Crystal held the portrait in her hand. She did not take it back. Instead, when she went outside, she borrowed a knife from Butler Feng. She cut the log outside and took out the painting inside.
Without the slightest hesitation, he tore the painting in half——
While she was doing all this, Lu Zhan was watching from the second floor.
As if sensing his gaze, Crystal finished everything and raised her eyes to look upstairs. Their eyes met in the air——
I don't know who moved away first. She turned around and left, and he returned to the room.
When Crystal arrived outside the door, she was stopped by a person. When she saw it, it turned out to be Chen Yuan.
There was a car parked behind him. When he saw Crystal, he said awkwardly: "Madam, do you want to go back? I'll take you back!"
Crystal forced a smile and said, "No, I can just go back by myself."
"There are no cars around here at all, so let me give you a ride!" He plucked up the courage and added, "Don't worry, this is my own car."
Crystal looked behind him, and it turned out to be a domestically made car. She was still hesitating, but Chen Yuan had already gently pulled her and carried her to the car.
Crystal smiled at him gratefully. At this time, she could no longer refuse his help.
As Chen Yuan drove the car, he looked at Crystal from time to time in the rearview mirror: "Where does Madam live now?"
Crystal smiled weakly, "Don't call me madam anymore, Lu Zhan and I have divorced."
She didn't want to say too much, but Chen Yuan was someone she could rely on.
The two of them were silent, and Crystal suddenly said, "Park your car at Niansi Village."
Chen Yuan's already frowning brows tightened, and he pursed his lips, not expecting that Crystal would be in such a state of despair.
He knew that community, it was very old and the hygiene was very poor.
When the car stopped, Crystal thanked her in a low voice. Chen Yuan looked at the dark lights inside and stopped when he was about to take out a cigarette. He followed her and said, "I'll take you up!"
Crystal was a little surprised and said subconsciously: "No need!"
He looked at her and suddenly said in a low voice: "I don't have any intention, I'm just sending you up!"
Just like before, he always sent her to Lu Zhan's side, Lu Zhan's room, and Lu Zhan's bed. This was the only time that he sincerely did something for her.
Crystal looked into his sincere eyes and nodded in agreement.
When Chen Yuan arrived at Crystal's add-on house on the top floor, he was shocked and looked at her in disbelief, "You live here!"
"It's very nice here!" She walked into the kitchen, which was less than one square meter, and poured him a glass of boiled water.
Chen Yuan reached out to take it, but did not drink. He looked around sternly. Suddenly, he started to pack things for her. Crystal quickly stopped him, "What are you doing?"
Without raising his head, he said, "You have to move out of here!"
This room is too dark and humid. Over time, you will get sick!
He can't let the noble lady live here!
Crystal held his hand and smiled bitterly, "Chen Yuan, I know your good intentions, but, you know, I don't want to have anything to do with him anymore."
Chen Yuan belongs to Lu Zhan, so she doesn’t want to have too much contact——
It’s not yet time for everything!
Chen Yuan's hand slowly relaxed, he was a little hurt, "I know I'm not worthy, and I don't dare to think that way. I just want you to live a better life."
He thought for a while and said: "My sister has a small apartment in the city. She is not in City H, so it has been vacant. You can move there. Don't worry, I won't disturb you."
His words made Crystal even more unwilling to accept his kindness, and her insistence made Chen Yuan unable to persuade her anymore and had to go.
But an hour later, he appeared in front of Crystal's door again, carrying a large shopping bag filled with food.
"When you don't want to go down, you can fill your stomach." He didn't dare to look at the dark half plate of vegetables, but he was afraid of hurting Crystal's self-esteem.
Crystal didn't refuse, she just thanked him and let him go back.
Chen Yuan smoked downstairs for a long time before returning to Lu Zhan's villa in Dazhi. As soon as he entered, Butler Feng came to him with a serious expression, "Sir, he asked you to see him."
It was almost twelve o'clock now. She knew where Chen Yuan was, and she was afraid that her husband also knew it.
Chen Yuan naturally knew her worries, but he didn't regret it, because he couldn't watch Crystal walk back alone. Although Crystal didn't say it, he knew that her money must be very tight, and there were no buses at ten o'clock in the evening.
And taking a taxi from here to where she lives would cost at least thirty yuan, and he didn't think she would be willing to do so.
The princess who was once so noble that no one could look up to her fell into the world, and he couldn't help but feel heartbroken!
When he came to the second floor, he thought he would face a storm, but he didn't expect that Lu Zhan just looked at him quietly and asked, "Where does she live now?"
Chen Yuan hesitated for a moment and then spoke in detail. Of course, he ignored the fact that he was preparing to move for her.
After Lu Zhan heard this, he didn't say anything and just continued to smoke the cigarette in his hand. He was wearing a snow-white bathrobe and indoor slippers.
Of course he knew where Chen Yuan was talking about, because that's where he brought her back, but he didn't expect that she would live in the attic -
He had lived in that kind of place before. It was so hot in the summer and could freeze to death in the winter. The most important thing was that if it rained and you were unlucky, it would leak. It was not suitable for people to live in, and it was not suitable for the delicate girl like her.
live.
"Is she alone?" He took a long drag on the cigarette, held it between his index and middle fingers, and let the cigarette burn by itself. The hand holding the cigarette picked up the wine on the bar and took a slow sip.
Put it down again.
Chen Yuan nodded and said yes.
Lu Zhan raised his head and said, "Go down! It's none of your business!"
Chen Yuan was a little surprised, but still retreated silently.
Lu Zhan was left alone in the room, drinking wine and smoking a cigarette. He raised his head and thought of everything he saw about Crystal tonight.
Her downfall, her stubbornness, her unyieldingness and her ruthlessness...
He knew that she had always been very proud. She was so proud that she would not accept any charity from him. Well, he wanted to see how long she could be arrogant!
He said that he would make her regret and make her kneel at his feet and repent. But Qin Pei had better not get close to her, otherwise, he would destroy him too.
He laid himself down on the soft big bed, while Crystal over there was lying on the hard wooden bed. Fortunately, the weather was not cold yet, so she only bought an autumn quilt, and she couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning.
This was the first time she slept without a light on. She was no longer afraid of the dark, because she had nothing left, so what else was there to be afraid of?
So she turned off the light and plunged herself into the boundless darkness.
Now, all she has to do is wait for a good opportunity to take back everything in the Xi family, even if it requires her to face Lu Zhan again.
At that time, she should be able to adjust herself! Now, she really can't face it, because when she sees him, she will think of her grandfather and the insult she suffered at his funeral.
She wished she could crush him to pieces, but she had to endure it.
Lu Zhan, if you wait, what I have suffered and what the Xi family has suffered will be doubled upon you.
Early the next morning, she began to look at the newspaper she bought yesterday and circle the jobs that were suitable for her.
But when she went for an interview, all the big companies rejected her. The personnel specialist said apologetically: "Ms. Xi, it's not that we don't want to use you, it's just that... you should understand."
No one wants to offend the president of the empire, and it is too risky to take in the wife of the former empire president.
Crystal forced a smile, "I understand." She turned to leave, but the middle-aged female commissioner suddenly stopped her, "If Miss Xi doesn't mind, there is a business card here, it is a store opened by a friend of mine, you can go
Find her and at least have a stable income."
She said it sincerely. Crystal reached out to take it and thanked her in a low voice.
She walked out of the last company and looked at the sky outside. The sky was so blue, but she felt so depressed.
Looking down at the business card in his hand, he saw that it was an imported goods agent, specializing in imported cosmetics.
She didn't think much about it. Nothing was more important than surviving. She took out her mobile phone and made a call. The call was quickly answered and she was asked to go for an interview.
The interviewer was the boss. He was fat and dressed in gold. Crystal thought he looked familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a moment.
The fat female boss only asked about Crystal's information and then asked her to come to work the next day. One of the reasons was because Crystal looked good.
Crystal went to work the next day, saying that the company was actually a larger sales department. Crystal's job was as a salesperson, with a monthly salary of 800 plus commission, and two days off each month.
She put on high heels and the store's uniform and recommended the store's products to every customer who came to visit. She was very tired, but she could temporarily forget the unpleasant things.
The girl in her class is named Xiaoyou. Xiaoyou is a girl from other places who has endless things to say.
Speaking of which, Crystal was the same age as her, but she felt that she was so old, and her heart had long since lost its vitality. The only thing that supported her was to live on and take back everything.
Originally, she ordered a lunch box to eat at noon every day, but then Xiaoyou quietly said, "Jingshu, we have to pay 10 yuan a day to eat the lunch box in the store. This dish only costs three or four yuan at most. It's better to make it yourself and bring it to eat."
Crystal smiled. The next day, she brought a lunch box, but she couldn't bear to gamble. Xiaoyou swallowed and looked at Crystal's lunch box with some horror, "Crystal, this, this is your lunch."
She seriously doubted whether it would poison people!
Crystal was a little embarrassed, but Xiaoyou thoughtfully gave her half of the food in his lunch box, "Let's eat together."
There was a simple smile on her face, and a warm current flowed through Crystal's heart. Xiaoyou was very lively. Seeing her was like seeing Lian'er.
She did not refuse, and the two finished lunch together. Xiaoyou raised his hand in a fighting posture, "Crystal, come on!"
Crystal smiled, feeling her ordinary happiness, which even calmed her inner agitation.
In the afternoon, she continued to work. Xiaoyou received customers while she sorted the products on the counter. The store has been doing well these past two days and is always updated.
Crystal kept her head down, so she didn't notice Meng Xinyao's appearance.