Chapter 7 Chapter Six

It was already dark, and the driver who picked us up was still missing. Shi Yan asked in panic, "Did he tell us to wait here? Did you hear wrong?" "I heard that right, he told us to wait here..." "Then why hasn't he come yet? Did we... miss it?" "It shouldn't be missed, we came here ahead of time." Huang Hai said comfortingly, "Maybe the driver has something to delay, and there is no phone to call around here, so let's go to the station by ourselves." "What station?" "I checked the bus route map in this area, it is No. 8 bus. It runs until ten o'clock in the evening. If we go out, we should still be able to take the No. 8 bus. Then we can transfer to No. 4 bus at the clock tower stop and we can take you home. "

Huang Hai's voice was very calm and serene, which reassured Shi Yan a lot. She praised: "You are so smart, you knew to check the bus route before you came, otherwise, we must... get lost..." "No, we can ask all the way..." "But outside of this area, there are no people living there. Who should we ask?" "Don't be afraid, with me here, I will definitely not let you have any mistakes..." With his promise, she felt much more at ease.That's right, it's not that she walks alone at night alone, and there is a bodyguard, what are you afraid of?It was the first time she realized that boys could be so useful, as if she had never felt the need for them before.

The two of them started to walk in the direction of the bus station. With Huang Hai by her side, Shi Yan didn't feel scared at all, but her high heels didn't fit well, and after walking for a while, she began to feel pain in her heels.She usually wears heels higher than this, and even goes shopping in high-heeled shoes, but I don’t know if it’s because the road was relatively flat back then, or the shoes were softer then, anyway, walking today was not smooth, the ground was full of potholes Yes, there are small stones everywhere, she either turned here or staggered there, if Huang Hai hadn't been concentrating on taking care of her and helping her at critical moments, she might have fallen several times.

At first, when Huang Hai pulled her and helped her, she was a little embarrassed and blushed a few times, but after more times and no outsiders saw her, she seemed not so embarrassed.Later, she didn't know whether it was intentional or not, but she actually staggered a little bit on purpose, and Huang Hai didn't know whether it was intentional or not, the hand holding her stayed longer and longer, and in the end, she actually walked up with her arm. She pretended not to notice that Huang Hai was helping her, and apologized as she walked, saying that she shouldn't be wearing high heels.Huang Hai didn't seem to notice that his hand was supporting her all the time, and he was also walking while apologizing, saying that he shouldn't have dragged her here for an interview.The two walked together and apologized all the way.The further she walked, the more painful Shi Yan's heels became, the more hungry her stomach became, and her speed became slower and slower.

Huang Hai suggested, "I'll carry you on my back." "How can I do that? You are also hungry and tired..." "I'm fine, as long as you don't...see outside, I'll carry you..." "No, no, I'm so heavy, how can you carry it?" "You haven't tried it, how do you know I can't carry it?" Shi Yan thought about it for a while, but still couldn't bear to let him carry it. She just said, "It's not that I can't walk, but that my shoes hurt my feet. Let me take off my shoes and walk." Huang Hai was in a hurry: "How can I do that? The ground is uneven and there are gravels everywhere. What should you do if you scratch your feet when you are barefoot? Even if you don't scratch, walking barefoot will wear the soles of your feet. It's my back You!"

She thought how embarrassing it would be if she had to let her chest lie on his back, and his hands might have to wrap around her buttocks.Besides, how far can he carry her? She insisted on not letting him carry it, and he said, "Then take off my shoes for you to wear..." "How can I do that? Your shoes are so big, how can I wear them? Besides, you can't walk barefoot..." Finally he suggested: "Then let's go back a bit and go to a miner's house to buy a pair of sneakers for you to wear. Otherwise, you will definitely not be able to walk to the station."

She thought about it, and it seemed that this was the only way, so she followed him to the miner's house to buy shoes.He spent eight yuan on a pair of battered sneakers, which were much bigger than her feet, but at least they relieved the sore heels.She was dragging those big sneakers under her feet, while he put her high heels on her hands as if walking, the two couldn't help laughing, and walked forward happily, and finally got on the No. 8 bus before it closed. They got off at the clock tower stop, Huang Hai looked at his watch, and said, "It's still early before the No. 4 train closes, and we're all hungry, why don't we go to the restaurant opposite and have something to eat, and I'll take you back."

She thought about it too, she was already so hungry that she had nothing to eat when she went back to school, so she followed him to the restaurant opposite to eat.As soon as the two of them sat down in the restaurant, they heard a female voice calling: "Shi Yan, are you still out shopping so late?" She was startled, looked around, and found that her classmate Yao Xiaoping was sitting on a table not far away, standing up and pushing towards her from the crowd.Yao Xiaoping used to be a teacher in a county below. After working for several years, she was admitted to a teacher's college, so she is older than their fresh graduates. She is married and has children. She usually considers herself an "old lady". When the girls in the class were in emotional trouble, they would go to Yao Xiaoping for advice, and Yao Xiaoping was never stingy with her own advice, and loved to advise others.

Shi Yan didn't know why Yao Xiaoping was here, but she intuitively felt that there was going to be something wrong today, and she was having dinner with a boy at such a late hour, Yao Xiaoping would definitely regard Huang Hai as her boyfriend.This Yao Xiaoping is not a simple "small broadcast", she can almost be regarded as a "love hotline". She knows the love news of her classmates and will definitely spread it through her hotline. Shi Yan wanted to pretend that she didn't know Huang Hai, but she was afraid of hurting him.Before she could figure out how to deal with it, Yao Xiaoping had already arrived, and there was also a man who came with her, probably Yao Xiaoping's husband.For a while, the four of them didn't say anything, Yao Xiaoping and her husband stared at Huang Hai vigorously, and looked at Shi Yan from time to time, as if they were weighing whether they were worthy or not.

Finally, Yao Xiaoping broke the silence and said, "Who is this? You don't want to introduce Shi Yan to us. Is this your boyfriend from a prestigious school?" Shi Yan argued, "Didn't you introduce this one to me?" As soon as she finished speaking, she felt that she had made a very inappropriate analogy. Doesn't this mean that Huang Hai is her boyfriend?And she was afraid that Huang Hai would know that she was usually pulling his banner to make tiger skins. She was embarrassed there, so she heard Huang Hai say, "Do you think I look like a student from a prestigious school? I'm almost familiar with a prestigious school." He made a joke and explained, "I'm her high school classmate, and now I work in a steel factory in D City. My parents asked me to take care of her, so I asked her out for a meal..."

Yao Xiaoping let out an "oh" as if relieved, and blurted to Shi Yan, "I was also thinking that this must not be your 'silly' boyfriend from a prestigious school..." Then she said to Huang Hai, "You and her are high school classmates, Isn't that from City H? Why come here to work?" "My family is here. I was studying at Shi Yan's school, and her parents took care of me a lot..." Shi Yan was surprised to find that Huang Hai lied in a decent manner. Yao Xiaoping seemed to really treat Huang Hai as a steel factory employee who failed the college entrance examination, and said consolingly, "It's a good job in the steel factory. I heard that the benefits of the steel factory workers are very good. If you have a work-related injury like you, the labor insurance premium may be very high, right? " "Well," Huang Hai was serious about labor insurance with Yao Xiaoping. Yao Xiaoping finally satisfied her curiosity and was ready to go home. When she was far away, Shi Yan asked Huang Hai in a low voice: "What do you mean...the workers of the steel factory? Fortunately, you still know a little bit about the situation of the steel factory, otherwise, wouldn't it be... showing off?" "How could you tell such a lie if you don't know the situation in the steel mill?" He jokingly asked, "Is your boyfriend from a famous school from our class?" Then he guessed several former classmates, but Shi Yan denied them all.She felt that he was like a mirror in his heart. He must know that the so-called "boyfriend from a famous school" was him, and she knew that she didn't want her classmates to see her "boyfriend from a famous school". Otherwise, why would he lie about being from a steel factory? She was very disturbed, and felt that she must have left a hypocritical and vain impression on Huang Hai.Fortunately, Huang Hai quickly let go of this topic, and turned to talk about the interview: "I plan to go to 'Pork Belly' early tomorrow morning to buy the manuscript, otherwise, it will get out and let others do it." It will be troublesome to go." "Tomorrow morning? How early?" "You don't have to go tomorrow, you have already wasted a lot of time, and your feet... you will definitely not be able to walk tomorrow. Do you want some medicine?" "No, where have you ever seen a person who broke his foot in high heels and went to the hospital vigorously?" "But you still have class tomorrow, how can you walk?" "It's okay, I'll just change my shoes tomorrow." "I'm sorry I hurt your foot..." "Why do you blame me? I wanted to wear high heels myself, and you specifically asked about that..." She changed the subject and asked, "What are you going to do if you get that draft?" "I don't know, this kind of interview and investigation is generally unwelcome, not only the leaders who caused the accident, but sometimes even the parties and even the victims don't welcome you, because they have reached an agreement with the status quo and don't want to offend the unit leaders , so as not to lose any vested interests..." "What about you?" "I do my best." "Actually, 'Pork Belly' is quite pitiful. If this matter happens to me, I... really don't know what will happen. We should find a way to help her..." "You are such a kind... sweetheart," he said, looking at her fixedly, "I also think she is quite pitiful, and I want to help her, if the final investigation results are not the responsibility of the mine, but her Husband's responsibility, I guess the mine won't help her." "Then what to do?" "Then I... will marry her..." She almost jumped up: "What? Are you crazy? Marry her? How old is she, how old are you? Her son is about to be as old as you?"