double duty

Zhao Shuyi went out with an empty fruit plate. Gu Zhi's tense body suddenly relaxed. He suddenly felt tired. After taking the medicine, he rolled up the quilt on the bed and went to sleep.

It was raining lightly outside, and the raindrops hit the window, like a low and melodious night tone, soothing the tired body and mind of travelers, and making people fall into a deep dream.

Gu Zhi was no exception, involved in a variegated dream.

The hallway of the clubhouse was dimly lit, and the flirtatious and provocative words came through the unclosed door, and the warm smell rushed into people's ears.

But a figure that didn't fit the mood suddenly appeared, disturbing You Jing Ni Ni. The figure staggered against the wall and ran in the wide corridor, wearing revealing clothes that were torn to pieces and hung on his body in tatters. The wind poured straight into his clothes, but he couldn't feel the coldness, his heart was beating wildly in his chest, and he was panting in panic.

"Damn it, I caught you, I can't kill you!"

"You can't run away, obediently let our elder brother touch you, and everything will be settled."

"What is the little beauty running for?"

Who can come and save him, save him!

With roaring footsteps, he followed closely, like a ghost, wishing he could swallow Gu Zhi alive with his bloody mouth open.

He turned a corner, there was a faint light in front of him, and he ran forward ecstatically. He was only one step away from this terrible place, and was suddenly kicked to the floor.

His eyes suddenly went dark, and a faint smell of blood gushed out of his mouth. He ignored his broken back, twisted his body in pain and crawled forward on the floor.

He can't be caught, he'll die here.

Gu Zhi only had this idea in his mind, which supported him to crawl desperately. He climbed a few steps, and suddenly hit a hard object on the top of his head, and then a brown patent leather shoe appeared in front of his eyes, blocking his way forward.

He didn't have time to think about anything, and when he came back to his senses, he had already grabbed the man's calf.

"Help me..." Gu Zhi hugged his legs tightly in embarrassment, as if he was holding on to a life-saving straw.

The roaring behind him stopped, and everyone seemed to be terrified.

"Your people?" the shoe owner said in a low tone.

Gu Zhi turned his head tremblingly, only to see that fat man with big ears had long since lost his arrogance in front of him, bowing his knees to please him, "Yes, yes, yes."

"No, I was tricked into coming in." Gu Zhi shook his head crazily, for fear of being handed back by the person in front of him.

Gu Qiang obviously just said... to accompany the wine...

Gu Qiang cheated Zhao Shuyi into signing millions of gambling debts, Zhao Shuyi couldn't afford it, Gu Qiang couldn't afford it, and he, a student who was expelled, couldn't afford it.

He can ignore Gu Qiang's life or death, but he can't abandon Zhao Shuyi.

He owed Zhao Shuyi.

The debtors came to make trouble every day, and they had nowhere to go, so Gu Zhi gritted his teeth and agreed.

But those people slapped him, beat him and tore his clothes, they looked greedy like hungry wolves seeing a fat sheep, they clearly wanted to eat him alive.

The man was not interested in listening to Gu Zhi's explanation, and wanted to kick Gu Zhi's hand away, but when his eyes touched Gu Zhi's face, his pupils shrank slightly.

He regained his expression, lifted Gu Zhi's jaw gracefully, and opened his thin lips lightly: "What's your name?"

The man's eyes were like a deep pool, easily sucking people into it. Gu Zhi's fear and panic were all comforted. He was stunned for a few seconds, and said slowly, "Gu Zhi."

The man smiled lightly, like the fragrance of cherry blossoms in the spring breeze, gentle and touching, he helped Gu Zhi up, "He, I took him away, if you have any questions, go to Anna."

Gu Zhi couldn't remember the dream after that, when he woke up, it seemed that Shang Yizhou's warmth was still in his palm.

Gu Zhigan stared at the ceiling, his chest feeling tight.

Eight years ago, he jumped from one pit of fire to another pit of fire, the only difference was that this pit of fire, Shang Yizhou, was dressed in an affectionate appearance, deceiving him beyond redemption.

Zhao Shuyi knocked on his door and asked him to go out for dinner, but Gu Qiang didn't come back, Zhao Xuanyu went out at some point, and only Zhao Shuyi and him were left at the dinner table.

"Mom, why don't you eat?" Gu Zhi couldn't help asking when he saw Zhao Shuyi moved his chopsticks twice and stopped eating.

Zhao Shuyi pressed her abdomen where Gu Zhi couldn't see, and when she felt a little more comfortable, she turned around and smiled with a don't worry, "It's hot, I can't eat."

Gu Zhi worried: "Is it uncomfortable there?"

Zhao Shuyi is a typical procrastinator when she is sick, and she is reluctant to spend money to go to the hospital for medical treatment. One year, Zhao Shuyi suffered from enteritis and collapsed, so she was unwilling to go. If Gu Zhi didn't find something wrong, Zhao Shuyi might have passed out in the toilet.

"No," Zhao Shuyi waved her hand, took out a photo, and put it in front of Gu Zhi, "Look?"

The woman in the photo is sweet and lovely, with dimples looming on her lips, she looks to be in her early twenties.

Gu Zhi knew it well, but pretended to be stupid and said in a daze, "This?"

"Your aunt Sun introduced that the little girl has a suite in Lincheng. Her parents are both teachers. The family is a scholarly family. The family has a good temper." Zhao Shuyi added, "You will be 27 soon, no matter how busy you are at work, you should married."

Gu Zhi took the photo and pressed it under the bowl, his fingertips trembled, he made a motion of pinching a cigarette in the air, exhaled slowly, and after a long time, he said, "I don't like women, you know that, mom."

The smile on the corners of Zhao Shuyi's lips froze. She knew it. After seven years of knowing it, she couldn't accept it, and it became dispensable as time passed.

But is there any reason for a man not to have a family?She asked eagerly, "What about the child? Don't you want a child too?"

"From the moment I chose to like men, I have made plans not to have children." Gu Zhi smiled, and handed the photo back to Zhao Shuyi, "Thank you Aunt Sun for your kindness."

Zhao Shuyi was so anxious that she couldn't breathe, "You don't want a child, who will take care of you in the old age, and who will take care of you when you die? I'm dead, who... who will take care of you."

Gu Zhi smiled indifferently, "Then you must live a long life, otherwise, after you leave me, it will be too boring for me to live alone."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Zhao Shuyi glared at Gu Zhi angrily.

Gu Zhi begged for mercy, "Okay, I won't talk nonsense." He got up and walked to the dilapidated balcony, "I'm going out to smoke a cigarette."

The nicotine stimulated the brain nerves, Gu Zhi squinted his eyes comfortably and breathed out the clouds, and the stagnant air in his chest disappeared into the air along with the smoke.

He pressed his whole body against the stone fence, and most of his body seemed to be flying into the air, as if he was a bird, soaring freely into the sky.

But in a second, the cigarette burned to the tail fin and burned his fingertips, and the piercing pain brought him back to reality.

He pressed the burning end of the cigarette to the wound on his fingertips, and there was a faint smell of paste. He didn't even look at it, and put his hand back into his trouser pocket, looking calmly at the blue sky.

He saw countless birds flying freely among the clouds without restraint.