Chapter 36

Before going abroad, Xu Zhi visited Yao Yanlan again.

She has been in good health recently and is no longer planning to stay in the ward. She plans to move back in two days.

Xu Zhi didn't have anything good to give as a gift. He bought a basket of cherries and brought her a cross-stitch that he had embroidered.

Yao Yanlan was overjoyed and said that she had learned to embroider this before, but she just didn't have the patience to embroider this.

"If you like it, I can send it to you from abroad." Xu Zhi smiled sweetly.

"Well, why do you want to go abroad?" Yao Yanlan was quite reluctant to let her go, and wanted to give her a few more words of advice.

Xu Zhi suppressed the sourness in her heart and said with a smile: "There is a change in work."

It was almost noon, Yao Yanlan left her to eat: "Nan Zhou went to visit Dean Lu. He will come over soon. Let him take you to eat. I will Not going."

Xu Zhi was shocked, and just when he was about to refuse, the door was pushed in from the outside.

Fei Nanzhou was holding a paper bag in his hand, and his other hand was still holding the doorknob.

Their eyes met, and Xu Zhi first looked away.

"Nanzhou?" Yao Yanlan greeted him with a smile, "You can take Zhizhi to dinner."

"Come together, mom." Xu Zhi said.

"No, I also made an appointment with Mrs. Li. You can go with your brother." Yao Yanlan said with a smile, and told Fei Nanzhou to take good care of her.

Fei Nanzhou agreed with a smile.

The two walked out of the ward, Xu Zhi kept her head lowered and did not dare to look at him.

There was no one in the special care ward, most of the rooms were vacant, and the corridor was quiet, even the nursing staff was gone.

Xu Zhi stared at her blurry figure at the foot, inevitably noticed his, and then looked away at the cold and hard wall.

There is no light here, and the brick walls are cold and pale, like rocks in the dark.

Xu Zhi had never felt that this passage was so long, and it seemed that it would never reach the end.

"What do you want to eat?" Fei Nanzhou asked her later.

His tone was quite calm, and he seemed to have forgotten the disputes and discord that day.

It's just that he was so cold that she didn't feel comfortable with it.

Xu Zhi lowered his head and smiled reluctantly, as if he was stretching his muscles mechanically.

She wanted to say casually, but then she thought that he didn't like her saying the word "casual", so she thought for a while and said, "Chinese food."

Fei Nanzhou said that he knew a good Chinese restaurant nearby, and the Shanghai cuisine was very authentic. She should like it, Xu Zhi said yes.

The car drove to the East Third Ring Road, and the driver drove for them outside.

After getting off the ground, Xu Zhi looked up and saw that this was a courtyard hidden deep in the alley. There was a locust tree at the door. The trunk was very thick and it could be seen that it was quite old.

The door was covered with brown leaves, and two staff-looking people were cleaning with their heads down.

"Excuse me." The driver cleared the way for them, separated people, and turned around to ask Fei Nanzhou and Xu Zhi to pass.

Xu Zhi lowered his head and walked in side by side with Fei Nanzhou. The courtyard was deep and there was not much conversation along the way.

The sound of leaves being crushed under her feet was clear to her ears.

The crunching sound was a little startling in her ears.

She felt that she should say something, so she smiled and raised her head and apologized first.

Fei Nanzhou asked her why she apologized.

He looked into her eyes as he spoke.

Xu Zhi was speechless by his calm question. She wanted to be vague, but she didn't expect him to be so serious.

This tacit attempt to ease the relationship actually pushed her into a deeper desperate situation.

She lowered her head uncomfortably: "...I didn't mean it that day."

He didn't respond, and she became even more upset.

"We're here." Fei Nanzhou stopped, leaned forward slightly and pushed open a six-sided lattice window door on the left.

Xu Zhi went in and found that the box was not big, only two locations in the southeast, but there was a sofa on the side, facing a flower window.

Sunlight pours in from the grid and spreads evenly on the walls covered with green wallpaper, brightening the color of the room by one degree.

Xu Zhi sat down silently.

Across the way, he handed her the menu.

Xu Zhi answered and said "thank you".

"Do you need to be so lively?" His tone was neither salty nor light.

However, Xu Zhi could hear a bit of sarcasm and felt even more uneasy. If he had known that he would have found an excuse to escape just now, he wouldn't be so passive and embarrassed now.

She pretended to lower her head to flip through the menu and said no more.

Fortunately, the waiter came in to take orders at this time, and she ordered a few dishes casually.

"Don't eat pig blood?" Fei Nanzhou pointed out.

Xu Zhi paused for a moment, knowing that he could see that he was distracted.

She paused, then closed the menu with a smile: "Here's what you ordered."

Fei Nanzhou raised the corners of his lips, unable to tell whether it was sarcasm or something else, and then just said plainly: "Thank you."

After a while, the dishes were served. After a dish came up, Xu Zhi stretched out his chopsticks and tasted a dish of steamed yellow croaker. He said "hmm" and said, "It's very delicious. Try it."

She wanted to use this to ease the awkward atmosphere, but he seemed to I didn’t appreciate it very much and didn’t even move my chopsticks.

The expression on Xu Zhi's face became a little tense, and the movement of picking vegetables in his hands also slowed down.

She put down her chopsticks, took the wine glass and took a sip.

"When do you plan to leave?" Fei Nanzhou asked her.

Xu Zhi was silent for a while: "...the flight is the morning of tomorrow."

Fei Nanzhou smiled softly: "Very good."

There was no emotion on his face, like a cold plaster sculpture.

Xu Zhi felt a palpitation in his heart, as if it was difficult to breathe, but he still managed to smile: "Since everything has been decided, sooner or later, it's better to leave as soon as possible."

Fei Nanzhou smiled again: "So, I Is it something you just throw away after use?"

"Don't say that," Xu Zhi bit her lower lip, "We are happy when we are together. There is no need to waste your great future on me."

"You might as well tell me what other high-sounding reasons you have." His tone was extremely cold.

Xu Zhi lowered his head and remained silent.

Seemingly taking a deep breath, he added: "You are like an arrogant little monster. You broke into my life unreasonably and messed up my peaceful life. Now you have had enough. Are you tired of playing and want to turn around and leave? "

"Xu Zhi, don't you think you take me too seriously?"

Xu Zhi's heart beat violently every time he said a word, and she thought of him again for no reason. The harsh words that day.

Emotionally she was scared, but intellectually she felt that he would not do anything to her, either due to his personality or his feelings for her.

Her hands on the table were clenched and then clenched, and then clenched again. Her heart was in turmoil.

In fact, why would she want this?

But she really didn't have the courage to go on.

"I'm sorry. I wish you a bright future and find another good partner." Xu Zhi said.

Fei Nanzhou didn't answer and just smiled again.

The tea on the table had gone cold, but no one even picked up the teapot to refill it.

-Xu

Zhi returned to his residence, exhausted, and felt hot and cold, as if he had a serious illness.

She hurriedly took a shower and washed away the sweat all over her body, her hands shaking constantly.

My mind was so confused that I didn't know what I was thinking or what I should be thinking about.

She later squatted on the ground, her tears mixed with the hot shower water, and she gradually became unclear.

She felt that all the tears in her life had probably been shed in the past few days.

The next day was sunny but cloudy.

Xu Zhi felt that even the weather was against her, and she was really not in a good mood. She packed her luggage again, making sure she didn't miss anything, and prepared to go for a walk downstairs.

Unexpectedly, the phone rang.

She took a look and it turned out to be Shen Cong.

I don’t know what he wants from her. The two of them haven’t had much contact since she rejected him last time.

She answered the call: "Hello -"

"Long time no see." Shen Cong smiled at her, but his tone didn't seem very pleasant.

Xu Zhi thought he was busy recently, so she chatted with him about work matters.

His voice was hoarse, but he asked her: "Are you going abroad?"

Xu Zhi: "...how did you know?"

"Listen to Liu Qing."

Xu Zhi suddenly realized that Liu Qing was a former colleague of Huarui.

She has a wide range of friends. After leaving her job, she still kept in touch with some of Hua Rui's colleagues, but they were just casual acquaintances.

"Yeah." Xu Zhi admitted generously, "Why, do you want to practice it for me?"

"...Forget it." He seemed to be silent for a while, with a bit of probing and joking tone, "I originally wanted to keep you. , but then I thought, you won't listen to me, forget it."

Xu Zhi smiled: "I wish you success in your career and your relationship."

Shen Cong didn't speak for a while.

In fact, he still wants to save this relationship. Xu Zhi is the only person he has ever liked. When he didn't believe in love, she gave him a happy and sincere time.

But he didn't speak. He was a transparent person and already knew the answer.

Some things are past, and there is no way to do it again.

In fact, it's good to be friends. If we keep stalking each other, we probably won't even be friends.

He regretted it very much, but if he asked himself, he would still make the same choice if he had it to do over again.

No solution.

Xu Zhi is a very grateful person, and her emotions are very external. When he first proposed breaking up, her reaction was fierce enough. Later, she let go, but she was still worried about his betrayal. He was even complacent, thinking that she still cared about him. You can still turn back.

Later, she really gave up and gave up completely. He fell in love with another man and was devoted to someone else.

He knew there was no way back.

Just before he was about to succeed, she fell in love with someone else. This was fate's revenge and scrutiny of him.

This is telling him that you can't have your cake and eat it too, and there is no turning back in this world.

No matter how painful my heart is, I can only smile and move forward, and life still has to go on.

After Fei Nanzhou made an ingenious plan, he calmly withdrew and found another high platform, leaving him with a mess. He had to fight with the sky and the remaining forces. It was still unclear whether Hua Rui could be brought back to life.

His future life will probably not be easy either.

But there has never been a moment where he was so grateful that the difficult times ahead made him think less of her when he dreamed about her at midnight.

The phone call in my hand took a long time to make.

Before I dialed the phone, I was afraid of hearing her cold words, but when I heard her talking so politely, my heart felt like it was falling into an abyss.

He finally realized that in relationships, it was better to be hated than to be forgotten and let go.

But he would not say these words to her.

"You should be careful when you are abroad. If you need anything, call me at any time. You know my phone number has always been the same. It has never changed." At the end, it seemed that there was nothing more to say. He waited quietly, waited. She hung up the phone and slowly put down the phone when a busy tone came from the phone.

He stood by the window, looking at a albizia flower outside the window with a dull look.

-The

two days passed very quickly, and the night before leaving, Xu Zhi couldn't sleep even more. Mu Yao came over with a pillow to sleep with her, asking her to relax and remember to call her when she got there.

"I don't have money for long-distance calls," Xu Zhi joked.

Mu Yao tickled her desperately and asked her if she still had money.

"Yes, yes, please take your paws away from me -"

The friendship between girls sometimes fights and sometimes quarrels, and they even compare with each other, but as time goes by, it becomes stronger.

At this moment, Xu Zhi felt that all the previous conflicts and disputes were nothing.

I really can't bear to leave her.

"Be careful in this circle, don't offend people you shouldn't offend." After thinking about it, he warned me.

She was born with a delicate face, but at twenty-four she still looked like a girl who had just left school. When she spoke these words, she sounded old-fashioned and not intimidating at all.

Mu Yao rolled her eyes and said, "Don't steal my lines, okay? You should worry about yourself." After

chatting for a while, Xu Zhi finally fell asleep.

She got up at 7 o'clock the next day, packed her luggage again, and stood by the window for a long time, feeling a little lost.

"Regret it?" Mu Yao opened the window at hand and lit a cigarette outside the window sill facing the wind.

"I'm a little reluctant." Xu Zhi smiled and shook her head, "Forget it, there's no turning back." Before

going out, she hugged Mu Yao, picked up her luggage and was about to go out.

"I'll help you carry it, look at your little arms and legs." Mu Yao stubbed out the cigarette and came over to help.

After two or three years in the industry, she also learned to smoke and drink.

Xu Zhi also told her, but she had no choice but to restrain herself. Sometimes she was too stressed and couldn't sleep all night. Only the feeling of tobacco passing through her lungs could make her feel better.

When they went out, the two of them looked up at the blue sky.

It’s really difficult to look good in Beijing.

When they arrived at the airport, Xu Zhi said goodbye to Mu Yao: "Just send it here."

Turning around to leave, she looked around subconsciously, but she didn't see the person she wanted to see, and her heart felt empty.

Do you really don't want to talk to her anymore?

Time passed by, and it was only half an hour before boarding the plane, but her cell phone rang.

Xu Zhi didn't pay much attention at first, but when he saw the number, he was stunned.

Mu Yao was about to leave, but she accidentally looked up and caught a glimpse of her face, and stopped.

Not far away, Xu Zhi grabbed her cell phone and looked at it for a while, then answered the call: "Hello, may I ask...what's the matter?"

They were too far away, and she couldn't hear what Xu Zhi was saying. She only felt that her His face was a little pale. At first it was shock, then disbelief, changing again and again.

Mu Yao was shocked to realize that something bad had happened. Just as she was about to go over, her cell phone rang.

Looking at the number, she was also stunned.

-Xu

Zhi received two calls that morning, one from the bank and one from the court.

Not only did she receive it, but Mu Yao also received it.

At first, because it happened so suddenly, she didn't understand what happened. She hung up the phone and couldn't figure it out clearly. It wasn't until half a minute later that she received three more text messages, from Zfb, Wx and the bank, reminding her that according to relevant laws According to regulations and the requirements of relevant authorities, the funds in several of her accounts are now frozen and restricted, and she is asked to contact relevant law enforcement agencies for consultation if she has any questions.

The law enforcement agency is the court in Haidian, and the document number and contact information are all available.

The first time she encountered this kind of thing, Xu Zhi realized what was going on when she returned home. It turned out that she and Mu Yao had jointly set up a purchasing agency when they were in school three years ago. At first, they wanted to develop it. It had been idle until Mu Yao went to Hong Kong and Taiwan not long ago to develop filming, and she picked it up again. Half a month ago, she suddenly received a big order from the mainland. The other party wanted a batch of packages. Because Mu Yao's cooperation in Hong Kong did not get the right one, she went to other channels to get it to him. Now the other party wants to sue her for fraud. , Xu Zhi as a legal person and partner was also jointly and severally frozen.

"Did you give him a fake?" Xu Zhi asked Mu Yao.

"Really! It's just that the channels are different." Mu Yao went crazy, thinking that this man was sick, "What does it have to do with it? Isn't he being a rogue?! He's just blackmailing us!"

Xu Zhi was so worried that she also did it Not sure what the twists and turns were: "Let's find a lawyer first."

In any case, her plan to go abroad was ruined.

At first, she didn't think about anything else, thinking it was just an ordinary dispute. After knowing that Mu Yao was not lying, her heart felt a little more at ease.

After hearing this, the lawyer asked Mu Yao some questions, and finally figured out the whole story. He asked her if she had provided any proof to the other party. Mu Yao thought about it and said, yes, it was proof that she had purchased bags before, with a clear address and supplier. .

The lawyer's expression became a little serious.

"...It shouldn't matter. It's just that the channels are different. What I gave is true." Mu Yao was frightened by him and a little irritated, "He must have provided it from me!"

She usually doesn't do things like that. It was so careless, but no one thought that something like this would happen, and it had never happened to him before.

"He is obviously taking advantage of the opportunity to blackmail us! Also, why should we freeze our assets!" Mu Yao was annoyed by this the most and asked the lawyer how to unfreeze it.

"Fifteen days at the earliest." He asked her to provide relevant certificates and try to get it done as soon as possible.

"I don't have anything to do, but Zhizhi is going abroad. How long will it take to freeze and litigate? If he keeps biting us, how can we live like this? I can't even film the movie, I I have to join the group next month," Mu Yao said irritably.

The lawyer said there was nothing she could do, and said that it was better to try to reconcile the matter and asked her to talk to the other party.

At the same time, the lawyer said that it was quite confusing. Even if he won this kind of lawsuit, the other party would not get much benefit. If he applied for this execution order and lost the lawsuit, he would have to pay a large amount of money. Moreover, he had talked with the other party's lawyer and it was very common in the industry. It was a famous lawsuit, and the compensation might not be as much as the legal fees. I couldn't figure out why she was doing this, and I asked her if she had offended someone, and the other party just wanted to punish her.

When Xu Zhi heard this, a ridiculous idea came to his mind.

She excused herself to go to the bathroom, took out her mobile phone and dialed Fei Nanzhou's number.

The phone kept ringing but no one answered.

The speculation in my heart seemed to gradually come true.

It was obviously not very cold, but her hands and feet were a little cold, as if she had entered an ice cellar.

Cold sweat began to break out on my forehead, and I stood in the bathroom for a long time holding my phone.

When Xu Zhi went out, the lawyer had already left.

Mu Yao was quite optimistic, but a little depressed. She went to the kitchen and poured her a cup of tea: "Forget it, just take it one step at a time. Zhang Lu said that it should be defrosted in half a month. But what about food and accommodation in the past few days? Huh ? The rent hasn't been paid yet. That's it."

Xu Zhi forced a smile and said, "Let's go to the supermarket to buy some noodles and eggs. I still have some cash on hand, so I can get by with it."

, What a bad luck! I will cancel this lousy company after this matter! At that time, the man named Qian said so sincerely that he needed this batch of goods, and I was willing to do so because he was from my hometown and gave me so much money. It’s not just for the money. I agreed to help each other when we were away. Who knew he would be this kind of person!”

Xu Zhi thought to himself: Even if you don’t agree, there are still millions of pitfalls waiting for you to jump.

After all, it was him who had caused her trouble. Xu Zhi felt extremely guilty and didn't know how to tell her.

"Okay, okay, don't cry and look sad. It's not a big deal, and the sky is not falling. Let's go to the supermarket to buy something." Mu Yao hugged her and led her out the door.

Xu Zhi's plan to go abroad was ruined.

She may also face endless lawsuits and entanglements. She didn't sleep very well in those days, and her eyes were a little green.

Fei Nanzhou has not contacted her or answered her calls.

During the long wait, Xu Zhi seemed to understand his mood at that time.

He wanted her to taste the same torment.

Not only did he want her to stay, but he also wanted her to think about what he thought and hurt.

Only in this way can she be completely his.