Chapter 7 Chapter 6 The Lost East

At three o'clock in the morning, Jiang Baili carefully turned the doorknob and tiptoed into the door, only to see Luo Zhi sitting on the lower bunk with her knees hugged, the Walkman screen flashing, illuminating her light. "Still asleep?" "Where have you been?" Luo Zhi's voice was not sleepy at all, "I called your phone and you kept turning it off." Belle smiled sheepishly, and said slowly, "The battery is dead. I... went out with a new friend." "A new friend? Play until three o'clock in the middle of the night?" Luo Zhi simply turned off the walkman, "Are you crazy?"

"It's really... a good match." "Boy?" "It's a man...not a boy." "...Uncle?" "It's not uncle...he's 31 years old...he's not a bad guy." The last sentence made Luo Zhi roll her eyes, even though she knew Belle couldn't see it. "To be honest, whether he is a bad guy or not, your words make me want to slap you." She lay down, looked at the phone and said carelessly, "Be careful next time when something like this happens, you really think that you are invincible in the world." Belle giggled, "Luo Zhi, you talk more and more. Are you worried about me and waited until now?"

The corners of Luo Zhi's mouth curled up, but her voice was still flat: "My insomnia has nothing to do with you. Go to sleep." Belle washed and changed her clothes, and finally climbed onto the bed after tossing for a long time.Luo Zhi guessed correctly, Jiang Baili had peach blossoms, so she would definitely not be able to fall asleep peacefully.She stood upright on the upper bunk for five minutes, then suddenly turned over and whispered to Luo Zhi on the lower bunk, "Are you asleep?" "If you want to be eight, hurry up." Belle laughed foolishly, "You know, he's actually...he's the school's sponsor this year. He also attended the reception just now."

"Oh, that's seeing the halo of the Virgin above your head and noticing you?" "Don't talk nonsense. We didn't mention what happened tonight, and I don't know if he saw me and them..." "Is his surname Gu?" Luo Zhi interrupted her without hesitation. Then congratulations, your Holy Mother shines from head to toe.In the end, she held back and said nothing. Luo Zhi tried very hard to calm down her tone—it was unbelievable for a man to persevere in striking up a conversation with her at the venue, but now he fell in love with Jiang Baili again—she actually became twin sisters with Baili ?

Really hurt my self-esteem. "You know him?!" Baili patted the railing excitedly. "Don't worry about it, tell me, how did you know each other?" Jiang Baili lay back gently on the bed, didn't speak for a long time, only sighed faintly. Depend on.Luo Zhi said silently in her heart. "If it wasn't for him, my snot would freeze into an ice pick." Jiang Baili's opening was enough to show that her previous hesitation was not artificial, but really a girlish shyness. Belle was walking silently on the path, complaining as she walked why she didn't bring a pack of facial tissues.Unstoppable tears can be wiped with the sleeve, but what about the snot?The cold wind blew on the face, and although the tears dried quickly, the skin seemed to be stuck, tight, and it was difficult to make an expression.

She was hesitating whether to wipe her nose with her sleeve, when suddenly a man's voice came from behind: "Student, please ask, is this road going to the royal garden?" "What royal garden? This road is definitely not. If you don't walk out of the school wall, you won't be able to reach the Summer Palace either way." She didn't dare to turn her head, and nothing good would happen if she turned around with a snot in her nose. "It's not the Summer Palace... I heard that there is a beautiful protected building in the southeast of your school. It turned out to be a royal garden. There are rockery and a lake..."

"Over there." She stretched out her left hand and pointed at random, but still did not look back. The male voice behind was silent for a while, then laughed - the laughter was really nice. "Why don't you look back? Maybe it's because I bumped into the faceless ghost." Jiang Baili was so patient that her veins exploded, but she still lost her confidence. She asked cautiously, "Uh... do you have facial tissue?" The man took a step closer and touched her arm lightly.She took it and saw that it was a light gray handkerchief with excellent texture.She guessed that the price must be high. Although she didn't recognize the logo, she could feel all the good things.

Regardless, she was desperate. "Um... do you have... facial tissue? I said facial tissue, one yuan a pack of heart bondage! This is unnecessary..." You either get out or give me the Kleenex, I can't take it anymore!Jiang Baili wailed in her heart, while trembling and handing the handkerchief to the man behind her in an extremely twisted posture. "No. Don't dawdle, the handkerchief is for you." There was a smile in the man's voice. Although it was a bit teasing, it was still kind.She was cruel, unfolded the handkerchief, first pretended to wipe away the tears, then wiped the snot very quickly, trying to make no sound at all, then quickly put the handkerchief in her pocket, turned her head and smiled flatteringly at the other party.

Immediately froze there. Under the orange streetlight, the handsome man wrapped in a black coat has a steady and open-minded temperament, and that insightful, a little mischievous but kind smile. She suddenly remembered the black car that chased away the punks a long time ago, and the cool boy.It was also the same orange street light, and it was also the same black figure when she was in a panic.She cried out, squatting on the ground and hugging her legs. This time, it really couldn't end. She's not a Madonna or a Nemesis.She is just an ordinary Jiang Baili.So ordinary that when the boy said "break up" to her, she could neither turn around and walk away indifferently, nor could she raise her hand handsomely and slap her hand to relieve her anger.Wanting to be a bit more high-profile, but in the end, he wet his eyes and asked him why.He didn't mention Chen Mohan, he just said sorry, he just said there was no reason.But she was only obsessed with one question, why.

He was helpless.If you really want to know, I'll make one up for you. The man squatted beside her and patted her on the shoulder lightly, and said in a helpless tone, "Isn't it just to wipe your nose, it's not ashamed at all." "I was dumped." She choked up and said, "I don't know which one is more embarrassing. In fact, the most embarrassing thing seems to be that the whole world knows that I love him very much." He just patted her gently like this, and said softly, "What does the whole world know? There are only 24 hours in a day, and no one wants to be distracted to see you. So don't spend all your time looking at your ex-boyfriend .”

He walked slowly with her.Jiang Baili embarrassedly took out the handkerchief that wiped her nose and used it again, but this time she didn't avoid him. "Who are you?" Her nose was blocked, and she made a sound like she had a cold. "My name is Gu Zhiye. I'm a representative sent by this year's sponsor of your school's student union, and I'm here to attend your New Year's party this afternoon and the reception in the evening." "My name is Jiang Baili." She said happily, "I'm a sophomore in the School of Economics. I was also at the reception just now." "That's great, can you accompany me to find the place where the reception was held just now? My car is parked there. I felt that the atmosphere was boring and I went out for a stroll, but I got lost. The roads of your school are so confusing. . Fortunately, I met you." She smiled and said no problem.His car was parked in the backyard of the building at the exchange center.She watched him walk towards an Audi.She couldn't tell what A6A8 was, she only knew that it was four laps, and that it was the car she was riding in when Gobi appeared in front of her eyes.damn tears.The handkerchief had been crumpled by her. When he opened the car door, he raised his hand and glanced at his watch, and said, "If you don't want to go back, there are still about three hours before the New Year, shall we go have a drink together?" Jiang Baili wanted to swear to Luo Zhi, she did think about it at the time—but he smiled like a big boy, raised his hands and said to her in surrender: "I'm not a bad person, and I'm not blaming uncle, let alone you loli." She immediately nodded her head firmly, for fear that when she nodded, people would say that she was hypocritical. In fact, she didn't go to the bar.He suddenly changed his mind, saying that the bar was too messy for her, and asked her if there was any place she wanted to go.She thought for a long time before saying, what do you think of Haagen-Dazs?After speaking, I felt that I was so guilty in the winter, and I wanted to bite my tongue off.She hoped that he would veto it, but was afraid that he would laugh at her. Unexpectedly, Gu Zhiye smiled indifferently and said, let's go. let's go. Belle appreciated his attitude.Gobi is always sneering at her, as if nothing she says is right.So she felt that Gu Zhiye was too calm and manly when he said "Let's go".In fact, she didn't know what to talk to him, but she felt at ease in front of him. He was much older than her, and he had already faded away from the anxiety and sharpness of boys like Gobi and the others. He knew how to distinguish between a gentleman and a weakness, domineering and pretending to be cool difference between. "Aside from studying, what do you like to do?" Belle tried hard to think about what she could call a hobby, but the conclusion she got was very frustrating, "Reading novels online, diving on BBS, watching Korean dramas, and I also like Tianya gossip..." Unexpectedly, Gu Zhiye did not laugh, but continued to ask with relish, "What novels do you like to read?" Belle was even more embarrassed. She really hoped that she would like some masterpieces of the xx genre or the early works of the xx Nobel Prize winners. Sitting face to face with such a gentle man, she should talk about such topics right?However, she decided to tell the truth. "Romance. Especially Taiwan Xiaoyan." Back then, she had been hiding that sentence from Chen Mohan for fear of being disdained by her, but she finally said it openly.So what, she thought, is it up to you whether you have taste or not? She thought he would ask her what it was with a puzzled face, but she didn't expect him to frown and sigh in distress. "I think it looks pretty too. What should I do? Will you laugh at me? A 31-year-old man?" His frowning expression was exaggerated as if he was acting, but he was very cute.Belle was speechless for a long time, and could only say softly, "Actually... you like watching this, you are a bit perverted..." Her confession made him smile. "I had a girlfriend who liked these things when I was in college. I always suspected that there was something fascinating about this kind of thing, and it gave me a headache when I saw the cover. At that time, I was under a lot of work pressure, and others sounded like a family business, as if I was a wealthy young man. , I don’t have to do anything, just sit in the office and spend money in nightclubs—even my girlfriend at the time thought so. In fact, there are a lot of troubles, no matter how much money is, it’s not mine, and my father treats me The requirements are very high, and several other uncles are also fighting..." He stopped, took a sip of water, and looked at her. "Going off topic, what are you talking about. In short, my little girlfriend is always silly, holding a book and nestling in the corner of the sofa, crying and laughing for a while. She is not beautiful at all, and she is also fat, but I like her. Simple. However, over time, this kind of simplicity made me feel that I was raising a daughter. She had no intention of going to work or growing up, but just relied on me as a tree. Besides, I had no money at that time, and even a tree No. I'm tired." "We broke up later. She left more than 20 books at my house. I don't know if you said some Taiwanese idioms. After a long time, I suddenly remembered her one day-at that time, all the women I met were... don't worry about it. .In short, I miss her very much, so I just picked up a book to read. The book is actually quite interesting, not so much intrigue, much exaggerated than in real life, and indeed it can coax girls, but more importantly , I saw my ordinary and innocent little girlfriend in it." Belle sighed for a long time: "I'm sorry, I can't comfort others." "Why do you want to comfort me?" He smiled, looking far away, immersed in memories. Belle laughed, "It would be great if my roommate was here. She is very venomous, but her words make sense. Although she is a bit cold, she is a kind person." "Your roommate?" "Well, in fact, she accompanied me to the reception tonight. I was going to mess with my ex-boyfriend." The second part of her sentence made him burst out laughing: "Smash the place of your student union? After all, I am also one of the sponsors. Did you smash it later?" "No." She shook her head. At that time, she didn't know that she was so successful and lucky to direct a murder with a borrowed knife, and finally succeeded in smashing the scene. "I used to be a typical no-brainer. I could only use three tricks, crying, making noise, and breaking up. Today... Luo Zhi said that I have finally learned to be smarter, but I don't like this. I think I have changed." Belle grinned and wanted to smile, but the corners of her mouth were down, so she stopped it in time.She wandered aimlessly outside the venue for an hour, telling herself, isn't love selfless dedication, fulfillment, as long as he lives well, why should she do this?Even though she accompanied him to climb up the "official career" of his student union, those disgraceful days have passed, standing on the top and seeing all the mountains, the person standing beside him should not be a sallow, emaciated and mediocre wife—look, look , that couple in the venue, why is she so obsessed with asking for debts?Is she being too selfish? But she really hates it.She felt hollowed out.She has given him everything.It was impossible for her to start from scratch again. Then she met Liu Jing - how could Liu Jing let go of such a chance to hit her?Gobi played Liu Jing before, Jiang Baili got Gobi's apology and change of heart after crying and making troubles, and Liu Jing was turned away by Gobi after the student union canvassing ended.Facing the aggressive and restless Liu Jing, Jiang Baili gained an IQ for the first time in her life.She pretended to be cute and pitiful, and successfully directed the firepower to Chen Mohan in the venue, but at the end she still said softly to her: "No matter what, I'm different from you, even if I'm with his new girlfriend Compared with him, he still loves me more. I treat him so well." Liu Jing finally got angry.Jiang Baili guessed right, Liu Jing wanted to use herself to hit Chen Mohan, embarrassing Baili and embarrassing Chen Mohan - who in the student union doesn't know Jiang Baili?Gobi still has to climb up, and Liu Jing has been gradually marginalized by the student union. A sophomore deputy minister, if others don't care about her, she naturally doesn't care about others, so what if there is a commotion? But this is exactly what Jiang Baili wanted.She wanted everyone to know that Gobi failed her, and everyone, including Gobi, knew that she, Jiang Baili, had devoted herself to Gobi and was still repaying her with kindness.Her behavior, although others seem to think it is stupid, but in terms of sympathy, it must be soaring. Most importantly, her ultimate weight is that she believes that Gobi still has a conscience, and it's not that Gobi doesn't love her at all. Even if she didn't love her, she didn't feed the dogs all the time she spent with him. "Later... Later, he left his contact information, and he sent me back." "It feels good." Luo Zhi said lazily. "I picked up a new friend on the way, so hit it off, of course I..." "Hey, 31 years old is the time to be attractive. You are young and mature, gentle and golden, handsome and considerate. You actually use 'new friend' to sum it up. It's ridiculous." "Stop making trouble. By the way, he also said that he will ask you to have dinner with him next time." forget it.Luo Zhi's scalp tingles when she thinks of the man who made trouble with her earphones at night. "Actually...if he is really a good person, I think you..." Luo Zhi hesitated, but couldn't get to the end. Belle on the upper bunk didn't say anything to Luo Zhi's ellipsis for a long time.Finally turned over hard. "He's a nice guy. But I love Gobi." Luo Zhi was at a loss for words, and for the first time felt that Jiang Baili's sour declaration of love made her not have the courage to ridicule. Jiang Baili just washed the gray handkerchief carefully and gently while washing, and hung it on the railing beside the bed.These two people are standing under the street lamp, the same scene, but not the same heart.There is indeed such a thing as "you have to" in the world. Even if all the men are pulled to the same pose under the orange street light, she only loves a Gobi who doesn't know where it is. "By the way, Luo Zhi, that Sheng Huainan..." Belle didn't hear an answer after a long time, she was a little surprised, she poked her head out to look at the lower bunk, Luo Zhi was flipping through her phone, the white light of the screen reflected on her face, expressionless. After a long time, Luo Zhi finally said softly, "Go to sleep." It was snowing again outside the window.They both thought the other was asleep, but at the moment when their eyes were dimmed with tears, they heard another sob.