29. White lies

It was another dark night, except for the darkness, there was nothing to see in the field of vision, Li Ruolin could only feel that her right hand was being held, and she kept running forward.

Is it a sister?

I wanted to open my mouth, but I didn't have the strength to make a sound, so I could only run forward with the traction of the power in my hand.

Suddenly, the power on her right hand disappeared, and Li Ruolin woke up from her dream, panting heavily.

She looked at the time, it was already afternoon, and she had slept almost all day.

Many times, Li Ruolin can clearly distinguish whether it is a dream or reality in a dream, but the dream just now - she would rather wake up later.

It's been a long time since I've dreamed of my sister, and it's been ten years since she's gone in the blink of an eye.

At that time, my sister was only 12 years old, and because of an accident, my sister could no longer open her eyes and play games with her. Li Ruolin knew that she was an eyewitness to the accident, but she had no way to remember any of the details. The only image I remember is the girl in the delicate princess dress lying on the cold ground, the blood staining the snow-white dress, like an evil flower quietly blooming at night.

The death of her sister has always been a secret in her heart.

That secret is hidden for ten years.

His eyes were blurred by hot tears, and he wanted to raise his hand to wipe it, but his right hand was held tightly. He was resting on the edge of the bed, exhausted by days of work.

Li Ruolin found that his arm was still wrapped in bandages, and the snow-white bandages were stained red by the blood oozing from the wound, and her heart tightened, and her left hand unconsciously covered the back of his hand.

The heat travels from the palm of the hand to the atrium, and it feels warm.

Zhou Yi was always vigilant even when he was resting, as long as Li Ruolin moved slightly, he could feel it.

"Does it hurt to have a headache?" His eyes were bloodshot, and he couldn't hide his exhaustion.

Li Ruolin moved her neck, and the hangover was really uncomfortable: "It hurts." ”

Although he was very tired, when he saw Li Ruolin wake up, Zhou Yi's eyes couldn't hide his joy. He raised his hand and rubbed Li Ruolin's hair, and said softly, "You sleep for a while, I'll ask Xiang Jia to come and take you home." ”

"I can't sleep, why is Xiang Jia coming?"

"Yesterday you were photographed at the door of the bar, the company's plan was forced to advance, and the relationship between model Xiang Jia and model Katy was made public and was on Weibo hot search." Zhou Yi smiled wryly, "If you have time, you can brush Weibo, your fans are waiting to be fed." ”

Li Ruolin licked her lips: "I'm also waiting to be fed, and I'm about to starve to death." ”

"Is there anything you'd like to eat? I'll help you buy it. ”

"I don't like to eat takeout, you take me out to eat." Li Ruolin jumped off the hospital bed, the wound on the soles of her feet hurt badly, there were no shoes next to the bed, and she was wearing pajamas. But she didn't remember having this pink lace pajamas – it wasn't her style, and the most she could do at home was a pink cotton T-shirt and lace pajamas.

Li Ruolin tugged at the hem of her clothes unnaturally with both hands, and a thin layer of blush appeared on her pale cheeks. After being modified by pajamas, the tight curves of her body are revealed in front of men.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became awkward.

Zhou Yi turned around and coughed lightly twice, and said, "I'll go buy a set of clothes for you." He walked out without looking back.

He almost ran away. There were too many things that happened last night, and he didn't think much about it, and today she stood in front of her like that, and all her previous reason and calmness were washed away by a burst of blood. It is precisely because I have unconsciously invested too much affection in her that I am now in a dilemma. He knew his mind very well, from the first time he saw Li Ruolin, he had actually fallen.

Zhou Yi couldn't help but smile bitterly, Xiang Jia was really still a child, and he actually gave her such clothes to wear, and kept saying that he only regarded her as a sister.

Li Ruolin got back into the quilt, wrapped herself tightly, and tried to remember what happened yesterday, only vaguely remembering how the wound on the soles of her feet came about, and only remembering a rough idea of what happened after that.

Zhou Yi said that he had time to brush Weibo?

Li Ruolin opened Weibo and was taken aback by the number of messages on it. It wasn't until she finished brushing up on most of the topics related to herself that she realized that she had suddenly become inexplicably popular.

Overnight popularity? She's still a little blind.

When Zhou Yi came back, she saw Li Ruolin wrapping herself in a cocoon, staring blankly at the ceiling, and when she heard someone coming in, she began to speak: "Am I dreaming?" Am I drinking too much and hallucinating? ”

Zhou Yi sat lightly on the edge of her bed: "You did drink too much." ”

Li Ruolin suddenly looked at Zhou Yi directly, her eyes unblinking: "If it's all true, then can I make a lot of money?" ”

"It's true, your current worth has multiplied several times, and you will be surrounded by fans when you go out casually."

"But I'm ...... I can't remember exactly what happened yesterday. She closed her eyes in pain, "It feels bad, like I can't control myself." It's like a dream, and it's soft when you step on it, and you can't use it at all. ”

"Don't think about it, change your clothes, I'll take you to eat. If you don't have the strength to do so, you're definitely hungry. ”

"You go out, don't peek." She shook the clothes in her hand, "It's not all because you let me go of the pigeons!" ”

Zhou Yi's heart twitched suddenly.

Yes, she is so sad that she borrows alcohol to kill her sorrows because of herself, and he only brings her harm, where can she start to protect her?

Li Ruolin changed into a gray sportswear and white sneakers, and even the simplest combination of two colors wore the effect on the advertising picture.

"For the sake of you choosing my favorite color, I'll forgive you for the time being." She stood on her tiptoes and spun around happily. "Let's go, let's go eat." As she spoke, she naturally put her hand on Zhou Yi's shoulder.

Zhou Yi was stunned: "I never thought you would forgive me." ”

"Don't talk about that." She sighed lightly, what else could she do if she didn't forgive him? Who knows when he'll disappear next time? The most important thing is to get along well now. "You help me quickly, the soles of my feet are injured and I walk with a limp, how bad it is for fans to see."

As soon as Zhou Yi put his arms around her waist, he felt that she had pressed all the weight of her body up. He was nervous again: "Does the soles of your feet hurt?" ”

"It's okay, you can just hold me."

He had heard her snorting in pain, but he had to endure it. He could only reach out and help her put on the hat of the sweatshirt: "It's better to keep a low profile when you go out." ”

"Hmm."

The black off-road vehicle shuttled through the alley, and in a trance, Li Ruolin felt as if they had returned to the time when they first met. For the rest of the month, they sat in the car like this, taking her home from work every week.

The breath flowed slightly, like an old friend who had known each other for many years, just sitting quietly like this, and not feeling embarrassed at all, all the silence was just right.

Even the best actors will make mistakes. Paper can never wrap the fire in it forever, and once the secret is discovered, no one can turn back time and smooth all the cracks. Each of them had secrets, and they all knew that the apparent peace was only to whitewash the peace, even if it was only for a few days, or even a few hours.

Zhou Yi parked the car outside a small alley, and then took Ruolin along the bluestone road to the inside. The old houses on both sides of this alley are old houses left over from the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the walls that should have been white have been eroded by the years, and have been mottled, covered with moss and mildew.

The exterior walls of these old houses have not been repainted, but the inside has been renovated by merchants, including embroidery, scholars, calligraphy and paintings, and vintage ornaments. Li Ruolin looked at these old houses and shops curiously, like a Haixi who had discovered a treasure. She has lived in this city for so many years, but she didn't know that there was such an old street here.

Zhou Yi took Li Ruolin into a snack bar and ordered two bowls of small wontons.

"How did you know there was so much to do here?" Li Ruolin asked as soon as she sat down.

"This street was previously preserved as a relic of an old building, but it was only in recent years that it has been transformed into a shop after the tourism industry has developed. Maybe you've been going to college out of town and don't know how this side has changed over the past few years. This wonton shop turned out to be an old grandmother's wonton shop and had no storefront. Some regular customers felt that it was inconvenient for their grandmother to be out when she was old, so they raised money together and opened a wonton shop here. Zhou Yi picked up a chopstick and turned it in his hand, making Li Ruolin dazzled.

"Are you also a regular customer of hers?"

"Sort of, the main thing is that I was a classmate of his grandson, and later his grandson became a vegetative person in addition to a car accident, and she couldn't accept it for a while, so she took me as her grandson."

"How can there be such a thing? What about her children? ”

"I said that I went to work in other places, and after giving birth to a child, I threw it directly to my grandmother. However, grandma's neighbors all said that she never had any children and never married, and this grandson is estimated to have been adopted. ”

As they spoke, the wontons they ordered had already come up.

Through the soaring mist, Ruolin looked at Zhou Yi, but she didn't expect that this person who usually had no extra expressions would actually pretend to be her grandson for the sake of an old grandmother.

Zhou Yi noticed Ruolin's thoughtful smile, so he asked, "What are you laughing at?" ”

"I laugh at you for actually deceiving a grandmother under the identity of someone else."

"How can it be called 'taking someone else's identity'? Everyone except the grandmother herself knows that I am not her grandson. ”

"Oh." Li Ruolin pursed her mouth, "Let's not talk about this." ”

Seeing that her face was a little wrong, Zhou Yi was still a little uneasy: "Is the wonton not delicious?" Or is there something uncomfortable? ”

"It's nothing, it's just that I remembered something unhappy." She tried to change the topic, "I haven't been to work for almost a day, why hasn't Sister Xiaomin called yet?" Don't have a single text message yet? ”

"I've already said hello to Ah Piao, and I'll give you two months off." He didn't lift his eyelids, as if taking two months off work was as simple as drinking saliva.