love switch

Chapter 2

Zhou Xiaomeng went to bed at three o'clock in the morning and got up at six o'clock to take a shower.The bathroom was in a mess, clothes and bath towels were thrown all over the floor, and all the bottles and cans on the washstand were swept to the floor, scattered all over the floor.Zhou Xiaomeng washed for a long time until her skin turned red and her fingers were so wrinkled that no fingerprints could be seen... She only hoped that she could peel off a layer of skin so that she would not look dirty.But even if you peel off a layer of skin, so what?Zhou Yanzhao pressed her into the quagmire, and even her bones were soaked in filth.She lowered her eyelids and quickly put on her bathrobe and went out. Zhou Yanzhao was drunk and didn't go back to her room. Zhou Xiaomeng came out of the shower, and he woke up sleepily. He stood up and glanced at her. Then he reached out and beckoned.

Zhou Xiaomeng walked over step by step, just wanting to have a knife in his hand so that he could stab into his heart.But the skin on her face was stiff, her flesh was also stiff, and her steps were even stiffer.

After walking to the bed, Zhou Yanzhao sized her up and said, "You have class again today?"

"There is class in the afternoon."

She dare not lie, Zhou Yanzhao can check the schedule at any time.

Someone knocked on the door outside the room, very cautiously three times.Zhou Xiaomeng knew it would not be a servant, and after knocking again, she heard Xiaoguang's voice through the door, and asked in a low voice, "Brother Ten? Are you awake?"

Zhou Yanzhao lay lazily on the head of the bed and asked, "What's the matter?"

"People from the Tang family called..."

Zhou Xiaomeng pretended not to hear, turned around and walked towards the bathroom.Unexpectedly, Zhou Yanzhao got up when he heard the words. He had no clothes here, so he interrupted Xiaoguang: "Go to my room and bring my pajamas."

Zhou Yanzhao didn't ask to bring the phone, he went back to his room to answer the phone, Zhou Xiaomeng changed clothes, and went downstairs to eat.When passing through the corridor, she glanced at the master bedroom at the end of the corridor. The door was ajar, but she couldn't hear Zhou Yanzhao's movement.

Zhou Binli was wearing a bib around his neck, and the nurse was feeding him apple puree.Seeing her going downstairs, she narrowed her eyes with a smile: "Xiaomeng is... wearing a skirt today."

"Morning Dad."

Before she could sit down, she suddenly heard Zhou Binli ask, "Where's your mother...why can't you see her all the time? Could it be that Xiaomeng had a rash and she was hospitalized with the child again?"

Zhou Xiaomeng's hand holding the knife and fork was trembling slightly. When she heard her own voice, she answered mechanically, "Dad, I'm Xiaomeng. My rash has healed up, and my mother is on a business trip."

"Business trip..." The old man took a sip of the apple puree brought to his mouth by the nurse, and muttered, "Business trip..." He suddenly shivered, and said, "Tell her to go quickly...Xiao Yan wants to know what she did I can't spare her...tell her to hide away...never come back..." The old man excitedly waved his hand and overturned the bowl of apple puree in the nurse's hand, and began to yell, how could the nurse drag her? Can't live.Zhou Xiaomeng rushed up and hugged the old man: "Dad! Dad! My brother is still abroad, he won't know, he won't know!"

The old man gradually relaxed in her embrace, put his head in her arms like a child, and said slowly: "Xiaomeng, you have to persuade your brother..."

"I know……"

"Your brother has a bad temper... Whoever offends him...he will not forgive..." The old man raised his head with difficulty, and stared at her back with cloudy eyes, "Xiaomeng, your brother is back... ..."

Zhou Xiaomeng turned her head, Zhou Yanzhao was standing on the stairs, looking at her with a half-smile, looking at the mess in the restaurant.The servant was busy cleaning up the apple puree on the ground, and the nurse wiped the splashed fruit puree on the old man's clothes, while Zhou Xiaomeng stood there motionless holding the old man's shoulders.

Zhou Yanzhao walked down the steps step by step as if nothing had happened, and said, "Good morning, Dad."

Zhou Binli glanced at Zhou Xiaomeng helplessly, and Zhou Yanzhao said again: "Xiaomeng, stop standing, sit down and eat."

Only in front of Zhou Binli would Zhou Yanzhao treat her so politely, as if she was really a pampered sister.

The kitchen re-made apple puree and brought it up, and the nurses began to feed the old man.Zhou Xiaomeng swallowed her sandwich, and when she was choked, she took a sip of milk.Zhou Yanzhao ate porridge and fried dough sticks, and the three ate breakfast in silence.When Zhou Xiaomeng swallowed the last bite of the sandwich, she suddenly heard Zhou Yanzhao say, "Go home early today, I'm going to bring my girlfriend back and show it to Dad."

In the afternoon, I have a professional English class. Although there is an air conditioner in the computer room, it still looks stuffy.The teacher who taught English made people almost fall asleep. Zhou Xiaomeng stared at the textbook, but recalled the email received on the mobile phone before class, which was a photo sent by Xiao Sizhi.There are about a dozen of them. She has met a few people before, but she doesn’t know most of them. There is a small countdown timer on the top of the email, and there are only [-] seconds in total. Write down your facial features.Her mechanical memory ability is particularly good. In the anatomy class, all the girls in the class could memorize such complicated nerve pictures. Only she can easily get high marks.

The countdown reached zero, and the mail disappeared instantly, as if the alcohol evaporated in the air, leaving no trace.She couldn't help but sent a text message to Xiao Sizhi, saying that she hoped to ask him about the internship.

Xiao Sizhi quickly replied that he would go to classroom [-] of the Second Teaching after class, and he would wait for her there.

The second teaching is an old building. Since the fifth and sixth teachings were built in the East District, the number of classes scheduled by the second teaching has been reduced a lot, and most majors only have two classes in the afternoon. The second teaching is even more deserted. There are only students who take the postgraduate entrance examination. , Sporadic self-study here.[-] is a very small classroom.Xiao Sizhi wrote the word "meeting" on the blackboard, and he waited for her with a laptop.

Zhou Xiaomeng came in with her schoolbag, sat quietly in the row behind him, spread out the textbook and began to draw key points.Her voice was very soft, but because of the front and rear rows, it could just reach his ears: "I want a few things."

"what?"

"Bugs, the kind you can buy on the black market will do."

Xiao Sizhi said calmly: "It's too risky, there are very few people who can enter and leave Zhou's house, and it is easy for him to suspect you. Moreover, I can't apply for such equipment for you."

"It was impossible for me to hear what they were talking about. He avoided me even on the phone."

"Then don't take any risks." Xiao Sizhi said, "Don't be in a hurry. If you are in a hurry, it is easy to cause problems. You are not specialized in this, so it is easy to cause accidents. We will find a way to send people to him. When you arrive It’s enough time to know what’s in your mind.”

"Who are you going to send?" Zhou Xiaomeng asked, "May I know?"

Xiao Sizhi was silent for a moment, then said: "Me."

Zhou Xiaomeng was taken aback for a moment, and said, "You?"

"The two of us fall in love, and then you just take me back to see your brother. You don't have to worry about the rest of it."

Zhou Xiaomeng's fingers gripping the pages of the book were trembling slightly, and the pen in her right hand was already tightly pinched by her, making her index finger press against the pen holder, which was excruciatingly painful.Xiao Sizhi couldn't hear her reply for a while, so he couldn't help but look back at her, only felt that her face was strangely pale, and couldn't help apologizing: "I'm sorry, I didn't explain this plan to you in advance. But the boss and the others feel that this is The safest way is that if something happens to me in the future, it will not involve you. At most, you were deceived by me in the dark, and you can explain it to me. "

"My brother..." Zhou Xiaomeng's voice was barely audible, "He...he thinks I'm still young...I'm not allowed to fall in love in college."

Xiao Sizhi was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Will he be very angry?"

Zhou Xiaomeng lowered her head and said "hmm".

"Can't you think of a way?"

Zhou Xiaomeng remained silent, Xiao Sizhi said: "Okay, let's think of another way."

After another moment of silence, Zhou Xiaomeng said: "I have to go, my brother brought his girlfriend home for dinner today, and asked me to go back early."

"His girlfriend?"

"I haven't heard him mention it before, so I don't know who it is."

Xiao Sizhi said: "It's okay, tell me the name after you have seen it, and I can tell you the information after I check it out."

"My brother doesn't casually have girlfriends. He must have been checked by someone long ago."

Xiao Sizhi narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never end in a hundred battles. Let's clarify the situation first."

When Zhou Xiaomeng returned home, Zhou Yanzhao hadn't come back yet.The servant showed her the menu, with a troubled look on his face: "Miss, what kind of dishes are you serving to entertain guests tonight?"

Ever since Zhou Yanzhao fired the fourth housekeeper, Zhou Xiaomeng has decided some trivial matters in the family. After all, it is impossible for a family to be left alone.Zhou Xiaomeng said: "I don't know what the guests have taboos, didn't my brother tell me?"

"Master Ten didn't say anything."

With Zhou Yanzhao's temper, he doesn't know how to take care of others.Zhou Xiaomeng estimated that he would not have any explanation, so he chose the most standard Cantonese cuisine, which was light and refreshing.

There is not enough time, and some complicated dishes cannot be cooked. Fortunately, the kitchen is used to dealing with various situations. There is always a large pot of Laohuo soup, which is made from pork bones and local chicken. It is mellow and delicious. It is suitable for cooking many dishes.

After dark, Zhou Yanzhao's car came back.Zhou Xiaomeng deliberately stood under the steps. She couldn't figure out what Zhou Yanzhao meant, so she had to act like the most competent sister.It's hard for Zhou Yanzhao to show his grace, get out of the car first, and then hold the door.

"Thank you!"

It has a sweet voice, and a lamp hangs under the porch, illuminating a smiling face, and when he looks up and sees Zhou Xiaomeng, he smiles again.

Zhou Yanzhao saw Zhou Xiaomeng at this time, and introduced them calmly: "My sister, Zhou Xiaomeng. This is Sun Lingxi."

Sun Lingxi said generously, "Xiaomeng, hello."

"Hello, Sister Sun."

"You don't have to be so polite, just like your brother, just call me Ling Xi."

Zhou Xiaomeng sat with Sun Lingxi in the living room, and Zhou Yanzhao went upstairs to change clothes.Zhou Xiaomeng didn't know how to deal with strangers, but Sun Lingxi was not more than two years older than her, and she was quite a lively and cheerful person. On the contrary, she treated Zhou Xiaomeng very well. After a while, she asked her what major she studied, and then started talking to her Things about myself in college.After chatting for a while, Zhou Yanzhao came down and asked, "Where's Dad? Can we eat?"

Zhou Xiaomeng stood up: "I'll ask Dad to come out."

He said yes, but actually went to Zhou Binli's room and pushed Zhou Binli's wheelchair out.Zhou Binli wasn't in a good mood today. After a quarrel in the morning, he was now sluggish, sitting in a wheelchair and looking at the window sill.Zhou Xiaomeng was afraid that he would make trouble again when he was eating, so she squatted in front of his wheelchair and told him softly: "Dad, my brother brought his girlfriend back today. Before eating later, you must remember to tell him greet."

Zhou Binli glanced at her and asked, "Where's your mother?"

Zhou Xiaomeng felt sore, and said, "Dad, I'll push you out. Mom will be back after dinner."

Zhou Binli let out an "oh", and his face looked better. Together with the nurse, Zhou Xiaomeng pushed Zhou Binli's wheelchair out.Sun Lingxi stood up when he saw them, and bowed politely: "Hello, Uncle."

"Hello." Zhou Binli smiled like a child, "You are beautiful!"

"Thank you uncle."

Obviously, Sun Lingxi knew about Zhou Binli's situation a long time ago, so he responded very calmly and appropriately.But Zhou Binli looked at her for a while, and suddenly said, "You look like a person, what's your last name?"

Only then did Zhou Yanzhao speak: "Dad, she is Sun Lingxi, my girlfriend."

"Oh..." Zhou Binli turned his head with some difficulty, looked at Zhou Yanzhao, "Okay...okay..."

Dinner was very silent, Zhou Yanzhao didn't talk much, Zhou Xiaomeng naturally didn't talk much, and Sun Lingxi was a guest after all, so he didn't talk too much, only the sound of the nurse feeding the old man with soup and him smacking his lips.After eating and waiting for the fruit to be delivered from the kitchen, Zhou Yanzhao said, "Dad, you must be tired, go back to your room and rest first."

Zhou Binli murmured, "Your aunt is not at home... Where's the bracelet?"

The Zhou family has a pair of dragon and phoenix bracelets, which are not very expensive, but it is said that they have been handed down for seven or eight generations, and they have been given to their daughter-in-law as a meeting gift.Zhou Yanzhao said calmly, "Auntie gave me the bracelet a long time ago. Dad, don't worry, I will give it to Ling Xi later."

"Okay...ok..." Zhou Binli kept nodding and was pushed back into the room by the nurse.

After all, it was the first time for Sun Lingxi to come to Zhou's house, so it was inconvenient to stay too late, so he got up to leave after sitting for a while.Zhou Yanzhao went to see her off in person, Zhou Xiaomeng breathed a sigh of relief, ran to the old man's room, and whispered to the nurse: "Give him a sleeping pill."

The old man couldn't sleep well and was dependent on drugs all the year round. Zhou Xiaomeng was afraid that Zhou Binli would make a fuss, so he went to seek care as soon as Sun Lingxi left.Sure enough, as soon as Zhou Binli saw it was her, he asked, "Xiaomeng, we've finished our meal, why hasn't your mother come back?"

"Mom came back after calling." Zhou Xiaomeng coaxed him, took the pills and warm water from the nurse, "Dad, take the medicine first, and mother will be back in half an hour."

After the old man finished taking the medicine, he started asking again after a while. Zhou Xiaomeng chattered and turned on the TV to show him.Just looking at it, Zhou Binli remembered to ask again, and asked seven or eight times intermittently, "Why hasn't your mother come back", getting more and more angry over and over again.Zhou Xiaomeng coaxed and lied, and finally the old man was about to lose his temper. The effect of the sleeping pills finally came into play, and the old man slowly fell asleep with his head down.Zhou Xiaomeng helped the nurses, lifted the old man from the wheelchair to the bed, and then covered him with a quilt.

Zhou Xiaomeng was afraid of waking up the old man, so she backed away from the bed lightly, took two or three steps before turning around, but saw Zhou Yanzhao standing at the door of the room, looking at her with a half-smile.

Zhou Xiaomeng walked past him, closed the door for the old man, and then planned to go upstairs.As soon as he stepped up the steps, he suddenly heard Zhou Yanzhao say, "Why, do you feel ashamed?"

Zhou Xiaomeng walked upstairs with her head down, but in the next second, he caught up with her, grabbed her arm and pushed her against the wall: "I'm talking to you!"

Zhou Xiaomeng said coldly: "I have no shame in my heart, my mother is worse than him. At least your father can eat, talk, and know who you are...my mother doesn't know anything..."

"Oh, are you blaming me for being too ruthless?" Zhou Yanzhao pinched her chin, "I have been too kind to you these two years, haven't I? So good that you even forget who you are?"

"You might as well shoot me in the head and let me go to the hospital with my mother!"

Zhou Yanzhao smiled softly: "Don't dream, you can't go anywhere, you can only be here. Seeing my father like this every day, think about what your mother did... Your mother must regret it... She didn't know that her little daughter didn't listen to her, didn't get on the plane, and ran back. You said that if you really went to Canada back then, I would have to work so hard to get you back. Slowly torture."

His eyes were full of mockery, like a knife, stabbing at her with a knife.The corners of Zhou Xiaomeng's mouth were slightly curved, and she actually smiled: "Yes, brother, I really regret it to death. I regret why I didn't get on the plane back then, but why did I want to come back? Why was I so worried about your life back then? What? If you died together with Dad, I don’t know how happy I am living now!”

Zhou Yanzhao looked at her coldly: "You have really improved, and you have learned to talk back to me. If I didn't look at the love back then, do you think you can stand here and talk to me now?"

"Yes, Master Ten, thank you so much! Xiaoguang dragged me out back then, but you changed your mind and called him back. I really missed the old love. Especially I have to thank you for your care for the past two years, one month Let me earn tens of thousands! If I sold myself to others, it would not be as cost-effective as selling to you!"

Zhou Yanzhao smiled suddenly, and slowly touched her face: "Why do you look like you have eaten gunpowder today?"

Zhou Xiaomeng turned his face away, he leaned on the wall with one hand, and pinched her chin with the other to bring her face back: "You're a little bit scheming with me, don't think you're pretending to make trouble, I'm I would really think you were jealous of Sun Lingxi. Brother, I have seen more jealous women than you have ever known in your life. Zhou Xiaomeng, why didn't you apply for Beijing Film and Television? Practice hard , maybe there is still hope to deceive me."

Zhou Xiaomeng bit her lips until the corners of her lips turned white. She said, "I'm not jealous of anyone, and I haven't acted in any drama. You already have girlfriends, so don't treat me like that in the future."

"How can I treat you?" Zhou Yanzhao smiled happily, "Besides, isn't your mother still lying in the hospital? Didn't you swear that no one would pull out her oxygen tube? It's tens of thousands a month, you Where are you going to earn money?"

Every word he said was like a knife, stabbing her to pieces and breaking her into pieces. She just wanted to shrink back, to a place where the whole world could not see.But he propped one arm against the wall, trapping her in the corner, unable to retreat.Only his eyes were scorching and mocking, like hot cigarette butts, scorching holes one after another in her heart.

She thought of rushing back from the airport, and the moment she opened the door, she saw him standing in the middle of the room.She was full of joy and called out, "Brother!" What did she think at that time?She has long since forgotten.

There was a faint smile on her face, as if she was thinking of something happy, or like a child thinking of the candy she hid in the drawer.Zhou Yanzhao hadn't seen her smile like this for a long time, and couldn't help but lose his mind for half a second.But at the next moment, she suddenly put her arms around his neck, her voice was sweet and affectionate: "Brother, will you let me earn money tonight?"

Her pleasant breath sprayed on his face with her breath, Zhou Yanzhao expressionless, pulled her arm from his neck: "Wake up? It's late, don't worry about it from now on, anyway You also said, tell me not to treat you like that."

"I was wrong, brother, I was wrong."

He pushed her away and walked upstairs, Zhou Xiaomeng followed behind him, grabbing his sleeve and not letting go all the way.In the corridor on the second floor, Zhou Yanzhao got annoyed, turned around and pushed her again.Instead, Zhou Xiaomeng rushed forward and hugged him: "Brother, don't be angry, I know I was wrong."

"If you can't provoke me, don't provoke me." Zhou Yanzhao smiled at her, but Zhou Xiaomeng knew that he was really angry.Only when he was really angry, would he smile at people so gently: "You haven't learned to behave yourself in so many years, you are as stupid as your mother!"

Zhou Xiaomeng's clenched fingers dug deeply into her palm, but she tried to smile: "Don't be angry...you know I'm stupid..."

"You are not stupid, you are stupid!" Zhou Yanzhao dropped this sentence, then walked into his room and slammed the door heavily.

For several days, Zhou Xiaomeng did not see Zhou Yanzhao at home.At first Zhou Xiaomeng thought he had gone to Vietnam again, but every morning when she went downstairs, she could see Xiaoguang, so she knew he was at home.Probably he came back late, he didn't come back until she was asleep, and when she went to school in the morning, he hadn't gotten up yet.

Zhou Xiaomeng was uneasy, Zhou Yanzhao was very angry, and she must take revenge. She really couldn't afford to offend, but she happened to offend again.He was right, he was stupid.For several days, Zhou Xiaomeng often lost his mind even in class, Zhou Yanzhao was unfathomable, why was he so stupid to provoke him?
It was probably because she couldn't stand it anymore, and she might feel better if she didn't mention the past, but she had forgotten who brought it up first that night.I just remember his mocking eyes staring at her so much that she couldn't stand it anymore.She just wanted to jump out and catch his eyes so he couldn't look at her like that again, that's why she did something stupid that night.

(End of this chapter)