While Li Niantian was still rolling on the bed, there was a knock on the door of the hotel.

She ran over and opened the door, and Du Ruo stood outside the door.

"Commander......" Du Ruo's voice was thin, "I have something to say to you." ”

Li Niantian let her in.

After entering the room, Du Ruo was still very restrained.

Li Nian nestled in the small sofa in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, habitually holding a pillow in his arms, and unscrewing a bottle of mineral water on the table, "Don't you have something to say?" Go ahead. ”

"I'm ......" Du Ruo sat on the chair opposite, his legs together in a regular manner, but his fingers twisted the hem of his clothes, "I want to tell you...... Sorry ......"

"Excuse me?" Li Nian poured water and wanted to laugh a little after listening to it. Screwed the lid back on and asked, "Why?" ”

"My sister, she ......," Du Ruo showed a little unspeakable expression, "She told me...... Su Jingqian is your ......"

"Ex-husband."

Before Du Ruo said those two words, Li Niantian helped her change her words.

"I don't have the slightest relationship with Su Jingqian now, so if you apologize to me for the scene you saw in the mall, there's no need for it."

“…… I'm sorry......" Du Ruo still apologized, "When my sister told me before, she only said that she wanted to have a good relationship with the teacher, and it would be convenient for Shenbo in the future, but I really didn't expect ......"

"She's actually right," Li Niantian raised her eyebrows, a little careless, "She said the same when she came to me. ”

The hotel they live in is not on a low floor, and the floor-to-ceiling windows give you a bird's-eye view of the entire neighborhood at your feet.

Under the dim street lamp at the intersection, there are family members returning from work carrying briefcases, wrapped in striped scarves, he raises his wrist from time to time to look at his watch, waiting for the bus to run every half an hour.

There are also bakeries on the street, where they take out the baking tray from the oven, shovel the bread on the red plate one by one, put it on the sales rack, and push it to the window for people to choose.

There are no stars or moons in the sky, only a misty blue, which hangs silently behind the towering spire of a church, like a painting by Monet.

Everything seemed peaceful and quiet.

"We're causing so much trouble for your family, and you're bringing me out to perform...... And let me be the starring ......"

Such a scenery is unintentionally appreciated by Du Ruo.

She stared nervously at Li Niantian's every move, and after finding that Li Niantian had no mood swings, she was even more at a loss.

"I never declare a personal vendetta."

Li Niantian no longer paid attention to the fireworks downstairs.

She closed the curtains, blocking out the night that seemed to swallow everything.

"I chose you to participate in this tour, I chose you as the head of the troupe, from the elegant costume to the gorgeous costume when you were in full bloom, it takes a lot of time, and the connection time between the repertoire and the repertoire is not enough, so it is more suitable to find another person to play Yang Yuhuan when he was a teenager."

"You are younger, and you are more suitable for the delicate appearance of Yang Yuhuan's daughter who has not yet entered the palace. It has nothing to do with your sister's private affairs. As for your sister," Li Nian picked the corners of her lips, "I can only say that I wish her good luck." ”

"Huh?"

"Don't understand?" Li Niantian stared at her eyes, and really saw an emotion similar to confusion in the eyes of this young girl.

"It's not...... Not particularly knowledgeable ......."

"Then you may be able to ask her, I told her before, don't expect a prodigal son to turn back on her own, there are many ways for Shenbo, but she chose the most dangerous one."

“……”

"What kind of good kind does she think Su Jingqian is? Today, Su Jingqian can ignore her family because of his favor for her, and tomorrow he can abandon her because of his good impression of others. ”

"And your sister, if she relied on this method to apply for a doctorate, and on the day when Su Jingqian changed her mind, what would she use to compete with Su Jingqian? Good looks? At that time, it was the least valuable chip. Status? This status was held up by Su Jingqian. Or is it family status? ”

She calmly dissected the chips she had lost in her previous life.

"But forget it, they are all people who are not very related to me, and it is up to her to decide how to choose." Talking too much, she was also a little annoyed. She changed the subject, "It's you, I think you might be able to talk to me." ”

"I ...... It's nothing...... There's nothing to say......" Du Ruo's whole person suddenly looked like a frightened bird, and he couldn't wait to turn around and leave in the next second.

"Really? So why don't you live in a rented apartment for the theater, but in a neighborhood that is notoriously unruly? The rental area of the troupe is subsidized by the state, the rent is very cheap, and the property and living environment are much better than that community. ”

Li Nian asked, "As for that man, who are you?" ”

"I ...... I don't know ...... community is in turmoil," Du Ruo spoke quickly, "that person...... Maybe I'm drunk, I'm ...... I don't know. That, regimental commander, I'll go first. ”

After that, he got up and left.

"Okay, you can leave now, but this is your last performance in the troupe." Li Niantian said indifferently.

"Commander, I came in seriously! You...... You can't just fire me. ”

"I didn't say that you would be fired," Li Nian said with a smile, "but as the head of the troupe, I at least have the right to choose the participants in each play." Since your private life is not stable, for the sake of the smooth performance and rehearsal of the play, of course I have to choose some actors with a more regular life to participate. ”

"And you, if you don't have the performance of the show, you only have to pay the rent outside the exclusive rental area with only the basic salary...... I guess there will be no way to survive in S City anytime soon. ”

"Captain!"

"Huh?"

Li Niantian walked to the assembly switch next to the bed and turned out the bright balcony lamp above Du Ruo's head.

The light suddenly dimmed, and Du Ruo was shocked and deflated.

She sat back in her chair, her shoulders slumped.

"I'm sorry Captain, I really can't live without work."

Li Niantian didn't say anything more, she sat at the head of the bed, listening to the little girl start to tell her story.

"Actually, my sister and I were separated when we were very young. Our parents' relationship is not particularly good, my dad has no skills, his temper is very bad, he loves to drink, and sometimes gambles. ”

"It was almost when we were in the fifth grade of elementary school, I secretly mortgaged the house that my mother bought with him, exchanged money for gambling, and then lost all my money, and people sued him, and the house was forcibly auctioned off to pay back."

"My mother divorced him in a fit of rage, left, and took my sister with her. After so many years, there were only two or three contacts a year. Later, my mother married a rich man, although it seems that the relationship between husband and wife is not particularly harmonious, but fortunately, there is a certain economic strength, and the family can barely maintain. ”

"My dad is still not doing it properly, he gets drunk every day, he gets angry with me when he gets drunk, scolds my mother for looking down on him, he is a vixen who ran away with other wild men, and he doesn't care much about me, my tuition and living expenses are all secretly saved by my sister and my mother."

“……”

Du Ruo choked up when she said this, or was a little numb, Li Niantian couldn't see any hatred and unwillingness on her face.

But I seem to understand the logic of the sisters' behavior.

"The year we graduated from high school, my mom passed away in an accident. The men in that family didn't like my sister very well, and after my mother died, their attitude towards my sister also became cold, and my sister's tuition and living expenses for me and I were all gone. ”

"Fortunately, I studied dance and was admitted to the dance academy, so since that summer vacation, my sister and I escaped from home separately and came to S City to find a part-time dance teacher, barely able to afford the living expenses of both of us."

"But at that time, they didn't pay attention to food and clothing, and the biggest wish of the two people was actually to survive, which would be good. And in the university dormitory, everyone has just come out of the hard life of high school, so the difference is not big, and the food and clothing are very economical. ”

"But after graduating from university, the needs of life are completely different."

"For the sake of stability and to be able to buy a small house in S City at a relatively low price, I chose to be admitted to a public institution like the troupe. My sister, she has always been a good learner, and her dream since childhood was to become a person who stands out in the academic field. ”

"You also know that the life of the troupe and graduate school is so different from the life of the undergraduate."

"I need more external decorations to equip myself, and my sister, her tuition fee is 200,000 yuan a year, and I don't want her to only watch her classmates buy things when she goes out with her classmates, so her living expenses are tens of thousands of yuan a year."

"She studied finance and was surrounded by rich children, so the mobile phone and computer I changed for her, as well as the software she usually uses, are relatively good. All things add up, even if I rarely buy anything, it costs more than 300,000 yuan a year for two people. ”

"I really can't afford it, in a general dance institution, as a part-time dance teacher, the income is already very unstable, and it is calculated completely by looking at the class hours." Du Ruo's face was buried in the palm of his hand, but tears overflowed from his fingers, "My sister said that she could go out to teach classes and do part-time/work, but I wouldn't let me." ”

"I want her to do a good job in her studies with peace of mind, the Ph.D. is not so easy to study, send a few more papers, and produce a few more research results, which is better than anything else."

"Later, once I went out with my college classmates, and when I got to KTV, they found a few little girls to sing with me......"

"So you ......" Li Niantian still didn't dare to jump to conclusions.

"Yes," Du Ruo calmed down, she put down her hand, still a little numb, "I found someone to catch up with the line, and on the first day I went, I earned tips that I couldn't earn in a month in a dance agency in the past." ”

"And it's not as tiring as a dance agency, I don't have to think about how to choreograph every day, how to make a group of crying children like me, do moves with me, and I don't have to be embarrassed by parents, and I don't have to write a class summary and review book after every class."

"I just need to accompany the fixed few customers, when they come, put on work clothes, go to their private room, sing with them, I can get a lot of money, in addition, they will occasionally buy me a few bags or buy some cosmetics in their daily life. The salary is high and the job content is small, so why don't I choose this job? ”

"As for the man you mentioned, he is one of my clients." Du Ruo seemed to be a different person, and his eyes became sharper, "The one who is most willing to spend money on me, he asked me for my home address, and said that when he was free, he would take me out to go shopping and buy clothes." ”

"Those who do this business do not use their true identities. So I moved out of the rental house assigned by the troupe, lived in the community introduced by the KTV owner, and then told him the address of this community. ”

Du Ruo smiled and remembered Li Niantian's words just now, "As for what you just said that it is a community with the most chaotic public security, indeed, now that I think about it, my colleagues in KTV seem to live there, and there is no access control in the community, and anyone who wants to enter can enter." ”

"But Sister Tilt, compared to the dilapidated house I rented with my dad when I was a child, it is really good to be able to live in a building with a special property to clean the stairs and have pipes that are always connected to water, electricity and gas."

Her expression changed from sadness, to helplessness, and then to peace.

Li Niantian suddenly remembered the sentence that Su Jingqian blurted out when she had an argument with her about Coco Du in the hospital before-

You are the eldest lady who was born with a golden spoon in your mouth, how would you know that it is not easy for these little girls who live at the bottom and can only rely on reading to make a good road.

But is this really a good road......

She stared at Du Ruo, who was no longer nervous and shy, and had no answer for a while.

"Just singing?"

“……”

"Then the wound on your face that I saw before you was also beaten by them?"

"......" Du Ruo choked, buried his head, tugged at the corners of his clothes, and didn't dare to look at her.

"Du Ruo, you are setting yourself on fire...... Li Niantian closed his eyes, a little headache, "A person who will slap you, do you think you can be respected by him......"

"I ......" Du Ruo swallowed his breath and raised his head, humiliated, but resolute, "I know, I don't expect him to respect me, as long as I can get the money I need from him, I can bear it." ”

"You just want money?"

It is a lily that was born out of the mud.

"After I go back, I will recommend you to the largest dance institution in S City," Li Niantian said slowly, "The students in it are all children of rich families, if you do a good job, you can afford one-on-one teaching, and the annual salary is enough to support you and your sister's expenses." ”

"But......" Du Ruo seemed to hesitate, "doesn't it mean that we can't go out to work part-time?" ”

"Of course," Li Niantian nodded in affirmation, "The contract must be signed in the name of the troupe, and a portion of the income from the troupe will be taken." However, this rate is fluctuating, and I will help you get the lowest rake, but it may not work out. ”

"Oh......"

"But you can't do that anymore." Li Niantian stared at her eyes, "You are still young, and you will stand on a bigger stage in the future." The dollars you earn now will only make you dare not even look up when you are in the spotlight in the future. ”

"Du Ruo, rumors can kill a person."