underwater moon

The weather in Haicheng in early August was cloudless in the morning, and the sky was as blue as washing.

Jiang Mingyue entered the law firm at nine o'clock in the morning and came out at two o'clock in the afternoon.

The lawyer in charge of this case has a very clear meaning: there is no way to continue to follow up, and not only him, there will be no big law firm in Haicheng who will take this case.

Jiang Mingyue guarded, waited, pestered, and doubled the pre-negotiated fee, but in the end she only got a sincere "I'm really sorry".

The scorching sun hung high, and the ground on the eight-lane Huaiyin Street was scorching hot.

I didn't know how long it would take in the law firm, so I asked the driver at home to go back first. At this time, Jiang Mingyue, who came out alone, couldn't care less about finding a place to eat, and then went to the city hall.

Within a few months of Chinese New Year this year, his father and brother were investigated one after another.

The economic problems were complicated, and the family felt that although it was indeed more serious this time, similar situations had happened before, so they kept it from Jiang Mingyue, who was in school.

After this delay, Jiang Wenzhi was dragged to the detention center. He suffered a cerebral infarction that night and was not rescued.

The situation took a 180-degree turn. In the eyes of others, only the wife who was not in charge and a child who had never been in the business district remained in the Jiang family.

Except for a few friends who were close to Jiang Mingyue's eldest brother, no one dared to rashly invest in contacts and funds for a family that might not be able to be brought back to life.

The one thing that took up the largest proportion of Jiang Mingyue's holiday was not his father's funeral.

On the contrary, the funeral was very simple. He wore a black suit, followed behind his mother Xu Yingyu who used the black lace on her hat to cover her red eye circles, and sent Jiang Wenzhi away.

The scheduled study tours, drafts and competitions are not worth being put on the agenda.Every day after that, he began to rush to the law firm.

Occasionally end at the dinner, occasionally end in the long wait at the gate of the city hall office, and occasionally end in the heavy rain that always comes suddenly in Haicheng in summer and autumn.

Sometimes there are umbrellas, sometimes not.

These twenty days have been longer and more difficult than his past 22 years.

His brother is still in the detention center, and the situation is complicated.

When he ran out to do errands, his gestures of handing cigarettes and toasting were not right, and he didn't have time to study and improve. When people saw him, he was just a child, and he couldn't speak well.

At the beginning, the lawyer also noticed this situation and asked him to change into a suit, but when he really put on a suit, the lawyer looked him up and down and told him to change back to a T-shirt and jeans.

To this day, the law firm suddenly began to treat it negatively, except for being sorry, it is just embarrassing.

Coming out of the city hall, Jiang Mingyue got a bad nose as usual.

The recent Jiang family is no more lively than before, there are only a few people, and there are few things going on, they only circle around Xu Yingyu who is suffering from nervous breakdown.

As soon as Jiang Mingyue entered, Xu Yingyu greeted her.

"There is chicken soup in the kitchen. The baby is going to take a bath and change clothes first. I will ask my aunt to bring it out."

Then he asked: "How is today, what did the lawyer say?"

Jiang Mingyue went upstairs with his backpack and said, "It's okay, the person who stamped it is not here, and I have to go again on Monday."

Noticing that there were two sets of tea sets on the table in the living room, Jiang Mingyue asked casually, "Mom, has anyone been here?"

Xu Yingyu turned her head to look at it, her expression remained unchanged, she called the servant to collect it, and said, "A friend."

Jiang Mingyue was so preoccupied, she didn't care, and continued to lift her legs up the stairs.

He didn't tell Xu Yingyu about the lawyer's selection. After dinner, he sorted out the thicker and thicker documents and materials alone in the room.

Thinking about going to the company again during the weekend, and asking his brother's secretary to come out to meet, and starting to get in touch with a new law firm.

Jiang Mingkai's secretary had just finished two rounds of inspections, and she was in pretty good condition. Jiang Mingyue was very cooperative when he asked her out.

Before parting from the first meeting, the secretary said: "I heard what you said just now, at least for now, they are doing very well, the law firm is easy to find, and there are two more cooperation with Mr. Jiang before, I will contact you , don't worry too much."

But a day later, she lost her confidence on the phone.

"...Credit Suisse and Hongtian have no intention of accepting it. It stands to reason that such a big case is usually to be robbed. I have a classmate who is doing a civil lawsuit in Hongtian, and I don't know exactly what happened, but probably It’s the big boss’s intention, they are not allowed to talk about it.”

When answering the phone, Jiang Mingyue had just gone to Jiang Mingkai's office to find two contracts.

The building was empty. After answering the call from Secretary Jiang Mingkai, Jiang Mingyue didn't stay any longer, and it was still raining outside.

He came out after drinking afternoon tea with Xu Yingyu. At this time, the street lights were just on, and the traffic flowed like weaving. On the straight office building, there were only a few scattered lights, hidden behind the heavy rain curtain, everything was indistinct.

Jiang Mingyue sent the location to the driver, recalling the sentence she subconsciously asked the secretary just now while holding the phone: "They are not allowed to talk, why?"

Why, Jiang Mingyue tried not to let herself down, but still couldn't help but naively wondered why there were so many reasons that people didn't understand.

He was waiting under the bus stop sign with a canopy. Not long after, a black car approached slowly. In the pouring rain, everything was blurred. On the front windshield, there was little sense of wipers .

Jiang Mingyue protected the backpack with both hands and approached. Amidst the noise of the rain, she struggled to see the rare "Hai A5" in front of the license plate, opened the door and got into the car.

After he sat down firmly and wiped his rain-stained face indiscriminately, he was suddenly stunned——

The owner who moved to the other side to give him his seat hadn't decided on his sitting position yet, and had already handed a towel in front of him with one hand.

Facing the stranger in front of her, Jiang Mingyue's neck seemed to be suffocated, she didn't turn her head, and only looked around the interior of the car with her eyes.

Everywhere is familiar, and it is confirmed that it is the same Bentayga as the one that usually picks him up. Only this man with a cold face is beyond his recognition.

In other words, there are also the smell in this car and the furnishings in small details, which are beyond cognition.

He got into the wrong car.

After returning home, Xu Yingyu was waiting for him as usual, and Jiang Mingyue calmed down before pushing the door in.

Xu Yingyu sat on the sofa watching TV, turned around and asked him: "Old Tian said you met a friend, which classmate was it, why didn't you bring it back for dinner?"

Lao Tian was the driver who followed Jiang Mingyue recently. After getting into Yue Zhongshan's car just now, Jiang Mingyue called him and told him to go home directly.

While washing his hands, he vividly told about meeting Yue Zhongshan on the street and getting into his car by mistake, Xu Yingyu, who had been chattering behind him, suddenly fell silent.

"Mom?" Jiang Mingyue wiped her hands, turned her head and said seriously, "It seems like I haven't seen him for two or three years. He has changed a lot. When I first met him today, I didn't recognize him."

It becomes more rigid and more frightening.

Yue Zhongshan was the eldest among the grown-up grandchildren of the Yue family, but he grew up outside and was brought back when he was ten years old. He was five years older than Jiang Mingyue. His brother didn't talk much.

When he was in high school, his head was shaved with only short stubble, and his complexion was fierce, so he was not easy to mess with.

These children are afraid of Yue Zhongshan, and they would not play together during New Years and festivals. When they ran into each other at school, they stood more respectfully than each other, and honestly shouted "Brother Bigger is good".

Later, they all grew up, and they had to be busy with their own affairs. After Yue Zhongshan graduated from high school, Jiang Mingyue had no other contact with him except for occasionally meeting Jiang Mingkai during dinner.

He only remembered that three years ago, not long after he finished the college entrance examination, he heard the news that Yue Zhongshan was going abroad.

"Come to drink soup, what about dinner?" Xu Yingyu didn't answer his question, just said, "I've been waiting for you, and it hasn't been served yet."

Jiang Mingyue replied, "I haven't eaten."

Then he said: "But didn't I tell you not to wait? It's fine when I come back and I have a stutter."

Xu Yingyu didn't speak, and the two servants quickly set the table and chopsticks, and Jiang Mingyue had an extra bowl of ginger soup at hand.

After nine o'clock in the evening, Jiang Mingyue continued to sort out the thicker and thicker documents and materials in her room.

The things were taken out of the kraft paper bags and spread out by category, almost covering the entire bed.

More than a month ago, he didn't know anything about these things, but today, he can understand some of them.

Before the lawyer told him that he was not in a hurry, Jiang Mingyue probably knew that most of the rest would be handled by favor.

The saying that a skinny camel is bigger than a horse is correct. The Jiang family is indeed not short of money now, but there is really not much left for favors.

Maybe the lawyer was also afraid of offending others, but now he sees that it is difficult for him to get things done, so he gave up the case.In the final analysis, he is too good-for-nothing. If this matter is left to his father or his brother, it is probably better than him to do it neatly and beautifully.

A thunderbolt struck outside the window, and another shower poured down like a bet.

When Jiang Mingyue stepped on the wooden floor with bare feet and leaned over to close the window, Xu Yingyu knocked on the door of his bedroom: "Baby?"

Jiang Mingyue pushed the window one last time on tiptoe and said, "Come in."

She changed into a home-style cheongsam, dark blue, the skirt is not too long, but the slit is low, and the buttons around the neck are also simple. He scratched across the opened document, his eyes didn't know where to fall, and he was silent for a while.

Xu Yingyu seldom came to Jiang Mingyue's room, so he put on his shoes and poured a glass of water, and handed it to Xu Yingyu.

Then he walked over and sat down next to her, leaned on Xu Yingyu's shoulder, and showed her a few pieces of paper: "This is what I'm doing recently, so pay the fine first."

Xu Yingyu looked at it, but she didn't seem to care much, she just nodded, reached out her hand to check the temperature on Jiang Mingyue's forehead, and said, "What are the arrangements for tomorrow?"

Jiang Mingyue replied: "I'm fine in the morning, I've made an appointment to have dinner with someone in the evening."

Xu Yingyu paused, Jiang Mingyue thought she was worried about her elder brother, but she couldn't comfort her, she couldn't even say "soon", because it was too contrary to her will and too contrary to the facts.

Unexpectedly, she said: "Since you have nothing to do in the morning, let's meet with Yue Manlin."

"It's my negligence. I've been letting you run away from home matters recently. I forgot that you guys should meet on a date."

Jiang Mingyue opened her mouth, looked at Xu Yingyu's serious expression, and finally said, "I see, Mom."

Xu Yingyu shook his hand, and said: "People who are already engaged, don't be childish all over the body. Girls will coax them. If Man Lin is angry, you should say a few nice words. Think about it, two people How long have you not been in touch? Don’t think that you don’t have to maintain your relationship if you’re engaged. In fact, you need to show that you cherish it, you know?”

Jiang Mingyue was very obedient, and when Xu Yingyu said a few words, he nodded.

After a while, Jiang Mingyue shook the hand she was holding, and asked softly, "Mom, what's the matter?"

"It's okay." Xu Yingyu said immediately.

After a pause, she asked Jiang Mingyue as if she just remembered, "You said you met Yue Zhongshan today, did he say anything?"

Looking back, Jiang Mingyue only remembered Yue Zhongshan's unsmiling face, she shook her head and said, "I didn't say anything important, maybe he hasn't been back for long, so he probably doesn't know about our family's affairs."

"Okay, baby rest early." After sitting for a while, Xu Yingyu got up and said, "Remember to contact Man Lin."

The engagement between Jiang Mingyue and Luo Manlin was made last year.

In fact, he has no love history, and he has not even figured out the beginning of his relationship with Luo Manlin. This is one of the reasons why Xu Yingyu didn't quite agree with Jiang Mingyue's father in making the engagement.

It seems that because the two have been classmates since kindergarten, they were in the same class in elementary school, junior high school, and high school, and they went to the same room in university. So logical.

After being reminded by Xu Yingyu, Jiang Mingyue realized that he had recently neglected Luo Manlin.

She has contacted him several times and is also very concerned about the situation of their family.

But every time, Jiang Mingyue was either talking to a lawyer, or waiting tensely at the Finance Bureau, so every response was considered perfunctory.

Fortunately, Luo Manlin's character is innocent, and she has some stupidity similar to Jiang Mingyue, so she never gets angry with him.

For a student with a low score in love like Jiang Mingyue, it is really a perfect partner.

Jiang Mingyue proposed to meet tomorrow so late, but she didn't refuse, she agreed and asked him about his family.

But without waiting for Jiang Mingyue to say anything, she said again: "Forget it, we'll talk about it tomorrow when we meet tomorrow. I must be very tired from hearing your voice. Let's go to rest early."

Jiang Mingyue said, "Okay, you should go to bed early, too."

Romanin paused, and said, "Mingyue, do you have a cold?"

Her voice was very soft, with genuine sadness: "Don't work too hard, my parents have been trying to find a way recently, and they also said hello, brother Jiang's life in the detention center is fine, and we will take our time for the rest. "

"I don't have a cold, I'll just go to bed early today. I know, thank you uncle and aunt." Jiang Mingyue said seriously, "Tell me after you decide what you want to eat, and I'll make a reservation."

Luo Manlin immediately became happy again, and replied: "Okay."

The next day, Jiang Mingyue got up early as usual and had breakfast with Xu Yingyu.

He took a piece of bread, lowered his head and spread applesauce carefully, and heard Xu Yingyu ask, "Have you made an appointment with Man Lin?"

Jiang Mingyue said: "It's an appointment. There's a new Thai restaurant in Xintiandi. Let's have lunch there."

Xu Yingyu raised her hand to drink coffee, her expression didn't change, but Jiang Mingyue saw that she was a little dissatisfied, and smiled helplessly at her: "It's not an idol drama, and eating French food on every date may not be so high class, Besides, Manlin doesn't have as many demands as you think."

Xu Yingyu looked at him for a while, then smiled, and said with downcast eyes: "Anyway, you have to treat others well, and if you don't fall in love, you always have to ask your mother for advice."

"Also, we can solve our family affairs by ourselves, and talk about being happy when we meet Manlin, you know?"

Jiang Mingyue agreed to everything, walked out of the house happily, and when the door was closed, she became preoccupied again.

There was still some time before lunch, so Jiang Mingyue went to the law firm first.

He had made an appointment in advance, so both Rui Suisse and Hongtian went in smoothly, but after explaining his purpose, he couldn't.

He's just not tactful, not unreasonable, Jiang Mingyue understands those polite refusals that don't leave much room, and knows that there is nothing he can do.

Walking in the sunlight, thinking of Xu Yingyu at home, and Jiang Mingkai who was still in the detention center, he never realized his incompetence more deeply than now.

Even Jiang Mingkai's secretary said at the beginning that the problem would be solved slowly, but in his hands, it became more and more unsolvable.

Jiang Mingyue rushed to the reserved restaurant with worries, but the person who came was not Luo Manlin, but Luo Manlin's cousin.

Jiang Mingyue also called her cousin, got up and helped her pull out the chair, and when she handed her the menu, she didn't answer, but just looked at Jiang Mingyue apologetically.

After a while, Jiang Mingyue withdrew her hand from handing over the menu, and heard her tell Luo Manlin that she was going to divorce.

He thought he should have smiled, but soon he couldn't laugh anymore, and he didn't know what to say, so he lowered his head.

If Luo Manlin was sitting opposite, he could still say sorry, but no, so he didn't know what else to say.

It is inappropriate to talk about sadness, it is suspected of selling misery and moral kidnapping, and when it comes to regret and embarrassment, there is no need to speak.

This is really not an occasion worth greeting, so my cousin left without saying anything, and patted Jiang Mingyue on the shoulder before leaving.

He sat alone for a long time, with many things to consider, and even a little numb. Compared with Jiang Mingkai who was still in the detention center, he couldn't find a lawyer who was willing to take charge of the case in any law firm with a name, as if he had been divorced Things are not that serious.

After drinking a glass of lemonade, Jiang Mingyue ordered the restaurant as she was about to come in the shower.

But after walking half a street, there was a downpour of rain on Huaiyin Street outside Xintiandi.

By the time he felt the pain from the raindrops on his face, he had already finished answering the phone call from his teacher.

The project can only wait for him until next week at most, if he doesn't go, the things he has done for the whole year before will be considered in vain.

Jiang Mingyue understood that no one was making things difficult for him, and even the teacher had tried his best to help him delay the time, so he could only say sorry first, and then said that he really couldn't go.

In three to two minutes, Jiang Mingyue was completely soaked, and the white T-shirt with a round collar stuck to his body, showing the protruding shoulder blades on his back.

He was walking along the side of the road, and the horns around him kept ringing. After he was grabbed by his arm and pulled vigorously into the car, he realized later that there seemed to be a car following him and honking the horn for a long time.

The watch on the hand that handed the towel was also very familiar. Jiang Mingyue raised her head with red eye circles, and saw Yue Zhongshan's face that was also wet because he got off the car: "Wipe it."

Author: From now on, it will be eight o'clock, come a big one!mwah!