blame you for being so attractive

After Adam finished playing the song, Eve applauded endlessly. Adam was very happy. When Fang wanted to talk to Eve, the phone in Eve's pocket rang.

Seeing the caller ID on the screen, Eve's face changed slightly, and after glancing at Adam, he got up and opened the door to go outdoors.

"Gabriel?"

Faintly hearing this name, Adam's expression froze, and he unconsciously pricked up his ears.

"What? Duck is missing?...Me? I closed the window, I'm sure!...Did it learn to open the window? I'm...uh, outside...Okay, I'll be right back!"

After hanging up the phone, Eve didn't enter the house, but just stood outside the door and told Adam to leave first. Adam caught up at this moment: "I'll see you off!"

"No need, Adam, it's getting late. If you go back and forth like this, I'm afraid you won't be able to go home until sunrise. It's too dangerous."

Adam does not have a car at home. His last car was sold to a local before he moved from Istanbul. After arriving here, he has not been in a hurry to buy it, so it is a bit inconvenient to travel tonight.

"But you are a girl..."

"I'm really ok, Adam, thank you. Also, your music is really good, let's... get together again sometime."

Eve insisted on going by herself again and again, with that tone, there was absolutely no room for maneuver. Adam's heart was very frustrated. Apart from being frustrated, he was more annoyed. Every time he asked her out recently, she tried every means to shirk him. His patience and feelings were hurt, and he finally couldn't help following her that day. Suddenly, he found out that she had become a couple with Gabriel and was still kissing Gabriel on the street. Seeing that scene, he couldn't help being jealous, which made him more determined to take her away.

And tonight, he did use Jaune, whom he had raised for a long time, as bait, and single-handedly contributed to the illusion of a "chance encounter".He had to because he missed her so much, even though it all started with cheating.However, he still thought too well, just like last time, as soon as she received the woman's call, she immediately withdrew without delay or nostalgia.

"It's scary to go back alone, isn't it? But because I'm afraid of her, I'm so persistent, I must insist that I'm fine. Eve, did I guess right?" He stared at her closely, and the sharpness in his eyes could pierce her.

"No..." She denied without confidence, so the effect was still the same as acquiescence.

He smiled, but without warmth, it seemed to be a smile, slight but sharp. "I guess she must hate me, that's why some of your performances are so unnatural."

He whispered, with sadness and resentment, but he no longer showed any persistence. He turned around and let her go: "If this is the case, I won't make it difficult for you." But before going back to the house, he said something serious He sarcastically said, "If you would rather let you go home alone at night at risk, than let her self-esteem be damaged a little bit... Oh, I really doubt whether she really loves you."

She froze in place for a moment, until he resolutely closed the door, which shocked her back to her senses.She had no choice but to turn around and leave, groping forward alone in this secluded and dark strange place.

The wind after the rain is still cool and fast, rubbing against the branches and grass quickly, and the rough moaning sounds are non-stop, like ghosts walking through, quite strange.Fortunately, she is used to traveling at night, her sense of direction is not bad, her steps are not slow, and within a quarter of an hour, she saw the street with bright lights.It's just that it's far away from the center of the city, and it's four o'clock in the morning, so there aren't many cars, and even fewer taxis.She didn't stay here too long, and walked back and forth along the street looking for a car that could be picked up, but for a long time she found nothing.

……

On the other side, Gabriel is holding a flashlight and searching for Duck in the lawn outside the house. Although he feels that there is little hope of finding him here, he still refuses to give up. This is not only because he is Angela's cat, she owes him a lot Responsibility, in all fairness, she also really loves it, and has long regarded it as a family member. Duck, like Eve, is her only support in this world. With them, her barren life shines with a dreamlike luster.

An hour passed quickly, and there was no gray figure of Duck on the lawn, garage, or anywhere. She left home without hesitation, walked further and further, crossed every street and lane, detailed every corner that could be touched, and even She has to use a flashlight to light a trash can for a long time.

This aimless and extensive search ended in a dark, damp alley—

At that time, she was already very tired, and her whole body seemed to be numbly moving forward step by step under the influence of inertia. She was focused on avoiding the mud under her feet and whether there was a cat-like figure, but she didn't pay attention to the sound behind her. There was a sound of unfamiliar footsteps, at the same speed as hers, but a little staggering.She immediately became alert and quickened her pace. At the same time, the sound of footsteps behind her also quickened, following her closely.Perhaps that person's breathing became short due to the quickening of his pace, and she actually smelled the smell of alcohol that was near and far away.

The person behind him is probably a drunken beast!This conjecture made her feel nervous, she touched her whole body quietly, the only "guy" had only a flashlight in her hand, if the people behind her attacked, she would be powerless to fight back!In this situation, she didn't have any intention of looking for a cat. In order to get out of danger as soon as possible, she ran straight away.Although she didn't know what happened after she ran out of this alley, she had no way out, so she could only gamble now.

As soon as she ran, the drunkard behind her couldn't bear her temper anymore. While chasing her closely, she mumbled out unpleasant words one after another.She was frightened and annoyed, and determined to give him some color, so she stopped suddenly while running, turned around abruptly, pointed the flashlight at the other person's eyes, and then shook them wildly. The drunkard immediately covered his eyes and yelled, this At that time, she took the opportunity to pick up a large stone on the ground, and hit the drunkard hard on the forehead.The drunkard was dizzy from being hit, and with a muffled grunt, he slid to the ground, clutching his head, like a wounded wolf dog, still whimpering uncontrollably.How dare she love to fight, seeing this situation, she turned around and ran without hesitation for a moment, the drunkard's angry scolding sound quickly receded behind her.Although she knew that it was impossible for the other party to catch up, she still didn't dare to relax at all. She didn't stop until she ran out of the alley and plunged into the shadow of the street lamp. Shaking, the sweat in her palms wet the dust on the lamp post, turning into a thin layer of mud, which stuck to her hands.

But she didn't dare to stay even for a minute. Looking back at the dark alley, she always felt that a jackal and a tiger would come out of it at any moment and bite her fiercely.She was terrified in her heart, took a few breaths and walked towards home. Duck was not found, and she was almost robbed by gangsters. At this moment, Gabriel had never felt wronged and frustrated. As she was walking, her nose was sore, and the moment tears came to her eyes, she forced herself desperately not to cry.

She does not allow herself to be weak, because in the past, she never had such a vocabulary in the dictionary.Just after being degraded as a human being, she abused the right to cry a few times because she couldn't accept the reality for a while. She once thought that the greatest pain in life was nothing more than this, so after her mood gradually calmed down, she warned herself not to cry anymore. That's a sign of cowardice.But what I didn't expect was that after that, when she encountered something that made her helpless again, she would still feel wronged, hopeless, have a sore nose, and want to cry.

It turns out that the strength of the body is the source of the strength of the mind. If she was still the envoy who can solve everything easily, she would never have the chance to cry, but now she is just one of the thousands of poor people in the world , is so ordinary that it cannot be more ordinary, and because she is a girl, she adds more risks.She gradually understood that in the face of the difficulties of life, more people are actually helpless. The villain is certainly hateful, but the victim is extremely pitiful. The two kinds of people are not the same.

……

When Eve returned home, it was almost dawn on the horizon, and she took a last minute retreat into the house to escape the deadly sun.

The room was dark and quiet, as if returning to the time before Gabriel arrived for a moment, she stood in the living room for a while, feeling inexplicably uneasy.She wanted to call Gabriel, but Gabriel didn't have a phone at all, and she couldn't face the growing sunlight outside the window, so there was nothing she could do but wait.

Gabriel came back half an hour later. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Eve sitting on the sofa with his hands on his cheeks, his eyes were blank, and he didn't know what to think.

Seeing Gabriel, Eve immediately jumped up from the sofa, opened her mouth for a moment, and saw Gabriel closed the door, with no Duck in his hands or behind him. Eve's complexion changed slightly, seeing the dark shadow on Gabriel's face illuminated by the dim light of the desk lamp, the phrase "Did you find it?" was pressed in her throat, and she couldn't say anything.

Gabriel's eyes were bloodshot, his lips were dry and white, his hair was a little disheveled by the wind, his trouser legs and shoes were covered with mud, and he looked embarrassed and tired.She took a few steps forward, staring at Eve's face expressionlessly through the short chair in front of the sofa.

Eve's back was chilled by her stare, and she opened her mouth a few times before saying: "You...are you tired, I...I dried the water for you..." Then he went to get the glass on the table.

"Where have you been?" Gabriel's voice was dry and hoarse, his throat seemed to be cracked.

It was clearly a deep and weak voice, but Eve could hear the depression and restraint before the rain was about to come. She was already guilty, but when she saw Gabriel like this, she shrank even more, and her hand froze before touching the cup. At the beginning, she was pretending to be calm, determined to hide from Gabriel the fact that she went to Adam's house, to avoid adding fuel to the fire for the time being, and planned to confess to Gabriel when she had a chance in the future.

"I... went out for a walk, bought you some food, and bought some cat food by the way..." She felt that she seemed to be about to touch the fuse, but fortunately she braked the brakes in time and put the "Duck "Swallow it.

Gabriel glanced at the shopping bag on the sofa, although he said dubiously, "I bought this thing for so long", but didn't say anything else.She really wanted to blame Eve for not being optimistic about Duck, but reason told her that she couldn't do that. Duck disappeared, and she herself couldn't completely shirk responsibility. It would be unfair to use Eve as a punching bag.

Seeing that Gabriel's expression softened a little, Eve secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and continued to help Gabriel get the cup on the table.As soon as her fingers touched the outer wall of the cup, the phone she placed on the table suddenly vibrated with a "buzz", which made her hands tremble in fright, and the cup fell over with a "crash". When the water came out, she went to check the caller ID. When she saw the name "Adam" on the screen, she felt a "thump" in her heart and panicked.

Gabriel on the side saw everything in his eyes, knowing that Eve must have something to hide from her, before Eve could figure out whether to answer or hang up, she rushed over and snatched the phone. Glancing at the screen, he raised his eyes and stared at Eve hard, staring at Eve until he was a little out of breath.

Eve was so nervous that her mouth was drawn into a line, and when she watched Gabriel press the green answer button, her heart was in her throat.

Gabriel directly pressed the loudspeaker, and then heard Adam's voice resounding very clearly throughout the living room: "Eve, have you arrived home safely? I still feel uneasy after thinking about it. You should have walked so far home alone! I apologize for my attitude just now, sorry, I was so ungentlemanly! Eve, can you forgive me?"

Eve's face turned pale, and Adam's question naturally didn't get any response. Gabriel's hand holding the phone trembled a little, her knuckles were white, and she almost crushed the phone.

Adam, who didn't hear any response for a long time, was a little anxious. He called Eve in repeated voices. Maybe he really thought that something happened to Eve, so that his voice trembled. Listening to his tone, if Eve doesn't speak again, he will About to call the police. Eve was suppressed to the limit by Gabriel's sinister expression, and finally got over her heart and snatched the phone from Gabriel's hand: "Hello, Adam, I'm home safely, don't worry. However, it's not convenient for me to answer the phone right now, so hang up first gone."

After finishing speaking, he turned off the phone directly, threw the phone on the sofa, and waited for Gabriel's heavy rain to strike.

"Why lie?"

Gabriel's voice was not loud, but it was far from being calm. From the violent heaving of her chest, it could be seen that she was just trying to restrain the anger.

Eve knew that she couldn't hide, so she could only speak softly: "Gabriel...I'm sorry, I...I'm just afraid that you will be angry if you find out..."

"You know I'm angry and still do it! After you do it, you still lie to me! It's a shame that I still trust you! If it wasn't for his phone call, I really thought you were just going out for a walk!"

"Gabriel, all of this is a coincidence! Really! I just happened to meet him and saw that he had a lot of things, so I helped him..."

"Help me, you didn't come back until dawn? How long have you been away? I don't know when Duck ran away! I've searched so far, and there's not even a trace!..."

When Gabriel said this, he suddenly couldn't continue.Frightened by Duck's disappearance, being chased in the alley, and returning home, only to find that the person I love the most lied to me, how tragic and ridiculous!

"When did you meet, why, what did you say and what did you do together, tell me one by one!" Gabriel stared at Eve coldly, his eyes and tone were equally aggressive, which made people feel overwhelmed. feeling stressed.

Eve was made extremely uncomfortable by her high-handed posture, and the words that had been suppressed in her heart for a long time were finally stimulated by this conflict, and broke out of the ground, and said for a while: "Gabriel, I just met a friend Now, let me be a guest by the way, do you need to interrogate me like a prisoner? I am just a friend like Adam. I think he is very nice, and I happen to have common hobbies. Meet him! I don't understand why you can't accept him so much! Of course, you are free to dislike him, but what about me? Have you ever thought that you can at least chat with Angela and the others during the day, and then you will go out to work , will meet many, many people, but me, when I want to talk to someone at night, there is no one around me! Gabriel, do you think this is fair?"

Eve's words can be said to have touched Gabriel's sore spot. Gabriel has already realized this, she realizes that they are indeed too different, they are not compatible in every way, and the only rope that holds this relationship together is the unrequited love.She often wonders how far a relationship maintained by pure love can go. When the initial passion is wiped out by life, the love that used to overflow will eventually have a day when they will hate each other.She has seen countless joys and sorrows in the world, and there are as many people begging for mercy before breaking up as stars. Every time at this time, she is extremely disgusted, thinking that since it is easy to get together, it should be easy to break up. It is a fixed number to leave, why not be more relaxed?But only now do I know that she may be more attached to letting go than anyone else. Eve is her life-saving existence, allowing her to regain hope and give her a beautiful life. She cannot tolerate that such a beautiful life will end one day. If one day she had to leave Eve, she would rather die.

It was because he cared too much that he was afraid of losing, but he didn't expect Eve to blame her for it, and chose to deceive her in order to maintain the relationship with other people.In any case, she never thought that she would fall into such a situation. The "being cared about" she thought was not as deep as she imagined in Eve's heart.