who will you be

White ceiling, white walls, white floor and white curtains, the flushed Eve is squinting in the white bathtub, and the black cat is sitting on the edge of the bathtub by the window with its eyes open.The heat blowing towards her face, the feeling of being surrounded by hot water, and the slight weightlessness under the effect of buoyancy aroused Eve's deep sleepiness.

The bathtub was paid for by Xiao Ai.At that time, it was placed in an inconspicuous corner of the bathroom store, covered with some dust, and looked very heavy.It's finely crafted, and it seems like it can't wait to soften the corners of the bottom.It starts with roundness and delicate texture, as if you are touching a piece of jade that has been worn for a long time.

It was the first time for her to feel close to non-living things, which was one of the reasons why Eve didn't reject Xiao Ai's kindness.

Now, it does help me to change the behavior of repeatedly scrubbing my whole body in the bath, but it has developed another habit that takes more time - taking a bath with hot water with a high temperature, and then squinting and taking a nap during the bath.And this big black cat, which Xiaoai called "color embryo", came in with them on the first day they entered the bath, and did nothing else, just jumped up and walked slowly around the bathtub with its tail flicking Go to the side by the window, and lie quietly on the edge of the bathtub.

"Meow." The big black cat yelled in a low voice, but it was enough to wake Eve up, because the water temperature was no longer comfortable.

After scrubbing her body for a while, Eve put on her pajamas and planned to sleep again. The company has already asked for leave.In fact, since she resigned from the appointment of the team leader last time, she obviously did not do so much work, and they were all simple and trivial tasks. This reminded her of recording documents and serving tea and water when she first joined the company , Cleaning, printing documents novice life.

Compared to before, Eve still has goodwill towards everyone, but she will no longer try to gain everyone's favor. This kind of compromise and adaptation behavior is too much like flattery and flattery.

Blindly weakening oneself to cater to others not only disrespects oneself but also disrespects others.It's not a good thing to always put yourself at the disadvantage of the giver, grow and be fulfilled in the pain of self-flagellation.There are already many things that can make yourself painful, so don't add drama to yourself.

Sleep with clothes on.

The ceiling is painted in sky blue by Xiaoai, and the color gradient is carefully drawn around the inlaid clouds, stars and moon-shaped lampshades. Tired of reading in the rocking chair, Eve would also climb onto the bed, turn over from the right side and lie flat on the other side, stretch out her left hand down to touch the switch and switch it.

As a result, the changing light of the moon, stars, and clouds in the night sky fell on her face, her eyes lost their focus, and her thoughts drifted far, far away...

She is nine years old this year.My father's company went bankrupt, all assets were liquidated, seized, and frozen at an alarming rate, partners scattered like birds and beasts, and several branches changed their signs overnight.It was like a very hasty play, the script had been written long ago, the old actors were busy drawing the line, busy defecting, did not explain, did not pursue acting skills and did not care about violations, just did it nakedly.I can't wait to write on my face: I'm in a hurry, I don't have time to chat with you.

That's good too, my father won't waste too much energy on them.However, even though Uncle Wang, who was in charge of managing the relationship, was extremely busy, several properties that were seized were still not auctioned for a long time.After selling the house under Eve's name, they were already poor and white, but it was still not enough, and they were still far from the gap.

Therefore, when her father took the money from Uncle Wang pretending to dispose of his own real estate, Eve saw her father cry for the first time, and broke down in tears: "If I listened to your advice, I would sell the foreign villa earlier. I bought it, now there is no need to wrong Zhener and his wife like this, and you will not..."

"Stop talking, so what if you buy it, you are not that kind of person." Uncle Wang patted his father on the shoulder.Yes, many bosses are burdened with huge debts, and they live a happy life like a small life.But my father was not that kind of person, and those who turned his back on him were probably sure of this.They understood that even if their father really made a comeback one day, they would not bother them, so they did it thoroughly without any scruples.

Fortunately, my mother did not leave at that time.She took off her necklace and put on her apron, put down her bag and picked up a spatula.She cut off contact with those sisters, did not go shopping or grow flowers, and began to learn to bargain with vendors in the vegetable market wearing street stalls that cost more than ten yuan.The mother who was once thought to be not close to oily smoke actually managed the housework in a decent way, silently playing the role of her housewife without any complaints, as if nothing had happened.

To be honest, Eve had a great time during this time.Life is hard, but childhood happiness is very simple.My mother did the grocery shopping, cleaned the laundry, and cooked. My father still went out early but came home almost every day, and occasionally told Eve stories to lull her to sleep.

"Then... what can Yiyi do?" Eve asked with her small face up.

"Haha, good boy, Yiyi just needs to study hard!" Father said while rubbing Eve's hair.The mother smiled beside her, reminding Eve of the Centifolia rose in the garden.

In this way, the days are peaceful.From glory to poverty, it doesn't seem to have brought too many changes to this family.Time is so quiet that people doubt it. They may feel that they have never had glory in their hearts, so they can't talk about losing it.

Eve did, however, take things more seriously at school.

Of course, that doesn't change what happened next.

Reminiscing so far, Eve lost all sleepiness and wanted to go out for a walk for the first time.

Then go for it.

She sat up, wrapped her clothes and went out.

Eve's current physical condition is very strange - her actions are precise and decisive, but her consciousness is drowsy.It is not so much a person as it is a machine executing a program.Therefore, when the cold wind blew and Eve stood soberly outside the community, she couldn't recall how she got down at all.

"Xiaoyi!" The familiar voice greeted warmly, it was Zhang Jie who sells steamed stuffed buns.

It was morning when Eve first moved here. She put down her work and helped Eve carry a few pieces of luggage to the elevator in the community and left.She didn't follow her upstairs, she had her own considerations, and Eve was very grateful.It is really a blessing to meet warm strangers in a strange city.So, Eve insisted on buying breakfast at Sister Zhang's booth.After going on for a month, Sister Zhang seemed to have finally discovered the abnormality.

"Xiaoyi, Sister Zhang still has confidence in her craft. Seeing that you are frowning and unable to swallow, is it not to your appetite or you don't like buns at all?"

"No, no, sister Zhang's buns are delicious, but sometimes I don't have an appetite."

"You don't have to do this if you don't like it." Sister Zhang also frowned, "Look, I helped you carry your luggage out of good intentions, and you came to patronize my shop out of good intentions. This relationship is very good. But If this kind of kindness becomes a burden to oneself, it will change the taste, and such stuffing will ruin the whole bun."

Eve was silent for a while, put down the steamed stuffed bun in her hand, and smiled embarrassingly: "Sister Zhang spoke really well."

"Hey, don't look at Miss Zhang like this now, I'm also a cultural person who went to high school! I'm not boasting, I was very handsome when I was young. The school beauty, the absolute school beauty. Compared with Xiao Yi, it's not much worse. Go, heheha."

After this conversation, Eve still came here often, but instead of eating by herself, she helped colleagues from the company bring them.On weekdays, whenever we meet, Sister Zhang always straightens up her fat body and greets warmly through the white steam or when she bends down to hand the soy milk to the children.

"Xiao Yi, come and sit!" Sister Zhang waved her hand from a distance, shaking her memory away.Eve walked to the booth, habitually gathered the corners of her clothes, and squatted down to take a seat.

The tables, chairs and benches here are still polished as before, without any oil stains.Sometimes Eve would look down at the community separated by a wall across the road, look at Sister Zhang's busy figure, think of her dimpled smile on Xiaoyuan's face, and know that the guests coming and going are not accidental.

"Come on, first guest, please have a bowl of noodle soup." Sister Zhang put the noodle on the table, "Taste the craft you just learned." After speaking, she crossed her arms on the table and glanced at the noodle soup with round eyes , took another look at Eve, pouted her mouth and signaled for her to try it quickly.

Eve pushed aside the coriander and took a spoonful of soup.Glancing at the noodle soup, then at the mysterious sister Zhang, she lowered her head and took a small sip.There are the clearness of mutton, the spicyness of pepper, the sweetness of angelica and the unique sweetness of wheat noodles.Then pick up a few noodles, the entrance is Q-bomb, the soup tastes into the noodles, and the saltiness is suitable.But Eve frowned more and more, finally sighed and shook her head.

Sister Zhang has been watching Eve's reaction intently. Seeing this situation, she was surprised. The expectant eyes disappeared, and the smile on her face was also shaken by Eve's head. "How is it possible? Isn't it delicious?"

"Sister Zhang, this is not acceptable!" Eve put down her chopsticks, her face full of regret, "It's so delicious, you will be busy in the future. Sigh, poor our Xiaoqiang, we should complain that no one plays with him gone."

"Okay, are you teasing me?" Sister Zhang straightened up, and patted Eve's shoulder reproachfully, "It's not free, eight yuan! Don't think about leaving without paying! Hey, here you go, what do you want, young man? How about a bowl of mutton noodle soup? Here, that beauty is eating it, she said it tastes very good, if you don’t believe me, you can ask her.” Sister Zhang immediately retaliated after she finished her harsh words, and it was done in one go.

Unexpectedly, the "boy" actually ordered one, and actually walked towards Eve's table.He put away his mobile phone, put his black briefcase on the ground, sat down opposite her, and asked, "Do you mind? It's useless to mind, I don't mind you mind." I ate it spontaneously, "Hiss... huh... well, it tastes really good, comfortable! Comfortable!"

When the cold wind blows, a leaf swirls from far away and flies close, and it is about to fall into the bowl. He hurriedly protects it with both hands, and exclaims, "It's a leaf again!" Seeing Eve glanced at him, he said Continued: "I also met a beautiful woman in the early morning, you two, one is delicate, the other..."

He pondered for a moment, and glanced at Eve's slightly flat chest, "Well, a gentle one... There was no wind at the time, and the leaves were falling from the nearby trees. We are also like now, watching it fall between us Then, I picked it up, wrote down my phone number, and gave it to her."

As he spoke, he picked up the leaves, but put them in his briefcase, "However, I have already given it to one. Although you are also a beauty, let's just leave it this time, and we will talk about it later when we have a chance."

This guy is so rude!Eve was furious.Suddenly remembering that Xiao Ai said at the gate of the police station that she met a strange person and the leaf she had lost, she became very playful.

"Oh, is it so interesting? Let me figure it out. Well, you're from Aoi District?"

"You passed by there, how do you know?" Although he was a little surprised, he didn't stop eating.

"Then that beauty is also wearing a red trench coat?"

"Really! At first glance, I really thought you were her. Come on, continue!" He was aroused.

"And then what did she say? Oh, by the way, she said she was waiting for someone?"

"Don't say it, don't say it! What's going on in the sports lottery tomorrow!"

"Don't make trouble! Well, the person she said she was waiting for is in the police station?" Eve wanted to say that she was the person she was waiting for, and she had just been released after committing a crime, and pretended to be a social lady to scare him.It's okay to strike up a conversation, but it's very dangerous to say the wrong thing!

"No, no, no, there isn't any police station there, just break down the villa. The person on duty doesn't look like a nice person, she's not safe by herself, so I went over to talk to her."

ah?Is it wrong?

"My friend is here, excuse me." He got up and changed tables, "Boss, have another order."

Is there such a coincidence in the world?

"I can't live through this day..." His friend began to complain about life as soon as he sat down.And he didn't speak, handed the disassembled disposable chopsticks to his friend, and listened quietly.

Eve fell into great doubts.With so many obvious things in common, how could it not be the same thing?police station!Disagreement at the police station!Is he lying?Why is he lying?

"Slap!" A slap.Scattered passers-by glanced back and continued on their way. Sister Zhang stopped what she was doing and was about to try to persuade people to fight—not to mention whether a fight would hurt people, if a table and stool were broken, tsk, it would be weird to think about it. Distressed.

"I'll put the money here," the young man took out several stacks of hundred-yuan bills from his briefcase and put them on the table. An insignificant document, "Brother, you dragged me out of that trench, and you taught me a lot of truths, but I never thought you would become what you are now. Sister-in-law is not easy, don't make me look down on you .”

He got up while talking, tidied his clothes, turned and left, and walked further and further, "I still have something to do, let's go first, this meal is yours."

Ms. Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, while the "friend" bowed his head and remained silent for a while, put the money into a black bag, and took out a checkout sheet, "The noodles are delicious, thank you."

"Young people nowadays." Sister Zhang took the money, looked at his back, shook her head and sighed.

Eve was completely oblivious to what was going on, she hadn't come out of her detective mode yet.Suddenly, with a "snap", she slapped the table down.How stupid!I'm not familiar with it there, but after searching the map, I can tell if it's a police station!

As soon as Eve took out her mobile phone, Sister Zhang took a photo of the cart excitedly again, shocked and annoyed, jumping up and down, "Fake! My God, □□! Bawang Meal! Wow, so angry! Ahhh! Xiao Yi! Can you believe it? Those two people are actually liars! Ah, I’m so pissed off..."

At this moment, everyone was startled by a loud explosion of "Boom!"Looking up, thick tongues of flame burst out from the floor of the opposite community, and then glass shards smashed to the ground, and then half of a black bra fell firmly on Eve's desk.

She froze for a moment, her eyes widened in disbelief and she compared the bra to herself.Okay, this size can't be someone else's.

Ah, cats!Eve felt a stabbing pain in her chest, and ran to the neighborhood as fast as she could.

At the same time, the "briefcase" boy in the distance and his friend "slapped" the young man turned around and looked at the tall building billowing with smoke.

"got windy."