Others gave advice, but unexpectedly Cheng Jingbo, who has always been peaceful, would show persistence and even strength in this matter. He said that if she did not modify it, he would directly contact her superior, that is, her uncle, to help her. Come forward and solve the problem.
After Lu Ning hung up the phone, she was so angry that everyone was trembling. She couldn't figure out what she did wrong. She was obviously seeking truth from facts, and the person involved voluntarily told her. What can Cheng Jingbo be more serious about? She almost wanted to smash the computer, and when she suppressed her anger, she reopened the document and quickly switched to the second half.
"She has a very lonely temperament, which can be clearly felt during the communication process. Maybe it has something to do with her growing environment. Her parents divorced early, she lived with her mother in a new family, and she lacked love since she was a child. She had no playmates in her childhood, and these have left a deep mark on her, so that she can't integrate into the collective life smoothly now. When it comes to hobbies, there are very few, and more time she just spends her time in a daze. I don't know how she is. To get in touch with this world, but I wonder if the microscopic world she sees through the microscope is warmer than the outside world."
Lu Ning narrowed her eyes, read it twice, and finally gritted her teeth and deleted the entire paragraph.
"Cheng Jingbo, you crazy, I hate you to death." She said angrily.
Not long afterward, Lu Ning complained to Xue Ling, Xue Ling turned to her and said, "Ning Ning, from Cheng Jingbo's point of view, he has the responsibility to protect his girlfriend, don't think too much, learn to be smarter in the future , don't offend him."
The cousin's hint was tactful and subtle, and Lu Ning was speechless, so she could only pretend that she had suffered a loss.
Of course, Bai Ziren himself will never know about these things and the twists and turns in them. Now that she has completed the task of a mentor, she is relieved and has no interest in the final content presented in the interview.
Having said that, she has been at home to help take care of her two younger brothers these days, especially Mu Zidong, who is not resting all the time. He is a difficult little guy who runs around the house with a sword all day long. The little guy suddenly ran up aggressively, and she almost bumped into him head-on.
Mu Zibei is much more worry-free. He goes to the training center three to four days a week, and stays in the room to read after returning home. As long as he eats and drinks, he doesn't cry or make trouble, but occasionally he comes to ask Bai Ziren, what about The invisible future brother-in-law is He Fangsheng, Bai Ziren told him seriously that she doesn't have a boyfriend yet, Mu Zibei shook his head in disbelief.
But there is not much time that really belongs to Bai Ziren. For example, after dinner, when the four of them go for a walk outside, she can have a short and quiet time to read the books recommended by Cheng Jingbo.
On this day, Uncle Mu took Mu Zibei to the training center. Liu Xinyu sneaked out to drink afternoon tea. Unexpectedly, a misfortune happened to Zidong. The mischievous Mu Zidong took a sword to chop a small vase, and the porcelain splattered everywhere, and a piece of it brushed his forehead, making a sharp gash.
Bai Ziren hurriedly brought the medicine box, found gauze and anti-inflammatory powder, and simply helped Mu Zidong stop the bleeding. Mu Zidong had been crying for a long time, saying that he was dying of pain. Bai Ziren was shocked, and immediately carried him out to the nearest hospital , After getting in the taxi, I called my mother and Uncle Mu respectively.
Liu Xinyu learned about the matter on the phone and was already out of her wits, but Uncle Mu calmly comforted Bai Ziren, telling her not to worry, they will come here, and everything will be fine.
Mu Zibei got a stitch, and his forehead was quickly bandaged, but his eyes were still flickering. When Liu Xinyu arrived, he saw his beloved baby suddenly turned like this, and his heart ached. He hugged him and almost cried .
"Mom, my sword is broken, and I need to buy a new one." Mu Zidong took the opportunity to make a request.
"You still want to buy toys after this?" Liu Xinyu sniffed and looked at his face carefully, "Does it still hurt? Let mom see your face."
"It doesn't hurt anymore, I want to buy a sword."
"You silly boy, you don't feel pain, but mother does."
Bai Ziren stood aside, silently watching their mother and child love each other deeply.
After a while, Liu Xinyu turned his attention to Bai Ziren. He wanted to say that he was fine, but he said an emotional sentence that he didn't even expect: "I just went out for a while, and he became like this. , it seems that I can only stay close to each other in the future, and none of you care about taking care of your children."
The light in Bai Ziren's eyes dimmed all of a sudden, and his entire shoulders became heavy.
Fifteen minutes later, Uncle Mu arrived with Mu Zibei. On the way back together, Mu Zidong had forgotten the pain, and started arguing with Mu Zibei. baby hair.
At the red light, Uncle Mu said a few words to Mu Zidong, but was immediately interrupted by Liu Xinyu: "He is like this, and you still have the heart to scold him? Children are always naughty, isn't he worth a vase? money?"
Uncle Mu frowned: "I'm not feeling sorry for my vase, but I'm warning him not to hack with a sword in the future, hurting others and himself."
Liu Xinyu said coldly: "As long as I'm watching him, he's fine. The main reason is that I'm not around. If you want to talk about it, talk about me."
Uncle Mu subconsciously looked at Bai Ziren who was sitting next to him. Feeling embarrassed, he wiped his cheek with his palm, and narrowed his eyes wearily in the twilight.
When they got home, Liu Xinyu carried Mu Zidong upstairs to rest. Mu Zibei was sweating all over, and Uncle Mu took him to take a bath.
Bai Ziren sat alone on the sofa in the living room, looking at the afterglow of the setting sun outside the glass window, her heart was empty, after thinking for a while, she walked out the door lightly.
Bai Ziren walked to the convenience store, bought a box of biscuits and a cup of hot drink, paid for it, and when he walked out the door, his phone rang.
It was Cheng Jingbo who picked it up.
"You called me just now?"
"Huh? No, maybe I pressed it accidentally."
"Your voice sounds a bit tired, what's wrong?"
"I didn't take good care of my brother and let him get hurt. I feel very guilty."
"Is it badly hurt?"
"There was a wound on my forehead, and I went to the hospital for stitches. My mother was very sad to see her, and she didn't talk to me on the way back."
Cheng Jingbo's voice stopped, and she seemed to be able to hear the wind whistling past her, knowing that she must be wandering outside alone.
"I just had dinner with a friend, and I drove for a while, and now I parked outside, do you want to chat?" He asked, rolled down the window, looked up at the night sky, and there was a silver-white streak formed by a star. The light went out in an instant, and the sky returned to a calm black-blue color. The still planetesimals looked more and more like a speck of dust, small but just in his eyes.
Bai Ziren agreed.
Half an hour later, the two strolled through the streets in winter, passing by department stores, and saw the New Year's atmosphere everywhere.
She recalled the fact that the Chinese New Year was only a few days away. She remembered that when she was very young, she was still looking forward to the New Year. At that time, her father’s career was going well and he was in a good mood. The family of three would go to a regular store to buy New Year’s goods. She obediently wore a red dress. I took the hands of my parents and observed all kinds of strange things all the way. Finally, I bought a kaleidoscope. I went back and sat behind the steaming dinner table, blinking my eyes to study the colorful fragments. I felt so happy.
It was one of the few Yu Wen who would be happy just thinking about it.
She kept silent, and her expression fell into the eyes of the people around her.
"It's almost Chinese New Year, go in and see what you can buy." Cheng Jingbo's proposal broke the silence.
"Ok."
Bai Ziren followed Cheng Jingbo for a stroll, and when he went to a counter selling scarves, Cheng Jingbo stopped, looked at a row of fine cashmere scarves on the shelf, and asked her which color looked better.
"Coffee colored," she said.
"That's for the men, look at the women's row."
She blinked in surprise, and asked bluntly, "Are you buying the lady's scarf as a gift for a friend?"
Under the lighting, his eyes looked like a ray of light in the depths of the sea, very gentle, and he didn't want to make a fool of himself, so he said directly: "It's for you."
This time, she could only look at him stupidly.
"I think the blue one is very suitable for you." Without giving her time to think, he gently took off the long blue scarf and wrapped it around her neck, "Look in the mirror and see if you like it."
She turned around and looked at herself in the mirror, her cheeks were slightly red, wondering if it was because of the high heating here.
"Don't think about anything else, just answer whether you like it or not." He stood behind her.
"I like it." She touched the extremely soft loose scarf, feeling like she was wrapped in a warm cloud.
He bought this expensive scarf, and handed it to her together with the exquisite box.
She got a New Year's gift so easily.
"This one is also good." When he went to the counter next door, he immediately saw a pair of ladies' gloves.
He took one, asked her to stretch out her hand, helped her put it on, and asked, "Is it warm?"
"It's very warm." She was telling the truth, the important thing is that the style is simple, which is what she likes.
"It will still be cold after school starts, you can wear it to class."
After he finished talking, he bought it again, which was very natural. She vaguely felt something was wrong, but she was led away by him out of habit.
When he arrived at the imported snack counter, he picked out the biggest box of chocolates, bought it without looking at the price, and said to her, "I've eaten so many chocolates from you, now I'll pay you back a big one."
Bai Ziren had already carried several bags in his left hand, and it was very inappropriate to think about it, why he was spending his money all the way, he was so cheeky, so he said decisively: "Don't buy it, you have already given me several New Year's gifts Gift, as a friend, it's my turn to choose one for you."
He just smiled, insisted on buying the box of expensive chocolates without much explanation.
Seeing that he couldn't stop his urge to shop, Bai Ziren used his eyes to search for other foods on the shelves to see if there was something suitable for him, so he quickly took it, but he didn't make her wish, so he quickly urged her to go to the cashier tower.
Finally walking out of the department store, Bai Ziren tried to discuss with Cheng Jingbo: "You bought me too many things, do you want to take some back?"
"What do you mean by taking it back?" He asked seriously.
"As a New Year's gift, there are too many of these, I just want one, and you can give the rest to other friends."
"These are ladies' items." He looked at her, "Unfortunately, I don't have any other girlfriends."
"No other...girlfriend?" Bai Ziren found that it seemed impossible to disassemble this sentence with his own logical thinking.
"Well, it's just you." He said and looked towards the park, "Come on, sit with me there for a while."
Bai Ziren followed up in a daze.
There were very few people in the park at night in winter, so the two picked a bench to sit down, and Cheng Jingbo bought hot coffee.
"Are you feeling better now?" he asked.
"Have."
"It's common for children to bump into bumps. You don't have to blame yourself. As for your mother's attitude, I don't think it's correct."
Covering the hot coffee with her hands, she heard that her shoulders moved slightly.
"She should treat her children fairly."
"I've grown up, maybe she doesn't think of me as a child anymore."
"You are only twenty-three. To me, you are no different from an older child."
"You are only twenty-eight." She reminded him that he is not that old.
"Thank you for the reminder, otherwise I would always have the illusion that I have lived for a long time."
"..."
After a moment of silence, he said, "Why don't you try to communicate with your mother?"
"I don't know how it became like this." Bai Ziren said, "During the period after she and her father divorced, she often cried alone. At that time, life was heavy and she worked overtime every day. When I got home, I was already asleep. I was so tired that I hardly had time to meet her face to face, and there was nothing to say over time."
"Where's your grandma and grandpa?"
"Mom and Dad eloped to this city and have a bad relationship with their hometown. I have never met them."
"Did they separate because of a broken relationship?"
"Dad is engaged in art work. He often drinks outside and shuts himself in the room when he gets home. Sometimes he doesn't come out for two days. Mom always feels left out by him. In addition, Dad's personality is very similar to that of a child. , when he makes money, he will be very happy and buy a lot of gifts for me and my mother, but when he can’t get a job, he doesn’t say a word, with a gloomy face, and he doesn’t eat the meal that my mother made.”
"What happened later?" Seeing her pause, he persuaded her to speak out.
Bai Ziren was a little embarrassed.
"Tell me if you want," he added mildly.
Bai Ziren nodded and agreed to continue.
"Once they had a quarrel, my father accidentally hit my mother. My mother cried for a long time and said that she didn't want to live like this anymore. My father slammed the door and left. I didn't see him again until two months later. He bought a lot of things. Send us off, but mom is still not happy."
"My father proposed to go to Japan to develop, but my mother disagreed and did not believe that he would make money in Japan, but my father was very persistent. They refused to give in and had to choose to separate."
"During the divorce, my father wanted to take me away, but my mother disagreed. She told me that he had a serious mental illness and that I would be hurt if I followed him."
"For a period of time after my father left, my mother hadn't found a job yet, so we could only live on our savings."
"Fortunately, she met Uncle Mu, he is a very good person."
"But Uncle Mu's family doesn't like me, so I'm not allowed to go to their house, and my mother has no choice but to leave me alone at home during the holidays."
"My mother wanted Uncle Mu's child, but she was not in good health, and she couldn't get what she wanted. She went to see many doctors, took a lot of medicine, and was so stressed that she suffered from insomnia every day. She lived such a heavy life for five years, which is beyond anyone's imagination. , until she was pregnant with twins."
"So I understand why she dotes on Dongdong and Beibei so much. It's not easy for her to be happy now."
Bai Ziren paused at this point, belatedly realizing that he had spoken so much about the past unpreparedly, which had never happened before.
"You haven't said how you feel. Have you been happy all these years?" He looked at her.
"I don't know... I didn't specifically think about whether I was happy or not. I just asked myself to take care of myself and try not to burden her because she had already had a hard time."
"You see yourself as a burden?"
Bai Ziren slowly raised his head to look at the night sky, and his voice was full of vicissitudes that did not match his age: "No one wants to see themselves like this, but objectively speaking, after she divorced, I was indeed a burden, and she must have a sense of responsibility to me , but emotionally a little helpless."
She analyzed herself soberly, and she didn't even have pity for herself, as if pity itself was futile.
For some reason, at this moment, he, who has experienced life and death and is not easily influenced by things outside his mind, felt an emotional change.
Just listening to what she said made me feel sad.
He's sad, but more than that.
Bai Ziren was tracking a star far away in the sky with his eyes, when a gust of cold wind blew across his face, he couldn't help shivering.
In an instant, there was a warm force on the back of the right hand.
She lowered her head at an extremely slow speed, and saw his hand covering the back of her hand, holding her hand completely in the palm of his hand, and holding it a little tightly.
"Don't say that you are a burden in the future, I will be unhappy." His voice was very weak.
She thought of what he said before not to underestimate herself, presumably he really doesn't like people who don't even have sympathy for herself, and she also felt that what he said made sense, so she nodded in agreement.
He went on to say: "You don't need anyone else, I will take care of you."
For a moment, Bai Ziren thought he had heard wrong, and met his eyes unexpectedly, the vanilla around him was faint, and there was a slight sound of insects, his eyes reflected a quiet and deep night, so charming that she almost fell into it.
Her brain short-circuited for a while, her ears buzzed, and after a long time, she heard his real voice again.
"Why, you suspect that I don't have this ability?"