Zhao Qi had an accident.

Who is Zhao Qi? Xu Qing subconsciously recalled, but she didn't have the impression of this person in her mind at all, she thought for a while, and then she tried her best to recall this name from the battle for the good weapon that Cheng Yubai unfortunately lost.

Six years ago was also the last year of the senior year, on the eve of Cheng Yubai was invited to the United Kingdom, the University of Ceramics carried out a lecture, what the theme was she can't remember clearly, at that time the entire department of senior students were required to listen to the lecture, the fat man also joked that the main professor is bigger than Wu Yi, if you can't really achieve career guidance, he went to lift the professor's podium.

With the attitude of watching a good show, a few of them went straight to the lecture hall after lunch. The fat man immediately confessed and wanted to bring it back, but he didn't expect to meet the professor on the lawn in front of the art building.

The professor was being interviewed by reporters at the time, and there was a student next to him.

This student is Zhao Qi.

Zhao Qi was admitted to the Central Academy of Fine Arts at the age of thirteen, and his hunting range is extremely extensive, he is very good at art, industry, design, and handicraft, and his aesthetic is also extreme. Wu Yi said that he is the only one in the younger generation who can scream with Cheng Yubai.

Xu Qing walked very fast, almost ran back to the underground garage, turned around, and did not find Lao Zhang. She was unwilling to look around again, but still failed.

After she replied to Cheng Yubai, she also rushed to the hospital.

Xu Zhiliu listened to her only understanding of Zhao Qi on the road, very little, but from the words and "two flowers", it is enough to judge who the real creator of the carved line series is.

The style of Zhao Qi's works is like a clump of grass in the wilderness, which is clear at a glance and inexhaustible wildfire, and "Autumn Mountain" is a typical representative.

Xu Qing recalled the boy he met in front of the art building at that time, very young, and his face was still a little immature, compared with Xu Zhiliu, who was also eighteen years old, if Xu Zhiliu's spring breeze and rain was a layer of skin, used to fool people's appearance, then Zhao Qi is really a handful of weeds that can be seen everywhere, even if his family background is mediocre, but because he became famous very early, he is proud and vibrant.

When the professor was interviewed, there were shots everywhere, and it was a little cramped to replace ordinary people, but he didn't care at all, and kicked a pebble boringly. Seeing them from afar, he jumped up excitedly, and then strode over and hugged Lao Zhang.

Xu Qing couldn't connect that heroic big boy with the scrawny young man who was now lying in the hospital bed, if she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she couldn't imagine that six years could turn a person like this, this kind of shock was subversive, at least for Xu Qing, it was very subversive.

"I saw him at that time, and I heard that he and Cheng Yubai were shortlisted for the best rookie work together, and when the two were going to go to the award site together, do you know how envious I am? At such a young age, he is already so powerful, even if he can't win the grand prize in one fell swoop, it is already a height that many people can't reach in a lifetime, right? Thinking about myself at that time, I was still worried about my livelihood every day, thinking only about whether to cater to the market of vulgar aesthetics, or how to find a balance between living according to my heart and bearing my grandfather's medical expenses. Isn't it ridiculous? I thought he was going to be doing well, very well, and nothing could have done anything to achieve something about a completely free creative environment, but how could he ......"

At that time, she looked at Zhao Qi as well as Cheng Yubai, and even because she was not humane at all, she was more sensitive. How to find equality and self-love in two worlds apart is also a source of her pain in many cases.

This kind of pain is now questioned in Zhao Qi's subversive status quo.

She thought stupidly for a long time, and was suddenly pulled back to reality by the sound of first aid. Zhao Yan on the hospital bed twitched without warning, his whole face was half blue and half purple, while the exposed arm was a strange red, and hideous blood vessels could be seen from a distance.

Cheng Yubai was pushed outside by the nurse and slammed his fist on the door.

They were waiting outside the ward, and the nurse came to ask them if they were family members, Cheng Yubai did not hesitate, and stepped forward to take the critical illness notice: "I am his friend, I can sign it." ”

Fortunately, the rescue was timely, and Zhao Qi was out of danger half an hour later. The doctor said: "His poisoning is not too serious, but his physical quality is too poor, he usually doesn't exercise much, and his nutrition can't keep up. Let's not talk about this for now, are you his friends? Take care of it a little bit more in the future. ”

Zhao Qi is still in a coma, and the doctor said that tonight is more important, even if he wakes up, he may have sequelae such as blurred vision and irritability. Cheng Yubai pondered for a moment and asked: "Looking at his situation, can you judge whether it is conscious or unconscious gas poisoning?" ”

The doctor glanced at him: "We can't confirm this, we can only say that fortunately we found it early, and it may be dangerous if it is later." ”

At this time, Lao Zhang also came, probably having digested his emotions along the way, he looked quite calm, first went to see Zhao Yan, and then asked Cheng Yubai what the situation was.

Cheng Yubai didn't speak, and looked at Xu Qing. Xu Qing sat still, he seemed to be quite helpless, and said: "When I went, my neighbor had already smelled the smell of gas and was about to call the police." ”

As soon as he saw that the smell was coming from Zhao Yan's house, he kicked the door without waiting for the police to come. He had doubts in his heart, and after entering the door, he paid close to the door, the doors and windows were closed, Zhao Qi was lying on the bed, looking like he was asleep naturally, and his shoes were neatly placed on the side of the bed, except for the porridge stewed on the pot had long been mush, there were no other suspicious traces.

On the way here, he also asked the police, and at present, it is impossible to tell whether it is a suicide or an accident, what is going on, may only be known when Zhao Qi wakes up.

Cheng Yu didn't speak too explicit in the vernacular, but Zhao Qi suddenly refused to show up, and he was poisoned by gas, which is really heartbreaking. Lao Zhang leaned on the wall, clenched his fists and did not speak for a long time.

Knowing that Lao Zhang would not leave tonight, Cheng Yubai planned to buy him something to eat, and motioned for Xu Qing to go with him.

Xu Qing didn't have time to eat dinner, Cheng Yubai had an empty stomach all day, and the two bought two sets of fast food at the convenience store in the hospital and dealt with them simply.

After eating, Cheng Yubai sent her to take a taxi: "You can't help if you stay, go back first." ”

Xu Qing was not reluctant, and looked down at the road under his feet. When she reached a sparsely populated area, she stopped: "Here it is, I have a few questions for you." ”

It's still the garden where Chubby was sick not long ago, and it's not too late now, there are sick people walking in it, and there are occasional hurried figures on the cobblestone path. There was a bench near the bamboo forest, covered with a layer of dense dewdrops, Xu Qing swept it lightly and sat down.

Cheng Yubai chuckled: "What do you want to ask?" ”

"I've checked the records of the previous discussions, and Zhao Qi has always opposed the implementation of the Baicai reform, does his accident have anything to do with you?"

"What do you think?"

Xu Qing is a person who is very good at grasping details, Lao Zhang appeared in Luo Wenwen, and Zhao Qi, who has a close relationship with Lao Zhang, has a similar spiritual world in his "Two Flowers" and "Autumn Mountain", presumably Zhao Qi gave Liao Yifan a substitute is not difficult to guess, Cheng Yubai guessed what she would ask, from her perspective, she could only see part of the truth. Examining the details is nothing more than speculation and judgment, so as to form a conclusion that cannot be wrong according to common sense.

He used the cooperation of colleges and universities to ask for bribes in the first place, and in order to gain Zhao Qi's approval, it is normal to do something by any means, isn't it?

If it was before, Xu Qing might have thought so, but too many things have happened recently, even if Liao Yifan, she is not willing to make a preconceived conclusion, let alone Cheng Yubai? She remembered the picture of the doctor rescuing Zhao Qi just now, and couldn't imagine that one day Cheng Yubai would also close his eyes, his fingers were holding the bag and his belt turned white, and his expression was rarely a little soft: "I want to hear your sure answer." ”

This time Cheng Yubai really smiled.

She didn't reply to his message, didn't take his ladder, he was so angry that his heart and liver hurt, he couldn't sleep all night, and when she was angry, he wanted to coax her, but he didn't expect it to backfire, and an autumn rain stumbled his feet.

If you think about it, what is the fault of the autumn rain? On the premise that he didn't believe her, she actually believed him?

How ridiculous things are.

Cheng Yubai stared at Xu Qing, in terms of the outline of her facial features, she is not exquisite, her face is pale and clean, at best, she is a small jasper, but she has a pair of divine eyes, two round pupils are like white paper and a little ink, black and thick, and dazzling, it seems that the whole face has a sense of deep and simple.

It's hard to refuse her when she hides her edge or lets her guard off you, the rare tenderness is intoxicating, he can't help but approach and caress her face, a delicate and warm touch that belongs to girls and men, making him tremble for no reason.

He tugged at her sideburns, warm lips against her ear.

"Two days ago, I saw Liao Yifan and Luo Wenwen, the director, having dinner at the Qianmen State Banquet, you should be careful in everything, the centennial celebration of the Fourth World Hall, if you lift a weight, you can't afford to lose."

Xu Qing smelled the breath on his body, and his skin trembled. She didn't know why he suddenly said this, and she didn't care about these at all, she just wanted to know: "Zhao Qi ......"

"Zhao Qi has been a gunman for Liao Yifan in the past few years, and I use this to threaten him to support Baicai's reform at the upcoming fourth seminar, otherwise I will ruin his reputation."

Xu Qing's body stiffened, and she subconsciously retreated, Cheng Yubai held the back of her head, didn't let her move, and still stuck to her ear. He has a kind of earthy smell that deals with porcelain clay all the year round, refreshing and a little astringent, mixed with the smell of stone glaze of various colors, a bit general, and there is a harmonious charm close to nature, which is closer and closer under the man's breath.

"Zhao Qi didn't agree, but I always had a way to get him to agree. Xu Qing, you can't stop me, with your current situation, it is difficult to even protect yourself in Luowenwen, do you still want to shake the reform? I've been with you before, but for the sake of my classmates, you don't really think that's all I have, right? ”

His tone sounded careless, with a hint of a smile, Xu Qing was so ashamed of the words "classmate" that his ears were hot, and he also saw something else from his contemptuous actions, and no longer ignored his coercion, he pushed hard and stood up.

Cheng Yubai was not annoyed when she was empty, seeing her ruddy cheeks, she smiled hastily: "Everyone is an adult, although it is an attempt, but if you want to, you can't try it......"

"Cheng Yubai!" Xu Qing interrupted him, "I don't know why you suddenly said this, but don't take me for a fool!" ”

In the hospital just now, he repeatedly confirmed whether Zhao Qi's poisoning was a suicide or an accident, and what is the deep meaning behind it? Could it be that there is something else hidden in the matter of substitution? Although she didn't know the details, she was not a fool, but if he had hurt Zhao Yan, Lao Zhang would not have that attitude just now.

Then his current actions are also meaningful.

"My question isn't over yet, you finish answering it first." She took the first step to speak, "Why did you go to Zhao Qi?" ”

Cheng Yubai had no intention of explaining the twists and turns, after meeting Liao Yifan at the state banquet at the front door, he had been uneasy, and let Xiao Qi stare at Liao Yifan's movements with a lot of heart, but he didn't expect Liao Yifan to be a thief, and he showed his feet that night. No one knows what they said, but Zhao Qi closed the door the next day, and even refused to see his best friend Lao Zhang, why?

So far, he can't tell whether the poisoning caused by the gas leak was intentional or unintentional. There are a lot of speculations in his heart, and these speculations envelop him, spreading an already fine rain even more densely.

He remembered what Xiao Qi asked him in the morning at a scoop, can the Baicai reform be stopped? Can there be compromise? If not, how should he and she deal with themselves?

Cheng Yubai didn't want to think about those elusive possibilities anymore, he hadn't been intoxicated, he only really had his hands in time, and he was so close, only to find that the reason why the ink was black was because the paper was white.

Xu Qing is still a piece of warm and beautiful jade, and he has already been refined into steel. The beauty of jade is still soft, and it is a foregone conclusion that it is hard and unfolding.

Once you walk in the big dye vat, no one can turn back. But Xu Qing is different, she hasn't fallen deep yet, and she still has a chance to turn back. Even though Zhao Yan's poisoning incident was just an accident, Cheng Yubai also saw an abyss that was far deeper than he imagined.

As soon as he stepped in, he didn't know life or death, so why should he pull her into the water?

"What else can I do if I go to Zhao Qi? It's nothing more than knowing the pros and cons, and letting him be used by me. Lao Zhang is the intermediary between him and Liao Yifan, once the matter of substitution is exposed, not only will he and Liao Yifan be discredited, Lao Zhang can't say clearly, what will happen to the painting that has been painted for five years at that time? You and I both know Lao Zhang's character, if Liao Yifan harms Zhao Yan because of his treachery, Lao Zhang's life may come to an end. He and Zhao Qi grew up together since childhood, not a brother is better than a brother, to be honest, I have never seen Lao Zhang lose control like this, presumably Zhao Qi will definitely compromise with me for Lao Zhang. ”

"Are you using Lao Zhang to act?"

"Why not?" Cheng Yubai smiled, "Didn't you also use the fat man to threaten me to enter a scoop of drinking to learn handicrafts?" ”

"I ......"

Xu Qing wanted to refute, but she opened her mouth to realize how ridiculous she was. Who was she to judge him? Even if the fat man plagiarized in the past, it is also a fact that she used the fat man to trade with him. On the same day, when she found out that Liao Yifan had joined forces with Gu Yan to attack her, she didn't think about using the substitute name to leave a way out for herself.

The autumn night dew was heavy, and the cool air penetrated into the lungs, reaching the five organs, and Xu Qing sat back on the bench.

Is it the ultimate purpose of pulling students of traditional ceramics, industrial design, art and other majors to an experimental class for teaching? At that time, Wu Yike thought that these students he taught single-handedly, these protégés who had finally gained a temporary foothold in the cruel competition of Jingdezhen, now began to kill each other in order to gain a longer foothold?

She is like this, Cheng Yubai is like this, fat man, Liao Yifan, Lao Zhang, who else?

"Xu Qing, when you first came back, the Baicai reform had not yet been officially put on the table, many times I tolerate you because there is still room for turning around in everything, but now it is different, this margin has been shrinking, from Yuan Xishi to Zhao Qi to Zhu Rong, you can see that these people in the Reform Organizing Committee are not as simple as you imagined. You used to say that I was in another world, and this world was separated from you by a threshold, and you were looking at flowers in the fog outside, and I didn't care what you described me, but now that you are in, you can see for yourself, are those people as you think? You left Jingdezhen for five years, many things have happened in the past five years, there have been many innovations, and the market is not the original market, even if you come in, it is not difficult to find that it is not the threshold of five years ago, the current status quo of Jingdezhen, it can be said that any position is surrounded by tigers and wolves, with its specific crisis, that is, Luo Wenwen is a small design company, and there is no stop all day long, not to mention the Chunyuan Porcelain Association? An authoritative organization that stands on the cusp of reform, how shallow do you expect the water to be? I might as well tell you the bottom, Chunyuan has a project grant every year that is missing, and the amount is so large that you can't believe it, where did this money go, have you thought about it? ”

"What exactly do you want to say......

"You have seen Zhao Yan's fate, think about the fourth world, think about your future, do you really have enough ability to fight me?"

Several autumn rains came one after another in November, and Lan Gui was beaten to pieces. Xu Qing thought of the night at Mingquan Tea House, and then looked at the unfathomable man in front of him, and his heart sank to the bottom little by little.

"You mean, if I'm not interested in the future, you will use the same method as Zhao Qi to deal with me?"

"Why did the Fourth Hall give you the opportunity to participate in the competition, you shouldn't have forgotten it, right? If I can give it to you, I can get it back. ”

"You're scaring me?"

If you want to take it back, why did you give it to her in the first place? Those nights, those nights that swayed for the so-called misunderstanding, were they really just her own passions?

"Why?" Xu Qing was puzzled, "Is this the Baicai reform you want?" You're going to do it in such a bad, deceptive way? ”

Cheng Yubai shook his head lightly and stepped forward to look at Xu Qing. He admires her innocence and bravery, but the world is often too cruel, both innocent and true, how can it be so easy?

"Xu Qing, you said that you are not a fool, then why can't you understand, whether it is No. 9 Land, the reconstruction of the ancient ceramic village, the Baicai reform or any reform, as long as it is a human activity, it is not for me to decide alone, the only thing I can do is to let it survive. Only by surviving first can there be a possibility of slowly trying to figure it out. ”

"What does it mean to survive first? When you use these relationships to hinder each other, have you thought about the future? Have you ever thought about the trade-offs you face in so-called survival? If you haven't thought about any of this, then how can you be sure that the Baicai reform must be correct? How are you accountable for the results? ”

"Who am I? I'm just an ordinary person, what can I do to be accountable to everyone? Xu Qing, frankly speaking, I cannot be responsible for any personal will, including you and myself. Cheng Yubai leaned over and looked at her, "You often say that I can't understand your situation and can't understand your feelings, so how can you understand and understand me?" Since the day I was born, I have been in a wordless tradition, drawing on the strengths of others and taking the best from others, and I am living for it......"

Cheng Yubai's eyes were calm, like the stone statue of Tong Bin in front of the temple, "When you questioned me, have you ever compared your heart to your heart and felt my will?" ”

Xu Qing looked at him as if he was meeting this person for the first time. He has a sense of mission that she can't understand, or rather, this sense of mission is not as strong as Cheng Yubai's in her life.

"Draw on the strengths of others, take the law from the top" is the reason why Cheng Yubai lives. It is his belief to carry out this patriarchal method and benefit ceramic craftsmen in Jingdezhen and even around the world.

He said that he would not doubt his faith.

"I ......"

"You don't have to explain anything, I'm not saying this to make you agree with me, just to tell you that I have a reason why I have to do it. I have been operating in the Chunyuan Porcelain Association for many years, and if I really take you seriously, it will be impossible for you to challenge my authority here. Xu Qing, I'm not joking with you, our friendship with classmates or a little bit beyond the friendship of classmates, let me tolerate this is the extreme, and in the next fourth discussion, I will let you see my determination. ”

He believed that they had reached a certain consensus at the third discussion meeting, that reform is bound to shed blood, and that the root cause is to see whose flesh is cut and whose blood is released.

Cheng Yubai took a step forward, and he was so close to Xu Qing that he couldn't get closer.

He watched her silently, the wind behind him, and the yellow autumn leaves were scattered in the wind, and then they fell one after another. They fell, at Cheng Yubai's feet.

Suddenly, Xu Qing was overwhelmed.

At that moment, she was like a leaf that began to turn yellow in autumn, and one day it would fall off or even wither.

He who withered her, who trampled her, who strangled her.

It will also be Cheng Yubai.