Tao Jie listened to her words, she stared at the phone in Ye Sibei's hand and comforted her: "Ye Sibei, calm down. I'm not advising you not to call the police, but you can't distort the facts..."
Before she could finish her words, Tao Jie pounced towards Ye Sibei's phone. Ye Sibei was already prepared. He grabbed a paper cup nearby and smashed it at Tao Jie!
The water suddenly splashed on Tao Jie's face. Tao Jie subconsciously closed her eyes and fell to the ground with a stumble due to Ye Sibei's force.
Ye Sibei turned around and rushed out. Tao Jie shouted, "Catch her!"
Song Ming and Zhao Shuhui, who were standing outside the door, stood up when they heard this. At this time, Ye Sibei had already rushed to them. She overturned the bookshelf, and the bookshelf fell towards Song Ming. Song Ming held on to the bookshelf. At this moment, she kicked Zhao Shuhui who was rushing towards her and rushed to the hall.
Everyone in the hall stood up and looked at Ye Sibei rushing out in shock.
Tao Jie ran out of the office, wiping her eyes which were not fully opened, and shouted, "Catch her, catch her!"
Chen Xiaoyang was closest to Ye Sibei, so he stood up and tried to stop him. Zhao Chuchu was shocked and immediately stood in front of Chen Xiaoyang, shouting, "Don't run!"
Then he deliberately slowed down and jogged to block Chen Xiaoyang.
With this blocking, Chen Xiaoyang watched Ye Sibei rush out.
After leaving the gate, Ye Sibei saw security guards running from both sides, with Tao Jie, Song Ming and others chasing behind. Ye Sibei turned around and saw Qin Nan was still under the tree where she parked the car at the beginning. She seemed to have seen a savior, and ran towards Qin Nan, shouting, "Qin Nan! Save me Qin Nan!"
Qin Nan sat on the motorcycle and watched Ye Sibei run out with her arms and legs bared. He couldn't help laughing. The motorcycle slid forward and stopped in front of Ye Sibei. Ye Sibei didn't care about anything else and hurriedly straddled the motorcycle and supported Qin Nan from behind. As soon as she supported him, she felt the motorcycle suddenly start. She was so scared that she hugged Qin Nan's waist and screamed.
"stop!"
"Ye Sibei, stop!"
Tao Jie, Song Ming and others were shouting and cursing at her from behind, but Ye Sibei could not hear them at all. She held Qin Nan tightly and felt the motorcycle going very fast.
Cars and people rushed past her at a rapid speed, and she was too nervous to open her eyes.
"What did you do?"
Qin Nan asked loudly amid the howling wind. Ye Sibei hugged him, closed his eyes, and answered in a hoarse voice: "I splashed water on her."
"Why?"
"She scolded me!"
Hearing this, Qin Nan laughed out loud.
His laughter spread in the wind. Ye Sibei got used to the speed and opened his eyes to look at him from behind.
He was wearing a helmet, so his face couldn't be seen clearly. But just holding this man in my arms and listening to his laughter, all the fear and tension I had just felt magically disappeared.
Her heartbeat gradually slowed down, and then she realized that Qin Nan did not slow down. He took her through the city and drove onto a mountain road. Ye Sibei sat behind him and asked loudly, "Where are you going?"
“Let’s celebrate!”
"Celebrating what?"
"Celebrate our Ye Sibei," Qin Nan's voice was full of laughter, "He has grown up!"
Ye Sibei laughed at this: "I'm 27, I'm already an adult!"
Qin Nan didn't respond, but just quickened his pace and headed up the mountain.
After climbing to the observation deck on the top of the mountain, Qin Nan stopped the car, took out a water bottle from the bag beside the car, and walked to the side with it.
Ye Sibei got out of the car and chased after him: "You haven't answered me yet, why are you celebrating my growing up?"
"Adulthood is different from adulthood," Qin Nan took a sip of water and handed it to her, "Learning to face the world in your own way is the beginning of a person's life."
Ye Sibei listened to this, drank some water and walked to the side.
From this point on, South City had become a flat land, with the setting sun in the distance. She looked at the setting sun, and Qin Nan looked at her: "Tell me, why was the fight so intense just now?"
Ye Sibei became excited when she talked about this. She described vividly how she rejected the temptation of money, how she threatened Tao Jie, and how she beat her way to wealth and power. Qin Nan leaned against the railing and laughed as he listened.
After Ye Sibei finished speaking, the sky darkened. She calmed down a little and seemed a little embarrassed: "That's it."
"Are you scared?"
Qin Nan tilted his head to look at her. Ye Sibei thought for a moment and said, "I used to be scared, but now that I've done it, I'm not scared anymore."
"I just don't understand," Ye Sibei said softly. She turned her head and looked into the distance. "Why do all people want to defend a bad guy instead of protecting a good guy?"
"Some of them are interested. Just like the people in your company, it is much better for their reputation to let a female employee with no background admit that she framed her boss than to admit that a senior executive with deep roots violated the staff."
Qin Nan followed her gaze and saw the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the city: "Some people do this to comfort themselves. It is easier to accept that a person is punished because he made a mistake than to accept that a crime has no reason, because they can tell themselves that as long as they don't make mistakes, they are safe."
"Some people do it because of tradition or habit. But no matter what the reason is, there are all kinds of people in this world. Many people support you and think you are right," Qin Nan turned to look at Ye Sibei. "It's just that good people are more likely to be ignored and silenced. Look at them more and don't lose heart."
Ye Sibei listened to his words. She didn't say anything. She put her hands in her trouser pockets, thought for a moment, and looked up at him: "Do you have a cigarette?"
Qin Nan raised his eyebrows, but still took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to her, saying, "One."
Ye Sibei raised her hand to take the cigarette, and Qin Nan lit it for her with a lighter.
Ye Sibei took a deep breath, blew out a smoke ring, and turned to look at the city below the mountain.
The sun had completely set, and the entire city was shrouded in darkness. Then, lights began to light up in spots, and finally, at a critical point, the entire city's street lights were like an unfolding scroll, all shining, illuminating the night sky with a bit of warm colors.
Ye Sibei held a cigarette in his mouth and gazed at the lights of thousands of houses below the mountain. The cold wind blew on his profile, which looked a bit cool and beautiful, and it was shocking.
Qin Nan stared at the woman, unable to look away for a moment.
After a long moment, she turned to look at him.
"What about you?" Ye Sibei met his eyes. "If people's good and evil have reasons, why are you by my side?"
Qin Nan didn't say anything. He looked into her eyes. Ye Sibei brushed off the ash from his cigarette and chuckled, "Actually, I know that if something like this happens, you will help me out, whether out of morality or compassion."
"Thank you for letting me walk this way," Ye Sibei looked at the ground, "but you see, I can actually walk on my own now. I can fight the lawsuit alone, go to the provincial capital alone, and live alone. I don't need to bother you to follow me around. After we go back," Ye Sibei paused and looked up at him, "let's go to the Civil Affairs Bureau and get the formalities done."
Qin Nan said nothing. He leaned against the fence and looked into her eyes for a long time before he slowly spoke: "What if I don't?"
Ye Sibei smiled awkwardly, pretending to be calm and turned her head: "I'm really fine, you don't have to worry. Although we are husband and wife, I don't want you to drag yourself down because of your sense of responsibility..."
"What if it's not?"
Qin Nan interrupted her. Ye Sibei was stunned. She looked up blankly and saw Qin Nan holding an unlit cigarette in his hand, leaning lightly against the fence, looking at her calmly.
The moonlight fell into his eyes, and his expression was calm: "Without me, you could have gone on by yourself. Without me, you would not have called the police, would have been in pain, would have struggled for justice, would have started to try to resist, would have failed again and again, and would have accumulated resentment in the failures. Then one day, you might have come across a book, a sentence, an online friend, and they would have told you that you were right, and you would have walked into the police station again, called the police, and gone on by yourself."
"Ye Sibei is the one who decides everything. Everyone can be Qin Nan. If it was for a sense of responsibility, you wouldn't need me a long time ago. Why do you think I'm here?"
"Why?"
Ye Sibei spoke subconsciously.
Qin Nan choked, he lowered his head and put the cigarette between his lips, pretending to be calm and turned to look at the city below the mountain, as if he was thinking.
Ye Sibei realized that she asked an overly awkward question and didn't know what to say to ease the atmosphere. After a while, she saw Qin Nan turned around and waved at her.
Ye Sibei walked forward in a daze. Qin Nan gently held her hand and moved closer. With his warm hand, he lifted her cigarette to her lips, then he held the cigarette in his mouth, lowered his head, and put the cigarette butt against hers.
The butts of two cigarettes touched each other, sparks spread over, his face was so close to her that she could even count every eyelash on his eyes.
This extreme ambiguity made her heart beat faster. She didn't dare to move and just stared at him blankly.
The cigarette rose up in a coiled coil, entangled between the two people, like breathing, like two people intertwined together.
He raised his eyes slightly, and she fell into his calm eyes. She looked into his eyes, unable to look away. She could hear her own heartbeat in the night wind, as rapid as the beating of a drum and as heavy as thunder.
Sparks flickered in the wind, the cigarette was lit, and he stood up calmly.
Ye Sibei stood there, at a loss as to what to do, staring at the ground like a child accepting his punishment.
Qin Nan looked down at her, took a deep puff of cigarette, and exhaled heavily.
"Does it have to be so clear?"
His voice was soft, but loud enough for her to hear.
Ye Sibei quickly shook her head. Qin Nan looked at her for a long time and chuckled.
"Forget it," he turned and walked towards the motorcycle, "Let's go back."
Ye Sibei heard what he said and quickly came back to his senses.
She followed Qin Nan and when they reached the motorcycle, Qin Nan raised his hand and put on the helmet for her.
She stood in front of Qin Nan, and for some reason, she felt her face burning hot.
Qin Nan sat on the motorcycle and looked at her standing there. He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "What are you doing standing there?"
"oh."
Ye Sibei quickly straddled the back seat and subconsciously reached out to hold the iron railing at first, but she quickly came to her senses.
When the motorcycle started, she tentatively and carefully put her arms around Qin Nan's waist.
She felt like a thief, and always felt something was wrong. Qin Nan seemed impatient and pulled her hand over and put it around his waist: "Hold it tight."
Ye Sibei was stunned for a moment, and then for some reason, he suddenly felt happy, like a child, and replied loudly: "Hold it!"
This time Qin Nan did not drive very fast. He drove slowly down the mountain. The night wind blew gently around him. There was a bright moon in the sky above his head, and when he turned around, there were dim lights.
Ye Sibei held this person in his arms, feeling that he had a lot of questions, but he didn't know how to start. After holding it in for a while, he finally asked, "Why do you want to sleep on the floor? Do you want to start a new relationship with me, and feel that sleeping on the same bed is progressing too fast?"
"Didn't you want to divorce me? Why did you change your mind?"
"Ye Sibei," Qin Nan laughed at her question, "Why do you have so many questions?"
"Then just answer me a question," Ye Sibei leaned over, holding him with one hand and raising a finger with the other, looking at him seriously and carefully, "What's so good about someone like me?"
Qin Nan was riding his bike, listening to the girl's questions behind him.
In fact, he didn't like to answer these questions directly. In the past, he always felt that many things should not be said but should be done. But when he listened to Ye Sibei's questions, he knew that she had rarely received such affirmation in her life, and she needed such affirmation.
We always need to be strong, work hard, and be self-disciplined. These seem to be the standard answers to solving problems. So when people fail, they always blame themselves for not being strong enough, working hard enough, or being self-disciplined enough. So far, it seems that this is the reason for all failures.
However, few people explore why a person can be smart, tough, generous and hardworking.
Everyone's heart is a flower that needs to be watered by the positive feedback from the world.
I need recognition, I need calmness, I need someone to give me hope.
She needs to be understood and accepted that she is just an ordinary person.
I am an ordinary person who is not strong enough, not hardworking enough, not self-disciplined enough, and not brave enough. I have many advantages. I can persist on the road of struggle and slowly move towards the light step by step.
Qin Nan thought about the state of mind he had when he saw Ye Sibei's suffering, and he was no longer stingy with his praise.
He said softly, "You're fine."
"You are tenacious, you are stubborn, you are rebellious, and you never give up."
“No matter how poor you are, you must make a paper flower, buy a hairpin, eat on the right plates, and iron your clothes thoroughly on weekends.”
"You have many, many advantages."
"Ye Sibei, you are fine."