Ruan Bai walked up to Li Ni, patted her on the back lightly, and said with a smile, "Hey, workaholic, it's time to get off work. Let's go, I'll treat you to supper today."

Li Ni put down her work, sorted out the messy design drafts on the desktop, and refused with a smile: "No, I have to go home in a while. My mother just called and said she was sick and asked me to go back early. I have to hurry Go back, or she will bombard me again."

Ruan Bai saw that Li Ni's complexion was not very good, and he was a little worried: "Do you want me to accompany you back?"

She knew that Li Ni's mother, Wang Na, had always treated her badly. ,

In the past, she was not so blatant, but since Li Zong went to prison, she seemed to be a different person, constantly oppressing Li Ni, like a vampire.

Li Ni rejected Ruan Bai's kindness: "No, I can handle it. My mother still has a deep prejudice against you. I'm afraid that if you go, it will be self-defeating."

Li Ni's brother Li Zong was arrested and sentenced to six years in prison for framing Ruan Bai. He has not been released from prison yet.

Ruan Bai was silent for a moment, thinking of the gentle and gentle Li Zong who took good care of her in the past, but later became as terrifying as a devil, not only drugging her, but even giving herself to his group of friends as an item for play, she once felt that I am blind.

Forget the past.

But after all they used to be lovers, Ruan Bai still couldn't bear it, and asked Li Ni about Li Zong's situation: "Your brother, your brother...how is it now?"

Li Ni pretended to be relaxed and said: "He is still the same. I visited him half a year ago. He has become a lot haggard and thinner, but his personality is completely different from before, and his attitude is much more correct. .He seems to be developing in a good direction, and it seems that the discipline of the prison is still useful."

"How long will he be out of prison?"

At the beginning, Li Zong committed the crime of rape. Although he attempted to rape, the sentence should not be so severe, and the maximum sentence should be less than three years, but Mu Shaoling was determined to punish him, and forcibly expanded the case of attempted rape. Li Zong was sentenced to six years in prison.

Li Ni said indifferently: "I heard from the prison guards that my brother performed well in prison and made meritorious deeds twice, and his sentence was commuted for two and a half years. He has been in prison for three years, and he will be due in another year." Out of prison."

Ruan Bai didn't speak for a long time, and after a long time, he sighed: "Nini, do you hate me? Because of me, letting your brother spend so long in prison also changed your life drastically."

Li Ni slapped her on the shoulder with a smile, and glared at her: "What are you thinking? My brother deserved to go to jail. If I were the victim, I would make the same choice as you , what does it have to do with you? Also, how many times have I said that my affairs have nothing to do with you at all. It was just my own bad luck that I met an evil lunatic. Well, no one can tell what happened in the past Mention it, let's go, get off work!"

Looking at Li Ni's pretendingly relaxed back, Ruan Bai always felt an inexplicable worry.

But she didn't say anything after all, just shook her head helplessly.

...

Luoshan Town.

Li Ni drove home at night. It took nearly three hours on the road, and it was almost eleven o'clock at night when I got home.

Back in front of an old-fashioned residential building, wearing high heels, she climbed dozens of dilapidated stairs.

Before entering the door, she heard her mother's piercing voice——

"Useless things, you are just a wimp, you can't make money, you are like a boring gourd all day long, and you can't fart for a long time! I have been married to you for so many years, and I haven't enjoyed a single day. I don't care, I've never seen a man as useless as you!"

This sharp and harsh voice was naturally uttered by Li Ni's mother, Wang Na, obviously criticizing the poor and loyal father Li.

Father Li's hair is gray, his back is bent, and he is clearly in his fifties, but he looks like he is in his sixties or seventies.

He just smoked in silence, letting Li's mother scold him without saying a word, but his cloudy eyes were filled with the misery of life.

Many cigarette butts were shaken off the floor.

Li Ni knocked heavily on the door, breaking the tense atmosphere between the old couple: "Dad, I'm back."

The door was opened, revealing Father Li's loving face: "Nini is back, why is it so late? Have you had dinner yet, dad will go to the kitchen to make you a bowl of egg noodles?"

"No need dad, I'm not hungry, I ate on the way back." Li Ni walked in and stopped Father Li's actions.

She casually glanced at the living room, many things in it were broken by her mother, and the room was in a mess.

When Wang Na saw Li Ni coming back, she couldn't help curling her lips, and said angrily: "Yo, you know you're back?! Do you remember that there are parents at home? Sure enough, the daughter is just the water that was thrown out. When she grows up, her wings become hard. If you run wild outside, you don't even want your home!"

Li Ni put down the bag in her hand and said patiently: "Mom, you said you were sick, so I hurried back. Seeing how alive you are now, how can you look sick? Since there is nothing wrong, then I I'll go back first. I have to go to work tomorrow, I'm very busy."

But Wang Na flashed in front of Li Ni, blocked her way, and grabbed her bag tightly: "Since I finally came back, let's wait until the end of the night before leaving."

After finishing speaking, she snatched her daughter's LV bag and couldn't wait to open the zipper.

Li Ni stared at her mother speechlessly like a robber, flipping through her bag excitedly, watching with cold eyes.

But after groping for a while, Wang Na even turned her bag upside down, but only found some office materials, spare cosmetics, and a few hundred yuan of pocket money, nothing else.

Wang Na screamed immediately, looking into Li Ni's eyes, wishing to eat her: "What's wrong with you, you didn't bring me and your father some money when you got home? You clearly know that life at home is not easy, so you don't say anything Use money to subsidize the family? What is the use of a white-eyed wolf like you?"

Li Ni sneered: "Mom, don't you blush when you say this? My monthly salary and bonus are basically sent back to you. Don't you go to the bank to check the accounts on the 15th of every month? But I didn’t hide a penny, I gave it all to you, and I only have a few hundred yuan for living expenses, what else do you want?”

Wang Na poured out all the contents of Li Ni's bag in one gulp, and put all the cash into her pocket as quickly as possible, not leaving a dime for Li Ni.

Then, she took out an old cloth bag from the drawer, packed Li Ni's things, and kept her LV bag.

"This bag is quite beautiful. I sold it at a second-hand store for some money. I will help your brother. He has suffered a lot in prison. You, my sister, help him more. Anyway, you have a lot of bags. Not bad for this one at all…”