we are not friends anymore

When we walked out of the hospital, it was already raining heavily.Qiao Mingxi opened her umbrella, stood there and looked back.

He also stayed in the hospital the whole night before, but Qiao Mingyue still didn't wake up.

Holding the handle of the umbrella tightly, Qiao Mingxi reached out to hail a taxi, opened the door and reported the address.

He coaxed Aunt Hui back without bringing anyone with him, and only sent Lou Feng a text message before leaving.

The radio station in the car broadcasts which section of the road is congested again, and the reason is that drunk driving caused a car accident.

The driver tut tut and shook his head: "People nowadays don't take their lives seriously."

Qiao Mingxi looked at his face reflected in the car window and smiled slightly.

The driver didn't get a response, or maybe he thought the passenger wearing sunglasses and a mask looked familiar, so he glanced at him several times in the rearview mirror.

When I got out of the car, there was a sudden gust of wind, which almost knocked over the umbrella in my hand.Qiao Mingxi took off his sunglasses and went up the mountain alone along the long winding path.

He counted his steps, thinking that when Qiao Mingyue came up that day, he must be in a different mood from him.

He has always been a cowardly and timid person. Qiao Mingyue also went out alone that day and had an accident here, but at this time he has no intention of retreating.

All the way up the mountain, the wind gradually stopped, and the rain fell, dripping down along the edge of the umbrella, and Qiao Mingxi's heart was also wet.

He stopped at the appointed place, took out his cell phone and checked the time, it was nine fifteen in the morning.

That year, Qiao Mingyue led him out of the attic. He looked back at the old alarm clock that had been thrown on the ground, and it was probably nine o'clock in the morning.

Someone brushed away the jagged branches and leaves and approached from behind. Qiao Mingxi glanced at the dark clouds in the sky and turned around slowly.

In the past so many years, he has actually no longer recognized the man in front of him, and all he remembers of him is the back view of him locking the attic door and leaving.

When he was young, he felt that the figure of that person was terrifyingly tall, pressing down in front of his eyes like a mountain that could not be moved away in several lifetimes.But at this moment, the man in the wheelchair was actually too old and weak to be intimidating.

Qiao Mingxi tilted her head and looked at him quietly.

"Long time no see." The man looked up at Qiao Mingxi with cloudy eyes, and said hoarsely, "My son."

Qiao Mingxi just looked at him, and suddenly blinked like an innocent child: "Why are you so old?"

He is not yet thirty, but the man who used to be his father is already very old.

Qiao Qifeng laughed softly, with a trace of hatred in that laughter: "Isn't this thanks to my lovely niece?"

Qiao Mingxi nodded: "Yes, if it wasn't for her, you would have died long ago."

Qiao Qifeng laughed wildly, then stopped suddenly, and looked at Qiao Mingxi quietly: "Where is the thing I want?"

"I said so." Qiao Mingxi glanced behind him, "You're dreaming."

Qiao Qifeng stared at him, and said coldly: "Oh? Then what are you doing here? It's too bold to go it alone."

"I should be asking you this question." Qiao Mingxi said slowly, "You can steal a moment of freedom in country r, but you want to go back to China to fight against everyone. You think that relying on yourself who can't even stand up, and... ...With a crazy woman, can Qiao Mingyue win? Besides, there are Xie Si and Lou Wu by her side. Ah... for the slightest possibility that 'the son will stand by my side', it is really hard to go up the mountain Embarrass your—legs—”

He looked at the man without timidity. Qiao Qifeng looked at him and suddenly smiled darkly: "I didn't expect... I didn't expect... A cowardly and useless thing back then dares to challenge me now."

Qiao Mingxi didn't answer his words, and walked a few steps aside, looked at the hillside without a fence, and said in a low voice: "Everyone is subject to change... It seems that you think I still dare not resist you, but in fact I could just push you off right now, like—”

He turned around quickly, staring at Qiao Qifeng with calm eyes: "Just like what you want to do to me."

He tilted his head and smiled: "It's a pity that I didn't bring anything. Even if you kill me, even if the Qiao family gives it to Aunt Hui and Sister Yao, it won't fall on you."

Qiao Qifeng's complexion gradually changed, and he said in a hoarse voice, "Qiao Mingxi, you are my son."

"I'm not." Qiao Mingxi quickly replied, "You said that, Qiao Mingxi is not your son."

"How many years ago did you have to remember today?" Qiao Qifeng said bitterly, "It's only natural for a son in the world to pay for his father! You can stand here like this because I gave it to you!"

Qiao Mingxi smiled suddenly. He has always had a non-aggressive appearance, but after spending eight years with Ji Yan day and night, he has also learned his sneer like this: "You are right, thank you Thanks to that, I became what I am today."

"But you also have to remember..." he whispered, "You can still sit here and talk to me because of me."

If it wasn't for Qiao Mingxi, Qiao Mingyue would have dealt with Qiao Qifeng secretly when he was restless for the first time.

Qiao Qifeng said with a low smile, "My good son, I brought you a present."

Qiao Mingxi looked up from under the umbrella and looked at him expressionlessly.

There was a sound of footsteps, and accompanied by the woman's sobbing, Qiao Qifeng turned his head slightly, with an awkward gentle expression on his face: "Ah Jing, come and see your son."

Qiao Mingxi clenched the handle of the umbrella and looked behind him coldly.

Two tall strange men grabbed the woman's arms and half-coaxed and half-dragged her up.

Her hair was messy, and her eyes were also messy. When she saw Qiao Mingxi, her wandering eyes suddenly froze, and then she whimpered: "Axi..."

Qiao Mingxi moved his stiff back. He ignored the struggling woman who was about to pounce on her. He just opened his mouth and said to Qiao Qifeng with difficulty: "Most of the time, it's not very useful to fight hard at the end of the road. .”

Qiao Qifeng looked at him calmly, until Qiao Mingxi took out his phone, his expression changed slightly.Seeing this, the two men on the side let go of the woman's hand.

Qiao Mingxi didn't seem to see the woman who was running towards him, a smile even hung on his lips, and continued: "Your IQ is not enough to support your Jedi counterattack."

The woman cried and rushed over and hugged him into her arms. Qiao Mingxi moved her fingers and pressed the play button.

"Axi...Axi..." The woman cried like a child, Qiao Mingxi forgot to breathe for a moment, and the phone dropped to the ground.

He seemed to be hugged into the arms of the god of death, and his vision became blurred.

The woman hugged him, she was crying at first, then laughed again, then stopped suddenly, and slowly met his eyes, her expression instantly became ferocious.

Qiao Mingxi also looked at her, but there was no light in her eyes.

"Axi...don't move..."

The woman murmured, tears streaming down her face.

"Don't move... save mom... save mom..."

Hands like bones grabbed Qiao Mingxi's neck, and Qiao Mingxi forgot to struggle, and just looked at her with a pale face.

At this moment, he suddenly had the same idea as his childhood self.

Mom, why don't I die with you.

A strong force pulled the woman back, Qiao Mingxi only felt a light in front of her body, and could hardly stand up.Someone strode up to him and grabbed him who was about to fall.

He moved his eyes slowly like an old man in his twilight years, his vision gradually cleared up, and he saw a familiar face.

"You..." He opened his mouth, his throat was too dry to speak.

The person who came didn't speak, just grabbed him with strong hands to prevent him from falling down.Qiao Mingxi turned his gaze, and a group of people rushed over from all directions, firmly controlling Qiao Qifeng and the others.

"Long time no see, Uncle Qiao." Xie Zhen walked slowly from a distance, the hem of the black windbreaker was slightly blown by the wind as he walked, and his handsome face seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

Qiao Qifeng's expression was gloomy, and he roared, "Why are you here? I clearly..."

Xie Zhen smiled emotionlessly: "If you are easily trapped by your little gift, Lao Wu and I will be in vain all these years."

After he finished speaking, he paused, put his hands into the pockets of the windbreaker, his expressionless face looked as cold as death: "Now, I will give you a return gift for Third Sister."

His subordinates quickly took away several people, and the woman was pulled away from Qiao Mingxi, struggling to catch him.

"Axi... ah... ah...Axi..."

A pair of hands gently covered Qiao Mingxi's ears, and the woman's sobs gradually faded away.

Qiao Mingxi raised her head in a daze, looking at the face of the person in front of her.

He seemed to have something to say to him, but fell into darkness the moment he opened his mouth.

The woman's tear-stained face kept appearing before his eyes.

Ever since Qiao Mingxi could remember, she always cried and said, Ah Xi, don't move, let mom go...

Why... Shouldn't it be begging you to let me go, Mom?

Please, everyone is good, save him...

Qiao Mingxi always felt that he was not unlucky, but his luck came a little late.But at least it's coming, isn't it?Qiao Mingyue shone into Qiao Mingxi's small attic like a beam of light that suddenly fell from the gap in the curtains.

It was the first time he went to the brightly lit Qiao's main house, and the young Qiao Mingyue stood in front of him in high spirits, and stuffed the picture album that he had secretly glanced at into his hand.

"You are from the Qiao family, so you can ask for anything you want."

He wanted to tell Qiao Mingyue that maybe he and her were not in the same family, but he treasured the picture album she gave him like a treasure in his small attic.

When we met again later, Qiao Mingyue was no longer the bright-eyed girl at the beginning. She became gloomy, depressed, and pale like him, but when she stretched out her hand to him and said, "Axi, go with sister", it was still him. After waiting for a long time, the small beam of light spilled in from the gap.

Qiao Mingyue was the one who made Qiao Mingxi truly understand the meaning of his loved ones to him. She encouraged him to get out of the darkness and humidity, into the colorful world outside, and reach out to catch a ray of sunshine.

He grasped it, grasped it for a full eight years, and followed this beam of light to become Qiao Mingxi, who was loved by many strangers.

This beam of light made him learn to laugh and learn to be exposed to more light.