Xu Huaisong's face darkened instantly.
Ruan Yu quickly waved his hands: "Sorry, sorry... I was abrupt." After speaking, he turned his back in shame.
Xu Huaisong breathed in silently behind her.
He didn't know what "soul wear" was at first, he learned this word from her other novels. But it is precisely because I have learned that I am even more worried.
He adjusted his breathing and said, "Get in the car and go to the next house."
Ruan Yu turned around, glanced at him cautiously, and said "oh".
Xu Huaisong drove to the next house.
This time it was a high-rise building with about 20 floors. It was only a big road away from Ruan Yu's original apartment, which won her favor from the location, and the security of the high-rise was much better than the original old community.
In addition to looking at the house, she observed the landlord and his wife carefully. The couple live next door to the suite and have a daughter who is in elementary school. The wife is warm and kind, and the husband is cold and reticent. It seems that there is nothing wrong with it.
After Xu Huaisong looked inside and out, he hoped that the landlord would show the real estate certificate.
The landlady didn't mind his cautiousness, and cooperatively took out the certificate.
Xu Huaisong thanked her, said to think about it, and called Ruan Yu away again.
While waiting for the elevator, she asked in a low voice, "This one seems okay?"
He nodded: "You can keep it, and then inquire about other things."
Ruan Yu said "hmm" and followed him into the elevator.
There was also a young girl who came down from upstairs, with heavy makeup on. As soon as the elevator door closed, a strong smell of perfume came to her nostrils.
Because the smell was too irritating, Ruan Yu couldn't help it, and sneezed.
Xu Huaisong turned his body slightly, and quietly blocked the source of the smell for her. Although not very useful.
Ruan Yu glanced at him gratefully, because the smell of the perfume was too overwhelming, he kept staring at the beating yellow numbers in the elevator.
11.
10.
9.
8.
8.
8.
"Huh?" Just as she asked a question, Xu Huaisong also noticed something was wrong, and put his hand on her shoulder subconsciously.
The next moment, the elevator shook, the overhead lights went out, and the small space fell into dead silence.
The young girl on the other side screamed "Ah": "What the hell!"
Ruan Yu should have screamed too. But she can't call out now.
The hand on her shoulder surpassed the shock brought to her by the elevator failure. Her brain was starved of oxygen, her breathing was difficult, and her hands and feet trembled.
Xu Huaisong thought she was afraid, so he protected her a little tighter, and then calmly with the other hand, relying on the emergency light to press the alarm button.
The elevator suddenly slid down a bit.
Now, Ruan Yu and the girl cried out at the same time.
Just as Xu Huaisong was about to say "it's okay", another girl started to cry, clutching the armrest tightly and howling: "Wow, my god, I haven't been in a relationship yet, I haven't held hands with a man before Bo is going to die, a light bulb until he dies, wow!"
Ruan Yu: "..."
I don't know if explaining that she is not a light bulb will make this little girl feel better.
Xu Huaisong's eardrums were almost shattered, and after a while, he raised his hand to press the alarm button again, but was stopped by the person opposite: "No! You will fall to your death!" After speaking, he rushed to the door, "It's better to pick it up!" Door!"
"Miss," he said patiently, "theoretically speaking, the possibility of the elevator falling to the bottom is slightly higher than that of ordinary people buying five million lottery tickets, and it is easier to separate the human body in half by opening the door."
Ruan Yu trembled and cleared his throat: "Don't scare her..."
The girl on the opposite side yelled again.
Worried that Xu Huaisong would be pierced by the magic voice, Ruan Yu quickly comforted her: "Little sister, don't cry, in fact, I haven't had a boyfriend yet, I'm already twenty-six..."
"Really?" She said, looking at Xu Huaisong's hand protecting Ruan Yu's shoulder, and howling again, "Then you still have someone chasing after you, wow..."
Chase
Ruan Yu choked, and before he had time to study the word, the elevator door opened slowly, and the light from the outside flooded in instantly. The property staff heaved a sigh of relief, and came forward: "Sir, two ladies, are you all right?"
Xu Huaisong glanced at the little girl whose legs were shaking like sifting chaff behind him: "We are fine, that lady might be busy." After speaking, he led Ruan Yu out.
In fact, Ruan Yu's legs were also weak, but fortunately there was someone who was less courageous than her as a foil, so she didn't make her lose face in front of Xu Huaisong.
Walking to the bright place, she broke away from his artificial support, lowered her head, and left him with a heart on her head, and said, "Thank you... thank you."
Xu Huaisong didn't answer the call, and began to accept inquiries from the property, explaining the situation to the maintenance workers who came later.
Ruan Yu was about to turn around to comfort the little girl just now, but seeing that she suddenly remembered something, she clapped her hands suddenly: "Oh no, I'm going to audition for Huanshi!" Mascara runs away.
"Hey...!" Ruan Yu chased after a few steps, trying to remind her that her makeup was too much, but she didn't catch up, so she had to let it go.
The episode passed quickly. Back in the car, neither of them mentioned what happened in the elevator.
Xu Huaisong sent Ruan Yu downstairs to Shen Mingying's house.
When parting, Ruan Yu asked him, "Do you have an Alipay account?"
"do what?"
"Here's your room fee."
Xu Huaisong choked: "Remember my phone number first, and I'll apply later."
"Have you got a domestic mobile phone number?"
"Um."
Ruan Yu saved his number and noted "Lawyer Xu". When he opened the car door and was about to get off, he suddenly heard him ask, "Do you want one?"
"Ah?" She stopped in bewilderment, "what?"
Didn't she already have his cell phone number
Xu Huaisong was silent, and shook his head to indicate that it was nothing: "Come in and send me a message."
Ruan Yu said "Oh" in a low voice, wandering around the world all the way, carefully thinking about the meaning of the phrase "Do you want to have it?" After going upstairs, when Shen Mingying opened the door, he grabbed her arm and Ask: "Ming Ying, do you want to have it?"
Shen Mingying asked questions all over her head: "I don't plan to have a child, what's wrong?"
"Ah!" Ruan Yu exclaimed briefly, and said to himself, "Is that what you mean? But why did he ask me if I want to have children?"
Shen Mingying's eyeballs almost rolled out of their sockets: "Did he ask you in bed last night?"
Ruan Yu shook his head seriously: "No, I was in the car just now."
"Oh my god, is it all this intense?" Shen Mingying supported Ruan Yu's shoulder and looked her up and down, "Is he not wearing a condom?"
"..."
Ruan Yu choked, and before he could explain, the phone rang suddenly.
Attorney Xu called.
How could she forget him again!
She quickly connected, and said "non-stop": "I'm here, I'm here! I forgot to send you a message to report your safety..."
"I'm leaving."
He hasn't left yet
Ruan Yu was taken aback, rushed into Shen Mingying's house, opened the balcony window and looked down, just in time to meet Xu Huaisong's eyes.
He had already got out of the car and was looking up at the top. It seemed that she had planned to come up because she didn't report her safety in time.
A sentence came from the phone: "Don't lie down too much."
Ruan Yu retracted his head.
On the other hand, Shen Mingying was so curious that she went out to have a look again, and had a shocking and weeping stare at Xu Huaisong.
Ruan Yu was afraid that she would call out Xu Huaisong's name, so he cut off the phone before he could say a word.
The next moment, Shen Mingying really let out an "ah", and stared blankly at the downstairs, until the Cayenne disappeared from sight, then turned around and said, "Can I swear?"
Ruan Yu knew that she might not be able to hold back her shock, so she pursed her lips and said, "You explode..."
"Damn it! It's Xu Huaisong who opened the room with you!"
On the sofa at Shen Mingying's house, Ruan Yu completed a confession that lasted for half an hour.
After listening to her explain everything in detail, Shen Mingying also fell into deep thought, and said slowly: "Why did the Gao Leng male god fall to the altar overnight?"
Ruan Yu hugged the pillow and leaned forward: "If you pretend to be affectionate, will you..."
Shen Mingying clasped her hands together, expressing her negation: "You said that you have been in high school for three years, and the one month before that, the slightest spark has not been sparked, and now all of a sudden, there is no transition between the past and the next, and people just like you Is it possible?"
Ruan Yu frowned: "Yes, it's impossible. If this is written in a novel, the readers will definitely scold the transition of the emotional line as unnatural."
"Stop it, I think you just write a lot of novels, and you are obsessed with obscenity."
"But why?" Ruan Yu rubbed his shoulders and wondered, "He even picked me up..."
"It's simple, let me analyze it for you." Shen Mingying cleared her throat, "Look, within the past twelve hours, on all occasions where he behaved strangely, have you been in a rather weak state?"
Ruan Yu nodded: "Yes." Whether it was Cen Sisi's live-broadcast suicide incident, fever incident, or elevator failure incident, it was all there.
"Then here comes the answer. Can a capable man not have a desire to protect when he sees a woman, especially a beautiful woman, in a difficult situation and is extremely vulnerable? What's more, the other party is a woman who is dedicated to solving people's problems. lawyer."
Ruan Yu let out a long "Oh", and heard her say again: "To verify this, it depends on how he will behave when you are no longer in a weak state in the future."
She took it for granted, and quickly retracted her self-indulgent thoughts, and began to focus on finding a house, but for two consecutive days, she did not find a more suitable place than that high-rise apartment.
She thought that the elevator failure was not a problem. A failure occurred, but it meant that it would be valued by the property management company and would be safer in the future.
So this afternoon, Ruan Yu sent a message to Xu Huaisong: "Lawyer Xu, I decided to move, but I haven't received a reply from Mr. Cen yet. Do you think it's safe for me to go back to the apartment and pack my luggage now?"
Xu Huaisong: "I'm free tomorrow morning."
Ruan Yu showed the chat records to Shen Mingying who was washing clothes: "What does this mean?"
"I mean to help you move. Don't be surprised. You are still being troubled by the defendant, which means that you have not completely broken away from the status of 'client'. People are responsible."
After all, Ruan Yu fell in love with Xu Huaisong's steady work, and was afraid that something might happen and he might not see the sun tomorrow, so he decided to enjoy the client's treatment for the last time: "Then I will trouble you again, how much do you want?" Is it convenient?"
Xu Huaisong: "Eight thirty."
At 8:30 the next morning, Ruan Yu went downstairs.
Shen Mingying originally planned to go to help together, but she stopped her.
She was afraid that Shen Mingying's lack of expression management would reveal her secrets, or that Xu Huaisong recognized her as his alumni.
While Xu Huaisong was waiting for Ruan Yu to go downstairs, Liu Mao's confession from the previous two days kept playing in his ears: "Recall, how did she tactfully alienate me at the beginning? Just because she saw through my thoughts too early, she She dressed plainly on purpose, didn't sit in my passenger seat on purpose, and lied to me that the trouble had been resolved when she needed to defend her rights... If you don't want to be the next me, take it easy and don't scare her into a shell."
Xu Huaisong smiled and passed away at the time, but when it was time to meet Ruan Yu, he unconsciously thought about these words carefully.
Then he saw from a distance that she was wearing a T-shirt and jeans today, very plainly dressed.
He immediately locked the rear door, and when she approached, he pointed to the passenger seat.
Fortunately, she was just surprised, but did not refuse.
After the two greeted each other, they went to her old apartment. To be on the safe side, Xu Huaisong accompanied her upstairs, and sat in the living room of her house waiting for her to pack.
Ruan Yu poured him a glass of water, then turned to work in the bedroom, planning to start with the clothes.
Because she stays in the house all the year round, she doesn't have many clothes, but the winter coat is relatively large, so it is best to use a compression bag.
She took off the thick clothes from the closet row by row and put them on the bed. She was going to the outside to find a compression bag when she wiped the edge of the bed with her knee and knocked off a woolen coat.
There was a crisp "clang", and something fell out of the coat pocket.
She looked down and suddenly froze.
It was a white USB flash drive.
It was the white USB flash drive that recorded the outline of her novel and all the details, which should have been lost in the cafe.
She froze for a moment, bent down to pick it up, spread it in the palm of her hand, and stared at it intently.
She remembered.
It rained on the last day of the Ching Ming holiday, and Hangzhou was in the midst of a cold spring, and the weather was unnaturally cold, so she put on that woolen coat when she went out.
Then my mother came suddenly, and she left the cafe in a hurry, probably slipping the USB flash drive into her coat pocket.
Later, when the weather in Hangzhou became warmer, she stuffed this woolen coat into the closet and never wore it again.
It was already May when the plagiarism incident came to light, she didn't even think about going through the winter clothes, and mistakenly thought that the USB drive was lost.
In other words, her outline has not been stolen from beginning to end.
Ruan Yu stood there stupidly, his face full of shock, when he suddenly heard a knock on the door.
Xu Huaisong asked outside: "What's wrong?"