C55

I sat in Zheng Xin's car. The car was filled with the heavy scent of a lady's perfume, and I also found a diamond earring on the floor mat.

"Zheng Xin, just how many women have you taken a ride with?" I put the earring in front of him.

He glanced at the earring and tossed it out the window. "I don't remember."

I glared at him and turned away.

"What are you going to do?" Zheng Xin asked me after a moment of silence.

"What do we do?" I turned to look at him, wondering what he meant by that.

"Li Jie plotted against you, are you planning to just go over like this?" Zheng Xin asked me. His tone was full of schadenfreude, as if the fight between women was very interesting to him.

"Yes." I nodded and looked out of the window. It was time to get off work, so quite a few couples walked over holding hands. There was a blissful smile on my face, but I didn't know how long that smile would last.

"I didn't know you were such a weak person." Zheng Xin was still encouraging me.

"I'm too lazy to argue with her, I'll just pretend that I don't know her from now on." When I said this, my heart ached slightly. After all, I had been a good friend for many years.

"I remember you coming to me when she was beaten up." Zheng Xin scoffed, "Whether it is Li Jie or Xie Zongming, they are not familiar with each other."

"I know." I twisted my fingers and said, "Don't you feel sorry for the child in Li Jie's stomach?"

"It's just a fertilized egg." Zheng Xin said, "There are a lot of women that want to give me children, I am not one less than Li Jie."

Zheng Xin laughed and said, "We are home, if I have time, I will invite you out for a meal, we can still be considered comrades."

I shut the door with a sneer and left.

When I got home, Xie Zongming was already back. He was sitting on the sofa watching television, and when he saw me enter, he said with an impatient tone, "Why did you just return? I've been waiting for you for over an hour."

I glanced at the clock on the wall. It was only six-thirty.

"Let's order takeout today, I don't want to cook anymore." I took off my shoes and collapsed on the sofa. I'm really a little tired today.

"What's the matter with you?" Xie Zongming saw that my expression was not well, so he asked, "Where did you go?"

I hesitated, not sure if I should tell him about Li Jie.

From a certain perspective, Xie Zongming and Li Jie have a very close relationship, even more so than the relationship between us.

"Li Jie had an abortion today." I thought about it and said, "The child she left was a freak."

I stared at Xie Zongming as a trace of pain flashed across his face.

I took a bottle of milk from the fridge and went straight back to the guest room.

Maybe Li Jie and I should openly talk, but since the relationship between the two of us has turned out like this, there is no point in talking about it.

She had made up her mind to turn me into the murderer of her child, and perhaps to add to my crime of seducing her husband.

I was really tired lying in bed.

It's time for me to make a decision.

Thinking of this, I fell asleep drowsily. In my dream, I seemed to be tightly entangled with something, unable to get rid of it no matter how hard I tried.

When I woke up again, the sky was already bright.

I lazily lay in bed, unwilling to wake up, but in the end decided to get up.

I casually put on my coat and decided to go see Zhou Jin. I didn't know how Zhou Jin was doing.

Just as I stepped off the elevator, I heard a "Pa!" A loud sound was heard.

I looked up and saw Zhou Jin, he was standing there with his head lowered, and was slapped by Ye Qing's mother.

"Ye Qing doesn't want to see you, you don't need to come from now on." I heard Ye Qing's mother say, "Our Ah Qing will go abroad in two days, I will never let her see you again."

"I know." Zhou Jin stood on the spot. "I won't see her again. I'm sorry."

Zhou Jin turned around and was about to leave when Ye Qing's mother called out to him.

"You are leaving just like that? Do you have any heart!? " When Ye Qing's mother saw Zhou Jin leave, she called out to him, "My daughter has given so much to you, don't tell me you have no reaction at all. Who do you think you are!"

Zhou Jin stood there as Ye Qing's mother scolded her.

I stood at the far end of the corridor and looked at him. He had lost a lot of weight, and his face wasn't looking too good. His hair was a mess.

"I'm sorry." Zhou Jin only said these three words. Although he wasn't wrong in the slightest, even though he was very innocent in this matter.

"Give my daughter back to me!" Ye Qing's mother rushed forward and randomly hit Zhou Jin's body.

"Forget it, forget it." Ye Qing's father went forward to hug Ye Qing's mother, then the two of them returned to the ward.

Zhou Jin turned to leave, but just happened to meet my eyes.

We stood on either side of the corridor and looked at each other without saying a word.

"Zhou Jin …" I opened my mouth and called out his name, and for some reason tears ran down my cheeks.

"Xia Ying?" Zhou Jin froze for a moment, then quickly walked towards me. He took my hand and pulled me up the elevator.

He held my hand tightly. His hand was very cold, but now I felt at ease.

I had been betrayed and beaten to the point where he could only comfort each other.

"You … Are you all right? " I asked him.

"Yes." Zhou Jin nodded.

We came to the hospital roof, where clean sheets hung on the air, blowing in the sun.

He and I stood at the top of the building and looked down. Below us the traffic was thick and full of people, all in a hurry.

The two of us leaned against the railing. Although we didn't say anything, the moment of peace was enough to soothe our hearts.

"Don't worry." Zhou Jin placed his hands on my eyes, as though he was trying his best to pretend that he did not care, "Ye Qing will be leaving tomorrow."

"Yes." I leaned on his shoulder.

The sun was clearly shining, but it couldn't warm me at all, because Zhou Jin and I were people walking in the dark.

Zhou Jin and I stood on the balcony for a long time before we left.

Before I left the hospital, I specifically went to see Ye Qing. She was lying on the bed with a bandage around her wrist.

As usual, I went to the market to buy vegetables and prepare dinner for Xie Zongming.

No matter what I experienced, no matter how bad my mood was, my life would go on.

"Xia Ying, are you hiding something from me?" When Xie Zongming entered the room, he did not even have the time to take off his clothes before he ran over to question me.

"What is it?" I asked as I set a dish on the table.

"It's about you and Zheng Xin." Xie Zongming looked at me sideways with eyes full of contempt and disdain.