middle of the road

Chi Yu hadn't seen Chi Haidong for a long time, and there was one time when Li Lin came to pick him up to have dinner with Chi Haidong, and when he was in the car, he mentioned something secretly, saying that the last acquisition failed and he stayed. As for the sequelae, Chi Haidong has been busy dealing with them recently.

Li Lin stopped talking, didn't say much, Chi Yu didn't ask, and Chi Haidong didn't come to see him, so he didn't really want to get involved in this matter.After all, he promised Zhao Shuangqing over there. After what happened last time, as long as the decision to close the company is not made in one step, he is not willing to be caught in the middle and let the two of them pull it off, no matter what investment or acquisition , it's best to have nothing to do with him.

In the blink of an eye, at the end of April, after the second model, they just fill in the volunteers. Unlike other provinces, they can take the test first and then fill in. Instead, they have to have a rough estimate of their grades before the test, and then they have to determine the school and Professional too.

I don't know if it was a coincidence that night, or Chi Haidong was really paying attention to this matter like the parents of all the candidates. He came back on a rare occasion, but his condition didn't look very good. He had just had a drink and was half drunk Half awake, if it wasn't for Chi Yu who wanted to drink some water after taking a shower, she wouldn't have noticed that there was someone sitting on the chair by the door.

He looked at it for a while, sighed silently, and went over to help Chi Haidong onto the sofa.

Chi Haidong looked a little embarrassed, reeking of alcohol, Chi Yu had never seen him lose his composure in front of him like this.

He told him to leave him alone and go read, he just sat down for a while, Chi Yu went to pour him a glass of water, and when he came back Chi Haidong asked him where he had filled it.

Chi Yu showed him the volunteer form, and Chi Haidong squinted his eyes for a while before turning his head in surprise, probably because he didn't expect him to choose a place so close to home, "I thought you... ..." Chi Haidong smiled, "I don't want to stay here anymore."

He really didn't want to stay here, and he didn't make this decision for him. Chi Haidong's reaction at this moment made Chi Yu subconsciously want to deny it. If he hadn't already agreed to Cheng Yang, he would have known about it by letting Chi Haidong say it in another place. It seemed more to his liking that you would.

"I have been busy for most of my life for fame and fortune, but in the end I found myself empty-handed." Chi Haidong looked at him, the late-night alcohol and his son's "change of heart" suddenly made him a little sentimental, he sighed heavily, "...Xiaoyu .”

"...People are so ignorant sometimes. You have to wait until you lose it before you know what is most important to you. Don't learn from me...I don't want you to be like me in the future. What does it feel like..."

Chi Haidong closed his eyes and muttered to himself, but Chi Yu was not in the mood to listen, so he threw him a blanket, turned and went into the room.

The next day when I handed in the volunteer form, Cheng Yang and Chi Yu had almost no suspense, so they handed it in without looking at each other, and Fu Jin was both happy and surprised when he learned that Chi Yu was going to take the S city exam, damn baby He didn't allow him to take the exam too far, so that he could just fill in a piece with him.

He wanted to stay far away from Jiang Mingyang, but now that he filled in the close ones himself, he was a bit uncertain whether Jiang Mingyang would fill in the same place with him. It wasn't because he was narcissistic, it was because he asked around, and most people chose. A city close to home, all around.

But it's okay, it doesn't matter if it's not just a city, it can be different schools if it's a city, and lastly, there are professional restrictions.

But just in case, after class, he sneaked to Lao Li's place to check his mouth, and the result made him very unhappy, hehe, go fuck it, he didn't hide, someone is fine, just directly I went to revitalize the old industrial base in Northeast China.

Fu Jin keenly sensed that it wasn't that he wanted to stay away from him, but that he wanted to avoid him. It was like a game where he wanted to admit defeat if he couldn't play well, and someone else handed over the champion. Let him be the same, very...depressed.

Fuck!

Coming out of the office, he ran into Jiang Mingyang at the back door. Fu Jin didn't even look at him, rolling around, rolling wherever he wanted.

After entering the classroom, someone sent this classmate to record it for him to write. Recently, this class is popular, and parting is imminent. Sometimes I have to write several copies a day. He sees a column on it and asks you what you hate the most. Fu Jin didn't even think about it, he just wrote Ghost and JMY.

"What is JMY?" Cui Jiajie stood beside him and asked.

Fu Jin said with a blank expression, "Ginger Duck."

"I thought it was keratitis." Cui Jiajie was a little confused, since they don't produce this kind of thing, "Have you eaten it?"

Fu Jin was taken aback by his question, saying that he had eaten, it seemed wrong, and saying no, it didn't seem logical, but nevermind him.

With a dark face, "...No."

Cui Jiajie was speechless, "No, what do you hate?" He looked again, "...you are still juxtaposed with ghosts, who are you?"

Fu Jin closed the notebook with a snap, and after thinking about it afterwards, he felt that his reaction was a little big, so what if he was alone, it is not a day or two that he and Jiang Muya are at odds. In a few years, who will remember who?

Not long after the evening self-study started, Chi Yu received a call from a woman who said she wanted to chat with him.

He asked who the other party was?

"You'll know it when you see it." The man said with a smile and a gentle tone, "Actually, we met once, but it was only a month ago. I hope you still have the impression."

In fact, Chi Yu could completely ignore this kind of inexplicable call, but by some coincidence, he agreed.

He ran to ask Huang Ming for leave, Huang Ming was not willing to let him go by this time, Chi Yu had to grind with him for a while, and he only gave him an hour to go and come back quickly, and there was another The college entrance examination is coming up next month, so don't just rely on your good grades to get away with it.

The meeting place was in a cafe, not far from their school. Chi Yu rode there for more than ten minutes. After entering the door, a mother and daughter sat by the window. Chi Yu immediately realized her phone call when he saw them. What does it mean to have a relationship once.

They did meet, he suddenly ran back a month ago, the elevator door of the old house, the neighbor who changed.

Chi Yu suddenly had a premonition, as if the answer he had been looking for but still couldn't believe was right in front of his eyes.

He sat down without asking, even though there were several other tables in the cafe at this point.

The woman looked up and saw him, "Come here." She smiled, beckoned the waiter to come over, and asked Chi Yu what to drink?

"Whatever." Chi Yu glanced at her. This person is about 35 years old. Of course, he is not good at guessing a woman's age, and there may be some deviations. Although he wears light makeup, his appearance is relatively gorgeous. It doesn't feel natural.

Sitting next to him was the little girl I met the other day, probably her daughter, wearing two braids and holding a doll of a beautiful goat. She looked at him timidly.

"Should I first ask you what you want from me?" Chi Yu looked at the opposite side and paused, "Or should I first ask what is your relationship with Chi Haidong?"

He didn't say hello directly to him, the man smiled and didn't answer directly, but said: "Before, I always looked at photos, and it was the first time I saw a real person that day. I didn't expect him to be so handsome. It must be very popular with girls in school, right?"

"Do you think I look a lot like Chi Haidong?" Chi Yu admired that he was able to sit here and chat with her instead of leaving the table. From the first sentence he said, she acquiesced, he His hands were tightly twisted under the table, "Then have you seen Zhao Shuangying? Others say that I look more like her."

Hearing him mention Zhao Shuangying, she obviously became a little nervous, but she quickly returned to normal, she brushed her hair back, "I came here to find you today because I have an unkind request, I don't know... Can you promise?"

"Tell me." Chi Yu leaned back on the back of the chair, trying not to look at the little girl. At this moment, her sense of existence even surpassed the woman in front of her.

"Hai... Your father's company has encountered a crisis recently. I don't know if you know about it." She said and glanced at Chi Yu, who didn't express his opinion, and motioned her to continue.

"He said that he was going to give up and sell the company to someone else. I know what he said was angry. The company was built by him alone, and it was all his hard work. He must be reluctant, but now this kind of The situation forced him to do this again, after much deliberation, only you can help him."

"Isn't he alone?" Chi Yu uttered a few words softly after hearing him finish speaking.

"……what?"

"The company didn't come from his hard work alone." Chi Yu said: "There is also my mother, my grandfather, and my grandmother, but they are all gone, so now he can't talk about it alone. Forget the situation, you don’t know this, do you?”

I don't know if it's because of the lighting, the woman's face turned pale, and for a second or two, she turned her gaze away and didn't speak, Chi Yu confirmed that she was clear about her identity and what happened in the past few years, How dare you come to him just like that?

The waiter came over to serve drinks at this time, and ordered a glass of mango snow top for Chi Yu. The little girl held the milk and kept looking at him. Chi Yu pushed Xue Ding towards her, and then continued to look at the woman, " Did Chi Haidong ask you to come find me?"

"No, no, it's my own idea. Your dad doesn't know." She smiled with some difficulty, "I haven't introduced myself after talking for so long. My name is..."

"You shouldn't be that stupid." Chi Yu interrupted him and looked at the time. There was still half of the hour left before Huang Ming let him go. He leaned forward, "You know we've been looking for you for a long time, right now? Jumping out and begging me, do you really want to help him, or do you hate him for not giving you a title for so many years and let you live in hiding, so you want him to die more thoroughly?"

"No, I really want to help him." The woman showed a little anxiety and shook her head, "What happened back then was all my fault, how could I hate him? You should have not seen him for a long time, right? He has lost a lot of weight."

"What does it have to do with me?" It should be said that it will not matter from today on.

"But no matter what, he is also your father. Are you really desperate for help?"

"Shut up!" Chi Yu yelled angrily, "The person in the world who has no right to criticize me, Chi Haidong is the second, and you are the first."

The little girl who was frightened by his appearance put down her cup and hid behind the woman, her big eyes were full of horror.

"The purpose of your coming to me today is definitely not to ask me to help him." Chi Yu looked away from her, "Is it because he wants to break up with you? Or are you worried that he will sell the company to you mother and daughter? No matter how hard it is to guarantee your life, why, Chi Haidong didn't give you some shares, she was very generous to Zhao Shuangying before, she gave more than what he kept in her hand."

"I haven't thought about what you said." She covered her mouth lightly, her eyes were a little red, "I just hope you can help him for the sake of him being your father, what do you want me to do?" It will be all right."

"What if I let you leave him?"

She showed a bit of pain, but still nodded, "As long as you agree."

Chi Yu smiled, "It's a pity that I don't want to see you guys separate yet. Shouldn't a dog match last forever?"

"Xiaoyu..." She opened her mouth, but the words did not come out. Tears finally rolled down from her eyes.

"Crying is useless to me. Chi Haidong should follow your example. Don't come to me again, and don't let me see you again!" Chi Yu didn't want to see the affection between this dog and man, he stood up When he got up, the air in the room was a bit cloudy, and he couldn't breathe under the pressure.

Seeing that he was about to leave, the woman hurriedly stood up and pushed the little girl who was still timidly hiding to him, desperately, "Chi Shan is your sister, but so is she. You treat her so well, so you can't see her in front of her." For her sake, help him?"

When Chi Yu heard her say brother, the blade that had been hanging for so long finally fell off, and it accurately cut at his most vulnerable place. He stopped and looked down at this little girl whose appearance was indeed somewhat similar to Chi Shan, " How old?"

"Tell brother how old are you?"

Because the little girl was afraid of him, her voice was as low as a mosquito, but Chi Yu could still hear clearly. She was seven years old, the same age as Chi Shan.

"You want me to admit you?" Chi Yu smiled, standing under the air vent, her voice turned to ice, "Unless one day you go down and Zhao Shuangying writes that she forgives you, I will consider admitting her as my sister. "

The little girl wore a small pink tutu skirt today, which was exactly the same as the one he bought for Cheng Ying in the mall once. It was the same brand. Chi Yu thought of the clothes in his closet, which Chi Haidong bought for him. Everything has an shady origin.

Chi Yu walked outside the door, and looked at the time like an obsessive-compulsive disorder. There were still 10 minutes, but he didn't intend to go back. He was surprised that he was so calm at this moment, as if all the anger had a reason to vent , and all have the attribution of retracting and releasing, he is no longer directing and acting alone, he is actually more fortunate, fortunate that all the previous resentment and hysteria were not in vain.

The whole thing seemed to be just as it should be.

Only in this way can it make sense.

He's finally no longer a pendulum that has to juggle both sides.

He could even take a brief moment to let himself breathe a sigh of relief before regaining his hatred.

He took two steps, took out his phone, and sent a message to Chi Haidong.

-A woman came to me with a seven-year-old girl and said she was my sister, but didn't my sister die long ago?

Chi Haidong called in the next second, but Chi Yu didn't answer, and pulled out the back cover together with the battery.

The woman took a handkerchief to wipe away her tears, sat on the seat for a while, and stood up after drinking a cup of coffee in front of her, and said softly to the little girl: "Let's go to Dad, go to his company, okay? I haven't been there since I grew up this big."

The little girl nodded, and she touched her face, "In the future, you can go to him if you want, and no one will stop you anymore."