mutual benefit [gl]

After graduating from graduate school, Ji Cixi worked as a teacher in a training institution, teaching high school mathematics.

She is a graduate student of a key university, and she passed the teacher qualification certificate early, so she had the opportunity to enter a very good local middle school.Just at this time, Ji Ciwen, the elder sister who had been away from home for many years, suddenly came back.

Also with a child.

The first time I saw my sister again, Ji Cixi stood at the door blocking the door, she ignored the big and small luggage behind her sister, and also ignored Ji Xu's little face that was a little purple from the cold.

She didn't get angry or questioned, she didn't even say a word, she just stood there and looked at her coldly.

However, in the next second, Ji Ciwen fainted in front of her.

From then on, Ji Cixi had to bear the burden of supporting her terminally ill sister and young nephew.

After all, after her parents passed away, Ji Ciwen was her only relative.

In addition to the guaranteed salary of several thousand yuan per month, the salary of the training institution also includes an hourly commission for teachers to teach one-on-one to students.Ji Cixi's lectures are lively and rigorous, which is very popular with parents. Within a year, she gained a firm foothold in the training institution. Up to now, Ji Cixi's monthly salary can reach nearly [-].

This salary can actually live well for a young urban woman who has no burden.However, for Ji Cixi, who has patients and children at home, this is not enough.

So in addition to being a teacher in a training institution, she sometimes puts tutoring advertisements on the website to take so-called private jobs.

Despite desperately trying to support their mother and child, Ji Cixi's attitude towards Ji Ciwen is still lukewarm.Although she would go to the hospital to see Ji Ciwen every other day, every time she went, she would sit by Ji Ciwen's bed without saying a word, just peel an apple for her silently, and then watch her eat it.

Ji Ciwen told Ji Cixi that he was wrong countless times with tears, and told her that he was sorry for her and his parents.

But Ji Cixi just wasn't moved by it, her eyes were always full of indifference.

When Ji Ciwen left home, Ji Cixi had just entered university.

She has always been not interested in things that have nothing to do with her, and she is unwilling to ask more questions.But even so, during the two months of summer vacation at home, Ji Cixi still heard some rumors.

She knew that the reason why her sister, who had always been obedient to her parents, suddenly became rebellious was a man.

There is a vulgar saying that goes like this - brothers are like brothers and women are like clothes.

In Ji Cixi's eyes, a man is not even worth as much as a piece of clothing, so she will never abandon her family members who are more important than siblings.

So she really didn't understand how attractive the man her sister was talking about was that she could make her meek, lamb-like sister go against her parents in order to be with him.

On the last day of summer vacation, when Ji Cixi was packing her bags for school tomorrow, she heard Ji Ciwen's deafening slamming of the door.

And this farewell is seven years.

Looking at Ji Ciwen who was lying on the hospital bed so angry, Ji Cixi couldn't find anything to say to her.

Say what?

Are you going to talk about how your parents died under the wheels of a van trying to find her in your junior year?

I still have to tell her how embarrassed she is lying on the hospital bed now.

No matter which one, Ji Cixi didn't want to talk about it.

She lowered her head and silently peeled the apples. This time, the apple skin was a bit brittle, and it always broke when she was peeling it, and fell into the plastic bagged trash can.Hearing the sound of plastic rubbing, Ji Ciwen, who was lying on the bed in a light sleep, slowly woke up.

"You're here?" she said with a sleepy smile.

Ji Cixi raised her eyes, and a muffled voice came out of her throat.

"Ah."

In the year since Ji Ciwen came back, she had gotten used to Ji Cixi's indifference, so she didn't have any reaction to Ji Cixi's love and indifference.She smiled, turned her face to look out the window, and said:

"The sun is so nice today. Xu'er doesn't know if she has gym class, she should go out for a run."

Ji Cixi didn't look up, but said in a low voice: "The second quarter in the afternoon."

"Oh, that's pretty good."

After the apple was peeled, Ji Cixi put it on the porcelain tray, then looked up at Ji Ciwen's pale, even blue face, pursed his lips and said nothing.

Ji Ciwen smiled wryly, she stretched out her skinny hand, and said softly:

"You... still don't want to talk to me?"

Looking at the hand hanging in front of her, Ji Cixi pressed it on the bed and tucked it into the quilt without any hesitation, then quickly moved her hand away, without saying a word the whole time.

"I was wrong at the beginning, and you should treat me like this now." Ji Ciwen said, she sighed softly, "It's just that I miss my parents very much..." At this point, Ji Ciwen seemed to suddenly remember something, suddenly Grabbing the white sheet tightly, he stared and said:

"You must not tell them about my illness!"

"When you left, didn't you tell them to treat them as if they didn't have your daughter." Ji Cixi said, "The two elders have been doing the same all these years."

"I'm the one who's sorry for you... and now it's like this..." Ji Ciwen said, tears were about to fall.

"Who is that man?" Ji Cixi abruptly interrupted Ji Ciwen's crying, "You have become such a ghost, why doesn't he even look at you?"

When Ji Ciwen heard the words, she seemed to be hit by a hammer, her body trembled, she wrapped her body in a quilt in a panic, turned around, and faced Ji Cixi with her thin back.

Ji Cixi couldn't help sneering.

"After becoming what you are now, you don't even want your parents, but you still want to protect him."

After all, she stood up with her bag and left the ward without the slightest nostalgia.

In the end, Ji Cixi is a human being, not a cold-blooded animal without any emotion.

She hated her sister for not living up to expectations, but she still hated the man who played Ji Ciwen and ruined her family even more from the bottom of her heart.

It's just that until now, my sister still has to protect him.Ji Cixi hated such an unknown and cowardly elder sister.

She walked in the corridor of the hospital full of anger, and her abdomen began to ache irregularly again.

Before, she thought that the labor pains were stomach problems, but she didn't know until yesterday that it was because of her own infertility.

Ji Cixi quickly skipped over the crowd, and in the hospital corridor where the flow of people was dense and fast, she swam nimbly like a fish in the water.

However, no matter how alert a fish is, it is possible to touch a hidden reef. I don't know if he was dazzled by the momentary anger. Ji Cixi didn't notice the woman walking towards him, and directly bumped into her.

She lowered her head and rubbed her head, her blurred vision first caught sight of a pair of high-heeled black velvet leather boots.

"Are you all right?"

A pleasant female voice came, and then a warm hand grabbed her arm.

Ji Cixi, who was not used to being touched like this, subconsciously shook off the man's hand violently, and this also woke her up.

She raised her head abruptly, and saw a beautiful woman taller than herself standing opposite her.

She tied her brown wavy hair into a neat ponytail, and a few strands of hair hung docilely around her ears.Her skin is fair, not like some women who put on powder so thick that it can almost fall off in flakes, it is a kind of natural fairness.Bright eyes and bright teeth, looking forward and flowing, such words that basically only appear in novels are appropriate to describe the woman in front of Ji Cixi.She was wearing an army green trench coat, and the belt on the trench coat was loosely tied around her waist, but it did not conceal her slender figure in the slightest.

Ji Cixi glanced at the woman with some displeasure, she hated other people's touch to her, even if there was no malice, she would still feel uncomfortable.

The woman wasn't angry because of Ji Cixi's rough behavior, she smiled and said, "Sorry, I didn't see you just now. You didn't get hurt anywhere, did you?"

"No." After saying that, Ji Cixi was about to move on, but the woman's hand grabbed her arm again.

Ji Cixi looked up at her in astonishment.

"Is it really all right? This is the hospital, do you want to check it?"

Ji Cixi frowned slightly, she shook off the woman's hand again, this time she was no longer polite, and said directly:

"I do not need."

"Actually, it's not bad to take the opportunity to have a comprehensive physical examination." The woman gave Ji Cixi a bright smile, "Although you said it's okay, some problems can't be discovered at the time. When you were bumped just now, no Take it easy."

Ji Cixi didn't want to talk to her anymore, she was about to leave, but the woman blocked her way again.

"Here." The woman reached out and handed Ji Cixi a business card.

"I didn't look good when I walked today. I'm really sorry for bumping into you. If you have any questions in the future, please contact me."

Ji Cixi glanced at the business card subconsciously.

This woman is called Chen Yuanzhen.

Although Ji Cixi held back her anger, she could only try her best to maintain a calm face and said:

"Miss Chen, right? I'm in a good condition now, even if I have something to do in the future, I won't bother you. I still have something to do, so I'm leaving." After finishing speaking, Ji Cixi hurriedly walked away.

Chen Yuanzhen's arm was still hanging in the air, maintaining the movement of handing over the business card just now, she slowly turned her head to look in the direction where Ji Cixi disappeared, with a smile on her red lips.

"Don't talk too much."

For the best riders, the exhaustion of taming a fierce horse brings him a far greater sense of accomplishment than the ease of riding a docile horse through the pastures.

Such things as the desire to conquer are not exclusive to men.

Dusk ink has been raging in the sky for a long time, and a brown moth draws circles in front of the computer screen.I don't know how many circles I drew, but it was finally tired, lying on the computer screen to take a nap, covering a functional f.

Ji Cixi stopped her hands typing on the keyboard, her eyes locked on the wings of the moths that stopped shaking and gathered together.She tore off a piece of toilet paper, quickly pressed its body, and after standing still for two seconds, Ji Cixi wiped the computer screen with the toilet paper, and threw it into the trash can at her feet.

At this time, there was a knocking sound of the door lock, and not long after, the door was opened by a short figure.

"Auntie?!" Ji Xu looked at Ji Cixi who was sitting in front of the coffee table and typing on the keyboard with some surprise.

"So you're at home!" He closed the door and put his schoolbag on the sofa beside him.

"If I had known, I wouldn't have brought the key with me," he said.

"Knocking on the door may be rejected, but having the key is safe." Ji Cixi looked at the computer and said expressionlessly.

"Oh..." Ji Xu pursed his lips in aggrieved manner.

For some reason, he always felt that his aunt didn't like him very much.

The two were speechless for a while, and only the crackling of keyboards remained in the room.

"I finished all my homework." Ji Xu was at a loss for words, "I was the first in the class to finish all of them!" He looked up at Ji Cixi with some pride, eager to hear a compliment from her.

"The homework is for you, there is no need to report to me." Ji Cixi picked up the porcelain cup and took a sip of water, then put down the cup and continued to be busy with the matter in hand.

Ji Xu bit his lip, and after he answered dejectedly, he prepared to go back to his room.

"Are they still bullying you?"

Ji Cixi asked suddenly.

"what?"

"Are they still bullying you?" Ji Cixi repeated patiently.

"Ah...oh! No, they will run away when they see me now!" Ji Xu said with a smile on his face, very relieved.

"Oh."

The two fell silent again.

"Auntie, I, I'm going back to my room first?" Ji Xu asked cautiously.

Ji Cixi didn't answer, just nodded.

Ji Xu wished he could have a pair of wings on his body, so that he could fly into his room immediately.

"My aunt is really scary." That night, six-year-old Ji Xu wrote in his diary.

The next morning, the unique noise at six o'clock in the morning gradually sounded in the corridor.Ji Cixi walked downstairs quickly. She nimbly turned sideways to avoid the residents who were carrying breakfast upstairs. The soles of her shoes tapped rhythmically on the concrete steps. From a distance, she thought she was dancing some difficult dance.

The morning rush hour on weekdays is very worrying. If she wants to grab a rare seat on the bus while avoiding a big traffic jam, she can only take the bus while others are still eating breakfast.

There are already many tired office workers waiting for the bus on the bus platform. They exude the atmosphere of being completely raped by life from the inside out, which cannot be covered up by expensive perfumes.

Ji Cixi took out her phone and looked at the time, it was just after fifteen past six.

Before the bus came, Ji Cixi made a phone call first.

The busy tone of "beep" in the handset only rang for a few seconds before being picked up. Before Ji Xu could say hello to himself, Ji Cixi said:

"It's time to get up."

Ji Xu said in a panic: "Mmm, auntie! I'm getting dressed right now!"

"Breakfast is on the table."

After finishing speaking, Ji Cixi hung up the phone, and at the same time, the bus wobbled and stood firm in front of her.

Stepping into the car, Ji Cixi inadvertently turned her eyes, and saw a black car parked on the slightly secluded road behind the bus stop sign from a distance.

This brand of car is as out of place in the old-fashioned neighborhood where Ji Cixi lives, like a gentleman who has strayed into a slum.

Ji Cixi frowned slightly, she quickly got on the bus, quickly found a seat by the window and sat down.

When the bus started, Ji Cixi looked back again, her pupils shrank slightly.

The car is gone.

Ji Cixi turned her head, and the people in front of her were crowded together and swayed from side to side with the bus. All kinds of cotton and down jackets rubbed together to make a thick rubbing sound, and occasionally some sharp sounds came out, like It is the irregular fringe of coarse cloth.

She has always slept less, even though she wakes up at the early five o'clock every morning, she has never felt sleepy in the morning.It's just that for some reason today, Ji Cixi's eyes are a little heavy.

She turned her head to look at the window of the car that was gradually covered with fog, and took out a bottle of water from her bag.

On the road running in the opposite direction from the bus, the black car stopped slowly, waiting for the lights to be changed.

"She seems to be aware of it." The man's low voice sounded like a cello.

"Hmm," the woman said.

"Do you want to continue following?"

"Follow, why not follow."

The traffic light hanging high in the air changed color on time, the man held the steering wheel firmly, and the car started moving again.

"Change your car." The woman looked out of the car window. The disaster in the morning rush hour did not affect the road extending to the residential area and even the suburbs. Rows of old-fashioned well-shaped buildings were left behind the car. A layer of blood scabs on the city's healed wounds is innocuous, waiting to be removed by those who dislike them for affecting the city's beauty.

"We're also checking over there," the man said.

A smug smile appeared on the delicate and small face of the woman. She stretched out her hand to pin a strand of hanging hair behind her ear, raised her face and said:

"Of course he wants to investigate, after all, that's his only bargaining chip." After that, she said to the man sitting in front of the car, "Remember to help him."

"please do not worry."

Because it was not the weekend yet, there were not many students in the training class, Ji Cixi just sat in the self-study room and stared at a few students who had signed up for full-time nursery classes to do their own questions.

Sitting in the slightly empty classroom, Ji Cixi was leisurely writing the test papers for the weekend with her legs crossed.

The mobile phone on the table vibrated, Ji Cixi moved the test paper away from her eyes, and leaned her head to glance at the mobile phone.

"There is a temporary matter, so let's cancel tomorrow night's class first, I'm sorry teacher."

The text message did not show the source of the sender, only a long list of mobile phone numbers.

Ji Cixi grabbed the phone and quickly typed a good word. After sending it, she deleted the text message and put down the phone again.

This is a tutoring job that she took on outside with a training class on her back. From the first year of high school to the third year of high school, there are a total of five students, and it costs 120 yuan an hour.

"Teacher Ji...?"

A weak male voice sounded, Ji Cixi raised her eyes, and the only five students in the classroom were all looking at her eagerly.

"Lunch break..." a girl said.Ji Cixi sensitively caught the flashing pink wallet she had hidden under the table, knowing that they were already ready to eat.

"Oh." Ji Cixi lowered her head and tidied up the lesson plans and test papers spread out on the table, then stood up.

"Go and eat." After that, she opened the frosted glass door of the classroom first and walked out.

Ji Cixi never procrastinates, every time when the time comes, she stands up and takes her bag and leaves.

In her eyes, there is a clear distinction between working time and private time, and no one should try to take advantage of the other.

However, if some students take the initiative to ask her questions after class, she will also teach them all.But if not, she would never follow behind the students and urge them to study.

It is precisely because of this that Ji Cixi is loved by all kinds of students in the training class.

After returning to the office and sitting down, the colleague next to him slid to his side in the swivel chair and asked enthusiastically, "Mr. Ji, do you want to have dinner together?"

Ji Cixi wanted to refuse, but after hesitating for a moment, she said to her colleague with a smile:

"it is good."

Walking out of the gate of the training class with her colleagues, the bitter cold wind rushed over and licked her face greedily, Ji Cixi consciously looked around while buttoning her coat.

After looking around to make sure she didn't see the car she saw in the morning, she walked forward with her colleagues.

Colleagues led her around a few streets, and finally walked into a noodle shop.

The two found a seat by the window and sat down. The waiter graciously brought over the menu, and Ji Cixi stretched out her hand to signal for her colleagues to order, expressing that she didn't care what she ate.

While her colleagues were ordering, she secretly took out her mobile phone.

"Recently, I have some things that I can't get over. From now on, you will go every day at noon and I will give you a raise."

After sending this text message to the nurses in the hospital, Ji Cixi turned off the phone screen, raised her head and put on a smiling face to her colleagues.

At the same time, a red sports car roared past outside the window, like a fiery red lightning flashing across the road.

"Enthusia□□(enthusiasm)..." The colleague looked out the window, her eyes were full of envy, she murmured.

Ji Cixi glanced at her.

The colleague came back to his senses, smiled and said to her, "I'm sorry, occupational disease, occupational disease."

My colleague teaches English, and sometimes one or two English words slip out of my mouth unintentionally.

Although he didn't know why his colleague popped up this word without thinking, Ji Cixi didn't ask any questions.

Seeing that there was still unfinished envy in the eyes of her colleagues, Ji Cixi knew that even if she didn't ask, she would take the initiative to tell herself.

really,

"Did you see that red supercar just now?" The colleague said to her enthusiastically.

"Ah."

"With such a flamboyant color, the owner of the car must be a very passionate person." The colleague fiddled with the straw in the glass, whispering fascinatedly.

It turned out to be the case.

Ji Cixi pursed her lips and smiled, but didn't answer.She cast her eyes out of the window, and a word gradually appeared in her mind:

Ambition.

City Z is the most economically developed city in country A. Probably no one can estimate how much money and blood this city carries every day.It is like the heart of country A's economy, pumping golden blood for the country's survival at all times.

In such a place, powerful people are definitely not a rare species, and powerful people with brains can be found everywhere.

So if you dare to drive such a ostentatious sports car up and down in this city, you are either an insignificant local boss or a bold and ambitious careerist.

It's just that in this place where everyone is used to be a man with his tail between his legs, no matter how suddenly rich people are, they are also trembling every day, walking on thin ice.

Then there are only careerists left.

At this time, Ji Cixi saw the waiter coming over with a tray from a distance, and she gently placed two bowls of steaming fish noodles in sour soup on the table.

Taking off the wrapping paper wrapped around the chopsticks, Ji Cixi raised her eyes brightly and smiled at her colleagues:

"Eat."