The word "dream" seems to many people to be illusory.

In today's society, there is a lot of pressure to survive, and almost everyone is running for a living, if you talk about your dreams with others, you will inevitably attract ridicule from the other party.

Wei Chi has already been ridiculed, so he rarely mentions his "dream" to others again.

She is an exception.

After Cheng Rao heard Wei Chi say the answer "for the dream", she was silent for a while, and then nodded, "Hmm." ”

Then, continue eating.

For the next ten minutes, neither of them spoke.

After eating, the two men came out of the fast food restaurant.

It was dark, but there were many people on the roadside.

The fast food restaurant is located near the CBD, which has many office buildings.

In the fast food restaurant, office workers basically come out for dinner, and after eating, some people rush to squeeze the subway, and the rest go back to the company to work overtime.

Cheng Rao watched them walk in a hurry, and suddenly said: "I don't want to live this kind of life." ”

When she said this, two people of her age happened to pass by, discussing overtime, as if to say that tonight was going to be an all-night stay at the company.

Yu Chi happened to hear this conversation as well, so he could react to what Cheng Rao was talking about.

"That's not it." Wei Chi raised his arm and put his arm around her shoulder, "Let's go, send you back." ”

Feeling that Yu Chi's hand was on him, Cheng Rao immediately started to slap him away.

She glanced sideways at Wei Chi, "Don't touch me." ”

Yu Chi: "......"

That's right, when a woman turns her face, it's faster than a book.

"I'll drive back by myself, you don't have to worry about it." As she spoke, Cheng Rao took out the car keys from her bag.

The two of them were at a stalemate for a while, and finally Wei Chi compromised and watched her drive back alone.

Before leaving, Wei Chihei gave Cheng Rao the password of the bank card.

**

Cheng Rao didn't go home directly, she found an ATM on the side of the road, and then inserted Wei Chi's bank card into it and checked the balance.

Because, she wants to use the balance of her bank card to plan how to find a house for the Xiao family next.

Enter your password to check your balance.

Cheng Rao took a look, there were 500,000.

It's not much, but if you want to rent a house for two or three years, it should be no problem.

Thinking of this, she breathed a sigh of relief.

**

After breakfast the next day, Cheng Rao drove to Xiao's house.

When she came over, Xiao Lu happened to be there.

After being notified of the demolition, the atmosphere at home was very dull.

Seeing Cheng Rao coming, Xiao Ye's parents tried their best to pretend to be calm, they really didn't want Cheng Rao to worry about them anymore.

They are not the kind of parents who don't know what to do, and they never thought of letting Cheng Rao help them like this all the time.

Although the conditions of the Xiao family are average, they can always get by if they are a little nervous.

It is not a long-term solution to trouble Cheng Rao like this all the time.

After Cheng Rao came in, she took the initiative to ask: "Have you found a house?" ”

Hearing her ask, the two elders glanced at each other, and then looked at Xiao Lu at the same time.

Neither of them mentioned the demolition to Cheng Rao, so it could only be Xiao Lu's words.

Seeing it like this by his parents, Xiao Lu lowered his head, "I, I'm too anxious...... So I called my sister-in-law to inform me. ”

"Rao, you don't have to worry about this, let's solve it ourselves, you've done enough for us." Xiao's mother looked back at Cheng Rao, and her tone was very sincere.

"But Mom, how are we going to solve it ourselves...... The rent is so expensive, our money is not enough at all......" Xiao Lu said a little aggrieved.

They went to see the house yesterday, in the past two years, Los Angeles has developed rapidly, housing prices have soared, renting a house of this size will cost 100,000 a year.

It's not that you can't afford to rent, but if you do, it will be difficult to use money elsewhere in your home.

Moreover, because several nearby communities are going to be demolished, rental housing is very popular, and if you hesitate for a few days, you may not be able to rent it for money.

Hearing Xiao Lu say this, Cheng Rao glanced back at her, and then turned her gaze to Xiao's mother again, "Where is the house?" Take me to see it. ”

"Rao, I really don't need to-" Xiao's mother was really embarrassed to ask Cheng Rao to help again.

"Mom, just do what my sister-in-law said, we borrowed the money from her, and we will return it to her after I graduate and find a job......" Xiao Lu took over Xiao's mother's words.

Cheng Rao insisted on helping, but of course the final result was according to her ideas.

After the soft grinding and hard soaking, Cheng Rao accompanied them to see the house, and then paid a year's rent.

In the next few days, Cheng Rao began to help them move.

The so-called help, of course, is not her own hands, but looking for someone from the moving company.

After solving this matter, Cheng Rao finally felt a little more at ease.

**

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it's time to go on a mission.

If you do the math, she shouldn't have followed the organization for a month and a half.

This time, Cheng Rao still took advantage of Huang Ping's absence, during this time Huang Ping seemed to suddenly ignore her, and the number of times she went home was not so frequent.

Occasionally, when she comes back, she will no longer mention the company's affairs to her at every turn like before.

Cheng Rao didn't know why Huang Ping had such a change, but she didn't have the heart to think about it.

This time, Cheng Rao still went with Shao Dong, who came to Los Angeles a day earlier.

There are no direct flights from Los Angeles to Port-au-Prince, so they have to fly to San Diego for a connecting flight.

After traveling for dozens of hours on the road, when she arrived at Megrat International Airport, Cheng Rao was so tired that she was dizzy and her limbs were sore.

They went to Haiti this time mainly to do post-disaster relief work.

Due to its geographical location, Haiti is prone to earthquakes, and MSF appears here almost every year.

Shao Dong has more experience than Cheng Rao, he has been here twice before and knows this place better.

After coming out of the airport, Shao Dong looked at Cheng Rao with concern: "Aren't you tired?" ”

Cheng Rao shook her head, "It's not serious." ”

Just after the earthquake, several exits from the airport were blocked, and the road outside was also a mess.

………

The epicenter of the earthquake was northeast of Port-au-Prince.

Cheng Rao and Shao Dong found a car and came to the temporary camp, but when they came, the rescue work had not yet officially begun.

After Director Lin saw Cheng Rao, he was very surprised, and he was a little weak after being surprised.

He talked to Huang Ping on the phone before, and Huang Ping made it clear that he wanted him to hide it from Cheng Rao when he acted in the future and not to inform her.

Last time, that's what he did.

What I didn't expect was that Cheng Rao was really persistent in this job.

In fact, she is a good seedling, usually cold, but she is very serious and patient at work, and she is the kind of person they need.

It is...... Hey, but normal people can't understand, why do you want to do this kind of work with a high risk factor when you are a good lady from a rich family?

Director Lin originally thought that Cheng Rao would come to question him, but it turned out that he was thinking too much.

After Cheng Rao put her suitcase back in the dormitory, she came over for a meeting.

The earthquake in Haiti was severe.

Up to now, the incomplete number of casualties has reached 500,000, and countries around the world have extended a helping hand to Haiti, and in addition to MSF, many volunteers have come to the rescue.

After the meeting, Cheng Rao and Shao Dong walked out together. Shao Dong stared sideways at Cheng Rao for a while.

I don't know if it's his delusion, but I always feel that Cheng Rao is a little different from before.

She was really indifferent before, the kind that could be cold when she said a word to her.

This time, her state seems to be much gentler than before.

Feeling Shao Dong staring at her, Cheng Rao asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Shao Dong shook his head and said with a smile: "It's nothing, I just think you're a lot gentler now." ”

Mild? Cheng Rao didn't answer.

Of course, she can't feel this kind of thing herself.

However, since she had been to the temple, she had never been tormented by lust at night.

This is undoubtedly a good sign.

Because she has put down the shackles, she is a little closer to men, and she will not be so resistant.

Shao Dong patted her on the shoulder before, and she didn't dodge.

**

The rescue mission was very heavy, and for the next week or so, Cheng Rao rotated every day.

I get about three to four hours of sleep a day, and I have to deal with aftershocks that come and go from time to time.

Fortunately, the office where they are temporarily stationed has a high earthquake resistance level, so nothing particularly big will happen.

Cheng Rao stayed in Haiti for half a month and did not have any contact with the outside world.

Because of the earthquake, the signal here was basically cut off, and Cheng Rao never received a call from Huang Ping again.

………

The rescue work lasted for half a month, Cheng Rao was busy every day, and a few catties of meat raised in Los Angeles before were lost again.

After being busy for so long, Director Lin found another group of people to replace her and Shao Dong's work, so that she and Shao Dong could have a good rest.

Given a temporary rest, Cheng Rao and Shao Dong stood in front of the door of the temporary ward to relax.

Not long after, a lively child came, followed by a beautiful woman.

Cheng Rao remembered their mother and son, and a few days ago, she had just treated the wounds for the two of them.

The little boy is very good-looking, with a typical European look, and it looks like he should have French roots.

Cheng Rao has no special feelings for the child, and she has never been very gentle with the child, but the child seems to like her very much.

After seeing Cheng Rao, the little boy came up and hugged her legs, and said this to her with a smile.

The little guy spoke French, and his speech was not very clear, so Cheng Rao couldn't understand it at all. Her expression stiffened slightly.

At this time, the child's mother spoke in English: "He said you are very beautiful, and he likes you very much." ”

Cheng Rao was "confessed" by a child for the first time, and she didn't know how to respond.

He grudgingly pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, "Thank you." ”

The child smiled happily, and after listening to her response, she continued to run and play, and the child's mother smiled at Cheng Rao, and then continued to chase him.

Looking at the picture of their mother and son chasing, Cheng Rao subconsciously clenched her fists.

When she was very young, Cheng Xun would also play with her like this.

The slight warmth of the family that she has enjoyed in her life is basically given by Cheng Xun.

In fact, Cheng Lu is also quite busy at work, but he still finds time to communicate with her.

Cheng Rao thought about it seriously, in fact, on the way she grew up, Cheng Lu had to pay a little more.

In other people's families, the father is strict with the child, but on her side, it is the opposite.

Since she was a child, Huang Ping has always been strict with her, but Cheng Xun is the one who indulges her......

"Cheng Rao?"

Shao Dong couldn't help but be a little worried when he saw Cheng Rao suddenly staring ahead in a daze, his eyes were still so sad.

He raised his hand and shook it in front of Cheng Rao.

Cheng Rao came back to her senses, "What's wrong?" ”

Shao Dong shook his head, "It's okay, are you tired?" Let's go back to the dormitory and rest. ”

Cheng Rao snorted, didn't talk to Shao Dong again, turned around and went towards the dormitory.

**

Two days later, Cheng Rao returned to Los Angeles.

The mission was over, and she had a few more days to rest.

When I dragged my suitcase back home, it was ten o'clock in the night.

Cheng Rao entered the password and opened the door, but the living room was empty, and there was no one.

Cheng Rao changed her shoes and went upstairs with her suitcase.

As she passed by the study, she subconsciously slowed down a little.

I thought there would be some movement inside, but when I stopped and listened, I found that there was no sound at all.

Now it can basically be confirmed that Huang Ping is not there.

I don't know why, Cheng Rao was inexplicably a little irritable.

She returned to the bedroom with the suitcase and lay straight on the bed, staring at the ceiling.

Before I knew it, I fell asleep like this.

When I woke up again, it was already the next morning.

I slept all night with my clothes closed, and my whole body ached.

After getting up, Cheng Rao took a shower, then changed her clothes and went downstairs.

According to the usual habits, the aunt has already come to work at this point, but today, there is still no one.

Cheng Rao was so hungry that she had to take yogurt from the refrigerator and drink it.

When she picked up her mobile phone to order takeout, Cheng Rao had the urge to call Huang Ping, but in the end she held back.

There's nothing to fight...... She loves to come back or not.

Thinking like this, Cheng Rao put down the phone directly.

After more than ten minutes, there was a knock on the door outside.

Cheng Rao thought it was a takeaway, but she didn't look at it, so she walked up and opened the door.

When she saw Cheng Min and Li Duo standing at the door, she was stunned for a moment.

Cheng Rao didn't have much contact with Cheng Min's aunt, and she was limited to knowing that she was a person.

They didn't deal with each other much when Cheng Lu was alive, and it was even more impossible for them to get in touch after Cheng Xun died.

No, Cheng Rao knows, Huang Ping seems to have been giving them money.

Of course, Huang Ping didn't tell her about this, she only learned about it when she overheard Huang Ping on the phone once.

Because there is not much contact, Cheng Rao can't call Cheng Min "sister-in-law" intimately.

After seeing her come in, Cheng Rao asked her, "Do you have something?" ”

Cheng Min glanced at Cheng Rao up and down, and then asked her, "What about your mother?" ”

Cheng Rao: "I don't know. ”

She was very indifferent when she answered the question, and Cheng Min snorted coldly when she saw Cheng Rao like this: "It's really uneducated, and I don't know how she has educated you over the years." ”

Cheng Rao herself is not a good-tempered person, and she was said inexplicably, and her face was naturally not much better.

She raised her eyes and glanced at Cheng Min, "How she educates me has nothing to do with you." ”

When Cheng Rao said this, Cheng Min became even more angry, and sneered: "Like your mother, she is uneducated, I really don't know how my brother fell in love with her, that kind of sassy vixen." ”

- Smack.

Before Cheng Min finished speaking, Cheng Rao suddenly raised her hand and slapped her in the face.

It's loud. This slap went down, Cheng Min and Li Duo who was standing next to him were stunned.

Although Cheng Rao had already shown that no one was in sight just now, neither of them expected that she would actually start beating someone-

Li Duo came up and hugged his wife, and scolded Cheng Rao loudly: "Do you still understand the dignity of the elders and the young? ”

Cheng Rao said expressionlessly: "It was she who sprayed feces all over her mouth first." ”

"Who's squirting feces all over their mouths? Your mother hasn't seen anyone for more than half a month, and the company doesn't care, who knows which man she eloped with? What's wrong? Now it's a big deal, it's not a rare company, is it? If it's not rare, hurry back and take it back, what power did you work hard to seize at the beginning! ”

Cheng Min has never been treated like this by his juniors.

is also a face-loving person, and when she was treated like this by Cheng Rao today, she almost trembled with anger.

Hearing Cheng Min say this, Cheng Rao couldn't help frowning.

Huang Ping hasn't heard from her for more than half a month? She didn't know anything about it.

and what Cheng Min said about seizing power, she doesn't know.

Cheng Rao didn't speak for a long time, Cheng Min thought she was weak-hearted, "You tell her, don't think that everything is fine with the company in her hands now, there are rich men next to her, it's not uncommon for our Cheng family, isn't it?" If it weren't for the Cheng family, what would she be? ”

The more Cheng Min's words were spoken, the more unpleasant they became.

Cheng Rao looked at her with a cold face, and after she finished speaking, her lips moved and she spit out a word: "Get out." ”

"Tell Huang Ping, if she doesn't give me the money, I will go directly to the old man to expose the ugly things she did!"

didn't end up well under Cheng Rao's name, and was slapped in the face, Cheng Min naturally wouldn't stay long.

After dropping this sentence viciously, Cheng Min left with Li Duo.

………

After coming out of the villa, Li Duo asked Cheng Min: "Is Cheng Rao mentally problematic?" ”

Cheng Min snorted coldly, "Who knows, where Huang Ping's daughter can go normally, mother and daughter have one virtue." ”

Li Duo thought for a moment and said, "It looks like a psychopath." ”

"It doesn't matter if she's mentally ill or not, it's better if she's dead." Cheng Min gritted his teeth, "Did you see the pajamas she was wearing, that pajamas alone cost nearly 20,000 yuan - what kind of life do you think about us?" These things should have been ours! ”

In fact, Cheng Xun is not a rich second generation, the company was started by him after graduating from college, and it has nothing to do with his family.

When Cheng Xun died, Cheng Min wanted to take the opportunity to snatch the company into his own hands, but in the end he lost to Huang Ping.

After so many years, she has never been able to let go of this matter.

When Cheng Lu was there, he would often give them money, and Cheng Min would open his mouth to Cheng Lu on the grounds that he was taking care of the old man and the old lady.

Cheng Xun is also generous, and basically will not refuse.

Later, Cheng Xun died, and Huang Ping was not so generous.

Although they have been giving them money all these years, the amount is far less than what Cheng Xun gave at the beginning.

Over the years, Cheng Min and Li Duo's appetites have been fed, and Huang Ping has given little money, so they are naturally dissatisfied.

Recently, after the news came out that Huang Ping was going to marry Qiao Ruzhang, the two began to quarrel.

I went to the old man and the old lady, but it didn't work.

The old man and the old lady of the Cheng family are not unreasonable people, Huang Ping, the daughter-in-law, has had such a difficult time all these years, they have long wanted her to find someone to live a good life.

Let her be widowed for the rest of her life, too selfish.

Cheng Min's instigation was fruitless, so he began to clash with Huang Ping head-on.

During this time, Huang Ping was not there, and she was always looking for it.

"Forget it, let's go first!" Li Duo felt that his wife's ideas were a little extreme, but he didn't quarrel with her here.

**

Not long after Cheng Min and Li Duo left, Cheng Rao's takeaway arrived.

Cheng Rao ordered a large portion of takeout, and she was originally very hungry, but after what happened just now, she had no appetite to eat.

After opening it and taking a few bites, Cheng Rao changed her clothes and went out.

Racing all the way to the downstairs of the company, Cheng Rao just walked to the front desk and ran into Assistant Zhang.

Assistant Zhang obviously didn't expect Cheng Rao to come over, and after seeing Cheng Rao, he was so surprised: "Rao, why did you come over?" ”

"She's the other." Cheng Rao didn't answer Assistant Zhang's words, but threw this question directly at her.

When Assistant Zhang heard Cheng Rao ask, he began to laugh dryly, and didn't answer for a long time.

Cheng Rao knew that he was sloppy when she saw him like this.

As a result, her expression became a little more serious.

"I'm asking you, who's her."

"Mr. Huang went on a business trip and was not there for the past two days." Cheng Rao asked like this, and Assistant Zhang had to find an excuse to perfunctory.

"When will you be back?" Cheng Rao asked again.

Assistant Zhang: "......"

Where did he know when he would be back.

Without waiting for Assistant Zhang's answer, Cheng Rao sneered, turned around and left.

Assistant Zhang couldn't guess what she meant at all.

After thinking about it, I decided to call Huang Ping first.

However, it should be late in the United States......

**

New York.

When Assistant Zhang called, Huang Ping had just finished taking medicine.

thought that he was calling for the company's business, but as a result, Assistant Zhang talked about Cheng Rao.

"Rao Rao came to the company to find you." Assistant Zhang said to Huang Ping, "I told her that you went on a business trip. ”

Hearing this, Huang Ping subconsciously squeezed her phone, "What did she say?" ”

"I didn't say anything, I just left." Assistant Zhang was a little confused, "I don't know what she thinks." ”

After listening to Assistant Zhang's words, Huang Ping was silent for a minute before continuing.

"Hide it from her, don't leak the news, I'll go back in the next few days."

Assistant Zhang sighed when he heard Huang Ping say this, and couldn't help but persuade her: "Rao Rao is not too young, don't hide your illness from her, you have to let her learn to understand you!" ”

"Just do what I say, first." After instructing Assistant Zhang, Huang Ping hung up the phone.

Qiao Ruzhang next to him listened to what she said, and basically guessed what the person opposite said.

He sighed softly and looked at the woman with the hat on the bed.

"You want to go back?"

“…… Yes, Cheng Rao is back and went to the company to find me, I can't let her doubt it. Huang Ping nodded vigorously.

"But you're about to start the second course of chemotherapy now, you calm down."

Qiao Ruzhang stepped forward and patted her on the back, "I'll go back when the treatment is over, obedient, huh?" ”