Chapter 22 Chapter 21 Alienation

Zhou Xin is coming back soon, and Jin Kui moved her bedding back to the hut in the backyard. She carefully checked and cleaned every corner of the master bedroom and the master bedroom bathroom, and took away her toothpaste, toothbrush, towel, hair lotion, etc. personal items.She must let all traces of her life left here disappear completely. Zhou Xin is back.She took a taxi back to Renli Hutong, and it was the tall Guzi who sent her to the gate of No. 3 Courtyard. Courtyard No. 3 really made Zhou Xin feel at home this time. The Chinese-style blue tiles and red columns, and the oil-painted eaves and rafters seemed to have never made her feel as close as today.Here is her home, her country, the culture she is familiar with, and the people she is familiar with.When she walked into the second courtyard from the vertical flower gate, she smelled the fragrance of crape myrtle, and the wafting fragrance was refreshing.The magnolia tree is the natural overlord of the Second Daoyuan, its broad leaves have always been calm and moderate.Every plant and tree in the courtyard seemed to be so bright, which made Zhou Xin excited.So she didn't realize that Master Li, who was helping Guzi with the luggage, was hiding something on his face, and she didn't think about why there was such obvious embarrassment and gloom in his smile.

She walked into the third courtyard. She didn't meet Gao Chun until she stepped into the threshold of the master bedroom.Gao Chun and Jin Kui were both in the room. They obviously didn't expect Zhou Xin to return to Beijing before noon, and they were caught off guard when they met the door. Both Zhou Xin and Gu Zi saw that Jin Kui was squatting on the ground to wash Gao Chun's feet. At least Gu Zi felt that Gao Chun's smile lines appeared in the corners of his eyes two seconds later, piled up insincerely. Jin Kui hardly smiled, she stared blankly at Zhou Xin who came in, stood up blankly with her wet hands open.

That evening, when Jin Kui was cooking dinner in the kitchen, her nerves were still a little numb, the water in the pot was spilled, and she didn't rush to it in time.Master Li turned off the flame for her, and then sighed for her, so that Jin Kui lost his mind. "It's not easy, Jin Kui, I only understand how you feel now." When Master Li turned off the fire, he didn't look at Jin Kui. You are the owner of Courtyard No. 3. She is back, and you are still a servant." In fact, Master Li reminded that when Jin Kui brought the dinner to the backyard, he heard Zhou Xin talking to Gao Chun. The proper hostess of the courtyard is really here today.

Zhou Xin was asking about Gao Chun's visits to the hospital for a while, and she could hear her disapproval of Gao Chun's superstitious belief in Chinese medicine. "I think you still want to focus on Western medicine," she said to Gao Chun, "Tomorrow I will take you to the hospital and ask Dr. Liu for a comprehensive question. Everything Western medicine says has its basis, while Chinese medicine says too much... "Jin Kui entered the big bedroom, and after putting the dinner on the table, she didn't sit down to serve Gao Chun as usual.She saw Zhou Xin happily take out a bottle of red wine brought back from France, put two glasses on the table, and introduce the origin of the wine while opening the wine.It is a private collection of a famous French painter, and it is also a symbol of the famous painter's tribute to the only woman who participated in this exhibition.That master Frenchman has always loved the East and China, and there are blue and white porcelain jars and huanghuali square stools at home... Zhou Xin spoke with gusto, Gao Chun listened absent-mindedly, his eyes kept looking at Jin Kui, seeing After Jin Kui set the table and turned to leave, he suddenly interrupted Zhou Xin and called her to stop.

"Golden sunflower!" Jin Kui stopped by the door. Gao Chun said, "Let's eat together." Jin Kui could feel that Zhou Xin did not respond to Gao Chun's invitation.She could feel that Zhou Xin had been wandering away for several months, and for the first dinner after returning home, she obviously hoped to have a drink with her husband and be alone.Jin Kui hesitated at the door and said without turning her head: "You guys eat, I'll go to the kitchen to eat." But Gao Chun still insisted on letting her stay: "Let's eat together!" Jin Kui turned to look at Zhou Xin first, Zhou Xin hesitated for a moment, and then forced her husband to sing along with his wife:

"Then let's eat together." Jin Kui still felt awkward, so she declined again: "The kitchen still needs to be tidied up, you guys can eat first." "Clean up after a while!" Gao Chun still insisted on keeping her: "Clean up after eating." Jin Kui hesitated. Although Zhou Xin was not as enthusiastic as Gao Chun, she still expressed her position again: "Let's eat together. Where's your bowl?" Gao Chun put his soup bowl over: "Just use this." Then he said to Jin Kui: "Go and get a wine glass, and drink some wine too."

Jin Kui said, "I won't drink anymore, I'll just eat something." "Drink less," Gao Chun said, "This wine was brought back from France by Zhou Xin, it must be good wine." This time Jin Kui insisted: "I really don't drink, I get drunk when I drink." "Sleep when you're drunk," Gao Chun said, "The dishes and chopsticks can be cleaned up tomorrow." Jin Kui looked at Gao Chun with firm eyes: "I can't drink, if I drink, I will talk nonsense." Of course Gao Chun understood what Jin Kui said, but he didn't know whether he should listen to it as a joke, so he smiled: "No way..."

Zhou Xin also laughed and teased: "Have you ever been drunk before? Are you talking nonsense when you are drunk, or can you really reveal your secret?" Jin Kui answered Zhou Xin, but still looked at Gao Chun: "Yes, I can really reveal my secret..." Gao Chun immediately went dumb and didn't dare to persuade him any more. With shaking hands, he put down the wine bottle.I froze for a while before remembering to pour a drink for Jin Kui. But regarding the word "secret", Zhou Xin seemed very interested: "You have a secret at such a young age. You just graduated not long ago, right? A girl like you with little experience, what secrets do you have?"

"Everyone has a secret." Jin Kui avoided answering directly, but Zhou Xin gave a multiple-choice answer: "Do you have a small treasury behind your parents' backs, or did you copy your classmates' homework behind your teacher's back? Have you talked about your boyfriend? Your secret should be It can't be your love, can it?" "Yes," Jin Kui said, "my secret is my love." Zhou Xin froze for a moment, wanted to laugh, and looked at Gao Chun, but Gao Chun's gaze was fixed on Jin Kui, feeling a little unbelievably nervous.Zhou Xin glanced at Jin Kui again, and Jin Kui's expression was also a little abnormally solemn.Zhou Xin still smiled and asked, "Do you have a secret love?"

"Love is a secret until it is made public." Jin Kui once again evaded specific answers with abstract theories. She stood up to serve Gao Chun, but Zhou Xin cut off her rice bowl halfway: "I'll serve it. How much do you eat?" She asked Gao Chun, "Is one bowl enough?" "Half a bowl is enough." Jin Kui replied for Gao Chun. Jin Kui's "guidance" made Zhou Xin turn the host into the guest invisibly, which didn't feel very good.But she didn't respond, she lowered her head and filled rice for Gao Chun, and then another bowl for Jin Kui.Jin Kui scrambled to serve it for herself, but she didn't let it go. After filling it, she filled another half bowl for herself, and the three of them sat down and began to eat.

Gao Chun raised his rice bowl, but Zhou Xin raised his wine glass: "Hey, I haven't seen you for more than two months, and I didn't congratulate you when I came back?" Gao Chun put down his job in embarrassment, picked up his wine glass, touched Zhou Xin, and said, "Welcome back." He squinted at Jin Kui while drinking, and Jin Kui bowed his head to eat. The dinner table was a bit dull, and the welcoming atmosphere was too low. At least Zhou Xin felt that it was not as good as expected.She looked at Gao Chun, so that Gao Chun had to smile at her, and picked up the wine glass again. "Congratulations... the exhibition is successful." Zhou Xin also smiled, and took the wine glass again: "I also congratulate you, your health is much better than before, I really didn't expect you to be able to walk so soon, I congratulate you!" The two took another sip.Zhou Xin didn't forget Jin Kui who was sitting next to him: "I also have to thank Jin Kui," She raised her glass to Jin Kui: "Thank you for taking care of Gao Chun, you have worked hard." Jin Kui hastily picked up the drink in front of her, not knowing how to respond.Gao Chun also raised his glass to Jin Kui, his voice was not loud, but this time he could hear it from the heart: "Thank you! Jin Kui." Jin Kui held the cup and looked at Gao Chun. Her voice was also sincere, which caught Zhou Xin's attention. "It's my mission to let you walk and dance, no thanks." Gratitude and politeness between master and servant are normal, but in Zhou Xin's feeling, the situation tonight seems unusual.Gao Chun and Jin Kui's mutual gaze, mutual concern, and affectionate language are all unconventional.So Zhou Xin's question became unusual. "Jin Kui, did your boyfriend meet you in your hometown?" "yes." "Now...is it still due?" "...Let's just say so." "Even if it is, what do you mean?" "Even if it is... I still like him." "He doesn't like you anymore?" "He has another woman." "He has another woman, that is to say, a third party? Or... Are you the third party?" "The third person is that woman." Jin Kui answered quite simply, but paused, and added: "Now it's me." "Oh, your boyfriend, let that woman snatch it away?" Zhou Xin roughly guessed the outline of the story, "Then what do you do, will you snatch him back?" Jin Kui glanced at Gao Chun, although it was only for a moment, Zhou Xin's gaze caught her.And Gao Chun was like a child listening to a horror story, his neck tensed and motionless. "I don't want to grab it." Jin Kui said, "I can only blame my own life, and I can only wait for him silently." "What if you can't wait? If your boyfriend and that woman get along well, get married and start a family, what should you do? Do you wait forever?" Jin Kui lowered her head, her appearance and voice, I don't know whether it was sad or discouraged: "Maybe I will, because I will never love anyone else except him." Zhou Xin said casually, whether it was intentional or unintentional: "I advise you to give up. A person's life is very long, and it is always changing. People can only learn to change their course, constantly adjust their goals and directions, and treat themselves well. Others. Life can be harmonious. Therefore, learning to give up is a kind of wisdom and a kind of strength." She then asked Gao Chun: "What do you think?" Gao Chun's answer was equally sad, and almost brought tears to the eyes of the two women in front of him: "Love is the most beautiful. No matter what happens, always waiting for each other in one place... I am very touched." That night, the woman sleeping in Gaochun's bedroom was, of course, replaced by Zhou Xin. Like before she left, Zhou Xin wiped Gao Chun's face and hands with a hot towel as usual before going to bed.Perhaps only Gao Chun could feel that Zhou Xin wiped his face and hands more forcefully than Jin Kui, and was less familiar than Jin Kui. Compared with the situation with Jin Kui, Gao Chun at night became silent.Zhou Xin tried to arouse his interest, so he continued the topic of love.The topic of love has always been rare between this couple, perhaps because Zhou Xin has been traveling abroad for too long this time. As a young woman, she will accumulate every love, family, and man. All women love. "Do you really yearn for that kind of love?" She asked Gao Chun like this: "Waiting for a lifetime at a lost intersection, waiting for another person who once loved?" Gao Chun's expression was vigilant, he couldn't figure out what Zhou Xin wanted to do when he asked this question again.But like his attitude at dinner, he made a serious and solemn answer: "Yes, a person, in a place, waiting for his lover, such a story, I am very moved." Gao Chun's expression really moved Zhou Xin, she put down the towel and kissed Gao Chun. Gao Chun didn't refuse, he made a simple and somewhat passive response.As Zhou Xin's husband, on Xiao Biesheng's wedding night, it was his duty to kiss his wife. After the kiss, Zhou Xin leaned on Gao Chun's chest, whispering like a lover: "Tell me, what kind of love is your ideal love?" Gao Chun didn't look at Zhou Xin, he was thinking about how to answer.But Zhou Xin couldn't wait for the answer, so she announced her dream first. "My ideal love is to care about each other and be loyal to each other. No matter how far apart, I can always think about each other. What about you? Your ideal..." "My ideal love," Gao Chun said suddenly, "is a love that is not transactional and will never give up." Zhou Xin didn't respond right away, her reaction seemed a lot slower: "A love without any transactional nature?" Zhou Xin propped herself up from Gao Chun's chest, she endured it for a long time, but she still managed to speak out. "What about us, we come together, is it a deal?" This time, Gao Chun didn't answer. "Do you think our marriage is a deal? You used your legs to help me get the evidence of revenge, and I used my life to help you get back the inheritance. Our marriage is indeed like a deal. This deal , is it a deal?" "I never thought about it," Gao Chun said, "Everyone who treats me well, I should repay them." "Yes, we started by repaying each other, but since we are together, we should treat this fate kindly and love each other with our hearts. That's what I think. What about you, would you like to be like me?" Zhou Xin said this with her heart, and her smile came from her heart, she knew her heart was full of sincerity.She needs love, even if it is pure spiritual love, it can make her no longer lonely.But she didn't expect Gao Chun to cry. Gao Chun cried, with tears streaming down his face, he said: "I know, I know... When I was helping you, I never thought I would become like this. But when you are helping me, you can think of anything But you still helped me. I must repay your kindness to me, I will definitely repay you. " Zhou Xin was heartbroken by his tears.When Gao Chun cried, she was as pure as a child.She hugged Gao Chun and pressed her face to his chest, wanting to hear his heartfelt voice.But Gao Chun looked at the vertical and horizontal beams on the roof, and at the deep lights between the beams.Zhou Xin couldn't tell whether his silent crying was expressing emotion or venting despair. Unbeknownst to them, another silent cry resonated in the backyard of the cottage.After nearly three months of "happy life" with Gao Chun, Jin Kui re-experienced the loneliness of being in the cold palace tonight. As far as Zhou Xin was concerned, except for the slightly weird atmosphere of the dinner, everything seemed to be the same in the courtyard where he returned after the farewell, and everything was fine. She kissed Gao Chun again, and hugged this man who belonged to her for a long time.Because she realized the destination, she felt happiness.It wasn't until she was taking a shower in the bathroom of the master bedroom before resting at night that she discovered something that made her suspicious.She accidentally saw a hair on the shower wall. It was a woman's hair, long and black.She examined the hair carefully under the lamp, and she firmly believed that it was unmistakable.She returned to the bedroom, and while wiping her head, she questioned Gao Chun casually. "Which house does Jin Kui live in when I'm not around?" "Live...in the hut over there." "Is she bathing with you?" "……No." Zhou Xin looked at him for a while, and asked, "Did any other women come to our house this time?" "No." Zhou Xin still looked at him, but didn't ask any more questions. The next morning, Jin Kui got up early as usual and went to the kitchen in the front yard to make breakfast.Unlike usual, she started the day with a double serving of the same breakfast. Breakfast was no longer served in the bedroom as usual, but served in the small dining room opposite the bedroom according to Zhou Xin's request.Gao Chun was supported by Zhou Xin and walked over on crutches. When setting the table for them, Jin Kui answered Zhou Xin's same question. "Jin Kui, besides Gao Chun, do Master Li and the others also use the large bathroom in the backyard? Have Xiaojun and his wife used it? " Jin Kui didn't know why to ask for a moment, she shook her head and said: "No." Then asked: "What's wrong?" “The large bathroom seems to have been used by someone.” "High pure use." "It seems that a woman has used it." "Ah," Jin Kui said, "I, I sometimes help Gao Chun take a bath there..." "Are you helping Gao Chun take a bath?" Zhou Xin was stunned, and questioned: "Master Li won't help? Why not call him Master Li?" Jin Kui was so flustered that before she could answer, Gao Chun had already picked up the conversation: "Master Li didn't wash well!" He picked it up quickly, a little angrily. The scene fell silent, and Gao Chun answered forcefully: "I don't want Master Li to do it!" Zhou Xin was stunned for a while, and his attitude slowed down, but his calm tone added due seriousness: "Okay, now I'm back, I'll wash it for you!" On the third day, in the morning, Zhou Xin asked Master Li to find a taxi from the entrance of the alley, and took Gao Chun to the hospital.Jin Kui helped Master Li to help Gao Chun into the back seat of the car, and was about to get into the car as usual, but was unexpectedly stopped by the door by Zhou Xin. "You don't have to go, Master Li and I will go." Jin Kui stopped, feeling a little sudden. She saw Gao Chun in the car wanted to say something, but she didn't say it. Zhou Xin has not been to the hospital where Gao Chun was treated for nearly three months.Gao Chun had been living here half a year ago. During that time, Zhou Xin was there almost every day, and he was very close to Dr. Liu who treated Gao Chun. On this day, Dr. Liu spent a long time talking with Zhou Xin in detail in the office. Master Li was waiting at the corner of the corridor with Gao Chun in the wheelchair.Master Li's exclamation broke the silence here, and he made such an exclamation at this time and place, of course, he seemed to have ulterior motives. Master Li said: "Gao Chun, both of us have bad luck. We are destined to come and go in and out of this kind of place for many years. Your mother has been ill for so many years. When I smell this smell in the hospital now, I feel a little nauseous." nausea." Gao Chun was silent for a moment before responding: "Thanks to you taking care of my teacher, otherwise she would have died." Master Li answered the words quickly, as if the words had already been waiting here: "You are better than her, and you have two women to take care of you. It is her duty to take care of Zhou Xin, and it is her duty to you that Jin Kui takes care of you." Feelings, so you are stronger than your teacher's wife." Gao Chun said: "But I don't want to drag them down." Master Li said: "I can see that you still want Jin Kui to take care of you. I think you are happier with Jin Kui, right? Then why don't you get a divorce? Divorce is not the same as Jin Kui. Is it justifiable?" Gao Chun was stunned for a moment: "It's not that you haven't divorced yet." Master Li smiled wryly: "I'm different from you. How can I get a divorce when your teacher's mother is so sick? Unless she has someone she likes to take care of her, if she wants to leave me, then I will leave. It's justifiable for me to leave, and I'm free if I leave me, and I'm happy to leave her, so why don't I leave?Just like you are now, if you want to take the initiative to propose a divorce, you must leave, then Zhou Xin will be relieved, you say yes, that's the reason. " Gao Chun stopped answering the call.For him, this matter is by no means a topic of idle grinding.But after all, Master Li had a heart in his words and an intention behind his words, so he refused to give up. Although it was not without reluctance, he still wanted to say: "Gao Chun, do you like Jin Kui or Zhou Xin?" Gao Chun didn't answer directly. He avoided the probing with a passive attitude: "Only they have the right to choose me, and I am not qualified to choose them." Master Li simply answered for him: "You, I don't know you yet, you still like Jin Kui. After all, you and Jin Kui have been together for so long. Then I don't understand why you still have to drag Zhou Xin? You are not like your teacher's wife. Your teacher's wife has to rely on me to support her, and she can't live without me.Just like that, she still doesn't want to drag me down, and she keeps saying that I want to divorce and find someone else suitable... Oh, or do you want to leave Zhou Xin and Zhou Xin is reluctant to leave your big courtyard? " Gao Chun thought for a long time, and finally responded aloud. He obviously regards Master Li as a close friend who can confide in his heart, and a good teacher who can be entrusted with secrets. "I will not leave. Zhou Xin treats me well, and she doesn't want to leave me. I really don't want to drag Jin Kui. I want to support her to go to school. Her ideal is to dance and go to school. Jin Kui and Zhou Xin are me I owe them all, I want to pay back what I owe Jin Kui in this life, and pay Zhou Xin back in my next life." Master Li asked suspiciously: "Jin Kui... Did she ask you for money, and she asked you to pay for her schooling?" Gao Chun shook his head: "It's because I don't want her to stay here anymore, it's because I want her to go to school. I want to find Lao Fang and ask Lao Fang to find me a lawyer. " "Look for a lawyer, why?" "I don't know how long I can live. I want to make a will soon." Master Li was taken aback: "Hey, you can't talk nonsense about unlucky words." But he could also see that Gao Chun's expression was not child's play. "I want to make a will. I think that once I die, I will leave all my money to Zhou Xin and the yard to Jin Kui. The yard is very valuable, and the furniture is very valuable. " "Leave the courtyard... the entire No. 3 courtyard to Jin Kui?" Master Li was stunned, but Gao Chun's tone became more firm, making people have to guess that he had planned this matter for a long time and thought it through. "Yes, I want to leave this yard, and everything in it, to Jin Kui. I once swore to marry Jin Kui, I swore to let her live a happy life.But now, I can't marry her, but I want her to live a happy life!I have this responsibility, I also have this ability, I must do it, and I will do it now! " Gao Chun spoke with tears in his eyes, which made Master Li suspect that his "last words" were not without emotion.It is still early for Gao Chunli to die, and now he is thinking about who will give the money and who will give the yard, maybe it is not true. But the next day, when he reported Gao Chun's words in Sun's car at the Hutong entrance of the No. And secretly surprised. "What, he wants to give this yard away?" "That's right, that girl is his first love, and he has a much deeper affection for her than Zhou Xin. What he thinks most of all is actually Jin Kui." "This yard belongs to Ms. Cai's family. Why should he give it away! He can live now, so what right does he have to give it away!" Of course, Master Li couldn't figure out the power relationship in the No. 3 courtyard, so he could only respond with a blank nod: "Oh, that's right, anyway, that's what he said. I don't understand whether he has rights or not, and how it is stipulated in the law. Anyway. I also advised him to divorce Zhou Xin, but I don't think he looks like he is going to divorce." Sister Sun's goal at this time has shifted from Zhou Xin to Jin Kui, and all kinds of questions come one after another, and the words are dense: how long has this Jin Kui known Gao Chun, where is her family, what does she do, and her background ?How old is she... As she asked, she took out a small notebook and wrote down one by one. Her extraordinary nervousness towards Jin Kui made Master Li realize that this matter was no small matter, and realized that the few words Gao Chun said in private in the hospital corridor yesterday It is very likely that it will be the bane of a "war". In Junjun's first semester at the University of Commerce and Business, apart from the quick annoyance of being harassed by a debt collection company, in general, it went smoothly.Everything in this era is easy to pass away, and new events and people will continue to emerge and become the focus, robbing people's attention.For example, in the past two years, the most popular talent show has come and gone. Junjun and many classmates were very disdainful and contemptuous, but from that day on, even she didn't expect that she suddenly became interested in the talent show, and quickly He took it seriously, and then became obsessed and obsessed. This incident should have originated from one of her love affairs. It is common for college students to fall in love. The person she met with was an alumnus of Shang University. The acquaintance of the two is miraculous.He happened to be there when Junjun was besieged by the people from the debt collection company, and he was actually moved to feel compassion for Junjun's distressed appearance.This man's name is Shi Yong. He used to study business administration at the University of Commerce and Business. He started to put on weight before graduation, so his image was relatively inferior.But Shi Yong's father is a TV station, and his mother is a primary school teacher.Elementary school teachers originally belonged to the bottom layer of "poor teaching", but because Chinese parents have paid too much attention to their children these years, no matter whether they are colleges, middle schools or elementary schools, teachers are still rich.Not to mention that TV stations are now in every province and city, and they are also considered half of the powerful departments. In contrast, Junjun's family background is much poorer. Although he has the tuition sponsored by Gao Chun, he is struggling in all aspects of food, drink and clothing.Junjun can feel that many students in the class care about this in their bones. Wearing brand-name sneakers and using a new mobile phone will always attract attention and love.The topic of discussion among classmates is inseparable from the prospect and research on future career prospects and salary packages in the first grade. What kind of line will you work in and what price will you do in which region? What price will you start after graduation and work for five years After that, at least what price should be listed and other figures are almost familiar to everyone. The first "luxury item" owned by Junjun is a brand-name mobile phone.The mobile phone was given to her by Shi Yong, in the name of commemorating the Zhouyue anniversary of their first kiss.Junjun is very concerned about face, accepting such a "valuable" gift seems to be suspected of being helped to help the poor, for fear of hurting his self-esteem.But the silver light of the mobile phone was so attractive, so Junjun still took the female mobile phone into his pocket after a lot of refusals with a straight face and repeated pleas from the other party, and at the same time accepted his boyfriend's enthusiasm again. kiss. Of course, the thrill of being in love goes beyond kisses and gifts.What Junjun is keen on is Shi Yong's broad vision and fashionable topics.At that time, Shi Yong's father was planning the talent show for "Beautiful Angel" on Nanhai TV Station. With the concept of "angel" and packaging, this talent show had the positive meaning of advocating harmony, kindness and pure love.Shi Yong set up a company, and thanks to his father's blessing, he got the business of organizing volunteers for the competition. He asked Junjun if he would like to be a volunteer. College students can increase their talents by participating in social practice, and besides, they can be with him often, and they can deepen mutual understanding.Junjun said yes, what do volunteers do?Shi Yong talked one, two, three, four, and when it came to the fifth, Shi Yong suddenly had a whim, and urged Junjun to sign up for the competition!Can you sing?Have you ever learned to dance? It's okay, what are you afraid of? The beautiful angel just wants to create the myth that the ugly duckling turns into a white swan.Being famous these days depends not on ability but on courage, if you don't have courage, you will be ruined first!Shi Yong's suggestion made Junjun very excited. Without prior notification and consultation, he went home and announced his decision to participate in the competition to his parents.Not long after the debt collection turmoil subsided, Master Li still had lingering fears, and this incident happened to his daughter again.Although Master Li has never watched this kind of talent show, he also knows that participating in the election will definitely cost money.Your father pays you to go to school for one year. How can there be spare money for you to play this fashionable game?You just go to school and study well for me. We don’t try to become famous overnight or reach the sky in one step.Master Li's old-fashioned preaching, of course, was absolutely echoed by his wife, she said Junjun, your father is not easy for you to go to this university, and you are not satisfied.Mom doesn't ask you to be famous, but only asks you to be safe.But peace and safety are obviously not Junjun's ideal. Junjun's vision has been completely opened after she went to university and met Shi Yong. Besides, being a star and a singer was her childhood dream.But Junjun knows how to be a low-key person. The goal she claimed in front of her parents is to train herself and cultivate her sense of competition.Competitive awareness is an essential quality for entering the society in order to survive in the future.Winning or losing is not important, what is important is participation, success is not important, what is important is that I tried my best so that I will not regret it when I get old.After my mother said this, she was a little shaken, and she shifted the front and begged her husband: "Then let her go. Didn't Junjun just say that the angel game can be played in Beijing?"Isn't it free to sign up?The child also promises not to delay her studies, so just let her go.But my father still has doubts: It doesn't cost money to sign up, but if she is going to enter the second round and enter the semi-finals, it will cost money, right?If they make it to the finals, they have to go to Nanhai City. Doesn't it cost any money?Junjun said how could I make it to the finals? I couldn't even make it to the semi-finals. Look at you, you don't feel tired!What my father said was that people who specialize in Jinkui will not go to compete with you to join in the fun.Junjun said how do you know that Jin Kui will not participate in the competition, maybe they signed up early.Father pondered for a long time before he said gloomyly: "Jinkui?She can't care about this now, but now is the critical period of her life when she is poor and rich! After Master Li informed Sister Sun of Gao Chun's idea of ​​giving No. 3 courtyard to Jin Kui, one day after that, Fang Yuan brought a lawyer to No. 3 courtyard to see Gao Chun. Fang Yuan and his lawyer visited at a time when Zhou Xin was not around. Zhou Xin took the car driven by Xiaohou and Guzi early that morning to the Dumu Painting Workshop. Fang Yuantiao appeared at this moment, and Master Li could guess without thinking carefully that he must have come for Gao Chun's order.He let Fang Yuan and the lawyer Liu who had previously handled lawsuits for Gao Chun through the gate, and took them all the way to the garden, where he met Gao Chun in the waterside pavilion in the garden. As soon as Fang Yuan and the lawyer were seated, Gao Chun motioned for Master Li to leave, saying that Master, you should go and do your work.He even took away Jin Kui: Didn't you say you were going to buy something?You go, I will chat with Lao Fang for a while.Jin Kui arranged Gao Chun's drinking water and medicines one by one, and told Fang Yuan that if Gao Chun wanted to go to the toilet, he should push him to the big bathroom at the back... and so on, before leaving. Master Li left the waterside pavilion with Jin Kui, walked across the small bridge and glanced back, he saw Gao Chun, Fang Yuan and the invited lawyer huddled together and whispered together, their gestures and expressions were a bit sneaky. A week after Fang Yuan and his lawyer visited No. 3 Courtyard, Master Li met Cai Dongping again and answered Cai Dongping's questions face to face.Regarding her younger brother's intention to donate No. 3 Renli Hutong Courtyard to Jinkui and has already pushed this intention forward, Cai Dongping's reaction was far more vicious than her assistant, who was called Sister Sun.Hearing her yelling angrily, Master Li could only turn his attention to Sister Sun, but at this moment, Sister Sun was calmer than her master. Cai Dongping's hysteria lasted until her lawyer arrived in a hurry. Before the lawyer arrived, Master Li had already left.It took a long time for the lawyer to learn about Gao Chun's will from Cai Dongping's furious narration and Sister Sun's occasional addition. The lawyer was also taken aback, because he knew very well that the current core property of the Cai family was the No. 3 Renli Hutong Courtyard, and the subject of property that Gao Chun wanted to dispose of in his will was this deep house compound worth hundreds of millions. It was unbearable for Cai Dongping to poke her heart and lungs like this. From Cai Dongping's point of view, although her father designated No. 3 Courtyard in Renli Hutong to be inherited by her younger brother, her father signed an oral will record before his death. This oral record stipulates that once her younger brother dies, However, once there is no heir after death, this courtyard with every inch of land and every inch of gold will be inherited by Cai Dongping alone.In order to ensure that this "ancestral property" can continue to stay in the hands of the surname Cai, this oral record has been negotiated by the lawyers of the siblings a few months ago, and an agreement has been reached. Written consent gave up the right to inherit the No. 3 courtyard.Based on this, her younger brother actually has no right to decide who will inherit the yard, even if he has already made a will.But to Cai Dongping's surprise, her lawyer's tone on this matter was far less certain than she expected.The lawyer even brought the oral record and a copy of the tripartite agreement between Cai's siblings and their sister-in-law. Perhaps he has discovered now that these documents have a flaw that was overlooked at the time, that is, they are too targeted. When Chun died and there was an inheritance situation, the inheritance arrangement for No. 3 Courtyard was only for the sole heir of the first sequence at that time, that is, Gao Chun's wife Zhou Xin.From a legal point of view, the records of Cai Baibaike's oral will and the agreement reached by the three parties later cannot rule out that Gao Chun, the current owner of No. 3 Courtyard, disposes of his property in other ways, such as: donating, such as: donating. Cai Dongping was dumbfounded, and wanted to refute the lawyer, but couldn't speak.She stammered and tried to deny: "How is it possible, how is it possible..." In fact, it was just a nervous reaction that got confused.Seeing the lawyer responding with silence, she couldn't help feeling a little out of control. "You said that my father's oral will was flawed, so why didn't you say it earlier? Didn't you record that will at the beginning? You also drafted the agreement reached with them later, and now you say that there are flaws and flaws , there are so many flaws, why didn't you say it earlier!" Cai Dongping began to criticize the lawyer, but the lawyer was of course forceful and prevaricated: "At that time, you asked your father in person, and I was just there to make a record. What you asked and what your father answered, I will remember what your father answered. The agreement is also in accordance with your You said that you asked the doctor, and you said that your brother will not live long, and he will definitely not have any more offspring. The only one who can inherit his property after his death is Zhou Xin. You didn’t expect your brother at that time病成这样了还有精力有本事泡上一个小保姆，还能把这么大一个宅子送给她当礼物。”律师一口气说完这一大串理由，顿了一下，才说了结尾的话：“我也没想到。” 蔡东萍气疯之际，任何迎其锋芒者，皆为发泄目标，仿佛这件事情总要有人领罪似的：“你是律师，你就是专吃这碗饭的，这些事你就应当想得到的！你刚才还说，财产处置的方式多了去了，什么捐献啊赠予啊，你既然都知道为什么当初不写上！” 律师也气疯了，但律师气疯了也还是律师，也还能大把地讲出道理：“对，我是律师，我只能根据正常人的逻辑去推测事情，我只能根据社会常规去判断未来。把上亿的东西送给一个小保姆，这是一个正常人能干出的事吗？” “他知道自己快死了他什么事干不出来！他知道反正他死了他老婆也得不到那个院子了他什么事干不出来！你早应该想到的……” “我想不到！我是正常的人，我又没快死，我怎么知道快死的人都想些什么！” 他们针锋相对，互不担责。孙姐站在一边，沉默地目睹了双方的争吵，直到他们都像吵累了一样戛然而止，孙姐才用男人般粗厚的嗓音，反仆为主地做了命令式的规劝。 “想别的办法吧，总有办法的！” 他们想了什么办法，设了什么计谋，统统无人知晓。但从第二天早上孙姐再次跑到仁里胡同口外的副食店门前与李师傅接头这个现象看，在他们想出的计谋中，李师傅肯定是个主角。 这个办法，这个计谋，于李师傅来说，肯定是个万难的事情，否则他在从胡同口走回三号院时，脸色就不会那么沉重，步履就不会那么蹒跚。 但是，有一点可以确定，那就是在这个计谋中，周欣不再是被攻击的目标，而变成了必须团结拉拢的对象。 李师傅回到三号院时，金葵刚刚做好早饭。她端着早饭走出厨房时，还对李师傅说师母的药刚刚熬上，让李师傅别忘了一刻钟后关火去端。李师傅愣了半天没缓过神来，半天才冲金葵的背影说了一声谢谢。 上午本来是要浇园子的，但李师傅没去，他在自己的屋里闷着，抽了一上午烟。妻子问了一句：是不是君君又出什么事了，你脸色怎么那么难看？李师傅沉脸不答，妻子也就不敢再问。沉到中午，李师傅也没去做饭，低头出了屋门。他从垂花门进去，往后院走。在后院他先看到了坐在廊下的轮椅上独自发呆的高纯。他没有说话，高纯也没有说话。接下来他看到东房的门开着，便走了过去，在东房他看到了正在支撑一只画架的周欣。 李师傅站在东房的门口，看着周欣有口难言。倒是周欣奇怪地先问：“李师傅，你有事？”李师傅才似乎迫不得已，沙哑地发出浑浊的声音。 “小周，我，我有个事，想找你……找你谈谈。” 周欣的表情有点犹豫，也许李师傅这副难以启齿的神色，让她猜想不外又是借钱，于是采取推延态度，问道：“你急吗？不急我有空再找你，我这儿正忙呢。” “哦，我有个事，想跟你报告一下。” 李师傅坚持相谈的态度，让周欣更加警觉，但是那“报告”二字，用得如此正式，倒是令人好奇。周欣犹豫了一下，放了画架，示意李师傅在沙发上坐下。那沙发是白色的，整个屋子从墙壁到地面，都是这种纯洁的白色，那是很艺术的一种氛围。 "What's the matter, tell me." 周欣也坐下来了，等着他说。李师傅不敢正视周欣的眼睛，视线几乎找不到落脚之处，他的语气有点像在背书，不仅呆板而且略带结巴。 “小周，有件事，我想……和你说一下。你去国外这段时间，家里发生了……一些事情。我知道，你是一个艺术家，是文化人，你们文化人，都是要脸面的。” 话如此开头，有点风生水起，也许周欣猜到了什么，她看着李师傅，没动声色。李师傅本来等着周欣脸上的疑惑，但周欣的脸上表情凝固，深不可测。李师傅尴尬地停了一刻，仓促地继续下去：“高纯是我徒弟，我是高纯的师傅，有些话，本来不该我来说。可我想来想去，觉得这样下去，对高纯不好，对你也不利。高纯是有老婆的人了，但你这么长时间不在，难免有人乘虚而入。” 周欣不得不打断这个惊人的揭发，她把自己的疑问，用维护丈夫的方式表达：“李师傅，高纯是个病人，他连生活都不能自理……” “但他的这里没病！”李师傅指指自己的脑袋，说道：“而且，金葵也没病。她不但这里没病，而且，身体哪都健康。” 周欣的面孔已经白了，但仍然不动声色，甚至，还故作轻松地冷笑一声：“啊？除我之外，还会有年轻健康的女人，喜欢一个几乎瘫痪的男人吗？” 李师傅没想到周欣竟是如此反应，他怔了一怔，仍然鼓足余力继续进行：“年轻健康的女人当然不喜欢瘫痪的男人，但是，现在这个社会无论男女，恐怕没有一个不喜欢钱的。” 显然，这句话打动了周欣，她虽然依旧面目沉着，但，她的提问开始转向实质：“你看到了什么？” 李师傅究竟看到了什么，其实并不重要，因为“目击者”仅他一人，他说什么都查无实据。从理论上说，查无实据都是不可信的；从法律上说，查无实据都是不成立的，疑罪从无！但，从人的本性上说，听到绯闻的第一反应，一般都是宁信其有的，凡事无风不起浪的！ 所以，李师傅走后，周欣一个人陷在沙发里闷了很久，她很愤怒，很难过，胸口有点喘不过气来，那种郁闷的感受，前所未有。 她说不清她该恨金葵，还是更恨高纯。她走出东房的时候，看到南房廊下坐着的高纯，心里的怨恨达到了顶点。但她没有发作，没有质询，这件事只是李师傅片面揭发，并无证据相佐。而且高纯不是谷子，谷子身强力壮，在谷子面前周欣是弱者，弱者在强者面前最重要的姿态，就是不能示弱。而高纯是残废，是病人，是没有能力自主的心灵脆弱的病人，即便不轨，周欣又能如何？ 她的目光掠过后院那棵西府海棠的枝丫，投向左面廊下的高纯。 高纯也在看她。他的脸孔沉在阴影里，看不出上面是何神色。他们遥相对望，仿佛彼此已经心照不宣。 中午吃饭的时候，金葵照例把饭菜送进卧室对面的小餐厅里，然后又把高纯从对面推了过来。周欣在桌上默默地摆着碗筷，在金葵转身离开之际，她主动开口把她叫了回来。 “金葵。” 她看到金葵在小餐厅门口应声站住，她顿了一顿，说道：“一起吃吧。” 显然，高纯和金葵都有些意外，目光和动作都犹疑起来。金葵说了句：“我把高纯的杯子拿过来。”还是走出了房间。 杯子拿过来了，周欣再度邀请金葵共进午餐。脸上的喜怒不形于色。金葵坐下来了，迟疑一下，拿起一只空碗，先看周欣一眼，周欣也在看她，并没有抢过去要给高纯盛饭的意思。于是金葵首先问她： “你吃一碗，还是半碗？” “大半碗。”周欣说。 金葵给周欣盛了米饭，周欣接了，转手摆在高纯面前。金葵怔了一下，又盛了大半碗米饭递过去，周欣接手的同时，说了谢谢二字，口气并无异样，表情却若有所思。 高纯看上去似乎很高兴，因为周欣主动邀请金葵一起吃饭，因为她还让金葵为她盛饭并致以谢意，高纯的情绪显得兴奋起来。他主动提起话头，不知是想进一步调动周欣的兴趣，还是想对周欣报以感激。 “你在欧洲呆了那么多天，吃了几次中餐呀？” 高纯提起的话头，故意与周欣有关，但周欣似乎并不领情，答得有些心不在焉。 “没吃上几次中餐，”周欣说：“我从小就对西餐不感兴趣，所以在欧洲天天想家。” 高纯看一眼金葵，金葵低头吃饭。高纯说：“没出国的人天天想出国，出了国的人天天想回家。”他问周欣：“除了吃的不顺口，还有什么让你想家的？” 周欣微言大义：“人在异乡，总怕家里出什么事吧，总觉得有点不放心吧。” 高纯粗粗拉拉：“家里能出什么事，你有什么不放心的。” 周欣一语双关：“这么大的院子，就你们两个人，我怎么能放心啊，什么事都可能出的。” 不知因为周欣的语言还是因为她的语气，高纯开始疑心周欣话中有话，他坐在两个女人的中间，闭住了嘴巴，不再说话。这两个女人也都沉默下来，从此一言不发。 饭前快乐的气氛，没能贯彻始终。饭后金葵在前院的厨房里洗碗，周欣来了。她站在金葵的身后，用一向特有的沉静，看得金葵转过身来。两个女人对面无言，仿佛都明白彼此的心事。还是金葵打破沉默，她迎着周欣逼视的目光，心平气和地问道：“有事吗？”又问： “需要我办什么事吗？” 周欣没有马上回答，她继续注视着金葵，一直到金葵的目光不得不试图回避的那刻，她才发出声音。 “有件事想请你帮忙。”周欣表情平平，她几乎没有表情地对金葵说道：“我想请你替我去一趟上海，上海，你去过吗？” 金葵是在当天中午一点半钟走的，也就是说，是在周欣到厨房要她去上海办事的一刻钟后离开三号院的。她走得很急，只是回她住的小屋里去拿了一件背包，塞进几件换洗衣服和洗漱用具，就匆匆走了，匆忙得甚至没有机会与高纯说声再见。 她离开三号院去的第一个地方是独木画坊，画坊的人显然已经接到了周欣的通知，将一幅已经用硬纸壳包装好的画框交给她带走。她带着这幅画从画坊直接去了火车站，买票登上了傍晚前往上海的列车。 这天三号院的晚饭是由周欣亲自下厨做的，晚饭端上餐桌时，她才向高纯说了金葵出差的事情。高纯对金葵的突然离去显然感到意外，似乎一时难以适应。 “什么，金葵走了？她……她怎么没说一声？” 高纯的反应对李师傅的举报几乎接近于一种证实，证实高纯对金葵的关切显然超出寻常。周欣故作平淡，问道：“金葵帮我办事，需要提前跟你说吗？” 高纯怔了一下，无法回答。想了一想，换言再问：“那……她走了，谁来照顾我呢？” “我！”周欣说：“我照顾你，我是你的妻子，以后就由我来照顾你的生活。” 周欣看得出来，她的话没让高纯感到高兴。他张了张嘴，似乎还想再问什么，但终又忍住，没再开口。 晚饭吃得相当沉闷，周欣为高纯盛饭盛汤，高纯吃得很少很少。 两人之间，没有交流。 饭后，周欣为高纯擦脸擦手，感觉他体温偏热，便问他有无发烧。高纯说没有吧，不知道。周欣翻药箱找体温计，找了半天没有找到。问高纯，高纯说东西放哪里他都不管的，都是金葵管着的。于是周欣找来一把钥匙，打开了金葵的小屋。 小屋里的灯泡瓦数很低，开了灯屋子也是昏昏暗暗。周欣浏览表面，未见体温计类器物。她犹豫了一下，拉开小桌的一只抽屉，粗略翻翻，仍无所获。又拉开另一只抽屉，屉内里端，有一小小木盒，颇似药匣之物。周欣开启匣盖，扑眼刺目的，是一块碧绿的挂坠，正是那件心形的琉璃，看得周欣煞是眼热。琉璃的出现也是一个证据，若无特别关系或特别情节，高纯的珍爱之物，怎会卧于金葵的屉藏之中。周欣再翻那只木匣，将匣中所藏尽行倒出，压底的一件是个半旧信封，信封里装着一张底片，周欣对着灯光辨别良久，看不出底片里的二人眉目贵姓。周欣把底片收入怀中，把琉璃放回原处，关灯锁门，走到前院来了。 到前院她敲了李师傅的房门，隔门问李师傅有没有体温计借用。 屋里李师傅连声答应，一阵窸窣之后开门送出。周欣谢过，说用完即还。李师傅忙说不用，这体温计本来就是从金葵那里借的，一直忘记还了。周欣愣了一下，说：噢。 周欣的感觉没错，那天晚上高纯确实发了低烧。半夜时周欣再试，烧又悄然退了。周欣为高纯煮了点菊花茶，让他喝了，让他接着睡去。而她那一夜则几乎没有合眼，高纯的无名低烧和金葵私藏的琉璃，都像一个卑鄙的秘密，让她安枕不得。 第二天她带高纯去医院做了检查，医生向她通报了检查的结果——高纯的血压、心率、脉搏等等，几乎所有指标都不及上次检查时的状态。医生问她这一阵高纯的饮食怎样，睡眠如何，情绪是不是稳定，有没有不开心的事情……前几句周欣答得还算肯定：这几天他吃得挺多的，睡得也还行吧。情绪……后面说到高纯的情绪，周欣不能不想到了金葵，不能不想到金葵和高纯之间的暧昧，想到昨天金葵走后高纯的反应……医生见她迟疑，启发说：病人的身体相当虚弱，免疫力极为低下，所以对情绪干扰的耐受力就大大低于常人。有时你可能没有注意到的心情波动，都会对他的身体状况产生明显影响，所以，简单安静的生活环境，对他非常重要。周欣说：好，我知道了，我会让他在安静的环境下生活的，我不会让他再受任何人的干扰。 从医院回来后的午饭，依然由周欣亲手制作。她让李师傅从胡同口的副食店里买来两只冰鲜的大对虾，用西餐的方式在火上烹好，又打开了从国外带来的一瓶好酒，她试图让三号院中的夫妻生活，尽量丰富多彩，充满情调。席间她对高纯呵护有加，她想让高纯在没有金葵的日子里，更加安乐无忧。 高纯很顺从，吃完了虾，也喝了点酒。饭后接了周欣送来的水，吃了周欣递来的药。但周欣始终分辨不出，他的表情究竟是幸福，还是仅仅为了配合；究竟是快乐，还是仅仅表达感激。 但至少，这顿饭表面上的气氛还是融洽的。饭后周欣嘱咐高纯好好睡个午觉，她有事要赶去独木画坊。下午两点，画坊的小侯果然开车过来接她。她走后不到半个小时，一辆出租车开到三号院的门口，李师傅推着高纯出了院门，上了这辆出租匆匆开走，整个三号院只剩下了李师傅的妻子，躺在床上病病殃殃。 同一时刻的上海，金葵专程护送的画作抵达了黄浦江畔。沿江大道上的一座老式洋楼，就是她此行的终点。在这座洋楼的某层，设有全上海最知名的一座画廊，画廊里展出的画作和雕塑，个个风格怪异，主题晦涩，看得金葵没头没脑，似懂非懂，如入迷宫。 高纯去的地方，也是一座老式的洋楼，那洋楼坐望天安门的红墙黄瓦，位于北京古老的东郊民巷。那座洋楼的某层，挂着一家律师事务所的招牌，这家事务所地方虽然狭窄，但坐落在这样的风云际会之地，其本身的万千尊贵，似已无须言说。 在这家律师事务所的一个房间里，刘律师在高纯的轮椅之前，打开了一份临终遗嘱，这是根据高纯的委托，起草的一份法律文件。这份文件对高纯一旦去世财产如何处置，做了明确的安排。高纯在刘律师的面前阅读这份遗嘱时，方圆与李师傅都在场见证，他们看到还挂了一脸孩子气的高纯默默地读着自己的遗嘱，每个人的沉默里，都含了一份各不相同的酸楚。 在高纯阅览的同时，刘律师做了简要的提示和确认：“根据你上次交待的意愿，你的遗产分了两个部分，即现金部分和房产部分，现金部分由你的妻子周欣和你的朋友金葵共同分享，房产部分则由金葵独自受赠。是这样吗？” "yes." 高纯明确地回答，他问：“这份遗嘱，还需要做公证吗？” “如果做个公证。当然更稳妥一些。” “我拿着这份遗嘱去，他们就给做吗？” “公证处提供公证，除了要确认你订立这份遗嘱是否出于自愿，还要审查遗嘱的内容是否真实与合法。” “我这份遗嘱，有不合法的地方吗？” “就这份遗嘱而言，公证处主要审查的，恐怕是遗嘱中所涉及的房产是否完全归你拥有，它的产权是否明晰无误。还有，你把它遗赠给法定继承人以外的人，是否侵害了其他人的合法权利，等等。” “我把那所房子送给我的朋友，侵犯其他人的权利了吗？” “从你的具体情况看，应该没有吧。你没有未成年的法定继承人，也没有需要赡养的或者生活不能自理的法定继承人，所以不存在你剥夺他们继承权的问题。你的这份遗嘱，应当是合法的，也就是说，应当是有效的。” 高纯点头，说：“好，那我要公证。” 在高纯离开了那家律师事务所不久，周欣也离开了独木画坊。她去了离独木画坊不远的一家图片社，在那里取出了她一天前送洗的那张照片。也许就在她看到那张被洗印出来的神秘照片的同一个时刻，金葵终于看到了那幅神秘的油画。那幅她亲手带到上海的画作始终包装严密，直到此刻才被打开。她看到一层层纸板被画廊的工作人员小心剥下，一张俊美的面孔渐渐显露，那是一个年轻男子的半身肖像，被画廊的工作人员悬挂上墙。在场的目击者人人赞叹，用专业的评价赏析着作品的力量。金葵没有说话，她走近前去，凝视着画中那位英俊的青年，她几乎已经忘记了这仅仅是一幅油画，她几乎以为它就是一张照片，一个窗口，窗内的人就是她的爱人，她的爱人满目忧愁。 那张“照片”的下方，镶着一个铜牌，铜牌上镌刻的小楷，标出了画作的名称——。 金葵心撞如鼓！ 而周欣手中的照片，已经不像底片那样朦胧，那是一张彩色的婚纱照，俗艳不堪。站在右侧的新郎，是一个粗壮憨厚的汉子，而左侧的新娘，周欣吓了一跳，她几乎怀疑自己看错，照片上的新娘明明白白，就是她家的那位绯闻保姆。 金葵离开了画廊。 她穿过画廊静无一人的长长的走道，推开那座大楼的窄窄的楼门，门外的街上车水马龙，巨大的城市噪声充满耳鼓。上海外滩的繁华拥挤，更加凸显出她的渺小孤独。她在茫茫人海中漫无目标，仿佛与世间万物格格不入，唯一拥有的只是自己的内心，因为内心里还有一个寄托，那就是她远在北京的爱情。 她知道在她离开三号院的日子里，高纯同样孤独，但她不知道这一天对高纯来说，意义极为特殊。他在这一天立下了自己的遗嘱，让那座祖传的宅院确定了归属。 在高纯从律师处回到家的半小时后，周欣也匆匆赶回三号院来。 她回来后做的第一件事，就是将那张底片重新放回金葵的小屋。她至此已经确定，金葵来到这个院子，是个蓄谋已久的阴谋，她不仅隐瞒了有夫之妇这个重要的身份，以保姆的面目进入他们的生活，并且迅速出手，勾引高纯。高纯已经是个身残体弱的废人，可她仍然利用他的孤单，入侵他的感情。正如李师傅所说，她这样做的目的除了谋财，还能有什么？ 周欣回到三号院做的第二件事，是到高纯的卧室去看高纯。高纯没在床上，周欣不禁疑心，急忙四处寻找，一直找到花园，才在合欢树下，看到高纯的背影。轮椅在他身下有些过分小器，一园草木与他同入沉思。周欣在他身后远远默立，片刻离去，她没有要求高纯回屋，没有打断这个意义不明的独处。 周欣做的第三件事，是打电话约来了谷子，她在与谷子交谈时并未从头说起，只问谷子可否再帮她一个小忙。谷子对她的求助未觉意外，但还是想证实其中的原委。 “为什么？”谷子问：“这个保姆不是才来几个月吗？干吗这么快就要换掉？” 周欣沉默了一下，似乎不想纠缠理由，尤其在谷子面前，更不愿外扬家丑。这件事已经迫在眉睫，她索性让话题直奔目的。这件事本来可以找方圆帮忙，但金葵原是方圆领进三号院的，如今要将她驱逐出去，再找方圆当然别扭。 她对谷子说道：“我已经把她辞退了，所以接替她的人必须赶快请到，你要是一时请不到合适的，可以让老酸小侯他们也帮忙找找。 小侯这方面的路子比较多吧？ &