Miss Mu and the Canary

In the early morning of September 9, little Ah Zhen went.

Knowing the landlord's taboo, Jin Bao invited the two porters he had contacted earlier, and Bai Yan, Aunt Li and Mrs. Chen to help, everything was tidied up, and Xiao Zhen was buried in her father's house overnight. beside.Except for a piece of yellow paper and a pinch of cigarette ash, no one was alarmed or disturbed.

The reward sent the porter away, and the two of them returned to the yard, and it was already daylight.Jin Bao sat on the bed in a daze, and after a while, he murmured: "She said she wanted to eat mooncakes, but she hasn't eaten them yet."

Bai Yan squatted in the yard with her sleeves rolled up, trying to light a fire, but she couldn't light it anyway. In the end, Aunt Li brought two bowls of porridge.When she came in with the porridge, Bai Yan just heard Jin Bao talking, and she didn't make a sound. She put the porridge bowl away, and then pulled Jin Bao over to sit down.

"Eat, eat, and live." Handing the spoon to Jin Bao, Bai Yan ate the porridge and said, "The bookstore where I work is looking for a cook. It costs four yuan a month. Enough. I saw that department stores were also recruiting tellers before, and you are also experienced in buying clothes, shoes and socks. I asked, and they pay wages according to sales volume..."

She chattered, Jin Bao just sat there in a daze, Bai Yan didn't care.After eating the porridge, she took out a handkerchief and wiped it, took out a piece of paper from her handbag and put it in front of Jin Bao: "The work addresses I just mentioned are all written here, and I am not in a hurry to go to work, but don't delay Yes. I have to go to work later, so I will leave first."

She got up and walked to the door, after thinking for a while, Bai Yan said again: "You told me before that people don't always live for themselves, for parents and sisters, now it's for me, and you should live well. "

"I didn't settle the accounts before, I know you have remembered, you know how much you have. Those were the ransom money I saved, you know, that is my life. Now half of my life is Xuan helped me hold it up, and the remaining half is all yours, and you have to pay me back every penny."

The small room fell silent.

The early morning mist gradually dissipated, and the warm sunshine shone on the small courtyard. The clean sheets floated slightly, and the bougainvillea on the courtyard wall seemed to have regained some vitality.

The sound of tears falling into the porridge bowl was inaudible.Shaking his hands, Jin Bao picked up the spoon and stuffed the cold porridge into his mouth in big gulps.She puffed her cheeks and swallowed with gritted teeth. The cold porridge was mixed with tears, grievances, pain, and relief, all swallowed into her stomach.

A normal day as usual.Proofreading manuscripts, checking printouts, dealing with typesetting... Because there was basically no rest the night before, Bai Yan was always a little groggy, even if she drank coffee, it didn't help.At noon, Song Youcheng noticed that she was mentally weak and thought it was caused by too much work, so he nervously asked her to go home and rest.Bai Yan couldn't resist him, but she also remembered to talk to Mu Xing about little A-Zhen, so she agreed to go home.

After packing up her things, she rushed to the hospital.

Last night, when Bai Yan borrowed the phone to call Mu Yuan, the maid said that Mu Xing had already rested.Thinking of Mu Xing's possible reaction when he heard about the death of little Ah Zhen, Bai Yan felt very worried, and thought about it all the way and thought up many ways to comfort her.Unexpectedly, when they arrived at the medical clinic, the concierge said that Mu Xing was not coming to the medical clinic today.

"Didn't come? Why? Are you sick?" Bai Yan asked hurriedly.

Knowing that Bai Yan is Mu Xing's friend, the concierge is also willing to say a few more words to her: "Mu Yuanli's family came to inform Dr. Zhao directly, and those of us down here don't know."

Biting her lip, Bai Yan thanked her and walked home sullenly.

Could it be that he was sick?Ah Xuan has been so busy these past few days, and it's the season change, so she catches a cold if she doesn't keep it all together... Thinking of this, Bai Yan hurried home and called Mu Yuan again.

After connecting, she reported her first and last name as usual, and then asked if Ah Xuan was sick.The other end of the phone was silent for a moment, Bai Yan just waited patiently, after a while, the other end replied: "Miss is not sick, please rest assured, Miss Bai."

Frowning, Bai Yan asked suspiciously: "Since she is not sick, why didn't she go to work in the medical center today?"

There was a pause at the other end, and he said: "The medical clinic is just a recreation for the young lady, and it's not a must. Does Miss Bai have anything else to do?"

Bai Yan was taken aback, and slowly said: "No, no, thank you."

After hanging up the phone, Bai Yan sat sullenly for a while.

"It should be fine... I'm not sick, maybe I just want to rest? I should have rested too. After working for so long, Mrs. Mu loves Ah Xuan so much, I don't want her to be so busy." Bai Yan nodded, "It must be so , Axuan finally got a rest, we can talk about little Azhen tomorrow, and it will be easy to pay homage afterwards."

With that in mind, she felt relieved, sat down at the desk and took out a stack of papers.

"...September 9, the settlement fee is 19 yuan..." After confirming the contract, Bai Yan carefully put it away.

September 9st was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and this was counted as a gift from her to Mu Xing. Counting the money she saved earlier, it was nearly half of her ransom money.

Her money was used to redeem the first half of her life, and the rest of her life was given to Mu Xing.

This is her determination and her proof.

After locking the cabinet, Bai Yan took off her clothes, shoes and socks one by one, and lay on the bed with a smile on her face, waiting for that day to come.