Chapter 48
At six o’clock in the afternoon the next day, Helan Jingting left Xi’an on time with four thousand foxes.
Pippi spent the morning with him purchasing feed for the road. They went to the fruit market to buy five hundred catties of fresh pears and apples, and put them into a fresh-keeping bucket. I bought another five hundred catties of fish and hired someone to cut it and put it into a huge fresh-keeping cart. Helan Jingting couldn’t see anything and could only be a supervisor. Wearing overshoes and a plastic apron, Pipi helped several workers kill fish together. After being busy for five hours, all the feed was finally transported into the station and stored properly.
The plane to C city takes off at four o’clock. They bid farewell on the airport.
Helan Jingting didn’t say much, just hugged her hard, and told: “Concentrate on preparing for the exam.”
“Ok.”
“When you are tired from reading, go and see the flowers I plant.” He said, “I opened a small nursery on the top of the mountain, right next to the well. The scenery will be beautiful in spring.”
“Ok, definitely go and see.”
After passing the security check, she looked back and found that he was still standing in the same place, reluctantly.
She waved her hand and went to the boarding gate in a cool manner.
Back to City C, everything is the same. As the examination period was approaching, Helan Jingting gave Pippi the key to the Xianting Street House and asked her to review there. The environment of the house is naturally nice and quiet, and you can surf the Internet when you are free. Pippi didn’t like it. He felt that the house was empty and it was too lonely to live alone. He would rather squeeze with his grandma in a small house of less than nine square meters without interference from telephone, internet, or TV. And at any time you can drink red bean soup cooked by grandma. However, every other week she would go to Xianting Street to clean up the letters for Helan Jingting, clean the room, and take a look at his garden. Pippi does not need to do it himself because of a specially hired gardener. There was no snow in the winter of that year, the greenhouse was full of flowers, and when she was tired from studying, she would come to find a wicker chair, hold a cup of tea, sit in the greenhouse for a while, gallop, and enjoy the splendid spring in advance.
Love is very miserable for her to lose, but it is easy to gain. People often say that it will be natural and natural, and Pippi feels that the love between her and Helan Jingting, the water is already surging. The **** of luck finally patronized her…
Ten days have passed, and twenty days have passed.
Life becomes full, busy, and hopeful.
Whenever I think of the days with Helan, Pippi feels very warm. This kind of warmth is like a hot bath after a trip, or a massage after tiredness at work. It is very relaxing and luxurious, and it is not intolerable without it. For Helan, Pippi never had the hunger and hunger for Jialin. Helan is a magnet, and only when there is a magnetic field. Jialin is the earth, and gravity is everywhere.
Another month passed.
The moon moved away from the earth and the tide disappeared. The deep sense of strangeness returned. The huge fox family is like a Martian society, the more you understand, the more incredible it becomes.
Helan often said that the love between foxes starts with the body. Get familiar with the body and then approach the soul. The body has more memory than the soul. And the love of the body starts from the smell. That is the most primitive temptation. It does not rely on any logic or judgement, just like a person naturally likes a certain food, and likes is like, and there is no reason.
“You taste so fragrant.” In the middle of the night, Helan often took her fingers on the tip of her nose and sniffed, “What you did in a day, I can smell it from your fingers.”
Pippi felt novel, unbelievable, and confused, and even felt that he was “foxified”. Married to a fox, can she think like a fox in the future? Or live the way of a fox?
But she is not a fox after all. It’s like someone pushing her onto the stage and ordering her to play a completely unfamiliar role. For a time, talking, crying, laughing, and gestures are not my own. The puppet also has a thread-lifter, and she doesn’t even know who will thread her.
After struggling with this issue for a long time, Pippi decided not to embarrass herself. She doesn’t have fox thinking, she is a human, just think like an ordinary person. There are many benefits to marrying Helan Jingting: young and more golden, handsome and ecstasy, deep love, and loyalty-most women will feel satisfied with such a lover, and Pippi is no exception. At least, unlike the taxi driver Xiaoju introduced, he changed his color when he heard that he took the postgraduate entrance examination. Regardless of his plans for the future, Helan did not object at all.
For the first month after separation, Helan Jingting called her every night, very punctual. Simple greetings, talk about the fox training, hang up on time within ten minutes, and will not affect Pippi’s review. His last phone call was one afternoon in early December, telling Pippi that he was leaving Daxinganling for Russia, taking a train across Siberia, and finally releasing the last batch of foxes by water to the North Pole.
“Will it be dangerous?”
“No. I take this line every year.”
“So, will Xiuyan accompany you?”
“No, I will go alone.”
“But… it’s not very convenient for you to move during the day. It’s good to have someone to accompany and help.” She was a little worried.
“Everything is arranged, there is no problem.” He was confident, “Don’t worry, you can concentrate on reviewing, take the exam, and wish you success.”
“Listen to Helan, come back safely, you owe me a wedding.”
He smiled on the other end: “Of course.”
Then they lost contact.
When Pippi thought of him at night, there was a white picture in his mind: the sky was full of snow, and a figure in a windbreaker was trekking across the endless glacier with a large group of foxes. Just like the little prairie sisters in the movie. For hundreds of years, this has been his job, his life, his responsibilities, and his obligations. The priest is not easy. The world consumes millions of fox skins every year, and thousands of foxes are just a drop in the bucket. She even thinks that foxes are worse than Jews, and there is still a day to victory in World War II, but human greed is endless.
Thinking about it this way, Pippi felt that Helan Jingting’s life was a bit miserable, like a tragic character.
The postgraduate entrance examination went well.
The journalism theory that Pippi was worried about also passed the test. She went to see Professor Zhu two weeks before the exam. At that time, her hair was over three centimeters long, black and thin, with slight curls. When I saw her, the professor was still holding the Persian cat. The old man didn’t say much. He asked when he left, “How are your English preparations?”
Pippi smiled: “It’s ready.”
This reassured her. She understood with a sense that the old man felt that there would be no problems with her professional courses.
The winter just passed.
Helan Jingting had no news.
At the end of February, Pippi knew her score for the postgraduate entrance examination, and she was notified of the retest with the second overall score. Two weeks later, the retest passed smoothly. The overall situation has been determined, and the remaining time is nothing more than a physical examination and waiting for the official admission notice.
It turns out that the postgraduate entrance examination is not as difficult as she thought, and she can do it with hard work. That being the case, you should start preparing when you are in college. It’s a pity that she finally struggled to become Jialin’s alumnus, but Jialin was gone.
On the night after the re-examination, Pippi sent Jialin an email with a few simple words: “Hi, Jialin. I was admitted to the graduate school of the C journalism department. Now I am finally your alumni. ”
She didn’t know why she would take the initiative to send him a letter after two years. Although she would feel distressed and at a loss as long as she thought of this name.
Maybe this is just a habit of her for many years. Whenever there is any good news, passing an exam or finding a job, she will always let him know the first time.
Obviously Jia Lin doesn’t remember her much anymore. She did not receive any response.
One day in early March, Pippi and Xiaoju made an appointment to go shopping together. Taking advantage of the big price cut, Pippi bought a multifunctional rice cooker. They went to the street to have a hot pot together, and walked out on the street. Xiaoju said, “Pippi, don’t you live with your family? What do you want a rice cooker for?”
“Is it a rice cooker? Because I have to cook myself.”
“You? Cook your own rice?”
Pippi was embarrassed and said, “Xiaoju, I tell you one thing, you are not allowed to scold me.”
“what’s up?”
“I’m married.”
“What? What did you say?” Xiaoju almost jumped up.
“I’m married.”
“Are you flash marriage? When?”
“It’s just registered with him. My parents don’t know yet. I will officially come to our house to propose marriage when he comes back. We will not report the marriage certificate.”
Xiaoju dragged her to the side of the road: “Dude, can you hide it too much? You don’t tell me about such a big thing as marriage? You don’t ask me to advise you?”
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. Our decision was rushed. No one told it.” Pippi explained embarrassedly.
“Will your parents disagree?”
“will not.”
“So confident?”
“The talented and handsome diamond king. I can’t see which point they would object to. If I know it, I’m afraid it will force me to marry him.” She laughed happily.
“Oh, why are you so lucky? Tell me what he does? Is it a classmate? Have I met? Pippi, or let’s hold a collective wedding. Shaobo and I are also planning to get married this year.”
Pippi sat on the flowerbed on the side of the road and introduced Helan Jingting to Xiaoju all the time except that he was a fox fairy. Halfway through, Xiaoju shouted: “Hey, are you thirsty? How can such good news be digested on the side of the road? I want coffee, caramel macchiato, you treat!”
Caramel macchiato is caramel macchiato! Pippi, who has always been saving, is also unambiguous: “No problem!”
They turned into another street. Pippi remembered that there was a coffee shop there, it was not expensive, she and Xiaoju had been there before. The coffee inside always has a choking smell. People say that only freshly ground authentic Colombian coffee has this taste. Pippi doesn’t like it very much, but this British milk tea is very good and cheap.
Next to the coffee shop is a fruit stand. Two people are picking fruits in front of the stall.
The back of one of them made her feel a chill rushing from the heel to the top of her head.
She stopped unconsciously.
As if he had also noticed her presence, the man turned around slightly, smiled at her, and raised his hand to say hello: “Hi, Pippi. Long time no see.”
Pippi’s heart throbbed, and for a while, he didn’t know what to say. Someone pulled her arm, and she heard Xiaoju say in a loud voice: “Pippi, let’s go. We have nothing to say with this kind of person!”
She was dragged into the cafe by Xiaoju in such a silly manner. Sitting down, asking for coffee, she stood up again: “Xiaoju, wait for me a while, I want to say a few words to him.”
Xiaoju tilted her head to look at her, sighed, and hated that iron can’t make steel: “It’s really muddy and can’t make it to the wall. If it’s me, I have to beat him up.-Go ahead, remember to stand firm!”
Putting on the shawl, she wrapped herself tightly. The air outside was cold. She walked over and touched the person: “Hello, Jia Lin.”
It was Aunt Meng, Jia Lin’s mother who accompanied him to buy fruit. She checked out and avoided wittily.
Jia Lin hadn’t changed much, but his face was very thin, and his plump cheeks had almost no flesh, which made him look a little bit loose. About the time he returned home, he was wearing a thick down jacket and a dark blue scarf, which looked out of fashion. The winter in City C is not cold, and there is no snow this year. Most people only need to wear a sweater over a jacket with a sandwich. Pippi wore only a short skirt of nappy under her short coat. The California sun did not tan him. On the contrary, Jia Lin looked paler than when he left, or even pale.
“Hi.” He raised the orange in his hand. “Eat orange?”
“No, thank you.” She asked, “When did you return home?”
“it’s been a while.”
“Winter vacation?”
“Hmm. How about you? How are you?”
“You didn’t receive my mail?”
He was startled slightly: “What email?”
“Email.”
“Is it sent to my school’s address?”
“Correct.”
“Sorry, I forgot to check it. Anything important?”
“No. I just told you that I was admitted to graduate school. C major journalism department.”
“Wow!” He smiled sincerely, “Congratulations! Do you remember that I used to praise your composition well? Am I right? You are quite talented.”
Jialin always praised Pippi for being talented. From the day she told the story, he said that Pippi would be a great writer in the future. And firmly believe that she will publish a book. Pippi’s stories and messy poems and essays, etc., he collected earnestly, calling them “manuscripts.” In the terrible environment of C City One Middle School, Pippi’s poor self-esteem and self-confidence were completely supported by Jia Lin’s perseverance and chattering praise.
“How about you? When will you graduate? A PhD abroad will take many years, right?”
“It’s hard to go back to China to take a break, why do you keep asking me about studying?” he said lightly.
She had to change the subject: “Where is Tian Xin? Is it back with you?”
“No.”
pregnant? Have a baby? Nervous for the exam? He didn’t explain, and Pippi didn’t ask much.
“By the way, thank you for sending money to our family.”
“Thank you, didn’t you send it back to me again?”
“I still have to thank you.”
He checked his watch. Pippi said wittily: “I still have friends waiting for me in the cafe, so I’ll leave first.”
“Why do your friends look familiar to me?”
“It’s Xin Xiaoju. Do you remember her? I’m from the second and seventh high school. I always walk with a big umbrella?”
“Yes, yes. Look at my memory.”
Pippi’s cell phone suddenly rang, and she was about to answer the key, but Jia Lin’s face changed, and she suddenly took a step back, staggering for some reason, “I’m sorry, I have to sit down.”
Pippi looked at him inexplicably.
There was a stool next to him. He sat down and suddenly hugged his head, breathing hard.
She had never seen Jia Lin look like this. He hooked his waist like a dying patient, covered his chest with his hands, and the muscles on his face twisted in pain.
“Jia Lin! What’s the matter with you? Jia Lin? Jia Lin!”
She got confused and called for first aid when she picked up the phone. Jia Lin’s mother rushed over from nowhere, and pulled out a transparent oxygen tube from her backpack to give him oxygen.
“Turn off the phone!” Aunt Meng exclaimed, “Please turn off the phone! He has a pacemaker on his body, and the phone has electromagnetic interference.”
Pippi was frightened and quickly unplugged the battery.
He looked terrible, his face was as pale as a piece of paper.
Pippi called for a taxi to help Aunt Meng get Jialin home.
Pippi hasn’t been to Jialin’s house for many years. After Jialin went abroad, he heard from his grandmother that his family moved again and lived in Jinghu District not far from C. The duplex building of nearly two hundred square meters is luxuriously decorated. After a few years, Pippi felt that Aunt Meng was aging very quickly. She is two years younger than Pippi’s mother, but she looks like a stubborn old woman: her skin is dry, her eye circles are black, she is less than fifty years old, and her hair is all white, which can be described as chicken skin crane hair.
Together they sent Jialin to the bedroom and gave him medicine. He was half lying down and fell asleep drowsily.
Pippi walked to the living room and asked, “Aunt Meng, what happened to Jialin?”
Things are clear bit by bit. Jialin had a serious car accident in North America. Six of the ribs were broken, and the lowermost thoracic spine suffered a compression fracture. He was paralyzed for three months and left with severe chest trauma syndrome. Aunt Meng said a lot of professional terms, such as tension hemothorax, pericardial tamponade plus mitral valve tear, and ARDS…In short, although she was rescued later, her heart and lungs were severely damaged and she had heart failure. He can’t do any strenuous exercise. In severe cases, he will pant badly when he walks and eats. In desperation, I had to go through the withdrawal procedures and return to China to recuperate.
“Oh.” Pippi held the tea that Aunt Meng poured her, hands trembling all the time. She thought for a while and asked, “Where is Tian Xin? Didn’t she come back together?”
Aunt Meng’s face changed and she said, “They got divorced. It was when Jialin was the most difficult time. Of course, his relationship with Tian Xin was not very good. There was a lot of pressure to study abroad, and both of them were strong and often quarreled. Started. Tian Xin didn’t mention the divorce, and took care of him for more than half a month. Later, her father went to California and talked with the doctor in person. He knew that from now on, Jialin would be a cripple, and his condition would not get better but would only get worse. , Forced Tian Xin to break with him.”
Pippi couldn’t help but said, “How can she do this at this time?”
“Jia Lin proposed it on the initiative. Both of them are studying. He doesn’t want to delay her future. But Tian Xin…the woman promised in a hurry. For fear that he would regret it, let him sign the documents the next day. As soon as I signed, I transferred to another school immediately and escaped without a trace. Now I don’t even know which university she is studying at. Although Jialin didn’t say anything verbally, her heart must be very uncomfortable.” She whispered, “Suicide Once, fortunately I found it quickly.”
Pippi listened in silence, groaning inwardly, without speaking.
“Hey–” Aunt Meng sighed, tears dripping out: “Pippi, you and Jia Lin have been good since you were young. I know you used to like him. Unfortunately, Jia Lin is not lucky enough to meet Tian Xin’s ruthless and unjust girl . I think her mouth was sweet when she came to our house to play, the aunt and the uncle, she sat for a few hours and rushed to help me wash the dishes and mopping the floor. We also looked away….Tian Xin didn’t want to. Thinking, based on her profession, could she go abroad without relying on Jialin’s full award as Jialin’s wife’s visa?” She held Pippi’s hand and wept, “Pippi, it’s up to you and Since Jialin grew up together, can Auntie ask you something?”
“Auntie, just tell me if you have anything, Jialin is sick like this, and I’m willing to help no matter what’s busy.” Pippi said seriously.
“Can you come to see Jialin often when you have time? Just as an old friend. He is now a different person, sitting all day without saying a word, the computer is not turned on, the TV is not watched, and the radio is not Don’t listen, even his dad and I don’t pay much attention to him. I dragged him out for a walk today, but I didn’t expect to meet you. You see, he said and laughed and returned to normal. Pippi, auntie begged You, have time to talk to him, and solve him. The doctor said that there is no hope of curing his disease. But let him live a comfortable life and slowly raise his body, we still have enough money. I Just this one child… Seeing him become like this… It’s better to live than to die. I really don’t know what evil he has done.”
Pippi’s heart was empty, so she could only comfort Aunt Meng. After sitting at Jialin’s house for nearly an hour, she went to the bedroom to look at him, and when she saw that he was asleep, she had to leave.
When going out, Aunt Meng asked, “Pippi, are you still working in the newspaper? Do you have a boyfriend?”
She thought that Aunt Meng was very familiar with her mother and grandmother, and was afraid that the registration with Helan Jingting would go out, so she vaguely said: “I have just been admitted to a graduate student of C major, and my studies are quite nervous. Consider personal matters.”
“C is big? C is right next to us. Your home is far away from here. I have several empty houses here. Why don’t you move to us after school? The bed is ready-made, and there is a nanny for cooking. There is a washing machine and a computer, which is more convenient than the dormitory, and study is also quieter.” Aunt Meng took Pippi’s hand and said enthusiastically.
Pippi smiled and declined: “Thank you, no need. The bedroom is close to the library. I would like to live in school. Don’t worry, Auntie, I will visit Jialin often.”
In Pippi’s words, there is no hypocrisy.
She went to see Jialin as soon as she finished her part-time work the next afternoon. After inhaling oxygen for a day, Jia Lin looked much better. But his expression was still depressed, and he always maintained his politeness and moderation. He took Pippi to visit his community and told her which bus to take to class in the journalism department and from which gate the closest to the building.
“You might live in Building No. 12 in West Second District, where all female graduate students live.” He pointed to a row of red-roofed high-rise buildings in the distance. “Tian Xin used to live in 412 on the fourth floor. There is an elevator, so it won’t be possible to open the water. tired.”
She was stunned, and she was a little surprised to hear Jia Lin mention Tian Xin, but she didn’t feel any resentment.
Then, he began to talk to her about the precautions for school: pass the sixth level of English as soon as possible; finish the professional courses as soon as possible; start the thesis early so that there is enough time to find a job in the year of graduation. Remember to contact the internship unit during the summer vacation. It is very useful to write a note on your resume. What scholarships are available in the graduate school and what is the competition? Etc., etc.
“I’m not in the journalism department, and professional courses may not help. However, if you have difficulty in foreign languages, I can help you.”
He walked forward enthusiastically, and soon became tired, panting slightly. Pippi took his arm unconsciously. He stiffened a bit, and then relaxed again.
“I’m fine,” he said, his face pale and bloodless.
“Sit down and rest.” She pulled him to sit on the wooden chair in the community, “Would you like a drink?”
“No, thank you.” He said, “I can’t drink too much water.”
“Ah,” Pippi said suddenly, “let’s go to the movies. I bought two tickets. A domestic comedy.”
He raised his face to look at her, a little surprised, hesitated, then stopped talking.
“Why? Didn’t we skip class to watch movies before? Don’t you remember? “Titanic”? “Operation Eagle?” “Mission Impossible”?”
He smiled: “Remember.”
“Every time you buy the ticket, I still owe you favor after careful calculation.” Pippi laughed, “Let’s go, go to the cinema. Of course, after the exam, I will take a rest with me to entertain.”
“Pippi, thank you for visiting me. I now… need to go back to rest.” He politely refused.
She thought he was really uncomfortable, but it sounded like he was deciding on purpose. I couldn’t help but asked softly: “You… don’t you want to go to the movies? Are you unhappy with me?”
“Very happy, please don’t get me wrong.” He said, “Thank you. Remember to inform me the day when school starts. I can take you to the school for a walk and get familiar with the new environment.”
Now at the beginning of March, Pippi counts, there is still half a year to leave school. She understood the meaning of Tao Jialin’s words, and she should not come to him for half a year.
“You…you are so bored by yourself, don’t you want me to accompany you? Anyway, I don’t have anything to do except part-time work.” Pippi became nervous and stammered.
“Well-I’m not bored, and I don’t need someone to accompany me. You have your own life.” He stared at her face and said flatly, “Don’t worry about me, I will have a good time.” He almost was Forcibly sent her to the station, “Look at you, after working so tired after work, I still transfer a few trains to see me here. Don’t come here anymore.”
“Then I’ll come back tomorrow.” She bit her lip, tears rolling in her eyes.
“No, really no need.”
“Shutup!” She cursed, hugging him, tears streaming down her face, “Stop this one! You have to live well, have you heard? Tao Jialin!”
For the first time in his life, she whispered in his arms.
He didn’t take advantage of the trend and hugged her. He just patted her on the back and sighed: “Pippi, you are still like this, nothing has changed. Feelings at every turn.”
“I have always liked you before.” She said straightly. She kept this in her heart for many years, and forced Jialin to cover her to the United States. If she didn’t say it, Jialin would be gone.
He smiled bitterly: “I know.”
“I want to thank you.”
“Thank me?” He was stunned, “Why?”
“Because you have always made me feel loved, respected, and encouraged since I was a kid.” She looked at him and said seriously, “Although this is only friendship, not love, it is a very important part of my self-esteem. Without your love, in a depressed circle like the second and seventh high school, I might become a person who despises myself.”
He was silent.
“Jia Lin,” Pippi plucked up the courage to ask a question that had been buried in his heart for a long time, “Then what exactly have you—um…had you liked me?”
“Do you mean like in that sense?” he said.
“Yep.”
“No.”
“Then why didn’t you tell me earlier?” She couldn’t laugh or cry, “Do you know how much youth you have delayed me?”
He looked at her and stared for a long time: “You haven’t come to ask me again.”
“Did Tian Xin come to ask you?”
“I didn’t ask seriously, I wrote hundreds of poems…”
Pippi rolled his eyes and almost passed out. I thumped my chest and howled, I wrote it too! It’s just sealed in a box for you! Ah…ooh…
Seeing her frustrated, Jia Lin had to slowly enlighten: “It doesn’t matter, eat a bite to gain a wisdom. Next time you fall in love with someone, you must tell him earlier and let him know clearly.”
Since that day, Pippi has come to see Jialin every day. Jia Lin reluctantly, she still came to report.
Pippi’s reason is that since they have been going home together every day since they were in high school, doing so now is just a continuation of an old habit.
Jia Lin’s reason is that rejecting Pippi will be a personal effort, and there is no alternative.
So in just one month, Pippi lived the life she dreamed of in college: Jialin has never belonged to her like this.
After work, she took the car to Jinghu Community. Take a walk with Jialin, chat with him, watch DVDs, and watch movies with him. If she is sick and cannot go out, she will read novels or tell stories to him by the bedside. Sometimes Jia Lin fell asleep after taking the medicine, but she still sat there quietly, accompanied him in the night, thinking that he might die soon, and she couldn’t bear to leave.
Sometimes Pippi asks herself if this is love.
After thinking for a long time, the answer is: No. No one will abandon a friend who once loved you at this time. Guan Pipi is not such a person.
But one thing is also clear: She almost forgot Helan Jingting.
But Jia Lin’s illness did not get better because of Pippi’s arrival. He is just in a good mood, and he is also willing to take medicine and cooperate in controlling his diet. However, he still has to go to the hospital from time to time, and if he is not careful, he becomes flustered, wheezing, and swollen. His feet are often so swollen that he can’t fit the biggest slippers in the house.
Every day when I left, Pippi could always see Aunt Meng with red eyes and Uncle Tao who had died early due to excessive sadness in the corner of the living room. In spite of Pippi’s objection, they cook the soup for her personally, then stand at the door with a smile and watch Pippi go downstairs. Pippi knew that Jia Lin’s body was going from bad to worse, but he was suffering. The doctor said he had less than a year, and he could leave anytime, anywhere.
Outside the door of Jialin’s house, Pippi must go to the canteen to drink a bottle of ice soda. The atmosphere in this home is so depressing that she needs something very cold to chill herself.
The soda seller was a beautiful 13-year-old girl. The girl pointed to the red bead on her wrist and asked with a smile, “Sister, what are you wearing? Is it a Buddhist bead?”
Coke was full of steam, Pippi hiccuped, and then looked at her embarrassedly: “Ah…this?…well, that’s it.”
“It’s so beautiful! It’s unique! Which temple did my sister ask for? I want one too.”
“I don’t know… someone else gave it.”
She finally remembered Helan Jingting.
Pippi has never been to Xianting Street since the day he saw Jialin. Once or twice she questioned Helan’s return date. Didn’t it take three or four months to go well? Now five months have passed, and there is still no news. Maybe it just didn’t go well. The journey is so long, with thousands of foxes, there are a lot of arrangements for where to settle. Pippi remembered that when he was working as a secretary, he organized a regional press conference with Director Zhang. The conference attended by 500 people, from planning to implementation, had been busy for more than half a year. But Pippi felt nothing to worry about. As Helan Jingting said, this is not his first time, he does this every year. The priest’s mana is boundless and there is nothing he can’t deal with. Even if something goes wrong, Pippi can’t help much other than giving his liver. Unlike staying with Jia Lin in Jinghu Community, his smile and health can be observed every moment. Seeing him getting fewer and fewer illnesses, calming his mind and sleeping at ease every day, Pippi felt very fulfilled.
Just like this, on April 15th, Pippi left work and went to see Jialin as usual. This day is the weekend, and Pippi in the cinema has always wanted to watch a blockbuster movie. Jia Lin went to the movie with her without saying anything. The cinema is not big, there are many people on weekends, and the air is a bit stuffy. Pippi felt that Jia Lin’s heart might not be able to stand it, so he clamored to come out halfway through, but he insisted on staying with Pippi to see the end. As a result, when he walked out of the gate, he was crowded. He walked a little eagerly and started to pant as soon as he got down the steps. Fortunately, his condition has been stable recently, and he calmed down after a while. He stood up and wanted to continue walking, suddenly dizzy, and it took a long time to move. Pippi carefully supported him, not daring to go fast, and accompanied him for a walk along the street.
“Have we walked this street?” Pippi said, “I smell the scent of lamb skewers, it’s so fragrant.”
“Why haven’t you walked this way? This is a short-cut. It sells groceries during the day and is full of barbecue shops at night. There are many students in the vicinity and the business is good. I used to come to eat. I invited you once, you probably don’t remember. .”
“Remember. Le Lai Ji, the name of the store is called’Le Lai Ji’. We still argued for a long time about how to pronounce the word Le. Later, we asked the boss. The boss said his last name was Le, so it was called Le Lai.”
“Yes, yes. I don’t remember that much.”
“At that time, we ate a total of 25 mutton skewers, two chicken wings, two grilled fish, a lot of grilled tofu, and drank a lot of beer. We ate all our money, even the money for the car to go home. I ate it. You drove me back by bike. Remember? Osmanthus blossomed all the way on October 10th, Double 10th Festival?”
Jia Lin pretended to watch the road, but did not answer.
Then he said, “Pippi, you are a good girl. Even if I die now, I will bless you in heaven.”
His eyes were cold and indifferent, and his eyes looked like a world away.
Since childhood, Pippi liked Jialin because he was kind to others, his temperament was soothing, and he looked like a cup of green tea. Jia Lin never said harsh words, didn’t like to talk about people, didn’t lose his temper, and there was almost no big ups and downs in his emotions. Thinking about it, Jialin is not much luckier than Pippi. He has a terrific mother, who is irritable and diligent about scores, and he was beaten as a child. But Jia Lin couldn’t see his mother’s shadow.
Such a temperamental person, the **** of death patronized him in advance, and, facing such a fate, he seemed to be ready.
“Don’t say that! I beg you don’t say that!” She started crying with sadness, tears falling down.
He didn’t know what to say for a while. Seeing her sobbing constantly, he patted her shoulder and sighed: “It’s too late, you should go home early. The factory area is not safe at night. You fought again when you read the newspaper yesterday.”
Pippi wiped her tears: “I will send you back first.”
Passing by a locust tree, I reached the door of the house, suddenly a person walked out of the locust shadow, blocking their way.
Pippi exclaimed. When she saw the visitor clearly, she suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.
She took a step back unconsciously and almost tripped over the dead branches on the ground. Jia Lin subconsciously gave her a hand, and Pippi quickly took away his hand. Seeing that the person who came here looked bad, Jia Lin instinctively blocked Pippi:
“Sir, what’s the matter?”
The man’s eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and his ice-skate-like eyes swept across their faces. After a while, Fang said word by word: “Pippi, tell him who I am.”
Pippi’s face flushed to the roots of her ears, licked her lips, and pretended to be calm: “Jia Lin, tell me. This is…” She took a breath, and her voice shivered unconsciously, “He Lanjing Mr. Ting.”
Jia Lin obviously has no feeling for these four words: “Pippi, do you know this Mr. He?”
“It’s Mr. Helan.” She corrected it, then nodded, quietly glanced at Helan, and just wanted to explain, unexpectedly Helan Jingting interrupted her with a sneer: “Mr. Tao, Pippi has never been in front of you. Mentioned me?”
Approximately irritated by his arrogant attitude, Jia Lin said coldly: “If you know her very well, she will bring it up.-No, sir, I have heard of your name for the first time.”
Helan Jingting pulled Pippi from him and put his arms around her waist possessively: “Pippi probably forgot to tell you that she is married.-I am her husband.”
Ten seconds of silence.
Jialin shook his body and quickly recovered his calm. He stretched out his hand in a friendly manner: “I’m sorry, Mr. Helan, I think you misunderstood. Pippi is just an ordinary friend of mine. We grew up together, I She came to see me when she was sick, that’s all. Forgot to introduce herself. My name is Tao, Tao Jialin. Nice to meet you, Mr. Helan. Congratulations.”
The hand stretched out empty, Helan Jingting ignored him at all.
Jia Lin didn’t mind, looked at his watch, and smiled decently at them: “I wanted to invite the two to sit in the humble house and have a cup of tea by the way. Unfortunately, I have an appointment with a doctor and let me take a step away. Two people walk slowly, forgive me. Not far away.”
He quickly turned and walked towards the corridor. Pippi suddenly shouted: “Wait!”
The elevator broke down when I came out. In this case, Jia Lin’s heart would be dangerous to go upstairs alone.
She broke free from Helan Jingting’s arms and ran after him: “The elevator is broken, I will accompany you upstairs.”
Oncoming, Jia Lin firmly refused: “It doesn’t matter, I can.”
After speaking, he pushed Pippi out of the door without knowing where he was, and with a beating, the iron door closed behind him. Pippi quickly took out his mobile phone from his bag, plugged in the battery, and called Jialin’s mother: “Auntie, I’m Pippi. Jialin went home, and the elevator broke down. He wants to go upstairs by himself, you get down quickly Pick him up. Yes, I have to go home. Goodbye.”
After the confession, she turned around, He Lan Jingting’s gloomy face seemed to explode at any time. She threw the phone into the small bag and stood with her chest in her arms. She looked frankly: “You have misunderstood. Jia Lin is sick. I’ll see him. That’s it.”
“He is sick, I will help him and let him have a birth earlier.”
She looked terrified, jumped up like a lion, rushed to him, and said word by word: “Helan Jingting, I warn you not to touch Tao Jialin, have you heard? The priest is not about to kill a dying life. Put it in your eyes. If Tao Jialin is because you have a long and two shortcomings, I will never finish with Pippi, and I will also expose your fox fur! I will do what I say!”
He was startled, his eyes narrowed, and he was about to be frightened by her crazy look.
Unexpectedly, Pippi will not stop, and continue to shout at him: “Helan, what are you comparing to him? Is Tao Jialin better than you? He can only live for a few months, but you can live for thousands of years!”
After venting, she threw the Meizhu in her hand on him, jumped into a rental car, and escaped.