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"Are you OK?"

Sun Ning asked worriedly: "Xu Junyan?"

"It's nothing." I scribbled away the tears on my face, my eyeballs were a little stinging, "I'm showing you a joke. Sun Ning, I want you to do me one more thing."

"You said."

"Drive me to a place." I reported the address, my heart was empty, so I was eager to meet something.Sun Ning stretched out her hand and placed it in my palm. Her fingers are long and slender, because of the thin calluses on her pads from typing.I shook it hard, "Please."

"I see."

She agreed without asking why, and I have never been so grateful, holding her arm and slowly standing up straight.

"You support me, be careful." Sun Ning said, "My car is parked outside, do you need to tell your brother?"

I shook my head reflexively: "No, let's go back quickly."

Every step I took was very difficult. Although I wanted to walk faster, Sun Ning was a thin woman after all, and it was difficult for me to put all my weight on her.

About to come to the corridor, I heard a voice from the front, calm and emotionless: "Mr. Xu, where are you going?"

I stopped and pursed my lips: "Go out and relax."

"The young master told you that it is best not to go out casually in your current situation, as the people next to you are not taking good care of you and could easily hurt you." The housekeeper said sternly, "Besides, you haven't taken your afternoon medicine yet, so I'll take you back to your room. "

"I'll be back soon."

"Mr. Xu, please don't embarrass me."

"Forget it, where is Andre? I'll tell him directly." I handed the phone to Sun Ning, "Call me..."

"Brother." The voice came from upstairs, I heard his voice coming down the stairs, and his steps slowly knocked on my heart, "Are you leaving?"

"I have something to do." His tone wasn't harsh, and I breathed a sigh of relief, "I'll be back soon—"

Before I finished speaking, I stumbled, and someone grabbed my wrist and pulled me in another direction. The strength was so strong that I was dragged forward forcibly.I tried to hold onto the wall in a panic, but was pushed into a room.

The door was pulled shut in front of me, and I even felt the strong wind hit my face.

The voice outside the door could still be heard clearly, and I heard Andre say coldly: "Madam, don't take my brother to do dangerous things."

"I think you are more dangerous." Sun Ning retorted unceremoniously, "Such a rude action, is this what my brother should do? I didn't hear your brother say that he has something to go out. What do you mean by stopping him?"

"My brother's eyesight is bad, even if you sell him, he won't know, and I don't worry about you." He said, "And it's not your turn to intervene in the matter between our brothers, see off the guests."

I groped to open the door, and finally stood firm: "Wait, Andre!"

In the blur, I took a step forward anxiously, and forced a smile: "This is someone I can trust. And I do have some personal affairs to deal with, you misunderstood."

Although I couldn't see it, I could still intuitively feel that Andre was staring at me.

The weird silence lasted for dozens of seconds before he said softly, "Brother, I can help you."

"I won't bother you, I'd better go by myself." I leaned on the wall and walked towards the direction where Sun Ning made his voice just now, almost tripped over the decorations on the ground, and got up staggeringly, "Tonight I I'll be back, it won't be too late to take the medicine then, right?"

"Brother." I don't know if it's because I pushed away Andre's hand trying to help me up just now, his tone was a little imperceptibly hurt, "Will you come back?"

"Of course, otherwise where would I go?"

He didn't say anything more, probably acquiescing.It wasn't until Sun Ning and I reached the end of the corridor that Andre's voice came from behind: "For the last time, I will trust you again."

I heard what he said was weird, but I didn't want to find out why, so I put Sun Ning's shoulders on my shoulders and walked out.

"Your brother is handsome, but he has a strong desire to control."

Sun Ning turned to fasten my seat belt for me, and suddenly said something.

I sat awkwardly on the seat, and although I agreed with her words in my heart, I didn't want outsiders to have a bad impression of Andre, so I said: "He cares about it, but he is actually a very nice person."

Although I used to like to make some strange drugs, talk very viciously, and like to stimulate my self-esteem - I racked my brains to think of Andre's advantages: at least he looks good, and his cooking is delicious...

"It's hard for an upright official to decide on housework, as long as you feel good about it." Sun Ning said, "But what do you go to the research institute for?"

"I'm going to meet someone." My fingers were clenched into fists, and my heart couldn't stop the soreness. "I'm a little sleepy. Call me when you arrive."

Sun Ning was sensible and stopped asking.

There were constant red lights all the way, I didn't fall asleep at all, I just closed my eyes and rested my mind.Feeling that the car stopped again, he turned to Sun Ning: "What's wrong?"

"Are you awake? There was a traffic jam." She said, "There was a traffic accident on the road ahead."

I'm worried that if I arrive too late, Cheng Heyun has already left work after rushing to the research institute: "What time is it?"

"Five fifteen."

It was too late... I couldn't see anything, so I could only sit in the car and wait, even if I was anxious, there was nothing I could do.At this moment, I suddenly remembered something: "Sun Ning, can you make another call for me?"

She took the phone and asked, "Who are you calling?"

"A person whose note is Teacher Gao." I had an idea in my mind, "See if I can get through."

"Hello? Xiao Xu?"

Sun Ning handed the phone back to me, and I quickly replied: "Mr. Gao, it's me."

"What's the matter?" He smiled, "Did you accidentally press the wrong button?"

"No, it's like this. I have an old classmate who works in the research institute, and I don't have his number saved in my address book. This is not a classmate reunion, I think it would be better to have all the people here, but I will contact you now No, can you check his mobile phone number for me?"

I made up a lie in a natural tone. Fortunately, I couldn't see Sun Ning's expression, and I guess it would bring shock and contempt.

"You are really warm-hearted. Class reunions are a good thing. We get together more when we are young, but we don't get together when we are old..." He said, "What's the name of your classmate?"

"Cheng Heyun." I said, "Congratulations He, Yun Duo Yun."

"Okay, I will find a text message and send it to you later."

"Thank you for the trouble."

I said a few more polite words, and as soon as I hung up the phone, Sun Ning said coldly: "Xu Junyan, even if you can't see it, you can't get in the way. Where is this class reunion?"

I laughed dryly, but fortunately she didn't say anything worse, but changed the subject and talked about my work situation.

"This Friday is the opening of the exhibition. Are you free for the dinner after that?" I asked, "It would be great if you can show your face."

"Can you still participate in this physical condition?"

"There is the host, and Xu Yucheng is here, I have nothing to do that day." I thought for a while, "I will ask Xiao Tang to send you an invitation letter later..."

She cut off my words and said in a flat tone, "No, I will go with Yu Zhong."

"...Congratulations." I was stunned for a moment, "I got what I wanted."

"There's no such thing as willing or not." Sun Ning seemed to sneer, "Anyway, I don't put my expectations on others, and I have much more confidence on my own."

I whispered: "Indeed."

"So you too." She said, "A man showed me the appearance of a man, making it so miserable and boring. Who cares if he is Cheng He Yun, just beat him if you pry the corner of the wall! If it doesn't work, I will help you .”

I followed suit and nodded: "Okay. Watch carefully, don't let Xu Yuzhong drink too much, if he bullies you, I will help you out."

"He still dared to bully me - thank God, the car in front finally moved."

I smiled.

Sun Ning, thank you for your enlightenment... Although I heard from my elders that Xu Yuzhong liked to fight when he was drunk, the last girlfriend broke up with him for this reason.Sun Ning may not be ignorant of this matter, just as she may not be ignorant of the fact that I went to see Cheng Heyun because I was desperate.

We all know we are walking off a cliff.

But there was no choice but to keep going.