The best time is because of you

Chapter 12 People are not as good as old
All the troubles seemed to have settled down, the only thing that worried Shuya was that she didn't know how to contact Cai Junfeng, no matter whether she called or sent an email, she couldn't get any response from him.

Cai Wentao did call her once, and from him, Shuya learned: With Cai Jiu's testimony, Cai Wentao has cleared her grievances and is gradually taking over the family business, while Cai Junfeng is handing over the management rights of the family business. On the same day, he left City S with Ye Qingsong, and his whereabouts are unknown.Cai Wentao complained on the phone: "That guy emptied all the funds in the company, and only left me with an empty shelf. Don't worry about him for nothing. With so much money, he can live comfortably wherever he goes."

Shuya laughed gloatingly: "You should think of it as spending money to eliminate disasters."

Knowing that all the people she cared about were safe and sound, Shuya finally felt relieved and started to pack her bags, planning to find a way to contact Cai Junfeng while traveling around the world.

On the day of departure, an unexpected guest came to the house.Seeing Shu Ya's appearance of going on a long journey, the travel-worn Chu Jie was glad but also a little apprehensive: "Fortunately, fortunately..." One step later, maybe the two of them will end up at the end of the world again.

The person had already arrived in front of her house, Shuya couldn't ignore it, and the travel plan could only be put on hold temporarily.

After being welcomed into the door, Chu Jie explained to Shuya: "I originally planned to come here to celebrate your birthday, but something happened when I was about to leave. I'm sorry, I broke my promise."

"Ah, no, there's no need to apologize." Seeing his solemn apology, Shuya felt a little embarrassed. "When I celebrate my birthday, it's no different from usual."

Chu Jie held out a big gift box and put it in front of Shuya: "A belated birthday present."

Opening the gift box, you can see a dazzling array of necklaces, bracelets, earrings... a complete set of jade jewelry, in addition, there is also an exquisite jade plate with a pair of small and exquisite jade rabbits on it. Walk around.Clothes are not as good as new, people are not as old.

Shuya's own family used to run a jade workshop, and she has a high appreciation ability for jade. She can tell that the series of jade products in front of her are top-quality glass jadeite, and they should be made from the same piece of jade.

Chu Jie looked at her, with a faint smile in his eyes as gentle as jade: "I think jade is very suitable for you. It is crystal clear and contains aura. I took over the jade workshop in your house. Because I don't know much about jade, I asked you The designers and old technicians who are familiar with you in the store helped design and make this set of jewelry. As for the model of this jade plate, I drew it by myself; the words on it were written by myself; I hope you will like this gift .”

Jade is so beautiful, few people would not like it, and Shuya is not immune, after holding each jade article in her hands and appreciating it carefully, she reluctantly closed the lid of the gift box: "Thank you, Chu Jie, but..."

Chu Jie jumped up from his seat suddenly: "Oh, I almost forgot, I still have something urgent to go back, and the return flight is about to arrive." Before Shuya could react, he ran away in a hurry.

"Hey——" Shuya came to her senses, and just after she chased outside the door, she saw that he had already boarded a taxi and left in a hurry, leaving her standing there alone, dumbfounded.

Wang Meiyao's laughter came from behind, "That kid runs faster than a rabbit, in order not to let you have the chance to refuse, hey——, I knew this before, so why did I do it in the first place."

Shu Ya walked back into the house in a daze, staring at a box of birthday presents silently.Wang Meiyao looked closer and said, "Daughter, a good horse never turns its head back."

Shuya glanced at her unreliable mother and said, "I'm not a horse."

"Understood," Wang Meiyao nodded, expressing her understanding, "It's no big deal if you want to turn around. That kid Heng Jian has a good appearance. Comparing him with any handsome guy, he would be turned into scum in seconds."

"Mom," Shuya frowned, "Do you think he really likes me?"

"At least for now, as for the future, a person's life is so long, who can say clearly."

Shuya sighed in disappointment.

Wang Meiyao patted her daughter's shoulder and said earnestly: "So, daughter, I suggest you try a few more grasses of other varieties before deciding whether to go back to eat that old grass. , it’s not considered a disadvantage, whoever plays is not sure.”

"Mom," Shuya scolded, "Are you my real mother? How can you teach people like that?"

Wang Meiyao shrugged indifferently, and was about to speak when Shuya's cell phone rang.Wang Meiyao smiled: "That kid must have called, well, I'll avoid it first." She said as she swayed away with her slippers on.

Shuya picked up the phone, and the caller was from an unfamiliar number. After connecting, the voice on the phone was hoarse and tired: "Shuya, I'm Ye Qingsong, I have something urgent to see you."

Ye Qingsong and Shu Ya made an appointment to meet in a relatively secluded place.Seeing Ye Qingsong himself, Shu Ya was shocked. Although he was not as handsome as Chu Jie in the past, nor as elegant and handsome as Cai Junfeng, he was still a handsome guy with a tough guy image, but the person in front of him was dark and thin, Compared with the last time we met, he seemed to be more than ten years older.

"I came to you to ask you to help me rescue Brother Feng." Ye Qingsong said straight to the point.

Shuya's hand holding the coffee cup trembled, and she didn't even notice that the coffee was splashed on her body. She asked eagerly, "What's wrong with the second brother, hasn't he been with you all the time?"

Ye Qingsong shook his head: "Brother Feng asked me to complete the Canadian immigration procedures very early on. One day, he went to the hospital and said that he would send you a card. I don't know what happened in the middle. After returning from the hospital, Brother Feng asked me to go to Canada immediately, and told me that no matter what happened, I was not allowed to return to China. I had to stay out of it and protect myself in order to keep his last retreat. Since then, I have not seen him again face to face."

Shuya clasped her hands tightly, trying to calm herself down, thinking about the conversation she had with Cai Junfeng in the hospital that day, the situation seemed far more serious than she knew: "At this point, should you let me Know all the causes and consequences?"

After Ye Qingsong's narration, Shuya finally understood the ins and outs of the whole matter.To put it bluntly, it was actually a drama of grievances and grievances between wealthy families: Shen Jiaheng, the president of Huafeng Group, planned to marry Du Xiruo, the only daughter of the rich man Du Xiuyu. princes.At that time, Chu Jie just returned to the US headquarters. Du Xiruo could only ask for help from Cai Jiu, who had been favored by his father. He had the right to speak in Cai's enterprise, so he reciprocated, and he handed over the letter of appeal for help to Shen Jiaheng.Immediately afterwards, Jiang Yaqiu had a car accident. Shen Jiaheng strengthened the monitoring of Du Xiruo. All phone calls, letters, and emails were filtered by special personnel. Du Xiruo could not send any more news until he met Cai Wentao who broke into Shen's house while fleeing.

"Do you know more or less what happened next?" Ye Qingsong looked complicated, "After Cai Wentao escaped from the Shen family, according to rumors, he accidentally fell into the sea and died because of resisting arrest, but the fact is that you have used Chu Jie with his help, sent him out of the city."

Shuya lowered her head and remained silent. She knew a little bit more. If Cai Junfeng played a disgraceful supporting role in this drama of grievances between rich and powerful families, then she unintentionally played a trick for the villain. That Miss Du added a stumbling block to her escape.Her mood at the moment was also very conflicted. On the one hand, she felt guilty towards Ms. Du and hoped to hear the news of her escape;

"Two months ago, Cai Wentao sneaked back to the city in disguise and managed to meet Chu Jie..." Ye Qingsong did not continue.

The next development of the situation can be imagined. Regardless of whether the process is difficult or not, Chu Jie will definitely help Du Xiruo get rid of Shen Jiaheng's control, and after Du Xiruo is free, it is unlikely that he will let the person who hurt her go. I understand why Chu Jie suddenly disappeared some time ago.

"Then, how is the second brother doing now?" Shuya's voice trembled.

Ye Qingsong closed his eyes in pain: "Both legs were shattered and fractured, all amputated below the knee, it was publicly said that it was caused by a car accident..."

Shuya's head buzzed, as if all her senses were instantly far away from her, and she could only sit there in a daze.After a long time, she felt something cold slipping down her face. She touched it with her hand and found the tears in her hand. She frantically took out a face towel to wipe it off, but the more she wiped her eyes, the more the flow became more urgent.

"Brother Feng will not have a good life in the hands of Cai Wentao brothers and sisters. I once went back to China and wanted to take him away quietly, but I couldn't even meet him. The only person I can ask is you, please Take Brother Feng out of Cai's house, and I will take him far away from that city, and never go back." Ye Qingsong's erratic voice came to her ears intermittently, "We grew up together, and Brother Feng has been in this life for a long time. I haven't lived many happy days, I just want him to live happily for himself until he grows old."

Shu Ya slowly stopped her tears: "You don't need to beg me, I'm the same as you, I'm the second brother's relative, no matter what method I use, I will definitely bring him out safely."

Shuya dressed up and set off again, not daring to tell Wang Meiyao the truth, and only jokingly told her that she was going to travel around the world, looking for grass.Wang Meiyao fully affirmed and recognized her daughter's decision.

Boarding the plane, when Shuya took out her phone and was about to turn it off, she saw a text message from Chu Jie: first to report to her that she was safe, then to convey everyone's contempt for his seventh failed confession, and finally, to tease herself Record the process and experience summary of each confession, and if you have a son in the future, pass it on to him as a secret for chasing a wife, and if you have a daughter, use it as a secret to guard against wolves.

Shuya finished reading with a smile, thought for a while, and sent him a text message: I'm on the plane, wait for me.Then the power button was pressed.

……

When I got off the plane, it was past ten o'clock in the evening, and the sky was falling with light rain.It was early autumn when I left, and it was already early winter when I came back. Shuya wrapped her coat tightly and walked out of the airport.

A hand came across and took the luggage in her hand: "Oh, this girl is so beautiful, come home with me?" Shuya raised her head and saw Chu Jie's smiling face as bright as the sun, coldly On rainy nights, seeing such a face always makes people feel happy.

Shuya pursed her lips and smiled: "Food, lodging and transportation are all included, so I'll go with you."

Chu Jie really led her to his shallow sea villa, and explained: "When I received your text message, I asked the part-time worker to clean it up inside and out. During this time, various exhibitions continued, and better hotel rooms were booked. It's all over, your old house has not been lived in for several months, so it's hard to clean up, besides, I don't feel at ease if you live there alone."

The environment of Qianhai Villa is very good, and the interior layout gives people a very comfortable feeling. Shuya really likes it here, and she still asked Chu Jie, so she didn't refuse his arrangement.She settled down in the bedroom prepared for her in advance, and took a comfortable hot bath to relieve her tiredness and dust.Chu Jie knocked on the door: "Come out and have some supper."

Shuya was already hungry, and she barely ate any solid food during the ten hours on the plane.The delicious casserole porridge, served with sour and crunchy side dishes, after drinking one bowl, she felt warm and comfortable all over her body, and she couldn't help squinting her eyes comfortably: "Brother Jie, you are so understanding .”

"I still don't understand you." Chu Jie looked disgusted, "I'd rather be hungry than eat something that doesn't suit my taste, and I'd rather not eat it when I'm out of the house."

"In life, eating and sleeping are the most important things. You can make do with everything else, but you must not make do with the food and the bed you sleep in." Shuya spoke confidently. She knocked on the porridge casserole and found that there was A sign of "Chang Kee", "Hey, this store is very proud, it never provides delivery service?"

Chu Jie said: "Are there any services that cannot be bought with money now? The difference is nothing more than the amount of money."

"Brother Jie," Shuya sat up straight with piercing eyes, "Did you find that you were particularly arrogant and domineering when you said these words?"

Chu Jie was inexplicably strange: Is this a normal sentence of mine?

"Looking at you like this, I think of my dad. When I was a child, whenever I saw my dad throwing money at people, I felt very domineering and masculine."

Chu Jie touched his face: Is she saying I am old, or is she praising me for being domineering and masculine?
"Brother Jie, you are a good man, as good as my father, why don't I call you father?"

Chu Jie was angry: "I'm sorry, I was only born five years earlier than you, and I'm not that capable. I could have a daughter at the age of five."

Shuya laughed and fell down on the low table.

Chu Jie said helplessly: "I've never seen you attack people like this, and you give out a good card and admit your relatives."

Shuya gradually stopped laughing, leaned her head with her hands, and said with great nostalgia: "Actually, my dad said something similar to yours. He said that as long as it is a commodity, there must be a price. The difference is nothing more than the price. You Even though he doesn't study much, his ability to make money is top-notch. Back then, even Uncle Nine relied on my dad for guidance. The funds he invested in for me before his death are still making money..."

Under the orange light, she was wearing casual clothes, and her slightly wet black hair hung straight to her shoulders, adding a bit of purity to her originally bright face.Chu Jie looked at her intently, and quietly listened to her babbling about homework, a wonderful feeling rose in his heart, which was sweet, warm, and happy at the same time, as if it was the feeling of home.

Inadvertently, Shuya met his focused gaze, and her snow-white face flushed a little.

"Aya." He stretched out his hand to hold her hand tentatively, perhaps because his gaze was too gentle, making her drown in it like water, she stared fixedly at him, almost forgot to think.

"Aya," he yelled again, his voice seemed seductive, "I have always longed to have a home that is completely my own, and I will cherish this home, take care of my wife, love my children, and never betray or divorce for the rest of my life."

Shu Ya was moved: "I..." Then, "Ah Chirp—" she sneezed, she quickly withdrew her hand from his palm, and smiled triumphantly at Chu Jie with a dull face: "Xiao Mian, you want to treat me again!" Use the beauty trick, sister, I have my own antibody, full blood upgrade and resurrection, wash up and sleep early."

"Don't sleep," Chu Jie gritted his teeth, "I'm going to record the process and experience summary of the eighth courtship failure immediately, and the title is "A Tragedy Caused by a Sneeze"."

"You always write slowly, so I won't accompany you." She went to sleep by herself without being polite at all.

In fact, Shuya didn't sleep very soundly that night, thinking about Cai Junfeng over and over again.Walking out of the bedroom early in the morning, she found that the bedroom she lived in was next door to Chu Jie's bedroom. The two looked at each other. Shu Ya turned her face away in embarrassment, but Chu Jie looked calm, so she confirmed again that this The guy has a very thick skin.

While eating breakfast, Shuya was thinking about what to do in order to see Cai Junfeng, when she heard Chu Jie say, "I will accompany you to Cai's house in the morning, so that you can meet Cai Junfeng."

"Huh?" Shuya was a little dumbfounded by his straightforwardness.

Chu Jie glanced at her sideways, with a half-smile: "Could it be that you came all the way for me?"

Shuya was a little nervous, afraid that he would ask her about the source of the news, so she smiled perfunctorily: "Half and half."

Chu Jie seemed to have read her mind, and said seriously: "I will not ask your sources of information, nor will I prevent you from seeing Cai Junfeng, but I hope you can just take a look and stop treating Cai Wentao like you did before. Get involved again."

Shu Ya didn't look at him guiltyly: "Got it." After a long while, she didn't hear Chu Jie's voice, she secretly glanced at him, but saw him looking at her with deep and complicated eyes, which made her feel that she was careless and careless Hide away.

Finally, Chu Jie sighed: "Aya, people who want to be good to everyone, in the end, they are often not good to anyone, including herself. Whether others are good or not has nothing to do with me, I just worry about you."

Shuya's eyes became hot, and she felt a sour feeling in her heart.

As soon as the car drove into the gate of Cai's house, Cai Wentao came out to welcome him. Chu Jie had already called him before coming, so he was not surprised to see Shuya at this time, and greeted her warmly, with words full of gratitude , thanked her for saving him, and thanked her for taking care of his parents and sister, but didn't say a word about her throwing away the letter of appeal.

Shu Ya felt ashamed, and hurriedly stopped Cai Wentao from continuing, and asked, "Brother, is Second Brother there? Can I see him?"

Cai Wentao smiled slightly, glanced at Chu Jie, and seeing that he had no intention of objecting, he said, "Okay, I'll take you to see him right away."

Cai Wentao led Shuya to a row of bungalows at the back of the main house, and said as he walked, "I didn't tell you the truth on the phone because some things have gone beyond my ability. I can't give you any other promises other than a life, if you hate me because of this, then..." He smiled bitterly.

Shuya also smiled wryly: "You don't even hate me, so why should I hate you?"

Cai Wentao glanced at her unexpectedly, and didn't speak any more along the way.Walking beside her, smelling the faint fragrance of her body, he couldn't help but feel moved, and suddenly remembered the days when he was facing her day and night when he fled.

About ten steps away from the row of bungalows, he stopped: "He is severely disabled. As a blood relative, I exercise the responsibility of guardianship. He doesn't like me, and I don't like him either. He just lives not far away. I arranged for a worker to take care of his daily life."

Shuya walked over quickly, walked to the door, but stood still for a while, and then carefully opened the door. Cai Junfeng's profile was reflected in her eyes. He was sitting in a wheelchair, concentrating on waving on an easel in front of him. Pen, thin and pale face without a trace of blood, although the legs are covered with a blanket, it can still be seen that the knees seem to be empty.

"Second brother." Shuya called out softly, her throat hurt like something hard.

Cai Junfeng turned his head to see her, smiled gently, and his voice was as clear as ever: "Aya, come and take a look at my painting."

Shuya walked to his side, and looked at the canvas together with him. It was an unfinished oil painting, with wild ideas and bold and novel colors.

"It's so beautiful!" She admired sincerely.

Cai Junfeng nodded slightly: "Since I was a child, only you can say that my paintings are beautiful."

Shuya knelt down in front of him and looked up at him: "I remember you told me when I was a child that you wanted to become an oil painter and paint the beauty of the world into your works, and now you still have this idea Is it?" She took his hand and wrote stroke by stroke in his palm: I will take you out of here.

Cai Junfeng smiled and shook his head slowly at her: "Life is a big gamble for me, if you want to gamble, you have to admit defeat, and now I am just bearing the result of losing the bet." He withdrew his hand from hers , "Live your own life well, don't worry about me, I'm fine."

Shuya was anxious, and grabbed his wrist forcefully: "Second Brother..."

"Hiss—" he couldn't help crying out in pain.

Shuya froze for a moment, then opened his sleeves, and there were shocking purple bruises and swelling all over her forearm, she was shocked and angry: "What's going on?"

Cai Junfeng pulled off his sleeves, and smiled indifferently: "Don't make a fuss, I just can't adapt to being a disabled person for a while, and I often fall down."

Shuya stared at his arm that was covered by his sleeve, and remained silent for a long time. When she raised her head again, her eyes were filled with tears: "Second brother, how are they treating you?"

Cai Junfeng looked calm: "What can I do, at most I just ignore it, and I won't treat me harshly in terms of food, clothing, and housing."

When leaving, Shuya stood at the door and looked back, and found that Cai Junfeng had been looking at her, the sunlight that slanted through the window fell on him, that thin figure was as thin as a phantom, as if the wind blows It will disappear.The moment the door closed, she leaned against the wall weakly, raised her hand to cover her mouth forcefully, and tears rolled down.

……

Walking slowly all the way, back in front of the main house of the Cai family, Shuya had completely calmed down, standing outside the door, she adjusted her emotions before walking towards the hall.In the hall, Chu Jie and Cai Wentao were chatting, and Cai Wenmin accompanied them to make Kung Fu tea for them.For their conversation, she did not interrupt, just listened quietly with a smile, and refilled the fragrant tea for them in due course.

Seeing Shuya walking in listlessly, Chu Jie greeted her with concern: "Are you tired?" Looking down at her flushed eyes, he held her shoulders, "Did you cry just now?"

"Well," Shuya said sadly, "Second brother said he was fine, but seeing him like that made me feel very sad."

Chu Jie touched her head: "Come on, I'll take you to eat delicious food, you won't be sad when you're full."

Seeing their natural and intimate behavior, Cai Wentao felt sad, lowered his eyes, and silently lost himself in a cup of fragrant tea in front of him.

Cai Wenmin turned his gaze around, got up and walked towards them, saying, "You guys come here so rarely, so stay for a light meal, Aya, I'll ask the kitchen to prepare more dishes you like."

Hearing that sweet voice, Shuya glanced at Cai Wenmin in surprise, and saw that she was slim and graceful, with rippling eyes. Although she was talking to herself, her tender eyes kept falling on Chu Jie.Shu Ya's curious eyes moved back and forth between Chu Jie and Cai Wenmin. Could it be that during the two months she stayed in California alone, the relationship between the two had a magical turning point?

Chu Jie looked indifferent: "Thank you, Ms. Cai, we will accept your wish, so we don't need to eat." He took Shu Ya's hand, "Let's go."

"Wait," Cai Wenmin's eyes finally turned to Shuya who had become the background board, "Aya, Qianqian sent some things from abroad, and she said that you are always missing, so when I see you, pass it on. I'll give you a copy, and you can go get it with me, okay?" Before Shu Ya could answer, Cai Wenmin took her arm, "Come on, the things are upstairs."

Chu Jie held Shu Ya's other hand tightly, and frowned displeasedly. Shu Ya smiled and patted the back of his hand: "I'll come as soon as I go."

"Don't worry too much, just call me if you need something." After Chu Jie explained to Shuya, he glanced at Cai Wenmin coldly, with a serious meaning of warning.

Seeing Cai Wenmin take Shuya's hand tightly and go upstairs, Cai Wentao said to Chu Jie: "Don't be too exaggerated, Amin is just an ordinary girl, we are both downstairs, she can What about Aya?"

Chu Jie handed Cai Wentao a cigarette, and lit another for himself: "To put it bluntly, your younger sister is so stupid and cunning, I am really worried about Aya being alone with her."

"People have experienced some special encounters, and their temperament will always change a lot." Cai Wentao looked at the light smoke curling up between his fingers, "In the end, it was me who was too useless as a big brother and didn't protect her well." .”

Chu Jie snorted softly: "You can discipline your sister yourself, as long as you don't mess with me."

Shuya followed Cai Wenmin to the second floor, and as soon as she entered the room, she immediately brushed Cai Wenmin's hand away: "If you have anything to say, just say it directly?"

"I owe you an apology, whether you accept it or not, I should say this, I'm sorry, Aya."

Shuya looked at her expressionlessly, without saying a word.

Cai Wenmin asked disappointedly: "You will probably never forgive me, right?"

"I don't forgive you, I just don't know what attitude to use to get along with you." Shuya looked into her eyes and said frankly, "Amin, maybe you think I'm stupid, but most of the time, I I can tell whether others are sincere or false to me, just like now, is your real purpose of pulling me upstairs to apologize to me?"

A look of embarrassment flashed across Cai Wenmin's face: "Okay, I'll just say it straight, I want to find out what kind of relationship you and Chu Jie are at present, a couple or just friends?"

Shuya said with a sullen face, "It doesn't seem to have anything to do with you, does it?"

"It does matter, I want to confirm whether we will become rivals in love."

As for Cai Wenmin's thoughts, Shuya guessed something, but felt very puzzled: "I remember you advised me to stay away from Chu Jie many times before."

"Before?" Cai Wenmin smiled mockingly, "Chu Jie didn't like you before, even if you committed suicide for him, he didn't accept you, did he?"

"You're sick, and it's not serious." Shuya didn't want to talk to her any more, so she turned and left.

Facing her back, Cai Wenmin said full of resentment: "You don't know how bad Cai Junfeng is. He took away all the funds in the company and used all the real estate in the family to collect money."

Shuya faltered and turned around slowly.

"When we first returned to China, our life was difficult. Cai's enterprise was on the verge of collapse. All major creditors came to press for debts. The family's property was confiscated by the bank one by one. Finally, it was the turn of this house. That day, my brother was in The company was struggling to deal with the creditors, and my mother and I stood at the door, watching the house collector put up the seal. At that time, my mood was really desolate." A sour smile appeared on Cai Wenmin's face, and immediately, her eyes It became brighter again, "At that time, Chu Jie appeared, and he told us with a smile that this house has been redeemed, and we will no longer be homeless. At the same time, because of his capital injection, Cai's enterprise, Solved the crisis. In the most desperate time, he gave me hope, and I will always remember the moment of touch.

"So you just want to make a promise with your body?" Shuya couldn't bear it anymore, "Why do people in your family like to play this trick? It was done to me back then, and now it is done to Chu Jie. I really don't like it. I understand where your self-confidence comes from, and why do you think that if you want to promise yourself with your body, others will definitely want it."

Cai Wenmin's expression suddenly became aggressive: "Just because I am more suitable for Chu Jie than you, apart from your face being more beautiful than mine, you are better than me in education, etiquette, social relations, and knowledge. ? I can help his career to a higher level or even reach the peak, but you, besides eating, drinking and having fun, what else do you know?"

"It's useless for you to say these things to me. You should tell Chu Jie to see if he will be moved by you." Shuya opened the door and walked out quickly.

Cai Wenmin followed closely and walked to the place near the stairs. She quickened her pace, passed Shu Ya, and stopped in front, with a strange smile on her face: "If I fall now, tell me, my brother and Chu Jie What would you think?"

Shuya looked at her coldly, and pointed downstairs: "You can try it."

Cai Wenmin was startled, and turned her head to look down. Chu Jie was standing at the stairs on the first floor, raising her face and looking up, her slightly narrowed eyes were filled with the familiar chill.Cai Wenmin felt somewhat frightened and somewhat resentful, but it was just a vase, so it was not worth his maintenance.At the moment when Cai Wenmin's heart was ups and downs, Shuya stretched out her hand and pulled her aside to make room for herself, and rushed downstairs in a few steps.

Standing in front of Shuya, Chu Jie raised his hand and rubbed her tense face due to anger, and smiled: "Do you want to go?"

Shu Ya nodded, and walked out first, followed by Chu Jie, both of them seemed to have forgotten to say goodbye to Cai Wentao as the host.

Cai Wentao walked out of the hall slowly, watched them get into the car, and then watched the car drive out of the gate until it completely disappeared from sight. An indescribable sadness surged deep in his heart.

"Brother," at some point, Cai Wenmin came behind him, "Don't look, as long as Chu Jie is by her side, she will never have you in her eyes."

Cai Wentao didn't turn his head, looked into the distance and said calmly: "I advise you to get rid of your little thoughts about Chu Jie as soon as possible. There is no possibility between you and him. Also, don't try to use me, I am your brother."

Cai Wenmin bit her lower lip hard, feeling extremely disappointed.As for Chu Jie, she has her own calculations in her mind. As Du Xiuyu's adopted son, he owns 5% of Du's Group's shares, and also has large companies such as Extreme Night City and Phantom Media under his personal name. He has enough strength to provide Cai's enterprises with Much-needed capital, connections and markets.If he could marry Chu Jie, he would be able to revive his family business, maybe even better than before.It's a pity that her painstaking efforts were rejected by Cai Wentao from the very beginning.

"Brother——" Cai Wenmin stepped forward and grabbed his brother's arm, trying to persuade him again, "I just want to help you take a shortcut because I see you are working so hard. Besides, I know you like Shuya, so I can only take her Only when you are separated from Chu Jie, you have a chance, don't you?"

Cai Wentao finally turned around, put his hands on his sister's shoulders, and said solemnly: "Amin, listen carefully, it is my responsibility to revive the family business, you don't need it and you don't have the ability to intervene." Regarding Jie’s marriage, I can tell you plainly that he doesn’t like you, whether there is Shuya or not, he doesn’t like you. As for Shuya, yes, I like her. If I want to get her, I will only pursue her in an upright way, gaining my luck and losing my life. I will only say these words once, and you'd better keep them in mind. Our family can't stand the slightest storm now, if you If I pretend to be smart and do something stupid, I have no choice but to use the method of docking my tail to survive."

Cai Wenmin looked disbelieving, choked up and said, "Brother, you were not like this before."

Cai Wentao said sadly: "Amin, you were not like this before."

Not far from the Cai family's mansion, Shu Ya suddenly shouted, "Stop."

Without any hesitation, Chu Jie immediately pulled the car to the side of the road and stopped, turned sideways to see her expression, picked up his cell phone and said, "I'll call someone right away."

Shuya was surprised: "What did you call someone for?"

"Excuse me, I'm a big man, it's not easy to confront a woman directly, don't worry, I'll find An Qi and sister Qiu right away, with them two, you can deal with Cai Wenmin any way you want .”

"Are you kidding me?"

"It's the most uneconomical thing to keep your anger in your heart. Before anyone else cares about it, get yourself angry first," he said seriously, "An Qi quarrels fiercely, cursing like singing, can last an hour Not repeating the same and not saying a word of swearing, Xiao Jiang was scolded by her back then; sister Qiu is a taekwondo coach, a black belt master, throwing people is like throwing sandbags, when Ah Meng and her had a fight; what is beating is love and scolding is Love, those two pairs are fully played out."

Shuya finally let out a "poof" laugh, and the pent-up anger in her chest dissipated. She raised her eyes and saw Chu Jie was looking at her with a smile, her eyes showed genuine concern and a bit of pampering. Indulging, she looked away unnaturally, and let out a sigh of relief: "Brother Jie, can I ask you something?"

"Ask." He habitually took out the cigarette case, glanced at Shuya, and put it down again.

Shuya repeated what the Cai family brothers and sisters had said about the loss of funds, and said puzzledly: "I heard what they mean is that the second brother took the money away, but the second brother is still here, where can the money go? "

Chu Jie thought it was funny when he mentioned this matter: "Cai Junfeng can be regarded as a god." If it was just a simple transfer and embezzlement of assets, Cai Wentao could recover the money through judicial means, but Cai Junfeng used all the money as a charity. The money was donated in the name of Cai's enterprise, which made Cai Wentao hard to tell.Of course, the Cai family is not completely fruitless, at least the public image of Cai's enterprise is very good now.

Chu Jie laughed while talking: "You can check on the Internet, and you will know how well-known Cai Wentao, the chairman of Cai's enterprise, is. He is known as the number one Cai in the nation, and he has many fans. He is called 'Caizi'."

Shu Ya also thought it was quite funny, but thinking about Cai Wentao's predicament, it seemed too unkind to take this as a joke, so she had to hold back her laughter and asked what Cai Wenmin said about the house redemption and capital injection

"Why is it all on me? The person who paid the money is obviously Xiruo." Chu Jie thought for a while, and roughly understood what Cai Wenmin meant, and shook his head with a smile, "Cai Wentao is not bad, but his sister is too eager for quick success. .”

It turned out that Du Xiruo and Cai Wentao had an agreement long ago, Cai Wentao would help her deliver the letter, and she would support Cai Wentao to make a comeback.After regaining her freedom, Du Xiruo was in a hurry to return to the US headquarters to deal with affairs, so she temporarily handed over the matters of the Cai family to Chu Jie.In fact, Du Xiruo has always been committed to dealing with people. Since she has promised Cai Wentao, it is not a problem for the Cai family to make a comeback, unless Cai Wentao is a puddle of mud and cannot support him.As for the so-called marriage, Cai Wenmin was talking to himself from the beginning to the end.

"Maybe she's not for the marriage, but just for you." Thinking of Cai Wenmin's words, Shu Ya felt very uncomfortable, "She said that she is more suitable for you than me and can assist your career, and that I don't know anything except eating, drinking and having fun."

"Oh?" Chu Jie glanced at Shuya, pinched his chin, and smiled meaningfully, "You were so angry just now, could it be because of what Cai Wenmin said?"

Shuya blushed, and answered irrelevantly: "Brother Jie, if I take advantage of you, will you be angry?"

Chu Jie raised his eyebrows: "For example?"

"For example, now, please turn the car around and let's go back to Cai's house."

The car quickly drove back to the Cai family mansion. The guard saw that it was Chu Jie's car and let it go.After Shuya got off the car, she trotted all the way to the bungalow behind the main house.As soon as I ran to the door, I heard a loud "bang" coming from the door, which seemed to be the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, and then Cai Wenmin's sharp and piercing voice came from inside: "Lick, like a dog!" Lick it clean for me."

Shuya crashed into the door and saw Cai Junfeng fell to the ground with a wheelchair and a bowl of rotten food leftovers that even dogs can't eat fell in front of him. There were rice grains and vegetable juice on his face and body .Cai Wenmin stood in front of him, with a mocking sneer on his face, a foot wearing a high heel was stepping on his hand and crushing hard, Cai Junfeng closed his eyes and trembled all over, but gritted his teeth tightly and remained silent.

Shu Ya rushed over like crazy, and tried her best to push Cai Wenmin away: "Get lost." Cai Wenmin staggered back and fell heavily on the ground.Shuya's legs also went limp, and she knelt down on the ground, hugging Cai Junfeng's disfigured body, bursting into tears as she cried out, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

Standing outside the door, Chu Jie looked at Shu Ya who was crying bitterly, and then at Cai Wenmin who was in distress. He raised his hand and pressed his forehead. He felt really headache. Now it was even more difficult to persuade Shu Ya not to intervene in Cai Junfeng's affairs.Cai Wenmin was so ashamed and indignant that she wished she could curl up into a ball, as if this way, everyone would no longer be able to see her.

Soon, Cai Wentao arrived after hearing the news, took a look at the situation in the room, and roughly guessed what was going on.With a gloomy complexion, he helped Cai Wenmin up without saying a word, and was about to take her away first.Approaching the door, Cai Wenmin suddenly broke free from Cai Wentao's hand, and rushed towards Shuya viciously.Like a conditioned reflex, Chu Jie's body blocked Shuya's body almost instantly.At the same time, Cai Wentao also stopped Cai Wenmin, held her tightly with both arms, and dragged her away forcefully.While struggling hard, Cai Wenmin shouted at Shuya, "It's all your fault, bitch, bitch..." The hysterical appearance was almost like madness.

Chu Jie had a gloomy face, Cai Wenmin's insults made him very angry, but her current appearance was obviously not normal, and he was not in the habit of directly hitting a woman.Just when Chu Jie was thinking about how to shut Cai Wenmin up, a hand was stretched out behind him to signal him to step aside.Shuya stepped forward and waved her hand with a "snap", and the world became quiet.Cai Wenmin covered her face and stared blankly at Shuya who was half a head taller than her. Shuya stared at her coldly and said, "I regret that I helped you back then, I regret it!"

Chu Jie sighed in his heart: Damn it, Queen!

Cai Wentao stared fixedly at Shu Ya, his expression was gloomy.

……

Shu Ya insisted on staying to take care of Cai Junfeng, Chu Jie knew that she would not listen to any advice at this time, so he had to go to work first.Before leaving, he patted Cai Wentao on the shoulder: "Your sister, you'd better find her a psychiatrist." He didn't think Cai Junfeng deserved sympathy, and he didn't agree that women should be weak and beautiful, but as a violent woman, Taking pleasure in abusing others shows that there is a psychological problem.

Seeing Chu Jie off, Cai Wentao staggered into the study with his legs like lead.He felt extremely tired. He knew that there was a lot of business waiting to be dealt with, but he fell on the desk and didn't want to move.Gu Nian's mother and younger sister suffered a lot, and he pampered them so much. As a result, her mother lost her home, saying that she spent her whole life in Cai's family, and only wanted to live for herself for the rest of her life. Unrecognizable.The grievances between him and Cai Junfeng cannot be resolved in this life, and he has no intention of resolving them, but the other party is already disabled, and the most he can do is just let him die on his own, ignore him, and never think about it. I never wanted to abuse the other party to vent my anger, let alone turn my sister into a sadist.Tears oozed out of his eyes uncontrollably, slowly soaking his sleeves.

There was a light knock on the door outside, Cai Wentao sat up straight, cleaned the marks on his eyes and face, arranged his clothes again, saw in the mirror that he was no different from usual, and then opened the door of the study.

Shuya stood outside the door with a peaceful expression: "Second brother is asleep, I want to chat with you, is that okay?"

Cai Wentao turned sideways to let her enter the room first, and then closed the door, carefully leaving a gap.

"Coffee or tea?" he asked.

"Anything." She replied perfunctorily.

Cai Wentao brewed two cups of instant coffee and put one in front of her: "I only have this here, let's make it a point."

"Thank you." Shuya slowly stirred the coffee in the cup, thinking about how to speak.

"I was in a hurry before," Cai Wentao sat down opposite her. "Don't worry, this kind of thing will never happen again."

After thinking about it, she decided to say straightforwardly: "Instead of looking at each other and hating each other, let me take my second brother away."

"No." He waved his hand to stop Shuya who was eager to speak, "You don't have to try to persuade me, the decision on this matter is not in my hands."

"The decision is not up to you?" Shuya obviously didn't believe it, "I don't understand what you mean."

Cai Wentao didn't explain much, and asked, "Do you feel guilty towards Cai Junfeng today because you saved me back then?"

Shuya pursed her lips tightly and remained silent.

Seeing her like this, Cai Wentao felt bitter in his heart, and his face remained calm: "It seems that you really thought so, then I can tell you that if you hadn't saved me back then, my ending would definitely not be as good as it is now, and Cai Junfeng's The ending is definitely much worse than now, if you don't believe it, you can ask Cai Junfeng himself, or ask Chu Jie."

"What's the matter with Guan Chujie? He's not with you guys..." Her mind was agitated, and she slowly said three words, "Du Xiruo?"

Cai Wentao nodded: "The new head of the Du's consortium, our Cai's company used to look good in this city, but the scale is only equivalent to a branch in Greater China."

Shu Ya was worried: "What kind of person is Miss Du?"

"A person with clear grievances and grievances, whoever is kind to her, she will repay the other person double, and similarly, whoever hurt her and her relatives, she will repay the other person double."

"What the second brother did before, did it hurt Miss Du a lot?" Shuya hoped that what Cai Junfeng did back then would not cause too much harm.

"Because Cai Junfeng intercepted Ms. Du's request for help and handed it over to someone who should not have given it, which indirectly caused Ms. Du to be subjected to house arrest and various tortures for a year. In addition, Jiang Yaqiu, who was a sister to Ms. Du, also suffered from this. It's a life-threatening thing."

Shuya's heart couldn't stop sinking, the more she sank, the more desperate she became.

Cai Wentao raised his coffee cup, took a sip, and said: "Anyone has to pay for their mistakes. I have bullied Cai Junfeng for many years. At the price of today's family ruin, in the days when I was running around like a dog, I used to pay for it. All the bullying on him was returned to me one by one. My father was unfair and did not fulfill his father's responsibility to Cai Junfeng. In the end, he paid back with his own life. He was still defending Cai Junfeng until the moment of his death. The debt we owed to Cai Junfeng has been paid off. I did not cause him to get to where he is today, but he is bearing the consequences for the wrong things he has done."

Shuya had a snow-white face, and her dark eyes showed a bit of panic.

Cai Wentao slowed down his tone: "Aya, is it okay to stay out of it from now on? This is the only consensus between Cai Junfeng and I."

"Brother," Shuya said in a low voice, "I used to do similar things, if one day I end up in the same situation as my second brother, can you ignore me?"

"Shut up." Cai Wentao looked solemn, "Did you tell anyone else about that, anyone?"

Shuya shook her head.

"Well, listen to me," he came to sit beside her, put his hands on her shoulders, and made her face him, "I told Miss Du and Chu Jie that I accidentally I lost that letter, so this matter has nothing to do with you, you don't know the existence of that letter for help, understand?"

"But, I did throw that letter into the sea. It can deceive others, but not myself. Brother, did I also cause a lot of harm to Miss Du?"

"You are in a different situation from Cai Junfeng. You threw away the letter, which only delayed Miss Du's rescue by one month, and did not cause any real harm. Moreover, if it wasn't because of you saving me, Miss Du's news would have been completely unknown. There is no way to send it out, is there? So, don't think about it anymore, and don't mention it to anyone, remember?" Cai Wentao unconsciously squeezed his hands hard, causing her shoulders to hurt, and she couldn't help but lower her head With a cry, he came back to his senses, quickly let go of his hand, and confessed, "Even if it is to Chu Jie, don't mention this matter."

Shuya smiled noncommittally: "It's still the same sentence, I believe in karma, but—" She grabbed his sleeve tightly, "Second brother, there is no way for him to leave?"

Cai Wentao shook his head, pulled his sleeves back from her hand, and said, "Even if I let you take Cai Junfeng away now, where can you go, all of Cai Junfeng's documents are in Chu Jie's hands, for such a person, Is it worth it for you to confront Chu Jie?"

"Chu Jie—" Shuya murmured, with a perplexed expression.

There was an imperceptible sound outside the door, Cai Wentao's eyes froze, he stepped to the door with a few strides, and suddenly opened the door. There was nothing outside, but his expression was not relaxed. He stood at the door for a long time, thinking .

Perhaps it was because he hadn't slept soundly for a long time, Cai Junfeng fell into a deep sleep after Shuya cleaned up his wounds and had a full meal.When he woke up, it was already evening. He moved the wheelchair to the door, and saw Shuya approaching slowly in the afterglow of the setting sun.Seeing that face with a gentle smile became clearer and clearer, his eye sockets became wet unconsciously, and whenever he saw her, he felt warm in his heart, but he had no reason to drag this fresh life into himself In the hopeless rest of my life.

Shuya approached Cai Junfeng, saw him looking eagerly outside the house, and asked her, "Can you push me out to have a look?"

With a sour heart, she pushed him to the garden. Due to lack of care, the garden was overgrown with weeds and looked a bit depressed.Cai Junfeng looked around all the scenery in front of him with nostalgia, a ray of red light from the setting sun shone on him, adding a bit of blood to his pale face, Shuya seemed to see that handsome young talent in the past again, holding his knuckles With a clear hand, she said firmly: "Second brother, I will definitely take you out of here, we will go to Milan, Cairo, Florence, and paint all the beauty of the world into your oil paintings..."

"Cai Jiu once thought about handing over the family business to me," Cai Junfeng suddenly interrupted her with a soft voice, "That day, he had already made an appointment with a lawyer to revise his will, but he accidentally found out that I had intercepted Du Xiruo's request for help. At that time, he was very shocked and asked me if I wanted to destroy the Cai family. I told him that I hate the Cai family, everyone in the Cai family, and my goal in this life is to destroy the Cai family. He was angry again I'm in a hurry, but I can't take care of me for the time being. I'm busy calling the people in Du's family to report the news. I wanted to stop him. When I snatched the phone from him, I pushed him hard, and he hit the shelf In the morning, the Shoushan Stone fell from the shelf and hit his head, and he fainted on the spot, with blood flowing all over his head. I originally wanted to save him, but when I was about to call the emergency call, I heard from the monitoring I saw that Cai Wentao had arrived outside the gate of the main house, and then I asked Qingsong to arrange everything..."

There were only the sounds of wind and grass in the surroundings, and after a long time, Shu Ya's dry voice sounded: "Why did you tell me these things?"

"Now you know what kind of person I am? Do you think it's worth it to spend so much time and risk for a cold-blooded and ruthless person like me?" He turned the wheelchair by himself and slowly moved towards The house where I lived was moved, "I'd better not meet again in the future, to be honest, every time I face you, I feel quite tired."

When the last ray of light dissipated in the twilight and a cool breeze blew up, Shuya still stayed in place like petrified.Until Chu Jie came to pick her up.Touching her face and hands that were blown cold by the cold wind, he was furious: "I should have known that it would be no good to get involved with their Cai family."

Shuya suddenly "wow", grabbed the lapel of Chu Jie's chest and cried like a child.

Chu Jie stroked his back to comfort her, and said in a coaxing tone, "Don't cry, don't cry, be good, let's ignore their Cai family from now on, no one in the family is normal."

Shuya kept nodding while crying.

Chu Jie secretly let out a long breath. He didn't know what caused Shuya to change her attitude, but if she could stay away from the muddy water of the Cai family from now on, that would be great.

……

Back at Qianhai Villa, Shuya went to rest without even eating dinner.Lie in bed but can't fall asleep.The words Cai Wentao said when he was in distress, the testimony Cai Jiu left behind, and the words Cai Junfeng said in the evening, the three repeatedly appeared in his mind alternately.In fact, it seemed as early as when she felt that Cai Junfeng was indifferent to Cai Jiu's condition, she had had some guesses, but subconsciously she always refused to think about Cai Junfeng in a worse way.When he himself fully revealed the truth to her, she felt overwhelmed. Until now, there was still a feeling of depression in her chest that made her very uncomfortable.Finally, she gritted her teeth hard and said to herself: "It's none of my business, dogs take mice."

After tossing and turning on the bed for a while, but still not feeling sleepy, Shuya simply put on her nightgown and walked out of the bedroom.In Nuo Da's living room, only a small wall lamp was lit, and Chu Jie nestled on the sofa, holding a tablet computer and playing vigorously.Shuya went downstairs to take a look and saw that he was playing the game Plants vs. Zombies. She was surprised and said, "You actually play this kind of game?"

Chu Jie was having a great time playing, without raising his head, he asked instead: "Could it be that I can't play this kind of game?"

"A game only for children." The floor was covered with a thick silk wool carpet, Shuya simply sat on the carpet, picked up an open can of beer on the low table and shook it, about half of which was still in it, she held it up The beer can was about to be drunk when a hand stretched out and snatched the beer can away.

"I'm getting more and more promising, how can I imitate others by drinking?" Chu Jie said.

Shu Ya was sullen: "I'm in a bad mood."

Chu Jie threw down the ipad in his hand, and also sat on the carpet: "Come on, I'll be your bosom brother. If you want a shoulder, I'll lend it to you for free."

Shuya pushed away his shoulder next to her side: "No, who knows how many people have used it."

"Hey, I'm so shocked, I have to find a place to cry secretly." He said, he got up and walked into the kitchen. After a while, he came out with a cup of hot milk and a box of cakes. The game started.

"Isn't it a game for children?" He put the milk and cake on the low table in front of her.

Shuya said confidently, "I'm just a child."

"Tsk tsk," Chu Jie stretched out a hand to pinch her face, "the skin is thicker than the walls of our house."

Shuya turned her head and gave him a white look. In the dim light, her gaze seemed angry but not angry.Chu Jie's heart skipped a beat, recalling the softness and smoothness of the touch under his fingers just now, he was immediately filled with charming feelings.

Shuya didn't notice his strange emotion, and stuffed the ipad into his arms: "You keep playing, don't lose." But Chu Jie no longer had the mind to play the game, and focused on watching her sip the cake, Pursing his cherry red lips, he stretched out a small pink tongue to lick the corner of his lips, and he suddenly felt dry mouth.

There was a scream from inside the Ipad. Shuya took a closer look, pointed to a line of words on the display screen and said cheerfully: "Ha, your brain was eaten by zombies." She didn't see any reaction from him for a long time, she looked up suspiciously , seeing him blushing, "Are you hot?"

"Hehe," Chu Jie laughed dryly, and quietly moved his body away from her, "The heat is turned on a bit high."

"Then make it smaller."

"Yeah." He picked up the ipad and started playing the game again to divert his attention.

After Shuya finished eating the cake, she picked up the milk and took a few sips. She was dazed for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Brother Jie, how much do you know about the Cai family?"

"Didn't you promise me not to intervene..." Before he finished speaking, Chu Jie saw her staring at him eagerly, the expression in those dark eyes was like a lost little Jingba, he sighed resignedly, and said: "It should be more than you."

"Do you know what happened to the case where Uncle Jiu was maliciously injured?"

"When we reversed Cai Wentao's case, our original intention was to find out the truth and sue Cai Junfeng. As long as we have done anything, there must be traces to follow. As a result, we did collect a lot of evidence. Just the day before we were going to submit it to the court, the lawyer I brought Cai Jiu's recorded testimony. After listening to the testimony, Cai Wentao understood that his father meant to save Cai Junfeng. He said that he had been disobedient to his father for the past few years. Since his father's last wish was so, he should abide by it no matter what. Once, so the last evidence presented in court is only the recorded testimony."

Shuya murmured, "So that's how it is."

Chu Jie touched her head, and said softly: "Aya, listen to me, stay away from these right and wrong in the future, and don't get involved in it, okay?"

She nodded limply.

Chu Jie smiled in satisfaction, and asked casually while playing the game: "What are you going to do tomorrow?"

Shuya narrowed her eyes lazily: "I don't know."

"Will you go to Polar Night City to play with me?"

"No," Shuya muttered, "If you meet Xiaojiang, Aping and the others, you won't be able to tell."

"Aren't you familiar with them? There's nothing you can't explain." As soon as the words fell, Chu Jie realized that she meant that she couldn't explain the relationship between himself and her. What's the deal now?"

After waiting for a while, she didn't hear her answer, but a limp body leaned over, with her head resting on his shoulder, Chu Jie was overjoyed, and said affectionately, "Aya, are you finally willing to accept me? "Still there was no answer, he turned to look at her sideways, and as her body moved, she slipped from his shoulders and fell softly into his arms.Only then did he realize that after he had finally played a game of Xiaoqingxin, the other party didn't cooperate and fell asleep.Holding his arms full of warm and fragrant nephrite, he couldn't laugh or cry: "Do you think of me as a man? Why don't you have any precautions?"

Maybe it was because of the cold, Shuya slipped into his arms again, adjusted to a more comfortable position and continued to sleep soundly, Chu Jie stretched out his hand and hooked a coat to cover her body, stealing a kiss on her face Remember incense.Looking up at the ceiling, he let out a heavy breath, what is half hell and half heaven, pain and happiness, this is the first time he has such a profound experience.

Having not slept well for several consecutive nights, Shuya slept very deeply this time, woke up in the early morning, stared at Chu Jie's sleeping face for a long time, lost her voice, and quickly covered her mouth .She got up in a hurry, walked a few steps, turned around again, picked up the coat she had thrown aside, covered Chu Jie lightly, and crept back to the upstairs bedroom like a thief.After closing the bedroom door, she covered her hot cheeks with both hands: "What's wrong with me?"

At the same time, Chu Jie, who was lying in the hall, opened his eyes fully awake, and sighed faintly towards the ceiling: "Mr. Liu Xiahui, it's not easy for you to grow old."

Shuya came here specially for Cai Junfeng this time, since she had decided not to take care of his affairs, she should have left as soon as possible, but for some reason, she always felt that there was something she couldn't let go of, so that she couldn't confirm the itinerary for a long time.Chu Jie wished that she would stay all the time. Seeing that she was sluggish and staying at home for several days, fearing that she would get bored at home, he insisted on taking her with him when he went to Extreme Night City to handle official business.

As a top gold-selling cave, Extreme Night City naturally has no shortage of entertainment of all kinds, but Shuya couldn't arouse any interest in it, so she just nestled in Chu Jie's office and didn't want to go anywhere.Chu Jie didn't have time to accompany her for the time being. He hadn't come to Extreme Night City to deal with official business for a long time. Once he arrived at the office, there was an endless stream of people who came to ask for instructions or approve documents.Although it wasn't obvious, Shuya could feel that almost everyone who entered the office would cast one or two curious looks at her. To avoid embarrassment, she avoided the inner lounge.

As an occasional resting place, the lounge in the office is extremely simple in furnishings, with only a bed, a nightstand and a wardrobe. There are two landscape paintings on the walls, so that the room will not look too monotonous.Shuya leaned against the bed and heard Chu Jie giving orders to his subordinates outside. They had known each other for a long time, and they didn't spend much time together.

After a while, Chu Jie opened the door and came in. Seeing her in a daze holding his hands, he put a cup of hot milk tea and a plate of snacks on the bedside table, touched her head, and continued working without saying anything.Near noon, Chu Jie came in again, this time Shuya didn't stay in a daze anymore, but was bored playing mobile games.

"I asked Xiaojiang and the others to have lunch together," Chu Jie walked to one of the landscape paintings, "Let Aping and Yuan Bao accompany you around the Extreme Night City in the afternoon, so that you won't be bored in the room all the time. "

"En." Shuya raised her head, and saw the landscape painting on the wall pushed to the side, revealing a small safe embedded in the wall. In front of her, Chu Jie entered the password without hesitation to open the safe. Take a passport from inside.

Shuya was touched in her heart, and asked curiously: "Why do you put your personal documents in the office?"

"Other places are inconvenient." Chu Jie replied indifferently.

"You keep all your papers in one place?"

Chu Jie glanced at her: "Yes, you don't have to look around when you need it."

Shuya was flustered in her heart, and she made a joke to cover it up: "Then if you break through this safe, wouldn't you be able to get all of your wealth?"

"How could it be possible? If you don't trust someone completely, let alone enter my office, you won't even be able to get up to this floor."

After Chu Jie took the passport and left, Shuya walked uncontrollably to the oil painting that had returned to its original position. She stared at the oil painting closely, as if she saw the small safe through the canvas. Follow the password Chu Jie entered just now.Suddenly realizing that it was wrong for her to do this, she thumped her head angrily: "What are you thinking about in such a mess!"

The lunch location was chosen to be an open-air restaurant by the sea. Shuya was reunited with her old friends again. Everyone was as enthusiastic as ever. Although they were quite concerned about the development of her and Chu Jie, because Chu Jie had explained in advance, other No one asked any more embarrassing questions for Shuya.Only Lin Pingzhi looked at Shuya deeply, and asked in a lyrical tone: "Are you happy now?"

Shuya sneered: "It's okay."

Lin Pingzhi continued to express his feelings: "Seeing you happy, I can stay away from the world of mortals with peace of mind."

"Stay away from the world of mortals?" Shuya was surprised, "Are you planning to become a monk?"

"The Lord loves us all, Amen." Lin Pingzhi opened his arms, wanting to hug Shuya.

Chu Jie grabbed his collar from behind, picked him up and threw him aside: "Okay, you're not even a believer, so stop pretending to be a priest." Lin Ping's face was depressed, and the others laughed, A look of no surprise.

Shuya asked in a low voice, "Is Ah Ping a little crazy?"

"It's okay, he's having intermittent seizures, and he'll be fine in a while." Chu Jie took her hand, "Come on, let's pick seafood."

Shuya looked at Lin Pingzhi worriedly again, he raised his head and let out a haughty "hum", Shuya was completely relieved now.

While picking seafood, he ran into an acquaintance. Cai Wentao's eyes swept away from Shu Ya, and then fell on Chu Jie. He explained, "A Min's birthday is today, and I will accompany her out for dinner." Wen Min lowered his eyes and quietly followed behind his brother, looking very obedient.Shuya nodded and smiled at Cai Wentao as a greeting, then turned around and continued picking seafood.Chu Jie and Cai Wentao chatted a few words, and each went to accompany the people around them. Both of them had a tacit understanding and did not invite each other to sit at the same table.

Facing the sea, eating delicious seafood and being accompanied by old friends whom she could talk to, Shuya felt that this was a kind of enjoyment. The only fly in the ointment was that Chu Jie didn’t let her drink beer because her capacity for alcohol was too low. In case of getting drunk, he has no time to take care of her in the afternoon.

Lin Pingzhi opened a can of beer and handed it to Shuya, and said in a indulgent tone: "Aya, drink as much as you want, I will take care of you when you get drunk."

Chu Jie snatched the beer and squinted at Lin Pingzhi: "I just don't worry when she's drunk, and I just don't worry and it's too disturbing if she takes care of you."

Jin Yuanbao habitually whispered to Shuya: "I don't know how happy Brother Jie is to know the day you are coming back."

Jiang Zhiyuan said: "Today's meal is a treat for Brother Jie, and I will treat guests for lunch tomorrow, and it happens that our An Qi also wants to meet Aya."

Wu Meng whispered to Chu Jie: "You must be quick and aggressive, and cook the raw rice as soon as possible."

Chu Jie expressed doubts: "Are you sure you can get things done by cooking raw rice?"

Wu Meng looked at Shu Ya, then at Chu Jie, and nodded affirmatively: "The pot you cooked four years ago was at best raw rice, not cooked enough."

In this pleasant atmosphere, Shuya became cheerful after being depressed for several days.After eating and drinking, she went to the bathroom and met Cai Wenmin again. She was applying makeup in front of the mirror. Out of the corner of her eye, she glanced at Shuya who was washing her hands next to her, and said, "My brother is applying for a quota for me. Then send me abroad to study."

"Very good." Shuya took out a tissue and wiped her hands before leaving.

Cai Wenmin sneered: "It only takes three or four years to study abroad. If you have the ability, you can protect Cai Wentao for the rest of your life."

Shuya suddenly turned around and looked at her coldly: "Cai Wenmin, have you not dealt with me for too long, have you forgotten what kind of person I am?"

Cai Wenmin remembered Shu Ya's tough style in her student days, curled her lips, not daring to provoke her again.

However, Shuya's mood had become very bad. When she returned to the banquet, in order not to disappoint everyone, she still kept a smile on her face, which was almost stiff.Fortunately, the dinner ended quickly, because everyone had something to do in the afternoon, so they drove away in twos and threes.

Shuya accompanied Chu Jie back to Extreme Night City, halfway, she proposed to get off the car and take a walk alone.

Chu Jie asked: "What did Cai Wenmin tell you?"

She looked at him in surprise.

Chu Jie smiled slightly: "Whether you are smiling sincerely or forcedly, how could I not be able to tell, I went to the bathroom, and your mood changed after you came back."

Shuya was silent, with a gloomy expression.

"Shall I go shopping with you?" Chu Jie said.

Shu Ya shook her head and said, "Brother Jie, I'm not being polite to you, I really want to go for a walk, relax, and give me some private space, okay?"

"Okay." Chu Jie readily agreed, and let her get off the car at a place near the commercial street, watching her back gradually fade away until she disappeared around the corner.He lit a cigarette and suddenly sneered, feeling a little sad.In the eyes of outsiders, their relationship seems very close, but he is very clear that he has not entered her heart at all, and also understands why she has such an ambiguous relationship with him, knowing that it is a false bubble , but he didn't want to poke it.

Shuya walked aimlessly for a long time, and finally came to a tall and magnificent building, and could no longer walk.She looked up and looked around, trying to find a place to take a rest, but found that she was standing at the gate of the bank where Cai Jiu rented the safe deposit box.Staring at the words on the door lintel, she felt a sense of relief: "Maybe this is the God's will in the legend."

With the corresponding certificate and password, Shuya quickly took out the contents of the safe, looked at the two documents in her hand, and sighed endlessly.After leaving the bank gate, she stopped a taxi and went straight to Cai's mansion.

At this time, Cai Wentao and Cai Wenmin were not at home.At first, the guard did not agree to let Shuya enter the gate, so Shuya had no choice but to call Cai Wentao, saying that she wanted to visit Cai Junfeng.Cai Wentao didn't stop or ask any more questions, but only told the guard on the phone to let him go.

Bypassing the main house, Shuya saw Cai Junfeng basking in the sun in front of the door from a distance, with his head leaning against the side of the wheelchair, as if he was in a deep sleep.She walked over holding her breath, and after a few days of not seeing him, he became thinner again. The sun shone on his pale face, and the veins under the skin were almost visible.Half of the blanket covering his leg had slipped off, revealing an ugly broken knee.She pulled the blanket for him, even though he acted lightly, he still seemed to be frightened, his body trembled, his eyes opened in panic, and Shuya's chest felt a dull pain.Seeing her, his eyes were confused for a moment, and then became indifferent and distant: "Why are you here again?"

Pushing the wheelchair, Shuya came to the open space in the garden and said softly, "I should have come earlier."

"Why bother?" Cai Junfeng sighed.

Shuya went from behind the wheelchair to the front, bent down and looked at him directly: "Second Brother, you should have heard the recorded testimony of Uncle Nine, right?"

A sneering smile appeared on the corners of Cai Junfeng's lips: "I've heard it, so what, I don't need his forgiveness."

"In California, after Uncle Jiu woke up, I spent very little time alone with him. The longer time was when Mrs. Cai and Cai Wenmin sent the lawyer and notary away after he finished the recorded testimony. , He wrote a safe code on my palm, told me to take out the contents for you, and asked me to tell you that he is sorry for you." Shuya took out two documents from her handbag and put them in Cai Junfeng's hands, "I think he did all this not to show that he forgives you, but to hope that you can forgive him."

Cai Junfeng stared at the things in his hands for a long time: a certificate of ownership of a house in Florence with his name written on it, and a Swiss bank deposit document opened in his name. Although these two things could not make him rich, they were enough to ensure his life's happiness .Many years ago, Cai Junfeng, who was still a teenager, quietly said to Xiao Shuya: "Aya, do you know that Florence, Italy is known as the capital of art, and my favorite oil painting is popular there. I really hope to live in that city." He frowned, looked at the distant sky and sighed melancholy, "But when will I be free?"

"Ha——" He suddenly laughed softly, and gradually the laughter became louder and louder, and finally turned into a maniac laugh. With a smile, he burst into tears and sobbed like a wounded beast: "It turns out that he has always understood me. What kind of life do you want, why didn't you let me go earlier, and let him go, why..."

"It's all over, second brother," Shuya wiped away the tears on his face bit by bit, "I will definitely take you out of here, promise me, you will live well, and from now on, only live for yourself .”

Cai Junfeng looked at her, and she looked back into his eyes calmly, her eyes were warm and firm.After a long time, a relieved smile appeared on his face, and he nodded slowly.

Finally, Shuya asked: "Can Ye Qingsong be trusted?"

Cai Junfeng replied firmly: "I trust him just like I trust you."

After leaving Cai's house, Shuya didn't go to Extreme Night City, but directly went back to Qianhai Villa.Chu Jie quickly finished the few urgent matters at hand, and hurried home. Seeing her cooking a table full of dishes and opening a bottle of red wine, he greeted him with a smile: "Come and taste my cooking."

After the initial surprise, Chu Jie couldn't believe it: "I'm not dreaming, am I?"

Shuya shook her head.

"I'm not hallucinating either, am I?"

Shuya was so angry that she stared at him: "Do you want to eat or not?"

"Eat, of course."

Her culinary skills are quite good, and the dishes are rich in color, fragrance and taste.He feasted on it with great relish.On the side, Shuya poured wine and vegetables for him attentively, like a virtuous little wife, Chu Jie said happily: "Aya, even if you didn't grab my stomach, you have already firmly grabbed my heart gone."

Shu Ya smiled and said nothing, she didn't avoid his confession like before, Chu Jie was thinking how to strike while the iron was hot, when she heard her say, "I went to visit Cai Junfeng today."

Chu Jie choked up, the delicious food in his mouth seemed to have changed a bit, and he quietly waited for her next words.

Shuya asked cautiously: "Does Ms. Du have any objections to the way the Cai family's lawsuit was handled?"

Chu Jie gently shook Yin Hong's wine night in the cup, and said: "Everything is equal. This lawsuit is a grievance between the three of Cai's father and son. Cai Wentao has the final say on how to deal with it. As for Cai Junfeng's treatment of Ruo Regret and the harm caused by the people around her, it is a pity that Ruo will settle with him slowly."

"I still have to settle the matter?" Shu Ya cried out, "Second Brother has already lost his legs, so isn't it enough to repay the damage he caused back then?"

Chu Jie glanced at her and said, "Cai Junfeng lost his legs completely by himself. Unfortunately, after he was free, he probably guessed what he was about to face. When he was summoned by the police, he drove away and had a car accident on the road."

"Ah?" Shuya looked confused, "Is it really because of a car accident?"

"Otherwise?" Chu Jie had a half-smile, "You think we broke his legs? This is a society ruled by law. Even if you are rich and powerful, you can't do it so blatantly!"

Shuya was ashamed, pondered for a moment, and said tentatively: "Cai Junfeng is already in a terrible situation, can't the matter stop here?"

"You think so because you don't know what kind of suffering Xiruo and her children suffered during the year of house arrest. Xiruo can also be said to be the price paid for not knowing people well, but laughing, Up to now, he is only a child under three years old, what is wrong with him, why should he suffer so much. In addition, Jiang Yaqiu is only 26 years old this year, a young and beautiful girl, but she has to drag a broken leg all her life."

Shuya understood that from the standpoint of the victim, Cai Junfeng was not worthy of forgiveness, but her heart was still biased toward him out of instinct, and she couldn't help arguing in a low voice: "Second brother is not the main culprit."

Chu Jie looked stern: "Because he is not the principal criminal, he can still sit peacefully in the Cai family mansion and draw pictures. Do you know what life the principal criminal is living now? He is in constant panic, watching helplessly everything he cares about is gradually lost. , but there is nothing you can do, this is not the final outcome, you may wish to wait and see to see what the main criminal will end up with."

"What about the second brother?" Shuya worried, "What kind of ending will he have in the end?"

Chu Jie said lightly: "It's not on him right now, Xiruo just let Cai Wentao watch over him first, as for the future, maybe Xiruo will never think of this person again, maybe when the ending of the main culprit is over, it will be his turn gone."

So far Shuya knew clearly that without Du Xiruo's permission, it was impossible for Cai Junfeng to be free.And judging from Chu Jie's attitude, he would definitely not stand on his side in this matter.Then, her original idea of ​​trying hard to get Chu Jie to forgive her was completely impossible to realize.

Facing the delicious food on the table, Chu Jie lost his appetite, so he just took the wine bottle and poured it silently.

After thinking hard for a long time, Shuya suddenly thought of another possibility. After a moment of hesitation, she plucked up her courage and said, "Although the second brother is severely disabled, his thinking is completely normal. Disabled people in this situation don't necessarily need Guardian, no one can forcibly detain him if he goes through judicial procedures."

Chu Jie, who was expecting her to figure it out, laughed angrily: "Who are you going to go through the judicial process with, Cai Wentao or me? Could it be that you still don't understand that if you go through the judicial process completely, Cai Junfeng should be in prison. "

Shuya pursed her lips tightly and stopped talking, there was still a stubborn stubbornness in her eyes.

"Shuya," Chu Jie said in a stern tone, "I told you so much, not to make you die. If Xiruo forgets about Cai Junfeng, then Cai Wentao is kind. Cai Junfeng won't suffer much from him. You There is no need to take care of this matter; if Xiruo must find Cai Junfeng to settle the matter, then you can't take care of it." He sighed helplessly, and looked at her with some regret, "Why do you promise me not to get involved any more? Enter these right and wrong, turn around and forget it, feel sorry for this and then feel sorry for that, why don't you feel sorry for yourself, are you tired of living?"

"What if you have already been involved?" Shuya asked abruptly. The letter of appeal for help that was thrown into the sea was always a hurdle in her heart. She stared at Chu Jie with her dark eyes, and asked, "If I If you've got involved in these right and wrong, what should you do?"

Chu Jie mistakenly thought that she was talking about anger, and Cai Junfeng was the supreme being in her heart. He spoke dryly, but she couldn't listen to a word. Under the upset, his words inevitably contained thorns: " Don't call me Su Ya anymore, change your name to the Holy Mother Su Mary, since you have to take care of everything, why don't you just go to Purdue Congregation."

Shuya was both aggrieved and anxious, and she couldn't choose what to say: "Who are you to me? Does what I do have anything to do with you? It's your turn to take care of it?"

Chu Jie's chest felt as if he had been hit by a heavy blow, and the pain was overwhelming. He once thought that even if he hadn't entered her heart, he was special to her after all, but this little hope was ruthlessly crushed at this moment. The blow was shattered, his face turned pale, and he sneered: "Yeah, who am I? If it weren't for the fact that I still have some use value, you probably wouldn't even give me the chance to meet you."

Shuya opened her mouth, but found that she was irrefutable. When she replied to his text message, she really thought of his identity first, and felt that he should be helpful to what she wanted to do.

Seeing her acquiescence, he felt more and more sad, and said coldly: "It's a pity, Su Ya, I am destined to disappoint you this time. If others want to use me, it depends on whether I am willing to be used. I love you, There is no doubt about this, but my love for you has not been sublimated to the level that can save all sentient beings, nor has it made me dizzy to the point where I can give up family affection and kindness." After finishing speaking, he didn't even put on his coat, He slammed the door and went out. After a while, there was the sound of a car speeding away from the window.

Shuya sat on the spot with her knees hugged, and gave a wry smile silently. He was probably confused. This is his home, and she should be the one to leave.Ask yourself, although she rationally avoids his feelings, she subconsciously understands his feelings for her, and with this feeling, she has a lot of demands on him.

Shuya packed her luggage and cleaned the hall and kitchen.Before leaving, she stood in the entrance and looked back, and found that many of the layouts in the hall were brand new and completely in line with her preferences, such as the soft fabric sofa, the silky carpet, and the brightly colored curtains... Thinking back to the layout of the bedroom, The same is true, she lived for so many days, and she didn't notice these details until before she left.Slowly closing the door, she remembered the words engraved on the jade plate he gave her: clothes are not as good as new, people are not as good as old.Tears poured out without warning.

In the early morning, Chu Jie came back with a foggy body, and when he saw Shuya curled up in front of the door, his heart seemed to be pulled hard, making him almost suffocate.He rushed over to hold her in his arms, and patted her cold and pale face anxiously: "Aya, Aya..."

The long eyelashes trembled slightly, and Shuya slowly opened her eyes, and she saw Chu Jie's face full of concern and tension, she smiled happily at him, and was frozen all night, not even speaking very much Quickly: "I, I'm waiting for you, yes, I'm sorry, I..."

He suddenly hugged her tightly, so hard, so urgent, the kind of panic and happiness that seemed like the rest of his life after a catastrophe, made him wish to rub her into his body, and never be able to tell you from me.

In his warm embrace, she heard his strong and rapid heartbeat, she opened her arms, hugged him back, and said: "I was going to leave, but I regretted it as soon as I locked the door. While waiting for you to come back, I After thinking about a lot of things, Ajie, you are not insignificant in my heart. I actually care about you, but I am very scared, afraid that I will fall in love with you again, and even more afraid that after falling in love with you again, you will fall in love with me again. I disdain my feelings, so I tell myself every day never to be infatuated with you again, never..."

He lowered his head and kissed her lips fiercely, lingering and intense.After she lost her mind for a moment, affection surged in her chest, and her body clung to him like driftwood, responding to him gently and clumsily.For a long time, he said softly but firmly in her ear like an oath: "Believe me, Aya, I will never give up my feelings for you in my life, and I will never betray your feelings for me!"

(End of this chapter)