Starlight is not as good as your allure
Chapter 8
Chapter 8
She is not the only one who is sleepless in this city. They are less than ten meters away from each other, but they are already drifting away.
On the evening of the day when the filming in southern Shanxi ended, Gu Jin also gave her an envelope.
He came to her room alone to find her, and solemnly handed over the document bag: "Your family asked me to bring it. I have never had a chance to give it to you before."
Ye Qiao packed her luggage and stuffed the medicine pack and clothes into the small suitcase.In fact, she has very few things, but she silently folded a piece of clothing thousands of times. Gu Jin remembered that she also liked to do this during the Cold War, delaying time until he subsided.But he often can bear his temper, and she will have a small temper after a certain time, and deliberately attract his attention.
However, he waited this time, only to wait until she said lightly: "Leave it alone."
Gu Jin was stunned for a moment.He has always been responsible for her family affairs, and insisted: "Ms. Cheng hopes that you can open it yourself. You know, she didn't send it to you directly, just because she was worried that you wouldn't read it."
Ye Qiao sat on the edge of the bed: "Bring it here."
Gu Jin thoughtfully helped her untie the sealing string of the document bag before handing it over, but still did not leave, and stopped in front of her.
Ye Qiao regarded him as a potted plant and pulled out a stack of papers from the file bag.As soon as I pulled it out, I saw two words printed in boldface on the header—will.
She pushed it back reflexively.
Gu Jin asked: "What's wrong?"
Ye Qiao forced himself to calm down and stabbed him: "You poke here and don't leave, are you afraid that others will find out that you have stayed in my room for so long? It's okay to spread rumors, but it's not good if they spread to Cheng Jiang's ears, right?"
Gu Jin doesn't take care of anything, and doesn't follow her way at all: "You don't need to provoke me on purpose. Your father asked me to take good care of you, and I can't break my promise."
Ye Qiao couldn't help laughing: "Then did you take good care of it?"
It's really funny, a person who promises to be forever and then forgets, actually swears that he will promise a thousand dollars?
Gu Jin didn't answer any more, and Ye Qiao didn't want to pay any attention to him.Some disappointment she thought was thorough enough, only now did she realize that there was disgust beneath the disappointment.She couldn't wait to get this guy out of her world.With this thought in mind, she pulled out the paper abruptly, and swept through the complicated items on a few pages. She only grasped the key point - even if Cheng Su had another child, all her father's inheritance would still belong to her. I don't take a penny.
what is this?He was declaring his loyalty to love to her?The remarriage was not because of deliberate pursuit of fame and fortune, so no matter what happened, he has the capital of being proud and lofty in front of her?
Ye Qiao's mind was occupied by thousands of thoughts, and he was instantly confused.
Gu Jin sensed her strangeness, took a step forward, and called her name, but his voice seemed to be drowned in the clamoring thoughts in her mind.
Ye Qiao blocked his hand and said, "Your task is completed, you can go out."
Gu Jin didn't know whether it was out of morality or old feelings, he wanted to comfort her when she was in a state of confusion: "Qiao Qiao..."
"Let you go out." Ye Qiao was upset, stood up suddenly, and dropped the suitcase on the ground, and it fell between the two of them with a "bang", and the irritable mood was on the verge of breaking out, "Gu Jin, my family affairs are not yet my turn An outsider pointing fingers. If you really want to care about me, then silently burn two sticks of incense for me every night and wish me a happy marriage and success in my career. Don’t come in front of me.”
After she finished speaking, she picked up the suitcase and left. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of his livid face and knew that she had finally angered him.She turned around with a smile, and threw the file bag back to him: "If you really feel that you owe me and want to make up for it, you can put 100 million in my card, even if it is a breakup fee, I might calm down. After all Nobody has trouble with money."
On the way back, she deliberately didn't take the lead actor's car.Zhao Mo saw her dragging the box over, and thoughtfully helped her put it into the trunk.
Ye Qiao couldn't understand her hospitality, so she declined politely, "It's okay, my assistant will handle it."
Zhao Mo thought that she was deliberately giving her a crush, thinking that she hated him, and smiled awkwardly: "It's okay, it's easy."
Ye Qiao realized that just after fighting Gu Jin, her kindness to strangers was too extreme, so she smiled and said, "Thank you."
Zhao Mo was stunned for a second, then smiled tentatively: "Several of us in this car are your juniors and juniors. It's really kind of you, Sister Qiao, to come."
Ye Qiao said, "Really? Which level?"
Zhao Mo gradually relaxed, and said casually, "They all just graduated, and there is one who is only in his junior year, and came out to accept plays after school."
After getting in the car, they were all young faces.
They are all nameless and passionate boys and girls, chatting and playing undercover games all the way, laughing heartily on the desolate roads on both sides.
Ye Qiao was only two or three years younger than them, but she seemed no longer young.
Mixing among these young actors, the bumpy journey seemed to be shortened a lot.
When we arrived at the downtown airport, our flights flew to different places.Shen Ting sat with her in the waiting hall, and gave her a preview of the upcoming announcement: "The ratings of the episode of "Idol Challenge" that Zheng Shao asked you to shoot last time broke records, and several variety shows have given a high rating to the audience." The company sent out an invitation, Sister Wei recommended a lot for you, and reserved a few high-quality domestic ones, let you think about it again."
Ye Qiao naturally knew that no matter how talented and powerful she was, she couldn't do without popularity. The stamina of "Sleep Wind" has already declined, and if she doesn't seize this period of career growth and stir up news, it will not be a good thing for public or private purposes.She let go and said, "Well, I'll go back and have a look."
Shen Ting smiled, and chased after the victory: "Director Wang Qingming is preparing to shoot a fantasy romance film recently. Because it is an adaptation of a popular game, the fan base is very high. The investment of this film is also second to none in the industry. The film producer contacted Sister Wei , I hope you can try the mirror."
Ye Qiao never took instant romance movies before, but today he asked for the first time, "What role are you trying?"
Shen Ting said excitedly: "There are two heroines in the game script, Director Wang wants you to try one of the heroines."
Ye Qiao thought about this sentence, a little surprised.In such a big-produced movie, the actors are all first-line stars. Even if it is a double heroine, it is unlikely that a newcomer of her rank will be invited, not to mention her acting style is far from it.She faintly felt strange, but since it was just an audition, she said, "Okay."
Shen Ting was quite satisfied with her answer.
After work was arranged, Ye Qiao was going to make a phone call. The number she dialed was her home landline.
Sure enough, the person who answered the phone was Cheng Su.Hearing that it was Ye Qiao, he was surprised for a while and said, "Have you received the document?"
"Hmm." Ye Qiao didn't want to say this, so he quickly changed the subject, "Is my dad sick?"
Cheng Su didn't expect her to ask such a direct question, and hesitantly said: "Yes...your father has been in poor health, and his condition has become worse recently, and he stayed in the hospital for a few days."
Ye Qiao's heart was sour, even though there was a gap between father and daughter, there was still a strange telepathy.The moment she saw the will, her first reaction was not the ownership of the property, but that something happened to her father.
Her tone was calm: "Is it serious?"
"Whether it is serious or not depends on development. The disease you had before was actually caused by family genes. Your father's heart is not good, and the problem will be exposed when he gets older. Although it won't happen now, it is always a hidden danger. .” Cheng Su analyzed clearly.
Ye Qiao said quietly, "Understood."
Without saying goodbye, she just hung up the phone.
Ye Qiao stood in front of the mirror in the airport bathroom, his eyes were blank.
Until the phone vibrated immediately, she subconsciously answered it, and heard the man's angry but gentle voice: "When will you be back?"
"It's time to board the plane. I'm about to call you." Ye Qiao said slowly.
Zhou Ting heard something wrong through the magnetic waves: "What's wrong with your voice?"
Ye Qiao said, "It's fine."
"Sounds like I'm about to cry."
Her voice was thick: "Is there?"
"Ah."
The airport announcement came from afar, and the mechanical female voice urged the passengers on her flight to board.
Ye Qiao packed her bag and said in a low voice, "I'm about to board the plane. Are you going to the airport in two hours?"
"Okay." Zhou Tingshen estimated the time and asked considerately, "Is there anything you want to eat? I've made a reservation for the restaurant in advance."
Ye Qiao had some inexplicable pantothenic acid again, and said, "No. Let's talk about it later."
Zhou Tingshen fed small dried fish to Ophelia and Desa, and was busy making phone calls. The left one and the right one subconsciously turned into throwing them all at Ophelia. Ophelia jumped up and down happily, and Desa sat aside depressed, like a mushroom black cloud, not understanding why he suddenly fell out of favor.
He rolled his eyes lightly and said, "I'll see you then."
When Ye Qiao got off the plane, it was a rare sunny day in Lingcheng.It's just that this city seems to have an endless temper. Rainy days are cold and bitter, and sunny days are blustery.Ye Qiao wrapped her windbreaker tightly and said goodbye to Shen Ting.After the last time a fan failed to pick her up from the plane, the company began to keep her itinerary secret, but this time it went smoothly.
She waited at the underground parking spot, three or four floors up and down the huge airport parking garage, and the traffic was moving slowly.Ye Qiao suddenly answered the phone call, but it wasn't Zhou Tingshen.
Qianxi reminded her: "I have an appointment with a psychiatrist. He is an elite in the industry. This time he is back to China with a full schedule, so he managed to make an appointment. At four o'clock this afternoon, don't be late."
Ye Qiao replied, "Yes."
Qian Xi said distressedly: "Is it too late? Oh, it's because you worked so hard filming, how about it, aren't you happy to be back in the city?"
A gust of wind blew, and Ye Qiao almost couldn't stand still. She held the phone tightly and said, "I'm very happy. Hang up first."
She saw a familiar dark blue Cayenne, which was Zhou Tingshen's car in Lingcheng.
Ye Qiao opened the door and sat in, saying, "It's very windy today."
Zhou Tingshen realized that the place she was waiting for was the garage entrance: "Why are you standing in the wind?"
Ye Qiao pulled the seat belt: "This is the exit, you must pass here. I'm afraid you won't find me underneath."
Zhou Ting squinted deeply and leaned over, saying, "I can find you wherever you are."
Ye Qiao felt that this posture was a little dangerous.
Zhou Tingshen parked the car to a place where the exit would not be blocked, and the inspection and acceptance usually looked at her all over: "What does that leaf mean?"
The tense string suddenly relaxed, Ye Qiao laughed: "You don't know?"
Of course he didn't know.
Zhou Ting didn't have so many twists and turns in his mind. When he received this leaf, he read a lot of books on botany. Finally, a girl from the countryside under Wu Zi's hand recognized the picture.For this reason, Wu Zi mocked him, laughing at him: "Brother, you have not only eaten grass recently, but also studied it?"
He couldn't laugh or cry, took out the leaf from his pocket, and compared it to Ye Qiao's eyes: "When you write questions in the future, can you consider my knowledge structure?"
Ye Qiao picked Qiao up on purpose: "Why don't you think about it, a person with common sense in life can recognize what kind of leaf it is."
"Really, you sent a piece of Qiao Ye, and you still think you are a monster who has changed your original shape." The more he said, the more outrageous he was, he put the leaf in his palm, pinched her earlobe as if punishing, and felt the tenderness under his fingertips. Alluring to the touch, the eyelids are suggestively drawn back.
Ye Qiao couldn't be more familiar with his eyes, so she covered his face with her hand: "Can't go yet, I have an appointment at four o'clock." She called up Qianxi's WeChat, and said without a doubt, "Send me to Go to this address."
Zhou Ting frowned deeply: "You called me here to be a driver?"
Ye Qiao was in a happy mood and teased him: "What else?"
Zhou Ting put the leaf under his nose and sniffed it lightly, and said, "What about this one? Send me a message?"
Ye Qiao smiled and said, "It's a proof."
"Huh? What can I exchange for?" Zhou Ting was looking for an opportunity to come forward.
Ye Qiao turned her face away, pressed her lips against his ear, and said in a low voice, "That's the only thing you've been thinking about."
His face changed, and he sat back with a smile and said, "It's really not."
The doctor Qianxi made an appointment with was Wen, and the clinic opened in a mansion of the Republic of China. If it weren't for the sign hanging at the door, this garden mansion full of ivy, flowers and plants would actually look more like a rich man's vacation villa.
Ye Qiao rang the doorbell once, and observed the flowers in the courtyard behind the black imitation fence gate. Among the lush greenery, epiphyllum flowers were in full bloom.With such a short flowering period, it blooms in strong winds, and the branches and leaves are messy under the wind and tide, and the air is filled with intoxicating aroma.
The steward came to open the door with his overcoat on, and asked, "Ms. Ye?"
Ye Qiao said "Yes", and heard him ask "This is it", and looked back, only to find that Zhou Ting had followed after parking the car.She was surprised: "Aren't you going back?"
"I'll go in and wait for you." Zhou Tingshen was firm.Ye Qiao couldn't help it, and asked the steward, and the other party let him in, saying: "Our doctor does not recommend family members to accompany patients for consultation. This gentleman can follow me to the teahouse."
Zhou Tingshen followed the people in. The courtyard was deep and the hall was decorated in the style of an old wealthy family in the Republic of China.Taking advantage of the manager's affairs to inform Dr. Wen, he finally expressed his dissatisfaction: "Do you have to choose such a mysterious doctor?"
Ye Qiao calmed down when he came, and said, "I didn't pick it. My cousin is addicted to British dramas, and this doctor's style is more in line with her aesthetics." She smiled to reassure him and herself, "Actually, the domestic psychological counseling industry is not good enough. Well-developed, private clinics are mixed, it is said that this person is already considered a leader in the industry."
Zhou Ting sneered deeply: "He has a rich family, so he earned his reputation, right? It would be very elegant to open a restaurant with such a configuration."
"Food and sex. You know these two things." Ye Qiao gritted his teeth with the simple sarcasm.
Zhou Ting sealed him in a corner, and said in a solemn voice, "You've already said 'food and sex', Ye Qiao, but you really don't need to see a doctor for that."
Ye Qiao was suddenly blocked by his long arm, and asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"
"I mean, you're not sick." Zhou Ting raised her head deeply. When she bent down, she could only see the small wound that had just healed on his lip. Psychological needs and behaviors are normal phenomena, and there is no need to distinguish between normal and abnormal, and you don’t have to find the reason from a scientific point of view.”
Ye Qiao raised her eyebrows innocently: "If you don't solve the problem from a scientific point of view, what should you do? Do you believe in God with you?"
Zhou Ting frowned deeply.
Ye Qiao spread her palms in front of her face: "I don't intend to offend your beliefs. But I'm an atheist."
Zhou Ting ignored her gag in an attempt to make the atmosphere relaxed, and promised with serious eyes: "No matter what hobbies you have, I won't mind."
"Oh...so that's what you were talking about?" Ye Qiao finally understood what he understood his "mental illness" to be.She didn't intend to explain to him in detail the real reason for seeing a psychiatrist. Both her heart and her heart were suffering unbearable pain in the past.
She looked up to meet his gaze, and just smiled jokingly: "Well, thank you very much for not minding. But even if you don't mind, there will always be someone who minds. I think it is necessary to solve it together this time. "
The following sentences could not be heard clearly, and Zhou Tingshen's attention stopped on the four words "there will always be someone".
What does she mean by "there's always someone"?Future boyfriend, or even husband?
What about him?She is chic.
after?Only he can participate in her future.
Ye Qiao suddenly felt the heavy pressure brought by the person in front of her. His eyes were like lead, falling on her shoulders, which made people feel overwhelmed.A ridiculous thought flashed through her mind, she grabbed it in a panic, and asked almost subconsciously: "Zhou Tingshen, are you serious?" About the relationship between us.She didn't say the second half of the sentence, but she believed he understood.
In those sharp and handsome eyes, the pupils trembled slightly, and the eyelids suddenly retracted.That's a signal that someone in the center wants to escape.
Before Zhou Tingshen could speak, the steward's footsteps sounded at the end of the corridor.Ye Qiao took advantage of the situation to escape from his gaze, leaving him with a gloomy expression, dangerous and unfamiliar.
When the steward approached, Ye Qiao asked, "Is Doctor Wen convenient?" The calm and polite tone made the answer he was about to blurt out just now seem absurd and funny.
The steward made a gesture of invitation: "Please follow me."
Ye Qiao took one last deep look at Zhou Ting and walked into the consultation room.
She didn't hear the answer, she was afraid that the answer he gave was not what she wanted.
The room was silent.
"Endorphin, an endogenous morphine-like biochemical synthetic hormone, is the source of pleasure. Humans are self-regulating animals, like a complete ecosystem, with self-purification means. When humans suffer from severe pain or grief , The pituitary gland automatically secretes endorphin, which makes people feel happy to offset the pain.
"This is why after strenuous exercise, people often feel pleasure, and mistakenly believe that the pleasure comes from the strenuous exercise itself. In fact, it is just because of the lack of oxygen after exercise, which leads to the brain's self-protection and uses endorphin to offset the pain of hypoxia."
Ye Qiao listened for a long time, then interrupted him: "So?"
Dr. Wen put his long fingers together: "So, Miss Ye, you don't have to worry. All your indulgences actually come from long-term depression. This has a lot to do with your history of heart disease when you were young. Maybe now that you have recovered from the operation, you can be as normal as you are. People’s lives are the same, but in your mind, you are different from ordinary people. So you are cautious and dare not cross the boundaries in life.”
He explained: "People who have suppressed their physical and physiological needs for a long time will double their desires after obtaining a certain motivation. Emotional breakdown, family changes, career pressure... all kinds of things can become your motivation."
The analysis mixed with English made her uncomfortable.Ye Qiao objected: "But I don't feel happy, these are unbearable for me."
"It's unbearable, the pain is too painful to live. But I can't stop." Dr. Wen smiled as usual, "That's why you need to come here."
Ye Qiao pursed her lips.
During Dr. Wen's analysis, the transparent lens changed color in the sun, and it shone brightly like a poisonous mushroom: "If I guessed correctly, you, Ms. Ye, suffered an accident when you were young. The impact of this accident on you may be earth-shaking. But you deny it from the bottom of your heart. You even feel ashamed, but out of self-preservation, you keep forcing yourself to think you are innocent, and you put the guilt elsewhere, or on other people.”
Ye Qiao raised his head suddenly, his eyes were empty, and he heard the last sentence: "But this does not match your personality. You are used to blaming yourself, and your psychological pursuit of advantages and avoidance of disadvantages makes you unable to correctly understand the problem. Inextricable."
Many pasts buried in the bottom of my heart were cut open one by one bloody.The dull air in the room made Ye Qiao suffocate, she said in a deep voice, "Is there a solution?"
"It's very simple. To untie the bell, one must tie it."
Ye Qiao said bitterly, "Impossible."
Dr. Wen separated the chimeric fingers and raised his eyebrows: "Then try to face the problem squarely and release it reasonably."
He is good at ending neatly, adding: "Is this all for today?"
Ye Qiao removed the bag, got up and shook hands with him: "Then, thank you doctor."
Her hands were extremely thin, and Wen Shao's modest grip was almost empty, and he needed to squeeze a little to hold these thin, muscular hands into the palm of his hand.
He held it with changing eyes, and said gently: "Don't call me a doctor, my name is Wen Shaoqian."
"Doctor Wen." Ye Qiao only added a surname, and naturally brought out a sentence of approval that had been in his heart, "The epiphyllum in your yard is very beautiful."
"You come here when they are open, which means we are very destined." Wen Shaoqian handed her a business card and said with a smile, "Qianxi gave me your contact information, and I will send you a message tonight. In the future, if If you need me, you can come to me anytime.”
Ye Qiao took the business card and felt strange starting from the word "Fate". He keenly caught the familiarity when he mentioned Qianxi, and asked, "Are you familiar with Qianxi?"
"I don't know her well. Her father and my mother are college classmates, but I have been studying in England since middle school, and I don't have much contact with her family." Wen Shaoqian lives up to his name, with a gentle smile, "If I knew she was as beautiful as Miss Ye My cousin, I might stay in China for a few more years."
Ye Qiao smiled meaningfully: "Then there will be no 'fate' today."
The old corridor was dark and cold. Ye Qiao closed the door of the consultation room, and an orange voice-activated light was turned on. The gauze lampshade was embroidered with simple patterns in Ming and Qing styles, giving the modern facilities a simple and bookish atmosphere.
She took out her mobile phone from her bag almost at the same time as the light turned on, and dialed Qian Xi's number.
Qianxi asked lazily: "Hello—cousin? Have you been to Brother Shaoqian? How do you feel?"
Ye Qiao sneered: "Are you talking about consulting, or people?"
Qianxi's drowsiness disappeared, and she heard the echo of Ye Qiao's high-heeled shoes on the other end of the phone in the empty corridor, and the "thump, thud" sound seemed to poke her face.She cried and begged: "Cousin... Please don't kill me."
"What did I kill you for?"
Qianxi couldn't bear the scares, and told the truth in a few moments: "I really didn't mean it... It's my dad. He heard about your current situation and wanted to introduce someone to you. It just so happens that he has a classmate. My son is a talented person, he has just returned to China, and he is also a very outstanding psychological counselor, all such a coincidence, it is also fate!"
Ye Qiao sneered again when he heard the word "Fate".
A corridor came to the end, and there was no shadow of Zhou Tingshen in the teahouse.Ye Qiao thought of what happened two hours ago, and his aggressive eyes, and his heart became more and more agitated.
Qianxi was still braving the limelight to persuade him: "But I've passed the test. Brother Shaoqian is not as good-looking as the male stars in your circle, but he is still a handsome man, right? And he is a doctor of returnees, with a temperament and a good-looking manner They are all excellent, and their family backgrounds are terribly good. Where can I find such a golden bachelor! If I didn’t have a boyfriend, I would have gone to hook up with brother Shaoqian a long time ago!”
"Go."
"cousin--"
Ye Qiao was unmoved and said, "Don't be an example. Don't be so stupid in the future. I'll die."
Holding the phone that said "Call ended", Qianxi scratched her hair randomly, ahhhhhh!She was connected to the phone that her cousin hung up, and she could go around the equator!
Walking out of the hall, the wind had stopped, and the drowsy sky in the evening was overcast and cloudy, and it was so dull that one could feel flustered.
Ye Qiao walked down the three steps and saw Zhou Tingshen's car among the withered epiphyllum.He sat in the car, turned the windows to the bottom, stretched out his hand to smoke, his handsome profile was reflected in the rearview mirror, and he was indescribably lonely.
There were two or three cigarette butts scattered on the ground near the car door.
Ye Qiao opened the door and sat in. He wanted to say a few words to ease the atmosphere, but when he opened his mouth, he found that he was speechless. He could only make up one sentence: "I thought you were gone."
"It's only two hours, I can afford to wait." Zhou Ting smoked a cigarette, raised the car window halfway, and turned the key without saying a word.
Ye Qiao took a deep breath and asked, "What's for dinner?" It wasn't until he opened his mouth that he realized that he was trying to please him.
Zhou Tingshen held the steering wheel with one hand, held the cigarette in his left hand, and exhaled a long puff of smoke, his voice was a little hoarse: "Listen to you."
Ye Qiao was thinking, and just about to speak, he was choked by the smoke, coughed twice, and his eyes were sore from the smoke.Hearing the sound, Zhou Ting directly threw the cigarette butt out of the car, and simply said, "Tell me, what do you want to eat?"
"Eat crabs? It's golden autumn, and crabs won't taste good after a while."
He suddenly smiled, but that smile was also cold and alienated: "There are a few southern restaurants nearby, and the crabs are good."
Ye Qiao was a little embarrassed: "Well, you pick a family."
Zhou Tingshen: "Then eat Qin Huai Ji."
In a Jiangsu-Zhejiang cuisine restaurant, Ye Qiao ordered two spicy dishes, but they didn't taste very spicy, not as good as the heavy spicy ones.She suddenly remembered Wen Shaoqian's endorphin theory and smiled.
Zhou Ting peeled off a crab cover deeply, and looked up at her.
Ye Qiao had nothing to say: "The doctor said today that spicy food tastes good, not because it's spicy, but because the food arouses pain. The brain's pituitary gland secretes a substance called endorphin out of self-protection. "
"what?"
"Endorphin, Andorphin. The scientific name is endorphin, which is an endogenous morphine-like biochemical synthetic hormone."
Zhou Ting felt a little disgusted when he heard it, so he nodded casually twice.
Ye Qiao watched him lower his eyes and concentrate on picking the crab's gills, but he didn't listen to her, so he continued on his own: "Entorphins have a very good analgesic effect. So you can't stop spicy food, not because you like pain, It's because of the 'endorphin effect'. Some people get addicted to endorphins and go looking for stimuli."
Zhou Tingshen broke the crab in half, wiped his hands with a wet towel, and said, "It's fine if you think it tastes good, don't care about hormones."
Ye Qiao took another new one, pretending to be calm and said, "Don't you think this is a bit like Stockholm Syndrome?"
Zhou Tingshen finally lost his appetite completely, and fiddled with the lighter with cool eyes: "Do you think I'm Stockholm?"
"No. It's not to this extent." Ye Qiao's persuasion was fruitless, and it was a rare setback. "I don't know what to say."
Zhou Ting took a deep sip of the cold beer: "Then don't talk about it, and eat with peace of mind." As if afraid that she would not listen to persuasion, he added, "I understand everything."
Sure enough, Ye Qiao stopped talking, lowered his eyes and accompanied him to drink and eat crabs.Halfway through the meal, a text message came in from Wen Shaoqian's phone. When he came up, he announced his family name and greeted him.It seems that this blind date in disguise that she was unilaterally kept in the dark, the other party had a good impression of her.Zhou Tingshen in front of him was like a violent and irritable lion, pulling her mobile phone away from her eyes.
Wen Shaoqian's simple greeting was mixed with flirtatious words. He looked up to hide his emotions, and found that Ye Qiao was staring at the phone, and he emphasized again in a cold voice: "Eat with peace of mind."
Somehow, she inexplicably felt that she was wronged, so she didn't lose her temper after being treated so domineeringly by him, and she really felt at ease peeling the crab's legs.Looking up, Zhou Ting was drinking in deep silence, his share barely moving.That indifferent expression touched her particularly efficacious premonition, and she felt that this meal might be the last meal for each other.
Both lack interest in crab tasting.Ye Qiao slowly shaved ten crab legs, put them on a plate, and pushed them to him without saying a word.
Zhou Tingshen still thought she was doing foreign work on purpose, until he saw that plate of crab meat with every piece intact pushed in front of him, his inner defense was almost defeated by this woman.
But he didn't touch the plate of crabmeat.
Zhou Ting had a deep premonition that he might regret it in the future, but at the moment his heart was full of gloom.In the season when the crabs are fat and the chrysanthemums are yellow, the meal is so reticent that they almost break up unhappy.Ye Qiao took back the phone, typed and deleted a text message on the way back, his mind was filled with something, he couldn't even think of a simple greeting, and he didn't send it to Wen Shaoqian until he was almost in the community.
The embarrassment remained for a long time, and the two got on the same elevator, and the confined space completely brewed all emotions.
Ye Qiao spoke first: "It's National Day, do you have any arrangements?"
One of the two of them is open all year round, and the other is a holiday all year round. Statutory holidays are actually meaningless to them.
It was obvious that she was deliberately looking for topics, but Zhou Tingshen didn't feel too happy, and said lightly, "I'll be very busy in the future."
"National Day too?"
"Correct."
The height of the 23rd floor was reached in less than half a minute under the high-speed operation of the motor. The moment the elevator door opened, Ye Qiao turned around and wanted to talk again, but Zhou Tingshen went straight out the door and walked towards 2302.The moment he opened the door, his tall and straight figure fell into the dark and dull door, and she suddenly felt that something had gone so far away.
Ye Qiao was a little disappointed, even he was surprised.
She took a hot shower to wash away the smell of spicy crab.After peeling the crabs with plastic gloves at dinner, after wiping them with paper towels and washing them with hot water shampoo, the smell of crab oil still remains on the fingertips.
So many things are so stubborn that they don't dissolve so quickly.
Wen Shaoqian's reply came in just as he was brushing his hair.Ye Qiao couldn't find anyone to talk to, so he treated him as a pure psychiatrist and asked him, "Will you be with someone who can satisfy you?"
Wen Shaoqian quickly said: "What kind of satisfaction?"
Ye Qiao never shy away from medical treatment, and was very frank with the doctor: "Psychological and physical." Not only that, she has already developed a dependence on Zhou Tingshen, and even more unclear feelings.
Thinking back carefully, she found that the way she and Zhou Tingshen got along had created more and deeper bonds, more like a couple.
Wen Shaoqian: "Is this psychological counseling, or file investigation?"
Ye Qiao felt that it was necessary to clarify in advance: "Psychological consultation. It will also be in the future."
Wen Shaoqian's reply was only three words: "Understood." Follow-up questions followed, "So, do you like your bed partner?"
"I'm surprised that you can use this word. I thought you were going to drag another English word." Ye Qiao could tell that she was laughing across the screen.Next, she explained, "It's not like that. I just want to know, what do people generally think when this happens?"
She thought it was difficult to answer this question, but Wen Shaoqian was still eloquent: "There are many types. But generally speaking, this situation is very normal. Men and women in the world don't know who they will meet in the next second. Maybe it is suitable for you." It’s your pillow person. It’s just that in this case, it’s difficult for the two parties to establish a mutual trust mechanism for ordinary couples, which can easily lead to suspicion and negative expectations of each other’s infidelity. And because of the particularity of the object itself, such suspicion is very Might come true."
He uttered a piece of plain gossip about urban men and women with a taste of professional discourse.Ye Qiao teased: "Is the above your personal experience?"
Wen Shaoqian joked solemnly: "This is professional psychological counseling."
Ye Qiao said she was going to sleep and said good night.
Leaning on the sofa tiredly, but not sleepy.Close your eyes in a room without light, and your sense of smell and thinking will be extraordinarily clear.Ye Qiao was wrapped in a thin layer of bath towel, smelled the smell of the leather sofa, and suddenly recalled a night in a drowsy state.If it weren't for the indulgence that night, maybe I wouldn't have come to this point.
She seems to have difficulty accepting a new person more and more, afraid of commitment.The more people subconsciously rely on, the more afraid that their trust will become a wounding needle.Such a sense of fear made it hard for her to imagine what kind of person she would be able to accept next, and how they would meet each other.
But, at least not a bed partner.
Most of the people who said good night did not sleep.Neither did Ye Qiao.
She tossed and turned, simply got up and turned on the PS4, and picked out a game at random.
The new movie game "Until Dawn" released last month focuses on horror and supernatural.
The plot begins with the death of a pair of twin sisters, and the eight friends return to the villa where the murder occurred, entangled with the monster named Wendigo.Every choice the player makes will determine the life and death of eight characters.Ye Qiao has passed the level twice, both of which were caused by the tiny butterfly effect causing the death of the characters.
She stubbornly wanted to play to the perfect survival ending, starting from the place where she had previously saved, and played all night.
The fluorescent light pierced through the empty darkness and hit Ye Qiao's face.However, a horrifying sound cut through the long night, and the character was killed by a monster tearing his jaw apart again.
She chose to quit without hesitation.
shut down.
At four o'clock in the morning, Ye Qiao returned to the bedroom and untied the knot of the bath towel.
She lay naked on the bed.A wind chime crystal chandelier reflects her body.
There was a @微博 account of the "Watchmen" movie promoter on her phone, and she logged on to Weibo and forwarded it.
Immediately there was a new fan comment below: "You still not sleeping so late?"
"The goddess is also a night owl hahaha!"
"Jojo pay attention to rest!"
Ye Qiao almost entered the pet po owner who had been missing for a day, and found that the green dot in the lower left corner of his avatar was brightly lit.She is not the only one who is sleepless in this city. They are less than ten meters away from each other, but they are already drifting away.
And that person is not ten meters away at this moment, not even in this city.
Ferra's autumn auction was held in a seaport city, Zhou Tingshen drove overnight to the neighboring city, took the first ferry to set foot on the land, and went straight to the hotel to find Liang Ziluo.
Liang Zirao had a confirmation meeting all night, and just fell asleep, seeing him so active, he almost didn't know this younger brother, this was the first time he was lazy in front of him: "I've been in a meeting for almost a week, please let me sleep for a while."
Zhou Ting looked deeply at her tired face, Liang Zirao without makeup was just a "old" woman, no matter how cumbersome and meticulous the maintenance procedures were, the bags under the eyes and fine lines around the corners of the eyes still revealed her age and fragility after staying up late for a long time.Zhou Tingshen helped her turn off the bedside lamp, picked up the neatly arranged documents on her bedside table, sat on the single sofa in the bedroom, and said, "Sleep more these two days."
Liang Zirao closed her eyes and smiled: "How can I sleep a little longer? Who will do the work? Send you?"
"I can not?"
"Yes...but can it move you?"
Zhou Tingshen flipped through the documents, scanned the items marked by Liang Zirao, and said, "This month, I will do as you please."
Liang Zirao was taken aback, sat up from the bed, eyebrows gathered together: "What stimulated you?"
Without raising his eyelids, Zhou Ting turned another page and said, "No."
Liang Zirao sneered: "Don't lie to me. After all, we were born by the same mother. Can I not understand this? Come on, tell my sister, have you been dumped by a woman?"
Zhou Ting raised his head gloomyly: "You monitor me so closely, do you know that I have a woman?"
"..." Liang Zirao was dumbfounded.
After her investigation, although there are many Yingying and Yanyan around him, there are very few who can catch his eyes. After the incident with the female student at C University, he has never had a real girlfriend.However, although there are few who can catch his eyes, there are always those who have slept in the same bed, right?
Her eyes slowly turned: "Don't tell me, I really think of one. Why, you and Xu Zang's daughter, are you blowing?"
This sentence contained two people he didn't want to mention, and Zhou Ting's eyes were sharp and cruel.
Liang Zirao knew that she had guessed right, and smiled happily: "I told you not to touch you at the beginning. You didn't listen. You treat him as his daughter so you can chase after him? I heard that she turned against his father at a young age to get rid of that heart. Later, I don't know For some reason, the operation went smoothly, but she hasn't said a word to her father for ten years. A woman who can even kill her own life doesn't know how cruel she is. "
She wanted to continue the discussion, but when she met Zhou Ting's eyes that were as cold as a blade, she said angrily, "Don't look at me with that kind of eyes. I know that our family is ultimately to blame for this matter, but at a deeper level, it's also Xu Zang. If he hadn't been selfish and wanted Aunt Ruan's heart, he would not have agreed to our family's request. It was not because he chose to remain silent that Aunt Ruan was sentenced to prison. Ye Qiao's mother passed away so quickly, It was because she wanted to give her heart to her daughter and gave up the treatment. It was Xu Zang who cared for her daughter and was unwilling to wait until the extreme situation for her to have a heart transplanted with malignant tumor cells. But at that time you... our family was just going with the flow ..."
Zhou Tingshen waved his hand suddenly, and the white paper was scattered all over the floor with a "wow".
Scared by him, Liang Zirao finally shut up and realized - what was she talking about just now?I haven't had a deep sleep for too long, and I wake up early in the morning talking in my sleep.He looked ferocious like a violent beast, she unconsciously clenched the soft quilt tightly, her knuckles turned white: "I'm sorry..."
Zhou Ting bent down with deep eyes, picked up the papers one by one and folded them.The sound of paper rubbing against each other in the dead silence made people even more frightened, but he just straightened the pile of materials, put them on the table, and said, "There is nothing to apologize for. This matter has nothing to do with you or the Zhou family. Blame me. "
His silent back came to the door of the bedroom, Liang Ziluo's chest heaved violently, her heart beat like a drum, she didn't know where the courage came from, and she stopped him: "But we are all for your own good!"
The figure stopped.She said vigorously: "It's good if you don't catch up. Why are you interested in her? Compensation, or do you feel sympathy? Aunt Ruan is dead, she is voluntary, and it has nothing to do with you. Whether it's you or Ye Qiao, as long as Just be obedient and grateful for the kindness of your parents, otherwise, what else do you want to do, pay for your life? Dad and I hope you find a girl who has nothing to do with the past..."
"Enough." Zhou Tingshen unscrewed the door lock, and the thin door closed behind him with a bang.
That voice was as heavy as a thousand jun, it could shut Liang Zirao down, but it couldn't shut down the memory.He knew very well in his heart that he had sinned deeply.
(End of this chapter)
She is not the only one who is sleepless in this city. They are less than ten meters away from each other, but they are already drifting away.
On the evening of the day when the filming in southern Shanxi ended, Gu Jin also gave her an envelope.
He came to her room alone to find her, and solemnly handed over the document bag: "Your family asked me to bring it. I have never had a chance to give it to you before."
Ye Qiao packed her luggage and stuffed the medicine pack and clothes into the small suitcase.In fact, she has very few things, but she silently folded a piece of clothing thousands of times. Gu Jin remembered that she also liked to do this during the Cold War, delaying time until he subsided.But he often can bear his temper, and she will have a small temper after a certain time, and deliberately attract his attention.
However, he waited this time, only to wait until she said lightly: "Leave it alone."
Gu Jin was stunned for a moment.He has always been responsible for her family affairs, and insisted: "Ms. Cheng hopes that you can open it yourself. You know, she didn't send it to you directly, just because she was worried that you wouldn't read it."
Ye Qiao sat on the edge of the bed: "Bring it here."
Gu Jin thoughtfully helped her untie the sealing string of the document bag before handing it over, but still did not leave, and stopped in front of her.
Ye Qiao regarded him as a potted plant and pulled out a stack of papers from the file bag.As soon as I pulled it out, I saw two words printed in boldface on the header—will.
She pushed it back reflexively.
Gu Jin asked: "What's wrong?"
Ye Qiao forced himself to calm down and stabbed him: "You poke here and don't leave, are you afraid that others will find out that you have stayed in my room for so long? It's okay to spread rumors, but it's not good if they spread to Cheng Jiang's ears, right?"
Gu Jin doesn't take care of anything, and doesn't follow her way at all: "You don't need to provoke me on purpose. Your father asked me to take good care of you, and I can't break my promise."
Ye Qiao couldn't help laughing: "Then did you take good care of it?"
It's really funny, a person who promises to be forever and then forgets, actually swears that he will promise a thousand dollars?
Gu Jin didn't answer any more, and Ye Qiao didn't want to pay any attention to him.Some disappointment she thought was thorough enough, only now did she realize that there was disgust beneath the disappointment.She couldn't wait to get this guy out of her world.With this thought in mind, she pulled out the paper abruptly, and swept through the complicated items on a few pages. She only grasped the key point - even if Cheng Su had another child, all her father's inheritance would still belong to her. I don't take a penny.
what is this?He was declaring his loyalty to love to her?The remarriage was not because of deliberate pursuit of fame and fortune, so no matter what happened, he has the capital of being proud and lofty in front of her?
Ye Qiao's mind was occupied by thousands of thoughts, and he was instantly confused.
Gu Jin sensed her strangeness, took a step forward, and called her name, but his voice seemed to be drowned in the clamoring thoughts in her mind.
Ye Qiao blocked his hand and said, "Your task is completed, you can go out."
Gu Jin didn't know whether it was out of morality or old feelings, he wanted to comfort her when she was in a state of confusion: "Qiao Qiao..."
"Let you go out." Ye Qiao was upset, stood up suddenly, and dropped the suitcase on the ground, and it fell between the two of them with a "bang", and the irritable mood was on the verge of breaking out, "Gu Jin, my family affairs are not yet my turn An outsider pointing fingers. If you really want to care about me, then silently burn two sticks of incense for me every night and wish me a happy marriage and success in my career. Don’t come in front of me.”
After she finished speaking, she picked up the suitcase and left. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of his livid face and knew that she had finally angered him.She turned around with a smile, and threw the file bag back to him: "If you really feel that you owe me and want to make up for it, you can put 100 million in my card, even if it is a breakup fee, I might calm down. After all Nobody has trouble with money."
On the way back, she deliberately didn't take the lead actor's car.Zhao Mo saw her dragging the box over, and thoughtfully helped her put it into the trunk.
Ye Qiao couldn't understand her hospitality, so she declined politely, "It's okay, my assistant will handle it."
Zhao Mo thought that she was deliberately giving her a crush, thinking that she hated him, and smiled awkwardly: "It's okay, it's easy."
Ye Qiao realized that just after fighting Gu Jin, her kindness to strangers was too extreme, so she smiled and said, "Thank you."
Zhao Mo was stunned for a second, then smiled tentatively: "Several of us in this car are your juniors and juniors. It's really kind of you, Sister Qiao, to come."
Ye Qiao said, "Really? Which level?"
Zhao Mo gradually relaxed, and said casually, "They all just graduated, and there is one who is only in his junior year, and came out to accept plays after school."
After getting in the car, they were all young faces.
They are all nameless and passionate boys and girls, chatting and playing undercover games all the way, laughing heartily on the desolate roads on both sides.
Ye Qiao was only two or three years younger than them, but she seemed no longer young.
Mixing among these young actors, the bumpy journey seemed to be shortened a lot.
When we arrived at the downtown airport, our flights flew to different places.Shen Ting sat with her in the waiting hall, and gave her a preview of the upcoming announcement: "The ratings of the episode of "Idol Challenge" that Zheng Shao asked you to shoot last time broke records, and several variety shows have given a high rating to the audience." The company sent out an invitation, Sister Wei recommended a lot for you, and reserved a few high-quality domestic ones, let you think about it again."
Ye Qiao naturally knew that no matter how talented and powerful she was, she couldn't do without popularity. The stamina of "Sleep Wind" has already declined, and if she doesn't seize this period of career growth and stir up news, it will not be a good thing for public or private purposes.She let go and said, "Well, I'll go back and have a look."
Shen Ting smiled, and chased after the victory: "Director Wang Qingming is preparing to shoot a fantasy romance film recently. Because it is an adaptation of a popular game, the fan base is very high. The investment of this film is also second to none in the industry. The film producer contacted Sister Wei , I hope you can try the mirror."
Ye Qiao never took instant romance movies before, but today he asked for the first time, "What role are you trying?"
Shen Ting said excitedly: "There are two heroines in the game script, Director Wang wants you to try one of the heroines."
Ye Qiao thought about this sentence, a little surprised.In such a big-produced movie, the actors are all first-line stars. Even if it is a double heroine, it is unlikely that a newcomer of her rank will be invited, not to mention her acting style is far from it.She faintly felt strange, but since it was just an audition, she said, "Okay."
Shen Ting was quite satisfied with her answer.
After work was arranged, Ye Qiao was going to make a phone call. The number she dialed was her home landline.
Sure enough, the person who answered the phone was Cheng Su.Hearing that it was Ye Qiao, he was surprised for a while and said, "Have you received the document?"
"Hmm." Ye Qiao didn't want to say this, so he quickly changed the subject, "Is my dad sick?"
Cheng Su didn't expect her to ask such a direct question, and hesitantly said: "Yes...your father has been in poor health, and his condition has become worse recently, and he stayed in the hospital for a few days."
Ye Qiao's heart was sour, even though there was a gap between father and daughter, there was still a strange telepathy.The moment she saw the will, her first reaction was not the ownership of the property, but that something happened to her father.
Her tone was calm: "Is it serious?"
"Whether it is serious or not depends on development. The disease you had before was actually caused by family genes. Your father's heart is not good, and the problem will be exposed when he gets older. Although it won't happen now, it is always a hidden danger. .” Cheng Su analyzed clearly.
Ye Qiao said quietly, "Understood."
Without saying goodbye, she just hung up the phone.
Ye Qiao stood in front of the mirror in the airport bathroom, his eyes were blank.
Until the phone vibrated immediately, she subconsciously answered it, and heard the man's angry but gentle voice: "When will you be back?"
"It's time to board the plane. I'm about to call you." Ye Qiao said slowly.
Zhou Ting heard something wrong through the magnetic waves: "What's wrong with your voice?"
Ye Qiao said, "It's fine."
"Sounds like I'm about to cry."
Her voice was thick: "Is there?"
"Ah."
The airport announcement came from afar, and the mechanical female voice urged the passengers on her flight to board.
Ye Qiao packed her bag and said in a low voice, "I'm about to board the plane. Are you going to the airport in two hours?"
"Okay." Zhou Tingshen estimated the time and asked considerately, "Is there anything you want to eat? I've made a reservation for the restaurant in advance."
Ye Qiao had some inexplicable pantothenic acid again, and said, "No. Let's talk about it later."
Zhou Tingshen fed small dried fish to Ophelia and Desa, and was busy making phone calls. The left one and the right one subconsciously turned into throwing them all at Ophelia. Ophelia jumped up and down happily, and Desa sat aside depressed, like a mushroom black cloud, not understanding why he suddenly fell out of favor.
He rolled his eyes lightly and said, "I'll see you then."
When Ye Qiao got off the plane, it was a rare sunny day in Lingcheng.It's just that this city seems to have an endless temper. Rainy days are cold and bitter, and sunny days are blustery.Ye Qiao wrapped her windbreaker tightly and said goodbye to Shen Ting.After the last time a fan failed to pick her up from the plane, the company began to keep her itinerary secret, but this time it went smoothly.
She waited at the underground parking spot, three or four floors up and down the huge airport parking garage, and the traffic was moving slowly.Ye Qiao suddenly answered the phone call, but it wasn't Zhou Tingshen.
Qianxi reminded her: "I have an appointment with a psychiatrist. He is an elite in the industry. This time he is back to China with a full schedule, so he managed to make an appointment. At four o'clock this afternoon, don't be late."
Ye Qiao replied, "Yes."
Qian Xi said distressedly: "Is it too late? Oh, it's because you worked so hard filming, how about it, aren't you happy to be back in the city?"
A gust of wind blew, and Ye Qiao almost couldn't stand still. She held the phone tightly and said, "I'm very happy. Hang up first."
She saw a familiar dark blue Cayenne, which was Zhou Tingshen's car in Lingcheng.
Ye Qiao opened the door and sat in, saying, "It's very windy today."
Zhou Tingshen realized that the place she was waiting for was the garage entrance: "Why are you standing in the wind?"
Ye Qiao pulled the seat belt: "This is the exit, you must pass here. I'm afraid you won't find me underneath."
Zhou Ting squinted deeply and leaned over, saying, "I can find you wherever you are."
Ye Qiao felt that this posture was a little dangerous.
Zhou Tingshen parked the car to a place where the exit would not be blocked, and the inspection and acceptance usually looked at her all over: "What does that leaf mean?"
The tense string suddenly relaxed, Ye Qiao laughed: "You don't know?"
Of course he didn't know.
Zhou Ting didn't have so many twists and turns in his mind. When he received this leaf, he read a lot of books on botany. Finally, a girl from the countryside under Wu Zi's hand recognized the picture.For this reason, Wu Zi mocked him, laughing at him: "Brother, you have not only eaten grass recently, but also studied it?"
He couldn't laugh or cry, took out the leaf from his pocket, and compared it to Ye Qiao's eyes: "When you write questions in the future, can you consider my knowledge structure?"
Ye Qiao picked Qiao up on purpose: "Why don't you think about it, a person with common sense in life can recognize what kind of leaf it is."
"Really, you sent a piece of Qiao Ye, and you still think you are a monster who has changed your original shape." The more he said, the more outrageous he was, he put the leaf in his palm, pinched her earlobe as if punishing, and felt the tenderness under his fingertips. Alluring to the touch, the eyelids are suggestively drawn back.
Ye Qiao couldn't be more familiar with his eyes, so she covered his face with her hand: "Can't go yet, I have an appointment at four o'clock." She called up Qianxi's WeChat, and said without a doubt, "Send me to Go to this address."
Zhou Ting frowned deeply: "You called me here to be a driver?"
Ye Qiao was in a happy mood and teased him: "What else?"
Zhou Ting put the leaf under his nose and sniffed it lightly, and said, "What about this one? Send me a message?"
Ye Qiao smiled and said, "It's a proof."
"Huh? What can I exchange for?" Zhou Ting was looking for an opportunity to come forward.
Ye Qiao turned her face away, pressed her lips against his ear, and said in a low voice, "That's the only thing you've been thinking about."
His face changed, and he sat back with a smile and said, "It's really not."
The doctor Qianxi made an appointment with was Wen, and the clinic opened in a mansion of the Republic of China. If it weren't for the sign hanging at the door, this garden mansion full of ivy, flowers and plants would actually look more like a rich man's vacation villa.
Ye Qiao rang the doorbell once, and observed the flowers in the courtyard behind the black imitation fence gate. Among the lush greenery, epiphyllum flowers were in full bloom.With such a short flowering period, it blooms in strong winds, and the branches and leaves are messy under the wind and tide, and the air is filled with intoxicating aroma.
The steward came to open the door with his overcoat on, and asked, "Ms. Ye?"
Ye Qiao said "Yes", and heard him ask "This is it", and looked back, only to find that Zhou Ting had followed after parking the car.She was surprised: "Aren't you going back?"
"I'll go in and wait for you." Zhou Tingshen was firm.Ye Qiao couldn't help it, and asked the steward, and the other party let him in, saying: "Our doctor does not recommend family members to accompany patients for consultation. This gentleman can follow me to the teahouse."
Zhou Tingshen followed the people in. The courtyard was deep and the hall was decorated in the style of an old wealthy family in the Republic of China.Taking advantage of the manager's affairs to inform Dr. Wen, he finally expressed his dissatisfaction: "Do you have to choose such a mysterious doctor?"
Ye Qiao calmed down when he came, and said, "I didn't pick it. My cousin is addicted to British dramas, and this doctor's style is more in line with her aesthetics." She smiled to reassure him and herself, "Actually, the domestic psychological counseling industry is not good enough. Well-developed, private clinics are mixed, it is said that this person is already considered a leader in the industry."
Zhou Ting sneered deeply: "He has a rich family, so he earned his reputation, right? It would be very elegant to open a restaurant with such a configuration."
"Food and sex. You know these two things." Ye Qiao gritted his teeth with the simple sarcasm.
Zhou Ting sealed him in a corner, and said in a solemn voice, "You've already said 'food and sex', Ye Qiao, but you really don't need to see a doctor for that."
Ye Qiao was suddenly blocked by his long arm, and asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"
"I mean, you're not sick." Zhou Ting raised her head deeply. When she bent down, she could only see the small wound that had just healed on his lip. Psychological needs and behaviors are normal phenomena, and there is no need to distinguish between normal and abnormal, and you don’t have to find the reason from a scientific point of view.”
Ye Qiao raised her eyebrows innocently: "If you don't solve the problem from a scientific point of view, what should you do? Do you believe in God with you?"
Zhou Ting frowned deeply.
Ye Qiao spread her palms in front of her face: "I don't intend to offend your beliefs. But I'm an atheist."
Zhou Ting ignored her gag in an attempt to make the atmosphere relaxed, and promised with serious eyes: "No matter what hobbies you have, I won't mind."
"Oh...so that's what you were talking about?" Ye Qiao finally understood what he understood his "mental illness" to be.She didn't intend to explain to him in detail the real reason for seeing a psychiatrist. Both her heart and her heart were suffering unbearable pain in the past.
She looked up to meet his gaze, and just smiled jokingly: "Well, thank you very much for not minding. But even if you don't mind, there will always be someone who minds. I think it is necessary to solve it together this time. "
The following sentences could not be heard clearly, and Zhou Tingshen's attention stopped on the four words "there will always be someone".
What does she mean by "there's always someone"?Future boyfriend, or even husband?
What about him?She is chic.
after?Only he can participate in her future.
Ye Qiao suddenly felt the heavy pressure brought by the person in front of her. His eyes were like lead, falling on her shoulders, which made people feel overwhelmed.A ridiculous thought flashed through her mind, she grabbed it in a panic, and asked almost subconsciously: "Zhou Tingshen, are you serious?" About the relationship between us.She didn't say the second half of the sentence, but she believed he understood.
In those sharp and handsome eyes, the pupils trembled slightly, and the eyelids suddenly retracted.That's a signal that someone in the center wants to escape.
Before Zhou Tingshen could speak, the steward's footsteps sounded at the end of the corridor.Ye Qiao took advantage of the situation to escape from his gaze, leaving him with a gloomy expression, dangerous and unfamiliar.
When the steward approached, Ye Qiao asked, "Is Doctor Wen convenient?" The calm and polite tone made the answer he was about to blurt out just now seem absurd and funny.
The steward made a gesture of invitation: "Please follow me."
Ye Qiao took one last deep look at Zhou Ting and walked into the consultation room.
She didn't hear the answer, she was afraid that the answer he gave was not what she wanted.
The room was silent.
"Endorphin, an endogenous morphine-like biochemical synthetic hormone, is the source of pleasure. Humans are self-regulating animals, like a complete ecosystem, with self-purification means. When humans suffer from severe pain or grief , The pituitary gland automatically secretes endorphin, which makes people feel happy to offset the pain.
"This is why after strenuous exercise, people often feel pleasure, and mistakenly believe that the pleasure comes from the strenuous exercise itself. In fact, it is just because of the lack of oxygen after exercise, which leads to the brain's self-protection and uses endorphin to offset the pain of hypoxia."
Ye Qiao listened for a long time, then interrupted him: "So?"
Dr. Wen put his long fingers together: "So, Miss Ye, you don't have to worry. All your indulgences actually come from long-term depression. This has a lot to do with your history of heart disease when you were young. Maybe now that you have recovered from the operation, you can be as normal as you are. People’s lives are the same, but in your mind, you are different from ordinary people. So you are cautious and dare not cross the boundaries in life.”
He explained: "People who have suppressed their physical and physiological needs for a long time will double their desires after obtaining a certain motivation. Emotional breakdown, family changes, career pressure... all kinds of things can become your motivation."
The analysis mixed with English made her uncomfortable.Ye Qiao objected: "But I don't feel happy, these are unbearable for me."
"It's unbearable, the pain is too painful to live. But I can't stop." Dr. Wen smiled as usual, "That's why you need to come here."
Ye Qiao pursed her lips.
During Dr. Wen's analysis, the transparent lens changed color in the sun, and it shone brightly like a poisonous mushroom: "If I guessed correctly, you, Ms. Ye, suffered an accident when you were young. The impact of this accident on you may be earth-shaking. But you deny it from the bottom of your heart. You even feel ashamed, but out of self-preservation, you keep forcing yourself to think you are innocent, and you put the guilt elsewhere, or on other people.”
Ye Qiao raised his head suddenly, his eyes were empty, and he heard the last sentence: "But this does not match your personality. You are used to blaming yourself, and your psychological pursuit of advantages and avoidance of disadvantages makes you unable to correctly understand the problem. Inextricable."
Many pasts buried in the bottom of my heart were cut open one by one bloody.The dull air in the room made Ye Qiao suffocate, she said in a deep voice, "Is there a solution?"
"It's very simple. To untie the bell, one must tie it."
Ye Qiao said bitterly, "Impossible."
Dr. Wen separated the chimeric fingers and raised his eyebrows: "Then try to face the problem squarely and release it reasonably."
He is good at ending neatly, adding: "Is this all for today?"
Ye Qiao removed the bag, got up and shook hands with him: "Then, thank you doctor."
Her hands were extremely thin, and Wen Shao's modest grip was almost empty, and he needed to squeeze a little to hold these thin, muscular hands into the palm of his hand.
He held it with changing eyes, and said gently: "Don't call me a doctor, my name is Wen Shaoqian."
"Doctor Wen." Ye Qiao only added a surname, and naturally brought out a sentence of approval that had been in his heart, "The epiphyllum in your yard is very beautiful."
"You come here when they are open, which means we are very destined." Wen Shaoqian handed her a business card and said with a smile, "Qianxi gave me your contact information, and I will send you a message tonight. In the future, if If you need me, you can come to me anytime.”
Ye Qiao took the business card and felt strange starting from the word "Fate". He keenly caught the familiarity when he mentioned Qianxi, and asked, "Are you familiar with Qianxi?"
"I don't know her well. Her father and my mother are college classmates, but I have been studying in England since middle school, and I don't have much contact with her family." Wen Shaoqian lives up to his name, with a gentle smile, "If I knew she was as beautiful as Miss Ye My cousin, I might stay in China for a few more years."
Ye Qiao smiled meaningfully: "Then there will be no 'fate' today."
The old corridor was dark and cold. Ye Qiao closed the door of the consultation room, and an orange voice-activated light was turned on. The gauze lampshade was embroidered with simple patterns in Ming and Qing styles, giving the modern facilities a simple and bookish atmosphere.
She took out her mobile phone from her bag almost at the same time as the light turned on, and dialed Qian Xi's number.
Qianxi asked lazily: "Hello—cousin? Have you been to Brother Shaoqian? How do you feel?"
Ye Qiao sneered: "Are you talking about consulting, or people?"
Qianxi's drowsiness disappeared, and she heard the echo of Ye Qiao's high-heeled shoes on the other end of the phone in the empty corridor, and the "thump, thud" sound seemed to poke her face.She cried and begged: "Cousin... Please don't kill me."
"What did I kill you for?"
Qianxi couldn't bear the scares, and told the truth in a few moments: "I really didn't mean it... It's my dad. He heard about your current situation and wanted to introduce someone to you. It just so happens that he has a classmate. My son is a talented person, he has just returned to China, and he is also a very outstanding psychological counselor, all such a coincidence, it is also fate!"
Ye Qiao sneered again when he heard the word "Fate".
A corridor came to the end, and there was no shadow of Zhou Tingshen in the teahouse.Ye Qiao thought of what happened two hours ago, and his aggressive eyes, and his heart became more and more agitated.
Qianxi was still braving the limelight to persuade him: "But I've passed the test. Brother Shaoqian is not as good-looking as the male stars in your circle, but he is still a handsome man, right? And he is a doctor of returnees, with a temperament and a good-looking manner They are all excellent, and their family backgrounds are terribly good. Where can I find such a golden bachelor! If I didn’t have a boyfriend, I would have gone to hook up with brother Shaoqian a long time ago!”
"Go."
"cousin--"
Ye Qiao was unmoved and said, "Don't be an example. Don't be so stupid in the future. I'll die."
Holding the phone that said "Call ended", Qianxi scratched her hair randomly, ahhhhhh!She was connected to the phone that her cousin hung up, and she could go around the equator!
Walking out of the hall, the wind had stopped, and the drowsy sky in the evening was overcast and cloudy, and it was so dull that one could feel flustered.
Ye Qiao walked down the three steps and saw Zhou Tingshen's car among the withered epiphyllum.He sat in the car, turned the windows to the bottom, stretched out his hand to smoke, his handsome profile was reflected in the rearview mirror, and he was indescribably lonely.
There were two or three cigarette butts scattered on the ground near the car door.
Ye Qiao opened the door and sat in. He wanted to say a few words to ease the atmosphere, but when he opened his mouth, he found that he was speechless. He could only make up one sentence: "I thought you were gone."
"It's only two hours, I can afford to wait." Zhou Ting smoked a cigarette, raised the car window halfway, and turned the key without saying a word.
Ye Qiao took a deep breath and asked, "What's for dinner?" It wasn't until he opened his mouth that he realized that he was trying to please him.
Zhou Tingshen held the steering wheel with one hand, held the cigarette in his left hand, and exhaled a long puff of smoke, his voice was a little hoarse: "Listen to you."
Ye Qiao was thinking, and just about to speak, he was choked by the smoke, coughed twice, and his eyes were sore from the smoke.Hearing the sound, Zhou Ting directly threw the cigarette butt out of the car, and simply said, "Tell me, what do you want to eat?"
"Eat crabs? It's golden autumn, and crabs won't taste good after a while."
He suddenly smiled, but that smile was also cold and alienated: "There are a few southern restaurants nearby, and the crabs are good."
Ye Qiao was a little embarrassed: "Well, you pick a family."
Zhou Tingshen: "Then eat Qin Huai Ji."
In a Jiangsu-Zhejiang cuisine restaurant, Ye Qiao ordered two spicy dishes, but they didn't taste very spicy, not as good as the heavy spicy ones.She suddenly remembered Wen Shaoqian's endorphin theory and smiled.
Zhou Ting peeled off a crab cover deeply, and looked up at her.
Ye Qiao had nothing to say: "The doctor said today that spicy food tastes good, not because it's spicy, but because the food arouses pain. The brain's pituitary gland secretes a substance called endorphin out of self-protection. "
"what?"
"Endorphin, Andorphin. The scientific name is endorphin, which is an endogenous morphine-like biochemical synthetic hormone."
Zhou Ting felt a little disgusted when he heard it, so he nodded casually twice.
Ye Qiao watched him lower his eyes and concentrate on picking the crab's gills, but he didn't listen to her, so he continued on his own: "Entorphins have a very good analgesic effect. So you can't stop spicy food, not because you like pain, It's because of the 'endorphin effect'. Some people get addicted to endorphins and go looking for stimuli."
Zhou Tingshen broke the crab in half, wiped his hands with a wet towel, and said, "It's fine if you think it tastes good, don't care about hormones."
Ye Qiao took another new one, pretending to be calm and said, "Don't you think this is a bit like Stockholm Syndrome?"
Zhou Tingshen finally lost his appetite completely, and fiddled with the lighter with cool eyes: "Do you think I'm Stockholm?"
"No. It's not to this extent." Ye Qiao's persuasion was fruitless, and it was a rare setback. "I don't know what to say."
Zhou Ting took a deep sip of the cold beer: "Then don't talk about it, and eat with peace of mind." As if afraid that she would not listen to persuasion, he added, "I understand everything."
Sure enough, Ye Qiao stopped talking, lowered his eyes and accompanied him to drink and eat crabs.Halfway through the meal, a text message came in from Wen Shaoqian's phone. When he came up, he announced his family name and greeted him.It seems that this blind date in disguise that she was unilaterally kept in the dark, the other party had a good impression of her.Zhou Tingshen in front of him was like a violent and irritable lion, pulling her mobile phone away from her eyes.
Wen Shaoqian's simple greeting was mixed with flirtatious words. He looked up to hide his emotions, and found that Ye Qiao was staring at the phone, and he emphasized again in a cold voice: "Eat with peace of mind."
Somehow, she inexplicably felt that she was wronged, so she didn't lose her temper after being treated so domineeringly by him, and she really felt at ease peeling the crab's legs.Looking up, Zhou Ting was drinking in deep silence, his share barely moving.That indifferent expression touched her particularly efficacious premonition, and she felt that this meal might be the last meal for each other.
Both lack interest in crab tasting.Ye Qiao slowly shaved ten crab legs, put them on a plate, and pushed them to him without saying a word.
Zhou Tingshen still thought she was doing foreign work on purpose, until he saw that plate of crab meat with every piece intact pushed in front of him, his inner defense was almost defeated by this woman.
But he didn't touch the plate of crabmeat.
Zhou Ting had a deep premonition that he might regret it in the future, but at the moment his heart was full of gloom.In the season when the crabs are fat and the chrysanthemums are yellow, the meal is so reticent that they almost break up unhappy.Ye Qiao took back the phone, typed and deleted a text message on the way back, his mind was filled with something, he couldn't even think of a simple greeting, and he didn't send it to Wen Shaoqian until he was almost in the community.
The embarrassment remained for a long time, and the two got on the same elevator, and the confined space completely brewed all emotions.
Ye Qiao spoke first: "It's National Day, do you have any arrangements?"
One of the two of them is open all year round, and the other is a holiday all year round. Statutory holidays are actually meaningless to them.
It was obvious that she was deliberately looking for topics, but Zhou Tingshen didn't feel too happy, and said lightly, "I'll be very busy in the future."
"National Day too?"
"Correct."
The height of the 23rd floor was reached in less than half a minute under the high-speed operation of the motor. The moment the elevator door opened, Ye Qiao turned around and wanted to talk again, but Zhou Tingshen went straight out the door and walked towards 2302.The moment he opened the door, his tall and straight figure fell into the dark and dull door, and she suddenly felt that something had gone so far away.
Ye Qiao was a little disappointed, even he was surprised.
She took a hot shower to wash away the smell of spicy crab.After peeling the crabs with plastic gloves at dinner, after wiping them with paper towels and washing them with hot water shampoo, the smell of crab oil still remains on the fingertips.
So many things are so stubborn that they don't dissolve so quickly.
Wen Shaoqian's reply came in just as he was brushing his hair.Ye Qiao couldn't find anyone to talk to, so he treated him as a pure psychiatrist and asked him, "Will you be with someone who can satisfy you?"
Wen Shaoqian quickly said: "What kind of satisfaction?"
Ye Qiao never shy away from medical treatment, and was very frank with the doctor: "Psychological and physical." Not only that, she has already developed a dependence on Zhou Tingshen, and even more unclear feelings.
Thinking back carefully, she found that the way she and Zhou Tingshen got along had created more and deeper bonds, more like a couple.
Wen Shaoqian: "Is this psychological counseling, or file investigation?"
Ye Qiao felt that it was necessary to clarify in advance: "Psychological consultation. It will also be in the future."
Wen Shaoqian's reply was only three words: "Understood." Follow-up questions followed, "So, do you like your bed partner?"
"I'm surprised that you can use this word. I thought you were going to drag another English word." Ye Qiao could tell that she was laughing across the screen.Next, she explained, "It's not like that. I just want to know, what do people generally think when this happens?"
She thought it was difficult to answer this question, but Wen Shaoqian was still eloquent: "There are many types. But generally speaking, this situation is very normal. Men and women in the world don't know who they will meet in the next second. Maybe it is suitable for you." It’s your pillow person. It’s just that in this case, it’s difficult for the two parties to establish a mutual trust mechanism for ordinary couples, which can easily lead to suspicion and negative expectations of each other’s infidelity. And because of the particularity of the object itself, such suspicion is very Might come true."
He uttered a piece of plain gossip about urban men and women with a taste of professional discourse.Ye Qiao teased: "Is the above your personal experience?"
Wen Shaoqian joked solemnly: "This is professional psychological counseling."
Ye Qiao said she was going to sleep and said good night.
Leaning on the sofa tiredly, but not sleepy.Close your eyes in a room without light, and your sense of smell and thinking will be extraordinarily clear.Ye Qiao was wrapped in a thin layer of bath towel, smelled the smell of the leather sofa, and suddenly recalled a night in a drowsy state.If it weren't for the indulgence that night, maybe I wouldn't have come to this point.
She seems to have difficulty accepting a new person more and more, afraid of commitment.The more people subconsciously rely on, the more afraid that their trust will become a wounding needle.Such a sense of fear made it hard for her to imagine what kind of person she would be able to accept next, and how they would meet each other.
But, at least not a bed partner.
Most of the people who said good night did not sleep.Neither did Ye Qiao.
She tossed and turned, simply got up and turned on the PS4, and picked out a game at random.
The new movie game "Until Dawn" released last month focuses on horror and supernatural.
The plot begins with the death of a pair of twin sisters, and the eight friends return to the villa where the murder occurred, entangled with the monster named Wendigo.Every choice the player makes will determine the life and death of eight characters.Ye Qiao has passed the level twice, both of which were caused by the tiny butterfly effect causing the death of the characters.
She stubbornly wanted to play to the perfect survival ending, starting from the place where she had previously saved, and played all night.
The fluorescent light pierced through the empty darkness and hit Ye Qiao's face.However, a horrifying sound cut through the long night, and the character was killed by a monster tearing his jaw apart again.
She chose to quit without hesitation.
shut down.
At four o'clock in the morning, Ye Qiao returned to the bedroom and untied the knot of the bath towel.
She lay naked on the bed.A wind chime crystal chandelier reflects her body.
There was a @微博 account of the "Watchmen" movie promoter on her phone, and she logged on to Weibo and forwarded it.
Immediately there was a new fan comment below: "You still not sleeping so late?"
"The goddess is also a night owl hahaha!"
"Jojo pay attention to rest!"
Ye Qiao almost entered the pet po owner who had been missing for a day, and found that the green dot in the lower left corner of his avatar was brightly lit.She is not the only one who is sleepless in this city. They are less than ten meters away from each other, but they are already drifting away.
And that person is not ten meters away at this moment, not even in this city.
Ferra's autumn auction was held in a seaport city, Zhou Tingshen drove overnight to the neighboring city, took the first ferry to set foot on the land, and went straight to the hotel to find Liang Ziluo.
Liang Zirao had a confirmation meeting all night, and just fell asleep, seeing him so active, he almost didn't know this younger brother, this was the first time he was lazy in front of him: "I've been in a meeting for almost a week, please let me sleep for a while."
Zhou Ting looked deeply at her tired face, Liang Zirao without makeup was just a "old" woman, no matter how cumbersome and meticulous the maintenance procedures were, the bags under the eyes and fine lines around the corners of the eyes still revealed her age and fragility after staying up late for a long time.Zhou Tingshen helped her turn off the bedside lamp, picked up the neatly arranged documents on her bedside table, sat on the single sofa in the bedroom, and said, "Sleep more these two days."
Liang Zirao closed her eyes and smiled: "How can I sleep a little longer? Who will do the work? Send you?"
"I can not?"
"Yes...but can it move you?"
Zhou Tingshen flipped through the documents, scanned the items marked by Liang Zirao, and said, "This month, I will do as you please."
Liang Zirao was taken aback, sat up from the bed, eyebrows gathered together: "What stimulated you?"
Without raising his eyelids, Zhou Ting turned another page and said, "No."
Liang Zirao sneered: "Don't lie to me. After all, we were born by the same mother. Can I not understand this? Come on, tell my sister, have you been dumped by a woman?"
Zhou Ting raised his head gloomyly: "You monitor me so closely, do you know that I have a woman?"
"..." Liang Zirao was dumbfounded.
After her investigation, although there are many Yingying and Yanyan around him, there are very few who can catch his eyes. After the incident with the female student at C University, he has never had a real girlfriend.However, although there are few who can catch his eyes, there are always those who have slept in the same bed, right?
Her eyes slowly turned: "Don't tell me, I really think of one. Why, you and Xu Zang's daughter, are you blowing?"
This sentence contained two people he didn't want to mention, and Zhou Ting's eyes were sharp and cruel.
Liang Zirao knew that she had guessed right, and smiled happily: "I told you not to touch you at the beginning. You didn't listen. You treat him as his daughter so you can chase after him? I heard that she turned against his father at a young age to get rid of that heart. Later, I don't know For some reason, the operation went smoothly, but she hasn't said a word to her father for ten years. A woman who can even kill her own life doesn't know how cruel she is. "
She wanted to continue the discussion, but when she met Zhou Ting's eyes that were as cold as a blade, she said angrily, "Don't look at me with that kind of eyes. I know that our family is ultimately to blame for this matter, but at a deeper level, it's also Xu Zang. If he hadn't been selfish and wanted Aunt Ruan's heart, he would not have agreed to our family's request. It was not because he chose to remain silent that Aunt Ruan was sentenced to prison. Ye Qiao's mother passed away so quickly, It was because she wanted to give her heart to her daughter and gave up the treatment. It was Xu Zang who cared for her daughter and was unwilling to wait until the extreme situation for her to have a heart transplanted with malignant tumor cells. But at that time you... our family was just going with the flow ..."
Zhou Tingshen waved his hand suddenly, and the white paper was scattered all over the floor with a "wow".
Scared by him, Liang Zirao finally shut up and realized - what was she talking about just now?I haven't had a deep sleep for too long, and I wake up early in the morning talking in my sleep.He looked ferocious like a violent beast, she unconsciously clenched the soft quilt tightly, her knuckles turned white: "I'm sorry..."
Zhou Ting bent down with deep eyes, picked up the papers one by one and folded them.The sound of paper rubbing against each other in the dead silence made people even more frightened, but he just straightened the pile of materials, put them on the table, and said, "There is nothing to apologize for. This matter has nothing to do with you or the Zhou family. Blame me. "
His silent back came to the door of the bedroom, Liang Ziluo's chest heaved violently, her heart beat like a drum, she didn't know where the courage came from, and she stopped him: "But we are all for your own good!"
The figure stopped.She said vigorously: "It's good if you don't catch up. Why are you interested in her? Compensation, or do you feel sympathy? Aunt Ruan is dead, she is voluntary, and it has nothing to do with you. Whether it's you or Ye Qiao, as long as Just be obedient and grateful for the kindness of your parents, otherwise, what else do you want to do, pay for your life? Dad and I hope you find a girl who has nothing to do with the past..."
"Enough." Zhou Tingshen unscrewed the door lock, and the thin door closed behind him with a bang.
That voice was as heavy as a thousand jun, it could shut Liang Zirao down, but it couldn't shut down the memory.He knew very well in his heart that he had sinned deeply.
(End of this chapter)
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