The ivory tower has no autumn

Ji Huaizhi didn't expect that after more than a month, he received a call from home, which was a lie that smashed her beautiful dream.

She was standing in front of her father at this time, and there was a burning sensation on the left cheek, but she did not lower her head, and kept looking directly into her father's eyes, which were indifferent and dissatisfied.

"I have worked hard for decades to teach you something like this!"

At this moment, Ji Huaizhi didn't want to discuss how she was taught. She turned to look at her mother and said, "You are not sick."

It's not a question, it's a statement.

When Cheng Xin received a question from her daughter, she hesitated to speak, opened and closed her mouth, but was unable to utter a word of defense after all.

"I asked you something!"

"What kind of thing?" Ji Huaizhi stared at Ji Yun, and asked word by word: "Is it the precious little things you put in the collection cabinet? Or the flowers and plants in your garden that you take good care of?"

"so rude!"

"Am I not old or young? If I was not old or young, I would never have rushed back when I received the news that my mother was ill. If I was not old or young, I would not have listened to you. Now I am in the police station Be a relationship householder who is suspected of going through the back door."

"I'd rather you be a waste in the bureau than find a woman outside, shame on you!"

Ji Yun threw down a stack of photos. In the photos, the two of them were lying sideways on the rocking chair outside. She was already asleep at that time. She didn't know that Lin Zhiyuan had looked at her with such eyes. Desire, she could even see a little sadness in it.

Why are you sad?

Perhaps it was because Ji Huaizhi stared at those photos with too naked eyes, which angered Ji Yun even more. He stretched out his foot, stepped on the photos hard, and said, "Is it possible that she is sick, and you are also sick?"

Cheng Xin felt that this was too much, and wanted to go up to pull her husband's arm, but was pushed away by the other party. Ji Huaizhi stared at the photo of the trampled feet, but never raised his head. Ji Yun said again: "She I checked this person. On the surface, he is a respectable and great writer, but secretly he is a psychopath. He directed and acted three times and reported false police reports. If you don’t want me to expose these things to the public, don’t associate with her anymore. I can Treat it like you two have nothing to do with each other."

"Huaizhi, listen to your father, don't date her anymore, your Uncle Li's son is good, young and promising, I'll introduce you later..."

"She is human, and I am also human, but one person likes another person, is it so unbearable?" When Ji Huaizhi said this, she was a little choked up, but she still held back her tears from sliding down.

Because crying makes her look vulnerable.

"Yes, you are a woman, let alone like a woman. Even if you marry Ah Qing next door, it is better than liking her. What will others think of us if they find out? How do you want us to face outsiders? Where is the face of the family?"

Ji Huaizhi took a deep breath, but couldn't get it out, the breath was choked in her lungs, her throat...

Ah Qing next door is a fool, and a fool with a rich family, the whole community knows it.

"So it doesn't matter whether I'm happy or not in the rest of my life, isn't it?"

"Correct!"

"Our family's honor is the most important thing, isn't it?"

"That's right!"

Ji Huaizhi took a deep breath, and suddenly felt a sense of relief, she said: "Then you will have another one, let him inherit the honor you want, anyway, what you call our family has never included me, just treat it as I’m fine if I’m not born.”

She turned around and left, Ji Yun was dizzy with anger, but she still didn't forget the main purpose of her scolding: "If you dare to go to her again, tomorrow morning I will let people expose all her affairs , see if you are stubborn or I am ruthless!"

A few seconds after Ji Huaizhi left, the door slammed heavily from outside.

Only then did Cheng Xin say, "She didn't go, so we shouldn't make things so bad."

"Then she'd better not go there for the rest of her life." Ji Yun glanced at the photo that was still under her feet, and cursed: "Throw away the photo, it's bad luck."

Seeing Ji Yun walking out, there was the same slamming sound of the door, Cheng Xin picked up the photo, she was about to throw it in the trash can, but she looked at the eyes of the other woman in the photo, and Ji Huaizhi when she was asleep. With a smile, she still quietly put away the photo.

Maybe it will be hidden forever in a dark corner, covered with thick dust, waiting for the moment to become a memory...

Ji Huaizhi was lying on the bed, looking at the shiny mobile phone. On the screen was the chat box between her and Lin Zhiyuan. Their last conversation was still in the discussion about dinner at noon today.

Lin Zhiyuan said that he wanted to eat hot pot at home, so Ji Huaizhi asked her to get the ingredients first, and eat with her when he got home from get off work.

Lin Zhiyuan was sitting at the edge of the dining table, looking at the bubbling soup in the pot. She held her chin and held her mobile phone by her hand. On the screen was the chat box with Ji Huaizhi, and it showed "typing..." , but she didn't wait until the other party sent the message, as if it had been a century, from 07:30 to [-] o'clock, and finally waited for the sentence that had been typed for half an hour.

"There are some things at home, I can't go back for the time being, sorry."

Lin Zhiyuan looked at the words on the screen, and just replied "yes" before turning off the screen.

She picked up the chopsticks, picked up the plate full of meat slices, and was about to put them all down, but finally moved the chopsticks to the center of the plate, only halfway down.

As I ate and ate, I always felt a bit dull. From the corner of my eyes, I unconsciously caught sight of the countdown numbers on the TV wall. The last number that appeared was 11, just like her and Ji Huaizhi, two parallel lines, no longer possible to intersect.

She thought, starting today, there will be no new numbers on it.

I don't know if Lin Zhiyuan also noticed something, Ji Huaizhi saw that there had been no new conversations in the chat box since then, and neither of them took the initiative to contact each other.

In the past few days, she has always known that someone is following her, and she can know without thinking that her father is looking for someone to follow her. As long as she takes a step closer to Lin Zhiyuan's house, or tries to get rid of those people, Ji Yun will make it easy for her to make a phone call. Lin Zhiyuan's reputation was ruined.

Ji Huaizhi called Shen Youyan, and Shen Youyan only said that Lin Zhiyuan was very busy recently, and almost all of his work schedules were pushed forward. She was always the first to arrive at the publishing house every morning when everyone was not at work, and the last after work. The one who left the publishing house late.

She asked specifically what kind of work it was, and Shen said again: "For the new book that is expected to be released next month, Zhiyuan had someone get a batch from the printing factory to sign, and there is another book written about Half of the new book, she said she wanted to finish it early, and then she was going to take a long vacation."

"Oh." Ji Huaizhi hung up the phone.

She was a little puzzled. Lin Zhiyuan never told her about taking a long vacation, but now the two of them are in a state of no contact with each other. Her side is because of her father, and Lin Zhiyuan's side is because of work. , now seems to be the best time.

The best time to fade the relationship.

But the more I see you, the more I miss you.

Ji Huaizhi thought, it's time for her to find something else to do.

"Li Hai, why did you ask her here?"

Wang Jue looked at Ji Huaizhi on the other side of the sofa with a displeased face. Everyone was happy at first, but because of Ji Huaizhi's appearance, now everyone was covered with a dark cloud.

"I saw that she seemed a little sluggish recently, so I called her together. In fact, I didn't expect her to agree. I just said it casually."

After all, Ji Huaizhi used to always say "no time" to his invitations.

"Tsk..."

Although Wang Jue was unhappy, Ji Huaizhi didn't do anything to provoke him. He just drank quietly, and he couldn't drive people away. Treat her like air.

Ji Huaizhi sipped the golden liquid in the cup, her eyes flicked across the messy dance floor, those she knew were in pairs, and those she didn't know were also in pairs, which made her even worse.

In the gap between the crowd, she saw a person sitting by the bar. Although she was wearing heavy makeup, it did not prevent her from recognizing him.

It's Wei Wei.

She thought about it, then got up and walked over.

"Sister Wei, you have been here every day recently, is it because of the money dropped from the sky?"

"It's like calling me so shabby, even if I lose money from the sky, it will be lost every day."

When Ji Huai heard this, his curiosity was aroused, and he sat not far from Wei Yun holding a wine glass, just in time to hear their conversation.

"Is there any good errand? How about..." The bartender leaned forward, fearing that others would hear the good errand.

"This job is only for me, but I can tell you about..."

Ji Huaizhi pricked up her ears, if she heard any insider information about illegal transactions, she might be able to do something good, and feel angry about that guy.

"Anyway, if you have a financial backer, you don't have to worry about food and clothing."

"Then I really can't do it. I only like women. No matter how much money you give me, I won't be able to be a man's favorite." The bartender lost his desire in an instant, but listening to the stories of others being adopted is quite enjoyable.

Wei Wei immediately retorted: "It's not a nurturing, and my benefactor is a woman, and there is nothing to do on weekdays. If necessary, just listen to her and do some light work. It's very simple."

"How simple is it?" The bartender became curious, thinking that he had heard some earth-shattering inside information.

"For example, to speak ill of her to others, or to send letters to others."

"That's it?"

"That's it." Wei Wei raised his eyebrows, glanced back at the bartender, and asked, "What? Do you think I'm doing something illegal?"

"not at all……"

The bartender thought for a while, and then asked: "But your benefactor, is it abnormal? Who would a normal person instigate others to speak ill of himself?"

"She is abnormal, but I dare not ask so many things about her. Anyway, as long as you send me money on time, I will pretend that I don't know anything."

After Ji Huaizhi listened, his complexion darkened unconsciously, darker than the dark clouds of the entire criminal investigation team put together. The bartender might not understand what Wei Yun said, but Ji Huaizhi couldn't have known, because before that She met Wei Yun three times, once in Shen Youyan Qingsheng's restaurant, once in the police station, and the third time in a coffee shop.

And Wei Wei these three times, all talked about Lin Zhiyuan.

When Wei Yun finished drinking, Ji Huaizhi followed her and blocked her at the entrance of an empty alley.

"Wei Wei!"

Wei Wei stopped in his tracks, turned around, knew something was wrong when he saw someone coming, and was about to run, but was grabbed by Ji Huaizhi and led him into the alley.

"What are you doing..."

"Say what you said to the bartender just now." Ji Huaizhi put his hands on his chest and blocked the entrance of the alley.

"I didn't say anything..." Wei Wei was quite sober at this time, if Lin Zhiyuan knew what she just said, how could he live a happy life.

"If you don't say it now, I can take you to Lin Zhiyuan's house. You two will confront each other face to face. I'll see who will speak first." Ji Huaizhi pulled Wei Wei's wrist forcibly as he said, as if he really wanted to take her away.

"I can't go!" Wei Wei was in a hurry, she broke away from Ji Huaizhi's hand, rubbed her red wrist, and said, "What do you want to know?"

"That day in the restaurant, did you deliberately let me listen to what you said, and you also deliberately asked me later?"

"So what?"

"It was you who sent the letter to my house a few days ago?"

"Ah."

"The person who instructed you to do this is Lin Zhiyuan?"

This time Wei Wei didn't answer, but judging from her expression, she had already admitted it.

Ji Huaizhi felt that the sky was falling. Why did Lin Zhiyuan deliberately let people spread the news that he was crazy, and it seemed to let her know on purpose. A few days ago, her father would know about the things between them, and it was also Lin Zhiyuan's fault. .

What is her purpose?

"How long?"

Wei Wei looked confused: "Huh?"

"She asked you to do this, how long has it been?" Ji Huaizhi felt that she was going to get into trouble, and she was gnawing on every word when she spoke, showing impatience in her words, but she still held back, she still had to ask things.

"A few... a few years..."

"Let me ask you, is she really sick? Are the things you said she did when she was in school true?"

"I don't know about this. I just did what she said. I didn't know her before she came to me."

Ji Huaizhi understood that if she checked Wei Wei now, she would find that she was not Lin Zhiyuan's high school classmate at all, it was all fabricated.

Taking advantage of Ji Huaizhi's inattention, Wei Wei got out of the gap around her and escaped.