Chapter 35

When Zhou Qizhen was 22 years old, he had a big fight with his father over the issue of startup funds. During the quarrel, the fact that his aunt had a miscarriage many years ago was brought up, and the quarrel between father and son became even fiercer.

Everyone blamed him, but who cared about his feelings? His most trusted and relied on aunt suddenly took his mother’s place one day. He couldn’t let it go, and even became world-weary, and insomnia was the norm.

Once he drove to the riverside, parked his car on the side of the road, and sat there drinking alone. A group of children were playing football in the open space next to him. Because they were happy, everyone had a smile on their faces, and the smile of one of the little girls was the most dazzling.

The ball was accidentally kicked next to him, and he suddenly thought of teasing the little girl. The other children didn’t dare to come over, only the little girl came over: “Big brother, this is our ball.”

Big brother? Zhou Qizhen raised his eyebrows and corrected: “You should call me uncle.”

The little girl said fearlessly: “I think you will be happier if I call you brother.”

“How do you know I’m unhappy?” 🆆𝙒🆆.𝕍𝙤𝙙𝓣𝓦1.🄲𝘾

“You have been drinking alone. My dad also drinks alone when he is unhappy.” The little girl hesitated and pointed at the car parked on the side of the road and said: “Is that your car? You can’t drive if you drink. It’s very dangerous.”

Zhou Qizhen was a little uncomfortable with being cared for by a stranger suddenly, and the other person was still a child.

“If this were my brother, my mother would break his legs.”

Zhou Qizhen: “…”

“Little friend, thank you for your concern, but I don’t have a mother anymore, so no one can break my legs just because they care about me.”

“I’m sorry! I didn’t know you didn’t have a mother, but your mother is watching you in heaven, and if you don’t listen, she will come into your dream and punish you.”

Zhou Qizhen: “…”

“I hope she can come to my dream!”

I thought the child’s talk was quite interesting, so I asked, “Little friend, how old are you this year?”

“Twelve, big brother, how about you?”

“I’m ten years older than you.”

“Oh, then why are you unhappy? You can drive a Panamera.”

Zhou Qizhen was a little surprised: “You know the car?”

The little girl said a little embarrassedly: “Hehe! I only know this one.” This was seen on TV when I came to my aunt’s house a few days ago. At that time, my cousin said that he would drive this car when he grew up. “

I said that I can go to work at the age of 22, and it would be great if I can afford a Panamera on my birthday, but my mother said that if I don’t study hard, I won’t be able to afford a Panamera by then, and I’ll be lucky to be able to eat and poop.”

Zhou Qizhen, who heard such remarks for the first time, couldn’t help laughing, and finally, even his shoulders shook.

He had forgotten that he could laugh like this.

“Look, brother, you are happy now. You must smile more in the future, so that good luck will come to you.”

Zhou Qizhen looked at her with a smile: “But among the people I know, no one can make me happy as much as you

. What should I do if I can’t smile?” The little girl thought for a while, took off a purple bracelet from her hand and handed it to him: “This is for you. I like purple the most. I am happy when I see purple. This is my lucky color, and every time I encounter difficulties, I make a wish with it and it works!”

Zhou Qizhen took the bracelet and felt his pocket. There was nothing but cigarettes and wine on the ground. “Brother has nothing to give you. Wait for me to look for it in the car.”

“No, my mother said that you can’t ask for things from others casually.”

“But you also gave brother a bracelet.”

“That’s because you said you were unhappy, so I gave it to you.”

“Okay! Thank you.”

“You’re welcome.” After picking up the football, she glanced at Zhou Qizhen and asked a little worriedly: “Then when I leave, you must promise not to drink and drive.”

Zhou Qizhen nodded as a promise, and then shouted to the little girl who had already walked away: “What’s your name?”

The girl said without even turning her head: “Lu Xiaoqiao!”

…

As he recalled, the red wine on the table was almost empty. The empty bottle was like his hollowed-out heart, all given to the woman named Lu Xiaoqiao.

Even Zhou Qizhen himself didn’t know when he started to have that kind of thought about her.

Maybe it was when he saw her grow into a graceful young lady, or maybe it was when she obediently called him “Mr. Zhou” every time she saw him.

No matter when it started, he always believed that this was their destined fate. She used self-deprecating methods to try to make him laugh during the darkest period. The purple bracelet she gave him added color to his dark abyss every time.

And her temperament like a little sun, all tightly trapped him, making him unable to get out or escape. 🆆𝓦𝕎.𝕍𝙊𝔻𝓣𝕎1.🅲𝘾

…

The next day.

Lu Xiaoqiao had just finished lunch when the company’s front desk told her that someone was looking for her outside, so she asked Lin Lin to go back first and she went downstairs alone.

When she got downstairs, she saw a slightly plump young man wearing a set of sportswear and carrying a sports crossbody backpack, who was talking on the phone with his back to her.

When the man sensed someone behind him, he hung up the phone in a hurry: “Excuse me, are you Lu Xiaoqiao?”

“Yes, who are you?”

“I’m Jin Ling’s boyfriend, my name is Liu Peng.”

When the two went to the temple to climb the mountain, Lu Xiaoqiao heard Jin Ling say that she did have a boyfriend who also worked nearby: “Oh, what’s the matter with you?”

“It’s like this, Jin Ling accidentally fell when she was going back from the bar last night, and broke her arm!”

Lu Xiaoqiao’s originally relaxed expression froze instantly, and she was shocked that she was fine yesterday, but she broke her arm after falling.

“Ah? Is it serious? Is she okay?”

Liu Peng seemed to be having trouble speaking, but he still said awkwardly: “It’s not a big problem, but the arm is still in a cast! The surgery will cost a lot of money. You should also understand Jin Ling’s family situation. Every month’s salary has to support the family. The two of us combined don’t have enough.”

Lu Xiaoqiao was stunned for a moment. What does this mean? He wants to borrow money from her? Or is she overthinking? The depth of their relationship doesn’t seem to be enough to borrow money!

But when she thought about it, she was asking for money because she was sick and in urgent need of money. She would lend the money to help her out of poverty. “How much does it cost?”

Liu Peng replied, “Eight thousand.”

“Eight thousand?”

Lu Xiaoqiao was surprised. The operation was so expensive. It was probably very serious. But she had just lent the money to Momo. This month’s salary was just opened not long ago. It seems that she can only advance it in advance!

“Don’t worry, I’ll ask my aunt to pay my salary for next month.”

“That’s really troublesome to you!”

“It’s okay. Seeing a doctor is important.”

Lu Xiaoqiao went back to the company and found her aunt and said that she wanted to advance next month’s salary. Zheng Wen was originally in charge of this area. She just needed to tell her, but she didn’t want to find Zheng Wen.

After getting the money, she transferred it to Jin Ling via WeChat and comforted her to take good care of her illness and go to see her herself after a few days of vacation.

…

Two more days passed.

Seeing that Lin Lin seemed to be worried, Lu Xiaoqiao asked during lunch: “Lin Lin, are you worried? You haven’t been very happy all day.”

Lin Lin sighed: “Don’t mention it. My uncle quarreled with my grandfather again yesterday and smashed all the teacups in the study.”

Lu Xiaoqiao asked in surprise: “Did your uncle smash it?”

Lin Lin shook her head: “No, it was my grandfather who smashed it. It hit my uncle’s hand. He didn’t dodge when he was hit. When I left, I saw that the back of his hand was red. I don’t know what happened to him. He could say several words back to my grandfather. Grandma couldn’t get in from the study and kept crying in anxiety.”