Children must stay up late on New Year's Eve.
When it was almost twelve o'clock, the sound of cannons outside was loud. When Zhou Shilin went out to set off the cannons and came back, he couldn't laugh or cry. Just now, Wen Qian had vowed to stay up until dawn, and she wanted to compete with him to see who could fall asleep first. It only took about ten minutes for him to fall asleep.
She leaned on the sofa fully clothed.
The red fire made his cheeks rosy. Zhou Shilin walked over lightly, picked him up and carried him into the bedroom. He took off his clothes and stuffed him into the bed. During this period, Wen Qian snorted twice without waking up.
Sleep like a child.
Zhou Shilin's heart felt soft after seeing this. When we were chatting just now, Wen Qian asked him what his New Year's resolution was. He tried to explain it by saying that it would be ineffective if he said it. Now, he just wanted to say - I hope there will be time to look back, and Let’s grow old together with deep love.
After staring at Wen Qian for a while, Zhou Shilin kissed her on the forehead, his movements gentle and cherishing.
the next day.
It was rare for Wen Qian to get a good night's sleep. No one came to pay New Year's greetings on the first day of the new year, and there were no parents-in-law to attend to. Naturally, she slept as late as she wanted, and didn't get up until after ten o'clock.
After washing up, Zhou Shilin and I went to make a phone call to say New Year greetings.
The call was made to my grandfather in Beijing. He lives in a sanatorium for cadres. He is a real veteran who has emerged from the hail of bullets. He is also a miraculous presence in the Zhou family. He is in his eighties and his voice is like a bell, which sounds like a spirit. Strong looking.
The old man has no prejudice against Wen Qian at all.
He also specifically told her to come to the nursing home to see him next time she went to Beijing.
"Grandpa will give you a big red envelope."
Wen Qian thanked her sweetly: "Thank you, grandpa!"
The old man laughed after hearing this and said angrily: "No thanks, we are all one family. Let the brat listen to the phone. I have a few words to tell him."
The call was transferred to Zhou Shilin.
The old man first said a few irrelevant words, and then the conversation changed to Meng Weiyi.
"I heard that the girl from the Meng family is obsessed with you. She is now in a mental hospital..."
When leaving the communication room, Zhou Shilin didn't look strange, but Wen Qian looked at his face frequently. After a while, she couldn't help but ask: "Meng Weiyi is really mentally ill?"
"That was her own fault and has nothing to do with us."
Zhou Shilin's attitude was very indifferent, and Wen Qian didn't ask any more questions.
***
Beijing City.
A mental hospital.
Meng Weiyi's spirit was already on the verge of collapse. On the day of family reunion, she was alone in a small ward. The air was filled with the smell of suffocation, driving her crazy even if she didn't.
She trashed the ward.
He rushed to the door, grabbed the door handle, shook it hard, and yelled at the top of his lungs: "Let me out, I'm not sick, I'm not crazy, do you know who I am? If you dare to lock me up, I'll make it hard for you to walk around..."
The nurses on duty have long been used to it.
Which mentally ill person would admit that he was ill? Seeing that Meng Weiyi was making too much noise, he could only ask his colleagues to go in with him and forcefully inject her with sedatives and put a hanging bottle on her before coming out.
Afterwards, the two chatted for a while and parted ways.
It quickly became quiet outside Meng Weiyi's ward. In the dim light, a slender figure like a ghost pried open the door lock and entered the ward, locking it from the inside.
I do not know how long it has been.
Meng Weiyi woke up in a daze. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw a man dressed in black sitting next to the bed. The man had an ugly face. His entire face seemed to have been burned by fire and was stuck together. His facial features could not be seen clearly. Only the pair of eyes were intact, and they were shining with a cold light at the moment.
She almost peed.
She couldn't help but scream, but before she could make a sound, the man suddenly pulled out her needle.
On the back of his hand, blood gushed out from the pinprick like a fountain. Huge panic surged in his heart, and his pupils were shaken. His voice was full of panic.
"who are you."
"This is a mental hospital. If you dare to break into the ward and kill people, believe it or not, I will call for arrest."
The man in black said nothing.
He stared coldly at the blood that was gradually gathering on the ground. He raised an indifferent smile at the corner of his mouth and made a 'shush' gesture. His voice was as dry as old tree bark and he said: "Stop talking. Don't you think the color of blood is beautiful?" ?"
Meng Weiyi: "..."
madman!
She was completely frightened and wet the bed as soon as her body became hot. The faint smell of urine filled the whole room. The man fanned himself in disgust and sneered lowly: "Ms. Meng, do you think anyone would believe a mentally ill person?" What did you say?"
"I'm not sick!"
Meng Weiyi's face turned pale.
The man continued to laugh, his laughter infiltrating: "I don't care if you are sick or not, but I use people's money to do things for others. I have one thing to warn you, be honest and don't have any twisted thoughts, otherwise..."
He pointed to the blood on the ground.
"Sooner or later, your blood will drain out."
After saying these cruel words, the man disappeared as quietly as he came, leaving Meng Weiyi alone with a cold back. She hurriedly pulled a towel to wrap her hand, her whole body shaking like chaff in panic.
She nodded and couldn't stay in this damn place any longer.
She wants to go home!
The next day, she strongly requested to be discharged from the hospital. After receiving a call from the mental hospital, Meng's mother hurried over. Her eyelids were red and swollen, and her face was haggard. She couldn't help but shed tears when she saw Meng Weiyi.
"Wei Yi, mom, please."
"Can you please stop making trouble? Something happened at home!"
It turns out that Meng's father was on the wrong team and was targeted by the new leader, who uncovered several wrongdoings that he had covered up a few years ago. Now they are going to take action on him. Once he is liquidated, his career will be ruined, and he will probably be jailed. disaster.
"The house is in such a mess that I don't have time to take care of you."
Meng Weiyi broke out in a cold sweat, grabbed Meng's mother's hand hard, and said anxiously: "How could this happen? Will they put dad in jail? Will we be implicated? Mom, go find those old friends of dad." Trust the relationship, or go to Uncle Zhou, he will definitely not stand idly by!"
Mother Meng's face was full of decadence.
"It's useless. Everyone is pushing against the wall. Now who dares to get involved with your father, it's better not to add insult to injury."
"no, I can not!"
Meng Weiyi's face was as white as paper, and she murmured: "What to do, what to do now..."
If the father falls.
Everything she has now will disappear. She has been used to a life of fine clothes and fine food since she was a child. It would be better to kill her if she returns to before liberation.
Isn't this the case with Mother Meng?
She lowered her head, not daring to look at her daughter's face, and lowered her eyelids to hide the guilt in her eyes. After a long while, she finally said, "It's not like there's nothing we can do. There are still people who are willing to lend a helping hand..."
"who?"
Meng Weiyi's eyes lit up.
Mother Meng licked her dry lips: "It's the Zheng family. Their family is very powerful in the relevant departments, and they have expressed their attitude in private. It is easy to solve your father's problem, but there is only one condition. The two families need to get married. You She must marry the son of the Zheng family."
"The son of the Zheng family?"
Meng Weiyi stood up suddenly, eyes full of disbelief: "Everyone in Beijing knows that the Zheng family has a stupid son, and you actually asked me to marry a fool!"
