Chapter 12: Destiny (5)

Zhao Xiaokui, who has no home, has nowhere to go.
Shen Zhifei saw that she didn't want to go to the two luxury houses, and took the opportunity to suggest: "Otherwise you will go home with me, okay?"
Zhao Xiaokui got into Shen Zhifei's car.
On the way back, she was quieter than when she came, sitting in the passenger seat, as if she had suddenly lost all the angry Barbie dolls.
Even the seat belt was worn by Shen Zhifei.
She used to look so, so looking forward to returning to human society, but now, her expectations are like broken glass, all empty.
The heart seemed to be gripped tightly by an invisible hand, and the whole chest cavity was aching.
The garage door slowly dropped, and the surrounding environment gradually became darker. Shen Zhifei didn't look back, listening to the sobs coming from his ears, his lips pressed into a straight line.
But she did not bother Zhao Xiaokui who was licking his wounds in the dark.
In the rearview mirror, the girl sitting in the passenger seat, with her legs curled on her chest, her head buried between her knees, sobbed softly, looking weak and helpless.
She is so strong, but so fragile.
...
In the Internet age, the speed of information circulation far exceeds the imagination of ordinary people.
Sometimes, it usually only takes a few hours for a video to be published to become popular.
Li Songya just opened her short video app, she was startled by the information squeezing over like a flood.
Her mobile phone is of average quality, and it took a long time for her to get stuck with these messages before she was relieved.
She clicked on the notification and found out that the video she posted on the Internet yesterday had tens of millions of views and millions of likes.
This video was taken when she passed by the door of her house yesterday and found someone falling into the water.
There were a lot of onlookers at that time. When she was standing by the river, she was facing the direction of the bridge head when she opened the video, and she filmed the whole process of Zhao Xiaokui jumping over the wall and jumping down.
She herself didn't expect that just an ordinary video about righteousness and bravery would get so many likes.
Clicking on the comment area, she found the reason why the video became popular
"It's our son! Hey, he jumped down without hesitation. It's really great."
"Those who black our family stick their heads out, I'll hammer you."
"Isn't it really a hype? The picture is so clear, it looks like it's posing."
The girl who rescued yesterday turned out to be a star?
Li Songya, who never chased stars, was very surprised, but she still replied seriously under the questioning comment area: "It's true, it's not a posing, it was taken by accident. Many people took videos yesterday."
The topic of #赵子衿救人# quickly became a hot search on Weibo.
Her fans who stayed silent because Zhao Zijin was caught in a triangle scandal suddenly became confident, "Kai Kangkang, this is our son!"
As for those voices suspected of fraud, they disappeared under the testimony of the S City Fire Department and several major official websites.
As Zhao Xiaokui's agent, Qian Wenyan was congratulated on the contrary, only to know that his artist was on the hot search news.
Looking at the congratulatory text messages and the fancy compliments on Weibo, he instantly beamed.
No agent does not expect his artist to be good. An agent like him who signs an independent contract with an artist is their cash cow.
Seeing that the name Zhao Zijin became more and more popular, Qian Wenyan immediately forgot his own dissatisfaction caused by the other party's overly independent and assertiveness. He would forget the idea of ​​Zhao Zijin hanging out for a while, and he called the other party joyfully. Phone.
He smiled all over his face, thinking that he must have a good talk with Zhao Zijin, "Hey, Zijin..."
...
In the familiar stairwell, Zhao Xiaokui grabbed the schoolbag his shoulders and climbed up step by step.
The unit door of 602 is a dark green iron anti-theft door. The body and frame of the door have been corroded by time with mottled rust. There is a prismatic "Fu" in the middle of the door. The position of the cat's eye in the middle of the "Fu" is smashed. A hole.
As soon as she raised her hand, the door was swiped and opened from the inside.
"I know that you are only coming back now, and the food will be cooked for you. Look at you. You can’t stay home all day long. The children will leave school at five o’clock and arrive home at five thirty. You have to play outside every day Go home at half past six..."
Grandma? !
Zhao Xiaokui opened his eyes greedily, and stared at the old lady who was much taller and more energetic than the old lady who was shorter and smaller than he remembered.
As Grandma Zhao said, she didn't respond. She didn't have a hippy smile as usual, but she was about to cry. She was a little flustered, "What's the matter, who is bullying our little overlord? Tell grandma, grandma will help you Pack him!"
The old lady deliberately made a fierce look. Zhao Xiaokui bit her lip and stared at her closely. She was trembling all over, and tears poured out from her eyes.
The old lady knelt down and wiped her tears with her hands, "Stop crying, stop crying, how ugly it is to cry..."
Her hands are not delicate at all. Years of work make these hands rough like sandpaper, but Zhao Xiaokui feels unprecedented tenderness.
"Grandma, grandma—"
She rushed forward, hugged her grandma's neck, and cried loudly in her arms like a child.
"Grandma, grandma—"
She had a lot to say, but her mind was blank, she couldn't say anything. She only knew that she was repeatedly calling her closest person, crying happily and wantonly in the other's arms.
Grandma patted her on the back, showing a faint smile, "Yes, here, grandma is here!"
"You lied to me!" Zhao Xiaokui complained in tears, "You lied to me, you are not here, you have already left, you are gone, you left me here, you don't want me..."
"But haven't I been here all the time?"
Zhao Xiaokui withdrew from her grandmother's arms. The old lady's eyes were still as warm and tolerant as she remembered. When she looked at her, she was full of love.
At this time, Zhao Xiaokui felt that she knew everything-it was like every time she had a fight with someone, no matter how well the wound was hidden, grandma would always give her medicine secretly at night, just like she was taking an exam After failing the exam, my grandmother always didn't mention anything, just silently buying her favorite food...
She said, "Am I not here all the time?"
"The house was demolished, the house is gone..." Zhao Xiaokui choked.
"It doesn't matter," the old lady touched her head with a smile on her face. "A house does not represent anything. The real home is a place with family members. I will always be here. Always at home."
bathroom.
The cell phone ringing abruptly was sharp and harsh.
"boom--"
The mobile phone with some music was smashed into the corner by Zhao Xiaokui mercilessly.
With her strength, Carrot 8 was broken into pieces almost instantly, with parts and fragments splashing on the ground, and even the tiles that were hit showed cracks.
The bathroom door was violently pushed open. Shen Zhifei opened the door. At a glance, she saw the fragments of the mobile phone on the ground and noticed the person sitting in the water.
The girl was completely naked, looming under the cover of her long hair. At this moment, her chest was violently up and down, and her eyes were blood-red, like an irritated beast.
Such Zhao Xiaokui made every nerve in Shen Zhifei's body yell at the word danger.
Shen Zhifei stepped forward, her heart beating as if she was about to make intimate contact with the lion who was not in the cage.
"Little Kwai."
Hearing his name, Zhao Xiaokui turned his eyes.
Shen Zhifei slowly squatted down in those wild beast-shaped eyes, then knelt on the edge of the bathtub and stretched out his hand towards Zhao Xiaokui.
She took the seemingly fierce girl into her arms little by little, as if soothing a pet, stroking her long hair constantly.
Zhao Xiaokui, who was cleverly lying on her shoulder, looked at the skin close at hand, suddenly opened her mouth and bit her shoulder hard.
"hiss……"
Shen Zhifei sucked in pain, but she didn't push Zhao Xiaokui away, nor did she make any struggles. Even the moment she felt the pain, she controlled her urge to get rid of.
"Good...good..."
Zhao Xiaokui finally let go of her mouth slowly under her soft and patient tone of voice.
Shen Zhifei felt the warm liquid and left it along his back. If it weren't for Zhao Xiaokui's saliva, it might be her blood.
Shen Zhifei frowned for a moment and then loosened it, and his whole body trembled as if being hit by an electric current soon.
The girl stretched out her tongue and licked the blood away, and the bright red in her pupils gradually turned into bright amber.
"……Sorry."
"this is nothing."
Zhao Xiaokui glanced at the place where the four teeth holes were bitten out by him, and barked sharp fangs.
Although she used to have sharp teeth, they were not so obvious. These sharp teeth were the changes brought about by the first-order metamorphosis.
Everyone will change differently when they advance. Some people will grow taller, some will become shorter, some will run faster, and some will be more resistant to the cold...
Zhao Xiaokui's changes have become more and more mermaid creatures.
The sharp teeth are just the most insignificant feature of the mermaid. The sharp fangs help them divide and tear food in the deep sea, just like sharks on earth.
She even felt that maybe her legs might become the tail of a mermaid at a certain level.
When Zhao Xiaokui's thinking diverged, Shen Zhifei took the initiative to say: "I think the person who just called you should be your agent."
"Who?"
Zhao Xiaokui had some reaction to who she was talking about.
"Qian Wenyan." Shen Zhifei, who had figured out the ins and outs before he came, was very clear about this, "The video of your rescue yesterday went viral on the Internet. He should be looking for you because of this matter."
"He shouldn't be looking for me." Zhao Xiaokui licked the sharp tiger teeth. The structure of the human oral cavity should be a little different from that of a mermaid. The fangs that are just right for a mermaid are a bit uncomfortable for her. She licked her teeth. Feeling the feeling different from the past, he said indifferently, "I am not Zhao Zijin."