Together we are the world

Chapter 2 The Lost Doctor
[In this world, there is no trouble that a bowl of beef noodles can't solve. If there is, then come two bowls. 】

After the Dragon Boat Festival, City B was like being put on the lid of a pot and added a few handfuls of firewood, entering a period of unbearable high temperature.The sun hung hot in the sky, and there was no cloud in the sky.

Xiao Yi chased Shen Mi to the first floor of the building. As soon as he stepped out, he retreated back like an electric shock.

His pupils shrank at the boundary between light and dark, and his slender eyes narrowed unconsciously.

Shen Mi, who was in the elevator earlier than him, has disappeared at this time, how can she catch up?
Xiao Yi avoided the strong sunlight and walked back to the elevator quickly. A gust of cold air enveloped his whole body, making him calm down slowly.

My heart felt like it was blocked by something, stuffy and uncomfortable.

Just now, the eyes she looked at him with tears in her eyes, like tattoo needles, began to carve Xiao Yi's heart inch by inch. It turned out that this was what it felt like to owe money.

Xiao Yi took out a new pack of cigarettes, tore open the transparent film of the outer packaging round and round, took out a cigarette, found a safe passage to sit down, and lit it.

"This 500 yuan is all my belongings, really, I won't lie to you, can you return it to me..."

"Xiao Yi, don't you remember? You owe me money..."

Recalling the way she blushed last night and submissively hesitated to speak to him, Xiao Yi thought for a while and took out his phone.

Smoke curled around the Nokia black-and-white screen phone in his hand, which could only make calls and send text messages. His young and handsome appearance and nimble and slender fingers were incompatible with this old phone.

Xiao Yi looked through the address book for a long time before dialing the number of a high school classmate.

"Looking for Shen Mi? You also know that Bai Fumei like her is not from the same country as me, and has nothing to do with her. I guess she is drinking red wine on a yacht right now?"

"Shen Mi? The one who looks very white and talks sweetly? I don't know, I don't have her cell phone."

"Are you looking for Shen Mi? A while ago, I heard that her father went in because of forged bills. It is said that he was sentenced to death for a huge amount of money. Since then, Miss Shen has disappeared from our circle. Xiao Yi, where are you now?" What? Treat you to a meal when you have time!"

"I can't get in touch with Shen Mi, hey? Xiao Yi, which hospital are you in now? Are you doing well?"

After making rounds on the phone, no one knew Shen Mi's contact information. Xiao Yi put the phone into his white coat, took a deep puff of the cigarette, and then let it out, feeling even more irritable.

Having lived frugally for more than twenty years, Xiao Yi has never owed anyone money, not even a penny.

"Crackling—" the heavy door of the safe passage was pushed open.

Xiao Yi looked up, and saw that it was the irritable "nurse" Xiaomei who just scratched Shen Mi's face.

Xiaomei poked her head in cautiously, seeing that Xiao Yi was smoking here, she felt a little relieved, her eyes were full of apology, she smiled flatteringly, with the honesty and simplicity unique to rural girls.

"Brother Xiao, are you alright? I was too that..."

"Xiaomei," Xiao Yi interrupted her, he didn't seem angry with her, he frowned, and asked seriously, "You said that if the creditor ran away and I couldn't find her, what should I do? manage?"

"Uh..." Brother Xiao is such a young man!Xiaomei looked at his serious look and laughed dryly, "Brother Xiao, how about I go and check the number of 110 for you?"

"..."

Despite encountering an unreliable job hunting experience, Shen Mi quickly pulled herself together and found a second part-time job - a private chef.

When she got up early and looked in the mirror, there were two obvious scratch marks on her right cheek, making her look like a little cat. Shen Mi immediately thought of Xiao Yi, and her teeth itch with hatred.

What is "the first best not to meet each other"?She has a deep understanding.Otherwise, why do people say that youth is ignorant?
Stupid, to put it bluntly is blind.

It turned out that the beautiful first love that had been hidden in her heart for so many years turned out to be an arrogant, stingy and despicable person who had no sympathy at all.If she didn't know where to sell lighters, she would have burned all the little notes she had passed to him, the diary she had written down, and the same basketball jersey he wore!
Shen Mi calmed down and glanced at her watch. It was already five o'clock in the afternoon, and she was going to have a family dinner at Professor Sun's house.

I got this part-time job by chance, and it all started when she was doing food delivery.

After being cheated by the part-time job as a surrogate driver that day, Shen Mi called her best friend Yang Yuxi to complain. Yang Yuxi casually asked, what else can you do, Shen Mi replied casually, I can still eat!
That's right, Shen Mi not only knows how to eat, but also likes to cook.Ever since she was a child, Shen Mi has been extremely picky about food. When traveling at home and abroad, Shen Mi loves delicacies from all over the world, and she likes to collect various food magazines.When her father was alive, he once invited five-star chefs to cook family dinners for her. Over time, Shen Mi could even taste the reason why two chefs tasted the same dish differently.Later, because of her interest, she learned a few hands from the chef, and often took cooking as a pastime.

Under Shen Mi's coquettish pleading, the landlord gave her another few days' grace.Shen Mi was very happy, so she bought some pork ribs at the neighborhood supermarket and made a spicy honey sauce short ribs. Before eating, she took a photo and posted it on Moments, jokingly saying: "Exclusive secret recipe, sweet and spicy, super delicious , who will buy a plate of 100 million?"

Shen Mi seldom posts on Moments. Once she posted her status, she received many likes. Before she could move her chopsticks, she sent a WeChat message: "Honey, I don't have 100 million US dollars. Can 100 yuan be delivered?"

The person who sent the WeChat message was Ms. Liang, who lives in the same high-end community, and is a member of the same SPA club as Shen Mi.

In fact, Ms. Liang was also chatting half-jokingly, but when Shen Mi thought that she was at the end of her life, she went back jokingly: "Do you really want to eat? I can send it to you, it will be treated as a walk."

Fifteen minutes later, Shen Mi rang the doorbell of Ms. Liang's house with the spicy pork ribs packed in a crisper.

Ms. Liang opened the crisper and twitched her index finger when she smelled it: "It's really fragrant. My daughter likes sweet and spicy food the most, but my cooking skills are terrible. Honey, wait, I'll go in and get you money!" Liang The young lady took a hundred-yuan bill from the wallet at the entrance and gave it to her.

Shen Mi stood at the door, her face was a little hot, she rubbed her hands together, trying to forcefully support her self-esteem, but in the end she didn't want it.

"Take it and eat, sister, you don't need money!" She turned around and ran away pretending to be generous.

That night, Shen Mi clutched her growling stomach, hugged the empty wallet, and wanted to chop off her hands.I can't afford to live anymore, so why pretend?
While she was scolding herself, Ms. Liang sent a [-] yuan red envelope to her on WeChat.

A spicy and secret pork ribs cost less than 20 yuan to make, but sold for 100 yuan. Shen Mi suddenly found a way to make money.

So the next day, she used WeChat to add many people nearby, and then made a crystal foie gras jelly, which was clearly priced at 50 yuan and delivered to her door for free. Soon, someone ordered her foie gras jelly.

One after another, customers who have tasted Shen Mi's craftsmanship recommended her to their friends.

Shen Mi posted some pictures of the food she made before in her circle of friends, and added a few new dishes. She made a few dishes almost every day and sold them all.

Shen Mi summed up two things. First, the young people in this community are very rich and lazy; second, the delicacies she cooks are not only liked by her father.

In just one week, Shen Mi made a small profit. Although it was not much, it was enough to satisfy her sense of accomplishment.Shen Mi didn't go shopping for a long time, so she bought herself a pair of high heels with the money.

As soon as the eldest lady made a move, all the fruits of many days of hard work were spent.

Unexpectedly, after buying the shoes, the business began to enter a cold period.Her orders are getting less and less, and sometimes she makes three copies a day, but only sells one.

Just when Shen Mi was feeling melancholy, someone added her on the WeChat account of "Ai Xiao", asking if she was free to be a cook for the family dinner.

Family banquet chef means private chef. In the past, when Shen Mi’s father entertained guests, he often invited professional chefs to his home to cook family dinners. Private chefs only worked for two or three hours to prepare a table of banquets, and the ingredients and The kitchen utensils are provided by the employing family, and the salary is very considerable.

Ai Xiao's profile picture is a beautiful woman, but for some reason, Shen Mi thinks of Xiao Yi.

Ai Xiao said: "Miss Shen, I have eaten the crystal foie gras you made. It tastes great. Are you interested in coming to my house for a family dinner?"

Shen Mi was cheated by "Love's substitute driver" once, and she still has lingering fears and dare not reply.What if someone with ulterior motives tricked her into the house?
Not long after, Ai Xiao sent her another message: "I know you may not be doing it for money, and you must be an elegant lady from your circle of friends, but this weekend the man I admire will come to my house for dinner. He is very picky eater. From the impression of the dishes we have eaten, the only one he likes is foie gras jelly, and I hope that this family banquet hosted by my father will suit his appetite. Sorry for the inconvenience."

Shen Mi felt that the other party seemed to be a cultivated person, so she also looked through her circle of friends.To sum it up: Standard Bai Fumei, her father works in the hospital, and her job is also in the hospital.

Being cautious, Shen Mi shied away for a while, and replied: "Hi, I am not a professional chef, but I just love to cook delicious food. I am afraid that I am not competent and let you down."

Bai Fumei replied: "Five-star chefs are easy to hire, but taste is hard to find."

Shen Mi was taken aback for a moment, her deep sense of confidant and full respect moved her.

"Okay, happy to oblige."

Miss Ai Xiao's surname is not Xiao, but Zhou, and her name is Zhou Xinyuan. She bought all the ingredients according to Shen Mi's recipe, and drove Shen Mi to her home by car.As soon as she entered Zhou's house, Shen Mi felt relieved. Miss Zhou's house was obviously a scholarly family, with books, calligraphy and paintings everywhere. Miss Zhou's father was sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper. When he saw her, he kindly called her call.

Normally, if you hire a private chef, you will not ask the chef to wash the vegetables, but Shen Mi is not so particular about cooking for the first time, so she takes all the ingredients bought by Zhou Xinyuan to the kitchen and starts cleaning.Zhou Xinyuan is a very polite girl, she took the initiative to come to the kitchen to help her wash the vegetables, and Shen Mi went to change the knife.

The two girls were busy, and it didn't take long for the smell of food to overflow in the kitchen.

"Let me do it." Zhou Xinyuan brought over Shen Mi's caramelized onion grilled pork chops, sniffed it vigorously, and said with surprise on his face, "Oh my god, it smells so good!"

Shen Mi doesn't boast, she smiles flatteredly, cuts colorful pepper rings, knows her duties, and doesn't talk too much.

It was already past six o'clock in the evening. Zhou Xinyuan's father came over and patted his daughter on the shoulder: "Call him and ask if he's here."

Zhou Xinyuan said: "Look at you, why are you so anxious? Every year on your old birthday, you, a proud student, always arrive on time. Besides, it's not dark yet. He has to wait until dark to get off work. Xiao Yi has sun rash. Can't go out, have you forgotten?"

Shen Mi paused for cutting vegetables.

who?Did she hear wrong?

Father Zhou smiled, and just as he was about to speak, there was a knock on the door.

Zhou Xinyuan winked mischievously at his father, and hurried to open the door.

Shen Mi poked her head out from the kitchen to look out.

The person who entered the door was holding a gift in both hands. He was wearing a FILA white polo shirt, which was washed very white, and the trousers were also very ironed. He was not dressed casually like usual, but a bit more clean and stable like a mature man.His thick black hair, handsome and fair face, and his sternness when he was not speaking made a woman's heart flutter just by looking at him.

Xiao Yi, it's Xiao Yi.

Shen Mi shrank her neck, her mind went blank, she looked up at the working range hood, and suddenly wanted to disappear into a wisp of smoke.

Before Xiao Yi arrived, the cheerful and talkative Zhou Xinyuan talked about his sweetheart while peeling onions, and told Shen Mi that he must make the foie gras jelly because "he" loves to eat it.

Shen Mi is not a dull person, she answered a few words casually, Zhou Xinyuan said with a smile: "In my heart, he is the most handsome, from the handsome to the big one."

Shen Mi cooperated and asked: "You guys have known each other since childhood? Childhood sweethearts?"

For some reason, Zhou Xinyuan seemed to hit it off with Shen Mi, and talked about many things about her sweetheart with a smile.

His father was a martyr who fought against floods. Twenty years ago, City B suffered a flood and died in order to save Zhou Xinyuan who was trapped in the water.Zhou's father regarded the son of his savior as his own and raised him carefully. He was also very competitive. He had excellent grades from childhood to adulthood.

When chatting, Shen Mi would never associate the "he" Zhou Xinyuan said with Xiao Yi. After all, Zhou's father is the current director of B University Hospital, and with his back against this big tree, how could he be so downcast that he would go to a haunted house? To be a "doctor"?
But at this moment, this "down and out" Xiao Yi was sitting at the dinner table in a well-groomed manner chatting with the father and daughter, but she was standing in the kitchen like a maid, surrounding the frying pan, frying her self-esteem.

Shen Mi raised her wrist to see what time it was, only to realize that her limited-edition watch had been sold long ago, so she had no choice but to bite the bullet and serve food out.

In fact, Shen Mi knew that this was just a job, she didn't steal or rob, there was nothing to be ashamed of.But when she met an acquaintance, she, who was used to being served since she was a child, came to serve others, and she inevitably felt embarrassed.

Her voice was low, her eyes were downcast, and she put the plate on the table without any enthusiasm: "Foie gras jelly."

Kind of like a little maid.

Zhou Xinyuan's eyes lit up, and he put his hands together immediately, and said gracefully to Xiao Yi: "Xiao Yi, your favorite food, my mother is not at home, so I invited a family banquet chef to make it for you specially, she made foie gras jelly It’s very delicious, try it, see if it suits your taste.”

Xiao Yi was chatting with Father Zhou, with a faint smile on his face, he turned his head when he heard this, and glanced at the frozen foie gras, and when his eyes fell on Shen Mi, his smile froze suddenly.

He stared blankly at the old apron on her body and the unhealed scratches on her face.

Shen Mi was extremely embarrassed, she immediately wiped her hands on the apron, turned around and went into the kitchen.

However, that gaze followed her all the time, Xiao Yi's brows and eyes were already sharp, and there was always nothing to hide from.

Probably he was gloating.After all, she slapped him last time.

When serving the last dish, Xiao Yi happened to pick up a piece of foie gras jelly and put it in his mouth. Seeing her coming, he put down his chopsticks and stared at her expressionlessly, chewing slowly.

Zhou Xinyuan looked at Xiao Yi expectantly: "How does it taste?"

Xiao Yi didn't speak, raised his handsome eyebrows and nodded, seemed very satisfied, then stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a piece, put it in his mouth, looked at Shen Mi inexplicably, and tasted it.

Shen Mi suddenly felt that what he was chewing in his mouth was her flesh, and what he swallowed when his Adam's apple rolled was her blood.

Her self-esteem exploded with a "bang", Shen Mi's face sank, but the corners of her mouth curled up into a friendly smile, her expression was extremely ugly for a while.She tore off her apron, rolled it up in her hand, and said to Zhou Xinyuan, "Miss Zhou, the food is already ready, I should go too."

Zhou Xinyuan had already transferred her salary to her before coming here, and when he heard that she was leaving, he said naturally, "Thank you, be careful on the way."

As if she had received an amnesty from Lafayette, Shen Mi turned her head to get her bag, vaguely heard Zhou's father urging Xiao Yi to work in the hospital, but Xiao Yi only responded docilely.

When she went out, Shen Mi's movements were very light, the moment she closed the door, she found Xiao Yi looking at her through the crack of the door, his eyes were very complicated, cut off by her abruptly closing the door.

On the way home, Miss Shen's mouth was pouted, and she couldn't explain why she felt uncomfortable. In short, when she thought of Xiao Yi's eyes, she wanted to stamp her feet and scream.

Coming out of the hairdressing salon, Shen Mi shook her long, smooth black hair back. The expensive scalp care SPA was worth the money, making her look more like an exquisite Barbie doll.

When it comes to facial features, Shen Mi is not considered a beauty, and her best friend Yang Yuxi always uses "one white cover one hundred ugliness" to describe her.Moreover, beauties with big double eyelids and awl faces are popular now, but Shen Mi's bun face with single eyelids is really ordinary.Even so, she is always eye-catching on the street, probably because she is well maintained, her hair, skin, jade feet, every part of her body exudes delicacy and delicacy.

There was not a penny left of the part-time job for a day, and it was all spent in the hairdressing club.Miss Shen was in a good mood, she completely forgot about the unhappiness of meeting Xiao Yi.After taking a taxi, Shen Mi put away her beautiful high heels, and gracefully closed the car door.

"Master, go to Villa Faul."

The driver glanced at her through the rearview mirror, and his gaze fell on her silky long hair.

On the way home, it started to rain. At the beginning, there were one or two drops, which soon formed a line, and then a heavy rain poured down.

"It's going to pour water on my hair in a while." Shen Mi looked at the rain and fog outside the car window and sighed quietly.

The driver smiled with wrinkles on his face: "Didn't you bring an umbrella when you went out? Just like my daughter. You young people are getting more and more confused, and you don't care about tomorrow after today."

When getting off the car, the rain had subsided a bit, Shen Mi covered her head with her bag, and quickly ran downstairs to the high-end apartment, but the door couldn't be opened no matter what.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, she anxiously inserted the key into the door lock, but she couldn't open it no matter what, every turn of the key seemed to tighten her thin eyebrows.

"Don't try." A bass voice suddenly came from behind.

"Who!" Shen Mi was startled, and when she looked back, she saw a tall and tall figure standing in the rain, holding a black umbrella, with half of her face hidden under the umbrella.

The rain hit the umbrella, making a muffled sound.

Shen Mi felt a chill in her heart, felt that the man was extremely weird, and instinctively took a step back.The man raised his umbrella high, revealing his entire face.

"Xiao Yi?" Shen Mi frowned slightly, "Why are you here?"

"The door lock was changed by your landlord." Xiao Yi said in a low voice.

Shen Mi patted her chest in shock, and shook off all the horror and murder movies in her head. Suddenly, her face turned serious, and she roared angrily, "Xiao Yi! You must be sick! Stand with a broken umbrella. I thought you were a perverted serial killer at our door! You scared me to death!"

"Perverted serial killer?" Xiao Yi frowned.

Shen Mi glared at him, grabbed the umbrella from his hand and put it on her head, and asked angrily, "Why do you want me?"

Xiao Yi was still wearing the same clothes that he went to Zhou's house, very handsome and clean, the rain fell on his black and thick hair, easily touched Shen Mi's heartstrings.

This is an era of face-to-face, even though Xiao Yi's character has been blacklisted by Shen Mi, it is obvious that her girlish heart betrayed her.

A few drops of water fell on Xiao Yi's fair cheeks. Looking at her, he didn't get angry, and asked, "I remember when you were in high school, you were a very quiet girl, so you have such a bad temper."

Shen Mi immediately responded with a half-smile: "I still remember that you were a sunny boy in high school! I didn't expect to introduce my old classmates to such a dirty place, so my personality is so dark!"

Xiao Yi coughed lightly, then suddenly took a step forward, stood under the umbrella, and looked directly at her.

She stood two steps higher than him, and the two suddenly became eye level.Standing so close for the first time, Shen Mi felt that there was not enough air.

Shen Mi held her umbrella stiffly, blinked, and obviously felt her heart skip a beat, like dreaming about going downstairs and stepping on the air.

Xiao Yi looked at her, although his face was expressionless, there was a little more sincerity in his eyes: "I came to you to apologize for what happened that day. There is also something I owe you money, I want to discuss it with you."

Shen Mi clutched the umbrella tightly, and murmured: "Are you finally willing to admit that you owe me money? How much is it?"

Xiao Yi opened his dark eyes and replied, "20."

"20 is not much." He looked at her heartbroken.

Shen Mi knows that she is a superficial person. She likes diamonds and crystals, and all beautiful things. In the most romantic flower season, the reason why she fell in love with Xiao Yi was first of all because he was good-looking. Perfection in girlish ideals to fill.

Xiao Yi said seriously: "For me, it's a lot." He handed her a bank card that he had been clutching in his hand, "This is my current savings, only 123456, the password is [-], and the rest The one hundred thousand, how to pay it back, I listen to you."

He probably stood here holding this card and waiting for her for a long time. 10 yuan, the entire net worth of a young man in his twenties, how long will he save it?

But now he returned it to her without reservation, just to not owe her anything.

Shen Mi took the card and suddenly changed her view on him.

Maybe there is really a misunderstanding between them.

"Xiao Yi," she said very seriously, "I finally know why so many girls like you."

Xiao Yi was very close to her, and the faint fragrance of hair made his eyes fall on her hair unconsciously.

Shen Mi said: "You are so close to me all of a sudden, looking at me with your big eyes blinking, even if you say that you don't pay back the money, I guess I will nod, maybe I will pay you back !"

A joke resolved the misunderstanding and embarrassment, making Xiao Yi laugh out loud.

"It's not that interesting." With a slight smile, Xiao Yi withdrew from the umbrella.The rain had stopped, he stood by the flower bed, took out a cigarette, tapped it in the palm of his hand, lit it, narrowed his eyes slightly, and exhaled smoke, "Give me a deadline, don't be too tight, I'll think of a way. "

Shen Mi actually had some nostalgia for the moment when he approached just now, she walked to him and put away the umbrella and returned it to him, and said cautiously: "I think you are very good, you can save so much money by yourself at such a young age. I took 10 yuan, and I don't want the remaining [-] yuan."

Xiao Yi said, "It's 20."

Shen Mi didn't seem to have any idea: "Oh, I don't want that either."

In her concept, there is no difference between [-] and [-].

Xiao Yi raised his eyebrows subconsciously, and stared at her silently for a few seconds, making Shen Mi feel embarrassed.

Shen Mi tucked her hair behind her ears, crossed her hands in front of her lower abdomen, and rubbed her hands together: "Are you looking at my hair? Is it not bad? I do a nursing once a week, and today I got wet from the rain. It would look better otherwise."

The corners of Xiao Yi's mouth turned up suddenly, and he took a deep puff of cigarette to cover up his smile.

After a long time, Xiao Yi extinguished his cigarette, handed her a key, and said seriously, "You will stay at my house tonight, and I'll go to my friend's place to make do for the night. Do you mind?"

It was beyond Shen Mi's expectation that he could say that.

She looked back at the brand-new door lock, helplessly, and said gratefully as she took the key: "There's nothing I can do if I don't mind, I can't sleep on the street on a rainy day, I just got my hair done today."

Xiao Yi was silent for a moment, and asked: "I have something to do later, I can't see you off, do you still remember the way to my house?"

Shen Mi shook her head: "I don't remember."

Xiao Yi looked at her expressionlessly, took out a pen from his pocket, tore up the empty cigarette case, wrote down a string of addresses and phone numbers, handed it to her, and attached a bus IC card.

"The alley is deep, call me if you are afraid."

Shen Mi found Xiao Yi's home according to the address he gave.Although this building is a bit old, the location is very good. The word "demolition" is written on the old building, and it is estimated that it will be relocated soon.

Xiao Yi's house is on the top floor, and the lights in the corridor have to be stomped hard to turn on.Shen Mi was night-blind, leaning on the wall to go upstairs, touched the ashes with one hand, finally climbed upstairs, opened the door, fumbled to turn on the light, she saw the shiny floor at first sight.

The floor has been whitewashed, and the decoration is in the style of the 90s. There are two bedrooms and one living room. Most of the door frames and closets are made of wood. Although it is very old, it should be considered good in that era.There is a family portrait hanging in the living room, young parents and a pair of innocent children.In the photo, Xiao Yi looked about seven or eight years old, with his lips pursed, standing next to his younger sister like a little old man with his hands behind his back, while the younger sister mischievously held the scissors hands behind Xiao Yi's head.

Shen Mi likes to look at such family portraits, the corners of her mouth can't help but rise slightly.

The quartz clock on the wall made a very clear sound, Shen Mi took off her shoes, put them in the shoe rack in a regular manner, put on a pair of big slippers and entered the room.

It was just a one-night stay with a friend. She didn't have the habit of messing with other people's things casually. She glanced around and found a bedroom and opened the door to enter.

This is Xiao Yi's bedroom. That's right. The room is not big. There is only a single bed, a desk, and a bookcase with a glass door. On the desk are books and notebooks. The notebooks are filled with writing and drawing. A hand-drawn anatomical diagram that Shen Mi couldn't understand.

There are also several pictures of human body structure on the wall, and some places were marked by Xiao Yi, which suddenly looked scary.

Shen Mi is a bit of a clean freak, usually she doesn't sleep in other people's beds, and because she is afraid of those human body profiles, she casually spends the night on the sofa.

Early the next morning, there was a knock on the door just after six o'clock.

Shen Mi thought that Xiao Yi came back without a key, so she opened the door without asking, but she didn't expect a woman standing at the door, when she looked closely, she suddenly felt like an enemy.

This woman is small, with neat short hair, sportswear, and a boyish appearance. She is the "little nurse" who tickled her in the haunted house that day.

Seeing Shen Mi at Xiao Yi's house, Xiaomei was also very surprised, and stuttered for a while: "You, you, why are you here?"

Shen Mi took a deep breath in her chest, and immediately blocked the door with her shoulders in her arms: "It's early in the morning, what door are you knocking on! I don't know if it will disturb people's sleep?"

Xiaomei was a little unnatural: "I go to work with Brother Xiao every day after running at this time! Where is Brother Xiao?"

Shen Mi could see that Xiaomei was interested in Xiao Yi, so she deliberately said, "He's sleeping on the bed, and he won't be with you today."

Xiaomei frowned, with an unhappy expression on her face: "Impossible, brother Xiao always gets up early in the morning to go to work, what's wrong today?"

Shen Mi caressed her slender neck on purpose, scratched her head and said, "A man must be tired if he stays in bed. How can a irascible man like you understand?"

"Who are you calling a masculine woman?" Xiaomei's face was serious, and she took a step forward to confront her.

Based on Xiaomei's understanding of Xiao Yi, he is by no means the kind of person who casually brings women home. Where did this woman come from?
Shen Mi always remembered Xiaomei's hatred, and immediately looked down at her with rounded eyes and her height advantage: "What's the matter, let's talk about you."

Just as Xiaomei was about to reply, she heard footsteps on the stairs behind her. It was Xiao Yi who had returned.

"You lied, brother Xiao didn't sleep on the bed at all." Xiaomei smiled happily and exposed her in a low voice.

Shen Mi was taken aback for a moment, and a bad thought came to her mind, the revenge of being scratched by her last time has not yet been avenged!She suddenly pushed Xiaomei away, covered her face and exclaimed: "I told you that we are not in that kind of relationship! Why are you scratching me again!"

Xiao Yi heard Shen Mi's cry from a long distance away, and when he saw Xiaomei's back, he rushed upstairs quickly, dragged Xiaomei out from the door, and forced the two women to distance themselves.

"Xiaomei, what are you doing! Why are you doing it again!" Xiao Yi blamed Xiaomei for not knowing the situation.

Little Meiwan didn't expect Shen Mi to do this, and she was slow to react, so she was so angry that she couldn't speak for a while.

"I didn't hit her!" How could there be such a woman!

Shen Mi immediately covered her face, ran back to the room as if she had been greatly wronged, lay down on the sofa and sobbed softly, and kept her eyes on the movement at the door while crying.

Xiao Yi frowned and said seriously to the innocent Xiaomei: "Xiaomei, you go to work first! Don't wait for me."

Just as Xiaomei was about to defend herself, Shen Mi's crying became louder.Instead, she laughed angrily: "Brother Xiao, this woman deserves a beating too much." After finishing speaking, she looked towards Shen Mi with a fierce look in her eyes.

Xiao Yi helplessly pushed Xiaomei: "I said what's wrong with you? You can't get rid of your hands-on problem, can you?"

Xiaomei had no choice but to admit it: "Chengcheng, I'm unlucky, you men like this kind of weak master."

Xiao Yi kicked her, Xiaomei dodged it with a playful smile, turned around and went downstairs.

Shen Mi lay on the sofa and cried, but actually she smiled wickedly, secretly happy in her heart: the big revenge has been avenged.

Xiao Yi came over, holding a black umbrella in his hand, looked down at her condescendingly, and asked apologetically, "Have you eaten yet? There is bread in the refrigerator."

Shen Mi was afraid of revealing her secrets, so she covered her face and tried her best to find out the feeling of wanting to yawn. When she raised her head, her eyes filled with tears, she said timidly: "What bread are you eating? I was scratched again early in the morning. She When you see me in your house, you go crazy, what kind of friends have you made?"

She looks pitiful, but she looks really fragile. When a man faces a woman's tears, his judgment will decline.Xiao Yi's brows were furrowed, feeling that he couldn't bear it, so he said, "I apologize for her."

Shen Mi frowned aggrievedly, and went down the next step: "People don't like bread, so let's buy a bowl of porridge when I leave later."

Xiao Yi put down his umbrella, walked into the kitchen, poured out some white rice from the storage jar, and said while washing the rice: "If you don't mind, you can leave after breakfast."

Shen Mi was naturally happy: "Xiao Yi, you have such a kind heart."

Xiao Yi's voice came from the kitchen: "In the future, you will also have to look at your face outside. Some people can't fight head-on, and they will suffer."

Shen Mi went to the bathroom to look in the mirror and pretended to say: "Miss Ben has eaten everything, but she hasn't suffered a lot. But this time she was lucky, she didn't bleed from being scratched." After lying, she stuck out her tongue.

Shen Mi came out of the bathroom and went to the kitchen, and saw Xiao Yi washing rice, his slender fingers grabbed the edge of the basin, and was about to pour water into the pool, when he suddenly stopped.

"Do you want rice water?"

Xiao Yi suddenly looked at her and asked.

Shen Mi was taken aback: "What are you going to do?"

Xiao Yi looked at her smooth hair and said, "Rice washing water nourishes the hair, and the treatments in the barber shop are all chemical ingredients."

Shen Mi let out an "oh", and immediately went to the bathroom to pick up a small basin.

Off-white water fell from his basin to hers, Shen Mi followed it cautiously, and secretly glanced at him.

"Are you this nice to girls?" she asked.

Xiao Yi put away the basin, and while he was busy around the stove, he answered, "Is that good?"

"It's great! It's completely different from the previous few meetings."

Xiao Yi said without raising his eyes, "I just think you're not bad."

"I also think you are a nice person now." Shen Mi smirked, and went to the bathroom with a pot full of rice washing water.

Unprecedented harmony and harmony.

She hung her hair into the basin, soaked it, rubbed it gently, and put her hands on the shelf to fumble around.

"Xiao Yi, where do you keep your shampoo?" She asked loudly.

There was a "beep" sound of the rice cooker starting to work in the kitchen, Xiao Yi walked over, and held a bottle with great precision and handed it to her.

Shen Mi stroked her hair into the basin with both hands, lowered her head, showing the back of her slender neck, and raised one hand: "Put it in my hand."

Xiao Yi froze for a moment, opened the shampoo cap, and squeezed some in her palm.

Shen Mi rubbed her head and smiled: "Thank you!"

"You're welcome." Xiao Yi put down the shampoo and walked out, sitting on the sofa watching TV and smoking.

"Xiao Yi, which towel is for wiping hair?" Shen Mi's voice came from the bathroom again.

Xiao Yi immediately stood up, put the cigarette in the ashtray, went to the bathroom and tore off a white towel and handed it to her, then turned around and walked back to the living room to sit on the sofa, picked up the cigarette and started smoking again.

Shen Mi came out wearing slippers and wiping her wet hair: "You don't have to go to work today?"

"Wait a while." Xiao Yi's gaze was fixed on the lively TV.

Shen Mi walked around the kitchen: "You didn't cook?"

"I can only cook porridge." Xiao Yi replied.

Shen Mi walked into the kitchen and looked at the ingredients in the refrigerator. There were only eggs and a not-so-fresh tomato. She took the ingredients out of the refrigerator, and soon there was the sound of cooking in the kitchen.

After a while, Shen Mi came out with a plate of steaming tomato scrambled eggs and a bowl of porridge.

Xiao Yi put down the remote control and sat down at the dining table, and the two of them sat facing each other to eat.

The bowls and chopsticks made a small collision sound with the plate, and no one spoke.

After eating half a bowl of rice, Shen Mi couldn't help but start looking for a topic: "Are you the only one living here?"

"En." Xiao Yi replied, paused, and said, "My sister got married abroad."

"Your sister is married! It's so fast, what about you?"

"Me?" Xiao Yi was taken aback for a moment.

"Aren't you married? When are you going to get married?"

Xiao Yi took a bite of the food expressionlessly: "With whom?"

"There must be many girls around you who like you. Isn't that Zhou Xinyuan your childhood sweetheart?"

Xiao Yi smiled wryly: "It's not suitable."

"What is appropriate?"

With his mouth in his mouth, Xiao Yi pondered for a while, and finally gave up: "I don't know."

Shen Mi smiled: "Just choose!"

After eating, Xiao Yi conveniently put the bowl in the sink, looked at his watch, and saw that it was almost time to go to work, so he said to Shen Mi: "I have to go. You go home and have a good talk with the landlord, don't start a conflict."

"Ah."

Shen Mi stood at the door and watched him go out. Today was a sunny day, and he was still carrying a black umbrella.After walking a few steps, he suddenly fell back again: "Where is my bus card?"

Shen Mi was startled: "It's used."

"What about the card?" Xiao Yi frowned, his expression became shocked, "You won't throw the bus card into the coin box, will you?"

"Yes! What's wrong?"

The corner of Xiao Yi's mouth twitched, suppressed his shock, and said, "Forget it." He turned his head to go to work, and explained anxiously, "Don't forget to lock the door when you leave."

"I'm not stupid, how could I not know how to lock the door, don't worry!"

Shen Mi went back to the house, looked around, and suddenly had an illusion.

What illusion, can't tell.Maybe she was so lonely.

For some reason, the image of Xiao Yi playing on the basketball court when he was a student appeared in his mind.

That game was organized by her father to make her happy. She was the only one in the audience, and the whole team was performing for her alone.When the young and vigorous Xiao Yi dribbled the ball and ran past her, his gaze was so indifferent and distant.

But at this moment, Shen Mi felt that she and Xiao Yi were closer than ever before.

When I was a girl, I always thought that he should be a cool boy like Rukawa Kaede in my imagination, but after getting in touch with him, his ordinary and down-to-earth feeling is another feeling.

Shen Mi took out the bank card with 10 yuan in it, and put it on Xiao Yi's desk.

Since they are friends, how could she have the heart to take the money he saved so hard.

Not wanting to leave too early, Shen Mi walked around the room reluctantly, saw the bowl in the sink, picked it up naturally, and started to brush.

Unexpectedly, just as he started, there was another knock on the door.

Shen Mi wore rubber gloves and opened the door. A beautiful woman was standing at the door holding a beautiful mixed-race child.The two looked at each other in surprise.

Shen Mi immediately remembered what Xiao Yi said about his sister getting married abroad.

"I'm Xiao Yi's younger sister, and you are..."

"I'm……"

Xiao Xiao stood at the door and looked at Shen Mi in surprise. She was wearing rubber gloves with drops of water on her hands, obviously doing housework.

"You are my brother's girlfriend?" Xiao Xiao's joyful expression seemed to have discovered a new world.

"I'm not his girlfriend." Shen Mi took off her gloves, a little embarrassed, "I'm his friend."

The male doll in Xiao Xiao's arms blinked its thick eyelashes, looked at Shen Mi, and spoke in not-so-fluent Chinese like a little adult: "But aren't you a girl?"

Shen Mi was taken aback for a moment: "I am."

The male doll said: "Isn't that still a girlfriend?"

Xiao Xiao rubbed her son's head: "Vogt! Don't be rude!"

Shen Mi said with a smile: "It's okay, your kid is really funny."

Only then did Xiao Xiao formally and friendly reach out to shake hands with her: "Hi, I'm Xiao Xiao. I just came back from the United States."

"Hi, my name is Shen Mi."

Xiao Xiao was taken aback for a moment, then looked at her carefully, and suddenly reached out to touch her forehead, her eyes immediately lit up: "You are really sweet!"

Shen Mi is hypocritical, she doesn't like others touching her hair, so she hides with a dry smile: "Do you still remember me?"

"Remember, you had straight bangs at that time, not a middle one. Come in, come in and say."

The two women sat in front of the sofa with their children. Xiao Xiao was enthusiastic and had a similar personality to Zhou Xinyuan. She was talkative and held Shen Mi's hand like an old friend to ask questions. I like her crawling child.

The two are alumni of the same high school, Xiao Xiao is one grade lower than Shen Mi, although they have never met, but when it comes to their alma mater, there is no shortage of topics.Shen Mi wanted to leave, but she didn't expect Xiao Xiao to be a chatterbox, she couldn't stop talking, and Shen Mi had nothing to do, so she simply chatted with her to reminisce about the old days.

The two chatted from the dean to the teacher, and from the teacher to the classmate.

Xiao Xiao said: "At that time, relying on my brother to dote on me, I often didn't study hard and hung out with the senior girls. I still know the famous girls in your class."

Shen Mi smiled: "Is it Xu Bingbing's gang?"

When she was in high school, Shen Mi looked down on Xu Bingbing's group of girls the most. Seven or eight girls in strange clothes formed a sorority gang. Therefore, Shen Mi, a rich girl, is naturally the gossip target.

Xiao Xiao said while placing her luggage: "It's them, the Fat Girl Sisters."

Shen Mi said: "Now everyone has an awl face, not fat at all."

Xiao Xiao was surprised and said: "Really? But I have forgotten what most people look like. I only remember Xu Bingbing and Yang Yuxi."

Shen Mi put away her smile: "Did you remember wrongly? There is no Yang Yuxi."

Xiao Xiao said with certainty: "Why is there no Yang Yuxi, she and Xu Bingbing are the best, we often play together."

Later, they broke up, and Yang Yuxi beat up Xiao Xiao with other girls, and recorded a video, but Xiao Xiao didn't mention this unbearable past.

Shen Mi looked at her in disbelief, and suddenly took out her mobile phone and found a photo of Yang Yuxi, and held it up in front of her: "I'm talking about this Yang Yuxi, maybe the two of us are not talking about the same person."

Xiao Xiao said firmly: "This is Yang Yuxi! The fourth child of the Fat Girl Sisters Gang. How could I not know him!"

When Shen Mi came out of Xiao Yi's house, she only had 200 yuan in her body. Shen Mi thought, after all, she was an alumnus, and it was the first time seeing her child, so she went to the supermarket downstairs to buy a bag of snacks and a car for Vogt. The toy car was sent up, and Xiao Xiao was naturally embarrassed to accept it, but this is the sophistication that Chinese people have always followed, and it is also Shen Mi's heart.

After spending the last bit of money on her body, Shen Mi walked on the street like she was masochistic, her mind was full of Xiao Xiao's words.

Yang Yuxi is the fourth child in that sister group, and she is the best friend with Xu Bingbing.

How can it be?Shen Mi would not believe it.

She and Yang Yuxi have been best friends since high school, and Yang Yuxi often tells Shen Mi that Xu Bingbing is the one she hates the most.If it is really like what Xiao Xiao said, Yang Yuxi and Xu Bingbing are the best friends, then what is she?
Xiao Xiao must have made a mistake.

Back home, Shen Mi found the landlord, promised the landlord to move out within this week, and even gave the landlord a crystal necklace, so the landlord reluctantly agreed to let her stay for a few more nights.

Shen Mi was penniless and hungry, so she opened the refrigerator to find something to cook, but there was only a piece of lotus root left in the refrigerator.

At this time, the WeChat notification sounded, and Shen Mi turned on her phone, and saw a stranger adding her.

The avatar is a woman, and the face cannot be seen clearly from a non-mainstream angle. The verification information is "I want to order food."

At the end of the day, business came, and Shen Mi chatted with the other party very enthusiastically. The other party was very angry, and told Shen Mi to bring her all the snacks he could make, but Shen Mi had no ingredients at home, so he could only make a spicy lotus root film, the other party agreed.

Shen Mi was hungry and made lotus root slices, put them in the packing box, and went out with the bag.

The customer said at first that it was sent to a community, and later said that she and her friends were playing in a KTV and wanted to send it to a KTV.Shen Miqiang went to the KTV with her hungry stomach, and when she opened the door, several beauties were singing.

A man with heavy makeup sitting at the door asked, "Who are you?"

Shen Mi said: "Oh, I'm here to deliver food. Someone here ordered lotus root slices."

Da Nongzhuang sized Shen Mi up and down, then raised his eyebrows suddenly, and turned around to shout at everyone: "Lotus root slices! Who are you called lotus root slices!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and suddenly they all laughed. Shen Mi saw that men, women and women were all looking at her in a smoky atmosphere.

"My name is Sweet Potato!"

"My name is Potato Chips!"

Shen Mi smiled patiently: "You heard it wrong, I mean I'm here to deliver lotus root slices. A lady ordered a meal for me to deliver to this private room."

Da Nongzhuang smiled, then turned around and shouted: "Miss! She is looking for Miss! Who is Miss?"

There was a booing from the box.Shen Mi has a thin skin, this time she really couldn't stand it anymore, she glared at the heavy makeup, turned her head and left.

"Who decided?" A magnetic male voice came from the private room, the voice was not loud, but it made everyone quiet.

Shen Mi also stopped and turned around.

In the private room, among Yingying and Yanyan, sat a man with his long legs crossed, and he was playing with his iPad with his head down. There were colorful flashes on the interface, probably a game, very childish.

No one spoke, and the man asked slightly angrily: "Who ordered it? Squeak, is it fun to toss people?"

Still no one spoke, even the big makeup at the door went to sing songs honestly.

Only then did Shen Mi realize that she was being tricked.She squinted her eyes and stepped into the private room.She used to be a frequent visitor to this KTV, and she knew where the switch was on the wall without looking at it. With a lift of her wrist, she clicked a few times and turned on the biggest light in the private room.

For a moment, everyone blocked their eyes with their hands uncomfortably.

Shen Mi scanned the private room with piercing eyes, picked up her mobile phone and dialed the number left by the customer.

The bell rang suddenly, and everyone looked at the owner of the machine.

Shen Mi froze when she saw the man's appearance.Xu Bingbing, who was mentioned this morning, was sitting on the sofa, a look of embarrassment flashed across his face, but he quickly regained his composure.

It was her, Xu Bingbing, who liked to pick on Shen Mi when she was in school, did she do it on purpose?

Shen Mi really wanted to throw the box in her face at her face!But she still walked up to Xu Bingbing on high heels, handed over the lunch box, pretended not to know her and said, "The spicy lotus root slices you ordered cost 30 yuan a piece."

When it said "30 yuan", Shen Mi's heart was pulled hard.But she still held her neck high, trying to look calm.

"It's so cheap?" Xu Bingbing stood up, pretentiously took out a white LV wallet from a fashionable handbag, pulled out a red ticket and handed it to Shen Mi, "What can I do, I don't have any change!"

Shen Mi clenched her fists, turned her head away slightly: "I can't find it."

There are only a few pieces left on her body.

A gaze was fixed on her face all the time, she was looking at her from the moment she came in, Shen Mi felt it, looked for that gaze, and saw the man who spoke for him just now.

The light shone on his face, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, with extremely sharp edges and corners.When he saw Shen Mi, there was an indescribable surprise in his eyes, and finally met her gaze, and greeted her dully: "Hi..."

He is Xu Bingbing's friend, so Shen Mi naturally ignored him, she looked back at Xu Bingbing.

Xu Bingbing said: "You can't find it? What should I do then? Sisters, who has change?"

Someone answered: "I want to eat spicy duck neck, can you sell it? If you sell it, you can send it to us again, and you won't have to change the money."

It sounded normal, with a normal tone, but Shen Mi knew that they did it on purpose.

"Not for sale." Shen Mi said two words coldly.

Xu Bingbing directly threw the box of lotus root slices into the trash can, and then slapped a 100 yuan note on the table: "You don't need to look for it."

Shen Mi was trembling with anger, kept taking deep breaths, clenched her fists tightly, looked at the banknote on the table, turned her head out of the KTV private room without a moment's hesitation, slammed the door, and took out her mobile phone tremblingly , Thinking of what Xiao Xiao said today, she immediately called Yang Yuxi.

"Mimi, what's the matter?" Yang Yuxi always talked to her as if coaxing a child.

"Why does Xu Bingbing have my WeChat account? Who told her?" Shen Mi was so angry that her lips trembled, her attitude was not very good, and she used a questioning tone.

Yang Yuxi immediately changed her attitude when she heard the words: "Mimi, how do I know? You don't think I gave it to her, do you?"

Shen Mi clutched the phone silently, her mind was about to explode with anger.

Yang Yuxi got a little angry: "Shen Mi, what do you mean? What are you doing!"

Shen Mi also felt that it was not fair for her to vent her anger by calling Yang Yuxi, so she closed her eyes, calmed down, and said softly: "Xixi, I didn't mention you."

After calling Yang Yuxi, Shen Mi's mood calmed down a lot.

Walking in high heels was tiring, and it was getting dark, Shen Mi stood by the roadside to rest her feet.

A burst of strong fragrance wafted into her nose, awakening the hungry bug in her stomach.

Shen Mi looked up and saw that it was the Chongqing noodle shop, which Xiao Yi once took her to eat.

At that time, Shen Mi also said that if the smell is so fragrant, it must be from waste oil or "a drop of fragrance", there must be something wrong.

But now, if she can eat a bowl, she doesn't care about gutter oil or not.

While staring at the noodle shop in a daze, her cell phone rang, and the caller ID was Xiao Xiao. Before she left Xiao Yi's house, the two had exchanged calls.

"Shen Mi?"

"It's me, Xiao Xiao. What's the matter?"

"I'm fine. It's my brother who is looking for you."

Then, Xiao Yi's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Why don't you take the bank card?"

As soon as Shen Mi guessed, she knew that Xiao Yi would ask such a question.She replied: "We are all friends, don't worry, you can give it to me when you save enough."

Xiao Yi said, "No rush? Your landlord let you in?"

Shen Mi was stunned for a moment, but didn't speak.

Xiao Yi was silent for a while, and asked, "Where are you?"

Shen Mi replied: "On the street."

"address."

"It's where we ate noodles last time."

Xiao Yi said, "Wait for me there."

After Shen Mi agreed, she hung up the phone, looked up at the increasingly dark sky, her vision gradually blurred.

Xiao Yi arrived soon, holding the bank card in his hand, he didn't say anything when he saw Shen Mi, as if he knew she hadn't eaten, and went straight into the noodle restaurant.Shen Mi silently followed behind him.

A bowl of hot beef noodles was placed on the table, with an obvious vinegar smell, Shen Mi was not jealous, but she still picked up the chopsticks and served it to her mouth.She was in a hurry to eat, with a few slices of green onion on the noodles, she didn't bother picking them, and stuffed them directly into her mouth.

Xiao Yi looked at her, but didn't speak.

It was so delicious, she felt that one bowl would not be enough for her.

Shen Mi chewed the noodles, took another sip of soup from the bowl, the expression on her face suddenly changed, her brows frowned, and a sense of sadness welled up in her heart.

Putting down the bowl, Shen Mi lowered her head, and tears fell into the bowl.

Xiao Yi put down his chopsticks and asked, "Why are you crying?"

Shen Mi quickly shook her head, sniffed her nose, and said in a hoarse and tired voice: "It's okay." Feeling that she was too embarrassed, she added, "I just don't want to eat coriander." After finishing speaking, she couldn't help but I choked out a sob.

Xiao Yi didn't comfort her, he probably guessed that something was wrong with her, so he just stretched his chopsticks into her bowl, picked up all the coriander in two swipes.

"Don't eat if you don't want to eat, don't force yourself."

Shen Mi looked at him steadfastly, nodded, and said in a crying voice, "Can you order me another bowl, I want to eat and watch the other..."

Xiao Yi raised his eyebrows: "So willful?"

Shen Mi nodded firmly.

Xiao Yi really ordered another bowl for her, and said to her, "Deduct from the money owed to you."

Shen Mi became happy, and started taunting again: "Shut it up! Wait for me to make more money, and I'll treat you to a big meal!"

In this world, there is no trouble that a bowl of beef noodles can't solve. If there is, then come two bowls.

(End of this chapter)