Gu Nianbin came home very late, and when he opened the door, Du Xiaoxian was sitting on the sofa in the living room, looking at him with a blank expression.

Gu Nianbin frowned while changing his shoes: "Why don't you sleep yet?" ”

"Is the master okay?" Du Xiaoxian's voice was soft and slow, slightly hoarse, sounding like a veil in the silent night, gently gliding across Gu Nianbin's eardrums. When she went downstairs, she heard Fang Yaru's scream, as if it was not good, she stopped, but saw a group of servants standing downstairs, looking at her with almost disdain, that gaze was too familiar, so she chose to escape.

"It's okay, I've taken the medicine, I've slept, Dr. Liang is here, it's fine." He walked over and sat beside her, he couldn't hide the deep tiredness between his eyebrows, pinched his brows, he turned his head to look at her, but he glanced at the suitcase by the wall, and his face changed slightly: "You, really want to go?" ”

Du Xiaoxian said, "I'll look at your back." ”

"No, I've already applied medicine," Gu Nianbin saw that her eyes were red and swollen, knowing that she must have cried again when she came back, she felt a prick in her heart and whispered, "I'm sorry, I ......"

"You're not sorry for me, you're sorry for the lord and lady," Du Xiaoxian didn't look at him, his eyes stared indifferently at the water cup on the coffee table, there was still half a cup of water in it, but it was already cold.

Gu Nianbin suddenly panicked, as if he was standing on the edge of a cliff, and he would be crushed if he took another step forward, he tried to shake her hand: "Xian'er......"

Du Xiaoxian retracted his hand and raised his eyes to look at him, his clear gaze made the man even more nervous, "It could have been like this, you make a fuss like this, I can't help but leave." ”

"Xian'er," Gu Nianbin sighed, "You are unfair to me like this. ”

"If I knew that you were going to do this, I wouldn't go back with you," Du Xiaoxian said: "You should know that the last thing I want to hurt is the lord and the lady, they are your parents, don't you understand the truth of hurting the closest people and eating their bodies?" ”

"I'm sad too," Gu Nianbin scratched his hair, looking a little depressed, "I just don't want you to leave." ”

After saying this, both of them were silent, only the sound of shallow breathing was heard in the quiet and silent room, the air seemed to be thin, Gu Nianbin only felt that his breathing was difficult, he leaned there silently, and some scattered pictures flashed in his mind, like an extremely slow shot: his mother's angry face, his father fell in despair, and Du Xiaoxian dragged his luggage out of the apartment door sadly......

I don't know how long it took, Du Xiaoxian finally stood up and said, "Just decide according to what I said, you know where I live, just call me if you want, I'll wait for your good news." Go to sleep, you're going to have to fight again tomorrow. ”

After taking two steps, I didn't hear the man follow, so I paused to look at him: "Aren't you sleeping?" ”

Gu Nianbin took out the cigarette case and said lightly: "You go to sleep first, I'll come up with a cigarette." ”

Du Xiaoxian nodded, and silently went upstairs with the slightly cool solid wood handrail.

This night, Gu Nianbin didn't come up, and didn't go upstairs until dawn, took his clothes and went to take a bath. Du Xiaoxian didn't know that Gu Nianbin slept on the sofa downstairs last night? Still like her, I didn't sleep all night.

She kept her eyes open, looking at the glass vase by the window, the bright royal blue was like a deep sea under the lamp, and like the deep eyes of a man......

The sound of water in the bathroom stopped, Du Xiaoxian heard Gu Nianbin open the door and come out, step by step to the bed, she closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep, and waited for a while, the man did not come around the end of the bed to her, Du Xiaoxian waited patiently, but there was no sound at all, she almost thought that he was not there at all, and was about to turn around, but she heard him sigh very softly, and then sighed again, and then she heard his footsteps and slowly walked towards the door.

In fact, it's okay like this, if you don't meet, you won't be so sad.

Hearing the sound of the door being closed, Du Xiaoxian sat up from the bed, put on his slippers and went to the ground, opened the curtains first, there was actually sunlight, a little faintly, timidly climbed on the windowsill, as if he didn't dare to enter the house.

She changed her clothes and went downstairs, I don't know how much Gu Nianbin smoked last night, there was still a sweet smell of tobacco in the living room, and the ashtray was full of cigarette butts, and a lot of gray soot had fallen on the pure white wool carpet next to the sofa, which looked very dirty. She cleaned the ashtray, took a vacuum cleaner to clean the carpet, and pushed open half of the window to let in the air, so that the smell was not so strong.

This time she walked very simply, as if she was just going out for a walk, and she would be back soon.

When she arrived downstairs in the lobby, the housekeeper saw her and asked with a smile if she wanted to call a car for her. Seeing a smiling face in the morning was really heartwarming, Du Xiaoxian's mood didn't seem to be so heavy, she smiled and said no, she was going to the shop around the corner to eat wontons, the housekeeper sighed, saying that the taste of that shop was really good, and while talking, he sent her to the door.

Du Xiaoxian stood at the door and bowed deeply to him, saying that it was a pleasure to live here, and thanked him for taking care of him. The housekeeper politely returned the gift, and when he bent over, the trouser line of the trousers was straight and obedient, showing a gentlemanly demeanor.

Watching Du Xiaoxian drag his suitcase along the street slowly, the housekeeper dialed Gu Nianbin's phone, but this time, the man on the other end of the phone didn't react much, and replied lightly that he knew, and hung up. The butler stood at the door, and the thin figure in front of him gradually faded away, until he entered the small shop around the corner and could no longer be seen, then sighed softly and turned back to the lobby.

The housekeeper thought at first that Du Xiaoxian was also a little canary, but gradually felt that she was different, compared with those flowery canaries, she was too ordinary, not worth mentioning at all, but I felt that she was very special, every time I saw her, it always made people feel happy, her clear eyes were ethereal and flashing, and when she saw her, she didn't feel like she wanted to smile.

He could also see that the president of the Gu family regarded her as a treasure, because every time the little girl left, President Gu was so anxious that he seemed to go crazy. A while ago, the news of the public marriage proposal was also in the newspaper, he thought that something good was coming, and he was sincerely happy for them, but he didn't expect that the little girl left gloomily today, and President Gu only responded indifferently when he knew the news. It seems that the story of Cinderella is always just a story, but the harsh reality is the most real life.

Du Xiaoxian ate a bowl of wontons, took out his mobile phone and wanted to call Du Huayue, after thinking about it, he still didn't call, in case Du Huayue just fell asleep on the night shift last night, wasn't she woken up again? Anyway, she has the key, just go over there.

Thinking like this, she dragged her suitcase out, stood on the side of the road and hailed a taxi, and told the driver the name of the place. The driver sighed and said, "That place is about to be demolished, and you haven't moved yet?" ”

Du Xiaoxian said: "I heard the shouting on the loudspeaker, and it seems that there has been no movement. ”

"Don't you know?" The driver said: "It's just a matter of the past few days, I have a fellow who rents there, and he can't live for long." ”

"That's right," Du Xiaoxian said, "Then I'm going to find a place to move." ”

The driver casually touched a business card to her: "If you want to find a house, you can call here, this intermediary is opened by my brother-in-law, honest, reliable and reputable, you just said that I introduced it, you don't need money to see the house, if you look at it, the commission will not be expensive for you, everyone is from other places, you know that it is not easy to live here, and you will not collect money with a conscience......"

The driver chattered for a long time, and didn't hear Du Xiaoxian's voice, so he asked, "Little girl, what are you doing?" ”

Du Xiaoxian thought for a while and said, "I paint." ”

"Drawing?" The driver seemed to be a little puzzled, and suddenly came to his senses: "It turns out that you are a painter!" He glanced back at her. said: "I see that you are quite young, but I didn't expect you to be a painter!" ”

"I'm not a painter," Du Xiaoxian was a little embarrassed: "It's just a little bit of a painting." ”

"Do you want to sell your paintings for money?"

"Sold a little."

"Is it expensive?"

"It's okay," Du Xiaoxian said, "The pricing is all decided by the gallery, and I don't get involved." ”

"If you sell paintings in a gallery, you're a painter," the driver said with a smile, "You see you're quite modest." ”

Du Xiaoxian was originally a person who was not good at talking, but he met a driver brother who was very chatty, and chatted along the way, and the sadness in his heart was diluted a lot.

When I arrived at the intersection of the community, Du Xiaoxian said: "I'll get off here, the road inside is narrow, don't go in." ”

The driver said: "It's okay, I'll send you in, it's not convenient to drag a suitcase in such a cold wind." ”

Du Xiaoxian actually saw that she had just skipped the watch, and she was afraid that she would have to skip the watch again after walking for another while, and she couldn't make it. Every time she left Gu Nianbin, she instinctively wanted to save money, anyway, it wasn't far from the intersection to where she lived, just walk.

She still insisted, but the driver seemed to see her thoughts, and said: "Just pay according to the current meter, and I won't charge for the distance inside, so it's no problem, right?" ”

Du Xiaoxian refused even more, how could she be a person who likes to take advantage of others, but the driver's eldest brother couldn't help but say, stepped on the accelerator and left, and sent her downstairs all the time, Du Xiaoxian wanted to give the full fare, but the driver's eldest brother charged a dollar less as promised, and when he left, he poked his head out of the car window and said: "If you want to find a house, call the phone on your business card." ”

Du Xiaoxian said yes, thanked him again, and then dragged the box and turned upstairs.

She came out this time, but she brought a full box of luggage, and she didn't feel heavy when she dragged it, but it was a little difficult to climb the stairs, she had a lot of strength, and after following Gu Nianbin, she was pampered a lot, and she was tired and sweaty when she went up two floors.

When she finally arrived at the door, she took out the key to open the door, but before the door was opened, she heard a roar inside: "Who?" ”