Tentative

Coming out of M8, the car arranged by Shen Yizhuo took Qu Xiaoyu all the way downstairs to her house.After saying "goodbye" to the driver she sent, she turned and entered the corridor.The car restarted, turned around, the sound of the engine gradually faded away, Qu Xiaoyu walked out of the corridor again, and went straight to the nearby ATM machine.

Balance on the card: 486.00.

Balance on the card: 23.60.

Balance on the card: 156.00.

She tried the three commonly used bank cards in a row, and the total was only more than 600. Including the money on her body, she couldn't even make up [-].While waiting for the card to be spit out from the ATM, she impatiently tapped the metal frame with her nails, making a slight sound.

It took a long time for the card to come out. Without even thinking about it, she opened the wallet and wanted to put it back.There are not many cards in her wallet, only some useless but good-looking store membership cards, and four bank cards.When she put the card back, she naturally saw a bank card next to it that had never been touched.

Her name was written on the back of the card, handwritten by her late mother herself.The password is her birthday, and Qu Zhe also has one.The money contained in it was taken out by Qu Xiaoyu and deposited into the bank card used to pay the tuition fees, and has not been touched since.

At that time, when she saw this card, she would think of the grief of her parents' death, so she kept it as a relic and didn't dare to look at it.She has only felt better in the past few years, so she put it in her wallet as a sustenance of missing.

Maybe there are a few thousand dollars left in it?

Thinking so, she had already reached the door, turned back, and inserted the bank card into the ATM machine.

In fact, there is no money in it at all, she knows it clearly.But at this helpless time, Qu Xiaoyu didn't know what else he could do except to be lucky.Isn't that kind of thing often happens, you put money in your pocket, only to find out after a long time, what if it's the same this time?

"Please enter the password."

She took a deep breath nervously, and her slender fingers seemed to be tapping hard on the combination disk.The waiting time became extremely long because of anxiety. In fact, I had no hope, but there was a little bit of luck in my heart, hoping that I just forgot the remaining money in it.

In fact, it didn't take long before the loading interface on the display screen was finally replaced. Qu Xiaoyu pressed "check balance" and entered a new round of waiting.

Balance on the card: 143,496.00.

Qu Xiaoyu almost froze looking at the numbers above.

14?

How could she have 14? !Even when this card first came to her, it was only 7 yuan!And the 7 yuan was enough to pay for her high school, and even four years of college. If it weren't for this, she wouldn't have had to maintain that relationship with Tang Sheng for nearly two years.

Where did the money come from?

If there were a few thousand yuan left in it, she might be overwhelmed with surprise and feel that there is no unparalleled road; but there is too much money in it, but it is full of unreal feelings.She kept clicking "Refund card" until the bank card was withdrawn, then inserted it into another machine, and checked the balance again.

The result is still the same, there are 14 in it.

She withdrew the card in astonishment, and just walked home blankly with the bank card in hand.It might be something to be happy about the huge sum of money falling from the sky, but she had a vague feeling that the source of the money would never be as simple as an "accident".

Early the next morning, Qu Xiaoyu took his bank card to the counter to apply for printing a statement.This card was issued with Qu Xiaoyu's ID card, so there is no obstacle in handling the inquiry business.

"How long can I find the running water?"

"We provide printing records for free within one year. If it exceeds one year, we need to charge a certain fee..." the bank counter lady introduced to her with an almost hypocritical smile.

Qu Xiaoyu was a little impatient, and didn't even finish listening to her introduction, and said directly: "How long can I print at the earliest?"

"The flow of water within five years can be provided."

"Okay, then I want five years."

Soon the running bill was printed out and handed over to Qu Xiaoyu.

"Do you need any other services?"

"No thanks."

She spoke curtly, barely able to take her eyes off the bill, and walked away from the counter as she looked at the bill one by one.

Although it is said to be five years old, there are actually not many entries, because she has never used this card in five years.But for the past five years, someone has been sending her money every month, ranging from a thousand to three or four thousand. For the past five years, although it is not a fixed day, they have been sending money to her every month. .

Who this person will be, the answer is ready to come out.

She has never mentioned the details of her parents' death to others, and she doesn't use this card. She knew the account number and account name of this card five years ago, or even longer, and persisted in sending money to people—except Qu Zhe, she couldn't think of anyone else.

Her mood was extremely complicated. The last time she saw Qu Zhe was standing in front of her parents' grave the day after her parents' funeral.She still remembers that at the end of the conversation that day, Qu Zhe said, "Just blame me", and they never met again after that. Years passed.

She once resented God, why it was so unfair to her, why her family would be gone if she said nothing, and why she was alone and had nothing... But in a place she couldn't see, it turned out that someone had been letting her go In my heart, in a silent way, I still love her.

The last record of making money was last month, and she has no doubt that it will be the same this month.

... She regretted it.

When Shen Yizhuo received Qu Xiaoyu's call, he had just finished the meeting.On the phone, Qu Xiaoyu talked incoherently, as if he was drunk.But who would get drunk early in the morning? It was more like being stimulated by something, so he was incoherent.While handling his work, he comforted the girl on the other end of the phone who seemed to be about to cry at any time, and finally he was still worried: "Where are you, I'll come and pick you up."

"I'm...I'm downstairs at my house."

"Then you wait for me at home." He hung up after finishing speaking, then quickly arranged work with the secretary, and left the company grabbing his suit jacket.

When he arrived, Qu Xiaoyu was still downstairs and did not go back.She squatted pitifully at the top of the stairs, with her hands hugging her knees and her head buried, like a homeless waif.

"Xiaoyu," Shen Yizhuo yelled softly, without pulling her, just bent down and stroked her hair, "what's the matter?"

His voice was very soft and gentle. Hearing this voice, Qu Xiaoyu immediately raised his head, his eyes were red, but he didn't shed tears.Her voice was hoarse, but she couldn't speak when she opened her mouth.Shen Yizhuo smiled at her, and stretched out his hand distressedly: "Get up, go back and talk slowly when you have something to do."

His voice carried a magical power that made Qu Xiaoyu calm down instantly. His heart, which was entangled with regret before, finally calmed down after he spoke.She took Shen Yizhuo's hand and stood up staggeringly. She lost all her usual vivacity and instead carried a dead silence that worried Shen Yizhuo.

He supported Qu Xiaoyu, and said softly, "Let's go up, shall we?"

"Yes." Qu Xiaoyu finally agreed aloud.

The corridors of the old house seemed very narrow, and it was a bit difficult for the two of them to walk side by side, so Shen Yizhuo simply watched behind her and walked home with her.Of course it wasn't the first time he came to Qu Xiaoyu's rented house. After helping someone to sit on the sofa, he immediately went to get a cup to pour water with ease, and handed it to Qu Xiaoyu: "Drink first."

Qu Xiaoyu took it obediently, took a sip, and put the water glass on the table.Shen Yizhuo was sitting next to her, and asked half coaxingly, "What's the matter, who provoked you, huh?"

He leaned very close, waiting for Qu Xiaoyu to answer.Suddenly, he was caught off guard by Qu Xiaoyu, and the girl's head was buried on his chest, and she said in a dull and choked voice, "I miss my brother..."

"What...?" Shen Yizhuo almost thought he heard it wrong.

Qu Xiaoyu continued: "I miss my brother...I want to see him, I really want to see him."

"What's the matter?"

When Qu Zhe's matter was mentioned suddenly, Shen Yizhuo also became serious.He helped Qu Xiaoyu up, gently grabbed her shoulders, looked at her and asked, "What's the matter?"

If things are really to be explained clearly, they have to start from the beginning.Qu Xiaoyu hadn't thought it through yet, and she didn't have the courage to tell Shen Yizhuo about her pregnancy. She could only say vaguely: "I just... I just want to see him, I want to apologize to him... I want to tell him that I was wrong... ..."

The more she spoke, the more obvious the choking in her voice became, and if she continued speaking, she would probably burst into tears uncontrollably.

Once Qu Zhe was involved, it was difficult for Shen Yizhuo to maintain his "mask".He shook Qu Xiaoyu's shoulder anxiously: "What's the matter..."

Qu Xiaoyu held back the tears that were about to burst into his eyes, sniffed hard, and finally made up his mind: "...I'm pregnant."

"……what?"

"I'm pregnant..." It seemed very simple to say it, but then, anxiety and shame overwhelmed her, and she returned to the confusion she had when she called Shen Yizhuo before, saying incoherently: "It's... Anyway, I'm pregnant I don't want it...yes, I don't want it at all...so I went to get the money...actually I don't have any money, but I, I dare not tell you...I'm afraid you're too nice to me... "

"what?"

"Yizhuo, you are not my real brother after all," Qu Xiaoyu said bitterly, "I can't forgive you for your kindness...I don't even know why you treat me so well..."

"Then this song..." The name was about to come out of his mouth, but Shen Yizhuo stopped it in time, and changed his words stiffly, "I mean, what does it have to do with your brother?"

She told things about Tang Sheng upside down, but just skipped that night, it sounded like it was a matter of your wish and it was just a temporary accident.Shen Yizhuo is smart enough, even if she speaks so confusedly, he can still understand that Qu Xiaoyu was once taken care of by someone.

"...When I went to withdraw the money, I found that there was 14 in my card." She continued, "...I don't know where the money came from. I went to the bank and printed the statement..."

As she spoke, she took out the bills from her bag: "My brother, he has been sending money to me, and he is worried that I am not doing well..."

"Yizhuo, I regret it, is it still too late?" Qu Xiaoyu said, and finally couldn't help crying, "I want to live with my brother again, is it possible..."

Seeing her cry, Shen Yizhuo felt bitter.

Because these are also what he wants to say.

He sighed deeply, hugged Qu Xiaoyu into his arms, stroked her hair and said, "Yes, definitely, he loves you so much, he won't blame you."