The night deepened, and the autumn wind outside the house beca more rampant. The hotel room temporarily beca a place without danger. Le Yao still leaned on , staring blankly at the air conditioner vent, and I was the sa. Neither of us had the desire to eat.
After a while, I looked at Le Yao's face. The finger marks had finally faded a bit. I said to her, "Let's go out for dinner, or if you don't want to go out, I can order food."
Le Yao shook her head and said, "Let's go out."
"Okay, when I ca, our leader gave 2000 yuan and asked to treat you to a al!"
Le Yao finally smiled and said, "I'm tired of the boxed als from the crew. Let's splurge today and eat the best."
I nodded vigorously, "Yes, eat the best. If it's not enough, ask the leader for more. Eat him poor, make him afraid of us."
"You're so bad!" After saying that, the two of us shared a laugh amidst our troubles.
......
The night wind was blowing "whoosh whoosh", and there were not many pedestrians on the street. Le Yao, wearing a thick pink down jacket, walked beside . Although we said we wanted to have a luxurious al, in the end, we only decided to have a bowl of noodles. Perhaps at this mont, we didn't like the extravagance of fine clothes and food, but pursued the simplicity of a bowl of noodles, forgetting the pain of reality in simplicity.
In the noodle shop, Le Yao took off her mask, looked at her face in a small makeup mirror, and said to with so worry, "We have to shoot the poster the day after tomorrow. I don't know if these finger marks can fade."
"There's still tomorrow. It should fade." I comforted.
Le Yao nodded, "Let's apply an ice pack when we get back."
I looked at Le Yao with so heartache, but I didn't know what else to say. I just regretted that I shouldn't have been so impatient with her, disgusted with the troubles she brought . In fact, she was very good to , but this goodness was only discovered by when I needed her, which made feel guilty!
Sotis people really shouldn't look at another person one-sidedly. Although Le Yao is a troubleso woman, she also has her good points. At least she has a sense of loyalty among friends. Otherwise, she wouldn't have chosen to help willingly, even if it ant she had to suffer.
During the al, Le Yao and I talked about our friends. She asked , "Zhao Yang, how have Robben and CC been recently? Are they together?"
"I don't think so."
"What a pity, CC is a good girl. Although she's a bit idealistic, so is Robben. I think they would be good together."
I nodded in agreent with Le Yao's words, but said helplessly, "You should know that Robben has a hurdle in his heart that he can't get over. He doesn't want to be with CC with this hurdle. Anyway, I can understand him."
"What about you? Have you gotten over the hurdle in your heart?" Le Yao suddenly turned the topic back to .
I had an answer in my heart, but fell into silence. At this mont, I really hoped that soone would pass by that "City in the Sky", co back and tell how long it would take for to overco the obstacles and et the woman in my heart on that "City in the Sky" again... But I knew that the woman waiting in the "City in the Sky" was no longer Jian Wei.
Seeing that I had been silent for a long ti, Le Yao smiled and said, "You've already answered with your silence."
I didn't deny it, but said with so loss, "Let's eat, the noodles are getting soggy."
Le Yao lowered her head and took a bite of the noodles, then seed to rember sothing and said to , "When we go back to Suzhou this ti, let's gather at CC's restaurant. I haven't been there for a long ti, and I miss it."
"Okay, let's do it tomorrow night, and invite Robben too."
......
With the agreent to be friends with Le Yao last ti, we didn't stay together that night. In the hotel room, I lit a cigarette as usual, imrsed in my own loneliness, and couldn't help thinking of Jian Wei. This thought made panic, but I couldn't stop it.
I took a deep puff of the cigarette, and laughed helplessly. Jian Wei and I had experienced so many things together, but what we pieced together was a broken love. In the end, these bits and pieces turned into brute force scattering in all directions, tearing apart.
In the midst of being torn apart, I seed to see Jian Wei and Xiang Chen lying on the sa bed, whispering sweet nothings. They didn't rember the bits and pieces we had been through, so they disappeared into dust in the midst of being torn apart, hurting so much that I couldn't feel the pain!
A text ssage alert finally saved . I put out the cigarette and picked up my phone from the cabinet. But the ssage that saved surprised . It was from Mi Cai.
"Do you have a lot of cockroach corpses in your bathroom after you sprayed the insecticide?"
She's really sothing, even afraid of dead cockroaches! I smiled and replied to her, "There should be so."
"Can you co and help clean up these dead cockroaches now?"
"I'm on a business trip in Hengdian. Wait for to co back, or you can ask soone else for help first."
"I'll wait for you. I don't want to bother others with such disgusting things."
I looked at Mi Cai's reply with a wry smile. She's really sothing. Just because I owe her so money and haven't paid it back, she can make do all the disgusting things with a clear conscience. I imdiately replied to Mi Cai, "It's hard to be poor. I live without dignity, without happiness..."
"Stop complaining! Be a good person, work hard."
Looking at Mi Cai's reply, I found it genuinely funny, but I couldn't say why. Anyway, it was a very subtle feeling.
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My mood gradually lightened. I quickly replied "Good night" to Mi Cai, pulled the curtains, turned off all the lights in the room, and fell asleep after a while.
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The next day, I took Le Yao back to Suzhou. She had already given up the room she rented in Suzhou. I arranged a hotel for her, and agreed to gather at CC's restaurant in the evening. Of course, we had to invite Robben. This was sothing I had promised CC. As a principled person like , I naturally keep my word.After returning to the company and reporting to Chen Jingming, I continued to be busy for the rest of the afternoon. It wasn't until late evening that I finally broke away from work. I lay back in my chair for a mont of rest, then finally took out my phone and dialed Robben's number.
Robben answered the call quickly. I cut straight to the chase and asked, "Where are you?"
The sound of an electric razor buzzed from the other end of the line. Robben, stealing a mont from his busy schedule, said to , "I'm about to head to the bar for work."
"Don't go. Co to CC's place tonight. I'm treating."
Robben sounded a bit impatient, "I told you I'm not going. Can you stop giving a hard ti?"
"Didn't you say last ti that if I bring Le Yao, you'll co?"
"I did say that."
"Will you keep your word?"
"I will, but isn't Le Yao filming in Hengdian?"
I chuckled and said, "How could I invite you, the big shot Robben, without bringing her back? Stop dawdling and hurry over... Oh, and bring my guitar with you. We'll help CC liven up the place tonight."
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