On the day of Qingming, the sky was semi-cloudy, and it began to rain lightly in the morning. The cemetery in Xishan is green and green, and the tombstones are dotted with each other, staggered and horizontal. The living and the dead, the past and the present, the right and the wrong, the sad and the unforgettable, on this day, so close.

Han Shuyi stood in front of a tombstone, looking at the photo on the stele, the person in the photo was still that handsome and elegant, with faint eyebrows, slightly raised lips, and slightly squinted eyes, as if smiling at him.

"People always say that old things can be buried, and I finally realized that this is wrong, because the past will climb up on its own......" These are the words that Han Shuyi once saw in a book, and suddenly felt that it was so close to his mood at the moment.

He stood quietly for a while, put the flowers and red wine he had brought in front of the tombstone, and whispered, "Brother, I'm sorry, I haven't come to see you for six years." He took out a tablecloth from his bag, took out two more wine glasses, took out the corkscrew, opened the wine, and poured it.

After doing all this, he sat down against the tombstone, unconcerned about the dirt on the ground, holding a wine glass in one hand and putting the other on his knees, looking at the scenery in the distance.

This cemetery was chosen by him, quiet and private, with an excellent view, sitting here, he could see the green valley and the flowing clouds on the horizon - he remembered that Gu Qingming liked to be quiet.

The rain was as thin as a cow's hair, wetting his clothes, but Han Shuyi had no intention of getting up at all, looking at the green trees and mist in the distance in a daze.

"I've seen Lixia and Gu Yu recently, Lixia...... Fortunately, Gu Yu hasn't changed much, just like in the past, the little girl works very hard, and her life is passable, but she is a little choking when she speaks, but she is used to it, and it is nothing, getting along with her is a science, and I have to adapt slowly. He took off his glasses, rubbed his brows, and lowered his head for a long, long time, as if he were counting the sand on the ground.

After a while, he turned his face to look at the photo on the tombstone, and smiled awkwardly: "Actually, I just said panic, Lixia is not good, very bad, I really want to help her, but I don't know how to help." I checked, in the past six years, she has been in the drug rehabilitation center three times, and each time she came out, she quickly became addicted again. I asked her counselors at the drug rehab center, and everyone said she was hopeless.

"There is also Gu Yu, she has lived alone for so many years, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, and she has learned to make a living by herself. Because I couldn't find a job, I was evicted by my landlord, and I was bullied by an unscrupulous employer, and I suffered a lot. Poor little man, he doesn't even know what to complain about. We met on the street, and she said she didn't know me well, and I thought she did it on purpose. However, she has that disease, why didn't you tell me back then? If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have ......"

He paused suddenly, and then smiled bitterly: "Do you think I'm particularly hypocritical?" yes, I think I'm pretty hypocritical, too. Actually, what if I knew? Nothing will change, I still can't do anything. ”

He turned his face, looked at the photo on the tombstone, and smiled, "You're quite disappointed in me, aren't you?" I'm also very disappointed in myself, I didn't dare to come to see you for so many years. You love those two sisters so much, I kept them from dying, but I can't let them live well, how should I face you? When I saw Lixia in the clubhouse that day, I was suddenly not afraid. It's just that...... It was too late. ”

The rain slowly stopped, and he was almost soaking wet, so he took out a handkerchief from his arms, wiped the lenses, and put it back on. The boy doesn't flick when he has tears, just because he hasn't reached the sad place. But he could not shed a tear, not a drop.

In six years, you can make the dead wood spring, the river dry up, and the greenery barren, let alone a person? He felt that part of his body was dead, but part of it was still alive, and the living part was crying out about grievances and injustice day and night.

But so what?

When he got home, he changed his clothes, and he was the dignified barrister, the young master of the Han family, this was his life. Oh, yes, and the cooperation with the Ye family, when the contract is finalized, they will officially sign the contract, which is a win-win situation in his cousin's mouth.

The rain stopped completely, and the air smelled of dirt and rain, and Han Shuyi looked at the sky high in the distance and smiled sarcastically.

"When you were alive, you once said that the Ye and Han families should cooperate. You said that Ye Nianze and my cousin are both dragons and phoenixes among people, with determination and vision. If you become an interest group, you may be able to rewrite the history of the city. Now, they really came together, after you were forced to death by Ye Nianze......

"Brother, it's been six years, and I still don't want to believe that you will kill Qiaoqiao. But I don't have evidence, I'm a lawyer, and I understand that this kind of thing can't be done intuitively. But now I can't find any reason other than intuition to support my idea.

"It has been said that ghosts and gods are omniscient. If you have a spirit in heaven, can you tell me what the truth is? Qiaoqiao, who killed him? ”

Han Shuyi stopped talking and stared at the gray sky after the rain, but no one answered him, to be precise, there were no ghosts and gods to answer him.

Legend has it that one day in the sky, one year on the earth, the vicissitudes of life, ever-changing, in a moment, the mountains can be flat, the water can be dry, the gods are in a hurry, where can the suffering of the world be managed?

He sighed, patted his cheek, packed up his tablecloth and glass, and was about to leave, when he heard the sound of feet stepping on leaves, and looked up to meet a pair of big dark eyes.

"Gu Yu?" Han Shuyi looked at the visitor in surprise: "Why are you here?" ”

The little girl carried the cake, tilted her head slightly, and looked at him strangely: "Shouldn't I come?" ”

Of course she should come, she is Gu Qingming's sister, he can come, why can't she come?

"No, I didn't mean that, I thought it was ......" Han Shuyi rubbed his hands in embarrassment, not knowing how to continue.

Gu Yu glanced at him, put the cake box in front of the tombstone, and looked at him again: "You think I'm an idiot?" I'm not an idiot, I'm just ......"

Han Shuyi said, "I know, I checked your medical records in the rehabilitation center. ”

Gu Yu said "oh", and there was nothing else to say, opened the cake box, and took out a plastic knife and fork.

Han Shuyi sat there and watched her busy work, and asked curiously, "Why did you bring the cake here?" ”

"It's my brother's birthday, don't you know?"

Only then did Han Shuyi remember, yes, Gu Qingming was born on Qingming Festival.

I remember that he joked with him back then, and said unabashedly: "Your birthday is very good, others sweep the grave, you celebrate; People eat ingots and candles, and you eat cakes. ”

Who would have thought that there was an unintentional joke back then, but it would become a prophecy.

His mood fell again, and just when he was dazed and didn't know what to think, a piece of cake was handed to him, and the strawberries on the cake looked delicious and lovely from a distance, and suddenly came to his eyes, which startled him.

"Here's it." Gu Yu handed the cake in his left hand to Han Shuyi, and took a bite of the piece in his right hand.

Han Shuyi looked at the small mouth that squirmed up and down in surprise, and stammered, "This ...... This is a sacrifice for your brother, and you just ate it? ”

Gu Yu looked up at him, very puzzled by his surprise: "Didn't the cake be eaten?" ”

Yes, of course, the cake is eaten.

But...... Shouldn't she have placed it in front of his brother's tombstone and, as he did, by saying a few touching monologues expressing her sorrow and nostalgia, and telling her about her life and what happened to her during the year, as a way to console the dead—is that right?

At such a sad moment, how did she come to her and her style of painting changed?

"Shouldn't you pay tribute to your brother before you eat it? When others see us like this, they will think that we are not visiting graves, but like an outing. ”

Gu Yu wiped his hands, cut another piece, and put it in front of the tombstone: "Every time my brother celebrates his birthday, he will cut a piece for me first, and he will eat it after I finish eating, the order is like this, it can't be changed." She handed the cake to Han Shuyi again, "It's yours." ”

Han Shuyi stared at the cake in a daze, he didn't like to eat sweets, all the body language was written to refuse, but the little girl in front of him had no intention of letting go at all. He remembered the awkward apple, sighed, and took it obediently.

Some of her behaviors are fixed, stiff, and unreasperative—one of her symptoms.

In Gu Yu's world, there is no such behavior as "disrespect for the deceased", and in the words of the doctor, patients suffering from Gu Yu's disease have a completely different view of the world.

Feeling Han Shuyi's gaze, Gu Yu turned his face, "Do you think I'm particularly strange?" ”

Han Shu looked at her and couldn't answer for a while.

Gu Yu flicked his Qi bangs with his hand and whispered, "I also feel weird, but I'm not an idiot, I'm just ...... Sometimes I don't understand what you mean, and you don't understand what I mean. Lixia always says I'm an idiot, do you believe her? ”

The little girl looked straight at him, as if to be sure of something, and he subconsciously said, "I don't believe it." ”

Gu Yu nodded: "Then we can be friends." ”

Han Shu looked at her, remembered the scene that night, and couldn't help but ask, "Why did Lixia treat you like that?" ”

Gu Yu took the plastic dinner knife, ready to cut the rest of the cake, and said casually: "She used to be like that, but you had a good relationship with her at that time, and you couldn't see it." ”

Han Shu's face was hot, it was true, when he went to the Gu family as a guest, he only had Lixia in his eyes, and Gu Yu ......

He took a look at the little girl who was seriously fighting with the cake, six years ago, in his heart, she was just an inexplicable little girl, thin, eccentric, with a pair of vigilant big eyes every day, posing as if no one was approaching, it was really unpleasant, and he didn't pay much attention to her, so he didn't know that Lixia, who was well-behaved and sensible in his eyes, had been bullying her.

Han Shuyi said a little guiltily, "I'm sorry, I should have taken more care of you at that time." ”

Gu Yu was studying how to cut the cake more beautifully, and when he heard this, he looked at him a little strangely: "It's not your fault, and my brother will take care of me, but my brother is not there later, and I have to take care of myself." ”

"How do you take care of yourself?"

"Talk less, do more, and think of yourself as a dumb person."

"When you're at work, you don't talk to people?" Han Shuyi felt a little incredible.

"Try to talk as little as possible, leave the complex questions to other colleagues to answer, and I just do the work."

The little girl finally cut the cake, each piece was the same size, the strawberries on it were complete and lovely, she felt that she was busy with a big thing, and felt a little tired, so she sat down, followed Han Shuyi's example, and leaned against the stone wall.

"I used to offend guests as soon as I opened my mouth. Before Brother Ming's noodle shop opened, I changed jobs a lot. She stretched out nine fingers as thin as shallots, counting them one by one: "I have sold bread, delivered milk, moved goods in supermarkets, worked as a cashier, and sold newspapers...... But each one didn't last long, and he was fired by the boss after a few days, until he met Brother Ming's sister-in-law. ”

"Are they willing to use you?"

Gu Yu shook his head: "No, they don't want to use me either." ”

Han Shu said curiously: "Then how did you get that job?" ”

"I beg them to stand in the store and not leave." Gu Yu put his face on his knees and whispered: "It's also because I can't walk anymore, I remember, I didn't eat all day that day, the house was full of the smell of brisket, I felt like my stomach was about to jump out, and my eyes were staring at the guest's bowl and couldn't move." Brother Ming saw that I was pitiful, so he gave me a bowl of beef brisket noodles. ”

At this point, the little girl stuck out the tip of her tongue and licked the corner of her lips, and continued, "It was the best brisket I had ever tasted, and I thought it would be nice to work here." After eating, I followed Brother Ming, and I did whatever he did. When he chased me, I told him that as long as I had three meals, I could just work, not speak, and not say a word. Brother Ming relented, so he agreed to let me stay. ”

Han Shuyi listened silently, feeling that the tip of his nose was a little sour, he knew a little bit about these things, and at this moment, when he heard those trivial details from Gu Yu's mouth, he was still uncomfortable.

Because of communication barriers, patients like Gu Yu can only understand the superficial meaning of certain metaphors, metaphors, sarcasm, and mockery, and cannot understand the meaning behind them, nor can they feel the changes in external emotions.

Therefore, they always give people a sense of impoliteness, and because of this, they run into walls everywhere in this world, and it is almost difficult for them to move forward.

Thinking of this, Han Shuyi suddenly felt uncomfortable for the villain in front of him. What could be more painful than living among thousands of people and enduring suffocating loneliness every day?

If she were really a mentally retarded child, she could at least live in her own world, but she wasn't - she would be sad because no one was paying attention, and she would be sad because of the malice of others.

For people with this condition, the care and communication of loved ones is especially important.

Gu Yu lived alone for six years in a cramped, musty-smelling old tenement building with little sunlight visible.

Material deprivation, lack of spiritual oxygen, bleak future, and no relatives, how did she survive?

He was a little afraid to think about it.

Han Shu took a breath and asked again, "Just take care of your three meals, so where did you live at the time?" ”

"I thought at the time that I could live in the store, but Brother Ming finally agreed to pay me, and he said that the store was not safe and it was not convenient for them."

"How much is your salary?"

Gu Yu said a number, and Han Shuyi was surprised: "So little? Is it enough for you to live? ”

Han Shuyi calculated in his heart, the housing prices here are amazingly expensive, comparable to New York and London, but I am afraid that after paying the rent, this little girl will not even have money left for food.

Gu Yu said: "Enough, the rent is quite cheap, the landlord is a good person, and the rent charged to me is only half of others." ”

Han Shuyi felt strange, according to the news he found out - the landlord had once kicked her out because Gu Yu was in arrears of rent. The owners of these tenement buildings are the best at careful budgeting, why did they suddenly burst into love and were willing to rent it to her at half price?

Is it really an eye-opener? How can it be?

"Gu Yu, he is willing to rent it to you at half price, you didn't ask why?" Han Shu asked.

She raised her right hand and looked at it repeatedly: "I asked, and the landlord said that his son had a serious illness before, and he went to the temple to burn incense, and promised the Bodhisattva that if his son could be cured, he would eat fasting and recite Buddha from now on, and do good deeds for his son." He said that if I miss a finger, I am half disabled, and I will regard it as a good deed. ”

After Han Shu heard it, he couldn't help but ask: "Your salary is so low, you don't see that Brother Ming is bullying you a little?" ”

Gu Yu nodded: "I can see it, I'm not stupid." ”

Han Shu was stunned for a moment and explained, "That's not what I meant. ”

"I know, you don't have to apologize." Gu Yu raised his head, looked at the blue sky and white clouds in the distance, put his chin on his knees, and whispered: "Han Shuyi, sometimes I don't understand what you say, but I still understand the reason." Brother Ming hired me, so I could eat; The landlord took pity on me, so I had a place to live. So do you think it's better for me to pretend to be stupid and suffer a loss? Or do you have no food to eat, no place to live? There are only two choices, and I have to choose the same. ”

Han Shuyi looked at her in silence, and after a while, said guiltily, "I'm sorry, I should have come to you and Lixia earlier." ”

Gu Yu shook his head: "It has nothing to do with you, it's good that you can come to see us." The little girl turned her face and looked at him seriously, "Han Shuyi, I really like to talk to you, after my brother died, I have never said so much to others." No one paid attention to me, I was talking to myself every day. If you don't annoy me and don't think I'm weird, come and accompany me more in the future, in fact...... I was scared to be left alone. After finishing speaking, as if he was afraid that he would be embarrassed to refuse, he added, "However, if you find it troublesome, it doesn't matter, I'm used to it anyway." ”

The little girl's tone was very flat, but Han Shuyi was heartbroken when she heard it, and couldn't help rubbing her thick hair, and said gentlemanly: "You are not strange at all, it is my honor to accompany you." ”

Gu Yu raised his eyes and said a little gratefully: "Thank you, my brother is right, you are really a good person." ”

After speaking, he turned around, stretched out his sleeve, wiped it on Gu Qingming's photo, and said happily: "Brother, you don't have to worry, someone will talk to me in the future." This year I was very well-behaved, and you told me that if someone didn't like me, I would give him an apple, and I did as you said.

"Also, Sister Hong upstairs, Uncle Chen downstairs, Brother Ming and Sister-in-law Ming in the noodle shop, they all take good care of me. Sister Hong's son is going to college, and she is working hard to make money.

"Uncle Chen's leg is not good, I sometimes give him the brisket that my sister-in-law gave me to him, his temper is much better than in the past, I say the wrong thing, he won't scold me anymore."

Han Shuyi looked at Gu Yu silently, she sat in front of Gu Qingming's tombstone, talking non-stop at the photo, a small mouth.

"A few days ago, I had a bit of a toothache, and Ah Fu from the street corner introduced a dentist to me. He said, "My tooth has rotted out, so let me pull it out and pretend to be a fake one." I think he's lying to me......"

Han Shuyi raised his arm and looked at his watch, and twenty minutes passed.

"Xiao Ming from the fruit shop downstairs, do you remember? He's grown taller again this year, and in a few years, he'll be taller than me. Brother, you and my sister are so tall, why am I so short? ”

As soon as Han Shu raised his arm, he looked at his watch again, and thirty minutes passed.

This girl has no intention of stopping at all, and looking at her posture, she won't stop until she finishes the trivial things that have happened this year.

Han Shuyi looked at her helplessly and sadly - she was still thinking before, why didn't she say anything to her brother, and didn't play cards according to the routine at all, but now I know that people just didn't start.

When the sun was about to set, Gu Yu yawned and finally finished speaking. As soon as Han Shu leaned against the stone wall, he had already taken countless cat naps, sitting on the half-wet grass, and he didn't catch a cold, which was lucky.

The two of them packed their things and left together, carrying large bags and small bags, which was really like an outing. Han Shuyi took the initiative to ask to send Gu Yu home, and the little girl gladly accepted.

Gu Yu liked this new friend very much, and although the way he looked at her always made her feel uncomfortable, she decided to ignore it. In Gu Yu's heart, he has always believed that the more friends, the better.

The parking lot is not very far from the cemetery, but it is not too close.

Han Shuyi looked at Gu Yu beside him from the corner of his eye, and pondered as he walked-should I give her a different place to live? The kind of tenement building has a complicated flow of people, a poor environment, a dark and narrow corridor, and poor security, which is not suitable for a little girl like her.

He was about to speak, but the person next to him stopped suddenly, raised his hand, and pointed in one direction: "Sister-in-law's brother, over there." ”

Han Shu was stunned for a moment, and looked in the direction pointed by Gu Yu, Ye Nianze and Qin Chuan got out of a private car, holding flowers in their hands, ready to enter the cemetery through another passage. Seeing that person, he thought of Gu Qingming who was asleep in the grave, and Gu Yu, who was standing beside him, Han Shu was like a male animal preparing for battle, and the muscles in his body were tensed.

However, Ye Nianze, who was dressed in a black suit and wore sunglasses on his face, only cared about talking to Qin Chuan beside him, and the distance was not too far, but he didn't notice them at all.

Seeing that the man was about to go away, Gu Yu said indifferently to Han Shuyi, who was hostile, "Why don't you go over and say hello to him?" Aren't you doing business together? ”

Han Shu turned his head and looked at Gu Yu in surprise: "When you saw him, didn't you feel anything?" You don't hate him? ”

Gu Yu raised his face, used his right hand, which only had four fingers, habitually pressed his thick bangs, and asked strangely, "Why should I hate him?" ”

That night, Han Shuyi sat in the box of the clubhouse, thinking about the afternoon, and he didn't feel good in his heart.

At that time, he was receiving an important guest with Han Tang, and the two sides had a good conversation, but he was absent-minded.

Taking advantage of the time when the guests went to the bathroom, Han Tang slapped him on the shoulder and said, "What's wrong with you kid?" One night is like losing your soul. ”

Han Shuyi put down the wine glass, rubbed his face with his hand, seemed to want to sober himself up, and said, "It's nothing, it's just something, I think it's a little incredible." ”

"What's the matter?"

He was about to open his mouth when there was a commotion outside the door.

The brothers of the Han family glanced at each other, and both of them felt strange, this floor is for entertaining high-level VIPs, and most of the people who can come up are either rich or expensive, how can they be so unseemly?

Han Tang motioned to the people around him to go out and have a look, and after a few minutes, not only did it not stop, but the scolding outside became more and more intense. Han Tang frowned, and as soon as Han Shu realized that something was wrong, he immediately went out to check.

He walked out and found that the place where the trouble was made was in the box next door, and a bunch of people were blocking the door, not knowing what they were watching, only to hear a fierce male voice shouting: "Call your manager!" What is it! ”

Han Shu wondered in his heart, the service level of the practitioners on this floor should be good, how could it be like this? After taking two steps forward, I vaguely saw a woman kneeling in the middle of the crowd, her long messy hair covering her face, the shoulder straps of her skirt falling to the side, and her prostrate posture was embarrassed and petty. Before he could speak, the woman saw him clearly first, and this time it was as if she had seen a savior, and she crawled to the ground, hugged his trouser leg and cried: "Brother Han, save me, save me......"

Han Shuyi was taken aback by her cloaked appearance, and when he looked down at the woman's face, he was surprised: "Lixia? ”

He immediately looked up and saw that the man sitting in the middle of the sofa, surrounded by everyone, with a light smile and a gorgeous brocade dress, was Ye Nianze.

The manager on duty finally rushed over, and when he saw Han Shuyi here, he was stunned at first; Seeing Lixia kneeling on the ground, he was stunned again; Seeing her holding Han Shuyi's thighs, her face was full of tears, half of her face was swollen, and her five finger prints were clearly printed on it, and she was completely stunned for a while.

- I can't figure out the relationship between the two, let alone what the situation is in front of me.

Han Shu looked at Lixia on the ground, at this moment, she had long lost the arrogance of that night of drunkenness, holding his thighs and not letting go, as if there was an abyss below, and his legs were a life-saving tree on the cliff.

Han Shuyi is a man, so naturally he won't care about her that night, and when he sees her appearance at the moment, he can't think of anything else except being distressed. He looked at Ye Nianze on the sofa again, there was fire in his heart, and it was not easy to attack, the person who came was a guest, and he always had to give face, so he collected his thoughts and said with a smile: "Ye Shao is really interested today, why don't you say hello in advance?" ”

The man on the sofa smiled unchanged, and only said, "Accompany a few brothers over for recreation, don't dare to alarm Mr. Xiao Han." ”

Han Shu must have taken a look, there were five men sitting in the room, except for Ye Nianze and his assistant Qin Chuan, the other three were all fresh faces, and five big men bullied a woman, no matter what the reason, it was unreasonable.

"I don't know where this girl offended you? If she doesn't do a good job, just tell the people who are doing things below, and we will punish them severely. This is a place to do serious business, is it undignified to be rude to a woman? ”

Han Shuyi said these words to everyone, but his questioning eyes were nailed to Ye Nianze.

Ye Nianze smiled and didn't speak, still looking lukewarm. A dark-skinned man with sharp eyes sitting on his right opened his mouth first: "That slap was made by me, it has nothing to do with Ye Shao, she stole my things, I asked her to hand them over." But the woman was hard-mouthed, and she just didn't admit it. ”

Han Shu was stunned for a moment, and looked down at Gu Lixia on the ground, she sobbed and didn't speak, explained, or looked at him, she couldn't tell whether she was too weak to argue, or she was so aggrieved that she didn't want to argue.

He asked Lixia, who was curled up on the ground, "Did you do it?" Don't be afraid, let's be honest. ”

Lixia cried and shook her head, the man's slap was very heavy, her mouth was full of blood, and her words were not very sharp. However, Han Shu has a good ear, and he can still hear what she said clearly, "I didn't, it's him...... He wronged me".

Han Shuyi looked up at everyone: "What evidence do you have?" Red mouth and white teeth, you can't talk nonsense. ”

A girl whispered: "Just now we were playing boxing, Mr. Li just took off his watch, and it disappeared in a blink of an eye, she sat closest to Mr. Li......"

Han Shu frowned and looked at the person who spoke coldly: "Based on these, you can conclude that it is her?" You'll talk about it when you've figured it out. ”

The girl was stared at by him, a little frightened, and unconvinced, hanging her head and muttering: "I have been in the same place with her before, and she has a criminal record......"

Han Shu was stunned for a moment, and looked down at Lixia, she cried like a pear flower with rain, her makeup was crying, her eyeliner and mascara were pasted together, and she meandered into two black streams on her face.

While wiping her tears, she sobbed and said, "Brother Han, I really didn't steal, believe me, I really didn't steal!" Besides, where can I hide anything on my body? ”

Han Shuyi is a lawyer, so he naturally knows that when the two sides insist on their own words, it is not the person who should be believed, but the evidence. However, seeing Lixia crying hoarsely in front of him, miserable as catkins in the wind, I thought that when I first saw Lixia, she was pure white and sweet, smiling like a flower...... A heart that has been struck by thousands of blows, just like that, softened without principle.

He pulled up the people on the ground and comforted: "Don't worry, with me, no one can wronged you." ”

Hearing this, Ye Nianze didn't react, the one surnamed Li was useless first, and said, "What does Young Master Han mean by this, tonight's incident, but it is my fault for losing the owner?" ”

Han Shu looked at him and said bluntly: "I didn't mean that, but I can't condemn her just based on your words." I don't think it's as good as this, Mr. Li lost something in our place, so naturally we should compensate for it. You quote a price, and we will compensate for it. ”

The man sneered: "It turns out that we came here for recreation just to beg for two dollars." I have long heard that the Han brothers are fair and have clear rewards and punishments, but now they are really eye-opening. ”

Anyone can see that no matter whether the thing was stolen by this woman or not, Han Shuyi intends to protect her. But the man surnamed Li didn't know what the origin was, and in the territory of the Han family, he was so unrelenting.

The people in the room looked at each other, as quiet as a cicada, no one dared to speak, the matter had reached this point, and no one knew how to end.

The two sides couldn't hold each other, and there was a light laugh in the room, almost inaudible, and everyone looked over with the laughter, only to see Ye Nianze slowly put down the wine glass, pointed to the woman on the ground, and said, "If I guessed correctly, that thing should be sandwiched in her underwear by her." If Mr. Xiao Han doesn't believe it, he can find a waitress to take her to have it tested. No, I will compensate this girl, and I will compensate for all her medical expenses and mental damages. By the way, it doesn't matter what she does, just hand over the things. Speaking of this, he paused, looked at Han Shu and smiled, "Mr. Xiao Han, do you think this is okay?" ”

Before Han Shuyi could respond, Han Tang walked in at some point, didn't look at anyone, and didn't say a word superfluous, and directly ordered the people below: "Take her to the bathroom to search!" ”

A few minutes later, the watch was searched, and Gu Lixia was thrown on the ground, and the stolen goods were seized.

Gu Lixia couldn't run away, and the manager on duty was so frightened that he wiped his sweat - he recruited the people, and he also sent them into this box. Unclean hands and feet have committed a taboo in the industry, and now he has been arrested, coincidentally, and was bumped into by two top-level leaders, Mr. Xiao Han was also dismissed in public because of this matter, and he is the supervisor who cannot escape the blame. If you don't stand up and admit your mistakes at this time, are you waiting for the Han brothers to compensate others?

So the manager arched his hands and immediately smiled obediently: "Ye Shao, Mr. Li, it's me who is not careful in discipline, you two are more responsible, like this, we will not spare it." ”

Ye Nianze smiled and only said to him: "You don't need to apologize to me, you are losing Mr. Han's face, smashing your own signboard, just apologize to Mr. Han." ”

Han Shu looked at his cousin, Han Tang's face was already covered with frost, and his own face was like a fire.

In front of everyone's eyes, Ye Nianze's slap was loud!

Han Tang didn't look at his cousin, turned around and ordered the people around him, "Call the police!" ”

Gu Lixia was immediately stunned - if this matter was resolved privately, she would suffer at most, it was not the first time she had stolen something, and of course it was not the first time she had suffered this kind of hardship, the dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, she didn't care for a long time. But if she called the police, she would go to jail, and the crime of stealing was not serious, but she was addicted, and once she was detained, she could not survive a day of drug addiction.

Lixia simply turned his heart sideways, repeated his old tricks, hugged Han Shuyi's thighs, and there was a loud cry: "Brother Han, I don't dare anymore, you save me, for my brother's sake, you can't ignore me." ”

As soon as Han Shu looked at this familiar and unfamiliar face, he felt unspeakably uncomfortable in his heart. The feeling of being deceived is certainly embarrassing, but what makes him even more uncomfortable is that his cousin's judgment is really right, the woman in front of him who is holding his thigh and begging is no longer the simple little girl six years ago, she has fallen to this point, how to save it? But he looked at it like this, and he really couldn't bear it, and he was about to open his mouth to plead with Han Tang, but the man surnamed Li took the lead.

"If you steal my things, just call the police? What am I? ”

Han Tang glanced at the man: "Then what do you want?" ”

"Of course, according to our rules there, I will ask her for whichever hand she steals from me!"

That's too much!

Qin Chuan frowned, Ye Nianze only smiled and didn't speak, drinking wine and playing, still looking like he didn't care about himself.

Gu Lixia had already been frightened, she was really scared at this time, and she trembled and regretted not being at the beginning. If it weren't for the fact that she really had no money in her hand and was about to commit addiction again, she wouldn't dare to steal anything from the Han family's territory, or under Ye Nianze's nose. She looked at this surnamed Li's big grin, and poured a lot of yellow soup, thinking that the gods didn't know the ghosts, and they would be fine if they walked along, and they were immortals when they crossed the sea.

Unexpectedly, it turned out that this person was even more difficult to mess with.

Han Tang didn't have any expression, but nodded good-naturedly: "After we report to the police and the police deal with it, what do you want, that's your freedom." But until then, no one can touch her. We're a place to do business, and we can't leave it to you. ”

The man surnamed Li was amused when he heard it, and said, "I am in the village, and I have heard Mr. Han's name for a long time. When I see you today, it's better to be famous than to really meet. Why, after your Han family turned to the right line, did you even become less courageous? ”

Before Han Tang could speak, the man stood up suddenly, glanced at Gu Lixia, who was shrunk into a ball on the ground, and kicked her head hard like a provocation. But before he could touch her hair, his whole body flew out like a sack, and at the speed of free fall, with a "bang", he hit the foot of the sofa opposite.

There was silence all around, and the onlookers were dumbfounded.

"Ahem, cough ......" The impact was too great, his teeth hit his cheeks, and the man lay on the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood and foaming.

The two people accompanying him were also blinded, no one thought that Han Tang would do something for a female publicist, so he came back to his senses and hurried to help the person who fell to the ground. The man was so angry that his face was red, and he shook off his left and right, trying to stand up on his own, but stumbled and almost slipped.

Han Shuyi was shocked to see from the side, he knew the power of his cousin's kick, a hundred kilograms of sandbags, he could kick it away, let alone a big living person. If it weren't for the mercy at his feet, the person's heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys would have been shattered by this time.

The man struggled to stand up and pointed at Han Tang: "You...... Do you know who I am? ”

Han Tang looked at him and smiled: "Do I need to know who you are?" ”

"When I go back, tell my brother and tell my dad...... Let your Han family not be able to eat and walk around! ”

Hearing this pair of whites, Han Tang sneered: "When your eldest brother sees me, he has to call me Mr. Han respectfully, and if he is not convinced, he will go back and ask you Lao Tzu, who kept him safe all the way when he ran away with his whole family." The last time I went to see his old man's house, you weren't there, and he pointed to your photo and said to me, these brothers of your Li family, you are the least grown. He looked at the man up and down, "When I saw him today, it was true." ”

Hearing Han Tang's words, Han Shu suddenly realized, he finally remembered who the person in front of him was.

He is not surnamed Li, his real name is Li, and he is the son of the famous arms king Li Bangwei. His father started by selling arms back then, and many guerrillas and illegal organizations in Southeast Asia were his customers, and he once made a lot of money and had a good time. In the end, he was wanted by many governments, so he had to take his family to the end of the world, there were too many enemies, black and white, and he couldn't escape if he had money. When he was anxious and thought that the whole family was done with the game, it was Han Tang's father who remembered the old relationship, stepped forward and helped, and sent someone to escort them all the way out of the country.

Later, I heard that their Li family lived in a certain area in Southeast Asia, built a small cottage, and became the local soil emperor.

The old thing many years ago, separated by 108,000 miles, Han Shuyi didn't expect that Han Tang and the family surnamed Li would still have an intersection.

"It's my brother again, it's my dad again, you're bluffing me?" The man said unconvinced.

Han Tang took out his mobile phone and handed it to him: "If you don't believe it, call back and ask yourself." I still have your big brother's private number on my phone. He said that only your family knows about it. ”

The man looked at the phone and didn't dare to answer, this trip was sneaked out, if his eldest brother knew, he would have to pick off his skin when he went back. But he couldn't get off the stage again, and when he was in a dilemma, someone stood up with a smile and played a round for him.

"It turned out that the flood washed the Dragon King Temple, and my family started to fight my family. It's a trivial matter, why make such a fuss. I see that Mr. Xiao Li is also tired, why don't we come here today, and I will send you back to rest. ”

People are sometimes like this, when there are no steps to go down, they want to take the steps, but they really have the steps, but they don't want to go down.

The man stood still and didn't leave, Ye Nianze patted him on the shoulder and whispered in his ear: "This is their Han family's territory, you can't bargain, just forget it." ”

Only then did the man move, Ye Nianze gave him a look, and Qin Chuan and the two attendants immediately came over and escorted the little young master out.

The onlookers at the door had long been dispersed by the manager on duty.

Ye Nianze smiled at the two brothers of the Han family. The farce is over, the protagonists are gone, he, the one who watched the play, is not leaving, is he waiting for the two brothers to invite him to supper?

Passing by Han Tang's side, the boss of the Han family suddenly said: "If Ye Shao is interested in the Li family's business, I can be a middleman and help you talk to Uncle Li." The fifth child of the Li family is a loser, except for eating, drinking and having fun, he can't do anything, Ye Shao should be careful. ”

Ye Nianze paused and smiled, "Mr. Han is too worried, I and the little young master are just Pingshui, you and I ...... are all serious businessmen, how can they have anything to do with those people? ”

After Ye Nianze left, Gu Lixia, who was shrinking on the ground, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, everything that should have left was gone, and those who stayed would probably not care about her anymore.

After a commotion, she didn't have to cut off her hand, and no one mentioned the matter of calling the police, but she escaped the catastrophe.

She wiped away her tears, raised her head, and met a pair of sharp eyes - Han Tang looked at her with a look that was not very friendly.

She was so frightened that she hurriedly lowered her head, thinking that this statue had saved herself just now, she was a little happy in her heart, deliberately softened her voice, and said softly and weakly: "Thank you, Mr. Han, if it wasn't for you helping me, I would ......"

Han Tang frowned, looking at her with great disdain: "You have to figure it out, I'm not here to help you, I'm just not used to seeing someone beating a woman in front of me." You can do it, dare to play with our Han family, and dare to steal things here, who gave you the guts? ”

Lixia was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak, shrunk on the ground and shivered, but he didn't find a hole to get into.

When Han Tang saw her like this, he was sick to his stomach and said, "Pack up your things and get out!" Let me see you again at the Han family's place, be careful of your skin! ”

After Han Tang finished speaking, he walked out, but his cousin stood still, Han Tang turned his head and looked at him with raised eyebrows: "You still don't leave?" ”

Han Shuyi said: "She is not lightly injured, I have to send her back." ”

Han Tang looked at him and laughed angrily: "You are really not ashamed." ”

Ye Nianze walked out of the clubhouse, lowered his head and lit a cigarette, the red flame flickered in the darkness, he took a deep breath, the driver drove the car over, he bent down and sat in, and Qin Chuan just came over.

Qin Chuan got into the car, and Ye Nianze asked him, "Did you send it back?" ”

"Let his subordinates take it away, this fifth child of the Li family is really noisy."

Ye Nianze pursed his lips and smiled: "Without him, how could it be so lively tonight?" Originally, I just came here for fun, but I didn't want to watch a good show. ”

Qin Chuan beat a drum in his heart: "You deliberately let Gu Lixia sit on the stage?" ”

Ye Nianze glanced at him: "Am I that boring?" The duty manager arranged to come in. This Gu Lixia is really bold enough, he actually dared to steal things in the Han family's club, and he sucked his brain to the end of his brain. ”

Qin Chuan nodded, and suddenly felt that something was wrong: "Did you find someone to check her?" ”

Ye Nianze leaned back in his chair and said as a matter of course: "Han Tang came to intercede with me in person for the sake of the Gu family sisters, how can I not touch their details?" Looking at it today, I really checked it right. ”

"How?"

"Can't you see it? Obviously, for these two sisters, the Han brothers have different opinions, and their brothers have discord, which is beneficial to us. He thought for a moment and ordered: "Starting tomorrow, ask someone to keep an eye on those two sisters, especially those who are in contact with Han Shuyi, so that the people below will pay more attention." ”

Qin Chuan was puzzled: "Two little girls, what flowers can they make trouble?" ”

Ye Nianze hooked the corners of his lips: "Don't underestimate the little girls now, they are all fine." No matter how useful it is, it never hurts to stare at the point. Han Jiashu is a big move, if their brothers have internal friction, I am absolutely happy to see it. ”

Qin Chuan said: "Aren't we cooperating with the Han family? Guarding them like this, isn't it too much heart? If they detect it, it is not good for cooperation. ”

Ye Nianze sneered: "Do you think they won't guard against us?" There are only eternal interests in this world, and how can there be eternal friends? Besides, the Han family's hand is so long, it can be reached by the Li family thousands of miles away, how can you rest assured if you don't guard against it. ”

Qin Chuan sighed: "The connections of the Han family cannot be underestimated, we have cooperated with the Li family for so long, but we don't know that they have always been in contact with the Han family." ”

Ye Nianze smiled and closed his eyes to recuperate: "It's normal, the Han family may not know about our affairs with the Li family, otherwise Han Tang wouldn't have probed me just now." These days, who doesn't have a few friends, who doesn't have any secrets? There is no need to tell the world. ”

Qin Chuan nodded: "That's right, it's just...... These two brothers always give people a sense of being in all aspects, which makes me feel a little scary. ”

Ye Nianze yawned and said casually: "They are two brothers, and we are also two brothers." Han Tang has Han Shuyi, I have you, I'm afraid they won't succeed? ”

Han Shuyi parked the car downstairs, Gu Lixia was not idle since she got in the car, she kept wiping the rearview mirror with a tissue all the way, and after arriving at the place, she finally wiped her face clean.

Han Shu looked at her, and after taking off her makeup, Lixia still had a little bit of what she did back then. It's just that his face is haggard, and his eyes are blue under his eyes, like a patient suffering from insomnia, because of long-term alcohol and drug abuse, his skin has lost its luster, and there are some fine lines at the corners of his eyes and mouth.

She is only 24 years old this year, which should be the age of flourishing and collagen, but she looks like a 30-year-old, and a 30-year-old woman at least has the fullness and charm unique to mature women. And Gu Lixia in front of him was only haggard and languished.

Lixia put down the tissue, closed the leather bag, and said casually to Han Shuyi in the driver's seat: "Thank you for today, although you didn't help much." ”

For her, he lost face in front of everyone today, and lost his heart at his cousin, and in the end, he only got her such a ridicule.

Han Shuyi didn't want to worry about her, and he didn't want to worry about her, but he stopped her before getting out of the car: "Lixia, you wait a minute, I have something to ask you." ”

She didn't even reply: "What's the matter?" ”

"It's about Gu Yu."

She sneered and glanced back at him, her eyes mocking: "Yo, now you know that you care about her?" I remember before, didn't you think she was not easy to get close to, and didn't like her very much? ”

Han Shu looked at her, the expression on his face was serious and serious, and he pointed to the passenger seat: "You come back first, just two questions, and let you go after speaking, it won't delay you for too long." ”

Gu Lixia was stunned, looking at Han Shuyi's eyes and stunned for three seconds, his expression did not change, his expression did not change, but for some reason, looking at the clear light reflected by the street lamp on his lenses, it made her a little stunned for no reason.

After all, it didn't go......

She sat back in the passenger seat, opened her purse and took out a cigarette, knocked one out of her hand, put it to her mouth, and skillfully lit it, and in the smoke, she asked, "What do you want to know?" I don't necessarily know all about her. ”

Han Shuyi took off his glasses, rubbed the bridge of his nose tiredly, and lowered his voice: "Lixia, after we met again, we haven't had a good chat, in fact, it's ......"

Gu Lixia took a hard puff of his cigarette and interrupted him impatiently: "Didn't you say that there are only two questions?" I don't have time to listen to you. Your guilt, and what nonsense you have to worry about, when you die, go down and tell my brother yourself. I only know, in the past six years, you have disappeared as if you have disappeared out of thin air, you have never cared about our life or death, and now you have come to show how much you care about us, are you hypocritical? ”

Han Shu nodded: "Okay, then let's get to the point." I just want to know, what was the specific situation when you were kidnapped by the Ye family? Also, why didn't Gu Yu feel anything about Ye Nianze? ”

This matter bothered him for a whole night, even if Gu Yu was different from normal people, but she was once kidnapped by the Ye family, and the little thumb of her right hand was also chopped off by Ye Nianze.

He knew that during the whole process, Ye Nianze would not do it himself, and he might not even meet with them. But even so, Gu Yu should have at least a minimum of resistance to that person, such as disgust, hatred, fear, and even fear, just like Lixia. However, judging from the observation in the afternoon, Gu Yu really didn't feel anything about that person, looking at him was like looking at a stranger who was once familiar, a relative who was not very deeply related.

How so? It shouldn't be like this.

Han Shuyi not only wondered, what happened in the days when she and Lixia were kidnapped? What is there he doesn't know?

What's going on?

Lixia looked at the cigarette in his hand and couldn't help sneering, what normal person would want to recall such a process? The process of falling from heaven to hell and from hell layer by layer.

If it weren't for the sudden appearance of Han Shuyi and Ye Nianze, she would have almost forgotten - she originally had a happy home and a bright future.

But overnight, everything was over.

Yes, all the changes and tragedies began with the murder that shook the city.

Gu Lixia still can't figure out how that gentle and elegant brother, who has been in the limelight since childhood, could kill his wife with such cruel means?

But Gu Lixia is not Han Shuyi, she is not interested in the truth. All she knew was that her future, her life, her original life, had been inexplicably pulled from heaven to hell, and she was powerless and unwilling to struggle.

The age of 18 is like a watershed in life: before the age of 18, she was a well-behaved college student, and after the age of 18, she couldn't read anymore, and she couldn't tell what she was.

"I know, it's hard for you, but I really want to figure it out. At that time, I sent someone to pick you up, and the person who went to do the errand came back and said that you were still awake, but Gu Yu was in a coma. They took you to the hospital, and the doctor said that you were only infected with the wound and that it was not life-threatening...... After that, we haven't been in touch again. As soon as Han Shu finished speaking, he looked at Lixia who was speechless, and couldn't help but ask, "Can you tell me what happened in the days when you were kidnapped?" ”

The cigarette ash was piled up, Lixia was burned by the cigarette, came back to his senses, and said lightly: "I forgot." ”

"You forgot?" Han Shuyi looked at her in disbelief.

Lixia turned his face and smiled sarcastically: "What? If you don't save you when you die, you won't let me forget? You want to know so much, why don't you ask Gu Yu? She knew her best, and came to me and asked me what I was doing. ”

Han Shuyi said: "You know, she is ...... with normal people It's not quite the same. ”

Lixia sneered: "You said it tactfully, isn't it because she is sick, are you afraid that you should not ask what you shouldn't ask, and one will accidentally stimulate her?" Did I guess right? ”

Han Shuyi didn't answer, he did have scruples. He didn't know what Gu Yu had experienced back then, so he didn't feel anything for that person at all. He was afraid that asking too many questions would lead to some bad memories.

Gu Yu's current mentality is very good, and it is not a wise choice for her to hate the Ye family - when reality is powerless to change, ignorance is a blessing.

However, he couldn't control his curiosity.

Lixia flicked the ash of his cigarette and gestured arrogantly: "Why doesn't she hate Ye Nianze, I do know the reason." But the question is, why should I tell you? ”

Han Shuyi stared at her for a while, took out the checkbook from the pocket of his suit's underwear, lowered his head and wrote a string of numbers, and handed it to her: "Is this okay?" ”

Lixia snatched the check, looked at the numbers on it, and smiled: "You are really generous, good, you can say anything if you have money." She threw away the cigarette butt and said with a smile, "The answer is actually very simple, it has nothing to do with Ye Nianze, but it is because she was an idiot at that time." ”

"Gu Lixia! She's your sister, can you stop ...... your mouth" Han Shu couldn't bear it, but the word "cheap" was still not said after all.

Lixia looked at him and smiled: "You don't believe what I said, why do you bother to ask me?" Do you think she's quite normal now, except for the occasional moment when she speaks a little impulsively, no different from ordinary people? I'm telling you, six years ago, she wasn't what she is now. ”

Han Shu was stunned for a moment, Lixia lit another cigarette, and swallowed the clouds and smoke with the cigarette, his expression was rare serious.

"In the past six years, we haven't seen each other much. It wasn't until I moved back this time that I realized that she had really changed a lot. My brother died, and she was actually in better shape than when her brother was alive. It can only be said that when her brother was alive, he overprotected her. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Do you still need an explanation? You have such a good relationship with my brother, did he tell you about Gu Yu's illness? Have you been to my house so many times and said a few words to Gu Yu? Han Shu was stunned, Lixia looked at his expression and sneered: "It's not that she doesn't want to talk to you, it's that her brother won't let her say it." It's not just you, my brother hardly allows her to talk to anyone except our family. ”

"Why?"

Lixia took a puff of cigarette and rubbed his forehead: "This matter has to start from the time when my parents died......

"It happened nine years ago, and you probably heard my brother say that our parents had an accident while skiing, and both of them died together. I was only 15 years old that year, Gu Yu was only 13 years old, and my brother was studying in the United States, and there was still one year to graduate. The situation at home was like that, he couldn't go to school and take care of us at the same time, so he had to put us at a relative's house. When he was leaving, the last thing he couldn't let go of was Gu Yu.

"For the sake of convenience, our relatives plan to send Gu Yu to an ordinary school and study in the same school as me. Although his brother was reluctant, he had no other way. On the day he left, he said to Gu Yu: 'If there are children who don't like you, give them an apple, as long as you show kindness to others, they will definitely accept you.' Gu Yu listened very carefully, she really listened to her brother's words, she brought two apples to school every day, and every time she met someone who didn't like her, she gave one to someone. ”

Speaking of this, Lixia laughed: "However, this method doesn't work!" She was still ostracized at school, and children were far more cruel to aliens than adults.

They called her an idiot, pulled her hair, pulled her skirt, threw her books all over the floor. Gu Yu won't sue, even if she tells the teacher, she can't say it clearly. She won't resist either, because her brother said that he wanted her to be a good child. So those children intensified, from bullying and rejection...... turned into violence.

"She came back every day with a bruise, and our relatives thought she was troublesome, and when they saw it, they should not see it. Gu Yu also knew that he was not welcomed, and he didn't say anything about being bullied. She wouldn't say, and she didn't have anywhere to say, she hid with her brother's picture, crying and muttering about when he would come back, every day. ”

Gu Lixia took a puff of cigarette: "A year later, before Gu Yu was about to be killed, my brother finally came back from the United States. The first thing he did when he got home was to pick up Gu Yu from school, waited until the end of school, stood at the door for a long time, and didn't see her come out. He went in to look for her, and it turned out to be ......"

Lixia rubbed her forehead, as if she couldn't say any more, took another puff of cigarette, and then continued: "In Gu Yu's classroom, he saw a group of children punching and kicking her, she curled up on the ground, she was already dizzy, and she was still holding the apple tightly in her hand. ”

Han Shu felt suffocated.

Lixia flicked the cigarette ash casually, still in that casual tone: "This incident hit my brother very hard, at that time he was like crazy, carrying Gu Yu to the hospital, running and crying all the way." Since then, he has had an almost paranoid desire to protect Gu Yu. ”

"Paranoia?"

"Yes, paranoid, one might even say crazy. He picked us up from a relative's house and never had any more contact with that relative. He no longer let Gu Yu go to school, not even to special schools, except for occasionally going to the rehabilitation hospital, and only let her stay at home. He wouldn't let her come into contact with anyone, wouldn't let her go out alone, wouldn't let her talk to strangers, wouldn't let her be stimulated by the outside world, even a little. ”

The more Han Shu listened, the more he felt that something was wrong: "You said that Gu Yu has stopped going to school since he was 14 years old, and your brother himself is a top student at Columbia University, how could he not let his sister study?" ”

"It's not that my brother won't let her read it, it's that he can't trust people outside - after that incident, he was like having victim paranoia, thinking that everyone outside would harm Gu Yu. He insisted on teaching her at home, from the age of 14 to 16, for two whole years, without interruption, until he died. ”

Han Shuyi was shocked, and Lixia continued: "My brother firmly believes that Gu Yu is different, and she is the only one in our family who has inherited the same talent as him. During that time, Gu Yu was like a small animal that was raised, with almost zero contact with the outside world. ”

Speaking of this, Lixia smiled a little strangely: "You all say that my brother is a genius with unparalleled financial talent, give him a platform, and he can create miracles." But in my opinion, geniuses and madmen...... There's only a thin line. ”

Han Shuyi was silent for a moment and asked, "No one has ever questioned his approach?" ”

"Of course, my sister-in-law once said that he was going a little too far. After all, that girl just looks stupid, she is not really stupid, and the more she isolates her from the outside world, the more serious her problems will be. Because of this incident, the two also quarreled. My brother said that my sister-in-law discriminated against Gu Yu, but my sister-in-law said that my brother was fueling the seedlings. Alas, it's a mess. ”

Lixia sighed, and sighed with emotion: "Sister-in-law's worries are not superfluous, Gu Yu is becoming more and more eccentric, she always talks to herself, and I don't understand anything with my sister-in-law." There are four people in the family, and only her brother can communicate with her. He turned her into a girl of his own, the most faithful little believer. Thanks to the fact that my sister-in-law is a woman with a wide heart, who can stand it if she is replaced by someone else? ”

The cigarette also burned out, and she threw away the cigarette butt: "But in the end, something happened." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Just a few days before my sister-in-law was killed, Gu Yu ran away from home."

Han Shuyi was surprised: "Running away from home? ”

"Yes, she never rebelled against her brother. Basically, whatever my brother says, she does what she does, and she is very obedient. We were all shocked to do such a thing. ”

Lixia shook his head, his eyes were distant, as if he was recalling something: "I still can't figure it out, why did Gu Yu leave?" I only remember that it was very cold that day, and our family searched for a long time, and finally found her under the bridge, and she was already frozen unconscious. It's also a little strange to say, a few days later, my sister-in-law was killed at home. I was living on campus and hadn't been home for days. Because Gu Yu ran away from home, he was frozen into acute pneumonia, had a high fever every day, and couldn't wake up in the hospital. So none of us knew what happened to the family when my sister-in-law died. ”

Han Shuyi listened silently, feeling that somewhere in his head, it was like someone poured a scoop of cold water and another scoop of hot water. The amount of information that Lixia gave tonight had far exceeded his expectations - the Gu Qingming in her mouth was obviously not the one she knew. In other words, she let him see that in addition to being "elegant, wise, mature and steady", there is another kind of Gu Qingming - paranoid, extreme, and even a little selfish.

He couldn't help but wonder, will there be some kind of connection between Ye Qiaoqiao's death and Gu Yu's running away from home?

But what kind of connection is it? He couldn't think of it.

Gu Lixia lit another cigarette, and then said: "Gu Yu was kidnapped from the hospital, and she had a high fever for the past few days, so she didn't remember the whole process at all. By the time she woke up, we were already in the hospital, and my brother ...... It's dead. ”

Han Shuyi seemed to understand something: "Your brother is Gu Yu's only contact with the outside world, and if this connection is broken, she will have no way to get information from the outside world, right?" ”

Lixia nodded: "That's right, others may think it is incredible, but it is a fact for her." For everything that happened six years ago, she only knew that her sister-in-law was killed, and her brother committed suicide because of his sister-in-law's death. She didn't know that her brother was suspected of being a murderer, and she didn't know what Ye Nianze had done to us. All she knew was that because of the kidnapping, none of us had lost a finger. But the reason for the kidnapping, she always thought that she had met a bandit, just like in the TV series. ”

"You didn't explain it to her?" Han Shu asked.

Lixia laughed, her eyes sarcastic: "I explained, but she didn't understand it at all." When her brother died, her whole world collapsed, and she would only cry every day and say things that no one could understand, just like a nervous disorder. ”

She flicked the ashes of her cigarette and continued: "Before my brother died, he invested all his family's money in the stock market. I didn't understand anything, I just knew that he speculated in futures, and he should have been able to make money, but after he left, no one helped him operate, but he lost a lot of money, and he didn't even keep the house we lived in. We can only move from our past home to the current ghost place, and live this kind of life where people are not like people and ghosts are not like ghosts. ”

After Gu Lixia finished speaking, he looked at Han Shuyi coldly: "Now you should be clear - not only does Gu Yu have no feelings for the surname Ye, but she doesn't have any feelings about the kidnapping incident at all." Six years ago, she was an isolated little animal, inexplicable, messy, no one to take care of, she couldn't live, except for dragging people, it was useless! ”

"So, you just threw her alone in the hell place you said in your mouth, and it was six years to throw her?"

Han Shuyi looked at the brightly lit streets in the distance, the wandering warblers were waiting for customers on the side of the street, the addicts were roaming the dark alleys, the unrecognizable passers-by were like ghosts, and behind every blurred face, there might be vicious intentions and murderous intentions.

How did a girl like Gu Yu survive in this place?

Lixia laughed, and felt no guilt about his accusation: "Big brother, I was only eighteen years old at the time, and I myself was a child, how could I care about her?" Your old man is capable, your Han family is so good, your brother stomps his feet, and the entire Beicheng will be shaken. But what did you do? We're just half a catty, no one should blame anyone! ”

Han Shuyi closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Lixia glanced at him and teased, "If you're not convinced, you can tell her now." You go and tell her who kidnapped us, who forced my brother to die, and who cut off our fingers. If you say it now, she must understand. I'm too lazy to say, hate or not, what's the point? People are just as happy as ever. ”

Lixia raised his right hand and shook it in front of Han Shuyi: "My finger is because Ye Nianze didn't have it, but you saw it just now, that person didn't feel guilty at all when he saw me, and looking at me was like looking at a pile of garbage!" What is hate? Only people like you, who are well fed and have nothing to do, will struggle with this. As long as I can live, don't be angry with the Ye family again, and don't encounter those unlucky things again, I will be satisfied. As for the rest, I don't care who I love. ”

Lixia yawned and glanced at his watch: "I'm done, I'm sleepy, and you can figure out the rest by yourself." ”

She wanted to get out of the car, but Han Shuyi, who had been silent for a long time, called her at the last moment: "Lixia, you wait first." ”

She turned her head, slanted her eyes at him, raised her eyebrows, and said, "What?" ”

Han Shu stared at her, and after a few seconds, he said, "I gave you the check, and you weren't sure if you could cash it, so you just left?" ”

Lixia was stunned, quickly opened the bag, took out the check to check, Han Shuyi said: "Don't look at it, the check is real, but the corresponding account balance is insufficient, and the bank can't pay you." ”

She was extremely angry, threw the check in his face, and scolded, "Han Shuyi, you fool me?!" ”

Han Shuyi looked at this woman with teeth and claws calmly, and said lightly: "I will give you the money, but I will not give you cash." If you give you money directly, what you will do with it, you and I both know. ”

Lixia was so angry that he stomped his feet and shouted, "What the hell do you mean? ”

"I know you owe a lot of debts out there, and I'll help you pay them off. But there is one condition, there is a drug rehabilitation center on the outlying island, and tomorrow I will send someone to send you there, and you will honestly get rid of drugs there, and we will have good things to say. Otherwise, whether you are dismantled outside, or on the streets, I won't care about you anymore! ”

Gu Lixia finally understood: "Are you threatening me?" Suddenly aggrieved again, he sobbed and said, "You lie to me like this, are you worthy of my brother?" ”

As soon as Han Shu watched her perform, from anger to pity, from pity to anger, back and forth between the two heavens of ice and fire. He thought that in terms of acting skills, Lixia could win the actress.

He sighed: "Lixia, from the time we reunited until now, I have endured you, not because what you said and did was right, but because I felt guilty in my heart, and I let you." But you have to be clear, I'm guilty because my morals don't allow me to sit idly by, not that I owe you. Even if I owe you, you just said it yourself, you don't care about anything. ”

Lixia kept begging, relenting, and begging for mercy: "Brother Han, you can't send me in." It's terrible in there, can you bear to do this to me? ”

Han Shuyi looked at her silently, and finally said, "Stop acting, in the past six years, I have seen a lot of acting skills better than yours." My decision won't change, and you don't even think about running away. You know, wherever you flee, I'll find you. I'm a kind person, and I can't do those cruel things that make people cut off their hands and feet. But you have to remember that what I can't do, there are people at the bottom who do it for me. Our means are no less than those of the Ye family. ”

Lixia looked at him like a ghost, and finally couldn't help crying, this time the tears were real: "You are the same as my brother, he has never regarded me as a sister, he only has Gu Yu in his eyes, and he ignores me." What about you? You're bullying me like that. You men are all the same, and none of them are good things! ”

Han Shu looked at her expressionlessly and said word by word, "Lixia, don't challenge my patience again. I understand that after your brother died, there was nothing you could do. But when you and Gu Yu were in the same school, where were you when she was bullied? She is your own sister, and the children who bully her are younger than you, and you can't control it? Not only do you not care, but you stand by and watch, even gloating. I'm sure your brother, like me, has lost patience with you when he realizes this. It's not for Gu Yu, it's what you do that makes anyone feel cold. He turned his face and looked out the window at the night, "If you don't understand why you always meet people, perhaps, you should find more reasons from yourself." ”

Lixia wiped her tears and left, looking at her swaying back in the night, Han Shu didn't have to guess that she must be scolding him.

He closed the car door, held the steering wheel with both hands, and suddenly felt a burst of collapse, a sense of powerlessness and frustration that he had never felt before, swept over like a mountain and almost crushed him.

He ripped off his tie and unbuttoned his shirt, but he still felt like he was breathing well, as if something was stuck in his trachea, choking his throat, and finally he simply opened the roof of the sports car. The cool breeze of the night poured in, and he raised his head and looked at the narrow sky between the buildings, the night was deep, the stars were scattered, and the dark clouds slid across the night sky of the city, like the scene of a science fiction movie, there will be a heavy rain tomorrow.

This colorful world is really cruel and beautiful.