Marvel Road to Survival

Chapter 156 Xiaomei

Qiao Qi pried open and locked the door of Xiaomei's room, and stretched out his hand to the girl sitting by the bed with lifeless eyes: "Follow me."

Xiaomei released her hand holding the scissors and shook her head. Her eyes lit up for a moment, and then went out.

Jozy could see her movements and feel her hatred.

"You want revenge"

Xiaomei smiled, but it was uglier than crying.

"I'm going to kill Qiao Laoliu now, and then we'll go to a place where they can't find it, just you and me." Qiao said in a sonorous voice, and pulled out the scissors from the corner of Xiaomei's quilt.

Tears dripped on the back of Qiao Qi's hand holding the scissors. In the dim room, Xiaomei was shaking all over and tears were streaming down her face.

After that horrible day, she never shed tears again. She had already had a plan until this moment, when this boy appeared here and said these two sentences.

Xiaomei finally spoke: "It has nothing to do with you, please leave quickly."

Her voice was choked, and she grasped the scissors, trying to take them back.

"Let go" the girl held on stubbornly.

"Follow me" Qiao Qi said again, his eyes less than a foot away from Xiaomei's eyes.

Xiaomei lowered her hands feebly, let go of the scissors, and turned away, unwilling to look directly at the other person.

Without saying a word, Qiao Qi put the thin girl on his shoulders and walked away.

Xiaomei struggled for a while, and then stopped moving, just sobbing continuously.

Her grievance, her unwillingness, and her hatred all burst out at this moment. She thought she had made up her mind, that she could be as determined as an assassin, unmoved by anything, until she pierced the heart of her enemy.

But at this moment, she was defeated by Qiao Qi. Xiaomei felt that she could not face her dead mother. She was in pain and blamed herself.

This evening, the moon was dim and the stars were thin. A young man and woman escaped from their prison, rushed out of the quagmire of sin, and ran towards freedom.

When Qiao Qi asked her where she wanted to go, Xiaomei said: She wanted to go to Hangzhou and go to that school again.

It was the first time for Qiao Qi to go out so far. He had been to the provincial capital with his family at most before. When he came to this green city, he was attracted by the high-rise buildings and the dense pedestrians. This was very different from the feeling on TV. This was a place where no one knew him. He didn't have to say hello to everyone he met. There is an air of freedom that belongs to him.

They quietly slipped into the school on the edge of the West Lake. Watching Xiaomei jumping happily, Qiao Qi felt that the girl was like a fish that had been stranded for a long time and returned to the river. She loved freedom.

Only freedom can allow a person to let go of grief and pursue pursuits.

"How about we stay here? We can find a job. If you like it here, we can sneak in and take classes," Qiao Qi said to Xiaomei seriously.

Xiaomei's eyes were sparkling. Her eyes had never been as bright as they were at this moment. She was like a puppet before, unlike Qiao Qi, a delicate puppet who was manipulated. She was tortured by life.

Qiao Qi rented a small house of more than ten square meters. The room was small but very cheap. It was a paradise for the low-life.

He and Xiaomei found a job in a factory, and their wages were paid daily. Very hard, but very fulfilling. After work, the two of them studied painting together and practiced hard.

Qiao Qi's progress is rapid. He seems to be born for this. He is often suppressed by Xiaomei in his studies, but when it comes to painting, Qiao Qi can be proud to say that he is extremely talented.

Both of them love life and create life so much. They take root in this land that no one knows. They abandon their families and hatred and only want to share this hard-won peace.

Qiao Qi lives everything with a sense of ritual. He will make a bowl of noodles with so much exquisiteness, just like he paints, everything needs to be perfect. Xiaomei's complexion became better, and her temperament completely changed. The girl living in the free air became more and more beautiful. Under Qiao Qi's careful feeding, she actually gained some weight.

Time passed very quickly, and two months flew by. Qiao Qi walked to pick up Xiaomei from get off work as usual that day, but was told that Xiaomei had submitted her resignation a month ago, and today was the official day of resignation.

Qiao Qi used the second-hand Nokia he had just bought to call the number frantically, but what he got was that the phone was turned off.

He walked around the places the two of them frequented, frantically looking for the girl, and finally even called the police, even if Qiao's family was notified and chased her.

A few days later, Qiao Qi found an email in his QQ mailbox, which was sent to him by Xiaomei on the day she left.

The content of the letter is very simple:

I'm gone, don't look for me, you won't find me.

I don’t want to say thank you like others and say goodbye forever.

These two months have been good, better than I have ever experienced. I never dared to hope that I could live like this.

But it's over. Since I came here, every day when I close my eyes, my mother's face appears in front of me. She stares at me and hates me.

I chose to forget what happened in the past, but my mother reminded me every day, reminding me that I had made peace with my enemy’s child, and reminding me that I did not avenge her.

I can forgive Grandpa Qiao and the person who brought us misfortune. I have even let go of that person. But I can't let go of myself, I can never forgive myself, my mother died because of me, because I was too close to you.

I didn’t understand it before, but I understood it later. They forced me to marry that man, not only because of your family's reputation, but also because they were afraid that I would get too close to you. This made me hate you for a while, but I later let go.

But we have been together for two months, and these two months will hit them hard in the face. I apologize to you for my willfulness.

I know what you will want to ask when you see this. My answer is that I loved you before, but I will never love you again, and I will never love you again in the future. So, give up the idea of ​​looking for me, even if you can find me, it will be impossible for us.

Forgive me for betraying you, Jozy. Your family may have found you, it's a deal, I tell them where you are and they will put that person at my disposal.

This decision was made a long time ago. We are two completely different people. I should not be on your road. This is the best result, and it is also a result that cannot be changed. Finally, I wish you success in getting admitted to Shuimu University.

Don't miss Qiao Qiao.

The signature is the character plum.

In the VIP private room of Private Kitchen, Qiao Qi raised the wine bottle high, looked at the empty bottom of the bottle, raised his head and opened his mouth, and a few drops of wine slipped into his mouth.

"I was brought back to my hometown in a daze. This time no one blamed me, and my father did not show his majesty. They held me carefully and no longer restricted my actions or forced me to study."

"After that, I stopped going home every Sunday, and I didn't say a word to any relatives other than my mother."

"I secretly participated in Gome's solo move. Originally, this kind of action would have been blocked, but my dad protected me. He didn't say anything, but I knew."

"Maybe I'm still dreaming about the day when Xiaomei loves this place and the school so much. Maybe she will come back here one day and she will know that someone has been waiting for her."

"After the college entrance examination, I filled out my application secretly, and my grandfather got angry and asked me to repeat the exam. However, I already got the admission notice from the Academy of Fine Arts."

"That day, I went to burn incense for Xiaomei's mother, left my hometown alone, and swore never to come back."

Qiao Qi looked into Wen Qing's eyes. This woman was beautiful and kind-hearted. She cried for Xiaomei's tragic fate and was angry at the viciousness of Qiao's family.

"Have you seen her again?" Wen Qing didn't hesitate to ask, but she still couldn't help but speak.

"No, she doesn't have a mobile phone or QQ. I only received one email from her at the beginning of my freshman year. She said that she was living a good life, living the way she wanted, and even showed me her works. , and congratulate me on entering college." Qiao Qi was already drunk, and the two of them drank two bottles of wine.

"You scumbag." Wen Qing was also drunk: "You haven't even gone to find her, you haven't even tried hard."

"Yeah" Qiao Qi giggled.

"I'm just a scumbag, a bastard, a worthless coward." He began to slap himself fiercely, getting louder and louder.

Wen Qing grabbed his hand with a sharp look: "So you should go back and go back as a winner. You didn't lose, and Xiaomei didn't lose either. They lost."

Qiao Qi was completely drunk. He vented his anger and finally told people about his years of grievances. Now he was in a daze and began to talk nonsense.

In the darkness, Qiao Qi had a splitting headache and dry mouth. He noticed that the temperature around him had dropped and he woke up.

The naked man walked slowly to the bed and asked in a deep voice: "Is there still a place for Xiaomei in my heart?"

"Why did you create Wen Qing instead of Xiaomei?"

"Come back, let's go home together and find Xiaomei"

Qiao Qi felt like the world was spinning and he sat up suddenly. Only then did he realize that it was another dream. He stumbled and turned on the light, ran to the toilet and vomited while holding the toilet.

Qiao Qi saw the team that greeted him at the high-speed rail station. The four beams and eight pillars of the Qiao family, like stars holding the moon, surrounded a trembling old man. He hadn't seen him for several years. His body had a fistula and not a single hair had fallen out. The remaining age spots caused by the eighty-year-old made that majestic face covered with vicissitudes of life.

Qiao's mother grabbed Qiao Qi's arm, looked at her son distressedly, and kept saying that he had suffered hard outside and had lost weight and become darker.

Qiao Qi smiled: "Grandpa, I'm back."

The next day, Qiao Qi put on a suit. This time it was different from the job hunting day. It was a hand-made suit, and the matching watch and belt were all customized. This was something that careful mother Qiao had already prepared.

The banquet was held in the city. As the second generation of the Qiao family has aged over the years, everyone has moved to cities with more convenient transportation and medical care. The Qiao family built a staff nursing home and hired many doctors to serve the elderly around the clock.

The hotel where the banquet was held was owned by Mr. Qiao. Dozens of tables in the lobby were already packed with people. The relatives and middle-level cadres of Qiao's company were all sitting here. The second floor was Tongbao, and the businessmen were sitting in the open compartments. Partners on the Internet and leaders of each house in the Qiao family.

There are only three round tables in the private room at the back. This is where the main members of the Qiao family sit, including Uncle Qiao's brothers, Qiao Qi's father and uncles, and many leaders and powerful people.

Along the way, the old man held his grandson's hand and introduced them one by one, from the middle-level cadres and respectable relatives on the first floor, to the core members of the company and the leaders who have taken care of him for many years in the private room on the second floor.