The selfish gene

Since it is a private club, the security is very strict at ordinary times, let alone a special day like today.All guests need to go through identity verification before they are allowed to enter, and the thick black iron gate will only be opened when a car comes.This also means that it is impossible for someone without an invitation to enter alone.

After I went out from the side door, I looked around for a while, and found Ji Chenfeng not far away.

He was wearing a black down jacket, holding the phone in his left hand and putting his right hand in his coat pocket, leaning quietly against the courtyard wall covered with dead vines.Because of the cold, the auricles were flushed red.

I ran so fast just now, but when I really saw him, I slowed down instead, and every step was extremely difficult.

"Morning Breeze..." I calmed my shortness of breath, came to him, hung down the phone that was still on the call, and whispered his name in a throat that was sore from the cold wind.

He raised his head, stuffed the phone back into his pocket, and looked at me calmly...or coldly.At that moment, it was clear that the surroundings were safe, but I felt that I was under attack.The skin, tongue, and internal organs were all mixed together, stinging unbearably.I have no resistance to this unknown attack, and even my breathing seems to be painful.

"Let's go in and talk, and I can explain everything."

There are people coming and going around, and there is a lot of traffic, so it is not a good place to talk.I want him to go in with me, find an empty corner in the yard, and explain the engagement first.Afraid that he would not agree, she reached out to grab his hand, but felt a strange tactile sensation through the down jacket.

"……what happened to your hand?"

I was shocked, and quickly pulled up his sleeve to check, and found that his right hand was covered with solid plaster from the palm of his right hand to half of his forearm, and a week ago, his hand was obviously still intact.

I thought of the calls I hadn't received, and guessed, "Is that why you called me that day?"

"No." Ji Chenfeng denied it without pausing for a second. With a light tug, he broke free from my shackles and put his hands back into his pockets, "Let's go, don't you want to chat in another place?"

He was really pissed.

Curling my fingers, I withdrew my hand, hung by my side, nodded to him and said, "Come with me." After speaking, I turned around and walked towards the gate of the villa.

In front of the villa, there is a large garden covering an area of ​​more than 2000 square meters. There are several tall camphor trees near the courtyard wall. Roughly speaking, they are also hundreds of years old.

Stepping on the snow with Ji Chenfeng, they walked to a corner, a relatively hidden location.I frivolously tore through my hair, and picked the key points to tell the story.

"Gu Ying and I are fake, it's just acting. She has a boyfriend, but her parents don't agree, so she can't be together in a fair way, and I... need her as a cover to deal with my family. We won't get married The marriage between the Sang and Gu families is nothing more than a product driven by profit, after two years the replacement of resources is completed and the interests are exhausted, our marriage contract will naturally be terminated."

Ji Chenfeng listened to me quietly, without any signs of being persuaded, his expression remained motionless, his dark eyes were also very gloomy, and his whole body seemed to be integrated with the cold snowy day.

I swallowed, feeling that my body was losing temperature a little bit, and a huge fear enveloped me, almost making me unable to breathe.And I don't even understand why I feel so afraid of Ji Chenfeng.

It's just that there is a vague thought in my heart - if I don't do something, he may disappear.I can't catch him anymore.

This uneasiness prompted me to step forward and hug him, imprisoning him firmly.Holding the cloth on his back tightly, I said in a hoarse voice: "Doctor Ji, don't you believe me? I really didn't lie to you. I can ask Gu Ying to confront me face to face. There will be no change between us. It belongs to you completely, and no one can take it away..."

"Come with me."

I froze, thinking I had heard wrong.It has already been explained so clearly, how could it be possible to make such a ridiculous request?

However, what Ji Chenfeng said next completely dispelled my self-deception.

"Don't get engaged to someone else. Come with me, go now." He hugged me back with one hand, tightening his strength slightly, "As long as you leave here with me, I'll pretend nothing happened."

leave here together?Abandoning forty or so guests, and fleeing marriage with a man hand in hand under the noses of the Sanggu family?

Even if there is a choice, this option is impossible for me to adopt.

This is too bad, terribly bad.

"No!" I pushed him away abruptly, not understanding why he forced me to do such a terrible thing, and even more afraid that he would drag me and run out the door regardless.If any accident related to Ji Chenfeng happens today, I cannot bear the consequences.

I can't let this engagement banquet become a joke in the entire Hongshi commercial district, absolutely not.

"I can't do it." I took two steps back to distance myself from Ji Chenfeng.

Because of this move, the ice in Ji Chenfeng's eyes shattered.He seemed to have finally confirmed that I was just a hypocritical liar, the indifference that served as a defense collapsed, and the disbelief and deceived anger that suddenly learned the truth appeared on his face.

"You can't do it?" His eyes were flushed, "Since you can't do it, why make a promise so easily?"

According to the Bible, didn’t those people who said they should never leave and never give up divorced as soon as they said divorce?People's hearts are fickle, so what's the promise?

"I've already explained to you that this is just a joke. Nothing happened between me and Gu Ying." The banquet is about to start, and I don't have much time to talk to him here, "I'll call a car to take you back first I'll explain it to you in detail when I get home at night, and if you still feel angry at that time, you can punish me whatever you want, okay?"

I put down my tone, thinking that Ji Chenfeng would accept this, but as soon as my hand touched his arm, he swung it away violently.

My fingers were burning hot, I looked at him in astonishment, and then, the tension in my mind was shattered by the disgust in his eyes.

disgust?How could he look at me like that?Give him everything you can, just because you have a fake engagement with a woman without telling him, do you hate me because of this?

What is that string?Maybe it's reason.I don't know, it could be my "mask" too.My internal organs were once again mixed together. In the pain, I didn't withdraw my hand, but changed my target and grabbed his lapel.

"What the hell are you..." I gritted my teeth, trying to ask him what he wanted me to be satisfied with, but a third person's voice came from the corner that should be quiet and remote.

"Don't pretend, I know it's you. I've checked that villa, and it's your Shi family's property. Now you tell me that what happened that day has nothing to do with you. Who the hell are you lying to?"

The snow was trampled and creaked, Zheng Jieyuan stopped about three meters away from me and Ji Chenfeng, and the people behind him also stopped.

"What does it have to do with me that you were drunk and thrown up the mountain as a prank? Do you have evidence that I did it? There are so many people in the Shi family, and I am not the only one who can get the house key." The second person He opened his mouth lazily, and the voice was undoubtedly Shi Hao.

The guest list this time was drawn up by Sang Zhengbai and Gu Ying's parents. I knew there was Shi's family, but I didn't know that Shi Hao was also here.

I froze on the spot, Zheng Jieyuan was easy to fool, but Shi Hao was difficult.Fortunately, the trunk of the camphor tree is thick, and the light in the shade is not good, so the two of them didn't notice the existence of Ji Chenfeng and me.

"Apart from your Shi family, who else hates me so much? Did you fucking tell anyone that you are on me... that on me..." Zheng Jieyuan hesitated, unable to speak.

"Which one? What's wrong with you?" Shi Hao said intentionally.

Ji Chenfeng glanced at the two people in the distance, held my hand, pulled it apart bit by bit, and said in a voice that can only be heard by each other: "You are afraid that they will know the relationship between me and you, right?" ?”

I wasn't sure what he was going to do, so I just shook my head and begged him in a softer voice: "Don't..."

Ji Chenfeng stared at me for a long time, as if he had the opportunity to observe me so carefully for the first time.

"You never let the people around you notice our relationship. Whenever someone finds me, you will move away in a panic." He let go of my hand, and the corners of his lips raised sarcastically, "She is your justifiable Fiancee, and I'm just your secret lover who can't see the light. So... who are you playing on the spot?"

My throat tightened, and I didn't know how to answer his question.Without waiting for me to say anything, Ji Chenfeng took a deep look at me and turned around resolutely. Without any scruples about Shi and Zheng, he strode past them and walked towards the gate.

I had just chased after two steps when I was stopped by Zheng Jieyuan who heard the movement.

"Sang Nian?"

No, can't go.

Ji Chenfeng's figure was getting further and further away, I forced myself to look away, took a deep breath, and turned to Zheng Jieyuan.

"Sorry to interrupt your conversation."

Let's coax later in the evening, we have to deal with the engagement banquet first.

When Zheng Jieyuan saw me, he immediately ignored Shi Hao and ran towards me: "There is nothing to disturb, and there is nothing to talk about with a person like him. He will pay back what he owes me sooner or later, but today is your big day." Let him go first, and I will settle the score with him next time."

Behind him, Shi Hao sneered, glanced at Zheng Jieyuan with half-smile eyes, and fixed his eyes on my face.

"You're very busy today."

He took out a cigarette case from his pocket, took out one and bit it between his lips, he slammed down on the lighter and leaned over slightly, soon, the cigarette butt was lit.

"Who is that?" He breathed out white mist, held a cigarette between his fingers, and lit the back of Ji Chenfeng who was about to disappear.

Alarm bells rang out in my heart immediately, and there was a hint of warning in my tone: "People who don't bother you.".

Looking at each other for a moment, I looked away, left with Zheng Jieyuan, and returned to the main building.

The engagement is fake, but the banquet is real.At noon, I have dinner with the guests, and in the evening, it is the family banquet of the Sang and Gu families.It wasn't until after nine o'clock in the evening that I was able to escape.

Because of drinking, I couldn't drive a car, so I had to ask Tang Bian to take me to Fly City.

"Master, what are you doing there at night?" He muttered, "It's so messy there."

I took off the ring on my hand and put it in my coat pocket. I didn't say anything to him, but just urged him to hurry up.

As soon as the car stopped, I staggered out of the car. Tang Bi'an wanted to help me, but I pushed him away, and let him wait in the car.

The snow on the long steps has not been cleared, and it has long been trampled into solid ice, and it is impossible to walk without holding on to the side railing.And the guardrail was icy and wet. Every few steps I walked, I had to stop and blow hot air on my frozen palms.

Just walking around like this, I finally arrived at the door of Ji Chenfeng's house. Before knocking on the door, I specially tidied up my appearance, and went through the manuscript of how to coax him later in my heart.After confirming that everything was safe, I knocked on the blue iron door.

As if knowing that it was me, without asking, the sound of footsteps behind the door came from far and near, and then with a creak, Ji Chenfeng pushed open the dilapidated door.

He opened the door, looked at me blankly for a while, then turned and went back into the room, leaving me alone outside the door.

The smile just lifted on the lips lost the only audience, it was difficult to maintain, and it withered as quickly as a short-lived epiphyllum.I went into the house, closed the door, took off my shoes at the door, and stepped on the tatami floor in my socks.

In the small living room, there is only a small dim orange light, which casts a false warm color on the furnishings in the room.

The door of the bedroom was open, and it was dark inside. It didn't look like there was a person. Is Yan Shanhua still in the hospital?Ji Chenfeng said that she still needs to do some tests, is it hospitalized?

"Don't be angry with me, I have a lot of things to do, I didn't mean to lie to you..." I said as I took off my coat, trying to make up for my relationship with Ji Chenfeng by lowering my posture.

As for how low...it depends on Ji Chenfeng's needs.

"I'm so cold, why don't you come and hug me?" My fingers landed on the buttons of my suit pants, and I extended an invitation to him ambiguously.

He stood across the low table from me, the expression on his face didn't waver at all.

"It doesn't work every time, Sang Nian."

There was a moment of embarrassment, and he spoke as if I was making a deal with him with my body.

Frowning, I picked up the jacket beside me rather disappointedly, and dusted off the dust that didn't exist on my head.

If you don't do it, you don't do it, who cares.

"I found these when I was tidying up my mother's room today." He pointed to the low table in front of him and asked me, "Do you know what this is?"

After he reminded me, I realized that there was something on the table.Upon closer inspection, the blood all over his body was coagulated from head to toe.

On the small table, there was a thick stack of papers, each with different content written on it.The handwriting is correct and beautiful, sharp and powerful...

It is a letter.For three years, Ji Chenfeng wrote letters to me.The letters that should have been given to me, but were hidden by Yan Shanhua... those letters.

I should have told Yan Shanhua to hide it, why did Ji Chenfeng find it?

"This is..." Even though I had done countless rehearsals in my mind, I still couldn't predict such a development.

Ji Chenfeng walked to the cabinet by the wall, opened a drawer, and took out about twenty neatly stacked envelopes in different designs.

"And these, do you know what's written on them?" He threw those envelopes containing greeting cards at my feet, asking questions that already had answers.

My eyes were in a daze, and I staggered back a step unsteadily, looking down at a greeting card slipped out of the envelope at my feet.On the cover of the white background, there are three changes of moon phases printed, which looks like a Mid-Autumn Festival greeting card.But even so, it is impossible for me to know what is written in it.It's so foreign to me.

"Sang Nian, you never received my letter to you, and these greeting cards are not your reply to my letter, right?"

I looked up blankly, not knowing how to face Ji Chenfeng's sharp questioning.

The glass of the skyscraper collapsed, and in front of me, instead of an untouchable, peaceful and harmless snowstorm, it was a complete disaster.