I'm so poor, I pretend

This phone call from Shu Jiabao caused Shen Yi to lose sleep in the middle of the night. She tossed and turned on the bed for a long time but couldn't figure out why she let go of Shu Jiabao's request at the end.

But the next day, I got up early and rushed to the law firm as usual, and the rhythm of life did not change in any way.

Things like feelings used to only take up a very small part of her life, especially after Xiao Yuhan left, for a long time all of her life was work.

New acquaintances only stay on the superficial level.

For Shu Jiabao, it was just a whim when they met for the first time, but they didn't expect that the relationship between the two would last for such a long time, and it was gradually getting out of control.

Shen Yi didn't want to deny that recently, apart from work, he spent most of his time thinking about things with Shu Jiabao.

——This little sister who is five years younger than herself.

She is indeed a little sister, in Shen Yi's opinion, five years old is already a lot.

Girls at this age will always deify the liking and love sprouting in their hearts, so that they feel that they have met the person who must not be missed in their life, but they don't know who, how can there be someone who must not be missed?

Some people appear just to be missed.

Shen Yi only felt that his current attitude towards relationships was very negative and pessimistic, and he didn't care.

She knew it was bad, but she didn't want to change it.

In the morning, she received several messages from Shu Jiabao on her mobile phone, such as "arrived at the airport", "passed the security check", "boarding the plane", and other simple reports, which seemed to have no substantial content , but he was seriously reporting his itinerary to Shen Yi.

I read every piece of Shen Yi, and after reading it, I replied with three words: Got it.

Just like what I said to Shu Jiabao yesterday, she really has a lot of things to do today, and it's true that she can't pick up the phone, but it's a deliberate excuse to wait until the weekend to meet.

It's just a pity that this excuse was skillfully resolved by Shu Jiabao in the end.

For their lawyers, the two places, the police station and the court-court, are no strangers, and they are even regarded as mature faces because they go too frequently.

Shen Yi is.

Originally, he came out of the police station to take the documents and was about to leave, but when he came out, he saw a person who should not be here in the lobby of the police station—Lin Jia didn’t know why he was standing in the reception hall of the police station, talking with a The policewoman she knew chatted.

Lin Jia has a special identity.

Shen Yi thought about it, and decided to wait for the others to leave before going out.

Fortunately, the other party didn't stay in the hall for too long, he just talked to the policewoman for a while and then left.

Only then did Shen Yi walk out from the corner, pretending to meet by chance, and stopped the policewoman who was about to leave.

"Officer Qiu."

"Lawyer Shen?" Qiu Yu, who was stopped, didn't look too surprised when she saw Shen Yi. She stopped leaving and walked towards this side, "Come to our police station again to get the documents?"

"Yes, it will be sent to the District Court in a while." Shen Yi replied, clasping the document with his arms crossed in front of his chest, looking familiar.

But in fact, she and Qiu Yu were not that familiar.

The two have only met each other a few times, but because they often wander around the police stations in various districts, there are more opportunities to meet each other.

Qiu Yu is not a policeman at the police station, but a vice-captain of the criminal police of their City A Municipal Bureau. Because he often has to deal with various cases, he occasionally appears in the police stations of various districts.

Maybe it's because they are both career-oriented women. Although they have only met a few times, they still feel sympathetic to each other.

"Do you want me to give you a ride?" Qiu Yu asked casually, raising his hand and raising the car keys in his hand, "My car just happened to be parked nearby, and the District Court is not far from here .”

"I..." Shen Yi was about to refuse, because she also drove here herself.

But thinking of leaving Lin Jia just now, there are still unanswered doubts.So he swallowed the words that came to his lips.

"Then trouble Officer Qiu." She agreed casually, with a polite smile on her face.

Shen Yi just followed behind Qiu Yu, got into her car, pretended to casually ask while wearing the seat belt sideways: "By the way, I saw a girl talking to you in the office just now, I looked A little familiar."

"You know Lin Jia?" Qiu Yu started the car and turned his head in surprise.

It really was Lin Jia.

"It's really her." Shen Yi looked surprised and puzzled, "I met her in University A, she and my cousin are friends."

Shen Yi unnaturally brought out her "cousin" identity: "But why did she appear in the police station as a college student? Did something happen?"

The sound of the car's engine muted the conversation between the two, but it did not hinder the conversation. The car slowly drove onto the main road, and Qiu Yu communicated with Shen Yi while driving the car while holding the steering wheel: "That's right. No."

"It was I who asked her to get the allowance allocated by the police station this month." Qiu Yu smiled and shook her head, not hiding what she knew, "Lin Jia majored in psychology, and her professional ability is surprisingly strong , is better than any psychological expert I have ever seen, she seems to be able to see through a person's heart at a glance, and can find the most vulnerable place in the heart of a criminal."

Qiu Yu gave a serious evaluation based on his impression of this girl, and what surprised Shen Yi was that the evaluation was so high.

But that's not the point.

"When it is convenient, we will ask her to assist in handling cases as a negotiator. Since I am not an insider of the police station, I made a report to apply for this allowance specially for her." Speaking of this, Qiu Yu paused, speaking in a tone of He also sighed, "The girl's life experience is quite difficult, and there is no one else in the family except herself."

"Is there no one else at home?" Shen Yi frowned indifferently.

"Well, I grew up in an orphanage, and my economic conditions are not very good."

The drive from the police station to the District Court is only 10 minutes, but Shen Yi has obtained too much information in this limited time. After a little combination of the information he has obtained, he can easily come to a conclusion .

At this time, Shen also recalled the scene of seeing Lin Jia for the first time in the apartment, and all kinds of things that happened later in the restaurant on the top floor of the shopping mall.

What Shu Jiabao told himself was that the house belonged to Lin Jia, and the shopping mall was also run by Lin Jia's family. Lin Jia was a super rich second generation and helped her a lot.

Although I felt that the other party was lying at the time, I didn't go out to prove it.

It's just that I didn't expect that today, by accident, those lies that Shu Jiabao made up casually that couldn't withstand scrutiny were shattered by themselves.

Shen Yi spent several hours digesting this matter, and by the time she got off work and went to University A to meet Shu Jiabao in the evening, she had almost digested it—probably because she had been speculating on this matter for a long time.

"Sister Shen Yi, I'll be waiting for you at the school gate." That's what Shu Jiabao said when he was on the phone.

When Shen Yi was still on the way, she had already reached the school gate.

The two of them hadn't seen each other for too long, almost two months, which made her feel that the time was so long for the first time, so she couldn't sit in the dormitory and wait like before.

It doesn't take long to walk from the dormitory to the school gate.

It is also convenient for Shen Yi to park the car, besides, Shu Jiabao still has his own thoughts.

She stood on the side of the road and looked at the direction Shen Yi was coming from. The evening wind gently blew the broken hair around her ears. If someone passed by at this time, she would see a shiny hair on her left ear. earrings.

The small and delicate earrings are pinned on the ears, which are extraordinarily eye-catching.

Shu Jiabao saw this in a small town when he was on location with the crew in City B, so he bought it.

The price is not expensive, but the meaning is good.

The old lady who sold these earrings said that the pair of earrings were called "Goodbye Love", and Shu Jiabao bought them on the spot because of the name, and Ming Yao laughed for a while, asking if she had a boy she liked.

Shu Jiabao denied it at the time, but what he was thinking of was not the boy he liked, but the "girl".

I have a girl I like.

So at this moment, she still has the other earrings in her pocket, and she is going to give it to Shen Yi as a gift later, but whether the other party will wear it is another matter.

But she didn't think about these things when she bought it, she just wanted to buy it and give it away.

As for whether she will "goodbye and fall in love", she didn't expect much.

It was in such a mood of anticipation that she waited for Shen Yi's car.

The vehicle didn't stay on the side of the road for too long, because the two of them had already agreed on where to eat before coming, so after Shu Jiabao opened the door and got in the car, the car drove away without any pause.

The only pity is that Shen Yi didn't seem to see the studs on her ears, and she didn't have a chance to show them to him.

But tonight is still a long time, there will always be opportunities.

Thinking of this, Shu Jiabao's mood improved again.

They haven't seen each other for so long, they won't go back immediately after eating, right?

No matter what, you should do what you should do.

Shu Jiabao thought about these follow-up things very well, but what he didn't expect was that the atmosphere turned cold as soon as he got in the car.

Maybe it was because they hadn't seen each other for so long, no one spoke first after getting in the car, and the two months seemed to make the relationship between them, which was not considered intimate, even wider.

In the end, Shen Yi seemed to find a topic at random and broke the silence.

"Today, I went to the police station to get the documents." She drove the car, staring at the road ahead, as if chatting with Shu Jiabao.

For the beginning of such a topic, Shu Jiabao was also very willing to answer.

"I know, you said on the phone yesterday that you're not free this morning." She thought that Shen Yi wanted to share with herself what happened in her life, so she answered it naturally.

"But I met a guy at the police station."

"Do you want to guess who it is?"

Saying that, Shen Yi turned his head to look at her, but quickly turned back.

—Ah, is it a guessing game?

Shu Jiabao first glanced at Shen Yi's expression, and found that nothing could be seen on the other's face before giving up looking for clues.

She thought for a while, and then said: "Could it be Xiao Yuhan?"

After speaking, she pursed her lips unconsciously.

Shen Yi seldom asked her to "guess", but now she suddenly behaved uncharacteristically, which only made her feel that there was nothing good about it.

She couldn't think of anything about Shen Yi for her to guess, and she had never been involved in the other party's social circle. Apart from Xiao Yuhan, she really couldn't think of another person. For her, the worst thing right now The only thing that happened was that Shen Yi's shameless ex-girlfriend appeared again.

But the other party quickly rejected her idea.

"No." Shen Yi shook his head slowly, denying the answer.

At this time, the car passed an intersection, which happened to be a red light, and they also stopped behind the waiting traffic.

There are red taillights flickering outside the car window. Although it is just a simple turning reminder, it makes people feel that it is a reminder of the final countdown, and they can't help feeling anxious.

At this moment, Shen Yi finally had the time to free her hands on the steering wheel. She rolled down the car window a little so that the outside wind could blow into the car, so that it wouldn't be too stuffy.

"Who is that?" Shu Jiabao asked, tilting his head.

"It's Lin Jia." Shen Yi didn't hold back anymore.

"Lin Jia..."

Shu Jiabao repeated the name.

After the word "Lin Jia" came out of Shen Yi's mouth, she was stunned for a moment, she still didn't realize the deep meaning of what the other party said.

"What's wrong with Lin Jia?" she asked.

"No, I just didn't expect her, an ordinary college student, to be able to assist the police in handling cases. It's amazing." Shen Yi spoke with a touch of emotion, but it sounded like a normal compliment to Shu Jiabao.

And the person who praised was still her good friend, so she naturally felt very happy after hearing it.

As a result, the speed of answering the conversation also increased: "Lin Jia is really good at this. If it weren't for the advanced science and no such strange powers and chaos, I might think that she really has mind reading skills."

"Oh? Then you are not afraid that you have no secrets when you play with her?"

After the red light passed, the car started to move again, Shen Yi's hand was put back on the steering wheel, and they started to move slowly with the traffic flow.

She didn't take Shu Jiabao's words seriously, even Qiu Yu told her this: Lin Jia's professional ability is astonishing.

But she felt that the idea of ​​mind reading was a bit too mythical.

"What secret can I have? We have the best relationship." Shu Jiabao smiled when he said this.

Shen Yi had a little more problems today, but she didn't really care.

When Shu Jiabao answered this question, she thought it was a little funny. It wasn't that she didn't want to have a secret in front of Lin Jia, but that she couldn't hide it. When she recalled the moments when she and Lin Jia were together, she would feel that she had nothing to hide.

Even Lin Jia saw through the thought of Shen Yi at the beginning, and she felt very embarrassed at that time.

But over time, you get used to it.

"Then does she have a secret with you?" Shen Yi continued to ask.

"I don't know about that." Shu Jiabao shook his head.

Who else can dig out the things that Lin Jia wants to hide in his stomach?

The conversation was still going on, and Shu Jiabao didn't notice that the chat was developing in another direction strangely.

Now Shen Yi is asking and she is answering.

Shen Yi extracted relevant information bit by bit from every sentence she said, and she was giving out her own information bit by bit without any precautions.

The car turned around the intersection and arrived at the place. At this moment, Shen Yi stepped on the brake and parked the car directly on the side of the road. The sudden brake made both of them lean forward due to inertia.

Such a sudden stop made people feel a little uncomfortable, but Shu Jiabao never thought that Shen Yi did it on purpose.

She only thought that the other party had accidentally stepped on the brakes.

Can--

"Then if you say that, you know that she will go to the police station every month to get the case-handling allowance subsidized by her superiors." Before Shu Jiabao recovered, Shen Yi had already finished the sentence in a declarative tone .

After finishing speaking, she turned her head and looked at the other party leisurely, waiting for an answer.

She didn't ask Shu Jiabao "yes" or "no", but directly confirmed the fact, but after confirming the fact, she didn't ask any other questions.

It wasn't until this time that Shu Jiabao finally caught up with her half-beat-slow rhythm, that she realized where the faint feeling of something wrong came from.

The topic finally reached the most critical part, and Shen Yi went around and then slowly brought out the key point, like a patient hunter who waited until the prey put down all guard against her before she slowly raised the key point. own shotgun.

But she played with the shotgun but never fired, making the prey she was targeting in a state of anxiety all the time, which is now Shu Jiabao.

"That policeman, did you say anything else?" There was a trace of temptation in the girl's peaceful voice.

It took a long time for Shu Jiabao to suppress the flustered emotions in her heart, her face was still calm.

"Which aspect are you referring to?" Shen Yi pretended not to know, and threw the question back.

It was not known how many times it was like this back and forth. She clearly knew what the hole cards in Shu Jiabao's hand were, but she just wanted to drag the opponent to continue playing.

"Of course it's about family conditions"

——Shu Jiabao answered silently in his heart, but actually he didn't say anything.

Lin Jia is an orphan, she knows this.

Not only did she know, but all the classmates who had a good relationship with Lin Jia also knew about it. The other party even received the National Encouragement Scholarship every year. Compared to herself, Lin Jia was a truly good student.

At the beginning, when she put her own family background on Lin Jia, she decided on a whim that Shen Yi would not be bored enough to investigate carefully. Who would have thought that the other party would meet Lin Jia in the police station.

Shu Jiabao's hands on the side of her thighs tightened unconsciously, the palms of which were sweaty and sticky, she swallowed quietly, turned her face to stare at Shen Yi's side face, trying to get out of the See something on the other person's face.

For example, Shen Yi actually already knew that he was lying, or the other party already knew something from the policeman, even if he didn't suspect him in the best case, he would still have some doubts about Lin Jia Bar.

But no matter which one of the above, the other party did not show it.

Shen Yi was just telling her about his experience today in a normal tone, but he didn't draw any conclusions, nor did he have any questions to ask.

This was exactly what Shu Jiabao didn't like to see the most.

She likes to control the course of the situation and control others, but she doesn't like to be controlled. It feels too bad to be controlled.

But without knowing whether Shen Yi knows the truth or not, she can only maintain her status quo and continue her character design. This feeling of being indifferent is really uncomfortable.

Shu Jiabao always thought that he had the initiative, but only now did he realize that at some point in time, Shen Yi had already taken the initiative from her, and he had been controlling himself to death.

Unless she directly opens her mouth to say that her character and background are fake and deceptive, otherwise she will not be able to break out of such a vicious circle at all.

But even if she did this, Shen Yi could still pretend to know nothing and say, "Is that so?"

At the beginning, I set up a trap by myself and jumped down by myself, but now I can't get out by myself.

Shu Jiabao couldn't express his suffering, so he could only hold back.

The weird and weird atmosphere between the two was finally broken by the security guard who came over, the car window was knocked, and the security guard's rough voice came from outside the window: "Miss, you can't park here, are you here for dinner? ?”

"Yes." Shen Yi turned her head and replied naturally.

"If you want to park, you should drive a little further ahead. There is a shopping mall parking lot in front. There are still a lot of parking spaces and you will be charged." The security guard pointed to a place a little further ahead of the road.

"Okay, thank you, brother."

Shen Yi then started the car again, drove the car to the shopping mall in front and stopped the car.

Although the transition only took a few minutes, it was enough for Shu Jiabao to reorganize her thoughts and mood and face Shen Yi again. She had to find a way to get back the temporary initiative.

After the other party stopped the car, Shu Jiabao reached into his left pocket and took out a small box.

Before Shen Yi could speak, she spoke first: "By the way, Sister Shen Yi, I brought you a gift."

"It's this one, take a look."

She said, opening the box in her hand.

A shiny earring soon appeared in the box, Shen Yi stared at the small and delicate earring in the box for a while, and said politely: "Thank you, it's very beautiful, I like it very much."

But I didn't expect that this was not over yet, Shu Jiabao actually followed her thank you and continued: "Sister Shen Yi, as long as you like it, if you like it, I'll help you put it on."

After finishing speaking, she stretched out her hand to pick up the earrings from the box and held them up in the air. She kept her mouth open, and the sweet words kept coming out so that there was no chance to interrupt.

"Sister Shen Yi is such a beautiful person, she must look good wearing it!"

"I wanted to give you a pair of stud earrings when I first found out, sister Shen Yi, that you have pierced ears, and now it's finally come true."

Shu Jiabao's two words directly cut off Shen Yi's retreat, first he praised people to the sky, and then secretly revealed "I know you have pierced ears, don't try to lie to me", Shen Yi had no choice but to agree to wear it for a try.

But I thought in my heart that I must take it after I go back for a while.

The process of wearing earrings is not cumbersome. Shen Yi hasn't worn earrings for a long time, and after wearing them, she still feels a little awkward. From time to time, she raises her hand to touch her ears and feels a little itchy.

The two of them took the elevator on the lower floor to go up to the first floor of the shopping mall. There was a big mirror in the elevator, and most customers would look in the mirror to tidy up their appearance in the elevator.

Shen Yi happened to be in this category of people.

At this moment, Shu Jiabao pretended to be careless and brushed his hair on the left side. This scene happened to fall into Shen Yi's eyes.

So the shiny earring on the left ear appeared in her sight, Shen Yi stared at the earring in the mirror for a while, then turned around suddenly: "Wait, you on the left ear..."

What's the matter with a little familiarity?Shen Yi just felt as if he had been placed in the same position.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she opened her mouth, she was interrupted slowly by Shu Jiabao.

"Ah, I forgot to tell you, Sister Shen Yi." Shu Jiabao looked annoyed, she turned around in time to let Shen Yi take a closer look at the same earring on her left ear, and bent the corner of her eyes: "When I bought it , I thought it looked good, so I bought two."

"It's just the same style, I think you don't mind?"

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