Chapter 79
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During the time when Shu Minxi was taking care of Gu Shuning, Lu Zhiqiao was busy with most of the company's affairs. She had to do her job well and take care of the whole body, so she was very tired. Shu Minxi felt ashamed. After returning to work, she kept busy with her own business, and no longer put the work on Lu Zhiqiao on the grounds of personal affairs.
In the past, Lu Zhiqiao didn't need to speak, she would have thought of her.
The position of vice president is special in the company.
When Wen Ziyu was alive, she served as the vice president and Gu Shuning's right-hand man. After her death, the position was vacant for five years, and due to business needs, someone had to be appointed.
In the past ten years, the vice president came and went, and went and came again.
Ordinarily, the company is so big that only one vice president is far from enough, but Shu Minxi knows that having such a vice president is already the limit of what Gu Shuning can do.
Therefore, in many cases, the "director" acts instead of the "vice president".
This is what happens today when senior executives “are not enough” to be present at large business events. Shu Minxi thought in her heart that the left and right people had passed away, and for the sake of the company's development, she couldn't continue to keep the so-called "feelings" like this. After this time, she would discuss with the board of directors and make rectification.
Now it is still inevitable to tire Lu Zhiqiao.
"It can be coordinated, it's okay." Shu Minxi smiled, "You will be at the trade show in Cologne at the end of next month..."
"You are not troubling me." Lu Zhiqiao interrupted softly, taking her hand away little by little.
"This is a business matter, not a personal matter. At our level, what do you care about? Isn't it all for the benefit of the company?"
Before she was promoted to vice president, Lu Zhiqiao seldom spoke to Shu Minxi in such a familiar tone during working hours. In her eyes, she was her boss first and her friend second. But after that, the gap between their ranks closed up and they were collectively referred to as "President". Then, Gu Shuning passed away, and her friend became the boss. She suddenly felt that everything was so embarrassing to go back and she could no longer regain their clear boundaries.
Lu Zhiqiao looked at Shu Minxi with a smile, and directly picked up the document and looked it up in front of her eyes without any hesitation.
"Xiao Long...did he tell you about Sister Ningning?" Shu Minxi sighed, her eyes fell on the corner of the desk, where there was a statue of a small figure in a kimono, which was given by Saki to her.
She didn't want to throw it away.
"Mm."
Lu Zhiqiao was absent-minded, her eyes fixed on the name "Jiang Yu", and a cold and bony face appeared in her mind.
She had to go to that show.
"If you think you're bothering me, let's just exchange terms. Find a time next time and tell me about the matter between you and Ms. Gu, how about it?" Looking away from Jiang Yu's name, she smiled at Shu Minxi, showing curiosity in her eyes.
When mentioning the deceased, Shu Minxi's expression darkened, her brows furrowed in sadness, she hesitated for a moment, then nodded lightly: "Okay."
Some things have been kept in her heart for a long time, and she can't let it out quickly. Lu Zhiqiao is someone she trusts. She has worked with her for many years and they understand each other. What's more, the person has already left. If the scar is uncovered and the carrion is removed, the rotten place can only heal itself.
"Okay, I'm catching a plane. I really have to go. I'll talk about the details when I come back." She patted Lu Zhiqiao on the shoulder and left the office like a gust of wind.
Lu Zhiqiao stared at Jiang Yu's name again, took a deep breath, and smiled slightly.
Since parting at the gate of the community that night, Lu Zhiqiao hadn't contacted Qi Yan again, and Qi Yan's Moments was still invisible to her, she didn't bother her either. They fell silent, as if they were strangers.
Maybe Qi Yan didn't say anything that day, because she neither forgave nor rejected her. In such a state, she felt a lot more at ease in her heart, there is still a chance of redemption.
She expressed her heart to Qi Yan, but Qi Yan didn't give a positive answer. In her opinion, this was more like a hint. As for what to do, she should use their time away to think carefully. She needs to love herself first, then others.
Qi Yan will walk slower, and she will try her best to catch up. The future is promising.
After thinking about this, the tension in Lu Zhiqiao's heart was relieved a lot. In the originally dark and chaotic world in front of her eyes, a ray of light appeared behind clouds and fog. Qi Yan was the ray of light in her emotions. Although she has not yet fully stepped out, after taking this step, the rest is only a matter of time.
She simply liquidated the assets in her hands, recalled what she had done in the past twelve years, asked herself what she wanted at this stage, and made a simple plan.
There are Qi Yan and her daughter in the plan.
The weather in June is not the hottest, but walking outside is like walking on fire. There are many thunderstorms in summer, the morning is sunny, and in the afternoon there are thunderstorms, which come and go quickly, which makes people unprepared. It gets hotter after the rain.
The climate in Jiangcheng is like this, extreme and fast-changing.
On Saturday, Lu Zhiqiao took the time to visit the house where her elder brother and sister-in-law lived. That place was just developed more than ten years ago, desolate and few people lived there, but now it has developed into a bustling area second only to the city center, surrounded by three subway lines, two colleges, three primary and secondary schools, and complete supporting facilities. It is very convenient to go anywhere or transfer
no matter where, it has direct access to all parts of the city.
House prices are naturally rising like a rocket.
In 2005, it was more than 4,000 flats, and now it has risen to nearly 80,000 flats. Those who bought a house at that time changed their hands and sold it today, and immediately became rich.
Lu Zhiqiao admired her brother's vision. At first, his family members did not agree to buy a house there, but he insisted on it, and her sister-in-law believed in him. So the two families pooled more than 400,000 yuan, bought three bedrooms and two living rooms, and got married.
After the accident at home, she became Niu Niu's guardian, but she never thought about the house, and kept it vacant. When Niu Niu grows up, the house will be returned to the child.
It is a memory left to Niu Niu by her parents.
Although the house has not been lived in for a long time, Lu Zhiqiao often comes to clean it, so it is very clean inside, and the furniture and furnishings are kept as they are. Even the dishes in the kitchen have not been moved.
She cleaned it carefully again, and put the framed photo with the girl on the table, and behind it was a family portrait and the only two photos of the family of three.
"Brother, sister-in-law; Niu Niu and I are fine now, don't worry, I will tell her everything when she grows up, and let her choose by herself, and I have an account for her... "Lu Zhiqiao squatted in front of the photo frame and said in a low voice. After speaking, she glanced at the photo of his parents, and the indifferent smile on her lips disappeared.
To be honest, she has no sense of indebtedness to her parents. Although she doesn't hate them, she doesn't love them either. She couldn't love them, not at all.
All the beautiful and warm memories of her childhood were given to her by her brother.
In the fire accident, her elder brother thought of her first, and her sister-in-law rushed in to save others. Her elder brother and the sister-in-law are very gentle people. Fortunately, this kindness nourished her like nectar, otherwise she would not know what she would become.
Niu Niu is her brother's daughter, and she is also connected by blood, how could she not take her seriously?
However, in the past, she took her daughter so seriously that she ignored herself. Her heart was filled with a sense of responsibility, and she couldn't accommodate her own needs, so the balance was lost.
She used to be a daughter, a sister, an aunt, a mother, an employee, and a leader. She played so many roles, but she was not herself.
Now she re-examines herself, jumps out, and finds that many things can coexist.
The fact that she values her daughter doesn't mean that Qi Yan is not important to her.
There is concern and love in her heart, this is what she has been pursuing; the meaning of her life.
….
The next day, Lu Zhiqiao bought a landscape fish tank and placed it on the cabinet in the entrance of the house as a decoration.
The aquatic plants in the fish tank are lush and green, floating faintly, two or three small goldfish with big light bulb eyes, swinging their quarter tails, swimming around leisurely. Occasionally turning the sand and stones at the bottom of the tank will raise a small cluster of ash, which looked very cute and stupid.
Lu Wei thought it was fresh and fun, so she stood by the fish tank and fed it, while Lu Zhiqiao reminded with a smile, "Girl, don't feed them too much."
"Okay~"
The little girl nodded, put the fish feed aside, and clapped her hands.
Her daughter has grown taller again, and the top of her head is almost at the same level as Lu Zhiqiao's ears. She looks thin, but her body is quite fleshy, her cheeks have a healthy pink flush, she is lively, and full of youthful vigor.
Time flies, and the crying baby that she held in her arms in the past has grown into a little beauty in the blink of an eye. At this moment, Lu Zhiqiao has experienced the feeling of being a mother and has a lot of emotion.
"Hey, Mom, why did you suddenly put out the picture of Dad?" Lu Wei turned her head and saw a picture frame added to the background wall of the TV. After a closer look, it turned out to be her father whom she had never met.
Looking closer, the man's eyebrows and eyes were very similar to Lu Zhiqiao's. She guessed that this was probably the "husband and wife look" mentioned in TV dramas and novels, right?
But it's very strange. In the past, her mother didn't even mention her father. The photos were all hidden, but today they were dug out and placed in the living room openly. Could it be——
To say goodbye to Teacher Qi completely?
Ah!
Her Teacher Qi!
"Baby."
"Mm?"
Lu Zhiqiao raised her hand to stroke her daughter's hair, smiled slightly, and pulled her wrist to sit on the sofa, "Mom has something to tell you."
"What?" Lu Wei asked subconsciously, but she had a bad premonition in her heart.
It's over.
It must be about breaking up with Teacher Qi.
Lu Zhiqiao raised her eyes to look at her brother's photo, took a deep breath, and her eyes were tinged with pity. She told her daughter that when a fire broke out twelve years ago, her father, grandma and other relatives all died trying to save them, so there are only mother and daughter left in the world, depending on each other.
Although it is not yet possible to reveal the whole truth to her daughter, telling the core of the incident in another way can also make her feel better. She was eager to know her daughter's opinion, and wanted to know whether the shackles she had put on herself for so many years were right or wrong.
"Girl, do you think... Mom is a sinner?" She asked nervously, the dark moles at the end of her eyes paled.
"No." Lu Wei blinked and looked at her, "Why do you think you are a sinner?"
"Because Mom killed everyone."
"Did you set the fire?"
Lu Zhiqiao was startled, and said firmly, "No."
After she came back, she thought about it carefully, and it was more and more likely that the fire was caused by the aging of the line. The backyard is so big, and the only combustibles are haystacks. She always remembers her brother’s advice. She didn’t play big fireworks in the yard, but only sparklers and the like. She stayed away from the haystacks. No matter how she thinks about it, it couldn't be the fireworks that caused the fire.
If the haystack caught fire at one point, and there was an open flame, she would have been able to spot it right away.
It was so dark at night that the flames couldn't hide.
That's how people are. When they get stuck in their emotions, they tend to think everything to the extreme, but in the eyes of bystanders, it doesn't look like this. She was glad that she went back to the old house and met Aunt Li. If she thought about it in another direction, the label she put on herself is doubtful and could not stand at a close scrutiniy.
No matter the direct reason or the indirect reason, it has nothing to do with her.
It's not her.
"Then why do you say that you killed them? It was obviously because they burned to death." Lu Wei frowned, her eyes seemed to be looking at someone stupid.
Lu Zhiqiao lowered her eyes and said, "But your Dad saved Mom..."
"Dad must have saved you because he loves you. He doesn't want you to be harmed. He wants you to live well. Otherwise, why would he save you? It's a good deal for him to run away alone. If the wife is gone, find another one, and if the child is gone, have another one, it's easy for him."
The little girl's brows tightened even more, her eyes filled with incredulity, she spread her hands together, and muttered something.
She suspects that her mother was out of her mind.
She knows such a simple truth, so how can a mother, an adult in a mixed society, not understand it? Teacher Qi understands everything.
No wonder Teacher Qi wants to break up with her mother.
This IQ...
God, she must not inherit it.
Lu Zhiqiao looked at her daughter's doubting eyes, her heart seemed to be stabbed, she was stunned for a few seconds, and blurted out: "How do you know so much? Did you know it from TV?"
Lu Wei choked, and immediately remembered the fear of her phone being confiscated. She panicked and stammered: "No...no...this is common sense..."
The flustered little eyes were obviously lying.
Lu Zhiqiao didn't have the mind to ask questions, she lowered her head and stared in thought.
Although the so-called "father" is not her husband, this statement is not unreasonable. That night when her brother discovered the fire, he must have asked her sister-in-law to take Niu Niu out to wait, and then immediately thought of her who was staying on the highest floor, so he knocked on her door. Otherwise, from the perspective of ordinary people, no matter what, they will first knock on the door of their parents' room on the second floor.
From childhood to adulthood, her elder brother doted on her very much. There is a deep and strong brother-sister relationship between them, which is the love of family.
Her elder brother's love for his sister-in-law, his daughter, and his younger sister has subconsciously surpassed his love for his parents and grandma, and he didn't think about it for a second.
"Mom, if you love daddy too, you should live a good life." Seeing her mother bowing her head and not speaking, Lu Wei hurriedly interrupted her, fearing that she would not even be allowed to watch TV since then.
The brick machine is really difficult to use!
She can't even send a selfie to her senior!
She can't even read novels!
These words brought Lu Zhiqiao back to her thoughts. She raised her head, looked at her daughter amusedly and said, "You are young, what kind of love do you know, and where did you learn the lines from idol dramas?"
"I know better than you."
"..."
"It's not an idol drama line." The little girl couldn't help but roll her eyes.
Lu Zhiqiao reached out and poked her on the forehead, annoyed lightly, "Don't roll your eyes." She laughed again, put her arms around her daughter's shoulders, and asked hesitantly, "Baby, do you have someone you love?"
"You."
"Mm?"
Lu Zhiqiao was stunned for a moment, thinking of saying something, but she didn't expect to be "confessed" like this. The black tear mole at the end of her eyes suddenly became vivid, and she couldn't help raising the corner of her mouth: "Don't you think mom is sometimes fierce?"
"Mm, fierce." The child replied without thinking.
Lu Zhiqiao was a little nervous and didn't speak.
After a while, Lu Wei tilted her head, her dense eyelids drooped, her voice suddenly became much softer, "But when I am wronged, you will stand by my side."
The air suddenly became quiet.
The three little goldfish in the fish tank are chasing and playing, spitting out strings of bubbles happily, and the swinging fish tails are blooming in the water, like beautiful delicate flowers, sometimes entangled with aquatic plants, sometimes colliding with sand and stones, full of energy.
Lu Zhiqiao trembled her thick eyelashes, and her nose turned inexplicably sore. She leaned her head and pressed her face against her daughter's forehead, closing her eyes.
She never knew that she had been loved all along, and she never even thought that she could hear the word "love" from her daughter's mouth. She thought that for so many years, she had been depressed and mechanical, and at most she had won the obedience and fear of her child
It turns out that in the eyes of her daughter, she is a mother who is loved by her child.
What a surprise.
Although she is an aunt, she has regarded the child as her own daughter for many years. Blood is thicker than water, the child has called her mother for twelve years, and when she thinks that she may not call her mother again in the future, her heart turned sour, sad, and reluctant.
"Mom..." the person in her arms suddenly said.
"Mm?"
"Do you love Teacher Qi?"
Lu Zhiqiao stiffened slightly, and said bluntly, "I do."
"Then why didn't you coax her back?"
"..."
"Mom?"
Lu Zhiqiao suddenly opened her eyes, and saw her daughter's dissatisfied face. She was in a complicated state of mind, coughed twice and said, "You're still a child, don't worry about this so much."
Lu Wei pursed her lips and broke free from her embrace, and said unconvinced: "If Teacher Qi and I fall into the water at the same time, who will you save first? You can only save one."
She was stunned, and a lightning flashed in her mind.
When asked directly, this statement is 'asking for trouble without reason''. If she is to say it in a different way, like the argument she had with Qi Yan the other day, it would be a direct attack on the crucial issue of their relationship.
The choice that hurt Qi Yan's heart the most.
Lu Zhiqiao's heart trembled, she smiled, met her daughter's gaze, and said calmly: "Mom can't swim, I can't save anyone, but I won't choose between you, you are equally important to me, I couldn't bear to see you drown in the water, so I choose to jump myself."
If she can't save them , it's better to live and die together, three people as one.
The little girl opened her mouth wide and remained silent for a long while. What she thought was a wonderful question didn't bother her mother at all, but instead got a novel answer.
At that moment, a warm heat flowed through her heart, and she didn't know what it was.
"Teacher Qi can swim, I can swim with my swimming ring. If you jump off, we will pull you ashore together, so you will all be saved~" She spread her hands and raised her eyebrows triumphantly.
Lu Zhiqiao pinched her face with a smile: "It's just a brain teaser."
At the end of June, as the weather gets hotter, the cicadas on the trees sing happily.
After the final exam, the whole school year ends with the sound of cicadas, and the students are about to usher in a two-month summer vacation.
Today is the day of the parent - teacher meeting.
There is a parent - teacher meeting every year, and every year is the same, but for Qi Yan, this is her last meeting. She has already received the letter of dismissal from the Personnel Department of the Education Bureau, and after it is over, she will send it to the principal for official seal, and then send it back to the Education Bureau to get her own files.
Then, her four-year teaching career will end.
There is nothing to say, and nothing to commemorate. She didn't even tell the students about it, and wanted to leave quietly.
Today is just an ordinary day among many ordinary days.
Around three o'clock in the afternoon, the parents came one after another, signed in, got the report card, and found a seat at random. Qi Yan stood by the podium, looking at the classroom of 1-2, with no warmth in her eyes.
"Teacher Qi, I want to tell you something..." A middle-aged man walked up to her.
"What?"
The man clapped the report card in his hand, wrinkled his face and said, "Why does my Cai Wen always sit in the last row? He's not very tall, why is he like this?"
Qi Yan glanced at him, her eyes were calm, and her voice was as cold as ice: "The seat arrangement depends on the ranking of the midterm exam. The higher the ranking, the higher the chance they have to choose a seat first. I suggest you look at your child's grades first."
"I know, but isn't this an endless loop? If you sit in the back, you will easily talk to bad partners, and your teacher will not be able to control you. Then you will definitely fail the exam. Next time, you will still have to sit in the back. Why don't you just let my son sit behind for three years?"
Qi Yan frowned slightly, not bothering to answer.
She can't understand the man's words.
There was a steady and powerful sound of high-heeled shoes from outside the corridor, and they stepped in.
A familiar cold fragrance floats into her nostrils, like cold citrus, like heavy sandalwood, so cold and breezy.
She looked up and turned her head.
Author's Note:
Yanyan: Oh, my wife is here
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During the time when Shu Minxi was taking care of Gu Shuning, Lu Zhiqiao was busy with most of the company's affairs. She had to do her job well and take care of the whole body, so she was very tired. Shu Minxi felt ashamed. After returning to work, she kept busy with her own business, and no longer put the work on Lu Zhiqiao on the grounds of personal affairs.
In the past, Lu Zhiqiao didn't need to speak, she would have thought of her.
The position of vice president is special in the company.
When Wen Ziyu was alive, she served as the vice president and Gu Shuning's right-hand man. After her death, the position was vacant for five years, and due to business needs, someone had to be appointed.
In the past ten years, the vice president came and went, and went and came again.
Ordinarily, the company is so big that only one vice president is far from enough, but Shu Minxi knows that having such a vice president is already the limit of what Gu Shuning can do.
Therefore, in many cases, the "director" acts instead of the "vice president".
This is what happens today when senior executives “are not enough” to be present at large business events. Shu Minxi thought in her heart that the left and right people had passed away, and for the sake of the company's development, she couldn't continue to keep the so-called "feelings" like this. After this time, she would discuss with the board of directors and make rectification.
Now it is still inevitable to tire Lu Zhiqiao.
"It can be coordinated, it's okay." Shu Minxi smiled, "You will be at the trade show in Cologne at the end of next month..."
"You are not troubling me." Lu Zhiqiao interrupted softly, taking her hand away little by little.
"This is a business matter, not a personal matter. At our level, what do you care about? Isn't it all for the benefit of the company?"
Before she was promoted to vice president, Lu Zhiqiao seldom spoke to Shu Minxi in such a familiar tone during working hours. In her eyes, she was her boss first and her friend second. But after that, the gap between their ranks closed up and they were collectively referred to as "President". Then, Gu Shuning passed away, and her friend became the boss. She suddenly felt that everything was so embarrassing to go back and she could no longer regain their clear boundaries.
Lu Zhiqiao looked at Shu Minxi with a smile, and directly picked up the document and looked it up in front of her eyes without any hesitation.
"Xiao Long...did he tell you about Sister Ningning?" Shu Minxi sighed, her eyes fell on the corner of the desk, where there was a statue of a small figure in a kimono, which was given by Saki to her.
She didn't want to throw it away.
"Mm."
Lu Zhiqiao was absent-minded, her eyes fixed on the name "Jiang Yu", and a cold and bony face appeared in her mind.
She had to go to that show.
"If you think you're bothering me, let's just exchange terms. Find a time next time and tell me about the matter between you and Ms. Gu, how about it?" Looking away from Jiang Yu's name, she smiled at Shu Minxi, showing curiosity in her eyes.
When mentioning the deceased, Shu Minxi's expression darkened, her brows furrowed in sadness, she hesitated for a moment, then nodded lightly: "Okay."
Some things have been kept in her heart for a long time, and she can't let it out quickly. Lu Zhiqiao is someone she trusts. She has worked with her for many years and they understand each other. What's more, the person has already left. If the scar is uncovered and the carrion is removed, the rotten place can only heal itself.
"Okay, I'm catching a plane. I really have to go. I'll talk about the details when I come back." She patted Lu Zhiqiao on the shoulder and left the office like a gust of wind.
Lu Zhiqiao stared at Jiang Yu's name again, took a deep breath, and smiled slightly.
Since parting at the gate of the community that night, Lu Zhiqiao hadn't contacted Qi Yan again, and Qi Yan's Moments was still invisible to her, she didn't bother her either. They fell silent, as if they were strangers.
Maybe Qi Yan didn't say anything that day, because she neither forgave nor rejected her. In such a state, she felt a lot more at ease in her heart, there is still a chance of redemption.
She expressed her heart to Qi Yan, but Qi Yan didn't give a positive answer. In her opinion, this was more like a hint. As for what to do, she should use their time away to think carefully. She needs to love herself first, then others.
Qi Yan will walk slower, and she will try her best to catch up. The future is promising.
After thinking about this, the tension in Lu Zhiqiao's heart was relieved a lot. In the originally dark and chaotic world in front of her eyes, a ray of light appeared behind clouds and fog. Qi Yan was the ray of light in her emotions. Although she has not yet fully stepped out, after taking this step, the rest is only a matter of time.
She simply liquidated the assets in her hands, recalled what she had done in the past twelve years, asked herself what she wanted at this stage, and made a simple plan.
There are Qi Yan and her daughter in the plan.
The weather in June is not the hottest, but walking outside is like walking on fire. There are many thunderstorms in summer, the morning is sunny, and in the afternoon there are thunderstorms, which come and go quickly, which makes people unprepared. It gets hotter after the rain.
The climate in Jiangcheng is like this, extreme and fast-changing.
On Saturday, Lu Zhiqiao took the time to visit the house where her elder brother and sister-in-law lived. That place was just developed more than ten years ago, desolate and few people lived there, but now it has developed into a bustling area second only to the city center, surrounded by three subway lines, two colleges, three primary and secondary schools, and complete supporting facilities. It is very convenient to go anywhere or transfer
no matter where, it has direct access to all parts of the city.
House prices are naturally rising like a rocket.
In 2005, it was more than 4,000 flats, and now it has risen to nearly 80,000 flats. Those who bought a house at that time changed their hands and sold it today, and immediately became rich.
Lu Zhiqiao admired her brother's vision. At first, his family members did not agree to buy a house there, but he insisted on it, and her sister-in-law believed in him. So the two families pooled more than 400,000 yuan, bought three bedrooms and two living rooms, and got married.
After the accident at home, she became Niu Niu's guardian, but she never thought about the house, and kept it vacant. When Niu Niu grows up, the house will be returned to the child.
It is a memory left to Niu Niu by her parents.
Although the house has not been lived in for a long time, Lu Zhiqiao often comes to clean it, so it is very clean inside, and the furniture and furnishings are kept as they are. Even the dishes in the kitchen have not been moved.
She cleaned it carefully again, and put the framed photo with the girl on the table, and behind it was a family portrait and the only two photos of the family of three.
"Brother, sister-in-law; Niu Niu and I are fine now, don't worry, I will tell her everything when she grows up, and let her choose by herself, and I have an account for her... "Lu Zhiqiao squatted in front of the photo frame and said in a low voice. After speaking, she glanced at the photo of his parents, and the indifferent smile on her lips disappeared.
To be honest, she has no sense of indebtedness to her parents. Although she doesn't hate them, she doesn't love them either. She couldn't love them, not at all.
All the beautiful and warm memories of her childhood were given to her by her brother.
In the fire accident, her elder brother thought of her first, and her sister-in-law rushed in to save others. Her elder brother and the sister-in-law are very gentle people. Fortunately, this kindness nourished her like nectar, otherwise she would not know what she would become.
Niu Niu is her brother's daughter, and she is also connected by blood, how could she not take her seriously?
However, in the past, she took her daughter so seriously that she ignored herself. Her heart was filled with a sense of responsibility, and she couldn't accommodate her own needs, so the balance was lost.
She used to be a daughter, a sister, an aunt, a mother, an employee, and a leader. She played so many roles, but she was not herself.
Now she re-examines herself, jumps out, and finds that many things can coexist.
The fact that she values her daughter doesn't mean that Qi Yan is not important to her.
There is concern and love in her heart, this is what she has been pursuing; the meaning of her life.
….
The next day, Lu Zhiqiao bought a landscape fish tank and placed it on the cabinet in the entrance of the house as a decoration.
The aquatic plants in the fish tank are lush and green, floating faintly, two or three small goldfish with big light bulb eyes, swinging their quarter tails, swimming around leisurely. Occasionally turning the sand and stones at the bottom of the tank will raise a small cluster of ash, which looked very cute and stupid.
Lu Wei thought it was fresh and fun, so she stood by the fish tank and fed it, while Lu Zhiqiao reminded with a smile, "Girl, don't feed them too much."
"Okay~"
The little girl nodded, put the fish feed aside, and clapped her hands.
Her daughter has grown taller again, and the top of her head is almost at the same level as Lu Zhiqiao's ears. She looks thin, but her body is quite fleshy, her cheeks have a healthy pink flush, she is lively, and full of youthful vigor.
Time flies, and the crying baby that she held in her arms in the past has grown into a little beauty in the blink of an eye. At this moment, Lu Zhiqiao has experienced the feeling of being a mother and has a lot of emotion.
"Hey, Mom, why did you suddenly put out the picture of Dad?" Lu Wei turned her head and saw a picture frame added to the background wall of the TV. After a closer look, it turned out to be her father whom she had never met.
Looking closer, the man's eyebrows and eyes were very similar to Lu Zhiqiao's. She guessed that this was probably the "husband and wife look" mentioned in TV dramas and novels, right?
But it's very strange. In the past, her mother didn't even mention her father. The photos were all hidden, but today they were dug out and placed in the living room openly. Could it be——
To say goodbye to Teacher Qi completely?
Ah!
Her Teacher Qi!
"Baby."
"Mm?"
Lu Zhiqiao raised her hand to stroke her daughter's hair, smiled slightly, and pulled her wrist to sit on the sofa, "Mom has something to tell you."
"What?" Lu Wei asked subconsciously, but she had a bad premonition in her heart.
It's over.
It must be about breaking up with Teacher Qi.
Lu Zhiqiao raised her eyes to look at her brother's photo, took a deep breath, and her eyes were tinged with pity. She told her daughter that when a fire broke out twelve years ago, her father, grandma and other relatives all died trying to save them, so there are only mother and daughter left in the world, depending on each other.
Although it is not yet possible to reveal the whole truth to her daughter, telling the core of the incident in another way can also make her feel better. She was eager to know her daughter's opinion, and wanted to know whether the shackles she had put on herself for so many years were right or wrong.
"Girl, do you think... Mom is a sinner?" She asked nervously, the dark moles at the end of her eyes paled.
"No." Lu Wei blinked and looked at her, "Why do you think you are a sinner?"
"Because Mom killed everyone."
"Did you set the fire?"
Lu Zhiqiao was startled, and said firmly, "No."
After she came back, she thought about it carefully, and it was more and more likely that the fire was caused by the aging of the line. The backyard is so big, and the only combustibles are haystacks. She always remembers her brother’s advice. She didn’t play big fireworks in the yard, but only sparklers and the like. She stayed away from the haystacks. No matter how she thinks about it, it couldn't be the fireworks that caused the fire.
If the haystack caught fire at one point, and there was an open flame, she would have been able to spot it right away.
It was so dark at night that the flames couldn't hide.
That's how people are. When they get stuck in their emotions, they tend to think everything to the extreme, but in the eyes of bystanders, it doesn't look like this. She was glad that she went back to the old house and met Aunt Li. If she thought about it in another direction, the label she put on herself is doubtful and could not stand at a close scrutiniy.
No matter the direct reason or the indirect reason, it has nothing to do with her.
It's not her.
"Then why do you say that you killed them? It was obviously because they burned to death." Lu Wei frowned, her eyes seemed to be looking at someone stupid.
Lu Zhiqiao lowered her eyes and said, "But your Dad saved Mom..."
"Dad must have saved you because he loves you. He doesn't want you to be harmed. He wants you to live well. Otherwise, why would he save you? It's a good deal for him to run away alone. If the wife is gone, find another one, and if the child is gone, have another one, it's easy for him."
The little girl's brows tightened even more, her eyes filled with incredulity, she spread her hands together, and muttered something.
She suspects that her mother was out of her mind.
She knows such a simple truth, so how can a mother, an adult in a mixed society, not understand it? Teacher Qi understands everything.
No wonder Teacher Qi wants to break up with her mother.
This IQ...
God, she must not inherit it.
Lu Zhiqiao looked at her daughter's doubting eyes, her heart seemed to be stabbed, she was stunned for a few seconds, and blurted out: "How do you know so much? Did you know it from TV?"
Lu Wei choked, and immediately remembered the fear of her phone being confiscated. She panicked and stammered: "No...no...this is common sense..."
The flustered little eyes were obviously lying.
Lu Zhiqiao didn't have the mind to ask questions, she lowered her head and stared in thought.
Although the so-called "father" is not her husband, this statement is not unreasonable. That night when her brother discovered the fire, he must have asked her sister-in-law to take Niu Niu out to wait, and then immediately thought of her who was staying on the highest floor, so he knocked on her door. Otherwise, from the perspective of ordinary people, no matter what, they will first knock on the door of their parents' room on the second floor.
From childhood to adulthood, her elder brother doted on her very much. There is a deep and strong brother-sister relationship between them, which is the love of family.
Her elder brother's love for his sister-in-law, his daughter, and his younger sister has subconsciously surpassed his love for his parents and grandma, and he didn't think about it for a second.
"Mom, if you love daddy too, you should live a good life." Seeing her mother bowing her head and not speaking, Lu Wei hurriedly interrupted her, fearing that she would not even be allowed to watch TV since then.
The brick machine is really difficult to use!
She can't even send a selfie to her senior!
She can't even read novels!
These words brought Lu Zhiqiao back to her thoughts. She raised her head, looked at her daughter amusedly and said, "You are young, what kind of love do you know, and where did you learn the lines from idol dramas?"
"I know better than you."
"..."
"It's not an idol drama line." The little girl couldn't help but roll her eyes.
Lu Zhiqiao reached out and poked her on the forehead, annoyed lightly, "Don't roll your eyes." She laughed again, put her arms around her daughter's shoulders, and asked hesitantly, "Baby, do you have someone you love?"
"You."
"Mm?"
Lu Zhiqiao was stunned for a moment, thinking of saying something, but she didn't expect to be "confessed" like this. The black tear mole at the end of her eyes suddenly became vivid, and she couldn't help raising the corner of her mouth: "Don't you think mom is sometimes fierce?"
"Mm, fierce." The child replied without thinking.
Lu Zhiqiao was a little nervous and didn't speak.
After a while, Lu Wei tilted her head, her dense eyelids drooped, her voice suddenly became much softer, "But when I am wronged, you will stand by my side."
The air suddenly became quiet.
The three little goldfish in the fish tank are chasing and playing, spitting out strings of bubbles happily, and the swinging fish tails are blooming in the water, like beautiful delicate flowers, sometimes entangled with aquatic plants, sometimes colliding with sand and stones, full of energy.
Lu Zhiqiao trembled her thick eyelashes, and her nose turned inexplicably sore. She leaned her head and pressed her face against her daughter's forehead, closing her eyes.
She never knew that she had been loved all along, and she never even thought that she could hear the word "love" from her daughter's mouth. She thought that for so many years, she had been depressed and mechanical, and at most she had won the obedience and fear of her child
It turns out that in the eyes of her daughter, she is a mother who is loved by her child.
What a surprise.
Although she is an aunt, she has regarded the child as her own daughter for many years. Blood is thicker than water, the child has called her mother for twelve years, and when she thinks that she may not call her mother again in the future, her heart turned sour, sad, and reluctant.
"Mom..." the person in her arms suddenly said.
"Mm?"
"Do you love Teacher Qi?"
Lu Zhiqiao stiffened slightly, and said bluntly, "I do."
"Then why didn't you coax her back?"
"..."
"Mom?"
Lu Zhiqiao suddenly opened her eyes, and saw her daughter's dissatisfied face. She was in a complicated state of mind, coughed twice and said, "You're still a child, don't worry about this so much."
Lu Wei pursed her lips and broke free from her embrace, and said unconvinced: "If Teacher Qi and I fall into the water at the same time, who will you save first? You can only save one."
She was stunned, and a lightning flashed in her mind.
When asked directly, this statement is 'asking for trouble without reason''. If she is to say it in a different way, like the argument she had with Qi Yan the other day, it would be a direct attack on the crucial issue of their relationship.
The choice that hurt Qi Yan's heart the most.
Lu Zhiqiao's heart trembled, she smiled, met her daughter's gaze, and said calmly: "Mom can't swim, I can't save anyone, but I won't choose between you, you are equally important to me, I couldn't bear to see you drown in the water, so I choose to jump myself."
If she can't save them , it's better to live and die together, three people as one.
The little girl opened her mouth wide and remained silent for a long while. What she thought was a wonderful question didn't bother her mother at all, but instead got a novel answer.
At that moment, a warm heat flowed through her heart, and she didn't know what it was.
"Teacher Qi can swim, I can swim with my swimming ring. If you jump off, we will pull you ashore together, so you will all be saved~" She spread her hands and raised her eyebrows triumphantly.
Lu Zhiqiao pinched her face with a smile: "It's just a brain teaser."
At the end of June, as the weather gets hotter, the cicadas on the trees sing happily.
After the final exam, the whole school year ends with the sound of cicadas, and the students are about to usher in a two-month summer vacation.
Today is the day of the parent - teacher meeting.
There is a parent - teacher meeting every year, and every year is the same, but for Qi Yan, this is her last meeting. She has already received the letter of dismissal from the Personnel Department of the Education Bureau, and after it is over, she will send it to the principal for official seal, and then send it back to the Education Bureau to get her own files.
Then, her four-year teaching career will end.
There is nothing to say, and nothing to commemorate. She didn't even tell the students about it, and wanted to leave quietly.
Today is just an ordinary day among many ordinary days.
Around three o'clock in the afternoon, the parents came one after another, signed in, got the report card, and found a seat at random. Qi Yan stood by the podium, looking at the classroom of 1-2, with no warmth in her eyes.
"Teacher Qi, I want to tell you something..." A middle-aged man walked up to her.
"What?"
The man clapped the report card in his hand, wrinkled his face and said, "Why does my Cai Wen always sit in the last row? He's not very tall, why is he like this?"
Qi Yan glanced at him, her eyes were calm, and her voice was as cold as ice: "The seat arrangement depends on the ranking of the midterm exam. The higher the ranking, the higher the chance they have to choose a seat first. I suggest you look at your child's grades first."
"I know, but isn't this an endless loop? If you sit in the back, you will easily talk to bad partners, and your teacher will not be able to control you. Then you will definitely fail the exam. Next time, you will still have to sit in the back. Why don't you just let my son sit behind for three years?"
Qi Yan frowned slightly, not bothering to answer.
She can't understand the man's words.
There was a steady and powerful sound of high-heeled shoes from outside the corridor, and they stepped in.
A familiar cold fragrance floats into her nostrils, like cold citrus, like heavy sandalwood, so cold and breezy.
She looked up and turned her head.
Author's Note:
Yanyan: Oh, my wife is here
During the time when Shu Minxi was taking care of Gu Shuning, Lu Zhiqiao was busy with most of the company's affairs. She had to do her job well and take care of the whole body, so she was very tired. Shu Minxi felt ashamed. After returning to work, she kept busy with her own business, and no longer put the work on Lu Zhiqiao on the grounds of personal affairs.In the past, Lu Zhiqiao didn't need to speak, she would have thought of her.The position of vice president is special in the company.When Wen Ziyu was alive, she served as the vice president and Gu Shuning's right-hand man. After her death, the position was vacant for five years, and due to business needs, someone had to be appointed.In the past ten years, the vice president came and went, and went and came again.Ordinarily, the company is so big that only one vice president is far from enough, but Shu Minxi knows that having such a vice president is already the limit of what Gu Shuning can do.Therefore, in many cases, the "director" acts instead of the "vice president".This is what happens today when senior executives are not enough to be present at large business events.Shu Minxi thought in her heart that the left and right people had passed away, and for the sake of the company's development, she couldn't continue to keep the so-called "feelings" like this. After this time, she would discuss with the board of directors and make rectification.Now it is still inevitable to tire Lu Zhiqiao."It can be coordinated, it's okay." Shu Minxi smiled, "You will be at the trade show in Cologne at the end of next month...""You are not troubling me." Lu Zhiqiao interrupted softly, taking her hand away little by little."This is a business matter, not a personal matter. At our level, what do you care about? Isn't it all for the benefit of the company?"Before she was promoted to vice president, Lu Zhiqiao seldom spoke to Shu Minxi in such a familiar tone during working hours. In her eyes, she was her boss first and her friend second. But after that, the gap between their ranks closed up and they were collectively referred to as "President". Then, Gu Shuning passed away, and her friend became the boss. She suddenly felt that everything was so embarrassing to go back and she could no longer regain their clear boundaries.Lu Zhiqiao looked at Shu Minxi with a smile, and directly picked up the document and looked it up in front of her eyes without any hesitation."Xiao Long...did he tell you about Sister Ningning?" Shu Minxi sighed, her eyes fell on the corner of the desk, where there was a statue of a small figure in a kimono, which was given by Saki to her.She didn't want to throw it away."Mm."Lu Zhiqiao was absent-minded, her eyes fixed on the name "Jiang Yu", and a cold and bony face appeared in her mind.She had to go to that show."If you think you're bothering me, let's just exchange terms. Find a time next time and tell me about the matter between you and Ms. Gu, how about it?" Looking away from Jiang Yu's name, she smiled at Shu Minxi, showing curiosity in her eyes.When mentioning the deceased, Shu Minxi's expression darkened, her brows furrowed in sadness, she hesitated for a moment, then nodded lightly: "Okay."Some things have been kept in her heart for a long time, and she can't let it out quickly. Lu Zhiqiao is someone she trusts. She has worked with her for many years and they understand each other. What's more, the person has already left. If the scar is uncovered and the carrion is removed, the rotten place can only heal itself."Okay, I'm catching a plane. I really have to go. I'll talk about the details when I come back." She patted Lu Zhiqiao on the shoulder and left the office like a gust of wind.Lu Zhiqiao stared at Jiang Yu's name again, took a deep breath, and smiled slightly.Since parting at the gate of the community that night, Lu Zhiqiao hadn't contacted Qi Yan again, and Qi Yan's Moments was still invisible to her, she didn't bother her either. They fell silent, as if they were strangers.Maybe Qi Yan didn't say anything that day, because she neither forgave nor rejected her. In such a state, she felt a lot more at ease in her heart, there is still a chance of redemption.She expressed her heart to Qi Yan, but Qi Yan didn't give a positive answer. In her opinion, this was more like a hint. As for what to do, she should use their time away to think carefully. She needs to love herself first, then others.Qi Yan will walk slower, and she will try her best to catch up. The future is promising.After thinking about this, the tension in Lu Zhiqiao's heart was relieved a lot. In the originally dark and chaotic world in front of her eyes, a ray of light appeared behind clouds and fog. Qi Yan was the ray of light in her emotions. Although she has not yet fully stepped out, after taking this step, the rest is only a matter of time.She simply liquidated the assets in her hands, recalled what she had done in the past twelve years, asked herself what she wanted at this stage, and made a simple plan.There are Qi Yan and her daughter in the plan.The weather in June is not the hottest, but walking outside is like walking on fire.There are many thunderstorms in summer, the morning is sunny, and in the afternoon there are thunderstorms, which come and go quickly, which makes people unprepared. It gets hotter after the rain.The climate in Jiangcheng is like this, extreme and fast-changing.On Saturday, Lu Zhiqiao took the time to visit the house where her elder brother and sister-in-law lived. That place was just developed more than ten years ago, desolate and few people lived there, but now it has developed into a bustling area second only to the city center, surrounded by three subway lines, two colleges, three primary and secondary schools, and complete supporting facilities. It is very convenient to go anywhere or transferno matter where, it has direct access to all parts of the city.House prices are naturally rising like a rocket.In 2005, it was more than 4,000 flats, and now it has risen to nearly 80,000 flats. Those who bought a house at that time changed their hands and sold it today, and immediately became rich.Lu Zhiqiao admired her brother's vision. At first, his family members did not agree to buy a house there, but he insisted on it, and her sister-in-law believed in him. So the two families pooled more than 400,000 yuan, bought three bedrooms and two living rooms, and got married.After the accident at home, she became Niu Niu's guardian, but she never thought about the house, and kept it vacant. When Niu Niu grows up, the house will be returned to the child.It is a memory left to Niu Niu by her parents.Although the house has not been lived in for a long time, Lu Zhiqiao often comes to clean it, so it is very clean inside, and the furniture and furnishings are kept as they are. Even the dishes in the kitchen have not been moved.She cleaned it carefully again, and put the framed photo with the girl on the table, and behind it was a family portrait and the only two photos of the family of three."Brother, sister-in-law; Niu Niu and I are fine now, don't worry, I will tell her everything when she grows up, and let her choose by herself, and I have an account for her... "Lu Zhiqiao squatted in front of the photo frame and said in a low voice. After speaking, she glanced at the photo of his parents, and the indifferent smile on her lips disappeared.To be honest, she has no sense of indebtedness to her parents. Although she doesn't hate them, she doesn't love them either. She couldn't love them, not at all.All the beautiful and warm memories of her childhood were given to her by her brother.In the fire accident, her elder brother thought of her first, and her sister-in-law rushed in to save others. Her elder brother and the sister-in-law are very gentle people. Fortunately, this kindness nourished her like nectar, otherwise she would not know what she would become.Niu Niu is her brother's daughter, and she is also connected by blood, how could she not take her seriously?However, in the past, she took her daughter so seriously that she ignored herself. Her heart was filled with a sense of responsibility, and she couldn't accommodate her own needs, so the balance was lost.She used to be a daughter, a sister, an aunt, a mother, an employee, and a leader. She played so many roles, but she was not herself.Now she re-examines herself, jumps out, and finds that many things can coexist.The fact that she values her daughter doesn't mean that Qi Yan is not important to her.There is concern and love in her heart, this is what she has been pursuing; the meaning of her life..The next day, Lu Zhiqiao bought a landscape fish tank and placed it on the cabinet in the entrance of the house as a decoration.The aquatic plants in the fish tank are lush and green, floating faintly, two or three small goldfish with big light bulb eyes, swinging their quarter tails, swimming around leisurely. Occasionally turning the sand and stones at the bottom of the tank will raise a small cluster of ash, which looked very cute and stupid.Lu Wei thought it was fresh and fun, so she stood by the fish tank and fed it, while Lu Zhiqiao reminded with a smile, "Girl, don't feed them too much.""Okay~"The little girl nodded, put the fish feed aside, and clapped her hands.Her daughter has grown taller again, and the top of her head is almost at the same level as Lu Zhiqiao's ears. She looks thin, but her body is quite fleshy, her cheeks have a healthy pink flush, she is lively, and full of youthful vigor.Time flies, and the crying baby that she held in her arms in the past has grown into a little beauty in the blink of an eye. At this moment, Lu Zhiqiao has experienced the feeling of being a mother and has a lot of emotion."Hey, Mom, why did you suddenly put out the picture of Dad?" Lu Wei turned her head and saw a picture frame added to the background wall of the TV. After a closer look, it turned out to be her father whom she had never met.Looking closer, the man's eyebrows and eyes were very similar to Lu Zhiqiao's. She guessed that this was probably the "husband and wife look" mentioned in TV dramas and novels, right?But it's very strange. In the past, her mother didn't even mention her father. The photos were all hidden, but today they were dug out and placed in the living room openly. Could it beTo say goodbye to Teacher Qi completely?Ah!Her Teacher Qi!"Baby.""Mm?"Lu Zhiqiao raised her hand to stroke her daughter's hair, smiled slightly, and pulled her wrist to sit on the sofa, "Mom has something to tell you.""What?" Lu Wei asked subconsciously, but she had a bad premonition in her heart.It's over.It must be about breaking up with Teacher Qi.Lu Zhiqiao raised her eyes to look at her brother's photo, took a deep breath, and her eyes were tinged with pity. She told her daughter that when a fire broke out twelve years ago, her father, grandma and other relatives all died trying to save them, so there are only mother and daughter left in the world, depending on each other.Although it is not yet possible to reveal the whole truth to her daughter, telling the core of the incident in another way can also make her feel better. She was eager to know her daughter's opinion, and wanted to know whether the shackles she had put on herself for so many years were right or wrong."Girl, do you think... Mom is a sinner?" She asked nervously, the dark moles at the end of her eyes paled."No." Lu Wei blinked and looked at her, "Why do you think you are a sinner?""Because Mom killed everyone.""Did you set the fire?"Lu Zhiqiao was startled, and said firmly, "No."After she came back, she thought about it carefully, and it was more and more likely that the fire was caused by the aging of the line. The backyard is so big, and the only combustibles are haystacks. She always remembers her brother's advice. She didn't play big fireworks in the yard, but only sparklers and the like. She stayed away from the haystacks. No matter how she thinks about it, it couldn't be the fireworks that caused the fire.If the haystack caught fire at one point, and there was an open flame, she would have been able to spot it right away.It was so dark at night that the flames couldn't hide.That's how people are. When they get stuck in their emotions, they tend to think everything to the extreme, but in the eyes of bystanders, it doesn't look like this. She was glad that she went back to the old house and met Aunt Li. If she thought about it in another direction, the label she put on herself is doubtful and could not stand at a close scrutiniy.No matter the direct reason or the indirect reason, it has nothing to do with her.It's not her."Then why do you say that you killed them? It was obviously because they burned to death." Lu Wei frowned, her eyes seemed to be looking at someone stupid.Lu Zhiqiao lowered her eyes and said, "But your Dad saved Mom...""Dad must have saved you because he loves you. He doesn't want you to be harmed. He wants you to live well. Otherwise, why would he save you? It's a good deal for him to run away alone. If the wife is gone, find another one, and if the child is gone, have another one, it's easy for him."The little girl's brows tightened even more, her eyes filled with incredulity, she spread her hands together, and muttered something.She suspects that her mother was out of her mind.She knows such a simple truth, so how can a mother, an adult in a mixed society, not understand it? Teacher Qi understands everything.No wonder Teacher Qi wants to break up with her mother.This IQ...God, she must not inherit it.Lu Zhiqiao looked at her daughter's doubting eyes, her heart seemed to be stabbed, she was stunned for a few seconds, and blurted out: "How do you know so much? Did you know it from TV?"Lu Wei choked, and immediately remembered the fear of her phone being confiscated. She panicked and stammered: "No...no...this is common sense..."The flustered little eyes were obviously lying.Lu Zhiqiao didn't have the mind to ask questions, she lowered her head and stared in thought.Although the so-called "father" is not her husband, this statement is not unreasonable. That night when her brother discovered the fire, he must have asked her sister-in-law to take Niu Niu out to wait, and then immediately thought of her who was staying on the highest floor, so he knocked on her door. Otherwise, from the perspective of ordinary people, no matter what, they will first knock on the door of their parents' room on the second floor.From childhood to adulthood, her elder brother doted on her very much. There is a deep and strong brother-sister relationship between them, which is the love of family.Her elder brother's love for his sister-in-law, his daughter, and his younger sister has subconsciously surpassed his love for his parents and grandma, and he didn't think about it for a second."Mom, if you love daddy too, you should live a good life." Seeing her mother bowing her head and not speaking, Lu Wei hurriedly interrupted her, fearing that she would not even be allowed to watch TV since then.The brick machine is really difficult to use!She can't even send a selfie to her senior!She can't even read novels!These words brought Lu Zhiqiao back to her thoughts. She raised her head, looked at her daughter amusedly and said, "You are young, what kind of love do you know, and where did you learn the lines from idol dramas?""I know better than you.""...""It's not an idol drama line." The little girl couldn't help but roll her eyes.Lu Zhiqiao reached out and poked her on the forehead, annoyed lightly, "Don't roll your eyes." She laughed again, put her arms around her daughter's shoulders, and asked hesitantly, "Baby, do you have someone you love?""You.""Mm?"Lu Zhiqiao was stunned for a moment, thinking of saying something, but she didn't expect to be "confessed" like this. The black tear mole at the end of her eyes suddenly became vivid, and she couldn't help raising the corner of her mouth: "Don't you think mom is sometimes fierce?""Mm, fierce." The child replied without thinking.Lu Zhiqiao was a little nervous and didn't speak.After a while, Lu Wei tilted her head, her dense eyelids drooped, her voice suddenly became much softer, "But when I am wronged, you will stand by my side."The air suddenly became quiet.The three little goldfish in the fish tank are chasing and playing, spitting out strings of bubbles happily, and the swinging fish tails are blooming in the water, like beautiful delicate flowers, sometimes entangled with aquatic plants, sometimes colliding with sand and stones, full of energy.Lu Zhiqiao trembled her thick eyelashes, and her nose turned inexplicably sore. She leaned her head and pressed her face against her daughter's forehead, closing her eyes.She never knew that she had been loved all along, and she never even thought that she could hear the word "love" from her daughter's mouth. She thought that for so many years, she had been depressed and mechanical, and at most she had won the obedience and fear of her childIt turns out that in the eyes of her daughter, she is a mother who is loved by her child.What a surprise.Although she is an aunt, she has regarded the child as her own daughter for many years. Blood is thicker than water, the child has called her mother for twelve years, and when she thinks that she may not call her mother again in the future, her heart turned sour, sad, and reluctant."Mom..." the person in her arms suddenly said."Mm?""Do you love Teacher Qi?"Lu Zhiqiao stiffened slightly, and said bluntly, "I do.""Then why didn't you coax her back?""...""Mom?"Lu Zhiqiao suddenly opened her eyes, and saw her daughter's dissatisfied face. She was in a complicated state of mind, coughed twice and said, "You're still a child, don't worry about this so much."Lu Wei pursed her lips and broke free from her embrace, and said unconvinced: "If Teacher Qi and I fall into the water at the same time, who will you save first? You can only save one."She was stunned, and a lightning flashed in her mind.When asked directly, this statement is 'asking for trouble without reason''. If she is to say it in a different way, like the argument she had with Qi Yan the other day, it would be a direct attack on the crucial issue of their relationship.The choice that hurt Qi Yan's heart the most.Lu Zhiqiao's heart trembled, she smiled, met her daughter's gaze, and said calmly: "Mom can't swim, I can't save anyone, but I won't choose between you, you are equally important to me, I couldn't bear to see you drown in the water, so I choose to jump myself."If she can't save them , it's better to live and die together, three people as one.The little girl opened her mouth wide and remained silent for a long while. What she thought was a wonderful question didn't bother her mother at all, but instead got a novel answer.At that moment, a warm heat flowed through her heart, and she didn't know what it was."Teacher Qi can swim, I can swim with my swimming ring. If you jump off, we will pull you ashore together, so you will all be saved~" She spread her hands and raised her eyebrows triumphantly.Lu Zhiqiao pinched her face with a smile: "It's just a brain teaser."At the end of June, as the weather gets hotter, the cicadas on the trees sing happily.After the final exam, the whole school year ends with the sound of cicadas, and the students are about to usher in a two-month summer vacation.Today is the day of the parent - teacher meeting.There is a parent - teacher meeting every year, and every year is the same, but for Qi Yan, this is her last meeting.She has already received the letter of dismissal from the Personnel Department of the Education Bureau, and after it is over, she will send it to the principal for official seal, and then send it back to the Education Bureau to get her own files.Then, her four-year teaching career will end.There is nothing to say, and nothing to commemorate. She didn't even tell the students about it, and wanted to leave quietly.Today is just an ordinary day among many ordinary days.Around three o'clock in the afternoon, the parents came one after another, signed in, got the report card, and found a seat at random. Qi Yan stood by the podium, looking at the classroom of 1-2, with no warmth in her eyes."Teacher Qi, I want to tell you something..." A middle-aged man walked up to her."What?"The man clapped the report card in his hand, wrinkled his face and said, "Why does my Cai Wen always sit in the last row? He's not very tall, why is he like this?"Qi Yan glanced at him, her eyes were calm, and her voice was as cold as ice: "The seat arrangement depends on the ranking of the midterm exam. The higher the ranking, the higher the chance they have to choose a seat first. I suggest you look at your child's grades first.""I know, but isn't this an endless loop? If you sit in the back, you will easily talk to bad partners, and your teacher will not be able to control you. Then you will definitely fail the exam. Next time, you will still have to sit in the back. Why don't you just let my son sit behind for three years?"Qi Yan frowned slightly, not bothering to answer.She can't understand the man's words.There was a steady and powerful sound of high-heeled shoes from outside the corridor, and they stepped in.A familiar cold fragrance floats into her nostrils, like cold citrus, like heavy sandalwood, so cold and breezy.She looked up and turned her head.Author's Note:Yanyan: Oh, my wife is here
