Ruoshui Qiaochu
Chapter 6
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21. Section 1
— cry for myself —
In a short period of time, Ruoshui has adapted to Blooming's new job, although some colleagues keep telling her that Hu Nuoyu is not an easy person to get along with, and several people who worked for her before resigned voluntarily because they couldn't stand his temper .
Ruoshui feels that he cooperates well with him, at least so far Hu Nuoyu has not made things difficult for her, and her drawings can be completed according to his requirements.
She also gradually became familiar with her new environment, such as which bakery downstairs has delicious bread, which supermarket can buy cheap avocados, and she also found an old-fashioned photo studio, and then took the Those photos of Pan Liren and Qiao Chu were edited and prepared to be given to Qiao Chu.
The row of big trees in front of the Blooming Building is full of pink and white flowers again.Hu Nuoyu told her that it was the windshield, and this time of year is the season when the windshield blooms. When the wind is strong, the tiny flowers will dance in the air, and then slowly fall on the windshield of the passing car, which is too beautiful to behold.
Ruoshui likes to lean against the window to admire the wind bell trees, just like admiring the cherry blossoms in Japan in those years, there is a slight sadness.
Chuchu seems to have grown up a bit, like a cute and mischievous growing child, bringing Ruoshui some small surprises every day.
The afternoon sun always fell on a small blanket in the living room, and it snored and took a nap in that place.
Hu Nuoyu went up to the eighth floor several times, each time to see Chuchu.At first, Ruoshui thought he was just talking, but he didn't expect that he would really come to see the cat.
He has a Persian cat himself, a cat that looks proud but coquettish, has long fluffy hair, and can't touch the bone with one hand——
Two days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, she received a call from Zhou Linshan at night, inviting her to have dinner at her home. Since Qiao Chu would go, she agreed without any hesitation.
In the evening of that day, Zhou Linshan enthusiastically sent someone to pick her up. She told her on the phone that after the driver picked her up, he would also drop by to pick up Qiao Chu.
However, the car was on the road for less than 15 minutes, but Zhou Linshan sent a text message, saying that Qiao Chu had something urgent to do before he could drive there by himself.
Ruoshui was the first person to arrive at Zhou Linshan's house.
I have known Zhou Linshan for seven years, but she has never been to her home, and she has never even seen what her home is like in the photos. Unexpectedly, in the ninth year, she came to her home to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.Life is fickle, Ruoshui sighed inwardly.
Wu Jiawan came down from upstairs, Zhou Linshan immediately introduced her to him, he nodded at her gently while smiling, and said, "Ruoshui, sit, sit whatever you want."
Ruoshui then sat down in Zhou Linshan's luxurious hall, looked up, and saw two dazzling and gorgeous crystal lamps hanging from the top.
Sometimes, the difference between extravagance and tackiness is just a fine line.If it wasn't because Qiao Chu would also be there, how could she appear in her home?
And at this moment, sitting face to face with her was Zhou Linshan's husband, Wu Jiawan, who was also someone he had never met before.
Wu Jiawan asked very politely: "I've never heard Joe mention you before. You look very young. I thought you were Qiao Chu's friend just now. What line of work do you do?"
Ruoshui said: "I do animation."
"Very good, the animation is very good and promising." As he spoke, he stood up from the sofa, bent over to take a delicate plate from the coffee table, handed it to her, and said, "Would you like to eat durian? Durian Mooncakes are very special, try them out."
Zhou Linshan was busy having dinner with the maid in the dining room, and she shouted to Ruoshui: "It's time for dinner, so don't eat the mooncakes."
Ruoshui could only smile, and politely declined Wu Jiawan.The honest man put the plate back to its original position, smiled gently at Ruoshui, and then sat back on the sofa.
When Ruoshui saw him coming down the stairs, he was holding a financial magazine in his hand. Now that Ruoshui was sitting opposite her, he didn't read the magazine, but found something to talk to her about.
Ruoshui doesn't mind chatting with him irrelevantly.Anyway, her life experience is very shallow, and what she can say is very limited, but she is willing to listen to him.
Just then, she received a message from Qiao Chu on Whatsapp.She said that Pan Liren had to go to the hospital temporarily, and she couldn't come to Zhou Linshan's house tonight.She told her she was sorry and told her to eat well and call her later tonight.
Over there, Zhou Linshan also received the same news.Ruoshui heard her calling Qiao Chu, and asked, "What's the matter, Xiao Pan?" She listened attentively, and then kept answering the phone with ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
After picking up the line, she went to the living room, and said to Ruoshui and her husband with a somewhat disappointed expression: "Qiao Chu can't come, Xiao Pan has something wrong, she can't leave, tonight, let's have dinner by ourselves."
Qiao Chu's failure to come puts Ruoshui in a dilemma.
"What happened to Xiao Pan?" This was the question in Ruoshui's heart, but Wu Jiawan asked it first.
Zhou Linshan said: "It should be the aftermath of the car accident. The joints have been inexplicably swollen for the past few days, and I have a high fever. I have been unable to walk for two days. I went to see the doctor this afternoon. It seems that I need to arrange an operation or something..."
When I met Pan Liren that day, Ruoshui also heard that he had a car accident, but he and Qiao Chu only brought it up lightly, she didn't know how serious the situation was.
What used to be a dinner for five people now has only three people.
At the dining table, Wu Jiawan greeted Ruoshui and said, "Ruoshui, eat more tonight, you're welcome."
Ruoshui smiled, feeling a little uneasy in her heart, but she still picked up the bowls and chopsticks generously.
Wu Jiawan said a little smartly: "It turned out that Qiao Chu came to our house less because of having a boyfriend. I wondered why she hadn't been seen all year. When I saw her in the hospital that day, I asked, and I could tell She is very embarrassed about this." After he finished speaking, he laughed.
Zhou Linshan glanced at Ruoshui, Ruoshui just bowed her head to eat, she brought her food, and did not respond to Wu Jiawan.
That meal was probably the most uncomfortable meal Ruoshui had.Zhou Linshan is undoubtedly very caring, the table is full of delicious food, and the dining table is also well arranged, but Ruoshui doesn't know what else he can talk to her, all she can talk about is superficial things.
She can no longer talk to her heart to heart, her heart has long been closed to this woman.
So, after a meal, only the husband and wife chatted with each other.
After the meal, Zhou Linshan originally arranged to enjoy the moon outside the house, but she just added a very classic and elegant seat to the yard. Now there are only three people, the scene is lonely and awkward, and she has lost interest.
Wu Jiawan went to the study, Ruoshui simply didn't know whether he should leave immediately or stay for a while.
While hesitating, Zhou Linshan asked her to sit in the yard, so the two of them sat side by side, but they were relatively silent.
There was a circular swimming pool in front of them, and the lights from all over the house shone brightly in the pool. Although it was already night, the pool water was still blue after the copper sulfate chemical was produced during the day.Apart from the chirping of cicadas, there was no other sound.
It was purely because of the timing that he would ask about the letter to Qiao Chu this night.Ruoshui broke the silence like this, she asked: "What's the matter with the letter I entrusted you to deliver to Qiao Chu?"
Zhou Linshan was stunned. Seeing Ruoshui tonight, she completely forgot about it. She really didn't know how to express it.
Ruoshui didn't look at her, but she was still thinking of making excuses for her, so she asked her, "Did you forget?"
Zhou Linshan suddenly uttered a sentence without beginning or end: "Ruoshui, you should forget about Qiao Chu."
Ruoshui looked at her both surprised and puzzled.
Zhou Linshan said: "Qiao Chu already has a boyfriend, if you like her, it will only be an unrequited love in the end."
Ruoshui asked with a puzzled face, "I just want to know why you didn't give the letter to her?"
Zhou Linshan said flatly, "I'm doing it for your own good."
Ruoshui frowned deeply, and said, "What's for my own good? I don't understand."
Zhou Linshan sighed and said, "I've known Qiao Chu for so long, and I can't get into her heart, let alone you? How long have you known her?"
Ruoshui said: "When I wrote to her, I never thought about what I would do to her. My thoughts were pure. At that time, I just wanted to write a letter to her."
Zhou Linshan looked directly at her with sharp eyes, and said lightly: "Aren't you lying to yourself? Facts have proved how it is today. I'm afraid your affection for her is getting stronger and stronger. You didn't like her at the beginning. It’s time to generate good feelings and fantasies.”
"You read my letter?"
Zhou Linshan immediately realized that she would lose her words if she said too much, and now she was showing her feet. She tried her best to maintain her superficial calm, and began to defend herself in the same flat tone as before: "I didn't mean to watch."
Ruoshui's eyes suddenly became sad and angry, and she asked her excitedly, "Why do you want to read my letter?"
She should have figured this out long ago, but every time she thought about Zhou Linshan's kindness to her in the past, she didn't want to pursue her bad.
Zhou Linshan still managed to keep herself in a calm state. She said: "I put the letter in my pocket that night and put the pants in the washing machine to wash them. Later, the letter got wet and I wanted to dry it. I didn't mean to read it. of."
Ruoshui's tears fell uncontrollably. She felt that the person in front of her was cruel and ruthless. When she said those words, her attitude was so calm, without a trace of apology. She asked her, "Why are you doing this to me? Why? I just asked you to deliver a letter."
Zhou Linshan couldn't help being stunned when she saw tears streaming down her face, she hurriedly said: "Ruoshui, I didn't hand over the letter to Qiao Chu for your own good, do you think I still don't understand you, feel your conscience , Have I ever hurt you all these years?
You should no longer invest in this fruitless relationship, but should face your own future or find someone who truly loves you. Such a relationship is not worth starting, is it? "
Ruoshui shook his head and said stubbornly: "This has nothing to do with my letter. I didn't have the thoughts and ideas you think at the beginning. I just wanted to write a letter to her. I just want to know why You don't want to give her the letter?"
"Didn't I say it? I did it for your own good!" Zhou Linshan was at a loss for words, she became a little annoyed, and her voice raised unconsciously, speaking with confidence.
Ruoshui only feels that people's hearts are unpredictable, and her words are not convincing at all.She would rather believe that she just forgot the letter carelessly than listen to her plausible reasons.
She lowered her head and covered her face with her hands. Zhou Linshan glanced at her, trying to suppress her emotions, and said, "Don't cry." Her voice was cold.She got up and went into the house to get her tissues.
Back in the yard, when she handed the tissue to her, she said: "Qiao Chu is good to you, so what, who is she not good to, her temperament is just like that, but she will never see anything else in your heart.
She is a person with strong principles and a sense of responsibility. Now that she is with Pan Liren, you should not interfere with them anymore. I have to say, have you heard clearly? She is a straight person. She and you, They are two different kinds of people. "
Ruoshui's tears were still falling, she said: "Since you are doing it for my own good, why did you give her my home address after a year and ask her to find me?"
In order to avoid her words becoming inconsistent in front of Ruoshui, Zhou Linshan had no choice but to go all out and confess to her: "I don't want to lose Qiao Chu, I want to save the last trace of her goodwill towards me."
"I don't understand, what does it have to do with her liking for you if you let her find me?"
Zhou Linshan hesitated at the beginning, and managed to squeeze out the words, but said freely: "I think, I think you are the only person who can save our relationship. That's right, I'm trying hard to get back Her affection for me, if it wasn't for your relationship with me, if it wasn't for your appearance, her relationship with me would not have become stagnant. Do you know that she hasn't talked to me for more than a year?
I blame myself for letting her go to see you, I am not reconciled, it is all because of you, I just want my relationship with her to return to the way it was before, and I will spare no expense for everything else! "
At any cost, including sacrificing her!Ruoshui has seen through Zhou Linshan!
To her, she was completely heartbroken. From heartbreak to death, her trust in her, from this moment on, was officially declared bankrupt!
She knew that Zhou Linshan would not care at all.She only cares about Qiao Chu.She was chilled by this humanity.
After this night, Zhou Linshan finally figured out the contradictions and entanglements in her words and deeds these days, and it was Ruoshui who helped her clarify herself!
She didn't shy away from letting her see her naked.For Qiao Chu, at one point she really wanted to fulfill her and Ruoshui, no matter what kind of relationship they would eventually develop into, but she still couldn't pass her most difficult hurdle - she really, couldn't see them well!
There was a nameless, raging fire of jealousy in her heart, which was strongly detonated when she came into contact with Ruoshui again, and was even provoked at this moment!
She can't get Qiao Chu, and she also doesn't want Ruoshui to get it.What she wanted was to return to the original friendship with Qiao Chu, and Qiao Chu chose Pan Liren in the end, so she achieved a certain sense of balance psychologically.
"I know the matter is out of the way. You have to pursue it to the end tonight. The truth is always cruel. If you don't believe me when I say I'm for your own good, then I'll say something else. I don't want you to intervene between Qiao Chu and Xiao Pan. , that's the real reason why I don't want to give her the letter, no matter what your letter is about, I don't think it should make things extra complicated!"
Ruoshui wiped away her tears, doubtful, Zhou Linshan avoided her gaze, and said one more thing: "You shouldn't be someone else's third party!"
"I understand..." She was ashamed by Zhou Linshan's words, and she got up to bid farewell to Zhou Linshan.
Zhou Linshan's back felt a chill for no reason, she was a little startled, and immediately followed her to stand up.
Ruoshui suddenly turned around before entering the house, and asked her a request: "Can you return that letter of mine to me?"
Zhou Linshan was completely stunned, her forehead was hot, and she didn't know how to deal with this serious matter.
Ruoshui said coldly: "Give it back to me, let me destroy it."
Zhou Linshan said: "Is there any point in doing this? Isn't it okay if I don't hand it over to her?"
Ruoshui was stubborn, and even stretched out his hand to her, saying, "Give me back the letter."
Zhou Linshan said without changing her face: "Isn't it just annihilation, I have already eliminated it for you, and burned the letter."
Ruoshui just stared at her blankly, with tears in her eyes, it was her last despair and panic towards her.
Zhou Linshan avoided the very complicated eyes that she was looking directly at.
Ruoshui told herself that she must leave immediately, leave Zhou Linshan, leave her home, leave her sight, and leave forever.She almost ran out the door.
Zhou Linshan quickly chased her out and said, "Ruoshui, I picked you up, and now I want to send you back."
"No, I have a mobile phone and can call a car myself," she said.
Zhou Linshan showed a very embarrassed expression, and said: "If Qiao Chu knows what happened tonight, and I let you go back by yourself, I'm afraid she will never forgive me again, do you understand, Ruoshui, I cherish her , I can't let her know about the letter... I can't help but send you back. "
Ruoshui smiled wryly, and she understood, why bother Zhou Linshan? In order to fulfill her humble heart that loves her equally, what does it matter if she puts her on stage again and again?
She is willing to fulfill her, which proves that she still has the value of being used.Yes, she can proudly tell herself and the whole world that even though she Shang Ruoshui was abandoned by Zhou Linshan, at least she still made a small contribution in the end.
She absolutely shouldn't, just shouldn't fall in love with this woman!
How blind she was!After breaking up that year, she should have completely forgotten this woman who loved other women;
She shouldn't have flown to her city, if she hadn't come, she wouldn't have met her loved ones, and let them directly or indirectly dig another deeper wound in her wound, making her a different person today. It's even more unbearable than before!
"I want to send you back." Zhou Linshan said again, with a tough attitude.
"It's up to you, you can do whatever you want." With tears in her eyes, she sat in the carriage that had been opened by Zhou Linshan.
Back in the Blooming Building, Ruoshui rushed into the elevator, her depressed emotions had reached their peak, she couldn't help but want to cry, but there was a tall figure inside, and when she looked up, it was Hu Nuoyu, he was surprised, straight Gougou stared at her and said, "You, are you okay? Ah? Are you trapped by love again?"
"I'm sorry..." Ruoshui couldn't take the same elevator with him at all, the journey to the fifth floor was too long, and she could hardly control herself.
She fled through the crack of the elevator door that was about to close, and rushed straight to the exit of the stairs.
She exhausted her strength and ran up the six floors without stopping. When she was about to reach the seventh floor, she fell down on the stairway from exhaustion, her elbows rubbed against the back wall heavily, and a layer of skin was scratched like this. Now, blood oozes, blood and tears blend together at this moment.
At this moment, she heard her cell phone ringing.It's Qiao Chu.The bell sounded very harsh in the empty corridor.
She muted the phone.Qiao Chu didn't last long, and her bell soon stopped ringing.
When she returned to her residence, she cried heartily, not for Zhou Linshan, not for Qiao Chu, but only for herself.Her stomach churned again.
22. Section 2
——Zhou Linshan’s word became a prophecy——
Qiao Chu arrived at Zhou Linshan's house at eleven o'clock in the middle of the night.She just wanted to try her luck and see if Ruoshui was still there.
The only one who came out to meet her was Zhou Linshan, a Zhou Linshan in pajamas with fluffy curly hair but still in good spirits.
When Zhou Linshan saw Qiao Chu, she was both surprised and pleasantly surprised.
"You guys, the meeting is over?" Qiao Chu glanced into the depths of the room, and continued to ask Zhou Linshan, "Where is Ruoshui?"
After asking, she immediately realized that she was too stupid. Zhou Linshan had already changed into her pajamas, and Ruoshui had already left.
Although she has been running around all night for Pan Liren, she still hopes to do her best to participate in tonight's party.
After all, this was Ruoshui's first party with her in the city, but she was absent.
Zhou Linshan took her to the living room, forced her to sit on the sofa, and then sat down opposite her, and said, "Qiao Chu, we can continue to watch the moon, and I will accompany you to the end."
Qiao Chu asked, "How is Ruoshui tonight? How did she go back?"
Zhou Linshan said dissatisfiedly: "Why do you only care about her. How is Xiao Pan?"
"He has temporarily subsided his fever, and he is now staying in the hospital for observation." She said absent-mindedly, "You haven't told me yet..."
Zhou Linshan was a little impatient, but she said nonchalantly: "It's okay, we'll leave after eating and chatting. I sent her back."
"Then I'm relieved." Qiao Chu breathed a sigh of relief, and she turned her head to mention Pan Liren's situation: "The doctor said that he had exercised too much, his joints were inflamed, and the infection was serious..."
Zhou Linshan said: "I will also go to the hospital to see him tomorrow."
Qiao Chu couldn't help asking curiously: "What did you and Ruoshui talk about?"
Zhou Linshan couldn't stand her.Ruoshui, Ruoshui, she is always the one to ask.She couldn't hide her jealousy and said, "What can we talk about, it's definitely not as good as you guys."
Qiao Chu believed with full confidence that Zhou Linshan and Ruoshui would definitely let go of the past and get along happily without any grievances.New relationships are also exciting.
"I want to go and see her." Qiao Chu looked at her watch, stood up, and said to Zhou Linshan.
"Who are you looking at?" Zhou Linshan was a little surprised.
"Ruoshui."
Zhou Linshan blurted out: "Qiao Chu, are you tired?"
Qiao Chu couldn't understand the meaning in her words: "I'm really tired, I ran to the hospital all night, but you also know that I promised Ruoshui to come to your house tonight, but I missed the appointment again..."
"I really admire you. It's not the last day for you, why do you make it seem like you're going to be separated tomorrow. Ruoshui is an early sleeper." Zhou Linshan said.
"Well, oh, yes, you know her better."
Not long after Ruoshui returned to his residence, he heard someone knocking on the door.
She saw in the cat's eyes that the person standing outside was Hu Nuoyu.Hu Nuoyu must have come up to her because he saw something strange about her in the elevator.
Ruoshui hesitated whether to open the door, but in fact, she really wanted to settle down in peace and lick the wound alone.
Seeing that she hadn't opened the door for a long time, Hu Nuoyu sent her a message, writing: 【Are you really trapped by love again?There is no barrier that cannot be passed, open the window and have a look, the moonlight is beautiful tonight. 】
The window was not closed, Ruoshui went to open the curtains, it was a full moon night, the moon was bright and clear, but it was also a sad night for her.
The next day, at ten o'clock in the morning, while Ruoshui was vacuuming, Hu Nuoyu knocked on the door again.
"Have you had breakfast? Here's this for you." He stood at the door, waving a paper bag in his hand, smiling broadly.
"What is it?" Ruoshui put down the vacuum cleaner.
"messybun-dirty buns, I bought them at the newly opened bakery downstairs yesterday. This is a branch store, and there will be a lot of ostentation after eating the buns. You will look dirty when you look in the mirror. gone."
After he finished speaking, he laughed haha, as if he could already imagine Ruo Shui's funny face after eating it.
Ruoshui took what he called the "dirty bag" and put it on the table.She knew that Hu Nuoyu was very caring, and he must have known that she had something on her mind, so he would deliberately do something to make her change her mood.
"Thank you," she said.
When he turned to look for Chu Chu, he said behind her: "Your eyes are very swollen."
Ruoshui happened to be standing in front of a mirror, and she saw her own appearance. Her swollen face and eyes really needed ice compresses.
Chu Chu hid behind the record player to sleep late, Hu Nuoyu squatted down to wake it up, teased it, and kept saying: "Get up! Get up! Lazy cat! You are too lazy!" He lifted Chu Chu up high, like It's like holding a toy.
Qiao Chu also came at this time.
The door was not closed, and she walked in directly.What surprised Ruoshui the most was that she also bought messy buns and said almost the same thing as Hu Nuoyu: "Messybun messy buns, I saw them downstairs, I want to see you eat messy buns..."
When she found Hu Nuoyu in the room, she stopped what she said.Hu Nuoyu made a bright expression, stared at her and waved his hand, said hello, then put down Chuchu, and said to Ruoshui: "You have friends, I'll go down first."
Turning around, she said to Maomao: "Goodbye, Chuchu."
Ruoshui went to close the door.Qiao Chu asked Ruoshui curiously, "Who is he?"
"Hu Nuoyu is the story creator of BLOOMING."
"He's also buying dirty bags downstairs?" Qiao Chu was surprised to see a paper bag that was exactly the same as in her hand on the table.
Ruoshui hummed.
Qiao Chu put down the paper bag, leaned forward to look at Ruoshui, "What's wrong with you, your eyes are so swollen, didn't you sleep well last night?"
Ruoshui avoided her eyes and walked into the bathroom.She tried to adjust her emotions in the bathroom.
At this time, Qiao Chu said outside the door: "I'm sorry, Ruoshui, I missed my appointment last night. Zhou Linshan said that you went home early last night. Are you doing well at her house?"
If Ruoshui came out of the bathroom, Qiao Chu caught a glimpse of a large piece of white bandage on her elbow, which seemed to be seriously injured. She asked her concerned: "What's wrong with your hand?"
Ruoshui didn't answer her, and went to find Chuchu.Chu Chu lay lazily on the blanket, ignoring them.
Then, it yawned and stretched towards them, making Qiao Chu laugh, and she said: "Chuchu, why are you always lazy, you seem like a master."
Ruoshui just stroked her cat quietly and thoughtfully, and Qiao Chu followed her.
Then, she grabbed her hand, looked at her and asked, "Ruoshui, what's the matter with you, you seem to be preoccupied."
Ruoshui gently withdrew her hand from her palm, stood up, and said nonchalantly: "Chuchu has been sick these few days and has been sleeping."
Qiao Chu stayed there for a while, then she came back to her senses and said, "Then do you want to take it to the veterinarian?"
"I'll take it there in the afternoon." Ruoshui asked, "Is Xiao Pan okay?"
Qiao Chu said, "He is under observation in the hospital."
"Don't you need to see him?"
"Let's go there at noon."
Ruoshui struggled painfully all night, she had made up her mind to draw a clear line with Qiao Chu.
Ever since Qiao Chu entered the door, all she had thought about was she didn't know where to start.
At this moment, she has handed over the mobile phone together with the box that Qiao Chu gave her.She felt that she shouldn't be indecisive, and she said, "Little Qiao, I'll give it back to you."
"Why do you have to give it back to me?" Qiao Chu stared at her blankly.
Ruoshui said: "I don't use this phone anymore, and in the future, don't call this phone again."
"Why?" Qiao Chu's face turned pale little by little.
"I don't need someone to give me a mobile phone, I will buy the mobile phone myself, and I don't need someone to give me a mobile phone number."
Qiao Chu's lips trembled a little, she asked her innocently: "Ruoshui, what's wrong with you? Did I do something wrong?"
Ruoshui shook his head: "Little Qiao, you didn't do anything wrong, you are very good to me, but I hope you don't call me in the future, and don't come to me again, as long as we stop here."
Before reaching the point, this decisive sentence made Qiao Chu cry. Ruoshui couldn't stop her tears when she saw her tears gushing like a fountain. She was really heartbroken, but she turned around and didn't look at her.
Last night, she had practiced countless times, thinking about how to draw the line today.
She doesn't want to be soft-hearted, soft-hearted is her biggest weakness, she wants to fight for herself once!
Qiao Chuzhen didn't expect that overnight, the cute and passionate girl in front of her would suddenly turn into another strange face. That stern face and cold words made her feel very palpitating and very strange.
"Is it because I missed Zhou Linshan's Mid-Autumn Festival dinner last night and let her hurt you again? If so, I apologize to you." She tried to find out the reason.
"No, no, no." Ruoshui walked to the window and stood with her on his back.
"It was either her or me. Did you feel hurt by my absence?" she pressed.
"No. I just want to live my own new life, a new life, and I believe I can do it. I no longer need any help, sympathy, or charity from others."
"Alms? Do you think I'm giving you alms?"
"I just want to live my life in peace now."
"I don't understand. Is it because I can't let you live in peace? If you think I appear in front of you too often, I will appear in front of you less in the future. Why do you say what you just said?"
"No, no!" she cried out in pain.
"Then tell me why."
Ruoshui said: "That day I told you the real reason why I was fired from the coffee shop. I wasn't joking, it was true."
Qiao Chu stared at her blankly.
"Qiao Chu, without me, I believe you can still live well, but without you, I admit that it will take a while for me to get well again.
Do you know that there is a kind of people who live like parasitic plants. They have no self or dignity emotionally, and they rely on others to give them nutrients to survive happily.
I don't want to live like this anymore. I have lived this way for nearly ten years, and I am very tired. My life is a kind of mistake that keeps repeating, like a reincarnation that can never stop. Now I I started to look down on myself, do you think, would you look down on such a person? "
Qiao Chu said: "You know that I have never looked down on you."
"Maybe, in the future, who knows."
"Nonsense, it's impossible! I'm not Zhou Linshan! You can't see me as Zhou Linshan!" Qiao Chu shook her head and yelled almost sadly. She said, "You became like this in just one night. We didn't before Okay? We finally met each other again, didn't we?
Why don't you cherish it?Back then you said you wanted to sing for me, but if I haven't heard you sing the song, can we not be friends?How do you ask me to accept it?If I'm wrong, I should at least know where it is. "
"I said, you are not wrong. It's not a matter of who is wrong. It's just that I want to live another life. I want to face my own problems. You have helped me a lot, but now you can't help me anymore. "
Qiao Chu was still very confused and didn't know what was going on, "Is my existence hindering you from living your life?"
"I just want to get rid of all my pain, a pain that is repeated, and I want to get back a life with self, dignity, pride, or feelings..."
"Is it me that makes you feel pain? I make you feel selfless?" Qiao Chu's thoughts are completely chaotic now.
Ruoshui plucked up the courage and said, "I don't have you in the life I want."
In a short sentence, Qiao Chu was a little enlightened, but her heart was pierced like a knife.
She needs to calm down for a moment before she can figure out what happened.Soon, she sorted out the meaning of all Ruoshui's words, and she realized it in an instant: "You think, because I can't love you, that's why you're leaving me, and you don't even have friends with me." Did you do it?"
After spending so much time talking and going around so many circles, Qiao Chu finally hit the point.
Ruoshui doesn't want to deceive herself, and doesn't want to face the relationship between them in a muddled way;
From the moment she didn't want to move into her house, she knew she couldn't lie to herself at all.
It's not that she has never experienced feelings, why bother, she knows that she will be bruised and embarrassed in the end, why not cut off her love now, it's not that she has never been in pain, and more importantly, she doesn't want to do it again—— Be a third party!
I also don't want to steal pleasure from the edges and cracks of happiness that don't belong to me!
The feeling of stealing other people's things always made her hate herself, from before to now!
Although every sentence Zhou Linshan said was biting, some of them were not without reason.
Qiao Chu found an affirmative answer in Ruoshui's eyes, which was self-evident.She shed tears and said, "I'm sorry, it turned out that I made you so unhappy. Since what I can give you is not what you want, I don't know what else I can do..."
Ruoshui had already turned around to open the door, expressionlessly wanting her to leave.
This move deeply hurt Qiao Chu and completely broke her heart.
Qiao Chu stepped out of the door and went downstairs without looking back, but she was crying heartbreakingly in the car. She still couldn't understand what happened so suddenly.She tasted the bitter fruit innocently, but she couldn't figure out what the cause of the bitter fruit was.
She lost Ruoshui overnight?Is this a nightmare?she kept asking herself.
It was nothing short of a nightmare.Since it is a dream, it cannot be real. There is always a moment of waking up from a dream, isn't it?
It took no more than half an hour to go back and knock on Ruoshui's door.She just can't let it go.
Ruoshui didn't answer the door, there was no sound inside, only the desperate air surrounded her.
She forgot the mobile phone that had been returned and was thrown away in her car at the moment. She still insisted on calling her mobile phone, but no one answered.
Qiao Chu could only leave lonely. Outside the opened elevator door on the fifth floor, she met Hu Nuoyu again. He walked in slowly. Qiao Chu subconsciously lowered her head and didn't look at him until she went down to the ground floor. As soon as the elevator opened , she walked away quickly.
At noon, she suppressed her emotions with all her strength and went to the hospital to settle Pan Liren, then drove home directly, and then got into bed and cried
21. Section 1
— cry for myself —
In a short period of time, Ruoshui has adapted to Blooming's new job, although some colleagues keep telling her that Hu Nuoyu is not an easy person to get along with, and several people who worked for her before resigned voluntarily because they couldn't stand his temper .
Ruoshui feels that he cooperates well with him, at least so far Hu Nuoyu has not made things difficult for her, and her drawings can be completed according to his requirements.
She also gradually became familiar with her new environment, such as which bakery downstairs has delicious bread, which supermarket can buy cheap avocados, and she also found an old-fashioned photo studio, and then took the Those photos of Pan Liren and Qiao Chu were edited and prepared to be given to Qiao Chu.
The row of big trees in front of the Blooming Building is full of pink and white flowers again.Hu Nuoyu told her that it was the windshield, and this time of year is the season when the windshield blooms. When the wind is strong, the tiny flowers will dance in the air, and then slowly fall on the windshield of the passing car, which is too beautiful to behold.
Ruoshui likes to lean against the window to admire the wind bell trees, just like admiring the cherry blossoms in Japan in those years, there is a slight sadness.
Chuchu seems to have grown up a bit, like a cute and mischievous growing child, bringing Ruoshui some small surprises every day.
The afternoon sun always fell on a small blanket in the living room, and it snored and took a nap in that place.
Hu Nuoyu went up to the eighth floor several times, each time to see Chuchu.At first, Ruoshui thought he was just talking, but he didn't expect that he would really come to see the cat.
He has a Persian cat himself, a cat that looks proud but coquettish, has long fluffy hair, and can't touch the bone with one hand——
Two days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, she received a call from Zhou Linshan at night, inviting her to have dinner at her home. Since Qiao Chu would go, she agreed without any hesitation.
In the evening of that day, Zhou Linshan enthusiastically sent someone to pick her up. She told her on the phone that after the driver picked her up, he would also drop by to pick up Qiao Chu.
However, the car was on the road for less than 15 minutes, but Zhou Linshan sent a text message, saying that Qiao Chu had something urgent to do before he could drive there by himself.
Ruoshui was the first person to arrive at Zhou Linshan's house.
I have known Zhou Linshan for seven years, but she has never been to her home, and she has never even seen what her home is like in the photos. Unexpectedly, in the ninth year, she came to her home to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.Life is fickle, Ruoshui sighed inwardly.
Wu Jiawan came down from upstairs, Zhou Linshan immediately introduced her to him, he nodded at her gently while smiling, and said, "Ruoshui, sit, sit whatever you want."
Ruoshui then sat down in Zhou Linshan's luxurious hall, looked up, and saw two dazzling and gorgeous crystal lamps hanging from the top.
Sometimes, the difference between extravagance and tackiness is just a fine line.If it wasn't because Qiao Chu would also be there, how could she appear in her home?
And at this moment, sitting face to face with her was Zhou Linshan's husband, Wu Jiawan, who was also someone he had never met before.
Wu Jiawan asked very politely: "I've never heard Joe mention you before. You look very young. I thought you were Qiao Chu's friend just now. What line of work do you do?"
Ruoshui said: "I do animation."
"Very good, the animation is very good and promising." As he spoke, he stood up from the sofa, bent over to take a delicate plate from the coffee table, handed it to her, and said, "Would you like to eat durian? Durian Mooncakes are very special, try them out."
Zhou Linshan was busy having dinner with the maid in the dining room, and she shouted to Ruoshui: "It's time for dinner, so don't eat the mooncakes."
Ruoshui could only smile, and politely declined Wu Jiawan.The honest man put the plate back to its original position, smiled gently at Ruoshui, and then sat back on the sofa.
When Ruoshui saw him coming down the stairs, he was holding a financial magazine in his hand. Now that Ruoshui was sitting opposite her, he didn't read the magazine, but found something to talk to her about.
Ruoshui doesn't mind chatting with him irrelevantly.Anyway, her life experience is very shallow, and what she can say is very limited, but she is willing to listen to him.
Just then, she received a message from Qiao Chu on Whatsapp.She said that Pan Liren had to go to the hospital temporarily, and she couldn't come to Zhou Linshan's house tonight.She told her she was sorry and told her to eat well and call her later tonight.
Over there, Zhou Linshan also received the same news.Ruoshui heard her calling Qiao Chu, and asked, "What's the matter, Xiao Pan?" She listened attentively, and then kept answering the phone with ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
After picking up the line, she went to the living room, and said to Ruoshui and her husband with a somewhat disappointed expression: "Qiao Chu can't come, Xiao Pan has something wrong, she can't leave, tonight, let's have dinner by ourselves."
Qiao Chu's failure to come puts Ruoshui in a dilemma.
"What happened to Xiao Pan?" This was the question in Ruoshui's heart, but Wu Jiawan asked it first.
Zhou Linshan said: "It should be the aftermath of the car accident. The joints have been inexplicably swollen for the past few days, and I have a high fever. I have been unable to walk for two days. I went to see the doctor this afternoon. It seems that I need to arrange an operation or something..."
When I met Pan Liren that day, Ruoshui also heard that he had a car accident, but he and Qiao Chu only brought it up lightly, she didn't know how serious the situation was.
What used to be a dinner for five people now has only three people.
At the dining table, Wu Jiawan greeted Ruoshui and said, "Ruoshui, eat more tonight, you're welcome."
Ruoshui smiled, feeling a little uneasy in her heart, but she still picked up the bowls and chopsticks generously.
Wu Jiawan said a little smartly: "It turned out that Qiao Chu came to our house less because of having a boyfriend. I wondered why she hadn't been seen all year. When I saw her in the hospital that day, I asked, and I could tell She is very embarrassed about this." After he finished speaking, he laughed.
Zhou Linshan glanced at Ruoshui, Ruoshui just bowed her head to eat, she brought her food, and did not respond to Wu Jiawan.
That meal was probably the most uncomfortable meal Ruoshui had.Zhou Linshan is undoubtedly very caring, the table is full of delicious food, and the dining table is also well arranged, but Ruoshui doesn't know what else he can talk to her, all she can talk about is superficial things.
She can no longer talk to her heart to heart, her heart has long been closed to this woman.
So, after a meal, only the husband and wife chatted with each other.
After the meal, Zhou Linshan originally arranged to enjoy the moon outside the house, but she just added a very classic and elegant seat to the yard. Now there are only three people, the scene is lonely and awkward, and she has lost interest.
Wu Jiawan went to the study, Ruoshui simply didn't know whether he should leave immediately or stay for a while.
While hesitating, Zhou Linshan asked her to sit in the yard, so the two of them sat side by side, but they were relatively silent.
There was a circular swimming pool in front of them, and the lights from all over the house shone brightly in the pool. Although it was already night, the pool water was still blue after the copper sulfate chemical was produced during the day.Apart from the chirping of cicadas, there was no other sound.
It was purely because of the timing that he would ask about the letter to Qiao Chu this night.Ruoshui broke the silence like this, she asked: "What's the matter with the letter I entrusted you to deliver to Qiao Chu?"
Zhou Linshan was stunned. Seeing Ruoshui tonight, she completely forgot about it. She really didn't know how to express it.
Ruoshui didn't look at her, but she was still thinking of making excuses for her, so she asked her, "Did you forget?"
Zhou Linshan suddenly uttered a sentence without beginning or end: "Ruoshui, you should forget about Qiao Chu."
Ruoshui looked at her both surprised and puzzled.
Zhou Linshan said: "Qiao Chu already has a boyfriend, if you like her, it will only be an unrequited love in the end."
Ruoshui asked with a puzzled face, "I just want to know why you didn't give the letter to her?"
Zhou Linshan said flatly, "I'm doing it for your own good."
Ruoshui frowned deeply, and said, "What's for my own good? I don't understand."
Zhou Linshan sighed and said, "I've known Qiao Chu for so long, and I can't get into her heart, let alone you? How long have you known her?"
Ruoshui said: "When I wrote to her, I never thought about what I would do to her. My thoughts were pure. At that time, I just wanted to write a letter to her."
Zhou Linshan looked directly at her with sharp eyes, and said lightly: "Aren't you lying to yourself? Facts have proved how it is today. I'm afraid your affection for her is getting stronger and stronger. You didn't like her at the beginning. It’s time to generate good feelings and fantasies.”
"You read my letter?"
Zhou Linshan immediately realized that she would lose her words if she said too much, and now she was showing her feet. She tried her best to maintain her superficial calm, and began to defend herself in the same flat tone as before: "I didn't mean to watch."
Ruoshui's eyes suddenly became sad and angry, and she asked her excitedly, "Why do you want to read my letter?"
She should have figured this out long ago, but every time she thought about Zhou Linshan's kindness to her in the past, she didn't want to pursue her bad.
Zhou Linshan still managed to keep herself in a calm state. She said: "I put the letter in my pocket that night and put the pants in the washing machine to wash them. Later, the letter got wet and I wanted to dry it. I didn't mean to read it. of."
Ruoshui's tears fell uncontrollably. She felt that the person in front of her was cruel and ruthless. When she said those words, her attitude was so calm, without a trace of apology. She asked her, "Why are you doing this to me? Why? I just asked you to deliver a letter."
Zhou Linshan couldn't help being stunned when she saw tears streaming down her face, she hurriedly said: "Ruoshui, I didn't hand over the letter to Qiao Chu for your own good, do you think I still don't understand you, feel your conscience , Have I ever hurt you all these years?
You should no longer invest in this fruitless relationship, but should face your own future or find someone who truly loves you. Such a relationship is not worth starting, is it? "
Ruoshui shook his head and said stubbornly: "This has nothing to do with my letter. I didn't have the thoughts and ideas you think at the beginning. I just wanted to write a letter to her. I just want to know why You don't want to give her the letter?"
"Didn't I say it? I did it for your own good!" Zhou Linshan was at a loss for words, she became a little annoyed, and her voice raised unconsciously, speaking with confidence.
Ruoshui only feels that people's hearts are unpredictable, and her words are not convincing at all.She would rather believe that she just forgot the letter carelessly than listen to her plausible reasons.
She lowered her head and covered her face with her hands. Zhou Linshan glanced at her, trying to suppress her emotions, and said, "Don't cry." Her voice was cold.She got up and went into the house to get her tissues.
Back in the yard, when she handed the tissue to her, she said: "Qiao Chu is good to you, so what, who is she not good to, her temperament is just like that, but she will never see anything else in your heart.
She is a person with strong principles and a sense of responsibility. Now that she is with Pan Liren, you should not interfere with them anymore. I have to say, have you heard clearly? She is a straight person. She and you, They are two different kinds of people. "
Ruoshui's tears were still falling, she said: "Since you are doing it for my own good, why did you give her my home address after a year and ask her to find me?"
In order to avoid her words becoming inconsistent in front of Ruoshui, Zhou Linshan had no choice but to go all out and confess to her: "I don't want to lose Qiao Chu, I want to save the last trace of her goodwill towards me."
"I don't understand, what does it have to do with her liking for you if you let her find me?"
Zhou Linshan hesitated at the beginning, and managed to squeeze out the words, but said freely: "I think, I think you are the only person who can save our relationship. That's right, I'm trying hard to get back Her affection for me, if it wasn't for your relationship with me, if it wasn't for your appearance, her relationship with me would not have become stagnant. Do you know that she hasn't talked to me for more than a year?
I blame myself for letting her go to see you, I am not reconciled, it is all because of you, I just want my relationship with her to return to the way it was before, and I will spare no expense for everything else! "
At any cost, including sacrificing her!Ruoshui has seen through Zhou Linshan!
To her, she was completely heartbroken. From heartbreak to death, her trust in her, from this moment on, was officially declared bankrupt!
She knew that Zhou Linshan would not care at all.She only cares about Qiao Chu.She was chilled by this humanity.
After this night, Zhou Linshan finally figured out the contradictions and entanglements in her words and deeds these days, and it was Ruoshui who helped her clarify herself!
She didn't shy away from letting her see her naked.For Qiao Chu, at one point she really wanted to fulfill her and Ruoshui, no matter what kind of relationship they would eventually develop into, but she still couldn't pass her most difficult hurdle - she really, couldn't see them well!
There was a nameless, raging fire of jealousy in her heart, which was strongly detonated when she came into contact with Ruoshui again, and was even provoked at this moment!
She can't get Qiao Chu, and she also doesn't want Ruoshui to get it.What she wanted was to return to the original friendship with Qiao Chu, and Qiao Chu chose Pan Liren in the end, so she achieved a certain sense of balance psychologically.
"I know the matter is out of the way. You have to pursue it to the end tonight. The truth is always cruel. If you don't believe me when I say I'm for your own good, then I'll say something else. I don't want you to intervene between Qiao Chu and Xiao Pan. , that's the real reason why I don't want to give her the letter, no matter what your letter is about, I don't think it should make things extra complicated!"
Ruoshui wiped away her tears, doubtful, Zhou Linshan avoided her gaze, and said one more thing: "You shouldn't be someone else's third party!"
"I understand..." She was ashamed by Zhou Linshan's words, and she got up to bid farewell to Zhou Linshan.
Zhou Linshan's back felt a chill for no reason, she was a little startled, and immediately followed her to stand up.
Ruoshui suddenly turned around before entering the house, and asked her a request: "Can you return that letter of mine to me?"
Zhou Linshan was completely stunned, her forehead was hot, and she didn't know how to deal with this serious matter.
Ruoshui said coldly: "Give it back to me, let me destroy it."
Zhou Linshan said: "Is there any point in doing this? Isn't it okay if I don't hand it over to her?"
Ruoshui was stubborn, and even stretched out his hand to her, saying, "Give me back the letter."
Zhou Linshan said without changing her face: "Isn't it just annihilation, I have already eliminated it for you, and burned the letter."
Ruoshui just stared at her blankly, with tears in her eyes, it was her last despair and panic towards her.
Zhou Linshan avoided the very complicated eyes that she was looking directly at.
Ruoshui told herself that she must leave immediately, leave Zhou Linshan, leave her home, leave her sight, and leave forever.She almost ran out the door.
Zhou Linshan quickly chased her out and said, "Ruoshui, I picked you up, and now I want to send you back."
"No, I have a mobile phone and can call a car myself," she said.
Zhou Linshan showed a very embarrassed expression, and said: "If Qiao Chu knows what happened tonight, and I let you go back by yourself, I'm afraid she will never forgive me again, do you understand, Ruoshui, I cherish her , I can't let her know about the letter... I can't help but send you back. "
Ruoshui smiled wryly, and she understood, why bother Zhou Linshan? In order to fulfill her humble heart that loves her equally, what does it matter if she puts her on stage again and again?
She is willing to fulfill her, which proves that she still has the value of being used.Yes, she can proudly tell herself and the whole world that even though she Shang Ruoshui was abandoned by Zhou Linshan, at least she still made a small contribution in the end.
She absolutely shouldn't, just shouldn't fall in love with this woman!
How blind she was!After breaking up that year, she should have completely forgotten this woman who loved other women;
She shouldn't have flown to her city, if she hadn't come, she wouldn't have met her loved ones, and let them directly or indirectly dig another deeper wound in her wound, making her a different person today. It's even more unbearable than before!
"I want to send you back." Zhou Linshan said again, with a tough attitude.
"It's up to you, you can do whatever you want." With tears in her eyes, she sat in the carriage that had been opened by Zhou Linshan.
Back in the Blooming Building, Ruoshui rushed into the elevator, her depressed emotions had reached their peak, she couldn't help but want to cry, but there was a tall figure inside, and when she looked up, it was Hu Nuoyu, he was surprised, straight Gougou stared at her and said, "You, are you okay? Ah? Are you trapped by love again?"
"I'm sorry..." Ruoshui couldn't take the same elevator with him at all, the journey to the fifth floor was too long, and she could hardly control herself.
She fled through the crack of the elevator door that was about to close, and rushed straight to the exit of the stairs.
She exhausted her strength and ran up the six floors without stopping. When she was about to reach the seventh floor, she fell down on the stairway from exhaustion, her elbows rubbed against the back wall heavily, and a layer of skin was scratched like this. Now, blood oozes, blood and tears blend together at this moment.
At this moment, she heard her cell phone ringing.It's Qiao Chu.The bell sounded very harsh in the empty corridor.
She muted the phone.Qiao Chu didn't last long, and her bell soon stopped ringing.
When she returned to her residence, she cried heartily, not for Zhou Linshan, not for Qiao Chu, but only for herself.Her stomach churned again.
22. Section 2
——Zhou Linshan’s word became a prophecy——
Qiao Chu arrived at Zhou Linshan's house at eleven o'clock in the middle of the night.She just wanted to try her luck and see if Ruoshui was still there.
The only one who came out to meet her was Zhou Linshan, a Zhou Linshan in pajamas with fluffy curly hair but still in good spirits.
When Zhou Linshan saw Qiao Chu, she was both surprised and pleasantly surprised.
"You guys, the meeting is over?" Qiao Chu glanced into the depths of the room, and continued to ask Zhou Linshan, "Where is Ruoshui?"
After asking, she immediately realized that she was too stupid. Zhou Linshan had already changed into her pajamas, and Ruoshui had already left.
Although she has been running around all night for Pan Liren, she still hopes to do her best to participate in tonight's party.
After all, this was Ruoshui's first party with her in the city, but she was absent.
Zhou Linshan took her to the living room, forced her to sit on the sofa, and then sat down opposite her, and said, "Qiao Chu, we can continue to watch the moon, and I will accompany you to the end."
Qiao Chu asked, "How is Ruoshui tonight? How did she go back?"
Zhou Linshan said dissatisfiedly: "Why do you only care about her. How is Xiao Pan?"
"He has temporarily subsided his fever, and he is now staying in the hospital for observation." She said absent-mindedly, "You haven't told me yet..."
Zhou Linshan was a little impatient, but she said nonchalantly: "It's okay, we'll leave after eating and chatting. I sent her back."
"Then I'm relieved." Qiao Chu breathed a sigh of relief, and she turned her head to mention Pan Liren's situation: "The doctor said that he had exercised too much, his joints were inflamed, and the infection was serious..."
Zhou Linshan said: "I will also go to the hospital to see him tomorrow."
Qiao Chu couldn't help asking curiously: "What did you and Ruoshui talk about?"
Zhou Linshan couldn't stand her.Ruoshui, Ruoshui, she is always the one to ask.She couldn't hide her jealousy and said, "What can we talk about, it's definitely not as good as you guys."
Qiao Chu believed with full confidence that Zhou Linshan and Ruoshui would definitely let go of the past and get along happily without any grievances.New relationships are also exciting.
"I want to go and see her." Qiao Chu looked at her watch, stood up, and said to Zhou Linshan.
"Who are you looking at?" Zhou Linshan was a little surprised.
"Ruoshui."
Zhou Linshan blurted out: "Qiao Chu, are you tired?"
Qiao Chu couldn't understand the meaning in her words: "I'm really tired, I ran to the hospital all night, but you also know that I promised Ruoshui to come to your house tonight, but I missed the appointment again..."
"I really admire you. It's not the last day for you, why do you make it seem like you're going to be separated tomorrow. Ruoshui is an early sleeper." Zhou Linshan said.
"Well, oh, yes, you know her better."
Not long after Ruoshui returned to his residence, he heard someone knocking on the door.
She saw in the cat's eyes that the person standing outside was Hu Nuoyu.Hu Nuoyu must have come up to her because he saw something strange about her in the elevator.
Ruoshui hesitated whether to open the door, but in fact, she really wanted to settle down in peace and lick the wound alone.
Seeing that she hadn't opened the door for a long time, Hu Nuoyu sent her a message, writing: 【Are you really trapped by love again?There is no barrier that cannot be passed, open the window and have a look, the moonlight is beautiful tonight. 】
The window was not closed, Ruoshui went to open the curtains, it was a full moon night, the moon was bright and clear, but it was also a sad night for her.
The next day, at ten o'clock in the morning, while Ruoshui was vacuuming, Hu Nuoyu knocked on the door again.
"Have you had breakfast? Here's this for you." He stood at the door, waving a paper bag in his hand, smiling broadly.
"What is it?" Ruoshui put down the vacuum cleaner.
"messybun-dirty buns, I bought them at the newly opened bakery downstairs yesterday. This is a branch store, and there will be a lot of ostentation after eating the buns. You will look dirty when you look in the mirror. gone."
After he finished speaking, he laughed haha, as if he could already imagine Ruo Shui's funny face after eating it.
Ruoshui took what he called the "dirty bag" and put it on the table.She knew that Hu Nuoyu was very caring, and he must have known that she had something on her mind, so he would deliberately do something to make her change her mood.
"Thank you," she said.
When he turned to look for Chu Chu, he said behind her: "Your eyes are very swollen."
Ruoshui happened to be standing in front of a mirror, and she saw her own appearance. Her swollen face and eyes really needed ice compresses.
Chu Chu hid behind the record player to sleep late, Hu Nuoyu squatted down to wake it up, teased it, and kept saying: "Get up! Get up! Lazy cat! You are too lazy!" He lifted Chu Chu up high, like It's like holding a toy.
Qiao Chu also came at this time.
The door was not closed, and she walked in directly.What surprised Ruoshui the most was that she also bought messy buns and said almost the same thing as Hu Nuoyu: "Messybun messy buns, I saw them downstairs, I want to see you eat messy buns..."
When she found Hu Nuoyu in the room, she stopped what she said.Hu Nuoyu made a bright expression, stared at her and waved his hand, said hello, then put down Chuchu, and said to Ruoshui: "You have friends, I'll go down first."
Turning around, she said to Maomao: "Goodbye, Chuchu."
Ruoshui went to close the door.Qiao Chu asked Ruoshui curiously, "Who is he?"
"Hu Nuoyu is the story creator of BLOOMING."
"He's also buying dirty bags downstairs?" Qiao Chu was surprised to see a paper bag that was exactly the same as in her hand on the table.
Ruoshui hummed.
Qiao Chu put down the paper bag, leaned forward to look at Ruoshui, "What's wrong with you, your eyes are so swollen, didn't you sleep well last night?"
Ruoshui avoided her eyes and walked into the bathroom.She tried to adjust her emotions in the bathroom.
At this time, Qiao Chu said outside the door: "I'm sorry, Ruoshui, I missed my appointment last night. Zhou Linshan said that you went home early last night. Are you doing well at her house?"
If Ruoshui came out of the bathroom, Qiao Chu caught a glimpse of a large piece of white bandage on her elbow, which seemed to be seriously injured. She asked her concerned: "What's wrong with your hand?"
Ruoshui didn't answer her, and went to find Chuchu.Chu Chu lay lazily on the blanket, ignoring them.
Then, it yawned and stretched towards them, making Qiao Chu laugh, and she said: "Chuchu, why are you always lazy, you seem like a master."
Ruoshui just stroked her cat quietly and thoughtfully, and Qiao Chu followed her.
Then, she grabbed her hand, looked at her and asked, "Ruoshui, what's the matter with you, you seem to be preoccupied."
Ruoshui gently withdrew her hand from her palm, stood up, and said nonchalantly: "Chuchu has been sick these few days and has been sleeping."
Qiao Chu stayed there for a while, then she came back to her senses and said, "Then do you want to take it to the veterinarian?"
"I'll take it there in the afternoon." Ruoshui asked, "Is Xiao Pan okay?"
Qiao Chu said, "He is under observation in the hospital."
"Don't you need to see him?"
"Let's go there at noon."
Ruoshui struggled painfully all night, she had made up her mind to draw a clear line with Qiao Chu.
Ever since Qiao Chu entered the door, all she had thought about was she didn't know where to start.
At this moment, she has handed over the mobile phone together with the box that Qiao Chu gave her.She felt that she shouldn't be indecisive, and she said, "Little Qiao, I'll give it back to you."
"Why do you have to give it back to me?" Qiao Chu stared at her blankly.
Ruoshui said: "I don't use this phone anymore, and in the future, don't call this phone again."
"Why?" Qiao Chu's face turned pale little by little.
"I don't need someone to give me a mobile phone, I will buy the mobile phone myself, and I don't need someone to give me a mobile phone number."
Qiao Chu's lips trembled a little, she asked her innocently: "Ruoshui, what's wrong with you? Did I do something wrong?"
Ruoshui shook his head: "Little Qiao, you didn't do anything wrong, you are very good to me, but I hope you don't call me in the future, and don't come to me again, as long as we stop here."
Before reaching the point, this decisive sentence made Qiao Chu cry. Ruoshui couldn't stop her tears when she saw her tears gushing like a fountain. She was really heartbroken, but she turned around and didn't look at her.
Last night, she had practiced countless times, thinking about how to draw the line today.
She doesn't want to be soft-hearted, soft-hearted is her biggest weakness, she wants to fight for herself once!
Qiao Chuzhen didn't expect that overnight, the cute and passionate girl in front of her would suddenly turn into another strange face. That stern face and cold words made her feel very palpitating and very strange.
"Is it because I missed Zhou Linshan's Mid-Autumn Festival dinner last night and let her hurt you again? If so, I apologize to you." She tried to find out the reason.
"No, no, no." Ruoshui walked to the window and stood with her on his back.
"It was either her or me. Did you feel hurt by my absence?" she pressed.
"No. I just want to live my own new life, a new life, and I believe I can do it. I no longer need any help, sympathy, or charity from others."
"Alms? Do you think I'm giving you alms?"
"I just want to live my life in peace now."
"I don't understand. Is it because I can't let you live in peace? If you think I appear in front of you too often, I will appear in front of you less in the future. Why do you say what you just said?"
"No, no!" she cried out in pain.
"Then tell me why."
Ruoshui said: "That day I told you the real reason why I was fired from the coffee shop. I wasn't joking, it was true."
Qiao Chu stared at her blankly.
"Qiao Chu, without me, I believe you can still live well, but without you, I admit that it will take a while for me to get well again.
Do you know that there is a kind of people who live like parasitic plants. They have no self or dignity emotionally, and they rely on others to give them nutrients to survive happily.
I don't want to live like this anymore. I have lived this way for nearly ten years, and I am very tired. My life is a kind of mistake that keeps repeating, like a reincarnation that can never stop. Now I I started to look down on myself, do you think, would you look down on such a person? "
Qiao Chu said: "You know that I have never looked down on you."
"Maybe, in the future, who knows."
"Nonsense, it's impossible! I'm not Zhou Linshan! You can't see me as Zhou Linshan!" Qiao Chu shook her head and yelled almost sadly. She said, "You became like this in just one night. We didn't before Okay? We finally met each other again, didn't we?
Why don't you cherish it?Back then you said you wanted to sing for me, but if I haven't heard you sing the song, can we not be friends?How do you ask me to accept it?If I'm wrong, I should at least know where it is. "
"I said, you are not wrong. It's not a matter of who is wrong. It's just that I want to live another life. I want to face my own problems. You have helped me a lot, but now you can't help me anymore. "
Qiao Chu was still very confused and didn't know what was going on, "Is my existence hindering you from living your life?"
"I just want to get rid of all my pain, a pain that is repeated, and I want to get back a life with self, dignity, pride, or feelings..."
"Is it me that makes you feel pain? I make you feel selfless?" Qiao Chu's thoughts are completely chaotic now.
Ruoshui plucked up the courage and said, "I don't have you in the life I want."
In a short sentence, Qiao Chu was a little enlightened, but her heart was pierced like a knife.
She needs to calm down for a moment before she can figure out what happened.Soon, she sorted out the meaning of all Ruoshui's words, and she realized it in an instant: "You think, because I can't love you, that's why you're leaving me, and you don't even have friends with me." Did you do it?"
After spending so much time talking and going around so many circles, Qiao Chu finally hit the point.
Ruoshui doesn't want to deceive herself, and doesn't want to face the relationship between them in a muddled way;
From the moment she didn't want to move into her house, she knew she couldn't lie to herself at all.
It's not that she has never experienced feelings, why bother, she knows that she will be bruised and embarrassed in the end, why not cut off her love now, it's not that she has never been in pain, and more importantly, she doesn't want to do it again—— Be a third party!
I also don't want to steal pleasure from the edges and cracks of happiness that don't belong to me!
The feeling of stealing other people's things always made her hate herself, from before to now!
Although every sentence Zhou Linshan said was biting, some of them were not without reason.
Qiao Chu found an affirmative answer in Ruoshui's eyes, which was self-evident.She shed tears and said, "I'm sorry, it turned out that I made you so unhappy. Since what I can give you is not what you want, I don't know what else I can do..."
Ruoshui had already turned around to open the door, expressionlessly wanting her to leave.
This move deeply hurt Qiao Chu and completely broke her heart.
Qiao Chu stepped out of the door and went downstairs without looking back, but she was crying heartbreakingly in the car. She still couldn't understand what happened so suddenly.She tasted the bitter fruit innocently, but she couldn't figure out what the cause of the bitter fruit was.
She lost Ruoshui overnight?Is this a nightmare?she kept asking herself.
It was nothing short of a nightmare.Since it is a dream, it cannot be real. There is always a moment of waking up from a dream, isn't it?
It took no more than half an hour to go back and knock on Ruoshui's door.She just can't let it go.
Ruoshui didn't answer the door, there was no sound inside, only the desperate air surrounded her.
She forgot the mobile phone that had been returned and was thrown away in her car at the moment. She still insisted on calling her mobile phone, but no one answered.
Qiao Chu could only leave lonely. Outside the opened elevator door on the fifth floor, she met Hu Nuoyu again. He walked in slowly. Qiao Chu subconsciously lowered her head and didn't look at him until she went down to the ground floor. As soon as the elevator opened , she walked away quickly.
At noon, she suppressed her emotions with all her strength and went to the hospital to settle Pan Liren, then drove home directly, and then got into bed and cried
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