moon illusion

Early the next morning, Yun Zaiye hurriedly washed up and drove out the door.When he reached the gate of the community, Qi Fengyao was already waiting on the side of the road.

"Have you had breakfast?" Yun Zaiye looked at Qi Fengyao who was sitting in the co-pilot, his eyes finally fell on his light blue short sleeves.

"Not yet, waiting for you."

"Okay, how about some fried rice?"

"It will be all right."

The car was parked in a parking space outside a small shop, and the two got out of the car and walked towards the shop.

After ordering, Qi Fengyao tilted his head and looked at Yun Zaiye, "What are you looking at? I feel like you've been staring at me..."

"It's nothing." Yun Zaiye smiled and turned around, "It's the first time I see you wearing such a bright color...it looks pretty good!"

"Of course!" Qi Fengyao wrinkled his nose and responded with a smile.

After breakfast, there was still nearly an hour before the appointed time.

The two sat in the store for a while, Yun Zaye paused and then got up and said, "Why don't you go over there first? Just treat it as familiar with the environment."

Hearing this, Qi Fengyao smiled, "Familiar with the environment? Why, Dr. Yun is also nervous?"

Yun Zaiye patted Qi Fengyao on the back of the neck, "You are poor! Okay, let's go."

At nine o'clock in the morning, there are almost no people in the coffee shop, only one or two students who have nothing to do during the holidays, and the waiters who are sleepy at the bar.

The two stood at the door and looked around, then walked to a corner by the window together.

After a while, the waiter came to order, and after a while, he came over with two glasses of iced Americano.

"Are you nervous?"

"Why am I nervous! Aren't you a doctor hahaha..."

Looking at Qi Fengyao in front of him, Yun Zaiye heaved a sigh of relief until he was a little relieved.

"Then maybe you'll be disappointed too, I'm not very nervous as a half-assed!"

The two chatted nonchalantly for a while, and suddenly Qi Fengyao patted Yun Zaiye on the shoulder, and pointed out the window with one hand.

"Is that the person?"

Following the direction of Qi Fengyao's finger, Yun Zaiye looked towards the sidewalk through the glass window——

It was already mid-July, and a thoroughly southern city was already unbearably hot at this time, and it felt like suffocation without turning on the air conditioner for an hour.

But under the scorching sun, which seemed to be burning, an old and frail woman stood at the door in a plaid windbreaker, her two calloused hands were tightly held together, and she tiptoed towards the coffee shop. Li explored.

"I'll go get her in."

Saying that, Yun Zaye got up and walked quickly to the outside of the coffee shop.

"Ms. Liu?"

"Hey, it's me."

The voice was hoarse after being polished by life, but it was not so loud, it just answered softly, as if floating in the air and couldn't find a foothold.

After bringing the woman into the cafe, the waiter handed over the menu.

With just a glance, the woman's hands that were originally on her legs immediately waved.

"Then... I'm full in the morning, so I don't want it for now..."

Seeing the woman's embarrassment, Yun Zaiye smiled, got up and took the menu and said, "I want a caramel macchiato and another brownie, thank you."

After the waiter left, the two proceeded according to the original plan——

Qi Fengyao was in charge of accompanying his aunt to do household chores, while Yun Zaiye was in charge of listening to their chats, trying to get some useful information from them.

During the conversation, Qi Fengyao secretly twitched his tongue. He always thought that there would be no one who was less eloquent and less social than himself.But obviously... the lady in front of him was more embarrassed than him.

Yun Zaye sat at the side, the chair was farther away from the table, trying not to bring psychological oppression to the lady opposite.

The shoulder-length hair has obviously not been carefully taken care of, as if it was treated seriously by the owner just this morning, but the dry and split ends still reveal the fact that the owner has no time to take care of it

The hands clasped together on the table, the knuckles were thick and swollen due to frequent heavy work, the nails were pitted, and there were stains that could not be washed off between the fingers...

Life has not been kind to this woman.

Halfway through the family chat, coffee and desserts were served.

Timely intake of some sweets can relax the tense mood.

Accompanied by the soothing music in the coffee shop, the two exchanged positions calmly, and Yun Jae-ye took the right to speak after a word.

"What is Jiajia doing at home these days?"

"Ah, Jiajia..."

The hands of the clock on the wall behind him dutifully walked round and round.

The topic came to an end, and Brownie in front of the woman didn't move.Guessing the inseparable Yun Zaiye, he raised his hand in exchange for the waiter and asked them to make another serving and take it away together.

The mother didn't eat a bite, she wanted to take it home and keep it for Jiajia.

At the end, Yun Zaiye handed over his business card and said, "Don't worry, I will pay for all Jiajia's treatment expenses."

By the time the three of them got up to leave, the hour and minute hands had gradually coincided below the twelve o'clock number.

After watching the figure of the woman disappear from the bus on the side of the road, Yun Zaye suddenly turned around and punched the soft willow tree beside him.

Qi Fengyao at the side was taken aback, this was the first time he saw such a restless and emotionally exposed Yun Zaiye.

Without staying any longer, Yun Zaiye drove Qi Fengyao home, then turned around and returned to the company.

The receptionist at the front desk saw Yun Zaye walking in, and she had a gorgeous smile like a rose. She just raised her hand to say hello, but was scared back by Yun Zaye's gloomy expression.

Entering the consultation room, Yun Zaye turned around and locked the door, went to the window and pulled the curtain tightly, then sat alone on the chair in front of the sand table.

The mother's words just now were still circling in his mind, and things were more complicated than he imagined.

The child is a copy of the parents. If there is a problem with the copy, it is still necessary to find the source of the problem.

The time is adjusted back to two hours ago——

"Do you have a clear and specific understanding of what happened to your daughter at school?"

"I know."

"Do you have any ideas, or do you have any actions to implement?"

"Let's think about it... just give her a few words."

"Xun Jiajia? Why?"

"Is there a reason for this? I feed her, clothe her, and go to school alone. If she doesn't go to school well, she still causes trouble at school. Shouldn't I scold her..."

"Do you understand the cause of the outbreak?"

"What else can I do? I'm just a coward, and I can't speak clearly..."

Hearing this sentence, Yun Zaiye was at a loss for words for a moment, and the deeper reason appeared in Jiajia's mother.

"Family reasons will make her timid and suspicious. Stuttering is also a natural problem. The current medicine can completely..."

"Stop talking." The woman waved her hand, "She just has a bad life..."

After being silent for a while, Yun Zaiye opened up another topic——

"Does Jiajia's father often commit domestic violence after drinking?"

When mentioning that man, Jiajia's mother suddenly fell silent, as if caught in some long-term memory...

After a while, she finally said, "Before Jiajia was not there, he was very kind to me, but after Jiajia was born, the son he had been looking forward to for so long turned into a girl, and he seemed like a different person... "

"Why didn't you leave him sooner?"

"I'm a woman... I have no education and no job, I can't live without him..."

Hearing this, Yun Zaiye and Qi Fengyao looked at each other and fell silent at the same time.

After a long time, Qi Fengyao said slowly, "After that incident, you and Jiajia's father divorced, don't you live the same way now?"

The woman on the opposite side of the table rubbed her hands a little awkwardly, showing a slightly shy smile, "I already had it at that time, I found it..."

There is no need to listen anymore, Yun Zaiye and Qi Fengyao both know it well.

Because I have already found another escape route that I can rely on, I finally dare to break my face and get rid of the bad life before.

"That...cough, is Jiajia's stepfather treating Jiajia well?"

There was another strange silence...

After a long time, Jiajia's mother's palm covered her slightly swollen belly under the windbreaker...

It's obvious.

Jiajia is about to have a half-sister or brother born into this world.

It is precisely because of this little life that has yet to come that this timid and fearful woman dared to suddenly and bravely resist, propose a divorce, and dare to swear that she has found a safe way out.

It is precisely because of this little life that suddenly appeared that Jiajia was able to get rid of the ant den that made her feel so miserable that she would rather die than live.

But... the new life might not necessarily be better than before.

When Jiajia faced campus bullying, she did not dare to fight back and did not dare to resist because her mother, who seemed to have been carefully protecting her since she was a child, faced the endless violence of her drunken father. , never thought of resisting and asking for help...

When Jiajia was blocked in an alley by those culprits who tore her clothes off to take photos and videos, she also did not dare to struggle or call for help. It was also because when she was ignorant and ignorant of the world, she was suddenly returned with a wine bottle. The father of the family was pressed on the bed, his hands and feet were imprisoned and he could not resist...

This was the darkest time of her miserable life.

As a grown man, Yun Zaiye couldn't even imagine how a skinny little girl was struggling in such an environment.

Perhaps the mother's decision to resist and divorce at the end was a very weak ray of sunshine that shone into Jiajia's gloomy life.

But according to the conversation with her mother just now, Yun Zaiye didn't feel much relieved.

The emergence of another new life may only bring Jiajia back to that dark life...