Chapter 23 Chapter 22 Scandal

On the day when Jin Kui was on her way home from Shanghai, in the morning, Gu Zi and Xiao Hou brought a woman in her forties into the gate of No. 3 Courtyard. The woman was first taken to the east wing of the backyard to meet Zhou Xin. The east wing is now also Zhou Xin's studio.Later, Zhou Xin took her to Gao Chun's bedroom and introduced this woman to Gao Chun. Gao Chun was still lying on the bed, with his upper body leaning against the pillow and his lower body covered with a quilt. He seemed to have realized something from the moment Zhou Xin entered the room, staring straight at the woman behind her.Zhou Xin introduced the woman over peacefully, ignoring the surprise and suspicion on Gao Chun's face.

"Gao Chun, this is Aunt Yu, who is here to take care of you. Aunt Yu used to be an escort in a hospital and is very experienced in taking care of patients." After introducing Aunt Yu, Zhou Xin introduced Gao Chun again: "This It’s my lover, you can call him Gao Chun. This room is his bedroom. I sometimes sleep here, sometimes next door. You mainly take care of Gao Chun, and you can help with other things like cleaning when you have free time. , I don’t have time to do it with Master Li. I’ll take you to see Master Li later... Hey, Gao Chun, it’s time for you to get up, get up, and I’ll help you get dressed. Aunt Yu, push that wheelchair over... ..."

Before Zhou Xin's hands touched the quilt, Gao Chun suddenly asked bluntly, "Where is Jin Kui, when will Jin Kui come back?" Zhou Xin's voice and movements were delayed in mid-air, and he replied, "Jin Kui, she is in Shanghai." Gao Chun answered quickly: "When will she come back?" "I can't tell. Aunt Yu will take care of you for the next two days." Zhou Xin asked blankly, "Why, do you really miss Jin Kui?" Gao Chun didn't answer, but Zhou Xin's defensive attitude made him give up asking. Perhaps with Zhou Xin's instruction and support, Aunt Yu, who replaced Jin Kui, made the first dinner for Gao Chun. It was not only quite extravagant, but also extremely meticulous. Gao Chun has no appetite.He took two sips of soup listlessly and then put down the bowl. Aunt Yu graciously helped him pick out a large piece of fish and put it on his plate. Gao Chun said listlessly: "I'm full, I want to sleep gone."

Aunt Yu looked at Zhou Xin in embarrassment, Zhou Xin didn't force him, stood up from the dining table, and said, "Okay, then go to bed early today." Zhou Xin personally pushed Gao Chun back to the bedroom. As usual, she wiped Gao Chun's hands and face with a hot towel, covered him with a quilt, and turned off the lights.There was no exchange of glances or words between the two of them. It was already dark when the train arrived in Beijing. Jin Kui took a taxi in front of the Beijing Railway Station and was a little excited when she returned to Renli Hu.When she walked into the front yard, it was just after nine o'clock in the evening. Usually, Gao Chun would not fall asleep at this time.

But she couldn't see Gao Chun, and she was stopped by Zhou Xin in the big restaurant in the front yard.Zhou Xin didn't seem to pay much attention to the report of her trip to Shanghai. She patiently listened to Jin Kui's talk about the situation of the Shanghai gallery. "Okay, thank you." She first thanked you as the end of the last topic, and then she slowly said to Jin Kui with a slightly nervous face: "You have worked hard this trip, I was not in the country a while ago, You have worked hard to take care of Gao Chun. Gao Chun is a patient. I originally wanted to hire someone with experience in taking care of patients, but I left too hastily at the time, so I asked you to come and help. Now, the aunt who knows how to take care of patients I have asked someone to find it, so I will not drag you down anymore. You are also engaged in art, and you are so young, it is impossible to be a little aunt here for the rest of your life. I heard that you still want to go to the dance academy? I don’t know dance , but at least I still know that dancing is a job for young people. Are you twenty-one this year? You can't delay it any longer.

" Jin Kui was obviously not prepared for her sudden resignation.She travels day and night, returning home like an arrow, the moment she returns, it becomes the time of separation.She knows that once she no longer holds this job, once she leaves this yard, it will be difficult for her to see Gao Chun again, or even keep in touch with Gao Chun.Because Gao Chun is a patient, a person with limited mobility, and a person without freedom.People who are not physically free cannot be emotionally free.Therefore, after a moment of panic and consternation, she stammered to express her "loyalty" to Zhou Xin.

"Ah...it's okay, I, I won't go to the dance academy, I...don't like dancing anymore, so I can..." Zhou Xin was obviously prepared for Jin Kui's "pleading". She obviously expected that Jin Kui would not leave, so she interrupted Jin Kui and answered quickly: "I have already hired someone to replace you." , has already started work." She even punned the subtext that she didn't want to say clearly: "This aunt is older, more down-to-earth, and takes care of Gao Chun... I feel more at ease. " "Do you think it's not good for me to take care of Gao Chun? Am I not steadfast? If you think I am not steadfast in my work, you can point it out to me and I can correct it..."

Jin Kui's breathing was a little flustered, but Zhou Xin was methodical: "I don't know if you are practical at work. But I know that you are very young, too young, with too many thoughts and fantasies. Actual fantasies and pursuits...too much." "Now I only want to do a good job in this job," Jin Kui's tone is almost begging: "I only want to let Gao Chun take care of his body and make him happy." Perhaps Jin Kui's crying voice was so loud that when Zhou Xin faced each other in silence, there were still some echoes in the tall sky above the restaurant.Jin Kui's tears flowed down, but the tears made Zhou Xin indifferent.

"What Gao Chun needs now is quietness." She said, "It's too late today, you should rest first, and I will pay you your salary tomorrow morning, and you can leave." Jin Kui burst into tears and couldn't control it.Zhou Xin's calm face announced that the decision to dismiss is irreversible and cannot be changed.Jin Kui's gaze also became desperate and dull, everything happened so suddenly, she didn't know how to react. "You asked me...to see Gao Chun again, I want to see Gao Chun again!" "Gao Chun is already asleep. His blood pressure is not good today, so he is already asleep. Go back to the house and pack your things. The new aunt will move into your house tomorrow."

The deportation order was issued so resolutely and so quickly, Jin Kui should have guessed the reason. Zhou Xin's attitude is already very clear, it's not hard to guess.The two confronted each other in the empty restaurant, and neither of them made a sound, but the psychological fronts of both sides were clearly strong and weak, Zhou Xin was still as hard as iron, and Jin Kui was already defeated. Jin Kui had a sleepless night. She was lying on the bed with her clothes crooked, and she seemed to have a dream for a moment in the morning, and she woke up suddenly, but she didn't know what she dreamed.

The sky on the curtains had already brightened, Jin Kui hurriedly got out of bed and opened the door, she wanted to see if Gao Chun had woken up, her hut and Gao Chun's big house were in the same courtyard, Gao Chun's voice might be heard standing in the courtyard . She opened the door of the hut, looked through the corridor in front of the door, and froze in the center of the yard.The sun had not yet risen, and there was some fog in the courtyard. She saw a few men standing in the fog, smoking with their heads down, and whispering.The men watched her come out and looked up at her together. She watches them too.She knew the man whose eyes lingered the longest, and that man was Zhou Xin's companion, named Gu Zi. She didn't greet them, they stood here early in the morning, looking unfriendly.She bowed her head and walked past them, wanting to knock on the door of Gaochun's house, when she stepped on the steps outside Gaochun's house, Guzi called her behind her. "Hey," Gu Zi didn't call her name, and his "hey" was not very polite: "Are you looking for Zhou Xin?" He asked. Jin Kui looked back on the steps, only to realize that the men had surrounded her with their eyes, she shook her head and explained: "No, I'll go and see Gao Chun..." "Gao Chun is not here." "Where did he go, did he get up so early?" "He's already woken up. His lover took him to a nursing home in the suburbs, and he left early this morning." "What, gone?" Jin Kui couldn't believe it, she turned and knocked on the door.It is obviously indecent for a nanny to get up so early in the morning and knock on the master's bedroom.The men behind gathered around and intervened with a serious attitude: "Hey, what are you doing, didn't I tell you that they have left." Among these few people, Gu Zi is obviously the protagonist, and his words clearly indicate that they are staying here today. exact intent. "I'll tell you again, the owner of this house has left. They entrusted me, entrusted us, to take care of the yard for them. This is the salary they paid you. You are nine hundred yuan a month. They give you I got 3,000. I gave it to you for a few more months. You count it. Then you sign this receipt. Please give me the key to the yard and the key to your room. Your things are all Ready to pack? Need help?" Jin Kui didn't touch the wad of banknotes, she turned around and knocked on the door several times, but no one answered.She turned around and asked in a crying voice, "When did they leave?" No one answered.She pushed aside the painters surrounding her and ran towards the front yard. She ran out of the courtyard gate of No. 3 courtyard. Renli Hutong has come to life, and there are pedestrians coming and going, and everyone's faces are in a hurry.The sun jumped out of the eaves, sweeping away the remaining fog.Except for her own violent panting and heartbeat, the breath and expression of the whole street were the same as before. At this time, Jin Kui gradually believed that Gao Chun had left, had left early in the morning, and followed his wife without a trace. Jin Kui left Courtyard No. 3 at noon, leaving exactly the same as when she arrived, with only a suitcase with her.When she walked out of this courtyard, she didn't cry, and she didn't even look back.In the afternoon after she left, Gu Zi canceled the numbers for the two calls in No. 3 Courtyard at the telephone exchange. He made a report to Zhou Xin on his mobile phone in the business hall of the telephone company, telling her that the new number has been applied for and will be opened in a few days.Zhou Xin asked about Jin Kui's departure on the phone, and Gu Zi answered truthfully. "...She left before lunch, and she probably took all her own things with her. She didn't make a fuss, and left quite peacefully...No, she didn't say anything. Ah, by the way, she also took the three thousand yuan I didn’t take it, I only took 900, which is quite backbone.” He only took 900, which was only Jin Kui's last month's salary. Zhou Xin was obviously touched by this, and remained silent on the phone for a long time.Maybe her gaze subconsciously drifted to Gao Chun at this time.Gao Chun sat in a wheelchair in the distance, pushed by the new Aunt Yu, and walked far in the garden of the nursing home. She said to Guzi, "Oh." Gu Zi has already moved away from the topic. The Jin Kui matter is just a task he was ordered to complete, while Zhou Xin himself is the subject as always: "How is the condition in that nursing home? When will you come back?" But Zhou Xin replied with a dull mood: "Ah, look, do you have something to do?" Gu Zi stuttered and said, "Oh, Lao Suan has something to do with you." The conditions in the nursing home were quite good, but Zhou Xin returned home that night.Because Gao Chun made it clear that he didn't want to spend the night here, and Zhou Xin also worried that driving Jin Kui away would displease Gao Chun, so he didn't want to disobey him on non-principal matters.In the afternoon, she asked Gu Zi to drive them back to the city. On the way, Gao Chun didn't say a word, and Zhou Xin and Gu Zi didn't say much. The dull atmosphere made Aunt Yu in the front seat silent. Even though Zhou Xin expected it first, even though she obeyed Gao Chun everywhere, Gao Chun's displeasure was far beyond her estimation, and soon after they returned to No. 3 courtyard, she and Aunt Yu washed Gao Chun together after dinner. When the foot finally broke out. On the surface, the direct cause of the quarrel was that the footwashing water brought by Aunt Yu was too hot. all over the place.Gao Chun behaved like a child and asked Zhou Xin loudly where Jinkui had gone and why he hadn't come back yet.Zhou Xin was also a little angry, and the tone of his answer was not very polite. "Aunt Yu didn't heat up the water on purpose, please don't shout so loudly." Aunt Yu quickly apologized, like coaxing a child: "It's my fault, it's my fault, I'll go and add some cold water, are your feet scalded?" Gao Chun's anger didn't stop, and of course pointed at Zhou Xin: "Where did you get her! When will she come back?" Zhou Xin kept a straight face and didn't want to coax her any more.She signaled Aunt Yu to take the basin out first, and then answered Gao Chun coldly. "Are you asking about Jin Kui? She's not coming back." Gao Chun probably already had a premonition, and had a premonition of what was going to happen.But Zhou Xin's categorical answer still surprised him, causing his anger to explode instantly. "Why didn't she come back, huh?" "Aunt Yu is more experienced in taking care of patients, and Aunt Yu also cooks..." Zhou Xin's words were interrupted roughly by Gao Chun: "Why didn't Jin Kui come back?" Zhou Xin didn't change her face. She was prepared for Gao Chun's impulsiveness and anxiety. Her voice remained calm and her articulate words were as clear as usual. "She resigned." "She resigned?" Gao Chun's surprise was extraordinary, he opened his mouth, not hiding the surprise and panic in his eyes, "She, why did she resign?" Zhou Xin replied coldly: "Why not? Resignation is normal for anyone, why wouldn't she?" Gao Chun was tongue-tied.His tongue-tied mouth seemed to be at a loss for reason.Maybe he sensed some kind of tacit rhetorical question in Zhou Xin's unhurried attitude. "Did you drive her away? What right do you have!" When people are angry, they will yell out their anger with all their strength, but they often lose their voice and become hoarse, and instead appear stern and inward. "I am your wife, I am responsible for you, I am responsible for our family..." Zhou Xin tried to speak the truth, showing righteousness, but the truth could not suppress Gao Chun's hysteria: "This home is also my home, Jin Kui is here to take care of me, why don't you tell me why I should drive her out? You put her Get her back! I want her back, come back now! I don't want that Aunt Yu!" The more excited Gao Chun became, the calmer Zhou Xin became. Her expressionless response was almost ruthless: "She won't come back, she went back to her own home. She has her own home! She should know that staying here is useless to her. It is impossible to get what she wants." Gao Chun's eyes were round and red: "She doesn't want anything here, she just wants to take care of me, she doesn't want anything else!" Zhou Xin didn't immediately refute, she thought for a moment, and then simply explained: "Actually, you should know what she wants, but it's too big, and you shouldn't give it to others, so you dare not admit it. " Zhou Xin turned from defense to offense, Gao Chun was short of breath for three points, but his mouth was still firm: "She wants something, what do you think she wants?" "Feelings," Zhou Xin said calmly, "Your feelings!" Gao Chun probably didn't expect Zhou Xin to tell the truth, so he couldn't help being startled for a moment, and then he denied and vented out of embarrassment: "You, you are talking nonsense! You are crazy! What nonsense are you talking about! " His voice was loud, hoarse, drawn out, and tears of anger burst out.But Zhou Xin was unmoved, without changing his face, and continued his rebellion of turning from defense to offense: "Unfortunately, from the day you got married, your relationship can only belong to one person, and that person is me! I It's your wife, you're my husband, am I right?" Gao Chun seemed to be stunned by the question, and suddenly didn't know what to answer.In a panic, he changed the subject, although he was still yelling, but his momentum was at the end of his strength: "I want Jin Kui to come back, I need her to take care of me, you are away on a business trip and you are not at home, I need someone to take care of me!" "I don't have to go out in the future, I can take care of you with Aunt Yu." "I want Jin Kui to take care of me. She is mature enough and I don't want to change her." "But I think! I can't let her take what belongs to me, she doesn't have the right to do so! " "Why do you think so badly of her? How could she..." "Of course she can! Gao Chun, don't think that I don't know about you and her. I know the relationship between you clearly! You are sick, so I don't want to provoke you, but you should know now. I don't know about your relationship. Clearly!" Gao Chun was completely dumbfounded, and after being dazed, he was still fierce.Of course, the vicious tone was just to cover up a guilty conscience: "What do we have to do with each other, what do you think we have to do with each other?" Zhou Xin no longer bothered to answer this rhetorical question, her question went straight to the conclusion: "Gao Chun, you are a patient, do you know that? You are a patient! Do you think that a young, healthy and pretty girl like Jin Kui will fall in love with you?" I don’t want to say something to irritate you, but I also don’t want to look at you so stupid! Why is she in love with you? Is she in love with your little knowledge, learning, or your body that may fall down at any time, huh?” Zhou Xin Involuntarily, he yelled out his grievances.She stopped to calm herself down, tried her best to return her tone of voice to a calm one, and finished her unquestionable judgment. "It's your money that she fell in love with! It's this yard!" Gao Chun's response this time was unexpected by Zhou Xin. He stared at Zhou Xin fiercely, his voice was no longer high-pitched, but it came from the heart, trembling and deformed: "No! She loves me! She's my fiancée! My girlfriend! My ex-lover!" The whole room fell silent, and the lofty vault of the house contained echoes.Aunt Yu, who came back with warm water, shrank her head at the door, not daring to enter.She saw Gao Chun on the bed flushed, and Zhou Xin in front of the bed was livid.She saw Zhou Xin walk out of the door with a livid face, walked into the small bedroom adjacent to one side, and then walked back from the small bedroom to Gao Chun's big house.When she returned to the big house, she held a photo in her hand. She threw the photo in front of Gao Chun's knee. Aunt Yu couldn't see her expression, but it was not difficult to hear from her voice that Zhou Xin no longer maintained her usual attitude. calm down. "Is she your fiancee? Who is this person?" This is a photo of Jin Kui, which Zhou Xin found in Jin Kui's house. In this newly printed photo, the bride and groom are leaning on each other.The bride smiled affectionately, and the groom's eyebrows bloomed! "Who is this man standing with her? Is it you! Ah! Is it you!" Zhou Xin's voice has never been so sharp and piercing, so hysterical.This fierce questioning has completely defeated Gao Chun.The photo Gao Chun saw was undoubtedly a wedding photo, which undisputedly recorded Jin Kui's lifelong events.And Gao Chun, the other protagonist of the century-old good friend, has never seen it before. Could it be the rich man Fang Yuan mentioned? The smiles from the bride and groom caused Gao Chun to collapse instantly. Zhou Xin couldn't hear his voice, but could see his teardrops smashing into pieces.The wailing silent expression made Zhou Xin panic and suddenly realized that Gao Chun's physique might not be able to withstand the sharpness of the truth! Zhou Xin couldn't bear it herself——Gao Chun's distorted face and broken tears revealed his true love undisguisedly.Zhou Xin couldn't bear it either!She promised Gao Chun with her body, what she regarded as a sacred emotional sacrifice, but what she got in return was a false touch and a secret affair.She has also been a bride. When she was a bride, she only knew that she would no longer have physical pleasure, but she didn't know that she would also have no spiritual pleasure; she only knew that she would use her life to make heroic and noble sacrifices, but Didn't know that in her backyard where she kept women's ways, only she was kept in the dark, and everyone else knew about adultery! She didn't want to see Gao Chun's tears anymore, she didn't want to see his shocked and desperate expression anymore, she turned around silently and walked out of the house, the tall millet was still standing on the porch outside the house.She threw herself into Gu Zi's arms uncontrollably, and she shed her tears in Gu Zi's arms.What moved her the most was that Gu Zi only had a warm hug at this time, and no longer made any sound. For Jin Kui, it was also a heart-breaking night.She lingered outside the gate of No. 3 Courtyard in Renli Hutong, mustered up her courage, and used the public phone on the street to dial Gao Chun's bedside landline. Unexpectedly, Gao Chun's landline became an empty number overnight. . She thought she made a mistake, so she dialed again, and the phone told Yiran: "The number you dialed is empty." When Gao Chun saw the wedding photo, Jin Kui knocked on Fangyuan's door. In Fangyuan's residence, after listening to Jinkui's crying, Fangyuan didn't seem surprised that Jinkui was kicked out of the house by Zhou Xin so quickly.His reaction was calm, without surprise or righteous indignation, and he didn't even offer the usual comfort to the weeping Jin Kui.He smoked a cigarette sullenly for a while, hesitated for a long time, and still talked about his attitude. "I persuaded you when you insisted on going, but you still went. You didn't listen to me when you went, so this result will definitely happen." Fang Yuan also knew that Jin Kui would definitely not give up at this point, her purpose in finding herself was to try to change or save this ending.She said, Lao Fang, can you go and have a face-to-face meeting with Zhou Xin for me? My relationship with Gao Chun existed before she knew Gao Chun. Zhou Xin is an intellectual and a literate person. Do not understand it.If she understands... even a little bit, maybe she will let me go back. Fang Yuan doesn't take things so simply. Zhou Xin and Gao Chun are already married, a reality that no one can ignore.No matter what the course of history is, no one can ignore the ending.If Gao Chun also has feelings for Zhou Xin, if she still wants to maintain her family, how could she let you go back? Jin Kui was a little discouraged, tears shed in despair, she had to admit that judging from how Zhou Xin got along with Gao Chun, she seemed to be okay with Gao Chun.Besides, she is a woman who is officially married to Gao Chun after all, so it's not just a relationship problem, but also a face problem and a dignity problem.Under such circumstances, if she went to reveal her past relationship with Gao Chun, wouldn't she be throwing herself into a trap?Wouldn't Zhou Xin resolutely reject him from the gate of No. 3 Courtyard? Fortunately, after Fang Yuan insisted on his consistent point of view, he was still pushed by Jin Kui's sadness, and agreed to come forward to talk to Zhou Xin for Jin Kui.Because Zhou Xin in Fangyuan's impression is relatively open-minded, and open-minded people must be reasonable and sympathetic.If there is a witness to the love between Jin Kui and Gao Chun, it must be Fang Yuan, and at the same time he is the witness of Gao Chun and Zhou Xin's marriage.The ups and downs of the three people's gathering and parting, the ups and downs, the process and details of this process, Fang Yuan can clearly remember them all.Maybe, maybe, the two of you can sit down and talk. Since you both love Gao Chun, or say, you are both for Gao Chun, then there is a basis for sitting together. Sitting together, what are we talking about?Jin Kui didn't know whether Fang Yuan had anticipated the purpose of her meeting with Zhou Xin, whether she wanted Zhou Xin to return Gao Chun to her, or just persuaded Zhou Xin to agree to let her return to No. 3 Courtyard to continue working?Or, just want Zhou Xin to understand her past with Gao Chun, and then give her understanding and forgiveness... Jin Kui asked Fang Yuan, and Fang Yuan couldn't tell, just said: Don't set the goal too rigidly first.You come with me, I'll meet her first, and once she's willing to sit down with you and have a talk, to listen and understand each other's positions, it never hurts.There is no hatred for each other, how to deal with the next step, it will be easy to handle after talking, and everything can be discussed, everything can be discussed. Fang Yuan's willingness to come forward played a soothing effect on Jin Kui's mood.Although the goal of Fang Yuan's appearance is unclear, the gains and losses are unclear, and the outcome is unpredictable, but treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor is also a strange move. Jinkui touched her heart with her hands and prayed secretly, heaven and earth bless me, bring me back to life. The next morning, Jin Kui waited in Fangyuan downstairs, and when Fangyuan woke up and went downstairs, the two rushed to the No. 3 courtyard of Renli Hutong together.Usually at this hour, Zhou Xin would not go out yet. At this time, the gate of the No. 3 courtyard of Renli Hutong was closed as usual. For Jin Kui, this kind "house gate" that used to come in and out almost every day is now so strict and cold.The doorbell was rang by Fang Yuan, and the sound of the doorbell was quite unfamiliar to Jin Kui. When I was young, someone came to open the door. The sound of the door was thick and twisted.The person who opened the door was not as expected by Jin Kui. It was neither the hostess Zhou Xin nor Master Li and his wife, but an extremely strange face. First ask who are you looking for?How do you call your surname?Fang Yuan said: I'm looking for Zhou Xin, is she there?My surname is Fang, she knows it.The strange face was in his twenties, with big shoulders and a round waist. He cast his gaze behind Fangyuan: who is she, may I ask your surname?Jin Kui glanced at Fangyuan, but didn't answer.Fang Yuan answered for her, her surname was Jin, and Zhou Xin also knew it.Are you new here? Hearing that Jin Kui's surname was Jin, the strange face immediately reacted: Zhou Xin was not there. After finishing speaking, the door was about to be closed, but Fang Yuan hurriedly stopped him: Hey, let's go in and take a look at Gao Chun, I am Gao Chun's eldest brother!The unfamiliar face put on a business face: I'm sorry, Ms. Zhou has confessed that no one can enter without her own consent.Fang Yuan hurriedly said again: Is Master Li there?You ask Master Li to come out, even if Master Li is not with his wife. The strange face still closed the door: Master Li is not here!He answered without hesitation.Fangyuan was turned away, and the face in the doorway was quite embarrassing. He angrily called Zhou Xin's mobile phone, and Zhou Xin's mobile phone was transferred to the secretary's desk.Fang Yuan had no choice but to leave his name and asked the little secretary to tell Zhou Xin to call back if there was something urgent. Jin Kui stayed with Fang Yuan the whole morning, and Zhou Xin didn't call back the whole morning.She and Fang Yuan were sitting in a KFC near Renli Hutong, staring at each other over a glass of drink. They broke up at noon, and they didn't even have the heart to eat.Fang Yuan comforted Jin Kui: "You go and settle down first, have you found a place to live? I'll let you know when I contact Zhou Xin, do you still have a charge for your mobile phone?" Jin Kui looked out the window and didn't answer anything. Said: "Thank you, old Fang." Fang Yuan only contacted Zhou Xin after dark, and that was the only time he got through to Zhou Xin himself after calling Zhou Xin's mobile phone more than ten times a day.Zhou Xin was silent for a moment at Fang Yuan's request to "meet and talk", but finally agreed, she said, "Then come, I have something to ask you." Fang Yuan immediately called Jin Kui, and the two rushed over together.When we arrived at Renli Hutong, Fang Yuan didn't let Jin Kui go any further. He told her to wait outside the alley, saying that he wanted to talk to himself first.Then he walked into the alley alone and rang the doorbell of the No. 3 courtyard. Zhou Xin was at home, and she opened the courtyard door herself.Maybe she stayed in the No. 3 courtyard all day and didn't go out at all.Fang Yuan saw that there was something wrong with Gao Chun's body. When he entered, Zhou Xin had just sent away two half-familiar doctors.Master Li and the young man with an unfamiliar face in the morning rushed forward with a mop to wipe the floor, greeted Fang Yuan in a hurry, and told Zhou Xin that Gao Chun had vomited again.Zhou Xin didn't have time to talk to Fang Yuan, and hurried to the backyard, and told Master Li to pour some hot water quickly, but Master Li said that Aunt Yu had gone to pour it.Fang Yuan followed them all the way to Gao Chun's bedroom.Before entering the house, Zhou Xin did not forget to agree on Fang Yuan: "Don't talk about Jinkui with him, is that okay!" Fang Yuan nodded in response, "Oh." The agreement and promise were the same as the steps of the two, chaotic and hasty. Fang Yuan saw that Gao Chun was lying on his back on the bed, his face was dark and dull, but his eyes were red and swollen, a little erosive.The newly hired nanny was cleaning up Gao Chun's vomit next to the bed, and Zhou Xin stepped up to help.Gao Chun saw Fang Yuan, and pulled him over with his eyes, Fang Yuan approached the bed, and held hands with Gao Chun, comforting him: "Why are you feeling uncomfortable? It's okay. If you are sick, don't think too much about it."You are in good health, and the people who care about you are at ease... Gao Chun moved his mouth, wanting to speak, but couldn't find the words.Zhou Xin came over, wiped Gao Chun's face with a hot towel, fed him water, took a sip and choked again.Seeing their fuss, Fang Yuan withdrew, and retreated outside the door.After a while, Zhou Xin also came out, and Fang Yuan asked Zhou Xin what happened to Gao Chun, why is his health failing?Only then did Zhou Xin start to complain about Fangyuan. "Old Fang, you still ask, this is all your trouble, why did you introduce such a person to me! Jin Kui is Gao Chun's past girlfriend, how can you introduce her to help me? You have to say You don't know, I absolutely don't believe it. She has such a relationship with Gao Chun, can she stay in our house without chaos! Gao Chun is sick like this, and you still let him be stimulated by this, I don't know what you want to do !" Since Zhou Xin took the initiative to turn the topic away, Fang Yuan just responded: "I came here to talk to you about this matter. After talking about it, I will admit it even if you scold me and complain about me. But as your friend, I also serve as Gao Chunhe Jinkui's big brother, I have to convey the thoughts of each of you, how to deal with it is your own business." They stood outside the bedroom. Outside the bedroom was a hall. The lights in the hall were dark, but the resentment in Zhou Xin's eyes could still be seen: "I know what she thinks. What she wants is not high purity, but high purity." Money is this valuable yard! When Gao Chun was alive and well, she could leave him and marry someone richer than him. Now Gao Chun is disabled and can't do anything. No one knows how long she can live. A married woman suddenly came out to eat this grass, doesn't she understand what she's thinking! It doesn't matter who she falls in love with or who she marries, as long as that person is rich!" Fang Yuan had never seen Zhou Xin so excited, and the resentment came from his heart.But he still tried to tell the truth, euphemistically clarifying the history for Jin Kui. "I've also heard the rumor that Jin Kui married a rich man. Many people passed it around but no one has ever seen it..." "I've seen it!" Fang Yuan's words were immediately interrupted by Zhou Xin. She stared closely at Fang Yuan's momentarily stiff expression, then lowered her voice and added, "I've seen it!" Fang Yuan's astonishment was only momentarily difficult to tell whether Zhou Xin was telling the truth or venting resentment.He asked, "What have you seen, Jin Kui getting married?" "Yes, I've seen her get married!" Zhou Xin answered decisively, and Fang Yuan was incredulous: "Have you ever seen her get married? Who did she marry?" "With a man." "Have you seen that man?" "I've seen it!" Zhou Xin was still straightforward. "What kind of man?" "I don't know what that man does, but I'm sure this man is definitely not as rich as the current Gao Chun, otherwise Jin Kui wouldn't have deliberately tried to pretend to be a nanny to get him back." Fang Yuan still didn't seem to believe it: "How did you meet that man?" "I can't tell you how I met that man, I can only tell you that I must have seen that man. And I did see it with my own eyes, Jin Kui and this man are married! " Zhou Xin's firm tone left Fang Yuan speechless.His confidence in Jin Kui began to crumble from this moment.The conversation between him and Zhou Xin came to an abrupt end, and suddenly there was an explosion of shouts in the bedroom. In the chaos, Gao Chun's shouts could be heard, and Master Li and Aunt Yu's dissuading voices could also be heard.Zhou Xin turned back and ran into the bedroom in a hurry. Fang Yuan stood there in a daze, motionless. Except for Gao Chun who had rolled off the bed and struggled to crawl towards the door, he was probably the only one who understood what happened at this time. Soon Zhou Xin also understood what happened, and she soon understood why the already weak Gao Chun suddenly burst out with amazing strength, so that both Master Li and Aunt Yu couldn't hold back.She found a note in Gao Chun's clenched fist. She was able to get this note because Gao Chun had fainted and was carried back to the mattress by Master Li and Aunt Yu.From the first second she saw this note, she had concluded that the note was brought in by Fang Yuan, and it was passed to Gao Chun secretly when Fang Yuan approached the bed and held his hand to express condolences. There was only one sentence written on the note, neatly written: "Gao Chun, I will wait for you outside the alley every day, even if I can never meet you again!" Gao Chun was sent to the hospital overnight, and the coma was relieved after being injected with drugs, or in other words, he went from coma to sleep. Zhou Xin sat next to Gao Chun's hospital bed with her eyes open all night. After Gao Chun was transferred from the emergency room to the ward, both Master Li and Aunt Yu left the hospital. They could not see the expression on Zhou Xin's face, whether it was calm or sad, or that it was actually a concealed expression. resentment. After dawn, Aunt Yu rushed back from the No. 3 hospital to replace Zhou Xin, and Gu Zi had already rushed to the hospital before her.Along with Gu Zi, there is Lao Suan from Dumu Painting Workshop.They talked with Zhou Xin in a corner outside the ward. They were still talking about the five-person exhibition.The old sour said: This time it is outside first and then inside.First exhibit in Hong Kong and Japan, and then return to China to exhibit again.This time, the Japanese National Academy of Fine Arts promised to present you with a Youth Cultural Envoy Award. There are only three places for this award each year, and it is open to the most potential young artists in the world. It is also known as the cradle of masters in the Asian art world.If you really win this award this time, it will be a milestone not only for you personally, but also for our Dumu Workshop. We have to publicize it well in the domestic and foreign media. Zhou Xin had already heard about the award that Lao Suan mentioned, but this time Lao Suan said it more specifically and with greater certainty.她抬眼去看谷子，谷子也在看她，神态非常关注。她低头想了一下，对老酸说道：“我走不了，你也看见了，我爱人病成这样，我走不了的。” 高纯就躺在旁边的病房里，神志昏昏，老酸确实都看到了，但他还是晓以大义：“你有困难画坊可以帮你，大伙都可以帮你照顾高纯。听说你新请的阿姨是专门会照顾病人的……关键是你不去这个奖就不一定拿得到了。这个奖不光对你，对咱们画坊也是非常……” 老酸的话还是被周欣打断了：“老酸，我对不起大家，在关键时刻又掉链子。现在我家里出了事，出了事……我一走，这个家就散了。我现在也只能先顾家了。” 老酸不甚明了地看一眼谷子，顿了一下，试图做最后努力：“你家里的事……我们能帮你做什么吗？” 周欣摇头：“这是我第一个家，是我刚刚建立起来的家，我不想就这么完了，我要保住它。我会保住它的。” 老酸欲言又罢，周欣的脸色，与她当初决定结婚时的凝重，几乎相同。这脸色老酸见过，所以他把下面的劝导，全都咽回去了，没再多说。 谷子也没多说话，整个早上他一言不发。 在周欣离开医院之前，高纯始终睡着。周欣把一应事务嘱咐给了余阿姨，然后坐了谷子的车，和谷子一起奔谷子家来了。 周欣到谷子家来，是来看她妈妈。 她的妈妈还是原来的样子，在阿姨的照顾下能吃能睡。周欣一看到母亲如孩童般单纯的面庞，心里就安定了许多。那天上午她躺在母亲床上，蜷在母亲腋下，疲倦地睡过去了。谷子本想和周欣好好谈谈的，这里没有外人，倾听的怀抱时刻在这里敞开。这里也是周欣的家，一切心酸苦闷，都可以在这里表达。谷子站在那间大卧房的门口，他看到他一直等待的倾谈者，已经像婴儿一样酣睡在母亲的怀里。谷子只能无奈地与周欣的母亲对视，周欣母亲的目光则一团涣散，谷子都不知道她是不是看到了他。 而在这个时辰，高纯醒过来了。 高纯醒来后睁眼看到的第一个人，是李师傅。 李师傅靠近高纯，他感觉到高纯嘴唇翕动，像是有话要说。 “……去，去找金葵……” 高纯断续发出了声音，尽管轻如耳语，但李师傅还是担心隔墙有耳地看了一眼身后。他的身后，余阿姨正提着保温饭盒走出门去。 “我到哪儿去找金葵？” 他贴近床头，声音同高纯一样微小。 “老方！”高纯的吐字在此一刻忽然清晰：“……去找老方……” 周欣在谷子家一直睡到下午五点，醒后她帮阿姨喂母亲吃了晚饭。又借了谷子的手提电脑，说是要拿去看高纯愿不愿玩久游网的舞蹈游戏。她离开谷子家时谷子执意用车送她，她执意不肯，她说我打个车就行很方便的。 谷子说还是我送吧，我有车你打什么车啊。周欣说真的不用，谷子我没有理由欠你太多！ 谷子已经走到门口，已经把门拉开，他背对周欣，严肃地说道： “你不必用这种客气的方式和我保持距离，我明白你对高纯的心情，我也理解你对家庭的责任。我是个明事理的人，在你不需要的时候，我不会向前多走一步。” 周欣在谷子身后，语调同样严肃，她说：“谢谢你谷子。现在，我除了谢谢二字，一无所有。” 谷子背脊僵硬，站在门口，一动不动。周欣从他身边走过，走出门去。谷子没再跟上，也没再发出任何声音。 在周欣走出谷子家门的时刻，余阿姨也正拎着为高纯做好的饭菜，走出三号院的大门。几乎同一时刻，李师傅带着方圆和金葵快步走进医院，直奔高纯的病房。金葵与高纯分离不过短短数日，彼此的煎熬恍如隔世。金葵走进病房后直趋床前，俯身抱住了她奄奄一息的爱人。 这是一个无言的时刻，连哭声都显得多余。站在床边的方圆和李师傅，以及一位正准备测试体温的护士，一起目睹了这个动人的场面。他们看不见这一对年轻恋人紧贴的面孔，只看得见他们抓住对方的双手，看得见他们彼此用力地给予……没有人干扰他们，他们肩头的微微抖动，释放着他们压抑的恸哭。 高纯的诘问终于涕泣而出：“你，你已经嫁人了吗？你已经结婚了吗？” 他们没有松开对方，拥抱始终难舍难离。金葵的哭声随着她的回答，让床边的护士为之动容。 “我不会和任何人结婚，我只要和你结婚！我只要和你！” “我看过你的结婚照，”高纯的疑问，需要力发全身，他的胸膛因此而剧烈起伏，他的面容因此而微微抖动，“……那个男的，是谁？” “是我和王苦丁吗？”金葵抬起了身体，激动拦截了悲伤：“我说过我和他照过相的，就在苦丁山小镇的照相馆里。高纯你真的认为，这个世界上人人都不讲真话了吗？” 高纯用枯瘦的双手抓住金葵，眼泪和欢喜鼓动了也耗光了他的气血，他用最后的力气表达了信任。无论他和金葵任何一人，信任在此时无比珍贵。 “这个世界上，有很多人在说谎，但我知道你是真的，所以我什么都不怕了。” 高纯说他什么都不怕了，这也是真的。对于一个垂死之人，已经无须担忧世俗的忌讳。尽管他并不知道，他的妻子此时已经回到医院，正朝着病房的方向大步走来。 余阿姨拎着那只保温饭盒也回来了，她和周欣几乎同时走进病房。她们走进病房时一个护士正在为高纯更换吊瓶，病房里很静很静，床上的病人和床前的护士都很安详，像是任何事情皆未发生。 护士换好吊瓶走了，周欣意外地看到，高纯没有闭目昏睡，他盯着天花板在想着什么，眉间不再愁苦，脸色也居然有几分红润。周欣问他：困吗？他摇摇头表示不困。周欣说不困我陪你玩“劲舞团”吧，我可以用你的注册号进去，你教我玩行吗？高纯的目光停在她的脸上，想了一会，才点了下头。周欣打开电脑，问了高纯的注册号，很快点开了久游网。为了讨高纯欢心，她做出对久游网很熟的样子，说起来如数家珍：“久游网我也早知道的，它是世界上最大的音乐舞蹈类游戏网站。在全球四十多个国家有代理机构，它的两款游戏'劲舞团'和'超级舞者'在中国有两亿多个注册号，用户量占全国游戏市场的四分之一……你玩'劲舞团'还是'超级舞者'？玩劲舞团吧。 ”周欣把高纯的枕头垫高，把电脑的屏幕移向高纯，她发现高纯投向“劲舞团”的眼睛忽然变得神采奕奕，仿佛从那里看到了他自己的青春。 她发现，跳舞总是高纯的最爱，尽管是在网上模拟，尽管仅仅片刻欢愉，也能调动他虚弱的细胞，也能支撑他短暂的亢奋。直到夜里高纯也一直似睡似醒，心里总像在想事情，想的什么周欣没问，高纯也不流露。如果不算傍晚一起玩那个“劲舞团”的话，不知从何时开始，夫妻之间已经很少交流，已经无话可说。 早上，余阿姨来了，给高纯带来了早饭。高纯入院后主要靠输液维持营养，很少进食，但余阿姨还是把早饭做得丰富而又精致。医生查完房后周欣交待余阿姨给高纯喂些口服液之类的补品，再之后她接了老酸的电话去了独木画坊。关于去日本参展的事老酸十二道电话催她再来谈谈。她这时的感受连自己也说不清究竟是犹豫还是烦恼，是无尽的疲劳，还是自暴自弃！ 周欣走进独木画坊时看到画坊里的画家们几乎都到齐了，大家站在一个巨型的素描底稿前正在嘀嘀咕咕，周欣的出现吸引了众人的目光，大家收了声音，一齐把头拧向门口。 老酸仍然是整个场面的中心，周欣有几分不安地迎了他的注视，老酸的语气非常郑重，这按理不是画家常见的声音。 “周欣，我们正商量呢，这次日本方面邀请咱们出三个人一起参展，你是他们指定的人选。他们同意咱们这次以中国独木画派的名义集体参展。所以我把大伙都找来了，一起商量这事。” 老酸的态度是明确的，明确的倾向，明确的暗示。场面上每一个人的面孔都同样郑重，都给老酸的话语描上命令的色彩。 周欣站在他们对面，双方都以沉默相峙。周欣以弱凌强，目光静得有点悲壮。 当然，周欣并不知道，就在她刚刚离开医院的同时，早就守在医院门口的方圆和李师傅立即领着受托而来的律师和公证人员，相跟着进入了住院大楼。 李师傅首先进了病房，与高纯耳语后即向在一边忙碌的余阿姨传达旨意，让她速回三号院把高纯的MP3取来：“就是那个听音乐的，带着耳机的那个……”李师傅比划着解释：“就是放在床头柜的那个白颜色的东西。”余阿姨明白了：“啊，就是听音乐的那个半导体吧？”余阿姨年届五十，那时代的很多人，都会固执地把听音乐的“小盒子”，一律称之为“半导体”。 余阿姨领命走了，方圆一行随即入内。一行中还有律师和公证处的两位公证员，进房后即呈半圆形围在高纯的床边。 方圆开口，直奔主题：“高纯，律师我带来了，还有这两位，是北京天华公证处的公证员。” 律师取出了已经拟就的遗嘱稿件，先问方圆：“可以开始了吗？ ”后向病床上的高纯呈上了遗嘱的文本：“这是你上次已经过目的遗嘱文稿，今天，由公证处的两位公证员对你的这份遗嘱进行公证。这份遗嘱你还要再看一下吗？ " 高纯艰难地睁大双眼，目光疲乏得难以卒读。 “我的财产怎么分配，写了吗？” 他的目光在遗嘱上寻找，他想再次确认他最想交待的事情。 “写了，在这儿。”律师指点着文件上的段落，提示出遗嘱中实质性的章节：“你的现金存款的百分之五十由你的妻子周欣继承，你的房产及房产的附属物品，还有现金存款的另外百分之五十，留给金葵，以感激她对你的照顾……” 高纯张嘴表示有话，喘了半天才说出声来：“留给，就是……那些财产完全属于她了吗？” 律师确定地回答：“对，完全属于她了。因为金葵不是你的法定继承人，所以她不能像你的妻子周欣那样继承你的财产。让金葵分到你的财产，只能用'留给'这样的词语表达。'留给'属于遗赠的性质。” 高纯说：“好，你写上，周欣给了我无私的帮助和爱护，我要感谢她，但我只能下辈子报答她了。我对不起她的，不是我的病，而是因为我始终没有对她好过，我只能给她磕头赔罪！因为我爱金葵，金葵一直是我唯一的爱人！” 病房里鸦雀无声，令高纯的宣告愈显郑重。少顷律师做了提醒： “遗嘱中对遗赠的问题，最好不要涉及爱这类字眼，只说感谢受赠人的照顾就可以了。” 高纯说：“我要说，遗嘱是我能对这个世界最后一次说话了，我把我的爱一直藏在心里，一直不敢公布。现在我要说出来，我已经向周欣忏悔了，所以我已经可以把我真正的爱人告诉大家。” 律师说：“我理解你的想法，但我还是建议你在遗嘱这类法律文件上，不去涉及婚姻情感问题。因为根据你父亲的遗言，根据过去你和你姐姐蔡东萍达成的协议，你姐姐一旦知道你并不爱你的妻子周欣，她可能会钻法律空子，指责周欣与你是假结婚，以骗取对你财产的管理权，进而干预你对财产的处置，这是不必要的麻烦。” 高纯说：“她要说我们是假结婚，那我可以和周欣离婚，和金葵结婚。这样我的财产金葵就可以继承了，就更合法了。周欣也就解脱了，她当初是为了帮我才和我结婚的，她也有自己爱的人，我应该让她解脱，去找她自己爱的人。” 方圆插话进来，压制住高纯的声音：“高纯，你别瞎想了，这不可能的。你现在身体这个状况，这不可能的……” 律师则从法律层面完全否定了高纯的冲动：“离婚和结婚都是大事，现实中是不可能同一天同一个时辰无缝对接的。一旦两者之间有间隙，你姐姐就可以利用这个间隙，在这个时间段里，成为你全部财产的管理者。这对你财产的安全性和完整性，势必构成难以预测的危险。” 方圆知晓这段内幕，也帮腔从旁劝导：“没错，你不懂法律，不能胡来，一切还是听律师安排吧。” 律师继续解释：“周欣已经以你妻子的名义与你姐姐达成协议，在你的财产一旦成为遗产的时候，放弃对仁里胡同三号院的继承权，让三号院这个蔡家的祖产，仍归蔡家持有。那个协议没有涉及你对其他人的遗赠问题，所以，金葵应该是可以接受你的遗赠的。换句话说，你即便不把仁里胡同三号院赠予金葵，你妻子周欣也是得不到它的。如果没有遗赠行为发生，这个院子应当归还给你的姐姐，由你姐姐蔡东萍重新拥有。” 高纯不再说话。律师与方圆对视一眼，庆幸事态平定。李师傅站在一侧始终沉默，他似乎是这个场合中唯一多余的人。 在律师的示意下，两位公证员开始公证了，趋前对委托人进行例常的询问。律师与方圆退到后面，方圆对李师傅轻声嘱咐：“你去外面看一下，要是周欣或者那个余阿姨突然回来了，你马上进来告诉一声。” 李师傅一声不响出了病房，站在门外，看看两边，然后向走廊的入口走去。走廊上病人和医生护士们来来往往，没人注意到李师傅眉宇间的一团阴晦……这团阴晦之气至晚方散，站在蔡东萍家的客厅里，李师傅的眉头才刚刚舒展。蔡东萍位于亚运村的这套公寓三室两厅，装修和家具都很讲究，社区和户型也算得上豪宅一类，但李师傅直观上也看得明白，这公寓比起那种三进院带大花园的四合院来说，当然只是小菜一碟。 从他一进入这座公寓就看到蔡东萍与她的律师正在争执，双方言语不睦面红耳赤，只有在一侧沏茶续水的孙姐不动声色，脸上看不见任何喜怒哀乐。 蔡东萍与律师争执的焦点仍然是那个价值不菲的院子，显然他们都已从李师傅来前的电话中，知道了高纯立嘱并予公证的事实。蔡东萍仍然质疑高纯立嘱处置三号院的合法性，但连李师傅都听得出来，这个质疑只是回光返照式的一种挣扎而已，因为蔡东萍很快就开始用孤立无助的哭泣，代替了她一向以来的歇斯底里。 “我爸爸临死前说得明明白白，我和周欣签的协议也写得明明白白……三号院是我们蔡家的祖产，只要我弟弟不在了，就得还给我们蔡家。这院子我家打清朝那辈就灶火相传，一辈一辈住了一百多年了。'文革'那阵让人占了，'文革'后连政府都知道是谁家的东西要还给谁家，那姓高的本来就不能算我们蔡家的人，他有什么权利把这院子送给别人？还是送给和我们蔡家八竿子都打不着的人！他还立上什么遗嘱了，立了也没用！我父亲的临终遗言在先，他立的遗嘱在后，你是律师你应该懂啊，遗嘱也得论个先来后到吧！他随便立个遗嘱就能把老爷子的遗言一抹推翻？” 律师跟着点头，却并不随声附和：“是，你父亲的遗言在先，当然不能推翻。问题的关键是，你弟弟并没有推翻你父亲的遗言，你父亲的遗言和你弟弟的遗嘱，谈的根本不是一码事！” “怎么不是一码事，我爸的遗言，我跟周欣的协议，说的都是三号院，天下到底有几个三号院？” “没错，说的都是三号院。你父亲的遗言说的是三号院在你弟弟重病并且尚未结婚成家的时候，院子由你代为管理，在你弟弟死后这院子成为遗产的时候，仍然由你来继承。你和周欣签的协议是，一旦发生遗产继承的情况而高纯又无后代时，周欣放弃对三号院的继承权……”