Kawakami Mizuki

It will be spring next year.

In this warm and cold solar term, Lin Chuyi sat in the drinking water pavilion and took a sip of warm tea.The new shoots of asparagus bamboo on the window sill that had just been pulled out yesterday were wilted by the cold wind.

A loud shout mixed with the sweet smell of rice cakes floated in from the window, Lin Chuyi moved her position and leaned on the railing to look down.

——The man neatly cut off a piece of jujube cake and put it on the scale, his voice was a bit harsh: "It's exactly three taels, you take it—hey, okay, I'll cut it for you..." Obviously it was such a cold weather , the man was so busy that his forehead was sweating slightly, and occasionally he would smile at the child who was sitting quietly by the side when he was free.The child looked at his father's back with ignorant eyes, holding a candied haws that had been licked off the sugar coating, and was reluctant to take a bite for a long time.

The emotion in Lin Chuyi's eyes was inexplicable, and after a while, he closed the window.

At this moment, there was a "knock knock" knock on the door behind him.The person outside the door paused for a moment before pushing the door open with a "squeak".

At this time, Lin Chuyi had already sat down on the couch, and looked at the visitor with questioning eyes.

"There will be a good show tomorrow, do you want to come?" Yi Chuwen said lightly.

"Good show?" Lin Chuyi withdrew her hands in fear of the cold, and replied without interest, "It's better to stay in the warm pavilion in this weather, and I don't want to mess with other things."

"You are the protagonist in tomorrow's scene, how can you be absent?"

Outdoor cafe.

Two servings of coffee were placed on the small glass round table with gold thread borders. Qi Yuan and Lin Chuyi sat opposite each other, and they looked like they were having a happy conversation from a distance.

Lin Chuyi doesn't like such pretentious and exquisite decorations. The overly complicated decorations are disorderly, not only lacking in beauty, but also out of clichés, making people bored.But she just suppressed the impatience in her heart, with a perfunctory smirk on her face.

Qi Yuan has always been displeased with this niece, so now he has something to ask her, so he has the patience to exchange some pleasantries.But she is also used to being arrogant after all, even though she said so on her lips, she couldn't hide the disdain in her eyes.

Qi Yuan's elder brother came to her a few days ago, hoping that she could talk to Lin Chuyi about the relationship between relatives, so that the Yi Qi family could cease fighting.Seeing Lin Chuyi's pretending to be aloof, Qi Yuan panicked with disgust, so he went straight to Yi Chuwen to intercede.Unexpectedly, after making an appointment, Lin Chuyi waited for Lin Chuyi to come. Seeing Lin Chuyi smirking and saying that Yi Chuwen was busy and asked her to accompany her instead, she almost gritted her silver teeth with hatred.How could this bastard with a mother but no mother get Yi Chuwen's favor, and why didn't his precious daughter have such luck!

"After I got married from the Qi family, the only thing I thought about was you juniors. If the children can be peaceful and obedient for the rest of their lives, then I have nothing to worry about. I always feel that when the children grow up, you too When you are old enough to marry, you have to live in peace and order after you get married, and you can't act recklessly like you are at home."

Lin Chuyi only thought it was funny, and didn't bother to argue with her.Originally, Qi Yuan wasn't bad looking, but for such a beautiful woman, the bitterness between her brows spoiled her entire appearance.

"Since you are going to marry, then we and the Yi family can be regarded as a family. I recently heard that the Yi family and the Qi family have some conflicts, but it doesn't matter. You can help explain it clearly. We are all a family. , Naturally, harmony is the most important thing."

Originally, when Lin Chuyi was in the Lin family, Qi Yuan made things difficult for her in every possible way. He never looked down on her, and in his words he always teased her as a bastard with a mother but not a mother. , Peace is precious.

Really good calculation.

"Peace is the most important thing, that's really good." Lin Chuyi smiled, but there was no warmth in his eyes. "It's a pity my mother never taught me that."

Qi Yuan froze for a moment, remembering that Lin Chuyi was only five years old when that woman Ji Xue died, he calmed down his guilty conscience a little bit, frowned and wanted to say something, then changed his mind to think that the matter of the Qi family depended on Lin Chuyi, Then he put a stiff smile on his face: "What nonsense are you kidding?"

"Auntie, you should know what I want to say." Lin Chuyi sneered, "How did my mother die back then?"

"You! Why do you..." Qi Yuan's heart was filled with turmoil, and he looked at Lin Chuyi in astonishment, wondering how she would know...

She suddenly screamed: "It's none of my business! If you want to blame it, blame your foolish father! The words of each other are still in my ears, but he easily believes such pretentious rumors!"

"It's none of your business?" Lin Chuyi mocked, "You thought you could clean yourself up about those things back then."

"It's all your father's fault! He was clear about what I did back then but he didn't stop him. He wanted to carry Gu Wanqing in, but he thought Ji Xue was in his eyes. It was obviously an idea to kill someone with a knife!" Qi Yuan hated Hate Road.At the beginning, she thought that she had done a perfect job, but after her brother reminded her, she realized that she was being used as a gunman, as arrogant as her, how could she swallow this breath!

Qi Yuan thought that Lin Chuyi would turn pale with shock after hearing this, at least she would be in shock, but to her surprise, she didn't even blink her eyes, only then did she realize that Lin Chuyi probably knew everything about that year. .But she couldn't figure out how Lin Chuyi knew.

Ji Xue was obviously only five years old when the accident happened.

"The rumors back then and the medicine that shouldn't be there, someone should bear the consequences. I can't go to my father, so naturally I can only come to you." Lin Chuyi smiled slightly, but the chill in her tone Deep to the bone.

Lin Chuyi's expression was too frightening, Qi Yuan was frightened for a moment, and that's why he lost his composure.At this moment, she regained her composure, and after a second thought, her mother who died early was not played by her in her hands, let alone this yellow-haired girl.Thinking of this, she forced herself to be calm, showing a look of contempt.

"Then what do you want? You little girl can still kill me?"

"The Qi family has become extravagant, and the family's wealth has long been vain. Now that they are facing the Yi family, they can only show their courage for a while. Qi Yuan has already come to me for the sake of the Qi family. I told him, as long as you die, No one will trouble the Qi family." Lin Chuyi tilted her head, showing an innocent and cruel smile, "Guess, will your good brother..."

Lin Chuyi's voice gradually lowered, and the final words were hidden in the laughter.

Qi Yuan stood there blankly, staring blankly at Lin Chuyi's weird smile, the viciousness in his eyes made people feel chills all over his body.She couldn't help thinking of when her brother asked her to intercede with Lin Chuyi a few days ago, the restless expression made it easy to understand that the situation of the Qi family was really bad.His fat cheeks are crowded and his eyes are small, and it is hard to see whether there is any killing intent in them...

That's right, why did my brother ask me to find Lin Chuyi instead of Yi Chuwen directly?

Qi Yuan's heart turned cold, and he forced himself to suppress the uneasiness in his heart, and screamed fiercely and softly: "What nonsense are you talking about! Shut up! Shut up!" She reached out to hit Lin Chuyi in a panic, but fortunately, Lin Chuyi Yishou quickly grabbed Qi Yuan's wrist.

Qi Yuan subconsciously wanted to break free, but found that Lin Chuyi was gripping tightly, and for a moment he only felt the pain of his wrist being pinched and broken.

"You let go!"

"Want to hit someone?" Lin Chuyi smiled softly, her brows and eyes were stained with a gentle smile, but suddenly she raised her hand and slapped Qi Yuan hard on the face, with a crisp "slap".Then he caressed the red and swollen cheek on Qi Yuan's side, and murmured apologetically, "Sorry, does it hurt? But I can't help it..."

"Snapped!"

"...I'll slap you again."

Qi Yuan stared at Lin Chuyi with wide eyes in disbelief, and couldn't believe what just happened.Since she was a child, she had never been wronged like this, so that she was completely dumbfounded for a while.

In fact, Lin Chuyi didn't intend to agree to any of her requests from the very beginning, she came here just to tease her and relieve the hatred accumulated over the years.I thought that seeing Qi Yuan's panicked appearance would bring some vengeful pleasure, but it didn't.On the contrary, there is a deep sense of burnout and powerlessness in my heart.No matter what, the person who left the person will never come back.

Lin Chuyi let go of her hand, with a shy smile on her face, but her heart became more and more impatient.Feeling a slight dizziness, Lin Chuyi immediately decided to leave, so she turned around and left.At this time, Qi Yuan seemed to wake up suddenly, with a monstrous anger surging in his chest, and a look of resentment in his eyes.She took the porcelain cup on the table casually, knocked half of it on the table, exposing sharp edges, and stabbed at Lin Chuyi viciously.

If it weren't for the floor-to-ceiling glass windows of the coffee shop on the side, which can just reflect the situation behind him, Lin Chuyi would not dare to leave Qi Yuan behind.It's just that Lin Chuyi really didn't expect Qi Yuan to be so angry that he completely lost his mind and made such a crazy move.

Lin Chuyi, who had been on guard for a long time, kept staring at the glass window without turning her head, and there was no time to look back, so she crouched decisively.Qi Yuan didn't expect that she would squat down suddenly, and stabbed fiercely with the hand holding the broken porcelain cup. After the stab was missed, she couldn't stop, and her upper body leaned forward, but someone squatted under her feet, and she was tripped and fell to the ground.The sharp piece of porcelain slashed across her right arm, and blood flowed profusely in an instant.

A broken scream resounded through the sky.

"Shut up." Lin Chuyi, who was getting more and more dizzy from the noise, leaned on the edge of the table with one hand, rubbed her forehead with the other, and reprimanded coldly.

Things turned out like this she didn't expect.

Although a puddle of blood suddenly fainted on the ground, which looked scary, it did not overflow in a gushing manner.And Qi Yuan screamed full of anger, and did not appear dizzy.

The young waiter who followed the screams turned pale with fright when he saw this scene.Lin Chuyi beckoned him to come over, handed him some money, and said, "She scratched her hand. If you have some medical gauze, bring some here, and if you don't have some clean cloth, hurry up. Then you go and get some medical gauze." Car, take her to the hospital."

Hearing Lin Chuyi's steady and indifferent voice, the waiter who was so frightened seemed to be infected by this calmness, and forced himself to calmly say: "There is gauze, I will get it."

The little waiter left quickly, but the panicked manager came back with him.

"Mrs. Qi! What's the matter with you?"

But no one paid attention to him, Lin Chuyi took the gauze and wanted to deal with it a little bit, but as soon as she got close to Qi Yuan, Qi Yuan suddenly screamed: "You! Don't come here! Help! Kill me!"

"Shut up!" Lin Chuyi was so disturbed by the screams that her brain ached, and she said impatiently, "Then you'll just keep bleeding." After speaking, she returned the gauze to the waiter and turned to leave.

"You! Lin Chuyi! Do you still want to run?" Qi Yuan was in pain, anxious and angry, shouting incoherently: "Stop her! Don't let her run away! Call the police! Call the police!"

The manager also stopped Lin Chuyi with a look of embarrassment: "Miss, you can't leave, you have to be responsible for your actions."

It seems that there is no way to leave for a short time.Lin Chuyi didn't bother to defend herself, so she simply walked back to the table and sat down, even propping her head with her hands and closing her eyes to rest.

dizzy……

It seems that there are countless points resonating at the same time, making a low sound.She even began to become blind and deaf intermittently, and fine cold sweat broke out on her forehead and back.Then, the consciousness became more and more drowsy, and the five senses were gradually withdrawn, leaving only an empty darkness.At the same time, the coolness spread to the limbs, as if a pool of cold water had soaked the whole body.

……

No, at this time, I can't faint...

Lin Chuyi thought this way in a daze, but unstoppably, his consciousness lost...

……

"Original intention...?"

When I woke up, I had a splitting headache.

Lin Chuyi rested her forehead and glanced around. The bamboo furniture, simple and clear layout and light-colored style made people feel comfortable.

After recognizing where it was, she lay back directly, her eyes fell on the ceiling blankly, her thoughts were like paste, becoming more and more disturbed.

After an unknown amount of time, the door was pushed open with a "creak".The visitor was wearing a snow-white shirt with two top buttons undone. His raised eyebrows looked like a smile, and there was a small tear mole at the end of his eyes.

"Are you awake?" Shen Mingwei dragged a chair and sat down in front of the window, his sitting posture was still casual.

"Why am I here with you?"

"Well, I heard that someone died when I was walking around, and I just walked over and saw you being carried out." He replied with a smile, as if he was in a good mood.

That's right, Qi Yuan fell down that day, her hand was cut, and she shouted hoarsely to call the police, while she sat aside and passed out.Lin Chuyi's chaotic thoughts began to run slowly, "Then why did you take me away? I thought they wouldn't let me go?"

"They dare not stop me."

Lin Chuyi couldn't think of what to say for a while, so she nodded silently.

"Have you taken your medicine on time recently?"

nod.

But he shook his head: "The condition is deteriorating too fast. I told you earlier that if you go to a secluded place to live in peace and recuperate, you can live for a few more years. What's the point of messing around? Is it interesting?"

Lin Chuyi was speechless.

Perhaps she has already discovered that the hatred hidden in her heart has been smoothed out little by little for so many years.It's not that I don't hate, but that I can look directly at all the right and wrong in the past coldly, and I am deeply tired.But, but—

As for her mother, she never harmed anyone, but she just died, and she couldn't even tell the truth to the public, how innocent is she?And Qi Yuan obviously committed a crime, how can he still wipe the bloody Lin's hands clean, hold the coffee cup gracefully, hold the shelf and joke with others?

The resentful maggots clung to her ugly heart, gnawed at her day and night, and asked her, why did she just blindly be innocent and stupid when her mother was in the most painful moment?Why is Qi Yuan still alive when his mother died?

Live so high and defiantly.

why?

Why?

……

A slender hand suddenly stretched out, firmly covering her eyes, her vision suddenly dimmed, but it was inexplicably reassuring.She slowly closed her eyes, and there was nothing but the empty darkness.Those voices that disturbed and annoyed her disappeared, and the world was completely silent for a while.

Shen Ming didn't feel Lin Chuyi's breathing calm down, so he withdrew his hand and said, "Come back to your senses."

Lin Chuyi opened her eyes, and followed his withdrawn hand to look at Shen Mingwei, her eyes were empty.

"I'm going to die." Shen Mingwei rubbed his forehead, "You can still be delusional in front of me, it's just..."

He didn't know how to continue, and finally just sighed: "Your master will definitely be angry if he finds out."

Lin Chuyi pursed her lips, and after a long time, said shyly, "I'm no longer his apprentice."

Shen Mingwei directly reached out and slapped her on the head: "You can believe your master's old-fashioned words?"

Lin Chuyi was stubborn: "It was my fault at the beginning."

"Tsk," Shen Mingwei shook his head, "Isn't it just someone's fortune-telling? It's worth worrying about such a trivial matter? Why aren't you my apprentice? If I were your master, I would definitely take you around every day Stir the rain."

Lin Chuyi shook her head, suddenly her mind turned, and there was a sly smile in her eyes: "Master."

After speaking, he was slapped on the head again.Shen Mingwei smiled sadly: "Little nephew, do you think the medicine I prescribed is not tasty enough? It seems that I have to change it for you."

When Lin Chuyi thought of the magical smell of the medicine, her scalp went numb.At first she thought it was just a bowl of medicine, at best it would be bitter, but it turns out...it's really too young.

Why does it smell like a bitter medicine and taste greasy? !It's like drinking a bowl of lard!

damn...

Lin Chuyi groaned in pain, and begged for mercy: "Master... I was wrong."