On the eve of the Spring Festival, Du Siqiu's brother-in-law Zheng Kai took her sister Du Siyi and her daughter back to her husband's house. After the confinement period, Du Siyi looked a lot more round than before giving birth, and her face and cheeks became plump when she smiled.
Sensual.
Although her brother-in-law Zheng Kai comes to visit her every two days, he can't help but sigh when he sees her now: "Your mother is really good at raising people!"
"Why, you are so quick to cross the river and demolish the bridge because you think I am fat?!" Du Siyi raised her eyebrows fiercely, with a fierce look in her eyes.
Zheng Kai smiled: "How can I? I'm not complimenting our mother."
Du Siqiu read the newspaper, holding back her laughter and advising her sister Du Siyi: "Okay, sister, if you and your brother-in-law want to flirt, don't do it in front of me. Go home quickly."
"Okay, now you're chasing me."
My mother also spoke at this time: "Hey, I am already the mother of a child, but I still don't look like a mother at all. Go back quickly, take a good rest, and come back during the New Year."
"I know, goodbye mom."
"Goodbye, Mom." Du Siqiu took her coat, put on a scarf, and followed her sister and brother-in-law out.
"Well, be careful on the road." My mother said calmly, without even coming out to see them off. She turned around and walked into the kitchen to see her pork rib soup, like everyone who is busy preparing lunch and dinner for their children.
Ordinary days.
Du Siqiu took a ride back to the company with her brother-in-law.
Xue Yan called her into the office, looking like she had a headache. She said that Yang Li had made up his mind to break the contract, and he began to regret it again, not wanting to sign the love letter in C language to Shenzhen Magazine.
Du Siqiu was stunned for a moment, that guy Yang Li! Yesterday, he came to their company and claimed that he had something to discuss with Xue Yan. After spending a long time, it turned out that he came here specifically to cause trouble.
Xue Yan was a little impatient and almost vented his anger on Du Siqiu: "Du Siqiu, you are serious. Didn't I tell you about this a long time ago? Yang Li has an elusive personality. I asked you to communicate with him more.
Communicate with him more, how did you do things, and ended up like this! How will I explain to the leader later!"
Du Siqiu looked aggrieved and said: "Why not? There should be communication, there should be communication. I have already talked to him about it in vain. If he doesn't listen, I can't do anything... Editor Xue, don't worry, this contract
Yang Li signed the contract a long time ago, how could he be allowed to go back on his word just because he said he was going to go back on it? It’s impossible!”
"Come on, if he breaks the contract, the most he will lose is some compensation, and the most he can gain is some credibility. Yang Li is famous now, and he is young and vigorous. He has nothing to be afraid of."
Du Siqiu thought about it calmly. In fact, for a company as big as Shenzhen Xu, there are so many signed authors and signed works that there is nothing to regret without Yang Li's work. The key to the problem now is that the c language love letter is in Yang Li's work.
After signing the contract, it has been serialized in the magazine for three issues. The response from readers has been unprecedented. The number of letters and messages sent to the editorial department and emails has suddenly increased sharply. Now that the novel has been suddenly stopped, I am afraid that there is no response from readers.
It’s not that easy to explain. How can you maintain your prestige?
Why did Yang Li suddenly become such a rogue? In the past, I heard that although he had an unpredictable temper, he still did not dare to destroy his credibility. For those who make a living in this industry, the author's personal credibility is more important than anything else. Others only
Of course Du Siqiu would not think so when he was acting like a big star. She was not clear about his sudden emotional setback. Yang Li was such an unreasonably proud person, and he had always believed that he would always be waiting for him.
The girl chose another boy and directly sentenced his love to death. Can he not be hurt?
However, she didn't expect that he would be so sad and vulnerable to this point.
Every time, Du Siqiu sees people around her being hurt, sad, and pained by emotional things, she will inevitably feel confused, hesitant and ashamed. This is such a strange emotion to her, young
When she was young, she often watched Taiwanese idol dramas, Korean romantic dramas, and young youth novels. Every time she saw the characters in the stories were so painful that they would die for love, and they were so painful that they burst into tears, she couldn't help but
I smiled. Although I love reading these stories, every time I encounter such a plot, I always feel that it is too fake.
I remember He Youdong once asked her: "Du Siqiu, have you been hurt by anyone? Why don't you believe in love? At your age, you should be the one who believes in love the most."
Du Siqiu pretended to be dazed and innocent: "Of course love is tempting. But is love pure? It is closely followed by the responsibilities of marriage and family. I chose to escape the burden and had to give up love."
She is escaping love in order to evade responsibility. Perhaps she believes from the bottom of her heart that a person who dare not give is naturally not qualified to ask for the love of others. In fact, her inability to love is not only
Because she was afraid of responsibility, something difficult was holding her back, but she was unaware of it.
She thought, could the feelings between people really be so deep? She wouldn't believe it.
But now, in real life, people around her are gradually experiencing this kind of situation. She is not confused. Could it be that she herself is too insensitive, right?
She really didn't want to explore Yang Li's relationship problems, but Xue Yan just left this drudgery to her. She had no choice but to take the initiative to find Yang Li.
When she went to his house, he was walking his dog in the backyard, taking a leisurely walk. Under the afterglow of the sunset, one person and one dog, dragging two looming shadows, moved slowly. This scene always seemed to outsiders
Happy. Du Siqiu stood behind and watched this heartwarming scene without saying a word for a long time. In her opinion, there was too much loneliness hidden in what outsiders thought was happiness. She couldn't bear to disturb him.
But as if he happened to feel her presence, he suddenly turned around and said to her calmly: "Du Siqiu, do you have something to do with me?"
"Well, I can't come to you if I have nothing to do. You treated me as a friend just a few days ago," Du Siqiu joked.
"What are you talking about? It's the same now. You're still my friend. Who's to say it's not anymore." The corners of his mouth curved slightly: "What do you think of me in your eyes?"
"Ah...of course we are friends, we have always been." Her words seemed so lacking in confidence, as if she was unsure, as if she felt guilty.
Yang Li didn't go into details and just said: "Okay, since it's a friend coming to visit, don't talk about official business. I don't want to hear about the signing of the contract."
"Why can't we talk, Yang Li, you should at least give me an explanation, or say hello to me in advance. Are there any friends like you? Give me a depth charge from time to time, really! I was scolded by our leader today
What a tragedy!" As she spoke, the professional and elegant attitude that she had trained hard for a long time disappeared in an instant, and her fierce look reappeared. "How can you be so irresponsible as a human being!"
If He Hedong saw her like this, would he be scared away by her?
"It is precisely because I have to take responsibility for Shen Jixu and myself that I have to regret it. Du Siqiu, you know that it is impossible for me to write good works in this state. I don't want Shen Jixu and my
Readers are disappointed, I don’t want to disappoint myself, and I don’t want to disappoint you. Yinbai.” The thin light of the setting sun shone on his delicate face, and a certain strange aura diffused from his body, rapidly and violently.
It jumped in front of her, it was something she subconsciously liked.
"Yeah, I know." Du Siqiu thought for a long time and said, "The ten-month contract period is not enough time for you to write. I don't believe you will be depressed for such a long time."
"Stop talking."
Du Siqiu looked at his stubborn expression helplessly and said, "Okay, let's stop talking. Yang Li, let's go out and play."
"What are you going to do when you go out?" Yang Li said with a smile.
"We went out for a drink." She said, "You invited me to go for a drink that night, but it didn't work out. As a friend, I'll make it up to you now. Do you want to go?"
"There's no need to go out, I have plenty of wine at home. I'll treat you to a drink for free."
"Really?! Do you have any wine? Qingdao Budweiser, haha!" Du Siqiu became a little excited when he heard this.
Yang Li half-squinted his eyes and said arrogantly: "I have everything you like."
Du Siqiu curled her lips and smiled. This guy was too young and never missed an opportunity to show off. She smiled noncommittally, and when she actually saw his wine rack, she couldn't laugh anymore.
She really wasn't lying. Whether it was red wine, white wine or the medicinal wine he soaked himself, she liked it best.
"Hey, that's interesting...how do you know what kind of wine I like to drink?" Du Siqiu asked with a little curiosity.
"You order just a few drinks here and there, even a blind person can see that."
Yang Li asked his servants to prepare some snacks, and soon the two of them sat on the lawn in the backyard and drank. After drinking a little, Yang Li suddenly reminded her: "It's getting late, go home.
Your boyfriend will be looking for you later."
"What? I haven't finished such a small cup, so you're expelling me." Du Siqiu grabbed a handful of peanuts and chewed them up, reluctant to leave: "Don't be stingy, okay?"
Yang Li shook his head and had no choice but to let her go. His mouth suddenly turned bad: "Okay, just drink. If you get drunk, sleep at my house."
"Bah, get lost." Du Siqiu retorted without showing any signs of weakness. He picked up the wine glass and took a greedy sip before saying: "Writer Yang, do you think I am just coveting your few sips of wine? I am afraid that you are too young.
At my age, I can’t think of trivial things like relationships.”
"Shut up, don't lecture me with this tone."
"Okay, then I will tell you as a person who has experienced it, those things that can make you cry are not a problem at all! If you think about it, there will be no problems at all."
"Stop talking nonsense, when have I ever cried?" Yang Li frowned and retorted.
"You still said no. The night you made trouble in the bar and got beaten up, I went to pick you up. As soon as I stood in front of you, you started crying, and two lines of tears flowed down. It made me cry.
You feel sad."
"Is there any?"
"have."
"Du Siqiu, you talk a lot today!" he said.
"I always talk a lot," she said.
"You said you've been through this before, have you ever been broken up in love?"
"My ex-boyfriend was with me and hooked up with other girls. After several years of relationship, he dumped me without saying a word and broke up with me. He married another woman. It's even more ridiculous.
Unfortunately, in the end, I discovered that I was a veritable third party, having been kept in the dark by him for so many years. I am the stupidest idiot in the world."
Yang Li became a little silent. He didn't speak, and there was a vague pity in his eyes.
She wanted to say something more, but He Youdong's calm voice came from behind her. He said: "Du Siqiu, come home with me.".