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Li Chen's hands were very gentle and warm. He lifted the hair on my neck and slowly put the expensive necklace on me.
I felt a little complicated, as if some things were slowly going beyond my expectations.
"I'm sorry..." I held Li Chen's hand, shook my head, and looked at him, "I think... I still can't accept it... Since it's your mother's, I think she would also want to leave it to her future daughter-in-law... who is also the girl you like..."
Not me.
Li Chen's hand froze slightly, then he shook his head and said as if jokingly: "What should I do? There are too many people I like... I'm afraid I can't send it to them all... I might as well give it to someone I don't like..."
“…” Bastard! How could I think this idiot was normal for even a moment!
In the end, I accepted the necklace that night.
But I knew it was short-lived, and I said to myself, this thing is beautiful, but it obviously doesn't belong to me.
I'm just helping to keep it temporarily.
Li Chen looked at the chain with a fanatical expression. I don’t know if he was possessed by a demon, but he said some inexplicable words.
"You know... that year... I was the first one to see..."
"… "
He said a lot of nonsense and I didn't understand much except the last sentence, which was that he said we would dock tomorrow.
"You know what? Zhuo Yang is going crazy looking for you." Li Chen raised his glass. Was it my illusion? I actually felt that there was a gloating smile on his face.
I put down my glass, a little surprised, "Are you kidding?"
Li Chen shook his head. He drank too much and his face was a little red. "No... before I came... he was looking for you... the night you left, he seemed to drink too much and had stomach bleeding... Li Si wanted to contact you... but I didn't expect you to be so ruthless... You actually cut off all contact... Now that I think about it... it's really retribution..."
Li Chen held his chin, "An Yue... you are just like my mother... both are stupid women. But... I really don't like stupid women... All along... I was in a good mood when I saw you were not doing well... But now... I like you to be doing well... Are people fickle?"
I nodded. Not only is he fickle, he's probably a little bit mentally ill.
Li Chen kept smiling until the end, but his smile was filled with sadness that I couldn’t understand.
I think he should like or miss his mother more than I do, or even more than himself.
On the third day of the Chinese New Year, I returned to the city where I grew up for many years. When Li Chen sent me back, he did not take back the chain I gave him.
I just hope this chain can give me the strength to cut through all the thorns.
When I first came back, I had never heard the ringtone of my cell phone. Countless text messages came pouring in. I opened them and saw some were New Year greetings from Ding Wei's colleagues, a few messages from Wen Li and Li Ruobing, and the rest were from Zhuo Yang and Li Si.
At first, they asked me if I had time and if I needed to talk... But later on... they all asked me where I had been...
In the end... the tone was actually a bit humble.
I put my phone down and didn't finish watching it. As expected, once you become mentally strong, you are invincible.
When I came out of the shower, Li Si came knocking on the door.
What a responsible secretary! No wonder Zhuoyang values her so much.
"Secretary Li... Happy New Year..."
Li Si was as charming and beautiful as ever, but her eyes looked a little cold when she looked at me.
"No... Miss An... I am not happy at all... and neither is my boss... If you have time, please go to the hospital to see my boss..."
"Oh..." I put down the cup and shook my head calmly, "Sorry... I'm afraid I don't have much time..."
"you… "
It seemed that he didn't expect that I would refuse, and there was some disbelief on Li Si's face.
"Madam... you... you know that the boss is in a serious condition... he... he almost died... but even so... he is still looking for you... you..."
It's as if everything is my fault.
After thinking about it... Zhuoyang drank so much that day, and I didn't seem to stop him. Maybe it has something to do with me.
But... I think whether he lives or dies is not really my business. He is already in his thirties, and has loyal subordinates like Mrs. Chen Lisi, but he still can't take care of himself... Why should he care about me, his divorced wife
I shook my head and said indifferently: "I think... he doesn't need me... but a doctor..."
I sent Li Si away and divided the gifts I brought back from outside into several groups. I brought gifts for Ding Wei, Mrs. Chen, Wen Li, and Li Ruobing, the people who had always taken care of me.
Finally... I looked at the dark dusk outside the window, and realized belatedly that it took me a whole day to clean the house and pack my luggage.
In other words, I'm a little hungry.
In the evening, when I was cooking noodles, Zhuoyang came again.
He seemed to be really sick. His cheeks were sunken and his handsome appearance could not resist the disease.
I opened the door and gave him a friendly smile.
only…
Zhuo Yang's reaction was not so friendly. Although he was so weak, he rushed towards me when he saw me again.
I thought he was going to use force, but instead he reached out and hugged me tightly in his arms.
I was stunned for a second, then pushed him away.
He was indeed ill. Otherwise, considering that he was a head taller than me and weighed dozens of pounds, he wouldn't have been pushed to the ground so easily by me.
Zhuo Yang fell to the ground, looking a little embarrassed, but despite this, his eyes were fixed on me.
"Why did you turn off your phone? Why didn't you tell anyone where you were? Why did you disappear?!"
Unexpectedly, Zhuo Yang blurted out these questions.
I folded my hands, leaned against the door, and said coldly: "I'm just going out for a trip... I have no relatives, so naturally I have no obligation to report my whereabouts to anyone..."
"You..." Zhuo Yang seemed very angry. He coughed a few times and his whole face turned red.
I watched his pain with cold eyes, and my heart was indifferent. My hand unconsciously touched the necklace on my neck. Could it be that Li Chen was right, and this necklace really gave me countless courage and strength
"Aren't you ready to get up?" After I said this, Zhuo Yang seemed to stand up with great effort, holding on to the wall.
Is it my illusion? His expression seemed to be even uglier.
It was just decadent before, but now it is completely pale.
My heart sank, "Are you okay?" It's New Year's Day... Please don't let anything happen in front of my house.
Zhuo Yang shook his head, held the door open, took a deep breath, and then spoke a few words slowly.
"From now on... you are not allowed to... you are not allowed to turn off your phone for such a long time..."
Hey! I feel like laughing.
In the end... I actually laughed out loud too.
"No?! Are you ordering me?"
Zhuo Yang moved his lips as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it.
It's rare to see him so weak, I seem a little strong.
"Besides... I've turned off my phone before... What's there to be afraid of..."
When I first ran away from home, I would turn off my phone. I thought Zhuoyang would be worried and nervous... but later I found that nothing happened.
Slowly... I turned on my phone, and I thought, all I need is a step down, a caring phone call and text message...
but-
No…
Nothing at all.
What a turn of events! In the past, I intentionally turned off my phone and ran away from home, and the other party seemed heartless and indifferent. Now I have no intention... but the other party is still not giving up.
"What's wrong? Are you worried that something might happen to me? Don't worry... We're divorced... Even if something happens, it won't be your fault... Besides... Nothing happened before... It won't happen now..."
"Shut up!" Zhuo Yang seemed to be very angry. His hand that was holding the door frame began to tremble. "What do you know! You didn't get into trouble before because I always sent people to follow you! You! You stupid woman!"
Zhuoyang scolded me again.
But this is not important.
What's important is what he said? He sent someone to follow me before? Ha-
Is he kidding? How come I don't know
I'm saying... He is so hypocritical. He clearly knows that what I need is not the protection of others, but just a word from him.
All it takes is a word from him that he cares.
I really want to wake up this hypocritical man and tell him to stop dreaming those unreal dreams.
But…
Before I could do anything, the man who was trembling at my door fell down in front of me like a sandbag.
I-
Oh shit!
Zhuo Yang had a very miserable New Year. It was said that he spent New Year's Eve in the hospital.
It is said that he almost died because he drank too much, caught a cold, and had severe stomach bleeding.
He just happened to have saved his life from the hospital and came to see me again, but he didn't expect that I was not there. He was sent back to the hospital in depression.
Just when he was getting better, I came back and stabbed him responsibly.
then…
Zhuo Yang returned to the hospital tragically again.
The doctor at the hospital was very rude to me, especially after Li Si said I was his wife. The doctor looked at me as if I was his cheating wife, with contempt and disdain...
"Did you know that your husband had a bad stomach? Did you know that he couldn't be discharged from the hospital? Did you know that he almost died?"
The doctor spoke very rudely.
I scratched my ears to show that I was learning.
"I know now."
"Then why are you still standing there? Why don't you take good care of me?"
I stood still, and as the doctor once again looked down on me, I opened my red lips and said slowly, "It seems that saving lives is your job... Giving patients warmth and light is their family's job... I'm sorry... I'm not his doctor, and I'm not his family. I can barely be considered his ex-wife, and he only paid me 3,000 yuan a month for her... Believe me... I didn't stab him again, but sent him to the hospital... I'm already a good citizen."