Chapter 3 Darkness - 1~5

Darkness (2) (1) Twenty-four hours later, Xiao Ai stood on the street of the ancient city of Lijiang. It was dusk. But there is no dusk in Lijiang, no matter what color the sky is, there will always be people coming and going here.Xiao Ai took the note in her hand and asked about the location of the inn. The inn was found on the Internet before leaving. It had a strange name called "One Night".Xiao Ai wore a very ostentatious floral dress, thick red lips, and carried a big flower bag, and ostentatiously walked through the small streets of Lijiang where it had only rained.There are small shops on both sides, selling some fancy things.But none of this interested her.Then again, for a woman who has lost her love, it is quite difficult to get her interested in something else.

When standing by the door of "One Night", Xiao Ai saw her.Short hair, short skirt, messy clothes, big and bright eyes, arguing with the waiter. "There are ants on the bed, why can't you get a discount? I haven't asked you for medical expenses yet!" Her voice was crisp and loud, and she raised her arms high, insisting on showing it to the waiter. "Red dots, red dots, all red dots, if you ask if it hurts, I'll bite you. Hmph." The waitress was so frightened that she leaned back, and then again. Xiao Ai walked over and asked softly, "Is there any room left?"

"Do you have a reservation?" "No." "Go to another place." The waiter said, "This place is already full." Xiao Ai walked out with her bag on her back, but before she reached the door, she grabbed her and said, "Hey, stay with me, half the room fee." Xiao Ai turned her head, she was blinking at her. "Don't worry, I don't snore when I sleep," she said. Xiao Ai is still hesitating, and she has already pulled her in: "Let's go, my room is nice, on the second floor, the light is good, and you can see half of Lijiang City. Let's go, let's go, there is a fate Let’s meet from thousands of miles away, let’s go clubbing at night, I know a good place.”

In this way, Xiao Ai was dragged into the room by her.A very small room with two beds and a small bathroom.The two beds were full of her things. She put away the clothes on one of the beds, hugged her in her arms, nodded to Xiao Ai and said, "You sleep here." Xiao Ai put down her luggage and asked her, "How much should I give you?" She stretched out her hand: "Twenty a day, you can hand it over to me or the main station." Xiao Ai didn't believe it: "So cheap?" "You thought this was Paris?" She rolled her eyes. "I still... like to live alone." Xiao Ai said as she picked up her bag, "Or, I'll find another place."

"No, no." She suddenly blocked the door, very afraid of Xiao Ai leaving. "No." She said, "it's really good here, otherwise, I don't need to charge you. Isn't that okay?" Xiao Ai stared at her strangely. "Call me Lili. Separated." She bit her lower lip and said, "I'm broken in love, I'll be scared if I live alone." She looked at Xiao Ai, her eyes were big and bright, a little wet. Xiao Ai's heart softened suddenly, she put down her luggage, the book said it was right, Lijiang is a very dramatic place. Apart from Li Li, perhaps Xiao Ai should be able to meet a handsome guy by chance, of course, this is a later matter.

Darkness (3) (2) Two people have no answer, no answer, where is true love. Think hard, think hard, could it be him? ………… It's been an hour since I entered the bar, and Lili has been singing.At first she sang to three little girls, and she gave them thirty dollars for three roses and six songs.The little girls sang "Brother and Sister" at the top of their voices for a long time, and walked away in droves contentedly holding 30 yuan.Lili started to sing alone, and she was not satisfied with singing, so she ran to the bar table and twisted her body to dance. No one cared about her. In Lijiang, in Lijiang bars, no one would look at Lili with strange eyes. Leave.

Li Lichong blinked at Xiao Ai, and said loudly, "Come on, let's dance together." Xiao Ai rushed away while drinking a glass of beer and waved her hands. Li Li smiled, her voice lowered, but the shape of her mouth was exaggerated, Xiao Ai knew she was saying, "I can't let go!" Li Li twisted her body, slid down from the table like a snake, lay down on Xiao Ai's table, took a sip of her beer, and said, "If you forget yourself, you can forget about being broken." Xiao Ai stared at Lili. Lili said: "Don't tell me you haven't broken up in love, good kids are not allowed to lie."

Speaking of this, Lili's cell phone rang suddenly.Nokia's ringtone was very crisp, Li Li squinted his eyes to look at the number, then suddenly stretched out the phone to Xiao Ai and said, "You answer it for me!" Xiao Ai dodges. Nokia rang unrelentingly. Li Li insisted, "Pick it up, pick it up for me, please." The mobile phone was close to Xiao Ai's ear, and Xiao Ai heard a very nice male voice from over there: "Li Li, where are you?" "I..." Xiao Ai pointed at Lili, "She..." Lili makes faces at Xiaoai. "She..." Xiao Ai stammered, "She, she went to the bathroom."

"Oh, you're not her." The other party said, "Thank you, when Lili comes back, tell her to come find me in Room 708 of the Guanfang Hotel. I'm in Lijiang." "Oh." Xiao Ai said. The other party hung up the phone. "What?" Li Li asked with wide eyes, "What did he say?" Xiao Ai stuffed the phone back into Li Li's hand: "He said he was waiting for you in some Guanfang Hotel and let you go." "Official office?" Li Li screamed, "He's in Lijiang? Ahhh!" "What's wrong with you?" Xiao Ai asked.

"I'm fine." Lili said, "Dear little love, would you like to accompany me to the Guanfang Hotel? I'll introduce a handsome guy to you." "No!" Xiao Ai said flatly. "But if you don't go, if he kills me, who will save me?" Li Li said. "Then I can't go." Xiao Ai said, "I still have to save my life to climb Jade Dragon Snow Mountain." "Let's go, my little love." Li Li said, "Accompany me to meet him, we'll go back to the inn tonight, and I'll accompany you to climb the snow mountain tomorrow, isn't it okay?"

"Li Li." Xiao Ai said, "You know we don't know each other well. I'm here for vacation, I hope you don't disturb me, okay?" Li Li let go of Xiao Ai. Suddenly tears flowed from her big eyes. Xiao Ai was taken aback. "Hey." Xiao Ai handed over the tissue in a panic and said, "Hey, don't do this. What's wrong with you?" Lili continued to cry, silently, with big drops of tears. "Cry." Xiao Ai said, "Sadness is always inevitable." But Li Li suddenly stopped crying, and rushed forward to hug Xiao Ai, but Xiao Ai avoided it, and hurried out the door with her bag. Darkness (4) (3) The first meeting was very tiring, and Xiao Ai fell asleep when she returned to the inn. Before going to bed, I really missed him a little. I turned the phone over and over in my hand, and finally didn't send him a short message.Just like that, I fell asleep holding my phone. When she woke up in the middle of the night, she felt something hot against her.After waking up, I found out that it was Lili.Li Li's whole body was scorched, he crawled onto her bed, hugged her, and hummed. "What's the matter with you?" Xiao Ai got up, turned on the light, saw Li Li who was blushing, patted her face hard and said, "Are you okay, Li Li, do you have a fever?" "I'm going to die." Li Li said in a nonchalant manner, "You don't care about me, I'm going to die." "You have to go to the hospital." Xiaoai put on her clothes, helped Lili up and said, "Drink some water first, and I'll take you to the hospital." "Let me die." Li Li said. Xiao Ai forcefully poured mineral water into Lili's mouth.The water flowed down and wet Lili's clothes.She didn't change into her pajamas, she was wearing a flowery dress that she bought only in Lijiang, and she collapsed there limply, burning to death, but her face seemed to be smiling. After drinking the water, Li Li fell on the bed. "Get up," Xiao Ai said, "let's go to the hospital." Li Li ignored her, as if she had fallen asleep. Xiao Ai was so anxious that she was at a loss, so she went to get a cold towel to cover her forehead, and then went to the service counter to find medicine. The sleepy waiter waved at Xiao Ai and said, "No, no." Xiao Ai ran back to the room, Li Li's fever still persisted, she started talking nonsense, calling someone's English name: Tony, Tony. Xiao Ai suddenly remembered something, she found Li Li's cell phone in Li Li's bag, the cell phone Closed, Xiao Ai opened it, found the "received call", and dialed it. At four o'clock in the morning, the phone was not switched off. Still that nice male voice: "Lili?" "No." Xiaoai said, "I'm Lili's friend, she has a high fever." "Oh." The other side said, "Where are you, I'll come right away." Xiao Ai reported the address. "Thank you for taking care of her for me. I have the medicine and will be there as soon as possible." "It's okay." Xiao Ai said. After hanging up the phone, Xiao Ai sat on the bed and looked at Lili. She suddenly found that Lili looked really small, as if she was only sixteen or seventeen years old, but her clothes and makeup made her look old-fashioned.Thinking again, my fate is different from Lili's, no one will chase me to the end of the world for me, no one will never leave me for me. There must be true feelings in this world, but I can't meet them. There must be good men in this world, but they don't belong to me. I don't know what he is doing at this time? I don't know him, will I think of myself? ………… While thinking wildly, someone knocked on the door. Xiao Ai stood up and opened the door. A man was standing at the door, holding a medicine bottle in his hand. A man who looked about forty years old.Through the dim light of the morning, it could be seen that he was well dressed.He must be very anxious, but he still maintained his politeness: "Excuse me, is Lili here?" "Yes." Xiao Ai smiled and moved away, the room in the inn was very small.He entered the door, sat on the head of the bed, took off the towel from his forehead for Li Li, and said to Xiao Ai: "Please give me some water." Xiao Ai opened a new bottle of mineral water and handed it over. He said, "Thank you." Then he began to feed Lili medicine. His voice is so beautiful that it is hopeless, making people feel gentle and down-to-earth.He hugged Lili, leaned Lili to his chest, and obediently took the medicine. Xiao Ai's heart ached up and down, and she didn't know why. So she opened the door and walked out. Darkness (5) (4) The early morning of Shuhe Ancient City is as beautiful as a dream. Xiao Ai walked slowly on the bluestone road.The tourists did not disperse, but it was not as crowded as during the day, so Xiao Ai did not feel lonely.Walking alone is a bit like sleepwalking, half asleep and half awake, all the feelings in my heart have become easier, so Xiao Ai is in a good mood. About two hours later, Xiao Ai returned to the inn. Lili and that man were not there, and the building was empty.Xiao Ai packed her luggage and went to check out. The waiter told her that the bill was settled, and even the payment for the next two days was settled together. If she wanted to check out, she would have to refund the money. Although there was not much money, Xiao Ai stood there in a daze for a while. Growing up so big, what she dislikes the most is the feeling of being in debt.It's a pity that I haven't remembered Lili's phone number. The Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in summer doesn’t have the legendary scenery, and Xiao Ai’s play was a little boring. Hearing someone’s suggestion that Shuhe Ancient Town not far from the mountain is good, Xiao Ai decided to go down the mountain to play in Shuhe. Shuhe is indeed a good place, the most important thing is that it is quiet, a small river with crystal clear circles around the town.Xiao Ai saw Lili and him from a long distance, they were sitting outside a cafe, Lili was wearing a colorful hat, drinking a glass of bright juice, he was wearing a white linen casual top, smoking. They sat facing each other and did not talk. This was the first time that Xiao Ai saw him clearly. Xiao Ai approached, put a hundred yuan on their table, and said softly: "Thank you. This is your money, return it to you." Then she was about to turn around and leave, but Li Li stopped her. She said happily, "Xiao Ai, is that you?" Xiao Ai smiled: "Are you okay?" Lili said: "It's fine after hanging the water. Thank you so much last night." "Yes," he said too, "thanks for calling me. Why don't you sit down and have a cup of tea?" "That's right," Li Li said, "Sit down and have a cup of tea, it's fate to meet, you see how destined we are." He put out the cigarette, got up and pulled the chair away for Xiao Ai, and made a gesture of please to Xiao Ai. Xiao Ai was too embarrassed to push back, so she sat down. He asked Xiao Ai: "What to drink?" Xiao Ai said: "Whatever." He ordered tea for Xiao Ai, a premium oolong that smelled better than it tasted. He stopped talking.Maybe it's because the cold war between them hasn't ended yet, and Lili, who has always been chattering, doesn't speak.Time seemed to have stopped like this, drinking tea with two strangers in the unfamiliar Shuhe, Xiao Ai's heart suddenly became transparent and clear. Xiao Ai thought, maybe she had already forgotten him. In other words, I can forgive him. I suddenly wanted to hum a song. There was a line in that song that really made me sad. It sang: The most painful pain is forgiveness. Li Li was lying on the table, as if she was asleep, her pink dress was like a dim light in the dusk of Shuhe.Xiao Ai turned her head, and suddenly found that he was looking at her, so Xiao Ai turned her head to the other side. That gaze was so warm that Xiao Ai was afraid. Of course, Xiao Ai knew that he was not the kind of person she was looking for, he belonged to a girl like Lili.For Xiao Ai, who has worked in a fashion magazine for five years, she clearly knows that everything on this man is of great value, including the little lighter he put on the table. "Thank you for the tea." After Xiao Ai finished speaking, she got up and left.