The best time is because of you

Chapter 13

Chu Jie and Shu Ya have formally established their relationship as a couple. Like many young people in love, they wish they could be together 24 hours a day.Even during working hours, Shuya would always be by Chu Jie's side. Whenever he was dealing with official business in the office, she would stay in the office rest room to watch TV or play games online. sky.In order to make her life more comfortable, Chu Jie added a lot of things to the rest room one after another, and Shuya also took a few pieces of her own clothes and put them in the rest room for later use.

Knowing that Chu Jie didn't have a good impression of Cai Junfeng, she seldom mentioned the Cai family's affairs in front of him, but she would still send Cai Junfeng some daily food and use from time to time. In her words: "I just want his Life will be easier." Chu Jie didn't intervene too much, and in order to facilitate Shuya's daily travel, he even allocated a car for her.

I don't know if it was a coincidence, but every time Shuya went to Cai's house, Chu Wentao and Cai Wenmin were not at home. Fortunately, Cai Wentao had explained that the guards would let Shuya go straight away when they saw Shuya.Over time, with Cai Wentao's acquiescence, Shuya was able to take Cai Junfeng out occasionally to relax in parks, seaside and other places.

The days passed day by day, and the end of the year was approaching in a blink of an eye.One morning, Shuya was woken up by the ringtone of her mobile phone while she was sleeping. It was Wang Meiyao who called and asked her which city she had wandered to now, and whether she wanted to go back to California for the New Year.

At that time Chu Jie was lying beside her, Shu Ya hurriedly motioned him to be quiet, and she didn't bother to talk to her mother, then turned her head and saw Chu Jie was staring at her, which made her feel guilty, Qi Qi Ai Ai explained: " My mother doesn't know about our relationship yet. I swore to her at the beginning that I would rather die than turn back. If I tell her that I have already eaten the grass, then what, it's not embarrassing, so, so..."

He stared at her dissatisfied.

Her voice became softer and softer, and finally she simply followed the example of an ostrich, and got into the quilt with her whole body.

Chu Jie pulled her out of the bed, stroked her shoulder, and said, "Aya, shall we get married?"

Shuya turned her back to him and said nothing.

Chu Jie added: "In the middle of next month, I'm going to New York for the annual meeting. I want to go to California to visit your mother and stepfather. Do you think it's okay?"

Shuya gnawed on her finger, but still remained silent.

Chu Jie sighed lightly: "I also know that because of the incident four years ago, your mother must be dissatisfied with me. Don't worry, I won't let you be caught between me and my relatives. I will definitely try to let you go." Your mother is happy to accept me as a son-in-law."

Shuya finally turned her head and said sullenly, "Your marriage proposal is not sincere at all. There are no flowers, no rings, and you haven't even dressed properly."

After hearing her words, Chu Jie was happy instead: "How can there be no sincerity, we are really sincere to each other!"

Thinking of the state of the two of them at this moment, Shuya's cheeks flushed and she slapped him down.She thought that the topic of their marriage was over.

After breakfast, Chu Jie took her to the Ivy Botanical Garden. Some flower rooms in this botanical garden are rented out to private individuals for those who like "pastoral pleasure" to plant their favorite flowers or make creative designs.

In front of a flower house marked "Rose Garden", Chu Jie opened the door, solemnly making an invitation gesture like a handsome gentleman.Shu Ya couldn't help but smile: "It's just a flower, so there's no need to be so serious about it."

Stepping into the rose garden, you will be greeted with a rich fragrance, and you will see a magnificent and colorful rose: red roses are better than fire, white roses are like snow, yellow roses are like gold, and there are rare black roses... In the sea of ​​flowers, Chu Jie took out the ring he had prepared earlier, and knelt down on one knee: "Aya, marry me!"

Shuya was dumbfounded. When he proposed marriage in the morning, she thought it was just a whim on his mind, and it was obviously impossible for the large area of ​​roses planted in the soil in front of her to be ready in just two hours from morning to now.

Chu Jie said: "Look, the flowers and rings you mentioned are all ready, and the clothes are ready, can you promise me now?"

Shuya suddenly realized: "It turns out that you planned it long ago."

"How can it be called premeditated? Opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared. You once taught me three tricks to pick up girls. The first trick is to sprinkle roses from high altitude. I think you should like roses, but if you really sprinkle roses from high altitude If I leave it, it will definitely be treated as littering. The moment we met again after four years apart, I knew what I wanted. The next day, I rented the house and started to propose prepare for this moment." Chu Jie took Shuya's hand, and said in a sincere and serious manner, "Aya, I sincerely want to spend the rest of my life with you, are you willing to accept my marriage proposal?"

Shu Ya was in a state of confusion: "I, I am willing." As soon as she said the words, she was stunned, and she had clearly warned herself not to accept love just now.When she regained her senses, the ring was firmly on her middle finger, not too big or too small, just right.Looking at the shiny engagement ring on her finger, Shuya smiled wryly. No matter how she reminded herself rationally, she still longed to wear this ring in her heart.

Chu Jie stared at her in confusion: "Huh, isn't it right?"

Shuya was startled: "What's wrong?"

"At this time, shouldn't you cry with joy, and then faint from excitement?"

Having no time to take care of the confusion in her heart, Shuya gave him a glance: "Then why don't you cry with joy and faint from excitement?"

"That's right, I have survived for so long, and I finally got the status of a fiancé. It's not easy. It's worth getting dizzy." He said, and he really fell to the rose bushes behind him.

Shuya hurriedly stretched out her hand to grab him: "You are stupid, there are thorns on rose branches."

Chu Jie grabbed her wrist with his backhand, pulled her into his arms forcefully, and laughed triumphantly: "I knew you were reluctant to let me fall."

Shuya didn't know whether to be angry or laugh, so she kicked him hard to vent her anger.But Chu Jie hugged her tightly and refused to let go, lowered his head and pressed a kiss between her eyebrows: "I am very happy that you agree to my marriage proposal, really happy.

Shuya's nose was astringent, she also stretched out her hands to hug him gently, leaned her head on his chest, and said, "Ajie, no matter what happens in the future, I really want to marry you today, do you believe me?" me?"

"Well, I believe it."

Back in Extreme Night City, Chu Jie's lawyer was already waiting there. When he put a stack of documents in front of Shuya, she was startled and said to Chu Jie, "Didn't you just propose today? Do you want me to sign the marriage agreement?"

Both Chu Jie and the lawyer laughed.Carefully smoothing her frowning brows, Chu Jie said softly: "Today is a good day for our engagement, and I want to give you a gift."

"Miss Shu, this is an asset transfer agreement, a list of assets and a market value evaluation form. Mr. Chu is willing to share all the assets under his name with you. Please sign the asset transfer agreement first, and wait for the agreement to take effect. After that, you will have 50% ownership of the assets listed on the list." The lawyer spread out the two documents and asked Shuya to read them.

The content of the agreement is concise and clear, and Shuya can understand it at a glance.There were quite a few listed on the list of assets. She glanced at the total market value on the appraisal form, and looked at Chu Jie in disbelief. Her father left her with a lot of assets, but it was less than one-fifth of Chu Jie's total assets. With such a huge amount of wealth, he was willing to let her own half of it without any constraints.

Chu Jie smiled at her, picked up the signature pen and stuffed it into her hand: "If you have no doubts, just sign."

Holding the pen in her hand, it was as heavy as a thousand pounds. After a moment of silence, Shuya put down the pen and smiled apologetically at the lawyer: "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I have to let you make this trip in vain today."

After the lawyer left, Shuya asked Chu Jie: "Why did you do this?" How many couples in this world can't share pre-marital property, let alone they are not husband and wife.

"Aya, I have hurt you once, which not only made you always wary of me, but also played a role of vigilance for me. For a long time, I didn't understand what I did at that time. How can I be so cruel to you. 'What people love most is not the person who gives everything for themselves, but the person who gives everything for themselves.' When I accidentally saw this sentence, I thought maybe it was because of me at that time If you haven’t given much, you won’t know how to cherish. Therefore, when I love you very much, I am willing to give you more, no matter emotionally or materially, so that I can continue to love you for a long time.”

Shuya's eyes were hot: "Fool, you are not afraid that I will take your money and run away, leaving you with nothing."

Chu Jie shook his head with a smile, and said firmly, "You are not this kind of person."

Mist appeared in Shuya's eyes, blurring her vision: "How can I see through people's hearts, maybe I am that kind of person."

Chu Jie took out some tissues and handed them to her: "Before I knelt down to propose marriage and gave you an engagement ring, you were not moved enough to cry, why are you crying now?"

"Nonsense," Shuya wiped away her tears, "Suddenly such a large sum of money is poured down, why don't I cry with excitement." Finally, she gathered the documents on the desktop and handed them back to Chu Jie, "Wait until we get married." On that day, you can sign this for me, and on that day, I will definitely become the most enviable bride."

Holding the stack of documents, Chu Jie lowered his eyes and smiled indifferently: "Okay, I'll wait for that day."

As one of the shareholders of the Du Group, Chu Jie must return to the US headquarters to attend the annual meeting in mid-December every year.Shuya made an agreement with him that she would go to New York with him first, and after the annual meeting, the two would go to California together, and he, as her fiancé, would come to meet the parents.

When starting to prepare for going to the United States, Shuya handed over her passport and other documents to Chu Jie and asked him to keep them for her.In front of her, he opened the safe in the lounge again, and she stood aside to watch him enter the password.Chu Jie said: "Our certificates are put together, and it is easy to pick up when we need to use them. Have you remembered the password?" Shuya shook her head, he led her hand, and entered the password again.

A few days before leaving, Shuya went to visit Cai Junfeng, pushed him to an open grass field, and quickly glanced around before she said in a low voice, "We can leave in three days. Please contact Qingsong, he will pick us up at Vancouver Airport."

"Isn't it a great price to pay?" Cai Junfeng's eyes fell on the engagement ring between her fingers.

Shuya also took a look at the diamond ring she wore on her middle finger. Under the sunlight, the diamond refracted beautiful light, and her eyes hurt. She closed her eyes and said in a hollow voice, "I don't know."

"Aya, you don't owe me anything." As the resentment in his heart dissipated, Cai Junfeng's mentality became more and more peaceful, and there was a tranquility in his clear voice, "If the price is very high , why not..."

"Stop talking," Shuya said suddenly, "I'm not as great as you imagined, second brother, I thought about giving up on you, thinking about not paying attention to these right and wrong grievances that have nothing to do with me, but every time I think about it When I was doing it, I couldn’t feel at ease. Sometimes I even wondered if I had OCD. You don’t need to persuade me anymore. This time, I will not only help you, but also for myself. Only after a complete break can I live a good life with him with peace of mind."

Cai Junfeng sighed: "After all, you still fell in love with Chu Jie again!"

"Yeah, I like it, but this time, I will never regret it."

……

On the day of departure for New York, Shuya suddenly suffered from acute gastroenteritis, which was not a serious illness, but in this embarrassing state of vomiting and diarrhea, she couldn't board the plane at all.However, Chu Jie's itinerary was extremely tight, if the flight was changed, it would definitely cause him not to be able to attend the meeting in time.

While hanging on the IV in the hospital, Shuya discussed with him: "Go to New York to attend the meeting first. After a day or two, I will recover completely, so I will go directly to California. I will wait for you there, okay?"

Chu Jie looked at her pale face in silence. In his deep eyes, she saw her own reflection, she couldn't help but blinked, and her voice was a little hoarse: "Ajie?"

He stroked her soft long hair: "Don't take your body seriously in the future."

Shuya was taken aback for a moment, feeling uneasy, she didn't know how to answer for a while.

Jiang Zhiyuan pushed open the door of the ward: "Brother Jie, it's getting late, if you don't start, you may not be able to catch up with the time to pedal."

An Qi followed closely behind into the ward and said, "Jie Shao, leave Aya to me. Don't worry, I promise to help you take good care of her, not even a hair will be lost." Her voice was clear and sweet, and she spoke fast, sounding like pearls falling on a jade plate, with a sense of rhythm.

Shuya couldn't help laughing, shook Chu Jie's hand reluctantly, and said, "Go now."

Chu Jie took another deep look at her, as if he wished to imprint her in his heart, and then turned around and left quickly.Shuya stared at his back without taking her eyes off, until he disappeared at the door, she still couldn't look back for a long time.

On the side, An Qi watched eagerly: "Young Master Jie and you have such a good relationship. Seeing how reluctant you are, it seems that we will be separated for a long time, but in fact it is only a few days."

Shuya smiled bitterly, maybe after tomorrow, he wouldn't want to see her again.Seeing the tiredness on her face, An Qi rolled the bed to a flat lying position for her, and said, "Go to sleep, I will watch the medicine and notify the nurse when it is finished."

Shuya nodded: "Thank you." She closed her eyes tiredly, and she has been throwing up and venting since the early morning, and she has been tossing all morning. At this moment, her body is weak and weak, and there are still many things to do. Restored to good condition.

This sleep was extraordinarily heavy, and when Shuya woke up, it was almost dusk.An Qi told her: "The doctor recommends that you stay in the hospital for observation for one night, and then leave the hospital tomorrow morning." But Shu Ya insisted on leaving the hospital on the same day, An Qi couldn't resist her, so she had to call Jiang Zhiyuan to pick them up.

After sending Shuya back to Qianhai Villa, Jiang Zhiyuan asked An Qi to stay and take care of her to take a shower and change clothes, while he drove to buy a pot of steaming casserole porridge, finished the porridge with her, and cleaned everything up , the couple said goodbye to her.Seeing them taking care of themselves with all their heart, Shu Ya was both grateful and a little uneasy: "It's really troublesome for you."

Jiang Zhiyuan smiled and said: "You don't need to be polite between us. Besides, Brother Jie told me to do these things. On the way to send him to the airport, he repeatedly told me several times. The trip he took The flight arrives in San Francisco at about two o'clock in the morning, and when the time comes, he won't be willing to wake you up, so he will definitely have to call me again to ask about the situation, and I really didn't realize that Brother Jie is such a mother-in-law."

An Qi grabbed Jiang Zhiyuan's ear: "Young master Jie is not called a mother-in-law, but gentle, careful, and considerate. Can you learn a little bit, learn a little bit?"

Jiang Zhiyuan rescued his ears from his wife's clutches: "Brother Jie is fishing, so of course he needs to put more bait. I've already caught the fish, so why waste the bait?" After finishing speaking, He fled quickly.

An Qi followed closely behind: "Jiang, if you have the ability, don't run away."

Shuya stood at the door, watching the couple get into the car with a smile, it was obvious that they enjoyed this way of getting along.

Probably because she slept too long during the day, Shuya didn't sleep very well that night, and was always in a state of half awake and half dreamy.In the twilight of the morning, she opened her eyes soberly, picked up her phone to check the time, it was just six o'clock.

There was an unread text message on the screen of the mobile phone, which was sent by Chu Jie from San Francisco at two o'clock in the morning. The content was very simple: I have arrived safely, don't read it.

Holding the phone tightly, she was stunned for a moment, remembering that she should send him a text message back.On the screen of the mobile phone, she wrote one stroke at a time. First, she wrote "I miss you very much", but it felt wrong, so she deleted and rewritten "Wait for me to come back". A text message that can be sent: "I have recovered, don't read."

After sending the text message, more than half an hour had passed, she simply washed up, changed into a suit of convenient clothes, and drove to Extreme Night City.Early morning is the quietest time of the day in Extreme Night City. Shuya used the access card Chu Jie gave her to go all the way to the central office building without hindrance. After taking the exclusive elevator to enter the office on the top floor, she found Cai Junfeng took out Cai Junfeng's passport and other documents, stuffed all the documents into the handbag, and she left quickly without stopping.

As soon as Shuya got out of the elevator, she saw Jiang Zhiyuan walking towards her. Seeing her, he asked in surprise, "Aya, are you feeling better? Why did you come to Extreme Night City so early in the morning?"

Suppressing her frantically beating heart, Shuya forced a calm smile: "My wallet is missing, come look for it in Ajie's meeting room."

"Did you find it?" He looked concerned.

She looked relieved, and walked past him calmly: "I have found it, and now I can finally feel at ease, and I will go home immediately to catch up on sleep."

Jiang Zhiyuan nodded with a smile: "Goodbye."

After making sure she was out of Jiang Zhiyuan's sight, Shuya quickened her pace and hurried to the parking place.Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass windows, Jiang Zhiyuan looked at her impatiently leaving with deep eyes.Taking out his mobile phone, he dialed Chu Jie: "Brother Jie, Aya just left Extreme Night City, do you want to..."

"Let her go." Chu Jie pressed the phone with trembling fingers. He knew that it was a gamble that he would lose, but he took the gamble because of the faint hope in his heart. Such an ending is not unexpected, but There was an unstoppable pain somewhere in his chest, and he frowned involuntarily.

Du Xiruo, who was sitting next to him, keenly sensed that something was wrong with him, and turned to look at him: "What's wrong with you?"

Chu Jie looked gloomy: "I let Cai Junfeng go."

Du Xiruo thought about it, and suddenly realized: "Cai Wentao's half-brother? How did I let him go before I had time to deal with him?"

"It's not your style to beat a dog in the water."

"I change my style occasionally." Du Xiruo raised her eyebrows, "Give me a reasonable reason."

Chu Jie was expressionless: "I am annoyed when I hear this person's name, and I don't want to waste time and energy on a useless person."

"You still haven't told the truth," Du Xiruo smiled nonchalantly, "Forget it, he's just a useless person, let him go if he lets go, I have to give you some face, right?"

Chu Jie didn't appreciate it, and his words were cold and hard: "Anyway, he has already left, it doesn't matter whether you give face or not."

Du Xiruo didn't care too much, looked at him carefully, and said, "You're in a bad mood right now, like—, uh, you're broken in love, come on, tell us what you're unhappy about, let's all get together happy happy."

Chu Jie ignored her with a sullen face.

Cheng Hao persuaded Du Xiruo: "You know that Ajie is in a bad mood, so don't provoke him anymore."

Du Xiruo babbled nonsense: "Could it be that his sweetheart eloped with that Cai Junfeng?"

Chu Jie finally lost his composure: "Du Xiruo, don't think that I dare not beat you up."

"Could it be that I got it right?" Du Xiruo had a look of being struck by lightning, "My God, Chu Jie, you might as well just go and die."

As usual, at eight o'clock, Shuya pushed Cai Junfeng out, but saw Cai Wentao who hadn't seen him for a long time beside her car.She froze in place immediately, while Cai Junfeng was very calm, and even comforted Shu Ya in turn: "Let everything go with the flow, the worst outcome is to keep the status quo."

Looking at Shuya who was a few steps away, Cai Wentao asked, "Why do you have to help him? Is it so difficult to keep you out of it?"

Shuya smiled wryly: "I don't know why I must help second brother, just like I didn't know why I wanted to help you back then. At that time, second brother also said to me to stay out of it."

Cai Wentao was so blocked that he could not speak.

"Brother," Shuya said again, "I remember you promised me that if you make a comeback one day, you will definitely save your second brother a way out. Does this promise still count?"

Cai Wentao asked back: "Didn't I give Cai Junfeng a way out now?"

"Leave him here to be tortured by Cai Wenmin, you might as well just give him a good time. I can protect my second brother for a while, but I can't protect him forever; similarly, you can restrain Cai Wenmin for a while, but you can't restrain her forever " Shuya took a step forward and looked at him pleadingly, "Brother, let me take my second brother away, from now on we will be separated, and neither of you can hurt the other."

Cai Wentao turned his head away from her: "You are so determined to go your own way, have you ever wondered what Chu Jie will think of you?"

"I thought about it, but I can't care about that much anymore."

A thought flashed through his mind suddenly, Cai Wentao asked in amazement: "Could it be that you approached and used Chu Jie in order to take Cai Junfeng away smoothly?"

Tears flickered in Shuya's eyes: "Forget it."

After being shocked, Cai Wentao couldn't help but feel a little bit of secret joy in his heart. It turned out that she and Chu Jie were not together because of love. He knew that this kind of secret joy was shameful, but he couldn't hold it back.

Finally, his eyes fell on Cai Junfeng: "What do you think?"

Cai Junfeng first said to Shu Ya: "Let me and Cai Wentao have a few words alone, okay?"

Shuya nodded, and walked to a distance that was not too far away. She could see them, but couldn't hear them talking.

Cai Junfeng looked at Cai Wentao, and said calmly: "I think it would be better if I leave. From then on, we will be separated from each other, and we will never see each other. If you can't do it, please give me a bag that can make people go without pain. Medicine, let me stop myself."

Cai Wentao sneered: "Are you threatening me?"

"Threats are only effective for people who care about themselves, and you don't care about me. We watched Aya grow up, and you know a little bit about her temperament. In order to prevent her from helping you, I used both soft and hard methods, but I can't stop it. In the same way, if she doesn't take me away today, there will definitely be a next time, or even the next time. It's been a torment for her, and it's also a torment for me. Why don't I Just settle it."

Cai Wentao was silent. After a while, he said: "Chu Jie is not easy to mess with. In order to help you, Aya used him. If you make it together, can he let it go?"

"It's not easy to mess with," Cai Junfeng agreed, "But Chu Jie won't hurt Aya, as for whether he will hurt me, you shouldn't care."

Cai Wentao snorted coldly: "How do you know he won't hurt Aya?"

"When a man loves a woman with all his heart, what will he do to her?" Cai Junfeng looked at Cai Wentao with a clear understanding of everything in his eyes, "You are also a man, don't you know?"

Cai Wentao hated him the most when he was so transparent that he was good at calculating people's hearts, but he reluctantly accepted his calculations, and stepped sideways to get out of the way: "Let's go."

As if she was afraid that he would repent, Shuya hurriedly helped Cai Junfeng into the car, quickly started the car, stepped on the accelerator, and the car sped forward quickly.If it wasn't for the fear of violating traffic rules, she would almost have used the racing stunt she hadn't used for many years.When she arrived at the airport, she was like a spinning top driven by a whip, going through formalities, going through security checks, and boarding the plane, refusing to stay for a moment, wishing to hurry up.Until the moment the plane took off, all her strength seemed to be exhausted in an instant, and her body collapsed limply on the seat, so tired that she couldn't even open her eyes.

After more than ten hours of journey, the plane finally arrived at Vancouver Airport.Seeing Ye Qingsong's heartfelt joy when he saw Cai Junfeng and the suppressed sadness after seeing his broken leg, Shuya was completely relieved. Difficult to tell.

Accompanying them out of the airport, and helping Cai Junfeng into the car with Ye Qingsong, Shuya said: "Ah Song, second brother will leave to you from now on."

Ye Qingsong was surprised: "Aren't you going with us?"

"I'm going to take the nearest flight to go back, and there is a very important thing waiting for me to do."

"You will be very tired if you do this. Why don't you book a ticket for tomorrow and rest overnight before leaving."

Shuya shook her head: "I'm afraid that if I go back late, it will be too late."

Ye Qingsong wanted to persuade her again, but Cai Junfeng stopped him and said to her: "I don't want to thank you for your kindness, but now I can only say thank you."

Shu Ya smiled: "Living every day happily is the best reward for me."

"I understand." After a pause, Cai Junfeng said again, "Take care!"

"Take care!" Shuya turned around and ran towards the airport.

On the way back to the apartment, while driving, Ye Qingsong told Cai Junfeng some things he did after settling in Canada: "According to what you told me earlier, I used part of the money I brought over to buy several apartments. All of them are rented out to overseas students; some of them are invested in the stocks and funds you designated, and the current income is good. In addition, I met a very good health trainer in the Chinese community, and I will invite him to come Helping you install prosthetic limbs and carry out rehabilitation training, what do you think? Brother Feng, let the past be all a dream, and from now on, you can happily live the life you want."

Cai Junfeng turned on the phone and called up a recording, which was the conversation between Shuya and him before leaving the city:
"I'm not as great as you imagined, second brother, I thought about giving up on you, thinking about not paying attention to these right and wrong grievances that have nothing to do with me, but every time I want to do this, I can't calm down , Sometimes I even wonder if I have obsessive-compulsive disorder. You don’t need to persuade me any more. This time, I will not only help you, but also for myself. I will completely end the past so that I can feel at ease with him Live well together."

"After all, you still fell in love with Chu Jie again!"

"Yeah, I like it, but this time, I will never regret it."

Finding Chu Jie's phone number in the address book, he sent the recording, took out the phone card that stored all the phone numbers of his old friends from his phone, and threw it into a trash bag.

Ye Qingsong sighed: "I'm afraid we won't be able to meet Aya again in the future, right?"

Cai Junfeng said: "No matter what, I hope she will be happy." When parting, he and Shuya didn't say goodbye, because they knew each other that a farewell today is a farewell forever.Looking at the rising sun in the distant sky, he smiled lightly, as long as he is alive, there will be hope in life!

……

Shuya returned to Qianhai Villa in the middle of the night, and when she opened the door, there was a smell of tobacco in the air, her heart trembled, and her head, which had become chaotic due to long-time running, was a little awake.She walked slowly into the house. The lights in the hall were not turned on, and the light from the street lamps came in through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows, reflecting a familiar figure on the sofa, with a little scarlet flickering on and off between his fingers.

"Ajie?" Shuya's voice trembled.

"I thought you wouldn't come back again." Chu Jie couldn't hear any emotion in his deep voice.

She wanted to smile at him, but her lips curved into a difficult arc: "Ajie, I'm sorry, and, I love you, it's true."

Chu Jie put out the cigarette in his hand, and said lightly: "I just want to ask one thing clearly. Did you accept my marriage proposal to make better use of me, or because you really want to marry me?"

"It's because I really want to marry you, become your wife, and spend the rest of my life with you." Shuya said word by word, a wave of heat rushed into her eyes, and she really wanted to ask if she still had this kind of love. When the opportunity came up, the words came to my lips, but I didn't have the courage to speak.

Chu Jie's tone was still difficult to distinguish between joy and anger: "Even if this is the case, it doesn't prevent you from using me, does it?"

Shuya leaned on the sofa and slowly squatted down, looked up at him, his face was in the shadows, close at hand, but she couldn't see anything clearly, and her low voice was like a dream: "What should I do so that I can see him?" Let you forgive me?"

"Will you do whatever it takes?"

Shuya's eyes lit up, and she nodded hurriedly.

"Well, let's go to register for marriage after dawn."

Shuya's eyes widened in surprise, and there was still mist in her eyes. Is he forgiving, or is there no room for forgiveness?
Relying on the dim light outside the window, Chu Jie couldn't help laughing when he saw her foolish appearance, and he was relieved in an instant from his depression.He picked up the phone and tapped the screen twice, Shuya heard her own voice coming from the phone: "Second brother, you are not as great as you imagined..."

"Cai Junfeng sent this recording to me. He is a smart person. Such a person will not live poorly anywhere. You don't need to worry about him anymore."

"I understand, Ajie," Shuya nodded, and looked at him expectantly again, "Then, will you forgive me?"

"What else can I do but forgive?" Chu Jie said in a resigned tone, "You see, no matter how angry I am, I can't let you go. Since I can't let go, why should I make things difficult for myself? You make a complete end to the past, so that you can feel at ease, and so can I. "

Shuya was ecstatic, and gave Chu Jie a big hug: "Thank you, Ajie, I will always treat you well in the future, Ajie."

Chu Jie smiled and rubbed her hairy head: "Aya, I am willing to do many things for you, so in the future, even if you want to use me, you must first tell me clearly that I can do it for you If I get it, I will try my best to do it. If I can’t, I will discuss the solution with you, but please don’t lie or hide me. No matter how deep a relationship is, without a foundation of trust, it will be wiped out one day Exhausted."

Shuya's body suddenly trembled slightly.

Chu Jie stretched out his hand to hug her shoulder, and kissed her forehead comfortingly: "The previous things are over, we will live together in the future, after dawn, we will go to register for marriage, and we will slowly prepare for the wedding. He took her hand and stood up, "Come on, let's go to sleep first." He felt sorry for her after running back and forth for more than 40 hours, so she must be extremely tired, and he himself hadn't slept for more than 20 hours I feel it.

Shuya lowered her head and sat on the spot, motionless.Chu Jie kept holding her hand, and could feel the cold sweat in her palm, he was surprised: "Aya?"

Shu Ya slowly raised her head, her tone was heavy: "Ajie, there is one thing, I don't think I can hide it from you anymore."

Chu Jie was startled, and sat back on the sofa: "You tell me."

Eyes have adapted to the environment. Shuya saw his dark eyes and deep lips, and grim lips. She gritted her teeth and said with difficulty: "When Cai Wentao was fleeing, Miss Du asked him to bring a secret letter to him. You..." She told him about the process of throwing the letter into the sea and the conversation with Cai Wentao.

Time seemed to stand still. In the long silence, Shuya could only hear her chaotic heartbeat.After a long time, Chu Jie took out a cigarette and held it in his mouth, and even pressed the lighter a few times, but the cigarette did not light up. He threw the lighter on the tea machine a little annoyed, and there was a "bang" sound.

Shuya's body trembled, her palm tightly clutched a corner of Chu Jie's clothes, like a drowning person grabbing a straw, and her voice was sad: "From the moment I threw away the letter for help, I knew that one day I would I have to pay the price for what I have done, and I have thought that no matter what the consequences are, I will take the blame on myself, and I will bear it calmly. However, I am very afraid now, and I am afraid that the consequences I have to bear are losing you forever."

"Go back to your room and rest," Chu Jie finally said, his voice was not loud, but with an undeniable sternness, "I need a little time, let me think about it."

Shuya obediently stood up, leaning on the railing, and slowly walked upstairs to the bedroom step by step.When she reached the top of the stairs, she looked back. He was sunk deep in the sofa, as if he was overwhelmed, with his head bowed and one hand resting on his forehead.She quickened her pace and entered her bedroom, slid back against the door and sat on the ground weakly.I think of a sentence I once saw: Since you have betrayed others, don't try to impress them with love.It was because she was too greedy, she hugged her knees and buried her head, tears soon soaked into her pants, sticking to her knees.

Shu Ya knew that her current image was very bad. She had traveled for more than 40 hours, had not slept well, had not had a good meal, and had not changed or washed her clothes. .She thought that even if she wanted to leave, she would turn around and leave with the most beautiful posture, so that he could remember that beautiful heartbreaking moment for the rest of his life.

Thinking of this, she entered the bathroom, followed the SPA procedure, and carefully washed every part of her face and body.After taking a bath, she sat on the bed with her wet hair covered, her body was in a state of excitement, tired and sleepy, but unable to fall asleep.After turning off the light in the bedroom, she hugged a soft pillow and lived through the long night in the darkness.Gradually, her head became heavier and heavier, and her body was hot and hot like being in a stove. In a dizzy state, she fell headfirst on the bed, and vaguely saw Chu Jie when they first met again, squinting from the corner of her eyes, and smiling lazily. : "Yo——, sister!"

I don't know how long it took, Shuya became conscious again in a daze, her eyelids seemed to be extremely heavy, and she couldn't open them no matter what, she only smelled a smell of alcohol, her throat was dry and astringent, and it was burning hot, She couldn't help calling: "Water—" her voice was hoarse and unpleasant.Soon, a pair of hands lifted her into a warm embrace, a cup was brought to her lips, and she gulped water instinctively.After drinking the water, those hands helped her to lie back on the bed again, and put a water bag on her forehead, which was cool and made her feel very comfortable.

Half asleep, she heard someone talking in a low voice: "How is her condition, why hasn't she woke up yet?"

"The condition is not serious, but the patient's body is too weak, and the recovery time will take longer."

"What causes the weakness?"

"Excessive fatigue, long time no normal diet, low blood sugar, and I don't pay attention to keeping warm, do you think such a delicate girl's family is made of iron?" The doctor is a woman, and she is inevitably biased towards women emotionally, speaking to Chu Jie You're welcome.

Shuya called vaguely: "Ajie."

"I'm here." Chu Jie responded softly.

Hearing this reassuring voice, Shuya fell into a drowsy sleep again.

Shuya opened her eyes again, after a day and a night, the first thing she saw was Chu Jie's haggard face, he was lying on the side of the bed and was sleeping soundly, there were thick shadows under his eyes, and a black bruise appeared on his jaw. Hu Zha, such a Chu Jie looks a little downcast, but he is not ugly at all. Compared with his dazzling image in the past, he has a bit more intimacy in the world.After staring at him quietly for a moment, she stretched out her hand to gently touch his face, the hard stubble pricked her palm, causing a slight tingling pain.

Chu Jie moved suddenly, opened his eyes and stared at her for a moment, then murmured, "I seem to have dreamed of you, Aya."

Shuya couldn't help laughing, and after laughing, she felt a little distressed: "How long has it been since you slept well?"

Chu Jie came to his senses completely, took advantage of the situation to hold the hand she was withdrawing from his face, looked at her with a smile in his eyes, but didn't answer, and felt a kind of happiness in his heart that he found it again.The night before yesterday, when he saw her lying unconscious on the bed, he felt the fear of seeing her lying in a pool of blood four years ago again. That feeling still haunts his heart, because he had lost it before, so He understood how painful the pain of loss was, and at that moment, he made up his mind that he could not risk her again.

Reaching out his hand to remove the messy hair on her forehead, he asked softly: "About you, me, and Cai Wentao, does anyone else know about the secret letter?"

Shuya shook her head.

"Then don't let the fourth person know."

She looked at him unexpectedly.

He said in a deep voice: "This matter is what I owe Ruo Ruo mother and son. In the days to come, I will slowly repay them in other ways. Don't think too much about it, and don't have a psychological burden."

"Ajie, I'm sorry," Shuya choked up and buried her face in his arms, "I always cause you trouble."

Chu Jie hugged her vigorously: "Trust me, I will handle everything well." What he didn't tell her was that during the month that was postponed, Du Xiruo's son was seriously injured and nearly died. That child was Du Xiruo's traitor. scale.So he didn't dare to let Shuya take this risk. It was the first time he violated his loyalty to the Du family and chose to hide it. It was just a psychological debt that he might have to bear for the rest of his life.

After coming out of the hospital, Chu Jie was busy taking Shu Ya to register for marriage, but failed.Because Chu Jie is a Chinese-American, if he wants to register for marriage in China, he must provide some supporting documents. To prepare all these documents, it would be easier to go directly to the United States to register for marriage.

Although Chu Jie felt disappointed with this result, seeing Shuya seemed even more depressed, he became happy again, and he couldn't help being a little complacent: "Don't worry, Aya, although we still lack a paper certificate, I never From soul to body, it is completely yours."

Shu Ya sighed: "I'm afraid there will be long nights and dreams!"

Chu Jie began to sing: "There is only you in my dream, and I will always walk side by side with you..."

Shuya laughed heartily.After laughing, the two hugged each other and snuggled together, Chu Jie kissed Shuya's cheek: "Aya, thank you for allowing me to have a home that is completely my own."

Shu Ya sniffed: "Why are you so sensational, I hate it." Nestled in his arms, she listened to his heartbeat, pursed her lips and smiled secretly, so why didn't he let her have a love that was completely her own? Home.

In the end, Chu Jie and Shuya agreed to hold the wedding in China first.At the end of the year, the two went to California to celebrate the New Year with Shuya's mother and stepfather, and registered there.

Knowing from the phone that her daughter was going to hold a wedding with Chu Jie, Wang Meiyao was silent for a few minutes, and then heaved a long sigh: "Daughter, is there no other man in the world? Why is it still him?"

Shu Ya also sighed: "Is there any way, beautiful lady, I've been wandering around for so many years, and I only met this person who looks exactly in line with my aesthetics."

Wang Meiyao said: "If you want to hold a wedding, you can hold it. Anyway, if you don't register, you are not considered a legal couple. You should treat it as a trial marriage first, and then there is still time to regret it."

Chu Jie had a preliminary understanding of how tough his mother-in-law was, but no matter what, she agreed to marry his daughter to him, which made him greatly relieved.

After receiving the wedding invitation from Chu Jie and Shuya, Cai Wentao was in a daze for a moment, and he calmed down. He looked at the invitation carefully. There were photos of Chu Jie and Shuya printed on it. Chu Jie and Chu Jie complement each other, the so-called pair of people probably refers to them.

Putting down his joy, he lighted a cigarette melancholy, and recalled every detail of getting along with Shuya. The fate between him and her is not shallow. She had been his fiancée for five years. At that time, Shuya Cheerful and lively, with a simple and clear mind, this kind of character is not unpleasant, why did he follow like a demon, infinitely magnifying her shortcomings in his eyes, but turning a blind eye to her many advantages.It was also a miss, Chu Jie pursued bravely and persevered, but he was hesitant and had many worries, so he deserved to miss her forever.With a sense of sadness surging in his chest, he leaned back on the seat and raised his hands to cover his sour eyes.

The door of the office was pushed open with a "bang", Cai Wentao frowned and looked over, and saw Cai Wenmin rushing in aggressively, and asked angrily, "Why did you let Cai Junfeng go?"

"I'm tired, Amin." Cai Wentao's face was full of tiredness, "I don't want to have the shadow of Cai Junfeng in my future life, and I don't want you to spend your whole life on hatred for him. The grievances with him must be settled as soon as possible, letting him go, and never having any contact with him again is the best way I can think of."

"You're lying," Cai Wenmin said sharply, pointing at Shuya's photo on the wedding invitation with resentment, "You did it for her, to please this damned woman, but what's the use of you trying to please her like a dog? After that, she turned around and was about to marry another man."

Looking at his younger sister who was getting more and more unreasonable, Cai Wentao felt extremely tired: "Go, Amin, this is the office, I don't want to quarrel with you, and I don't have time to quarrel with you, I'll give you 3 minutes, you can Leave, after 3 minutes, if you haven't left, I will call the company security to ask you to leave."

"How dare you treat me like this?" Cai Wenmin had a hurt expression on his face, "I am your sister, your own sister!"

"I know you are my own sister, but that doesn't mean I should let you get whatever you want and be harsh." He looked up at his watch, "One minute."

Cai Wenmin glared at him angrily, and stood still.

"2 minutes."

"You will regret it," Cai Wenmin walked to the door, then turned around and said bitterly, "One day, all of you will regret it!"

Two days before the wedding, Shuya met Du Xiruo, the new head of the legendary Du family chaebol.At that time, it was at a grand banquet, and Shuya saw Du Xiruo in the crowd for the first time, not because she was so beautiful that she overwhelmed the crowd. She will also be lost in the bustling brilliance, but because Du Xiruo has a strong aura, the natural aura of a superior person makes her as eye-catching as a bright moon surrounded by stars.

Chu Jie brought Shuya to Du Xiruo, and briefly introduced: "Du Xiruo, my boss; Shuya, my current fiancée, my wife in two days."

Du Xiruo praised: "The so-called perfect match, I have finally seen it. The moment you two stand in front of me, I am dazzled by your beauty."

Facing Du Xiruo, Shu Ya felt somewhat guilty, and just smiled shyly.

Chu Jie and Du Xiruo were very familiar with each other, and they joked, "It doesn't cost money to just say nice words, sincerity and sincerity, give us a big red envelope in two days."

"Okay," Du Xiruo readily agreed, "Even if it's not about your face, it's about my junior."

"Ajie's last fiancée is actually your junior?" The person who spoke was a beautiful lady standing beside Du Xiruo, and Shuya guessed that she was Jiang Yaqiu, one of Du Xiruo's confidantes.

Du Xiruo smiled at Shu Ya: "Young girl entered the school in my senior year, right?"

Shuya nodded honestly: "Yes, senior sister."

Chu Jie also laughed: "It is said that nobles forget things too much, so it's hard for you to remember Aya, a junior."

Du Xiruo said: "The main reason is that it's so beautiful that it's hard not to remember it. When the junior girl just entered the school, it caused a sensation in the whole school. She was known as the most beautiful school flower in the school's history. Many boys went to pick flowers one after another, but they all returned home without a feather. This flower was finally picked by Ajie."

"So, Young Master Jie should give me a big red envelope as a gift to thank the matchmaker," Cheng Hao said, joining in the fun, "If I hadn't helped him with advice, he might not have been able to pick the flowers."

While a group of people were chatting and laughing, Cai Wentao brought Cai Wenmin over.Ever since Cai Wentao mercilessly kicked him out of the office that time, Cai Wenmin has been quiet and stopped making trouble.After all, Cai Wentao couldn't bear to ignore the only family member who stayed with him, so he first arranged for her a leisurely job in the company, seeing that she was willing to do things in peace, so he began to take her to some social occasions.From the bottom of his heart, Cai Wentao hoped that his younger sister would get in touch with more outstanding women and broaden her horizons, letting her know that the outside world is big and there are many things to do.

After introducing each other, dance music started and everyone danced in pairs.When entering the dance floor with Chu Jie, Shuya accidentally met Cai Wenmin's eyes, her eyes were somewhat sinister and somewhat proud, Shuya didn't understand why, so she didn't pay much attention to it.

After a dance song ended, Du Xiruo quietly left the venue accompanied by Jiang Yaqiu and Cheng Hao in order not to disturb the others. Just as he walked to his car, he heard someone behind him yelling urgently: "Miss Du, Miss Du, please wait a moment." Wait……"

Du Xiruo turned around and saw a girl in a white evening dress running towards her with her skirt lifted. Two bodyguards quickly stopped in front of the girl, preventing her from approaching Du Xiruo.

"Miss Du, my name is Cai Wenmin, I'm Cai Wentao's younger sister, we met just now, do you remember?"

Du Xiruo nodded: "Let her come over."

Cai Wenmin walked three steps away from Du Xiruo, but was stopped by Cheng Hao again, she looked around, Cheng Hao and Jiang Yaqiu were standing beside Du Xiruo, surrounded by several bodyguards.She said: "Miss Du, can you find a quiet place to talk alone, I have something very important to tell you."

"Get in the car and talk about it." Du Xiruo took the lead in getting into the RV, which was very spacious, Cai Wenmin followed in the car and sat opposite Du Xiruo, saw Jiang Yaqiu and Cheng Hao sitting beside Du Xiruo, one right and one left, and did not want to avoid it the meaning of.

Cai Wenmin hesitated for a moment, but then said, "Did you ever ask my brother to bring a request for help to Chu Jie?"

Du Xiruo remained calm and did not answer.

Cai Wenmin was a little nervous, swallowed quietly, and continued: "My brother couldn't see Chu Jie when he was fleeing, so he entrusted Shuya to deliver the letter to Chu Jie, but Shuya threw the letter into the sea .”

"How do you know?" Jiang Yaqiu asked.

"I overheard the conversation between my brother and Shuya." She recounted the conversation she overheard at the door of the study, glanced at Du Xiruo's indifferent face, and said quickly, "Didn't my brother intentionally To lie to you, Shuya is kind to him, and he is very emotional, so there is nothing he can do about it."

"Miss Cai, as far as we know, the Shu family and your Cai family are family friends. Miss Shu's father saved your father's life. Miss Shu herself not only saved your brother's life, but also helped you and your parents when you and your parents were in trouble. She was the one who brought you to California and took good care of you." Cheng Hao looked at Cai Wenmin and smiled slightly, "Why did you report her?"

Cai Wenmin was taken aback. Hearing Cheng Hao's words, they seemed to know the details of her and Shu Ya like the back of their hands.

"You don't have to be surprised," Jiang Yaqiu explained, "Chu Jie and Cai Wentao are both Miss Du's confidantes. As their immediate family members, we will naturally pay more attention to them, so let's listen to whether your words are true or not. It can also be roughly distinguished."

"I hate Shuya," Cai Wenmin said, "If she hadn't insisted on breaking off the engagement with my brother back then, my dad would never have given up on my brother; if it hadn't been for her wanting to protect Cai Junfeng, my brother wouldn't have left City S at all; Cai Junfeng finally fell into our hands, and she rescued Cai Junfeng again."

"Is there no reason for Chu Jie?" Cheng Hao said sarcastically.

Cai Wenmin blushed with shame and anger.

"What do you want?" Du Xiruo finally asked.

Cai Wenmin was puzzled: "What?"

"The news you provided is of some value. I will give you a reward of equivalent value, which is an equivalent exchange."

"I..." Cai Wenmin looked at Du Xiruo, and then at Jiang Yaqiu. The two women in front of her were standing on the top of the pyramid and people looked up to them. After experiencing a series of setbacks, she also yearned for this The detached position, "Miss Du, can you stay and work by your side, I will study hard and do it to your satisfaction as soon as possible."

"No," Du Xiruo said without any emotion, "You provided me with this information. From my point of view, it's a deal. From Shuya's point of view, it's retribution. People like you are not suitable to be partners. No matter how powerful you are, I won't use you."

Cai Wenmin was very embarrassed, and was about to say something to refute, but Du Xiruo gave her an indifferent look, and she couldn't say anything.

"Since you can't think of any reward right now, go back and think about it first. Someone will call you tomorrow. If you still haven't thought of it by then, I will give you a sum of money." Du Xiruo signaled Cheng Hao Open the car door, "You can go."

As soon as Cai Wenmin got out of the car, the car started and left.She stood at the same spot, watching the car gradually go away, feeling humiliation and grief in her heart, her goal of revenge on Shuya seemed to have been achieved, but her mood did not become happy because of it.

While the RV was driving smoothly, Du Xiruo closed his eyes and rested his mind. Jiang Yaqiu and Cheng Hao looked out of the car window, and the other was watching the news with their mobile phone. There was no sound in the car.After a while, Du Xiruo opened his eyes and confessed to Jiang Yaqiu: "Call someone to invite Miss Shu to our residence. Don't disturb Chu Jie."

Cheng Hao said, "Let me invite you."

Du Xiruo glanced at him.

Cheng Hao smiled: "After all, she is Chu Jie's fiancée, and besides, Chu Jie values ​​her very much, doesn't he?"

The banquet was still going on, Chu Jie was called away to talk about something, Shuya was waiting for him in the hall while watching other people dance, during which people kept coming to invite her to dance, at first she was able to decline one by one, but later on some Impatient, she simply found a quiet place to hide. When Cheng Hao came to sit beside her, she was eating a plate of fruit without even raising her head.

"Miss Shu," Cheng Hao said softly, looking at the dance floor in front of him, "Miss Du would like to invite you to sit at her place."

Shuya's hand trembled, and the little fork fell from her hand onto the plate, making a "ding" sound.She slowly turned her head to look at him, with a look of fear in her dark eyes: "Miss Du is looking for me, what's the matter?"

Cheng Hao's smile was gentle and elegant: "Miss Shu, don't you understand?" He stood up and straightened his clothes, "Let's go."

At this moment, Shuya's mood was calm instead, what should come will come after all.Mo Mo followed Cheng Hao out of the banquet hall, and it wasn't until the car started that she asked in a low voice, "Where are you going?"

"A noble residential area in the city center, don't worry, Chu Jie also knows that place, it is our fixed foothold in S City."

A soothing music was playing in the living room, Du Xiruo was reclining on the sofa reading a book leisurely, Jiang Yaqiu was making coffee, and the rich aroma wafted in the hall.

After Cheng Hao brought Shuya in, he went straight to Jiang Yaqiu and sat down next to him: "The coffee Yaqiu makes is delicious, have a cup." Jiang Yaqiu poured a cup of coffee and handed it to him with a smile.He glanced at the book in Du Xiruo's hand again, ""President Huaxin's Dumb and Cute Wife", you also read such a vulgar book?"

"Well," Du Xiruo sat up from the sofa, "It's not bad as a joke or a fairy tale."

Shuya walked up to Du Xiruo, and bowed in fear, "I'm sorry, Miss Du."

Du Xiruo picked up the coffee and drank it slowly, while the other two just watched without speaking.

"I apologize to you, not because I expect your forgiveness, but because I feel guilty for you. Although this apology does not help the matter, it is my long-cherished wish. From the very beginning, I knew that what I did was a Wrong thing, but out of selfishness, I still did it knowing that I was wrong, everything has a cause and effect, I should bear the consequences for my actions, everything is my own fault, and has nothing to do with anyone else.” Said this When talking about it, Shuya was fairly calm, but her pale face and hands tightly clenched to the hem of her skirt revealed her nervousness at the moment.

Du Xiruo's expression was indifferent, and he didn't argue with anger: "Anyone else you mentioned is Cai Wentao or Chu Jie?"

"Cai Wentao hid it for me because I was asking for a favor. As for Ajie, he didn't know anything. I deceived him and used him."

Du Xiruo looked at her: "Miss Shu, you are not good at lying."

Du Xiruo has a pair of very beautiful eyes, especially when she smiles, the corners of her eyes are slightly upturned, very charming, but when she is not smiling, just looking at each other calmly like this will make people feel an invisible pressure.

"No, it's not, I..." Shuya was flustered, she met Du Xiruo's eyes, and she couldn't speak any more words to justify.

Du Xiruo pointed to the sofa opposite her: "Sit"

Shu Ya obediently walked over and sat down, Jiang Yaqiu got up and handed him a cup of coffee, when Shu Ya thanked her in a low voice, she smiled kindly.Shuya noticed that the movement of her right leg was a bit sluggish, which should be the sequelae left by the car accident.While she was in a daze, she heard Du Xiruo ask: "Where is Cai Junfeng?"

Shuya replied almost instinctively: "I don't know."

"Miss Shu," Du Xiruo said, "Sometimes the answer is too slow or too fast, both of which indicate lies. The difference is that the former is made up temporarily, while the latter is prepared long ago."

Shuya bit her lower lip tightly, bowed her head and remained silent.

"Are you still protecting Cai Junfeng?"

"Second brother, Cai Junfeng is already disabled, and he will be like this for the rest of his life. He is not a very bad person, but his background is pitiful, and his actions will inevitably be biased. He didn't mean to target you," Shuya begged, "Miss Du, Can you, can you just pretend that this person doesn't exist from now on?"

"Cai Junfeng's poor life experience is not caused by me, nor can it be a reason for him to hurt others." Du Xiruo said mercilessly, "Also, you can't protect yourself, why should you beg for him? Maybe you are going to owe him to me The one that you have, also took it together?"

Shuya smiled wryly: "If possible, let me bear it together. Anyway, the debt is too much to weigh on one's body."

Du Xiruo let out a "ha" and said to Cheng Hao and Jiang Yaqiu: "Chu Jie's fiancée is a bit interesting." Turning her head, she looked at Shuya again, and said with some regret: "Chu Jie and Cai Wentao have a lot of love for me." It is very useful, but you will affect their loyalty to me, how good is that, the thing I hate the most in my life is betrayal and deceit."

"No," Shuya hastily defended them, and said sincerely, "Miss Du, even if you don't trust me, you should know what kind of people they are. Tolerance, but not without limit, Cai Wentao once told me that you are a person who values ​​love and righteousness, and Ajie also told me personally that his love for me is not enough to make him betray his family and kindness."

Du Xiruo smiled noncommittally, and was about to speak when there was a sound of chaotic footsteps, and Chu Jie and Cai Wentao ran into the living room panting.

Chu Jie rushed to Shuya first, held her hand, and asked with concern, "Are you okay?"

Shu Ya smiled at him: "Miss Du is just chatting with me."

Cai Wentao moved closer to Du Xiruo, and said in a low voice: "If Aya hadn't saved me back then, I wouldn't have had the chance to meet you, let alone send a message. In this way, she also helped you indirectly, you see Yes or no….."

Du Xiruo gave him a squinting look: "If your parents hadn't given birth to you, I would never have had the chance to send you a letter in my life. So, do I still have to be grateful to your parents?"

In a word, all Cai Wentao's subsequent pleadings were blocked.

Chu Jie turned to look at Du Xiruo, and said calmly, "Can we talk alone?"

After entering the study, Chu Jie said bluntly: "Shuya is my woman, no matter what she does, I will bear the consequences. Please don't touch her."

Du Xiruo leisurely nestled into the large upholstered seat, with a careless tone in her tone: "Hey, look at what you said, I'm a law-abiding citizen, what can I do to your woman."

"Don't beat around the bush when we talk between you and me, okay?" Chu Jie looked straight at her with sharp eyes, "I know your methods, just like you know how I am. If you want to deal with me A person, there are many legal means to make the other party desperate. Xiruo, I owe you this matter, how you want me to repay it, you can ask, no matter what the conditions, I will agree to you. "

Shuya stared at him, emphasizing every word: "No matter what the conditions are?"

Chu Jie nodded, and added: "Don't touch Shuya."

"Okay, I won't move her, you can use ten years to redeem the one month of suffering she owed me." According to Du Xiruo's logic, Shu Ya threw away her letter of appeal for help, causing her and her son Xiaoxiao to suffer a lot. One month of suffering, then this month of suffering is what Shuya owes her and Xiaoxiao. If Chu Jie wants to protect his woman comprehensively, he will use ten years in exchange for this month: he has worked for the Du family for ten years, Within ten years, she was not allowed to meet Shuya, not to contact her, and not to tell her the truth.

After hearing the conditions she put forward, Chu Jie was very surprised: "It's okay to work hard for ten years. Godfather cultivated Cheng Hao and me to help you, but within ten years, he was not allowed to meet or communicate with Shuya, and he was not allowed to tell her the truth. What on earth are you doing?" Do you hate me or Shuya too much to propose such absurd conditions?"

"Which person have you ever seen escaped unscathed after cheating me, Shen Jiaheng, Cai Junfeng, or other accomplices? Only your Shuya was able to escape unscathed because of this ten-year agreement. You can It can be said that I am narrow-minded, or that I will retaliate. In short, no matter whether it is intentional or unintentional, people who have tripped me up, how can they be safe and sound after Xiaoxiao and I have suffered so much? Put forward this ten The one-year agreement, I have already opened the door. Ten years later, if you have not changed your mind and she has not married someone else, then you can continue the relationship. If within these ten years, you each have another love, It means that you are not each other's favorite, just to give you a chance to make corrections." Du Xiruo smiled wickedly, "Actually, I am testing the truth for you, to see if you have a good heart, to see if the so-called true love can Can stand the erosion of time."

Chu Jie didn't know whether to laugh or cry, raised his hand and pressed his swollen forehead, and asked with a glimmer of hope, "Are you kidding me?"

Du Xiruo lowered her face: "Chu Jie, I'm telling you very seriously. I'm serious. You should be very clear about what Xiaoxiao and I experienced during the delayed month. There is nothing I can do to you except for the occasional tantrum, which makes you a little embarrassing, right? How did my father treat you? For many people, treating his own son is nothing more than that? But your woman did What, what did you do again?"

Chu Jie's shoulders seemed to be crushed, and suddenly collapsed, and the last words of his adoptive father were still in his ears: You are dear relatives, please protect her and take care of her in this world instead of me!
"Of course, you can also go back on your word and refuse my conditions." Du Xi smiled softly, and said decisive words in a gentle tone, "I will naturally go to Shuya to settle the account of that month's misery, regardless of me. What to do, you can either stand by and watch, or stand on the opposite side of me to protect your woman. I will give you time to think about which one to choose. I will take a special plane back to San Francisco tomorrow morning. Before I leave, you and I Whether it is an enemy or a friend, please let me know."

It had been a long time since Du Xiruo left the study, Chu Jie sat down slowly while supporting the desk, exhaustion and fatigue swept over his whole body like a wave.Having known each other for more than ten years, he knew Du Xiruo's temperament very well. On the surface, he looked gentle and harmless, but in his heart he was very much like her decisive and resolute father. Especially in the past six months, he has become more powerful and more aggressive.If she could say what she said, she could do it. It was impossible for him to stand by and watch Shuya fall into danger, but how could he abandon his kindness and affection and stand against Du Xiruo?For the first time in his life, he felt helpless and hesitant.

Shuya sat on the sofa with her head down, maintaining the same posture for a long time without moving.The sofa was wide and big, and she seemed to be sunk in the sofa, her figure appeared thin and fragile.Chu Jie and Du Xiruo had been in the study for a while, and she dared not imagine the content of their conversation, nor did she dare to guess the outcome of the conversation.She once said that no matter what kind of consequences she will suffer in the future, it is her own fault and she can't blame anyone.At that time, I really thought so in my heart, always thinking that since I planted the cause myself, I must be able to bear the corresponding fruit calmly.But when things came to an end, she just felt scared.The reason why people are fearless is because they have no worries, but now she has deep concerns in her heart.

A shadow blocked the light in front of her, so Shuya knew it was Chu Jie without raising her head.She looked up and gave him a bright smile.Chu Jie looked at her and smiled gently: "Let's go home." He took her hand and unconsciously clenched it tightly, as if she would disappear if he let go.Her fingers hurt from his grip, but she didn't say a word, and followed him silently.Don't ask anything, don't think about anything, it seems like this, everything will be the same, she is still the happy little woman who is going to be a bride in two days.

Du Xiruo stood upstairs with Cheng Hao and Jiang Yaqiu, watching the opponent downstairs holding hands and leaving.Jiang Yaqiu was not without worries: "Is it okay to do this, will it make Chu Jie feel resentful, and it will be a bad thing?"

Du Xiruo smiled: "My father can't misjudge people." After a pause, she said, "In case of misjudgment, it's better to find out early rather than late." She didn't hate Shuya, on the contrary, she still felt that the other party Silly persistence and loyalty are a bit cute.However, this girl has too much influence on Chu Jie, and she is also a person who likes to use emotions.Before she took full control of the Du family consortium, Chu Jie, as one of the most important confidantes, really wasn't suitable for keeping such a big variable by her side. Who knows if that girl would show her kindness one day and cheat herself again.Moreover, in Du Xiruo's careful thinking, he was quite willing to make Shuya, who had betrayed her, sad.

On the way home, Chu Jie and Shuya remained silent.At ten o'clock in the evening, it was the beginning of the city's nightlife. When the car drove on the elevated highway, looking out from the window, the lights stretched brightly, and the bustling city was floating in the vast sea of ​​lights.At the fork in the road ahead, Chu Jie suddenly turned the steering wheel, and the car drove on another road that was not home.

The street scene outside the window gradually became familiar. After more than four years, this entertainment street has not changed much.The car stopped in front of the former Fengshao Bar. Chu Jie got out of the car first, then went to the other side of the car to open the door for Shu Ya, and stretched out his hand to her: "Come on, I'll take you to make drinks."

The bar has been closed for a long time, but Chu Jie still kept the shop and all the equipment in it, and let people clean it up regularly, so that he can come here with some close friends from time to time.Standing in front of the bar, Shuya looked up at the words on the lintel: "Phantom Bar, why did you change the name?"

"It was changed four years ago. Although you no longer came to this bar at that time, I always felt that your shadow was everywhere. Everyone said that I had hallucinations, so I simply changed the name of this bar to Phantom Bar."

Shuya was not moved, she glanced at him and asked, "Could it be because of your phantom entertainment?"

"Coincidence, that's just a coincidence." Chu Jie laughed dryly.

Entering the bar, Chu Jie let Shuya sit on the high chair in front of the bar as before, and turned on the stereo again, and an English song with a beautiful melody floated out.Shuya listened to it for a while, and it was the classic old song "Never Had A Dream Come True".

After preparing all the utensils and materials for bartending, Chu Jie stood behind the bar counter, like a dedicated performer, first bowed slightly to Shu Ya to pay tribute, and then began to mix drinks in various ways, with unpredictable techniques and graceful and free-spirited movements. Watching him bartending is like looking at a dynamic art painting, which can always give people a kind of beautiful enjoyment.Soon he made the first glass of wine and put it in front of Shuya: "Angel's Kiss, drink a glass of this wine, and Venus will pass on his thoughts to the person you miss day and night."

She picked up the wine glass and took a sip, the taste was sweet and soft, so she drank the whole glass.

The second glass of wine was mixed by Shuya. Chu Jie taught her how to mix wine. After several years of practice, her posture was pleasing to the eye, but she still couldn't reach his full of tension and agility. degree.The wine Shuya concocted is called Sexy Beauty, a masculine wine full of fantasy.While savoring the wine carefully, Chu Jie gave Shuya an ambiguous smile.

She gave him a hard look: "Wretched."

Just like this, each person took turns mixing drinks for each other, and both of them drank a lot of wine before they knew it.After drinking, Shuya was extraordinarily beautiful, with flushed cheeks and sparkling eyes.Chu Jie stared at her with a smile, his eyes fascinated.Holding his shoulders, Shuya stood on tiptoe, her soft lips fell on his face like petals: "Ajie, I love you."

He hugged her tightly, as if he had exhausted his entire life: "Me too." A drop of water fell on the side of her neck.The same song was playing over and over again on the stereo:

Everybody's got something (Everybody's got something)
They had to leave behind
……

There's no use looking back or wondering
How it could be now or might have been
All this I know but still I can't find ways To let you go

……

You'll always be my baby (But you'll always be my favorite)
I never found the words to say (My heart cannot be expressed in words)
You're the one I think about each day (You're the one I think about each day)
……

Perhaps it was the effect of alcohol, the warmth of this night was particularly lingering.Before going to sleep feeling a bit drunk, Shuya asked, "Ajie, if we have a child, what's the name?"

"Chu Xin if it's a boy, Chu Yi if it's a girl."

"why?"

"These two words have the meaning of peace and happiness."

The next day, Shuya woke up to the sound of "rustling" rain. Looking at the relief on the ceiling, she tried to smile: "Ajie, it's raining." There was no sound around her.She added: "We are going to have a wedding tomorrow, and I hope there will be good weather." Her response was still dead silence.

She didn't have the courage to look sideways, and only tentatively stretched out her hand little by little, leaving nothing but warmth around her.Her mind went blank, and she was dazed for a moment, then she sat up suddenly from the bed and rushed out of the bedroom.She called Chu Jie's name, and searched for each room in the study, kitchen, and dining room, but only her voice echoed in the empty room.

In the end, Shuya saw a letter left by Chu Jie in the living room, which was actually just a blank piece of paper pressed down with her daily drinking cup.Liao Liao said on the paper: Yesterday, Ms. Du gave me a multiple-choice question, the beauty of the country, I can only choose one of them.I chose Jiangshan, take care!In addition, as compensation, this villa and 50% of my assets belong to you. Please contact Attorney He to sign the acceptance document.

She loosened her fingers, and a thin piece of paper fluttered down.It was a big breakup fee, she wanted to laugh, but tears couldn't stop rinsing and falling down. She had imagined the scene of parting, and she must turn around and leave with a beautiful posture, so that he could recall it even after many years. This heartbreaking scene is still soul-stirring.But he never thought that he wouldn't even give her the chance to say goodbye in person.

Shuya didn't know how she spent the whole day.She kept dialing and calling Chu Jie's phone, and there was always only a busy tone coming back from the phone.Relying on her memory, she found the house she had visited the night before. The cold door was closed tightly. After ringing the doorbell for a long time, she didn't wait for anyone to answer the door.The patrolling security guard told her: "Early this morning, all the people living inside left, and now there is only one empty house left."

Shuya then went to Extreme Night City, but the exclusive access card had expired, so she couldn't enter the gate of Extreme Night City, so she stood outside the gate and waited.The rain kept falling, and although the climate in the south was warmer, the rain in the depths of winter would still be chilling to the bones. Shuya was soaked all over, but she seemed unconscious.After all, Jiang Zhiyuan couldn't bear it, and walked out of the gate to persuade her: "Aya, don't wait any longer, Brother Jie has already left this city, and we don't know where he went. The world is big, and one person wants to avoid another It’s actually very easy to be alone.” Shuya’s smile was bleak, the rain was condensing into drops, and then dripped down, her face was criss-crossed with water marks, whether it was rain or tears.

In the end, Shuya came to the bar that used to be called "Shao Feng" and is now called "Phantom". The pattering rain turned into a violent storm, and she sat on the stone steps in front of the bar and cried bitterly.Perhaps it was fate, four years ago, her first love was disillusioned in this place, and she was distraught; four years later, her unforgettable love ended in this place again, and her heart was ashamed.In the wind and rain, intermittent singing came from nowhere:

I never had a dream come true (I never had a dream come true)
Till the day that I found you (Till the day that I found you)
Even though I pretend that I've moved on
You'll always be my baby (But you'll always be my favorite)
……

At the same time, Chu Jie, who had been in an old monk's state of meditation since boarding the plane, suddenly stood up from his seat and looked around in panic.

Cheng Hao asked puzzledly, "What's wrong with you."

"I heard her cry, crying very sadly."

Cheng Hao laughed, and was about to ask Chu Jie if his ears were ringing, when he suddenly saw the intense and real pain in his eyes, he could no longer utter the teasing words.

When Cai Wentao found Shuya at the entrance of the Phantom Bar, she was having a high fever and her mind was already a little dazed.He carried her into the car, sighed and said: "Aya, don't look for Chu Jie anymore, even if you find him, so what?"

She looked at him with wide, dull eyes, as if she was carefully identifying something.

He said, "Aya, let me take care of you."

She closed her eyes in despair and exhaustion.

Shuya stayed in the hospital for three days. During these three days, she did not wait for her wedding, nor did she wait for the person who would hold her wedding.But two other people came, the first one was Lawyer He, who came with Chu Jie's signed transfer documents: "Miss Shu, I have no choice but to come to you because I haven't received your call. Let me stay here for you to see, and please let me know after you sign it."

The second person was Wang Yaomei, who hurried over from California. As soon as she entered the ward, she began to scold: "At least I raised you so that you have a face and a figure. Why did you fall on a man twice in a row? , and still fell on the same man, if I had known that you had such a bad view of men, I shouldn't have talked to you about enlightenment and democracy, and I should have arranged your marriage directly."

Shuya stretched out her hand to hold her mother's two fingers, and shook them lightly: "Mom, I'm sorry."

"Don't tell me you're sorry, every time you say sorry, you're really sorry for me." Wang Meiyao said, crying with heartache.

"Mom—" Shuya hugged her mother, crying uncontrollably, "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry..."

Cai Wentao stood outside the door and listened quietly for a while, before deciding not to disturb their mother-daughter reunion.The next day, when he went to the hospital again, there was no one in the ward, the bed was clean, and there was a pile of paper scraps in the trash can in front of the bed, which were torn property transfer documents.

The nurse in charge told him: "The patient was discharged from the hospital this morning, and she asked me to tell you that she is fine, thank you for your concern and care for her."

After leaving the ward, Cai Wentao walked slowly on the empty corridor, and suddenly felt like crying.He loves her deeply, but she never knows, and he always has no time to tell her!

(End of this chapter)