CHAPTER IX

Tang Qi's eyes were red, with two lights shining in the darkness. just grabbed him by the collar fiercely, the night breeze blew, two lines of tears dried up and flowed down from his eyes, and the words in his mouth were vaguely inaudible.

Chen Yeping patted her, she only moved slightly, as if she was asleep, and her voice was hoarse.

However, she only drank a dozen glasses of low-alcohol blended wine, and it turned out that it was unusual for people who were used to drinking in social situations to get drunk with such a little wine.

In fact, she just wanted to get herself drunk so that she could say what was in her heart.

The driver was still waiting there. As soon as the rickshaw stopped, Chen Yeping helped Tang Qi out of the car, and she put all the weight on him, and then she was holding herself with him in a daze. Finally under a pillar of street lamp, the dim light came down, and the small area seemed extremely bright and lonely around it.

Tang Qi squatted on the ground, clutching his sleeve tightly, as if he could fly away at any moment. Her eyes were swollen and her voice was not so clear, and she said, "I'll ...... next month I'm going to stay in the ocean...... Going to the UK...... There is also a possibility that once you go, you will not come back...... Dad asked me to stay in England with my aunt......"

Tang Qi's aunt has been living abroad for almost ten years since she married an overseas Chinese at the age of 20, and most of the time she has been contacted by sending letters throughout the year. This time, her father wrote a long letter to his eldest sister in England, hoping that his daughter could do well abroad, and if she could, he also hoped that she would be able to live abroad. In order to help her niece, her aunt contacted a famous local school through her friends there, and Tang Qi went to an international school with foreigners in China.

Chen Yeping only said: "Isn't this very good...... Why didn't I hear you talk about it?" Tang Qi said: "I came to your house to tell you-but, but ......" She stretched out her head and vomited twice, and the driver of the Chen family had already seen the second young master and the drunk Miss Tang on the side of the road, so he wanted to come up to help. Chen Yeping motioned and shook his head at the driver, and the driver stood there still.

Tang Qi said again: "What's good, I'll never come back...... You can't see me anymore...... Is this good?" Chen Yeping was grabbed by the collar of her shirt and strangled his neck, gasping for breath. He grabbed Tang Qi's wrist and tried to let her go, he said, "Some people don't have a good chance to stay abroad in their lives, I'm happy for you." ”

Tang Qi looked at him deeply, her eyes were misty, tears were in her eyes, and she could only see a pair of bright eyes like stars, and she said, "I want you to go with me." Chen Yeping looked her eyes squarely, as if to make sure that she was really drunk, and he said: "Stupid, this is not my own decision." ”

Tang Qi grabbed his arm, she spoke clearly, and said eagerly: "I can ask my aunt to help you, the outside world is very big, and there are many things abroad that are not available at home, anyway, your family is not short of this money." Chen Yeping felt that her words were bold when she was drunk, but her demeanor was not like it, her eyes were bright and full of strange brilliance, as if she was expecting something, he said, "But I ...... Never thought about it. ”

Tang Qi bit her lip, a tear fell to the corner of her lip, she said: "Don't you like me-do you like Wu Zhenzhen......" Chen Yeping said: "Why do you think so?"

Tang Qi let go of his hand, stood up suddenly, and said in a loud voice: "I heard everything when the two of you danced, you said that you envy her for being able to go abroad as an exchange student, and hate yourself for not having this opportunity, it would be nice if you could go yourself......"

After hearing this, Chen Yeping stood up with a smile, and only said: "What I said was polite, and you are more serious about this." ”

Tang Qi's body shook, as if she was about to fall, Chen Yeping reached out to hug her - but she didn't expect Tang Qi to take out a pocket watch from her bag, the golden chain was wrapped around her hand, the golden lacquer body of the pocket watch was shining under the lamp, she opened the pocket watch, and there was a shrunken photo inside. Chen Yeping clearly saw the photo inside, and was speechless.

Tang Qi said: "This is a photo of us when we were 11 years old...... It's also the only time you've taken a picture with me, and you're still standing with me...... I have kept it precious until now. In the future, you will always be with other girls, talking and laughing...... I'm very sad, so I'm always trying to get your attention...... Why don't you understand!"

Chen Yeping wanted to say something, but finally shut up, so he had to compromise and said: "It's cold at night, I'll promise you everything, don't stay here." ”

The driver was very discerning and came up to help Tang Qi into the car.

Tang Qi was still holding him in the car, repeating in his mouth: "I want you to go with me...... Let's go together......" She held the pocket watch in her hand, holding it loosely in the palm of her hand, and it was about to fall.

Chen Yeping leaned over and picked up the lost pocket watch, the watch body in the dark could no longer show that dazzling light, Tang Qi still held him with one hand, he had to say: "Okay, okay, I promise you everything." She put the watch in her bag as it was.

The driver found a nearby hotel, and it was rare that the lights were still on so late. The guest was greeted by a middle-aged woman in a bun, a dark slit cheongsam, and carrying a kerosene lamp.

As soon as I entered, I found that this hotel was a bit old, and the wallpaper on the wall was peeling off and the light was insufficient. The sound of the stairs that a few people were stepping on was as if the floor was shaking.

finally put Tang Qi on the bed and settled down, and suddenly Chen Yeping took out the money and said to the proprietress: "She was drunk and vomited several times just now, you helped to take her to the bathroom to take a shower and change her clothes, this is thank you." ”

When the proprietress saw the distinguished guest take out several hundred-dollar bills, she immediately smiled like a flower, readily agreed, and accepted the money.

Chen Yeping walked into his room, a small four-compartment room, the bedding on the bed was neatly folded, and there was only a small lattice window. Due to the lack of light in this room, it gave people a feeling of oppression. But I smelled a faint fragrance of gardenia in the air, and looked at the windowsill, and the pot of tuberose glowed faintly white in the moonlight.

The bathroom is in the corner, the hostess fills the bathtub with water, and at the top of the door there is a rectangular frosted glass with a white light on.

The proprietress found her newly made cheongsam, with blue and gold inlaid sleeves, and she also said: "This dress was originally made by the tailor of Xinli, but the size is small, and the lady must wear it properly." After showing it to Chen Yeping, he clicked into the bathroom.

Chen Yeping understood that the proprietress must have misunderstood that they were husband and wife, but he didn't explain and waited outside the door. Tang Qi didn't seem to be honest in the bath, only listening to the sound of the water in the bathtub fluttering, and finally quieted down.

The proprietress opened the door, Tang Qi's face was flushed after taking a bath, the proprietress got her out, Chen Yeping thanked her, and carried Tang Qi back to the room. Cover her with the quilt and tuck the corners of the quilt. The proprietress brought a stove out of nowhere, put it next to the bed, and only said, "This room is cold, and people who have just taken a bath are prone to colds." Tang Qi fell asleep, but kept muttering to himself, Chen Yeping listened closely, heard her calling her name, and immediately agreed: "I'm here." ”

The proprietress stood at the door, smiled, and said in a consoling tone, "It's a quarrel with Madame...... I've seen this kind of thing a lot......" sighed, "My family had a quarrel every two days when he was here, and I never thought he would leave so early when he was still there...... You are still young, and the days to come are still long, so cherish the life in front of you. Don't move around and learn that people are going to get divorced now...... I see that your wife loves you very much, and when I bathed her, she was still reciting a person's name, your surname is Chen, right? Mrs. Chen drank a lot of wine, and the husband and wife quarreled at the end of the bed, and everything had to be discussed. I see that you have a generous hand, and you are born well, and Madame is such a great beauty-"

Chen Yeping couldn't listen to it anymore, the proprietress must have thought that their husband and wife were quarreling so they asked for two rooms, he interrupted the proprietress and said lightly: "I treat her as a sister." ”

The proprietress froze, unable to speak for a while, and only pretended to cough twice for a long time, and went downstairs.

Tang Qi fell asleep peacefully, calmly closed his eyes, his eyebrows were loose, and he turned around and dragged the quilt up by himself.

Chen Yeping dared to stand up slowly at this time, looking around, a pot of white gardenias was placed in the corner, and it exuded a faint fragrance. The window screws in the room were rusty and not firmly fixed, silently pushed open by the wind, the moonlight spilled into the northeast corner, the street was empty, the smell of the tasteless wind blew into the room, he closed the window tightly, and accidentally saw the pot of gardenias, blooming four or five flowers, not yet fully blooming.

The white ones are like lotus flowers spread across the river pond in summer, and there is a lingering fragrance when you touch your fingertips. It suddenly reminded him of the students marching on the streets during the day, wearing white shirts, countless bloody faces, shirts soaked in sweat, clinging to the skin, but inadvertently, his hand passed through a long black hair, like white paper floating in the sky, the black hair was entangled, but he left a faint fragrance of flowers on his hands.