Chapter 13: Broken Paper
I took a deep look at Gu Lin and chased out.
But by the time I got to the door of the bar, Xie Ran had already disappeared.
I didn't know if she went to school or where, so I took out my phone and made a call.
But I hit several times in a row, but Xie Ran didn't answer.
I ran to the school, but the security guard stopped me and didn't let me in, so I sent Xie Dye a WeChat message and told her to listen to my explanation.
But what WeChat came back was the system's prompt.
You are not a friend of the other person, please add a friend.
The eye-catching red letters were extremely dazzling, and I looked at these words blankly, and suddenly felt as if something in my heart had disappeared.
I quickly clicked Add Friend, but there was no response.
I called Xie Ran again, but I was reminded that the phone you dialed was on a call.
I typed many times in a row, and it was always a cold system answer.
Dazedly looked at the number on the phone and looked up at the school gate. The security guard leaned against the door, glancing at me from time to time.
Seriously, I never expected this to happen, and I wasn't ready for it.
Embarrassed, he turned around and headed back into the bar.
In the empty hall, there are only lonely lights and scattered tables and chairs, and although the music is still playing, there is still a strong sense of desertion.
I didn't care about these things before, but Xie Ran's determination made me feel scared, afraid of loneliness, afraid of facing the disappointed eyes of others.
This shop is also my father's hard work for me, and it was my father's compensation in exchange, my too much autonomy, did it really hurt a lot of people?
But for me, I can't do the best of both worlds, because I also have something in my heart that I want to protect.
Staggering to the office door, I took a deep breath, hid the tiredness on my face, and pushed the door open.
I was thinking about how to talk to Gu Lin and tell her not to worry.
But the office was empty.
The energy-saving lamp was lonely, and there was no shadow of Gu Lin on the empty sofa. Only the book was on the coffee table. Above the cover is a slightly curled photograph, next to which is an open frame.
I grabbed my palm and walked over to the couch.
On the top of the photo, there are a few more lines of words, very delicate font.
"Zhou Ran, thank you for protecting me, thank you for your sacrifice, and thank you for your desperation. β
"I'm really sorry for you, causing you to lose three years of your life, and now ruining your future life. β
"I probably understand what Uncle Zhou meant, I wasn't completely asleep just now, he was right. β
"Zhou Ran, I haven't been in love, I don't know what it's called*, but I'm very lonely, in the past three years, every time I can't hold on, I think of your back in front of me, every night, probably this is my sweetheart. β
"Thank you for your love for me, I love you too, I dare not look at you and say it, I am afraid that I will ruin your life again. β
"Photos, don't put them in frames. Time is passing, and we are also changing, wait until the photo turns yellow, wait until my figure disappears, give me your place, to the person who should have it. β
I looked at the photo in a daze, and with a soft click, a tear fell on the word.
The photo was also wet, but it was as if a picture appeared in my eyes.
Gu Lin clutched the pen and wrote these words while crying.
There was another soft click, and another tear fell.
I rushed to the bar like crazy, found the notebook that recorded the employee's phone, and after flipping through Gu Lin's phone, I quickly dialed out.
"I'm sorry, but the phone you are calling is off. Sorryβ¦β¦β
I grabbed my phone and rushed to the school gate again as fast as I could.
The security guard shouted in anger, what are you doing!
I didn't pay any attention to him, I just climbed through the protective door and rushed into the school!
I didn't know where Gu Lin was, so I called the store manager directly.
"Old ...... The boss ...... "The store manager's faint voice came from the other side of the phone.
I said in a hoarse voice, "Where is Gu Lin's dormitory?"
The manager asked me unnaturally what was wrong.
I repeated it in a deep voice, and the store manager whispered the location of the dormitory building. I ran straight over there.
The women's dormitory at the university is not just separate from the male students, but also has a dormitory gate.
The dormitory aunt was watching TV in the security room, I knocked on the glass window, and the aunt sighed, opened the window, and said with a smile: "Isn't this the little owner of the bar? Why, I'm looking for your little girlfriend." β
Hearing her say this, I felt a little unnatural in my heart, and forced a smile.
My aunt suddenly winked at me and said mysteriously, "It's awkward, isn't it?"
I reacted and asked, "Auntie, did you see my girlfriend?"
Aunt said: "Where can I not see it, crying like a tearful person, besides, Auntie has been here for a few years, how beautiful that girl is, she moved out of the dormitory, and suddenly ran back crying, you must be making trouble." β
Saying that, the aunt was embarrassed and said, "Little boss, it's so late, you call your girlfriend, and the aunt can't let you in." β
But my heart was blocked. Suddenly I felt a little ironic, Xie Ran likes me so much, in fact, many people know about our relationship.
But when I rushed into the school today, what I was looking for was not Xie Ran.
Knowing what happened to Gu Lin here, I couldn't get in, she didn't want to see me.
And if I'm shouting here, what should Xie Ran do?
I smiled apologetically at my aunt and said thank you. He turned around and walked outside the school gate.
The security guard chased after me and yelled at me with a look of instubble: "What are you trying to do when you run into the school! Believe it or not, I called the police!"
I stared at him, my eyes were cold, and I said, "I didn't do anything." β
The security guard's face was a little flustered, and he wanted to speak.
I ignored him and walked straight out of school.
I went to the bar and closed the door, and I went back home.
The room was pitch black, and I just turned on the light, only to find my mom sitting on the ground, holding the remote control in her hand, and the batteries were all pulled out, motionless.
I hurriedly ran over and shouted, "Mom, why are you sitting on the ground?" Get up. With that, I went to help her.
But my mother pushed me away, glared at me and shouted, "What about my daughter-in-law? Why didn't she come back with you?"
My heart froze, I lied, saying that Xie Ran had something to do today and went back to school.
But my mother's eyes widened, pointed to my nose and began to cry, saying that I don't look like a man, and now even my mother has lied, and if I don't bring my daughter-in-law back to her, I won't come back.
I was uneasy, so I wanted to coax my mother.
As a result, she looked at me in disbelief and said, "My daughter-in-law just came back crying and took her things and left, you hurry up and coax her back, or I won't sleep." I don't eat anymore. β