to go back to Beijing after eating. ”

There is a small bar at the door of the private room, and the food is delivered to the bar and then passed to the round table in front of them. Garlic ivory mussels, steamed tiger grouper, ice flower crab, lobster sashimi...... expensive signature dishes in the "third" came up one by one, and finally shark fin rice, a small bowl per person, in front of Ji Xiaoou, but it was a cup of American ginseng stewed blood bird's nest, the current price was 808, which shows that rigor has invested enough money for this meal. Xu Zhiqun and Cheng Ruimin are used to seeing people in the market, and they don't eat much, but the two of them are not idle, and they have been discussing the topic of network security and firewalls. I didn't understand it rigorously, and I didn't bother to listen, so I just put vegetables on Ji Xiaoou's plate: "Ignore them, eat yours, eat, eat, eat......"

Ji Xiaoou rarely had the opportunity to see such pure seafood ingredients, and while she was feasting, there was a question that also rolled on the tip of her tongue with the food, she endured and endured, and finally couldn't help asking: "How much does this table of dishes cost?" ”

"Do you mean the cost or the selling price?" ”

"The selling price, of course."

Rigor replied nonchalantly: "It's just a little more than 10,000." ”

"What? More than 10,000? Ji Xiaoou put down his chopsticks, "Ouch, I really feel guilty about eating." I don't eat it, can you discount it to me? I can use it to register a charitable foundation for you. ”

Before Rigor could say anything, the two people next to him laughed first, and Cheng Ruimin said: "What Xiao Ji said is really a good idea, Rigor You must think about it seriously." Otherwise, you have killed so many fish, shrimp, crabs and shellfish over the years, how can you be overborn in the future? ”

Rigorous was angry, and he almost wanted to beat him: "I have to treat you to talk to Xu Zi, and you eat me for nothing and turn your elbow outward, Cheng Ruimin, you feel your conscience and ponder, unyielding?" He turned his head to Ji Xiaoou and said: "There is a kind of person who belongs to rabbits, rabbits don't call, they look gentle and elegant, but they are actually wilted and bad, and they are yin." ”

Ji Xiaoou wanted to laugh and was embarrassed to laugh, Cheng Ruimin saw that she wanted to talk and stopped, knowing what she wanted to ask, so he owed and said: "Contemptible people are not talented, they happen to be rabbits." He smiled and said, "Did you hear that, he just said conscience, I think the fairest thing in the world is conscience." ”

Ji Xiaoou couldn't help but smile and asked, "Why do you have such thoughts?" ”

"It's easy." Although Cheng Ruimin's words were ridiculous, his attitude was serious, "Can you hear everyone complaining about social injustice, complaining that they have no money, no house, no power, and no status, but when have you ever heard someone complain about their lack of conscience?" ”

Xu Zhiqun interjected: "That's it, Lao Cheng is right." ”

Cheng and Xu agreed in advance that the three of them would unite and help him clear his suspicion of homosexuality in front of Ji Xiaoou, and at the same time, in order to please Ji Xiaoou, he ordered the kitchen to serve the most expensive dishes at any cost. If Ji Xiaoou's reaction only disappointed him, the defection of the two was particularly painful for him.

"What's a buddy?" He said, "I understood early on that the so-called buddies are people who may stick a knife in your ribs, but can definitely stab a woman twice." ”

Cheng Ruimin and Xu Zhiqun both laughed, and Ji Xiaoou patted him on the shoulder: "Ouch, I don't usually see that you have such a humor?" In this case, it doesn't matter if Guo Degang is blocked by Beijing TV, everyone can just look at you. ”

Rigor looked at her with pain on his face: "I'm so sad that I'm about to vomit blood, do you think I'm talking about cross talk?" ”

At this moment, the door of the private room was pushed open with a shout, and a fragrant wind swept in a woman with bright makeup, wearing a short skirt that could only cover the root of her thighs, and pounced on her with lightning speed, hugged her strict neck, and hung her whole body on his body, with a coquettish voice: "Brother Yan, I haven't seen you for a long time, you don't want me, I miss you to death!" ”

Rigorously startled, his brain was almost blank, but fortunately, he still had the strength to pull the woman off of him, and the two looked at each other, their faces were familiar, but they couldn't remember who her surname was, and I don't know which time it was the bane left by the scene. He pushed her away and looked out with a weak heart, Cheng Ruimin and Xu Zhiqun were both smiling and not smiling, with a look of good play, while Ji Xiaoou opened his mouth wide and looked at him and the woman in amazement.

Rigorous was immediately disheartened, and realized that his money today was basically spent in vain. He coaxed the woman out, and called the waiter in and reprimanded her. The waitress was full of grievances, saying that she had come with other guests, and when she heard that you were here, she insisted on going in, so we couldn't fight with a woman with almost no clothes on, right?

On the way back to Beijing, Ji Xiaoou was unusually quiet. Even if Xu Zhiqun finally found out in the end, remembered Rigorous's prior advice, and explained to Ji Xiaoou in detail how his friends tricked him on Rigorous's birthday, how they collaborated to get him drunk, and how they collectively found him an MB, it didn't make her smile.

Xu Zhiqun said to her: "We all believe that he must not have that hobby, so he dares to make that kind of joke with him." I'm sorry if I misunderstood you. I assure you with my thirty years of friendship with him, he is definitely a real man, pure man! ”

In order to completely clear the suspicion of rigor, Cheng Ruimin even took out his wallet to show her, which contained a photo of him and Tan Bin. The men and women in the photo are a pair of golden boys and girls, and anyone who sees it has to praise the perfect match.

Ji Xiaoou didn't say anything, just listened quietly, quietly watched the three of them say goodbye to each other, and quietly followed Cheng Cheng into the car. This quietness made Yan Yan feel uncertain, I don't know if she didn't believe their words, or if the other party was the woman who was angry.

When he was about to arrive in Beijing, Ji Xiaoou finally spoke: "Rigorous, the MB they are talking about is called KK, is Zhan Yu?" ”

Rigor almost braked suddenly: "How do you know? ”

"I'm not stupid, so many clues are combined, and a fool can deduce the truth."

Yan Xian freed his hand and grabbed his hair: "I promised Zhan Yu that I would never tell you these things." You testify, that's not what I said. ”

Ji Xiaoou sighed: "So you already knew that he was doing this?" ”

Rigor thought for a moment: "It's not too early. I'll send you the TV for you. ”

After getting this answer, Ji Xiaoou closed his mouth again, only a wry smile in his heart. She always thought that Zhan Yu hadn't been doing MB for a long time, but she didn't expect him to lie to her for so long. In fact, since the two met, he has been moving between the two identities, and his acting skills are so superb that he has not shown a flaw for nearly a year. It is also possible that she is too naïve and naïve, so there is no gray area between black and white, wishful thinking believing that he is a studious and motivated child, so that he will not be blind to the truth. And Fang Nia can only see two sides of him, and she can find out that he is not compatible with his identity as a student. Thinking about it further, she remembered that Zhan Yu had not told her a lie in his heart, but only concealed part of the truth from her, saying that it was unfair for Zhan Yu to deceive her, so she could only be disappointed in herself.

Ji Xiaoou turned his head to look out the window, his heart was rolling, and he couldn't figure out whether it was anger, regret, regret, or something else, he only felt that the blood in his body was surging into his brain in waves.

She was so caught up in her own world that she didn't even hear the rigorous questioning. Rigor wanted to explain to her the matter of the 100,000 yuan in the hospital account, but as soon as he mentioned it, Ji Xiaoou showed disgust: "Don't say it, I don't like to hear your bad debts." This person has nothing to do with me in the future. ”

Rigor asked, "What about me?" ”

Ji Xiaoou replied very simply: "You too." ”

Back in Beijing, Ji Xiaoou hesitated for a long time before convincing himself to re-enter the hospital's inpatient department. She really didn't want to meet Zhan Yu, but she was worried that Li Meiqin had no one around her, and she was afraid that she would miss the right thing. But she didn't expect that as soon as she got out of the elevator, she saw Zhan Yu standing at the end of the corridor. He was smoking with the window open, and it was afternoon visiting time, and there was little sign of the nurse in the corridor, and no one came to drive him away.

I haven't seen it for a week, Zhan Yu's back is much thinner, and it looks like the outline is getting thinner, standing in the dusty light and shadow against the backlight, like a gray-white shadow, without any weight.

Ji Xiaoou took a few steps and was thinking about whether to pass. Suddenly, someone slid out of the ward pushing a wheelchair and slowly approached Zhan Yu. can be recognized from the back, it is Li Meiqin. She kept coming up behind her son and took his hand. Zhan Yu turned his head and stretched out his arm to wrap his arms around her shoulders.

Ji Xiaoou looked at the mother and son from a distance, their postures matched so well, all the bumps and bumps were like tangrams, and they were tacit understandings cultivated by relying on each other for more than 20 years, and no third party could be inserted in the middle.

She quietly turned, without alarming anyone, and retreated into the elevator again, back to the lobby on the first floor. Outside the window of the toll office, she took out two bank cards, borrowed 40,000 yuan from her father, plus her net profit from reopening for two months, including more than 10,000 yuan of new business turnover in more than a week, nearly 80,000 yuan, all into Li Meiqin's account.

Sitting on the bus, she received a text message from Zhan Yu with only two words: thank you. I guess I know about her new money. Ji Xiaoou smiled, deleted the text message, and then deleted Zhan Yu's number. Before I got home, the phone rang again, this time it was a serious call. She didn't answer, and when the bell stopped by itself, she sent a text message to Rigor Strictly: Don't harass me recently, please let me stay by myself for a while!

It's time to come to an end. It turned out that although her life was ordinary, it was very peaceful. Ever since these two people broke into her life, her world has gone off the rails of normal. She felt like a typo in a sick sentence, always living in an awkward context. She was really annoyed and wanted to live a quiet life alone for a few days without interference.

Looking back on the past few months, she thought that perhaps this was God's intention: to borrow her hand to accompany the mother and son all the way to the present, and the money she and Cheng Cheng left behind might be able to support them through the current difficulties, to make them believe that there is still warmth in the world, and that her role is over, and the matter is over. Anyway, she is a quasi-Christian after all, and homosexuality is already the bottom line for her to accept, plus selling her body, she can't pass this psychological hurdle no matter what.

Ji Xiaoou's text message gave a heavy blow to rigor. He really couldn't think that he had paid so hard for himself in exchange for such a result. happened to be at this time when he saw Shen Kaiyan's media interview in the entertainment news, and she really became the female number one in a newly launched movie. Shen Kaiyan in the camera is bare-necked and smiling, facing the media's questions about emotional problems, she answered calmly: "High-ranking children? Boyfriend? How can it be? I haven't really been in love yet! ”

Although after harassing Ji Xiaoou last time, he warned her in strict and righteous terms, given that the two had long ended, and hoped that she could respect and love herself as a woman, he didn't want to see anything between the two again. But the other party really turned away without any nostalgia, and apparently found a better host, and he felt that his heart was quite useless.

I felt the rigor of my true feelings, and couldn't help but complain to Cheng Ruimin about the coldness and ruthlessness of women.

But Cheng Ruimin didn't sympathize, but asked him: "Where are all the words you taught me before?" What have you done, why don't you tell her? ”

Rigorous and bitter face: "People can't lie, if you lie once, you have to prepare more lies, and if you meet a tendon person, you drop the chain from her once, and you won't even have a chance to turn over in the future." ”

Cheng Ruimin shook his head, the subtext was that he was self-inflicted, "Then tell me, what is going on between you and the boy named KK?" You didn't have anything to do with him in the first place, how could you fall so deep? First of all, because of him, he let unrelated people enter 'one-third', accounting for 10 percent of the dry shares, and this time he lent him 100,000 yuan, and knew that the money would not be returned. Not to mention people who don't know you, even I have a little doubt, do you owe him anything? ”

Rigorous smiled: "I don't owe him, but I owe you." I've always regretted fighting you when I was a freshman in high school. If it weren't for that one, you wouldn't have had a stiff relationship with your old man, and you wouldn't have been floating outside for so many years, and you couldn't go back to your home. This heart disease has been in my heart for more than ten years, and I have not been able to let go. KK's little cub, don't you think he looks a little like you did when you were a kid? The last time he was injured, the appearance of lying there, reminded me of that year you ran away from home, my second son and I searched everywhere, and finally found you on the bench in the waiting room of Beijing Station, at that time you had a fever and a mouth full of nonsense, your arms were wrapped in bandages, and your face was as dirty as a cat, and you really looked like him! My heart softened all of a sudden, and my heart said that I couldn't help you back then, so I can always help him today. If it's not because of this, where did I get my kindness? ”

Cheng Ruimin lowered his head and smiled, and only said after a while: "Your words have been heard by people with ulterior motives, and it is another misunderstanding." He seemed to have touched something from the past, and his eyes suddenly felt pain.

Rigor didn't notice the slight change in his expression, just patted him on the shoulder and sighed: "Yes, brother, good people can't do it, absolutely can't do it, your brother and I are a role model." ”