After an ex became a landlord

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Zhu Xu arrived at the agreed place four or ten minutes earlier.

On March 31, there was light rain in W City, and the sky was dark.

There were few customers in the coffee shop in the morning, Zhu Xu ordered a cup of latte, and then sat by the window like a silent statue, letting it cool down.

She turned her head and stared out the window.Drops of water hung on the glass of the floor-to-ceiling windows, and the headlights of the same female celebrities hung on the lampboards of the shopping malls and office buildings not far away. She was smiling at Zhu Xu.

Sweet but false.

The focus of the field of view turns back to the near.

Zhu Xu silently stared at the small drops of water hanging on the window, they trembled in the breeze from the high-rise building, as if every molecule was desperately resisting the gravitational force and avoiding the fate of falling.

The advertising light board flashes colorful neon lights, so the water drops reflect colorful flowers with colorful petals.

Then it flew into Zhu Xu's eyes with the light.

She seemed to be standing barefoot in an empty black space, stepping on the shallow water just below her toes.There are colorful glass shards floating on the water, and Zhu Xu picks them up one by one, and every piece of glass presents all the memories she deliberately forgot.

The first piece, is red.

The picture freezes on the test paper, with a score of 60 in bright red.

Zhu Xu saw his 13-year-old self.

Because he was at the bottom of the class in the math test, he was lying on the table and sighing.

A white and tender hand stretched out from her side, and pulled her paper:

"Why did you do so poorly in the exam? Are you poor in elementary school?"

That was the first sentence that the monitor, Pei Yi, had formally spoken to her.

Because the other party is too well-known in school, and the light is too dazzling, Zhu Xu is actually a little afraid of her, staring at the corner of the other party's blue skirt, holding his fingers: "Uh..."

"I can't let you drag down the average score in the class." The girl with three stripes suppressed the gentle smile that often hangs on her lips, took out a pen and paper and sat down to do the calculations for her, "I'll help you with math from today, you hear me? "

"Ah, thank you..."

Zhu Xu discovered very early on that he had no resistance to the domineering little beauty, and after listening for a while with a blushing face, he asked in a low voice, "That's so embarrassing... What snacks do you like, next time I will ask you you eat?"

"I don't like snacks."

"Then do you like watching animation? I have a lot of sweetheart guardians around, do you like it? Can we be friends? If you like it, I will give it to you."

Zhu Xu tugged at the corner of the deskmate with whom he was not familiar.

Pei Yi was stunned.

The invisible gloom in his eyes seemed to dissipate a bit, he smiled unnaturally, and said casually:

"No need, Xiao Zhu, I already regard you as a friend. If you have to give something, just owe it first."

Efforts to put on a soft tone led to a short-lived friendship.

But it was expected to be a prophecy.

As the water rippled, Zhu Xu opened her second fragment.

The picture freezes at the orange sunset.

The girl in the blue skirt has a small body, holding a big box, standing alone beside the tall truck.

The setting sun stretched her shadow very long.

Zhu Xu hid on a street corner not far away, and saw the girl's father taken away by a police car 10 minutes ago.

Now, the van used to move the house will soon take the girl from the villa where she once lived.

She has no home.

Zhu Xu was young at the time, and he didn’t know what ruthless competition in the business field was, but there were rumors in the class that “Zhu Xu’s father’s factory defeated Pei Yi’s father’s company”, “Pei Yi’s father is going to jail for bribing people and reporting ", in the eyes of her classmates with different emotions, she suddenly felt guilty and uneasy, but the other party never gave her a chance to apologize.

After Pei Yi dropped out of school, Zhu Xu was surprised to find that the essays selected by the other party's composition competition were printed in the portfolio, but the winners signed Zhu Xu's name.

"I'm sorry, the teacher made a mistake when you both handed in your composition together," Zhu Xu ran to ask, and the teacher apologized casually, "But Pei Yi has left our school, and I'm afraid we can't change it now. "

Before the other party was about to get into the car, Zhu Xu mustered up his courage and stood out from the shadows.

"I'm sorry." Zhu Xu said, "but my father is not that kind of person, there must be some misunderstanding...and I didn't steal your composition, the teacher made a mistake..."

"It's okay, Zhu Xu," Pei Yi interrupted her, and smiled without a smile, "We are no longer friends."

"..."

She pressed against Zhu Xu's ear, like a snake spitting out a letter, and left a word.

"you owe me."

The third piece is the warm yellow sunrise.

On the first day of school at W University, the ten o'clock sun shone in through the narrow windows of the No. 8 dormitory of the Information Management Institute, dazzled Zhu Xu for a while.

Someone in the dormitory was already packing their luggage, seeing the girl's face clearly, Zhu Xu tightened his fingers holding the handle of the suitcase instantly.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

Pei Yi turned around and greeted her.A more perfect and warm smile than before, and a gentle and charming appearance, in Zhu Xu's eyes, he felt colder than ever before.

The words "you owe me" are like a curse, a grievance that cannot be resolved no matter how many letters she sends, how many times she expresses her confession, and how much effort she puts in.

"Long time no see," Zhu Xu heard his voice pretending to be calm, "Pei Yi... how have you been these years?"

"It's not bad," Pei Yi took her suitcase, and then closed the door, telling her with still a chilling smile, "My stepfather works in an investment bank and he is very rich, so I lived with my mother." Not bad."

"Is he treating you well?" Zhu Xu shivered, but still tried his best to continue the conversation.

"not good."

Pei Yi still smiled like that, took Zhu Xu's cold hand, and led her to unbutton her cuffs.

There are streaks of bluish-purple welts on the arm.

Tears of fear welled up in Zhu Xu's eyes instantly, and in the blurred vision, she heard that sentence again, as if whispering from hell:

"Remember?... You owe me everything."

In the first six months of enrollment, Zhu Xu tried to do a lot of things to make up for it.

She gave up the position of the student union; the class committee ran for a competition between two people, and she chose to withdraw; she gave up the quota for participating in the competition;

But when the other party's desire for control became more and more terrifying, and the word "owe" became more and more a shackle that oppressed her, Zhu Xu finally realized the fact that she was PUA by a twisted friendship. In order to get rid of this person, she turned around quietly. Professionally went to management.

Soon after, Pei Yi, who majored in information management, was arranged by the college to go to Taiwan/Taiwan as an exchange student.

After successfully leaving the shadow, Zhu Xu finally entered the fourth fragment.

It was the pink color of a small cherry blossom.

It was the color of her beautiful first love.

"Little pig, this is for you."

After ten o'clock, the playground on the campus was empty. After Feng Siyal disappeared for a day, he called Zhu Xu downstairs.

Then he handed her a small bouquet of flowers from behind, her fair face was as pink as the flowers in front of her.

"……Happy Valentine's Day."

Nine pink roses.

Zhu Xu hugged the flower and smirked, and started turning his back to wipe away his tears with a smile.

"Hey, why are you crying?" The other party hugged her into his arms and coaxed her gently, "Don't cry, your eyes are going to be swollen."

"I'm so touched, can't I, I, I also have a gift for you," Zhu Xu sniffed, grabbed Feng Siyao's finger, and couldn't help but press a ring on her middle finger, crying Hiccup pretended to be fierce, "Lock yours, don't take it off."

The ring is made of silver, not expensive, but it was made by Zhu Xu himself.In fact, she has a lot of pocket money every month and can afford a ring worth thousands of yuan, but Feng Siyao was a poor student living on scholarships and part-time jobs when she was in college, and she didn't want to put too much pressure on him.

"I won't take it off," Feng Siyao smiled, and leaned over to kiss her, "I'll find a more suitable ring in the future, we each have one ring, can you put it on for me again?"

"it is good……"

Zhu Xu thought, she really liked this person too much.

This girl can be as warm as the sun and as gentle as the moon.

She wants to be with this person for the rest of her life.

But that person came back.

In a certain class in the second semester of the junior year, near the senior year, Pei Yi was sitting on the right of Feng Siyao, smiling and silently saying that she wanted to take this person away, but she was looking at Zhu Xu.

That is hate and predation.

Zhu Xu knew she was serious.

Feng Siyao applied for a full scholarship to study for a master's degree in CS in the UK.

Pei Yi also applied to the same school, same mentor...

"The girl sitting next to you, can you stay away from her in the future?" Zhu Xu told Feng Siyao for the first time that she minded, and said bluntly, "...I don't like her."

Feng Siyao thought for a while, and asked, "Who is it? I'm not interested...and I already have a wife, so the others have nothing to do with me."

No matter how indifferent Feng Siyao is to Pei Yi's approach, there is still unspeakable and complicated uneasiness overflowing from the bottom of Zhu Xu's heart.

Zhu Xu comforted himself, although it was at his own expense, he also applied for an offer from the UK, didn't he?As long as he stays with Feng Siyao every day as always, nothing will change.

However, it has changed after all.

The fifth fragment is the color of night.

Ever since his father got sick, Zhu Xu got used to wearing black clothes.

She is suffering from pancreatic cancer, the worst news; it is not in the late stage but in the middle stage, which is considered good news; the disease occurred a month before Zhu Xu is about to start school, neither good nor bad news; she is temporarily unable to go abroad, but the school makes an exception and allows it She defers admission for a year, the good news among the bad news.

Zhu Xu hid his colorful little skirt and cute little high heels, changed into pure black clothes and plain sneakers, and rode to and from home and the hospital by bike.

Black clothes have many advantages. For example, it often rains in summer, so you won’t lose your clothes when you get wet. For example, it’s easy to wash. Because my father is sick, he often vomits after eating. Dirt resistant.

At that time, Zhu Xu had two groups and five people on WeChat.

One is a pancreatic cancer patient group, and the other is a communication group for depression.The five people are father, mother, a nurse in the hospital, the deputy manager in charge of handling the bankruptcy of her father's factory, and her girlfriend who is thousands of miles away.

Dressed in black, she spent a black day like this.

Get up and say good morning to Feng Siyao in a hurry, then take a look at the balance of the medical card to see if you need to run around for the next round of treatment funds; open multiple treatment groups to take a look at the latest developments, other patients sometimes send messages There was good news, but most of the time it was bad news; people left the ward every day, and Zhu Xu didn't dare to stay there for too long—her enthusiasm for life was almost worn out.

She went to the hospital to deliver meals and wash clothes, and took time to study at night. Due to family reasons, she gave up this year's offer and chose to postpone her enrollment, but she had to retake many exams, and she had to find a way to earn next year's tuition. There are still many benefits Hard things are not dealt with...

But she is really tired.

Why is life so difficult.

Obviously she already loves it so much.

Zhu Xu was lying in front of the dark desk, unable to turn over the second page of the exercise book. At this time of the day, she had time to concentrate on replying to Feng Siyao's news.

A full screen.

- 2:00pm (7:00 UK time) -

Lover: Good morning baby/kiss

Lover: Is Uncle feeling better today?

Lover: I found out that there is a very good doctor in China, I will push his WeChat to you later

-3:00pm-

Zhu Xu: Okay, thank you (>﹏<)

Zhu Xu: Just came back from the hospital, the microwave oven is broken. .cold rice

-4:00pm-

Lover: I just placed an order for a new microwave and it will arrive tomorrow

Lover: I'm doing an experiment

lover: [photo]

Lover: debug always goes wrong, crashes...

-8:00pm-

Lover: Done~

Lover: There may be a party at night, organized by the tutor

Lover: I don't like those, I'll be back soon, don't worry, I don't play with Pei

-9:00pm-

:came back

: Is the baby asleep?

: How is baby today?

-9:50pm-

: It's 2:50pm UK time

: I'm in class, what are you doing?

: Zhu Xu

:I miss you so much

Zhu Xu burst into tears.

Tears dripped on the pages, and she cried out of breath.

She cried and typed word by word:

"I'm very good."

She is not good at all.

But Feng Siyao is so good.

She was reluctant to let the other party fall into such an unequal relationship, but she was even more reluctant to give up the person she loved.

After two months of this state, the problem has become more and more.

They have jet lag, love is reduced to clocking in, and there is very little time for conversation;

They reported good news but not bad news, Zhu Xu didn't tell Feng Siyao how difficult he was, Feng Siyao didn't tell Zhu Xu that he was alone in a foreign country, and suffered all kinds of heartaches from theft, robbery and exclusion;

They have fewer and fewer common topics, and they finally make calls, but they are always interrupted.

At the same time, Zhu Xu began to frequently see Feng Siyao in Pei Yi's circle of friends.

Sometimes it is deliberately photographed, appearing in an inconspicuous corner in the computer room;

Sometimes it was a gathering organized by the tutor, Feng Siyao sat alone in a dark corner, looking at the phone with a somewhat melancholy expression...

Bad emotions accumulated day by day, and Zhu Xu knew that she couldn't go on like this.

During the third month of treatment, my father's condition suddenly improved. The doctor said that it was under control for the time being, and my father would not vomit after eating. After completing the phased treatment and the night before he was about to be discharged from the hospital, Zhu Xu's mood It was the happiest time in three months.

She changed into a rare white dress and sent a message to Feng Siyao.

"Hey, are you free tomorrow? Let's make an appointment to have a good chat. I have something to tell you..."

The time for their call must be agreed one day in advance before they can make an appointment.

Feng Siyao quickly agreed and made an appointment with her at three o'clock in the afternoon domestic time.

Zhu Xu got up early the next morning and cleaned up the house meticulously. After lunch, he came to the hospital and began to tidy up with his mother happily, preparing for the discharge procedures.

Then start to wait, wait and wait.

It was past three o'clock in the afternoon, and it was past four o'clock.

Five o'clock, six o'clock, seven o'clock...

She didn't wait for a message or a call from Feng Siyao.

But I waited for the news that my father's condition suddenly deteriorated.

It was very cold outside the operating room in the early morning, and the "in-operation" lights were bright red.Zhu Xu was so cold that she was shivering all over, she clenched her mobile phone tightly, as if it was her last straw.

But she never waited for a call.

In the end, she swiped through Moments, and what she saw was the photo Pei Yi posted hours ago.

: A night of hangover / with my classmates

PS: The next day I visually slept until the afternoon hhh

【Photo】

Still didn't see a photo of the frontal face, but Zhu Xu recognized at a glance the side face that was very close to the camera and sitting next to Pei Yi.

Zhu Xu locked the screen.

Can't get up the next day because you played with friends so late?

Is that so, so it is.

Maybe there is some misunderstanding.

Then Zhu Xu closed his eyes tiredly.

That doesn't matter anymore.

……

When Feng Siyao called, Zhu Xu had just signed his father's death notice.

She didn't have much time to answer the call because Mom passed out and was recuperating in another ward.

But she had to pick it up.

She heard very flustered voices over there.

Tell her that she left within half an hour after attending a party the night before, and was robbed by a group of people in the alley, and her mobile phone was also broken, which eventually turned into a fight. I was released on bail after staying in the bureau for 24 hours;

Then he kept apologizing, and finally asked Zhu Xu how the situation was, and if there was anything to talk about, it was too late to tell her.

After Zhu Xu confirmed that she was not seriously injured, he just asked softly, "Are you going home now?"

"I'm back. Wife, I'm sorry, I..."

"Just go home and have a good rest. You were too dangerous yesterday."

Zhu Xu blinked hard, for some reason, she couldn't shed a single tear.

Then tell the other party in a very steady tone: "I'm fine."

Two days later, Feng Siyao's minor injuries were healed.

In between bargaining with the cemetery, Zhu Xu called Feng Siyao, and explained a lot of ways to take care of the wound, and the precautions for being single. He talked for more than an hour, until her mouth was dry. , nothing more to say.

Then she heard a voice that seemed to be choking.

Feng Siyao asked her in a very low voice, Zhu Xu, do you want to break up with me.

Zhu Xu was silent for a long time, and then said "um" very softly.

"Feng Siyao," she said, "you should get better and better."

So that's it.

Say goodbye.

The sixth fragment.

It was harsh white.

Tear up the darkness that seemed endless just now.

Zhu Xu narrowed his eyes.

She couldn't see who the figure walking towards her was, but she heard her own voice asking.

"I like your house very much. Could it be cheaper?"

"Yes," the woman's voice was gentle, "how much do you want?"

"3800?"

"1000."

The woman smiled.

Then go on.

"I give myself to you... I want your heart too."

Her figure gradually became clear.

The eye-catching pure white gradually darkened, and Zhu Xu finally saw the face of the person coming.

She stepped on the dim golden color, sending the color of the sun to the darkness where Zhu Xu was curled up.

So the last fragment.

The golden light shone into Zhu Xu's eyes.

Zhu Xu narrowed his eyes, and fell into memories for a long time, which made it take her a while to recognize the face in front of her that she hadn't seen for a long time.

Fortunately, she still remembered Pei Yi's voice.

Beneath the gentle appearance, there is full of ridicule and distortion.

"Zhu Xu, you really forgot about me completely."

"Is it selective amnesia?"

"Then let me remind you again that the private loan your father borrowed for the company is the biggest creditor. I gave you three years of grace and waived 10% of the interest."

"Zhu Xu, you owe this..."

"I paid off the money at the end of last year."

Zhu Xu interrupted her, and looked directly at the other party calmly, his eyes full of magnanimity.

"Pei Yi, I don't owe you anything."

There was even a hint of pity, "I am very happy now."

Unsurprisingly, the other party showed a displeased expression.

"It can be seen that you are living happily now," Pei Yi still smiled without a smile, "I thought you wouldn't come."

"Of course I'm coming."

Zhu Xu bathed in the sun.

Meet the eyes of those who come.

For the first time, she did not choose to escape.

She told the other party word by word, calmly, and commandingly:

"I'm here to hear your apology."

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