salt by salt

Lin Ya put the bag behind her, gathered her skirt, and sat down opposite me: "Sorry for being late. I drank a little late yesterday, and I almost didn't get up in the morning. Unfortunately, I was stuck in a traffic jam. Tired to death."

I said softly, "You're a busy person now, and it's already a great honor for me to come here."

She smiled and said: "Don't dare, dare not. Those little sisters knew that I was coming to see the 'legendary Xu Junyan', and they usually seemed too lazy to do something. Today they specially helped me make up and choose clothes. Camera, broadcast live to them."

Sure enough, as Yin Wenjun said, this kind of gossip will only become more and more outrageous.

I coughed in embarrassment, Lin Ya ordered a few desserts for herself, and asked after the waiter walked away: "How are you doing? Yang Chen is not in the capital, your life will probably be easier."

She was always well-informed, so I wasn't surprised, and I didn't reveal the inside story, so I said a few words along the way, bringing the topic to Xue Keming without leaving any trace.

Speaking of this matter, she immediately became full of energy: "It turns out that she is pregnant! No wonder my people couldn't find any traces at all. I thought the Hou family thought she was ashamed and killed her directly to silence her."

"You're exaggerating too much." I said helplessly, "Xue Keming's uncle is still here, don't mention that the things she committed didn't deserve to die, even if the crime is truly unforgivable, at least she can save her life."

Lin Ya curled her lips, and a cold light flashed in her eyes: "Just talking, Xue Keming is dead, and I am the first one who is reluctant to part with her. She likes to respond to every call and be surrounded by people. For this kind of person, it is happy to settle everything once." , it is torture if she can't hold her head up in Hou's family and Xue's house, and lives in a low voice every day."

After finishing speaking, she resumed her smiling expression: "Junyan, when her child is born, we old classmates must go to congratulate her, how about it?"

I cursed in my heart, where do you really want to visit, you clearly want to step on Xue Keming's feet, but it doesn't show at all on the face: "The Hou family doesn't know if they will show it to the outside world."

"Even if the Hou family doesn't show off, she won't miss this opportunity to show off."

Lin Ya replied nonchalantly, and then talked about Sun Ning: "Doctors, nurses, confinement maids, etc. are all ready. At least you and I are here to take care of me, so I can help more places, and the household registration is also limited." Don't worry about it."

Lin Ya has many connections, and she is also a woman like Sun Ning, so she is more meticulous and considerate in her work.A woman's childbirth is like passing through the gate of hell. I couldn't get away before, so I specially entrusted her to put Sun Ning in a good place.

Although there is someone to accompany you in City S, they are not close friends after all. I am afraid that Sun Ning will be too thoughtful and think too much, and if he refuses to cause trouble for others, he will hurt himself instead.

She saved my life and took care of me for three years. She is a real benefactor.In addition, I took a fancy to a set of real estate and planned to buy it for her children, so that they could be used for school in the future.

Sun Ning mentioned to me several times about the family situation. His parents value sons over daughters, and his younger brother is too lazy to work. All of them are unreliable.She couldn't make up the tuition fees when she went to school, and her younger brother went to the school to ask for money, forcing her to have no choice but to cut off contact with her family.

After all, it is a hidden danger. Although there is no movement for the time being, in case they come to make trouble, it is better to have someone to help than nothing.

I nodded slightly, and thanked you: "I have said hello to everyone who should be greeted, and I will tell you again, as a double insurance. If I am away temporarily due to business, I can only trouble you. I will remember this favor. "

Lin Ya waved her hand, and said briskly, "What's the big deal? It's worth you asking me specifically."

After chatting for a while, the topic turned to the current situation of the Xu family.Because my mother was hospitalized, some guys sensed an opportunity to take advantage of, and some insiders spread the news, trying to find an opportunity to take advantage of in a puddle of muddy water.

Even though I have Song Cheng's protection and I never interfere in the Xu family's affairs, I have been harassed several times during this period.

In such a large family business, the collaterals that were supposed to work together turned into countless vultures, gathering around this dying body, waiting to bite off a piece of meat.

Mother's reforms to Xu's over the past few years only brought it back to life for a short time.

The Xu family is really rotten from the root.

When I was distracted, Lin Ya was still discussing: "...Even I knew that your mother's method of seizing power was disgraceful. Others must know better. It's just that I haven't found a chance to fight back now. If I were her, I would rather be in this mess It's hard to deal with it, why don't you discuss it with your uncles, push an heir to take the blame, and withdraw yourself."

She rested her chin and said casually: "There are only a few people in the next generation of your family. The big brother who tried to kill... Well, let's get rid of this person first. I always feel that he is a bit anti-social. He even dares to hit his own brother. Use him? Unless those elders are dying. It is impossible for your younger brother, he is a foreigner, and was raised by your mother, and he has one heart with her. Xu Yucheng, he is too cunning, and he may not be willing to take over. "

I understood it, and sure enough, she said next sentence: "After much deliberation, Jun Yan, you are simply tailor-made for this position and taken advantage of. The situation is very dangerous."

I smiled and said, "It's a coincidence. Someone told me a few days ago that they are willing to give me the position of executive director of Xu Corporation."

But at the cost of an extra kidney.

Lin Ya raised her chin: "A big pie fell from the sky, but it's a pity that it's arsenic stuffing. Did you agree?"

"No." I looked slightly cold, "Some things sound eye-catching, but when you calm down, you will find that they are worthless."

The Xu family has no allure for me, from the beginning to the end, it only makes me feel sick.

"They probably won't let you go. What are you going to do?"

I have my own plans, but I don't talk much about them: "The soldiers come to cover up the water and the earth, not to mention that I don't want to do it, so I can't be forced."

"Okay, let's not talk about this." She changed the subject, "Talk about something I'm interested in. For the sake of me coming to see you early in the morning, tell me something inside?"

The slender fingers dipped in water, scrawled Yang and Song characters on both sides, and then moved the water glass to the middle.

"My friends who know everything about you, I probably know what your situation is, so stop talking nonsense." Lin Ya said, "A few years ago, you struggled with who to choose between the two, but the situation is still the same now. give you some advice."

I raised my eyebrows: "Miss Lin, what is this? Answer without asking?"

She smiled like a cunning kitten: "Master Xu, I was also entrusted by others."

Lin Ya's timing is always just right.She ran around for me about Sun Ning's affairs, and kindly reminded me not to fall into the Xu family's trap. Even if I was angry in every way, I couldn't turn my face at this moment.

Looking at the gradually drying water stains on the table, I leaned back and smiled faintly: "I don't know when you became Yang Chen's lobbyist."

Surprise was like a drop of water falling into the lake, and disappeared without a trace after a while.She asked, "Why didn't you guess it was Song City?"

Because Song Cheng made an appointment with me to "elope" not long ago, and when he was satisfied, he would spend a lot of trouble hiring someone to do it when he had a problem with his brain.

I didn't answer, I just stretched out my hand in desperation, motioning for her to speak directly.

Lin Ya half complained and half coquettishly said: "Oh, I know you don't like it, I just said a few good words, but my heart is still toward you, why are you so fierce. People have begged to come to my door, and with that humble attitude, It’s another master who keeps his head down and doesn’t see him up, so I can’t completely offend you. Your lord has a lot, so don’t be angry.”

The words are eloquent, which is both a confession and an explanation.I couldn't help laughing and said: "Okay, okay, I've convinced you, can't I listen?"

Seeing my calm expression, she lowered her voice and said in a very soft voice: "Song Cheng has been targeted."

I chuckled.

"Really!" Lin Ya said seriously, "I have my own way, which is absolutely accurate, and you must never follow him again. Now you are like this cup, which looks stable and safe, but the balance is temporary .As long as one side collapses, the table will overturn, and it will fall to the ground together..."

"I know I know."

I bent the corners of my lips, took the glass placed in the center of my hand, and tossed it lightly twice.

Maybe it was because the expression of indifference was too obvious, she held my wrist across the table: "Junyan, now is not the time to give up on yourself, I have a way to keep you safe, listen to me!"

I stared at Lin Ya.

Clever, sensible, wealthy, decisive, cat-like dexterous walking on the right path of light, every judgment she made for me turned out to be right in the end.

This time she was wrong.Not only would the table collapse, it would be crushed to pieces.

But I'm not the flimsy glass on top.

I'm the one kicking it over.

After bidding farewell to Lin Ya, I started to arrange for Andre to return to China.

Busy at night, he arrived home exhausted, and before he could recover, Xiao Wang greeted him anxiously: "Mr. Xu, Andre still doesn't eat or drink, and he locked the door behind him, so he can't shout out! "

My eyes darkened: "He didn't eat the day before yesterday, he didn't eat yesterday, and he didn't eat today, is he going on a hunger strike?"

Andre got a firm answer from me. From that day on, he seemed to be taken out of his soul. He didn't say a word from morning to night, and his mood was extremely depressed.

At first, he moved his chopsticks, poking at the food in the bowl.Later, he simply didn't leave the room, let Xiao Wang bring food and persuade him at the door, and refused to eat.

When Xiao Wang told me, I only thought that he could hardly accept the reality and was so angry that he was hungry, so he would naturally give in obediently.Unexpectedly, he was so angry that he didn't eat any rice or drink water for two days.

Suppressing my inner irritability, I gently knocked on the door: "Andre? My brother is back, can you take a look? Are you hungry? My brother will serve you a bowl of porridge, which is freshly cooked and very fragrant."

While coaxing me in a soft voice, I typed on the mobile phone and handed it to Xiao Wang, telling him to go to the study to find a spare key for the room.

"If you don't want to eat, I'll bring you a glass of milk and drink it before going to bed... Are you resting? Can you talk to your brother?"

He didn't respond, and he couldn't hear a sound through the door.After waiting patiently for a few minutes, my uneasiness gradually swelled, and I was so anxious that I knocked on the door much harder, almost slapping: "Andre, Andre? If you hear me, please answer! Please, Don't make brother worry!"

It's not that I'm afraid that he won't eat, but I'm afraid that there will be some kind of terrible scene inside the door that I don't want to see.

Xiao Wang acted nimbly, and quickly found the key that had been put aside for a long time.My fingers trembling when I opened the door, I stumbled in and threw off the quilt on the bed.

Andre curled up at the corner of the bed, his eyes closed without saying a word.

I immediately hugged him, feeling the warm body temperature in my arms, and the steady ups and downs of breathing, and I was relieved.

"Brother is scared to death by you!"

After my mind relaxed, I couldn't beat him, and slapped his face hard: "Hunger strike, lock the door, how old are you, and you still use such childish tricks—"

As soon as the words came out of my mouth, I sighed: Isn't he just a child now?Why am I angry with my child?

When I lowered my head again, there was a red mark on the place I pinched, and Andre's skin was fair and tender, and the mark was very obvious.I was filled with guilt, adjusted my mood, and whispered to Xiao Wang: "Hot a cup of milk, put some honey, and pad his stomach."

Andre buried his head in my arms, his tears couldn't stop flowing, and soon soaked a large part of his clothes.I took out a tissue and wiped away his tears, feeling sore in my heart: "Don't cry, don't cry, your eyes are broken from crying, and it will hurt when you wake up tomorrow."

His eyelashes were also wet from tears, his ears and nose were red, and he was so heartbroken from crying.

I can handle everything outside, but I have nothing to do with him.His emotions were messed up by him, I smoothed his hair, and said helplessly, "You are really my brother's nemesis."

Andre muttered something, I leaned in and listened carefully, and what he said was: "I...will never eat, wait to die...Anyway, no one loves me, likes me..."

It was obviously a threat, but he was wronged by what he said, and he came over like a puppy and stretched out his hand to hug my arm, sticking to his face with a look of attachment, as pitiful as he looked, even with a heart of stone.

Such a grown-up person, who is also sick, can't beat and scold him.I think of teenage children who love to fight against their parents, and try to provoke him: "That's okay, you don't eat! If you don't cherish your own life, how can you expect others to care? If you eat well and take care of your body, of course I will —Wait, Andre—”

He struggled out of my arms, turned over and got out of bed, and ran outside barefoot.I already have bad legs and feet, but he moved quickly and made up his mind to get rid of me, so there was no way he could catch up.

Xiao Wang came out of the kitchen with the milk, just in time to see him rushing to the balcony and opening the window, he was so frightened that he dropped the cup, hugged his waist and pulled him back: "What is this?"

I ran desperately for this part of the way, and when I arrived at Andre's side, my knees and leg bones were already in pain, and my face was pale: "What do you think he is going to do? He is going to jump off the building! Take him back to the room, and all the windows immediately screamed." People are blocked!"

With a stubborn face, Andre stood in a stalemate with Xiao Wang, his fingers were still clinging to the window, and tears fell on the floor.

"Why don't I care about you? I want to persuade you not to skip meals. It's bad for your health. You ran away before you finished talking..."

Maybe it was because of the pain in my body, or maybe it was the long-standing depression that finally broke through. I raised my voice and said, "If you say you will die, why are you so angry? If it wasn't for Xiao Wang's presence today, there would be more than a dozen floors here, and you would be in front of me." My face jumped, what should I do? I will never forgive myself in my life, how do you let me live?"

He looked at me without answering, with tears of sorrow in his eyes.But behind the tears, there is an unspoken determination.

I understand his answer.

If there is no this time, there will be a next time. Could it be possible to be stopped every time by chance?

The window was half open, and the summer night wind blew in with warmth, but the hands and feet were icy cold, and tears rolled down her cheeks unconsciously: "Are you killing my brother by doing this?"

He lowered his head, clutched the corner of my clothes tightly, and said in a muffled, nasal voice, "I'm sorry, don't leave me...Brother, I can't live without you..."

"...Three months. You stay obediently for three months, take care of your body, and then I will accompany you...along with you."

It's not that there is no way.Like my mother, I can throw him in a nursing home with a bundle of restraints, and several people take turns to guard him closely. He will not find a chance to commit suicide.

After all, I can't bear it.

Andre burst out with a dazzlingly beautiful smile, and surprise almost overflowed from his eyes.The salty taste of tears stuck to his lips, he ignored Xiao Wang's presence, held my face in his hands, kissed and licked eagerly without any rules.

When the frenzy calmed down, Andre leaned against my forehead and murmured softly: "Brother, let's pull the hook."

The little finger hooked the little finger, like a fateful knot.

"It's a word."