Chapter 27: Drunkenness
After a day of high-intensity work, when Qing Huan returned to the apartment, she felt tired, hastily soaked a bowl of instant noodles, and after eating, the whole person was buried in the soft bed, and fell asleep.
Qing Huan sighed, stretched out his hand, touched the phone, and picked it up, "Hey......"
"Hey, is it Gu Qinghuan?"
"Well, I am, are you?" Qinghuan was half asleep, and her voice was a little hoarse.
"Hello, I'm Omura, I met it when I ate hot pot before, Chen Xi's friend, do you remember?"
Qing Huan gradually came to his senses and sat up straight, "I remember, do you have something to do?"
"I'm sorry to disturb you so late, there is something that may need to trouble you, Chen Xi is in a bad mood tonight, I drank too much, I originally said that I was going to send her back, but she didn't let her, and in the end it was Wu Chuan who helped her leave, I was a little worried, so I ......" Omura's voice sounded a little helpless and sad, it was obvious that he also knew Wu Chuan's thoughts, but there was nothing he could do, otherwise he would definitely not call Qing Huan.
"She doesn't have any friends in S City, you are one of her real friends on weekdays, maybe if you persuade her, she can listen to it, the main thing now is to let her go home immediately, don't always stay with Wu Chuan, that person doesn't have any good intentions. Omura continued.
"I see, I'll contact her right away. After Qing Huan finished speaking, he hung up the phone, dialed Chen Xi's number again, and after a few beeps, the phone was connected.
"Hey, Qinghuan......" Chen Xi giggled on the other end of the phone, looking very drunk.
"Xiaoxi, where are you?" Qing Huan frowned, got up and picked up his coat, and walked outside as he wore it.
"Me, by a fountain, the water here is so clear......"
Fountain?Qing Huan twisted her eyebrows and thought for a while, before she remembered that there was a commercial plaza not far from the apartment, where there was a fountain, would she be there?
"Xiaoxi, is the fountain you said on the other side of Wutong Road?"
"How do you know? Are you here too?" asked Chen Xi in surprise.
"You wait for me there, I'll pick you up. Qing Huan shook his head helplessly, took the key and went out.
What a woman who doesn't make people worry.
When Qinghuan arrived, Chen Xi was squatting by the pool, and his handbag was thrown at his feet. Wu Chuan also squatted next to her, as if he was whispering something to comfort her, but from a distance, Qinghuan saw that his hand was around her waist and below, as if he was rubbing it lightly and heavily.
Qing Huan suddenly felt a burst of anger in his heart.
In mid-February, there had just been a spring rain in S City, and the night was wet and cold, and the cold was crushing to the bones. Chen Xi was dressed very thinly, a small arm was bare in the night, a cigarette was lit on his fingertips, and his eyes were already blurred.
"Xiao Xi," Qing Huan shouted loudly, then walked over quickly, quietly separated between Chen Xi and Wu Chuan, slowly helped her up, and said with some reproach, "Why did you drink so much? β
Chen Xi was very happy when he saw her, and hurriedly reached out to wrap his arms around her neck, "Qinghuan, are you here......?"
Qing Huan glanced at her angrily, "It's all drunk like this, and it's still drinking." β
"No..... I'm going to drink it. β
At this time, Wu Chuan also smiled slightly, and said softly: "Xiaoxi, you drank too much today, you can't drink anymore, be obedient, go back first." β
"Wu Chuan, even you don't want to accompany me anymore," Chen Xi said with some grievances, "What else are you talking about lifelong good friends." β
Wu Chuan's expression moved when he heard this, and he seemed to want to say something, but before he could speak, Qing Huan grabbed the words, "Okay, okay, people still have something to do, who has nothing to do always accompany you to drink, if you want to drink, I'll accompany you, don't you still have beer at home?" Let's go back and drink......"
Chen Xi became happy again when he heard this, "I knew you were the best for me, let's go back and drink!"
As he spoke, he staggered towards the side of the road, Qing Huan helped her and said to Wu Chuan: "It's okay, you go back to work first, I'll send her back, thank you." β
Wu Chuan stood in place, glanced at Qing Huan inexplicably, and then smiled, "It's okay, I'm relieved to have you, there are still things in the store, I'll go back first." β
Qing Huan nodded, turned around and helped Chen Xi to the side of the street to take a taxi.
After taking a few steps, Chen Xi did not forget to turn around and wave goodbye to Wu Chuan.
Qing Huan sighed, a little speechless, this girl's nerves are too big, right?
The road was noisy and chattering, and after returning home, Chen Xi suddenly quieted down, curled up in the corner of the sofa barefoot, staring blankly at a certain place on the coffee table in front of her, her face was a little bleak.
Qinghuan went to the kitchen to make a cup of honey water for her, placed it on the coffee table, sighed and said, "Drink some hot water and rest early." β
She didn't move, she didn't speak, she just sat there.
Qing Huan sat next to her, pulled the thin blanket on the sofa and gently covered her body, and sat quietly with her.
"Qing Huan, why do you say that I just want to live my own life, it's so difficult?" After a while, Chen Xi slowly spoke, "I just want to live according to my own wishes, I want to realize my dreams, why is it so difficult?"
"Is something wrong?" asked Qinghuan softly.
"On Chinese New Year's Eve this year, I spent it alone at McDonald's. Chen Xi showed a very faint bitter smile on his face, "I had a big fight with my mother at home, I slammed the door and walked out, and then walked aimlessly on the street alone, it was really cold that day, there was almost no one on the street, the restaurants and shops on the side of the road were all closed, and I was walking alone on the road," Chen Xi said and tears fell, "Everyone is going home to reunite for the New Year, who will still be hanging outside on Chinese New Year's Eve, except for me, such a person who has a home and can't go back." β
Qing Huan didn't interrupt her, just listened to her quietly.
"What kind of mother do you say would force your daughter like this?" Chen Xi wiped the tears from his face, "Just because I refuse to go on a blind date and accept the life she arranged, can she refuse to give me even a peaceful life?" I am her daughter, and I am not her enemy, why does she have to treat me like this?"
Qing Huan sighed, but she didn't know how to persuade her, she just took out a few pieces of paper and handed them to her, and then thought about it before saying: "Parents are all bent on planning for their children, but some parents are a little paranoid, so it is inevitable that their actions will hurt their children's hearts." β
"She's not just paranoid, she just can't tolerate others to disobey her, she doesn't do what she thinks, it's like this to my father, it's like this to me......" Chen Xi took the tissue and wiped his face, sneered and said, "I was forced by her to run away from home for the New Year, I couldn't buy a ticket to come back on the same day, and the money on my body was not enough to stay in a hotel, so I could only stay at McDonald's for one night, and then take the next day's car back to S City, do you know what it's like to stay at McDonald's for the New Year?" I will never forget this feeling for the rest of my life, and all of this is due to my mother. β
"You should have called me at the time, anyway, I can transfer you some money, and you won't spend the night at McDonald's, right?" Qing Huan said with a sigh.
"Qinghuan, you don't understand, it's not a question of money, it's a matter of self-esteem. Chen Xi shook his head, then gritted his teeth and said, "I just want to force myself into that situation, and then think about the future, doesn't she want me to sing? I want to sing, doesn't she want me to get married as soon as possible? I just don't get married, and I will be single for the rest of my life!"
Qing Huan couldn't cry or laugh after hearing this, "Why are you so bothered? Just because you are angry with your mother, you have to be single for the rest of your life? You are in your twenties, naΓ―ve." β
After Chen Xi finished speaking, he seemed to feel a little naΓ―ve, so he couldn't help laughing, and then leaned back on the sofa quietly, not knowing what he was thinking.
Qing Huan was silent for a moment before he spoke tentatively, "Actually, I think Omura cares about you a lot, and he is a good person, what do you think? Do you have feelings for him? If you have a boyfriend, won't your mother force you so tightly?"
"Omura?" The expression on Chen Xi's face was as if he had heard some joke, "He and I are not suitable, besides, in my mother's eyes, he is the same as me, he belongs to the type of person who does not do his job, and he will never agree to us being together." β
Qing Huan smiled, and before he could continue to speak, he heard Chen Xi say in a low voice, "And with a cowardly person like him, I will never like it." β
Qing Huan was stunned, the meaning of these words was a little intriguing, but before she could ask in detail, Chen Xi had already fallen asleep on the sofa, her breathing was smooth and soft, it seemed that only when she was asleep, her brows would be completely stretched, and her face would show a clean and sweet smile that only children would have.
In the early morning, the first glimmer of dawn had just appeared on the edge of the sky, and Qing Huan had already packed up, put on sportswear and sneakers, and was ready to start his first morning run.
As the saying goes, every festive season to gain three pounds, the moment Qing Huan returned to S City to stand on the scale, the wail spread from the room to the balcony, and after getting off the scale, she clenched her fists, and she couldn't let her weight soar like this, so she formulated a series of weight loss plans for herself.
Originally, she planned to go to the gym after work to abuse herself, but looking at the heavy task indicators, she felt that she had little chance of having time to go to the gym after work in the future, so she gritted her teeth and decided to get up an hour early every day in the future and go to work after a morning run.
Today is the first day of the program.
After running 5 kilometers around the special track of Linjiang Park, she felt the breeze blowing on her face, the fragrance of grass and unknown flowers faintly came with the wind, and her body gradually stretched out after a harsh winter test, Qing Huan suddenly found that getting up early didn't seem to be as painful as she thought, she slowly calmed down her breath and walked towards the gate of the park, ready to go back to take a bath and go to work.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she walked out of the park, she saw two figures not far from her, there were two figures that were a little familiar, she looked at them intently, one of them was straight and straight, even if it was a simple sportswear, it couldn't hide the uninhibited and sexy temperament on his body, this person was his new big boss - Mo He.
And there is someone talking and laughing around Mo He, it is none other than Qinghuan's top boss for many years, Miss Ning.