Chapter 17 Section 17

She said, "Don't tell Xia Ze about my illness." "Oh." I said, "Don't worry, I won't even contact him." "Oh, that's it." She took the cup I handed over, smiled and said, "I don't want to contact him, but he just came to me." As she spoke, she shook the screen at me and it kept flickering He pressed down his mobile phone and cursed: "He doesn't care about my marriage, but now that I'm running away from marriage, he doesn't care about it." "He must be worried about you." I said. "Then let him have a taste of worry." Xia Hua said angrily.I didn't want to intervene in the grievances and grievances between the siblings, so I said to Xia Hua with some difficulty: "Actually, I don't want you to mention anything about me to him."

"Deal." She had something in both hands, so she couldn't give me a high-five, so she stretched out one foot and kicked my foot, and my tight heart suddenly relaxed. "It's good to come to see my kid in the hospital." Xia Hua said, "The one who told me bad jokes, I think he's very interesting to you." It was everyone who pulled Xiao Zhe on me. "When will you marry my dad?" I quickly changed the subject. "You're a lawyer, don't you know that bigamy is a felony!" She yelled at me with wide eyes, "I officially got a marriage certificate with Bald Yu!" After she finished speaking, she even started giggling. "Laugh at your head." I scolded her.

"Father is a fool. If I wasn't like this, he would have married me." Xia Hua said, "It's still good. He wants to be Lei Feng now, but he has no conditions to be Lei Feng. When I die, he can still marry me." This one is younger and more beautiful than me. I heard that there is no shortage of beauties in Beijing!" "What nonsense are you talking about?" I said, "Isn't it a good life?" "This disease is hereditary." Xia Hua pretended to be mysterious and said in a low voice, "I'll tell you something, my grandmother and mother both died of this disease, and they were both thirty-three years old when they died. Well, she’s thirty-three. It’s said that the morning my grandmother died, she was still playing mahjong. My mother did the same. I just went out to buy a packet of salt, and she died already.” “Stop talking nonsense. "I quickly interrupted her, "You are different from them, my father will not let you die, and neither will I." She looked at me and suddenly smiled.Then she put the mobile phone and the cup on the small windowsill in the kitchen, approached me, hugged me very tenderly, and said in my ear: "Thank you." Her precious mobile phone, which was still ringing, returned to the sofa, curled up like a boiled river prawn, and continued to sleep.

I tidied up the kitchen and walked to her side. I wanted to cover her with a quilt or something, but found that she was not sleeping at all, but was crying, with her head resting on the corner of the sofa, tears falling silently.I hurriedly took a towel and wiped it for her, coaxing her and said, "Don't cry, you forgot that the doctor said you can't be emotional." "I don't want to die." He hugged me tightly and said, "For the first time in thirty-three years, I felt the feeling of being at home. I really don't want to die." "You won't die." I slowed down my tone and continued to coax her, "When you recover from illness, you go back to get a divorce, and then, marry Dad, and then, give birth to a child for him, Then, you have to raise the child. There are so many things you have to do, how can you die." "Then you promise that I will not die." Like a child, she sobbed and said willful words in my ear.Before I could say the words "I promise", the door of the living room was suddenly pushed open. It was Anan, standing at the door with a big bag and a small bag. Seeing us like this, he jokingly said, "Oh, did you hug me?" I'm embarrassed, but Xia Hua still hugged me tightly, and acted like a baby to Anan with tears in her eyes: "Father, your daughter bullied me as a patient." "She won't." Anan smiled and brought the things in, " At most she is just teasing you." "You just protect her!" Xia Hua frowned and said, "I'm not happy!" I pushed Xia Hua away and stretched out a hand when she fell on the sofa He strangled her neck pretendingly, and shouted: "I just bullied you, what's wrong?"

"Hey, hey!" Anan dropped the things in his hand and rushed over, while Xia Hua and I were already laughing.Anan, who was being teased, stretched out his hand and tapped each of us on the head, but the joy on his face couldn't be hidden.I got up, packed up the pile of things on the ground, went to the kitchen to tidy up, deliberately leaving the outside space for them.After an unknown amount of time, Anan came in, stood behind me, and said to me, "I'll come." "Where's her?" I asked. "Sleeping." Anan said, "Ma Zhuo, you have worked hard." I was about to scold him, but he added tactfully: "You should share the burden for me." I handed the tea I had made earlier For him, it’s a thermos mug I bought for him with my scholarship. It’s a big one. He likes to drink hot tea and drinks a lot of water throughout the day, so this mug is especially suitable for him.

"What you like, Taiwan frozen top oolong." I said.He looked at the cup over and over again, as if admiring a work of art, and asked me as if nothing had happened, "By the way, why is she crying?" "It's nothing." I said, "She's thinking about you. She was kind, and I felt that I had nothing to repay, so I was so moved that I cried." He lowered his voice and asked me: "Well, you didn't mention the money, did you?" "Don't worry." I said, "You don't believe me?" "No, no." He said quickly, "Oh, by the way, Xiao Zhe came over for dinner tonight. I'm too busy, so I asked him to go to the new house to take care of some things for me, and he will send some patterns back later Give it to me, if it's not right, I'll ask him to take it back to the designer..." I really don't understand why his series of explanations are necessary. "Then greet him well. I have to go to the law firm to get my computer." He nodded. I had just walked to the door and I hadn't changed my shoes yet. Come back, don’t take the bus, let’s take a taxi, it won’t take time.” I was really afraid that if I continued talking about it, he would just drive me there, so I waved to him and left the door quickly.

The Third Ring Road was surprisingly blocked that day, and it took me nearly two hours to reach the law firm. When I got into the elevator, I pressed the number 12 before I remembered that since Xiao Zhe's birthday, I worked overtime until late at night and left here, and I never came back. I never told Anan that I was fired by the law firm, and I didn't know how to speak, because I was afraid that he would worry about me.In fact, what scares me more than this is that lawyer Fang looks down on me from now on.If it wasn't for Xia Hua's illness, I would have come to the office as soon as possible to explain the ins and outs of leaving Luo Diudu at night.

It doesn't matter if I lose my job, I just want to take on my responsibilities. After getting out of the elevator, I walked straight into Lawyer Fang's office and knocked on the door twice, but no one answered.But the door didn't close, I just gave it a nudge and it babbled open by itself. I looked around, but there was no one there. I only saw a cup of steaming water on the table. It is estimated that he is only leaving temporarily.I waited at the door for a while, and found that the doors of other offices were closed, and no one was passing in the corridor.I thought about it and walked into the office.My computer was placed on the assistant's desk. It had not been used for many days, and a thin layer of dust had accumulated. I simply wiped it with a napkin and put it in the computer bag.Just as I was about to turn around and come out, thinking about it, I went back to the desk and left a note for Lawyer Fang. I was afraid that he would not see me. I pressed the note under his cup. The moment I lowered my head, I suddenly saw I saw a colorful shoelace, protruding about five centimeters from under the desk in the corner.

The laces are orange, a color that looks very familiar.That's right, LV sneakers-although I have never been interested in famous brands, I only remember one person wearing such special shoes. This Luo Diudiu really lingers. But, why is she hiding in that ghostly place mysteriously? I decided to turn a blind eye to her presence, because it was obvious - one, she was hiding there so that no one could see it; ; Third, no matter what she wants to do or what she does, she has no connection with me.I'm not even an intern assistant anymore. So, I hugged my computer and walked out of the office pretending to be ignorant. Before going out, I still thoughtfully closed the door for her.

After going downstairs, I didn't take two steps, but I saw Lawyer Fang at the side of the parking lot.Judging by his appearance, he should be waiting for someone.He had already seen me when I was still some distance away from him, so of course I could only go up to say hello. "Ma Zhuo?" He asked in surprise, "When did you come?" "I went to your office to get my laptop, and saw that you were not here, so I left a note." He smiled and said, "I thought you were angry and didn't want your computer anymore. I called you once and it was turned off."

"I changed my number." I said. "Young people have to be strong in resisting blows. Don't just say a few words to make them unbearable." Lawyer Fang said, "And I learned about the incident last time. Fortunately, nothing serious happened to Luo Diudu. It's over, and you can't stand it anymore." Don't think too much about it." "Thank you, Lawyer Fang." I asked, "My new phone is left on the note. If there is any chores that I need to do, just tell me." "Well," he said, "have a good year!" I looked at the building behind me and said to him, "Then you are busy, I'll go first. By the way, if you are not in the office in the future, you'd better lock the door." "Okay, goodbye." He spoke politely, but his tone clearly expressed his reluctance to chat with me.I turned around wisely and left, and walked quickly all the way to the bus platform. I was relieved until the door of the bus closed and the car started to start. I asked myself, in fact, I secretly hoped that he could keep me.His polite refusal and politeness to me was a failure I could not avoid.The bus was rickety, and I recalled that every time I took this bus back to school, I had more ideals and ambitions in my chest - I was an intern at the most famous law firm in Beijing, and I was representing the most famous lawyer in Beijing. As an assistant, I have excellent grades, endure hardships and stand hard work. What a vigorous ideal I have and a bright future just around the corner.But now everything is fleeting, I can only look at the extremely dark sky outside the bus in a daze, and the mobile TV on the bus is broadcasting the notification of the upcoming cold snap, with the news and news of the collapse of major companies in between. The rumors and the gossip of various financial commentators made me feel so bad that it is indescribable. In the depths of winter, the breath of the end of the world is tumbling unscrupulously in the air, and spring is nowhere in sight.There's nothing wrong with being fired. No one can avoid the financial crisis. In the end, I can only comfort myself in this way. Back home, the person who opened the door was Xiao Zhe.I haven't seen him for a while, he cut his hair surprisingly short, his forehead is big and bright, probably because the heating temperature in the room is too high, there is a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, but he didn't notice it. "Can't wait for you, let's eat first." He said. I sat down at the dining table and asked him, "Where are my dad and the others?" He said, "I went for a walk after eating." When answering my question, he didn't look at me, but held a handful of chopsticks, frowning, deep in thought. I couldn't help asking him: "What can you tell by looking at the chopsticks?" "I'm studying how many pairs of chopsticks a normal adult can hold in one hand. You know, it's amazing—the left hand is different from the right hand." Ok. But he refused to give up, and made the most outrageous moves, ran up to me and happily pulled my wrist, urging me, "If you don't believe me, try it..." I retracted my wrist subconsciously, probably due to excessive force, he realized my embarrassment and resistance, and after a sudden realization, he waved his hands and said: "No, you can, you must not think that I deliberately designed it just now... " I continued to look at him, and his face was flushed with embarrassment.Sitting back across from me, he held his head in thought for fifteen seconds, sighed, then looked up at me, and asked me, "Student Ma Zhuo, do you think I've been a failure from beginning to end?" "It's okay." I said angrily. "It's funny to me," he said, "before I met you, I thought no one in the world was smarter than me; after I met you, I found myself the stupidest person in the world. Before you, I don’t seem to have a comparison, and I’m self-admired. Hehe, even when I was beaten, I looked down on them, do you believe it? But when I met you, I realized that I really have no advantages in me, and I am useless. In fact, I really want to Protecting you, but I know that you are actually protecting me most of the time. I work hard and hard just to get a little closer to you. As a result, no matter EQ or IQ, I am far behind you. You say, this is not called Failure, what else is failure?" I have known him for many years, and I seldom heard him speak such a long sentence in one breath.But he spoke very fluently, as if he had already prepared a draft for participating in a speech contest.After finishing this paragraph, the blush on his face gradually receded, and his eyes were as clear and transparent as that persistent young man back then.I knew he was waiting for my answer, so I answered him seriously: "No, you don't fail." "Are you comforting me?" He asked unwillingly. "Let me tell you one thing. I was fired by the law firm. You see, I have worked hard for so long and done so much, but this is the result. Do you think I failed?" "Don't fail!" He said quickly, "I've been looking forward to this day for a long time." Forget it, I really can't communicate with him. "I think this is fate," he said. "Although I study astrophysics, I believe in fate. Only fate can explain why you are here with me, can't it?" After the topic was diverted by him, I realized that what he needed was not my comfort at all, he just needed to listen.So I can only bow my head and drink my soup, and wait for his more astonishing words to appear. Sure enough, he continued: "Ma Zhuo, I have something to inform, it's very serious."