Thousands of stars

Chapter 10

Xia Sijie's revisit made my life jump out of the bad category and go straight to the brink of collapse.

Although I have also grown from being a poor daughter of a rich family to being in this state now, compared with Xia Sijie, I deeply feel that I am too moral. At least I can support myself now, so I don't need to trouble others.But Xia Sijie, since the moment he came to take refuge with me, he has refreshed my understanding of the lower limit almost every minute.

Eating and being lazy, throwing rubbish at random, getting up without making the quilt, walking around the house without clothes... I can bear all these, but I really can't bear it. He actually made a service price list and came to ask me money? !
Dishwashing - 5 cents each

Take out the garbage - 1 yuan once

Sweeping the floor - 3 yuan once

Mopping the floor - 5 yuan once

Beautiful male massage service - 8 yuan an hour, buy 199 hours and get [-] hour free, and the monthly subscription is only [-]
Looking at this watch, I really want to cry without tears. If this guy can use his business acumen to inherit the family business, his father will definitely be moved to tears.

"During the trial operation period, a [-]% discount." When I didn't know how to express my feelings at the moment, Xia Sijie looked at me sincerely, and I didn't know how to hit him with that look.

In the end, compassion overcame my anger and I said, "You'd better lie down, I don't need these services."

"No! I have decided to support myself!" He shook his head and refused.

"Can you call yourself self-reliant?" I finally couldn't help but collapsed, and I said, "I beg you, go lie down, eat, or watch TV. Stop messing around!"

"I'm not fooling around!" He looked at me very seriously, "If you think it's too expensive, at worst I'll give you a [-]% discount, or [-]% off? How about [-]% off buy one get one free?"

Is this guy up yet?I really want to say to him, please, young master, don't sell labor, how good is it to sell morals?Your integrity has been dropped all over the place, you can't finish picking it up!

Just when I was so annoyed that I was going crazy, the doorbell rang, which finally saved me from the heat of the water.

"Open the door one piece at a time!" He responded quickly.

"As long as you shut up, I'll give you ten yuan!" I yelled at him unbearably.

"You said it yourself." Satisfied at last, Xia Sijie closed his mouth, happily ran to the door, looked into the cat's eyes, and suddenly froze.

The doorbell kept ringing, and I didn't know what was wrong with him, so I had to urge: "Open the door! Why didn't it move?"

Only then did he turn around slowly, and looked at me with a bitter face: "Sister Qianxing, I won't earn the ten yuan, you'd better open it yourself."

Who could make Master Xia feel so sad?I was so excited that I thought it was his father who came to arrest people again. It wasn't until I walked to the door and looked into the cat's eyes that I realized that things were not as good as I thought.

Standing outside the door was the person I least want to see at the moment——Li Yaofan.

"Why is he here? He's not going to tell my dad again, is he?" Xia Sijie frowned and said worriedly.

"It's possible." I scare him.

He was obviously frightened by me, and he wanted to hide in the room, but I grabbed him.

"Don't you want to support yourself?" I whispered, "I'll give you a chance, what will I say for 100 yuan, and what will you do."

He hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Two hundred!"

"One hundred and fifty, don't pull it down." I gave him a blank look.

"Deal!" The young master really went all out for money.

"Okay, take off your shirt first." I said.

"What?" Xia Sijie's complexion changed, and he hugged his chest and shook his head desperately, "I'm an artist rather than a person."

"One hundred and eight, can you take it off?"

Before I could finish speaking, he took off his shirt without saying a word, and asked earnestly, "Do you need me to take off my trousers too? Only two hundred."

"Take off your sister!" I glared at him, then opened the door.

The moment I met Li Yaofan's eyes, I hugged Xia Sijie's arm, and I could feel Xia Sijie's obvious stunned, I'm afraid I didn't expect that I would do this suddenly.

"Is something wrong?" I asked.

Compared to Xia Sijie's shock, Li Yaofan did not show much surprise. He just glanced at Xia Sijie indifferently, then turned his gaze back to me, and said, "It seems that I came at the wrong time."

"That's right, we're busy, can we talk about it during the day?" I said, leaning my face on Xia Sijie's shoulder pretending to be intimate.

Li Yaofan narrowed his eyes, and said calmly: "Your relationship is progressing quite quickly."

"Speed ​​is not a problem, what matters is how you feel, right?" I glanced at Xia Sijie who was in a daze, and pinched him hard behind him.

Thankfully, this guy finally woke up from the pain, and at the same time, the playboy program on him was finally activated.

He pulled out his hand, hugged me into his arms, met Li Yaofan's eyes, and said provocatively: "Ah Xing is right, the important thing is the feeling, if you didn't have it in the past, it doesn't mean you can't have it now. Besides, we've known each other for so long , I have had a crush on her for a long time, or because you liked her before, I would have confessed. Speaking of which, I have to thank you for helping me."

OK this guy!For the sake of one hundred and eight, even the feeling of the movie king was staged!If I hadn't said it in advance, I would have been deceived by these words, let alone others?

Sure enough, Li Yaofan's expression was not as calm as before, his face was gloomy, and his eyes reflected some kind of dangerous signal.

I decided to strike while the iron was hot and let him back out, but when he was about to speak, Li Yaofan suddenly smiled strangely.This smile was so unusual that both Xia Sijie and I were caught off guard.

"Although you are in love with each other, I'm afraid I won't be able to fulfill you tonight." After Li Yaofan finished speaking, he suddenly walked into the room.

What is he doing?

I was startled by this scene, anxious in my heart, stood up and blocked his way, and asked, "What are you doing here?"

"If I remember correctly, I am the owner of this house. As the owner, I can stay in my own house for one night, isn't it okay?" When he said this, he was very close to me, with some alcohol on his body gas.

I was about to ask him if he had been drinking, but he had already pushed me away and walked straight into the room, looking around unceremoniously under Xia Sijie and I's surprised expressions.

Xia Sijie pushed my arm beside me, and whispered to me: "What should I do?"

"What else can I do, should I kill him?" I glared at him angrily.

Unexpectedly, he gritted his teeth and said resolutely: "No problem, kill a thousand!"

Kill your head! ! !
At that moment, I deeply felt that before I was killed by Li Yaofan, I was pissed to death by Xia Sijie, a bastard!

Having Xia Sijie in this room is enough to break me down, but the sudden arrival of Li Yaofan is even more devastating.

Thinking back more than ten years ago, before all that happened, the three of us secretly hid in the wine cellar of Xia's family together, and finished sharing a bottle of 82-year-old Lafite without telling the adults.Afterwards, we were all given a severe lesson, Xia Sijie was the worst, he was whipped by his father with a cane and couldn't go out for a week.

After several years, the madness of that night is still in front of my eyes, but the reunion has become so awkward.

I have no right to ask Li Yaofan to leave, the only thing I can do is continue to act with Xia Sijie, and he has already risked everything for one hundred and eighty, his acting skills are outrageous.

"Baby, do you want some water? I'll pour it for you." He stared at me affectionately, his eyes never moved away from my face since Li Yaofan entered this room.

I'm not used to this kind of intimacy, but in order to show Li Yaofan a show, I can only grit my teeth and cooperate: "Okay, I want a cold drink."

"Drinking something cold is bad for your health, why don't I get you a hot cup of milk."

The play was very devoted, but... I twitched the corners of my mouth and couldn't help reminding in a low voice: "The milk in the refrigerator has expired for almost half a month."

With a look of sudden realization, he raised his head and asked Li Yaofan, "Do you want milk?"

"Pfft!" I couldn't help but spit out.

"No need." Li Yaofan rejected his "kindness" expressionlessly.

"Don't be embarrassed, everyone who comes is a guest, and there are bunches of grapes in the refrigerator, I'll get them."

The bunch of grapes was even more exaggerated. They had been stored in the refrigerator for more than a month. Put it back in the refrigerator, which shows how lethal the grapes are.

Although I really want to see the live broadcast of Li Yaofan's disintegration by the eldest young master of the Xia family, but considering that he is allowed to play freely like this, it is really possible that he will take out all the washing powder and use it as tea.

In order to prevent Li Yaofan from suddenly going berserk and driving us both out, I still decided to stop Xia Sijie.

I suppressed a smile and said, "Honey, Mr. Li is the landlord, so you don't need to entertain me. I'm sleepy, shall we go to sleep?"

Even though Xia Sijie was still interested in acting, he reluctantly turned his eyes away from the washing powder in the corner, put his arms around me and said, "Okay, baby, let's go to bed." After finishing speaking, he watched it again Li Yaofan took a look and reminded again and again: "You can do it yourself, the grapes are in the refrigerator."

The corners of Li Yaofan's mouth twitched, I think he probably didn't want to see grapes again during this period of time.

I can't describe in words how Xia Sijie and I walked into the room one after another, until the moment the door closed, I quickly jumped away from him and gave him a hard punch .

"You murdered your own husband?" Xia Sijie held his stomach and looked at me in pain.

"The next time you dare to touch my ass while acting, it's not as simple as hitting you." I lowered my voice and threatened him with my fists.

"I didn't do it to act more realistically..." He looked aggrieved.

"Then can I make your pain more real?" I punched again.

He quickly avoided it, jumped onto the bed, and made a face at me: "I can't hit me, I can't hit me, I can't hit me..."

"Get off the bed quickly, you haven't taken off your shoes yet!" I rushed up and pulled him, but he jumped up and down like a monkey. I couldn't stand still for a moment, and he and I both fell on the bed.

After a while of dizziness, I found myself being pinned down by Xia Sijie. His upper body was naked, his exquisite face was almost close to mine, and his long hair was hanging down, touching my face, which was a little itchy.

The atmosphere became extremely weird in an instant, especially the way he looked at me, which made me a little inexplicably uneasy.

I quickly recovered, pushed him away, and pretended to be calm: "Everyone is outside, who are you going to show for? Go to sleep, I'm almost exhausted."

He was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "That's right, I forgot that I don't have to act any more. For the sake of my participation in the show, how about an extra 20 yuan?"

The momentary embarrassment finally disappeared. I threw the pillow in his face and cursed: "Go to hell! Sleep on the floor tonight, don't crawl on the bed."

"Why? The floor is so hard, I won't be able to sleep!" He protested with a sad face.

"Don't talk nonsense, I'll add another twenty to you."

After I finished speaking, when I looked at Xia Sijie again, he was already lying on the floor, hugging my rabbit doll, and said to me with a smile: "Good night, lady boss."

I finally couldn't help laughing: "Good night, money lover!"

After a day of tossing around, I feel sleepy and tired, but I can't sleep in bed for some reason.Especially thinking that Li Yaofan is sleeping in another room separated from me by the wall at this moment, this makes me even more sleepless.

I don't understand why he appeared, he already told me the answer, didn't he?Could it be because of that ridiculous gamble?If this is the case, he must be too persistent, right?Or, did he actually have other plans?
Countless question marks hovered in my mind, bothering me deeply during this long night and consuming a lot of brainpower. Finally, I finally felt hungry inevitably.

The alarm clock was ticking by the bedside. It was just after two o'clock. Xia Sijie was fast asleep. Li Yaofan should be the same, right?

I tiptoed up, opened the door, and walked out gently.

The living room was quiet, and I didn't dare to turn on the light, for fear of disturbing the two giant Buddhas at home, so I had to take advantage of the faint moonlight outside the window and grope my way to the kitchen.

Everything should be very simple, but when I walked to the edge of the sofa, I suddenly saw a dark figure leaning on the sofa from the corner of my eye.

I was frightened, I didn't expect Li Yaofan to sit here without going to bed at such a late hour, or did he never go to bed at all?I was a little confused about the situation, and I couldn't tell whether he was awake or asleep. I just stood there motionless and stared at him.

The time became extremely long at that moment, and I didn't know how long I had been standing. I just felt that my legs were going numb, but he was still sitting there without moving a muscle, his eyes were closed, and his breathing was even. Is asleep.

I felt relieved, looking at the moonlight shining on his face, casting a hazy silhouette, I couldn't help feeling a little lost, maybe this man only showed such a soft expression when he was asleep?

At that moment, I actually had a little sympathy for him.

I understand that it is tiring for a person to always be at the top.Just like my father did back then, he wanted to plot against others, but he also had to worry about being calculated by others all the time. Even a little bit of personal feelings would be magnified infinitely by the pervasive media, let alone wanting to maintain any privacy.

How good would it be if we could all be a little more ordinary?

I think I must have been lost by the moonlight tonight, so I came up with such unrealistic thoughts, and even approached him unknowingly, trying to see his sleeping face clearly.

At this moment, the eyes that should have been closed suddenly opened.

Everything happened so suddenly, and it seemed to be a matter of course, so that when our eyes met, I didn't react in any surprise, but continued to stare at him.

Staring makes time so long that a few seconds seem to have passed a century.

Those scenes of us once being together began to replay in my mind one after another, constantly touching the most vulnerable place in my heart, where it seemed that something was about to come out, but my reason pulled me back to the out-of-control situation in time. edge.

I withdrew my gaze, held back my beating heart, and turned to leave, but my wrist was grabbed.

"A Xing..." He called my name in a low voice, as gentle as ten years ago.

I dare not look into his eyes, for fear of revealing even a little bit of fragility in front of him.But he still held my hand and refused to let go, and called me again like before.

What the hell is this guy trying to do?
He kept saying that he had a grudge against me, and he blatantly abandoned me at the ball, and was even photographed by the reporter... Why did he come to provoke me now?
"Axing!"

When he called me that for the third time, I finally couldn't help turning around and wanting to question him.

Before the words came out, his lips were grabbed.

This is really unbelievable, now I even wonder if he is sleepwalking, if he is, then that's fine, if not... Then this kind of behavior of hurting me indifferently while pretending to be gentle and close to me at the same time is really disgusting!
At that moment, I was really angry, and I even decided to beat him up desperately, but just when I was about to fight back and let him know how bad it was, the light in the living room suddenly turned on.

Xia Sijie stood at the door of the room, staring at us dumbfounded, his gaze changed from surprise to anger, then he rushed over like crazy and pulled me away, then turned around and rushed towards Li Yaofan, and pushed him onto the sofa violently, A wave is a punch.

I was stunned at the time, and there was only one thought in my mind: Damn it! It's unbelievable that 200 yuan can perform tricks to this extent!
Everything didn't end because of my amazement, Li Yaofan quickly counterattacked, grabbed Xia Sijie's hair, and punched him back without hesitation.

Xia Sijie's most precious thing is his face and hair, but now they are all ruined by Li Yaofan, so what's the matter?His eyes were red, and he rushed over to fight Li Yaofan desperately.Of course Li Yaofan would not sit still and immediately fought back.

The two quickly wrestled together, and neither would let the other go. I watched from the side, too shocked to speak.

Although it's not that I haven't seen them fight, but it's the first time that they fought so fiercely like today. I'm afraid to fight like this again. Their injuries are minor, and it would be terrible if they smashed my furniture!
Thinking of this, I quickly wanted to stop it, but the last thing I wanted to happen still happened.

Xia Sijie unexpectedly picked up the vase on the cabinet and wanted to throw it at Li Yaofan.That was my mother's favorite vase, and I was heartbroken at the time, so I ran over and stood in front of him.

"Go away, don't stop me from teaching him!" Xia Sijie's hair was disheveled, his face was stained, blood was still dripping from the corner of his mouth, he looked like a very manly man.

But this cannot be a reason for him to smash my mother's vase, I advised him: "Calm down, put down the vase first!"

"Go away, don't you hate him? Why are you stopping me?" Xia Sijie had lost his mind at this moment.

"I didn't stop you, it's a vase, a vase..." I was very anxious at the time, fearing that he would be impulsive, so I rushed over to grab the vase without further explanation.Naturally, he didn't want to give it to me. While you were robbing me, he came up with a force from nowhere and pushed me hard.

Holding the vase in my hand, I lost my balance instantly. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Li Yaofan who wanted to rush over to help me, but it was too late. After a loud noise, the back of my head hit the corner of the table heavily.

Severe pain came immediately, and I subconsciously stretched out my hand to touch the back of my head and found it was wet. I retracted and looked, and my hand was covered with blood.

I was stunned at the time, and it took me a long time to recover, and I comforted myself with a smirk: "Fortunately, the vase is still there..."

In a very heroic way, I ended the fight between Li Yaofan and Xia Sijie, and even kept my mother's favorite vase. I think this little injury is worth it.

But they both obviously don't think so.

Xia Sijie's face turned pale at that moment, and he looked at me in panic, and wanted to come over to help me, but he felt a little regretful, when he was hesitating, Li Yaofan rushed to me one step ahead of him, and asked anxiously: " Ah Xing, how are you? Ah Xing!"

I looked at the blood on my hands, and then at him, my head seemed to be short-circuited due to excessive blood loss.

"I'll take you to the hospital." After he said this, he decisively took off his suit to cover the back of my head, and quickly hugged me horizontally.

I stared blankly at him, and saw him yelling at Xia Sijie who was already at a loss: "Don't stand there stupidly, go and open the door!"

Only then did Xia Sijie come back to his senses, and hurriedly ran to open the door. As soon as the door opened, Li Yaofan rushed downstairs with me in his arms.

At that time, I couldn't think about any problems in my head. I just felt groggy, a little headache, a little dizzy, and very nauseous.

As a strong woman who has experienced many battles and can fight against pressure, I deeply feel that my performance today is abnormal, but the fact is that I was not only injured, but also seriously injured.

When Li Yaofan drove through several red lights and sent me to the hospital, I was already unconscious.In a daze, all he saw was Li Yaofan's anxious profile, and his excited expression when he yelled at the doctor, which was far from his usual cold and ruthless appearance.

I thought it was incredible at the time, I thought I was hallucinating, and foolishly persuaded him: "You... don't get excited, I... I'm fine..."

"Do you dare to try something?" He even attacked me.

I feel very aggrieved, it's not up to me to decide what happens, besides, I'm the one who got hurt, why are you in a hurry?Urgently, urgently go to your little girlfriend, she is only 17 years old, in the Mood for Love, and her skin is as creamy, how can an old woman like me who is on the verge of three can compare... Thinking of this, I am very depressed, and my head hurts even more when I am depressed Yes, I feel dizzy when it hurts.

Facts have proved that the timing of my fainting was very accurate, and I completely avoided the doctor's rescue. When I woke up, I was already lying safely on the hospital bed.

I felt dizzy, slowly opened my eyes, and saw Li Yaofan standing sideways by the window like a statue.He stared out of the window, the blood stains on his white shirt had turned black, making him look particularly unsightly.

This made me have to recall the scene last night, I remembered the anxious look when he ran through the red light along the way for me, rushed into the hospital with me in his arms, and said to me "you dare to try something" With his demeanor, there was a touch of emotion in his heart.

At this moment, Li Yaofan suddenly moved.

I was startled, and quickly closed my eyes. In order to prevent the embarrassment caused by getting along at this moment, I decided not to open my eyes anyway, and pretended to sleep to the end.

After a while, he suddenly walked towards me, his footsteps approached from far away, and finally stopped in front of my hospital bed, his tall body blocked the sunlight coming in from the window, even with my eyes closed, I could still feel it To those two gazes resting on me.

I became a little nervous, for fear that he would find that I was awake, but he suddenly touched my face unexpectedly.

My eyes were still closed, but my body tensed up involuntarily. His warm palm gently rubbed my face, stimulating my brain through nerves, truly and clearly.

"Why are you still so stubborn?" I heard him speak, his voice was low and gentle, just like ten years ago.

My heart suddenly tightened, as if it was firmly grasped by something.

"Idiot, do you think I can't see that you are acting? Just your little trick, can you hide it from me? If you are smart, you will only hurt yourself." He traced my eyebrows with his fingers and continued to whisper to himself , "You shouldn't have been involved in the first place, why did you suddenly appear? Do you think I forgot you enough? Even though I know it's impossible, I'm still not reconciled, maybe..."

Fortunately, he didn't go on, otherwise I was really afraid that my tears would come out of my eyes.

I said to myself, don't trust him, this is a bet, if you are serious, you will lose.But these words made me have to admit that we are all the same, we hide love in our hearts, even after ten years, we still cannot forget that unforgettable memory.

But the done deal, even if we don't want to admit it, the fact is always in front of our eyes: his father died because of me, and my family broke up because of him.The irreconcilable family grievances have already drawn an insurmountable gap between us for eternity. Even if we can put aside all worldly eyes, can we face the torture in our hearts?
Want to love, but can't love; want to forget, but can't forget.

This is probably the cruelest curse in the world.

That day, after Li Yaofan said those words, he got up and left.I didn't dare to open my eyes until the sound of his footsteps disappeared completely, and let the tears fall uncontrollably, crying silently.

A nurse came in and saw me and asked me if I was not feeling well.

I clutched my chest and couldn't speak, my heart ached like I was being strangled.

"I'll call the doctor!" The young nurse said anxiously, having probably never seen such a scene.

"Don't!" Stopped her, gritted his teeth and said, "I'm fine, I just feel a little sad when I think of unhappy things."

"What makes you so sad?" she asked cautiously.

"It was a long time ago."

"Don't think about the past. Let me tell you good news. The doctor said that your injury is not serious and you will be discharged from the hospital soon. Oh, yes!" She suddenly remembered something, smiled and said to me, "When I came up, there was a good-looking man who asked me to bring this letter to you." She said, taking out a light blue envelope from her pocket and handing it to me.

I wiped away my tears, opened the letter curiously, and found that it was written by Xia Sijie.

Thousand Stars:

When you read this letter, I have already decided to go home.During this time, because of my willfulness, I have caused you a lot of trouble and hurt you. I am very sorry, and I am here to say "sorry".

In fact, I have always regretted that you and Yaofan are my best friends, but I did not show up when you needed me, but chose to escape blindly.For so many years, I have been blaming myself constantly, but I have never matured, let alone taking on my own responsibilities.

Now, it's time for me to go back and take responsibility. I decided to pay the price for my ignorance when I was young. This is the punishment I deserve, and I hope it can alleviate the mistakes I made.

I will never forget the time we were together, but there is always a banquet in the world, and I will walk the future on my own.

If one day, when I really dare to face myself, I will definitely come back to protect you.

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