The story of Rose starts with being a brother

Chapter 224 Ups and downs tonight
"Jian Xi, why don't you speak?"

It's drizzling in Shanghai tonight, and the dense water droplets like silk threads make the flashing neon lights of the city at night even more psychedelic.

The night view of Shanghai is like a magnificent painting, which perfectly blends the prosperity and tranquility of the city. This Oriental Pearl will release its most intoxicating charm only when night falls.

Jian Xi was strolling on the wide and clean streets of the Magic City holding a black umbrella he had brought from the banquet villa. Since he had given his suit jacket to Gu Li, he was only wearing a white shirt at this moment.

Behind her, Lin Xiao was also following with a black umbrella, one hand holding up her pink dress. Her boyfriend hadn't spoken a word since leaving the dinner party, which made her, who had been following him all the way, really unable to hold back.

Jian Xi, who was sorting out the plot carefully after eating and drinking, came back to his senses after hearing this, and then stopped and waited for Lin Xiao to come to his side before saying with a smile: "Nothing, it's just that a lot of things happened tonight, and my mind is a little confused."

After hearing his words, Lin Xiao, who had a lot to say, suddenly lost interest.

Yes, a lot happened tonight and my mind is quite confused.

How did a happy birthday party turn out like this?
I thought what happened between me and Jian Xi was explosive enough, but in the end, the one who was really embarrassed was my best friend Gu Li.

Thinking of Gu Li, Lin Xiao felt more and more uncomfortable. After knowing her for so long, this was the first time she saw her best friend who used to be as proud and bright as a queen looking so weak and hurt.

Seeing that Lin Xiao didn't say anything, Jian Xi asked again: "Lin Xiao, do you love me?"

"what?"

Lin Xiao, who was immersed in the sad mood for her best friend, was suddenly confused by her boyfriend's words. After a moment of silence, she said, "Love!"

After a pause, she thought Jian Xi was still struggling with what happened before, so she continued, "Jian Xi, don't think too much about it. There's really nothing between Gong Ming and Zhou Chongguang, and I've already resigned after my internship."

"Yeah." Jian Xi nodded, and then said: "I won't think too much, as long as you still love me."

Lin Xiao immediately smiled again, and then heard her boyfriend say, "Then go buy me a pack of cigarettes."

"?"

The topic of boyfriend changed so quickly that Lin Xiao couldn't react.

After two and a half seconds, she frowned and said, "Jian Xi, how can you smoke? When did you start smoking?"

"When I found out that you accepted Gong Ming's diamond ring." The bastard who said he wouldn't think too much a few seconds ago brought up the past again. "I felt very upset at the time, just like Gu Yuan felt tonight. I heard that cigarettes are a man's healing medicine, so I got into this habit."

"..."

Lin Xiao felt like he was hit by a club. He didn't expect that this would involve him again.

After a little hesitation, she said, "Jian Xi, don't talk about this anymore. I'll return the things to Gong Ming later, okay?"

"What is given to you is yours. If you give it to him, isn't it like giving him a diamond ring as well?"

"..."

Lin Xiao opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"Then I'll give you the diamond ring?"

"I don't want anything from other men."

"Didn't you say that if I gave it to you, it would be mine?"

“How can you buy a second-hand diamond ring?”

"Jian Xi, what on earth do you want to do?!"

The bastard's words finally pissed off Lin Xiao, and his previous guilt turned into anger at this moment.

However, Jian Xi was not panicked at all. Looking at Lin Xiao who was glaring at him, he continued, "Do you think I'm being unreasonable?"

Without waiting for Lin Xiao to express his opinion, he asked again: "Is Zhou Chongguang making trouble unreasonably?"

"..."

Lin Xiao, who was furious just now, suddenly calmed down.

She never expected that her previous internship experience would lead to such speechless things.

At this time, the bastard was still speaking: "You can wash clothes, mop the floor and do housework for Zhou Chongguang, but you won't even buy me a pack of cigarettes, and you still say you love me? It's said that after leaving school, campus love can't withstand the test of society. I didn't believe it before..."

"I'll buy it! I'll buy it! I'll go buy it for you right now, okay?"

Lin Xiao, who was feeling a little overwhelmed, quickly interrupted Jian Xi. If she let him continue talking, she would feel like a female version of Chen Shimei.

However, after hearing her agreement, Jian Xi still looked a little unhappy: "What's your attitude? Are you impatient with me? When you went to buy a cup for Gong Ming and didn't have enough money, I put down everything I was doing and gave you the money. Was I a little impatient? Do you remember the password of the card I gave you? It's your birthday!"

After sorting out his memory, the dog man seemed to have opened an ammunition depot, and he could find out the things one by one without any effort.

Who says only women can dig up old grudges?

The original body was reluctant to tell these things to Lin Xiao, but now he won’t tolerate it!

Offensive and defensive types have changed!
As expected, under Jian Xi's fierce attack, Lin Xiao couldn't bear it anymore. With red eyes, she reached out and pulled the corner of her boyfriend's clothes and said humbly: "I'm sorry, Jian Xi, I really didn't mean it. I didn't think so much at the time."

At that time, she was working as an assistant to Gong Ming and accidentally broke his glass. Gong Ming was a glass addict, so she had to compensate Gong Ming with a new one. Although Gong Ming asked her to reimburse the invoice and return the money to Jian Xi afterwards, Lin Xiao was not stupid enough to bring up the matter again.

This is not the end of the situation. Is it important to settle the account? What is important is her love with Jian Xi!

Jian Xi, who had just been talking about the past, now changed his expression, pulled his girlfriend to him and hugged her, then changed the subject and said:

"It's okay, it's all in the past. I just care so much because I love you so much."

Tsk, the guy feels a little disgusted with himself right now, but then he thinks, doesn’t this fit the theme of the movie perfectly?

The deeper the hurt, the deeper the love.

As expected, Lin Xiao really fell for it. She was so moved that her eyes were filled with tears. She dropped the umbrella in her hand and hugged her boyfriend's waist tightly. She said in a muffled voice in his arms: "I know, Jian Xi, I know you love me. I will never do such a thing again."

"Ah."

Jian Xi hugged her, no need to say anything.

After a while, Lin Xiao, who had calmed down a little, left her boyfriend's arms, looked up and whispered to him, "I'll go buy you some cigarettes."

After a pause, she said with concern: "You should smoke less in the future. It's bad for your health."

She originally wanted to say that she felt a little sick from the smell of smoke, but after thinking it over she decided not to say it out loud for fear of making her boyfriend unhappy again.

Jian Xi nodded and smiled: "Well, I smoked before because I was sad. Now that we are still fine, I will slowly quit."

He had no addiction to smoking in the first place, and he just made up this excuse. As for whether to quit smoking or not, just quit.

"Okay." Lin Xiao smiled, picked up the umbrella on the ground and prepared to go to the convenience store not far away. Before leaving, she asked again, "By the way, Jian Xi, what brand of cigarettes do you smoke?"

"Hmm..." Jian Xi thought for a moment before saying, "I'm not picky. Or you can ask the boss what kind of cigarettes a man smokes when he's hurt by love."

"..."

Seeing Lin Xiao frowning again, the dog man explained: "I felt bad at the beginning, so I asked the boss to recommend it."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiao nodded without saying anything more. Hearing Jian Xi say that there was no fixed brand, it at least showed that the other party was not addicted to smoking. He would satisfy him today and let him quit later.

"Lin Xiao!"

Just as she took a few steps, Jian Xi's voice came from behind her again. Lin Xiao turned around and looked: "What's wrong?"

Jian Xi looked at her and said, "Well, can you buy me another pack of Lychee Plums?"

"what?"

Lin Xiao asked in confusion: "Why? Do you like to eat this?"

The dog man laughed and said, "No, there is nothing wrong between us, right? I heard that if there is nothing wrong, we should eat Liuliumei. Let's celebrate!"

"..."

Seeing Lin Xiao walking towards the convenience store with a confused look on his face, Jian Xi finally couldn't help laughing out loud. There was nothing he could do. Just looking at this somewhat similar face he couldn't help but make fun of this joke.

It was not until Lin Xiao entered the convenience store that he put away his smile and his eyes returned to calm.

As I said, half sugar has its own way of treating it. People like Lin Xiao, whose brains are not very good, cannot be treated in the same way as normal people.

It's not really a test of obedience, it's just an inequality of emotions.

In the relationship between the original body and Lin Xiao, they were somewhat in a weak position, or they were too supportive of each other. Lin Xiao loved the original body, did he love Jian Xi? Obviously, he did, but Lin Xiao was the kind of person who remembered to be beaten but not to be fed. In the original drama, Jian Xi had been with other women for several times, but didn't Lin Xiao also want to let her go?
After all, the two had been together since middle school and had been together all the way until graduation from college, so Lin Xiao was more or less a love-brained person.

As for why the original body would cheat on Lin Xiao even though he clearly loved her...

Jian Xi frowned slightly, as if... the original body in his memory really did make some mistakes that all men would make?
Lin Xiao lives with his best friends every day. His original self was alone, studying art and playing volleyball. When he was full of vigor and vitality, there was a beautiful girl who cared about him every day. Isn't it normal for him to cheat?

As for whether it is moral or not, it is already very moral compared to the old scumbag who traveled through time.

Moreover, the original body had an affair with Lin Quan because he misunderstood Lin Xiao after seeing the ring before.

But this is not the point. Jian Xi frowned and thought that the situation of his cheating on Lin Quan seemed to be different from the original drama and the original novel.

The original drama did not film much of this part. It just followed Lin Xiao's perspective and discovered that Jian Xi was fed coffee by another woman. Then when Lin Xiao went to Jian Xi's house, he ran into the woman who came back. Finally, Lin Xiao watched Jian Xi and the woman leave at the airport. Nothing else was explained.

In the original novel, this girl named Lin Quan had a deep conflict with Lin Xiao and Gu Li. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they had a life-and-death feud.

However, there seems to be no such impression in the original body's memory.

Jian Xi thought about it and thought that maybe it was because this world operated according to the logic of the movie, and it filled in the gaps that were not filmed in the movie.

Anyway, this wasn't the first time this happened, so Jian Xi was just a little confused for a moment.

Moreover, he remembered that his original body had told Lin Quan that he had a girlfriend, but the other party did not mind and persisted in poaching her.

Very good, the old scumbag likes this kind of woman who knows what she is doing and can do whatever she wants, which saves him from having to waste any more effort.

Thinking of this, the old scumbag suddenly felt much better.

After being in this world for a while, I finally found a "good person".

Otherwise, there would be a bunch of top-notch products everywhere, how fucking tiring it would be!
People like Lin Xiao who have some mental problems are considered to have the mildest symptoms among this group of people.

At most, she was a little confused. Love-brained? That was a good thing for Jian Xi. An ungrateful person? That was for her best friend Gu Li. What did it have to do with Jian Xi?
Looking at the entire series of four movies, every time Lin Xiao got into a fight with Gu Li because he had fallen in love first.

She started a fight with her best friend who had supported her for so long just for a man...

After this calculation, Jian Xi felt more favorable towards Lin Xiao.

As the old saying goes, the head follows the butt. And Lin Xiao said she was an ungrateful person, but in fact, she was the closest to Gu Li among the four sisters. Even when she quarreled with Gu Li, she basically quarreled with her in person and never stabbed her in the back on purpose.

There is no need to say much about Nan Xiang. She is the one with lofty ambitions but a fragile life. For her, backstabbing Gu Li is as easy as eating and drinking. Among all the sufferings that Gu Li has endured, it is almost the same, if not that every one of them is related to her.

As for Tang Wanru...wasn't it because she backstabbed Gu Li just now that Nan Xiang launched a big attack?

But it’s not right to say that Gu Li is just a pure victim. It’s not like she hasn’t backstabbed her best friend before.

Anyway, betrayal equals hurt, and hurt equals love, so if we convert it, betrayal equals love... Maybe this is the friendship between besties!

No wonder a fool like Lin Xiao could survive to the end.

Jian Xi saw Lin Xiao walking out of the convenience store and narrowed his eyes slightly. Yes, almost everyone in this movie died in the end, except Lin Xiao.

Except for Lin Xiao who was out buying things at the time, all the other main characters were burned to death in the fire.

This was also something that made Jian Xi speechless when he watched the movie. No wonder the atmosphere and background of the movie became more and more creepy, like a horror movie.

Whether the fire was an accident or man-made has always been a mystery. If it was man-made, there have been different opinions on who set the fire.

It seems like everyone is a possibility, but it also seems like it was just an accident.

Although Jian Xi was somewhat curious about this matter, his curiosity was not too strong as he did not like watching horror movies.

At this time, Lin Xiao came over with a smile and handed him the Liuliumei and the cigarette.

"Here, what you want."

"Thank you."

Jian Xi took the thing with a smile, then tore open the plum blossom and gave it to the other party: "Open your mouth, ah——"

Although Lin Xiao knew that this was a form of intimacy from her boyfriend, she didn't know why she always felt weird about it. However, she didn't refuse and opened her mouth to put the Lychee Plum in it.

The dog man then smiled, opened the cigarette box, put a cigarette in his mouth, and looked at the other person.

Lin Xiao was enjoying the sour and sweet taste of the plum in her mouth. When she saw her boyfriend looking at her like that, it took her two and a half seconds to react.

"Oh, yes, there is also fire. It was the boss who reminded me of this just now."

Lin Xiao quickly took out the lighter and was about to hand it to Jian Xi, but after hesitating for a moment, she took the initiative to light the cigarette for her boyfriend.

After exhaling the first puff of smoke that filled his lungs, Jian Xi smiled and said, "My dear, you are so nice."

"Eh~ Jian Xi, your name is so cheesy." Lin Xiao, who had never been called like that before, felt a little embarrassed.

"Oh, then I won't call you anymore."

"Don't!" Lin Xiao said anxiously, "You'll get used to it once you get used to it."

After saying that, she also lowered her head and blushed and called out, "Dear."

The dog man smiled and felt pretty good.

At this time, Lin Xiao looked up at her boyfriend who was smoking, and couldn't help asking, "Jian Xi, I feel like you're a little different tonight than before."

"Of course it's different." Jian Xi exhaled a puff of smoke before continuing, "I used to keep things to myself, but now that I've talked about it tonight, it's naturally a little different."

"Oh." Lin Xiao nodded, feeling that it made some sense.

"By the way, Lin Xiao, have you ever heard of the name Lin Ting?"

At this time, Jian Xi suddenly asked this question.

Lin Xiao was stunned, then shook his head and said, "No, what's wrong?"

"Nothing. I heard someone mention it in the high school class group before. I thought you had a twin sister!"

Hearing what he said, Lin Xiao smiled and said, "What are you thinking about? There can't be a person with the last name Lin who is my relative!"

Jian Xi also laughed. In the original novel, Lin Ting was Lin Quan's twin sister. Since Lin Xiao had never heard of her, it was indeed different from the original novel.

Just when Lin Xiao wanted to continue speaking, her cell phone rang.

When I took it out and looked at it, it was a call from my best friend Tang Wanru who had just stayed behind.

"Hey Wanru, what's wrong?"

"Lin Xiao, something bad happened. When I was leaving just now, I heard Gu Li's mother say that Gu Li's father had a car accident!"

"what?!"

Lin Xiao didn't expect to hear such an explosive news as soon as she answered the phone. She was so scared that her legs went limp. Fortunately, Jian Xi was quick to support her.

At this time, Tang Wanru on the other end of the phone said quickly: "Gu Li's mother fainted after knowing this. Gu Li should have known about this, but I called Gu Li and couldn't reach her. Her housekeeper asked me to go to the hospital to accompany Gu Li. I'm in the car now, you guys should come quickly too!"

After Tang Wanru finished speaking, Lin Xiao finally regained some strength and said quickly, "Okay, Jian Xi and I will be here right away. Please send me the address of the hospital."

After she finished speaking, she immediately hung up the phone and looked at her boyfriend. Jian Xi nodded and said, "I heard you. Let's get a taxi without further ado. By the way, I'll call Gu Yuan as well."

This moment has finally come. Tonight should be the most devastating night for Gu Li.

Compared to losing my father, what happened to my best friend and boyfriend was nothing.

But this is also the most ridiculous thing. Every time these people have a conflict and fight, a more serious conflict will arise to make them reconcile.

And often the latter contradiction is separation of life and death.

At this time, Lin Xiao still hugged Jian Xi and cried: "Gu Li, Gu Li was already so upset just now, and now she has to face such a big blow, how painful it must be for her!"

……

At this time, in a hospital in Magic City.

In addition to Gu Li's father Gu Yansheng who was sent here, another person was sent to the emergency room.

Gong Ming and his assistant Kitty were wandering outside the emergency room with anxious faces. The person who had just been sent in was not only the cash cow of his company, but also his half-brother - Zhou Chongguang.

Well, to put it simply, Gong Ming’s biological father is Zhou Chongguang’s stepfather, and Zhou Chongguang’s biological mother is Gong Ming’s stepmother.

In short, the children of two remarried families grew up together and have a very deep relationship.

His younger brother Zhou Chongguang had been suffering from stomach cancer, but he loved writing, so Gong Ming made him a famous columnist today.

As a writer, liking writing is one thing, but when the hobby really becomes a job, it becomes a bit uncomfortable. So Zhou Chongguang inevitably developed the common problem of writers - procrastination in submitting manuscripts.

As we all know, delaying submission of manuscripts and updating of articles and urging submission of manuscripts and updating of articles have always been a long-standing conflict between writers and readers, and the two are like water and fire that are difficult to reconcile.

The difference between a well-known columnist like Zhou Chongguang and some unsuccessful typists is that when he delays submitting manuscripts, it is the editor who urges him to update. But if he refuses to submit his manuscripts, there is nothing others can do about it, because the boss is his brother!

This is also the reason why Lin Xiao was so distressed when she went to urge the other party to submit the manuscript. After helping the other party clean up the room that was like a garbage dump, the other party still did not hand in the manuscript. In the end, she cried and finally got the manuscript that the other party had written a long time ago from Zhou Chongguang.

The reasons Zhou Chongguang gave for delaying the submission of his manuscript were either missing limbs, stomach cancer, diabetes, gallstones and many other problems. In the end, only the stomach cancer was real.

In comparison, those diligent and hardworking coders who update their works on time every day without being urged seem much more lovable. Even if they take leave, they don't make excuses to deceive readers, but ask for leave in a dignified manner, which is quite gentlemanly!

For Zhou Chongguang, he doesn't rely on readers for his livelihood. With a CEO brother, he doesn't have to look at the faces of editors and readers. He can write when he wants and delay when he wants. He is very carefree. Only those diligent coders will treat readers as their parents. Without the strong financial backing of the CEO brother, they can only rely on readers' subscriptions, voting and rewards to barely make a living...

It’s better not to mention the hardships involved!
In short, in addition to Gu Li's father, the late writer Zhou Chongguang was also admitted to this hospital due to stomach cancer.

……

When Lin Xiao, Jian Xi, Tang Wanru and Gu Yuan rushed to the hospital, they saw Gu Li, who had left the hospital in a panic not long ago, sitting motionless outside the emergency room, as if she had lost her soul, and she was still wearing the suit that Jian Xi had handed to her.

As soon as her two best friends saw her, they rushed over and hugged her and cried. What Gu Li experienced tonight was really too tragic.

Gu Li, who had not cried until now, could no longer hold back her tears.

Gu Yuan, who also left alone not long ago, looked at his girlfriend crying and his face was full of sadness. He regretted why he abandoned her before.

Isn't it just cheating on yourself?
She has lost even her biological father now, why should she be angry?
Gu Yuan, who was reluctant to cut off his hands and feet, instantly finished reading the progress bar titled "Prepare to Forgive".

Jian Xi, who was standing by, patted the shoulder of his original good brother, and everything ended with a sigh.

He wasn't feeling sad at all. After all, he had only been there for a short time, and at most he was just a little sad.

From now on, when Gu Li blows out her own birthday candles, she must light three incense sticks for her father.

It's been a roller coaster night for Queen Gu...

After a long time, the door of the emergency room opened, but no miracle happened. The people who had been crying just now became even more sad. After a dizzy feeling, Gu Li stood up and walked in, leaving Lin Xiao outside and continued to cry with Tang Wanru in his arms.

Gu Yuan and Jian Xi stood in the corridor beside each other without saying anything. Gu Yuan was not in the mood to talk at the moment, and Jian Xi felt a little bored. If he didn't feel that the atmosphere was wrong, he would have wanted to go back to sleep.

After a while, when the place fell into silence, a voice broke the dull atmosphere.

"Lin Xiao? Why are you here?"

Lin Xiao raised his head in sadness and was surprised when he saw the person coming.

"Kitty?"

Kitty nodded, and then said: "That's great, you can help me look after Zhou Chongguang, I have to go back to the company to deal with some things now, come with me."

Although Lin Xiao's internship at ME has ended, she has also received an employment offer and will be able to officially start working at ME soon. Kitty was her boss and her mentor, so she couldn't refuse the other party's request.

But Lin Xiao was still a little confused: "I, I..."

"What are you standing there for? Come on!"

Kitty took two steps and saw that she was still hesitating, so she urged her, saying that Zhou Chongguang's matter tonight was too important. It not only concerned Zhou Chongguang alone, but also the entire ME company. Kitty had a lot of things to do.

On the other side of the corridor, Jian Xi's eyes lit up when he saw this scene. He thought it would be different from the original drama because he didn't meet Gong Ming when he came in just now. He didn't expect to meet him here again.

It seems that tonight is still long.

PS: The movie did not reveal the name of the girl that Jian Xi cheated with, so we followed the setting of the original novel, in which the girl’s name was Lin Quan.

The film characters and plot are the main focus, but if patches are needed in some places, the original work will be used as a reference, and original characters will be avoided as much as possible.

However, the original work is too complicated. If one person is involved, more people will be involved. Therefore, the original work is only for reference, and more settings of the original work may not be used.

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