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◎A sharp knife. ◎

"I don't care about him, why should I care about a scumbag?" Liang Yuwei said lightly.

Liang Yuwei's attitude made Chen Zui very angry.

Liang Yuwei, who was sitting in front of her now, was no different from the proud man ten years ago.

His family background is superior, he can easily take the first place in the exam, he is deeply loved by teachers and girls, and he can attract countless attention no matter what he does.

Such boys are destined to be confident and even arrogant.

He got into a fight and lost his place as a recommended candidate. After that, he still went to a prestigious university, studied abroad, and his life was still smooth.

There are countless escape routes in his life. If one doesn't work, he just needs to choose another.

Chen disliked his arrogance the most.

"If he is a man, let him come to me on his own." Liang Yuwei felt that he was giving serious advice, "Also, I suggest you stay away from him."

"Really?" Chen Zhi said with a faint smile. , "Thank you for your advice, I don't need it."

She got up and left.

She passed by the waiter. The waiter pushed the cake halfway and looked at the empty seat opposite Liang Yuwei, feeling at a loss.

-This

meeting with Liang Yuwei was invalid. She still didn't know why Liang Yuwei cared so much about Jiang Siyao.

Did he think her relationship with Jiang Siyao was anything other than friends?

She couldn't figure it out, so she just fell asleep.

In the next few days, Chen Zui went to EM Block twice due to work reasons, but did not see Liang Yuwei both times.

This made her feel somewhat relaxed. After all, they broke up on bad terms last time, and she didn't know what kind of face she would use to face Liang Yuwei.

When Shen Miao accompanied her to check out the spots in the mall, she accidentally mentioned that Mr. Liang had been temporarily summoned by the headquarters.

"What happened?"

Chen vaguely remembered that the last time there was an accident in the cafe, Liang Yuwei was called over by the headquarters urgently.

"I don't want to be too nosy, but... have you watched that video?"

Chen Zui had no idea.

She has to complete almost every day's work on the run. Even in the office, she has to change various documents. She really has no time to pay attention to things on the Internet.

"I'll send it to you." Shen Miao emphasized, "I have followed Mr. Liang since I entered the company. I know very well what kind of person he is. I will not comment on the content of the video. I think there must be a reason for everything."

Shen Miao forwarded it to Chen Zui.

The video came from a short video platform and had an exaggerated title: Video of EM Group executives beating someone was exposed, suspected of being involved in gangs!

Chen Zui clicked on the video.

It was a video of less than ten seconds. Even though the camera was blurry and shaky, Liang Yuwei's outline was still easily identifiable.

"Mr. Liang is a handsome man." Shen Miao said, then seemed to feel something was inappropriate and stuck out his tongue.

Liang Yuwei and Jiang Siyao stood on the roadside. Without saying a few words, they waved their fists at Jiang Siyao.

Jiang Siyao stumbled to the ground and wanted to fight back, but Liang Yuwei grabbed him by the collar and punched him a few more times, but Jiang Siyao had almost no power to fight back.

The camera ended with shaking and screaming, and because we were too far away, we couldn't hear what they said from beginning to end.

The comment area under the video was almost unanimous in criticizing the person who hit the person, "It's amazing that the family has a lot of power", "He's just a senior executive", "It's too arrogant, I suggest a strict investigation".

Although she and Liang Yuwei broke up on bad terms a few days ago, she still felt that making a fuss out of a molehill was too much after seeing all the radical comments from netizens.

Making a fuss out of a molehill... Staring at the appalling title, as well as the astonishing number of likes and comments, Chen suddenly realized something.

Liang Yuwei's work has been affected. He was interviewed by the headquarters and is at risk of suspension.

All this fermented too quickly, as if someone was secretly manipulating and controlling the direction.

Taking away the identity of Jiang Siyao's friend, she felt that this matter was not simple.

That night, Chen first contacted Jiang Siyao and Sheng Hui. The two figures seemed to have disappeared and they could not be contacted.

After hesitating for a while, she called Liang Yuwei.

As if he knew what she was going to say in advance, Liang Yuwei laughed lazily: "Am I so famous now?"

Chen Zui asked him where he was now.

"Beijing." Liang Yuwei's voice was casual, not as if he was under any influence.

She asked again what was going on.

"I beat Jiang Siyao, it's that simple."

"But, why was there such a big fuss?"

Liang Yuwei understood what she meant. After a moment of silence, he put away his playful attitude and asked her a little seriously: "What kind of person do you think I am?"

Chen Zui was silent.

"Still angry for your friend?"

Chen Zui denied. She said calmly: "As things have developed like this, I remain neutral. If you tell me, I am willing to listen. If you need me to keep it secret, I can do it."

Liang Yuwei thought for a while, but still didn't say anything.

His voice was as calm as a pool of clear water: "I hope you will consider my suggestion that night."

-

Chen Zui's doubts were quickly solved.

Early the next morning, the situation changed.

An unknown netizen released a video. The netizen's car was parked on the side of the road at the time, and the driving recorder completely recorded the entire incident.

In the video, Liang Yuwei asked Jiang Siyao why he concealed the fact that he and Sheng Hui were together.

Jiang Siyao did not answer directly, but said, "What do you want to say?"

Liang Yuwei added that they were in love, so why should another girl bear the rumors.

Jiang Siyao admitted calmly: "What's wrong? She has to do whatever I ask her to do. She is what I say she is. She is a cheapie who sleeps with the teacher. So what, she still has to do it. You're not rushing to be my friend."

Before he finished speaking, Liang Yuwei's fist fell.

Jiang Siyao roared in the chaos: "What are you doing? Everyone else can say it, but I can't say it?"

The video ended with Jiang Siyao's unpleasant words.

Overnight, the poles reversed.

The victim of the previous day became the perpetrator of the bullying years ago.

On the same day, Chen Zui received a friend request from a girl in his high school class.

Not long after, the squad leader suddenly sent her a message, apologizing to her and saying that he had misunderstood her.

The monitor's tone was very sincere: I'm sorry for everything that happened back then and what happened to Jingyu. None of us knew that you were just an innocent person.

It turned out that Liang Yuwei was the person involved and appeared in the class group to restore the whole story.

He told everyone that Jiang Siyao and Sheng Hui had been together for many years and had now obtained the certificate. Moreover, many of the rumors about Chen Zui back then came from Jiang Siyao.

As soon as this news came out, it almost overturned everyone's memory.

No one knew that Jiang Siyao and Sheng Hui were already talking about marriage.

If Liang Yuwei hadn't revealed all the truth, everyone would have thought that Jiang Siyao just had a relationship with Chen Zui.

The squad leader told Chen Zui that Liang Yuwei investigated what happened that year. The rumor of love between Chen Zui and Jiang Siyao was first revealed to others by Jiang Siyao.

Chen numbly flipped through the screenshots of chat records, his head buzzing.

Memories of the past flowed out like fresh blood.

Everyone has secrets.

Just like she didn't have the courage to wear short sleeves and skirts, Sheng Hui couldn't like Jiang Siyao openly.

Due to her inferiority complex in adolescence, Sheng Hui could only hide in the friendship between the three people and carefully guard her secret love.

Even though Jiang Siyao later accepted Sheng Hui's confession and the two became lovers, Sheng Hui still cared about other people's opinions and was afraid of being criticized, so she fell in love in secret.

And Chen Zui also kept her secret out of friendship and bore everything for her.

Chen most silently stared at Liang Yuwei's WeChat profile picture in a daze.

At this time, Liang Yuwei stared at the repeatedly flashing "The other party is typing" and ultimately did nothing.

At first, he actually didn't care about Sheng Hui and Jiang Siyao.

These two people were just passers-by A and B, and had no interaction with him.

But when they came back from a business trip that day, when they passed by the gate of Chen Zui's community, he suddenly saw Jiang Siyao and Sheng Hui holding hands.

In high school, it was well known that the three of them had a good relationship.

At that time, rumors about Chen Zui and Jiang Siyao's love were also abuzz.

Chen Zui did not explain it at that time and still went out with the two of them. Many people believed it to be true.

This includes Liang Yuwei.

Many years ago, he saw with his own eyes Liang Yuwei giving Chen Zui a birthday gift. After the reunion, she still wore the necklace, and he regarded it as her old love for Jiang Siyao.

When he saw that scene, he almost couldn't believe his eyes.

It's so weird, so weird.

Why are Jiang Siyao and Sheng Hui so close?

Liang Yuwei contacted an old classmate who had been friends with Jiang Siyao many years ago.

"Jiang Siyao? Why are you asking about him?" The other party was surprised.

The other party immigrated to the other side of the Pacific a few years ago and paid no attention to the recent turmoil in Class 7.

Liang Yuwei said in a relaxed tone, as if chatting, "It's nothing, we just met recently. I remember you had a good relationship back then?"

The other party did not deny: "Indeed, we were familiar with each other at that time. Our two families live close to each other, and we often bump into each other on the way to school.

"Then do you remember what happened between him and Sheng Hui?" "

Sheng Hui? He and Sheng Hui got together later. Didn't he talk to Chen Zui?"

Liang Yuwei's heart sank: "He and you." "What?"

"Well, he said that Chen Zui took the initiative to be in a group with him and always clung to him. I was quite shocked at the time, because before that, he said that Chen Zui had an unusual relationship with Teacher Zhang. This kind of woman. He didn't even want to give me any advice. I didn't expect that when it was his turn, he still enjoyed it. Later, I don't know what happened, but he was with Sheng Hui again. "

Is it true that he is with Sheng Hui? " ?”

“His WeChat account posted a marriage certificate. I liked it at that time, but within a few minutes, it was deleted.”

“ Maybe I missed it.” When?"

"About half a year ago."

Liang Yuwei was silent for a long time.

The other party noticed Liang Yuwei's low pressure and wanted to lighten the atmosphere, so he said: "Now that I think about it, boys aged sixteen or seventeen are really quite muddy and obscene. They talk about Chen Zui and this man all day long. How do they behave with each other? What about that man? In fact, he seems to have never done anything."

Liang Yuwei snorted disdainfully in response.

He asked again: "What about Sheng Hui? Do you still have an impression?"

"Sheng Hui... I still won't comment."

Liang Yuwei asked, "What do you mean?"

"I'm only telling what I saw." The other party paused and said hesitantly, "In everyone's eyes, she has the best relationship with Chen Zui, right? However, no one will offend most of the people in the class for Chen Zui, do you understand?"

The other party did not make it clear. The rest was left to Liang Yuwei to experience by himself.

When he hung up the overseas phone call, Liang Yuwei felt a heavy sigh in his chest that could not be relieved no matter what.

This truth is too cruel.

It was so cruel that he didn't know how to tell Chen Zui.

He couldn't hold back, found Jiang Siyao, and used his fists to vent the anger in his heart.

-Chen

Zu is like a walking corpse, looking for Sheng Hui.

On the way, she rushed through the years in her mind.

She wanted to grab something, but her thoughts kept passing by.

Since Lao Zhang's death, many things have started to get out of control.

She can no longer tell what is true and what is false.

When Chen Zui arrived, Jiang Siyao was not at home, only Sheng Hui was alone.

The two stood expressionlessly at the door, confronting each other silently.

Finally, Sheng Hui sneered and said, "You know it all."

Chen Zui stared at her, hoping to hear a denial from her mouth.

But Sheng Hui didn't, her eyes wandered and looked elsewhere.

In the dark corridor, Chen Best seemed to hear the sound of his own heart breaking.

In the end, Sheng Hui turned sideways and let Chen Zui in.

Chen Zui walked to the dining table and pulled out a chair, while Sheng Hui sat far away from her on the sofa.

There was silence for a long time, and the conversation did not even begin.

Finally, Chen couldn't help but raised his head and asked, "Why?"

Why did he treat her like this?

She couldn't figure it out anyway.

Sheng Hui turned to look out the window and said slowly: "Chen Zui, do you know, I have always envied you."

Sheng Hui has a harmonious family, a stable and smooth career, and everything from school uniforms to wedding dresses with her lover.

Such a life, even if ordinary, is still very happy.

Chen least knew what to envy in her shabby life.

"You really don't know?" Sheng Hui suddenly looked at her with a mocking tone.

Chen Zu said nothing.

"Because you were born with a good skin."

Chen Zai was born with fair skin and delicate features.

For Sheng Hui who suffered from hormonal imbalance during adolescence and a face full of acne, it was indeed something to be envied.

"No matter how many unpleasant things others say, no one can deny the fact that you are beautiful. Even if you have such a large area of ​​scars, it does not affect your face."

Chen raised his eyelids in disbelief.

She never knew that Sheng Hui had such thoughts in her heart.

Does she have to thank those who deliberately teased her for not slamming hot porridge on her face?

Sheng Hui breathed heavily and said, "Don't look at me like that. You have received enough preferential treatment."

"Do you know what you are talking about?" Chen Zui asked.

"Just because of your scar, you were admitted to the No. 1 Middle School in the city. Others with similar grades to you had to spend more than 100,000 to get in."

Sheng Hui's words were like a sharp knife, piercing directly into Chen Zui's heart. .

No matter how ugly, vicious, or hurtful the words were, she had heard them all.

But it has never hurt like this.

Chen Zhiqiang endured his chattering teeth and twitching heart, and said: "At that time, a hot pot poured directly on me, did you know?"

Sheng Hui did not answer.

She thought she was going to die.

Only she knew the physical pain.

The skin on her body has become very fragile. If she is not careful, pus will leak out from the scar, causing unbearable pain and itching.

Compared with the physical pain, the fact that the perpetrators remained intact on campus was even more unacceptable to her.

But they were not punished in any way, and some even went to prestigious schools.

Only she is forced to forgive those bad people and has to carry these scars for the rest of her life.

Why.

Can a mere quota of admission to the first middle school in one city offset all the pain?

impossible. Never possible.

She once thought Sheng Hui understood.

Even if I can't empathize with her, I can at least be with her.

On those days when she wanted to jump from a high place, Sheng Hui's appearance was like a hand, pulling her back.

In City No. 1 Middle School, it’s a brand new environment without any previous classmates. Only two people knew she had scars, one was Sheng Hui and the other was Teacher Zhang.

Teacher Zhang is a very good person. Even though rumors and rumors caused him a lot of trouble, and he was even boycotted by parents, he never made Chen Zui's secret known to the public.

But he died.

And she suddenly remembered that Sheng Hui had never wanted to tell her about Teacher Zhang's death.

Chen Zui walked up to Sheng Hui and unbuttoned his shirt, revealing the shocking scars on his shoulders and arms.

Tears rolled down her eyes unconsciously. She wiped them away and asked, "You just envy me like this, don't you?"

Sheng Hui turned her head and refused to look.

Sheng Hui said: "Even if you are like this, Jiang Siyao likes you."

Chen Zui was stunned.

"You don't know? The person Jiang Siyao liked at first was actually you." Sheng Hui said.

"What are you talking about?"

"He likes you! He likes you!" Sheng Hui couldn't help shouting, "If it weren't for you, he wouldn't be in our experimental class, nor would he be with us after school Let's go."

Chen Zui said dumbly: "I have never done anything out of bounds with Jiang Siyao."

"Of course you don't dare to like others. You don't dare to think about anything. I'm willing to take care of you." Sheng Hui couldn't suppress her anger, "Why does he listen to everything you say? Why does he come over if you raise your finger?"

Chen Zui felt as if someone had taken away a huge piece of his heart. , suddenly became empty.

Sheng Hui turned from crying to laughing: "Because of him, I know how jealous and possessive boys are. He can't get you, but he actually says that you are chasing him. It's really ridiculous for boys. How much do you need to save face to say that?" Such ridiculous words."

Sheng Hui knew that those disgusting rumors came from Jiang Siyao, and she also knew what the truth was, but she did not stop the rumors from spreading.

Because she doesn't want to be isolated by others like Chen Zui, and she doesn't want to be pointed out wherever she goes.

Her face was covered in acne and she couldn't hold her head up, but she was better than Chen Zhi, who was covered in ugly scars and hated by everyone.

Therefore, she has her own rules: although she often spends time with Chen Zui, she is only friends with other people.

Chen was most crushed.

Those good intentions she thought had turned out to be twisted and deformed in the dark place, growing in the wrong direction.

Her only friend in the world, the friend she could take out her heart from, the friend she valued more than her family.

It turns out it was all a grand hallucination.

Chen Zui felt that his heart was about to be torn into pieces.

The sincerity she held had been trampled on by them at will. The friendship she thought turned out to be just their charity, just like treating a dog on the roadside.

After graduation, she cut off contact with all her former classmates.

Sheng Hui and Jiang Siyao always said that they didn't want her to hear bad voices. It turned out that they were afraid that their old classmates would know the truth and expose their lies.

Chen Zui's tears flowed down uncontrollably, and she asked with a trembling voice: "You hate me so much?"

"No." Sheng Hui covered her face and shook her head, tears overflowing from between her fingers, "I don't hate you. I don't hate you at all."

"Chen Zui, you are my best friend."

In fact, they have experienced many things together over the years.

Chen Zui still remembers that when she moved, her previous landlord made things difficult for her. It was Sheng Hui who came over with Jiang Siyao, had a big fight with the landlord, and helped her get the deposit back.

During every holiday, Sheng Hui and Jiang Siyao would move boxes of things from their work unit to Chen Zui, and would also ask her to go home for dinner. Chen Zui did not have such a close relationship with his parents.

Every year on their anniversary, they would bring her a light bulb with them to avoid her loneliness.

...

Sheng Hui is jealous of Chen Zui and can't live without her.

Because Chen Zui is indeed the only person who treats her sincerely.

In ten years, true love and falsehood have long merged into one.

Even Sheng Hui herself couldn't distinguish her most complicated feelings towards Chen.

Chen Zui's tears seemed to have opened and he couldn't stop them.

No matter how much I wipe it, it still bleeds, and by the end, my entire face is wet.

At the same time, there are still many needles in my heart, pricking them one after another.

She had never cried like this, not even on the hardest days.

The two of them were tired of crying and sat in a daze, saying nothing.

I don’t know how long it took, but it started to get dark outside.

None of them turned on the lights.

Chen stood up weakly and left without saying anything.

When she walked out of that door, she felt like she might never come back again.

It's just a waste of ten years.

Has she endured enough? It doesn't matter how much it hurts, but you won't die.

-Chen

Zui fell seriously ill when he returned home.

She had the fever over and over again for three days. For three days, she barely left the room.

She and Qiao Sen took annual leave, and with the extra time off she had saved, she was going to take a long vacation.

Sheng Hui called her many times, but she didn't answer any of them. In the end, even the familiar number was blocked.

On the seventh day, Shen Miao called and asked her when her vacation would end. Some work matters were still waiting to be advanced.

Shen Miao heard that her voice sounded like she was sick, and she kept apologizing: "I'm not urging you to come back to work. I'm not an evil capitalist!"

She said the word "capitalist" so hard that Chen was most amused. .

She guessed that it was probably Liang Yuwei's instruction, so she told Shen Miao the specific time.

On the last day of the holiday, Chen Zui took off the necklace around his neck and went to the express delivery outlet at the gate of the community, intending to send it back together with the bridesmaid's dress.

After she finished sending the things, her brother stopped her and said, "You didn't get your express delivery receipt."

She said, "Throw it away, I don't need it."

She walked back, and halfway there, a sudden rain came. This is the first heavy rain in summer.

She didn't bring an umbrella and had to stand under the eaves to take shelter from the rain.

There is a happy word posted on the gate of the community. It was posted by the newlyweds who got married a few days ago. Only then did she remember that today was the wedding of Sheng Hui and Jiang Siyao.

She got no news.

I don’t want to know anymore.

Thinking back, she was the wedding planner who accompanied Sheng Hui to meet.

When the planner asked Sheng Hui whether she wanted to throw the flowers or give them away, Sheng Hui pointed at Chen Zui without hesitation and said, give them to her.

she is my best friend. She must find happiness.

Thinking about it now, it seems like a distant joke.

After standing for a while, a tall figure appeared beside him.

Chen Zui turned his head and Liang Yuwei's face appeared in front of him.

Seeing Chen Zui, Liang Yuwei said: "I'm sorry."

Chen Zui shrugged easily and said, "You are right, I misjudged the person."

After that, she added with self-deprecation, I Should I thank you?

Liang Yuwei pursed his lips and said, "I didn't want to make it public."

Because he didn't know whether the truth would relieve or hurt Chen the most.

Jiang Siyao posted the video of Liang Yuwei beating him on the Internet, using false titles to attract attention and create hype.

EM Block had an accident not long ago, and the video spread quickly this time, which undoubtedly has another negative impact.

The video was seen by people in the group and they asked him to talk to him urgently.

"I didn't expect that Jiang Siyao would use such inferior means to solve the problem and do it so brilliantly. It seems that he didn't learn a lesson after being beaten." Liang Yuwei snorted, "He didn't even dare to Come face me directly."

After a while, Chen Zui said: "Can I ask you a question?"

"Why are you doing this?"

Liang Yuwei looked at her with a half-smile: "What do you mean

?

"I would do this to anyone else." "

What

do you want to say?" Liang Yuwei met her eyes.

"I thought..." Chen Zui pursed his lower lip, "Forget it."

Liang Yuwei stared at her for a long time, but in the end he couldn't come up with an answer.

He handed Chen Zui a document bag.

Chen Zui glanced at him and took it hesitantly.

"The voice, text and video evidence in the group have been notarized and can be sued at any time." Liang Yuwei tilted his head and looked at her, "It's up to you."

"Thank you." Chen Zui said with lowered eyes. .

The figure beside her was calm and firm, emitting a source of warmth that made her feel at ease.

They stood side by side under the eaves at the entrance of the community, looking at the heavy rain.

The heavy rain came and went quickly. After a while, the rain became lighter and pedestrians closed their umbrellas one after another.

There is still a trace of drizzle floating in the sky, and the sun has appeared in the west.

"The rain will stop."