Contention

"Then what are you doing now?"

"broke up."

The shock on Wu Rurong's face was even worse. He didn't know whether to comfort her or blame her for concealing it. After hesitating for a long time, just as he was about to speak, Lu Yuexi gently put down his wine glass and said softly:

"Forget it, don't mention it."

"Then Zou Feiniao and you..." Wu Rurong didn't stop the car for a while, "You two are not in touch now?"

"Ah."

She was still a little messy: "Why did you start dating? When did it happen? Feiniao is still so young, I think you like her quite a bit, but I didn't expect you to..."

Facing Lu Yuexi's looking eyes, she immediately fell silent, and after a long time, she said nana:

"Okay, if we break up, we will break up, so we can get together and get together, as long as you don't treat others badly."

Lu Yuexi let out a "huh", but his mood was much worse.

In the night, Wu Rurong did as she said, she hadn't even touched a drop of alcohol, she just sat and watched Lu Yuexi drink too much, and tried to persuade her not to drink, but she ignored it.

Sighing, Wu Rurong stood up and went to the kitchen to cook some noodles for her stomach, so as not to hurt her stomach just by drinking.

When he came out, he was lying on the sofa, half drunk and half awake.

Wu Rurong put the noodles on the table and said:

"Come over and get something to eat."

Lu Yuexi reluctantly got up and took a look, then lay back silently.

"...As for what? I just overheated the diced meat when I fried it, and it was a bit mushy, but the rest is perfect." Seeing her pretending to be dead, Wu Rurong didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "De Xing, you just want me to serve you."

But just now she saw quick-frozen dumplings in the refrigerator, and quick-frozen dumplings are convenient, so she still knows how to make them.

So I went back and tossed for a long time, and finally brought out a bowl of decent things.

Lu Yue sighed inexplicably as he ate the dumplings.

Wu Rurong was very puzzled: "What's the matter? Not familiar?"

Lu Yuexi shook his head, absently picked up the dumpling wrapper floating in the bowl with a spoon, and said, "Too much vinegar, it's sour."

But Wu Rurong felt that she didn't want to say this, they had known each other for so long, just by looking at Lu Yuexi's eyes now, she could guess what the other party really wanted to say just now.

She snorted, took the bowl in Lu Yuexi's hand, went to the kitchen to add soup for her, couldn't hold back when she came out, and sighed:

"Pity."

"What a pity?"

"It's a pity that you are so picky, I guess only Zou Feiniao is as obedient as you can bear it."

Lu Yuexi smiled and said nothing.

Seeing her gentle expression, Wu Rurong became more courageous and asked, "Then do you like Feiniao more now, or Ye Huai more?"

"……I have no idea."

"When you date Feiniao, don't you think of her as..."

"Rurong." Lu Yuexi called out suddenly, turned his head to look at her, still smiling, but looked very tired, "Since it's all over, don't ask this."

Seeing her like this, Wu Rurong didn't know what to say for a while.

She herself is a very straightforward person, and she has always been in a rush when dealing with love, whether she wants it or not.

But Lu Yuexi was different, she was too stubborn and entangled.Before ten years of lonely and hopeless love, he gradually became self-confident, and now he has hurt a child.

Although Wu Rurong felt ashamed of such behavior, she still felt sorry for her friends.

After deliberating for a long time, she asked:

"Then do you still miss her now?"

Lu Yuexi lowered her eyes and didn't answer immediately. She looked at the bowl of cooled dumplings, her expression was in a trance for a moment.

After a moment of silence, she murmured: "...I really want to."

But thinking about it again, it was useless.

The girl left long ago without looking back, just as I thought before, she was so young, so sincere, she had enough time and determination to digest a failed relationship, there was no reason to turn back.

After doing nothing for a while, Lu Yuexi returned to the company.

She wasn't around these days, Lu Heng was kind enough to divide up the affairs and take care of them one by one, without accumulating troubles for her.

Sometimes when she got off work early, Lu Yuexi would go to He Ying's house to see her.

Hospitalization at this time was meaningless, and the hospital also tactfully persuaded them to go back, saying that it was conservative treatment and waiting for a miracle to happen.

The He family's parents did not know where to get a bunch of folk prescriptions, saying that they were prescribed by a certain genius doctor who is proficient in Chinese medicine, and many terminally ill patients depended on his Chinese medicine to hang their lives and lived for several years.

In order to appease them, He Ying drank all of them without frowning.

I don't know if it's because the traditional Chinese medicine has other miraculous effects or psychological effects, but He Ying's condition has improved a lot. Although she is still weak, she can at least eat something and go out for a walk at noon.

But the temperature outside is still low, and most of the time, she still stays at home reading, or tending flowers and plants.

When Lu Yuexi came to see her, most of the time, she was pruning the branches and leaves of the pot of pomegranate planted on the balcony.

The He family's parents had heard that she was taking care of He Ying during her illness, and they had met her once before, so they regarded her as He Ying's best friend. All of them are "Miss Zou".

Lu Yuexi couldn't help feeling ironic when he heard the "Miss Zou".

But she couldn't clarify her real name. After all, the He family's parents knew about her bullying He Ying in high school years.

They went to school to look for her once, and wanted to educate her, but of course Lu Yuexi didn't hesitate, and choked back every word meanly, until the two elders were so angry that they covered their chests.

If she confessed, she would be thrown out of the house by them within three seconds.

On the way to visit He Ying, I would bump into Ye Huai occasionally, and it was just downstairs of He Ying's apartment.

The first time I saw her, Ye Huai was standing beside the green belt in front of the apartment, silently in a daze.

Her posture didn't look like she was going to find someone, she just seemed to be standing here, waiting for He Ying to come out and take a look.

Lu Yuexi didn't want her to see him, so he turned the car around and left before he could find a parking space.

When she saw Ye Huai again, she calmed down a lot. After parking the car at a distance, she silently sat in the car and watched Ye Huai.

Ye Huai waited disheartened, but Lu Yuexi watched with satisfaction.

One day, I suddenly received a call from He Ying, saying that she wanted to meet up.

Lu Yuexi drove to her house, when it rained suddenly on the road. In this season, there is always plenty of rain in the south, but the sky is overcast, making people irritable.

When we got there, we saw Ye Huai downstairs in the apartment as expected.

She didn't bring an umbrella, and she was gradually blurred in the rain, only the white dress and black trousers were clearly visible, slender and dusty.

After standing in a daze for a moment, she lowered her head and left.

Seeing her leave, Lu Yuexi got out of the car and went upstairs.

As soon as they met, Lu Yuexi took off the windbreaker, put it on the back of the chair in the bedroom, and said:

"Ye Huai was downstairs just now."

He Ying was drawing by the window, and upon hearing that, she didn't show much expression: "Well, I saw it."

Every time Ye Huai was waiting downstairs, He Ying actually knew about it.

"You really don't plan to see her?"

The paintbrush in his hand was heavy, and in the gray and white, the touch of red was particularly deep and dazzling:

"No need."

Lu Yuexi walked over to look at her painting, but saw the dead tree and the moon in the painting, the cold shadow of the black stone, and a smear of red under the tree, as if soaked in blood, he couldn't help but be at a loss for words:

"what is this?"

He Ying raised her head and smiled: "The scenes in my mind these days."

"..." Seeing that she was thinking wildly again, Lu Yuexi was too lazy to ask, so he sat by the bed and asked her, "Why did you ask me to come here?"

"I want you to do me a favor."

"Just say what you want."

He Ying put down her drawing tools, took out a piece of paper and handed it to her.Lu Yuexi took it, but was taken aback after opening it:

"what is this?"

"My account and password for a platform."

"Why give me this?"

He Ying Wenwen said: "This platform is dedicated to teaching people how to cook and share food. I often post on it, and Ye Huai also pays attention. I'm afraid that if there is no activity on this account in the future, she will be suspicious."

"So you called me to post something in this account?"

"Ah."

"Can't you do it yourself?" Lu Yuexi frowned, "What if the secret is revealed?"

He Ying smiled gently again. During this period of time, it's hard to see any frustrated expression on her face:

"It doesn't matter, you can just post some photos of home-cooked food and repost other people's news. Ye Huai, she won't think so much after seeing the news update."

"but……"

But He Ying guessed what she wanted to say, and blocked her back very calmly:

"So what if my body looks good now? How long can I last, one month or two months? It is very likely that I will fall asleep one night... So I want you to help me again, even if she will find out sooner or later , then I also hope that the later the better."

Lu Yuexi pinched the note in his hand, was silent for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "Aren't you afraid that I will find it troublesome, and tell Ye Huai directly about you?"

He Ying shook her head, "I'm not afraid."

She looked up at her with clear eyes:

"Because it's good for you. If Ye Huai knew that I was dead, she would only keep festivals for me for the rest of her life, and even...do some terrible things. However, if she thought I was still alive, it would be different. Although she will leave disappointed when the others are together, she will give up completely when she sees that I am having a good life every day, that way, you will have a chance."

Lu Yuexi suppressed his smile and fixedly looked at her:

"Are you that sure?"

"I'm sure." He Ying was very firm, "Because I will do the same thing as her."

Lu Yue regretted not speaking.

She finally understood where she had lost.

In the silence, He Ying took out another bank card and handed it to her, lowering her eyes slightly, as if a little shy:

"It contains all my deposits."

"What are you doing for me?" Lu Yuexi's eyes were light.

"Well, you have helped me a lot these days." He Ying smiled, but her face was pale, "I know the money is far from enough, but I still hope you can accept it. I don't want to leave so much Sorry, it was so hard."

Lu Yuexi did not answer:

"how many?"

"More than 50."

"..."

"Why do you look at me like that? I haven't received a gift from my parents. It's all the dividends from my investment in opening a store with my friends."

"...All right." Lu Yuexi took the card, but didn't intend to use it.She will find a chance to return this card to He Ying's parents in the future.

"Thank you." He Ying smiled at her again, heaved a sigh of relief, and seemed to feel a lot more relieved, "I will protect you."

Lu Yuexi: "..."

Is this the legendary blessing from the underworld?

If it was a scene from a TV series, she might laugh out loud.

But now she really couldn't laugh, she just felt tired, and even the card in her hand seemed to weigh a thousand catties, making her a little out of breath.

He Ying felt relieved and went to paint her unfinished painting again.

Her technique is not exquisite, but her paintings are unexpectedly magnificent and majestic, like a eulogy to death, with decadence and corruption, as well as the calmness and courage of fearless acceptance.

Lu Yuexi sat on the edge of the bed, looked at the painting quietly, and asked:

"Can you give it to me when it's finished?"

He Ying paused, then turned around and smiled: "Yes."

This is the last time they will meet in this life.