On the first day Qiu Zining moved into Sun Yixun's house, she slept on the bed by the window, her eyes wide open, her heartbeat accelerated, and the surroundings were deadly quiet. She experienced the dawn of the luxury apartment little by little. When the morning light came through the curtains, Qiu Zining slightly lifted the quilt and tiptoed out of the bedroom. She randomly chose a piece of Sun Yixun's home clothes to put on.
Then she mopped the floor carefully with bare legs. In the morning light, she went to the kitchen to prepare a hearty breakfast. The luxury apartment even has a window in the kitchen! There were green trees outside the window. She pushed open a small gap in the window, and the air seemed to be fragrant. It was the dawn of another Beijing.
It seemed as if she had been in a dream that day. The 27-year-old Qiu Zining felt an incredible surprise, excitement, and a little loss:
It turned out that everything she had longed for, longed for, everything that could not be obtained through hard work and reading -
It was easily achieved by becoming a man's girlfriend in such a simple way.
The rumor that "Qiu Zining, who dreamed of being a blogger and pretended to read books every day at work, moved into Huamao Apartment and had an Audi to pick her up" quickly spread among the waiters at nugget, so one day a waiter really sent her a WeChat message with a sincere face: "Ningning, where did you find your boyfriend? I also want to live in a big house."
Qiu Zining just replied lightly: "He is just an ordinary person. You are so good, you will definitely find someone better."
She did not lie. Sun Yixun was indeed an ordinary office worker, an ordinary Beijing second-tier university graduate, who worked in a public institution for 7 or 8 years and received a monthly salary of 15,000 yuan. The biggest advantage is the Beijing hukou. However, to be more precise, his hukou is in Miyun. He is a well-off family in the suburbs of Beijing, which is still at the low end of the Beijing hukou contempt chain. But fortunately, the parents of the Sun family are lucky. They were persuaded to buy an apartment for Sun Yixun in Chaoyang in advance before the housing prices in Beijing rose.
After living with Sun Yixun, Qiu Zining's life became much easier. For example, she no longer had to worry about rent, and she also had a considerate driver boyfriend to pick her up and drop her off at get off work. It was not until the fourth year of wandering in Beijing that Qiu Zining began to truly feel the loveliness of Beijing. In return, she began to take care of all the housework at home.
Her job was originally a freelance job. In other words, she could be Sun Yixun's full-time nanny. Corresponding to his 9-to-5 get off work schedule, she washed her hands and cooked soup for him.
For a long time, Qiu Zining's most important thing every day became to consider what Sun Yixun likes to eat, what color flowers he likes, care about whether Sun Yixun is in a good mood today, and make sure he still loves her.
His love became her key, the key to open this beautiful apartment.
Qiu Zining relaxed.
She no longer read books, wrote articles, and followed and increased her followers every day like she did in the past, but tried to become a multi-functional housewife. Perhaps good luck requires enough time to pay the price. Just one year after she lived with Sun Yixun, Qiu Zining earned her first pot of gold in her life-
An article she wrote earlier became popular because it predicted current events. The number of readers exceeded 100,000 overnight. She did not expect that there was still a chance to make money on the public account at this time. Soon, some merchants came to contact her. Taking advantage of the trend, the merchants were generous. Someone offered an advertising fee of 100,000 per article. At that time, Qiu Zining was shocked, and even Sun Yixun was shocked by the advertising fee. She remembered that he held her hand with a happy expression: "Awesome! Ningning is awesome! A little rich woman has emerged in our family."
When the first pot of gold arrived, Qiu Zining was still confused. It was the first time she went shopping at SKP with Sun Yixun with a five-digit deposit. She said she wanted to buy herself a gift. Qiu Zining rarely gave herself gifts, and she rarely received gifts. The most expensive gift she received was a pair of discounted luxury shoes from Sun Yixun on her birthday. At that time, she carefully put the shoes on her feet and twisted her ankles back and forth. She felt a little ashamed that her feet were not beautiful enough and did not match the shoes.
When she was leaving the mall with Sun Yixun's arm, the night and neon lights were shining on her head. The prosperity was in her eyes, and the light signs were flashing. She saw the words on the roadside billboard from a distance: "Enjoy the prosperity of the city, the core of cutting-edge life."
In the advertisement, there was an apartment, a woman wearing a cardigan sweater, holding a cup of coffee and standing on the balcony. Looking down at the lights of thousands of homes in the city.
A beautiful and modern single apartment.
Sun Yixun noticed her gaze and smiled and put his arm around her shoulders: "Don't look! Our home is better than this."
"Yeah." She turned around and smiled at him.
Since the WeChat account went viral, Qiu Zining quickly signed with MCN. With stable traffic and strong content, he gained a lot of fans with the help of short videos and became a successful blogger. After paying the five-year social security in Beijing, he put all the 1.5 million yuan he earned in the past year and a half into the down payment for the small apartment.
"So... the story is that he helped you when you were the poorest, and when you suddenly became rich and successful, you broke up with him?"
It was already dark, and the wind blew through the Bodhi tree, dropping a few leaves. Qu Fanyi looked at Qiu Zining.
Qiu Zining did not comment, and met Qu Fanyi's gaze: "If it was this version, would you think I was too much?"
"Of course I was too much!" Qu Fanyi glanced at the door, as if she felt sorry for Sun Yixun: "No wonder he couldn't accept it and always followed you secretly."
Qiu Zining smiled, "We broke up for half a year, and he has been pestering me. After the breakup, he felt very disappointed and was always unhappy."
"You are the one who let him down."
"Since ancient times, I have read so many stories that always men let women down. If I could also hurt a man thoroughly, how happy it would be."
Qu Fanyi stopped talking. She felt that Qiu Zining's mentality was a bit twisted. The phone vibrated, and she glanced at the caller ID. It was Chi Wei.
He probably went home and found that she was not there. He had not replied to the WeChat message he sent to him before. She sighed, picked up the umbrella and the phone, and said, "My husband is back. I'm going home."
Qiu Zining hummed slowly, looked outside the door, and said to her, "Thank you."
Qu Fanyi couldn't help but add, "I liked you very much before and have always been your fan."
Qiu Zining was stunned, not knowing what to say, and said, "Thank you."
Qu Fanyi has a very gentle face, big eyes, and the tail of her eyes droops slightly, revealing her grievances inadvertently. Her expression is always gentle, as if she always wants to tolerate all the shortcomings of a man.
Qiu Zining used to like gentleness, but now she hates gentleness.
In her eyes now, unconditional tolerance is a symbol of incompetence, because, but when you are strong enough, everyone will find ways to tolerate you.
Qu Fanyi left after she finished speaking.
The sky after the rain was washed clean, like the blue glass in the church. She walked out of the nugget door and looked around again. Seeing that the man who was staring at Qiu Zining at the door had disappeared, she felt a little relieved.
She smelled the aroma of food when she opened the door, but no one was at the table. She changed her shoes and went into the house. She heard the sound of water coming from the bathroom, which stopped after a while. Then Chi Wei came out of the master bedroom in a home suit and asked her, "Where did you go today? Auntie said you were going out for a walk."
Qu Fanyi moved her mouth, and Chi Wei seemed to remember something, and his eyes fell on her legs: "By the way, you said you fell and got hurt, is it serious?"
"No, it's just the knee..."
As he said this, he came over, supported her shoulders and let her sit on the chair, leaned over to look at the wound, "It's purple, does it hurt?"
Qu Fanyi shook her head and said it didn't hurt.
Chi Wei nodded and said okay. He stood up to leave, but his arm was pulled.
Qu Fanyi looked up at him and said, "I've tidied up the study for you."
Chi Wei nodded and said, "Well, I saw it, the files are all protected."
Both of them were silent.
That night, neither of them seemed to sleep well. The air conditioner was blowing, and the central air conditioner engine could be heard making a slight noise. Chi Wei got up and turned off the air conditioner. After a while, he felt hot again and turned it on again. When he lay down again, he heard Qu Fanyi ask in his ear: "Weiwei, when you were young, did you really love someone?"
Chi Wei looked back and found that she was lying with her back to him. After a long silence, he replied: "Yeah."
"What did it feel like to love someone at that time?"
Chi Wei's eyes became distant, and he thought of Lin Shan's back during the day: "If I have to say, it's a bit like... a feeling of madness. It seems that the whole world is blurry, and only she is clear. I remember that my favorite thing at that time was to read books and do exercises in the library. I could stay in the library all day, but every time I saw her in the library, I couldn't read books anymore. I was upset and my brain didn't work well. It was like I was possessed."
"What if one day, you once liked The person you loved appears again, will you divorce? "
Chi Wei suddenly froze and turned around: "Why are you asking this?"
Qu Fanyi still did not move, with her back to him: "Today I was thinking about what marriage is and what love is. If a person has a marriage and encounters love again, what should he do?"
Chi Wei turned his back and said briefly: "I haven't thought about it!"
Qu Fanyi turned around and tugged at Chi Wei's sleeve: "What if one day the woman you loved deeply comes back, what should you do?"
Chi Wei was a little annoyed: "That doesn't affect us!"
Qu Fanyi asked: "Will you rekindle your old love? Won't you be moved again? Won't..."
Chi Wei sat up suddenly and interrupted her: "Are you going to sleep so late?"
Qu Fanyi was silent.
The air was very quiet. There was only the low sound of the humidifier working.
Chi Wei realized that he had overreacted. He rubbed his hair vigorously and lay down again. He thought for a while and said, "Marriage is a lifelong thing. It is the union of two families. I will not divorce easily."
Qu Fanyi did not reply.
She closed her eyes, her side face pressed tightly against the silk pillowcase, and her mind returned to the kindergarten after the rain in the afternoon. The glowing painted low building, the curtains blown by the wind, and the children's singing that sounded like freshly steamed osmanthus cakes. She seemed to be able to imagine the man playing the piano in the piano classroom, his expression, smile, fingers, and singing octaves lower.
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"Oh! You are really virtuous!"
The roommate suddenly appeared and touched Chen Ziang's chin.
Chen Ziang's hands were soaked in foam. When he was attacked, he could only kick. The roommate was kicked and ran away screaming.
Some are playing games, some are singing loudly, some are video chatting with their girlfriends from other places... The boys' dormitory is noisy at night.
Chen Ziang's dormitory is not bad. There are four people in one room and one bathroom. Several roommates jointly bought a washing machine and blocked it in the bathroom. Most boys are lazy. They follow the principle of "never wash if you can't wash it, and never wash it by hand if you can wash it by machine". They want to put all their shoes in the washing machine and rinse them three times. At this moment, the roommate wanted to brush his teeth, but saw Chen Ziang squatting in the bathroom, washing a T-shirt by hand with his own washbasin.
Qiu Zining ignored him for several days.
Last time, I don't know what he did to her, and he was kicked out of the house. Then he didn't reply to WeChat messages or answer calls, and was completely thrown into the cold palace.
Chen Ziang was not convinced, so he brainstormed with his roommates and analyzed the conversation word by word.
Finally, the boys came to the conclusion: "She wants to marry you, but you said you don't want to marry her. Of course she's angry."
"Is that so?" This answer made Chen Ziang a little flattered.
Of course he likes her. It was a vague affection before, but now it's a heartfelt love.
He has never slept with other women.
But when it comes to marriage, he feels that he is too young, and the legal age for marriage has to wait for a year. He has been thinking about it for a few days recently, and finally came to the conclusion that he should go to her and have a good talk: marriage can be done slowly, they can fall in love first, he can bring her to school, and make her public to his roommates and friends first.
Before going to bed, he sent a message to Qiu Zining and asked: "I'll come to see you tomorrow?"
Qiu Zining replied half an hour later: "No time."
He thought about it and sent another message: "You don't want me anymore, right?"
Qiu Zining didn't reply.
He sighed at the phone for a while, and remembered the T-shirt he had worn away from her house a long time ago. It was one size smaller than his usual size, and it was his ex-boyfriend's clothes. His roommates had unanimously decided that they should throw the clothes away, but he couldn't bear to do so—he couldn't bear to lose an excuse to go find her. So in the middle of the night, he jumped out of bed and took out the wrinkled T-shirt from the closet, washed it carefully, and it would dry overnight in the dry weather in Beijing, so he could go find her when he woke up.
Before going to bed, he sent another fake message: "I'll return your ex-boyfriend's clothes to you, let's make up for it."
As long as they can meet, there is still a way to remedy it.
Qiu Zining's attitude towards Chen Ziang is very negative, and the little boy is of course cute. But boys always have a "first period" in love, during which he is like a slimy single-celled animal, without any ideas or thoughts, and only wants to please you. However, after the initial period, he also evolved, from a single-celled animal to an amphibian, swimming in the water, and then staying on the shore, and his eyes also took in other scenery.
Love is not long-lasting. She felt that she was doomed to be alone and destined not to believe these things.
Qiu Zining never replied to that WeChat message.
Chen Ziang waited until noon and stood downstairs with clothes, but she didn't respond when he knocked on the door or called back. He had no choice but to sit at the door of the convenience store downstairs of Guangde International Apartment and wait for her.
After a while, a big brother came over and asked him: "Brother, can I borrow a light?"
Chen Ziang waved his hand and replied: "Sorry, I don't have one either." I saw that this person was half a head shorter than himself, wearing glasses and a gentle appearance. He was wearing a solid color polo shirt, and the collar was not properly ironed after washing, and it was crooked at the back of his neck.
The man didn't get the fire, but he didn't leave. Instead, he stood beside Chen Ziang and started chatting, "Are you waiting for someone?"
Chen Ziang said, "Yes."
The man speculated, "Waiting for a girlfriend? I guess."
"... Not really. Haha." When mentioning Qiu Zining, Chen Ziang touched his head, "Just, a friend."
The man also laughed, with melancholy in his eyes, "I'm waiting for someone too, waiting for my ex-girlfriend."
Chen Ziang looked at him seriously again, thinking that he was bored, so he just started chatting: "What's wrong? You were dumped, brother?"
"Yeah. We broke up for half a year, and she didn't tell me the reason. She disappeared unilaterally. I kept looking for her, but she kept avoiding me."
"Oh, so scumbag! Did she cheat?"
The man shook his head: "No. At first I thought she cheated. I secretly followed her a few times, and later found that she was always alone. Of course, she also met some men later." He glanced at Chen Ziang, "Also
Like you said, we are not together. I guess it's just for fun. "
"The old one doesn't go, the new one won't come! She has let it go, can't you let it go?" Chen Ziang comforted him, "Women are everywhere."
"You say it easily." The man shook his head and laughed, "Maybe you are me, more stubborn than me."
At this point, Chen Ziang did not refute, but remembered something in the past and nodded: "That's right. I was also dumped. I couldn't sleep for several nights at that time, and I must have done no less stupid things than you. But fortunately, I will forget it. Look, I'm fine now, right? I have a new person I like now."
The man curved his mouth, but his eyes were deep. Such an expression made him look weird. He glanced at the bag in his hand: "Gift?"
"No, no, no, ah! Don't mention it, her ex-boyfriend's clothes. She lent it to me last time, and I washed it and brought it here. "
"Oh, you don't mind at all? I've washed it for her." The man casually glanced into the bag and asked, "Did she, um - tell you about her ex-boyfriend?"
"How could that be possible!" Chen Ziang shook the bag, "She is much older than me, and I can't ask about her sister's past. It's mysterious. But there's nothing to ask. If there is any old love, what can I do about it, don't you think?"
The man nodded and became melancholy, "Yes - but I still want to ask. Some things, if you don't ask clearly, that's the demon in your heart."
"Then ask! I tell you, you're not afraid of her hiding from you, she must have some weaknesses, right? Think of a way, you have to force her out, just meet her once, make things clear, and this matter will be completely resolved!"
"Weakness?" This seemed to wake up the man, he glanced at the bag in Chen Ziang's hand, thought of something, and patted Chen Ziang on the shoulder, "Thank you, little brother. "
According to her biological clock, Qiu Zining should have slept until 3pm. But she was woken up by her agent's phone call at less than 1:30pm. She answered the phone dazedly and said "Hello?"
The other side burst into a barrage of messages: "Qiu Zining, can you still sleep? Check Weibo!"
Her head hadn't woken up completely yet. She turned on the speakerphone and logged into Weibo, and saw that there were more messages about herself than ever before. She thought that one of her articles had gone viral again, and before she had time to click on it, she heard her agent say in her ear: "You've been hung up!"
"What did you say?" She rubbed her eyes.
"There is a marketing account that specializes in exposing Internet celebrities. It said that a fan submission exposed that you used to cheat on two people. When you were penniless, you had a boyfriend who treated you very well, but you dumped him after you became famous. "
Qiu Zining was confused at first, but after hearing this, he looked calm. He clicked on the Weibo posts that mentioned him, and saw that they were indeed under the comment section of the marketing account. At this moment, the comments were in chaos, with fans, haters, and passers-by arguing endlessly.
These groundless news should either be responded to or ignored. Qiu Zining shrugged and acted indifferent: "Forget it, just treat it as free traffic."
"You are so calm? ! Give me a definite answer to what happened!" The agent screamed: "We are still negotiating business here, and you are doing this. The PR came to ask, are you making money or not? ! "
She hummed and flipped through the comments section. There were two comments on top. One of them was a photo of Qiu Zining and a man with a blurred head. The man was wearing a pullover T-shirt. The other photo was obviously taken secretly: it was a photo of Qiu Zining, who was dressed casually, and Chen Ziang, who was tall and thin and wearing a pullover T-shirt, downstairs of Qiu Zining's house a while ago. The whistleblower had a conscience and blurred Chen Ziang's head.
The connection between the two photos, apart from Qiu Zining, was the T-shirt.
After hearing this, Qiu Zining had to say, "Okay, it's not a big problem. I'll finish it tonight. "
After hanging up the phone with her agent, she finally had time to check WeChat again. There were dozens of unread messages. The first one was Chen Ziang, who sent one every hour. He first asked if she had woken up, then said that he had had two drinks in the coffee shop downstairs, and finally told Qiu Zining that if they wanted to break up, they still had to meet and make things clear, at least take away the ex-boyfriend's T-shirt...
Qiu Zining was annoyed when she heard the word "ex-boyfriend" and only replied one: "Throw away the clothes. I'm a little busy now, I'll find you in two days."
She then looked at other unread messages. In addition to a few screenshots of Weibo posts sent by friends or partners who were not very familiar with her to ask her for gossip, there was also a sentence from Sheng Yiqing that hit her soul:
"It's Sun Yixun, right? "
Sheng Yiqing was a witness to the love story of Qiu Zining and Sun Yixun: from the beginning when she excitedly moved into the Huamao mansion, Qiu Zining would regularly update her status to Sheng Yiqing. At that time, Qiu Zining was immersed in the surprise of the new life. She once wanted to marry Sun Yixun, and even asked her to share the way of getting along with the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. However, after about a year, Qiu Zining became depressed. The three words "Sun Yixun" appeared less and less in Qiu Zining's mouth. Later, she started to work hard again. She quit her job as a waiter in the nugget and spent the whole day thinking about writing articles to make money and get on the hot spots. It happened that Sheng Yiqing was also busy at that time, and she hardly met Qiu Zining.
It was more than half a year later when Qiu Zining asked her to meet. Qiu Zining found a restaurant with an average of more than 1,000 per person and only called Sheng Yiqing. When the waiter brought the first glass of wine, Qiu Zining raised the glass, took a long breath and announced: "I did a big thing - I bought a house."
Sheng Yiqing stared at her in amazement, and for a long time, he could only say: "Awesome. "But the next sentence she asked: "Then do you plan to marry the Huamao man?"
A flash of embarrassment flashed across Qiu Zining's face, and she took a sip of wine before saying: "Oh. No. We broke up."
Without waiting for Sheng Yiqing to ask in detail, she changed the subject. After that, the three words Sun Yixun never appeared in Qiu Zining's world again.
Sheng Yiqing didn't want to touch her bestie's "reverse scale" again, but the word "reverse scale" can refer to a person's unhealed wound on the one hand, and on the other hand, it can also refer to a person's moral flaws that he is unwilling to confess.
The afternoon sun was too bright, Qiu Zining opened the curtains and was almost dazzled. The street downstairs was quiet, with few pedestrians, and only a few cars drove by from time to time.
The man's figure was not downstairs.
Qiu Zining took out his mobile phone and skillfully pressed a number.
Two beeps, the other end quickly connected, and the tone seemed unbelievable: "Who?"
Qiu Zining went straight to the point: "It's me, meet? "
"Oh, you're not hiding from me anymore? Are you finally willing to meet me?" Sun Yixun said in a sarcastic tone, but he was unwilling, "Why did you come out? Didn't we break up?" Qiu Zining sneered: "If you don't want to see me, why did you take pictures secretly? And you even contributed to the marketing account, you're really good." "Did I? I don't remember. Oh, I also saw that marketing account, don't you think you're sick, wearing your ex-boyfriend's clothes on your current boyfriend? You've grown up now. How long have we just broken up?" "First, he's not my current boyfriend, and second, we broke up... It's been almost half a year, right?" "That depends on how you count it." Sun Yixun's voice on the other end of the phone sounded lazy, "If you look at the time you moved out of my house, it's indeed been half a year. But that doesn't count, you know, Qiu Zining, that doesn't count! You can't just break up, you have to give me an explanation! What's the matter? Make money? Feel confident? Just kick out your husband? Qiu Zining, can you treat me like a human being? "Word by word, her voice is getting louder and louder.
Qiu Zining hung up the phone with a "pop".
After waiting for 30 seconds, she called again: "Are you calm now? Do you want to meet or not? Two hours later, in the park where we first met."
"...You are really good." He sighed, unable to do anything with her:
"Let's meet. Why are you afraid of meeting?"