Bad luck

The cold wind in winter blew on his face and poured into his collar. Chi Jingyuan walked out of the rental house and pulled up his collar.

He opened his mouth and let out a breath of white air.

Seeing that New Year's Day is coming, but Christmas comes earlier than New Year's Day. There are lights and festoons everywhere on the street, and Christmas trees have been put up. From time to time, there will be a few young and beautifully dressed girls taking pictures around the Christmas tree.

Chi Jingyuan was wearing a gray woolen sweater and a long black overcoat, walking on the street with a hundred percent turning heads.

Wu Di once wanted to imitate him, but he was almost frozen into a fool.

Chi Jingyuan has already received the watch that Chi Ruian likes, but he has no time to give it to Chi Ruian. He reckons that Christmas is coming soon, and children like Christmas now, so he can give it to Chi Ruian at that time.

It has been a month since he left Qi Yitang's place, and Qi Yitang never came to look for him. While Chi Jingyuan was relieved, he was also a little embarrassed.

"Jingyuan, here." Zhao Heng stood not far away and waved to Chi Jingyuan.

Chi Jingyuan walked forward quickly and left from "Ji Zhai". He had a lot more time to communicate with others. After Zhao Heng knew that he was living outside, he would ask him out for dinner from time to time.

Zhao Heng knows many little-known small restaurants, which can always bring Chi Jingyuan a different kind of surprise.

Zhao Heng's knowledge is very profound, he knows both astronomy and geography, and he is not a pedant, he often has some unexpected ideas in his mind, and he is very interested in supernatural and strange stories.

Chi Jingyuan chatted happily with him.

"The temperature has dropped again recently. You're wearing a little less clothes. Isn't it cold?" Zhao Heng asked with concern.

"It's not cold." Chi Jingyuan's physical fitness is very good, even in the depths of winter, he still doesn't feel cold even though he is dressed like this.

"That's great, I'm sure I've practiced it before." Zhao Heng sighed with a smile.

"You can also exercise. You can go for a run in the morning." Chi Jingyuan suggested.

Zhao Heng thought for a while and said, "It's very cold, I might not be able to get up by myself."

"Then I'll call you when I run in the morning." Chi Jingyuan thought for a while, his running path happened to pass by Zhao Heng's house, so he could ask him to run together by the way.

Zhao Heng smiled, "Then it's settled."

Chi Jingyuan and Zhao Heng drank some wine and came out of the restaurant with the cold wind pouring down their necks.

"I'll go this way, see you another day." Chi Jingyuan waved goodbye to Zhao Heng.

"Well, see you another day." Zhao Heng and Chi Jingyuan waved.

Sending Chi Jingyuan away, Zhao Heng just turned around and saw Chi Ruian standing not far away, looking at him with gloomy eyes.

"Ruian, are you coming here for dinner too?" Zhao Heng greeted Chi Ruian with a smile.

Chi Ruian walked forward quickly, staring straight at him, and then suddenly his eyes turned red, "Professor...do you like my brother?"

Zhao Heng froze for a moment, the corners of his mouth turned up, but there was no warmth in his eyes, "I don't think I need to answer your question."

As if stimulated, Chi Ruian grabbed Zhao Heng's hand, "Professor, don't like him, okay? My brother is a disaster, and getting involved with him will not end well."

"Really!" As if afraid that Zhao Heng would not believe it, Chi Ruian spoke faster and faster, "My mother said that he was out of breath when he was born, and somehow he came back to life later, he is a evil star."

"How could a normal person do this?"

Zhao Heng narrowed his eyes, "He was out of breath since he was born?"

Chi Ruian nodded heavily, "Yes! My mother said, my brother... Chi Jingyuan was out of breath when he was born, he was stillborn. My grandfather carried him to some unknown place, and came back He came back to life inexplicably. Every night he kept crying, and my parents couldn't rest at all."

"When he can talk, he often speaks into the air, and deliberately intimidates my parents. Because of him, my mother suffered from depression. It was not until she left him to live abroad for a period of time that she gradually returned to normal. I."

"Professor, I didn't lie to you, what I said is true. You must not like him, he...he will bring you bad luck." Chi Ruian held onto Zhao Heng's hand tightly, Looking at him expectantly.

Zhao Heng and him looked at each other for a moment, pulled his hand, and said, "Thank you for your advice, but I'm an adult now, and it's my freedom to choose who to associate with."

Chi Ruian was so weak that he almost sat on the ground.

Zhao Heng likes Chi Jingyuan, so he doesn't even care that Chi Jingyuan is an ominous person.

Why, he is so good, everyone praises him, and his parents often say that he is their pride, he is more likable than Chi Jingyuan, has a higher education than Chi Jingyuan, and is better than Chi Jingyuan, but why, Zhao Heng Don't like him, but like Chi Jingyuan?

Isn't Chi Jingyuan his elder brother, won't he always pamper himself, then why does he want to grab what belongs to him?

Zhao Heng patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't say that next time, it will make your brother sad. I don't want to see him sad."

Every word of earnest instruction is for Chi Jingyuan.

Chi Ruian nodded numbly, his eyes were covered by a layer of haze.

……

When Chi Jingyuan arrived at the special case office, he found a beautifully packaged apple on his desk.

Wu Di explained: "Everyone has one from beets."

"Well, where's Tian Tian?" Chi Jingyuan originally wanted to thank Tian Tian, ​​but after looking around, he didn't see Tian Tian's figure.

"I went to look at Fengshui for others." Wu Di was chewing on an apple, and he heard that the apple was very crunchy.

Xia Yunzhou just came back from the outside. Unlike Chi Jingyuan, he was already wearing a down jacket, and the air conditioner was on in the room. Xia Yunzhou took off his coat and hung it up.

"Chi Jingyuan, you came at the right time. Didn't you ask me to help you find out if there is a suitable magic weapon? Recently, someone is selling the magic gun. You were a sniper in the army before. I think this should be very suitable for you. "

Chi Jingyuan touched the wooden sign on his neck subconsciously. The wooden sign and Zhige are still with him, so he should return them sometime.

"Can I see the goods?" Chi Jingyuan asked.

"Okay, when are you free? I'll take you there." Xia Yunzhou walked to his desk and saw apples on the desk, which seemed to be commonplace.

"Can you do it tomorrow?" Chi Jingyuan thought tonight is Christmas Eve, so he would call later to ask if Chi Ruian was free, and he gave him his watch.

"can."

So Xia Yunzhou and Chi Jingyuan agreed.

Yaochi Immortal: Do you have an appointment for Christmas?

Chi Jingyuan made it clear to Liu Qingyao last time that when Liu Qingyao knew that he didn't hate her, she threatened to pursue him. Now when it's a festival or holiday, she will take the initiative to ask Chi Jingyuan out.

Goshawk: Yes.

Yaochi Immortal: Really?You didn't mean to lie to me, did you?

Goshawk: Really.

Yaochi Immortal: Forget it then, let’s make an appointment another day, if you are free someday, you can call me anytime, I will wait for you.

Goshawk: Don't wait for me, I really didn't mean that.

Immortal of Yaochi: Why after so many years, you still can't learn to be tactful at all.

Chi Jingyuan was thinking about how to reply when Liu Qingyao sent another message.

Yaochi Immortal: But who made me like you, when do you want to fall in love, tell me again, I am always ready.

Goshawk: Actually, I'm already married.

Yaochi Immortal: Do you take me for a fool for this kind of reason?If you want me to believe it, you can take a picture of your marriage certificate and send it to me, and I will give up.

Chi Jingyuan really couldn't send Liu Qingyao a photo of their marriage certificate. After all, he and Qi Yitang couldn't get a marriage certificate, no matter in terms of gender or species.

Chi Jingyuan didn't reply to Liu Qingyao again, and naturally it faded after a long time.

Chi Jingyuan called Chi Ruian, "Ruian, are you free today?"

"I have an appointment with a classmate..."

"Well, what about tomorrow? I have something I want to give you." Chi Jingyuan thought to himself, Chi Ruian would be very happy if he saw this gift.

"I'm not free tomorrow either. Tomorrow is Christmas."

Chi Ruian's words stunned Chi Jingyuan for a moment, before he realized that tomorrow is Christmas, Chi Ruian should want to spend it with Zhao Heng, and he picked the wrong time.

"It's okay, let's talk about it when you have time."

"Well, good. I'm sorry, brother, I can't spend the holiday with you."

"It's okay, as long as someone comes first, have fun." Chi Jingyuan didn't mind, and comforted him.

"Ok!"

When Chi Jingyuan was resting on the bed that night, he saw Chi Ruian post a circle of friends.

Ryann: Thank you Mom and Dad for the Christmas gifts~

There are two pictures below, one is the watch that Chi Ruian has always wanted, and the other is a family portrait. Chi Ruian and his parents are smiling very happily, and it can be seen at a glance that this is a happy family.

Chi Jingyuan's hand holding the phone paused, it was a heavy purchase.

Chi Jingyuan stared at the family portrait for a while, and then calmly retreated. When he was a child, he would expect to get the attention and love of his parents at the beginning. Seeing his parents' unreserved care and love for his younger brother, he even sometimes Feeling sad and envious of my brother.

But after a long time, long enough for him to understand that what he longed for will never belong to him, then Chi Jingyuan will be at peace, and his heart will no longer suffer from the indifference and preference of his parents, never belong to His things, things he has never owned, nothing to want.

Chi Ruian and the three of them are a family, and he has never been a member of their family.

So now let Chi Jingyuan see that harmonious family portrait, Chi Jingyuan will not envy Chi Ruian.

Chi Jingyuan was thinking about what to do with that watch, his eyes darkened, and once or twice he didn't know what to say, but since he came back these days, Chi Ruian has been like this, he wants to tell Chi Ruian frankly Well, there's no need for this, he neither envies their family of three, nor will he take away his parents' attention from him, let alone he can't take it away either.

Chi Ruian always knows how to poke his guilt towards him in his heart. He can't be really angry with Chi Ruian. During his years in the army, when Chi Ruian was sick or bullied , When I cried and said I missed my brother, he wasn't there.He had clearly promised that he would be there when he was needed, but he had broken his promise. He could only make up for him as much as possible and satisfy his innocuous demands.

Chi Jingyuan closed his eyes and thought about it, and fell asleep not long after.

After he left "Ji Zhai", he rarely had dreams related to his previous life. Although he rarely had such dreams, Chi Jingyuan's sleep quality declined rapidly. He often woke up in the middle of the night, and then couldn't fall back asleep.

As a result, Chi Jingyuan's addiction to smoking became heavier and heavier, and he would often smoke until the whole room was filled with smoke.

He knew that there might be a problem with his mental state, but he couldn't control it. He would always dream about things related to Qi Yitang again and again, both good and bad.

But tonight, he dreamed about his previous life again.

In the dream, it was snowing heavily, it was the New Year, the place where Qi Yitang lived was extremely cold, and the food for the New Year was also very simple.

"Too much deceit!" Chi Jingyuan in the dream was about eighteen or nineteen years old, and his face was still a little immature. He slammed the table and stood up, and was about to rush out.

"Xiaoyuan." Qi Yitang was about the same age as him, with cold eyes, but when she looked over, there was warmth in her eyes, "Don't worry, it's the Yaofei who is in power now, and she can still have a meal. She was merciful."

Qi Yitang stretched out her white hand to hold Chi Jingyuan's hand, "I'm a bit greedy for the bird meat you roasted last time."

Chi Jingyuan reluctantly sat back, "I'll go hunt birds for His Highness."

With a slight smile on the corner of Qi Yitang's mouth, she held his hands and intertwined them, "My hands are a little cold, cover them for me."

Chi Jingyuan looked at him, held his hands tightly, and complained, "Your Highness, why are your hands so cold? It's cold at night?"

"It's cold, and I asked you to sleep with me, but you refused." Qi Yitang said lightly.

Chi Jingyuan muttered: "It's not polite."

"Then I'll be cold." Qi Yitang sighed, as if she was really cold.

Chi Jingyuan panicked, and quickly agreed, "It's winter."

Qi Yitang's eyes shone slyly, and the corners of her mouth raised, "Okay, it's winter."

Chi Jingyuan's ears turned red, and he was chatting with Qi Yitang, but Qi Yitang kept looking at him with a smile and listening to him seriously.

"Do you still eat bird meat?"

"Eat, I will go with you later."

"Beat a few more. The rice was cold and hard, and the food was rotten. That old hag is really a bully. When I become a general in the future, I will definitely drive her back to her hometown."

"Well, Xiaoyuan is the most powerful."

"Hoo~boom!" There were fireworks blooming outside the high wall, Chi Jingyuan dragged Qi Yitang to climb up the tree, "Your Highness, look quickly, it's fireworks!"

Chi Jingyuan's eyes were full of fireworks, "It's so beautiful."

Qi Yitang's eyes were full of Chi Jingyuan, he looked at Chi Jingyuan and said, "Well, it's so pretty."

As soon as Chi Jingyuan turned his head, he met Qi Yitang's eyes, with a bright smile on his face, "Happy New Year, Your Highness."

Qi Yitang's heart beat faster, and the corners of her mouth turned up, "Happy New Year, Xiaoyuan."

……

When Chi Jingyuan woke up from the dream, it was already daylight. It was rare that he didn't have a nightmare. Chi Jingyuan's spirit improved a lot. He got up and went to the bathroom to wash up, changed into his sports clothes, and went out for a run.

When he was near Zhao Heng's house, Chi Jingyuan called Zhao Heng. He thought Zhao Heng was still sleeping, but he didn't expect Zhao Heng to wake up.

"Have you arrived yet?" Zhao Heng asked.

"It's almost there, I thought you were sleeping." Chi Jingyuan said.

"Didn't you say you wanted to run with me, so I set the alarm clock." Zhao Heng and Chi Jingyuan were talking, and within a few minutes, Chi Jingyuan ran to the door of Zhao Heng's house.

Zhao Heng also just came downstairs. He was wearing a tracksuit, which was a little less elegant, but looked a lot younger.

"Let's go." Chi Jingyuan and Zhao Heng met many people walking their dogs while running. The strange thing was that the dogs either hid behind their masters or grinned at Zhao Heng when they saw Zhao Heng.

Zhao Heng said embarrassingly: "I don't know what's going on, I haven't been treated by small animals since I was a child."

He rolled up his sleeves, revealing a scar on his arm, "I liked dogs very much when I was young, and it happened that the neighbor next door raised a golden retriever, and I was bitten by it."

Chi Jingyuan was a little surprised, "Isn't the golden retriever always very docile?"

Zhao Heng smiled wryly, "Yeah, even the golden retriever doesn't want to see me, maybe I really don't have any relationship with animals."

Chi Jingyuan patted him on the shoulder comfortingly, "You can still suck cats and dogs."

"Hahaha, how do you know, I follow a lot of bloggers who raise small animals." Zhao Heng and Chi Jingyuan chatted and laughed, but spent a pleasant morning.

Chi Jingyuan bought breakfast and mentioned it to the office. Tian Tian arrived before him, "Good morning."

"Well, good morning." Chi Jingyuan put the breakfast in his hand on the table, and put a cake box on Tian Tian's table, "Thank you for the apples yesterday."

Tian Tian's eyes widened in surprise, "My God, Chi Jingyuan, what kind of angel baby are you?"

"I give apples every year, and none of the three of them have returned the gift. They are really straight men of steel." Tian Tian complained.

Chi Jingyuan couldn't bear to tell Tian Tian that when he was in high school, he was always called a straight man of steel.

After Xia Yunzhou and the others came, Tian Tian kept praising Chi Jingyuan, which made Wu Di think that Tian Tian finally couldn't help but want to attack Chi Jingyuan, a married person, until Su Bian went out for a tour and gave Tian Tian After buying a pair of gloves, Xia Yunzhou gave Tian Tian a red envelope, and Wu Di suddenly realized.

It turned out that Tian Tian was beating around the bush and asking for a gift in return!

"Beet, my hands are a little tight recently, and I can't afford to buy any valuables. Would you please have a cup of milk tea?" Wu Di asked cautiously.

Tian Tian raised his chin, pretending to be arrogant and said: "Sure."

"I'm going to buy milk tea for Her Majesty the Queen." Wu Di cooperated with Tian Tian and went out respectfully.

"Chi Jingyuan and I will go out for a while." Xia Yunzhou took off his coat and put it on, then put on a scarf, covering himself tightly.

"It's really too cold in the south of you, it's still that bitingly cold." Xia Yunzhou complained while putting on his clothes.

Chi Jingyuan may have been used to it since he was a child, and he thought it was okay, "It's okay, it hasn't snowed yet this year."

Xia Yunzhou shook his head and said: "Last year it snowed, I was so stupid, I almost couldn't even hold the talisman paper."

Chi Jingyuan imagined that scene and thought it was a little funny.

"Let's go." Xia Yunzhou dressed neatly and took Chi Jingyuan out. He had his own car, so he didn't have to wait for the car in the cold wind.

The air conditioner was running in the car, it was very warm, and even made Chi Jingyuan a little drowsy.

"It's a bit far, maybe an hour." Xia Yunzhou said.

"Well, let me drive it when you get back." Chi Jingyuan looked down at the phone, and Chi Ruian posted another Moments, it was Zhao Heng's back.

The words on it: Merry Christmas, I hope I can still say this to you next year.

Xia Yunzhou noticed that Chi Jingyuan stared at the phone screen for a long time, but did not move, and asked with concern: "What's wrong?"

Chi Jingyuan came back to his senses, "It's nothing."

After coming over for a while, Chi Jingyuan suddenly asked Xia Yunzhou, "Do you have younger brothers and sisters?"

"I'm the youngest in the family. Su Bian's family has quite a few younger brothers and sisters, but he doesn't seem to have a good relationship with them." Xia Yunzhou raised the corners of his lips and smiled.

"I heard that the children in his family and his generation were afraid of him. He was smart and talented since he was a child, and he left home early, so the brothers and sisters in the family were a little afraid of him. Every time Su Bian went back, those children saw him. It’s like a mouse meeting a cat.”

This has never happened in Chi Jingyuan's family. Chi Ruian has been clingy and likable since he was a child, and he is the youngest child in the family, so everyone dotes on him very much.Although Chi Jingyuan couldn't blend in, apart from him, the relationship between brothers and sisters in the family was pretty good. Compared with the intrigues in other big families, their family was considered harmonious.

"What's wrong? What happened to your brother?" Xia Yunzhou guessed from his words.

"Well, he fell in love with someone recently, and he seems to be in deep trouble." Chi Jingyuan didn't know where his worries came from. After all, he and Zhao Heng had a good relationship now, and it could be seen that Zhao Heng was very nice. Yes, if he could be with Chi Ruian, it would be Chi Ruian's luck.

Although his younger brother looked cute and cute, he couldn't deny his immaturity and pettiness. Zhao Heng was mature, stable, and very good. If he thought about it seriously, his younger brother wasn't good enough for Zhao Heng.

"Children, isn't it normal to fall in love early? Who didn't like one or two people when they were studying?" Xia Yunzhou didn't care, thinking that Chi Jingyuan was just worrying too much.

Chi Jingyuan thought about what Xia Yunzhou said was also reasonable, Xia Yunzhou said with relief: "Don't worry, whether it's sweet or bitter, you have to taste it before you know it. Even if he falls, at least he has gained experience. Next time won't do it again."

In fact, Xia Yunzhou wanted to tell Chi Jingyuan that there was nothing Chi Ruian couldn't afford to fall, after all, he was a child of the Chi family, he could have whatever he wanted, neither lacking money nor love.

On the other hand, Chi Jingyuan himself has lost a lot of weight recently, and his mental health is not as good as before. Sometimes when he talks to him, he will be dazed. In fact, everyone in their office can see it, but no one dares to ask What happened to him.

Since Chi Jingyuan didn't want to say anything, they naturally wouldn't ask.

"Well, you're right. Thank you, Captain Xia." After Chi Jingyuan figured it out, he stopped asking about Chi Ruian's relationship. He might be a parent, and he didn't want Chi Ruian to be hurt in the slightest.

The shop Xia Yunzhou mentioned was deep in the alley.

"A dead end?" Chi Jingyuan asked looking at the opposite wall.

Xia Yunzhou smiled, and walked straight forward, even passing through the wall, Chi Jingyuan realized that this was a blindfold.

"There are people and demons here, all kinds of rare treasures, and weird things can be bought here." Xia Yunzhou introduced to Chi Jingyuan in a low voice.

"Yo~ handsome brother, come to my place, I won't charge you money, I'll make you happy." A woman with a curvy figure in a silk suspender dress was about to post it, but she was so scared that she peed on her ass. Ran.

"What's the matter with her?" Chi Jingyuan pointed to the woman just now.

Xia Yunzhou didn't understand either, "I don't know, she is a vixen who specializes in the skin and meat business, be careful to be confused by him and suck up the essence."

There were voices from all around, "Who is he? Why does he smell like that adult?"

"It smells so strong, they must have mated..."

"The goblin was scared to death, that vixen just now dared to seduce him, it's really desperate..."

"The smell is so strong, could it be the wife of that adult?"

"I heard from a friend of my fifth uncle's daughter's brother-in-law's brother's friend that he also went to watch the ceremony on the day the lord got married. attended."

"Are you telling the truth? I heard that all the ghosts and spirits around that night were rewarded. There are so many delicious foods that I have never seen or heard before."

"So, the new wife your lord married is really him? But isn't he a male?"

Although these spirits spoke softly, there were too many people who couldn't hold back their comments. They buzzed like flies in the ears of Chi Jingyuan and Xia Yunzhou.