Cinderella's Gypsophila

The neon lights outside the window are full of night.

Zhuo Ziwei was holding her schoolbag, her mind was in a mess.

He had heard about the atrocities committed by Qi Yan's stepmother and stepfather, but it was the first time he saw it with his own eyes until today, that kind of unreasonable, nonsensical, illogical and bottomless viciousness at the bottom of society.

No wonder Qi Yan has always hated his biological father so much.

No wonder, from the beginning to the end, I had no illusions or nostalgia for that person.

When I thought about how I said I "envied" Qi Yan before, I wanted to go back and strangle myself to death at that time!What is he envious of?Do you envy people who are hard-hearted and decisive?

But how did such a decision come about?

Zhuo Ziwei couldn't help smiling wryly, probably compared with that kind of snake-sick parents, the parents of any family are already really okay!For example, his parents, no matter how much they babble, at least they didn't abuse or become violent towards him.

Zhuo Zi bit her thin lips slightly, and the cool breeze entered the window.

At this moment, Zhuo's mother in the front row began to wipe her hands with a paper towel, and she was so disgusted as she wiped her hands: "That kind of family ~ tsk tsk."

"Isn't it?" Zhuo's father echoed, "Ziwei, you must take it as a warning, don't be an example. You are already 14 years old, and you are not smart when you encounter this kind of thing? Let you go or not, see Jumping into the fire pit by yourself? You are lucky today, otherwise, if you leave a criminal record, you will be ruined for the rest of your life!"

Zhuo Zi's heart froze slightly.

He asked his dad, "Why did I leave a criminal record?"

Father Zhuo snorted: "If you didn't do anything, how did you end up in the police station?"

Zhuo Ziwei: "..."

After taking notes for so long, his parents obviously heard it by the side.It wasn't his business in the first place, he just accompanied Qi Yan to the hospital and happened to encounter this commotion, so he could help to testify.

Zhuo's father: "Is it rare for you to testify? The ancients said that a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. I asked the result, was it you who was scratched? Was it you who was thankless from the beginning to the end? Can you fall into the police station , It shows that you lack the necessary vigilance! The kind of people who are in a mess at home should be less involved in the first place!"

Zhuo Ziwei: "...'That messy man' is called Qi Yan, and you have had dinner with him."

At the dinner, they were happy and harmonious.

His parents kept praising Qi Yan for his good grades, all kinds of compliments, why should they play together more, help each other, go to the best school in the country together in the future, etc.When I got home, I didn’t forget to teach him that children from poor families can be so good, you should cherish your life and so on.

Zhuo's father: "I think you are only focusing on studying and learning, and you are stupid! Do you really treat others as friends after a meal?"

"I don't have any emotional intelligence at all, and I don't think carefully about why people pester you every day! A child from a poor family is tricky. I think he just wants to seduce you to play and pull your grades down. He will be the first!"

Zhuo Ziwei couldn't help sneering: "Is this a malicious speculation?"

Zhuo's mother: "Your father has a basis for what he said. Look at the child who was full of swear words just now, did he show his true face? Few people from that kind of family are not mentally distorted. What's the use of good grades!"

"I don't know if his stepmother said he was gay and seduced his brother, is it true?"

"Hey, the homosexual spirit is not normal. Ziwei, you are not allowed to talk to him in the future, be careful that people will look at you and pester you, and you won't be able to get rid of you! Then you will be finished for the rest of your life!"

"..."

Zhuo Zi leaned against the back seat slightly, and gave a weak laugh.

Maybe his parents have superpowers, they never let him down——

Every time he suspects that "maybe it's just that he is pampered, mentally fragile, naive, sensitive, glass-hearted, and doesn't know the blessings in the blessing", he can reconfirm that there is a reason for his years of depression.

Outside the window, the neon lights along the street twisted like ghosts.

Obviously those lights that were on should be the most beautiful scenery at night.

His parents continued to sing along in the front row: "Oh, it's a good thing there was a mess tonight, it will be ugly tomorrow!"

"That's right, fortunately fortunately."

Tomorrow is the wedding banquet for a certain prominent leader to marry his daughter.

Like Zhuo Ziwei's family, of course they were invited by love. Not only would they have to sit at the table of "personalities with dignity", but they would also drink wine and praise each other with many other "personages with dignity" throughout the whole process.

His excellent son has always been his parents' glamorous appearance as a foil and conversation material in that kind of "social occasion", so there must be no difference.

Although they are a family of three, none of them know the bride and groom.

……

The next day, the leader's daughter's wedding was really grand.

At the boring wedding banquet, Zhuo Ziwei also met acquaintances—the same "respectable" couple of the deputy director of the Education Bureau, and brought their "well-dressed" daughter Qi Xiaoyue.

"..."

The so-called careful dressing is to put a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl in the blooming season into a huge, high-end red, bright, rich and luxurious aunt's sweater in her thirties.

Zhuo Ziwei silently sympathized with the little girl.

Qi Xiaoyue's attire in school seems to have always been extremely old-fashioned + lifeless.

The weird taste of middle-aged and elderly people was intentional at all.Probably his parents felt that Qi Xiaoyue's breasts were very obvious due to her slight fat during puberty, and they were afraid that her "gender characteristics" would affect her studies, so they went crazy and bought her neutral and rustic clothes, trying to make her obvious Curves are tightly covered.

Qi Xiaoyue was a good girl and didn't resist.

Even so, every time Xia Lili came to look for Qi Yan, Zhuo Ziwei could see her consciously hiding in the corner of the classroom, trying to disappear, not being in the same frame as the pretty girl.

Although, once in a while, I would raise my eyes slightly, and take a look at other people's beautiful little skirts and boots with resentment.

……

At the wedding banquet, Zhuo's father Zhuo's mother, Qi's father and Qi's mother sat at the same table, and fancy business boasted to each other, creating a harmonious atmosphere.

"Xiaoyue, you must be on par with Zhuo Ziwei!"

"Yeah, No.1 all the time, Ziwei, take care of our Xiaoyue, and teach her how to get twice the result with half the effort!"

Zhuo Ziwei's parents have always been proud and arrogant, but on the way home that day, they talked about Qi Xiaoyue being sensible and cute, and asked Zhuo Ziwei to "play more with such classmates in the future".

The moonlight is cold.

Zhuo Ziwei: "But her grades are not good either?"

He just wanted to see what his parents would do.For a long time, students with poor grades, like those from poor families, are at the bottom of the discrimination chain of their parents.

Zhuo's father: "What do you know! Her father is the director of the education bureau. You must have a good relationship with her before you graduate from high school! Maybe the college entrance examination scores will be checked in advance for you? If her grades are not good, she will be sent to the university at worst." Going abroad! It will be much easier to go to university there and then apply for a master’s degree in a famous school!"

"That's right, isn't the son of Mr. X from before, he didn't pass the three exams, what are you afraid of? Get some sponsorship, send him to a pheasant university in the UK, and find a less popular major. There are few British people, so graduate students apply directly. On to Cambridge!"

"Ziwei, you mainly have good grades. If you are not good, our family will send you abroad. Anyway, the competition there is not fierce..."

Zhuo Zi lowered her eyes and smiled wryly.

Maybe he had a ptsd attack again. All this is obviously a normal family conversation, but he only felt a group of demons dancing in his head, and he felt that his body was sweating physiologically.

There's a voice humming all the time, it's not supposed to be like this.

It shouldn't be like this, his parents always taught him that all beings are equal, united and loving, and at the same time taught him class and family status, praising the high and trampling the low.While teaching him to be brave and upright, he mocked him to testify for others.While teaching him to work hard and study hard, at the same time tell him that there are shortcuts and loopholes if you don't work hard.

So, what should he believe?

The simple world view that has been structured since childhood was overthrown again and again, and then rebuilt in pieces, and then overthrown again.

What's even more sad is that another voice is still mocking, isn't your lord thinking realistically?Who made the world realistic and complicated, but you, why do you think so much every day?

It is because you are too idealistic, complaining about others, and thinking too much, that you have ruined your mind.

Well, maybe.

Zhuo Zi got up slightly.Beside the bed was the boy in the full-length mirror, that white shirt, long-legged, handsome and powerful top student.As if appearances like that were enough.

Under that layer of paint, no one cares whether it is full of cracks and fragments.

……

The Municipal Party Committee District is not far from the new campus of Z University.

Zhuo and Qi are also close.But it turned out that Zhuo Ziwei's parents wanted him to be friends with Qi Xiaoyue, so it wasn't just for talking and fun, and the Qi family came to visit the next day.

The adults chatted very enthusiastically throughout the whole process, regardless of the children's mood.

Zhuo Ziwei was secretly bored to death, and Qi Xiaoyue was also sitting on pins and needles.

In the end, he couldn't sit still anymore, so he found an excuse: "I made an appointment to go to the bookstore to pick up books, and I ordered review materials."

The parents on both sides immediately said: "Go to the bookstore? Xiaoyue go together and learn from others! Ziwei, whatever after-school materials you buy, also give to Xiaoyue's staff. Xiaoyue's level is not as good as yours, so you help her choose exercises!"

Finally out the door, ears are clean.

The boys and girls felt relieved.

Qi Xiaoyue obediently didn't dare to do anything wrong, so she could only follow Zhuo Ziwei to the bookstore. Although the two of them were in the same class, they had never known each other very well, and the atmosphere was stiff and awkward along the way.

At the station near the bookstore, a new milk tea shop opened.

Qi Xiaoyue widened her eyes to see him walk in, and Zhuo Ziwei asked her, "What are you drinking?"

"..."

"I, my mother said, this is undrinkable and unhealthy."

Qi Xiaoyue shook her head and couldn't help but peek at the sign.Seeing all kinds of drinks that she had never seen before made her heart move.

Zhuo Ziwei: "Your mother is not here."

Qi Xiaoyue whispered: "But, but my pocket money can only be used to buy books and not be spent indiscriminately. They will check when they go back."

Zhuo Ziwei: "I'll buy it for you."

"I, my mother won't let me take other people's things..."

"I won't tell your mother! Order!"

Coming out of the milk tea shop, Qi Xiaoyue carefully held a glass of smoothie.Take small sips, very reluctant.But the enjoyment in the eyes can't fool anyone.

The bookstore is on the second and third floors, and the first floor is a specialty store for girls' fashion accessories. The speakers are very loud. As far as Zhuo Ziwei knows, there are not many girls who pass by this place and can't bear it. of.

When Qi Xiaoyue walked by, her pace also slowed down significantly.

Zhuo Zi raised her chin slightly: "Go and see?"

"No, let's not go." The girl whispered again, not daring to peek enviously, "I can't buy it anyway."

Without any explanation, Zhuo Ziwei dragged her into the shop.

Qi Xiaoyue looked very cautious the whole time she visited the jewelry store, she only dared to look enviously, but didn't dare to touch it.

Zhuo Ziwei: "..."

He looked at her as if he was looking at a slow little turtle. He couldn't stand it, so he just helped her, took an exaggerated headband and pressed it on her head: "Try it! Hey, isn't it pretty, too? Is it suitable for you?"

"Not suitable not suitable!"

Qi Xiaoyue blushed with embarrassment, subconsciously knowing to hide.But I just looked up and saw the mirror.

She was stunned for a moment, the headband really suited her very well.

Small antlers, very cute.

She always felt that she was fat and ugly, without beauty.But at this moment, the self in the mirror is a bit cute, and she almost doesn't recognize her anymore.

Zhuo Ziwei handed over another small tube: "Hey, lip gloss trial set, wipe it on yourself."

She continued to resist.But I couldn't help but wipe it a little bit.

The lips turned into a moist, bright, pink color, and the whole person immediately felt shiny again.

She looked in the mirror in disbelief.

Although it is still her.She was still fat and dark, but she was much prettier than she remembered, and she finally became the kind of person who could hold her head up high, be confident, and not have to hide herself ashamed.

Qi Xiaoyue's eyes were shining brightly, and after a while, she suddenly woke up again, and quickly wiped off her lipstick.

"Okay, what's the use of looking good," she hurriedly put the lip gloss back on the shelf, "We are students now, and we must focus on our studies. You can't touch anything that has nothing to do with studying! These things will wait until you go to college Then..."

Zhuo Ziwei: "Oh? Is this your real thought, or is the repeater repeating your mother's meaning?"

Qi Xiaoyue didn't speak.

A woman's cheerful voice came from the shelf next door: "Lily, come and try this color! Hey, it looks so good, buy it!"

"Huh? We still have two bottles of the same color at home! Let's go, let's look at the hats!"

"Really? Two more bottles?"

"That's right! I'll buy it when I'm done with it. I can't fit in the makeup cabinet at home! I don't need the skirt, and the closet is almost full!"

"Hahaha, let's build a new wardrobe. Anyway, mother must dress up my little princess. There are not many more skirts. We have to take a lot of photos... Hey, it seems to be your classmate over there?"

Because Xia Lili's family is rich, they live in a high-end community next to the government compound.

The imported fresh food supermarket downstairs in the two campuses is the same one, they come and go here and there, and Xia Lili's and Qi Xiaoyue's are also considered familiar.

At this moment, Xia Lili's young stepmother looked at the ordinary Qi Xiaoyue, and at the tall, handsome and pleasing Zhuo Ziwei beside him.

In an instant, only the word "admiration" appeared in his eyes!

"Wow, Xiaoyue, your boyfriend is so handsome, and it's so good to accompany you to buy things? You two are so cute! Oh, Auntie just saw a nail polish that is especially suitable for you!"

"Look! This brand is commonly used in our family. It has no smell and is white!"

"What? Your mother won't let you buy it? You are 14 years old, so what's the matter with buying nail polish? Study? Studying is important, but Auntie thinks it doesn't matter if you put on nail polish? It's not allowed in school, so stay at home during the holidays You can always wipe it on, this color looks good at your age, and it will not be suitable in the future."

"Come on, Auntie will buy it for you! If your mother has a problem, let me tell her—everyone was young, how could she not understand? If you don't have what you should have when you are young, you will definitely have regrets when you grow up! "

She said she paid the bill, and stuffed the starry sequined nail polish into Qi Xiaoyue's pocket.

Xia Lili: "It's okay, just accept it! It's a big deal to hide it, so the small bottle is easy to hide at home. If your mother asks, you just say that I insisted on giving it to you on your birthday. Hey. I can’t say anything more about what my classmates gave me, I’ll help you hide it!”

Coming out of the jewelry store, Qi Xiaoyue was like a little ghost the whole time, in a trance and lost her mind.

The two went to the bookstore to pick up teaching materials, bought some books and then drove home.After returning to the door, she suddenly stopped and began to wipe tears for no reason.

Zhuo Ziwei: "What?"

Qi Xiaoyue covered her face and just shook her head.

Zhuo Zi sighed slightly, thinking that this girl is hopeless, is this regret that she shouldn't have accepted the nail polish?Are you that timid?

As a result, after crying for a while, the little girl sniffed and raised her face: "Woo, I still want that headband."

"Obviously I already have nail polish, but, but, I've been thinking about that little deer headband."

Zhuo Ziwei: "..."

He grabbed her arm and took a taxi back to the jewelry store.

The headband is still there.Xueba also has a photographic memory, and took away the little hair ties and lip gloss that other little girls lingered on and put down during the day.

Qi Xiaoyue: "But, but, I can't take it home."

Zhuo Ziwei: "Just find a way to hide it! You can do it! Come, let me help you."

He helped to open her small bag, put a bunch of things in the interlayer, and put the teaching aids bought in the bookstore on it: "To deal with parents who are too strict, you must learn to obey others, and life will be very hard if you don't learn it."

Qi Xiaoyue: "..."

"You, you are different from what I imagined," she said in a low voice with a puzzled look on her face, "I thought, I thought you were a very serious and good student."

Zhuo Zi smiled: "That person you like is worse than me?"

Qi Xiaoyue: "Nonsense, Qi Yan is much better than you! Hey, no, that, no... You, you, you are so annoying!"

Then she realized that when she heard him talking about Qi Yan just now, on impulse, she smashed the school grass with her bag... This is simply unimaginable, what is she doing? !

……

On the way home under Yuexia, Qi Xiaoyue finally opened up and complained a lot.

"They never let me stay in love with studying in the study or going to college. They always like to compare me with others, and every time they compare me with the best of others. Either I am not as sensible and obedient as this girl, or I don’t have as good grades as that girl, and I even have to say that I’m not as tall as anyone else!”

"Obviously I had good grades before, but they showed off me everywhere and treated me very well."

"But now it seems that I have embarrassed them. They find reasons to scold me every day and say that I don't study hard..."

"I don't understand. Are you not qualified to be the daughter of your parents if you don't have good grades? Is the love of your parents conditional? Will you only like me if you are good enough?"

Zhuo Ziwei didn't know what to say.

His family, Qi Xiaoyue's family, this kind of family of senior intellectuals that looks enviable from the outside, is harmonious and happy.From the inside, it seems that the parents do not have the subjective intention of deliberately hurting their children like Qi Yan's family.

But I don't know why, the ability to destroy the mind is simply not far behind.

What went wrong?

Zhuo Zi stopped slightly.

"Well, let me teach you a special ability, hold my hand."

Qi Xiaoyue was puzzled, hesitated for a moment, and held on.

"Now, look into my eyes."

Qi Xiaoyue: "...I don't want it! What do you want?"

Zhuo Ziwei: "Pfft."

I remember that when I was in S City, at least half of the girls in the school liked him, and now there should be many girls in the school who are his fans.But after coming here, he is also very rare, meeting a few people who completely don't take him seriously.

Cheng Cheng, Qi Xiaoyue, Xia Lili, these people only have Qi Yan in their eyes.

But this is also understandable.Qi Yan is more interesting than him, braver than him, more energetic than him, and he will probably be more handsome than him when he grows taller in the future. The future is promising.

"..." Fuck, I shouldn't have thought of Qi Yan.

It's also the weekend.No matter how depressing or boring his weekends are, he spends them visiting bookstores, drinking milk tea, shopping for cosmetics with the girls, and complaining about his parents with the same style.

But what about Qi Yan?

What is he up against this weekend?

Zhuo Ziwei felt bad when he thought about it, and had a severe headache.But when he raised his eyes, he saw the central hospital building under the moon nearby from the corner of his eye.

... That day in the hospital, when Qi Yan was beaten by a crazy woman and the surroundings were in chaos, he actually saw Cheng Cheng trying to get out of bed.

But Cheng Cheng was really weak and out of breath, but he pulled out the needle hanging in his hand with all his strength, and the pain caused big drops of sweat to fall from his forehead.

No one cared about him, no one heard his hoarse voice.His mother wantonly hurt his most important little baby.

How desperate would that be...

Anyway, Zhuo Ziwei felt that a sick flower like him in the greenhouse would never be able to live that kind of life.

If he had stopped playing, I really don't know how these people survived.