we are not friends anymore

After Qiao Mingxi hung up the phone, he went downstairs. He opened the door and went out, but saw that Aunt Hui, the housekeeper, was pacing back and forth at the gate without resting.

"Aunt Hui." Qiao Mingxi also walked outside the gate, and Aunt Hui was surprised to see him: "Why isn't the young master asleep yet?"

"What happened?" Qiao Mingxi asked.

Aunt Hui hesitated for a while: "I don't know too well, just now the lady answered the phone and left. I guess there is something wrong with the batch of goods from Hong Kong City."

Qiao Mingxi was taken aback for a moment, he couldn't think of anything so important that Qiao Mingyue would solve it in person in the middle of the night.

He remembered the phone call just now, bowed his head and thought for a while, and took out his mobile phone to call Lou Feng.

When I took it out, I saw a missed call on the screen. It was a string of numbers without notes, but the number Qiao Mingxi was all too familiar with.

He froze for a moment, pursed his lips, deleted the missed call, and dialed Lou Feng's number.

There was no one answering there. Without hesitation, Qiao Mingxi found out the number of Qiao Mingyue's second brother that had been stored in the address book for a long time but had never been dialed. After dialing out, there was still no answer.

Qiao Mingxi was completely uneasy.

But he had no choice but to wait anxiously at the door with Aunt Hui.

After waiting until the sky cleared, a car slowly approached at the far end of the road. Qiao Mingxi was taken aback, moved his stiff limbs, and watched the two cars stop in front of him.

The door of the car in front opened, and a tall man jumped out. After getting out of the car, he didn't leave, but bent down and leaned into the car, and hugged a person from inside.

The man, Qiao Mingxi, knew him. He was Xie Zhen, who was called "Fourth Brother Xie" on the road, and had lived in the south for a long time in the past few years; and the man in his arms, Qiao Mingxi, was even more familiar.

"Sister?!" Qiao Mingyue closed her eyes in Xie Zhen's arms, Qiao Mingxi's face was pale when she saw the bloodshot gauze on her arm.

Xie Zhen hugged Qiao Mingyue with both hands, and signaled Qiao Mingxi not to panic with his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "Go in first."

At this moment, Lou Feng also jumped out of the car behind, stepped forward and patted Qiao Mingxi: "Don't panic, it's all right now."

A group of people walked towards the house, Xie Zhen carried Qiao Mingyue all the way up the stairs and back to the room, and settled her down.During the movement, Qiao Mingyue woke up, opened her eyes and looked at the people who followed, her face was still a little pale.

Qiao Mingxi pursed her lips tightly and stood beside Xie Zhen.

Qiao Mingyue looked at Xie Zhen first, and said softly, "I'm hurting you."

"Third Sister." Xie Zhen frowned. He was a man with a bit of an outrageous temperament. He seemed to be angry when he didn't make an expression on weekdays, and he looked even more displeased when he frowned.

Qiao Mingyue just smiled lightly, while Lou Feng said, "Sister, don't think about it."

There were several people standing in the room, but it was so quiet that even the sound of a needle falling could be heard. After a long time, Qiao Mingyue shook her head, and said to Xie Zhen and Lou Feng, "It's okay, you guys go back first."

She looked tired, Lou Feng and Xie Zhen glanced at each other, told Qiao Mingyue to rest well, and they said goodbye and left Qiao's house together.

When everyone left, only the Qiao family siblings were left in the room, and Qiao Mingxi was still standing there without saying a word.

Qiao Mingyue turned to look at him: "What are you doing standing there stupidly? Sit down and talk if you have something to say."

Qiao Mingxi lowered her head when she heard this, and quietly moved a chair over to sit by the bed.

He lowered his head and said nothing, pinching the index finger of his left hand nervously with his right hand.Seeing his appearance, Qiao Mingyue could guess that there was something on his mind, so she said in a low voice, "It's really not a big deal today."

She paused, then suddenly chuckled, Qiao Mingxi had never heard her laugh like this before, raised her head worriedly, but saw Qiao Mingyue showing an expression he had never seen before.

"I saw him." Qiao Mingyue turned her head slowly, looking at the ceiling indifferently, "He's among the people over there, even though Lao Wu said no..."

Her voice was very soft, almost like a whisper, but Qiao Mingxi could hear the turbulent waves inside.

As if he had a tacit understanding, he immediately understood who Qiao Mingyue was talking about.

"Because I was dazed when I saw him, that's why I got a little scratch." When she said this, Qiao Mingxi realized that she was comforting herself, "Boy, don't be afraid of this little pain."

"...but." Qiao Mingxi opened his mouth. He wanted to tell Qiao Mingyue that that person was dead, but he knew that everyone had said that to her, so he couldn't repeat another useless reassurance.

Qiao Mingyue was silent for a while, she looked tired, Qiao Mingxi almost thought she was asleep, but suddenly heard her say: "Recently, a group of people have been causing me little trouble. I'll send you two more people tomorrow, be careful when you go out."

Qiao Mingxi nodded: "I know...you should be careful too."

Qiao Mingyue smiled lightly, Qiao Mingxi looked at her and said, "Sister."

Qiao Mingyue turned to look at him.

Qiao Mingxi opened her mouth, her voice was very soft: "I...Qiao Qifeng...he called me."

When he mentioned his biological father who was far away in country r, Qiao Mingyue frowned: "Don't worry about it."

"He knows." Qiao Mingxi said, "He asked me if I knew about your will and wanted to come back and meet me."

Qiao Mingyue's eyes became a little cold: "He will ask you like this, which means that he already knows that you are there."

Qiao Mingxi whispered: "Sister, did I cause you trouble? I know... You have been sending people to put him under house arrest in country r. Has he come back?"

Qiao Mingyue was quiet, and said flatly: "The person ran out of my control, but he should still be in country r."

Qiao Mingxi didn't speak. He knew that Qiao Mingyue didn't want to influence him if he didn't tell him. After a moment of silence, he asked, "You said someone was looking for trouble for you, is it him?"

"Not sure." Qiao Mingyue said, "Don't worry, he won't make any noise."

"But..." Qiao Mingxi hesitated, "What if what you saw today...was a trap dug by someone else?"

Qiao Mingyue glanced at him, with a rare smile on his face: "That must be my luck."

Qiao Mingxi understood what she meant. For Qiao Mingyue, even if everything was a trap dug by others, as long as it was related to a dead lover, she would jump into it without hesitation.It was her luck that she was only slightly injured tonight; it was also her luck to have a [-] in [-] chance to see the shadow of someone who has never forgotten for a day.

Qiao Mingxi felt a little pain in his eyes, rubbed the corners of his eyes and said, "I don't think it's safe to keep the will with me, I'll go get it back."

Since Qiao Qifeng knew that the will was with him, he might be able to find out where it was placed.

Qiao Mingyue also thought about this, and said, "I'll send someone to go with you tomorrow, be careful."

Qiao Mingxi was silent for a while, then nodded.

He sat by the bed for a while, until Qiao Mingyue fell asleep from exhaustion before getting up and walking out softly.

He stood at the stairs for a long time. The lights were not turned on here, only the dim floor lamp downstairs gave off a little light, and the whole Qiao's house was quiet.

Qiao Mingxi sat down on the stairs, his head blanked, and he was in a daze.

Many years ago, Qiao Mingyue, who was sitting in a wheelchair, opened the door of the small attic and pulled him out of the cramped space.

Qiao Mingyue is the backing of many people. As the only family member, she desperately dragged Qiao Mingxi away from the swampy past; Xing Yao has paved all the way out, so that the other party can have a good ending even if they do something wrong emotionally; she solves the things that bother them for everyone, so that everyone around her can live a better life.

But in fact, she has been losing, losing loved ones, losing health, and losing the people she loved with her life.

Qiao Mingxi always felt that he was not very useful, but he thought that at least this time he could help Qiao Mingyue once.

The cigarette case in Ji Yan's hand is already empty.

The phone call from hours ago was still ringing in his mind.

"Are you Ji Yan? I know, you are the one my son has been pestering."

"I have nothing good about me, I just like to speak straight. Let me tell you this. In your house, there is one very important thing. You go and give it to me. I will help you leave my son forever. Why? Sample?"

Ji Yan smiled coldly.

Want to trade with him, but the news is so uninformed.

He laughed at the other person's stupidity in his heart, but at the moment, he was leaning outside the door smoking a cigarette, and he didn't look very smart.

Qiao Mingxi didn't answer his call, and he didn't have time to figure out what he was thinking, so he came to this apartment where they had spent many days and nights together in the middle of the night.

The first thing after entering the door was to open the safe in the back room, and he was relieved to see that the things inside were still safe.

The moment he closed the door, he froze.

Why do you want to come here?Since the other party is already pinning their hopes on himself who has nothing to do with Qiao Mingxi, it means that the end of the road is probably at an end, and no one can be sent here to steal things.

But he couldn't get in touch with Qiao Mingxi just now, so the first choice he made was to come here and check for himself whether the things were still there.

Ji Yan actually didn't know what Qiao Mingxi had been locking in the safe, but he had an intuition that it was what the phone was talking about.Qiao Mingxi had told him some things sporadically, but he only knew that Qiao Mingxi had broken up with his biological parents and was now living with his cousin, Qiao Mingyue.

He didn't understand what he was thinking, and he didn't understand why he was waiting here at this moment. He didn't even enter the house again, but just put the key back under the black flower pot at the door, and then stood in the dark corridor, extinguishing cigarette butts one after another .

He once walked out of the emotional cage Qiao Mingxi created for him without looking back, but he still interfered in such an important matter related to the other party without hesitation.

Ji Yan thought for a long time, and could only attribute it to a sense of responsibility.

Qiao Mingxi quietly left Qiao's house, and only got a taxi when he walked to the main road one kilometer away.

He clearly knew that Qiao Qifeng must not be able to really get the will, but he couldn't wait until dawn in peace no matter what, so he just went out at this moment, wanting to get the things back.

He didn't think about whether he would encounter danger on the road, he only felt that he could feel at ease after getting the things back.

After expelling Qiao Qifeng and his wife to country r, Qiao Mingyue made a will, the biggest beneficiary was Qiao Mingxi, and a small part was given to Aunt Hui and Xing Yao.

Qiao Mingyue doesn't trust anyone, including her lawyer.So she gave Qiao Mingxi the most important paper will and asked him to lock him in that apartment.

At least for a period of time, ordinary people would not think that they would put this thing in the home where Qiao Mingxi lived with his lover.

What Qiao Qifeng wants to do in the will can be imagined with his toes.

It's just that he was too stupid to think that the so-called blood relationship between biological father and son could make Qiao Mingxi stand by him.

Looking at the bright street lights on the side of the road, Qiao Mingxi suddenly smiled.

There was a sound of footsteps from the other end of the corridor, and the voice-activated ceiling light came on.

The sudden light made Ji Yan squint his eyes, and the people who were hurrying this way stopped slowly.

The cigarette in his hand was gone long ago, and the cigarette case was full of cigarette butts.

Qiao Mingxi looked at Ji Yan who was leaning against the door, and his brain couldn't work.

He suddenly remembered the missed call.He opened his mouth, but couldn't speak.

"The things are still there." Ji Yan said to him, his voice was a little low.

Qiao Mingxi has already determined why he came, and his mood is a bit complicated.

But he didn't speak, just walked to the door with his head down, Ji Yan kept looking at him, and turned sideways.

Qiao Mingxi opened the door, went into the room, took out the will from the safe, and carefully packed it into a backpack.

After finishing all this, he stood at the door of the bedroom and looked around.

This room was much emptier than he remembered, and all traces of their past here had disappeared completely.

When he left here, he didn't take the will with him. At least at that time, he felt that it was safer to put it here than at Qiao's house.

This is the most important thing he wants to keep for Qiao Mingyue.

Qiao Mingxi bowed his head and went out the door, Ji Yan was still leaning against the door, he walked past him, neither of them said a word.

Qiao Mingxi, who had walked a few steps away, stopped. He didn't look back, but said softly to the people behind him, "Go back."

"Don't worry about it." His voice was low, and his tone sounded smooth, "It's none of your business."

Ji Yan glanced at his back, threw the cigarette case in his hand into the trash can in the corner, and said in a low voice after a long time:

"it is good."

After that, some time passed, and the small troubles against Qiao Mingyue seemed to be resolved. Although Qiao Qifeng had not been found in country r, the life of the Qiao family seemed to have returned to its previous appearance.

There was only one week between the episode of "Laugh Tonight" that Qiao Mingxi participated in and the last episode of "Friends Apartment". In the same week that "Laugh Tonight" was broadcast, the music competition that Lin Zining participated in The show also premiered.

The latter was broadcast on Friday night, and Lin Zining performed very well. He was born with a neutral and enchanting good-looking, and he sang rock and roll on the stage carefully designed by Pineapple TV, with a thrilling sense of charm.

Sure enough, the number of on-site votes was very high in the end, and the ranking in the first round was second only to that hall-level senior.

The topic "Lin Zining will sing rock and roll again" also became popular on Weibo.

The music critics on Weibo also spoke highly of his performance, and one of them even said that only people like Lin Zining in Asia are qualified to sing this song, otherwise they are just imitating others.

Qiao Mingxi saw a lot of discussions about Lin Zining when surfing the Internet on his mobile phone. Looking at the screenshots from the show, he felt that Lin Zining was still the same as before, even more radiant.

When c.air was in full swing, a producer in the industry publicly commented on the five members of the group. He mentioned that Lin Zining was naturally suitable for the stage, but his brilliance was too bright, and he would lose when he was full.

However, until today, the light on Lin Zining's body has only become brighter and brighter, shining so that no one can forget it.

Few people remember this review many years ago.

Lin Zining was going to fly to the south again to record the third episode of the show, so he went to Lin Ziyu's residence before going to the airport.Lin Ziyu has been sick all the time, and he will never be able to let go of his heart.

When he opened the door, he saw Chen Lu was there too, lying on the sofa watching TV.Lin Zining's expression turned cold, and he entered the door in silence.

Chen Lu who heard the sound of the door opening turned around to see him and whistled: "The big star is here."

Lin Zining had just paid off the 200 million gambling debts for him, but there was no trace of gratitude on his face.

Lin Ziyu also came out of the kitchen when he heard the voice: "Brother?"

"Come and see you." Lin Zining smiled at him, "Have you taken your medicine on time?"

"Let's eat." Lin Ziyu smiled, took out a plate of fruit and put it on the sofa in front of Chen Lu, "Brother, come and eat some fruit too."

"No, I'm going to the airport right away." Lin Zining said, turning to look at Chen Lu, "If you go to gamble again while I'm not here, even if those people gouged your eyes and cut off your hands, I won't do it again." Take care of you."

Lin Ziyu looked over in horror when he heard the words, but Chen Lu only thought he was scaring people: "I know, I was really deceived this time..."

"Yes... Brother Lu, he... he really..." Lin Ziyu also wanted to explain for him.

Lin Zining just smiled: "What's none of my business?"

He looked around and saw a pile of medicines under the coffee table. He paused for a moment before taking out the transparent medicine bottle and putting it aside: "Don't put sleeping pills together with Xiao Yu's medicine."

Chen Lu looked at the medicine bottle in his hand, his eyes flickered.

"It's okay, brother, I won't make a mistake." Lin Ziyu said.

Lin Zining didn't say anything, rubbed his hair, turned around and was about to leave: "I'm leaving, I'm busy with work."

"Well, brother, be careful on the road." Lin Ziyu didn't get up to see him off, but just watched him go out.

It wasn't until the sound of footsteps outside the house gradually disappeared that Lin Ziyu put the things on the coffee table back, and said: "Brother Lu, although you were framed this time, brother helped you anyway, you should tell him Thank you very much."

"I know." Chen Lu said, his hands trembling a little, "I forgot for a while."

"Remember next time." Lin Ziyu smiled, poked a piece of fruit with a toothpick and handed it to his mouth, "Ah——"

Chen Lu hesitated for a moment, opened his mouth to eat, but felt a little sick in his heart.

"I'm not feeling well, go lie down for a while." He stood up slowly.

"What's wrong?" Lin Ziyu asked worriedly, "Do you want to see a doctor?"

"No need." Chen Lu gently pushed his hand away, "Just give me the sleeping pills, I'll sleep for a while."

Hearing this, Lin Ziyu quickly handed the medicine bottle on the table to him. Chen Lu got up and went back to the bedroom. He wanted to follow, but was gently pushed by Chen Lu.

"Go get me a glass of water."

"Okay..." Lin Ziyu felt that his attitude was a little strange, but he didn't think too much, and obediently went to fetch the water.

Chen Lu didn't wait for the water to come, he poured out the pills in the bottle with trembling hands, no matter how much he poured, he stuffed it into his mouth.