Dog Man

Before "Dog Man"

Qiao Jiang had a good sleep and had a long dream.

In the dream, Gao Jinlan was applying toilet water on her. There were many mosquitoes in summer. Gao Jinlan blamed herself for not lighting the mosquito repellent in advance, and applied the toilet water on her little arms. She muttered: "It will stop itching after applying it, Jiang." "Jiang Guai."

This time, Gao Jinlan did not kneel on the ground and cry bitterly in her dream. She combed her hair, braided her hair, sang songs, and told stories.

There is no Qiao Xinwei in the picture, no big luxurious house, no secretary, no brother who is nine years younger than her.

There was no smoke and smoke, only the warm and tender mother's love surrounding her.

After waking up, she rarely smoked. She lay quietly on the bed for a while before getting up to wash up.

It was already three o'clock in the afternoon, and her sore legs could hardly walk. She leaned on the dining table and ate something briefly. She walked through the empty living room and came to the door. Sure enough, Gao Jinlan was picking up leaves again.

When Gao Jinlan saw her coming out, he raised his head and asked her, "Did you stay up late again?"

"That's right." Qiao Jiang thought about last night, and her whole body began to ache again. She walked to the pool, sat down, and put her feet in, "Mom, Come and soak your feet too."

Gao Jinlan smiled, walked over, put his slippers aside, sat next to Qiao Jiang, and put his feet into the pool: "Are you still suffering from insomnia?"

Qiao Jiang has moderate neurasthenia. She couldn't sleep, and often woke up suddenly in the middle of the night. She took medicine for a period of time, during which she was very angry and moody. Later, she stopped taking the medicine and switched to drinking red wine. If she really couldn't sleep, she would smoke a cigarette to let her sleep. Wake yourself up, go for a walk and then come back to sleep.

Gao Jinlan only discovered this after he came here.

Qiao Jiang bought her a suite in the city center, but she rarely came back to live there. She was very busy at work, often traveled on business, and occasionally flew abroad. Gao Jinlan could only see her two or three times a month, and occasionally Qiao Jiang stayed to sleep. , also stayed up until midnight and left again before six o'clock in the morning.

Later, Qiao Jiang didn't want Gao Jinlan to worry, so she rented a house outside, near the company. She only visited Gao Jinlan every now and then, bought some gifts, and had a meal with her before leaving.

Zhang Yunyun once accidentally let slip in front of Gao Jinlan that Qiao Jiang had suffered a lot in the past. As soon as she said the words, she noticed something was wrong and quickly laughed it off.

Gao Jinlan didn't know what Qiao Jiang had experienced before, but it must have been something bad, because Qiao Jiang had completely different personalities than before. She loved to laugh when she was a child, had a lively and cheerful personality, and also liked to act coquettishly, and could imitate many things. Movie stars speak their lines and make all sorts of funny faces.

Gao Jinlan's old mobile phone is full of photos of Qiao Jiang's funny faces when she was a child.

But now this child has grown into another person. She has sealed herself up and put on an indifferent expression to face everything in the outside world.

Gao Jinlan didn't know how to make her let go of her guard, and didn't know how to make her simply happy like an ordinary person. She felt so sorry for Qiao Jiang, but she couldn't do anything.

"Are you allergic?" Gao Jinlan pointed at the back of Qiao Jiang's neck.

Qiao Jiang lay back and said, "Maybe."

"I'll find some ointment for you to apply on it." Gao Jinlan put on her shoes again and entered the room.

The sun fell through the gaps in the leaves, stinging Qiao Jiang and squinting her eyes slightly. She stretched out her fingers to block the sun, but she still saw a tiny bit of light in her eyes, and for no reason she thought of the firefly last night.

I felt calm and peaceful for a long time.

She closed her eyes and heard Gao Jinlan's voice in her ears: "I found it. Come on, Mom will wipe it for you. Just finish it and you'll be fine."