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At this time, the ringtone of the mobile phone rang. It was the original ringtone of the system. It had not been specially adjusted. The ringtone had almost no melody at all, it was just a mechanical beeping sound. The person pulled back, looked at the word "Xiaobai" flashing on the screen, a smile appeared on his cheek

He didn't answer the phone, but continued talking to the phone screen talking to himself

"Look how content I am, I can be so happy just by calling you"

The ringing of the phone stopped abruptly, returned to calm, and rang again. For the first time, she didn't want to answer her call, but her smile deepened when she saw the flashing name

Is she worried? It should be, absolutely yes, then worry a little more, just a little more

In the early morning, the person next to the bed wakes up slowly, but Nan Jiu has no sleep all night. The people around him are both familiar and unfamiliar. Familiarity comes from liking, and strangeness comes from never knowing

When you get along with someone for three years and realize for the first time in a trance that you don’t know the people around you, you are really flustered and at a loss, so flustered and dazed that you can’t sleep all night

Bai Bai had woken up at this moment, and was putting on clothes. Nan Jiu turned over, her eyes were red and swollen, and the tears were still there. Nan Jiu stretched out her hand and gently grabbed the corner of Bai Bai's clothes. Let go, but don't hold it very tightly. It wasn't until Bai Bai was about to get up that he realized that someone had grabbed the corner of his clothes

Bai Bai looked down at the hand that grabbed the corner of his clothes, then at Nan Jiu's reddish eyes, and the corners of her mouth that seemed to be moving but stopped talking, as if to say, don't go, but I couldn't make any syllables anyway, so I just twitched the corners of my mouth slightly

At that moment, Bai Bai let out a long sigh, and his heart softened again. Nan Jiu seemed to know what Bai Bai was going to say, so he looked at her with such an expression early in the morning, because Nan Jiu knew that the person in front of him In fact, people are easy to soften their hearts. After softening their hearts, they will not say anything.

Sure enough, Bai Bai at this moment is really entangled, those words are stuck in his throat, and he can't swallow them or spit them out

Bai Bai gently covered the hand that was holding the hem of his clothes with his hand, his voice was deliberately peaceful, maybe because he just woke up in the morning, his voice was a little hoarse

"What's this early in the morning?"

The tone of pretending to be relaxed seems to be the same as usual, but it is different. Nan Jiu is very sensitive. It started three years ago. It is so sensitive that people have to take care of it carefully.

"It's okay, I just wanted to see you"

Bai Bai leaned closer and kissed Nan Jiu's cheek, his lips were warm and soft to the touch, and there was also that very pleasant bath fragrance

"My head hurts a bit"

Nan Jiu frowned in frustration, Bai Bai touched Nan Jiu's forehead and said

"I don't have a fever. I'm afraid it was caused by sleeping with my hair dry last night. I told you to blow dry before you can sleep. You always don't listen."

Nan Jiu rolled over lazily and shook her head vigorously, as if to relieve the dizziness

"Just not listening on purpose"

"Well, why do you deliberately and sincerely torture yourself?"

Nan Jiu put on a mischievous smile, pretending to be mysterious and saying

"It's torture, it's not torture"

Bai Bai had already stood up, and said that he was going to make ginger soup, and let Nan Jiu lie down, but Nan Jiu didn't want her to leave, so he held onto it and wouldn't let go.

"I just like to see Xiaobai's distressed look, it will give me an illusion"

Bai Bai was still puzzled by the illusion, but Bai Bai didn't ask again, and Nan Jiu didn't explain anymore, but changed the subject

"Let's go to the movies today, shall we?"

Bai Bai seemed to be a little hesitant about this proposal, but in the end he agreed

"Then you can sleep for a while, or you have to go to the movies with a dizzy mind?"

Hearing the answer, Nan Jiu obediently loosened the corner of Bai Bai's clothes at this moment, then lay down, turned over and turned her back to Bai Bai, and after turning over, she seemed to be muttering something. The person who walked to the door turned back with some uncertainty

"Did you just talk to me?"

The figure with his back to Bai Bai didn't move or reply, it was as quiet as if he had fallen asleep, Bai Bai finally turned around and went to the kitchen, there was a clanging sound from the kitchen, it was the kitchen knife touching the nailboard Sounds, listening to these sounds Nan Jiu closed her eyes and opened them again, closed them again and opened them again

In fact, what Bai Bai said when he was at the bus station, "Actually, I could have prevented that from happening" was not a joke, nor was it unfounded pity

After guarding her for three years, it's more about guilt than pity, and guilt that can't be resolved. Originally, Bai Bai wanted to keep these secrets and never tell them, but things backfired and he was finally discovered.

The person sitting across from him is no stranger, he is often seen, but in fact he hardly communicates with Uncle Li. He is as serious and unsmiling as when we first met. Years ago, he hurried over on a rainy night and told about Nanjiu's situation at that time. At that time, Baibai was probably out of guilty conscience and ran wildly on that road regardless of the rain.

And this time I communicated with him again, after three years, and the topic of this discussion is still Nan Jiu, last time it was please, this time it was a warning

On that night three years ago, Bai Bai watched Nan Jiu being helped into the car by the man with glasses. He hesitated and turned back, but somehow he ran out again. Whether it was intuition or worry, no one said. be clear

She took a taxi and followed, but she just followed. She just stopped outside the corridor and didn't go in.

Just a moment of indifference, a moment of withdrawal, a moment of cruelty

He clearly heard the movements inside, and he clearly guessed the situation inside, but he didn't even move his feet even a step.

Just smiling to himself, a cold and cruel smile

She thought about his daughter suffering from such a thing, would she feel uncomfortable, would she feel distressed, would she feel as painful as when she lost her father?

It should be, since it will, why do you need to save it? It’s not bad to just stand by like this. The murderer has to pay a little price for this. Even if the murderer is not injured, it is enough for the murderer’s relatives

At that moment, this kind of thinking is undoubtedly crazy, even morbid.

But later, I regretted it and felt guilty, so I stayed by her side for three full years.

Uncle Li found out about this three years later, so the question of whether Nan Jiu knew was lingering in Bai Bai's mind, and Uncle Li was also very considerate and answered the question

This matter did not exist for anyone to know, and Bai Bai has always buried it in his heart, and never planned to say it, but it is a coincidence that there is a camera in the aisle, which happened to be filmed that night, Bai Bai The whole process of standing alone in the corridor in a daze

The surveillance video exists in that corner, and it will explode one day. Originally, no one would look through the video, but because Director Du is the man with glasses, he was originally sent away from the company quietly, because Mr. Nan didn't want to make a big deal about this matter, mainly because Mr. Nan attached great importance to face, so he didn't want to get entangled any longer.

The man with glasses was sent away from the company, and the matter was exposed in this way, but after three years, the man with glasses seemed to be unwilling to reconcile and came back again, and seemed to have grasped some tricks of Mr. Nan. Time has completely angered Mr. Nan

Mr. Nan decided to collect evidence and prosecute this incident. Naturally, Nan Jiu's feelings were never taken into consideration during this process. Because of this episode, the surveillance from three years ago was turned up. video

"Not only did I see the video tape, Nan Jiu also saw it"

Bai Bai nodded, not knowing what he was thinking, as if relieved and heavy

"Do you know what she said?"

These words caught Bai Bai's attention, he slowly raised his head, did not urge him to speak, just watched quietly, waiting for the next word

"she says……"

Maybe I really did something wrong in my previous life, otherwise how could it be like this?

Those words caused Bai Bai to close her eyes. She hoped that Nan Jiu would be angry, or even blame her, but why did she do this? It makes people feel uneasy and makes people feel guilty to death, but it seems that she has always been like this, never changed

At this moment, Uncle Li showed a rare angry expression on his face, as if he was about to strike in the next second, but he finally endured it

"At that time, you could even call the police, but you didn't do anything, so... well, I don't want to say more."

As he said that, Uncle Li pushed a check in front of Bai Bai.

"The money was given by the old chairman Nan, so you can go quietly. I heard that your mother is going to have an operation now. I'm afraid you need the money. Take it and treat Nan Jiu as if you let it go." "

Bai Bai looked at the check on the table, smiled, bitterness spread all over his face

"understood"

Simple three words, get up and leave after speaking