I heard you are a junior

The colleagues in the finance department had already left, and the surroundings were quiet, the corridor was dark, only the street lights coming in from the large windows of the office were left.

"No." Zhong Yuxiao gritted her teeth and said, her expression seemed a little cloudy and uncertain amidst such gloomy and blurred tones.

Liu Jinya thought about yesterday, seeing Zhong Yuxiao's arm in front of her so close to her, subconsciously stepped back a few steps, for fear of being hugged in her arms again the next moment.

Lowering his hands, Zhong Yuxiao also walked into the office, and saw the light switch flicked down.

The ceiling lights are bright, and the surroundings are bright.

Liu Jinya squinted her eyes to adapt to the sudden light, and looked at Zhong Yuxiao timidly, "You...what do you want to say."

Zhong Yuxiao remained silent and closed the office door first.

"Don't!" Liu Jinya whispered, watching the door close unwillingly, feeling panicked in her heart: once the door is closed, she will be cut off from the outside world, it is too similar to last night, in case Zhong Yuxiao...

She pursed her lips, packed her bag tightly and hid behind the desk.

Zhong Yuxiao saw her actions and sighed, "You don't have to be afraid, I just want to apologize for what happened yesterday. I'm sorry, I don't know how to express my feelings, and I suddenly offended you,"

"It's okay." Liu Jinya was afraid, and said obediently what she thought would make Zhong Yuxiao happy.

Zhong Yuxiao stared at her, "Really?"

"Yeah." Liu Jinya squeezed out a smile.

This expression that looks worse when laughing than crying says it all.

"Do you mean to accept me?" Zhong Yuxiao raised her eyebrows, deliberately distorting her meaning.

Liu Jinya shook her head hastily, and stammered, "I, I have no plans to start a new relationship for the time being, and I want to focus on work."

Seeing her eyes dodge, Zhong Yuxiao couldn't help but take a step closer, "If I were a man, would you still say that?"

Unexpectedly, Zhong Yuxiao would ask so bluntly, Liu Jinya was taken aback for a moment, not because she was said to be speechless about the central matter, but because she couldn't figure out why she didn't pay much attention to Zhong Yu until now. Akatsuki is a woman.

In Zhong Yuxiao's eyes, her silence had another meaning.

Zhong Yuxiao nodded and lowered her eyes, hugging herself with both hands, her bewildered fingertips clenched tightly on her sleeves, she took the initiative to back away from her, her words were full of loss and frustration, "I understand, I understand."

Listening to the tone of crying, Liu Jinya followed the prestige, and saw Zhong Yuxiao's pitiful shrunken figure, as if she had been abandoned by her.

She has always been soft but not hard.

"No," Liu Jinya was afraid that Zhong Yuxiao was going to cry, so she explained weakly, "It has nothing to do with whether you are a man or a woman."

Zhong Yuxiao raised her head, her eyes were stained with tears, "That is to say... you simply don't like me?"

Liu Jinya was dumbfounded, and didn't know how to answer - say yes, she just doesn't like Zhong Yuxiao, say no, she has never had any feelings for Zhong Yuxiao other than friends, and she really can't give a more definite answer Come.

Her heart was already in chaos, and it became even more confused when Zhong Yuxiao asked her.

"You can't say that." Liu Jinya thought for a long time before explaining with difficulty, "I think it's fine for me to be alone, just like your previous state. I don't want to fall in love or get married."

Zhong Yuxiao frowned.

Liu Jinya's intuition was wrong, so she turned the conversation to the other side weakly, "By the way, think about it carefully, maybe you don't like me, it's just that you've been alone for too long, and you can find a friend who gets along with you comfortably..."

"Enough." Zhong Yu interrupted her suddenly.

Liu Jinya was stunned.

Zhong Yuxiao opened his eyes, and quickly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes. The profile with his waist straightened and his head raised was as proud and elegant as usual, and he spoke again in an indifferent voice, "I don't even know what I like."

Hearing this rather cold tone, Liu Jinya felt the slight sullenness in her heart, and finally remembered Zhong Yuxiao's distress when she was drunk and was commented by people around her, "I don't know how to like someone, and I am destined to be alone forever".

Like those pointing fingers, she became suspicious of Zhong Yuxiao.

Liu Jinya bowed her head, she shut her mouth for fear of making too many mistakes, thinking about what to do.

Zhong Yuxiao didn't persistently ask her if she wanted to, but only asked, "Can we still be friends like before?"

It's good not to mention it, Liu Jinya remembered the memories of sharing the same bed and hugging each other.

She regarded it as an intimate gesture between friends, Zhong Yuxiao... what was she thinking?

Realizing that Zhong Yuxiao might get close in the name of a friend, Liu Jinya was in a turmoil, neither hated nor blamed, and felt that everything had changed, and no matter how hard the two of them tried, it was difficult to return to the original point.

She was thinking about her words, thinking about how to euphemistically express her desire to calm herself down for a while, but Zhong Yuxiao was too smart, seeing her so entangled, she knew that all the answers were in silence, and said with a wry smile, "You can always Be a good colleague."

"Well..." Liu Jinya pursed her lips and said, "You are my boss."

Zhong Yuxiao was silent.

Liu Jinya glanced secretly, did not see what Zhong Yuxiao's expression was, but could clearly see the clenched fingertips, and suddenly understood that there were many unseen emotions hidden under this calm appearance, and the discomfort and pain among them were no more painful than hers. few.

"If you want to fire me, I can understand." She sighed, not as selfish as she was when she first discovered Zhong Yuxiao's annoying eyes, and whitewashed the peace for a job. It's not hard to find an assistant."

Zhong Yuxiao smiled, "No need, we always have a clear distinction between public and private, right?"

Liu Jinya raised the corner of her mouth and responded, "Yes."

"It's okay." She was still at a loss, Zhong Yuxiao had collected her emotions, turned and walked towards the door, "You can get off work now."

Liu Jinya didn't respond, and watched Zhong Yuxiao open the door and leave silently. She didn't breathe a sigh of relief until the moment the door closed, and sat down on the chair next to her.

She sat quietly for a while, when she heard the door of the office next door opening and closing.The door was relatively heavy, and the opening and closing made a penetrating sound.She was very fortunate to discover such a small detail, and felt that it would be very convenient for her to identify Zhong Yuxiao's whereabouts.

Now Liu Jinya is indeed listening through a door, slowly opening and closing it, just like Zhong Yuxiao's footsteps when he left.

Everything was fine until yesterday, why did it suddenly become like this?

"Alas." She scratched her hair in frustration, pulled out a slight pain before stopping, staring at the broken hair wrapped around her fingertips in a daze.

After all, Liu Jinya understood that her self-inflicted troubles were useless except to hurt herself, so she got up and turned off the lights, and left the office with her footsteps.When I got downstairs, I looked up, and unexpectedly saw Zhong Yuxiao's looming figure standing by the window.

She was stunned for a moment, looking at the long way home on weekdays, and didn't take another step for a while.

Will Zhong Yuxiao keep watching her go home?

Thinking of the car that appeared at the entrance of the community in the morning, Liu Jinya felt uncomfortable and unhappy. In order to avoid being watched by Zhong Yuxiao, who was always in the dark, she took out her mobile phone and sent a heartfelt message, "During time outside of work, Let's not bother each other anymore."

Zhong Yuxiao replied quickly, "Yes."

Liu Jinya looked up again, and found that Zhong Yuxiao really walked away from the window, her raised hand seemed to be wiping her face.

Are you crying?

Liu Jinya suddenly became conscious that he could speak too much, staring at the phone, thinking whether to say some gentle words to remedy it.She typed, edited and edited several times, and finally succumbed to her stupidity and cruel reality.

What Zhong Yuxiao wanted to hear was only what she would accept.

Since she is unwilling, why give hope?It's good to get rid of the relationship.

Liu Jinya put away her mobile phone and walked to the bus stop in a daze. Just in time, she saw a bus coming back to her parents' house. She took out some change and got on the bus.

Her mind is too messed up, she will daydream when she is alone, and even do some silly things.

Liu Jinya decided to go home to see her mother, and take back the diary from a few years ago to see how she used to be brave and liking people.

After making a phone call on the bus, Liu Jinya got her mother's consent, bought apples and flour as instructed, and went home with the things.When she entered the door, she was still only welcomed by her mother. Her father glanced at him weakly on the sofa, and then turned his head back as if he hadn't seen anything.

After the 5000 yuan incident, she didn't give her father any money, nor was she willing to buy some gifts. She only wanted to be nice to her mother, and anyone could see the taste of being unyielding.As a grown-up father, of course he understands the meaning, and he doesn't mind her daughter, who has little money, maintaining a stranger's attitude under her mother's request.

"Come on, let's eat." Mom helped Zhang Luo.

Liu Jinya was surprised, "Mom, have you already cooked?"

"Well, I got off work early today, and I ate some leftovers at noon with my father." Mom opened the two plates that were locked, "I just fried these, there are not many dishes, next time you call back early, I will I'll do it for you again."

Liu Jinya looked at the steaming cabbage and tomato scrambled eggs, and smiled, "No, I'll come back for a light meal, whatever is convenient."

"Okay, wash your hands and eat." Mom said gently, "Why are you leaving get off work so late?"

Liu Jinya suddenly recalled the conversation with Zhong Yuxiao not long ago, stopped her movements, and said, "Today is a big meeting for all employees, and it will take a long time."

Mom nodded, "It's too late to eat something to rest your stomach in the future."

"Okay." Liu Jinya wiped her hands, pulled up a chair and sat at the dining table.

The taste of the food at home is not very good, but it has been close to her taste for 20 years, which is very satisfactory.In the past two months, she worked too much overtime, ate too much outside food, and was very moved by her mother's cooking. She forgot to worry about things and concentrated on eating.

Mom looked helplessly, "Are you so hungry?"

"It's delicious." Liu Jinya boasted sincerely, "I don't have this taste when I make it myself."

Mom poured her a glass of water and asked softly, "Do you have time to cook by yourself after get off work?"

"Sometimes." Liu Jinya thought about it for a while, and couldn't help remembering that the few times she bothered was for Zhong Yuxiao, she coughed twice and changed the subject, "Mom, your voice seems a little hoarse, do you have a cold? "

"I've caught a cold these two days, it's not a big problem, just eat some light dishes and take a good rest." Mom rubbed the center of her brows.

Liu Jinya disagreed, "How can this work, go to the hospital to have a look."

My mother is getting older, and her physical fitness is not as good as before. She has a natural sense of rejection towards the hospital. She once had a cold because she wanted to save money and hold on. Zhizhi turned into pneumonia and suffered a lot.

"Okay, let's go check your body by the way," my mother agreed with her rarely, "You eat first, and I'll go find the medical records and the medical card."

Liu Jinya nodded, and accidentally saw her father on the sofa straighten up, his eyes followed her mother, frowning as if he was very concerned.She was a little surprised - besides playing cards, how could Dad be so serious? Is it true that Dad has improved a lot like what Mom said?

Noticing her gaze, Dad snorted coldly, turned around and continued watching TV.

Liu Jinya was still very concerned about introducing the old man and squandering 5000 yuan. She didn't bother to care about her father and ate in a muffled voice.She ate much faster than before. After a while, she collected the table and washed the dishes, and went to the room to find her mother.

"Mom." She casually walked to the door of the master bedroom, tilting her head to see what her mother was looking down at.

Mother was startled and stuffed something into the bedding.

No matter how fast she moves, she is not as fast as her eyes. Liu Jinya has suffered a back injury, and by virtue of her flashing appearance, she recognized that the bag was used by Hospital A to hold X-rays. She was startled, and stepped forward to ask, "What is that?" ?”

"It's nothing, old things from before." Mom covered up, trying to push her out of the room, "Are you full? Do you want some fruit..."

Liu Jinya remained unmoved, avoiding her mother's hand, turned around and persistently lifted the quilt.

She finally saw what her mother was hiding.

The open medical records, X-rays, and a pile of test reports are all named after my mother.

"What is this?" Liu Jinya flipped through the pages, struggling to make out the words on the medical record, "What redness, swelling, bleeding, trauma..."

Mom couldn't grab it, so she blocked it with her hands, "It's nothing, I fell down the stairs once and got hurt..."

Liu Jinya couldn't understand the doctor's other fonts, but she could clearly identify the date, "September 9? What a coincidence, it was the day when Dad bought a mahjong table for 24 yuan with my online shopping account?"

"Really?" Mom squeezed out a smile, "I can't even remember..."

Liu Jinya has seen her mother for so many years, how can she not know that this is a lie, continue to look at other things, and gradually piece together the truth in her mind: her face is the most injured, her lips are swollen and she can't speak, her eyes are blue and purple , and the X-ray is of the arm...

"Mom, come here!" She pulled her mother forcefully, and rolled up her sleeves to see clearly.

There are still shallow scars on the arm, and the shape of the upper part does not look like it was caused by a fall, but it looks like it was scratched several times with a knife.

Liu Jinya felt a chill coming up, "Mom, did Dad hit you?"

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