Chapter 4: The Old Man
The night market is still lively, but the students of the film school have already begun to walk to the school, and the lights suddenly dim at the end of the snack alley.
Li Qian asked where Xie Bing parked, and continued to send her over.
At this time, only the tall old locust trees are left on both sides of the road, and the road suddenly becomes quiet, only the vehicles passing by from time to time, which will bring a hint of the cool night breeze after autumn.
Seeing that Li Qian didn't speak for a long time, Xie Bing hesitated for a long time, and finally took the initiative to say, "These classmates of yours are all very good." ”
Li Qian nodded and said with a smile: "Actually, those who are admitted to our school are more or less pursuing and yearning in their hearts. However, it was okay before I came in, and when I looked at it from the outside, it was really full of flowers. Now that I have entered the film academy, I have stepped into the periphery of this circle, and I have heard from hearsay, and the things in this circle have been passed into the school little by little, and many people have begun to gradually understand that the so-called film and so-called art have never been as pure and noble as everyone imagined before. ”
After a pause, he sighed and said with some emotion: "So, some people are disappointed, some people are angry, and of course some people are secretly happy." Some people are beginning to retreat, and some people are adjusting their mentality little by little, firmly believing that as long as they work hard enough, no matter how complicated the circle, they will definitely be able to get ahead. ”
Hearing the emotion in Li Qian's words, although Xie Bing didn't know where these words came from, he still obediently stopped talking.
The two walked for a while, Xie Bing stopped, stretched out his hand and pointed not far ahead, and said, "That's my car." ”
Li Qian followed her finger and looked at it, a very beautiful Beetle.
He smiled, "Not bad. This car is quite suitable for you. ”
Xie Bing also smiled, nodded, and then lowered his head and looked at his toes.
The two were relatively silent.
The night breeze comes.
Far and near, there are neon flashes. But on this street, even the street lights are gray and yellow. Around the two of them, several faint and interlaced shadows were pulled.
After a long time, Xie Bing raised his head, "That...... I went back. ”
Li Qian smiled and nodded. After a pause, he said, "Don't put too much pressure on yourself. ”
Xie Bing nodded, smiled, and then lowered his head and walked forward.
Li Qian stood in place, looking at her back.
One-step. Two steps, three steps.
However, she suddenly stopped.
Her head was still lowered, and Li Qian couldn't see her expression.
He could have turned around and walked away, but he didn't.
After a while, Xie Bing slowly turned around—there seemed to be tears in his eyes.
"I can...... Hug you?" As she spoke, tears that had been accumulating in her eyes for an unknown period of time had been pouring out completely uncontrollably. Running down his cheeks, "I...... I know it's excessive. But, but...... I've never even hugged you!"
Li Qian walked over and took out the handkerchief in his pocket—this is a great, great, and hateful bad habit.
Some people say that a man can be poor, shabby, or not handsome. But as long as there are three things on the body, there will definitely be no shortage of women to throw themselves into their arms.
First, he needs to wear a well-washed white shirt, however, no tie.
Second. He needed to bring a watch that didn't need to be expensive, but it had to have some history and some story.
Thirdly, he needs a handkerchief that can be pulled out at any time, cleanly washed, and preferably smells faintly scented!
At this time, the weather was still hot, Li Qian was wearing a short-sleeved white shirt, and he was not used to carrying a watch, but Zhou Yan gave him a piece a few days ago, and he has been carrying it recently, and then ...... Since the beginning of his life, he has had a bad habit that has lasted for more than 20 years, that is, to carry a handkerchief with him.
This matter, Qi Jie used to ridicule when he was still his teacher, and Liao Liao later despised it, but how can it be so easy to break the habit for many years?
At this time, seeing Li Qian take out a handkerchief and hand it over, Xie Bing was completely out of control in an instant.
Whimper.
"Actually...... Actually, I know you don't want to ...... I don't want me to call you, but I just can't control myself! As long as I am free, I want to touch my phone, I want to know where you are, I want to hear what you say, I want to see you...... Me, I...... I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to!"
Li Qian pursed his lips, smiled, handed the handkerchief forward, and whispered, "Wipe it...... I understand. ”
In a way, the old man is the most hateful of the species.
Because old men, especially old men who have experienced many things and are middle-aged, tend to be more patient, and tend to be more concerned about people, and are willing to care about people - this kind of person, caught one by one, for young and full of fantasy, especially if there is a lack of security, it is simply a one-hit killing stunt!
Many times, for girls who are more inclined to think about things, a handkerchief handed over, a good smell, and a low, heartwarming word are enough to make them love to death.
Obviously, although Li Qian has a face of eighteen or nineteen years old, he can definitely be classified as an old man.
Xie Bing took the handkerchief and wiped it while crying.
It seems that the expectations, those hesitations, those loves, and those losses that have accumulated for a year in the past year...... At this moment, they all turned into tears and flowed violently.
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It took more than ten minutes before she finally stopped slowly, but she kept choking.
After a few more minutes, her cries and choked finally stopped.
She picked up the handkerchief and looked at it, and said embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, I've soiled you." ”
Li Qian smiled and stretched out his arms, "Come, hug you!"
Xie Bing was stunned for a moment, and looked up at him in amazement.
Her eyes were a little red and swollen from the tears she had just cried, and there were some tears in her eyes that had not yet flowed, so that her eyes had a hazy sense of intoxication—a flash of surprise, but more, a sudden surge, more sadness.
She took a step forward, slowly leaned into Li Qian's chest, and then hugged him tightly.
Suddenly, I burst into tears silently.
In just an instant, Li Qian's shoulders were already wet with her tears.
Li Qian folded his arms and gently patted her back with his right hand a few times, "Don't cry, okay, don't cry!"
After a pause, he smiled and said, "Actually, I don't mean anything else, it's just, you know, I have a girlfriend, so, so I ...... You get the idea. However, we are still friends after all, and I am still your teacher, so you can still call me as soon as possible if you have any problems in the future. Okay, okay?"
She lay on Li Qian's chest and seemed to nod.
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For more than a minute, her arms were always tightened, but in the end, she reluctantly let go of her arms and let go of Li Qian.
Li Qian smiled, took the handkerchief, and said: "Okay, I've cried and cried, now, don't think about it, go back and take a bath, sleep well, and wake up tomorrow, there will be nothing to do." ”
Xie Bing nodded first when she heard this, but looked at Li Qian cautiously for a moment, she lowered her head and said in a low voice: "I know that if I say it, it will be a bit excessive, but...... But I really haven't had a good night's sleep in a long time. I toss myself every day very tired, exhausted, but I always wake up in the middle of the night, and then I am in a daze all night. So, so ......"
She raised her head and saw Li Qian frowning slightly, revealing a puzzled expression, so she quickly lowered her head again, hesitated for a moment, and finally mustered up her courage and said, "Can you stay with me for one night...... Don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything else. I just want ...... I wish you could stay by my side and watch me fall asleep while I'm asleep......"
Speaking of this, she timidly raised her head and looked at Li Qian.
Li Qian hesitated.
To tell the truth, if he is simply making friends, he actually likes Xie Bing, a little girl, very much.
She is simple, kind, sincere, and definitely a person worth associating, but her fate is bizarre, so he has to keep a little distance from her - although in fact, up to now, because the relationship with Zhou Yan has come to this point, even he feels that it is a bit fucked up and a bit hypocritical to use the fact that he already has a girlfriend as a shield.
However, even Liao Liao, who has a closer relationship with each other, is a little unbearable to do harm, let alone Xie Bing, who is as simple as a child?
Growing up in such a social environment where men and women are equal, although it is a lifelong dream for men to have three wives and four concubines, it is really in an era where the law allows concubines and the society is quite tolerant of concubines, so the thinking inertia of the past years is not so easy to change.
is like Uncle Ge's line in a certain movie: If killing someone is not illegal, I can't do it.
It's in the nature of men to like women, and they like a lot of women.
But a kind man, a man whose morality has been fixed, even if he likes many women, will always have his last bottom line.
That is, he will not take over the women he likes for his own ** - even if they are willing, they will make people hesitate, afraid that he will not be able to give them happiness, let alone any tricks.
And precisely, Li Qian is such a person.
Therefore, he rejected Xie Bing and Liao Liao.
And he knew very well in his heart that he should never agree to Xie Bing's request at the moment.
Now that you've made up your mind, now that you've taken the first step, it's time to do it thoroughly.
But on the contrary, Xie Bing's kindness and simplicity were so pitiful that he hesitated for a long time, and he couldn't bear to open his mouth to directly refuse her request.
So, eventually, he nodded and said, "Okay." ”
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