Contention

There was no rubbish in the master bedroom, but a pile of cigarette butts was swept out from the bedside.

Zou Feiniao frowned, but since Lu Yuexi was not around, she couldn't advise anything, she could only sweep up the things and throw them away.

At the end, she took out two packs of Suyan from under the pillow, pursed her lips, and simply threw them into the trash can.

I sent a message in the morning and did not receive a reply until the afternoon.

Zou Feiniao looked at his phone, hesitated for a long time, and made a call anyway.

But the line is busy and there is no connection.

She bit her lip and sat on the sofa, feeling a little helpless for a while.Fortunately, Lu Yuexi quickly called back, but her tone sounded tired;

"Hey, Fei Bird, what's the matter?"

As soon as she heard her voice, the grievance just now disappeared: "I'm at your house now, when will you come back?"

"..." The other party was silent for a while, and then sighed, "I have something to do, so I can't go back tonight."

Zou Feiniao was very surprised: "Do you want to work overtime at the company?"

"...More or less." Lu Yuexi said vaguely, "I've been very busy these days, so I may not be able to reply to the news in time. You stay at home and accompany your mother well. After a few days, I will go find you, okay?"

The woman coaxed her sincerely, and Zou Feiniao couldn't bear her embarrassment, and always forbeared with a "hmm", which was regarded as a response.

"You're the most obedient." Lu Yuexi breathed a sigh of relief. There was some noise on her side, but she couldn't tell what it was. "I'm still busy, so let's put it this way first."

After hanging up the phone, Zou Feiniao stared at the phone in a daze, unable to recover for a long time.

"Yeah, could it be that she cheated?" On the other end of the phone, Jiang Yaoying was thoughtful, "How can she be so busy that she doesn't even reply to a WeChat message, and she doesn't come home at night, after all, she's the boss. You're not a wage earner, how can you work so hard?"

Zou Feiniao frowned and retorted:

"Don't say that, she won't."

"Are you so sure? You don't even think about her identity. Who wants to keep a kid like you who is still in college?"

"Sister Jiang." Zou Feiniao lowered his voice, "Stop talking like that, if you say that again, I will ignore you from now on."

"Okay, I'm not kidding anymore, look at you, you're still impatient with me when I analyze it with you." Jiang Yaoying smiled, pondered for a moment, and finally became serious, "Honestly, her behavior is indeed quite abnormal. If you really want to know what she's been doing these days, you can ask her good friends or something, or go directly to the company to have a look."

"..."

"Don't think it looks petty like this. If you really don't care about love, you will lose it quickly. Maybe the other party is waiting for you to care about her."

"..." Zou Feiniao was silent for a long time, and did not express any opinion on this, but said lightly, "Let's talk."

Zou Feiniao himself couldn't say what this "let's talk" refers to.

She just felt that she really missed Lu Yuexi so much.

The light rain in the weather forecast dragged on throughout the day, and it finally fell in the evening.

Dark clouds were overwhelming the city outside, the rain was not heavy, but it was frighteningly oppressive.

The lights in the hospital shone brightly and dazzlingly on the corridor, making everyone's faces pale.

Lu Yuexi listened to the attending physician tell her about He Ying's condition, while casually playing with the phone in his hand.

"The cancer cells have spread to the stomach and rectum, and the situation will only get worse. Although surgery at a later stage may cause greater trauma to the body, we still recommend resection of the lesion first, but the patient is only willing to accept conservative treatment." Treatment, if possible, I hope you can..."

She didn't listen carefully, but she could still understand that He Ying's situation was critical at this time. According to the doctor's opinion, it might not be so easy to survive the next attack.

The doctor over there wanted to say something to her, but Lu Yuexi stood up straight and said calmly:

"I'll go see her."

"Then, what I just told you..."

"I'll persuade her."

"Okay." The attending physician also saw the subtlety of the relationship between He Ying and the woman in front of him, so his tone was not serious and uncompromising to the family members of ordinary patients, "Then I'll leave it to you."

Lu Yuexi nodded, left the consultation room and returned to the ward.

He Ying's fever still hasn't subsided, and several nurses are adjusting her drip and recording blood pressure and heartbeat data.

The ward was very quiet, no one made a sound, they were all doing their own things numbly.

Lu Yuexi came to the chair beside the hospital bed and sat down, quietly staring at He Ying on the bed, who was as angry as silk, for a moment, then suddenly murmured:

"Take you to see Beijing?"

He Ying was still in a coma, so of course she didn't respond, but a nurse glanced at her and said:

"It's definitely better to go to Beijing, there are more experts there."

Lu Yuexi: "Yes."

This bottle of intravenous drip has just been hung up, and it is estimated that it will take a long time to infuse.She stared at the bottle of potion tiredly, her eyes were dark, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

While in a daze, He Ying's cell phone rang suddenly.

Lu Yuexi casually glanced at Ye Huai.

She wasn't surprised, Ye Huai called three times today, but it's a pity that He Ying was unconscious, so it would be strange to answer.

The bell rang for a long time, and after being automatically hung up, after a while, it rang again persistently.

Lu Yuexi gave an impatient "tsk", picked up the phone on the bedside table and hung it up, and then unlocked the screen. He Ying's lock screen password is very simple, it is Ye Huai's birthday.

She sent back a text message to Ye Huai, her tone was cold, only the word "busy".

However, Ye Huai was very reasonable and never called again.

Lu Yuexi sneered, feeling ironic for some reason.

She returned to China a year and a half ago and would never have guessed that one day she would take the initiative to take care of the seriously ill He Ying, and even hung up Ye Huai's phone to help her conceal the truth.

According to her personality, she should have picked up the phone just now, told the other party about He Ying's affairs one by one, and then stood aside, laughing and watching the two of them weeping and jumping around.

Even if she did this, she would not get Ye Huai, but seeing that the two of them could not be consummated in the end, at least she would feel a little relieved.

She didn't know why she came to the hospital for no reason every day, and she also had the idea of ​​taking He Ying away to seek medical treatment. It was clear that she wanted He Ying to disappear so much before.

Maybe it's because she always feels lonely these days.It is always easy for a person to become weak in the face of death.

He Ying was still in a coma, and Lu Yuexi had already started contacting people in Beijing.

Huiyan cooperates with several companies in Beijing, including medical companies. Lu Heng also has many friends in Beijing. Through these contacts, it is not difficult to find an expert who can rejuvenate.

In the middle of the night, He Ying woke up faintly, and when she opened her eyes, she saw Lu Yuexi sitting beside her typing quickly.

She just had a movement, when the other party looked over, her voice was hoarse:

"Are you awake? Feel better?"

He Ying nodded.

"I'll take you to Beijing Xiehe the day after tomorrow to have a look. You should work hard in the next two days, and don't pass out again."

"Go to Beijing?" He Ying opened her eyes wide, surprised but also complicated doubts, "You, want to take me to Beijing?"

"Ah."

"Why?" Her tone was flat, but both of them understood the meaning of her words.

A rival in love with him who had been tit for tat on weekdays suddenly said that he would take him to a big hospital for treatment when he was seriously ill. Anyone would think it was a dream.

"No reason." Lu Yuexi was still lukewarm, and he was clearly concerned, but he said it with sarcasm, "Today your attending doctor said that you are dying, and the hospital here is not good, so I will take you to a big hospital." Look, maybe you can save your life."

He Ying was silent: "I just want to ask, why do you care about me?"

"I don't know." Lu Yuexi didn't have much interest in having a heart-to-heart with her. He lowered his head and replied to the message on the phone, and said perfunctorily, "Maybe I don't want Ye Huai to be sad."

When He Ying heard this answer, there was no extra expression on her face, as if she expected it.

She didn't object to Lu Yuexi's actions hypocritically, she only nodded her head as a response, and continued to sleep with her eyes closed.

If the other party was Lu Yuexi who cheated and teased her not long ago, He Ying would probably refuse at this time, but now in front of this hard-spoken woman who came to the hospital to take care of her every day, He Ying didn't know how to refute and reject her.

He Ying's condition cannot be delayed.Therefore, Lu Yuexi arranged things very quickly, and went through the discharge procedures for He Ying the next day, planning to take her back to her villa first, and then set off for Beijing.

However, just as he was about to leave the hospital, Lu Yuexi suddenly received a call from Zou Feiniao, who asked:

"I'm at your house now, when are you coming back?"

Lu Yuexi glanced at He Ying lying on the back seat, frowned, and said patiently:

"I have something to do. Didn't I ask you to go home with your mother?"

Zou Feiniao was silent for a moment, and said softly, "But I miss you so much."

"...Well." He Ying was right behind, Lu Yuexi didn't want to talk too intimately, and she was in a hurry to deal with the matter of going to Beijing tomorrow, so her tone was a little irritable, "I'm done talking and I'll go find you, don't you Hurry up, I don’t know how to run, be good, I’m going on a business trip in two days and I’m not at home.”

Zou Feiniao asked: "Then are you coming back tonight?"

"I won't come back." Lu Yuexi just wanted her to leave now, after all, she didn't want Zou Feiniao and He Ying to meet, "Go home, I'm really busy recently, don't think about it, ah."

Zou Feiniao was silent for a long time, but still gave an obedient "hmm".

Looking at the phone interface, Lu Yuexi felt that the other party was depressed just now, and he couldn't bear it, so he sent Zou Feiniao a transfer of 5000 yuan to buy new clothes with his mother.

Zou Feiniao did not reply to the message, nor did he take the money.

Possibly angry.

But Lu Yuexi couldn't care too much now, so he could only endure the desire/desire to coax the other party, and took He Ying back to the villa first.

Just now, He Ying heard what Lu Yuexi said. Although she was embarrassed, she wisely didn't ask any more questions.

The two of them didn't speak during the journey, especially Lu Yuexi's face was gloomy, and the atmosphere was even more gloomy.

When they finally arrived at their destination, Lu Yuexi got out of the car first. Seeing that the gate of the villa was locked, and knowing that Zou Feiniao had left, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She took out the key and opened the door, then returned to the car and was about to drive in, but He Ying coughed twice in the back seat.

She looked back and asked, "What's wrong?"

"...It's okay, it's just a gust of wind blowing."

"Why is your face so red? Have a fever again?" Lu Yuexi had no choice but to get out of the car again and open the rear door, and reached out to check the temperature of He Ying's forehead, "...It's okay, no, you wrap up the blanket and go tomorrow Beijing."

"Ah."

Lu Yuexi sighed, returned to the driver's seat, and slowly drove the car into the villa.

After the movement of the car disappeared, the sound of footsteps came soon, and the heavy wrought iron gate was also closed, and the scene inside could not be peeped, leaving only the people in the corner outside to stare blankly.

Zou Feiniao couldn't tell what it was like, she was instinctively unwilling to doubt Lu Yuexi, but the strangeness of the other party was so clear at this moment.

She didn't want to think deeply, but she couldn't help recalling what Jiang Yaoying had said to her in her mind.

If seeing is not believing, then why is Lu Yuexi not even willing to explain to her?

Before coming here, she actually went to the headquarters of Huiyan Group today.

Zou Feiniao didn't see anyone in Lu Yuexi's office. The large desk was deserted, as if it had been neglected for many days, and there were thick stacks of documents waiting to be reviewed and signed.

When she left the office, she unexpectedly ran into Lu Heng in the corridor.

Seeing her, the other party first greeted her with a smile, and then sighed:

"Come to visit Yuexi to play? She has a personal matter to attend to recently. It doesn't matter. I don't care about the company's affairs. I originally wanted to enjoy my life at home. I've been busy running around these days."

Zou Feiniao forced a smile, then said in a daze, "Really?"

"But do you know what she's been up to lately?" Lu Heng rubbed his chin, feeling very helpless, "She doesn't talk to me, a father, about her affairs. She asked me to do things yesterday, and she didn't ask her what she wanted to do." say clearly."

Zou Feiniao originally wanted to ask this question, but after hearing what the other person said, he stopped talking, lowered his head, and stared at his shoes with a little blank eyes.

"Hey, isn't it time for lunch? Do you want to eat something with me? By the way, call your mother. There is a seafood restaurant nearby that tastes pretty good. Your mother should like it."

Zou Feiniao shook his head, nodded politely and said, "Don't bother Uncle Lu, I have something else to do, so I'm leaving first."

The moment she walked out of the complex office building, a gust of cold wind blew, and leaves fell on the road.

She gathered up her coat, raised her head, and for some reason, her eyes fell on the tall locust tree again.

The locust tree is still in the maintenance period, and there are two workers around it who are whitewashing it to prevent frost damage.

However, the locust tree is now leafless and sparsely branched. Although it is still tall, the bare branches look extraordinarily desolate and bleak in the cold winter, like a toddling old man, shivering in the cold wind.

A sports car passed by, and the wind blew up a corner of Zou Feiniao's scarf.

She regained her senses, and looked at the villa with the closed door in front of her again.

This is a well-known wealthy area in Oucheng, any villa is priceless, not to mention the supercars that can be seen everywhere.

She remembered that when she first came here, she was actually very uneasy in her heart, for fear of being embarrassed and making people laugh.

It's just that this anxiety was suppressed by her lack of nostalgia, so she didn't look around, but just calmly stepped into Lu Yuexi's exquisitely decorated mansion, just like walking into her old apartment.

Even when she went to the more magnificent Lu's house, she never showed any unnecessary curiosity.

But now, that uneasiness has once again descended on her, and what's more, she has more unspeakable fear and inferiority complex.

When Wu Rurong received this call, she was quite surprised, especially when the other party asked to meet, she was even more puzzled:

"Hey, what's the matter? Do you want me to take you to KTV?"

"No, I have something to ask you."

Wu Rurong pushed her husband who came closer, and smiled:

"Ah, then you ask, what is so serious that you can't explain it clearly on the phone?"

Zou Feiniao was just about to insist on meeting her, when he suddenly remembered that the other party didn't know about his relationship with Lu Yuexi, if he made an appointment to ask specifically, it would be too serious and inappropriate.

She was silent for a moment, then changed to a more relaxed tone, and asked after consideration:

"Today, I seem to have seen Sister Yue Xi and her first love."

"...Huh? What?"

"That is, the woman she has always liked."

"Oh, you said Ye Huai, haha... Hey, how do you know she has someone she likes?"

"She told me."

"Oh, that's it." Wu Rurong was thoughtful, "But, hasn't she stayed by He Ying's side these days? Why did she suddenly go to see Ye Huai? It's strange."

"He Ying?"

"Uh, He Ying is... oh, it's very complicated to explain, do you know that the person Yue Xi likes actually has a girlfriend?"

Zou Feiniao had no choice but to reply: "I know."

"He Ying is her, Ye Huai's girlfriend, and Ye Huai is the one Yue Xi likes." Wu Rurong mentioned these things, and couldn't help feeling a little emotional, "Didn't she tell you their names? But yes, this kind of She seldom mentions it to outsiders."

Zou Feiniao suddenly remembered what he saw that day, the two people in the photo album, his breath stopped, and he asked again:

"Are they high school classmates?"

"Yeah, actually, together with me, we are all in the same high school, and you and I, sister Yuexi, have known each other since junior high school, but since this guy met Ye Huai, he stopped playing with me, and only later found him again. Me, are you angry?" Wu Rurong smacked her lips, "Anyway, the matter between them can't be finished for three days and three nights. It's quite complicated. They were friends at first, but later she loved her. She loved her, and then broke up."

"So, what does Ye Huai look like? I did seem to see her with Sister Yue Xi today, but she looks sick..." Zou Feiniao tried to recall, a little anxious, "Is it a baby face, very tall? Petite?"

"Ah, the one you saw was He Ying, right? Ye Huai isn't like that." Wu Rurong laughed twice, "I didn't expect you to gossip like this, Ye Huai, you actually look a bit like her, you are all cold Beauty, and they are all tall, hey, you said you saw He Ying and Lu Yuexi together today?" She finally realized, "How did you see that?"

Zou Feiniao was silent for a long time before he said calmly, "On the road, in the car."

"Oh, it might be that they came back from the hospital and showed you. Isn't that He Ying sick? It's serious. You don't know what kind of wind you have, sister Yuexi. She ran to take care of her rival every day. Yesterday, she was sick. Tell me that you want to take her to Beijing for medical treatment, alas, look at the one who is torturing yourself... But, it's okay..." Wu Rurong slapped her thigh and sighed, "At least she still has sympathy. When it came to Ye Huai, she was like the villain in the TV series, she didn't care about anything, for a while I thought she wanted to strangle He Ying to death..."

On the other end of the phone, Wu Rurong was still chattering gossip about the three of them, but Zou Feiniao was in no mood to listen.

Lu Yuexi was so kind and gentle to her that she almost forgot that the other party had a long and complicated past, and there was also someone who had been in love and attached to her.

That was another story that Zou Feiniao had never been involved in or participated in. To this day, Lu Yuexi still hasn't come out, and is still entangled in this past, and Zou Feiniao doesn't even know about it from beginning to end.

Her mind was in a mess at the moment, and she couldn't tell what it was like, but there was only one thought that was still clear, and that was to look at that photo album again.

She always felt that there should be something hidden under this story.And the hidden answer is in that album.

The long wait was explained, and Zou Feiniao calmed down instead.

She didn't take the initiative to contact Lu Yuexi again, but when the other party sent the sentence "I went to Beijing on a business trip" the next day, she replied with "um".

Lu Yuexi is not at home, and she has the key in her hand, so it is very easy to go back and look at the photo album.

But Zou Feiniao had an inexplicable intuition that he didn't want to explore.

What she is facing is the past of her unknown lover. This past is intertwined with the reality, like an iceberg on the sea. What is on the surface is easy to accept, but what is hidden in the depths is the most lethal thing. People were caught off guard.

After hesitating for a few days, Zou Feiniao decided to take a look.

Maybe there is nothing in that album, even if she just went to see Lu Yuexi's appearance when he was young, it would not be a loss.

Because no one lived in the villa for a few days, it seemed extremely deserted.The inside was as messy as the last time I came, and there was another pile of things on the sofa.

But since Lu Yuexi brought home his rival in love that day, they should have done nothing.

While comforting himself, Zou Feiniao went to the master bedroom, pushed open the door, saw that the inside was clean, and the bedding was rarely stacked neatly, so he finally felt relieved.

She walked to the cabinet opposite the bed, and the key was still in the drawer, as if it hadn't been touched.

Zou Feiniao opened the drawer and took out the photo album.

I didn't notice it last time I saw it, but this time I found out that there is still a date on the photo, which is written in the lower right corner.

Zou Feiniao flipped through the photo album roughly, and most of the dates in the front were faded due to the long time, and could only be discerned barely, but every date in the back was profound and clear.

From 07 to 17, a thick stack of photo albums sealed a person's throbbing and obsession for a whole decade.

In addition to these photos, there is a box in the drawer.

When I opened the box, there were a dozen envelopes inside.

Because of the age, the envelope had already turned yellow, and the corners were slightly creased.

Zou Feiniao's hands trembled slightly, she stood there quietly for a while, and opened one of the envelopes.

There were six sheets of paper rattling.In addition to the letter paper, there are some gadgets inside, including a maple leaf sealed in a compressed bag, and a uniquely shaped badge.

The words on the letter paper are romantic and elegant, and it looks like Lu Yuexi's words——

"To Yehuai..."

"A lot of maple leaves fell in the garden behind the apartment today. I picked one up, washed it and made a bookmark. It's a pity that there are no pagoda trees here. It's a pity..."

"The badge is a souvenir I bought after visiting an art museum. It is said to be made of a medieval family's coat of arms. I think it's quite beautiful..."

"...I don't want to go out, because it's suddenly cold, I'm still wearing short sleeves, and I sneezed from the cold yesterday..."

"How are you doing? If you can, can you write me a letter back?"

"Ye Huai, I don't ask you to forgive me, I don't regret what I have done, but can you please stop ignoring me..."

"When the maple leaves are red next year, I will make another bookmark for you..."

The word "Yehuai" is slender and powerful, with clear and profound strokes, very much like the tall and straight locust tree that Zou Feiniao saw that day, it is eye-catching.

These letters were supposed to be mailed out, and the envelopes had the addresses of the sender and recipient, and were postmarked, but for some reason, they remained in Lu Yuexi's hands.

Maybe it was returned, maybe it was afraid to send it out.

So I only wrote twelve letters. Looking at the date, it should be one letter a month, the amount of a year.

No one can have the courage to fight against that tenacious and crazy love for ten years, let alone Lu Yuexi, who is so serious and meticulous, it is clearly love to the bone.

Zou Feiniao was silent for a moment, then put the envelope back where it was.She seemed to have lost the ability to think in an instant, and was at a loss, so she could only stare out the window in a daze.

With the curtains open, sunlight streams in.It was a day in January, no matter how sunny it was, it was still bitterly cold. She just stood like this, her fingers were icy.

Zou Feiniao went to look through the photo album again, just skipped it hastily, just looking at the date below, now she read it carefully, every page, every page, she described the woman in the photo over and over again.

Look at her cold and melancholy face, and the mottled light and shadow.

Sometimes she is not the only one in the photo, sometimes Lu Yuexi is in the picture, but she looks very different from now, even the fat Zou Feiniao can't be recognized, it is the familiar arrogance in the eyes of the other party that makes her intuitively think that, This is Lu Yuexi.

Apart from Lu Yuexi, the woman that Zou Feiniao saw that day, He Ying, appeared most often.

In several photos, she was holding Ye Huai's hand, smiling brightly.

Most of the photos are not clear, and the angle is not frontal. It looks like a candid shot, with a secret and hasty perspective.

Zou Feiniao took a deep breath, and slowly turned backwards.

The photos passed page by page, and the time also changed with each page.

The woman in focus in the photo grows up little by little, becoming more mature, but also more gloomy and cold. Only when another woman is present, she will be gentler and smile more.

Zou Feiniao didn't stop until he found a photo of her wearing a traffic police uniform.

For a moment, she almost didn't know how to breathe, and the only thing left in her mind was the words Wu Rurong said——

"Ye Huai, actually, you look a little like her..."

Tall women look more serious in formal attire, especially this dignified police attire.

The shirt was buttoned up to the neckline meticulously, the clothes were clean and tidy, without any wrinkles, and with those clear and deep eyebrows, it was even more abstinent and sexy.

The woman frowned slightly, with a smile on her lips.His eyes were like an ancient well without waves, calm and light, and the que made people's hearts tremble.

Her expression was so calm, as if everything had nothing to do with her.

However, it was this attitude of not having anything to do with himself, which clearly mocked Zou Feiniao's wishful thinking and overthinking in another way.

Zou Feiniao suddenly remembered her first time with Lu Yuexi.

The other party was so drunk that his eyes were dim, but he asked her to take out a traffic police uniform from the closet, and smiled at her:

"Put it on and show me, okay?"

Her face was flushed, she thought it was a cosplay, and put it on obediently according to the other party's instructions.

During the warm entanglement, they didn't think about the extraordinarily affectionate and gentle eyes of the other party.

It turned out that he was not looking at himself.Lu Yuexi was just looking at her sweetheart who had been infatuated with for more than ten years through herself.

Zou Feiniao held the photo album, laughed and cried, cried and laughed.

No matter how you say it, you are still a child. No matter how calm and calm you usually are when you encounter this kind of thing, you will not be able to calm down at this moment.

A heart full of pious praise to others, who knows that others will pick and choose, only willing to leave the similarities with others.

It's downright stupid.