“I’ll give you two days to talk to your family. After two days, you stay at my place!” The car, drove to the main road, he opened his mouth. Zoey froze for a split second, to speak, but he had already coldly blocked what she was going to say, “Can’t do it, you can get out of the car now. The matter of funds, we have no room to discuss!”
It simply cut off her space to retreat.
Halfway through the drive, we passed a 24-hour pharmacy and Zoey said, “Stop the car.”
Jerry Xiao stopped the car, Zoey pushed open the door and got out, walking towards the pharmacy. Looking at that back, Jerry Xiao suddenly realized that she was going to buy what, eyes slightly sunk for a moment, footsteps have been unconsciously followed down.
Drugstore, haloed light. Zoey takes a box of pills from the shelf. Turns around, but comes close to a chest. Heart skips a beat. He, why did he follow me out of the car?
His hand, falling above her. His eyes, however, fell on her hand. What he was holding was a condom; what she was holding was the pill. Zoey hadn’t expected him to stop himself, so it wasn’t too much of a loss when, expressionless, he collected the condom and the pill she’d taken together and went to pay the bill.
Just …
It’s still inevitably a bit bitter.
He stood there, pulling out money for the bill. The light reflected his sturdy figure, and the lines that are always taut, three-dimensional, but cold and hard so that people can not get close. Obviously just a meter away, but Zoey felt like they were so far away, so far away. …
Leading the way out, she barely managed to raise a smile as the light breeze hit her face. Going to the kiosk next door, she bought a bottle of water. Just as he was coming out of the pharmacy, Zoey reached out, “Give me the medicine!”
Without noticing, his arm stiffened for a moment. But, still handed her the bag in his hand. And then, no longer looking at her, just walking forward with a blank expression.
Behind him …
Zoey unscrewed the water bottle and swallowed the pills. He didn’t want children, hated them, and now, more than ever, didn’t care to have hers …
He drove her to the door of her house, Zoey got out of the car, wanted to say goodbye to him, but he didn’t make any stops, and sped the car away … looking at the car’s taillights fading into his eyes, and then, never to be seen again, Zoey ‘goodbye’ two words froze on the on her lips. After a while, she smiled bitterly before turning around and walking towards home.
By the time she arrived home, Sam Baker hadn’t returned and Yami Hu was sitting at home waiting to hear from her.
When she sees Zoey return, she rushes to her feet.
“Zoey, how’s it going?”
Zoey forced a smile, “Mom, don’t worry. It’s done. I’ll talk to Dad directly later.”
“Is it okay to run the funds?” Yami Hu was still unsure, “Is cd bank promised?”
“No, mom. It’s a project manager from MY company that I found separately – after all, we used to work for the same company and have worked together a few times, so he more or less sold me on it. But …,” she paused, holding her tongue, before saying, “I’m thinking of moving out these days.”
Yami Hu was completely at a loss for such a decision. Somewhat strangely, she looked at her daughter, “Why did you suddenly have this idea?”
Zoey wasn’t very good at lying, but right now she simply didn’t have a choice. Deliberately crouching down, she pretended to change her shoes while her mind spun with every possible excuse. “My friend isn’t feeling too well and wants me to come over and stay with her for a while. I’ll move back when she’s a little better.”
“How come I haven’t heard you mention it before?” Yami Hu half-expected it. Zoey stood up and forced a smile, “She hasn’t asked me to stay there before either, and I got the call on the fly.”
“What about the kids?”
It wasn’t that Zoey hadn’t thought about the kids. She fell silent and changed her slippers and walked inside, saying as she did so, “I shouldn’t have to stay long before I move back. Besides, I can come back to see them more often. I have plenty of time now anyway, and I don’t have to work.”
Yami Hu thought for a moment and nodded. “A friend needs help, of course. It’s just that this family, with your brother gone and then you gone, it always feels weird. It’s good that there are still two children around, but it’s somewhat of a comfort to me.”
Zoey looked at her mother’s forlorn appearance, her heart couldn’t bear it. Zoey took his mother’s thin shoulders, “Mom, don’t be so sentimental, it’s not like I won’t come back after I leave.”
She paused for a moment, the color of her eyes becoming slightly complicated. At the corners of her lips, some astringency welled up, and it was only a moment later that she finally asked, “Brother, did he call you?”
It’s fine if I don’t mention it, but when I do, Yami Hu shakes his head sadly, sighs, and sits down on the sofa, “Your father is really cruel. I’m afraid that he and I will not be able to get involved again. I don’t know how your brother is doing now …”
It’s not that Zoey doesn’t want Owen Baker to come back; after all, this is his home, too. However, she also felt that now the two people so do not contact, do not involve, do not see each other, for each other, for the company is really the best choice. Brother is very good, but, she can no longer frankly stand in front of him, frankly call him a brother.
“I blame Nabi Yan, I didn’t realize that she was such a wicked person! Your father and I were worried that your brother was too fond of you, so we asked him to marry Nabi Yan, Owen is a good boy, he wanted to put our minds at ease, so he married her. Now think about it, we are really blind, thanks to always thought she is a good girl, did not expect, but it is she let make our a good family become such a fragmentation.”
Zoey only remembers the past as if it were a lifetime ago. She even remembers a scene where Owen brought her tea and water. …
“Mom …,” she said arduously, and not knowing how to be persuasive.
Yami Hu curbed those feelings and glanced at his daughter, “What about the police? Did you find that bald guy?”
Zoey shook her head. “Asked the police, and there’s no semblance of news yet.”
“I don’t know how they do things! But if that girl really did it, we can’t let her get away with it!” Yami Hu ranted and patted her daughter’s hand again, “Alright, you’ve been tired all day too. Go up and take a rest, and go see the child. When your father comes back later, talk to him about the company. By the way, when will you move to your friend’s place?”
Zoey thought about it for a moment, and when she remembered that Jerry Xiao said she could give her two days, she said, “In a couple of days.”
For two days in a row, Zoey didn’t hear from Jerry Xiao. It was as if he had really disappeared, or he seemed to have forgotten the unwritten agreement between them that day. However, the project manager of MY Group did take the initiative to contact his father directly.
Because of the addition of MY Group, the whole situation of Baker Family turned around extremely fast. Not only did the board of directors gain confidence, but the bank’s funds gradually began to be injected from the previous refusal, and the whole situation began to warm up.
By the time it was a little after six in the afternoon, Zoey had packed her things, explained much to the children, and dragged her simple luggage out the door.
When she arrived at the Xiao Family’s doorstep, Zoey’s heart was full of mixed feelings as she looked at the familiar house. Just half a month ago, this place was still full of laughter. The sound of children laughing, and he and she …
At that time, she tasted happiness. She really thought that if she just stood a little taller, she would be able to touch happiness. But now, everything was a sea change.
Ringing the doorbell, however, there was a delay in opening the door. Obviously, he hadn’t come back yet.
Zoey set her bags aside and she leaned against the door, hesitating to dial his number. The phone rang for a while before connecting. Before she opened her mouth, what came from there first was a charming, enchanting female voice: “Mr. Xiao, drink a little more, finish this cup and we’ll talk about business.”
Zoey was stunned for a moment. Immediately followed by Jerry Xiao’s slightly cooler voice, “I have something to do right now, hang up first.”
Zoey didn’t answer and disconnected the call herself without waiting for him to hang up first.
Obviously, I’m not wearing too little, but, when the wind rises, I feel inexplicably cold.
…
I don’t know how long she stood there, Zoey’s legs became numb, so she crouched down and leaned against the door alone. The surrounding is very quiet, the night is gradually coming, there are street lamps slowly lit. Zoey tilted her head to look at the moon overhead, the moonlight is cold as water. Such an atmosphere, but the heart is inexplicably peaceful … Jerry Xiao drove back when he saw the figure at the door, he almost thought he was drunk. She, actually took the initiative to …
Will dial her phone hang up, the car, parked in the front lawn. But did not immediately get out of the car, just stomach sitting on the driver’s seat, not far from the distance of the stunned look at the figure squatting in the doorway.
She tilted her face up, a light smile on her face. The moonlight poured down, and the whole scene was incredibly serene.
Pushing open the car door, he stepped down. It wasn’t until he got very close that Zoey finally realized he was there.
“You’re back?” She tried to stand up, but her legs had already gone numb, so how could she get up? The moment she barely got up, her feet stumbled unsteadily and she almost fell.
At her waist, it was a warmth. His robust arm, stabilized her. The scent of warmth, pressed into his nose, looking at the frightened little face, close to his eyes, his mind moved.
The words that came out were cold and mocking, “Is that how you threw yourself at your brother, so you could abduct him into bed?”
Zoey blanched. What happened that night was meant to be a wound in her heart that would hurt at the slightest touch, and maybe if someone else said it, she could try to ignore it, but not him.
Almost immediately, taking a step back from his arms, her legs tingling, Zoey held on to one side of the wall before she was able to stand narrowly still. A little distance away, the wind blew, and the scent of Jerry Xiao’s body seeped into her nostrils, a whiff of a woman’s perfume permeating the mellow scent of wine.
Zoey pursed her lips and tried to ignore the sour feeling that welled up in her chest, just looking at his icy side face and taking a deep breath before speaking, “That night, my brother and I …”
The events of that night, to this day, she still finds it difficult to talk about.
There was a momentary pause, but Jerry Xiao turned his face sideways and looked at her with a sneer. “Want to explain what? Could it be, are you going to tell me that that night, in fact, you guys didn’t do anything?”
That sharp line of sight, sweeping over in the dark night with the moon’s clear and ghostly light, stabbed into her heart like a sharp sword. If she could, she would also like to nod her head and say, ‘Yes, nothing happened between her and her brother that night!’ . However, the mess in the room when she woke up was a clear indication that they had had something.
The events of that night were not something she wanted to think back on. Only in his questioning eyes, she hung her head sheepishly.