The mountains and rivers and beautiful women

  The tyrant stood high above me, looking down at me. I felt tiny, like a grain of sand. At that moment, the tyrant was a towering mountain peak in my mind, too high for me to even look up to. In front of him, I was indeed very small, really very small.

  The tyrant's warning words went straight into my heart, but he wouldn't believe me either. People like that, how can they possibly trust another person besides themselves?

  I gazed into the eyes of the Overlord, and they were indeed profound and eerily cold! I was afraid, intimidated by the indifference in his eyes. I said to myself that I knew what to do, and I still wanted to live. The Overlord pinched my cheek with his right hand and said, "It seems you're not very stupid after all!"

  Nonsense! If I were a fool, I wouldn't be standing in front of you today. The nightclub is full of intrigue and deception, I'm not inexperienced at all!

  We suddenly became strangers, and I remembered the first time Ba Wang wanted me. At this moment, our relationship was as distant as it was for the first time.

  The tyrant lay on the bed, his eyes staring straight at the ceiling, his hand pressing tightly against my chest. I saw that he wasn't moving, so naturally I wouldn't be foolish and also stared wide-eyed at the ceiling, except for that exquisite mural, nothing else caught my eye.

  After a while, the tyrant turned over and pressed the remote control. The TV was on. He tuned in several channels, seemingly not finding one he liked, and then turned off the TV. With a flick of the quilt, he covered both of us tightly and said to sleep.

  The tyrant falls asleep very easily, but he is a light sleeper. If someone makes a slight movement, he will wake up. I have learned to remain still and wait for him to fall asleep before quietly turning over. The tyrant returns and turns over, looking like his mood is irritable and his emotions are not high.

  I thought he would lift the quilt and vent his anger on me, but unexpectedly he reached out and pulled me into his arms. His hands and feet were all pressed against my body, as if I was a pillow. Since they wanted me to play the role of a pillow, I played it diligently, lying there like a zombie.

  The overlord suddenly asked, "Lu Xiaowen, in your eyes, I'm a complete scoundrel, right?" I didn't expect the overlord to say such things. I couldn't believe that these self-aware words came from his mouth. I was shocked and turned my head to look at the overlord's face, his expression was proud, and I even doubted whether he had said those words just now.

  I've always thought Ba Wang was an idiot, and I still do. But under his nose, all I can do is open my eyes and talk nonsense. I told him how could that be possible! He looked at me with disdain and said, "Lu Xiao Wen, when will you learn to pretend a bit better? Stop being so transparent all the time."

  After finishing speaking, he withdrew his hand that was placed on my waist and kicked me on the thigh. He told me to roll away a bit further. I rolled to the edge of the bed, but he still looked at me with discontent. He put on an arrogant face and ordered me to disappear from his sight.

  I could only crawl out of bed, fortunately the room was big, I came out of the bedroom and sat on the sofa in the hall, turned on the TV, I was afraid of waking up the tyrant, so I muted it. Unlike the tyrant, I wasn't picky, soon I found a certain high-end historical drama with a grand exterior, but it was actually a story about a common woman meeting an emperor.

  The plot is so cheesy, but I'm just a commoner. The TV was playing at the critical moment, and suddenly there's an advertisement, damn it! I really want to call to complain, Hunan Satellite TV has too many commercials. I looked up at the clock, now it's already five o'clock, King of Kings slept for three hours, looks like he can sleep well.

  The commercial finally ended, with the handsome emperor holding hands with a commoner girl on screen, promising to protect her, and then the two of them kissed. The emperor carried the commoner girl onto a bright red bed, I was so moved that my eyes welled up with tears and my mouth watered, I couldn't help but want to push the heroine aside and say "I'll do it instead!"

  Suddenly a cold voice emerged from behind, Lu Xiaowen, can't your taste be more elegant?!

  I screamed loudly and turned around to see the tyrant with his arms crossed over his chest, looking at me with disdain in his eyes. His gaze shifted to the screen and he said that a man's oath is just a long prelude to getting off for a few seconds of pleasure, and once it's done, it's done.

  This is not just a common vulgarity, I retorted that indeed there are people who love beauty but not power.

  The overlord sneered and said that they were obviously unstable in their own positions, but still wanted to give themselves a reputation for being faithful. People thought that Edward VIII had abdicated the throne to marry Wallis Simpson, but in fact, Edward suffered from severe ***, and was fundamentally unable to have children. A man sitting in that position must take on the responsibilities he should have. Any man who uses any excuse to shirk his own responsibility is a coward.

  His attitude was so resolute and his expression was so firm. I didn't want to discuss it with him any further, as I certainly didn't have the ability to persuade a tyrant.

  The overbearing boss pointed at my forehead and said, "Are you a pig-headed person? What on earth are you thinking?! It seems he was hurt too deeply by his first love and simply wouldn't believe in anything like affection or love! Actually, I don't believe it either. I just envy those who lovingly gaze at each other.

  I lowered my head and took advantage of his inattention to purse my lips in dissatisfaction. The overlord turned around and told me it was time to go. I turned off the TV, followed behind him, helped him put on his suit jacket, and we left together.

  The Overlord didn't return to Xiaobailou with me, he got on another vehicle, he told me that he would be back after a while. I bowed my head and listened carefully to his instructions, nodding frequently, secretly rejoicing in my heart!

  The overbearing boss inserted a sentence, asking me Lu Xiaowen, are you very happy? I didn't react in time and directly replied "yes". His hand pinched my cheek fiercely, then let go and called the driver to drive away.

  I thought that after Ba Wang left, I could live a more carefree life, but Lu Yishu's phone call disrupted my plans. Her voice was choked with sobs on the phone, and I rushed to the villa, asking her what had happened.

  She told me that her school also had a female classmate from the same hometown, they were high school classmates and considered good friends. But this good friend told her mom about Lu Yishu's situation. Her classmate's mother couldn't keep her mouth shut, if she knew something, it meant the whole village would know too.

  Lu Yishu's mother had originally heard rumors from others and didn't quite believe them, but people working in Shenzhen also said that Lu Yishu indeed worked at a nightclub. Teacher Du deceived Lu Yishu over the phone, and she stupidly confessed. Teacher Du harshly scolded her over the phone, saying it was as if she had never given birth to Lu Yishu.

  I understand what Ms. Du is thinking, her husband was taken away to prison, who knows how many people's white eyes he suffered, and at home she was the only woman holding on. She worked hard to raise her daughter and son, it's really not easy. Her daughter finally got into college, I'm afraid Lu Yishu is all her hope and pride.

  With a soft and gentle nature, she couldn't solve the problem except by crying and begging her mom. I decided to go back with her together.

  I called the tyrant and he told me not to intervene, probably thinking that Shixiu would be affected by Luyishu's matter and agreed, telling me to listen to the middle-aged woman's arrangement.

  That day, I flew back to N City with Lu Yishu. Lu Yishu carried a large and small bag and rushed to the hospital, but we didn't enter the ward before being driven out by Teacher Du.

  Normally gentle Du teacher became particularly overbearing and unreasonable, scolding Lu Yishu for being shameless, running to the nightclub to be a hostess, and now going to be a mistress. She said she no longer recognizes Lu Yishu.

  No matter how hard Luyu Shu begged, Mr. Du always had a cold face and said he didn't want to hear anything, telling Luyu Shu to disappear from his sight. I originally wanted to tell Mr. Du that Luyu Shu was doing it all for her brother's medical expenses. But Luyu Shu wouldn't let me say it, even if you killed her, she said that if her mom knew she went to work at the nightclub because of her brother, she would definitely be heartbroken and couldn't bear it.

  Lu Yishu is indeed a good girl, no matter when, she always thinks of others first.

  Don't look at Teacher Du's usual gentle appearance, but once her temper flares up, no one can persuade her. Lu Yishu ran to the door of the ward and knelt down, begging his mother to forgive him. He knelt for a whole day, and when his body couldn't take it anymore, he fainted.

  The doctor said she had an abortion recently, and these days she didn't eat well, sleep well, and was kneeling on the cold floor, her body couldn't take it, blood sugar supply was insufficient, leading to fainting, telling her to rest well.

  She was originally moved by her mother's heart, guarding Lu Yishu's sickbed, but when she heard the doctor's words, she immediately changed her face. Her mother's anger burned even more fiercely, and she pointed at Lu Yishu, scolding her. She said that in her previous life, she must have done something terribly wrong, so in this life, her husband went to prison, her son got cancer, and her daughter became a prostitute. She said it would be better for her to die, and then she wouldn't have to worry about these things anymore.

  Fortunately, Lu Yishu's aunt reacted quickly and pulled back Teacher Du. Lu Yishu cried loudly calling for her mom, but her mom didn't care at all. Later we told her that if she left, what would happen to Lu Yixuan who was lying in the hospital bed?

  Ms. Du stopped her frantic behavior and squatted down, wailing loudly and repeatedly asking herself what kind of evil she had done.

  Lu Yishu's ward and her brother's ward were only two floors apart, but Teacher Du never came to visit Lu Yishu. Lu Yishu didn't dare go to her brother's ward either, for fear of stimulating her mother again.

  These two people can't just drag on like this, I was thinking of telling Teacher Du about Lu Yishu in a tactful way. Just then, Teacher Du came to find me, and her first sentence was: "Is it true that Ashu became a nightclub hostess to raise money for his brother?"

  I nodded in agreement, thinking at the time that this would ease the conflict between Yishu Lu and Teacher Du.

  Mr. Du asked me again if Ah San was secretly transferring money to his relatives and having them lend it back to him.

  I nodded, and Teacher Du's face suddenly became particularly disheartened. She said my sister was notoriously stingy, so I was puzzled why she would proactively call to borrow money from me. It turned out that the money was her own daughter's selling-out money.

  I asked her if she wanted to go in and take a look at Lu Yishu, she shook her head and said that she had been working hard to support this family, just hoping that Ashu would go to college and have a better life in the future. She wouldn't forgive Ashu for it. Told Lu Yishu not to send money again, today she took her brother back home.

  Isn't bringing a person with late-stage cancer back home just waiting for them to die?