be safe

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

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

Yin Xiaoli had never seen such a big storm before, but she was almost taken aback when she saw this formation.She was wrong, she shouldn't have said that Wooden Sleeper Creek was the reincarnation of the Virgin Mary.

When Xiao Jin sent a message to Yin Xiaoli asking her to inform Muzhenxi to open the door, Yin Xiaoli asked a few words, and Xiao Jin vaguely said that she just bought some medicine at the pharmacy and some porridge at the porridge shop. It was delivered nearby.

But Muzhenxi's house has access control, both in the community and in the building, and lives on the 33rd floor. How did she get in?Judging by Xiao Jin's usual demeanor, she doesn't look like someone who is used to doing this kind of thing.

After Muzhenxi carried the things into the house, he took a picture of her according to the usual practice. The bag was full of medicines, and the antipyretics were placed on the top. I don't know if each medicine is to prevent Muzhenxi from getting burned. When she was a fool, she specially wrote "anti-inflammatory" and "cold" on the package, and she was almost regarded as a three-year-old baby.

Not only Yin Xiaoli was shocked, but Mu Zhenxi was also shocked. She first found a piece of antipyretic and swallowed it, then took it out of the plastic bag one by one, and asked Yin Xiaoli: "What does your friend do, and you are too careful Bar?"

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

Muzhenxi was startled, and a thought came to his mind.

Yin Xiaoli said: "Mr. Kindergarten, a person who loves children very much, probably thinks of you as a child habitually."

Wooden Sleeper Creek: "...Oh."

Yin Xiaoli asked: "Drink the porridge while it's still hot, after drinking it, sleep and sweat, the fever will subside."

Wooden Sleeper Creek: "Okay."

She sat at the dining table, with a blanket beside her, lifted the lid of the porridge bowl with her hands, and was dumbfounded when she saw it. This porridge...

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

How can I say that Muzhenxi is Xiao Jin's past tense, and I am Muzhenxi's present tense—although it belongs to a friend, but Xiao Jin has worked so hard to buy this and that, Yin Xiaoli has not had time to thank her, It was snatched by the opponent.

Xiao Jin replied nonchalantly: [All the same] also matched with a smiley face.

Yin Xiaoli typed and said: [I'll treat you to dinner another day]

It's been a long time since I saw Xiao Jin's face, I miss it, besides, Yin Xiaoli found that her long-range defense was useless, so 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 on a business trip, and you actually say such things in front of me, can this world be better? 】

Xiao Jin: [Hahahaha]

Yin Xiaoli imagined Xiao Jin's smile in front of her, and pressed the phone to her chest with an intoxicated expression.

Beauty is truly the treasure of all mankind.

It would be even better if the two beauties could be together, Yin Xiaoli exhaled lightly, and slowly frowned: How about I go back on a business trip and find another opportunity to take a side view of Muzhenxi?If you miss someone like Dr. Xiao, it will be very difficult to have a second one in the future. Is it really true that you are looking at Muzhenxi Zhu Gusheng?

She lightly touched her jaw with the tip of her tongue, thinking hesitantly in her mind.

***

The porridge packaged in the store is usually very generous, and Mu Zhenxi is full after eating half of it. She stirred the yam under the spoon and the soft wolfberry that was soaked in the porridge, showing a thoughtful expression.

Muzhenxi covered the lid, put the remaining porridge in the refrigerator, and reheated it for the next meal.

She has some questions, but now is not a good time to ask Yin Xiaoli, let her talk after her fever subsides and her mind regains consciousness.Otherwise, Yin Xiaoli would be talking nonsense and her dull brain wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

I don’t know if it was the antipyretics that took effect, or the hot porridge, or the guessing thoughts that came up behind Muzhenxi. Muzhenxi woke up naturally after a nap at noon, raised his hand to wipe his sweaty neck, and sat up on the bed. When I got up, I took my body temperature while wiping my sweat. As I wished, it dropped below 38c, and my mind was no longer dizzy. It was like being reborn.

She went to take a hot bath, changed into fresh clothes, and heated up the porridge. She didn't dare to sit on the cold bay window to die, but just stood and looked in the direction of Building 2.Compared with Xiao Jin, her situation is very different, because she is still not sure whether the window of Xiao Jin's house is within her field of vision, and she can only label the figure that appears in front of her as "suspected to be Xiao Jin".

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

After finishing the porridge, Muzhenxi put on a down jacket, scarf, and mask for himself. He honestly regarded himself as an old man, wrapped himself up tightly and went out. First, he went to the second building and wandered around. Knowing that Xiao Jin has class in the afternoon, she must be at school at this time, but she still came over, as if doing so would calm her mind a lot.

In the afternoon, Muzhenxi went to work as usual. Colleagues, especially Corgi, asked her for help and advised her to take medicine. Muzhenxi did not leave her eyes from the computer in front of her. I know, I've taken medicine."

Corgi girl: "!!!"

She smelled a bit of gossip!

Two days ago, she was going to talk about it and didn't wait for Muzhenxi to let go, so she just took medicine so lightly today?What kind of power is this?Needless to say?It sure is the power of love!

A small gossip group within the company.

-Colleague 3: Extraordinary extra! ! !

-Colleague 1: Ah x180[I'm coming, I'm coming, I'm coming.jpg] Is it about my goddess?

- Colleague 2: Ah x360

- Colleague 4: I am still so handsome today

- Colleague 3: What the hell is Colleague 4? Who asked you to add drama to yourself? Last time, I still remember you saying that our boss was a coward, that’s why you caught a cold. I suggest you kill him on the spot

- Colleague 1: [Behead immediately.jpg]

- Colleague 2: Second

- Colleague 4: Ladies and gentlemen, I am young and ignorant, please forgive me this time, I will never dare again in the future [Slide]

-Colleague 3: Since there is indeed big news today, I am too lazy to argue with you, sisters, listen to me, I am [-]% sure now, there must be something wrong with the boss! ! !

- Colleague 1: I'm out of love, not even in love qaq

- Colleague 2: What about the evidence?

-Colleague 3: The evidence is the peacock's tail opening a few days ago, today's secretiveness, I guarantee it with the head of colleague 4!

- Colleague 4: What did I do wrong?

-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 is still unsolved, this requires our more careful observation, fighting!

- Colleague 5678: fighting!

-Colleague 3: I am really convinced by the group of 5678 people. I usually don’t see anyone in the discussion, and every time I come out after the end, is it interesting to watch the screen silently?

***

Yin Xiaoli returned to the hotel at night and received a call from Muzhenxi.

Yin Xiaoli hung the scarf on the back of the chair, turned on the hands-free cell phone and threw it on the bed, and she also slumped on the bed, and said with a smile: "I'm exhausted this day, is your cold feeling better? "

Wooden Sleeper Creek's voice was still a little hoarse, but it was much better than at 01:30 in the morning: "The fever has subsided, except for a little cough, there are no other serious problems."

Yin Xiaoli reassured: "That's good."

Wooden Sleeper Creek said, "I have a question for you."

Her tone could be heard serious even through the phone, Yin Xiaoli sat up involuntarily, turned off the speakerphone, put the phone to her ear, and said seriously: "You ask."

Muzhenxi asked: "Which friend of yours is the person who brought me medicine and porridge today?"

Yin Xiaoli's heart skipped a beat: I guessed it, it's impossible.

Yin Xiaoli pressed her doubts, leaned back on the bed with one hand, and replied casually: "Didn't I tell you this morning, a very caring kindergarten teacher."

Muzhenxi continued to ask: "There are two gates 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 because of her heart, she looks so kind, so I didn't take precautions. How about I ask her for you?"

Muzhenxi said: "Okay, you can ask for me."

Yin Xiaoli: "..."

Yin Xiaoli: "Are you in a hurry to know? If you're not in a hurry, I—"

Muzhenxi interrupted her: "Don't worry, you can ask now."

Yin Xiaoli faced her scalp: "...Okay."

Yin Xiaoli turned her head and sent Xiao Jin a message: [Help!How did you go in and put the things in front of Muzhenxi’s house today, in detail, just call me for the truth]

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

Xiao Jin spread a thick woolen cushion on the bay window, squinted at the window of Muzhenxi's house, and sighed wistfully.

Wooden Sleeper Creek may have guessed that it was her.

Where is it exposed?

Xiao Jin frowned and thought for a moment, then suddenly lowered her head and laughed, it was the porridge.

When Muzhenxi was in high school, he had caught a cold, and he was still able to suppress it in class. He lay down on the table between classes, buried his face in his arms, and coughed so darkly.At noon, I have 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 and send it to school at noon. Muzhenxi likes 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, looking up at the top of her head, not knowing whether it was good or bad, but she didn't think about it, she should be more cautious.

Yin Xiaoli relayed the truth to Mu Zhenxi, and Mu Zhenxi grumbled and asked, "What's the name of that friend of yours? I'll treat her to dinner another day to express my gratitude."

This meant getting to the bottom of it, Yin Xiaoli said: "No need, I already told her that I invited her to dinner."

Muzhenxi said: "That's just right, the two of us treat her to dinner together, by the way, do I know her?"

Yin Xiaoli said: "This... you know it, but you know it. I met it a long time ago, but I don't know it now." Forget it, I owe her this favor, and I'll just pay it back."

There was no sound from the Wooden Sleeper Creek, and there was a long silence.

Yin Xiaoli: "???"

Yin Xiaoli took the phone away and put it closer: "Hello?"

Muzhenxi's voice suddenly lowered, as if a sigh came from the bottom of his heart: "Is it Xiao Jin?"

Yin Xiaoli laughed dryly: "What Xiao Jin, I don't understand what you are talking about."

Wooden Sleeper Creek: "Okay, I see."

Yin Xiaoli: "No, what do you know?"

Muzhenxi said: "I'm hungry, I'll cook, thank her for me."

Yin Xiaoli: "Huh?"

Muzhenxi said again: "Forget it, I'll go and thank you in person."

After that, Yin Xiaoli only heard a busy tone from inside.

Yin Xiaoli sent Xiao Jin a crying emoji: [Exposed]

Xiao Jin replied: [I know]

Exactly the same as Mu Zhenxi's mysterious reply, Yin Xiaoli once again had the urge to forcibly press the heads of the two. What kind of novel plot is this? If the two don't get together in the future, she won't have a boyfriend for a year.

The guess in his heart became true, and Muzhenxi sat on the sofa with his knees hugged, with a blank expression.

Even if Xiao Jin has the access control card of the community, but she always followed other people into this building and rubbed their elevators. It is unimaginable that this is something Xiao Jin would 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 imagined.

Mu Zhenxi got up, walked to the gate, stretched out his hand to open the door, and silently looked towards the safety exit on the right: Was that where Xiao Jin was hiding at that time?

Muzhenxi changed his shoes for going out, stretched out his hand to press on the heavy door, and pushed it out hard, the unpleasant smell from the deep corridor flooded into his nostrils, Muzhenxi looked down from above, imagining the old man with slack limbs How did the lady walk through these roads step by step.

The deep part of the bridge of the nose seemed to have been lightly punched, and the eyes were moist.

Muzhenxi felt an impulse spontaneously, 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, instead of taking the elevator, she went straight down from the safety stairs.Going downstairs is much easier than going upstairs. Muzhenxi is usually diligent in exercising. When she reached the first floor, she still couldn't help but bend down, put her hands on her knees, and kept panting to adjust her breathing.

Put the wooden pillow in your coat pocket and walk out of the 17th building.

She wanted to see Xiao Jin, she didn't think about what to say, but she just wanted to see her, a very urgent desire, which was above reason.

Muzhenxi's footsteps quickened, but when he was about to reach Building 2, he bumped into Xiao Jin head-on.

Xiao Jin wore a white knee-length down jacket and a mask, and stood still, looking at her with a dazed expression.

Mu Zhenxi's fingertips in his pockets curled up slightly, and the eager clamor that was still filling his heart just now slowly calmed down.

The dim yellow of the street lights was just right.

She approached Xiao Jin step by step, looked directly at her, and asked softly, "Did you bring me the cold medicine and porridge today?"

Xiao Jin bit her lip and nodded.

Muzhenxi got a little closer to her, stared at her intently, his lips moved slightly, his brows and eyes were tenderly revealed, and he uttered her name in the night: "Xiao Jin..."

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

Wooden Sleeper Creek: "???"

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

Wooden Sleeper Creek: "...OK."

"Then I'll go first." Xiao Jin nodded, and hurriedly passed her by.

Muzhenxi, who stayed where he was, stood for a long time, Fang shook his dazed head, closed his eyes forcefully, and went back.

Walking a certain distance from the gate of the community, Xiao Jin found a familiar license plate, stepped forward and knocked on the front window, the driver unlocked the car, she opened the rear door and got in, yelling at the middle-aged beautiful woman sitting inside. Voice: "Mom."

The light in the back seat was still on, Lu Xiaoyun looked her up and down, tried to force herself into a natural smile, and said out of words: "Are you used to living here alone?"

Although they have chatted more often these days, compared to ordinary mothers and daughters, they are still very unfamiliar, especially face to face, and there is no suitable one for a while.

Xiao'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. it's the same.Lincheng is the place where she was born and raised, so she won't be used to it.

Xiao Jin answered her: "It's okay, I'm used to it." The tone was neither far nor close, neither close nor close.

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 and said, "Then you..."

Xiao Jin interrupted her: "Let's drive first, it's late, I have to prepare lessons when I come back at night."

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

Lu Xiaoyun said: "Your father's company has something to do, I guess it will be a while before I have time to see you."

Xiao Jin said indifferently, "Work is important."

Lu Xiaoyun said: "I live in Hilton on XX Road, Songling District. If you need anything, you can come to me." These words are superfluous. Xiao Jin is unwilling to call her, so why would she go to her.

But Lu Xiaoyun clearly felt the tenderness of Xiao Jin's expression for a moment.

In Songling District, Xiao Jin recalled in her heart the scene where Muzhenxi found herself at the entrance of the convenience store and took her home. It was sweet and soft.Even his attitude towards his mother has improved a lot: "Why don't you go home and live?"

Lu Xiaoyun's words came to her lips, and she blurted out: "Then why don't you go home and live?"

The home they both talk about is the same. When Xiao Jin was in high school, Xiao's father and Xiao's mother bought her a house near the school. After being cheated away ten years ago, Xiao Jin never went back there. That, for her, was where the nightmare began.

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

Xiao Jin made an exchange with her parents. As long as they don't go to Muzhenxi, she can give up studying literature, follow their advice, change to study business, and return to China to inherit the family business.She gave up her dream, but as long as she thought it was for Muzhenxi, she felt it was worth it.

Xiao's father and Xiao's mother took turns to tease her softly, moving her with emotion and reason, and she also hypnotized herself to do psychological work for herself. Her father was right, the family company cannot be inherited by no one, the painstaking efforts of her parents It can't be wasted, and besides, she can treat literature as a hobby, and no one will stop her.Parents are right, she was ignorant before, she has to learn to be more sensible now.

But I'm almost convinced. After all, there is no persuasion. I just let myself immerse myself in such an illusion, so that I won't feel too uncomfortable.

She pinned everything on Wood Sleeper Creek, hoping to get some poor comfort from Wood Sleeper Creek.But Muzhenxi doesn't know anything. She travels around every day and works countless jobs for her grandma's medical expenses. She talks to Xiao Jin every day because of her grandma's illness. Today the doctor told her that a new medicine is coming, and what is the price of the new medicine? , 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 a new plan, but they don’t know if it will work; grandma can’t eat anything today, chemotherapy reaction Very serious; said she was very sad, and cried on Xiao Jin's shoulder...

Muzhenxi's head was shrouded in the cloud of grandma's cancer, and he couldn't spare any energy to notice the abnormality of his lover.Xiao Jin is also worried about her grandma, but she and her grandma have not lived together like Muzhenxi and grandma for more than ten years. She tried her best to understand, tolerate, and comfort Muzhenxi, but people are not machines after all, and they are always surrounded by negative emotions and cannot control them. moment.

Xiao Jin endured the pressure from her family, plus she has always had a bad temper, so she was an explosive powder keg, as long as there was a spark splashed on it, it would explode in an instant.

There are only a few months left before the college entrance examination. Grandma was diagnosed with advanced cancer, and there is no way to cure it. She can only rely on medical methods to prolong her life as much as possible. Xiao Jin doesn't want her to be unable to stick to her dream, and Muzhenxi's three years of hard work will be in vain. , and urged Muzhenxi to study and prepare for the college entrance examination while taking care of grandma.She knew that she was so rational that she was almost cold-blooded, but that was the best choice under the circumstances. Grandma secretly shed tears and told her that she wanted to just pull out the ventilator and leave. Xiao Jin persuaded her to live a good life with tears in her eyes. If Muzhenxi knew that her grandma gave up her life because of her, she would never be able to let go of it for the rest of her life.

Mu Zhenxi himself knew that he had to study hard, so he cooperated with Xiao Jin very much.But there is another word in this world called powerlessness.She has too many things to do every day, working part-time, borrowing money, taking care of her grandmother, studying, and arguing with her selfish mother who refuses to pay for medical expenses. The burden of life has crushed her thin shoulders and she is powerless.

Once, facing a math simulation test paper, Mu Zhenxi felt dizzy and nauseous, and couldn't understand the questions. Then he had a physical nausea, rushed outside, and vomited heavily while leaning against the wall.It was like this for several days in a row, and she couldn't learn any more.

"I don't want to study anymore." Muzhenxi lowered his eyes and said, sitting on a bench in the hospital.

Thunder on the ground.

Xiao Jin was sitting beside her, with a bag on her lap. She was pulling out the latest test paper. It was issued by the school. All the students had passed the test. She asked for it from the teacher. Xiao Jin had seen it. Classic, she raised her head suddenly: "What did you say?!"

"I said I don't want to study, I don't want the college entrance examination, I'm too tired." Mu Zhenxi clenched her fists, and the incandescent lights of the hospital fell on her long eyelashes, casting a heavy shadow.

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

Obviously she doesn’t need to take the college entrance examination, but she stays up late every day to summarize knowledge points for Muzhenxi. She annotates every page of Muzhenxi’s textbooks with pens of various colors, and recites them backwards; Muzhenxi is weak in mathematics, so she has made a mountain of math papers , picked typical question types and sorted them out for her, copied them one by one in the notebook, sorted them into categories, and attached various problem-solving methods...

She had already prepared all the food and brought it to Muzhenxi's mouth, but Muzhenxi said that she didn't want to eat it?

tired?

She hypnotizes herself to study business every day, and she reviews the homework that she doesn't need to review day and night, does the test papers that she doesn't need to do, and bears her complaints and negative energy like Xianglin's sister-in-law every day. Did she say "tired"? ?

The two powder kegs couldn't bear the high pressure, and the first real quarrel broke out since they were in love.

The quarrel ended quickly with Wooden Sleeper Creek's apology and reconciliation, and it took no more than 3 minutes before and after.

After one time, there will be the second time, and the third time. Each time is more intense than the first time. Every time, Muzhenxi apologizes to her, but the time from quarrel to reconciliation is getting longer and longer.

Mu Zhenxi felt that she was trying to force herself to do something, it wasn't that she didn't want to do it, she really couldn't do it.

Xiao Jin felt that she didn't understand her good intentions, she had already reached this point, what on earth did Muzhenxi want?Maybe I will go abroad next year, and I can no longer be with her at that time, what will she do?She wants Muzhenxi to be admitted to university safely and have a bright future before going abroad, 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, you are not worth it for me." After a fierce quarrel, Muzhenxi's eyes were red and tears flowed down his face.

Xiao Jin's chest heaved violently because of the hysteria just now, and her 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 she could hardly make a sound.

Mu Zhenxi also showed astonishment, she didn't mean that, she just wanted Xiao Jin not to work so hard.No matter how much they quarreled before, they never mentioned the word "breakup", but Xiao Jin suddenly brought it up, did they think about it beforehand?

The exhaustion of the past few days came to her heart, and she suddenly felt disheartened, but also a little lucky.

She didn't want to see Xiao Jin exhausted physically and mentally for her, endured so much for her, and turned into a look she couldn't recognize because of her. Like now, she was still the high-spirited and spoiled young lady.

So Wooden Sleeper 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, do you want to break up?"

This kind of careful inquiry made Muzhenxi's heart hurt as if being clenched by a hand. She closed her eyes and continued to remain silent.

Xiao Jin raised her face, swallowed forcefully, and laughed sarcastically for a long time: "Okay, let's break up."

She looked into Muzhenxi's eyes again, and said a word coldly: "Get lost."