straight to heaven

On the opening day of the forum, all members attended the meeting at [-] o'clock in the morning.I was far less energetic than Pei Yanlai. When the alarm clock rang at six o'clock, the finger marks on my wrists and my waist and abdomen were still hurting.

Blame me, I shouldn't have flirted recklessly the night before the event, but after being dragged home, Pei Yanlai whipped me mercilessly.

...I can't think about it, I'm too happy.

I sat up from the bed, fell down again, and when I opened my eyes again, Pei Yanlai was already in a suit and leather shoes.

"What time is it?" I woke up again.

Pei Yanlai put on his watch, looked down and said, "Seven past three."

It is just the top note, and the aroma of "Straight to heaven" on him is obvious.I took a deep breath, but time was waiting for no one, and I had no intention of making other associations, so I could only climb off the bed in a hurry.

To climb is not an exaggerated verb.My lower limbs were sore and weak, I couldn't stand still, and I was so embarrassed.

Grass.

I couldn't help but want to scold him.

"You don't have to go."

Just as I was about to bounce off the ground like a fish out of water, Pei Yanlai grabbed my waist and threw me back on the bed.

"I don't have to go?" This sounded like dismissing me, and the instinct of a social animal made me shudder.

Pei Yan came to fix his tie: "Your name is not written on the invitation letter from the organizer, so it doesn't matter if you don't come."

The truth is this, but how can there be a well-known lawyer who does not bring an assistant to the scene alone?Pei Yanlai doesn't care about these rules and regulations, but I don't want others to look at him differently.

He seemed to guess what I was thinking, and suddenly said: "Remember, you beat me once."

I knew he was talking about the long-distance race in the senior year sports meeting.It's been too long, but I will never forget the feeling at that time in my life.

On the red runway, I once stood shoulder to shoulder with Pei Yanlai, and even broke the worn-out red silk first.When I turned around, he was standing right behind me with sweat on his brow.

"If you don't want to be an assistant," Pei Yanlai looked at me looking down, "then don't do it."

"..."

Gao Kai also said similar things, but I know what Pei Yanlai said was completely different from him.

Pei Yanlai saw me too clearly.My heart felt like it was being squeezed, and the fig leaf that had been held for many years was torn off by someone. Even if this person was Pei Yanlai, I still felt uneasy, and the idea of ​​avoiding the topic came to me almost immediately.

But he didn't give me this chance.

"Think carefully." Pei Yanlai brushed the hair on my forehead with her fingertips, and then grabbed it vigorously, pressing half of her palm against my hairline.He lowered his eyes and forced me to look directly at him: "You look pretty when you're unwilling."

Not reconciled.

It's like pulling out a tooth that has rotted from the root. After the blood is mutilated, the ambition is clearly revealed.

Unwilling to rely on Gao Kai's relationship to get Dingrun's job, unwilling to be someone's assistant all the time.In fact, from the very beginning of embarking on this path, I never imagined embracing such a bleak ending.

"Consider what?" I began to tremble, perhaps because of the expectation of the possibility, or perhaps because of the unknown.

Pei Yanlai brought her lips close to her ear, with an indescribable smile, and whispered to me.

"Win me one more time."

He put a kiss behind my ear.

Oh shit.

I don't know if I can win against him, but there seemed to be electricity in my brain, and my back went numb, and I couldn't get out of bed at all.

After Pei Yanlai left, I got up and checked some information.I missed lunch because I was so focused.It was after three o'clock in the afternoon when I realized that I was hungry. I opened the refrigerator and found that it was empty.

There is less than an hour until the end of the forum.

I sent Pei Yanlai a WeChat message, telling him that I was going to the supermarket.

He said yes.

After so many years, the appearance of the city has undergone an update. There used to be a shopping mall nearby, but it was demolished and turned into a plastic surgery hospital.I couldn't, so I had to take a taxi and ask the driver to stop at the nearest large supermarket.

It was hot, and I was pushing the shopping cart around the freezer.There are two new flavors of yogurt, and it was difficult for me to choose, so I took a photo and sent it to Pei Yanlai.

Before waiting for a reply, the shopping cart was knocked two meters away, followed by the sound of the box falling to the ground.

The wall of nuts promoted in supermarkets was as high as a man, and now it has all collapsed.The staff member who made a mistake passed by cursing and passing by, I went around and knelt down to help clean up.

There was the sound of a shopping cart rolling by behind him.

"The hill?"

I snapped my hands and realized almost immediately who was calling me.

"Xiaoshan, is that you?"

It's hard to express how I feel at this moment. It feels like time is being stretched, and every second is hard to bear.

Sighing, I turned around.

When I looked up, I saw my mother's face.

"..." I stood up, handed the nut box to the staff, and said, "Mom."

"I thought I was wrong just now. Why did you come back suddenly? Where do you live? Don't tell me." She was wearing a light green dress and didn't bring her children, but the shopping cart was full of Children's favorite snacks.

"Business trip, make do with a few days at a friend's house." After I explained, I looked at her hand.

She wore a black glove on her left hand, but not on her right.Although my mother sometimes has rough lines, she didn't drop a glove when she went out and didn't notice it until now.

I was nervous and couldn't help thinking of Lin Hui and the traces left by the domestic violence. After thinking about it for a while, I said indiscriminately: "Gao Kai, is he..."

My mother pulled the corners of her eyes down, meaning she was angry, and said sharply: "Xiaoshan! It has nothing to do with your Uncle Gao, don't think too much about it."

"..." Hasty, guessing and wronging a good person.I lowered my eyes and rolled my Adam's apple: "Sorry."

The phone in my pocket vibrated suddenly, but I didn't care.

I didn't intend to sell badly, but my mother seemed to regret her harsh words just now, and explained in a soft tone, as if she was selling well.

"I didn't pay attention when I was making the soup, and I was scalded by the steam. The doctor said that as long as the medicine is applied well, the scar will disappear in a few months." She added: "Don't worry."

My mother has really changed a lot.

Whether it is the style of dressing, or the way of dealing with people.

In the past, she was careless and reckless, like a burning ball of fire, but now she was smoothed by something and filed into a piece of jade without edges and corners.On New Year's Day, I was so focused on paying back the money that I didn't notice the changes in these details until today when I unexpectedly met in the supermarket.

Because of what?

family?

Only when you have scruples will you look forward and backward, and warmth will indeed become a person's weakness.

But she's being so careful with me...it's not my intention to repay the debt.

"Actually, I've been wanting to contact you for the past two days, but I just didn't find the right time." She hesitated to speak.

I said, "It's not too late for you to say it now."

"Baby." When the two children were away, she suddenly called me again: "Tomorrow is your birthday. Your Uncle Gao and I miss you a lot. See if it's convenient for Fang to come to my house for dinner."

"..."

Birthday?

Come to think of it, I forgot if she didn't mention it.

For as long as I can remember, neither my mom nor I celebrate birthdays.Probably because of her superior economic conditions, she gradually developed a sense of unnecessary ritual.

The incident happened suddenly, and the reason for my refusal was quite perfunctory: "Today is Dabao and Erbao's birthday, I didn't prepare a gift, it's not good to go there empty-handed."

My mother was taken aback, and it took a while to recover, and said softly: "Baby, don't be so polite with me. We are a family."

No need, really no need.

I really wanted to refute, but the hurtful words came to my lips and I swallowed them back.

"Tomorrow is the weekend, and Gao Kai and I are at home. I'll prepare a meal and wait for you." Pushed by me, she finally had a little bit of no scruples in the past, and emphasized again: "We will always wait for you."

God is dead.

Silence was a sledgehammer that fell between our unfamiliar mother and son.The efficiency of the staff is very fast, and the nut wall has been built again, like an airtight iron curtain.

I am clumsy with my tongue, and when I speak bluntly, I always make the situation worse. I want to leave several times, but I don't know how to speak.Until the ringtone of the call rescued me.

It's Pei Yan.I almost gave him a kowtow.

"Come out when it's over, I'm at the door." He cut to the chase.

I froze for a moment, and then quickly realized that he was following the photo of the freezer I took: "The door of the Kellogg supermarket?"

"Ah."

"How did you get here?"

Pei Yan came to report a series of car numbers: "Drive, there is a black Audi at the gate of the north gate."

I don't know where I got the car from.

"...I'll go find you." Thank God.

I hung up the phone and hurriedly said goodbye to my mother.She asked me, are you a friend?

My friend is too ambiguous, and there are many directions that can be misinterpreted, so my answer is quite satisfactory and there are no mistakes.

"It's the boss who is on a business trip together."

She didn't stop me before I left, as if she was sure that I would see you tomorrow.But actually, I haven't made up my mind yet.