Chapter 4 Chapter 4 "How dare you come back!"...

Losing memory is already outrageous, but being able to accurately pin the blame on Qiao Yu after losing memory can only be considered a small probability coincidence.

But even after all this, we still feel that Ji Zhongyuan is not a good person. This has gone beyond "coincidence" and can be attributed to "man-made".

Qiao Yu finally opened her eyes today and once again refreshed her bottom line for Jiang Mian.

Keep pretending. Keep pretending.

He couldn't stand it any longer: "Don't bother me."

Because my grandma was in the room, I spoke with extra restraint in my voice. Every word was like a wet firecracker, the breathy sound coming out of my throat only made a muffled sound in my mouth.

Aunt Sun heard the noise and opened the door.

Seeing two people standing outside the house, I thought they were the friends that Qiao Yu brought back.

She politely went to greet him inside, but Jiang Mian walked in shamelessly.

Unfortunately, before one of his feet stepped over the threshold, Qiao Yu moved half a body length ahead of him, raised his hand and pressed it into the door frame, and put one arm in front of Jiang Mian, blocking him.

Jiang Mian smiled, and continued to be shameless: "I'll just sit for a while and leave."

"Not welcome."

"Why?"

"No reason."

Jiang Mian raised his eyebrows slightly: "Our relationship is not good."

But after saying that, he denied it himself: "Maybe it's too good."

Qiao Yu didn't want to listen to his nonsense, so he pushed Jiang Mian away and planned to close the door first.

"Hey?" Aunt Sun felt that this approach was inappropriate, "If you have something to say, just talk it over nicely, don't use force!"

"Yes," Jiang Mian took advantage of the situation and grabbed Qiao Yu's wrist which was pressing on his shoulder, "Let's talk it over nicely."

Qiao Yu wanted to pull his hand back, but failed, and felt a little angry and embarrassed.

He glared, took off the backpack on his back with one hand, and smashed it on Jiang Mian's head.

"release!"

There was chaos in the area less than two square meters at the door. In this chaotic moment, a trembling voice of "Xiao Mian" pressed the pause button for everyone, and everything quieted down.

The grandma, who had fallen asleep ten minutes ago, was now wearing thin clothes and standing at the bedroom door, staring at Jiang Mian without blinking, leaning on her walking cane.

Jiang Mian looked over Qiao Yu's shoulder and noticed this skinny old man.

"Grandma," he almost blurted out, following the other person's words, "I'm Xiao Mian."

Qiao Yu immediately threw away his schoolbag and went over to support his grandmother. Aunt Sun also hurried into the house to get a cotton coat for the old lady to put on.

Jiang Mian put Qiao Yu's schoolbag on the low cabinet, then took two steps at a time and walked to grandma, slightly bent his upper body, and held one of her hands: "Do you remember me?"

He was so tall that even if he bent down, grandma still had to look up to see him.

It was cold outside, and Qiao Yu wanted to help her back to the bedroom, but her grandma didn't want to.

She looked at Jiang Mian for a long time, so long that tears flashed in her old and turbid eyes.

Jiang Mian squatted down, choking with sobs as he spoke: "Grandma, I, I'm back."

Grandma lowered her head and shed tears: "I'm back, I'm back..."

Qiao Yu closed his eyes.

Although he didn't want to see Jiang Mian, his grandmother liked Jiang Mian very much at the beginning.

Right now, grandma's mood is unstable and she is easily affected by small things. What if she refuses to let Jiang Mian go no matter what? Then I—

"How dare you come back!"

The tear-jerking family drama was violently interrupted midway. The crutch was suddenly raised along with the tune, and then dropped suddenly without hesitation.

Jiang Mian didn't even dare to raise his hand to block it, and let the solid wooden stick hit his head with a "bang". The extremely strong sound made Qiao Yu's scalp explode.

He hadn't realized what was happening yet.

"I'll beat you to death! I'll beat you to death!"

The old lady, who usually gasps for air with every step and has been lying in bed for half a month, is now holding her crutches in a fierce manner, spitting out saliva without even taking a breath.

It's a medical miracle.

The situation, which normally lasted less than five minutes, became chaotic again, and the addition of the final boss made the others who had been in the melee unite.

Qiao Yu hugged her grandma and ran into the house.

When Aunt Sun saw grandma's attitude, she realized that the man in front of her, who looked like a dog, might not be a human being.

"Get out now," Aunt Sun said politely to the man who had taken advantage of her, with a bit of fear. "If you don't get out, I'll call the police. I really will!"

Jiang Mian's head was buzzing, and he wondered who the victim would be when the police arrived.

But he didn't want to embarrass a woman, so he had to go back out of the house, and was almost hit on the nose by the slam of the door.

"Then, who is that?" Aunt Sun locked the door and returned to the bedroom still feeling a little scared.

Qiao Yu hugged the crying grandma, stroked her back and consoled her: "A friend."

Aunt Sun was the one who took care of grandma two or three years ago, so it was normal that she didn’t know Jiang Mian.

But he could occasionally hear some fragmentary words from his grandmother's mumbling. The only words the old lady often muttered were "Xiao Yu" and "Xiao Mian".

I didn’t know what this “xiaomian” was before, but now I know it’s a person.

"Didn't the old lady keep complaining? Why did they start fighting after seeing each other?"

For a moment, Qiao Yu didn't know how to explain the love-hate relationship between him and Jiang Mian over the years. Just thinking about it over again in his heart made him feel extremely ironic.

"It's getting late, Aunt Sun, you should go back first."

It was getting dark and Qiao Yu felt embarrassed to leave Aunt Sun at home.

Aunt Sun responded, glanced out the window before leaving, and told Qiao Yu to lock the doors and windows.

Seeing that she looked worried, Qiao Yu comforted her, "He won't hurt you."

"I'm afraid he'll hurt you," Aunt Sun said, and then she started gossiping again, "He looks respectable, so he's not the type to seek revenge, right?"

"No," Qiao Yu scratched his face awkwardly and made a random excuse, "He borrowed money and didn't pay it back."

"How many?"

"Seven or eight thousand."

Aunt Sun suddenly understood.

A penny can make a hero fall, and everyone has difficulties when they go out.

Sometimes it’s difficult to pay back the money, and both the debtor and the debtee feel bad, but what can they do? I am disappointed in you.

Seeing that Aunt Sun understood and knew everything, Qiao Yu quickly asked her to leave to prevent her from bringing up a new topic.

After Aunt Sun left, he coaxed his grandma to sleep again for a long time. When he went out of the room to wash up, he heard a slight noise coming from outside the house, so he leaned against the window to look out.

There is frosted window paper on the window glass, but not all of it.

Maybe because we didn’t have enough materials and bought too little, there is a piece missing in the lower right corner.

Qiao Yu usually uses a can of milk powder box to cover the view. When he needs to observe the situation outside the house, he takes the box away and bends down to look.

Because this small piece is so secret that no one has released it until now——

A pair of dark eyes were almost glued to his face.

Qiao Yu shuddered and kicked over the stool under the windowsill. The loud "clang" frightened him so much that he didn't dare to move for a long time.

"What happened?" Jiang Mian's face was visible outside the small gap. "Did you fall?"

Qiao Yu felt his temples popping and he pushed the milk powder box back.

He ignored Jiang Mian and went into the room after washing up and fell asleep next to his grandmother's bed.

I was restless all night and didn't sleep well.

After waking up, Qiao Yu felt dizzy and felt something was wrong, so he drank a cup of hot water.

Aunt Sun came in with breakfast, which was unusual for her. She said Xiao Mian bought it and that he had vowed to turn over a new leaf and never owe money again.

Qiao Yu was still holding the water cup in his hand, and secretly felt something was wrong: "What did you say to him?"

Aunt Sun happily took out a cowhide envelope and said, "I'm helping you collect the debt. He immediately went to the bank to withdraw the money. He was very straightforward and said that the extra money would be charged as interest. I hope you can forgive him."

Qiao Yu's eyes went dark.

Aunt Sun was eating the tea eggs and drinking the spicy soup bought by Jiang Mian. She had been completely bribed by the other party.

All she muttered were praises of Jiang Mian, things like "No gold is pure, no man is perfect", "There is nothing better than admitting one's mistakes and improving", and "A prodigal son who returns is worth more than gold". Anyway, those were all she knew with her education level, and now she was using them all.

Qiao Yu listened with a numb expression while giving milk to her grandma.

Aunt Sun forced a cup of soy milk into his arms. Qiao Yu tried to resist in vain, so he had to put a straw in it and go out with it.

As a result, as soon as I went downstairs, I met the face I least wanted to see.

Jiang Mian was sitting condescendingly at a small table that was not even as high as his knees, eating breakfast in the narrow and noisy alley.

The young master is quite friendly and chats and laughs with the neighbors around him. Seeing Qiao Yu coming downstairs, he immediately stood up, stopped eating the buns and drinking the soup, and like a wolf that had been hungry for three hundred years and smelled the meat, he quickly stood in front of Qiao Yu.

"morning."

Qiao Yu almost burst the soy milk in his hand.

He took a sip and tasted a mouthful of cement.

"Please release me from the blacklist." Jiang Mian smiled and followed Qiao Yu. "If you release me, I won't follow you anymore."

Qiao Yu took out the leather envelope from his pocket and slapped it on Jiang Mian's face along with the money inside.

Jiang Mian held the envelope that fell into his arms, still a little confused: "Don't I owe you money? How much? I will pay it back."

Qiao Yu stopped.

He frowned and looked at Jiang Mian, half puzzled and half sarcastic.

"Stop pretending."

Jiang Mian stood at attention and moved his lips but did not respond.

Qiao Yu took a few steps back, increasing the distance between them: "You only make me feel sick."

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This was the first time Qiao Yu said such hurtful words.

If someone uses the word "disgusting" to describe someone, he will take a long time to calm down after saying it.

Jiang Mian probably didn't expect to be said like that. Even a shameless person was made to stand there motionless.

It should be quite sad.

Qiao Yu felt soft-hearted for a moment, but even so he couldn't say anything to comfort her.

He exhaled irritably and simply turned around and continued walking towards the school.

He didn't get up early today, but he had to pick up a package for his tutor.

A senior student came to the office and was checking the receipts from the last business trip with the supervisor. Qiao Yu arrived at the right time. He sorted out the pile of invoices and took them to the finance department for reimbursement on Friday.

First-year graduate students always have to do some errands and odd jobs, but Qiao Yu is not averse to that.

In addition, his senior brother always gave him guidance on a daily basis, so he was happy to do these small favors.

"By the way," his senior brother stopped him at the door of the studio, "We're having a dinner together this weekend, and I saw you didn't reply in the group."

Qiao Yu quickly took out his cell phone: "I'm sorry, Senior Brother, I didn't check my phone much yesterday."

"Don't be so unfamiliar," the senior brother waved his hand, not caring, "You are usually busy, so it's okay if you can't come if you have something to do. But this time, the food and drinks are paid for by the public. This is the last gathering of the year. Come and have fun. Don't be too tired all day."

Qiao Yu replied to the message in the group and said that he would definitely go.

After entering the studio, Qiao Yu sorted the receipts according to time and items.

It was extremely cold during the coldest days of winter, and there were several patients suffering from severe colds in the room. The sounds of them blowing their noses could be heard one after another, and from time to time there were a few earth-shattering sneezes, as if they were gathering together to raise a group of parasites.

Qiao Yu couldn't get away, so he had to drink a lot of hot water and pray for God's help.

But it seemed to be of no use. He only spent one morning in the studio when the cold that had just started became more serious.

After quickly finishing the tasks assigned by the tutor, it would be better for Qiao Yu to leave first when it was time for dinner.

On the way to the cafeteria against the wind, he swiped his phone in time to clear the unread messages to make sure nothing was missed.

Fortunately, I was very free today, and apart from the nonsense in the group, Brother Wang was the only one who came to see him.

There's nothing good to do here, so let him come to the bar to handle the work handover.

Qiao Yu didn't understand what a waiter like him had to hand over.

If the other party avoids the question, it's definitely not a good thing.

There is a high probability that Brother Wang was also bribed by Jiang Mian.

He was determined not to go, and Brother Wang got so angry that he called him directly.

"Qiao Yu, do you think you can run away?"

Qiao Yu took a bite of cauliflower and wiped his nose: "Brother Wang, are you still involved in the underworld?"

Brother Wang took a deep breath, as if calming down his mood: "Brother, I have been good to you these years, right?"

This title seems to play on the emotional card.

"Do me a favor," Brother Wang said humbly on the other end, "I'll pick you up tonight and let's have dinner together."