Chapter 104: Broken Threads
Although Shang Mei said that he would not drink too much, he drank a lot of it that night before leaving, and three bottles of high-grade liquor were divided among four people.
As a result, although they were not drunk, they were all slightly drunk, perhaps because the quality of the wine was better, but they did not look foreign, and even Naomi did not vomit.
Shi Tao felt dizzy, and Yang Qiong and Chen Qian had already fallen crookedly on the bed before they could clean up the endgame, so Shi Tao helped Shangmei back to the room to rest.
The next morning, Shi Tao woke up and saw that Shang Mei was already sitting at the head of the bed and began to comb her hair with a horn comb.
"You woke up so early. Shi Tao said.
"If you can't sleep, get up, pack up early, and I'm going back today." Shang Mei replied as she brushed her hair.
"It's a miracle that you didn't vomit after drinking so much. Shi Tao said as he got up.
"I'm not going to embarrass you every time, I'm in good control this time. Naomi smiled.
"Is it uncomfortable in your stomach?" Shi Tao didn't know why he suddenly cared about Shang Meilai.
"It doesn't feel fake to drink so much, but it's okay, it's not a big problem. Naomi finished combing her hair and began to pack her luggage.
After Shi Tao finished washing, he wondered if Yang Qiong and the others were hungover. When he knocked on the door of room 108, the two women had already packed up, especially Chen Qian.
"It's all right. Shi Tao asked with concern.
"You're all right, can we be okay?" Chen Qian said with a smile.
"Is Shang Mei okay?" asked Yang Qiong.
"She's fine, she's fine, she woke up earlier than I did. It's all right, it's time to eat, and it's time for us to leave after eating. Shi Tao looked at Yang Qiong, as if saying goodbye to her.
"Then I wish you all a smooth journey in advance. Yang Qiong looked at Chen Qian, and then at Shi Tao.
"Do you still live here after we leave?" Shi Tao was concerned about Yang Qiong's arrangements after that.
"It seems that there is a staff dormitory, and it is also a standard room like this one, as for which one obeys the arrangement, it doesn't matter, it's the same everywhere. Yang Qiong had a casual attitude.
"Take good care of yourself. Perhaps in front of Chen Qian, Shi Tao felt that it was not easy to say too ambiguous words, but he still expressed his concern.
"You too. Yang Qiong smiled, laughing very reluctantly, deliberately laughing to Shi Tao, a little reluctant.
"Sister rest assured, he takes good care of himself, do you think that a person who takes care of others very carefully, can't he take care of himself?"
Chen Qian's face meant to let Yang Qiong not have to worry about Shi Tao, but in fact, the implication was that she was there.
"It's almost time, let's go eat. Shi Tao went back to the room and called Shang Mei.
Breakfast had steamed buns, fritters, eggs, and soy milk. Shi Tao found that many people only ate eggs, or others ate but ate very little, perhaps because they were worried that they would vomit from the bumps on the road.
Yang Qiong ate the eggs and only drank half a bowl of soy milk, obviously she was not full, but she no longer eats.
"You don't have to take the car today, you can eat more, it's good for the stomach. Shi Tao saw that Yang Qiong ate less, so he persuaded.
"I ate a little too much last night, I can't eat, don't worry about me, I'm hungry, don't worry, you have to eat more." Yang Qiong said.
Breakfast was quickly over, and people went back to their rooms to get their belongings, telling each other not to leave anything behind. After that, the people went out of the building and went to the courtyard to wait.
Sister Zhang gathered the personnel together first, first asked each team leader to count the number of people in the unit, and after the personnel arrived, they told them again to go back to the room to see if there were any items that had fallen.
Indeed, one or two people hurried back to the room, and hurried back, perhaps something had really been left behind.
When the crowd quieted down, Sister Zhang guided everyone to get into the car.
Before he was about to get into the car next to the car door, Shi Tao looked back and saw more than a dozen people standing at the base of the wall downstairs watching them get into the car.
In addition to the original chef, there are also ten waiters who remained, and most importantly, Yang Qiong is also among them.
Seeing Shi Tao turn around, Yang Qiong, who was far away, raised his right hand and waved goodbye to him.
Shi Tao saw Yang Qiong's sad expression, and he firmly believed that there were tears in Yang Qiong's eyes at this time, because she would wipe her nose from time to time.
Shi Tao felt a sour feeling in his heart, after all, he still had to separate, and he also raised his right hand and waved, saying goodbye to Yang Qiong. After sitting on the saddle, Shi Tao still looked at Yang Qiong through the window.
Shang Mei and Chen Qian also waved to Yang Qiong through the window, but they soon quieted down, but Shi Tao couldn't calm down for a long time.
When the vehicle departed, the people in the car were still chattering endlessly, and some went through the window to take another look at the beautiful scenery at this time.
Some took out their small handicrafts to play with and share with colleagues, some talked about their experiences in the past few days, and some talked about their regrets in the past few days.
And it was Shi Tao who was really reluctant to give up, because he left the people he cared about here.
Shi Tao felt that if he didn't come back, or if he didn't see Yang Qiong after he came back, and further, if Yang Qiong hadn't traveled with him, he might not miss Yang Qiong so much.
Chen Qian's appearance has diluted his memory of Yang Qiong, and even replaced Yang Qiong for a time.
In fact, there was no if, he met Yang Qiong, and Yang Qiong also played with him for a few days, and he found that Yang Qiong's thoughts about him had not changed as always.
Yang Qiong's attitude made Shi Tao's heart ache for a while. He felt that he had failed Yang Qiong and was very sorry for her.
The more Shi Tao thought about it, the more guilty he felt, he didn't even know how to deal with his relationship with Yang Qiong, he wanted to be safe, neither hurt her, nor go against his heart.
During the time when Shi Tao came back, he felt that Shang Mei cared about him a lot more than before, and was very tolerant of him, maybe Shang Mei really loved him.
Shi Tao was moved by Shang Mei's many actions, and he also did a lot of things to care about Shang Mei, he didn't know if these were love for Shang Mei, he found that he and Shang Mei were in harmony with each other in this period of their common life.
Thinking of this, Shi Tao even wondered if he was the best combination with Shang Mei, and he shouldn't miss Yang Qiong and Chen Qian anymore.
From time to time, Chaumet glances through the car window and comments on the lush vegetation and distant mountain scenery.
She fell asleep when she came, missed the scenery along the way, and now she just made up for it. She interrupted Shi Tao's thoughts for a chance discovery. Shi Tao just echoed the mechanical response.
Chen Qian sat opposite Shi Tao, and after getting into the car, except for waving goodbye to Yang Qiong, she didn't speak, just sat silently, occasionally glanced at the scenery outside the car, occasionally glanced at Shi Tao, and saw that Shi Tao was contemplative and didn't disturb him.
Sleeping on a long-distance bus seems to be a habit for most people, and soon the car is quiet, and many people may fall asleep, even those who do not sleep stop talking.
After more than an hour, the bus entered the rugged and steep winding road. With the last experience, people don't feel scared, it's just that the rocking bumps are hard to bear.
When the bus finally stabilized, Shi Tao felt nauseous and he vomited.
At the same time, it was found that he was not the only one, many people began to vomit. Maybe the driver was also eager to go home, and the car drove faster, and the continuous bumps finally turned the breakfast people ate upside down.
Amid the cries of the people, the bus stopped.
The vehicle may have stopped in a small town, and Shi Tao also got out of the car with the people to breathe and discard the filth.
It's convenient for someone to go. After ten minutes, people felt better and boarded the bus to continue walking.
Maybe there was no convenience food prepared at the resort, and the lunch was led by Sister Zhang in a restaurant.
Maybe it was because I was worried that I would vomit on the road, but this time I generally ate very little, but there were also people who ate a lot.
After lunch, we continued to drive on the road, the road behind it was much smoother and the speed was faster. The car was already driving on the highway and passed through Kyoto at about 3 p.m.
The vehicles are stable, people sleep peacefully, and there are always some energetic people who are not sleepy, perhaps due to the joy of arriving home soon.
Shang Mei leaned against the window, still sleeping soundly. Chen Qian sometimes takes a nap, even when she is awake, she is very quiet. Shi Tao occasionally squinted for a while, and he had been thinking about it while he was awake.
When the two buses arrived in front of the headquarters office building, it was already early, the sky in the east was all dark, and there was still some afterglow in the west.
Maybe the colleague who was in the car had already contacted the family in advance, and someone was picked up by the family after getting off the bus.
When Shang Mei was about to go home with her bag, Shi Tao found that Chen Qian had nowhere to go.
"What's wrong with her?" Shi Tao looked at Shang Mei, he meant that he wanted Shang Mei to send a message and invite Chen Qian to go home to live, there was no one else at home, there was an empty room.
Shang Mei didn't answer right away, she looked at Chen Qian and Shi Tao. "yes, where does she live, how did you arrange it?" Shang Mei kicked the ball to Shi Tao.
"Why don't you go to our house? Shi Tao said to Shang Mei.
"Is that how you arranged it?" Shang Mei asked Shi Tao rhetorically.
Deep down in her heart, she was very reluctant to let Chen Qian go to live at home, and she had a good relationship with Chen Qian in the past few days, and it was not appropriate to refuse in person, so she had to let Shi Tao arrange Chen Qian from the work aspect.
Chen Qian could see that Shang Mei still rejected her, and she didn't want to embarrass Shi Tao.
"I'd better go to the hotel, it's more convenient to stay in the hotel, and besides, I'm on a business trip, can you not report to me?"
"Then let's go to the hotel to arrange for you first, and then we will go back, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow at the latest, we should go back to the westward migration company." Shi Tao had no choice but to do this.
"No, I can do it myself. Chen Qian didn't want to trouble Shi Tao anymore, and wanted to go directly to the hotel by herself.
"That's it, the hotel can be checked in at any time, come to our house first, how to eat dinner, and then go to the hotel after dinner. Shi Tao suddenly thought that this would be more appropriate.
"yes, let's go to the house for a meal first. Shang Mei was happy to hear that Shi Tao no longer let Chen Qian live at home, but he was just having a meal, and he was still able to accept it.
"Okay, then I'll listen to you. Chen Qian thought about it, and having another meal with Shi Tao was also what she wanted.
"Oh, yes, and one of your bags, I'll go get it and wait for me for a while. ”
Shang Mei ran back to the office, and without much effort, took back the empty bag that Chen Qian had put here before.
Shi Tao took the two of them home first, put down their luggage, washed up, and then went to the vegetable market to buy some vegetables, and it was completely dark at this time.
As he walked home, Shi Tao began to wonder how to contact him about buying tickets.