He smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly and looked up at the sky.
It gets dark very early in winter, and the light is already very dark at this time, and flakes of snowflakes are falling on the ground.
Memories are also drifting away with drifting snowflakes.
More than three years ago, Lin Zhihua graduated from Stanford as a graduate student.
At that time, he had another good plan. The scale of the company he founded during his postgraduate period was just taking shape, and it was just when he was ready to show his strength...
Lin's mother made a phone call. Lin's building was about to collapse, and Mr. Lin fell ill. The "Lin family" of companies such as Lin Changji who held Lin's shares planned how to get more money before Lin's collapse.
Lin Zhihua sat dry all night, thinking a lot, thinking about his escape from abroad because of "physical problems", thinking about Lin's family, and thinking about the elite education arranged by the old man when he was a child...
Finally, he sold the newly formed company and returned to China with a batch of funds.
At that time, Mr. Lin had a estrangement with him, but he had no resentment.
Lin Zhihua still remembered what he said at the beginning: I took the Lin family, but from today, the Lin family's Lin is Lin Zhihua's Lin.
After three years of drastic rectification and adjustment, the Lin family has a new look and is prosperous.
He knew that his body was fine, it was a psychological problem.
But what does that matter
He never felt that human beings need to put the first instinct of animals first, and he is not interested in women, so there is no need to be interested.
Old man Lin, his parents, and everyone around him tried to plan a route for him.
Once you don't go according to the plan, you will do something that hurts you in the name of "for your own good".
Many people may succumb to the "compulsion" of their parents wrapped in the banner of "love".
But Lin Zhihua is impossible.
He Lin Zhihua can only choose and cannot be forced.
His own life, of course, is his own decision.
The snow was heavy, and after Lin Zhihua stood for a while, his shoulders were already white.
Pale fingers were slightly reddish, cold in the cold.
Shouldn't he have come back in the first place
This thought just came up, Lin Zhihua smiled lightly, as if thinking of something, with a smile on his eyebrows. In an instant, the man who seemed to merge with the snowflakes returned to reality, and the surroundings became a little warmer.
Lin Zhihua took out his mobile phone, opened an interface that said "Zhijiao", lowered his head and kissed it gently.
If you don't come back, then I can't meet you.
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Cheng family.
To be honest, Gu Xuejiao really didn't want to eat this meal at all, an old lady Bai Xiumei who didn't like her for a long time, a mother and daughter who hated her...
Most of the family is afraid that they don't welcome her very much.
"Mom and Dad, Happy New Year!" Cheng Shuo said with a smile first, and then Li Sitong handed over the gift.
"Mom and Dad, Happy New Year!" After Li Sitong finished speaking, he glanced at Xuejiao, "Mingze, Jiaojiao, come and bless your grandparents!"
"Happy New Year, Grandpa and Grandma!" Cheng Mingze smiled.
"Let's have fun together!" Old Man Cheng and Bai Xiumei narrowed their eyes and handed out a red envelope.
"Happy New Year, Grandpa and Grandma." Xuejiao also said with a smile.
"Happy Chinese New Year!" Bai Xiumei spoke in front of the old man, still smiling, as if treating her like other grandchildren, she also handed a red envelope.
Xuejiao took it and smiled even happier.
Not bad, quite thick.
"Mingjiao, come and say New Year's greetings to your uncle and aunt!" Cheng Kai looked at Cheng Mingjiao.
I haven't paid attention to Cheng Mingjiao for a while, she looks very haggard, her whole body has lost a lot of weight, and her face is not very good-looking.
In the past, if it was seven points for beauty and nine points for dressing up, now this haggard appearance has only five points left.
Her eyes also looked a little strange.
"Uncle, aunt, Happy New Year." The voice sounded normal.
Cheng Shuo smiled, handed her a red envelope, and said worriedly, "Why did Ming Jiao lose so much weight? I wanted to take you to the meeting last year, but you didn't go."
In previous years, Gu Xuejiao looked like Li Sitong didn't allow her to go to the meeting last year, Cheng Mingjiao would ask to follow the meeting last year, and Cheng Shuo brought it every time, but this year, she didn't take the initiative to go.
"It's okay, Mingjiao didn't do well in the final exam, she lost weight because she was in a bad mood." Liu Yazhen laughed forcefully.
"Mingjiao, if you don't pass the test, try harder. Don't worry, if you fail the test once, you will still have a chance in the future. Come on in the next test." Old Man Cheng also said worriedly.
Cheng Mingjiao didn't speak, but Liu Yazhen bumped her, and she nodded.
Xuejiao narrowed her eyes slightly, and looked at Cheng Mingjiao who didn't raise her head with some doubts.
Why does Cheng Mingjiao seem a little wrong
It seems that at the end of last semester, she was very silent, no one was looking for trouble, and Xuejiao didn't care about her. I saw her suddenly today, why is Cheng Mingjiao like this now
Liu Yazhen is also very strange. When Xuejiao paid New Year's greetings, the other party quickly returned a red envelope, which was not like the sarcasm and ridicule from time to time.
Looking closely at the bottom of her eyes, even with heavy makeup, you can see fatigue and dark blue eyes.
Soon, the New Year's Eve dinner was served, and Xue Jiao withdrew her suspicious gaze.
This meal was eaten calmly, Liu Yazhen and her daughter were quiet and did not bother, and the atmosphere at the dinner table was harmonious.
"By the way, are Mingze and Jiaojia about to compete in the finals at the beginning of the year?" Master Cheng asked suddenly.
"Well, it's the last match in March." Cheng Mingze replied.
Mr. Cheng smiled: "Hahaha, good work! Mingze strives to be recommended to the university he wants to go to, and so does Jiaojiao!"
"Thank you grandpa." Cheng Mingze smiled reservedly.
Mr. Cheng raised his cup and stood up: "Come on, let's congratulate Ming Ze, Jiaojiao, and Mingyu for their good grades in the last semester. By the way, I wish Mingze and Jiaojia good grades in the new year! Mingjiao also cheers, Catch up with the new year.”
Everyone smiled and raised their cups and stood up, even Cheng Mingyu, who was not very old, stood up with his cups, leaving only Cheng Mingjiao sitting alone.
Liu Yazhen pinched her, and Cheng Mingjiao stood up.
The old man frowned slightly.
"Come on! Cheers!" Cheng Shuo rounded up the game.
"Bang..." Cheng Mingjiao's cup smashed to the ground and shattered into pieces.
"Peace in pieces, peace in every year." Bai Xiumei said quickly.
Cheng Mingjiao suddenly raised her head and pointed at Gu Xuejiao with a grim expression: "Her surname is Gu! Why is she in our house! Get out! Get out of our house! Get out of my life!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, as if they had seen it wrong.
"Mingjiao! Mingjiao!" Liu Yazhen quickly hugged Cheng Mingjiao and patted the back of her hand soothingly.
"Gu Xuejiao! Why don't you die!"
"Cheng Mingjiao!" The old man was furious, and Cheng Shuo and Cheng Mingze frowned.
Instead, Xue Jiao, who was scolded, was slightly puzzled, Cheng Mingjiao... doesn't seem right mentally
"Cheng Mingjiao, what did you say!" Cheng Kai stared at her.
"Mom and dad! Don't force Mingjiao anymore!" Liu Yazhen suddenly hugged Cheng Mingjiao and cried, "Mingjiao has depression."
"What?" Cheng Kai's cup fell to the ground, shocked.
"What's the matter?" Mr. Cheng also began to worry.
Cheng Mingjiao is the child of the Cheng family, the granddaughter they watched grow up. This suddenly became like this, and everyone was worried.
Liu Yazhen was still crying.
The last time she decided to deal with Xuejiao, it was Mingjiao who was poking at the doll frantically while calling out Gu Xuejiao's name.
It didn't attract her attention at the time, but after being hated by Li Shu later, Liu Yazhen was busy maintaining her friendship in the circle of his wife, ignoring Cheng Mingjiao.
At the end of the term, seeing Cheng Mingjiao's plummeting grades and her abnormal mental state, Liu Yazhen began to panic.
"What are you talking about..." Li Sitong asked with a frown.
"Why don't you take your daughter and stay away from my daughter! Mingjiao is all Gu Xuejiao's fault!" Liu Yazhen shouted.
"Yazhen, don't worry, make it clear, what's going on with Mingjiao!" Bai Xiumei's brows were ugly. Although she was disappointed with this granddaughter before, she was her own, and she was still thinking about it.
"Ming Jiao... Ming Jiao suffered from depression because of Gu Xuejiao..."
"Why is it because of jasmine?" Li Sitong glared, "And I don't think Mingjiao's situation is like depression, but mentally..."
"Shut up!" Liu Yazhen's eyes widened, and she didn't care that everyone was present, "Your daughter has harmed my daughter like this, what else do you want!"
"Brother and sister, what's important now is what happened to Ming Jiao!" Cheng Shuo frowned. He was still very concerned about this niece who had been in pain for many years. The most important thing now is her niece's condition, not quarrels and arguments.
While crying, Liu Yazhen said, "Gu Xuejiao and Mingjiao quarreled many times at school, which caused Mingjiao to have no friends at school and was excluded by everyone. Her heart was really stressed, and Gu Xuejiao also stimulated her. , Ming Jiao... Ming Jiao can't take it anymore!"
She covered her face and cried, as if everything was Xue Jiao's fault.
The others were stunned for a moment and looked at Xuejiao, especially Cheng Kai's eyes began to look a little bad, Bai Xiumei's face became completely cold.
Xuejiao took a deep breath, put down the cup in her hand, and looked at Cheng Mingjiao...
"Mingjiao, you have to admit one thing, there are many people in this world who are better than you. You can't accept that Gu Xuejiao, who has been under you all the time, becomes better, you are jealous, you do something wrong, and then The classmates in the class began to be afraid of you and alienated you. Under such circumstances, I am getting better and better, you are getting more and more crazy, you can't stand it anymore, and you force yourself to be like this. But why don't you work hard? Why don't you try to chase after me?"
Xuejiao paused and continued: "I, Gu Xuejiao, used to be like this, you pushed me to the dust, I have no friends, the only friends are trying to hurt me, you show off your excellence... But I know Jealousy is useless, I work hard, I work hard to be where I am today, but you start to resent... But no one is born to be nobler than anyone else, and jealousy is never the solution."
Xuejiao shifted her gaze to Liu Yazhen and said seriously...
"Cheng Mingjiao's situation is a psychological problem. You don't have to hate me or blame me. The way you can save her is to teach her... Jealousy, to no avail."
"Ah..." Cheng Mingjiao screamed while covering her ears.
"Boss!" Bai Xiumei slapped her hand on the table and said in a cold voice, "This year's New Year's Eve dinner will not be eaten, you bring your family back first."
Cheng Shuo glanced at Cheng Mingjiao and nodded, "Okay."
When he brought Xuejiao and the three to the door, he stopped and said softly to Cheng Kai...
"Jiaojiao... Actually, that's right... Mingjiao's problem can't be solved by escaping."
After finishing speaking, take Xuejiao and the others away.