Chapter 8 Chapter VII The Wisdom of the Working People

"You go with me, okay?" "what?" The two of them woke up at eleven o'clock, missing the first morning of the new year.Luo Zhi was yawning on the bed, and vaguely heard Jiang Baili from the upper bunk asking hesitantly. "He... Mr. Gu asked me to have lunch with me today." Luo Zhi was startled, and finished the remaining half of the yawn. "so what?" "Didn't I ask?" Jiang Baili turned violently on the upper bunk, and the bed board creaked, "I want you to come with me! I promised him, and he also agreed that I would take my roommate with me. Can you……"

Luo Zhi was about to refuse impatiently, when she looked up and saw Jiang Baili's earnest eyes—the kind of vitality in her eyes seemed to be just for the sake of it. In fact, love is always a war between men and men.The quickest way to forget an old man is to meet a new man. She didn't tease Jiang Baili, she closed her eyes and fell back on the bed: "What time is it? Can I sleep for another half hour?" "You seem quite happy today." As soon as Luo Zhi sat in the back row, she heard this sentence and didn't know if it was an opening line of greeting.As far as he could see, he could only see the backs of Gu Zhiye and Jiang Baili's heads—Bai Li wanted to sit with her, but she pushed her directly to the co-pilot's side.

"Happy?" "It's you. You look much better than when I saw you last night, and you seem to be in a good mood." When she woke up in the morning, the bright light of the sky erased the dark experience of last night layer by layer. When she thought of the three words Gu Zhiye, she even doubted whether they had really met.However, when he saw the face in the driver's seat turning around to say hello with a smile, many images flooded into his mind at once, the broken glass, the overturned table, the inexplicably accosted Gu Zhiye, the distraught Jiang Baili, the domineering Sheng Huainan, the snow-covered path, and that ridiculous lie that made it hard for her to get angry.

All the pictures are silent, as if forcibly muted. Against the background of the howling wind outside the car window and the shouts of vendors at the school gate, the fragmentation seems like a world away. "Close the window, I'll turn on the warm air," Gu Zhiye thoughtfully helped Jiang Baili fasten her seat belt, "What did you say yesterday? Want to eat old Beijing snacks? In fact, I haven't eaten them either. They all say nine doors Hehuguo Temple is good, I think it’s better to go to Houhai.” Houhai.Luo Zhi silently closed her eyes.Jiang Baili, go to hell. Luo Zhi still didn't talk much, Jiang Baili didn't talk much out of shyness, and Gu Zhiye was left alone to find some topics from time to time, such as "Is it the final exam?" "How is the heating in the dormitory?" ", let the scene at least not be too cold.Fortunately, during the meal, Gu Zhiye and Jiang Baili bravely started to try soybean juice, and happily forced Luo Zhi to take a sip as well.

Walking out of the alley where Jiumen Snacks is located, Luo Zhi told the other two people that she wanted to wander around casually. Belle blushed, eager to keep her, but Gu Zhiye smiled kindly: "Then we can sit somewhere else, it's so cold, you plan to call Belle when you go back to school , maybe I can come and pick you up and send you two back together." "No, I have an appointment with my brother and sister-in-law at Financial Street tonight, and I won't be going back to school in the afternoon, you go and play." Luo Zhi watched Gu Zhiye's car leave, and Jiang Baili waved vigorously inside, as if to vent her dissatisfaction with Luo Zhi's escape, but Luo Zhi read her happiness from every wave.

In fact, she was very much like teasing the slightly nervous Belle just now, but she remained silent in the end.The more familiar she gets with Belle, the closer her relationship becomes, but she still doesn't know how to be a standard best friend who is willing to go through the process of adjusting the atmosphere. Besides, even if Belle will agree to Gu Zhiye's lunch invitation, Luo Zhi is not sure whether they are familiar with each other. to what extent. Sometimes a thief-like question with a smile on his face may scare away the son-in-law, and may also hurt a loyal friend. The most important thing is that Luo Zhi is not sure whether Gu Zhiye is a "friend" or not.

Luo Zhi stood at the entrance of the alley in a daze, and found that she didn't know the way at all. She just hoped to create a place for those two people to read as soon as possible, but found that she had left herself behind. She never remembers the way, and always checks the map beforehand and carries it with her. There is only one time when she walks aimlessly, that is, following Sheng Huainan, or in Houhai. He laughed arrogantly and said to her, follow Grandpa. Go, Lord is the direction. You are the direction. Luo Zhi put her hand in front of her forehead to block the sunlight reflected on the lake.It's already deep winter, and the willows on both sides of the river have become bald compared to the last time I came here.She walked aimlessly along the lake, occasionally bypassing a few old people who were practicing their voice or sword by the lake, and passed one sleeping bar after another.

She suddenly thought of the uncle riding a tricycle.The gloomy winter scene is like a still life picture frozen on the drawing board, except Luo Zhi, a bystander, can't find any other angry elements.I don't know if all the tricycles that are gliding back and forth busy attracting customers are all hidden in the deep shadows of the alleys. At that time, she was still unequivocal, without explaining, without struggling, she would not fall into the cause and effect assumed by the other party. The coachman asked with a smile, girl, if someone framed you for killing someone and is about to take revenge, can you not explain?

crow's mouth.She laughed as she thought about it, but her nose was as sore as if it had been soaked in lemonade. "Girl waiting for someone? Or go shopping alone? 100 yuan to take you around?" Luo Zhi seemed to have been struck by lightning, her neck slowly turned around, and she could almost hear the crackling sound of her own bones. "It's still 100...I really only brought 20 today..." The coachman laughed, and she finally saw the uncle's honest and simple face clearly, the corners of his eyes and cheeks were deeply wrinkled, and there were shadows so that even the blazing afternoon sun could not illuminate them.

"20 is 20, come up, and pull you around! I still remember you, hey, by the way, where is your little boyfriend?" Luo Zhi's steps toward the small tricycle froze, she paused, and quickly chose among the three answers "He's not my boyfriend", "Master, who are you talking about", "We broke up", and finally smiled Say, "We...we had a fight." This answer surprised her, as if what came out of her mouth was the real thought. It truly reflects how unwilling she is to give up. The tricycle master saw Luo Zhi's depression, and extended his hand to say hello twice: "Okay, girl, there are no lovers who don't quarrel, for the sake of your quarrel, I will wipe off another 10 yuan for you. "

The carriage made of plastic sheeting and cardboard could not block the wind at all. Luo Zhi tightened her coat tightly, looked up at the back of the tricycle driver with some worry, saw him wearing gloves through the gaps under his arms, and felt at ease. Some. "Master...why didn't you introduce Hutong?" "You don't listen to me, you don't think about it here, do you still miss your boyfriend?" Even though she was alone, Luo Zhi blushed in embarrassment when she heard him talking about her boyfriend's boyfriend. "Girl, why are you two bickering?" "Because..." Luo Zhi was speechless. A small lie at the beginning of the dialogue needs to be supported by a whole set of fictional plots.There is a story behind every lie, sometimes about the liar, sometimes about the person being lied to. For the first time, Luo Zhi clearly felt the selfish desire and sadness hidden behind those lies. The stories that are spoken are like the top of an iceberg, and the truths are hidden under the surface of the sea, hidden and huge. For example, she used those coincidences and surprises to deceive Sheng Huainan, for example, Jiang Baili used dedication and forbearance to take revenge on Gobi, and for example, Ye Zhanyan used a crystal to overthrow the sweetness that Luo Zhi painstakingly created. Everything that happened last night still can't make Luo Zhi feel the slightest bit of anger.Maybe it's because the story is too clumsy, maybe it's because the perpetrator has faded into two insignificant names for her, maybe it's because she herself is not innocent. Luo Zhi suddenly discovered that the context of this story was so simple. Ye Zhanyan and Ding Shuijing used their lies to defeat Luo Zhi's lies. Only Sheng Huainan was left standing in the middle, trying to find out the truth. Thinking about it this way, Sheng Huainan, who was being scrambled and snatched away, was a little dignified and stubborn when he was cheated - why did she hate him?He was the one who was cheated. "It's just a misunderstanding," Luo Zhi smiled, "Because..." She took a deep breath. "We are classmates in high school, but I am not his first girlfriend. A few days ago, his ex-girlfriend suddenly came and said that the two of them broke up because of a misunderstanding. She framed me and said that the misunderstanding was caused by me." Although it was a clumsy and simple story, when she spoke, her tone unconsciously had a sense of grievance and coquettishness, as if she had entered the drama in an instant.Luo Zhi couldn't help being speechless. "Then girl, tell the truth, did you do it?" "No, she's talking nonsense!" She actually spoke louder and louder, indignant and aggrieved. Holding up face in front of the parties involved, refusing to explain, making a high-profile gesture of understanding and indifference, but haggling over everything in front of irrelevant outsiders, filled with righteous indignation—Luo Zhi suddenly felt that she had wronged Sheng Huainan.Although he did many stupid things that hurt himself, but on this point, his understanding of her is still correct. Desperate for face and suffering, you can only bring your worries to strangers to seek justice. "Then you explain it to him! Isn't this bullying nonsense?" The tricycle master also yelled loudly, but Luo Zhi was discouraged. "it's useless." "Is it because you explained that he didn't listen, or are you unwilling to explain at all? Or are you afraid that if you explain, he won't listen to you and lose your reputation?" The masses of the people are very wise, and a few simple words from the tricycle master poked a lot of holes in Luo Zhi's little face.She doesn't speak anymore. The tricycle started to climb the hill, and the master stood up again to ride. The pedals of the tricycle creaked miserably.Finally going up, he let out a long breath, coughed a few times, and suddenly turned around and smiled at her. "Girl, my words are harsh, but the truth is this, so you can make do with it." "……You say." "I think, where do so many misunderstandings come from in a person's life? They are all made by themselves. If your boyfriend and his former girl are really in love with each other, no misunderstanding can be broken up. Misunderstandings are nothing. Both of them are too good to wear a pair of trousers, so they should point at each other's nose and scold their mothers, and if they don't explain clearly, they will die together! ——The words are not rough, girl, don't take it to heart." "So, when they're done playing, it's over. You have to be tougher. Have you ever seen an old cow guarding a calf? I didn't mean that, but that's your man. You have to stand up and explain what you have to say. You are his girlfriend, if he dares to believe you or not, he will slap you until he understands!" Luo Zhi was dumbfounded, her mouth half-opened, speechless. "Of course, you have to coax me back after you finish slapping me. Just teach me a lesson behind your back. Men want face." Seeing that she just nodded stupidly, the master stopped and jumped out of the car. "Come on, girl, don't play around with me. If you have time, you might as well go to him quickly. If you don't understand him, just call him and I'll educate him for you!" Luo Zhi looked at the master's black face with ravines and horizontal lines, and gradually recovered her senses.She seemed to be infected by the atmosphere, she jumped out of the car briskly, rubbed her face stiffened by the cold wind, and tried her best to laugh as much as possible: "Well, I'll go right away! ——I'll bring you here after I've trained it!" "Go! Girl, don't embarrass me!" She bounced to the entrance of the alley and waved back to the tricycle uncle, with a childish smile on her face, and her heart was as comfortable as soaking in 42℃ warm water. Then he was blown by the cold wind and suddenly woke up. She is his girlfriend, and she bet that he loves her and he will believe her.If he didn't believe it, she beat him. The sweet little story that was made up was written by the uncle with a very good ending.She herself had a sweet dream for ten minutes in this story. However, this is not the story of Luo Zhi and Sheng Huainan. Luo Zhi turned her head and stared at the warm sun on the vast lake, hidden behind the thin clouds, which made people feel unhappy for no reason. Suddenly, Zhu Yan's cool words sounded in my ears. "Hypocritical." That's right, after working so hard for so long, even in front of irrelevant tricycle masters, a script that had to be defended with lies, was turned around by someone, is it really necessary to suppress the resentment in my heart, and act like a man who is resigned to fate? Qing's attitude? Luo Zhi saw her blurred figure on the glass of a small closed shop beside her.She suddenly thought of the pale but determined girl reflected in the full-length mirror of the main building in high school. It was dim, but there was an unshakable light in his eyes.Back then, she couldn't control the bright yellow suspender dress, and she still held expectations for the future in her heart. There will be many colorful sundresses in the future.The future will be exciting and different. She is not reconciled after all. Go talk to him. Luo Zhi told herself in her heart. Her heart was so clear that she trembled with excitement, as if she couldn't wait to see him.At this moment, the phone vibrated in his pocket, "Calling from Luoyang". "Brother, what's the matter? Has the dinner plan changed?" "That's not true. Are you busy this afternoon?" She grinned and laughed, and decided not to rush to find Sheng Huainan, so she said brightly, "It's okay." "Exactly, do me a favor." Luo Zhi was already late when she came out of Exit A of the Xidan subway.She asked several people but couldn't tell the way, and came to a desolate main road in a daze, and there was still no sign of the ×× steak that she had agreed with Luoyang.She forgot to charge her mobile phone last night, and now the screen is dark, unable to contact Luoyang.It was only 6:30, and the road was already deserted. Occasionally, a few taxis passed by. After thinking about it, she seemed to have to raise her hand to stop a taxi and ask for it at the risk of being beaten. Luo Zhi took out a coin and tossed it into the air, deciding to turn the front to the left and the back to the right.When the one-yuan coin fell to the ground, it didn't stop clinking, and it rolled forward all the way.She hurriedly chased after him, bent down a few times but couldn't catch it, so she could only follow like a chicken pecking rice in embarrassment.Coin lay down at the last fork in the road, and she let out a breath. front.Turn left. Luo Zhi raised her head and saw a seductive couple five meters away on the sidewalk on the left, and a small orange sign behind them, "×× Steak". Really accurate.Luo Zhi smiled. Sheng Huainan and Ye Zhanyan were standing in front of her, obviously very surprised by the appearance of Cheng Yaojin, who came out chasing coins. Luo Zhi's first reaction was to laugh.It wasn't a polite reflex after seeing an acquaintance—she just thought it was funny, and it was so funny.Involuntarily, the soul seemed to float in mid-air, and began to play the role of God, bowing its head and sympathetically examining the situation it was in. "Happy New Year." She swore she had never smiled so brightly in her life.