Forbidden

The door slammed shut, and the whole floor seemed to shake.

Cheng Suran's heart trembled with the loud noise, like a frightened little animal, staring at the door in a daze, his mind went blank for a while.

So far...

Does it mean to terminate the contract?

She reacted in a trance, the tense string in her heart broke suddenly, and she stumbled and chased out.

The outer hall was empty, and the elevator had already descended to the first floor.

Pressing the button with trembling fingers, seeing the rising floor numbers, her heart beat like a drum, becoming more and more urgent, the door opened and she fell in, pressing the first floor.

There are only a few guests checking in or checking out in the lobby.

Cheng Suran looked around in a daze, but couldn't find the figure of the man, and ran out of the gate sullenly.

In front of the hotel gate is the fountain square, with a wide view, and landscape trees are planted on both sides, forming a tree-lined road leading to the underground garage. It is winter, and the leaves are withered, leaving only bare stems and branches.

The square is close to the other side of the road, and the slender and upright figure of a woman comes into view, holding a suitcase with one hand, as if waiting for someone.

"Sister—" Cheng Suran ran over.

The back froze.

A black Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle approached slowly and stopped in front of the woman. She couldn't wait to open the door, picked up the suitcase and stuffed it indiscriminately. The man also went up and quickly closed the door.

There are only two or three steps away, Cheng Suran watched the car go away, and subconsciously chased after him, "Sister... sister..."

She ran with all her strength, and the flying tears fell to her feet and shattered.A large amount of cold air poured into the throat, piercing the chest pain.

The car is getting further and further away.

Cheng Suran staggered and fell down, her knees hit the concrete floor heavily, more and more tears poured out, she looked up, only the red and yellow taillights of the car were in her hazy tears.

The red ball seemed to light up a bit.

It's the brake lights!

Comes on as soon as you hit the brakes...will it stop?Do you mean sister?

Regardless of the pain in her knee, Cheng Suran got up and continued to run, but soon the car accelerated again, moved further away from her, and disappeared at the corner of the intersection ahead.

She stopped and stood where she was, panting.

My sister doesn't want her anymore.

There is no place in my sister's heart that she imagined.

From the moment she said it, she should have expected this result. The reality was ruthless, but even though she had enough mental preparation, she still overestimated herself.She's not that strong, and she's not that free and easy.

The sky was gloomy, and it was afternoon, but it seemed to be night. The cold wind blew through her broken hair and poured it into the big hole in her heart, which was sore and numb.

After standing for an unknown amount of time, his hands and feet were so cold that he was about to lose consciousness, Cheng Suran finally regained his composure, turned around, and walked back slowly step by step.

……

The car is parked on the side of the road.

Jiang Yu leaned his head against the window, closed his eyes, and gently rubbed his temples with his index finger.

"Boss Jiang, that girl has gone back." The driver's voice came from the front.

Jiang Yu didn't speak, but the other hand clenched into a fist was loosened, and the fingertips trembled slightly.After a while, she opened her eyes, carefully opened the curtain, and looked at the hotel door obliquely in front of the window.

Only occasional vehicles in and out.

She breathed a sigh of relief, closed the curtain, and closed her eyes to rest again.

"Go back to the neighborhood."

"Ok."

Silence returned in the car.

Tian Lin, who was sitting next to her, had complicated eyes and hesitated to speak.

The driver put Jiang Yu and Cheng Suran down, and the car hadn't been out for a long time, when he received a call from Jiang Yu to make a U-turn, her tone was very anxious, and she followed him back.When I arrived at the hotel entrance, I saw Jiang Yu waiting there alone with a suitcase. The moment she opened the door, she couldn't wait to get into the car, as if there was a ghost chasing after her——

It is being chased, but not being chased by ghosts.

Cheng Suran chased after him, and fell while chasing.

The driver reported that Jiang Yu said to stop, but quickly changed his mind and continued walking. He turned a corner at the intersection ahead, turned left and returned to this road from the rear, until the girl's figure fell into sight.

Just stop and watch from afar.

Let the driver watch it, let Tian Lin watch it, she doesn't watch it herself.

Tian Lin didn't know exactly what happened, but she could guess roughly, as if it was expected, she knew that this day would come sooner or later.

I just didn't expect it to come so soon...

She glanced at Jiang Yu.

The man closed his eyes, frowned slightly, his face was full of exhaustion, his breathing became deeper and longer, and his chest heaved more and more.

The scene seemed familiar.

Five or six years ago, the day Jiang Yu broke up with his ex, he also looked like this.

The difference is that the ex did not chase after them, and they left the common residence separately, and there was no contact after that.At that time, Tian Lin took care of Jiang Yu's things in the house...

When he reached the basement of the complex, Jiang Yu still closed his eyes and did not move.

"Sister Yu..." Tian Lin thought she was asleep, and patted her on the shoulder lightly, "I'm home, wake up."

Jiang Yu slowly opened his eyes, stared blankly for a few seconds, with a blank expression, looked at Tian Lin for a moment, and got out of the car without saying a word.

Tian Lin: "..."

The bag and suitcase were still in the car, Tian Lin shook her head helplessly, carrying the bag in one hand and the suitcase in the other, telling the driver to wait here first and keep up with Jiang Yu.

The two entered the elevator together.

Jiang Yu's eyes were dull, like a ghost, he went upstairs to brush his face, kicked off his shoes as soon as he entered the house, and walked inside barefoot.

"Huh? Sister Yu, you're back? I have everything..." Xiao Zhou was about to go out with a suitcase, but before he finished speaking, Jiang Yu passed her by, she froze, and turned to look at Tian Lin.

"Sister Lin, what's the matter?"

Tian Lin frowned and looked at Jiang Yu's bare feet, and gave Xiao Zhou a perfunctory smile: "It's okay, I'm not in a good mood." She pushed the suitcase aside and picked up the slippers Jiang Yu wore at home, "Let's put things away first, You can do whatever you want, I'll go over and have a look."

Xiao Zhou nodded hesitantly: "Okay."

When I came to the master bedroom area, as expected, the door was locked tightly, and the two snow-white metal doors were like solid shells, guarding one side of the space.

Tian Lin held the slippers in her hands, sighed, and sat down on the chair next to her.

……

Thick curtains blocked the light, and the bedroom was dark.

Jiang Yu was lying on the bed, his hair was disheveled, and his back rose and fell slightly with his breathing.

The air is getting duller.

She turned over and faced the ceiling on her back, staring at the unlit lamp for a moment, then sat up again, her eyes fixed on the table.

A clay model is there.

There is a little girl standing on the catwalk of the show, and a little girl sitting on the garden swing. The transparent box is like a barrier, protecting her gently.

[On the left is your career, which is what everyone sees, and on the right is your life, away from the camera, you are also an ordinary person, and it is you who I see. ]

[Did you do it yourself? ]

[Well, with clay. ]

[I don’t know what you like, but I feel that you definitely don’t lack clothes, bags, and cosmetics. Fans have given you everything you can think of, so I think it’s more commemorative to do handwork. ]

[like very much. ]

Jiang Yu stared at the model in a daze, the girl's ruddy face and shy smiling eyes appeared in his mind, and the conversation between the two was still in his ears.

From breaking up with her ex to now, almost six years, the lovers around her have changed again and again, they are all old models, but Cheng Suran is the one she chooses from the heart, and the one who stays with her the longest.

Well-behaved, measured, dependent but not clinging, and meeting her needs to be needed, sometimes looks silly, and is extremely shy and blushing.

This girl doesn't look like anything special.

She wants to keep her by her side longer.

If Little Canary is not tempted...

Over the past few months, bits and pieces have been swaying in front of my eyes, those obscure, obvious, and ignored.She began to trace, recall, and her once dull nerves suddenly became sharp and meticulous.

Maybe it's an inadvertent look, maybe it's a word you didn't care about, maybe it's a small gesture.

She should have found out long ago.She is hurting the little girl.

Jiang Yu sneered, stretched out her hand, and wanted to touch the clay figurine, but her fingertips touched the transparent box. She froze for a moment, and murmured to herself:

"Ran Ran……"

"Why did you say it? Do you think my sister is too bad? I deliberately used this method... No, you said that my sister is not bad at all."

"What a confused little fool."

Why do you say that?Why should she know?Why?She is still planning to take Ranran to Paris after the fashion season ends in January and February. She is still imagining that they can maintain a simple and pure money relationship forever.

Everything is broken.

Jiang Yu was inexplicably annoyed, and there was a faint torrent in his body, and he swept the things off the table with a wave of his hand.

- Whoops!

The glass bottles and jars were broken, the smell of money came out, the transparent box fell to the ground and opened, and the clay models fell apart.

"She" fell off the runway, the swing broke, and the little "she" fell into two or three pieces.

broke...

Jiang Yu hurriedly picked it up and put it back on the table, holding a few pieces in the palm of his hand, trying to put them back together, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't put them back together.

She looked at the incomplete model, as if a piece of her heart was missing, empty.

……

At night, lights are lit up on both sides of the Binjiang River.

Tian Lin sat on the chair and was about to fall asleep. When she heard the movement, she opened her eyes and saw that the door that had been closed all afternoon finally opened, and Jiang Yu came out from inside.

"Sister Yu..." She stood up, suddenly remembered the slippers, bent down and put them at her feet.

Jiang Yu's face was gloomy, he stared at the slippers for a while, put them on slowly, and said weakly, "Why didn't you go back?"

My throat is a little hoarse.

"I'm afraid something will happen to you." Tian Lin looked at her.

Jiang Yu sneered: "What can happen to me? I'm fine." After finishing speaking, she lowered her eyes, avoided those gazes with a guilty conscience, and turned around, "What's for dinner? My sister brought..." She choked on her throat, her body Also froze, "Auntie should have bought some vegetables, so let's eat at home."

She turned her back to Tian Lin and walked towards the kitchen.

"Do you need me to deal with it? Now, or tomorrow." Tian Lin's eyes reflected her lonely back, and she sighed silently, feeling sore.

Jiang Yu stopped and stood there for a long time, "What are you dealing with?"

"It's about you and Miss Cheng."

"Oh."

Another moment of silence.

"In a few days, you can go when I come back." Jiang Yu waved his hand.

Tian Lin narrowed her eyes slightly, as if she wanted to find out something, and asked, "Why?"

"..."

"Cut the mess quickly, now that it's over, you can work with peace of mind, okay?"

For so many years, regardless of whether the contract expires or is terminated midway, Tian Lin has been handling the follow-up matters. The process is very simple: pay the breakup fee, pack things, change hotels, and find the next one.

Every time is clean and tidy, if it can be done during the day, it will never be delayed until night, and if it can be done today, it will never be left to tomorrow.

Jiang Yu has this style of work, and she has learned a lot from her side.

"Afraid of affecting Miss Cheng's final exam?" Tian Lin took two steps forward and stood by her side.

Jiang Yu lowered his eyes and remained silent.

"But it's none of your business, you don't need to think about it."

"..."

"Unless you like Miss Cheng." Tian Lin said boldly.

She seemed to be dancing on a tightrope.

"Would I like a pet?" Jiang Yu turned around suddenly, glared at her, and became irritable, "She deserves it too? Why do you even say such things?! I want to do what I want, and I'm happy with it .”

There was ice in those deep and stern eyes.

Tian Lin only saw a shell that was harder than the metal door.

She immediately fell silent.

……

Throughout the final exam week, the campus was full of tension and excitement.I was nervous because I was worried that I would fail the exam, and I was excited because I was on vacation after the exam and could go home.

The exam time is different for different majors. The first one to finish the exam is the French department.

The sky was still cloudy and cold, the last class exam was over, shortly after the bell rang, Cheng Suran walked out of the teaching building with his bag on his back, habitually took out his mobile phone, and clicked on WeChat.

The message list was dead silent.

Ah, she forgot.

Forget that my sister doesn't want her anymore, forget that the contract has been terminated.

Looking at the gray and black profile picture, looking at the records stopped seven days ago, Cheng Suran felt bitter, her nose turned sore, she didn't dare to send any messages, for fear of seeing the red exclamation mark.

After the wind blew for a while, she put away her mobile phone and walked towards the dormitory building.

In the past few days, Cheng Suran consciously moved back to the school, telling herself that it was to study hard and prepare for the exam, but she guessed that if she didn't get out as soon as possible, she would meet the next canary who moved in.

Thinking of this, her heart ached, and she still couldn't lie to herself that she didn't care...

The phone vibrates in his pocket.

For a moment, Cheng Suran thought it was Jiang Yu who called her, and then realized that the possibility was zero, and his mood sank again.

Maybe it's my aunt?

With a wry smile, she took out her phone and looked at——

Assistant Tian!

"Hello? Assistant Tian?" Cheng Suran couldn't wait to connect, trying his best to restrain the excitement and expectation in his tone.

A woman's formulaic voice came from the phone: "Miss Cheng, have you finished your exam? I still have about 10 minutes to arrive at your school gate, so come out now."

"What... what's wrong?"

"Something happened."

After speaking, he hung up.

Cheng Suran stopped, holding the phone in a daze for a while, his heart pounding, the excitement was gone.

She turned around and headed for the school gate.

It was not far from the teaching building to the school gate, but it took seven or eight minutes to walk. Cheng Suran quickened his pace, almost jogging, and saw a familiar black commercial vehicle parked by the flower garden from afar.

The car body was blocked by flowerbeds and stone carvings, so it was obscure and inconspicuous. She ran over and tapped on the window lightly.

The door opened.

Tian Lin sat inside and nodded to her, "Miss Cheng, come up and talk."

Cheng Suran obediently got in.

Without waiting for anyone to speak, she searched around, but did not see Jiang Yu's figure, and asked urgently, "Where's sister?"

"The boss hasn't returned to China yet." Tian Lin lied without changing her expression.

The light in Cheng Suran's eyes went out.

She deflated like a deflated rubber ball.

"Miss Cheng, the boss asked me to give you this." Tian Lin took out a piece of paper from her bag and handed it to her with a professional smile on her face.

"what?"

Cheng Suran took it over and took a look.

It's a check with a red stamp.

One, ten, one hundred, one thousand, ten thousand... She counted the string of zeros in a daze, before she finished counting, her eyes fell on the uppercase numbers.

Two million yuan.