"Do you know why I left you alone?" Master Lian asked kindly.
Ning Ning was like a mirror in her heart, but she still shook her head with a puzzled look on the surface.
"My eldest son clearly knows that there is a problem in the dish, so he puts the dish in front of you and watches you eat it." Old Master Lian sighed, "Where's my third daughter? She can stop Lao Chen immediately, why wait until the top? Stop it after the dinner table? It's not for me to show it, but she can't act well. You can see that, after crying for so long, not a single tear shed..."
His expression suddenly became empty and lonely, and he stretched out two thin hands towards Ningning and said, "Come, come here, Grandpa."
Ning Ning walked towards him, and the old man Lian hugged her like a Barbie doll in his arms, his old fingers stroked her hair, and muttered: "Fortunately there is you, at least there is a conscience... Lian Lian Ah, grandpa is only you."
Lie, Ning Ning said in her heart.
If there is one person in this family who has been poisoned, it is the old man himself.
He was poisoned by something called "distrust".
From now until 20 years later, he is obsessed with this kind of human nature test for his own family. It takes a few months to a year. a will.
The new will overwrites the old one, and the new heir overwrites the old one. He never tires of it, like a show tyrant who refuses to leave the stage, forcing everyone to cooperate with him in this play called "Poison"... forever and ever Go on.
Perhaps only death can stop him.
"Okay, let's eat first, it's going to be cold." The old man wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and let go of his arms, "Is there enough food on the table? Not enough to ask Uncle Chen to cook it."
"Enough." Ning Ning said.
Today's dishes are made according to the weight of six people. There are ten dishes in total. There are big dishes and small dishes, sweet, salty, sour and spicy. Even the old man can't eat much. After eating two chopsticks, he put it down and kept urging Ningning. Eat, but she has something on her mind, where can she have an appetite
Fortunately, even the old man had the habit of taking naps. After about twenty minutes, he became sleepy, yawned, and said to Ning Ning, "Go back first, pack your things, and I will have the driver pick you up tomorrow. Come and live, what is it like to live outside, your family still has to live with your family."
"Tomorrow?" Ning Ning hesitated instead, "It's too urgent."
"No hurry, no hurry, isn't there a day to clean up today?" Even the old man smiled, but his words showed a sense of arbitrariness. He wished that everything would be arranged for her, regardless of her willingness or not.
Ning Ning could only agree temporarily, thinking about going back to discuss with Pei Xuan how to end it.
Leaving the old cook to clean up the leftovers, Ning Ning pushed the old man's wheelchair out.
As soon as I went out, I saw someone waiting outside.
"Why are you still here?" As soon as the old man saw her, he felt a fire in his stomach and asked with a bad face.
But even Yuanyuan ignored him, staring at Ning Ning with a pair of eyes, full of shock, confusion, and huge disappointment.
Ning Ning didn't know why she had such a weird expression, but Ning Ning knew that Lian Yuanyuan was not a good actress. Whatever she thought in her heart, she showed her face. This must be her real emotion, but why
Ning Ning took Mr. Lian upstairs, and when he came down, he saw Lian Yuanyuan still waiting for her downstairs, holding a plate in her hand, and there was half a plate of chicken stewed with mushrooms left.
"Listen to Lao Chen, you eat most of the food here?" Lian Yuanyuan asked.
"Yeah." Ningning didn't know why she asked herself this question.
Even Yuanyuan didn't use chopsticks, she just tilted her little finger, twisted a piece of mushroom with her hand and put it into her mouth.
"It's all cold." Ning Ning reminded her kindly, "If you're hungry, there's heat in the kitchen."
"No need." Lian Yuanyuan licked her fingers, and then slammed the plate to the ground. At the same time as the plate shattered, she turned away and walked out of the door quickly.
Seeing her come out, a bunch of car doors opened at the door, and many people got out of it, coming to ask her about her condition. Among these people were the think tanks she had invited, as well as relatives and friends with malicious intentions, and even some reporters who had heard the news. She ignored them, stretched out her hand and pushed them away, looked around, and looked for someone in the crowd. .
Ning Ning walked out one step late, because people surrounded her, so Ning Ning was empty, a black car came to her side silently like a ghost.
"Get in the car." Pei Xuan rolled down the car window.
Ning Ning opened the car door and got into the car.
Not far away, Lian Yuanyuan had already discovered the car. She tried hard to squeeze out the crowd, but the crowd blocked her way. She could only watch the car leave, and couldn't help shouting: "Pei mysterious!"
The door blocked the wind and snow outside, and also blocked her voice.
The two were sitting in the car, and Ning Ning was about to tell him the strange story about Lian Yuanyuan when his eldest brother suddenly rang.
"Hello." Pei Xuan picked up the eldest brother and listened for a while, then suddenly handed the eldest brother to her, "I'm looking for you."
looking for me? Ning Ning answered the phone with a puzzled face.
Papaya's voice came from the opposite side: "Sister?"
"..." Ning Ning didn't know if she should answer him, she must know that her current identity is Lianlian, not fungus.
"Hey, hey, hey?" Papaya shouted a few times, and suddenly sighed, "I already knew about you pretending to be Miss Lian, you should talk."
"You already know." Ning Ning let out a long sigh, but felt something was wrong, he already knew? How early is this
But before she could ask this question, Papaya said, "Sister, I have something to tell you."
"It's such a coincidence." Ning Ning said, "I also have something to tell you."
Papaya: "Then you say it first."
"...I just came out of Lian's house." Ning Ning considered his words, "Master Lian asked me to pack up and move to his house."
Papaya was silent for a moment and asked, "How is he treating you?"
"Very good." Ning Ning said insincerely.
It's good now, and it's hard to say what will happen in the future, but no matter how bad it is, it won't be worse than it is now. What "Mu Er" can't do, "Lian Lian" can almost do it. She can go to school if she wants, she can see a doctor if she wants to, and she can always support someone if she wants to. A little down can change the fate of a person and the fate of a family.
"...Are you leaving today?" Papaya asked.
"No." Ning Ning said, "Let's go tomorrow."
"That's good, you can go home today, I..." After a pause, Papaya suddenly laughed, "I bought you a present."
Ning Ning felt something was wrong: "Why did you suddenly buy me a gift?"
"I always make you angry." Papaya said softly, "I did another thing today that will make you angry, sister, forgive me."
"What did you do?" Ning Ning couldn't help but ask. For some reason, she had a bad feeling in her heart.
But Papaya didn't say anything, he quickly changed the subject: "I'm at the train station now, and I'm about to get on the train and go to work. I'm sure I won't make much money at the beginning, I can't send money home to you and my mother, It will be very hard for you to take care of your mother alone, I will leave you all the money I made before, you know where I put it..."
"Go back!" Ning Ning interrupted him, "Sister will be rich soon, you don't need to make money outside, you go back!"
"No, sister." Papaya said, "You ask Pei Xuan to answer the phone."
Ning Ning talked at all, but he didn't listen to the persuasion at all. In desperation, Ning Ning handed the eldest brother to Pei Xuan: "You also help me persuade him."
Pei Xuan took the eldest brother: "Hello."
The wind and snow blew on the street, and a small car ran over the white snow on the ground, leaving two lines of black strips on it, like the tracks of a train, heading for an unknown distance.
Pei Xuan's driver, gardener, and maid were all in the car. Two of them squeezed in the back seat, sandwiching Papaya in the middle, and one of them held the elder brother in his hand and pressed it against Papaya's ear.
Papaya had a bruise on the corner of her mouth, and her hands were trapped by scotch tape. She said to Pei Xuan, "I didn't tell her anything."
There was a chuckle from the other side.
"My sister doesn't know anything now." Papaya said, "You let her go."
He won, and Pei Xuan really sent everyone out to find him, so that he didn't have time to take care of Lian's family affairs, and all plans fell through. He also lost, he could save his sister but he couldn't save himself, and even if he couldn't convince Pei Xuan now, he couldn't even save his sister.
"She's not smart at all. I guess she still thinks you are a good person." Papaya smiled sourly, "My mother and I always beat her and scold her, but as long as I treat her a little bit later, she will Just give up on us again. You... As long as you treat her a little bit better than I treat her, she will listen to you."
"Such a good sister, are you willing?" Pei Xuan asked him.
"..." Papaya said nothing, only tears rolled in her eyes.
"If you can't bear it, I'll send her over to find you." Pei Xuan said softly, and as soon as he finished speaking, Ning Ning shouted from his side: "Send me over!"
Lips moved, a tear fell, Papaya lowered her head and choked: "I'm willing."
Ning Ning had already grabbed the eldest brother at this time, and shouted to him aggressively: "Don't run, I'll come to the train station to find you right away!"
Papaya still lowered her head, her tears kept flowing, but she pretended to smile at her with ease: "Well, I don't run... It's strange! If you have the ability, come and catch me!"
At the intersection, the red light turned green, the car carrying my sister passed by the car carrying my brother, one was busy on the phone, the other lowered his head, and did not seize the last chance, the two cars drove towards opposite direction.
At the train station, Ning Ning hurriedly pushed the car door and got out, shouting and searching all the way until midnight, when she squatted in front of the platform exhausted, a green train quickly passed in front of her, blowing snow and blowing her With long hair, she couldn't help holding herself tightly, and then a coat was thrown from behind her.
Pei Xuan stood behind her, wrapped her tightly in a coat with his own body temperature, lowered his head and said to her, "It's too late, let's look for it tomorrow."
"...Tomorrow?" Ning Ning looked at the train station in front of him in confusion, like a person who took the wrong station, not knowing which train to take to leave, or what to do tomorrow.
"Cheer up, tomorrow you have to report to the old man. You have taken ninety-nine steps, don't fall on this last step." Pei Xuan said to her, "Besides your brother is gone, and your mother, Did she eat today? Did she change her diaper? Would you like to go back and see her?"
... There was nowhere else to go, so Ning Ning went home for the time being.
As soon as the door was opened, there was a smell of urine, Ning Ning sighed, went over to change her diaper, fed her again, and then sat beside her in a daze.
I always thought this house was too small, and it was suffocating. Today, I feel that the house is too big, and it makes people feel cold.
"By the way, a gift." Ning Ning suddenly said.
She got up and looked for it, and finally found the gift that Papaya said in the kitchen.
A cake box, a gift box.
Ningning didn't eat dinner, she cut a piece of cake and ate it, opening the gift box while eating.
Inside the box are a bunch of toys, a small train, a bamboo dragonfly, a robot... A letter is placed on top.
She opened the letter, and the first line read: "Sister, I'm sorry."
"I am very selfish. Seeing that you are so popular in school, and there are boys who take you home, I want to find fault with him and charge him fifty yuan for a bowl of rice or something."
"This problem is still not resolved. There is a video store owner who keeps asking me about you. I don't want to pay attention to him, and I am afraid that he will go to you directly, so I lied to him and said that you like the little train bamboo dragonfly robot... Haha, he I really believe it, the things in the box are all sent by him, and one is sent every few days, and it has been sent for a few months."
"... I'm just afraid that you won't want me if you have someone else. Sister, I can't bear you."
"I won't do this again in the future. You have your life, you don't live for me... For the sake of my reformed heart, let's start over after eating this cake!"
Ning Ning's lips were stained with white cream, and when she saw that she had already laughed, she smiled, and suddenly her smile froze.
She raised her head and looked around.
I don't know when, the light bulbs in the room no longer make the old sizzling sound, the scolding of the couple next door has stopped, and even the rush of traffic outside the window that can't stop has disappeared.
She turned her head to look, froze for a moment, and suddenly reached out and opened the window.
The cold wind that should have been poured in didn't come in, the world outside was dead silent, the wind stopped blowing, and the endless heavy snow was frozen in the air, which she easily held in the palm of her hand.
Similar scenes, similar situations, Ning Ning has seen and experienced.
"Papaya," she murmured. "You… dead?"
The death of a protagonist means the end of a movie.
The world is like a static stage, the darkness is like a curtain closing from both sides to the center, Ning Ning stands in the center of the stage, behind him are candles that are too late to light, cakes that are too late to eat, and letters that are too late to read.
- A pair of siblings who are too late to start over.
In the auditorium of Life Cinema, Ning Ning slowly opened his eyes.
The opposite movie is being staged, and a teenager sings helplessly and affectionately.
"My angel spoke to me today and said I was as fat as a watermelon."
"My angel smiled at me, laughing at me singing like a duck."
"To make her laugh, I quack, quack, quack..."