Chapter 4 madman and daughter

Zi Heng and Mei Qi finally sat at the lunch table together again. But sitting together with two bodies does not mean enjoying the world of two people. Because, their tongues and thinking reserved a place for Luo Hongchen. "I heard that Luo Hongchen is an orphan, and his origin is unknown." Although Mei Qi tried her best to keep her tone relaxed, she still couldn't help showing a sneer on her lips.God knows how much effort she has spent in order to find out these materials. Feelings are a kind of debt, maybe she owes Ziheng, that's why she is so helpless in front of him; but she doesn't owe Luo Hongchen, she may not be able to beat Luo Hongchen.What is she afraid of?This is a battle between two women, and her opponent is Luo Hongchen, regardless of Zhou Ziheng, the referee, she will not lose to Luo Hongchen in terms of looks, talent and skills.The person she wants to deal with is Luo Hongchen, not Zhou Ziheng!

Knowing that the mistake needs to be corrected, it is the one who pulled Luo Hongchen to Zi Heng's side, and he must also drive her away from him!And to deal with a person, you must first understand her - the so-called know yourself and the enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles. Now, she has grasped Luo Hongchen's secrets, weaknesses, and stains, and she believes that as long as the truth is revealed, Zhou Ziheng will definitely return to her side! She took a peek at Zhou Ziheng's reaction while drinking the soup, but as usual, she couldn't see any emotion from his expression.

He was still playing with diplomatic half-truths as usual: "Really? You are really well-informed." "I'm the manager of the personnel department. Of course I'm more familiar with the family situation of the employees than you are." "Really?" Zi Heng smiled slightly.Maybe he should reply, "I don't see you caring so much about other people's family situations", but why ask knowingly? "Luo Hongchen's mother died when she was born, and her father was a lunatic who was admitted to a mental hospital." Mei Qi couldn't help laughing softly, "This kind of life experience is really legendary. If it is in Qiong Yao's novel In the novel, it may be a good story; but in real life, how terrible! I don’t know if she will have a genetic gene for mental illness.”

"Luo Hongchen's father is mentally ill?" No matter how calm Zhou Ziheng was, he still couldn't help but be surprised by such a bizarre life background. Moreover, Luo Hongchen's mother died when she was born, which is different from his own. What a similar experience.The feeling of sympathy made him unable to help but lean forward slightly, "How did you know so clearly? Luo Hongchen filled out the form himself?" "Of course not. How could she admit to such a scandal? In her form, she filled in the family members as both parents dead. Hmph, how did you hide it from me? It's just a coincidence that I have an acquaintance of a relative who happens to be with Luo Hongchen My grandpa is an old neighbor, they told me about it."

"What acquaintance?" "My aunt's daughter's husband's sister's tutor's mother..." Before she could finish speaking, Zhou Ziheng had already complained: "Okay, okay, when you straighten out the relationship, half of the people in Nanjing City will be involved. You should simply talk about it, you know something what?" "Why, are you interested?" Zhou Ziheng didn't fall for the trick, and instead led the army: "If I'm not interested, wouldn't the anecdotes you've worked so hard to find lose their value?"

Mei Qi snorted angrily, endured it, still couldn't help it, and said carefully: "It's just a coincidence that I suddenly thought of visiting my cousin, who is my aunt's daughter, and chatting with her about the company. It just so happens that her husband's younger sister's tutor is also there, isn't that younger sister planning to go abroad? Ask a tutor to help with foreign languages..." "Okay, okay, let's get down to business." Zhou Ziheng begged for mercy again. Mentioning Mei Qi's snobbish relatives makes me feel a headache.Every time they saw him, they always inquired about some inside information about the stock market and computer quotes, and then they complained that the current prices were getting more and more expensive.God knows, the price of computers has been falling like a jump over the past few years, but the people in the Mei family seem to be living in dire straits, always struggling.Since Heng is not a cheapskate, he has been automatic and self-conscious since then, but there is a new computer on the market, before Mei Qi can speak, he helps her relatives order 30 or 50 computers and change them over and over again.But he really looked down on their virtue of taking advantage of small things from the bottom of his heart, gradually he was afraid to accompany Mei Qi to visit relatives, until he felt uncomfortable even hearing their names.

He interrupted Mei Qi: "Your family has a lot of news anyway, I really can't understand it, you can cut down on the narration and get straight to the point." Mei Qi was even more annoyed. It was the first time she had seen Zhou Ziheng so restless, but it seemed unreasonable to be sarcastic, so she had to pretend not to care: "...On the other day when we chatted, I realized that they used to be old neighbors. .The mother of the tutor said..." "Hey, isn't it at your aunt's house? Why does the tutor come to class and bring his own mother?" "We chatted happily. We hit it off right away, so we went to the tutor's house as a guest, and called on her mother by the way."

Zhou Ziheng let out a "ha", noncommittal.It was clear that Mei Qi had heard that the tutor and Luo Hongchen were neighbors, so she came to the door to check the household registration and look up the information - she worked harder than the paparazzi! Mei Qi continued: "The tutor's mother still clearly remembers Luo Hongchen's appearance, saying that she was a famous ugly girl when she was a child. The neighbors braided her hair for a week or two, and would beat her if it got a little hairy. So she often had lice..." Zhou Ziheng's heart constricted suddenly, and it ached sharply.He can already see Luo Hongchen clearly in his childhood through the glass wall of time: with a pair of thin yellow braids, waving two thin yellow arms, black and thin, only a pair of hairs on his small face. The big eyes are black and bright, and they are surprisingly big.With his mouth pursed, he can stay silent all day long, but he has invented many games for himself. He can sit in the sun and talk to himself and tell stories. He can weave willow branches and thorn grass into various shapes. When it rains, paper boats will float away along the water, and the boats are filled with fallen flowers, bird feathers, and childhood dreams...

At this moment, Zhou Ziheng is no longer the stern and selfless Director Chou in the company, but has changed his role unconsciously into a sensitive and affectionate young man, Ah Heng. He has always imagined that there will be such a younger sister, who is weak and intelligent. , waiting for him to love and protect the little sister. However, he appeared too late in her life and let her spend twenty-three years alone. It was his fault, he was wrong, and he should make up for her.For the first time in his life, Zhou Ziheng's heart was filled with gentle care, wholeheartedly, eagerly, wanting to be nice to someone, regardless of the price and without reason.

Maybe everyone has the desire to give and give, but some people can't find someone to give.Zi Heng decided that if there was one person he could give wholeheartedly to, it would be Luo Hongchen.There is no reason, and no return is expected. The affection one person gives to another is predestined in the previous life, and it is a debt. Shenying's waiter watered the crimson bead fairy grass with rain and dew willingly; Lin Daiyu returned the tears of a lifetime to Jia Baoyu, also willingly. All feelings are grace and debt. Mei Qi was still doing her best to hurt Luo Hongchen, describing her life experience as filthy and sinful: "... There are many sayings about her mother's death. The one her own grandfather often said was that she Her father killed her mother. Her father is crazy. I don't know what he did. It's terrible. Anyway, her mother died as soon as Luo Hongchen was born, and her father also went crazy. Neighbors said she was a cripple, and her life was hard. , and said that she was probably a severed palm, but I don’t know if it’s true. Listening to her story of showing off the Dream of the Red Chamber, she said how noble Lin Daiyu was from, how noble her character was, and how noble her disposition was, as if she was noble herself. It turned out that she My background is so humble, and the word 'noble' is far from the word 'noble'..."

Every sentence is like a knife across Zhou Ziheng's heart, causing him pain every now and then—not pain, but love.Mei Qi's insults to Luo Hongchen only made him feel more sympathy and love for Hongchen, and made him more motivated to protect her and take care of her.He could fully imagine the difficult and humiliating process she had experienced growing up; he understood better why her attitude was so independent, strong, neither humble nor overbearing. He can't wait to rush back to the company immediately, hold Hong Chen tightly in his arms, and tell her: All her sufferings will end today, and from now on, he will treat her well, let her stay away from loneliness and wind and rain, and get happiness ! However, Luo Hongchen didn't appreciate it at all. In the general manager's office, Luo Hongchen's small face was tense, and his eyes were so bright that no one dared to look directly at him. He asked Zhou Ziheng defensively, "Why do you want to inquire about my family? Does it have anything to do with your ability to work?" "I also heard it from hearsay." Zhou Ziheng was a little embarrassed, which is extremely rare for him. When a person pays attention to another person, he will become so passive and humble, "I heard it by chance, I just want to Let me tell you, I hope I can help you." "No need." Hongchen pushed back firmly, "If the general manager finds it inconvenient to hire someone with a family history of mental illness, please tell me. Otherwise, I don't want to talk about my family during working hours." His heart throbbed again.Hongchen's words made him receive two messages at the same time: first, as the daughter of a mentally ill patient, she has endured so much pressure and humiliation since childhood that self-protection has become instinctive; second, she is really a principled The woman, she and him, are exactly the same kind of people. He had to apologize.Ever since he met Luo Hongchen, he seemed to be constantly apologizing: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you. If you mind, just pretend I didn't say it..." "I'm very concerned." Luo Hongchen interrupted plainly, "Okay, I can pretend that you didn't mention it, and this conversation doesn't exist. Director Zhou, it's nothing else, I'm going back to the office." Zhou Ziheng was left hanging there.Unprecedented embarrassment.Lost like never before.Unprecedented experience. If a person desperately wants to be kind to another person without reason is a debt from a previous life, then another person has no room to desperately refuse this person's kindness, is it a hatred from a previous life? After work, Ziheng went to the "Locomotive Bar" of his old friend Ah Qing to have a midnight snack. The bar is very small, made of two old wagons. The tables and chairs are repurposed from old trains. Even the lights are lanterns on the railway. The walls are full of hand-cranked phones and old-fashioned phonographs , kerosene lamps and other things, a rough nostalgia, wild style. Zhou Ziheng started from admiring Ah Qing's taste, then appreciated this "locomotive bar" and finally appreciated Ah Qing. They are pure drinking friends, and they have never met in a second place except the bar, and have never been in the sun. meet next. When they were together, they talked about wine, sex, and money, but they never talked about feelings. Tonight is the first time. Zi Heng asked Ah Qing: "Do you still remember your first love?" "First love?" Ah Qing was taken aback: "Are you thinking of spring or nostalgia? Thinking of spring seems a little late, and nostalgia seems a little early." Zi Heng smiled and punched Ah Qing: "I met a girl." "You meet girls every day." Knowing that he would have more to say, Ah Qing turned her head as if she was listening attentively, and gestured to the bartender for another glass of "Black Fang". "She's very special." After saying this, Ziheng himself felt too literary, so he couldn't help laughing.After a pause, she continued, "She refused my help." "You mean she refused your courtship?" "I didn't dare to woo directly." "Didn't dare?" Ah Qing was much more serious this time, "You don't dare? How did you do it? Give her a lot of money, and she grabs you and throws it at your face?" "Almost." Zi Heng drank half a bottle of wine, loosened his tie, and continued, "Her life experience is very special and bleak. I heard about it by chance, so I mentioned it to her. Give her some help, give her family some help. Unexpectedly, she was very angry and walked away." "Obviously. This is a girl with strong self-esteem. People with bleak backgrounds usually have two personalities: one is extremely inferior, and the other is extremely proud. She is the latter." "Not all. I can feel that her anger is not because of pride, but because of inferiority." "That's the most troublesome." Ah Qing opened another bottle of wine, "The most troublesome people are those who have both self-esteem and inferiority complex. Interacting with such people is like walking a tightrope. If you turn to the left or right, you will fall off. And among these people, the most troublesome kind are women, especially those who are intelligent, intelligent, and attractive." "Quanzhong!" Zi Heng said distressedly, "She fits all the things you said. Smart, beautiful, girly, inferior and proud, this is simply her portrait." "Then you're looking for trouble. I've got to sympathize with you. Here, drink to sympathy!" After dating for so long, Ah Qing can be said to know Zhou Ziheng's affairs like the back of his hand, but as long as Ziheng doesn't mention it, he never takes the initiative to mention his work and life.It's as if Zi Heng is discussing emotional troubles with him now, and he clearly knows that he and Mei Qi are a couple, and has always admired Mei Qi, thinking that such a woman is the perfect wife of a modern successful man, but he will not ask "Then what about Mei Qi?" He is not a talkative man.Not even a meddlesome man. But there are exceptions to everything. There are especially many exceptions tonight. Since Ziheng was exceptionally able to talk to Ah Qing about his emotional distress for the first time, it was logical that Ah Qing made his own decision for the first time and called Mei Qi: "Zhou Ziheng is drunk here, because of another Woman. If you don't care, come and pick him up." Mei Qi cares.Matters a lot. But she cares more about her love for Zhou Ziheng. If you love someone more than you love yourself, you have to be dull, you have to "don't care". She rushed to the "locomotive", took Zhou Ziheng back like claiming lost property, lowered her head to say thank you to Ah Qing, and asked him to help the drunk get on the train. Ah Qing did so and said, "Which floor do you live on? How do you get him out of the car? Why don't I take you back home?" She nodded, still thanked in a low voice, and refused to say a word.She has her self-esteem, but this dignity was trampled to nothing by Zhou Ziheng, and then fell into the eyes of others, which made her extremely ashamed. Fortunately, Ah Qing didn't talk too much, and supported Zhou Ziheng along the way, without saying a word.When I got home, I helped her put Zhou Ziheng on the bed, and then I wanted to say goodbye. Mei Qi couldn't help but ask him for a cup of coffee, and asked with a smile, "I keep calling you Ah Qing, but I don't even know your last name?" "The surname is Wei. Hygienic Wei. Is it rare?" "Wei Qing?" Mei Qi said casually, "During Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there was a general named Wei Qing, who was the elder brother of Empress Wei Zifu, who died in the witchcraft rebellion." "The Witch Gu Rebellion?" A hint of disgust flashed across Wei Qing's face, "The Witch Gu Rebellion involved thousands of people for decades, it was really evil. Fortunately, the Witch Gu has disappeared now." "Wrong!" Mei Qi put her finger on Wei Qing's lips, shaking her head mysteriously, "That's not evil, it's magic. If there is no spiritualism, how can Nezha be reborn with a lotus flower? "Stories of Liaozhai", "Sou Shen" Do you think the many stories in "Records" are all fake? Without "Traveling the Secrets", how did Liu Bowen assist Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the Ming Dynasty? The Twelve Transformations, still have to be subdued by Tang Seng, it is just a magic spell." Wei Qing felt uneasy. But what really disturbed him was not Mei Qi's words, but her fingers.Slender, soft, with an intoxicating fragrance. He couldn't help it, and kissed the hand. Mei Qi was passively and dazedly kissed by him, and murmured: "My worm sucks my blood like this...I'm going to feed my worm." Wei Qing was puzzled: "Bug? What kind of bug?" Mei Qi was startled, and suddenly her face changed drastically, she said in a cold voice: "Thank you tonight." She clearly saw off the guest. Wei Qing was a little apprehensive and ashamed, nodded and turned to leave. Mei Qi closed the door, started to undress Zhou Ziheng, wiped his body, and made him sleep more comfortably.She looked at his sleeping face obsessively, combing his hair gently with her fingers, and suddenly felt sad. These days, everyone in the company knows that Luo Hongchen is the most trusted celebrity in front of the chairman's seat, who can be under one person and above all others—she has only been in the company for a long time, and she even borrowed from the nameless forum administrator. Has been promoted to Assistant General Manager.In particular, Zhou Ziheng was not usually a flamboyant person, his emotions and anger were invisible, and he never treated his employees with distinctions of distance or closeness, so it was even more unusual to praise a newcomer with such fanfare. What's more special is that Luo Hongchen, who has become the assistant to the general manager, doesn't seem to attach much importance to his special status, and he doesn't seem to be very attentive and respectful to Zhou Ziheng.But the result of the quarrel is often Zhou Ziheng's accommodating. Could it be that Zi Heng is tired of being obedient to his subordinates and wants to find a hedgehog head for excitement?It's like people who are tired of eating big fish and meat will want to eat vegetables on a whim?It's as if she told him about Luo Hongchen's crazy blood relationship, and thought that the news would make Zi Heng despise Luo Hongchen, but unexpectedly, it backfired and aroused his curiosity and sympathy even more.Once again, she made a wrong calculation - she really did more and made more mistakes, and how she did it was wrong, and the more mistakes she made, the more outrageous she was. Zhou Ziheng is a butterfly who has read all the flowers, and is indifferent to the most beautiful colors, but chooses the most withered and bleak little flower to inhabit. No wonder people say butterflies are blind.Perhaps, this is another kind of novelty? If so, Mei Qi thought maybe she could wait for Zi Heng's interest to cool down automatically.But after waiting for a month, Zhou Ziheng still had no intention of turning back. Moreover, since Luo Hongchen was promoted to assistant to the general manager, he hadn't been to the "Plum Garden" for a whole month. Three days ago, Mei Qi finally decided to have a showdown with herself, and even knocked on the door of the chairman's office during working hours without any scruples, and asked all the time: "You haven't been home for a month, is it because of Luo Hongchen?" "Yes." Unexpectedly, Zhou Ziheng replied clearly, "Because I know that if you go to Meiyuan, you will definitely quarrel with me." He even flicked the cigarette ash easily, and said as if nothing happened, "Also, you Pay attention to your wording. I just didn’t go to your house to see you. It’s not that I didn’t go home. Of course, if you must say that the property in Meiyuan is my home, it’s fine, but you have to change the name of the head of the household to me. of." Mei Qi was so angry that her whole body was cold, and even her voice trembled: "You told me to be careful not to get too close to you in the company, but what about you and Luo Hongchen? You go in and out together every day, and everyone in the company We're discussing, do you know that?" "Oh, what are they talking about about me?" "They said, you want to pursue Luo Hongchen, but you don't have a clear idea with her." "They say that?" Zhou Ziheng smiled instead of anger, "Well, I wish they would say that. I really want to pursue Hong Chen, but she just doesn't understand, so I'll just wait for someone to explain it to her. " "She doesn't understand? She's pretending! She understands better than anyone else, and she just wants to sell it!" Mei Qi cried. But she was angry, not arrogant, and still said slowly: "Really? But I just like someone to tease my appetite. Games are fun to play slowly, too easy to get, not exciting enough. What do you think? " Mei Qi cried.He was torturing her, humiliating her.However, she humiliated herself first. At the beginning, she took the initiative to fall in love with him and chased after him. She let him get it so easily, it was almost delivered to his door.But is it wrong to love someone?Because she loves him, can he bully her and despise her like this? She slammed the door and made a decision almost instantly - go to the small town and find Pan Daxian! It's not that she doesn't know witchcraft is evil, but if seeking help from the devil is the only way out, she has no choice but to surrender. In order to win back Zhou Ziheng's heart, even if she is asked to sell her soul to the devil, she is willing! Tears flowed past the ears and wet the pillow towel.Mei Qi was afraid of waking up, so she hurriedly wiped her face away, but her tears only flowed harder. She almost felt sorry for herself, so helpless, so humble, so helpless.This is not Mei Qi's personality!She has been silently waiting for a month, no, she has been silently waiting for three years, she can no longer wait passively, she must take the initiative to fight for her lifelong happiness! She jumped out of bed, opened the curtains, looked at the dim moonlight, and sighed deeply.She had always hated twilight the most.I always feel that the arrival of dusk is a little sneaky and tentative. It always sneaks over when you least expect it, penetrates a little bit, nibbles, and then fills the whole space with a splash. Therefore, Mei Qi always closes the curtains and turns on the lights before dusk arrives, so that the whole room is brightly illuminated. However, in the middle of the night, she likes to sleep with the windows open to let fresh wind in.There is no building of the same height on the opposite side, even if she runs naked at home, no one will peep. ——Because she regards the curtains as a gate controlling day and night, Mei Qi cares about decorating her curtains.Laughing sunflowers, dancing puppets, bright red Chinese knots, golden paper cranes, and three delicate and colorful embroidered shoes... Mei Qi took another breath, turned around and knelt in front of the bed, opened the bed surround, and looked at a small glass dish hidden under the bed——in it was a blood-red soft-bodied worm.Originally white and transparent, it was her blood that made it red. She had already fed it her own blood for three days, and it was still far away—Pan Daxian said that she would have to feed it for seven to forty-nine days before she could raise a gu by herself.Then put this Gu worm on the man's arm, and it will spit out the blood in the body, just like a blood transfusion, and change the man's heart and liver, telling him to be loyal to her only for the rest of his life. The wizard also said that this is a voodoo technique that Miao people know, and it has been tried and tested a hundred times, and it has never been missed.If it wasn't for the fact that she is a regular customer, and she is so pious and sad, she would definitely not give it away lightly. When giving her the worms, Pan Daxian also told her a story: It is said that a Miao woman raised Gu since she was a child, but she only used it for self-defense and did not use it to harm others.Until one day, a Han man wandered here, was bitten by a poisonous snake, and was about to die. It was the girl who rescued him and took him home to recuperate.After the Han man recovered from his injuries, he married the girl and gave birth to a son and a daughter.Suddenly one day the Han people wanted to go home, and they were out of control, and they wanted to go back no matter what.Miao Nu said: You will definitely forget us girls when you leave, but for your own good, please remember to come back.If you are unfaithful to me, or if you refuse to come back after three years, there will be retribution.The Han complied, but he didn't take it seriously.After he returned to the world of flowers and flowers in the capital, he only spent his days drinking and drinking, and he never wanted to go back to the remote Miaojiang.After a year like this, he got a problem, that is, when he was making out with a woman, his whole body was itchy, vomiting and diarrhea, so he had to abstain from sex.Only then did he remember what Miao Nu told him, and he believed it to a certain extent, but he was still reluctant to leave. It was not until two years later that his illness became more and more serious, and he developed an unknown swelling on his body. Pack your bags and go back to Miaojiang.But when he was leaving, he realized that he had forgotten the way back—because he never planned to go back in his heart, and he didn't have any sincerity from the beginning to the end.So, he died on the road, and no one even collected his body, he only served as nourishment for the poisonous insects... He asked her to choose: should she cast a curse on the person she hates, or plant a poisonous spell on the person she loves? She hesitated and hesitated, Pan Daxian's story made her terrified, she was afraid that Zhou Ziheng would become that ruthless man on the way to his death, but she also hoped that there really was such a miraculous Gu in the world that could teach her to love Someone who can never leave her side. Cursing Luo Hongchen is harmful; but planting a Gu on Zhou Ziheng, just to make him love her, isn't it considered evil, right? "I have no intention of harming others, I just want to protect my true love." She comforted herself like this, and decided to choose to raise Gu. After returning from the small town, she locked herself in the bathroom, filled the bathtub with water, lit the aromatherapy lamp, dripped essential oils, and then played a CD called "If You Are My Destiny". Pan Daxian said that from the day she raised Gu, she was no longer herself.She feeds Gu, and Gu possesses her, she is its nourishment, it is her soul, they possess each other, coexist and prosper together, until the world perishes. She used Gu as a matchmaker, hoping that Zhou Ziheng would never betray her; but before that, she had to be loyal to Gu and not betray; otherwise, there would be no place to bury her. She looked at her body in the mirror, so plump and beautiful, like a peach blossom in full bloom.She caressed herself lovingly, sliding her fingers inch by inch over the tender skin, endlessly.This body still belongs to her right now, but after the first drop of blood flows out from her body to feed Gu, she will not be able to control it. From then on, she gave her life to a Gu worm, and she had to feed it with her own blood for seven to forty-nine days. Much like the process of a silkworm weaving silk, cocooning, and emerging into a moth? Not every silkworm can turn into a moth, and not every love has a marriage. However, Gu can help her lock her love and never betray her. Zhou Ziheng forced her to do this. He forced her, forced her to have nowhere to go, forced her to go to Liangshan! She had no choice but to die with him in her arms. Mei Qi stretched out one arm and lay beside Zhou Ziheng, looking at his sleeping handsome face, she smiled bitterly, a streak of blood suddenly oozing from her lips.