Take It Easy

Chapter 89 – Quicksand

It’s been five years, do you think she still remembers me?

Time is like a finger of quicksand, the harder we try to grab it, the faster it slips away.

In the past few months, Mu Qing always imagined that one day Zhou Yi’s heart softened and he might come back.

So she goes to get off work on time as much as possible, adds some fresh ingredients to the refrigerator every day, and waits for Zhou Yi to do it.

When she wakes up the next day and finds that no one has moved, she will be stunned for a while, then take out the ingredients and put them at the gate of the comprehensive environmental sanitation service booth near the community, waiting for the old man who only dares to pickle vegetables and eat white cakes every day in order to save for his granddaughter’s medicine. The uncle picked it up.

She also kept the top option on Zhou Yi’s WeChat, and every time it was time to go to the Southwest, she clicked in and reported to her who was going this time, so that she would believe that if she said she would not go, she would definitely do it .

Her every move was too calm, and she was so normal that Mu Zhenghuai couldn’t help reminding her one day, “Yanyan, I have to tell you how uncomfortable I am. You keep holding back like this, and the whole family has to worry about it.”

Mu Qinglin stuffed a grape into her mouth, it was so sour, she swallowed the leather without chewing it, and said with a smile: “I just got promoted, my salary has increased, and there is a smooth road within reach when I look up. What an embarrassment.”

“Work is fine, what about life? Yanyan, Zhou Yi just left, what will you do if you are left alone?” Mu Zhenghuai asked with distress.

The smile on Mu Qinglin’s face faded, “Dad, what did you say?”

Mu Zhenghuai sighed, “Dad already knew about the relationship between you and Zhou Yi during the military training.”

Mu Qinglin was stunned and couldn’t speak for a few seconds.

Mu Zhenghuai continued: “You may not know that there is surveillance in Dad’s office. Dad’s research institute and the school have two things to watch, and he often forgets where to put things. The old professor ran out, so Yan Chao took apart the casing of the smoke detector and put a small camera inside, thinking that Dad would lose everything someday, so he could watch it from the replay, and the result was…”

“Yanyan, don’t worry, Dad didn’t look around, and asked Yan Chao to remove the camera at that time.” Mu Zhenghuai said solemnly.

After being surprised, Mu Qinglin regained her composure. She nodded and said in a low voice, “Do you mind if I date a girl?”

Mu Zhenghuai said truthfully: “At the beginning, I really couldn’t accept it. Later, your aunt said that when you were young, I, the father, was sorry for you. Every day, I either sent you to school or to the laboratory, regardless of whether you opened or not. Happy, reluctant, now that you have finally found a caring one, not only should I not object, but I should also be grateful that she can take care of you for me.

I thought about it, and yes, even though Zhou Yi is young, he is smart and can endure hardships in his studies. As long as he is trained well, he will definitely have the conditions to live a good life with you in the future.

hello, dad, what more can i say? I haven’t taken the initiative to bring this up, thinking that you should have your own plans, who would have thought, alas—”

Mu Qinglin was silent for a long time after Mu Zhenghuai’s sigh. She was a little confused whether she should be happy because of Mu Zhenghuai’s words.

From the very beginning, she didn’t want to hide her relationship with Zhou Yi. Anyone who asked her would dare to admit that the only thing she was worried about was the family members, but they didn’t mind at all.

The understanding of the family is that people like them can’t ask for it, but they are so wasted.

For a moment, Mu Qinglin felt her eyes a little sore, she lowered her head, avoiding Mu Zhenghuai’s gaze, and said, “Thank you, Dad.”

Mu Zhenghuai patted the head of this daughter who had never made him worry with pity, and said, “You’re welcome, we are a family.”

In mid-September, a girl was transferred from the photoelectric engineering project, and the counselor arranged her dormitory in 309.

Pay attention to that bed.

Mu Zipei didn’t know how to deal with Zhou Yi’s things, and he didn’t dare to mention it to Mu Qinglin, so he had to go to Buddha Demon to find Tang Yuanzhou.

It was not convenient for Tang Yuanzhou to enter the girl’s dormitory, so he immediately went to the kindergarten to pick up Yang Ling.

No, when Yang Ling came up in a hurry, Mu Qinglin had already arrived, and was packing Zhou Yi’s books into the storage box.

Seeing her busy and calm appearance, Yang Ling felt very uncomfortable.

After hesitating for a while, Yang Ling said apologetically, “I’m sorry, we only wanted to make Xiaojiu better, but we didn’t think about you. If we knew it would turn out like this, we shouldn’t have let her recruit you.”

Mu Qinglin closed the lid of the storage box, and said with a smile: “I did it on my own initiative to like her, and it has nothing to do with anyone. So no matter what the final result is, I should bear it myself.”

On the side, Zhang Ke and Gao Ge were extremely shocked when they heard Mu Qinglin’s words.

Mu Qinglin noticed it, turned to look at them, and said, “I’m sorry, I only let you know now. It’s changed. I invite you to dinner. Thank you for taking care of her this year.”

The two quickly refused, saying that they should live in the same dormitory and help each other.

Mu Qinglin smiled and said nothing, but she kept this matter in mind.

Three days later, on the weekend, Mu Qinglin drove over to the school and took a few people out for dinner.

Zhang Ke and Gao Ge saw the calmness and knowledge of a mature woman from her, and suddenly felt relieved about the unusual relationship between her and Zhou Yi. As a result, they also began to find it difficult to understand why Zhou Yi would leave her like this.

At the end of the year, when Mu Qinglin was busy, she suddenly received a call from Jiangping University’s express delivery point, saying that there was a small unclaimed item for her to pick up.

The original recipient of this small item was Zhou Yi, and it was delivered in early June. But Zhou Yi’s phone couldn’t get through all the time, and she fell to the bottom after being squeezed.

At the beginning of the winter vacation, the boss of the express delivery point is going back to his hometown for the New Year.

Before leaving, the couple thoroughly cleaned out the warehouse, and finally found this small item under the shelf. After going around several times, they got Mu Qinglin’s phone number from the seller.

“Fortunately, this item is of high value, and the seller requires you to leave the emergency contact number, otherwise it will not reach you.” The boss said happily.

Mu Qinglin looked down at the dusty cardboard box and said in a low voice, “Thank you…”

Boss, “You are welcome.”

Leaving from the courier point, Mu Qinglin walked for a long time along the snow-covered concrete road.

There is no one in the school, it is very empty.

Suddenly a gust of cold wind blew past, cutting the skin of Mu Qinglin’s face like thorns.

She gathered up her coat, sat down on a bench by the side of the road, took the pendant on the car key, cut the tape, and took out the contents of the express box—a card with the seller’s store information and a tightly wrapped square box .

Mu Qinglin tossed and tossed for a while before successfully removing that layer of packaging.

Wrapped inside is a white jewelry box, and there are five unique earrings in the jewelry box.

Zhou Yi has no pierced ears.

Mu Qinglin was sure that she didn’t buy these earrings for herself.

Who else could it be?

The answer is actually on the horizon.

But if people’s hearts are consumed for a long time, they will become less confident. Mu Qinglin did not dare to admit it easily, but scanned the QR code of the card and entered the seller’s store.

After identifying herself to the customer service, Mu Qinglin sent Zhou Yi’s contact information and photos of the earrings, hoping to get some additional information from them.

Customer service: 【These earrings are indeed made by Ms. Zhou at our house…】

Mu Qinglin: [When did it happen? 】

Customer service: [At the beginning of April, Ms. Zhou contacted us for the first time and asked if we could accept customization…]

[A week later, Ms. Zhou sent a few design drawings, asking if we could make earrings…]

[The next step is to adjust the details and production, because it is purely handmade, it took a long time, and it was completed and shipped at the end of May…]

Mu Qinglin: 【Okay, thank you…】

Customer service: [You came to consult today, is there any problem with the earrings? 】

Mu Qinglin: [No, the earrings are very beautiful…]

Customer Service:【/Blow Kiss】

Mu Qinglin: 【Did she mention the purpose of these earrings? 】

Customer service: [It seems that it was paid to my girlfriend. It was the first time I came into contact with Les. I was a little surprised, so I still have a little impression after so long, but I can’t remember the details. Wait a minute, I will look for the previous one. chat record…】

After the customer service sent this sentence, it did not appear again for a long time.

Sitting in the cold wind, Mu Qinglin looked down at those simple and exquisite earrings and was suddenly fascinated.

It seems to remember.

One evening in April, she sent Zhou Yi back to school after spending the weekend at home.

Zhou Yi groaned and didn’t want to leave, so she asked her to adjust the driver’s seat to the end, and squeezed from the side to sit on her lap, wanting to kiss her. It just so happened that her wisdom teeth were inflamed in those few days, and she couldn’t open her mouth very well.

Zhou Yi was not happy, so he grabbed her neck and ears and sucked it vigorously, and arrogantly said that he would show her the stunt of picking earrings with his mouth. Thought I’d finally get one.

She has four pierced ears in total, and in informal occasions, the one above the right ear will wear a small earring, which was taken away by Zhou Yi, and the ear was empty.

She looked uncomfortable, pinched Zhou Yi’s waist and told her how to take it off and how to put it back on.

Zhou Yi tossed and tossed for a long time, and tossed both of them out of breath but failed, so he had to flee in despair.

When she ran away, Zhou Yi still had that small earring in her mouth.

Afterwards, she was busy for a long time, and when she thought about it again, when she went to ask Zhou Yi for money, she scolded her for being stingy for a long time, saying that she would pay her twice as much.

At that time, she only thought Zhou Yi was joking, but she didn’t expect it to be true.

Or the design drawings provided by her.

…

The chat page was refreshed, and the customer service sent two screenshots.

It was the chat record between her and Zhou Yi at that time.

Nine: [Please tell the masters that you have worked hard]

[These earrings are going to be paid to my girlfriend. I took one from her before, and I don’t want to return it. The compensation must be better, otherwise it’s not justified…]

Customer service: [Don’t worry, our masters are all decades-old craftsmen, you will definitely be satisfied…]

[However, your pattern is more complicated and requires some effort…]

Nine: [Well, I know…]

[She usually only wears one, so I designed a simple style, but with a heavy texture effect, so that it won’t look too monotonous…]

Customer service: [Hmm, yes, the masters are all praising your design after modifying the structure of the earrings…]

Nine: [Thank you]

【Then follow our previous agreement, the shipment will be delivered by the end of May…】

[I want to give it to her before summer comes, she will comb her hair up in summer…]

Customer service: [OK]

Mu Qinglin always felt that her reading speed was very fast, but it took her about ten minutes to finish reading these two screenshots.

The pain in the throat was severe, and the chest was aching from the cold.

From midsummer to deep winter, she, who had gradually adapted to being careless, was finally stabbed severely again.

This knife, Mu Qinglin did not slow down for a long time.

In the spring of the following year, Mu Qinglin had no intention of following an investment and financial management MLM organization. In order to disclose more, she pretended to be a social animal who suffered from PUA in the workplace for a long time, was on the verge of mental breakdown, but was in urgent need of money, and went deep inside to collect evidence.

Soon, a piece of news exposing the inside story of investment and wealth management pyramid schemes was broadcast on the provincial TV station, causing an uproar.

Those people were cut off from their fortunes and held grudges.

A few days later, on the way home from get off work, Mu Qinglin was retaliated against and had a traffic accident of some sort.

At that time, there was no problem in the examination. I didn’t want to bleed internally in the middle of the night and almost died.

Mu Zhenghuai was terrified and ordered her to move back to the family courtyard immediately.

Mu Qinglin agreed.

On the day she moved out, she sat in the living room all day.

When I left, none of the furnishings in the house were moved.

Mu Qinglin knew that once she left the house that Zhou Yi lived in, she would never set foot in it again in this life.

But I didn’t think about selling it either. The monthly mortgage was paid off, the property fee was paid, and my aunt was hired to clean it regularly.

She didn’t understand what she was trying to do, maybe subconsciously, she still imagined that the person who left would come back one day.

However, when I opened the calendar suddenly, the four seasons had already rotated five times.

Mu Qinglin is thirty-four years old.

To her, the name Zhou Yi seemed like a whole dream, which started suddenly and ended suddenly. Moreover, she was unlucky, and didn’t forget those scenes in the dream after waking up.

In the summer of this year, Mu Qinglin was promoted to the deputy director of the news center, and her colleagues asked her to treat her, but she readily agreed.

After get off work in the evening, a group of people came to a nearby seafood buffet restaurant.

An Xiang, who was transferred to the news center last year, regarded Mu Qinglin as an idol, and praised him wherever he went, and now he couldn’t stop him from eating, “Let me say that my master is the youngest deputy director of our news center. Have an opinion?”

A colleague continued, “It must not be. You don’t want to see how your master got to this position. You can’t wait to work twenty-five hours a day. Wherever it is dark, she will drill wherever it is dark, and wherever it is deep, she will jump wherever it is. I’m playing with my life.”

“Could the investigative reporter expose the shady scene at the expense of his life?” An Xiang retorted dissatisfiedly.

The colleague shrugged and stuffed a large piece of shrimp meat into his mouth, “Then you don’t have to be as desperate as your master.”

“…”

“Why don’t you go in?” Fu Xiao, who came back from the bathroom, saw Mu Qinglin leaning against the wall, and asked casually.

“I don’t have much appetite.” Mu Qing pushed her shoulders forward, straightened her body and said, “I’ll go out for a while.”

Fu Xiao followed, “Let’s go together, there are so many people inside, it’s so noisy that my mind is buzzing.”

The two came to the open space outside.

When passing the cash register, Mu Qing asked the waiter for a can of cold beer, held it casually in his hand and walked out.

Fu Xiao put his hands in his pockets, and asked strangely: “I haven’t seen you drinking in the past few years, I thought you quit, what’s going on today?”

Mu Qinglin pulled the tab, waited for the overflowing foam to flow down her fingers and dripped to the ground, then raised her head and took a big gulp, saying: “I drank the tea before, and I still can’t remember what happened that night. The feeling of the unknown is not so good, so I told myself to quit drinking quickly, now…”

Mu Qinglin laughed, and turned to look at a certain void in front of him.

Fu Xiao frowned and recalled.

In my impression, the situation where Mu Qinglin got drunk only happened once—the time when she admitted that she also liked Zhou Yi, but because of the relapse of PTSD, she couldn’t like her.

She asked Mu Qinglin what she planned to do at the time, and she said that Zhou Yi was only 19 years old, and the days ahead would be long, so she didn’t want to drag her into trouble.

Six years have passed in a blink of an eye, and Fu Xiao really wanted to say something to Mu Qinglin, “You are only 34, and the days to come will not be short.”

Before Fu Xiao thought about whether he could say this, Mu Qinglin spoke first, “Xiao, it’s been five years, do you think she still remembers me?”

Fu Xiao was stung in her heart, she didn’t want to give an affirmative answer, let Mu Qinglin continue to walk forward like this, but she also didn’t want to give a negative answer, making Mu Qinglin look like a joke.

After a moment of silence, Fu Xiao chose a neutral attitude and let Mu Qinglin decide how to proceed.

“Who?” Fu Xiao asked.

Mu Qinglin glanced at her, turned back, raised his hand to cover his chest a few seconds later, and said softly: “A little hedgehog who smashed my place into pieces and then patted his **** and walked away quickly.”

The author has something to say:

It’s finally over…

It was a memorable day. In the morning, I just received the subscription nutrient solution returned by Ajiang. After a cursory look, there are nearly 500 readers, which is rare to be in three digits. Thank you, Bao

Shall we delay the next chapter for a few days, or start directly tomorrow?

Thanks to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated nutrient solution during 2022-07-1812:00:00-2022-07-1912:00:00…

Thanks to the little angel who threw the grenade: K1;

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