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After Yin Xiaoli sent her the link, she did not forget to tease her maliciously: "According to me, you are such a big beauty in your family, why do you buy small props? No matter how useful small props are, they are not as good as real people. You can touch them." How good it is to touch the temperature."

Muzhenxi returned her words to her, and said seriously: "I also warn you, don't make such jokes with me again."

Yin Xiaoli stuck out her tongue on the other end of the phone and closed her mouth embarrassingly.

Yin Xiaoli: "I'm busy, call me if you have anything to do."

Wooden Sleeper Creek: "Yes."

The two hung up the phone, and Mu Zhenxi clicked on the purchase links that Yin Xiaoli sent her, casually flipped through the description and comments, added two items to the shopping cart, but did not place an order.

She has a little bit of resistance to this, and she doesn't plan to use it unless it is a last resort.Let's wait and see how things change for a while, if she can't control the frequency of having erotic dreams, she will try again.

It’s not that there is no other way, Mu Zhenxi had a thought, deleted the name of the small prop in the search bar, and typed the word "Buddhist scriptures", and then a series of copied scriptures popped up, and she ordered a few of them , it will arrive in two days.

Anyway, there is a countermeasure. Muzhenxi ignited the car, held the steering wheel, and drove towards the company to be interviewed.

While reading a book, Xiao Jin waited patiently until three o'clock in the afternoon, when the interview in Muzhenxi started. Zhang Zhao.Then I dragged the stool, stepped on it, and touched the key. I also remembered the location of the key in my heart, so that Muzhenxi would not find something wrong when he came back.

Squatting in front of the drawer, Xiao Jin's hands trembled uncontrollably. After gathering his composure, he let out a breath, and then slowly opened the lock.

On the top is the photo frame that Xiao Jin saw through the crack of the door that night.

With the front facing up, Xiao Jin wiped her trouser legs with her hands before carefully holding out the photo frame that was far from the normal specifications.

Inside is a photo, one old and one young, the old lady is sitting on a chair, her face is kind, she is a little cautious when facing the camera, her hands are awkwardly resting on her knees, beside her is a tall and thin woman, dressed in clean clothes The granddaughter who wears a whitish school uniform and has a bright smile.

One of Muzhenxi's hands was hanging by her side, but the other was missing. Only Xiao Jin knew that her hand was holding her hand behind her grandmother's back.

There were originally three people in this cropped photo.

She, Muzhenxi, and grandma.

In the summer vacation after the first year of high school, Mu Zhenxi was successfully promoted to the experimental class. Xiao Jin made an agreement with her before that if she could be admitted to the experimental class, he had to take himself to her home.After the scores were announced and the latest class quota came down, Muzhenxi fulfilled the agreement and took her to her home.She and her grandmother live in a very old tube building. The combined bedroom and kitchen are not as big as Xiao Jin's cloakroom alone. There is no independent bathroom, and you have to go to the public toilet at the end of the corridor to take a shower or go to the bathroom.

Mu Zhenxi was apprehensive, and had been paying attention to whether she showed any disgusted expression.

Xiao Jin is really not used to it, especially the strange smell in the corridor, but her good upbringing allows her to treat everything calmly, at least not to show it in front of others, especially the person she likes in front of her.But soon, her attention was attracted by something else, a small photo album in the bedside drawer of Wood Sleeper Creek.

After obtaining permission, Xiao Jin took out the photo album, spread it on the table, and opened it expectantly.The album is quite thick, but there are so few photos in it that you can count them on one hand. The birth photo of Muzhenxi, and then I don’t know if it was one or two years old. There were two photos, and then it was blank.

Xiao Jin flipped through the album in surprise: "Where are the other photos?"

Mu Zhenxi put one hand on the table, shrugged his shoulders, and said in a very indifferent tone: "I don't like taking pictures."

Xiao Jin didn't say anything, leaned close to her, blinked her eyes, and said, "I want to take a picture for you, do you want to take a picture?"

Muzhenxi was stunned for a moment, bit his lip and said, "It depends on your mood."

Xiao Jin saw that she wanted to take pictures, so she smiled, and next time she went to her house, she hung a SLR around her neck, picked a sunny place, and called Grandma Muzhenxi together, under a tree in front of the yard, I asked a neighbor to take a group photo of the three of them.

After the photo was developed, Xiao Jin specially found a photo frame to frame it, and gave it to Muzhenxi.

On the surface, Muzhenxi just thanked him very restrained and politely, but when he got home, he put the photo frame on the table at home and wiped it every day.Although the Tongzilou is dilapidated, it faces south, and the sun is very good. The three smiling faces in the photo are getting brighter and brighter under the sun.

……

Now the self in this photo has been cut clean.

Xiao Jin caressed the old and the young in the photo with her fingers. Grandma was always worried that Muzhenxi would be isolated at school and bullied by her classmates because of her parents. I was so happy, I made a special trip to the vegetable market, cooked a table of vegetables, and two plates of meat that almost never appeared on the table. Xiao Jin had eaten all kinds of delicacies, but he will always remember that meal deeply.

Grandma likes a clean and gentle girl like Xiao Jin very much. She likes it from the bottom of her heart. She often teaches Muzhenxi to her while doing her needlework. Xiao Jin is good here and there, and she has to learn more from her.

Muzhenxi respects her grandmother very much, she is considerate and patient, her eyebrows and eyes are gently bent, and she says everything is good and good, and she doesn't have the rebellious psychology of other children of this age when facing the nagging of the elders.On the other hand, Xiao Jin would turn around and excuse Mu Zhenxi with a smile: "Grandma, I'm really not as good as you say, just be good in front of you."

Grandma was surprised: "Really?"

"Yeah." Xiao Jin looked at Muzhenxi meaningfully, and said with a raised tone, "I often bully Xiaoxi in private."

Muzhenxi had a thin skin, understood her deep meaning, and immediately lowered his head.

Grandma looked at the two of them, smiled and said nothing, and later asked the flushed Muzhenxi to pick vegetables.

She regards herself as her second granddaughter, from the small multicolored ropes and egg pockets for the Dragon Boat Festival to the large winter sweaters, every time she gives to Muzhenxi, she always prepares a copy for Xiao Jin, all hand-woven by her grandmother .

Although grandma didn't say it explicitly, Xiao Jin always felt that she knew about the relationship between herself and Muzhenxi. Some of her words were ambiguous, and she felt a faint sense of entrustment.

A tear fell on the surface of the photo frame, melted away, and fell on grandma's kind face. Xiao Jin wiped away the water with her fingers.

It's a pity that I didn't get to see her for the last time.

Xiao Jin raised her head abruptly, forcing back the surging tears in her eyes.

She took a picture of this incomplete photo with her mobile phone, put it back in the drawer, restored it to its original state, closed the door lightly and backed out.

The death of grandma is a hurdle that Muzhenxi will never get over. If there is one person in the world who knows how deep the relationship between Muzhenxi and grandma is, that person is Xiao Jin.If given the choice, Xiao Jin believed that Muzhenxi would trade her life for her grandmother's health without hesitation.But so far, Muzhenxi has never mentioned her grandma to her. It's not that she forgot, but she has always buried this matter in her heart, preventing anyone from touching this restricted area.

Xiao Jin, who was one of the half parties involved, dared not touch her lightly.

Mu Zhenxi can lightly mention the failure of the college entrance examination that year, and can painfully but restraintly tell the fact that they have broken up, but she can't reveal a single word about her grandmother. Even this photo frame is locked in a drawer, keeping it secret.Xiao Jin couldn't imagine what it would be like to have a hysterical Wooden Sleeper Creek that was ignited, detonated, and hysterical when the calm appearance was broken.

She can't take risks.

Xiao Jin covered her warm eyelids with her fingers, and threw herself on the bed weakly.

How to do?

The phone rang.

Xiao Jin looked at the caller ID, sniffed, and answered, "Cousin."

Cousin Lu Ling was stunned when she heard the voice: "Do you have a cold?"

Xiao Jin followed her words and admitted: "A little bit."

Lu Ling said: "Recently there have been many flu cases, please pay attention to rest."

Xiao Jin said, "I will."

This cousin, Lu Ling, is five or six years older than Xiao Jin. She is a strong woman. She often travels on business and is very busy at work. She didn't exchange pleasantries with her, so she cut to the point: "You said you have something important to ask me, what is it?"

Xiao Jin sat up, carefully thought out her words, and slowly probed, "Do you have my parents' contact information?"

Lu Ling's tone was very natural: "Yes, what's the matter?"

Xiao Jin made an excuse and said, "I didn't know what I pressed on my phone last time. I lost a lot of numbers. Can you send me their numbers?"Or is it that Lu Ling doesn't know about her family?

The phone dinged, and Lu Ling sent her two numbers.

Lu Ling asked, "That's all?"

Xiao Jin said, "No, there are other things."

Lu Ling said, "Say it."

Xiao Jin said: "Cousin, do you know that I returned to China during the summer vacation in 2008 nine years ago?" When Lu Ling was in high school, she was almost graduating from university, and she was far from being close to her cousins ​​of the same age. They might see each other during the holidays, but Lu Ling's words made all the hairs on her body stand on end.

Lu Ling said: "I know, you lived in my house, to be exact, my house at that time."

Xiao Jin: "???"

She immediately asked: "What happened at that time? Can you recall some details?"

Lu Ling frowned: "Why do you ask this suddenly?"

Xiao Jin calmed down her excitement a little bit, and said, "Don't ask so many questions, this matter is very important to me, but it's been too long, I can't remember clearly, try to remember as much as possible."

Lu Ling was puzzled, but still said: "Okay, I will try my best."

Lu Ling recalled intermittently.

In 2008, Lu Ling was already working, but she did not move out at home. One day when she came home from get off work, she found that there was an extra person in the house.Her reaction was the same as Xiao Jin's classmate Wan Jing saw her, she didn't recognize Xiao Jin at all.It's not so much a living person as it is a walking dead.Until her mother, Xiao Jin's aunt, pulled her to the side and whispered to her: "This is your cousin Xiao Jin, who has been seriously ill, and will rest at our house for a while."

Only then did Lu Ling barely catch a glimpse of the traces of her former cousin.

She asked her mother why Xiao Jin didn't go back to her home to recuperate when she returned to China. It's not like her house doesn't have a house, and her parents?

The aunt said that she didn't know the reason, it seemed that Xiao Jin didn't want to go back, and even repelled seeing her parents. Her parents were also weird, they seemed to be a little afraid of Xiao Jin, and only let her rest at the aunt's house.

Her parents came here once, but they didn't dare to enter the door. They just stayed outside, talking to the aunt carefully, and told her to pay attention to Xiao Jin's safety.

Lu Ling still has to go to work during the day, and only sees Xiao Jin at night. Xiao Jin doesn't like to talk, and she doesn't take a good rest when she promised to rest. Sometimes when she knocks on the door to bring Xiao Jin a glass of milk, she will see him hugging his knees Sitting on the bay window, looking out motionless, her eyes were red and swollen, with traces of crying.

Most of the time, Lu Ling left after delivering the milk. Once she couldn't bear it, she stayed and sat with her for a while, trying to enlighten her, but Xiao Jin kept silent and took the initiative to issue an order to evict her.

After living in her house for about a month or two, Xiao Jin left and never came back.

Xiao Jin extracted a key point from it: "You said my parents are afraid of me?"

Lu Ling said: "Yes, maybe it was a quarrel, but I don't know what kind of quarrel can cause such a quarrel."

Xiao Jin asked: "Is there anything else? Apart from recuperating at your house, have I gone out?" According to Wan Jing, she should have gone to see Wan Jing, so besides Wan Jing, where else has she been? places, or who else have you met?

Lu Ling shook her head: "I don't know about that. I'm only at home at night. Maybe my parents know about the daytime. Are you going to ask them? I'll give you your phone number? You've been abroad for so long, and if they change your number, you don't know." have no idea."

Up to now, Xiao Jin is already "hungry and hungry", and it is very important to have a little information: "Okay, give it to me, I will ask in person."

Xiao Jin entered a new text message, which contained her aunt's phone number.

Xiao Jin called her aunt.

The aunt didn't recognize her voice, Xiao Jin reported that the aunt at home was stunned for a few seconds, and stumbled and said, "It's Xiao Jin, Auntie hasn't seen you for a long time, how are your parents?"

Xiao Jinhu said, "It's pretty good."

The aunt chatted awkwardly with her: "...That's good, let's have a meal together when you have time."

Xiao Jin didn't chat with her much, a junior and an elder had nothing to say, especially Xiao Jin guessed that she probably hadn't contacted these elders in these years, and they were very unfamiliar.

Xiao Jin: "Auntie, I want to ask about what happened nine years ago. I lived in your house for a month or two. Do you remember?"

The aunt replied: "I remember."

Xiao Jin: "Do you know if I went out during the day and where I went?"

The aunt sighed and said, "It's been so long, how can I remember it. How is your condition? Is your leg healed? When I asked your mother before, she said it was cured."

Xiao Jin felt disappointed, and said perfunctorily, "Well, it's ready."

The aunt said again: "That's good."

Xiao Jin chatted with her for a few words before hanging up.

She looked down at her phone, and now the only clue left was her parents.She had 1 unwillingnesses in her heart, so she had to copy one of the numbers and press the dial button.

beep--

beep--

Xiao Jin listened to the voice inside with a blank face.

The phone is on.

No one spoke, only the sound of breathing on the opposite side.

for a long time.

The person over there murmured, "You..."

A burst of intense emotions suddenly rushed to Tianling Gai, Xiao Jin's chest heaved violently for no reason, his eyes turned red as if congested, and immediately hung up the phone.

No more calls from there.

The room was as quiet as if nothing had happened just now.

Xiao Jin threw herself onto the bed forcefully and covered her face with a pillow.

***

"Your company's philosophy fits well with me, and I look forward to future cooperation." Mu Zhenxi smiled slightly, and shook hands with the art director standing in front of him.

The art director smiled: "I'm also looking forward to seeing you show your skills here and create different sparks of inspiration. I wonder if Ms. Mu is in a hurry to go back? If you are not in a hurry, I can show you the working environment in the future?"

Wooden Sleeper Creek nodded.

This game company is one of the top-ranked companies in the country, and its scale is more than ten times larger than the one Muzhenxi stayed at before. Every project team is well-organized, buried in front of the computer, and the working atmosphere is more dignified than before.

It was originally arranged for her to take over an old project with mature operation and stable income. She should be familiar with it for a while, but Muzhenxi refused. She already has a very comprehensive understanding of the domestic game market, especially mobile games. She doesn't want to do that kind of pure waste. A matter of time and energy.The director didn't think she was arrogant, but rather admired her temperament. Geniuses are always a little arrogant.

Muzhenxi visited the company for a while to check the time, and wanted to go home to cook for Xiao Jin, but the art director proposed to invite her to dinner, and the name given was to welcome new employees.

It was not easy for Muzhenxi to refuse, so he sent Xiao Jin a message: [The new company has interviewed, and I will have dinner with my colleagues tonight, and I may go back later, there are ingredients in the refrigerator, you can cook whatever you want, or order takeaway]

Xiao Jin didn't reply.

Muzhenxi glanced at his phone from time to time.

The art director over there has already closed the office door, stepped on stiletto heels, smiled gently, and made an inviting gesture towards Muzhenxi: "Let's go."

Muzhenxi had no choice but to put away the phone.

This director has a lot of unique insights into the status quo of the industry, and the conversation is clear and straightforward, and the conversation is generous, which makes people feel very comfortable.While Muzhenxi was talking to her, he devoted himself to it and forgot the time.

The two said goodbye at the entrance of the restaurant and drove home separately.

Mu Zhenxi fastened her seat belt, raised her hand to pinch the space between her eyebrows, and took out her cell phone from her bag. Xiao Jin never responded to her messages.Mu Zhenxi found Xiao Jin's number from the address book, pointed it up, paused before pressing the dial button, retracted his finger again, and threw the phone into the storage table.

Xiao Jin didn't eat dinner. In a dark bedroom, she lay on the bed with her face propped on her hands. She had maintained this posture for three hours. In front of her was a mobile phone with a bright screen, lying quietly on the screen. The message that Wooden Sleeper Creek sent her.

There was a knock at the door, Xiao Jin locked the phone screen, and quickly closed her eyes.

Muzhenxi turned on the light in the living room, looked left and right, but did not see Xiao Jin's person.

It's already past ten o'clock in the evening. Could it be that he fell asleep?

Xiao Jin listened to the movement outside. The footsteps were not far or near. After a few minutes, the footsteps approached. She seized the time to take two deep breaths in succession, and then maintained an even inhalation and exhalation frequency. , Eyelashes try to avoid shaking.

Muzhenxi gently pushed open the bedroom door, groped the wall by the door with his hand, and slowly lowered his palm, barely making any sound, and turned on the light in the room.

A room of light flooded into her eyes, and the woman on the bed curled up like a cat sleeping.

Muzhenxi watched quietly at the door for a while, then raised his legs and walked in.

Xiao Jin was still wearing daytime clothes, obviously she hadn't taken a bath, Muzhenxi had a headache, she pushed Xiao Jin's arm twice, and whispered in her ear: "Wake up, take a shower and then sleep .”

"..."

"Xiao Jin?"

"..."

"Xiao Jin."

"..."

no respond.

Muzhenxi resignedly turned her over, took off her socks, pulled the quilt to cover her, and sighed long.

That tone sighed all the way into Xiao Jin's heart who was pretending to be asleep.

Immediately afterwards, I heard the other party muttering to himself in annoyance: "How can you give up completely?"

Xiao Jin's eyelashes trembled uncontrollably.

Muzhenxi immediately fell silent, tucked her in the quilt, and tiptoed out.

The lights dimmed and the door closed.

Xiao Jin opened her eyes in the dark and stayed up all night.

Before going to bed at night, Muzhenxi was terrified. Finally, he did not have any more strange dreams, and woke up refreshed in the morning.When knocking on the door and calling Xiao Jin to get up and run, the voice was much louder.

"Wake up." Muzhenxi called when he was close to the door, and just as he raised his hand in the air, the door was opened from the inside.

Muzhenxi took her hand back and greeted her: "Good morning."

Xiao Jin was depressed: "Good morning."

Muzhenxi pointed to the door and said, "I'm going out."

"Yeah." Xiao Jin scratched her hair and said, "I didn't sleep well last night, and I have to catch up on sleep later."

Muzhenxi saw the bloodshot eyes in her eyes and said, "Go to sleep, do I need to bring you breakfast?"

"No, thank you, I guess I'll sleep until noon." Xiao Jin slowly closed the bedroom door in front of her.

Muzhenxi's good mood all morning was wiped out because he didn't have a dream.

The proprietress of Wangji Breakfast saw that she was alone, glanced behind her, and specifically asked Xiao Jin: "Where is the little girl who came with you these two days?"

Mu Zhenxi removed the chopsticks, mixed the soup powder and side dishes in the bowl, and said lightly, "She won't come."

The proprietress was quite sorry: "Why didn't you come? I think she is quite interesting."

Wooden Sleeper Creek didn't make a sound.

There was no need to wait for her to answer, the proprietress went back after sighing, and continued to get busy.

Habits are a terrible thing. In the past few days, Muzhenxi already felt that eating breakfast alone was a very deserted thing.She was thinking about things, and walked back slowly along the lake. There were those kind of small stones on the road, and she kicked them lightly along the way, entertaining herself, and a smile gradually filled the corners of her lips.

There were a few students wearing school uniforms, probably going to school, and cast a few glances at her.Wooden Sleeper Creek turned the stone into the lake and looked at the students. The students looked at each other, tugged at each other's sleeves, quickened their pace, and left in a hurry.

Wooden Sleeper Creek: "???"

What kind of world is this, does she look like a strange aunt?

Muzhenxi couldn't help but turn on the phone's front camera to take a picture of herself, and there was no collapsed face in it. What happened to those students?

Muzhenxi sent a message to Yin Xiaoli to complain about what happened just now.

Yin Xiaoli replied with a string of "hahahaha", and then said that she was pretending to be tender, which scared the students, and asked her to remember the duty of a 28-year-old aunt, not to be so childish in front of the children.

Muzhenxi replied: I am only eighteen.

Yin Xiaoli continued hahahaha, just say you are happy.

Yin Xiaoli is using her method to intentionally or unintentionally remind Mu Zhenxi that she is no longer young, and she can't bear to be hurt again in her relationship.

Mu Zhenxi chatted with her all the way to the door of the house before putting away the phone and unlocking the door, as if there was no Xiao Jin at home, Mu Zhenxi didn't take a second look at the bedroom, went into the study, and turned on the computer and software.

Xiao Jin really slept until noon, got up to wash, take a bath and eat, and felt refreshed after a full sleep.She seemed to have reached some kind of tacit agreement with Muzhenxi, and Muzhenxi vaguely felt it, but she hoped that this was not Xiao Jin's another play on the spot.

In the afternoon of the same day, Mu Zhenxi took Xiao Jin to the hospital again and had a head MRI.