we are not friends anymore

The hand holding the umbrella was so hard that the joints turned white, Qiao Mingxi stared at the woman in front of her, her legs seemed to be nailed in place, her whole body was stiff and unable to move.

His umbrella was lifted crookedly, and the rainwater flowed through the umbrella surface, soaking half of his shoulders, but he didn't realize it.

"Brother Ming Xi, what's the matter?" Seeing the strange situation, Xiao Yan also got out of the car.

Qiao Mingxi wanted to turn around, but his neck seemed to be tightly strangled; he wanted to speak, but he couldn't make a sound no matter what.

The woman's eye sockets were deeply sunken, her bloodshot eyes looked at Qiao Mingxi, and then she tilted her head hesitantly.

People who are familiar with Qiao Mingxi are not uncommon for this action, but at this moment it is completely weird when it is done by this old and thin woman.

Xiao Yan also saw the woman and was taken aback.

"A... Xi..." The woman opened her mouth, like a child learning to speak, "A Xi..."

A trace of fear suddenly rose in Qiao Mingxi's heart.

Who... who will cover his ears?

"Axi!" The woman suddenly yelled, and then burst into tears.

Xiao Yan looked at this scene in surprise: "What's wrong with this?"

"...Get out of here." Qiao Mingxi was finally able to speak, and said to Xiao Yan in a trembling voice, "Let's go."

Xiao Yan was frightened by his face, subconsciously went to help him, Qiao Mingxi grabbed his hand tightly, Xiao Yan was a little hurt from being grabbed, but it was difficult to say it out.

The two of them just turned around and took a step, when they rushed forward from behind, and Qiao Mingxi was tightly grabbed by the shoulders.

"What are you doing!" Xiao Yan hurriedly tried to pull away the woman who rushed over.

"Axi!" The woman burst into tears, her voice was extremely shrill in the rainy night, "Come to... Mom...Axi...Axi!"

Qiao Mingxi was in pain from being pulled by her, but her limbs were so stiff that she couldn't struggle.Xiao Yan pulled the woman hard, but the other's hand seemed to grow on Qiao Mingxi's body, and she couldn't pull it away no matter what.

"Brother Mingxi!" Xiao Yan called anxiously.

"Little Master!"

Suddenly there was a voice, and Xiao Yan looked back, only to see a man with the appearance of a bodyguard flipped out of the outside wall of Qiao's house, rushed to the front of several people, pulled the woman away twice, and held her tightly .

At the same time, two more bodyguards ran towards the gate, followed by Qiao Mingyue in a wheelchair and Aunt Hui holding an umbrella for her.

"Ashi!"

Qiao Mingyue's voice was not loud, but her tone was completely different from usual: "Come here."

It took Qiao Mingxi a while to see Qiao Mingyue's face clearly. He subconsciously stepped towards her, and just as he walked in front of her, he knelt down in front of the wheelchair with weak legs.

"Young master!" Aunt Hui screamed, and the bodyguard beside him quickly opened the umbrella and put it on top of his head.

"...I'm fine." Qiao Mingxi was already wet all over, her soft hair stuck to her cheeks, dripping water, "Sister..."

Qiao Mingxi gently pushed back the wet hair on his forehead, and said in a low voice, "Go back first."

The bodyguard came to help Qiao Mingxi. Qiao Mingxi stood up and smiled at him, "Thank you, I can go."

Xiao Yan watched all this in bewilderment, came back to his senses and ran to Qiao Mingxi's side, followed the bodyguards and walked towards the gate with Qiao Mingxi.

Qiao Mingyue watched Qiao Mingxi enter the door before slowly turning her head.

Aunt Hui stood behind her holding an umbrella, and both of them looked at the woman subdued by bodyguards in the rain.

"Old rules." Qiao Mingxi said, with a hint of coolness in his voice, "It's only three things, let her come back again, and you all know the consequences."

"Yes." The remaining bodyguards all lowered their heads.

The woman changed from crying loudly to timidly sobbing, her dull eyes flicked around, and suddenly met Qiao Mingyue's gaze.

Qiao Mingyue looked at her quietly.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and several people stood in the rain like this, like a mime.

Qiao Mingxi rummaged through her room, and finally sat down next to the locker in a daze.As soon as he entered the room, he broke away from Xiao Yan's hand that was holding him, and the rain didn't wipe off his body, so he rummaged through all the corners in a daze.

Xiao Yan looked at him, surprised and worried: "Brother Mingxi, what are you looking for? I... Let me help you find it."

Qiao Mingxi looked up at him when he heard the words, and shook his head: "Thank you, no need, if you have nothing to do, go back first...it's so late."

As he spoke, he held the corner of his mouth and smiled at Xiao Yan.

He didn't really want to talk, and he didn't have the strength to stand up.

His heart was still beating violently, making him feel uncomfortable all over, as if he had to find something to calm down.

But what am I looking for?

He was at a loss in his heart, stretched out a hand and held it vacantly over his heart, as if he was holding something that reassured him.

"Axi." Qiao Mingyue entered the room, "Go take a shower."

She rolled the wheelchair to him, and stretched out her hand to the people on the ground.

Qiao Mingxi held her hand and stood up with strength.

"Sister, I'm fine." He smiled at her and walked slowly into the bathroom.

The hot water rushes through the body, gradually warming the heart.

Qiao Mingxi closed his eyes, and there were many sounds and pictures in his mind, like a kaleidoscope opened by a child.

For a while, it was the home from many years ago, looking out from the low attic window, the small garden blooming with purple and red;

After a while, the door opened slowly again, and faces appeared behind the door.

...don't show up again.

Qiao Mingxi slowly opened his eyes, feeling a little sad.

After so many years, he is still haunted by those memories.

Aunt Hui made hot tea and brought it to the second floor. Qiao Mingyue was still in Qiao Mingxi's room. She sat quietly in the wheelchair, wondering what she was thinking.

"Miss, hurry up and have a drink." Aunt Hui said hastily, "The cold wind blows after walking outside, don't get sick again. The young master is taking a bath? Let him have a drink when he comes out."

"Thank you." Qiao Mingyue took the teacup and smiled at Aunt Hui.

Aunt Hui watched her drink the hot tea, and suddenly found that there was a fine line around her eyes.

Although it's not obvious unless you look carefully, Qiao Mingyue's face is completely different from the youthful and lively appearance before.

Miss, she is only in her thirties...

Aunt Hui felt a little sour in her heart. She almost watched Qiao Mingyue grow up. Now that the lady is sickly, she is not like the lively and lively girl in her memory.

"Aunt Hui." Qiao Mingyue said in a low voice, and rarely turned her head to meet the old man's gaze seriously, "Do you think I'm too soft-hearted?"

Aunt Hui was stunned for a moment, and then she heard Qiao Mingyue say: "Uncle, Uncle, Uncle, and Uncle Three were all killed by me, but Uncle was spared, making this messy situation."

"You said that if you simply put them..."

"Miss." Aunt Hui interrupted her softly, "Isn't it because of the young master that you let go of those two, and four... At the critical moment, Qiao Qifeng let the master go... you are Soft-hearted, but that's okay."

Qiao Mingyue lowered her head, with a helpless smile on her lips: "Unless Ah Xi himself said 'It's better to let them die', I have the position to make a decision for him. But how is it possible? His personality, no matter what Can't say that."

As she spoke, she remained silent for a long time, and said again: "But I always feel that this kind of parents who ruined Ah Xi's life... it's better to die."

It has been raining for too long.

The waterproof brush wiped away the rainwater on the glass, the car was full of traffic outside the window, but the car was eerily quiet.

The yellow indicator light flickered a few times and then slowly turned red.

"I've run out of money, give me some more." The man stepped on the brakes and smoked the pipe.

Lin Zining felt uncomfortable from being choked by the smoke, and said coldly, "Put the smoke out."

The man snorted, turned his head and exhaled viciously into his face.

Lin Zining slapped the man's face with a "slap".

The man was slapped in the face, but he just smiled indifferently, opened the window and threw the cigarette butt out.

The icy raindrops rushed in instantly, Lin Zining frowned, the man had already closed the window again, blocking the hustle and bustle of the street out of the window again.

"I just gave you 300 million." Lin Zining said expressionlessly.

"I lost it all." The man smiled, "Xiaoqian, why do you only get 300 million yuan for one episode?"

Lin Zining turned his head slowly when he heard the words, and stared into his eyes: "Did I tell you that you are not allowed to gamble anymore?"

"I can't help it." The man said, seeing his cold expression, he changed his words again, "One last time, I swear."

Lin Zi was quiet for a long time, and after a long time, he pursed his lips and asked, "How much?"

"Seven...80, isn't that much?"

"You might as well ask for 800 million." Lin Zining sneered, "Sooner or later someone will arrest you."

The man turned his head to look at him for a while, and said frivolously: "Xiao Ning, you look so good every time you are fierce, no wonder I liked you so much back then."

"Shut up if you don't want to die," Lin Zining said.

The man rolled his eyes indifferently.

The two were silent all the way, and it took a long time before Lin Zining asked, "Have you taken Xiaoyu's medicine?"

"Can I forget this?" Just as he reached his destination, the man stepped on the brakes and tilted his head towards the back seat.

"I'll call your card tomorrow." Lin Zining dropped the sentence, got out of the car, opened the rear door, and went upstairs with the medicine.

The man put his hands in his pockets and followed Lin Zining casually. Lin Zining opened the door with the key, and just stepped in with one foot when someone came out of the room.

"You're back...Brother?" A boy a few years younger than Lin Zining came out, with a thin face and body, and a sick look between his eyebrows and eyes.

"Come to see you, it's time for a new medicine." Lin Zining said.

"I need to take medicine again." Lin Ziyu frowned unhappily.

The man casually threw the changed shoes at the entrance, changed into slippers and entered the room, and said casually, "How can I get better if I don't take medicine."

"Why did you come back with your brother?" Lin Ziyu frowned when he saw him, and rushed to hold his arm.

The man stopped him in his arms, and the two kissed like no one else.

Lin Zining stood aside and watched expressionlessly, and waited until the two reluctantly parted before saying to the man, "Go cook."

The man shrugged and walked towards the kitchen. Lin Ziyu wanted to follow me, but Lin Zining stopped him: "Xiao Yu, come and sit, I have something to say to you."

Lin Ziyu stopped his feet when he heard the words, and obediently sat on the sofa with him.

"I'm going to the south to record a program in a while." Lin Zining said, "Take your medicine on time, will you be obedient?"

"I know." Lin Ziyu smiled obediently at him, "Brother, do you have a new show?"

Lin Zining nodded: "It's a very important program, so I won't be here for a while, you have to take care of yourself. Watching Chen Lu makes him have to go home every day, you know?"

"But he's been very busy with work recently." Lin Ziyu frowned, "He's been sleeping in the company for several days."

Lin Zining was silent for a while: "Forget it, it's up to you."

He said a few more words to Lin Ziyu, saw the small bottle under the coffee table, paused, bent down and took it out.

The bottle is transparent and you can see the pills inside.

"When's the medicine?" He turned his head and asked Lin Ziyu, "Don't take the medicine indiscriminately, there are still Chinese medicines here."

"Ah, that's Ah Lu's sleeping pill." Lin Ziyu said, "He has developed a habit of working overtime, but he can't fall asleep when he is free."

"Sleeping pills?" Lin Zining repeated without asking any further questions, and put the small bottle back to its original place.

The next day was the recording day of "Old Friend's Apartment". Xiao Yan came to Qiao's house early in the morning to pick up Qiao Mingxi. He remembered what happened yesterday and felt inexplicably uneasy.

Qiao's house in the morning was as quiet as any other time. The huge house, only lived with the same taciturn two siblings and the elderly Aunt Hui, always looked particularly deserted.

Qiao Mingyue had breakfast early in the morning and was reading a book on the sofa.

"Good morning, third princess." Xiao Yan greeted her respectfully.He is an assistant who has been in the entertainment industry for several years, and he has seen all kinds of kings and queens before, but he is still very nervous when facing Qiao Mingyue.

"Morning." Qiao Mingyue's attitude was very easy-going, "Ah Xi hasn't woken up yet, I want to ask him for a vacation, please go back first."

"Ah?" Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment, "But the time has already been set..."

The show was going to be recorded that day, and everything was well prepared. Qiao Mingxi asked for leave suddenly. Although no one dared to say anything to the Qiao family, it would definitely cause trouble for the crew and leave a bad impression.

"No, let's go." Qiao Mingxi's voice came from upstairs, and when Xiao Yan turned around, he saw him coming down the stairs fully dressed.

Qiao Mingyue also turned to look at him, frowning slightly.

Qiao Mingxi smiled at her instead: "Sister, I'm going to work."

Qiao Mingyue looked at him quietly, seeing that he was still in good spirits, with a smile in the corner of his eyes, so he also stretched his brows and nodded.

"Well, be careful on the road."