In the morning, half past seven.
With breakfast in hand, Chen Xu came to the rental house, opened the door with the key, and saw Chen Ziqi standing in front of the bed with two suitcases beside him, startled, and said, "You are..."
"I want to go back." Chen Ziqi put her hands behind her back and looked down at her toes, "My dad will pick me up in a while."
Chen Xu was in a daze for a moment. For a while, he thought she would live here forever.
"You really should go back. How long have you been absent from school?" He quickly recovered, put the soy milk and rice rolls on the table, and asked, "Then about your dad..."
Chen Ziqi raised her head, with a smug smile on her face, "It's resolved. They have officially broken up."
"I didn't expect you to surrender your father so quickly."
"What is this? In fact, it's that woman's ability to resist pressure is too poor." Chen Ziqi said disdainfully, "I put a little pressure on them, and she couldn't take it anymore. Two days ago, I had a big fight with my dad and asked him Choose one of the two, say there is her without me. Cut."
"At my father's age, the picture is a stable, well-behaved and docile woman, and that woman can pretend to be a pretense before. When I make a fuss, she will show her original shape. Can my father not get tired of being crooked? I will Once they fanned the flames, they broke up."
Chen Xu looked at her eyes, and suddenly became a little weird, "Where did you learn this way?"
"Is there a need to learn this? I can see through Lao Chen's thoughts at a glance." Chen Ziqi's eyes were full of complacency.
"I know you are amazing."
Chen Xu gave her a rare compliment and said, "When you go back, you have to study hard, you know?"
"Chen Xu, let's not do this. One father is enough for me." Chen Ziqi couldn't take it anymore, "I will leave these words to your future daughter."
The sadness Chen Xu had just felt was interrupted, and he became a little dumbfounded. He rubbed her head and said, "Okay, I'm going to work. Remember to eat breakfast."
After speaking, he turned around and walked towards the door.
"Chen Xu, bring a girlfriend back to my hometown during the Chinese New Year." Chen Ziqi stopped him.
Chen Xu looked back at her and said, "I am your brother, no matter how old or young you are."
Chen Ziqi's lips moved, but when he left the door, he still couldn't shout. Walking to the balcony, looking at the bottom of the building, after a while, I saw Chen Xu coming out of the stairs.
"Brother." She called softly.
... ... ...
Chen Xu was in the car, and received a call from his third uncle, saying that he would come to pick up his daughter.
After hanging up the phone, he felt a little empty in his heart for no reason, and he really hated this feeling.
When he was young, his parents were doing business outside, leaving him alone in his hometown with his grandparents. Only during summer vacation and winter vacation will he be taken over for a reunion.
Whenever the vacation is over and he wants to separate from his parents and return to his hometown, he will feel a sense of loss that cannot be dismissed, and every time, he will feel uncomfortable for a long time.
When we arrived at the company, during the regular meeting, Luo Xiyun still didn't show up.
"Chen Xu, what's the matter with you, you're a little depressed." Dai Zixin asked, noticing his abnormality.
"It's nothing, maybe I'm tired." Chen Xu replied while packing his things.
Dai Zixin asked hesitantly, "Well, have you received the money?"
"Well, I received it." Chen Xu said, "You can say whatever you want. I feel uncomfortable seeing you like this."
Dai Zixin was a little embarrassed, and said, "It's about the live broadcast, do you have time these days, can you help me?"
"I really don't have time recently." Chen Xu said apologetically.
"Oh, forget it." Dai Zixin was a little disappointed.
"I'm going out, goodbye." Chen Xu packed his things and went out to work.
The day passed quickly, and after Chen Xu changed into his sportswear, he ran all the way to the rented house.
Chen Ziqi left in the morning, and the rented house is now empty. For more than a year, he thought he was used to being alone. Only now did he realize that deep down in his heart, he still longed for someone to accompany him.
This is true in dreams, and it is also true in reality. However, in reality, he has been suppressing it, and after a long time, he thought he was used to it.
Chen Ziqi's arrival broke his state.
He was running, but he couldn't calm down.
Before he knew it, he came to that alley again.
This time, under the telegraph pole, there was no figure of the girl, only three variegated kittens, hiding their small bodies in the leeward position, with their heads raised slightly, looking in one direction, as if expecting something .
Chen Xu glanced at the three kittens, walked to the small supermarket opposite, bought a pack of cigarettes and a lighter, stood at the door, lit one, and took a deep breath.
He usually does not smoke, only when he is upset, he will smoke one.
He looked up at the sky. In the dark night, the clouds were also dyed black, which looked particularly depressing.
call-
He exhaled a puff of smoke and heard footsteps. Turning his head, he saw the girl. She was still wearing the same school uniform, carrying a schoolbag, and wearing earplugs, as if she had just returned from school.
He thought she was going into the store to buy something, so he stepped aside. Who would have thought that she walked directly in front of him, with a trace of embarrassment in her bright and clear eyes, and asked in a low voice, "Can you lend me some money?"
It was the first time he heard her speak, and her voice was very nice.
"How much do you want?" he asked.
The girl slowly stretched out a finger.
"Ok?"
The girl walked into the store and picked up a ham sausage.
piece
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Chen Xu watched the girl run to the telegraph pole, squeezed the ham sausage into small pieces, and put them in front of the three kittens, feeling inexplicably better.
He threw the cigarette butt on the ground, stomped it out, and walked in the direction of the rented house.
... ... ...
"Mr. Yang, here is the information you want."
In the car, Yang Jinxia asked the secretary to go upstairs first, and took the USB flash drive handed over by the driver, Sister Lin, while there was none.
Sister Lin said, "My friend said that I hope you can delete it after reading it."
"I will." She put the U disk away, opened the door and got off, and walked towards the elevator.
When she reached the corner, she heard her secretary's voice, "I won't get off work in a while, you go first and send me the address."
Listening to the voice is making a voice.
She didn't care much about the secretary's private life, and didn't care, and walked over.
The secretary received a reply soon, and just clicked on the voice message, when she heard footsteps behind her, she hurriedly turned around and put the phone behind her. I can still hear the voice of the mobile phone, "I have sent the location, remember, the store name is 2003..."
"I'm sorry, Mr. Yang." The secretary frantically turned off the voice, lowered her head, not daring to look at her.
After a few seconds of silence, Mr. Yang's voice sounded, "You play the voice just now again."
She bit the bullet and replayed the voice message, "I have already sent the location, remember, the name of the store is 2003 Noodle House."
After another few seconds of silence, the secretary was feeling anxious when he heard Yang Jinxia say, "Have a date?" The voice was exceptionally gentle.
She was a little confused, and replied, "Yes, with a few college classmates."
"Well, I happen to have something to go out, so I'll take you there by the way."
"what?"