Stay Safe - Chapter 51

Yin Xiaoli looked at the message lying in the message dialogue column.

From Xiao Jin: [Thank you, I owe you another favor]

Yin Xiaoli had never seen any strong winds or waves, and she was almost startled when she saw this battle. She was wrong. She should not have said that Wooden Sleeper Creek was the reincarnation of the Virgin Mary.

When Xiao Jin sent Yin Xiaoli a message asking her to inform Muxianxi to open the door, Yin Xiaoli asked a few questions, and Xiao Jin vaguely said that the drugstore bought some medicine, and the porridge shop bought some porridge, and it happened that she was there. Delivered nearby.

But Muxianxi’s house has access control, the community has it, the building has it, and she lives on the 33rd floor, how did she get in? Looking at Xiao Jin’s usual temperament, he doesn’t look like someone who is used to doing this kind of thing at all.

Then, after Muxianxi carried the things into the house, he took a picture of her as usual, a bag full of medicines, and the antipyretics were placed on the top layer. When she was a fool, the words “anti-inflammatory” and “cold” were written on the package, and she was regarded as a three-year-old baby.

Not only Yin Xiaoli was shocked, but Muzhenxi was also shocked. She first found a piece of antipyretic and swallowed it, took it out like a plastic bag, and asked Yin Xiaoli: “What is your friend doing? You are too careful. Bar?”

Yin Xiaoli opened her mouth and said, “She is a teacher.”

Muzhenxi was stunned for a moment, and a thought appeared in his heart.

Yin Xiaoli said: “The kindergarten teacher, a person who loves children very much, I guess he is habitually thinking of you as a child.”

Wooden Pillow Stream: “…Oh.”

Yin Xiaoli asked, “Hurry up and drink the porridge while it’s still hot, and then sleep and sweat after drinking it. It is estimated that the fever will subside.”

Wooden Pillow Creek: “Okay.”

She sat at the dining table with a blanket next to her, lifted the lid of the porridge bowl, and was stunned when she saw it, this porridge…

Yin Xiaoli sighed and replied to Xiao Jin: [What do you owe me favor? I owe you favor, right?]

How can you say that the wooden pillow stream is Xiao Jin’s past tense, and he is the present tense of the wooden pillow stream – although it is a friend, but Xiao Jin went to great lengths to buy this one and that, Yin Xiaoli didn’t have time to thank her, she Was robbed by the opponent first.

Xiao Jin replied indifferently: [It’s all the same] with a smiley face.

Yin Xiaoli typed and said: [I’ll invite you to dinner another day]

It’s been a long time since I saw Xiao Jin’s face, so I miss it. Besides, Yin Xiaoli found that her long-range defense didn’t work. It’s better to accept the reality as soon as possible and take a few more glances.

Xiao Jin didn’t refuse: [Okay, I’m usually quite free, you want to invite me to dinner and tell me one day in advance]

Yin Xiaoli cried: [Wow, is it a human? I’m still out on a business trip, and you actually say such things in front of a me like this, can the world get better? 】

Xiao Jin: [Hahahaha]

Yin Xiaoli made up her mind to make up for Xiao Jin’s smile in front of her, and pressed the phone to her chest, her expression intoxicated.

Beauty is the treasure of all mankind.

It would be even better if the two beauties could be together, Yin Xiaoli let out a breath, and frowned slowly: Why don’t I go back on a business trip and find another opportunity to slap on the idea of ​​Wooden Pillow Creek? If an object like Dr. Xiao is missed, it will be difficult to have a second one in the future. Are you really watching the wooden pillow stream and betting on orphans?

The tip of her tongue rested on her chin, hesitantly making calculations in her heart.

***

The porridge packaged in the store is generally very large, and Muzhenxi is full after eating half of it. She stirs the yam under the spoon and the wolfberry melted in the porridge, showing a thoughtful look.

Wooden Pillow Creek covered the lid and put the rest of the porridge in the refrigerator for reheating for the next meal.

She has some doubts, but now is not a good time to ask Yin Xiaoli, she will talk about it when she has subsided her fever and regained consciousness. Otherwise, Yin Xiaoli was talking nonsense and her dull brain couldn’t tell the difference.

I don’t know if it was the antipyretic medicine that worked, or the hot porridge, or the speculation that surged up behind Wooden Pillow Creek. Wooden Pillow Creek slept until noon and woke up naturally, raised his hand to wipe his sweaty neck, and sat on the bed. When I got up, I wiped my sweat and took my body temperature. As I wished, it dropped below 38c, and my mind was no longer drowsy. It was almost like a new life.

She went to take a hot shower, put on fresh clothes, and heated the porridge. She didn’t dare to sit on the cold bay window to death, but just stood and looked in the direction of Building 2. She was in a very different situation than Xiao Jin, because she was still not sure whether the window of Xiao Jin’s house was within her field of vision, and she could only label the figure that appeared in front of her as “suspected Xiao Jin”.

At noon today, I didn’t even see anyone suspected of Xiao Jin. It was probably a working day, and everyone had to go to work.

After Muzhenxi finished drinking the porridge, he put on a down jacket, a scarf, and a mask for himself. He honestly regarded himself as an old man. He wrapped it tightly and walked out the door. Knowing that Xiao Jin has classes in the afternoon, she must be at school at this time, but she came over anyway, as if she could calm down a lot by doing so.

In the afternoon, Muzhenxi went to work as usual. Colleagues, especially Sister Keji, asked her for help and persuaded her to take medicine. Muzhenxi didn’t leave the computer in front of her, her voice was light, but the faint curvature of her mouth betrayed her: “Well, I know, I’ve taken medicine.”

Corgi girl: “!!”

She smelled a touch of gossip!

Two days ago, she had to talk about her mouth, but she didn’t wait for the wooden pillow to let go. Today, she took medicine so lightly? What is the power of this? Needless to say? It must be the power of love!

Small gossip groups within the company.

– Colleague 3: Outside the nickname! !

– Colleague 1: Ah x180 [I’m here, I’m here, I’m here.jpg] Is it about my goddess?

– Colleague 2: Ah x360

– Colleague 4: I am still so handsome today

– Colleague 3: What the **** is Colleague 4? Who asked you to add drama to yourself? Last time, I remember you said that our boss was a showman, so he caught a cold. It is recommended to kill him on the spot.

– Colleague 1: [Behead immediately.jpg]

– Colleague 2: Second opinion

– Colleague 4: Sisters, I am young and naive, please forgive me this time, I will never dare to do it again [Sliding kneeling]

– Colleague 3: For the sake of the big news today, I am too lazy to bother with you. Sisters, listen to me, I am now 100% sure that there must be something wrong with the boss! !

– Colleague 1: I’m broken in love, not even in love qaq

– Colleague 2: Where’s the evidence

– Colleague 3: The proof is that the peacock opened the screen a few days ago, and today’s covert, I guarantee with the head of Colleague 4!

– Colleague 4: What am I doing wrong by me?

– Colleague 3: Let’s wait and see if you don’t believe me. There will definitely be more evidence in the future. That is, the mystery of the boss’s sexual orientation has not been solved. This requires us to observe more carefully, fighting!

– Colleague 5678: Fighting!

– Colleague 3: I really liked the 5678 group of people. I usually don’t see anyone in the discussion. Is it interesting to watch the screen silently every time I come out?

***

Yin Xiaoli returned to the hotel in the evening and received a call from Muxinxi.

Yin Xiaoli hung the scarf on the back of the chair, turned on the mobile phone handsfree and threw it on the bed, and the man slumped onto the bed, and said with a smile, “I’m exhausted this day, are you feeling better from a cold? “

Wooden Pillow Creek’s voice is still a little hoarse, but it’s not a little bit better than it was in the morning: “The fever is gone, except for a little cough, there’s nothing wrong with it.”

Yin Xiaoli said at ease: “That’s good.”

Wooden Pillow Creek said, “I have a question for you.”

Her tone could be heard serious even through the phone, Yin Xiaoli couldn’t help but sit up, turned off the speakerphone, put the phone to her ear, and said sternly, “You ask.”

Muzhenxi asked, “Who is your friend who gave me medicine and porridge today?”

Yin Xiaoli shuddered in her heart: I guessed it, it’s impossible.

Yin Xiaoli pressed her surprise, put one hand back on the bed, and replied casually, “Didn’t I tell you this morning, a very caring kindergarten sister.”

Muzhenxi continued to ask, “I have to go through two gates to get to my house. How did she get in?”

Yin Xiaoli said calmly: “I didn’t ask her carefully. Maybe she followed someone else in. It’s a matter of heart. Seeing how kind she looks, I didn’t take much precaution. Would you like me to ask her for you?”

Muzhenxi said, “Okay, you can help me ask.”

Yin Xiaoli: “…”

Yin Xiaoli: “You know in a hurry? If you’re not in a hurry, I—”

Wooden pillow creek interrupted her: “hurry up, you can ask now.”

Yin Xiaoli faced her scalp: “…Okay.”

Yin Xiaoli turned her head and sent a message to Xiao Jin: [Help! How did you go in today and put things at the door of Muxianxi’s house, please tell me the details]

Xiao Jin explained in detail how she got in, and modified the details in the middle. For example, she wanted to follow the resident to rub the floor, but the other party only sat on the third floor. She said that she was lucky and went all the way up to the 30th floor. Climb three floors.

Xiao Jin put a thick wool mat on the bay window, squinted at the window of the wooden pillow stream house, and sighed with disappointment.

Wooden Pillow Creek might guess it was her.

Where is it exposed?

Xiao Jin frowned and thought for a moment, then lowered his head and laughed, it was the cup of porridge.

Wooden Pillow Creek had caught a cold in high school, and he could still be encouraged to press down in class. He leaned on the table between classes, buried his face in his arms, and coughed into the dark. At noon, I had to eat the white rice and pickles brought by the family. Xiao Jin specially asked the aunt at home to cook all kinds of porridge in a different way. It was delivered to school at noon. Muzhenxi liked yam and wolfberry the most.

I don’t know if my preferences have changed over the years, but a friend just bought the porridge she liked ten years ago, how likely is it?

Xiao Jin leaned her back against the wall lightly, raised her face and looked at the top of her head. She didn’t know whether this was good or bad, but she didn’t take this into consideration. She should have been more cautious.

Yin Xiaoli relayed it to Muzhenxi as it was, and Muxianxi snorted and asked, “What’s the name of that friend of yours? I’ll invite her to dinner another day to express my gratitude.”

This is what it means to get to the bottom of it, Yin Xiaoli said: “No need, I have already told her that I will invite her to dinner.”

Wooden pillow Brook said, “That’s just right. Let’s invite her to eat together. By the way, do I know her?”

Yin Xiaoli said: “This… You know it, but you know it, but I’ve seen it a long time ago, but I guess I don’t know it now.” This wasn’t all a lie, she rolled her eyes, “Besides, you’re so busy with work, it’s still considered a lie. Come on, I owe her this favor, I just need to pay it back.”

There was no sound from the wooden pillow stream, and it was silent for a long time.

Yin Xiaoli: “???”

Yin Xiaoli took the phone away and moved closer: “Hello?”

The tone of the wooden pillow creek suddenly dropped, like a sigh from the bottom of my heart: “Is it Xiao Jin?”

Yin Xiaoli laughed dryly: “What Xiao Jin, I don’t understand what you are talking about.”

Wooden Pillow Creek: “Okay, I see.”

Yin Xiaoli: “No, what do you know?”

Muzhenxi said, “I’m hungry, I’ll cook and thank her for me.”

Yin Xiaoli: “Huh?”

Wooden pillowxi said again: “Forget it, I’ll go and thank myself.”

After that, Yin Xiaoli only heard a busy voice inside.

Yin Xiaoli sent Xiao Jin a crying face: [exposed]

Xiao Jin replied: [I know]

Just like the mysterious reply from Muzhenxi, Yin Xiaoli once again had the urge to press their heads forcibly. What kind of novel is this? If the two are not together in the future, she will not have a boyfriend for a year.

The guess in the bottom of his heart came true, and Wooden Pillow Creek sat on the sofa with his knees in his arms, his expression empty.

Even if Xiao Jin has the access control card of the community, she always follows others into this building and rubs against the elevators. It is impossible to imagine that this is something Xiao Jin will do. Going downstairs, did she go down the 33 stairs step by step?

She knew that Xiao Jin loved her, but she didn’t expect Xiao Jin to love her more than she thought.

Muzhenxi got up, walked to the front door, stretched out his hand and opened the door, silently looking towards the safety exit on the right: Was Xiao Jin hiding behind that?

Wooden Pillow Creek changed his shoes, stretched out his hand and pressed it on the heavy door, and pushed it hard. The unpleasant smell in the deep corridor poured into his nostrils. Wooden Pillow Creek looked down from the top, imagining a big man with inactive limbs. How did the lady walk through these roads step by step.

The depths of the bridge of the nose seemed to have been lightly punched, and the eyes were wet.

Mu Xinxi had an impulse, she turned around suddenly and rushed into the house, took off the coat from the vertical hanger in the entrance and put it on her body. Without taking the elevator, she started down the safety stairs directly. Rao is much easier to go downstairs than to go upstairs. Muzhenxi usually exercises diligently. When she reached the first floor, she couldn’t help bending down, supporting her knees with both hands, and gasping for breath.

Wooden Pillow Creek put his hand into his coat pocket and left the 17-building building.

She wanted to see Xiao Jin, but she didn’t have much to say, but she just wanted to see her, a very urgent desire that surpassed reason.

Muzhenxi stepped up his steps, but when he was about to reach the second building, he ran into Xiao Jin head-on.

Xiao Jin wore a white over-the-knee down jacket and a mask, stood still, and looked at her blankly.

Wooden Pillow Creek’s fingertips in his pockets were slightly curled, and the eager clamor that had filled his heart just now calmed down slowly.

The street lights were dim and ambiguous.

She approached Xiao Jin step by step, looked directly at her, and asked softly, “Is it the cold medicine and porridge you gave me today?”

Xiao Jin bit his lip and nodded.

Wooden Pillow Creek got a little closer to her, stared at her intently, lips moved slightly, her eyebrows opened with a gentle look, and she spit out her name in the night: “Xiao Jin…”

Xiao Jin suddenly said, “My mother is waiting for me at the door.”

Wooden Pillow Stream: “???”

Xiao Jin said, “I have to go out to dinner with her.”

Wooden Pillow Creek: “…Okay.”

“Then I’ll go first.” Xiao Jin nodded and hurriedly passed her.

The wooden pillow stream, which remained in place, stood for a long time, Fang shook his head that was dazzled, closed his eyes forcefully, and went back.

After walking a distance from the gate of the community, Xiao Jin found a familiar license plate and knocked on the front window glass. The driver unlocked the car. She opened the back door and sat in, shouting to the middle-aged beautiful woman sitting inside. Voice: “Mom.”

The lights in the back seat were still on. Lu Xiaoyun looked at her up and down, trying her best to squeeze a natural smile, and said, “Are you used to living here alone?”

Although they have chatted more frequently in recent days, they are still very unfamiliar compared to ordinary mothers and daughters, especially face-to-face.

The Xiao family’s company moved to another more prosperous city more than ten years ago. Xiao Jin didn’t move with her parents because she didn’t want to leave Lincheng. Anyway, her parents traveled a lot for business. it’s the same. Lincheng was where she was born and raised, so she was not used to it.

Xiao Jin replied, “It’s okay, I’m used to it.” The tone was neither too far nor too close, neither close nor distant.

Lu Xiaoyun said, “How is your university? Do you get along well with your colleagues?”

Xiao Jin said, “The school is fine, and so are my colleagues.”

Lu Xiaoyun hesitated: “Then you…”

Xiao Jin interrupted her: “Let’s drive first, it’s very late, I have to prepare for lessons when I come back at night.”

Lu Xiaojun smiled awkwardly and told the driver to start the car first.

Lu Xiaoyun said: “Your father’s company has something to do. I guess I won’t be free to see you in a while.”

Xiao Jin said indifferently, “The work is important.”

Lu Xiaoyun said: “I live in Hilton on **** Road in Songling District, you can come to me if you have anything.” This is actually superfluous, Xiao Jin doesn’t even want to call her, why would he go to her.

But Lu Xiaojun clearly felt the softness of Xiao Jin’s expression for a moment.

In Songling District, Xiao Jin recalled in his heart the scene where Muzhenxi found himself at the door of the convenience store and brought her home. It was sweet and soft. Even his attitude toward his mother was much better: “Why don’t you go home and live?”

Lu Xiaoyun’s words came to his lips, and he blurted out: “Then why don’t you go home and live?”

The two of them have the same home. When Xiao Jin was in high school, the house that Xiao’s parents and Xiao’s mother bought for her near the school, since she was cheated out ten years ago, Xiao Jin has never returned to it. For her, that was where the nightmare began.

She will always remember the day when she was sulking at home because of the quarrel with Muzhenxi. Lu Xiaoyun stared at her tenderly, touched her hair, asked the reason for their quarrel, expressed her understanding, and suggested to take her abroad to relax and see Look at the university they helped her choose, and declare it next year.

Xiao Jin made an exchange with her parents, as long as they didn’t go to Muzhenxi, she could give up studying literature, follow their advice, change to business, and return to China to inherit the family business. She gave up on her dream, but as long as she thought it was for Wooden Pillow Creek, she felt it was worth it.

Xiao’s father and Xiao’s mother took turns to play hard at her. She moved it with affection and reasoned. She also did psychological work for herself like hypnosis. Her father was right. The family company cannot be inherited by anyone. It can’t be in vain. Besides, she can regard literature as an interest, and no one will stop her. Parents are right, she used to be ignorant, and now she has to learn to be sensible.

But I was almost convinced, after all, there was no persuasion, I just immersed myself in such an illusion, so it wouldn’t be too uncomfortable.

She pinned everything on Wooden Pillow Creek, hoping to get some poor comfort from Wooden Pillow Creek. But Muzhenxi didn’t know anything. She ran around every day and worked countless times for her grandmother’s medical expenses. Every day she opened and closed her mouth with Xiao Jin because of her grandmother’s illness. Today, the doctor told her about a new drug and what is the price of the new drug. , how much money is left in her hand; grandma is in pain again and can’t sleep all night, the doctor in charge of cancer pain is discussing new plans, but she doesn’t know whether it will work or not; grandma can’t eat anything today, chemotherapy reaction Seriously; said she was sad, laying on Xiao Jin’s shoulder and crying…

The top of Muzhenxi’s head was shrouded in the dark cloud of her grandmother’s cancer. Xiao Jin was also worried about her grandmother, but she and her grandmother didn’t rely on each other for more than ten years like Muzhenxi and her grandmother. She tried her best to understand, tolerate, and comfort Muzhenxi, but after all, people are not machines, and they are always enveloped in negative emotions and can’t control it. moment.

Xiao Jin was under the pressure of the family, and her temper was always bad. She was a dynamite barrel that didn’t fire. As long as a spark splashed on it, it would explode in an instant.

There are only a few months left before the college entrance examination. My grandmother was diagnosed with terminal cancer. There is no way to cure it. She can only rely on medical means to prolong her life as much as possible. Xiao Jin didn’t want her to be unable to hold on to her dream, and Muzhenxi’s three years of hard work were wasted. , then urged Muzhenxi to study in the gap between taking care of her grandmother and prepare for the college entrance examination. She knew that she was so sensible that she was almost cold-blooded, but that was the best choice under the circumstances. Grandma secretly told her with tears in her eyes that she wanted to pull out the ventilator and leave. Xiao Jin tearfully persuaded her to live a good life. If Muzhenxi knew that her grandmother gave up her life because of her, she would never be able to let it go in her whole life.

Mu Zhenxi himself knew that he had to study hard, but he was very cooperative with Xiao Jin. But there is a word in this world called powerlessness. She has too many things to do every day, working, borrowing money, taking care of her grandmother, studying, and wrangling with her selfish mother who refuses to pay for medical expenses. The burden of life has weighed down on her thin shoulders and she is unable to continue.

Once, facing the math mock test paper, Muzhenxi felt dizzy and nauseous, and couldn’t understand the question. It was like this for several days, and she couldn’t study any further.

“I don’t want to study anymore.” Wooden pillow stream lowered his eyes, sitting on the hospital bench, said.

Thunder on the ground.

Xiao Jin was sitting next to her, with a bag on her lap. She was taking out the latest exam papers. The ones issued by the school were all passed by the classmates. She asked for them from the teacher. Xiao Jin had seen them. Classic, she raised her head suddenly: “What did you say?!”

“I said I don’t want to study, I don’t want to take the college entrance examination, I’m too tired.” Muxianxi clenched her fists, and the incandescent lamp from the hospital fell on her long eyelashes, casting a heavy shadow.

Xiao Jin suddenly exploded and slammed the bag on the ground. The test papers were scattered all over the floor. She opened her bloodshot eyes and shouted, “Are you tired? Am I not tired?!”

She didn’t need the college entrance examination, so she stayed up late every day to summarize the knowledge points of the comprehensive literature for Muzhenxi. She annotated every page of Muzhenxi’s textbooks with pens of various colors, and she recited it like a flow; Muzhenxi was weak in mathematics, so she made a mountain of mathematics papers. , picked out typical types of questions for her to sort out, and copied them down in the notebook one by one, categorized them into categories, with various problem-solving methods…

She has already prepared all the food and brought it to Muzhenxi’s mouth, but Muzhenxi didn’t open her face and said she didn’t eat it?

tired?

She hypnotizes herself to study business well every day, reviewing homework that she doesn’t need to review at all day and night, doing exam papers that she doesn’t need to do, and suffering from complaints and negative energy like her sister-in-law Xianglin every day, did she say “tired”? ?

The two powder kegs couldn’t bear the high pressure, and the first real quarrel broke out since their love.

The quarrel quickly ended with Wooden Pillow Creek’s apology and reconciliation, within three minutes of each other.

Once there was one, there was a second and third time, each time more intense, each time Muzhenxi apologized to her, but the time from the quarrel to the reconciliation was getting longer and longer.

Mu Zhenxi felt that she was forcing herself to be difficult. It wasn’t that she refused to do it, she really couldn’t do it.

Xiao Jin felt that she did not understand her own good intentions, she had already achieved this point, what else did Mu Zhenxi want? Next year, maybe she will go abroad by herself. At that time, she can no longer be with her. What will she do? She wants to let Muxianxi be admitted to university safely and securely before going abroad, and there is a bright road ahead, so that they can have a future.

Finally, one day, the contradiction intensified to the point where it could not be adjusted.

“From the very beginning, we are people of two worlds, Xiao Jin, for me, you are not worth it.” After a fierce quarrel, the eighteen-year-old Muzhenxi blushed and burst into tears.

Xiao Jin’s chest heaved violently because of the hysteria just now, and his eyes widened in disbelief: “You want to break up with me…?”

Xiao Jin’s voice was trembling, and the last two words were so hoarse that he could barely make a sound.

Mu Zhenxi was also stunned, she didn’t mean it that way, she just wanted Xiao Jin not to work so hard. No matter how much they quarreled before, the word “break up” was never mentioned, Xiao Jin suddenly brought it up, did he think about it beforehand?

The fatigue of the past few days came to her heart, and she suddenly felt disheartened and a little fortunate.

She didn’t want to see Xiao Jin exhausted for her sake, patient for her sake, and for her to become a person she didn’t even recognize herself. Like now, where is the pampered and pampered young lady.

So Wooden Pillow Creek was silent.

Silence became the default for Xiao Jin. She choked her throat. She obviously loved to cry, but at this moment she tried her best to hold back her tears: “I… ask you again, are you sure you want to break up?”

This kind of careful inquiry made Muxianxi’s heart hurt as if it was tightly grasped by a hand. She closed her eyes and continued to be silent.

Xiao Jin raised his face and swallowed hard with his throat. After a long time, he laughed sarcastically: “Okay, if we break up, we break up.”

She looked into Muxianxi’s eyes again, and spit out a word coldly: “Go away.”