Chapter 9 I'll take you to a hotel
After a long time, the moon had disappeared, and I sat side by side with this strange man on the rubble, speechless.
I kept staring blankly at the river, looking at the sparkling surface of the river, and occasionally a night boat passed by, stirring up layers of waves on the river, and disappearing into the rubble pile on the shore. The city on the other side of the river slowly quieted down from the bright lights, quieted down. The body becomes a little numb because of holding one position for a long time.
The brain is always blank, thinking about nothing, not wanting to think about anything. Just sit like this, feeling the river breeze blowing through this already cold body.
The man next to him didn't say a word, just sat quietly. Smoking cigarette after cigarette, you can hear him sniffing, he must be cold, but he never left. It's just that he's always by his side like that, and there are no superfluous words.
I knew in my heart that he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to think about it and do something stupid. At this moment, at least I met a good man, and at this moment I realized that I was being guarded.
"It turns out that there are still people in this world who are silently guarding you. ”
I suddenly remembered this sentence I saw on the Internet not long ago. I also thank this man from the bottom of my heart for blowing the cold wind with me all night.
I took out my phone, and as soon as I turned it on, it turned off automatically.
"Hey, there's no power."
I sighed, put my hand down weakly, and slipped my phone into my coat pocket.
"I'm sorry! My phone is out of battery, do you have a charge? I want to charge my phone so that I can find a place to live for the time being. ”
I took the blanket and coat that I was wrapped around and turned to look at the strange man.
"Charge! I don't have anything to charge."
The strange man heard my voice for a moment, and then replied, his voice a little shaky and hoarse. He himself froze.
"But I can charge it in the car, otherwise I'll take you to a hotel to stay in." You see, it's already the middle of the night. I think you're pretty much cold, and if you keep blowing like this, you're going to catch a cold tomorrow. ”
The strange man's voice trembled, he shrunk his neck, and after standing up, he tilted his head and heard the clicking sound of the joints.
Xu Zhengchun felt sorry for her, but he couldn't forcibly take her away, so he could only accompany her here to blow the wind. I really hate that I didn't bring a quilt when I went out, so she wouldn't be too cold.
"I'm frozen, and I'm cold."
The strange man gave me the coat, and I was thinly dressed. I watched him wrap his arms around him, rubbing back and forth on it, rubbing his face again, and sucking his nose, which was a little red from the cold. Suddenly a little heartache for him.
"It's okay, thank you for being with me for so long today. ”
I stood up, handed the coat I had been draping over to the strange man, and patted both legs, my feet numb from the cold.
The strange man took the coat and put it on me again, and then helped me to walk up the embankment at the outlet.
"Collect your fishing rods, thank you tonight. ”
I pointed to the other end of the flood vent and turned to look at him. No matter what he wanted to do, he always stayed with him all night, that is, because of his company, he gave up the idea of suicide.
"Right away, you wait for me. ”
Xu Zhengchun trotted across the flood outlet and quickly put away his fishing tools.
The strange man carefully helped me up the embankment with fishing gear in one hand and the other in the other. Together, the two walked towards a tall black SUV parked not far from the side of the road.
After the car was unlocked, Xu Zhengchun went to the back to put the fishing gear.
I pulled open the back door and sat in. The man was stunned for a moment when he saw me sitting in the back seat, then smiled and got into the car to start the car, then turned on the heating to the maximum, and then turned on the heating in the back to the fullest, and reached out to the air outlet to blow his almost numb hand.
"Blow down first, the car is a little warmer, and my feet and hands are numb. ”
Xu Zhengchun turned on the lights in the car and wanted to turn his head to look at the person in his heart, but he never turned his head, he was afraid that his appearance would scare her. I just held my glasses on the bridge of my nose, and my hands kept rubbing on the edge of the air outlet.
"Look at you, you still say what kind of half-old you are, so young, beautiful, like a little girl. ”
Xu Zhengchun had to look at his little girl in the rearview mirror, then turned his head and wrote a few words by hand on the monitor, took out a headphone strap next to the monitor and drove away in the left ear.
"Look at it, can it be charged. ”
The strange man pulled out a charging cable and handed it to me.
I took the cable, plugged in my phone and waited for 5 seconds, and the phone showed the charging status.
"Thanks, it can be used. ”
"Don't go to a place where there is no one so late in the future, you met me today, if there is no one or some other bad person, the consequences will be unimaginable. Are you warm?"
Xu Zhengchun wanted to touch her hand to see if it was warm, but he always felt that it was inappropriate, so he touched the back of the air with his backhand to ensure that it was the heating.
"Thank you, I'm glad I met you. Much warmer, thank you"
I smiled and nodded, thanking again, my body was much warmer. Take off the coat and carefully hang it on the seat of the car in front of you. It's just that the blanket is still wrapped around it.
Xu Zhengchun's speed was not fast, and he slowly moved forward on the road. I was reluctant to be separated from her so soon, in the car, she sat behind her like this, and I could hear her breathing, gently.
In the early morning, the street is extraordinarily quiet, with street lamps shining on bare branches, and dappled light and shadow reflecting on the road. The light quickly receded. Soon his car was parked in front of the city's largest Intercontinental Hotel.
"Here we are, you can stay here tonight. ”
Xu Zhengchun took his mobile phone and purse next to the handrail and got out of the car.
I put down the blanket I was wrapping around and folded it, opened the door and got out of the car.
Carrying his bag, he followed in. There was heating in the hall and it was warm.
"Welcome to InterContinental Hotel!Mr. Xu, why are you here?" The customer service lady on night duty was dressed in a well-fitting professional attire, and she was full of energy when she saw us walk in, and bowed with a smile.
"Xiao Ai, are you on the night shift today?"
Xu Zhengchun walked to the counter with a smile and nodded to the customer service lady standing next to the computer on the right and asked.
It was clear that the two men knew each other by name, and it seemed that this man was here a lot, and the car he was driving just now was worth a lot of money. I looked at the two men suspiciously. Thinking that this hotel is famous in Z City, there should be no problem. Just now, the customer service lady called him Mr. Xu, by the way, the owner of this hotel seems to be surnamed Xu, so it won't be such a coincidence. Although I have lived in Z City for six years, this is the first time I have entered this hotel. But I can't afford to live in a room here. I looked at the man in front of me with wide eyes.
"Give me a room and she'll live there. ”
The man pulled out his ID card and put it on the counter and pointed at me.
"Mr. Xu, now there is only the president's room left, is it on your account?"
The customer service lady smiled. His fingers are still tapping on the keyboard.
"I'll do it myself. "I looked at his ID card on the counter, and it turned out that he was worried that I didn't have my ID card with him, so he came to help me open a room. What an attentive man. But I'm divorced today, how could I not bring my ID card? Bow your head, open your purse, take out your ID card, and put it on the counter.
"Are you sure?"
Xu Zhengchun glanced at me with his head on the left side.
Silly girl, you will lose a month's salary in the presidential room for one night.
"Can I pay on WeChat?"
The money transferred by Meizi was transferred to my WeChat, and I asked the customer service lady tentatively. Five-star hotels, it should be possible to use WeChat.
"Yes, miss, a night in the presidential room is 8,999 yuan, the deposit is 2,000, a total of 10,999 yuan. ”
The customer service lady said politely.
"Huh? 10,999 yuan"
I'm a little disappointed, I don't have that much money on me, and it's too late for Meizi to transfer money, so I can't live here. Looks like I'm going to have to find somewhere else to live.
"Xiao Ai, it's okay, just draw it on my account. ”
Xu Zhengchun always turned his head sideways, and there was plenty of light here. He was afraid that he would frighten her by seeing his horribly disfigured face. I had to lean on my side, with my back to her.
"Okay, Mr. Xu. ”
"Yes, here is your room key, ID and deposit slip, please keep it. Your room is at 2701, have a nice stay. ”
The customer service handed over the room card, ID card and deposit slip with both hands, and bowed again with a smile.
"This ——。 ”
Yingzi looked at the room card handed over by the customer service, and didn't know what to do.
"It's okay, live in peace, don't worry. ”
The man was still on his side, his back to me.
Fool, how can I let you suffer a little bit of harm? Now I can't wait to hug you into my arms immediately, and directly hug you to the 30th floor.
"Then thank you, I will definitely pay you back. ”
I looked at the man with his back to me, so I had to fold the room card, ID card and deposit slip and put it in my coat pocket. And like him, I promised that I would be able to pay him back.
"It's okay, little money. ”
Xu Zhengchun had to turn his back and said softly.
"Thank you tonight!"
I walked around to the man and stood face to face, bowing deeply to the man in front of me.
"Well, you don't have to. ”
Xu Zheng hurriedly held her and didn't let her bow to herself. Fool, I'm Xu Zhengchun, I'm Xu Zhengchun, the man who has been waiting for you for eight years.
"Ahh
As a result, as soon as I looked up, I saw a long scar on the man's face. Frightened, his eyes widened, how could this face be ruined like this, a dark brown scar crawled on the man's right face like a centipede, and his right eye was open, without any look. The eyeballs are white, there are no eyes, and the right eye is blind. Those big glasses were special, but I couldn't tell what was special. It seems to be to cover the scars on the face. Resolute water chestnut angular lips and a high nose bridge. The left eye is also not quite right, there is no light, and obviously the left eye is also invisible. But how did he drive autonomously? There was a long list of question marks in his head.
But this man's body proportions are really perfect, and there is a masculinity all over his body. A gray cashmere suit looks tall, slender and even. If you don't look at your face, just look at your figure, you can definitely kill a large group of fans. If not disfigured, this will be a very handsome and handsome man.
"Am I scaring you like this? ”
The strange man looked at me with wide eyes, thinking that he had scared me by knowing what he was doing. Hurriedly used the leather bag in his hand to cover his face, he specially took it when he just got out of the car, just to be able to cover it, and he still used it.
She really minded, my ugly face. Subconsciously bit his lip. Then he leaned sideways to cover his face, not wanting to be seen by her.
"No——! thank you today. ”
I felt my faux pas and immediately lowered my head and denied it. But in fact, I was really scared. But in order to show that he was not frightened, he tiptoed to reach for the man's bag that blocked his face and looked at his face.
"It's okay, I know I'm a little scary like this. ”
The strange man put down his bag and stood up facing me, smiling at me, revealing a mouthful of neat white teeth.
Always have to face it, look at it more, maybe she will get used to it, and she won't be afraid. I can't keep my back to her.
"You said that you are such a beautiful woman sitting alone in such a remote place, if there is something to do, it would be a pity. Oh yes, what's your name? I didn't ask you what your name was all night. ”
Xu Zhengchun lifted his glasses and looked at Yingzi with a smile, although he couldn't see her clearly, but he was so close to her, and it was not a photo, but a living her, he was already very satisfied.
"My name is Yingzi. ”
Although the man in front of him looked a little scary, this man really gave himself a familiar feeling, and spent one night with him, and paid for the room, so that he knew what he should be called.
"Your surname is Xu, just now the front desk lady called you Mr. Xu, I remember that the owner of this hotel is also surnamed Xu, and the front desk lady also knows you, this won't be yours, right?"
I looked up at him and tentatively asked him to make sure that the man in front of me was familiar, and where I had seen him.
"No! No, this hotel has nothing to do with me. Which boss have you ever seen who has to pay for a room in his hotel? My name is Xu Zhengchun, and the owner of this hotel is Xu Bangguo. ”
Xu Zhengchun looked at the person in front of him, and couldn't wait to immediately hug her into his arms and tell her what he had missed all these years.
"This is my phone number, you take it, call me if you have something. As long as I'm here, no one in Z City will dare to bully you. I'll pay you a week's room for this house first, you live in it first, and call me if you need anything. ”
Mr. Xu took out a gilded business card from his handbag, took my hand, and put it in the palm of his hand.
The business card just had a name and phone number printed in block letters, and nothing else. Most people print business cards because they want to print all the titles, and this business card only has a name and a phone number?
"Okay, I'll take it, thank you Mr. Xu, then I'll go up first." ”
I smiled and put my business card neatly in my purse. Then turn around and walk into the elevator.
Xu Zhengchun looked at the person who slowly left his sight, and he couldn't help himself for a long time. Finally brought her back. I finally officially stood in front of her.
"Xiao Ai, just that room, you can stay as long as you want, arrange someone to take care of her, and report to me when you come in and out. Inform Miss Chi to help her prepare some clothes and daily necessities. ”
Xu Zhengchun threw down a sentence, turned around and walked quickly to the elevator on the other side. His glasses were running out of battery. It's already starting to flash at the beginning, and I can only grope up without leaving.