Creation's grace

After Zhou Yu left, the north wind picked up suddenly, blowing the bare branches like wild beast's claws.The notice board in front of the green belt swayed left and right, and seemed to be trembling too.

Ran Jin was already wearing little clothes, so he couldn't help trembling slightly after being blown.

Chi Yu took a look at the thin windbreaker on her body and her empty neck without a scarf, and pulled her into the car, and the two of them sat in the back seat.

"How did you manage to make Zhou Yu so devoted to you?" Chi Yu asked her straightforwardly as soon as she closed the car door.

The warmth in the carriage made Ran Jin's skin, which was so cold that he couldn't feel it, gradually regain consciousness.

Ran Jin buttoned the cuff buttons of the windbreaker: "I can't tell you now, otherwise you will definitely come to make trouble."

Thinking of Chu Wei saying that Zhou Yu may have someone outside, Chi Yu thought about Ran Jin's pretentious things and her false frivolity, and said unhappily:

"I really want to take revenge on you and make you withdraw from the Chi Group. But I know it in my heart. But as I said, you can ask me for mercy on the matter of the orbit of the moon, and you don't have to go outside to ask others. I still hate you Is there not enough work?"

If Ran Jin is willing to reconcile with her at this time, tell the truth, and withdraw from the Chi Group, Chi Yu will abide by the promise he made before and keep the influence of this matter to a minimum.

Ran Jin understood Chi Yu's implication, smiled and said: "Don't worry too much, the relationship between me and Zhou Yu is not what you think. Although I want to enjoy life, I am not very fond of men. interested."

"I'm overhearted?" Chi Yuping opened Ran Jin's deliberate frivolity, his voice became low, and he returned to his ultimate goal, "From the beginning to the end, I just want to know how my sister died, and I don't care about your affairs outside. Interested to know."

Ran Jin's face gradually turned cold, and he didn't intend to speak.

Chi Yu knew that no matter what or how he asked, Ran Jin would not say anything.

Frantic questioning will only make you look like an incompetent fool.

"If you still don't want to speak up, then let's keep fighting like this." Chi Yu's eyes turned red, "As long as the truth about my sister's death is not revealed, I will never let you go. Pry it open. I'll spend the rest of my life with you."

Ran Jin knew that her and Chi Yu's hearts were tied together by a dead knot, and if they were pulled together, they would hurt each other.

During the brief silence, Chi Yu saw the scab on Ran Jin's lip where she bit her.

A small patch of deep red stood out on her delicate lips.

"You and that Zhou Yu have nothing, of course it's best." Chi Yu got the answer she wanted and was about to get out of the car. She was afraid that Qi Tong would not be able to restrain Chu Wei and come to cause trouble, "Tell you, Aunt and Uncle will come over tomorrow night and let you go home for dinner. Go home late."

The aunt and uncle are the best relatives of the Chi family to the two sisters Chiyu. When the sisters just lost their parents, it was the aunt and uncle who were not in good health and had little money to help them all the time.

Ran Jin knew that the Chi family sisters always remembered each other's kindness, and life got better and better after that. They were very filial to the elders, and would visit neighboring cities whenever they had time.

It is impossible for Chi Yu not to listen to what my aunt and uncle said.

The two of them should have seen the news and were terrified. They planned to do ideological work for the younger generation, and asked Chi Yu to ask Ran Jin to go home and have a talk.

Chi Yu didn't want them to worry, so he could only agree.

"En." Ran Jin replied.

"What time do you come?"

"What time do you want me to come?"

"Six o'clock tomorrow night."

"it is good."

Chi Yu got out of the car and was wrapped in the cold again.

Recalling the last conversation, Ran Jin's tone was very familiar, as if he had returned to the past when he was obedient to her, as if nothing had happened between the two of them.

Chi Yu walked into the car with a sullen head, and when he got back in the car, Chu Wei had already passed out under the double effects of alcohol and Qi Tong.

Chi Yu: "...are you carrying her upstairs?"

Qi Tong: "? Sister Yu, you have the heart? I'll do things for you!"

Chi Yu had no choice but to ask Qi Tong to carry Chu Wei on her back. After finding the property and asking Chu Wei's home address, with the assistance of the property, he was exhausted and finally transported her to the door of the house.

After ringing the doorbell for a long time, Zhou Yu slowly came to open the door.

Seeing the person at the door, Zhou Yu took Chu Wei over vigilantly.

At this time, Chu Wei already had some consciousness, lying in his arms crying and beating, saying that you are shameless, you have no conscience...

"Thank you." Zhou Yu said thanks, but Zhou Yu's face didn't show any expression of thanks, but was a little vigilant and impatient.

Chi Yu wanted to say a few words to him, but he didn't give him a chance, he just closed the door with a "bang", and there was a lot of movement.

Qi Tong: "... who is this, this is too rude."

Chi Yu looked in the direction of Maoyan and said, "Let's go."

On the way home, Chi Yu sent Chu Wei a WeChat message, asking how she was doing.

Chu Wei didn't reply until Chiyu woke up the next day and found that Chu Wei had replied to her half an hour ago:

[I'm fine, but my head hurts a little.I heard from Zhou Yu, thank you for sending me back last night. 】

Chi Yu sent her a few wechat messages back and forth with her to make sure that she didn't remember seeing Ran Jin last night, so she asked her to have a good rest and make an appointment for dinner next time.

After closing WeChat, Chi Yu called her old employer to explain the current situation, and she had to stay in China for another month.

The company is very tolerant, except for salary deductions, everything else is reserved for her.

After all, she is the cutting-edge scientist who has attracted the most attention to the lunar orbit in recent years, and FPIU will not let her go easily.Even if she leaves from FPIU, there will be many companies scrambling to get her.

Looking at the current situation, Chi Yu might just stay in the country.

But now everything is still variable.

On the day we made an appointment to have dinner together, my aunt and uncle came at noon.

Aunt Su helped them prepare the guest room, and the two of them put the souvenirs they brought into the refrigerator, and went to buy vegetables, saying that they would cook for Xiaoyu and Xiaoran themselves.

"Can aunt make you your favorite flat fish?"

When Chi's family was still in trouble, the family didn't have much money and couldn't afford expensive fish, but my aunt's skills were not to be chosen.

Especially the flat fish, my aunt wrapped it in starch and deep-fried it in a frying pan, then poured it with sweet and sour sauce. It was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.

Chi Yu stayed with her aunt and uncle in the kitchen all the time, and said like a good boy, "Okay, I haven't eaten flat fish made by my aunt for several years, but I'm so hungry."

The uncle who was chopping vegetables at the side said: "It's not that you ran so far all at once. Your aunt couldn't find you if she wanted to cook something delicious for you. She must have suffered a lot outside alone. "

Chi Yu smiled: "It's not hard to have you guys thinking about me."

Chi Yu not only looks sweet, but also speaks sweetly, which makes the two elders feel good.

The two of them were not in good health, so they didn't have children, and they always regarded Chi Li and Chi Yu as their own.

Chi Yu also respected them very much, no matter how messy he was outside, he would always act like a good boy in front of the two of them.

It was almost six o'clock, and my aunt kept looking out of the window, muttering, "Why isn't Xiao Ran here yet?"

My aunt and uncle have always treated Ran Jin as their own family. In the past, any gift they bought, as long as there was a late one, they would definitely bring one to Ran Jin.

"I'll give her a call." Chi Yu said obediently while holding the phone, turned around and came out of the kitchen, and sent an emotionless WeChat voice to Ran Jin:

【Are you still coming? 】

As soon as the voice was sent out, I heard the voice of Butler Chen outside the house: "Miss Ran, you are here."

The door opened, and Ran Jin entered the room with a cold current.

She looked down at the phone, and Chi Yu's voice was released by the public, echoing in the ear of the speaker.

"I said I will come, and I will come." Ran Jin put the phone back in his pocket, took off his coat, and put the handbag on the table.

Chi Yu saw that the suit she wore at work was in her coat again, so she knew that she was still on the go today.

Chi Yu specifically confessed: "My aunt and uncle must come here today to talk about the two of us. I don't want our grievances to make them unhappy."

When Ran Jin hung up his clothes, he said obediently: "Okay, I will cooperate with you."

Chi Yu, who originally wanted to say a few more words: "..."

With this promise, it was as if there had never been any confrontation and tension between them.

It's as if my sister will open the door and come in in the next second, hug her full, and go to this ordinary family gathering.

Chi Yu's nose was sore, she turned her head and said in a low voice, "Wash your hands and eat."

Just like Chi Yu thought, my aunt and uncle just saw the overwhelming news these days, and worried that there might be some conflict between the two of them, or that the relationship had reached another stage, which was difficult to handle, so they came here in a hurry, wanting to ease it up.

During the meal, my aunt and uncle kept talking about how good the relationship between the three of you has been in the past few years, saying that Xiao Yu and Xiao Ran are a rare fate, and blood relatives are better than blood relatives.Although Uncle and the others have left for the time being, I don't know if they will make trouble again in the future. You must help each other.

I didn't eat two bites of rice, but I talked a lot.

Seeing that her aunt's voice was almost hoarse, Chi Yu wanted to comfort her, and to prove that the relationship between her and Ran Jin hadn't changed from the beginning to the end, so she held Ran Jin's hand and said:

"Don't worry, aunt, my sister-in-law and I are very good. My sister is gone, and my sister-in-law and I will naturally work together to support the group, and we won't let those with ulterior motives take advantage of it."

Ran Jin was a little uncomfortable when she suddenly grabbed her.

But she promised to cooperate with Chi Yu, so she didn't take out her hand and let her hold it.

Chi Yu's hands were dry, long and thin, and the palms were very hot.

Ran Jin's cold hands were quickly warmed by her.

Seeing her aunt and uncle's expression stiff and her unnatural smile, Chi Yu certainly understood what they were thinking.

How could they not know about the "forbidden kiss" known to the whole world?

Chi Yu added: "Don't read those messy reports, they are all for attention. She is my sister-in-law, she used to be, and she will always be."

Ran Jin turned his head to look at Chi Yu, just in time to meet her bright eyes.

"Yeah." Ran Jin followed her with a smile, "Forever." My aunt and uncle haven't been here for a while. The last time I came was a late memorial service. I was in a sad mood and didn't say a few words. In foreign countries, it is rare to get together and talk about the past until late at night.

"Hey, my second brother... Xiaoyu's father is so pitiful. He died like this at a young age, leaving behind two even more pitiful children... I was in the hospital at that time, and I didn't know what to do "My aunt drank some wine and began to recall the past, with snot and tears.

Chi Yu saw that Ran Jin was holding up his energy to chat with them here, he didn't dare to drink and only drank peach juice, his eyelids kept falling from sleepiness, he blinked, and then raised his head.

It can be seen that she hasn't had a good rest recently.

By the time we finished eating, it was past twelve o'clock at night.

Seeing that Ran Jin was in a trance, the north wind was howling outside, and the tree shadows were swaying wildly, the aunt said:

"Xiao Ran, don't leave tonight, just stay here and sleep."

Ran Jin was indeed tired, and looked at Chi Yu hesitantly.

The late encounter was all for my aunt and uncle, so as not to worry them, so I followed my aunt's words:

"The bedroom is still the same."

Ran Jin said "Excuse me" to Chi Yu, and went upstairs with his coat and handbag.

When Chi Yu went to add Lulu's meal, her aunt brought a plate with two peeled oranges on it, and said to Chi Yu, "This is the orange that Xiao Ran likes to eat, you can give it to your sister-in-law. "

After all, my aunt came here, and I could see that there was some awkwardness between the two of them. Asking Chi Yu to send oranges was to further ease the relationship.

Not wanting her aunt to worry about it, Chi Yu wanted to play it to the end, but it was just two oranges, and brought her upstairs.

Knocked on the door, but no one answered, Chi Yu said "I'm in", and planned to put down the orange and leave.

There was the sound of running water in the bathroom, it turned out that Ran Jin was taking a bath.

When Chi Yu was about to leave, her eyes fell on a photo album in the cabinet.

She stepped forward and took down the album.

Holding up the heavy photo album, in front of it was a group photo of my sister and parents. Gradually, the family of three had a new member, and Xiao Chiyu squeezed into the middle of the three.

As she turned back page by page, there were only two protagonists left in the photo, a pair of serious-looking, young and mature sisters.

For a long time, the sisters didn't have any photos taken together, because they didn't have parents to help them take photos.

Chi Yu has a lot of single photos, all of which were taken by her sister.

Her smile also gradually increased with age.

My sister has always taken good care of her.

Turning to the last third of the album, Chi Yu has seen the rest of the photos in cameras and mobile phones, but he has never seen them developed into entities.

When Chiyu reached adolescence, she began to have her own world and her own circle of friends. When only her sister was talking behind her, she seldom paid attention to what her sister was doing, and naturally she would not pay attention to this book that carried the memories of the Chi family. What photos are there in the album?

Continue to scroll back, and there are more photos of the sisters together, most of which are taken by Ran Jin.

There are also many selfies that Chi Yu was urged to send back by her sister. Some of the selfies showed obvious helplessness and disgust. I didn't expect my sister to wash out these photos.

Chi Yu couldn't help laughing.

After laughing, it's even sadder...

If she knows that she is about to lose her beloved sister, she will definitely give her enough patience at that time, and she will definitely make video calls with her on time without her urging her to share all her thoughts in life in a foreign country.

It's a pity that there is no "knowing earlier" in life.

Once you know it, it's time to lose it.

Chi Yu endured it and didn't cry.

She was sick of crying already, she hated tears, hated cowardice.

She has to cheer up, there are still many things she needs to do.

As she concentrated, she soon noticed a strange thing.

There are no photos of Ran Jin in the album.

Chi Yu immediately recalled that Ran Jin would take pictures of the two of them most of the time, but Chi Yu also took pictures of Ran Jin and his sister himself.

She quickly turned back and saw a set of photos, which were taken when she went to Mount Fuji with her sister and Ran Jin the year before last.

She clearly remembered that when they arrived that day, they happened to see the rare "straw hat Mount Fuji" in the legend. It was very beautiful and it was a symbol of luck.

They took pictures of each other in pairs, and there were also single pictures. Chi Yu even managed to take a picture of the three of them with Mount Fuji with a selfie stick.

I can't remember wrongly, Ran Jin must have a photo with his sister, and it's not just the time to go to Mount Fuji.

Chi Yu immediately went through it again, and even took out the photos one by one, checked them all, and there was no interlayer underneath.

What about Ran Jin's photo?

Ran Ban has no place in this neatly organized, chronologically arranged family photo album.

Chi Yu frowned.

Did Ran Jin take it away?If the photographs had been plucked, there would be untidy spaces left, but this album does not.

Or was it rearranged?

Chi Yu's puzzled eyes turned to this bedroom, which she rarely came in.

It's kind of weird.

She frowned, what is wrong?

That's right... Ran Jin's coat and handbag were brought up, but she didn't see them at this moment.

Chi Yu put the photo album back and walked around the bedroom, but there really wasn't any.

Logically speaking, the coat should be hung directly on the hanger, and the handbag should also be placed on the bedside table, but she couldn't find it.

A strange feeling pushed her forward.

In front is the bathroom with lights on and the sound of water, and the cloakroom on the left.

The cloakroom is huge, almost as big as a bedroom.

This is not surprising, what is strange is that Chiyu found a glimmer of light leaking from the bottom of a wall.

By accident, Chi Yu stepped forward and pushed the wall.

She was actually pushed away.

Chi Yu's heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

She never knew that there was a small storage room in her sister's cloakroom.

wrong……

There is a simple single bed here, and a small wardrobe, and Ran Jin's handbag is placed next to the pillow.

Chi Yu couldn't understand, her back felt numb.

She opened the old and narrow closet. In addition to a few familiar coats and pajamas, there was also the coat that Ran Jin wore today.

What do you mean?

Chi Yu was very puzzled, why did Ran's forbidden things be placed in such a place?

The reason why Chiyu thought this was a storage room at first glance, apart from being cramped and dark, it didn't even have a window.

but……

Chi Yu accidentally kicked a box under the bed, she dragged it out to see, there was a small thin photo album, there were very few photos in it, all of them were double photos of Chi Yu and her sister.

There is no photo of Ran banning himself alone.

The small photo album was quickly flipped through, until the last page, Chi Yu saw the only single photo.

She recognized herself in the photo.

After a burst of hurried footsteps, the door behind him was pushed open.

"What are you doing here?" Ran Jin's hair was still dripping, only a bath towel was around him, and he couldn't hide his panic.